The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-02-21

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When checks on banks in other cities are sent tn
cost OF collection wiz be deducted.
The Edftor o THE SUNDAY HERALD cannot under
tdse TO preserve or return rejeoted communico
tfons. Contributors or correspondents uho ma
desire to possess their manuscripts, Uunused
should Keep copp
II the Senate keeps on monkeying will
the President much longer It will think 4
has encountered the two Andrews, jackson
and Johnson, rolled into one.
While the Committee on Rules is consid
ering the question of an investigation of the
Pan Electric business, with the Pulitze,
amendment attached, would 1t not be well
to further broaden the scope of the investi
CATION so as to ascertain II any member oi
Congress is interested pecuniarily in any
matter or subject pending in Congress-
General Ben lie Fevre is said to be very
friendly to the school interests of the Dis.
General will--speaking in metaphor-take
of his coat and 60 to work to Secure the
much-needed increase of appropriations for
our schools, he will win the everlasting
gratitude of the large majority of our people.
We trust that the muddle between the
Commissioners and the School Board will
not stand in the way of increased appropria-
tions for schools teachers, and school. houses.
The subcommittee on the District Appro-
priation bill are ready to give whatis is needed.
At the eleventh hour the Commissioners in
creased their estimates, but not sufficiently
for the purpose of providing school accom-
modations.
Senator Hale's bill providing that enlisted
men in the Navy may deposit their saw
ings with naval paymasters, and receive in
terest thereon, is measure we'll calculated
to encourage thrift and frugality in the SER
vice. There can be no obj lection to it, since the
amount SO deposited for any lengtlfo time in
the hands Of the paymaster cannot be very
large, and his bond is, or should be, sufficient
to prevent loss to the Government.
There are but two ways to expedite busi-
ness before the Supreme Court of this Dis.
trict. Either increase the number Of judges.
or prevent the unnecessary prolongation ci
trials arising out of long-winded arguments
on every conceivable point. 1t is seldom
that doubtful question arises requiring
the assistance of learned counsel to en-.
tighten the court. Nearly all the time
wasted in so-oalled arguments is on ques-
tions that do not admit of debate.
Mr.. Pulitzer's bill to give pension OF
$4,000 year TO the widow of General Han
cock should pass without delay. Private
subscriptions are commendable, especially in
this case, where it Is known that General
Hancock firmly refused offers of pecuniary aid
when rendered in his lifetime. He died
poor because ofthe expensive hospitality
thrown upon him by reason OF his exalted
position and great personal popularity. But
the nation should evinoe its appreciation of
his services by providing amply for the
widow of the man, who was one of its most
illustrious defenders.
In choosing Commissioner in lieu of Mr.
Rdmonds we trust and believe that the
President will not follow the example of his
predecessors in making selections with a
view to an interest in real estate in the north
western section of the city. The new Com
missioner should be Democrat, in its
broadest sense, with an appreciation Of the
educational and moral needs of the commu-
nifty as well as of some knowledge of the
material interests of all parts of the District.
There are number of such men here
They should not be passed by. The people
want no dummy" Democrat to govern
them.
There is to be no compromise on the silver
question, apparently, and this will leave the
Bland bill in full force, until after the Con-
gressional elections, ct least. An act au-
thorizing any holder of silver dollars to re-
oeive silver certificates of small deuomipa-
tions on the deposit Of the coin in the
Treasury, or any sub-trsasury Of the United
States, would do away with the only real OBJ
lection to the silver dollar-its size and
weight. The amount of profit to the Govern
ment in coming silver dollars is more than
sufficient TO pay for their storage, safe-keep-
ing. and transportation.
The present movement on the part of the
wine-growers throughout the United States
toward securing fair trade, free from dishon-
movement more in the interest of the con-
sumner, which means the public, than 1t is
in the interest Of the producer, though both
are equally interested in the result. ALI that
the producer demands is that bogus manu-
factures should be so marked that they may
be identified and known by consumers, in.
stead Of being sold, as they invariably are, on
prstencs Of genuine character. The con-
hutntI Ilgnt even uelnhuu luoIc IMAM tuls,
even the entire suppression Of a dishonest
industry, the products Of which no one de-
sires to see encouraged.
II is rumored in New York that the Staten
Island bridge fights mere bluff, and tina.
what Garrett really intends Is to gobble up
the Jersey Central. When the Carrots are
called, their hands are seldom big enough
TO take the pot. The Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad charter was offered TO the elder Gar
rett for $4,000. He thought the price too
large Then came the "bluff' about the
purchase of the Philadelphia and Whining
ton Railroad, and while the Baltimore and
Ohio was higgling over the odd dollars the
Pennsylvania Railroad bought up all the
stock. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
has been good thing for the stockholders,
but as for enterprise or public spirit, il Ii
about as far behind the times as the smoke
stack engine is behind the hty-ton locomo-
tive Otto day.
Judge Merrick's fame as jurist and his
faculty for the despatch OF business in our
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