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The herald., 1896-10-25
Amendment Number Four
(senate Constitutional Amendment No. 25.)
ARTICLE XXI.

Sec. 6. Corporations for municipal pur-
poses shall not be created by special laws;
but the legislature, by general laws, shall
proyide for the Incorporation, organization
and classification, in proportion to Dopula-
ton. of cities and towns. which laws may
be altered, amended or repealed. Cities
and towns heretofore organized or incor-
porated may become organized under such
general laws whenever a majority of the
electors voting at general election shall
So determine, and shall organize in con-
sormity herewith: and cities and towns
heretofore or hereafter organized, and oil
charters thereof framed or adopted by au-
thority of this constitution, except in mu-
nicipal affairs. shall be subject to AMI con-
,trolled by general laws.
The herald., 1896-10-25
ON CHANGE
Business Transacted and Prices Paid at
Home and Abroad

NEW YORK, Oct 24.-The stock market
displayed about the average Saturday vol
ume of trading and was irregular of move
ment, some exceptionally wide fluctuations
being recorded in the specialties. Predic-
tions of an unfavorable bank statement.
which subsequently proved to have been
unfounded, and sympathy with further
reaction in the wheat market constituted
the speculative influences. The opening
was weak and fractionally lower on ac-
count of a reaction in the prices of Amer
lean securities in London and realizing by
the room traders and others. The declines
were recovered, however, and the entire
list rallied. The statement OF averages OF
the associated banks were much more IA
vorable than had been anticipated, show
ing an increase in legal reserve OF 50. O49,-
sou, and prices rallied on its publication to
strong at fractional net gains generally.
Railroad bonds were active and generally
firm. The changes were slight. Sales $780,
900. Governments lacked feature, but were
well held on sales Of $4,000. Silver certi-
ficates were easier on transactions of $780,
900. The boom in the wheat and tributary
markets and incidental reports of crop
damage abroad, inducing an enormous
movement Of cereals for export to the sea-
board again constituted the chief motive
power in the stock market The bullish
speculation as to the far-reaching benefi-
cial effects of the foreign demand for our
breadstuffs and other food products the
reported utter inadequate transportation
facilities for so great a tonnage and a con-
viction of decided Improvement in rail-
road earnings and in the general business
and financial situation together with the
steady inflow of gold, overshadowed all
other conditions. including continued
stringency in money, q higher market for
foreign exchange and an advance of one
per cent in the minimum rate of discount
of the Bank of England to per cent. The
dealings in stocks were active and were,
as a rule, much better distributed than
heretofore chiefly. The .grangers took the
initiative. in the upward movement. The
industrials We're also prominent. Sugar
was adroitly manipulated by the insiders
and despite numerous set backs in COM
mon with the general market. advanced 6
per cent Profit taking was evident on a
iage scale. at the top levels. but the market
soon rallied under increased covering of
shorts and commission house buying. The
market yielded in sympathy with the re-
action in wheat, but recovered in the late
trading. The closing was at the best fig
ures of the week, at general material gains.
The aggregate sales were $1,056. .099. The
railway and miscellaneous bond market
exhibited pronounced strength throughout
the week on fairly large volume of busi-
ness. The aggregate sales were &c. 925 000.
Government bonds ruled strong and high
err. The trading was chiefly in the new
fours. which advanced 1% for the register
ed. and IN for the coupon. The sales were
s161. .O00 Silver certificates were Irregular
and closed unchanged on dealings of $685.
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RoND list

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Ahe following
were the closing quotations on bonds to-
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pmrpoT rT7N

PWTHOLBUM.
all; aHW Ta,ssa ,hSnk s|ss.S 9it lii kP'tFolsun was
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MONEY IN BANK

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-The New York
Financier says this week: The increase
in the reserve Of the associated banks of
New York city for the week ending Octo-
ber "a was a favorable feature of the cur
rent bank statement, revealing, as 1t did
an element of strength in the local insti-
tutions which was interpreted as a reas-
suring sign. The gain in the net cash
holdings of the banks, largely in specie,
came as pleasant surprise, as 1t had been
thought the greater part Of the gold re-
ceived from Europe during the past seven
days would not be reflected in the state
inenti owing to the fact that 1t had been
on option account. The increase in spe-
Gle, therefore, was justly regarded as an
important part in the weeks transactions,
the banks. The decrease ii1loans does not,
as might appear at first sight. INDICATE any
sharp commercial contraction. It seems
as to gold, importers y being liquidated
and that there has been little, II any. call
on ordinary borrowers FOR funds.
The banks lost to the interior and through
the treasury during the week something
like s., 000, 900, cor about as much as was re-
ceived from Europe. The 100000 with
drawn October % for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning gold from the treasury does not ap-
pear In the bank statement. An Item OF
some interest is the increase in the cir
culation of the national banks. Since July
last the circulation OF the banks hal ox-
Sn stisd The Tns tota 'nsssaas Z 70
The herald., 1896-10-25
Amendment Number One


Section /. All property in the state not
exempt under the laws of the United
States. or this constitution. shall be taxed
In proportion to its value. to be ascer-
tanned as provided by law The WORD
property" as used in this article and Sec
tion, is hereby declared to include moneys.
credits. bonds. stocks, dues, franchises,
and all other matter and things. real. per-
sonal. and mixed. capable of private own
ership; provided that property used for
free public libraries and free public muse
ums. growing crops. mortgages. trust
Deeds property used exclusively for public
Schools and such as may belong to the
United States, this state, or to any county
or municipal corporation within this state
shall be exempt from taxation. The leg
islature may provide for reduction from
credits of debts due bona fide residents OF
this state.
Sec g. Section four Of article thirteen
Of this constitution Is hereby repealed.
Sec g. Soction five of article thirteen
Of this constitution is hereby repealed.
The herald., 1896-10-25
PROCLAMATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
SACRAMENTO, July 20, 1896.

WHEREAS. THE LEGISLATURE OF
w the state of California, at its thirty-first
session, beginning on the seventh day OF
January. A. D. 1885, two-thirds of all the
members elected to each of the two. houses
of said legislature voting in favor thereof,
proposed the following described amend
ments to the constitution Of the state OF
California. to wit: U ee
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Amendment Number Two
(Senate Constitutional Amendment NO. ~
ARTICLE II.
Section s. All elections by the people
shall be by ballot or by such other method
as may be prescribed by law; provided.
that secrecy in voting be preserved.
The evening times., 1896-01-15
- Does the New Gas Company Mean Business

There are two conditions which Con-
gress should impose Oh the proposed Ma
tional Capital Gaslight, Heat aud Power
Company before acting on its bill to in
corporate. A bond of a sufficient amount
to indemnify the District against loss and
damage should the company fail to make
good its promises should be filed with the
District Committee, and the company should
also be required TO construct conduit for
It's mains which will accommodate the
wires of competing electric hight aud tele-
phone plants. Provision could be made for
the reimbursement of the company for this
additional expense when charters were
granted to the new corporations which
woliid Immediately apply for permission to
do business in the District.
The bill of the proposed gasii2ht COM
pany provides that illuminating gas shall
be sold for public Lighting at sixty cents
per thousand cubic feet, and that only
seyenty-nve cents per thousand shall be
charged to private CONSUMERS, but no
guarantee is given that those provisions
will be carried out for any specified length
The evening times., 1896-01-15
Salary Of the Washington Postmaster.

There appears to be nothing unreasonable
in the request preferred by Postmaster
Willett that the salary attached to the
Washington office be increased from 50, 900
to $4,000, thus placing the office upon an
equal footing with cities like Buffalo. II
the question were simply considered in
the light Of the revenues OF the office,
which is generally the determining factor
in regulating postoffice salaries, objection
might be raised, because, of course, the in
come of the Washington office cannot be
compared with that of New York, Phila-
deiphia or Chicago, where pOstmasters re-
ceive no more than what is asked for this
city. But the Washington office presents
abnormal features, which, 1hile account
ing for the lack of revenue, at the same
time argue potently for the increase of
salary.
There are reasons both practical and
sentimental for the increase. The prac-
teal reason is that the amount Of mail
matter passing through this office equals,
il it does not exceed in volume, that of
any other office in the country, New York,
Chicago and Philadelphia perhaps except
ed. A large proportion of this matter comes
under the heading of dead head" of course,
but that cuts no figure in the amount of
The evening times., 1896-01-15

The statement is made public that the
excise board, acting under directions or
upon suggestions from The Commissioners,
have held up every application for saloon
license in the "Division," upon the ground
that the Commissioners desire an express
sion of public opinion on the subject.
They are said to be in doubt as 10 whether
or not they are warranted In pursuing
so radical a course. If this statement
is based upon fact the Commissioners or the
excise board are placing themselves In
most absurd position before the public.
In the first place, the granting or re-
lection of an application for suloon license
rests upon some clearly defined grounds.
Either the persons applying must be show
to be unfit for the business, or objection
must be made by property owners or resi-.
dents, or the site for the proposed saloon
must be within four hundred feet of
school house or a church. Besides all this,
the granting or rejection of the license is
within the discretion of the excise board;
it has the power TO act and must assume
the responsibility.
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work required TO dispose of it. The vol
ume of mail matter passing through the
office during session of Congress is some
thing OF which few persons have a cor
rect idea. Apart from this, ho wever, the
regular Departmental mail and the public
documents sent out, even during the recess
Of Congress, from the Capitol and The
Government Printing Office are sufficient
in quantity TO keep the whole force of any
ordinary postoffice busiiy engaged all the
day. If measured, therefore, by the amount
OF work to be done, and not by the amount
of revenue received, the Washin gton post
office is as fully entitled to the largest
salary paid by the government as any Of
flee in the land.
The sentimental reason for the increase
is that the postoffice at the National Can
ital should be as well remunerated as any
other because of the dignity inherent in it
by reason of that fact. Moreover, it ought
to be in all its workings a model for
other offices to take pattern by. When
it gets into its new quarters it will be
surrounded by all the conditions necessary
to make it so, and then the highest salary
paid by the government should not be
wanting.
The evening times., 1896-01-15
The War Upon the Race Track Gamblers

The cheering news comes from Rich
mond that the Maupin bill prohibiting pools
and bookrna king is to be favorabIy re-
ported from committee and in all prob
ability Will pass both houses OF the leg
islaturc. That being accomplished apd
the war against the gamblers OF Jack
son City, RossIyn and other parts of Alex
andria county being unrelaxed, Virginia
will be rid of the darkest spot Cd her
escutcheon.
ID spite of this ging Intelligence,
however, vigilance should not yet be re-
laXed. There is many slip 'twixt the
cup and the lip, and likew in leg
lature when u powerful and unscrupu-
lous lobby is moving heaven and earth
in its efforts TO defeat salutary meas
ure. The attempt, when the bill comes
before the house, will probably not con-
sist in an overt attack upon or determined
opposition to it, but will come in the
shape OF an insidious amendment, some
harmless appearing line or two by which
the real interest and purpose of the meas
ure is frustrated, and the race track
gamblers enabled to con tinue their ne
farious trade, even if only for por-
ton of each year. That they viii not give
up the struggle for existence until every
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What s4e7. 900. 900 Would Do.

As soon as the 500. .c00. 900 bond issue
now pending is floated this administration
win have contracted Indebtedness which
WA -cost, principal and interest, $487,.
600 900 to pay. How a country seemingly
prosperous could incur such an enormous
debt IN a time OF peace aud in less than
three. .yeara is almost iucomprehensible, but
1t has been done. and those responsible for
1t must answer to the public for their mall
administration of national affairs.
Four hundred and ninety ty-seven millions of
dollars would have constructed a system Of
waterways throughout the country that
would have reduced the cost of transporting
agricultural and industrial products to
foreign markets by at least One-haif. 1t
would have built ample seacOast defenses
and placed our army and navy on a warlike
footing. 1t would have redeemed all the
greenbacks that have been 80 much trouble,
or have discharged half of our national debt.
1t would have paid So day for one year TO
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resource has failed them may be regarded
as an absolute certainty.
1t is a weil-known fact that the race
track gang has friends and advocates among
the members of the general assembly. 1t
has been also announced in the dispa tches
OF the Richmond correspondent OF The
Times that Il number OF able Alexandria
lawyers have been engaged TO watch out
for the interest oil the gamblers and seek
to defeat, or at least TO modify, any
legislation aimed at the prosecution of
their now IcEaiizcd business. If they sue
ceed in this, if tie Maupin bill is not
passed or so mutilated as TO become prac-
ticaIly ineffective, and il the charters under
which the Alexander Island and st. Asaph
tracks are operated remain unrepealed,
the conditions under which two COM
muni,ies have suffered for several years
VIII become more aggravated than ever,
for the gambling element will then re-
gard the action OF the legislature as q
warrant for continuing business at the
old stand.
Crime and vice are hydra headed monsters.
As fast as one head is Topped off another
grows. Nothing but unceasing vigilance is
the price of public morality. There should
be no lack Of it in the present instance
if the best and the most lasting results
are to be attained.
The evening times., 1896-01-15
ASKED FOR MORE POLICE
Major Moore Pleaded His Cause
Before Congress.
HE INSISTED ON 1875 MEN
The Chief Says He Cannot Possibly
Name Smaller Number, So I'm
peratiye Are the Needs of the City.
Robberie> Are Especially Prevalent
IN the Third Precinct.

Maj. Moore. chief of the Capital polio,
force, wants more men.
He wants them badly, and was at tn
Capitol this morning to see if he coult
hurry matters along. He has hopes.
He wants I2o new men. He needs every
one of them. II he did not, knowing Con
gresS as well is he does, he would not ash
for that number.
He intends la appear before the House
Appropriations Committee aud plead hi!
own cause. That was the meaning OF hi,
morning visit. Bat he reached the Capito
too early and had To wait.
PREPARED TO FIGHT.
He had prepared himself for the ordeal
His Loyal Legion button shone up in con
trast to the carnation he wore as a bou
tonuieTc. Neat iii his personal appearance
as he always is, he was trifle more dig
nlfied and saayt TINS morning.
what an l doing around the Capitol?''
he repeated. as he shook hands with The
Times representative. why, I'm try
ing to get more men on the police force
Then look oil desperation settled down
over his face. He had beca the trusted sec
retary of the only President VINO was ever
tried by the Senate Of the United States.
He had passed through those trying times
loyal To MS chief. WIN less wear and tear
than during in. past lew weeks.
DO you know what / I'D last night
, he queried. Il raked and scraped together
sixteen mea from tue other precincts and
put them on duty i'll the third.
That's where all the robberies are be-
ing committed, you know. That was the
best could do.
Great heavens, what is man to do? /
need every one of the l 70 men I've asked
for. There is never day comes round but
that I'm hundred men short.
FEARED OPPOSITION.
Bat fear there are some members of the
House committee VINO will oppose the meas
ure. During the last Congress l went
before the appropriations Committee and
said to them:
Gentlemen. 1 suppose it is useless for
Inc 10 slute the necessities OF the police
force
And it was. l had TO plead my cause,
and yoI know the result. In get before
the gentlemen some time today. and then
I'll explain as best l can the needs OF the
city.
"One thing is sure, though, l shall insist
on the 12o men. That is the smallest num-
Der can get aion;: with. / need every one
OF them. | must have them"
And he trippcd off with the gallant step
the chief of police ana colonel of the First
Regim ent, National Guard, District OF
Columbia, should have.
The evening times., 1896-01-15
Straining at Gnat and Swallowing Camel.

AS general proposition, 1t will strike
every body, OF course, that eighteen saloons
within half dozen blocks is altogether too
large number for SO limited an area, but
SO long as the Commissioners permit the
eighty -one or more imnCral speakeasies to
exist and sell vile LIQUOR at eSorbitant
prices at all hours OF The day and night,
there's no reaso ordriving out tbeliceBsed
saloons that probably do less harm than
their unlicensed competitors. Washington
is not disgraced by the presence of those
eighteen saloons, but it is shamed in its
own esteem and in tie eyes of every visitoE-
to the town by the Haunting presence of
those dens OF vice that border on the prin-
cipai thorougbrares of the city and line
several streets leading TO public buildings
and densely populated section.
If the Commissioners would do what com
mon decency and public morals demand
and what is entirely in their power TO do
that is, break up these dens OF vice and In
iquity-the license problem in the ''Divis-
ion will probably solve Itself by IA number
OF the saloons going out Of business.
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, of time, or that the charter, If granted, will
not lie used 10 compel the Washington and
Georgetown Gas Light Company 10 dis
gorge a handsome sum of money to prevent
competition. These contingencies should
be provided against TO protect the District
from being imposed upon, and the time to
do il is teiore the company is granted per-
mission to begin operations.
The reason why the proposed gas COM
pany should be required to construct pub
lie conduit is that we may also have COM
peting electric light and telephone plants
without the necessity OF so frequently tear
ing up our streets. AT present we are pay
ing monopoly prices for our lighting and
telephone service, because the argument
prevails that it is better TO submit to extor-
tionaie prices than to have our streets in
constant disorder through the frequent lay
ing of mains and conduits. The time has
come when this question can be met by
constructing a public conduit, and if the
new company means business, let 1t now be
demonstrated.
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THE TIMES
NEVER
HESITATES

when the cause of the people OF Washing
ton Is in question, and is always found in
the thick of the conflict, battling in their
behalf. The Times exposes fraud and COM
mends honesty with equal celerity. More
than thirty-lhree thousand families In
dorsc its methods. You can have the
Morning, Evening, and Sunday Times de-
livercd Ia any address in Washington for
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH.
The evening times., 1896-01-15

every idle wage Garner in the entire United
States, and also have created prosperity
never before known in this country. through
the vast amount of money it would have
placed In circulation. There is hardly any
limit 10 the good it might have accomplished,
instead of being made n source of uneasi-
ness TO every person who has money in
vested in business.
The S487 100000 debt has practically
been cuntracted. There is now no way to
discharge IT except by paying it off when
due. But the necessity of making 1T
larger may be obviated by adopting the
Sherman method of caucelling all green.
backs presented for gold redemption, and
by putting the House tariff bill In force
To temporarily Increase our revenues
These measures are absolutely required 10
prcvent stiIl further plunging the country
in debt by repeated bond issues, and both
Congress and Mr.. Cleveland should arrange
To have them enforced.
The evening times., 1896-01-15
MRS. LA FETRA RESIGNS.
Tribute From the Members of the
..Y,, tn Their eX-DIe iG ent

At the last regular monthly meeting
of The executive committee of the branch
of the W. c. T. U. u! the District, Mrs.
L. ID. La Fcira tendered her resignation
as president of the w branch.
II was after long discussion accepted,
and a memorial written to the W. C. T. U.
stating that her resignation was accepted
only when il became certain that Mrs. La
Feira would no longer serve them.
''For fifteen months she has been" 1t
continues, their hopored and trusted
lea der, completing their organization and
placing them in an assured position before
the public. During this time she has esteem
ed no labor TOO ardaous. no sa crifice
too great for her beloved work. The ~"
branch paris froin her with deep regret,
and its members, with strong sense Of
personal loss, ail realizing that IN Mrs. La
Fetra they had an officer of rare execu-
tive ability and devotion, one whose place
cannot easily be filled"
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THEY MET THE BREWERS.
RetailLiauor Dealers Tryingto Bridge
Over the Dispute.

The executive committee of the Retail
Ljouor Dealers Association met the, boss
brewers and their committee OF attorneys
pose of trying to formulate some kind of
an agreement that will bridge the difficul-
ties between the boss brewers and their
employees.
single new development. The brcweries
are all running with reduced force, and no
beer is being imported from cut of town
to new customers.
The iocked-out employees still express
their determination to stand firm.
The evening times., 1896-01-15
lYOu Must See that Game of DraNs
Next week-DDWN In DIXIE.
ROBBED ON 4 STREET CAR.
Chicago Business Man Held Up by
Three Men.

Chicago, Jan. 1J.-Albert Graft, srcre-
tary of the W. Watkins Cement Company,
was held up by three men last night on "a
WeS, Harrison street electric car. aud
rubbed OF S3T5 in checks and $40 i'll
cash.
Mr. Graft was attempting To leave
the car when the men surrounded him, and
before Graft knew what had taken place
The men had jumped from the car with his
checks aud money.
The car was stopped, and in company
with several other passengers, Mr.. Graft
chased the thieves for several blocks, but
WAS unable 10 Capture the men.
The evening times., 1896-01-15
Cold Wave Coming From the West.

StPaul Minn., Jan. 5.-Thesecond great
frigid wave OF the month is sweeping down
from the north west territory. At midnight
last night it was SO degrees below zero at
Calgary, the coolest point in this section.
At many points in Manitoba it was 20
degrees below. and at Helena it was l 4
degrees below. The coldest point in Min
nesota was st. Vincent, where it was ~
degrees below.