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STRIKING BOYS IN Blue
A Hundred or Moro OF Then lido outside
Mutual District Once.

A Hundred or More OF Then lido outside
Mutual District Once.
Now. boss, I'm going to give It to iou dead
straight and on de level. 1t was justthis way,
seer" and the young spokesman for the hun
dred or more boys who were employed by the
Mutual District Messenger Company told why
they went on strike on Thursday b the down
town offices. The boys stood in gpups around
the New street Office. They receyed some en-
couraRement from business menwho. stopped
to inquire whit the trouble was. md they firm
ly decided not 10 return TO workdntil their de-
mands had been granted. SeveIty OF the boys
were en- ployed at &c New street Il salaries rang
ing from 81 to S.. 80 week. TIL brightest boys
are selected for the downtown work InOnG
the brokers. and they often ge'tips. Tho boys
ask that the lowest pay in theoiiice shall be IS
week. They also want the plan OF docking
stopped. II a messenger boz is absent Cd
cali TOO long he has to sign avoucher when he
returns that costs him IL ceits or more. Free
Quently these delays are unavoidable. Then II
they are OF Monday theylave their SALARY
ducked S22S, and for my otter day in the week
they lose Sl.Gi The boys also object to being
paid only twice month.
The Mutual District Messenger Company
showed no inclipation yesterday 70 yield to the
boys demands, but 1t is probable that there
will be some sort OF compromise to-day
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hostility. The only way TO save the system
from overthrow is to demand tho exclusion
from 1t OF all religious teaching, thus putting
all parties on the same footing. Then, the
State giving no other than purely secular
instruction, parents can educate their chill
dren in religion themselves, il they are be-
levers, and in such religion as they believe,
or send them to such religious schools as
they prefer.
The sentiment against any sort Of union
or connection between Church and State Is
determined In this republic, and II it ever
arises to assert itself against opposition, an
evil day will have come for the Church.
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We have n small group Of citizens who
should experience a state OF peculiarly sug-
gestive reflection after reading a notice posted
UP In tho betting enclosure Of the Brooklyn
race course week ago. 1t was this:
Amy person OF the track using language de,ri
mental to tho interests OF racing such asserting that
horse has been pulled or that race has been hKed
VIII be promptly ruled of the grounds of this club un
less he can substantiato his assertion"
The MuGwumps need not be frightened. ANY
amount Of unsubstantiated snarl at reputable
public men will not rule them OF the field OF
talk. They can talk always, and all Of them.
But we commend the idea Of the Brooklyn
Jockey Club. unsound as 1t is, to their careful
consideration. particularly II they should VEN
ture down to see the races
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Our young Mugwump contemporary. the
Epoch. charges The Bun with dishonesty be-
cause we copied few limos with credit and
failod to state that those lines did not express
the opinions oil the Epoch itself. but only those
OF Mr.. HudH HASTINGS. the capable Albany
correspondent OF the Ne'c York Times" We
take of our hat to this young MuEwump and
beg his pardon. We found the passage in Ques-
ton In some other journal attributed TO the
Epoch and as 1t stated facts rather than doc
trlnes it did not seem necessary to verify the
quotation. But in order that wrong may not
continue. we now add that the universe may
rest assured that there are few men in public
life for whom the kpoch has such an abhor-
renee as 1t has for tho Governor OF New York
State" AS JIMMY TwITCHER used to say, Veil.
Yot of IL 2"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-24
One Week is limo Enough.

Senator CocKRELL's resolution OF inquiry
In tho Senate and Representative McADoo's
resolution in the House call the attention OF
Congress to the outrageous mistake 1t made
gives color OF authority for an unlimited
and most odious inquisition into tho private
affairs Of citizens.
Tho Constitution warrants no such In
QUESTION, and the law that directs or permits
Il h unconstitutional. This law was inspired
by the unreasoning appetite OF ever-hungry
statisticians and It passed the House in the
absence Of q quorum and by the votes of
perhaps dozen members out OF the 225
then constituting that body.
Tho outrage was perpetrated thought
lessly, but 1t is not the less an outrage. Tho
onormity of the thing proposed seems to
have occurred to no Senator or Representa-
two at the time. There was no protest from
any man against measure as unconstitu.
tional, as undemocratic, as hostile to the
rights OF FREQ citizenship, and as abominable
In every respect as any act that ever dis
Graced our legislative records.
One full week remains before the census
enumerstors will start out on their rounds.
instructed to press questions which no self
respecting American can listen to without |
Indignation. There is time for Congress to |
call halt; and that Senator or Representa-
tive who takes up tho matter boldly, ener-
Getically, and with the consciousness that
he stands on solid ground and will be sup
ported by public opinion. is sure to earn a
very enviable reputation as defender OF
the peoples constitutional rights.
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SEEKING NEW EXCUSES.
Howell Gives n Fresh Rxplnnation OF the
Bridge Ticket Scandal


President Howell OF the Brooklyn Bridge
Trustees thinks he has discovered at this late
day a new excuse for rejecting the bid OF the
Homer Leo Bank Note Company which offered
to supply package tickets at u lower price than
any other bidder lie said yesterday that the
Specifications called for bids for supplying
strip tickets and package tickets, and that only
tho Hamilton Company made bids for both
kinds. He asserts that he had the right there
fore to reject all the bids except those OF the
Hamilton Company. Inasmuch az some OF the
tickets now used are supplied by the American
Bank Note Company, some by the New York
Bank Note Company. and others by the Hami-
ton Comrany the point will hardly be allowed
TO have weight. Furthermore. it has nothing
70 dc, with the vital point involved. that the
TO make new bid. while its competitors were
smut ont OF the competition. ,,..
Tho Homer Lee Bank Note Company yester-
day received this reply 10 it's very proper Go
mand on President Howel for IN explanation
OF the rejection Of its bid which was the low
est submitted in the regular advertised COM
petition:
Hsr E sa"S Ks T 60, Gn , tho Goth
s u L. IN and n Tp2r S i S% expa
JiS5, EnoS %Spd 9:yS Sss sisars. had
nwSpSpSr hHo and cry aud had yon rStrSed from the
PSS NJ nf%i
@ how ana WY 9%r od wss rssied you
''' ''"0 H''' ''' '"' HSSrT BSiS. Secretary
This letter was sent by the Homer Lee Bank
Note Company yesterday to Comptroller Myers:
DEAR SIN; We acknowledge receipt Of yours Of tho
10Th instant stating that you had referred
nication to President Howell who will no doubt act In
the matter
AS we have been unable to get any expla1aton or
statement OF facts from him. We again appeal TO You.
and through you to the Board Trustees and reneRt
demand for the contract believing We are entitled
to II by law
We fail to find any authority under which President
Howell can dictate the prices to any bidder Tor bridge
supplies and award any contract on nn altered bid
When the sealed pronoSals were opened We wsre The
the resolution Of the Board q Trustees and
and still entitled to the contract has been con
steel engraved tickets when tho bids wero opened by
30 cents nor thousand although their price last
year was only IS centA
We deny the right OF President Howell to alter tho
bids or permit them be altered after being officially
opened and turned over to him to award tho contract
to the lowe bidder
II s unfair to us and an outrage upon the public that
such proceedings should be permitted TO stand We
again ask for the contract and awaiting your favor
able action and reply. We remain, dear sir yours
respectfully, HoIER LEE,
VicePresident and Treasurer.
The Comptroller would say nothing about |
the letter except that he was considering It
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WARRINGTON, May 23.-Ex Senator McDon-
aid to-day made motion Tor q rehearing of
the Mormon case ana to yacate the mandate In
the case The Court refused 10 grant a re-
hearing, hut decided TO allow the latter part of
the motion. asking for the vacatinR OF the
mandate The Court said IL was satisfied that
the conclusions reached were correct. but was
would take this matter under Amusement until
next term 1t is understood that the object is
to ascertain If there be not some method by
which the money accumulated by the ChuTcn
oil Latter Day Saints can DO returned to some
source that will not use the funds for the prop
agation Of pulygamy. there being n reluctance
10 absolutely conhscate the property.
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TIVE Wise Mems Advice to Young Law.
Yers.
Hon ne PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.

TFONF wv INVTTTfF.
Among tho Lancaster lawyers attending tho sttinVu
OF the Supreme CourS this week Henry Clay Bru.
baker. When Drubaker was much younger man he
practsei law in Indiana on occ aston he IN OF the
late FicePresident Hendricks the dinner table OF
mutual friend In the town of Cambridge. Turning tn
the Young Penusyvanian the idol OF the Hoosier Demo
Gratis spoke Of his own earlier days in the Keystone
State, and then volunteered this friendly advice
Young man, you lust starting in tho praetiea
OF tho law lot me give you word OF warning Never
write any client letter Of advice. Let all consulta
ions and communications OF that kind DO by word NJ
mouth"
1t will be remembered that tho late Simon Cam.ron
put this idea in another form when no said Rather
20 hundred miles TO see = than to write him a
letter.
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Scotland. That would justify with ven
geanco their nickname Of Separatists, but
their Unionist orponenls would only have
themselves TO blame for n ruthless exer-
else Of power, provoked by their own ex-
ample. In any event, the Unionists are
likely to bitterly regret their defeat OF Mr..
GhADsToNEs bill, which would have con-
fined Irishmcn to ireland, and left English
men to manage not only their own affairs,
but those of their Scotch and Welsh neigh
bprS
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a en-. ions dchat" apr"art - hy going ON
in the Chicngo press unon tip question whether
"Reminiscences can he got ~ tlraI region. A
st. Louis expert maintains that It ism 3 there.
and that only three do2on Of il Wern ever
brought 10 America; while Chi"ago man men
tons even or cigh gentlemen ol that 'amugS
town vito NAY" had The vino III thor crluis.
OF ono OF them he AYERS that lie can I'M
cork a case OF Johnnnisberger by touching his
bell This is highly encouraging Such peo-
ple are sure to make the Worlds Fair q howl
Ing success and whom We 20 TO see II We shall
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A weather-proof bard thus sings In the
Philadelphia Tanes:
10, bright and glorious month Of May,
would thar 70 -ficl Womb alMRYs RtAY.n

~ bright and glorious month Of May,
would that Je ,Eiel would always stay"
May is always bright and glorious in the
poets. In the world Of fact it frequently has
wet feet and a cold In the head. The present
month OF May has no especial reason to be
proud OF ITSELF and on several occasions. on
Yesterday. for instance. has been about as
bright and glorious as an old rubber overshoe.
But. asks the weather-proof bard, without
May where would be spring." Bless his little
alflatus. spring would be In hats and bonnets.
In trouserings and medicines. May isn't abb
solutely necessary. and for that matter neither
Is spring In fact, spring comes only about
once in sixteen years in these parts. and even
then it doesn't amount to much. When it's
bad It's winter. and when It's tolerable it's
much the same as q mild summer.
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what More CouId lie Dor

FROM me cincinnati enquirer
A postmorom charge has tesn made that the late
Samuel j. Randall actually opposed the election Of Mr.
Cleveland In iSss. Four days after that election Mr.
Randall wrote me, describing ms course during that
campaign with minuteness that made the plain plain
er yet have tho letter aud it shows that he absolute
ly took no part in that light beyond voting tho Demo
cratic ticket
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Let the Eagle scream.

Fr"m me TERRI HIuie E1prtn
Fngiishman- We have lately been building steamsrs
whlrh can sail over slx inches ot water
Amsri"an-That'g nothing. We have long had steam.
er in America that have sailed three days overdue
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-24
In.nItcd the Wronr Mnn.

TfTI T0f THI ago IfINNhf7
You say the brother OF the young lady pulled your
nose ~ injured Cholly. what did you do bid you
resent II s'
"MeSent Il >" said rwoddY the veins in his forehead
swelling with ind EnAtIOn. "Didnt bah .Oyr /
t2ld MN no syHb did II SgSin 0Nb J0r~ ia have niu
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-24

Senator LrEATIcUs BLAIR keeps on intro
ducng constitutional amendments. II all tho
amendments lie hns constructed had been
adopted. the Co.'s tuition, in the finest kind of
type, would 10 bigger than Il Eopnd volume
Of tie 6"Dr,"#s .,,r, Ec'm", We wonder II
Mr. Brt1G over makes him-olf n thuusandth
part as ,ir9d rs ho ma Is 'lr rruIio.
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\ Fact Appreciated.

To rpK Enron OF THE SuN-ISfr' cannot helm thank
in you for the good work TIE Sos Ia doing in Kidding
Democracy Of ITS encumbrauces
RnruhtIKR May 70 A IIuMBuG NoIrE
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PrOpo.sd Hallway to AIas..n.

OTTAWA. May 90. Application will be made
10 Parliament at the next session for the pn.R-
nge of an act incorporating the Vancouver,
Northern, and Alaska Railway and Navigation
Company, with power to build n railway from
Vancouver. OF some other point on Burrard
Inlet on tho banks Of Fraser liiver by way OF
seymour Creek Valley lemberton Meadows.
Fraser ,iy0r, 10 u point on the Parsnip or I'oa-e
River with hranrhc4in II pOrtheasisrly dITee-
ton 10 tho Skeena and sixteen rivers. 10 tho
boundary OF Alaska.
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expect to have some OF this wonderful wine set
out As wo learn from the columns OF the Cht-
cdoo tribune. It costs t12 to SIS a bottle. But
Chicago can afford II
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There Is No Second Caorcs.

Tram HS Alb1Uy ,ipt,rndL
David Bennett liil today lie supreme in the Demo.
cratic party OF New YORK,
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nIsSiss for being elected senator from DslAWAre-
Philadelphia Press
Nobody should blame HTGoINs The party
responsible for him was the obese eRotist In
the White House, who brought disaster to the
Democracy everywhere HIomNs is an honest
gentleman. but his part in the politics OF 1883
important as 1t may have been. was only
secondary.
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Scr,1HG's .udg1lDie for Juno is u great mum.
her II las long article BY Henry n. staulev on LIS
last expedition IN Africa written expressly for this
magazine StGneys Illustrations are admirable There
IL tho usuGi quantity Of criticism, soreL and mscs!
lAnT SaIgRa u RlWSyI most tTSIh and readable
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Well. How Does that Concern Yout
PT"m me Albany AT0uL
No protection for brains
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Ono Of those mon who ia satisfied unless His
gambling met another man Of the same dsposto a
few days and got done up" in the vernaculAr OF he
sporting world Thsro didn't happen to he any cals
about dice, of tho other appliances made or
tho accommodation OF sporting blood and so the an
temen concluded 10 match pennies TINS grew re-
some after bit and one Of the produced rolas
bills and offered to bet his companion that he cOuts
guess whether tho last figure the number Of eacLpI
was odd or even for dollar clip.
I'm do II your toll the series Of each bill laI
the reply.
This agreed to, and in very shp ri time the tai
who had made the proposition had lys. al his macy
private Investigation made by Inn tIo rly atlsTyar
revealed the fac! mat his friend had Itvery ouIwts
hun. for he discovered tna the lAs. ngDre OF tho bun
Der OF series A and were odd and that Of Il tlI
were even.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-09
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
AtchiSOn Topeka 4 Santa FG
Railroad Company.

In April last. we asked you to to intrust to
us your proxies, to be used at the annual
meeting Of the company In May. This re-
suited in change of management, the intro
duction Of reforms and economies, and a d
nancial reorganization Of the company that
has met general approval.
During the progress of this reorganization.
1t has been frequently suggested In the public
press and by numerous and large holders OF
the company's securities that IL would give
greater stability to the reorganiZed company
II management committed to the success
full working out Of the plan OF reorganiza-
ton, and absolutely In the interest of the
property, could be secured for several years.
Consulting our own inclination and con-
venience, we would prefer to leave the man.
agement of this good property to others; but
we recognize the force of the suggestion and
the necessity of some such arrangement, and,
as many shareholders believe that great adj
vantages are likely TO result to the holders Of
all classes OF the company's securities from
such cooperation, we have consented to act
In the matter.
Holders of Stock of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad Company may deliver
their certificates, assigned upon the back
In favor Of George Q. Magoun. Thomas Bar
to the BOSTON SAFE DEPOSIT AND
TRUST COMPANY, 81 Milk Street, Boston,
subject to an agreement that the title to such
Stock and the voting power thereon shall be
also to be named by US, for ten years, or un-
til July /, 1905.
The Trust Company will issue Stock Trust
Certificates, emitting the holder to all the
bent fetal interests and advantages belong
ing to or growing out Of the deposited shares
and to the return of like number of shares
when the term of the trust has expired, un
less the same shall be further extended by
the respective parties in interest.
Applications will be made to have q g
Trust Certificates above referred to listed
upon the New York, Boston and London
Stock Exchanges.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-09
The Prejudice AGAINST the Negro,

The apparent seriousness with which
some of the Southern leaders are urging the
scheme to induce the negroes to leave the
South. Tor Africa or ether foreign shores is
too remarkable to encourage belief in the
sincerity of the movement. In the first
place the practical difficulties, or rather the
absolute impossibilities in the way of such
an exodus are enough to convince the most
carelessly informed person that the Southern
Senators who are supporting the Butler bill
must have in view some other object than
the settlement Of the sectional issue over the
negro. And again their positions in regard
to the capabilities, or rather lack of capabili-
ties, Of the negro are plainly exaggerated to
the disadvantage of the latter. Senator
Morgan says that there are no negro
bunk presidents or railroad presidents or
governors of States; and points to this as
proof that the negro has no chance to rise in
this country. 1t will be conceded freely that
the negro is very backward; moreover there
seems to be inherent in his constitution an
inaptitude for progress that puts him at a
disadvantage beside the Anglo Saxon al the
very start But from this it does not follow
that he is to remain forever unresponsiye tn
the educating and enlightening influences
Of his environments here in the United
States. 1t must be remembered that he was
a covering slave only quarter Of century
ago; uneducated because it had been made a
crime to teach him to read even immoral
and debased because the system of slavery
had systematically destroyed his family ties
and put a premium upon his immortality un-
reliable because the man who does not own
himself naturally ceases to prize the treas
ures Of manhood. To progress from this
condition the negro has had only twenty-five
years, and twenty-five years of ostracsm
and neglect at that. What reasonable man
can expect any race under such circumstan-
ces to furnish bank presidents or railroad
presidents or governors of States so soon?
The Anglo Saxons of eastern Kentucky are
not able today to maintain civil order.
though the way Of progress has been open to
them while 1t has been closed to the negroes,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-09

The report of the superintendent and trus-
tees of the insane hospital is. in one respect
at least, exceedingly gratifying. 1t shows
that the asylum has at last been rid Of the
diphtheria contagion which fingered so long
within its walls and caused so much anxiety,
The disappearance Of the disease dates from
the removal of the patients last summer at
the suggestion of ex-Gov. Robbie, which made
1t possible to thoroughly clean and renovate
the infected wards
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-09

Most Of the burning and shining lights of
the Democracy reported, either in person or
by letter. at the Falmouth Club banquet last
evening, in honor of st. Jackson's Day.
There was substantial agreement among
them that the Democratic party was CON-
posed of very nice people and the RepublI-
can of quite the reverse. Had the gentb'
men expressed their opinions of one ee
other-for instance had Grover Giles e.
told what he thought of David b. He 81
vice versatile agreement would not
been SO substantial. All the speakers 20 q
writers appear to have been In. julie 70
frame Of mind, and they pursued the railSl
with as much enthusiasm as did tbs Hon.
Calvin 8. Brice a yaar acc. Roger Quarles
Mills, who halls from Texas, was of the opin-
ion thatth Democrats could carry Maine
whenever they were 10 earnest, which seems
to be reflection on the sincerity of their
past efforts that calls for some resentment
The local talent performed creditably from a
Democratic standpoint,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-09

The object of the Australian system is to
give every voter, whether he be rich or poor,
powerful or weak. educated or ignorant. an
opportunity to express his convictions at the
ballot box without fear of punishment or
hope of reward. What could be more Ameri-
can than that? Yet efforts are made to ex-
cite prejudice against it by describing it as
'un American" because it was invented In
an English colony. The significance Of this
argument lies in its weakness,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-09

Since the enactment of the Maine
NOn-F0rfeiture Law the UNION
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY has afforded extended
insurance upon some hundreds of
policies that had lapsed, and has
paid In full no fewer than One
Hundred and Forty claims there
under,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-09

The more we discuss the Australian ballot sys-
TEN, the more our objections are overcome
Gardiner Home Journal
II was undoubtedly precisely this eonsid-
Grafton which moved the Bangor Wing
and the Bath Times to drop the subject.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-09
THURSDAY MORNING. JAN. o.

We do not read anonymous letters and comm
nlcations. The name and address OF the writer
are in all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as a guarantee of good faith
We cannot undertake TO return or preserve
communications that are not used