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Year: 1878

The Princeton hazing business calls
attention anew to the failure of the new
tangled notions about letting college
boys have their own way. American
boys are not German boys, and however
suitable the German system may be to
the country which gave it birth, it
seems destined to break down when tried
here. American college boys are fat,
well fed and most of them with money.
They are an entirely different class from
the poor boys who crowd q German uni
versity, struggling hard to win a schol-
arship for the hopes of livelihood
which college honors hold out. Old or
young, these Germans are men, and feel
the responsibility of the situation. They
can be trusted. Our boys have no such
weight upon them. Their fathers have
money and the young men hope to spend
it. College is not training school for
the most Of them, but rather place af-
fording chance for fun"


Criminal fun, which hazing is, ought
to be sternly repressed. Co-education
might do something towards doing away
with it, for the presence of the opposite
sex and the desire to stand well with
the girls" would tend 10 repress the
savage in all but the most case-hardened.
But young blood must be cooled. Dis
cipline is needed. And very often de-
grading and humiliating mode of pun
ishment has more effect as a deterrent
than the most stringent discipline or the
most exemplary punishments. Public
whipping at the town whipping post is
the cure for hazing. 1t might not sue
ceed, but the chances are that it would.
The bare back of young sophomore
would not be very heroic spectacle for
his fellows, and if one was punished in
this way the ofense for which he suffered
this degradation-the ogspunishment
would cease to be popular. 1t may be
remembered that in Rome, when the
suicide of women became common, q
law was passed directing the exposure Of
all femal suicides nude to the public
gaze. Woman's native modesty acted
as the best deterrent, and to avoid post
mortem shame the illsof life were borne
Shame to be visited on one while living
I is much ivelier anticipation thar
shame which is to come after death, ant
hence we may well anticipate that the
visitation of the most humiliating O


punishments-public fogging-on higf
strung young men would be almost SUR
| to work the removal of a nuisance
Whip the hazers on the bare back-thi
is more like to prove effective than send
ing the young gentleman home to hi


parents or trying moral suasion upol
| II n


civilization, the whipping post.
Year: 1878

The ghoul.Iike robbery of the remains
of A. T. Stewart fills the public mind
more with disgust than sympathy. The
life of the man who had it in his pow


er to do vast amount of good for his
fellow men ebbed out without the en-
dowment Of single educational, be.
nevolent or reformatory institution. We
have no desire to speak disrespectfully
Of the dead, but it is in place here to say
that with all his great wealth his life
was perfect blank. He died without
leaving single bensfaction, unless the
experiment Of the great mammoth hotel
for women exclusively built by his
money, and which proved miserable
failure, may bs called one. The effort
10 conduct the establishment in the
limo Of it, avowsd purpose, became
Year: 1878

The rINB HAS not been long since the
Republican party deprecated solid
South, but a. it has been forced upon
them by the South itself aided by
Northern d-magogues the issue has
been accepted and solid Republican
North will In all probability hereafter
confront a solid Democratic South. They
confronted each other before an victory
favored liberty and law and the result
will not bs different now.
Year: 1878

The Gazette did not hear us on Fri.
day, when we asked 1t il it had any
recollection Of opposing Captain Gala.
gher for Mayor because he would want
m increase Of police We ask it again.
Year: 1878

IT is LITTLE SINGULAR to find the
Republican arraigning the Courts of this
State and the juries for the last forty
years, and charging that negroes have
been wrongfully hung and white men
cleared. During ten of the forty years,
all four of the judges were Wings, and
during no part of the time was there
mere than one acknowledged Demo
cratic Judge on the bench. We do moi
believe injustice was ever practiced to
ward the negroes by the Courts. 1t is
wrong thus to assault the reputation Of
dead and the living.
Year: 1878

Is THERE NO MERCY FOR Poor WHITE /
WOMEN ?-rhe Herald still scolds at the |
Governor for notreprieving or pardoning |
the negroes who were hung for the outra- |
geous rape upon Kate Smith. 1t takes |
the ground that he had the power. The
GAZETTE does not deny that he had the
power, but maintains that the negroes
were guilty and the Governor did right
in refusing to interfere. There is still
another negro at large that ought to be
hung, and if he is caught, no doubt he
will be hung for the rape upon Miss
Foreacre, of Mill Greek HID, this county
in October last.


1t is little strange, however, that the
poor Catholic woman, Kate Smith, who
suffered so much in the hands of the
beastly Maryland negroes, and who
afterward showed SO forgiving spirit
as to ask that they might not be hung,
should be SO rudely abused and denounc-
ed with all manner of foul epithets in
the newspapers. This is nothing less
than taking vengeance upon the poor and
humble white for the offence. Is there
no one to espouse The cause of white
woman? Are all the Delaware lawyers
seeking negro votes by defending the
dead ravagers? There is certainly redress
for the woman? Those who saw heI
while in Jail and noted her conduct on
the witness stand say she was intelligent
and to degree refined in her manners
possessing a very slight delicate figure
not weighing over 80 pounds with a sof
and beautiful hand; and that when testi
flying she sald when the two negroes haC
beaten down her husband, and he Ia,
bleeding and senseless upon the ground
in that corntield in the darkness, and tn
two negroes laid hold of her and dragge
her further into the thick standing cor
she said she "prayed to God to forgiv
her sins, for she thought they meant t
kill her." and what woman would nc
have thought so, The negroes each ha
a great wagon whip tied around thei
neck with the but hanging down. 1t wa
with this swinging death-dealing instrl
ment that she saw her husband beate
down; and as she had no doubt read {
the many women who were outrage
and murdered, it was very natural sl
should fear they meant to kill her.


But why the Heraid and Republ,cC
should heap such terrible epithets upo
the poor creature, because she was viii
and so unfortunate as to have drunke
worthless husband, is a mystery. The
must be something in this course. 1t
rumored that a certain lawyer prepar
the articles in the Republican and anoth
lawyer writes them in the Herald. No
it would be strange denounement
she should come here and claim the pl
lection OF the State laws, and with
certificate prove her marriage, and


the evidence of friends with whom,


are told she was found living by


States Attorney General, sustain


reputation, and sue for and reco'


damages. This would be a little rom


tic it Is true. But stranger things h;


happened. The very poor have not alw


been wholly deserted.
Year: 1878




tbs route of the New Orleans, Texas
and Colorado railroad is from New
Orleans by the nearest practicable route
to 0pelousas and thence in direc, line
to Dallas via Palestine. The line will
leave Morgan City to south. crossing
the Sabine river south of the thirty fifth
pa-allel OF latitude The action OF
Judge Rogers, of one of the New Or
leans district courts, in refusing to
mandamus Governor Nichols to com.
pei the issuance Of state bonds in favor
of the New Orleans and Pacific railroad
will tend to delay matters in the pro-
secution Of that enterprise. Both OF
these roads are indispensable to the
future of the Crescent City.
Year: 1878

LORD SALIsBuRY's circular strengthens
the common belief that England will
6sht The advices from Constantine.
pie also give strong evidence that war
is inevitable Russia is making over
tures to Turkey, upon a money basis,
to secure an alliance. which will be hard
to refuse, considering that the treasury
Of the Ottoman empire il in a depleted
condition Yet such an alliance
would be a wonderful procedure
on the part of Turkey 50 soon after q
desperate struggle with her late enemy,
and it is iupossibls to anticipate the
effect ON the powers.
Year: 1878

TnE Wac5 Telephone says it requires
no prophetic ken now to see that this
state convention will be held at Dalla.
and Dallas, always aiming to put hel
best foot forward, will no doubt dc
things up in style and make the occa.
son at once pleasant to visitors and
creditable TO herself Yes, gentlemen
just send US word that you intend to cal
and the house shall be put in order from
garrett to cellar Weare prepared to ex
tend hearty welcome aud to say that
genuine hospitality will be exhibited on
the part OF Dallas.
Year: 1878

STATE RiGHTs have received another
blow in the decision o< the supreme
court Of the United States. Suit was
brought by the Pensacola Telegraph
company, in Florida, against the West
ern Union company on the ground that
it had exclusive telegrsphic rights
under state law. The court holds that
the state Law, being in conflict with
that OF the United States, is inopera-
Year: 1878

SHoRETARTSSaERsAs is still welded to
his idols. He declared before the
house COMMITTEES on banking and cur.
rency yesterday, that his faith was un-
shaken in the power Of the treasury to
carry out the resumption law. II WAS
thought by many that he had yielded
to the popular opinion that the resump
ton act should be repealed, after the
passage of the silver bill, but he has re
iterated bis former position on the ques.
ton, and the country win no longer be in
doubt as to his course
Year: 1878

WHo will have to pay the damage.
caused by the Baltimore rioters last
July The Maryland house Of delegates
has adopted the negative report of a
committee on the question if that state
is liable for thase damages.
Year: 1878

We have had n number of instances
in the recent history Of the United
States to show that the reputation
borne by the community or state IN
which men live Is not a subject OF in-
terest TO the pnblic spirited alone. but
that il touches the pockets. the means
of living OF all who are citizens there.
When il was proposed in Tennessee
short time ago to repudiate a portion
Of the state debt, the attempt was felt
TO the quick by all the communities
which live in close relations with the
rest Of the world. This was not alone
from feelings of patriotism. The best
informed people Of the state knew that
their own fortunes were bound up In
the honor of Tennessee; that while, as
a matter Of policy, the state could no
more save money at the sacrifice OF Its
credit than an individual, the ruin of
the state credit would carry with it dis
advantages for all private credit. The
proposed measure was keenly felt by
the commercial centres and by the we'll
informed classes in every quarter. IL
the proposition had been forced to an
issue il would have disrupted the dom
inant party, which has held the State
by as high a majority as $1,000.


The sharp issue in this instance is
but one among many which show the
sensitiveness Of the public good TO is
sues involving n community's credit.
Capital can only go, for investments on
loans, where IL does not meet hostile
legislation and to communities in
which a sound commercial honor pre-
walls, such as can. by the restraints Of
public opinion, hold all their members
TO an honest accountability. The com.
munity that enjoys freedom from legis-
lation hostile to capital and is perme-
ated by sound business conscience. is ia
a position TO get the use Of capital. IL
any is to be had, and TO get il on the
most favorable market rates.


The standing Of the State OF Michi-
gan has long been high. The credit
Of the commonwealth itself is OF the
best, and our merchants have in the
great trade centers every advantage
that comes from being part OF a sound
community. Ii may be said that our
position, socially aud financially, is on
the same plane with the older stocks in
New England and New York. from
which our population has been chiefly
supplied. IL was because OF our pre-
vious reputation that much surprise
was manifested east at the reports sent
out in the spring that the loose-money
element was sweeping the State. But
that report was premature. Michigan
was not speaking in he. serious mood
at that time. The decision pronounc.
ed on full consideration of the subject
! tells very different story. Even the
old communities OF the eastern and
middle States have . sprinkling Of the
political partisans whose supposed
presence in Michigan gave uneasiness
at one time. but this State IL now as
auy. Governor Croswell's plurality
Of 1900 tells the story Of what Michi-
gan character is and with such a record
, our commercial position will be stron-
ger than ever Kalamazoo Telegraph.
Year: 1878

the value ot stamps sold by them. 1t
also imposes severe penalties Tor making
false returns and for traiicking in stamps
The present mode OF adjusting salaries
Of Presidential postmasters will DC left
unchanged. The bill emhodies recon-
mendutions from Postmaster General
Key, in his last annual report, and will
be by him transmitted to Congress at an
early day.


The House committee on military af.
fairs has communication from Gen.
Pope regarding army organization and
so forth. He expresses the opinion that
twenty five thousand men is too small n
force for the needs of the country, and
argues that the committee, in order to
properly del ermine what form OF staff
organization and administration should
provide for its thorough investigation by
a board of officers of rank and distinction
designated by an act otCongress. Gen,
Pope holds that an army, no less than II
torn of government, must be suited to
people, or it is sure to prove both
inefficient and unsatisfactory. To say
that because system of army organiza-
ton and administration had worked
well in Germany, France or elsewhere,
where are such wide differences both i'll
the character and habits Of the people
and the nature OF military service to be
performed, it should be adopted in this
country, is no more sound than TO say
the same thing of politics
Year: 1878

the Edtfor OF The frfoHne.


SIR: The death of Mr. Bayard Taylor makes still
shorter the already lessened list Of old TRIBUNE
associates and adds another to the number of those
who have left the earth with their old leader.
have often counted the roll of these departed
friends, but never thought that so soon it would
include his name. 1t is not very long since | saw
him every day, apparently full of health and
strength. showing undated capacity for literary
work and with as great passion for it as ever.
Nobody who witnessed the brilliant scene at Del
monicCs when Mr.. TaylOrs many friends bade
him adieu, but will find a new and sad
illustration in this melancholy intelligence of
the transitory nature of earthly honoTs. The
lights are hardly extinguished. the flowers are
scarcely faded, the sounds OF music have but just
died away, we can almost feel the farewell pressure
Of his hand-and get all Is over. the prospect of
new honors which was before him has faded and
all bis many plans of fresh studies and of new
achievements In literature have come to naught.
Even 10 those who did not know him personally.
there win be something painful in his untimely
Year: 1878

STUNNING REPORT.


Does the Chamber Of Commerce need any
more convincing report than that furnished
by the GLOBE this morning? Two instances
are given where farmers ground their wheat
and sold their flour. One sold thirty six
bushels of wheat, ground int, flour, for
twenty dollars and fifty cents more than the
Washburn wheat ring would pay for the
wheat. This shows profit of .1yyy-seyen
cents per bushel on that wheat


Another realized on forty bushels twenty
one dollars more than was paid blythe mil1ers'
ring. This was profit of fifty cents per
bushel. That is the way the ring are taking
advantage of the farmers.


No wonder the organs shout that Wash
burn is not a member of the association. he
is part owner Of the largest mills in Mime
apolis, and is represented in the ring by his
partners. He receives his share of every
dollar stolen Of the farmers by the ring.
Year: 1878

of the executive and his servants. They
should have the power to enforce q reduc-
tion of the expenditures of the administra-
ton. They can gain that power by hard,
persistent work for the next four weeks in
every Congressional district in the country.
They ought to have the power to check the
financial lunacy of the secretary of the treas
ury, and give to the currency issues
of the government. their full value in the
money marts of the nation. They can have
that power if they go to work at once and
keep at work until the polls close on the
evening of the 5th of November. They
ought to have the power to work a
thorough reform in the civil service, and to
regulate matters in the interests Of the peo-
pie in spite of the efforts of the corrupt gang
of Office holding sharks who now manage
our affairs. They can grasp that power only
by unceasing, Whole-souled work. They
ought to be able to place the stamp of disap-
proval upon the consummated fraud by
which a man never elected has been placed
in the executive Office, and punish the cor
rupt aud venal tools who did the bidding of
the monstrous villains who. directed them,
not forgetting to properly meet out retribu-
tion to the principals in the transaction.
They can attain to this power by work, and
by work alone. They will have to meet a
well disciplined army, desperate in the con-
sciousness Of having reached the last ditch
where they must die. But they must re-
member that it is battle between honesty
and dishonesty, economy and corruption,
true democracy and despotism. They must
not relax their vigilance. They must organ
ize and work. Only by the most Herculean
labors can the Augean stables be thoroughly
cleansed. It is task of the utmost import
ance-a sacred duty from which none must
finch. The results will be a full recompense
for the labor, and Democrats must neither
grow weary nor hesitate. Organize and
work
Year: 1878

Our financial dispatch from New York
reports considerable furry in the price of
gold and railroad stocks, the fluctuations
having been greater than for months past.
1t is very evident that this is brought about
by the near approach of resumption, and is
natural result of the determination of the
secretary Of the treasury to force specie pay
ments before the country is ready for such
contingency. Resumption is certain to create
demand for gold, and consequently to in
crease the premium upon it, and the specu-
lators know and will be sure to take advan-
tage of the fact.
Year: 1878

MIR. BANN1Ne's speech before the Young
Mems Donnelly club last night shows in de-
tail MIR. Donnelly's friendship to the great
Northern Pacific enterprise. He was the
chief promoter of that great enterprise in
Congress, for which he never received any
compensation other than the satisfaction of
doing his duty as public servant Some
of his chief traducers at present are men
who stole fortunes from that work. These
men don't like Mr.. Donnelly because he has
always stood in the way of rings and cor
rupt combinations.
Year: 1878

DURING his incumbency of the Office Of
probate judge Henry O'Gorman has proved
himself competent, painstaking official,
ever ready to guard the interests of widows
ana orphans, and never refusing such legal
advice ice as might be needed by those in poor
circumstances to enable them to get the
benefit ben OF bequests left them by departed
friends. His decisions on contested points
nave been learned and impartial, and have
rarely been called in question. The Demo
cratic craft county convention did we'll to place
Judge O'Gorman before the people for re-
election.
Year: 1878

BLAINE has declined to speak any more
during the present campaign, as his voice is
failing. Returns such as those of Tuesday
have tendency to produce certain huski-
ness of articulation in Republican orators.
Year: 1878

TURKEY seems to be spelling fora fight with
Austria. One would think she had had
enough of war, but her case may be but
axiom, 'swhom the gods seek to destroy they
first make mad.''
Year: 1878

HAYES has visited the home and tomb of
Madison. What better is this than sacrilege?
Madison was patriot, who devoted his best
energies to framing the constitution under
which we live, and during long career in
public life he labored to enforce its provis
ions and interpret them Alright. Hayes has
done as much as any other man who ever
occupied the Presidential office to bring
the constitution into disrespect and to
heap contumely upon the laws. He is the
-an1tipodes of Madison man who owes his
office to the most fagrant violation Of CON
stltutlonal and legal right ever attempted.
1t is wonder Madison's bones did not arise
from their resting place and protest against
the unhallowed presence of a man who has
done e SO. much to subvert the organic law of
the land and degrade the highest Office in
the gift of the people.
Year: 1878

We heve no doubt, whatever, that
sham eful fraud was perpetrated In
tho 9th Ward at the late School election; !;
but the w,cpr was infinitely less than tn at
of the Boari 4 Education In usurping
functions it did not possess. 1he contempt
of law In the latter case, was open, deliber =
ate and obstinate. We venture to say that
upon case stated there is not lawyer of
fair attainments in the country who would
not decide against the assumed power OF
the Board to act as they have acted. We
never knew an instance wherein the doc
trine that "the end justifies the means"
was made the rule ofcorporate, body, or in
diydual actisn, that it did Lot return like
the Australian boomerang.


If Martin Farrell is not sent to Council
next September to make It lively for that
body-we are greatly mistaken. The
Board usurped power to make Martin FAR
rell.a martyr, ,and LIE will profit politically by
the bunder. Some day or other the ex.
example of the usurpators we condenn,wil
disrupt the School system OF our city-at
least, temporarily. The singular part Of
the affair, was the entire absence of argus
ment in favor of the power of the Board.