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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02
NO PLACE FOB THE POLITICAL BOSS.

In the current street-railway discus
sion. which recent developments have
melted. it will be found that the men of
both parties who are most interested in
the wellbeing and prosperity of the city
deplore the announcements which have
been made, to the effect that each compa-
ny will attempt to secure the services of
men who are officeholders, and who are
nothing if not professional political
manipulators. If the directors of both
pursue such policy because they cannot
secure their rights unless men are made
officers who have a political pulp upon
the city government. and particularly
upon the City Council. they practically
l. 1blish such political bosses as men who
will, if the supposed interests of the
companies seem to demand it, stand in
the way of the welfare of the city.
If men who have no experience
in street-railway management and
development, and who have no
aptitude for the business, are selected
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02
CITIZENS COMPANY.

Officials Lying In Wait with Over Hun
dred Men-At Work by o O'Clock
For several days the officers of the Citi-
zens' Street-railroad Company have been
exceedingly anxious to learn upon what
streets the Board of Public Works would
grant the City Railway Company the right
TO lay its tracks. The Board of Public
Works refused to give up the inform alton.
The territory set apart by the board for the
use of the City Railway Company
was embodied in an ordinance which was
presented TO the Council last evening The
Citizens company was represented by an
attorney with q steno9r8pher. Ii was APP
pretended that the Council might refuse
to submit the ordinance TO the scrutiny of
the Citizens company and the enograp her
was present te catch the various streets as
they were read. But here was W hero the Cit
izeDs' company was baiiled by the Councils
arbitrary action. Tho ordinance being
ately the city clerk grabbed it mp and
looked it in his iron box until its reading
should be required at the midnight meet
ing. The representatives of the Citizens
company eXpostulated and demanded what
precedent or warrant there was for this
summary and unusual proceeding. but the
clerk smiled. and an appeal To the Council
elioited the information that the clerk un-
derstood his business.
President Mason. with the rest of the Of
ficials of the company. were AZ their offices
on Louisiana street nearly all OF the night,
and were prepared TO take advantage of
any opportunity which might arise. Late
yesterday afternoon tho Citizens company
got wind that at least one of the streets to
be given to the other company was North
New Jersey street, aud IL at once drew off O
large number of Its men who were workin g
on Shelby and other streets, and put them
at work laying rails mp there. They began
in two places. one being Just above Massa-
chusetts avenue and the other Just above
Washington street. The company also set
men at work yesterday on Delaware street.
both above above and below Maryl land. and
continued in the places where 1t has al
ready broken ground.
President Mason was asked last night if
the report was true that his company had
n large force OF men In readiness to 90 TO
work as soon as the routes which the city
proposed 10 give 10 the City COMPANY were
known. lie replied:
II cannot say that what you ask is tyue.
nor can say that IL is wholly untrue. |
do not care TO make any statement Oh the
subject"
liz was not fifteen minutes after Mr..
Mason spoke thus that gangs of workmen,
armed with picks and shovels. and wagons
laden with ties and rails. slipped quietly
out of various barns of the Citizens com
various points along the streets
named in the new routes. Seventy fl We
men went TO work along Maryland and
Delaware streets. and Mr.. Scherrer was
awakened from his first slumber by the
sound OF pick and hammer Decorating his
sacred Union street. where fifty men were
at work. There were blocks of rail laid
| all along the southern route be.
fore midnight The company already
had track down on Pennsylvania street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02
now PARIS STREETS ARE CLEANED.
Swept, Scrubbed, Washed, Disinfected, He
paired Under a Perfect System.

Swept, Scrubbed, Washed, Disinfected, He
paired Under Perfect System.
Paris Correspondence London journal
From o'clock in the morning until 6a
che street-cleanerB sweep and wash tue
sideways and streets. throw sand over the
of traffic. apply dSinfectaDts and give q
first cleaning to the public urinals- Among
the disinfectants used and Literally APP
piled every morning when necessary In the
streets of Paris are sulphate of iron. phenio
acid and chloride of lime.
From ESQ TO $50 the household rubbish,
which has been meanwhile brought down
into the streets by the maid servants and
concierges. has to be removed. as also the
sweepinRs of the street. IL Is Just before
the ssntonniers come up that the ragpick-
ers work the hardest Formerly rubbish
used to be thrown out of each house In q
heap and the ragpickers bad but TO pick
and choose. Now all household refuse has TO
be thrown into a large TIN box. known famil-
iarly as q poubelle-after the project of
that name who enforced this decree-and
the chiffoniers have TO dig among the con-
tents of the box for what they want. Some
times one may witness tight between q
ragpIcker and q fanishing dog. It is on
the contents of the poubelies that the
starving dogs of Paris pr0long their mis-
cradle existence, and it Is owing TO them
the ragpickers lind so few bones and so lit
tie bread, most valuable 10 them.
From $50 to IL the street cleaners have to
remove all horse dung from the roadway.
clean out the CRITTERS and water the streets
and sidewalks when necessary. They fin
lsh the mornings work with complete
cleaning out and disinfection of the uri-
nails. At IL o'clock the half-time men and
women 60 of work with from one and two
pence to one and tenDence for their seven
hours work in their pockets. The regular
staff have two hours for dinner, except
when what the bureauorsts of the Hotel
de Vile call atmospheric circumstances"
force the inspectors TO reduce it 70 one
hour.
In very hot weather. when constant
watering is requisite. there is sometimes no
dinner bell at all allowed. From l o'clock
10 4. when the cantonnier's day finishes. ho
has to sweep Ia machine, water the pave
ments, remove horse dung. sweep the trot-
tors again, but this time without raising
his broom. so as to avoid raising the dust;
again clean and disinfect the urinals and
wash the public benches. When necessary.
work is prolonged one. TWO or three hours.
especially in SIMMER, when lncessant
watering has TO be carried on.
During five months in the winter men are
employed from to 8 in the evening throw
ing sand over the asphalt and wood pave
ments. rendered slippery by the wet or Zoe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02
The Lins Marked Ont Is Simply the Old Broad
Ripple Route, with Southern Outlet
on Streets Occupied.
Validity of the Ordinance Put in Cues
tiOn by a Parliamentary Dodge.
Notice of Motion to Reconsider Entered by
Linn at Bailey's SuggestiOn-City Com
pany Not Ready for Work.
OCCUPIED THEIR ROUTES.

Developments of a Night an the Street Raii-
road War;
Last night was another eventful one in
the street-railroad war. and the Citizens
Company seems to have. by methods more
or less mysterious, gotten the better of the
skirmIshing.
The Citizens company went off on q
wrong cue at 5 o'clock p. NJ. and concen-
trsted Its construction forces on New Jer-
eey street. Then it's forces were housed IN
the barn in waiting to jump in upon the
new routes as soon as the ordinance mark
Ing out its routes was read In the Council
meeting at s o'clock. But the ordi-
nance was not read. 1t was introduced
aud its title read. when it was suppressed
by Clerk Abrams, who remarked that he
didn't care d-n" whether he had any
right to do it or not. The Council ad-
journed at $50. and Councilman Schraeder,
to whose committee the ordinance had
been referred, disappeared with it In his
inside pocket. A special meeting was
called for midnight, and. strangely
enough. was opposed by Casper. who en-
gineered the one week ago.
Schroeder disappeared ct $50, and at 0
o'clock Sterling Holt, director of the
Citizens company. knew the routes. He
was not little SURPRISED when he learned
that the north route was simply the old
Broad Ripple route, on which his company
has been at work for several days. He
was also surprised to learn that
the south route goes down South Pennsyl-
vania street. where his company already has
q track, on Madison hayenue and McCarty,
where it has tracks, and on sacred Union
street In few minutes Citizens com.
pany's workmen were laying track on
Bellefontaine, Delaware, Maryland and
Union streets. and they kept it up all
night. The officials of the City company
were home in bed and they had neither
workmen nor material on tap.
At the midnight meeting the ordinance
passed and a motion was made TO adjourn.
Then Councilman Linn was recognized by
the president and entered notice of mo-
tion to reconsider the action and the Coun-
ell then adjourned. This parliamentary
scheme was Matched mp IN Leon Bailey g
fertile brain. Ii is commended now that the
Mayor cannot sign the ordinance until this
notice OF motion to reconsider Is dis
posed of.
However that may be. there is no doubt
that by daylight this morning the routes
given to the City company will be very
fully occupied by the Citizens.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

this Council 1t was no less q man
than Morris Defrees, a mem Der of the
Board of Public Works. and man
who helped To draw ND this ordinances. He
tod me no later than to-day that be did rot
Know IN what position the granting Of this
ordinance would place the city, and that
the city might be held liable for damages.
vote for it because / do not want 60 be
called an obstructionist"
The statement which Mr.. Casper made
about his conversation with Mr. Defrees
be ressserted later. when asked moro par
ticularly about It, He said that Hr. De-
frees had told him that the city might be
tie board did not know what comphoa-
tons II was getting into.
Mr.. Gauss was the next man 20 explain
his vote and he made some very pertinent
remarks and also had his ding at the Board
of Works He said: II see that the pro-
posed line which this company will
follow is 70 90 down Union street.
but but that 1t does not pass the
nsmber OF Of NH ,ss SasTg w P0a,is
works. and who has always objected to any
improvements which would cost him any
thing The fact is that the people on
Union street do not want line on it.
track on II Will fiji il completely.
This action is an infamous outrage,
and protest against it 1 protest against
the fact that / am compelled 10 vote for IL
or De StiRfnatlZe0 as IltlZens COmp2nf'e
man. i protest against these midnight
meetings as undignifcd and as al out
rage on the community This has been
done for fear that the Citizens COM
paDy would get wind OF it and pre-empt
the streets. / am here TO say TO the men,
Ders of this Council that the Citizens
company has known what these routes
are ever since Q O'clock this evening and
that even now they have men sc work lay
ing their rails on these streets i know
this 20 be fact. and the man who told
me"
Name him. name him" shouted half
dozen at once.
II will not name him. but know he has
told me what is so. and do not see that
any body has been q gamer
CAUSES remarks came in the ehape of q
bombsheil, and a number of the members
looted into each others faces in q sort of
blank amaZement he refused afterward
60 tell who his informant had been. but
stated that he knew what he was talking
about
Mr. White next got up, and he said that he
did not believe that the matter had been
properly considered, and that he thought
the action of the Council too hasty.
why" said he, 1.-The routes that are
named IN that list are perfectly ridiculous.
No company can operate those lines and
make them pay. This action which we
are taking is nothing bnt O farce,
laughable farce. and we will be the
Laughing stock of the town. Mr.. Young
was the only man who voted against 1t
lie quietly arose and said that he did not
believe it was becoming OF men and
councllmen TO take action on imIVEtant
measures at the dead hour of the night.
and for that reason be wouid vote his con-
to reconsider at the next meeting and the
Council adjourned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

ALL accounts agree that the great ex-
position is quite incomplete as to build
ings. exhibits and grounds, and yet, it
is equally agreed on all hands that O
month or six weeks will see everything
in perfect order. IL completed in that
time 1t will be a grand triamph of en-
ergy, industry and executive ability. In
the face of great difficulties the manag-
ers have accomplished wonders, and, in
stead Of being criticised for not having
everything complete by opening day.
they deserve unstinted praise and ad-
miration for the magnificent results they
have achieved. Their work has no
parallel in the history of the world, and
everybody will concede that it could
only have been done in Chicago. The
real rush of visitors to the exposition
Fan hardly be expected to begin until
fhe weather becomes settled. and then,
1t is to be hoped, the management will
begin to realize financial returns COM
mensurate with their great outlay and
labor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

from Washington to South. which IL had
been holding for n couple of weeks by
operating one car upon Is.
Sterling Holt was foand at the Citizens
com pany's office at 12:45 tins morning.
HAS the Council adjourledl' he asked
"Yes and Bailey got IN bis parliamentary
stroke"
Good Where is Baileyw
Don't know. Have you started your
men vet"
Yes; they've been out since o'clock at
work on those new routesr
How did you get on to them?"
"Oh. that's all right. We amt asleep
down here and Mr.. Holt became so con-
vnlsed with chueklIng lit that the inter
view ended.
All this requires an explanation from
Councilman Schroeder. chairman of the
committee on ordinances He disap-
peared with the sacred secret in his
INSIDE pooker at $50 o'clock. and though
Counclimen Murphy and Casper searched
the town for him they were unable TO find
him until ll:30 o'clock. Judging from re-
mark by Gauss az the midnight meeting,
he could tell come interesting facts. but he
declined to talk on the Ibieot TO u Journal
reporter last night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

One of the later propositions of those
tariff Ieformers in the East who are
preparing substitutes for the Mckinley
law is to issue certificates of indebted
ness for the arrears of pensiOns-that is,
for the amount due the pensioner be-
tween the date of application and that
of the granting of pension. These
will amount TO S40.000,0 600 or $50. 900. 600
q year for few years. If this can be
done, these reformers explain, there
will be no need of putting q tax on
eugar. These certificates of indebted
ness, bearing no interest and payable at
no definite period, would at once fall
very much below their face when put
upon the market. and the compelling of
persons who were admitted To have q
Iust claim upon the government for q
given number of dollars year to take
paper which would not bring half of tho
amount of that admitted claim in the
open market, would be an injustice.
Thus, to all the other notes of the gov
eminent these tariff reformers would
add an irredeemable tariff reform note
20 pay the arrears of pensions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02
A DIrided pemocracr.

correspondence AM hdelpula IetesrbIh
A prominent Democrat of long service in
Congress said to me to-day that O careful
study of the situation convinced him that
there was very great dan ger of q split IN the
party, which would place two presidential
tickets in the field four years from now II the
situation developed on the presenthnes He
was of the opinion that If Dir. Carlisle. in
stead of allowing himself 90 be dominated
by Cleveland. would present policy of his
own, conservative and favorable TO sound
money. get not calculated 20 excite the Bit
ter antagonism which Mir. Cleveland pro-
yokes among the silver men. it would at
once advance him 10 the most prominent
position In the party. but II he failed
TO do this he would sink out OF
sight. and his political career would he
ended. A great many of the leading Demo-
Gratis feel this TO be so and say that IL Car
Isle does not in some way show himself to
be a master of the situation there will be q
steady struggle for supremacy between the
two factions of the party until the time
comes around for another national conven-
ton. and that then. If the administration
is strong enough 20 keep control. the silver
men will inevitably break from the CON-
vention and put up some candidate of their
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

The correspondent of the New York
Herald, in speaking of the "unenthusi-
astic reception of the President" on his
arrival at Chicago. explains as follows:
Somehow OF other there seems TO be an
impression that Mr. Cleveland would not
have come TO Chicago had he not been
practically compelled to do so. When he
was President before he passed through
the town. but did not stop long. EX-Presi-
Chicago is afraid President Cleveland does
not care much for the Western ropolis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02
WHERE WAS THE CITY coMPANY2
Ats Officers Asleep While the OLD Concern
Was Hard mt Work.

Ats Officers Asleep While the Ola Concern
Was Hard Work.
Henry Balls. secretary of the City CON-
pany. was awakened at his home between
2and o'clock this morning and told of
the action of the Citizens company.
and asked what his company proposed to do.
The question was put to him: If the
Citizens company begins work this morn
ing upon the route granted the City CON-
pany before that company gets it's men to
work upon the route Will the City COM
pany bring suit to prevent them from con-
tinuing with the workW
Mr.. Balls replied: IF the Council grants
us right and the Citizens company steps
In and takes possession of it we will most
certainly bring suit TO compel them to
evacuate."
Mr.. Balls said there was no meeting of the
board of directors of the new company
yesterday TO take any action to head Oft
any steps in this direction by the Citizens
company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

1T is quite remarkable that the banks
in the States which are clamoring for
the free coinage of silver keep their re-
serves in gold. In Colorado, the banks
hold S2.656,24S of gold and $37s, 772
of silver; California. S3,499.O17 in gold
and s21a, 633 in silver; Montana, 81 1928, :
173 III gold and S173,591 in silver, and so
on. In the ten silver States, including
Oregon and North Dakota. the banks
have 81, s25, 4s1 of gold and S1.34a, 1872
of silver; and yet they shout "gold bug
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

THE Western Democrat who habitu-
ally curses Wall street and gold bugs"
will howl when he reads in Mr.. Cleve-
lands Wall-street organ that Secretary
Carlisle returns to Washington with o
clearer conception than some of his
friends have ascribed to him of the re-
sponsibility of the bankers as trustees
for the greater part of the business of
the whole country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

20 the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
Have there been complications which have led
10 armed collisions between the United states
and Francel READER.
In 179S there came very near being war
between the two nations because of the
seizure of the merchant vessels of the
United States under prerext of violation of
existing treaties. An act was passed in
June. 179s. authorizing American mer-
chant vessels to resist search by French
ships with force and seize them as prizes.
In July the United States naval officers
were authorized TO grant commissions TO
private vessels to capture any armed
French vessels. Provisions were made for
an army. and Washington was appointed
lieutenant general to command in q war with
France. but the timely concessions of tho
Directory preventeda declaration of war.
In 1893, Bonsparte, after the embargo had
been put on the sailing of American ships,
seized large number of them under the pre-
text that they were denationalized. Later
he seized American ships when their car
goes contained goods either of British man.
ufacture or the importation of which was
prohibited by his laws. At one time. in
ls10-ll, he caused 1S2 American vessels
which he had seized to be sold. with their
cargoes. all valued at Ss.00O.O00. In subse-
quent treaties reparation was made to tie
United States. but the losers never received
q dollar. and it was not until 1890 that an
act was passed looking to the relief of the
holders of these claims.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

Mr.. CLEvELAND's speech at the open
ing of the great exposition was dignified
and appropriate, well conceived and
we'll expressed. Perhaps there was O
little undertone of boastfulness in point
ing with pride to American achieve
ments, but this could hardly DO avoided
and is not to be imputed as q fault, at
least by Americans. OF course the
speech was written and memorized. but
it was mono the worse for that. The
Journal gives it hearty commentator.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

A YEAR ago Democratic papers like
the Philadelphia Record and mugwump
sheets like the Springfield (Mass.) Re-
publican would not have dared to SLAM
der the Grand Army. but. Mr.. Cleve-
land elected, the Cleveland organs shout
their ISLANDERS as do boys after the VEN
erable person who cannot reach them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

If Mr.. Maxwell, who is postmaster
general of the third or fourth degree,
will take his Ak to the worlds fair when
no goes, Democrats who have never
thought Of going to the show will hasten
10 behold the instrument which promises
10 bring temporary bliss and narrow
segments of pie to fifty thousand of the
fos<hf,-I
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02
Proper Place for Train.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Citizen George Francis Train has gone TO
advising the administration in regard 10
the financial situation. Mr.. Train was one
of the orr ginal Cleveland men IN 1S92. lie
not only has a perfect right 10 advise this
administration. but be possesses that iudg-
mens and mental eauipoise necessary 10
strengthen the spots where the Cleveland
administration 10 weakest Give the Citi-
zen q chance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

THE new organ of the Amounted One"
in New York let's no opportunity escape
to assail Senator Hill, Governor Flower
and Lieutenant Governor Sheehan. 1t
breaches harmony with club.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02
JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY,


Can be found at tho following places:
NEW foRK-Gflsey house and Windsor Hotel
PHIIADELPHIA-A.P- Kemble. 3735 Lancaster
avenue.
CHICAGO-Palmer House.
CINCINNATI. R. Hswley & Co. 154 Vine street.
LoUIsvIIIE-c. T. Deerng. northwest corner OF
Third and Jefferson streets.
ST. LcUIs-Union News Co, Union Depot
WASHINGTON, D. c.-Biggs House and Ebbitt
House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02
Dangerous.

'I believe have got the grip" said the guest.
"You get right out of here" shouted the pro-
prietor of the great Columbian Fake House.
"First thing you know You win be sneezlng. and
down win come this hotel before have had
time to get the money back that have put into