Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1894 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 189i.

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THE DAILY JOURNAL TUESDAY. MAY 8. 1894, WASHINGTON OFFICE-I420 PENRSUYA1UA AVERUE Telephone Call. EutlnewOfUc 238 1 Editorial Rooms 242 TEIOIS OF SUUSCltlPTlOX DA1LT BT MAIL. PaflT only, ti month. ...... .................. .70 J U70&I7, three months 2.00 1-pSiy oulj, one Tear W.00 J fci-r. lii.-iuuurfcnnttsT, on year.. lo.oo fckZ.CA7 117, i;e yrar M 2.U0 WIIXX lCRMiHID BT AGKXT& rOr, per lreek. by carrier .....15 et frmniaj-, riuxle copy.... Seta Luiij knU buna j, r week, by carrier 2u eta WEEKLT. trYear .....$1.00 Il1ared Rate to Clubs. FnLmibe with any effcux numeroua amenta or aend subscriptions to tlie JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY. rrwns aen11ntr the Journal thronTi the mails la t) e United Mates ahouM put on an etg lit-pa;: nPr a KC-( WT ftafce atani: on a twt-lvm ot Utesntaf ejaj-er a Two-cEvrpofeUmeatamp. Foreign poafrt la oauiUj double tlie rate. A UtoinwuviealUms intended for publication in il ttftijer nvtt, in order to receite attention, be actewj auita ly the name and address of the writer. tlit. INDIANA rUL.Is JOUKNAL, Csn le Join 1' jit the lullow placet: iAliIS American Exchange In Paris, 30 BouleTard it Capnttnts. KtW OlsK Cllef j Ilouae and Windsor Hotel. IHII-ADI I.PIIIA 4. pTKcrable, 3733 Lancaster aTtLUr. CHICAGO Palmer Uoope, Auditorium IIoteL GINCINNATI-J. R. llawley Co, 134 Vina street. LOUI9VI LLK C. T. Dcertn nortliweat corner ot Tnml an d JtCermu aireeta. fcT. LOUIS Union Htnn Company, Union Depot Y. ASIII2CGTON. I). cZhljrgs House and Eblwtt House. The new tariff bill which will succeed the Voorhees bill will be known as the Gorman bill.

The treasury deficit of $C5,500.000 the past ten months Is large enough, but it is nothing to the deficit the Democracy has caused all round. At the present time the people who belong to this country will view the return of a certain class of immigrants with anything but alarm. When, the next tariff bill is presented to the Senate the country will know how much it has cost the free-traders to appease the kicking and the trust Senators on the Democratic side. It really does not seem worth while for Democrats in the Fifth district to go to the trouble to prevent Mr. Cooper's nomination when he or any other Democrat is sure of defeat in that district in November. The reason that General Black i3 having the Illinois senatorial race on the Democratic side to himself is that he is the only man of his party who does not know that the successor of Senator Cullom will be a Republican. If Senator Voorhees will carefully read the letter which, the president of the Woolgrowers Association has addressed to him be will have no excuse for the gross ignorance of the subject displayed in his recent letter on the subject. But he will not read it. The New York World Is not eo strongly Democratic that it can ask the joint Senator of Ohio and New York, Mr. Brice, to "flip up a copper to see which party he belongs to." Mr. Brice does more things Democratic than does the World, as he supports Tammany. The refusal of Coxey's army In Washington to clear the underbrush from the sixty acres of land for $50u shows that 1 the greenbacks that they want are those which cost no labor. There is a great deal Of aversion to hard work in the present xakeup of the army. Tho "converted" Mr. Breckinridge conveyed the impression in his Lexington speech that he thought he really deserved credit for not preaching immorality and hypocrisy, as well as practicing them. It remains to be seen if this is the belief of the Seventh Kentucky district. At the Fairchlld-Grace free-trade and importers meeting in Cooper Institute, New 1'ork, a few evenings ago, ostensibly composed of friends of the Wilson bill," some speaker made a casual reference to the Harrison administration,, whereat there was a. burst of tremendous applause. Whatever faults Kentucky may have as a social community. It has never been charged with unduly encouraging immorality. The Seventh congressional district now has the reputation of the State in its hands. Whatever It may do with Breckinridge will be entered on one side or the other of the State's ledjer. The responsibility of the voters is heavy. The latest intelligence from England Indicates that the defeat of the Rosebery Ministry may be expected at any time that a leading- measure Is before the House. At the last vote the majority of the Ministry was but eight. The loss Is due to various causes, but largely to the defection of ihe Irish members. It Is stated that. In Ihe event of. dissolution, the Conservatives would call to their aid in the election which irould follow the rapidly increasing element in favor of bimetallism, nd that In the event of the success of that party a new international conference would be held. In such a contest the sentiment in this i country would be in favor of a Tory success. The increased popularity of the building and loan associations is shown in the recent report of Labor Commissioner Wright, dealing with all the associations in the United States. The report shows that there were, a few months ago, 5.S38 organizations of the kind in the country, 5,503 being local and 240 national. In all of these there are 1,745,725 shareholders, and the net assets are $i50,GC7,)9, or more than twothirds of the stock of the national banks, and two and a half times the circulation of those banks. Again, the shareholders are equal to nearly one-thirtieth of the entire population of the country to all of whom the building and loan association Is a means of saving and Investment, or an aid to tho acquirement of homes. The net assets of eacU shareholder averaged about S7, which disposes the fact that the people who arc in'erested In them are people of limited means. Twenty years ago building and loan associations were confined to cat or two States; now nearly every North

ern and some Southern States have them, and they were never so popular as at the present time. They have made tens of thousands of people frugal who would otherwise spend all, and they have enabled as many thousands to accumulate a few hundred dollars, which have aided them to pass through the past winter without being objects of charity. The building and loan association Is the really beneficent institution of the times. DCCLI.MJ OF COXEYISM.

"General" Fry and his "army" have marched out of town, after attracting undue sympathy from certain soft-headed people. Not one of the 'men comprising this gang of idlers but was able to work, and not one, if he had shown a disposition to earn his bread and butter Instead of begging It, . but could have found an opportunity. Possibly they might not have found the work they thought suited to their respective talents, and the remuneration might have been less" than was the rule In more prosperous times, but many thousands of their fellow-citizens suffer precisely such Inconveniences and yet have no desire to throw up their jobs and go tramping about the country asking the public to provide for their wants. The genuine American spirit of independence and selfrespect leads men to work for a living at whatever their hands can find to do, and to ask no favors while physical strength lasts. If political conditions. Involving industrial and commercial Interests, are not pleasing, they know the remedy lies at the polls, and proceed to apply it. Men, not willing to observe these methods, and who undertake to find a short cut to prosperity at the expense of others deserve no aid or sympathy, and are unworthy to be called Americans. The Coxeyites have already been pretty thoroughly sized up by the communities through which they pass, and whatever interest In them was aroused Is dying out." No cause is so absurd but It can find some supporters, but there Is reason to believe that the Coxey movement will not soon be repeated. Its failure to accomplish even the least of Its original purposes and the collapse of the vast plans of its leaders have made it ridiculous and will deter others from similar undertakings. That Indianapolis Is ready to patronize the best class of entertainment is shown by the eagerness to secure "seats for the Paine benefit on. Wednesday night and for the musical festival of next week. The Grand Opera House will be crowded for the one, and if the sale continues at Its present rate the same will be true of Tomllnson Hall for the concerts. Theater managers and others who undertake to cater to the public taste for amusements should make a note of the fact that the best" is none too good for the people here. At a suffrage "rally" in Kansas, one speaker, after eulogizing the progressive members of her sex, declared regretfully that "there are still some women who chew gum and believe all that men tell them." If this is true, if there is close connection between gum-chewing and feminine confidence in a man, then look out for a change in the masculine attitude on this subject as soon as the facts are circulated. The gum-chower has been scorned and reviled, but hereafter she may expect encouragement. . Some people know, or think they know, that a Greek letter society is an organization of great consequence, but others will, perhaps, learn for the first time how varied and important are its affairs when they read that the Beta Theta Pis will hold two business meetings each day for four days its convention is in session this week. Such an amount of business must be productive of tremendous results of some sort or other. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: L What was the amount of money In the United States in 1870, and how much now? 2. How much money was in the treasury when Mr. Cleveland became President, and how much when General Harrison's term expired? R. 1. The money in the country July 1, 1870, was as follows: State bank notes, $2,222,733; fractional currency, $39,878,684; greenbacks, S56,0OO,000; national bank notes, $299,7GG.9S4 total, $37,868,461. July 1, 1893: Gold, $513,747,623; silver dollars, $419,332,450; subsidiary silver, $77,256,212; gold certificates, $94,041,1S9; silver certificates, $330,957,504; coin notes, $147,190,227; greenbacks, $346,681,016; currency certificates, $12,363,000; national bank notes, $178,713,$72 total. $2,120,281,0S3. In 1S70 $17,655,667 was In the treasury, and In 1853 the amount in the treasury was $526,554.6S2. 2. Tha net cash in the treasury, that is, cash against which there was no outstanding demand, March 1, 1SS5, was $8,764,500.11. and March 1, 1S93, $24,12S,0S7.8S. These figures do not include the . gold reserve of $100,000,000. UUDI1LES IX TUB AIR' Repartee. Conductor Here, that half dollar is counterfeit. You can't pass that on this train. Passenger I Just thought I would try It. We don't seem to be passing anything else. Never. Watts I see that some man in Kansas has brought suit against a neighbor for calling him "Breckinridge." I wonder who he is? Potts Give It up. Anyway, I'll bet it isn't Mr. Lease. Some Day. Some day, dear heart, the sun will shine again; Some day the bitter weariness of years Will vanish like' the mist; the burdened train Of grief, despair, and misery, and tears Will fade like stubble in the sweeping flame In other words, the Hoosiers yet may win a game. Time Enough. "Some women make me very weary," said the first agltatress. "I asked one woman If she believed In woman suffrage, and she didn't know; ehe'd have to ask her husband." "Did you find out how long she had been married?" asked the second agltatress. "Yes. Three weeks." "Oh. never mind, I guess she'll do to call on a jain In a year or so." Victory at La at. "By gee," said the piano maker, "talk about your recommendations from prima donnas and that sort of thing, I've got a letter here that will knock all of them out." "What Is it?" asked the reporter, who had been called to the factory to "get a big Item." "Listen. "'Messrs. Tedal & Keyes, Gentlemen: I have had one of your Incomparable Instruments In my house for six years, anu such has been the effect that my nelshlors in the block want to run me for alderman, go great is my popularity.' " Crused by Ills Wife's Death. BUFFALO. N. Y.. May 7. II. R. Stutt. ot Iiostcn. special agent for Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island of the Northern Masonic Aid Association of Chicago, shot himself In the left braet with u revolver In a Main-street saloon to-day. The physicians at the hospital where Stutt was taken said the man's condition was vrr critical. His friends say that his wife's death had unbalanced his mid.

WILL NOT FILIBUSTER

Republican Senators Will Not Resort to Dilatory Tactics. Tliey Will, However, Insist on Free Discussion of the New Tariff Bill an . d Will Vote Solidly Against It. WASHINGTON, May 7. The Republican steering committee of the Senate held a cohf erence to-day for the purpose of considering the attitude of the Republican party In the Senate on the tariff question. In view of the claims made by the Democrats that they have assurance of the forty-three votes necessary to pass the bilL While the members of the committee do not freely discuss the action of the committee, it is understood that they decided to notify the Democratic leaders that they had no Intention of filibustering agaln3t the tariff, and especially would not be inclined to resort to dilatory tactics if the Democratic party should prove to be substantially united upon the tariff bilL The Interchange of views developed the fact, however, that the Republicans think that there is much material in the new compromise bill for legitimate discussion, and that they will Insist upon the right to discuss the bill as amended upon Its merits. The suggestion was made during, the conference that a Republican caucus should be held and some of the members of the committee stated later in the day that they considered a caucus within the next two or three days probable. The committee was assured of a solid Republican vote against the compromise bill. .,, INDIAN TEnniTORY. ' Singular Condition of A fin Irs Found by a Semite Committee. WASHINGTON, May 7.-6enator Teller, from the committee on the five civilized tribes of Indians, to-day presented the report of that committee, giving the result of the recent investigation of affairs in Indian Territory. The report shows an anomalous condition of society, and: indicates that many abuses having grown up which it is necessary should be corrected. The report gives the Indian population of the Territory as 50,055, while ' the white population, which, when the last census was taken, was , 109,333, i3 now estimated to be 250,000 or 300,000. In some of the agricultural sections there are ten whites to one Indian, and there are several large towns, composed wholly of white people. These whites have no right to citizenship, cannot become the owners of land, cannot send their, children to the common schools, cannot go into the local courts outside of the Cherokee nation, and cannot even organize municipal governments, lay out streets or provide for police protection. The report takes up all these questions and declares that a remedy must be provided. The committee finds the Judicial system of the Territory especially faulty. The whites are not admitted to the Indian courts, and are required to go to the federal courts at Fort Smith, Ark., Paris, Tex., or the federal court In Indian Territory. The expense of conducting cases in those courts, by reason of the distance to be traveled and the time consumed. ; is enormous. Parties charged with the smallest misdemeanor are often taken over two hundred miles for trial. The same is true in civil suits, however small the sum Involved. The federal court In the Territory is, they say, absolutely . the only court .of final Jurisdiction administering justice in matters, large or small, in a Territory as large as the State of Indiana for a people numbering now at least 250,000 and rapidly increasing. Consequently, the dockets of the court are so overburdened with business that the prompt disposition of busines is impossible. These conditions result In a practical denial of Justice, except In matters of paramount importance, and in these only after great delay. The criminal business of the Territory Is enacted at enormous expense; because of the distance to be traveled, the smallest cases costing the government from $200. to $500. .The tempta tion to arrest persons where the fees are so enormous and large is greatly increased. The committee makes the astonishing statement that the expense of maintaining this court and of prosecuting crime in this Territory Is about one-seventh of the judicial expenditure of the United States because of these facts. Such glaring and unbearable evils, the committee says, canot be fully remedied until the question of political and judicial Jurisdiction shall be finally changed and a Territorial or State form of government established. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Bridge Hill Passed by the House Coxey Resolution in the, Senate. WASHINGTON, May 7. The House k began business to-day by making some committee provisions for the newly-elected members of the House. Ths. New York, and New Jersey bridge bill was passed under suspension of the rules, on motion of Mr. Dunphy. It meets the objections of the Prssldent to a pier In the river by referring the question to a commission of engineers, one to be an engineer, officer, of the army and four to be civil bridge builders to be appointed by the President, whoso duty it shall be to determine the question of practicability of building a bridge' of a single span. A special order was adopted making the bills for the erection of a new government printing office and a new hall of records in the city of Washington the business of the House untlL they are disposed of. The printing office bill was discussed until 5:07 o'clock, but long before that, hour tha debate degenerated into a tariff discussion, and Mr. MUllken, , of Maine, delivered an amusinj? speech, arraigning the Democratic party for bringing" on the financial depression from which the country had been suffering. At 5:12 o'clock th House adjourned. The opening session of the Senate lasted but half an hour to-day. and was devoid of all public interest, save the introductkm by Senator Allen, who is defending Coxey and his lieutenants In th Follce Court, of a resolution for the appointment of a. special committee of five Senators to investigate the alleged clubbing by the Washington police of the lmders of the commonweal when the army tried to break Into the Capitol grounds last Tuesday. The resolution went over until to-morrow, and will prtbibly 1e called up as no-n as the Senate meets. Tlie Senate spent Fix hours behind closed doors and then oiened them in order to aerree to a conference on a bill regulating liquor licenses in the District. NEW ANTI-OPTION RILL. Fentnre of a Mensure Mr. Hatch Will Submit to the Iloune To-Day. ' WASHINGTON, May 7. Representative Hatch completed his report on the antioption bill to-day, and will submit it to the House of Representatives to-morrow. Mr. Hatch sums up the features of the antioption bill as fol'ows: First It raises much needed revenue. Second It relieves producers from the competition of fictitious sales not terminated by actual delivery. Third It restores to the law of supply and demand that free action which has been destroyed by the practice of "short selling." now so common upon the exchanges, where not to exceed one-tenth of the grain growth Is marketed, prices are determined for the entire product, and often months In advance of sowinj? the seed, thus despoiling the farmer and planter of that voice in fixing the price to be received for the product of his Ifthor and capital which Is accorded to other producers. Fourth That market quotations may again be determined by the offerings of real products by the owners thereof, or by those, who. have acquired from such owner the ripht to the future possession of the articles offered, and thereby limit to the amount actually existent the offerings of the staple products of the farm. Fifth To prevent the overloading of domestic markets and the tearing down of prices of farm products by "short sales" made by foreitm merchants. Sixth That by restoring the functions of the law of supply and demand now inoperative by reason of the limitless oftVrs of the "short fellers." a measure of relief will be given and prosperity partially restored to the farmers. Seventh To restore to -the producer an honest market. Offices Filled by the President. WASHINGTON. May 7. The President to-day s?nt the following nominations to the Senate: . Nicholas W. CovarniliUs, of California, to be marshal of the United States for the : Southern district of California; Joseph A. : Israel, of Colorado, to be marshal of the I United States for-the district of Colorado; Andrew J. Robertson, of Nebraska, to ba

receiver of public moneys at Broken Bow, Neb.; Andrew R. Lewett, of North Dakota, to be Surveyor-general of North Dakota; Arthur B. Thomas to be assistant surgeon Marine Hospital service; William H. Herbert, to be collector of the port of Sandusky, O. Postmasters: John Greenwood, Warren. 111.; Frank R. Clvlne. Hinsdale, 111.; Peter M. McCarthur, Marseilles, 111.; George Nowlan. Toulon, 111.; Jeremiah O'Rourke, Harvey, III. Dividend of 20 Per Cent. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, May 7. - Another dividend, this time of 20 per cent., has been ordered to be paid to the depositors of the First National Bank, of Manchester. This makes 45 per cent, paid to the depositors of the bank. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, May 7. A telegram signed by Governor Matthews and the "officers of the Michigan City prison was received to-day by State Senator McDonald, who Is here endeavoring to obtain a pardon for Charles E. RItter, of Evansville. Congressman Jerry Simpson was not so well to-day. He passed a restless night and Is somewhat weaker. At present he is suffering from Inflammation of the kidneys and the case stubbornly refuses to yield to treatment. The Secretary of the Interior has approved the plan of Increasing the force of field matrons of the Indian service recently recommended by Commissioner Browning. There are only five matrons now on the rolls and the appointment of twenty additional ones will probably be csrSrltHA TO'l Representative Griffin, of Detroit, is in the care of eminent aurlsts of New York in hope of overcoming the sudden affliction of total deafness. Senator Mcpherson, of New Jersey, introduced In the Senate to-day a bill for the relief of Rear Admiral Stanton and the officers and enlisted men of the wrecked Kearsarge. It provides remuneration for their personal losses in the wreck. The Ranger, at Mare Island, is being detained by the Navy Department In order to allow of the trial by court martial of Lieutenant Bostwick, who is accused of overindulgence in intoxicants. The trial will not occupy more than two or three days, when the vessel will proceed to Join the seal patrol. The Chlneee treaty was under discussion for six hours y the Senate in executive session to-day, but that time proving insufficient for its disposal. It went over until to-morrow, when Senator Morgan gave notice he would again call it up. JOSEPH MOORE DEAD

He Built the Bridges Used in Sherman's Famous March. 'A Lieutenant Colonel in the Fifty-Eighth Indiana Keffiment -How He Saved a Soldier's Life. Col. Joseph Moore, well known among old soldiers as the man who planned and constructed all of the pontoon bridges used by Sherman on his famous march to the sea, died at 7:30 o'clock last night at his home, 471 North East street He was sixty-five years of age and death resulted from rheumatism of the heart brought on by a long rheumatic illness contracted In Southern swamps during the war. For several years he has been an Invalid. Some years ago he was a United States claim attorney and was also in the insurance business. . Colonel Moore went to the front In 1S61 as lieutenant-colonel of the Fifty-elghth-In-dlana regiment, the regiment in which G. R. Stormont, one of the ex-department commanders of the Indiana G. A. R. was a private. Colonel Moore was in the service until the close of the war. After active engagements his regiment Joined Sherman at Atlanta where the regiment was assigned as the nucleus of a pontoon corps. Two thousand men were placed under the command of Colonel Moore and he displayed a great deal of ability in the work aslgned him.' He bridged the Chattahoochle river thirteen times, and not only built all the bridges on the route to the sea but constructed those necessary for the trip to the north. The work in the swamps destroyed Colonel Moore's health. On one occasion a member of Colonel Moore's regiment was sentenced to be shot for sleeping on duty. Colonel Moore made a strong plea for the man before General Rosecrans and General Garfield, who was then chief of Rosecrans's staff. "You are a pretty good lawyer. Colonel," said General Rosecrans. "You prepare a brief of this case, and if you can prepare it In such shape "that we can see your argument the man will be reprieved." The man had already been court-martialed and the sentence was to be executed within ten hours. All night Colonel Moore sat in his tent drawing up the brief and in the early morning he had the petition for a reprieve sent up the line of officers. An hour or so before the soldier was to die General Rosecrans read the brief and then indorsed the warrant of death as follows: "Reprieved for three days." Then he scratohed this out with hl9 pen and made the indorsement read: "Reprieved until the wish of the President can be ascertained." The next dav the army moved and it was on the march for some time. The matter finally dropped. Colonel Moore was also in the battles of Chlckamauga, Stone River and Mission Ridge. At the time of his death he was quartermaster of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R. He leaves a wife and five daughters: Mrs. W. l. Walker, of Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Frank R. New. of this city, and Misses Mary, Jessie and Nell Moore. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made. REV. MR. RANGER RESIGNS. He Will Cease to Be Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. A rumor was afloat yesterday that there was to be a chanze in the rectory of Christ Episcopal Church and that the change was the result of a disagreement In the vestry. The rumor had it that a majority of the old vestrymen had resigned and that young men were elected in their stead. This rumor was denied by the rector. Rev. J. Hllllard Ranger, last night. He said there had been no change In the personnel of the vestry, and so far as he knew there would be none. He thought the vestry was harmonious in all Its actions and was not rent with a faction. He said he had tendered his resignation to take effect r.ot later than October. When asked for the cause of his resignation he simply said that he desired a change. He has been in his present charare six years, and while the church does not require changes at any stated period, he said he thought he, preferred to change occasionally. He thought every member of the vestry was a personal friend of his and it was not without some feeling of regret that he had concluded to make the contemplated change. He said he had no other location In view at the present time and could not tell where he might possibly go from here. Ills resignation was handed to the secretary of the vestry last Saturday and will be acted upon at Its next meeting. WANT ANOTHER EXTENSION. ,I.,D. & W. Purchasers Will Ask Further Leniency. To-day the application for a second extension of time for the payment of $2,&50,00u of the purchase money for the I., D. & W. railroad will be argued before Judge Bartholomew In the Superior Court. The road was sold last June for $2,900,000, and 150.000 paid in cash, the balance to be paid last September. When the amount came due the purchasers asked for an extension till March 1. 1&4. which was granted, but again a default was made. The application for an extension of time will be resisted by the first-mortgage bondholders. Charles Robinson Smith, of New York, and A. L. Mason represent the bondholders, and Miller. Winter & Elam represent the purchasers. If the extension is not granted the road will be sold again under Judge Bartholomew's former order next Thursday at New York. A Fu wit Ire from I own. A requisition was honored at the Governor's office yesterday from the Governor of Iowa for the return to Delaware county, that State, of J. Haguewood, who Is wanted there for grand larceny. He Is accused of stealing some $70 worth of cheap watches, and Is under arrest at New Castle, - this State.

ME. COXEY TESTIFIES

The Commonweal Leader on the Stand in His Own Behalf. He Explains the Object of His Tramp to Washington Testimony of Other Witnesses-Trial to End To-Day. WASHINGTON. May 7. The trial of the commonweal leaders, which has dragged along in the Police Court for three days, will be concluded to-morrow. Coxeys explanation of his plans for redeeming the government was the principal feature of the day's proceedings, apart from the speeches by the lawyers. It Is apparent that the case is being tested on the broad grounds of Justification for Coxey's movement, for the assistant district attorney, in his opening address, called Browne a crank, and did not hesitate to Insinuate he was a knave, while the opposing lawyers endeavored to make the trial appear a persecution by the plutocrats of the people, and appealed to animosity against Wall Hyman, who defends Browne and Jones, made the opening statement for the defense when court met this morning. There was no denial or defense for what the commonwealers had done, he began. The defense would consist in the lawfulness of their actions. He could remember but one similar occurrence in history, the. attorney said, and thereupon4 he produced a Bible and began to read a Scriptural passage. "I must object to that," interposed the district attorney. "The gentleman should confine himself to a statement of fact." "Does the attorney deny that this is a fact?" demanded the lawyer, holding his Bible aloft dramatically, He was permitted to proceed, and read the passage of the Old Testament reciting that the Lord had commanded Moses to take off his hat because he trod on holy ground. He had not- talked long before Judge Miller was compelled to make the same objection raised by the district attorney, and to request the lawyer to devote himself to the recital of what was Intended to be proved. Instead of police, the defense would call citizens who had witnessed the occurrence, My. Hyman said. From his somewhat dlscurelve statement it was gathered that the defense would be based largely on the brutality of the police in clubbing citizens. It was to be shown that Coxey had not walked on the grass, and that Browne had been driven through the shrubbery by the police. A REPORTER'S TESTIMONY. The first witness for the defense was Mr. Frank Harper, a. young newspaper man from Alexandria, Va. According., to his story the police had driven the citizens on the grass before the procession arrived, in order to clear the pathways. He saw Coxey arrive. The "General" wore nothing designed, to draw notice to his organization, but walked so quietly to the steps that he was not recognized until the people who knew him pointed him out. Thirteen police stood on the steps and surrounded the "General" when he arrived. The witness was certain that Coxey had not walked on the grass. On cross-examination the witness said there were fifty or sixty thousand people waiting, all cheering and whooping for Coxey. "Disorderly, were not they?" inquired the district attorney. "Oh, no; they had a right to cheer, they were American citizen," was the reply. The police came near riding down a little girl in front of him Harper said. He had been ordered off the asphalt streets by the police two or three times but returned. "Then you disobeyed the police?" said the district attorney. "The police are not the law. They are the agents of people to carry out the law," "was the reply. One of the persons in the crowd on the grass was Senator Allen, according to the witness. Witness No 2 was a olored man named. Samuel L. Perry, who, r-hen asked his business, explained: "I am one of the army of the unemployed Just now." Until the beginning of the Democratic administration he had been employed In tha treasury. He had followed the procession, had kept by "General" Coxey, and couin swear that the General did not touch the grass. Being called upon to give a ruling on the question asked this witness, Judge Miller said that It might be a mitigating circumstance bearing upon the intent to violate the law, that a deferdant had been forced upon the grass by circumstances. The Judge added that a hurdred violations of the law did not excuse one violation. This witness had also sem the police drive the people on the grass. COXEY TAKES THE STAND. . General Coxey himself. In his gray spring suit, with creased trousers, walked into the witness stand. He gave his residence as Masslllon, O. "What is your business?" was asked. "I have a stone quarry, manufacture for steel works and run a stock farm. I am now engaged In- lobbying for the unera-. ployed people." "What is the object of your visit to Washington?" "To petition Congress to pass two laws to give work to the unemployed on public improvements." The men who came with him did so, Mr. Coxey said, upon the principle that they might as well be with him as anywhere. They were out of work, and their families were destitute at home. "Did you obey the laws of the States?" "Not one chicken feather can be traced to our camp. We knew that the success of the movement depended upon our lawfulness. Men were warned not to beg or drink." In repeating his conversation with the chief of police of Washington Mr. Coxey said that It was his purpose to keep within the laws. He told Major Moore that the army might break up and enter the Capitol grounds as American citizens, and the chief said there was no objection te that. "He said we must not carry the banners Into the grounds, because It was against the law," the General continued. "I said there was one banner from Pittsburg given me by the laboring men that I had promised to plant there if my lire was spared, and I would like to carry thj-t. However, the banner was packed into the wagons with the others; at least, I gave Marshal Browne orders to pack them." Here Mr. Lipscomb exhibited the banner. It was of white satin, with green letters, and read: "Pittsburg and Allegheny; more money; less misery; good roads; no interest on bends." "My object in going to the Capitol." said Mr. Coxey. "was to present to Congress my two bills the good roads bill and the nonlnterest-bearing bonds bill and to address the Congrera of the United States and the American people on them. I demanded the protection of the police, who seemed to be Colonel Bright's right-hand bower, to present to Congress the petition from labor organizations in favor of the bills." ductlon as evidence of tlie speech Mr. Judge Miller would not permit the introCoxey intended to make or the protest he Issued, saying they had nothing to do with thin trial. Mr. Coxey told the story of the march to Washington without any embellishments. Concerning the flags of peace, he said they had been provided for the men to bring Into notice the two bills which were designed to bring peace on earth, good will toward men. The organization Itself was a minor affair, merely an emblem of the Mils. He did not know that Browne had the banner when they started for the Capitol steps, and he did not consider the avenue leading to the steps as a part of the grounds. . BLAND AND OTHERS TESTIFY. Next came to the stand Representative Bland, of Missouri. After some wrangling over objections to questions. Judge Miller refused to permit the Congressman to tell how the police had clubbed the citizens. Representative Pence argued that the defense wanted to show that all the trouble was caused by the police, and said they had a dozen members of Congress to testify to that effect. Finally the member of Congress was allowed to tell that the police had drivfn women and children and men over the Kra-s in their charges. W. F. Ingstreet, of Worcester, Mass., ani Mr. Stutz. a law student In Mr. Lipscomb's otllce. testiiled that paths were made across the Capitol turf by people who took short cuts. W. C. Shelby, a lawyer, de

scribe.! Browne's arrest, telling how' the policemen plied their flubs on the people, and that the officer who arrested Browne had shown him the stic: taken from Browne. It had no flat; on it. The defense closed Us case, and Mr. Lipscomb asked Judge Miller to charge the Jury that the act of 1X was not Intended to restrict the right of citizens to peaceably assemble and petition Congress; also, that unless the banner carried was displayed, deslprned and adapted to bring the organization into notice they must acquit; also, that they must acquit Coxey unless he advised or abetted the others to display a banner and to walk on the grass. Judge Miller said that he would charpre that the Jury must find that the defendants willfully and knowingly trod urn the grass. The attorney for Christopher Columbus Jones asked the Judg to instruct the Jury that his client was to be acquitted of the second count, since there was no evidence that he walked on the grass. Assistant District Attorney Mullowney made the opening speech. Representative Hudson, of Kansas, who began for the defense, said that it was plain that the defendants were not tried for the technical charges against them, but because they held political opinions contrary to the opinions of these in power. "These men are not being trW for steipinr on the gras." he nrgued. "The district attorney will argue to you RKalnst Mr. Coxey himself and the Coxey movement." Mr. Hudson was followed by Mr. A. A. Lipscomb, also for the defense, and then the court adjourned. EESEXTED THE INSULT

Colored People Meet to Take Action on the Stewart Case. Resolntions Condemning: the Hotel Management Larcre Numbers Attend Speeches by tho Ministers. Charles H. Stewart, the colored editor, who was ejected from the Denison House elevator last week, will to-day rile a suit for damages against the hotel management. His intention to take the matter into the courts was made known last night In a lengthy resolution passed at the Indignation meeting of colored citizens held at th Second Baptist Church. The meeting wai called for the purpose of denouncing the action of the hotel management and of taking steps toward resenting the act of Clerk Dillon. The church was crowded and the sentiment of the gathering was unanl. mous. Gabriel Jones was chosen chairman and David Shelton called to the secretary'! chair. Nearly every member of the colored clergy was present and took an active part in the meeting. Rev. J, N. Henderson, in a lengthy address upon the merits of tho trouble, said: "Mr. Stewart acted differently, from what some men would have done under like circumstances. He suffered himself to be led from the elevator by the collar. Had it been a certain other man I know of there would have been no case in the Pollen Court the next morning, but there would have been an urgent call for an undertaker." Rer. Henderson's remarks met the approbation of the meeting, and pro longed applause followed ; Lis retirementfrom the platform. Rev. J. W. Carr, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, contended that the insult offered Stewart, has grown to be th caus4 of every American citizen here and elsowhere. He said that the colored man wanted the worth of his money and hl rights rights that are due him as a legal American citizen. Concluding, he remarked a "We are not In Kentucky, or Tennessee, of Mississippi, but in Indiana, where men arc men, uid we are not afraid to assert our rights. We are here to say that In order to obtain justice we must act, and by thia action teach the Denison Hotel management that the negro is entitled to some rights. We will go to the highest court in America if it is necessary." W. A. Sweenle, editor of the Freeman, said that when the clerk of the Denison Hotel placed his hand upon the person of Stewart he placed It upon every negro man and woman In the State of Indiana, He thought that this Instance was the bee thing that ever happened to the colored race In Indianapolis, because it would stir them to action. He recalled th fact that some years ago a young colored man was re vented from enjoying the Christian privileges afforded by the Y. M. C. "A., and h believed that If there had been an uprising of the colored people at th?t time the recent insult offered Stewart would not hav happened. He held the colored people partly responsible for Stewart's grievance because they had not asserted themselves. He did not believe this matter ought to be saddled upon any political party, but thought that it was one of the simple results growing out of slavery. Editor Sweenie felt that the meeting ought to devote some time to the arraignment of the hated treatment of certain Indianapolis dealers in real estate, who think that a negro should not be permitted to live in a respectable house. He knew of an instance where a colored man had been refused aa apartment by an agent, who turned about and let the rooms to a brazen woman before the echoing footsteps of the negro had died away. He noted the fact that in all the large dry-goods stores and manufacturing establishments of Indianapolis the negro is only found In the capacity of a sweeper or a spittoon cleaner. All of these things led the speaker to believe that tha negro was better off in the South than In Indianapolis. Other speeches were made by Rev. E. B. Martin, L. E. Christie, editor of the World. Ben Thornton and attorney Bajby. Lengthy and able resolutions were prepared by W. W. Walden, J. H. Baptist, Dr. W. H. Ballard, William Wilson and Le roy Read. The epitome of these resolutions Is embodied below: "Resolved, That we condemn tlie authorities of the Denison House for this ln famous outrage upon an unoffending and respectable citizen, and demand the prosecution and punishment of the offenders for their Inexcusable and violent violation of the law. "Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to aid Charles Stewart in the prosecution of his assailants with our money and by every legitimate Influence at our command, and to this end we authorize the ch.Urm.ui to appoint a committee who shall have the power In connection, with the committee of fifty to rais a fund and apply the same to the prosecution of the case. "Resolved. That we do not hesitate to declare that the continuance of Republican headquarters at th Denison Hotl will be taken as an indorsement of the Hotel's discrimination against colored pcopu and will undoubtedly prove disastrous to rao lnterrsts of the party, as such continuance, would shut out self-respecting colored people from communication with the party officials. 'Resolved, That we appeal to the lawabiding and liberty-loving peopla of this great city. Irrespective of race, color or Iarty, to aid us in recovering thoe common rights of citizenship vhlch the law guarantees to all. and whose denial fills our lives with humiliation and discouragement, whli no noble race ran afford to suffer or Infik't. We ar? Identified with every Interest of this great city; her proeperity Is ours, her misfortunes aflllct us. We are bound together bv all the ties of heme and long association. When the Nation's life was threatened the sons . of " cur race freely offered their lives In defense of your homes and your Institutions. There Is no sacrifice we are not ready to make for the commonweal of all. We ask no special protection as a racs; no special favors as a class; no privilege to intrude upon the private associations of life or to Infringe upon the rignts of others; only the simple rights f citizenship, which no man deny without dishonor and no on can suffer wiuhout disgrace. Ail we ak, and we cannot expect less from the generous people of this city and State. who laws know neither race, color nor condition. Is an equal chance In the struggle for life and the pursuit of happiness. "Resolved. That the thinks of the colored people are due- attorney H. B. Bagby for the able and fearless manner In which he has conducted the prosecution in this case. "Resolved. That we are law-abiding citizens and desire by no act or word to lefn the respect which our people have for the constitutional authorities, for the law and for the tribun of justice. Nev rthelKd. all of these iacts warrant us In drnouncing the decision of JuJs:e Stubb In the acl'on for assault and battery arInst John Dillon as being based ujon an ign rnrv of law, which is inexcusable in a Jule. or ur'jn a d're to shMi a lawbr:-aker. w'nlca totallv unfits hl:n for the honorable position of Judge.'' Wants the Line .ur the River. Trustee Whittlnger, of Washington township, threatens to enjoin the Broad HippI Rapid Transit Company unless the proposed plans are char.Kfd and the road built nearer the river. He says that according to present arrangements the road will run very ci;se to t scno ji.ious jmt endanger tht lives of the children. .hut a quarter of a mile of the nut 1 has befn graded. The franchise I.hs not yrt t-n accepted by tne oompnnv on account of the J5.000 proviso. V. It. Dye bays th-it if tht lack of fuftds to put up the Ji.i guaranty is hindering th' company he wUJ furnish tha company with tLat auu