Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 October 1895 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1895.;

THE DAILY JOURNAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 150ow WASKIJSCTOHOJTICE-lllOPESSSYLVAniA avesue Telephone Calls. CrjlnessOSce 25 notorial Roora..,...A S3 TEH3IS OP SUBSCRIPTION. IA1LT BT MAI I. rii'.'ye-nlr. ene month $ Ianly nnly, lUrrr uiolUu... 2.00 Ia:!y only, one year. , 8.i DsHt, m-liKlinz Sun:ay, one year lo.oo feumlay only, nat year 2.w WHES ITKXIJIIEO BY IGEJTs. rilT. rr re it. by -rrk'r 15 ct fiiTwUy, tingle copy 5 tt VUj and buadajr, :er week, by earner 10 cu VTEEKLT. rtrjemr. SIJW Reduced Rates to Club. r-ub?rrf? with asy of our numerous agent or feud rubrrijtions to tLe JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind. Persons semUpg tLe Jouniar thronph the mafl in the I nHetl States lKili pu on &a eUbt-pas paper a 5f-rET lostace ftantp; on a twelve or hUten-.aga lrr a twikwt ioitag ktamp. Foreign postage u fcfeually double tliese taiea. rSAH roromnnlatlonj IntendHi for rnbllratloa In tLi j aper must. In onier to rerelTe attention, be scrum nanied by the name and aiUrei of thm writer. tiic hdiasapolis jouuxal Cat be f juad at the folJom insf )!aees TAKIH American xf Lange in iarU, 38 Boulevard U Cajrutnen. NhW YOliK Clley Home, Windsor Hotel and Astor limine. PHILADELPHIA A. r. Kemble, cor. Lantaater are, ard Itariusr kt. CHICAGO-Palmer Hons, Andltori'xoi Hotel and 1. O. New Co., VI Adams btreeL CINCINNATI-J. n. Ha Jy Jk Co.. 1M Vine street. LCriSVILI.E C T. Deeriuz. nortbwert corner or 1 Linl and JelXerscn us., and LouinvUie Book Co., 3 rourtiiave. fel . LOL LS Union News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON, D. C Hltrp Nona. KLbltt House, Ml!arra Hotel and tLe W aU!nKtcn .News Exchange, ll:h street, bet. Penn. a e. and r street In declaring In favor of shorter presidential campaigns the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce has set an example that will probably be followed by other commercial todies. 'Coin' Harvey's name rarely appears in print there days. The alleged prize fighters seem to. have captured the space in newspapers which he once filled as a transient curiosity. It was not necessary-for the representatives of the administration to deny tfcat the State Department had sent an ultimatum to Great Britain regarding the Venezuelan affair. The party hangers-on who presented their "claims' for places on the Board of 'Public "Works and were denied, record the "captivating smile" of the Mayor as "a blank barren Ideality." The. Republican authorities of Philadelphia are selling a 3 per cent, popular loan rapidly. If Mr. Cleveland is forced to further increase the public debt he should engage the Republican officials of Philadelphia to negotlate'lL The reason which a friend of the Mayor's assigns for his appointment of city engineer Is that "no other man ; In the party had any qualifications whatever." Still, he might have tried some other man who has not proved that he has no qualifications. It is said that Pope Leo has written a letter io the authorities of the Catholic Church in this country condemning relisious congresses. His Holiness does not need any religious congress to assist him in promulgating ecclesiastical dogmas. BBBMBBSBBBBiBBBSMBBBSaBBBMBBSBBSSSBSSBBBBSV The advance In the price of silver Is attributed to the fact that Russo-French and Japanese "financiers have been mak

ing large loans of silver to China, and that there Is an Improved demand for the white metal In India, due to largo exports of wheat, jute and other products from that country. A banker at the convention in Atlanta rpoke of the President as being ''wise and courageous." It must have taken a queer quality of courage to make a deal with a foreign syndicate under which ' bonds which he sold for 104 were subsequently disposed of for over 120. The- less a President has of that sort of courages the better for the country. The popular belief that the charter has been systematically -worked in the Interest of contractors should have made the Mayor exceedingly careful in his appointment of a city engineer. Instead of, that he has appointed a man who, betides having been a contractor himself, has had such relations with them as to bring him under suspicion. Possibly Governor Matthews, who is announced to speak at Atlanta about Cuban affairs, may not care whether or not he shall please the administration; Etlll, It may be well to remind him that Mr. Cleveland's Attorney-general has caid that the expression of sentiments In favor of the revolutionists should not be Indulged by American citizens lest ofTense should be given to a friendly government. The people of the thriving city of Fort Wayne are mafclnrr a great success of their centennial celebration. Indeed, they seem to be giving themselves up to celebrating the auspicious event. It is one of the growing number of thriving cities in Indiana, and one which Its enterprising people will keep in the front line of the municipalities which are contributing so much to the prosperity and progress of the State. Mayo Pingree, of Detroit, has written a book !n which he declares that the officers of the regular army were on the verge of a general mutiny when ordered to stop the interference of the Dobs mobs with the running of railroads. The Mayor shovld make haste to give hl3 authority fest he be Judged to be the victim of his Imagination. When he Is presenting evidence to sustain his strange assertion he might, as a matter of general Interest, inform the people what influences were brought to bear upon the army officers to cause them to abandon the proposed mutiny and to perform their duties with the usual thoroughness. Mayer Taggart is to be congratulated ca hi.H appointments for the Board of Public Works. It is safe to say at the outset that a better board has ijover been named. Mr. Downing Is a man of extensive acquaintance with affairs such as those with which the board must d?alv He is a broad-gauge man who has wen the confidence of the business men of the city. .The other Democratic member is well tpoken of and has had experience which should be valuable. Mr. Moore Is not so widely known as Mr. D3T7r.In;r. but he is highly spoken of as r. rz and an architect by those who l.z7 t:!m. His professional acnulrerzrM r.ill tz valuable in connection c'tr cz'-?r T7ho e:s-3 not to

know about the quality of materials. So favorable an opinion of the new board puts It in a position -where It can be Judged by Us merits as time shall pass. THE PROPOSED INDIANA CE.XTEXMAL CKLKIIRATIOX.

Many papers throughout the State have spoken approvingly of the proposed Indiana centennial celebration In the year 1900. The propriety of the suggestion Is obvious, and it is generally conceded that If properly carried out the occasion might be made interesting and instructive in. a historic way and advantageous In advertising the State. At the same time there Is a feeling that unlesj the idea Is to be carried out in a broad, liberal and creditable way it had better not be undertaken at all. The Lafayette Courier voices this feeling thus: ' The. proposition looking to the celebration of Indiana's centennial, by an exposition to be hell at Indianapolis in 1900 Is not meeting with encouragement, and the Indications are that theshopes of the promoters of the proposed enterprise will not be long sustained. If . an attempt should be seriously made to carry out the scheme It would necessarily be with the understanding that the people of the State were to be taxed for an immense sura' of money to provide for the expenses jruch as the exhibition would require, and it may be set down as a certainty that public opinion is opposed to any such proceeding. This feeling Is not the outgrowth of provincial prejudice or niggardliness, nor lack of State pride, but is based on the stubborn fact that mch a large expenditure for spectacular eftect cannot be afforded. Indiana cannot afford to go into the exposition business except on an elaborate plan and scope, and that would mean an expenditure greatly in excess of what the people are able or willing to pay for the luxury. A second-rate affair would be worse than nothing, and inasmuch as there is no intermediate ground, the only way to decide the matter Is to abandon It in its infancy. The Journal Is. of opinion that it Is much too soon to urge the abandonment of the proposed celebration. In fact, the movement has a legal status which precludes the. adoption of that course, at least until the next Legislature shall meet. The last Legislature, by Joint resolution of both houses, directed the Governor to appoint a commission of thirty members, "which shall, after full investigation and oonsideratlon, rfport to the next session' of the General Assembly Its recommendation for the proper realization of this project." The resolution does not contemplate the i possibility of abandonment of the project by the commissioners. They have no authority to drop the matter nor even to report In favor of its abandonment. Its function Is to formulate a plan for the celebration and report to the next Legislature. Then if that body should decide that the matter had better be dropped it can so order or can kill it byrefusing to make any appropriation. The action of the Legislature will probably depend largely on the attitude of the press and people in the matter, and on the character of the' report submitted by the commission. If the press and people do not show the requisite amount of interest, or If It should appear from the report of the commission that the celebration would cost the State, more than it could afford, the Legislature could drop the matter without dishonor, though the Journal 13 decidedly of the opinion that it would be a mistake to do so. The Courier says "the movement is not meeting with encouragement," but docs not give any reason for this opinion. Certainly the first meeting of the commissioners was full of encouragement, and many of the papers have speken of the movement in termsof warm approval. TheKolsomo Tribune of the 15th inst. says: - - . This great historic event is of the highest importance to the people of Indiana, and they will favor commemorating It on a grand scale, commensurate with the dignity and prominence of the State. Already popular interest in the event is growing, and the people are ready to co-operate heartily with the commission, and their mandate will be to make the most of this great occasion. What xeasons the Tribune may have for thinking that popular Interest in the movement is growing the Journal does not know any more than it does the Courier's reasons for thinking that it is not meeting with encouragement. The truth Is, there has not been time yet to ascertain the feeling of the people, much less to create a favorable popular sentiment on the subject. The fact that the last Legislature of its own motion unanimously adopted a resolution putting the movement on foot shows that the people's representatives thought well of It, and the Journal believes that, when the matter is fully and fairly placed before them the people themselves will indorse it. We need Jn Indiana more State pride and less sectional and provincial jealousy. We are a great State and a great people, but we do not always rise to our opportunities. The proposed celebration Is really a great opportunity to do something worthy of the State, but It will be a lost one unless the press and people give the movement united and hearty support. So far as the Journal is concerned it is not actuated by local considerations. If the celebration can more appropriately ormore conveniently be held in some other city than Indianapolis so let it be. The Journal will abate nothing of its, hearty support of the movement. Meanwhile, it remains to be seen If there is enough State pride in the press and among the people to Induce them to favor the? holding of a centennial celebration anywhere. THK FHIST VKL'ITS. During the . first nine months of the present calendar year the excess of Imports over exports was $43,032,276. During the corresponding period of 1S94 the excess of exports over imports was $73,02S.231. This means that during the first nine months of 1834 we sold $73,028,234 more of merchandise to other nations than we purchased of them. It means, further, that during the nine months of 1893 ending with September we purchased of other countries $43,C52,276 more of .their goods' than we sold them of ours. It means, further, that our purchases In the nine months of 1S93 have been so large that they have wiped out the favorable trade balance of $73,02S,2Cl and established an unfavorable one of $13.032,276. At the close of September, 1S31, we had over $73,000,000 to go toward paying obligations in Europe for Interest, freightage and the expenditures of tourists. At the close of September, 1SC5, In addition to the interest, freights and tourists' expenditures, we had over $43.000,000 to pajvfor the increased quantity of merchandise purchased abroad during the past nine months. Practical people understand from these figures that in our trading with foreign nations we are $116,0?0310 worse oil than' we xrere at the close of September, 18-1." There are a few theorists who jet lcriit ti:-t purcharlr. la other coun

tries more merchandise than we sell them is evidence of prosperity, but the number of such is less. than it was ten years ago.. The people of the world know better. They.know that when the year closes and they have -earned more than they have expended they have been prosperous. On the other hand, .they know that when all they have earned will not pay what they have expended for livlnir. that they owe debts here and there which they must pay, they are poorer. In reality by the amount they owe If it has been expended in living. . In this case we have expended In Europe millions of dollars this year for all kinds of fabrics, pottery, glass, wool, etc., which in former years has been paid for the same kind of merchandise made at home. And now gold and securities must be sent away to pay the balance owed abroad. This increased consumption of foreign merchandise, as indicated by the hostile trade balance, is the first fruit of . the Democratic tariff law. The later fruits will come in due time.

THE FARMERS AND XATL'RAI GAS. The efforts of Natural Gas Supervisor Leach to enforce the law against the wasting of gas are likely to meet with opposition from an unexpected quarter. The act of 1891 declares flambeau lights unlawful, and prohibits their use by any company, corporation or person. It is unquestionably a very wasteful use of gas, and any plan for husbanding the supply of gas ought, if possible, to include their prohibition. But it is said the farmers in Madison county who are Joint stockholders in local gas companies refuse to comply with the supervisor's order and will stand suit before they will extinguish the flambeaux on their farms. They say that in addition to the light which the burners afford and which is a great convenience In certain kinds of farm work, they are useful in attracting and destroying millions of insects that prey upon farm crops. . The farmers reasons for wishing to continue their flambeaux do not. affect the legal aspect of the case, but it is by no means certain that they have not got the law on their side. They claim that the articles of association under which they Incorporated and drilled wells give them the right "to use gas for. all farm purposes." If this is so, and if their articles of incorporation were filed before the law of 1891 was passed it is by no means certain that they have not a right to use flambeaux. Such a right, once granted by their articles of incorporation, would become a vested right and could not be revoked by an act of the Legislature. There Is another view of the case which might raise a nice question of law. At common law the owner of land owns everything in and under it In the way of minerals. The State cannot restrict the owner of land from mining coal or quarrying stone upon It and making any use of them that pleases him, wasteful, or otherwise. No State has ever assumed to prevent the waste of petroleum, and it would hardly be contended that a land owner could not bore a well on his farm, and, if he found oil, let it run to waste If he chose to, unless it could be shown that he was thereby robbing his neighbors. It is difficult to see why natural gas does not come under the same rule. It is a mineral product as much as coal or oil, and if the possession of land carries with it the right to use these minerals as the owner sees fit it should include natural, gas as well. In this view of the case It is doubtful If the Stale has a right to say that a farmer may not make any use he may choose of gas produced on his own land, no matter how wasteful. . Finally, as the State never reserved to itself the ownership of any minerals within Its borders or any right of eminent domain over them, has it any more right to legislate against the waste of natural gas than it has against the waste of timber or of corn fodder? AX INC03IPREIIEXSII1LE STUPIDITY. When It was made to appear that the treasury receipts for September were three millions in excess of the expenditures there went up a shout of triumph from the Cleveland and Democratic press. The Democratic tariff and tax law,' it was claimed, had at length reached a point where It would afford sufficient money with which to run the government without selling more bonds to' foreign syndicates. Those who watch treasury transactions in Washington at once gave out figures which proved that the treasury gain had been forced by postponing the payment of drafts which were due. Such correspondents asserted that if all of the liabilities due in September had been discharged there would be a deficit. Thereupon the Cleveland and Democratic editors pounced upon such correspondents and denounced them as reckless partisans who would Injure the credit of the country to make a point against the administration. Subsequent developments show that the correspondents were right that for some purpose, which cannot be fathomed the treasury officials have been doing. just what has been alleged against them. The figures of the treasury show that at the close of business Oct. 13 the deficit durinEr the first fifteen days of that month was $9,484,667. It is said that an effort will now be made to keep the deficit of October down to $7,000,000. What is the object of the treasury officials in trying to make it appear that the revenues are larger than they are by withholding payments due at the end of a month until the first of the next? Is It 'their purpose "to make the people believe that the Democratic tariff and tax law is a better revenue maker than It is? Is it possible that Mr. Carlisle and his subordinates have not yet -learned that the revenues under the present laws are inadequate? It does not seem possible when there has been a deficit at the close of every month except two for two years or more. If they realize this fact no irood can come from suppressing it, as, sooner or later. It will compel the negotiation of another loan. Three and a half months of the present fiscal year show a deficit of $19,000,000, which means a deficit of over $30,000,000 for the year. That amount of additional revenue must be obtained by new taxation, or another loan must be put upon the market. To attempt to make the people believe that more revenue 13 not needed is an incomprehensible stupidity. The various parties of engineers which have been making surveys to establish our right to the Alaska which we purchased and paid good money for report ths.t thus far their surveys do not sus

tain the claim of Great' Britain to the mcst valuable part of that territory. As a matter of fact, Great Britain has no claim to anyr portion of it. We bought the land of Russia and received a title In which the boundaries were specified. Those boundaries Great Britain recognized for more than half a century. If Russia was still the owner of Alaska, Great Eritafn would not be putting in a claim now., It is because this government has been "worked" on two occasions where boundaries were disputed that she comes now with a claim for the most valuable part of Alaska, knowing that the Cleveland administration could be induced to arbitrate or to. compromise, and well knowing that whatever may be conceded will be clear gain. There Is a brutal candor in the statement of the Charleston (S. C) News as to the purpose of those for whom It speaks In regard to the disposition which shall be made of the colored voters in South Carolina, which is as follows: We shall continue to count the colored male inhabitants in two ways first, we shall count them as forming the basis of representation In Congress; and, second, we shall count them out as effective voting material at the polls by such technically legal means as will not bring us in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the United States. In 1861 there was , no more definite declaration of a purpose to Ignore the Constitution and government of the United States than is contained in the foregoing extract. - Mr. William E. Curtis, the well-known correspondent of the Chicago Record, now in New York,: in his dispatch published yesterday said of General Harrison: -' . ' General Harrison would be gratified to know the . respect and conlidence that is felt for him and the thorough indorsement that is given his administration by business men of all shades of political opinion and preference. While the politicians of New York as well as elsewhere would be likely to oppose his nomination with all their vigor, the business men could not be better satisfied with the selection of any other candidate. v i . The cheerful unanimity with which Democratic papers throughout the country construe the recent election in this city as a defeat of General Harrison shows great anxiety to get him out of the way politically. If the able outside editors could take the sense of intelligent Democrats In this city they would learn that whether General Harrison is in or out of the way politically does not depend In the slightest degree on the late election. His fortunes were not in that boat.

Ex-Governor Foraker, that there may not be any misunderstanding, has challenged Senator Brice to' meet him in joint debate. Senator,, Brice, however,' knows that Wall street is a safer place for him than debating' Ohio with the man who will succeed iilm In the Senate. The summer wades like the charm of some aged beauty, and already Jack Frost is applying his rogue to her cheeks with the skill and grace of a professional maid. Greenflld Republican. . No'doubt the editor f intended to say "wanes" and "rouge,"-but the printer fixed him. DL1111LE5 IX TJIE AIU. Green or Hlackf "I want tome tea," said the lady who is one of the best customers. - "Yes'm." said the boyfwho had been promoted from the delivery - wagon. "Irish Hill or Yaller Bridge?" As the boy is the support of an aged motherhe was mergly,put,back:to driving. ' MeVe6loaca1r, Peddler Want a fine barometer, that will tell you all about the weather? Cheap. Wouldnt-be Customer New. Got no use for it. Whenever the janitor turns the steam on full head. I know it is going to be fair and wanner, and vice versa. What do I want of a barometer? Will Shef "What I want to know," asked the cornfed philosopher ofhls:as3embIed listeners, "is whether the alleged new. , woman . will ever attain the rijht of having her hat knocked off at the theater by the indignant man sitting behind her?" One for tluv Urltlaher. "It is queer you English have such difficulty In seeing through an -American joke." "It is, indeed Most of them are thin enough to be transparent." . ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. In one of his astronomical lectures Prof. Proctor once said that 300,000 worlds the size of our earth could ha stored inside of the sun. Teople have wondered how Queen Victoria managed to keep track of all the roj-al birthdays. At last the secret Is out. A secretary attends to all such matters. In the twenty-six weeks, of Paderewski's second American tour the receipts for admission to his 'concerts were $180,000. No wonder that the great pianist contemplates making several farewell tours." It is . common enough in England to find women in "booking" , offices and now they are beginning to appoint them as station ag-ents. In Spain women guard the railroad crossings and add to the picturesqueness of the scene, as they wave flags of safety as the trains creep by." Mr. and Mrs. Barney Barnato were unable to break Into European society, despite their immense riches, until Sir Edgar Vincent took . them up and gave them a send-off in Paris. Vincent, who Is a rich man himself, holds the position of governor of the Ottoman Bank of Constantinople. Gustav Freitag ordered in his will that all letters written to him should be restored to the writers or their heirs and that nothing of his own should be published that he had net intended to be printed. "What is not finished or is a failure," he wrote, "does not belong to the market, and I do not wish to annoy readers by my youthful efforts." Felix Faure, President of France, receives daily many curious letters. They reach him from all parts of the world, and he reads those that are of any importance. Among them he finds many protests from discontented Frenchmen who accuse Faure of too great a fondness for hobnobint; with royalty. It Is hard to satisfy the French people. Faure is probab'y as good a republican as France ever begot. . President Timothy Dwlght, of Yale, says that the number of poor young men who are working their way through college is larger than ever" before and is increasing every" year. He says: "There is no place where a man is more esteemed for what he is and what he does than at college. The man who in part supports himself is just as much respected as those who have easier times in their college year." A cargo of nearly three million feet of lumber was loaded at Port Townsend, Wash., a week ago for.Delagoa Bay, South Africa. It was destined for use in the mines In the Interior. One usually thinks of Africa as having no scarcity of timber. But it is most probably the means of cutting it that are lacking. American lumber finds a pood market in most of the forest covered islands of the. West Indies for the same leason. . "I remember," said a former surgeon In the Confederate army, "General Mahone as he appeared before Petersburg in 1SS4 and 1S53. He was already famous throughout the army, for his fighting qualities, for his peppery temper, and for his many eccentricities. My duty as surgeon took me frequently past his headquarters, and one morning I raw Mahone pacing solemnly up and down in front of hli tent, while a negro man sat In th doorway gorging himself with freeh baked bJicuit. I turned to an oCcer. who was looxins on at sane lit

tle distance, and asked the meaning of the strange performance at Mahone's tent. Then came the explanation that the ne-pro had baked a pan of scur ani heavy biscuits fcr breakfast, and Mahone, by way of an object lesson, had set the cook down to eat all of his own product, ihe negro ate away as fat as possible, and Mahone kept up his patrcl until the last biscuit had disappeared. The performance was characteristic of the eccentric but determined little man who hit Upon this strange method of punishment.". aBHSBSBMBSJSSSBJkSBSSSSBBHBBSBBaSMSHSHiSHKaMSSjaSMSK THK STATE PRESS.

Mayor Taggart will probably be the Democratic party's candidate for Governor next year, and he will then and there round out his skyrockety political career by being beaten so badly that he will not know whether he Is on foot or horseback. Lafayette Courier. One election doesn't decide a great question or reform any more than one swallow makes a summer. Two great reforms are struggling for ascendency in this countrycivil service reform and the enforcement of law. Keep your eye on the Roosevelts. They cannot be downed by one election, or two, or half a dozen. The principles they advocate are certain to prevail some da"y. LaPorte Herald. It is a significant sign of the times that most newspapers can see good in the party to which they do not belong, and can judge with a certain degree of fairness the acts of officials who belong to the opposite party. Governor Matthews has done his duty well, and is entitled to the respect of Indlanaians, and the Review respects him for his honesty and Integrity of purpose. If any one can get partisanship out of that, he is welcome to it. Elkhart Review. . It has been suggested that this booming of .Tom Taggart for Governor may be a little premature, on the ground that if he makes a good Mayor and enforces the law he Is apt to become the most unpopular man in Indianapolis. May be something in this. It will be recalled that ex-Mayor Denny had a great boom for Governor when he was elected Mayor two years ago. Now who is brave enough to suggest him for Governor? Yet Mayor Denny enforced the law. Frankfort Times. "It seems that the "tilting board" has come into general use in American politics. The tendency to "turn down" the party in power has become so common that people will soon know what the results of an election will be before it occurs. It is interesting to observe with what complacency the defeated party takes its defeat, and on the other hand, the successful party is leaving off much of Its tin horn rejoicing, 'all of which indicates improvement in the condition of our politics. The removal of the "whoop and hurrah" from politics will be hard upon the heeler and ward worker, but It will be good for the people. Noblesville Ledger. The significance of the Democratic victory in Indianapolis beyond the limits of that city was greatest the night of the election. Democrats were unduly elated and the Rpeublicans unwarrantably alarmed as to the .far-reaching effect of the election of a popular man over an unpopular one who was also handicapped by the. unpopularity that is sure to attach to-any administration under the special charter of that city. The result of last Tuesday's election is now better understood as being of local significance only. It may have the effect of rallying Republicans who have been resting In the belief that the elections next year will be carried l by the party as easily as were those of last November. It will also serve as an admonition to Republican administrations in other cities that they are not so strongly intrenched in office as to permit of factional quarreling or reckless exercise of authority In any direction. Terre Haute Tribune. RETAIL LIQUOR DEALERS. They Pledge Themselves to Assist In Suppressing Disreputable Resorts.' WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The proceedings of the National Association of Retail Liquor Dealers to-day were conducted behind closed doors. Plans were discussed for a more thorough organization of liquor4 interests throughout the country. The speeches were made by many delegates reviewing the fight made by temperance organizations, and the evident concentration of the movement at the capital of the Nation. The need of more radical steps for protection of their interests and a more powerful organization at Washington to combat' the temperance movement was urged, and It was asserted that without some such action the effect of the movement would be soon felt in "the shaking of the liquor Interests from center to circumference." 1 The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, John Morrissey, of Syracuse, N. Y.; first vice president, Richard Patterson, of Philadelphia; second vice president, S. H. Carroll, of Michigan; third vice president, August Koehler, of New Jersey; secretary, Robert J. Halle, of Chicago, re-elected; treasurer, J. W. Howard, of St. Louis. P. H. Nolan, formerly Eastern organizer for the association, wa3 elected chief organizer. The executive committee was announced as follows: Major Charles Sheridan. Connecticut; Anton H. Auber, Delaware; E. L. Jordan, District of Columbia; J. F. Gaintz, Illinois; T. F. Dally, Minnesota; Frank O'Donnell, North Carolina, and John F. Weiss, Ohio. Cleveland, C, was chosen as the place for holding the next convention. The constitution was amended in several minor respects and reports of State associations reviewed the. work of local organizations. Resolutions were adopted, pledging the association to resist all lawmaking power that may attempt to levy unequal tax on one class of business, the enactment of just sumptuary legislation and to 00pose all unjust restrictions on the liquor traffic. The resolutions closed: "We emphatically denounce all Illicit and disreputable resorts which may be tolerated for any purpose, because they propagate drunkenness and debauchery among the youth of the community, desecrate the Sabbath and cast an odium on the legitimate trade, and we. therefore, pledge ourselves to assist in their suppression." An elaborate banquet was tendered the delegates this evening. They will meet in Philadelphia to-morrow and New Ycrk Friday, as the guests of the local liquor bodies. C0XDK31SKD BY THE POPE. Catholics Must Xot Participate In Congresses of Religions. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. -. Pope Leo has written an Important letter to the Catholic hierarchy of America, condemning the ?semblage of congresses of religions. The letter has been delivered to Archbishop Ryan, of this city, and to all other archbishops. It was the main subject considered at the recent assembling of the archbishops at Washington, hut the efforts at secrecy were successful in keeping the Pope's letter from publicity. What steps the archbishops took cannot be learned, but with the views of the Pope, thus clearly expressed it is doubtless that the American church will anathematize congresses of religions in the same way that an interdiction was placed on Catholic participation in the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and other secret societies. The congress of religions held at Chicago as a feature of the world's fair was the most notable gathering of that character In recent years, bringing together not only sects of Christianity, but also Hindoos.

Brahmins. Uuddhists and Thoosophlsts. The gathering was so notable that its projectors have expected it would lead to further congresses of all ects and creeds. Whether Pope Loo's disapproval is particularly In reference to the Chicago congress cannot be learned, but as that has been by far the most conspicuous gathering of the kind, the letter will he viewed with special reference to it. Sntolll Not Going to Rome. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. It was authoritatively stated to-day that the recent reports of Mgr. Satolli's purpose to go to Rome to attend the Pope's Jubilee in January next were untrue. Dr. Rooker, secretary to the delegate, says Mgr. Satolli has not determined to go to Rome at that time or at any future time, nor has "he even considered such a, trip. He has received no request from the Vatican to present himself, and h has asked for no leave of absence such as would be necessary. The report has been used as the bash? of speculative stories as to the purpose of Mgr. Satolli's visit. It being stated that he would not again return to America, tut would be succeeded by another prelate. In view of the fact that lie is not KOlng in January, all these speculative stories are inventions. Famous Ex-Con federate 111. v ATLANTA, Gjl. Oct. ll-John Mcintosh Kell, Adjutant-general cf the Siate anjl famous as the executive oflicer of - the Confederate commerce destroyer Alabama, is dangerously 111 at his home near GrifT.n, and serious fears are entrrt-intd that he will not recover. ' :

GOING TO ATLANTA

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AXD CAIJIXET WILL START NEXT 31 OX DAY. Suits Growing Out of the Alcohol Tax Clause of the Tnrlft Law The Jndge Long Pension Case. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1C Secretary Hoke Smith saw the President to-day and consulted his convenience about the coming visit of Mr." Cleveland and his Cabinet to the Atlanta exposition. Afterwards Vice President Baldwin, of the Southern railway, called on the Secretary and the preliminary arrangements for the trip were made. The presidential party Will leave Washington In a special train over the Southern railway at 11 p. ni.. Monday, the 21st. and will arrive at Atlanta at 4 o'clock the next afternoon. The President will be accompanied by members of his Cabinet and their wives, and by Private Secretary Thurber and wife. Mrs. Cleveland has not yet decided to go. The presidential party will leave Atlanta on the evening of Wednesday, the 23d, after the reception at the Capital City Club. No definite hour of departure has been fixed, but it is presumed that it will be at 12 or 1 o'clock. It is expected that the special train will arrive in Washington between 6 and 7 o'clock, Thursday evening. The train will pass through Charlottesville, Lynchburg and Danville, Va.; Salisbury and Charlotte, N. C; Spartansburg and Greenville. S. C, and Gainesville, Ga. THE TAX OX ALCOHOL. Salts Against the Government Involving Over Four .Million Dollars. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The suits brought In the Court of Claims to recover taxes imposed by the government on alcohol used In medicinal compounds and In the arts will probably come up at the session of the court, which begins next week. Under the present tariff law alcohol used in medicinal compounds and In the arts was to be free from taxation under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Owing to the difficulty of carying out the law, however, and on the representation that it would open the way for wholesale fraud, the Secretary declined to make regulations, and, despite the protests of manufacturers, pharmacists and others using alcohol exempt from taxation by the terms of the tariff law, the tax was collected. In this, way It is estimated that during the fifteen months the law has been in operation between $4,000,000 and J3.000.000 have been collected on alcohol that would have been exempt had the Secretary issued regulations. Druggists and others have paid the taxes, but have carefully retained evidences of the amounts paid, and two test suits, one by a firm of manufacturing druggists of Baltimore and the other by a New York hat firm, have been brought into Court of Claims to recover. The briefs of the complainants have been filed ami Assistant Attorney-general Dodge Is preparing the case of the govern ment. 1 - The Long Pension Case. WASHINGTON, .Oct. 16. In his motion for the advancement cf the Judge Long pension case, on the docket of the United States Supreme Court, the Attorney-general indicates briefly the position his office will take In the matter. He says: "There are, as we have seen, very strong reasons for holding that Where a title has passed, or the rights of innocent third persons have supervened, or there has been a very great lapse of tinu? without question, the decisions of the head of an executive department should be considered as beyond the power if his successors to disturb. The reasons are quite strong also why, as to transactions wholly ended, where credit has been. given or money paid over, there should be no recognized right of review save for fraud or manifest illegality. But where the matter Is one that involves future recurring payments of money there s?ems no good reason why succeeding Incumbents of the office charged with a present responsibility should ' be concluded by the decisions of their predecessors. They should not lightly overrule their predecessors, but when satisfied and convinced that error has been committed and that there is no legal warrant for the payment demanded, it would seem to be their duty, as well as their right, to rectify the error. The recognition of the power In such cases involves no destruction of vested rights, no impairment of the obligations of contracts, and no abridgement of the equities of third persons." The Army Well Equipped. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The annual report of the quartermaster-general of the army shows that during the year the army was liberally and promptly supplied with all necessary articles of clothing , and equipage of satisfactory quality. The cavalry mount of to-day excels that of any previous time, and Js superior to that of foreign armies. The average cost per head was $94.44 for cavalry horses and $148.04 for artillery horses. Owing to the considerable reduction in the allowance" for draft and pack animals made possible by the cessation of Indian wars on the Rio Grande, a large saving has been made in the appropriation for such stock. The principal allotments for the construction of new buildings at posts were as follows: Fort Crook, Neb., $70,058; Presidio. San Francisco, $.4,941; Fort Myer, Va.. $45.ti00; Little Rock, Ark.. $116,600; Jefferson Barracks, Mo., $14,820; Plattsburg Barracks. N. Y.. $21,383; Fort Bliss, Tex., $9,000; Fort Sheridan, 111., $11,759. Doings of Spiritualists. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The National Spiritualistic Convention to-day referred the arrests of mediums In Philadelphia to the committee on "resolutions. There was considerable, discussion over efforts to compel railroads to Rrant half fare to Spiritualistic clergymen, the matter finally being referred to the incoming board of trustee. It was agreed to set aside a. day to be known as "National Association day," at the camp meeting. The proposition to establish a defense fund for the protection of mediums against persecution was adopted. It was the unanimous opinion of the speakers that Sunday-schools should be provided for the children so that they may be defended from the doctrines of orthodox teachers and be inculcated with the principles of spiritualism. Favorable action was taken on the proposition to raise a , fund for the establishment of a national school to teach spiritualism. t . Thc.Dellrlt Sow Over iflO.OOO.OtM). Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The statement in these dispatches regarding the financial condition of the treasury at the middle of this month was literally vindicated to-day when, acording to the statement of the department, the deficit for the month Amounted to 410,167.466.53. The deficit of the fiscal year rises about rjo.ooo.ooo. Inquiry by the Journal correspondent disclosed the fact that the Postottlce Department will tomorrow present a deficiency of $1,000,000, so that if the treasury officials will to-morrow make a faithful statement, the deficiency for the month will amount to over $11,000,CCH. Increase In Poslofilee Receipt. WASHINGTON. Oct 15. The Postofflce Department has compiled the receipts of the thirty leading cities of the United States for the third .quarter of the j-ear 1833. and a most gratifying incrrse Is shown. The total receipts for the naartfr ended Sept. 30 were $7,4'X),H', n?a!ns t $6,70.1,713 for the same quarter in l&4. an Increase of 9.9 per cent. Every' city 1jows an increase. Postal officials bay these receipts are a sure Index of bu&lness throughout the country. Meeting of the Cabinet. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 All of the members of the Cabinet, exeep: Secretary Morton and Postmaster-general Wilson, gathered at the White House at noon today in answer to a ummous from the President, and the tirst ; informal Cabinet mectlns; for several months was iteM. probably for the purpose of enabling the Cabinet officevs to report to the President the state of business in their" departments. Ilelvn Loeknood in Trnnlile. . WASHINGTON. OcL 16. A preliminary hearing of a criminal libel suit brought against Mrs. Bclva Lockwood. a former presidential candidate, by Robert E. I.. White a lawyer, who accused her of Uckiaz notices derc-atcry to his reputation cn l;I j c:.':3 Cczr, viz til In Pclice Court to-

day. Mrs. LoAwooi was held for ths grar.1 Jury, although whn 011 the wlrr.es stand she dnict every allegation.

Generul IN'otes. Special to the IndlanspolS Journal. WASHINGTON. Oct. lG.-IivSiar.a pottmasters were appointed to-1ay a follow: At Aix, Jasper county, Jamer Wurman, vice W. L Wood, resigned; at Hoj1a!e. Carroll, county, i. w. Hoover, vice EJisha. Green, resigned. Dr. C. Stemen. of Fort Wayne. 1 in th crty to-day attending a special meeting of the loard of trustees cf tii American L'riverplty. The State Department has received frorfl Embassador Patcnol.c. of France, the Invitation of the French republic to take part in the French exposition of 1000. which U to usher In the twentieth century. DO.VT WANT OUR SILVER. Canadian Rankers Protest Against on American ulsnnce NEW YORK. Oct. 16. A dispatch from Montreal to the Evening Post sajs: Messrs. W. R. Weir, president of the Ville Mario Bank, and President McDougall, general manager of the Quebec Bank,' have Jut returned from Ottawa, where they had an interview with Finance Minister Foster about the American silver nuisance. They claim that a largo amount of American sliver and small silver certificates are in circulation in Canada, the amount being variously estimated at from three-quarters of a million to three million and a half of dollars, displacing that amount cf Canalian currency, which has a gold basis, while the American certificates are only payable in silver. The deputation pointed out this displacement was causing the backs great loss and inconvenience, and asked Mr. Foster's advice and assistance In abating what was fast growing to be a nuisance. The Minister of Finance called attention to the fact that the remedy was largely In the hands of the banks themselves, and If they refused to- take American currency except at a discount tradesmen would very soon refuse It at par, but he promised to look Into the matter and see If there wai any way in which he could help the banks. ONLY SAFE STANDARD JUDGE ALDRIDGE, OF TEXAS, TELLS UAXKERS IT IS GOLD. He Says the "IO to t Dreamers Are Monoractalllsts and the Other Fcllovrs the Only DImetnlllsts. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 16. The second day's . session of the American Bankers Association was called to order this morning by President O'Dell and the convention proceeded to businers after prayer by tho Rev. J. w! Heidt. Chairman E. W. Pullen read an extensive report from the executive council In reference to a number of proposed changes in the wording of the constitution. The quetion of annual ducfi was referred back to the council, to be reported on to-morrow and the minor amendments suggested w ere ' adopted. After the announcement by the president of a barbecue tendered to the delegates Thursday afternoon. Judge George N. Aldredge, of Dallas, Tex., was introduced and delivered an address on the currency, which was received with enthusiastic applause, and pronounced the hit of the convention. "The proposition that this government should coin silver for the world In unlimited amount at double Its market value is so repugnant to the common sense. of mankind," said Mr. Aldredge, "that it ought to be unn sssary to discuss it, and would not be .t.for the fact that a portion of our pec- tve been misled by its appeal to the Judice and by the spacious reason' t sophists." He pointed out that t) udlng nations of the earth, after testing silver for hundreds of years, voluntarily adopted the single gold standard, and that no nation to-day has the silver standard from choicej "The gold standard advocates believe in gold as a standard, with the largest possible safe use of silver among the people," he said. "The 16 to 1 dreamers believe In the so-called double standard, and we are driven by this law to the use of silver alone. . All gold standard countries use large amounts of silver and no silver standard country uses any gold whatever. As the practical question is the use of the metals, it follows that we are bimetallists and the 16 to 1 people are monometalllets. Hence, the battle that Is to be fought to a finish, next year, is whether ' we will remain under a gold standard, with actual bimetallism In u&e among the people, gold and silver circulating freely without discrimination against either, or shall we have a so-called double standard at the mints and nowhere else, with silver monometallism in actual use? The battle is between substance and shadow, between those whs want bimetallism in fact and those who want in name only. We are the friends of silver money, who would bring to Its aid the power of the government to keep It good and they are Its enemies, who, by the unlimited coinage, would take from it the guaranty f iti iij kij iihj , 1 1 ii u 1 u i oiiu iniiiw; upgrade It to its market value. Our government nas Deen ana is now coining silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. It is enabled to do this because, under this law, it can restrict the amount coined, I and. being vested "with this ccntrol, it undertakes to make every dollar good money. The moment the government loses control of the coinage, confidence In its ability to protect the money issue Is gone, and a silver dollar then rests on its, merit and Is worth 60 cents." In refutation of the contention that Fold has appreciated, and thereby depreciated prices, he pointed out that no two articles have declined at the same time or in the same degree, nor has any article mentioned remained uniformly depressed, and that, therefore, no one controlling cause ran b assigned for these results. Continuing, hs said: "Interest has declined since 1K72 in part of the country from 2 per cent, i-er month to 6. and 8 per cent, per annum. There is no denying the fact that the gold bugs' did thau The South and Wen have saved more on' the decline of interest than they have lost in th3 decline in wheat and cotton. Interest is 'always low nndf r an honest standard among an honest people, where money is plentiful. It U .lower in London than in any other spot on the globe, because her standard is stable ard her commercial Integrity has been tho care of her statesmen and her people for ages past." . Mr. Aldredge charged that It is repudiation of debt and not coinage that the IS to 1 man is after, and said, in conclusion: "Allow me to say that our countrv is In no dang r of repudiation. This 16 to 1 clamor is but one of the manifestations of hard times, brought on by the late panic. On low lands, in the night time, -1 de?.dly miasma accumulates, but when the bright sun climbs over the hilltops and shoots its purifying rays Into the bottom tb miasma Is dispelled. The atmosphere is sweetened and made 'Wholesome arid men go forth to their daily vocations with assurance cf health. In spite of all the isms that have afflicted us. In spite of the ?emagogicn on the stump and in the legislative halls, tills country is rapidly advancing. Our factories are taxed to their utmost with orders, and wage-s of their employes have been everywhere voluntarily raised. Prices which had been depressed by the oanic are improving. Sinister discontent, with all her imps, is fleeing before the benign presence of prosperity. nd In after years the heresies of to-!ay will only be ivmembered as a troubled dream. The American people, are honest and patriotic. Upon this rock we build our faith, and all the ages and agencies of truth are ours for the suierstructure." At the conclusion of Jude Aldrei'.Kf's necch the enthusiasm which it occasioned broko out in three hearty cheers. On motion, the spoech was ordered printed aa:d sent to every national, ftate and px irate bank in the I'nited States. The convention adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9:" o'clock. The speeches of Mr. William H. Ualiwn and that cf Mr. James TV llowensttin. the founder of the association, will be the first order of business in the morning. . . ' ntloiittl Institute tf Architect. ST. LOUIS.' Oct. K Vice-President C.eorire II. Post, ot Nt-w York, presided ftt the second day's reKiIon or the National Institute of American Architects in tt absence of President RjrxihHm. who left last niKht for Atlanta Ia. The institute listened to papers by Norman -SJ. ration, of Chicago, an i James H. CiKk. of llrmphi. The usual nomination c;Mnrr.Itte for ofiicers to serve the ensulrt year were selected. It is considereu alryt n certainly that .George P. Peat, of New York, will be elected presideut. W. t Sirdih, of Nhs.v vllle, extended an invitation on beh4lf of the managers of the exroltlsn to be h!4 in that city next year to attend a a body, and also hold the next annual convention in that city. The Invitation were accc::J by a ur.ininsoua vctc ,