Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1895 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1895.

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THE DAILY JOURNAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, ISO CASKlKSTCaOfnCE-UlOPEXXSVLTrANIA AVIML'E Telephone Call. limine CJfflcs. 2K Kdttoml llnotns A M TLIIJIS OF SLDsXKllTIO.. iailt r MAIL. Tt tt y only, one month ."0 lany ouir. thres mwiuhs ;.) Ia!ly nlr. one year H.oo I"a il v, IM-Imllng .Sunday, ooe year lo.w fcuruiay only, vim year 2.U0 WHU riRMJHID BT AUKXTH. rai)r. per week, by carrier 15 rt Surxlay . ningle ropy S ru laJy awd &uikU , per week, by earner VO cu WkKKLV. Ter jear. $1.00 nedaeed Rates to Clans. Satarribe with any of uur Luxutrous agent or ttnd r i bKTi ptlOQJI U t&S JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind. Trmu tending the Journal tnronarh tfw malls In tne t nited Mates sboukt put on aa eibupai?e paper a osi-iMT jotae stamp; on a twelve or fciiteen-page rair a t i-i ict t.rajf statop. Forvlga postage U usually doable thtterau-a. tHAU romrannlratlons Intended for publication In Una papr inaM, In onlr to rweive attention, be accompanied by tb came au! address of the writer. TUG IXDIAXAPOLIS JOIH.NAL Can be found at Uie follow Ing places PA Ilia American lixtLauge la larlj, A, Boulevard de I'm purine. KW YOKK-Oilsey 11 ouae, Windsor Hotel and Astor House. fHlLADKLrillA A. V. Kemble, cor. Lancaster ar. and bartnrst. CHK'AUO-rahner Ilonw, AnUitorlum lioCI and P. O. Co., VI AUau:s street. CINCH X ATI J. K. llaw ley Co., 154 Vine street loriSYILLE C T. peering. iK.rthwent corner nf Tninl aita Jefferson t., and Louuvills Book Co., Fourth are. fcT.LOllS-l'nion Jiews Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. t n7gg Home. Kbbltt Houv, M illard's Uotel and the VYahiuKtou News fcitnane, ltta street, bet. nu. a e. and F street iiech considerations (failure to support candidates) may have an appropriate welicnt In party conventions, but when any feeling of personal resentment ena only lie gratified by the sacrifice of the true lnterets uf the city It oncht to be' suppressed. On sober second thonjcht n u iimn will be satisfied vrlth himself If he allocs such Influences to direct hla vote. Benjamin Harrison. The Importance of nn honest, economical bnalness administration of city oClcera and the firm enforcement of all the lans eannot be overstated. A city ao managed attracts business sand population. The idea that n mayor or chief of police Is at liberty to permit any law or ordinance to be violated Is monstrous. We choose executive oCTcers to enforce laws and not to repeal or suspend them at their pleasure. It la subversive of our systen and destructive to our social order to allow our eierntlve o Hirers to choose -what laws they will enforce. It la not nt all n question whether I like the law or whether the oCIcer likes the law. What sort of a condition of society would we bare If no man obeyed the law and no oClcer enforced It unless he liked Itf Such questions are for the legislature and the council. To And fault with aa oncer for enforcing the law Is to repudiate our system of Government, and to vote against n candidate because he is pledged to enforce the laws Is to associate one's self with lawbreakers. Benjamin Harriron. Mr. Taggart expects to be floated into cflice on the tidal wave of the. river , of free beer he and his friends are dls-' pensing. Even the Evening News has discovered that the . Republican city ticket, from top to bottom, 13 Immensely better than the Democratic. , If the men !n Indianapolis who believe in law and order will vote next Tuesday as they believe, Mr. Truster Trill have 2,000 plurality. Let every voter who believes in law arid order and the enforcement of the laws lo something to bring out a full vote for the Republican ticket. Every day the prospects of the Republican ticket brighten because the friends of good government are coming to see the importance of supporting it. Why is the order, placing General Miles as senior major general withheld? He Is. all things considered; the soldier of the largest experience in active rervlce in the army. The only trouble -with Mr. Truster, according to the News, is that-he may be too economical. 111, there are thousands of taxpayers who will be delighted with a change in that direction. The weakest kind of a Republican would enforce the laws better than the best Democrat in his party, for the reason that Democratic officials In local affairs are controlled by the mercenary clement in it. ' The time has come for Republicans v ho are full in the faith and who realize the situation to push the righting all alon.j the line. If they will do it Mr. Taggart will nH je called upon to put a deputy In tho Mayor's ottice. Alirady a half dozen prominent Democrats in Kentucky are out against General Hardin because he has abandoned the platform which he once accepted. The bolt of these men means the defeat of the head of the Democratic ticket. During- the two years that Mr. Truster has .been controller the interest charge has been reduced over 31 per cent. Per contra, during the years that Mr. Tnggart has been county auditor the interest arcount of Marion county has increased 54 per cent. The summer Is over and the harvest Lj ended. Wheat is threshed, corn is burked or shocked, potatoes are dug, veetabtes and' fruits are gathered and nuts are ripe. Nothing is growing except the Cleveland deficit and the public debt, and they grow night and day. It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass to grow where only cne grew before Is a public benefactor. The new Democratic reading cf this is that he who makes two British factories run where only one ran before Li the greatest American statesman. The London Economist, in its review cf British trade for August, says: "With reference to woolen and worsted fabrics, tiie notable feature is the immensely increased demand from the United States." The British official rexxrt shows that we. imported from that country ncven and a half times as manjr r.colen clothes and nearly five times as worsted clothes in August. 172 did in August, 1S34. BiUish'man;:tur?r and trade papers have a to rejtlce over this "immensely in- : -r.d from the United Htates." r '"3 ri ground for rejciclnj

among our own people. It simply shows that the present tariff law is turning trade, prosperity and wealth from our own to foreign shores. TiirsL.Kn on T.KtO.tnT r

On Tuesday next, the voters of Indianapolis wt'I elect a Mayor to serve for two years from the Thursday following. ' What are the duties of the Mayor, and for what is he elected? Under the city's charter he is. not a mere figurehead to preside over the Police Court, to deliver addresses of welcome to visiting delegations and to lead the grand march at fancy balls. He is the executive officer in charge of the business affairs of the greatest corporation in the State of Indiana. If he is to discharge h!s duties with credit to himself and to the business interests of the shareholders in the corporation he must of necessity bring to the position business , abilities of a high order and be able to give to it every hour of his time. Every .voter in the city, and particularly every taxpayer, is directly interested in the management of the affairs of the city of Indianapolis, for each and every one of them is a shareholder in the corporation. Either Preston C. Truster or Thomas Taggart will be chosen at the forthcoming election to conduct the city's affairs for the next two year3. Which of the two is the best qualified to manage them? It is a plain business proposition, to be considered as such by every man having a voice in the selection before he casts his vote. Mr. Truster has been the city controller for the past two years.' His record, made in - this most Important office, speaks for Itself. It is such as to merit the commendation of every man who manages a commercial enterprise, a store, a factory, a bank, the owner of a home or other real estate, the man who rents his house and to whom lower taxes means lower rents in short, to every one who is interested in the honest, capable and economical management of the city's huge business affairs. He has refunded $1,209,500 of the city's bonds, bearing 7.3 per cent, interest, at 4 per cent, and a premium, thereby saving to the taxpayers $39,913.50 a year in interest charges. Under his management the city debt has been reduced $200,491. Even grab made at the . public treasury during his administration has been resisted and defeated. Among all his enemies, if he has them, not one will deny his absolute and unimpeachable honesty, for that is ad-' mitted and acknowledged as widely as he is known. He would assume the direction of the city's affairs with nothing else to claim his time or divert his attention, and what he has done i an earnest of what he can and will do. Mr. Taggart is a very genial young man. His winsome smile and hearty handshake are proverbial. He is "a good fellov," whatever that term may stand for. That is his stock in trade. He has been auditor .of Marion county for the last eight years, during which time, with his advice and co-operation, the debt, estimated by the amount paid as interest when he came into office with that paid during the year 1893-94, has been increased 54 per-cent., or more than one-third. Out of his office he has made enough monev to enable him to purchase the Grand Hotel and a string of race horses, to which he has repeatedly said he must devote all his time and attention. He will manage his business first and that of the city incidentally. Which of the two, Truster or Taggart, Is best fitted to manage the business of the city. Judged either by his record or by his engagements? Consider the proposition front the standpoint of the stockholder in the city's business and answer by your vote. And furthermore, every law-abiding citizen who desires a stable, honest government is Interested in, the pror;?r enforcement of the law. To this Mr. Truster Is unequivocally pledged. Mr. Taggart was nominated by the brewery managers and their following. A mere perusal of the list of delegates to the convention which placed him at the head of the ticket proves it. It is notorious that he is indebted, to them for the campaign fund which' is expected to elect him. Does anybody believe that in the event of hte election he will resist their bidding? Does the city want a revival of the Sullivan regime? If so, Mr. Taggart should be elected, for he would surely, bring it about. Mr. Trusler has clearly proven his fitness and capacity to fill the office of Mayor. Mr. Taggart as clearly has not. He was nominated solely because he was "one of the boys." In selecting a man to rranage your business would you choose a business man of universally recognized ability or would you place it in charge of "one of the boys?" Which shall it be. Truster or Taggart? WO HSK TIIA' HEPIIESEMED. In the statement regarding the school debt of this city, published yesterday, the aggregate of coupon notes running' from one to six years and bearing 6 per cent, interest was given as $33,000. This is a mistake; the amount of such notes is $120,000. This money has been expended for the equipment of the Manual Training School. They were negotiated about a year ago after Controller Trusler had sold city bonds at 4 per cent, and a premium, and when he was hiring money temporarily for less than 4 per cent. That $120,000 should have been' obtained for A per cent, for six years, and at most for 4Vi. That is, the ring controlling the School Roard and manipulated by the thrifty Democratic money-lending clique are paying at least $1,800 a year more for that $120,000 than should be paid, an amount almost as much as is paid to three of the lowest grade, of teachers. If the present Republican administration had negotiated such a loan it would have extended the time to 'ten years and got the money for 4 per cent., saving $2,400 a year in interest. That is because the Republican administration has not been controlled by a clique which takes an interest in city affairs simply to make several thousand dollars & year by exacting' exorbitant rates of interest and manipulating loans. The Ricketts transaction and this $120,000 loan at 6 per cent, are samples of the exactions of this Democratic clique under which the city debt on account of schools has been increased to $740,000. Attention is again called to this matter because the same money-lending clique which has the majority of the School Board in its grasp manipulated the last Democratic city convention. It put forth its energies to nominate Thom&A Taggart. and one of the coterie walked up end down tha aisles of Tomllnrcn Hill vfc"2 t3 ccventivn v3 ia

session seeing that delegations obeyed the orders of the bosses. When the convention was reassembled to nominate councllmen at lange Mr. Ryan was defeated because, as a member of the Council, he signed a report declaring against the proposition of this grasping Democratic clique to more than double the cost of natural gas. Should Mr. Taggart become Mayor this clique, which has him in its power, and to which he IS under obligations, will direct the loans of the city in its interest as it has those of the School Hoard for four years. . A DH'FKHKXCll OP PARTIES.

Mr. Trusler. in one of his recent admirable addresses, made the difference between parties very clear. "I could not have refunded the debt had my party been against me as was Mr. Woollen's against him," said Mr. Trusler. "I had the united support of the Mayor and the Republican members of the Council, and because I 'had it I succeeded. Mr. Woollen had a Council controlled by the Frenzel Influence, and his efforts to refund the debt were defeated. It is largely a difference in the make-up and the purpose of parties. No clio.ue could control a Republican Council; a clique always influences a Democratic Council." . Mr. Trusler went cn to say that if a Republican administration should permit the laws regulating the saloons to be set aside there would be such a protest raised on the part of the newspapers, by law and order organizations and public meetings that it would be forced to change its policy. On the other hand, there was no general protest against the "wide-open town" under the Sullivan regime because experience had taught the people that nothing else could be expected. Mr. Trusler is right; the difference in administration is a difference in parties. All through the North people of all parties expect better administration and better legislation by Republicans than by Democrats. Even the Evening News recognizes the superiority of the Republican party in its editorial last evening, when,' in comparing candidates, it accords higher character and better qualification to those-nominated by the Republicans in this city than the Democratic candidates possess. One of the reasons which it assigns for its support of Mr. Trusler is that he has the . advantage of the backing of a better class of men in the Council and in those who are his ad- . visers. THE HINSHAW VERDICT. The Hinshaw trial ends with a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, ' with a penalty, designated by the law, of imprisonment for life. Perhaps it should be said that this verdict ends the present trial, for it is. altogether likely that the case will still have to run the chances of an appeal to the Supreme Court, with the possibility of another trial. IV Is probable the first impression of the present verdict will be one of surprise. Most persons who have followed the trial with .some attention have thought the Jury would disagree. This opinion has not been based on a firm belief in the defendant's innocence so much as it has been on a feeling that his guilt had not been clearly proved. Many persons believe him guilty who could scarcely have brought themselves to say so under oath. These have felt that there was enough of doubt in the case to entitle the defendant to an acquittal, and yet if they had been on the jury they would probably have found as much difficulty In reaching that conclusion as (the other. Perhaps the ancient Scotch verdict of "guilty but not proven" would have denned ' their position. The Journal believes that the Jury's finding is a conscientious one; that Its members think the verdict is sustained by the evidence, and that the result is a vindication of trial by Jury. It is true the evidence was all circumstantial, as in the nature of the case it had to be, but that kind of evidence is sometimes stronger than any other. In this case it was varied, multifold and cumulative. The tracks all pointed one way, and that way led to the defendant's guilt. His' own story, which hung together so loosely, and the entire failure of the Stato to prove a motive for the deed weighed nothing in the minds of these honest, practical, sensible men against the Irresistible logic of a mass of circumstances all converging to one conclusion. If there had been but one circumstance pointing to the defendant's guilt it would not have carried conviction, but with so many corroborating and supporting one another, and with no corroboration of the defendant's story, men under oath could hardly have reached any other conclusion than the one so speedily reached by the Jury. Mil, TAGCJARTS POSITION. Does Mr. Taggart. mean to say that he, a Democrat, if elected Mayor of Indianapolis, will kick his party overboard and carry out Republican policies? That Is the inference to be dratfn from his utterances Tuesday niffhtwhen he intimated he was agalnstu "wide-open" policy. At the same hour lesser Democratic lights, at the behest of Mr. Taggart's political managers, were telling the gamblers, the saloon loafers and the ward heelers that Mr. Taggart was opposed to strict, enforcement of certain laws, and that his views were In line with those of Mr. Albert Lleber, who says enforcement of the liquor-selling restrictions has driven many saloon keepers out of business. In other words, the good Dr. Jekyll was talking in Tomllnson Hall, while the bad Mr. Hyde was getting in his work elsewhere. Which has most influence, and which will rule if Democracy carries the city election? Will it be the bad Mr. Hyde, backed by the mass of the Democratic party, or the good Dr. Jekyll, without a follower? Mr. Taggart is a jolitlclan; he is the manager of his party in Indiana. Does anj one believe he will commit political suicide by' turning his back to his supporters if they make him Mayor of the city? The Journal does not think there is one Democrat, or Republican either, who believes Mr. Taggart would desert his party for an office, for his record proves that Democracy has always been his god. Party first and the duties of citizenship second Is his motto. It is fair, then, to infer that Mr. Taggart, If elected by a party that is almost unanimous for a "wide-open" town, will not look closely to the enforcement of the laws. He may not tell saloon keepers, gamblers and disreputables that they can do as thev please. . That would be unr.ccc::-ry. He couli murtly el:;? fcb

eyes, and the lawbreakers would open theirs. They would begin .by taking an inch and..nd by taking a "wide-open" ell. It was so during the Sullivan administration. " and it' will' be so if we have a Taffart administration. Many citizens Imagined, when they voted for Mr. Sullivan, that they were putting a Dr. Jekyll in charge of the city's affairs, because Mr. Sullivan's promises were fair, but they learned when too late they had elected the Democratic party, and that it war a bad Mr. Hyde who

was executing lt3 mandates. Mr. Tag gart is more in touch with h!s party than was Mr. Sullivan; he is a subservient politician. If he is elected. Indianapolis will be a "wide-open" town, for that is the wish 'of his party. aSBISfcSiSSSSSSSSSSSSSBSSSBlSSI THE SOUTH CAROLINA PLAN. . Five of the six negro delegates to the ' South Carolina constitutional conven tion have joined in an , address to the North which says, among other things: The convention has been called for the purpose of dealing with the negro problem. Those who have advocated its assembling have been explicit in their declaration of the purposes to be accomplished the disfranchisement of the negro and the elimination of him entirely, not from a participation in elections, for he has not since 1886 had any show at all In any of the elections held in the State, but of the possibility of the negro'unlting with .the conservative Democratic faction and thus oust from place and power those now in control of the government. The chief obstacle In the way of accomplishing what is desired is the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the federal Constitution. This difficulty removed, there will be plain sailing. This statement of' the motive actuating the convention,, differs from that made by those who control it. The latter represent that they, want to abolish negro suffrage in order to prevent negro supremacy and maintain white men's government, while' thc address of the colored members says the real pbject is to permanently, eliminate the negroes from politics so as to prevent, their uniting with the cpnservative Democratic faction and ousting from power i those who now control the State government. In other- words, one faction of the Democratic party proposes to disfranchise the nesrroes'lu order to prevent the possibility of their uniting with another faction to turn the now dominant faction out of power. There is other evidence that this' is the real motive of the dominant faction. A Columbia, S;.C., special to the New York World of Oct. 2 says: This Tillman movement is an uprising of the white farmers, the plain people. Its main object Is the destruction of power of the old Bourbon aristocracy, known as the Conservative party. When the Bourbons were in control the negro was prevented from voting largely by fraui or intimidation. ' With the new agrarian movement has come a desire for an open, candid legal attitude cn the negro question. JThe nesro is to be disfranchised, but It Is to be done in broad iaylight, with no hypocritical pretenses. People in the North and West must not suppose that" the," work of securing white supremacy Is being done behind closed doors, or in the dark. The South Carolinians are perfectly frank. To them the State government is at this moment a much more important matter than the national government and they would rather have a smaller voice In national affairs and absolute white supremacy In State affairH. South Carolina has 'seven votes in Congress, but Tillman, Irhy and other leaders frankly acknowledge that the State Is willing to have its presidential vote cut down to five If it must choose between that and the rule of the negro majority. From a State as well as from a national point of view.-, this is a novel and interesting situation,, 4Itf shows there is an Irrepressible conflict between the Butler and Tillman factions of the Democratic , party in South, Carolina, one representing the landed aristocraqy and the other the plain people, and that the latter, who are!hoW "on top," are determined to perpetuate their power by every possible means. Having been excluded for a . long-time by the old Bourbon aristocraqy .from any participation In office holding or the pleasures or power, they now propose to give their former bosses a drastic dose of their own med'clne. . From a national0 point of view it Is interesting to leafri; that the white peo-! pie of South Carolina are perfectly willing to accept a loss of representation in Congress and of votes in the Electoral College provided they can permanently disfranchise the. negroes.. The fourteenth 'amendment-to the Constitution, which . apportions Representatives in Congress according to population, provides that when the right to vote is denied 'to 'any of the male inhabitants of a Sate,' otherwise qualified to vote, "the basjs of .representation therein shall be reduced in, (te proportion which the number, of. suehi male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age In such State." This loss of representation is the only penalty the Constitution imposes for the disfranchisement of any class of citizens, and the South Carolina Democrats say they are willing to accept this penalty. As there are more colored people In the State thanwhltes the disfranchisement' oZ the . former would reduce her number of, Representatives In Congress one-half, and her vote in the Electoral College in ' the .same propor- j ti n. Whatever action the convention may tane on the subject-will eventually be reviewed by the -Supreme Court of the United States, and that tribunal will probably find a way to enforce the plain intent of the Constitution. If the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments fail it may be found there Is considerable potency in the clause 'of the Constitution which ays: "The United States shall ' guarantee to , every State In this Union a republican form of government." The British paper which sees for the United States, a grave crisis in the action of the South Carolina constitutional convention providing for the disfranchisement of the colored men is behind the times. Nevertheless, the disfranchisement has . -been going on a quarter oZ a century and was made a part of the Constitution of Mississippi three years ago by an amendment which was not submitted to the people. South Carolina is one of the few Southern States which festers the hatreds of the war, and consequently is making no ma- , terial progress. ; It is the penalty of the crime of destroying the right of suffrage. To hear the. Democrats complain that the Populists are not only padding the registration lists with fraudulent names in Georgia, but are bulldozing Democrats who seek to correct frauds, is not remarkable. Having practiced for a quarter of a century all sorts of crimes against suffrage, it cannot be expected that Democrats, when they become Populists to get, office, will cease to perpetrate such t crimes when they have the power. It is a long way back to fair elections in the South. As city controller Mr. Truster refunded $1,200,000 of bonds bearing 7 3-10 per cent. Interest into four-per-cents, thus savingtfc? city about '$::,C?3 Interest rr fin-

num. The debt which these bonds represented was a legacy of Democratic. mismanagement and extravagance. Every one of the bonds bore the signature of a Democratic Mayor. They were issued in 1873, and for more than twenty years the city paid interest on them semi-annually at the rate of 7 3-10 per cent. It remained for a Republican administration and a practical financier to refund them at a saving of 3 3-10 per cent a year on the entire amount. A wide-open city means a wide-open treasury. BSaBHBSBSSSSBBSBSMaBBHBSBSBBBSSBBSSBBSSSBBBSSBSSBSBSSBBBSSSk Mr. Wellcrs Wisdom Vindicated. It was Mr. Samlvel Welter who once remarked that "rum crcetcrs is women," and up to this time his proposition has never been successfully refuted, it seems to be as true of the new women who undertake to regulate public affairs as of the widows with whom he and Mr. Pickwick had to do. There, for Instance, is the Indianapolis Local Council. The Local Council is a body made up of representatives from every club or other .woman's organizations in the city, and ' its purpose Is. as the Journal understands, to look after local affairs in general and after details of municipal housekeeping in particular. On. Tuesday Its members got together after a long summer's rest and apparently found nothing of a local character needing their attention. This being the case the simple and natural course of procedure, judging by the customs of an enterprising and commonplace man in like circumstances, would have been to adjourn and go Ashing. But, no; tha ladies had fish to fry that had come right to their net. Some time during 'the past summer the National Free Baptist Women's Society had got. itself so worked up over a projected bull fight at Atlanta thaU it had sent a letter to the Local Council asking It to telegraph a protest to Atlanta against the, brutal exhibition. Although the council was organized for merely local purposes It had no objection to spreading out over the universe a little further, and, the bull fight seemed a proper excuse for so doing. .It -fras therefore resolved to protest against the exhibition, and again the proceedings would seem, to an observer who didn't know women, to have been reduced to a simple matter of form. The women did not think so, and spent the afternoon in discussing the wording of a telegram it having been decided, after much talk, to use the wires since no time was to be lost. The dispatch was at last formulated and sent on its electrical way, and the council which represents 8.000 of the intellectual and intelligent women of Indianapolis, went home well satisfied with its day's work. Whether any one of the mem

bers present or any of the 8.000 others ' has yet discovered that the bull fight scheme was abandoned weeks ago by the Atlanta managers is not known. Evidently, the ladies at the meeting do not read the papers whatever, else they may read,, and for members of a society which undertakes to help run , things and to have a finger in current events this Is a serious, not to say a fatat, omission. If the . council had asked the Journal to outline a plan of work to benefit the community it wxuld have suggested the raising of a fund for necessary expenses In the Republican city' campaign. In helpin? to elect Mr. Truster they would be aiding the cause of good government in a most practical way. Attention given to such work would 'have saved them at least from shooting at a dead duck, or, to be more accurate, an imaginary bull. " A recent experiment of the military authorities with "emergency rations" In the form of condensed food was not encourage lng. Of a company of regulars sent out on a four days march one officer and thirtynine men were made sick by the rations on' the Jirst day, and the captain wired back for a supply of hardtack for the remainder of the march. The Republicans of Arapahoe county, Colorado, In which Denver is situated, have nominated a woman for county treasurer. She has been assistant treasurer for some time past, and has given such satisfaction In that capacity as to secure her nomlnatfon for first place. The recent heavy frosts came suddenly and earlier than usual, but It is gratifying to know that nowhere did they cause any injury to the corn crop. The "dear old JournaV' welcomes the News to its arms. Keep your eye fixed on us, dear child, and you will always wabble right in tie end. It, took the News a good while to get down off the fence, but it got there at last with both feet on the right side. III UTILES I THE AIR. Trnst Not. Watts It is not safe to trust to appearances. ' V Potts Especially to farewell appearances. At Icnath. For a long time, after he had succeeded in Inserting himself through the door, at 3 a. m., she regarded him in silence. . ' At length she spake. Also, she spake at length. The Cheerful idiot. "Come to think of it," said the observant boarder, "I never have seen any one finite on a bicycle." . "But we all smile on the bicycle girl," said the- Cheerful Idiot, and the observant Iwarder was sorry he spoke. Cruel. Willteboy was exhibiting, in great glee, a small cowbell. , "What is that for?" asked the rude,' coarse man. "To put on me wheel, don't you know," said the bright youth. "Better not tiy It. Some one will he taking you for a runaway calf." SSBSaSSBBSnSSBBBSBSBSSSSBBSBBBISBBBSBSBSSBBSSMSBSSBSSa STATE PRESS ON IIAnRISON. Mr. Harrison, of course, is not seeking the nomination, but, his lightning rol being properly adjusted, he Is supposed to be In that enviable position In the hands of his friends. Goshen Times. Of course General Harrison will be a canJIdate for renomlnatlon. and why shouldn't he be? The honor is one which It is highly 'creditable for any citizen of the Republic to seek: experience ha shown his fitness for the presidential ofllce, and he would be more than human if he put aside ambition when intellectually he rivals, if he does not surpass, any man named In connection with the office. Gen. Harrison may not now be a candidate, but he will be at the proper time, and his opponents will find him a formidable one. Wabash Plain Dealer. The Item predicts that from this time on. whether Harrison becomes an avowed can- j diiate. remains a "receptive" candidate or decllnva to be a candidate at all. he will expect no assistance from 'either McKlnley or "Reed, and will not throw his influence to either, but will paddle his own canoe as long as he staxs In the race; and if he retires from it will throw his Influence to Allison or some new man. And w further predict that neither Reed nor McKlnley will be nominated for President next year, but that the nominee will Ik? Allison. Harrison or a dark horse. Richmond item. The political opponents of General Harbison are compelled to acknowledge, despite the recent Piatt-Quay victories, that the ex-President is unquestionably strong in the East. In that populous division of the country, where commercial and Industrial activity count for more than ephemeral political Fupremacy of any of the elements of either of the two parties, the people are not slow to recognize that Harrison is always a safe quantity. His record in the Whita House. In connection with his well-known and undcrttcod attitude on the ttrifT end rilvr cj?-:ti?n. cur . r ' r 1 V 4 V - i v . . , C . k . v . C .

public policy. Inspire a confidence which is bound to make its presence felt in the next Republican nominating convention, despite his alleged withdrawal from the race. Hammond Tribune. General Harrison's administration was one of tlie best In the history of the country, and as compared with the present one forms the most striking contrast. It is one in which the whole Nation can feel a ju.n pride. If General Harrison Is a candidate he Republican party ought to know it, and especially In Indiana. The friends of McKlntey, Heed and Allison want to know It. it is now only a little more than a year until it -will be definitely settled at the polls who will be the next President. It is time for the Republican party to crystallize around recognized candidates. If Harrison is a candidate he can count on Indiana. Anderson Herald. ' The frlenJs of candidates for the presidency on the Republican ticket have endeavored to get ex-President Harrison out of the way by compelling him to declare that he would not accept the nomination again. John C. New, who stands closer to Mr. Harrison than any other men, has finally succumbed to the pressure brought to bear on him and talked for publication. He says that Mr. Harrison Is not a candidate In the sense that Reed. McKlnley and others are, but if the nomination is tendered him he will accept It. We are glad to have the matter settled Just in this way. The Eagle could cordially support any of the distinguished men who are striving for the honor, and believe that they would fill the President's chair with honor to themselves and benefit to the country. But these things we know of ex-President Harrison. He Is a good, safe man. and has been a good President. Nothing would please us better than to fee him re-elected. Union City Eagle. The frequency with which reports of Mr. Harrison's having "retired" from the race for the presidency are set afloat by wire pullers and newspapers wno prefer somebody else Is evidence of their recognition of his formldableness as a candidate, and of their profound solicitude, if of nothing else. Some recentx utterances of John C. .New are made the text for a reiteration of the oft-repeated story of Mr. Harrison's declination. No doubt thi? will go on until the nomination of a candidate is actually made. Then there will be rest . on this theme for the romancers. Perhaps as accurate a statement as can be made cf Mr. Harrison's position on the question of the "presidency is that he is not "a candidate," is not "in the race" for it, ajid will not be; but if it comes to him with a fair degree of unanimity he will accept It. This is not a dlmeult matter to understand, and the only reason the rumor peddlers do. not understand it is because they prefer not to. Kushvtlle Republican. . AS VIEWED FROM THE OITSIDE.

The Indianapolis Journal says that "a wide-open town is an asylum for gamblers and the home of all the vilest brothels and dives." The city of Fort Wayne has had all the experience she desires In this line. The past two years has fully demonstrated the superiority of the policy of enforcement of the law over that of the wide-open plan. The peopleNwill never again consent to the re-establishment of the latter. Fort W'ayne Gazette. . The Indianapolis city election takes place Oct. 8. Our people feel a special interest in it on account of the candidacy of Lee Nixon for re-election as' clerk. Ills record is so good and his deserts so great that they hope to see him again successful, and with him the whole Republican ticket. At this distance it does certainly seem -that the work of the Republican officials merits the indorsement of a re-election. Rushvtlle Republican. Whatever the Republicans of Indianapolis may think about it, and however they "may act, the Republicans of the rest of the State think that one Sullivan administration for the capital city is enough for a lifetime, and if-given -the opportunity they would pay so at the polls. Oertalnly a restoration of extravagant and disreputable methods In municipal government is not desirable, but that Is what the election of Tom Taggarf would mean. Muncie Times. TO PRISON FOR LIFE. (Conclnded from First Page.) the accused, but whether the circumstances, satisfactorily established, are of so conclusive a character and point so surely and unerringly to the guilt of the accused as to exclude every reasonable hypothesis of his Innocence. The force of circumstantial evidence being exclusive in its, character, the mere coincidence of a given number of circumstances . with the hypothesis of guilt, or that they would account for, or concur with, or render possible the guilt of the accused, is not admlssable as a test unless the circumstances rise to uch a degree of cogency and force as in the order of natural causes and effect to exclude to a moral certainty every other hypothesis, except the single one of guilt. The proof must not only coincide with the hypothesis of guilt, bu.t it must be inconsistent with every other rational conclusion." "So that you have first to determine whether the facts and circumstances relied upon as tending to show the guilt of the defendant have been proven beyond a reasonable dr.ubt; and, if so, then you must proceed to the next inquiry, and that is not whether thase facts are consistent with the defendant's guilt, but whether they are consistent fth any rational hypothesis of his innocence.-; MORAL CERTAINTY OF IT. "By ti c r''e f law here defined as applicable to, c!rurr)5tantial evidence, , is not meant t!at the evidence should- produce absolutV and ' demonstrative certainty In the mlr T'ls .. the Jury, or that it fchould dissipate -V.rx . conjecture or speculative doubt.-. tit?, If, the evidence, taken as a whole,., produce In the mind such a degree of moral ctiUinty as to. exclude every reasonable 'doubt of the defendant's guilt. It Is th'ei sufficient to authorize conviction. "Ti e' doctrine of reasonable doubt, as a genev.il . rule, has no . application to subsidiary ivldonce taken item by. item; it is apph title to the 'constituent elements of the ctlme charged, and to any fact or facts or gvmp cf facts, which constitute the entire sroof, of one or more of the constituent ' rtrr;ts of the crime charged; that Is t.) ?ay.a!l the facts which must have esVcd In order to make out the guilt of the accused must be established to your aatUfa.'ViOa beyond- a reasonable doubt before you can convict.. But the rule of reasonable doubt does riot apply to subsidiary and evidentiary facts; that is to say, t such facts and circumstances In evidence, if there be any such, as are not essential elements of- the crime charged, and not necessary to the proof thereof, and which, when considered together and as a whole, tend to prove or disprove the existence of one of moie of the primary facte necesfary to make out the offense. Subsidiary and evidentiary facts may be considered by you in determining the necessary and essential facts, when established by clear and satisfactory proof. "If you have a reasonable doubt as to the .exigence of any fact or circumstance necessary to the conclusion that thp accused Is guilty, in, such cases there can be no conviction. -To warrant a conviction the State is required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the. defendant .feloniously killed his wife, Thurza Hinshaw. at the time and plaee and in manner and form as alleged in the' indictment. It i not sufficient if the State has enveloped the death of Thurza litnahaw in mstery that Is-, incapable f explanation without ' Inferring the. defendant's guilt. To convict, the State 1 required to explain a'.l mystery s?fhVeut to remove all reasonable doubt of explanation upon no reasonable hypothecs conelstrnt with the defendant's innocence, and that point to his guilt b?yond any other rational solution. "As an Inculpatory fact, the state contends that the defendant made many different and contradictory Ftatements in describing the occurrences of the night at the time the deceased received the wound resulting in her death. Whether the accused made different and contradictory statements Is for you and you alone-to determine frcr.i the evidence, and-the court makes no indication upon the subject. But if you find that different and contradictory statements were made concerning such occurrences you should consider how far, If at all, such variance, was the result of a difference of recollection of the various witnesses as to the same statements made by the accused, and how far, if at all, they relate to different statements made by the accused, and In determining this question It is proper for you to consider tr.e ilabillt:' to m stake (if it exists) on the part o( the witnesses In the right understanding or the lecollectlon ot language spoken and heard under the mental conditions trs jdiown by trie evidence to r:.t at the time or times such occurrences were described, if they weie described at all. "Some of jou jurors, when being examined touching your competency to .serve a such in this case, answered that you- had been led by general report wl newspaper publications to form and express an opinion as to the puilt or innocence oi" che defendant. I dettre to caution nch members that in ccnxlrrlrT their verdi.u they should dill-ently rr.1 crrefulty avcM c!vI::t r::?ct. in V.j I.' C:::o. to .tr.v fr.rt cr cir-

cumstanc that mav have lolgmnt n their mind from suci'i general reports and newspaper publlcaticns. and . that duty is Imperative that you determine, the e ani every fact arising therein rotely and exclusively upon the evidence addu-vd before you. A defendant In a criminal cause ia not required to satisfy the jury of the existence of any fact wliicn. If true. Is a complete detenee. It i sufficient if he create in the minds of the jjry a ea?onabl do Jit of tho existence of such fact, j REGARDINR A MOTIVE. "Each Juror in his deliberation, and In considering what shall b his verdict, must at last rest his conclusion upon his own Judgment as to what that vrrdlct hou! l be, so that If any one of the Jury, after having considered all the evidence in the cause, the argument. of counsel, the rharge of the court, ami affrr ha fire fullv con

sulted with his fellvw-Jurymen. shul! yet enieriain a reasonable uouui as 10 guilt of the accused, the jury cannot ?ui ( the defendant guilty. "While in cases where the fact i ileatly 5 established that onetaccused of murder actually killed the person with whose murdtr. he is charged, it is not im;eratlvr that any ; motive for the crime should be established. . yet in any case, evidence establishing or. tending to establish a motive upon the part of the accused to commit the crime wltr which he is charged. Is nroper al -should be fairly considered by the Jury. And in a. case where there Is no direct evidence that the accused actually did the k.lilng. bat U purely circumstantial : In its character, tha ; question of the abserce of motive becom a i of greater Importance and may have t-veu controlling effect. "So. In tills cate. it Is proper for ycu to consider all the evidence on either side as tending to fhow that the defendant had n motive to kill his wife, or that such motive was wholly wanting. And in considering this question of motive or wart of motive it is proper for you to consider all the testimony adduced before you on the trial, showing whether or not the accused and his wife lived happily together or otherwise; as to whether or not she was a valuable assistant to him in his chosen field of labor; as to whether or not he held at the time. Improper relations with another . woman, and any and every other fact or circumstance disclosed by the evidence shoeing or tending to show the existence or nonexistence of any motive upon the part or ti.e accused to kill his wire. "The very fact that Thurza Hinshaw was the wife of the accused is of itself a fact to be considered by you, and If the evidence shows that hey lived happily together that is another fact properly to be considered by you; such facts, if you find that they exist, would raise the presumption that the accused would not wantonly and maliciously kill her. This presumption Is. In addition to and is to be distinguished from the' legal presumption of innocence that exists in every case in favor of a party charged with the commission of crime, and if both presumptions exist tha State must overcome the force of both and establish the contrary fact before the accused can be found guilty. "You are the exclusive Judges of tha weight of the testimony given by each of the witnesses who have testified before you in this case. You many property consider their conduct and demeanor upon the stand, whether they exhibited any Mas or prejudice in favor of or against either side, their power of memory or their want of such power, their accuracy of observation or their want of such accuracy, so far aa such facts appear; and every other test which you, as men of common experience in the ordinary affairs of life, can bring to enable you rightly to weigh the force of such evidence. You are not lightly anj without consideration-to reject the testlmony of any witness. And. as far as yon I the testimony of the various witnesses upon the theory that all have testlned ,to tha truth: and, so far as you are able, to reconcue an tne eviaence wiin tne ineory oi inn Innocence of the accused. But at the last you and you alone are to determine tha weight to be given to the evidence of each witness. And if the testimony is so variant and contradictory that it cannot be reconciled, then you must determine what you shall accept and what you shall reject. "Evidence of the previous good character of the accused for peace and quietude has been introduced, and ruch evidence Is proper for your consideration. If the evl dence discloses that the accused was a man, of an unblemished reputation as a peaceable and quiet citizen prior to the time of tha commission of the alleged crime, such fact . stands as a factor In the case tending to fortify and establish Innocence; and whera the evidence is wholly circumstantial and, the testimony for and against him is nearly balanced, such fact of good character may be sufficient to create a reasonable dout4 r9 Vl- mid atthniiph n - tnr-h Hntiht WAn15 . have existed but for such good character. HIS FAILURE TO TESTIFY. "The defendant in this case did not .vall himself of his right to become a witness . in his own behalf. But I Instruct you. gentlemen, that the fact that he did not testify in his own behalf cannot in any manner be referred to cr considered by you in your deliberations, and you are not at liberty to draw any presumption against the defendant on account of such failure.' If, under . the law, and evidence, you shall find tho defendant guilty, then you must determine the degree of guilt and fix the punishment therefor. And If you find him guilty of murder, and have a doubt as to whether he is guilty of murder in the first or second degree, then you should find hlri guilty of t murder in the second degree. And if yom ' find him guilty, and have a doubt as t whether he is guilty of murder or manslaughter, then you should find him guilty, of manslaughter. If j-ou find him guilty of murder in the first degree, then the statute prescribes that he shall suffer death or bo Imprisoned in the State's prison during life, in the discretion of the Jury. And the form of your verdict should let We. the Jury, find the defendant. William n. Hinshaw. guilty of murder in the first degree, as charged in the Indictment, and that he furffer death) or (bo Imprisoned in the State's prison durinff life), as you in the exercise of your discretion may determine the penalty to b inflicted. If you find him guilty of murder In the second degree, the penalty prescribed by the statute for this offfnw Is that he be imprisoned in the State's prison during life and the form of your verdict should be, 4We. the Jury, find the defendant. William 12. Hinshaw, guilty of murder In the second degree, as charged In the indictment, and that he be imprisoned hi the State's prison during life And if you find him guilty cf manslaughter tha penalty prescribed by the statute for this offense is that he be imprisoned In tho State's prison not more than twenty-ci vears. nor less than two year, and tho form of your verdict should be, 'vo, tha Jury, find the defendant. WIlMain R. Hinshaw. gulltv of manslaughter, as charged In the indictment, and that he be imprisoned in the Stae's priron for the period of (here insert whatever term you agree upon, not exceeding twenty-one years nor less than two years.) "If you shall find the defendant not guilty the form of your vrrdTct h w l be. We the Jurv. find the defeniant. William K. Hinshaw. "not guilty.' Vhate vcr verdl ,ct vou sgroe upon to be reduced to writing and signed by your foteman before, returning Into court. THi: LAST ADMONITION. ' "The duty of counsel and the court has now been performed. The ounel engaged In the case have been untiring In their efforts to btlng before you ail risible evidence that may aid you in anlvlng nt the truth. They have ably assisted you In applying the evidence to th facts In contention. The couit ban end.-avoird to rightly advise ycu in the Uw and now there confronts you the final and imi-rr-tant duty of pronouncing upon the guilt or innocence f the dftndant. I v?rmtt this cas to vou with the canfldenoc that vou will faithfully discharge the Krav duty resting upon you. without upm the cne hr.nd IWng nvn-ed by any undu demand for conviction on the part of the counsel for the smto. or belns swayed fiom It right performance by sny und-ia appeal to yo.ir sympathies. "You will br In mind that mtther ths life nor the liberty or rhe accused may b trifled with, and neither taken by careles or inconsiderate Judgment; bit if, after a careful consideration cf the law and eviaence in iur -!!--, ju io atlrled beyond a r-onable dubt. that the 'defendant Is guilty, you should return vour verdict acvordir;giy. Iuty drraanda it and the law t qui re It, Yo.i must ba Jusi to the defendant and equally Jut to the State. Ar.d as maiilv. upright men. aprroval cr disapproval.- and look steadfavtlv art alone to the law and the evidence i'n the case and return into vurt uch a verdict arf Is warrant el thereby." cntr.D likb a t iiu.n. lllitsharv llrenks lUity it After i:terhtC lheJslt. Special to the Inllanap2lis Journal. PANVlLLK. lrd.. Vt. WU'Jam C Hinshaw, ihc convicted wife murderer, la to-night broken in zUit nnd. it I fetiri, in health. H- euffered -a c::-; ' r " tvhfn th5 iill (!::n cir : v l

charged wiin me reyr-onsioie muy vi -rioting the court In the udmini?rstion of Justice, you will p'it jiM'te sll sympathy ..ml nentlmenl. all o;iideralons of rublla