The morning call., 1891-11-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Chicago Herald, one OF the leading Demo-
cratic organs In The West. warns The party not TO
permit tile ell elton of Mills 10 the Speakership
for lear that it would give the Republicans an
opportunity Of which they would lake an i'm
pOrtant advantage The champions of protec.
ton would be bind II they did not take adYan-
tage OF such condition OF affairs. However,
the Democrats may see The wisdom OF Mcku-
lcy's declaration That the Judgment of our ctl-
zens does not approve the constant agitation of
tariff Issue IN the face OF the fact that II
accomplishes nothing. 1t must surely be apparent
TO all alike that the conditions. without which
effective legislation is impossible, 90 not exist.
The Republican Senate and the r publican
President are bulwarhs against which free-trade
forces dash uOwerleSs, and with no immediate
prospect of change IN these conditions the only
result OF continued agitation Is to disturb bust
uess and reiard enterprises, which the new law
designs TO encourage In spite of all the bill Is
working its way, and from being on the defen-
stYe, as yen ago. we are now on the agrees
siye. When business Is already good our people
Will not long tolerate movements which disturb
II. In the face Of the conditions / have
named you viii find the Republicans and Demo
Gratis alike VIII call halt on the men whose
stock III trade Is not fair, square argument, but
Juggling Misrepresentation OF the same"
q" All the United States has to do TO bring
Canada TO her knees in twenty -four hours Is TO
refuse the Western Provinces access TO the AT.
lautic-AmeTican ports and thus cause The worst
panic lie Dominion has ever experienced" is
what one OF The most prominent merchants of
HalIiaY declared at a Board OF Trade meeting
recently held in that city TO protest against the
withdI awal of the weekly mail steamers OF tile
Allan ana Dominion lines. Naturally lne mer-
chants OF Halifax do not like to see III Canadian
mails from Europe coming by way of New York
They want the Government o subsidze seven
n-knot service exclusively between Canadian
and British ports.
Americans sojouruing in London were sur
prsed at the number OF eXtrao binary blunders
II The press accounts Of The elections in this
country. The bunders 10 the newspapers,
especially the Daily AeWs drew forth a letter
from Josiah Caldwell. in which he said: a. It
strikes an American with wonder and astonish-
ment to read In to-day's editorial upon American
elections that the returns from the Philadelphia
Slate elections are favorable to the Democrats
and that the Republicans have carried the entire
State Of Philadelphia
One OF the biggest cooperative enterprises
managed by worklngmen Is The new boot aud
shoe factory formally opened with much ce re-
mony few days ago at Leicester. The factory
stands on six acres of ground and viii be able to
turn out $4,000 pairs OF boots every week. Lord
Derby recently declared that II the lot OF the
working classes is 10 be permanently improved
1t Will be by means of cooperative production
ana distribution rather than by State aid and
socialistlc nOstrums and there are many Inclined
10 his way OF thinking
Despite the great famine in Russia the Gov
ernment is pushing forward the construction OF
fleet with more energy than ever The Gar is
credited with a desire TO make Russia a first
class naval power. and means to have a strong
fleet of sea-goinI iron clads and beted cruisers
Several private ship yards Will consequently
soon become The property OF The Government.