The morning call., 1894-05-25
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

The docking OF the pay Of Congressman for
DAYS that they are absent from the House does
not appear 10 work very well. 1t IS stated that
the members go 20 the sergeant alarms aud
tell him they were present on certain days
when they were absent. Tie trouble seems 10
be that they are willing 10 tell fbs for con
observation-disclosures Herald.
A Senate programme that looks to con-
tlnuous session until March 4, 1895, IS incOm-
patIbe with plague of sevenIeen-year locusts.
IL Is written in the medical books that one
body cannot be subject to TWO p0sOns al once
and Il We are 10 have the hoppers we must be
RID OF the Iobbers.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Cheap steerage rates between this country
and Europe are desirable from some points of
view. but 1t Is TO be hoped that they will not
bring about large inflow into this country OF
the sort OF immigrants that cannot be cOnsid-
cred desirable no matter in what aspect they
are TegaTced.-NeW York Tribune.
Many literary people were surprised by the
recent statement OF Congressional Librarian
Spoftord that the title OF a book could not be
copyrighted. In England a copyright may be
taken out Tor any number of titles, no matter IL
the author never intends 10 use them for a
book.-BosIon journal.
CcudAOI [udNS speech SHOWS MIN 10 be
Of the longest-winded statesmen PENNSYLVANIA
has ever produced. If Senator Quay were not
so honest man as he is. he might readily be
suspected OF having received a bTibe from the
Government prlnIer.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
1t is a relief TO learn that the jockey1nC with
the law, permitting pool selling Oh race tracks,
which has been going on for several days, TO
the disgust of the public has been brought to
an end By an agreement to carry a test case 10
the higher cOurts.-New York Herald
Brazil is to rename two of her warships the
Fifteenth of November and the Sixteenth OF
April. Why not have an American cruiser
named the Fourth OF July, the day on which
we celebrate our emancipation from British
rule ?-Pbiladelphia Item.
If the HOu. Josiah Quincy Of Quincy is going
10 shin down the family tree and mingle In this
mortal scene and try TO be Mayor Of Boston,
there Is still hope for fire insurance in that
town. The glacial period will put out the fires.
New York sun.
Henry Watterson is said to have remarked TO
his friends that il be had dog that would not
bark at the pending tariff bill he would Kill the
animal at once. Henry is an expert in dogs,
and IN tariff bills as well.-New York Recorder.
Instead of debating so YEARLY on alum. sne
or two OF our national lawmakers might try a
heroic dose Of it. Its astTingent properties on
The vocal organs would probably please the
country.-New York Mail and Express.
Poor Chicago, face to face with a smallpox
epidemic, finds herself entirely out of vaccine
What wonderful spreads the Chicago news
papers would be making If the pest were loca-
ted In ST. Louis.-St. Louis Star Sayings
Governor Flower has signed the compulsory
education bill. This means that the average
citizen of the Empire State mnst learn some
thing besides what is taught at primaries and
electoral olleges.-Philadephi Times
Just at present Pittsburg knows no more
about the discoveries of the armor-plate CON-
mission at Homestead than it does about those
Of Lieutenant Peary in the Arctic REGION
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Whether McQuade is Glroy's proxy or
Cookers puppet New York will no. be better
oil for any change in politics until it changes
from boss rule TO popular governmenI.-New
York World.
Cleveland and Gresham learned one thing
from their Hawaii lesson, and that was TO sub.
nit the Samoa correspondence before they had
1t smoked out OF them.--ChIcago Inter Ocean.
That deaf member OF Congress enjoys a de-
clded advantage. and If he only abjure the Con-
gressional Record be may maintain an un-
sullied reputattOn.-Pittsburg Press.
The appointment OF Senate committee to
investigate the charges OF bribery Is likely TO
cause boom in the whitewash trade.-Chicago
Herald.
what Chicago really needs is fewer suspended
nEes aud more suspended criminals.-Chlcago
Times.
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Not Ready to Bolt.
To the Editor oT the Morning CalL-SIR: In