Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1896 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS

JOURNALj SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1893.

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THIS INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Cro be found at tbe following Iare rAltl.s Ar:ertceja fcxcLauge In 1'aru, X BouleTard do Cspnrlnes. SKW YOKiC Uey liouse. Windsor Hotel ana Astor lion. Clll( A(iO PaJmer How, Anditorlura Hotel and P. O. ew Ce., VI Adam stretL. CINCINNATI J. . Hawlej 4 Co., 154 Vice street loriSVlLJ.E C. T. IVertnar, northwest corner of TLlnl and JetterBon :., and Louisville Uooa Co., 3J4 onithae. fcl'.LOl'IS L'nicu News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. I. C. RUrsr House, Ebb!tt Honse, NviiLird's llotfl a tu I the Washington News Lxchange, 14ib treet, Let. lenn. art-, anil t' fireet. Tip to Judge Brown: A circuit judge can disagree with the Supreme Court, but he cannot overrule it. The whole country support3 Senator Peffer In his bill to put an end to the abuses of congressional funerals, but that is not In the Populist platform. The papers of Chicago would lead one to believe that -that city has the worst board of aldermen In the country. Thirty of them are said to be saloon keepers. Bids for the new loan will be opened at the ' Treasury Department on next Wednesday. There will be keen interest to know the number and character'of the bids. That they may be able to undersell the American tin-plate makers, the "Welsh manufacturers are demanding a reduction of 12 per cent, in the wages of their employes. Unless Great Britain can find at least one early map sustaining her contention in the Venezuelan boundary dispute her case is gone. All those found thus far are against her. A Legislature chosen by confessed and general frauds upon' suffrage, as was that of South Carolina, is entirely consistent in indorsing such a speech as that of Tillman ,. It Is said that Vice President Stevenson enjoys the attacks upon the President as thoroughly as any Democrat In the country; .Still, It may be doubted, If he couicj -approve of the speech of Senator Tillman. Self-respecting Senators who listened to Senator Tillman's vulgar abuse of the President without calling him to order lost a fine opportunity of putting themselves on record in favor . of parliamentary decency. BSSSSSSBBSBSBSSSSBSSBBSBSBBBSSBIBBIBSSSBSBBBMBBBSBMB Ohio has a liquor law which has taken the saloon quite out of politics and yields a revenue of J2.660.634, but there is a movement to put In its place a local option law. There Is reason. to, believe that a license of $250 Is as much of a check on the traffic as any local option law half enforced would be. It is said the Secretary of State has advised against the adoption of the Senate resolutions calling on the European powers to do their duty in suppressing Turkish outrages In Armenia, on the ground that it is a violation of the Monroe doctrine, which prohibits the United States from mixing in the affairs of the old ' world. This Is exactly the ground taken by the Journal in opposition to the resolutions when they were introduced. The. Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says that the Democratic leaders do not hope to get together on the silver question, but are discussing the idea of making a declaration to the effect that the President should not use the veto to overcome the action of Congress upon a measure which has been long discussed by the country. With Morrison as a candidate upon such a platform the Democratic leaders hope to escape serious division upon the silver question. Mr. John Hays Hammond's account of the situation In the Transvaal country and of the arrest of himself and other 'Americans shows a bad state of affairs, but what can be done about it? If the uitlanders had succeeded in overthrowing the Boer government no doubt they would have established a far more liberal one, but, having conspired against the government and failed, they are at its mercy. The United States government should do everything possible to secure for the Americans a fair trial and lealent treatment, but there is a limit beyond which it cannot go to protect American revolutionists in foreign countries. Senator Vilas treated the country to a new style of oratory yesterday. We have had the dull, the heavy, the prosaic, the soporific, the sophomoric, and, from Tillman, the coarse and eplthetlc. Senator Vilas's style Is "hlghfaluting." He is a phrase maker and hopelessly addicted ta big words. His characterization of bimetallism was unique. He said it was "like dreams that wane before the half-shut eye or pay castles In the clouds that pass forever flitting in the summer sky, always dancing before the vision, always something to be gained but never realized, the glittering bauble has flitted on, ar before the fatuous pursuit In which the public has so long been encaged." And bo on to the end of the sentence. Nobody but Senator Vilas could have written that at least nobody else except gome hlsh school boy or girl. In his speech to members of the National Board of Trade who called at the White House, Mr. Cleveland said he r;r.tcd to acknowledge for the American 1 r - t" cod ruch associations had -t "tto Czy would con

that time some person should have slipped into the President's hand the following, which had been , unanimously adopted: That the National Board of Trade demands of Congress the enactment of such legislation as will re-establish and secure our former reciprocal trade relations between the United States and Mexico and Central and South American countries and Spanish-American colonies. As Mr. Cleveland approved the bill which repealed all the reciprocity treaties he probably did not mean to include the foregoing resolution among the good works of the National Board of Trade.

TIIK WAY OUT. The decision in the apportionment case settles some. Important principles definitely and satisfactorily, but it creates a situation full of practical difficulties. These ought to be discussed in a candid spirit and all the questions arising out of them settled with a view to protecting public interests and preserving the peace and dignity of the State. It is a time for deliberate counsel and wise action in the interest of honest politics, legal methods and republican government. As the Supreme Court has by a series of decisions held the apportionment acts of 1879, 1S91, 1S93 and 1S93 unconstitutional and void, leaving the act of 1SS5 the last one in force, it would seem that a valid act based on the last enumeration can only be obtained by calling a special session of the Legislature or electing a new Legislature under the apportionment of 18S5. Either of these courses would furnish a practical way out of the present entanglement, Vet both are beset with difficulties. The Supreme Court seems to have given some consideration to this phase of the question. In the closing sentence of its decision it says: Consequently, the act of 1SS3 is the last act, and perhaps the only expression of the legislative will left upon the subject of apportionment, and under which Senators and Represntatives may be chosen at the general election of 18, unless the Governor should see fit to call a special session of the Legislature to pass a new apportionment law. This seems to Imply that either course might be adopted, but, of course, the court could not express an opinion on the subject. Chief Justice Hackney, in his separate opinion, which is chiefly a bundle of political suggestions and speculations as to political results, with little or' no bearing on the case at bar, goes as far as he dared in suggesting the holding of an election under the act of 18S5. If the Governor does not see fit to call a special session of the Legislature this will be the only alternative. A Legislature elected under the apportionment of 18S3 would work serious injustice to counties which have Increased largely In population since that time, but no way out of the present difficulty can be suggested that is not open to some objections. The search should not be for a way out that is free from objections, because this cannot be found, but for one in which the difficulties can be overcome by considerate action and which will lead back to the highway of constitutional legislation. To this end it is the duty of both parties and all party leaders to contribute as far as possible, and those who show the best disposition In the matter will stand best with the people. tub presidems responsibility. , In-an . article covering nearly half a page the New York World shows that In all the bonds Issued since February, 1870, the word "coin" is used, and that in the decisions of the treasury officials coin has been declared to mean gold. It calls attention to the fact that in No.vember, 1894, Secretary Carlisle negotiated JCO.000,000 of coin bonds on a call loan which yielded investors but 3 per cent. It quotes his annual report of Dec. 3, 1894, to the effect that in Mr. Carlisle's judgment "a 2-per-cent. bond having reasonable time to run could be negotiated." All the while he was speaking of "coin" bonds, coin meaning c ither metal which the creditor should prefer. The first time that a difference between coin and gold was mooted was by President Cleveland in his special message a month later. That message, asking to be authorized to Issue a 3-per-cent. gold bond, officially cast upon the bonds in which the word "coin" appears a suspicion that national good faith would not be maintained as It had been. Congress refusing-to change the term coin to gold, which might have affected the values of all bonds then In existence, the President proceeded to sell a coin bond bearing 4 per cent. Interest at lOIVs to the syndicate, Instead of the 3-per-cent. gold bond. The World charges that by thi3 performance the President cast a suspicion upon the good faith of the Nation and injured its credit. That the 104-p?r-cent. bonds sold to the syndicate rose to over 120 proved that investors did not share the President's views regarding the coin and the gold bonds. There is unquestionably a basis for the charges of the World. There was no difficulty in selling the equivalent of a 3-per-cent. gold bond until Mr. Cleveland had been influenced by the syndicate to cast suspicion upon the word coin and upon the faith of those who should succeed him in the administration of the government. The contentions of the sllverites have, no doubt, contributed to the existing suspicion, and that element is responsible in no small degree for the low bids which are said to be made tor the bonds now advertised, but it must be admitted that the President was, the first to arouse suspicion, more than a year ago, and that he increased it by his alarming special message before the holidays.. . A VICTORY FOR HONEST POLITICS. The best feature in the decision of the Supreme Court setting aside the apportionment acts of 1S93 and 1S33 is that it shows an earnest purpose to treat the question judicially and to base the decision on fundamental principles. The approach to this position has been slow on the part. of the courts and people, but it seems to have been reached at last. The movement has been an educational one, and the result is a triumph for principles which the Journal nas been advocating for many years. The present decision crowns the work of previous ones and puts an end to gerrymandering in Indiana. Hereafter no political party In this State will dare to enact an (apportionment law violative of theolaln requirements of the Constitution and the principles of representative government under the specious plea of the discretionary power of the Legislature to put itself abovte the Constitution. The apportionment act of 1S93 was un-rucrtlc-.ntly the fairest and the nearest c-;::;-Vi::::) ti rc-r'rr ?st3 of the

State, but it contained Just enough of the "double district" evil to bring it under the rule of the court. The rigid rule applied to this act was, of course, fatal to the far more flagrant one of 1S93, and both go by the board. As those of 1891 and 1879 have been held unconstitutional in previous decisions, that of 1SS5 becomes the only existing valid apportionment law of the State. The political b'arings of the decision are of far les3 consequence than its moral results. Whether an election under the apportionment of 1SS5 will return a Republican or a Democratic Legislature is of small concern compared with the Importance of having It settled that the Legislature cannot violate the Constitution and that gerrymandering In Indiana Is at an end. The line of argument pursued by the court in declaring its right and duty to apply the test of the Constitution to all laws is similar to that used in recent decisions by the supreme courts of other States, and will materially strengthen the weight of judicial opinion In favor of that view. The moral effect of the decision is a victory for honest politics. NEED OF A REVISED MOXROE DOCTRINE.

The Monroe doctrine is based upon the assumption that it is inimical to the United States for European governments to exercise sovereignty over more territory on this hemisphere than they held when Mr. Monroe was President. With the exception of a limited number of persons who seem to act upon the theory that the existence of the United States is a mistake, the American people are able to get up a good deal of indignation when there appears to be a purpose on the part of Great Britain to extend the borders of its possessions on this continent. It Is simply a matter of an extension of real estate that fills us all with wrath. As to the extension of sovereignty, over trade and markets, a large part of our people have manifested little interest. They do not see that the acquisition of a few hundred thousand square miles of comparatively worthless territory is of no Importance compared with the capture of the trade of a large area of what is equivalent to a large portion of the United States. But if we do not see this difference other nations, our rivals, do. All of' the more powerful nations of Europe are engaged in efforts to bring portions of Africa; Asia and the islands of the sea in subjection to them, not because mere sovereignty over them Is valuable, but because they are eager for the markets they may afford. Great Britain has an Idea of trade in the extension of its sovereignty over Venezuela. The jealousies between the powers over the acquisition of territory in Africa are not aroused by an ambition for extended political sway, but by the greed for . markets for commercial sovereignty. For a progressive people we seem to have little ambition to exercise the sovereignty of trade in other countries. Neither are we very Jealous to preserve, the control of our own markets for our own people. For instance, during the eleven months of 1893 which ended with November, European nations seized upon $88,608,977 of our domestic trade, which, during the' corresponding period of 1894, it is fair to assume was supplied by domestic industry. The home-made merchandise displaced consisted of wool, woolen goods, pottery, silks, glassware, cutlery and hundreds of other articles which, before the sovereignty over home markets was yielded by the Democratic tariff law, were made at home. Under the open market clause of the Democratic tariff foreigners seized the market for 102,000,000 pounds of wool which had hitherto been held by home wool growers. This means a practical sovereignty over the territory sufficient to maintain about 17.C00.00O sheep. During the first year of the lower tariff on woolen goods the increased value of that class of imported merchandise was over $30,000,000. This means that foreign competitors as completely seized our markets for their own use as if they had acquired the territory and built factories here, with power to close those which had previously supplied the market. These are but a few of the facts which go to show that a revised Monroe doctrine which will insure our own people what may be called a sovereignty over our own markets is much more Important than that announced seventy years ago. THE HOLD-OVER SENATORS. The Supreme Court, in Its decision, practically holds that the Legislature of 1893, elected upon ' an apportionment which It has declared to be unconstitutional, is a valid body. It has declared that a Legislature can be elected under the provisions of the apportionment act of 18S5. Under the provisions of that act, in 1886, but twenty-five Senators were elected, twenty-five holding over under the Constitution, which declares that one-half, as nearly as possible, shall be chosen biennially forever thereafter." If a Supreme Court should undertake to declare that the part of the Senate which holds over is not a constitutional and legally elected body it would make it impossible to elect a Senate without open violation of the Constitution. Furthermore, the Senate is the sole judge of the election and qualifications of its members, and a Senate having passed upon the elections and qualifications of the hold-over Senators, it would seem a palpable violation of the Constitution for a court to interfere to say that they are not Senators. In this connection a few pages of recent history may be instructive. The Legislature of 1893 was elected under the apportionment of 1S91. In December. 1S92, a few weeks after its election, and more than two weeks before the assembling" of the Legislature, the Supreme Court declared the apportionment law of 1S91 unconstitutional. Did tiny one raise the question of the Invalidity of that Legislature? If any one did it attracted no attention. The Legislature of 1S93 met with the knowledge that it was elected upon an apportionment which, after the election, the Supreme Court declared to be unconstitutional, and organized. Governor Hovey, and Governor Matthews after him, recognized Its constitutionality, the latter by approving its acts and carrying Into effect Its laws. The Supreme Court recognized tHe body of 1893 as a valid Legislature ' passing upon the constl tutlonallty of several of Its acts. The Legislature of 1S93, elected upon an apportionment declared unconstitutional after" Its election, passed an apportionment act 'which Governor Matthews &p7 ?' " I!crcover, this Supreme Court

has Just affirmed the validity of that Legislature by declaring Its apportionment act unconstitutional. In addition to all this recognition as the valid Legislature by the, executive and judicial branches of the State government, the people recognized its validity by electtng the Legislature of 1894 on its apportionment, and twenty-five of its Senators became members of the Senate of 1S93 without question and closed their terms of four years more than three years after the court had declared that the apportionment under which they had been elected was unconstitutional. In view of these facts, there seems no good pretext to assail the validity of the right of the hold-over Senators to sit in the next General Assembly. lilllULES IN THE AIR. The LnpleaHnble Woman. "I took out $10,000 insurance on my life to-day," said the meek man. "I suppose you will live for sixty or seventy years now," said his wife, in an aggrieved tone. GeneKla of Appellation. "Mamma, I really cannot see why you call my Reginald 'the lodge; indeed, I cannot." "I call him that because he is such a poor excuse for a man."

Woman and Her Moodn. "Woman," began the corn-fed philosopher, in his generalizing way, "Is a creature of many moods." - "My wife ain't," ventured Mr. N. Peck. "She Is always In the imperative." No Show for It There. "I guess I'll have to go to Philadelphia for my health." "That is-the first time I ever heard of that place as a health resort." "My doctor says I am threatened with quick consumption." TILLMAN'S TIRADE. Of all 'the' mendacious and disgusting speeches ever delivered in Congress this incendiary -effort of Tillman Is the most offensive and unseemly. Richmond Item. Senator Tillman owes his place to political scoundrelism, and has the gall to talk of the danger to free Institutions after having helped rape the ballot box. Huntington Herald. . Tillman's excessive and coarse abuse of the President of the United States may not be unparliamentary in the organization to which he belongs, but it is doubtful whether the language he used would be tolerated In a country debating school. Muncie Times. Such an Inflammatory address delivered In a nest of New York anarchists would have made Tillman the darling of those cowardly murderers; would have enshrined him as patron saint, but a little lower than Herr Most, but delivered in the United States Senate, a dignified, deliberate body, it excited disgust an J abhorrence. Wabash Plain Dealer. CHAIRMAN CJOWDY. Captain Gcwdy has proved himself a most efficient manager of the party's affairs in the past and his experience will be valuable in the coming contest. Princeton Clarion. Captain Gowdy is a fine organizer. He Is thoroughly acquainted with the people, having frequently visited the counties in person. He is zealous and untiring In effort. Madison Courier. ; If "Capt. Jack" Gowdy displays as much prowess in organizing tho Republican forces in the campaign this year as he did in conducting his canvass for re-election to tho State central committee chairmanship, there won't be a grease spot left of the Indiana Democracy next fall. Wabash Plain Dealer. Gowdy has put the party organization In fine form, and the Republicans of Indiana are to be congratulated upon their "selection and the happy termination of their late friendly scrimmage. Mr.Nebekcr, his laie opponent, who la a.thorpughbred gentleman and Republican, has', given assurance of his hearty cc-operation in the coming campaign. Vlncennes Commercial. The "bad blood" that was alleged to have been generated by this contest was entirely In the minds .of meddlesome Democrats. No one who was in , Indianapolis Tuesday could discover the least semblance of anything like "bad blcod," and the party in Indiana goes into the coming contest with a solid front equipped to rout the enemy, horse, foot and dragoon. Delphi Journal. While we in this pf.rt of the State championed the cause of Enos H, Nebeker, believing that under his generalship the battle could be the more easily won, yet since it was decreed othendse.'.and that the Republican hosts shall be marshalled under the leadership of Hon., John K. Gowdy, we loyally submit to the voice of the majority. The adherents of Nebeker are loyal Republicans and will be found in the front line when the battle becomes the hottest. Crawfordsvllle Journal. ., . J Mr. Gowdy has contributed greatly to the strength of his party in the past and will doubtless labor harder than ever to bring success in the campaign now about to open. Mr. Nebeker, who was a candidate for the chairmanship more because his friends urged him than from any personal desire, would have expended every effort in his power to bring success had he been elected. He lost, but we do not believe he 13 one whit the less a thorough Republican for that. South Bend Tribune. CURRENT MAGAZINES. The Critic of Jan. 18 is a fifteenth anniversary number. The February Art Amateur contains a first lesson fcr beginners In China painting; also, a first lesson In wood carving. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt finds time in the midst of his labors as a reformer of political and municipal evils to do some very good historical writing. His paper in Harper on "St. Clair's Defeat" has the interest of romance, while setting forth with accuracy the details of an Important event in the early history of the country. It is made plain by an illustrated article In St. Nicholas for February that Charles Dana Gibson, whose "girl" everybody is acquainted with, was born with his artistic talent. The paper silhouettes which, as a child, he cut with his scissors, for his own amusement, show the existence of a natural ability quite remarkable. The little outline pictures are curiously spirited and expressive. An article In the February Godey descriptive of what the bicycle does for the muscles makes the rather surprising statement that constant practice will result in a slight loss of measurement in the calf of the leg and in the neck. Every other muscular mxsurement will show a symmetrical gain. The chief glory of the wheel is claimed by this writer to be what it does for the trunk and vital organs. The Chap-Book of Feb. 1 announces that with its next Issue its price will be raised from 5 to 10 cents a copy. This is a sign of a reaction against the cheapening of magazines, the publishers arguing that most purchasers will prefer to pay a few cents more for a magazine, provided that he really get3 what he wants. The ChapBook is to keep the same form, but will contain more reading matter and pictures. Two or three serial stories running in St. Nicholas are of the sort much enjoyed by the average youngster, whatever the elders may think of the beneficial results of fiction readincr. One of them is by Miss Sarah rne Jewett, who takes her American heroine on a visit to an English lady of title in her magnificent country house. Another story, chosen by way of contrast, perhaps, deals with the doings of a group of newsboys and bootblacks. Putnam's Sons "Little Journeys" will this year be to the homes of American authors. The series is. for the most part, a reprint of papers originally issued In 1S3 and written by George W. Curtis, Parke Godwin, William Cullen Bryant and others. Emerson, Lowell, llryant. Whitman. Irving, Longfellow, Audubon and ethers are the subjects of these essays, which are made doubly Interesting because of the celebrity of their authors. They are published monthly in dainty pamphlet form, at 50 cents a year. The Cosmopolitan for February contains several contributions of current interest, among them one on the horseless carriage, another on Venezuela, its people and commercial conditions: still another on animal rrznetlm end hypnottrza. Other features

of this attractive number are a play by Sir Walter Besant and Walter Henries Pollock In collaboration, and a short story by Mrs. Deland, the latter containing a forcible lessen to phllantropists engaged In social reforms. James Lane Allen's serial. "Butterflies," Is a series of charming pictures of rural life. Something new in the line of periodicals is Cosmopolis, an "International Review." issued simultaneously in London, Paris, Berlin and New York, and composed in equal parts of Englisn, French and German text by leading writers. No translations will be given, each contribution ap pearing in its original language. The magazine is intended for the especial use of those whose acquaintance with modern languages enables them to follow closely the various literary, political, artistic and scientific movements shaping the life of foreign countries. The English department of the Review contains the first chapters of Robert Louis Stevenson's unfinished story, "Weir of 'Hermiston," a paper by Sir Charles Dilke, a story by Henry James and a very interesting review of Hardy's "Jude the Obscure," by Edmund Gosse. A feature of especial Interest is a critical summary of literature by Andrew Lang, to appear In each number. The English stage will be discussed by A. B. -Walkley in the same manner, while Henry Norman, who has attained some recent celebrity as a "war" correspondent, will offer a political chronicle. French and German writers will keep readers in touch with the literature, drama and politics of their countries. Among the contributors to this issu? are Paul Bourget, Anatoie France, Franclsque Sarcey, Theodore Mommsec and Frederick Spielhagen. Whether a sufficient number of people of cosmopolitan tastes and lingual accomplishments can be found to support such a periodical remains to be seen, but at least it is an enterprise worthy of note. FEBRUARY SKIES.

Two of the four eclipses of the year occur in February. They will both be invisible to North America. The first, an eclipse of the sun, on the 13th, will be annular to the south polar regions and partial to eastern South America and western South Africa. A partial eclipse of the moon, Its greatest magnitude being 87 per cent, of the moon's diameter, will occur on the 28th, and will be visible entire to Europe, Asia and Africa. The moon will occult the 1.3 star Regulus, or a Leo, on the evening of the 27th. about C o'clock, and the occult a Uon will be visible to observers in the central time belt if tho Eastern horizon is clear. Six bright gems Mars, Venus, Saturn, Spica, Regulus and Jupiter almost accurately mark the path of the ecliptic from southeast to northwest In the morning sky, and for several days, with the waning moon for company, they will afford a most interesting view Just before daylight. ' The month opens with Mercury, Neptune and Jupiter above the horizon at sunset Mercury is rapidly approaching the sun, will be at inferior conjunction on the 8th, and by the end of the month will have almost reached Its greatest western elongation. ' Jupiter is in the constellation Cancer, and will, apparently, move westward more than three degrees during the month. His. time for rising U about 4:20 in the afternoon on Feb. 1, and will be half en hour earlier from week to week. He has passed opposition, and his satellites now precede their shadows in transits, and disappear in occultatlon, and reappear from eclipse when they pass behind the "planet. On the evening of the 14th, from 7:28 to 9:43 o'clock, only two of the four larger satellites will be visible separate from the planet, IV being In transit and I In eclipse, and a considerable part of the other visible phenomena connected with his satellites in February will occur at times favorable for early evening observation. On the evening of the 23th Jupiter and the moon will cross the meridian very nearly together at about 10 o'clock, and will bo less than two and one-half degrees apart In inclination. Venus grows less brill?ant from day to day, is west of Mars in Saglrarius, and both are moving eastward. Venus moves much the fastest, passes one an 3 one-half degrees north of Mars on the ?th, and enters Capricornus on the 22d. Saturn and Uranus ore in Libra, and the former now crosses the meridian before sunrise. The milky way extends across the zenith from southeast to northwest, and Ursa Major is entirely above the horizon in the northwest at 7 o;clock oh the first evenings of the month, Perseus Is directly overhead, and the Pleiades are crossing the meridian. Tho sky east of the meridian at thi3 time shows the most attractive constellations of the heavens, carrying Capella, Aldebaran, Rlgel, Bethelgeuse, Pollux, Regulus, Procyon and Sirlus, which are more than half of the brightest stars ever seen in this latitude. Jupiter, the giant planet, add to the splendor of this astern group, and is much brighter than Sirlus, the king of the stellar world. Mira remains visible to the unaided eye, and the most favorable times for observing Algol, near minima, will be at 7 p. m. on the 3d and 9 o'clock on the evening of the 23d. The discovery of a new variable star, 8333 U PegasI, with a period of only five and one-half hours, has , been recently announced by Dr. Chandler. Its magnitude varies from 8.9 to 9.7, the change being continuous throughout the period, and it has been termed "the winking star." The moon reaches last quarter on the 5th, at 6:38 in the evening, passes Saturn and Uranus the next da; Mars 'and Venus within half an hour on the 10th, and becomes a new moon at 10:12 on the morning of the 13th, having passed Mercury a few hours before. First quarter occurs on the 21st, at 3:14 p. m., and full moon in tho afternoon of the 28th, at .1:51 o'clock. Neptune will be passed on the 22d, and attention has already been called to the conjunction with Jupiter, which will be tho most interesting of the month. W. P. WALLIIEISER. Bedford, Ind., Jan. 3L. The Senate Debutlnic School. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: It seems unaccountable that the United States Senators are not forced by public opinion to Speaker Reed's view of the impropriety of turning their chamber into a debating school. One would think, if the distinguished members had no regard for the public service, they would be disgusted with the sort of cheap rant they are compelled to listen to. Wednesday's performance, for example, was a pitiable exhibition of American statesmanship, even If the Senate had nothing better to do than to listen to it. Senator Thurston's peroration in which -he described himself as voting still for a buncombe resolution while the shells from British war shlys were bursting over the dome of the Capitol, richly deServed the ironical headlines the Journal gave it. Then Senator Turpie proceeded to explode shells from American batteries in the grand seraglio of the Sultan. The soul of Senator Voorhees was stirred within him by the flow of so much cheap rant, and he addressed the Senate upon his favorite hobby. What he said was so old and so often rehearsed by him before that one wonders that he thought it worth while to make the effort. He wound up with two assumptions that must have challenged the incredulity of every hearer. The first was that he had for nineteen years been the consistent friend of silver, when it is barely two years since he voted for the repeal of the sUver-purchase law, an administration measure, furiously opposed by the silverites. The second unfounded assumption was that the Democratic party had demonstrated its title to the confidence oi the country. It might have been answered that few men had done more than he to Impair that confidence. Wednesday was probably not worse than many other days in the Senate debating school, but what kind of an Impression must foreigners or our own people form of a body that tolerates week after week of such twaddle when measures of the utmost importance are awaiting consideration, when the treasury is being drained of its gold day by day, and a curency system that is universally condemned goes un reformed? . J. Kingston, Ind., Jan. ZL

SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORK

ELUCIDATION' AND REVIEW OP INTERNATIONAL LESSON, FEn. 2. The Power of Jesuit, nm Related In Luke v, Verses 17--(5 The Proof of the Savior's Divinity. By REV. JAMES E. GILBERT. D. D., Secretary of the American Society of Religious Education, f (These lessons constitute the Sundayschool extension department of the above named society. All who study them are requested to send their name3, postofiice address and denomination, mentioning this paper, to the author at Washington, D. C, for enrollment.) INTRODUCTION. After the sermon at Nazareth a dispute arose in which ill feeling was awakened and Jesus was forcibly thrust out of the synagogue. (Ch.? iv, 23.) Escaping from the mob He went down to Capernaum, where He afterward found a home in the house of Peter. (Mark, lx, 33.) Thence He Journeyed into various parts of Galilee, returning at intervals to rest. Passing over many interesting incidents in the gospel narrative the call of Peter, James and John for the second time (John i, 41), the healing of the demoniac, of Peter's mother-In-aw and of the leper;., the retirement for solitary prayer, we shall study to-day a passage that deals especially with His power. It was stated In the last lesson that He returned to Cililee In the power of the Spirit. (Ch. iv, 14.) Wre ihall now see how He used that power. Every person reveals himself by his deeds. And we may Judge by what we learn here who and what Jesus was His nature and His character, the two great points about which, men have been most concerned. OCCASION. The scene of our lesson was in Capernaum. (Mark, il, 1.) Jesus had entered into some dwelling, perhaps Peter's, accepting hospitality and had engaged in teaching those who came to Him. This last fact must not be obscured by the more startling events recorded, which seem to come Into greater prominence. Jesus was pre-eminently a teacher, and as such He regained His reputation. (John ill, 2.) His king lorn was to be one of truth. John xvlli, 37.) He expected to secure spiritual progress for His disciples only by their knowledge of the truth. (John viii, 32.) He did not confine His teaching to synagogues, but in all proper places and on every possible occasion He opened up the word which He constantly .honored (John V, 39), because that word honored Him. We must approach our lesson with this thought fixed In cur minds. The teaching Is primary and gives color to the miraculous occurrence whlc'.i breaks in Incidentally. The latter must be studied in the light of the former. AUDIENCE. There was a packed house that day. 'me fame of the preacher had drawn the people together in large numbers, some cf them, unable to gain admittance, lingered about the doors, hopinrr that something might be reported of what transpired within. The Interest was greatly increased by the fact that Jesus had just returned, after an absence extending through several weeks. In that assembly wsre Pharisees, the strictest observers of the law of Moses (Luke xvill, 12), zealous eupporters of the time-honored institutions of Judaism. The doctors of the law were there also, presumed to be, because of their training and vocation. Judges of sound doctrine, ready to detect and expose heresy. These men came out of the towns of Galilee and Judea. and some of them from Jerusalem, these last because of their fieculiar advantages, being esteemed superor to all other?. Guardians of the religious interests of the nation, they had come to hear the great teacher, to weigh His words and probably to report to the hierarchy thit had already begun to be jealous of the riflrg arid threading influence of the Nazarene. EPISODE. While the teaching was In progress, or, perhaps, following it the power of the Lord was present to heal. Encouraged by His former doings the people had brought the afflicted into the synagogue, and Jesus, under the promptings of His generous heart (Matt, xv, 32), had cured them. He was a minister to the bodies as well as to the, souls of men. The cases presented that day are all passed by in silence by the penmen, except one, and that the most remarkable. There was a paralytic whose friends had brought him, confident that Jesus could ' restore. Unable to enter the dwelling, they ascended to the roof, and, having torn away the tiling and the rafters, which were loosely laid and easily removed, they lowered the helpless man, bed and all, into the room below. The spectacle was calculated to move all hearts to pity. And the "murmur of surprise, awakened at the first, must have been soon hushed, as every eye turned toward the Master, anxious to know what would be the result of this new appeal to His sympathy and power. PARDON. Having secured attention, Jesus addressed the paralytic There was no rebuke lor this intrusion. The humblest and the most unfortunate was welcome, because He invited such. (Matt. xl. ! 28.) And there was no occasion or business that might not. be freely Interrupted by any of the sons of suffering. With outstretched hands, He stood in every place, condescending to bless ail who came. But on this occaron Jesus spoke to the man, not concernU;g his body, which was of less importance, but h't soul, "Thy sins are forgiven. thee." lie went to the center of being, and iTiposed, as he always does, to do beyond -what was even desired or expected. It vere better to save the soul and lose the body (Matt, xvi, 6) than to restore the phrs'cal powers to be used afterward in fin better to lie on a cot helpless, but p irdoned, than to go forth without God and hope. (I Pet. t. 21.) There was a kjy to this word of forgiveness. Jesu-s "saw their faith." the faith of the man r.nd of his friends, saw not merely th? evidence of faith, which was manifest ro all, but the state of their minds. Tey bad met the condition of pardon, .lit m. v. I.) OBJECT! )N. The company was disappointed. Hun.e. who had witnessed former cures, expected a new display of the wonderful poV.tr cf Jesus. Some who had seen Him ony as a teacher, or not at all, were skeptical concerning His miracles, but supposed thore was some deception which they might uncover. (Matt, lx, 31.) All were surpnseu mai lie mane no auempi in the direction anticipated, but entered Into another realm entirely. Then the wise men, ready to improve every opportunity to weaken the influence, began to reason, "Who can forgive sins but God?"' That was good reasoning. (Psalm exxx. 4.) Sin is an offense against the Almighty, and He only can pronounce pardon. (Ex. xxxlv, 6, 7.) They had learned this great doctrine out of their sacred books and felt It their duty to defend it. "Who Is this which speaketh blasphemies?" they Inquired. The question was legitimate. A man, arrogating to himself tne prerogatives of God, is a blasphemer. If he does it in such a presence and in such an hour he is supremely presumptuous. For h trifles w'th men who are In sorest need. DEFENSE. The sentiment was turning against Jesus. The audience had been suddenly converted into a jury, his friends even bewildered. It would require but little more whispering to secure the execution of the death uenalty provided by law. (Lev. xxiv, 16.) It was a critical moment. Some defense must be made or a name, hitherto honored, will pass Into history forever stained and a careor the mot brilliant will end In disgrace. With the utmost calmness Jesus meets the emergency. He penetrated into the secret of their minds, perceived their thoughts and fully understood the situation. He knew that they questioned His right to pardon because they did not rec ognize H13 divinity, lie therefore resolved to exhibit the latter in justification of the former. Which is easier, to forgive or to heal? He inquired. While His hearers were reflecting on the question he added: "That ye may know that the Son of man hath power to forgive," and turning tn the man sick of the palsy. "I say unto thee, aris. take up thv ouch and go Into thine house." He invoked a miracle to establish a divine nreroirative. (John x. 38.) HEALINO. Then came the marvel of all marvels. Ths man sick of the palsy, let down into the midst helpless. obys the word of the Master. (Isa. lvll.) Strength comes to his paralyzed limbs. He rises. He lifts his couch, and, placing it upon his shoulder, he walks away. Look on the faces of those who witnessed this transaction. The whispering of condemnation has ceased. No hand will be lifted to hurl a stone. No voice will be heard to question authority. Jesus of Nasareth, composed and pelf-assured, stands conqueror of all His ton. As the healed man passes from the house to the street, glorifying God. those within followed, at first In silent amaze ment, then with awe ana rear, as tney became conscious of the power that had been exerted: Joining thse who waited without. repeating the story again and agnln to deeply interested questioners, tney bio my

separate! to their respective alo2es saying: "We have seen strange things to-day," jjwenever saw it on this fashion.- (Mark 'R EFLECTI ON S. Th e logic of this passage Is irresistible. No one has authority to forgive sla but God. Whoever assumes this authority Is liable to the penalty of death. But Jesus did publicly pardon. Therefore, unless Jesus was divine He deserved to die. To prove that He had the pardoning prerogative, or, what was the time, that He was divine. He did what none but Ool could do-Be Instantly, by Hi word, healed a man who had become paralyzed. This He did in the presence of those who wre ready to condemn Him. wh were thereby completely silenced, and He was not molested, showing that the witnesses were saUsael. Indeed, the company gave glory to God. showing that tney recognize! a Divine Power. We must therefore Impeach the. record or we must accept the doctrine of the divinity of Christ. Dut we cannct impeach the record. It was made by trustworthy witnesses, who sealed their testimony with their Wood, who laid the foundations of the church, and it pertained to matters of fact which their enemies never disputed. (John 1. 1-3.) Last Prayer. Father, I scarcely dare to pray. So clear I see, now it U done, Tht I have wasted half my day. And left. my work but Just begun; So clear I see that things I thought Were right or harmless ore a sin. So clear 1 see that I have sought. Unconscious, selfish alms to win; So clear I see that I have hurt The souls I might have helped to save; That I have slothful been, inert. Deaf to tne calls thy leaders gave. In outskirts of thy kingdoms vast. Father, the humblest pot give me; Set me the lowliest task thou hast; Let me repentant work for thee. Helen Hunt. A MIDWINTER CLASS

GRADUATING EXERCISES OP THD INDIANAPOLIS II I (ill SCHOOL. Forty-SIx Yonng People Complete tbe First Step In Their liducntlon The Essays. The twenty-eighth annual commencement of the Indlapanolls High School took place at Tomllnson Hall last night at 8 o'clock. The drizzling rain and sloppy walks did not deter the families and admiring friends of the graduating class from coming out and the hall was well filled. All of the elements that go to make such events a success were present. , The girl graduates were quite "as sweet and winsome as any that have preceded them. The young men of the class had all of the dignity that the occasion required and the essays and orations lacked none of the polish and learning that the audience came to enjoy. The decorations of the stage were of the most lavish character. Along the foot-lights potted plants were arranged in profusion, and from above the American flag swung low and almost touched the broad leaves of the tall, waving palms that adorned the sides of tho stage. On a table at the front of the stage was a magnificent bouquet of brightest roses. Promptly at 8 o'clock the graduating class forty-seven in number filed on to the stage and took chairs arranged in a semicircle. The members of the class were as follows: Martha E. Anderson, Fred Bachman, Frank I Bridges, George R. Brown, Edgr Burton, Adah Clark. Mary Collins. Bertrand B. Downey, Martha Drapler, Elizabeth -Faust, Eugene Fletcher, James L. Floyd, Mabel G. Hauk, Jeannette Herron, Ira M. Holmes, Lulu Holmes, Rose Holmes, Walter Judd, Agnes Ketcham, Charles Kettenbach. Kate Levy, Gertrude May, Arthur Metcalf, Martha L. Metcalf, Adelaide M. Moore, Alice Morgan, Anna V. Outland, Edward Parmelee, Josephine Pugh, Dwight S. Rltter, Tula Sater, Edmoni Schilnlng, Adolph Schleicher, Esther Fay Shover, Margaret Shover, Nettie Shover, John Sickler. Etta Smith, Myrtle Smythe, Ora Spires, Eftie Ethel Stafford, David Stradllng. Bertha Tamm, Clarence A. Tucker, Percy Walker, May Wheeler, Thomas McGee. The young ladies of the class were , gowned in lleecy white, with the puffiest of sleeves, and each carried an armful of roses. The young men wore mart, blacK suits and bright boutonnleres on their lapels. Professor George W. Hufford, Iresident Martindale, of the School Hoard, and Rev. D. L. Mackenzie occupied seats on the stage with the class. After music by the Young Men's Kapella. Mr. Mackenzie invoked the divine blessing and Miss Jeannette Herron, the first speaker, was introduced. The character of "Isabella of Spain" contributed admirable opportunities for the essay of Miss Herron. The young woman. pad the prettiest of tributes to this royal woman, who, according to the speaker, was a brilliant example of every virtue. As a daughter, as a wife and as a mother Miss Herron declared the Queen of Spain was faultless. Her manner, marked by a natural dignity, was gracious, and in all things she was the womanly woman of the century In which she lived. Next came the oration of Charles Kettenbach, whose topic was "Education; th Nurse of Civil Liberty." Mr. Ketttnbch; believed that the vital condition of a popular, government is education. The less the edu-, cation the less the liberty. In the kindr-r, garten school he saw a chance for the youth of the land to l?arn the great principles. In this institution, he said, they are given a good start up the rugged path, at the top of which is civil liberty. "Some Eccentricities of Genius" was the title of Miss Martha E. Anderson's essay. She named the poet Coleridge, Alexander Pope and Dean Swift as some of the men whose eccentricities were remarkable, and referred to Abraham Lincoln, "the truest and most powerful character In history." as a man of eccentric character. Eccentricity, she concluded, has molded the life of the world. ... "The Soul in History as Revel wed by Carlyle" was well handled by Thomas McGee, who held that history cannot be perfect. The writing of history is a holy task, he said, and the man who undertakes the work must be a prophet. He cannot be a commonplace man. Such men as Carlyle have found the soul in history. An excellently prepared and half humorous essay was that delivered by MIm Mabel G. Hauk, who talked of the "Caste in Words." It is lamentable, she said, that words are degenerated by being pronounced by ignorant people. Her advice was that people should be careful of their every-day talk. College boys, when they choose, can talk worse than the street gamin. Clarence A. Tucker's subject was "Oracles of Freedom." The real oracle of freedom was Moses, the law-giver, who was chosen by God to lead His children out of bondage. In this country Patrick Henry was an oracle of freedom sent by Anna V. Outland discussed "Uncle Sam and His Boys," using the character of Jonathan as the original Uncle Sam. Jonathan withdrew from the parental homa of John Bull and came to a new country. His children fell out with him been use of different religious views. Miss Outland'a essay contained a moral. It was that people should love their neighbors and not permit religious differences to sever their friendship. Bertrand R- Downey paid a hirh' compliment to Chaucer In his essay, "Chauc-r i the Poet of Nature and Life." Chaucer characters are faithful representations of the men and women of the poet's time. and the greatest charm about them Is thflr simplicity. m , The last essay of the evening was "Th Harvest of the Quiet Eye," by Mlvs May Wheeler. She said it was the qu'et eye of Columbus that saw the seaweed floating past the ship, which enabled him to quell the mutiny of his men and assure them that the new country was close at hand. It is the quiet eve thst Is making the world's progress and making it better. President Martindale briefly addrerrd the class in his happiest styla-nhd presented the diplomas. Mr. Martindale ytan Interrupted during his speech by a:ore of undergraduates, who cam into' the corridors and gave three lusty rlass yells. The exercises concluded with the c!a, song, written by Ira M. Ilopmes. lnt which the entire class Joined. v i Wllllnm Lrmait Fnnset. "William Lyman Fauict, well known In this city anl State, died at . hi home. No. 277 Ncrth Delaware street, yesterday morning, after a brief Illness. He returned home last Friday, being in ill health, but no serious desults wtro anticipated. Mr. Fausrt cams to Indianapolis fifteen years ago. He was with th flrra of Henirlckwi. Letter & Co. for several yea. but nrtently vai engaged with Henley, Eatonvst Co. Mr. Fauset was forty-six years -of age. But four years ago he was married to Mits Eva Johnson, who had been connected with the city schools. The funeral rvices will be held at the home fcuadiy afternoon.