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Tie Telephone Commission Bill.

There was Il rather acrimonious discus
sion at Albany on Tuesday before the Sem
ate Committee on Miscellaneous Corpora
tions, in reference to Senator MCMAHoN's s
bill to establish a State Telephone Commits
sion for the purpose OF regulating rates to
be charged for telephone messages. No
conclusion was reached and there will be q
further hearing. before the Committee
finally reports upon the measure
We have already pointed out that no new
Board is needed. In any event. The purposes
OF the bill can be carried out just rs well by
comforting the proposed powers upon the
existing State Board OF Railrond Comms-
sioners. This will involve no additional
expense to the public. as the Railroad Com
mssioners do not now tlnd it necessary to
devote all their time to their official duties.
As to the power OF the Legislature to
regulate telephone charges. either directly
by statutes fixing rates or indirectly
through the agency Of commission. there
can be no doubt. SO far as the regulation is
restricted TO messages sent and received
within the boundaries Of New York.
The right of State to prescribe the maxi
mum charges which may be made for tele-
phonic service has been asserted and upheld
in the courts OF last resort in Indiana. Ne
braska. Ohio. and Missouri. In Missouri
the Legislature delegated the authority to
fix rates to the municipal Government OF
the city Of st. Louis. and the Supreme Court
held that this delegation Of power was valid.
The principle upon which these decisions
are based is that q corporation which uses
public property In the exercise of its fran
chise is subject to State control. The
charges OF telephone company may bc
regulated by the State. just as tho State
regulates the affairs Of railroads. or the
price Of gas in cities. or course. the power
should be exercised fairly toward the cor
porations. as we'll as toward the public: but
that the power exists cannot at this late
day seriously be questioned.
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The Wickedest Man in the World.

We have already announced our intention
to support for Mayor OF Chicago SAM
ALLERToN. the Pig and Patois candidate,
first because he is the representative Chi
cago candidate with heart that beats time
TO hogsticking and two feet on English
syntax: secondly. because he is opposed by
the Hon. LAUNDRY HEsING. the South Chi
cago Rsthete; and. thirdly. because CAR
TER HARRIsoN-HARRIsoN is not truly good.
The latest Information from the seat Of war
seems to show not only that CARTER Is
wicked but that he is the Wickedest Man
in the World We derive this information.
1t is true. from newspapers or public speak
srs that hate him, but we have felt all along
that truly good man would never have
cared to be Mayor Of Chicago as many
times as CARTER has; and yet here heis try
ing to be elected again. and not in the least
perturbed by the onsets OF his numerous
enemies-O. the wicked old fox! Is there
anything wicked that he hasn't done or
may not be depended upon to do? We can
not take the trouble to get out thirty-six-
page paper for the purpose OF cataloguing
his dark deeds but we take few samples
from our esteemed Allertonian and Hesing-
tonlan contemporaries.
He made his money by the profits Of
slave labor or the sale of slaves he ls the
father of anarchism and the candidate OF
Anarchists as we'll as OF the thugs. gam
blers. boodlers. and criminals generally:
he appeals to local prejudice and the cupidlty
OF spoilsmen: he was Mayor OF Chicago for
eight years lie doesn't want clean streets or
clean morals; ho has been leisurely travel
ling around the world and rhapsodizlng over
the beauties OF China and India; he was
brought up In Kentucky. whero they have
mud roads. he has eeen to Constantinople.
where they have dirty streets. and to Monte
Carlo where one ganbles; he was rocked to
sleep In sugar trough In his old Kentucky
home: he Is millionaire. q tax-fghter. a
taX-dodger. an owner OF ramshackle build
ings: u dude. scholar In the tongues;
monstrously impudent and meudacious: /:
owed his first election to Republicans: owed
his first election to fraud; owed all his
elections to fraud; Is preparing to owe
another one: Is supported by thugs
thieves. footpads. and other members OF the
idle. vicious. and criminal classes; is en-
gagged In war OF crime against the law. OF
disorder against order, Of lawlessness and
general villainy against the peace, the
quiet. and the safety OF the community:
thinks that hobnobbing with visiting roy
atty and snobocracy is to be the occupation
OF the Worlds Fair Mayor; is traitor. dis
organizer. worst enemy of the Democratic
party. political assassin. full Of selfish and
insensible vanity and lack OF principle; has
an ineradicab,e tendency to tho slums: is
supported by many distinguished persons.
"elegant exponents OF the com msroial and
other important departments of the busi-
ness OF Chicago" who wouldn't shake
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What in the name OF cold Goldfish is de-
vourlng our esteemed contemporary. the Bos-
ton Advertiser? From what crazy attic OF a
tumbling brain house did it dig out this: Tho
social condition OF our great American metrop-
oils is truly deplorable." The social condition
OF the great American metropolis is all right.
and 1t was not n lady Of New York. but OF the
highest social circles" OF Boston. who said
the other day at the 1bseh Club Il think
Senator ALDR1cHs Queen Of Shelby is
simply sweet. but when It comes to talking
about novels. Prof HARpY's Far from the
Madding Crowd pulls of the piping OF any.
thing know. Such an atmosphere. and yet
somehow. no flies. don't you know This is
taken verbatim from Boston paper. We COM
mend 1t to the Boston .Adrertiser. which seems
to be suffering from too much OF that condition
which is called in Copley square French. been
eter."
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The Ambassador to the Queen and
Empress.

Tho appointment OF Mr.. BAYARD to be
Ambassador OF the United States to the
Court OF Her Mnjesty the Queen OF Great
Britain and Ireland and the Empress of
India, ought to give universal satisfaction.
Mr.. BAYARp has the esteem and confidence
of Republicans ns well as cf Democrats.
He is a courteous. kind-hearted gentleman.
The purity and sincerity OF his character
and the dignity OF his personal bearing
will be appreciated as highly in London as
they are n. home.
One OF tho first duties OF Congress. When
Il meets In December. or in September.
perhaps. should be To provide for Ambas-
sador BAYARD. Ambassador EUsTIs, and
Ambassador RrSIoS salaries large enough
to enable them TO support tho new re-
eponslhilitics " their station without
impairing their private fortunes. MIR.
BAYARD is not generally regarded ms
very rich man. He has certainly nccu-
mulated no great fortune In political life.
to his honor be II said The salary attached
to the Office at London. when II was only u
first-class mission, and not an embassy.was
barely enough to meet the simplest ncces-
sary expenses OF tho incumbent: and wa
suppose Mr.. LINCOLN has had to spend
fifty thousand dollars OF his own money
while he has been on duty In London. All
Ambassador Is n very different person from
o mere Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary. and his dignities are
FAR more important and much cost
lier to sustain. We have seen no good
cause why tho post OF American Minister
should be exalted to that of Ambassador.
even in the case Of England. France, and
Germany: but inasmuch as this has been
done. there Is no rthly reason why tho
several Ambassadors should be kept on
short commons by the Government
which they represent. An Ambassa-
dor. for example. is required by COM
mon diplomatic tradition and usage
to maintain apartments in his resi-
dence suitable for the reception and en-
tertainment OF the Sovereign to whom
he Is accredited. The salary heretofore paid
to the gentlemen who have represented
this republic in capitals where ceremony
IL 90 expensive as in London. Paris.
and Berlin. will have to be increased. 1t
ought to be increased without delay and
without hesitation. 1t should at least be
doubled In each case.
A gracious and generally acceptable ap-
pointment. as Secretary Of Legation under
Ambassador BAYARD. would be that Of Mr..
RICHARD WATSON GLIDER. the editor Of the
fChsssrv Magazine. Then American litera-
would be represented near the Court OF st.
James's; although not. as sometimes In the
past, by one and the same individual.
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Tho First Million OF Canadians Annexed.

Census bulletin No. S57. which has recently
appeared. shows that the number Of Cana
dians In the United States Is about
one million. This is moro than ten per
cont. OF the total foreign population.
The ratio of increase from Canada dur
Ing the last twenty years IL decidedly
greater than the rate Of increase In the to-
tai foreign-born Inhabitants. II tho Cana
dlans were distributed throughout the coun-
try as are our German. Scotch. Welsh.
French. English. Spanish. and Swiss fellow
citizens. their number would not be large
enough to affect materially the character
Of the population. The foreign-born inhabl-
.tants Of the United States amount to fifteen
per cent. Of tho total. and the Canadians
sre about one-tenth OF the foreign born.
Equally distributed among tho forty-four
States. the Canadians would be lost In the
crowd. Instead OF this being tho case. the
large Canadian population OF tho United
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TIED AND UsrIsn
Hsp,es. vietsus OF Mstr,mony Ten Their
Troubies In Court.

H.,,.., Victims or Mstr,nony Ten Their
Troubier In Court
vben the suit brought py Catherine c.
Gormlev for a sepnration from her husband
John Gormley. came up Yesterday before
Judee, ,McAdsm, q separation was granted oy
mutual consent The only question Tor the
Court TO pass on was allmony. This Judge
McAdam fixed at Sl2 week. In view ot the
fnct that Mrs. Gormley has four children 10
take care o. MIR. Gormley Is boss plumber
I'm Second avenue. between fiftioth aud Fifty
orst streets. His eldest daugh Inter. who Ia very
pretty. Ia 90 years OF nee. All the children are
living with their mother at 931 Second avenue.
in which house shc has n half interest Mrs.
Gormley testified that her husband was doing
A profitable business. He had been In the
habit OF paying her fifteen dollars per week
TO keen the house. Mr. Gormley denied that
his business was profitable. and declared that
Il had been ruined because OF his troubles
with his wife. When cross-examined by Mr.
Bummel he was asked:
o-You own some Harlem lots do You notf A.-No.
dear.
o.-pon't call me dear Yon might call your wife
that Did you ever own anyI A--No dear never did.
o--Wbat did You do with your diamonds' A.-soms
have disposed OF and Others keep.
Judge McAdam thought that Mrs. Gornley
was entitled to So In view of the fact that she
has tho children with her. Mr. Gormley
declared that tho children were old en3ngh
to support themselves. especially the Oldest
'!Oh. no. said JudeeMcAdam: "lou ought
TO be proud of such a dauRh,er" .,
No, cir. l cannot" snid Mr rdSrna nSrm,er. W..
"sho q very. pretty Young women" =.
snd he sond mot lie toe stSer and gram
cd the decree to the WIFE o.o STAT
avenue aat 'Sss's. sn fStsso On SATIN
in before Justice Lawrence OF tho supreme
So ,S tvS BIZ nS % @ r:
Jossier presented an AFFIDAVIT Of her consin
stating that yesterday Tornins from Sixth
store. Her, counsel argued that Il was better
s 'a ayeTs s' that tho troaSss Between him
and his wife are due to her sister. Marie Fran
os .s Frans1s hid Ios9s osssr On ar.
says She Iet Him have 5000 toward the pnr;;
OF S3,5lW. Justice Lawrence reserved decision
on both motions. subsequently Jossier began
St strsin HR his Wife from using HI. name IN corset
business she has established.
Thomas II. Evans. barkeeper; asked Judge
sssvree 81 weee granted dr to Eliza j, Evans under
decree OF separation she obtained from him
Esatsd 81 s5dy y5S' feSa @ * sso,Se
Alphonse.. He declares that she Raye valuable
preaents to Rodney X. Jordan Of IL West
Eighteenth street. and that she had Jordan dan
worth $3.50. Jordan said at the hearing that
she had given him the bonds, so that he conld
dress like a gentleman She denies making
decision.
Augusta Heller had an action on trial before
Jacob Heller. contracted last November. She
showed that he hnd not been divorced from q
fend. but plaintiffs witness said that Heller
did not consider his marriage Of 1885 LEGAL.
because the woman he then married had q
Judge McAdam has granted an absolute di.
vorce to Benjamin c. Schenfer from Mary A.
Scheffier
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States Ia practically limited to a few States.
aud. indeed. TO few cities OF such States.
In the whole South there are only 1900
Canadians. or about ono-third the number
Of Italians in the city OF New York alone
In the far West the Canadians are not mitch
moro numerous. II is In the New England
States, and in Michigan and New York that
they constitute n numerically important
element. They number more than 1000 In
Massachusetts. 10000 in Michigan. and Do
600 In New York. In Maine. Of n foreign
born total OF 5000. not less than $4,000 arc
Canadians. In New Hampshire. Of $4,000
foreign born, 10000 are Canadians. In Yer
mont. out OF 1900 foreign born. $4,000 are
Canadians. 1t Is the Sumo story through
out New England, from which the sturdi-
est, thriftiest. and most enterprisng emf
grants have gone to settle aud develop tho
great States OF the far West.
Here are tho figures 10 seven New Eng
land towns, showing the Canadians in each; /;
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LYING ON BREAD AND WATER.
Tic Michigan State Prison OniciaIs ar,
Taking Good Care OF Lniimer.


Taking Good Care OF Lntiner.
JACKSON. March 3O.--Dr. Noviss statement
as to the analysis OF the stomach OF Guard
Hnight and the walls and lemonade glasses
was read in evidence at the inquest this
morning. DIR. Novis says the stomach. the
ylals and the lemonade glasses oil contained
prussia acid The strength was one per cent.
Tho reason Gill did not die from the prussic
acid fixed by LATIN er is because he drank his
le,m,onndr sowiy anl had only drank one-hsl1 "a,
thus got only hal tho dose Hnight drank.
Latimer is living on bread and water now.
The solitary cell he IL in Is smaller than the
regular size and contains nothing but straw
Warden Davis took the stand at the
Haieht INQUEST this. morning. He said
he never knew, TINT latimer was out
OF his cell nights. AMI that no one had
NIGHT Of the escane; when he was called out,
he found Gill doubled up in great pain. and
Haight unconscious. The Warden's orders az
well ~ tho rules. were that no convict was TO
he taken from a cell after I. NJ unless tho
convict was sick. Mr.. Davis said he had been
oil was right As for drugs coming in to
convicts. he had no knowledge about
thar. as when any request had come to him OF
that. Ii. was not until after the tra gedy that
witness heard that any prussic acid had been
sent into the prison Warden Davis detailed
at length his conversations with Guard Rico
and Latimer since the Inter came back. Lati-
cape. and the ignorance Of all tho prison Of
1cials OF his plans.
The sun., 1893-03-31
We smile at the bill before the Minneso,

We smile at the bill before the Minnesota
Legislature prohibiting the Chinese residents
OF that State from wearing their shirts out
side Of their pants" 1t must have been drawn
up by q member who never made q close
scrutiny Of the Chinese Garb. He ought to
find out that the Chinese are not guilty Of tho
offence ascrihed to them. and that tho thing
they wear outside their pants. from neck to
legs. Is not q shirt like his. but blouse. a
garment that is comfortable. that may be
graceful. that was we'll regarded in France
and other European countries before tho
triumph OF democracy. and that has been
worn from time immemorlal By a great part
OF the population OF Asia. He must be block
head. this Minnesota Republican. who would
compel man to wear his blouse inside OF his
pants VIII. the man who did so would be a
laughing stock. not less than the man who
wore his coat tails in the same way. SIKoRsKt
Is the blockheads name. and we should like
to know whore he came from when he landed
In this country. Some Of the men whose
names end with Ski were born In Poland. u
country in which the blouse used to be worn
Just as the Chinese wear 1t.
The nature Of this Minnesota bill resemb bles
that Of the anti-hoopskirt bills which have re-
Gently been introduced into the Legislatures
OF many States. including the State OF New
York. II Legislature may determine how
women shall dress. 1t may do the same thing
for men. There once was an Irishman whose
coat was buttoned behind SO as to keep his
frontside warm: and We might have a
law requiring all men to button the coat
there. That way OF buttoning would have ad-
vantages. It would often save man from
catching cold. It would keep the shirt bosom
clean. It would give mans helpmeet some.
thing to do every morning and every night It
would teach man that a wife is a useful
thing to have 10 the house. II . man had to
button his own coat behind. how would he
ever dare to drink to excess? Give US post
buttoning law.
The sun., 1893-03-31
Good

The Hon. LEWIS BAKER OF Minnesota.
editor. to be Envoy Extraordinary and Min
lister Plenipotsntlary TO Nicaragua. Costa
Rca. and San Salvador?
1t is rather hot In Managua when the sun
shines. and demnltion moist when 1t rains
A good part OF the salary Of the oflce goes
for umbrellas. which are apt to mildew in
that climate when they are not stolen.
But there 10 chance for modest and pa
tlent man to serve his country at Managua.
That the Hon. L. BAKEn is u mo dest and
patient man. there can be no more doubt
than that he was extraordinarily useful to
Mr. CLEVELAND in the Northwest. before
the latter's nomination.
Possibly Mr.. BAKER might have preferred
The sun., 1893-03-31
IN AID or RlRN4RD COLLEGE,
Fashionable Folk Arranging EntertaIA.
ment 10 Tnkc Place In April.

Fashionable Folk Arranging nm EntcrtaIA.
ment 10 Take Place In April.
An entertainment for the benefit OF the Bar
nard College for Womon has been arranged to
take place on Tuesday afternoon. April II. in
tho assembly rooms OF the Madison Square
Garden. when Mrs. Waldo Richards will give
sorles Of recitatlons. There will also be
music by the Russian Court Orchestra under
tho direction OF vladimir Purlshofr. num-
Dor of luncheons have been arranged 10 pre-
cede tho entertainm which will take place
at :t:3O o'clock in the afternoon. Eight or ten
COLUMBIA College students will act As ushers.
lumbin Collage colora.
The list Of patroncsses includes the names
Of many ladies prominent In society. among
Srinf Nrsrd Il KSnpsas Mss od Mrs Paul
Mrs. Hepry &; Pottss. Mrs, William Chandler
ltobert B., Minturn. Mrs. FrederieJ J. de Peys-
ter. Miss Roo.evelt, Mrs. William q. Choate
Mrs. George Haven Putnam. Mrs. Seth Low.
Mrs. BENJAMIN ( Church. Mrs. Jonathan
Barnard College Is a branch Of C0lumba
University and is under the control OF presi-
dent LOW
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hands with some Of his other supporters: is
opposed by men like A. HEAP and AMrnr-
DAB BUTTON, and is "the old man on Ash
land avenue"
Here We end the canto OF the wickednesses
OF CARTER. We could 10 on for weeks after
the election. We have gone far enough TO
show that he is probably not only tho
wickedest Man In Chicago. but the Wicked
est Man in the World. And yet he had the
assurance to go 10 a meeting OF some 5000
Poiish-Amerlcans the other night ana talk
to them like this:
II gre~ up admiring the Poles M nrst love was
Polish gri It IL true she In nc.on and has been
dead a great many years. but loved her In fiction.
That was the giri that TaApprrs OF Warsaw loved"
All, CARTER, it ie we'll that the Polish girl
ia dead. and that JANE PORTER. Is. too. To
think that a reader Of "Thaddeus OF War
saw" should become tho Wickedest Man In
the World! 1t would have broken JAMES
heart. But hear the fellow
There is a song that says 'iio~s my love because
my love loves me. Now. as love the Poles why.
thnt the Roles ought to love mo- I ain going TO try
their love after q while"
It is the duty OF every admirer OF hog
sticking to cling to SAM ALBERToN. and try
and put down tile man who has been four
times Mayor OF Chicago. As SAM ALLER-
TON said at the meeting in Skeel's Hall:
have mover saw such q public raising The
Wickedest Man in the World must be kept
out Of tho Mayors seat: besides. how SAM
AbLERroN's speeches at the great cere-
monlal functions Of the show would thrill
with genuine Chicagoese. And yet CARTER
is so thoroughly wicked that he doesn't
mean to be beaten.
The sun., 1893-03-31

Our valued friends, tho Peace Societies,
have something very important to think OF
in the rapidity with which improvements in
srmor are gaining upon improvements in
guns, and In the numerous plans and inven-
tions Of bullet-prooi" suits IL is not i'm
possible that the Peace socleties should
seek to attain their object by giving
their money and their energies to the
development OF protecting armor for men
and ships. BY the year 1850. or later.
war may have ceased from the inability OF the
combstsnts to kill one another Then the
only thing for the commanders OF armies to
do will be to don their dlcers to each other.
after the style OF the polite warriors OF Fon-
tenoy. and say. Gentlemen Of the other side.
will you please kill yourselves first 2"
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COMMISSIONER CRAM cENsURxD.
His Colleagues I'm the Dock Hoard Sag HIS
Statements Were Ridiculous.

Statements Were Ridiculous.
j. Sergeant Cram. the President OF the Dock
Bonrd. was censurcd yesterday by his ool-
leagues James ]. Phelan and Edwin A. Post.
for declaring. In nm interview published on
Saturday. that they didn't know how to wrlte
good English. Mr.. Cram is opposed to having
the elevated road on West and other streets
on the water front. He said so two weeks ago In
manncr which his colleagues though seemed
to reflect the sentiment OF the Board. So Mr..
Phelan and Mr.. Post passed resolution at n
meeting on March % saying that tho Dock
Board favored n railroad on West and other
strcets.
President Cram recognized Mr.. Post when
Yesterdays meeting opened. and Mr.. Post
asked the President II he had said to q re-
porter that the resolution about the elevated
railroad could not have been written by the
other Commissioners; because It was was gram
Sir. Cram said: Yes: that is substantially
:.Pid you make the remarks'"
Mr.; Phelnn arose and said the remarks Of
Mr.. Cram were an insult to the Board and that
caro- to discuss tho subject. and suggested that
it might, be 4 good idea to proceed to bust:
Pss"n tse aecs Sa shGS
E IT. Srs@@II think X this Rs Is '~ not % matter to
Mr.. Phelan-You well know your assertions
are false. II you think we are not compe-
nave us dismissed.
Then the resolution censuring Mr.. Cram was
proposed by Mr. Post. Mr.. Cram said he would
not vote on the resolution. but that he objected
to the word admitted" in 1t. This Is the
resolution:
inst paShsa f
y hs
ment OF his colleagues aud
Hk,rsas. Commit sloner Gram. when called upon at
pnblie meeting Of this Hoard admitted that he had
fso,r,d That the BOARD of Docks dsprecato tho
ridiculous stat and insin made by
management OF a department OF the city Governments.