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The Forrest City times., 1893-02-24

Comuiled from Various Sources.
PROCEEDINGS.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Is the senate on the 18th. the Nicaragua canal
bill gave way to the sundry civil appropriations
bill. All amendments reported by the commit
tee Unloading the Worlds fair itemsl were
disposed OF except the series relating to river
and harbor Improvements. A message from
the president relating to Hawaiian affairs was
received. and he senate Immediately went into
executive session ...... In the house the invalid
pension appropriation bill WAS taken up, but
thu general debate enled without ection.
IN the senate. on the l6.h. consideration OF
the sundry civil appropriations bill occupied
the session. The various amendments recon-
mended by the committee ON appropriations to
reduce the amounts inserted by the house OF
representatives for some of the great interna-
tional improvements were discussed AMI voted
down. An amendment involving the continu
ance OF the Office of supervisor OF elections
gave rise to long and heated political discus
sion ....I In the house the session was almost
entirely devoted to the consideration of the
pension appropriation bill. the feature OF the
day being personal collision between Turpin
(Alal and Waugh fInd.). which but for the
prompt Intervention of friends might have re-
suited seriously.
IL the senate on tho 18th. the sundry civil
bill occupied the exclusive attention OF the
members The amendment which had been
discussed on the 18TH and in effect is TO con-
tinue in force the law for federal supervision of
elections. was carried by party vote All the
committee amendments having been discussed,
tue bill was opened to general amendment ......
In the house. after stormy session. the pen
sion appropriation bill was passed and the post
Office appropriation bill was considered without
action
IN the senate on the 18th. five or six hours
were consumed in the debate on the 3 per cent.
issue amendment TO the sundry civil appropria-
tons bill. The Sherman amendment was
agreed 10 and the bill went over without final
action 49,. In the house consideration OF the
post office appropriation bill progressed quietly
until the item of $4,000 for special facilities on
the trunk lines from Springfield, Mass. TO New
Orleans was reached. and the debate or this
item was interrupted. the house proceeding TO
pay tribute of respect to the memory OF Repre-
sentative John c. Warwick. of Ohio.
IN the senate. on the 10Th. all the amendments
offered making appropriations for or increas-
ing the limit of cost OF public buildings. We're
adopted. The sundry civil appropriations hill
was then taken up and occupied the remainder
of the day In the house the New York and
New Jersey bridge bill was passed, when. after
the disposition of some private bills the naval
and agricultural appropriation bills were called
up under suspension of the rules and passed.
The Forrest City times., 1893-02-24

THE failure Of the Wyoming legisla-
ture to elect senator compels the
governor to appoint one, who win hold
his seat until the Legislature meets two
years hence. The appointee will be q
democrat. This will give the demo-
Gratis forty -four members in the senate
of the Fifty-third congress, or enough,
with the casting vote of the vice-presi-
dent, to put them in control of that
body, without populist aid, for the next
two years at least.
The Forrest City times., 1893-02-24

THE total exports of the Hawaiian
islands in 1892 reached the aggregate
of nine million dollars. or over one hun
dred dollars each for every man. wom-
an aud child on the islands. A like
showing for the United States would
give us total of exports six times as
large as they have ever been. There
are, evidently, great possibilities in
that semi-civjlized country with its al
most phenomenal natural resources.
The Forrest City times., 1893-02-24

THE United States supreme court,
when Judge Jackson takes his place,
will consist of three democrats and six
republicans, as it has for several years
past. One democrat Field and one re-
publican, Blatchford, are likely to have
their places vacated from one cause or
other, during Cleveland's term. These
are the only members of the court who
will reach the retiring age during the
next four years
The Forrest City times., 1893-02-24

EVEN before winter has left us, the
discussion of baseball matters has
commenced in earnest, both among
college amateurs and professional
players. The magnates of the league
are said to have agreed to crowd down
the salaries paid those in the field 10
such an extent that some of them may
not be able to receive more for their
services than is usually paid those who
occupy high and responsible positions
in other callings.
The Forrest City times., 1893-02-24
THE Montreal Witness remarks: ''The

THE Montreal Witness remarks: 1.-THE
degraded negro who suffered at Paris
in Texas the fate of st. Lawrence, will
not have suffered in vain if his recorded
agonies get the American people into
the habit of taking note of these events
and consider what is likely to be
thought of communities of which they
are characteristic, and how the i'm
punity accorded them affects the stand
ing of their nation in the scale of
civilization
The Forrest City times., 1893-02-24

Mrs. FIELD. OF Minneapolis. has been
drawn to serve on jury in United
States court in Minnesota. 1t is to be
hoped the lady has not yet adopted the
revived fashion of expanded skirts If
she should wear that kind of clothes in
court her fellow-peers would be under
the necessity of moving up.
The Forrest City times., 1893-02-24

ALTHOUGH no definite announcement
has been made by the French govern
ment on the subject, it is accepted as
practical certainty that the sentence
against the elder De Lesseps will never
be executed. In response to the voice
of sympathetic protest President Car
not will doubtless save the great
Frenchman from the pitiful fate of
ending his days in disgraceful imprison-
ment.
The Forrest City times., 1893-02-24
laNDvoIeT & vADAkiH, Publishers.
FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS.

PRESIDENT HARRISON has refused to
pardon Ephraim w. Clark, one of the
jefferson Borden murderers, now under
sentence to imprisonmentfo for life in the
prison at 1homaston, Me. Many labor
organizations have pctitioned for his
pardon.
The Forrest City times., 1893-02-24

If Chicago erccts many hotels like
one reported as just contracted for,
which will have eleven hundred rooms
and accommodate twenty-five hundred
guests, it will he able TO entertain at
least portion of the strangers attend
ing the fair, if they apply in good sea-
SON
The Forrest City times., 1893-02-24

THAT there is something radically
wrong in our economic system is APP
parent when it is considered that the
people of the country have been
charged. this winter. an abnormally
high price for coal, while the men who
would have been glad to mine more are
on the verge of starvation, because the
coal barons choose to restrict the out
mt
The morning call., 1893-07-08
NO OVERDRAFTS.
San Francisco Clearing=
House Regulation.
Most Important Change in Banking
System Since Organization of
the Modern Method.

At a meeting of the San Francisco
Clearing house held yesterday the follow
ing preamble and resolution were unani-
mously adopted and ordered printed. to be
distributed 10 all concerned:
WHEREAS, 1t is universally admitted that
the allowance Of overdrafts at banks is an un-
wise system Of banking as compared with the
more conservative system which enables the
banker to re ain control of his resources at all
times, and whereas the banks OF this associa-
ton did on July 6, 1893. unite in a written
agreement TO abandon the allowance of cur
rent Overdraft accounts at bank; therefore
ReSolUed, BY the San Francisco Clearing
house thai the banks OF this association VIII,
in accordance with their said agreement, annul
all 0verdraft privileges aud promptly notify
their customers that overdraftS Will not be
allowed and also that the clearinghouse banks
will In all fairness support each other in carry.
lug out this resolution In letter and in spirit
Attest: j. s. HUTCHINSON, Sec.
The following banks com pose the San
Francisco Clearing-house: The Bank OF
California, the Bank of British Colum bia,
the Bank Of British North America. the
Donohor-Kelly Banking Company. the
First National Bank Of San Francisco,
London and San Francisco Bank uim-
California Bank Oimited). Wells. Fargo
& Co.. tie Nevada Bank Of San Francisco.
London. Paris and American Bank Lim-
itedl, Tallant Banking Company, the
Crocker Woolworth National Bank,
Changers Bank of California, American
Bank and Trust Company. Bank Of Sisson,
Croker e. Co.
j. Mckee, president of the San Francisco
Clearing house. in reply to question.
said: 1.-THE system of overdrafts Is allowed
in no other important commercial center
of the word. 1t Is an unsafe way of doing
business, as it does not allow banker to
keeo control of his resources, and it is
better for customer and banker alike that
the system should be abandoned The
agreement Of the Clearing-h house is, in my
mind, the most important step it had taken
since its commencement. In future under
the new arrangement all business accommo-
dations at bank must be preceded by
negotiations for the amount need ed"
The morning call., 1893-07-08

weight was minted. For long reriod of
years up to the time when the coming of
silver dollars was stopped by law. their
coinage had been stopped by the high
price of silver bullion. The relative
amount of silver and gold produced in the
last ten years indicates that silver is now
being produced at less cost, on the 16-t0-1
ratio, than gold. But 1t oes not follow that
this condition will be permanent. The gold
advocates have attempted to show that sill
YER can be produced at less than its pres
emit gold value-less than about 60 cents an
ounce These estimates are based en- the
output of some few productive mines,
where work is being done on the most
favorable conditions. But all silver mines
have their periods of non-prOductivenes
No account Is taken in these estim ates of
the cost of putting the mines in working
order. The cost of mining and milling
ore when body of rich material has been
located is the basis Of these estimates.
Still, it is possible that the true ratio of
silver to gold is higher than sixteen to one
1t may be eighteen. or even twenty. The
true ratio must be found by striking an
average through long series Of years.
The silver-producerS can afford to take the
chances of ra ito in the absence OF legisla-
ton depriving silver of any of its i'm
portaut functions
The morning call., 1893-07-08
THE COST OF TIMING SILVER.

A great many partial statements have
been made as 10 the relative cost of pro-
ducing gold and silver. If that relative
cost could be correctly ascertained and
made permanent the true ratio between
the two metals would thereby be found.
Our law presumes that sixteen ounces of
silver can be produced at the cost of pro-
ducing one ounce of gold This relation
may hold good one year or period of years,
but In long course of time there will be
wide variations. 1t is known that for
some years after the discovery of gold in
California and Australia the cost of pro-
ducing gold fell below that ratio. In other
words, for several years it cost less to pro-
duce one ounce OF gold than to produce
sixteen ounces of silver. From 1849 to
1873. when the silver dollar was dropped
from the list of American coins. the cost
of producing gold was less than the cost
of producing silver in the legal ratio.
Consequently no silver coin OF full legal
The morning call., 1893-07-08
ABUSE OF SAILORS.

The second mate of the American ship
Tam O'Shanter is under arrest on charges
of brutality to seaman. He is described
as powerful man who could fight his
weight in wildcats. The injuries of the
sailor he maltreated are evidence that he
has taste for that kind of fighting. The
difficulty happened on voyage from New
York to San Francisco, with the captain
and first mate looking on, with power to
interfere if they chose, and with the cap
tain's wife and child in the cabin as re-
minder that there might be civilization as
well as discipline on board. Is the cap
tain doing his duty when he permits his
officers 20 harry the men and enforce disci-
pline with a belaying-pin, ropes end or
a Touchdown blow? These are punish
ments not sanctioned even by maritime
law. They are assaults. Men may be
punished by confinement or putting in
irons or by penal dieting. Only when
mutiny occurs is there warrant for the
revolver or smashing skulls with marlin
spike.
Perhaps the reason to considerable
extent is that there are scarcely any
Americans. native born. in the fore
CASTLE The crew is scraped together out
of all nations, hardly knowing enough of
English to comprehend orders. and not
half Of them genuine sailors. 1t may be
difficult at certain seasons in many ports
to get crew at ali except by the practical
shanghaiing of the boarding houses. The
vessel so manned goes to sea, and the cap
tain is anxious to drive ahead. apparently
not much caring how it is done. The sec
ond mate usually does the larruping, but
he often has assistance con amore from
the first officer. An inefficient crew is kept
at work roughly and faults are mended by
blows. A ship may be a prison of torture
from end to end OF the voyage if there is
a half-seaman crew and the officers are
quick tempered. ready-fsted and tyranEi-
cal, as men invested with a little authority
often are. In such cases it is the CAPTAINS
duty to interfere, but it is surprising how
very blind a captain often is at sea, while
protesting on shore to be as humane as a
philanthropist and a reprover of persecu-
ton and cruelty 1t is the duty Of the
courts to award some retributiye puniticn
to those who abuse authority in this way.
The mate of the Tam O'Shanter does not
deny the iDfiiction of the wounds on the
complaining sailor. 1t is necessary he
should justify the SORT of coercion ne ap-
piled.
The morning call., 1893-07-08
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

President Cleveland receives from ten
to twenty letters day containing recipes
for reducing his obesity.
William F. Harrity, the Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee. has not
taken holiday for ten years.
The Queen of the Belgiars is very fond
of music, good pianist and performer
on the harp. She has composed one opera,
called wanda"
Mrs. Kate Epson Clark, the well-known
writer and editor of Romance, spends her
summer In the Berkshire Hills in the little
village of Charemont
Don Melchor Almagro. who died in
Madrid a few days ago, was the most bril-
liant speaker In the S anish CorteS with
the exception of Castelar,.
David S. Patterson of North Platte,
Nebr., who is Is years of age andthas been
totally blind all his life. has received let
tiers patent on device in the driving gear
of q locomotive.
Thurlow Weeds granddaughter, Miss
Catharine Weed Barnes. the best known
lady amateur photographer in this coun-
try, will wed Hairy Snowden Ward. edi-
tor OF the London PRACTICABLE photographer,
and live in that city.
Miss Olea Bull. daughter of the famous
violinist, has decided to 90 on the stage,
and will make her debut with the Barnet
opera company in Prince Pro TEN,
which will open the regular season at the
Boston Museum next September.
Ex- Governor Rice of Massachusetts.
who delivered the grafton at the recent
unwilling of the Farragut monument in
Boston, served throughout the war on the
House Committee on Naval Affairs. and
was personally acquainted with most Of
the great sea captains.
The morning call., 1893-07-08
THE OUTLOOK FOR WAR.

Europe in time of peace is a spectacle for
the cynical moraliZer. The number OF
men who may be summoned to arms in ali
the countries Of Europe was in 1892 -, 240.-
eco. This is an appalling advance upon
the armies of 1869. which only mustered
6,95S, 000 France. Germany. Russia, Aus
tria and Italy are the countries that main.
tain the big battalious. The three first
named had in 1869 over a million each. but
now Germany is credited with 100000.
France with 4,350,000 and Russia with
100000. The army Of Austria IS est
mated at 100000 and that Of Italy at
2,236, o0O Turkey is supposed to be capa-
bic of putting into the field 10000, but
this estimate is hardly to be taken seri-
ously. England has an army of Coz, 600,
but this includes 100000 volunteers who
are not liable for service outside the coun-
try, and of the remainder over half is con-
stantly needed in India.
While the armies have more than tire bed
since 1869. the expenditure is just short Of
being doubled. The cost in 1863 was
S445, 600, 900, and in 1892 it was 1913. S00,00
A German soldier has cents Gay and his
food and clothing; French soldier has l
dollar day, which, in addition to food and
clothing, would be very low estimate Of
the value of his services. the burden of
taxation would be too grievous to be
borne.
As matters are, there is revolt against
further military sacrifices. The struggle
in Germany is against more battalions.
Parties are so split up into factions that it
is by no means clear how the army propo-
sails of the Government will be treated.
But it is hardly conceivable this oppres-
sive and menacing condition of affairs in
Europe can endure. DISARMAMENT is said
to be impossible, because to be effective II
must be proportionate. The powerful
countries will not consent. AS an alterna-
tive each of the powers strains its re-
sources to maintain the largest army it
can, and both France and Italy are COM
PEELED to keep up a great feet as well.
Would war change the situation mate
rally? Probably not. Germany subdued
Austria at Sadowa. and France was pros
trated at Sedan. The result is that France
and Austria are armed as they never were
before. Another clash of arms In Europe
affords no hope that it would be otherwise.
no matter how victory resulted. The
power which has aims to attain at the ex-
pense of its neighbOrS relies as the ulti-
mate resort, not upon diplomacy and arbl-
tration. but upon the sword. 1t is sad
spectacle, but the world has never known
future which will differ much from the
The morning call., 1893-07-08

A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

A hundred years ago Washington was
reelected President. At that time there
were not many men in the United States
who had any definite Idea what the Ameri-
can nation was going to become, and how
it was to work out its destiny. Between
President Washington and Vice-PresideDt
Adams on the one side and Secretary JEFF
ferson on the other, there was no common
thought, except that all three were agreed
as TO the necessity of maintaining the
United States independent of foreign con-
troll. The nation In the main worked out
its destiny without specific leadership.
One party chief after another con-
tributed notion. which after study, COM
mended itself to public approval. Thus.
ia the course Of time. body of doctrine
was built up which. without being COM
plete, came in the course of hundred
years 10 be the nearest approach to prac-
tical plan of self-government that the
world has ever seen. 1t is to be remarked
of it that the work of construction was
steadily progressive; it was at times in
terrupted by the temporary prevalence OF
hereses, but on the whole, the march was
steadily onward and upward.
A contrast between the evolution of
self-government in this country and the
same movement in France is instructive.
1t is just hundred years since Louis X V
was guiIlotined and the reign Of terror
began. Ever since that time the French
have been arriving at political system
cognate to ours, and they have pretty
nearly attained their object; but as
they started out to build without a
foundation such as we had their
course has been zi2zag, and more
than once the setbacks have been so
violent that the gain of the cause of free
dom since the revolution was imperceptible
to the superficial observer. Thus while a
comparison between American policy I'M
der Madison and American policy under
Washington shows progress, contrast
between the condition of the French peo-
pie under Napoleon l and their condition
under Louis XVI shows no advance except
in the decay of the popular reverence for
hereditary privilege. Again marked
development Of political comprehension
arose in this country under Jackson :;
problems from which even Hamilton had
shrunk were boldly grappled and solu-
tons PROPOSED; but at the same date. in
France, reaction under Charles y re-
vived some of the stupidest superstitions
of the old Bourbon regime. A quarter of
century later, the political intellect OF
Americans ripened 10 broad maturity
that would have staggered Daniel Web
ster and Henry Clay; simultaneously in
France the old idotic imperial regime was
revived with the assent of a large major
ity of the people.
The crucial epoch of evolution came in
this country when the abolition of slavery
raised an entirely new set of problems;
in France 1t came five years later. With
the defeat of Sedan the knell of milltarism
sounded and power passed into civilian
hands.
The morning call., 1893-07-08

NICARAGUA CANAL BONDS.

A correspondent begs to remind THE
CALL that the coming extra session OF
Congress will afford an occasion for an in
dorsement of the Nicaragua canal bonds.
He says: IF the United States should
guarantee one hundred million dollars of
Nicaragua canal bonds they would be I'M
mediately taken in Europe and bring back
the gold unwlsely paid for the redemption
of United States bonds before maturity
one of the causes OF our present crisis
and almost Immediately relieve our none
tary stringency."
a reader of THE CALL does not need to
be informed that that great enterprise has
our hearty support. We are not so GER
tain, however, that the Endorsement of the
bonds would bring back much gold from
Europe. The Nicaragua canal bonds will
be gold bonds or coin bonds. II they are
The morning call., 1893-07-08
THE CORDAGE QUESTION.

The New York World has gone into the
details of the business of the Nation al
Cordage Company and shown conclusively
that the managers committed perjury.
When application was made for listing $751;
coo, coo Of the stock in the Stock Exchange
the president. secretary and three drec-
tors made affidavit to the following alleged
facts:
That the annual aggr gate profits OF the sew
eral concerns for the past ten years have been
more than enough to pay the annual dividends
on the preferred stock and leave very large
surplus, notwithstanding the fact that during
some of that period the interests now CONSOLE
dated were in competition of a character now
avoided.
This statement made under oath secured
place on the Stock Exchange list. To
further gain the confidence of the public
dividends were declared while the concern
was losing money, These false divide nds
were kept up more than year. On the
31st of October, 1891 there was an excess
of assets over liabilities of S1,628. S13 45 !;
on the 9TH of May. 1893. there was a def
cheney of assets amounting to 81, 500, 100 S.
The loss in little over eighteen months
was S3.15l,574 O3. During all this time
QlVlQenOS were Oelnc pau 10 SJOckuOlueTS
The amount so divided among the cunspir-
ators was 50. 100000 The stockholders
got something over two-thirds of the loss
the company sustained. The World con-
cludes its examination with the assertion
that "the statements on the strength Of
which the stock was listed and sold were
utterly false"
The men who deliberately perjured
them selves are we'll known. They are
now planning another organization in the
expectation that promise OF heavy divi-
dends will attract fresh capital. The fact
that they are not serving the State in Sing
Sing cannot be accounted for except upon
the assumption that there Is no law against
false swearing in New York. The books
of the company prove the crime. 1t was
not a case OF error. Perjury was COM
mitted for purpose which was much the
same as that which inspires the house
burglar or the train robber. When
fraud permeates business in this way an
occasional lack of confidence on the part
of the public should surprise no one.