The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-28
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Mr.. w. T. Curtis, who has spent
much time in Japan, says there is not
an almshouse i'm that country, and a
beggar is neuer seen on the streets.
Japan is a silver country.
The. Sampson Democrat prints a let
ter written by ex7Judge Russell to a
Sampson Republican in which this
sentence occurs: AS things now
stand, / have the nomination but great
changes in sentiment can prevent it"
One husslred dollars "a month will be
the pay of Populist Lloyd in the United
States Senate. Grant. Republican, il
elected. will get In the neighborhood
of $500 a month. This is about the
way the Popsalists have Jared all along.
Justice Waiter Clark, whose name
has been so prominently mentioned in
connection with the Silver party's
nomination for Governor, is quoted as
saving that he is not a candidate, and
could not accept the nomination, even
if it were rendered bim,-Winsfon Sen
finel.
The Sampson Democrat calls atfen-
6ion to the fact that pending discus
sion in the House last week upon the
resolution requiring the Secretary Of
Z Agriculture to continue sending free
seeds to the farmers, Dir. Skinner
made this statement: II am the rep
resenfative upon this floor Of the very
cradle Of the government, the country
of the Dismal Swamp where the fox fire
is as strong as lamp"
Salisbury gets the Southern railroad
shops. The Herald says there is much
congratuiation and talking about it.
prefacing its article with these words:
THE first thing that set the tongues
to wagging WAS special telegram
from Washington TO the Raleigh News
and Observer which was given the
heading Salisbury Gets the Shops.
The Southern Railway has Already
Closed the Deal" They all read the
News and Observer
The most recently published statis-
tics of the English population show
that while the birth rate for 1894 was
the lowest on record, the birth rate for
11s
hibited marked improvement. During
1895 there was an increase in popula
ton Of 353, 900 men, women and child
rem, an increase of 1900 over the
average annual increase. Marriages
were also more numerous during the
latter half Of the year
The letter Of Hon. A. M Waddell,
published iii Sundays Wilmington
Messenger, taking the ground that
the wicked are not punished eyeriast-
inglY, but that they suffer capital
punishment eternal death, utter
destruction, has started quite a discus
sion and number Of replies have been
published already. Immortality. Col.
WaddeI holds, is the birthright Of the
righteous, only, aud he maintains that
nowhere in the Scriptures can author
ity be found for the doctrine Of eternal
punishment.
Bishop Samuel Fallows, Of Chicago,
said in a recent sermon: I'm settling
the compensation of men who labor
the ruling thought with employers
should not be what is the lowest sum
! can pay them, but what ought they
to be paid that / may obtain q fair
profit and allow their families to live
like human beings. The scale of
wages would be changed in many large
establishments if this idea prevailed,
and the enormous profits accumulated
by men who live like lords and own
great estates on both sides of the
ocean would be divided among hun
dreds of families, which would enable
them TO enjoy the comforts of home
life
The recent votes in the Legislatures
show that the movement for the wo-
man suffrage is losing ground in New
England. in Vermont and in Massa-
chusetts there was a decided drop
from previous records, and in all the
other New England States suffrage
bills have been defeated. In Maine
the House passed a municipal suffrage
bill aud the Senate defeated it; in
New Hampshire the House refused a
third reading to municipal suffrage
hIl In Connecticut the Senate re-
iccted municipal suffrage bill which
the House had passed, and in Rhode
Island a proposition for suffrage
amendment was referred to the next
Legislature.