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NO SUCH RESTRICTION.

The possibility that Mrs Mary E. Lease
may avenge herself on the Georgia method
of suppressing free discussion by securing
an election to the United States Senate
has awakened flutter among the old
fogies. The general tendency is to take
refuge in the Democratic theory that any
thing which does not suit the ideas of that
party is unconstitutional. Senator Vest
dismissed the subject the other day with
the assertion, "The Constitution is against
it." Another advocate of the same idea,
while admitting that the Constitution has
no specific requirement that Senators shall
be of the masculine gender, calls attention
to the use of a masculine pronoun in the
clause which requires that Senator must
be an inhabitant of the State 'for which
he shall be chosen"
The use of a pronoun cannot be held to
establish a positive constitutional enact
ment, particularly as it does not by the
best usage, where employed inclusively,
even imply sex restriction. The word
"man" generically used includes both
sexes Just as much as the word "horse" or
''dog," and the best authorities state
Illdb VIC uoO VI ehO pIouhouh hS
is equally general in its rela-
tions and includes che" or "she."
1t is, of course, not worth while to dispute
that the language was employed with the
presumption on the part of the Constitu-
tion-mallers that the Senators would be OF
the male sex. But the pronoun does not
not make constitutional enactment to
that effect On the other hand the Con-
stitution very clearly permits the States
to prescribe the rights of their own
citizenship, and guarantees their
title to elect Senators possessing
those rights and meeting the other re-
quirements of the Constitution. This
clearly entities Kanas or Wyoming to send
female Senators to Washington if they
choose.
We do not think that Mrs. Lease would
be a particularly useful or ornamental
United States Senator, although she would
compare very favorably with some men,
bers already sitting in that body. But
her constitutional rights and those of
Kansas, if she should be selected by
that State, are not to be swept away by
imaginary constitutional restrictions that
are wholly the creation Of prejudice.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-24
PROMINENT AND POPULAR.

THOMAS A. EDISON, who sleeps but few
hours himself, says that the man of the fu-
ture may do without sleep entirely.
PRESIDENT HARRISON Is fond of bill
lizards and wields a fair cue. There is a bill
lard room in the basement of the White
House, with Il good table.
DIR. HOLMES, having kept no record of
the kind, is unable to say which song he
wrote first. He is under the impression that
1t was one of his schoolboy translations
TWENTY New York millionaires are
ready to build summer homes in Vermont If
the poor farmers will promise to build good
roads and to keep them in fair condition.
MARQUIS CHARLES DI RUDIN, the son
of the ex-Premier of Italy, is in New York,
having come to this country to take posi-
tion in the Italian Legation at Washington.
M. LEGoUvE, the oldest member of the
French Academy, is So years old. Pierre
Lott, the youngest, is 43. With the excep-
tion of ten, all the Academecians are 60 or
over.
REV. W. FABER, for nine years pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church at Westfleld,
n. Y, has resigned his pastorate, and an.
nouhced his intention of becoming a candi.
date for the ministry in the Episcopal
Church.
EX-PREsIDENT CHAMBERLAIN, of the
Iowa Agricultural College, is now farming
in Ohio. His property has an extent of lis
acres, and he is not such q theorist as TO be
unable to make q practical success OF the
business.
ARCHBISHOP KENR1CK, of st. Louis,
upon whom old age and physical weakness
are telling their tale. has been ordered from
Rome to appoint a Coadjutor. who would re-
lieve His Grace Of the entire duties OF his
high office.
Mrs. RALPH WALDO EMERsoN's death
draws attention to two facts: Her unmar-
ried daughters beautiful devotion to her
blind parent these many years, and the un-
disturbed condition OF Mr.. Emerson's study
since his death. In fact. the whole house
and its furnishings have undergone little
chan ge in decade
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-24
THE PANAMA PANDEMONIUM.

NOT since the memorable Wilson scandal
has France been shaken rs by the agitation
for the inquiry now ordered at Paris.-Brook-
Ign Eagle. .-~- ... --.-.. --.-
THE revelations, If carried through, will
be startling, and their effect q fearful clear
ing out of the ranks of French political
leaders.--NeW York Recorder.
BEFORE the bad odor surrounding this
scandal subsidies good many heretofore
good men will be jumping around quite
lively.-Har,isburo Telegraph.
DE LEssEPs will come out of the Panama
scandal with clear reputation as to hon
esty. but with his fame as great man bag
ging considerably at the knees-Chcago
Tribune.
THE prosecution will reveal the true char.
acters of many French publicists who have
helped on the Panama Canal project be-
cause it was made an object for them to do
so.-Boston Herald
THE situation is most painful one for
France. 1t will be regarded with pain by
the majority of Americans, since the French
Republic Is held in most friendly esteem on
this side OF the ocean.-Ne,U York World.
THE action will doubtless put an end to
any further prosecution of the work on the
canal for a long time to come, and it is not
likely Its completion will ever be effected
by the French funds.-S. Louis Post DiApdtch.
ONE result is sure to follow-the inquiry
will result in the ruin of many men whose
names are familiar in French politics to-
day; Of the accused. If the charges be sus-
tanned, or OF the accusers if they shall be
proved untrue.-Net0 York Herald.
THE history of NJ. De Lesseps makes It ex-
tremely improbable that he was knowingly
engaged in any fraudulent use of the money,
but neither he nor any of the other direc-
tors could watch closely the expenditure Of
many millions of dollars on this colossal
Philadelphia Ledger.
THE matter having been thus brought be-
fore the public. there will be nothing to do
but to prosecute the inquiry, and the final
result may be the complete disruption of
the canal company. The Government OF the
United StBtes has been supremely wise in
keeping out OF this international muss.-
Philadelphia Telegraph.
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PITTsBURG. THURSDAY. NOV. "a. 1892.
PAGES
CRIrCHLow,s ACoUIrrAL.

In the case of the Commonwealth versus
Sylvester Critchlow, accused of murder
ing 7. j. Connors, a Pinkerton detective,
at Homestead on July 6-the jury last
evening returned verdict of not guilty.
In the face of the prosecutions failure to
rebut the evidence of an alibi, the verdict
can come as Surprise to few. There was
reasonable doubt Of the defendants guilt,
and he was therefore properly acquitted.
The case was conducted with exceptional
ability on both sides, and the oratory of
the Western counsel for the defense may
have had some effect upon the jury and
on public sentiment but it is to be pre-
sumed that the verdict was returned ac-
cording to the facts of the case as set forth
in the evidence.
This acquittaI is not in the least to be
ness, but simply as proof of innocence
of crime in this case. The bearing of this
verdict upon the trials which are to fol-
low is absolutely nil-except possibly in
those of Critchlow on other charges-be-
cause the evidence upon which the ac-
quittal was based was such as to apply to
this individual alone.
There is every reason to hope that the
impending Trials will be conducted with
all possible speed. Justice and humanity
alike demand il. On the one hand crime
cannot be punished too promptly, and, on
the other, innocence demands speedy
vindication devoid of all unnecessary suS-
nnuSp
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-24
THE FEAST OF THANKS.

The entire nation to-day gives itself
over to festal observance. The Thanks
giving holiday is one of the three or four
that are distinctiveIy American and repre-
sentative of our national character. In
its origin it was local and Puritanic; but it
has spread beyond sections and creed
until the whole nation without regard to
religious beliefs unites in the gladness and
gratitude that are the predominant senti-
ments of the dav.
No nation ever had more justification
for making feast cf Thanksgiving than
ours: and none in this especial year can
with better cause review its good fortunes
or give thanks for its mercies. While
other nations have been plagued by pesti-
lence and famine our country has enjoyed
plenty and prosperity. While the threat
of war burdens the peoples of the Old
World the United States continues conf
dent and undisturbed in the assurance of
peace. Abundance of crops furnishes the
the people. The good fortune for the
land appears not least prominently in the
fact that aftera heated political campaign,
by which the public policy of the Govern
ment has been reversed, the whole coun-
try accepts the result with perfect conf
dence that the American good sense which
predominates all political divisions will
ensure the nation against rash and revo-
lutionary acts by the new administrators
of public affairs.
The day is the feast of plenty and the
manifestation of gratitude. All should
join in it. Those whose good fortune
makes their Thanksgiving feast unalloyed
should see to it that the less fortu-
nate classes have on this holiday the ma
terial both for feasting and for thanks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-24
A FEATURE OF THE SEASON.

The meeting of Congress is the signal
for the usual prelude from the organs of
railway opinion urging repeal of the
fifth section of the interstate commerce
law, prohibiting pools. The concert of
assurances to Congress from different
sections of the corporate chorus that this
repeal is exactly what is wanted is a
regular accompaniment of the approach
of Congressional session; but it has one
or two interesting features this year.
One is a report that the Interstate
Commerce Commission will recommend
the repeal of the section. 1t is possible
that the Commission might desire the re-
peal to relieve itself of an incongruous
position; but the need of the railways for
the repeal of provision which the Com
mission has by its action steadily reduced
to the value of dead letter is not apparent.
This is the status of the section under dis
pute. The Commission has pointedly
omitted to do anything toward its en-
forcement The railways have made no
pretense of obeying it The pooling busi-
ness has been carried on for years by the
railways with little or no attempt at con-
cealment, and the Commission has care
fully refrained from making any investi-
cations into these violations of the law.
All the arguments in favor of pools,
predicated on the present unsatisfactory
state of railway traffic, are reduced to
naught by the fact that this is as much a
pooling era as before the passage of the
law. There was time just after the
passage of the Interstate commerce act
when the railroads were sufficiently i'm
pressed with the idea that it must be
obeyed. They abstained from pooling
and other combinations except a simple
agreement to sustain moderate rates. The
result was that rates were steadier and
more conservative than before or since
when the combination influences were
paramount
There may be an abstract argument in
favor of the repeal of provision which
is nullified by those whose duty it Is to
enforce it; but there is a much stronger
one in favor of giving its enforcement a
fair trial and then judging of its value by
the results.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-24
HOW RUSSELL WAS ELECTED,
Nearly 10000 Massachusetts, Voters Marked
Their Tickets Wrong.

Boston. Nov 23.-Returns received by the
Executive Council from all counties in the
State except Suffolk show that 10, 1856 votes
cast for Governor in the recent election
were worthless, under the Australian sys-
tenn. One-third of them were entirely
blank-that is, with no mark whatever
against the name for Governor-while. the
other two-thirds were rendered imperative
by the voters placing a cross against the
name of William II. Halle, the Republican
candidate, and also against the name of
Wolcott Hamlin, the Prohibition candidate,
the latters name following that OF Mr..
Halle on the official ballot.
The popularity of the name "Wolcott
Hamlin" doubtless led thousands of voters
to believe that when they marked first for
MIR. Halle and then for the name hext fol-
lowing, Wolcott Hamlfn, they were voting
for the Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, Roger Wolcott, who in reality
was eight names lower down on the ballot,
under the appropriate head, "Lieutenant
Governor" An estimate based on the as
sumption that it was clearly the intention
of the voter to mark for Mr.. Halle and his
associate on the ticket, Mr.. Wolcott. and
not for Wolcott Hamlin, gives Mr. Halle a
plurality over Russell, in these counties, of
10000 votes.
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WHO WOULD GET THE INCREAsEa

1t is one OF the singular illustrations of
the axes that may be ground under the
pretense of tariff and revenue reform that
proposition is already being urged, with
a fine show of dlsinterestedness, that the
alleged deficiencies in the public revenue
should be made up by increasing the iD-
ternal revenue tax on distilled spirits by
the amount of 40 cents gallon. This, it
is claimed, would increase the revenues of
the Treasury $4,000, 900, and the follow
ing sum in arithmetic is offered In demon
stration: One hundred million gallons
are distilled annually. Forty cents per
gallon is 10000, 900, and there you are
But to those who have followed the
history of excise taxation the knowledge
is general that the sum does not work out
in practice. We need not 90 outside our
own records for the demonstration that
high rates of taxation do not yield either
proportionate revenue, or frequently as
large revenue in the total as the lower
rate. When this Government tried to
collect tax of So per gallon it secured a
revenue of 40 per cent of what was re-
turned the first year after the tax was re.
duced, ard but little over one-fifth of
what is now collected. This is not mainly
due to the enlarged production under the
lower rate. In the case of alcohol it is
mainly the result OF the high premium
placed on illicit distilling. The best evil
derce of this is the fact that while the
Government tax on alcohol was 50 per
gallon, the wholesale market rate in this
country was for considerable periods
actually less than the amount of the tax.
This showed that enough alcohol evaded
the tax to fix the market price, and of
course it was ruinous to distillers who
paid the tax
While these facts make it exceedingly
doubtful if the Government revenues
would gain much advantage from such an
increase, there is an interest whose profit
would be SO great as to leave no doubt
whence the proposition is inspired. The
Distillers and Cattle Feeders Association,
more widely known as the Whisky Trust,
has large surplus of alcohol on hand,
which has for some time been heavy
load to carry. The serious agitation of
q Accent increase in the tax would in
crease the demand for this article. The
enactment of the increase would put 40
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-24
THE PROGRESS OF FOOTBALL.

To- day TIE couDtry's rapidly growing
interest in football eliminates. for this
season, in the game between Yale and
Princeton in New York. The phenom-
enal rrogress of the games popularity is
marked, however, less by the centralized
interest which attracts spectators from all
over the country TO the great college
game than by the countless matches of
minor Importance that are to be played
everywhere, and eagerly watched wher-
ever the contest is found. The delights
and dangers of the sport are to some ex-
tent inseparable. But, as the PLAYERS
familiarity with it is enlarged by practice,
there is reason to believe that gradual
elimination of the most serious risks will
ensue. 1t is notable already that in the
college ard crack teams-where7er, in
fact, the facilities for prolonged practice
and reful training are greatest-the
casualties are lighteSt And wherever
science predominates the rough and tumble
play, from which the most serious acc-
dents ar sc, is reduced to a minimum.
As winter exercise football stands un-
rivaled, notwithstanding the charges of
o'el-N'olence oIouShI against III. AS
mental and moral training the game is not
10 be scoffed at. Its tactics dema nd
thought and skill no less than courage
and endurance, and the necessary obe-
dience to rules under the excitement of
action involves no mean amount of for
bearance and self-control. Tine enthusi-
astic reception accorded to football and
the rapid spread of its popularity have
constituted it the national cold weather
game, and it may be expected to continue
to greatly strengthen rather than diminish
its hold on the youth and sport lovers of
America
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-24

cents per gallon, aggregating many
millions of dollars, into the Golfers of the
Trust
1t is to be hoped that the Democracy
will be true enough to IFS profession of
antagonism to the trusts to avoid pre-
tended increase of revenue under doubt
full necessity which would really mean a
big profit to the Whisky Trust and no gain
to any one else.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-24
AN EXTRA SESSION WANTED
By Number of Prominen mt Democrats, and
Cleveland May Give In.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23-[Specia. ]-Speaker
Crisp will probably eat his Thanksgiving
dinner in Washington, as he is expected to
arrive here tomorrow. The coming of the
Speaker win be followed by u prompt con-
ference upon the subject of an extra session.
Several Democratic members already here
are very outspoken in favor of the conven-
ing of the new Congress Immediately after
the 4th OF March. Mr.. Catchings, of Missis-
sippi, close friend of the Speaker and q CO.
member of the Committee Oh Rales with
him, says he thinks it important that an ex-
ira session should be called. Bynum, OF In
diana. is ST the same opinion, and Wilson, of
West Virginia, who is said to be booked for
the Craftsmanship Of the Committee ON
Ways and Means, Is another advocate of the
proposition.
While President-elect Cleveland Is opposed
to the plan, il is believed that if the leaders
of his party in the House are in any degree
united in favor OF prompt call for n meet
ing of the Fifty-third Congress, he will set
aside his own views and be guided by the
will OF the majority.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-24
LIES LITTLE LAUGHS.

Halfback, '92 Gas he is dragged from be-
meath a truck-load of scrap iron that was over
turned on nim)-Was ii a touch down?
He-That friend of yours seems to be
very familiar He slapped me on the back and
called me ''od man.
she-so ne told me. He said he had forgotten
your name.
She-Why is i. when physicians get sick
they never attend their own cases?
Hell don't know. but 1 should say 1t was because
they can't charge anything for 1t.
The Heiress-How can you ask me to be
your wife, Mr.sympsonne. when you are dependents
on your father for an income?
Sympsonne-But Cad, won't be II marry you!
Mother (reading over batch OF her sons
rejected Jokes)-I'm sure can't see. JohE. when
the editor prints such stupid jokes, why they
should reject yours.
He'd write a book on how to love,
With points on what to say.
But when he tried to pop one night
He tainted dead away.
'Then you are going to marry him simply
for his money Ihope he'll never ind it out aud
despise you for it."
40. dear, no! have told bin Just how 1t Is He
saws he knows his money is much more worth low
ing than himself he is grateful to for taking
him with it,
'Tt's the little things that tell. "
Adage true. like many others.
II you don't believe it-wel-
Ask big sisters with small brothers.
Conservative Englishman-1 like the good
old custom Of yours of the thanksgiving dinner.
Young America-Yes; 1t Is such q good oppor.
tunity to have ones poor relations to dine without
asking anyone else.
Strawber-This is the first Thanksgiving
in my life that have had to dine alone.
SingerIy-what's the trouble? Couldn't you get
anyone to ask you to dinner?
Temperance Lecturer-What Is the mat
ter? Why don't you ring up?
Nanager-We can't get 4 drop OF liquor IN tne
whole town and the Horrible Example Is dead
sober.
Clara-Going to church Thanksgiving
Tiny-No, 1 amt got nothing to be thankful fori
Clara-well, you ought to De thankful for that.
Lize-what 20 got to be thankful fo'
nigga,s
Uncle Mose-Dat chickuns can't see after da'e
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Obituary Notes,


STEPHEN W. MosELY. well-known druggist Of
Augusta. Ca, died Tuesday. He was a cousin Of
Adlal E. Stevenson.
Ex-JUDGE WALTON GARoN, prominent Re-
publican politician and ofice-hoIder. died at Lam
caste r. KY. Tuesday. He was Us years old.
FRANK McCUE. of Bethlehem, Pa, aged 60 years.
died of heart failure yesterday morning just after
returning from his work at the Bethlehem Iron
Works.
MRS. MARGARET HUN TER, wife of George Hun
ter. Jr.. a prominent member Of the best social
circles of McKeesport, died there yesterday morn
ing of tuberculosis, aged % years.
REV. JOHN BROWN, one Of the pioneer Method
ist preachers in Illinois. died Tuesday. He was
native OF Virginia and went to Illinois in 1886. He
had been member of the Illinois Conference since
then. He was 81 years old.
REV. MIR. DUFFY. pastor of st. Patrick's
Church. Pottsville died yesterday. He received a
paIalytic shock Monday evening and fingered S in "a
Phi.adeip hia January 1, 1856.
HENRY MUIR, founder of the jewelry firm of Fl.
Muhr's Sons. of Philadelphia. died Monday night
in that city, aged II. He WAS born in Hurben. l'a-
varia in 1915, and learned his trade of matchmaker
IN Cologne. He came TO this country In 1853.
LUTHER RIPLEY, former State Organizer of
the Patrons of Industry and State Treasurer of the
Farmers Alliance. died in Lansing. Mich Iues-
one of the most prominent workers in farmers
organizations in Michigan.
OWEN DAVIS. IS years old, well-known con-
tractor OF Alliance. found dead on the high
way three miles east of that city yesterday after
noon. The body when found was nearly covered
with snow. Subsequent investigation showed that
laws died OF heart disease. =
JOHN B. MULLIKEN formerly General Manager
of the DE troit, Lansing and Northern Railroad
member of the Detroit Board Of Public Works and
General Manager of tire Detroit Citizens street
Railway Company, was found dead in bed at his
residence yesterday mornina1 The cause of death
New York.
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est number. The Commonw ealth and the
municipality should have a claim to the
citizens energy prior to that OF individual
aggrandlzement, and in the long run fndi-
viduals will recognize the personal advan-
tages to be derived from fostering the inter-
ests of the community. These things are
bound to be realized sooner or later, and
the sooner the better for each and all.