The Press., 1893-04-27

 s1 50 year. If paid strictly in advance, ,$1.s5. THIS Paper and The Connecticut Courant weekly furnished for $sso per year. A SPECIAL ELECTION seems to have re- suited in the election of Dr. Everett, democrat, to congress for the Masssachu- setts district which has been represented by Cabot Lodge, recently promoted to the senate. The district is republican, and the result is due to votes of republicans who are dissatisfied with the manner by which the republican candidate Mr. Bar rett, now speaker of the Mass. house of representatives, obtained the nomination. The vote was small one, being over Il ,OO0 less in November last. Eyerett's plurality is IA
 SEVERAL exchanges aver that s'the of- fieers of the Eastern Connecticut trotting circuit, which includes the towns of Man. chester, Rockville, Brooklyn, Norwich, Willimantic and Stafford Springs, are of opinion that the anti-pool room bill will prevent the holding of their series of races this fall, and that it is more than prob- able that many will be abandoned" New London County Agricultural society offic- ials say that there is no liability of any such occurrence on the part of that organ ization, and we hardly expect that there will be any baby business in connection with the Stafford Springs fair.
 A FEW papers are most assiduously la boring to convince the public that it, the aforesaid public, is most emphatic ally opposed to the recognition of Storrs school, rather than the Sheffield school, as the agricultural college of the state. But the public knows that it wants Storrs school. Gov. Morris realizes that he is carrying out the will of the people in ap- proving the bill which the legislature has passed, and if the newspapers concerned will just glance overtheir shoulders they will see that the public, instead of being in long line behind them, is marching in the other procession.
 ON page 1st is criticism of MT. Mur- phy and his work, published by request, though not fully endorsed by this paper. The Press does not agree with MT. Mur- phy in all his deductions concerning the evil which he is combating, but earnest ly hopes that that gentleman is right and The Press wrong in the matter, as it would be most agreeable to embrace his theories. But, in any event, there is this to be said: Every blow struck by Mr. Murphy does harm to the rum traffic, and no injury to temperance, which is more than can be said of some of the work of his critics. Every drinker who abstains, if only for a short time, from drinking, is benefited himself, also those about him. And it is unlikely that of the thousands who are stopped in their absolute life very large percentage will not in this lucid interval shatter the fet- ters that have bound them, and join the army of those who would put ban upon the drink traffic.
 Governor Morris has discussed at length the Storrs bill, the approval of which takes the federal grant for further instruction in agriculture and the mechan- ic arts from the Sheffield scientific school of Yale and places it at the disposal of the StOrrs agricultural school. The govern ors action in signing the bill has been se- verely criticised by many. Governor Morris says that there was no excuse whatever for vetoing the bill. The hear ings in committee and discussion by the legislature had been thorough and ex- haustive. There had been no nasty ac- tion taken. The main complaint made by the farmers favoring the bill had been that the objects of the original grant were not fulfilled at Yale, and that the young men who came to that institution in al most every case took up mechanical en- gineering and never returned to the farm. There was no questioning Yale's ability to instruct practically in the mechanic arts, but in agriculture the instruction was mainly ytheoretical-Yale had no farm. As to the constitutionality of the measure, which provides for the payment of any damage Yale may sustain, the question is raised whether or not the states power to take property for public pun poses, pro- viding due provision is made for compen- sation, applies to this act, which purports
 
 providing for due compensation for the damage which the university shall suffer. Upon that question the governor says he does not propose to pass.
 The well-known comedian, ''Comical'' Brown, died at the city hospital in Bos- ton, Sunday afternoon, at the age of 6O from apoplexy. He was found in the waiting-room of the Boston and Albany station Friday afternoon, unconscious, and was taken to the hospital. William B. Brown was born in Lancaster, August ,, 1888, and later lived in Rutland, and ShOemaking, but soon started out as a violinist and impersonator He organized minstrel show, then a stereopticon en- tertainment, and afterward played with various travelling companies. He has since played with his own company in nearly every New England town. Fifteen to thirty-five years ago no show could draw larger crowd in New England town than "Comical Browns" At one of his visits to Stafford Springs the doors were closed against admission of any more while the stairway to the hall and the street were closely packed with 8 throng eager to gain admission. Of late years he has appeared only in smaller places. Within two weeks he has given two concerts in Stafford, but it has been many years since he appeared in one ot the borough halls.
 The house of representatives has pass ed an important measure affecting liquor sellers. It provides that liquor dealer refused a license by the county commits. sioners may appeal to the superior court. Remonstrants against a license granted may in like manner appeal. A license granted is to be allowed to continue until the appeal is decided, and rebate of li- eansn unnau iS tn ha rnadn if liooncc ;c