Who Were They?

Listen lo iis 'Ihi' Times') covert non-pnru san(? threat: "The sllver demócrata ol Míe county wil] bold In sweet remembrance the iiiiTnis of tiii gold 1 te leaders. Judies Pond and Harrlmitu and J. Sheehan, whose politi . -; 1 1 bonorsand offices had come only trom dernoerats.'V An. akboii D'MOCRA-. AVill not the gentleman who renned theabovefor The Democbat, kindly repiint The Times' eomments justas they appear in its columns'? Here is what The Times said: "The sálver demócrata of the county request The Times to su a that they will hold in sweet remerabrance the nanies of the goldite leaders, ,udges l'ond and Ilarnnum and J. Slieeh n whose política! honors and offices liad come only frem democrats." Quite á difference in the tone of the item. isn't there? As The Democbat evinces a dispo sition to be uofair and personal, The Times will hereafter pay no attention whatsoever to its mutterings. Before we meekly submit to The Times' sentence of punishinent allow us to make a request: Will the Times please inform us and t he public just who the silver democrats were that requested it to make sich a statement? Amoxg the many reforms which must come to be more or less grneral in the not far distant future, is something to simplify the mt-thod of transfer of real estáte. The long and cumbersome investigations of title, the expense of making these investigations, and the expensive abstracts necessary to be procured, and so often duplicated, are becoming a burden to the people, and are a!so a source of continUal misunderstanding and a proliflc source of litigation. The most practical method that has yet been devised seems to be the Torren's land system, or something similar to it. The state or government. by proper oflicials, investigates the title once for all, and certifles it to the owner. The certifícate is then all that need be produced to prove title. 1 he proper fees are paid, and all certificates of transfer are charged for, and out of the funds thus arisin?, alter paying the expenses, a fuod is created for the guaranty of this title as certiiied. In many parts of Canada this has been optional with the people for a number of years, and a continually increasing proportion of the people ave bringing their property under the operation of this law. In Cook county, 111., the law has lat el y been declare l unconstitu. tiona), as there enacted, but it will doubtless be enforced again in such a manner as to meet the objections, and is bound to be one of the most popular reforms of the future. ]t is well worth the careful study of every leginlator who desires to associate his name with some legislation that will be a real and lasting benefit to the people herepresents. Some of our exchanges, in faot most of them, se m inclined to tind faalt with Biyan and his followers for saying that they must now begin a ciinpaign of education for 1!K)O, on the subject of the currency. They argue that that matter was settled at the last election, and that the silver men should allow the matter to rest at that. We cannot agree with this. If the silver men were fighting for a principie, as they claimed to be, a protracted discus sion of those principies would be a good thing for the country. Their claim for silver was sprung so suddenly and carried to such an extreme, and was coupled with so many other objectionable features in their platform, that its defeat at the last election was a cause of national rejoicing. But even the republican party stood, according to its own claims, for proper bimetalism, and we believe in a thorough, candid discussion of the whole question during the cominar f our ears, when no immediate office seeking is at hand. If the new administration brings prosperity under its policy, as now seems probable, perhaps no change will be desired. But let us study the question oonscientiously, that no sudden wave of passion may cause us to rus'i into any linancial policy, as would have been the case had Bry,in triumphed in the late election. On Monday last the lever was thrown aside, and the firat insta'lment of power waa delivered f rom Miagara Fall3 to Bulïalo. Thus one oí the great force3 of nature is h iruessed and made :o do tribute to mans genius. The contract calis for 10,000 hor.se power additional each year until 60,000 horse power has been reached. This opens up great possibilities for Búllalo, and she seems destined to be one of the greatest cities of the country. The elevation of the coloree! race it is becoming more patent, must be a matter of time, and must come through education. The bright partic ilar stars of today among that pebple must be leaders in the work for their own folks. Much is being done in this line, and it is surprisng to kuow what a stand some of the colored men of the country are taking. There are now tliirtythree colored lawyers, one of theni a woman, in the city of Chicago, and they have a great and growing influence over the colored people of that city. ïheir practice is confined almost exclusively to members of their own race and is becoming quite extensive, as the blacks are liecouiing more ex tensive property ownera and business men. In tlus line, it is pleasing to note what a part our own Uiiiversity is playing. Our' colored btudents have every facility offered them that is olfered their white brother, and just as large a proportion turn out a credit to their Alma Mater. Senatou Jonjss of Nevada, it is said, wil] come to Washington this winter vvith a carefully prepared plan for government control oí rail Kuds. J5y his plan any crew of cumpeteut men would be peimitted to run a train over a road on application to the proper auüiorities. The farmers of Washtenaw county for instance miglit buy or renta train, and ship a train load of stock direct to Buffalo market. Inother words, the rail ruads would be simply toll-roads, with proper safeguards as to who should manage trains. The Detroit Free Press says; "The social settlement plan, soon to be in troduced in Detroit, is simply the mu nicipal potato patch idea in the higher criticism stages." If this is true, MayorGov. Pingree will have a new matter to turn his attention to, because there is not much danger of his being satisfied to run the kindergarten department.