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for the asimilation Of largely Increased VOL
ums Of this currency (silve1, and even II We
have demonstrated the usefulness Of such IN fns
crease, other conditions fall Tar short Of insur-
Ing ~ sgainst disaster 4 In the present situa-
don We enter upon the dangerous, the reckless
experiment Of free, unlimited. and Independent
silver coinage"
The peril, then, In Mr.. Cleyeiand's present
view, 70 not In liberal extension Of the silver
currency, for 1--WE have demonstrated the use
fulness Of such an increase" Il u IN ''free, un-
limited and independent silver coinage that
he snids disaster.
Who demonstrated the usefulness Of such IN
increase? In his letter Of February n. 1sS5. 70
Congressman Warner. just after election and ct
. time when Mr.. Cleveland had nothing 70 gain
by Discrimination Or mendacity, he declared his
opinion that nothing conld avert . tremendous
and universal disaster except the sbsoluts sus-
pension OF the purchase and coinage Of silver.
True to the last "a his destiny, Grover Glove
land dares only to b . stuffed Daniel on the
silver question.
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already limited BY maximum Of psr-
centase, such - the council in the same
breath freely offered the corporation coun-
ssI, it does not appear to have been very
wide latitude Of authority.
The most important points in the ordi-
nance seemed to be that the dccsying
sheets Of paper containing valuable rec
ords be preserved, accounts opened in
books. and not kept on old assessment
rolls greasy with handling; that . perfect
register b kept; and, above all, that .
statement should b made 70 the council
every month and 80 keep that body in
formed upon . subject - to which there Is
now the densest ignorance.
Any measure which does this is meri-
torious. lift fall short it can be extended !;
lift prove to have Objectionable features
they can be Topped Of. Some progress, at
least, viii have been made.
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Pacific Coast, would do well to read the
last national platform Of their party,
which In that connection says: 'sThe Re
publican party ID in favor Of the use Of
both gold and silver - money, and con-
dennis the policy Of the (Clsveland) Demo-
cratic Administration in its efforts to de-
monetise silver" The Western Senators
and Representatives have simply lived up
to that plank Of the national platform,
while under The whip Of the gold-bugs too
many Of the Eastern men have repudi-
nfnd IL
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-20

On the night of February 18th the one
hundredth birthday Of Peter Cooper was
celebrated at the institute which he
founded in New York and which bears his
name, on which occasion was read the last
letter written by General Sherman, which
was as follows:
William R. Smith. Esq.-ky Dear Sir: / beg
you viii convey to the Peter Cooper Centennial
Committee my thanks for the invitation 20 the
one hundredth anniversary OF that truly good
and great man. and regret that have made 10
many engagements for this month that I can
not possibly attend. Sincerely you friend,
W. T. SHHRuAw
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That the Gladstonian wave in English
politics has not been driven back by the
Parnell episode, nor in any degree sub
sided, is conclusively shown by the result
Of the election in Northampton to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of Brad
laugh. When the latter was last elected
he received 4, 1853 votes, to 1855 for his Con-
sentative opponent, Thomas Orde H. Lees.
a majority Of 697 for Bradlaugh. In the
election on the 18th instant Mansfield, the
Gladstonian, polled 5,736 votes, against
3,72S for Germaine, the Conservative. a
Gladstonlan majority Of 2,013, and gain of
1915, or over 1sS per cent. The home rule
tide il swelling.
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''It is evident" says the Norwich Bull
letin, "that the Canadians think the new
congress, with its hundred and fifty Demo
cratic majority in the lower house, win be
. good deal more facile in their hands than
the present congress, which IL Republican
in both branches" So do tho tin-plate
makers Of Wales, the wooden manufactur-
ers of England and the iron barons of Bel
eium. But they forget that the Demo
cratic majority in the lower house cannot
carry measure through the Republican
Senate. 1t still takes two branches of our
congress to make bargain that will bind
the American government. There are cy.
clones and there are sea walls.
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One more attempt has been made to get
. measure through the city council which
should clear up the deplorable muddle as
to delinquent grade taxes; and it has
failed. Perhaps it should have failed
perhaps it had Objectionable features and
was not so complete in detail as it might
have been. That is very often the case
with ordinances, few Of which could sur
vive very critical analysis.
The months and the days are drifting
by, and with each futile attempt to deal
with the subject the hope Of collection is
receding. Soon the statute of limitations
will bar the way to another years liabili-
ties, and the property owners who have al
ready paid heavy assessments on their own
improvements will be compelled to pay for
those neighbors who deferred payment and
proited by the supineness of successive
councils and the negligence of attorneys.
Whatever may have been the defects Of
the ordinance providing for methodical
attempt to straighten out the kinks which
conscientious city officials dread to see
subjected to legal hacking, and which was
% summarily dispatched by the Board of
Aldermen on Tuesday night, they were
not made evident by the members who
opposed it. The objections raised were OF
the most trivial character, and such as
could have been easily obviated by amend
ment. One was that the treasurer now re-
eeived taxes by installments when offered.
That seems to be true, but there is no war
rant for that course after the taxes become
delinquent. and it is only to delinquents
that the ordinance applies. Another
objection was that it gave the treas.
urer too much power in hiring help
and in other ways. That could have been
easily limited by stipulation. As it was
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The current agitation for artificial methods Of
irrigating the farm lands Of the semi-srid re-
gions 70 compensate for the lack Of sufficient
rainfall shows what u the matter with the
fafmers In the western portions Of the Dakotss.
Nebraska, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma ter
ritory. They have not had enough water to
enable them 70 raise any other than poor
crops They have settled in = pait Of the
country where humidity u deficient, where the
average rainfall Is too scauty for purposes Of ag
rculture, and By reason Of crop failure they are
nothing 70 SELL They have borrowed largely
and can pay neither interest nor principal. In
stead Of wanting cheap money with which to
buy goods and pay debts their real need u farm
produce wAA wAdeh 70 bug MONEY.
II they had wheat, corn or oats, hogy, cattle or
ehssp, butter, cheese or poultry or other produce
to sell they could always get the money for IL ct
market rates by carrying II to the near
est railroad station. But IL they went
there with empty wagons they would
have their journey for their pains. The
produce will always bring cash st the market
price or its equivalent In store goods, and 1t no
time during the money stringency in the cities
last fall was there lack Of cash ct interior rail-
road towns with which 70 pay good prices
for all the farmers offered for sale And
the same thing 10 true now. Money was
scarce, then, only to the folks who wanted
70 borrow IL on securities the value of which was
In doubt owing to the shrinkags then in prog
ress In speculative properties and in semi-arid
farming Land. But there was no lack Of money
to buy from the farmers the food stuf5i needed
by the people of this and other countries. But
the farmers were short of the stuff with which
to buy the money. Hence the bowling for fat
shinplasters which cost nothing-becauss they
are worth nothing
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In late issue the New York Lodge, has

In late issue the New York Ledger has
. long disquisition on the assumed fact that
ones occupation has . great deal to do
with facial expression. intellectual pur-
suits give "a superior look" if anybody
can explain what that means. Art studies
give "a bright, pleasant face" smeared
with paint, perhaps. Soldiers get "a hard,
severe look" which is only true when
rations are short or forced march or
dered. "Laborers have tired look" .
fact which it must have taken consider
able genius to discover. Reporters look
inquisitive, which simply means that
they have not missed their vocation.
Judges look grave" which indicates that
the whole article was worked up a. hit ct
poor Judge Sachs.
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PosTINTEILIGENcER friday February 10

Of mismanagement in giving TO the Dem
ocratic Senate possession Of the original
returns.
Thus advised and Strengthened. the lat
ter body by its Democratic majority re-
fused to 80 into joint convention except
upon prior understanding that the Re-
publicsns would be controlled by the face
Of the returns, and would ignore the palpa-
BILE evidence Of miscounts and illegal
action which accompanied those returns,
and which would have changed the result.
OF course the Republicans could not agree
to thus forego what they deemed to be
their right and duty. The Democrats Of
the Senate, therefore. met separately, and
disregarding all explanations and col
lateral evidence, on the face Of the returns
declared the Democratic candidates elected,
and proceeded to administer the oath Of
office to each Of them, who thereupon
claimed their several Offices, but the in
cumbents refused to vacate.
The Republican House then obtained
possession Of the returns, investigated
them thoroughly, together with all Of the
information Herewith conveyed, and
found that Staub, Democratic candidate for
Controller, had clear majority, while tho
others had but plurality and therefore
were not elected. During all of this time
the House has essayed to keep technically
within the requirements of the Constitu-
ton. that the joint convention shall meet
on "the second day Of the session." by
taking recesses, instead Of adjourning, and
is still, constructively, prolonging the first
day Of the session. But whether this
would be Of any avail If m agreement for
joint session could be reached, is more
than doubtful, inasmuch ~ the Senate has
adjourned daily and kept . record Of the
fact.
In the meantime Governor Buckley and
the old state officers are holding over, and
would continue to do 90, and all would
work smoothly until the next election,
but the Senate refuses to recognize them,
will refuse to pass appropriations for their
salaries or for the support Of public insti-
tutions, or to act upon the Governors
nominations to fill vacancies in Office, and
on Wednesday even went to the extreme
Of voting down resolution for commit
tee Of both houses to attend with the Gov
ernor and state officers the funeral of
General Sherman.
1t 10 thus apparent that, to the fullest
extent that the Democrats Of the Senate
can make it SO, the State Of Connecticut
has lost its autonomy. To the overtures
Of the Republicans for the correction Of
this disgraceful and humiliating state Of
affairs, by submitting the question at issue
to the Supreme Court or to two Republican
and two Democratic Superior Judges, with
the right to call in fifth in case of dis
agreement, they have responded by insist
ing that preliminary to any such sub
mission their Governor and other officers
must be installed. And there the matter
rests.
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the present injurious methods Of fishins. will
have 70 b fed by the government or will starve-
We cannot lay too much stress on the need Of
promps action In this matter, . need which
must b evident TO anyone who will acquaint
himself with the magnitude of the salmon in
dustry and it, future possibilities.
We have hearo great deal OF late about the
importance OF preserving the Alaska seal
fisheries. and the value Of this industry has not
been oversstimsted, yet IL cannot b doubted
that the salmon fisheries Of that territory are
worth morn In money to this country than are
it, zeal dsheYfes
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DEMOCRATIC REVOLT IN CONNECT.
CUT.

The same party, animated by the same
disloyal and revolutionary principles that
attempted to resolve" eleven states out of
the Union in 1861. has now blocked
the wheels of government and
brought about condition of anarchy
in the whilom staid and orderly
state Of Connecticut. As matters
now stand, and as they have stood since
the beginning Of the year, Connecticut is
practically without q legislature, and
actually without Governor and other
state officers having the power to perform
the functions of their several Offices.
Heretofore allusion has been made to
the complicated situation in that state, but
latest dispatches therefrom seem to make
it proper to restate the case for the benefit
of those who have not kept track of the
proceedings. At the election last Novem-
Der Morris, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, and the Democratic candidates
for other state offices, received plurality
of votes over their Republican competitors,
and ION the face of the returns" ma
jority, and were therefore elected, Morris
by tho narrow majority Of 26. But along
with these returns came statements of
votes thrown out, and of Irregularities
which, if disallowed, would have left
Morris and all of the Democratic candi-
dates except one-Staub for controller
short OF majority, and therefore accord
ing to the Connecticut constitution and
law not elected
In that state it is the duty of the legis-
lature, on the second day of the session, to
meet in joint conventions, canvass the re-
turns for state offices and declare the re-
suit, and if there be no candidates having
a clear majority, then the duty of electing
devolves upon the legislature on joint bal
lot. 1t happened that the two branches Of
the Legislature were opposed politically.
The Democrats have q majority in the
Senate. the Republicans in the lower
house and on joint ballot. Most impru-
IDENTIFY, the Republicans made public the
fact that they would claim and in their
power exercise the right to consider. not
simply the face Of the returns, but also the
accompanying and explanatory matter.
And they followed this up BY . bad piece
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LEssoN IN COOP ENGLIsa

DURHAM, Feb. -, 1871.
To TEE EDlToR: Following are the additional
rules to which referred in former article:
1 Tho auxiliary verb Fam or be" II used only
before the participlss Of . principal verb; -, I
am writing; Il was written.
S Tho past participle Of the verb lam or be-
can b followed BY either present or . past
pafttciplA; -, have been writing; have besn
admitted.
The past participle Of any other verb can be
followed only b. present pazticiple; -, He
has begun writing
g. The auxiliary verb 3d. II predxed 70 the
present tense Of principal verbs only; -, do
write; did sing.
=. The auxiliary verbs SHALL wM. con, may and
ssHst can b preAxcd 70 the present tense Of
principal verbs, and Of the auxiliary verbs have
and Be; -, can write; ] shall have written;
mast b writing.
Each one must, however, Be used In it, proper
place, no two Of them having the same meaning.
GEORGE B. WIILIANS.
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The Missouri legislature is wrestling
with proposition to create the Office of
beer inspector in cities and towns with
more than 5000 inhabitants. As the
power to appoint is to be invested in the
Governor. and a. the duty of inspecting
carries with it the right to sample, Repub-
licans denounce the measure Is . piece Of
Casarism, designed to keep the present ex.
ecutive in power for life. The list Of
prospective applicants is estimated by tens
of thousands
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Congressman elect Jerry Simpson arrived IN
Kansas City yesterday. "They say that don't
wear any socks" said the new congressman.
THAT Is big lie and vile Islander. wear as
good socks as any other gentleman in Kansas.
Ny wife IL careful little body, and she insists
upon keeping me supplied with socks that
would do even for Prince Hail. and she don't
let any holes ret In EN-, either. She knits the
hoses herself, and when the holes come out
she darns EN- In . fashion that would do credit
to the art tady IN the land. II you don't be-
heve that wear socks just look here" And,
pulling mp trouser leg Of coarse brown STUFF
similar 70 that worn by ninety-nins farmers out
Of hundred, be displayed . calf Of generous
proportions and pair Of stockings made out Of
common yarn, the regular gray and blue, the
fayOrtte with farmerS wives, who have dis
stitches.
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Among the bills pending in the Illinois
Legislature 10 one making it . penal offense
for any political party or committee, or any
individual acting in such behalf, to con-
tribute money or any other valuable con-
sideration toward payment for the natural
isation Of any foreigner. It win be easier
70 pass such . law than to enforce it.;
easier to evade it than to prove and pun
ish the evasion. It would restrain only
the honest.
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John L. II Americas Only Hope.
New York World.

The vampires Of memory still torture Ameri-
cans with the defeat OF Dempsey. the bold
Brooklyn boy, BY Fitzsfmmons, the New
Zealand blacksmith. Within the week Goddard,
Of Australia. hes done the business for Choyn-
xxi, Of San Francisco, and Lambert, an Ameri-
can pugilist, after months Of patient training,
was 'sput to sleep" by Londoner in exactly
one minute and thirty seconds. In view Of this
unhappy condition Of Affairs the American
sporting public begin to feel the necessity Of mo
mcrfalidng John L. Sullivan to renounce the
stage and come 20 the rescue Of the American
name. Our dag il still there, but In other Inn
portant respects We are slightly on the wane.
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These signs Of journalistic degeneration
east OF the Rockies have been noted: A
feminine reporter for the st. Paul Globe
refers to lady as "a well-known real
estate speculatress"; the Pittsburg Ress
has pleasant notice for the Presidents
ress OF the Worlds Fair board Of manage
resses"; the indianapolis Journal records
the elopement Of . "dime museum
freakess." Kate Fields paper they would
probably call ventures
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The eggS (of empty egg cases) Of the skate are
familiar objects TO those who visit the seaside a.
they afe very common; but few, probably, I'M
aeine that they are the eggs Of . curious nsh
The egg may - descxibed - pillow-shaped, in
the present case about one and one-half inches
wide bytwo and onebalf inches long and one
half m inch thick in the middle, and with q
flexible horn longer than the egg itself extend
ing from each corner. When found on the sea
beaches they arc generally black or very dark
brown, but when nrst laid they are lustrous
quite transparent, 20 that the contents are very
easily seen. The shell or skin II . very tough
but flexible integument Of horny consistency.
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Eastern newspapers which assume to be
Republican and to lay down the Law for
that party, and in that role srrogate the
right to ridicule and denounce the 'sl6in-
ing camp" states and the sscrase" ON TIA
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glasses? WATERBURY, sirf Herr 49,
Nein! Zwei, you big blag Saseal! Yoe r.
t'Ink you In IL vas! Donnerwsttosl-x ~ {
Mrs Bellows 10 daughter Cceal-Why 11
throw kisses at Mr.. Jimpson acrum IL q
church today? Cora (compIaesntlyf-I e.
near enough to reach him--Neu Yert -
Mafden-It seems to me eoclety = usNflyd
to people who want TO get married. ~
You mistake, my dear. IL - equally ~
people who are married and want to fmn|
NeW FORK Weekly.
Anxious Mother-As passed tho pA1la6z
last evening. nav Mr.. Nicelello's 1nooS
very close TO yours. Lovely DauGhlo
ma, he's % r-sighted.- Good Neua
Hogan-It's February Il the mculn Z
Ike. Grogan-An' for pfwyf Hoeu
I'm vorkin' by the day an payiH - II
month. - nddnsapolts yoas.ak
every second you caIl to the wotl1
other glass Of beeR!y swell, whae GosU|
cay to such stupid looking womanf
gewde Blofter.
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A''LongshoFeman DrowDoA.
The body Of Thomas Olney, slcuenhG
was found in Port Discovery hay Mun11
had been drowned.
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