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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04

taI1 cnuuls5 pnrApu ur1gnOTy ana wnlte
flowers shed soft fragrance
Jeanne Marie saw nothing. Her
thoughts were wandering. But gradual.
ly sense Of peaceful joy crept over her,
and happiness, so long stranger to her,
filed her soul. She knelt motionless as
if entranced, giving herself up to the
new sensation, though she knew not
whence it came. Slowly at last she real
lied that she was in the church and that
a voice in the choir was singing the
Easter hymn, tenor voice, sweet, high
and clear as an angels.
"Resurrexit sicut dixitl" CHE has
risen as he said, he is Observation-Disclosures !''
sang the voice, pouring forth triumphant
iy over the Kneenng rnrong. And the
people listened devoutly, some with tears
in their eyes, some with faces radiant
and joyous. They were thinking of the
glory Of the resurrection and the deep
import Of the mystery, but Jeanne Marie
thought only of that Holy Mothers JOY
when she saw her son again.
Too soon the sweet voice sank into ST.
lence, the organs peals were hushed,
the hymn was finished, and Jeanne Marie
clasped her hands together duplicating
ly and prayed to God to pardon her re-
bellion.
Then when all was over and the peo-
pie went out of the church the lonely
woman still knelt, with her face cover
ed. There was NO one else in the church
but two fgures-a man and woman
kneeling near the door-as Jeanne Marie
rose and walked slowly out. On the
steps few persons stood talking.
A great singer indeed" said one,
land SO young. He has future before
him.
"They say his mother is an old friend
OF our PASTORS. and that is why he sang
for us today" said another. "She is a
widow, and he supports her. All, what
good son she has p
Jeanne Marie was alone on the steps
when an elderly, sweet faced woman
leaning on young mans arm came out
of the church. They were both smiling,
and the other woman looked at them
wistfully. They stopped near her, and
the man put on his hat. AS he did 81
Jeanne Marie saw that his hands were
deformed. There was no mistaking
those shriyeled, twisted fingers. 1t was
her long forgotten son that stood before
her. With cry Of joy she made herself
known to him. While she talked the
other woman looked at her in terror and
olung still closer to the youth, whose
pale face flushed as he listened.
A dead silence followed, and then the
mother added:
81 was cruel and hard, but you will
forgive me. am SO lonely!"
my father is dead, you saya Poor
motherl You are indeed alone" He
spoke softly and pityingly, but at the
same instant he clasped the thin hand
which rested on his arm and with his
crippled fingers oaressed it lovingly.
Come home, my son." cried Jeanne
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RAILROADS.
Boston & Maine r. r
WESTERN DIyISION-
In Effect October 20. 1895.

WESTERN DIVISION.
Trains leave Portland. Union Station, for
scarborc Crossing. 1000 a. M. 5.16,6 90 ..
| m. Scarboro Beach, Pine Point, 7 90, II 90
an. m;' n3; 80: 5;i5 s2 g NJ; old Orchard.
sane 100 100 SO M M, 1d'4o M $50 he ms
s.2o pm Wells Beach. ZOO. 40 q. M. $50,
q. m. 12.4o, $50, 5.l5 p. NJ; Kennebunk.
port, somerswo rth, Dover. ZOO, $40 m
l2:4o; 2. Sc, 5.15 pm; Rochester. FarEaing,,
We Sa sss g. mn 1 Mepss $50
somersworth and Rochestsr,) 100 a m
Manchester, Concord, TOO a m. $50 D. m.
rsnoe goae 9oo sa6a navsshi
M no z Exeter Boston. +s45. 100 IS 3oa M l..
Sd1;;eo: $50 p 10. Arrive in Boston, +7.25,
R tU;no a. nm ia Is:nS, 4;2o al5 m. Leave
4.16 =. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
For Boston. express 3.45 a. m. For Boston
ana way stations. LOO, 4.l5 p. m. Arrive 10
Boston. 20 g. NJ, E.27, 844 d. m.
Boston for Portland, 3.45 a. m.
EASTERN DIVISION.
from Union Station for Cape Elizabeth,
$40 g. M; Saco. Conway Junction,
MOUTH Gof 1m sEU a, M; siddeford. Ports
Lynn. Boston, t2.60, 1900 a. M: S1265
500 =. 70. Arrive in Boston. s. IS a. M. IL. 40.
z.16. s;2o P. m. Leave BOSTON for Portland,
''~' Oe~ w. nt., 11.So, TOO, TAO p. III.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
FOR Biddeferd. Portsmouth. Newbury
port. Salem. Lynn, Boston. 2. 90 a. M, 2.55
2. In; arrive In Boston, 5.58 o. M. 4.15 p.
u, oo leave Boston Tor Portland. $500 a. M.
tDoes not run Mondays.
South and West.
Monneets with Sound Lines for New York.
western Division from North Berwick Sun
days only
tfConnocts at Scarbor0 Crossing with
Galn Tor Boston via Eastern Division.
-. IhouRn tickets to all points In Florida.
the South and West for sale az Ticket Office,
Union station.
D: J. FLANDERS. G. p. and 7. A.. Boston.
1e2l Oft
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An Old PhjIade1pb;a Church

OF the quaint spots which retain the
odor Of the pre- Revolutionary days in this
city, the belfry tower of the Old Swedes'
church, on Swanson street, below Chris
tian, is one Of the most interesting. The
timbers, that were placed in position in
1900, are still in first class condition, and
well they may be, for they were hewn out
of solid oak by the honest labor of colonial
carpenters. The bell was originally cast
in Sweden and was recast in 1898. The
tongue is the same that has been ringing
for more than 200 years. The inscription
that was on the original bell and was re-
tanned in the reoasting Is this:
to the church the living call,
And to the grave summon all
S.-.s.ss., s.Philaaslpha RsasSA
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RAILROADS.
MAINE CENTRAL Il. e

In Effect December e2. 1895.
Trans leave Portland, UnoE Station, Railway
square, for stations named below and inter-
mediate points as follows;
200 a. M. For Brunswick. Bah, Rockland,
hhugusta, Waterville Skowhegan, PIttsfeld,
BrnHs1s, bucksport, Lisbon Falls, Lewiston via
$50 a. m; For Danville Jc. POLAND Springs,
Hm issn rails, Fails, Rumford Falls, Lawiston.
~, lve[more rails. Pennington, Phillips, Range
icy, Oakland and Wateryille
w, aahca Sh st Johnsbury, Sherbrooke.
Modn aIf lineage. st. Paul and Minneapolis
1880 a. m. For Brunswick, Bath, Lisbon
Falls, Lewiston, via. Brunswick, Gardiner Au-
Fails Augusta BansUT Bar H HsSSa
Oldtown and Houlton, via b. & < '''' AAN' IVA
LIB p. M, For Danyille Jc, Poland Springs
lewiston Farningtoa kinsasid .0rd rh TiatEs
Oakland, Bingham. Waterylllu, Skowheean
Bangor aud VanceboEo.
gusta, Bath. Roekland and ali stations H on
Knox s. Lincoln division. Watervile, Skow-
hogan. Belfast Dover and Foxcroft, Green.
St. John, Halifax, Honlton and Woodstock.
burg. North CONWAY. Fabyans, Lancaster.
500 p m. For Brunswick. BATH. Lisbon
Falls. Augusta and Waterville.
Po,ITS For New
springs ottttiOLt 1AcSudano
Falls, Auburn and Lewiston
HOO p. m, Night Express. sleeping cars, ior
Bath, Lewiston, Augusta, Watervile,
Bangor, Bar Harbor, Bqcksport, VancebOrO, st.
stephens. st John and ali Aroost0Ok County.
hallK~x and the Provinces. bnt does not run TO
Belfast Dexter, Dover and Foxcroft or beyoad
Bangor, Saturday nights.
SUNDAY TRAIES.
gustss watsfvilIs and Bangor. M
LOO p. M. For Brunswick Lisbon Fails.
Lewiston, Bath. Augusta. Waterv'Ile. and
Hoop. M, Night Express with sleeping
cars for al! points.
ARRIVALS IN PORTLAND.
From Montreal, Quebec, Fabyans. Bridgton
$40 d. m; Lewiston aud Mechanics Falls
$50 a. M; Waterville, Augusta and Bath,
$3.50. m. Mattawamkeag bangor and Rockland
1925; Kingfsld. Phillips, Harrington, Rum
ford Falls, Skowhegan, Oakland and Lewiston
p. ~. Skowhegan. Waterville, Rock
land $50 p: M; st, John. st. Stephen.
Aroostook County, Bar Harbor and Bangor
5,3E p. m.; Ranseley, Pennington. Rnmford
Falls, Skowhegan. Lewiston g. p. m; Chicago
and Montreal and all White Mountain
points. $40 pm. all points on B. g. A. R. R.,
Bangor, Bar Harbor, LAO a. m:
express Halifax, St. John. Bangor Watervills
and Augusta, $50 a. m.
PAYSON FUCKER, V.P.&G,M.
F. E. BOOTHBY, G. s. ia.
Portland. Dec. II. 1896.
Oct4 dtf
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COME HOME, MY SON." CRIED JEANNE MARIE
It drew them closer together than all
their happiness.
1t came about in this way: They had
child, beautiful boy, and when he
was scarcely 8 years old he died. Then
there came another one, a weak, tiny
babe, to fill the dead ones place. But
he was deformed. His hands were shriv-
eled and twisted. They were dreadful
to look at. People said this was due to
the mothers ceaseless grieving for her
firstborn, and the surgeons tried their
best to remedy the matter, all in vain.
Yet the child lived and thrived, and
the mother hated God for having taken
her perfect boy and given her this one.
Tonta was mcfe patient. He suffered
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Portland & Rumf0rd Falls R'Y.

In Effect Oct. 7, 1895.
DEPARTURES.
$50 A. NJ. & Lie F. M. From Union Station
for Poland, Mechanic Falls, Buckhsld, Can
ton. Dixfeld and Rumford Fals
$50 a. m, 1.o5 ana 5.10p. m. From Union
Station Tor Polana and
Mechanic Falls.
Train leaving Union Station Lilo p. m. con-
meets at Rursford Falls with t. F. g. r. L, R. Il.
train for BYRON .nd Houghton.
Through passenger coaches between Union
Station, Portland and Rumfard Falls.
Through tickets ON sale for all points
on L. j. II. F. R'y.
R. c. BRADFORD. Traffic Mgr.
Portland, Maine
L. Z. LINCOLN. Superintendent.
Feb1Odu Rumford Falls. Mains
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HER EASTER ANTHEM
By vEIRs-S MITHsoN.
Copyright, 1895, by the Author.l

Copyright, 1896, by the Author.l
Jeanne Marie leaned against the door
of the church and wept.
Jeanne Marie had been a pretty little
woman. Her people were Gascons, but
she and her husband Tonta lived in a
plain white painted house on the road
side near the city limits of New Orleans.
They were happily married, for their
choice was due to love, and is there
anything else in this world that brings
more happiness? If there is, neither
Jeanne Marie nor Tonta knew of it.
But soon they had great sorrow, and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04
STEAMERS.
STEAMERS.
HARPSWELL STEAMBOAT co.

Beginning November 9th, Steamer Merry.
ooneag will leave Portland Pier, Portland-
daily, Sundays excepted.
Hsrpsws BalsHs and orrss Islands
p. ~. For Cliff Island, Monday. Wednesday
and Friday 2,2o. p m.
mediate landings. Arrive at Portland ala
IN. ISAIAH eDANIELS,
oct5dtf &c nj Manager
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04
GRAND TRUNK
RAILWAY.

On and after MONDAY. Nov. 18th, 1898
trains will run as follows:
LEAVE.
For Auburn and Lewiston 7.15, 7.55 a. m
Ito, 1.30, $40 p. M
For Gorham and Berlin, 7.55a. M. 100 and
$50 p. m, and Sunday 7.3O a. M.
For Island Pond, 7.55 a. M, and 100 p. m.
For Montreal and Chicago, 7.55 a. M, and
1,30 p. m.
For Quebec, 1.30 p. m.
ARRIVALS.
From Lewiston and Auburn. S.2B a. M, and
1915 $40. 5.15 and $50 D. M
From Island Pond. Berlin and Gorham
S.25, a. ~. 1915 and s. 80 p. m.
From Chicago ana Montreal. 1915 and $50
p. m.
From Quebec. 1915 a. m
On and after Sunday, March sth. a train
will leave Portland every Sunday at 7.3O a.
m. for Berlin. N. H., and all intermediate
stations, arriving at Berlin, N. H., at IL a.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on Night
trains and parlor cars on day trains.
TICKET OFFICE NO. lit MIDDLE
STREET, AND DEPOT AT FOOT OF INDIA
STREET.
CHAS. M. HAYS, GenI Manager.
Portland. Nov. 18th. 1870. diff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. ESQ.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04
Spring Advancement.
DOMINION LINE.

Royal Mail Steamships-Liverpo Service
via Londonderry.
From From From
Liverpool. Steamers. Portla nd. Halifax
March | Vancouver March 20 March %.
March 10 Labrador April April II
April scotsman April % April %
!, Steamers sail on Thursday after arrival of
all trains due at Portland t noon.
Rates of passage-First Cabin $50 to S7O
return 500 to $50, according to steamer
and berth.
Second Cabin to Glasgow or Belfast, Iiy-
er DOL or Londonderry, $1,000 and return
$500. To London, Bristol OF Cardiff So
additional, or S61 return. Steerage to
Liverpool, Londonderry, London, Belfast,
Queenstown and Glasgow, &24.5O and
1875. so, according to steamers.
Apply TO Il. q. STARR, 2 1-2 Union
Wharf, 7. P. MCGOWAN. AS Congress
street, J. ". PETERSON. 2 Exchange
street. or DAVID TORRANCE & co.. Gen
agents. Foot of India street. dec1ldtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04

"Hark" " Hark' Across the f1eeoy sky
The wild geese from the Southland fly,
Ger head they 90 and sound their cry,
Still Northward Northward driven by
The Genius of the Spring
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04

They herald in the golden hours,
The April buds, the Easter Howers,
The sunshine and the soft, warm showers,
While all the blue birds sing
Roy L. McCardell.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04
international Steamship Co.

- FOR
easipon. Labeo. Calais, StJohn N.B., HalIfax,N.S.
ana an parts OF New Brunswick, Nova Sco-
tia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Bret
on. Inc favorite route to Campobslo and
St. Andrews. n. b.
Spring Arrangement.
On and after Monday, March 18th, steamer
Will leave Portland on Mondays and Thursdays
at BOO p. m.
Returning leave st. John and PASSPORT same
days.
Through tickets issued and baggage checked
to destination. Freight received up to 400
p. m.
For Tickets and Staterooms, apply at the
Pine Treo Tickst ONCE, Monument Square
or for other information at Company's Office.
Railroad Wharf, foot of State street.
ap29dtf j. B.COYLE, Gen. Man.
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MAINE STEAMSHIP co.
New Work Direct Line,
LONG ISLAND SOUND BY DAYLIGHT
Delightful and lnyjgoratlng Sea TrIn,

The Steamships Manhattan and Cct.a.a
City leave Franklin wharf TUESDAYS, ThnsS
days and Saturdays at p. m. Retul ling, leave
Fare to New York, one way, $500; Round
trip $500.
). B. C0YLE, Manager,
j, F. LISCoMB. General Agent nof9Ass
81
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04

MAINE COAST NAVIGATION co.
For Bath Popham Beach, Roothbay Harbor and
Wisoassett
On and after Tuesday, Oct. 29th, the new
and fast
STEAMER SALACIA-
will leave Franklin Wharf, Portland, on Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays at s s. m
for, Popham Beach. Bath, Boothbay Harbof
and Wiscassett
Wednesdays and Fridays at 6.45 a, m.
for Boothbay Harbor, Bath. Popham Beach
and Portland
Fare, s1.o0 to Bath, Boothbay Harbor and
Wiscassett.
o. G. OLIVER, CHAS, r. LEWIS
President Treasurer
oct29 diff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04

The Spaniards say that since the death
OF the Saviour the rosemaryFhas put forth
fresh flowers every Fridayas if to embalm
His holy body. They say that the little
psriwinkles dotting the fields in spring.
time are the tears of Jesus Christ.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04
EASTER CUSTOMS.
Strange ObserVaRces Of the Day in
Spain and Italy.
THE EASTER CAROCCIA A REMIND
Err OF PAGAN DAYS.

vaiencia's Peculiar Good Friday Service
Easter Day of Worldly Pleasure in
Granada-Strange Customs Observed in
Salamanca
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ie2 9
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23
A DiSTtRDLT MURDER.
A seaboard Air Line Engineer Assassinat'"
bya Tramp.


WELDON, y. c.. Feb. 22.-Speciai'-
Mr.. NJ. NJ Dodd. a passenger ehe'ieo'
ON engine No. 4, OF the Seaboard Air Line,
was shot and killed here this morning
about o'clock by Henry powden,
negro. who beat his way here from ha-
leigh last night. A..
The murder OF Mr.. Dodd IS one OF the
most horrible overt committed in the
county. and without the Seast shadow OF
excuse on the part OF the assassin,
II appeared from the evidence az ihe
coronor's inquest that Dowden came on
the engine and asked the fireman IL TINS
was Weldon. TIE fireman said yes, ana
told him to ge. off. as Mr.. Dodd was
oiling and getting ready 10 leave. Mr.
Dodd cot on ard asked the negro what ne
wanted ana took him gently by the arm
and said; Get of. now; / am going 10
leave" The negro got on the ground
and then asked for light TO see TO get
his hat. \ light was held. Il heard 4
pistol shot Mr.. DOdd screamed anu
iuunped. or fell from his cab dead.
Dovden was arrested He denied having
a pistol. but one was found on his per-
son. IL had one empty cartridge shell ana
smelled as IL it had been recently ifed'
Mr.. V. b. Sturdavant was examined
and said ne was foreman of the Pullman
shops in Richmond. lie identified the
prisoner as the same man who had trled
TO escape on the train after he shot the
engineer. Mr.. Sturdayant showed the
negro off the platform, and as he did so
he saw that he came up 10 the descrlo-
tion Of the man who it was said had
I killed the engineer.
Mr. Sturdayant got off the train and
ran back.
About that time officers who had been
| looking for the murderer came up ana ar
rested the negro. lie heard the negro
deny having a pistol, but saw one taken
from him. and took it and smelt II. 1t
smelt OF fresh burned powder.
DR.. Green said he examined the body
and found the bali. lie tried IL In the
empty shell in the pistol taken from the
prisoner. IL fitted precisely.
Mr.. DOdd was a gentleman highly es-
teemed, and leaves a wife and children,
who reside az Portsmouth.
The coroner's jury found that Dodd
came 10 his death by a pistOl-shot wound,
and that the pistol was i'm the hands OF
| Henry Dowden. The prisoner was then
remauded 20 jail 10 await the action OF
| the grand jury next week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23

nropriation TO the a. z. Y. A. was
greeted with reclamation.
Governor O'Ferran was the next speak
or. and paid one of the most glowing anu
eloouent tributes 10 Southern WoinahhoCu
that fl has ever been paid lie o"eit
with force upon the Southern woman, WIZ
e,ove nm father brother, husband OF
The cause. and while these served
90 in hattie. served Him berseH AT
$50 with her aching heart, or IN the
,'os-itals noinistered TO His woundeo OF
dying. -, .,,,, s,,hs.antially
Governor OFerrah spON0
as follows: 49,.
ras,os ~ the Confederate Literary Memo
sdies ana Gentlemen,-I think ] can can
sav boldly that the bloody stllle VI -.1'
70 1866 developed in the men on lhe So 80.
traits OF character as ennopiihs an ~
exalting as ever adorned r's can
5o,- davned of creation. 1 thihk / can
lain confidently that for courage "te
6sring chivalry and bravery. the "oIiu
bae never seen the superior OF the south-
- eoidiers. think / can assert de-
0antiv that the annals Of time present no
leaves more brilliant than tho'e upon
which are recorded the deed ana eciii ~
ments of the followers OF the soueno,"
cross / think / can proclaim Triumph
o,tiv that from the South's beloved Pres
,Sont and the peerless commander or her
armies I'm the field down TO the private III
her ranks, there was display Oh pa
triotism perhaps unequaled' certainly
never surpassed, since this passion was
.nplanted in the human breast
But as grand as the South was IN her
cons she was crander still in her daugh-
tere, ss sublime as she was in her men,
she was sublimer still I'm her women.
History is roplete with bright and beau-
tiful examples of wOman's devotion 10
home and birthland, Of her forttudei
trials and sufferings in her country
cause. and the woman Of the Confederacy
added many luminous pages 10 what hau
! already been most graphically written
Yes. those Spartan wives ana motheIa'
with husbands or sons, or bOth' AZ inc
front directed the farming operations,
snDnorttnp their families at home and
suDDlviDg the armies; they sewed, knitted,
weaved. and spun then in the hospitals
they were ministering angels. turning lhe
/ heated pillow. smoothing the Wfnhied
cot cooling the parched lips, stfokins the
burning brow. staunching the ho"lyS
blood. binding up the gaping WOUNDS
l trimming the midnight taper, ana sltliAB
/ In fbo stiuners. only broken by the groans
| of The sick and wounded, pointing the de-
narting spirit the way 10 God, closing
! sbe eightiess ewes, and then following
| tbc bilr 10 a Hollywood or some humber
/ enot. and then dropping the purest tear.
Trev saw the flames licking the clouds
ae tbeir homes with their clinging memo
/ ries were reduced TO ashes. they heard OF
| the carnage Of battle, followed by the
,ootber's deep moan, the wife's low SOD
| FOR alas. she could not weep tAe o.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23
The WALTON LAW MAY STAY.
Serious ApDrelGnSi0RS That an Election
Bill Cannot be Passed.
LAWMAKERS ARE ALL At Sea.
The House Does Not Like the senate S""-
Gus Bill and tho senate VIII Not sup
port the Craig Emblem Measure
They Cannot Foresee the Result

The matter CT an election law for Nlr-
c.nia. which seemed 10 have been set'ea
bv the action OF the Senate caucus
short time since. is now In a worse muu-
die than ever. and astute representatives,
confess that they fail TO foresee a solu-
ton OF the question. which Is OF 80 s'oas
moment TO the people OF virginia.
As will be remembered. Dill was "Siee'
upon at the aboye-mentloned caucus, az
ter a bitter fighs. which passed ,he sen
ate by n large and strictly party vote
senator George W. KeezeI, OF Rocking
ham. being the only Democratic memo.r
who refused to sanction 4, and VINO uiu
not vote either way. IL was thought at
the time that this bill would be pass'a
by the House OF Delegates In lieu OF some
thing better. and that the whole matter
would be thus settled.
THE CRAIG BILL.
Later developments. however. have
shown that these calculations were not
well founded for the Committee on PrlVi-
leges and Elections Of the House. by
close vote, reported the Craig elecuoh
bill favorably. The bill provides for
blanket ballot, with party emblemsi does
away with the special constable, ana au-
ilOllLeS llt JUDGES Oi titfiiVu W "''.TN
physically or educationally, disqualified
voters. IL also provides that a certain
number of official ballots shall be posted
UP at the polls for the guidance OF voters.
The Senate, Il will be remembered, re-
fused by a large vote to incorporate this
feature into the measure adopted by the
caucus.
1t is said that the Craig biz meets tho
views of number probably a majority.
Of the members of the House OF Delegates.
notably the Republicans, Of whom there
are thirty-two. and the indications are
that IL will pass that body.
There will be bitter opposition 10 this
bill in the Senate. and there seems TO be
no probability that It can pass that body.
A prominent senator, I'm discussing tho
question with Times reporter yesterday.
expressed himself very vigorously Ia re-
gard to IL.
ALL AT SEA.
II will support no measure" he said.
(which was dictated 10y the Republican
members OF the House. 1 confess that
We are all at sea now on the election-law
| question. and no man can tell what the
result will be-"
The above remark seems 10 he the
/ general sense of the Senate. and IL IL
| now seriously feared by those opposed TO
| the Walton law that this General Assem-
| bly, will adjourn without passing any
| election law at all, and that the peoplo
| OF Virginia will he compelled to endure
| the present law for two years longer.