Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13

is strong indication of murder, and his
partner, West, is wanted by the police.
SECRETARY RUsK claims that the eff
forts of the agricultural department t.
stamp out pleuropneumonia among CATTLE
have almost been entirely successful, anC
that in a short time the disease will b
entirely eradicated from the country
Should this prove true Secretary RusL
will have demonstrated the practical use o.
his department and the importance which
gave it a representation in the President =.
| Cabinet.
THINGS seemingly inexplicable become
simple enough when once you understand
them Take the Kelley motor. Now
that its secret is known every one vii
wonder why he didn't think of it lone
ago. 1t is this: There is a triple
sympathetic order of vibration diverting
the positive and negative currents to one
general and polarized centre, the rotary
action being continuous when sympathetl-
cally associated with the polar stream
Nothing could be more simple, and the
only wonder is that Kelley managed to
keep it secret so long.
1t is not difficult to discover how the
Louisiana lottery company can afford to pay
81 900, 600 year for legal standing. At
the April drawing the tickets sold for 81,
600, 900; the prizes amounted to Sl,O54,-
800, leaving a profit of s945, 200 to the
company. In addition to this the COM
panY drew portion of the prizes. so that
undoubtedly its profit from that one draw
ing was more than 81 100000. Add to
this the profits from the daily drawings for
smaller prizes, and the enormous size of its
income becomes apparent.
No labor trouble" can ever be settled
satisfactorily or with any hope of perman-
ence unless the agreement is based upon
the proposition that the parties tC it are
absolutely equal, that the employer, is to
demand no rights under it that he is not
ready to concede. Any attempt by either
party to secure an especial and superior
advantage must inevitably lead to further
trouble. As lawyers say, "he who seeks
equity must do equity" Note the case of
the London Gas q Coke Company, great
corporation that lights nearly the whole
metropolitan area north of the Thames.
Every man in its employ is called upon to
sign an agreement to give months no.
tice of quitting work, while tie company
reserve to itself the right to dismiss any
man on the instant And yet Englishm en-
beast that fair play is their motto,
everywhere and always.
The so-caIled natural heirs of Samual
J. Tilden, since the library clause in his
will has been pronounced invalid by the
general term of the state supreme court,
have had a second trial Oftheir suit against
the executors The only novelty was the
amended answer of the executors claiming
that the plaintiff, George II. Tilden, and
the other heirs-at-law had entered into an
agreement by which George was to pros
ecute the suit alone, and the other heirs
were to make good any loss he might
sustain. The court took the whole matter
under advisement, andthe decision was re-
versed This is an immoral proceeding,
the whole of it, and showing not chow
soon we are forgot when we are gone,
as Rip Van Winkle says, but of how little
consequence even statesman S wishes are.
There is no doubt that MIR. Tilden earned
his money without any help from George or
the other heirs; there is no doubt he de
sired to found public library. But the
law lends its technicalities to defeat his
disposition of his earnings for high
public purpose.
THERE can be but one opinion about the
disgraceful occurrence at Cambridge. 1t
was madulterated rowdyism and vandal-
ism. 1t would take sad specimen of the
tough" to do anything worse in that line,
and it is hardly conceivable how any Har-
to grossly insult his university. If stu
dents were guilty of thus defacing the
Harvard statue and Memorial hall, as is
admitted, whisky was at the bottom of
their rowdvism. 1t is unfortunate that
the public should have to be reminded so
often that the college student is not us
matter of course a gentleman. The stu
dents themselves take care that the re-
mainder of us do not make that mistake
Affairs like th4t brutal prize-fght recent
ly reported from Ann Arbor, and this
humiliating performance at Harvard, keep
us from such an error 1t is to be expect
ed that these Harvard vandals will be dis
covered and expelled, and if they can be
given in charge of the police, all the bet
ter. Such rowdyism as this needs to be
taught some respect for law.
Ten years ago the population of the
United States, as shown by the figures col
lected by the enumeratorS of the Govern
ment. was 50.155,443 To-day, according
to the most conservative estimates, it
rerches $1,000, 900. The average increase
in the decades since 1890, when the first
count was made, has been considerably
over 80 per cent 1t was $50 between
1890 and 1900, 36.3S from the latter date
toIS10, 33.06 between that and 1920. 32.51
in 1S20-30, 1852 in IS30-40. S5.89 in 1S40-
50. 35.ll in 1S50-6O, 22.65 in 1S60-70, and
300S in 1S70-S0. The low ratio of increase
from 1860 to 1870 was due to the civil war,
which largely reduced immigration and
leSsened the birth rate. In no other ten
year period, except, the one which closed
in 1890, did the advance drop below per
cent. An addition now equal to that of
the latter decade and most authorities
believe that that will be at least eqcaled,
would add 1000, 900 to the country's in
habitantS aud bring the total up to the S.,
100000 mark. 1t Is probable that the
average reader fails to grasp the entire di-
mensions and significance of this tremend-
Gus expansion in population. The mum
Der of new residents which the countr,.
has gained since 1880 Is almost as great as
that of the entire population of Spain, as
great as that of Mexico and Canada to-