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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1895.

THE DAILY JOURNAL Fill DAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1S95.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL l an be fwinU at Ue follow tug pia-H 1'AKIS Anierka jLthngi lu lui, M BouIer&rJ aructn. .NEW YORK Gllaey House, Wudor Hotel and Xilor H (Mite. t illt'AtiO ralmer IIoum, Auditorium ilotel and V. U. hw Co 1 Adam street. CINCINNATI J. R. Hawley 4 Ca., m Vine street. LOUISVILLE-C. T. Deering. cortnweftt rot-ntr of TbtnJ and Jeffenon t., and Louiav.lle Doolt Co., 304 ouith ave. 'I. LOL'IS Union 5w Company, Union Depot. V ASHINGTON, D. C. rTbtsu House, Ebbirt now lilanl Hotel ami the WahlngtoD. Nt KxcHaugs, litn ftreet, bet. recn. ave. andjr atrteu This is the first administration that has ever treated a treasury deficiency as a matter of no consequence. "Importers' on Top" is the caption of an article in an Eastern paper. Why should they not be on top when the present tariff, except on iron, was made for them? . The bank clearings for the first ten months of 1S02 were $50,401,622,326. against J43.119.664.670 this year. A difference of $7,000,000,000 represents a vast amount of business. The Cleveland organ which , remarks that th elections of 1894 and 189. are not conclusive demands for a change in the tariff policy seems to think that the vote should have been unanimous. It will Brieve as well as astonish the enemies of . monopoly to learn that the son of that alliterative foe ,of trusts and "combines," the Secretary of Agriculture. Is the man who cornered rock salt and doubled the price. It should relieve the real aspirants for the Republican candidacy for Governor to know that. Representative. Steele and Mr. Chambers will not enter the race, as they would have many supporters, because they belong to the gubernatorial class. The esteemed, citizens who are holding down good offices are enthusiastic for a third term- f6r Mr. Cleveland. If the dwindling of the Democracy shall continue as during the past two years the. officeholder .will constitute the majority of the. party. To obtain revenues the British tariff has specific duties ali along the line, but when our statesmen desire our markets for other peoples they adopt an ad valorem duty. Rritlsh free-traders, however, legislate for Great-Britain, while ouis legislate against the United States. If the combination which has doubled the price of rock salt Is a corporation tinder the laws of any State a law could be framed by which it could be punished. If the combination had advanced the price while there was a duty on salt the putting up of the figures would have been charged to the protective duty. It la now on the free list. No doubt San Francisco would take good care of the Republican national convention if it should go there, but there are two serious objections to It. The distance Is so great that the Journey , would be tiresome as well as expensive, and the difference in time between San Francisco and Eastern cities would place the newspapers at a great disadvantage In publishing the proceedings. Those who rather agree with Secretary Carlisle in regard to the retirement of the greenbacks criticise him because he offered no substitute for them. "When he has time he will recommend the repeal of the tax on State bank notes and a national bank scheme which cannot compete with the State bank, which will pay no federal taxes and be a good deal of go-as-you-please in regard to the issue of notes. Senator Vest, In a published Interview which he wrote himself. In reply to written questions, lays the responsibility for the recent Democratic defeats on the President, who, he says, "was surrounded by a lot of incense burners who told him he could do no wrong." and who are now "telling the President that the recent elections demonstrate his foresight." The Missouri Senator is evidently somewhat Incensed himself. ' When it was stated that Mr. Manley, of Maine, had engaged a. suite of rooms In Chicago to be used as Reed headquarters during the next Republican national convention it was regarded as a certain Indication that the convention was to be held In that city. But It seems not. Mr. Manley says he has engaged a suit of thirty room in each of the cities of Chicago, San Francisco and Pittsburg, conditional on the convention being held in one of those places. He evidently does not propose to take any chance. The address of Governor Matthews, delivered In Philadelphia last night, is a good presentation of what might be called the sentimental aspect of the Cuban question. Perhaps the Governor thought the address would be too long or too heavy if he wtnt Into a discussion of historical questions or points of international law, and so followed a line of thought more acceptable to the popular taMe. The address shows warm sympathy with the insurgents and Is pervaded by a patriotic, American spirit. The original report of the Senate committee investigating the charges connecting Joslah Qulncy with a questionable contract for the printing of the Patent Office report was withheld upon the appeal of Governor Russell, of Massachusetts, and others, and a milder one constituted: The Republicans have a copy of tV? original report, which will ts jrlnte niw that Qulncy Is the Dem

ocratic candidate for Mayor of Boston. But evidence of crookedness does not count for much against Democratic candidates, even In Boston.

TWO FINANCIAL IILINDEHEIIS. The Indications are that when Congress meets the country will be treated to a fresh lot of whimsical financial recommendations by the President and his Secretary of the Treasury. The former has no original Ideas on the subject and takes his views ready made from the Secretary. A year ago, when Mr. Carlisle launched his grotesque scheme for "the reorganization and reformation of our paper currency system." devoting nearly one-third of his annual report to elaboratlng it. the President Indorsed it in blank. "The Secretary explains his plan so plainly," he said, In his annual message, "and Its advantages are developed by him with Euch remarkable clearness that any effort on my part to present argument In Its support would be superfluous. I shall, therefore, content myself with an unqualified Indorsement of the Secretary's proposed changes in the law." The scheme thus unqualifiedly Indorsed by the President ' was bo crude and faulty that it was almost universally condemned throughout the country, and the bill embodying it was killed in Congress. There are indications that the two distinguished organizers of financial blunders and disaster will get together again this vear on a new platform, the Secretary elaborating the plan and the President giving it his "unqualified indorsement." Mr. Carlisle is so whimsical and shifty. In his financial views that it is impossible to predict what he will recommend. In :his speech, a few days ago, before the New York Chamber of Com merce, he characterized the greenbacks as "the fundamental vice in our currency system," and said that legislation for their retirement "is imperatively needed." In his last annual report he said that whatever objections might lie against the greenbacks upon either constitutional or financial grounds, "they have become so -incorporated into cur currency system and constitute so large a part of our active circulation that they could not be suddenly withdrawn without producing considerable disturbance in the fiscal operations of the government, as well as the business of the people." The situation has not changed materially during the last year, and certainly the conditions are no more favorable for the retirement of the greenbacks now than they were a year ago. It is said the Secretary will ask authority from Congress to issue a shortterm bond, bearing a low rate of interest. The obvious purpose of such, an issue would be to raise money to meet the current expenses of the government and maintain the gold reserve. Such bonds would be readily taken by the people. If the President and Secretary had urged Congress a year ago to authorize such an issue they might have avoided the transaction with the foreign syndicate, which cost the government so dearly. The following, from an Interview with Senator Sherman in the Journal of yesterday, states the case correctly: The great mistake was in the way the Democratic administration has tampered -with the gold reserve. It should have issued short bonds of five years' duration, which the people here would have taken up quickly at 3 per cent., and with thl. paid the expenses of the government instead of trenching on the gold reserve. These short bonds, of course, would. have been paid for in legaltender notes. Instead of doing this the administration permitted domestic and foreign bankers to clear $11,000,000 by selling bonds for gold at 4 per cent. A year ago the Secretary and President thought the Wilson-Gorman tariff law would yield a gTeat deal more revenue than it has. For the fiscal year ending June 30. 1894, the Secretary estimated a deficit of $20,000,000, whereas it was nearly three times that amount. He also said, in his last annual report: "My opinion is that the laws now in force will yield an ample revenue for the fiscal year 1836." Nearly half of the fiscal year 1896 Is gone, and yet there is a regularly recurring monthly deficit. Another evidence that the Secretary and the President greatly overestimated the revenue from the Wilson-Gorman tariff Is that" last spring, when Senators Allison and Gorman agreed on an amendment to an appropriation bill giving the Secretary authority to issue exchequer notes to provide for the current expenses of the government, the Secretary said he did not need it, and the power of the administration was successfully used to defeat the project. Now he proposes to ask Congress for authority to issue a short-term bond. In other words, he proposes to ask now for assistance which he refused last spring. Truly, Mr. Carlisle's misplaced confidence in the Wilson-Gorman tariff has proved very damaging to his financial reputation, if he ever had any. Mr. Carlisle flops and flounders so that it is impossible to predict with certainty what new scheme ho will propose in his forthcoming report. Whatever It Is, the President will doubtless give it his "unqualified indorsement." and the two will still stand together, twin blunderers in finance. WIXTER WHEAT MILLERS' PLEA. "The Journal fears that the Winter Wheat Millers League will not be successful In its efforts to secure the reenactment of the reciprocity clause of the McKinley tariff law. It and all the commercial treaties made under it were set aside by the repealing clause of tho present tariff law, without the courtesy of formal notice by Congress or the administration. Several of these reciprocal arrangements were the results of long and skillful negotiation because the parties of the other side were not anxious to enter into them. They did finally enter into treaties because the President had power,. under the McKinley law, to discriminate against countries which would not give us an advantage in their markets. The principle underlying these reciprocal treaties Is that of protection. rand free-traders like the President are as hostile to it as to protection by a discriminating duty. Besides, we have nothing to offer now to countries with which the winter-wheat millers and others desire to have the re clprocal relations restored. Sugar was the basis of a larger part of the reciprocal treaties, because the McKinley- law put raw sugar on the free list, with a proviso giving the President power to impose duties upon countries which would not offer us sjocial advantages In their markets. Cuba wanted a reciprocal arrangement because her sugars would be sure to be discriminated against if Spain did not enter Into such an arrangement as was finally made. Spain did not

want such a treaty, because it not only deprived her of revenues, but took from her a market in Cuba for her inferior wheats. The whole sugar schedule would require marked revision to make It possible for our government to go to Spain with a proposition for a commercial treaty which would enable the American millers to regain the Cuban flour trade in return ,.for discriminating duties on sugar. The same is true of Germany. Having thrown awav the duty on wool which made the American wool-growers' clip remunerative and reduced the rate on woolen goods, it was necssary to impose a 40 per cent, tax on raw sugars to secure nearly enough revenue to run th government. With the destruction of the reciprocal treaties which gave to the American farmer and miller the market of Cuba and a larger part of the markets of South American countries, and a better show in Germany, the free-trade President and . Congress imposed a 40 per cent, duty on sugar, to be paid out of the pockets of the consumer. Undoubtedly that is the finest illustration ot the beauty of free tradethe taking away of the farmers' and millers markets and the imposition of a tax of 40 per cent, on an article of-necessity which had been on the free list. The Journal hopes that the Winter Wheat Millers League may be successful. It will do. what it can to help them, but it is warned not to be sanguine. Grover Cleveland is yet President, and the tariff legislation that he favors is that which will be advantageous to every other people except those of the United States.

Ol" II D03IEST1C TRADE. Senator Burrows's recent address before, the New York Chamber of Commerce on "Our Domestic Commerce" contained some statements in regard to the magnitude of that branch of our trade which must have surprised even those accustomed to deal with" large business transactions. A considerabla portion of the address was given to a review of the beginning and development of our commerce, both foreign and Gomestlc, and' to explaining the wise provision of the Constitution which strips the States of all control over the subject of commerce, either foreign or interstate, and lodges it exclusively in the general government. "The limit of the power thus conferred," said Senator Burrows, "has probably never been reached or definitely determined. That it is supreme within the limits of the Constitution and commensurate with the requirements of trade is beyond doubt or controversy. That it can follow our commerce through every avenue of traffic, whether on land or sea, guarding and protecting it with ceaseless vigil and unchallenged power, is established by an unbroken line of Judicial determination and the unquestioned practice of the general government. It reaches and controls not. only the object of commerce, but exercises a supervisory care over all the instruments by which that commerce is carried on." It Is most fortunate that the control of the general government over commerce between the States and with foreign countries is thus supreme, exclusive and far reaching. If It were otherwise there might be as many different tariffs as there are States, and commerce between the States would be hampered and handicapped at every State line. As long as that wise provision of the Constitution stands, and it will stand as long as the Constitution itself, no human power can obstruct the free and natural growth of our inland trade. As a partial exhibit of the extent of this trade. Senator Burrows raid: One hun3redl anJ eighty thousand" miles of railway, entering every State and Territory and penetrating to the centers of industry and trade, present a single highway of commerce over which, in the year 1893. there were moved 7.7.4U,430 tons of freight, a dlrtance of 90,2,057,290 miles, and 623,965,973 passengers over an aggregate mileage of 15,148.711.933. Take another channel of trade the great lakes embracing within their coast lines of 3.000 miles more than one-half the freshwater area of the globe. The measurement of vessels of every description on the lakes June 30, 1894, was 1.227.400 tons, more than one-half of the total tonnage under the American flag and 33 per cent of the total steam tonnage of the United States, all engageJ in the commerce of these great inland seas. The magnitude of this commerce may be judged from the fact that , more than 35,000,000 tons of freight passed through the Detroit river during the last season of navigation.' while the freight tonnage through the Sault Ste. 'Marie canal in 18U4 was 13,250.000 tons o.OOO.OfHi tons more than passed through the Suez canal. It is officially stated that the vessel tonnage passing through the Detroit river In 1890 was over 8.000.000 tons in excess of London, about double that, of Liverpool andnearly equal to the two combined. The estimated value of traffic on the lakes during the season of 1890. amounting to 30,299.000 tons, was $312,322,290. It is impossible to get more than a vague Idea of these bewildering figures, yet, vast as they are, they fall short of representing the entire volume of domestic trade which runs through thousands of minor channels and constitutes an aggregate that may well stagger the credulity of the world. Senator Burrows's address was entirely free front political bias. Though a strong advocate of protection, he made no direct reference to the beneficial results of that policy in developing American industries and trade. Nor did he, as he might have done, say that a domestic trade of such vast proportions argued a domestic market of incalculable value which should be defended against foreign invasion and preserved for Americans.- As he was addressing a commercial body, he eschewed partisan allusions, but clu logic- of his speech was strongly in favor of Republican policies. The taxes for 'city .Improvements' are in themselves a sufficiently heavy burden without adding to them the anxiety which the present cumVrsone and bungling method of assessnenr causes. If a taxpayer had noothcr business in life than to hunt up and. pay his taxes on improvements he might escape the danger of having his property seized for a delinquent tax of which Tie had never heard unless he happens to hear of it through an alleged lawyer who has often made him pay live or six times the amount of the tax as fees or blood money. Probably if the work were to be done over again, with the present experience, some less elaborate and more equitable system of assessments for city improvements would be adopted, but it Is now too late. This being the case, it is due . to those who have been burdened with the cost of the improvements that a plan be adopted which will make It possible for the assessed to have- all of his assessments put upon one bill, so that he can pay all the driblets of assessments against his property. If men and women were made for nothing else than to hunt up and pay taxes it would be different, but they are not. Consequently those vho assess the taxes should devise

some plan by which all Assessments can be put upon one bill. To the novice there appears a vast deal of circumlocution in the so-called system of assessing and collecting taxes In Indiana. The reports from the winter-wheat belt are not encouraging, for next year's crop, but It Is early , yet. In this State the outlook is reported to be bad, while Kansas reports a reduced acreage. Doubtless the drought has had a bad effect upon the prospects of the crop. From abroad the. news is not favorable to a large crop. Australia is likely to be an importer, instead of an exporter. From Argentine the reports are unfavorable. India reports a falling off. The Russian outlook is far from promising. Under such conditions wheat should not be a beggar in the market, since, if these reports are true to any considerable extent, all the wheat there is. will be needed before another crop is available. Nevertheless, cash wheat has been higher of late than speculative futures held on margins. WInler School of .Agriculture. Time was -vhen it was generally believed that anybody could grow up to be a good farmer without education. That Is not the present time, since in recent years It has been discovered that agriculture involves more of the principles of : natural science than most other branches of industry. It has. also been demonstrated that the most successful and progressive farmers are those .who have been .able to apply tho widest experience of others, agricultural chemistry, etc. Many of. the ablest men In the State are excellent farmers, and, considered from the point of view of the new departures which practical science has brought to the leading industries, no field of effort holds out more flattering inducements in Indiana than progressive farming. The change of sentiment regarding the education which the successful farmer should have Is recognized by the establishment of a winter school of agriculture In connection with Purdue Unlrersit j which has been In successful operation for seven years. On Jan. 6 the eighth session will begin and continue until March 20. President Smart and Professor Latta say this winter school Is designed to meet the wants of young men and women who desire to excel In some agricultural pursuit, and it is safe to claim more, because it ran be proved by ecores of young men and women that the school' presents the very, knowledge they need. There are six courses of instruction, namely: Live stock husbandry and veterinary hygiene; farm dairying; soils, crops, fertilizers and farm buildings; horticulture, economic botany and entomology; agricultural chemistry, bacteriology, vegetable parasites and rural law; practical lectures by stockmen, farmers . and horticulturists. Eight professors will give instruction, and lectures will be delivered by a. dozen successful farmers in Indiana. To be sixteen years ,ot age and have a fair common school education are the requirements for admission though there is no examination. The best, progress is made by persons about twenty years of age, who have had practical experience in -farming. A term of eleven weeks Vvlll cost about $00, but If the student has one of the free scholarships offered to each county farmers organization, the cost y. Ill be $10 less. For further information address Professor Latta, of Purdue University. Lafayette, Ind. So rare an opportunity should cause three or four, hundred young-men and women who are sensible enough to-appreciate agriculture as a vocation , to" attend ' the winter school of agriculture this year. lltflDLKS IV TIII5 Alii. - -

When He OeU It. v ' Visitor Does mamma;.' give .you any tiling for being a good boy? . ' Tommy Nome. She gives it to me when I ain't. ' Dramatic. "Miss Flippetts toll me that' you reminded her of a hero." "Haw!" ,V,V "Of a stage hero, tshe said anybody could pull the wool over your .eyes' Circumvented. "There:". said Dauber, "the committee can sky that picture and be Warned to them!" "What Is It?" asked the: man who Is no Impressionist. ' v: : . "A -study of the moon." Right In the F1rt Place. "5ir!" shouted the man who had been run over, "I want to tell you that you are no gentleman r excuse me, madam miss," as he found he was talklng.to a bloomeriste, "but anyhow, I was right."-. CARLISLE'S SPEECH.. Doubtless this speech fairly reflects and projects upo.i the popular mind, the attitude of the administration upon the question of j the finances the uppermost lcsuc before the ! country. Philadelphia Record. Unfortunately, yet not unjustly, he has acquired the reputation of being able to speak on more than one side of more than one subject, and thus hi - words carry less weight than the words of men who have less ability and rather firmer convictions. Milwaukee Sentinel. The points he made at the New York Chamber cf Commerce dinner, are all good, and one which especially appeals to popular sentiment is that the time has come when party platforms must be clear and unequivocal in their financial, utterances. Plttsourg Chronicle Telegraph. The Secretary of the -Treasury, who has Just , been plowed under-in his own State, and the administration' that has already gono to Join McGinty are in no position to Inaugurate and carrv through, a financial ciange which would be .radically revolutionary. Chicago Inter Ocean. The greenback has served a good purpose in the financial system of the Nation. If Its period of usefulness Is at an end it should now be retired only in favor of a better medium of exchange. As yet no satisfactory or even safe plan of substituting other notes has been brought forward by the government. Chicago Record. ;v . Sherman's pupil, Secretary Carlisle, makes a strong case against the greenbacks., and so will his other pupil. President Cleveland, In ft Is message to Congress, the week after next. The Senator himself, however, thinks the greenbacks are a pretty good sort of a currency, and will defend them In Congress If they need defense. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The greenback was all right until the Democratic party came, into full control of the government. It answered every purpose as a representative of value until a Democratic deficit-producing tariff law was written Into the statutes. That Is the point of the whole trouble, but1 Mr. Carlisle carefully avoided all reference to it. New York Recorder. Everybody knows that the reason why these greenbacks were. not held back was because they were needed to meet a deficit in revenue because they were used to can eel another debt of the government which was being dally contracted. The first thing to be done, therefore, is to increase the revenue to the required level. 5prir.sfield Republican. Ills argument is a sound one. So long as the greenbacks and the Sherman treasury notes can be presented at the treasury with a demand for their redemption In gold, and are to bo immediately , paid out again, whether for government expenses or for any other lawful purpose, the Treasury Department acts as a bank instead of being simplv a public agency for managing the fiscal affairs of the government. Chicago Tribune. For the Secretary of th Treasury, at this time, to Indulge in any- attack upon the greenback currency system of the United States, would be not only a useless, but. a dangerous affair, since it would simply tend without. Justification ana with reckless folly to foster an attack before the whole world against the currency system of this country.

It i? not the duty of the American Perretary of the Treasury to have anything to do with such business. Boston Advertiser. If we must continue under Cleveland and Carlisle financiering the argument for the withdrawal of the greenback currency has force. The atruggle to maintain specie payments on a deficient revenue in the face of $156,0(,000 demand notes is difficult and costly. -We believe, however, the coming Congress will hold that Its first duty is not to pay off non-Interest bearing notes of the government, but to stop the chronic shor;age in the revenue. Philadelphia Tress. ABOUT PEOPLE AXD THINGS.

The Prince of Wales receives on a daily average between five and six hundred letters, two hundred of which are of a begging character. Mr. Edward W. Bok. editor of the ladles Heme Journal, has declined an otter ot $3,000 to deliver fifty lectures during tht coming season. German is said to be the favorite languige of the court of England, owing to the fact that It Is easier for the Qneen to speak that language. In the family of the Duke of York, who speaks little German, English Is used almost exclusively. Ferdinand. Knight of Frledland, son of a sister of Lassalle, the founder of modern socialism, a couple of years ago Inherited from his father, a wealthy broker, 400.000 florins and spent it like a fool, , running into enormous debts besides. A court in Vienna has Just sentenced him to a Jail term because of "reckless failure." Dukes were first created In England In the reign of Edward 'III. In the reign of Elizabeth the race was temporarily extln gulshed, she having beheaded the only one, the Duke of Norfolk. James I. however, restored ihe ducal rank by creating dukes of Richmond and ' Buckingham; the former honor soon expired and .was not renewed until the time of tbe civil wars. Additions to the long list of victims at Monte Carlo continue to be made. The other day the Countess Jomdes, member of a well-known noble family, and her lx teen-year-old daughter were found dead In one of the hotels of the city. They had, taken poison, it was found upon investigation, after losing $00,000 at the tables, practically becoming penniless. They had been in Monte Carlo only a week. The Boston Budget tells a story of a little girl who went .to church on a recent Sunday with her mother, a devout member and regular attendant of the Episcopal Church. The little one sat very quiet and demurely through all the long service, but her quick little ears and bright little brain were not so quiet as was indicated. After the service she looked up Into her mother's face, and "Mamma," she asked, earnestly, "they say 'Ah men so much; why don't they say 'Ah lady? " William M. Evarts, who soon will be seventy-eight years old. Is practically In retirement. To an interviewer he said the other day: "I am bothered somewhat with my' "eyes; otherwise I am In very good health, and I get about very nicely. I cannot, use my eyes to read, and this is a great deprivation. Beyond this affliction' I have nothing in the world to complain of. 1 take a great interest in all that is going on In the Nation, and I have not lost a particle of my concern in public affairs. I havt come to tho conclusion, looking over events in the last two years, that the candidate of the next Republican national convention Is sure to be elected." ' A symphony In black and white The keyboard lies before her; Of symphony nor melody Is she a sweet outpourer. The scriptural Injunction she ' Is earnestly pursuing She never lets her right hand know What her left hand Is doing. Judge. He blows In all the cash he gets, And all his friends can spare; He blows in credit, self-respect-All goes as free as air. ' And when he's blown in everything And nothing more remains, , He turns about reverses things. And blows out his fool brains. Kansas City Journal. HOME MARKET CLUB ANNUAL BANQUET OF BOSTON'S PROTECTIOX ORGANIZATION. Speeches by the Honn. Charles Emory Smith, II. Clay Kvani, Warner Miller nnd Other Republicans. BOSTON". Mass., Nov. 21. The Home Market Club held Its annual banquet at Music Hall this evening. Hon. H. Clay Evans, of Tennessee, Hon. Charles Emory Smith, of Philadelphia, ex-minister to Russia and editor of the Philadelphia Press, and Hon.' Warner Miller, o! New York, made the principal speeches. American wages for American workmen and protection to the American market was the keynote of the remarks, and every mention of Thomas U. Reed or William McKinley called forth great applause. Covers were laid for six hundred, and the galleries were also crowded during the post prandial exercises. Hon. Charles Stott, of Lowell, the newly elected president of the Home Market Club, presided, and directly on his left was seated Hon. Clay Evans, while on the right were Hon. Warner Miller and Charles Emory Smith. Also at the president's table were Congressmen Walker, Draper, Barrett and SImpklns, and Governors Cleaves of Maine, Woodbury of Vermont and Busiel of Nev Hampshire. Governor Greenhalge was unable to be present, but sent a letter of regret. President Stott, In his opening remarks, briefly outlined ,the objects of the Home Market Club, stating that it was not a social club, but a great economic association, organized for the purpose of protection to American Industries, and a bureau- of authentic information on all questions pertaining to the tariff. Congressman Walker, of Worcester, welcomed: the guests in behalf of the commonwealth, after which Charles Emory Smith, of Philadelphia, spoke on "True Americanism In Home Development, Commercial Expansion and National Destiny." He said In part: "I congratulate the Home Market Club on the triumphant vindication of Its principles and on the reinvigorated impulse of its high mission. The American people have had the first fair, full trial of Democratic rule since the darksome and almost forgotten days of James Buchanan. They needed only three months' actual experience to open their blinded yes. and for three successive years they have been iterating and reiterating their verdict on the appalling results of this monumental incapacity. Under this revelation and revolution old lines are crumbling and .States are falling. The glory of 1894 was to redeem ihe House. The fruit of 183 is to regenerate the Senate, not now, but two years from now., To complete the Republican restoration we need only to carry the last bulwark and rescue the presidency, and that will be the crowning triumph of 1S3S. With full power, the Republican party will accept and welcome full responsibility, and it will gladly oblie the issue and the Judgment. Democratic rule has broadly involved three cardinal wrongs. First, it has assailed American development In the shops and on the farms of our people; second, it has withered our commercial advancement by turning the balance of trade against us and flooding us with foreign imports: third. It has repudiated our traditions and humiliated our name and lowered our flag before the world In almost every issue of national honor. It will be for the Republican party to reject this recreant and pusilanimous un-Ameri-canism and to reassert and re-establish true Americanism in home development, commercial expansion and national dignity and destiny." H. CLAY EVANS'S SPEECH. H. Claj- Evans, of Tennessee, was the second speaker, - and his appearance was the occasion of much enthusljsm, the entire gathering rising and giving him three cheers. Mr. Evans dwelt on the South, its growing industries and thelrrelatlons to the tariff. In the course of his address he said: "I am particularly :!nUisted in the object and the purpose of your organization the protection of trade and commerce, the rights and privileges of the citizens of America, first of all. Ours Is the bet home market in the world, because It has the highest standard of values. Cheap goods mean cheap labor, cheaper men. The Vmerican citizen is vigorously opposing the importation of the laborer from tho' overcrowded and poorly paid countries to com

pete for employment here, and If this be objectionable, it is desirable that we should open our markets to the products of that labor made abroad. According to the census, the Nation increased in wealth from $16.000.000,0u0 in 1S to about $6I,0,X),OiiO.OOO In 1S90. "Conditions liave changed In the South since, the civil war. Coal rr.Ines and iron mines have been opened and opera toil with great profit. Iron furnaces, cotton factories and various other industries have been built, giving employment to the unemployed. The factorik have been coming to Nature's tlelds and mountains of raw material. In LSj-o Tennessee stood s the thirteenth State in the production of pig iron. In 1& she stood as seventh State in this respect. In IS" Alabama stood tenth in rank, but In ISO she had passed all but Pennsylvania and Ohio, ranking third. In 1S6S the whole South made only 90.000 tons of pig Iron, but in 1892 the South made, under protection. l,i,0i tons. ' "I have been urged to y som-t'ijrig' on the political situation in the South, apd in doing so I shall be brief and shall deal more with conditions than theorv. - 'The distinguished Speaker (Mr. Crisp) of the last Congress, in a recent address, reminded his hearers that in the noxt national Democratic convention the platform should be made by the people who elected the President and not by those who do not furnish the electoral vote. If this plan be adopted the 176.000 men of Massachusetts and others who voted for Cleveland in 1S92 would not be represented, while the 129.000 of Georgia and the 40.000 .of Mississippi, the ra.OOO of South Carolina, the 130.0t of Alabama, would have a representation of eighty-two delegates. The plan seems reasonable, however. I am content to leave this to- Democracy. "Politics In thf South Is a science. By the application of science to politics In they use of an 'intelligent ballot-box' by 'properly constructed and trained artists.' preceded by a skillful up-to-date registration, up-to-date ballots, the Jesuits will tend to show that the great majority of the voters are relieved from the burdens and duties and responsibilities that in many places attended citizenship. I -am- quite k convinced the people are finding out the fact that the South being politically solid. Is the greatest barrier to good government, and has made those States easv prey for the corrupt rings; while it has discouraged enterprise." retarded progress and destroyed confidence. Bourbon Democracy is on the decline In the South; "patriotism is taking the place of prejudice. The neonle

are looking more to the future than the past. Tennessee stands to-day in the heart of the solid South, jui ting 'the clouds of prejudice and hate that has hung over it, and I trust soon the sunshine of prosperity and good government will light alike every State In the Union." Hon. Warner Miller, of New York, followed Mr. Evans. He said, in part: "Allow me to congratulate you on an Improve ment in the market for home products over the past two years; on an Increased output of all our leading industries; on the reemployment of large numbers of laborers at wages nearly or quite up' to the standard of 1S92: on the Increased demand and advanced prices of our principal agricultural products, 'cotton and .wheat, and, more especially, on the return of confidence In every department of business which is the necessary forerunner of the return of the era of propperlty which was so suddenly checked by. the. elections of ; With a Republican House In power, a Republican majority assured In the Senate and the certainty of the election of a Rejutlican President next year, we may unhesitatingly prepare for a greater activity n our manufacturing interests. We have, heretofore, devoted our energies to the development of the natural resources of our domain with so much success that the accumulation of wealth and the pawer of producing beyond our wants compels us to seek closer relations with., the outside world." Brief remarks .were also made by Lieutenant Governor Wolcott. ex-Lieutenant Governor Halle and Hon. A. W. Beard. - A WAITING GAME. The Several Powew Are "Watching; Each Other nnd Turkey. New York Evening Post. . It is Impossible at this writing to say what the outcome of the concert of the powers In Turkish waters is likely to be. What is plain is that the Turkish empire in Asia is given over to anarchy, or. In other words, is practically broken up, and that there is not the smallest likelihood that the Sultan can raise any force sufficient to restore order. It is the plainness of this fact which is. probably causing the hesitation and procrastination of thi united powers. They have discovered at last that the Sultan can do nothing, and therefore coercing him at' Constantinople will not affect the situation In Asia Minor. And yet all that they can do with the fleets is to coerce him at Constantinople. They can seize him. lock him up. or depose him, but the chances are . that the news of this would Inflame the fanaticism of the Kurds and Asiatic Turks still" more, and lead to fresh, or rather, more extended massacres. Both the British and French and Austrian governments ar6 there, shrinking from a naval demonstration, while the massacres continue, and the near approach of winter, which in that region Is extremely severe, makes the prospect appalling for the families whose homes have been destroyed. Now It so happens that the only power which can act on the situation, which can apply force where it will do the most good, is Russia.. She has a large army just across the frontier, and could get right in among the murdering Kurds and Turks within a very few days. Thus far she appears to have taken little or no part in the discussions with the Sultan, but one does not nead to be a prophet to hazard the conjecture that she Is waiting for a "mandate" from the powers to occupy Armenia and restore order, which she Is abundantly competent to do. If such a mandate were given her. it would be a close following of the precedent set by the Congress of Berlin, when it gave Austria a mandate to restore order in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the Mussulmans were then busy cutting Christian throats in the old Turkish fashion. The Job was given to Austria because she happened to be nearest the scene of action, and within a very few weeks she had converted the most murderous Turks into peaceable citizens. But and here is the rub she has stayed there ever, since, and. in fact, has annexed the two provinces. That Russia, if she got into Armenia, would hardly get out is -pretty certain, and the powers are probably asking themselves today whether they are prepared for this. Madonna Mia. A Hly-glrl, not made for this world's pain. With brown, soft hair close braided by her ears. , And longing eyes half-veiled by slumbrous tears Like bluest water seen through mists of Pale 'cheeks whereon no love hath left its stain. , Red underllp drawn in for fear of love. And white throat, whiter than the silvered dove, ' Through whose wan marble creeps one purple vein. ' ' - Yet, though my lips shall praise her without cease. Even to kiss her feet I am not bold. Being o'ershadowed by the wings of awe. Like Dante, when he stood with Beatrice Beneath tho naming lion's breast and saw The seventh crystal and the. stair of geld. -Oscar Wilde. Harrison's Position. Philadelphia Times (Dem.) . It Is evident to all dispassionate observers of our presidential candidates "that Harrison 1 not managing a presidential campaign for himself. Since his retirement from the presidency he has uniformly exhibited the highest standard of dignity and decorum, and whatever has been done to promote his interests was not inspired by hlmK.lf. He may or may not be a candidate when the convention meets, depending probably upon the political conditions which exist at the time. There may be a sentiment, sucii as forced the nomination of Mr. Cleveland in defiance of tho political leaders of his party, that will be sufficiently powerful to force the nomination of Harrison. If so it must come from the considerate Judgment of the people, and in that event he may be nominated, and he could not decline. Will Overlook It. Kansas City Journal. ? It Is said that Dr. Parkhurst Is much addicted to piano playing. Every prominent man. however, has hl weaknesses. The Doctor will continue to enjoy a large measure of public esteem.. Oh. of Course. Washington Post. , Of course, the Republican 'national convention will be hf Id wherever Joe Manley and General Clarkson may happen to engage rooms. Money Worth. Washington Post. . The Chicago and St. Louis editors are now compelled to sell their thoughts for a penny. Xeier Liked It. Washington Post. Mr.' Cleveland never did like war, anyiiow. His known repugnance dates from 1S1. ' ' The- GUI of It. Philadelphia North American.. , . Grover'a message might be ompresed into this one expressive word: "Ilelpi"

HUNG UP BY THE HAIR

CLOTHES SOAKED IN OIL AND Ilt ll.NED IN REAR OF THE PALACE. Fate of the Queen of Corca. Her Moth cr'nnd Ladles In Watting, an Reported ly Chinese? Newspaper. THE STORY X0T CONFIRMED WHY THE TAI-WON-KIN ROSE AGAINST HER ROYAL HIGHNESS. Her Majesty Was Preparing to .Massacre ISO of Her Opponent Russian Preparations for n Poaslblt War. VANCOUVER, B. C. Nov. 21. Chinese lepers by the steamer Empress of China aie bitter In their attacks on the Japamee-authorities in Corca. whom they blame for the murder of the Queen. They assort that Japan is a nation pretending to tw civilized, but is the most barbarous oh x-arth. The Queen was hung vp by the hair. and. after being otherwise abused, tied hand and foot, soaked in oil and burned in the rear' of the ralace. her remains bcingVreduced to ashes so that all traces might be lost. Thirty attendants of the Queen. It !s alleged, were butchered, their corpses bfir.g left about the pala?e. When the palace was attacked, of some 1W guards on duty, only six remained at their posts and they were quickly dispatched. According to Chinese reports there were fifteen women of title in 'the court, the Queen, her mother and thirteen ladles i.n waiting. They were nearly all soaked in oil and burned, while the men's throats were the Qneen Wan Killed. SAN FRANCISCO. , Nov. 21. The steamer Rio do Janlero arrived to-day from Yokohama and Hong Kong. No conflrmatiou could be obtained ot the stories brought to Victoria by the steamer N Empress of China that the Queen of Corea had been burned in oil. The Japan Mall, under date of Nov. 5. says: "Before the coup d'etat took place the Queen.. of Corea was secretly maturing a pdatical scheme Involving .the murder of not. less thuh 120 persons of the opposite faction. A list of the Intended victims had been draw n up. After the massacre of her opponents It was her purpose to reject Japan's friendly assistance and invoke that of Russia. The discovery of this scheme, though the mo.t terrible part of It does not seem to have been at first known, led tho Tal-Won-Kun and his followers to take -a sudden and decisive step to prevent the Intended atrocity being carried out.' ' ":.'-...'. Tho Corean Minister of the Household ha issued a proclamation announcing the Intended selection of a new consort for ' tho King. According to a time-honored custom the is-sue of this proclamation has the effect of prohibiting for the. time being the marriage of all girls between 'thirteen and seventeen throughout the country. Thirty or forty girls are to be nominated and from among them "will be first selected three and on one of the three the final choice will fall." Additional advices were as follows: Arrests continue among those suppected of being implicated in the murder of -the Corean Queen. These arrests comprise Viscount Miura. the late Japanese minister to that court, and all the members of the legation, together with other Japanese, ofhcials In Seoul, besides a number of private Individuals. The preliminary Investigations have been commenced In Hiroshima, 'where the accused are Imprisoned. Count Inouyne Is still in Corea, but U expected back soon and the opinion is that the Japanese are about to abandon their attempt to control the home and foreign, policy of that country. Arrangements are in progress for the withdrawal of the Japanese troops. In fact. In the face of Russia's opposition, Japan has no option but to clear out. His Imperial Highness. KltashirakawanoMyle. who was in command of the imperial troops in Formosa, died on the th of .October, although, according to th old fashion and regulation he is still rpoken of officially as alive and has been promoted and has had decorations confcrreJ on him. Oriental papers do not seem to be settled on the question of a possible conflict between Russia and England. There is , some pretty serious war talk In some, while others scout the idea of trouble. However, a letter from a correspondent in Vladivostok reports that the Russian military authorities have constructed no less than twelve forts since August last. These are so far imperfect and only suitable for purposes of temporary defense, but a large number of Chinese aie now employed m completing the work. In two or three years' time the forts will become, strong, permanent defenses. At the present time there are fifteen vessels of war belonging to Russia on the Pacific station, all of which have been painted gray and are in readiness for action. The number of troops on shore has largclv increased during the past year an I barracks have been built-in several localities at a r;eavy cost. Docks are also being hastily constructed by several hundred workmen at an outlay, it Is said, of flfty mllllon roubles, and It Is anticipated that they will bo completed before the end of next year. . ' OS TRIAL AGAIN. DrltlsbSConrtu Not Vet Done rrlth Jale Spencer Balfour. LONDON, Nov. 21. The trial of Jabez Balfour and his fellow-defendants In the Liberator : Company's frauds, on . the second indictment found against them, was commenced this mormng. They were con vlcted yesterday on the first indictment. Jabei Spencer Balfour is one of the mo-t despicable scoundrels of his time. He is fifty-two years old, and began life 4n a lawyer's office, where he attracted notice by hi fervid piety, his oestatlon of intoxicant and his horror of playhouses. At the age of twenty-flve he founued the Liberator Building. Association, and described It as a combination of philanthropy and finance, after wlnh he rose vtry rapidly In wealth. At ene time he was at the head of . a dszen companies, all of the iroo character, "conducted, according to his statement, by Christian men. His "shares wero largely taken up by the lower middle cls?e. vh were deceived by his hypocritical pretre of religion, and there are thousands of men and women now mourning th loes of av- ' ings varying from a few dollars to thai'sands, whlcn had been put a.slde for use in case of sickness or death. He lived in splendid ttate during the period of his 111gotten prosperity, was elected Mayor of Croydon, was r ubiseyuently elected a member of parliament and ai rravelr considered by Mr. Gladstone for Postmaster-general in the Ministry In which Arnold Morley held that portfolio. He was a champion of nonconformity, never misted a, servic at his church, and subt.ribM liberally to local charities. The tory of his flight to Argentina and his difficult capture and return to England in custody is well remembered. Cannot Aid Antarctic lleaearchea. LONDON. Nov. 22. The Timos says that the Right Hon. George J. Goshen. F'.rit Lord of th Admiralty, declined to rvet i s a deputation favoring the renewal of Antarctic rcM-arches under 'the auplces of the government on the ground that all of the resources of the navy were required at the present time to piace the fleet n the state of efficiency desired. He. however expre.-ed sympathy w ith the movement., whl X lead to the hope that the government will curtain the proposal ai some future time. Steamer Neasmore Aahore LONDON. Nov, 21. The PrltUh steamer Nessmore. Captain Richardson, from Montreal, on Nov. i. for Liverpool, is ' ashore on Coll Island, off the. coast of Scotland. with fourteen feet of water in' her hold. The crew were landed tsfcly. Tho Nessmore i? built at Barrov. Li'31 and., la 12. She is a screw stein-r of 2.21$ ton? net re;itcr and ia-ownid Ljr uwen, Johnston & Co.