Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 244, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1899 — Page 4

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Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless postage Is Inclosed for that purpose. THE IDIA AI'OLIS JOUtVAL Can be found at the following places: NEW YORK Astor House. CHICAGO Palmer House. P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn utreet. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI-J. R. Hawley & Co.. 154 Vine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deering. northwest corner t'f Third and Jefferson atreets. and Louisville Hook Co., 2Z6 Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C Riggs House, Ebbitt . Hou;e and WU lard's Hotel. For a "walkover," Mr. Taggarfs friends are beginning to find It a distressingly rapid pace. - With Mr. McLean as a candidate when he Is not a real resident of Ohio, Democrats can say no more about the millionaires as the evil of politics. There are politicians so astute that they see In the nomination of McLean In Ohio a plot to defeat Mr. Bryan with McLean as a candidate for President. The Ohio Democrats do not like "Boss" Hanna a little bit, but they think "Boss" McLean altogether lovely. In judging bosses a good deal depends on the point of view. The election In the Eighth Missouri district Indicates no change in party lines from 2S93. The Republicans stand by their guns, and the Missouri mossback votes for whatever is labeled Democracy. The gavel of the McLean convention was made from wood taken from trees on the premises of several important Democrats who are dead, but no mention was made of that greatest Democrat, Allen G. Thurman, 'Whom McLean knifed. Once a Democratic convention in Ohio voclferoutly nominated Vallandlgham for Governor, because he was hoitlle to his country In time of war. It Is natural that the successors of the same party should cheer a prayer for Agulnaldo. For concentrated gall, the declaration of the Chlo Democrats that they stand with Lincoln and Grant cannot be surpassed. "When Lincoln and Grant were struggling to save the Union, they had no more bitter opponent than the organ of John R. McLean. The Ohio. Democrats declare that "We are radically and unalterably opposed to Imperialism In the United States of America." If they had accompanied this with a ringing declaration against establishing a monarchy their platform would have been complete. The Memphis Scimitar, a Democratic paper, is annoyed by Mr. Bryan because he "is Incessantly talking and seemingly forgetting to-day what he said yesterday; yet he would have the party take his perpetual chatter for law and gospel." But Mr. Bryan never changes regarding 26 to L Now that Mr. MacVeagh has declared that Captxdn Carter Is not guilty and that the fourteen officers who tried him were appointed to convict, some of the mugwump papers are letting up on Carter. Once the late James G. Blaine alluded to Mr. MacVeagh as "the young man from Bitter creek." Generals Miles and Merrltt, the two highest officers In the army, both declare that General Otis is a fine soldier, but Rev. Peter McQueen, who has been to Manila, declares that Otis Is incompetent. Of course, that settles it for such as prefer the Judgment of a pareon to a soldier regarding military matters The report of the Porto RIcan commission contains important recommendations regarding the establishment of American civil government In the Island, and should receive attention as soon as possible. If the President Is unable to act In tho matter bfcfore Congress meets that body should lose no time In taking It up. The levy of 70 cents per $100 for city expenses cannot be reduced without a cut of more than $100,000 in the appropriations made a year ago. Consequently, should it bo attempted, the city will be borrowing money before the year Is out and the evil of an Increasing floating debt at a high rate of Interest will be established. Several excellent people were unduly excited over the prayer of the Catholic priest In the McLean convention. Its sentiments were as bad as could be, but no worse than a half dozen Protestant preachers have expressed. It Is a great thing for this country that no one religious body contains all the patriotism or Is blamable for unpatriotic sentiment. Some Cubans are disappointed by the brevity of the President's proclamation regarding the census. It covers the ground, and ought to be satisfactory for its unequivocal statement that the present military control by the United States Is "temporary," and cf Its desire to "give Its assistance and supervision to the successive etps by which you will proceed to the establishment of an effective system of selfgovernment." In a recent Interview Mr. Bryan compared Democratlo issues to the Infant members) cf a family. Because new questions are coming up for the Democratic party to deal with was no reason, ha said, why it should discard the 16-to-l tssue, any more than a parent should neglect one baby when another Is born. "We should gather all these children Into our armj and fight for them." Sure, and no matter if they be singles or twins. There 1 little Anti-trust with a tnouth large enough to put his foot In and 0 Uient for yawping that bespeaks him as G prctztla t37 crator. Baby Militarism 1 zi a riuaf 9 Jarr acl determined look whica

gives assurance that he will never submit to be governed by Injunction. The little chap labeled Fillrino Is making a declaration of Independence with all his) hands and feet and protesting as loud as any Nebraska statesman against government without the consent of the governed. The lustiest baby of them all, young Free Silver, with a bimetallic rattle in his hand and a mouth as big as half a watermelon, makes more noise than all the rest combined, as he clamors for papa's undivided attention But the head of the family sits serene in the midst of the commotion. "We should gather all these children Into our arms and fight for them."

RESPO.XSiniLITY FOR THE WAR. In order to defend Its position on the Philippines question the Democratic party finds It necessary to maintain, first, that the United States is the aggressor in the war now going on there; and, second, that the object of the war Is to enslave the Filipinos. This is the burden of all of Mr. Eryan's speeches and of the Democratic platforms on the subject. Both contentions are false and both do the United States gross injustice. If they were advanced by foreigners we would resent them as a falsification of the truth of 'history and an Insult to the spirit of this government. Coming from Americans who make the charges for political reasons they are despicable. If it were true that the United States1 had Inaugurated an unjust and unnecessary war against the Filipinos the Nation would stand disgraced before others and the war should be stopped at once. But such Is not the case. The Filipinos began the war. They are the aggressors. The evidence Is conclusive on this point. The first clash cf arms was deliberately provoked by the Filipinos attempting to force our lines near Manila on the night of last Feb. 4. Though challenged by the American sentry and warned not to approach they paid no heed and were fired upon. This was the beginning of hostilities and It was evidently prearranged. The President, in his recent speech at nttsburg, told how self-restrained our soldiers were, and said: They were not the aggres.ws. They did not begin hostilities against the Insurgents, pending the ratification of the treaty of peace In the Senate, great as was their Justification, because their orders from Washington forbade it. The first blow was struck by the insurgents. Senator Lindsay, In his strong and adrolrablo address at Buffalo a few days ago. said: When Agulnaldo and his chieftains determlnd 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. This states the case correctly. It was the Insurgents who tendered the Issue of war, not the United States. The President's Instructions to General Otis directed him to "announce and proclaim In the most solemn manner" that the' American forces "come not as an army of invasion or conquerors, but as friends to protect the natives In their homes, in their employments and In their personal and religious rights." General Otis issued a proclamation to this effect and the Filipinos met It with war. Therefore, when Mr. Bryan and Democratic papers and platforms declare that the United States began the war they state what is false. Equally untrue is it that the war Is being prosecuted for conquest or the enslavement of the Filipinos. It Is being prosecuted for the sole purpose of putting down an insurrection and establishing the sovereignty of the United States in territory rightfully belonging to It. President McKlnley could not enslave the Filipinos if he wanted to, nor can he establish any form of government there, grant the Filipinos independence, proclaim a protectorate or anything else of that kind. These are questions for the future and for Congress to decide. There Is no more ground for the Democratic contention that the war is one of conquest than there is for the contention that It was begun by the United States. Both are inspired by a partisan and unpatriotic purpose. SEW PHASES OF THE DREYFUS CASE. No previous phase of the Dreyfus case has been more indicative of the corruption and disloyalty prevalent in the French army than the present one. As long as there was room for a charitable theory that the military officials who have been hounding Dreyfus really and honestly believed him guilty there was at least some semblance of consistency in their claim that the honor of the army demanded hl9 dismissal and punishment. As long as they clung tenaciously to the. theory that he was the author of the bordereau there was some semblance of dignity In their attitude, although fairminded people believed their case rested on falsehoods and forgeries. But their present position is far more contemptible. It having been demonstrated beyond doubt that Esterhazy was the author of the Incriminating document these high officers and men of honor are now preparing to admit that fact, claiming, however, that Dreyfus furnished the information. This attempt on their part to change front under fire and to grasp at any theory that' may help to crush Dreyfus shows they have been actuated by personal malice from the beginning and are far more anxious to vindicate themselves than they are to vindicate the cause of Justice. The present trial has brought to the front a few highmlnded, honest Frenchmen who have frankly admitted that, while they formerly believed the defendant guilty they have become convinced of their error, and, as conscientious men. wish to set themselves right and do Justice to the defendant. But ex-MInlster Mercier and his fellowconspirators among the staff officers are not of this class. Although their original theory has been shattered they have not the manhood or decency to admit that they were wrong, but, like Indians fighting and dodging from tree to tree, they are no sooner forced to abandon one theory of Dreyfus's guilt than they fall back on another. The spectacle of these high officers and conservators of army honor plotting to frame a theory of Dreyfus's guilt that they can. perhaps, sustain by forgeries and lies and save themselves from being exposed as a pack of conspirators and perjurers is unspeakably disgraceful. Another phase of the situation shows not only their desperation but their disloyalty. A current rumor says that if the government orders the arrest of General Mercier ami the staff officers, as there is talk that it may after the present trial closes, they will appeal to the anti-Dreyfus element in the army and attempt to overthrow the government. It Is even said they claim to have made a canvass of the regimental officers and to feel confident of the success of such a scheme. They are evidently desperate and n'l'r"n enough to attempt anything; and

such a scheme would harmonize with French methods In the past. The army has always been an inviting field for political intrigue and a readier Instrument to overthrow the government than to defend It. It lent Itself very willingly to Louis Napoleon's scheme to overthrow the republic and establish an empire, and only ten years ago It was ready to revolt under the leadership of General Boulanger If the truth were known It would probably appear that all the elements of opposition to the republic are behind the anti-Dreyfus movement and that they have been very busy sounding the army. Whatever the extent of the disaffection may be It is likely the staff officers who are trying to crush Dreyfus are posted In regard to it, and will not hesitate to appeal to it If they are driven to the walL A SEXATOR AXD A XEWSPAPEIt.

The Chicago Tribune sent a reporter up to Mackinac to meet Senator Beverldge and secure an Interview from hlra on Philippine affairs. The reporter came down on the same boat with the senator, but he got no Interview, the "gentleman from Indiana" politely declining to talk. This did not prevent the Tribune's man from writing a column and a half of flippant, would-be witty twaddle ridiculing the senator's silence and insinuating that a man who would not pour out his opinions freely for the sake of getting Into a Chicago paper could not have views of much value anyway. It is, of course, a surprise for the Tribune, which is accu.tomed to the chattering freak, "Billy" Mason, to find a public man who la not to be enticed into expressing opinions on any and every subject at invitation, but this hardly excuses its own lack of dignity in treating a senator of the United States, who has demonstrated his possession of unusual shrewdness and ability, as if he and his office were as unworthy of respect as a Chicago alderman and his Job. Puerilities do not become a great paper like the Tribune. Mr. Beverldge is a very different sort of person from Billy Mason, and the fact that he did not talk should have been recognized as a mark of discretion and wisdom deserving of approval. In making his trip to the Philippines the Junior senator from Indiana manifested enterprise and public spirit, to say nothing of political shrewdness, beyond that of any man connected with the government. Of all the representatives and senators of the United States the men who will be called upon to legislate on the question connected with the var and with the new territory he Is the only one who thought to go to the Islands and Judge for himself of the situation. In Congress, next winter, he will be the only man who can speak of matters there from personal observation. This will give him a tremendous advantage and a position among his colleagues which, as a young man and a new member, he could not otherwise attain so early. Ills evidence and his opinions will be of value In the Senate and to the country, and for the Senate and for the administration their first expression should be re-, served. To return .from his Journey and to scatter his Information and conclusions right and left would be out of keeping with his personal dignity and his official position. Very wisely he keeps his opinions to himself, and he may be depended upon to do so until the proper time comes to speak. The "hoop-pole commonwealth," as the Tribune facetiously calls Indiana, is willing to wait, sure that when he does talk he will say something worth hearing. Indiana is proud of Beverldge, f.nd In Its rejoicing over his return can still stop to extend a little sympathy to the Tribune's State, which gives Its highest honor to a caricature of a statesman. CAUSES OF SCARCITY OF CATTLE. Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture, has recently given some reasons for the Increased price of meat, among which are the great and widespread prosperity of the country, the reduced number of cattle and the great decrease in the area of the Western ranges for raising cfceap cattle. As a whole the people of the United States were never so generally employed at good wages as at the present time. The American worklngman is a meat eater. When he has money he will buy It to eat twice or three times a day. Now he has the money, and the result is a greatly Increased demand. The decrease in the number of animals that furnish meat has been most marked during the past ten years. 3'his is traceable in part to the low and unsatisfactory prices which prevailed from 18D2 to 1897, consequent upon industrial depression. The following is the number of cattle, other than milk cows, of sheep and hogs on Jan. 1 for ten years: Cattle. Sheep. Swine. 1850 36,849,024 44.336,072 51,602,70 1891 36,875.648 43,431,136 50,625,lt6 im 37,651,239 44,93S,36' 62,398,019 1893 35,954,196 47,273,553 46,004,8(? 1894 36.6OX.108 45.O4S.017 45,2u6.4'S 1895 34.364,216 42,294,064 44,165,79 189$ 32.0S5.4O9 38,298,783 42.S42.759 1897 30.50S.408 36.818,643 40,600.276 1498 29.2iH.197 37,656,900 . 39,759,9rt 1899 27,994,223 39.114,453 3S.651.G31 The cause of the falling off In the number of animals that can be used as food, which Is of most Importance to the people of the older States in the corn belt, is the fact that the cattle ranges of the semi-arid regions of the West have been made to support more cattle and sheep than they should. No time has been given for the grasses to renew themselves, and the result Is that thousands of acres have been rendered worthless for grazing for a time. For this reason the stock In the State of Nevada has been reduced DO per cent, within a few years. This means that if the demand for cattle continues to increase the farmers of the corn belt will find it profitable to raise stock again, and they will transform some of their grain fields to pasturage and feed their corn to cattle for the market. Secretary Wilson finds that in his own State Iowa farmers who used to raise sheep for the wool are now raising them for mutton and find that It pays to feed corn. Turning thousands of acres of overcropped lands in Indiana to pasturage will serve to restore the waning fertility. A SCHEME THAT FAILED. It is a part of the quiet campaign gossip that, following the lead of Mayor Harrison in Chicago, the silver question was to be left out of the Democratic city platform In order to secure the united support of the gold Democrats and of a few Republicans who might vote for Mayor Taggart if the obnoxious reiteration of Br; anlsm did not appear as an issue. The Taggart managers had come to the conclusion that the gold Democratic vote and the few Republicans would help the Taggart ticket more than offending the silver "push" could harm It, since at the eleventh hour all of the silver Democrats would be induced to vote for the municipal ticket. The game would have worked well had not the Sentinel put an Interpretation on the platform which made a general expression an indorsement of Bryan and 15 to L The zeal of the Sentinel has spoiled the scheme. The gold Democrats have protested la resolutions, and there is

no reason to believe that the "push" has been placated. It may not be generally understood over the State, but in this and a few other congressional districts the gold and conservative Democrats expect to be : able to elect delegates hostile to 16 to L For that reason some of them believe that it is not wise to antagonize Mayor Taggart. Others, constituting the majority of Wednesday night's conference, took another view of the matter after the Sentinel's explanation of the platform. They felt that no time should be lost In giving notice to the party that In no event will they support a candidate favoring the free coinage of silver. The recent declaration of Parks Martin, chairman of the Democratic state committee, that many Democrats In Indiana who did not support the 16-to-l candidate In 1896 will do so In 1900, and the blunder of the Sentinel seemed to those who constituted the conference to make It necessary to define their position at once. They have made it known. The Democrats in Indiana who did not vote for Bryan in 1896 because of the silver issue will not do so in 1900. MNaaBaaaasssssssssHaBi The platform of the Ohio Democrats says: "We commend the action of Congress in declaring that our war with Spain was for humanity and not for conquest." Congress did not declare anything of the kind. It was the President' who referred more than once to the humanitarian aspect of the war. In his special war message of April 11, 1SSS, asking for authority to intervene in Cuba, he said: "In the name of humanity, In the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop." At no time did Congress declare that the war was "for humanity and not for conquest," except as to Cuba alone it pledged the United States to withdraw wb,en the Island should be pacified and stable government established. Congress never-made an declaration Inconsistent with our acquisition of Porto Rico and the Philippines. After a full inquiry regarding the Republican candidates for 'councllmen at large, the Journal has no hesitation In saying that they are men of character and respectability. Each of them is a man who has anf emplo3ment by which he earns a living, and each of them is respected in his neighborhood. Most of them hold positions of responsibility In prominent industries. The names of all of them are on the tax duplicate. As a whole the ticket la a vast improvement over the candidates nominated by the Taggart convention. The return of Senator Beverldge is an event of more than local or even State Interest. Asidefrom his peculiar relations to the people of Indiana his trip to the East and his long stay in the Philippines, where he made a careful personal study of the situation, has attracted the attention of the entire country. All Americans who admire enterprise and pluck will rejoice In the safe return of our Junior senator from his long and sometimes dangerous trip, and will wait with Interest to hear what he has to say on the Philippine question, whether he says It now or later. . , HUDDLES IX THE AIR.

The Situation. Oom Paul Of course, you want all you can get. i J. Ball Your ideas of progress are decidedly archaic. I want all. there Is. The Worst. Watts What was the worst storm you ever encountered? N. Peck I think it- blew at the rate of about three hundred words a minute. The Cheerful Idiot. "The woman I marry must know how to make good coffee," said the shoe clerk boarder. "You are selfish. You don't seem to take Into consideration the daily grind she will have to go through with," said the Cheerful Idiot. The Sonbrette Error. Miss Tottle Trlpllghtly, who'd nothing to wear, Got her salary raised by the proprletalre. So she bought some more clothes, and I'm sorry to state,'' ' The attendance diminished from that very date! The Detroit Tribune prints a letter received in that city from Mrs. Denby, now in the Philippines, asking kindly disposed people to send games, picture books, magazines, cards and other articles to afford diversion fpr soldiers in the hospitals. It seems they have the best of food and care, but they lack what the government cannot supply, means of amusement. The writer says: They all say that they would like better to have something to help pass the time more than anything else. Even those who could not take part in games would be interested in looking on at others. Now, 'I want you to beg, borrow, steal, buy, as many of such things as I mention below, and any others you can think of as you possibly can and send to me at once. We want all sorts of games, checkers, chess, dominoes, parchesa, pigs In clover. Jack straws, cards of all sorts. We need puzzles, old illustrated papers and magazines, children's papers and magazines such as Youth's Companion, Harper's Young People, short stories. Jest books-Of the better sorts. Pictures, both colored, and uncolored, but of a pleasant, cheerful nature. Nothing either in pictures or reading of a sad or morbid tendency. Mrs. Denby is the wife of Hon. Charles Denby, of Evansvllle, Ind.", for many years minister to China and now a member of the Philippine commission. She says contributions of the kind indicated can be sent to her at Manila, In care of Major O. F. Long, general superintendent army transport service, San Francisco, Cal., and should be marked "Red Cross Goods." The government does not undertake to pay the freight to San Francisco, but will dispatch packages beyond that point. Our soldiers in the Philippines, especially those in hospitals, should be made to feel that they are remembered by the people as well as by the government. The Indianapolis Light Artillery, otherwise known as the Twenty-seventh Battery, is the only stare militia organization that got outside of the country during the war; It Is an old command with a reputation for efficiency and high training long antedating the troubles with Spain and extending throughout militia circles all over the United States. For these and other obvious reasons the battery Is the organization that should represent Indiana in the New York parade In honor of Dewey. Unless this body goes the State will have no representatives there a thing which would be extremely discreditable. The battery has paid Its own way In the past when It has gone on the prize-taking exhibitions to military tournaments where It has won distinction for itself and its State and city. On this occasion It shoisld be at no expense. The people of Indianapolis should contribute cheerfully the comparatively small amount necessary $3,000. The committee which met to consider the matter yesterday announces that about half this sum is already pledged. There should be no difficulty in securing the remainder. Tho Indianapolis Artillery should by all means be sent to greet Dewey. Henry Clay keeps a cigar store in Evansvllle and Daniel Webster U highway tur-

veyor In Maine. No doubt Calhoun, Benton and Webster can be found In the humble walks of life.

There Is nothing said In the Bible that would lead one to believe a prayer applauded at a political convention answerable. It Is especially contrary to the teachings of the Bible to pray for the undoing of any work conscientiously and gloriously begun by one's country. True religion and rank disloyalty are never bunkmates. The designation of the endeavors of one's countrymen to put down a treacherous and ungrateful rebellion as "brute force" Is hardly patriotic, to say the least. The remarkable quality of the art posters for the state fair Is sure to cause people to remember the dates, and if that quality of art stimulates curiosity a large attendance Is certain. The "old settlers'" picnics and reunions have about all been held. The "nonsettlers" never care to have a list of their membership appear in print. If Oom Paul really believes war inevitable, and if he will only hold to that opinion long enough, .he will prove a true prophet. INDIANA EDITORIAL OP1XIOX. The Republican party Is not a flag lowering organization. It believes In flag raising and in keeping the flag afloat wherever it has been raised. Bluffton Chronicle. The "demonetization of sliver" is the Democratic crime of 1873, and the advance in wages Is secretly regarded by the Bryanites as the crime of 1S99. Corydon Republican. Nineteen out of twenty of those who are howling about trusts don't know any more about them than they did about the tariff when they were yelling, "The tariff is a tax." Vernon Journal. In putting down the Tagal Insurrection we are working for humanity as surely as when we started out to rescue Cuba and put an end to the "intolerable conditionsthat had too long existed at our door." Crawfordsville Journal. Every true American will loyally support the administration In sternly repressing armed and organized assaults on the American flag. The final disposition of the Philippines rests with Congress, but until P.nn err pets nets order must be maintained. Greensburg Review. It must be discouraging to sensible and conscientious Democrats that they are obliged to advocate so many wrong things or else be read out of the party. The Republicans invariably take the right side of a public question and then the Democrats throw themselves against it, being only a rarty of opposition, anyway. New Albany Tribune. Charles A. Bookwalter has been nominated for mayor by the Republicans of Indianapolis, and It would not surprise ua to hear of his election. He is a clean and Intelligent man and very popular with the masses. He would make a most excellent mayor, in fact, better than that tax-ridden city has had for many years. Newport Hoosier State. The duty of the township advisory boards is plain and simple. It Is to advise with the trustees about township business and provide means for the proper conduct of the township government, ii is imponaui that the boards act and make the appropriations nnd Ipw. otherwise there will be no monev to run the township next year. Noblesville Ledger. It Is because Governor Mount has boldly withstood the assaults of the spoilsmen of the State that he Is disliked by this parHnnlar clou and rpjmprted hv the citizens a a a nhnio Thp conduct of the State Insti tutions upon the merit system has prevented scanaais, avoiaea nign taxes, guaramteu good service and accommodations, and, as the Governor well says, performed a good turn c tha Tipniihllpfln nartv. No DartV gains by the spoils system. Richmond Item. The appointment of our townsman, G. A. II. Shldeler, to the position of warden of the State Prison North was a meritorious one. The members of the State Prison Board have made no mistake In coming- to Marion and Grant county, the banner Republican county of the State, for a competent man to succeed Mr. Harley. The new appointee is well and favorably known all over the State, and at home his many friends, regardless of party, are extending him their best wishes and hearty congratulations. Marlon Chronicle. A Hot Ma-ht. The dark of night with the breath of noon, A world agasp 'neath the tilted moon. While nature reels In a soft half-swoon And wakeful stars are blinking. It's oh, for sough of a cooling breeze, For drip of rain through the plumy trees; And oh, might we to the very lees A poppied draught be drinking! We turn and toss on the tumbled bed. The pillow burns 'neath the aching head. Sleep seems a blessing forever fled; The spacious night is shrinking. At Ust, when hours upon hours have gone, The dark east pales with a hint of dawn; Down night's blue deep with a drowsy yawn, A tardy wind comes stealing. And when the stars In the somber sky Put out the lanterns they hold on high, Shy Sleep, who tarried so long, draws nigh And harks to our appealing. Marlon, Ind. Ethel Bowman. Financial Possibilities. New York Financier. The result (plenty of money In the West), gratifying as it may be, promises to have quite an important effect on international monetary operations this fall. If the West does not need Eastern money, the logical inference Is that money rates here will not be as high as otherwise might be expected, and if rates remain at a low figure there will be lesser pressure in the market for gold Imports. We are approaching very closely at present the season when the outward flow of products will aid in creating a large trade balance in favor of this country, and we have already reached the period when the How of money westward should induce a sharp decline In foreign exchange. But the latter result is out of the question, for reasons already given. What will happen when the crops go out Is another matter. If money is to remain low because of an evident full supply, there will be little Inducement to Import gold, unless rates abroad should be even lower. No one expects this, and It will not be surprising if the familiar operation of accumulating sterling is not witnessed again this winter. This means, of course, that the United States will loan money abroad. We have done that before, and the circumstances are favorable now for a reptitlon of the operation. But If, after the Import season opens, business activity creates a demand for funds greater than has been anticipated, imports must follow, of necessity. Testimonial from a Brother Democrat. Louisville Times (Dem.) Over in Ohio John McLean, Lew Barnard, Peter Schwab and the rest of the gang profess to stand Just as Brown, Whallen. Williams and the rest of that gang in Kentucky profess to stand, for protection of the ballot and purification of politics, though upon each of those gangs rests the burden of responsibility for the evils which afflict the politics of their respective States. John McLean in Ohio and John Whallen in Kentucky have committed more outrages upon the ballot and done more to vitiate politics than all other agencies in the respective fields of their operations combined. One might as well look to Satan and Beelzebub for a genuine article of reform. The Matter with Dry an. Washington Post. Perhaps Mr. Bryan is. In a manner, excusable for his lack of Information. By persisting in standing Just where he stood three years ago he can obtain only a rear and distant view of the prosperity of tho country. Ah to Lnwton. Kansas City Joifrnal. In regard to the size of the army needed In the Philippines, General Lawton might rise and remark, "I told you so." But he won't. Lawton is a soldier, not a boaster. Naturally. Washington Post. As Uncle Sam expands and reaches out he mugt expect an occasional disarrangement of hi coat tails by Canada and other small neighbors. Xol Safe to Tie To. Washington Post. The Democrats should not lay too much stress upon Agulnaldo. He is liable to surrender ruht la the fctat of ths campaign.

ENJOINED BY RAILROADS

STATE TAX BOARD SURPRISED AT PEXXSYLVAXIA COMPAXY'S ACTIOX. Member Indignant at Ex-Commlslon-er Walker The X'evrs Takes Same Steps as the Railroads, The State Board of Tar Commissioners yesterday finished its annual session with a feast of watermelon and injunctions. The melons were furnished by Commissioner Busklrk and the Injunctions by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and affiliated companies, and by the Indianapolis News, filed in the Marion county Superior Court. The action of the railroad company. was a surprise to the members of the board. I. N. Walker, ex-oommlssloner, this year represented the companies for the first time as tax agent and asked for a total reduction of over $2,000,000. The reduction made by the board was over $200,000 and the assessment of the companies is now lower than It has been for years. The members of the board were Indignant at Col. Walker for his action, and Governor Mount said: "I cannot understand this. ,For the many years that Colonel Walker was a member of this board he always contended that the assessed value of railroads should be Increased. At the meeting of one year ago Colonel Walker said he has made a careful investigation and found that lands were assessed at a much higher rate than the railroads and he was strongly In favor of raising the assessments of the railroads. He always was opposed to me on that question, for I have thought the rjJJroads were assessed proportionately Tiland, and. If anything, higher. ThereWas no road against which Colonel Walker was so bitter as the Pennsylvania road. It is very extraordinary and I do not understand IL" The other commissioners and members of the board were highly indignant and Commissioner Wlngate remarked that no man on the board in the past few years has done so much to raise the assessment of the railroads as has Colonel Walker. Secretary Martin said that the Pennsylvania Company has less reason to complain than any other road In the State. The certified assessments were all prepared and sealed, ready to be sent out to the different county auditors, and this Injunction kept the clerks busy until late last night making out the new certificates with these roads omitted. Thirty-three counties were affected, but all others were sent out at once. The injunction of the News was not a surprise. The property had been returned for taxation at $47,000, but the State Board had raised this to $400,000 on an appeal by ex-Judge Frank McCray. The members of the board rather expected legal action to follow. All papers were turned over to Attorney General Taylor yesterday afternoon and he will take whatever legal action is necessary to defend the suits. He will determine on his course to-day. The injunctions were served Just as the board adjourned. GIST OF THE COMPLAINTS. The Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway, the Indianapolis & Vlncennes Railway, and the Pennsylvania Railroad complaints set out the assessments to which they object, and claim that the assessments are made contrary to the usual custom, the returns of the various county auditors giving the appraisements and assessments of other real properties In their counties not being taken into account, and that the assessments of the railroad properties are proportionately greatly In excess of other assessments. The claim Is made that the railroad properties are belng assessed at their alleged true cash value, which Is much In excess of the actual cash value, while other realty throughout the State is assessed at only two-thirds cr the actual cash value. The Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Company complains of the assessments on the Louisville division, running through the counties of Marion, Johnson, Bartholomew, Jackson, Scott, Clark and Floyd, which Is assessed at the rate ol $33,148 a mile, making an aggregate of $4,021,360; of the Indianapolis division, running through the counties of Marlon. Han cock, Henry and Wayne, assessed at $32,143 a mile and aggregating $3,745,470; of the Richmond division, running through the counties of Wayne, Henry. Madison, Tipton, Howard and Cass, and assessed at the rate of $31,220 a mile, aggregating $3,279,660: of the Chicago division, running through the counties of Randolph, Blackford, Jay, Grant, Cass, Miami. White, Pulaski, Starke, Laporte, Porter and Lake, assessed at $48,175 a mile and aggregating $8,788,750; of the E finer branch, running through Cass, White, Jasper and Newton counties, and assessed at $15,535 a mile, aggregating $935,145; of the Madison branch, running through the counties of Bartholomew, Jennings and Jefferson, assessed at $19,198 a mile, aggregating $S52.2S5; and of the Cambridge branch, running through the counties of Bartholomew, Shelby, Rush, Wayne and Fayette, and assessed at $18,288 a mile and aggregating $L152,825. The Indianapolis & Vlncennes Rallr ay complains of the assessments in Marion, Hendricks, Morgan. Owen, Green and Knox counties, where the rate is set down as $15,388 per mile, making a total of $1,799,221. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company complains of the rate of $69,162 per mile, aggregating $10,551,295, on their tracks and rolling stock in the counties of Allen, Whitley, Kosciusko, Marshall, Starke, Laporte, Porter and Lake. THE NEWS CASE. The contention of Delavan Smith and Charles R. Williams, of the News. Is that Hilton U. Brown, as receiver, made a return to the assessor showing property of the concern liable to taxation of the value of $47,657.31, which return was not properly taken into account by the State Tax Board in its alleged equalization, and that the action of the tax board members in increasing the assessment to $400,000, being $3j2.340 in excess of the return made by the receiver, was dve, they believe, to the fact that they took into account the sale price of the News ($936,000), which sum did not represent the true value of the property; that they also believed and acted upon their belief that the membership in the Associated Press was a part of the property, and included it In the assessment, and further, that the board failed to show in what regard the return of the receiver was not a correct return and did not specify what items of property were not Included In the said return. They also claim that the assessment is too high in proportion to other assessments and that the value of the property is almost wholly dependent upon the organization of the working force of the concern, something which cannot be considered as an asset and taxable, and not upon the amount of machinery and other chattels owned by it. The petitions were placed before Judge John L. McMaster, who, after consideration, issued the temporary injunctions, returnable Sept. 7, at which time the arguments In the cases for and against permanent injunctions will be heard. BOARD MAKES FEW CHANGES. Tho beard made but few changes. The Baltimore & Ohio and Chicago was reduced from $3,500 a mile on side track to $3,000 a mile and on rolling stock from $2,500 to $2,200. This makes the total reduction for the road $02,402.50. The Monon was reduced from $1C0OO a milo on main track to $1G,100. This gives the reduction on the assessment $225,700. The assessment on the main track of the division from Michigan City to Monon was also reduced $500 a mile. The Orleans, West Baden & French Lick was reduced from $l,5O0 a mile on rolling stock to $1.0u0 a tulle. The total assessment of this road Is thus reduced $S50. The Louisville and Jeffersonvllle Bridge Company was assessed at $200,000 a mile, or a total assessment on the main track of $23t,0uo. The assessment was reduced to $175.o) a mile on main track, making the total assessment on main track $J.5oo. The Louisville division of the Pittsburg. Cincinnati. Chicago & St. Louis was reduced on main track from $2X,000 to $27,rJO a mile. This reduces the assessed valuation by $57.2X. The Whitewater road was reduced on its rolling stock from $2,500 a mile to J2.UO a mile, making a reduction for this road of $31 .270. The petitions of the Wabash for a reduction on Its rolling stock on the Montpeller branch and the petition of the Nickel-plate for a general reduction were denied. On telephone companies the board reduced the assessment of the Central Union Company from $500 to $hU a mile. Before this year the compariy was assessed at $250, and this was doubled at the first session of the board, but the reduction made yesterday still ltives a net laire cf St;) a

mile. This makes the net Increase In ths assessed valuation of thr property $4s.k75. The Danville Mutual Telephone Company was assessed at $14) a mile, which thus does away with local assessments. This makes no change In the total valuation. By some mistake the number of miles of the Goshen Telephone Company was first reported as 158.W, and the assessment was fixed at $' a mile. The correct mileage is S.oO miles, and the board fixed the assessment at $.VM a mile. This makes the net reduction on the assessment from the erroneous ono $5,200. The Lafayette Telephone Company was reduced from a total assessment of $30,000 to $20,oo. The assessment of the Jasper County Telephone Company was left at $173 a mile, but it was made total. The Knox Telephone Company of Knox was reduced from $50 a mile to $25 a mile, and the assessment wai made totaL This makes the assessment JS75. The Lebanon Telephone Company was reduced from $1,500 a mile to $1,000 a mile, or a total reduction of $1,500. The Martinsville Telephone Companj' was reduced from $300 a mile to $250 a mile, makin? a total reduction of $1,200. The Schance Fair Electric Company -a as reduced from $100 a mile to $70 a mile, making the total reduction $2,115. The assessment of the Western Telephone Company was not changed, but was made $140 total. The petition of thc Western Union Telegraph Company for a general reduction was denied. THE A. M. E. CONFERENCE. Election of Ministerial Delegates a Special Order of Business.

Yesterday morning was the opening of ths second day's session of the A. M. E. Conference of Indiana. Bishop Arnett announced the special order of the morning session would be the election of three ministerial delegates to represent the Inndiana annual conference In the General Conference, which will met In May, 1900, at Columbus. O. The ministers assembled at an early hour to engage In the contest of election. It Is the rule of the General Conference to give the ministerial delegate from each annual conference " receiving the highest number of votes the honor of heading the delegation, and also to make him a member of the episcopal committee to assign the bishops to their new work. After devotional exercises led by Rev. W, R. Hutchinson and the reading of the minutes of the previous sessions the bishop called the election of delegates. Dr. C. S. Smith and Rev. B. S. Bently were selected as Judges and Dr. M. M. Moore and Rev. J. M. Townsend as tellers. A. ballot was taken and resulted in the election of Rev. A. L. Murray, who received 42 votes. Rev. T. E. Wilson 39 votes and Rev. M. Lewis 31 votes. Rev. A. I Murray having received the highest number of votes will have the honor of leading the delegation of Indiana and will be given the honor of assisting in selecting a new bishop for the fourth episcopal district, composed of Indiana, Michigan. Iowa and Illinois. The lay delegates were elected in May by the district convention called for that purpose, and they will also tako part in the work of electing bishops and general officers. They are Z. Williams and Willis Kersey. . The remainder of the morning and afternoon sessions was spent in hearing the reports of Dr. C. T. Shaffer, of the Church Extension Society, Dr. T. W. Henderson, business manager of the publication department, and Dr. M. M. Moore, financial secretary. Rev. W. C. Helt, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-saloon League, was present during the afternoon session and made an appeal to the ministers of the State to take an interest in the work of fighting the liquor traffic, and stated that whisky would make a black man drunk just as quick as a white man. Dr. J. M. Townsend, now of Cincinnati. O., was also present. At one time he was a member of the Indiana Conference. Ho represented Wayne county In the Indiana Legislature In 1884, was secretary of the Foreign Missionary Society of the church and built the first iron church In Africa. At the conclusion of his remarks the conference was turned into an old-fashioned Methodist meeting. The business of the conference this morning will be devoted to hearing reports of the standing committees, and in the afternoon Dr. H. B. Parks, secretary of the missionary department, of New York, will address the missionary society. An Edneational 31eetlna. A large audience, composed of both white and colored people, filled Allen A. M. 2. Church last evening, the occasion of the educational meeting which Bishop Arnett had announced. The African Methodist Episcopal Church Is said to.be the arst religious society to organize and established an Industrial schooL For years the bishops In holding their annual conferences have set apart one evenjng of the session to discuss Christian education, and to set before the public in general the necessities of advancing the higher education of the race. The meeting was opened. with the usual devotional exercises, after which Chaplain BenJ. W. Arnett, Jr.. was introduced and spoke upon the subject of mental education as being essential to the human race. He discussed the subject from a philosophical standpoint and stated that 95 per cent, of all the children in America do not get above the grammar school, counting white and colored. He was followed by Prof. 11. T. Kealing, editor of the A. M. E. Review, who was born and raised In Austin. Tex., and was educated In New Orleans and In Taber College, Iowa. He was president of Paul Qulnn College from 1832 to 1896. He delivered a strong and Intellectual address on the advancement of the race along educational lines, and that the colored man who thought more of bleaching his skin and straightening his hair than his character was not the coming man of the race. The man who reached down after thought and become broad and intellectual was the man for the coming generation. SBSBBSSBBBBBBBSBBBBSBlBSSBBSBBSBBSSSaBaSBSBBBBBBBBBBBSSSBSSBBBBBBSBSS PROJECTING WATER CAP. . Responsible for a f 3,000 Damage Suit Against the City. Mrs. Mary Jane Foster, living at No. Ell East St. Clair street, filed a complaint yesterday against the city of Indianapolis, asking for damages In the sum of $5,000 for injuries received April 1L 1S9S. She claims she was returning home frcm a shopping, trip and was walking with her sister, Helen Healey; that on Park avenue near St. Clair street, there was on the inside of the walk a water plug or pipe which projected an Inch or more above the level of the walk, and that over the pipe was an overhanging cap, under which she caught her foot and was thrown violently to the pavement, breaking her left arm and otherwise bruising her, besides giving her a great nervous shock. She was obliged to employ a physician for more than six weeks. She says she wore a tight fitting silk glove at the time, and that her wrist, because of the fracture, swelled so rapidly that the skin was broken by the pressure of the glove. Five thousand dollars is her appraisement of the injuries sustained by the city's negligence. KAPPA ALPHA THETAS. A Reception to Visitors and Their Friends at Hotel English. The sessions of the Kappa Alpha Theta convention were continued yesterday. The motto of the society was the subject of a paper by Miss Ridpath, of Greencastle. and the "Traveling President" the subject discussed by Miss Dickson, of Kansas. Miss Cecilia Law, of Ithaca, talked of the "Journal," and Miss M. Edith Bell the "Catalogue." There was also a talk on the publication of the songs, which now number about 150. There was a discussion of the finances of the active and alumnae chapters and the report of a committee on fraternity education. Last evening there was a reception to the delegates, the visitors and their friends at the English Hotel. This afternoon there will be the reports of committees and the election and installation of officers. BBaaBaSBBSBBBBBBSBSSBBBBaaBBBaaBMBlSSSaBBBBBBSSaSBaBBBSBi Story of a SlOO Diamond. Detective Splann last night arrested Georgie Wilson, on complaint of Jessie Carter, of No. 323 West Georgia street. The latter alleges that the Stewart woman stole a diamond pin valued at $100. When arrested, she was about to leave the city. The Stewart woman claims that her accuser put the pin In her valise without her knowledge, in order to have strong circumstantial evidence against her. To Organise Spiritualists. Mrs. Loe F. Prior, of Hartford. Conn., is In the city to organize an auxiliary of the National Spiritual Association. The first Eubllc meeting will be held Cunday evening i C hover's tall, O JZzzl ILixtzi circti.