| Show NEW YORK LETTER 4 REGULAR rhular C correspondence 0 it 11 E S 1 0 N D E N C H SICK WITH THE GRIP BALT BALLOT OT REFORM THE WOULD BEFORE 1 CONGRESS YORK to 13 1890 wo can scarcely write of any thing but the ilabe grip it is loath death and disc disease a se disease e lind death on ever every y sid side c if you call at a friends frienda house you will be sure to find some of the family sick and perhaps some of them dead if you pick up a paper you will find it crowded with statistics or sickness and death if you walk along the street you are sure to m meet veta a funeral one hundred thousand iare estimated to ae I 1 e prostrated by this terror from russia hospitals are overrun doctors are ara used up and undertakers are reaping a harvest phy have no remedy that can be bb used with any degree of confidence the best they can do is to prescribe great care for the well and quinine for the sick the druggists are unable to meet the domand demands 8 on then them ind quinine IS is becoming a seal scarce CC COMM commodity Odit y on one day we had deaths nearly all of which were caused indirectly by the influenza this is is a larger death dath rate late that than that of the hottest bottest days in summer and the doctors think the epidemic eviden tic will continue dinue for another month one phy that everyone will have it sooner or later late r and and altogether the prospect is very discouraging cou raging what was at first made light of has turned out to be tit the most serious epidemic since the cholera our only hope seems to be in a change of weather lier W we e havo have had a day or two of bracing air but outside of that we have had bad notting but unhealthy heat beat for weeks we will welcome a prolonged visit front from tack jack frost as we never did before HOPE FOR BA bai LOT REFORM N the suba subject t of ballot reform is is just now stirring the citizens of the empire slate to their depths the governor has bas made it the burden of his hie message to the legislature and as both democrats democrat and legislature and as both democrats and republicans are in favor of it in some we are very likely to gi give ve j t a trial before the year is out the so called australian system of voting is the one most likely to be adopted and is perhaps the only one which would really be in the nature of a reform this system calls for an official ballot to L be furnis furnished lied by the statland state anci and to contain the n names a m es of all candidates when a citizen is r ready ca d y to vote lie he is given the official ballot takes it into a room b by y himself puts a cross or other mark opposite the name dianie for which lie he wishes to vote and deposits tile the ballot interferon ce fro n any quarter this confers absolute A j recy and abo abolishes liMies to a great extent exten t the political heeler and briber which have beet been n such a disgrace to politics especially in this city that we are near so ra lical heal a reform so far reach reaching inc c in its reflects so beneficial in its re results stilts is almost beyond belief if it becomes a realia reality ly the le legislature 9 of 1890 0 avi will 11 bo be deserving of more credit than an any y which over ever preceded it OUR CASE PRESENTED A largo large delegation frow from t the ic worlds fair committee on legislation are arc abc present in washington ato n 1 where they have been pres presenting presentia entin the advantages of this city to congress they are headed b by ch chauncey arncey M depew and mayor grant both of whom are crammed with facts and figures 0 in favor of the metropolis a 1 the proper place lance for holding tho fair outside of the fact that this is the most important city in the country the two awo greatest points in our favor are arc that we have a suitable site selected tind and wore moreth than nn actually subscribed as a i guarantee fund these two tivo arguments argument sare are well c calculated i to weigh heavily with our congressional friends and wo we have good reason to hope fo for r a favorable decision lot let us have fair play in this fair business however and if chicago or st louis can call show how r better reasons on their side by all means give then them tile the prize |
