Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 January 1895 — Page 4

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At THE IKDLOn AFOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1895.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places r A K 1 A mericau Uxchange in Paris, 3 tf Boulevard A Capiictnea. HEW YoMK-Gilsey House. Windsor Hotel and Atr Hons. PHILADELPHIA A. P- Kewble, cor. Lancaster ave.aml Unrinjf at. - CJUCAGO PhIiu. r House. Auditorium Hotel and -. P. O. News Co, Ul Adams street CTNCi 2? N ATI J. K. Ha"wley A Co, 154 Vine st g.OTTISVILLE C. T. Peering, northwest corner of . Tliinl ant Jefferson ets, aud Louisville Book Co, 850 fourth ave. BX. LOU lb Union News Company, Union Depot. WA6HINOTON,'l.C. RlgK House. Kbbltt House. ' WUlard's Hotel and the Washington News Ex-,-' change. 14th street, bet. Fenn. ave. aud If street. A political crisis In Germany doubtless causes the consumption of more beer than one In . France does, but it dees' riot precipitate so many shrug of the shoulders and such vociferous gesticulation. . When Senator Vest said the country "was entering- upon a great commercial war theextent , of which It is difficult to see" he virtually arralgned the party that .repealed the reciprocity treaties and put the differential duty on sugar. . . . No .Republican, member of the Legislature can afford to oppose the apportichment bill for. reasons that savor of peieonal. -As forjthe Democrats, they ; a :i expected to oppose' everything that Interferes with the present gerrymander. When the government is runnirg behind $5,000,000 a month the first thing ito do Is to make the revenue equal to the output, l it will also cure the financial troubles. Everybody seems to realize the fact except the Democratic Congress. ' v The Sentinel's bathos over the deserts of the old soldier would be much better f received if it had not on several occasions assailed the liberal pension policy and if It did not now sustain the Cleveland administration . of the Pension . Bureau. '' - If it is true as reported ' that the County Officers' Association has raised "by assessment a fund of $8,000 to be used in getting their fee and salary bill through the Legislature every member . who supports it will bring himself under suspicion. ' ; According to "Washington dispatches the Democratic Congressmen .who confess their inability to meet , the present emergency of the treasury are as mad as wet hens because Senator Sherman has offered a bill designed to stop the deficit. , They are a queer lot. The committees of the Legislature have taken hold of the business referred to them with most commendable promptness. At the rate they have begun the large number of bills will be disposed of in two weeks, leaving ample time to consider the most important , measures. . - In ' view of the malignant opposition that has been made in some quarters to the re-election of : Senator Cullom, of Illinois, the Journal feels like saying to ; hlm,i Shake.", . . Senator Cullom is one of the best all-around men m the Senate, and the Republicans of Illinois . . have done a wise , thing in re-electing . him, . ' ' . . . . 'The. Senate committee to which the Lafayette soldiers' ' home bill was referred.? haa voted to recommend an appropriation of $100,000 for that purpose, which" Is $50,000 less than some of the GrandArmy committee thought necessary. Inhere is reason, however, to believe that $100,000 is a sufficient amount to starfcj ;ha enterprise. . j-In--the enactment of a fee and salary law the Legislature should remember that the people do not want to starve , theirjsfirvants nor treat them niggardly. ,Theywant a law which, while It shall do away with the evils of the old systorn and protect the people from being ( plundered, ; will still give every official ' a fair salary commensurate with his services and responsibility. . - The remarkable . Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska, who will soon be but of public life, has presented a bill which sends a man rto the penitentiary for five yearsyhp presentegreenbacks or treasury no'tes to 'the. treasury for. gold redemption when It' is done for the purpose of ' embarrassing the government. IIoW;does Mr. Bryan propose to prove that one man calls for gold with such a design? Is the all-eloquent a mind .' "reader'? " ''' It will strike nine-tenths of the taxpayers that to fix a levy which will give the State University $175,000 a year Is not wise. When the State debt Is much smaller and times are much better the proposition may be considered, but - for the present the appropriation of the past .few . years is all that can be asked. As " a matter of fact, the average taxpayer. Is having a close .time and has a right to be considered in preference to a few scores of people who desire to burden him with the expense of projects in .which he has no Interest. If the Republicans in the Legislature propose to Investigate the management of any of the institutions it is hoped that - their committees will waste no time with the stories of men who have been subordinate officers and who have been discharged for incapacity or for good and sufficient reasons on the part of the managers. Even If such men' tend to be truthful they see thini through the medium of a grudge or feeling of bitterness which makes them

unreliable. Such men can always be found, and they cannot be relied upon. There may be need for investigation into the methods of administration that better ones may be substituted, but there should be no Investigation simply because something discreditable may be told about Democratic superintendents by men whom they have discharged. If such men are to be heard It would be well to learn something of their character before they are permitted to testify.

CONCERNING A CONSTITUTIONAL CON VENTION. A wise physician once said that the best way to serve cucumbers was to slice, rinse In cold water, dress with salt, pepper, vinegar and oil, and then throw them out of window. Concerning the proposition to call a constitutional convention the Journal would advise the Legislature to consider the subject from a dispassionate point of view, give It careful and candid consideration and then f decidedly reject it. ' The demand for frequent changes of constitutions Is not a healthy one. It is generally made in the alleged interest of the people and on ' the specious ground that the growth and progress of the State have made the old Constitution obsolete, but in reality it often represents a spirit of unrest and discontent which bears no relation to true progress. Change for the mere sake of change is always to be avoided in legislation, and still more in the organic law. When a constitution Is plainly defective or faulty In any particular it should be amended in that respect, but frequent overhaulings should be avoided. Those who favor a convention may say that as the present Constitution of Indiana has been in force more than forty years it is not unreasonable to demand a'new one. The Constitution of the United States has been in force more than a hundred years and it has never been found necessary to call a convention to revise it. It has been amended fifteen times, but each time without calling a convention. The State Constitution can be amended in the same way, as it has been several times. No doubt it could be improved, by a few judicious amendments, but whatever is necessary in this direction can be done without culling a convention. The fundamental principles and main features of the present Constitution, are eminently sound. Most of its provisions have been construed by the courts and are well understood. It is brief, free from legislation and from details, and a good specimen of oldfashioned, honest workmanship in that line. A convention containing a few populistic cranks or representatives of the various social and political heresies of the day might make sad work with it. Jf the committee charged with the consideration of the matter shall conclude that some amendments to the present Constitution are needed let them be carefully formulated and started on the usual course of adoption, but let us avoid the expense and possible dangers of a convention. Indeed, as the present Constitution specifies the way, and only one way, in which : it can be amended and makes no provision for the calling of a convention to revise it. there is some, doubt if the Legislature has any authority to act in the matter. This suggestion receives some force from the fact that the old Constitution, that of 1816, contained a provision for amendment by "a convention, while the present one does not. NR. SHERMAN'S PLAN. , Any financial measure proposed by Senator Sherman Is certainly well intended and presumably wise. He Is above all suspicion of trifling with public interests for party advantage, and his large experience and recognized mastery of the principles of finance give great weight to his opinions. The bill offered by him on Thursday Is evidently an, emergency bill, the main object of which is to relieve the present needs of the government, which is a much more pressing duty than the. adoption of a new currency system. His bill proposes to permit .the Secretary of the Treasury to issue any of the bonds , provided for by the resumption act or 3 per cent, registered bonds redeemable in coin after five years. The purpose of these issues is expressly said to be "to provide for the deficiency in the revenues." As an alternative or in lieu of the issue of five-year bonds the Secretary of the Treasury is to be authorized to issue coin notes redeemable after five years, bearing 3 per cent, interest and in denominations of from five to one hundred dollars. His scheme also involves the issue of national bank notes up to the par value of bonds deposited. This might result In some immediate relief of the currency stringency, but the main feature of the bill is that which proposes to meet the present needs of the government by authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 3 per cent, five-year bonds or coin notes. The scheme differs from any that has been proposed by the Democrats In that it is wholly directed to relieving the treasury of its present embarrassment and leaves the question of currency reform to be settled In the future if it, becomes necessary. This shows that Mr. Sherman has correctly diagnosed the situation and sees where the real emergency lies. He is undoubtedly . right in his view that the first duty of Congress Is to relieve the treasury of its present embarrassment and threatened bankruptcy. His plan is a good one for that purpose. An issue of short-time, bonds or interest-bearing coin notes would furnish the government with all the money needed to meet present and accruing demands without adding to the permanent debt or greatly increasing the government's interest account, and before the time came for retiring the bonds or notes. If the present tariff continues to fail to furnish sufficient revenue. It can be amended or other means can be found for increasing the revenue. In short. Mr. Sherman's plan would supply the immediate needs of the government, tide It over the present emergency and give It time to turn around. The suggestion that the Democrats will reject Mr. Sherman's plan simply because it comes from a Republican Senator can only Inspire contempt in the mind of every reasonable person. 'At a time like this, when the government is in the throes of a financial crisis, it is little less than treason for Senators to thrust partisan considera tions into a financial discussion. If Mr.

Sherman's plan is not the best one let the Democrats propose and adopt a better one. but unless they can do this or get together on something they should adopt the Sherman plan. THE APPORTIONMENT BILL.

The first essential in an apportionment of the members of a legislative body is . that the number of voters in all the districts shall be as nearly equal as possible, and that the districts, as the Constitution requires, shall be contiguous, not only In the sense that the counties Join each other, but that they shall not be composed of a string of counties, so that the extremes will be remote and. have no common interests. The next essential is that districts shall not be gerrymanders in the sense that one political party is given a much larger representation in the aggregate than its vote fairly entitles It. Considering the bill presented by Senator Wishard which is based on the enumeration of voters made in 1889 as required by the Constitution for the senatorial apportionment, does it comply with the requirements above laid down as necessary to secure fair representation? This question can only be answered by a careful comparison of the number of voters in the respective districts and the political representation which the two leading political parties obtain compared with their aggregate vote. The unit for a Senator is 11.020 voters. If absolute equality could be secured there would be 11,020 voters in each senatorial district. But the Constitution prohibits the division of a county in apportionments, so there must be some districts having a less and others a greater number than the average or unit. The apportionment, to be fair, must be so made that the number of voters in districts above or, below the average shall be as small as possible. In the Wishard bill the largest excess Is 2,297, in Vigo county, or a little over one-fifth of the number necessary for a district. Vigo is a large county and Is so located , with reference to other counties that it seems literally impossible to make the excess a part of another district without destroying the equilibrium in a number of contiguous districts. The next largest excess over the unit is that in Vanderburg county 1,697 voters, which could not be utilized without the same complications as have been noted in the case of Vigo. The largest deficit in any district is in that composed of Johnson and Morgan counties 1,489 voters, or one-seventh of the number necessary for a district. The next important consideration ia that of , the representation of the two political parties which control the districts is there a fair division? All, and certainly Democrats, will admit that the vote of 1892, when Mr. Cleveland's plurality was 6,482, Is a fair vote upon 'which to make the estimates of the party strength in the respective districts. Below Is the vote for President in 1892 in twenty districts, the first thirteen named in the Wishard bill, and seven other consecutive districts beginning with Cass and Pulaski: Posey and Gibson 4.815 Republican, 5,130 Democratic; Democratic plurality, 315. Vanderburg- 6,175 Republican, 6,166 Democratic; Republican plurality, 9. Warrick and Spencer 4,496 Republican, 4,662 Democratic; Democratic plurality, 166. Pike and Knox 4,691 Republican, 5,374 Democratic; Democratic plurality, 675. Dubois, Crawford and Perry 4,247 Republican, 5,452 Democratic; Democratic plurality, 1.206. ' Daviess, Martin and Orange 5,515 Republican, 5,517 Democratic; Democratic plurality. 2. Harrison and Floyd 5,102 Republican, 6,665 Democratic; Democratic plurality, 1,563. Clark and Washington 5,113 Republican, 6,335 Democratic; Democratic plurality, L222. Scott, Jennings and Decatur 5,031 Republican, 4,777 Democratic; Republican plurality 252. Jefferson, Switzerland and Ohio 5,284 Republican, 4,744 Democratic; Republican plurality, 540. Dearborn and Ripley 4,524 Republican, 5,839 Democratic; Democratic plurality, 1,31.5. Franklin, Fayette and Union 3,409 Republican, 5,163 Democratic; Democratic plurality, 1.754. " . Rush and Shelby 5,216 Republican, 5,800 Democratic; Democratic plurality, 584. Cass and Pulaski 4,489 Republican, 5,358 Democratic; Democratic plurality, 869. Miami, Wabash and Huntington (two Senators) 9,970 Republican, 10,396 Democratic; Democratic plurality for each Senator, 168. Grant and Blackford 6,119 Republican, 4,930 Democratic; Republican plurality, 1,189. Jay and Adams 3,661 Republican, 5,304 Democratic; Democratic plurality, 1.645.DeKalb and Steuben 4,599 Republican, 4,065 Democratic: Republican plurality, 534. Lagrange and Noble 5,85fi Republican, 4,317 Democratic; Republican plurality. 1,539. Here are twenty districts which, under the Wishard apportionment on the vote of 1892. would elect fourteen Democrats and six Republicans, the popular vote being 107,864 Democratic and '98,306 Republican. These, It is repeated, are not selected districts, but thirteen are taken consecutively in one part of the bill and seven in another. These groups, selected at random, are strongly Democratic, but they show that what Mr. Wishard has said, namely, that the party which shall carry Indiana by .5.000 plurality would, under this apportionment, have a majority in the Senate, which proves that It is not a gerrymander. The present Congress has partially restored an abuse which for many years was a great scandal and which it took a long and hard fight to get rid of. This is the franking privilege. The bill to reorganize the government printing office and regulate the distribution of public documents, which was passed before the holidays, contains the following: The Vice President, members and members-elect of and delegates and delegateselect to Congress shall have the privilege of sending free through the mails and un der their frank any mail matter to any. government official or to any person, correspondence not exceeding one ounce in weight when official or departmental business. This does not cover heavy packages, but it covers practically all the private correspondence of Congressmen. Members of the committee who framed the bill profess surprise at the discovery of this provision and claim not to know how it got into the bill, but there It is. It not only revives the franking abuse, but will contribute to the postal deficit. The next Congress ought to repeal it. Several bills have been introduced in the present Congress for the so-called reorganization of the army, but there is reason to believe their real object is to provide for the more rapid promotion of the present officers or to make places for new ones. The army is top heavy now. Its strength is fixed by law at 23,000, and as 'there are twentyfive regiments of infantry, ten of cavalry, five of artillery and a battalion of engineers it Is obvious that each regiment can have only about six hundred men. There is not a regiment in the service to-day numbering a thousand men. and many companies exist

only on paper. The kind of army reorganization needed Is a considerable reduction in the number of officers. If there Is to be any increase It should be in filling up skeletonized regiments with enlisted men. . -

Every such incident as the resignation of the late President of the French republic should make Americans prouder of and more thankful for their Consti tution and form of government. True, M. Casimir-Perler's resignation did not cause a revolution, but the contingency was unprovided for and there was a hiatus in the government. Our Consti tution and laws wisely provide for the succession in any possible contingency, so that, no matter who may resign or die, the government still lives. The Paris correspondent of the London News evidently knew this when, speaking of the situation in France, he said: "There cannot be that scientific organization which we see carried to perfection in America, where the successor of an American Casimir-Perier would have been there when wanted." It will not be the fault of the Governor of South Carolina if the enforcement of the absurd liquor law in that State does not lead to an international complication. Th-3 Governor has sub mitted to the Attorney-general the ques tion of his right to enforce the law against the captain of an Italian vessel lying in Charleston, harbor, and says If his position is sustained he will demand the removal of the Italian consul there and will confiscate the ship and prosecute her captain. If the Attorneygeneral is as great a crank as the Governor serious trouble may result. We would respectfully call the esteemed Indianapolis Journal's attention to the fact that the decrease in the value of farm lands is not a good thing to attempt to make political capital or. ine decrease nas been in progress under several administrations. Washington Pos t. The Post is reminded that the Journal simply copied the statement from a paragraph of the New York Evening Post. Moreover, the attention of the Post is called to the fact that the census shows that the average value of farm lands was $19.92 an acre in 1880 and $21.31 in 1S90. The family of the late Schuyler Colfax is much annoyed and chagrined by v the report which haa gone abroad that the citizens of South Bend are about to erect a monument over his grave, being moved thereto by the .absence of a suitable memorial over the statesman's resting place. The latter part of the report, at least, is untrue. South Bend citizens may properly desire to erect a memorial to their former distinguished townsman, but not for the reason that the grave Is now unmarked. Speaker Adams may not have been able' to place every member on the committee which he desired, as no Speaker ever did that, but every member must be satisfied that , he Is an able and above all an impartial presiding officer. The Legislature Is taking soma time in arranging the details of the employe mat ter, but when it is completed it will be given the force of law and $80 a 'day will be saved compared twith the expenses of the last Legislature, i ' BUBBLES IN THE AIR. A Dream. "Ef I .had the money," , remarked Mr. Weary- WatklEai:."ju-, know, what I'd do? I'd hire me a privete car with real feather beds on the trucks, an travel about in one blessed dream of happiness the year 'round." A Biased Vew. "I wonder," said Mrs.; Lushforth, "I wonder when the idea of future punishment originated?" 'T guess it came into sight about the first day after wine was discovered," replied Mr. Lushforth, and (his patient wife forbore to push the question any further. . : Woman's! Way. When hubby proves a stingy soul. And will not grant her wishes, She flies out to the kitchen sink And goes to washing dishes f With such exceeding vim that the cat skips o?er the back fence at the first opportunity and does not show up till supper time. Would Not Stand It. "Here," thundered the South American President, "is a letter from that Yankee importer with the word 'dictated at the bottom of It." "Yes, sire," humbly said the secretary. "Have him fired out of the country on the" first steamer. I am running all the dictating business In this country myself." ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Hothouse strawberries from New Jersey, now in the New York market, sell at $3 a basket. The fruit is large, perfect and beautiful, but the baskets are small; they run about fourteen berries to the basket. In 18G3 the late Mrs. Mary T. Lathrap organized a night school for colored children in Detroit, which was attended by adults as well, and three nights during the week for three years she maintained it, bearing most of the expense herself. One of the most entertaining persons in London at present is Miss Lillian Morritt, whose amazing memory permits her to play a game of checkers, dominoes and Napoleon at the same time.- She sits blindfolded and calls off the move without hesitation to her attendants. Casimir-Perler's mother, a well-preserved lady of eighty years of age, takes a very active interest in French politics. She has been closely connected with the leading events In France for several generations, and her mind is stored witn facts and incidents of great value to the historian. She disapproved of her son's resignation - Another "wonder doctor" has been discovered in Germany. He is a shepherd named . Ast, living In the small village of Radbruch. In the last few weeks over one thousand persons have visited him from all parts of Germany. The people stand in crowds about the man's hut, waiting for his advice. His success is said to be remarkable. ' Dwight Li. Moody, the evangelist, has left Northfleld, Mass., for Texas, where he will conduct a series of revivals in nearly all the large cities in that State. He stays a few days in New York, where he will consult specialists in regard to his heart, which has troubled him for several years. His physicians have forbidden him- to woric longer .in Northern cities in winter. The most finished negro scholar in the world to-day is said to be Edward Wilmot Blyden, who represented Liberia at the Court of St. James. He is a contributor to many English magazines and Is a linguist of ability. He is the author of a work entitled "Christianity. Islam and the Negro Race," which has had two editions in London. Dr. Blyden 13 a pure negro, without a trace of white blood. Mr. James Long, M. A., who died in England the other day, had been through every war in Europe since 1864, engaged in the philanthropic service always gratuitous of distributing money, or relief In kind, to the civilian sufferers. Very large sums, amounting in the , Franco-German war alone to 8.000,000 francs, were intrusted to him by citizens of France and her colonies, and four milHons and a half subscribed in England were disbursed by hhn. Archbishop Corrigan is a tall, spare man, his face sicklied over with the pale cast of thought. He seems like a prelate of the middle ages transplanted to our progressive nineteenth century. He is a great header, and, though not naturally combative, a powerful lighter when aroused. Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, is his pet aversion, as the Western prelate Is Intensely patriotic, a 1 loyal Republican and in favor of the public

school, while Mgr. Corrigan believes In the parochial system and is the leader of the American ultramontanes. She put her arms around his neck, And for a season He disappeared from earthly gaze, As stars are hid in sunlit days; Those lovely arms, so wondrous soft and fair, Were in those monstrous sleeves that women wear That was the reason. Detroit Free Press. Song. There's a woman like a dewdrop she's so purer than the purest; And her noble heart s the noblest yes, and her sure faith's the surest: And her eyes are dark and humid, like the depth on depth of luster Hid in the harebell, while her tresses, sunnier than the wild grape cluster. Gush In golden-tinted plenty down her neck's rose-tinted marble: Then her voice's music call it the well's bubbling, the bird's warble! And this woman says: "My days were sunless and my nights were moonless, Parched the pleasant April herbage, and the lark's heart's outbreak tuneless. If you love me not!" And I who (ah for words of flame) adore her. Who am mad to lay my spirit prostrate palpably before her I may enter at her portal soon, as now her lattice takes me. And by noontide as by midnight make her mine, as her3 she makes mel Robert . Browning.

fee and Salary SaKSreatlona. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: While discussions on fee and salary bills are In vogue Is It pardonable to offer a few suggestions to the legislators of probable interest to the members and of some importance to the general public .' The present fee and salary law grades salaries for all county officers on the basis of the population In 1890, and It is likely that many of the bills that will foe introduced into the present Assembly will likewise base their conclusions, In "that event some counties will not be justly considered. . For instance, take the counties of Delaware, Madison, Grant, Jay, Blackford, Randolph and Howard. Their gain in population has "been surprising since the census of 1890, and many times out of proportion to the ratio of increase in other less favored counties. Any bill regulating the salaries of officers by the standard of their rank and Inhabitants in 1890 will necessarily work an Injustice to these counties, and perhaps others. Would it not be wise to follow the example of the government in their manner ot regulating the pay of the postmasters? They are allowed a certain salary, ahd in addition a specific allowance for clerk hire, according to the work and receipts of the office. I Insist that this would be wisdom in our own statutes, and it remains for some bright lawmaker to take advantage of this basis of compensation to make a fair and equal system of compensation to county officers. I speak of the county auditor's office, for my experience has "been in that line. This office especially needs experienced and necessarily high-priced labor. The counxy'a finances are In the hands of the auditor. He receives all accounts for moneys and orders all moneys paid out; he makes all settlements for taxes collected, and apportions the same to the State, county and corporations, who are all directly interested. There must needs toe a correct system in all this, which can only result from experience and efficiency. In many, and perhaps all counties, the present fee and apiary bill does not a.ihut oi tne paying of living wages to skilled deputies, and cheap labor must of necessity be employed. Why not grade the salaries of county auditors commensurate with services, and then make an allowance for clerk hire based on the actual needs of the office, dividing the counties into different classes, as are postoffices, and making a specific allowance for each class. At the end of each fiscal year let them be rearranged and classified, and If there are any ch i 'Ses to be ua ie .t be done, always with the view of giving enough hire to the office to properly do the work, a3 it may increase or decrease from time to time. I believe this to be a correct method of regulating the pay of county auditors, as according to "population and services rendered." -The people generally are in favor of giving to county officials salaries commensurate with their responsibility and labor, and as a Just reward for their merit. But the taxpayer is directly .interested in having good and reliable men in power, and especially those with knowledge and experience to handle and account for the hard-earned dollars tnat taxs take fror his prcKet. An inexperienced and careless auditor can ruin a county treasurer and bankrupt a county, or allow it to be done. All business men hire labor that can successfully run their business, and with regard to skill. The county should be no exception. By grading salaries and then allowing clerk hire, corrected from year to year as needs be, the interests of the auditor and clerk can be at or.ee protected, and the county can have the benefit of the zeal of good and well paid bookkeepers. This reclassifying at the end of the year could be done by the Governor, State Auditor and Attorney-general, each or all of them, and could be applied to all county offices. The civil-service rules in governmental affairs having orovd sarist ictorv, why cannot, in time, the same system be employed in county and State affairs with relation to the pay and class of employes? I speak with proper regard for county officers and justice, and in due sympathy with overworked and underpaid deputies, whose name is legion. A. C. GARRIGUS. Kokomo, Ind., jan. 18. Work of the Circulation Editor. Editor Dana to Cornell Students. There is one other curious point which I passed over without reflection when discussing the present cheapness of printing Faper, and which I will come back to now. t is a pretty Interesting curiosity. Paper is so cheap that, supposing you are interested in proving that the circulation of your newspaper Is something- Immense, enormous, you can do it for certain with very slight expense. Having ' got your plates, your presses and everything there, you can print a couple or nunarea thousand extra papers at a cost which Is almost nothing compared to the advertising you may get from it; and then, instead of a circulation of 600.000 every morning, you can show a circulation of 700,000. The util. Ity of that mass of printed papers is not destroyed. They are not sold, to be sure, but their printing Is recorded truthfully by the presses, and they show In the figures of your circulation, which the advertisers love to examine. Then you can transport them, so I have heard, let us say to Glens Falls, where we will suppose there is a factory in which they make paper boxes, and you can send your 200,000 sheets, which you have printed for advertising display, and have them brought back to you in the form of paper boxes, that are really useful and may be sold for something. The advertisers are much impressed, but they don't get the boxes. Inionnd Argument. New York Commercial Advertiser. The argument used against the women suffragists, last year, was that all government is based on physical force. It Is worth while to note that on Saturday the wives of two men were arrested, and one of them sent to the Island, for whipping their husbands. Also, since the opening of the burglar season, nineteen women have dis tinguished themselves by capturing a burglar eacn, wnne in tne same time only two men nave aone mat, A Needed Reform. New York Evening Sun. Here is a civil service reform which would meet with the approval of a long suffering public: Let a board of three mem bers be appointed by Congress to inquire into the fitness of statesmen out of a 1ob before they are allowed to take to the lecture platform. Kentucky's) Decadence. Louisville Courier-Journal. Things have come to fine pass in Lexlng ton when a gentleman writes from that city to complain that It Is easier to get a fisrht with a Northern man than with citizen ot the Bluegrass capital. No wonder he is so disgusted as to want the law en forced. Carnegie's Mistake. Rochester. Democrat and Chronicle. Last January, Andrew Carnegie wrote a letter saying that the Wilson bill afforded all needed protection to the iron and steel industries. In reducing the wages of his men he confesses that he was mistaken so far as the interests of labor are concerned. No Need of Farther Vlfrllanee? Cincinnati Enquirer. Those people who have been keeping their ears to the ground ror a surprise trom Washington, like that which has made Paris the center of interest for two days, may a well get up and resume their usual avocations. .

i RICKS TO BE HEARD

FORMER ACTION OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REVERSED. By n. Vote of 7 to S It Warn Decided to Reopen the Case aud Ask the Jndge to Meet His Tradocers. TUESDAY SET FOR A HEARING KO PROBABILITY THAT IMPEACHMENT WILL BE RECOMMENDED. Representative Bailey Determined to Bring: the Matter Before the HouseMajority and Minority Reports. WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. The opponents of Judge Rcka are not so hopeful now of securing his Impeachment as they were a few days ago. The House judiciary committee, to-day, by a vote of 7 to 5, decided to give the Judge a hearing. The committee held a long .session this afternoon, at which Representative Bailey, of Texas, presented the majority report, drawn fcy himself, and Representative Eroderlck the minority report. Both are given below. The friends of Judge Ricks endeavored to reverse the decision of the previous meeting. This caused a lengthy debate. Finally the committee decided, by a vote of 7 to 5, to reopen the case by extending an invitation to Judge Ricks to appear before it if he so desi.'ed with his witnesses, id to give a like invitation to the other side. The action, was taken on motion of Mr. Harrison, of Alabama, who rfra;i:fd from voting at the last meeting. The affirmative votes were cast by Ray of New York, Powers of Vermont, Broderick of Kansas, Updegraft of Iowa and Childs of Illinois, Republicans, and Goodnight and Harrison, of Alabama, Democrats. The negative votes were cast by Bailey of Texas, Boatner of Louisiana, Lane of Illinois, .Stockdale of Mississippi and Dearmond of Missouri, Democrats. Representative Culberson, the chairman, who voted fcr impeachment at the last meeting, refrained from voting. . Representative Bailey's report was discussed at length, and several amendments offered and voted on. The members who have stood with Mr. Bailey for Impeachment regard the vote as a practical defeat, so far as action by this Congress is concerned. Speaking of the action taken to-day and of his intentions, Mr. Bailey, this afternoon, said: "Judge Ricks will appear next Tuesday, and the day will be taken up with an examination of him. An adjournment will then be taken until next Friday, and a week will be lost. It would be nonsense to send a resolution for Impeachment to the Senate thirty days before adjournment. I do not intend to drop the case here. While I am chairman of the subcommittee, I must follow the directions of the committee, but as soon as I am released from that office I will bring the resolution up in the House on my Individual responsibility as a member, it being a privileged matter." Chairman Culberson said to the committee several times that if the case was reported to the House in its present sAtus a majority of the committee would support the minority report on the floor. Mr. Broderlck was authorized to telegraph to Judge Ricks an invitation to appear before the committee Tuesday, and did so. The supporters of Judge Ricks in the committee say that it was evident by to-day's discussion that two or three who voted for impeachment last Tuesday have changed their views and will change their votes, r THE REPORTS. - Representative Bailey Thinks the Charges Have Been Proven. Representative Bailey's report first recites the charges againstj the Judge and says the evidence establishes the following pertinent facts: "A. J. Ricks became clerk of the Circuit Court for the Northern district of Ohio on March 20, 1878, and served in that capacity until July 31, 1889, when he became the district Judge for the same district. During the time while he was clerk there was pending : In the Circuit Court a large number of cases brought by John C. Blrdsall, of the Blrdsall Manufacturing Company, against various defendants, involving a question of patent infringements. The moneys out of which Judge Ricks is charged with having defrauded the government," says the report, "are the fees, for making final records in fifty-five of these cases, which are specified in the memorial praying for his impeachment, and which were not finally dis? posed ot until after he had become the judge of the District Court. Notwithstanding the fact that Judge Ricks had ceased to be clerk of the court before the final disposition of these cases, he claimed the right to make the final records and to collect the fees for that work. His defense for this conduct Is that as he was clerk when a decree was entered in the cases he was entitled to make the final records, and that in his emolument reports for the first . half of 1S88, the last half of 18SS and the first half cf 1889 he had charged himself ; with a part of these fees. The answer to this contention Is that the decrees which were made while Judge Ricks was clerk were not final and did not entitle him to make final records. The final decrees which alone prepared the cases for a final record were not made until after he had ceased to be clerk and had become judge. As to his claim that he had charged a part of these fees to himbelf In his emolument report for 1888 and 1889 the answer is that if he did this it was a plain violation, of the law, which provides that the clerk shall take his compensation for each year out of the fees which are earned that year." The report says that under Section 843 of the Revised Statutes each year stands by itself, and the clerk has no better right to anticipate fees which may be earned UV a subsequent year than he would have to recover a part of the excess which had been earned in a previous year. In his own testimony Judge Ricks testified that he reported these fees as earned and received, but he admitted that they were neither received nor earned when he eo reported them. 'ine report quotes an answer -made during the course of the investigation as to how Judge Ricks ascertained the amount for which he charged himself for records in the Birdsall cases, and says in his explanation that he selected fees in the cases where he knew the parties to be solvent, if true, would discredit him because an honest and faithful officer would not select solvent litigants for his debt and leave the insolvent ones for the government. "But," continued the report, "it is not true as a matter of fact, because Judge Ricks knew perfectly well that whenever those fees were earned he would be compelled to account for them without reference to the solvency or Insolvency of the parties. The government holds the clerk responsible for all fees earned, whether collected or uncollected, on the theory that the clerk can collect them by requiring a deposit or a bond to secure the costs. But, conceding all that Judge Ricks claims and waiving the moral question of soliciting the solvent parties for himself and leaving the insolvent ones for the government, he does not escape the charge of defrauding the United States. The purpose, and the only possible purpose in picking out the.se cases and anticipating their fees, was to increase his personal compensation, and in doing that he was not only vlolatins- the law, but he was practicing a deliberate and willful fraud as will easily be seen by a simple calculation." The report then goes on to argue that If Judge Ricks had closed his account with the government for 1883 with certain specified unearned fees omitted "he would have received for his services $2,831 and the $549 which he had improperly taken would have gone to whoever was the clerk when the records were actually made. This amount, therefore, oupht to have gone to Martin Sanders, so that the result of the wrongful taking of these fees by Judge Ricks was to deprive Martin W. Sanders of $55 and the government of $493. If it is alleged that this fraud was committed while Judge Ricks as clerk and that he is not amenable for it as judge, it can be replied that the fraud was a continuing one. in itiated while he was clerk, but consummated while he was judge." The report quotes . from a letter from Judge Ricks to the Attorney-general of

March 15, 1893, regarding which it ' ity: "Here we have Judire Rieks'a own mis

sion that the fees could not be earned nntil the master's reports were conflrmo-' and the records of the court show that chese reports were not confirmed until after J Jdge Ricks had ceased to be clerk." The report says that In this letter Judge Ricks sar these fees were collected in 1890 and 18yi: that one time he testified to practically the same effect, and at another time that the work on these records were completed ia 1892. "Thus." says the report, "it is that we find the judge of the court doing its clerk's work and collecting its clerk's fees. And, furthermore, while Judge Ricks had receivea mese recs m ism ana isji ana finished the work in 1S92, he did not settle YAth,the government until 1953, and only aid then after threats of exposure." The report further says that in addition to the fraud perpetrated in the Birdsall case, one no less excusable was found in case No. 552 of the Western division. The record in that case shows, that $540 was paid to Judge Ricks on Nov. 25, 1889. and he has never accounted to the government for one cent of it, nor has he ever made, or caused to be made a final record in the case." The report closes by saying that it finds it impossible to reconcile this conduct wita the rules of common honesty, and, therefore, recommends the adoption of the impeachment resolution." Sir. Hrotlerick's Report. Mr. Broderlck presented the following report: "The committee on the Judiciary to which was referred the charges In the Ricks case, has reported a resolution In favor of impeachment to which the minority states the following objections: 'The memorial contains three charges against Judge Ricks, namely: "First He is charged with having corruptly cheated and defrauded the -government of the United States out of $1,158.75 received on various dates between Sept. 19, 1880, and Dec. 27, 1891. It is alleged that this fraud consisted in the misappropriation) of certain fees which were paid to the clerk of his court. J,S?Z ond That he, as judge, oh or about the 10th day of January, 1&, corruptly advised and persuaded Martin W. Handera, then clerk of his court, to omit from his (banders s) emolument report the fees and emoluments of said clerk from July 1, 18S9, to Dec 31, 1889, aggregating the aforesaid sum. . . "Third That the said Judge wilfully and corruptly certified to the correctness of the said clerk's alleged fraudulent . report, knowing that the report was unture. "The answer of Judge Ricks, submitted to the subcommittee, denies all the charges of fraud and wrongdoing and admits that he received the fees mentioned in. the first charge of the memorial and alleges that ha was entitled to said, fees, ' except certain sums which were rightfully paid out to individuals for the completion of the record of the cases out of which the fees arose and the amount paid over to the government The memorialists and Judge Ricks were respectively represented by counsel before the subcommittee while taking the testimony and until its sessions were closed. There was no evidence offered In support of the second and third charges, so that the case rests and must be determined on the first charge, namely, that the Judge defrauded the government out of the . said money. Judge Ricks was clerk of the United States District Court for the northern district of Ohio for a number of years, and during the latter part of his term was also clerk of the Circuit Court. During his clerkship there was a number of cases brought up for Infringement on a certain patant. These were known as the Birdsall cases. After one of these cases had been tried and decided the others were referred to me clerk, as master, to hear an accounting &s to damages and report to the court. This he did, but some of the reports were not approved until after Judge Ricks became Judge. The remaining reports were then approved by Judge Hammond, from .. the United States District Court of Tennes sea and the orders of approval were entered on the records of the court. In 18S8. and also at the close of the first half of 1S89, the last year and a half of Judge Rick's clerkship, in rendering his emolument report to the Attorney-general, he charged himseif up with the fees in the Birdsall case. Including the costs for making the final record which could not, as a matter of fan. be written up until after the master's ivierte were approved. He had estimated the cot of this final record in advance of making it and, therefore, became respond ble to the government for the same. Before litis final report could be made Judge Ricks was appointed to the bench and became jud.se July 31, 1889, and Martin Sanders, a former deputy, succeeded him as clerk. After Judgs Hammond had approved the master's reports, some question arose between Mr. Sanders and Judge Ricks regardin 1 ths title to the fees for the record in the Birdsail cases, but it was finally understood between them that as Judge Ricks hacharged himself with these fees tht en employe. Miss Lillis, should complete the record of these cases, and that Judge Ricks should pay her charges. This was done and Judge Ricks reported all the facts to tha Department of Justice, and this report was examined and. approved. . "It is not shown by the evidence, nor is there any pretense that Judge Ricks, while clerk, ever retained or attempted to retain more than his maximum compensation: that is, $3,500 per annum. The law requires a clerk of the United States. Court to render semi-annual emolument reports to the Attorney-general of the United States and to charge himself with fees earned and. received, and also with fees earned and not received. He is ' allowed reasonable office expenses and at the end of the year he may retain $3,500 as compensation and must remit the balance to the department. There are various views- regarding this statute, but we agree that in estimating and charging up fees in advance in these particular cases, where the contested questions were settled and litigation as a matter of fact and law ended, was at most only a -mere irregularity, as it is the universal custom in all the courts of the country to estimate the fees for final records in such cases. "In view of all the facts in this case, it is our conclusion that Judge Ricks is not guilty of any offense; that there was no intention of wrong doing, and that no moral turpitude attaches. We, therefore, recommend that the resolution reported tothe House for impeachment be not adopted, ALASKV it WITCH DOCTOR. Sonn Doo, Who Caused Many Deaths, Taken to. a, California Prison. SAJN FRANCISCO, . Jan. ; 18. Soun Doo, the notorious witch doctor of Alaska, has arrived here In charge of United States Marshal Williams and been " promptly taken to San Quentin prison,' to begin serving a three years' sentence. The old medicine man during the last dozen years has been guilty of causing the death of many Indians on the ground J that they were witches. For a long time he evaded the United States authorities by fleeing to the villages of the interior. Last spring, however, at Chilcot, the Doctor 5 caused the death of a woman On the charge that she was a witch. In July he was arrested and taken to Juneau, and his trial, which was conducted before United States District Judge Warren Truett, ruled in his conviction for manslaughter. He was brought down on the steamer Mexico to ieatne. and there the marshal re-embarked with him on the Umatilla f or San rancisco. The old witch Doctor was defended by Attorney Maloney, of Juneau, but the facts were all against him, and about the only question made an issue of was the jurisdiction of the court. Soun Doo s attorney maintained that as the offense was committed at Chilcot it was in Canadian territory, but the court held otherwise. "The Doctor has caused the death of many people " said Marshal Williams, "and was accounted rich among the Indians. His fee in this particular case was twenty blankets. A man of the tribe had died at Chilcot, and relations came to consult the Doctor to see what it was that caused his death." A. P. TARIFF LEAGUE. Over 32,000,000 Pas of Literature , Circulated by the Organization. NEW YORK, Jan. 18. The American Protective Tariff League held its annual meeting last night. President Cornelius N. Bliss presided. According to General Secretary Wakeman's report the total receipts of the league for the year were .$55,341.02. and the disbursements $32,265.92. leaving a balance of $3,075.10. The total membershipis 919, an increase of forty-six during the. year. The league has a staff of 2,074 correspondents, of whom 603 were appointed during the year. Eleven new standard documents have been added to the ll.t of tariff books, and 32.162,099 pages of tariff literature have been distributed. The league elected the loliowing members of the board ot managers for a term of four years: J. F. Hanson, of Georgia; William Strange, of New Jersey; Theodore Justice, of Pennsylvania; H. Clay Evans, of Tennessee, and Mayor Strong. All these gentlemen were re-elected, excepting Mr. Evans, who takes the place of Robert P. Porter. The board of managers organized by re-electing Cornelius N. Bliss, president; J.e Grande B. Cannon, first vice president: Joseph K. Thropp. secod vice president; Wilbur F. Wakeman, general secretary, and Chester Gils wold, treasurer.