Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 209, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1899 — Page 4

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iiarnzoni uiat no nas never worn a iaw udi has not the political value It might have had years ago. ' aSBSSBSSBSBSBBSBBBSBSBBBBSBBSSBBBBBBBSBSBBSSBBBBBSSBBBBBSSSBBB The Democratic revolt In Kentucky goes right on. In spite of ths announcement of Mr. Bryan that he will make speechea tor Mr. Goebel. SBSSSBBBaaBSsaBBMSBaSaBSSaaBBBBBSSaBBaBBBBBBBBSaSJSBasSSBJBBBBBBB The Cleveland leader of yesterday said that the mayor had gone home the previous afternoon completely- worn out by hard work. What hag he done? Governor Candler Is making a strenuous effort to put an end to lynching In Georgia, where the most revolting exhibitions of the mob spirit have been made. It is related that Senator Tillman, of Bouth Carolina, has become very fastidious la regard to his clothing. Unfortunately his methods of expression have undergone no change. Mr. Bryan's efforts to pose on the Philippine question as a superior statesman and advocate of higher law are not very successful. The lion's skin has to be pieced out with too much of the fox's. The Chicago Chronicle (Democratic) deplores the falling off of our Imports from Germany, which means that the free-trader prefers to think the American people shall purchase abroad what can bo made at home. It la denied for ex-Secretary Whitney that b.6 went to meet Admiral Dewey to induce hlra to be an aspirant for the Democratlc nomination for President against ilr. Bryan. Mr. Whitney never makes a spectacle of himself. Ex-Secretary Hoke Smith, of Georgia, says nine-tenths of the people of his section are opposed to continuing the Philippine war. The ex-ecretary often mistakes his opinion for that of everybody 'about him. The editor of the Atlanta Constitution Is a tetter Judge of Georgia sentiment. Enlistments In the volunteer regiments have averaged iW per day during the first sixteen days since the recruiting began. At this rate the ten regiments will have their full' quota within the next thirty days. Considering that where one recruit Is accepted six or eight are rejected for physical reasons, this is remarkable. Important negotiations should always be conducted between principals. If the United States had taken the ground at the beginning, as It would have been Justified In doing, that the Alaskan boundary dispute was a question for settlement between the United States and Great Britain, Ignoring Canada as a mere colony a: d underling, the matter could have been much more easily settled. The department stores of Kansas City have decided not to take the initiative in fighting the new law recently enacted in Missouri against euch stores, but to wait until an attempt is made to enforce It. The law Imposes a separate tax on each line of business conducted in such stores, amounting In the aggregate to from 115,000 to $20,000 a year. Good lawyers arc of opinion that It Is unconstitutional. Ten Mormon missionaries have Just arrived in Philadelphia on their return trip from Germany, whither they went about a year ago on a proselyting trip. They camo back without a convert, and the only explanation offered for the falluro of their trip Is that the Germans are not as progressive as 'Americans in accepting the truth." Some people might say they are not as ready to run after false doctrines. The fact that 1.30) of the volunteers now In Luzon have enlisted in the new regiments being raised by General Otis, and that he has Informed the War Department that he can raise another regiment, would Indicate that the men who have fought the battles In the Philippines are neither discouraged nor weary of the war. This la the most damaging blow which those who are oppos lng the enlistment of the new regiments have received. R. C. Brown, of Philadelphia, has filed with the State Department at Washington a claim for J2.000.000 damages against the Transvaal Republic, growing out of a min ing transaction. He says that when it be came apparent that his claim was Just and that the Supreme Court of the Transvaal would have to decile In his favor President Kruger settled the question by promptly removing the judges and abolishing the court. "Oom TauT Is a pretty hard party to deal with. The peace conference has closed Its deliberations. It was called to consider the question of disarmament, which was dis missed to consider the question of arbitra tlon, which was not formally Indorsed. That Is, it has left no positive results. It was a series of meetings for an exchange of opinions. Drafts of plans for arbitration were made and discussed, and while they were not rejected they were not approved. Jt Is something, however, that the opinions cf the representatives of all the Influential

governments' In the world are In favor of efforts to arbitrate before going to war.

The protocol which the conference has pubIshed stands as the Judgment of the lead ing nations that international disputes can be settled without war. LAW Ml ST HE SUPREME. In when the Rational Guard was called out to check violence and lawlessness. It was regarded by many as fortunate that a Democratic Governor was called to perform that duty. It is fortunate, now that Cleveland ha3 a carnival of lawless ness, that the city has a Democratic mayor. It Is fortunate in both these Instances be cause, had those officials been Republicans, a class of Democratic demagogues would have seen In the situation an opportunity to make political capital, and in public meet ings and party papers would nave de nounced the tyranny of officials who, as they would have falsely declared, always take sides with the oppressors of the labor ing man. In this State, in Republicans stood by Governor Matthews loyally In his use of the National Guard to protect the dignity of the State and to enforce its laws. In the Cleveland strike the Republican pi ess in that city and elsewhere has sustained the Democratic .mayor in calling out the Na tional Guard to suppress rioters. The foregoing observations are suggested by a timely article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, a Democratic paper which stands for law and order. "The troops are here," says the Tlaln Dealer, "not to take sides with or against the street-railway company, but to suppress disorder, preserve the peace, protect life and property and enforce respect for law." It further asserts that no striker who keeps strictly within the limits of the law In maintaining his cause will suffer in person or cause from the presence of the military, who are merely enforcing the supremacy of law." A strike merely involves the right to quit and to in duce others by argument to do the same. It does not Involve the right to tear up tracks, blow up cars, stone cars In which people aie riding to and from their employment, or to assault men who choose to work. In the Cleveland case the cause of the present strike is, as the strikers allege, the failure of the company to keep Its agreement to man four cars with members of the union as often as one Is manned by nonunion men. If the union men feel that a strike is the remedy, that Is their priv ilege, but they have no right to interfere with the men who choose to work. "All men have certain Inalienable rights," ac cording to the Declaration of Independence. Some men assume that the reading is "union men," etc. It is not charged that the striking streetrailway employes are responsible for the tearing up of tracks, the throwing of stones into loaded cars and the use of dynamite. Most of them disclaim any participation in such outrages, but the lawless who are always waiting an opportunity appear as the supporters of the strikers. "A set of scoundrels. Anarchists, murderers," says the Plain Dealer, "come forth because they think the time Is ripe for an effective demonstration against constituted authority and for the substitution of the despotism of an irresponsible mob for Individual freedom, the rule of terror for the rule of law." Such demonstrations must be suppressed, with force if necessary, and those men who oppose the use of the power necessary to preserve the peace and to protect life and property are not good citizens. PITTING GOLD rN CIRCULATION. In an address delivered before the Mary land Bankers' Association, United States Treasurer Roberts strongly favored increas ing the use of gold in our circulation both by utilizing what is already coined and increasing the coinage. There is more gold in circulation now than there was a few months ago, and the banks are evidently paying it out more freely and trying to keep it in circulation. There are obvious reasons why this should be done. The people should be familiarized with the fact that gold is the only true standard of value, and the basis of all our currency. It Is not enough that this should be acepted as a scientific or academic truth. It'should be recognized as an actual, everyday fact. In all other gold standard countries except the United States, which means all other civilized coun tries, goldcoln constitutes a large part of the circulation, and travelers find it a very agreeable sight. The Bank of England does not Issue any notes under 3, or 125, and all the currency below this denomination is gold and silver, the gold sovereign and half-boverelgn, corresponding to our J5 and $2.50 pieces, constituting the bulk of it. Gold coins of nearly corresponding value are found in all European countries and take the place largely of small bills in this country. Americans are the only people who show a preference for mutilated, ragged, dirty and sometimes disease-producing paper notes, to bright, ringing gold coins, although they know it is gold alone that gives value to the paper. As a matter of education as well as finance the government should endeavor to get and keep in circulation as much gold as possible. For many years past the $5 and J2.50 gold pieces have not been corned in adequate quantities to meet a real popular demand. The coinage of these pieces should be Increased, and, if necessary to get them In circulation, the issue of paper notes of a less denomination than $10 should be stopped. The preference of the people for paper money is the result of perverted taste and wrong education. Once educated and accustomed to the use of real money they would greatly prefer It to Its paper representative, as people always prefer substance to shadow. The banks and business men of all kinds should co-operate with the government in putting gold in circulation, thus giving assurance to all that the prosperity of the country rests on a solid basis. INDEMNITY FOR LYNCHING. "Washington dispatches Indicate that the government will probably recognize its ob ligation to pay an Indemnity for the lynch ing of three of the five Italians recently lynched in Louisiana on the ground that they were Italian subjects. It is said the State Department "will lay down the principle once for all that an alien does not become a full-fledged citizen of the United States until naturalization papers have been formally Issued to him." That Is the only Jut and tenable ground to take. The is suance of "first papers" and the declaration of Intention to become a citizen entitle a foreigner to vote, but he is not a citizen until he get? his second papers. Pending his full naturalization he is still a foreign subject and entitled to the protection of his government. An alien who has- taken out only his first papers cannot claim the protection of the United States in foreign countries as an American citizen, and this government would be very prompt In re pudiating such a claim. Complete citizen ship Implies complete naturalization. In the case of the Italians lynched la Louis

iana in 11, who were still foreign subjects. Secretary Blaine tried unsuccessfully to maintain the doctrine that the United

States was not liable in damages for the death of foreign citizens murdered In vioation of State laws. Finally, however, he gracefully yielded the point and paid an Indemnity of $25,000. In doing so he said: While the injury was not inflicted direct ly by th" United States, the President nevertheleiri feels that it Is the solemn duty, as well as the great pleasure of the national government, to pay a satisfactory Indem nity." An act which is a "solemn duty" and which a government does with "great pleasure" Is tolerably binding. The truth s if we have a national government extend ing over all the States Its International obIgations and liability to other governments for the protection of their citizens must be recognized without reference to the constitutional refinements of our political system. DESERTS THE ADMINISTRATION. It Is with feelings bordering on alarm and with serious misgivings for the future of the country that the Journal announces that Magnus A. Hess, of Chicago, has dropped President McKinley and turned his back on the government. Mr. Hess claims to be the original McKinley man and to have been argely Instrumental in putting Mr. McKin ley where he is. He is a printer, and says he printed millions of circulars and thou sands of badges and supplied State, county, and ward clubs with electrotypes and literature "at a time when it done the most good," and he has no doubt that the election of McKinley was largely due to his efforts. The tariff question, the money question and the votes of several millions of peoplo may have had something to do with the. matter, but they could hardly have sufficed without the strenuous, persistent and de termined efforts of Mr. Magnus Hess. After Mr. McKinley was inaugurated and had time to get his second breath Mr. Hess signified his willingness to accept a lucrative office and left It entirely to the Presi dent's magnanimity to designate one ade quate to his services. As he was not speed ily summoned to Washington ho reminded the President by an occasional letter that although he was the original McKinley man he had not yet received an appointment, but these letters elicited no reply. Perhaps the war with Spain kept the President too busy to write. Now It Is too late, for, tired of waiting, Mr. Hess has Issued a circular In which he virtually repudiates the Pres ident and the whole administration outfit. He says: After all the hard work I have done in be half of President McKinley, the last seven years, three years before his nomination, and the money I have expended and the brain-work it took to overthrow the machine and secure his nomination have all been overlooked. Other "Noodle-Jays" are get ting the credit. It's a shame. I have been urged on before the election from 1K3 and jollied along until now, always been promised that I would be well provided for. President McKinley ought to be ashamed of himself, the way he has treated me. Really, it does seem hard that while other noodle-Jays" are getting offices and rewards Mr. Magnus Hess should be ig nored, especially as he was the original McKinley man who "stood by him and done the dirty work in his hour of need." This defection comes at a critical time. The war in the Philippines is not yet ended. and Important questions of domestic and foreign policy "are pressing on the Pres ident for settlement. It is most unfortunate that at a moment when he needs all the support he can get the person to whom he owes his election should drop him and posi tively refuse any longer to hold the country up by the tail. Perhaps Mr. Hess can be Induced to recall his circular and stand In the breach a little longer. The Bryan demonstration in this city yesterday morning could not be called enthuslastic, and It certainly was not numerous. There were forty-seven files of twos straggling after the band from the monument Into Market street so email a procession that the band ceased to play when Market street was crossed. If the city employes of various grades should be deducted from the forty-seven files the procession would have been considerably smaller. At the Grand Hotel a few perfunctory and wilted cheers that could be heard a block away were attempted, each person participating ceeming to be afraid that his would be the only voice. The files, which marched along the sidewalk, were increased to sixty-one at the Grand. The only men who seemed to enjoy the affair were a few of the old silver "push" of 1S06, vho fought Mayor Taggart'a candidate for county clerk last fall. The eight cars from this city to Greenfield were well filled, but no other line than the Pennsylvanla passes through that city, so that all the people in this region going to the Bryan meeting were In that train. On those cars there were about 400 passengers. A large number of people from the country were present In the Democratic lG-to-1 stronghold. If Mr. Bryan had spoken In Greenfield three years ago the Pennsylvania would have run train after train, because the people desired to hear him expound the blessings of 16 to 1. Beyond the old "push" of that year there is no interest In the silver question, and Mr. Bryan him eelf has been seen so many times that he is no longer a novelty. But his meeting may check the spread of the antl-16-to-l sentiment in the party. In April last, when the names of the American delegates to the international disarmament conference were announced, that of Frederick W. Holla was the least known. It was stated that he was a graduate of Columbia Law School and head of a respectable law firm In New York city, 'and that was about all that was known of him. The reports of the conference show thU he took a leading part in the proceedings, and. with the possible exception of Hon. Andrew D. White, he has achieved more distinction than any other member of the American delegation. Editor Stead, of the Review of Reviews, gives him the main credit for the. success of the arbitration scheme, which was the chief work of the conference. Mr. Stead speaks in the highest terms of Mr. Holla's closing speech on the subject. The speech was delivered first in English and then translated into French, and Mr. Stead says: "When the interpreter sat down after translating Holls's speech Into excellent French, everyona in the commission knew that the caue was saved." Mr. H0II9 seems to have fully vindicated the wisdom of his appointment. The Pittsburg Dispatch speaks of the scarcity of labor In different sections of the country. That may be putting It rather strong, but certainly there Is a wide demand for labor, which is the surest evidence of the presence of an unprecedented condition of prosperity. Three years ago crowds of Idle men gathered on street corners and listened to the wild rant of sliver orators. Idle men were teen on every hand. They were not only idle, but in their faces could be read the story of fruitless search for cm-.

ployment. Those who considered such topics wondered If the country would ever

again reach a condition of prosperity when any considerable portion of the array of unemployed could find work and wages. At that time no one would have dared predict that In less than three years after the elec tion of McKinley the thousands of the unemployed would be employed. Such Is the case. There is employment for all who really desire to work. One of the causes of the ri.ie of the price of tin plate is the advance In the price of block tin. Jan. 1, 1S0S, the price in London was J313 a ton in round numbers. At the close of the year the price was $430; July 1, $500; July 24, 5. The cause of the advance seems to be the limited supply and an increased demand. Thus far tin ore that will pay for working Is found in but few places, so that the total output cannot be greatly increased. At one time it was believed that the tin ore found in this country would be worth working, but to this time the ex pectations of five years ago have not been realized. The common sense of the Ingersoll family has been signally exhibited, not only in their following out the sanitary idea of cremation, but also in their determination to burn all the unpublished literary work of the deceased husband and father. They are also perhaps sufficiently wise not to keep the magazines and newspapers full of his private letters for the next decade to come. The $3,000,000 sent to Cuba to be distributed seems to have been as much of a Jonah as the golden apple thrown among the Olympians by Eris or somebody else. SSSSaMasWiSBBHMjBlMSSSBSSOTS RUDDLES IV THE AIR. Everything Squared. "You see, I got held up." "You did?" "Yes, and when I told the police about it they threw me down!" Poor Old Man. "Poor old man!" said the charitable one. "Have you no sons?" "Four of 'era," said the poor old man. "That's how I come to be broke." She Hadn't. He I presume you have read "The Man with the Hoe?" She No, I haven't; but I must. I do so love these dear old farmer dialect poems! The Classics. "I suppose they educated your daughter in the classics?" "Oh, yes. She can recite 'Curfew Shall Not, etc..' 'Paul Revere and all that kind." ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Upon President McKinley's desk in the White House lies the old-fashioned Bible given him by his father when he first went J away irom ms nome. The late Congressman 8. A. Cobb, of Kansas, was once introduced to a political meeting in Lawrence, of that State, as "our gallant standard bearer. Colonel S. A. Cobb." Cobb had been "only a captain of commissary, and he said: '"I am unduly given rank. Ycu see before you the cob without the kernel." A volume of clippings valued at $2,500 is to be presented to Admiral Dewey upon hl6 arrival. ' The book contains between its solid silver covers a wealth of printed matter, from profound editorials on the admiral to humorous poetry regarding him, and from the comments of the President and Cabinet down to the jokes of street gamins. During the recent congress of journalists at Christiana an invitation to a dinner was sent to Bjornson. He replied by telegram: "I am not in the habit of going 200 kilometres to dine, least of all with a class of men who will make it a point to abuse me systematically all the. year round." Ibsen is said to have been greatly- amused when he heard of this dispatch. Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy has a wonderful memory, which will probably come into play in the Venezuela dispute in Paris. In a trial in 1874 he made an address to the Jury covering forty hours, delivering over "0,000 words, a feat unparalleled in the News York bar. In preparing the present case he, has consulted 12.000 books, maps, papers and pamphlets, and it haa taken his undivided time for nearly a year. Belvidere. 111., has a child prodigy in Lawrence Church, the four-year-old son of C. M. Church. The boy' is like other children except that he has a passion for literature and music. He is now reading "Evangeline," having selected it of his own volition. He can. spell any ordinary word and many difficult ones, and could read before he could talk. He reads the columns of a newspaper as readily and Intelligently as a grown person and also reads music. The Postoffice Department employs a great army of women. Among these 7,600 are postmistresses, and there are about &0,000 women to whom the oath of office has been administered to qualify them as assistants in conducting the business of the postofflces. Women are employed in all branches of the postal service, excepting as letter carriers, railway mail clerks and inspectors. The same salaries are paid to them as to men for the same kind of work. These salaries run from $240 to $1.J00 a year. Some women postmasters receive several thousand dollars a year, many as much as $1,800. It has been discovered that the much-discussed smoke nuisance is by no means a modern annoyance. About six hundred years ago, when the population of London did not exceed 50,000. its citizens petitioned King Edward I to prohibit the use of "sea coal," and he responded by making its consumption a capital offense. This decree was subsequently revoked, but in the reign of Queen Elizaheth there were loud comp'.alnts against the nuisance. In 1K61 John Evelyn, in his "Fumifuglum," lamented that, "owing to the increase of coal smoke, the gardens no longer are fruitful." The Egoist. He told with vim and power, in language good, The glorious tale of human brotherhood; Yet deemed as all who heard could note, I wot Himself the grandest brother of the lot. New Albany, Ind. Emma Carleton. SOLDIERS WIVES AT HOME. Enlisted Men Will Mnrry-Fael and Provision at Cost. New York Evening Post. The foreign service of the army of the United States has opened again the question of caring for women who, as wives of soldiers, have been left behind by the regi meuts that have gone to Manila, and an order has been issued by the v ar Depart ment permitting families of such regulars or volunteers to purchase fuel and subsis tence stores from the government at cost prices for family use. This has been found necessary, although the administration of the new army has been particular to keep rrarrled men out of the service. "The administration of the army recog nlzes no woman in its employ, save the hos rltal matron." said an army officer yester day, "and yet, though since 110 married men have been refused by enlisting officers, there are still married men in tne ranks to day. with families dependent upon them for support. "This Is explained In several ways," said a veteran army clerk. "In many cases, the women left behind are wives of old enlisted men, who were in the service when, at forts and garrisons married women were allowed to live in the employ of the govern ment as laundresses. These women, who stayed with their husbands In the army, have found employ in officers families. others are wive of men who, wnen en listing, swore falsely they were unmarried. but get 'tied up In matrimony soon after they are enlisted. These cases are frequent Although we can refuse to enlist a man if he is married, there Is no power to stp a man from marrying after he Is enlisted. if he so desires. I think the powers that be wish there were. "The order granted by the War Depart ment." the clerk continued, "ia merely a continuation of the order affecting officers which allows them the same privileges, lou see, the commissary stores for the entire army are really purchased by one head. and distributed to the different departments and posts. An officer in the field, for in stance. If he so chose, could buy his fuel ai'd subsistence stores at Manila for the same price as an officer on duty in Wash lngton, although the department loses money In the transaction. All of these stores, you must understand, must be pur chased at the nearest army post. No one

but the government Is selling groceries and supplies at cost prices. Really, the new order is merely an extension of privileges long enjoyed among officers to enlisted

men." THE EPW0RTH CONVENTION. Frobably the- Lnrg se nnd Ilest of the Leagne'd lllfttory. Northwestern Christian Advocate. The general Methodist Epworth conven tion, held in Indianapolis last week, prob ably was the largest and best one In the series since the league was founded. The city was verily full. Dressed down, shaken to gether and fairly running over with bright young men and women. The railway stations were Jammed full. The streets were almost choked by the hosts. Hotels were overflowing. Dining rooms that usually hold all their guests at one and the same time made ready their tables once, twice, thrice and four times, while hungry leaguers waited their famished turns. Churches, public halls and tents were filled even to the back seats, while buzzing, sweltering, disappointed others filled the lobbies, sympathiz ing with each othej because there was no more room Inside. It was curious to hear the wise and unwise estimates of the exact numbers of thousands of leaguers who besieged Indianapolis. Some were sure that 10,000 were there. Some who had "counted crowds before" declared confidently that the whole assembly amounted to at least 13,000," and there are not a hundred more or lest than that exact number." Others would not listen to an estimate of less than 20.000, while many seemed to have private advices which showed 25,00). One enthusiastic extempore mathematician "lumped the whole thing at 3o.000." at which point we ceased to listen, lest "figures" might, after all, and on such an occasion, 'Sie," and thereby put tne old saying to shame. Everything was excellently prearranged. Committees had done their work very efficiently. Indianapolis opened her heart and homes. Hospitality of the old-time sort abounded. The chief trouble and annoyance was unavoidable, in that no power in the world can preserve quiet in an audience which is unable to hear the speakers. No human beings will pretend to hear and keep their tongues still so long as they are unable to follow the trend of an orator's ut terance. We doubt that dumb people can walk around the fringe of an audience and fail to disturb other people who might have a chance to hear if the outskirts kept good order. Our accounts of the convention may give some correct Impression of the great meetings which took place thrice each day. It would require a book to Include a really wortny .setting forth of the good things which were said and done. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday were verily filled uy meetings, sermons, conversations, lectures, testimonies. recitations, singing. cheering, doxologies and every other manner of expressing the convictions of enthusiastic people. It will be noted that the reso lutions are. earnest, direct and rather determined. Perhaps nothing else so well sums up the trend and sum total of the long series of meetings. We are sure that no religious convention ever had a finer series of speakers, preachers and paper writers. The convention will be remembered for its excellent oratory. Strong men uttered their strongest conclusions and poured into the hearts of young men and women thousands of thoughts that breathe and words which will burn for a lifetime. Best of all. spiritual nower was a con stant theme, and we are sure that increased spiritual power is among the best and lasting fruits of the gathering. Generals apKolnt reviews in order to see-the marching osts and to measure their enthusiasm and real readiness for service. One of the best results when armies march past the reviewing officers is the stimulus given every soldier through his vision of his thronging and cneenng comrades, we are sure that the mutual sight of each other had in turn by all those glowing thousands of leaguers will suggest to each and all that the Epworth League is a host from which the league itself and the including church have a right to expect great things in the future. INGERSOLL REFISEI) A HEARING. Incident of the Republican National Convention of 1N8. New York Mail and Express. The sudden death of Robert G. Ingersoll recalls the prominent position he always occupied at Republican national conventions and the eloquent speeches he made at those assemblages. Ingersoll was always in demand to make nominating or political speeches, but on account of his agnostic views no party ever dared to nominate him for office. Only once did Ingersoll ever face an audience that, compelled him to stop his speech. It happened at the Republican national convention at Chicago In 1SS8. The convention was meeting in the Auditorium building, which was not then completed, but had been fitted up for the occasion. The convention had been in session a day or so and the great contest for the nomination was on. Allison, Blaine, Harrison, Gresham and a dozen more prominent Refublicans were all in the field. The ballotng had continued through several sessions, and finally on Saturday night It was decided to take but one ballot and adjourn. This was done, but instead of leaving the great convention hall the delegates and audience remained seated and resolved themselves Into a mass meeting. It was understood before the speeches began that none of the speakers was to make any reference to the candidates for nomination by the convention, and all the early speakers kept to this understanding. Finally there were calls for Ingersoll, and the great orator, who was on the platform, was introduced to the convention. "Bob" had a great speech ready and started In to make it with his usual eloquence. But he had hardly got started before he began an elaborate eulogy of one man and then said: "This man is Walter Q. Gresham." Instantly a storm of hisses came from the crowd In the auditorium, and, although the Illinois people tried to drown them with apflause, the shouts and hisses of disapproval ncreased, and Ingersoll stood dumbfounded on the platform. My seat in the press section was within a few feet of the speaker, and I never saw a man so rattled and overcome. His big, round face and bald head grew red with Indignation, and as the hisses increased the blood seemed to rush faster to his face until his head seemed almost purple. In vain did he try to quell the noise by raising his hand, but it only increased. He stopped and looked around at the gentlemen on the platform back of him and then started to speak again. This was only a signal for a renewed hissing. One by one the delegations began to leave their seats on the floor of the convention, and this seemed to add to Ingersoll's embarrassing position. He made the final attempt to continue his speech, but by this time the uproar was so great that he was obliged to retire. The result was that there were no more speeches that night. It w&s always claimed by Mr. Ingersoll that he never intended to make his speech a eulogy of Mr. Gresham, but that he intended to speak of all the candidates, but unluckily mentioned Gresham's name first. It was not so much that Mr. Ingersoll had praised Mr. Gresham that angered the audience, but the fact that he had violated the distinct understanding that the sneakers on that occasion were not to mention any of the candidates or praise them individually. Fallacious Philosophy. Chicago Chronicle. No stronger argument against the philosophy of Robert G. Ingersoll could be adduced than the distressing sight of his wife and children clinging to his body because he had taught them that Robert G. Ingersoll's body was all there was of Robert G. Ingersoll. It is a philosophy which makes women and men mourn without hope, and for that reason it Is a cruel philosophy. Aaruinaldo and Democracy. Washington Post. We Infer from the expressions of friendliness that if Agulnaldo sees fit to send a set of delegates to th next Democratic national convention they will have much less difficulty with the committee on credentials than the delegates from the Eastern States will experience. Some Utility In That. New York Tribune. If the Pennsylvania professor who has discovered that asphalt can be made out of red herrings would now turn the process end for end and show how red herrings can be made out of asphalt the process would possess an enhanced commercial value. Muat ne Wealthy. Kansas City Journal. The American woman arrested for shoplifting in Paris must be quite wealthy. The shopkeeper? have withdrawn the charge and apologized. Too Large a Bite. Milwaukee Sentinel. There is an apparent belief or. two con tlnents that Sir Wilfred Laurier has en couraged his mouth expansion far beyond his chewing capacity. A Sugjrmtlon. Detroit Journal. Cannot the scientific schism be reconciled on the theory that Satan entered the garaen in tne lorm 01 a large oacuius 1

DEWEY'S NEW CLOTHES

EIGHT UNIFORMS DESIGNED FOR THE HERO OF MANILA II AY. Navy Department Prescribes What He Shall Wear on Different Occasions as the Admiral. Detroit Free Press. With a fine disregard of Admiral Dewey's possible wishes, the Navy Department, after asking him to prescribe his own uniform, has proceded to fashion one for him in the interim. Of course the department has not the slightest Intention of slighting the admiral, and it has taken the greateit car to forestall his desires, but the fact remain: that history may repeat itself and the admiral later modify his dress. j When Farragut was commissioned an admiral, the style of his dress was left to his own choosing, and the modest old gentleman designed something eminently fitting his quiet tastes. So unpretentious was his garb that it left nothing gaudy enough for his immediate Junior, and the result was a subsequent order from the department directing him to cover nearly half of his sleeves with gold oak leaves. That the old gentleman was indignant is putting It mildly, and, because of his very positive stand, he was allowed to retain his own dress, while his junior glared In something showier. The distinctive markings which the department has chosen for Admiral Dewey are, with one minute exception, such as Admiral Farragut chose for himself, and it Is thought that this association with his old master of war may be all the more pleasing to Admiral Dewey, whose tastes In such matters are also refined and quiet. While Admiral Dewey is on his last cruise. It is highly probable that he will never need but half of the eight uniforms which the new regulations prescribe for him; but it is interesting to know how he will look when he returns to take part In the mtny welcoming demonstrations that await him. When calling on the President or some similar dignitary and at general muster on the first Sunday of every month. Admiral Dewey will wear what is termed "special" full dress. This is his very swellest outfit, and consists of a double-breasted coat with tails, lined throughout with white silk serge; trousers, also of navy blue broadcloth, with gold lace down the outer seams, a g,oldbanded cocked hat. epaulets, swerd and full-dress sword belt. The coat sleeves will be adorned with two-inch stripes of gold lace with a single one-inch stripe between and all surmounted by a single star. It is in this star that the distinctive marks differ from Admiral Farragut's his star beating a small frigate embroidered in silver in the center, while Admiral Dewey's Is plain. There will be a broad band of gold lace around the collar. His epaulets, like his shoulder straps, will bear four silver stars of five points each, the outer two being superposed upon gold fouled anchors the anchors being the distinctive marks for an admiral as compared with the four plain stars of a general. There are two rows of nine buttons each down the front of this coat, and the belt rests Just above the bot tom two. GOLD-TRIMMED COCKED HAT. The cocked hat is a rigid affair of black silk beaver, and Is from sixteen to eighteen Inches long from peak to peak and from five to five and one-half inches high on the let fan and an inch lower on the right one. Tl e fans are docorated with a strip of two-Inch gold lace laid on flat, and passing around their outer rims and under the peaks. The admiral will wear the regulation sword or that voted him by Congress, which is to be given him upon his arrival In Washington city, and his belt will be of dark navy blue cloth, embroidered on the top and the bot tom edges with a gold strip naif an men wide and with another strip half as wide in the center a reduced version of his sleeve stripes. The sword sling straps will be of the same style, only smaller. The full dress uniform is to be worn on all other occasions of ceremony, such, for instance, as in making the first visit to other officers of flag rank and on social occasions to which officers are invited in their official capacity. The coat of this uniform is like the evening dress 01 the civilian, and. with the exception of the collar and the buttons down the front, is adorned Just as the "special" full dress coat is epaulets, sword and cocked hat being worn also. On occasions of "ordinary ceremony. such as in boarding ships of war. in making the first visit in port upon commanding officers, on parades of ceremony, with en listed men unier arms ana at tne ordinary Sunday inspections excepting, of course, the first one of the month, the admiral will wear the "dress" uniform. This uniform has a frock coat, plain blue or white trousers, cocked hat, epaulettes, sword and plain leather belt. The admiral's belt for this dress is the same as that prescribed for all other officers, and Is of black grained leather of not more than two inches in width The belt plate or buckle is of yellowgilt, and consisting of a wreath of oak leaves surrounding the naval coat of arms of thirteen stars encircling a spread eagle on an anchor. In case the admiral cojld be prevailed upon to serve on a court of inquiry to obtain the true facts in the Schley-Sampson controversy, for instance, he would wear the frock coat, plain blue or white trousers, blue cap with its band of oak leaves in gold around the crown and the visor rim. the shoulder straps already described not epaulettes, sword and plain leather belt. To be more oartieular about the ran. it will be nf dark blue cloth, with the present slightly naring top, nitea witn a visor of black patent leather lined with green and covered with blue cloth embroidered around the rim with gold oak leaves. A small size navy button will be placed on each side above the temples, to which will be fastened a chin strap of leather faced with gold lace. On the front there will be a silver shield, emblazoned paleways. of thirteen pieces, with a chief strewn with stars surmounted by h silver spread eagle, the whole being placed upon two crossed foul anchors embroidered in gold. ON SOCIAL OCCASIONS. When calling on foreign officers, other than commanding officers, and on social occasions when frock coats are appropriate, the admiral will wear the foregoing uniform with the exceptions of sword and belt. On all service duty on board ship, and at all times not provided for by the regulations for the foregoing uniforms, the admiral will wear the "service dress" unifom. This consists of a blue or white service coat such as all of his pictures taken about Manila show trousers and cap to match. The service sword belt, with sword attached, will be worn on all duty with enlisted men under arms, or when away from the ship on service circumstances hardly to be expected in the ordinary course of the admiral's career. The service coat Is made of dark navy blue cloth or serge, shaped to the figure, and reaching down to the top of the inseam of the trousers. A slit over each hip reaches five inches on the right side and as hljth on the left side as the position of the lower edge of the sword belt. This coat is singlebreasted, with a "fly" front fitted with plain, flat, black gutta-percha buttons and a standing collar, the edges of the coat, the side seams and the edges of the hip slits being trimmed with lustrous black mohair braid. The admiral will wear on his sleeves the same gold lace prescribed for his full dress coats, and on his collar, on each side, the four silver stars and the two foul anchors as arranged on his shoulder strap. The white or duck version of this coat will be trimmed with white braid where the blue cloth is trimmed with black mohair. There will be no collar device, but there will be shoulder marks as lately prescribed, which will be of blue cloth. lined with black silk, AM to 5't inches long on the side. 2U inches wide, with symmetrical triangular peak at the top, extending one Inch beyond the parallel sides, fastened at the center of the peak by a small navy button. The top of these marks will b- covered with the gold lace markings of the admiral. White braid quivalents will take place on the sleeves of the three bands of gold worn on the other coats. The uniforms are set for evening wear and are described as "A" and "B." "A" will be worn in the evening, on occasions of ceremony to which the admiral may be Invited in his official capacity, and "B" will be worn on social occasions to which he may also be invited In his official capacity. "A" uniform consists of an evening dress coat and waistcoat, laced trousers, cocked hat. epaulettes, sword and full dress belt worn under the waistcoat, while B" is the same with plain trousers and blue cap. In addition to the foregoing wardrohe. the acTmlral will have to provide himself with a uniform overcoat, a cloak and a regulation mackintosh. In addition to no end of special scarfs, cravats and gloves; and by the time

he has provided himself with all thes adornments which an admiring government prescribes, he will have parted with fully $2n) of hard -won pay. Half of these clothes he will never wf.tr, but he must keep them on hand for th coming of the unexpected the bugaboo of official life and the bane of the man whose figure will change. ENGLAND'S AFRICAN CLAIMS

History of the Trouble In Transvaal Hating" Ilark Many Years. Philadelphia Press. While the trouble be.tween the British and Transvaal governments which has resulted in one of Its many developments In the disagreement between Resident Kruger and the Vclktraad has been an almost continuous quarrel since 1775, its present phase is the result of the suddenly ami vastly increased interests of British subjects in the Transvaal following the gold mining boom . the neighborhood of Johannesburg with.n the pat ten or fifteen years.. It is Interesting, however, to recall the earlier history of the Dutch and the French in South Af rica, in order to have in mind the nature of the Boers, the sturdy people who have so often defied British force and never un successfully. The Dutch first settled in the Cape country In 1652, and in the next quarter of a century they were Joined by a colony of French Huguenots who left their native country in search for religious liberty denied to them by Louis XIV. In view of the attitude of the present Boer government toward the British and other ultlandcrs In respect to suffrage and representation, it Is curious to note that the early Huguenots who demand ed similar rights three hundreds years ago of the South African Dutch were dismissed "with a severa reprimand" by the then Gov ernor. Stander Stell. "to restrain their French Impertinence." But the Dutch absorbed the French. They forbade the use of their language in civil affairs In 1709. and church service la 172L In 1795 the British took possession of the Cape country; It was restored to the Dutch in 1803 and England again finally took pos session in 1$06. The Dutch-French colonists quarreled with the English continually, and numbers of them treked northward In search of farming lands. Their first settlements were ia Natal, but from there also the English drove them, and then they went into the Trans--vaal. where, on an unpromising uplmd six thousand feet above the sea level, they became Boers farmers. There they hoped the British would leave them alone, and their hope might have been realized had iot the discovery of gold been made there In lVfi. Prlnr t that Hmr In 1&2. England had acknowledged the indeptnuence or tne Transvaal, the South African Republic, In 1S54 the Orange Free State was also declared independent, but by both treaties and conventions England retained suzerainty. There was trouble In lsd. when a force of British was repulsed at Majuba hill, the Incident leading to a revision of the convention in that year and again In 1M. It is the latter which defines the degree of authority reserved by England under its suzerainty, and the contentions which are Involved in the present trouble. By its terms the South African Republic has full powers to frame and amend Its constitution and administer Its internal affairs, but Is prohibited from making any treaty save with its neighbor, the Orange Free State, without the consent of the Queen. B this time British, Americans. Germans and French were pouring into the gold country and Johannesburg began to take on the size and character of an American mining town. This annoyed the Boers, but their thrift did not desert them, and, although they avoided mining and stuck to their farms, they found many means to derive national revenue from the ulthinders. . Tlie government at Pretoria, under Pres- ' ident Kruger, levied transport dues, stamp taxes, license fees, franchise costs, customs and monopoly charges on such mining ne- ' cesslties as dynamite. The British in the country appealed to London and London appealed to Pretoria, but there was no redress. By 1K6 the uitlanders were paying to the Boer government a revenue of 13.OtiO.OoO annually, which consisted almost entirely in a tax on mining. Sir Hercules Robinson, British governor of Cape Colony, and as uch Imperial high commissioner In charge of British suzerain rights in the Transvaal, undertook to talk President Kruger into granting concessions, and he had Just the same lack of success as has marked Sir Alfred Milner's recent efforts in the same direction. The uitlanders ietltioned for more liberal rights of suffrage and representation, but Pretoria granted nothing. Then a number of prominent English and American miners formed in Johannesburg what has passed into history as the National Reform Union Committee, of which Lionel Phillips was chairman and John Hays Hammond, an American, was an officer. They were in communication with Cecil Rhodes, resident director of the British South Africa Company, and Ixander Starr Jamleson, known as "Dr. Jim." The first battle of the Jamieson raid occurred at Krugersdorp, on Jan. 1, "1W; the second at Doornkop, the day following, when Jamieson's already defeated raiders were all captured by the Boers. President Kruger turned over the raiders to the British government, which sentenced Jamieson to fifteen months in Jail, and some of his officers to shorter terms, after making thera the heroes of London for weeks. Kruger arrested hundreds of uitlanders in Johannesburg on the charge of treason, and upon trial four were sentenced to death. Among the latter was the American mining expert, Hammond, but a change in his sentence was made to banishment. Both the Boers and the British were fighting mad and every one expected war would follow between them, but it was averted in a curious manner. Emperor William of Germany sent a cable message of sympathy to President Kruger and by this characteristic act changed the whole situation. But trouble in the Transvaal Is not rpmediert Kir Aifi-.-i Mllner was instructed to endeavor to get at least some of the concessions the uitlanders demanded, and, after long wearisome negotiations, which were undoubtedly more than once accompanied by threats of force on the part of England, concessions in the matter of suffrage and in the dynamlto monopoly were promised by Kruger, ana that was the trtatus of the old, old quarrel when came the report, of President Kruger'a resignation. A Modern Inquisition. London Chronicle. In view of the Inquiry which it Is understood has been granted by the Spanish government In the charges of torturing prisoners In the casemates of Monjulch, it may be of interest to set out some of the Items in the indictment made against the authorities. It is said, in the first place, that a reward of lO.oOO pesetas was offered to any Jail official who could extort an avowal of guilt from, a prisoner. Acting under this stimulus, the Jailers are stated to have forced the wretched creatures under their control to run around their cells day and night for eighty hours at a stretch, heavy whips bing used to keep the victims awake. The officials are also said to have deprived them of all food save salt stockfish and ardent spirits, confession bf ing the price of a glass of water. Not a few paid it, slaked their thirst, and. It is contended, were summarily shot. It is further allegd that wedges were driven under the nails of prisoners with hammers, and allowed to remain until th nail sloughed away. Even more horrible mutilations are stated not to have ben un common. One of the most cruel devices, borrowed from th Inquisition, was. it is affirmed, a machine like a diver's helmet, fitted with a tube allowing the victim to breathe, whilst a screw compressed slowly the sides and top, thus producing Inconceivable rgcr.y. One prisoner. Moras, Is stated to have undergone this torture more than once, and to have been driven mad by it. Woman Interview with Ingersoll. Philadelphia Press. At the tlm the army was being sent into Cuba, and Chicago was parting with its first regiment. Colonel Ingersoll was at one of the big Chicago hotels, expecting to fill a lecture engagement in the evening. A young woman reporter, assigned to her first "interview," sent up her card. The kindly reception she received from both Colonel Ingersoll and his wife did not overcome the nervousness of a first assignment. She began to apologize, stating various reasons why her paper had sent a woman instead of a man. but the colonel interrupted her: "I'm glad they did send a woman." he said gallantly, "I'm tired of men reporters. Just fire ahead with your questions, and we'll fix up an interview that will make the men ashamed of themselves." When the young woman went away she had two tickets for the lecture and a klnd'y Invitation from Colonel and Mrs. Ingersoll to call on them again. Of Course. v St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Some of the leading Democratic papers are already demonstrating that all the good results of the war sgalnst Spain were accomplished by Secretary Alger.