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The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-15

During the fiscal year ended June 3o, 1886, there were coined under the compulsory silver coinage act of lS5s % % 90S silver dollars and the cost ot the silver used in such coinage was ssS i4s, s~0 There had been coined on to the close or the pre- yious fiscal year under the provisions of the law 2os, ss2 ,5t silver dollars and on Decemeer ,7 l, l3l ,5i9. The director Of the mint reports that at the time of the passage Of the law or 1873 di- reeting this coinage the intrinsic value 9i sne Jnly 3I, lsS5 the value Of silver reached the lowest stage ever known, 80 that the intrinsic or bullion price of our standard silver dollar at that date was less than T2c. The price of silver November 90 last, was such as to make the dol-
 lars ntrinsically worth 7sc each. These dlher- ences in value of the coins represented the inct- nations in the price of silver, and they certainly do not indicate that compulsory coinage by the government enhances the price of that commod- ity or secures uniformity in it's value; Every fair and legal effort has been made by the treas ury department to distribute this currency among the people The withdrawal Of United States treasury notes of small denominations and the issuing of small silver certificates have been resorted to in the endeavor to accomplish this result in obedience to the will and sentiments of the representatives of the people in congress On November z7, lSs6, the people held of these coins, or certificates representing them, the nominal sum of $l6s, s73, ,OSi, and we still have s7a iet, ,si5 In the treasury. as against slt2 sst
 0s5 now In the hands of the people and SIP sd5,- 376 remaining in the treasury one year ago. The director Of the mint again urges the necessity of more vault room for the purpose Of storing these silver dollars which are not needed Tor cifcula- tion by our people.
 ' have seen no reason to change the views ex- pressed in my last annual message on the sub 1 feet of this compulsory coinage, and again urge i It's suspension on all the grounds contained in my former recommendation reinforced by the increase of our gold exportations during the last year, as appears by the comparative statement 1 herewith presented, and for the further reasons that the more this cnrrencyis is distributed among
 the people the greater becomes our duty to pro tect it from disasters We now have abundance
 for all onr needs and there seems but little pro
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For the current year to end June 20, 1887, the ascertained receipts up to October l, 1886, with such receipts estimated for the remainder of the year amount to S356, ,O00, 900. The expenditures ascertained and estimated for the same period $266, GOO, 900, indicating an anticipated sur plus at the close of the year of 800, 900 ,0o0.
 The total value of exports from the United States to foreign countries during the fiscal year is stated and compared with the preceding year aa fnllowc.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-15

The recommendations of the secretary of the in- office looking to the better protection of public lands and of the public surveys. the preservation of national forests, the adjudication of grants to states and corporations and of private land claims, and the increased efficiency of the public land service are commended to the attention of congress To secure the widest distribution of public lands in limited quantities among settlers Tor residence and cultivation and thus make the greatest number of individual homes. was the primary object of public legislation in the early days of the republic This system was a simple one 1t commenced with an admirable scheme of public surveys by which the humbiest citizen tablish his home. The price of lands was placed within the reach of all the enterprlsing, industrl- ous and honest pioneer citizens Of the country. t was soon, however, found that the object cf the laws was perverted under the system Of cash
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-15
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

The following are the principal points in President Cleveland's message to congress, delivered Monday, the 9th inst.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-15
FRIENDLY RELATIONS.

Our government has consistently maintained it's relations of friendship toward all other pow CTS and of neighborly interest toward those whose possessions are contiguous to our own. with other governments, and none of those are beyond the reach of settlement Tn counsel We are as yet without provision for the settlement of claims of citizens of the United States against China for injuries during the late war with Peru and Bolivia. The mixed commissions organized under the claims conventions, concluded by the Chilli government with certain European states, have developed an amount of friction which we trust can be avoided in the convention which our representative at Santiago is authorized to negotiate The cruel treatment of inoffensive Chinese has, regret to say, been repeated in some of the far western states and territories, and acts of violence against these people, be- yond the power of the local constituted authori- ties to prevent and difficult to punish are re- ported even in distant Alaska. Much of this violence can be traced to race prejudice and competition of labor, which can not, however,
 justify the oppression of strangers whose safety
 is guaranteed by our treaty with China, equally with the most favored nations. In opening our vast domain to alien elements the purpose of our law giyers was to invite assimilation, and not to provide an arena for endless antagonisms. The paramount duty of maintaining public order and defending the interests of our own people may but they should not tolerate the oppression of
 individuals of special race.
 Whilst am unfeignedly desrous that such rela- tions should exist between us and the inhab- tants of Canada, yet the action of their officials during the past season towards our fishermen has been such as to seriously threaten their con- tinuance Although disappointed in my efforts to secure a satisfactory solution of the fishery question negotiations are still pending with the reasonable hope that before the close Of the present session of congress announcement may be made that an acceptable conclusion has been reached.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-04
ON HIMSELF.

IF the President will tell us that h.
removed men from Office for party
reasons we viii Immediately confirm
every one of his nominations A
Republican Senator Of prominence and
influence is reported as making the
above declaration. Everybody recog.
nized the right Of the President to
remove certain officials at pleasure, and
all expected he would make a clean
sweep of Republicans. Had he done 40
no question would have been raised as
to his right in the premises, and the
only matter that would have come m
in the Senate would have been. the
qualifications of the appointees. The
bitterest Republican would not have
thought of asking why an official
had been removed, all recognizing
the fact that Republicans had
been turned out because they were Re-
P lblicans and the majority of the PEG.
pie of the country had declared in
favor of Democrats for Office. The Pre-.
sident, however, vainly imagining tina.
he could destroy partsanship and over.
come party politics In government, I'M
dertook to pat his feslish ideas into
I. . . IL. I'D
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-04

THE WASHINGTON correspondent O.
the Chicago Inter Ocean, after telling
the Surveyor-General's story about land
frauds and official corruption in Utah
says; MIR. Dement, is young man
from heinterior of Illinois, with great
deal of energy, but no experience. He
has been in Utah but little more than
two years, (months) and being naturally
OF credulous disposition has evidently
put together all the yarns he has heard
during his stay there and brought them
on to Washington. Commissioner
Sparks shakes his head mysteriously
when asked about Mr.. Dement'S dis
coveries, but will say nothing, and Sec
rotary Lamar declines to talk until he
has given the matter more extended ex-
animation" 1t is evident that Dement,
impressed one correspondent with a
very fair estimate of himself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-04

GOVERNOR MURRAY expressed similar
opinions two years ago to those he now
holds in regard to the power of the Ter
ritorial Legislature to appropriate
money to be paid by the Territorial
Treasurer on warrants drawn by the
Territorial Auditor. Two years ago
there was an item of 50, 600 in the appro-
priation bill for the Governor, and
whetever scruples His Excellency had
in regard to the legality of the bill were
blried for he approved it, and drew his
gift to the cent. Would it be worth
while to put another $1,000 item in the
bill this year, or would it be better to
let the bill fail, and compel the Terri
tory to get along without public expen-
ditures for two years?
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GOV. GOVERNOR GuRAAY has not yet re.
Led TO the Territorial Treasury the
N'vo' which, according to himself, the
Legislature had no right to appropriate,
fof which the Auditor had no right to
draw warrants, the Treasurer had no
right to pay, and His Excellency had
no right to accept. When Murray gives
back that money there will be some
reason tor believing that he is sincere in
his professed regard for strict con.
structiol of the law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-04

A yUsY in Erie, Pa, has awarded a
tramp, who fell from a train and had
beth feet cut of, $1,000 damages. The
fellow was stealing ride at the time,
and was also under the influence of
liquor. He sued for $50, 900, and the
damages being too small to suit him, he
has appealed. This case very forcibly
illustrates the unreasonableness of the
popular prejudice against the railroads.
The camp was clearly in the wrong,
and was breaking the law when he met
with the mishap; besides, the great ma
jority of the community would have
been pleased rather than distressed had
the fellow been killed; but bis maim-
ing gave the public an opportunity to
sock it to a railroad" hence the yer
get. Railroad companies sometimes
have quite as just cause for eomplsi IT
against the public as the public has
against fhe RAILROADS. a. 80
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foree with the result that the Senate is
bothering him with demand for
"feasons," and the strong and able
men of his own party, instead of rushing
in TO his def nse and assistance, are
sitting back and chuckling at his dis
comfture. AS Mr.. Cleveland is not big
enough to crush The Democratic party,
and as the Democratic party will be
bigger and stronger when il is not handi-
capped by having to carry Cleveland,
no true Democrat is grieving over the
fact that the Presidents impracticable
ideas and nonsensical twaddle about
civil service reform are crowding the
President off into party by himself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-04
INTO A CORNER.

AT last we are going to get at the
straight of the SurveYor-General De
ment sensation. The story was pub
ished simultaneously in at least three
Chicago and one New York papers
though evidently written in each in
stance by a different hand. indicating
that at least four correspondents had
heard the tale. Dement, having denied
that he said the things attributed to
him, three correspondents have asked
the Senate committee on public lands
for the privilege of going before that
body and explaining how they obtained
the information. The request has
been granted, and to-day the news
paper fellows will tell their tale. Mean
time, one of them volunteers the state
ment in advance that Dement, gave him
the paper on. which to write
the notes as the Surveyor-General
detailed his charges. We did not think
the correspondents of such papers as
the Chicago Times, Inter Ocean and Mail
and the New York Graphic would rest
quietly under the allegation that they
had invented the outrageous story
which they telegraphed to their journals
last Friday. To manufacture a tale of
this character would be equivalent to
sending in their designations, for great
newspapers do not employ writer's who
will thus willfully and maliciously lie,
recklessly blackening mems characters |
for the sole purpose of filing columns
with sensational matter.
There is probably no one in this CITY
who doubts or has ever doubted that
Dement, was at the bottom of the SLAM
derous allegations, though he may not
have thought the story was to
get into the newspapers. The matter
is not of the character suggesting its
invention by correspondents On the
contrary, it bears evidence Of having
Been given to the reporters for put-
pose. I,
Shouh the correspondents make it
plain that Dement, is the author of the
malicious and ibelous assault upon the
officials and people of Utah, it ought to !
be satisfactory proof to the Senate that ]
he is an unfit man to occupy a Federal ,
office, and his nomination should be
rejected as consequence. Anxious as
the people of Utah are that the Federal
civil force here be changed, they are
not DESTROYS of changes which turn out j
honest, able and efficient Republicans !
tpr Democratic jackanapes. and irres- /
sensible vendors of ibeIs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-04
PEOPLES TICKET.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
SALT LAKE CITY.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY8, 1886.
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ditures for two years ?
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POWERS MUST GO.

Slowly but surely everybody who IS
interested in the matter is settling
down in the conviction that Associate
Justice Powers will have to 60. Hi
Honor has not yet given up hope thai
the Senate will confirm him, and thus
fasten the infection upon the Territory
for four years, but he appears to be the
| only one here who seems 10 want or ex-
pect his confirmation. tits now amontb
since his nomination was sent to the
Senate, and though his friend Dickin-
son and others have brought all their
influence TO bear i'll favor of his con-
frmation the judiciary committee re-
fuses to report in his favor, and it is
quietly limited that when the report
comes it will be unfavorable to the
gentleman. In this. connection the
following, which appeared as special
Washington telegram in the Chicago
Intsr-O Ocean, will be interesting as show
ing up the true inwardness of the situa-
ton in regard to the case:
Don NJ. Dickinson's nimble figure Is
seen nowadays fitting across the Hobbies
OF the Capitol and lowering about the
doors of the judiciary committee. be-
hind which the fate of his friend Power
is being decided. He wears troubled
look. Evidently things do not look as
bright as they should. The charges
against Judge Powers are of serious
nature, and the little fairy tale con-
cocted by Mr.. Dickinson, that they
were the outcome of Mormon hatred.
does not seem to have impressed the
the committee much. The willy Michi-
gan. boss thought he could wheedle
favorable report out of Senator Ed
munds, whose word is law in the commit
tee, by these representations, but the
Green Mountain Sage refused to be
caught by such chat. He told the boss
IN plain English that he wanted facts
and figures, not mere theories to con
trovert the charges made against
Powers. As the case now stands, Dick |
Inson will have rather a hard time in |
proving that his friend was fit man to |
represent the the Supreme Court bench |
Of Utah. The members of Congress |
rom Michigan refuse to assist Dickin- |
son. They enjoy his present discom-
iture as much as he did theirs last |
At the White House the
Michigan boss will get little sympathy |
md less assistance, since it was dlscov-
red that Powers at Chicago was one of
he biggest shouters with Tammany
!gainst Cleveland.
When the Senate rejects the gentle
nan, certain local newspapers whose
ditors are frank enough in private to
ay that Powers ought not to
e on the bench but who
trough their journals are praising hin,
nd his decisions, will flop and
eclare gleeful satisfaction over his
sfeat; and local attorneys who will
DIV tell you quietly that he is about {
lie poorest excuse for judge that has :
ver been on the bench here. but who
Ire not speak this above whisper for :
ar he will be retained, will rejoice
IDLY.
Powers rejection is so certain that {
may with safety turn to wondering
hat queer kind of a customer Cleye-
nd will next send to afflicted Utah.
lat he will be queer we may be assured
r all the peculiar people in the Demo
attic party have not yet been pro- +
led with offices in the Territories.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-04

PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF SAID
L Court Ia said matter, notice is
hereby given that Saturday, the 6th
day Of February, AID. 1856, at II O'Clock
am, at the County Courthouse, In
Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, in
the courtroom of said Court, has been ap-
pointed the time and place for the heapitlg
OF petition OF Priscilla Paul Jennings,
Thomas w. Jennings and Frank W. Jen.
nings, praying for the admission to probate
of a certain document Herewith presented,
purportirg to be the last will and testament
OF William Jennings, deceased, when and
where IL persons interested may appear and
oppose the probate OF said will, or the grant
ing of letters testamentary to Priscilla Paul
jennings. Thomas W. jennings Frank W.
Jennings, Joseph A. Jennings. Isaac Jen-
nings, Thomas q. Weber, as prayed for in
said petition.
Dated at Salt Lake City, Jan. %. 1886.
JOHN G. CUTLER,
Probate Clerk, Salt Lake Co
j. ~ Il ~ !. i
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ACClimated Bulls fOrSale

Two Hundred High Grade ShOrthorn BuKs two
years old next spring.
Two Hundred and Fifty High Grade shorthOm
Bulls, long yearlings next spring.
Fifty Yearling Cross-breeds, by Thoroughbred
Hereford Bulls out high grade Shorthorn Cows
These all Wyoming formed and hardy rv for an Se
' - '
Practical ranchmen advantages of byne o
BULLS they know bnT the
some OF all these classes in Evanston vom
FOR prices Evanston
BECKWITH, QUINN & 90.
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Powers rejection is so certain that
we may with safety turn to wondering
what queer kind of a customer Cleye-
land will next send to afflicted Utah.
That he will be queer we may be assured
for all the peculiar people in the Demo-
cratic party have not yet been pro-
vided with offices in the Territories.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-04

-hOAfO11 . ILD1ICAAbL AOON'
For Mayor.
FRANCIS ARMSTRONG.
For Aldermen.
FIRST Precinct ... VIM. w. K1IER
Second Precinct. .THOS. 6. WEBER.
Third Precinct FRANCIS COPE.
Fourth Precinct. ROBERT PATRICK.
Fifth Precigct. =. GEORGE D. PYPER.
For Councillors.
CHARLES BROWN,
JOHN KIRKMAN,
JOHN CLARK,
JOHN Q. CANNON,
D. l.. DAVIS,
S. P. TEASDEL,
JUNIUS f. WELLS,
HEBER ]. GRANT.
JOHN w. TAYLOR.
For Recorder.
HEBER NJ. WELLS.
For Treasurer.
ORSON F. WHITNEY.
For Assessor and Collector.
MOSES w. TAYLOR.
For Marshal.
ALFRED SOLOMON.
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[UTI'S EXTRACT SSR2APLRELL
MARK McKIMMINS,
Livery and Feed Stables.

The finest Barouehes and Carriages
in town. Nos 22s, 22S and $50 Main
Street, Salt Lake City.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
In The Probate Court In and for SAT- Lake
County. Utah Territory.
In the matter Of the Estate of Willim Jen.
nings, deceased.

Notice of time and place for the hearing Of
Petition for Admission to Pro-
bate of Will.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-04-04

EVERY lady will find Pearline great advant
age in house cleaning. It is the climax of sue
cess.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-04-04
SUITS AGAINST STATES.
Illinois Will Bring Suit Against Georgia to
Recover Value Of Repudated Bonds.

CHICAGO April 3.--Hon. Robert 7. Lincoln, of
the law firm of Isham & Lincoln, said, this
morning that his firm held bonds of the face
value of 100000, issued by the State of Geor-
gia in 1869 and 1870 and since repudiated, which
they had been directed to present to the State of
Illinois for the benefit of the Soldiers Home. The
bonds are among others bought up by foreign
ers, and for long time have been in the hands
of New York bankers. Mr.. Lincoln states that
suit would be brought by the United States Su-
preme Court within short time, by the State
of Illinois against the State of Georgia, to recov-
the amount of these repudiated bonds. In
1882 test suits were brought by the States of
New Hampshire and New York against Louisi-
ana, by the Attorney general, in the name of the
States, to recover the amount of repudiated
bonds held by their citizens, but the decision Of
the Supreme Court. delivered by ief-justice
Waite. was that owners of State bonds could not
sue in the name of their State after getting the
sumo the prosecution Of the debts of another
State to its citizens 1t is because of this decis-
Ion that the present mode of action has been de-
cided upon While the suit promises to provoke
interesting questions of tAe relations
Lincoln said it was impossible to say what it's
issue might be, although he was of the opinion
that the legal points to be considered would be
entirely novel to the Supreme Court Some
time ago a move was made with a similar end in
view by Judge Lochrane, OF Georgia, as Ameri-
can agent of large number of German holders
of repudiated bonds. A claim was filed against
the United States in the Court of Claims. at
Washington, in which the claim was set up that
the United States was liable for the debts con-
tracted by the Southern States directly governed
by the general government during the recon
struction period. This case, in which Messrs.
Isham g. Lincoln are also interested, will have
a special hearing before the Court of Claims on
next Monday morning.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-04-04

to be bribed. He backs gambling games. and
lottery offices. and all that sort of thing WELL
Ostensibly he is a retired capitalist. He says
he made mis- money in sugar in Louisiana before
the war. He has for family beautiful lady
like woman whom he calls his wife, and two
lovely little girls, to whom he speaks only Ger
man in the morning, only French in the after
noon, and only English between o'clock dinner
and bedtime. They are good little children and
say their prayers at his knees whenever he is at
home to hear them. Now this old gentleman is
a great adjunct of the machinery of Justice
He deals with the principal thieves, burglars
forgers, counterfeiters and knaves of all kinds,
constantly. Suppose one of them does not deal
fairly with him, cheats him, quarrels with him,
babs about him, takes to drinking and be-
comes loose tongued, or does anything that
makes the old gentleman angry and uneasy.
Well, what then? Oh, nothing, except that he
is in Jail before long-caught in the act or
nabbed for past offense that the police could
not at the time throw any light upon. The old
gentleman reads of the arrest in the papers
Down in his Office in Nassau street, where the
glass doors bears the painted legend Parker
Manufacturing Company he condoles with the
crooks who call on him for backing and he
and they wonder how tho poor miscreant came
to be tripped up. At the hotel the loungers say
to him: "Old fellow, you seem to be very jolly
to-day" Yes he says Western Union went
up point and quarter to-day Nobody sus-
poets him in either place.
But true as this is concerning the detective
methods Of to- day it is not written to lessen the
reputation of Inspector Byrnes There has been
better work since he took charge of the force
than before, and there is less scandal and less
food for scandal about dishonest detectives than
there used to be. One result of Byrnes's tre-
now he has got it, which is good thing for New
York after all