Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-12
EEGTORIAL NOTES.

Even little Rhode Island is beginning to feel that she can get along without session of the legislature every year.
 The editor of the Estelline Bell of Dakota intimates that the "tame young man" and the played-out politician from the East make 8 mistake when they go to that State with the avowed determination of becoming Congress men. He says, delicately: ''There is no opening here for any of these embryonic or ruined specimens of humanity outside of the cemeteries. If the verdict of the community in which you now live seems to be that you have not enough ability to throw stones at the chickens. don't come out here where, owing to excessive and exorbitant freight charges, cartridges with which to practice on you cost two cents apiece"
 M Naudin expresses the opinion concern ing the proposed Algerian inland sea that to fill with salt water the shallow basi1: of that region would be equivalent to reproducing in Algeria all the evil features of series of marshes-an opinion held a1so by many emi- nent men of science. The deepest portion would, it is admitted, not exceed eighty feet in depth, and the whole coast line would be so shallow as to be but little else than marshy bank, which, under the influence of a tropical sun for eight months of the year, would, doubtless, become 8 focus which would develop and distribute all the evils of malaria. An examination of the bes by competent engineers shows that the
 11 IL ..1. contemplated, would necessitate the removal of 20, ,000, ,000 cubic metres of sand.
 In letter to the Louisville board of trade Senator Sherman thus stated his position concerning the silver question: I believe the compulsory coinage of the standard silver dollar should be immediately stopped, but think it should be done in such way as not to demonetize silver, which, like gold, ought to be continued as 8 part of the currency of the country. To meet the diti- culties of the present situation, and to pre- vent the depreciation of silver as far as practicable, think the government should issue coin certificates for silver bullion to the extent, say, of one-half of the domestic product, suspend the coinage of the silver dollar and wait further negotiations with foreign powers for an international ratio. If this should fail it will be fime enough then to determine whether the United States should not alone ascertain the relative mar ket value of the two metals, and coin both into money on that basis.
 American builders and iron workers are to be congratulated upon the success Of Bufa- To bridge building company in obtaining the contract for the great steel bridge in Austra- lia This contract was obtained in competl- ton with bridge builders of England, France, Germany and Holland, and was awarded to the American firm, it must be inferred, be- cause in the judgment of British authorities it was prepared to build cheaper and better than other competitors. The New York Tribune pertinently comments on this fact as follows: If this is so, how are consumers of iron in the United States suffering by reason of the tariff2 The free traders are continually asserting that consumers here pay the full amount of the duty on all do- nestle iron consumed, as well on all inn ported iron Incidents like this Australian contract prove the assertion utterly false. If the builders could not use the vast quantity of iron which will be needed for such a bridge at as low price, quality considered