Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 242, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1899 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1899.

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Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless postage Is Inclosed for that purpose. TllB INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places: NEW YORK Astor House. CHICAGO Palmer House, P. O. News Co.. 217 Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI-. R. Hawley & Ca., 154 Vine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerlng. northwest corner cf Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Book Co.. 2Zi Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON, T. C Rlggs House, Ebbitt House and Willard's Hotel. There must be something radically faulty In the engineering or construction of structural steel arches that will permit such an accident as that at Chicago on Monday. There seems to be some uncertainty regarding the antecedents of Dato Mundl, but the fact that he accepted an American flag and is fighting the other fellows shows he la a coming man. Senator Vest In an interview reported from CaTiaAa. aavs American farmers have received no particular benefit from the prevalent prosperity and are as dissatisfied as ever. This will be news to the farmers. The appointment of Col. C. O. Tompson tc succeed Mr. Shideler as trustee of the Reform School is one fit to be made. CoL Tompson won his title as a soldier, and he Is a man of high character and a business man of experience. If there are any anti-expansionists in the next Congress, they will have a chance to show their colors by voting against the President's recommendation to give medals of honor to the soldiers who voluntarily overstayed their time in the Philippines. Great interest is manifested in Grand Army circles over the action which the National Encampment will take in the assault upon Commissioner Evans. It is believed uai a aeciaea majority oi me entire dele gation which will be present from this State will favor letting the matter alone. The combination of claim agents is strong, but it will be met by an intelligent and determined opposition at the encampment. A manufacturing and business house in thl3 city that had room enough for its business three year3 ago decided a few months ago that it must have more room, and began the construction of a five-story addition. It as got as far as the foundation for the superstructure, but it cannot get the steel for the structure until its turn shall come. Three years ago a score of iron makers would have contended for the furnishing No mor practical step has been taken in the direction of extending American trado in China than the proposed establishment in Shanghai of a permanent exposition cf American manufactures. The movement seems to have passed the experimental stage, for a dispatch says a building has been secured, and a large amount of space is already bespoken. If cot exactly carrying the war Into Africa, that will be carrying trade into China. In the roll of honor named by the President of regiments that voluntarily overstayed their time in the Philippines Indiana had no full regiment, but there are many Indian ians among the regulars, of whom the President says: 'To these must be added about four thousand enlisted men of the regular army who were entitled to their discharge under the peace proclamation of April 1. 1S03, the greater portion of whom participated in the engagements of the Eighth Corps and are still performing arduous services in the field." An Incident occurred during the President's stay at Pittsburg which had some significance. An English lady called on him, accompanied by her little son, and the latter saluted the President as 'William the Conqueror." The President laughingly declined to accept that title, and said he would rather be known as "William the Liberator That is what he is In Cuba and Porto Rico, and what he will be in the 9 Philippines as soon as the insurgents show sense enough to lay down their arms and accept the proffered friendship of the United States. The enemies of Pension Commissioner Evana have so persistently circulated the report that he is an ex-Confederate that many people believe that such is the case. Even the Knlghtstown Journal says that IL Clay Evans Is an ex-Confederate. Such is not the case; on the contrary, he made an honorable record as a Union soldier and is a member of the Grand Army. Doubtless the paper alluded to has been misled by some of the claim agents assistants into xaaklng the statement it has. Mr. Evana did not go to Tennessee until long after the war, and as for army record he can challenge comparison with some of those who are denouncing him for doing his duty. The selection of Hon. George A. II. Shideler for warden of the State Prison at Michigan City is an excellent one. Mr. Shideler is a business man of large experience and a capacity for affairs which will enable him to master the details of the management of the prison. lie was one of the most useful men in the lower house ef the Legislature in 1S37 and 1S. As chairman of the ways and means committee he rendered the State excellent service during the last session. As member of the prisons committee in 1S97 he made himself familiar with their conditions aLd needs. He has rendered good tervtce as one of the trustees of the 8tate Reform School. It is safe to predict that the State prison will be efUclently managed trlth Mr. Shideler as warden. Philadelphia papers are expressing much catUfactloa over the arrangements made

ta? the entertainment of the veterans at the

G. A. R. reunion to be held in that city next week. The camp is already in order, and every possible comfort and convenience seem to have been provided. Telephone and telegraph wires are run to the headquarters in the middle of the camp; there will be a bureau of information on the grounds, hospital tents, incandescent lights, and at the street crossings will be placed campflres to be lighted in the evenings. Features of the entertainment provided will be band concerts every afternoon and evening, and a grand display of fireworks, besides events heretofore mentioned, as the presence of Admiral Sampson's fleet. There is a prospect of a well-attended and successful reunion. THE PRESIDENT AT PITTSBURG.

The President's speech at Pittsburg was admirably suited to the occasion and the audience, and yet it was of national interest. Addressing a regiment of volunteers fresh from the Philippines, the first he has had a chance to address, it was natural he should dwell on the services and the debt of gratitude the Nation owes them. He did this in his usual earnest, patriotic style, dwelling with special emphasis on the splendid evidence of patriotism the soldiers had given by voluntarily remaining in the Philippines after their term cf service had expired. If memory serves correctly there were some instances during the civil war in which single regiments continued to execute an order or carry out certain movements after their term of enlistment expired, hut there was nothing like the case in the Philippines. In this casa an entire army, embracing fifteen regiments of Infantry, one of cavalry and three batteries of artillery, voluntarily continued in a dangerous service for a considerable period after their terms had expired in order to give the government time to fill their places. A correspondent of the yellow school recently wrote from Manila that "the insurgents have been fully aware that the American volunteers were remaining in the Philippines only because they had been compelled to." The President seems to have determined to expose the falsity of this statement and give due credit to the volunteers, for he declared emphatically that they remained voluntarily. He said: The mighty army of volunteers and regulars, numbering over 250,000, which last year responded to the call of the government with an alacrity without precedent or parallel, by the terms of their enlistment were to be mustered out with all the regulars above twenty-seven thousand when peace was effected. Peace brought us the Philippines, by treaty cession from Spain. The Senate of the United States ratified the treaty. Every step taken was in obedience te the requirements of the Constitution. It became our territory and is ours as much as the Louisiana purchase, or Texas, or Alaska. A body of insurgents, in no sense represent lrg the sentiment of the people of the Island!, disputed our lawful authority and even before the ratification ef the treaty by the American Senate were attacking the very forces who fought for and secured their freedom. This was the situation in April, 1S99, the date of the exchange of ratifications, with only twenty-seven thousand regulars subject to the unquestioned direction of the executive, and they, for the most part, on duty in Cuba and Perto Rico or invalided at home after their severe campaign in the tropics. Even had they been available it would have required months to transport them to the Philippines. Practically a new army had to be created. These loyal volunteers In the Philippines said: "We will stay until the government can organize an army at home and transport it to the seat of hostilities." They did stay, cheerfully and uncomplainingly. They suffered and sacrificed, they fought and fell, they drove back and punished the rebels who resisted federal authority and who with force attacked the sovereignty of the United States and its newly-acquired territory. Wltheut them then and there we would have been practically helpless on land, our flag would have had its first stain and the American name its first Ignominy. The men who thus sacrificed so much fo the honor of the country are deserving of all honor. No other person is In a position to know the magnitude of the service they rendered as well as the President. "They may not fully appreciate.' he said, "and the country may not, the heroism of their conduct and its Important support to the government. I think I do, and so I am here to express it. Another part of the President's speech was devoted to an explanation and defense of his military policy in the Philippines, and especially to the 4elay of action until after the treaty had been signed and ratified. There has been criticism of General Otis because ha kept quiet so long whlla our troops were being nagged and insulted by the insurgents. The President says Otis had orders not t lift a finger until the treaty was ratified, thus giving the United States a legal title and establishing its sovereignty in the Philippines. The orders came from the President. He says: I take all the responsibility for that direction. Otis only executed the orders of his government and the soldiers, under great provocation to strike back, obeyed. Until the treaty was ratified we had no authority beyond Manila city, bay and harbor. Wre then had no other title to defend, ne authority beyond that to maintain. Spain was still in possession of the remainder of the archipelago. Spain had sued for peace. The truce and treaty were not concluded. The first blow was struck bv the Insurgents. Our kindness was reciprocated with cruelty; our mercy with a Mauser. The flag of truce was invoked only to be dishonored. Our soldiers were shot down when ministering to the wounded Filipinos. Our humanity was interpreted as weakness, our forbearance ai cowardice. They assailed our sovereignty, and there will be no useTess parley no pause until the insurrection is suppressed and American authority acknowledged and established. This is an important contribution to history, because it shows that General OtIs had the best of authority for not moving against the insurgents before the ratification of the treaty, and it shows, also, that the real responsibility for the delay was with the Senate. MAYOR TAG G ART AXD MUNICIPAL PROGRESS. The convention which recently nominated Mayor Taggart for a third term claimed that he is the embodiment of municipal progress and Improvement, and he admitted it. The platform recapitulated the Improvements that have been made In the city during the last ten years and said, In effect, "all these and many other great benefits to the people have been accomplished by this administration." Mr. Taggart confirmed this statement. In the prepared speech which he delivered accepting a nomination which he had repeatedly declared he could not and would not accept he said: "For four years I have been the executive officer of this city and have given it my best attention. Indianapolis is to-day the finest inland city in the world." Modesty restrained him from adding "I did it." though he left the Inference to be drawn. It was said of Baron Haussmann that he found Paris a city of hovels and left It a city of palaces, and of "Boss" Shepherd that he converted Washington from a city of mud holes into one of beautiful streets. It was left for the Democratic convention. Indorsed and corroborated by Mr. Taggart himself, to discover that he is the Baron Haussxnann and "Boss" Shepherd -of Indianapolis. If Mr. Taggart had any regard for tho truth of history or any sense of humor he would see that this claim is both false and ridiculous. An honest man docs cot willingly take credit that does not belong to him and a man with a true sense of the fitness of things feels that he is made ridiculous by being praised beyond his deserts. The

modern growth and progress of Indianapolis date from the adoption of its present charter, in 18?1. Mr. Taggart had nothing to do with the framing or passage of the charter, and it was bitterly opposed and nearly defeated by some of his close political friends. Prominent among these was A. Green Smith, attorney general when the charter was passed and author of the platform characterizing Republicans as an "unprogressive class" and praising Mr. Taggart as the maker and builder of the city. Green Smith and other friends of Mr. Taggart did all in their power to defeat the charter by lobbying against it and trying to have some of Its most essential features stricken out. The legislative committee in the House reported amendments that would have killed the charter had they been adopted. A strong lobby of Mr. Taggart's friends worked for their adoption and the Democratic senators from Marion voted for them. They were only defeated with difficulty by the friends of municipal reform, among whom Mr. Taggart was conspicuous by his absence. The spirit of the charter, that which brought it into existence and which is Its keynote, is nonpartisan government and civil-service reform. With these dominant ideas of the charter Mr. Taggart has never had any sympathy. His boards, which should have been distinctly nonpartisan, have been constructed in such a way as to comply with the letter of the charter while disregarding its spirit. The provisions applying civil-service rules to appointments and promotions have been openly and persistently ignored. A strong mayor and one in sympathy with the sp'.rlt of the charter could have given Indianapolis a much better and more progressive government than it has had during the last four years. It was Mr. Taggart's good fortune to be elected mayor under a charter which was the embodiment of municipal reform) and which even his stubborn adherence to partisan methods could not prevent from yielding beneficial results. The claim that he is the father of municipal progress or the originator of the spirit that has created new Indianapolis is an Impudent assumption. The era of progress began before he was elected and will continue after, he has ceased to be mayor. His Holiness the Pope is reported to be much concerned about tho war in the Philippinesand the status of the Cathollo Church there. A dispatch from Rome says that !n a recent interview with Father Reaney, chaplain of the Olympia, the Pope "expressed a strong desire to see peace established between the United States and the natives, and said that he contemplated the opening ef negotiations with the United States government with a view to regulating the position of Catholics in the Philippines." This is a natural feeling on the part of the Pope, but if -he attempts to open negotiations on the subject with the United States he will probably be courteously Informed that the question is practically foreclosed by the treaty with Spain and the Constitution of the United States. Article- 10 of the treaty says: "The inhabitants of the territories over which Spain cedes her sovereignty shall be secured In the free exercise of their religion." This secures absolute religious freedom to the Catholics In the Philippines. In addition to this, v the Constitution says: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Under these provisions Catholics in the Philippines will stand on the same footing as Protestants, and if His Holiness expects to obtain for them any different footing he will of course be disappointed. The Journal has heretofore expressed the belief that the proper place for the art building to be constructed out of the Herron fund is in that part of the city which is now known as "down town" a term sufficiently definite to mean south of Vermont street. It Is possible that before many years the Talbott property, at the corner of Pennsylvania and Sixteenth streets, where it is now proposed to put the structure, will be in the geographical center of the city, but that will not necessarily make it convenient of access. Washington Btreet is likely to remain the center of the business district for more years than the art directors will live to see; on it or in its neighborhood will be the shopping district the place where transient visitors as well as the residents of the city come the most frequently. If art is to be an educator, as its disciples assert; then it must be within reach of the multitude and not at a distant point where they must Journey to it as to a temple. Considered merely by itself, the Talbott property is an admirable location for such a structure, but In this hurrying, commonsense age the ideal must sometimes be sacrificed to the practical. Besides, if the association spends all its money for a lot, how will It get a building or anything to put in it? The Journal has heretofore expressed the hope that the County Commissioners would decide to erect a stone bridge over Fall creek at Central avenue. This street is now paved up to that point, and its Improve

ment beyond there Is not a question of a very long time. It is already an important' and handsome thoroughfare, and a stone bridge is the only one in keeping with its appearance. Moreover, the bridges over Illinois and Meridian streets ere likely to be ornamental stone structures, and this should be In harmony with the rest. In passing upon the bids which are to be opened to-day the decision should by all means be made in favor of a stone bridge. A visitor to a Chicago telephone1 exchange, having noted the curious circumstance that blonde girls were conspicuous by their absence. Interviewed the manager on the subject. He accounted for the phenomenon by the fact that of the girls applying for such work those of Irish parentage usually proved the most acceptable because of their possession of the peculiar alertness essential in a telephone operator, and Irish girls are not blondes. , He discoursed thus upon the matter: We are quite as willing to employ a Scandinavian, a German, an English or an American girl as one of direct Irish extraction, and the seeming discrimination against those not Irish Is simply the result of failure to find in girls of the fair-haired races that quickness which we must have in all our operators. Any girl who has this faculty Is readily accepted without reference to her nationality. But this impartial principle of selection works out a seeming discrimination. Go into any of our large operating rooms, and among the scores of gir.'3 at the switch board you will not see more than two or three girls with blonde hair; learn their nationalities, and you will find that 10 per cent, of them have Irish blood in their veins. This tribute to the mental quickness of the race Is the moro valuable In that It Is voluntary, and the result of an experience showing the survival of the fittest so far as this particular business Is concerned. It is not the first inning, however, that Irish girls have scored. There is a class of periodicals that the general reading public knows comparatively little about, yet which, judging by the number of them, must have fairly liberal support from some quarter; they are the magazines dealing with theosophy, Ue "new

thought, hypnotism, the esoteric, the "secret doctrine" and tho occult in its various phases. Most of these periodicals are rather bewildering to the normal, uninitiated mind. There is a vagueness about the disquisitions on psychic and other weird themes that the average reader, wte has never become acquainted with the new thought and cannot even give a guess at the character of tho secret doctrine, finds Irritating to his mental powers. Occasionally, however, there Is a direct and definite statement at which the Inquiring reader grasps .as at a plank in mldocean. For Instance, probably but few have a clear understanding as to precisely what an occultist may be. Not. so a certain contributor to Universal Brotherhood. "To me," he says, with the air of one who knows what he is talking about, "to me an occultist is one who, having intimate knowledge of, and perfect Insight Into, men and things, coupled with moral courage, 13 able' to direct, control and master every circumstance, condition and thing that presents itselfnature's forces not being exempt from the category." And yet this writer and ofLers of his school assert that any human being who gives his mind to It can become one of these transcendent beings! Gee Whiz! Funny things get into print these day, and not all of them under the label of huroar a.aaamamaaaaa.aaamaaaaaaaaamamamaamamamaBam It ought to be made a fixed and permanent rule that when a band concert or other event brings crowds oi pedestrians to Monument place carriages should not enter Circle street, but should remain on the approaches Meridian and Market streets. Much confusion would thereby be avoided, to say nothing of danger to women and children on foot, while the occupants of the carriages would still be within good hearing distance. If this Is not don's the vehicles on Circle street should, at least, be compelled to move in one direction. East night they were driven In epposite directions and for an hour the street was filled with a tangle of teams turned different ways. Had one horse become- suddently frightened the result might have been disastrous.

According to a London paper 70 per cent, of the visitors to Bayreuth during the Wagner festival were Anglo-Saxons. Among the women visitors from the United States were most numerous. A recent writer says Americans do not understand Germans, but at least he will have to concede that they are making a desperate effort to understand "Vogner." V , After the publication of the approximate size of John R. McLean's bank account there was no further doubt as to the outcome of the Democratic nomination for Governor of Ohio. The Democrats hate a "plutocrat" so cordially that they like to nominate one for the sake of seeing tho Republicans defeat him. The Reflector, a paper published by the inmates of the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonvllle, contains in its current issue an article of some length on "The Uselessness of Hurry." Well, yes, under some circumstances hurry is hardly worth while. Since Bertlllon's testimony in the Dreyfus case ali the other expert witnesses have had steady work refuting. m But it is not alone in France that experts'dlffor. BUBBLES IN TUB AIR. Disgusted. Mr. Flgg Even scrap iron has moro than doubled in price. Tommy Aw, of course, when they ain't no more circuses comln. The Cornfcd Philosopher. "My only objections to the chalnless wheel and the horseless carriage is their responsibility for such an awful lot of pointless Jokes," was the remark of the Cornfed Philosopher at the close of the grocery symposium. , In Training.. Yabsliy The amount of time you have put in dodging that fellow you owe the five is worth more than the money. Mudge I know it Is, but I have a hope that some day I will owe an amount worth dodging for. Might Be that Way. "Does your husband write to you regularly when he is on his fishing trips?" "Yes, he does, but somehow the letters eound as if he had prepared them beforehand at the office when there was nothing else to do." 1mmmwmammmavaaaaaaBaBamaaaaaaKssasammmaKsmsss THE STATE PRESS. Mr. Bryan is dreadfully afraid of a standing army. That is probably the reason why he got out of it in such a hurry. Vlncennes Commercial. The Sunday passenger business on the railroads now is simply enormous. People evidently have lots of money to spend and do as much traveling as possible on Sundays because they are too busy to travel on week days. Richmond Palladium. The Democratic party professes a great love for the Declaration of Independence here of late. We recall the fact that the secessionists quoted the Declaration of Independence at the very time they were trying to dissolve the Union. Columbus Republican. Tom Taggart Is nothing If not a schemer for himself. He protested to the last, yet he engineered the draft that made if necessary for him to accept another nomination. He never intended that the people should know the part he played, but his actions became too prominent at the last Seymour Republican. The Hon. Thomas announced several times that he would not accept the nomination, but at last he yielded to the demand of his friends and will make the race. It is generally understood that he had gubernatorial aspiratiens, but his party has other men in view for that nonor and Mr. Taggart is shelved. New Castle Press. As was the case two years ago, "there is talk "of strong opposition to Congressman Landis" In the Republican nominating convention. The Journal does not believe that such opposition will or should materialize. Mr. Landis is honest, capable, aggressive and growing, and the Journal is at a loss to know why there should even be talk of his succession by another. Crawfordsville Journal. The petitions now In circulation asking for a call of the central committee to consider the congressional situation are but tho natural outgrowth of the wishes and sentiments of the people. They are not the work of any man or set of men to bolster up or promote any one man's interest. The purfiose of the movement Is to get together n Hamilton county and mutually settle our family contentions. It Is forestalling the work of the next campaign and getting our own political house in order so that the best and most effective work may be done for the party. Noblesviile Ledger. We must remember that in the war of 1S12 much the same arguments were used against our trouble with Great Britain. Talk of greed and avarice was freely indulged, but we all know how great the results were for human liberty and popular rights. Every war in which the- United States has been engaged has been opposed, and in every case the cause of human rights have been benefited. So in the case of the Philippine war there can be no doubt that the triumph of the United States will result In securing to tho Filipino a safe, stable and Just form of government. Jeffersonvllle News. Mr. Taggart emphatically declared that poor health and the peculiar claims of his family on his time and devotion would absolutely prevent him from accepting the nomination. No oni conversant with the distressing family history of Mr. Taggart for the last few months can doubt the genuineness of these family claims or the sincerity of the mayor's determination to place them before party claims. When the pressure was applied, however, he allowed partisan considerations to stand before the considerations of family and health, and the question now is would he not allow the same political influence to come between him and the honest administration of his office in case of his election? A man who is weak where his family and his health are concerned is very likely to be weak where honest government La concerned. CrawtordsvUle Journal.

AGUINALDO'SCONSPIRACY

SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES REVIEWED BY SENATOR LINDSAY. War "Was Forced on This Country and It Must Not Shirk from Its Duty to the Civilized World. BUFFALO, Aug. 29. When the American Bar Association resumed Its session today the aldermanic chamber of the City Hall was filled with distinguished delegates and lawyers of note from different sections of the country, who had assembled to listen to the address of Senator William Lindsay, of Kentucky. The senator discussed the power of the United States, under the Constitution, to acquire new territory. Coming down to the war with Spain the senator said: "In the prosecution of a just war against Spain the United States made the Philippines a point of attack. No organized or formidable insurrection was then in proggress in those countries. Aguinaldo was voluntarily absent. He did not return until after the destruction of the Spanish fleet and after the Americans had become practically masters of the local situation. The presence of American ships and soldiers protected him and his followers from Spanish attack. Advantage was taken of conditions the Filipinos had little or no hand in bringing about lor the organization of the Insurrectionary army and for the establishing of, so far as it had been established, the revolutionary government. Whatever strength the insurgents were able to exhibit, and whatever advantages they may have gained over the Spanish army of occupation are directly traceable to a war which the United States commenced with no direct view, if any view at all, to the amelioration of the Philippine conditions. Aguinaldo's government has not to this day been recognized by any country. The American commanders notified him from time to time of their want of authority to recognize it. He and his troops were not allies of the United States. They received no recognition or countenance from the American commanders other than such as the commander of an invading army may, without compromising the future action of his own government, extend to dissatisfied and Insurrectionary lubjects of the government against which the war is being prosecuted. "The assistance rendered by Aguinaldo and his forces to the American army and navy in no wise affected the result of the campaign. TUe surrender of the Spanish troops at Manila was Inevitable. The presence there of the Insurgent army was an embarrassing If not a disturbing incident. It eventually became a menace to the lives and property of the inhabitants of Manila, whom, the. Americans, after the surrender of that city, were under the highest obligations to protect. THE REBEL. GOVERNMENT. "The revolutionary government represents at the utmost less than one-fourth of the inhabitants of the island, and, as to them, it is a government of force rather than consent. It had received no recognition of Its belligerency from either Spain or the United States at the time the protocol was signed, or when the treaty was negotiated, or at the time of its ratification. The United States were under no obligation to treat with the insurgents concerning their future status in the invaded country, and in contracting with Spain for the permanent cession of the Philippines our government exercised a right absolutely defensible in morals and in law. "When Aguinaldo and his chieftains determined to resist the transfer of the Philippine allegiance from Spain to the United States they elected to continue a war which the Spanish government had solemnly renounced and abandoned. They tendered an issue which the United States could not refuse, and doing so, they assumed the responsibility for all the evils that have come or may hereafter come to the Philippine people from a contest which on their part is as inexcusable as it is manifestly hopeless. "The inhabitants of the Philippines had ben in a chronic state of insurrection for many years before December, 1897, when it was agreed by Aguinaldo and his associate leaders that they and their followers should lay down their arms and submit. The Spanish authorities agreed that a general amnesty should be granted and that all necessary governmental reforms should be made, and that the conqueror should pay by way of indemnity to the conquered the sum of $800,000 in money. On Christmas day, 1S97, the governor general telegraphed to Madrid: it is with great pleasure 1 have to communicate to you that the principal leaders of the insurrection have laid down their arms and cheered three times for Spain, the King and peace. It Is related by an English writer that this peace cost Spain $2,000,000, of which $500,000 went to Aguinaldo and his Immediate followers, who agreed to change their residence to Hong-Kong; that $400,000 went to the lesser insurgents and to deserving Spanish officials, and that as to the remaining JSOO.OOO the account is yet to be rendered. A CHANGE OF FRONT. "At the time of this convention It is manifest the Filipinos were not contending for Philippine independence, but for the institution of better government and other desirable ends, all of which were compatible with the Indefinite continuance of Spanish sovereignty. Aguinaldo claims that he compiled with the peace agreement, but he charges that the Spanish government did not observe a similar conduct, and that its failure to do so gave cause for the uprising of which he is now the chief. Independence was not seriously contemplated until after the prestige and power of Spain had been broken by Dewey's victory nor until after the United States had determined to follow up their naval advantage by the armed occupation of the capital city of the archipelago and such other points as the exigencies of the war might render advisable. "Under these conditions the United States would not have submitted to the sale by Spain of the Philippines. Their purchase by a neutral power would have been regarded by our government as an unfriendly act, not to be tolerated. Spain could not have defeated the American invasion by the recognition of the independence of the insurgents, and it was in disregard, if not in contempt of the rights of the United States for the Insurgent chieftain, under the circumstances, to proclaim an Independent government. It was an attempt to utilize the victories the United States had won in the war with Spain for the accomplishment of an end, to which they were in no wise committed, and which honor and dignity did not require, but in view of the action of Aguinaldo and his associates, forbade them to respect, when they came to treat with Spain. "Having overthrown the authority of Spain against which the, Filipinos, for countless generations, had vainly struggled, we sought to give them free institutions under a government able to maintain and pledged to uphold peace. Justice and order. We offered not principalities, or powers, or largesses, or subsidies, to ambitious chieftains, but protection to the lives, liberty and property of the people, and It was indefensible and wicked in those disappointed chieftains to turn their arms against us. There can be but one ending to the unfortunate contest. The sovereign authority of the United States will be established, and under and through their beneficent control peace will take the place of war, order will supplant lawlessness, and Justice and mercy prevail, where force and fraud and cruelty once seemed to have their perpetual abiding place. "Intimately connected with these propositions of national authority and national morality are questions of policy and expediency of the gravest Importance and most absorbing interest. They are, however, without the limits I have prescribed, and J shall not trespass on your patience to consider them. We have extended our domain Into and across the Pacific, but we have not changed the nature of our government, or the character of our institutions. Ours is still a Union of American States, and will so remain to the end. The bond of Union by which the States are held together was ordained and established as the Constitution for the United States of America. Our policy, our traditions, our interests and our glory alike forbid the admission into the Union of any other than a North American State. MUST NOT SHRINK. "It does not follow, however, that we are to shrink from the full and faithful discharge of the new duty which we find ourselves under to the civilized world, and more especially to the distant Islands of the eastern seas. That duty was not of our seeking. It came as the culmination of events which human agencies could not control or direct. We would gladly escape It If escape were possible, but recognizing that there Is no honorable avenue of retreat we take It up (appreciating all its difficulties and responsibilities) with the fixed purpose of discharging it to the uttermost. We do this with no desire for Indefinite expansion, with no design of establishing a general colonial policy, but with the earnest hope that after our national authority shall have been established, and established it

will be, the people of the Philippines may show themselves capable of unbuilding and maintaining a local government of their own. If failure attends our efforts it will be but another instance of defeated hopes and disappointed expectations. But if. by holding up the hands of those who aspire to orderly and stable institutions, we shall open the way to a home government, undeiwhich individual rights will be respected, domestic tranquillity Insured and life, liberty and property protected, by the fixed and regular administration of just and equal laws, we shall give another . and striking evidence of man's capacity for self-govern ment, and ever and above all considera tlons of pecuniary or commercial advan tages, however great they may be, we shall be compensated for the blood and treasure we have expended and may expend by the consciousness of having secured to the in alienable rights of man a wider field and to free institutions the opportunity to extend their ble.slngs to the human family in a quarter of the world in which despotism has had its undisputed reign from the ear liest period of recorded time." REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. When Senator Lindsay had concluded reports of standing committees were called for. The committees on Jurisprudence and law reform, on judicial administration and remedial procedure and on legal education and admission to the bar had no reports to make. The committee on commercial law made Its report and promised to report next year upon the subject of involuntary bankruptcy. It was the opinion of the committee that tho new bankrupt law should be generally supported by bench and bar. The committee was requested to proceed with its work in the direction of perfecting the bankrupt law. The committee on International law also reported. The recommendation of the committee in favor of international arbitration was unanimously adopted. A cable message was sent to President Choate extending greetings and best wishes and regretting his inability to be present. The committee on grievances offered a resolution of sympathy with Maltre LaborL the defender of Dreyfus, but it was tabled on a close vote. The committee on trade marks presented a report- The committee on law reporting recommended that law reporters form an association in order to secure uniformity of style in law reporting. Resolutions expressing the sorrow of the members of the association on the death of fo-mer President Thomas J. Zlmmer, of Louisiana, were adopted. The committee on appeals from orders appointing receivers was Instructed to continue its work to secure a proper federal law. At the afternoon session Sir William R. Kennedy, a Justice of the High Court of Justice of England, was introduced and delivered an address on "State Punishment of Crime." At the conclusion of Justice Kennedy's address the committee on trade marks, on title of real estate and on treaties and conventions made their reports. Chairman Manderson suggested that a better way to approach Congress in the matter of titles to real estate would be present a memorial Instead of offering bill such as the committee had preparea. The suggestion was accepted and the committee was instructed to draft a memorial to Congress asking for the relief desired. The committee on patents was instructed to attempt to secure such a revision of the laws that the testimony of a husband or wife may be admitted in patent cases as in other trials at law. There was some discussion on the different reports and the association adjourned until to-morrow morning. A number of papers were read before the section of patent law. including those by Arthur Stuart, of Baltimore; E. B. Sherman, of Chicago, and Robert S. Taylor, of Fort Wayne, Ind. United States Commlselonernof Patents H. C. Bull was present and addressed the members. The section then elected Frederick P. Fish, of Boston, chairman. Arthur Stuart, of Baltimore, was re-elected secretary. To-night a reception was ;;Iven to the delegates by the local committee at the Buffalo Club. TO WED NEXT MONTH.

Plans, for the Marriage of Miss Grant and Prinee Cantacusene. NEW YORK, Aug. 29. Mrs. Fred D. Grant, at Newport, yesterday made the formal announcement of the date of the wedding of her daughter. Miss Julia Dent Grant, to Prince Cantacuzene. The ceremony will take place on Sept 25 and will be performed by a local clergyman, as th Rhode Island law permits no cne but licensed clergymen to perform a marriage service in that State. The officiating clergyman will be assisted by Bishop Potter and Dr. Nevens, of Rome, and.the ceremony will take place in All Saints' Memorial Chapel, the exclusive house of worship o? the fashionables. Mrs. Grant announced that the wedding would be simple and that no effort at display would be made. The bride will be unattended and the best man will come with the prince, who Is expected to arrive in this country about Sept. 19. Tho ushers will be Worthington Whitehouse. Honcre Palmer, Potter Palmer, Jr., Robert L. Gerry, H. R. Winthrop, Lockwood Honore, Captain Algernon Sartoris, a cousin Of the bride, and Lathrop Randolph. U. S. Grant, a brother of the bride, In tho absence of her father. Gen. Fred D. Grant, who is In the Philippines, will give the bride away. After the ceremony In the chapel another ceremony will be held in Beaulieu, the summer residenc of Mrs. Potter Palmer, at which an orthodox Russian clergyman of New York will officiate. Af teta short farewell reception the bridal party will go to Europe and direct to the castle of Prince Cantacuzene, in Moscow. Considerable disappointment Is expressed here that the wedding is to be so simple an affair, but, after all, the announcement Is hardly in keeping with the preparations that are being made. Already Mrs. Palmer has secured apartments at the Cliffs Hotel for a large party for a number of days, and orders have been left with local florists for thousands of white carnations. For tho last two weeks wedding presents have been arriving from friends of tho prince in Europe, and among them is said to be a gold toilet set from the Czar. FAST BATTLESHIP. 2peed of IT 1-4 Knots Developed by the Alabama at Her Builders Trial. LEWES, Del., Aug. 29. The builders trial trip of the battleship Alabama to-day resulted In the development of a maximum speed of 17U knots. There was a drizzling rain part of the run, and a fog hung over the water throughout the day. On the first run the Alabama, under 103V& revolutions per second, averaged 13.25 knots per hour over a course of llhi knots. She steamed over the course twice in a moderate sea, half of the way against the wind. On the second run, under forced draught, 114V4 revolutions per second, the average speed was 16.33, and on this run the Alabama attained a maximum of 11M, or IVi above the required 16 knots. The trial was made in open sea and in shoal water between the northwest and southeast five-fathom lights. The wind was from the northeast, about thirty miles an hour. The trial was satisfactory in every respect, and Edwin S. Cramp, of the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, said the builders were delighted with the showing made. Several ofiicers of the Russian navy who were aboard expressed favorable opinions of the Alabama s sea-going qualities. The Proposed Art Museum. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: It would be difficult to find anywhere a more suitable site for an art museum than the old Tinker place at Pennsylvania and Sixteenth streets. It does not seem clear however that the Art Association, with its present resources, should put so much money Into grounds and buildings as would be necessary In the event of the purchase of that square. An empty art building and an empty treasury would not be creditable to 'the association, nor artistic. It has been suggested that donations, aggregating onehalf the purchase price of the grounds, might be obtained if proper solicitation were made. It seems not improbable that such an amount might be raised in the immediate neighborhood of the Tinker place, conditional on the erection of a building and on the preservation of the forest trees. In the event that a considerable amount should be donited for purchase money. It would be well, as suggested in The Journal of the iath. to locate the art building thus near the center of the city's future population, in that beautiful grove. No better time or inducements for thus adding to the financial resources of the association will ever come. Will the Art Association try the experiment now? or will it expend the most of its ready cash, in grounds and buildings, trusting to the future, and to an impaired 'cash account, to fill the empty space with appropriate works of art 7 Indianapolis, Auj. 25. FIFER.

THE EXPORT EXPOSITION

SOME FEATURES OF THE COMISO DISPLAY IX PHILADELPHIA. Purpose of the Exhibition and What Is Expected from the Internatloa al Commercial Congress. The display of samples of goods from all parts of the world will be one of the exhibits at the national export exposition which opens at Philadelphia Sept. 14. , The advancement of American industries In the promotion of export trade : main object of the exposition, and the manage ment has spared no effort to gather data and information relative to the needs of foreign countries for the education of the American manufacturers and merchants. Congress appropriated $50,000 for the purchase in foreign countries of samples of merchandise "of the character in favor and demand therein, together with necessary business data concerning said samples to be displayed at the exposition for the Instruction and benefit of American manufacturers, and thereby laying the foundation of a great system of national commercial education.' Agents have been engaged in tho purchase of these samples, and the exhibit will be full and complete. The aggregation of these wares will bring to American manufacturers a practical knowledge of foreign trade that could not be otherwise acquired. It Is stated, except by costly and laborious private research. Samples of American goods will, of course, have a prominent place so that the visiting trades will be able to gain a knowledge of the advantages of trading with the United States. For the training of foreign salesmen the exposition will offer a course In practical education. It requires the most consummate tact and business enterprise in a salesman to vend his wares la the markets of Europe. His every move Is offset hourly by requirements and stipulations never thought of by those who send him out to represent them. American methods may produce better goods at cheaper prices, but unless numerous technicalities are observed in the delivery of the goods the European merchants will not touch them, the most persuasive eloquence of the salesman falling on barren ground. One of the interesting displays on this line of education lll be the exhibit in the transportation building showing the proper way to pack and label goods for export trade. In each country different rulues for packing goods should be observed, and at the exposition shipping clerks and salesmen may study the various requirements. With the South American trade opening up this is especially important, it being necessary in some places to pack freight over mountain trails. If the goods are not in proper shape they cannot be handled, and so the exporter suffers a loss, as well as disappoints his foreign customer. The exhibits will embrace practically every manufactured article from the smallest farm implement to models of shipbuilding. The recent shipment of a number of locomotives to Sweden has awakened an interest In the possibilities of that line, and the various displays of steam engines will attract attention. REASON FOR THE EXPOSITION. The markets of the world are open to American goods, and the business men of this country are anxious to avail themselves of the new opening, but Ignorance of the customs of the foreign countries stands as a barrier. It is to acquaint the merchant with the needs of the old world that the exposition is being held. The Australian market is favorable to American goods and would use, among other things, canned meats, fish, hardware, farm and garden implements, axes, saws, builders' lronmonv gery, locks, bird cages, pumps and windmills, stoves, woodenware, furniture, engineers' tools, boots and shoes, lamps, pressed glassware, cotton goods,' underwear, bar iron, steel, etc. Wagons and carts are In demand in New South Wales, cotton goods for the republic of Colombia. Practically every foreign country will be represented and its needs outlined, with necessary instructions as to shipping. The international commercial congress will be convened on Oct. 10, and will be attended by representatives from every board of trade in the United States. Delegates will be present from the following foreign governments: Argentine Republic, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti. Honduras. Jamaica, Leeward islands. Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru. Prince Edward Island, Queens'and, Russia, South African Republic, South Australia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Victoria, The object of the congrera is to hold a conference for tho extension of international commerce, by accredited representatives of the leading governments and chambers of commerce of the world. The deliberation of the congress will be in English, bt no modern language will be excluded. Many foreign trade organizations, chambers of commerce and business firms have appointed delegates, and an Incomplete list places the number as follows: From Africa 10; Arabia, 2; Argentine Republic. 14; Australasia. 42; Austria-Hungary. 11; Belgium, 1; Brazil, S; Canada. 24; Central America, 5; Chile, A: China. 6; Colombia, 6; Cuba, 7: Denmark, 1; Ecuador, 2; France, 5; Germany, 6; Greece, 1: British Guinea, 2; Hawaiian Islands, 1; Holland, 1; India. 1; Italy, S; Japan, 7; Corea, 2; Mexico, 20; Norway, 2: Paraguay, 4: Persia. 1; Peru. 3: Portugal, 1; Porto Rico, 4; Russia. 1; Society Islands, 1; Spain, 1; Sweden. 1; Turkey, 1 United Kingdom, 9; Uruguay, 1; Venezuela, 5; West Indies, 17. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION. Subjects of greatest Importance to American interests will be presented by men of national influence and reputation. A few of the principal topics suggested are: Foreign trade in general; advantages possessed by the United States indicating for the country a commanding position In foreign enterprise. Parcels post; advantages of international parcels post facilities, as a stimulus to American export trade. InterOceania canal; the advantages to all nations of an Isthmian canal; Increased American influence in Asia from the canal. Our new spheres of Influence; the future of Cuba; value of Porto Rico; the Hawaiian Islands as a field of production and as a commercial entrepot; the Philippine inlands and commercial value to the Lnited Slates. West Indian section; the position and resources of Jamaica. Latin American Section; application of the Monroe doctrine to American republics: opportunities for investment in the tropical sections, Amazon valley and Ecuador. Asiatic section; an "open-oor" policy In China and the need of vigorous action by the United States; trade interests In Ccrea. Australian rection; commercial Australia; transportation in Australia; Great Britain-and the Transvaal; the growing commercial power of the United States. The lighter side of the exposition will not be neglected, and those tlsitors on mere pleasure bent will find ful!y as much to occupy them as the more serious portion from foreign lands absorbed in its Industrial ride. Good music will be one of the hading features, and the principal bands of the country have been engaged for public concerts. A Chinese village, a counterpart of a street in Peking, peopled with four hunderd men, women and children, will attract attention. Cuban. Porto IMcan. Hawaiian and Filipino villages will be Interesting, and the usual beauty shows and other amusements will be on hand. The exposition will open promptly on time, which will be a record in Itself. At the opening of the commercial congress on Oct. W all of the ambassadors and ministers of foreign countries in the United States will be present In full uniform, and the Governors of man; of the American and Mexican States and provinces of Canada will add to the brilliancy ol the gathering. Governor Mount has been Invited, and may possibly attend, accompanied by fits staff. Banker Dreyer on Trial Aaala. CHICAGO. Aug. 29. The second trial of former banker Edward S. Dreyer, charged with misappropriation of $$13,000 of the funds of the West Park Board, of which he as treasurer was commenced before Judg llanecy to-day. Banker Dreyer was convicted on his first trial and sentenced to Imprisonment in the penitentiary but the Supreme Court grunted him anew trial and it-manded the cae. When the case was called to-day counsel for Dreyer made a strong effort to secure a chang of venue n the ground of Judicial prejudice, but the case was ordered to trial and the selection I of a Jury cocxcieaced,