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other papers before the Board OF Mayor and
ldermen, or any committee OF the same. and
the board may prescribe and enforce penalties
for failure or refusal to obey such process.
Sec S. Be II further enacted, That all persons
holding Office In the town of Johnson City under
and by virtue OF an Act passed April / 100,
and approved April l. 1893, entitled An
Act 10 amend the charter Of the town OF
johnson City, in the county Of Washington,
provide for an election of officers, prescribe their
duties and for other purposes shall continue
to hold same under their present election, or
appointment until the term OF said Office shall
expire as Fixed by said Act, and until their sue.
cessors are elected and qualified as provided in
Article II of this Act and all ordinances Of the
town of Johnson City existing Immediately be-
fore the passage of this Act not inconsistent
herewith, shall be and remain in fnl force and
virtue, and all legal and Subsisting obligations,
liabilities actions, claims, contracts and prose.
cutions arising under said Act shall remain and
continue as if this Act had not been passed
sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That this Act
Is declared to be public act, and may be re.
ceived and read in evidence i'll all courts and
places, and proceedings Uf the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen may be proved by the certificate
of the Recorder under the seal Of the town, pro
vided copies of the bylaws and ordinances of
the town Of Johnson City either purporting or
proved to have been published under the au-
tbority thereof or proved to be common adj.
mittsd as evidence of the existing ordinanc, S
of said town in the Recorder s court Of the
town, shall be admitted in all the courts OF this
State as presumptive evidence Of such laws and
ordinances.
sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted That all laws
and parts Of law Is conflict with this are hereby
repealed.
Sec. g. Be It further enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from and after its passage the
public welfare requiring it.
MORGAN G. FITZPATRICK,
Speaker House OF Representatives.
JOHN THOMPSON,
Speaker of the Senate.
Passed January %, 1897.
Approved January 20, 1897
ROBERT L. TAYLOR,
Governor.
A true copy:
VIM s. MORGAN,
Secretary OF State.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

Senator Teller was speaking from
personal experience, having himself
been Secretary of the Interior from
April II, 1882 to March 4th, 1885, when
he told the Senate that Mr.. Mckinley
had made serious mistake when he
nominated Cornelious N. Bliss to be
Secretary of the Interior. He said Mr.
Bliss was banker and merchant, with
an experience which might have fitted
him for the head Of some of the de-
partments, but that in his opinion, the
head Of the Interior Department ought
to be lawyer. Mr.. Teller did not
speak in spirit of antagonism to Mr..
Bliss, nor did he vote against his con-
frmation; he merely called attention
10 what he believed to be mistake.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

Ex-senator Blackburn will attend the
Ky. extra session Of the legislature
called to elect Senator and will make
strong fight for his own reelection,
Notwithstanding, the republican MAORI
ty in that body. Nobody expects the
Senate to seat Maj, Wood, who has
been;appointed to the vacancy by Cover
nor Bradley, and whether the gentle
men appointed by the Governors of
Florida and Oregon will fare any bet
ter, remains to be seen.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11
ARTICLE Y
SCHOOLS.

Sec /. Be 1t further enacted, That the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen shall have the power to
appoint a Board Of Education, consisting Of six
qualified citizens residing within the corporate
limits and not members OF the Board OF Mayor
and Aldermen, which board, when so appointed
shall have full power, as Trustees or Directors,
to manage and control the public or city schools,
to elect or employ well qualified teachers, and
prescribe all needful rules and regulations for
said schools and the teachers thereof, and said
Board Of Education shall hold office for three
years
Provided, The members Of the present Board
Of Education shall hold their offices until the
expiration Of the term for which they were
elected
Sec. 2, Be it further enacted, That the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen shall provide by ordi-
nance for the manner in which the taxes col
lected by the city tax collector, going to the
school fund shall be paid over on the order of
the Board of Education.
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H. Clay Evans Commissioner Of Pensions.

Washington, D. c., March 11.--Mr.
II. Clay Evans, of Tennessee, has been
rendered the Office Of commissioner oil
pensions, and in all probability will
accept the appointment, which is one
Of the most important in the depart
mental service at Washington, outside
cabinet offices.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

Ex-Secretary Carlilse has been offer
ed the position of General Counsel for
the Pullman Car Company, now held
by Gen. Horace Porter who expects to
go abroad, at salary Of $4,000 year,
and the expectation is that Mr.. Carlisle
will accept the offer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

Charleston, Kenova county, W. Va
March 9.-At the city election today
the democrats elected their entire tick
ct with the exception of two council
men, by msiorities ranging from 30 to
ITO.
The city gave a republican majority
OF about 200 at the November election.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

The editor of the Shutdown Simeon
is too busy this week to get out his
paper. He is out hunting new sub
scriber. The one he had died last
week owing him a weeks subscription.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

Mckinley has got to the axe but he
don't seem to want to spit on his hands
and go at the rascals in a way to please
the pie brigade.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

Some one has picked out another job
for II. Clay Evans but whoever it was
don't seem to be able to give it to Clay.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Battered at the POsto6ce at Johnson CITY, Tenn as
Second Class Matter,

"a Section 1886 Revised Statutes
w OF the United States reads as
M follows
(N "Postmasters shall notify the
VN publisher OF any newspaper, or
other periodical, when any sub
scriber shall refuse to take the
me from the Office or neglect TO call for 1t for
he period Of one month";" g..
Hon. John L. Thomas, Assistant Attorney
General Of the United States, says:
= . Where a party takes paper out
of the office he will be liable for the subscrip-
tion price for 1t, whether his time is out or not,
or whether he subscribed for it originally or
not The only way for him to escape liability
therefor is to refuse to receive It, The
relation between the publisher of a newspa-
per and o subscriber is that of q contract, and
the same rules of law apply in that case as APP
ply in other business transactions between man
and man" 1856 N...
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

1t is the third term of Grover and
first term of Mack.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

The Gold Democrat is nosing about
the pie also.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

The date of the arrival of prosperity
has been changed from March 4th till
1t gets here.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

There is line at the pie counter and
houling mob outside.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

All depositors of the Watauga Bank
ere hereby notified to file their claims.
w, B. st. JOHN, Assignee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

Spain will go on insulting America
under Mckinley as she did under Gro
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

Mckinley proposes to be decent will
the civil service.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11
REAL EsrArE foR SALE.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
The following lots in the East Pork
addition can be bought VERY CHEAP:
Nos. 15s and III on Alton street, No.
81 on Claiborn street, No. SO, corner
Grover and Chestnut. Title perfect.
For prices and terms call on
81. w. LYLE.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

AS Senator Harris RECEIVERS others
are sinking,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11

do not promise you a drink from the
Spring of Perpetual YOUTH" a
craving for which, in days gone by,
lured the chivalrous Ponce de Leon
to tempt danger in the wilds Of
Florida. Neither do they hold out
any hopes of furnishing you with a
clew to the location of the long lost
" Philosophers Stone" but in max
ing garments in the styles prevail
ing in the metropolitan cities Of the
world
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-21
UNSATISFACTORY CONDITIONS.

The Richmond Palladium calls attention
to the fact that while the report of the
state superintendent of public instruction
shows an increase of little over sixteen
thousand in the school population of the
State during the last year Wayne county
shows a loss of 1863. 1t thinks this, coupled
with the fact that Richmond has just been
marked down to a second-class postomce,
furnishes food for serious reflection. 1t is
indeed surprise to learn that the business
of the Richmond postoffice has fallen off to
such an extent as to call for a lower rating
of the office and it is equally so to learn
that the school population of Wayne county
is 1863 less than it was year ago. The two
facts together indicate a decrease of pop
ulation in the city, the county, or both. The
Palladium says:
Wayne is the acknowledged banner coun-
ty Of the State In all the elements that
contribute to the happiness and comfort OF
an intelligent people. 1t has the soil eli
mate, water, healthfulness, beauty of land
scape, diversity of scenery, good roads,
tract population. Richmond has the, repu-
tation, far and near, of being one OF the
most beautiful cities to be found anywhere.
1t has more charming homes than any city
of its size in the West. Hence, the unfaVor-
able showing as to the drift of population
in this locality cannot be attributed to any
physical cause. What can it be attributed
to is the question. The fact is not a mere
accident. There may be several causes, but
we suspect the radical one is overtaxation.
Our county, township and municipal ex-
penses have gradually been creeping up
till all at once it has been discovered that
they are altogether out of proportion to the
while public improvements continue
private improvements have practi-
cally stopped Building associations
are no longer building associations
except in name. They are mere savings
banks, where rich and poor are boarding
their money because 1t will not pay to use
it in building houses for homes or for rent,
while it practically escapes taxation and
draws a fair interest in these institutions.
While farmers cannot secure labor at Such
prices as, under the circumstances, they
can afford to pay, the demand upon them
creased. careful investigation would no
doubt bring cut evidence to show that pub
lie improvements, official salaries and pub
lie charities have run away ahead of pri-
waite incomes in Wayne county, and the in
evitable has resulted.
Everybody in Indiana will indorse what is
here said concerning the merits of Wayne
county and the beauty and attractiveness
of Richmond but probably no person out
side of the county has known of the situa
ton in regard to taxation. The Palladium
deserves credit for treating the subject
frankly. If it is true, as intimated. that
the prosperity of the county and city has
been retarded or arrested by excessive tax
alton the people cannot begin too soon to
demand reform. There other counties
in Indiana that need reform in the same di-
rection, and ''old Wayne which has led
in so many good works, could render
public service by setting the pace.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-21
UNCLE SANS REAL-ESTATE
TRANSACTIONS.

1t would be an exceptional case in our
history if there were no opposition to the
annexation of Hawaii. The present area of
the United States is more than seven times
as great as that OF the thirteen original
States, and every new acquisition of terri
tory has met with strong opposition from
some quarter. The first great event of the
kind, and of vast Importance, the ac-
QUESTION Of the Louisiana territory in 1903
excited bitter criticism and opposition. TO
begin WITH it was unauthorized. The offer
of sale by France was unexpected, and
President jefferson accepted it and closed
the bargain on his own responsibility, with
out any constitutional authority and with
out the knowledge of Congress. He felt
confident it was great thing for the coun-
try, and he trusted Congress to ratify mis-
action. 1t finally did so. but not without
violent opposition in Congress and through
out the country. The purchase was de-
nounced as unconstitutional So it was.
Jefferson himself admitted that it was
Some said the price, $15,00O,OOO was far too
great for a wilderness. This wilderness
comprised what now forms the whole or
part OIL the present States OF ARKANSAS,
iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, oregon, the Indian Terri
tory Colorado, the two Dakotas, Idaho
Montana, Washington and Wyoming. Fiji
teen million dollars was thought too high
a price for that piece of land. Then it was
said so vast a territory could not be held
together under one government; that there
nf interest hat In
dian fighters and trappers and the people
of the East; that it would impoverish the
older States to maintain so vast territory,
and so on. But the purchase was finally
consummated, and a great thing it was for
the country
The Mexican war which began with the
annexation of Texas and ended with the
acquisition of New Mexico and California,
was regarded at the time as Democratic
measure and was strongly opposed by the
Wing party. The legislatures Of eight
Northern States protested against the an
nexation of Texas. At the close of the war
there was strong opposition to the acquisi-
ton of California and New Mexico, and it
was with difficulty that Congress was in
duced to vote the money necessary to con-
summate the treaty
The purchase of Alaska in 1867 aroused
a storm of opposition and ridicule. Andrew
Johnson was President, and there was a
good deal of politics in the opposition,
though it was mostly based on the alleged
worthlessness of the territory. it's remote
ness, the fact that we did not need it, etc
Mr.. Seward, secretary of state. had nego-
tiated the treaty secretly, and the first no
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-21
THE COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAW.

The first steps towards putting the new
compulsory education law in operation show
that it will require considerable machinery,
time and labor, and involve no small ex-
pense The law is very important one, and
should be given fair and thorough trial.
1t may cause some friction and dissatisfac
ton at first, but an honest effort should be
made to obviate all causes of complaint and
get the best results possible from the law.
1t provides, among other things for the
appointment of truant officers, not to ex-
coed five in any county, whose duty ii shall
be to see that all children of school age
are in school at least twelve consecutive
weeks in each school year These truant Of
icers are TO be appointed by the county and
city superintendents of schools acting under
the direction of the state superintendent of
public instruction and the secretary of the
State Board of Charities. The two officials
last named have sent circular to county
superintendent embodying their views and
making certain suggestions in regard to
these appointments. The truant officers are
to serve for one year and receive from the
county treasury 81 for each day of actual
service. The state board thinks that in
majority of the counties three truant Off
GERS will be enough and in some two. In
a few counties five may be necessary The
circular makes some good suggestions in
regard to dividing the counties into truancy
districts, and urges strongly that the APP
pointment of truant officers be very care
fully considered and made with sole refer
ence to fitness for the work. This is a very
important point and one to which county
superintendent should give particular at
tention. If they wish the law to succeed do
what is expected of it and become popular
they can contribute largely to this end by.
selecting fit men for truant officers. Each
one of these should reside within the dis
trict for which he is appointed, and should
be of approved integrity, respected by his
neighbors, interested in educational mat
ters, and with sufficient tact to perform his
duties under the law without giving unnec-
essary offense, and yet with great deal of
firmness. County superintendent should re-
alize that the new law is on trial. and try
to make the truancy officers realize the
same thing in order that all may cooperate
in making it successful. To the extent that
the people will contribute to the enforce
lessening the need for the services of tru-
ancy officers and reducing their per diem al
loWances
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-21
BUSINESS METHODS IN PUBLIC
AFFAIRS.

Those who have had occasion to make in
States institutions during the past dozen
years must have been impressed with the
fact that some of them have not been con-
Quoted upon business principles. There
was looseness, wastefulness and extrava-
gauce. 1t is only necessary to examine the
vouchers of several institutions in the
auditors office, as did the Journal in 1890
and 1891, TO find evidence of unwarranted
expenditure in different directions. but par
ticularly in the expenditure of officials
they have met, have denounced these of
lenses in vigorous language, and have, in
equally emphatic language, promised re-
form whenever that party should come into
power.
The Republicans came into power in 1894
and the Republican State officers adopted
regulations for the accounting fer funds
which began the good work. Many loose
habits were broken up and thousands of
dollars were saved thereby. The abolition
Republican Legislature of 1895 put thou
sands of dollars into the treasury Last
year Governor Mount was elected upon
platform pledging the Republican III rty
and it's candidates to economical reform
In his inaugural Governor Mount promised
to do his utmost TO have the business of the
State conducted upon business principles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-21
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
AGAIN.

Washington dispatches state that the adj
ministration will reopen negotiations with
Great Britain relative to the establishment
of general arbitration agreement between
the two governments The subject is del
icate one. Unless handled with care it may
result in decided rebuff for the United
States, and under the best of management
it will be difficult to carry it to a success
full conclusion. 1t is always somewhat
risky for the party responsible for the fail
ure of a negotiation or the defeat of an I'M
dertaking to attempt to reopen or revive it.
If the United States attempts to do this
Great Britain may coldly reply that, after
having gone as far as possible and nego-
tiated one treaty on the subject, which had
been first mutilated and then rejected by
the Senate, she did not care to consider
the matter further From British point
of view such a reply could easily be made,
and it would be rather humillating for the
United States and hurtful to the cause of
international arbitration. For this reason
the administration ought to proceed very
cautiously in the matter, and before ask
ing Great Britain to renew negotiations on
the subject, ascertain in advance whether
she would entertain such a request. 1t
would be better not to make the request
than to have it rejected in terms that
would place the United States in the wrong.
But if Great Britain would consent to
renew the negotiation other questions arise.
Could another treaty be formulated which
would be satisfactory to both govern
ments? Would any treaty that satisfies
Great Britain be acceptable to the United
States? AS both governments will insist
on excepting certain matters from arbi-
tration, what does treaty amount to?
Finally, as it is always competent for both
governments to settle a dispute by arbi-
tration, what is the use of a treaty? One
of the principal reasons for the rejection
of the recent treaty by the Senate and
probably the most potent one, was I'M
willingness to submit to arbitration ma
tional questions like the Monroe doctrine
and the construction OF the Nicaragua
that Great Britain would insist on includ-
ing in treaty. Suppose such treaty
were now in force and England should OBJ
ject to our acquiring Cuba or annexing
Hawaii; would the American people relish
having to submit such a question to arbi-
tration, with European potentate for an
umpire? There are so many other diff
culties in the way of a successful conclu-
sion of the negotiation, even if Great
Britain should consent to renew it, that
the administration ought to deliberate very
carefully before making the attempt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-21
To Smash the Heavenly Trust.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
And so the cloth is getting it's dander up;
that is, getting mad, 'as it WERE" and all
because that meek knot on the gospel log,
the dear lay-brother' is tired of being
a knot and shows some signs of life, and
has committed the objectionable sin of
claiming his rights in the general confer
ences of the Methodist Church. 1t i'll be-
comes the preachers of the Methodist
Church to accuse the laity of ignorance
and selfishness, as some of them have done
because the laity are tired of being taxed
all the time without having the American
privilege of representation. Let us see who
is the selfish man. The lay-member is de-
voted to the church, often giving largely of
his time and money. The writer knows
lay-members in Indianapolis who devote al
most as much, if not quite as much, time
TO the church as does the pastor and who
pay literally of their money besides, and
get nothing directly or indirectly in return
for labor and money, except a conscious
ness of knowing that the church and hui
mainly have been helped. To charge such
men with selfshness is both a false and an
unmanly accusation. The preacher, if any
one is the selfish man. Tis true he gives
his time to the church. at least most min
Some lecture, some write, some have other
callings aside from the duties of a pastor
For the church work they get living sal
aries, occasionally accommodating considera-
BILE wealth from the gospel work. l do not
complain Of this but if there is any selfish
man it must be the one that gets the sell
fish results. How many preachers are will
ing to work for nothing? And. be it said
to the honor of those whom ministers call
selfish Iaity' that they do not expect or
want the preachers to work without pay.
And as to the charge of ignorance
against the Iaity, the men W no made that
charge should be ashamed of it, and he is
if he has any sense of shame. Men cap
able Of properly conducting the commercial
interests of the country, filling any and all
offices honorably and creditably, surely
cannot be called ignorant, and ii is that
class of men who AVE demanded their
rights in conference. IT is not meek and
unknown Methodist that has all at once
come to his senses and asks representation,
but the leading men of that great church.
and it is these men who are charged with
ignorance-wel they can stand 1t If any
honorable man can afford to make the
charge. The fact is, the Methodist laity
have been governed by the ministers very
much as Spain has governed Cuba the
command has been TO keep still and give
until the governed sees that his patience.