Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1896 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1896.

THE DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1S9C. Wihlnj!oa Olfice1410 PfcssylvinU Avenoe Tflrphone Calls. Business office 23S Editorial room.... A S TERMS OP SL'OSCRIPTIOX. DAILY BY MAIL. Daily only, one month S .70 Lally only, three months ZM Dally only, one year fc.oo Dally, Including Sunday, one year 10. oo Sunday only, one year i.0 WHEN FURNISHED BY AGENTS. Dally, per wfk, by carrier 11 cts Sunday, eingla copy 5 eta Dally and Sunday, per week, by carrier 20 eta WEKKLY. Per year .. 11.00 Reduced Hate to Clubs. Subacrlbe with any of our numerous agents or end subscriptions to the JOIH.NAL NEWSPAPER C031PAXY, , f m IntllanaVolIs, Ind. Persona sending the Journsl through the malU In the- United States rhouKl put on an elght-pase papr a ONE-CENT postage rump; on a twelve or slxteen-pa paper a TWO-CENT postage tamp. Foreign postage la usually double these rat a. All communications Intended for publication In this paper must. In order lo receive attention, be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. THE IXDIAXAI'OLIS JOlItXAL. Can be found at the following places: 2EV YORK Windsor Hotel and Astor House. CHICAGO Palmer Houe and P. O. News Co.. 217 Dearborn street. CINCINNATI J. It. Hawley & Co.,' 114 Vine fctreet. LOUISVIILE C. T. Deerlng. northwest corner of Third anil Jefferson streets, and Louisville Look Co.. " Fourth avenue. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C.-Riags House. KLbitt House, Wtllard's Hotel and the Washington News Exchange. Fourteenth street, between l'enn. avenue and F itreet. The talk about keeping up the campaign of education In favor of sound money and currency reform should not end In talk. It Is possible that Major McKlnley does not kno-v half as much about the make-up of Ma Cabinet as do those who make Cabinets as space-writers. Patriotic Americans living or traveling In Europe never ferret to celebrate the two distinctive American holidays, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. They carry their country around with them. If any trut cculd be formed which would raise the price of revolvers fourfold, so that those persons who contemplate murder could not afford to purchase. It could be defended on moral andjeconomic ground.'.' When the St. Louis Globe-Democrat declares that Governor Stone, of that State, puts competition out of the question when he undertakes to act the fool. It makes a declaration of a winner before half the returns are In. There were 213 Democrats In the House of Representatives of the Fifty-third Congress, and there will be 104 In the Fiftyfifth Congress. How much, have they gained by espousing free silver and fusing with the Populists? If the; presidential election were to be held to-morrow, with the knowledge which the country now has of the effects of McKinley's election, the Bryanites would be buried "under majorities very much larger than those of Nov. 3. The chief of the Wisconsin Bureau of Labor finds that wheat can be raised In that State at a cost of 28.2 cents a bushel; oats for 16.2 cents, and corn at 17.4 cents. AO this cost, there cannot be much profit In the two last-named this year. Every government except those of Spain and Italy discovered a hundred years ago that a people cannot be conquered by murdering women and children. Turkey is to be cut up and divided, and Spain seems likely to lose Cuba because they will not learn that murder is not war. The statement that Russia will, in a short time, make formal announcement of her adoption of the gold standard, preparations for which have been completed, shows that she is keeping up with the procession of the nations and that the trend of the civilized world Is steadily towards gold as the standard of value and away from silver. The comments of the newspapers upon the Invitation of the Indianapolis Roard of Trade to other boards to participate In a monetary conference are so appreciative that the outcome thereof may be so beneficial that Mr. Hugh Hanna. who conceived the idea, may be substituted for Mark A. as secretary of the treasury. But Indianapolis could not spare its Hanna, even for four years. The reports regarding the performances of our White Squadron of cruiser under the discharge of the heavy guns which they carry are not such as to cause unlimited faith in their usefulness In tine of war. While the firing was not as destructive to the ships as to the targets. It Is well known that they were badly damaged by tho shock incident to the firing of the enormous guns. The fact that three of the Stntes-of Central America have formed a federation affords ground to believe that better things may te expected of them. In the past their energies have been worn out in feuds and revolutions to overthrow existing governments. This combination should enable the federated authority to suppress insur- " rectlons. which, at times, seem to have been a vocation.

Negro girl have been employed in the cotton mills In Charleston, S. C, because white girls will not continue at the work. Colored girls have been trained to fill the places which the others left, and are paid the same wages, with equally good results. The Charleston News and Courier, commenting on the change, says: "It is well for them and will be well for the South if many of them can be employed In light mechanical industries." The Calumet shipyards, near Chicago, have orders for lake vessels worth $3,000,00), the construction of which will give employment to about 3,50i) men who, a month ago, were out of employment or In daily fear of losing their Jobs. The orders for these vessels show that those who make them anticipate a revival of business, and when they are completed the sailing of them will give employment to a large number of persona. All of which goes to prove Mr. McKinley's claim to the title of advance agent of prosperity. MMVnSMSSBSBBaSSMBSSRWMN f 4 The sourul-monoy Democrats of Iowa have held a conference and decided to maintain their organization and establish headquarters for the dissemination of Bound-money literature. A committee was appointed to formulate an address to the people of Iowa, petting forth that the National Democratic organization Is to be continued in conformity with the Indianapolis pUtXorm and Inviting all citizens in bar-

mony with that object to unite In an effort to redeem Iowa Democracy from Populism. It looks now as if this would be about the line of action in all the central Western States.

THE EAST AXH THE WEST THE SAME. At a meeting of the Home Market Club of Massachusetts, in Boston, a few evenings since. Senator Hoar made a speech which attracted much attention and caused no little comment. The point which he urged was that business men of the rJast should 'seek to secure the confidence of the people of the West by methods which would convince the people of that section that they are not organized to rob them by Wall-street speculations, railroad wrecking and trusts. One of the papers which commented upon tho senator's speech said that it is not stock gambling and railroad wrecking of which the pecp'.e of the West complain, but the tariff policy which compels them to pay a larger price than they should for the products of the Eastern manufacturer. It Is not a matter of surprise that such a writer should declare that he knows more than Senator Hoar, . because those who have been long familiar with the assumptions of that class of writers are quite sure that these self-made infalllbles would point out the mistakes of the Ruler, of the Universe If His laws should conflict with their opinions. Facts have no weight with such men. Bred at the feet of an alleged political economist who declared that facts and experience cannot be used as data In economic discussion, they have not yet mingled with the world sufficiently to learn that no theory In economics is of value that has not beensustalned by facts which are the experience of men. There Is nothing more absurd than the assumption that the East manufactures and the West does not, and that a protective tariff Is designed to rob the West for the advantage of the East. The great States of the central West are as extensive manufacturers In their lines as is the East, and Its leading industries need protection to maintain high-grade wages as much or more than those of the East. In all the largo cities of the West Industries like the manufacture of stoves compete with those of tho East. Cotton manufacture In the South and Southwest is a growing Industry. Parts of .the West produce a surplus of food, but years ago farm, products ceased to be the sole merchandise which the West sold to the East. Besides, no industry needs a fair protective duty more than agriculture in some of its branches. The sheep industry has been crippled by free wool, but those who purchase the bes; clothes cannot purchase them cheaper now than in IS0 or 1S02, while the cheaper varieties are lower, because of overstocked markets, for those who are able to pur-chase,--but no cheaper for those whose wages have been reduced or who have lost employment. Very naturally, the Infallible free-trade writer, who cannot realize that the West sells anything but wheat and meat, cannot see it. In fact, he cannot see anything which conflicts with the text-books of Professor Sumner. If he could grasp facts he would understand that the West is more decidedly in favor of protection than the East at the present time. He cannot realize that the overturn of 1S34 was a protest against the party which attempted to overthrow the policy of protection. It Is a false assumption that the manufacturers of the East have made great fortunes during recent years, or that they include many millionaires. The great fortunes have been made in speculation, in the advance of real-estate values, the manipulation of railroad and other stocks. Put the wages of labor on the same basis as are those of Europe, and no protective tariff would be needed. That Is precisely what the advocates of protection oppose, and really what the free-traders advocate. HOW IT CAME TO UU MAIICXI 4. The fiscal year of the United States government begins on the 1st of July and ends on the 30th of June, each year. All appropriations and disbursements, all statements of receipts and expenditures, and all official acounts and reports are made with reference to this date. Every year the 1st of July marks a turning point In the financial affairs and accounts of tho government. But the political year begins on March 4. The President's term of office begins and ends on that date, as do also the terms of members of Congress and senators. The second or shoct session of each Congress expires by limitation on March 4, and other Important political events begin or terminate on the same date. Experience has shown that in some respects it is an inconvenient date. The climate of Washington Is such that the weather on Inauguration day Is often Inclement. This Is not an important matter, and yet, since the Installa tion of a new President has become a spec tacular and out-of-door event, it has some weight. It Is a serious matter that a great concourse Of people should be made uncomfortable or perhaps wholly disappointed Jn the expectation of Being a patriotic display, and It has happened more than once that a President has taken the oath o'f office and delivered his Inaugural address standing bareheaded exposed to a raw March wind or with an umbrella held over him. Of course, this could be avoided by dispensing with the open-air ceremony, but tho people have learned to expect It. and the managers of an Inauguration do not like to depart from traditional custom. A more serious objection to March 4 as the beginning of the political year of the government Is Its interference with the sessions of Congress. The Constitution says that Congress shall meet each year on the first Monday in December, "unless they shall by law fix a different date." No different date has been fixed, and Congress always meets on that day. The law, however, makes the term of a representative begin on the 4th of March following his election. The result is that a new Congress does not meet till thirteen months after its election. This condition ought not to exist, and would not but for an unreasonable disposition to cling to March 4 as the beginning of the political year. . The fixing of this dato originally was purely arbitrary if not accidental. The Constitution was ratified by the requisite num ber of States in July, 17M. In September of that year the Congress of the Confedera tlon passed the following: Resolved. That the first Wednesday In January next be the day for appointing electors in the several States which before tho said day e-hall have ratified the Constitution: that the first Wednesday In Feb ruary next bo the day for the electors to assemble in their respective State.- and vote for a President: and that the first W ednes day In March next be tho time and the present seat of Congress (New York) the place? for commencing xne proceeaings un der the said constitution. The Congress of the Confederation had its final roll call cn the 10th of October. ESS. It had been the supreme governing power of the country for fifteen years without a President. When it met again on tho

2d of March, 17S3, only one delegate appeared. The Continental Congress was dead and no deliberative or executive body ever ieft a grander record of patriotic and self-sacrificing service. At sunset on the 3d of March, 1780, thirteen guns were fired on the Battery in New York to Indicate that the Confederation had come to an end. The next day, tho first Wednesday in March, fell on the 4th. It was appointed that Congress should meet on that day, but the House did not have a quorum until the 1st of April, nor tho Senate until the Cth. That was an era of slow traveling, and contemporaneous history says that the roads were exceptionally bad that year. The electors had met on the first Wednesday of February preceding, and Washington hail been elected President. Congress opened and counted tho votes on April 6. The special messenger appointed to notify Washington of his election arrived. at Mt. Vernon on the Hth of April. 'Washington

replied to the notification of Congress in writing as follows: Mount Vernon. April 14. 17S9. To the Honorable John Langdon, President pro tern, of the Senate of the Lnlted States: Sir I had the honor to receive your offi cial communication, by the hand of Mr. Secretary Thomson, about 1 o clock this day. Having concluded to obey the im portant and flattering call of my country. and having been impressed with an idea of the expediency of my being with congress at as early a period as possible, I propose to commence my Journey on unursuay morning, which will le tMe day after tomorrow. I have tho honor to be. with sentiments of esteem, sir. your most obedient servant. GEO. W ASHINGTON. Washington reached New York on the 24th, of April and took the oath of office and delivered his inaugural address on the 30th. Thus the country was without a President from tho first Wednesday of March, 17S9, which was the 4th. until A'prii 30, The second Inauguration of Washing ton took place on March 4, and so has ev ery succeeding one unless the day fell on Sunday. The Constitution does not require the term of the President or that of Congress to begin on that date. It originated in the act of the Congress of the Confederation above referred to. and could be changed by. act of Congress. In these days of rapid travel ani the rapid making cf history it would be better If the President could be inaugurated ajid Congress legln Its term within thirty or sixty days after their election. APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE IXST1TVTIOXS. Two citizens who have been familiar with the appropriations and the expenditures of the State set forth In yesterday's paper the embarrassment which members of the Legislature experience when asked to vote money for public Institutions because of the lack of accurate data upon which to act. It has come about that the recommendations of most of the boards and other officials in charge of public institutions cannot be accepted. They could expend the money for which they tsk, but if it was voted the burdens of the taxpayers would be largely Increased. There is, however, a word to be said in defense of boards and officers. They have learned from experience with Legislatures, through a series of years, that they havecut down their estimates, even when It could be demonstrated that the money for which they asked was necessary. As the result, such officers have made high estimates with the expectation of their being cut down. For what they get boards are often compelled to argue and plead with members as if they were asking for personal favors instead of the money necessary to maintain State institutions. When boards shall have had opportunity to present the needs of their Institutions to ways and means committees so that their cases can bo Intelligently presented to the Legislature, there should be no cause for tho button-holing of members. Another embarrassment which Legislatures experience Is the large demands which even the most efficient officials of institutions make for Improvements. They have Ideals which they wish to attain. The more they think of them the more absorbed they are with the idea of their necessity. In time they come to see but or e side the necessity, and forget that voting large sums of money means an Increased taxation in the State which is already bearing the burdens of large expenditures in the past. The remedy, or partial remedy, which the lieutenant governor-elect and Tax Commissioner Walker suggest Is that a board of three men who have large business experience and who would serve the State without other compensation than the necessary expenses, be created, to Inform themselves of the actual needs of the State's Institutions and report the amounts which should be appropriated for each of them to the Legislature. This suggestion. It seems to the Journal, Is entitled to the consideration of the Legislature. A niT OF IXDIAX HISTORY. The South Bond Tribune notes the presence in that city of a special Indian agent, sent by the. government to pay a longdelayed claim of Simon Pokagon, chief of the surviving remnant of the Pottawattomie Indians. The name of this tribe occurs in all early histories of Indiana, and was familiar to the pioneer settlers in the central and northern parts of the State. They were a branch of the Chippewa tribe, which had its seat In Wisconsin, and they are supposed to have followed the early French missionaries into northern Indiana about the middle or In the latter part of tho eighteenth century. Northern Indiana was originally occupied by the Mlamls, but they migrated to Illinois about the time mentioned, and tho Pottawattomles succeeded them. The Tribune says: Simon Pokagon. residing in Allegan coun ty, Michigan, who is the present chief of the band of this tribe, now scattered throughout Michigan. Ohio, Indiana. Illinois and Wisconsin, was born about 1S23, a few miles below South Bend, nearly oppo site Bertrand. where in the early days of the white settlers his father, known later as Leopold Pokagon, held sway over a s-ood-sized village of his tribe. When the treaties were made which resulted in the removal of the greater portion of the pow erful tribe to Kansas, Pokagon and his band removed to Cass county, Michigan He died at Silver Cre?k. a few miles north of Dowagtac, and was buried under the little Catholic Church that stands In a so eluded ami romantic Mot of that region. There aro several old residents of this count v now living hero who remember the first Chief Pokagon well. Ho was a man of medium stature, very dignified, deeply religious, intelligent and had great Influence with his tribe, using it always to keep down strife and to hutid up Christianity He was an orator ofsmorc than average ability and at all councils of tho tribe he was the leading spirit. It is said through influence tho Pottawattomles wero ituanod to remain neutral during-the Black Hawk war in 12. Tho great war chief of the tribe. Tobrin tbee. whose village was but a fovv miles ironi mat or I'OKagon, west of Niles. favored Joining Black Hawk In the war against tho whites. The Pottawattomie bands wero all railed together In grand council at Tobrlnaboe village and Chief Pokagon was the principal speaker of the occasion. It is said his eloquence was so powerful that he gained complete control of the council and when an expression was called for at the close of his address the Indians arose en masse, stacked their guns and took the oath of neutrality. This a;t of Pokagon was very gratifying and satisfying to the white settlers, who

feared a Pottawattomie uprising and had legun to prepare themselves for an attack. The old chief was ever afterward held in high esteem by all the whites. The remains of the Pottawattomie village referred to were isibl until about twenty years ago, and the spring which supplied it with water i3 still a living one. The foundations of a log church built for the Indians by the founder of the Catholic mission at Notre Dame are still visible, and many Interesting Indian relics have been found in the vicinity. In 1S33 the Pottawattomles, bytreaty, ceded all their lands to the government and agreed to go on a Western reservation. An exception was made, however. In favor cf Chief Pokagon's band in St. Joseph county, who were permitted to go to Michigan. Out of this transaction and a second removal of the Pokagon band grew a claim against thegovernment, bast-d on an agreement to ray certain annuities, which was finally confirmed by the United States Court of Claims In 1SS2 and by the Supreme Court in 1S33. The total amount of the award, including principal and Interest, was about $11S,000, to bo divided among 272 families, two of whom still live in St. Joseph county and the remainder in Michigan. The present Chief Pokagon Is a son of the one of that name who signed the treaty in 1S33 ceding the Pottawattomie lands to the government. It Is related that the old chief was completely overcome with grief when he did so, and It has been the dream of the, present chief's .life. If he should ever get from the government the money due the tribe cn account of the claim above referred to, to buy back the sife of the old village In St. Joseph county, the place of his birth, and spend the remainder of his days there. It would be .at least " apartial triumph of Justice and a fit ending to one chapter in the great volume of the government's unjust dealings with the Indians.

Recent debates in the "Brazilian Congress on a proposition to lease the Brazilian Central Railroad to a foreign syndicate demonstrated the inexpediency of government management of railways. . The Central road with its branches, making about five hundred miles, was built by the government at a cost of about $150,000,000. It traverses the best portions of Brazil and has unusual facilities for business. For a few years It earnc J a considerable net profit for the government, then 1. got into politics, offices and salaries were Increased and employes were multiplied 'until, for some time past. It has been losing money at the rate of $2,000,000 a year. A London syndicate has offered the government $90,000;000 for a ninety-nine year lease of ihe road, the same with all Its Improvements to revert to the government at tho end of that period, and the offer Is likely to be accepted. The difference between an Income of $1,000,000 a year and a loss of $2,090,000 marks the difference between government control on political principles and private control on business principles. A presidential elector questions the Journal's statement regarding the time of the meetbig of the electors to vote for President because he" has received from Chairman Gowdy notice that the meeting is on the first Wednesday, in December, with a copy of an election law containing such provision. An act of Congress approved Feb. 3, 1SS7, contains the following: Bo It enacted, etc.. That the electors of each State frhall meet and give their votes on the second Monday in January next following their appointment, at such place in each State as the! legislature of such State shall direct. Before the passage of the act referred to electors met on the first Wednesday in December. The ' change appears to have been made for the benefit of States in which there might not be time to count the votes and notify the electors as early as the first Wednesday in December. The Lebanon Reporter complains, and very Justly, that that city has been done great injustice by what it styles "the fake reporter." This complaint is based upon reports sent to papers outside the State regarding an inconsequential disturbance In that city recently. The Reporter denies with much indignation the statement of a fake reporter that "it Is not uncommon for ruffians to walk the streets with drawn weapons, in absolute possession of the town." What tho people of Lebanon should do is to blacklist such reporters by sending their names and their addresses to the publishers of the papers who have hitherto been purchasing the sensational fakes of correspondents at so much a column. It Is not because Republicans indorse any considerable part of Mr. Cleveland's administration that some of them cheered his name at the meeting' of the Home Market Club In Boston, but because of the enemies he has made by resisting all efforts to put the country on a silver basis. There is little in the Cleveland administration that Republicans can indorse. His sale of bonds to tho New York-London syndicate in 1SD4 was a dreadful blunder which would have been repeated when the last sale was made but for general protest Of the country. Mr. Cleveland is an honest, resolute executive, but is not a statesman. Bl IIIILUS IV THE AIR. At H Ann In. Minnie He said my complexion was a perfect dream. Mamie What did he mean by that? that It was not real? The Ilrnte. She "Because," you know, is a woman's reason. He I didn't know there was such a thing as a woman's reason. The Cornfeil Philosopher. "Many a man's progress down the stream of life." said the Cornfed Philosopher. i wofully delayed by his getting stuck on : bar." , The Vernacular. "Isn't that a wonderful face Nokkerbout puts on in his turn?" "I should say it Is. He surely has the art of coarse make-up down fine." And the gentleman of France, who was trying to learn our language by listening, softly swore several sacr-r-r-ees. Tho first number of the little Indianapolis magazine, the Ishmaellte, made Its appearance yesterday. It bears on its cover as a motto the Ishmaelltish legend: "Ills hand shall be against every man and every man's hand against him. and ho shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren." The introductory article explains "Why Ishmael the substance cf the explanation being that It objects to some things and wants to kick against them, and to be the organ of the American kicker. Mr. John E. Cleland sets forth the character of the venture more gracefully In an outline sketch cf the original Ishmael, who, he says, "has been blown on too long by free winds to know other than truth for king, or priest, or prophet." A sonnet by John Brett, "II mtr Singing," is worth reading: so is a poem by Meredith Nicholson, "Horatio at Elslnore." Mrs. Annie Ames Spruar.ee enters a protest against "The Social Stare." Hewitt II. Howiand tells of "Tho

Elephant and the Kid." and Hilton U. Brown "kicks" against the office towel. A chapter of editorial notes In addition makes up the number. The magazine will be published once a month by the "Mount Nebo Press," and will sell for $1 yearly, or 10 cents a copy. The Ishmaclite will be welcomed and read with Interest by the many people who believe that Indianapolis literary talent is sufficiently varied to support r. special organ of Its own. There may bt somo regrets that it follows the modern fashion of regarding protejt and indulgence in kicks as tho only form of expressing truth, and does not prefer the other and equally effective method of disseminating it in the form of sweetness and light but they will read it. anyhow. THE Cl'IlAX CRISIS.

The day that Spain shoots an American citizen captured on the Competitor and entitled to fair open trial, that day she had better begin to get ready to play football with Uncle Sam: and it will be "hot ball, too. Chicago Inter Ocean. If continental Europe, with or without Great Britain, has determined to hold up the hands of the Spaniards as well as the Turk, it Is time the American people should be fully advised of it and begin to clear decks for possibilities. Chicago Chronicle. The Spanish authorities have tried the Competitor prisoners in secret, by courtmartial, in defiance of treaty obligations. The prisoners were not allowed counsel, and our consulate was not represented at the trial. If the government at Washington stands this it will stand anything. New York World. Spain is not likely to be able to settle the Cuban question by force of arms. When It comes to another sort of settlement the United States must stand by with sympathy for her neighbor, with jealousy of monarchical forms on this side of the Atlantic and with shotted guns. Cincinnati Enquirer. It may 15 hoped in the Interest of continued peaceful relations between this country and Spain that the report of the secret trial of the Competitor filibusters is unfounded. Such a trial would be in direct violation of the understanding between the governments and would amount to a challenge which the President and Congress could not overlook. Chicago Times-Herald. War with Spain Is not as improbable now as it appeared a short while ago, but if It should come It will find in us a harmonious, powerful and warlike Nation, whose resources are almost illimitable, and whose natural position on the map is Impregnable. Tho nations of Europe will have no inducement to drop their antagonism and unite to encounter such a foe. Thore would be no prolit in it. and there would be great danger to monarchy. Louisville CourierJournal. There are as strong reasons for acknowledging not merely tho belligerency but even the independence of Cuba, as James Monroe had for acknowledging the independence of Peru, for. when he performed that act. the Spaniards held possession of Lima, of Callao. and of all the principal towns on the Peruvian coast. There are stronger grounds than France had for assisting the United States in that dismal winter when Washington, with the remnant of the continental army, lay half famished and half frozen at Valley Forge. New York Sun. ABOUT PEOPLE AXD THINGS. Miss Juliet Corson, who has been called "The Mother of Cookery," is ill In New York from an incurable ailment, and is without money. She may live In pain for some years. A strange custom prevails iri"siam when a funeral is passing. The female observers take down their hair, and the men feel in their pockets for a piece of metal to place between their teeth. A woman at tho Brooklyn meeting of the Brooklyn Health Culture Club said: "This crusade for short skirts Is only a fad. It won't last, for women haven't enough courage to follow any style but the prevailing one." Whistler, the painter, was once a cadetfl iw ii i uuu. mn uiu uraw ing instructor, a well-known artist, was asked not long ago if he could recall the ability of his pupils, tho cadets, and particularly if he remembered Whistler. "Whistler," said he, "at once showed his predilection for art. He had to be a painter. Mr. GrantGeneral Grant? Why. sir, he was only the very poorest draughtsman In the class." Everybody who has visited Bayreuth knows of Christian Sammet as the proprietor of the Cafe Sammet, where the artists engaged in the festival performances and most of the visitors to them resort. He has Just appeared in Bayteuth as an actor, playing the part of a host in a farce recently broucht out thprp TI wo Anv... slastlcally received, and two great laurel wreaths were Immediately presented to him: ono bore tho inscription: "To the celebrated friend of Richard and Siegfried agner. In a collection of rare and curious books to be sold in Boston next week Is a copy ot tho Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, nhriritrpri , nni by Benjamin Franklin, and, so far as can ie asceriameu. it is tne only one of its kind in existence. The books to be sold composed the library of the late Professor Henry Reed, of the University of Pennsylvania. It was formerly the property of Bishop William White, the first Bishop of Pennsylvania, to whom It sented 17S5 bv Mrs. Samuel rinVr daughter of Franklin. Bishop Nicholas, of the Russo-Greek Church in this country, thus comments on the conversion of the Princess Helena of Montenegro to the' Roman Catholic Church: "The act of the Princess In going over to Catholicism, being an act of treason against right and truth, is a direct Insult to the Orthodox Catholic Church As regards the Russian sovereign givine his sanction to this act of the Princes in his quality as head of the Orthodox Church, wo cannot contemplate even the thought of such a thing, let alone the reality. In the Hrst place, the Russian Czar is not the head of the Orthodox Church, and the settling of such matters does not come within the pale of his right In the second place, such a sanction coming from him would amount to a denial on his part of all the principles that underlie the Russian state, that contsitute the foundation of his own autocratic rule." As an an evidence of the intensity of Bishop Nicholas s feeling against this "act of treason," it is stated that on learning of the consummation of the conversion he immediately returned to Prince Nicholas of Montenegro the Insignia of the Order of Daniel of the first class with which he had been invested by the Prince himself only two years ago. Maud Muller cn a summer's day. Raked the meadow sweet with hay. A summer boarder, whose words were fair She married and went away from there ' And she wished she'd remained, when she saw her mistake. Wed to that other kind of rake. Detroit Tribune. A Hint to IJrynn. Philadelphia North American. A bit of news comes from down Georgia way that will fill to overflowing Mr. Bryan's cup of sorrow. There was actually a whole county in that State which not only failed to vote at the last election, but didn't even know that an election was to be held Charlton county is the name of this remarkable spot. Situated in the Okefenookee swamp region, bordering on the Florida State line, the fifty odd residents of this county worried along through the exciting campaign undisturbed by the sound of the mighty Bryan's voice, unscorched by the burning eloquence of Watson, pursuing the even tenor of their ways absolutely unconscious of the fact that a mlghtv conflict was being wageel to the tune of 1G to 1 or bust. How characteristically Southern it all Is! We can almost picture In our mind's eye the natives of this progressive center There they idled their time away, slept ate and slept again, unconscious of their impending fate, "untouched" by Bryan's advance agent, absolutely ignorant of anything outside their own little world. Bryan's heart must bleed for them. rJven now they are unaware of their dangers. Had his voice reached this collection of mossbacks before the election he most certainly would have rece ived their ballots. And now mill wie nt-Miun utr jiim ur. uryan feels that the fight must go on we humbly tiuggot that he go into this county and enlighten the people. It will take at !e;!t four years to educate them, even up to his standard, and In this way the Charlton e ountians will learn a little more than they know now. and the rest of the world will be savenl the misery of a reargument. Try it, Mr. Bran. Constitutional.' Washington Post. The chances are that the battle ship Texas will continue to be subject to those sudden sinking spells.

THAT SCH00LFUNDCLAIM

AGAINST THE TERRE HAUTE A IXDIAXAPOLIS RAILROAD COMPANY. It Han Been in Court Several Times, nnd XVnn Decided Anjntnst the Stntc 3Iore thnn Twenty Yearn Aro. Since the appointment of a receiver for the Vandalla Railway Company there has been a great deal of speculation in the papers and elsewhere as to whether or not there would be a revival of the so-called claim of the State of Indiana in behalf of the school fund against the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railway Company for a large sum of money said to be due to th? schoo! fund under the terms of the railroad company's original charter. The facts about this so-called claim are briefly these: Section 23 of the original charter of the company, as granted by the Legislature in 1S47, provided that when the aggregate amount of dividends declared should amount to the full sum Invested nnd 10 per cent, premium thereon, the legislature might so regulate the tolls and freights that r.o more than 15 per cent, per annum could be divided on the capital employed, and the surplus produceil, if any, after paying the expenses and reserving such proportion as might be necessary for future contingencies, should be paid over to the treasurer of state for the use of common schools: but the corporation should not be compelled by law to reduce the tolls and freights so that the dividend of 13 per cent, per annum could not be made. The road was opened for business In 1831. Its "tolls and freights" were never regulated by the Legislature. In January, 1S73, the company surrendered Its old charter and became Incorporated under the general railroad act of 18o2. Early in the seventies a quo warranto suit was commenced against the company in the name of the State on the relation of the prosecuting attorney for the judicial circuit in which Greencastle is located. The object of this suit was to obtain a decree, declaring a forfeiture of the charter. It was claimed that ,the company had Invested Its funds contrary to law for the purpose of preventing dividends In excess of 10 per cent, per annum from being declared, had by bribery and corruption prevented the Legislature from regulating its tolls and freights, and had failed to pay to the treasurer of state for the use of the common schools a large amount which was Justly due. A trial of this suit in the Circuit Court of Owen county resulted in a disagreement of the Jury. In the Legislature of 1S73 a joint resolution was passed, directing the attorney general to take charge and control of any . and all suits then pending, or which might thereafter be Instituted in the name of the State of Indiana by any prosecuting attorney against any and all railroad corporations. In the nature of quo warrantq or otherwise, and to adjust, settle or compromise any and all claims the State might have against such corporation, provided, however, that any suit then pending, or which might thereafter be brought, should be dismissed, adjusted, settled or compromised whenever the same should be directed in writing by the Governor and lieutenant governor, and upon such terms and conditions as they should direct. Under the authority given by this joint resolution, an agreement was made between the State officers and the railroad company, by the terms of which the liability of the company to the school fund was to be determined in a suit to be brought In the Superior Court of Marion county, and the quo warranto suit was to be discontinued if the final decision in the Marion county suit was in favor of the railroad company. Pursuant to the terms of this agreement, a suit was brought against the railroad company in the name of the State of Indiana, in tho Superior Court of Marion county. A demurrer was filed to each paragraph of the voluminous complaint, and the Superior Court held that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against the railroad company. The plaintiff declined to amend the complaint, and final judgment was rendered in favor of the company. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of the State, and there the Judgment of the Marion Superior Court was affirmed, the case being reported In C4th Indiana, commencing on page 2!S. The complaint in the Marion Superior Court was intended to present, and did present, every phase of the controversy, and the final decision in favor of the company is a complete bar to any further assertion of a claim in behalf of the- school .fund. THE POPULAR VOTE. Interesting: nnd Instructive Fifcnren from the Recent Election. Washington Letter in New York Tribune. A great deal has been said and written since the recent election about the dze of McKinley's plurality of the "popular" vote, the total of which has been variously estimated at 850,000 to 1,000,000 or more. It is not yet practicable to give exact figures showing the number of votes cast for the respective presidential candidates in all the States, or figures by States showing the pluralities for McKlnley and for Bryan, respectively. When all of these figures snail have been obtained and compiled some exceedingly interesting facts will plainly appear to show that the phrase "popular vote" is a misleading one when applied to some of the States, and that some of the larger pluralities for Bryan do not at all rest on what Is generally understood by that phrase. It Is possible even now to give figures to show that such is the case. In the enumeration of population made in June, 1K (more than six years ago).' for the Xlth Census the number of men over twenty-one years of age (constituting substantially the voting population of the several States) was obtained. At that time Alabama had a voting population (Including 141.000 colored men) of 325.000. in round figure, which has since increased. At the presidential election this year the total number of votes cast was about 153.000, or about 130.000 less than the total voting population In 1S90. Of the total number of votes cast .Bryan received, according to the returns (counting both the vote cast for the Bryan and Sewall electors ani the Bryan and Watson "electors), 131,000 votes and McKlnley received about 33.0W votes, giving Bryan a plurality of 7G.000 votes, or about 39 per cent, of the total number of voles cast. In Minnesota, on the other hand, the total voting population in 1S90 was about 376.000. and the total number of votes returned this year was about 3il.0ot), or only 33.000 less than the total number of men of voting age. according to the census of 1SW. Of the total number of votes cast McKlnley received about 193.000 and Bryan received about 139,000. giving the former a plurality of about 54,000, or less than 16 per cent, of the total vote cast. In Alabama the total vote returned was only 60 per cent, of the voting population according to the census of PftO: in Minnesota it exceeded 'JO per cent. In Alabama the total "popular" vote was 14,0uo. or 4) per cent, less than In Minnesota, but the plurality returned for Bryan In the former State was 22,000. or 40 per cent, more than McKinley's plurality in the latter State. Alabama will give -Bryan eleven electoral votes, and Minnesota will give McKlnley nine. And yet Bryan. Jones et al. complain about the "coercion' 'of voters in the face of such figures as these, and talk about the tremendous "jopular" vote received by the Popocratlc candidate. In Mississippi the total voting population In K'h). including 130.40 colored men. was 271.0m). The total number of votes returned at the recent election was fi9,"3, of which Bryan received 63,3d: and McKlnley 4.Sl!. giving the former a plurality of iS.ISi, or more than 1-2 per cent, of the total number of votes returned. But the total number 6f votes returned was less than 37 per cent, of tho total voting population according to the census of in South Carolina the total voting population In lttO. Including 132.;il'. colored m n. was 233.C0C. The total numkr of votes counted and returned at the recent election vrs f..S7S. of which Bryan received 5S.S01, a.-.d McKlnley y.313, giving the former a plurality of 43.4SS. or more than S3 per cent, of the total number of votes returned. Bui the total vote return-d was only a fraction more than 30 ptr cent, of the total voting population according to the census of 1W. According to the census of ISJ0 the voting population of Louisiana was 230.3C3, ln-

eluding UOMo colored men. The total nun lT of votes east this year was l.H.ooo. In round figures, or less thnn 43 per cent, of the voting population in K0. Of the votra returned Bryan U erodited with 77.0) and McKlnley with 22,000. leaving a plurality of 33,0j for the former, or more than 71 per cent, of the total number of votes returned. It appears, therefore, that In four Bryan States. Alabama, Louisiana. Mlsslsrippl and South Carolina, which gave him pluralities amounting to a total of alout 23.0.0 votes, the total numlxr of votes cast was only about 434.050. which was less than 40 per cent, of the total voting iopulitlon of those States in 1M0. nccorUng to the returns of the eleventh census. The four States mentioned will give Bryan thirtyseven electoral votes. Now, to compare the figures for fouf Bryan States with the figures for two McKlnley States. According to the census of ix) the total voting population of Illinois was 1.072. S73. At the recent election the total numher of votes cast exceeded l.fK'.mO and McKinley's plurality was 141.(i, or about 13 per cent, of the total. The total number of votes cast in Illinois was two nnd one-half times as great as the aggregate number returned in the four Rryan ftates. but McKlnley' plurality in IIKnoi was only CI per rent, of the combined pluralities of Bryan in the four States. Moreover. -Illinois will give McKlnley only twenty-four electoral votes, or fifteen less than Bryan will receive Jrom the four States. Again, take the State of Kentucky, which in INK) contains! a total vctlng population of 451.000. The total number of votes cast at the recent election was about 446.;X. of which McKlnley received a plurality of less than T00. and one of the Bryan electors was chosen. The total numk-r of votes cast In Kentucky exceeded by 12.0v tho total number returned In the four Bryan Stater. b?fore mentioned, but McKinley's plurality in Kentucky was 237.300 less than Bryan's combined pluralities In these four States, which will give Bryan thi:ty-seven electoral votes, against Kentucky's twelv for McKlnley and one for Bryan. ' The foregoing figuies and comparisons ought sufficiently to indicate how siender Is the foundation for the Popocratlc claim that there was "a trcrrendous popular uprising In behalf of Bryan and free sliver." There was nothing or the sort. It is a bitter mockery to call that a "iKipular" verdict which is given by 10 icr cent, less than one-half the voting population of any State, and such was the Fo-called "popular" verdict of the States of Alabama, Louisiana. MIssl?lppI und South Carolina at the recent election, as it also was of pome other States where "pluralities" for Bryan wero greatly exaggerated or manufactured outright, as in Virginia and Tennessee,

An Earnest Gathering. New York Evening Sun. Unlike the horse show or the opera. It Isn't the clothes that draws the eyes "of tho stray visitor to the Moody and Sankey meetir vm now in progrefs at Cooper Union. For oi.ee, at least, it may be said of tha great metropolitan gathering in which. vomen predominate that the clothes are a secondary consideration, if, indeed, they aro thought of at 11. White gloves and Empire tans, flowery bonnets and smart wraps have no place there at all. It ln't that the women are not well dressed, for many of them art? even richly and elegantbut somehow the apparel, bo It stunning or humble, is not tho manifest thing. What is manifest is the enthusian. tha tense, vital, superabundant Interest expressed in every face or the multitude, packed into the all-too-narrow space and gazing with fixed eyes in one direction the platform where stand the two men who have drawn them thither. The enthusiasm is, individually, of an extremely exalted sort, but taken altogether, in the mass, its effect is tremendous. Just its bulk alone would be impressive. Another impressivething about it is its sincerity. Some few of the multitude there may le who have como simply to be played upon, to have their feelings "worked up" and their love for sensationalism tickled, but they are In tho minority. It is not unlikely, indeed, that even these sensation seekers find what little sincerity they may happen to possess stirred and quickened by the plain, steady, unfaltering purpose of the men before them. As for the mass of the audience it is deeply, undeniably sincere. In tho most fervid moments, during the most impassioned appeals and at tho most complete, surrendering, it is the sincerity Of it all that stands out clear and distinct. It may not be the highest form of spiritual experience, but the highest would not be th highest if it did not partake of this same sincerity. It is the one grea-t essential; all others are but transitory and extraneous. They All Wanted; to Know. New York Evening Sun. Among other events at the convention of Jewish women was the presentation of a list of books specially recommended to the council. As it subsequently transpired, this list was prepared under circumstances beyond the control of the committee in charge, and some books had. therefore, crept in that had no place there. "Thero is one book In paiticular," observed tho chairman of the committee, "Which I object lo very much. Indeed. It has no place In the list at all. being a highly improper literary production, and I very much regret having it brought to our notice at all." "Yet, indeed." chimed tn several other members of the committee, "a very improper book, indeed. It must be expunged, at once." Of course, all the rest of tho women wero simply crazy to find out what the book could be. Such a rustling of printed lists as thero was to try and pick it out for themselves, and one after another hopped up. and. with more or less diplomacy, made so bold as to ask Just which, one the book was. Also, of course, the committee members frowned upon such, curiosity most severely. They not only refused to tell the name of the look, but endeavored to change the subject, or, at lea&t, sidetrack it, so that there need be no more inquiries about it. But in vain. Thoe women kept asking about and referring to the thing for the best part of the two whole sessions. Everybody knows that there is nothing quite equal to a woman's curiosity, but if everybody hadn't known it, this occasion would have more than convinced him. Clear up to Friday, when the convention adjourned, there were some women who. whenever it was particularly trying and inappropriate to do so. made a point of rising and saying: "Madam President. I Just want to ask one question: What la the name of that book that the commute didn't want us to read?" A Pretty Good Sort of Crank. Brooklyn Eagle. The Honorable Potato Pingree. of Detroit, says that he will keep on being mayor of that city while he is Governor of his State. Now. if he will set off on a canvassing tour and persuade Saginaw. Lansing, Bad Ax and a few other places to accept him as their local executive he can be the most popular and efficient Governor that ever occupied the place. As mayor he can make demands on the State and as Governor he can indorse the mayor's recommendation and approve his calls for an appropriation. But no abuse of privilege is looked for. Mr. Pingree is a pretty good sort of crank. The man who can make two potatoes grow where only one discarded bed spring grow before is a patriot and may be trusted. . She Wanted a. Gavel. ' New York Evening Sun. There were times at the convention of Jewish women held in this city last week when no less than two presiding officer had nil they could do to Veep things in order. Ono of these presiding officers. In addition to all hr other orders, wore a sound-money badge, and was from the East; the other did not. and was from tho West. Only one of them, the Easterner, was armed with a gavel. The Westerner wanted one. too, though, and between her vicarious fist-thumpli gs and umbrellapoundings she kept asking on all sides for a gavel. At length an Easterner In the audience sang out: "I tell you what, you Western woman, instead of a gavel. Just do your pounding with a silver dollar Simple Mntter. Chicago Post. A careful review of several articles In regard to "degenerates" shows that It la really a very simple matter to recognize one of them. All that Is necessary is to get some one to hold him while you make careful measurements of his head, a plaster cast of his mouth and outline drawings of his ear to compare with mo.li is that any good lxok on the rubject will give you. The ThoaRhtful Iteed. Philadelphia Record. Spraker Reed did not stop at Canton on his trip homeward from the Wom. There was a delicate consideration for Mr. McKlnley and hi sick wife in Mr. Reed's for. be-a ranee which tho goslp do not npjar to understand, an J they are accordingly putting their own construction upon it. Presumably. Chicago Pot. The Prince and Princess of Wales aro now at Blenheim, und v.e presume that the Durhoss of Marllcrough at last fe-el that she is getting all she paid for. SBBIBSBBSSBSSWSBBSiBMa Joke. Philadelphia Times. A carnation has teon named nftt r Plnf ree. but. considering his potato chlevlnents, the choice should rather have fallen on a tuber rose.