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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-04-20
A CONSTITUTIONAL CoNVEN-
TON.

The desire for calling n Constitu-
tional Convention is daily increasing,
and properly so, too, for unless it
should occur there is no possible
e of reducing the expenses OF
the State Government. 1t has been
tried in the Legislature moro than
once and after weeks of deliberation
among our Solons bills have been
passed and approved by the Chief
Executive, which would have reduced
tho expenses OF the State many thou
sands per annum. This is notably the
case in reference to the last session
Of the Legislature, but what has III
ways been the result? Why, just an
appeal to the Supreme Court, and
the verdict Of that body has been:
"The Constitution Of the State Of
Nevada iuhibits any reform looking
to the reduction OF officers or their
salaries" and they could do nothing
else, 80 that tho only for
taxpayers in the premises is to de,
mand n Constitutional Convention in
order that tho much needed changes
may be made and tho State saved
from ultimate bankruptcy.
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We conclude remarks on tho very
important question, for the present,
by calling general attention to the
subject and expressing the hope that
tho Tribune will DO supported in its
initiative movement, for it must be
recognized that now is the time for
demanding so very necessary n re,
form.--ICarscn Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21
FREE-TRfDF BLENDERS.

Opponents of the Mckinley bill might save
their conSccnccS great deal OF unnecessary
wear and tear if they would keep their tcmperS
a little better. II has not been suggested by
THE TRIBUNE. or by anybody else. that II the
House fails 10 consider part Of the bill by the
time il has fixed the bill must then hc passed
without any change or the correction OF any
mistakes II NAV contain The committee will
have power 10 offer or admit in the House any
amendment that it may seem wise to make, or
TO test the House upon. When the House has
finished. the Senate must yet spend some weeks
or months in considering the measure, and in
that body restriction of amendments is well
nigh impossible. Hence if Democratic fill
huStclmg and waste of time in abusive Ian
guage make it impossible TO examine the bill
in the House as fully aS it should he examined,
that will only throw upon the Senate "A larger
part of the labor and responsibility.
Or again, what possible use is there in pre-
tending that injustice is done because Il Scpa-
rate vote in the committee or the House cannot
be had upon every one of the many thousand
items in Il bill of this nature? On the final
vote every member who does not approve the
measure as a whole will be free to vote against
it. If there are parts which he does not like
he will bc free to Judge whether ON the whole
they outweigh the merits of the measure, cX-
acty "A every member has to judge regarding
the aggregate merits or dcmcritS Of a River
and Harbor bill. or an appropriation bill. or
any other measure which embraces multi
pIicity Of details. But il has long come to be
a recognized fact that such measures cannot
be intclligcntIy corrected, item by item, in u
noisy and turbulent House and are usually
adjusted more carefully and wisely in small
committees, where the relations of parts To
each other can be properly considered. The
steady tendency of all modern legislative bodies
is toward rcquiring all the work for preparation
and correction to be done in committees, so
that the full body can be brought to direct
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Forcicn.-Thc policy Of the British Govern
mon, in regard 10 Socalstic projects was at
tackled in the House Of Lords Lord salisbury
replicd. - Tie International Miners CON
ference opened in Brussels. - In a COLLISION
with troops AZ Plsen, five riotous miners WeN
killed and seven wounded. -- The la'or piH
wa, up in the Reichstag. - EN-QHeen lsa-
l,l'a reached London.
Congress. Both branches in session. - The
Senate The bill 20 regulate the control OF 'hc
Il nor traffic in States discussed without ac-
Non: cuoeics OF the late William d. Kelley were
rr,nouncel. - The TanG bill was considered
md tie Ways and Means Committee was Sis
,ainea "a, all points ---- The House Committee
on taims acted favorobly on the bill 10 rcmuner-
al, tie assienccs Of John Roach.
Domestic c-The Kemmler ease was argued be-
fee tire United States Supreme Court; decision
lay br given On Friday. -- tlty Treasurer
l'oake. Of kansas City IS sAo.t III his accounts
10000 --- Great damage from the heavy rains
vas reported in This State and Pennsylvania ::
in Baltimore houses were unrooicd and other dam
aae was done: dam gave way IN Maine -
The discussion of The Publication Board scandal
rnlivcncd the proceedings Of the Presbyterian
General Assembly Al Saratoga. -- Richard
Vaux was elected 70 Congress from tie llld Dis
tIict. OF fc1nsy ylVaIIa, 70 succeeu - D. I''4IudI
- The ninth May Music Festival was held
in Cincinnati
City and SuruIoan.-At the FaSSctt invcstlga-
ton testimony given charging milk Inspectors
Of the Health Department with trying to eN,ort
money - Clinton 6. Reynolds. vino was Shot
by Stephani. died from his wounds. -- The
steamer Beacon Light struck an iceberg and mar
rowly escaped sinking. -= Winners at Graves
end: Civil Service. Sorrento, Correction, Eric.
Evaneelne and Golden Reel -= The snpern-
tcndent and matron OF the Painield, y j., aims
house arrested, charged with ill-trca1lng III
mates. -= Stocks active. with irregular fiuctua-
tons, closing strong.
The Weather Forecast for to-day Slightly
cooler and fair followed by cloudiness. Temper
ature yesterday Highest, 81 degrees; lowest,
81: average, 90 3-s.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21
PERSONAL.

The Secretary of the Navy has appointed Albert
l.. Gihon, Medical Director United states Navy, In
charge Of the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, To represent
the medical department of the United states Navy at
the international Medical Congress to be ned AT Berlin
In August.
General o. o. Howard will deliver an Grafton a
the Brio gton, Me-, Academy, on July /.
The Imperial gamekeepers have just been cele-
brat ting the forteth anniversary OF the first shooting
Of a woodcOck BY the Emperor Of Austria.
The German Empress will not accompany her hus.
band when he goes swinging round circles this summer
Mr. Henry Holiday, the English artist, has been
visiting Mr. Edward Beamy at Chicopee Falls, Mass,
and is now the guest Of the Rev. DR.. Phillips Brooks.
lie VIII lecture tomorrow evening before the First
Nationalist Club Of Boston.
II is related of the that when he was staying Al
Gatchina working in the grounds Of the castle,
every fine he the Emperor approaching. ran
awav and hid himself this occurred 20 often that tis
man was taken TO task and asked the reason why he
did this. lie replied :" am afraid that the Gar. II
he sees me- viii take great dislike 10 me, when
perhaps should he sent OF 10 SIBERIA 80 hide my yscn
10 keep out Of danger This ingenious answer shows
how he Great Father he is sometimes styled is re-
earded by his subjects.
Justice stephen J. Field and Mrs. Field Will leave
Philadelphia on Jure 4 for Antwerp to spend the
summer abroad This is the first time for many
wears that Judge Field has not made his annual
judicial trip to California.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21
TUE VOVCN or TOPEKA.

An Associated Press dispatch aflirms that
the immediate effects Of III" "origlnal pack
ago" decision. ~ witnessed in Topeka, Kan,
have produced great indignation among Pro-
hibitionlsts and that an organization of five
hundred women has been formed for the pur-
nose of making raids upon liquor saloons and
thus "cnforcing the State law" the Supreme
Court Of the United States 10 the contrary not
vithstanding. The dispatch conveys the im-
prcSSion and can convey no other, that these
women intend to begin "A campaign of violence
and pllmdcr That is 10 say, they intend 10
become lawbrcakcrs. Proceedings Of thiS de
srription in civilized communities are seldom
rewarded with even a brief success, while the
evil that they do lives long after them. \
similar experiment was tried during the win
fer in another State with the result of arouSing
general condemnation and disgust, and weak
cning the bonds Of social order in that par
rcuar locality. We cannot conceive that any
lasting advantage will be derived from n
rcpettion Of that experiment in Kansas.
Reports from various sources favor the be-
lief that more liquor than formerly has been
openly consumed in Prohibition States since
the decision permitting unbrokcn packages to
be sent across their borders from without was
rendered Ii does not necessarily follow that
drinking has increased, though il may have
especially in view of the fact that uncertainty
as 10 the full scope Of the decision has led
many persons to sell freely and take the risk
Of future punishment. But, allowing every
thing that could be alleged, even by a stretch
OF the Imagination. to prove the balcfu con-
sequences of obedience tO the Constitution as
interpreted by the Supreme Court the remedy
does not lie in raids Of lawess women upon
barrels dcmjohnS and bottles, however pure
! their devotion TO temperance principles. That
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21

cannon hall will carry is sufficient to serve
sovorcicn's inst purposes, but that distance
may he extended. and as far as he can deiend
II If the end in view is lawful. That the END
o b,vo in view is a lawful one cannot be
ouostioned. for il is the appropriation to our
roI,as of tbdt which we cannot share without
,,,oi,,dico and sacrifice. Here is a herd OF
. ooo 400 of seal from which a catch of moro
tbon 100 600 annually can only he taken at
rho risk of exterminating the herd. What
tbcn. is there to share? To divide eaten OF
that number is like making two bites OF
cherry. England comedies the risk that Is
run in allowing anybody and everybody 10
canture the seal when and how they please ny
otrornc 70 agree 10 some scheme by which
tbo catch can be regulated. In conCeding
,bat sbc comedies everything, for no scheme
i nbvsicalIy possible which is not carried out
on land and the only land visited by the herd
is our islands of It. Paul and It. George.
These facts are incontcStbe: First, that
o,r exclusive right in the Pribilof seal is an
ancient one. acquired by purchase when
,,cocnizcd it as an exclusive right, always
nsod over asserted and never disputed until
obort five wears ago. Therefore the burden
If nrovinc that it is not properly an exclusive
,icht is thrown upon England. Second, that
if if is not properly an exclusive right it
;s at all events better right naturally
and historically than anybody else'S. There
fore if we are called upon to share it, England
must show that we can do so safely and with
ont prejudice or sacrifice, and especially with
out the danger of losing it altogether. Third,
if is q right which certainly must be lost II
shared unless the common exercise OF 1t is
rcculatcd. Therefore England must show
how such regulation can be carried out.
In q word. the burden of proving every fact
and of pointing ont every principle which dis
nurrs a right thus ancient and an authority
thus consistently exercised over those seal lies
upon the nation which does the diSputIng. And
until she has made her case clear our ancient
right and authority remain and may properly
lac exercised. And if before that time her sub
iects attempt to defy our right and authority
they do so at their peril.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21
GREAT BRITAIN MUST PROTE HER CA

GREAT BRITAIN MUST PROTE HER CASE.
Our esteemed contemporary "Thc Herald
publishes a dispatch from Ottawa, which states
have resulted in the acknowledgement by Alr.
Blaine that the United States lays no claim
40 absolute dominion III the Sea, while never
thclcsS insisting upon its right TO protect the
seal and TO regulate the annual catch. The
TRIBUNE has shown how this position is logical,
necessary and consistent with the recognized
principles of international law. 1t is, indeed,
position from which the United States cannot
be dislodgcd without such a disturbance Of the
laws by which nations Just rights are con
served as would cause general anxiety in every
capital. international law, as laid down in all
the textbooks, and as observed by all nations.
declares that nation may appropriate 10 her
self those things within and about her terri
tory of which the free and common would
be preiudicial to her interests or dangerous 10
her peace and safety. This, says NJ. Nattcl, as
if TO point it directly to the situation we are
considering, "iS second reason why Govern
ments extend their dominion over the sea
along their coasts as far as they are able to
protect their rights"
Chancellor Kent has stated this right Of
maritime dominion with dciinitve nicely.
"The dominion of the sovereign of the shore
over the contiguous sea-" he says, d" extends as
far as is requisite for his safety and for some
lawful end" In general. the distance that
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21

;ssue upon a measure as nearly perfect as

issue upon a measure as nearly perfect as
possible. A.,
II does no good to empty abuse upon tne
manufacturers whose industries may be al
focted by this measure. Some OF them are
doubtless selfish or greedy persons, but 1t Is
cafe 10 saw that there is among them as large
y proportion of upright, patriotic and honor
able men as can be found among the importers
Of foreign goods or the American agents OF
foreign manufacturers. 1t would not be decent
for Mr.. Mckinley to malign the whole body
Of importers, on the ground that proportion
If them are Hebrews not as scrupuous as most
Of their race, and are not Americans by blrth
or in feeling. But it would be not ore whit
more indecent than many If the things which
are said about American manufacturers by the
newspaper organs Of importers, or by their at
torncys in the House. The radical difference
is that the business of manufacturers is to en-
nloy American labor The business of an I'M
porter is to sell the products of foreign in place
of the products of American labor. That makes
= sufficiently wide difference in the relations
of the two classes to American laws and to the
natural sympahics of citizens who wish to see
their country grow and prosper.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21
THE PANAMERICAN RATLWAT.

The Administration has taken the preiim-
mary steps for carrying out one oi the most
imnortant recommendations OF the ran Amcfl-
can Congress IL has applied 10 Congress Tor
, Moderate appropriation for the international
survey, connected with the proposed con
tincntal railway from Mexico t. IN" flate. II
has also asked for legislative authority for the
appointment Of commissioners ana engineers
who will conduct this work. The expense Of
the surveys is - bc shared BY the Governments
rcnrc,ontcd mt the Conference the proportion
assessed 10 the United states hong s6',ooO.
Washington was named aS the headquarters
Of the commission. and the work of organIza-
non. il was expected when the Conference al
iournod would be undertaken by October |.
II the United state, b, u take part IN ms
proicct in H., opening stage Congress must
arm the Administration with power - appoint
tbrco commissioners and to detail engineers
10 assist in conductn. the surveys
The project Of connecting the republics OF
North and south America by trunk linc OF
railway is not ono - which the Governments
Of the continent should be hastily committed
From the l~thmus 10 the Argentine frontier
il would be- necessary Ia locate such railway
on the eastern flank OF t1c Andcan range al
the bcadVatcr, of the wc>tccn branches OF the
Amazon. Ihc engineering difficulties could
undoubtedly bc overcome but thc question OF
developing rcmuncrltiyc trahc cannot be
determined without exhaustive Investigation.
The only practicable route apparently leads
through huddlcs of Indian villages and an un-
Lrol,on wilderness II the building of the rail
WAY omen, the Montana Of Peru and Bolivia
to Lnropcan settlement on 4 large scale such
traffic may bo created in the course OF hmc
but there j, also a strong probability that ait"r
these vast tract, have been filed up th" lateral
lines leading 10 ports on the soahoard VIII take
the bulk oi the produce Of the interior 10 me
laudiny-placcs of the coaStng steamers. The
ASSUMPTION that the trunk railway Will largely
dovciop trade between the United states and
the southern republics seems plausible but
very strong objections can be urged against IT,
The true policy of the United states, how
eyer. cannot be definitely and intellgently
asccrtancd without the preliminary surveys
which the Pan-Amcrican Conference has
recommended The route must first be de
,ormined. and the practicability of the scheme
,s an engineering work authortatiycly de
clarod II will be impossible for any iinancier
or legislator - form an accurate estimate OF
the value Of the undertaking until the surveys
have been made. For this reason the appro-
priation for which the Administration asks
should be- granted, and authority conferred for
the appointment of the commissioners. The
cost of the surveys when shared by all the
governments will be inconsidcrable The value
Of the work will be very great. When the
preliminary examination Of the ground has
hccn made there will be definite information
available for deliberate Judgment upon the
merits OF this magnificent railway scheme.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21

would be demoraizing and pernicious action
even if the situation were far more distressing
than they paint it. TO break one law Tor
the purpose of indicating another Is neither
good morals nor good policy.
But, in point of fact, there is little doubt
that Congress will shortly provide the means
by which a Prohibition State may enjoy the
full responsibility for the enforcement of its
laws against liquor. Several bills have been
introduced already with this intent, any one
of which would doubtless answer the purpose
If anv considerable opposition to such legisla-
t;on EXISTS in Washington it has not yet ex-
pressed itself. The women OF Topeka call
afford to wait.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21
Amusemenls.

ACApEMY-2 and sl5-Pnafore.
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pRoADwAY AYTHEATKE-s-Castest In the Air
BROTHERHOOD PARK-4 Baseball
CAsINo-s-The Grand Duohess.
pAIY'S THEATRE-S-Rosn Vokea
EpEN MUSEE-waI Tableaus ,-
FIFTH AVENUE ART GALLERIRs-Day ana EVenlns-
Art Exhibition.
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HAMMERsTEINs OPERA HOUsE-o-lhe "'P'' '
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MANSON SQUARE THEATRE-s:so-Bsau brummeii
NEW POLO GROUNDS-<-Baseoall ,
NIn1os GARDEN-2 and s-Around the "of|
pAINERs THEATRR-s-The Editor . ,-
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New-York tribune., 1890-05-21

The boating authorities at Cornell refuse to
permit Columbia TO withdraw from the university
boat race next month. This is peemptory, and is
understood to be an ultinatum. What the pen.
atty will be in case Columbia persists in with
drawing we do not know. and scarcely dare to
imagine, bnt there is not the slightest doubt that
it will be something absolutely awful.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21

II is calculated that the ball from Armstrong
100 FOUNDER quits the gun with speed Of about
400 yards per second. Now If this velocity could be
Kept up it wonld require fewer than iOO,OOO,OO0
wears before the ball could reach Srus.-(Chambers
Journal
Assuming this calculation to be correct the
interesting star Sirius is justly to be regarded
az quite distance from the earth Quite. And
yet all politicians who have any taste for mathe-
matics agree that the gulf which separates the
Cleveland Presidential boom from the Hill Pres
Dental boom is so wide that in comparison tile
space that yawns between the earth and Sirius
is good deal narrower than razors edge.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21
THE RETURN OF Mr.. POLK.

A. IN, Fourteenth Street Theatre on Monday nisht Nr'
T. Polk began an engagement, appearing IN lafo'c"
niece called "l The silent Partner hr foiA i q"
amusing actor. and his talents are zehousN Va
,rtrd in a pleasant harmless order oi on'V' WI
mont that at least suiiccs - stir now ana ,, Dill
,inur of laugh. II il not possible 10 tak o ~. =,
I'M serious spirit. and probably he does no. S fSons@
ie - takcn. lie we'll received by Soou "o"'0'
The Edison phonOgraph is used in this piece
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21

1t is somewhat reasSuring to learn that the
iceberg into which the freight steamer Beacon
Light crashed few nights ago was some dis
tance out of the regular track of transatlantic
vessels. This is the second case of collision
with an iceberg which has been reported with
in a week. 1t accentuates the necessity of
extreme caution on the part of steamship com
manders, and the wisdom of choosing a south
ery course so as TO keep out of the way of these
white monsters of the deep, which give no
warning of their presence. No captain can
afford to take the risk of meeting one of them
in order to shorten his passage few hours
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21
HER poSs,RT cL0sEs HIS SEAS0y.

The eminent German actor Herr Possart cioseu i'S
season ON Monday night, at the AmDcrs lhe"t''' Po
,enng himself King Lear lie does not a0V ''A' P'
in accordance with the great conception Oh -
% lao exnresse his own lower ideal Of IL with power
and with artistic finish lie was greeted with the
emphatic plaudits Of multitude of enthusiast. p,v sp,
tators and lie had 10 feel that u. 10 IA ,fhis
admired, and that lie will not De iorso'''" ~
community.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21

The newspapers Of Pcdras Ncrros' III M'Nl'''
are said 10 complain of our law against t' III
narration of foreign contract labor There Is
some reason in this complaint in the ahSencc "'
any similar enactment in M'Nico. II Is certain
bowever that without our skilled hrcr the rar-
road system which is CROWNS mp IN the n'ishnor-
inc repuAlc could never have been founded. Inc
class of Americans she employs McNic" coniu
nrohably i'll spare and McNcans of corresponding
INTELLIGENCE and cXpcrtncss should find little di'h-
entity in crossing our borders.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21

The esteemed Goddess Of Justice, aS sh' Il
generally presented, bandagcd Is - her cam '\rs
and holding in her hands true balance ls al
imposing presence. But SO much cannot pe s'l'
of one of her immediate representatives. a c'r''i'
Georgia Justice. When last reported he WAS nov
sitting on the bench with bandaSed eyes ana
with a pair of scales in his good right manu- 40
lie was engaged in putting cold lead IN an 'uo''
lawyer and stNbbng that gentleman III Ihr 'l'
breast. near the heart dispatch from ouon'
states that when last heard from hoth men hau
started Tor their respective homes 10 secure 'l'"
Winchester rifles 1t is earnestly to De nope" '"''
ON second thought the Justice Will abstain from
taking down his trusty shootns-ron ana ihs'e""
will hcroically fine himself and send hiIneH UP
for thirty days The dignity of the Odom cour'
must hc preserved.
Here is a problem for ambitious law students
If the victim Of n 1ammany tough" has 10 De
brutalll dis.gured and permanently dlsaoled W
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21

The news that the Fassett Committee has begun
to investigate the milk inspectors comes stimuli
taneously with the news that they have discov-
cred evidence Of bribery among those officials.
If the committee continues its examinations, the
difficulty will be not to unearth scoundrels, but to
stumble on an honest man.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-21

II Governor Hill is really responsible Tor 'hr
delay in imprisoning the Albany city Na'loha'
Inuk dcfaultcrs, he ought To he ashamed ol MN
.,lf Two deaths and much suffering aIc alfeodE
laid at their door, TO say nothing OF the Scp'ro''
crime of theft: and bankers know that the credi'
of the entire city has been severely injured ny
tLc consequent disclosures.