Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-08-19

things seem TO move on without any par
llcular friction outside Of those directly CON
cerned We had strike here, however. the
past week, Just what the trouble WIS did
not learn; but no doubt their demands were
lust, as the company practically admitted
them to be by yieldins. The boys acted in
true strikers fashion by pounding
the "scabs' wherever they were encountered,
and have no doubt that many Of them
acted their parts so well that some day,
when they grow to mature manhood, they
may become walking delegates or profession
al agitatOrs with good salaries attached to
their calling. The boys are all back at their
work again, but do not imagine that the
yitcOry they have won will have the effect
Of increasing their celebrity in the least.
Our Thin-Hided Aldermen.
The refusal of the board of aldermen TO
grant Il license to theatres where they were
made the butt OF vaudevilles in topical songs
and gags, has been commented upon by the
press Of the entire country, and the comic
papers have caricatured them in the most
unmercfu fashion. Our city hall so'ons
have called down upon their heads cyclone
OF ridicule in their worse than foolish at
tempt to escape a few harmless but well de-
served hits on the local stage, and their con-
stituents at the approaching municipal cleo
ton should see 10 it that these thn.skinncd
legislators are rclcgnted to positions where
they can escape the shafts Of ridicuc which
have been hurled at them and caused such a
,quirming.
Some Suggc tive statistics.
There are some suggestions contained in
the statistics OF immigration for the last
fiscal year which call for serious
thought on the part OF those interested in
the welfare OF this country, as well rs for
prompt action, These statistics show that
6l9,3D immigrants have arrived in this
country during the year ending June 30,
1892. This great number has only been eX-
cecled twice in the history OF the United
States; but it is not so much in the number
As in the character Of those coming here that
should be considered. In 1882, when the
number of immigrants exceeded by some
thousands those that came in during the
year just closed, less than II 900 came from
Russia and Poland and about 81 900 from
Italy and Austria.IIuugary. In the fiscal
year 1892, there came ll7,4l9 Russians and
Poles and l4l, 100 ltahans and Iungarans.
This is change in the character Of our inn
migration which has very important bear
ngs upon the question of citizenship and
which involves some other problems of So
ciety. There is no doubt that immigrants of
these nationalitios fail to coalcsce with our
population and conform their habits to
those OF our society as readily as those
which formed the bulk OF our earlier immi-
grafton. This country has too long been
made the dumping ground for Europe.
scum, and something must be done, and that
at once. to stop it. 1t will avail the work
Ingmcn but little to contend for their rights
if their efforts ARE to be neutraliZed by such
vast and undesirable horde coming to our
shores each year, not to mention the ire
parable damage that may be done in our
seaboard c,;cs II it continues.
That G. A. X. Button.
Almost every day brings a forcible re-
minder that the fool killer is not getting in
bis work as he ought. That he is very
much needed at Narragausctt Pier, Is shown
BY an incident related by correspond ent of
one of our daily papers. The trouble arose
over the wearing of a Grand Army button
by a veteran who chanced to dine at one OF
the swell hotels there, and the rumpus was
raised by a woman who was quite near the
head of the dcfunCt southern confcderaCy.
She insisted that the gentleman who was at
the same table with herself should either
take oil the button or be sent to another ia
blc and the hotel proprietor was just fool
sh enough to fall in with her wlims aud
request his guest to accommodate her in her
wishes. This Is the first time that the Graud
Army button has ever been insulted at the
Pier. The wcarer of the button firmly and
manfully refused to comply with either Of
the requests of the irnte southerner.
More Political Ammunition Forth
coming.
There are ugly rumors afloat as to the ex.
cessiye cost of experimenting and watching
certain street work which is being done by
the CITY employees and not by contract. 1t Is
quite likely that we will soon have sens =
tional investigation Of this matter. 1t is not
an uncommon sight in our streets any day
to see a foreman" experimenting the
work of one or two men who could dispense
with his services without loss to the city or
discomfort to themselves. But the fore
man" Is a man who has pull and must be
recognized at any cost, or he will down the
machine There is Il day of reckoning near
at hand for the practical politician, for that
patient, plodding ass-the taXpayer-is
awakening to the depressing weight of his
burden.
"Unclc Toms Cabin"
To those of our younger generation who
are capable OF divesting the drama of its stage
effects and see beyond them, the revival of
,ITncle Toms Cabin" will be n source not
,nly of historical Information, but q lasting
lesson of the inhuman cruelty which slavery
inflicted upon the colorcd people of this
country IN ante,belum days. The produc-
ion OF this play Mt the Boston Theatre viii
,fford a rare opportunity to witness this old
ime drama in its most realistic form and Il
no doubt will be greeted with big houses
turing its ief engagement
Notes aud GCs ssIp.