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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6,1885
THE MASSACHUSETTS ECHO.
SENATOR HOAR AT THE REPUBLI
CAN CONVENTION.
ji Repetition ot John Sherman's Ohio
Speeches—The Wrong;* of tin* Negro
- 3Iu*t 1» Itedressed—Platform
Adopted—C.'amllilntcH.
Springfield, Mass., September 30.—The
Republican Shite convention made the fol
lowing nominations; Governor Robinson
van renominated for Governor, Oliver Ames
for Lieutenant Governor, and Hon. Henry
p pierce for secretary of state by accaum-
tion. Hon. A. W. Beard, of Boston, was
nominated for State Treasurer ami Receiver-
General. Hon. Charles R. Ladd was re
nominated for Auditor, ami Edgar L. Sher
man for Attorney-General. All received a
unanimous vote.
Senator Hoar, who was permanent chair
man, made a long address on the issues of
the day, taking practically the same viewy
of Southern questions as Senator Sherman,
fit* denied that the Republican party or any
person to whom it lmd given its confidence
had any hatred for the South, or would seek
to keep alive any sectional feeling, and sta
ted that the better element at the South was
already beginning to realize this. He said:
Her people now gratefully acknowledge the noble
clemency and magnanimity of Grant, but in all of
it Grant wa* fully sustained and supported by the
Kipublican party. We have l>een touched by the
sympathy for the old warrior of the men whom he
conquered* but la it too much to aay that the hand
which ha* clasped that ot the dying Gnnt baa given
and has taken too much honor ever thereafter to
stuff a ballot-box or ahoot a voter?
Spcuking of the administmtion of Presi
dent Cleveland, Senator Hoar said:
I would apeak with all personal kindness of the
President 1 like some things his administration
has done, especially* its firmness and courage in
protecting the rights of tho Indians. In the uaiim
of the whole manhood of the country I would call
-upon the executive to suppress and punish with the
strongest baud tho outrages, committed and threat
ened. against inoffensive Chinese, and assure him
that in such case he will have the fullest supimrt of
the people of Massachusetts, without disUuction of
1 In speaking of the President's civil service
policjfctlie speaker said:
I do nut know what revised version some of our
modern reforming friends may adopt, but I can
scarcely think of a better illustration of the parable
of the laborer who said. “1 go. air." and went not,
than an administration which says, “civil service
reform.should be in good faith carried out,” and
makes Illggius, of Maryland, its appointment clerk.
Tlie platform adopted demands the sus
pension of the silver dollar coinage, the
suppression of polygamy, indorses the
civil service act, and continues as follow s:
r great soldier and patriot, and as Republicans
wo wish for a complete and perfect reconciliation
between the sections. To have
such a reconciliation the results of the
war must be accepted everywhere
in good faith. One result has not been accepted;
the negro, enfranchised by the war, is largely de
prived of his privileges as a voter. In certain
States elections are a mockery, the returns are
fraudulent and the voting is a farce. If we were
to 1ms silent as to the crying evil, we should be false
to all traditions and principles of our party, as well
as to those of the American govern
ment and American freedom. Against
this great wrong. so dangerous and
so un-American, and maintained by successive Dein
ocratic majorities in the House of Representatives,
we propose to agitate and to protest. We appeal
again to public opinion, both North and Houth.
We shall seek redress iu an aroused public con
science and in proper legislation. We shall not be
conteut until the wrong is crushed
and Jnatico done. As one specific
A WELL-ARMED THIEF.
Desperate Attempt to Kill the Arresting
Officers.
Marietta, Ga.. September 29.—A man
sold a buggy and horse to Chuck Anderson,
livery man, a fewr days ago for $30. It cre
ated suspicion, and Marshal Stephens and
Sheriff Coryell followed him to Atlanta and
aiTested him there. From sympathy for his
wrife, wrho was along, they turned him
loose. He said he was going to Greenville,
8. C., hut they watched him, and he
hoarded tho Georgia Pacific train. 'They
followed, and when the train stopped at
Simpson street, one man went in one end
of tho car and one in the >ther. Mr. Ste-
E liens found him first in the closet. When
e opened the door the fellow drew' a pistol
and pointed at Stephens's breast. It w'as
only by quick work and many licks that he
kept him from shooting him. Coryell ar
rived and they disarmed the fellow. On
the way to the station house, he drew a
knife and attempted to cut them. He was
relieved of that, and also of a razor which
was found on him. He will he held in At
lanta on the charge of assault until it can
he found from whom the horse was stolen.
An unknown man fell off a railroad cul
vert near the Kennosaw Mills to-night, and
sustained serious injury.
A BLOODY FIGHT.
ueuure tending to remedy this
evil.
. rimary education in the recent
alave States. As we protest against the suppression
of the negro vote, ao also, In the same spirit do we
protest against election frauds countenanced and
ofteu fostered by the Democratic party in cer
tain cities North, and we denounce the action of
President Cleveland in pardoning a criminal like
Lieut. Mullen, because by so doing he directly en
courages and condones these dangerous crimes
against tho ballot.
THE SMALL POX EPIDEMIC.
Resolution by flu* Provincial Hoard of
llenltli.
Montreal, October 1.—There were forty-
four deaths in thin city yesterday from
small-pox. Tho health department now re
fuses to furnish statistics of adjoining mu
nicipalities, on tho ground that some of tlie
news|>aperx have inclnded them in the sta
tistics for the city proper.
Montreal, October 1.—The regulations
governing compulsory vaccination hnvo
been forwarded by the provincial health
hoard to all municipalities in the province.
They are as follows:
VaccldaUon la-ing the only nfognmnl sgsln.t
small-pox, and the only measaro likely to .tny Its
urogmu. in the preent emergency:
Heiolved,That tho vaccination ot children and
there vaccination ol giuam prisons be ordered to he
enforced by all local coardi of health.
There are one or two cases of suiall-pox
in Longoiiil, hnt the disease hns been con
fined to the house in which it first appeared.
A man named Bmnean, dressed only in his
shirt, suffering from the disease, jumped
out of a window of his honse this morning
and run into the central police station, un-
dor the impression that someone was going
to kill him- A policeman caught him and
returned him to his house, hnt he was
afterwards removed to the civic hospital.
During the morning, whilo delirious, lie
savagely assaulted his wife, seriously injur
ing her.
Everything is quiet in the city to-day, and
there is no present danger of a riot. The
man who assaulted Chief of Polieo Paradis
lias been arrested and will ho tried to-mor
row. The health de|iartment now furnishes
the following statistica for tho adjoining
municipalities : There were three deaths in
Cotean, fit. Louis yesterday, two in fit.
Cunegonde, four in fit. Gabriel, om- in fit,
Henri and one in St. Jean Baptiste village.
Moktbeal, October 1.—The chairman of
the civic lsmnl of health to-day read a let-
»er to the hoard stating that as the insur
ance companies in which the exhibition
building was insnredhad withdrawn the pol
icy because tho building was to he used as
a small-pox hospital, and as other
companies refused to take the risk, tho city
would he held responsible for any damage
to the building by fire.
Forty-nine new cases of small-pox, twen
ty-two of which were authenticated, were
report'd yesterday. The ploeanlers
lin t w ith no serious opposition to-day. They
placarded sixty houses and replaced twen-
tv-two torn placards. Thirty-two houses
were fumignted. Fifty-eight vaccinators
are making honse-to-honse visits, and nre
inoculating thousands of persons daily.
t .Judge on Ills Mo.dr,
!acz, Cab., October 1.—While
a tree was out the cotn-
John Kennedy yesterday, tho
tempted to run ottt.of tho court
was seized by a constable and a
itniggle ensued. Kennedy was
better of the officer when the
ng finished the writing of the
at, descended from the bench,
■ing hiscoat, took a hand in the
{eltonntrec is noted for his plivs-
is, nnd soon snccecded in subdu-
isoner, who, at the end of the
in the condition of a knocked
t. Tlie judge then reaacended
ind imposed an additional sen-
irty days’ imprisonment on Ken-
mtVmp’t of coart.
Wl
nits Is
ml.
optemberSQ. State cast - were
station-house to-day against
.on, chaired with larceny, and
-, charged with carrying con-
A Discussion of Kelt's Sentence Leads to a
Free Fight.
Ottawa,.Canada, October 1,—At Belle-
conver this afternoon, while ajfair was in
progress, a number ot men who had been
drinking got in a dispute and n fight en
sued. In a short time the immense crowd
W’as engaged in combat. Stones flew in all
directions and men were seen hurry
ing away with bleeding heads
ns bricks and other missiles began to fly
about. There were fully 150 men in tlie
lighting crowd, nnd some of the outsiders
had narrow escapes from being hit by
flying missiles. A number of persons were
were severely injured. The cause of tlie
quarrel was a disengsion of whether Reil
should suffer death. After the disturbance
a man engaged in the fight went np to Sir
John MacDonald and said: "Are you going
to hang Riel ?" A number of bystanders
shoved the mnn away, when fiir John said:
“I am not a hangman."
A Sickening Spectacle.
Columbus, O., September 30.—Patrick
Hartnett, the Cincinnati wifo murderer, was
hung at tho Ohio penitentiary this morning.
The drop fell at 1:25 o'clock, and he wns
E renounced dead one-haif minute
iter. The fnil resulted . in al
most total decapitation, the head
hanging to the body only hv a small strip
of skin at the hack of the neck. The scene
wns a most sickening ono, nnd it was with
great difficulty the executioners could sum
mon conrnge to cut the body down.
Minneapolis, September 30.— Gate
Bros.' tenement block burned last night.
Loss $50,000. Insurance $30,000.
Tin* Wyoming Miner*.
Cheyenne, Wr., October 1.—All the coal
miners at Carbon have struck work. The
Carbon mines arc owned by the Union Pa
cific Bmlroad Company. It is understood
that the strike took pkice at tho instigation
of the miners' union, at Rock Springs.
This body represented that tlie
Carbon miners kept tho Union
Pacific road running. The only
coal now mined by the Union Pacific in
Wyoming is mined by the Chinese at Rock
Springs. The company, however, expects a
large fosce of miners from Idaho and Utah.
The Union Pacific has on hand n sixty days'
supply of coal; coal is being received from
the East nnd South and no scarcity is an
ticipated.
A Murderer Lynched.
Denver, Col., October 1.—Information
has reached here to the effect that Marshall
Clements, the murderer of his brother and
his brother's wife, at Saguache, was taken
from the jail there by a pdrty of masked
men and hanged. Clements had a knife,
with which ho cut two of tho masked men
quite severely. Before he died he stated
that his father nnd sister had nothing to do
with tho matter. The lynehing occurred
last Saturday night, bnt tho location is re
mote from all telegraphic connection, and
the residents of the locality mnnifest a de
sire to suppress all information.
Cheap Telegraph Kates.
London, October 1.—The post-office au
thorities were not disappointed in their ex
pectation of a rush of telegraph business
on the granting of the six-penny telegram,
which went into effect to-day. The returns
np to 5 o'clock this afternoon show a large
ly increased business. A majority of the
messages sent were cut down to the six-
|>enny rate, the public condensing them to
the limit of twelve words.
Bogue Hclph Surrenders.
Jacksonville, Fla., October 1.—Bogue
Selph, who murdered young Kirkland at
Lake City Friday night, September 18th,
was arrested nt Cook's Hammock, Lafay-
etto county, to-day nnd lodged in jail.
Selph has dodged nbont in the swamps
until worn ont, and surrendered to Dick
Hunter without struggling. He will be de
livered to the sheriff of Columbia county.
A Cure for Insomnia.
Atlanta, September 30.—A bright lady
being asked how she liked the editorials on
foreign wars in the Constitution said "they
are just splendid. I get myself to sleep
every night reading them over. 1 have been
troubled with insomnia for many years. I
dont know what I would do without the
paper. I am oppoaed to the use of opiates
too.”
College Students In Trouble.
New . Brunswick, N. J., October I.—
Eighteen students of Kntgcrs College were
arrested last evening for alleged disorderly
conduct, bnt were discharged on their own
recognizance until 8 o'clock to-night,
when they appeared before Justice
Leffeits and pleaded not guilty.
Their trial will take place
on Monday next. What seemed a "nuge
joke" to the stndents all day now threatens
to liecome a serious matter. Seven of the
eighteen students are Irishmen, and all are
of good standing.
Williamhton, Mas*., Ootobur 1.—Two
memlien of the Sophomore elani have been
suspended. They were ringleaders in
hazing.
Baring at N'rw uisrkrt.
London, October 1.—At Newmarket to
day the Newmarket October handicap was
won by the three-year-old chestnut filly
Barberine; Lord Lasselle's four-year-old hay
filly Clocbette second nnd Capt. Wardle *
three-ycar-old filly Merry Dncliesa third.
There were thirteen starters, including Lord
lios.-nhciTy's four-year-old brown colt Kins-
ky. Tho betting was ten to one against
Barberine, fourteen to one against Clocbette
and seventeen to one against Merry
Duchess. Kinsky was the faTorite, with
ten to one offered against him.
Heavy Liabilities.
Louisville, October 1.—The liabilities of
tho Jeffersonville (Ind.) Plate Glass Works,
which assigned Tuesday, will reach $160,0(10,
Mr. Sunward, the assignee, estimate:- the
assets at $80,000. First mortgage anil real
I'hUte bonds are hehl to the amount of $100,-
tuMt. Tlie other indebtedness will be about
$00,000.
ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON.
BLAIR'S EDUCATIONAL BILL TO BE
REINTRODUCED.
Hoar** Statement ns to Secretary Garland
Refuted—A Large Decrease in the
I*ul>lle Debt—The Civil Service
CowmiMttiom*™—Note*.
Washington, October 1.—Senator Blair,
who has recently arrived here, snys that he
will re-introduce the education hill in the
fiennte early in the next session, and thinks
Mr. Willis and other friends of the bill will
introduce it in the House in time to secure
action uism it before the end of the ses
sion. lie believes that all the Republican
members of the House and nearly one-half
the Southern Democrats will support tlie
mensure. Mr. Bhiir says it was defeated in
the House last session only by preventing
consideration, nnd that it commands tlie
support of iiliout two-thirds of the Senate.
Attorney-General Garland hns returned
to Washington nnd was present nt the reg
ular meeting of the cabinet to-day. Secre
tary Endicott wns the nnly absentee. Among
the questions considered wns the proposed
reorganization of the Civil Service Commis
sion and the vacancy in tlie office of super
intendent of the coast nnd geodetic survey,
Professor Agassiz having declined the sn-
perintendency of that department.
First class postmasters appointed to-day;
In Virginia at Nanina, Jns. W. More; in
Florida, ut Sylvan Lake, Leonard Keltz.
THE am STATEMENT.
Tho statement, issued to-day, shows a re
duction of the debt during September of
$12,757,965.25; total debt, leas redemption
fund, cash items a vnilnble for a reduction
of the debt and cash in tho treasury, $1,-
460,934,342.97; total cash in the treasury,
$483,936,157; old demand and legal tender
notes outstanding, $1,346,717,886; certifi
cates of deposit, $23,185,000; gold certifi
cates, $118,139,790; silver certificates, $93,-
056,716; fractional currency, less nmount
estimated as lost or destroyed,$6,961,161.88.
The payments on account of interest due
to-day on bonds nmonnt to about $7,500,-
000, which will reduce the decrease of the
debt to about $5,250,000.
THE STBIKINO PRINTERS.
Edwjn Blake, chairman of the boycott
committee of the prinrtes’ union, who wns
arrested yesterday on the charge of obstruct
ing tlie street by causing to lie paraded in
front of the printing house of Gibson Bros.,
whose compositors are on a strike, a trans
parency proclaiming that the Columbia Ty
pographical Union had boycotted Gibson
Bros., wns fined $5 to-day in the police
court. An appeal was noted. After the
proceedings in court, the transparency
was again started on ita rounds in charge of
a colored man. Ho passed Gibson’s estab
lishment, hut no demonstration was mude
against him.
IIOAb's STATEMENTS CONFUTED.
Tlie official register of the Department of
Justice shows that the statement of Senator
Hoar, mude ot the Republican State con
vention of Massachusetts yesterday, “that
every faithful servant of the department
from the law clerk down to the chairman
had been removed in violation of the civ i
service law, is incorrect The only changes
made by the Attorney-General were in his
personal staff, and even in these confiden
tial places many of the old employes
hnve been retained. Not an employe
whoso position is within the classified ser
vice hns been changed nor a charwoman re
moved. Only fifteen changes have been
made in the department pay roll of sixty
persons, including three laborers, who were
removed for enuso, nnd a stenographer, who
wns urged to remnin, but would not do so.
Among the third class clerks is a colored
mnn who bos been there for some years.
Another colored man holds a $1,200 clerk
ship.
OIIANT MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Services in memory of General Grant
were held this evening under tho nnspices
of the Grand Army qf the Republic, in the
Metropolitan church, this city, at which
General Grant wns a regular attcndnnt
during his Presidential tern:. The audience
room, which is one of the largest in the
city, wns crowded. Funeral chimes were
rung from 7 to 8 o'clock, nnd were followed
by an organ voluntary by Dr. J. W. Bisch-
off. A notable feature of A the exercises was
the chanting nnd singing of war songs by
the 8t. Cicilia Indies' quartette. The
meeting was called to order by Colonel
Brooks, and after prayer by Dr. Hvntley,
present pastor of the chnrch, Gen. John A.
Logan, orator of the occasion, was intro
duced and warmly welcomed by tho nudi-
iencc. His speech was frequently inter
rupted by frequent applause of the audi
ence, which broke out at every mention of
the names of favorite commanders. The
services were concluded with a benediction
and a concert of a variety airs npon bells.
WISE USES HIS FISTS.
A very largo crowd left here to-night on
the 6:26 train to attend the Republican
meeting at Alexandria. Among the passen
gers were John 8. Wise, the Republican
candidate for Governor of Virginia, who
was to address the meeting, and John Am
bler Smith, a claim agent of this city and
formerly memlier of Congress from the
Richmond district. For some time jpast
there has been a hitter feeling between these
two gentlemen. They occupied adjoin
ing seats in tho smoking-car.
When about two miles from
Alexandria they became involved in a
wrangle in which Smith called hint a liar
He had no sooner uttered the word thnn he
received n stinging blow in the month from
Wise, that drew blood and knocked him
down. Wise followed np the attack, bnt
the crowd interfered and stopped the
row. When Alexandria was reached
Wise went to Armory Hall,
where the meeting waa being held. The
meeting was noisy from the start, and when
Wise appeared on the stage and began to
apeal: be waa interrupted by friends of
Smith, who had assembled in large num
bers, with all manner of insnlting remarks,
nnd was finally forced to leave the stage and
lull The meeting broke up in disorder.
MINORITY REPORT
A Fatal Affray In Teneruce.
Nashville, October l.—Bnck Brown, who
killed Officer Arnold, of the Nashville police
force, last spring, shot and fatally wonnded
W. B. Easley, of Centrcville, an important
witness against him, at Gridiam'a station
vesterday. He made his escape, bnt will
likely lie arrested. Brown was about to
bonrtl a train nt Grahnm's station when he
met \V. B Easley nnd Stephen Easley.
They became involved in a quarrel about the
trial, nnd Stephen produced a knife, where-
n|>on Brown shot him in the hand. W. B.
Easley got a shot-gun and leveled it at
Brown, hut the cap failed to explode. Brown
at once shot Easley, the ball entering his
side and causing a fatal wonnd.
A Strike Ends.
Fkekskill, N. Y„ October 1.—The em
ployee of the Union Stove Works, of this
city, who have been ont on a strike for a
week, bain returned to work at the old
terms. The strike was for a restoration of
the 16 per cent, reduction which was marie
s few months ago. Tlie proprietors, at a
conference with the strikers, demonstrated
to them that they cookl not afford to restore
the old wages.
Wr, the undersigned. member* of tlie committee
on railroads, to which waa referred Senate bill No
14, proposing amendment* to the railroad eommia
«ion law, being flrmljr convinced that thcjtfl
ahould uot paaa, beg leave to submit the follovSg
report: v
We consider the bill unconstitutional. ^practica
ble Ut itr. provision*, expensive in ita operation*,
and dangerous to the rights grnranteed the people
in tlie fundamental law of the Htate.
The hill, in substance, take* from the commiaaion
tlie power to make just and reasonable rate*, and
give* it to the railroad*; any i>eriion, town, city or
corporation affected by tho rate* may make com
plaint in writing fo tho couiinistdon, distinctly net
ting forth the objections to the rate* claimed to be
unjust and unreasonable, and stating the rate
claiiyed to \te just and reasonable; if the control*-
■loner*, upon a hearing of the caae made by tho
pleadings, shall adjudge the rate unjust and un-
reasonable, they shall fix a Just rate; from thin de
rision an appeal may be had to a Jury, and from it*
verdict to the Hupreme Court; pending
the appeal, the rate of the comraiMtionem shall pre
vail: the final judgment shall be n precedent to the
court*, and no more appeals shall be allowed lu
similar cases.
Iu our opinion the bill violates the constitution
and ita spirit, which it la made our highest and su
preme obligation to obey. First, because iu the
creation of an appeal it confers upon the court* the
power to fix the rates, and tints transfers from the
legislative to the judicial department of the govern
ment a power the posaession aud exercise of which
is in unmistakable language conferred upon tlie
General Assembly. Secondly, because it gives to
the railroads the power to make their own rates, and
supersede* the authority of the Geueral Assembly,
now lodged in the commission as ita agent, to inter
fere therewith, except upon complaint
The second section of articlen 4th of the consti
tution declares: “The power and authority of regu
lating railrord freight* and iswxenger tariffs, pre
venting unjust discriminations and requiring reas
onable and just rates of freight aud passenger tar
iffs are hereby confined to the General Assembly,
whose duty it shall bo to pass laws from time to
time to regulate freight* and passenger tariffs, to
prohibit unjust discrimination ou the various rail
road* iu this htate. and to prohibit said roads from
charging other than just aud n*a*onabp» rates and
enforce the name by adequate penalties." The pow
er to declare what is just and reasonable is confer
red ou the Geueral Assembly. It ia beyoud the pow
er of words to delegate it more clearly. It defies
criticism.
This provision of the bill is also sternly confront
ed by paragraph VI, section 1. Article 1st of tho
same instrument, which declares: The legislative,
judicial aud executive power* shall forever remain
separate aud distiuct, and uo person discharging
the dtitiea of one shall at the same time exercise
the functions of cither of the other,*|excopt as
herein provided.
The hill proposes to confer a power, a duty, de
clared by the Constitution to l»e legislative upou
the judicial department of the Htate.
To this argument we beg leave to add tho weight
of authority. !u the Tilley case, where the Rail
road Commission law was tested to the uttermost.
Justice Woods construed these two section^ hi
ther, and in reference to section second, art.
h, uses the following language: “Uow
delegation of power to declare what is
just aud reasonable could tie
and explicit it is difficult
not conferred on the courts; the railroad companies
have no part or lot in the decision of the question,
but the constitution declares “It is hereby con
ferred on the General Assembly." That court and
our own Hupreme Court, in cases made to test this
very law. have sustained the constitutionality aud
wisdom of the act of October 14th, 1M7V, creating
the commission and delegating to it this power.
Therefore, to authorize the courts to declare what
is just and reasonable is to do wh%t is expressly for
bidden by the constitution.
The same argument and authority sustain the
second objection. To give to the railroad* this
power i* to take it from the General Assembly,
where it wa* absolutely and irrevocably lodged.
To give it to the railroad* is to place
it in the very hands where the maker* of the consti
tution found it, from which they designed to take
it, to which they never desigued it should be re
turned. To prohibit, as this bill does, any interfer
ence by the General Assembly, or its agents, with
the rates, except upon complaint, la to erect a bar
rier between the rates and the exercise of the power
coufered upon the General Assembly. To do this is
to defeat the letter and the spirit of the constitution,
whose purpose it waa to confer on the Ocneral As
sembly, for the protection of the people, this power
over the rates, absolutely, unconditionally, inde
pendent of any complaint, petition or appeal.
Believing this to be the proper construction of the
constitution, under our sol< •mu obligation to obey
it. we feel compelled to protest against the ■■■■
of this bill.
The object of the constitution waa to protect the
people from evils and oppression by conferring on
the General Assembly a constant, continnou* and
“from time to time" supervision and control of the
rates.
Tho bill proposes to protect the people from un
just rates by allowing an appeal to the commission
aud thence to the courts. One or two result* must
attend the practical operation of the law. The
large class of consumers on whom the
burden always falls will either make
complaint, or submit to the iuen-ase of rates. The
■mallncM of tho amount extorted from each individ
ual will not authorize the employment of counsel or
the loas of time incideut to litigation. But If the
people, in the energy of despair, should resolve to
contest the justness and reaaonablenesa of the rates
fixed by the roads, it Is fair to prewume from the
dissatisfaction manifested by the roads with the
rates fixed by the commissioners, that their will be
a]>pral* from their decisions. It is legitimate to ask
who will represent the citizens before the courts?
Who will present the proof to rebut the evidence
peculiarly in the posse—ion of the railroads
touching the rates? Who will make out for
the citizen his case, necessarily complicated, the de
termination of a single rate Involving a considera
tion of all the various elements entering into the
operations of a railroad? (Competent and skilled
counsel must be employed to insure an intelligent
presentation of his caae, the expense of which will
often exceed gn-ativ the amount involved, and most
frequently work a denial of justice. In addition to
this expense of the individual. Incurred in the as
sertion of his rights, any and all court expenses in
cident to an adjudication of these appeals roust be
Isirne by the county treasury^, po which the railroads
contribute nothing by taxation.
But if. on the other hand, the people submit, they
will practically occupy the same position they did
before the creation of the commission—the rates
fixed by the roads, the amount extorted too small to
authorize litigation, but tho aggregate thus levied
upon the people amounting to immense sums.
In our opinion the cumbersome machinery of the
bill will aid the railroads iu tho collection of the
rates fixed by them, however nnjnst and unreason-
aide. Ho that either of the two result*—the expense
incurred in the assertion of bis right* in the first in
stance, or the submission and payment of the rate
in the last instance—will defeat the object of the
law. which waa to protect the people afainet lose
from unjust and unreasonable rate*.
We call special attention to the following provi
sion: “Provided, that when an application ha* been
made to the courts, and the caae ha* been decided
by the Hupcrior Court then the did To j in such
case shall be regarded a* a precedent by the court*
of this Htate, and no appeal shall be allowed on
similar cases to the courts." If by error of Judg
ment collusion or otherwise, the rate is fixed so as
to oppress the people, the citizen ia prohibited by
the terms of the bill from ever setting aside this
Judgment, but the same inures to the perpetual
benefit of the railroads. It is a precedent
to the courts and estops the citizen.
But if the rate adjudged by the courts
does not meet the approval of the railroads
under the terms of the bill, authorizing the “rail
road companies from time to time, and aa often as
circumstances may require," to "change and revise
said schedules," they have it in their power, being
made the judge* of the sufficiency of the circum
stances, to nullify the results obtained by the citi
zen after protracted and costly litigation, and evade
the Judgment of the court by a simple change of
schedules, which is the exercise of a discretion con
ferred upon them by the bill.
Against this glaring and dangerous privilege in
favor of the railroads and against the citizen, we en
ter our solemn and earnest protest
For these and other reasons, after a careful con
sideration of the whole matter, we deem the pro
posed legislation unwise, dangerous, unconstitu
tional. Respectfully submitted.
THE GREAT GAME OF BALI,
CHICAGO CONFIRMS HER CLAIM TO
THE PENNANT.
Tlie We,tarn Team Victorious for a Third
Time by a Score of 8 to 3— A Great
Outburst of Enthuilivin by the
Spectator.—The Score.
Korkst Besiks.
Lxwi* AEXHE1M,
A. 8. Cut.
Tom Earox,
It. W. KVKkZTT,
8. T. Loruev.
W. M. Hawke*
W. U. Butt,
J. A. HirWAKT,
Willi. l'amrox,
Chicaoo, October 1.—Tho New York gi-
nnta went down before the proweH* of the
Chicago chib again today. .While there
were errora committed, they.Were ehared
very evenly by both clubs, nnd the defeat
of the visitor* wiui more complete than the
two preceding. Their famous bntamen
made only two Lita daring the game, and
for a total of only three base*, while
the Chicagoea batted Welch for a total of
ten buses. The ChicogoK made their dis
play of batting atrength in tlie ninth inning,
when the acore atood 4 to 3 in their favor,
with New York, however, to follow them nt
the hat. The Chicagoa piled fonr run* up,
deciding the conteat beyond pemdventure.
During the progreas of this inning the audi
ence, which had been kept, up to thia time,
in a state of feveriah doubt, on Dalrymple
making a clean drive into right Hold, ena
bling two men to crosa the home plate,
broke into thnnderou* cheering, the conta
gion apparently reaching to every one pres-
ent nave the immediate anpportera of the
New York nine, and even some of
theae appeared to catch the infection.
It caused the playing to cease torn moment,
Mature men tnrew their hats in the air nnd
shook hands and fell into tlie arms of per
sons unknown to them. Some one ran up
the championship pennant fur 1885. nnd
there was another scene of cboering. It
seemed for the first time to affect the steady
nerve* of the New York fielders, who hrnl
shown themselves throughout, ns did their
antagonists, impervious to any of tho in
fluences which surrounded them. A study
of tho score shows that in to-day's
game the visitors were defeated nt all points,
nnd on neither side wns a unestion raised oa
to any of the decision* of the umpire. Tlie
attendance, notwithstanding the extraordi
nary day, waa ten thouaand. Roth ninea
were heartily cheered na they appeared on
the ground*, nnd every good play throngh-
ont the gnmo was applauded. Chicago lost
the toss and was sent to tho hat. The first
three bntamen hit the hall, hnt were fielded
out. For New York O'Ronrke waa given
ilia base on balls, but tho next
man at the hat went out on flies to outfield,
and the third man, Gillespie, waa caught
out by Anson.
In the second inning Anson wont to the
hi t for Chicago and went ont on a fly to
O Rourko. l'fcffer mnde a base hit. Will-
inmson struck ont. Rnrna reached first on
a fumble by Ward anil stole second. Me-
Cormick hit tho ball to Gerhard, who miss
ed it, letting l’feffcr nnd Burns score. The
nest mnn went out nt first.
For Now York, Dorgan flew
ont to Dalrymple; Richardson went ont
on a throw from McCormack to Anson.
Welch wns given his hose on balls, bnt
Gerhard flow out to Burns.
In the third inning Dalrymple nppeored
for Chicago with n bane hit nnd Gore waa
given his base on holla. Kelly hit to ward,
who also caught Gore, making a double
play. Anson went out from Welsh to Con
nor.
In the third inning Ward flew ont to
Pfeifer. O’Rourke made a haae hit and on
a passed hull and wild throw by
Kelly scored. Connor was given n
base on halls, bnt on Ewing's short hit to
l’fcffer both were put out.
Pfeffer began the fourth inning by taking
his hose on bulls, nnd ,went to second on a
passed boll Williamson flew ont to Dor
gan. Boras hit to Ward nnd readied first
on the latter's effort to catch Pfeffer, who
was headed for the third hose. Wnrd made
a wild throw and Pfeffer came
home, Baras taking second bnso on
the piny. McCormick went ont at first.
In the fourth inning Dorgan made a base
hit, hut three other batsmen went ont on
short fiics. Dalrymple made n two-base hit
in the fifth inning, but Gore, Kelly and
Anson went ont in succession. New York
went out in one, two, three order.
In the sixth inning Barns made a two-
base hit after two men were ont, bnt was
left on McCormick's fly to Welch.
In the sixth inning Connor obtained first
base on an error of Boras and went to sec
ond on a passed laill. Ewing took his base
on Anson’s error, Connor taking third.
Gillespie flew ont to Gore and Connor scor
ed on a wild throw. Dorgan waa caught at
sfccondbase, and Richardson flew out to
centre field.
In the seventh inning and eighth inning
both sidea went ont in succession in one,
two, three order.
Williamson opened the hurt inning for
Chicago with a tty, captured by Connor.
Baras made a base hit and McCormick made
another, and both were advanced a base by
a passed hull. Sunday went out on a fonl
fly to Connor. Dalrymple then made his
famous drive into right rmtri field, YbUh
enabled both Bums and McCormick to
score, Dalrymple reaching second base.
Gore made base hit, enahung Dahymple to
score. Gore reaching third base on a wild
throw to home plate to bead off Dalrymple.
Kelly struck to second base, which Ward
and Gerhard fumbled between them, ena
bling Gore to score and Kelly to reach first
baee. Anson flew ont to O’Rourke. For
New York Gillespie flew ont to Dalrymple.
Dorgan went ont from Pfeffer to Anson,
and Anson took Richardson's fly, closing
the game. The score was as follows:
Chleasos 10300000 4—8
New Yorks 00010010 O-S
Earned runs. Chicago 3; two-base hits. Dalrjrmpla
li pawed balls, Ewing 5, Kelly 3: Ont baw on
errors Chicagoa A Sew Yorks 1: struck ont by
Welch, 3;double play, Bnrna and Aneon; umpire,
Curry: tone of game, one hour and forty-live min-
PROFESSIONAL WINK TASTERS.
The Liberal Platform.
London, October 1.—The National Lib
eral Federation, at a meeting to-day, adopt
ed resolutions favoring tho abolition of
primogeniture and other forms of entail,
and security of tenure for tenants; favoring
the making of compensation for improve-
menta on lands compulsory, and urging the
purchase of lands by the government for al-
lottment to laborers.
A Female Law Student.
New Haven, October L—Mis* Alice B.
Jordan, a graduate of the academe and
law departments of the University of Mich
igan, entered the Yale law school to-day.
She ia tile tint lady who ever entered in
any department of Yale outside of the art
school.
A Challenge llrfusrda
Dayton, O., October 1.—Governor Dead
ly challenged United States Senator Sher
man to engage in a debate with him here
on Saturday. The Republican State com
mittee declines the challenge on the ground
that Governor Hondly lias refused to meet
Judge Foraker, hi* rival.
Mtsrs to the IViiltenttarjr*
Boston, October 1.—Franklin J. Moses,
ex-Govemor of Sonth Carolina, was sen
tenced to-day to three years’ imprisonment
in the State prison for obtaining money un
der false pretenses.
Uanvllle’s IlusInrM.
Danville, Va., October 1.—The annual
report of Tobacco Association shows sales
of leaf tobacco for the year closed Septem
ber 30, of 37,018,000 pound*, at an average
of 13.59c, against 27,508,000 pound* at an
average of 13.07c for the preceding year.
In the last ten year* there have been sold
283,760,000 pound* at an average ot 11.92c,
making (33,826,600.
A Train Wrecked.
New Orleans, October 1.—A special to
the Picayune from Vicksbnrg says: The
west bound train on the Vick*bnrg. Shreve-
post and Pacific railroad waa wrecked this
afternoon. Mr*. A. W. Wolff and Mrs. J.
C. Urdus, of Ilazlehnret, were seriously
injured. Several other person* were badly
braised
—A Philadelphia gentleman ha* received
a letter from Senator Cameron at Los Ange
les. CsL, in which the Senator said that his
health has much improved. Hi* weight ia
about 160 pounds, and La is feeling very
weU.
Wliat the Expert Can Tell of n Wine, nnd
Uow He Tells It.
A newspaper paragraph on professional
wine tasters wo* shown to editor B. F Clay
ton, formerly of the Wine and Fruit
Grower, with the request that lie would
tell something of their qualifications. Ho
said:
"There nre no profe*sionnl wine tasters in
this country. Hero every dealer is his own
taster. In France there are wine
called brokers, who regularly test the wino
in the cellars there, nnd classify them
according to their qnalitics. Tlie dictum of
these gentlemen is the law of the
"But although there is no elsss here who
haYe gnch an occupation, or even an occu
pation allied to that of the gentlemen who
■it around tables down town, and look at
and smell of tea in little cups, there are good
expert judges of wine among tlie dealers. To
become an expert a man must add years of
expericace to n naturally fine sense of smell
nnd taste. He must'also he able to see well.
There is o certain rontine through which ex
pert* pass in tasting wines, but u knowledge
of the routine will not make a man an ex
pert by any means.
"When a list of wines is to he submitted
to a denier he will usually select thin glass
goblets to hold the samples. It is asserted
by some that the taste of the wine variea
with the thickness of the ; ’ . Dm glam
should be perfectly pure aud tho lines of
the goblet parallel. In a goblet it is impos
sible for the color of the stand on which tho
goblet is placed to affect the color of the
wine. The French use a silver sancer in
testing the color of wine. In using
the goblet we hold it before a can
dle in a dark room to determine
the brightness of the wine. Good
wine of the proper age is called candle
bright. If tho wine is clndy or druggy it ia
ont of condition, but mnv he clarified. Then
the goblet of wine is held between tlie eyo
nnd the window in dnylight to determine
the degree of color, whether it is faint or
deep, nnd also the quality of the color.
Thus pure port wine, when held up to tho
light, shows a bronze red color. If it bo pink
it indicates bad grapea or fnscine, or ndnl-
tcrants of somo kind. If claret show a blno
color, or the color of blackberry juice, ob
jection is mnde to it. There is ono kind of
grape, tho Lenoir, that makes a very excel
lent claret except for this bluish color.
"Having found the color all right, the ex
pert next smells of the wine. It is impos
sible to describe the pecnliar aromas of dif
ferent wines, hut by many comparison* tho
nose becomes so well educated that Homo
become* *o well educated that some experts
can toll very nearly the age of the wino
submitted to them, tho kind of grapes from
which it was made, nnd whether it is a pure
sample of one kind of wine or one wine
blended with another.
"Last at nil the expert takes a sip of tho
wine, retains it a moment in his mouth to
get the first Itaste, nnd then ejecta
it and holds his month ojien for n
moment to get the after-taste, or what
i» technically called the ‘farewell.’ Tho
farewell taste i* the crucial teat. Wine may
be bright, it may have the right quantity of
color, it may liave the smell desired, it mny
even have a rich, luscious taste when taken
in the month, and yet tho farewell be un
pleasant Wines mny be doctored until tho
ordinary purchaser may think ho hns an an
cient brand of the purest vintage, hnt they
hnve never yet been blended or dragged so
nicely that the expert cannot tell that they
are not pure, nor does an inferior wino ox-
ist that cannot he properly classified by nn
expert."
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
—Salvini, tho eminent tragedian, wilt
sail for New York on Saturday. He was
best man at Mile. Nevndn’s wedding on
yesterday.
—Gen. W. B. Hazen, chief signal officer,
has sailed from Liverpool for home, nnd is
expected to be nt the signal office before tho
end of this week.
—To a reporter of the Lonisville Cteiricr-
Jonraal P. li. S. Pincliback, ex-Goven.or ot
Louisiana, said last week that he was out of
politics altogether.
—Miss Ferdinand Todisca,a young violin
ist, recently died in France of a throat din-
ease. During her illness she wus deserted
by everybody but a servant.
—Miss Alcott, who lin* rested from literary
work since the pnblication other “Spinning-
wheel Stories." will furnish n number for
St. Nicholas daring the coming winter.
—8. S. Cox has received the Sultan's pres
ent* of valuable jewelry and a number af
rare Oriental hooks for Abram S. Hewitt
without pledging that Mr. Hewitt would
accept them.
—“Mrs. George Dawson Coleman, of
Lebanon, Pa," ns a current item says,
"owns a portrait painted on a cobweb. The
color* are beautifully laid on nnd simply
perfect ns to harmony. It ia said to bnvo
coat $8,000."
—Gov. Solomon Nepton, of tho Penob
scot Indians, is n stately old mnn with a
wide, smooth, good nntnred face and a
henry head of iron gray hair. He is seven
ty-three years old nnd cannot rend or write,
lint speaks English fairly welL
—Prince Bismarck has made arrange
ments for a constant anpply thin winter of
canvas-back ducks, which ore to be shipped
to Berlin by way of Bremerhaven. Hi* own
cook not being up to the cooking of docks,
the Prince will borrow that of M. Bleich-
roeder.
—There is a striking coincidence In tho
fact that George Wilkes, at one time tho ac
knowledged king of the American turf, and
Goldsmith Maid, nt one time the acknowl
edged queen, should hnve passed nwny
within a few honrs of each other. Georgo
Wilkes was formerly editor and proprietor
of Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, and Gold-
Maid used to edit the New York Ledger be
fore Maud 8. took hold of it—Chicago Mail.
—Mine. Anna Jmlie ia rigidly modest and
C in. She exercised severe economy com-
to the land of catfish and bison. She
gave particular orders to pack hnt 150 pairs,
of gloves, sayingto her maid she could eas
ily send over to Fkris for another lot Kha
was equally indifferent about her comfort in
the American hotels. Her hath room is
hung with toile de Genes of Urge bright de
signs, and the hathtnbUofsolidsilverwitli
her monogram set in gold. In a very bugo
room are wardrobes set into the walls. Sho
resolved, after pondering the matter, to
bring only her bath-tub.
Emma Nevada’s Marriage.
Paris, September 30.—Miss Emma Ne
vada was married to-day to Dr. Raymond
Palmer, of Birmingham, Englanh. The
service took place at the Englism embassy,
arul the religious services at the church of
the Passionist Fathers. The bridesmaid*
were Misses Morris, Johnson, Everett anil
Tint, of America. Signor Salvini, the
Italian tragedian, waa "best man." The
attendance waa Urge, American, English
and Parisian hisbionahle society lieing well
represented. The occasion was marked by
much enthusiasm, and the dispUy of flow
ers and elegant costumes lent an air of
gayety to the scene.
■J. Ambler Smith, ex-Bepuhlicnn Con
gressman from the Richmond district in
Virgjcia, has announced that he will support
Fitriiugh Lee for Governor, "because Jla-
}[■>!,• Jj;i- \J 'l it* '1 .ill tlie phtig's he made to
the ltepuh.i’ana."