Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 October 1892 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1892.

THE DAILY JOURNAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1803.

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All eommunieationa intended for publication in this paper mutt, in order to receive attention, he accompanied by the name and addrut of the writer THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. Can be found at the following places: PARI 8 American Exchange In Paris, 30 Ifcralevard de Cspaclnes. NEW YORK Ollwy House and "Wladaor Hotel. PHI D ELPH IjL JL. T. Kamble. 8784 Tmnrmmtmr rtnoa. CHICAGO-PalmerHonta. ' CU? CI2CKATT J. R. HswleyA Ca 154 VInvsfcrMt. LOUISVILLE C. T. Dcerlng, northwest const cl Third and Jefferson street. BT. LOUIS Union News Co., Union Depot. WASHINGTON'. D. C-IUggs Hoaea and Knott UvOMk For President. BENJAMIN HARRISON, of Indiana. FOR VlCE-PRESIDENT, 1TIIITELAW ItEID. of New Tork. ' All the speakers who return to headquarters report largo meetings, closo attention and a very earnest feeling. The peoplo who are paying their taxes theso days in Indiana are not cordially indorsing the Democratic tax act, as did the Democratic State convention. Those speakers who continue to tell tho farmers that hogs are bringing but 63 per hundred, when they are getting $5, are overdoing the consolation act. - The report of the Bureau of Labor in Illinois shows that the wages of coalminers in that State have been increased on an average from Sl.CG per day in 1S91 to 81.62 in 1S92. TnE wild-cat-banking project is having a good deal of influence in the canvass in the East, -and business men are surprised that Mr. Cleveland passed over tho matter in silence. A tear ego the Sentinel was very thankful that the Democracy had rid itself of Simeon Coy, but now that Mr. Coy is of more importance at Democratic headquarters than is the Sentinel, it has no word of protest. Thousands of men in this district have come to know both Charles L. Henry and William D. Rynum. If each of them wanted advice about a business affair or wanted practical assistance, to which of these candidates would they There is a growing feeling that tho charitable institutions of theStato could be run on business principles for a great deal less money than is now being paid out. It would, at least, be wise to make a change through a Republican Legislature. . , . The great Republican meeting held in Boston a few nights sinco was one of the largest and most enthusiastic held since the days of General Butler in that city. Both Faneuil and Music halls could not hold half the people who sought admission. The Liverpool Echo of Sept. 10, sayB "the outlook for British trade is decidedly not encouraging Just at present." After citing evidences of the decay of trade, it says: "Undoubtedly failing the success at the presidential polling of Mr. Cleveland, who has pledged his party to A revenue tariff', tho future of British manufactures and of all the subsidiary Industries depending upon them is dark indeed." Tun national character of our currency has resulted in making tho rates of interest about the same in Indiana as In Now York. If a Stato-bank currency should be forced upon tho people all notes will bo rayable in legal tender, which a State cannot issue. .Consequently, in addition to interest, tho Jebtor would bo compelled to pay a premium to get legal-tender money, r;hich would bo quite ns much of a charge ns the interest rate. It is a pretty good indication ot the progress of Indiana in things material that in addition to the American tin-plate-works at Elwood, now in full operation, thero are three other large tinplate plants located or in process of construction at different points. One xf these is at Gas City, Grant county, cne nt Atlanta, Hamilton county, ami one at Hammond. Lake county. All will bo largo plants, each larger than the ono at Elwood, and .will bo in operation in a short time. It looks as if Indiana would do her share in developing the tin-plate industry. The gerrymander suit in New York is now in the hands of the Court of Appeals, which will render a final decision. The New York Tribune argues strongly against tho right of tho Legislature to violate a plain provision of the Constitution, and does not think the court will recognize the "discretionary power" of the Legislature to enact an unconstitutional law. The Tribune adds: If, this view of the law is tsken byonr Court of Appeals it will he anovelty; it will le utterly witbout precedent; it will be in direct conflict with the unanimous decieiou of the Republican fcfuprenie Court of Wisconsin and tho Democratic Supreme courts of Michigan and North Carolina. These courts hare held, without a dissenting voice, that the direction of a constitution as to how an apportionment must be made is an absolute command that may not be violated or avoided, and that the attempt to riolate or avoid it must be prevented by the courts. In tho death of Tennyeon tho world loses its greatest poet of recent times. London papers are right in pronouncing him the greatest and best singer of the Victorian age. There have been other true and great poets, both English and

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American, bat there was only one Tennyson. Among the rest he was easily first. In warmth of human sympathy, in versatility of work, in scope, breadth and depth of thought, in variety of utterance and felicity of diction, in clearness of conception and aptness of phrase, in pure, sustained, soaring musical eloquence, none could approach him. None but himself can bo his parallel. There was but one Tennyson, and there is no other in sight. Happily, his works live after him, and tho monument ho has reared, more enduring than lrnss, will make his name known and beloved as long as tho English language strtilltontinuo to be read.

A VEEY OLD AHD MISERABLE FALSEHOOD. A Republican has furnished the Journal with a narrow, yellow, paper-covered pamphlet entitled "Points for Thinkers." by L. A. Stockwell, of Cloverdale, in this State, which is being quietly circulated among the farmers of Indiana. Thero is nothing new in this pamphlet, it being a repetition of all the falsehoods and absurdities which during the past twenty years have been put forth by tho believers in fiat money. Tho portion, however, of this pamphlet tvhich is used to deceivo farmers is tho statement that "by tho time the war was over $1,900,000,000 of currency was in circulation." This falsehood, in one form or another, has been repeated for more than twenty years, and has been shown to be falso a thousand times. For the benefit of those who may come across this pamphlet tho following statement of the legal-tender paper of the United States outstanding when the amount was largest, Aug. 31, 1803, is taken from the report of the Secretary of the Treasury: United States leg.il-tender notes....$lP3.1GO,rG9 Compound-Interest notes 217.0J4,lGO Flve-per-cent. legal-tender notes... 33,004,3-0 $GS4.13i),040 . 20,344.742 Add fractional currency $710,433,791 The above covers every Issue of legaltender currency mado by tho United States to the close of the war and tho fractional currency which was used as money.- Mr. Stockwell or any other person cannot find another dollar that was issued with the legal-tender quality. Of course, ho includes tho seventhirty notes, amounting to $800,000,000, but theso wero as much bonds as any other bond issued by tho government. No seven-thirty note, or bond, was of less denomination than $50, while $228.000,000 were i.n notes, or bonds, of $500 each; $370,000,000 in notes of $1,000 each, and $048,000,000 were of tho denomination of $300 and over. The only dill'erence between the seven-thirties and other bonds was that they were-redeem-able in lawful money instead of gold. In his report of Dec. 4, 1803, Secretary McCulloch said: The seven-thirty notes had proved a popnlar ionn. and, although a security on longer time and lower interest would have been advantageous to tbe government, the Secretary deemed it advisable to continue -to oiler these notes to the public. No loan ever nirered in tbe United states, notwithstanding the large amount of government securities previously taken by the people, was so promptly subscribed for as this. If the seven-thirty notes had been legal-tender money of such denominations as he could use, the Secretary would have paid them out direct to the soldiors and other creditors of the government, but they were not, and he sold tho larger part of them through tho banks, as ho did other bonds. Secretary Fessenden, of tho Treasury, in his report of Dec. 6, 1804, so near tho closo of the war, said of tho legal-tender paper in circulation: The whole amount of national circulation not bearing interest, exclusive of fractional currrncy. is limited to S-IOO.OCO.OOO, subject to a slight occasional increase of $50,000,000 for the payment of temporary deposits. Of the 5-per-cent. interest-bearing notes there was outstanding Nov. 1 ?i:0,5!M10. To a considerable extent these notes have been and will be used as enrrency. The total amount of interest bearing notes outstanding Nov. 22, lfC4. was 5210,222.870. What proportion of these may be considered as an addition to the circulation 1 am unable to determine. N If all theso interest-bearingnoteswere in circulation, tho greenbacks and the legal-tender interest-bearing notes, the total would have been only a littlo over $010,000,000. Not a dollar of legal-tender paper was issued by the government after that date. As a matter of fact, the interest-bearing notes did not circulate, and no man in this country will make affidavit that he ever saw a seventhirty note, tho smallest donominat'on of which was $30, in circulation from hand to hand as money. Theso not.es were sold, like otlvcr government loans, by Jay'Cooke, through tho banks, and were put away as other bonds and subsequently exchanged for five-twenty bonds by tho purchasers. It is simply infamous at this late day that, in defiance of all facts, men who claim to have brains should lie about this matter as nil sorts and kinds of fiatmoney advocates have been doing for twenty years. THE GERRYMANDER BUTT. Tho brief of Messrs. Winter Sc Elam, attorneys for appellee in the gerrymander suit, assisted by Messrs. Mark E. Forkner and A. V. AVishard, of counsel in tho case, as filed in tho Supremo Court, is a very strong presentation of the ca30. Tho first point argued is that of the proper form of the suit, viz.: by tho State on tho relation of n citizen and voter. It is contended that as there is no statnto in Indiana authorizing the Attorney-general, prosecuting attorney or any other public official to bring 6uch an action, it mast be brought in the present form if at all. Numerous authorities are cited, including decisions in this and other States, to sustain this view. This point disposed of, there follows a discussion of the constitutional provisions bearing on tho case and their application. Tho right and duty of the court to test by tho Constitution every law that may bo questioned are clearly demonstrated, and it is shown that legislative discretion does not and cannot includo the right to enact any law tho constitutionality of which tho courts may not pass upon. Many authorities aro cited to this point, and counsel say: These decisions, and others that might be cited, indicate the clearness and vigor with which the highest court of our fctate has always Asserted Its right, and th lirumes with Jthich it has performed the duty of deelaring legislation ailec ting suffrage null and void whenever it transcended the power conferred ui-on tbe Legislature by tbe Constitution. There is perhaps no subjoct with respect to which the I,(riUture

has been more firmly and steadily required to keen within .the limits of its delegated authority than when dealing with tbe political rights of the people; and it in probably true that our lesislatures de.1 with no subject where the constitutional restraints and limitations are more important or the teuiptation to transcend them greater. The authorities cited, together with many others that might be added, establish beyond all controversy the tialufary principle that tho courts are the only tribunals that can tin alii' determine the constitutionality of such laws as those we are now considering, and that their power to do so is precisely the same as in tbe cane of other laws. The fact that they are sometimes described as political legislation docs not aflect the question we are considering, for while they are in a sense political, they are not so iu the sense that they, involve simply questions of .political or governmental policy which are committed to the discretion of the Legislature. They belong to that class of legislation by which tho right to an equal ballot and to equal representation is secured. ISuch laws allectthe fundamental principles ana organization of our uorernrnent, and it was clearly intended that tho power to enact them should be limited and restrained by tho organic law of the State. The recent decisions in Wisconsin and Michigan are quoted in support of this'view with telling effect. Following the discussion of the law points, the apportionment acts of 1891 and 1883 are analyzed with a view of exposing their flagrant violations of the Constitution. This is dono in a very thorough manner. The outrageous ineqnalities of theso apportionments have often been exposed, but never inoro effectively than is done in this presentation of the case to the Supremo Court. Indeed, tho entiro case ia so strongly presented that Wo are unable to see how the court can avoid reaching the same conclusion that was reached by the courts of Michigan and Wisconsin in suits involving the same questions and principles.

JAEMEKS AND H03LE MARKETS. Some statistics published by the Department of Agriculture) illustrate the bearing which proximity of markets and a large non-agricultural population have upon suotess in farming". The figures show the value of different farm products per acre in Eastern and Western States. In the two great cereal products, corn nnd wheat, they show tho following: Corn Average Value to the Aere. Maine 24.25!lcdlna $10.84 New Hfliapaiiire. J4.32 Illinois: Vermont 23.1 Kentucky.... Massachusetts... 22.U4 Iowa New-Jersey 17.83 Missouri Connecticut .. 2(.!4 Kancas 0.38 1.U7 8.C3 8.94 7.HO 7.58 New ork. lK.3y,ebrasku. Avcrjgo $21.G9J Average $9.03 From this it appears that the average value of the corn crop in seven Eastern States was $21.09 per acre, agairist an average value of $9.03 per aero in seven great Western corn States. A similar comparison of wheat shows tho following: Wheat Average Value rcr Aere, Maine... $17.42!Indiana New Hampshire. 1S.24 Mllinoi .$17.30 . 11.32 . h.23 Vermont... ll. a Kentucky Massachusetts.. Connecticut..... New Jersey New York 20.74 Iowa 10.14 13.5 15.03 Missouri... Kansas.... Nebraska.. , Average. y.23 .. VJl .. O.S7 .. $i).21 Average. ...$17.70 These figures show that the averago value of the wheat crop in the seven Eastern States named was $17.20 per acre, against $9.21 in seven Western States. Of course, there is nothing like tho quantity of corn or wheat produced in the Eastern States that there is in the Western, and tho figures relate only to the average value per acre. Why is it that the averago valuo per acre of the corn crop in the seven Eastern States above named is more than double that in the Western States, and the averago value of tho wheat crop per acre nearly twice as greatT A partial solution of the .question will be found iu the following table: JYr Cent, of ropftlation Engaged in Farming in the Foregoing Fourteen Slate (Census lb SO J Maine .35! Indiana 52 New Hampshire 31 Illinois ' 44 Kentucky t'i Iowa 57 MisHOiirL 51 Kansas C4 Nebraska. 5U Vermont 47 Massachusetts... 9 New Jersey 15 Connecticut. 18 Now York i;o Average. 25 Average . .55 Hero we find that in the seven States where the average valuo per acre of tho corn crop is $21. GO nnd that of the wheat crop $17.70, one-fourth of tho population are engaged in farming and threefourths in other occupations, while in tho seven States where tho average value per aero of the corn crop is $9.03 and that 'of the wheat "crop $9.21, a little moro than one-half of the population are engaged in farming nnd less than one-half in other occupations. In tho Eastern States named 'three-fourths of the population are engaged iu manufacturing nnd commercial pursuits, and are constant consumers and good buyers of farm products, while in the Western States that class embraces less than onehalf of tho population? This is a very strong argument in favor of diversified farming and homo markets. In view of these facts the farmers of Indiana should decide whether it would be better for them to have the number of persons engaged in farming increased or relatively decreased by increasing the number of those engaged in other occupations. Free trade, by destroying manufactories, would necessarily increase the number of persons engaged in farming, while at tho same time reducing the number of buyers and con Burners of farm products. Under protection the relative number of persons engaged in other pursuits than-farming is constantly increasing. This is one of the ways in which the farmer is greatly benefited by protection. Somh time sinco the Journal called the attention of the Sentinel-to the following extract from an editorial in that paper of Nov. 18, 1890, relative to veterans nnd pensions: Tbe present administration Is largely responsible for this condition. In lss$ the pension payment in round numbers was Sru.OOO.OCO. In two years it has more than doubled, according to the estimate above given. Deserters and dishonorably discharged men have been put on the rolls. A halt must he called. If the soldier vote has to be purchased at such piices. th Democratic party cannot all'ord to do the bnyiug. We are reaching a point where "the soldiers' friend" will be the people's enemy. The Sentinel may have overlooked this allusion to the "soldiers' friend" who is tho "people's enemy." It would be a braver thing to express this sentiment about the purchase of the "soldier vote" before election rather than. after. Theiie is no occasion for Democratic rejoicing over the accession of Wayne MacVeagh. lie never was much of a

Republican, and what little Republicanism he had he renounced several years ago. Ho was hardly out of Garfield's Cabinet before he commenced abusing the' party, aud when President Arthur was talked of for re-election MacVeagh wrote a letter to Benjamin Bristow in which he said: At ths threshold I ought to warn you that, while nobody envies Mr. Arthur the sreat prize, as tar beyond his expectation as his deserts, which he drew in the lottery of assassination, yet nobody has forgotten the pregnant fact that Guiteau was the original Arthur man. that he killed Mr. Garlield expressly to make Mr. Arthur President, and that he did make him President by that act for nearly four years. MacVeagh has never been anything but a thorn in the side of the Republican party, and bis alleged defection is no loss.

To tho Klitor of tlm Indiananoiis Journal: If I wish to vote a full party ticket I must stamp within tn square around the device at the head of the ticket. If I stamp it on the eagle or the rooster will it be a good tickett If I cannot prepare, my ticket and ask the clerks to do It for me, and tell them I do not care who knows how 1 vote, have they the rijjbt to prepare my ticket at their table, or must they go to the stalls to tlx lti ltKADUK. A stamp on the eagle or the rooster would be regarded as a stamp within the square and counted us a vote lor the full ticket. The law says if a person cannot read EnKlish, or ia blind or otherwise physically unable to stamp his ballot, the poll clerk shall do it for him. If be tells the poll clerk how he wishes to vote the clerk may prepare the ballot at his table and give it to the voter, lie must not show bis ballot to any person. To tho Editor ot the Indianapolis Journal: Will a young man be allowed to vote at the November election who went to Illinois last ppnnj; aud returned the lt of Ceptcuiberl Bald young man.has lived with bis father previous to Koiut; away in the sprinc, and Is now living with iiis Xutuer. Kkadeh. If he left the State with the intention of returning he would not lose his vote, but if be was absent six months the law requires him to register. It is probable, however, that the registry provision will be held unconstitntional by the Supreme Court. Your question could not be answered definitely without fuller informs tion as to dates, et( To the Editor ot the Indianapolis Journal: 1. If a man who resides lu one county removes his family to the next and remains at his old residence between now and November, would he be allowed his vote, his intention being to move after the the election. If he retains his residence In the county whero lie now lives! 2. To whom should Information be sent. In regard to those sending "green goods" circulars through the Luaill C. C It. If he does not remove before tbe election he would bo entitled to vote at his old place of residence. 2. To the Postmaster-general. TUE SAMS STOKY OF I'KOB rCXtlTY Heard by lion. Henry Cabot Xxxlge Throughout Massachusetts. lieport ot t peech In Eostrn Iltrald. Last night, going up to Fitchburg, I met the secretary of the National Builders' An sociation in the cars, and ho told me that throughout the country, takeu at large, building trades were unusually prosperous 1 found in Fitchburg that the woolen and worsted mills which had been dull lor nearly ten years wi re now not only running on lull time, but extensions were being innde in them which would employ more hands. A new gingham-mill, the Mitchell mill, had been built since the passage of the McKinley bill; the Park Hill mills had seven hundred looms on grades of goods which could not have been made in this country before the passage of the McKinley bill. Whether the Democratic party means free trade or not. they mean the repeal of tbe McKinley bill, and with that the .disappearance of those extended industries. In every town I go into 1 beard the. same story of prosperity and ot extended industry, and of good times. Is it worth while, under those circumstances, to revolutionize our economic system and introduce that enemy which business men dread more than anything else change iiilbe present, and uncertainty as to the future. If you desire specific instances, let mo read to you these extracts which 1 have cut from tho news columns uot the editorial of oar newspapers. ' Fall Rxvek, July 13, 189?. At a meeting of the Cotton Manufacturers' Association, to-day. It was voted to pay all day help employed in the mills the same wattes for fifty -eight hours woik that was heretofore paid for sixty hours' work. All the operatives employed on piece-work were advanced 33 per cent, ou their present wages. Tho prices hereafter to be paid lor weaving fmnt cloths will be $19.63 per piece. The new tut will go Into eflect from July 11. This actiou of the manufacturers was a complete surprise to the operatives, and was unsolicited. All mills are now running under the fifty-elght-hour law. Matnard, Mass., July 15. Notice was posted In the mills of the Assabet Manufacturing Company, this morning, notifying the employes that on and after July 11 wages would be the same for hfty-eieht hours as heretofore for sixty hours, and that wages for piece-work will be advanced 3a rer cent. These two are a pretty complete answer to the statement that no man's wages have been raised since the passage of the McKinley bill. These acts show that some men's wages, at least, have improved. Are they doing better than this under the freetrade system? Let me read to you a dispatch: London, Sept. 30. Seventy-seven per cent, of the'mastcr cotton spinners of England to-day decided to enforce a reduction qX 5 per cent In the wages of their employes. The men stubbornly refuse to accept tho proposed reduction and intend to strike. If is generally admitted in Manchester that the stoppage of work will not bo a bad thing for the trade, as it will enable tho spinners to reduce their present heavy stocks. Contrast that with the other, and tell me if that justifies the change! Jealousy and Mnlire in Politics. Chicago Inter Ooean. The bolt, from the Democracy of 3848, led by Van Huron, was wholly a case of grudge and malice, and Van buren's reputation will never be cleared ot the stain of dishonor. Even those who profited by his hatred of Cass despised his course and condemned his motive. There are Van Uurens on a large or a small scale at every national election, some men who are sour and malicious enough to trample their principles in the mud to gratity their animosity. General Butler's candidacy of eight years ago was a oase in point. His excuse lor bolting a ticket he helped to make was frivolous. Nobody paid any attention to it. It was known that he disliked Clovelaud and gave way to his malice. He thought to dofeat the candidate of his party by being a candidate himself, but in this he failed. He was not a Van Iiuren. Both Van 13uren and Butler had been greatly honored by their party, and as the recipients of such honors may be said to have served upon themselves injunctions of honor restraining them from any change in party allegiauce. especially if the circumstances of the case should justify the charge that the motive was personal envy, jealousy and malice. No ' man, however high his standing, can expect to retain the respect of those who know him if he places upon the lapel of his reputation this badge: A Turn-coat lrom Malice." Gleefully Apparent. Omata Bea. The language of the English press shows that the business interests of Great Britain are extremely anxious regarding the result of tbe presidential election in the United States. Tbe leading paper of Liverpool, in a recent iue. draws a most dismal picture of the situation, declaring that the outlook for British trade is decidedly not encouraging, and that tbe ellect of the American tariti npon llritish manufactures is every day becoming more disastrously apparent. - . Cleveland's llreadth. MUwankee SentlceL Cleveland, says the mncwomp Springfield Republican, "holds broader views on fabho questions" tban Harrison. Yes; iarrison, in his letter of acceptance, took only one side on the tariff question, while Cleveland is so broad that, in his, he tried to get ou both sides. Pnrely IlypotheticaL Chicago News Hfor-rd. As nothing has been heard of ex-Governor (iray since lie went to liuzzard's Hay it is presumed that Mr. Cleveland used him for bait.

SCHOOL BOARD'S TAX LEVY

Mr. Frenzel Fixes It at 20 Cnts, and What Be Says "Goes' as Usual. Minority Kerortfor 22 Onts Voted Down Afler a Lomr tut Quiet Discussion New Buildings and Other Topics. The School Board met last night, and every desk had its proper occupant. President Frenzel occupied the throne, his hair combed as sleekly as usual, and his air denoting the general satisfaction with' himself. The interest of the meeting was centered in the report of the finance, committee in regard to the tax levy, which was laid over from tho meeting previous. Wheu it was called for llemy Kusse, who is generally known as Frenzel's right-hand man, as chairman of the committee, read the report. It recommended that the levy be as follows for the ensuing fiscal year: For tuition, 3) cents, library .03 cent and manual training .C2 cent With tbe formal recommendation that it be referred to the auditor, it was signed by Henry Kusse and C 0. Both. At the completion of its reading William Scott ros to his feet, as tho third member of tbe committe. to oiler a minority report lie did so by recommending the levy be as follows: Tuition i2 cents, library .03 cent, and manual-training .02 cent Mr. fccott then spoke in behalf of his report. He said that there was now a floating debt hanging over the hoard of about $00,0)0 at the end of June of the present year, which had increased from the year before. This had been dono on a levy of 23 cents. With a 20-cent levy it would become at the end of the fiscal year in lbi3 about$,0oo. "With a --'-cent levy," he said, "we may be able to decrease that consider, ably. The total revenne from all quarters lor the yearending in June, 1W3, will be about STy.OOO, and the expenditure about 4oO.OOO. That will leave a deficit still of $71,000, to which will have to be added the ,rost of two new school buildings, one ou Fietcher avenue and one on East Michigan street, which will be ?:H,0uo. making m all S'.5,0u0. This is at a 2'J-cent levy, aud with alO-centoue it will reach the neighborhood of 8U3.00O. In my mind, it is" poor economy to lighten for a little the load of the tax-payer for the immediate present and increase his debt which he will have to pay in the future, or rather fail to diminish the debt which is already hanging over him." Mr. onnegnt got up and assented to Mr. Scott's remarks. Mr. Conner referred to the levies of other cities being so much ureater tban Indianapolis, and said ho could see no reason why it should not be great enough to cover expenses, and at tho same time reduce the debt A vote for the adoption of tbe minority report was then taken, and was lost in the deep gulf of the majority. The adoption of the majority report was then called for, but the president asked "friend'' Kusse to take the chair while he talked a little while. Ho said that he mut answer Mri Scott, in order that the public would not get a wrong impression. He said "public7' in a caressing voice, as though it was a shrine at which he loved to pour thank otlerings. He said that tbe only diiTeretice between the two reports was that that of the majority provided for about an $18,000 less reduction in the debt this year thun did that of the minority. "It is only a question of how soon wo will get this debt paid," he said. "Either levy will do it. That of the minority will do it quicker, but 1 am confident that that of the majority will accomplish it in three years, and it seems tome that that is soon enough. As for the new school buildings my friend speaks of, we will arrange for those outside. There are buildings Nos, 5 and 15. which were are to sell in the near future, and we ought to realize enough from them to build an extra building. Hnd if not, thero is No. 3, on Meridian street which will soon have to be sold, and if 1 mistake not it will brine in The neighborhood of 0.000, which will build at rtast three buildings out where ground is cheaper." Mr. Frenzel then compared the School Board with the Board of 1'ublic Works, and said that it could no more do everything the people wanved it to on the instant then could that autocratic triumvirate in the court-house baoement The report was adopted by aeeven-to-four vote. Henry Kusse moved that the treasurer be instructed to proceed at once for the colhotion of the dog tax for tbe preceding year, and explained that it would necessitate a suitsimilarto the one brought be tore to gain it. The president and treasurer were ordered to instruct the board's attorney, Charles Dryer, to bring the suit at once, with the stipulation that the attorney name his fee in advance, so that the board would not be compelled to pay an enormous price as it had before. C. C. Kotb, of tbe committee on teachers and salaries, reported that .Nellie Wells. .Jessie Laig. Ella Phillips, Irene BlackJedge and Blanche Freeman had resigned, and recommended tho appointment of Ota Hobfion, -Mary Newell, Mattie Murry and f ... r i a. 1 - f 1 . i v j. . isari to vacancies, n w as auoptea. J. B. Conner, of building and grounds committee, reported that three sites hau been o tie red for the manual training school proposed to be built. They were on the southeast corner of New York and New .Jersey streets, tbe northeast corner of Ohio and Alabama streets and the southeast corner of Vermont and New Jersey streets. He said that tbe committee desired to look further, aud its time was extended. Mr. Conner also reported a prosperous 'opening of the night industrial school, and recommended that H. Lindenberg and T. li. Bell be appointed as instructors in it It was concurred in. Mr. Vonnegut got up and read the following: "There was $9,094 iu the treasury on Jnly l.$67.3?2 Aug. 1. IRXl&ept. 1 and $76,000 Oct, 1. on which our treasurer is getting no interest I would like to know why this is so?" No one replied, and as it was not made in the form of a motion he eat down again in a silence that was impressive, t C. H. Adam reported that the committee on beating and janitors had accepted the bid of tnmpb & Theiles for a new heater for building No. 2. at 40. and recommended the appointment of George Wallace for janitor of building No.22 in place of J. W. Hollenbeck, resigned. It was concurred in. as was tbe bid of F. M. Heron lor clocks at $1. A communication from the county auditor was read to the ellect that the total property valuation for the present year was '.9,124.ft5. and that at a levy of' 23 cents it would increase the school revenue S12.472. Hilary Clay addressed tbe board by letter. He said that he had been reading iu the papers that the board proposed increasing the salary of its secretary from Sl.&jQto $1,SG0 per year. He said that he w as prepared to do the work for Si. 000, and, as it would save tbe city StOO per anuntil, bethoughtit ought to be accepted, but it wasn't It was laid on the table. The library committee reported that Frank L. Carter, after seven years' service as night attendant in the reading-room, had resigned. Mr. Vonnegut moved that the school children be allowed to purchase the song sheets that would bo necessitated by their participation in the Columbian day celebration at 5 cents each, and it was granted. There being no further business before tbe board it adjourned. Horticultural Exhibition. The Marion m County Agricultural and Horticultural Society will give its annual exhibition of fruits, vegetables and flowers to-day. A large number of money premiums will be distributed. The display will be made In the tate-houae. The entry books will close at 11 o'clock. Wants the Will Set Aside. Charles A. Email rilled suit in the Circuit Court yesterday, to set aside the will of Elizabeth email, alleging that the will was unduly excrutrd. and was made under dnreft. lie also charges fraud on the rart of the devisees. lluroinir ItubbUli In m IIotL Burning rubbish In tho Denlson House cellar caused a still alarm at 9 o'clock yesterday moraine The fire was dicoovered and extinguished before any damage was done. 11 rou tht Itnck a Hnrglar. Defective Thornton yesterday afternoon returned from Winchester with Thomas Mack, alias Omer Wilson, who Is wanted lu this city for buntlary and grand lareeny. World Flr lluililinr. Executive Commissioner Havens has accepted a donation of varnish from the O'lirleu YernUu

Company, cf South Bend. It is to be used on the Inside work, and represents a valne of ir. The contractors have reported to Mr. Havens that the ladies' rooms outte nr-t floor will tm finished in sycamore, and on tho second floor lu maple. Tho Kentlemen's quarters on the tirst floor will le finished in hoDey locust and on the second in butternut The assembly room will tx finished in quartered oak. and nil other room on these floors in red oak. Tbe third floor will be finished In pine. . 'TIS A THINKING CAMPAIGN

Orators Throughout the State Report Larce and Interested Audiences Tariff, Taxes and "Wili-Cat" Money Wrll Undfr4ood-Instrnction to Voters lierublican Soldien Club Meetings. Much has been said about the dullness ot this campaign, and so it has been dull in the cities. There has been a marked absence of tin-horns, torchlights and the whoop and hurrah that usually accompanies a cacip&ign for the presidency. Vet the speakers .out through the State report anything but apathy. Almost invariably they have been greeted by large audiences, their arguments have been followed with close attention, and thejr points have been sreeted by generous Aoplause. "Tho people have never seen a campaign just like this,' said a Republican oaator of some years' experience on the stump, latt evening. "It doesn't require a whole lot of money spent on demonstrations to arouse the interest of the voters this year, and the committees naturally do not spend. it that way. Their sparo funds am invested in literature nnd in paying speakers expenses. Tbe people have reached a point in tho discussion ol tan 11 and money questions where they understand them intelligently -and will read and listen to arguments about them. I used to be compelled, perforce, to deal briefly with the'tarid' and money, for whenever I talked on these subjects there wero indications of restlessness and a dearth of applause. The points where I got in applause iu my speeches were when I talked of tbe achievements of the party in freeing tbe slaves and protecting the free ballot or of the thefts, extravagance and various other crimes of tbe vile opposition. This yoar,. however. I rind tbe greatest interest in an intelligent discussion of the tarilf policy, the htate-tax issue and tbe pUnlc of the Democratic platform demanding a retnrnto the wild-cat'-currency system. It ia eminently a thinking campaign, and from that fact 1 look for Kepublican eao cess.' Klection CoinmUttoners lie port. . Messrs. Ferd Winter, A. C. Harris. R. O. Hawkins, William i:. TSiblack. Lewis Jordan and J. I Dunn, State Election CoumdsAloners, submitted the.lr report, yesterday, as to the proper con struction of the law referred to them concerning notices of elections and the arrangement of blanks and ticket. The corumi&fiiou states tnnt no person shall remain within fifty feet of ths challenge-window in constructing the chute and enforcing the provisions, unless for lawful purposes. Streets shall not be unnecessarily obstructed. Tho report was approved by Chairmen (towdy aud Tafftrart. The following instructions aro recommended to voters by tho commission: . "1. You must iret your ballot of the pollingclerk in tbe eleotion-orom. If you want to vote a straight ticket stamp, within the largo square at the head of tho ticket containing tho device of the party foe whose candidates you detlro to vote. If you dc not wish to vote a straight ticket you must not stamp the large square containing the device of your party, but you must stamp the small square at the left ot the name of each candidate for whom you desire to vote, on whatever list ol candidates It may be. If the large square at the head of tbe ticket Is stamped and the ballot is stamped at any other place H4s void aud can not be counted, unless there be no candidate for soine office in the list printed under such stamped device, in which case you may indicate yout choice for such orliee by stamping the square to the left of the name of any candidate foi such otJico on any other list Tho sump must be placed within or on the square, or else the ballot ia void and cannot be counted. 3. Do not mutilate your ballot or mark it either by scratching a name off or writing one on. or lu any other way, except by the stamping iu tho square or squares. Otherwise the ballot will not be counted. "4. After Htaiupine your ballots, and before leaving t he booth, fold them separately so that the faces of them cannot be seen, and sophat the initUI letters of the names of the polling clerks on the back thereof can be seen. Then hand your ballot to the Inspector, the stamp to the polling clerk, and leave the room. Local commissions are instructed as to how sample ballots shall be sent out, and the in- . spectors are cautioned to put the red ballots ia the red box and the white ones in the whits box. T he duties of election sheritts are defined. They shall preserve order, and. if necessary, make arrests at the polls, and upon affidavit couduct the blind voters and others In need of assistance to the noils. Kn iernon nthr than momhpninf the election board, poll-elerk, election sheriffs and United states supervisors. If appointed; will be allowed in the election-room during tho counting of votes. The instructions will b printed and sent over the State In a few days. Republican Soldiers Meetlnr. The Fourth Regiment of Harrison and Chase Guards, composed ot veterans, held a rousing meeting in Kepublican county headquarters last night Coh J. H. Bieler presiding and Adjutant T. 1L Graham acting as secretary. The regiment has one thousand names of veterans on Ms rolls, and every cne ot them own an honorable discharge. General order No. 1 was read, directing the captains of the respective companies to assemble their men on the street In front of the Btate-house, next Friday, at 7 o'clock.for in. spection. and to escort Senator Frye. of Maine, to Tomlinsou Hall. Tbe companies will meet at an earlier hour at the county -headquarters. A committee was appointed to urge the committee to give the command a larger hall, with eau, for their laeeilngR. After the business was transacted addresses were made by comrades LinSer, haw of Washington. Schilling and Z. A. Smitlu Those who are saying that thero Is no enthusiasm should have been around to hear the . veterans "whoop 'er up." Captain Lnsley showed that $37,IKK),000 has been paid out "on pensions in Indiana In tbe three and one-half years under Harrison, to less than -JO.ooo.ouO during the four years of Clovelaud, and that the number of pensioners Is now 6SOOO m the btate, an increase of over 21,000 since Harrison became I'realdent Republican Work in Allen- County. Chairman uowdy received a letter from a wellknown Republican In Allen county yesterday. lie said: "Ihe Sheridan meeting, Wednesday night, in tbe rink, was attended by five thousand people, and was one of the best ever held In Fort Wayne. Judge Taylor addressed a large meeting Saturday. Good meetings hare been held In all tho school-houses in the county, while our parades are much larger than those of our opponents. We have the Railroad Club, with over two hundred members, the Young Tippecanoe Club and the Soldiers' and Sons' Club, with a membership of over five hundred. The Republicans are makimr an earnest, acgressive fisht in Allen county, and we want tho world to know It" Fifteenth Ward Club. Republicans of tho Fifteenth ward held a meeting at West aud Morris streets last night and organized, a campaign club, with an even hundred members enrolled. Ernet Ruering was elected captain and Fred Gaul periuauent president. A drum corps of twelve pieces was also organised. The ciub will meet every Tuesday and Friday evening. All Republicans of the ward ard cordially Invited to attend. Addressed by 31 r. Rothschild. The Colored Club of the forty-fourth precinct held a large meeting at the corner of Fdlzaleth and Locke streets. It was addressed byt.O. Rothschild, who spoke for au hour and twenty minutes. His speech was one of the most eloJuent ever heard here. lie was followed by A. . Russ with a short talk. Meetings To.Xight At Maywood, to-night John I). Elam and Frank McCray will speak. At Irvlngton Charles W. Smith and George W. Epahr will deliver addresses. At West Indianapolis Gen. George II. heM. Assistant United Hate Attorney general, will speak at Cook's Halt Republican Traveling .Hen. An argent request Is expressed by the Republican Traveling Men's Club that all Republican traveling men bo present, at 7 o'clock this evening, at the club-rooms. Gi Fast Court street. Itnpoitant in utters will le disposed of and some aotiou taken regardlug tho leceptioiiot tho Hou. Chauncey M. lJepew. GoTrnr ChsM ml Moort-sville. Governor Chae is to speak at Mooresvi'.le on Monday night next. Them will be a social train run from Martinsville and back tho same night and m large crowd is expected.