The advocate., 1897-11-17
Public Opinion.

maLcneb IN LnlS SLhLe'
New York Evening Post: The Repub-
lican party Is an essential element In the
peculiar regime which reigns In this city.
Tammany could not have succeeded
within the last thirty years without 1t.
Atlanta Constitution: Whatever may
have been the faults Of the great Chi
cago millionaire, 1t Is certain that he has
left behind him In his last will and testa-
ment a monument for wisdom, justice
and benevOlence which will perpetuate
his name in grateful remembrance.
New York Mail and Express: It is bad
enough OF those bold Missouri rascals to
issue counterfeit silver dollars, but their
offense is rendered sill wickeder by the
fact that their coins contain more and
finer silver than those turned out by the
government mints. Uncle Sam can
never contend against ruinous cOmpeti-
ton like that.
Chicago Chronicle: We do things bet
ter in this country than they do in China.
Since its establishment 1900 editors OF
the Pekin Gazette, the official organ Of
the Emperor, have lost their heads. With
us one editor has been known to lose his
head 800 times, which Is a great saving
OF raw material as compared with the
Chinese system
Philadelphia Record; The Union Pa
cifc subsidy was rOundly condemned
once as extravagant. 1t would have
been justified by national advantages
gained II nothing had been repaid AS
il Is, the government has got back prin-
cipal at per cent. How many other
private investments Of thirty years ago
have done better?
Atlanta Chronicle: Governor Atkin-
son is emphatically right in urging that
what are called county convlCts' should
be put under State control as fully as the
penitentiary convict. They are all State
convicts, differing only in the grade Of
the ofiense, and there should be no more
traffic. in the blood and misery of the one
than In that of the other.
Detroit Journal Too much money Is
expended in municipal campaigns. Thou
sands Of dollars are spent for halls, lit
erature, and inCidentals, that ought not
to be spent. Both parties are too lavish
with money. The effect Of their prodi-
put to 1t, or else we shall soon deVOlute
back to the recklessness that marked our
campaigns when voting was done on the
free-fOr-all principle.
New York Commercial Advertiser: II
the Jews can do our business and man
age our newspapers better than others,
let them. There are things which the
more imaginative Christian can do better
than the practical Jew. Let him turn his
hand where 1t can do the most. Besides,
1t Is always well to remember that II
there is any real danger from the racial
feeling Of the Jews, the most effective
way of increasing that danger is to in
sist upon 1t.
New York Journal: The people have
voted against sham reform, but not
against true reform. They are anxious
for good government, with all that Inn
plies, as the most superior member Of
the Citizens Union. They want clean
streets and the honest expenditure Of
public money, and they expect to get
these things from the Democracy. New
York Is once more Democratic city
the first Democratic city In America
the impregnable stronghold Of Democ-
racy in the Union.
Springfield Republican: One Of the IL
linois courts has decided that under the
Australian ballot system a voter can
not be compelled to disclose for whom
he voted. 1t is stated that this principle
Of law holds good even when the legal
ity Of an election is questioned in court
proceedings and when knowledge of how
certain voters cast their ballots is neces-
sary to determine the issue. This is no
more than saying that when the law Gre