The Press., 1892-07-07


 THE cannon cracker is a rnere danger ous element in our fourth of July and like celebrations than it looks to be. People do not allow for the difference be- tween the ordinary little cracker and the giant which has lately come into use. The paper wrapping seems harmless, but the tremendous force of the explosion is pretty apt so move something if anything movable be in contact. A cannon cracker requires room when it explodes, and if not given room makes it. It is bad thing to fool with, and it is time this were found out, and jokers held duly responsi- ble for bad results from their little pleas antries.
 IF the presentation of the Passion Play at Chicago next year is being seriously considered it will be we'll to have it con- sidered from all points of view. The Passion Pley as given at Ober Ammer- gau in pursuance of a VOW made centuries ago by pious people, is a different thing from the profane presentation of lot of play actors for money and for the de- lectation of an audience chiefly irreligious. There are plenty of good people who have doubts as to the propriety of the Ober Ammergau exhibition. Are there any good people who doubt the impro- .priety of the spectacle as it would be given in Chicago.
 THE Springfield Morning Union appear ed last Saturday morning, as promised. Its first issue was of 16 7-colundn pages, and promising looking sheet it is. It starts with large subscription list and a respectable number of readers enrolled as subscribers were ready to greet its first arrivsI in Stafford. It's excellence is as- sured-f 1t lives-for 8 poor newspaper cannot be sustained in city that already has so good newspaper as The Republi- can. In fact, the only objection to The Republican. is its independence, and peo- pie are getting tired of these independent newspapers they are always so intensely partisan. The most objectionable kind of democracy is that which attempts to disguise itself under the name of s'inde- pendenee." The Union sails under it's true 5eo1ors, announces itself as ''the morning republican paper,' and is $6 per year, two cents copy.
 TO-DAY committee of Springfield members of the Board of Trade, Q. &. Greenleaf, A. D. Mason, E. s. Bradford, and w. A. Webster, are in Providence, conferring with the board of trade of that city, and by it's invitation, concerning the direct railroad between the two cities Rhode Island capitalists are understood to have expressed willingness to build the line from that city to Stafford Springs if Springfield would meet them here. The Springfield Union says:
 Rhode Island people are confident that the proposed railroad would be dividend paying institution from the start, and the same opinion is enter tained in Springfield. If, after thorough investigation the pros poets are found as promising as they ap- pear on the surface, there is little doubt that company will be formed by Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island capitalists to put the scheme into operation. The pres ent odations for traffic between the two cities are inadequate. The quick est time that can be made at present Is three hours and ten minutes, while over & direct line the distance could easily be covered in less than two hours.