The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-12-29
COMMENTS ON VARIOUS TOPICS.

OOhVA " .VAN VAnAVSo ASA AS'1s
PRoF. EAsToN OF Yale College, thinks
Eve may have been tempted by the
ounce or the pear. He Is lead to this
conclusion by the fact that the word an
'ciently applied to the apple included The
q iince and the pear.
The weight Of evidence is clearly in
favor OF the ounce as "the forbidden
fruit" Investigation shows that the
a ,ince has been very little improved bv
cultivation, whereas the apple and the
pear have undergone wonderful changes
for the better. Ia the time OF Eve. the
apple could not have been much better
than very Inferior crab Of the present
day. The-dniuce when ripe is rather en-
en,icing fruit to hook at, but 1t would be
poor com meniary on the. acuteness OF
man to cay that Adam had b.en lead
astray by the offer of such an insignlb
cant, un slightly looking thing as an ILL
developed crao apple. ,as g74.1
THOSE opposed to the further courage
of the silver dollar allege that the pur.
chase OF silver bullion, under the r. qulre.
ments OF the Bland act, is gresi drain
Of gold from the Treasury. LIVERY
month";" says the Boston Toss, two mill
ion dollars in gold are paid out for two
] millions of silver to lie idle in the public
Treasury lss
/ The question naturally suggested is'
why paw out gold for the silver bullion
There Is no law requiring payment In
gold, and the Government has other 'e-
gal tender money. Why not use The sill
YER dollars for that purposeP
Suppose the Government had paid out
gold for the first two millions OF silver
bullion for coinage-and it could have
heen bought as we'll with greenhscks =
that was all the investment OF gold thai
was necessary. When the frst two mil
lions we're invested, that Two million:
bought silver enough to make two mil
lion silver dollars, with q profit to the
Government OF from one hundred thou
sand to two hundred thousand dollars
After coming this bullion, the Govern
ment could use the coins to bny the mex,
lot OF bullion with, and SO on, making
profit each time This, In Ell Ct, is jas'
what has been done, and the Govern
ment has already resped a profit OF ovel
twenty million dollars from thcs'
transactions. -
1.-THE statement made is correct, i
proves Two things is, tba,the deal
ers In silv Il bullion are peculiarly favor
ell. and the other that the silver dollar il
not having fair play. As an argumen
against silver it GO 8 for nothing.
SOME people in this country will regre
he death of the late Mr.. VANDERBILr
not because OF the aner feelings OF hu
manity usually excited on such o;ca
,ions, but Simply for the reason thai I
is likely to cause the distribution OF his
great fortune. They looked upon the
@ ,lossal wealth OF the millionaire q, {
thing to be proui of-something tha
would do to boast of-an object to b
admired ami envied OF all mankiud-
|. Esthe richest man in the world"
A little ref .ction. however, will sho'
THAT immense wealth, such as that
VANDERBILr's is 10 reality an evil, an
it's early distrhltion thing to be de
sired, even b7 thos, who are not men
toned in the will. In the first place, n
such vast fortune could have been accu
mulatel 10 this ,untry in single hand
without the all OF legislation. Tni
means that the paople have been wrong
ed.
/ Furthermore, n such wealth, as VAN
pErBlLr is reported to have had, cool
have been h,nes;ly israel many counlr
In an ordinary lifeti ne, even beginnin
as he did, with millions.
Assin, there Is only So muc'' we'lt
In existence in the civil zsi world
Each one ID entitle to such share OF
as he may honestly acq lire. II any OF
gets more than his share, the others vi
have to do With less 1t would not tab
very many fortunes. like that oil Va
pERBiLr's to embrace all the availahl
weslth, and ether people would ha'
: none. These enorm rus fortunes In Il
hands OF faw ex ,1lsin why 40 many
US have 80 little or none at all.
L
REPRESENTATIVE SENEY, OF Ohio. b
'e introduced bill TO repeal tue Civil Sc
sr vice law A X .ntucky member intr
'e duced bill for the sans purpose is
y winter. ,e8 ,.
" I, Is no! likely that the MEASURE v
D. be favorab'y reported by the committ'
The administration is fully commit
p to the policy Of reform in the civil 9
~ vice, aud large majority in Congress
OF disposed to give the Law fair trial. 9
Gu What is needed, however, is not
no peal of the law, but an amendment
ihe rules adopted by, the Board OF CT