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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: .TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22. 1894.
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FOR ALDERMEN.
Tbe flood Government Club presents
the following cncdulntes for aldermen
nt the eleortra to be held on the 8th of
December next:
First Word—JOHN M. WALKER.
Second Ward-1:. J. WILLINGHAM.
Third Word—MOIlltlfl IIAPl’.
Fourth Word—W. A. DOODY.
Fifth Wnril—T. K. RYALS.
Sixtb Ward-C. D. PEAVY,
PLATFORM.
"Resolved, That* It Is the obje.-.t and
purpose of ‘The Oood Oovernmsnt Club
of the c|ty of sMcon to accomplish by
lawful minus and honorable methods th«
election of six aldermen on the Ith day
of Decemhor next who will diligently seek
to control the administration of our ell)
government In tha Intereat jnd to thi
honor of tho entire community; who will
have tha city lawa pcrlstontly and impar-
daily enforced, and who will, In fo far
an our city oharter provides, have the
etty government co-oporato with the
state authorities In detecting end prose*
cutlng to conviction all violations of Matt
laws within the city limits, Expressly
dtsclsimlng all animosity, prejudice and
desira to persecute or oppose nay of our
fetipw citizens w, engage In this move
ment because of public considerations
only, and wa appeal to the people of the
city, without regard to race. Ntss'or con.
dltion. political affiliations or religious
beliefs, to Join ua in It, and we Invite
such of our fellow cltlaent who fate so
determined and who desire membership
tft this club with a view to prom3to Us
cause, to enroll their name* on tht book
ws keep for that purpose."
‘TU1MAEY MONEY" AND NOTES.
It la contended, by those who ore
cbunor.ng for tho tm> ooltugo of su
rer u t the 18 to 1 ratio, that the price
of commopjtlce depends entirety on
the supply of wlmi they call "prjntrj"
money. We uuppoae they tueon by
"primary" money, money which car
ries In itself tho Intrinsic value stumped
on ini face. If so, then the use of this
term by them ig Itself In dollanco of
tho.r theory, or at least the theory of
many of them, that the bust money '*
flat money, But that I* not tho point
which we wish to refer to Just now,
which la: la ;t true that prices depend
entirely on the retaCvo supply of pri
mary money?
fiuppoto that wv bad a banking ays-
tttu under which currency waa based
on gold or (liver, tt matters no', which,
but that the supply of tha metal wa*
eamili. llttt suppose, also, that tho
system was so perfect In Its working
thiU tie note* based on this small re-
genre of oota were everywhere accepted
a* the equivalent of coin, and were
always promptly redeemed on demand.
If tho supply of those notes was ex-
tmonllnarlly large—510 per capita, wo
will say—would their obuudanco have
any effect wluWevor on price*? Ac-
oonLug to the theory of which ws
speak, prices would continue te decline
under suih o miaasianeoa. If the sup
ply nt metnl money remained the same,
and would derllne because of the atatrol
ty of that uietal.
We <V> not undertake to say off-hand
Shat thla theory Is ear.retv unfounded,
that it la false, or that It Is mxleadiux;
but It doe* seeeu ta u< unreasonable.
Why It not a note, accepted at the
•qutl of metallic money and which te
In face redeemable In tnetllto money,
just a* influential In Using prices as
a. tnctkUIn dollar would be, seeing that
tt is Just as cffeqt.ro in buying as :bat
metaU.o dollar? We see no reason
why it should not be.
It Is true that pile; notes, based cn
coin and promptly redeemable, are not
and cannot be the sti'id-inl of vthts,
but they are the medium of exchange.
They terr# completely tbu ona func
tion which the grecnlxuikers declare
to be the true tuna .on of money. The
standard of value remains the metal
behind the octet. The <us\ a* we see
It It very much the simp as 'ha;' <f
the standard of meaaorts under the
system, tvhlcb obtains la til's ouuiry
At tbs court housei or the capltoi, there
Is a standard pound ws ant and a yard
muaturr, with which aul other weights
and measures employed la doing the
commerce of the coimtry are expected
to be compand, in onler Ota. they may
be seen to be of tee *t-tuJ*M uvlgUt
and length. These measures la actual
use are no; tbemeelvea, strictly speak
ing. ihe standards of Icugdk or weight,
but -they are practically the si me
They art used for oooreuicoce’s sske.
U feet. It 1* absolutely necessary te
use them. The siandardt with which
they are oompared to prove their truth
cannot be made so numerous os to be
In the bands of all persons who need
te we’gb ami measure, but must be few
and must be hi the Leepiug of those
who can be depended upon not to
tamper with them—not to shorten tb#
one nor lighten the other. In the sense
that the word Is employed In regard
to these, or nearly in tha: sense, gold
can be said to be the measure of value
—the yard stick >t tha pound weight
by which values are tried; and tho cir
culating note* based upon it, used in
commerce and redeemable ir -i, are
like -tho yard sticks and weight mens
urea employed In stores, used for con
venience, JtMt as good <u the standard,
under ordlmry con-lit one, and ;nst
as valuable as standard weights and
measures would b*. Who will say
that the sise of the bushel or the qturt
cup, ’or -the length of the yard, is af
fected by -the fact that the standards
are fow, seldom employed, and are
kept locked np Id the court Louts or
capitol? It wou’d be Just ns reaaena-
ble, A seem* to us, to say that paper
money cannot, "by Ha abundtnee, af
fect prices, when It can be and Is fre
quently compared with tlie primary
money and Is exchangeable for It.
As we have said, w« do no: propose
to be dograote on the question. We
merely present a certain view of It.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN PRACTICE
The Populist* of Colorado enfran
chised the women of that state and at
the very first opportunity tho women
proved that no mistake had been made,
by voting the Populist* nut of power.
There Is a good dee) .n this to recon
cile the people of other states to the
probofeauy -that sit sotno time In the
future female suffrage will become
universal In this country- But the
Populists at Colorado are very angry,
and particularly the wife of Governor
Watte. In an Interview recently she
sad of the women of Colorado:
"They have shown that they are no
more fit for the ballot than children un
der tt years of sge. Why, they have com*
down round our home and acted like a
lot of hoodlums, blo-wuig horn* nnd show
ing that they know no more 61 the po
litical questions than foreigners Ignorant
of the English language. Then 1 know
of lots of thara who sold their votes ns
tho mon did, and wars not ashamed of
It, either. Thera were numbers of them
who so.* out for packages ot chewing
gum and a carriage ride. Oh, how
ashamed I would bo of a thing like that."
If we tan take Mrs. Wane’s wool
for It, the women of Colorado devel
oped the wicked ways of the men .n
election times on very short notice.
Who would ’have thought that on the
very flrst elect on day. that they could
go to the polls the women would
march down the streets blowing horns
and deponing rhamaaives just like tho
■'boys" do on tom-Ur oocas.onsV Who
would have thought emu they would
•ell Uttfir votes for tho cash, Jtut ns the
"hoys" do, and exhibit some little pi do
In tho trvmmaUon, as the "boys" do
not do? Really, we cannot believe all
th.s. It Is etsier to believe that Mrs.
WtUo Is a flair mate for her husband
In tho expert, if somewhat erratic, use
of -tho tongue, nnd tha# in this matter
sho endeavor* to balance tho dlsap-
polmnneM she feds with shunter of
her opponents, which she hopes they
wiU feel.
It Is a somewhat singular thut, al
most without exception, the political
putty which haw cnfnauohlsed a now
olasa of citlXMM has suffered at tho
polls on the Drat occasion that thut
oktas Ibj exercised Us new right. This
has been true repeatedly In Kuglnud
and other European ooutMr.es, and we
know of no real exception to the rule
except when tho Republican party en
franchised tho slaves of the South. It
suffered, but not through the fault of
tho negroes. TGe negroes only, whether
out of gratitude or not we cannot say,
showed themselves for years, tnd do
■tin, the polttnal slaved of the party
which endowed them wtth the highest
political right of a man under our form
of government. It is not surpns ug,
therefore, or ought not to be, that the
women of Colorado did what men usu
ally do under such otroumstnnccs—
voted against tho party which had
hoped to nnJce profit out ot them.
MISSED THE MAIN POINT.
The Chicago Tribune, which has usu
ally been a very strong free trade pa
per for three year* and & very strong
protection paper tor tho fourth, In
which the prcwldect was elected, Is
now very much exercised In Ua tuitul
over the misery of (be working people
of Germany. If it can be believed,
sturvadon wages prevail In that conn;
try, then' are millions of idle work
ingmen, and general misery and dis
content prevail from one end of the
eutp re to the other. This Is certainly
a very lamentable stats of affaire.
Germany 1* one of the leaders of civ-
lHsttton, her people are our friends,
and we ought to sympathlre with, them
whenever misfortune overtakes them.
The Tribune which, right new, some
what out of due course, la In one of It*
protection veins, ought to rejoice over
the condition of Germany a* the mis
fortune of a uiilanal .enemy, uses It
tor another purpose-euunely, a* a hor
rible example of what, this country
will crane to if the tariff barriers are
not made hgher. Our working people.
It says, will be reduced to the same
state as tho paupers of Germany.
The moot obvious lesson the Tribune
entirely overlooks, witch is that pro
tection doe* not ItMuro workingmen
good wages, for Germany » one ot
the moat excessively protected coun
tries la Europe. Per several year* the
tariff oT that country has steadily pro
gramed upward. The rates of duty
may not be ps high u our own, but
they were considered, of the time they
were imposed, amply sufficient to pre
serve the Gorman market, if Gorman
workmen are on the verge of starra
tha, after many years of protection,
adopted osleiw&ty for their benefit,
while the working people of countries
whose goods come Into immediate com
petition -with German gauds ere much
better off and receive much blgber
wages. It Is a somewhat clouded vision
which can see In protection n blcsting
for working people. Now if Germany
were a free trade country and her peo
ple suffered like they do, and Great
Britain had a protective tariff and her
workingmen received large* wages and
more constant employment than the
Germans, there might be some reason
in saying (bait protection beneflied
working people. There is none when
the facta of the case are revered.
shorTtIlks
WITH MANY PEOPLE.
It Is worth anybody’s 'time to hear
MnJ. HodgklUS toll of his recent trip
to th* West, abd especially of wnat he
saw and heard In Enid. Oklahoma,
white visiting his son Henry, who is
attutam postmaster at Enid. The Ma
jor spent: all at the summer in the
West, principally In Colorado, but It
is of Enid That he love* mm to talk
When I met him yesterday in Mr
George Jewett's olfloo be nuts literally
overflowing -with runuslns anecdotes
and ridiculous yarns that were told
him by the people of OkVihomn con
cemlng the settlement at -the town oi
Bald. One of the stories that the Ma
jor vouches for as being true and one
that H will pleeas every Southerner
to hair Is how the people ot Enid cel
ebrated Memorial Day. It may not hi
generally known, but the majority of
the people of Ekiid are Southerners, so
when Memorial Day oaane around they
got togalier and decided to ofilehrate
the day as bad been their custom when
or, home.
Hon. W. U. Ptotoraon -was chosen
orator, and the ladles were appealed
to for flowers for decorative purposes.
After all arrangements had been made
somebody made the startling discovery
thal; l-hey had no graves to decorate
This threw cold water, so to speak, <s
the day's exercises, but finally some ot
the boys got to work and built t,
wooden non-iment, which was beauti
fully decorated with flowers, and the
exorcism passed off nloely.
"I believe If the Georgia Legislature
could be induced to remain in this
office during one Uenn. -oif our court
they w-ould Increase the eduot-tionai
appropriation tenfold," said United
States Court Clerk Cecil Morgan the
other day, ns he finished Issuing scrip
to a number of witnesses.
"Why?" I asked.
’’Because, not one mao, -white or
block, out of ten -tlhat own** to this
court) in illicit dustflllng cases con
riibnr reud or write. No one ever
knows the amount of Ignorance we
have about us until they get tn a po
sition where -they wilt be thrown in
contact: -with the. class referred to."
Just then three white and one negro
witness came In to get their acrip. and
out of the tour the only one <who couta
sign this name was the negro.
Hon. Ren Ru.V.'l], the Jolly big Con
gressman from 'the Second. came up
from Batnbiidge yesterday with Cot.
Harrell, the ram-ly appointed United
States marshal for the Southern Dis-
-triat of Georgia, sad spent the day
here, helping bis friend -to get ac
quainted with the people of Macon, a
great many of whom are warm friends
of Congre-sman Russell. Mr. Russell
expects to leave in a few days for
Washington to bo present at the open
ing of the next Congress. Few Georgia
Congressmen have ever -taken such, a
prominent place In national Dolltloa In
so Short a rime as has Mr.puSKdl, ana
the people «tf his district nro naturally
proud ot him.
Mr. M. J. Redmond, the popular pay
ing teller at khn American National
Bank, -whose name was reported to be
* kited tor alderman from the Fifth
ward, on the opposition ticket, Is an-
oihror man who refuses to be a candi
date, He says he hue knocked along
so far without being mixed up In poli
tics, and he -thinks he will try to pul
through to tha end on the same tine
He also says ho like* the good govern
ment movement, and If no one offer*
whom he likes better he wilt not
soratch a single name on then ticket.
At any rate, he is not a candidate, and
will not be.
I met up with an old-time ball crank
yesterday who take* to tt>* idea- of a
six club league like a duok to water.
He says it is the only plan that wus
ever feasible In the beginning, anfl he
wants -to ee* It tried on now. He Is
willing to do his part and more, nnd
Is K-nvIoue for the movement to be put
In shape nit once. A compact league,
he says, will pay. and Macon will Wave
as good b:Cl as die ever had without
tht danger ot getting stuck firatheIsJly.
MIAJ. CHESTNEY NOT A CANDI
DATE.
To the Editor ot uh* Telegraph: In
your Issue of yesterday nwrriSng two *1-
dtrmsoto ticket* were given, with my
name on eanh. a* Ukriy to oppose "good
government" in Mscosi. I do not know
what vUistny I have dons or cooiicm-
pLrted that would warrant even a re
porter in holding me up to the commu
nity as an enemy of ’go*l" ot any kind,
end ** a matter at fact the gentleman
streaky notrtltxwed from my wurd (toe
Oust) Is entitled to and shall have the
benefit of «h* limited influence I ponses*
In aid of his eieodon. , ,
Your Informant must have dbnoluded
tout I was opposed (to "good govern
ment” simply bocause I have deprecat
ed heeding th* aWernwm alone ** re
sponsible for any lack of enforeemewt of
to* laws, real or assumed, and ahat I
have questioned itoe propriety and ac
curacy of some of the denuncUttons of
Moron people that I have heard of—
whether in regard to the duttos of mu-
ntoknl ofttoem eh* conduct of burim-eo
methods, to* poitttral course eg voters,
or to* demeanor of toe snehtty ra«n and
women. The club lately: organised
seems to bar* tar Ms prinury object toe
election of aldermen "who -will have
toe butrs persistently and tmportUAy
enforced." This is where I think some
Injustice Is done, by Imputation. The
charter we have had in operation for
a yo»r provided a police -comaafasioa
Supposed on oath to "be governed en
tirely by oanviaflona of to* public
good.” This cornsnlseCoo hts" full and
cmplto* control of to* police," and if
there Is really such a reran 1 and per-
sis:eat neglect to enforce our law*. I
to not see to* sws* of pursuing to* al
dermen about tt with such vigor. Be
side* another section (69) of this char-
tor—with tta mudfsat tontradteetora
and tmpeTfrrttone—mnkos tt spscifloally
to* duty ot the mayor and chief ot po-
dee to eupprera gambling, onto roe tb*
lawa «:c. The** consider* lion* have
influenced ms to «*y that toe concen
tre Don of censure on to* devoted bead*
g toe alflermxrac board I* not entirely
tuMfled by preeont conditions. Let us
exercise txtth Justice and moderation,
>nd not frighrad away those who would
make their homes la our fair city by go
often indulging to nrhofeeade scathing
abuse of our follow citizens.
Bxxraie toe length of my comn-.umcxi-
don: but it’s your fault, and while I
nave a -bonce I might as -well have my
say. Yours -truly, T. O. Ohestney.
GEORGIA MOURNS FOR DR. BASS.
The, people of Georgia are colled upon
to mourn toe death ot Dr. VT. C. Baas,
cx-prcaident of Wesleyan Female Col
lege ok Macon. Dr. Bass was one of toe
old Landmarks of Ororglo, a true and
noble citizen, one of the bent educators
Georgia ever had, and ids death ee de
plored by thousands oil over -toe state,
and especially toe many young ladies
whb have been bis -pupils, and -who, ns
young women have taken up -to* du
des of dfe as it were from Ms hands.
Peace be to toe aches 'oAMs grand,
g.vod nm-TThotnastMe Advertiser.
The announcement of toe death of
Dr. Williams Capers Bass, the great ed
ucator and ChrMltn divine, will earn -
sadness to toe hearts of many friends
and admirers all over the South. Enpe-
cfilly will lit -touch th* tenderest feel
ings of the young -women of Georgia,
no -nuny of whom -received toe&r early
training under his kindly tutelage.—
Rome Tribune.
Dr. WIURsm C. Bass, an old and hon
ored citizen of tots state, died at Me
home tn Maaan yesterday tnorrttag. As
orealdffift of Weuleyou Female Coiiego
for many years, he was prominently
identified wCto toe eduautlon of the
wemvurihood of toe South, and by toem
waa dfedrty respected arid revered. H‘««
death will cause universal sorrow, in toe
South.—Brunswick Call. 1
Dr. WUlla-m Copers Bass, la-le presi
dent of Wcpleyon Female CoUeg, died
Thursday last In-Macon. Tlhe venerable
onan resigned -Sis ohoige of toe Wen-
leyan only last June. Miny forma: pu-
Ills of this emVnn.it -tcdoMdr will rood,
wito toe keenest regret, tods announce
ment of hts dexth.—Waynesboro True
Citizen.
The dearth of Dr. Buss,which occurred
In Macon on Thursday, -will be general
ly deplored .throughout" th* state.—
Thomasvllle Time*-Enterprise:
BALLOT REFORM.
A pure -ballot Iz going to be an issue
tn Georgia, and toe legislature would do
well to heed toe proteo* which are be-
Inx uccered by th* people nnd preaa
agotimit the -present unfair methods. The
unheard of per oent. of votes in toe Au
gusta dtutrtot has opened the eyes of all
to the necessity of speedy reform. In
chalt ci ty, 33 per oent. of -the sonalarjosi
Is reinorted as having voted. This ta nut
ot all proponflon, and if our laws are
so defect!’ an -to -permit tit, they .re-
qini c -,.-c-ly amendment. Of ona thing
we are assured: no people under toe
sun—eapeatoMy no free people—will en
dure such -travesties upon elect-ton-?.
They cannot afford at. nt -will strata
our amsrtctuitons to the Unit to have
such fraudo -toleMlted. Gl-ve -us too Aus
tralian law. or any other -that will pro
tect -too ibeiM.—LaGcsmge Reporter.
There to a natural dlspoalttmv on toe
part of party leadens to bead toe other
Mae at -whatever game it Inaugurate*,
and when it la known toait frauds will
be perpetrated on one ride toe other
tights toe -le-Al with fire. ’The result is
to dlsoredlt toe verdict of to* poMs amd
to make the ballot an object of con
tempt ralbter than enshrine it as toe
bulwark of -popular liberty. -Where it Is
possible for ward -heolcia and eSeation
maiiiipulo/tors -to conitol -toe popular ver
dict at toe poais, -there can be no confi
dence in toe result, even when It i* en
tirely lhanest, and toe only way to ob
tain relief -tocun euah conditions to to
adopt a ballot system Which places
fraudout of the question; or ait least
reduces it to a minimum.—Augusta
Chromate.
The Gazette Is ta favor of -holding the
county, atete and national elections all
on one flay,and hold aH -the primaries
on one day—making -two days for the
whole matter. Th-ta-tiring of-taking peo
ple away from their vocations seven or
tight days In every campaign Is grow
ing manoAonous, If not burdensome, and
should -be discon-tinuetl.—’TUton Gazette.
Tho -people of Georgia wont too Aus
tralian ballot system, or arxmetotlng bat
ter. and a general state registration
law. The Geoiwto legislature (should fix
up an eleaflon -law -thfilt will aland toe
•tort from toe start. It la a dangerous
subject -to experiment with.—Quitman
Free Press.
The prmerit metood ot electing Judges
and eoHcMors should be ofbohsh-'d.
There’s -too raudh "You vote for my
man and I'll vote for yours,” regardless
of competency, -In toe preszxt eyutem.—
Quitman Freat Press.
The legislature ebo-uld not adjourn
■without pa-sriug on -honest election law.
It la going bravely 10 work on tosit Ur.*,
but toe matter tihouSd be strenuously
ure-ed while popular sentiment -to rip*.—
FrankWn News and Banner.
The Advertiser ts for betdat reform,
fair and honest (flection*, and- it wo got
beat will come again.—Thomasvllle Ad
vertiser. '
AHTE-BHEARPAST SIMM.
The trouble with the bulldog is he
sdlfietimea ohews more than he -can
bite off.—Galveston Nows.
Teacher—A mole eats daily as much
ua it weighs. PupU-But how docs it
know how much it weighs?—Fltegende
Blatisr.
Collectot—Say. look tae-re, Vxn Uvrirt of
calling hero nbout tide blll. DoOtor-
Well. I’m mighty glad to hear rt—
Lu®*
-I understand you aare aWt to be
come « cKUen ot greater N»w York.
What business arc you «omr *nta
toerer* “Stock raising."—Chicago
Record.
"Dc cand’date dat gits defeated,
said Uncle Even, “am -mighty hahd
ter convince dat de worl'am proges-
eta' In enltghtenmerit. ’—Washington
Star.
"What are you doing now?" sake
ons Yale man of anoemta. "1 m writing
for * living." "What do you write?
“Letters to fEe governor."-dI*rlem,
Life.
Cabbie (susloctouS’vV-Tbh looks like
toe same cigar I gave you toe otoe
day. 6tone—Is it? I fhought 1 n.td
gotten rid ot It.—New York Herald.
•Dr. Brush—I wonder why Bargnet
ata-vys speaks of hts wife as a dream?
Mr*. Brush—I suppose she always goes
by contraries.—Mt. Vernon Echoes
Mrs. Upson-Mre. Gayboy eay* she
can nevertell anything about her hus
band. Upson—Humph! leaves that to
toe neighbor*. I suppose—Buffalo Cou-
Wntts—So you onl believe toe good
die young? Potts—’Tbs t used to wBrry
me s good deal When I -was -si»y. bu.
I know better now.—Indianapolis Jour-
IU4.
Maude—Have you decided how you
are going to vote? Mlse Quivers—Oh.
yes. I’m going to vote In my new black
cloth street gown with petri buttons.—
Chicago Record.
"Tell me the worst," said the candi
date's wife. "I was defeated by 11.000
votes.” "There! Dldn'-t 1 always tell
you Out thirteen was an unlucky
number."—Washington Star.
Mrs. O'Kaye—I’m going to Cutlet’s,
Horkre. (Shall I order the Sunday din
ner? Mr. O’Kaye—Nri don’t order It.
Just trait for It. Liyt month’s bill U
still due.—Harlem lit*.
Ikenateio—Swlndtebsum Is what
ralcht be called fin seicle. GoUSeimer
—Vink so? Iketateln—Y«to. he adver
tises his ere soles ten days tn advance
oaf der Are.—Life.
••Ha; uhoutt-l the enthusiastic
scientist. "I have tf-doovered one thing
tn Which the Chinese did not anticipate
us.” "What is to*tr* "Football. I can
prove tt by the way they weir their
hair.—Washington Star.
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AB&OEsOTEESf PUKE
THE INCOME TAX.
Danger that It May Prove to Be a
Most Unequal and Unjust Tax.
Professor Charles F. Dunbar, of Har
vard Uritverslty, reviews the n-w in
come tax law in the current number o»
toe Quarterly Journal of Economics. He
baj nothing to my a-galos: toe principle
of the ax. But in practice he oonJenda
tost it may eerily become a raoit une
qual and so am ost unjust levy. Tlito
Is Hkaiy to be the case with the preusat
mpgtiaiUoil tat It. Than an Income lex
ran be levied and collected with -tub-
stantlal ithoroughness and Juetl * he be
lieves do be poseJble; and he thinks tout
England baa pretty nearly reached that
attainment. But our lawmaker have
n:<t -vrotUod from --he experience ot otti
er na’totas. and even from our own ex
perience, and toe present laiw Is a crude
aoi-I tll-oonetdieTed contrivance.
We do not quite underatand Profess it
Dunbar’s position, HP ta riilbit
squarely for nor squarely again n a Fed
eral Income tax. Ho objects Co it now
an not necessary. He aeexus to think
tt Should be reserved for emergencies,
as case otf war. Moreover, he calls at-
ten-jlon to too tickft of opinion In the
states against <h* obsolet* system of
taxing persona.! property, and Wauls to
know -what will be toe effect of the
adoption by toe United States of
‘‘grasping at the Inlta-ngSble. ’ But, ton
the other hand, he proceeds to say;
The moat striking defect tn- the ilnon-
Oial system of toe U-nlded ata-'ea Is toe
want of some eisy adjustment of the ie-
cefp’s of -the government. As a result
of those olrcurnatan-oes w-lrioh have
made the customs duties our chief it-
lt-ii ce. toe -treasury may som-itlmes
have a plsthnra -when a presporous
business swells our Imports, end come
times o dearth when toe cours of trade
oharixeu; but ta neStoer case have we
arvy -SmiprtAnt elastic branch of nsatioo
which can be relied upon- to lower a
sunplus or till up a deficit at Short no
tice. Neither customs nor excise duties
can be used for Wtiu purpose without se
rious d-Ioturbance and frictlco. England,
as !s -well known, meet* toe aeV.c-gou*
difficulty by toe adjustment of toe In
come -tax. Conftinema-l writers and
statesmen have long printed with envy
to tills unfailing resource of the dh-atn-
cetior of the exchequer. * * * The
oiroumstanoes of the United States, and
toe unavoidable difference in our lead
ing sources of taxation, msBoes it unlike
ly thait -this generation or the next will
see amiy Similar admlMlstraittve Guccesss
here; but a much closer adjustment of
revenue to actual needs toa-a we have
at present could be oittatned by the use
of a weti-arranged Bind quickly movea
ble tax on Incomes OB a part of our or
dinary revenue. Thus a proper iooome
tax sippeare -to have usee Which make (t
desirable to have its practicability more
oorsfuly studied.
This la a most impontnwt cansiaera-
tion. As matters ota-nd. we cannot
ahnnse our Federal taxes up or down- to
conform to toe costs of the government
wt'i’-on-t fiSsturtl-nlg many and varied
buslnere Interests. Our experience In
this wa y during tho past nix or seven
yeir« .'i*s been dreftiedly-oomlncin* as
to that. And Professor Dunbar seems
to think to(s consideration outwdgha
the sum of objections madte to a Fed
eral Income tax. We nre ta some doubt
about this.. But were, there no quef>
-tion about it. we dhould ray the govern:
roent could not begin toe trial ef toe
pi.au too quickly. There nre no "clr-
•cumstances of Itoe United States" mak
ing It inadvisable alt present which
would not have equal force a generation
from now.—Springfield (Mass.) Republi
can.
OPINION OF THE NEW CZAR.
Professor uerrcKen’a Estimate, as Pub
lished In toe German Press.
The following estimate of too czaro-
wltz which Professor F. H. Geffcken has
contributed to the German press will be
read -with special interest, now that the
esarowtts Is tho czar. Professor Geffcken
says: - . - -
"Tha czarowlts Is a noble, generoue
character, opposed to every kind of per
secution, and especially to religious fa
naticism. He has already prevented a
great deal of mischief and ha* softened
down many a strong measure. He Is a
decided opponent to Pobedonestzeff, and
the latter will probably be among the
flret -to dleappear under toe new regime.
“Alexander III. haa not alwiya been a
friend of Germany. At toe time the th en
German crown prince (Frederick III.)
went to Ht. Petersburg to the funeral ot
Alexander n. and eald something about
tho friendly relations of the two coun
tries the czar remarked: ’Mala lly a
pourtant is plan de Bismarck,’ who he
considered' was anxious to annex the Bal
tic prorinoes. And even after the crown
prince Fad convinced Mm of the futility
ot to* Plea, he remained suspicious, send
the anti-German elements In Russia foe
tered t..e feeling.
"This feeling has recently undergone a
change, as may bo Inferred from toe
Hu«ao-G«rman commercial treaty, which
waa only passed by special order of the
Viuperor. agamst the Interests of tot
Moscow moron ante and their antes at
court. He waa never In favor of the
French affiance, and the vlilt of Admiral
Gervale to Oronetadt, which he could not
very weal refuse, was painful to Mm,
and he was glad when It waa over. On
th* other hand, he assured the German
emperor, on Ms vlait to Kiel, that he
would never give morohtng orders to a
single soldier In order that France might
reconquer Alsaee-Lorotae. Hts ambseaa-
dor at Parti hod strict ordera to keep
the Toulon end Parts festivities within
certain no-unde. Bretfly, ho treated toe
French advance*, In the word* of & witty
English dtptomattat, like a man who care-
leesly suffers the careeses of a girt throw,
tag herself «t Ms neok. but who, at the
same time, doea not went to have any
thing to do with her.
-ta* csarowits goes further. He Is
distinctly f(lenity to Germany, and haa
e werm friendship for the Emperor Will
iam. TO* French have nothing to fear
from him, and toe triple alllanre boa
nothing to tear. Hence It la only th*
home politic* tn Russia which will un
dergo a great change under a new ruler,
and If the future i-tsr has the strength
to carry thee* changes through, they will
be for the welfare of the great empire,
and wm lead to the pactflcatlon of the
discontented elements ta Russia.
"Whether toe next czar will be suftt-
eiently ehergetle to carry-out hts strong
opposition to the present bureaucratic
regime .and to introduce such reforms
as are possible ta Russia, remains to be
seen. But la Ms efforts toward that end
he will have a valuable assistant in hla
uncle. Grand Duke Vtadfinlr. The rest
of th* imperial family do not count. Out
wardly there will be few changes; if the
exar was a lover ot peace, who only
pushed onward where he knew that Eng
land would not dare to act ta Asia, for
‘nstance, the czarowttz la still more op
posed to war." v
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MODERN WHALING.
The Old Harpoon Has Been Displaced by
an Explosive Bomb.
The first two vessels lrom the whaling
fleet ta the Arctic ocean arrived In port
during the past week, and with them
oame the otc-tolu stories of the danger
and death of tnoso who sail In the frozen
north ta search of gain and find only
graves,says the Ban Francisco Examiner.
The crew of one ot the vessels, the Nico
Uni, spent nearly three years among the
Ice nnd ino-w “north of flfty-three," as
Kipling colls it.
■•ivnaltag la not what tt used to be,"
raid a grizzly old salt as he sot on the
edge of his greasy bunk In tho forecas.
tie. "The ships that go after 'bowheads'
nowadays are much better arranged than
they wore a dozen years ago, but tt ain't
no picnic yet; you can bot on that my
son; you can bet on thaz/’
About all that remains of toe old cue.
toms of the wh&iern Is the lookout at
mast-head, who brings every man out ot
his warm bunk with tho rail, 'Ta-a-r;
she blows," and with a wave of hla hand
points out the direction for the wheel-
man to steer. The crews Jump Into their
boats and away they go. The old har
poon Is obsolete. Instead a whale gun
Is used and as toe boat approaches the
spouting monster a bomb, tilled with an
explosive equal to about ten pounds ot
giant powder, Is fired Into tots huge body
near the head. The deadly missile ex
plodes as tt buries ttrelf Into the flesh
and a great hole Is blown almost Into
the vitals of toe monster. Death ts in
most cases instantaneous. A small steam
.or naptha launch takes the rar<-as3 ta
tow and tt Is hauled alongri.de the ve».
sol, where the bone and blubber are tak
en from It.
Sometimes, If the bomb from the gun
faun to 'cause Instant death or give a
mortal wound, a harpoon with a dyna.
mite (attachment Is thrown the same as
the old wnale-oateMng weapons were; and
as the needle point of the spear rinks
into the flesh it explodes toe bomb. The
second wound will ta almost every case
cause death, but it not the harpoon cling*
to tne whole, and with the line attached
tta whsrters watt calmly tn tthelr beat
for the cetacean to rise for another shot
at tt from the gun, which is by that time
reloaded and waiting for.lt There Is none
of tnat wild excitement of being towed at
raoe-horse speed through toe water be-
hind a wounded and infuriated whale
vigla your comrades come gallantly to
the rescue to pick you up In case the
host be smashed to atoms by the beast's
tall or crushed tn the monster’s Jaws.
All that la’ gone. The ship's boats sur
round the whale as he spouts. Little
chance is left for tt to escape, and a
bomb from the gun or the auxiliary bar.
poon is sufficient to end the battle.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
CITY tax notice.
The fourth and last installment of the
city tax 1b now due. Taxpayers are re
quired to pay for the year.
Executions will be issued and expenses
charged Co those In default.
A. R. TINSLEY, Treasurer.
November 18, 18&4.
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voters for the city election to bo held
on December 8, 189$, are open from 7
a. m. to 8 p. m. each Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday during the
month at November. Registration office
second floor city halL
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evidence to convict the parties who
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