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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22
LA SITUACION ECONOMICAL
DE ULTRAMAR

No puede ser mas alarmante. CuantC
mas Sc analizan y mas Sc estudian 10
resultados de la administration ultrama
rina, mas grande aparece ell NAL nues
ira vista, mayores son las difcultade
que se presentan q la resolution de lo
problemas coloniales. Espants el Amino
pensar cual puede ser la suerte de aque
las provincias hermsnRs nueatras, al lOs
errores, 81 las calamidades, que asf deber
llamarse las torpezas de la administra-
ci6n en- Ultramar, contin6an por el Ca
mino emprendido.
No es, pues, extrano que los peri6-
dicos de Cuba lancen voces de alarma
que la prensa de Puerto-Rico proteste
airadamente un dia y otro dia contra los
abusos de las autoridades de la pequena
Antilla; que los diaros de Filipinas Sc
escsndalicen de las 1aquezas de una per-
turbadora administration. NADIA puede
extranarnos, cuando la question de la
recOgida de los billetes esta siendo causs
en- la Habana de un sgio escandaloso,
del que resulta que, mientras la sdminiss
TRACTION paga por 100 pesos en- biiletes
SO en- plata, pueden obtenerse 100 en- la
plaza por la cantidad de 44,S pesos.
Es decir, que la Hacienda paga el billete
mas caro- de 10 que cuesta en el mer-
cado. De shf ell acaparamiento consi-
derable que Sc ha hecho de los billetes
memories de cinco pesos, que estan en-
poder de los Expenditures.
Y ante esta situaci6n, verdaderamen-
te anOrmal, no Sc le ocuFre otrs cosa al
senOr Fable que enviar plata al mercado
de Cuba, diicultando de esa suerte las
transacciones de aquel comercio, y po-
niendo en- alarma la clase mercantil de
aquella isla, que va hs celebrado una
importan tfsima reunion para opener re-
sistencia la admission de la plata, GUAM
do las necesidades del cambio no 10
exijan.
No podfa ocurrfrsele mejor nOvedad al
Sr. Fable, precsamen5e en- los mOmen-
tos crfticos en- que la recaudaci6n de
Aduanas de la isla de Cuba ha sufrido
una baja escandalosa, desdichada, de
632 11S pesos AZ centavos.
La situaci6n economical tan lamenta.
BILE de la isla de Cuba, CORE parelas cou
la omnipotencis de los abuses admins
tratlvos en- la isla de Puerto Rico, que
convierten un alcalde protegido en- IN
senor feudal de horca y cuchillo, con
ell desbarajuste de la Hacienda filipina
No; no es possible que ese estado de
perturbaci6n contin6e aclimatado en-
aquellas hermosas islas, agravando ell MAJ
que alli Sc siente y destruyendo innume-
rabies g6rmenes de riquesa.
No puede ser, nj as conveniente que
lo sea, que la gesti6n economical del
actual Gobierno llegue hasta lamar la
ruina, hacienda impossible toda regenera-
ci6n, una production un comercio,
cuyos intereses, bien dirigidos y admins
trados, consttuyen Ell mas preciado ele-
mento de bienestar de nuestro pals.
(De EI LiberaI.l
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22

A los sietemesnOs solo les faltara ell vaOr
Los que no tienen fe en- su terra, son bonn
bres de siete meses. POTque les falta q va
lOT elOs, Sc 10 niegan los demas.
No les alcanEa al arbO! difici ell brazo
canijO, ell brazo de unas pintadas palsera
el braEO de Madrid de Paris dicen one
no SO puede alcanEar ell Srbol.
Hay que cargar los baleoB de esos insectOe
dRfinOs, que le roen el haeso la patria que
los nutre.
81 son parisienses madrilenos, vayan al
PTadO, dc faroles, vsyan TOrtODi, de
sOrbetes.
lEstos hijos Gle carpintero, que se aver
gueugaR de que su padre sen carpinterOl
IEst0s nacidos en- America, que So avergien-
Ean. porque lievan delantal iDdiO, de Ia ma
dre que los eri6, = reniegan, bribones, de la
madFe eDferma, p Ia deian sOla en- ei lecho
de las enfermedades
Puea, qni6n % 81 hombrsi lei que sc qne-
da con Ia madre, curArle Ia enfeFmedad, 8
el que la pooe trabajar dOnde no Ia vean,
vive de "a suatento en- las tierras D0dridas.
con e guHanO deseandO el letrerO de sFaidOr
en- Ii espaldA de Ia casaea de- papelq
EetOs bijoa de nuestra America, que ha
de salvarHe con sua indioR, vs. de menos 4
mas. eBr0s deaertores que piden sasil sn los
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22

Z conste tambi6n que nOsotros
estamos decididOs & dar Ia voz de
alarma que esperan nuestrOs ami
gos y cOrreligionariOs para plegar
las tiendas = retirarnos a nuestras
casas con banderas desplegadas y
tambor batiente, 81 ell DirectoriO
insiste en- no satisfacer como Sc lie
ha suplicado la espectaci6n de to-
do ell pals sinceramente autOnO-
mista, sin equfvOcos nj anbigueda-
des.
(ReU58ta de PUerto-R Rico, 6 de Di-
ciembre de 1919
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22

La universidad europea hs de ceder la
universidad americana
La historic de America, de -los aIucas
aca, ha de enseiarse al dedillo, aunque no
50 ensene la de los arco Dtes de Grecia
Nuestra Grecia preferible q la GTecia
q1e no es nuestra.
Nos es mas necesara.
Los polfticOs nacionales han de reempa-
Sar los pOliticos ex6ticos. Ingertese en-
nuestras repdblicas el mundo pero el trOn-
co ha de ser el de nuestTas repdblicas.
calle el pedante vencido que no hay
patria on que pueda tener el hombre mas or
gullo que en- nuestras dOlOrosas repdblieas
amerlcanas.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22

ej6tcitos de la America del Norte, que nhoga
en- sangre eus indios y "a de mas men"s!
Estes delicadOs, qu- enn HON 0t e., y %
duieren hacer el ErabaiO de hOmbres
Pies el Washington que les hzO esta TERRA
1 Sc foe vivir con los iDgleses, vivir eou
los ii CLOSES en- los amos en- que los vefa venir
contra su TERRA pTOpla9
Estus = increiblesn del honor, que 10 arTas-
tran por el suelo OK ira jero, como Toe ipcrei-
bles de Ia Revolucion francesa, danzando Y
reIami6ndOse, arrastraban las erres
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22

Las deudas del honor, no las cobra el hon
rado en- dinerO, tantO pOr la bOfetada.
va no podemos ser el pueblo de hOias, que
vive en- e aire, con Ia cOpa cargada de for,
restallandO zumbando, Negdn la acarie el
caprichO de la luz, 6 Ia tapdan talen las
tempestades Ilos 6rbOles 80 han de poner
en- fla, para que NJ pase ell gigantic de las
siete leguss
Els Ia hora del TecUento de la maroha
unida, hemos de andar en- euadrO apretado,
como Ia plata en- las raices de los Andes.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22

Con los pies en- el rosario, la cabega blanca,
y el ouerpo pinto de indio criollo vinimOs,
denodadOs, al mundo de las naciones.
Con el estandarte de la Virgen salimos Ia
conquista do la libertad.
Un cura, unOs cuantOs teuientes una mu-
Jer allan on Mexico Ia repdblica, en- hombros
de los indios.
Un can6nigO espafol, la sombra de su
capa, iostruye en- la lihertad francesa unos
ouantos bachilleres magnihcos, que ponen dc
Jeie de Centre America contra Espana al ge-
neral de Espafa.
Con los habitOs monArquicos, el sol por
pecho, sc echaron a levantar puehios los ye-
uez0lanOs por el norte l0a argeutlnOs pof
el sur
Cnacdo los dos heroes cbocaton, 81 Csn-
tinente iba ( temhlar, uno, que no tae el me
nos graDde, vOlvi6 riendas.
JOsa Martf.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22

lMisterioso enlace entire las ideas mas
heterogeneasI
Buscabamos un gran poeta, lirico,
dramatico 8 mixto- iEse! lEte. es
nuestro hombre, IN gran poeta fnan-
ciero!
u 20 es IN inspirado, un iluminAdo,
que sienta deutro de 81 el qnid divinWn'
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22
POETA FTNANCIERO
de 81 Liberal.

No, sefiores, no tenemos IN gran poe.
ia, en- Ia mas elevada, meior dicho, en
la mas exacta acepoi6n, en- la dnioa
axacta.
Nj lfrico, nj dramatico, ni. :. epico;
10 que Sc llama an gran poeta no 10 te-
nemos. Greer 10 contrario, como suela
ocurrir los interesados, es hacerse ilu-
stones.
Ese vacio nos traia sumamente pre-
ocupsdos, hace mas de un lustro, q los
amantes de las letras, cue veiamos sur
gir continuamente en- tierras extra6as
poetas raros, hasta malos algunos, pero
en- fin, con ciertas probabilidades de pc
nio, merced a ESQ de las egouelas, que
no tienen entrafas- --- a 10 meior un
"satanista," bien mirado, no es mas que
un loco, pero les IN SdtGNiStal
FL case es que, como queda dicho, los
que andamos por ahf stormentadoa por
81 idea, venimos nutri6ndonos forzosa-
mente, tocante q poetas, en- las pubIica-
clones extrauierss.
NADIA mas hermoso que la poesia cas-
tellana, cuando Dios guerra, pero no
quiere va, Y como passn los amos sin
que entire NADIA calente en- nuestro cuer-
po, buscamos mundo adelsnte nuevss
sensaciones, sentimientos nuevos, en- ell
gran librecambio del espfritu.
Esto del libre cambio nos llama de
pronto la realidad.
Mucha falta nos hsce, evidentemente,
un gran poeta, un Goethe, un Victor
Hugo, para lIensr este ciclo literario.
Els ell ansia fntima de uuestra generation.
Pero han tornado On rumbo las cosas
en- esta triste etspa; los intereses mate
riales, no con su predomiuio, porque no
predominant, sino con sus naturales exi-
gencias, han venido en- tai forma & dis
trsernos, que va nj en- los poetas pensa-
mos. Pensamos solo en- viVir, buscan-
do ell pan del cuerpo que nos falta, ese
pan sin 81 cual no hay agentes qutmioos
en- ell cerebro, nj aspiraoiones sublimes
en- el alma.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22

En- esta inmensa ruina, 10 duico que
aVergGenza es 10 plebeyo de la Catas-
trofe.
Por ell momento no necesitamos un
gran poeta. -. Neoesitsmos un haceD-
dista.
IUn gran hacendistal
El hom bre que llegara aquf, y desple
CARA en- la Administration de nuestro
mermados peculios energia, astucis, hs-
bill dad, ciencia. ese seria el hombre
de la 6poca, ell gran politico, el gran
| artista. Serfa ell dictador, aclamado con
delirio por las muohedumbres habrien-
| tas
Y solo mediante la dictadura econ6-
mico Puede intentarse algo en- estas
desesperadas situaciones. .Por los pro-
cedimientOs normales, mieptras cual-
quier ministro pueda discutir entorpe-
Ger inspiraciones de ese hacendista soma
do, de ese genio que presentirlos; mien-
tras est6n por encima de 6I Canovas 8
Martinez Csmpos, el Banco de Espaha,
todo esfuerzo habr8 de malogEarse, y
sera est6rll toda iniciativa. Ese camino
10 sabemos de memoria: conduce al
| hambre.
Antes Sc necesitsba un soldsdo al
frente del Gnbierno: un O'Donnell, IN
Narvaez; uu Prim; era ell periodo de
nuestras luchas politicas, resueltss en-
dllinitiva por la fuerzs p6blics.
Mas tarde priv6 el "civiIismo", como
en- oposici6n al elemento mlitar Cano-
vas fu6 ell polftico de la reatAuraci6n;
Sagssta Ell alma de la regencis;
Como sefal de los tiempos, todo eSo
ha pasado.
Hoy se neCesita un Administrator.
| iDonde estaf
Ell encontrarle es sencillameute cues
| ton do vida muerte.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22
La Democracia

Ponce, Martes, Dbre. ~ de 1891
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-08
STATEMENT FROM POSTMASTER VAN corr

The charge that samuel J. >cullen treasurer OF tc
po.onIce Clerks, Association discharged from his
Mace a, a clerk at Branch PostOihce d because no
tyo,d AN eight hour wOrlniay for postal employees Is
denied hy official, ~ the Po>oiiice lie Is charged
with making false statements about alleged dssehslohs
among EMPLOYEES at the PostoGice. The following
.t,,cment v-lch evidently means business was
gwen 10 a Tribune reporter by Postmaster van Oo''
Yesterday:
Postmaster Van Colt desire, II 10 DC understo"l
that the statements recently published biased prlci
u,y an the alterations Of discharged employees con-
.rng unjust treatment % clerks, and alleging OPPOSE
ZION ON his part and ON that Of superintendent 10 tho
e,-ts - clerk, To- secure increased compensation or
-i1ction Of their hours OF labor without touhda-
,i,p n fact lie is and always has been In FAVOR Oh
,do,ua,o compen ,aton and reasonable limit OF work
Ir, h,ur, and has made every proper enort IN MS
u,,rcr 10 attain those ends but AZ the same time no
cannot pcrrnit the service under his control for tho
efficiency II which he IS responsible 10 the pubhc anu
., IA. official -uperlors. 10 detcrorate or 10 be DE
uorlled by the retention ~ persons whose time ana
attention nr mainly devoted Ia exciting illfecling ana
Decentralization among their associates. 10 the neglect
of their legitimate duties, and to the CIRCULATION III
false and sandcrous reports concerning their superior
r,ors II, AL, take, pleasure In stating that the
most cordal good feeling exit between the o'ers o
mo View Ylr, Pu-tofcr and their -boulhdt ~
cNceutiuc ne undesirable class above IclcIted !" It
c,s. ,lr,,dy small i'm number which VIII become sti
r.cr M the requirements Of good order ana uisclphc
may call fr action IN mat dlr''uoh'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-08
WHY WAS HIS CLAN OBJECTED to-

An injunction served upon Controller Myers yes
erday directing him 10 pay over to \. T. Campbell,
chief clerk in the Corporation COunses Office. claim
Of 81 o.. The claim for money expended by
Mr. Campbell in procuring evidence for the city In
suits in which il party and was ltemlLed IN
the voucher as spent for drinks, etc The Controller
had refused 10 pay the claim and Mr.. Campbell by
advice of the Corporation Counsel brought suit
which resulted In his favor.
Corporation Counsel Clark, being asked about the
case, said yesterday:
Tie practice Of employing examiners to obtain
evidence was. AIN Informed, begun under MI whitney
and since that time il has been the custom to repay
10 each examiner such sums might be expended
BY him in procuring evidence in the different actions
to which he might be assigned These Items OF
expenditure take the shape Oi meals, car fares ana
refreshments 10 persons from whom evidence Is Oh
talned The evidence procured in many Instances In
this manner results in saving 70 TIE city thousands OF
dollars and in preventing fraudulent claims from Gelnf
put into judgments. believe that the city has the
railroad corporatiO has and believe IT 20 be my
duty 10 obtain all the evidence favorable To the
city In every action that is brought against H. even
though | should be compelled 10 eGpend from ."
cents 10 Fl in each 10 enable me 10 procure
this evidence.
since 1897, when the present ContrOller assumed
Office he has regularly repaid these expenditure,
every two weeks up 10 May Of last year. lie refused
10 pay items amounting 20 - 05 and the claim was put
in Judgment. Since that time he has continued
regularly to reimburse the examiners. even up To
within Two weeks ago His own action j. the best
evidence that can be adduccd OF the correctness Of
the methods pursued by thi, department
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-08
vo RpgR HALL ~ CASTLE GARDEN.

rbe sinking Fund Commission met at the MAYORS
ouco YESTERDAY and recognized for 1891 II Is com
nosi of the Mayor the Recorder the Controller me
cr.u,l.,rIair and the chairman of the Finance tom
r,i,,ee of the Board OF Aldermen The only change
90 4, the last named place, Alderman Nichoias l.
nr,yn OF th lid District, taking tho seat vacated by
Walton Storm late Alderman from the NNI't' Mayor
cr,+ ras re- elected chairman and Deputy Controller
pi,b,rd 4 ,torrs was again made secretary.
Controller Myers reported that he had formally re
coivcd Castle Garden from the state Board OF Emgr'-
Tim A. instructed by the Commission, on December
n superintcndcnt DAILY was instructed to prepare "A
schedule of the property proposition to turn inc
Garden over 10 the Park Commissioners was opposed
by the Controller the ground that the transfer ought
not 10 be made without stringent stpulatons that tho
newly acquired property should not be used as beer
garden This was "a severe reflection upon the Park
no.rd and some of the Commissioners Thought IL
abundanty Justified by the manner IN which the mount
Il Vincent restaurant lease had bean manipulated.
The Recorder pontedy agreed with Mr.. Myers In his
reflections and a resolution was passed that Castle
Garden must be- used aquarium. music hall. or
for educational purposes. Otherwise the fafk toHl-
mlsslOncrs cannot have H. , :, -,
1, was resolved 10 sell the lease OF the old Arsenal
property at White and Elm sts, al public auction the
unset value be fixed at 5000 year Tor term OF
ten wears and the erection Of the building to cost not
less than 10000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-08
IMPORTANT APPRAISERS DECISION
ADVANCES IN TIE RAssAvANT CASE srsrAlNEp

ADVANCES IN THE PASSAVANT CASE SUSTAINED.
General Appraisers Tichenor. sharpe and somer
Vile handed down their decision yesterday In the
famous Pa,savant glove case. Colonel Tichenor and
ex Judge sOmerville sustained the advances made by
General Appraiser jewell, General sharpe dissenting
The question before the APPRAISERS was whether Pas
savant 81 Co. had undervaued consignment Of the
Trefousse kid gloves, worth about $4,000. Colonel
Jewell had advanced their invoices from to 10
per cent According to the Customs Administration
law under which this decision made. there is no
appeal But 1t is generally believed that this decision
NAV not be the end OF the case. There was report
thar PasSavant Co. might ask for an investigation by
Congress but Mr. Seligmann of the firm, said that the
company would decide to-day what course it would
pursue.
This Is one Of the most important decisions given
by the General Appraisers since the Board was estab
ushed. because 1t involves several issues aside from
the valuation Of the gloves imported by the house OF
Passavant & Co. This firm holds that rivals in trade
have been trying TO ruin its glove business, or, at
least to secure contract from the Trefotsse glove
manufacturers Of Chaumont, France. The trouble
started in August. when Edward {. Lseur, an ex-
pert glove examiner In the Appraisers stores marked
up consignment Of the Trcfoussc gloves about 5000
Assistant Appraiser Burke and Appraiser Cooper how
ever passed the consignment as invoiced.
A long struggle followed, and it seemed as If ID
va, case in which doctors disagreed. Eventually
a second consignment was disputed. special Treasury
Agent Wilbur asking the Collector to order a reap
praisement. Mr. Leseur had been transferred from
his glove work and recently suspended and his re
moval recommended. Assistant Appraiser Coroett,
who was in Europe last summer testified that h. had
ascertained that the market value Of the Trcfousse
gloves in London and Paris substantially 81 francs
a dozen which was the amount at which they were
inyoiced here II is said that testimony ofsetting
tb,s showed that Major Corbett had unknOwngB
examined a cheaper kind Of gloves than those i'm
nor ed here Tll, was disputed. and so many issues
were involved that il would be difficult TO review them
In an ordinary article.
Ex- Judge Somerville said yesterday thai the de.
c,sIou wa on "A case purely OF valuation alone, and
ala NOT involve any issues. There honest
difercnce Of apinion among the employs IN the
Customs Service. and that was all Appraiser cooper
aid that he did not speak for publication. but
might later
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-08
. ppJDcr EIGHTY FEET WIDE FAVORED.

After the members of the Board of Estimate had
settled down to business yesterday. Controller Myers
said that he had heard from ex-Mayor Hewitt III
response to the request that he wouid suggest u'o
names Of civil engineers who might be consulted aoOut
the nroposed increase OF the width Of the seventh
ave bridge over the Harlem from sixty TO eighty feet
Mr.. Hewitt had replied that no better adviser couiu
be found than A. p Boiler the designer of the sxS
foot bridge Mr.. Boiler addressed the Board saying
that he had figured estimate for bridge eighty
feet wide Weighing at the draw about 4ooo IONS anu
costing about sl.6O00O0. but a. the appropriaioh
- on, a, o1o 600 II would be necessary 10 have
this increased.
All tho Commissioners expressed themselves as
DESTROYS of going upon the record In favor OF the
eighty foot structure As no action could DO tsAen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-08
COURT CALENDARS FOR TO-DAY.

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supreme Court Chamber, gs:ori d Paff'et.on J-No
supreme cSartSPeca I"9TPart ~ lT rs lsrt
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~ s2 IA, 90 ' i Vy i 49, lo SIS 55 g. ~
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yo saP ss 2SS 49, ~! 40 TO- ~ 2l as
$I$ $9 AZ AZ III III 90 81 ij tSs Us
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az az ii49' 2t 7io3 3,sS Sis5 400 ~
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civ Court-Trial Tcrn-P.rt Iy-Spscial calendar e,
court % General Sessons-Part libtor lsrc9rI@F IN
md Hssstant nistct- Attorney Mscdor@-Nos To u IN
elusive. ,.-.,-. D.. ~ n.,o-e Cowing !
I'D ts.i.taut District Attorney DaNis-N0 ~ = IN
C,,, ~ General Sessions Part IIIBsiore Ftzgcrad
I md Assistant Distributions Bedfofd-Nos. I" o.
Inclusive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-08
THE Proposed EXCHANGE SAID TO De FAIR

The charge that Theodore 3. Ba',cn. member OF
tho Nc,y.YorN state Forest Commission, was con
.pirlnc IA defeat the Establishment OF state PARK
was supplemented yesterday by the allegation that
,,ncr /. Train secretary Of the Commission IN a
Ictt,r to Controller Wcmpc. recommended an eNchahRo
- - 600 acre, of state hands for $4,000 acres OF lana
oyrocd b, the Fverton Lumber Company although the
Commission had for the last three years reused 10
malta any exchange, Of state land, for those owned by
priva;e companies II WAS also lntnlated thaI 'hls
concession va, made to the Evcrton Lumber company
hcc,so its or.anilcr Henry u. Pntion, was president
- the Beaver River Lumber Company, In when 'om
mis- -toner Das.eln wa interested. II was iurthcr
ALLEGED that the state lands which the commission
uropo.ed To exchange were covered WIN virgin lot
est, and that those belonging TO the company were
almost absolutely worthless.
: NJ. Kneval-. a member Of the Commission sara
yesterday There isttlc to add to what has aiready
,ppearcd I'm The Tribune this subject. IL Is true
that the Commission did recommend an exchange Vi
state lands for lands owned by the EveIton Luloe.
Cnmn.ny These state lands however "ere sl'uhV1u
many miles to the north of the lines OF our Proposeu
n,rk ~. we're to have received IN eXchahse M r3
nan tuicr a. much Rand as We parted WIN. M
land lie, right Inside the park lines ana II worth II
,,rcnt deal more than the State land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-08
HE HOPES TO FREE MAYY PRIs0yERs.

law was passed by tho Legislature IN l776 direct
ing that criminals who seut to state prison the
,erond time should all the time ~ which their
first imprisonment was shortened on account OF good
behavior before entering their second term twenty
convicts at sing Sing have sent letter to Franz j.
Keller lawyer Of this city. asking him II the law =
constitutional After a thorough examination Of the
subject he has written to the that the w cannot
,nnIv to communications, made before the law went into
eNect a, no statute can be retroactive Besides, he
thinks that The whole law Is unconstitutional lie
will 20 to Sing sing in few DAYS ana make a it~t
cssa Iv having one of The prisoners who are serving
time on previous sentence brought IhiO court on Il
writ of hdbeas corpus.