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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG, SATURDAY, MAY 1s, 1891
EVIDENTLY WITHOUT FOUNDATION.

The report that in case of the failure OF
the charter amendments, the Mayor will
proceed against the heads of departments,
on the ground that they have no title to
the Offices they hold, is plainly sensa-
tional fabrication. The Mayor is evi-
IDENTIFY pushing his campaign with keen
Judgment and tolerably accurate nowl-
ledge of what he is about. Whatever his
motives. it may be taken for granted that
he is not going to gratuitOuSly put himself
in the wrong.
1t happens to be the fact that among the
cloud of uncertainties cast over our munic-
ipal matters by the last Supreme Court
decision, one thing was certainly deter
mined, and that is that the heads of de-
partments hold their positions eonstitu-
tionally. 1t was specifically declared that
the sections creating these offices were
constitutional, though the court left the
definition of their powers in a snarl which
it would defy any power short of the
Legislature, or the Supreme Court itself, to
unraveL There may be a large variety Of
opinions as to the accurate judgment of
the court on various matters, but in this
respect there can be no question that its
decision is binding as being the last word
on the matter.
With the whole issue starting from this
decision, we give the Mayor credit for too
much intelligence to attack position
which in that very ruling the Supreme
Court sustained.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
The Hole to Crawl Out At.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
see by The DISPATCH of the 18th that the
Elections Committee are looking for "hole
to crawl out at" After few more such bad
breaks as the present Legislature has made
on the Baker reform ballot bill and the
Taggart tax bill they will be looking for a
"hole to crawl into" 1t is just such political
shysterfng as this Legislature has been guilty
of this session that caused the people of
Kansas to make them hunt their holes last
fall, and it is just what the great Industrial
people of the State of Pennsylvania are 60
ing to do with them.
There is but one "hole for them to crawl
out at" and that is to pass the Australian
ballot law pure and simple. 1t is the law
that all honest, patriotic people want, and
the law they wifi have. The days of the
political lords are numbered. 1t is folly to
expect that "history will reverse itself'' by
expecting any honest sympathy or relief
from q class of men that have been so long
in power that they have arrogated to them
selves the sole right to rule. The history Of
instance where rulers have honestly sought
to correct their wrong acts. Nothing but
cleaning out of the whole herd of political
muckerers that now constitute our lawmak-
ing bodies will give the relief the people de-
mand. Civilization is progressing rapidly.
they never thought before. The rapid accu-
mutation Of the wealth of the masses into
possession of the few is causing them to In
yestigate the economic questions Of the day
for the purpose of finding out the causes
that are making few enormously rich and
60O00,e00 people hopelessly poor and home
less. The people will make q hole for them
RIB. FRY.
FINLEYvILLE, Pa, MAY IA.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
PERSONAL PECULIARITIEs.

NELSON was only 13 when he took to the
water.
No fewer than seven portraits of the Ger
man Emperor are now being painted Dy
three artists in Berlin.
THE Princess of Wales is exhibiting a
number of her creditable productions in
photography at the exhibition in Vienna.
Ex-Governor JOHN IRLAND, of Texas,
says that when Galveston has deep water
there will be new line of railroad between
that city and Chicago.
In England "Artemus Ward" has scarce
ly lost an iota of his popularity as humor-
list. English popular opinion has placed him
on level with Mark Twain.
REV. FATHER SHERMAN, son of the late
General Sherman will be present at the cele-
bration of the three hundredth anniversary
of the death of st. Aloysius at st. Charles,
No., and will deliver the oration.
Mrs. LEASE, the Kansas Alliance wom-
an, recently received a letter from Ben But
terworth notifying her that she had recently
been elected to membership in the college
of Thinkers" of the world She has also re-
ceived an offer of $50 and all expenses to
make three speeches before the Chautauqua
meeting ut Atlanta.
JOHN GLADSTONE, the father of the ex-
Premier of Great Britain, trained his chill
dren to give a reason for every opinion they
offered. 1t was in this way that William e.
Gladstone was early trained to debate. On
one occasion William and his sister Mary
disputed as to where q certain picture ought
to be hung. An old Scotch servant came in
with a ladder, and stood irresolute while the
argument progressed, but as Miss Mary
would not yield, William gallantly ceased
from speech, though unconvinced, of course.
The servant then hung up the picture where
the young lady ordered, but when he had
done this he crossed the room and ham,
mered q nail into the opposite wall. He was
asked why he did this. "Aweel, miss, that
will do to hang the picture on when yen
have to come round to Master Willies
opeenion."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.

DR.. 2. X. Snyder, President of the In.
diana State Normal School, was in the CITY
yesterday. The Doctor could have been
State Superintendent of Public Instruction,
nected with the office. It is all llhonor and no
pay. He didn't want it at present, but he
mightaccept some day when he is wealthier.
H. c. overholt, manufacturer of ex-
tracts at Cleveland, was visiting friends in
the city yesterday. Mr.. Overholt formerly
the Connellsville coke region, where he was
at one time engaged in the coke business.
Judge Campbell, of Uniontown, returned
the East the people are complaining about
the lack of rain, and the farmers fear their
crops will be injured. The same thing is
true of Western Pennsylvania.
A party. of IA people in special car went
East last evening as the guests of T. G.
crowd. They were reticent about the OBJ
ject of the trip.
John Schlosser returned yesterday from
the Hotel Mems Convention at Cleveland
He said they had great time, and this was
all he could remember of the programme.
Z G. A Beaver, of Bellefonte, j. K. Pearce,
a New Castle banker, and j. f. Hillman,
manager of all the Wanamaker stores, are
among the guests at the Anderson.
u. u. camp and vile, OF Butler, regis
tered at the Schlosser last night. They are
a newly-married couple as the young mans
nervousness indicated.
James B. Scott returned from Phila-
delphia yesterday. He says many architects
are anxious to prepare plans for the Carnegie
libraries.
Colonel T. B. Searight, of Uniontown,
and G. Seymour Dutton, of Youngstown, are
stopping at the Monongahela House.
Oswald Baynes and w. E. Post, main
line claim agents for the B. & o. road at Bal.
timore, were in the city yesterday.
George I. Mallery and wife, of Topeka,
and A. g. Thomas and wife, of Springfield,
are at the Duquesne.
Philip Wirsching, of Salem, and =, Nc
Donald, of Washington, are at the Seventh
Avenue Hotel.
DIR. F. q. Robinson, of Uniontown, is
in the city visiting his daughter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
THE HIGH SCHOOL TROUBLE.

That High School case started out by
passing judgement before investga-
ton, which was sufficiently
remarkable proceeding; the inves-
tigation yesterday enriches the record
with a declaration that the verdict
of suspension by the faculty is sustained,
but that the offending pupil can come back
to the school if she chooses, which strikes
the outsider as the most original way on
record of confirming a suspension.
AS regards the investigation, its signii-
canoe is affected by the fact that the High
School Committee which conducted it fell
under the censure of the Central Board,
almost as much as the faculty. The evi-
dence fails to sustain the charge that vio-
lent language was used by an instructor;
but as vindication of the faculty it leaves
much to be desired 1t seems to have
been directed to the issue put in the
testimony of one of the teachers, that
the pupil under discipline "was wrong"
Every impartial person knows she was
wrong. There is no material dispute on
that point; but the public question is
whether the manner adopted OF dealing
with the ancient personalities of class
paper was judicious, good-tempered or
dignifed.
Considering the fact that these personal
tiles were fully corrected by their elision,
and that the offense for which the pupil
was disciplined was her absence and failure
to read the corrected paper, it becomes
pertinent that this absence was in accord
ance with her fathers orders. After
pupil has apologized for an ofense of that
sort, to insist on the further humiliation of
her reading it in public instead of allowing
it to be read for her, is pushing discipline
to an undignifed, if not vindictive degree
That the action of the Central Board
was hasty and too sweeping may be con-
ceded; but that the kind of discipline in
sisted on in this case was such as will
benefit High School, is far from demon
Strated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
JUST IN FUN.
WHY THIS CHANGE?

Why does she smile no more on me,
And why affect that mannish air?
She asks me not TO stay TO tea,
She does not even seem to care
Whether come, or go, or stay,
Or even IL cease to call.
Alas! learned the other day
She's interested in baseball.
Why should telephone girls-not all Of
them, Of course, but some of them-be so deaf to
the subscribers dialect and kindly spoken HELD"
and so competent to report his little impatient
swear words. Washington Post.
Philadelphia Girl-Dear me! My watch
Is nearly hour slow.
New York GIrl-Well. dear, that isn't much for
Philadelphla. Weekly.
.Rudyard Kipling must have been himself
1.-THE Light that Failed.'' He is not heard Of
now.-He,o Orleans Ptcoytnas.
Angelina with a scream and shudder)--
Oh, Georgel Isn't that mad dog?
George-I should think he ought to be. Some
wretch has tied tomato can to his tail.-chicago
Times.
Jayway-I ran across white donkey down
near Willow Grove, and
Hayway--When was this?
Jayway--Let's see--oh, yes--the day met you
down there.
And to this day Jayway can't understand Hay.
way's coolness,--Ns1o York telegram.
wife-Why is it dudes wear only one
glass dearest?
Husband--You seem to forget that they have 20
have one eye to see with. --Brooktvn Life.
Freshly Ito Miss Autumn, who has Just
made sarcastic remark)-You are withering, Miss
Autumn.
Miss A.--sir--r--r--r9I!l--Hnruard Lan,poon.
The Nice Niece-Do you think he is real
Count. Uncle Dick? -
The Awful Uncle--The evidence seems 10 Ne IN
that direction. He speaks bad English, CANDLES
well and borrows money from every one who win
lend. .--Aitnsev's Weekly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
LAWS AND CORPORATIONS.

A very striking illustration of the fact
that corporations are like necessity, and the
trainers of the last street acts, in that they
know no law, was afforded by the action
Of the superintendent Of the New York
elevated roads the other day. A fire oc-
CURED in building close to the line of its
downtown end. The chief of the fire de-
partment pronounced the wall adjoining
the elevated road to be dangerous and or
dered the running of trains past it to be
suspended till the danger was over.
But this did not suit the superintendent
of the elevated road. The chief of the
fire department is the authority designated
by law to say whether buildings are dan
gerous or not and the police department is
the one that is charged with en-
forcing his judgment But the ele-
waited railroad superintendent con-
ceived himself entitled to overrule
the decision of the fire officials and disre-
gard the orders of the police; in pursuance
of which policy he declared that the wall
was not dangerous and kept on running
his trains in disregard of the orders of the
police
This is new Illustration Of the modern
theory that corporations are above the
law and need not obey it, Any ordinary
citizen, who defied the fire and police
authorities in this way, would have brought
up in the station house very promptly.
The New York Telegram calls for the
arrest of this autocratic superintendent;
but the New York police too well under
stand the New York principle that laws
must courtesy to great corporations, and
they Will not commit any such JaUz pas as
that
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
PROMISE AND NON-PERFORMANCE


Here is the policy to which the Republi-
can party of Pennsylvania pledged itself
during the last campaign, and under which
the members of the Legislature were
elected:
We charge the members of the next Gen.
eral Assembly with the duty to pass such
laws for ballot reform, and if necessity
should arise to provide for such changes in
the Constitution of our State as will insure
to every voter perfect secrecy and freedom
in exercising his right of suffrage.
The practical politicians way of fulfill
ing that pledge has been to mutilate bill
that would have redeemed it into meas
ure that destroys Independent action, tries
to disfranchise independent voters, and
provides way to prevent voters that can
be intimidated or corrupted from casting
their votes without supervision.
The Baker bill showed that it is practi-
cable to provide secrecy and freedom in
voting without constitutional amendment.
Therefore its provisions were distorted in
order to give a shallow excuse for calling
a constitutional convention by which the
Constitution can be emasculated to suit
the purposes of the politicians and the
wishes of the corporations.
There could not be more complete
declaration of the political idea that the
only value of platform pledges is to fool
the people. Nor could there be more
urgent necessity for Republican leaders
who believe that there is such thing as
principle, to come out in emphatic opposi-
ton to such dishonesty,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
TIE COMING REFORM.

In a private letter to THE DISPATCH
Mr.. Dwight H. Olmstead, of New York,
states THE DISPATCH is correct in suppos-
ing that his system of block indeXing,
which is in successful operation in New
York City, is only a preliminary step to
complete land transfer reform. He also
agrees with THE DISPATCH that to it
should be added the valuable features of
the ToTrens system. "But in my opinion, -
SAWS Mr.. Olmstead, ''thoSe valuable feat
ures are not the one which chiefly distin-
guishes that system, namely, State guaran-
tee founded on preliminary examination.
The introduction Of system of indefeasi-
BILE titles has twice been tried in England,
and may be said now to be definitely
abandoned there.
This indicates a practical agreement
between the views on The subject of land
transfer reform advanced in these columns
and those held by Mr. Olmstead. THE
DISPATCH has fully recognized that gen.
tleman as the standard authority for this
country on that important subject 1t has
also conceded the difficulty which he
urges, in q country of longer settlement
than Australia, of basing indefeasible titles
solely on preliminary examinations, and
said that his suggestion of poSsessory
titles with statute Of limitations may be
much the safer one.
But the point on which it has criticised
Mr. Olmstead's attitude is that he seems,
in his pamphlet on the subject, to be will
ing to rest for the present on his achieve
ment in getting the preliminary step taken.
1t may have been well enough to accept
that step simply as an entering wedge in
New York, where the attempt was first
made. But with the whole country
now waking up to the immense
gain to be secured by COM
plete land transfer reform, the leader
in the movement should be ready
to bring forward matured scheme of
legislation to secure all three of the leading
purposes of the reform, viz: simplifcation
of the work of examining titles, ease of
transfer, and such perfection of titles as is
possible.
Mr. Olmstead is eminently the man
whose knowledge and prominence qualify
him to perform that work. With his agree
ment as to the correctness of combining
with his peculiar reform the practicable
features of the Torrens system, we shall
hope to learn of his having drawn up such
a scheme at an early date. A measure Of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
HITTING THE WRONG PARTY.

A singular example of the loose logic
which some of our esteemed free trade
cotemporaries indulge in on the sugar
tariff is presented by an article in the
Providence Telegram. That journal makes
various assertions concerning the control
of the price of sugar which are intended
to bear on party divisions on the tariff
question.
One CT the salient assertions is that the
Sugar Trust "has been able to control the
price of sugar in this country even beyond
the amount of the protection it has en-
joyed," and has controlled the English
market at the same time as the American.
This is brought forward as an Indictment
of protection but if it is true, which we
doubt, it is just the opposite. The fact
that prices could be put up beyond the
amount of the tariff proves that some
thing else besides the tariff constituted the
power of the Trust.
Further, the Telegram asserts that at the
same time the Trust sold sugar in England
for four cents it sold the same article in the
United States for eight cents. This being
brought forward as an Indictment of the
Republican tariff policy, it is needless
to inquire into its truth. If the figures
are correct it is given very different ap-
plication from that made by the Telegram.
The following figures show its true bear
ing: Duty on refined sugar proposed by
Mills bill, 2S cents; enacted in McKin-
ley bill, 1-2 cent.
With the fact that the Republican policy
put the duty on sugar % cents lower than
the rate fixed by the Democratic measure,
the esteemed 1eIegrdm's statements re-
solve themselves into decided BOOM
erang.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Mine Law Criticised.

~@-@--S
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
have read the report of the commission
appointed to revise the mine laws
several times in your paper. There is one
feature of the bill that I have not seen, TO
which I would like to call your attention.
Article x requires that the inspectors Ex-
amining Board shall Immediately after the
examination furnish each person who comes
before said Examining Board to be examined
a copy of all questions, whether oral or
written, which were given at the examina-
tion on printed slips of paper and to be
marked solved right, imperfect or wrong, s as
other papers of all applicants, together with
all tally sheets and the solution of each
question as given by the Examining Board,
shall be fled with the Secretary Of Internal
Affairs" etc. This is right. The applicant
knows how his answers were rated and the
correct solution of each question.
Now let us look at article XIV tExamlna-
ton of Mine Foremen and Superintendentsl.
The members must have passed an exam
>inatiOn and obtained certificate OF COM
petency," etc. No need of this to sit on In
spectors' Examination Board! No need of
returning answers and correct solution 70
mine foreman and superintendent! They
should not be allowed to even know why
they are granted or refused certificate.
The superintendent must have had "at least
five years practical experience in and about
D1tum1nouS coal mines of the common
wealth" 1t has been openly asserted by
the friends of this bill that this is intended
to "knock OUT the civil engineers acting as
superintendents. The superintendent is not
even allowed "time certificate" The bill
is presented as one for the miner, yet he and
the operator are practically "shut out" from
all influence with the board giving the GER
tificate to mine foreman and superinten-
dent.
If careful reading of the tenth and IF
teenth articles of this act House bill 81 Sdoes
not disclose some abnormally developed
reptiles 1 do not know where they are to be
found. e..
GREENSBURG, MAY 15.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
DRIFTING TO BANKRUPTCY.

The Financial State of Portugal Shows
whittier Other Powers Are Drifting.
Kansas City Star.l
Portugal is small nation, but she is a
type of the greater ones. There isnot in Eu-
rope the capacity for development that
there is on the Western continent. The
debts of the bankrupt South American ma
tions Will be paid some time if they are not
increased But the nations of Europe have
already reached the point where it is an i'm
possibility for them to pay what they owe.
Will not private financiers some time get
tired of lending money to their debtors to
pay interest on what they already over viii
not Russia some time be where Portugal is
now7 VIII not France? Will not Italy?
VIII not many other OF the old and fully
developed countries?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
Obituary Notes.


HON. ELIJAH LEONARD. member of the Cana
dian Senate, is dead.
INGHAM SMITH, the Oldest man In Doylestown,
was found dead in bed Wednesday. He was 81
years old.
REV. R. E. FIELD, one of the most successful
clergymen in the West, and pastor Of o church in
Cheyenne, Wyo., dropped dead wednesday hight.
WILLIAM WALKER, colored, the Oldest inhab-
liant of Lancaster county, died Of old age. We'd
nesday evening, IN a.. lancaster Deceased was In
JOHN B. CHAMBERS, one Of the most prominent
of Allegheny citizens, died yesterday morning at
his home on Beaver avenue, aged 70 years. He
was formerly well-known contractor.
: MAJOR GEORGE B. ERAT1, pioneer Texan, and
the m ha VI %as
in Vienna, AUSTRIA January !, 1913.
ROBERT BRUCE, Jr., the merchandise broker,
died yerterday morning at his home on Anderson
avenue East End, at the age of IS years. His
funeral viii occur Tomorrow AFTERNOON from Cal
vary Church.
! p. W1NovER, President of the Lancaster
School Board, died Wednesday In his 43d year. He
was leading member of the Rights of Pythias and
Junior Order of American Mechanics. He was
large owner Of Lancaster real estate.
JAYS. BUTLER, newspaper writer of considera-
BILE ability, died in Ashevile, N. c., of consump-
tion, Wednesday night. He has been connected
with newspapers IN Erie, Elmlra, Buffalo, New
York City and other places.
REV. DIR. FRANCIS N1CoLL ZABRIsKE, Dutch
Reformed Church clergyman in New York, and
nrominent theologian, died of heart trouble We'd
nesday He was known as the author of many re-
iislous pamphlets and correspondent Of several
religious journals.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL EUGENE X. COURTNEY,
clerk at division headquarters of the Soldiers Home
in Bath, died Wednesday evening. from heart
auaintance with military men of this and other
Countries, and was an acknowledged authority on
+ REv- WALTER l.. HUFFMAN, one of the oldest
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
Too Much Dirt IN Allegheny.

To:the Editor of The Dispatch:
have been reading an article in your
valuable paper headed, "Smoke Can be Con-
sumed." The Ladies' Health Protective As
sociation has been doing a good work in in
vestigating the practicability of smoke con-
sumption. Dear Mr.. Editor, don't you think
it would be well while they are at it to sug-
gest that our alleys and streets be cleaned Of
last winters dirt and filth, and let US have
less dust filling our eyes and lungs? Some
of our Allegheny streets have not been
Federal street to the Perrysville road you
can scarcely see your horses for dust. II
something is not done before hot weather
sets in we will have an epidemic. Of the two
evils the smoke is preferable to the dust and
filth that we have to breathe. 1 hope the
ladies will give this their attention.
ALLEGHENY, May 15. A SUFFERER.