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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04
In THE PRESS GALLERY.
Some thing About the Bright Men
Who Occupy 1t.
Tho Washington Correspondents of Great
Newspapers Must BE Thorough Gem
tlcmen or They Cannot Hold
Their Positions.
speclnl Washington Lettor.


The successful newspaper corre-
spondent at the national capital must
be gentleman. He must mingle with
men who represent tens of thousands
of citizens; and with senators who are
selected by the legislatures of sovereign
states. These men are regarded as
the best men in II r several districts
and states; for the people have elected
them and set upon them the seal of their
approval. They are gentlemen, cul-
tured, refined, and scholarly. OF course
there are exceptions, but the rule pre-
walls. The newspaper correspondents
who meet with them daily must be gen
tlemen, and they must not be inferior
to them if they would command success.
There was time when statesmen
could say, and did say, concerning any
publication which did not please them,
that sit is newspaper lie." They were
so much bigger and greater than the
correspondents that they could assume
lordly airs and with wave of the hand
dispose of correspondent who dared
TO criticise them. A new era was be-
gun Is years ago when Don Piatt was
the brilliant editor of the Sunday Cap
ital here. He managed his paper upon
the assumption that a stateman is n
public servant, amenable to criticism,
and subject to limitations of power.
OF course he met with violent opposi-
tion in the pursuance of that policy;
but he owned his paper and was very
independent man. He made enemies.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04
GEN. SHELLEYS WAR STORY.
Praised Whom Ho Expected an Order OF
Court Martial.

Praised When Ho Expected an Order of
Court Martial.
1.-THE first time | went into fight"
said that gallant and genial Alabamian,
Gene M. Shelley,"I was in great mental
distress. My company was composed
of splendid young fellows, but, like my
self, not one of them had ever been CUB
jected to the enemy's fire. knew that
there was no coward blood in any of
them and | felt sure that the epithet
could not be justly applied to me. But.
spite of all, there was the dread, the
horror, the uncertainty ofour ability to
Withstand attack, and for several hours
preceding the conflict was in mortal
agony. 1t was the most awful expert
ence of my life.
II had been sent forward with my
company to delay an advancing force of
federals till the main body of our troops
could be got in readiness, and by order
of Col. Rhodes, afterward one of our
prominent generals, rode ahead several
miles to meet the boys in blue. We'll,
throughout the whole of my ride my
nervousness increased, for the idea still
hduiiCcu ne lnuI may pe we Woulu <li
show the white feather and disgrace
ourselves and the southern cause. Pres
entity the enemy came in sight, good
many hundred to our so, but we got a
pretty fair position on hillside covered
with timber of moderate growth and
awaited their approach.
1.-THE federals kept coming at us ill
wit In N rDro I'm lnnSn n
that, to my great relief, did no harm be.
yond inflicting slight flesh wound OF
one of my men. Immediately on re.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04
THE BOY KEPT HIS WORD.
Even Unto Death He Was Faithful to Hi
Promise.

Even Unto Death He Was Faithful to His
Promise.
The Confederate Veteran is engaged
in noble work in it's effort to have a
monument erected to the young hero,
Sam Davis. who died the death of u
spy rather than betray secret that
would have saved his life, but doomed
another to the same death. Sam Davis
was a special agent for Gen. Bragg,
and he had obtained valuable informa-
tion given him in confidence, and on
the promise that he would never bctray
the source of his information. He was
not spy, for we believe he wore his
confederate gray when captured; but
the papers on his person showed that
he had from some one obtained secret
information. His life and safe es-
cort into the confederate lines were
promised to him il he would give the
name of the lnformer, but he chose to
die instead. He was but boy, and the
temptation must have been powerful.
But he was hero. No marble shaft
or statue in bronze towers above the
dust of nobler life than that of the
fair-haiied STRIPPING who kept his faith
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04

All men of that stamp must excite ami
mosities. He became bitter. He de-
generated into an iconoclast of the most
virulent type. He acquired popularity
only with his intimate associates;
with men who knew his tender heart
and virile brain. But he established
an era. Other independent men have
followed him, and there is no longer any
question of the parity between newspa-
per men and statesmen.
The ideal correspondent is a gentle
man who represents district or state
in as full and complete sense as does
q member of congress. He has educa-
ton, experience, polish, understands
legislation, knows parliamentary law
and precedents, is familiar with the
workings of congressional committees.
and knows public men and affairs as
well as the best of the statesmen. His
newspaper looks to him for faithful, lac
curate, loyal service, just as the people
look for just such service from their
congressman. He must be worthy of
his responsible position, or he will lose
it. The statesmen must make history.
The correspondent must accurately
portray it. Side by side the scribe and
the legislator labor for the welfare and
enlightenment of the people. The con-
gressmen receive $4,000 per annum for
their services. The successful and
worthy correspondents receive approx
innate compensation from their papers.
The brain of the one is as good as the
brain of the other. In education and re-
quirements they are on parity.
The 54th congress has assembled. The
gentlemen upon the floor of the senate
and of the house have multiform duties
of Importance which the people expect
to be attended to with skill and patri-
otism. The gentlemen in the press gal
leries will be expected to faithfully por-
tray the worn of the statesmen. The
people will hold their public servants
to strict accountability for their prom
ises and performances. They must not
be misrepresented by the correspond
ents, and they will not be. Their best
friends are in the press galleries. They
have only to be true to themselves and
prove themselves worthy of the trusts
which have been confided to them.
1t will be remembered that not quite
two years ago certain correspondents
published stories indicating chat mem
hers of the United States senate were
suspected of having been bribed by the
great sugar trust while tariff bill was
pending. Immediately resolution
was offered for an investigation of the
charges, and the newspaper men were
regarded rs being in contempt of the
senate. The writer's were called be-
fons dignified committee and refused
TO divulge the sources of their informn'
ton. Thereupon they were warranted
to appear before local court, but moth
ing came of it. The gentlemen were
right in refusing to give the names OF
their .nforlnants. and every senator re-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04
SOUND MONEY SAYINGS.

.... 1T is reportd that the free silver
ties have formedan oath-bound secret
organization, andi is to be hoped that
they will thus be ble TO conceal at least
a portion of thei abundant folly.-St.
Louis Globe-Denocrat.
....When the siver miner and bullion
owner shall have established by legis-
lation government grist mills, which
shall convert every so cents worth of
farmers wheat into dollar of flour, 1T
will be time enolgh for the farmer to
advocate laws which shall convert every
so cents worth Of silver bullion into
dollar of conn.,. Sterling Morton.
1.-THE man Who wrote Coin" has
descended far enough to be the head of
secret-bound ,ociety for the promo
ton of free svt tr. That is always the
last step. The merican people do not
long tolerate SCI ret political societies.
They respond open, manly appeals
and to no Others Iowa State Register.
....Scnator ] nes, of Nevada, thinks
that there will be a separate silver party
in the field next year. 1t looks as if
there will have to be, if the advocates
of free silver (re to have a chance to
vote for their hi bbby. Nothing in poll
tics is surer than that the democratic
party in 1896 till have nothing to do
with free slveS and the sentiment OF
the country on his issue has become SO
manifest that is probable the repub-
lican party wih for once not attempt
to straddle tn financial question:
Louisville COurier-Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04

-. Secretary Carlisle has been try
ing for two years to push silver dollars
into circulation, by redeeming the Sher-
man notes in them but the result dem
onstrates that so fast as the SOins are
sent out of one door of the treasury
they come in the other. The outstand-
ing Sherman notes, SO called, have been
reduced from about $156,o0O,OOo to
rather more than $143,00o,o00, but as
certificates must still be given on the
deposit of silver dollars the actual
amount of silver dollars in circulation
to-day is considerably below the record
of three years ago. Evidently when
the people get them they do not want
them Toledo Blade.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04
FREE SILVER CRANKERY.
Advocates of white Metal Money Should
BE Squelched.


Populist Allen, of Nebraska, pre-
tends to want the senate of the United
States to instruct it's committee on
finance ''to inquire into the advisab1l-
ity of opening the mints to the free
coinage of silver" He says his reason
for this is the fact that 1.-The first es-
sential in time of war is money" Ii he
had sufficient sense to know that the
first essential of money is buying
power, both in times of war and OF
peace, he would not father an asininc
resolution to adopt which would cut
down by one-half the buying power of
country the day after his foolish
scheme was made law.
Nearly one-third of all the money in
circulation in the United States is gold
and gold certificates. That would dis
appear instantly with the adoption OF
the free coinage of silver, and the re-
naming two-thirds, consisting of silver
dollars, subsidiary silver, and various
kinds of paper, including the national
bank notes, would shrink one-half in
buying power. We then would have a
IOLal StOCh VI ulohSy hcAh's 49,
thirds as great, but having purchas-
ing power only one-third as great as
at present. Secretary Carlisle stated
publicly few months ago that with
| their present capacity all the mints OF
the United States could not add
more than about S40,o0o,00o per
annum to the stock of silver
money. So if Senator Aliens in
sane notion were actualized we should
have an immediate shrinkage of 81 per
| cent. at a time when the sinews of war
were most wanted to pay for the con-
| struction of numerous vessels and
forts, for the manufacture of ord
nance, small arms and ammunition on
a vast scale, and the clothing and feed
ing of hundreds of thousands OF
soldiers and sailors, this to be com
pensated for by the addition of a miser-
able three per cent. per year to the ter
ribly reduced amount of effective power
of the money in use. The fellow who
talks "free coinage of silver at sixteen
to one" now is public enemy and
should be summarily squelched as
such, for the adoption of the mad
scheme would do more than all else to
render the government of the United
States unable by force of arms to de
fend and maintain the Monroe doc
trine.-Chicago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04
A Homeless Cause.

The state of Colorado appears to be
more prosperous than ever before, and
the Consequence is that the people have
to large extent stopped talking about
silver. The Engineering and Mining
Journal takes notice of the fact that at
the recent Festival of Mountain and
Plain" in Denver there were no refer
ences in thebanners and placards to the
legend of sixteen to one and none to
any phase of the silver question as
political isus. "This," says the POUR
nal, was thI more striking since the
parade ofh first day was intended to
be an alfeObical representation of the
developmet of Colorado and its in
dustries. h e fact of the matter Is
that the u |er question is as dead in
Denver a. is in New York. We do
not mean say that the people of the
western g are no longer interested in
the price silver, for the metal is one
that they 'oduce in large quantities
but, witt le exception of the dema'
gogues, yone has come to the con
clusion the cause of Independent,
free col, is hopeless, and no one
pays mi attention to the dema'
gogues, Y. Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04
Confederate Soldiers.

The number of troops actually en-.
listed in the confederate service during
the civil war is not exactly known,
but. from first to last, it is believed
that about 100000 men were mustered
for the confederate service.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04
Two OF Thenn.

Fred-Did you know that Capt. Trib-
BILE had two left legs?
Uncle Ned-Nonsense!
"But it's not nonsense. His right leg
was left at Gettysburg, wasn'tit? And
he has left leg still, hasn't he ?"-Har.
per's Round Table.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04

CALIFORNIA this year has produced
and packed enough prunes to give
every boarder in the United States j
four pounds. Fellows who don't vi
their four pounds can get married.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
An Error About Taxes.

ALAMEDA, CAL, September ID, 1896.
Editor Call: The statement of your Alameda
correspondent that taxes in that city will be
materially lowered this year by reason of
municipal ownership OF its electr1c-light plant
was based on erroneous information. When
the City Trustees decided TO enlarge the plant
for the purpose, among other things, of in
ereasing the income of the city from the sale
OF incandeseent lights it was expected that
the enlargement would be effected in time to
permit OF some of the benefit therefrom to ac-
crue during the ensuing fiscal year.
But by reason of the delay OF the improve
ments. caused by vex 4tious injunction suits,
the city will not derive any financial, advan-
tage from the new plant until after the COM
mencement of another fiscal year. While the
Trustees expect to be able to levy lower rate
than was levied last year (Which was 81 % in
stead of ST. 24) the lower rate will be que to
causes otuer than income from the electric
light plant Next year. however, it is ex-
pected that still further reduction can be
made as a result OF municipal ownership.
BRAINARD c. BROWN,
Secretary Municipal Ownership League OF Ala
media.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
PRIMARY CALL COMPLETE
Republicans to Select Delegates
to County and Assembly
District Conventions.
Committeeman Walsh Resigns After
He Has Limited the Polling
Places 10 One.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALI
sos Broadway, Sept. 10.

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
sos Broadway, Sept II.
The Republican County Central Com
mittee met this afternoon with all mem
bers present and issued call Tor the pri-
maries to be held throughout the county
next Saturday to select delegates to the
County convention to be held in Alan eda
Monday, September q, at 10 a. NJ, and
selecting election officers and polling
places for the same. The test as to the
eligibility of voters in the call reads:
II will support the nominees of the Re-
publican party on November 3. 1896. and
have not voted at any other time or place
this day."
1t contains explicit explanations as to
the number of delegates to each ward and
precinct that should be selected for the
trict convention, six Assembly district
conventions three Supervisorial conven-
tions and also a city convention to NOM
mate two Justices of the Peace.
The county convention will consist OF
244 delegates, apportioned as follows:
Fiast Ward IA, Second Ward 10. Third
Ward Is, Fourth Ward II, Fifth Ward Ia,
Sixth Ward II, Seventh Ward 2i, Alameda
"a, Brooklyn Township H. Eden 49, Oak
land 81 Murray Is, Washington 16.
The Seventh Senatorial District Conven-
tion will consist of eighty-seven delegates.
The various Assembly District conven-
tions will have the following number of
delegates: Forty-sixth District 36, Forty
seventh District 56, Forty-eighth District
26, Forty-nintiI District 81, Fittieth Dis
trlct 35, Fifty-frst District 50.
The First Supervisorial Convention will
consist OF % delegates.
The Fourth SupervisorIal Convention
will consist Of IS delegates.
The Fifth Supervisorial Convention will
consist of "a delegates.
Phil NJ. Waisn, committeeman of the
First Ward, resigned, and George w.
Drake was selected to fill the vacancy. J.
III. W. Riley of Brooklyn Township was
selected as secretary, vice Walsh.
There is considerable adverse comment
at the action of Walsh fixing only one poll
ing place in the First Ward Tor the pri-
maries, as nearly 1000 votes were polled
there at the Congressional primary.
Chairman Mantaien did the same thing in
the Sixth Ward. This will make it neces-
sary to use a blanket ticket in these wards.
The Seventh Ward has five polling places
and Alameda four.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
REVIVAL WORK.

Conference Next Week by the Baptist
Mintsters'~Un degrading 1t.
OAKLAND, CAL, Sept. 1.-THE pretty
little renth-avenue Baptist Church, atthe
corner OF Tenth avenue and East Four
teenth street, East Oakland, Is to be the
scene of a conference on revival work un-
der the direction of the Baptist Ministers
Union of San Francisco and vicinity, Mon
day and Tuesday of next week.
These meetings are not for ministers
only, but every body is cordially invited
The members OF churches, Sunday-schooi
teachers and mission workers are earnestly
urged to attend. Basket lunch between
afternoon and evening services, with tea
and coffee served by the church.
The programme for the two days Is as
follows:
Monday morning, II GOETHE Ministry and
the Prevailing Religious Apathy" paper by
Rev. A. NJ. Russell; discussion and prayer.
Monday aftern oon, 2:O0-Prayer; 2: is, gen.
eral topic, "The Need OF Revival OF Reli-
gion"; a. address. 1.-The Need of the Church.
Rev. H. L. De itz; 2 :45 t2.), 1.-The Need of the
World" f" Rev. James Sunderland, d. D.; 3:15,
discussion and prayer.
Monday evening, 7:3o-Prayer service; 7:45,
address, "Prayer and Revivals," Rev. S. B. Ran
dali; 9:15, address, Human Effort and ke-
vivals," Rev. NJ. P Boynton; BIAS, prayer
Tuesday afternoon, 2:00-"f fhe Holy Spirit
ana ReYlNalSf Kew .. X heetCnS discussion
and prayer; 8 80, sHindrances TO Revivals, %
Rev. c. Ii. Hobart; 400, conference and
prayer.
dress, ''The Local Church Revival" Rev.
Robert Whitaker; rs, address, ''Some Fruits
of Such Revival" President I. G. Brownson;
8 AS, prayer.
Smith Improving.
OAKLAND, CAL, Sept. 12-The young
man supposed to be II. l.. Smith of 639
Clay street, who was taken from the
Stockton train last night and booked for
insanity, is considerably improved to-day.
How he managed 10 get away from Stock
ton with $422 10. gold watch and chain
with a diamond studded locket and an
oxidized silver ring set with two large
diamonds is a mystery. The inside of the
watch is inscribed: H. L. Smith, Los
Gates Cal. Noyem ber 5. 1890.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
Became Famous Because of His
Opposition to Rev. DR..
Ollie.
oRMERLY- A PRoHIBITIoNIsT.
James Andrew, the Well.Known Labor
Orator, Will Also 0rgan'z,
Wagon Lecture Tour.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL,
908 Broad MaY Sc nt. il. 1


John H. Fones has turned Socialist
and will leave shortly on an electioneer-
ing tour of the northern part of the State.
The announcement reads:
During the coming week ]. H. Fones, promi-
nent in Oakland political circles, will leave
on novel eleetioneering tour OF Northern
California. He proposes to tour that end of
the State in a wagon, delivering lectures where
he thinks they viii do the most good and
scattering socialist literature with lavish
hand. James Andrews of Berkeley Will leave
on similar mission next week.
Mr.. Foues is a politician of kaleido-
scopic history, but although prominent in
Oakland political circles at one time, he
has not ben seen over here for several
months. 1t was not until to-day that he
was a socialist.
About a year ago Mr.. Fones was an
ardent Prohibitionist. He was one of the
most regular orators who occupied the
bandstand in the City Hall Park, and he
dispensed prohibition with liberal hand,
to the great amusement OF his hearers. So
convinced was he that prohibition alone
could save the nation and emancipate
mankind that he turned author and wrote
several pamphlets to prove that he was
right.
! Mr.. Fones three years ago was an ardent
Methodist. He was one of the most de-
vout OF the worshipers at the First Metho.
dist Church. This was during the pastor
ate of the Rev. E. r. Ollie. Fones held
some minor official position in the church
and one day he issued manifesto that
took all the mem bers by surprise. He de-
clared that th~re was no Christianity in q
church that did not come out openly from
the pulpit and advocate prohibition. MIR.
Fones tried to induce DR.. Ollie to Join
politics with religion, but the Methodist
divine did not see the force of Mr.. Fones'
argument and the polity of the church
was not changed. MT. Fones left and
gained considerable notoriety by preach
| ing on the street. He was arrested occa-
sionally and it was mainly because of his
street meetings that the present ordinance
| was passed.
II am not surprised that Fones is q
socialist" said one OF mis- OLD church
mates to-day. II think it would be a
good thing for him TO take tour oI
! Northern California. When he returns
he will PROBABLY be converted TO McKin-
ley"
! James Andrews of Berkeley is a man
who has long been identified as an active
worker IN the ranks of organized labor
He is a very clear, logical talker and 6
| well-informed man.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
A CRAB-FISHER'S STORY
Coming Home From Sea in the
Early Morning He Saw
a Wreck.
1t Was That of a Yacht on Her
Beam Ends With All Sails
Fully Set.


Last Friday morning between and 4
o'clock c. Domingo. crab-fsher, coming
home with two companions in his boat,
the Morning Star, states that he saw
large sailboat or yacht floating on her
beam ends. The wreck, according to
Domingo's statement, was drifting be.
tween the bellbuoy and Point Bonita.
There was considerable of her port bilge
above the water and the vessel appeared
TO be about So feet in length. The bottom m
of the hull had a coat of copper paint and
the hull itself was painted white.
Domingo and his two men are positive
that some of her sails were set, as they
could see the end of the gaff with the cor
ner of a bit OF canvas swinging on the sur
face of the water.
1t was not light enough for them to dis
tinguish the rig of the derelict, but thev
are satisfied that from her graceful lines
as showing above the water she was a
yacht Sue was drifting very fast in the
swift current.
Inquiry at the Merchants Exchange and
along the water front failed to elicit anv
information regarding loss or the sailing
OF any craft of that description. Whether
some vessel has gone adrift from her
moorings, or some pleasure yacht has been
capsized with all on board, could not be
learned last evening.