United States Politics.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6891, 11 June 1892, Page 3

United States Politics.

♦ I Washington, June 9. The tactics of the Blame party are imitating Harrison's supporters, who desire to force the use of the ballot box Becret, Parades of the rival parties have caused some confusion. Harrison's party destroyed a number of banners carried by Bhiine's men. The banners were inscribed with the name of Ireland. On the other hand the Blainites tore to pieces a banner the other party bore bearing a portrait of Harrison. Messrs Harrison, Blame, McKinley, and Alger will be the only gentlemen who are likely to be nominated for the Presidency, but Grover Cleveland continues to enlist support. Washington, June 10. - At an informa meeting of delegates to the Republican Convention, it was stated that 511 support Mr Harrison. Mr Blame's followers declare the statement unreliable, and that Blame has a slight majority. Resolutions have been put forward proposing that the Convention shouldapproveof bi-metallisrn. Government being responsible for maintaining the purity of metals. The Convention has re-affirmed the principle of protection. (Received June 11, 11.40 a.m.) June 10. — The preliminary voting on the " Credential " Committee gives President Harrison a slight majority. There was a panic at midnight in the Convention Hall through the sudden extinction of the electrh light. Twelve thousand people were present and there was. a narrow sscape from «i stampede. The Convention adopted the platform prepared by resolution of the Committee without debate, but added siher and prohibition planks. It advises the admission of all articles that cannot be produced in the United States except luxuries. It asserts that the McKinley tariff has reduced the prices of manufactured goods, and denounces the attempt of the Democrats to destroy the tariff piecemeal, instancing wool. It claims that the present laws will eventually give America control of the world's trade. It favors restoring the mercantile, marine, and the creation of an adequate navy. The Monroe doctrine resenting the interferance of European powers in American affairs is reaffirmed and restrictions of pauper immigration advised. Sympathy with Home Rule and opposition to the attempts of capitalists to control trade by means of great trusts is expressed.

Recent experiments in Boston Harbour relative to clearing fogs by means of electric discharges, have resulted in the absolute annihilation of dense fog over an area of two acres. But the longest time that the atmosphere has remained free from fog after each discharge has been seven minutes, the aqueous vapour pouring in again from all sides to refill the freed space. No detonation or explosion accompanies the discharge, the precise nature of which is kept n profound secret by the inventor The experiments were conducted from the deck of n steamer, aud it was found that by delivering a succession of discharges at intervals of two minutes, the above-mentioned area round the vessel was kept practically clear of fog. The inventor is at work in New York completing the details If successful he will probably make an enormous fortune,

Lord Salisbury, notwithstanding his personal amiability, observes a Daily News critic, has led, intellectually, an isolated life. He prefers to work alone. He is not surrounded with able assistants. He thinks for himself. . . . His mind is original, and his ideas are his own. His will is not so strong as his understanding. . . . But his intellectual independence, probably strengthened by the scientific studies in which he delights, has earned for him general and well-deserved respect. It is perhaps needless to add that Lord Salisbury's personal character has been always irreproachable. However, he is incapable of bearing malice. His vitriolic sarcasm is a literary product. It is primarily inteuded not to hurt other people, but to amuse himself. The Tima.ru Herald welcomes tho proposed abolition of grand juries, considering the institution obsolete, but is strongly opposed to doing away with special juries. It says: — "The two things have no connection with each other. They serve altogether different purposes, and it would be hard to show that the special jury is a useless institution. The method of selection may be faulty, but on the whole the special jury panel is more intelligent and better educated than the common jury panel is. Why should suitors in intricate and important cases be debarred the right of having a jury of more than average qualifications? In difficult commercial cases in particular there appears trood reason for a judicious procese of selection in relation to the jury. Some of the lawyers will offer no opposition to the attack on the grand jury, but the professiou will, we believe, be unanimous in standing by the special jury." The following little medical "fairytale" is from the Post : — A patient at the Wellington Hospital recently puzzled the doctors. To all appearance he was well during the day, but at night his temperature rose as high as 140 degroes. Anxious consultations were held, and everything possible was done, but still came this phenomenal rise at night, aud the medical men were completely at a loss to account for it, and for the internal pains of which the man complained. Finally, the man was watched, and it was found that in his desire to remain in the institution lie was in the habit of inserting the thermometer in the hot poultices applied to relieve his " internal pains," and so produced the results which so startled nurses and doctors. The attendants said nothing to the malingerer, but next day the doctor informed him that he was now convalescent, and he was discharged, still protesting that he was in a state of collapse, and citing his abnormal night temperature as evidence. Sir Gavau Duffy, in his reminiscences of Thomas Carlyle, makes the "sage" give utterance to many singular opinions which will not find very ready acceptance in the colonies. Amongst others he told Sir Gavan Duffy to lay this to heart : " That of all the mad pursuits any people every took up, golddigging was the maddest and stupidest. If they got as much gold as would make a bridge from Australia to Europe, it would not be worth ajmealy potato to mankind." Miss Montague, the operatic vocalist, when in Auckland, was interviewed by a reporter on the Star, and gave some interesting anecdotes of her life. Amongst others she told the following: — "I will never forget a lesson that Nilsson gave me. I was singing in my master's rooms, when she asked me to sing ' The last rose of summer. 1 My master had made me put in many variations in the second verse. Nilsson stopped me and said, ' Montague, when you sing a ballad, the more simply you sing it the more effective you can make it. You have a chance for all that filagree work and execution in Italian music, but when you sing a ballad, sing it as the words express it.' I have never forgotteu that lesson." " A practical farmer " writes to the Tuapeka Times : — " It has been said that there are two methods of farming — one to make a bare living, the other to make money as well. Iv farming to make a living, a man may have 320 acres of land and but little capital. Then he grubs along, with poor stock, poor tools, and little help, and by close managing and rigid economy he manages to hold his own. With 100 acres of land and capital enough to buy good stock, such implements and labor-saving machines as would enable him to give the best cultivation with the minimum of labor, with the ability to hire such help as was needed, and to hold his crops for advantageous sales, he could farm to make money." Mrs Montagu, who is undergoiug a sentence for cruelty to her children, may one day be Duchess of Manchester. The largest co-operative affair in the world is ' ' The English Wholesale Co-operative Society," established twenty-seven years ago in Manchester, which has innumerable branches not only in England but in America and on the Continent. . In Arkansas Valley, United States, 100 villages are flooded, and 20,000 people have been rendered destitute. Women's work in foreign missions is making itself felt in a noble way. English summaries of last year show 68 women's societies, supporting 1468 foreign missionaries, and raising for this work £300,000. The Chilian newspapers state that the recent civil war in that country cost the victors alone (Congressional party) three million pounds. The Japanese are evidently great believers in the external use of water, for in the city of Tokio alone thore are 800 public baths. A most vigorous crusade is at present going on in France against the use of tobacco. Gladstone has declined £100,000, offered by an American firm, for his political, social and personal reminiscences from his boyhood up to the death of Sir Robert Peel. The total wages for Great Britain for 1890 was £48,000,000, or an average of £.36 10s per capita for the whole number employed.