The Sunday herald., 1886-11-14
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Will the cable railway fight consume all
the time allowed to the District Of Columbia
during the approaching session of Congress
Recorder of Deeds Matthews has Just got
snugly settled in new quarters at the Court.
house, but the harsh, unfeeling Senate meets
next month, and his name must be promptly
submitted to that body according to law.
1t is only fair for the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and the people of Baltimore to take
an earnest and effective interest in the
National Drill here next May. When the
oriole festival was held Washington people
went over to the sister city in throngs, but
it has always been remarked that Balti-
moreans were rather slow in responding to
invitations from this side of the line.
The reporters seem to have a grudge
against Mr.. James Russell Lowell. When
he delivered an address in England some
years ago on Coeridge the report of it cred.
tied him with dreadful misquotations from
"The Ancient Mariner" Now in his Har-
ward Grafton they make him say "Justum &C
"tacentem propositi virum"-the man who is
just and silent about his designs, (Which
sounds like tribute to General GranD-in-
stead of "tenacem ropositi"-tenacious of
his designs, which applies to what some peo-
pie call Mr.. Cleveland's obstinacy.
The proposed establishment in this city of
another national bank seems to witness the
possession of considerable surplus cash by
our citizens, in view of the numerous and
prosperous banking institutions already ex-
listing. 1t also shows that the incorporators
are not alarmed for the future of national
banking, despite the increasing scarcity of
United States bonds. OF course the more
that Washington becomes a centre of busi-
ness, financial as we'll as commercial, the
better for all here, and the new bank is
therefore to be welcomed.
Silver certificates of the denomination of
one and two dollars get into circulation very
slowly, which indicates that the Treasury is
obeying the popular demand in this case as
grudgingly as usual. 1t "isn't English, ye
''know," to have any paper money in circula-
tion less than f'-pun note. The reason for
this in England is that people are either so
rich that they do not need to carry any less
denominations of money, or 80 poor that
their little bit of silver change does not
bother them by its weight. Here the dollar
is every mau's money, and We want 1t in
convenient shape, and in hurry too,
Messrs. Manning and Graves.
The serious trouble in the Police Depart
ment just as Congress is about to meet is
much to be deplored for many reasons. In
stead of prospective increase of the scanty
force, there is now danger Of Congressional
in y;,ka g.,
fault, unless there has been an extraordinary
series of innocent misunderstanding and
blunders; and we are loath to think that it
is either Major Walker, so lately appointed
with high promises of his expected achieve
ments, or Lieutenant Arnold, with his long
record and experience and natural or ac
quired discretion that made him the last
man to be suspected of folly. Asuperabund
ance Of loose talk seems to be at the root of
the difficulty, and it will be lucky II nothing
worse is to be predicated oft.
In considering the losses and gains on the
question of tariff reform in the House, 1t
should not be overlooked that Hon. Leopold
Morse, of Boston, was elected over Mr.. Ran.
ney in the Third District Of Massachusetts
squareiy on this issue, and as a tariff re.
former and that the other Massach usetts
Democrats were elected on the same issue.
An address to voters, before the election,
signed by Hon. Henry l.. Pierce, Rev. James
Freeman Clarke, and others, denounced Mr..
Ranney for opposing the Morrison bill, and
pointed out that the present war tariff brings
about the following results:
To the manufacturer, a limited market, over-pro-
ductlon great prosperity one season and mills closed
the next-striKes yexations, loss; TO the consumer
and wage learner, living expensive income reduced
uncertainty OF employment, lockouts, enforced Idle
ness, poverty, suffering. What are the moral re-
suits? Among the masses OF wage-earnefs, lneyita-
bile discontent with all the evils that follow In Its
train; among the manufacturers, a few favored mo-
nopOllsts made unduly rich and correspondlngy
greedy by extreme duties Imposed In their favor,
heartlessly importing the very cheapest foreign
labor to compete with the American worker and
lower his wages or Keep him idle. AT the saJle
time, these men seek 10 debauch the conscience and
becloud the reason OF the American people by pro-
claiming through their political monthpieces that
their system Is one OF "proiection 10 American
labor" To silence this demagogism, 10 expose this
falsehood, to relieve an overiaxed pnbc TO remove
a mlschevous restraint upon Legitimate trade, ana
10 take the frst step In the gradual rlghtiDg OF
this great moral and economic wrong by removing
the duties upon raw materials and upon the neces-
sares life. Is the pressing, the Imperative poi-
cal duty OF the hour II Ia high time that this duty
be longer shlrked or trined with, but fearlessy
discharged Even Mr.. Blaine himself has been com
PEELED TO admit, In his Pittsbnrg speech. the neces
slty OF reducing the revenue; but his remedy IL the
monstrous one OF Increasing the burden OF indirect
taxation upon the people by raising the tarin still
higher 10 the prohIbtory point, and thus interrupt
Ing still more the natural now Of Trade.
The World of yesterday, speaking OF the
seizure by the health authorities Of New
York Of 1000 gallons of spurious and poison
GUS liquid prepared to be sold for wine, says;
The intent was to color and nayor the stun varl-
ously to represent different kinds OF wine and palm
It on on the community as such But although
these 5000 gallons may miss their mark they form