Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 247, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1899 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1899

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It will take eomethlng more than the affltfavlt of the seemingly bumptious Frank P. Clair to make the public believe that General Otis Is guilty of perjury. Mr. Blair seems not to have discovered the difference between epithet and argument. "While ex-Governor Boutwell was quite a can years ago, he was set aside by the Massachusetts Legislature in 1S77 to make room for George F. Hoar in the Senate. .2or that reason his views are not of the highest Importance at the present time. Captain Cosgrove, of the Nebraska regixneut which distinguished Itself at Manila, has declined the nomination of the fusionists for sheriff In Lincoln on the ground that he is an expansionist and therefore sot In accord with the party nominating him. He has always been & Democrat, but of the old expansion variety, like Thomas Jefferson. ' One may get the impression from what the mayor said a year ago about the growth of the city demanding a 70-cent levy that afl growth has ceased, because he says now that S3 cents on 1100 Is sufficient, the infer ence being that Indianapolis is in a condi tion of decline. Such Is not the case. Indlcnapolls never saw a better year than 1100, and It Is not due to the mayor's party. .Customs receipts last August amounted to 3,545,637. compared with $16,243,K8 for August, ISD3L The entire revenue of the general government for August, 1SX), was S13.97S.173, or $3,200,000 more than in August of last year. The expenditures during August were ; 15,723,000, or JI.COO.0OO less than the receipts a result which will not please all people whose success or hopes depend upon the crippling of the government. The Republican primaries in every ward where there is any prospect of a Repub lican being elected were-well attended Sat urday, the greatest interest being manifested. Every effort was made to prevent ail except Republicans living in the wards zrom voting, and there la every reason to hslieve that the effort was generally successful. The most of the successful candi dates are well qualified for the office to .which they aspire. In this connection It may he said that there is no reason why all pri maries should not be conducted like those held on Saturday; the sixty-day poll books should be used as voting lists, and no man permitted xo vote wnose name is not en rolled therein as a Republican. The address of Senator Fairbanks yester day, before the German associations is so happy In conception and language that he .who would attempt to improve upon it would ba presumptuous. He has put into simple yet meaning language what every thoughtful American who is not of German blood recognizes as the great contribution of that people to the character, stability, power end patriotism of the American nation. What Mr. Fairbanks said of our relations to other nations means very much, and should convince all of the wickedness of the at- . tempt to make it appear that there is any feeling of hostility between the United States and Germany. Without direct allusion to the talk about alliances with foreign powers, Mr. Fairbanks declared the desire and purpose of this government: namely, to he on terms of equal friendship and good will with those nations which bear the as surance of progressive civilization. There has been such a cry raised against the granting of franchises In Cuba that the administration very naturally avoids doing anything that can be twisted into such action. There is such a thing, how ever, as doing greater injustice by refusing every request that may seem like a fran chlse. The Western Union Telegraph Company has a contract with the dead Spanish government in Cuba to maintain exclusive telegraph communication with Cuba. The corporation Is making the most of its monopoly, charging from 12.50 to for ten words to or from the island. The Commer clal Cable Company has arranged to lay a Cuban cable. It agrees to sens the gov ernment at any price it may fix and to sell to the United States on appraisal. Every thing was arranged for the laying of the cable 'when Secretary Alger forbade the landing, although a Cuban owning land on this water front offered It to the Commer cial Company. The company Is pushing its ru with nr ft i-.a -. backing of the press of the country. The monopoly , which demands such exorbitant prices should be broken by permitting the Commercial cable to become a competitor. The latest exploit of. our brave soldiers In the Philippines is calculated to hurt the anti-expansionists in a new place. The dis patches say the soldiers attacked and cap tured an almost impregnable stronghold, scaling a hill a thousand feet high, covered with dense shrubbery and so nearly perpenCculir thit ti.3 essay relied denes down

upon them from above. The enemy were not part of Aguinaldo's army, but bandits operating on their own hook. Just is he is, the difference being that while he pretends to be fighting for Independence these bandits have simply been destroying plantations and levying tribute. As the Philippines belong to the United States it was In order for our troops to clean the bandits out, and they did it. But what will the antl-expanslonlets say when they hear of this new attempt on the part of American troops to Impose an odious sovereignty on these noble Filipino guerrillas and drive them out of their stronghold without asking the consent of 'the governed? Atkinson and his friends should rise and protest. LA HO II DAY.

The Legislatures of thirty-six States have designated the first Monday of September as Labor Oay and made it a legal holiday, and In the District of Columbia it is made so by ?ct of Congress. With a little effort on me part of labor organizations the other States might be Induced to adopt the same day, thus making it unanimous. A legal holiday means that banks may close and that all negotiable paper falling due on that day shall be deemed in law as having matured on the day previous, and when the legal holiday falls on Monday such paper shall be deemed as having matured on the Saturday previous. In this respect, therefore, Labor day has the precedence of all other legal holidays, for? as it always comes on Monday, it causes all bank paper once in every year to mature two days sooner than it otherwise would. As Sunday Is a legal holiday, paper maturing on that day 13 deemed as maturing on Saturday anyhow. The selection of Monday as Labor day was doubtless to give workingmen two consecutive days of rest. Preliminary announcements In the local papers Indicate that the day will be very generally observed in the cities and towns of Indiana. It is to be hoped the addresses on the occasion will tend to promote better understanding of the true relations of capital and labor and the legitimate objects of labor organization. Governor Mount said in his Labor day proclamation: Organization has become a necessity The character of the organization must, in large degree, determine its usefulness. Wise. conservative leadership Is imperative. Labor's grievances should be adjusted In a court of reason. Such a wise course of procedure would gain the approval and secure me womngman public sympathy and wise legislation. Organization controlled by indiscreet leadership,- which counsel extreme measares. Instead of moderation and conciliation, which appeals to the passions and prejudices instead of calm Judgment and sense of Justice, thus disturbing the peace and quiet and endangering life and property, will prove a menace to labor's best interest and create in the public mind prejudice against organized labor, where sympathy and support should be found. Nobody is more interested in maintaining the distinction between the use and the abuse of labor organizations than workingmen themselves, and the wisest labor lead ers are those who strive hardest to enforce this distinction. TIUUSIPU OF. AMERICAN SKILLED LABOR. A fit cause for congratulation on Labor day is .the wonderful advance, in the excellence of production which American skilled labor has made during the past few 3 ears and the tact that It has been recognized the past year by competitors in other lands. Just the other day a British officer In the Sudan expressed hls admiration of the great superiority of the American mechanic as a bridge builder. In a few weeks a Pennsylvania company put up an extensive bridge in that far-away land which would have required nearly as many months by British builders. A naval constructor of the German navy, atter Inspecting Ameri can shipyards and ships mado in them, de clares that the warships which they are building will be among the finest of all the world. If they are not superior. Wtat is true of those employed in the industries namedis true of nearly all others. American labor in the factories is, as a whole, the most intelligent and skillful in the world and, therefore, the most productive. The average skilled workman in this country will turn out more product in a given time than the average European workman, so that while he receives higher compensation for his services he Is not really more expen sive In the long run than is the foreigner. A few years ago at home as well as abroad an American brand upon any product was to its prejudice. Twenty years ago dealers put foreign tags upon American geods to make them sell. Our 'people have got rid ef that prejudice. In fabrics we can make the best, so that the real American prefers the domestic to the Imported. And now, with the superior skill born of intelligence, enterprise and the better living scale, we have pushed into the foreign markets to an extent that we sell more of the products of skilled labor in them than we purchase of foreign countries. But for the superiority which has come to the American skilled worker In recent years and the machinery and devices to perfect production, the United States could not be a powerful competitor In the world's markets; so that it may be said that no element In this coun try will be more benefited by the broaden ing of our commerce than those who make the products to be sold. With the greater skill and the remarkable productive power which has come to skilled labor through machinery the hours of la bor In a day have been reduced and further reduction's a reasonable demand. When it shall be demonstrated that with Improved machinery a skilled worker turns out more product for the market in eight hours than he did a few years ago in ten the eighthour day will be demanded by the logic of conditions. MAYOR TAG G ART'S TAX LEVY. Controller Johnson is past master of all Information, facts and experience regarding city finances, taxation and expenditure, but, like all other men who are masters of de partments which relate to cold arithmetic, he is no magician. Because he is not his attempt to make it appear that a levy of 63 cents on each $100 is sufficient to do more than a levy of 70 cents last year is so la mentable a failure that the Journal ten ders him condolence. A year ago, when no election was pending. Mayor Taggart, ac ceptlng the figures of Controller Johnson, notified the Council that a 70-cent levy was necessary to meet the expenditure "increased h new parks and the growth of tho city." The aggregate appropriations recom mended and voted by the Council a year ago were $1,111,532.43. To obtain the revenue to meet these appropriations the mayor and his controller declared that a levy of TO cents on a valuation of $119,527,324 was abso lutely necessary. This year, while recom mending appropriations aggregating $1,131,150.03, or $16,610.60 in excess of the appro priatlons of 1S09, the mayor and controller assert that a levy of 53 cents on a valua tion of $123,573,201 will afford sufficient reve nues to meet an aggregate appropriation of J1.12L1I3.C:! In other words, & tax dupll

cate of $S3S,791.25 was an imperative necessity in September, 1S93, to meet an appropriation of H.114,593.43, while a duplicate of I729.CS1.8I is ample in September, 1S39. to meet an appropriation of $1431.150.03! The mayor and controller expect to derive I734.237.S4 from the S3-cent levy and the poll taxes. In 1S9S a tax duplicate of 1718,863.95, exclusive of poll taxes, yielded $706,017.54, Including the Insignificant amount collected for polls. In view of this fact, can more than $710,000 be expected from a tax duplicate of $729,081.8$? The mayor and controller estimate $315,000 from miscellaneous sources of revenue. In 1833 these sources yielded $254,350.90. The street-railway and New telephone franchises will yield $06,000 next year, which would indicate that $315,000 is about $15,000 more than will be realized from other sources than taxation. Call It $300,000, add $710,000 for the receipts of taxes, and there will be $1,010,000 with which to meet an appropriation of $1,131,150.03. This means a deficit of $121,150. By the figures of the mayor there will be a deficit of $S1,876. To offset this deficit the mayor counts upon a surplus during the fiscal year which closes Dec 31, IKK). There may be something In this, but with an Increased expenditure of $127,000 during this year compared with 1833 and with a surplus of but $3,816.90 Jan. 1, 1SS9, after accounting for the outstanding warrants at that date in excess of these unpaid a year 'earlier. It seems Inevitable .that, with not much larger revenues than in 1808, the city will be in the market a year hence to negotiate a temporary loan of $100,000 or so. The mayor promises an object lesson in economy next year. Mr. Taggart, versatile as he is, has never appeared in so novel a role as that of pinching economist. To pull through in 1893 the mayor required the firemen to take an enforced vacation with loss of pay. That was his only effort as an economist. Does he now propose to deny himself the advantage of Increasing the street pay roll by several hundred names a month before election? Is he about to reduce the number of firemen, overseers, lookers-on, inspectors, now quite an army, by mustering out a hundred or so? Is the custom of having one able-bodied "ward statesman" watch two less able-bodied men do as little work as possible about to be abandoned? Is the primary-packing henchman to be made the victim of economy? Mr. Taggart has afforded the town much amusement now and then with his witticisms, but Just new his declaration that hereafter he will be the apostle of an economy that will be distressing in its severity is the cause of vociferous hilarity. EARLY GERMAN IMMIGRATION.

Among the beautiful and elaborate "floats" In the German Day parade yesterday, some historic and some allegorical, were several relating to early GermanAmerican Immigration. Everybody knows how largely Germans have contributed to American citizenship In recent years, but the honorable part they bore In colonial and revolutionary times Is not so generally known. One of the floats yesterday represented the landing of the first German colony In America, under Francis Daniel Pastorius, in 16S3. Pastorius was a highly educated man and had begun the practice of law In Germany when, having Joined the sect of Pietists, resembling the English Puritans, he conceived the idea of leading a colony to America. This scheme, took him to England, where he made the acquaint ance of William Penn, and became a con vert to Quaker doctrines. Returning to Germany he organized his colony and sailed for Pennsylvania, where land had been secured. Arrived there he at once located and laid out Germantown, which soon 'became and for a long time continued to be a center of German influence. This was nearly a hundred years before the Revolutionary war, and by the time that great struggle began there were enough Germans in Pennsylvania to contribute materially to the colonial army. Pastorius was a leader among them as long as he lived, and was one of the signers of the first protest against slavery ever drawn up in America. This was in 168S. He became a teacher, pamphleteer and author, and contributed materially to laying the foundations of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He died at Germantown in 1719. Another float in yesterday's parade rep resented Pastor Peter Muhlenberg and congregation. The Muhlenbergs were a dis tinguished and Influential family in early American history. The father an head of the family, Rev. Henry Melchlor Muhlen berg, came from Germany to Pennsylvania as a Lutheran missionary in 1742. He was a university man, a graduate of the theo logical school at Gottlngen, an accomplished linguist, an eloquent preacher and an un tiring worker. He was the founder of the German Lutheran Church In America. His son, John Peter Muhlenberg, born at Trappe, Pa., in 1746, was one of the fam ous patriots of revolutionary times. Like his father he was educated for the pulpit, though he entered the Episcopalian Church. When the war began he was preaching In Virginia, hut when Washington offered him the colonelcy of a regiment he promptly accepted It. In a sermon defending his course to his congregation he said: "There Is a time for all things a time to preach and a time to pray; but there Is also a. time to fight, and that time has now come. Then, pronouncing the benediction he threw off his priest's gown and stood before them in tho uniform of a colonel. Standing in the front door of the church he ordered the drums to beat for recruits, and nearly three hundred of his congregation enlisted then and there. When his regiment was filled it was called the "German regiment." Under his leadership it was In many battles and achieved a high reputation for military efficiency. For gallant service he was pro moted first to be brigadier and afterwards major general. After the war he entered politics, and, after filling several important positions, was elected to Congress, serving from 1753 till 1793. Later he was elected to the United States Senate, but declined to serve. A statue of him stands in the capltol at Washington, placed there by the State of Pennsylvania. He was a genuine fight lng parson. Two of his brothers, a son, and a nephew also served creditably in Congress at different times, his brother Frederick A Muhlenberg, being speaker of the House. two terms. Other members of the family have achieved distinction In other directions. Such facts as these are worth recalling because they show how early in their his tory the American people began to be a composite nation and how much they have owed to other immigration and other col onles than those from England. The Pur ltans and the Pilgrim fathers were noble types of men In their way and did a noble work, but they did not do It all. Massachu setts colony wa9 grand, but there were others. The German Lutherans and Quakers who came over with Pastorius were as good men as those who came earlier on the Mayflower, and the founders of Gerinantcwn are as deserving of their meed of credit as

those who landed at Plymouth Rock. Rev.

John Peter Muhlenberg, the fighting parson. said to a relative who reproached him for abandoning the church for the army: "I am a clergyman. It Is true, but I am a member of society as well as the poorest layman, and my liberty Is as dear to me as to any man. Shall I then sit still and enlov mvself at home when the best blood of the continent Is spilling? Do you think If America should be conquered that I should be safe? Far from It. And would you not sooner fight like a man than die like a dog?" From that time to the present there has been no war In which German-Americans and native Americans of German parentage have not been ready to do their share of the fighting. GETTING TOGETHER. Those who were counting upon the dissen sions of the Republicans in the municipal election to help the Democracy are begin ning to see that they are certain to be dis appointed. The dissatisfaction which followed the heated contest ha3 passed awajy or so nearly so that it will be of no account weeks before the election. The arraignment of the whole Republican party in the Democratic platform and its policy in municipal affairs has aroused' Republican re sentment toward the Taggart party. Re publicans ask themselves what they have to gain by. promoting the election of Mr. Taggart and the weakest Council ticket that has ever b'jen presented. In two elections, when Republicans have procured the election of Mr. Taggart either by - voting for him or not voting at all, hi9 success has been heralded abroad as a purely Democratic victory, accompanied by the claim that it would insure .the triumph of tht party In the following general election. Mr. Taggart's large plurality In 1S95 gave the Democrats hope In this State, and particularly in this county, early in the oampaign of 1S96. Thoughtful Republicans see that the municipal election has a bearing upon the important elections of 1900. Republicans and many others have come to see that there is nothing in the two terms of Mr. Taggart to make his election to a third term Impor tant to the welfare of the city. The great prosperity which has come to Indianapolis the past two or three years Is due to the defeat of the party to which Mr. Taggart belongs. These are some of the influences which thus early in the campaign are at work to bring about unity of effort and a united and resolute effort on the part of Republicans to carry the city. In addition to these help ful influences the reports from elements which have not always been counted with the Republicans are of the most encourag ing character. Hundred of men, who know that their condition has been greatly im proved since 1S36, know that these better conditions have followed Republican suc cess. The dissolving dissatisfaction and the encouraging reports from other sources inspire confidence among Republicans who are best informed regarding the situation. If the party shall continue to pull Itself together that confidence is warranted, hecause when- there is & full and united vote Indianapolis is a Republican city. The Democrats in North Carolina are. It seems, about to try a new plan of disfran chising the negroes. It Is the Mississippi plan with Improvements. The Mississippi Constitution provides that no person shall vote unless he shall have paid a poll tax of $2, and it also requires that "every quali fied elector shall be able to read any sec tion of the Constitution of this State, or shall be able to understand the same when read to them, or give a reasonable interpre tation thereof." This applies to whites as well as blacks. The North Carolina plan, as embodied In a proposed amendment to the Constitution submitted to the people by the last Legislature, would exclude illiterate negroes, but admit Illiterate whites. A correspondent says: Every person of eligible age who applies for registration, for Instance, must be able to read and write any section or sections of the federal Constitution. Under this clause 100,000 Incompetent negro voters in rorth Carolina will be forever barred from the polls. But the Ignorant white voters and there are perhaps thousands of them can enter through another gate. Section 5 provides that any lineal descendant of any voter in tms county prior to lt7 shall be entitled to vote, whether he can read and write or not. , . v. The Mississippi Constitution has been upheld because, while it Imposes an educa tional qualification, it Includes whites as well as blacks, and therefore does not dis criminate against the latter on account of color. As the North Carolina plan clearly does, though not in express terms, it 13 doubtful if it would stand the test of the courts. It looks very much as If . the next phase of the so-called race war In the South is to be a general attempt by constitutional provision to permanently disfranchise the negroes. It is a rare day when the London Satur day Review cannot find or make a pretext for criticising American policies. Commentlng on President McKInley's recent asser tion that the Philippines belong to the United States as much as do 'Louisiana. Texas and Alaska, it says: This certainly sounds strange in the mouth of politicians who are never tired of citing the grandiloquent sentiments of the Declaration of Independence. This is an assertion or the right to purchase a coun try from its former rulers against the wish of the inhabitants. There is not an analogy with Alaska. There are two answers to this; first, we purchased Alaska without ever consulting the Inhabitants, and, second, we have not purchased the Philippines at all. We demanded and obtained them es a war in demnity,- only paying Spain $20,000,000 on ac count of what she had spent in the islands. When Spain ceded the Islands she ceded the people. Great Britain has often ac quired territories and peoples the same way, In 1S14 Denmark ceded the Island of Heligoland to Great Britain, and in 1S90 Great Britain ceded it to Germany In compensa tion for territorial concessions in Africa, and in both cases the inhabitants were transferred with the island. They were op posed to the last transfer, but they were not consulted. If the Saturday Review would search British history it would find precedents for about every case that can possibly arise in the way of the transfer of territory and peoples. The Cleveland, mothers have little trace of the old Spartan "return with your shield or upon It" spirit. They want the commanding officer to tend their boys home at once with their shields, and not upon them. The whole thing grows out of mother-love, and Is therefore pardonable, but mother-love tinc tured with a trine of self-sacrificing pa triotism lives longer, has a broader influence and commands a world more of ad miration and sympathy. Future dictionaries will contain the following definition: "Dreyfus, v. t, to con demn in a iormai trial in which persecu tion and not justice Is aimed at." The hated lock-step has been discarded by the management of Indiana reforma tories and all who bad been remaining out

'of the penitentiary through prejudice against that regulation need hesitate no

longer. BUBBLES IN TIIE AIR. The Venal Amount. . Watts Think this will ba a dry campaign? Potts Oh, there will be the usual amount of mud to throw. The Point of View. The Citizen Ever r.otlce how a policeman Is never around when he Is wanted? The Mendicant I've noticed he is always around when he Isn't wanted. Possible Explanation. "I wonder if Oom Paul will be reduced to going on the stage after the trouble is over?" "It is possible. I shouldn't wonder if he is cultivating those whiskers for a knock about turn." There la Difference. "I beg yo pawdon, euh," setting down his glass after the ceremony, "but did I undahstand yo to say this whisky Is chemically pyo'?" "Yes, sir," said the saloon man. "Ah, I was not sutten, suh, whether yo said that, or stated, suh, that It was pyo'ly chemical." INDIANA EDITORIAL OPINION. Editor McLean will probably learn how other Democrats who have run and lost felt when the final bulletins were posted. Lafayette Call. Western farmers are too busy marketing their products at Republican prices to care to hear about the "crime of 73 this rail. Kokomo Tribune. The only things that escaped condemna tion at the hands of the Ohio Democratio convention were the American navy and infant baptism. Logansport Journal. Every true American will support the ad ministration in repressing armed and organ ized assaults on the American flag. The final disposition of the Philippines rests with Congress, but until Congress acts order must be maintained. Goshen Times. Under Cleveland men crowded Into the cities In search of employment. Now tramps are crowding Into cities to escape employ ment. It don t go to put up a narcwucK plea while farmers are offering $2 a day and board for harvest hands. Cannelton Enquirer. All the denunciation of trusts, the cheap cry of small demagogues and of even greater men who stoon to pander to prejudice, to retain their ascendency, is not going to stop accumulations of capital in this age, wonderful for its money-making. Terre Haute Express. The present high price of beef will not piovall any longer than it takes to bring Into the market the myriads of cattle that are now being rounded up on ranches and rattened on tne Xarms or the West, but the price will not go down to former figures while the country's DrosDeritv continues. Greenfield Republican. There may have been a time, there was a time in this city, when people did not give this subject of street caving so much thought as they do now. ' But .let a man come here at this time and talk about cedar blocks and cobblestones as material for a street pavement and his life will be in danger. South Bend Tribune. Any man may have the view, and express It, that the United States should not hold the Philippines; that Is simply a political opinion. But when he expresses the hope that old glory may be trailed in the mud. and that our troops in Luzon may be driven into the sea, he Is guilty of treason to his Fort Wayne News. The fact that the recruiting officers are accepting only about 15 per cent, of those who want to enlist for service In the Phil ippines indicates that the young men are with the government In sDite of the, antiexpansion talk. There will always be men enough to right Uncle Sam's battles, lust as there will always te a few men to drag behind the chariot of national nroeress. Huntington Herald. . The anti-imperialists are to hold another .uitxcic;u.c iui me puipuse 01 organizing with a view to developing and crystallzlng opposition to the President's policy " The aunties would be better occupied in raising iunas wun .wnicn to ouy oouquets and choc olate cake ror the thrifty Agulnaldo after General Otis has consigned him to the United States calaboose in Manila next winter. Muncie News. Stephen Decatur once said: "Our country; In her Intercourse with forelirn nations. may she be always in the right but our country, right or wrong." If the true spirit of American patriotism breathed In tho, above was heeded and more e-onorallv nh. sorbed, there would be Jess of this yawping about 'Emperor McKinley." "Georere Washington Agulnaldo," and a lot more nonsense of the same nature. Anderson Bulletin. Some of the county officers reem to think they are in duty bound to order all supplies they have estimated they will need in their estimates put before the county council. That Is not at all necessary. If bids are se cured on tnose supplies and they are not needed, there is no reason why the official should order them becaupe he deemed it possioie tney mignt be needed. It is In this way that a county official mav make rpp. ord for economy, by reducing the unnecessary expenditures of the past. Elkhart Review. The troops in the Philippines are our troops, they are there for our country, they are defending a position taken by our Na tion, they are fighting under our flag, and no roan can voice the wish that rvrse come to them, that degradation come to the country, that the American position there ee aesertea. mat tne nag raised there be pulled down in dishonor, without voiclne treason. The American neonle will consider a change of the Philippine policy unless it be an honorable change. Muncie Times. It is to be hoped that the county officers and county council in this county will do the square thing by the new law and give it a good, thorough and impartial trial. It the law does not work well after it has been thoroughly tested It will soon be" repealed. All laws enacted should be falthfullv and vigorously enforced. If they are wholesome tney will benefit the people and If they are vicious their ririd enforcement will caufp the Legislature to swood down unon thpm and repeal them at the first ODortunitvColumbia City Mall. The gas pumping proposition continues to excite the selfish Instinct to those who hap pen to live just about the base of supply, and their movement to stop It Is in striking contrast with their previous implied Invita tions to the world to come and get It. At one time it was said by these people, in action If not In words, "We've got gas to sell." They did sell the right to bore gas wells and to lay pipe lines. The purchasers paia for the right to bring the gas to the surface, and to take it where they wanted to. iWhen the pressure became so weak that it was not seli-dellverlng compressors or pumps were resorted to and have operated unonnoeed for several years. Madison county's present day objection Is much like an objection to a shipper using a railroad instead of a wag on to take home goods1 he had bought and paid for. The pumping system Is a part of the development of the gas business, and it dealers In gas have a right to sink wells in Madison county a right which they get by land leases or otherwise they have a right to use tho means for making the rroduct oi service in their business. Lafayette Courier. SENATOR BEVEUIDGE. Beveridge Is still silent. Good for Bever idge. Those who knew him knew that he had sense as well as eloquence. The public had little means or knowing the former. It has now. Ids evident that Beveridze is all right. Marlon Chronicle. Senator BeeilIge Is at home, but the newspaper vma Had him sphinx-like, and the Beverldk'e Interviews are few and far between. It is well that he does not follow the windy example of the fresh Junior senaior irora, oucaeruoin. Ajrusxieii . e w . . r 1 a 1 The reception to Senator Beveridge was quite a compliment to him. He doubtless Is grateful to his friends and neighbors for the hleh esteem which they have for him. He has not yet made a mark in Congress, but no one doubts his ability to do so. lie will be heard from on the Philippine question. and his utterances will come with the weight of authority. Columbus Republic. It Is amusing to note the anger of the Kople who think Senator Beveridge ought to.be a daily newspaper, giving out a fresh edition of Philippine news every day. We should have a better opinion of the senator than ever. We knew that he could talk well, and now we know that he can be elo quently silent. He is wise in not playing Into the hands of those who would like to

tear his evidence to pieces before it gets to the Senate. The wLsest of men once said there is "a time to keep silent and a time to speak." Terre Haute Express. United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge not only had the shrewdness and foresight to anticipate tho great need of a personal knowledge tnd contact with the conditions existing in the Philippine islands, but he now has the good judgment and sound discretion to keep his information to himself until the proper time and occasion demands that It be given to the public Greenfield Republican. Senator Beveridge does well when he refuses to talk to the reporters on the Philippine question. He has spent his time in the East gathering information for the public of not only his State, but for the people"

of these great United States. When -the time comes for the dissemination of wnat he has gleaned, he will freely and fairly Ktate facts as they exist, and conclusions as he draws them. He acted very' sensibly in refusing to dole it out piecemeal to newspapers. Elwood Call-Leader. The Courier confesses that it likes the nerve of Mr. Beveridge. He is preserving his information so that he may make the most of his opportunities. If he were to give up his knowledge now the interest would be taken out of his story before the Senate meets, and it would prove of no use to him. As a senator, his record is yet to be made, and in due time he will make It, this question being one of his strong cards. The positiveness with which he can say "no" to the interviewer Is to be admired. In his present attitude he la giving Indiana no reason for feeling ashamed of bis election. Lafayette Courier. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Children in the Hawaiian islands have raised $10,000 with which to inaugurate mission work on the Island of Mindanao, in the Philippines. A woman's club In Iceland, known as the Thorvaldsen Society, looks after the poor, keeps up a sewing school, visits the hospital and carries on various philanthropic enterprises. When Meyerbeer died he ordered that his manuscripts, letters, etc., should be made public thirty years after his death. That should have been done in 1894, but owing to quarrels among the descendants and relatives It has been postponed again and again. The remains include a number of letters from Heine and a complete opera. An officer who has been, under General Wood at Santiago eays of him: "I saw General Wood at his desk for three days, when. I really believe, he was the sickest man in Santiago. Once, going Into the palace In the morplng. I saw him lean against the wall for .support, but in a moment he braced up again and went on and worked just as hard that day aa on any other. With chills shaking his entire body, he would press Ate hand hard against the desk so as to stop the tremming wnue he wrote." Over one hundred volumes of the Rebellion Records have been published by the government at a cost of $2,600,000. A public library In a town near Boston has a full set, and the librarian says in his report: "When Henry B. Pierce was alive he used to look at some of them once in a while, but now there is only one man in town who ever calls for any of the set. He seems to be greatly Interested In the battles in which his father lought. We can hardly afford the space for the Rebellion Records much longer." John D. Rockefeller, In recently declining to aid personally in erasing the debt of a Western church, said to the applicant: "I cannot oblige you because I have had no opportunity to examine a report of your financial condition, and I never contribute under any other circumstances. You had best apply to the mLssion people for assistance. Last year I contributed $1,000,000 through the mission officials because I felt sure that they knew the needs and could distribute it wisely. I might make a mis take." Arthur J. Balfour is so often spoken of as one of the younger English politicians that it comes almost as a surprise to find that he is fifty-one. He was born on July 25, 1848. Yet In a Cabinet of nineteen mem bers only three are younger than Mr. Bal four, these being Lord Balfour of Bur leigh, Mr. Akres-Douglas and Mr. Walter Long. But although young in years as Cabinet ministers go, Mr. Balfour may now almost be reckoned an old parliamentary hand. He has held a seat in the House of Commons for a quarter of a century, having been first elected for Hertford in 1874. and he has been in all the three governments that Lord Salisbury has formed since 1SS5. -Queen Victoria Is the shortest adult' sov ereign in the world. Her Majesty Is only four feet eleven inches high and tips the beam at 171 pounds. Her bust and hips measure forty-four inches and fifty inches, respectively, while her waist Is thirty-flve Inches. The tallest queen in Europe is the young Wllhelmlna of Holland. She is only nineteen years old, but her height Is no less than rive feet five and one-half Inches. She is lightly built, with a weight of only 130 pounds, but has the bust measurement of a Juno forty-two inches. Her waist meas ures only twenty-one end one-half inches and her hips forty Inches. Her Majesty of Holland is, in other words, so ill advised as to lace herself most cruelly. The young sovereign's bust measurement, despite her youth: is surpassed by that of none of the queens except Margherita of Italy and Queen Victoria. He never seemed In life to care For any friend's advice; He ran for office forty year And only got there twice. Atlanta Constitution. A maiden born when autumn leaves, Are rustling in September's breeze, A sapphire on her brow should bind, 'Twill cure diseases of the mind. Notes and Qneriai, "But still a Ruby kindles in the ylne Sang Khayyam, as with cup in hand he sat: Poured down the gushing jewel of the wine And that's where Omar got his Ruby at. Puck. Hare Proved ThemseWe's Competent Philadelphia Inquirer. The gradual substitution of male for fe male typewriters In the government departments at Washington, which has been going on for some time, has resulted in making the eligible list for women so very small that It hardly pays for a girl nowadays to take the civil service examination ror a position. We cannot see why this condition should exist. Certainly women have shown them selves to be especially well adapted to the work of secretary, stenographer and typist. The Matter with Kansas. Kansas City Star. "I'm coin to move out of Kansas," said the nervous looking man. "Wh.it'a th matter with Kansasr "Teo prosperous. Everybody there is buying pianos and the beginners practicing is enough to drive a man to arug stores. Choice of Evils. Boston Transcript. The agent of a Chicago piano house says that he never has known so many pianos to be shipped into Kansas and neighboring States as this year. There is now a chance for tho people to aeciae wnicn is worse, Populists or Beginners on me piano. Tod Sloan Hamor. Chicago Post. "Tod" Sloan has offered his sister a home In Indiana if she will abandon the stage. and she has declined. He thinks It lowers the dignity of the family. "Tod" is a humorist of no mean pretensions when he tries to be serious. Don't Speak Oat. Washington Star. "They are calling one another a great many hard names in, the Dreyfus trial." "Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox, l,but I take nnift thv Ann't darst to sav most of m Tight out in English, so's everybody can un derstand 'em. A Matter of Calculation. Chicago Tribune. "How could Bryan , have accumulated $200,000 in three years?" "Well, he gets from $100 to $GO0 for a speech, and he speaks nine days In the week. You can count it up tor yourseir. Great Risks. Washington Post. A Chicago woman has been declared Insane because she persisted In puncturing her hnahanH'. Mrvrl t!r with hfr hat nln. Women take great chances when they try to keep their husbands at home. Go to School. Washington Post. "Go to school, sonny," said Uncle Eben, "an git educated 'bout geography. It'll help you to un'stan dat dis worr would keep gwlne round even if you dldn harpeu to be on han' to push an' holler."

RECENT PUBLICATIONS Enchanted India This work describes a tour through the

various districts and principal cities of India. It is rather happily named, for It deals largely with the odd, picturesque and mysterious features of India life. The author is Prince Bojldar Karageorgevitch. a prince of Servla, who has traveled ex tensively In India, who has seen .the East through a poet's eye a.', and whose poetical style fits in admirably with the dreamy sensuousness of the land and people he de scribes. "Enchanted India" Is a descrip tion of the author's visits to thirty-eight cities In the Indian Empire, with accounts of the people and their customs, their strange . religious and other Interesting ceremonies, the mysterlons rites of the Indian fanatics, with the ravages of the plague and famine as a subordinate fea ture. The book was written in French, but the author's style seems to be well pre served in the English translation, by Clara Bell. As a sample take the opening paragraphs of the first chapter describing the approach to India by tea: "The air is heavy" with indefinable perfume. We are already coasting the Indian shore, but it remains invisible, and gives no sign but by these gusts of warmer air laden with Jtbat inscrutable aroma of musk and pepper. A lighthouse to pert, which we have' for some time taken for a star, vanishes in the light mist that hangs over the1 coast, and then again there Is nothing but the Immensity of waters under the clear night, blue with moonlight. All the day long a quantity of medusae have surrounded the ship: white, as large aa an ostrich's egg. with a rink or lilac heart, like a flower; others of enor mous size, of a paler blue than the sea. fringed with Intense and lumlaous green a splash of light on the dusk of the deep. Others, again, white, blossoming with every snaoe or rows and violet. Then, towards evening myriads of very small ones, thickening the water, give It a yellowish tinge. clinging to the ship's side, rolling In the iurrow of its wake, a compact swarm. lor hours constantly renewed; but they have at last disappeared, leaving the sea clear, transparent, twinkling with large flicks of phosphorescence that rise slowly from the ' depths, flash on the surface, and die out at once, under the light of the sky."., This is a pretty picture and well painted. In a different vein but equally graphic Is -this description of a scene in Bombay: "In a quiet, darkened corner a girl was lying on a Dier, a gin or tne uranmin cast, all in white, veiled by a transparent saree. By her side an old man. a bearded patriarch. seemed to wait, for some one. Then another uranmin came out from a little house, carrying the fire wherewith to llirht th funeral pile in a little pot hanging from his giraie. ine two oia men took up their burthen so light that even to them, tot tering already towards their end, it seemed to be no weight. They made their way cauuousiy, so as not to tread on the sleeping figures strewn ebnut the street, eoln very slowly in devlo;ts zlgzaga A dog woke ana nowiea at mem; ana then, as silence fell. I COUld hear arain th rfvlne tnun.l. of harmoniums and tom-toms, and tn clatter of the games," The reader comes rrequentiy on such pictures as this: "Close to a field that had lust been reand fonp oxen yoked abreast were threshing out the grain, tramping round and round on a large nt?ei spreaa on ine ground, the driver chanted a shrill, riow tune: farther away women in red were gleaning, and a patriarch contemplated his estate, enthroned on a cart In a halo of sunset gold." Many characteristic and unusual scenes are described in this graphic manner. The book Is entirely free from the guide book etyle and seems to take one into the heart of iimuu. acv iuik; xiarper x Asromers. The Dowen-Merrlll Cataloe;ne. The catalogue of the Bowen-Merrlll Com pany is well worth examining. Besides the Hat of earlier publications, with-whlch the pubilo Is more cr less familiar, are a number of important announcements for the coming fall. These Include two novels. One, "The Black Wolfe Breed," Is a tale of adventure by Harris Dickson, a new Southern writer. It Is of the time of Louis XIV, tend among the characters are some men and women well known in French history. The scene shifts from France to America. It is said to be a strong piece of work. The other story, "The Legionaries,, by Henry Scott Clark, deals with that adventurous Incident ofour own civil war. the daring raid made by Morgan's Confederate cavalry through Indiana and Ohio. This event affords an admirable foundation for a novel of the most exciting sort, and the author has handled the materials well. A more serious work Is that by Judge D, W. Howe, of Indianapolis, "The Puritan itepuDiic." ne goes to the very foundation of our national life and institutions, and shows how the persecutions of the Purltans led to the emigration to Holland, then to America and to tho founding of Ply mouth colony. He treats elaborately of the government or tne Massachusetts colony, the life of the people, their Industries, edu cation, power of the church, etc., tracing tne gradual growtn or tne idea or a republic It covers the ground thoroughly, and is a valuable contribution to historical literature. Another important work in a very different llnfc Is that on "American Fungi by Capt. Charles Mcllvalne. who has long been known as an authority on the subject. This is by far the most complete book on the subject yet published. Over S00 species of mushrooms are classified, and the book is illustrated with thirty-two full-page color plates and over 500 etchings and engravings. The work is likely to become the accepted authority on fungi. Another volume of In terest to persons of literary tastes is a collection of poems Inspired by the love of books. It la entitled "liook Lovers', verse, and is complied by Howard S. Ruddy, of Rochester, N. Y. "Of Such Is the Kingdom" is the title of a book of stories and rhymes for children, by Miss Clara Vawter. and those who have been privileged to see any of this author s work know that a treat Is in store. A book on cookery, by the well-known teacher, Mrs. Emma Ewlng, is a promising announcement. The new Rilev book of the year It. a colsectlon entitled, "Riley Love Lyrics," with Illustrations ty William Is. uyer. it wui oe a handsome holiday publication. The War rlth Spain. Any book which Senator Lodge, of Masea chusetts, writes is worth reading, as it Ii sure to contain accurate Information expressed in a vivid manner In clear English. Such a hook as "The War with Spain" Mr. Lodge has unusual facilities for writing. He is a member of the eenate committee on foreign relations, which gave him familiarity wlth all the phases of the Cuban question. He was also so near the department in Washington that he could deriva accurate information. One of the points in Mr. Lodge's book which will challenge discussion Is that he takes the ground that Admiral Schley refused to obey orders when our warships were seeking to ascertain the whereabouts of Cervera's fleet, and thus gave him an opportunity to escape. This Ls doubtless the view of the Navy Department. Mr. Lodge ls very severe upon those who were responsible for the fitting out of the expedition which ultimately captured Santiago. He declares that no committee need investigate, since It must be plain to all who Inquire that the supply bureaus and even the ordnance bureau are responsible. He hold that the system is wrong and that those bureaus are filled with men who cannot respond to a great emergency. If Mr. Lodge ls correct, and he probably ls, the Inefficient system should be abolished. It Is desirable that the man who Is to command an expedition should have power to order the things he needs. By . inference. General Shaftcr is the object of considerable criticism. Without giving their names, Mr. Lodge gives the opinions of officers who were there to the effect that while General Shatter was 111 no one seemed to have authority to open roads and prepare for the fighting. In short, he takes the antl-Shafter view of the affair. He asks why somebody did not see that batteries were shipped Iron .Tampa, and whose fault It was that no launches were provided to land men. In fact, Mr. Lodge has written very much such a book as his friend and kinsman. Governor Roosevelt, would write. The story of the naval and land battles is vividly told , by one who understands the difference between fine writing and strong and effective portrayal. Published byiiarpr & Brothers. Prisoners and Captive. Hugh S. Scott writes stories that are good enough to bear his own name, but he adheres to his pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman. under which he achieved consid erable popularity among novel readers. "Prisoners and Captives" relates the origin, firogress and outcome of a scheme for aldng the escape of a number of gifted Russian Nihilists, men and women, who had ben exiled to Siberia. The schemers included some Englishmen, an American and three Russians. Under the pretense of sending out an Arctic expedition they were to send a ship to a certain point on the Siberian coast to rescue the prliontra.' Tt?