Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The action of the house yesterday in the matter of the consolidation of the town and city governments of New Haven was just. There is not, nor has there been, in this city any extensive demand for consolidation, and of course the outlying districts should not be forced in. It is simple fairness to leave the decision to them.
 The Champion, organ of the Chicago liquor interest, says: The enemy to be dreaded is formed and misguided or cunning and mali cious opponent of the saloon, who, through the imposition of an exorbitantly high li- cense law and early closing and Sunday clos- ing municipal ordinances, seeks to reduce the numerical strength of the saloons to such an insignificant figure that their ind uence and power for self protection will be reduo- ed, in fact, comparatively destroyed.
 Trial by jury is not gaining credit in this country. A Salt Lake jury in a murder case having brought in verdict or ''not guilty, the jndge remarked: "If this Is not case of murder, speaking from practice of over 23 years, then have never seen one in a court of justice. am now of the opinion that Brother was exactly right when he said in his argument to the jury that the law and courts of justice in this country were no pro lection to any body. You may now be dis charged"
 Is anything real in this world of illusionsi The New York Sun relates that the greater part of the alleged new potatoes that people are buying and eating nowadays arc not new at all and have not been since year ago. Some fellow has discovered a way of making old potatoes look new by soaking them in 6 preparation that makes the rough outer skin peel of, and leaves only the smooth inner skin, like that of new potato. The small potatoes are picked out, and when they have been treated in this way cannot be told from the really new ones except by an experienced eye. They won't scrape, however, like the real article, and have to be peeled.
 About year ago the American Unitarian association sent out it's first missionary, tht Rev. Arthur NJ. Knapp. His field of labol was Japan. In an address before his de parture he said that he expected to appea
 
 tic and cultured people, to whose wants ane tastes he thought Unitarianism peculiarl! adapted. He has now returned to give al account of his mission, and the Boston Her aid says Che will certainly have an extra ! ordinary report to make" "He insists tha | in one year results have been reached whio ! all the orthodox missions have failed t | achieve in twenty years." If this is tru either MT. Knapp or Unitarianism is wel | adapted to Japan.
 Several papers in New York are seriousl ! advocating the abandonment of any furthe work on the new Capitol at Albany, and ar advocating the policy of securing from can didate for the legislature pledge that the will vote no further appropriations for ths stupendously iniquitous job. As late g 1879, when the building had already co, $5, ,000, ,000, commissioners estimated that
 would take two years and $4, 200, 900 to con l plete it. The governor then advocated abal doning the structure and the building of
 new one to cost not more than $3,000, ,O0t
 Since then it has cost SIS, COG ,000, and ft
 bad plumbing and for substituting wortl
 less ceiling for another worthless ceiling f.
 the assembly room, an appropriation WI
 made by the recent debauched legislature ft
 third of a million more.
 It is claimed that the recently complete
 San Diego Hume is the most stupendous evs