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The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

The service pension scheme which was de-
feated at the general convention of the
Grand Army in this city last summer, is by
no means dead. Mr.. E. B. Loring of Bos-
ton, who has long been identified with the
scheme and who advocated it here last sum-
mer, has just started paper called the Ser
vice Pension Advocate, designed to boon"
the measure. Mr.. Loring says that 1900
posts have already endorsed the plan and
that the legislation called for sis needed for
the relief of the men who stood between the
general and the enemy-picture books to the
contrary Notwithstanding. In this connec-
ton it may be said that the House of Repre-
sentatiyes has just passed for the benefit of
the surviving soldiers of the Mexican war
and their widows bill that is similar in
principle to Mr. Loring's scheme. 1t gives
to every soldier of that war who is living,
whether he was wounded OF not and without
regard to his present condition, pension of
IS per- month. There is vast difference,
however, between the amount of money re-
quired to pension the survivors of the Mexi-
can war and the amount required to pension
the survivors of the war of the rebellion.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

Who was Immediately responsible for the
shooting at st. Louis, whether the deputy
marshals or the strikers, is not yet clearly
settled. 1t looks very much, however, as if
the marshals were men who possessed
neither the requisite GOODNESS nor courage for
so trying position as the one in which they
were placed The precipitancy with which
they fled, firing right and left, on friend as
well as foe, indicates that. Yet there was
some fault on the part of the strikers. 1t
was their threats aud their attempts to drive
away men at work in the railroad yards that
made the stationing of armed men in the
wards necessary. Had they refrained from
unlawful acts themselves, there would have
been no shooting, for there would have been
no armed men there. The conduct of the
leaders of the knights after the shooting
was highly praiseworthy. A word OF en-
enlargement from them would undoubtedly
have precipitated a riot which would not
have ended without serious bloodshed. But
they strenuously endeayored to restrain the
strikers, and in great measure succeeded.
They should now use all their influence and
authority to prevent further interference in
any unlawful way on the part of the strikers
with the men at work. The right to quit
work is undoubted, but it does not carry
with it any right to prevent others from
working.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

One of the clergymen who spoke at the
meeting held yesterday to promote the better
observance of the Sabbath acknowledged
that good deal of the Sunday desecration
was traceable to church-going people. Such
is clearly the fact Col. Carroll d. Wright,
in a chapter ON Sunday work in last years
report of the Massachusetts, bureau Of labor
statistics, shows conclusively that horse cars
were first run in the vicinity of Boston to ac-
commodate people who wanted to attend
church in Boston, and at their request. 1t is
a well known fact that steam cars were first
run in the vicinity to take people to camp
meeting. And if we are not very much mis-
taken clergymen have sometimes allowed
themselves to be inveigled into address
ing gatherings on the Sabbath called osten-
sibly to promote temperance, but really got
ten up for the pecuniary benefit of some rail
road or some individual who hired trains for
the day.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

The Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tlyes has passed by an overwhelming MAORI
ty bill for the settlement of labor disputes
by arbitration. The measure is purely per-
missive in its character, and there is no pro-
vision to enforce the decisions of the referees
In these respects it is similar to the hill
passed by the National House. Unlike that
it establishes single board of arbitrators to
hear disputes arising in all sorts of indus
tries. The Boston Herald criticises this fea-
ture, and thinks it would have been much
better if the bill had been so framed that
men could have been chosen for albitrators
familiar with the particular industry in
which the dispute existed. 1t doubts If it
will be possible to find men of knowledge
sufficiently comprehensive to enable them to
Judge accurately of the conditions of the fifty
or sixty different industries with which they
may be called upon to deal The Herald's
point seems to be good one. Not only
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

The wandering peddler, the farmers
friend" is abroad. He sells colored pow
der called 'the misunderstanding compound. :"
The directions are that hole shall be bored in
the stump, filled with the powder, which is to
be allowed to stand six weeks and then fired,
when the stump will burn down below the
plough-line in no time. The six weeks pro-
vision enables the philanthropist to get out
of the neghborhood before the provincial
mind discovers that he has been selling col
ored salt
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

A dispatch from Pennington says that two
detectives are searching Franklin county for
Showers, the alleged murderer. Further on
the dispatch says that their presence In the
county is being kept as quiet as possible
We suppose the news was sent to the news
papers for the purpose of still keeping it a
caaraf
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

Running an administration daily in Bos-
ton.does not appear to be profitable business.
The Post, which claims to be the only paper
of that sort in Boston, has just discharged
eighteen editors and reporters, and the Her
aid says it has been running behind $1,000 a
xranl-
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL ls.

We do not read anonymous letters ana oemmull-
cations The name and address of the writer are
all cases indispensable, not necessarily Tor pub
LEGATION but as guarantee OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

The Biddeford Journal says the Hon. E.
w. Staples, liquor agent of that city, has his
eye on Congressman Reeds seat. This may
interest the Hon. w. H. Clifford, who Is said
to have his eve in that direction also
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
City of Portland.

CITY CLERKS OFFICE
April 9Th, 1886.
TTPON the petition of Small & Barrows, for
u permission to erect and maintain a Station
airy Steam Engine of four horse power, at No. IL
Exchange ST.,
Notice is hereby given, that the Mayor
and Aldermen will give hearing to all parties in
terested in said petition at their room, City Build
ing, on Monday, May Sd, A. ID. 1886, at 7.S0 p.
By order of the Board,
GEO. c. BURGESS City Clerk;
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

While the bill for the free coinage of silver
was pending in the House Mr.. Dibble on be-
half of the committee on coinage offered the
the following amendment:
That unless meantime, through concurrent &C.
ton of the nations of Europe with the United
States, silver be remonetized prior July 1883
that then and thereafter so much OF the act OF
February 2S, 1878, entitled Gan act to authorize
the coinage of the standard silver dollar and to
restore its legal-tender character" authorizes
and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pur-
chase silver bullion and cause the same to be
coined, shall be suspended until further action by
Congress.
The vote on this amendment was yeas 81,
nays 201. The vote clearly shows that there is
still an overwhelming majority in the House
against the repeal of the present silver coin
age law. Of the affirmative votes 40 came
from the Republicans and only IS from the
Democrats. All the Maine Congressman
voted for the amendment The President in
hismessage made powerful appeal for the
repeal of this law. Thirty-ive Democrats
paid attention to it and 148 paid none. Mr..
Cleveland's influence with his party is not
much to brag of.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

The Boston Record suggests that Collector
Chase should run for the Senate of the
United States. He has run for it several
times with very poor success.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

1t cost Canada S5,OOO0OO to put down the
Riel rebellion, and it isn't down out of sight
either.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

Some time ago the Lynn Knights of Labor
issued an order that all groceries in the
city must be closed at $50 o'clock. Mr.
George @. Tarbox, who kept store of that
description, received the order but paid no
attention to it. In the course of two weeks
he was waited on by Mr.. Vickary, a rep
resentative of the Knights, who wanted to
know why he had not complied with the
order. Mr.. Tarbox replied that he had kept
his store open till at the request of the
wOrkingmen in his vicinity who had found
1t impossible to make their purchases before
$50 O'Clock. Mr.. Vickary professed to be
satisfied with the explanation and said he
would try to induce the knights to modify
their order. The Knights were memorable
and Mr.. Vickary resigned Another man
named Watt was then appointed to wait
upon Mr.. Tarbox and notify him to obey the
order on pain of a boycott if he refused Mr..
Tarbox refused to comply, and Mr. Watt left
threatening to kill his business. What fol-
lowed Mr. Tarbox thus describes:
The second morning after Mr. Watt LETT, down
dropped diminutive monaghan Win banner,
hundred and fifty hO0dlumS with MN, nooting
ana insulting every one who entered ny sloIe.
Stones were hurled, one of which passed through
lily lrODL SHOP WINDOW. AIbtI d lidh-HOui . uSut
between the BOYS rescued the heather Chinee
and the banner both being at the mercy OF hood
lums who did not quite relish the looks OF the boy
who carried the banner, as this nefghborho0d is
not at all partial to the nationality of the monde
script "Hoot at every one who goes in said an
old resident of West Lynn, at whom the arabs
have hooted for years; "nlan, woman or child;
boot them, boot Them"
Tarbox still keeps his store open until 7
o'clock, however, and says he intends to con-
tinue to until the last free-born citizen is CO.
creed so that he dares not enter, when he
says he will close his shop sell his depreci-
ated real estate, leave the enslaved city and
seek place where he can once again breathe
the air of freedom. While this outrageous
persecution continues every man in Lynn
ought to buy his groceries Of Mr.. Tarbox.
This is one Of the boycotts for trivial causes
which Mr.. Powderly has denounced.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12
Wateryille Mail

A boy who lives near the residence of enc
of the editors of the Mail threw stone at a
hen the other day, and hit mud-puddle
splashing aneighbor's window withithe dirty
being ashamed to meet the neighbor after.
wards, he went and apologized. and ther
washed the window, showing that he is q
manly boy.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Assessors Notice.

TVIHE Assessors of the City of Portland hereby
IL give notice to all persons liable TO taxation IN
said city that they win be in session every secular
day from the first to the fifteenth day of April next,
inclusive, at their room in City Hail. from nine to
twelve O'Clock in the forenoon and from two TO i've
O'Clock in the afternoon for the purpose of reeeiy
ing lists of the polls and estates taxable I'D SAID
city.
And all such persons are hereby notified to make
of all their polls and estates real and personal or
held by them as guardian, executor, administrator,
trustee or otherwise, on the first day OF April,
1886: and be prepared to make oath to the truth
OF the same.
And when estates of persons deceased have bee n
divided, during the past year, or have change d
hands from any cause, the executor, admin ilNtu
or other person Interested is hereby warned to
give notice of such change and in default Of such
notice will be held under the law to pay the tax
assessed, although such estate has been wholly
distributed and paid over.
And any person who neglects to comply with
this notice will be doomed TO tax according to the
laws of the State, and be barred of the rights to
make application to the assessors or the County
Commissioners for any abatement of his taxes,
unless he shows that he was unable to offer such
lists within the time hereby appointed.
Blank schedules Will be furnished at the Asses
Ors' Office on application.
nSHf@In no case where the Assessors have been
put to the disagreeable necessity of making doom
will the possession of Government bonds or de-
poslts in the Savings Banks be allowed as a plea
In mitigation of such doom.
JOHN w. YORK,
VIM. O. FOX, Assessors.
STEPHEN MARSH,
apis dtap15
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

Appraiser Pierce ought to congratulate
himself that the Democratic State Commit
tee paid no attention to his letter suggesting
that the campaign be committed to an exec
utive committee with headquarters at Port
land. With the campaign run from this
point the temptation to take a hand in it
would be too great for Mr.. Pierce to resist,
and then he would become an offensive parti-
san and be clipped OUT of Office by the Presi-
dent. Were the administration as sensitive
to partisanship on the part Of Democratic
office holders as ON the part of Republicans
Mr.. Pierce would be likely to be clipped
out" for writing such letter.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12
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The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

As a rule Irishmen accept Mr.. Gladstone's
bill as wise measure and one calculated to
bring peace to the unhappy isle. The ex,
ception is the dynamite faction. They are as
bitterly opposed to it as the Tories. The
reason is obvious. With Ireland contented
their occupation will be gone and there will
no longer be any specious pretense on which
to fleece Irish servant girls. The Skin
mishing fund" will then run low and O'Dou-
AVIAN Rosa will have to go to work. Such
prospect fills him with alarm.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12
CURRENT COMMENT.
YOUR UNCLE SAM WILL HOLD HIS OWN.
Providence journal
FACTS AND THEORIES.
N. Y. Tribune.

FACTS AND THEORIES.
N. Y. Tribune.
''The theories which give no attention to
existing facts" is Congressman Reeds de-
scription of free trade heresy. But existing
facts are not so ill-mannered. They pay SO
much attention to the theories that free
trade is as far from accomplishment as it ev-
er has been since the War.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12

would a board selected with a view to deeid-
ing particular dispute be likely to be COM
posed of men better acquainted with the in
dustry in which that dispute had arisen, but
it would be more satisfactory to the dispu-
tants. The better way would seem to be to
allow employers and employed to choose
their own arbitrators. Both parties would
be much more likely to accept the decision
of board of that kind than of permanent
hoard
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difficulty, and Is one upon which, as Is

IuIIuCuItV, anu ~ Vuc uP'u WHiCu, 40 -
usual In such cases, "the doctors disagree
The discussions 50 far have been almost
entirely One.sided and have consisted for
the most part of denunciations OF banks
bankers, bondholders and monied men
generally, and professions Of desire 70
protect the poor lab0ring man from Ie'
ing swallowed up bodily by the gold bug
These denunciatons and professions may
be we'll enough, but AT the same time they
throw hut little light upon the real ques-
ton. The gold bug should not by any
means he permitted to swallow the poor
lsboring man, but how this can he pre-
vented by furnishing the laboring man, ~
|compensation tor his days labor, with a
silver dollar worth only seventy.five or
eighty cents, instead OF dollar worth one
hundred cents is not readily perceived by
the ordinary mind. Manifestly, the labor
ing mans interest is to get for his wages
dollar worth one hundred cents and having
one hundred cents worth OF purchasing
power but whether this dollar Is made of
gold silver, or some other substance IL
wholly immaterial. Deprecated money Is
always bad for the laboring man, whether
il consists of coin or paper, and II Is only
good for one class those who, having in
CURED heavy Indebtedness, are anxious to
liquidate i, most speedily and cheaply, and
this they can best accomplish by depre-
ciated currency, and 1t is this class and
their representatives, who, together with those
interested in silver mines, that are the most
pronounced advocates Of free coinage.
Some OF the remedies proposed by the
extreme silver men are novel as well as
startling. OF these perhaps the most re-
markable is that advocated by Senator Van
WycK, OF Nebraska, who has introduced
bill for an act to make all notes. bills con
tracts, &c, void which provide for pay
ment in gold coin alone, and makes the re-
ceiving of any such note, bill or contract a
misdemeanor, punishable by fine. This
bill is aimed at those capitalists who In
order 10 protect themselves from loss by
reason Of collapse to silver basis and a
depreciation of silver coin, stipulate in
their loan contracts Tor payment in gold
coin only. The proposition to enact such u
law in this enlightened age is simply mon
strous. 1t would be but another of those
restrictions upon trade and commerce, the
i'll effects Of which are everywh ere appar-
emf, and is as ridiculous and non-senslcal
rs would be the proposition to pass law
horsetrading or the exchange
OF any one commodity for another Oi
course, such bill As that presented 10y Mr..
Van Wyck would not be seriously cansid-
cred, but the mere fact that 1t is introduced
clearly illustrates the extreme views enter
tanned upon this Troublesome silver ques-
ton, tne solution of which it is impossible
to fOresee.
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dence Of the entire community in his pro

dence Of the entire community in his pro
fessional knowledge and ability"
MoRRw.-Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Milligan.
Maj and Mrs Gibson, and Mr.. AMI Mrs. T.
+. MacKinlay were present at the knights
Templar ball and banquet at Morris,
Thursday night. Willis furnished the music
and the banquet on this occasion is said to
be the finest ever spread in that city. In
all is app nlments the ball is said TO have
been superb and elegant affair.
RARA AvIs.-Depuly County Clerk No
Keen returned from ten days visit to the
East Monday lie paid the national capital
a visit and when interviewed by reporters
as to his business in Washington, declared
that he was not after any Office in the gift
OF the government nor WAS he there TO aid
any one to an appointment. Mr.. McKeon
was looked upon as great curiosity during
his few days stay ,here-a rara avis from
Illinois.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-23
DRAIN TILE AND PUBLIC ROADS.

The Illinois Tile Makers Convention
held at Springfield this week passed res
olution appointing three members com
mittee to confer with road commissioners
throughout the state with q view of hold
ing joint convention of the commission
ers and tile makers in Springfield to take
into consideration, among other subjects,
the use Of drain tile in the improvement Of
public roads. The committee 50 appointed
consists of Col G. f. Mills, of the State
Board Of Agriculture, Alex. Mclean, Ma
comb, and T. I. Spaulding, Gibson City.
The result anticipated is that n convention
will be called to be held Ia Springfield in
April next.
Coming in this way, the scheme will be
credited with being an attempt on the part
of the tile manufacturers TO create furthe.
demand for tile by making an additional
want Granting that it may be founded in
the selfinterest of tile manufacturers, yet
the project is one that is worthy OF atten,
ton of Itself The price Of drain tile
throughout Illinois has gone down through
natural causes to about that point where 1t
must remain for a long time to come, If
the business Is to be conducted on an at all
profitable basis; and therefore it is now
time that its use in connection with perma.
nent road making, which the whole state
demands, be taken up by the proper au-
thorties and d 'scussel on its merits
1t is not meant to wound the delicate
sensiblities of the average highway com
missioner when it Is said that in all probs
biiity there are not u dozen highway COM
missioners In La Sale county who know
how to build n permanent road. 1t Is per
haps too much to eXpect that they shoult
know how. McAdam spent 20 years and
$25 600 in his search for well-made road
and the best means of making one; and
yet there had been road commissioners 10y
the thousand before him, VINO could lay
out the road tax" just rs "judiciously" MS
it Is now spent 10y hundreds Of commission.
ers in every township in the state of lii
nois When McAdam found n well-made
country road it was ons he himself had con.
constructed.
McAdam recognized the fact that native
soil is more resistant when dry than when
Wet; and that Il good road must have resis.
lance not only 10 carry the traffic ON 1t but
also the road itself. He did not have drain
tile To keep his road dry, and therefore
made his covering impervious TO rain by
the Use of stones broken small and shaken
and pressed together, which by the traffic
became AS close mass rs u WALL system
which has taken his name and by which he
is remembered, hut which is very imper.
Iectly understood generally.
The drainage of road is, however,
properly considered an essential to well
made road and open drains are an unnec,
essary waste of land, besides uffering at all
times AN unnecessary danger Ia passengers
aud vehicles where the road is narrow. As,
however, in the construction of particular
roads even with tile the necessities of each
Case will necessarily determine the plan or
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An important decision was rendered THU

An important decision was rendered this
week by the L. s. Supreme Court in u case
taken to that Court from Michigan, in
which the Court say that the local laws or
ordinances levying license tax on CONNER
cial travellers for selling goods by sample
is unconstitutional, or in other words, as
the ultra free traders would say, the theory
Of "protection of native industry" cannot
be applied AS between states, since 1t then
amounts to an obstruction OF commerce.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-23

Among the combinations by the Senate
during the present week were VIM. Os-
man as postmaster at Ottawa, and J. ). X
Scoyille rs postmaster at Morris. 1t does
not necessarily follow that other appoint
ments of federal officers in this neighbor-
hood are in difficulty because the above,
though subsequently appointed, have been
taken up apparently out of their regula
order and confirmed, for Wednesdays dis
patches announce that all appointments in
Illinois will no doubt be confirmed, except
the Apprentices 10 post offices at Peoria,
Lincoln and Metropolis