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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-12-28

A question of quorum will b
fought in this session, if it il en-.
braced in the rules, il now under
discussion among the Republican
majority. namely change in the
present method of establishing the
presence OF q quorum. II carried
out it will give the majority In the
House plain sailing in the face of
all the fili5ustering that ths minority
might attempt. In other words, 1T
il the proposition to regard quor-
um as actually present as participant
ing in the business of the House,
whether all vote or not. If 166
members are present and within
the bar of the House the quorum is
regarded as established, whether
they all respond to the rell-call OF
not. As the House now stands,
the absence Of four Republicans will
leave the House without quorum
under the late rules, provided the
Democrats refrain from voting. 1t
was held in the first session of the
Forty-iourth Congress that "vhere
the roll call discloses the absence of
a q ~lm the chair cannot go out
81. the record in deciding as to the
p zee Of a quorum. However,
it c-n equitably be held, without
conflicting with this decision, that
the roll-call is only part of the rec
ord, and it is also shown that
the recorded fact that enough de-
linquents had been b. ought to the
bar OF the. House to aggregate
quorum completes the inconstable
evidence that quorum is present.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-12-28

1t is believed by some that at IL
O'Clock Christmas eve, horses and
cattle kneel for fifteen minutes in
their stalls. Any youngster de-
slreus of ascertaining whether this
is the fact or not, can watch tonight
with probably the same result that
attended . midnight vigil OF this
scribe some forty years ago-viz-
two frostbitten ears; . dittoed nose.
followed by the warming of another
extremity with . maternal slipper
~ he was caught stealing back into
the observation-disclosures.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-12-28

The n sddest man in TOW \ il q
boarder at the Arlington. He says
he was lost in admiration while
studying the beauties of the artistic
menu, that the meal was all over
before he reached for his knife and
fork. o. course the menu was turn
Cd out at the Appeal job office.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-12-28

Edison sent as Christmas gift
to Archduchess Elizabeth daught.
of the late Archdl ke r ldolph.
Grown Prince of Austria, q Phono-
graphic dell.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-12-28

An Iowa girl who was in q hou Q
when the inmates were being treated
to Q charivari. sent q dose of bird
shot into the crowd and killed .
man. The jury acquitted her in
twer ty minutes. Good for the Iowa
4irl.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-12-28

The sky clouded up again last
night and we may catch another
storm before the moon changes.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-12-28

The recent decision Of the Sar
Francisco Court in the suit Of the
Keptuck stoc Sholders aRianst Gov.
G. G. Stevenson places the Governor
in m unsnviabls position. He
must make an accounting to the
stockholders, of the ores taken
from the nine while he was enjoy
ing the lease which has become 20
famous.
It begins to look a. if there were
some laws in connection with mines
which the manipulatsrs are bound
to respect.
The popular idea regarding min
ing in this State 10 that the insiders
have it all their own way, and that
they take the meat of the egg while
the others have the shell.
If the Governor is compelled to
make restitution it will establish .
precedent, which will be of great
benefit to the reputation of the
State.
Stock speculation has been killed
on this Coast by just such manipu-
lations a. characterized the Kentuck
management under the Stevenson
regime. The buyers distrust the
management and refuse to purchase
stack.
The San FIR ncisco decision il far
reaching and cannot help but have
. beneficial effect on the mining
industry of this Coast.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-12-28

This is the largest slock ever
brought to Carson. Give him
a call, next to Wells Fargo.
Oct tt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05
COMMENT AND OPINION.

ENFORCE the law in the name of the peo-
pie, on behalf of the people, and by all the
forces of courts, police and military which
the people have placed in the hands of ex-
ecutive officers, solely that they might be
strong enough to enforce the law against
all Offenders.-ChicagO Inter Ocean.
THE scandalous details of divorce cases
NAV we'll be kept from the public. But
there are facts which must at least 20 on
the official records, and any secret attempt
TO suppress them is not to be tolerated.
flourish under secret system of granting
divorces.-New York Herald.
If Mr. Black worked the pension racket
for all it was worth to the Democratic
party the public is entitled to know it. We
object to fiinging the mantle of Oblivion
over a retiring official, as If stepping down
and out condOned all Offenses And we object
to the pension racket as political factor,
no matter who works it.-Philadelphia
North American.
THE free-traders seek to deceive the peo-
pie and in the public mind identify trusts
with protection in order that the latter may
be rendered obnoxious because the former
are justly odious. The assumption OF any
such connection. or sympathy, or relation
ton are directly the opposite of the idea
and purpose OF monopoly trusts.-Phlladel-
phia Press.
NOTWITHSTANDING the enormous diff
culties in the way of establishing a govern
ment system of railroads and the grave
doubt whether political influences and the
partisan character of the civil service
would not prevent the successful opera
ton of such a system. the idea Is taking q
firm root in the public mind. and will be
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05
THE RIP VAN WRINKLE BOOKS.
The False Pretenses of the New School-Book
Law Begin to Make Their Appearance.

Hendricks Republican: The people have
an inalienable right to choose their own
school books through their local repre-
sentatives, the township trustees. The
despotic new law would rob the citizens of
that right, and leave the choice of our
textbooks to a squad of politicians, them
selves environed by a swarm of lobbyists.
Huntington Herald: The Indiana school
book series is bound to attract great atten-
ton from the pupils. In one of the books
appears the plan of "village" which must
certainly have been perfected by an Okla
hona boomer. The scale is one inch to the
mile, and the measurement shows the pro-
posed village to be three miles long and
two miles wide. The public buildings are
cOnspicuously marked, one of them, by the
measurement. being nearly three-quarters
of a mile long. The number of stories Is
not given, but the foundation would indl-
cate anywhere from twelve to seventeen.
Elkhart Review: The fOllies and false
pretenses of the new school book law are
already beginningto show themselves. The
various trustees are receiving blanks in
structing them to send in their orders for
books and stationery to enable them to
keep their accounts accurately. Each
trustee Is compelled to buy a cash and rate
book costing SO, a book of 100 regisfery
blanks 81, and book of fifty quarterly re-
ports 81, or total of IS for the stationery
at the outset And this is only the begin
ming. Expense after expense will thus be
taxpayers, and the promised saving al
public has chance To see it. The county
is compelled to buy of the company as
part of the scheme of the SchoOl-bo0k Com
panV.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05

greatly strengthened by every movement
In the direction of a railroad trust.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
ALL public officers ought to be adequately
paid, and it would be a good thing If the
whole legislation of the States and of Con-
gress upon this subject were revised in a
liberal spirit. The pay of the federal dis
trict judges, for instance, is VIGOROUSLY IN
sufficient.-New York Sun.
THE anti-internal tax champions are,
therefore. in q favorable position to win
their battle. and it is not only possible, but
quite probable. that the next Congress will
strike off Sl3O, 900 900 of revenue by the en-
tire repeal of the internal-tax system. 1t
would be violent wbirl from profligacy to
economy, but it would be most whole
some departure toward honest government.
-Philadelphia Times.
ENGLAND will be as glad to rescue the seal
fisheries from pirates as the United States,
and the fact that we are now pursuing q
more vigorous policy in this matter will be
an advantage to this country when the ar
bitration begins. If we took no steps and
did not assert what we believe to be our
rights and the interests Of civilization, we
should 60 into the arbitration with our
hands tied.-New York Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05

justment of the relations between CAPT.
tai and labor, and fairer application of
the laws of production and distribution
of wealth. This means, probably, short
er hours of labor, steadier employment,
better wages, and q general advance of
labor interests all along the line. 1t
means, probably, a larger development
of the proft-sharing plan, by which la
Dor will come to have a proprietary in
terest in production. 1t means the
growth of the cooperative idea, and its
application ON scale as yet undreamed
of. 1t means the prohibition of all trusts
and combines of capital which aim at
the restriction of production. the in
crease of prices or the reduction of
wages, and the friendly projection of
all legitimate combinations of capital as
well as of labor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05

CHIEF MAYS, of the Cherokee Nation,
tells the United States commission that,
personally, he is not in favor of selling
the outlet, but assures them that the
title to the land is perfect, and ex-
presses a willingness to leave the mat
ter to the national Council. The un-
tutOred savage was always famous for
his shrewdness in horse-trade, and it
is apparent that in the cultured Chero-
kee this commercial talent has developed
until it includes land. Chief Mays
knows that the United States will event.
ually own the Cherokee strip, but doesn't
want to seem too eager to part with it,
and would like to dicker awhile. Pos
sibly, being cultured Indian, and very
much like white man. he would prefer
to be described as diplomatic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05
OFFICIAL SELECTION.
Reform Suggested I'm the Manner Of Making
Civil-Service Examinations.
Dhilndnlnhia AIaor

CiviI-Service Examinations.
Philadelphia North American.
The whole scheme of examinations is
more or less farcical. There is but one mode
of testing men for any particular business,
and that relates to their intelligent com
prehensiOn of the needs of that business.
No set of questions can possibly be made
that will fit allclerkships of the same grade.
As matter of fact which is significant, the
conduct of the public business is at this
time IN the hands OF men who never conn.,
peted for position through examination.
They are generally men who have become
expert through actual contact with the
duties of their positions. Their subordi
mates are, to great extent, persons who
have been admitted to service upon eXam-
nation. but who, at the same time, owe
their admission to the influence of pOliti-
clans exactly asif they had never competed.
When it Is knOwn-and nobody can deny
it-that the appointes are of one party or
the other, according as either is in power,
the hollOwness of the system as it has been
administered must be apparent.
There need be no secrecy about the con-
duct of its affairs by the commission. The
public is entitled to know who is in the limo
of appointment. How else can the moral
fitness of the candidate be known? The
new rule making public the list of eligibles
is step forward. 1t now remains for the
commission to abolish printed lists of ques-
tons, and instead select examiners for
different grades known to be competent.
Then 1t should not be known
beforehand who is to conduct the
examination at any point. Candidates
ought simply to be notified to present them
selves at Il certain place on a day fixed.
and when they are assembled the examiner
should be able to PROFOUND the proper test
questions, to which written answers should
be required. That would be O real exam
inatiOn, and favOritism would be almost
impossible. Of course, every small poll
tician on the footstool will swear that this
plan is jmpracticable. but it is impractical
Bile only because it would completely knock
out the small politician. This mode an
swers in all business save politics. The
printed question business is stupid fraud.
and is the fruit of stupidity. Who does not
know that any good business man can de-
termine the status of an applicant for po-
sition after asking a dozen questionsf A
business man does not ask foolish ques-
tions. If he wants book-keeper he tries
man he does not ask him how much he
knows about the satellites of Mars
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05

him in New York. The presumed pur-
pose of the arrest is to punish him for
having violated the law and to empha-
size the fact that in legal estimation, at
least, prize-fghting is crime. 1t is as
a criminal that Sullivan goes to Missis-
sippi, but when he is allowed to stop
along the way and receive the greetings
of crowds of admiring Coughs" not
much is accomplished toward making
his offense odious in the public estima-
ton. Before he arrives the Governor
should make up his mind whether he
wishes to treat the man as rufian and
a representative of rufianly class or
as conquering hero who has graciously
deigned to favor the State with his
presence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05
THE TENDENCY TO COMBINE.

The multiplication of trusts and the
tendency towards industrial cOmbina-
ton is the most striking feature of the
times. 1t prevails throughout Christen-
dom, and is, without doubt, the most
conspicuous feature in the commercial
world. What does it mean, and where
will it endq
In the first place, it is neither abb
normal nor in itself alarming. The
tendency of capital to combine is an in
evitable outcome of high commercial
conditions. 1t is in accordance with a
natural law of the business world, and
not the result of any particular form
of governmentOr economic policy. The
combination of capital is in itself
neither dangerous nor alarming. On the
contrary, it may be desirable and bene-
fetal. In some form or degree it ap-
pears in every partnership, corporation,
cooperative society OF legalized bust
ness association of any kind. Many of
these are of the most beneficial charac-
ter. No commercial country could exist
without them, and they could not be
abolished without abolishing capital it
self. 1t is as absurd to denounce all
combinations of capital as it is to de-
nounce all combinations of labor. All
labor combinations which aim at worthy
ends by legitimate means are commend
able and should be encouraged by
public opinion, and, if possible, by
legislation. The same is true of
capital. There is as much rea-
son and justice in incorporating
labor as there is in Incorporating CAPT
tai, and there is quite as much business
sense and wisdom in the combination of
labor as there is in the combination of
capital. The character of both depends
on their object and methods. If they
aim at honest ends by honest means they
are all right. Otherwise, not. Capital
and labor are here to stay, and both will
continue to combine as long as the world
stands. The most that can be done, OF
that should be attempted, is to prevent
combinations of either for dangerous,
illegal or oppressive purposes. The
question resolves itself, at last, into one
of discrimination between combinations
That are legitimate and beneficial and
those which are the reverse.
One thing is certain: Out of all this
agitation there VIII come a better ad-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05
THE WORLDS FAIR In 1892.
IL SHOULD BE Held I'm New York, but New
Workers Should Not Manage IL.

Workers Should Not Manage II.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
1t Is highly appropriate that the people of
the United States should celebrate in fitting
manner the four-bundredth anniversary Of
the discovery of the new world by Chris
topher Columbus. which falls in 1892
No better form could be given to such a
celebration than that proposed, worlds
fair, at which could be shown the progress
made by mankind in all the peaceful arfs
since the time of the discovery of our great
continent.
In selecting site for such a comment
Grafton OF the historical event none more
appropriate could be found, we think, than
New York city. 1t is the commercial and
financial metropolis, and has greater
and better facilities for handling such
a display and the crowd of peo-
any other center of population in
the country. 1t is the only city which has
ANYTHING like the necessary hotel accom-
modations for the entertainment of great
rush of people. The facilities for reaching
1t by rail- and by water are greater than
can be found elsewhere, and 1T seems to us
there should be no question as TO locating
the celebration there.
But if this is done the people of the
Simple facts impressed very firmly upon
their minds.
First, this is to be a national and not
merely q local affair for the glorificarion
Va VOW Aoih, anu u1dndgemtut slOulL
and must be lodged in the hands of men of
recognized ability and national reputation.
selected for these reasons and taken
wherever found in the different States and
Territories. OF course New York must be
recognized in the management. but New
YORK; must not be the manager There
is good reason for demanding this.
We need 60 no further back than the re-
cent celebration of the Washington centen-
NAL, the control of which was practically
vested wholly in the hands of Gotham peo
pie, aud with what RESULT Bitter personal
quarrels and jealousies ending in shameful
scandals, elimination and denomination
among those at the head of it. exhibitions
that were a burning disgrace to the Amer
lean people. and az least partial failure of
what might have been made, under proper
auspices, a magnificent success.
No. The country does not want the pro-
posed worlds fair managed by Tammany
Hall or Irving Hall, or the Four Hundred,
OF by any other clique. but by men in whom
it has confidence; and. ha, ing such men at
its head. the people of the United States
will support them in their efforts. and help
to make the affair one of which we will all
have reason to be proud-a truly national
celebration
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05

ALL indications point to large at
tendance at the soldiers monument cor
ner-stone-laying ON the 22d inst. The
old soldiers will be here in great force,
and thousands of patriotic Indianians,
besides the veterans, will come to show
their sympathy with the occasion. In
view of the certainty of large attend
ance, the commission should leave moth
ing undone toward providing an inter-
esting programme. If tho programme
as now arranged is weak at any point,
or does not come fully up to the require
ments of the occasion, it should be made
to do so. Nothing commonplace will fit
the occasion or meet the expectations of
the people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05

THREE batteries of artillery and two
troops of cavalry from the regular army
have been detailed to attend the camp of
the Pennsylvania militia about to be
held. They are sent by the War De-
partment ut the request of the Governor
of Pennsylvania, in order that the mi
litia may have the benefit of their ex-
ample and instructions in camp life. An
entire regiment of regular infantry will
go into camp with the Michigan militia
for the same purpose. The idea is an
excellent one, and will doubtless be gen.
orally adopted hereafter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05
BISHOP NEwMAN'S IDEAS.
The Eminen Churchman'S Opinion OF Mir
acles and the Christian Scientists.

acles and the Christian Scientists.
Round Lake IN. " Special
Bishop John Z. Newman has the follow
ing to say relative to certain articles going
the rounds of the press that he has declared
himself supporter OF the doctrines or
Christian sciences:
''SOme time ago was at Des Moines Ia,
and, in a missionary sermon, spoke of the
benefcence OF science under Christianity,
and the larger results to follow, which re-
suits would have been esteemed miraculous
hundred years ago. In speaking against
the prevalent materlallsm of our day. !
when it flashed upon me- that the express
sion might be abused, and l added,
science touched by the genius of
Christianity. The phrase was reported
ton. and the so-called Christian scientists
have made the most of the remark,
and declared me approaching an advanced
Christianity We are compelled" the
ultimate words because of their Legitimate
use by those who pervert the gospel of
Christ. / esteem modern Christian science
q perversiOu of a fact In nature and of a
acting on mind, spirit on matter and pow
erful nervous organism operating upon one
that is weaker and the pretended effects
produced can be explained largely by natu-
raj causes. 1t is also perverson OF the
privileges of Christian prayer and faith.
The only healer in the universe is Christ.
His rule is to work through means When
these fail, He can work without them, and
has reserved to himself the right to work
without them whenever He pleases. When
am ill, send for learned physician.
trained nurse, and take all remedies pre-
scribed with rational faith and Christian
prayer. l believe in st. James's three-fold
prescription. have given some attention
to the literature of these modern Christian
scientists, and am free to say that words
are therein used that have no definition in
any standard authorities. AS a whole, the
literature is a literary pemmican of sense
and nonsense. and the lectures given by the
sO-called Christian scientists as they have
been reported to me by those who have
heard them, are a series of vagaries which
They are a commingiing of legend, per-
verted theology and scriptural history.
These Christian scientists substitute one
set of physicians for another, and always
with fees as large. The absurdity involved
is that they invite the suffering to come for
treatment when they assert that there is
no suffering but only an imagination Nv
advice is, let us advance the beneficent
science of medicine to its utmost limit. by
which. under the inspiration of Christie ami
ty, human ills may be lesseued, sickness
diminished and life prolonged beyond the
dream of the most sanguine friend of hu-
manity. This is the divine mission of
Christ to the afflicted ones on earth. NV
theory is this: The miracles wrought by
Jesus were the expression of His power over
nature. and He thereby gave the world the
the promise OF what science would do un-
| der His enlightening and elevating teach
inGs- Finally. have never given this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05
The Truth of the Matter.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
The nonsense that is daily written about
the hordes of office-seekers found an apt
illustration in mugwump paper last even
ing. Over an article stating that probably
a dozen persons, including Cabinet officers.
had called on the President, it printed a
headline which started the impression that
these anxious patriots. Washington land
lords tell a different tale. In their judg-
ment things never were so dull, and their
words can be taken at par. Hotel men
know better than any other class when
their town is overrun.