Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 285, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1899 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1899.

THE DAILY JOURNAL

THURSDAY OCTOHER 12 1S0O. I Telephone Calls. 1 EuJlness Oflke 2Z& Editorial Rooms. Sft TEI13I9 OF SUBSCRIPTION. daily bt MAIL. I Dally cnlr. one month $ .70 Dally cnlr, three mcnthi 2.00 I rilr onlT. tmm rr S W Uaiiy. including Sun.!aT, one year M.oo I burdaj only, one year z-w Funday. single ccpy S eta ally and SunJay. per week, by carrier.... u cis Per ear JLCO lliCIViil. I Reduced Tla.tr m to Cluha. Suh-riK tH on f nrr mimrni stents or 1 - m mm. V V I Va W M D Cam -I m.L ..f .' ' aw. Tottt? vat vTjn.cmt.Tjt) rmtPAKV rfwww.rk iiftnotaii wv." I rii n. I T,. t,,. hmoffh the malls In the United states should put on an etgnt-imge I paper a ONE-CENT postage stamp: on a icivC cr slxteen-pare paper a TWO-CENT postage atamp. t'oreiga postage la usually aouDie mew AII commanlcAtlons Intended ror tuocaiion in i this paner must: In order to receive attention. b accompanied by the nam and address of the I Rejected manuscript, will net be returned unleas postage is Inclosed for that purpose. I Can be found at the followinz placet: KEW YORK Astor llouae. I CIIICAGO-Palmer House. P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel ana I ClN'ClNNATI-rJ. R. Hawley. & Co., 154 Vine I street. ' . -. - If mirrsvn.TVE!-r i. twrt.. rthwe.t ?crner of Third and Jefferson streets, ana touisriiie i mwk Ai.t z ifcuna avenue. , i I BT. LOUIS-Cnion News Company, Union Depot, JvTASHlNGTON. TX C Rlgjs House, Ebbitt nouse and wuiard'a Hotel. I 2Ir. Taggart's gubernatorial wings are pretty effectually clipped anyhow. Now the new era of economy will be started by the Taggart regime. It will be a new and radical departure Unless some, way can be found to prevent the throwing' out of legal votes by partisan inspectors we mlzht aa well stop holding selections. The Boers will probably get In the first fclow and it, may be a hard one, but they "Will learn that their antagonist is a hard hitter too, and 'can stand a lot of punishment. ' ; . It does not appear that the silver "push" contributed much, if any, to Mr. HookWalter's vcte. Like the large vote that Mr.' !Vhite was to receive In 1S37, it did not maleraiize In the ballot-box. "When the number of Republican ballots .which were rejected by the Taggart election boards la known It will appear that i Sir. Taggart was not elected by the voters but by the returning board?. The large amount of money that our solidlers In the Philippines are saving and leav'lng on deposit with the paymasters does wui. war oui u Bcusauonai siory uai mey are a lot of -drunkards and rakes. Advices received by the War Department Indicate the probability of some heavy fight ing In' the. Philippines within the next few days and movements that may result in capturing- the main body of the insurgents. The Australian ballot law was intended to secure. fair and honest elections, but in the hands of ! machine politicians and unscru pulous ringsters'It becomes an Instrument for the wholesale disfranchisement of voters, .. . That was a happy conception and based on historic precedents of announcing Ad miral Dewey's arrival In Vermont by bonfires on the mountain tops. It was the prim itive way of telegraphing and has told xaany a patriotic message. . Great Britain will not declare war against the Transvaal, because she regards the country as under, British sovereignty and the present uprising as an Insurrection. In like manner the United States has not de clared war against the Filipino Insurgents. Ifow let us see what Mr. Taggart will do about his pledge that if he were elected the natural "gas companies "must furnish Bli the gas they agree to or refund the money paid for what Is not furnished." pollars to doughnuts he dismisses the mat ter with a smile. Strange as It may seem, the gas meter fcumbug affected quite a number of voters mho do not read the papers and believe the least probable story which Is adroitly told them. But' Mr. Taggart will see that. they fet the gas next winter for which they pay, Xor he has so promised. With the election of Mr. Taggart the mat ter of track elevation has been Indefinitely postponed. At least, such Is the opinion of representatives of railroads who did their utmost to secure his election on that ground. The present ordinance is a dead let- . ground. The present ordinance providing Tor elevated and grade tracks is a dead fetter. " " BSMMVSBsSSMMSMMsaSHMHBSBSl "Without reference to the merits of the British-Transvaal controversy It Is evident that the diplomatic fencing inured- to the advantage of Great Britain. She gained nearly all the time she wanted and forced the Transvaal to take the aggressive after a demand so preposterous that it fired the British heart and did more than all the pre ceding events to put the Boers in the wrong. The province of "Natal, the borders of which the Boers are said to have crossed. has been an undisputed British colony for inore than fifty years, governed all the time toy British officials. In Invading it the Boers have offered an affront to Great Britain as great as would be the invasion of Canada r any other British colony. That the affront will be promptly resented and severely pun lshed cannot be doubted. The President has seen larger assemblages during his tour, but he has not seen a more enthusiastic and appreciative one than that be met In the rain at Ervanaville yesterday. From all reports the "pocket city" has been doing the honors of caring for the blue and gray and of entertaining the President in a manner which reflects the highest honor flpca Its patriotic and enterprising people. The three-day patriotic meeting1 seems to be a gratifying success. In his palmy days, when the late Boss tweed ruled the Democratic party In New Ihe state outside of New York city, when n election was held, a message urging hera to send to him at the earliest hour the Republican majority or the best possi ble estimate of that majority. It was done. The returns were held back In New York City until Tweed had ascertained the num sr of votes necessary to overcame the Re in' majority outside of the city. This ccct lirbed the returns were fixed by

STrrtJ'a trczta la New York ca ts to rive

a democratic majority. The same thing

seems to nave been done In this city on Tuesday. It was ascertained early that Mr. Bookwalter was gaining heavily. Thereat the counting was delayed in more, than half the precincts of the city. It Is not " uo anesea itopuoiicans were 1- A V. 11 m t bribed, though It Is known that offers were made to them to cell out their party. It is not yot known nftw manv nonnhliran vn - ' - - were thrown out on one ground or another. but lf thprft wn nn nV4racro f nna . beaten on a fair count. It is known tlat in nreeinrt a dnren T?n,,wino. ... were rejected: NOT A VICTORY. 71,6 unofficial vote shows that Mr. Tag.To- . . . to fc ici-cncu ij.vti oies last lucsuay. iwo -8" r-veu w.mjo. mat is, 3lr. .. . , . , . . Taggart, after all the effort he has made - c"uiuK ieus ui mousanus or aouars, aid not reach the vote of 1S7 by 334 votes. All I mings considered that result is not a vlc--i r i.i vunawerea in rererence 10 the political future of Mr. Taggart. If Mr- Taggart had been elected by but half of his plurality in 1S97 he could not be I w In n t a I 1A.'J. 1 A W uu""ur 111 uul wnen his plurality has been reduced to about 3 and his vote is less than it was in a year when no gpedaj effort was made to secure an election his friends carnot make u n v i il. v . . . lfc lC lUt,, "e s. le dcsi man ior the ieraocrats to nominate for Governor. ,, , . Promises, smiles and free beer are not the only essentials of success in a State campaign. Mr. Taggart can never get so many Va in Tni,n,n!u x, .... on Tuesday. No such canvass can be made for him as a candidate for Governor as was made- in IndianapolU this year. Other Issues will come with the canvass, all of them to the injury of Mr. Taggart. In short, it was demonstrated on Tuesday that Thomas Taggart is not so popular a man with the voters aa he has been pro claimed. His luck, which has given him many votes, has spent itself. At the present time it appears that Mr. Taggart has been defeated in the election of members of the City Council. It now. appears that the Republicans will have a majority of that board. Mr. Taggart has been the Council. It will be very embar rassing to have a Council which will not give the force of law to his decrees. That may - compel him to keep his pledges of Bconoray, because it will not authorize the temporary loans that ho will in all proba bility need with his 59-cent levy. These things considered, and assuming that there will be no change, the result of Tuesday was a victory that has deprived Mr. Taggart of a great deal of his political prestige. DEFECTIVE ELECTIONS AND 3IAC1IINE VOTING. The theory of popular elections Is that every person entitled to vote expresses his choice and that the result expresses the will of the majority. To accomplish this effect should be given to the will of every individual voter, If it be possible to ascertain what that will Is and it the exercise of It be not tainted by fraud. An election that does not express the Individual will of every legal and honest voter is, in so far, a seriously defective election, and if it does not express the aggregate will of a ma jority of such voters it is radically de fective. If by the rejection of legal votes that ought to be counted the will of a minority Is substituted for that of a majority, the election is a farce, a fraud and an outrage on popular government. Tuesday's election was a radically de fective one. Leaving aside the question of bribery and fraud, of which there were enough to vitiate any election, there were enough Republican ballots thrown out to have elected . Bookwalter. These ballots were not rejected for fraud or for any rea son that ought to vitiate a ballot, but for technicalities and immaterial causes that did not obscure the will of the voter or detract in the slightest degree from the value of his ballot. In the election two years ago 1,500 Republican ballots were thrown out for immaterial defects of this kind, and more than that number, were thrown out on Tuesday. The Australian ballot law, excellent as It is in most respects, makes it possible for an unscrupu lous party controlling the machinery of an election to throw out enough ba!lots on flimsy technicalities to change the result. It should be the aim of an election law and of election boards to give effect to the will of the voter whenever it can possibly. be done. Every doubt should be construed in favor of the voter and of the supposed regularity of his ballot. In comparison with tho importance of giving effect to the will of the voter all technicalities should be thrown to the winds. Experience shows that In the last two elections in this city pre cisely the opposite practice has prevailed. With a majority of Democratic election offlcers In every precinct the instructions and the practice have been to throw out every Republican ballot against which the shadow of a doubt could be raised. The question has not been whether the will of the voter . could be ascertained in spite of some slight mutilation, distinguishing mark or other defect, but whether tho defect could be construed so as to Invalidate the ballot. This has been the invariable practice of Democratic election officers regarding Re publican ballots. It Is probable that at least 2,000 ballots were thrown out of the count in Tuesday's election and that threefourths of these were Republican. If every ballot that clearly showed the will of the voter had been counted. In spite of irama terlal defects not affecting Its validity, Mr. Bookwalter would have been elected. The declared result Is a defective election. It does not express the will of a majority of the voters. It represents a majority of the ballots counted, but not a majority of those cast. This condition of things should not be al lowed to continue. It is a practical defeat of popular government and should be cured as quickly as possible. The remedy is in voting machines. As these machines are now constructed they are mechanically and automatically correct, so much so that It (3 practically impossible to mark or mutilate a ballot In such a way as to Justify its rejection even by a hostile board. They record tire will of the voter with infallible accura cy and so clearly that there can be no pretext for overruling It They do away with all possibility of mistakes in voting and with all temptation to reject ballots for trivial defects. They are a great pro tection for honest voters and an effectual bar to the arbitrary action of partisan and dishonest election boards. Fully half of Mr, Taggart's majority two years ago was due to the rejection of Republican ballots which should have been counted, and In Tuesday's election, lf all the Republican ballots cast had been counted, he would

have been defeated by cure than & tfcou-

sand votes. It is to be hoped that at the next city ejection machines will be placed

in every prednct. It is the only salvation for popular government and majority rule. A It C 91 A II Iv A n LI? FINANCIAL PROP OSITION. ' The proposition of the government to an ticipate the Interest on its bonds for the rest of the current fiscal year that 13, until July 1, 10O is the most remarkable ever made by any government and will doubtless cause astonishment throughout the financial world. Individuals sometimes take up their promissory notes in advance of their ma turity at a certain rate of discount, but they do not pay Interest in advance. The present offer of the government is to pay in advance about $26,000,000 of Interest accru ing between now and July 1, 1000, at a rebate of one-fifth of 1 per cent, a month on the amount that would be due at the latter date. The proposition is made to relieve the money stringency by putting in circulation and in business channels Immediately $26,000,000 which otherwise would not be paid until July 1, 1900. The present money stringency 4s not due to lack of confidence or to any unhealthy condition, but to the enormous demands for currency caused by the growth of business. The stringency, al though due to prosperity, is as real as though It were due to hard times, and the government is Justified in taking notice of the condition aa much as it would be in assisting to prevent a panic. The proposi tion to anticipate the payment of nine months' interest shows a remarkably healthy condition of government finances. 'The treasury," says Assistant Secretary Vandeflip, "ds in a position to undertake very readily the prepayment of all the Interest due during this fiscal year, large as is that amount." As tho cash balance in the treasury is nearly $290,000,000, It is evi dent the government can make its proposition good without the least embarrass ment, but it will be new evidence to for eign governments and financiers of the financial strength of this government. From a political point of view it furnishes another contrast between Republican and Demo cratic financiering. Democratic administra tions have borrowed money at 1 per cent. a month, have borrowed money to pay in terest, and have Issued bonds in time of peace to raise money to meet current ex penses. A Republican administration, the year after a successful foreign war which was conducted without a toond issue, finding Itself with a cash balance of r290,000,000 on hand, offers to pay nine months' interest on its bonds in order to meet the demand for money caused by unprecedented pros perity. GROVEIl CLEVELAND OX EXPANSION. Ex-President Cleveland's letter to tho sec retary of the Anti-expansion League is the first public expression he has made on the subject. After approving In general the plat form of the league he says: The concludlne paragraph comprises, In mv oDinion. the nlth of the matter. The use of power in the extension of American Institutions presents an inconsistency whose evil and dangerous tendency ougnt to be apparent to all who love these institutions and understand their motives and purposes. The paragraph alluded to states that "We are therefore opposed to the use of force Mr. Cleveland has read American history, to little purpose lf he has not discovered that force has been used several times for the extension of American territory and consequently of American Institutions. Our ac quisition of a vast extent of country by the capture of Vincennes from the British in 1779 and our acquisitions at the close of the Mexican war were made by force, and no harm has resulted from the extension of American Institutions over them. Mr. Cleveland makes the radical mistake of assuming that the present war In the Philippines is being prosecuted for the pur pose of extending our territory. That Is not the case. Our territory was extended by the treaty with Spain. The Philippines are ours as much as Alaska or any State in the union. The war Is being prosecuted to sup press an insurrection. President McKinley is simply doing what Mr. Cleveland did when he was President xielnz United States troops to suppress an Insurrection and en force the authority of the United States. During the railroad riots of 1S91 Mr. Cleve land, then President, sent United States troops to Chicago to quell an Insurrection and enforce law. President McKinley is simply doing in the Philippines what Mr. Cleveland did in Illinois. All loyal and patriotic Americans approved Mr. Cleve land's action In 1S94, as they should do that of President McKinley now. The matter of disputed ballots has become a very important one, since they are thrown out upon the slightest pretext, particularly in contested elections. The last legislation on the subject 13 Chapter XLI of the act of 1S97. Section 3 declares that marking a ballot under the party emblem and then marking it in any square to the left of names is 'a designating mark," which makes it nec essary to throw the ballot out. Section 7 of the same chapter says that any ballot which shall bear a distinguishing mark or mutilation shall be void and shall not be counted, and any ballot or part of ballot from which it is Impossible to determine the electors choice of candidates shall not be counted as to those candidates. It further provides that all disputed or protested bal lots shall be Indorsed counted or "not counted" and sent to the canvassing board by the election officers. It would be interesting to know how many ballots were returned by the precinct officers as "not counted." If there were 'several hundred which show the Intent of the voters to vote the greater part of the Republican ticket, Mr. Taggart's re-election is not that of a plurality of the voters who.voted. The essential features of the present bal lot law have been in force about ten years. yet It appears from the voting on Tues day that 2.S70 more men voted for mayor than for the opposing candidates In the next highest vote to that of mayor. With all the directions for voting which have been printed and given by political committees it seems that 2.S00 men assumed they were voting the whole ticket when they placed an X to the left of the name of the can didate for mayor. It seems that this carelessness or Ignorance Is almost equally dl 1ded between the two parties, 1,440 more votes being returned for Mr. Taggart than for the next highest Democratic candidate, and 1,430 more votes for Mr. Bookwalter than for the Republican candidate next him. It can be said for Mr. Bookwalter that he conducted his campaign with an ability he conducted his campaign with ability and tact. All things considered, he made a remarkably good fight. For Chairman Logsdon It can bo said that he dis charged his duties with ability and fidelity. Mistakes were made during the campaign for which neither Mr. Bookwalter nor Mr. Logsdon was responsible, the effects of

which it was impossible to entirely overcome. The present duty of all Republicans is to drop the differences of the past and

begin an organization In Marlon county, the object of which shall be the success of the Republican party in 1900. Tommy Atkins i3 up- against the real thing once more. This time It Is not the Arab3 or the hill tribes of India, but the civilized mountaineers of one of the richest countries on earth, who can shoot straight and often. The yachtsmen appear to have solved at least one question concerning longevity the perpetuation of the race. BtBDLES IN THE AIR. Very Little Difference. "She is such an atrocious child." "Don't you mean precocious?" "I guess I do; but it amounts to the same thing, anyway." Juat Wrath. "Fine lot of guys they are." said the alderman, "to be calling me dishonest. I never took a cent of pay from any one that I didn't render value received." Phenomenal. "No." said the proud father of a first born, "I won't say he is the smartest baby v T7f w on earth, but I defy any one to dispute his 1 being the smartest baby I ever owned.' In fortunate Caae. Kind Lady Can you find no regular em ployment? U 1 Dismal Dawson Missus, every time. I git a regular Job an go to llvin in a regular way I always git too fat to work. OCTORER MAGAZINES. Housekeepers o,gree that the preparation of a varied menu for the family table is one of the most difficult of their daily tasks. Table Talk furnishes a menu for every day of the month, and this feature makes the little magazine welcome in the household, for even if a bill of fare Is not followed In detail it may afford suggestions. Practical recipes and answers to house keepers Inquiries are other departments of the periodical. The practical character of Trained Motherhood may be judged from the sub jects discussed. In the October number are articles by doctors, nurses and wonem of experience on "The Necessity of Closer In spection or Public School Buildings, "Growing Children," "The Health or Hoys." "Cradles." "The Treasure Drawer," "Books and Babies" and "Contagion." There is also a chapter of answers from a doctor to specific questions concerning the ailments of infants. The October Scribner has two articles relating to the theatre, each. of much inter est in its way. One is the first chapter of the autobiography of Mrs. John Drew, edited by her sen; the other on the sub ject of the vaudeville theatre. It will prob ably surprise people who are not postea in theatrical matters to be told that the vaudeville performances were first estab lished In rew lork for women and cntiaren and have remained clean. Though they may offend taste, it i3 said, they never offend one's sense of decency. "One might as well," the writer declares, ask for a censorship of a famllv magazine. It would be a work of supererogation." ' "Bethulah," the short story by Zangwill In Harper's Magazine, has a strange me dieval flavor, though Its ending Is of the present day. Bethulah Is a Jewish girl among the Carpathian mountains .who, as a descendant of the house or David, is expected by a circle of the faithful to become the mother of Ishmael's redeemer. Half a century after she still lives nearly alone, but still with ralth in -what she believes is the Lord's intention for her. The story, is one to remind heedless gentiles that their Redeemer is not acknowledged by the Jews, and to cause them to wonder if this story mav have its counterpart in the life of faithful and orthodox Hebrews of this day of the world. - I Telephotography is the title of an article in Scribner, written - by D wight L. Elmendorff. "Whenever t anything ; is so far away," he says, "that we cannot see it distinctly, we make use of a field-glass or telescope, which produces a magnified Image of the object so that we are able to perceive what the un aided eye could not. In a similar manner the telephoto attachment enlarges the image formed by the ordinary lens in the camera." The taking of pictures by this process is called telephotography. The writer says again: "The Improvement In photographic lines in the last few years has been very remarkable, and if the telephoto receives the attention it, deserves of the best lens makers, the accompanying telephoto illus trations may be nut harbingers or better things to come. Instead of being compelled to carry heavy, unwieldy cameras and a battery of lenses, the wandering photographer will be able to accomplish even more with a compact camera and a little tele photo tube, no larger than the single barrel of a small neid-giass. The artistic folk are so much given to putting only old castles, old houses, ruin ous sheds and wharfs, wrecked ships, etc.. Into their pictures that an impression has fixed itself in the minds of the thoughtless that the new Is not picturesque and that a modern city Is without artistic beauty. Particularly are the skyscraping buildings supposed to be lacking in artistic attractions. The fallacy of this Idea Is proved by the Illustrations In Scrib ner s Magazine representing lew York s water front and the glimpses or the city to be obtained from Brooklyn bridge and points thereabout. Making due allowance for the fine quality of the illustrator s worx and the circumstance that some or the drawings are made when night has drawn u veil over unpleasant features that jar v.pon the eye by day, the fact remains that a beauty Is disclosed in which the crowded shipping, the Irregular, towering buildings, the bridges and the myriad lights are as effective elements as the tumble-down sheds, the patched boats and general air of dilapidation in the pictures of foreign cities so greatly favored by artists, unese studies of New York are In truth a revela tion of the artistic charm in things modern. G. W. Steevens, the brilliant English newspaper correspondent. In an article in Harper's Magazine on the manner In which France Is affected by the Dreyfus case. touches on the paralysis of the government, the degredation of politics, the demoraliza tion of the army and of the press, and in conclusion asks. "What then remains?" He answers his own Question thus: "What remains? Why. Rennes! The storm of party bitterness, folly, weakness, knavery. has swept over from Pans into its own Lycee: yet Rennes basks un worried under its sun. Walk down the drowsy streets. Look at the Breton people the shopkeepers, the blue blouses, the little lace caps over women s faces bronzed with fleld-worK. There are vet people In France who are courteous and kindly, simple and frugal and brave, who earn their living and love their kin, and do what the priest tells them, ana are ready to die for France. There are millions more of them all over the provinces. Paris looks down upon them, and the whole world outside hardly knows of them: but they are the real strength of France. It Is these who work while Paris talks, to earn while Paris squanders, to heal when Paris wounds." In all the discussion of the effect of the Dreyfus trial this saving element of the nation is too often forgotten and it is well to be reminded that after all Paris is not all of France. Small Inveatmenta at Lincoln. Denver Times. It is recorded that a Lincoln. Neb., man some years aeo Invested one dollar in a law suit which has Just returned him J8.000. It might be recalled in connection with this story that another citizen of LJncoln in vested one speech at a certain convention in Chicago three years aero, when he was a poor man, and from that ha accumulated several hundred thousand dollars. Lincoln financiers can give Wall-street speculators cards and spades and then win out. Only- 111 Juat Due. Minneapolis Tribune. Ex-President Harrinon Is receiving dl tinguished honors in Europe, and they are only his Just due, as he was one of the ablest and most conscientious Presidents that this country ever had. Ilia Manlfeat Duty. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. As Aguinaldo has joined the Democratic party, he ought to send a contnouiion 10 me campaign fund. A Hope. Kansas City Journal. We trust It will not become necessary to send the battleship Indiana to Venezuela to collect Hon. Ben Harrison's fee.

ADDRESS BY MR. HEATH

FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GEN ERAL SPEAKS TO EDITORS. He Raps the Anti-Imperialist "Annties" and Commends the Work r ..of the Administration. OWASSO, Mlch.,Oct. 1L The annual meet ing of the Michigan Republican Newspa per Association was held here this afternoon. Perry S. Heath, first assistant postmaster general, was present by invitation and delivered an address. He said: "WThen thn5A whn nlav so prominent a part in directing public sentiment ask of any man to give them an expression of his thoughts it is an honor that cannot be lightly passed over or accepted without a sense of responsibility. But 1 am relieved of some of the embarrassment I might otherwise feel in addressing the Association of Republican Editors of Michigan here to-day by the knowledge that I am among com rades. Your anxieties, cares ana perplexities, intermixed with occasional sunbursts of triumph and Jubilation often too sparsely distributed have all been mine. Since I vas fourteen years of age, up to within a very short time since, I have spent most of my days and, many of my nights at the Pnnterrs castor at the correspondent's or editor's de3k, or in the publisher's office. Among newspaper men I have always felt at home and hone ever to be so. ine oia spying 'once a parson, always a parson ap plies even more rorcibiy to tne newspaper guild. He who has once been admitted within its fraternal arms ana nas wonnuy assumel its obligations can never afterwards entirely disencaere himself from its allurements. The exactions and responsibil ities are onerous physically and mentally, but they carry attractive compensations. Your comments upon the events of the day, though expressed only in a few terse epi grammatic Phrases, may serve to keep alight or rekindle the fires of patriotism and the love of honor and country in generations yet unborn. EDITORS CONGRATULATED. T am especially glad to congratulate you. gentlemen, on the hearty fellowship which prevails in your organization, "iou are at peace with all the world and with yourselves. You are in full sympathy with the party which has dominated this country whenever It has been prosperous at home and honored and respected abroad. We have had two brief interludes within the last quarter of a century of other rule and we know what came of It. Commercial stagnation, universal depression of all of our ureat industries and sources of revenue. agricultural, commercial and manufacturing. and a wasteful issue of high-priced bonds to meet the current expenses ot the govern ment, iou, gentlemen, have stooa squarely and bravely by the Republican party in the past and I know you will do so with equal Kdelity in the tuture, seeing that the Republican party is more than ever now the Kuardlan of the national honor and the protector of the national fiag. v ery few Republican editors or ancnigan have deserted or rebelled. They have regularly patronized the barber and kept their hair clipped. The isms of heresy have made little impression upon them. Now and then one has been found who felt that he was attracting insufficient attention, and, ftaring oblivion by a steady course of patriotism, has committed himself to a violent policy of political hara-kiri. But I congratulate you upon the small area of the cemetery holding the remains of those who departed life by this route of self-destruction. When a man feels impelled to desert his party and decry his country he generally labels himself 'Independent' and goes down Into the sand as a clam does in high water. Just leaving a little piece of seaweed sticking up to show where he lies in case anyone should want to dig him up. I, xor cne, favor leaving all such in the graves they have selected. "In few States is there to be round so clear a grasp of the political issues of the day as in Michigan. Since the great Republican victory of 1S96, to which you, gen tlemen, as I know of my own personal knowledge, so largely contributed, your op ponents nave tried to raise new issues at a critical juncture in the Nation's history. They now declaim against 'expansion,' or what they term imperialism.' In some refpects the present crisis may be compared with that which confronted President Lin coln, the Republican party and the federal army in the field at the outbreak of our civil war. There were carpers then, disloyal men In the North, who would have- wltndrawn our forces and capitulated to the rebels. The conditions which existed then, however. differed from those existing at the outbreak of the war with Spain. When Fort Sumter was fired upon there were honest differences of opinion among the people and well-defined domestic policies at stake. But when the Maine was blown up in the harbor of Havana all distinctions of North and South and East and West were obliterated and a universal cry for retribution arose from ev ery section of our country. Where Vere then the anti-lmperiaUsts? lf there were any Atkinsons then they sang exceeding small. It was not until our arras had been triumphantly successful that fne copperheads ventured to come out of their holes. "What course, let me ask. would these men have had the United States follow? What in honor or humanity could the United States have done other than what has been done? Should we. as soon as the Spaniards surrendered Manila, have turned over the Philippine Islands and all and ev erything thereon to the tender mercies of Aguinaldo and his camp followers? Had we done so those who surrendered to the Americans and passed under the protection of our Hag1 would have been subject to rapine. plunder and death and we would pave had upon our hands the innocent blood of the conquered. It was due to our honor and to humanity that the very course pursued by the administration at Washington should be followed. Who were to govern? What character of government was to be finally established was not a proper question for settlement at that moment. The first thing to be secured was peace and protection. And lor that we are now fighting in the Philippines. We are pledged to the world to se cure It and lf the United States is to main tain her position among civilized nations we must in good faith perform those du ties which stand higher than the determina tion of what men shall hold the civil offices In the Philippine islands. NO INNOCENTS SLAUGHTERED. "In the cloud of misrepresentation and calumny which our opponents have raised on this Philippine question they Ignore the facts of history. They talk about the slaughter of innocent Filipinos who are begging for mercy 'and peace There Is no slaughter of Innocent Filipinos. Those whom our troops are encountering are armed rebels, seeking to destroy the authority of the United States in the territory which, by the arbitrament of war and by the terms of the treaty of Paris, passed under our control. There has never been a moment since Dewey steamed Into Manila bay and annihilated the Spanish fleet that Aguinaldo and his followers could not have had peace, protection and such share in the government as deserved. But this did not satisfy them. President McKInley's Instructions were that Aguinaldo should be given a commission in our army, and that he and those associated with him should be treated as our citizens. Yet this did not satisfy his cupidity. Possibly he could not control his men, who demanded that the city should be given up to plunder and our helpless prisoners should fall by the sword. When our soldiers restrained them they rebelled and turned upon us the guns and ammunition with which we had supplied them. "From first to last President McKinley has consulted with Admiral Dewey as to the situation in the Philippines, and In almost every case has been guided by his advice. He has appointed two commissions and exhausted every method of honorable adjustment. He stands to-day, as he has from the beginning, for peace first, and the settlement of the question of government afterwards. A Just, a generous, a patriotic and an intelligent President has devised and executed our policy in the Philippines, and he has been supported by a Congress possessing these attributes. We need have no apprehensions or doubts as to the outcome, viewed from any point. When order has been established Congress will determine what kind of government shall be given to the Philippines. The wisdom of the pollcy of President McKinley and the. Republican party will be fully vindicated before the opening of the campaign next rear. 'But, my friends, while the enemy, In the hope of influencincr the coming elections in Ohio, Maryland, Kentucky and Nebraska, have forced upon us an issue which should never have been raised, because it was conceived for the purpose of creating divisions among the people upon a Question of loy alty and patriotism. let us not forget that the uryan party continues to stand now, as In IStt, for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio which would instantly destroy our national as well as our individ ual credit and wine awav all of our pros perity. It stands for state's rights, as it did in 1SG0, for its denunciation of 'government by injunction' means state's rights, pure and simple. It Is as much to-day as ever for free trade, no protection for home industry, no protection to home labor. It would meet all expense of national covern ment by a direct tax. for it has decried the tariff aa belnsr an Indirect tn noon our own people, and It has openly cried out against

customs duties as being authorized' by laws enacted for the rich and denounced custom houses as trading places which foster trusts. "It was defeated 1n 1S9$ upon these issues and it will be defeated again with still greater force, now that It also assails the honor of the country and the sanctity of the flag. And I am sure that the Republican Editorial Association of Michigan will do its part to bring about Republican victory; as it did so gallantly In 1Ki." DEEP WATERWAY SCHEME.

Peorlans Want Ship to Sail from the Lakes to the Golf. PEORIA, 111., Oct. 11. A deep waterway or ship canal connecting the great lakes with the gulf Is the subject being consldered,by a convention of prominent citizens In this city. All resolutions introduced were referred after reading to the committee on resolutions. Among the resolutions adopted was one for Mississippi river improvements, by J. A. Ockerson, of St. Louis, la part as follows : "That the stream shall toe carried to the highest possible degree of perfection which engineering skill can attain. The Mississippi river deserves most liberal treatment at the hands of the general government, and It must be made so complete that it will lurnish at all times an unobstructed outlet to the sea for the surplus products of the Mississippi valley. "Resolved. That senatom and representa Uves in Congress use their best efforts to secure such appropriations and provide such board ct engineers as may be deemed essential for the purpose of making surveys and examinations from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river, prepare plans and estimates and inaugurate the work of improvements named in these resolutions." Short addresses In the Interest of a deep waterway were made by a number of delegates. W. M. JACOBS TESTIFIES GIVES EVIDENCE AGAINST ATTORNEYS INGHAM AND HEWITT. Lancaster Clsrar Stamp Counterfeiter Telia of the Effort to Bribe Secret Service Officers. PHILADELPHIA, Oct, ll.-The third day of the trial of Ellery P. Ingham and Har vey K. Newltt, respectively former United States district attorney and assistant, on the charge of conspiracy and bribery, in connection with the Lancaster revenue stamp counterfeiting oases, was particu larly Interesting. Secret Service Operative McManus, who swore on the stand yester day that Mr. Newltt had on two occasions given him $500 to protect the counterfeiters. was under Attorney Shields' cross-exam ination fire, during which the defense was outlined. Mr. Shields confined his questions almost exclusively to the payment of money by Newltt to McManus. He asked the witness if at any time the names of the Lan caster people had been mentioned, either by himself or by Mr. Newltt. On answering In the negative, witness was asked if he had not told Mr. Newitt that the secret service had no case in Lancaster. Mr. McManus said he might have said this tot a purpose. Mr. Shields showed by his cross-questioning that he wanted Mr. McManus to believe that he had led Newltt Into a trap, but was not very successful. When counsel for the defense had fin ished with the witness District Attorney Beck questioned the .witness relative to cer tain insinuations made yesterday regarding his private character by the opposing law yer. There was a. hint of forgery on lieManus's part In connection with a pension claim, and this was further investigated. John B. Wlikle, chief of the secret service Bureau, corroborated Operatives McManus and Burns, and told of the arrest of the de fendants. George A. Bartlett, of Washington, dis bursement clerk in the Secret Service Bu reau, testified that there was an annual appropriation of $100,000, to be used In preventing counterfeiting. v imam J. t lynn, a Pittsburg secret service operative, who assisted in the arrest of Mr. Newitt, identified papers found on the defendant. William M. Jacobs, the proprie tor or a iAncaster cigar ractory, and the Felf-confessed originator and leader of the daring and far-reaching counterfeiting plot, was next examined by the government. He said that in October. 1S9S. Downey, the deputy Internal revenue collector ror Lancas ter, told him the secret service was watch ing witness and Kendig in their counter feiting operations. A few days later wit ness and Kendig visited Ingham In Phila delphia and after inquiring of him if the secret service men could be corrupted was told by Ingham that he thought they could be if properly approached, and that most people could be "reached" by money. The witness aiso testinea to taiKing over tne long-distance telephone from Lancaster to Ingham in Philadelphia, inquiring as to the latter's progress with the bribery negotia tions. Cross-examination failed to shake Jacobs's testimony. Samuel B. Downey, ex-deputy internal Tevenue collector, who has confessed to ao ceptlng money from Jacobs for furnishing him with the lniormation that the secret service agents were watching him. was called and made this admission on the stand. Court then sdjourned until to-morrow. INDORSED BY BANKERS. Comments on the Action of the Treas ury In Prepaying Interest. NEW YORK, Oct. 11. News of the deci sion of the Treasury Department to anticipate the payment of the November Interest on the war loan of last year, the 1904 five per cents, and the 1925 four per cents., and, subject to a rebate, to pay the Interest In advance which matures between Nov. 1, next, and July 1, 1900, was well received In Wall street. The payment of the November interest was expected and the additional relief is regarded as a bonus, but fully war ranted by the condition of the treasury and tho growing stringent money conditions. Comment favorable, to Assistant Secretary Vanderllp, who closely studied the money situation during his recent visit to New York, was general. While the effect of the measure of relief will be gradual results of it will appear within a week. As a banker put It: "There is no sentiment about money. What Is needed Is money and nothing but money can work a change. The action of the government may be regarded aa a promise to help. It will have, and has. had. a sentimental effect on rates, but until the in terest flows Into general circulation the money market conditions will continue to be ruled by the amount of money available and the demand for It. While no banker or financier caviled at the action of the Treasury Department many declined to be identified with the views they expressed because they apprehfnded criticism of a financial policy which permitted or resulted In a treasury glut and a market stringency. But some prominent authorities gave their opinions openly. James Stillman, president ot the National City Bank, said that In anticipating the pay ment of Interest the Treasury Department had given an earnest of Its desire to aid the commercial Interests of the country by co operating with the banks. Business affairs vtre in a satisfactory condition and lf there existed a tendency to stringency in money It was an evidence of the demands for cap ital to be employed In the expansion of bus! r.ess affairs, a sure sign of prosperity. Hx -Governor Levi P. Morton said: "I cer talnly think the action will have a very good effect and should result In a considerable easing In the money market. The action of the Treasury Department was fully indorsed by A. A. Jiousman, of A A. Housman & Co.. James Sellgman. of J. and . Sellgman & Co., A. Barton Hep burn and other bankers. College Prealdent Installed. AMHERST. Mass.. Oct. ll.-President George Harris was formally inaugurated as head of Amherst College to-day in the presence of a large audience, including trustees, faculty, alumni, students and friends of the college. Among the college presidents in attendance was President Eliot, of Harvard: Arthyr T. Hadley. of Yale: Seth Low. or tjolumbia: w. J Tucker, of Dartmouth: Franklin Carter, of Williams: William F. Warren, or Boston University: L. Clark Seeleye. of Smith: Miss Caroline Hazard, of Wellesley and Mrs. Elizabeth S. Mead, of Mount Holyoke.

JUDGE DAY'S DEFENSE

OF THE PURCHASE OF THE PHILIP PINE' ISLANDS FROM SPAIN. He Says the Americana at Tarls Never Claimed the Archipelago by Right of Conquest. COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 11. The first public utterance of Judge William R. Day, who was president of the American peace com mission, concarnlng the deliberations of th commissioners at Paris Is contained In a letter written to former Congressman D. K. Watson, of this city, and read by him at a Republican meeting on the East side tonight. Judge Day sets forth the reasons which, in his mind. Justified the payment of $20,000,000 for the Philippines, declaring that it was never contended by the American commissioners that the United States had a rl&ht to .the Philippine Islands as a matter of conquest. The letter, which is dated Cincinnati. Oct. 4, follows: "Dear Sir In reply to your recent inquiry as to my understanding of the reasons which Induced the agreement on the part of the American commissioners in negotiating the treaty at Paris to incorporate in the treaty an article- which should require the payment by the United States to Spain for the cession of the Philippines the sum of $30,000,0110 I beg to say I think this subject Is xaade quite plain by a reference to the jrinted protocol of the Joint commission, which you will find in Senate document No. G. Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, being the printed volume published last winter after the treaty was submitted to the Senate of the United States. You will discover that this subject was first brought by the American commissioners to the attention of the Spanish commissioners in a proposal for an article in the treaty In which Spain should cede to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine islands, which proposal concluded with the statement: "The American commissioners beg. further to state that they are prepared to insert in the treaty a stipulation for the assumption by the United States of any existing indebtedness of Spain incurred for public works and Improvements of a pacin; character in the Philippines.' Senata document 52. p. 109. "It ia unnecessary to review the long discussion which ensued or to reetate the Kround on which the Spanish commissioners rejected this proposal and declined to cede the islands to the United States. You will find the discussion fully developed In the record if you see fit to read It. A FINAL PROPOSITION. "On the 21st of November following the American commissioners, in a Joint sesfion of the commission, presented a proposition which the American commissioners regarded as final. In connection with which It was said: " 'The proposal presented the American commissioners In behalf of chux government for the cession 'V the Ihll!pplne to the United States having been rejected by the Spanish commissioners and the counter-proposal of the latter.lor.the withdrawal of the American fortes from the islands and the payment of an indemnity by the United States to Spain having been reject ed by tne American commissioners, deeming It essential that the present negotia tions, which have already been greatly protracted, should be brought to an early and definite conclusion, beg now to present a new proposition embodying the concessions wnicn, ror tne saKe of immediate peace. tneir government is. under the circum stances, willing to tender. . " The government of the United States la unable to modify the proposal - heretofore made for the cession of the entire archipel ago or the Philippines, but the American commissioners are authorized to offer to Spain, in case the cession should be agreed to, the sum of $20,000,000, to be paid in accordance with the terms to be fixed by the treaty or peace. isenate Doc 2. Page 210.) "Another concession proposed consisted of an agreement to admit Spanish ships and merchandise for a term of years into the ports of the Philippine Islands on the same terms as American ships and merchandise. The American commissioners also expressed a willingness to Insert a provision for the mutual relinquishment of claims of the United States that may have arisen fince the beirlnnlnsr of the late insurrection in) Cuba and prior to the conclusion cf the. treaty or peace. "On the 28th of November Ihe Snanish commissioners accepted the terms offered by the representatives of the United States. You will observe that in making this proposal It Is distinctly said that it embodies the concessions which, for the sake of lmmedlste peace, the American government was willing to make. There were doubtless other reasons actuating the commissioners In making this proposal, though 1 think the chief one is embodied In the statement above written. It was not claimed that the United States had a right to the Philippine Islands as a matter of conquest. CONQUERED MANILA ONLY. "The United States has never undertaken, so far as I know, to wrest from a foreign , country lands or possessions simply by right of conquest. Had we been disposed to do so It must be remembered that we were in possession only of the city, bay and harbor of Manila under the protocol of Aug. 12. 1838, providing that the United States should occupy and hold the same pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which should determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines. The cap ture, arter the signing or the protocol, by General Merrltt and his forces, whatever its legal effect may have been. Included no more territory than we were entitled to hold under the protocol. "In addition to the hope of accomplishing immediate peace, whlch. I need hardly say, was of great importance at that time, there was a strong desire to treat Snaln with a. degree of magnanimity consistent with our national honor and prestige, following our national precedent In the treatment of Mexico for the cession of territory to us at the ciose or tne Mexican war. By the cession, for a consideration, we obtained an indisputable title, which must be respected by all other nations. It must be remembered, too, that the American commissioners bad consistently refused to assume any of the outstanding debts or obligations which Spain had undertaken to fasten upon the Philippines. Notwithstanding our offer to pay for pacific Improvements Spain had not undertaken to substantiate any claim upon that ground. v "Of course, I speak only for myself, and I write these views without opportunity to consult with my fellow-commissioners. In my Judgment, the concession referred to was effectual in bringing about an acceptance of our proposals, whieh resulted in the making of the treaty. In this connection I cordially agree with the following remarks of Senator Gray, one of the commissioners, made at the Ohio Society dinner, in New York, Feb. 23, 1800: " 'When, after four or five weeks of doubt and anxtety, it became apparent that these negotiations must either be broken off and your commissioners return without a treaty at all. and that we would be relegated to the necessity of taking not only the Philippines, but Cuba and Porto Rico, by th ruthless hand of conquest, or by some concessions, that comported with the magnanimity, and greatness, and character of this country, gain them by the voluntary cession pf a treaty of peace. And. therefore, we believed that it was better for this country, strong in the hour of Its victory, great In the hour of its triumph, that it should, to a beaten and prostrate foe. exhibit the magnanimity wheroof I speak and take from, them by voluntary cession and by purchase so to speak, those distant islands, rather than expose ourselves in the eyes of the world aa playing a rol of barbaric conquest, and by military power tread the path of medieval rapine and warfare "The advanced position which the United States has always maintained In Its International relations. Its opposition to anything like harsh ox severe treatment of a fallen foe. as veil as other cogent reasons, would seem to Justify the payment of the twenty millions as an act dictated from a high sense of national honor as well as sound policy under the circumstance of the .cas-" WILLIAM IL DAY." RULING OF THE COURT. Settle the. Political , Jnmblf n Kanann Airrlctilf'iiral College. tho CONCORDIA. ,Jvan.. Oct. 1L The Appellate Court tonlay handed down an opinion In tJ cases of Llmbercker against McDow nd Hoffman against Toe. as agents of ti tate Agricultural College, holding that v jvernor Stanley illegally removed Llmbercker and Huffman from office aa regents, and a writ of ouster was Issued against Yoe and McDowell, the present regents, and alf an order reinstating llmbercker and Hoffman. Governor Stanley removed the Topullst regents soon after his Inauguration, and this action was followed by the dismissal of the Populist rnembera of the facultv and the Installation of Republican teachers.