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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15
THE APPORTIONMEyT DECISION

Some of the Democratic newspapers are tell
ing their readers that the effect of the decision
of the General Term, pronouncing the Reap
portionment act Of 1892 unconstitutional, is
merely local. that it concerns no other county
in the State except Monroe. Among the organs
of the Democracy which are laying this queer
JUNCTION TO their souls is 1.-THE World" of this
city. "Happily" it remarks, "Monroe County
alone is concerned. Whatever the courts may
decide, only this Republican county will be
affected"
It is amazing that any one who has read the
General Term decision should labor under the
impression that it does not operate 10 destroy
the Reapportionment act as whole. The Court
holds expressly holds-that the act Is uncon-
sttutonal and void, in that it was passed, not
at the first session after the session Of the
Legislature at which the enumeration was or
dered, but at the same session. Obviously, this
defect is fatal to the act, not only in Monroe,
but in all the other counties OF the State. To
hold otherwise is to maintain the drol PROPOSE
ton that, although it was unconstitutional TO
pass Reapporionment act in 1892 so far as
Monroe is concerned yet it was, or may have
been, constitutional to do the same thing so
far as the other fifty counties arc con-
cerned Surely the lawyers Of "The World
do not argue that it will take sixty decisions
pronouncing tho act unconstitutional for the
reason mentioned to set it aside for the entire
State. The General Term also declared tho act
to be unconstitutional and void on the ground
that the reapportionmcnt was unequal and I'M
lust, not unequal and unjust solely to Monroe,
hut unoma and unjust as an entirety Judge
Nlacombcr, in his dissenting opinion, assumes
as a matter OF course that the effect of the
decision is "to overturn the entire Apportion-
ment act" Any other assumption does vio-
lence TO common sense.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15
PERSONAL.
carried out.

In connection with the recent unwilling OF .
memorial in honor Of the great gun founder OF Essen,
Herr Alfred Krupp, his Frederick, who has con-
Quoted the business since his fathers DEATH placed
In the hands Of committee the Of 100000 marks,
which The London News" says is TO be devoted TO
the erection of 100 small dwellings, with nice little
gardens for the use OF the worthIes of the workmen
Of lbs factory when infrmity renders 1t necessary
for them to cease work.
Frederick Douglass addressed audience Of q
thousand or more people in Richmond last Tuesday
at the second annual exposition OF the colOred people
OF the two vrginlas. His subject was the dignity
OF labor and tile duty of the co0red people to work
out great destiny.
Queen Victoria is reported to have insisted that
man could not enter her employ a piper unless he
was teetotaler "The Pan Mall Gazette regards this
Innovation so far as Her Ma1eetys service ID
concerned.
Tho Rev. John Medley D. D., Bishop OF Frederic
ton, N b. and Metropolitan Of Canada, died few
days ago at the age OF eighty eight. lie began his
career as preacher in a fishing village OF Dcvonshire,
England, and came to New Brunswick in 15i5, at the
time that that province set of from the diocese
Of Nova Scotia and obtained bishop OF Ms own. His
style was admirably adapted to the understanding and
hearts OF his people ana he Is said to have rendered
good service 10 the cause OF church architecture and
church music.
General Francis A. Walker has finally decided to
cept his appointment member Of the International
silver Conference.
w. Clark Noble, who recently completed . model Of
statue Of Robert Burns. in the expectation that the
Burns Monument Association OF Newport would take
1t and pay him OOO threatens to that organiza
ton for non -fulhment Of contract me ASSOCIATION
claims that no agreement was made with Mr. Noble,
and that the sculptor made the model out o. love.
John NJ. VerhOef, the unfortunate member Of
Pearys Greenland party who lost his life shortly be-
fore the expedition left Mccormack Bay its return,
went from Louisville, KY. and about thirty -one
years old AS a schoolbOy he was daring fellow, and
Arctic exploration had special fascination for him.
His standing student In the Louisville High School
high. Louisville papers do not confirm the state
ment that he had studied at Yale. lie was devoted
scientific investigation and his offer TO join Peary
gladly accepted
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of production which give employment 10 go
00O working men and women and it is stated
That a." there were no less than 80, instances
of individual increases of wages during the
voarv which would be only 81 IL per cent OF
tbo whole number In 1880 the wages paid In
all manufacturing establishments in this State
,,oro roary $500. 900, 900 to 500, 900 persons,
and nrobably about $500, 900, 900 is now PAID
each wear to all the employees. An increase OF
. or 3 per cent in that amount is by no means
incredible. II the 81 IL per cent received an
advance OF less than 10 per cent in their wages
the average gain for all would be as great as
the Commissioner reports.
An increase of 10 per cent in wages paid
during the year would have resulted without
any change in rates whatever, if the establish
ments employing part of the hands had been
operated eleven months the last year, against
ten months the first year, which was the we'll
known fact regarding establishments in some
mportant branches and in some, as in the
woollen industry. the increase in time occupied
must have been much greater than tenth.
No man who has the slightest knowledge OF the
condition of business in this State IN 1871 ana
1891 can honestly assert that there was not
material increase in time worked during the
latter wear at great number of establishments.
Moreover facts perfectly well known regarding
the increase in consumption Of materials in
manufacture warrant the belief that there must
have been more full employment for q con-
siderable proportion of the persons employed.
But besides this large increase in the occupa-
tion of hands there was also an advance IN
the rate of wages for many. This general fact
the report of the Senate Committee establishes
bevond dispute as to the whole country, though
the separatc data for this State are not given
But there is reason to suppose that In some
other States, especially at the South, where
prices of cotton were greatly depressed and
other industries embarrassed the wages OF
labor NAV have increased little If any, so that
the advance in Northern States, and especially
in manufacturing States at the East, must have
been greater than the average for the whole
country reported by the committee. Instances
not few of advance in wages in this state
have been publicly announced. I'm some cases
strikes resulted in n higher rate of wages, and
the facts were published at the time. In view
Of all these considerations there is certainly no
reason to distrust the general results OF the
Commissioners report, but abundant reason for
believing that II substantially accords with the
truth Ii is safe to say that not man would
have doubted It's general correctness If the re-
port had not been damaging TO the party which
lives on public calamity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign-The cholera record Hamburg. Tues
day). 1913 cases, ninety-six deaths; Paris Tues
day), fifty-nne cases, forty-four deaths; llavre
Tuesday eleven cases, seven deaths; st. Peters
burg Tuesday, sixtyone cases. fifteen deaths; the
Hamburg House Of Burgesses has appealed to the
Senate for grant of 100000 marks for relief
purposes. # The run the Brbeck Bank In
London continued; the bank met all demands
promptly. - Several more schooners were re-
ported to have been seized by the Russians in
Bchring Sea. - The Irish Privy Council re-
voked all proclamations made under the Coercion
Act.
Domestic The Massachusetts, Republican Con-
vention nominated State ticket headed by
William H. Halle, Of Springfield, for Governor.
- George L. Werts was nominated for Gov
ernor by the New-Jersey Democratic Convention.
- An unsuccessful attempt made to re-
lease two military convicts at Alcatraz Prison
by forging pardons from the War Department.
- The physicians in attendance on the Presi-
dents wife at Loon Lake issued an alarming
bulletin regarding her condition. - Delegates
from every State and Territory in the Union
reached Buffalo to attend the National Conven-
ton of the Republican League.
City and Suburban.-It was announced that six
people had died from cholera in the city, that
careful disinfection of the premises had followed,
and that Of the disease had ensued new
cases down the bay; National Guard withdrawn
from Babylon Nathaniel Mckay gave an
interesting description Of the life of workingmen
in Free Trade England. - David Bruce, the
inventor Of the typc-casting machine, died. -
New-York defeated Louisville at baseball. and Gin
cinnati Brooklyn - Winners at Gravescnd
JOY. Reginald, Helen Rose, Helen Nichols. Reckon,
Alcudc - Stocks more active but opening
strong closed weak at virtually the lowest prices
The Weather.-Forecast for to-day: Cooler and
fair Temperature yesterday: Highest, n de-
grces: lowest, &c A.; average, II rs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15
THE VORLD'S TRADE.

The stock argument Of cheapness has been
exhausted on the Democratic side. The advo-
Gates of low tariff have been accustomed for
years 20 appeal to the selfish Interests of tho
consumer Their outcry has been that high
tariff raised prices and increased the cost of
living. The loud defamation about Mckinley
prices is no longer heard. The Senate invcst-
CATION of the course of prices has silenced the
uproar of 1890 Facts within the range of
every intelligent mans experience demonstrate
that prices of every manufactured article in
ordinary use are lower to-day than they were
when the Mckinley act was passed. 1t is
natural, therefore, to find the Democracy, after
an unsuccessful attempt to prove that wages
have not advanced retreating to another line
of. defence of their low-tarif policy. This is
the familiar ground that American manufact-
urers are disabled by the high tariff from COM
pet;ng for the worlds trade. Their contention
is this: that if the duties upon all raw ma
terials were repealed, and there were a gen.
eral reduction of the tariff to n revenue basis,
our manufacturers would be enabled to produce
goods for foreign markets. and would gain
abroad more ground than they would lose at
home through European competition
The first answer to be made to this argument
is that the Mckinley act provides free raw
materials, whatever they may be, for manu-
facture for the export trade. This is in the
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| form of drawback of 80 per cent when the
manufactured article is exported. 1t is not
| therefore the tariff on raw materials that now
stands in the way of large increase in the
eyport of American manufactures What does
interfere with the development OF that trade
is the increased cost of labor in the United
States. Unless the Democratic system OF reve-
nue. taxation provides for tremendous SHRINK
age in tho wages of operatives this obstacle 10
competition with European manufactures IN the
markets of the world is an einsuperable one.
That is where the Free-Trade Brer Raoblt,
he lay low"
The Democratic Free Trader, in his eager
ness to expose what he regards as the hollow
ness of the Reciprocity policy, has incautlously
undermined his own position regarding the
worlds trade. He has admitted that there has
been q substantial increase of the export trade
with Brazil under Reciprocity, but he ascrIbes
it to natural causes and takes pans 10 de-
monstrate that the increases consist manly
I of breadstuffs and machinery, and that de-
mand for American cottOns has not been Gre
ated. He seems to be entirely unconscious OF
the fact that this Is line OF manufacture 1or
which free raw materials are already supplied,
NOT only from America. but from Egypt; and,
moreover, that the Mckinley act reduced the
duties on cotton prints, which are IN sense
raw material for other cotton manufactures
The very conditions which he demands under
his low-tariff scheme have been supplied
namely. free raw materials and reduced duties
vet there has not been any large increase III the
eYport of cottons to Brazil, even when there
ia a differenta tariff of % per cent IN their
favor under the Reciprocity convention.
Now it is perfectly plain to us why the ex-
mort of cottons has not been larger than it has
been under Reciprocity. 1t is the greatest line
of European manufactures imported INTO Ora
I'll. Before Reciprocity went into eject the
imports were S665,9S6 from the United States
and S26,571,13S from Europe. Rather than
lose such trade the English manufacturers
have been willing to cheaper the goods to the
extent of the differential allowed to Amer-
can cottons Moreover by their established
system of wholesale houses in all Brazilian ports
they have an advantage over American manu-
facturers which can only be overcome by the
display Of similar mercantile energy.
These things are clear to us. What we can
not understand is the contention OF the Free
Trader that American cottOns can be sold more
easily without than with a diferential OF %
per cent in their favor nor how he can as
sumo. as he does, with fatuous confidence, that
the foreign market can be captured with free
raw materials when he already has them. The
Republican doctrine obviously Is this that with
the increased cost of labor in the United States,
which implies the prosperity of the working
people, the best chance of competing for for
eicn markets lies in the negotiation Of such
differcntial schedules as those provided for in
the treaties with Brazil, the Spanish West
Jndies and Germany
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15
THE WAGES REPORT.

The pretence of anxiety to get possession OF
Commissioner Pecks returns from manufact-
urers is nothing but an impudent bluff. Dem
ocratic managers do not want these returns,
and have not the least idea that they could gain
anything by having possession of them. But
they wish in some way to break the force of
most damaging statistics regarding wages, and
therefore pretend 10 believe that the returns
were not truthful. They are well aware that
State Labor Commissioner who obtained in
formation by pcdging himself not to disclose
the affairs of any establishment is not only
perfectly justified, but under the highest obi
cations not TO permit the returns to go out of
his Office, or to be so copied that the names of
persons making particular returns can be dis
closed. There would be an end to the useful
ness Of the office if it should fail to maintain
the promised secrecy regarding individual re-
ports. No one can form any idea after tho
performances of last winter, how far some
Democratic judges may disregard law and JUS
tice in serving party. But it is hard to imagine
that an upright judge can be found to decide
that any person has a legal right to information
obtained by official pledges that it will not be
divulged.
The appeal to courts, as II IN the belief that
such information can be legally extorted from
the Commissioner, must therefore be regarded
as a sheer bluff. The men who demand the
returns can have no idea that they will get
them, and do not really want them. But they
do want to set up false pretence Of confidence
that errors in the returns will be made plain
by their publication. If the controversy can
ha vioorously nrosspd i'm the courts there NAV
be some voters innocent enough to believe that
the report Of wages is untrustworthy and that
is the only practical result which Democratic
managers hope to attain.
In the light of other wel-established facts
there is nothing unnatural or hard to credit in
the general statements made by Commissioners
Peck. Blanks were sent by him to 5000
establishments and returned by 5000 presum-
ably including the most important. The re-
turns represent /, 121 trades OF specific branches
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to adhere rigidly to the agreement, without
regard to speed or any other consideration Re-
ports have just been brought to this port that
certain steamships have been found far out Of
their course that is, that eastward-bound ships
have been directly in the track Of those bound
westward This could not happen without the
full knowledge of their commanding officers, who
ought to be called to account and warned Of tho
result of offending again. II vessels going east
keep in a lane fifty miles widc and those going
west make use of another lane to the north or
the south of the first one, there will be small
chance of two ships coming together The agree
ment between the companies should be strictly
carried out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15
have overreached themselves, and VIII deceive
"BOBv VAS IN THE CHAIR.

We observe with regret that the Hon. Robert
B. Vance, late member Of Congress from Con-
necticut, was guilty of great rudeness in his
discharge of the duties of presiding officer OF
the Connecticut Democratic State Convention
on Tuesday. 1t has been the recognized Gus
tom for long time in Democratic State Con-
ventions in Connecticut whenever Ex-Governor
Waller has been in attendance as delegate
substitute. distinguished guest, spectator or
nothing in particular, to permit him, as OFTEN
as the fit seized him, to wave aside the regu-
lary appointed chairman and calmly discharge
the functions of presiding officer himself. Ills
readiness at relieving the chairman OF his
duties whenever that functionary was slow or
incompetent-whch was frequently the case
gave him great popularity as man full OF re-
source and capable of coping with any lmpor-
tant emergency, such as, for instance, differ
ence of opinion between the presiding officer
and himself So, though he has been out OF
active politics for several years, Connecticut
Democrats still look up to him as General
Jackson sort Of man.
As delegate to the convention he made one
of his " ringing speeches'-he goes round maxi
ing ringing speeches. Luzon b.
Morris for Governor Then Mr.. Simeon f.
Baldwin, who does not habitually make ring
ing speeches." seconded the nomination in ex-
tended remarks, and Chairman Vance put the
question by calling for rising vote. Every
body stood up, and the wild enthusiasm with
which the nomination of Judge Morris is in
variably received followed Ex-Governor Wal
Ter, however was not quite satisfied with this
demonstration. The rising vote was inaudible /;
lacked noise the silence of it was homogeneous,
oppressive. SO In another ringing speech he
called for a viva voce vote, and with his usual
self possession stepped forward upon the plat
form to put the question. According to all
precedents he should have been allowed to do
it without interference But the Hon. Bob"
Vance is not redheaded for nothing. He did
not propose to be a mere titular chairman and
let anybody-ex-GovernOr or anybody else
usurp his functions. Without waiting for the
Ex-Governor to finish the performance he
stepped in front of him with the remark 6
am chairman of this convention, sir" and put
the question himself. OF course the "tremen-
dous aye' followed
But tho Honorable "Bob' rudely violated
established precedent, and must have given the
convention something of shock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15

The sympathy OF the e,ltre country will go out
unstintedly to President Harrison in the critical
illness Of his wife. Her stay in the North Woods
has not produced the benefit that was expected,
and 10 has become necessary for the President TO
change his plans apd stay at the bedside OF the
invalid His fellow-citzens, without distinction
Of party, will in spirit watch with him in the sick
room, and will fervently hope for Mrs. Harrison's
recovery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15

scoundrels on the other side"? The less of
defence like that the better. BY their own
statement these people have passed judgment
unon themselves. Their conduct was that OF
savages, not of civilized Christian men, Moth
ing that they can say will make their inhu-
mainly appear less inhuman than it is IN the
eyes of all right thinking men and women.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15

Lat evenings advices from Buffalo give as
surance that the convention of the National
Republican League to-day and tomorrow will
be attended by large number of delegates
frcm all parts of the Union. The entire num-
Der of delegates will be 1,019, and in addition
numerous clubs will be well represented. Two
mass meetings will be held in connection with
the convention, giving the people of Buffalo
opportunities to listen to several of the best
known Republican orators. From this gather
ing Of earnest working Republicans an infu-
ence will emanate that will be felt in every
part Of the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15

Rarely has a better days work been done
by State Convention than was accomplished
yesterday by the Republicans of Massachusetts,.
With entire unanimity the nomination for Gov
emor was given to Lieutenant Governor Halle.
whose two years service in HIS present office
entities him to the higher honor. The nomina-
ton for second place went to Mr.. Roger VOL
colt whose name lends conspicuous strength to
the ticket. The other State officers, all with
good records to their credit, were renomnated.
The platform is an uncommonly clear and strong
statement CT Republican principles and is de-
serving Of wide circulation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15

The committee of Islip citizens who under
take to excuse the conduct of the crowd of
savage men that prevented the passengers Of
the Cepheus from landing at Fire Island make
an exceedingly feeble defence What can be
thought of defendant who coolly says eve
could have fred the hotel if we had felt like
it, and refers to the unfortunates who had
been tossed about on that frail boat as :" the
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Jn6er TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
Business Notires

po1I To, DESKS AND OFFICE FURNITURE.
Great Variety Of Style and Price
L. G. Seliew.
No. III Fulton. St. y. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15

LET'S SEE THE OUTCOME ANYHOW.
From The New York Commercial Advertiser
There seems to be longer any doubt tnat tne
Democrats of this state have got together-lEvenhS
POST The same with the Kilkenny CATS