The Portland daily press., 1886-03-08


The New York sun takes the liberty to
tell the President that the White House
stove, rather than the department files, is
the proper place for papers he does not wish
to have seen.
In one instance, at least, employers and en-
ployes are working together. 1t is the case
of the Pennsylvania glass manufacturers,
who have selected a committee, consisting OF
four proprietors and four workingmen, to go
to Washington and help defeat the Morrison
bill
The troubles between the Bates company
and its employees are growing worse. The
Knights have just ordered all the watchmen
to leave the mills, and now none of the old
force are at work in any capacity. Over
1900 persons are idle owing to a controversy
which originally concerned but one man.
Commissioner Of Pensions Black was on
the floor of the House last week furnishing
Democratic members with ammunition for
an attack upon ex-Commissioner Dudley. A
part of this ammunition consisted of pri-
vate letter book which Mr.. Dudley left in
the department. And yet it was only week
ago that the President sent long communi-
cation to the Senate on the inviolability of
private papers left in the departments
A correspondent of the Louisville Courier
Journal presents startling picture of the
work which Mormon missionaries are ac
complishing in northern Alabama Num-
bers of these proselyters, in the pay of the
the Central Mormon Church, have invaded
the territory, and the result of their work is
found in broken families, deserted homes
and the condition of the community which is
little better than anarchy. Such state OF
things ought to arouse the State to some
prompt and vigorous measures.
The New York World predicts the impos-
sibility-at least the improbability Mr..
Clevelands denomination. A significant
warming laying great stress upon the failure
of what it terms the new Democracy" is
given to the President by the World in the
following;
And thus we believe that, no matter how many
mistakes the administration may make, WItea
another President is to be elected the c0nsldera-
tons we have mentioned VIII have their due
weight and the election will be decide d, not so
much 10y what Mr.. Cleyeland's administration
shall have failed to have done, as by whot the
near candidate, Of the Democratic party will be
and promise, and what, from his character, capac-
ity and good faith he can be trusted to perform.
The employees of the Dry Dock Railroad
Company, who struck last week for higher
wages, have won, and everybody will be glad
of it except possibly the stockholders of the
company. AS a rule horse car conductors
and drivers in the large cities are over
worked and underpaid. But some of the
methods resorted to by the strikers and their
sympathizers are entirely unjustifabe. The
upsetting of cars, the piling of distractions
upon the tracks, the stoning of men who
undertook to drive the cars are all of them
offenses against the public and in violation
of the criminal law. All these acts We're
committed during the strike, and this fact
detracts good deal from the victory Such
means may give trades unions temporary
triumph, but the effect of them in the long
run must be adverse to these organizations.
inasmuch as they ALLEVIATE public sympathy
on which employed must rely very largely
for success in any contest with employers.
The Argus published on Saturday what is
described in headline as "a full account
of Collector Chase's testimony before the
Senate committee. The "full account" first
appeared in the New Age, Gov. Plaisted' S
paper. Here is one question alleged to have
been asked by Senator Morrill, and the an
swer alleged to have been made by Collector
Chase:
Q.-Your statements are amazing. | see
you have letter book. Can you verify your
statements by reference to the record?
Ayes, if you insist, | will explain and
cite the record. In Maine the Governor and
Council constitute the returning board to
examine the returns for members of the
House and Senate and certify who appears
to be elected according to the legal RETURN
before them. The returns from several OF
our cities-which were Republican-were
deemed fatally defective" in that they were
signed by only three of the seven Aldermen.
So votes returned for j. Doe were not count
ed for John DOe-all in accordance with Re-
publican precedents and the best legal talent
in the State. The result was Democratic
majority in both brancheS-ln the Senate 20
to II in the House rs to 63 with u vacancies.
Executive summonses were issued to such
members as appeared" to be elected. The law
also required the Secretary of State to fur
nish the clerks of the preceding House and
Senate with "a certified roll under the seal
of the State of the names of the Senators
and Representatives-elec and report the va
cancies If any exist, and then expressly de-
clares: mo person shall be allowed to vote
or take part in the organization of either
branch OF the Legislature as member, UNI
less his name appears upon the certified roll
Of that branch" But the opinions of the
justices We're. that votes for j. Doe were in
tended for John Doe, that three aldermen
We're a majority of seven aldermen, and ex-
pressly declared that, "A member without a
summons who appears to claim his seat is
prinad .fdcie entitled to equal consideration
with member who has a summonst You
will find these opinions bound up in the
Maine Reports Vol. 70, Page $50. In accord
ance with these views of the justices and by
virtue thereof, the Republican caucus was
constituted into the so-called Legislature.
Perhaps in the back towns where the New
Age crculates and where the Collector is
not intimately known this answer may be
palmed off as his. But in Portland, where
the Collector is well known, there is nobody
so stupid as to believe for moment that he
ever said what is put into his mouth by the
New Age.
THE BLAIR BILL.