Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 October 1895 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1895.

THE DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1SS3.

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American fcxcUaug in 1'arU. M Ikmlerard tie (apuln. M-:v VUliK iillu-j iiouae, WlnUor Hotel and Astor llo;e. rillLAPKLrillA A. 1'. Kemble, cor. Lancaster ave. nil Marius vt. t jn A. I'alf.er Honv, Auditorium llotel and F. O. Co., VI AUaniii ktrtet. CINCIXN ATI-J. 1C Ha ly Jk Co.. 1M Vine street. Lm'lsVIM.K , T. Ierinr. northwest corner of 1 Lfnl ana J!lnon Us., and LouUviile ttook Co., 25tl 1-(Mirth ate. hi. LOUIS Union New Company, Union Depot. WAMIIM1TOX. I. C 1M Home. Kbbltt Hou. il!arr lif(rt anl tln Washington wi fexebane, Ub treet, let. recn. ate. and i' trctf The old Thurman bandana seems to have been brought out in Ohio to do service as the banner of the element fighting Senator Brlce. The daj-s have begun when the smile of Mayor Taggart will not satisfy the men who are thronging: the corridors of the basement of the courthouse. One of these days citizens Imbued with the laudable ambition to be Governor of Indiana will try to approach that position through the Mayor's office In this city. It is to be hoped the administration Is not going to Issue a fresh statement of the condition of the treasury every time the gold reserve of the. available cash balance gains a dollar or two. During July and August, 1894, the balance of trade against the United States was $.",343,344; during the corresponding months of 1S93 it was $34, 349,044. And yet there are those who wonder why; American gold goes abroad. Mexican silver dollars were selling in New York yesterday for 52; cents. That is. the Mexican silver dollar, which is legal tender in Mexico, would purchase but a little more than half as much merchandise as If it were gold. It Is rumored that the administration is considering the advisability of sending to Cuba a confidential agent to ascertain and report upon the exact condition of affairs there. If so, it is to be hoped the confidential agent will not have secret Instructions like those given to Paramount BlountSalvador CIsneros, President of the Government recently organized by the Cuban insurgents, is sixty years old and a nobleman by birth. , At the commencement of , the last Cuban' revolt he burned the papers which identified him as a marquis and declared himself a republican, lie was formerly very wealthy, but his property has all been confiscated, lie (seems to be a patriot of the genuine type. . There are comparatively few persons to go out of city offices now, but those "who do will confess that they are not a cent better off financially than they were when they went In, and are now without ah occupation. And-yet with this and previous warnings. Democrats are tumbling over and trampling each other under foot to get Into. small places which they are morally sure to go out of ,o ;ars hecce. T 2 Republican meeting in Cincinnati Yednesday night was, in the Judgment cf SJenator Sherman, the largest and most impressive political assemblage he had ever seen. Music Hall was filled with ten thousand peoplej and many could not got in. Senator Sherman, Governor McKInley, ex-Governor Forever and the Republican candidates rpoke in a manner which showed that ell are intent on a great Republican victory In Ohio. Judge Cox should understand at the outset that he enters the office of city judge with the recollection on the part cf a. large number of citizens that his connection with the business of the last county proeecutor was not creditable. His threats of revolutionizing matters In that court have not been assuring. Still, he has It in his own hands to make a record which will Insure hinv .the commendation of the general public, which has wiped out the past and given him a clean page. The Populist vote in Marlon county !"t fall averaged more than 1,430, more t.!in one thousand of which were cast this city. Tuesday the most popular rr.an in the Populist party polled 244 votes, indicating that more than threefcurths of the Populists of last November went back and voted the Democratic t!c!:rt this year. The Prohibition ticket received 247 votes for Mayor, against TD In the whole county last year. Thus t3 Prohibitionists seem to have suffered !:r3 than the Populists. i Ilr. Castle, the new Hawaiian mlnlstrr to th? United States, says the attitude of Japan toward Hawaii is one of menace, and that President Dole regards it with apprehension. He says he Should not be surprised any time If Japan, un-d?r-ths pretense of righting alleged T.-rcngs on the Japanese In Hawaii, c!:ou!d send a fleet there to seize the !:!znds. In that case the Hawaiian C'jv;rament would be powerless to re-C'-:t. but the United States would be very lively to take a hand. The Sentinel boasts in one column of !t3 cr.r,ior and fairness and In another rr-l:3 of "the corrupt city government : T7 maUinj its last gasps as we write." Td intelligent person believes the retlr- ' ; c'.ly administration was corrupt, and -J person would make the charge, fc-ve erred in policy and made tut U vna not corrupt The r-rr? cr.rcfully handled Ti: city con- '- rr.d a

veritable watchdog of the treasury. If the Incoming administration can make as good a financial showing and present as clean a record In this regard two years hence as the retiring one it will be a wide departure from any former Democratic administration.

I'XTIMISLY GEXl'FLECTIOX. Mayor Taggart is Just now In the king row. Senator Yoorhees, who is vastly Interested In the next election, makes haste to -write the Mayor that he Is to be the Democratic candidate for Governor In 1806. while his Inevitable opponent. Governor Matthews, took the earliest occasion offered him to say that the name and fame of Mr. Taggart, as much as anything else, contributed to the result of last Tuesday. Of course this Is not wholly true, but it goes to show that the leaders of the various factions are' worshiping at the shrine of the young man who had to resign one office to accept another, sorrowful, evidently, that he could not , become the Poobah of Indiana. But, with all this adulation and genuflection on the part of those who would turn the present prominence of Mayor Taggart to their own profit, there Is no certainty that he can retain hl3 popularity six months. The precedents 'are against It. The mayoralty of Indianapolis Is a most trying position. The man who can come out of It retaining any part of the popularity which swept him into it has yet to come. In the first place, the Mayor is confronted by a thousand men , who are famishing for public employment The greater part of these thousand men are to-day laboring' under the conviction that Mr. Taggart has, at some time during the past month, promised each of them some position. It makes no difference that the thousand mistook the captivating Taggart smile for the coupon of a commission in the service which will be honored when presented. They will be Just as angry as if the Mayor had repudiated a written pledge. Upon refusal half of that number will devote themselves to denunciation of Mr. Taggart, and a smaller number will carry knives concealed about their persons with which they will politically carve Mr. Taggart If they can find the opportunity. Other hundreds will be disgruntled because of assessments on improvements and will hold him responsible if his party friends continue to take money from the pockets of the poor as fees for collecting unpaid assessments for improvements. From these and many other sources will come hundreds of discontented and angry foes In Mr. Taggart's own party, so that instead of being the strongest, he will be the weakest man for any position that can be named. There is another consideration, and that Is that there are many other Democrats who will be eager f- spirants for' the office of Governor. There are a score of them who know that they are better qualified for the office, and who will want the nomination if they think there will be a possible chance foi election. These ambitious men will not only make common cause against Mr. Taggart but also against Senator Voorhees, and possibly against Governor Matthews for their promptness in nominating Mr. Taggart for Governor. They will resent this booming of the Mayor for the governorship when his term of office shall not have been half completed as if he were the only Democrat In Indiana, They may turn on Mr. Voorhees and take sweet revenge, upon Governor Matthews by Inducing him to become an aspirant for the Democratic nomination for Vice .President. " miSOX LABOR AXD PAUPER LAUOR. An interesting vindication of the policy of protection comes from an unexpected Quarter. For some time past a parliamentary commission has been sitting in London to investigate the, question of the importation of prison-made goods into England.. The commission was appointed in response to continued complaints of English labor unions and workingmen that prison-made goods were being imported from the continent and sold in England at prices which free labor could not compete with. Themj selves working for small wages, the Enj glish workmen protested against a sys tem which allowed goods made In foreign prisons to be shipped to England as a, dumping ground and put in competition with the same line of goods made by English free labor. . The investigation has fully-sustained the complaints of the English workmen. It was found that 20 per cent, of the goods made in Belgian prisons were shipped to England, while the convict labor cost only 4 cents a day. The president of the Mat Makers' Union in England testified that the importation of cheap prison-made mats had injured the home Industry to such an extent that half the mat makers in England were out of employment. Another' representative of t His industry said that three men out of four formerly employed in It were now idle owing to the Importation of foreign prison-made goods. The secretary of the Brush Makers' Union said: VRuin practically stares us In the face. The main susrffestlons of my society are to prohibit prison-made goods being sent here." The secretary of the Manchester branch of brush makers said: "We could not lower wages sufficient to meet foreign prison competition; in order to do that we should have to do without wages.- A member of the British Clvilservice Commission said: "It is certainly my opinion that the importation of prison-made goods Is Injurious to the manufacturers and labor interests in this country and should, in my opinion, be stopped, if possible.'" The testimony before the commission was such as to arrest the attention of British workmen outsider of the trades immediately interested, and they. are now making common cause against the importation of prison-made goods. The result of. this investigation furnishes a strong argument in favor of the protection of American industries against foreign competition. The essential principle and, cornerstone of protection is the necessity of protecting American products against the competition of those produced by foreign cheap labor. It is a question of wages. If the American standard of wages is to be maintained American goods must be protected against competition with goods made where labor is paid only half or a third as much as in this country. This is the very point involved in the protest of English workmen against the importation" of prison-made goods. It Is a question cf r.-:r?3 and of keeping their era-

cheap labor hold the same position relatively to the American workman that the prison-made goods of Belgium do to the British workman. In both cases the labor is so cheap that the home workman cannot compete with it. He must be protected or accept starvation wages or be driven out of employment. Every argument advanced by British workmen to show the necessity of prohibiting the importation of prison-made goods holds in favor of protecting American industries against foreign products. A CHICAGO EDITOR'S VIEW.

Some of the outside comments on our city election are of a character to; contribute to the gayety of nations. Take the following, for instance, from a Chicago paper: We dwell upon the unfortunate result of the Indianapolis election because of the lesson that it conveys to Republicans elsewhere. It is another evidence -ot the strength of the reform movement. The Republican party everywhere, and even a part of the Democratic party, yearly grows more resolute to elect to civic offices none but men who will make partisan politics, subordinate to a clean, economic and businesslike administration of public affairs. The time is past In which the role requisite of a candidate for the mayoralty of a large city was the certainty of his "remembering the boys." This reads as If it had been written in advance, to be released on the morning after Trusler's election.! If there was one thing admitted by everybody in the recent campaign it was that the Republican candidate'Was- well equipped for the office of Mayor, and that, if elected, he would give the city "a clean, eco nomic and businesslike administration." Those words exactly characterize his administration as city controller, and, whatever else might have been alleged against him, no person doubted that he would carry the tame methods into the Mayor's office and the entire city ad ministration. But Mr. Trusler's ac knowledged equipment for the office did not avail against other causes. Instead of the election being "another evidence, of the strength of the reform movement." it is a very distinct evi dence that in a city of this size, as doubtless In all large cities, a very large number of voters give more weight to other considerations than they do to clean, economic and businesslike admin istration of municipal affairs. There will be less of this and more of partisan poH tics under Mayor Taggart than there would have been under Trusler. As for "remembering the boys," that Is one of the main reasons of the successful can didate's popularity. His election shows that, other causes aside, a genial smile and magnetic handshake constitute. In the estimation of a great many persons, a better equipment for office than real ability and grasp of affairs. , IXCREASED I1ALAXCE OF TRADE. The imports of merchandise during July and August, 1834, amounted to $116,999,138, against J144.0S0.059 during ; the corresponding months of this year an increase of J27.0S0.039. In August alone $19,323,839 more of foreign merchandise was imported into the United States than during that month in 1S94. Turning to exports, those of the two months in lS3i were $111,16.".4S9. and in 189.-; J109,781,103 a loss of $1,434,474. Adding .the decrease of exports and the increase of imports in July and August, 189u,' it appears that the people of this country are worse off during the latter period in the sum of $28,513,393. Again, during July and August, 1894, we purchased $3,833,544 more of foreign merchandise than we sold to outsiders. During the corresponding months of 1893 we purchased $34,349,044 more abroad than we sold In the markets of the world. This means that, sooner or later, we must pay off that immense balance of trade against us. As the foreign merchandise will continue to come to us in large quantities because of the low duties made fraudulent by the ad valorem system, this balance of trade must be paid in the money of commerce gold. Even if the United States were on a silver basis we should be obliged to purchase gold to square the accounts. Nor is this drain upon our gold the worst phase of this matter. We are importing millions of dollars' worth of merchandise of the 'arietlea which, in 1892, we produced at home. Thus the products of foreign labor are displacing the products of home labor. This may not be observed so much now . as later on, when . it will be discovered that . warehouses and retailing establishments have more goods than the people can purchase, r-, ' The large and Increasing purchase ot foreign merchandise, falling, because of inadequate duties, to afford the necessary revenue for the government, and depriving, sooner or later, American la bor of that measure of employment which produces the foreign goods, presents the issue of 1896. . . THE RAILROADS AXD 1XTEIISTATECOMMKnCK LAW. The Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania has decided that railroad officials summoned to testify in cases of alleged violation of the interstate-commerce law must answer all questions propounded to them. The interstate-commerce! law says that a person held to answer under it "shall not be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise." The court holds that as this provision affords the witness absolute Indemnity against criminal prosecution based on his testimony he must answer all questions propounded and produce books and documents, no matter how damaging the disclosures may be to him. It Is expected that this decision will be a great help to the Interstate-commerce Commission In future prosecutions'of railroad officials for violation of the law. Heretofore it has been found impossible to secure a conviction because of the refusal of railroad officials to answer questions or produce books and records, on the ground that they might criminate themselves. The de cision referred to will do away with this practice, and by enabling the commissioners to get hold of the papers and books of railroad companies will greatly facilitate the enforcement of the law. There are two other cases now before the United States Supreme Court and one in the United States District Court at Cincinnati, each of which involves principles of great importance to the commercial interests of the country and to the future of the interstate-commerce law. In the case at Cincinnati ex-Sen-cter Edmunds has been employed by f-" c ri r-:c!-l-c - : r-

will take part in the oral argument which will be heard soon. Mr. Edmunds believes thoroughly In the necessity of legislation to control the railroads and protect the commercial interests of the country. He says: The keynote of te railroad situation today is fomd In the parental attitude of the railroads: they assume that they are the guardians' of the commerc.al interests of the country: they divide up the commercial territory of the United States as the European powers divided Poland: they dictate with mere arrogance than a Russian Emperor; they say to me, "You shall not build stores here;" they say to you. "You may carry on a commercial business at this point;' they dictate where shops shall be built; they say in what localities business shall b3 done. He thinks the remedy for this state of things is in a new; Interstate-commerce law framed on the same lines as the present one, but stronger and more explicit, and he would have a commission composed of two or three United States Supreme Judges, two or three eminent railroad men and the same number of shippers, with absolute and supreme power to enforce its decisions. Mr. Edmunds says further: The better class of railroada would be in sympathy with the creation of a commission of this character. They eay they are forced into bad agreements by weak lines. If they, could be protected from cut rates by competitors they would offer no objection to the supervision of their affairs by an impartial commission. I am not as much afraid of pooling as I used to be. provided we can have pooling that is under the direction and under the absolute and arbitrary control of a railroad commission. But If we are to have pooling, the railroads must, on their part submit immediately to the dictation of the commission. Pooling arrangements which might permit the roads to hold a question in the courts for years, after the commission had made an adverse ruling, will not do. , The present law is not a failure, but 4ts practical operation is not satisfactory, owing in. part to the Inability of the commission to enforce its decisions. Unless the decisions of the courts shall remedy this , the law should be amended on the lines Indicated by Mr. Edmunds. The spirit and intent of the charter of this city Is that the policeman shall tfbld his position in . security as long as he shall intelligently perform his duties. The division of the police between the two parties and the preliminary examination clearly Indicate the design of permanency. Indeed, the plan of dividing the police between the two parties was devised to prevent the brief periods 'of service consequent upon the change of parties in city administration. The best results cannot be obtained In a police force without Ihe application of the principle that continuance in the service depends upon good 'character and efficient work. The intelligent man who has held his position four or five years must be a much better informed officer than one who has had but a few months' experience. The officer who obeys the orders of his superiors, no matter how obnoxious they may be to -a large number of iersonj should not be removed because he has,bbej;ecl orders. In fact, that is the best reason for retaining him. If a patrolman should neglect , to obey orders, .that fact should be sufficient reason for his dismissal by a succeeding police board which even seta aside those orders at its first meeting. To punish a subordinate for obeying one. set of orders is to convey1 the impression that orders are of little' consequence, thereby destroying the semblance of discipline. Many matters must be trusted to the discretion of the officer, but if he has not the Judgment. to. exercise discretion he should be dropped. Just as he should be retained for a careful obedience to

orders. When each man knows that be cause of his Intelligence and faithfulness he holds his position an efficient and reliable force will be secured. It cannot be charged against ex-Mayor Denny that he has neglected the duties of his office, since he has practically devoted all his -.time" to .them; nor can his bitterest enemy say that his administration has not been characterized by the highest Integrity.! He leaves no halfhidden transactions to be investigated. The Council investigation of last winter. While it brought out here and there a fact showing a lack of good Judgment or of watchfulness on the part of some subordinate, did not afford the slightest evidence to sustain a. reasonable charge of favoritism. Even if the ex-Mayor has been too ambitious to accomplish things, it can be said to his credit that the current duties of his office have been discharged promptly and without the suspicion of Jobbery or favoritism to' the detriment of the public good. In the matter of the arrest of Captain Armes by order of Lieutenant General Schofleld, Just before the latter's retirement, the decision of Judge Bradley discharging the arrested officer seems 'to be unnecessarily; severe 'on GeneralSchofield. The arrest of Captain Armes may have been an error of Judgment, but his letter to General Schofleld was an outrageous violation of military law and usage. In time of war it would easily have cost: him his life, and even In time of peace his arrest might well be construed as no more than a technical vindicationf military discipline. The French government would not be true to its traditions if it were not dramatic. The effusive cable message to General Duchesne concerning his achievements iri Madagascar, his appointment as -"a grand officer of the Legion of Honor," etc., are characteristic. It has been so long since the French army gained any 'real honor that a little of the counterfeit article goes a good way. Senator Gorman finds himself in so tight a place that he has called upon Mr. Cleveland's supporters outside of Maryland to come to his assistance. Senators Gray and Faulkner have gone to his relief, but unless the President has changed since August, 1894, when he wrote the Catchlngs letter, Mr. Gorman is a traitor to the tariff reform of the Cleveland brand and must be punished. There are. In this city and elsewhere, a number of newspaper workers who nave occasionally partaken of soup and pie at the expense of Mr. Taggart, and present indications are that they are very grateful for past favors of this sort. One of these pieeating deadheads has evidently drifted to New York, and from that city, through the Cincinnati Enquirer, informs the country of the wonderful skill of Mr. Taggart as a political manager. Whitney, Harrity and other Democratic politicians are represented as entertaining profound admiration of the astonishing abilities of the pie provider in the line of political manipulation, who "is known to the big guns of the Democratic party as a man who 'delivers the good. and among Republicans who get inside the charmed circle during a national campaign he is looked upon as a man to be feared."

The New York writer is entitled to an extra piece of p!a for this, and his patron 'will. doubtless eee that he gets It; meanwhile it T-13 t 5 t-.t s rutins to I t??; "t rr.z

thought by the great Democratic magnates of the quantity and quality of "goods" delivered by the astute Taggart in and 1S94. ' One cf the funny things about a certain evening newspaper published in Indianapolis calling itself independent in politics Is its queerly constructed editorial eyes. These eyes have a duplex aotton, with magnifying lenses of great power". They can pick out flaws in the conduct of a partisan at long range and magnify them a hundred fold; they can even see faults where none exist. More wonderful yet, this evening newspaper can be on both sides cf the fence at the same time, and these eyes see nothing, inconsistent in its position. It can advocate both the election and defeat of a candidate In the same issue, and then exclaim, with, Pharisaical pride: "There is none like me; I am the only-perfect newspaper In the city." Cannot some mechanical genius Invent a plan for making these wonderful eyes reversible, so tljls newspaper may see Itself as others see it? , The city of Indianapolis will be in luck If it shall always have so capable a lawyer for city attorney as Mr. John E. Scott has been. More than k usual amount of business has come to him in his official capacity, and yet he leaves less important matters to his successor than he found when he came Into office.

The News does Mr. Taggart the eminent service cf announcing that his latent qualities and future greatness as a political leader were first discovered by a former reporter of that paper, to whom Mr. Taggart furnished midnight lunches without charge. "Upon what meat doth this our selzer feodr . Down In Maine a Jury gave a husband a verdict of 1200 as th? price of the affections of a wife which had been alienated by another man. That seems a; small figure, but on consideration it will appear to be the full value of the affections of that sort of a woman. , The Chicago Inter Ocean's remark that the election of Taggart "is another evidence of the strength of the reform movement" not only causes a loud guffaw from all the horses In Indianapolis, but raises sly, knowing smiles on the cast-iron hitching posts. DUIHILES IS THE AIR. A Rnpld Are. . Watts I don't believe this Is a good time to put business projects on foot. Potts That's what A business has to be put on pneumatic tires to get there nowadays. An Honest Annrver. "Any Insanity In your family?" asked the examining physician. "Well," said the man who was applying for life insurance, "my wife says she must have been crazy to have ever married me." The Cheerful Idiot. "He never cares to wander from his own fireside," softly sang tho partisan boarder. "I presume,',' said the Cheerful Idiot, "that you are alluding to some Republican voter on election day," and the partisan boarder admitted as much. Too SoKscentlve. "Ye3," said the young physician of aristocratic ilnetge, "our family has a. motto, but I prefer not to use it. It is a little too suggestive in my profession." "What is itr " 'Faithful unto death.' " STATE PRESS OX THE ELECTIOX.

Trusler's nomination was a grave mistake or. the part of Indianapolis Republicans. They probably realize, this fact now. Wabash Tribune. It is a calamity to good government and a reflection on the intelligence, . patriotism and good citizenship of Indianapolis. Anderson Herald. It wasn't Democracy that won. It was local discontent and resentment at an unwise administration. iMr. Nicholson's visit there did not help the Republicans in the least. Greencastle Banner-Times. The cause was altogether of a local nature. When a full vote is polled in the city on strict party lines It must not be taken for granted that Indianapolis is a Democratic city. Columbus Republican. It was not a party victory for Democracy,. but rather a heroic means theRepubllcans took to rebuke a thoroughly unwise nomination for Mayor and a Puritanical observance of the Nicholson law. Terre Haute Express. The Nicholson bill ' was one of the most important Issues In the campaign, and the sentiment is shown to be largely against it. Liberal excise laws are wanted In the city and the first opportunity given the voters to express themselves on the Nicholson bill was taken advantage of to declare strongly against it Evansville Tribune. People engaged in . or familiar with pollties anticipated Just what came to pass at Indianapolis yesterday, and hence It is no surprise to them. The Republicans had enforced an unpopular law, tnd the liberal element, perhaps so-called, which is large In all cities, resented the law and through It the party that happened to be in power. That's about all there Is to it LaPorte Herald. The result of the city election at Indianapolis yesterday was no surprise to members of either party who have watched the progress of the canvass. Thomas Taggart, the Democratic nominee for Mayor, whose majority is 3,000, advocated a wide-open policy in city affairs. The saloon influence was for him, and hundreds of Republicans supported him as against Preston C. Trusler, the Republican candidate, because the latter battled General Harrison in 189j. Wabash Plain Dealer. t The Democratic party held Its strength and was assisted by several thousand Republicans. The temperance people did not vote the principles, they advocate. Even the Prohibitionists added their mite to defeat a party pledged to uphold the late Nicholson bill. In the large cities of Indiana, of which the capital city is at the 'head, the Nicholson bill Is extremely unpopular, and the party that upholds It in such places will dwindle into a minority. This in a fact, fvnd there Is no vise disguising It. Marion Chronicle. To the casual observer it would seem that the Republicans made a mistake in nominating Mr. Trusler, who was open In his opposition to the Republican national ticket three years ago, and who, on this account, has aroused the opposition of many members of his own party. Then, on account of the law and order policy of the present city administration, and the assurance of a wide-open policy afforded by the personnel of .the. Democratic ticket, the liberal" element of the Republican party has gone into the camp of the enemy. Terre Haute Tribune. It has long been a question whether the too- rigid enforcement of the law can be carried out in a city the size of Indianapolis. The Republican administration was expected to enforce the law, and It did It to the letter. Those who were opposed to this made It a point to work for the success of Mr. Taggart, knowing that Democracy and wide-openness were synonymous terms, while the other side were lukewarm or wholly Indifferent Then, too, the Republicans were unfortunate in having for a candidate a man who was known not to have supported the party ticket In the last presidential campaign. Kokomo Tribune. It was a little tough on the Republicans of Indianapolis to be held responsible for the Nicholson bill which was passed aa a nonpartisan measure and signed by a Democratic Governor; for the scheme of the natural gas companies to adopt meters; for aiding in "the crime of l&rr by "scratching" General Harrison; for the unpopularity of the retiring city administration ; for the religion or absence of religion in their candidate for .Mayor, and for such incidentals as "a dry Sunday town," absence of Sunday, base ball, anj closed gambling shops. There were "strawra" enough to break the back of the stoutest camel. Muncle Times. There w-re too many Republicans, for various reasons, who were dissatisfled, and cut over ths f.rata thsro will net t msny Repub"3 tecra ehr3 over th- ulxzster V; 1 I- .. U .-... I .1, v i V .

tal- city. On the outside It was felt that the party had made a mistake In nominating a man for Mayor who was too good to vote fcr the Republican nominee for President. It chilled their ardor an! minified their Interest in the election. The party was. therefore, without the moral rapport of outside influence. Added to this, with which outside Republicans had nothing to do, was the attempt on th part of the Denny administration to obstruct all .the public improvements in a day or at least complete them during its life. All tne dissatisfied and disgruntled property holders voted against the Republican ticket. Just as they had voted against their predecessors for the same reason. Another thing has been shown, and that is that a wide-open policy is more popular at Indianapolis than a vigorous enforcement cf the law. 'Many votes were cast foi5 the Democratic ticket simply for the reason thxt it was believed that Taggart would enforce the law with one eye shut. Perhaps the largest factor In the result was the personal popularity of the Democratic candidate at the head of the ticket At any rate, this combination of causes produced the result Crawfordsville Journal, The change In two years is phenomenal, and still reasons for It are not lacking. In the first place It Is never a safe plan to run a man for office who has credit for being a scratcher. Whether or not Mr. Trusler voted for General Harrison, he had credit for being a sulker, and such persona do not generally make the most formidable candidates. This fact Is demonstrated by the large slump in Mr- Trusler's Individual vote That the Ironclad administration of Mr.1 Denny, together with

the almost fanatical course, of his super-f Intendent of police, Mr. Powell, worked. a detriment to the party, there can be no doubt Whether or not It is best to allow more or less liberality in large cltie. certain it is that men conducting the legitimate lines of business have come to believe that their trade suffers an injury by too close a pulling in of the lines, and It may be relied upon that the Republicans suffered severely from this class of "votes. Further, we believe it is shown by the vote that the people have taken advantage of the first opportunity to manifest their disapproval of the action of the last legislature in devoting almost the entire session to the passage of a law not spoken of In the party platform, on the stump or in the press during the campaign, am? all this to the exclusion of badly needed leg-, islation. Another thing that worked a. detriment to the Republican ticket is the extensive sewer and street improvements going on at Indianapolis. However badly needed, such work cannot toe carried on without working a hardship on many taxDa vers, and it is generally the case that administrations carrying on such work Mrst Z t a t gets a macs eye ior lis pairrs, ana ne blessings come later on when the people begin to appreciate the advantages of the work. Connersville News. Outatde Opinion. Indianapolis Republicans are now willing to admit they made a serious political blunder on the saloon question. This hindsight business is getting a little monotonous. Chicago Tribune (Rep). That Democratic victory In Indianapolis will be crowed over by every paper. of that faith in the land. And yet It grew out of a personal wrangle, in which principles played no part Cincinnati Tribune (Rep). Something else besides the antl-saloon law and the fact that the Republican candidate for Mayor refused. to vote for Harrison In 1892 is accountable for . this Republican setback. ' Harrison condoned that offense by indorsing his candidacy and by voting for him. St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep). . With over 5.000 voters changing their affiliation within two years. as they did in Indianapolis, in the face of the most strenuous endeavor to retain them In the Republican ranks, the trend of popular sentiment is unmistakable. The vote was brought out upon national Issues and the verdict is fairly an Index of the sentiment that dominates the country. Detroit Free Press (Dem). The election of Mr. Trusler would have been Impossible In a presidential year, and with a weak Democratic opponent In an off year; and "with such a mart as Mr. Taggart at the head of the Democratic ticket his candidacy was little more than farcical. Mr. Trusler was not beaten by a Democratic majority, but by the active opposition of - some, and the studied inertia of more, of the Republicans of Jndlanapolis. Chicago Inter Ocean (Rep). The rapidity - with w;hlch Indianapolis swings from a big majority for one party to a big majority of another party Is simply another evidence that the day of hidebound partisanship is over. The business men, the thinking men, the young men of this day vote for principle and not for a mere party name; the habitual politician, the meager-minded, the, fossils vote for a party -name, whatever princlole or lack of principle it may cover. Louisville CourierJournal (Dem). AUOUT PEOI'LE AXD THIXGS. Prince Bismarck derives an annual InCome of $173,000 from various industries In which he Is interested. . . ' Baedecker, the English prison philanthropist, is about to start, at seventy-three, on his third mission to the Siberian mines and convict settlements. He has authority from . the Inspector-general of Russian prisons, and will visit besides the central penitentiaries at Tomsk, Krasnojarsk, Yakutsk and Viljulsk. . . . ' Living in the open air all summer has Improved the Pope's health, which was never better than It is now. He is entirely free from the fainting spells that used to come upon him In the spring months and when pressed with business. Dr. Lapponl says: "If nothing unforeseen happens, the Holy Father's constitution is so sound that he may well attain nis hunireuth year." Most people who know the fact have forgotten It that In 1SC5 Mr. Lincoln commissioned Robert Lincoln a captain, and Gen. Grant made him an ' aid-de-eamp. The young captain was fresh from college, and his appointment caused a great deal of Interest in the Army of the Potomac almost as much as the coming of Sherfdan from the West to take command of the cavalry. An odd scheme of raising money was tried at the Baptist Church in Saco,1 Me., two Sundays . ago. Every person present was asked to put in a plain envelope as many cents, or the equivalent, as the giver had years. The envelopes were not marked for identification, and the givers were put on their honor not to cheat the church by misstating their age. The results were satisfactory. 4 -A former Maine minister, now settled in the West, tells a good story of his' experience with a choir which had frequent quarrels. "One Sabbath they Informed me that they would not sing a not until Rrother .'One of. their number, left the choir. I gave out as the opening hymn " 'Let those refuse to sing Who never knew our God, But children of the Heavenly King Will speak their Joys abroad.' "They sar.g, and I was never again troubled." ' . . Mrs. Ellen C. Johnson, superintendent for twelve years of the Reformatory Prison for Women at Sherbon, saya: "I have made It a rule ever since I came to the prison to know none of the women's histories.. Of course, a clerk keeps a record for the government, but I do not see it, nor do I allow any one .ever to ask for what the inmates are confined. Sometimes the women tell their stories to me, but I do not encourage It, unless I can help them in some definite way. I want them to feel that as soon as thev enter these doors the curtain fails on their past life, with all its shortcomings, and here leglns a new one. I believe that nothing is so likely to help these unfortunate lives a! th realization that there is still a ray of hope for thm; that another chance has been given to them to take up the broken thread of existence, and that the past Is really gone." Her brow was like the Illy, her throat Like the swan's, until she had seen The new autumn hat of her neighbor next door. Whereat she hecame at once green. Detroit Tribune. John thought he'd take his fair young bride Out for an early morning ride. Said he. ".Shall I procure a steed. Or shall we try our cycles speed? She answered. "As you like. You know I'm yours for either wheel or whoa." Brooklyn Life. The Financial Qneatfon In Kentucky. Louisville Courier-Journal. ' ' Senator Henry Dixon, who is now the Governor's- private secretary, ia usually mild mannered, but terrible when aroused. The other day a venerable man conere-l hln in V.J cMc. and talked to hlra Mjour the "mcney cuertlon" for an hour. Wht-n iv.rzn'n vL !t:r t.rr.Vy r ! cm cf the ' 'f N ' f -

ancient Janitor of the Governor' olTre, and llob went trembling over to Mr. Dlxn. the stranpe look, of whoK eye frighterpd C

iu.il. jiurs uic conversation tnai ensuu: "Rob. If I kill a man in hre any tn soon. I-want you to swear that vol Mr him start nt m with a dirk knife, ard that I killed him In sr lf-defene. . Will yen do itr "I will. Mr. Henry." answered Rob. afral! not to promise while the secretary lookel so terrible. "Don't forpet." hied Dixon, "for I will murder the net man that comes here t talk silver or the tariff, and do It In coU blood." At that moment a man came out of ih Governor's private office, closely followed hy the executive. .The latter heard Dlxon last words to Bcb. "That's all rignt. Henry." the Governor said, "and If you are convicted, in sriie if the testimony. I'll pardon you. That man going out has been dlscussh.g the money question with me." DEXXY AND SHIEL. The Incident Wna'Xot n ev Quarrel, but Rebearaal of in Old One. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: In your issue of this morning you giv what purports to be a stormy mctting between C. S. Denny and Roger R. ihlcl. I take It for granted that the managers cf the Journal wish It conducted In an honorable manner, and would not knowingly permit the publication of an untrue statement about either of these gentlemen. I take It for granted, also, that If you learn that you have been "misinformed, and have published an untruthful report of the meeting between them, that you will take pleasure lncorrecting it. In this belief I respectfully ask that you give this card aa conspicuous a place in to-morrow morning's paper as was given to the false report this morning. The story, a published, is incorrect in every particular, except that Mr. Denny and Mr. Shirl did meet and converse at the time and place Indicated. 'The interview commenced by Mr. b'hlcl extending his hand to Mr. Denny. Not an unkind word wax spoken by either to the other during the entire conversation, it is but fair to add to this statement that ome very vigorous language was used by Mr. Shlel in the conversation refered u, but it was In denunciation of certain other persons who had, as he claimed, bet m secretly stabbing Mr. Denny, while professing friendship for him. while he Snil had made an open fight againrt him. fioms of this language, overheard and misunderstood, may have given rise to the reportedi quarrel. Pardon me for adding a few words additional. Mr. Denny can well afford to submit to the adverse criticism so freely bestowed, because he has honestly and'fiarlessly tried to do his duty In the enforcement of the law. and in trying to redeem all the pledges of the platform adopted toy the convention that nominated him. As a lift-long Republican, however. I feel that the party can Id afford to nave the impression go abroad that even a respectable minority of Its Influential membr in thU city are not In favor , of the enforoemetic of all laws or that they are not in favor of compelling from gamblers- and saloon men the sumo measure of obedience to the law that Is exacted of all other men, or that they regard the party platforms as mere lit words, to be forgotten when the election Is pas. Mr. Denny made m'stakes during hi administration, but nis rrfort to compel obedience to the law was not one cf tltem. He erred sometimes in hi Judgment of men and made serious mistakes in some of his appointments. One cf tne mcst k;;ou of these is vividly recalled by an lntcrvitw reported In this morning's Journal. ROBERT W. M'LRIDE. Indianapolis, Oct 10. Judge McBride is. quite right In his surmise that tho managers of the Journal would not knowingly ptrblish an untrua. statement about anybody. The' story "of th alleged quarrel between Mr. Denny and Mr. Shlel, as reported In the Journal of yeterda', was given to a reporter by tw o reputable and creditable gentlemen, who overheard a part of their conversation. The fact Is, as stated by Mr. Fhiel to a Journal reporter last night, that they wero rehearsing a former quarrel, which has been more or less widely talked about for the last two years,- and the gentlemen who overheard it mistook the rehearsal of the former affair for one of the present, anil gave the Journal reporter In the best of faith what they believed to be a truthful statement of the lads. Had they teen less reliable men the subject would, have been investigated further before anything was published concerning It. They simply misunderstood and the Journal- wm misinformed and to that extent misled. Editor Journal. CanieN of the Iteinbllrn Defeat. To the Editor of .the' Indianapolis Journal: The causes of the Republican defeat ini Indianapolis were many, .aside from anj personal opposition that Mr. Trusler may; have had, and they fumis-h. an object lesson that the part)- throughout the State should heed, else more disasters will -follow. To begin with, Mr. Trusler went Into the fight as the .nominee of a Republican convention, but not as the choice of t!iO majority of his' party.', ' His nomination) was tho result-of a labored effort a piece of fine political work His opponent waa nominated by a Democratic convention but the choice of that 'convention was simply a ratification of the general desira of (Mr. Taggarfs party. While the time has not gone by when men by shrewd manipulations may control party conventions. It has gone by when they, can force a ratification of a convention's work at the polls, if the work of that convention donot meet with general approval. The republican party has maa ill ue of th splendid opportunities offered to it lately in this city and - tate. Mr. Trusler hashad iJiese burdens to earn In his race for Mayor, and they were enough to have defeated almost any candidate that' the party, might have named. ' The Denny-row 11 administration; neither in its alleged enforcement of the- laws nor In Its method of carrying on public improvements, met with jHiblic aiprovaL The people consider men elected; to office as public sen-ants, not as master to dictate to them what they may have or do. The last Legislature was a conspicuous failure in almost every respect. Absolutely nothing was done by it 1o reduce the burden of taxation. a' promised over 8tv1 over In the party platforms.- Like the Denny administration, it would be better for the Republican party Jn Indiana if It had never been born. Its only achievement wan the enactment of a liquor law, prepared by leading prohibitionists, which does not meet with the approval of the majority of the citizens of the Ftate. and whict was not called for by the party that elected, it. and waa In direct violation of good faith with a large element that gave the Republican party Its support at the Ut State election. Here, attain, we have party servants dictating the policy. Th? future hope of the Republican narty In Inllana depends largely upon it ability to see that men fairly re prtsentattve of its broad views are put forwsrd as it leaders. It is always In times of pron-rl-tv that danger, lies ahead of a political party. . J. H. CLAYI'OOI Indianapolis. Oct 10. On n Jnre-EnouRli nl. 1 Philadelphia Record." Something quite remarkabU came into the redemption division of the treasury at Washington a short tlm aco. It was- a thin plate of silver about two feet long. Into the surface of whlci a ten-dollar silver certificate had been pressed In such a manner as to incorporate Its substance actually with that of the metal. It was a brar I new bill, and In th- process had squeezed out to vi:t twice Its -original size. Nevertheless. It was perfect I v re.osn'zable. A statement accompanied it to the effect that a workman in a silverware fctory had dropped the bill Accidentally upon the Dlate of silver as the latter was ra'nj through a rolling machine This explanation being satisfactory, a fresh ten-ioi:.r certificate was returned to the loser. The CMrecm of Ei'-Prealdruta. Washington Star. - . ', ' - : . If it can be trio, as stated, that-General Harrison Is earning !egal fees Lhit net him an Income two or three times us large hs that which the country paid him while h occupied the White Houae. there would seem to have been found an answer to the tnuc'n-discussed question, "What shall be done with our ex.-lreidcnts?" The bent possfble thing to do. it would a;-pt-ar. Is to let them severely alone. They are In ro danger of starvation. No man who can step out of a petty . compensation of J3'.tvn a year Into a law practice of upward of Jl.ViftOO ! likely' to become an object of public charity. The country has not lo-t his ervlcr. it i. it i. .; Philadelphia Inquirer. Colonel Brerklnrlvlr.e is at nor!: In Kentucky trying to ruve t'.e I)frrmt!' 7 tv,- dll cf v,7' r.? : - ' ' m , r ?