The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-04-05

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on the fullest expression of the most widely
divergent views upon these vital questions Of
the age, it is cause for rejoicing. that the ses-
sions, both private and public, have been aD-
| s0lutely without friction.
SIT is the unanimous voice of the council
that all institutions of learning and OF pro.
| fessional instruction, including schools OF
theology, law and medicine, should in the
interest Of humanity be as freely opened to
| women as to men, that opportunities for In
| dustrial training should be as generally and
as literally provided for one sex as for the
other and the representatives of organized
womanhood in this council will steadily de-
| mand that in all ayocatiOns In which both
men and women, engage equal wages shall
be paid for equal work; and, finally, that an
| enlightened society should demand the only
adequate expression of the high civilization
which 1t is its office to establish and main
tain, an identical standard of personal puri-
to and morality for men and women"
The Mckay Bill Vetoed.
| The President today sent message to the
House, returning without his approval. the
bill for the relief of Nathaniel Mckay and
the executors of Donald Mckay. The bill
provides for a reference to the Court Of
Claims of the demands of the benefciaries
named therein against the government on
account OF ultra expenses incurred In the
construction OF the iron-clad monitors
"Squander" and "Nausee," and the steamer
'Ashuloa," the construction of which began
in 1868 and were to have been finished in six
or eight months.
Filibustering in the House.
The entire day and evening was consumed
with delatory motions in the House, submit
ted by the opponents of the direct tax bill,
Messrs. Oates of Alabama and Brecken-
ridge of Arkansas. being the most active
flibusterers. at 1890 p. M, the clerk had
called 10 roll calls and was just beginning
another. The prospects of an all night ses-
sion were good. Seats and sofas were
occupied by the members, either asleep or
chatting and smoking to keep awake. The
atmosphere was heavy with smoke and the
foOr strewed with old bills and scraps of pa
per. The advocates of the bill feeling that
adjournment would endanger its passage at
this session were laboring to prevent ad-
iournment and the other side trying to bring
1t about
Turn Out the Army.
David l.. Evans of Waverley place, New
York, whose petition was presented yester-
day, wants the Senate to order the Secretary
of War to send two cavalry regiments to
Chicago. Ii his petition he asked SIS itnot
time the government of this country walked
up to the fact that set of Socialists in Illi-
nois and Iowa are trying to destroy the great
railroad interests, representing over $780,
100000 of property, or about one-third Of the
wealth Of the country, using their threats
and missiles to block the wheels of commerce2
at seems to me-" Mr.. Evans continues,
'if we have any government at all it should
use its power at once to put down the strike
and riot In Chicago. Any candid man can
see the Governor of Illinois as well as the
mayor of Chicago are either Socialists them-
selves or are willing to see life and property
destroyed.
at is probably true that one or two rich
men in Wall street (bears, who attempt to de-
stroy property as the Twenty-third street
party were at the bottom of the murder of
President Garfield in 1881 gave money to the
leaders to originate and start those strikes in
order to force decline in the price of securi-
ties. 1t will be difficult to catch these scoun-
drels-they have the press here under their
control; but if they are caught, rich or poor,
they should be sent to prison for ten years"
Fish and Arbitration.
Joseph Chamberlain. in speech at meet
ing Iof the Peace Arbitration Union, said
that in the underground of public opinion
war is becoming more unpopular. AS an il
lustration of this change of feeling he in
stanced the fisheries treaty. 1t was an ar
rangement, he said, founded not upon
and mutual concessions.
Two cases of distressing interest-one in
Congress and the other out of it-are being
discussed here with grave concern by the
friends of two families. The late Chief
Justice Waite, notwithstanding reports to
the contrary, is said to have left his family
with nothing to support them beyond a
house in this city worth about $4,000 and
about $4,000 of life insurance coming due.
While one son is president of railroad COM
pany and another lis practicing lawyer in
Ohio, and both would no doubt be glad to
have the painful stories about the ne ed of
the family kept out of the papers, the story
is gaining circulation and suggestions are
being thrown out with the evident p urpose
that plan of relief shall be adopted. An
other case is that brought forward by Sena-
tor Blair in report to increase the pension
of the widow of Gen. Silas Casey from $50 |
to 500. The report tells pathetic story of |
want and dependence that need not be re-
peated, coupled with the stat ement that Mrs. |
Casey has mo relatives from whom any as |
sistance whatever can be obtained" Per |
sons who have read the report are disposed |
to believe that Senator Blair has not made |
inquiry, or she would have found that
Silas Casey, a son of Gen. Casey, is COM
mander in the navy; Edward w.. another |
son, is a First Lieutenant in the army; |
Thomas L., another son, is Colonel of En- |
gineers, and Thomas L., Jr, grandson, is |
First Lieutenant of Engineers. Here. are |
four members of the family who have been |
for several years in service, and who probab- |
ly are not aware of the distressing stories |
told by the Senator's report to appeal to pub |
lie sympathy. The services Of Gen. Casey |
are admitted by all who knew him to have |
been great and meritorious. The criticism |
now made is against the misguided zeal
which has gone so far as TO ref1ect dlScredit |
upon members of Gen. Casey's family for |
apparent indifference to the condition OF the |
widow of that officer.
Mrs. pahlgren and Mrs. Stanton.
Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren thus takes occa- |
sion to protest against Mrs. Cady Stanton's |
declaration that if women were not soon |
given their rights they would join with An |
archists and Socialists and re-enact in Amer |
lea the scenes of the French revolution:
"As a matter of fact, no avocation, no pro- |
fession, no career of Advancement is closed |
that the sex may have the force Of will to |
grasp. Yet in the long swing Of the rope of |
the female suffragsts, this freedom Is not |
enough. They boldly threaten to re-enact |
the hideous scenes of license enacted by the |
demon women of the French revolution.
Their hands convulsively stretch out to grasp
the reeking, blood-stained hands of the |
Anarchist for aid. In word. they proclaim
that to attain their ends all means are just.
"Forewarned is forearmed." Before high
heaven the host of contented women presld,
ing over the happy homes Of this fair land
their imperilled homes. True woman, true
patriots. true citizens of the greatest of ma
tions, hold firm to your high and sacred
trust; guard your. endangered iiresides; hold
more what these revolutionists have
FORGOTTEN to teach, that mother
hood IS the one glorious crown
with which God invests. womanhood Being
men no NOT he confused by the sneers
these agitators cast upon holy matrimony
When men are good and brave it is no shame
| to be their helpmates,. and If SO be Gods will,
mariners that taste and discrimination must
he e.oreisnd inf once chosen. rememher IL