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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.

Among the various devices for improv-
ing the world adopted by the Maine
Populists in convention assembled was
board of arbltrators to settle disputes
between employer and employe, with
power to enforce Its DEGREES. This
scheme is not entirely original with the
Populists, but to them belongs the credit
or discredit of putting it into political
platform. We suppose that the friends
of the device think they have hit upon
a plan that will benefit the laboring
man by protecting him against the ty-
rauny of capital and saving him from
the loss consequent upon the strike
method of maintaining his rights A
little consideration, however, will, we
think, convince them that they are all
together wrong, that their scheme is
impractical BILE. and could only become
practicabl after the laboring man as
well as the capitalist had been entirely
despoiled of liberty of action.
In country like Russia where the
will of the ruler is law, board of arbi-
tration with power to enforce it's DEGREES
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

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might exist, but in free America it could
not survive one single labor dispute
which it undertook to settle. 1t is of
the very essence of arbitration that the
parties to the dispute should voluntarily
agree to it. When the parties are forced
to agree to it it ceases to be arbitration.
1t is then dictation. Hence what this
scheme of the Populists really contem-
plates is the creation of board which
shall have the power to say how much
an employer shall pay for labor and to
say also that when that wage is offered
the employe shall accept it; and the
power to enforce its DEGREES means of
course the power to compel the employer
to pay the amount determined upon and
also the power to compel the employe to
accept it. But manifestly the power to,
compel the employer to pay must be
broad enough to compel the employer to
keep his establishment running, for ii
he shuts it down he thereby entirely
defeats the boards power to compel the
acceptance of it's decision and on the
other hand it must be broad enough to
compel the employees to work when the
wages determined upon are offered else
the power of the board to compel the &C
ceptance of its DEGREES fails at this END.
What is really contemplated then by
a board of arbitration is the selection
of set of men who shall have the power
to compel capitalists to furnish employ
ment to labor at such price as it may
determine upon, and laboring men to
work at such wages as it may NIX.
This is what this board of arbitration
really comes to when followed out TO its
logical conclusion. OF course the people
who propose it never follow it out. A
board of arbitration to settle all labor
disputes has taking sound, and to the
unthinking it appears 60 be beneficent
Device But this brief examination
is enough to show that such scheme
could only succeed in country where
the spirit of liberty had been entirely
crushed out of the people or where there
was standing army to enforce the de-
crees of the despot. Think of a board or
arbitration appearing on the scene OF
dispute between labor and capital about
wages, without being called by the dis
putants, and saying to the employer
"You must pay to your employee tue
wages we consider proper" and to the
employee, "You must work for the price
we fix, and if either of you refuse we
will lock you up in Jail or inf1ict some
other kind of punishment" Yet board
of arbitration authorized to enforce it's
decree must have some such power as
this. Back of it must be phyical force
as there is back of the courts. Before
then the board of arbitration is consti-
tuted it would be wise to create stand
lug army, for certainly one will be
needed if it proposed to compel laboring
men to work when they don't want to
and capitalists to keep mills and facto-
rles going when they had rather not.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

School Management A practical
treatise for teachers and all other per-
sons interested in the right training of
the young. By Emerson e. Waite, A..
NJ, LII. D., author of Whites Series of
Mathematics, &c. (New York: Cincin-
natl and Chicago; American Book Com
pany. From the Publishers.) This
treatise, the author tells us in his
preface, is presentation of the subject
of school management from the stand
point of the authors experience, obser-
walton and study. The subject is treated
under the two general subdivisions of
"school government" and moral train
ing" The suggestions of the author are
not merely theoretically good, but as they
founded on experience they are also
practical and can be applied in actual
school keeping.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24
The Land of Promise.

Is the mighty West the land that 'tickled with
hoe laughs harvest;' the Ell Dorado of the
miner; the goal of the agricultural emigrant.
While it teens with all the elements of wealth
and prosperity, some of the fairest and most
fruitful portions OF it bear harvest of malaria
reaped in its fullness by those unprotected by
medicinal safeguard. No one seeking or dwell
ing in a malara locality is safe from the scourge
without Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Emil
grants. bear this in mind. Commercial travellers
So1ourning in maiarious regions should carry
bottle OF the Bitters in the traditional gripsack.
Against the effects of exposure, mental or bodily
overWork damp and unwholesome food or water
it is an infallible defense. Cnstpation, rheuma-
tism, bllousness, dyspepsia, nervousness and
restorative.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

The Rockland Opinion is disgruntled
over the appointment for postmaster
in that city The man is good enough,
but the method of his appointment, the
Option thinks was bad. The method
was the same as of all other appoint
lnents in this State since the Cleveland
administration came in. The man APP
pointed was endorsed by the Democratic
city committee; that secured his endorse
mens by the State Democratic commit
tee; and that secured his appointment
by the President. The people were no.
where in it. The Democratic party ism t
so much for the people as it was before
election
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

One of the best things about the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
relative to the Senate imbroglio is that
it shows that the courts can be relied
upon to decide questions in which poll
tics are involved and where partisan
feeling is running high, without re-
gard to the effect the decision may have
upon the fortunes of either party. Six
of the eight New Jersey judges are
Democrats. Yet all but one of them
concurred in the sopinion chat knocked
over the Democratic Senate and put the
Republicans in complete control of the
legislature.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

One of Coxey's assistants in his great
scheme of marching an army OF unem-
ploy ed men to Washington. has dis
covered a wicked conspiracy on the part
OF the plutoorats" to discredit the army
by enlisting in it's ranks..a lot of detec-
tives who "wlll make all sorts OF dis
turbances and commit crimes innumer-
able" so as to cause the people to dis
trust the noble movement. This is awful.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

limit mans inquiry, very acquisition of
knowledge resulting from inquiry.
presses the whole world nearer the con-
viction that worship and adulation are
not only not the true supports of wisdom
but that they are lnterferences with the
acquisition of that degree of knowledge
which the world is otherwise capable of
attaining" New York and London:
G.P. Putnam's Sons; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmony
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

Fifty dollars head the Maine Popullsts
think would be about the right amount
of circulating medium. That would do
very well, especially if it could be ar
ranged SO as to keep it equally distributed
all the time, so that everybody would
ALWAYS have $50 in his inside pocket.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

In some directions the Hon. Henry W.
Blair has qualifications for Senator
superior to those possessed by the Hon.
william E. Chandler. He can talk
longer on stretch, great deal longer,
and he can say great deal less.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

TIE latest volume issued in Harper's
New Edition of William Blacks novels
is Donald Ross of Heimra, one of the
best of Mr.. Blacks admiral BILE STORES
New York: Harper & Brothers; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmon. Price
80 cents
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

The Hon. J. S. Coxey had arranged that
his daughter should lead the army
dressed in the stars and stripes and
mounted on snow white pony, nut the
grips mother has put her foot down and
saws she shall not go step.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The most recent publication of Mary
short stories; that which gives the
title to the volume "In Exile" Friend
Barton's Concern" "The Story of the
Alcazar," "a Cloud on the Mountain"
"The Rapture of Hetty,"and the "Watch-
man." This author adds to her talent
for composition the art of making grace
full drawings to accompany her stories
and is proficient in both authorship and
the artists craft. She has remarkably
keen insight into the emotions of women
and men and is full of intuition and
quick sympathy; yet she has mascu-
line knowledge of professional and bust
ness matters and to this unusual com BIZ
nation, and her love of out of doors life
and minute observation of natures
workings, is to be attributed the sue
cess of her books which are all too few
to meet the readers demands. In "In
Exilen the love story steals into ones
heart and yet it is of a sturdy sort by no
means touched with sentimentalism.
The manly lover is good fellow all
round and in his lonely life, striving to
build bit of home and light fire
upon his hearthstone, we are ourselves
rejoiced when the little schoolmistress
smiles upon him, perhaps triae visit
fully. II don't know that have any
thing,n she said under her breath IRE
ferring to friends and future.)
"Then," said he. taking her in his arms,
1T don't see but that we are ready to
enter the kingdom of heaven. 1t seems
very near to me-"
The second story has Quaker ele-
ment for it's background. The Alcazar
is of sea captains and the Spanish main:
while the remaining numbers are of
the West and engineering. Boston and
New York: Houghton. Mifain & COM
pany; Portland; Loring, Short & Har-
mon. Price$1.25.),
The Rousing of Mrs. Potter and Other
Stories. By Gertrude Smith. These
stories have called forth much favorable
comment as they have appeared, most
of them, In the magazines, and they
deserve the shelter of good book covers
to preserve their readable and original
qualities. There is lesson to be had
from Mrs. Potter's case OF what even
the bona fide invalid can do if she will
and that good lady's experiences are
set forth with much humor, truth to
life and desirable viacity. The author
also evokes narrative from religious
revivalism in very primitive form; the
episode of city loneliness to one who
loved the country and had come to
old age amid it's quiet Influences and
among other subjects, Christian Science
Lastly a little Italian sketch. 1t will
be seen that we have here variety and
versatile gifts. The New England
studies are the finest, but all have prom
Use and are interesting, Boston and
New York: Houghton, Miff1in Com
pany; Portland: Loring Short & Har-
mon. Price S1.25.)
Let the disputants over Shakes
neare's and Browning's plays as acting
and nonacting dramas; and the querists
as to our theatres rise or fall; and the
grumblers who declare we have no actors
today, read Mr.. Brander Matthews's
brochure entitled Studies of the Stage
IN Harner's American Essayists series.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

Prendergast gets two weeks reprieve
for an inquiry into his sanity. His JOY
at the extension of his time on eartn
seems to show that he isn't verT badly
out of his mind.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

.The Biddeford Journals exposure OF
the expenditures of the last city goVern-
ment of that city shows that Democrats
there don't labor for glory merely, but
want hard cash and plenty of it,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

The latest issue in The Riverside Litera-
ture Series is The Sir Roger Coverly
Papers, selected from the Spectator and
edited with an introduction and notes
Boston: Houghton, Miffiin & Co.; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmony
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY, MARCH "a.

The Biddeford Journal brings forward
the Hon. John M. Goodwin asa suicap'e
man to succeed Judge Libbey.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24
AUCTION SALES.
+. o. BAILEY & CO., Auctioneers.
RECEIVERS SALE.

TINE undersigned. fairy R. Virgin. receiver
i and trustee of the DEMO Automatic Alarm
Push Button Company. hereby gives not &c that
he will sell at public auction to the highest
bidder at the office OF Payson. Virgin y Davis,
No. "a EXCHANGE street Portland. Maine; on
WEDNESDAY. March %, 1894. at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, all his right title and interest,
as receiver and trustee as aforesaid, ana
all the right, title and interest, which
said DEMO Automatic Alarm Push But
ton Company had at the time OF It's
dissolution, in and to letters patent OF the
United States for an improvement in electric
signaling and alarm apparatus. numbered 1877,
83S, and bearing date February II. 1889; here
by giving notice to the purchaser r that Louise
royalty of 2 cents upon each push button
made and sold under said letters patent, Ipy
A. De 10 and said company bearing. date
October 4tb 1889. And said receiver viii also ais.
sell at the same time and place all his right,
title and interest in and to 5S 900 sets of shells
for push buttons.
HARRY r. VIRGIN.
Receiver and Trustee of DenioAutomatic Alarm
Push Button Company. marl3dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

Here with wit, point competent learn
ing and accuracy Mr.. Matthews discourses
upon the dramatization of novels; the
dramatic outlook in America of Charles
Lamb and the theatre; of Sarcey an
Lemaitre; Shakspere and Moliere; with
paper upon "the old comedies" and
"a plea for farce" A poI trait of the au-
thor with his autograph preceded the
title page. New York: Harper Broth
ers; Portland: Loring Short & Harmon.
Price $1.00,)
Theosophy or Christianity. Which? A
Contrast, by Rev. I. NJ. Haldeman, Pastor
First Baptist Church, New York city.
With an introduction by Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage, D. D., Brooklyn. The cover of
this fifty page treatise is sensationally
decorated with the head of Isis and vari-
Gus oriental emblems and with the cross
of Christ, but wreathed by the hooded
asp. If sensation be looked for in DR..
Talmage's introduction it will not be
found. 1t consists of three or four para
graphs of commentator of the work. 1t
may be that few brief definitions of
the leading theosophic beliefs would be
of real service to laymen and thought
full persons who have not time to study
original sources. 1t might make our
Christian teaching-even through failure
in practice-shine with new lustre. We
think it would. Bnt to the liberal
minded in religion Mr.. Halderman's state
ments of Christian doctrine are SO mar
row and we had almost said hurtful that
it engenders doubt as to his interpreta-
tion of theosophy. The authors inten-
ton is good; he gives the esoteric views
of the East as he literally understands
them. He often misses the spirit of
Jesus teaching when he sets forth his
own conceptions of Immortality. pub.
lished by Crosscup Company, ia Fifth
Avenue, New York. Price 40 cents.)
A POETS Portfolio, Later Readings, is
from the pen of W. Story (of Roba di
Roma fame), and in leisurely, compan-
ionable fashion weaves into chat good
deal of pleasant -prose, as vehicle for
verse. The poems wesfnd somewhat of
the pretty pictures of out of doors scenes,
lighter love songs and descriptions of
"Fionetta and the like. Where the theme
is contemplation there is a lack Of faith
ana so of buoyancy. Here is the closing
of selection however, entitled Battle
Hymn, of timbre and sterling ring, of
quite another order:
"Oh bind us to the mast, and seal our
ears,
For sweet, TOO sweet, are these allur-
ing strains.
Let Duty's trumpet sound, for in our
veins
The blood flows stagnant. courage GIBBS
away
While thus we listen. We are filled
with fears,
And ali we fain would stay.
But we for other lands beyond are
bound;
Here we must not delay,
The battle must be fought and not a
Must here be lost So let the trumpet
That all these siren voices may be
drowned;
Let us away.
Coul age, no shrinking, each to do his
part;
Steady, and forward with an honest
heart,
And victory,O God ours, we pray!
Boston and New York: Houghton,
Mifflin & Company; Portland Loring,
Short & Harmon. Price $1.00.)
The Mystery of Abel Forefnger, by
William Drysdale, illustrated, belongs to
the Harper's Young People Series, and
is a book eminently fitted to delight the
lorS Soma of the dra w nos are rathe
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

Secularism. It's Progress and Its Nor
ais, by John..M. Bonham, author of In
dustrial Liberty" is a clear and mastery
presentation of the subject in hand. I'm
der the divisions, Industrial Surround
ings, Intuition, Advanced Theology,
Qualified Science, Ethics, The Secular
Movement, Religious Consolation, and
Progress of knowledge, the author deals
with the problems of advance in morals
and philosophy. From his point of
view-the scientific in str:ctest applica-
tion to life and characterize offers a
logical, learned and particularly uncon-
fused system of the development of
man.
To the bigot, to the man more stable
in his theories than in his practise, to
the immoral rel1gionist, the book will
be of marked value. To the idealist
whose life in a great measure tallies
with a lofty standard and to whom
spiritual perceptions are more real than
material facts, it will prove barren and
DEAR AS review of the growth and
embodiment of essential truths through
ignorance and evil doing and as an his
torical record of the worlds attitude in
regard to invention, industrial pursuits,
morals, manners and religion the work
merits high commentator.
Like all disquisitions where Journalism
prevails and idealism is stricken out. it
is the flower without the perfume-the
bare bones without the warm clothing
of the living flesh.
The volume is handsomely printed in
large type and upon the best of marginal
paper. Nor does the scholar omit that
since qua non in such publications a
good index.
Perhaps the following quotation will
give an idea of the writer's views, i'm
possible in the brief review of work
which is the embodiment of subtle
thought and thorough research. "How-
ever zealously, then, the reverent ideal
list may seek to keep his ideals apart
from test by assuming that there is
something like an alter ego, or some ex-
traneous sacred power that may properly
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

The Mystery of Abel Forefinger, by
William Drysdale, illustrated, belongs to
the Harper's Young People Series, and
is a book eminently fitted to delight the
boys. Some of the drawings are rathe r
stiff, others have life, but in either case
they show forth such destinations as
a wild car loose upon the rails, water
spout, a tropical sea-garden, bandits,
caves and other lively depictions. This
means a trip to the West Indies and
Mexico, Bermuda, Jamaica, Martinique
with some bright boys to enjoy it and
no end of adventures on the way. The
book is instructive, as well as vivacious
and will be favorite. New York:
Harper & Brothers; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmon. Price 1.25.)
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-24

Let the disputants over Shakes
neare's and Browning's plays as acting
and nonacting dramas; and the querists
as to our theatres rise or fall; and the
grumblers who declare we have no actors
today, read Mr.. Brander Matthews's
brochure entitled Studies of the Stage
IN Harner's American Essayists series.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-06

children last Wednesday. Two died On
Thursday of smallpox and one on Satur-
day. Several of the others and the mother
are now sick. Kusch has been fighting
the disease sipgle-handed from the start.
His nearest neighbor, William Bishop.
lives half mile away, and be alone has
tried to help the afflicted family. He
went to Hales Corners tor a physician,
and the doctor came on Friday. but did
not enter the house. He left medicines for
the sick and took an order for one or two
small collins for the children. Then he
went away and has not been seen since.
Meanwhile the father kept up day and
night nursing his wife and the children
who yet live. and has not had time to
bury his dead babies. Their bodies were
still in the house this morning. His
neIghDors have been afraid to go near his
house. In addition to the care of his own
family. Kusch is caring for his wife's
mother, an aged invalid. who has lived
with them for years