Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1895 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1895.

;; g dailyjourn al TUESPAY. JANUARY 22, 1893. WASblliGTON OFF1CE-U10 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE Telephone Cnlla. Bniuc s Office 23a I tutorial Rooms 242 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. " DAILY BI MAIL. rHy only, one month ...$ .70 Iaily only, tlire mouths 2.0o Jally o.ly. one year KOO i'aily. iiiolmliuK Humlay, od year.............. 10.00 Sunday only, one year 2.00 WHEN KVBMSHE.D BY AGENTS. Tilvper w k, by carrier 15 c.ta hnn.lay. single copy S eta Daily and buiuhiy, pnt week, by carrier 20 cU ' WLEKLT. Ter year $1.00 Reduced Rate to Clubs. Kubacribe with any of our narueroua agents or aend CubacripUona to the - J0U11NAL JSEWS PAVER COMPANY, - Iadlanapolls, Iv.d. Persona ftendiDftthe Journal through the malls in th UnlUsl btatra ahouUl put on an fitrht-paue paper OKK-ckjjt pontage Ktatnp: on a twelve or alxtenpafre papf-r a tw.k ivt poHtace stamp. Foreign postage is usually double these rates. riAll commnnlcatloits intended for publication tn tins paper musty in order to receive attention, be accompanied by the name and addrtsaof the writer. THE IXDIANAI'OLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places TA his American Exchange in Paris, 30 Boulevard le t.'aptii'lnes. EW. YoKK Gilsey House, Windsor Hotel and .Astor nuse. PHILADELPHIA A. P. Kemble, cor. Lancaster ave.aud Barina; st. CHICAGO I'nliuer House. Anditorlum Hotel and P. O. News Co., 91 AiIhius street. C1KCJX NATI-J. K. Haw ley & Co, 154 Vine st LOUISVILLE C. T. Peering, northwest corner of Third anit Jefferson t., ami Louisville Book Co, 3515 Fourth ave. , T LOlJis Union News Company; Union Depot. W'A SH INGTON. 1. C H'gs House, Kbbitt House. Wiliard's Hotel nml the Washington News Exchange. J4tli strfet, bet. Penn. ave. and V wtreet. The number of citizens in town who have designs upon , the State treasury Is considerable, and never were gentlemen more agreeable. If "the Brooklyn strikers had con-, suited with former Pullmanites before engaging in warlike demonstrations they would probably have been adjured to "don't." It is said that less than half the county officers are members of the association. There is reason to believe that some who are members would like to have the fact obliterated.

The amiable Mrs. Carney, of Brooklyn, who shot two policemen and then got-.' struck . by , stones thrown by the mob. that wanted to, rescue her perhaps feels that virtue is not entirely its own reward." . v As only $20,000,000 of the $395,000,000 paid as customs duties since Jan. 1, iO, WCIC JJttlU 111 gUtU, VUUfelCOil xui&lll, -at .Jeast,, stop ; the outflow from the treasury by requiring ' the payment of duties in that metal. Indiana Is a long way Inland, but while such steamboat disasters may occur along1 her borders as that reported yesterday prayers fot those who "go down to the sea In ships" need not bo , thought unnecessary. It seems out of place for the Senate to spend days in discussing a bill pledging the support of the government to the Nicaragua canal scheme when the deficit of the treasury is increasing at tVia -rata tt flftn Hflrt a mnnth . When Senator Allen, of Nebraska, declared in the Senate that his party, has ' three times as many voters as It had votes in the- late election he came very much nearer , the truth than do Topu- " lists generally when referring to their party," . ' .. In one" article there is absolutely free trade, and that' is sympathy. Just now . ' sympathetic Great Britain Is distressed over . the lynchings In the United States, jand we .have boundless sympathy for ' f r A f TnoYitn ti Tint svmnathv on st a nothing. .- .' ". .:- -1 . . When the members of the Legislature go . home next Saturday they should ask their constituents if they desire to have the tax levy increased half a cent ."' to establish a State arboretum. If they ao pernaps mey ,.win uui vuie iui me bill presented yesterday. The statement of the Washington cor- . respondent of the Louisville CourlerJournal that the Republicans are hunting up all the bad things to say of Secretary.' Oresham is scarcely correct. ; When so many discreditable things come along It Is not necessary to hunt. .... i y( Mr. ..Cleveland wishes It distinctly understood that, Hawaii is a foreign country and entirely Independent of us. He had not learned this Interesting fact m when ".Queen.' ' LI1 . persuaded him to ' 'mix into", thb'forelgn. country's affairs. It was President Dole who taught him. It is expected that the revenues of the government will be Increased soon by the duties on raw sugar, the stock 'of which bought in for a rise being, it ts thought, nearly , exhausted. By April It Is believed that the sugar and extra whisky tax will wipe out the monthly deficit, but sugar will be 40 per cent, higher. . The -House 'committee on military affairs has unanimously voted to report favorably upon" the. Lafayette soldiers' h6me bill ' appropriating $100.000.This is a moderate estimate, but, well expended, as It must be, by the provisions of the' bill, no 'equal amount of money can confer greater good upon a few needy and feeble men and women who deserve well of Indiana. The reports as to the loss of lif among the passengers and crew of the ill-fated Ohio river boat State of Missouri ar numerous and conflicting, and the exact facts probably never will be known. . Those who were saved by reaching shore or by .being picked up by passing boats were widely scat- ' tered at once, and among the deck passengers, of whom there were a number, were likely to have been some whose presence there was unknown to their friends or who were of insufficient importance In their respective communities to be soon missed. Unless the pas- , sensor i'st of the steamer Is found and a roll call, so to speak, undertaken the f' actual extent of the fatalities will be apt to remain In uncertainty. ? :i,The Republican legislative caucus r agreed last evening, with a few dlsBentlng votes, to a bill fixing the number and compensation of clerks, doorkeepers, etc. It effects a saving of $123 "a day compared with the number of employes about the last Legislature, which - means a saving of $7,380 and more, as some, if not all, of the clerks And doorkeepers: of the last Legislature were allowed mileage, which win

i be prohibited by the measure agreed

upon In caucus. The matter has already occupied as much of the attention of the Legislature as is profitable, and, for that reason, should be disposed of without delay. It will be incorporated into a statute with a provision prohibiting the appointment of legislative employes by resolution. HOUSE APPORTIONMENT BILL. Not only do the provisions of the bill apportioning the members of the House hold closely to the unit of representation, but, considered from a party point of view, are designed to give to each party a number . of representatives which shall fairly represent its aggregate vote. Take for Illustration the ten districts at the head of the bill and examine the party division on the basis of the vote for President in 1892: Districts. Rej. Vote. Dem. Vote. Posey 2.077 2,660 D. Gibson 2,738 2,460 R. Vanderburg 6,175 6,166 2R. Warrick .. 2,018 2,166 D. Spencer 2.478 2,496 D. Knox 2,653 3,417 D. Pike, Vand'rb'g, Gibson. 2,038 1,957 R. Daviess 2,610 2,498 R. Dubois, Knox, Daviess.. 1,031 2,849 D. Totals .......24,474 28,619 In these ten districts in 1892 the Democratic plurality was 2,145, while on the presidential vote each party would have had five Representatives if the vote for the legislative candidates had been the same as or President. It will be observed that a change of five votes In Vanderburg; county would have given the Democrats two more Representatives; that a change of ten vote3 would have made Spencer Republican, and that a change of seventy-five votes iifj Warrick would have elected a Republican Instead of a Democrat. It is altogether probable that the closeness of the vote in Vanderburg would have resulted in the election of one of each party. In any event, in ten districts with a Democratic plurality of 2,145 it is fair to assume that that plurality, with the proposed apportionment, would have secured the Democrats six and the Republicans four members. Let us consider ten districts half ,way down the proposed bill, beginning withy Greene county, using the presidential vote of 1892 for comparison: Districts. Rep. Vote. Dem. Vote. Greene 2,809 2,483 R. Sullivan 1,784 ' 3,159 D. Clay 3,005 , 3,558 D. Owen and Clay 1,569 . 1,738 D. Putnam 2,289 2,754 D. Vigo 6,159 , 6,598 2D. Vermillion and Vigo 1,727 1,437 D. Parke 2,503 2,013 R. Hendrlck3 3,020 2,028 R. Totals . :.. 24,885.'" 25.773 In these -ten proposed districts the Democrats, on the vote of 1892, with a plurality of 887 votes, would have certainly secured seven Representatives, the Democratic preponderance in Vigo overcoming the Republican majority in Vermillion. For another comparison let us take the last eleven districts proposed by the pending bill, as follows: . Districts. ' Rep- Vote. Dem. Vote. Elkhart 3.878 3,530 2R. Kosciusko 3f823 3,064 R. Fulton and Kosciusko... 2.053 2.247 R. Marshall 2,558 3,115 J). St. Joseph 5,220 6.077 2D. LaPorte 3,548 4.703 D. Starke and LaPorte 850 J .008 D. ' Porter 2,187 1,937 R. Lake 2.958 , 3,010 D. Total vote .. 27.070 - 28,686 In the foregoing eleven districts on the vote of 1892 five would have been Republican and six Democratic if the proposed apportionment had been in force, while the Democratic plurality was 1,616. Fulton and Kosciusko would have been Republican because of the preponderance of the vote of that party in the latter county. For a final comparison take the ten districts beginning with Hamilton county, as follows: Districts. ReP. Vote., ' Dem. Vote. Hamilton 3,627 2,492 R. Tipton and Hamilton.... 1.783 2,008 R. Clinton 3,222 3,060 R. Boone 3,136 3.104 R. Montgomery . 3,825 3,841 D. Clinton, Boone and M. excess R. Fountain 2.379 2,331 R. Tippecanoe 4,856 4,386 211. Warren and Benton 3,466 2,370 It. Total vote ...28,686 23,592 In this class of districts the Republicans, with an aggregate plurality of 5,091, would have secured on the presidential vote nine of the members. It is possible, with the closeness of the presidential vote in Boone and Fountain and In the district made up of the excess over one member in Clinton, Boone and Montgomery counties, that those three districts would . have been won by the . Democrats. At any rate. In a closely contested election four districts could be regarded as doubtful or sure for the most popular candidates. In the forty-one representative districts considered the Republican vote in 1892 was 105,093 and the Democratic 104,670. Of these forty-one districts on the presidential vote twenty-two would have been Republican and nineteen Democratic. Three Republican and two Democratic districts are so close that a change of twenty votes from one side to the other would change their political complexion. Two other districts which 'are Republican in this list would be Democratic by a change of less than seventy votes. Therefore, itf Is a fair Judgment that these forty-one districts. In which the aggregate Republican plurality was only 425 on ' the vote of 1S92, would as often be represented by a majority of one party as of the other unless the Democratic party suffered a disaster last November from which it cannot recover for years. AX I'XJiECESSARV CONFLICT. The strike in Brooklyn and Its consequent disturbance is one of the tro'ubles which , might have been avoided if the managers of the street railways and the leaders of the employes had not determined to see which is the strongest. The employes allege that they are required to work fourteen hours for ten hours' compensation, and that some," by the running f "trippers," get very meager wages. The companies allege that they can pay no more. The officers for the most part have refused to listen to compromises, and the employes, judging from their statement published by Connelly and others of the Knights of Labor in yesterday's papers, are controlled by men who are hot-headed phrase makers. In a few days the disturbance will end as have like disturbances. Neither party will have won the victory it expected. The companies will have lost more money than a compromise on a fair basis would have cost them, many of the men will have lost their places and each will distrust the other. In the meantime the business of a great city depending upon rapid transit has been interrupted, causlns a loss of

many thousands of dollars. But what is more deplorable than the loss of money Is the necessity for calling out the militia to suppress the violence of the thousands of lawless people in large , cities who seize upon such occasions to j show their hostility to law and order.

When such necessity comes it must be met, but every effort should be made to avoid the necessity. Some of the Brooklyn street-railway managers seemed quite willing to force the necessity. Having franchises which confer special privileges, the managers of street railways should be bound by their ...charters to submit such differences to an able board created for the purpose, which shall examine the books and the business of companies and decide between them and their employes. If the companies are not making sufficient money to pay fair wages for fair hours let them reduce their service and discharge the men whom they cannot pay. The employes, on their part, should select their most prudent and cool-headed men rather than those who spend their time in denouncing capital or in inciting jealousy and hatred. The managers of such companies must be taught that the public, the police and the militia were not created for the sole purpose of being used to their advantage. Of all other coroorations the street railway is the one where the theory of positive arbitration can be applied because it is often necessary to the maintenance of public order. Why does Mr. Broomhall, of Ohio, come here to tell us that "wages have not increased?" Why do people of intelligence encpurage men to tell such ridiculous untruths? Statistics here and in Europe show that wages have been steadily advancing for a century. No economic writer who has touched upon the subject claims anything of the sort. The most accurate statistics gathered in this country by experts show that wages in every department of industry have advanced, from 1840 to 1890, from 40 to 60 per cent., while the cost of the necessaries of life has fallen. ' True, there has been a decline in this country since Jan. 1, 1893, but not elsewhere, and there would have been little decline here but for the movement to put American wages on a level with those of Europe by legislation in the direction of free trade. If the Broomhalls yearn for "the command of their time" and space, that is, land as free as air, '-hy do they not hasten to the wilds of Africa? The American Indians . had no individual property in land and they had full "command of their time," but the Broomhalls will scarcely claim that it would be wise to relapse into the condition of the Indians of a century ago to get that space and time which they so desire. Thus far there has been paid out on th Indianapoiis soldiers' monument $298,639. The expenses in sight, yet to be paid, will foot up about $125,000. By the time it is completed and all the surroundings put in proper shape the total cost will not fall much short of $500,000. The original estimate was $100,000. And there you are. Now. shall the taxpayers next drop the State University into Indianapolis' s yawning sock at a cost of a million or so? Not with their consent. Keep your eye on the university movers. Such is the warning of the Rushville Republican; but it is unnecessary, as the Journal has several times remarked. There is no movement here to get the State University, and the two or three citizens who have tried to enthuse the people of this city on the subject have utterly failed. Admiral Walker knew whereof he spoke when he predicted in his report that If the United States war ship was called away from Honolulu a royalist outbreak would follow because the British' consul-general would recognize the Queen if she were temporarily successful. It was this assurance which caused the royalist rising, in which many Englishmen were engaged, and who now claim British protection. Like the un-American Cleveland regime, the British government does not fancy the republic of Hawaii. The Republican Editor. The annual meeting of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association, which, takes place on Thursday evening and Friday, promises to be one of unusual Interest. The occasion opens with a reception at the Denison on Thursday evening, followed by a banquet. Business meetings of the association will be held on Friday at 9 a. m. and at 2 p. m. and on Friday evening the members and their families will be entertained at the Grand Opera House through the courtesy of Messrs. Dickson and Talbott. Secretary Kemp was in the city yesterday and completed all arrangements for what will be the most Important meeting yet held by the association, especially in point of attendance and the matters that will come before the association for Hs consideration, notable among which will be the adoption of a new constitution. The membership of the association has been largely Increased during the last year and the Secretary reports that responses received to date Indicate the attendance of nearly every member of the association. The Butler Collegian administers reproof to the Indiana college presidents who resolved against football at their recent meeting. It wants to know why "we In Indiana should grow hysterical over abuses said to have been committed in Massachusetts, and set about instituting reforms where no such abuses can be charged." It adds: "Football in Indiana during the season just closed has been admirably conducted; it has been entirely free from the toughness and rowdyism that frequently has characterized It in former years. Under the wise and upright and manly direction of Mr. Flint at Butler and Mr. Balliet at Purdue the game has made a distinct advance, and the discriminating portion of the community fully recognized this." The Collegian scores a point on the professors when it remembers that the chief opponents of the present system of playing are presidents whose colleges have not the winning teams. It should cease to "kick" and should reflect that a way may yet be found to pacify the gentlemen in question. That is a queer story about Mrs. Cleveland's "tea," which was given on Saturday, the day the death of Vice President Stevenson's daughter was announced. Whether the personal relations between the- two families ; are friendly or not official proprieties . should have called for a recognition of the affliction in the withdrawal of Invitations to festivities in the President's home. Can it be that the wife of the President is modeling her behavior upon the Astor pattern? Now J.bat Debs is admitted to bail " he might go' over to Brooklyn and take a hand in the strike1 there. . The female sympathizers with the Brooklyn strikers are extravagant in their use of stove-lifters, skillets, flatirons and other kitchen ware when they throw them recklessly Hi passing militia. T!u sntnUa

creatures may need those utensils badly before their men folks ctm earn new ones.

BUBBLES IX THE AIR. Eminently Correct. Watts Well, how are you to-day? Potts Only sew-sew. I have had a stitch in my back for two or three days. Cool Consolation. Mudge See here, last night a fellow called me a blooming idiotYabsley He lied. I saw you last night myself, and you were looking seedy as could be. - Easy. . "Why," asked the inquiring person, "why do you call a person who backs up your show an 'angel? " "Because," said Miss Dollie Footlights, smiling a property smile from force of habit, "because he comes down." The Cheerful Idiot. "I ought to have said it before now," said the Cheerful Idiot, "but I guess I will say It anyway." "Say what?" asked the waitress. "That the reason a woman cannot run a bar in Indiana is because she never would know when to shut up." " , ABOUT PEOPLE AXD THINGS. The final copy of Dr. Parkhurst's new book is in the hands of the publisher, and the volume will be issued within the next few days. Sophia Lyons, the notorious New York shoplifter, was recently arrested, and a well-thumbed, oft-read copy of "Trilby" was found in her possession. Aunt Nancy Garrison, a colored woman, aged sixty years, who came to Chicago from Holly Springs, Miss., has kinky hair which is said to be twenty feet long. Paul ; Holt Bowen, son of Henry C. Bowen, publisher of the New York Independent, died on Thursday at San Diego, Cal., whither he had gone for the beneht-of his his health. A colored Baptist clergyman of Virginia, Dr. Binger, says he can immerse 104 persons in sixty minutes; and some of his flock say that even John the Baptist couldn't have done any better. Mrs. Susan P. Lee, of Lexington, Va has prepared a . ..school history , of the United States, which will soon make its appearance. Mrs. Lee is the eldest daughter of the late Gen. William N. Pendleton, who was chaplain on General Lee's staff and also chief of ordnance of the Army of Northern Virginia. Mrs. Richard S. Green, herself an historian as well as the widow of an historian, is the latest author to fall a victim to writer's cramp. When she went to Royal les Bains, in Auvergne, last summer, in the hope of getting relief at the baths, she was able to write a few words at a time, but only with the greatest difficulty. Richard Croker, the ex-Taromany boss, i3 a perfect counterfeit of his former chief, John Kelly. Like Kelly, his face has a bulldog expression, he is grim and taciturn and loyal to his friends. Croker, however, is more of a diplomat than Kelly was, a quality for the cultivation of which his wife, a woman of refinement and education, is responsible. The rumored engagement of Miss Julia Grant, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant and granddaughter of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, to William Latnber, 13 current in . New York. Miss Grant is a very charming young woman, tall, slim and graceful, and has an unusual stateliness of carriage. She was presented at court while her feather was minister to Austria, though but sixteen at the time. Dr. Chauncey M. Depew has promulgated his manifesto of war against "free lunches." "Sir," he says, "the free lunch is made up of pickled herring, corned beef, fish cakes, salted potatoes, pretzels, cheese, smoked beef, potato salad and dozens of other dishes the main ingredient Of which is salt. And as sure as a man eats free lunch just so sure will he be a drinking man -unless he is possessed of rare self-control." The stroke of paralysis that robs Queen Victoria of Sir Henry. Ponsonby's services deprives her of an invaluable attendant. As" private secretary . and keeper of her Majesty's privy purse his duties were arduous and ' dignified. Perhaps his greatest characteristic was his tact, which was coupled with .a,, knack of' saying just the right thing at , the right time. The Queen is credited with having made many amusing blunders oh. occasions when Gen. Ponsonby was absent and the duty of directing the answers to her correspondence devolved on herself.; ;, THE BROOKLYN RIOTS. There may still be a chance of success left to the strikers, but their situation is undeniably gloomy. It is another illustration of the criminal folly which generally in such conflicts .makes the employers' victory sure. New' York Tribune. Whatever may ha been the rights of the trolley strikers at the outset, they forfeited every claim to popular sympathy the moment that an act of violence was committed in their name, and with their consent. New York Commercial Advertiser. ... The experience of civilized government, therefore, has taught that where one policeman is. not sufficient to clear the way, ten should be sent Immediately. When these are obstructed an army should be sent and the way cleared. New York Evening Sun. Fights like that in Brooklyn must invariably terminate in one way the calling of troops and the consequent breaking of the strike. The employes who are aiding or permitting violence in Brooklyn are taking the surest way to .bring about their own defeat. Chicago Record. The labor question, more pressing than ever, seems further than ever from solution. The brightest intellects and the sincerest patriotism of our people could not be better engaged than , In seeking for the remedy that shall do exact Justice to employer and employed. Chicago Times. Of course, there can be but one end to the contest. If the strikers persist in appealing to force they must be put down by superior force The riot must be quelled and the street-railway companies given a chance to run their cars if they have, as they say, the men with which to run them. Chicago Tribune. . Riot is just riot. Killing, when the act of rioters, Is plain murder. Assault by rioters, armed with deadly weapons, is assault with intent to kill. As the whole political and social -.fabric- is based on law and order, all such 'uprisings must be put down even if it takes the whole power of the government. Chicago Inter Ocean. What a desirable place Brooklyn must be to live in and to do business in, to be sure, when the police turn the city over to the tender mercies of" the mob for fear it would cost $20,000 to keep the peace and protect life and property. The State militia, who are now on duty, were not called out too soon by the sheriff of the county. Philadelphia Telegram. SHREDS AXD PATCHES. Perhaps perseverance ha been the radical principle of every truly great character. J. Foster. Johnny What does b-i-e-r spell? Johnny's Pap The last thing on earth. Philadelphia Inquirer. There are strawberries in the market, but the prevailing opinion is that they are sour. Chicago Tribune. The only animal which has depreciated in value more than the horse is the Democratic donkey. Kansas City Journal. "Ol hovn't eaten anything to-day," remarked Mr. Dolan, "but a glass av milk, an' Oo drank thot." Washington Star. Sometimes a girl's friends think she is sick and pale when the truth is her pink face powder has given out. Atchison Globe. The expression, taking French leave, has a definable meaning since the resignation of M. Casimir-Perler. Philadelphia Inquirer. . , It will now be in order for Secretary Gresham to express a few choice crocodile sentiments to Minister. Thurston. Philadelphia Pre3s. "The horse is a very useful animal," wrote Johnny in his composition, "hut if I cant have my sosslges made of pigs meet I dont no sosslges." Chicago Tribune. Some one has said that the secret of sueess, if one is a woman, is to let nc man know how much one likes him, and no woman how much one dislikes her. Thera may be something in the idea. Philadelphia Aaoarlaan.

GEETNA GREEN BILL

HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WILL REPORT IT FAVORABLY. JefTersonYille's Notoriety to Be Wiped Out Caucus Action on Employes House and Senate. The first important step has been taken In the Legislature towards releasing Jeffersonvllle of its notoriety as a Gretna Green. For years past loving couples from Kentucky have taken a ferry boat at Louisville and on an elopment journey costing two 5-cent fares, have found a haven from irate parents. The justices of the peace at Jeffersonvllle have thrived on fees from these eloping couples and hack drivers and hotel runners have been paid regular salaries by the magistrates for bringing in the young people. Columns have been written In the newspapers about Justice Kegwin, who has a record of marrying more than a thousand eloping couples. But it is all apt to be changed. The judiciary committee of the House yesterday afternoon decided to recommend the bill of Representative Stotsenberg of Floyd county, requiring applications for marriage licenses to be signed by at least one resident freeholder. New Albany, the sister cjty of the Gretna Green, has had a share of the elopers, but the clerk of the county, it is said, is not willing to sacrifice peace of mind for the sake of the fees that might come in through that source. There has been a great deal of trouble caused recently by parents of the elopers and threats have been made against the officials who have aided the marriages. In many cases irresponsible persons, for the purpose of bringing a fee to the magistrates and themselves, have signed the applications for licenses, although they nd not seen the parties before they arrived at the magistrate's office. In numerous cases young girls, fifteen years of age, have been wedded at Jeffersonville. The bill of Mr. Stotsenberg is to remedy the evils attached to the matrimonial haven. By requiring the signature of a resident freeholder, the matrimonial runners, as they are called, will be more careful, if they are not men of property, in vouching for people they know nothing about.. Several years ago there was a war on between the runners for the different magisterial offices, and fights were frequent on the steamboat landing, the runners seizing couples and quarreling over the prey. The judiciary committee has also decided to recommend that Mr. Howe's resolution calling for a constitutional convention be indefinitely postponed. Two of Mr. Bobilya's bills relating to roads will meet a like fate. The bill of Mr. Nicholson, recommending a change in the jury system of the State to make it conform with that of the federal court, the judge to tlx the punishment, will not bear the stamp of the committee's approval, nor will Mr. Hamrick's bill, regulating the prosecutions in cases of bastardy. Air. Hunt has a highway bill which will receive favorable report, and so will one of Mr. Stotsenburg"s, concerning public offenses. One of Mr. Hamrick's insurance bills was indefinitely postponed, as a similar bill has been favorably reported. While the sentiment of the committee was in favor of Mr. Van Arsdel's bill, limiting the number of justices of the peace in Center township, Marion county, it was thought best to postpone the bill in order that legislation in the same line might be secured to cover other cities of the State. THE JOINT CAUCUS. Number of Employes to Remain as First Reported. The joint caucus of the Republican Senators and Representatives settled the matter of appointments last night, deciding to Indorse both of the original committee reports as to number of men to be employed and compensation. In the House the Terhune committee made this report. The Senators had had little difficulty in settling the matter as far as their House was concerned, but the members of the lower branch could not determine just how far economy should extend without impairing the service needed to help legislation along. The committee on judiciary of the House thought a cut could be made in the number of clerks and their salary. The joint caucus deemed otherwise last night. There was considerable discussion and then a committee of three from each House was chosen to prepare a caucus resolution. This committee consisted of Messrs. Nicholson, Terhune and Elliott, of the House, and Messrs. Newby, Cranor and Shively for the Senate. The resolution which the committee reported was adopted by a viva voce vote. As it now stands, there will be ten clerks and a folding clerk allowed Clerk Brown, of the House, and seven clerks for the assistant secretary. The doorkeeper will have seven assistants, a postmaster and four janitors. All clerks, except folding clerks will receive $5 a day. The Speaker has the right to appoint five pages. Eight committee clerks is fixed as the maximum number. The Senate list -will stand as fixed several days ago. The action of the caucus last night means a uaily saving to the State over the 1893 session of $73. ROUTINE OF THE HOUSE. Second Bill of the Session Passed Measures Introduced. The House session yesterday morning was a short one, and the business transacted largely of a routine nature. Rev. Mr. Hootman, . of Lake county, offered prayer, after Speaker Adams called the Representatives to order at 10:30 o'clock. The call for the reports of committees elicited, the return of only one bill, and that had the recommendation of the committee on natural resources. It was for the abolition of the office of natural-gas supervisor. One of the Representatives from the gas belt remarked in the lobby of the House that there was little need of an inspeotor who howls calamity in the face of the discovery of big gushers, such aathose recently found in Howard county. The Introduction of new bills followed, and before the morning was over the total number of bills in the House had reached 240. On a corresponding day of the 1893 session the number of House bills had reached 31C. Interspersed with the bills were several temperance memorials. Chairman Stutesman, of the committee on joint rules, reported, the committee finding the rules of the last session satisfactory. Mr. Van Arsdel's bill creating a forestry commission, was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Van Arsdel, Stutesman, Mcintosh, Pettit, Swope, Spaulding and Moore. The third bill to be passed by the House was Senate bill No. 45, under a suspension of the rules. It gives Delaware county two terms of court, one beginning in January and one m September. There was no vote against the bill when put on its final passage, and it is now ready for the Governor's signature. Senate bill No. 92, to legalize the acts of Albany, Delaware county, wa3 sent to the committee on cities and towns. Senate bill No. 104, which calls for sinking fund commissioners to be appointed by the common councils, one from each political party, was also referred. Just before adjourning the Speaker called the attention of committees to the carelessness some display in marking bills. The following is a summary of bills introduced: Bobilya, of Allen Making an appropriation of $42,500 for School for Feeble-minded youth. " Hunter, of Benton Amending the common school system law. Griffin, of Boone Concerning rape of people of unsound mind. Empowering Boone county's auditor to make sales for taxes. Allison, of Brown An act concerning grand juries. Poindexter, of Clark Concerning the organization of voluntary insurance associations. , , Moore, of Putnam Providing for purchase of property for free roads. Defining the duties of canvassing boards. Amending the" mechanic's lien act. Concerning the examination of witnesses. Floyd, of Clinton Permitting towns to regulate natural gas rates. Stotsenburg, of Floyd To relase estate of deceased sureties on bonds under certain conditions. O'Brien, of Clay Relating to the charter of certain corporations. To abolish office of assessor. Woodruff, of Noble Amending the highway act. Adams, of Psrke Amending the drainage law. . Card will, of Floyd Authorizing compan

ies to organize water works nnd providing for the purchase of plants by cities. Coates, of Pike Amending the common school laws. McBeth, of Pulaski Concerning mortgage liens in providing for constructions of drains. Stakebake. of Randolph Prohibiting baseball playing or other physical games on Sundays. Permitting towns under SS.U'X) to elect school trustees.Thomas, of Rush Regulating telephone tolls. Remington, of Union Regulating the sale of agricultural products. Holloway, of Vanderbarg Requiring physical culture instruction in the schools. Spaulding, of Vigo Making appropriations for normal schools. Bochannon, of Warrick Prohibiting killing of quail until 19u0. Cardwell, of Floyd Concerning government of cities under thirty thousand. Booher, of Greene Concerning election and removal of county superintendents. Repealing an act concerning appointment of road supervisors by township trustees. White, of Hancock Relating to the erection of manufactories on the banks of lakes and running streams, polluting the waters. Concerning to stoppage of passenger trains. Fowler, of Harrison Concerning public offenses, fixing age of consent at eighteen. Hamrlck, of Hendricks Fixing compensation of assessors in townships under 100,000 inhabitants. Fixing beginning of terms of township trustees and assessors. Spltler, of Jasper Amending the highway act. A bill to restrict the spread of contagious disease. McGregor, of Marion Regulating the employment of children and women in manufactories. Abolishing convict labor system. Van Arsdel, of Marlon Providing for the creation of a bureau of forestry and the fixing of an arbor day. Concerning intoxicating liquors. McCrea, of Montgomery Relating to the sale of articles made of gold or silver. CHARGES AGAINST EDEXHARTER.

He Says Tliere Is Nothing; in Them and Courts u Full Investigation. Charges against the management of the Central Hospital for the Insane, filed with Senator Boyd, have been submitted to the Senate committee on benevolent Institutions for investigation. The several charges include cruelty, neglect, mismanagement and extravagance. The force of the charges is somewhat discounted by the fact, that the complainants are men who have been discharged from the employ of the institution. One of the men who assails the management is named Beem, another is named Kreutzer and another Taylor. Dr. Edenharter, superintendent of the hospital, stated last night that he was not at all disturbed, and that he courted the fullest (investigation. Beem, he stated, had struck a patient with a piece of hose and had been discharged for cruelty. Kreutzer was given an 11 -o'clock permit, and had not returned to the hospital until 4 o'clock in the morning. For excuse he reported that he had been sandbagged, and laid for several hours at the corner of Ohio street and Indiana avenue. The matter was given to the police for investigation, -and they discovered that ' Krentzer had come to town, hired a hack, taken three women of the town to Broad Ripple, got drunk and lost his way. He was discharged. Taylor also was discharged for cause. Senator Boyd stated, last evening, that he was not disposed to attach much importance to the charges, but that the committee would investigate them for whatever they were worth. CORRECT SCHOOL ENUMERATION. Bill to Correct the Existing; Evil of Padded Returns. Senator Shiveley Introduced a bill yesterday the purpose of which Is to correct the abuses that arise from the padding of school enumerations. The charge has been , made year in and year out that certain counties In the State were drawing more than their just share of the general school fund of the State through a system of false enumeration. Senator Shlveley's bill requires the president of the school board and the trustee of the township, town or city to file with the county superintendent a copy of the enumeration for school purposes before May 1 of each year, with a list of the transfers from the territory. The report must be accompanied with an affidavit ; certifying that it is correct. If the superintendent has reason to believe the enumeration is not correct he can require it to be made again, and he is authorized to employ other persons to do the work. The county superintendent is required to forward the correct returns to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and if this official finds the enumeration is not correct he shall require of the county superintendent that the work be done over. It Is provided that the school revenues shall be distributed on the basis of the correct enumeration, and that if the correct enumeration is sent to the State Superintendent too late for the semi-annual apportionment the apportionment to the belated county shall be made on the basis of the last accepted enumeration. It is further provided that such other statistical information shall be furnished as the State Superintendent may demand. Counties that fail to send to the State Superintendent their enumeration before the 15th of May shall have the sum of $25 deducted from the amount of school fund to which they would be entitled, and counties failing to send the statistical information asked shall forfeit $1U, which sums may be recovered from the county superintendents on a suit brought by any person in the County who has children enumerated. Senator Shlveley's' bill amending the law .for the election of county school superintendents provides that superintendents now in office shall have their terms extended until the meeting of the township trustees in June, 1S96, and that the terms of these officials thereafter shall be four years instead of two years, as under the present law. Under the law. as it would be amended, the electlorf of a county superintendent will not be left to an entirely new set of township trustees. The bill has the approval of the State Teachers' Association, at whose instance it was drafted. . LABOR LEGISLATION. Factory Inspection Bill Abolishing Convict Labor. , 4; Some of the labor measures that were before the last Legislature are coming before the present one. Mr. McGregor, of this county, yesterday Introduced In the House a factory bill similar to measures that have been submitted . heretofore. Under it no boy under eighteen years, nor any woman under, twenty-one shall be employed more than sixty hours a week in a factory. The working time in a day is restricted to ten hours and notices and schedules of hours are to be posted in factories. No child under fourteen will b permitted to work in a factory and registers must be kept In factories showing the ages and places of residence of those under twenty-one. Where an employe is under sixteen the foreman of the factory must have the written consent of the person's parents or guardians. No one under fifteen is to be permitted to operate an elevator. Safety devices are required around elevators and hand rails along stairways. Provisions are. made for fire escapes, separate water closets and wash room. All accidents In a factory must be reported to an Inspector. Not less than sixty minutes must he given employes for dinner hour. Tenement house factories are tabooed. Two hundred and fifty cubic air space must be furnished for each person employed. Under the bill a factory inspector is cre ated at an annual salary of $5 000 and an i assistant at $2,500. Not more than sixteen I deputies, each at an annual salary of $1 200 ' '-f twiipiuytru. ine tiovernor is given the power to appoint with the consent of the Senate. . Mr. McGregor has a second bill abolishing the convict labor system. In aboiih. ing the system the bill creates a public accounts system. All goods and products turned out at the prisons are to be used at the State Institutions, and if there in a surplus It is to be sold In the open market at current market rate3. Convicts are not to be worked more than eiKht hours a day. The bill carries with it an appropriation of $100,000 for the purchase of machinery to be used in carrying out the new order of things. CITV ADMINISTRATION'S BILL. Its Measure for Resulatlne the Saloon Evil. The liquor bill which the city administration of Indianapolis had drawn up was introduced In the House by Mr. Van Arsdel yesterday and referred to the committee on temperance. It has received the attention of the city attorney and the sanction of all the city officers. The bill is like that of Mr. Nicholson's in many respects, except that it contains no local option feature. The hour of closing remains unchanged. To obtain a iquor license an applicant must show a good character. His place of business must not be connected with a dwelling or other place of business, and if a gambling house or an assignation dive is run in connection with tha saloon after

a license has been obtain.?! the license is to 1e declared void and the bolder can banned and imprisoned. Notices of applications must be publishod for at least -three weeks in an English paper before time for hearing the application. The room in which liquor is to "be sold must be described in detail, and a saloon keeper cannot be interested in more than one place. A man convicted of violating the law cannot obtain a license. If the applicant Is not fit person to sell liquor the county commissioners can refuse to grant him a license. A bond of $2,000 to observe the law must be furnished with two freeholders, who ara in nowise interested in the liquor business, as sureties. If a saloon keeper is fined for violating the law the State will have recourse on his hond. During hours that sales are prohibited rooms must be closed and no disorder or indecency will be permitted at any time. No billiard, pool or card tables wil te permitted in saloons, and people found guilty of playing games in a saloon may be fined and imprisoned. No person under twentyone nor any Immoral person will be permitted to loiter around a saloon. Screens and blinds are to be removed during .hours that are under the ban. A conviction for violation of the law will revoke a license, and the county commissioners will also have the right to revoke a license for any breach of the conditions in it. The license fee in cities remains at $250. Saloons ara not permitted to sell in yards or in residence or rooms connected with the saloons. This section is to cover the wine-room evil. A punishment of six months' imprisonment is provided as a maximum for those who sell buckets of liquor to minors to be carried away from the premises. A saloon where there 13 disorder or lewd conduct may be declared a common nuisance. It shall he unlawful for any one except tha proprietor of the saloon to enter the premises during prohibited hours. Persons injured through the violation of any part of the law will have the right to sue the saloon keeper for damages. - . SHIP CANAL PROJECT.

Senator Haggard' Resolution Adopted by the Senate. Lieutenant Governor Nye was not present when the Senate met yesterday afternoon, and President pro tem. Newby called the Senate to order. Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Sims. Senator Haggard, from p the committee on finance, presented a favorable report on the Haggard resolution looking to the taking of steps for the construction of a ship canal, to connect tha navigable waters of the Wabash river with Lake Michigan. President Newby appointed Senators Haggard, Shiveley and McLean as the members of the committee which 13 to make Inquiry into the feasibility of the project, and if it is found practicable the commltteels to report a bill providing for the employment of engineers and experts to make a survey of a route and estimate of the expense. This report is to be made to the General Assembly at Its next session. Senator Boyd introduced a resolution, the purpose of which is designed to give an attorney the right to consult with a client confined in the Female Reformatory. The resolution recites that such permission has been refused by the officials of that institution, except in the presence of an official or an attendant. It "was set forth that it was sometimes desirable to consult a client privately, and the denial of ' this right was declared to be in violation of Section 60 of the Revised Statutes, which provides that prisoners shall not be subjected to any unnecessary rigors. Senator Kern said that attorney George Sparr, of this city, had made complaint to him that he had been denied the right to consult a client In the reformatory, and Senator Kern denounced the action of the reformatory officials as an outrage. The resolution was adopted. eeiuior McCutchan, from the oommltta on military affairs, reported that the iousa bill appropriating $48,513.09 for the payment of the troops engaged in the suppression of the strikes of last summer had: come to nis committee, and he asked that the committee be allowed to retire for a few minutes in order that they might report the bill for passage. A similar bill, ho explained, had originated in the Senate, and had passed, but the bill that had coma . over from the House had been substituted for the Senate bill, and the immediate passage of it was necessary, because the notea that the Governor had given in bank to raise the money to pay the tropos fell dua yesterday. The committee was permitted to retire jand in a few minutes it returned with a report recommending the passage of the bill. The rules thereupon were suspended and the bill was passed. , Senator Wishard, from the cdmmittee on the affairs of this city, made favorable reports upon several bills. One was Senator Kern's bill to exempt the city of Indianapolis from the provisions of the general .sewerage law, the construction of sewers in this city being governed "by a provision in the city charter, and the t,o provisions creating a. conflict. Another bill favorably reported was the bill of Senator Kern giving the police judge of the city of Indianapolis jurisdiction in cases of petit larceny. " Senator Kern offered an amendment to this hill, increasing the salary of the police judge in this city ram 2,000 to $2,600. and the amendment was ordered printed with the bill. Another bill recommended for passage was Senator Wlshard's. bill preventing railroad and street-railway companies from 'building their lines through cemeteries in cities having a populaton of a hundred thousand and upwards. The bill r is designed to apply to Crown Hill Cemetery only. The other bill reported, with a recommendation that it pass was t'ae hill of Senator . Stuart fixing the salary of the coroner r of Marlon county at $3,000 a year, with no fees. In support of this bill it was shown - that the office of coroner of Marion county r-" sts the people about $11,000 a year, for outlay there was no visible return, iport of the committee was adopted, .ator McLean v introduced a memorial i. jm Henry Urban, manager of the Terra Haute tool and shovel works, on the subject of convict labor, which was referred to the committee on labor and labor statistics. The memorial was adopted toy a meeting of the t labor societies of Terra Haute held yesterday afternoon. It enters a protest against tha contract convict labor system and demands that the product of convict labor, when put on the market, shall ba stamped and sold as such, and asks that the price of the product of convict labor ba kept up to the price of the product of Xrea labor in the same lines. Summary of Senate Bills. Bills were introduced in tha Senate yesterday as follows: By Senator Boyd To regulate the compensation of State and county officers; to regulate the fees of attorneys In compromised cases; to amend the act creating the Appellate Oourt by striking out the second section. By Senator Collett To regulate the terms of county assessors; to amend the law for the election of county superintendents. By Senator McHugh To transfer Greenlawn Cemetery into a park. By Senator McManus To provide for the appointment of police matrons in all cities having a population of 10,000 or more. . By Senator Shiveley To amend the law for the election of county superintendents; to amend the law for the enumeration of school children. ... By Senator Boord To amend the law for the incorporation of building and loan associations. - , CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL.

Senator Shively "Will Present a Bill similar to the Ohio Law. Senator Shiveley has in preparation a bill designed to fill the gap that will be , caused by the expiration of the Appellate Court in 1897. Senator Shlveley's measure contemplates the establishment of a system similar to the Circuit Court eyste-n of Ohio. It will" provide for the division of the State into nine or ten districts, with a court of three judges in each district, which shall be competent to decide appeals in certain cases. The following, from John L. Rupe, of Richmond, is a sample of the numerous letters that Senator Shiveley and other Senators have received concerning' the establishment of a tribunal to taka the place of the Appellate .Court: "I have noticed in the public prints that you have expressed an opinion favorable to the abolition of the Appellate Court tn this State and the substitution for it of a system similar to the Circuit Court system in Ohio. I wish to express my approval of such action on your part and to suggest that it would be in every way a great improvement in our court system. I have had a little experience in the Ohio courts, and have been at some pains to make inquiry among attorneys of that State, and I have never found a single person who was not pleased with the system there. The simplicity and economy of th syatem, it seeras to me, should recommend it highly; and as to the Appellate" Court in this State, I 'believe th sentiment of the bar throughout the State. If it could be accurately ascertained, would be practically unanimous that it la a failure as a svstern : and in every way unsatisfactory and undesirable. . I have heard -much ae