| Show WAs a public discussion in montreal the other night on ca a question involving the policy of 0 canada ing a dependency of great britain or of annexation to the united states stales after debiting debating a voto vote was waa taken a secret billot ballot and nd it showed 1611 1614 votes tor for national independence for political union with the abo united states for colonial status and 29 9 tor for fedoration federation era tion cattail W ais Is working our way tux tire prohibition on vote vota this year was about less lesa than it 11 was lour four years ago and singularly enough wo we bellevo that lit f just about tub the number which the reports of the keeley institute and nd branches foot up that havo have gono gone through that cure the prospect Is decidedly better be ier for or causing tamper toi oper suca among the people by taking dway their appetite to for liquor than by the other process of trying to fonca them oat and still leave them their ap appetite potito ir will bo be that a project for building a great nonsectarian university at washington was waa started three or tour four years ago bishop hurts T says ay that it Is progressing satisfactorily that two of land at the capital ca pital which had been bought and paid for have bave risen in value until now the land lisull Is worth at least half ball a million dollars A good beg beginning lanIng has bai also been made la in money subscriptions and the bishop believes bolla rei that enough of tho the proposed to be raised will soon bo be in tight to warrant a start in the work of 0 building bul buil ldina dini WE do not expect congress Con gresi to do very much before th the a holidays holl dayi of course the house will be exultant and some of its lt members bembera will bi be to b ba arrogant the tact fact that the ibo BrIg brigadiers adlers are ar in the saddle and that the president cloea sympathy with them will naturally make thorn them s little pro vidua antho in the lower house bouse and the republicans public ans thoro there will bo be in the humor to lot them proceed bul loving that tho the best way to accomplish tho the breaking of their necks will bo be to lot them have bava their own way the senate Is liable to bo be a little crusty and considering the feeling on both aide 9 we believe this whole session will riot not accomplish aw ery much rood good there thera will bo be any amount amoust of sharp charp speeches ap coches moro more or less lass bad blood bat there will not bo be a very earnest et efort on either side to needed legislation to bobrow will be school election day yo no matter how stormy it 11 may bo be or how sloppy every voter should be on hand it Is I 1 a very important matter to have as capable a school board as ai possible elected that the be good food work now BOW going on in the schools may bo be continued they should bo be broad business men capable of judging clearly and aad quickly on a business proposition they should bo be conscientious mon men who would use the school fund as they would their own money and who would expect to rendor rigid accountability to the people pa koplo for every net act they should be broadminded broad minded men enough to not permit themselves to get gat down to petty squabbling but buts bould should bo be men who would consider every subject fairly and if they disagreed would disagree like allce business men the best advertisement tor for a town Is its schools it thoy they are good in that respect this city has baa advanced SOO per cent in three years the work at present Is in a transitional tato state and it will bo be a abail lasting pity if through any wrangle or any indifference tho the school board shall finally lall fall into tho the hands bands of men man unfit by nature ria ture by occupation by education or natural order of mind to attend intelligently telli gently to the work tue THE accident to tho the steamer bleamer cpr sarco 0 all seems aemi to have been stroller iollar to that of tho the city ol of paris tho the main shaft shad broke short off 09 the engine run ram away and a amash followed pr probably except for the great strength of the ship she ho would lava havo gone down in n a tow low minutes that Is notion that the building of 0 steamships has ba r not lot yet reached perfection certainly thero there ought to bo be some means provided so that the end of a broken shaft no matter it the tb engine did d run away would not be ba to thrash around and beat holes in the hull bull of the steamer it II tho the could bo be attached to the bermi beams ot of ships chips as ai tho the old paddle used to bo be that dun dan KM gor could ha be lit preat great part pan overcome it Is very strange that the experiment los L never cover been tried triad there would bo be another e about it that awfully sensation which come comas to those thole oa ca board s a ship when the its ship plunges in 14 the seas cas mid leaves the revolving propellers pro Prop whirling out ot of water would bo be avoided A shaft ball twenty two inches 1 in diameter lied and hall half the length ot of one ol of the great modern ellipsis avery a very hard customer to handle nod and that both the city ot of paris and nd aba tb two ships upon which every device of 0 experience and ingenuity was wai exhausted to make asko them theio perfect came caine within ono of going down it Is a notice to ship architects and engineers that their work has not yet let reached a satisfactory stage it would seem by the tha cable from rom brussels published yesterday that the pross press 0 of now kew york city Is hooping koo its contracts with the bankers who vibo are arc interested te to in preventing tha establishment of 0 bimetallism sad bod they are ra dotage din what they ic y can to convince bimetallism is not desired in the iho united states and ol of courso course are arc using every exertion to lower the standard of our commissioners la ia the conference it takes a good deal of abuse to lo affect son ator jo joer firs indeed he bo cares nothing for personal abuse but bat in this caio cabo ho feels that about the most important question i in tho e world ald Is being c considered oust and that upon tho determination reached tho the happiness or misery of 0 millions of people will depend and he Is justly indignant that the press of his I 1 ova a cou country 11 try will not permit the contor confor oneo cis to work out its own salvation we till still believe something will bo be done very important at the same time if nothing shall be done th then en wo we anticipate that white while there ther 0 may bo be hard bard times in this country during the next year or two there will such a panic strike england as m will III pretty nearly swamp that country whoa when a man Is accustomed to eating ecer a certain talu amount of lood food dally daily and he bo la Is put suddenly on halt half rations he bo suffers euf fert when halt half tho the money of the world Is stricken down there can bo be only ono one result such a mighty fa tall 11 I 1 in a prices as to practically swamp those w who h 0 aro are in debt and to leave tho the others in no position to mako make any money except that they have their moans means at hand and make maka money by loaning money riot not by an engaging in business and the pressure hai bat been gradually for fifteen years if this conference shall fall then the ibo to maintain silver sll as money we think will bo be abandoned for the iho time being in our country anil and then will follow what predicted when he no presented prose atod bis big plan to the con florenco tor fo cuco renco it IL will hurt immensely oil nn this side and the only there will bo be in contemplating it will bo be that it will I 1 pretty learly great Brit britaina ains pretension protons loa to rolo role tile of n this world |
