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New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
FOR A SINGLE COMMISSIONER.

BILLS TO REFORM THE BROOKLYN CHARITIES
f.r DEPARTMENT
Albany April 1.-The Assembly Cities Committee
of the last Legislature, which Investigated tho
New-York and Brooklyn Bridge and the Brooklyn
department controlled by the Commissioners OF
Charities and Corrections Of Kings County has
handed in It's report and prepared several bills
carrying out It's recommendations The report
views at length the evidence taken regarding the
administration OF the Charities and Corrections
Department, and says
From the mass of testimony taken In this pro-
ceeding we have presented to you the salient facts
they have appeared 10 us. From these facts and
after thorough examination OF the law applicable
TO said department. your committee IL OF the opin-
ion that the Department Of Charities and Correc-
tons Of Kings County, particularly now that II mas
been relieved OF the care OF the Insane, should be
in charge of single cSmmissIoner. a There should
be in the power Of one Commissioner to say, as
sS the BY COY G m to-
and then have the other say: Well, left that to
10 appoint deputy and other employees IN all in.
stiluttons under his care & Sncn & OF
appropriations made for such department under
penalty OF Indictment. and the transfers Of moneys
prlated for the department TO another should be
made impossible and If made by collusoE between
the officials. should also subject them TO ind.ct-
The laws regarding the Department of Charities
and Corrections Of Kings County should also be
amended by providing that In all contracts for sup
plies made by the Commissioner of Charities,
whether such contracts be made In line items or in
classes, the Commissioner must reserve to himself
the right TO accept reject any Item In any line
or class contracted for. This would forever do
away with the fraudulent balancedbid system.
Regarding the disposition Of children. the law
should be amended that magistrate would
have the power to commit poor. destitute orphan
children but that all such children should be under
the OF the Commissioner Of Charities. and that
proper records be kept in such department concern
Ing such children, and that the department or Its
Commissioner should be compelled TO employ In
vestgators to inquire whether children sought to be
committed have parents who could and should sup
port them, and that action thereon should be taken
only after such investigation.
| Two bills. carrying out the above recommended
tons are submitted with the report. One bill pro-
vides that within thirty days the Mayor Of Brook
lyn shall appoint one person and the president of
the Board OF Aldermen one person. who. together
with the Auditor OF Brooklyn, shall be Commits
sioners Of Accounts. The two persons appointed
shall act until January ], 1885, and shall each re-
ceive salary Of 1900 The Commissioners are to
appoint their own clerks and assistants to provide
for the conduct OF an examination Of any depart
ment or ofice Of Brooklyn. and report thereon
garding Its administration TO the Mayor and Com
mon Council. Tha Commissioners tn rnska
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02

recommendations regarding eXpsndi'uTehss res OF comms
sIoners once in three months. are to examine an an
Vouchers and accounts in the once Of 70 ''p make
re6ort showing the amounts OF bonded AM, anu no, nd
ing indebtedness and the various expenditures anu
revenues. .n~xns Of the pres.
ent Commissioners of Charities on June d H. go Correc
head of the Department OF Charities anu Soi nd
tions "a 4, he the Commissioner or Cnarlles anu
Corrections Within thirty days after rne
uhn sha,i hold office until February lgOi, anu
new Commissioner Is to be named every Tys The COM
Vacancies 10 be filled by the MaSo' " & he "a "a
give bond of s350Oo The other recomme az tha .
OF the committee provided for III de'a'i III '"e
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
ne Acting Corporation Counsel adds:
MISS WILLARD LIKES THE LAW.

Buffalo April 1.--Miss Frances E. wizard oe-
,vered an address to a large audience in Concert
Hal this afternoon In which she spoke very nope
fully Of the work OF temperance reform In an IN.
terview prior the meeting Miss Willard expressed
herself az being heartily In favor OF the new Excise
law which she says represents the combined EFFORT
or tho nro,est by Christian people against the at
temnt T., root out our American sunday. She also
APPROVES OF the appointment of Coione; Lyman to
ha Stats Ex else Commissioner, and thinks him a
nan u,ho VII conscentiously perform his duty and
see 10 IL that the law s vigorously enforced Miss
Wilarl has lust returned from tour OF the South.
,vhsrc she says, prohibition is conducted wholly
by local option. and the laws are enforced TO a
grreater extent than IN the Northern States
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
4 VERDICT IN THE TONAWANDA CASE.

Buffalo April l.-"Guilty OF murder IN 'ne ses.".
Ice" u,as the verdict rendered by the jury In the
EI,ds "a 60 this afternoon The jury was out twenty
ono hours. The jury came into court at 10 o'c'ocs
this morning and asked for definition OF muros. s.
in the second degree and mansaushter In the nfs
asvrse The Court read the'law. and the jury asain
s.,,rsa Not a word was heard from them untn
shortly before o'clock. when they came INTO c0ul'
WIN soen .ne as the jury left the courtroom this mos
Ing after being nstrssteka moved 10y the trial Of @
. ss.e Graves, who is also indicted for muso
ior the killing OF Captain Philips ,,n ana MS son.
the work Of securing jury was o.s-..
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
ENFORCING THE LAW.
A TEST CASE UNDER THE FREE-LuNCH sEcTIo
INDICTMENTS by THE GRAND JURY.

A TEST CASE UNDER THE FREE-LuNCH SECTION
INDICTMENTS by THE GRAND JURY
The arrest OF Benjamin Bassett. bartender In tho
cafe at No. 1,2i9 Broadway. IL being made test
case Bassett arrested yesterday morning on
the charge OF violating the Raines law by giving
away sandwich to a man who purchased u glass Of
beer Policeman Mcvea OF the Tenderloin Precinct.
who made the arrest and took the prisoner to the
Jefferson Market Court asked for warrant for
BENJAMIN Singer. Bassetts employer, but Magistrate
Crane said the arrest Of the bartender was sufficient
Bassett was held In bail for trial, and then Samuel
Untermyer. counsel for two brewers associations
procured u writ Of habeas corpus from Justice Beck
man In Special Term Part II. Of the Supreme Court
On the return Of the writ. Justice Beekman listened
10 arguments.
Mr. Untermyer said that the writ Of habeas corpus
obtained In order TO test the question whether
an unexpired existing license. which was In force
cha thA RsnAs iav vss snanfAh- was anantAd by
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
Colgate's
CASHMERE BOUQUET
Toilet Soap.
COL. LYMAN'S VISIT HERE.
CONSULTATIONS YESTERDAY WITH
PROMINENT REPUBLICANS.

THE STATE EXCISE COMMISSIONER DECLARES
THAT HE IS UNEMBARRAssED BY ANY
PLEDGEs-HE DECLINES TO TALK
OF APPOINTMENTs-MANY AP-
PLVcArIoNs FOR OFFICE.
Colonel Henry II. Lyman the newly conhrmed
State Commissioner Of Excise under the fa'hes
Liquor Tax law who arrived In New-fork on lue,-
day evening passed yesterday In consultation with
nrominent Republicans in this city. He had long
conference with Mr.. Platt. and saw Mr. Hackeu
Mr.. Lauterbach and number OF local politicians.
lie gave the latter to understand that he would
not take up the subject OF appointments at present
and let fail some remarks about his determination 70
have nobody In his department who did not come
IN % b,s standard OF efficiency and integrity that
made several machine strikers for patronage uh-
easy.
Colonel Lyman was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
last evening, and talked freely about his coming
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
Nh AUSTIN INTRODUCES THE BILL.

Albany, April l.-Assemblyman Austin to-day in
troduced q bill sent to him by President Roosevelt
OF the New-York City Police Board. which Is de-
signed to remedy the troubles In the department
caused by transfers and assignments. l: provides
that "all details transfers and assignments to duty
Of members OF the police force shall be made by
the Chief Of Police under rules and regulations to
be established by the Board the power to detail. M
bill also says that detective-sergeants shall be In
the line OF promotion. and that all promotions shall
be made by majority OF the Board
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
IMPORTANT CITY BILLS FAVORED.

Albany. April 1.-The Assembly C'ues ooi'i'''.,.o ~
has decided TO report favorably these bills: The
Page-Payey Ncv-York City Compromise School bl
Mr. F'nn's compelling gas companies TO furnish gas
In cities of 10000 Inhabitants at 81 thousand fee'
and providing that each light shall be OF twenty
candle power; Mr. Frenchs, providing for comPeu-
York Fire Department, and Mr.. Austins. the amend
ments to the Rapid Transit act OF New forK Iiy
suggested by the Rapid Transit Commission
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
TIE ADVANTAGE WITH KENENY.

THIRTEENTH GAME OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP
CHESS MATCH ADJOURNED.
Philadelphia April 1.-The thirteenth game OF the
match for the chess championship OF the United
States between kemeny and Showalter was begun
to-day at the Franklin Chess Club Showalter
opened with Ruy Lopez. which was defended by
Kemeny in an able manner By playing at his tenth
move P-Q 4. With skful play Black got an at
tack on whites Queens wing which resulted In the
win Of a Pawn. This left him with superior game.
which was maintained mp to the hour OF adjourn
ment at 10 o'clock tonight. Play Will be resumed
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
MAYOR MUST NOT SERVE TWO MASTERS

ST. Louis April l--Sut was brought to-day for an
Injunction ,stranng the city treasurer from pay
ing Mayor Wnlbrdge his salary OF f.lO for March
and 10 restrain the Mayor from accepting the Treas
,rers check for that amount. The suit IL brought
by the Taxpayers League because OF the recent
absence OF the Mayor attending political meetings
In various parts OF the State
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
FIVE MEN KILLED BY BOILER EXPLO
SION

Crcenville. Miss. April 1.-Two massive boilers OF
the Planters on Mil at this place exploded to-day,
wrccking the mill property ano cnusing the death
Of Ave and the serious injury of half dozen
others.
The explosion is said TO have been caused by dry
boiler The wreck caught fire and the bodies OF
the dead men were badly charrcd
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
ENTRIES FOR THE HENLEY REGATTA.

London. April 1.-The Sportsman" tomorrow will
say that up to the present time only three foreign
entries have been made for the Henley regatta.
Thse are those Of the Yale eight for the Grand Cha
lenge CUP. and W. S. Mcdowell. Of the Delaware
Boat Club. OF Chicago and r.. \. Thompson. OF the
ArgOnaut club. OF Toronto, for the Diamond Sculls.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
= COAL TRUST AMENDMENTS KILLED.

THE SENATE REJECTS THE CHANGES MADD IN
COMMITTEE.
A,hanv. April LIN the Senate to-day Mr.. Cantor
called I'D the Anti-Coal Trust bills. and said he OBJ
tected to the amendments made In committee The
hills as they passed the Assembly drafted by
the Attorney General. The amendments would de-
feat the object of the bills. He moved TO strike
out the amendments.
after long debate rolieall was ordered, ana
The amendments 10 the bill to prevent monopoly
were stricken out by vote of "a to 10. as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Ahearn Burns, Cantor. Cofey.
Gun. Harrison Higgins. Koehler. Maioy Martin.
McaTrsn MullT, ManzngeT Ing g. rase seloer'' shep
psNln. pNo.es"Messrs. Bracket Brush Chaheen Daley.
G. Davis. Ellsworth. Hieble Humphrey. johnson
stewart. Stranahan. Tibbtts and White-l9 -.
- T;ba motion OF Senator Cantor 10 strike out the
Amendments TO the bill 10 give the Attorney-Gen-
'eral power Of examining witnesses to secure eVi-
sdence on bringing actions against trusts came up
-next II was striken out by viva yoce vote. as
'u,as the amendment requiring Endorsements OF the
subpoena by a Supreme Court Justice. The other
committee amendments were not interfered with.
The Anti-Coa Trust bills now on third reading.
having been recommitted in the Senate
Senator Grady's bnl requiring heads of municipal
departments in cities to in Office hours the
,,r,,orms their subordinates are compelled to wear
was made special order in general orders for Mon
day evening This bill Is aimed at Mr.. Waring.
superin tendent of Street Cleaning in New-York
The veto by Mayor Strong. OF New-York, OF the
ST. Johns Park bill was received Senator Martin
moved the , lssage OF the bill Senator Grady ex-
piained the bill relieved the adjacent property
owners Of an assessment. which is made general
The bin was repassed-2s to 4. Brush Higgins. Ellis
worth and Humphrey in the negative
oeist Hall in ONCE for life Mr. Cantor explained
sbsx the Regents and Professor Hall had reached
third reading. a4 -~f
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
THE Observation-Disclosures DISTURBED

There were several anxious consultations yes
terday at Police Headquarters. at the District
Attorneys office and at the ONCE OF the Corpora
ton Counsel on account Of perplexng features OF
the Ra.nes law. District-Attorney Fellows was
anxious because the Ranss law provides for dining
Dlstrict-Attornsy 500 for every failure 70 prose-
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02

amendments to 1t Will meet the approval Of the
Governor and the friends Of the bill and permit a
reorganizaton of the Albany police, which the local
Republican organization holds to be absolutely
necessary In order get rid of certain psmers Of
the force who have been accused Of having 1nterA
fered with elections
If compromise is reached the will be
recalled and effort will be made to put IL through
the Legislature in its amended form.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
r1IL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

Albany, April 1.-Governor Morton ""s 81
C,bonter ia Mr. O'Grady's bill authorizing the Com
mission to the Atlanta Exposition to sell to the Ped-
mont Driving Club the New-York state puiia,nss
and furniture and report their action 10 ihe uo'-
New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
FARM COLONY FOR PRISONERS.
A SCHEME BACKED BY PROMINENT PHILAN-
THROPIC WORKERS

THROPIC WORKERS.
Albany April L--Assemblyman French to-day In
troduced in the Assembly important bill sent up
by committee OF the United Charities Conference.
It is an act 10 provide for the establishment by the
city of New-York of farm colony for the detention
Of persons convicted Of vagrancy. habitua drunk
enness and repeated dsorderly conduct The com
mitee sending the bill Is composed of Homer Folks.
of the State Charities Aid Association: G. b. Robin
son. for the Catholic Protectory; A. w Mlbury,
OF the Industrial Christian Alliance N. S. Rosenau.
of the United Hebrew Charities: Professor +. r.
Giddngs of the sociological department of Column
ba College; William F. Round. of the Prison Asso-
ciauon and Edmund Kelly of the Charity Organi-
saton Soclety The bill is based upon the indie
terminate sentence principle. and release on
parole is OF its features.
The bill was referred 10 the Committee on Cities,
where II Will be considered promptly Ii Is per-
mssve but having been fully discussed by experts
In all Quarters. Is likely not only 10 pass. but 10
become speedily operative.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-31
TO ADVERTISE UTAH.


One of the best methods to adopt in
come among us, to make our acquaint-
ance and the acquaintance of our
country, It's resources and its people.
By such a method we give people a
chance to see for themselves the ad-
vantages Of settling in the forty-f1fth
state of the Union.
This plan of advertising Utah, good
under ordinary circumstances, is to be
thrice commended when the plan is
to invite people to come and see US
who can and will talk of US and our
country to their friends, and for that
matter to the whole country. There
fore the explained in detail
in our local columns-which comes
from the chamber of commerce, the
Mining exchange and the Press club
of this city, to invite to Utah repre-
sentatives of the press from the great
cities of the east ought to meet with
the entire approval of our citizens and
every encouragement that they can
possibly give it. Let US have the press
men visit our mining camps, agricul-
tural valleys, make the acquaintance
Of our people, and we may depend upon
it that the newspaper men will make
conditions in Utah known to their
readers. Utah must be known in the
east, therefore let US ask the eastern
press men to visit US. The organiza-
tons in charge of the enterprise are
a guarantee of its success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-31
INDICATION.

One of the defeated candidates at
the late election for district judge is
said to have remarked that the reason
why he desired TO be appointed by the
governor to the vacancy created by
the resignation Of Judge Howat, was
because he wanted a vindication!
Such remark as that coming from
an applicant for appointment to a
judgeship should convince the COVER
nor of the unfitness Of the man for the
place. The man who can see any vim
dioation in being appointed by the
governor 30 an Office to which the
people refused to elect him. although
the party which nominated him was in
the majority. has scarcely the acute
ness which bespeaks the possession of
a judicial mind. vindication! The
man seeking such vindication is a
candidate for ridicule.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-31
NEED FOR A LIBEL LAW.

Almost any daily newspaper is liable
at any time to be sued for libel because
of some item of news published by it
merely as news with no intention
whatever to iniure anyone. That a
newspaper should be held liable in
heavy damages for publishing the
news will strike honest people as a
wrong. The peoplel have come to re-
gard the newspaper as an indispensa-
BILE need. To them they look for the
news Of the day. and to them they also
look for the exposing Of abuses in all
quarters. They readily distinguish be-
tween an honest and venal press
and fortunately the latter does not
often appear. Newspapers have no
greater rights than individuals, nor
do they claim more. Nor should they
be held to greater responsibility where
an unintentional wrong is done some
one and so soon as discovered all the
PREPARATION possible is made.
There has been introduced into the
house by Representative Nebeker, of
Bear Lake, a bill dealing with the sub
ject, and it is along right lines. Be
ing so short. direct and comprehensive,
we give it entire:
A bill for an act limiting the liability
of publishers in certain actions for
libel
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Utah:
Section lin all civil actions for Ii
bel the facts and circumstances lead
r.
may be given in evidence by the defen-
dant in mitigation of damages, and if
it shall appear 10 the jury that the
matter charged as libelous was pub
lished upon probable cause to believe
the same to be true and with good mo-
tives and Unsuitable ends. nominal
| damages only shall be allowed the
plaintiff
Such a law should be enacted, in
justice to the press and to the COM
munity. The moral sense of the people
declares it to be right. Moreover,
it is generally recognized that suit
for libel is often far more malicious
than the paper against which it is
brought is charged with being. Where
| a paper, with it's great influence for
good or evil, maliciously charges a
man with some offense or dereliction
of duty. and which results In with
drawing from him the respect and con-
fdence he had always enjoyed, such a
paper cannot be made to suffer any
too severely in damages for libel But
where publication is made which re-
suits in the withdrawal of this respect
and confidence and the charges are
true and it is done that the commu-
nifty may know the truth about those
who are leading deceitful lives, and
this is the motive for the pubnca ton
and not malice and desire to injure
someone. then there should be no
grounds for a suit for libel.
The whole subject is one that con-
Germs the public vitality. and the leg
islature should enact a proper law re-
Earding it.
,5r,,,, ao,, SietS IN dof,,er +o1I-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-31

United States with the governments of
the world-the neutrality principle laid
down by washington and the Monroe
doctrine. and that the Monroe doctrine
applies most alphabetically to the Ven
ezuelan controversy.
(3) 1.-THE Duty of Congress-" by Mr..
Isaac L. Rice, a Well-known lawyer of
New York, who has made lifelong
study of constitutional and interna-
tional law. and who contends that the
Monroe doctrine is absolutely inapplic-
able TO the Venezuelan dispute. Sc
verely censures the president for what
he considers the unnecessarily bellicose
tone Of his message, and points out
what he believes to be the plain duty
Of congress in the matter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-31
THE BANKERS, SCHEME.

And now comes the national board of
trade, in its meeting at Washington
the other day, and says by adopting
the report of its committee on money
and currency, by vote of forty-three
to nine, that in "the judgment of the
national board of trade the establish
ment of a sound, stable and efficient
monetary system is essential to the
restoration of confidence and the pros
perity of our industrial interests, and
such restoration is an immediate and
urgent duty of congress; that the es-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-31

congress some time ago enacted a
strict law against lotteries, with ali
sorts of dire penalties for it's violation
Yet today in the United States senate
was presented the remarkable scene OF
an official rattle for the sum of $4,000.
In a box were placed two pieces OF
paper, marked respectively zone" and
three" and by his good fortune in
pulling out the latter Mr. Cannon, one
of the new senators from Utah, will
draw $4,000 in salary from Uncle Sam,
while the other senator, Mr.. Brown,
must be satisfied with one years sal
airy of $780," says Walter Wellman in
the Chicago Times-Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-31
MoyRoE DocTRIsE yok EuRor.

The Partisan press appear to be
exercised over the possibility of the
United States entering into the active
sphere of European International af-
fairs, while the Journal des Debats re-
grets that Europe has not some sort
of Monroe doctrine to protect it from
the meddling of the United States in
purely European affairs. The express
sion of this wish by the Journal des
Debats may almost be construed into
the views of the French government on
the subject
If the United States insist, as they
do, upon the observance of the Monroe
doctrine by the various governments of
/ Europe. Europe has the same right to
insist upon non-interference in Euro
pean affairs by this government. The
advice of Washington, given in his
Farewell Address, that this govern
ment should avoid entangleinents and
alliances with foreign nations has been
/ the guarantee of such .non-interference
| in the past and will be in the future
This country's observance of this ad-
vice has preserved it from Interior
ence by the nations of Europe.
If the United States should depart
from this traditional policy it would
mean the formation of alliances with
some nation or nations against some
other nation or nations, and often the
upholding of policies that would be
positively repulsive to our whole theory
of free government. 1t would mean
the subordination of our domestic
affairs to our foreign policy! What
ever may be our sympathy for op-
pressed peoples, however tyrannical
their rulers are, still it should never be
forgotten that this government was
established to insure and promote the
freedom and happiness Of the AHneri-
can people. Those who would enjoy
| the same freedom and happiness have
ever been most welcome to come to the
United States; the United States can
not go to them. The Monroe doctrine
works both ways. If it bids Europe
stay at home it likewise tells the
United States to remain at home.