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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
THE WRATH OF SALISBURY.

Lord Salisbury's remarkable speech al
the meeting Of the Primrose League dis
plays the Tory minister in the light OF
man who is so desperate at the prospect
of impending defeat that he has lost all
command of his reason, and can do moth
ing but sing the changes from dogmatic
predictions of disaster to threats of forci-
Bile revolt against Home Rule. 1t is doubt.
full if, since the time that public affairs in
England became the theme of open dis.
cussion, any prime minister has ever dis
burdened himself by such an outbreak OF
scolding and such violent contradiction
of his own reasoning as the one reported
in yesterdays cable dispatches.
His Lordship's expressions on the sub
ject, loyalty and hostility to England, is
a new reading of the old expression, 81 am
the State" Home Rule "wlll place hos
tile island on our flank" because the
Home Rulers are hostile to Salisbury. The
Irish "loyalists" are given that rank be-
cause they are loyal to Salisbury. 1t is a
striking test of the sincerity of these ex-
pressions, as well as Lord Salisbury's de-
nunclation of 'placing the spirit of law
lessness above the spirit of the law, to
find the Ulster Unionists declaring that if
Home Rule becomes the law they will
make armed resistance, and to learn that
the Tory leader approves of the paradox
of attesting loyalty and submission to the
law by armed rebellion. So far as can be
perceived, the Saunderson party propose
to mark their opposition to Home Rule by
setting up their own independence of
England and Ireland alike. This is His
LordShip's idea of loyalty.
All of which is significant mainly of the
fact that Lord Salisbury is so enraged by
the certainty of defeat that he can only
find relief by unpacking his heart with
words. If he had any faint hope of con-
tinuing in power he could not be so fool
ish as to exhibit himself in such intemper-
ate and illogical fashion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
TAXING THE MARKET BASKET.

The early fruition of the meeting of
Traction magnates appeared yesterday
morning in the enforcement of all order on
the combined lines, imposing a charge of
five cents each on the market baskets in
which the housewives of Pittsburg carry
home their provisions. A charge of five
cents market basket may seem small
matter; but it is large enough for the trac-
ton combination to grasp after, as the
marketers of the East End discovered yes
terday.
This brings home to the households of
Pittsburg the force Of the principle long
ago laid down by high authority, that the
suppression of competition means de-
creased accommodations and increased
charges So long as there was competi-
ton either traction line would as soon have
thought of cutting off the noses of its ex-
ecutive staff as of laying tax on the
market basket, for the simple reason that
to do the latter would be to send profitable
business to the rival lines. The consolida-
ton is made, and presto the market basket
is levied upon to swell the dividends Of
the dropsical traction stocks.
Well, if the people who have to pay the
market basket tax do not like it, they may
possibly find instruction, if not solace, in
the reflection that it is the natural result
of municipal politics, which gives away
valuable franchises in the streets under
conditions which not only permit but
actually invite the suppression of competi-
tion in the traction business
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
FAVORITES OF FORTUNE.

THE German Emperor is said to have
posed before a camera l40 times since he
ascended the throne.
1T is doubtful whether Mr. James An
thony Froude will accept the professorship
of history at Oxford University that was re-
Gently offered to him.
AT the request of Archbishop Ireland
the Rev. Father Caillett. administrator of
St. Paul, Mimi, has been nominated do
mestic prelate at the Vatican.
BJoRNsTEENE BJoRNsoN has generously
renounced his pension because the Norwe-
gian Government will not extend like
honor to a brother poet, Kjelland.
SENIOR ROMERO, the Mexican Minister,
has acquired the reputation of being the
most astute of the diplomatists in Washing
ton. He has been known to pass 16 hours at
his desk.
THE 'tHoly Rose" which the Pope be-
slows every year upon some Roman Catholic
princess, fell this year to the Queen Of Portu-
gal. The estimated value OF this jewel is
80 900 francs.
IT is currently reported that DR.. Allan
McLane Hamilton was recently offered $780,
OOO by Il wealthy Mexican for the cure of his
daughter, who was suffering from some
mental trouble.
SENATOR PERKINS, who succeeded
Plumb, is particularly proud of the fact that
he has never broken an engagement of any
sort and has always been on time when
keeping an appointmen
JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE, of the Boston
Pilot, has been engaged to read the poem at
the dedication OF the "High water mark"
monument at Gettysburg, June 2, and Cen
eral Henry II. Bingham, NJ. c., of Pniladcl-
phia, will deliver the Grafton.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
HEROIC AND POPULAR.

The profession of caterer has branched
out in new role, that of healing the ills
of statesmen. 1t has been enormously
supposed that the successful restaurateur
by his seductive appeals to the palates of
his customers was likely to furnish occu-
patton to the physicians in the conse-
quence of gout and dyspepsia. But Mr..
Tom Murray, the New York genius who
succeeded to the House restaurant with
the Democratic majority, corrects this i'm
preston. The true function of the
caterer is to cure the ills that flesh is heir
to by giving the patient whatever he
wants, and Mr.. Murray puts himself
in evidence with a desire to apply his
treatment to Secretary Blaine.
The purveyor of pates and pastry has
been studying Mr.. Blaine's case from a
distance, and by examination of the Secre-
tarys face at the theater has come to a
definite conclusion. The Secretary does
not get enough nourishment. 'He may
get a sufficient quantity, but not the right
quality" because the people about him
sre afraid to have him eat the various
things he Graves. Consequently the med
ico-restaurateur leaps to the conclusion of
recommending for the ailing Secretary of
turning him loose among all the dainties
supplied by the House restaurant. "If 1
had my way ! would give Mr.. Blaine
whatever his appetite Graves, and in few
weeks he would be as well as any man in
the world In his eagerness for the glory
of this treatment, we understand that Mr..
Murray would not insist on the full pay
ment of those slips at the cashiers desk
which cause the average man to walk forth
rejecting on the fact that he has dined
and that he is bankrupt.
This method of curing the sick has its
attractive features In the first place it
will command the enthusiastic support of
those lovers of good cheer who grumble
at the doctor for intimating that pate de
foie gras with the f1anking beverages may
result in gout; that English plum pudding
may be good for the dyspepsia but is un-
doubtediy bad for the dyspeptic; and that
sliced cucumberS on ice is an indis Greet
dainty in connection with the cholera
morbus. Next it will command the sup
port of the catering interest to a man, as
calculated to increase patronage. If Mr..
Murray can cure Mr. Blaine in this way
he can afford to furnish the Secretary with
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
AN INNOCENT ABROAD.

Mrs Sire, of New York, has been ex-
hibiting in London a specimen of the
independence and self-protective faculty
which are such marked features of Ameri-
can womanhood. Her ignorance of the
ways in which London etiquette draws
the line with regard to the fitness of
various places of amusement for men and
women led her into circumstances that
might have been embarrassing for her.
The prompt use of a revolver, however,
turned the tables and put the embarrass-
ment all on her polite" and prosecuting
pursuers.
The result was freedom for the time
being, but the necessity for her appear
ance in court On the morrow. Once again
she was vindicated, by the aid this time of
magistrates common sense, and the
only sufferer by her ignorance is the son
of thousand sires, more or less. Let us
hope that this little exhibition of spirited
defense may do something to upset the
theory that woman's want of knowl-
edge is an excuse for ill-mannered be-
havior from the other sex in the city
which boasts one code of morals for its
ladies and another for its gentlemen"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
HIGH TIME TO MOVE,

Notwithstanding all that has been done
to urge prompt action there is still preva-
lent among many OF our leading manufac-
tureIs a spirit of procrastination and
negligence with regard to the Worlds
Fair, the continuation of which will prove
disastrous to private enterprise and
through that to the city itself. 1t is in the
highest degree discreditable that Philadel-
phia, universally scorned as the embod-
iment of slow-moving sleepiness, should
have shown an activity in the matter COM
pared with which Pittsburg's small efforts
amount to very little. There is already
considerable danger that our industries
viii be crowded out, and the blame for
tins rests right here in Pittsburg
1t is astounding that a city containing
so many active business qualifications
should be short-sighted enough to neglect
so unrivaled an opportunity for advertise
ment as that offered by the Fair. The
delay among the tin plate manufacturers
is specially noticeable and regrettable.
Available space is rapidly being taken up
and if Pittsburg neglect much longer,
municipality and Individually, to avail it
self of its opportunity the result will be a
setback which can never be made up.
Time lost can never be regained, and op-
portunities neglected never recur.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
YOUTH AND PATRIOTISM.

Superintendent Luckey has made sug-
gestion in connection with the quadro- cen
tennial celebration of Americas discovery
that is well worth support. His proposal
is that on October u the public school
children of Pittsburg shall plant trees in
Schenley Park, under permit to be OBJ
tanned from Chief Bigelow, to be known as
Columbus Grove. The idea is that if the
necessary permission can be obtained, and
there should be no doubt about that, the
children shall be asked each to contri-
butte ten cents toward fund for the pur-
pose.
There is a delightful combination of
sentiment and utility in the idea, and it
should be carried out without fail Years
hence the children of to-day would be able
to point to the shade trees which owe
their origin to their action, and the sight
should awaken many pleasant reeollec-
tions. Moreover the movement would be
an excellent way of promoting youthful
patriotism and public spirit, which in
itself should bear good fruit in years to
come
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
BAZAR BUZZINGS,

She-What delightful old settle this Isl
1t looks as if there might be real old legend
connected with it.
He-WelI there was, but as 1 couldn't AFFORD TO
pay the price the dealer asked he said at that
l could have the settle. but he would have to keep
the legend, and connect 1t with a sixteenth CEN
tury bedstead that he had.
"What do you do when a woman asks you
to guess her age2
81 guess my guess TO myself, knock of 80 per
cent, and generally come near making myself
adored.''
''The trouble with Spongely is he never
pays anything said Grabbes.
'Oh, doesn't he, though! Ask him to pay you
visit and see, - retorted Hicks.
Chow is old Bronson now, doctor7'
''HIs is encouraging case.'
Think he'll get well. eh?''
''Oh. no. But 1 think 1 can keep him a. he d
for years to come"
Tramp-Honest, boss, 'aint had bite
in three days.
'aint got to work yet.
like tale with lots O. horse, n live stock
runnin' through,
Where pigs m dogs get chances just as lords m
ladies do,
Where heroes goes around in shirts like mine, m
where the girls
Amt singn opry all day long. md amt sfeard o,
curls;
M when they bring the thunder In, like It good
m loud,
N, not that nolsless stuff that goes with an tn.
cultered crowd.
Mrs Granpere-Whv, Bridget, heard NJ
the death of poor Tim. your husband, and that Won
were married again; and now, poor girl, is it pos
sble-your second husband, too2
Bridget lin deep monrning)-Oh, no, mum. He,,
all right But always promised meself uhinever
1 could afford IL, would put mournin' for moor
dear Tim. and it's very well OF am, mum. slncs
I'm married this time, mum.
''Oh, mamma, Tommy slapped me in ths
face.''
well, Helen. what did you do to Tommy to max.
him do that?''
'.Nothin. only put some sand in his mouth,
Little Clara was out with her mother
taking dinner at a neighbor's house: and the host
ess In an attempt To be entertaining asked her II
she liked kittens.
The little miss shocked those gathered at the
table by looking suspiciously at the chicken pot
pie and replying. II dess nvt-oess ia rather hsy,
caks.n
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
CHINESE FROZEN OUT.

UNCLE SAM winds up his latest note to John
Chinaman: Exclusively yours. ."-NeU York
Press.
THE President agrees with Congress that
the Chinese must not come unrestricted and
cannot stay if they do come. The people
and the Government here are in perfect &C.
cord Washington Star.
IT is, of course, harsh measure. but we
have been forced to adopt it. We must pro-
tect our own civilization, our own labor.
The Chinese can never become welded into
the American system. Amalgamation Is i'm
possible.-Ne,o York Recorder.
Nor only the Methodists in Omaha, but the
Baptists in Atlanta. are after the President
for signing the Chinese exclusion bill. This
is serious If the Methodist and Baptist
combine in this matter we do not believe
the Presbyterian President will be in it,
Portland NelUs.
THE exclusion bill may prove serious i'm
pediment to Mr.. Harrison's Presidential
plans, Notwithstanding that it was signed as
Il vote-catchins expedient. The Chinese
have no political pull in this country to speak
of, and their wishes need not be regarded
seriously.-Ne,U York advertiser.
THE President has affixed his signature to
the Senate substitute for the Geary bill and
the measure thus becomes law. 1t was not
exactly model bill, but it fairly repre-
sented public sentiment on this point, and
whether wise or not must now be enforced.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
SUNDAY, MAY 8. 1892.
THE NEW sCHENLEY POLICY.

The promise made some time ago of a
policy on the part of the Schenley estate
which will lead to the improvement of that
large property takes a tangible shape in
the announcement that tracts in the Four.
teenth and Eighteenth wards are to be
divided this season and put upon the mar
ket in ground leases for long terms.
This involves ground which has stood
unimproved while adjacent sections were
rapidly improved. In the Fourteenth ward
the tract lying between Centre and Forbes
avenues was one of the most eligible resi-
dence locations in the city; in the
Eighteenth the property is adjacent to the
manufacturing section. But people who
wished to build were shut out, and had to
60 beyond these tracts to find sites. The
policy of opening them will add materially
10 the improvement of the city.
The maintenance of the policy of ground
rents can hardly be indorsed from pub
lie point of view, for the simple reason
that a ground rent for any term less than
a century is premium on cheap con-
struction. Still in the recognition of the
improved policy of the Schenley manage
meHt it must be noted that not only are
these tracts to be opened for improve
ment, but the terms Of the building leases
- 70 be greatly extended, the new term
to he for 49 years instead of 81, as hereto
fore.
With the new policy inaugurated by the
gift of Schenley Park, and extended by
facilitating improvements on the property
which has heretofore been either idle or an
eyeSore, the attitude of the estate toward
the public is changed from that of draw
back to that of factor and co-operator in
the general progress.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
PALMER ONLY DID HIS DUTY,
The g. A. r. Commander In Chief Explains
Why Commander Was Suspended.


Why Commander Was Suspended.
ALBANY, May T.-Commander in Chief
Palmer, of the G. \. R., made the following
statement this morning in reference to the
Louisiana matter:
eat the annual meeting of the Twenty fifth
National Encampment at Detroit last Au-
gust proposition was made authorizing
the Commander in Chief to create pro-
visional encampment in the same territory
where a department already existed, if in
his Judgment it could be done without detri-
ment to the objects of the order. This
proposition was rejected, and the conven-
tion decided only one department. should ex-
ist in the same territory, where ali COM
rades, white and black, should be equally
entitled to membership and representation.
This subject had been source of annoy
ance to my predecessors, but alter the ac-
tion of the Detroit convention no shadow of
uncertainty any longer remained. The
duties of the Commander in Chief is to see
that the rules of the oder are obeyed.
ga meeting OF the Department Encamp-
ment of Louisiana was recently held, and
representatives from the colored posts
were denied admission or representation.
This was in direct violation of the voice of
the National Encampment, and it became
my painful duty to suspend the commander
of that department. 1 have no personal
feeling whatever in the matter, and regret
the necessity of being compelled to take
this action"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
NOT SUCH A BAD THING.
Commerce Is Increasing Under the McKin
ley Tariff Chinese WALL

Commerce Is Increasing Under the McKin-
ley Tariff Chinese Wall.
TOLEDO Commercial
The "Chinese WALL" as applied to the Nc
Kinley tariff act by our Democratic friends,
don't seem to be such bad thing for the
country after all. Statistics show that for
the II months ending with March the value
of our exports have exceeded $1,000, 600 000
an aggregate hitherto unprecedented in the
history of our country. The hue and cry
against the protective tariff about its blight
upon our industries and the restriction cer-
tain to come in our foreign trade looks very
much like false alarm. There is evidently
something wrong in the calculations of
these prognosticators of evil.
There is screw loose somewhere. They
will have to revive their predictions. Sta
tistics have given them the lie. Not only
have our exports reached the highest point
ever known, but they have far exceeded in
value our imports, the total of which during
the same twelve-month was over 1885, SOC, 900.
To be more explicit, the value of our ports
was SlOO6, 2S4. sos and that of our imports
1886 Geo, 1854, showing n balance of trade in our
favor of the magnificent sum of $169 225, ,92l.
These figures show the total value of our
foreign commerce, embracing exports and
imports. reaches the large aggregate Of ST.
81, ,944 $40, or a total of nearly two billions OF
dollars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08

The death of Mr.. G. A. Carpenter, the
freight agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
removes from the community O gentleman
who held q position for many years which
gave him prominence in the active business
circles of the city. Mr. Carpenter, during
his long career in Pittsburg, was well-known
for his modest and unassuming personality,
his strict integrity and his business eff
cheney and his active sympathy for all pro-
jects to advance the public interests of the
city, While there were many who hel larger
share of the public attention, there were
few who commanded such universal esteem
among the varied business interests with
which he was brought in contact His death
will cause widespread regret among business
circles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
DIE TO PRACTICAL POLITICS

The indications that the present House
will utterly fail to carry out the promises
OF retrenchment from the extravagant ex-
penditures of the Fifty-frst Congress, dis
play the leading vice of current politics.
No stronger illustration of the vicious
hunger of the politicians for the dividends
of the public funds can be given than the
fact that a party will throw away its sole
claim on the public favor rather than
forego the usufruct of the job appropria-
tiOns
Every intelligent man recognized that
the great weakness of the Billion Con-
gress was its unexampled record of scat
tering the surplus, Besides the temporary
storm of Misrepresentation as to the oper-
alton Of the Mckinley law, this more than
any other cause ensured the overwhelm-
ing defeat of the Republican party in
1890. The prominence Of this influence
was so great that the Democrats
could not fail to recognize it. They
commenced their session on the pro-
gramme of cutting down appropriations
100000, 600. But when it came to carry
ing out that pledge by depriving the men,
bers of building, river and harbor and
sundry civil appropriations for their va
rious districts, the pledge has apparently
gone to the winds. Unless change comes
over the spirit of the House, the result will
be that the Democratic House will present
exactly the same example of public pro-
fuseness as the Republican House did.
This is proof that public extravaganza
is not vice of any one party but of prac-
teal politics. Evidence to the same effect
has been given before. Under the Cleve-
land administration the total of public ex-
penditure was increased from an average
of about S2OO,OOO,OOO annually, outside of
interest and premium paid on bonds, to
an average of S24OOOO,OOO. The Repub-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
PHENOMENA OF ELECTRICITY.
Interest Awakened by tho Recent Flashes
In This City.

In This City.
New York Evening SUM-
The burning out of seven dvnamoes and
500 telephones in Pittsburg by an electric
storm heightens the interest in those
phenomena. No connection has yet been
suggested between terrestrial magnetic
storms and atmospheric electric ones. In
the light of these Pittsburg flashes the pos
sibility of such q relation assumes sudden
interest. For sun spot period is develop
ing, and the connection between sun spots
and magnetic storms is established. II, now,
it is to appear that the same solar influence
operates to generate electric storms, there
may be q season of great activity in store
fore the Thomson-Edison and other purvey-
ors of electrical apparatus.
The sun spots will not have attained their
maximum Tor several years. Are these
industrial enterprises, perhaps, at the
threshold of an era of abnormal prosperity
Are coruscating dynamos and cracking
telephones about to be dissipated in metallic
vapors as offerings at the altar Of their
prosperity? A verification of this ingenious
suggestion ought to be money in q scient tific
gentleman's pocket. He could take flyer
to the extent Of a few shares in those pros
porous corporations Then. if their own
works should chance to go up in glory of
arc lights, 'twould seem to be the very irony
Of scientific gentlemen'S fate.f
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08

hcan Congress distanced this record; but
the fact remains that the cause of the vast
increase of expenditures lies in the idea of
practical politicians on both sides that the
purpose of politics is to get slice of the
pork and the way to conciliate political
support is to buy it with fat appropria-
tions.
All of which points to the conclusion
that when the people of the United States
want their government operated on a rea-
sonably economical basis, they will have to
accomplish that purpose by starting new
breed of politicians.