davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
GOODS RETURNED TO THE FACTORY.

BY THE Mr.. Coxey, with his army
Enron OF peace marchinS on to
Washington. is simply a
VI ihh case of goods being re-
WATcHNAS. turned to the factory. These
men have started for the national capital to
show our national legislature the kind Of
goods it has been turning out for the past
| quarter of a century.
When factory sends out its products for
sale on trial or guarantee or commission it is
always prepared to take back all that cannot
be disposed Of after reasonable effort has
been made in that direction, as well as that
which has proven defective.
Such goods are usually more or less dam
aged, shelf-worn, or weather-beaten, and
sometimes out of style; but the factory takes
them back, brushes off the dust. repairs. re-
paints. and remodels, and in various ways
undertakes to put them in condition to be
again placed on the market.
What is true in business is true In national
economics. This government is simply one
great factory, its exclusive product being
American citizenship. When the product is
up to full standard. possessing all the in
provements which progressive civilization
demands, there is no trouble. since the de-
mand always equals the supply; but the
moment the standard of excellence is lowered
and a want of care and general neglect be-
gin to manifest themselves, then complaints
are heard, dissatisfaction is seen, and, as in
this case, the goods are returned to the fac
tory. A plow or wagon is constructed in
few days, and the favorable conditions which
obtain during such construction may be of
brief duration.
With the citizen it is far different; he is a
product that requires long years to perfect.
beginning with childhood and lasting until
old age. During all this time favorable con-
ditions must continue or the product is liable
to be damaged or spoiled altogether. These
conditions are in the main purely economic
and governed by legislation. In fact, the
government is the power, the laws are the
machinery, and the citizen is the product. II
wisely and carefully conducted uniform
product is the result, and general satisfaction
prevails.
For number of years past this factory has
been doing some very poor work. and it has
been developing economic conditions that
favored one class and injured others. This
has continued so long, and the result is So
plain. that Mr.. Coxey has undertaken the task
of bringing some OF the goods TO the factory,
and demands that better article shall be
sent out in the future, and also that the old
product shall be repaired and put in as good
condition as possible. There seems to be
nothing wrong in this or anything to create
any very grave apprehension. While it may
be unpleasant for these gentlemen who cper-
ate the national factory to inspect such i'm
perfect specimens of their production as will
no doubt present themselves. yet it may be
wise to treat the matter seriously. and if pos
sible through the enactment of better laws
prevent such visitations from becoming
chronic. n A. DUNNISG
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
STEADY AND ALL ToGETHI R'

THE TIMES has always been the peoples
paper. Now that they realize, however, that
it is proper for them to canvass for it, to lay
it before their friends who may not have had
the felicity to see it, and ask them if they
would not like it regularly, the circulation OF
this paper grows and grows again by the
very impetus of this irresistible popular sup
port. The people of Washington like daily
paper crisp, complete, good-natured. fearless,
devoted really to their real causes. They are
understanding, by the thous and even, that they
have such a paper in The TINES. 1t suits
them, and they are pushing it; pushing it with
out any urging. pushing it because they like
TO do so. Every reader of The TIMES is
part OF il: and it is part Of them.
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
mr.. HEMINGWAY'S PLAN.
How He Would Treat the Unemployed Men
of the CcIrrnonwcal.

How lie would treat the Unemployed Men
of the CoTnnonwcal.
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The Star in an editorial on the 10th instant
stated:
at might not be out OF place for thoughtful and
peacefully inclined men the country over TO dis
cuss the causes which have brought this re-
marka bic pilgrimage TO pass Are there not
reasons for some of the discomfort that lies be-
meath the demonstration which is planned Tor
May !, and ifthere are sound reasons for the
friction how can the trouble be removed? Com
parativelv few PEOPLE have any sympathy with
the doctrine OF fat money: the Industrial povei ~
which exists seems TO be the motive force. Who
has the remedy
Many thoughtful men have been for many
years considering the causes of the discomfort
which has resulted in this demonstration, Cud
many of them have reached the conclusion that
there is remedy-simple, positive, adequate,
complete.
Il is simply this: Give them chance TO earn
their living How? By breaking down the
barrier that fences them out Of opportunities 10
do so. In wkat way? By enacting law such
as this:
Be il enacted. etc. That each piece of land in
the District of Columbia SHALL after the lst day
of July next be subject to an annual tax equal
to so per cent of its current annual rental value,
exclusive Of any value due TO the Improvement
thereof and al! of said tax shall be due and pay
able on the lst day Of May Of each year here
after. All laws or parts of laws leyyinE taxes on
Improvements 10 land, or en- personal property,
or eNacting fees ior licenses are hereby repealed
If that measure were 10 become law by april
80, all the men that might come with Coxey
would find employment at good wages-better
than the present rates-here as soon IS they
would arrIve. And If they were followed by ALL
the unemployed in the country they. too, would
find employment, and at still! higher wages. The
mere that came the higher Nolld wages rise ard
the more prosperous would all the people be-
come. AL who aIed to could EecOme hCme
owners. The idle would cease to be idle, If they
wished Notwithstanding the oppression OF a
thousand petty monoroies that woCld still re-
main, the poor of our city would quickly rise to
position of comparative prosperity, and poverty
would become unknown. {. s. HEMINGWAY
The Washington times., 1894-04-12

some that Mr.. Brice really performed the
literary labor upon that able oration.
A funny man Of the New York World re-
marks that Mr. Lease is still wondering why
total strangers will pay big money to be
scolded by Mrs. Lease.
The mayor of Portland, Me-, has been ac-
customed 10 give his salary, $4,000, to char
ity; and now the town has raised his pay.
The President is said to be preparing
another message to Congress on the financial
situation. Heavens!
When it comes to talking "bad" about Mr..
Cleveland, Senator Hill and Governor Till
man can surely shake over the bloody chasm.
The New York Tribune estimates that II
Tammany has a $50, ,OOO, 900 job on hand it
will pocket $50, ,OOO, 600 of it.
1t would seem as if ex-Speaker Reed had
better not wait until July before making that
Minneapolis speech.
1t is very nice of the Baltimore American
to credit whole column of The TIMES to an
other Washington daily paper, because that
paper needs advertising.
The Chicago Record sagely remarks that
many laboring man would rather spend his
money even foolishly than have some bank
cashier do it for him.
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
HlTS-OR MISSES.

1.-THE trouble with this country" says Mr..
to suit. sis the host of middemen who grind
the producers"
The Louisville Courier-Journal calls Mr..
Breckinridge's tones fute-like.
In sending items to THE TIMES kindly
leave out most of the blood. This is family
paper.
The Atchison Globe remarks that it takes
about four generations of riches to produce q
boy without freckles.
American street letter-boxes are about to
be adopted III London; and hurrah for Mr.
Bissell,
Gen. Daniel Macauley is unquestionably
the greatest American authority on Nicara-
guam affairs.
Seems 10 me hit him hard several times
D. B. Hill.
The venerable father of Asher Caruth is
here, and Mr.. Caruth had better stop smok-
ing cigarettes.
Capt. Patrick Henry, of Virginia, was
lale1y al INC Ippitt douse. anu sO iaI us 1HE
TIMES is concerned We give him liberty, but
not DEATH
Hon. Carl Schurz is still disappointed, and
he isn't quite sure whether he will get over it.
The Cleveland Plaindealer remarks that
II Miss Pollard is a fine actress it has been
perfectly proper for the villain to pursue her.
1t is not due to any desire on Mr.. Harri-
sons part that he is the only living ex-Presi-
dent.
1t is suspected by some of Senator Germans
constituents that he really represents West
Virginia in the Senate
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
4 Six-Lcgscd Cow.


Mr.. Nicholas I. Hutchins, an ex-sheriff of
Howard county. vino is now engaged in the
hotel business IN Baltimore. is the owner o.
strange freak OF nature. 1t is a sx-legged
COW. The animal is pure white and can be
seen any day peacefully grazing behind Mr..
Huicbius' hotel on Brunswick avenue. Two
and u half years ago the COW was born. and
the two additional legs were then noticed.
growing from the right shoulder. They are
now two and oGe-half feet long. In every
other way the animal is well formed and is
perfectly harmless. From the shoulder top
the two legs put forth. One is foreleg
which is the smaller. and the other is a kind
leg. Both have well-develoged hoofs. On
the lett side ithe COW is an unnatural growth.
supposed TO be the other part OF the body OF a
twin animal. The rts OF the COW on the LETT
side are perfect. and can be traced along the
tody, while ON The opposite side they appear
to be missing.
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
Debauching the Legal Profession.

LNh5cn a SrteH IN April OCGanOe
Not the least demoraizing feature of the
grand game of self-destruction, called free
competition, is the incidental degradation Of
the legal profession. The law firm that had
the Santa Fe receivership proceedings in
hand has been known to charge as high as
per. cent of the Indebtedness of "a road for fore
closing its mortgage. When the application
for a receivership for the Santa Fe system was
made before Federal judge at Little Rock,
Ark. three judges appeared as attorneys for
the Union Trust Company of New York. a
fourth eX-judGe for the Santa Fe system, and
a fifth ex-iudge for the st. Louis and San
Francisco road.
Some light is thrown on this roundup of
retired judges by remark of President Clark.
of the New York. New Haven and Hartford
road, concerning the appointment of an e1-
judge for vice president of his road: ''The
directors see that the methods of managing
the property must conform to its growth.
Our experience is that OF other railroad sys-
tens. Instead OF having a technical railroad
man as vice president. they have selected
Judge Hall for that Office"
The chief justic of the state of Pennsylvania
retired from the bench TO become one OF the
Reading receivers. The roads of Nebraska
last autumn forced the chief justice of that
state into private life, because he rendered Q
decision against their interests
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
Iate Rreckinridce Iokes.

A voluptuous fortuie awaits the patent
medicine manufacturer who succeeds In get
ting COL Breckinridge's 'stestimonial to a nerve
tonic.-Lafayette Courier.
Breckinridge is a great raconteur. His
stories of his midnight buggy rides are equal
to anything that Amelie Rives or Ella Wheeler
Wilcox have attempted Globe-Democrat
Everything still indicates that Congressman
Breckinridge's reception on bis return to his
Kentucky home will be one of the most en-
thusiastic and tremendous blowouts recorded
in bluegrass is.-Giobe-Democrat
The wcmen of Kentucky have decided that
Col. Breckinridge should be expelled from
Congress on the ground that Ibis continued
presence in that body would be a disgrace to
Kentucky womanhood." How about his con-
tinued presence in Kentucky?-Chicago Dis
patch.
A Kentucky la1y comes out in a card de-
Tending Colonel Breckinridge, insisting that
If women were only more severe on those OF
their own sex who go astray. less men, sus-
ceptible as is Colonel Breckinridse. would be
involved in trouble. The mercy OF women to
their erring sisters has always been marked
rnat Is. it has marked the erring sister.
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
Senators Who Smoke.

From the New York Recorder
Edward Murphy smokes more cigars and
stronger than any other Senator. He affects
a big. black. 25-cent straight, and he has one
between his lips from breakfast to bedtime.
The average Senator smokes an extensive
cigar. There Is 35-cent brand which sells
more rapidly than any other in the Senate
restaurant. and which is in great demand for
committee-room lunches.
Blackburn. Squire. and several OF the south
ern Senators never smoke anything else. and
they do as much smoking as all the rest OF
the Senate put together.
Ii is rather curious that the southerners.
who, as rule. have to live on meager in
comes. are the most expensive of all in their
taste for tobacco.
Chandler never smokes at all. He abomi-
mates tobacco as thoroughly as the election
jugclers in Florida and South Carolina abom-
mate him.
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
Mr.. Carter Speaks His Mind.

To the Editor of TIE TINES:
Allow me to insert a few words in your paper.
What is all this clamoring in the papers about
this man c. q. J. Taylor for recorder Of deeds?
1 am surprised to see so many Republicans Civ
ing their views in regard to the confirmation Of
this man. Now, am a negro; but l hate the
sight Of negro who calls himself q Democrat
! never shake the hand of one II know IL. am
and shall always stick TO the party that gave me
birth. ] would be ashamed of any Senator On
the Republican side to cast his vote for traitor
as consider every negro in this country as one
who votes or help to aid the Democratic party.
There is one thing would like to know, why a
negro and an old soldier votes the Democratic
ticket, / would like to have that explained;
where did the negro get his liberty from, and
where did the old soldier get his pensions from;
all from the Democrats Of course. The Repub-
licans have repealed the Federal election laws
already and they are now after the pension bill
Yes, am against the confirmation Of sir c. H.
]. Taylor. THOMAS II. CARTER
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
LEAVES OF ABSENCE.

II the "by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate" provision Of the Constitution
works smoothly in Mr.. Benedict's case he
will find the old leaves Of absence question
confronting him at the threshold Of his term.
1t is this way, The employees WORK one year,
earn thirty days' leave of absence. and take
it the succeeding year. Most Of the old en-
ployes have taken the thirty days in this fiscal
year that they earned in the last Since the
1st OF last July they have all been earning
leave OF absence, which they cannot take be-
cause the Court OF Claims Interpretation Of
the law forbids the granting of more than
thirty days leave with pay in any fiscal year.
and because the money to pay such leaves
will not be available til July /, 1894. Con-
gress recognizes their right TO leave with pay,
because 1t votes the money for that purpose.
In fact. the sundry civil appropriation bill as
II recently passed the House. contained an
item appropriating the necessary money TO
pay all leaves earned in this fiscal year
According to the Court of Claims decision
above referred to the Public Printer cannot
pay leave Of absence money to a person
whose connection with the service has been
previously severed. II he comes into Office in
April or May and discharges several hundred
employees before the 1st OF July he cannot
then pay them the money they have earned
and which is justly theirs. But there is an
easy way out of the difficulty He can fur
lough them till July l. 1894, and at that time
he can grant them leave of absence with pay,
at the expiration of which time he can dis
charge them. If he doesn't do that, the dis
charged employees can get special bill
through Congress TO pay the money they
will have earned, as they did once before.
Such course Would entail great amount
Of extra work on the clerical force of the
Office
Mr. Benedict's friends are beginning to
chafe because the Printing Committee does
not act. They say that he had to surrender
much of his prerogative to secure eonfirma-
ton under Mr.. Clevelani's first administra-
ton, and they affirm that, confirmation or no
confirmation, he viii not surrender every
thing to Aiessrs. German and Henderson this
time. He is remaining away from the city, so
that there will be no probability OF running
across the members of the Printing Commit
tee, his friends say. 4 word of advice from
them: Don't prejudice Mr.. Benedict's case by
talking too much. This is a Democratic ed-
minlstration, and Mr.. Benedict or some other
good Democrat ought TO be in the Govern
ment Printing Office. The members of the
Printing Committee want no promises from
Mr.. Benedict, and Mr.. Benedict is not re-
naming away for fear of having to mortgage
the Office to Senator German
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
THE PASSING VISION.

o ye, her world-lovcrs. the ideal city
Goth fade US The mists that encircled her
form
Yet though,-wavcs have nirrorcd her beauty
trauscendant,
That eiowed in tae sunlight and cleaned thro'
the sto.m!
Her pure brow illumiEed By splendors auroral
10 nrtipotc peoples dashed welconings meet;
And O1iont pilgrims with treasures o'eEiaden
Brought richer heart-hoIuage TO lag at her
feet.
While carnvels cours;ng tho billowly highway,
Their Standards displayed III he's waie.y court,
And phantom sails luttered rs neared the brave
Viking,
Whose keel had been fashioned in northe--
most port.
The entering peoples rsnd lessons of wisdom
Inscribed on her ga,eways from loves change
less creed;
And blind superstition sought reasons bold
guidance,
While faith walked sercnely from bigorry
freed.
The byways of science more surely were trod-
den,
Revealed and suffused in her luminous glow
Anu FutuS IniSnty currents swept from ner
sweet presence
Each error encroaching to check their swift
now
As runs in the symphony, rising triumphant
Or sinking in cadence, the true basic tone,
So laws OF proportion wrought harmonic meas
ure
In groupings of temples, arts domain and
throne.
Within them the pilot who threaded the pas
sage
To lands where the children of liberty dwell
Received with his sovereign the worlds acclama-
tions,
Mid soundings OF trunpets and paans loud
swell
The spirits of genius,-those august immortals,-
Took visible shapings in light OF her smile,
And victory, poising with legions attendant,
Encrowned her fair domes and her grand peri
style.
o ye, her world-lovers! no touch Of the spoiler
Nav cloud the effulgence Of genius sublime
And cycles advancing shall mark the bright halo
That circles the perfect dream city of timel
HARRIET n RALsToN.
WAsHrScToN, D. c., April z, 1894
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
The Impeachment of Breckinridge.
[From the Boston Advertiserl

An effert will be made to impeach Con-
finished The ground on which this effort
will be made is that he has perjured himself
in what he signed his name to in the civil
service paper which he filed with the COM
mission recommending Miss Pollard for a
government office. In this paper one of the
questions asked was, rs the applicant a per-
son OF good moral standing?" and Mr. Breck-
inridge's answer was Yes" Congressman
Van Voorhis, of New York, is the one who
has such n resolution drawn up already for
presentation unless something occurs in the
meantime. An Ohio Congressman is ready,
also. to bring in a resolution expelling the
silver-tongued orator from the House Alto
gether things look bad for A1r. Breckenridge
after his trial.
The Washington times., 1894-04-12
JUSTICE To OUR RAILROADS.

Justice to our railroads at least can be
urged, though protection to them, or protec-
tion in any form to anybody. raises the vio-
lent opposition of so many at this time that
the word even must be avoided. From the
organization of our government the United
States have zealously guarded the interests of
our carriers by sea, and to the present time
the assaults and efforts OF the foreign vessel
owners to share in our coasting trade have
been successfully resisted. The vessel load
Ing cargo in New York or any eastern port
for San Francisco, or vice versa. must fly the
American flag, a symbol of her ownership
and of the nationality Of those who man her;
and our coastwise trade is now almost the
only field in which to raise American seamen
for our rapidly-growing navy.
The merchant on our Atlantic or Pacific
coast, however, who in his shipments either
by the Isthmus Of Panama or ''around the
Horn" can use only American bottoms, is
free to contract for shipment by land in any
way he sees fit. Thus it is that our railroads.
owned and manned by Americans, have none
of the safeguards thrown around them which
the American water carrier enjoys. Again,
carrier by water has no restraints of law as to
the price which he shall charge one man or
another; there is no bar TO secret rebates or
cuts. 1t is IN open. free field. But the car
rier by land is enjoined by law from trans
porting one man at different rate than
another or from carrying the merchandise or
goods of one man for a less rate than that
charged another.
True, it is said that the Canadian carrier must
comply with the rules laid down by the inter-
state commerce law, but where the carriage
from ocean to ocean, from the eastern shore of
our country to the western, is for seven
eighths of its distance through foreign
country, it can be readily seen what oppor-
tunities exist and what are given to the for
eign carrier to disregard the law. If the
American railway president or manager
violates that law he is liable to imprison-
ment. The Canadian manager is simply de-
barred from crossing our line, because he
cannot be taken from his home, as can the
American manager under Indictment
The American vessel by sea must be built
OF American material, largely manned by
American officers and men, using Supplies of
American production and manufacture. The
Canadian carries by land. reaching the points
of shipment and delivering in the United
States he can use cars and equipment built en-
tirely of foreign material, which has paid no
dutyto the United States, passing over foreign
soil, manned by foreigners, who own no al
legiance to the United States nor bear any
part of the burden of maintaining the govern
ment
The Canadian Pacific is pirate, as much |
menace to our American railroad interests as |
the buccaneer Of olden times was to our !