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The examiner., 1886-03-13

THERE is a bill now before the Connecticut Legislature which IS in- tended in a measure to stop the rob- bery of the poor man under the pres ent system of trial by Justice of the Peace. It provides circuit court in the county composed of certain number of Justices elected in the towns, whose duty shall be to try cases appealed from the Justices court, and save much of the costs now eaten up by trial before the high priced Superior Court. But the radl- cal wrong involved in the manner of trial by local Justice is not touched. This consists in the plaintiff in each case virtually having the Irivelege of selecting the judge before whom his case shall be tried, while the defend ent has no choice in the matter. It is done by the person desiring to bring action employing his lawyer, who then chooses the Justice, and as the lawyer is always ambitious to win his case (unless he is paid better for losing it) he always g1ves them to the same judge for trial, who again in turn invariably decides in favor of such lawyer, in order to induce him to bring more, as the justice is paid by the job. And in order that there may be no way of reaching these fel- lows afterwards at the polls, the man. ipulators of our town politics gener- ally agree to make no contest on the justices of the Peace, but place the whole number on one ticket, where one vote cast will elect them all as we'll as if ten thousand were cast for them. A system of drawing lots for Justice in these cases should supercede the present iniquitious and one sided arrangement. We will have this as soon as the people begin to rule.
The examiner., 1886-03-13

THIS is another great week of strlkes-the boys are up in arms all over the Iand-''there's splendid fighting all along the line," and vic tories on every hand But there would be no necessity for the contest, if the workers were only as wise as they are beligerant. A study of the political phase of the problem would soon give them the key to the situation and the possession of the entire field. But they are doing the best they know how, with the light they have received, and eventually will do much better as their scope of vision is enlarged. Instead of fighting the railroads, the mines and the manufac- tories, they will then be operating them for themselves under the benign supervision and auspices of a CO., operative commonwealth.
The examiner., 1886-03-13
THE SOCIAL SEASON.

LENT has come and the so-called 'ssocial season" is over. The social season, that time when certain women tax their small brains to out-do each other in the matter of fnery and dis play, when assembling usually in the night time, in semi-nude state, and with the gentlemen present say a few pretty nothings to each other-and amid a profusion of cut glass and flowers, take sip of coffee, chocolate, or other beverage, taste of ices and bon-bons in a glare of gas light. Yes, this is society" for which some women will sacrifice every thing in life worth living for, and for which men often bankrupt themselves.
 As humanitarian we are glad the social season is over, so that women can put on clothes again and rest, eat more fish and develop their thinking apparatus. But what will the great city newspapers do for matter, now that they can no longer fill their col umns with elaborate descriptions of the dress that should have covered each lady but didn't; a subject of such vast importance, that we advise them now, as substitute, to send re- porters around to take note of the dress of the lay figures in the shop windows. It may not be just as in- teresting matter, but possibly the merchants would pay the publish CTS nearly as much for doing up the business as the fashionable ladies do to describe their dresses.
 The reporters should keep their hands in. at all events.
The examiner., 1886-03-13

The State of Kentucky is said to be a Democratic State by an over whelming majority. Yet the Legis- lature of that State-the representa- tives of that democracy, ordain that convicts shall be employed to super cede honest workmen, when the latter look for better compensation for their labor, and emphasize their demands by refusing to work. Yet there is
 no room for denunciation of the Leg islature in this. The members com posing it are the choice of those who complain against them. Of course it was ignorance of true democracy that inspired the one to select the other but political ignorance is sin that exempts not its victim flom punish ment, no more than want of knowl- edge in the child of the properties of fire saves it from being burnt. The
 only preventive is knowledge of the
The examiner., 1886-03-13
SOMETHING ABOUT uToPIAN IDEAs

SOMETHING ABOUT UToPIAN IDEAS
 EDITOR ExAMINER-In your issue of 2i ult., you publish synopsis of a sermon lately delivered by the Rev. J. c. Kimbal of Hartford, from the text, s'Thy Kingdom Come"
 I have read that sermon with a great deal of interest, as I do all the productions of the reverend gentleman that come under my notice, but apprehend that the dream indulged in and so beautifully and elo- quently told, is somewhat utopian in its character; and that it's realization (f ever realized at alp lies in an exceedingly dim and distant future.
 While such is my belief, yet I most cheerfully admit that the human family generally considered, believe in, and are looking forward to coming DailLe7aiaB,, when there will be an universal reign oi "peace on earth, good will towards men;;' when mankind will be no longor subject to temptations; when all causes of misery and suffering will be removed; when all the conditions of happiness, physical, social, moral and intellectual will be perfect.
 Is such belief well founded? Will the morning of millennium dawn on earth prior to the time when intellectual progress is no longer possible Is the human mind so circumscribed that it's powers and attain ments can be limited Are we appreci- ably nearer the establishment of the king dom of universal right, love, peace and happiness than the world was 1900 years ago? I think not. That we may attain 8 stage of perfection and happiness which, when compared with the present, would seem to be heaven indeed, seem to be a full and perfect answer to that prayer ut- tered by him who 'spake as never man spake before'' I do not doubt but when that state is reached, will the cup of hap piness be full Will there be nothing left to be desired Will all the secrets Of na- ture be given up and known? Will their be no new fields 10 be explored ? Will science have nothing left to investigate, art no higher aim to reach mind no farther depths to penetrate or heights to soar to {? Or will there still be something left that will still lead us to pray ssThy Kingdom Come.
 Man, physically considered, may be, probably is, an exact det-rmiDate quantity, but intellectually considered the determin- ation can only be approximate, for progress is the great law of nature.
 Education continually opens up new fields for thought and investigation and brings to our minds visions of greater hap piness only to be secured by gre ater knowl- edge. Science has already made lightning the vehicle of thought, and who knows but what it may yet be used to convey mes sages to other worlds at infinite distance,
The examiner., 1886-03-13
LABOR PAPERS IN PoTTER,s FELL

LABOR PAPERS IN PoTTER'S FIELD.
 An esteemed correspondent in Spring
 field, Mass, writes to us thus:
 ''There is a good opening here for a wide-awake labor paper. 1t would get several hundred subscribers from the Knights of Labor in Springfield, and others at Westiield, and at the towns North, East and West. There is no such paper in Western Massachusetts"
 There are already about hundred half starved t1abor papers" in the country, many of them afflicted with the staggers. During the past three years we have seen scores of the kind laid in their little collins, and earted to Potter's Field, where they sleep in trenches, with no headboard to show that they ever raised for liberty. In this city, for example, what melancholy tale of them could be told since the time that the gallant Evans stood on the ram parts of Young America in 1s4O! As for Philidelphia, it has a labor paper in the Tocsin, which, we regret to say, is not growing wealthy. AS for Boston, no man IS rich enough to start one there. AS for Brooklyn, it starved out one last year. As for Chicago, it has buried g half dozeu skeletons of those it has reduced by famine; and St. Louis has similar record, like wise Cincinnati. New Orleans is now watching one as it dwindles away.
 Our Springfield friends want such g pa per all for themselves; but we fear they would soon put it on dogs diet, and thus prevent it from enjoing even heroic death. Why don't they rally around some s'labor paper' already established, such as the Paterson Labor Standard, which has weathered .Le storm, or the Workman, or THE EXAMINER, or the Labor Tribune, or the Industrial Recorder, or the People, or any one of score of others? Make some of the slabor papers" of the country successful, and then there will be no trouble in getting competent men to start others where they are needed.-John Swinton.
The examiner., 1886-03-13
"GROWZZNG- 700 E4SIo

So rapid has been the growth of the Knights of Labor of late, and so numerous the calls for the formation of new Assemblies that halt hss been called in the latter, in order to give opportunity for those at Head quarters to catch up with their work and the force there has been augment ed from time to time up to the full capacity of accommodations. And the time specification cessation of hostil- ities is suggestive of Noah's great flood. It will take forty days for the great flood of applications for new Charters and other paraphernalia to subside, before the ground is again cleared for the sewing of new seed.
 How much qualification is here vouchsafed to the little band of toilers scattered all over the country, who through trials and tribulations have necessarily wrought for this long looked for consumation. Yet, there are some who would be pleased with the aspect of afaics if halt were also called to the initiation of any more members in the old Assemblies, till something more was done towards the education of those already en- rolled. They are afraid that the or ganization is becoming a fungus growth, that under the hurry of rou- tine business, much unworthy material may be comming in which will be only a means of destruction of the Order when the time is considered at hand to strike the decisive, blow for freedom" Or that for want of time and opportunity to properly instruct the new recruits in the great funda- mental principles of the Order, many will drop away as they come in, see ing or hearing nothing of what they expected.
 There may be some ground for such apprehension, and undoubtedly the same will be verified in many cases; but we believe that the causes which drive these people into organ ization will also serve to keep them there, and will build fence around them to prevent their escape. The lash of the oppressor has been felt, and our competitive system of indus try must of necessity still keep it up- lifted. Many are realizing this with out knowing the cause, and they are looking to combination to protect them. They had relied on a change of Administration of the powers that be to save them, but they have seen that the change was only from one frying pan into another.
 While conditions hold them to- gether, there will be ample time for education; but some thorough syste- mat1c plan should by at once adopted by those guiding the destiny of the Order, and not leave it to each indi- yidual organization to work out or neglect for itself. If this cannot or will not be done, then our District officers should get their beads together and in their wisdom formulate some thing that will serve the purpose, per haps equally as we'll.
The examiner., 1886-03-13

evils of competisia Is they are; there fore, the o9!1 ensible thing under the cir cuT1fances is for those who are educateasenough and in position to take advantage of its benefits, to CO operate as individuals in everything that can be done to advantage, while striving to inaugurate the era of the cooperative commonwealth, where all shall be co-operators whether they realize 1t or not.
The examiner., 1886-03-13

IF in union there is strength, then the weaker classes have the most need of union and organization and in this view the necessity of organiza ton among women wage earners seems more imperative than with any other class of workers.
The examiner., 1886-03-13

WHEN some politicians of either of the old political parties profess such profound respect for the rights and interests of "the honest, and intelli- gent workinemen," the workingmen should remember that one of the chief ingredients of soft-soap is lye.
The examiner., 1886-03-13

U. s. bonds now command pre- mium of 25 per cent. Congress should again pass another "Credit Strength ening act" It $ just as necessary now for the nations credit as it was in 1869, when we were asking no credit of anyone.
The examiner., 1886-03-13

THAT veteran American Labor Re former of Wisconsin-Robert Schilling moves that the indomitable Irish patriot, Michael Davitt, be commis- stoned as Knight of Labor organizer for Great Britain and Ireland. This is magnificent idea-and no doubt brings every patriotic reformer in the land on to his feet to second the mo
 ion Question? MT. Powderly.
The examiner., 1886-03-13
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1886.
A STANDING oEEERI

A column week of THE EXAMINER is hereby placed at the disposal of anyone desiring to elucidate the following: Wherein is there one fundamental point of issue between the Democratic and parties of to daY2
The examiner., 1886-03-13

IF d business firm should make a rule that no agent whom they might appoint should be subject to a recall or discharge till his time of service ex- pired, no matter how grossly he mis- managed the business, would it not be considered an idiotic policy? Yet this is just what the people do in re- lation to their agents,-the men whom they place in office to serve them.
The examiner., 1886-03-13

IT was Robert Owen who first set mems minds upon the track of CO operation by instituting a practical and successful example of it. Though called an infdel, yet by precept and example he was more Christ-like than most professed christians. "As long as the hovel was in sight he took no satisfaction in the splendor of courts. :"
The examiner., 1886-03-13

nature of the thing and then avoiding its results. Perhaps the workingmen of Kentucky now superseded by con- victs, and terrorized by the militia, may learn something from this that will be of service to them the next time they go to the polls.
The examiner., 1886-03-13

THOSE who need money the most, have always the most difficulty in ob- taining if. Nobody wants to lend money to those who have none, CT no prospect of getting it.
The examiner., 1886-03-13

UNDER our present social system, it takes about all the time, energy, in tellect and industry of the world to keep its loafers in idleness and luxury
The examiner., 1886-03-13

: THE EXAMINER can be found for sale at the Newsdealers.
 If the paper fails to reach you regulary, drop postal card immediately.
The examiner., 1886-03-13

and perhaps come back to us f;eighted with evidences of superior intelligence existing there. Appetite grows by what equal ratio with education and oppoftuni- ties. Those things which in the minds of the people few centuries ago would have been the greatest luxuries, are so necessary to human existence and enjoyment to day as the simplest necessities were then.
 Such being the fact, are we not to-day living in 8 state, which to the prehistoric indeed Are we not now so far advanced, are not our present surroundings so far capable of ministering to human desires and aspirations that we actually surpass the best conceptions of attainable happiness in past ages ? And if this be true, will it not also be true, that when that condition is attained which the most profound reformer, the most@dvanced socialist merely dreams of to day, that it will be found just as wanting in the means of satisfying human desires and aspirations then, as the condi- tions we live in now come short of satis- flying the present wants, needs and aspir- ations of the people. When then may we look for the answer to the prayer ssThy Kingdom Come" I answer only when we have attained to perfect knowledge. True it is said the primeval curse was pro- nounced .on man for partaking of the fruit of the tree acknowledge. Not understand ing this, believe that friut was good and that perfect happiness will never be reached until the entire fruit of that tree has been plucked and eaten. Numberless ages will be recorded O. the calendar of time, ere that work will be accomplished. True it is that
 'tHope springs eternal in the human breast,
 Man never is, but always to be blest.''
 Rocky Hill, Conn. H.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-14

ditlon of things which they do not want.
The underaigned, for the purpose of
ascerteining the true wishes and wants
OF these people, prefers to ignore all the
conHicting statements which Lave been
made to this congress from time. to time
oy sell constituted representatives, town
| lot speculatols, state capital locators.
ana 9th ce saeking politicians, by first re-
ierr!ng this question of division of the
territory on the seventh standard mer,.
dian rather than the forty y-sxth parallel.
because that division would not reauire
division of counties, townships, and
farms as wonld division on the forty.
sixth parallel. The fact that the seventh
standard meridian is only three or four
miles south of the forty-sixth parallel
would make no material difference to
the people of that territory as to the di-
vIdIng line, if they wane one.
For the reasons herein above given.
the undersigned believes that respect.
ful consideration Of this subject makes
1t the duty of congress to first refer this
question of the division of that terri
tory 10 full vote of the people thereof,
fairly ascertained by proper legislation.
after which congress can take proper
steps to admit to the sisterhood OF states
Dakota and north Dakota, after the
people OF the two territories once estab-
lished, have taken the proper steps to
organize state governments under the
authority of enabling acts submitted by
congress and subject to the approval
thereof.
For the reasons above stated, the
undersigned respectfully reports that
the passage OF house bill No. 1879 would
better conform to the conditions OF
affairs in Dakota, and is but at least an
act of just concession 10 the rights of
the people OF said territory. Rsspeot
fully submitted, W. D. HIM
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-14

There is issomething for the curious to
speculate upon in letter which the
secretary of the navy has written to the
president of the board which 1nspects
vessels at New York. The secretary of
the navy asks for list and description
of those steamers of our merchant Rlarine
which, in time of need, might be called
upon at once for service as auxiliary
cruisers for transports or for special
purposes. He also says the department
proposes to extend the functions of the
inspection board by directing it to ex-
anime carefully steamers of all classes of
our mercantile marine, in order to ascer-
tain and report upon their adaptability
for the aforementioned service. He
also requests the president of the board
to endeavor to enlist the interest of ship
owners in this matter, and adds that the
department Will cause the names of such
vessels MS may I'LL the necessary require
ments to be entered on the list, which
will be known as the auxiliary naval list,
with the object of employing such
vessels in case the government. desires
the support of our American feet.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-14

in the wishes of the Washingtonian
dictators. Mr.. Allen has visited the
governor in his stronghold, conferred
with him, and expressed his willingness
to take the place. He will return soon,
SO it is related, and assume the functions
of attorney general of the territory of
Dakota.
This is an innovation upon the Gus.
toms of all the dependencies of the
general government, excepting the dis
trict of Columbia. which can hardly be
classed as political division. While
the general government has always
claimed the privilege of appointing
from the states the territorial officers
whose salaries are paid from the federal
treasury, it has never before claimed the
right to fill with carpet bagger a
position which is sustained by the taxes
paid by the people within territory. If
Governor Pierce commits this act he
will earu the execration of every indi-
viduall within the territory of Dakota. The
appeal of the authorities at Washington
in behalf of MIR. Allen should not be for
an instant considered by him. He
should exhibit enough OF true manhood
to meet suoh advances with an absolute
and unqualified refusal of compliance.
And if he so far tramples upon the rights
of half million people as to give this
position to resident of one of the
states, the territorial treasurer should be
enjoined against the payment OF his sal
ary and the legality of the appointment
submitted to the courts.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-14
y. H. MOULTON,
Steam Fitting
TllleaL koing.-

WOULD respectfully announce that am
prepared to contract for
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-14
HE MINORITY Report.

Views of Hon. William ID. Hill, of
Ohio. ON the Rights OF the People In
the TerrItOries-A Report in Behalf
OF His BiIt for the Division of RSa-
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-14

Sioux City is still wrestling with Its
water problem. Its works are sup
pied from system of drive wells and
these wells are beginning to fail. The
probability is that Sioux City will yet
have to go to the Missouri river for its
water. 1t can there procure good and
henlthful supply, but the process of
transferring it from the river to the
reservoir is an expensive one,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-14

The Aberdeen Republican states that
Aberdeen has raised the contribution
called for as the price of the militia en-
oampment and has notified the governor
that it expects to entertain the soldiers
If Aberdeen proposes TO foot the entire
bill. there will probably be an encamp-
ment, but it is necessary to raise about
sly 600
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-14

A hose team, made up of the best
runners from various Dakota towns,
went from Pierre to the Dubuque
tournament and there eapturned the
best prize in the free for all class.