The record-union., 1895-05-25
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Rev. Anna B. Shaw wants to be police
man and with the hobbies stand. Anna,
there is not the slightest objection in the
world to your trying it. But before you don
the helmet and blue we want to wager gloves
with you for two that the first time refrac-
tory prisoner puts his paws upon your per-
SON. you'll excIaim, 'You nasty beast, take
your hands Off! There!
Susan B. Anthony says she gave up one OF
the best OF homes thirty years ago to do bat
tie for 1.-The cause" What a pity, what a pity,
Aunt Susan. If. instead, you had put your
self at the head of home in all these thirty
years, how much you might have broadened
your sphere OF usefulness, standing forward
as wife and mother. with sons and daughters
rising up around you and calling you
blessed.
Between April 18th and May 4th thirty
nine manufacturing establishments in the
United States, employing over 10000 wage
earners, voluntarily increased rates of wages
| from to 121a per cent. Twenty manufac-
turers In the preceding month had volun-
tariIy advanced wages. So here is evidence of
two things, that it is not true that wages once
reduced are never restored, and secondly,
that better times have really dawned.
Up in Montana Miss Knowles ran for AS
sistant Attorney General against Henri J..
Haskell and came very near beating him. He
won by scarcely neck. Then Miss Knowles
came on to California and Henri followed her
and in day or so they are to marry right un-
der the nose of the Woman Congress. and
that highly watchful and fearless body says
never word Will wonders never cease?
Hello! Here is Michigan after about half
century of trial proposing to abolish life I'M
prisonment and restore hanging for murder
In that State the theory antagonistic to capi-
tai punishment has not proved itself; it has
failed; murder has greatly increased and
sentimental punishment has not lesseped
crime.
We think that the Portland Oregoniaa
makes apt reply in short questions to the
statement of the Spokane ReUieaO when the
latter declared that natural money of daily
use is silver with which we pay for bath and
our breakfast and cigar. and so on. But
asks the Oregonian, if so, why debase this
natural money Of daily use? Why not keep
it as good as gold? Why by throwing gold
out reduce the purchasing power OF sill
YER? Why not adhere to the policy that
keeps the poor mans silver as good as the
rich mans gold j? Or, shall we force gold away
from silver, lose the parity and let silver
money fall to siIver-buIlion value?
The faculty of the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor have made themselves legiti-
mate subjects for harsh criticism. They have
expelled an honorable, upright young man
on the eve of his graduation, because IN regu-
lar course as retained correspondent for 3
New York paper, which fact the faculty knew
and consented to, he told how certain
students of the medical department made a
sandwich out of human flesh, and induced
another student, by false representation, to
eat it. That the story is true there is no doubt.
Then, what was there wrong In printing it
The faculty should have applauded the CORE
spondent and have shown that the university
does not fear publicity. On the contrary,
Mr.. Cameron was expelled and the perpe-
traitors of the sandwich outrage are not
hunted down and lashed out of the school. To
fail to unearth the guilty; to punish
the man who did the public and
morality good service by making the
outrage known. and the attempt to prevent
publication, to suppress the news of the affair
ALI these were objectionable blunders and
will tend to encourage rowdyism in our col
leges.