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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 15,, 1393.,
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Little Town Meetings.
. A. few newspapers that ought to know
better. are worrying themselves and
their readers by wondering why a num-
ber of Massachusetts towns elected
democratic mayors at the recent elec-
tions, while the state itself went repub-
lican by a surprisingly large majority.
Fall River, Fitchburg, Woburn, Quin.
cy,0hicopee, Malden, Lawrence,North-
ampton and Pittsfield have all voted
themselves democratic mayors and as
base places—like almost all other Mas-
Sachusetts towns—are deeply interest-
ed in manufactures there seems to be
onie difficulty in understanding when
he people supposed to be interested in
; rotection should support men who are
politically in accord with the author of
the Wilson tarifi’ bill. The situation is
not, however, at all enigmatic. Clearly
local and not national issues were
fought over in these municipal elec-
tions. The merits of the candidates
and not protection or tariff reform, or
republicanism or democracy were in
the minds of voters. This is as it
should be in municipal elections. Par-l
tisan considerations enter to a far
greater extent than they should in the
choice of men who are to spend the
money of tax-payers for the protection
and development of a municipality,and
whose functions are of a business and
not a political character. The result of
this intrusion of national issues into
municipal politics is invariably demor-
alizing. It is a hopeful occurrence
when in municipal elections the best
men win, no matter what their political
predilections may be.
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A Rigorous Liquor Law.
The present law regulating the liquor
traffic in 'South Carolina, although se-
verely restrictive in its provisions, is to
be' supplemented by another statute,
which is intended to stop every possi-
ble loop-hole of - evasion and to make
the state the absolute and indisputable
‘ master of the Situation. _ ,
The new dispensary law was intro-
duced in the Senate last Friday by Mr.
John Gary Evans and cOmes as near
being iron-clad as it is pos’sible for a
"legislative statute to be made, even
geihg' sulfa-tbs toprohibit the railroad
companies; ‘_ from ‘ transporting liquors
on'individual orders and to make indi-
viduals responsible for receiving pack-
ages intended, for private use. The
only exception to the rigor of this in-
hibition is that citizens can make wine
for their own consumption, and can
sell the same through the dispensaries
by the payment of a 10 per cent. com-
mission. But no citizen can bring a
gallOn of liquor into the state on his
own account without liability to fine or
imprisonment.
Constables are given great latitude
in the. exercise of their authority, and
can search freight depots and seize sus-
pected liquors without warrant. War-
ranti for violation of the law are issu-
able upon the oath of any person who
swears to thevviolation on information
[or belief. In short,- the machinery of
the system under the proposed new law
is so adjusted that infractions are well-
nigh impassiole.
It wassupposed that the Tillman law
wobl‘dz'bbm failure." On the contrary,
it Pr‘Qmiflds to be a‘ success. Rig: to be
braced hp gnd re-enforced at all points
and shorn'of all its elements of weak-
néfié-V It may mnbgainst a constitu-
tionaflpggsome of these days, or. there
my I ‘Wfin‘fl prune, sentiment
strong enough to overthrow it, but?
present indiclitions are that it is to be
thefipcrtnan’ent policy of the state, so
long as the "power thct'created it‘retains
the majority‘to perpetuate it. i '
Reforming NQW,Yor,k’s Mortals.
The city of .New York is at present
experiencing its'annual" fit of reform.
The police captains have received their
usual shaking ;up and have set about
changing the‘moral conditions of their
new charges. ~Dissolute women and all
of ‘the depraved persons who infest
"what is Commonly known as the “Ten-
derloin. district, ” have” been driven
from their accustomed haunts and been
forced to seek new places of refuge.
Many of these unfortunates have been
brought before police justices and sen-
tenced‘to short terms in prison, and
others who were able to pay were let
off with rather heavy tines.~ One of
the results of this series of raids is an
unusual ~amount of suffering among
this unfortunate class, the charities are
being overwhelmed for assistance, and
it is rather diflicult to see just what re-
form is being accomplished.
To the unprejudiced it would seem,
says the Washington Post, that the so-
cial evil In the city of New York has
been transformed into a football for
the convenience of the New York po-
lice authoritieson the one hand and
the professional reformers of the Park-
burst variety on the other. Dr. Park-
hurst’s intentions are undoubtedly of
the very best, but his plan of campaign
against vice is open to serious objec-
tion. It should be understood that the
present wholesale and iihjuStifiable cru-
sade against the fallen women Of the
Tenderloin district is not the result of
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Dr. ParkhurSt’s request, but he has
been making things decidedly uncom-
fortable for the police authorities and
the latter have determined to turn these
unfortunate creatures out of doors,
close up the joints, and will expect Dr.
Farknurst to see to it that they are pro;
.vided with homes and kept off the
streets. ' ..
That DI'nParkhurst will be able to
provide for the large number of disso—
' lute women who have been turned out
into the-streets by the police no one
will for a moment affect to believe. Be-
tween the police and the reform agen-
cies these people will simply be driven
to deeper crime and degredation. In.
stead of the vice being confined to one
district it will be scattered over the en-
tire city and innocent persons will be
thrown into contact with evil influ-
ences. Thus it will be seen that there
is a real danger contained in the cru-
sade now in progress in New York.
Reform of this class of people is al-
ways desirable,but it cannot be brought
about by the methods now being em-
ployed in New York. ,
Regretable.
We “view with alarm” the dissen-
sions that have arisen in the camp of
Islam in this country. It seems strange
that a religion whose creed is: “There
is but one God and Mahomet is his
prophet” should be torn by factions
and that, too, in a land where certainly
it ought to put its best foot forward.
The Mahometans of New York city are
by the ears So to speak. One faction is'
led by a Mr. Emin S. Nabahoff, while
the other faction is guided by one Mr.
Mahomet Alexander Russell Webb.
Mr. Webb we are sorry to say has far
nished the arsenal of polemics with a
degraded and disgusting weapon. Nev-
er before amid the most rancorous
theological controversy have we seen
the word “fakir” applied to an oppo-
nent. We have heard the time honored
and much used words “heretrc” “schis-
ma-tic” “erring brother”. and in the
warmer moments such terms as “out-
cast of the folc” “ally of the Arch-
Fiend” etc., but until this vulgar and
slangy Mahometan appeared we never
knew the canons of good taste to be
brutally violated by the use of the
word “fakir.” We should regret to
hear the presiding officer of a Presby-
terian synod allude to Prof. Briggs as
, “fakir,” or the letter writing EpiscOpal
bishop of western New York apply to
the Pope’s “paramount commissioner,’-
Mgr. Satiolli, the same epithet. We
submit that theological. controversy
will lose its respectibility and dignity
if the use of Such a word istolerated
for a moment. - We are not intolerant,
we have no quarrel with the Mahome-
tan creed, but we do say that Mr. Webb
should be drawn and quartered for the
introduction of such a startling inno-
vation. ‘
It appears by the :newspapcrs, but
not by carefully prepared affidavits,
that Mr. Webb wears the title “Sheik-
hul-Islam,” which among Mahometans
corresponds to the title of “pundit”
among the Hindoos, or “big medicine
man” among the North American In-
dians, and that he claims that he is the
only genuine exponent of Mahometan-
ism—name blown in the glass as it were,
While Mr. 'Nabahofi‘ is a “fakir,” and
guilty of irregular and “uncanonical”
performances. Mr. Webb may be right
for aught we know, but we confess that
‘the other fellow has a practical turn of
mind and takes things as he finds them.
The “Sheikhul-Island” insists on day-
break prayers and that, Friday shall be
respected by the Mahometan neophytes.
The “ fakir,” however, concludes that
Sunday and ten o’clock prayers will
answer his purpose, and we , think he
shows better sense than Mr. 'Webb who
is probably a “strict const‘ructionist.”
If Mr. “Webb insists on his ideas we
fear he will have to live tojbe as old as
the fifteenth wife of Mahomet before
he gathers a congregation which will
observe Friday and day-break prayers,
particularly the latter. '
We do not attend any mosques as. yet,
butl when we do, we shall attend the
mosque conducted by the fakir. We
are satisfied that it is irregular and
contrary to the Mahometan discipline,
but: the services go conducted on
non-business day and at an hour which
does not require any heroic efforts at
early rising. ,
New York,
December ‘I I, 1893.
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PAROCHIAL scuOOI. QUESTION.
Cardinal Gibbons States His Position
Regarding: the Effort for State Aid.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 15. —lu reply to a let-
ter from the editor of the New. York In~
dependent, Cardinal Gibbons writes as
follows under date Dec. 7:
{Y DEAR Srn—-Replying to your kind
note dated Dec. 6, I would say that the
circular which ‘has appeared in some.
papers, alleging my action in presenting a
l- . u . .
claim for state and for parochial schools,
did not eminate from ‘me and was not
published with my authorization. Neither
have I signed any petition to the legisla-
ture for the purpose, and I am sure that
Monsignor Satolli has not. ' Moreover, the
paper in question is not somet'iing new.
It appeared about a year ago without my
sanction, and it has again appeared With-
out my knowledge and consent.
' Faithfully yours in Christ,
J. CARDINAL GIBBO NS.
A DIVORCE FOB. BIBS. HAZARD.
Outcome 01:3 ’tcccnt Sensation in
Society in the East.
TACOMA, W ash, Dec. 15.—-Mrs. Ella
Hazard has been granted an absolute di-
vorce from Ernest Hazard, on the grounds
of cruel treatment. ‘
This is the outcome of the , sensational
arrests made two weeks ago, in which
Ernest Hazard and Minnie Collins were
charged with adultery. Hazard Is from
Boston and heir to a fortune. Minnie Col-
lins was visiting from Ithaca, N. Y.
Mrs. Hazard was awarded all real and
personal property of the defendant in this
state worth 311,000.
All of the parties concerned stood Well
in the society circles of ther respective
towns. ~
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Lar‘gc Grocery Store Burned.
PlTrsBURG, Dec. '15.-—The' large grocery
store of S. L. Marshall on Union street
was burned last night. Cause unknown.
Loss, $35,000; insurance, $20,000.
Differ Regarding Anarchists.
Bnner, Dec. 15.—It is reported that the
emperor and chancellor differ regarding
.laws against anarchists, the latter believ-
ing the present laws sufficient.
Th neuron to Strike.
MERIDEN, Conn, Dec. Iii—The spinners
at the woolen mill here demand that half
the out made in their wages be restored
otherwise they will strike.
Corbett in Jacksonville.
JACKSONVILLE, F 13., Dec. 15.—-—James
J. Corbett arrived here yesterday afternoon
and is stopping at the St. James hotel.
He will not be arrested.
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Saved a Town .from Burning.
FLEMINGTON, N. J., Dec. l5.—Firemen
from this place yesterday saved the toWn
of Reudvilie from destruction by fire. A
carriage works was burned. '
Twenty Horses Perish. .
BUFFALO, Dec. ld.—Tweuty horses per-
ished in the fire at Lobee’s livery stable
yesterday.
10,000 Cases of Influenza.
BERLIN, Dec. 15.—-'l‘here are 10,000 cases
of influeuzi in the province of Rhine
Hesse.
‘ Treasury Net Balance.
WAsnIsGION, Dec. 15.—The treasury
net balance has declined to $92,721,000.
New Home for Odd Fellows.
bvnucusn, N. Y., Dec. l5.—-The Odd
Fellow association for western New York
have decided to locate their home in
Lockport. W *
Doyle Signed By the New Yorks.
NEW YORK, Dec. l5.——Thc New York
baseball club has signcd “Jack” Doyle to
catch for the giants next season.
THE arcs Ortiz-No :JMTASSA.
a South African 3.7.3} Who Is Alwnyl
Either Drinking or Drunk.
I have just profited by a. holiday.
says a, writer in South Africa, to pay a
visit to Chief Umtassa, Or rather
King Umtassa, as the official dispatches
call him. The country belongs to him.
and the chartered company gives him
I yearly present of one hundred dol-
lars, and this one hundred-dollar pres-
ent was just due. It is almost'fiimpos-
sible to get a glimpse of Umtassa,
partly because he is such aver-y im-
portant person—in his own eyes—but
chiefly because his life has Only three.
phases—going to drink, drinking, and' I' ‘
being very drunk indeed. ‘
We were shown into a. "‘reception
hut,” into which ' we crawled almost
upon our hands and knees, and we
seated ourselves on mats, prepared to,
wait an indefinite time—for the “chic".
of a. native chief, like that of a. smart
dentist, is to keep one waiting as long
as possible. After about half an hour
We began to clamor, and then we left
the but and began to wander about the
kraal—a proceeding which the natives
greatly objected to—and before we
hadgone far an induna. came to say
,, that Umtassa was coming and had sent
a. present of Kaffir beer. So we
scrambled back and sat outside the
stuffy but and waited.
At last a. sort of procession came
winding down among the rocks, some
of the natives wearing a. snufi box and
a. catskin, others draped in a. blanket
ala Julius Caesar, but none of them
carrying any sort of weapon, with the
exception of a. big native who carried
Umtassa’s knobkerrie and his battle
ax. After this usher Of the Black Rod
came Umtassa draped in blue and
White toga, with a. blue and white cap
on his head.
Much to our surprise he turned out
to be a. very imposing-looking person-
age. In spite of his excessive dirt he
decidedly possessed what‘is called le
grand air, which I take to .be produced
by a. complete satisfaction 'of one’s "
surroundings and not a. little con—
tempt for the rest of the world. Well,
our friend Umtassa. gave each of us a
very grimy hand to shake, and really
one might have planted a mealie field ,
under each of his nails. He then sat
down on his mat, with all his people
grouped around him, and his -,induna
told our interpreter that he' might
'speak. Thereupon a good deal of busi-
ness was transacted, '
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