The Irish standard., 1895-04-27
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| Spectato OF: The Duranit double murder
case In San Francisco has some elements
lit suggestive OF the Hayward case. ex-
1 cept that the chain of ciTcnm mstanttalsevi-
dence seems oven stronger Id the former.
Durant' IS nerve also closely resembles
that OF Hayward, whe her he be innocent en-
or guilty. 8 .. ,s. 5s 4 sss i4.Fa III;
/ The Progress: Adjustment of the state
geological survey and Of the office OF
state geologist was the object OF al bill
| railroaded through the lower house OF
7 the Legislature this week It seems In
by a. body Of average intelligence, The
| survey is of prime Importance and value
in. a state which possesses large mineral
wealth, and the amount annually ex-
pended, being less than $4,000; is an III
significant sum for the service rendered.
an example of the most fragrant false
leconomy and would reflect disgrace upon
the state. .a8fgs;.54s4a @ zs- 4 .@
Daily Times: The extreme fraa silver
ties assert that if we should drop to q
free silver basis, that is, TO silver mono
metallism, nobody would suffer but. a few
gold bugs in Wall street and elsewhere,
and what would be good enough for the
people Of the United States ought to be
sufficient for foreign creditors They pre-
tend to believe that the change from the
present gold standard Of values to the
free silver standard would hurt no one
except a small number Of capitalists, and
that at would be made without any seri-
GUS disturbance to trade, but with dis
tinct advantage to the toiling masses. Of
society. All of which is wildly and wide
ly wrong. The Democratic platform Of
1892 told the exact truth in the statement
that the farmers and the laboring classes
are "the first and most defenseless VIC
TINS Of unstable money and f1uctuating
currency" and yet half the Democratic
papers in the country are giving the lie
- the platform upon which they elected
their president. All history that bears
upon this subject confirms the proposi-
ton laid down in that platform.
Penny Press: The determination Of
the English government to compel the
little republic Of Nicaragua to comply
with it's Judgment for damages rendered
by an ex-parte court, has taken serious
form within the last three days. The
cable has teemed with news concerning
the movements of the English navy, pre-
paratory to the blockading of the port of
Corinto. That Great Britain means busi-
ness there can be no question, and that
our government at Washington is placed
for the first time il, g. position requiring
good judgment, but an immense amount
of American grit and American nerve,
there can be no doubt. 1.-The Monroe
doctrine, has been favorite principle Of
the Democratic party, but in the course
of an hundred years, there has never
been a splendid opportunity to define
just what that doctrine means as at the
present moment. What will the gov
ernment at Washington do ?"; is now upon
the lips of every reader Of the public
prints. 'fWe shall see what we see."
Tribue: President Cleveland,s princi-
pal offense, in his recent letter, according
to the silver papeG, seems to be his as
sertion that 1t is not sound policy to re-
duce the purchasing power Of money.
Does this make him a gold bug?"
Journal: In the ideal republic 1t will
not be necessary to enact new laws more
than four times a century. In this coun-
try there is legislative craze which will
wear itself out in the Twentieth century,
when people will discover that most OF
the evils from which they have been suf-
fering came from excessive and useless
and excessive law-n,aking. -. !,