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THE PEFTSBTJIiG- DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, JANIFART 6, -1892.
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GERSOLL'S REPLY
To the Criticisms of Clergy
men on His Christ
mas Sermon.
THE BLASPHEMY OF A DAY
He Calls an Impossibility, Even if He
Intended Snch a Thing.
HE IS A REAL SMTIMEXTALIST.
One of the Charges Brought Against Hira
That Ue Doesn't Deny.
IXFIDEL OR TREACnER FOR RETEMJE
I don't see how the fact 'that I am not a
scientist has the slightest hearing upon tie
question; but if there is any fact that I have
avoided or misstated, then I wish that fact
to be pointed out.
Tlie Colonel a Sentimentalist.
'T admit that I am a sentimentalist that
is, that I ant governed, to a certain extent,
by sentiment that my mind is so that
cruelty is revoltins and that mercy excites
my love and admiration. I admit that I
am so much of a 'sentimentalist' that I have
no love for the Jehovah of the Old Testa
ment, and Hhat it is impossible for me to
believe a creed that fills the prison house of
Hades with countless billions of men, women
and children.
"I am also glad that the reverend gentle
man admits that I ha-e 'stabbed jto the heart
hundreds of superstitions and lies,' and I
hope to stab many, many more, and if I
succeed in stabbing all "lies to the heart
there ill be no foundation left for what I
called 'orthodox' Christianity, but good
ness will survive, justice will live, and the
flower of mercy will shed its perfume forever."
FORAKER'S ONE HOPE
Is That the Voting at-To-nicjht's Cau
cus Be By Secret Ballot,
SURE DEFEAT STARING AT HIM,
And. Many Friends Begging Him to With
draw From the Contest.
from Congress and boa candidate for Gov
ernor of Indiana. He added that while he
was disappointed at Mr. Hills' defeat he
certainly had no cause to complain of his
own committee assignment. As to his
Gubernatorial aspirations, Mr. Bynnm said:
"I have been earnestly solicited by many
friends to run for Governor, but I have not
as yet fully determined in my own mind
whether I shall be a candidate "or not It I
do become a, candidate it will be because I
prefer that position to the one I now hold."
SHERJTAOWHAS FROM 50 TO 60 TOTES
THE BALTIMORE BACK.
SCIILKY WIIX TALK BUT LITTLE AND
UOrFICIALLY.
rrrciAL tellgiiam to tite msrATCit.1
Xeiv York, Jan. 5. The reply of
Colonel Jiobcrt G. Ingersoll to the criti
cisms of the clergymen ho attacked his
recent Christmas sermon vas given to the j
public to-day. The Colonel says: !
"Kcv. James 31. King who seems to I
have taken thi occasion to become known
finds fault because 'blasphemous utter
ances concerning Christmas' were pub
lished, and wore allowed 'to greet the eyes
of innocent children and pure women.'
How i it possible to blaspheme a day?
One" day is not, in and of itself, holier than
another that is to say, two equal i-paccs of
time are substantially alike. AVe call a day
'gcod' or 'bad' according to what happens
in the day. A day filled ith happiness,
with kind words, with noble deeds, is a
good day. A day filled with misfortunes
and anger and misery we call a bad day.
"Hut how is it possible to blaspheme a
da? A man may. or may not, believe that
Christ was born on the 2.1th of December,
and that he may fill that day, so far as he is
concerned, with good thoughts and words
and doed. Another may really believe
that Christ was born on that day, and jet
do his worst to make all his friends un
happy. An Arjtmcnt for IJoth Sides.
"But how can the rights of what arc
called 'clean families' be violated, by read
ing the honest opinious of others as to
whether Christinas is kept in honor of the
birth of Christ, or in honor of the triumph
of the sun over the hosts of darkness? Are
Christian families so weak intellectuallv
that thev cannot bear to hearfhe other side?
Oris their ease so weak thit the slightest
evidence overthrows W "Why do all these
ministers insist that it is ill-bred to even
raise a question as to the truth of the im
probable, or as to the improbability of the
impossible?
"A minister says to me that I am going
to hades that I am bound to be punished
forever and ever and thereupon I sav to
him: 'There is no hades; you are mistaken;
your Bible is not inspired"; no human being
is to suffer agony forever;' and thereupon,
with an injured look, he aks me this ques
tion: 'Why do you hurt my feelings.?' It
does not occur to hira that I have the
slightest right to object to his sentence of
eternal grief.
Expressed Charity for His Enemic.
"It is perfectly easy for any one with the
slightest imagination to understand how
other people differ from him. I don't at
tribute a bad motive to a man simply be
cause he disagrees with me. I don't say
that a man is a Christian or a Mohammedan
for revenue only. IdoD't say that a man
joins the Democratic party simply for
office, or that he marches with the liepubli
cans simply for position. I am willing to
hear his reasons with his motives I have
nothing to do.
"Mr. King imagine-; that I have de
nounced Christianity 'for revenue only.'
Is he willing to admitthat we have drifted
so far from orthodox religion that the way
to make money is to denounce Christianity?
I can hardly believe, for joy, that liberty
of thought has advanced so far. I regret
exceedingly that there is not an absolute
foundation for his remark. lam indeed
sorry that it is possible in this world of
ours for any human bciuc to make a living
He Describes tlin Cowardice of the Chileans
Ei ery 3Ian Hnrt In the Valparaiso Klot
"Was Stabbed in the Back The Mob Ban
" hen KrsWtcd.
Sax Fkajtcisco, Jan. 5. The United
States cruiser Baltimore arrived here at
!t:rw this morning from Valparaiso via Cal
lao. Captain Schlev was immediately in
terviewed. He stated that his report had
been forwarded to Washington and he was
not at liberty to make any statements con
cerning its contents. He said, however,
that he could see no reason to modify his
former telegraphic report based on the in
vestigation of the Valparaiso mob by the
officers of the Baltimore.
"My men," said he, "34 in number and
entiiely unarmed, were attacked at almost
the same moment in half a dozen difierent
parts of the district of the city, a mile and
a half wide, by mobs varying from 300 to
2000. Two were killed," five seriously
wounded and 18 more bruised and hurt.
Kvery one of them wa stabbed from behind,
not one irom in front. If my sailors had
been armed they could have defended
themselves, for when even two of them
turned at bav the Chileans fled. If thev
had had knives I believe each one could
have chased a dozen Chileans. The
wounded are all well now, but I cannot
permit them to be interviewed at present.
"I do not know what my men testified at
the inquiry," said the Captain. "After
much trouble the Chilean authorities
allowed Lieutenant Henry JlcCrca to be
present at the examination of the men, but
they swore him to secrecy and he cannot
nyiice public what was said. They also
made the sailors sign two papers written in
Spanish, of the contents of one of which 1
am isnorant.
"The Baltimore left Valparaiso December
10 rather suddenly. Our cruise has not
been a pleasant one. "We were in Chilean
waters eight months, and it was like lying
out at sea, with no chance or invitation to
go ashore. The feeling toward us in Chile
is not cordial, to say the least. I think the
statement in this morning's papers that
Chile intends to offer a full apologv is very
doubtful"
MONEY NO OBJECT.
out of the ignorance and fear of his fcliow.
men. Still, it gives me great hope for the
future to readeven in this ignorant pres
ent, that there is one man, and that man
myself, who advocates human liberty the
absolute enfranchisement of the soul and
does it 'for revenue' because this charge is
such a splendid compliment to my fellow
men. Ingersoirs Definitions of Blasphemy.
"Under no circumstances can the ex
pression of an honest opinion, couched in
becoming language, amount to blasphemy.
And right here it may be well enough to in
quire, 'what is blasphemy?' A man who
knowingly assaults the true, who know
ingly endeavors to stain the pure, who
knowingly maligns the good and noble, is a
blasphemer. A man who deserts the truth
because it is unpopular is a blasphemer. He
who runs with the bounds, knowing that
the hare is in the right, is a blasphemer.
"In the soul of every man, or in the tem
ple inhabited by the" soul, there is one
niche in which can be found the statue of
the ideal. In the presence of this statue
the good man worships the bad man blas
phemesthat is to say, he is not true to the
ideal.
"A man who slanders a pnre woman or an
honest man is a blasphemer. So, too, a man
who does not give the honest transcript of
his mind is a blasphemer. If a man really
thinks the character of Jehovah, as por
trayed in the Old Testament, is good, and
he denounces Jehovah as bad, he is a blas
jihemer. If he really believes that the
character of Jehovahas portrayed in the
Old Testament, is bad, and he pronounces it
good, he is a blasphemer and a coward.
''clf-Iiitcrot.t an a Law-Maker.
'All laws against 'blasphemy have been
passel by the numerically strong and the
intellectually weak. These laws have been
passeJ by thnsc who, finding no help in
logic, appealed to the Legislature. Back
ot all these superstitions you will find some
self-interest. I don't say that is true in
every cie, but I do say that if priests had
not been fond of mutton, lambs never would
have been sacrificed to God. Nothing was
evercairicd to the temple that the priests
could not use, and it always so happened
"Jat (Jod wanted what his agents liked.
"Xow. I will not sav that all preachers
have been such 'for revenue only," but I
must say that the history ot the world tends
to show th it the sacerdotal class prefers
revenue without religion to religion with
out revenue.
"I am much obliged to Key. 3Ir. King
i?- mi.,tlI,S that an infidel has a right to
publish his virus at his own expense, and
With the Utmost rlirx.rfi.lnocc T in tUtt
right to n Christian. The only thing I have
ever obiccted to is the publication of his
views at the csponse of others.
HicliiK or .Hon to Disagree.
"I cannot admit, however, that the ideas
contained m what is known as the Christ
mas sermon are 'revolting to a vast ma
jority of the reople who give character to
the community in which we live.' I sup
pose that a very large majority of men and
women who disagree with me are perfectly
satisfied that I have the right to disa-ree
with them, and that 1 do not disagree with
them to any greater degree than they dis
agree with me. And I also imagine that a
very large majority of intelligent people
are perfectly willing to hear the other side
"With jrg rd to the letter of Itev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., I are but little to say. I am
glad that he believes in a free platform and
a free press that he, likeLucretia 31ott,
believes in 'truth tor authority, and not au
thority for truth. At ihp'simn Tn. t
"""" 1
A Jeweler Snicldcs After Tearing Up Cur
rency anil a S15.000 Draft.
Troy, Jan. 5. SjvrinJ. Early this fore
noon Henry Dudley, colored, of Hoosick,
discovered the dead body of a man near the
highway. The corpse was attired in good
clothes."and wasapparently that of a person
about 40 years of age. A revolver was held
in the clenched hand, and a wound in the
head showed the cause of death. Scattered
around was a large amount of torn cur
rency in hills of different denominations.
When cathered these represented over SfiOO.
There were also four drafts which had also
been torn, one of these was for 13,000
issued to bearer by the Security Trust Com
pany of Xashua, X. H., to the Commercial
National Bank of Boston. The three other
drafts were each for 51,000.
In a vest pocket was a gold watch at
tached to a gold chain. In one of the man's
pockets a card was found bearing the name
L. N. T. Paulin, watchmaker and jeweler,
No. 20 Factory street, Nashua, N. H.
TWENTY SHOTS AT A TEAIN.
Omaha Bandits Try Sly's Tactics, but the
Engineer Knns Past Them.
OmAIIA, Jan. 5. The Missouri Pacific
Bailway officials and those of the Pacific
Express Company have endeavored to sup
press the tact that an attempt was made last
Wednesday nieht to hold up the southbound
Missouri Pacific passenger train at West
Side, in the suburbs of this city, the same
place where Sly successfully robbed a train
some time ago. Engineer Dean saw the
masked men on the crossing, and instead of
stopping his train he pulled past them with
all possible speed.
The would-be robbers fired a score or more
of shots at the train as it rushed by, and
the frightened passengers dodced under the
car seats to get out of harm's way. For
tunately no one was injured. It "is sup
posed to be the work of novice imitators of
Slv's gang.
FOUR DIE UNDER A TBESTLE.
A Train Bnns Away With Its Crew, With
Frightfnl Ilesnlts.
Asiievii.le, N. C, Jan. 5. To-day on
the 3Inrphy branch of the Western North
Carolina Bailroad, 40 miles from Asheville,
the engine of the westbound freight train.
while detached at a heavy grade, became
uncontrollable and dashed down the track
at a fearful speed. At Dvke Ridge trestle
it left the rails and plunged into the gorse,
landing in Scott's creek, more than 100 feet
below. The following men were killed:
Sim Francis, engineer, of Asheville; Sam
Arthur, fireman; Ilufus Hemphill and a
colored hand.
A Castle for the Royal Couple.
DUBLIN. Jan. 5. It was recently officially
announced that a wedding present from
Ireland should be given to the Duke of
Clarence and his bride. It is not known
what shape the present will take, bnt it has
been proposed that it take the form of a
residence in Ireland. One of the estates
mentioned is Clifdcn Castle. .
Chicago Getting Good Professors.
Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. Charles Gardner
Hale, Professor of the Latin Department,
and J. Lawrence Lauchlin. Professor of
Political Economy, in Cornell University,
to-day accepted offers of chairs in the
Chicago University, at 57,000 salary each.
They were receiving about one-ha'lf that
compensation here.
Harrison "Working on a Proclamation.
Washington, D. a, Jan. 5. The
President is now engaged in the prepara
tion of a proclamation of retaliation against
those countries which have refused to enter
into reciprocal trade relations with this
country, and will probably have it ready
for issue before the end of the present
week.
Anarchists Trotest "With a Bomb.
BOilE, Jan. 5. At Grosseto to-day, some
Anarchists exploded a bomb in front of the
Prefecture, as, a protest against the arrest
of their riotous comrades. The explosion
caused much excitement but did no
damage.
Bavagrs of the Grip In Italy.
Home, Jan. 5. The public schools at
Genoa and Milan have been closed in con
sequence of the epidemic of influenza. So
many of the inhabitants are prostrated that
the transaction of business is greatly impeded.
'SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCIt.1
Colombus, O., Jan. 5. Senator Sher
man has whipped his man to a standstill.
The managers of Governor Foraker's can
vass for the Senatorship have relinquished
all effort to-night and are anxious for the
agony to be over, and await the finishing
touches of to-morrow night's caucus with
the anxiety of one seeking relief.
There have been two additions to the
Sherman forces from the non-committal
members to-day, and his managers now
surely count upon a vote of 50, and every
thing is in readiness for four more to pro
nounce themselves in his favor to-morrow.
The Foraker followers, when they learned
this, at once began to scheme for a secret
ballot, that the humiliation might not be so
great. It is well understood that Foraker
would have withdrawn from the contest
yesterday or to-day had he been in position
to do so, but the fight reached the point
where he could not do so with any credit to
himself, and his managers concluded to go
to the finish and get as many of the mem
bers as possible to vote as they-originally
intended, that the Governor may have the
benefit of a reasonable showing in the
caucus.
Efforts to Have Foraker "Wishdraw.
Many of the members who are the best
friends of Foraker have insisted for two
days that he get out of the way, but he re
fuses to do so, and now the secret ballot is
sought to give the discouraged Legislators
an opportunity to shield themselves from
the disfavor which comes of being on the
losing side.
Senator Sherman informed The Dis
rATCH correspondent this evening, that he
had not felt so well since the contest began
as he does at this time. The exercise has
been rather in the nature of a relief from
routine duty, and he has enjoyed it, rather
than to grow nervous and anxious over the
result. He expressed the hope that the
Governor would not withdraw, but would
continue to the caucus, that the public may
know how really weak he is compared with
what has been claimed for him through his
managers during the past two weeks.
Sherman Solid With the Ladles.
The Senator left his quarters and the hotel
for the first time thia afternoon since he
came to this city. William G. Deshlcr, a
leading local hanker and financier, called to
take him for a drive, and they called upon a
large number of the old friends of the Sen
ator, principally ladies, and the majority
widows, whose hushands were strong friends
of the Senator during their lives. He also
visited Judge Thurman, Governor Campbell
aud Mrs. Governor Dennison. The engage
ment is so agreeable tha it has in reality re
duced itself to a social frolic on the part of
the Senator, and in addition to about two-
thirds of the members, Senator Sherman
will have all the widows on his side when
his nomination is announced to-morrow
night.
Foraker the Young Men's Idol.
Another correspondent writes: The night
before the great Senatorial battle finds the
inevitable still staring the Foraker forces
ominously in the face. Turn whichever
way they may, they cannot escape it. To
them all the indications of the political sit
uation point to but one resnlt defeat. But
they have made a gallant battle, and their
struggle has established beyond contradic
tion one significant fact that J. B. Foraker
is the unshaken idol of the young Republi
cans of Ohio. His magnetic qualities of
leadership have bound to him a loyal follow
ing whose enthusiasm knows no rest, and,
despite the strenuous efforts that are being
made bv the Sherman forces to demoralize
his ranks and create a stampede to the ven
erable leader, his followers find pride in re
maining steadfast to their leader, and going
down with him to glorious defeat.
The declarations to-day of Representa
tives Dunn and Daugherty for Sherman add
two more to the Senator's majority, and his
friends are now claiming that he will have
58 votes, while they give Foraker but 34,
the remaining two being doubtful. Of
course, Foraker people do not concede these
claims. They maintain that Sherman has
not now positive assurances from more than
45 votes, and that the ex-Governor has still
a good fighting chance.
Ballot Beform Dragged Into It.
The Sherman people are loud in their de
mands for an open ballot by roll call, and
maintain that everything should be fair and
public To this arenment the Foraker peo
ple reply that the Sherman forces found no
objection to a secret ballot in the Speaker
ship caucus on Saturday, and in support of
hue aiguiuejib lur u bvureb uuiiui cue tne
fact that all the ballot reform laws strictly
provide that the private voter's ballot shall
be secret, and maintain that what is good
for the public at large is good for a Sena
torial caucus. Their chief argument for a
secret ballot, however, is based upon their
claim that many members are being coerced
into voting for Sherman, and that they
should have an opportunity to secretly vote
their'preferences.
To all this the Sherman managers reply
that the comparison drawn is misleading;
that the private voter represents himself
alone, while the asemblyman represents his
constituents; that the Foraker men who
have come over to Sherman acknowledge
that they have doue so in obedience to their
constitnents, and these have a right to know
that their representative is carrying out
their wilL This public knowledge, they
maintain, can only be given through the
medium of an open ballot.
The Open Bahot Now on Top.
It looks to-night as though the open
ballot idea would prevail, as the Sherman
people apparently have votes enough to
carry it through the caucus, even though
the Foraker people should make a fight for
secrecy.
The State Trades and Labor Assembly
met in this city to-day, and as was antici
pated, attempted to solve the Senatorial
question. The President in his opening
address recommended that the assembly do
not interfere in the matter, but despite this
a resolution was this afternoon introduced
denouncing Mr. Sherman's Senatorial
record. It was defeated, after considerable
wrangling, bnt it is understood the Foraker
men will revive the controversy to-morrow.
A telegram from Washington, savs:
General H. V. Boynton being asked if he
had sent any reply to aelegram which the
Columbus Labor Committee addressed to
him, said:
No such dispatch reached me yesterday,
from which I conclude that no reply was
wanted before their convention met to-day.
As to the Ohinese question, concerning
which this committee represents itself us
inquiring, this Is true, that Senator Sher
man's recoi d from flrst to last on that sub
ject, ns well as on all other snbleets pom.
netted with labor. Is ono of wise, continuing
and earnest efforts to advance everylnterest
of American worklngmen. As to his attitude
towaid pensions, which Is challenged by the
questions asked, his position, which this
committee represent as hostile to the sol
diers, was distinctly stated In the debate by
Senator Sherman to be based upon his con
victions that tho proposed measures did not
go far enough to do tne veterans full justice.
DEM0CBATS CALLED TO MEET.
The Deads of the National Association of
Clubs Have Important Business.
Washington, D. a, Jan. 5. The fol
lowing call for a meeting of the Executive
Committee of the National Association of
Democratic Clubs was issued this morning:
Dear Sir There will be a meeting or tho
Executive Committee of the National Asso
ciation of Democratic Clubs held on
Wednesday, the 20th of January, at the
rooms of tho association in tho Washington
Loan and Trust Company nntldinsr, Wash
ington, D. C, at 2 o'clock. It is veiy desir
able that every member be present at this
meeting, either in person or by proxy.
Yours respectfully.
William L. Wilson,
Chairman of Executive Committee.
Wright Opens Harrisburg Headquarters.
Hai&isbubg, Jan. 5 Special. . J Mar
shall Wright, of Allentown, brother of
Hon. Robert E. Wright, has engaged
headquarters in this city, where he will
conduct his campaign for Democratic State
Chairman. The State Committee will meet
here on the 20th instant.
BULKELEY STILL BOSS.
SoDecidedby All the Supreme-Judges
of the Nutmeg State.
MORRIS NOT DECLARED ELECTED
Bj the Legislature, Consequently the In
cumbent Holds Over.
NETV ADVERTISEMENTS.
A LAW OX THE SUBJECT BADLY iNEEDED
RUSSIAN CRUELTY.
HOW THE HEBREWS ARE BEING PER
SECUTED AND MURDERED.
Villagers Raid and Rnin the Homes of the
Oppressed Men, Women and Children
Slaughtered The Bodies of to Dead
Mutilated by the Mob.
Boston, Jan. 5. Special Another
blood-curdling story of Hebrew persecution
in Bussia was told to-day by Haymyn Gold
son, a refugee who came to this country on
the City of Paris. Here is Mr. Goldson's
story:
"I lived in Krinik, Bussia, a town of
about 700 inhabitants near Zacolko, 42
miles from the Prussian border. About
three months ago the 200 Hebrews in the
village learned that an attempt was going
to be made against them by the Kussians.
The signal for the attempt was one day
given when the Enssian popnlation, num
bering upward of 200, assembled in the
market place with swords, pitchforks and
clubs to parade. They made at once for
our quarter ot the city, and the Hebrews,
discovering their approach, barricaded their
houses and made an eflort to protect them
selves. "Fighting was almost continuous for three
days. Blood was spilled freely on both
sides, but finally the Kussians conquered.
The Hebrews fled from the town, 15 being
killed in my own sight The infuriated
peasants not only killed my countrymen
with deliberation, but they also mutilated
the dead horribly. I made my way though
the market place, expecting death' at every
step, but finally fought through the lines,
meeting with no worst, injuries than a
broken arm and bad wound in the leg. I
had the good fortune to possess some
money, which enabled me to cet a passage
by train to Berlin, where I went
into a hospital and remained for
a desirable time.
"The Russians spared neither women nor
children. Our houses were burned and our
possessions taken from us. The viciousness
of the attacking party was largely due to
the bloody inspiration of Wolkoff Valeski,
the strongest man in the village, who led
the attack. Our women were very courage
ous. They fought the men with hot water
and fire, and succeeded in roasting out sev
eral who attempted entrance to houses by
going Iown the chimney. If-Americans
only knew the real attrocities committed in
Bussia the Hebrews wonld receive even
greater sympathy and assistance than they
are favored with at present."
FLOWES'S FIEST HEARING.
One Who Tried to Form a Cigarette Trust
Wanted in Texas for Conspiracy.
Ai.BANY,If. Y., Jan. 5. Gov. Flowergave
a hearing this afternoon on an application
for a requisition from the Governor of Texas
for the custody of J. B. Duke, a cigarette
manufacturer of Xew York City, who is
wanted in the "Lone Star" State for con
spiracy a felony under the laws of Texas.
Duke was indicted there on a charge of
having conspired with one other man to
regulate the supply of cigarettes tobe manu
factured and the price at which they should
sell.
He appeared at the hearyig with his
counsel. As the Texas officer was not rep
resented by counsel, at his request the case
was postponed until Saturday.
COSTLY TAB AND FEATHERS.
The Maltreaters of an 18-Tear-Old Married
Woman Are Sentenced.
Fleming-ton, N. J., Jan. 5. There was
a large crowd in the Hunterdon County
Court of Sessions to-day when John T.
Banghart and Austin Lisk were arraigned
for "sentence for tarring and feathering
Julia ueam, tneie-year-oid married woman,
at Glen Gardner on the night of Octo
ber 17.
Banghart was convicted of being the ring
leader in the assault on the young woman,
bnt Lisk pleaded guilty. Banghart was
sentenced to serve 1)0 days in the county
jail aiiu iu pay a line 01 ci.uv.
ceived a similar sentence.
Lisk re-
An Eye After Confederate Flags.
Washington. D. Cfjan. 5. First As
sistant Postmaster General Whitfield has
sent an inspector to Baird, Tex., to investi-
guie uie cuargu mat uic iouicueraie nag is
kept flying over the postoffice there.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 5. The Su
preme Court unanimously sustained the
demurrer of Governor Bulfceley, the hold
over Governor, in quo warrant suit of
Morris, the Democratic candidate. The
Court says that the de! Vation of the re
sult is an indispensab adjunct to the
choice of Governor as it ilrnishes the only
authentic evidence of an election. Judge
Morris has not been declared elected by the
House.
The court says the right to choose any
State officer, unless the result of the choice
can be published in some way so as to be
obligatory on the whole State, would be no
better than a mockery. It would be to give
the form of a choice without the reality.
The declaration is the only evidence by
which the person elected can know that he
is entitled to the office or the previous in
cumbent know that his term has expired.
A Declaration Is Necessary.
The courts can take judicial notice of the
fact of an election, but never of the result
of an election or who is elected until some
declaration is made. The declaration is the
only evidence by which the other depart
ments of the Government and the citizens
generally can know whom to respect as such
officer, and in order that declaration shall
be made of the result of an election for
Governor in a way to be obligatory upon
everybody the constitution has fixed the
time and "manner in which the General As
sembly shall make that declaration. Unless
the declaration is made in the way so pro
vided the process of the elec.:on is not com
plete. It is found in the case that there has been
no declaration by the General Assembly;
that the relator had been elected Governor
and it is not claimed that there had been
any equivalent act by any other authority.
It follows that the relator, whatever any fu
ture inquiry may show, cannot now be said
to have been elected to the office of Gover
nor, and that respondent remains the de
jure, as well as the de facto Governor of the
State. It is, therefore, the duty of all citi
zens, of the courts, of all departments of the
State Government and of both Houses of
the General Assembly to respect and obey
him accordingly.
The Disagreement of the Ilomcs.
The court then proceeds to consider
whether the present General Assembly has
power to declare the resnlt of the election
and recognize that the two Houses are not
in accord. It says: "When each House
has approved upon its journal a conclusion
radically antagonistic to the conclusions of
the other upon the same subject, it can only
be regarded as an announcement that they
are unable to agree."
The court says, however, it s still possi
ble lor either House or both to recede, and
so ihe power of acting on the case is not
yet lost by the General Assembly. The
lack of a law to determine such disputes is
pointed out, and the fact that the General
Assembly is responsible tor such lack, since
the Constitution directs it to make laws to
that end. The court says in conclusion:
The Snperior Court of this State, as a
court of law, is a court of general jurisdic
tion. It has jurisdiction or all matters ex
pressly committed to It; and of all others
cognizable by any court of law or which tho
exclusive jurisdiction is now given to some
other court.
Why the Courts nave Jnrisdiction.
The fact that no other court has exclusive
jurisdiction In any matter is sufficient to
give tho Superior Court jurisdiction over
that matter. The trial by the Superior Court
of the questions in the Information would
not be ah infringement upon the co-ordinate
branches of the Government.
Nor of the legislative, if it has been made
to appear that the present Legislature is
wholly unable to act in the case. It is no in
fringement upon tho executive powers to
decide who is elected Governor. To decide
what person Is lawfully elected to any offlco
is a judicial process, and where there is no
tribunal spocially authorized to make such
decision the courts must decide. And the
courts always havo jurisdiction unless the
deoision of this special tribunal Is final and
conclnsivo; and where such special tribunal
exists, if it refuses to act, or from any can.so
falls to act, then the courts, upon general
principles, and to prevent the failure of jus
tice, and perhaps to prevent anarchy and
misrule, would seem to be authorized to
make the decision.
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decoration of the Grand Cross of tho Order
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was founded in May, 17C4, by the Empress
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SVIER'S
BYMUH'S BEE IS BUZZING.
He Is Seriously Considering the Subject of
1 Knnnlng for Governor.
"Washington, D. G, Jan. C Eepre
sentatiye Bynum, of Indiana, said to-night
there is no truth in the report that he was
so disgusted with Speaker Crisp's commit
tee appointments that he proposed to retire
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598 Oozhh Ms Worn Sits aifl Drawers,
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496 Dozen Men's Merino SWrts anfl Drawers,
Former prices, 37c to 60c each. All reduced to 20a
$1.25, 87c 75c, $1.00.
Now 49c each.
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