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The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

1t is said the Democratic leaders in
Washington have approached Senator
Sherman with a. view of getting his as
sistance III framing such financial legis-
lation as the situation demands. Mr..
Sherman is too wise to be caught in that
kind OF trap. 1t is for the majority
party to take the initiative and frame
their own bills. If they deserve support
the Republicans will support them. but
as the latter are not responsible for
legislation they are not likely to assist
in framing H.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

impression that extensive frauds ia pen
government Il being swindled 1t IS as
sumed that thirty years after the war pen
sons should decrease. therefore hundreds
OF thousands OF dollsrs are expended Tor
spies to compel a decrease, whatever the
real necessities OF the defenders OF the
Union.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

The new States and Territories are
furnishing their share of political scan
dals. Close after the large defalcation
and flight of the South Dakota State
Treasurer comes the announcement of
gross corruption in the management of
the agricultural college in Oklahoma.
There seems to be need of a revival of
old-fashioned honesty.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

The Kansas Legislature has under con-
sideration an amendment to the election
law to limit the compensation of election
clerks and judges to S.. Evidently the
taxpayers of Kansas have the same ex-
perience as have those in Marion county.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

Is>it not possible for the Senators who
have some sense about business matters
In both parties to unite upon some plan
which will check the evil influence which
the Carlisle bill and such measures as
Vest and the like offer? 1t is ques-
ton of business not of politics.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

Instead of going about the country
instructing young men what to do.
Chairman Wilson, as chairman of the
ways and means committee of the
House, should devise a scheme which
will fill the monthly vacuum in the
ff,ea slIrv
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

The discussion of the currency ques-
tion while the governments expendi-
lures are exceeding it's revenue by $6,000.-
900 per month is about as if a man
should discuss plans for a portico to his
house while the structure itself was
burning
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

Several mugwump papers and other
Cleveland organs are complaining that
the Republicans in Congress will render
no assistance in solving the financial
problem. This is unfair: they have had
no chance to assist in enacting any
measure but the Carlisle currency bill.
and they all rendered good service in
v0tinar against it.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

Governor Altgeld. of Illinois. is a polit-
ical anachronism and geographically out
of place. He should have lived before
the war and been Governor of South
ern State.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

1t goes without saying that the ma
jority in the House intended no slight
to the Governor in voting to lay on the
table the motion to print specified
number of copies of his message. The
action was the result of inadvertence.
and will doubtless be rectified to-day.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

BY raising the currency question the
Democratic leaders may have diverted
attention from the tariff question, but
they have demonstrated their party's
imbecility in another direction.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

1t is not generally known. but it is
q fact that the worlds annual output
OF gold the past two years has been
greater than during the annual yield of
the mines when California and Australia
were at their best, from 1852 to 1861.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14
BUBBLES In THE AIR.
The singer.

She could not sing the old songs
Now, that was well and good;
Nor could she sing the new ones,
But, alas, she thought she could.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

In all other departments of labor, While
wages have invariably increased, it is not
necessary to know more than that they have
been very considerable, that is, up to 1892.
The increase in the compensation of $3.50
teachers in the public schools was 80 Per
cent. If in addition to the foregoing COM
parsons, the increased value of funded Sc
curities, as measured by the rates of in
terest on the market prices of the same,
representing, as they do, vast investments
of capital the same loss of the purchasing
power of gold is apparent.
In view of such facts and statistics as he
has given, Mr.. Garnett says that he cannot
see ''how the conclusion is to be evaded
that the value of gold, as compared with
the more stable and permanent forms of
material wealth, has been decreasing with
the years.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

Customer-You are the man l paid $50 to
for teaching my wifes parrot how to talk, l
believe?
Bird Dealer-Yep
..Well, how much will you take to teach
the blame bird to shut up?''
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

The ways and means committee of
this Congress is absurdly named. It's
ways are ways of financial danger, and
Its means so far as providing for the
needs of the government are nil.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14
His ReasOu

II hear that you let an Eastern dude call
you a liar remarked Redncsed Johnson.
How about it?
''Yas, it's so,' replied Rubberneck Bill.
me and the undertaken is little at outs
just now, an / amt goin' to throw no
business his way you bet"
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

Every crazy scheme to debauch the
currency like that Of Senator Vest tends
to increase doubt in business circles.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

sides our roads were never better, and we
never had as many miles OF good pixies
Rushville Republican.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14
A Monk.

Miss Wabash-Will 1 see you at the
Thornbornes masquerade tomorrow?
Mr.. Beaconstreet-Yes i shall go as a
monk
"Oh. how lovely! And will hurdy-gurdy
man have you on string?'
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14

The value of city property has increased
much more, Mr. Garnett says, but there is
no reliable data to furnish basis of COM
parisons. He next gives the annual wages
paid in factories of the United States. as
shown by the census, as follows:
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-14
JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY,
IndfanapOlfs Ind.

III All communications intended for publication in
this paper must in order to receive attention. be
companied by the and ad,irt Of The writer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
ROSEBERY'S EXIT,

The resignation of the Rosebery Ministry
for so small cause as that of q snap vote
in the Commons on motion of little i'm
portance may be taken as confession that
the Cabinet did not feel equal to the task
it had assumed and was glad to accept any
excuse for getting out of Office and turning
the work of government over to the oppo-
sition.
This conclusion of the administration
was not unexpected. When Rosebery be-
came Premier he inherited with the Office
the great policy which had been formu-
lated for the Liberal party by Gladstone.
70 succeed the great Liberal in Office and
to succeed him in leadership are two diff
ferent things. Rosebery found himself in
the position of the successors of Alexan-
der. The wide programme of reform adj
vocated by his mighty predecessor has
hung upon the new Premier "like giants
robe upon the puny shoulders of dwarf. :"
He entered Office speaking brave words Of
reforming the land laws, disestablishing
the Welsh church, reorganizing if not
abolishing the House of Lords, and grant
ing home rule to Ireland. He has been too
weak leader, however, to hold his party
together on single one of these measures.
Being thus unable either to carry them. or
to get rid of them while in office, he has
wisely chosen to get out of Office and give
the Conservatives chance to dissolve
Parliament and submit the issues between
them to the country.
In this crisis Gladstone again stands as
the central figure in the empire. He only
can rouse the Liberals in England to make
vigorous fight for the great measures
which he has SO long advocated He is an
old man, it is true, but his retirement from
Office has given him chance to rest and
he may still be able to lead his old follow
ing to another victory. The people of the
world who have with so much sympathy
watched his long fight for justice and
liberty on the British Islands will care
little whether he takes Office again or not,
but they would rejoice to see him save his
party from impending defeat and prepare
the way for the passage of home-rule bill
before he leaves altogether the arena of
notifies
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
A GERMAN MIDDLE.

The great festival at Kiel has gone into
history; the fleets have dispersed, the
splendors vanished, and nothing is left but
a memory and faction fight among the
German journalists. Out of this contest
there have come some strange stories of
the festival which as illustrations OF the
way things are done over in the land OF
the Kaiser and the home of the first print
ing press are worth noting.
1t appears they have over there GER
tain Herr Won KoeIler, who, being Min
lister Of the Interior, had charge of all the ar
rangements for the press during the festi-
walls, both at Hamburg and Kiel. This
man is reported to have declared he had
nothing but contempt for newspaper" men
and the reporters who were sent to the
festivals are now being denounced by their
brethren for degrading the profession by
cringing before a dignitary who, ii his
ministerial chair, had spoken of jour-
nalists in that insulting way.
1t appears further, however, on the testi-
mony of one of the leaders in the faction
fight, that every reporter for the press, on
arriving at the scene of festivities, received
an order-book good for fifty bottles of
champagne or other wine. AS the cere-
monies continued three days, this allow
ance gave each reporter fifteen bottles of
wine for each days refreshment and five
more to taper off on when the fete was
over. The man to whom the reporters did
the kowtow for which they are so severely
condemned, is the man who made the ar
rangements about the wine; and the ques-
ton arises whether, under these circum-
stances, the reporters at the fete are justly
subject to condemnation by those who
stayed at home.
From this distance it appears the re-
porters were not SO base as their critics are
trying to make them out Doubtless Herr
Koeller had spoken contemptuously of
them, but it is equally doubtless they had
often spoken contemptuously of him. At
the great national parade the time had
come to let bygones be bygones. The
Minister had evidently done the proper
thing in regard to the wine, and it would
have been unkind to rake up old scores
against him. The occasion, in fact, was
conducive to good feeling, and despite the
criticisms of those who were not there it
appears evident the German journalists
acted on this occasion with as much inde-
pendence and as lofty sense of dignity as
can be expected of men of any profession
among any people on earth.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
PERSONAL.

DR.. J. l. Stephens of Petaluma is at the Grand.
the Palace.
Captain ]. II. Roberts of Sacramento is stay
ing at the Grand.
l.. w. Juilliard, leading citizen of Santa
Rosa, is guest at the Lick.
James E. Enright, fourmill-owner of Santa
Clara, is guest at the Lick.
J. F. Millar of New York. the well-known oil
man, is guest at the California.
C. P. Berry, big rancher from Mountain
View, and Mrs. Berry, are at the Russ.
]. F. Smith, mining man Of Placerville, was
one OF yesterdays arrivals at the Grand.
C. s. Fitch, mine-owner and hotel proprie-
tor of Sonora, registered yesterday at the Lick.
W. II. Chestnutwood of the Stockton Business
College came down yesterday and is staying at
the Grand.
John T. Mccall, well-known mining man,
came down from Nevada City yesterday and
registered at the Grand.
W. H. W. Laugenour, member of the Assem-
bly,, came down from Woodland yesterday and
is g guest at the California.
Jesse D. Carr, a well-known capitalist and
politician of Salinas, was one of yesterdays
arrivals at the Occidental.
Hon. ]. A. Barham, member of Congress from
the First District, came down from Santa Rosa
yesterday and registered at the Occidental.
c. C. Campbell, agent for the Standard Oil
Company in Calcutta, and Mrs. Campbell
came in on the steamer Coptic, and are staying
at the California,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
RAILROAD STATISTICS.

The seventh statistical report Of the In.
terstate Commerce Commission, which has
Just been published, deals with the con-
ditions of railroads for the year ending
June 80, 1894. This period, while it was
marked generally by widespread and
unprecedented business depression, in
cludes the last four months Of the Column
bian Exposition, during which there was
q marked increase in passenger traffic. II
is noted, moreover, that at the close of the
year 1872 roads, operating $4,000 miles and
representing about one-fourth of the total
railway capitalization of the country, were
in the hands of receivers. The effect oil
these various conditions upon the opera
tons of the roads is apparent in nearly all
the figures presented.
Owing to the business depression the
work of constructing new lines of road OF
extending old ones was seriously checked
and as consequence the total mileage OF
railways was increased during the fiscal
year by only 2247.4S miles, as against
4S97.55 miles in the previous year. An
other evidence of the effect of the depres-
sion is found in the fact that despite the
additional roads put into operation, the
number of railway employees in service on
Jnne 80, 1894, was only 779,60S, being 81, 994
less than the number employed on the cor
responding date of 1893. This decrease,
which amounts to 1915 per cent, reduced
the railway force lower than at any time
since 1890, and on the estimate of four per-
sons being dependent on each wage-earner,
shows that in the railway industry alone
over third of million people were de.
prived Of their regular means Of support.
1t will be noted from the report that in
bad years as well as in good, the process OF
railway consolidation goes steadily on, and
that in fact the depression seems to have
given an impetus to the movement. Dur
ing the year fifteen roads representing
1874 miles were merged, twenty-five roads
representing 1851 miles were reorganized
and fourteen roads representing 1890 miles
were consolidated. AT the close of the year,
forty-four roads operated over Sc per cent,
and ninety roads operated nearly 70 per
cent, OF the entire railroad mileage of the
country.
The report gives little evidence of the
attainment of any of those long-desired
improvements in railway methods and
management that would make the service
safer for employees and travel safer for pas
sengers. During the year under review,
1928 railway employees were killed and 3D.
422 were injured, as compared with 1927
killed and 81, 729 injured in the previous
year; but it is believed the decrease was due
mainly to the lesser number of men en-
ployed and the decrease in business, and
only to small extent to the adoption of
improved equipments. The casualties to
passengers for the year were 324 killed, an
increase of %, and 1904 injured, = decrease
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
THE RECORDS IN DANGER,
City Officials Visit the Circu-
lar Hall Where They
Are Kept.
Mayor Sutro Will Advocate Their
Multiplication by the Print
Ing Press.

Members of the Finance Committee of
the Board of Observation-Disclosures, Hobbs
and Benjamin-with Mayor Sutro and
Auditor Broderick, paid an official visit to
the Hall of Records yesterday afternoon
upon invitation of Recorder Glynn, he
representing that the hall is in need of
some attention, such as will cause it to
figure in the next tax levy. He pointed
out to them how more room was needed
for the books and how the books were fall
ing apart because of bad binding. Many
of them he declared should be copied at
| once into new and better books, as the
| records stood in danger of being lost.
| AS the cause of the bad shape the rec
ords are in he cited the custom of letting
! the contract for making the books out to
| the lowest bidder without standard of
excellence being set up to which they
| should be required to bid.
| He pointed out, further, the danger
! there was of the loss of the records and the
necessity of big safe for the preservation
of the indexes and the more valuable
records. He said some very valuable maps
had been carried from the Office, and the
| freedom with which the public was per-
| mitted to handle the books and invade the
Office was constant source of danger.
The committee agreed with him that
| steel safe SnOulQ De Du1ib 1Cr the ONCE.
| Mayor Sutro expressed the determination
of advocating the copying of the entire
library records. "It is done in nearly
! every other city" he said, land should be
done here. The records should be set up
in type, and thus number of copies
could be secured. With our complicated
system here the loss of these records would
result in chaos, a confusion that could
never be Strengthened out and that would
entail a loss of millions. Type-setters
should be stationed in this Office and the
records put in type as they are made from
day to day, and the old records should be
put in type as fast as they can be-"
DO you know how much that would
come to-" inquired Auditor Frederick.
mo, don't know. A good deal, have
no doubt, but it should be DONE"
at would cost half million dollars"
| said the Auditor.
81 don't think it would cost more than
$780, 00,' said the Mayor, land at that
price it would be well worth doing"
This and the big steel vault will be con-
sidered further By the City Hall Commits
sioners at the meeting this morning.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

this soon became so worn as to be almost I'M
passable Then at one side another road
way would be cleared and used for
time. In one place we counted five parallel
roads of this sort We learned, too, that that
stretch of road of twelve miles had cost the
county about 100000 since it was first
opened and yet it is so bad that buggy can
not be taken over it faster than walk. we
showed that with very small outlay compared
with what has been spent, and by building two
retaining walls and crushing the rock found
there, good smooth road can be built that
win cost to maintain but trifie compared
with the present outlay. This Work is
being undertaken now. We have SHOWN
to the Supervisors where we have been
how good roads may be built with q
small initial outlay that would be saved IN re-
pairs in very short time. We have been well
received everywhere, and find the strongest
kind of feeling in favor of carrying out the
plans for building good substantial roads
everywhere. The people are taking hold OF
the question energetieally, and 1t Will not De
long before there will be marked improve
ment in the highways of the State"
NJ. c. Bristol, general superintendent OF con-
struction for the Western Union Telegraph
Company is guest at the Palace. Mr.. Bristol
is a nephew of o. s. Wood, late general mana
ger of the Montreal Telegraph Company. Mr..
Wood is the only man now living who had the
distinction of learning the telegraph business
under the direction of Professor S. f. 3. Morse.
During the war Mr.. Bristol was continually
at the front constructing telegraph lines under
Generals Mcclellan, Halleck and Grant, and
was many times in exposed positions during
sharp engagements. General Thomas I. Eek
ert president of the Western Union, was then
major on the staff of President Lincoln and
always had his eye on the telegraph men, who
rendered the Union invaluable service and has
not forgotten them. Mr.. Bristol will spend q
week or two on the coast.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.

De Auber (the artist)-What objection have
you to becoming an artists bride?
De Rula-Oh, everybody would always be
pointing me out as a model wife.-Truth.
His Thoughtfulness. -She-What kind of
lawn-mower did you get, dearie?
Hell got a festher-weight, darling, so you
can push it.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Do yo think it bad form for one to laugh at
his own jokes?''
Itmay be bad form, but think of the magnif-
cent bravery displayed. Tribune.
Outsider-Mr. surpliee, why is It that zpH
have service before daylight?
Mr.. surplice-Oh, we have to do that not to
interfere with the bicyclers.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Maude-Whats that odious Miss Snubbs do
ing over there at the old lace counter?
Mabelle-Buying something for her collection
of snubbs family heirlooms, suppose.-Chi-
cago Record.
Chow does Maud like life in the country"
s'First rate. She's trimming grape vines this
week"
"Really2 What n?"-Illustrated
Fashion Review.
"But how do you stand on the financial
problem?" asked ner paternal relative.
ooh, the money of the fathers is good enough
for me-" answered the prospective son-in-
| law.-Albany Argus.
'You have been a good while getting up,
stairs" said Mrs. Smarte, who, with her lord
and master, was stopping at one of our hotels.
eyes," said Smarte, sI stopped to take an
elevator"
"Oh, you need not have taken the trouble to
tell me-" said Mrs. s., tossing her head. az
smelt your breath the moment you entered the
room. Boston Transcript.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
ARMY INSPECTIONS.

Lieutenant-Gene Schofield and party
left last night to inspect the defenses OF
Portland. 1t has taken the commander
nine days to thoroughly do up San Fran
cisco and vicinity, and it is safe to assume
that hereafter the Palace Hotel will be held
as a fortress open to attack.
When General Sherman was in COM
mand of the army he always made his
inspections at such times that he could see
his troops under working conditions and
in the field. In following out this plan he
visited Southern posts in midsummer and
Northern posts in midwinter, but the
modern idea of warfare as practiced by the
Washington authorities at present is to
reverse such conditions of affairs, SO that
the inspection is made for pleasure while