The Cortland Democrat, Friday, March 13,
1891.
State Broomsticks.
We have
reason to suspect that certain members of the Legislature at Albany are
contemplating the establishment of a State broomstick factory on a gigantic scale.
Such enterprises are rather infrequent in political politics, though they are beginning
to appear more or less in the European literature of Bellamy and other socialists.
Bellamy
would scarcely have dared to dream that within half a decade after the
appearance of his book, the State of New York would be fixing up a plant for
the manufacture of broomsticks. Every enterprise, great or small, has a motive back
of it. Now what is the motive back of this broomstick business by the State?
Does it
mean that some one is not getting along fast enough and needs to have the State
give him a job of making broomsticks? Does it mean that some town wants the broomstick
factory, and will block the wheels of legislation till it gets it?
But it may be said that the people won't buy
the broomsticks turned out by the State because they can get better articles
elsewhere. Won't they buy? Why the State is sovereign, and will
make them buy either State broomsticks,
or none. This is the way to make an instant success of the new factory. Close
the market; make a monopoly.
It is
true that the bill to start a State broomstick factory has not been introduced yet;
but there have been two bills introduced for the starting of a State school
book factory, and it is only a question of time to get around to broomsticks.—Batavia
Times.
Hon. Hamilton Fish, formerly Governor of
this state and Secretary of state during Grant's
administration, does not hesitate to condemn the McKinley tariff act. In an interview
with the New York Commercial Advertiser he is quoted as saying:
"I don't know what the word reciprocity
means as it is now used. It may mean "a vote for President, or a vote for
Senator, or what not! I am in favor of reciprocity in the broadest, fullest
sense of the term, reciprocity which means trade and benefit to the people. I
have always been in favor of a certain measure of protection to infant industries.
But the child grows and the industries do not forever remain infants.
There comes a time when protection ceases to be a necessity, when industries do
not need to be fed with pap."
"Then do you think that reciprocity in its
broadest measure and generally applied would be a good thing for the United States
at large to-day?"
"Decidedly I do. And I believe that the
McKinley tariff is prohibition and not protection. There was no
necessity for it. You may quote me as believing true reciprocity in all
directions to be a wise policy for our country and—I am not a restrictionist."
Mr.
Depew's Bond.
NEW
YORK, March 7.—Chauncey M. Depew, George N. Miller, Willson G. Hunt,
Joseph Park and William Rockefeller, directors of the New Haven railroad, were
arrested yesterday on the verdict of the Coroner's jury, holding them
responsible for the [Harlem] tunnel disaster. Mr. Depew furnished a bond of
$25,000, signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, who gave as security his house in
Fifth avenue. The other's will be arrested to-day.
What the War Cost the State.
During the war the State of New York furnished
one sixth of the northern armies, and contributed one eighth of the death roll.
With a population of less than 4,000,000 in 1860 this State sent 400,000 soldiers
to the front. The death loss was 48,000, of whom 13,000 were killed in action.
7,000 died from wounds and 28,000 from sickness. 48,000 who were wounded
recovered from their injuries. Outside of the amounts refunded by the federal
government the State expended $160,000,000 on her soldiers.
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| David B. Hill. |
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FOUR/EDITORIALS.
Our Republican friends are seriously disturbed
because [New York] Gov. Hill seems to have no intention of resigning the office
of Governor until December when the next Congress meets. The Democrats, who
elected him to the office of Governor as well as Senator, are entirely
satisfied with his determination in this respect, and as the Republicans have
had very little to do with his election to either office, they ought not to
complain and it will do them very little good if they do. Gov. Hill could not
qualify as U. S. Senator until December, unless an extra session of Congress is
called which is not probable, consequently he is not yet a United States
Senator and can only draw pay from the time he qualifies.
The constitution provides that the Senate shall
be the sole judge of the election returns and qualification of its own members and
in obedience to that organic law, the Senate has made this rule:
"The oaths or affirmations required by the constitution, and
prescribed by law shall be taken and subscribed by each Senator in open Senate
before entering upon his duties."
A Senator cannot be sworn in at a session prior
to the one for which he was elected. "This point," says the special
to the New York World, "was settled as far back as 1851," just
forty years ago, when Senator Mason, on the night of March 3, expressed a doubt
as to whether he could vote after midnight, believing that his term of service expired
at that hour. He had been re-elected to the next session and wished to qualify
by taking the oath there and then. There was a debate on the question raised,
and the Senate, by a vote of 93 yeas to 11 nays, adopted this resolution:
Resolved,
That inasmuch as the second session
of the Thirty-first Congress does not expire under the constitution until 12 o'clock
on the 4th of March instant, the Hon.
James M. Mason, a Senator-elect from the State of Virginia, is not
entitled to take the oath of office at this time, to-wit, on the 4th of March, at 1 o'clock A. M.
Gov. Hill is simply the Governor of this State,
to which office he was elected by a large majority of the people of the
commonwealth, and he will hold the office and continue to draw his salary as
such Governor until December next, when he will resign the office and attend at
the opening of Congress in Washington, when he will be sworn in as U. S.
Senator and commence drawing his salary as such at that time.
If he should resign now, he would be out of
office until December next and could not draw the salary of either office
because a Senator does not draw pay only from the date of his qualifying. We
beg leave to assure our Republican friends, that the Governor's
course is entirely satisfactory to a majority of the electors of the State of
New York, and that in this case there is a decided majority of the house
present and voting, and that his friends are not required to count the minority
in order to constitute a quorum to do business. It must be admitted that
Governor Hill has been somewhat unfortunate in not being able to please his
enemies on all occasions and at all times, but he seems to have a faculty of
pleasing his friends, and as they constitute a majority of the people, he ought
to be pretty well satisfied.
Precedents for Governor Hill's present attitude
are not wanting and it will probably be sufficient to mention one. Governor Alcorn,
the Republican Governor of Mississippi, was elected to the United States Senate
in 1870, for the term beginning March 4, 1871. He did not qualify as Senator
until the opening of Congress in December, 1871, resigning as Governor Nov. 30.
If Governor Alcorn's course was satisfactory to the Republicans in 1871, they
will have to be satisfied with Gov. Hill's course in 1891.
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| Harper's Weekly |
FROM
EVERYWHERE.
New
York has 1,000 millionaires.
Chinamen are scarce in California now.
A Bismarck party it to be
formed in Germany.
Syracuse University is to have
a $20,000 gymnasium.
There are 1,198 prisoners in
the Elmira Reformatory.
W. F. Keefer has started up
his woolen factory at Camillus, and is putting in new knitting machines.
John L. Sullivan had both his
eyes blackened by a trainman between Macon, Ga., and Columbia, S. C., recently.
Henry G. Crawford, found
guilty of bigamy in the Ulster county court on Saturday, was yesterday
sentenced by Judge Clearwater to five years in Clinton State prison at
Dannemora.
W. W. Thompson, the lawyer who
forged the will of Thomas Denny, was yesterday sentenced at Albany to 10 years'
imprisonment in State prison. The sentence is the minimum penalty.
John W. Vroman, grand master
of Masons in New York, has decided upon
Thursday, May 21st, at the date for laying the corner stone of the
Masonic home in Utica. Frank R. Lawrence of New York, past grand master, will deliver
the address on that occasion.
A negro named Willban was
found under the bed of a young lady at Williamstown, S. C., Friday night. A
number of young men captured the negro and intended to lynch him, but finally
compromised by giving him 500 lashes on the bare back. Willban was then locked
up.
The oldest man in Chattanooga,
Tenn., is an inmate of the county workhouse. His name is Tobe Lewis and he claims to be 137 years old. He has
documentary evidence to show that he is considerably more than 100. He has been
married nine times and is the father of more than forty children.
The weavers in both woolen
mills in Marcellus are out on strike, asking their old wages, paid prior to
August 1, 1890. The average wages made under the old list was, under the most
favorable circumstances, about $10 per week; and the average wages of
first-class weavers under the present prices is about $6.54 per week.
A summary of the number of
missionaries in foreign countries supported by Protestant societies in the United States, with the number of churches,
native communicants and contributions for the year 1890, shows the following
totals: 2,350 missionaries, 2,621 churches, 236,187 native communicants, of
whom 25,963 were added in 1890; $524,217 contributed by natives and $3,977,701
contributed in the United States. A nearly complete list of the Protestant missionary
societies in Great Britain and their work in foreign lands shows a total of
2,965 missionaries and 348,801 native communicants. The Protestant Canadian
missionary societies support 133 missionaries, while their native communicants
number 8,172.
HERE AND THERE.
The Cortland Desk Company
recently filled an order for five roll-top desks from London, England.
Steamer Co. No. 2, of Marathon
Fire Department, will give an entertainment in Peck's Hall in that place, on
Saturday evening.
A large audience greeted the
Fisk Jubilee singers in the Opera House last Monday evening, and all were
pleased with the entertainment.
The Binghamton Daily Republican
has reduced its subscription price to $3 per annum. The price is
exceedingly low for such a large and newsy sheet.
The annual meeting of the
Cortland County Soldiers and Sailors' Veteran Association will be held in
Wells' Hall, Cortland, Wednesday, March 18th, 1891, at 11 A. M. sharp. Officers
will be chosen for the ensuing year.
Prof. Laughlin, of Cornell
University, will lecture in the Normal chapel in this place, Friday evening,
March 20th, at 8 o'clock, on "Political Economy and Christianity." Seats
free, and all interested are invited to be present.
Mr. John Garrity, who runs the
Messenger House 'bus to and from the stations, has made arrangements to perform
the same service for the Cortland House, commencing next week. He will run two omnibuses
for each hotel.
President Garrison, of the
Cortland and Homer street railroad, has decided to put an extra car on the road
about April 1st, to be run between the E. C. & N. depot and the fair
grounds. This arrangement will furnish a car going each way every half hour.
The Prohibitionists of this
county will hold a mass meeting in the interests of the proposed Constitutional
Amendment, in Cortland Opera House, this Friday evening, at 8 o'clock. Speakers
from abroad are expected to be present, and clergymen of the village have been
invited to speak.
The managers of the Cortland
Hospital Association have leased Mrs. Mary Cumming's residence on Clayton Ave.,
which, after some alterations, will be used as a hospital. They expect to have
the building ready for use by the first of April. Mrs. Cummings has been engaged
as matron.
H. H. Pomeroy expects to move
his stock of dry goods and notions to the Samson block about April 1st next.
Messrs. P. H. & F. D. Dowd will occupy the entire store in the Grand
Central block after Mr. Pomeroy's removal, and will fill the same with an
entire new stock of boots and shoes.
The first maple sugar festival
of the season will be given by the Sons of Veterans in the supervisors' rooms
of the County Clerk's office, on Tuesday evening, March 17th. A small amount
will be charged to defray expenses and to aid the camp in preparing for
Decoration day observance. An enjoyable evening is anticipated, and all are
cordially invited.
It is rumored that Dr. G. E.
Barker has sold out his practice in this place to Dr. Johnson of Cortland. It
is also rumored that Dr. Johnson has bought Dr. Barker's residence and that the
latter gentleman will move into the house now occupied by E. I. Van Buskirk. Dr. Johnson is quite well known in this locality,
having practiced medicine in Preble for some time prior to going to Cortland.—Tully
Times.
A chicken dispute, to test the
relative merits of Elmira and Cortland birds, took place at Swartwood, on the
line of the E. C. & N. road, last Friday. A large crowd of Cortland sports
were present. Six battles were fought, Elmira winning four. The Cortland boys
returned on a special train towards morning with much less cash on hand than
they possessed when they left home. They are anxious for an opportunity to get
even, and it is understood that it will be furnished them at an early day.
John Hodgson has leased his blacksmith
shop on Port Watson street to Messrs. W. H. Rose and F. M. Maricle, of
Marathon, who will conduct the business hereafter.
Postmaster Ballard will
receive bids from now until March 20th for carrying the mails between the post
office and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western station. Blanks may be
obtained at the office.
On Monday last, Mr. Jerry
A'Hearn, a blacksmith helper in the E. C. & N. shops, was hit on the left
side of the neck by a piece of red-hot steel. Dr. Hughes removed the steel,
which was found imbedded in the flesh.
Mr. R. S. Osborn will address
the farmers and laborers of Truxton, in Woodward's hall, Saturday evening,
March 13th, at 7 o'clock. Subject: "The depressed condition of
agriculture, its cause and effect upon labor." All are invited.
Master George Mee, aged about
15 years, and a son of Mr. Charles Mee, of this place, left home last Thursday,
and on Saturday his mother received a postal card from him, dated at New York,
stating that he would sail on that day for England. He also announced his intention of visiting several of the old
countries before his return. The lad has been inclined to rove for some years
and has on several occasions indulged his inclinations. He is bright enough and
cheeky enough to travel without money, and we predict that he will turn up one
of these days, none the worse for his journey about the world.
Paste This in Your Hat.
Those exempt from jury duty
now comprise clergymen, dentists, pharmacists, attorneys, professors and
teachers in colleges, academies or public schools, editorial writers and
reporters on daily newspapers, federal officers, state officers and city
officers, consuls of foreign nations, captains, engineers and other officers of
vessels making regular trips, licensed pilots, superintendents, conductors or engineers
on steam railroads, telegraph operators, grand jurors, sheriff's jurors, officers,
musicians and privates in the national guard, honorably discharged national
guardsmen, firemen and policemen.
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