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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20
On any other theory the transaction OF business
would practically be impossible.


Some energetic arguments Tor ana against
what is styled home rule for cities were hearo
Yesterday by the Cities Committee or the Son-
stitutional Convention. BY home rule the ultra
reformers mean that city should be apsoiuteiy
free from legislative interference save with It's
own consent; and they propose for this city ana
BROOKLYN a scheme Of minority representation
in the Boards Of Aldermen. That device mas
been tried before without conspicuously good
results. and the tendency in recent years has
been TO reduce the powers Of Aldermen to the
lowest terms. The weightier arguments are
against extreme municipal home rule In exist
ing circumstances and conditions
An important leaf was turned by MT ion
Yesterday. and the relations of the ponce 10
another form of swindlng which has been eX-
tonsively carried on in the city were exposed.
Tho principal witness was Frank Clarke, VINO
described the ''bunco business" in detail ana
was the means Of bringing another Tammany
statesman. Justice PADDY" Diver, within the
nuryiew of the Investigating Committee. clarke
testified that he was associated in the bunco
business with one Parmley, or Edward Parmley
Jones: that the business was carried on with
the connivance Of the police, to whom large
sums were paid that they bought the ward
in which they worked. paying 5000 down; that
tho roll Of bills with which the bunco men dld
business was placed in DIVERS safe every night,
and that Diver and Parmley frequently "di-
v,ded money" OF course Diver will promptly
ask TO be heard before the committee III MS own
"yindicatOn"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20

Tho testimony taken yes'eru"y !" ,"' ,''.,,oo
Investigation may possibly suggest - WI. go,
D,vvcr the advantage and proprie'y Oh '''N."e
that hubble statement which was su's'"s "'''''''
him when ne returned from MS winter ""'''''
with such additions and emendauohS "'
circumstances seem to call Tor S"'"Ce 70 49,
Gil ,u, Dtvver.s time for moderation has
plainly arrived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20
the peoples money, and he deserves the HUI a.
support Of all good citizens.
The country Is just yearning lot the La" CIV

The fact that yesterday was the anhiVeieai'
~ the battle between the Kearsarge ana the ma
hama made the return OF the corvettes ensign ~
the Navy Department by Leopold Scnepp oouoS
interesting. The members OF the o'ocA ia"
change are thoroughly patriotic, ana the noun
spent In clarifying the ensign was not oe-
grudged. even II It did come out OF the miod'e
Of the business day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20

Persons going out of torn for the summer,
either to the summer resortS or their country
homes. can hare The Daily and Sunday Tribune
mailed 10 them for 81 90 per month, or $3.50
for three months Travellers in Europe can
,eceirc The Tribune during their absence for
$1.65 per month, foreign postage paid, or
S445 for three months. The address OF the
paper siU be changed as often as deS'red
The administrative part Of the Tariff bill is
to be thrown overheard. 1t was clumsly drawn
and. II enacted, would unquestlonably give rise
10 endless disputes and confusion. Its abandon
ment will enable the Senate TO make more rapid
progress with the measure, but that Will by no
means be an unmixed good. If the dropping or
the administrative sections foreshadowed the
REIMBURSEMENT of the entire bill, what deep
sigh of relief the country would draw and how
business would at once begin TO revive.
Veterans of the war have heretofore received
enacal consideration In Civil Service examlna-
lions and appointments. and 1t was doubtless
tho intent of a law passed by the late Legs
lature 10 favor them still further-in fact. to re-
lieve them from the necessity OF examination
when appying for minor offices According 10
the Interpretation put by the Civil Service Re-
form Association and It's legal adviser It's real
effect Is quite different, and 1t VIII smut vet
Grams out from all offices paying less than sl'zoo
a year which are subject to Civil Service rules.
PLAINLY "some one has blundered." The inten-
ton was 10 help the veterans, but they have
been hurt instead. Undoubtedly the next Legs
lature will set the matter right.
One Of the rules Of the CONSTITUTIONAL ConVeh-
ton prescribes that any delegate who refuses TO
vote shall be in contempt, and shall be under
suspension until he has purged himseir there
from. The opinion Of ex-Speaker Thomas b.
Reed On the validity Of this rule has been OBJ
tanned He questions Its wisdom, and says
that no one should be obliged TO vote unless ne
has an opinion to express. Mr. Reed Is consid-
cred good authority on parliamentary pro-
cedure. but the soundness Of his Judgment on
This point Is open to question. The prcsump-
ton, at any rate. must be that every member OF
q deliberatiye assembly is competent ard quail
lied to act on all questions brought before It
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20

Senators afflicted with very imperfec'ly admin
,.,orod domestic establishments ought to be spe-
c,Acally exempted from the operation oil the III
come tax They suffer enough already
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20

An extraordinary bicycle record has recently
haen made in England, where a man pedaiied
from the Lands End to John oUroa's IA
eghty-sx hours and fifteen minutes. He Is saiu
70 have experIenced little fatigue, and to have
seemed little the worse for his remarkable exer-
lions although he was three days. fourteen hours
and fifteen minutes without sleep and without
rest except for a few brief pauses by MS rapio
riding he cut nine hours and forty minutes from
the previous record-that is all. To some minds
this will, of course, seem feat worth accom-
plishine. though not the slightest practical ad-
vantage will result from It. any more than from
a voyage in a boat through the Whirlpool
Rapids II a man should drive horse that
distance in that length Of time, he would be Ia
bic to arrest for cruelty to animals. 1t IS
question how far man has a right to be cruel 10
himself and shorten his life, as one must who
INDUCES in such violent and prolonged exertions'
That excellent authority THE Lancet thinks
there Is no doubt that such rapid riding Is ex-
tremey injurious in its effect on the heart
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20

That A Briton dearly loves lord IS an a'''r'''''
,,o, ~ some antiquity and general acceptance
hut II Is not applicable 10 every Briton' az 'h1
case OF Labouchere sufficiently aues's ne =.
onnosed 70 the whole somewhat oosolescent anu
- ,,,or conclaye and wants the Lords IN
dIvidually pulled up by the roots and cast upon
the general tide OF society minus their privileges
immunitles and authorities and their corohe'S,
robcs and regalia. deeming that they nave h"u
the use Of them long enough. Laoouchere mas
tho courage OF his convictions and has double
f,lcrum for his ever-one in the House oil com
mona and one IN his newspaper-and may YET
nrv IN the foundations Of the old order buttressed
q, rho subsol Of so many dynasties and centuries
II ,s not. however. strictly speaking, holiday
procedure. and will take good dea' Oh sapp. ~,
and mining before II is accomplished. stu the
,.,,,o,,,rs are that England has no further
urgent use for the House OF Lords ana that Il
vul in no long time have to put up the shutters
and 80 out OF business.
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twins.
The Bridge Trustees have adopted elaborate
rules for the government OF their police ioree'
which Is now to all intents and purposes on par
with the police OF the two cities. Now the ques-
ton "a whether the new rules Will make the
Bridge police more polite. more suave ana more
conslderate Of the feelings of people In general \
new set OF policemen seems TO be more heeueu
than new rules OF the most refined type
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20

Croker at the Grand Prix among princes ana
marchionesses, and his henchmen perspiring be-
fore the legislative committee, form companion
pictures OF the liveliest interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20

II anybody can explain In rev cooi anu ''','
pie words why thunder-storms' "h'cn uSeu ~ W
tna, =. blessed relief on sultry days. now
,a.,., ~. ,,nosphere more oppressive than they
,.,a g. no e NJ liberty 70 take the floor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20

The European physicians in China assert OF
the plague there that it is a filth disease, and
that it's main determining cause has been the
long drouth which has dried up the channels
through which the infectious matter Is ordinarily
drained away. The drouth has been or almost
unprecedented severity. and has extended over
an immense region. so that the pestilence In that
country bids fair to be extended and severe; but
in the opinion Of the physicians who nave
studied its character the spot IT is not likely
to spread with vrulence beyond the sources or
It's origin and the local conditions which de-
VclOpcd II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20

us,,ces Roesch and Dlvver-the unheaveny
twins.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20

The Anarchists are much like the rest OF man.
kind after all Newspapers are denied the
young Anarchist who tried TO assassinate Pre-
mier Crispi the other day, and he sends forth
from his Roman dungeon a plantive wall:
can live without food. but l cannot last long
without newspapers" Cnnumbered thousands
OF law-abiding men would lament as bitterly
rho hardship Of being cut off from all knowledge
OF what is going on at home and ABROAD as
given them in the daily press Again II Is the
popular notion that Anarchists are impeheu u
deeds OF dcvitry largely by consuming passion
,or no,orIety. and the statement In the dispatch
that the would-be assassin Is 'ravenous lot
s,gh, Of his name in print" will be promptly
and generally taken as confirmation OF 'na' con-
,cntion. But every newspaper man. ana many
o,o,har observer. knows Of scores and hundreds
~ worthy citizens. the prominent as well as the
obscure. for whom the spectacle OF their names
In print is the most enhancing on "hich 'neS
can feast their eyes With them the question IS
~, whats in a namer but What's the
name in?'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20

II Richard Croker was unable to attend the
Ascot races yesterday he must have been sorely
disappointed. Ills health too, must have SUI
fered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-30

The speaker ordered Mr. Payne 20
take his place as teller. mr. Payne
declined to serve.
ssThe chair then appoints the gem
tleman from Maines' said the speaker
Mr.. Reed was wild with rage. 81
decline to serve, said he
..The gentleman from Tennessee
fAfr- Patterson win act alone The
Democrats raised cheer as the
speaker said this, and moved rapidly
past him single file to be counted
The excitement was intense
When a sufficient number had been
counted by Mr.. Patterson to order the
yeas and nays. the announcement was
made. Tia a chorus, the Repu blicans
were protesting against this irregu-
laritv. and Mr.. Reed in a loud voice
dec aled the chair knew the rules re-
CURED two tellers.
The resolution was adOpted-164 to g.
Mr.. Hayner. Republican. Of Iowa
moved to reconsider and pending that
to adjourn During the process Of the
roll call the excitement subsidized and
by agreement the motion to recon
slider was Withdrawn and at 6.60 the
house adjourned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-30
BLAND ON rHE VETO.
The silver Champion WIN Now Intro
duee Eree CoInage I'm.

The silver Champion WIN Now intro
duce a Free Coinage Bil-
WASHINGTON, March Represent
ative Bland. author of the Bland sill
yer seigniorage bill, authorizes the
following statement concerning the
veto and its effect upon the future Of
silver.
s-The main point of the veto is that
the president does not wish 70 infuse
into the currency any more silver
until he has more bonds and a greater
gold reserve. He insists on the fight
that has been So progress for the last
year. on the one hand by those who
wish to increase the bonded debt In
the interest of national banks by sell
ing bonds for gold and for money to
pay the current expenditures of the
government. and on the other hand
by the re presen tatIves of the people
who are opposed to bond issues and
ia favor OF coming the silver bullion
the assets we have on hand-and
using this money in the payment OF
curre NIT expenditures.
s.The first section of the bill pro-
vides for the coinage Of the bullion
held under the sherman. act That
act provides that the bullion shall be
coined into standard silver dollars
The sherman act is not repealed. and
hence the presidents Ooservatic ions
that it Is not clear into what kind of
coins the bullion shall be struck is NOT
lawyer-lilze as a lawyer would know
the bin is 6 mere supplement- to the
Sherman act and leaves the bullion to
be coined under that act. No friend
Of the bin ia the house or senate has
ever considered 70 as wanting ia GER
talnty or requiring any amendment.
sIhese criticisms of the bill itself
were wholly unnecessary on the part
of the president. when he gives con-
qress to understand that no bill could
posi- bly, bo drawn mpellug the
coinage Of silver bullion which would
meet his approval
IA president at am ia svmpa thy
with the purposes of the bill would
have gned It, College professors
may criticise its language, but man
VINO sprang from the people. like
Abra ham Lincoln. and representing
net the money power, but the interests
Of the masses, would have signed the
bin although college professors might
have stigma tied hin as a rallsplitter-'
Concerning the future Of the silver
movement. Mr. Bland said.
SIT is evident that under the single
gold standard nothing can be done on
the currency question without COM
sulting the few people who own the
gold Of the world.
These people have dictated the
veto of this bill The fight from now
on win be whether the people Of this
country shall control the currency bY
permitting gold and silver to come to
the mints free and thus supply them
selves With constitutional money or
whether we are to be mere slaves of
the owners Of gold IN Lombard street
and Wall street.
@Ihe day is fast approaching when
the people S president VIII sign cOin-
AGE bilL intend to do everything in
nay power To present tO the president
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-30

AI. Calino was greatly disturbed because
che city authorities changed the number
Of the houses ia his street and roundly de-
nounced the fuucticnsries who had forced
him bv this simple change of figures to live
at 486 instead of PIC But one morning as
he came down to- breakfast and took mp his
paper he exclaimed
.Gcodness. 4 was al wrCngi What q for
tunate thing that our number was chang
edr'
How IS that2n asked Mime. Calino?''
why here is an account Of the total de-
struction by fire of 2l6i If the number
hadn't been changed. wa should have been
homeless wanderers this minuter' --X outb 3
LlmuauLon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-30

WAsHNeroS. March 30-The Nc
Garrahan bin passed the senate yes
terday without decision 1T refers the
claim of William NIcGarrahan To the
Rancho Panoch0 Grande to the court
81 private land claims. which shall res
port its findings to the secretary Of
the Interior. who shall issue a patent
to 1IcGarrahan If this decision shah
Is u lis faE-r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-30

'.Wby why. Johune,1 said the elderly
tourist 70 q cow puncher he had known ia
other days. what I'D the world are you
doing ouE here q tnis wild country wasting
the college education your father paid So
much forSf'
'NN as1ing my edueatfoni Why. man.
that's al r0u know about it, Nait till the
camp declares general drunk and watch
me clean cut the whole outfit. This Is the
only place where Il can really utilize IT'D
Life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-30

'4' -e' wv We
We are Not on the WAR Path But WIN
Meet Amy Rate Made 60 Pacific Coasts
Points.
We have through vestibule train ser-
vice to Portland and San Francisco with.
out change via Denver. Cheyenne. Odren
and salt Lake our rates at present ares
To San Francisco. San Jose. Los ANGLES
and santa Ana, California. one way $1,000
To same points round trip $3.50
Same rates viii apply TO all Intermediate
points west of Ogden.
Round trip tickets good for "60' days
with privilege Of returning via El Paao
g. Fort Worth TO Missouri river
A. M. FULLER
City agent $50 kas Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-30
Col. Breckenridge Emphasizes
the Statement,
That Madeline'sTalk Was Strict
~ Without Repr0ach.
BUT SHE WAS EASY.
Put His Arm Around Her With
out Amy Trouble.

lucky went upon the witness stand yes
terday ia his own behalf in the $50. coo
breach Of promise of marriage snit
brought By Madeline Pollard and VIII
surely engross the attention Of the
district court for the next three days
and possibly longer The attorneys
OF the plaintiff VIII, st is generally un-
derstood, handle him without gloves
and the testimony of the distingui
defendant IS sure to be sensational
Mr.. Breckinridge's examination was
conducted by Mr.. Butterworth. After
giving narrative Of his llfes mr.
breckenridge said he first met Miss
Pollard ia the spring Of 1854 1T was a
cool morning on a train between Lex
inptOn and Frankfort. I had an over
coat on a back seat of the car. and as
i passed down the aisle to get III she
accOsted me in perfectly proper
way I said. Il suppose ought to
know yon, put young persons grow
up SO soon we forget their
faces She said ii am Madeline
Breckenridge Pollard.' that her father
admired my father. that IT She had
been a boy he would have named her
John b. As it was be gave her the
said she was going to q sister who was
dying of consumption L expressed
my sympathy and passed on
When did you next meet her2"
ceived a letter from her have lost
that letter. but the substance Of it
was d request that I would call on her
ait the college on some business of
great Importance to her The SUBJ
stance of my reply was that it would
be iuconvenient for me to call at the
college but that If could give her
any advice I would be glad to do SO,
and if she was in Lexington She might
call
did you receive another letter2
ssIs this the Ietter2e asked Mr.. Rut-
terworth. handing up the black Dor
dered epistIe-
s.It would be ahectatfon in me to
examin that. I am familiar with it,"
Apart from the letter, Breckenridge
continued he could not relate the con-
plaintiff when he had called on her at
the school a few days afterward- He
could not well give the purport Of the
conversation concerning this letter
apart from the rest of their talk.
tIhe plaintiff Brock nridge 1e-
gan, referring to Miss Pollard by the
legal term. said u suppose YOU were
surprised to receive such letter from
q school girlg Laughingly I rec
spOnded that perhaps she over exaQ-
gerated the importance Of the matter
Then she said. But all this time YOU
are standing and invited me to take
a seat"
Now, we propose said Mr.. But
terworth, 10 offer this letter to the
jury that they may examine lt with
the admitted specimens of PLAINTIFFS
handwriting I'm evidence Even if we
has. produced no expert testimony on
the point. under the ruling of the su-
preme court it would be admissal0 bile. =
This brought on lengthy arguments
by Butt rworth and Wilson for and
against its admission. after which
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:
that. He insisted on marrying me. 4
did not want to be like Aunt Lon with
a house full OF children and una BILE to
deucate them She put her ha.ndzer-
+ chief to her face.
Here Colonel Breckenridge spoke
very slowly and reprod uced the
mOurnfuI tones which q young woman
might use in making such q cOntes-
sion. s-She said; i gave him q higher
proof than that contract Then I
said she ought to marry him any way.
She said 4 can + + have grown away
from him. 4 know what other men
are and his very presence SIS offensive
to me- replied. = Ou can't afford
not to marry him; young girl as you
are. Then the conve rsatiou drlfted
away. There was nothing more i
could say. She seemed to have said
all She cared to- There was an cx-
quisite minor key Of retrospective
pathos as the colonel sunk hrs voice
through these passages
'eThe conversation drifted away"
he repeated, redectively. lingering
the bible al hand. AS stood there
with nay hat in my hand, She said. II
have set my heart on becoming an
aurhoress.' I said. 4 don't see why
you can't do that. but you must re-
mem Der this double life Here he
assumed the stern tone of morallst,
a man stainless, above reproach re-
producing the paternal, advisory man
ner of the counsel he said he gave to
the Young woman. s. This double
life, i said. may come up against you
at any time He has you in his power
A young girl can't afford that ou
should marry him as soon as you cam
She said. 4 won't do that now, any
vavs no danger of his giving me np.'
Then she spoke of an entertai nmeut AT
Vine street. She said there was to be
cornetist play. have been 60 no to
Cincinnati ever since ] was a boy, but
T never knew which one of the hills
Vine street was on. She said ia an
per" Colonel Breckenridge seemed
anxious to make assurance doubly
sure on this pOint-fsthat we might
ride I asked if they would let her
go She said she was a summer
bCarder and she knew no rule against
1T. Then young man came into the
rOoms whom recognized as MIR.
Brown, for although Z did not know
me was connected with the school he
had represented JessamiDe county in
the legislature. We shook hands and
he said it would be perfectly proper
for as to go. Then I took dinner at
the Burnett house
.4Atter dinner Z " alked UP to a sta
BILE and selected a carriage, without
any particular thought about what
kind IL was. 1t was warm August
evening There was quite little
group on the pOrtIeo- Nothing was
said q bout a closed carriage or about
nay having sore throat No alIusiOn
whatever, no excuse. nor any reason
for any excuse" In the mild depre-
brushed away the breath of suspic-
ION of ina prOprietv from his action at
that time, he knocked a tumbler from
the stand with a crash which startled
the room. and men looked around app
preh ensively- as though they thought
or Kentucky SHOOTING irons wv e