Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-09-25
A New York Letter.

| The event of the week was Chaun-
cey NJ Depew's return from Europe.
Friends met him down the bay, he
talk, Il, ate and spoke to the delight OF
his hearers, and his own satisfaction.
He told them all about everything he
had seen, complimented the managere
on their successful conduct of the
strike and was applauded to the echo.
Delegates called on him next day at
| his office, but he had nothing to saw.
| The road had been left in charge of a
staff of officers concerning whom be
had no criticisms to offer.
The railroad says the strike is over:
that it never was very dangerous, any
way and that everything is now in
excellent shape. 1t is only during the
last few days that the strikers have
ceased to insist that they would stand
to their guns and utterly demolish
Mr.. Webb. Certainly it is difficult to
say which wds right, which wrong,
but undoubtedly the road has conquer
x
Will they learn not to run against
walls in that reckles fashion? With
strike on account of some actual griev-
ance, one symprthises butin this case,
it appears that they question, d the
right Of the company to discharge un-
satisfactory men.
Bellamy in "Looking Back wardn
has done away with all such demon
stratons. picturing most contented
nation under most beneficient rule.
Michaelis, of the Frei PreSse, in Chic
cago. "Looking Further Forward"
endeavors to show that under such an
apparently beautiful communism, the
utmost depravity and corruption would
still prevail. He details, for the in
struction of the benighted admirer of
Bellamy, series of converse ion held
between Julian West and a deposed
professor in the college, who is one of
the janitors, DIR. Leete kindly permit
ting him to work in the room where
he had formerly won golden opinions
from the students, and condemnation
from the administration, by his unfa-
vorable comparison of the twentieth
with the nineteenth centuries. He ex-
plains TO West all the favoritism that
is practiced, tells him how the officers
overspread their credit-cards, and gives
voice generally to Il succession of the
most dismal complaints. The book is
interesting and very readable, but the
pesslmistic tone is against it. 1t may
be true, that a certainty of bread and
shelter would not reform mankind, but
-Bellamys book'is the more charm
ing.
Just a t present, it is not the question
of bread that is so urgent; but money.
1t is the scarcest, most exclusive arti-
Gle. The banks have very little, Wall
Street is anxious and the Treasury is
inundated with telegrams requesting
some aid. A panic is threatned unless
relief comes quickly. Bad manage
ment Is the cause of the trouble, for
the administration has closed financial
outlets ani conserved all the energy
toward Itself. Millions of dollars worth
of bonds have been redeemed but the
relief is only slight.
This state of things is not going to
do the Republicans any good. In this
city they are already in doubtful con-
dtion. At dinner given to the great
men OF the party, with view to deter
mining this fall's campaign, when
Col. Shepard proposed a "straight tick
et," his friends were not enthusiastic
not at all. They mildly suggested
that, in fact, it would be bad plan.
Too bad! But they have had another
inning, and it is really time they took
an outing-up Salt River, say.
Fresh air would do them good, would
do all New \ orll good, at this moment.
For two days we have been swelter-
ing, with no ice and the consciousness
that. turs and blankets are all over.
The Herald, of course, does noble |
work in keeping our tempers compar-
atiye}y smooth by long editorials in
chronological Surveys. and coming |
snow-storms. But the Herald has
fooled us and for every "Thank Heav-
EN-" uttered over weather prophecy |
there is Course the luck!" when the |
prophecy fails to materia1ize. The re-
mark about prophets and their own
country is again proven true, for the
Herald's English weather always ar
rves, but for New York-alas, it is
verify "old probability" instead OF
"old reliable" ELLIS.