The Portland daily press., 1889-07-05

In the current number of The Forum Sem
ator Morrill, of Vermont outlines the features
OF the Republican programme for the future
First, Its early work will be to equaize the
revenue and expenditure. 9. 1t insists upon
the reform of the civil service. begun under
Republican administration. 8. 1t will Ia.
sist upon the bi-metallie standard, aud upon
maintaining tbeuse and circulation of both
gold and silver coinage. 4. 1t will heartily
support protection Of home industries and
home labor. 1t will favor the extension of
the charters of national banks in any safe
and proper way. 6. 1t proposes to stamp
out the wickedness of polygamy wherever
the United States government has the power.
z. 1t favors the reduction of letter postage to
one cent per ounce. s. 1t asserts that lawful
citizenship is and must be the panoply and
safeguard Of him who wears it, aud should
protect him. whether high or low, rich or
poor, 10 all of his civil rights at home and
abroad. 8. 1t intends to take care that no
men who have honorably worn the federal
uniform shall ever be inmates of an aims
house. TO- 1t will maintain the doctrine that
the United States is nation, and that Tin
maintaining our national rights and honor
all governments are alike to u.s." however
greatly they may differ in power IL. 1t will
cordially sustain all wise and well directed
efforts for the promotion of temperance and
morality. IL. 1t will favor ocean mail SER
vice by American ships. 49, 1t will literally
support the building up of the navy to a
standard OF efficiency worthy OF our country.
Ia. 1t will favor education, state and
national. 15 1t will also favor the excln-
sion of pauper and criminal immigrants.
Though the State Board of health has done
much to disseminate information concerning
the nature and origin of contagion and has
SO awakened the public sense to the impor-
lance of this subject that far greater precau-
lions are taken in the case of contagious dis
eases its mission in this direction is by no
means fulfilled as the following recent oc-
currence in the town of Palmyra In this
State will show. About the middle of June
there died in Chelsea, Mass, young
woman whose native place was PALMYRA.
Permission was obtained from the Chelsea
authorities to take the remains to Palmyra
Tor burial. They were placed in casket
which was Theoretically sealed, and the cas-
ket placed in box. On the box was tackled
card giving the name, age, time of death of
the deceased and also stating that she died
OF diphthera. When the remains arrived at
Palmyra they were borne to the church and
there remained until the next forenoon.
Then the box was opened and the casket
taken from metallic lining Theoretically
sealed, the glass slide over the face slid back,
cloth taken from the face and removed to
the foot OF the casket inside. On the after
noon of the same day public funeral services
were held after which the casket containing
the body was taken to the cemetery for inter-
ment followed by considerable number of
relatives, attended by pail bearers. Luckily
the fact that the girl died OF diphtheria got
noised about before the funeral and there
was smaller attendance than there other
wise would have been. But as it was, either
through ignorance or negligence which was
nothing short of criminal, good many peo
pie were exposed to one of the most malig-
nant of diseases. No case of diphtheria has
yet made its appearance in the town, but the
people are anxious, and very severe in their
condemnation of the conduct of the persons
who had charge of the remains. The town
board Of health has taken the matter in
hand and established stringent regulations
which will prevent such an occurrence in
the future.