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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
HILLS GREAT GRASP.

Some time ago The DISPATCH suggested
that it might be found that Governor Hill,
of New York. would not surrender the
Governorship to Lieutenant Governor
Jones when Congress met. This was
based on the perception that when a
statesman has solved the problem of hold
ing Governorship and Senstorship to-
gether for over six months, the complica-
tons of extending that condition month
longer will not be half as bad as letting an
obnoxious kicker like Jones into the Gov
ernor's chair even for single month.
According to the latest report in the
New York papers this provision as to the
Hill programme was based on what Dr.
Sampson calls s'the infallible inference "
To the personal appeal of the freight
paying political kicker to be permitted to
enjoy the sweets of rule for a month, the
response was that David Bennett would
remain in the Governorship ''to the end of
the term" This curt response sent the
still dissatisfied Jones back to the scale
making business full of reflections on the
text against putting your trust in princes
and practical politicians.
As to Hill himself, the bold stroke OF
political genius in carrying out this plan
of freezing out Jones shows that no one,
not even himself, has heretofore con-
ceived the scope of his powers. If Hill
had known last summer what Hill could
do he could have run for Governor again
and presented the wonder compelling ex-
ample of a great statesman running the
New York Goyernorship and the New
York Senatorship for four years term.
If a man can hold both these Offices for
thirty days or six months, why cannot il
be done for four years?
We regret exceedingly that this great
plan did not commend itself in the Execu.
tive Councils of the Empire State in time
to permit the happy condition to be real
lied of letting David Bennett Hill get all
he wants.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
THE WALLACE INTERVIEW.

The correctness of the interview recent
ly published in THE DISPATCH, in which
Hon. William A. Wallace was quoted as
expressing desire to be sent to the Leg
islature in order to aid in perfecting bal
lot reform law and in excluding from
suffrage the element of illiterate foreign
ers, is challenged by the Democratic
Wdtchm0a, of Bellefonte. The reasons
of our cotemporary for doubling the re-
liability of the interview are, as we under
stand them, as follows:
First-Senator Wallace is represented
as proposing to exclude from suffrage only
the ignorant and illiterate element among
foreigners, which the objecting journal
regards as "clap-trap" of which Senator
Wallace is incapable.
Second-The proposition which Senator
Wallace is reported as making requires
Constitutional amendment, and as the
Senator opposed Constitutional Conven-
ton, the Democratic Wdtchman thinks
that he could hardly assert ''that he would
like to go to the Legislature to pass laws
to that teffect-under the present Constitu-
ton"
1t is hardly necessary to say that The
DISPATCH does not publish bogus inter
views, and if any further evidence of the
correctness of the article referred to were
required, the fact that Senator Wal
lace-who is abundantly able to
see that he is correctly quoted-has
taken no exception to the interview
in weeks time, should be conclusive. 1t
is not necessary TO devote much attention
to the question of its accuracy, because the
criticisms of our Democratic cotemporary
are really less important than they seem.
If the exception is taken to the PROPOSE
ton to place the restriction only on illit-
crate foreigners the point is not vital. As
THE DISPATCH has shown, the same re-
striction upon illiterate native-born citi-
zens would march hand-in-hand with 1t;
and. though the foreign element first at
tracts attention as furnishing the chief
reinforcement to the mass of illiteracy, tine
two must go together. As to the Consti-
tutional question, the fact that a man has
opposed submitting the present instru-
ment to the universal tinkering process of
a very queerly constituted convention does
not debar him from favoring the sub
mission of single clearly-defned Consti-
tutional amendment to be decided exclus-
lively on its own merits The initiative for
such an amendment must be taken in the
Legislature, and ex-senator Wallace's de-
sire to lead the movement there is very
laudable ambition.
1t may be taken by our Democratic CO.
temporary as correct that ex-senator
Wallace did express the views reported in
THE DISPATCH, and that in doing so he
pointed out the way to very. important
reform.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28

spect. She has not yet gone to the length
of her neighboring States in furnishing
broad-gauge charters by which the busi-
ness of milking the small gamblers can be
performed just as certainly as the Louisi-
ana lottery extracts its profits The En-
pire State has probably shown no more
favor for stock gambling than Illinois
legislation has for grain gambling. But
when it is seen that all legislation favors
the vested interests of business gambling,
the necessity for a very marked change in
the legislative course on these matters fol-
lows as necessary conclusion.
OF course, the fact of stock gambling in
New York does not vindicate or even ex-
cuse lottery gambling in New Orleans
That is a pot-and-kettle argument of the
"you're another class, which is only
possible after moral principles have been
wholly cast aside.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28

put upon the market and sold, with the
result of breaking down the price OF silver.
1t is true that this operation is not to be
expected with regard to the whole issue
of certificates, because it is not likely that
more than fraction of the issue VIII be
presented for redemption. But it is worth
while to clearly recognize that, to the ex-
tent to which Secretary Foster should
carry out his great idea of selling bonds
In order to keep up the reserve for the
redemption Of certificates, it would amount
to increasing the public debt in order to
buy the product of the silver men, which
would be q dead weight on the hands of
the Government Besides the present re-
markable policy of providing market for
bonanza kings and saddling the people
with the cost of storage, this would i'm
pose a further public burden OF the inter
est on the bonds issued in pursuit OF this
remarkable policy.
If the Secretary desired to make the
silver legislation of the country odious ne
could not do so more completely than by
carrying out his stroke of policy to the ex-
tent Of SO, 600, 600 or so, and giving the
people an object lesson in the shape OF an
annual interest burden of $500, 900 for the
benefit of silver spectators. There would
be exactly as much justice in issuing
SIC, 0,000, 600 of bonds and buying. that
amount of pig iron for the benefit of the
iron industry; and a good deal more
reason in adopting the sub-treasury
lunacv, with the further frill Of issuing
bonds enough to buy up all the wheat,
corn and mess pork the farmers might
wish to sell to the Government.
There could hardly be any better evi-
dence of the weakness of the present sill
yer policy than that it brings its advocates
to such goal as this. The clear acknowl-
edgmen. of the uselessness of the silver
stock further enforces the fact that the
only way in which the Treasury can ever
make it cash asset without depreciating
the standard is to coin it up into new
dollar of equal bullion with the gold
dollar.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
POLITICAL POINTS AND OPINIONS.

THE election of Chairman clarkson was a
sine Quay non to Republican success next
| Philadelphia Press.
The Democratic National Committee is to
| hold meeting on the sth of December, for
the purpose, probably, of swearing about
| the election of Mckinley and the generally
improved prospects OF the Republican
success in 1s95.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Mr.. BLAINE is on the sunny side OF 81, but
he feels as old as the eternal hills when he
thinks of the work which is cut out for him
in keeping his admirers from stopping over
and in choking off the feeble foolish Burch-
ards who want to win notoriety by posing
as his champion s.-Philadelhpia Iu,nes.
THE effort, as we understand it, will not be
to expel Mr.. Brice, but to prevent him TAX
ing his seat at all, which majority may do.
Mr.. Brice will never be disturbed, unless by
the prickings of conscience, which is not at
all probable. That Mr.. sherman will never
take action in the case of Brice is a foregone
conclusion.-M. Vernon (O) Republican.
Your Uncle John Sherman does not seem
to be worrying over the prospects of his re-
election as United States Senator from
Ohio. He has returned to Washington with
his family and left his friends at home to
look after the details OF his senatorial
nomination. When the critical time comes
IL "ouiu HoS Dc surprising w see MI VI
aker and his insignificant followers climb
into the Sherman band wagon and boast
fngly claim that they did it all-Chicago
Times.
AT least two-thirds Of the National Repub-
lican Committee favor Mr.. Blaine rs the
next presidential candidate for their party.
1t is also an established fact that the great
majority Of the Republicans of the United
States desire that Mr.. Blaine shall be nomi-
mated. To confirm the first statement the
announcement Of Committeeman Hyde, Of
Massachusetts,, that Mr.. Blaine will be nomi-
mated if he desires the honor, is sufficient
evidence To estimate the general drift OF
public sentiment toward Mr.. Blaine's candi-
dacy one has only to read the journals which
voice the feelings of the people.-Col,nabus
(O) DtsDdtch
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
MODEST CHICAGO.
She Does Not Want the Earth but Only
Five Million Dollars.

Five Miihon Donars.
Pbiladelpbja Telegraph1
Cbio.s,. ,+ r,oa.s, Clio aoo.
aso Is notnlhS Il ho' n'oueS', ohe uoe9
ho1 want the earth, the considerable section
or the United States living about the lower
end of Lake N;cbioan and STRETCHING ont
indefnitaI,, ,..a tt,o -,r,iries vbicb sbe
nov, 10y aIio,e 'no p ..;
iounuiy Claims US her own, 0oi'eh'ihS
s, territorial ambitious LOT tne present.
All she asks for just now is a trif1e of five
millions of dollars from Uncle Sans strong
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
World Girdling by Armies.

new 1Ork sum-.
Themilitary train that is about to leave
Vancouver on the Pacific Ocean to convey
British troops over the Canadian route to
Halifax on the Atlantic Ocean, will make
the quickest possible time across the conti-
nent by rail, and the steamship carrying the
troops from Halifax across the Atlantic will
make the quickest possible time to Liver
pool. The British military authorities are
making experiments to discover how rapidly
troops can be conveyed from England to
India by this route with the aid of the new
steamship line on the Pacific. These ex-
periments are of interest to large part. of
the world, including the chief powers of
Europe, the most popular countries of Asia,
the British province of North America,
Egypt in North Africa, and the British pos
sessions in South Africa, also Australia. The
world -girdling empire must be prepared for
all emergencies wherever it has interests to
defend or foes to confront.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
TAKEN FROM LIFE.
FALsEHooD AND TRUTH.

And as slept, two dream danes near ne
stood:
One young, a minstrel woman, mayhap fair,
Though o. er her face was drawn a crimson hood
The other old and lean, with grizzled hair.
H.
Ere had asked, the old dame shrieked, .ePlaln
Truth
ANIL Her voice was harsh. and. like a brier.
1t pricked my ear. My name you know, fair
youth"
The other softly sighed-and touched her Tyre.
-EtVah Hiooin6otham.
He-They had lovers quarrel, parted,
and she married her fathers coachman for spite.
she-what became of her lover?
He-Oh. he married her sister, and hired the
coachman.
The Priest-This man is so tipsy he can
hardly stand 1 can't marry you to him unlsss
he's in his normal state.
The Bride-Faith. thin yen have to hurry, for
it's soberin' up he Is this minnut
"Have you read Sir John Lubbock's
List of the Best Hundred Books?'''
Yep
Every book on the list?''
'sYep; every book-on the list"
''Going to the football gamer"
mo; can't st and it. Going to the morgue',
Morrison-I hear Stivey met the Prince
last summer?
Jansen-Yes.
SIorrison-What did Stivey say to him?
Jsnsen-Apologized for being an American.
He-Darling, you remind me of my bank
account.
She tnestlins up to him)-why. because yOa
think so much of me?
He-No; because you petite.
ETHEL, is the cook dressing the chick
ens?''
mo. mama, she is undressing them'
Because the country needed rain.
He did noVoudy pray.
He simply asked two girls he knew
To 60 and see the play.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
PERSONAL NOTES.

MRS HUMPHREY WARD, author of
"Robert Elsmere,' is a famous china painter.
KING OSCAR of Sweden is a collector of
books Of poems with autographs of the
writer's
Ier does not disappear as rapidly as had been
hoped but his condition is not at present I
critical.
BLIND ToM," the musical prodigy who
astonished the public by his performances
10 and Is years ago, is spending his last days
in an insane asylum.
SECRETARY FOSTER is improving slowly
and is now able to sit up during the day.
1t is expected that he will be able to resume
his official duties in few days.
THE centenary of the birth of Thomas
wiltshire Summersum, who fought in the
American War of 1912, was celebrated at
Brightlingsea, England, yesterday with a
banquet.
HIS full name, with its titles, was the
Rt. Hon. Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton,
Earl of Lytton, G. c. B., G. c. S., C. /. E.,
LID. but the great world will know him
hest and remember him best as Owen Mere
dith.
Dom PEDRO is described by Paris cor
respondent as being much disturbed in mind
over the situation in Brazil. "He lives"
SAYS the writer. "simply and unaffectedly,
vet with dignity, in family hotel near the
Madeleine, where he has a lodging, to use
his words, large enough for a Door old solf-
tary widower whose interests are beyond
his own hearth, and the greatest of them
beyond the ocean.
GENERAL JACK EASEMENT, of Paines-
W,
the Press, to sec his son, who is Princeton
student, and to take in the football game
The General looks younger than at any time
in 10 years, which he accounts for by saying
that he is again up to his eyes in heavy
business transactions. He has been build
ing railroad near Pittsburg to open up the
Moon Run coal mines, which belong to
syndicate in which he is the heaviest in
vcstor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
RESTORING MENTAL POWERS.
Interesting Operations Successfully Per-
formed on Idiots.

Interesting Operations Successfully Per-
formed on Idiots.
CINCINNATI, Nov q. - [SpecidL] - Last
February Emma Schwerman, almost years
old, the daughter of parents residing at
Newport, KY, was brought to the Cincin-
natl Hospital paralytic idiot She had no
use of her limbs, and had never even recog-
n1zed her name. When not quite ~ years
old the bones of the skull became hardened,
and brain development was impossible. The
family physician, a bright young man, in
duced Emmas parents to try trephining as
an experiment. Last February, after some
preliminary treatment. q piece of bone
somewhat larger than dime was removed
from the top OF her head. The result has
been almost startling
The child has secured almost perfect con-
troll OF her arms, can move her head at will,
speaks number OF words, knows her name
and the different members of the family. The
lower portion of her body and limbs remains
helpless, and the legs are little larger than
those OF year-old baby. The surgeons are
preparing to remove another section of the
skull. The physicians will next operate on
the 1I-year-old sister of Emma. Her body
is perfectly developed, but her mind is n
blank. Besides these sisters, two other
patients are being brought from Texas to be
operated upon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
STOCK GAMBLING AND LAW.

The comparison of the New Orleans
lottery gambling concern to the stock
gambling element in Wall street has pro-
duced an interchange of pointed argu-
ments between Southwestern paper and
the New York Adccrtiser The South
western journal, evidently with a soft side
TO lottery revenue, quoted the remark of
an eminent New York financier at the
Bankers Convention, that the majority of
deals on the Stock Exchange were gam
bling transactions, and intimated that New
York Should pull the beam out of its own
eye before taking leading part in a SINH
Jar optical operation for the benefit of
New Orleans To this the 1Ad0ertiser very
cogently replies:
Let us admit that the Wall street gam
bling" is all that the Ners says il is. If that
gambling was made part of our State Con-
stitution, and if the people of this State
should consent to accept S., PSI, 900 year for
giving such gambling" the solemn sanction
of a constitutional safeguard, other States
in the Union would justly cry "shame" at
the open sale of this great State to gamblers.
The distinction is a pertinent one as
between New York and New Orleans.
But while New York may be free from
the reproach of direct attempt to give a
constitutional sanction to stock gambling,
it may be worth while to inquire what
moral status to assign to legislation which
favors it. If legislative measures which
make the business of stock gambling easy
and remunerative for the great manipu-
lators pried smooth path through the
Legislature, and those which might re-
strict or extirpate the evil are laughed
down or quietly shelved, is not the dis
grace the same in kind, though less in de-
gree, as the attempt to give constitu-
tional sanction to it?
Let us say here that New York is not
the chief sinner among States in this re-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
MILLKT BACK FROM ROME.
He Tells of a Mans Figure Which Sailed
Through His Room.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-[Special. l-Among the
passengers who arrived to-day on the steam
ship City of Berlin were Mrs. Annie Besant,
Doctor of Theosopby, and f. d. Millet. the
artist and journalist. The latter is the
author of "a Faded Scapular," which tells
how, 90 years ago in Rome, Mr.. Millet used
to wake up in the night and see the figure of
man sail through his room. He writes that
he was helpless at the time the ghost o.
fell asleep.
Mr.. Millet ends his story by telling how a
friend discovered a secret door in front OF I
niche In the wall where were secreted a
small crucifx with rude figure of Christ
and suspended from the neck of the image
by small cord was a triangular object
covered with faded CLOTH" The landlady
relics of her dead husband, who was an
artist, too, but hated the crucifi1, the scapu-
lar and the priest,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
LOCAL IDIOMS.
They Are the Life of Our Elastic, Express
sive, Eloquent Language.

sive, Eloquent Language.
New York Tribune.1
According to the Boston transcripts "Iis-
tener,'' II don't seem to remember and
Not much of any, are idiomatic through
out the country, but especially in New York
and Illinois. Comfortably sick"is Yankee
joke; 1 admire to drive is New England
vulgarism, while "Sick to my stomach" is a
nauseating phrase in use everywhere. The
phrases 81 feel like beer' or II feel like
beefsteak," he says are common in Boston.
And then he adds: LET US not say too much
against local peculiarities of expression, or
idioms in embryo. They are the life of the
language. If it had not been for the facility
of the English in taking up and giving the
authority of usage to these odd phrases,
many of which are illogical, incorrect, in
trinsically ridiculous. we sholld have q
dead, formal speech like the Spanish, or a
pretty and graceful, but fatally unelastic,
tongue like the French.
ait is not desirable that all Anglo-SaIon
nations should speak English exactly alike,
or that New England should talk just like
South Dakota. Let us thank heaven for the
pleasing diversity of speech that we still
have on this big continent, and pray that
the time will be long in coming when
schoolmasters shall have succeeded in run
ming us all into one unlovelv mould"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
Good Omen for juno z.

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.1
If the Republican convention which meets
on June, Z, 1892, nominates ticket which
will make as strong q run as the one put in
the field by the convention which met on
the same day of the month in 1864 the party
will be well satisfied. The States in insur-
rection that year, Of course, did not vote,
but only three of the States that did vote
New Jersey, Delaware and kentucky-de-
clared against the Republican ticket. Mis-
souri, was one of the States which were car
ried By the Republicans in 1854.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
Miniature Portrait of Governor.

David B. Hill is generally recognized as
standing for all that is most disreputable
and reactionary in American politics. Ever
since he became Governor his official acts
and his influence have tended to degrade
the public service. He has steadily played
into the hands of the worst elements of his
party-the rum ring, the canal ring and the
ring of ballot thieves. 1t is not strange,
therefore, that he should mark his exodus
from Albany by placing himself at the head
of the rascals who are plotting to steal the
Legislature. Thus f1tly does he crown his
scandalouS career.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28

GENERAL RUSSELL A. ALGER has de-
clared again for Blaine. The industry of the
Michigan millionaire in coming out for
Blaine is an evidence OF his conviction that
the Blaine boom is safe star for him to
hitch the Alger wagon on.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
Governors De Facto and Dc Jure.

New York Tribune.l
General Jones has an honorable and
worthy ambition to be Governor of New
York, even il only for few weeks. Agraye
injustice has been done him, however in the
circulation of reports from Albany to the
effect that he has made propositions to
Democratic officials at Albany stating certain
conditions as to what he would do in case
Governor Hill should step down and allow
the Lieutenant-Governor to step up next
month. General Jones is entitled to the
Governorship, but of course David B. Hill
will never permit him to enjoy that honor
Hill is not that kind Of man.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28

IT pains us to observe that one New York
paper announces that Wednesday was the
l0sth anniversary of the evacuation of that
city by the British ana another that it was
the l67th. Our metropolitan contemporaries,
with all their differences, should take pains
to flop in unison on the strictly non partisan
subject of Evacuation Day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28

CHAIRMAN CLARKsoN has again COM
mitted himself to the grand policy of i'm.
proving Republican chances next year by
Substituting the independent press. Mr.,
Garrison continues obtuse to the important
fact that this policy is impossible for the
simple reason that when an Independent
paper is subsidized it ceases to be indepen
deAh .'' .'-i-,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
FIVE GENERATIONS IN HER FAMILY.
A Woman Dies Leaving Sixty-Eight De
scendants to Mourn Her LOSS

LocKPoRT, n. Y. Nov. e7.-[Specidll-A re-
markable instance of woman seeing five
generations of her own family came to light
in the death lately of Mrs. Anna Hoag Frost,
of Somerset, in her 96th year. The family to
survive her were children, sons and 8
dsaghters, 13 grandchildren, 3s great-grand-
children and 1 great-great-gra ndch1ld, hav-
ing lived to see the fifth generation of her
family.
She was born at Nine Partners n. Y, and
when child moved to Rensselaer,, Albany
county, where she married her husband,
Solomon Frost. now deceased. She has been
a resident of Niagara county since 1885, and
was one of the Oldest pioneers. Six OF her
grandsons were bearers at her funeral.