Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1899 — Page 4

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Senator Mason, of Illinois, has demonstrated his unfitness to represent that great State in the Senate. His opposition to the peace treaty was factious and unpatriotic, and his filibustering tactics to force a vote on the McEnery resolution was worthy of a copperhead senator of the civil-war period. He misrepresents the people o£ Illinois. The papers which declare that the township and county reform bills would take printing away from county newspapers or job offices and give it to those In the cities are careful not to print the bills, and probably their editors never read them. There is not a word o£ truth in the statement. Nothing of the kind is in either of the bills. “Prospects good for a fee and salary bill,” is the word which the leaders of the County Officers’ Association have sent out to the county officers from thpir headquarters in the Grand Hotel. They propose to kill the pending reform hills and follow their defeat by an attempt to revive the iniquities of the old fee and salary system. Not all of the county officers are in this conspiracy; on the contrary, many of them are opposed to the work of this lobby. Indeed, the circular of the lobby, printed in this issue, comes from a county officer who does not propose to be plundered by the gang which has brought discredit to the county officers. Now their plan is known, members of the Legislature are warned. To be warned is to be forearmed. It looks as if the movement for a reorganization of the National Guard might meet with favor from Congress. At the meeting of the Interstate National Guard Association in Chicago on last Dec. 12 twenty States were represented. After full discussion of the measures necessary for a reorganization of the guard in the different States on a uniform basis, a committee was appointed to go to Washington and ask Congress for an increased appropriation for arms, ordnance and government stores, to be distributed according to the congressional representation of the States. The committee has done its work and a bill has been introduced in the House appropriating SUXW.OCO for tite purpose indicated. Whether tiie bill passes at this session or not it is a first step in the direction of reorganizing the militia of the various States in a way that will make it an effective aid to the government in case of need. It is said that General Lee is about to visit the Isle of Pines with a view of establishing a camp to which sick soldiers may be sent from Cuba—a sort of military sanatorium. This will revive interest in a feature of our new possessions which has received little attention hitherto, but which may prove of considerable value. By the protocol Spain ceded to the United States “the Island of Porto Rico and the other islands which are at present under the sovereignty of Spain in the Antilles,” except Cuba, over which she renounced her sovereignty. The Isle of Pines is ours as much as Porto Rico, and the American flag has been raised there to stay. We do not have to pacify and then evacuate the island. as in the case of Cuba. We have taken it “for keep#.” It lies directly south of Cuba and is about one-third ns large as Porto Rico, having an area of 1,214 square mile#, against 3.530 in Porto Rico. Aside from its salubrious climate and attractions M a health resort it may become important oa account of its location with reference to

the Nicagarua canal. It is several hundred miles nearer the canal than is Porto Rico, and commands the Yucatan entrance to the Gulf of Mexico. When the canal is built the Isle of Pities will furnish an important raval station for the United States, and a small American force there will suffice to preserve order in Cuba. LORD BEREBFORD'B MISSION. Rear Admiral Lord Charles Bcresford, who arrived in San Francisco recently, and who will be in Chicago in a few days, comes to this country on a curious and interesting mission. The word mission is used advisedly, for whether I.orci Bcresford is clothed by the British government with diplomatic powers or not he has come on specific business and, doubtless, has an understanding w ith his government as to his line and mode of procedure. The object of his visit is to explain and popularize the idea of joint British and American action in establishing wrhat is now known as the opendoor policy in China and the East. Ostensibly he comes as the representative of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of England, and he will appear before the Board of Trade in Chicago and the Chamber of Commerce in New York before going to Washington, but his real object is to reach the people through the press. The promptness with v/hich he submitted to a newspaper interview on his arrival in San Francisco shows that lie understands this American method of reaching the public. The interview was published in the Journal a few days ago, but it gives such a clear explanation of the open-door policy that the main points are worth reprinting. Lord Bcresford said: li means simply that, instead of “spheres of influence,” which means the breaking up of the Chinese empire, that England. America, Germany and Japan shall, by agreement, maintain free and equal commercial relations for all in the Orient. * * * If the spheres of influence policy is allowed to he adopted Russia will, of course, become all powerful in the north, France in the soulh. England, of course, cannot, get everything, Germany will get what she ran, whilo America will probably get nothing, for though I think she is destined to he a great trading nation in the Orient, greater than Great Britain or any other country, h*r interests there are now comparatively slight, and in the scramble it is not likely that the American people would feel their interests demanding a struggle for a portion of it at this lime. But with the "open deer” equal opportunity for all nations, her commerce is bound to grow. With the spheres of influence, of course, Russia would put on preferential tariffs in the regions she dominated and France would do the same in her territory. I don't know whether tiermany and England would or not. Thus America would be cut out altogether, or ptactically so, from the China trade and England from all but that she dominated. Ho that America really has more interest in the “open door" than England has. From this it will be seen that the opendoor policy advocated by England relates to the extension of trade and the exploitation of commercial advantages on a tooting of equality for all nations, while the spheres of influence policy, adopted by Russia, contemplates closing the door in CJtina against everything but the territorial and commercial advantage of Russia. Whether this is the real tendency of the Russian policy or not, it is the British view. The question is an important one to the United States, for, no matter what may he the outcome of the Philippines matter, there can be no doubt that the near future will witness an enormous development of our trade with the East. Lord Beresford thinks that, under equal conditions, the United States will have a larger trade in the Orient than even Great Britain, and that she has, therefore, more interest in the open-door policy than England has. However this may be. the United State# ought to be opposed to any policy that would restrict or retard her trade with China.

An interesting phase of Lord Beresford’s visit is that ho is a. thoroughbred Irishman and representative of one of the oldest and most aristocratic families in Ireland. He traces his ancestry back more than seven hundred years, through a line of Lords Beresford, every one of whom was a pureblooded Irishman. It is not unlikely that his selection for his present mission was due in part to this fact, in the hope that he could successfully combat what Englishmen imagine is the main source of opposition in the United States to an Anglo-American alliance, namely, Irish hostility to England. Probably this feeling is overestimated, but from a British point of view it may have seemed worth placating, and Lord Beresford, who unites the characteristics of a thoroughbred Irishman and a distinguished British naval officer, is a suitable person to do it. He should have a cordial reception and friendly hearing, but he will not find the American people disposed to enter into any other kind of an alliance with England than one of friendly feeling. FAVORS (OMMEHC’.U i:\PA\SlO\. Hen. Charles Denby, ex-United States minister to China, spent two days at his old home in Evansville and left that city yesterday for San Francisco, whence he will sail on the 21st inst. for Hong-Kong, and thence to Manila to join the other members of the commission appointed by the President to investigate the Philippines question. Os the other members, Admiral Dewey and Major General Otis are now on the ground, and President Sehurman. of Cornell Univeislty, and Professor Worcester, of Ann Arbor, started a week or so ago. The Evansville Courier publishes an interview with Colonel Denby showing that his views on the question of expansion have not been changed by recent events. He is distinctly in favor of it and of retaining control of all or part of the Philippines as an essential feature of the policy. He says: There is an immense market in the East. The question is shall we avail ourselves of it. We have stood by while England, Russia and France have taken large slices of Chinese territory. The nations of Europe have taken coaling bases in China; why should not a great nation like our own be similarly placed? If Dewey had been whipped at Manila where would he have gone? Six thousand miles away was the nearest base. It is less than fifty years since Japan was opened to the world, and its progress has been gigantic. China nas a population of 400.01 J.OCb. It is being honeycombed with railways. Our engines and our machinery arc needed. We can compete with the world; all we need is the market. It is all very well to speak of Washington's farewell address, but in that address the extent of modern trade was not foreseen nor was there any intention to hamper the necessities of commerce. 1 think in some form or another this country should exercise control over tic Philippines or some part of them. How much of the archipelago should be retained, whether all or little, it is the part of the commission to secure the data on which a judgment may be formed. it will be noticed that Colonel Der.by favors national expansion on commercial lines and the acquisition or control of the Philippines to that end. llis long residence in China and his knowledge of the operations of European nations in the East give weight to his views on the subject. "The nations of Europe,” he says, “have taken coaling 1 >ascs in China; why should not a great nation llko our own be similarly placed?” Can any anti-expansionist answer this question? Or can any patriotic American give a satisfactory answer to the other question: “If Dewey had been whipped at Manila, w here would he have gone?” Without a coaling station or a friendly port in that part of the world there would have been no possible escape for him. Fortunatc-

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ly for him and for the national honor, he captured a coaling base, and now' the antiexpansionists would have us give it up. It does not appear that Colonel Denby favors annexation of the Philippines, but he thinks that “in some form or another this country should exercise control over them or some part of them.” llis views should have special weight in the State of which he is an honored citizen. No other man ever represented the United States government at any foreign court as long as Colonel Denby did in China, or ever represented it more creditably. His service there of thirteen years, from 1885 to ISPS, was more than three times as long as the average service of American ministers abroad, and his opportunities for studying our relations to the East were unequaled. His views should outw’cigh those of a great many anti-expan-sionists who have never been west of the Alleghenies. " OMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS. Women's organizations are so numerous, so varied in character, and have, so to speak, so many wheels within wheels that women themselves sometimes grow confused when asked to define the purposes of the "councils” and “congresses” and "federations” whose meetings are so frequent. As for the average man. lie is simply and frankly bewildered by the gatherings and makes no effort to compri hend their mysteries. He reads of a “Mothers' Congress" and grins, not believing that the profession of motherhood can be taught or promoted by town meeting, but, on the whole, thinking the meeting can do no harm. lie hears of a “National Council” with less complacency because of his impression that it has something to do with politics and suffrage, iwo things he is firmly convinced women have no business to meddle with. For in these progressive times political privileges are pretty muoh all that man can claim as exclusively his own, and he clings to them with desperate earnestness. But, after all, it is not politics or suffrage with which the National Council in session at Washington this week' will chiefly concern itself. These topics will bo considered, but it is not primarily a suffrage gathering. It is made up of delegates from the local councils of the various towns and cities of the country. A local council is composed of representatives from the several women's organizations of the community—benevolent, religious, literary, temperance, political, educational, etc. It undertakes w'ork that may or may not be suggested by any of these contributory elements, but of a sort which may be supposed to have at least the tacit approval of all, such as municipal, social or other reforms. The work varies, being governed by what presents itself first for attention in the different cities. The delegates to the National Council will present reports of what each local society has done and the national body will discuss these reports and recommend other lines of endeavor. There is, it must be confessed, rather an alarming suggestion of politics in the fact that the National Council will be divided into two houses, in imitation of the Congress of the United States, each local council represented there being regarded as an imaginary State. This, of course, affords the members an opportunity to accustom themselves to the machinery of official life and is perhaps a part of a crafty scheme, but is probably less dangerous in tendency than it appears at first thought. The scope of its endeavors will not be limited, however, to mere political themes. Educational, social, moral, reformatory, professional and literary interests will be considered as well. Nor will they deal with these matters in a general way only: they will be specific. For instance, a resolution on the programme for discussion reads thus: Whereas. The larger portion of church members are women, and whereas, we cannot conceive that the All-Father, who is no respecter of persons, lias made a minority of church members the sole depository of wisdom; therefore. Resolved, That women should be eligible to all offices and dignities of the church and should take part in the deliberations of all religious bodies to which they may be elected by their church fellowship. Another urges the government to avail itself of the services of women in the commissary department of the army in future war operations. Both these are of a somewhat incendiary character, it is true, but he is an uncommonly self-righteous man who can protest against them with other than a sickly smile, knowing as he does what the churches would be without women and that women in the commissary department could at least have done no worse than men during the late war. These and many other matters will be taken up, and, while to the careless observer it may seem that it all amounts to little, it must be remembered that this body has ramifications in the remotest hamlet of the country, and that W’hat is discussed in the National Council will be echoed in the clubs which are tributary to the local councils before the year is over. The National Council has great possibilities. When it under ikes a movement, as it may do at any time, which needs general co-operation it is in instant touch with a vast number of women. If there is anything in organization these councils should accomplish it, for they illustrate organization of the most elaborate and comprehensivo kind.

The vote of the Senate on the McEnery resolution has no particular significance, and the adoption of the resolution does not change the situation. Here is the resolution: That by the ratification of the treaty of peace with Spain it is not intended to incorporate the inhabitants of the Philippines into citizenship of the United States, nor is it intended to permanently annex said islands as an integral part of the territory of the United States. But it is the intention of the United States to establish on said islands a government suitable to the wants and conditions of the inhabitants of said islands, to prepare them for local self-gov-ernment, and in due time to make such disposition of said islands as will best promote the interest of the citizens of the United States and the inhabitants of said islands. In a matter of this kind the Senate can only speak for itself and, after March 4, the new Senate can adopt a resolution revoking this one. This is not the time to declare the policy of the government regarding the Philippines, and. if it were, the Senate alone has no authority to do it. The immediate duty on hand is to uphold the government in its efforts to suppress the insurrection in the Philippines, and enforce its rights under the treaty. The recent term of severe cold is practically ended as far as this section of the country is concerned, though it will be some days yet before the East gets relief. It lias been the longest term of very severe cold on record and the most extensive geographically. Aside from the discomfort and suffering it has produced the material damages resulting from it have been very great. There is no means of estimating these, but they cover a great variety of losses—interruption of railroad traffic, loss of perishable products by freezing, destruction of orange groves and fruit crops, death of live stock, etc. The losses from these and other causes would doubtless aggregate many millions of

dollars. If there is any compensation it is not yet in sight unless it lies in the destruction of yellow fever germs in the South, as the medical authorities think. That would go far towards compensating for ail the actual losses caused by the cold. As for the discomfort and suffering they are soon forgotten. The belief that the body of a suicide must not be disturbed until the coroner comes is curiously persistent and often prevents resuscitation of the unfortunate. The case of Mr. Carlton, reported yesterday. Seems to have been one of the latter kind, since signs of life are reported to have existed as late as when the coroner arrived. There is nothing in the law requiring a body to remain untouched and there is the motive of humanity and common sense calling for the opposite course. That is a lovely trait of the human character which causes instant advantage to be taken of man's suffering and necessities by raising the prices of food and fuel in emergencies like the recent cold spell. Love for one’s neighbor has varied manifestations. When nature takes a hand proud and boastful man goes into swift retirement. All the inventions and modern improvements whose merits have been so loudly proclaimed and by virtue of which we have claimed advantages over all past ages are as nothing when the elements take a little whirl and disarrange the machinery so carefully adjusted by human ingenuity. The cold comes, the snow' falls, and, behold! trains cease to run, the mails are not carried, traffic ceases, social intercourse is at an end. the dead cannot be burled—great cities, in short, are helpless and reduced to primitive conditions. It is very evident, under such conditions as a cold wave brings about, that twentieth century scientists will have ample opportunity to invent things that will add to the comfort of the race. Tesla and Edison, by the way, ought to take note of the helplessness of New York under the snow and consider what can be done about it. The orthodox ministers who have noted no inclination to repentance on the part of the members of their congregations should remember that the theory of a literal hell holds no terrors for the man who has been left in the lurch with Klondike weather, gas stove and no gas. They have been having some heavy snows down East, no doubt, but it is always noticeable by the way they “holler” that the people of that region are of opinion that there is no weather worth mentioning until it strikes them. With the beautiful to a depth of three, feet in Washington, D. C. , the Hon. Henry U. Johnson now' w'alks in snow about as deep as the frost is for him in his own district. Aguinaldo has about reached the point where he wraps the cloak of “honor” about him and claims a clear title to American leniency. The various deferred Lincoln day addresses were, it may be presumed, put away on ice. The tire is about the only thing that could bear being out during the recent extreme cold.

IU HOLES IN THE AIR. Economy. “How does Wigglins succeed in looking so natty on his small salary? lie must practice economy.” “Only the second syllable.” DiMltllil l’rH])Ppt. “We will set you back in your seat yet,” said the confident supporter. “I fear,” said the senator, who was a candidate for re-election, “that it will be another kind of setback.” Revenue of tlie Jilted. “That was a horrible trick Algy played on Edith.” “Yes?” “Yes. He sent her one of her own photographs as a comic valentine.” AVomnn*M Trust. “Do you believe there can be love without confidence?” “I know there can. A couple of fellows worked my wife for SSO by representing themselves to be detectives on the hunt for me, but willing to compromise.” STATE PRESS OPINION. There is reason to fear that members of the legislature who have been posing as friends of the proposed county and township reform legislation are finding excuses in some features of the bills presented to oppose the reforms and defeat the bills. If they had reasons instead of excuses, they would be proposing something instead of the features to w'hich they object.—Martinsville Reporter. A bill has been introduced in the State Senate which provides for an increase in the salaries of prosecutors to SI,OOO a year. Under the present law the prosecutor gets SSOO and fees. It is not proposed to cut off the perquisites by the proposed statute. The effort is to increase the expense of this office SSOO in each judicial district. Is there any warrant for such a movement? Is it urged by those who must pay the bills or by those who expect to be beneficiaries? The Courier is of opinion that the Legislature could make no more grievous mistake than to pass such an act.—Lafayette Courier. Republicans in the Legislature must certainly realize that the party will be held responsible for their acts, or failures to act, and a campaign can t be made on failures to act. The best kind of a campaign to make and the easiest to win is a campaign of pledges fulfilled and faithfully kept. The most important plank in the Republican state platform is that promising reform in local government and it is the one the people emphasize the most. It is the one which, carried out, will be the strongest argument for another Republican Legislature or which, ignored, will be the strongest argument against. It makes little difference what else the Legislature may or may not do, on the fate of these reform bills depends to a large extent the fate of the Indiana Republican party. The bills are having no trouble in the Senate. The Republicans are almost unanimous for them and the Democrats are not opposing them with any vigor. But in the House the Democrats present a solid front against them and are aided in this attempt to put the Republican party in a hole by Mr. Reser and others. What is needed is a caucus to bring these gentlemen into line. They should be made to understand that they are not bigger than their party.—Crawfordsvllle Journal. Now is the time when the actual test of the efficiency of the present Legislature will come. They have earned commendation and have received it for their industry and wisdom in clearing the calendar of bills that do not deserve to become laws, but which hang in the way of legislation that is worthy. The committees have worked promptly and have made wise reports, in the majority of instances, and both houses have treated those reports with due consideration usually. But the time has now come for positive action—for the decided action to be taken that will show to the State that they intend to follow up the good work they have done by enacting into laws the meritorious measures for which the way has been cleared. The indications are that the House will not keep the faith, because they have defeated the first of these measures that came before them—the act approved by the Senate and providing for uniform system of keeping accounts. This measure has been hopelessly lost In the House and ii is a repudiation of both political platforms by the members who opposed. The legislators should not mistake the clamor of organizations for the clamor of the people. The people expressed their desires in the party platforms and they have not changed their notions since that expression was given out. These members of the Legislature accepted nominations on those platforms, and if they \\> earnest actions in the Legislature they would either support the pending hills or would offer reasonable substitutes for them. —Martinsville Reporter.

COUNTY REFORM BILL WITH THE MEASIRE BEFORE IT, THE SENATE ADJOI H\EL>. ♦ Fieri* Insisted on Reading It In Fnll, l)t‘pitc (liaiuiaii \eub)' Impatience. PRIMARY ELECTION MEASURE BOTH BR ANCHES OF L.EGISI,ATI RE IJISCISS IT. House Pusses Several Rills—Soldiers* Monument Appropriation Causes a Scene. * The last hour of yesterday’s Senate session was a lively one and the consideration of Senator New’s county hill, which had been called up after two motions to adjourn had been voted down, was frequently interrupted by additional motions to adjourn, interspersed with attempts to introduce new hills, until it was found that it was useless to attempt to do any further business and the Senate adjourned, with the bill still pending and one amendment already adopted byconsent of the author. In many respects the situation was a unique one. Following the usual custom, as soon as the hill was called up. tlie reading clerk began to read the bill by sections. It is a long document of fifty-two sections and twenty pages and the, reading of it would consume fully- ah hour. Throughout the latter portion of the afternoon, several of the senators united their efforts to keep the bill from being brought up by resorting to all sorts of pretexts—by moving to adjourn and byasking consent to introduce bills—hoping that one of the many adjournment motions would carry. Several of the senators, who realized that there would be a perfect avalanche of bills offered if any departure from the regular order of things was made, steadily voted against allowing the clerks to be swamped at the closing hours of the day, and insisted that the regular order be maintained. In this manner, Senator New’s name was called in regular order and he called up his countybill. It was then nearly- 4:30 and most ol' the senators who were against the bill, expressed themselves as anxious to adjourn and make the matter a special order for this morning, in order to be better prepared to fight it. Some of its friends insisted on the Senate continuing its consideration in the hope that it would pass without amendment, but both sides failed in their efforts. It was realized that the reading of the hill would consume the time up to nearly ti o'clock and a hint was eonvey-ed to the reading clerk that he could w-Ph propriety overlook a few of the lines, in order to expedite matters. That official had'been warned in advance, however, that some of the enemies of the bill would claim that the passage of the bill would lie illegal if he did so, and refused to take advantage of the permission accorded him by- the chair, until President Pro Tempore Newby ordered him to omit a part of the. bill in order to finish the reading as soon as possible. In spite of this, however, the reading clerk sluck to his task, without omitting a word, until Chairman Newby grew tired and shouted out: “This is the third reading of the bill, the question is shall it he passed?” DISPUTE AS TO THE READING. Only about one-third of the bill had actually been read, and Senator Hubbell, thereafter made strenuous attempts to have it read through, in order, as he said, to make the passage of the bill legal. Senator St dwell offered an amendment, which, was adopted by consent of the author, providing that the following be added to the bill after Section 51: “Section alVfc. The Board of Countv Commissioners by consent, of the Council in each county of this State may lav off and divide the same into any number of townships that the convenience of the citizens may require, accurately defining the boundaries thereof, and may from time to time make such alterations in the number, names and boundaries of such townships as they may deem proper." After this was done, and two motions to adjourn had failed. Senator Hubbell claimed that neither the amendment nor the bill was properly before the Senate for discussion, inasmuch as the bill had not been read through. Chairman Newby ruled that the bill had been read a third time and was ready for passage as amended. Senator Hubbell appealed from the ruling by asking the chair if he meant to say that it was proper to read about a third of the bill and announce that it had been given a third reading. Senator Newby answered that he had already ruled on the point, but was not conducting a school in parliamentary law, to which Senator Hubbell replied that it was manifest that Senator Newby was incapable of doing so. In the midst of the trouble another motion to adjourn was made and carried, and the bill went over until this morning, when it will come up for passage.

TO PURIFY PRIMARIES. Another hot fight, while it lasted, grew out of the passage of Senator Hugg’s bill to purify primary elections. The author, in explaining it, said that it had been framed in compliance with the pledges made in the platforms of both parties at the last general election. lie said that, while primary elections were not .so corruptly conducted as they were claimed to bo. they were still bad enough to need remedying. In following the usual custom of considering the bill by sections Senator Cregor offered an amendment to Section 4 changing the time of opening the polls from 1 p. m. to 10 a. m., explaining that it was offered in the interests of the working people, in order that all might have an opportunity of voting. There was such opposition to this amendment on the score of economy that it was finally defeated. Minor amendments were offered and accepted from Senators Early and Minor, and Senator Ryan then asked to have inserted in Section 1 the words “except as to assessments for political purposes” between the words “candidates” and “shall” in the sentence which reads: “Any person desiring to sumbit his name to the voters in a primary election shall, not later than five days preceding the holding of such primary election, notify the committee or governing authority of the political party holding such primary of the fact, that he is a candidate, and upon complying with the conditions prescribed by the committee or governing authority for the regulation of candidates shall be declared to be a candidate by the committee or governing authority of such political party, and any person who has not given such notice to the committee or governing authority and has not complied with the conditions prescribed by the committee or other governing authority for the government of candidates shall not have his name printed on the ballots used in such primary election; but any person desiring to vote' for one other than the persons whose names are printed on said ballots shall have the right to do so bv writing or by inserting a paster containing the name of the person for whom he desires to vote in the space on the ballot set apart for the names of the candidates for such office as he may desire such person so voted for to hold." Senator Ryan, in explaining his amendment, said that it was offered as a check on the county committee, which might prevent a poor man whom it was not desired to place on the ticket from running for office by reason of the committee levying an rxorbitant assessment against him. The amendment was adopted. Senator Shea then moved to strike out all of the bill except the enacting clause and substitute for it the provision that in all counties where it was desired to hold primary elections they should be under ; :ie provisions of the Australian ballot law . Tics was defeated. Senator Winfield then moved to Insert in the first section the provision that the bill should only apply to counties of 150.000 or over for the reason that it was not necessary in most of the small counties. Senator Hugg. in replying, said that the bill was not in any sense an election ianr. but had

been drafted to keep tricksters from "stuffing ' the primaries with outsiders; to keep Democrats out of Republican primaries and Republicans out of Democratic primaries. He said it was not a matter which interested the whole of the people, but was intended to be a party matter in which the whole people were to be benefited by choosing party candidates by the voice of the party representatives. It had been framed because of a universal call for reform in primaries from all counties and it would benefit all counties alike. After Senators Hubbell. Brooks, New and Agnew had spoken briefly from different standpoints of the bill Senator Gilbert announced that unless the bill was amended he would vote against it as such a law was neither necessary nor*desired in his county. He. understanding that such a bill was desired in Marion county, would be willing to ■ have it apply to those counties which felt the need of it, but would have none of it for Steuben county. He thereupon offered an amendment providing that Section 1. which reads: “That hereafter the primary elections of all political parties of this State having at the last preceding general election polled at least 10 per centum of the total vote cast at such election, shall be governed by the provisions of this act." should be amended by adding “unless the duly constituted committees of any such political party prefer to make nominations in any other way." Before this was finally adopted Senator Brooks said that as all officeholders were chosen in the primaries these elections should be conducted honestly and every effort made to promote that virtue. To that end he urged that the item of expense should not be considered. Senator Hawkins advanced the opinion that there was a great need of reform in primary elections, because at present such elections did not reflect the real will of the people, because many of the best citizens do not attend them. Senator Wood expressed surprise that Senator Gilbert should have said that there was no need of reform in the primary elections in his county, when the defalcations of county officers t here was so well known. Senator Gilbert replied that there had been no county officers in Steuben who had been show-n to have been guilty of crime, but that in an adjoining county which he represented a Democratic county officer had absconded with some of the county funds. Replying to the charge by one of the senators that there was no demand for reform in primary elections exet pt in Marion county. Sena*ffir New said that the bill under discussion was not a pet Marion county measure, but was created by the pledges of the platforms of both parties. Senator Ryan's statement that Allen county had no need of such a bill, as the primaries had always been satisfactory to all parties, brought out a sharp rejoinder from Senator Hugg, who said that it was well known that primaries had been conducted so dishonestly in Fort Wayne that while the city was normally the strongest Democratic city in the State a Republican administration had been elected by a good majority. Senator Stilwell then suggested that the cry for reform was coming almost alone from Marion county, and that the planks, so often referred to in the .platforms of both parties, were put thre last summer by representatives from Marlon county. He also ventured the assertion that, in States where such reform measures had been adopted, i.t was found that the influence was always working against the majority party and, in the end, compassed its destruction.

Senator Brooks offered an amendment, in view of the possibility of Senator Gilbert’s amendment, carrying, providing that the county committees must announce, that they will or will not take advantage of the law and hold primaries under Its provisions, at such reasonable time before election day that no expense will have been entailed uselessly. With these two amendments added, the tall was recommitted to the elections committee for revision. ON THIRD READING. The following bills were passed on third reading: No. 98. By Senator Brooks: Amending the mechanics' lien law so as to require notice to tie made in the office of the. recorder of the county in which the real estate against which the lien is to he filed is situated. No.- lilt. By Senator Agnew: To allow the State to plat and sell tracts of reclaimed swamp lands in Lake county. While the wrangling over the county hill was going on the following bills w-ere surreptitiously introduced and referred to committees without being read: No. 410. By Senator Wood: To authorize the filing of attorney's liens in all actions for damages at any time from the filing of the case to the time of collecting judgment; judiciary. No. 411. By Senator Wood: Regulating the charges for accommodations in Pullman cars at 35 cents for a seat for every hundred miles or fraction of that distance, and 50 cents for a berth for one hundred miles or fraction thereof; corporations. No. 412. By Senator Wood: To allow the hoard of managers of the Michigan City prison to have the power to parole life convicts: prisons. SOLDIERS’ MONUMENT BILL. Like a thunderbolt came the discussion yesterday morning on the bill by Senator Loich appropriating SIOO,OOO to complete the soldiers' and sailors’ monument, and before the bill was finally passed, the Democratic minority of the Senate had been disrupted, Seator Stillw-ell, w ho advocated the passage of the measure, had been declared a renegade by the rest of his Democratic associates, and personalities and recriminations had been, hurled back and torth, from both sides of the chamber, in the most careless manner ever witnessed since the present General Assembly convened. The bill was tailed up on third reading by Senator Leich, and, from the appearance of the thing at the start, seemed likely to pass without occasioning any remark, until Senator Nusbaum put himself on record as being opposed, not to the passage of the bill, but to the way the work of the monument was being done. He asserted that it w’as a commonly-expressed opinion that the monunment would never be completed within the life of the present Members of the General Assembly and that the tax-payers were being abused by Tbeing loaded up with taxes to "complete” th,o monument, which was no nearer completion at the present day than it had been for years back. He said lie believed in giving the old soldier everything that was desired, within reason, but he did not believe in robbing the people to put money in a pile of stone which never seemed to be near completion. Senator Johnson, of Jay. then offered a motion to cut down the amount of the appropriation from SIOO,COO to $50,000, and then trouble began in earnest. Senator Wood earnestly suggested the folly of appropriating $50,000 to complete a job which would cost twice as much and said that, in the end, if the suggestion should be acted on. would cost double the amount asked, by reason of the State being compelled to tear out work w’hich would be done at the lower price. He said it was his intention to vote for the full appropriation, but he would do so with the distinct understanding that the expenditure had to end somewhere. He asserted that the work w'ould have been nearly completed, had it not been for the regents, who, in his opinion, wished to draw their salaries as long as possible and, in order to do so. retarded the completion of the monument. Senator New% in explaining his purpose of supporting the bill, called attention to the fact that the monument was the finest piece of work of its kind in the world, and that, in no feature of it, could the world show its equal. He said the people of Indiana did not fully apreciate what they had in the monument and that, if they realized its importance, they would gladly give the money required to complete it. He suggested the probability that if the General Assembly of several years ago had fully realized how much the monument would have cost in the end. it would probably never have been started, but that, now that :t was unde? - way, the proper thing to do was to complete it at once. As an offset to the appropriation suggested by Senotar Johnson, he called attention to the costly experiment which had been already made because of the regents being compelled to conform to the limits o' the inadequate appropriations of former Legislatures, and said that they had always resulted in added expense to the State and caused botchwork to be done on the monument only to be torn out later, when the cheap w-ork had been shown to be undesirable. Senator Heller came out strongly against the appropriation in any form, but said that he would favor a bill which would provide fur completing the work in a specified time under contracts which would foe awarded on bids. Senator Hugg. in a short speech, showed the folly of trying to advertise for bids for doing a work of art. as though it were the building of u culvert or stone bridge, which only required the employment of masons and laborers. gTILWELL CREATES A SENSATION. Senator Stilwell created the greatest sensation of the session, however, when he aros-e from Senator Johnson’s seat on the Republican side and started to harangue the Democratic members on the advisability of supporting the bill. " I rise for the flag and the appropriation," said he, in a ringing voice, looking full into the faces oi his Democratic colleagues. This angered Senators Nusbaum and Drummond, who called out: “you are on the wrong side of the House.’’ "No,” returned the Gibson county senator. “1 am on the right side of the chamber to present the case as 1 propose to do.” And added, looking straight at Senator Nusbaum. “And ! am a better Democrat than you are. sir.” Before he was finally allowed to address the Senate, however, the Democratic senators insisted that he should be compelled to

come over to the Democratic side and spealc from his proper place. This brought on a wrangle In which all sorts of interpretations of the rules were made until finally the Lieutenant Governor decided that the senator could speak from any point he cared to, providing only, that he addressed the Senate while standing. Being given a free rein he launched out and, with flashing eyes, said that he wanted to warn the Democrats that it had been insinuated ever since the civil war that they were rebels and were opposed to everything looking to the well-being of the old soldier and that if they voted against the measure under discussion the charge would be given some color of truth. He also said it had been intimated that the Democrats had been British sympathizers and as late as 1596 it had even been charged that they were Spanish sympathizers He urged that it was desirable to build the monument from the standpoint of economy if for no other reason, and he denied that the regents had wasted any money, calling attention to the fact that at least two of them served without any pay. Senator Shea said he was in favor of allowing the SIOO,OOO asked for and opposed the piecemeal policy of former legislatures. At the same time, he dented the right of Senator Stilwell to anologize for the Democratic party. Senator Good wine added to the painfulness of the occasion by saying that he would vote for the appropriation if it would not carry with it the prevention of the removal of the poor insane wretches who are now confined in the poorhouses and jails of the State, but that if it did he would oppose the bill to the end. The bill was finally passed by an almost unanimous’ vote, even Senator Nusbaum voting for it. During the heated debate Senator Drummond sarcastically referred to Senator Stilwell as “the senator from Posey” and said that he had gone over to the Republican side in order to malign the party and the people who had sent him to the Senate. In conclusion he referred to President Cleveland as “Our Grover, once a Democrat, but now a Republican.” * Early In the morning session, the Senate gave the finishing touch to Senator Gill’s bill, to compel tho listing of notes and mortgages for taxation, by adopting the motion made by Senator Newby to table the motion to adopt tho report cf the committee recommending the passage of the bill. The following bills were passed on third reading: No. 230. By Senator Joss: Preventing attorneys from collecting street improvement assessments until after filing proof that duo notice has been given the property owner of his delinquency. The bill alsvi provides that in no case shall the fee be greater than the assessment. No. 217. By Senator Buckley: Allowing towns and small cities to levy a tax against abutting property to keep streets clean. By unanimous consent the House bill on tho same subject was substituted for the bill and passed. No. 204. By Senator Gilbert: Providing for nonsalried county hoards of charities and corrections. House bill on the same subject substituted. No. 265. By Senator Stilwell: Defining the crime of bigamy and making it possible to prosecute in this State a person who commits bigamy in another State and afterward moves to this State. * No. 256. By Senator Newby: Regulating the operation of the polls on election day and giving the election board the right to close the polls earlier than the legal hour by each member giving consent, and making a minute of the action, on the tally sheet. No. 297. By Senator Gilbert: Prescribing the duties and compensation of sheriffs. No. 283. By Senator Leich: Appropriating SI°O,OCO with which to complete the soldiers* and sailors' monument. Senator Gwln offered a resolution to compel the committee on benevolent institutions to make a report on the resolution introduced by him to have the charges of mismanagement at. the 'Michigan City prison investigated. The president ruled the resolution out of order, however.

HOI SE PASSES BILLS. One an Important City > hnrtrr Yincndmcnt—The Two-t ent Fare. The House spent the entire day yesterday in the transaction of routine business, and there were but few departures from tho consideration of bills on the second and third reading. A large number of bills was passed. Tho bill to amend the dental act narrowly escaped defeat in the afternoon. It was called up immediately after a. hill had been defeated, and the House seemed disposed to fake the same action with it. Mr. Glossbrcnner. who introduced the hill, hurried around the hall and induced enough members to change their vote before tho result was announced, and the bill went through by 53 ayes to 35 noes. The bill brings the present dental aet up to date. Mr. Shideier’s bill to legalize tho settlements made by the commissioners of Madison county with the treasurer when the fee and salary act was held to foe unconstitutional was passed. The hill by Mr. Marsh to give to contractors repairing roads a method whereby they may purchase, condemn, appropriate and acquire a right of way over intervening land in order to get at road-making material was passed w ith some opposition. Mr. Myler’s bill, which reduces the fee for a certificate to practice medicine to $lO and gives midwives more time to comply with the law, was passed with slight opposition. Hereafter the judge of any court shall have the right to appoint his bailiff and pay him $2 a day, according to the bill passed which was introduced by Mr. Kirkpatrick. There were tweuty-eight votes cast against the bill. The bill by Mr. Roose, requiring fraternal beneficiary societies to make reports to the auditor of state and giving to that officer tli© right to make examinations of their condition, was passed without opposition. Mr. Whitcomb's bill to bring those insurance companies organized before 1852 under the present insurance laws in so far as the filing of reports and right to examine them by the state auditor Is concerned was also passed. The bill by Mr. Barlow, which was in the nature of ah anti-Roby bill, and which permits the State to bring suit without bond if the suit is brought by the attorney general or one of his deputies, was passed with but two votes against it. Mr. Knotts, of Hammond, voted for the bill. Mr. Adman's bill to require treasurers of all cities not governed by special charter to make monthly rejiorts to the city clerk of the receipts and expenditures was among those passed. The bill further requires that the money on hand shall be accounted for, and if it is deposited in a bank the bank book, duly balanced on the last day of the month, shall also be tiled. Forfeiture of office is the penalty for failure to comply. Mr. Canada’s bill to require semi-annual reports from the three schools receiving state aid also passed the House. The bill requires an accounting of every cent and the filing of receipts for every cent expended. These reports are to be filed by Jan. 10 and July 10 of each year, and the bill applies to Purdue, Indiana State and tho State Normal. After one unsuccessful attempt to get such a bill through, Mr. Roots at last succeeded in securing the passage of his bill appropriating $1,500 for the temporary care of the criminal insane. Mr. Strong’s bill to amend the charter of this city so that assessments for street improvements shall not exceed 20 per cent of •ho appraised value of property benefited, exclusive of the buildings, passed with but two votes against it. Mr. Caraway’s bill requires that one copy of all state documents shall be sent to every state and territorial library in the Union. Mr. Clark’s bill amends tho present law on construction of a private roadway across the tracks of o. railroad so that such private roadway may bo constructed between a farm and a highway when separated by a right of way of a railroad. v Mr. Barlow’s bill to appropriate $5,000 to make an exhibition of maize at the Paris exposition was killed by the motion by Mr. Eichhorn to strike out the enacting clause. Mr. Dilley’s bill to make all promissory notes negotiable r.s inland bills was killed by a motion to strike out the enacting clause, which was made by Mr. Canada. There was much discussion of the bill, but the motion was carried by 58 ayes to 17 noes. Mr. Reser's bill to provide two boards of election officers, one to count and the other to receive ballots, was defeated without discussion. TWO-CENT-FARE BILL. Mr. Neal went after the committee on railroads. He presented a resolution that this committee shall report hlB bill on 2-eent fare by thi9 morning at 0:30. He stated that file bill was one of the first introduced and that the committee has had it in Its hands for one month and two days. Mr. Willoughby protested because the chairman of the committee is not in the city, but the resolution was adopted nevertheless. When Mr. Baker’s bill regarding usury came up on second reading it was so amended as to make 6 per cent, the legal rate in Indiana, and the bill further provides that any rate, above this by reason of expenses, commissions or other grounds shall constitute usury. The bill is aimed at money sharks. Mr. Artman’s bill making it unlawful tor hc commissioners of any county of more than 25,000 population io construct a courthouse unless at least 500 cttlzena shall have petitioned for it was so arm tided as to except Jackson county. Mr. Eichhorn was out when Mr. Knotts’s bill to form drainage districts for the drainage of the Kankakee valley was called up. Mr. Knotts offered several amendments to provide that the appraisement shall be made by resident land owners of the county who are not in the district affected, and the bill (Fontiuuctl on Sixth l*ac->