Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1895 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY,

OCTOBER 7, 1895.

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TUC IXDIAXAI'OLIM JOURNAL On be found at the following pl&req PARIS American llictaift lu I'axU, 38 Boulevard de aTvuclnei. KW YOttK Gusey House, Windsor Hotel and Astor ticune. PHILADELPHIA A. ?. Kerabis, cor. Lancaster are. and KartER st. CHICAGO Ialmer Honse, AndHorluxu UoUl and P. O. Newt Co., tl Adams urett. CINCINNATI J. R. IlawiTy a Co., 154 Tine street LoriSVILLE C. T. Peerinz, nortbwest cornet of Third and Jefferson fcU., and Louisville Cook Co, 2J6 Yourtn are. IT. LOUI& Union hews Company, Union Depot. WASnTNOTON. D. C r.let House. Ebbltt House, Wuiard'a Hotel and tbe WnlngUm News Exchange, liUi street, tec yens, ave. and i street Sach considerations (failure to unport candidates) mar hare an appropriate wet arht in party convention, tut nhen any feeling of personal re sentment can only he ojratlfled by the sacrifice of the trne Interests of the city it ought to be suppressed. On sober seconil thought no man will be allsfied with himself If he allows cacb influences to. direct his rote. Denjamin Harrison. The Importance of an honest, economical business administration' of city affairs and the firm enforcement of all the lairs cannot be overstated. A city so managed attracts business end population. .The Idea that a mayor or chief of police Is avt liberty to permit any law or ordinance to be violated Is monstrous. We choose ecutlre oQeers to enforce laws and not to repeal or suspend them at their pleasure. It Is subversive of our system and' destructive to our social crier to allow oar executive officers to choose what laws they will en force. It Is not ' at all a question whether I like the law or whether the oOcer likes the law. What sort of a condition of society would we X-ave if no man obeyed the law and no oOcer enforced It unless he 11 lied Itf pnch questions are for the legislature and the council. To llnd fault with an odcer for enforcing the law Is to repudiate our system of government, and to vote against a candidate because he Is pledged to enforce the laws is to associate one's self 'with lawbreakers. Benjamin Harrison. No more can, the Tammany .tiger In Indianapolis get rid of his singed surface than can the leopard change his cpots. The appearance of the Lleber-Frenzel "combine" In the' role of the champions cf Christianity and the defenders of the faith has convulsed the town. "Which does the taxpayer prefer, an administration which Increased the city debt $200,00.), as did Sullivan's, or one like Denny's, which reduced it $200,000? . The man. who votes before 10 o'clock deposits a ballot which really counts for more than one for his party, because it reduces the number of those who must be looked after. The piety of the Lleber-Frenzel "combine" manifested in the writing of notes charging Mr. Trusler with atheism would be less suspected if it were not working to turn Sunday Into a day of dissipation. In spite of all that has been said, it Is now believed thatSa union of all the elements opposed to. Tammany will be made in New York city. Here Tammany can be beaten by voting the vwhoIe Republican ticket. The manly voter will go - to the polls end vote the ticket which, in his Judgment, will give Indianapolis the best and most economical administration of affairs. He certainly will not take prejudice into the voting booth to mark his -, Alter a thorough canvass of the ward bummers and saloon loafers Mr. Taggart has reached the conclusion, an nounccd in his local organ, that "the people. Irrespective of party, are demanding a change In the management of city affairs." In electing directors for a corporation enly stockholders have a vote. The real ctockboldrs In a municipal corporation are the taxpayers. If to-morrow's election were left to these alone there would t? no doubt of the result. They would not vote for a wide-open iown, which means a wide-open treasury. That portion of the Democratic platform in Massachusetts which declares that the Wilson bill should take the place of the present tariff law is reCarded as an untimely exhibition of the peculiar aslnlnlty of tne young persons who have passed froo mugwumpery . to the leadership of the Democracy in that lltate. Ths new Constitution of Utah contains a provision which prohibits officers in counties, cities and townships from torrowing .money In excess of the amount of taxes for the current year, except by the authorif of the majority cf the citizens therein who have paid a property tax for at least one year preceding. If the wnole Constitution of the ir.ccming State Is as conservative as the provision referred to It will serve as a mcisl for older States. AzicZe from all partisan considerations, which really do not figure much In this municipal election, the Journal believes that a Democratic victory would be followed by one of the worst administrations the city has ever had. Mr. Tag-C-rt's chief strength is among the worst ,f rnu or hi- nartv. ana nis election " "11 ba claimed by them as a vindlca- : c the Ideas and policies they repre4 ;. ii he were stronger ana Deiter ! i r-rty, or if he were even a .cr.m with clear ideas and c:.r.I:t!;r.3 In favor of good govl : r'rlrt cnfcrc?r:crrt of lar.

It might be hoped that he would successfully resist the influences to which. If elected, he will owe his election. But everybody knows he is not that kind of man. If he is elected the power on the throne will yield to the power behind it, and the result will be the most disastrous administration the city has had for twenty years. . WHV VOTE THE REPUBLICAN TICKET f

Why vote the Republican ticket tomorrow? First Because, from top to bottom, it Is the better ticket. As a man Mr. Trusler is better qualified for Mayor than is Mr. Taggart. When the administration of the laws is considered there can be no comparison made between Judge Stubbs and Mr. Cox. No man can make a better city clerk than Lee Nixon has been. The names of six representative men are on the Republican ticket for councilmen at large, while on the Democratic ticket no man who has been nominated can be said to be such a citizen as a prudent man would Intrust with the management of hi3 affairs or rely upon his Judgment. Second Because it "is morally certain that the men named on the Republican ticket wili continue the business-like policy of the. present city government. As Mayor Mr. Trusler will give his time to the duties of. his office, and that time will be devoted to- the Interests of the whole people. A Council made up of the Republican nominees will, like the present one, look out for the Interests of the people. It will not be allured into extravagant schemes; it could not be used to defeat a refunding of bonds at a lower rate of interest to please a clique; the gas "combine" cannot touch it, and no amount of pressure can induce it to sanction any expenditure of money upon new projects. "Who can speak for the , men nominated by the Democrats for the Council? The bosses, probably, unless the rejection of Mr. Bowles because he signed a petition against saloons in his neighborhood, and Mr. Ryan, because he Is hostile to the Frer.zel gas-meter scheme, reveals the fact that they wear the collars of the Lleber-Frenzel ring. Third The Republican ticket should be voted because, on the two occasions that the city has had Democratic administrations, they have been not only inefficient but positively bad. If, since the first Democratic administration, there has been any change in the controlling ; element of the Democratic party it has been for the worse, and, as bad as It was during the Sullivan regime, when the Frenzel rin; prevented the changing of 7.3 per cent, bonds for four-per-cents, when the city court was a refuge for lawbreakers and the Democratic laws regulating the liquor traffic, providing for an orderly Sunday and against gambling houses and vile resorts were Ignored, no improvement can be expected at the hands of the Democrats who are seeking power now. No one will deny that the reasons given above!- are founded on truth and fact, and, being so founded, they are sufficient to induce every voter who desires intelligent and economical city administration . to go to the polls and vote the whole Republican ticket early tomorrow. , TUB HIXSIIAW CASE. Comment on the verdict in the HInshaw case takes every phase from, unqualified approval to decided dissent. A Sunday paper has a four-column editorial to prove that HInshaw "Is a wholly Innocent man." while a correspondent of another city paper characterizes the'-jury as "a set of freaks and fools'," and the verdict as a dfcgrace to the Jurisprudence of the State. No doubt Juries in criminal cases sometimes render wrong verdicts, but it Is much oftener in favor of the person charged with crime than in favor of the State. The doctrine of reasonable doubt, which in the hands of skillful lawyers is often made to beget unreasonable doubts. Is the 'means of freeing many criminals who ought to be punished. It is not often that a Jury errs in favor of the State or on the side of severity. After all, human wisdom' has not been able to devise a better means of arriving at facts and deciding the question of guilt or innocence than trial by Jury, 'it has stood the test of hundreds of years in Anglo-Saxon countries, and wJlL doubtless continue to be used as long as AngloSaxon governments eidst. As an evolution of the wisdom of the best minds of the race it is itself prima facie evidence that the verdict of a Jury in a criminal case is generally substantial' Justice. The intelligence, the moral sense, the wisdom, the Judgment, the conscience, the sense of Justice of twelve men are better than those of any one man, and wheii twelve men under oath agree upon a verdict U is entitled to great moral weight. The iurv in the HInshaw case was a thoroughly representative and exceptionally good one. There is no class of men in this or any other country better qualified to sit as jurors in a criminal case than those who composed the jury in the Ilinshaw case. Representative men from an exceptionally Intelligent community, they were- possessed by nature and training of every qualification, mental and moral, necessary to the work of sifting evidence by practical process, weighing it in the scales of Justice ancf reaching a true verdict. Even such a jury might err, but the chances are against It. To characterize them as "freaks and fools" is an Insult to the best type of American citizenship. After the case had gone to the Jury Judge Hadley, an exceptionally able and Impartial Judge, was asked what he thought of the case. He? replied: I have confidence In that Jury. It is com posed of the best of Hendricks county. If a verdict of guilty is returned I shall believe that the evidence In this case, in the minds of conservative men, warrants It. and If a verdict of acquittal is brought ln! shall believe the Jurors acted honestly and In the light of the evidence. This should end all criticism of the Jury and all Imputations on Its Intelligence or honesty. Bearing In mind that here were twelve men of full average intelligence and ripe Judgment, acting under a solemn oath! it must be remembered further that they heard a great deal more of the evidence than any of their critics did. Newspaper reports of the evidence in such a trial are necessarily incomplete. They seldom pretend to give more than an Intelligent summary, with now and then a few questions and answers. The great mass of testimony does not get into the papers, but everjr word of It Is absorbed by the Jury and given its full weight. MoreOver, they are aided in reaching a conclusion by many object lessons which their critics do not have. O:;? cf Vz? rzzzt

made against the Jury in this case is that it was influenced by public clamor. This Is an Imputation on the honesty as well as the Intelligence of the Jury. There was no public clamor in the case. Public opinion, at first wholly in favor of HInshaw, did become divided, but there is no reason to believe that the Jury was affected by it in the slightest degree. By far the most sympathetic feature of the trial was the presence in the court room, day after day, of the defendant's old father and mother. Their grief was most touching, and if the jury had been accessible to any extraneous influence that would have swayed them In favor of the prisoner. No clamor of a mob could have weighed as much as the dally spectacle of these heart-broken parents. But the jury did their duty as they saw it. and all discussion of the verdict should end in the conclusion foreshadowed by Judge Hadley, viz., that "the -jurors acted honestly and in the light of the evidence." THE SA3IE 3IEX AMD THE SAME ISSUES.

One of the chief causes of lax and corrupt city government is the inconsistency of a class of excellent men who are regarded as teachers of ethics and religion. Two years ago, when the city was wide open, a .number of these excellent citizens made themselves quite conspicuous by their appeals to good men to rally to defeat the Sullivan regime. It was denounced by them with a vigor which newspapers cannot, hope to attain. If one or two of them did not mention the name of Indianapolis In connection with Sodom and Gomorrah they did not think that the comparison would add to the force of their arraignment of the Sullivan regime. One of those who were most conspicuous in this assault upon the candidates of the wide-open policy is reported as intending to vote the Democratic ticket. Probably the report is an error, because It is not possible that a man of Intelligence can persuade himself that there is a particle of difference between Mr. Sullivan as a candidate in 1893 and Mr. Taggart as a candidate in 1895. Personally, Mr. Sullivan is as good a man as Mr. Taggart, and, having some' familiarity with affairs, he could have made a more efficient Mayor. Mr. Cox, by his record, has shown that he is a second Busklrk. There has been no change in the men who control the Democratic organization in Indianapolis since 1893. They are the same. The same Influences are at work for Mr. Taggart that fought the Sullivan campaign, except that in the Taggart campaign the beer meeting is the regular rather than the occasional thing, as it was two years ago. (All the men who desire a wide-open town are as active and as united for Mr. Taggart as they were for Mr. Sullivan. Tammany has not changed in New York since its defeat last fall. The tiger Is the same animal he was when well fed, only he is rather more savage. Tammanyism has not changed here. Consequently, any excellent citizen who fought Sullivanism in 1893 will have gone over to the cause of the gamblers and other lawbreakers and to the support of the wide-open policy which he, vehemently denounced two years ago if he shall vote the Democratic ticket next Tuesday. ; Text: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good who are accustomed to do evil." rEXALTIES OF THE XATIOXAL IJAXK LAW. Quite a sensation has been caused in national bank circles In Chicago by the .arrest, by order of the government, of two defaulting bank tellers whose stealings had been made good by the guaranty company which furnished their bond. As the United States government only makes arrests with a serious purpose these are properly, construed as indicative of an intention to enforce the penalty of the law against the embezzling officials. The arrests have caused much surprise among a class of. young bank officers and clerks who, ignorant of the law and with rather crudely developed consciences, have imagined that when the bondsmen of a defaulting clerk made good the amount of his stealing that was an end of the matter and a bar to prosecution. This erroneous and demoralizing view has doubtless been fostered by the practice, too common among business men and corporations, of compromising with defaulting employes and relieving them from prosecution on payment by their bondsmen or friends of the amount of their shortage. The effect of such compromises is to give undue Importance tothe mere recovery of the stolen money, while the offense against the law and the crime against society go unpunished. The Influence and example of such cases are demoralizing, and have doubtless contributed to the growth of a false standard of commercial integrity. In the case of officers and clerks of national banks the national bank law defines their legal liability. The government has nothing to do with their bond. That Is given for the protection of the bank and its stockholders and depositors. If these choose to waive their rights as against a defaulting officer or clerk on the payment of his shortage by his bondsmen or friends they can do so, though it is an improper and. Immoral thing to do, but they cannot waive the rights of the government. The penalty for violating the national bank law once Incurred can only be paid by punishment. The position taken by the. government in this matter is right, and should be rigidly enforced. No opportunity should be omitted of giving dishonest bank officers and clerks to understand that they cannot escape prosecution by the simple and easy process of having their stealings made good by their bondsmen or frlend3. Joseph Nimmo, Jr., who is favorably known as a former chief of the Bureau of Statistics, has written a pamphlet to show that the proposed Nicaragua canal Is an impracticable project, not because of the difficulties of construction, but because the shipping will not be of sufficient volume to warrant the large investment of money which the enterprise will require. He insists that no more than 1,625.000 tons of shipping would pass through the canal In a jjar, which is far less than the amount which would be necessary to pay the current expenses and fixed charges. The Panama canal was undertaken on the assumption that 6.000.000 tons would be carried by the canal, and upon this basis the estimates of the cert of construction were made at a. f.-UTS whlcii all crs-ri?r.cr3 engi

neers who have examined the route say is too low. If the cost of construction had been accurately estimated the 6,000,000 tons would not have warranted the expenditure. Doubtless the friends of the enterprise have a reply to the opinions which Mr. Nimmo has expressed, but until they can show the fallacy of his reasoning his views will have some influence.

tThe Journal believes in majority rule. If a majority of the legal voters of Indianapolis really want a wide-open town with all which that implies, Mr. Taggart is their man. But they should consider well what It does imply. It implies a return to the disgraceful condition when every department of . the city government was practically under control of lawbreakers, when the police hobnobbed with gamblers and loafed In saloons with their uniforms on, when the Judge of the Police Court stood in with the criminal class and the Mayor himself declared that it was useless to try to enforce law In a city of this size., , It implies, further, an era of tax-eating and an almost certain increase c-f the bonded debt of the city by about $750,000 when the Belt railroad bonds shall be paid off-In 1897. In short, it implies pretty much everything that taxpayers and citizens of Indianapolis who are proud of the city ought to dread. Yet majority rule is the American Idea, and if a majority of the legal voters of the city want that kind of government Taggart is their man. The passinsr of the days seems to Increase the troubles a of the Kentucky Democracy, and the number of Democrats who will not go to the polls or will vote against the Democratic candidate for Governor who has set himself against the party platform. ; The Louisville Courier-Journal says there is a general feeling that each Democrat must decide for himself what course he shall pursue. For itself, the C.-J. can find reasons why it should support a candidate "who, by the repudiation of the platform upon which he was nominated, forfeited his claim upon the party allegiance." Support rendered in such sentences as the foregoing is of the variety that the less a man has of it the better off he will be election day. Mr. Taggart says "the people, regardless of party, are demanding a change in the management of, city affairs, which they know they will not receive if the present administration is. continued." This is true, with a slight qualification. If Mr. Taggart had said that the people who are interested in a wide-open town and in a nonenforcement of law are demanding a change in the management of city affairs he would, have s stated the exact truth. These people are working might and main' for, his election because they want a change from the present policy of enforcing law and because they have every confidence that, if elected, he will give them a change. ' Thomas Taggart predicts his election to-morrow by a majority "larger than that which Mr. Denny received two years ago." As a political prophet Mr. Taggart Is a dismal failure. One year ago, as chairman of the Democratic State central committee, he said on the night before the election that the Democrats would carry 'the State by not less than 10,000 majority; " The Republicans carried it by 44.000. Two years ago, as chairman of the city committee, he predicted the election of Sullivan, whereas Denny received 3,179 plurality. A city Is really a business corporation, and should be governed on business principles. The chief alms of a city government should be to increase revenue, cut down expenses, pay off or reduce the debt, reduce the rate of interest on that which cannot be paid, and at the same ttme keep up with the march of municipal Improvement, and see that the laws are honestly enforced. Mr. Trusler's record and the party he represents are a guaranty that If elected this will be the policy of his administration. It is probable that the heavy shipments of gold have ceased for the present calendar year,- as, from this time until January next, the large shipments of cotton and grain will' turn the balance of trade In our favor. The export of wheat will not be large this season, but it Is probable that the comparatively low price and abundance of corn will cause an export demand which will go a long way toward making up the falling off In wheat. .' A great many Republicans living Ih the southern part of the city feel that they have never been quite fairly treated in city politics. Mr. Trusler is a resident of the South Side, and if he should fail to receive the full Republican vote in the northern wards the feeling referred to will be strengthened. For this as well as for more important reasons he ought to receive the fullRepubllcan vote in the northern wards. Because he knew ' the . Democratic crowd, ex-Controller Woollen declared that the present levy for city expenses would not pay them. Nevertheless, largely through the efforts of Mr. Trusler, the same levy has paid all the expenses and $200,000 of the floating debt. Shall this policy be continued or shall the city go back to Sullivanism? that Is the question which voters will decide to-morrow. Washington correspondents have had the ill manners to call attention to the silent Voorhee3 by remarking that the receipts of the treasury are 560,000,000 less under the present tariff and tax law than his estimate when the bill was before the Senate. The fact is that the only figures which the Senator can handle are figures of speech. In that sort of inaccuracy he has few equals. After the remarks t General Harrison upon the duty of Republicans voting the Republican ticket no man calling himself a supporter of the ex-President can vote against Mr. Trusler on the pretext that he is a Harrison man. On the contrary, he will be showing that he is not a Republican of the Harrison brand. llUnriLES IX THE AIR. Observed the Formalities. "Mandy, I heard that you had left your husband." "Dat't a fact. But he ain't got no kick comin fcr I done gib 'im a week's notice fore I started." A Lover of Humanity. "Oh, come on." they urged the diffident young man. "You have the brains to make a good political speech. It Isn't a hard Job at all after you get started. The words will ccmo cf thtnjeelves." "TI:-t lz Cat I tra cfraii cX." rll tz.

"If 1. got at 'It once I might become a fiend." ' Sometimes the Case. Watt Doesn't old Gotrox belong to your church? Smallmeans No. It belongs to him. Deceived He looked straight in her bright, blue eyes. However, aaj he had a lovely brown mustache of the Oulda pattern and a tenor voice, and she was orly seventeen, the fact that his crookedness had escaped her observation is not' remarkable. AS VIEWED FROM THE OUTSIDE.

Trusler, the Republican candidate, Is a clean, straight man, and is competent to reflect credit on the position. The city will make a mistake if he is defeated. Worthlngton Times. Next Tuesday will occur the city election in Indianapolis, and we shall learn whether or not the people of the capital are ready to turn their offices over to the brewery syndicate that is endeavoring to gain control there. Terre Haute J.lail. The municipal election held at Indianapolis next Tuesday will be one of the most important that city has ever held, inasmuch as It will decide whether or not law and order is to prevail. Will our capital city go back to her old ways next Tuesday? We hope not.-r-Russville Graphic. The election of Trusler means the enforcement of law, while in the, event of Mr. Taggart's success a wide-open policy may be confidently expected. The lawless. the gamblers and toughs everywhere are. in me pusn ior laggari, at least tnis lact Is apparent in this city, and straws show the direction of the wind. Frankfort News. The voters will show their goood sense by voting in favor of a business-like, economical at d progressive administration, such as would be given them by Mr. Trusler, rather than take the chances with Tom Taggart and his friends who favor the wide open, free and easy policy. That means corruption ana a waste of the city s money. Greenfield Republican. Indianapolis is better governed than it ever has been, and Its virtue in this respect is its weakness. The party has lost many votes because it has kept its pledges. To succeed it must gain votes for those It has lost. It will be interesting to know whether a majority of the citizens of the capital are in favor of a strict enforcement of the laws, and the election will decide this. Marion Chronicle. Of course the Republican ticket stands for law and order and purity and efficiency in municipal government, while its Democratic rival has all the boodlers, gamblers and other bad elements of the city enlisted in its favor, with Tom Taggart as an appropriate figure-head. It would be an everlasting disgrace to our beautiful capital city If her government should be handed over to the latter crowd. Mount1 Vernon $un; It would be an everlasting disgrace to the people of Indianapolis if that beautiful city should go Democratic at the coming municipal election. The only ground , on which the Democrptic leaders are basing the'r hopes of success. If they really have any hopes of succeeding, Is that the laws have been so thoroughly enforced that there will be enough of the Independent voters and personal liberty cranks combined with the tougher elements to carry -the election. LaPorte Herald. . THE COFFLX VERDICT. "Just as It should bo" is the general expression of approval on hearing the verdict in the Coffin case. The conviction " of Frank Coffin is thought to have been deserved, while Percy's acquittal is approved on the ground that he was not criminally responsible for his acts, being a mere puppet in the hands of his brother. Richmond Palladium. Francis A. Coffin has been found guilty a second time, but his brother Percival has been told to go free. This ' verdict will be indorsed by that portion of the public that knew the most about the two men and their business methods. Francis was the head and front of the whole business his was the brain that planned and directed all the Intricate maneuvers, the purpose of which was -to get something for nothing, but to do it Just within the pale of the law. Richmond Item. The second . conviction of 'Francis A. Coffin In connection with the wrecking of the Indianapolis National Bank cannot be impartially regarded otherwise than, as conclusive evidence that he is deserving of a term in the? penitentiary. The circumstances connected with the relations between the Coffin brothers and the bank all tend to show that they were responsible in a large measure for President Haughey's deplorable collapse and consequent disgrace. The old banker is now wearing prison stripes and sufT6rIng for the sins of others more than for the sins he himself committed. Justice was relentless in dealing with him, and certainly there is no good reason why the law should be applied less mercilessly to the real culprits in the conspiracy which resulted in so much loss and suffering. Lafayette Courier. The conviction of Francis A. Coffin at his trial In the United States Court at Indianapolis seems to be a righteous act, and the people generally will approve the verdict of the Jury. Coffin was implicr.ttd with Haughey in the bank and cabinet company misdeeds. The latter Is now 'serving a sentence in the penitentiary at Michigan City. -Both men were greatly respected in business circles, not only in Indianapolis, but throughout the State. They Had the confidence and esteem' of everyone. This confidence was abused and many innocent people were made to suffer from the crimes committed by the men who had been po implicitly, trusted. The misdeeds of these men were worse than if they had been committed -by some one in whom such trust had not been reposed, and under such circumstances it is not surprising that the punishment meted out to the principals is considered but right and Just. Fort Wayne . Gazette. A 11 OUT PEOPLE AXU THIXGS. The Emperor of Austria will . celebrate his jubilee as a sovereign in 1838, and will present the famous Prater the Boi de Boulogue of his capital to the citizens of Vienna in commemoration of the event. It is stated that the dress to be worn by the Empress of Russia at the coronation ceremony next year has Just been ordered in Paris. It is to be decorated with pearls and gold, marvelously worked, and is to cost over 1,000,000 francs Statues of Carnot are springing up like mushrooms throughout France. Nearly every town council in the republic has ordered a monument to the deceased President, and all the sculptors of consequence are busy executing them. Her Majesty of England Js evidently a bit of a humorist. She saw a very much intoxicated servant at Balmoral and had the incident investigated. Later sho told one of the maids of honor that the man had been drinkjng healths with some companions and was in "a state of great ecstacy." The Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany takes great interest in all the occupations of country t life, and has lately turned her attention to bee keeping, which she considers a most useful industry for the peasant population. In order to encourage bee keeping she has become the honorary president of the Wiesbaden District Bee Society. Prince Hohenlohe, the Chancellor cf Germany, is the possessor of a large estate in Russia, which was inherited by his wife. Alexander III ordered all foreigners holding real estate in Rut-sla to sell it or become Russians. The present Czar has made an exception In favor of Hohenlohe, although most of the property which he owned has been sold. Dr. Edmund J. James, professor of public finance and administration in the Wharton School of Finance and Economy, and professor of political science in the graduate department of the University of Pennsylvania, has resigned his position, to tak effect . Feb. 1 next. "He has been elected to fill the profesrorshlp of public administration at the .University of Chicago. An English writer statcs that the interest taken in the date when the new GI1-bert-Sulllvan opera will be ready to be put before the public Is "Quit remirkab'.e." It seems probable that it will be heard toward the end of November an early date considering the quantity of music that has to be turned out. That objection is met by informing ther wcrd cf th c-rrs cf rr'U acts cf rcr--rr:tloa vrhiri LuIIivrn .-t , - - - - - . L.ii... k .-..j k. J . s

overture was commenced at) 9 o'clock in the evening and was ended by 7 o'clock next morning. He wrote the overture to the Yeoman of the Guard" in twelve hours, and the score of "Tho Golden Legend" In twenty-four hours. Mary Hartwell Cathcrwood leads a quiet life In Hoopcston, Hi. It has taken her less than fifteen years to build up the reputation she enjoys. Her rirtt appearance la literature was made in 1S51. the is said to bear a marvelous resemblance both in appearance and manner to Jean Biewett, a Canadian writer who occupies about the same position in the literary of her country as Mrs. Catherwood does here. The coincidence becomes more remarkable when it is said that, although the two writers have never met. each has a daughter nine years old named Pearl. If counts with empty pocketbooks. Who beast of titles old. Like any special blossom best It is the mari-goid. Truth. Speak not of autumn days as J'sad," Although tho posies die: We lose the blithe mosquito now And eke the morning rly. , . Washington Star. The rose Is red, the violet blue; Both are sweet, likewise 'you. Ere I proceed, please answer this: "Bloomers are?" or bloomers is.?" Detroit Tribune.

OUIl OWX 31 n. liOWLKS. Talent of the Editor of "Modern Art" Quickly Recognised In Boston. Lilian Whiting in Chicago Inter Ocean. A high purpose and a genuine excellence are sure to succeed. All the law3 of the universe are with them. There is no necessity of worry or anxiety, for the results will take care of. themselves. "The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation," well said Emerson. This thought may be translated from the abstract into the concrete at almost any hour, so numerous are the examples, but the specific one at this moment is the interesting story of an Indianapolis youth who has recently come to Boston, bringing with him to coniuct under larger and more favorable auspices a work that he established In his native city. The young man In question is Alr. J. M. Bowles, and i.! work is a quarterly periodical eiAit'.ed Modern Art. Mr. Bowles was engat-d as a clerk in a store where artists' materials and various other commodities were kept, when he conceived the idea of founding and publishing an art magazine. It was the audacity of genius, 'this was in the winter of 1S32. The initial number is not at hand, but the second number, in the spring of 1893. is before me, and what does it offer? Here is a magazine whose fine quality of articles, whose typographical beauty and artistic perfection of the reproductions of pictures would do credit to the best work that ever came from Cassell's Art Publishing House in London, or to the Boston Roberts House, ' in its superb edition of Morris's "The Word Beyond the World," whose typographical beauty has seldom been equaled and never excelled. The frontispiece of this number of Mr. Bowles's mtgazine is the "Beata Beatrix" of Dante Gabriel Rossettl. from the original, owned by Mr. Charles L. Hutchinson, who kindly gave permission. There is a decorative title page of Bruce Rogers; a paper on Mr. Hutchinson's collection, by .Mr. Bowles himself;' a paper on "Decorative Sculpture."-and others of both artistic and literary value; a reproduction of a "Steamer landing" in Venice, and other, plates, whose perfection distances any words to describe them. The number is one so beautiful, so rich in interest, that any connoisseur or artist would find it a rare treasure. Looking through the succeeding numbers, which, at my request, Mr. Bowie is so good as to let me examine, the same aim after perfection of results is apparent, It would hardly escape the charge of extravagance were one to say what is simply true of these half dozen numbers from the spring of 1893 to date. That such work was . conceived and executed by so young a man In a Western city, without any special art training or study, is remarkable. In the paper on Mr. Hutchinson's collection, written by Mr. , Bowles, he refers to a Rossettl as "painted poetry." Of this "Beata Beatrix" Mr. Bowles says: I found myself suddenly plunged into an' intensely quiet, almost oppressive, atmosphere of medicaval mysticism by this vision of Immovable repose; a picture of trance, of death, with an influence that affected me like the heavy perfume cf a tropical flower. The "Beata Beatrix" is a picture to be seen atone, by itself by yourself. - Here it is indeed that marvelous vision of the artist "The shadowed eyes remember and forsee." . . . It is not possible to speak of all these numbers In detail. Each is exquisite. Mr. Bowles did not fume or fret for the impossible. He eimply -worked. Such genuine excellence made its own way. That it must do so is an unalterable truth. It is the. law and the prophets. The publication attracted the attention of that enterprising art publisher, Mr. Louis Prang, of Boston. He proposed to Mr. Bowles to transfer his work to Boston and offered to issqe it from the well-known Prang publishing house. Mr. Bowles accepted the offer and this beausiful quarterly Modern Art, has the advantage of being placed on a firm financial basis and of being issued by an old and well-known house. "I had seven hundred subscribers," replied Mr. Bowles, In answer to my question, "but the burden I had assumed was too great; the magazine had outgrown ray facilities for earning it on when Mr. Prang's opportune offer came." To the traditional Boston "culture" Mr. Bowles makes a distinctive and valuable contribution. His coming to this city adds another to the most refined and gifted social circles. The time has gone by when the West can give nothing to the East. In fact, geographical lines are obliterated now; to speak of them Is archaic. The higher culture, the larger life, is everywhere. Mr. R. B. Gruelle is a water-color artist, whose home has been in Indianapolis till of late he has domiciled, himself, if I mistake ncrt, in Washington. Mr. Gruelle and Mr. Bowles were friends and comrades, and Mr. Gruelle visiting the Walters gallery rn Baltimore, wrote of the pictures for Mr. Bowies' magazine. The articles were so finely critical that Mr. Walters was greatlv pleased and at his request they are published in a book a catalogue and a critique In one under the title "Notes; Critical and Biographical."-This book Mr. Bowles published and another exquisite example cf typographical art it is. Does it not seem as if Mr. Bowles has illustrated, in his own experience, Emerson's assertion: "When a god wishes to ride every 'chin and stone will bud and shoot out 'winged feet to carry him." Imw and Order Sentiment. Indianapolis Correspondence Terre Haute Mail. . There Is more of a law and order sentiment in this city than you can imagine. It i often spoken of as a business question. One Democratic hanker said to me, "Eastern money is loaned from 1 to l1; per cent, cheaper in Indianapolis now than in any other Indiana city. Why? Because of law and order. That's why I will vote for Trusler." And another voter, whom no one could accuse of being a. Puritan, and who 1 well known as a free drinker, remarked to me "Yes. I am going to vote for Trusler and the 11 o'clock law. If a man can't get drunk by 11 o'clock, he ought to go home sober." ' " A "Word for Ingnlls. Washington Post. With few exceptions Americans of brains hepe sincerely that John James In gal Is, of Kansas, may succeed in his attempt to return to the United States Senate. It Is a common saying In this country that the capacity for affairs of state does not count, but it is only partially true. There never was a time in Ingalls's developed career when Ingalls did not count, and his name was for years synonymous with brains. The Allison Iloom. Philadelphia Record. The Allison boom for the Republican preJiidential nomination is rapidly assuming proportions of a serious character. By many political observers it would be labeled "Dangerous!" and certainly by . all other candidates it will be regarded as at least dignified. Iowa's affection for her favorii -son is exceeded in history only by the devotion of Maine to the "Plumed Knight." A Lament. Kansas City Journal. If ex-President Harrison's assertion . Is true, that honest, economical administration of city affairs attracts business and population, what might not Kansas City be now if it had strangled the "gang" in Its infancy? Xatnral Inquiry. Kansas City Journal. A short time ago Dr. Mary Walker was said to be penniless and In absolute want. Now we are told she has bought 1ST acre of valuable land and will onnrt it into a bloomer-glrl farm. Has Dr. Mary's ship come in? . . Mean Remark. Chicaso Post. Another dream story comes from Muncie. Ind., which clearly shows that pejplfi in that vicizity nra rr.-rttr czlztp t. an when i. . - i

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A SAV1XG OF $-0.4!Jl DURING XII3 TWO YEARS IX OFFICE. Took the Office with Xt Enontfh Cash to Pay Outstanding Warrants Xow Has J37,tKK Surplus. KEC0RD OF THE DEMOCRATS HOW 11ARXEV M'GETTIGAX SQtAXDEIIED THE CITY'S .MONEY. Figures nnd Facts Why (he Republicans Should . Be Continued In Charge of the City's Affairs A short time ago Hon, W. L. Taylor prepared a speech on the finances of the city showing in a very concise form the wonderful improvement of the city's condition under the management of Mr. Trusler. This statement Ehows that in two years the city has reduced Its debt $0,431. and at the same time a:i the necessary expenses have been met, without being niggardly. These figures were takin from the books In Mr. Trusler's office and can be verified by any one. The part of tlnis speech showing this financial statement is here reproduced: "Let us glance at the figures as they stood at the close of the administration of Thomas L Sullivan, in 1S3.T. and as they stand at the close of the present- administration, in 1805: ' . 1SLC Bonded debt .' J1.SM. July 10, temporary loan 12.IA) July 21. temporary loan ST.-W Sept. 20. temporary loau , 10 Oct. 2, temporary loan..." Do.vOO Accumulated interest on temporary loans 1.1 Total interest bearing debt ...J2,tfS,G$2 Sept. 20, outstanding warrants 115.711 Sept. 20, cash -11.096 Deficit in cash to pay outstanding warrants 4,644 November taxes anticipated in August 9,7C5 Oct. 2, total debt, ess cash la treasury 1.010,001 . "These temporary loans all drew 6 per cent, interest. Wc were paying interest on, temporary loans, the money therefor to be used, in part, to pay interest upon ths bonded debt. But this is not all. There was not enough money in the treasury to pay the outstanding warrants for the month of September, so that when the first of October cat;ie around there was an actual deficit in the treasury of 11.641. What was done? They went to the treasury and anticipated the November taxes. They drew in advance the money that was to be turned over in the December settlement, and here are the amounts of the. taxes anticipated: Sept 18 1 Oct. 5 10,f0i) Oct. 6 : 15.000 Oct. 13..... 5,000 Adding the taxes anticipated in August 9,765 Total anticipation of taxes "And yet all cf this 141,765 of anticipated taxes and all the 5140,000 of loans still outstanding and drawing interest was not sufficient to pay the September bills if they had been presented the 1st of October. Let me show you the desperate condition of the treasury on election day, 1833: Oct. 10, 2S93, outstanding warants..JvrRV,.rA Cash credit in treasury 73,6C3.SS - Overdraft ,...11.233.ca "What coes this mean? It means that If all thf. 4 FT;ember warrants had been presented Mis is customary, .during the first ten c.ajv of October the treasury would have Ot.en short in cash funds S 14.233 .3 u Let js contrast the condition of affairs at that time with the condition of affairs now. THE CONDITIONS CONTRASTED. "In the n'.odle of October. 1S93. the Republican party came into power in this city. Immediately there was an about-face upon financial matters. The temporary loans then outstanding were gradually taken ' up and paid off. The outstanding warrants were presented for payment and were paid. Ail of this occurred without any increase In. the rate of taxation or in the assessment on the tax duplicate. Now at the cloe of the present administration how does the account stand? No more honest man lives .tian Mr. Woollen, the Democratic controller during the last Democratic , administration. He did all in his power to stem the tide of reckless extravagance, but all to no avail. The statement fo: 1835 is as follows; 1KC Bonded debt. ". .....fl, 877,5 no Temporary loans None Anticipated taxes None Warrants not paid for want of" funcs Nono Deficit lr. cash to ray outstanding warrants None Sept. 21, outstanding warrants not paid because not presented J 7.473 Cash in treasury to pay same.45.C8) Surplus cash in treasury above all outstanding warrants 37.JM) Present debt less cash in treasury H.8C3.C00 Recapitulation. ISiC, debt less cash in treasury...... n.040,(Wl 1STO. debt less cash in treasury...;.. 1.821.6(0 i Reduction of Indebtedness in two years ; SSW.4.1 This does not include the .000 of taxes that were anticipated in 1S!3 to pay tho September bills. Not a dollar hes ben anticipated this year by the controller. He has $37,900 in his possession in cash above all outstanding warrants without the anticipation of a dollarof current taxes. Tho September bills will be paid In October with the present surplus ca.h and the miscellaneous receipts that shall come into the treasury. I therefore omit from the) statement the anticipated taxes of September and October, 1W3. and put against It the surplus cash on. hand In 1835." 11AREY M'GETTIGAX'S WOIUC. llovr He Used fie Clly's Money to 'Grease" the Ward Heeler. It has always been the policy of the Democratic party to- keep their voters in' line with money, and in, most cases the money from the public treasury. There are more ways, than one to pervert the taxes of the people to the ward beler and men who can be brought around to follow the standard cf Democracy only by means of a little soft soap in the shape of the coin of the realm. Money Is never very scarce with the Democratic committee, for it always has the breweries to fall back upon whenever it. runs short, but this money is looked upon as the special property of those higher In the ranks than the common laborer he can be. bought too cheap, they seem to think, to make it necessary to bring him in;o the Inner circle and allow him to toit Ids hands into the large money bag. The small amount that he can get of the people s taxes is good enough, o the Democratic leaders think. This year, though, they have no such opportunity as they had two year ago, when the public treasury was in the!r keeping, ready to be looted tn any manner that promised a return in the shape of vote. At this time two years ago -tbe street commissioner's department was the scandal of the city. Tbe scandal began eariy in the season, when Mr. Sullivan began hi campaign for the rrnomlnatlon for Mayor. It was necessary to secure the votes of the ward heelers, and there was no such Tammany machine behind him as Mr. Taggart had to cr.rry him through. The ward heeler was lord of th situation. He had to have money fcr hia followers. The Board of Public Works promptly gave instructions to Street Commissioner Barney McGettigan to place many mere names en his pay roll. Th weekly pay rcll of th street department then be-an to crrurr.e large proportions. It w;s rrrt!y rfter May 1 that Mr. ru'.'.lvan brtn rrtivj r:-. in ir.xkl z hi? c;inv;f. Tt. . I ; l ' . ; ctr:;t c:: f - - " r