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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-12-05
TAXESl TAXESI

STATE AND COUNTY TAYEs
For tire year 1891 are now due and
payable at the Office of the County
Treasurer at the Postoffice in. Blko,
Nevada, and the same will be delin-
quent after Monday, Dec. 7, A. d. 1891
JAMES CLARK,
County Treasurer anG Elk Otflcie Tax
Receiver. I'd
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Total Disbursements.SlS.7g

Bal in Treasury ...... 22,54d
The above amount stands to
credit Of the several funds as
Treasursr's Bal. Sheet dated Oct
1881, hereto attached.
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ROAD FUND.
DISQUALIFICATION.

RECAPITUr.h1IoB.
In State and County FuRds.lI
In School District Funds-.-"l|
In Road District Funds. 80"
Grand Total. ....... z
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THE UNANswERABLE ARGUMENT.

Although there has been no intima-
ton of the fact in free-trade papers or
in those alleged independent papers
which claim to give all the news, the
public very generally understands that
all dry goods, the tariff upon which was
advanced by the present law, are as
cheap, and, in many instances, cheaper,
than they were year ago. The New
York Press, to show that the prices of
the cotton goods which are in general
use are lower now than before the
passage of the Mckinley law, quotes the
wholesale prices of large number of
staple goods April 8, 1890, and last week,
as published by the highest authority in
the country, the Dry-goOds Economist,
of New York. These quotations show
such marked decline, and are, at the
same time. such unimpeachable evidence
to the truthfulness of the Republican
claim that the duty does not affect the
price of goods of which an abundance is
made in this country, that few of them
are copied, as follows:
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THE QUESTION OF SALARIES.

The Sentinel says it is very plain that
the provision of the charter in regard to
the increase of salaries refers to men,
bers of the Council alone. Let us see.
Section 90 says:
The Common Council shall have power to
fix the salaries or compensation of the vari-
cept where different provision is made In
this act upon this oject; provided that no
member of the Common Council shall be
allO we'd more than 500 for each year of his
service as such member. nor shall any SAL
airy be changed after the election or ap-
pOintment of a person to Office, until his
term expires or his Office is vacated.
So far from it being clear that this
section applies only to members of the
Council we think it quite clear that it ap-
plies to all other city officials as well.
1t says the salary of q member of the
Council shall never exceed $500 year,
while that of no city officer shall ever
be changed during the term of office for
which he was elected or appointed.
The charter says 'the city controllers
salary shall be $4,000, which may be in
creased by ordinance to a sum not ex-
ceeding $4,000 year." The salary of
his deputy is fixed at $1,000, with the
authority to increase it to $1,000. Those
of the Board of Public Works are fixed
at $500, with authority to Increase to
$4,000. The authority of the Council to
raise these salaries to the maximum
limit is unquestioned. and it Is equally
clear that in no case could the
increase take effect after the appoint
ment of any person to Office and before
the expiration of his term or before il
was vacated. In other words, il could
not affect those holding Office when the
increase was made. 1t is plain as the
sun at monday that none of the present
city officials have right to the increase
OF salary made while they were in Office.
This is not q question of equity, but
question OF Obeying the charter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18
INDIANA IN THE WORLDS FAIR.

No State i'm the Union has more to
gain by full exhibition of its indus
tries in the Columbian fair than has In
diana. 1t is held at our doors. render
ing full exhibition comparatively in
expensive, therefore such an opportun-
ity for State to show this and other
countries what it has and what it can do
is rarely afforded. The intelligent and
enterprisipg people of Indiana should
fully appreciate this advantage and re-
solve to make the most of it. While il
Is true that the State has an efficient off,
cial board to prepare for the presenta-
ton of the States industries, it will not
do to fall back entirely upon them. II
that board had ample funds, it might do
so, but having little or nothing, the peO-
pie of Indiana must unite and work zeal
ously to make an exhibition that will not
will surprise the hundreds of thousands
who will visit the Chicago fair. To do
this will take time and money. To
make it the great success it can be
made, and to reflect the highest credit
to the State. there must be early organ
izatiOn and jealous and intelligent CO.
operation. Instead of rivalry among
those engaged in the great industries of
the State to see which can make the
largest individual exhibition, there
best that any State can present. Nor
should preliminary action be long de-
layed, since the earlier the leading in
dustries confer with each other and per-
feet plans, the more complete will be
the exhibition.
Indiana does not occupy so important
a place in the industries of the country
as she is entitled to. HOosiers have not
done so much horn blowing as their
neighbOrs. The States resources have
not been advertised as have those
of other States. In fact, there
is some reason to suspect that
the people of Indiana themselves do not
appreciate the resources and the posi-
bilities of the State. There is such q
thing as too much proclamation, and
there is. again, such thing as hiding a
light under a bushel. Indiana has been
of this last sort, and it is time that a
change should be made. Indiana can
make showing of industries, products
and resources which will so direct at
tentiOn to the State that it will be worth
millions of dollars to our people. Such
an exhibition would be- the best invest
ment Indiana people could make. The
question to discuss now is: Will the in
dustries of the State unite to make such
an exhibition?
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affilIation with the Democraticuparty. and
indorse the action of the Cincinnati con-
ventiOn.
These leaders, seeing the disintegra-
ton of their party, as set forth in the
above statement of paper hostile to the
Republican party, see that something
must be done to restore the belief that
Southern farmers will join the Peoples
party in large numbers, and to that end
they have gone there to attempt TO or
ganize such party; and they have gone
to States in which no election will take
place this fall, so that their claims. when
they return home, of tie organization of
a vigorous calamity party in each OF
them cannot be disproved by votes next
autumn. 1t is deceit, but not very
adroit one. Average people can see
through it. People who read the papers
may look for an announcement by Mr..
PETER and his associates that they have
organized vigorous branches of their
party in Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee
and elsewhere. They will go back to
Kansas and Nebraska and proclaim the
success of their mission. The prOcla-
nation will be as much delusion as
was the promise of last year that the
farmers of the South would unite in
forming third party. Like the PETER
and calamity party's ideas of money,
the Peoples party in the South will be
a fat party. The latest news from the
Southern States is to the effect that the
Alliance is dropping the sub-treasury
absurdity, which was the only thing
that the Alliance as party stood for.
Six months hence there will be no iutel-
ligent Southern element supporting the
sub-treasury proposition. The Alliance
may stand as farmers organization,
but not as a political party, except as a
controlling element of the Democratic
party. In the recent Mississippi Demo-
cratic convention the sub-treasury idea
was rejected by vote of more than two
to one; the brains of the Texas Alliance
has pronounced against it, and Gov
ernOr Tillman, of South Carolina, the
farmer Governor, has declared war upon
that and the loan scheme. There will
be no Peoples party in the South next
year of any account. 1t may have an
organization, but its vote in all the
Southern States will be included under
the head of scattering" so small will
it be-
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strongly against the Kites taking this route
90 early In the season. He wanted TO 60
on the east coast OF Newfoundland. but
Peary was in hurry. and. convinced that
the Ice would be open. decided on this
route We are recompeDsed for the loss
OF time, however. bv the beauty Of the
scenery.
To the west are the snowy hills of Lsbra-
dor. cold and uninviting despite their pict--
uresqueness- To the east is the warmer and
more hoepltable shores of Newfoundland.
the hills clad with trees: big piles of ice
make the Labrador side inaccessible. On
the other we can see clusters of houses and
the sea N dotted with fishing-boats. Busy
hands pull IN the Goldfish, aud every now
and then one OF the fishermen will raise his
towing piece and bring down a duck a
putin or Ia guiilemotte, of which there
are thousands. and would be a pleas
ant place Tor New Yorker OF
sporting instincts 10 summer. Mrs.
Peary has suffered somewhat from sea
sickness. but tho level seas of the past two
days have improved her. She seems bent
on remaining at Whale sound during ths
winter. In this idea she receives little en-
couragement from the Others Of the party
Peary appears 10 have made no provision
whatever for his relief next year, intend
ing to make the trip from Whale sound TO
Upernavik in bis whale-boats. His party
could not handle more than one of these.
however. DIR. Cook, his surgeon. has an
Immense Saratoga trunk. with which be
fondly imagines Peary will incomnode the
whale-boat. doubt il. We are now going
on the Labrador shore. with very slim
chances of success. We may wait here
four days or week; we may get through
at any moment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18
A TRANSPARENT DEVICE.

Why are Senator PETER, Jerry Simp-
son and Mrs. Lease, of Kansas, General
Weaver, and, perhaps. other leaders of
the calamity party making a lecture tour
in Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia this
year? There are no general elections in
any of those States. and will not be I'M
til next year. Why do they waste their
efforts there while elections are pending
in Kentucky, Iowa and Ohio7 The cause
is easily explained. The Republicans in
Kansas, Nebraska and other States who
rushed to the support of the calamity
leaders last year, under the assurance
that the farmers in the South would
unite with them and form new party
which would sweep the country, have
discovered that the Southern wing of
terialize. A recent dispatch from To-
peka, Kan, to the New York Herald
gives the following interesting state
ment regarding the political Alliance
retrogression i'm that State:
Thousands of Republicans in Kansas now
believe that they have been hoodwinked
by Brothers Polk and Livingston. and that
the Republican leaders were right last year
when they warned them not 20 be caught
In this Southern Democratic trap. When
only thirty-two ont of the |, 400 delegates at
the Cincinnati convention came from the en-
tire Southern States, as compared with the
four hundred from Kansas alone the ex-
Republicans who went into the movement
In that State last year began 10 open their
eyes. The failure of scores of sub
alliances TO hold meetings. and tn refnsal
on the part. of hundreds of mem beers To pay
attributed directly To the refusal of the
Southern Alliance men to comply with their
pledges Of last year and renounce their
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would have to employ clerk to attend
to the business and pay him out of his
salary as city treasurer. By unloading
the business on the controller the latter
employed clerk who was paid by the
city. This is the keynote of the whole
business. The treasurer prOtited by the
arrangement to the extent that he saved
the amount of clerk hire which the con-
troller paid out of the city treasury.
For acting as city treasurer the county
treasurer is allowed $4,000 year and 5
per cent. on delinquent taxes. Section
liz of the charter says: "Any county
treasurer who shall directly or indirect
iy ask or receive any compensation from
such city other than is expressly al
lowed by this act shall be liable to be
fined in any sum not exceeding $4,000"
The controller had no right to make any
arrangement with the treasurer by
which the latter would profit to the
amount of penny.
There can be no doubt that the con-
trOller has violated the charter in col
lecting dog-license fees and in appoint
ing clerks without the authority of
Council and. paying them without any
specific appropriation having been made
for the purpose. The fact that the
money illegally collected by him has all
been honestly accounted for is not to the
point. The point is that the charter
should be observed. In respect to the
appointment of clerks it is quite clear
that the city has suffered just to the
extent of the clerk hire paid out of the
treasury which should have been paid
by the treasurer out of his salary.
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Cleveland's COat-of-Arms.

A New York Democratic contemporary 10
authority for the statement that Grover
Cleveland has found his coat of armsu
He acquired it during the time he occupied
the White House. 1t is described as the
beautifully embroidered" work of o fourth
cousin, who claims that she and the ex-
President are descendants OF Lord Balti-
more Mr.. Cleveland gave the fair donor,
in writing. the assurance that it was fully
appreciated and will be carefully pre-
served" And the flair donor" may rest
assured that that coat of arms will be car
ried in Growers inside pocket whenever he
comes to see az &c his old Buffalo friends,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

In Governor Campbell, of Ohio, is 60
ing to keep his word to make the cam
paign free of personalities, he must
drop the style of his speech to the con-
vention at once The man who declares
that Secretary Foster, when he changed
the form of the public debt statement
back to that which had been in use since
the days of Hugh McCulloch, "resorted
To the tricks of bookkeeping and to
subterfuges unworthy of his Office" is
inviting inquiry into his political con-
iuef
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

AFTER protracted contest, which
lasted nearly all night. the coinage
plank of the Ohio Democratic platform
was adopted by vote of to- 8. The mi
nority resolution, which the convention
rejected by vote of 400 to 800, is nearly
the same as the Democratic national
convention of 1884 adopted, which l.oes
to show that the majority of the Ohio
Democracy is not now in accord with
the party declaration in 1884.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

GEN. THOMAS Nj. BROWNE, whose
death occurred yesterday, was, for many
years. and until his health failed, a
prominent and familiar figure in Indiana
politics. Although he had been in fail
ing health for some time past, there was
reason to hope recently that he was i'm
proving, and the announcement of his
death comes as a shock. General
Browne was a man of strong character
and decided ability. He was an excel
lent lawyer and advocate, and when in
health one of the most eloquent stump
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A Little Awkward at First.

A Little Awkward at First.
When lovely woman
Dons pants" (which no man
Denies her right to wear,
She'll be no fright,
Nor cen a sight
To make the thoughtless stare,
Yet wicked men
viii smoker, when
With absent-minded air,
She reaches back
To grab the "slack"
OF skirts no longer there.
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speakers in the State. His political con-
victions were very strong, and he has
long been recognized as one of the fore
most Republicans of the State. The
failure of his health alone prevented
him from attaining higher honors than
those which he did gain and carried
worthily. He possessed many attractive
qualities, and his death will be sincerely
regretted by large circle of friends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18
Enei.nd's Obstructive Tactics.

General Foster. in speaking recently of
his Spanish negotiations for reciprocity
with Cuba. mentioned the fact that the in
fuence of Great Britain had been actively
exerted to render his efforts fruitless.
That. of course. was to be expected. But
AS England failed then. so is she bound to
fail in all similar attempts at obstruction,
unless she is prepared to find a market in
Europe for the products we may refuse to
take upon an inequitable arrangement So
long as We remain far away the best custO-
mer of the Latin Americans, so long must
we have the best customers treatment
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are cOpied, AIS follows:

The prices of April. 1890, were those
prevailing before the Mckinley tariff
bill had been reported, while the prices
now are those nine months after the
passage of the act. 1t will be seen from
the above that the prices of these goods
are considerably cheaper all along the
line now than they were in April, 1890.
This is due largely to the fact that the
raw material, cotton, is cheaper than in
1890; but the point which the reduction
emphasizes is that under active home
competition, when the home production
is ample to supply the market, the tariff
has nothing to do with the price. Few,
if any, goods like those quoted in the
foregoing list are imported. and, there
fore, the price would not be affected if
the present duties were doubled. The
fact which the American people should
recognize with satisfaction is that they
have achieved industrial independence
of Europe, so far as the great mass of
staple manufactures are concerned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

THE Chicago Inter Ocean shows up
the meanness of the tin-plate Anglo
maniacs by publishing the correspond
ence and facts relative to one of them.
He wrote letter to firm dealing i'm the
goods in Chicago, asking if certain un-
usual kinds of plate were made in the
United States. The clerk who answered
the letter made the reply so general that
it applied to all plates. Thereupon the
Anglomaniac wrote letter to the Inter
Ocean asking what it meant by saying
that tin-plate was made in this country,
and quoted the letter he had received
from the clerk of the firm. The Inter
Ocean consulted the firm and discovered
the nature of the inquiry. The head of
the firm declared that while his house
had not yet received American tin plate,
a dozen concerns are getting ready to
make it. and that it was his opinion that
the industry would become very i'm
portant one in a short time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

FROM the swiftness with which Con-
trOller WOollen parades his integrity on
all occasions one would think he had a
corner on that quality. This is mis-
take. There will be honest men in the
world after Mr.. WOollen has left it. He
errs also in constituting every inquiry
into his business methods as an attack
upon his integrity. Such superseusi-
tiveness is uncalled for. The integrity
racket should not be overworked.
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pass by.

In is said that the late Vice-president
Hamlin left statement, which was not
70 be published until after his death, to
the effect that he was defeated for re-
nomination by combination of politi-
clans who believed that by placing An
drew johnson on the ticket with Mr..
Lincoln reconstruction could be brought
about with less difficulty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

THE fact that Mr.. Cleveland and Gov.
Hill spent last Sunday In yachts very
near each other and passed no sign of
recognition, though the flag of New
York was at the masthead of the Gov
ernor's craft, has caused the gossips to
send out the report that these two emil
nent statesmen do not speak as they
b.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

Hon. j. s. CLARKsoN. who has just re-
turned from Europe, reports that the
present tariff law, and particularly the
customs administrative law, are very I'M
popular On the other side of the At
lantic. Mr.. Clarkson returns with full
health and vigor, and will at once set
the machinery in motion to strengthen
the Republican National League.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

ONE of the very proper Eastern Cleve-
land papers is shocked to learn that
some of those attending the Democratic
convention in Ohio engaged in a rough
andtumble and pistol fight. These ele-
CANT Democrats seem not to understand
the fervOr of the Democratic workers In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

A. NJ. W. Fort Branch. Ind: The follow
ing quotations are id en- titled, as requested
by you:
Come. and trip IT," etc.-LAllegr0, by John
Milton.
Meantime unnumbered glittering streamlets,"
etc.-spenser's Faery Queen.
THE proper study of mankind is man'-Alex-
ander Pope, prologue to the satires.
Come one. come ali" etc. Walter Scott, Lady
of the Lake.
"A primrose by n rivers brim," etc.-Peter
Bell. by Wordsworth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

The Republicans Of Utah surprised
themselves as well as their foes by their
success in the school elections on Mon
day. In several heretofore Democratic
counties they elected their tickets by
GOOD maiorities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

A NEW YORK paper is sure that $780,
600 is too much money to intrust to the
Secretary of Agriculture to be expended
in obtaining information useful to farm
ers. but it was very indignant when it
seemed probable that $4,000, 900 would
not ID voted for new postoffice in that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

WHEN the Council committee to in
vestigate Controller WOollen's methods
comes to read the report of the meeting
held for that purpose, its members may
fairly suspect that Mr.. Woollen investi-
gated the committee.
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T1Ir ISDIaSaPOLIs JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places;
PARIs-Americsn Exchange In Paris. % Boulevard
des Capucnes.
NEW YORK-GiIsey House and Windsor Hotel
PHIIADELPHIA-A. p Kemble. HS Lancaster
CHlCAGO-Palmer House
CIECINNATI-J.R r. Hawley q Co, l54 Vine street
LOUISvIILE-C. T. Deering, northwest corner
Third and eferson streets-
ST. LOUIS Union News Company, Union DEPOT
ard Southern Hotel
WASHINGTON, u. ac-Riggs House and Eboitt
House.
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THE snarling tone OF certain Demo-
cratic organs over the return of Hon.
James s. Clarkson forces the suspicion
that they do not want him at this time
in this country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

lyn Eagle, Democratic, deplores the at
tack of Mr.. Watterson on Governor Hill,
and makes an attempt to prove that his
is Democrat and did not
permit Mr.. Cleveland to be knitted in
fooO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18

THERE seems TO have been no occa-
sion for the band at the Ohio Demo-
cratic convention to have played
Johnny, Get Your Cum
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The report appears in New York pa
pers that Jay Gould holds the Tam
many aldermen in the hollow of his
hand;r and yet, in its Fourth of-July
resolutions, Tainmany denounced the
money power with vehemence,