The Portland daily press., 1885-03-23

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Ws cannot undertake to return preserve com
asanisstioHs that are not used.
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Secretary Manning has begun an investi-
CATION in regard to the character and efic-
iency of the clerks in his department He
should not overlook Higgins.
One thing brought out very plainly in the
Hazen court-mariial proceedings is the fact
that the Signal Service Bureau and the
Weather Bureau have no relation to each
other.
Higgins asks to be judged by the record
he makes in his present Office, but people
are of the opinion that it would be better for
him to withdraw without attempting to beat
his present record.
The life insurance rates in Arizona have
been raised so per cent. No complaint will
be made, for it is great consolation to the
people of that neghborhood to know that
life can be insured there at any rate.
The power of the press has recently been
demonstrated in New York. The New
York World, after long and arduous labors,
has succeeded in raising $S13.21 of the nee
essary $150,000 for the Bartholdi pedestal
fund.
Mayor Latrobe OF Baltimore has a word
to say in favor of Higgins, the new appoint-
ment clerk of the treasury. We believe it is
the only one SO far, excepting what Senator
German may have whispered in Secretary
Ianning's ear.
The semi-oficial statement coming from
Paris that Bismarck has offered to arbitrate
between England and Russia will hardly be
acceptable news 10 Englishmen. The ap-
parently kind and really clever offer will
probably be declined with thanks.
The New York Sun says SO far President
Cleveland seems inclined to give the country
"a good Republican administration rather
than good Democratic one." That ac-
counts for the prevalent impression that
Cleveland is to make good President.
Mr. Berry, the new Senator from Arkan-
sas, was an officer in the Confederate service
during the war and lost a leg. For the past
two years be has been governor of the State.
The substitution of Berry for Garland is not
likely to strengthen the Senate minority.
Gen. Graham's defeat of Osman Dlgna
will tone up the British public a little and
enable them to take more cheerful view of
the situation in Africa than they have been
doing for some time. It will probably
also have the effect to cause good many
EDglishmen to wish that Graham and not
Wolseley was the ruling spirit in the Sou
dan.
The free trade Democratic press are
demonstrating to their own satisfaction per-
haps, that the Hon. Samuel J. Randall has
no influence with the present administra-
tiou. That every newly appointed official
turns out to be the warm friend of the
Pennsylvania protection champion is simply
a remarkable coincidence, in their esti-
nation.
The new features of the Illinois senatorial
struggle developed last week were the death
of Democratic member, which puts the
Democracy at temporary disadvantage,
notable decline in Morrison's strength and
the temperance of Carter Harrison in the
contest. If any substantial progress has
been made toward a settlement Of the strug-
gle 1t is too minute to be perceptible.
Up to date Higgins has been shown to be
gambler, ballot-box stuffer, a bulldozer
and a corrupt lobbyist. Nevertheless Secfe-
tary Manning's paper, the Albany Argus, de-
clares that nothing has yet been developed
calculated to impair his efficiency. If the
Argus fairly reflects its o"ner's opinion the
civil service retormers had better waste no
more time in appeals to the Secretary of the
Treasury, but go to the President.
We often hear of the ''pauper labor Of
Europe" A recent statement made by
aKrupp, the great German gun maker, GER
tainly justifes the phrase. In 1878 his me-
chanIcs, including skilled woIkmen, were
paid on the average bat eighty-one cents per
day; in 1883 the average was but eighty
four cents. These are additions to the great
number of facts that indicate SO significantly
how imperative 1t is for our working classes
to support the advocates of protection.
Sufficient time in his estimation having
elapsed since his election to enable him to
enter upon his Office with "full sense of its
responsibilities the Hon. John W. Deering
will permit himself to be inaugurated at half
past ten O'Clock this morning. Whether Mr..
Deering will enter upon his work of reform
Immediately or whether delay is necessary
70 enable him to approach that with "full
sense OF its responsibilities" remains to be
seen.
The Bangor Commercial talks about Re-
publican newspapers being constrained" to
praise President Cleveland's appointments.
The Republican press as a rele is disposed
to treat Cleveland fairly and give him
whatever credit belongs to him. The press
which is under ''constrant" in this matter
is the Democratic press, which has been
demanding clean sweep and is now having
to put up with something very far from
what 1t wants and keep its mouth shut
when its impulses are to shrieks
American inventors, while they have done
much to alleviate human suffering, have at
the same time caused vast amount of
trouble, the most Of which has been expert
enced in England. A gentleman in London
who had bought small American alarm
clock, took it with him to the theatre the
other evening, and during the performance
the alarm went off, causing great consterna-
tion in the audience. The gentleman was
requested TO step outside and was at once
arrested as a dynamiter. After many ex-
plantations, however, he was given his lib
erty,
Evidently big fight is making against
the resppolntment Of Postmaster Pearson OF
New York. The Democrats are now claim
ing That they have discovered that he used
his ofice to help elect Mr.. Blsiue, that his
clerks we're assessed to assist Garfield and
Ia.