Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 7 January 1893 — Page 4
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SATURDAY, JAN. 7, 1893.
REPUBLICAN REORGANIZATION. Senator Dolph has an article in the January number of the North American Review in which he replies to the demands made in some quarters that the Republican party needs reorganization. From the article we make the following extract which has the proper ring: "There has been some talk, Bince the result of the late Presidential election became known, concerning the necessity for a reorganization of the Republican party. Just what is meant by reorganization is not clear. If it is only proposed that changes shall be made in the method of conducting political campaigns, in order to secure abetter canvass and more accurate information as to the political affiliations or preferences of electors to bring those who are temporarily charged with the management of the campaign and the party leaders into touch with the masses, and to provide a more effective means for reaching the individual voter, no one will question the necessity. If, again, by the reorganization of the Republican party is meant the abandonment of those principles of the party which are supposed to have met with popular disapproval, such a reorganization is impossible. It would involve a final dissolution of the party. Any party which can adopt new principles to meet every chance emergency, and which has no higher aim than public plunder, is not worthy to receive,andean not hope long to retain, the support of that portion of the country without which no party can succeed. It has been gravely suggested that the Republican party should seek success by an abandonment or a modification of its position upon the tariff, by the adoption of some modified financial proposition which would satisfy a supposed popular demand, or by a formal declaration against Federal control of Federal elections. The Republican party must look for success in the triumph of principles, and not by trimming its lils to catch every popular breeze."
As a further pointer to Chairman W. H. Johnson TIIE JOLT.NAL might say that Hon. John H. Burford's commission as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma will not expire until March, 1896, and by the terms of the act of Congress under which he was appointed the term is made absolute for four years, and is not subject to Executive control. As the local Democracy of Oklahoma, like the residents of all the terri' ".ies, are extremely hostile to "carpet baggers" it might be well for applicants to locate early, establish a residence, and become acclimated before Judge Bnrford's time expires. As the people there, both Democrats and Republicans, are satisfied with his official eonduct both as Supreme and District Judge he may not resign for some months vec.
THE advent of a thousand place seek[erB.at Indianapolis moves the Neivs to Icry out for a reform in the number and IcompensatioD of Legislative employes. |The demand of the Neivs is not without
Bome basis of justice to the people who jay the taxes. Both the number and Compensation of the army of clerks, loorkeepers, messengers.pages and supsrnumarieB generally could be reduced at least one-half and the work would be lore efficiently done. The fact is there ire so many of them that they are in aach other's way. It is safe to say, uowoxaf, that it will not be done as the are not in the reforming buscomeB to the offices which themselves.
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this city, to be Minister Resident and Consul General of the United StateB to Portugal, the capital of which is Lisbon. The salary is $5,000. Like all of President Harrison's appointments that of Colonel Pierce ie to be most heartily commended.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND and his educational ideas, the telegraph reports, have been publicly sustained in resolutions signed by forty-four priests at St. Louis and forwarded to Mgr. Satolli. It is evident that there is a widespread and patriotic sentiment among the Catholic clergy in favor of the maintenance of our free public school system, unsectarian and undenominational as it is.
ONE bothersome and vexatious question which the Legislature must tackle this winter is the fee and salary law. The inequalities of the law so far as it has been tested are numerous and glaring. The attitude of the county officers all over the State is one of intense hostility, and a strong effort will be made by them to secure a modification of its provisions or its entire repeal.
YES, "the people are paying a big pile of money for pensione," but it is a big country that these same pensioners bequeathed to the pe'ople. They earned twice over every million that they receive. Without their work there would be no "United States" to-day, with growlers and grumblers about "poorhouses for paupers and dead-beats."
THE State Board of Tax Comiflissioners have appointed Commissioners Walker and Gwin a committee to formulate the report to the Legislature which will embody such recommendations in the law as the commission believes desirable. The law requires a good deal of doctoring to make it perfect.
THE Legislature will be asked to appropriate $50,000 for the National Encampment to be held next fall at Indianapolis. Indiana should be aB liberal as other States which have had the honor of entertaining the Encampment.
ADEK withdrew his name for the Speakership before the caucus was held. Capt. Curtis' battery made it too hot for him.
Melol is tasteless Castor Oil, 6old by druggists no better cathartic known.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT
Condition of the Government's Treasury at tlio Close ol the Year. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—The monthly public debt statement issued from the treasury department on Tuesday shows an increase in tlie ag,»reg- ite of the debt during- the last mouth of S."1S,SS4. There was a decrease of Sl.-oti.SSO in the net cash balance or surplus and a decrease of S71S, 14G in the non-inter-est bearing' debt. The interest-bear-ing debt was increased a trifle—3100— during the month. The total debt on January 1, less S20,0!VJ,5SS net cash balance and the §100,000,000 gold reserve, was 8835,432,105, or S5,975,053 less than un January 1, 1S92. Of the total debt S5S5,033,OSO is bonded indebtedness made up in round numbers of S5G0,000,000 of 4 per cent, and $'-5,000,000 of 2 per cent, bonds. The net cash or surplus in the treasury January 1 exclusive of the §100,000,000 gold reserve was $29,092,588, against 5?o4.5?4,128 January 1, 1892, and S57,571.S12 January 1, 1S91. Of the surplus national bank depositories hold out Sll,000,000, against §20,000,000 a year ago. Treasury gold assets on the first of the month amounted to §238,000,000, against'which there was §117,000,000 in gold certificates in circulation, leaving a gold balance of §121,000,000, a decrease of 3,500,000 during December, and §10,000,000 less than it was January 1, 1892. Total receipts for the six months were $195,853,880, against SI 75,745,287 for the first six months of 1891 expenditures for the six months were §195,350,014, against 8170,018,751 for the first six months of 1891.
IN GREAT DEMAND.
llciiiarkahle Activity in tlie Sale of the New Columbian I/ostatfo Stamps. CJIICAOU, Jan. 4.—About §300,000 worth of the new Columbian postage stamps were put on sale at the postoffice Tuesday morning, and at 4:30 p. m. exactly §35,822.50 worth had been sold. From the main ollice at that hour 1.940,023 jubilee stalnps had gone out and 9,000 had been sold at the thirteen substations in various parts of the city.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. "Never before in the history of the department," remarked Assistant Postmaster General Hazen, "has there been such a demand for postage stamps as that now in progress for the new Columbian issue. With a view to getting at the financial result of putting these stamps on sale it has been determined to have the postmasters of the large cities in the United States make a special report for January from the day when the sales began. Work upon these, stamps was begun in September iast and progressed with such rapidity that a supply of 100,000,000 of the leading denominations has already boc-n accumulated. It is estimated that the quantity required during the whole of the calendar ear 1893 will be 3,000,000,000."
BOSTON, Jan. 4.—Postmaster Hart ijd Tuesday morning that the stamp sat the Boston office Monday exany single day's sales ever made, est previous sales in one day to 815,000. Monday, owing to and popularity of the new id pasters, the sales amounted
Uncle Sam's Profits by the Loss of Paper Money.
CORRECT FIGURES CA3'T BE SECURED
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Lost In Jitalway Wrecks, Fires, I'Jtc., liave Wiped Out About SI 4,000,000 of Government Obligations.
TUK TREASURY BENEFITED. WASHINGTC Dec. 3.—In all that has been recently written about the depleted condition of the United States treasury little or no account has been taken of the fact that with each passing year the treasury is a large gainer by the complete destruction by casualty of its outstanding obligations. How much this amounts to, what percentage each year, etc., the best statisticians of the treasury department have no means of definitely learning. No two of their figures are alike. Since 1862, when the government began to issue paper money, §5,819,029,108 have been issued of all kinds and denominations up to July 1, 1S92. Within the same period §4,S52,451,629 have been redeemed, leaving outstanding July 1, 1S92, as a liability against the government §967,* 177,479.
In an exhaustive inquiry on this subject made by United Slates Treasurer Hyatt it was estimated that tlie aggregate loss on all the issues up to January, 1SS8, would not be less than §8,700,000. T«his estimate did not include the fractional cur-rency—50-cent, 25-ccnt, 10-oent and 5-cent shinplasters—in such extensive circulation for the few years following the war. Secretary Sherman construed the act of June 21, 1879, as stating that §8,375,934 of fractional currency issued under various acts had been destroyed and the debt statement as issued monthly carries as a debt bearing no interest but §8,903,402.02 of this fractional currency. United States Treasurer Nebeker, however, carries the full amount on his books and in his report this year states that more than §15,000,000 of this fractional currency is outstanding, though it has practically gone out of circulation, and but little more than §4,000 was presented for redemption last year. That which is outstanding is held to a great extent by collectors of com and paper cabinets and its value as such is greater than its face value as money.
The aggregate of United States currency, fractional and otherwise, estimated to have been destroyed and not likely to be presented for redemption approximated by these figures more than §14,000,000. A recent estimate prepared in the treasury department places tlie sum as high as §20,000,000. This money can only be taken out of the liabilities of the government by congressional enactment. This will probably be attempted in the near future. The investigators into this subject have shown that most of the money lost has been destroyed in railroad wrecks that: caught, fire, though no inconsiderable quantity has been destroyed by fires that occurred in country banks, postollices and residences.
LOST HIS GOLD.
Treasure lliddeu by uu Illinois itrmt'r In Stolen. FLUSIIVIT/LE, 111., Dec. 30.—John II. Starr, of liuuiia Vista township, this count}', moved to McDonough county, 111., recently to live with his son. A few days ago they decided to purchase a farm jointly, tlie father telling his son he had §2,000 in gold hid under a stump at liis former home in this county. The next day they went to where he had secreted the treasure. Evidences of digging were noticed around the stump and an attempt to find the money proved that it had been taken away. The old man had had the gold in his possession for many years.
RIaine Growing "Worse.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Mr. Blaine was not feeling as well Wednesday evening as he felt earlier in the day. Dr. Johnston, his physician, says that there is no particular reason to assign for the change and that no danger is apprehended of another relapse.
CURRENT EVENTS.
James Leighton, of Manchester, fell downstairs at Jacksonville, 111., and received fatal injuries.
The inspectors of the treasury department in Boston have discovered an opium smugglers' rendezvous.
William Potter, the newly-appointed American minister to Italy, has presented his credentials to King Humbert.
James G. Hlaine is so much better that the project of removing him to Cuba for the winter is being discussed.
Joseph Urban's jewelry store at Vandalia, 111., was robbed of 81,000 worth of jewelry and silverware by unknown thieves-
Mrs. Grover Cleveland has gone to Buffalo where she is to paj7 a visit to her mother. She was accompanied by Mrs. Lamont, baby Ruth and her maid.
Mr. Grant, of Eaglesport, Pa., got drunk, discarded his boots and walked 2 miles in the snow and now his feet have been amputated and he may die.
The Hamburger Naclirichten denies the statement in a Milwaukee newspaper to the effect that Prince Bismarck has an interest in a Milwaukee street railway company.
Do not wear impermeable and tight-fit-ting bats that constrict the blood-vesBels of the scalp. Use Hall's Hair Renewer occasionally, and you will not be bald.
The question is frequently asked, "why is Ayer's Cherry Pectoral to much more effective than other coujth remedies?" The answer is, because it is the most skillful combination of anodynes and expectorants known to medical science.
INCOME OF THE RAILROADS.
Report of tha Statistician of the Interstat* Commerce Commission. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—The prelimi
nary report of income and expenditure of railways for the year ended June 30, 1892, compiled by the statiscian to the interstate commerce commission, will be made public soon. The gross earnings of 128,349.99 miles of railway are shown to have been §951,025,159, from which the gross earnings of the entire railway system are estimated to have been §1,222.711,60S. This is an increase of §125,950,303 over the earnings of the previous year, or an increase of §008 per mile of line. The operating expenses for the year were 8814,722,0S2, being an increase of §82,834,189, which leaves an increase in net earnings of §44,110,114, or §2,472 per mile of line. The actual increase in revenue from passenger service was
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500,038, or §247 per mile of line, as against an increase in the revenue from freight service of §91,500,071, or 8349 per mile of line. It is observed that the railways on which there has accrued the largest increase in gross earnings per mile of line are the lines connecting the wheat-growing territory with the seaboard and the lines in the southern states bordering on the Gulf of Mex'co.
TO THE MORMONS.
President Harrison Issuos a Proclamation ol* Great Interest to the Disciples of Joseph Smith.
WASHINGTON*, Jan. 5.—President Harrison has issued a proclamation in which he says: "I do hereby declare and prant r. full amnesty and pardon to all persons ITable to tlie penalties of said act by reason of unlawful cohabitation under tlio color of polygamous or plural marriage who have1.since November 1, 1800, abstained from such unlawful cohabitation, but upon the express condition that they shall in the future faithfully obey the laws of the United States hereinbefore named, and not otherwise. Those who shall fail to avail themselves of the clemency herein olfered will be vigorously prosecuted." Member of tlie Oaltou tiling Slips Out of t, tlio Guthrie Jsiil.
GUTHRIE, O. T., Jan. 5.—Ellsworth Wyatt, the member of the Dalton gang who was captured in Indiana after along chase and brought here to answer for various crimes and who is also wanted at Greensburg, Kan., for murder, escaped from the jail here Tuesday evening. The Salvation army had been given permission to hold services in the jail for the benefit of prisoners who were allowed to gather in the corridor. While the services were in progress, Wyatt slipped past the guards and made good his escape without attracting attention. There is no clew to the direction he took after leaving the jail and he will probably escape recapture.
Curtis I.eacls In Indiana.
INII.\XAVOLIS, lnd., Jan. 5.—James H. Curtis, of this city, captured the best prize the democratic majority in tlie legislature had to award at Wednesday night's caucus. lie was nominated speaker by acclamation. Tlie nominees for the other ollicers of the? house arc: Clerk, Charles E. Crawley, oi Sullivan assistant clerk, John D. Carter, of Orange doorkeeper, 1.
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JJ. (irazebrook of Stark. The democrats of the senate nominated George S. Pleasants, of Switzerland county, for secretary Joseph Freid-
of Dubois, for assistant secretary, and William T. Mannix, of Allen, for doorkeeper. Kufua Magee, of Logansport, was elected permanent caucus chairman by the democratic senators.
Tlie republican minority of the house decided to support A. C. Lindermuth. of Kielimond, for speaker. The caucus touched incidentally upon the bestowal of the complimentary vote for United States senator, and it was the sentiment of several of those present who expressed themselves that Charles W. Fairbanks, of this city, should be given the vote. The legislature will meet at 10 o'clock to-day. The message of Gov. Chase will be delivered Friday.
To grow old gracefully, one must live temperately,calmly, methodically be interested in al1 all that is going on in this world be careful, happy, and contented, and above all, keep the blood pure and vigorous by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
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Samuel Evans killed himself at White Haven, Pa., because his landlord dunned him for board.
Navigation on the I'hine. Moselle, Neekar and Main rivers has been stopped by floating ice.
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We have concluded to sell tlie above $12.00 Kocker until Feb. 1st. 1 HI).'!. Nothing like tikis chair ever ofiered for the price hefore. Do not fail to buy one of these chairs for your sitting room. We want to say a word to those that are eoing to goto house keeping. We have one of the largest stocks to select from ot any house in Crawfordsville. If we can not sell you we can help vou /my. by coining to us. Wo are located on the corner of Main and Water stieets and will be glad to 6ee you at any time.
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