Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-16


The extraordinary delay In announcing the
result Of the late election In Cincinnati ia AZ
discredtable TO the people Of that city and "a
damaging to their reputation an IL Ia discourag
Ing 70 the friends everywhere of an honest vote
and fair count No good reason for withhold.
Ing Tor an unreasonable time the figures of an
election can ever be given. Such action on the
part OF either political party Is always suspic-
1oua. and fraught with evil results. 1t means
Eascality and tampering with the returns every
time, and the better elements of both orRauisa-
lions should do everything In their power to
correct the abuse. Elections in many places
are now mere farce, and unless the evil be
checked the danger to free Institutions from
frauds at the ballot box will soon be greater
than that which confronted the country in the
secession OF the southern states In 1881.
An effort is being made TO discourage Senators
fond of q gentle stimulant by the announce
ment that "cold tea" Is to be banished this
winter from the bill OF fare Of the Senate res
taurant This depressing intelligence is based
on the statement that the new incumbent OF
the place Is q cold water appointee Of Senator
Frye, who Is himself stern tetotaller. The
promise Is sound, and the conclusion seems
reasonable enough, but IT is safe TO say that
there viii be no more suffering in the future
than there has been In the past on the part of
the grave and reverned occupants of the Senate
drop Of the ardent. In case of dire necessity q
small supply for life-saving purposes can be
kept In committee rooms as Of old; but the
manager Of restaurant in the Capitol who
cannot devise way for supplying IN some guise
or other what members Of the two Houses want
will soon find himself in a very uncomfortable
position. II he doesn't promptly resign he will
be very apt TO discover that he Is outside the
protesting Rgis Of the civil service rules.
The publishers of Harper's Magazine an
nounce that they have already received orders
from England for seventy-fve thousand copies
OF the Christmas number of that periodical
This great popularity Is regarded as due to the
artistic and literary excellence Of the maya
zine. Its solid merits have undoubtedly done
much to give the periodical q foothold on the
other side of the Atlantic, as well as at home,
but its great circulation there is not wholly due
to that cause. The matter of cheapness Of price
In foreign countries must not be overlooked.
In all the principal cities Of western Europe it
Is sold for twenty-five cents while In this coun-
try the price charged for 1t Is thirty-dve cents.
Why IL can not be sold as cheaply to Ameri-
cans as TO Europeans In one of the things that
has never been explained satisfactorily, and the
fact that 1t Is not does not speak very well for
the ltberalfty and gratitude Of its publishers,
who have coined colossal fortunes ont of their
countrymen. Certain II Is, however, that at the
same prlco charged lOr IL mere the magazine
would have but q trifing circulation abroad,
where people resent an imposition much more
quickly and emphstically than they do In
America, Notwithstanding our boosted freedom
and independence.
Here are some returns from Cincinnati which
will crafty everybody. 1t appears that since
March 1st 4,175, 900 hogs have been packed In
the west, against $685.. 900 for the correspond
ing period last year. This shows q healthy
growth In one Of our leading American indus
tries, in spite Of the embargo On the trade in
some foreign countries
One Of the strongest arguments for protection
Is based on the comparatively small foreign
commerce Of even those countries which seek
outside markets. The fact is noted that our en-
tire foreign trade Il only a small per cent of our
domestic commerce. and that the former might
be cut on entirely without serious damage to
national prosperity. So far as the export hog
trade goes, the argument IL seen TO have con-
siderable force, IT, in spite Of recent discrimina
lions against our pork by those foreign nations
which have been among our best customers,
the business maintains a steady growth. We
should recollect that by the natural laws of in
crease there is nowadays an annual addition to
our population half as large as the entire popu-
laiion Of the original thirteen states. A new
nation 10 born q b year. America is . great
country, and 1t I'd fond Of ham.