Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 212, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1901 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TODXESDAT, JULY 31, 1001.

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The Journal has for sale, at a great bargain, one of Its two Hoe presses, which have been In use for a number of years In printing the Journal. It Is now being replaced by a large modern, double-supplement Hoe press of a capacity commensurate with th growing needs of the paper. The press that Is for sale can be bought t a very reasonable .figure and is ready for shipment at once. It 13 In excellent condition and vw III give years of good service to some newspaper desiring to use a perfecting press. The purchase price will Include a Jenney motor, direct connected, with which it has been run for the past three years. This is a great improvement over the old system of running a press by belts and is a good saver cf power. Correspondence is invited on this subject from any Interested publishers. A'otiee to ToiirUU. Subscribers leavlnj the city for a period during the summer can have the Dally and Sunday Journal mailed to any addre. in the United States or Canada without extra charge. The address will be changed as orten as desired, roth t!phones 238. A large number of people In this country ere opposed to all the monopolies they are not in. Admission on the ground Moor makes a great difference. pastern papers arc devoting editorials to The Truth About tho Corn Crop." Only the mo.t Ignurant undertake to tell what the corn crop of V. will be. Comrade Wilshire, the "millionaire So-clali-st" of California, is a very aggressive Foii;ilistJy word of mouth, but there is no record of his having made or offered to ike a dividend. The land drawing now going on in Oklahoma will add about 10) Ke'-acre farms to the 73.000 or more homestead entries which already constitute that flourishing Territory. It is suggested that when admitted to the Union it hall be known as the "Homestead State." The suggestion to change the date of inaugurating the President has been revived, and the commissioners of the District of Columbia will try to enlist public Interest in the matter. As usual, whenever a change ha3 teen advocated the date sug-Rf-sted is April which was the date of Georg? Washington's first inauguration in New Yo-'k. The Philadelphia Times is candid enough t' pay that while imperialism is odious to the American people, ";t appears to be President McKinley's purpose to invite the contldenee of all patriotic citizens in his dealings with our new Spanish possesions." He ha.- done that from the beginning. Th anti-imperialists have been fighting something that did not exist. The position of the Council in regard to future temporary loans Is correct. As It holds the purse strings and is responsible for appropriations and loans it has a right to know In advance by an itemized statement what moiuy is needed Lor. This is especially true in view of the established practice under recent administrations of using city funds for campaign purposes. The advocates of covducatlon will have a new argument in the deei.Mon to admit women to Kush Medical College, In Chicago. In unnouruitu: the decision President Har;r says: "At the date of its organization the University of Chicago set the tamp o? its approval upon the coeducation of the sexes in its several departments; and t n year.-; ef unptt cedent-d success have demonstrated the correctness of this course." A free-trade paper, after plvlng the iigures of our export trade, says that "iiukr.iticent a. are thse tUuires, the rapid growth and feverih expansion of productive Indu.-try in the liepuuMe presage even greater an 1 in--ro startling comimrei.il advancement in the near future." Only a few years a-o t' proteetlve tariff was, necordJng to fri e-lr:.ders, the Chinese wall which nhut the trade rf the United States out of the markets of the world. A brief dispatch from Peking says that A Ilur.g Chang and the other nu n.bt rs of the regency have received from the throne a lore; comrr.ur.h a t ion '"laying eiown general Ir.jur.ctior.ji as to reform and the -sirabll.ty of initiating all the meritorious feature s of Japan and the wetnn nations." This seems to Indicate a new eleparture on the part of the Chinese government, and muy bs the beginning of the long expected movement that will place it In touch with modern progress. The alleged ir.sult to the German fag at Cartagena, Colombia, possesses the rleintnti cf an International Incident If the Oerriian government chooses to treat It us uch. It U not etated whether Murlllo. the man arrested by tie Colombian authorities, was a German cltln or not. but that ia not material if he was legally on board

a German ehlp and entitled to the protection of the flag. Uven If he were a criminal his forcible seizure and removal from the ship without legal proceedings would not be permissible. If the arrest was accompanied, as the edspatch says, with aggravating circumstances, yuch as denouncing th German flag as "a d!rty rag." it is all the mere likely ta become an international lncl le-nt and the occasion of a naval demonstration by Germany. Kaifer William has so few opportunities to exploit Germany as a naval power that he is not likely to omit any real safe ones.

LAIlOIt IX i;iKOPi: AMI A3Ii:ICA. The secretary of the London Chamber of Commerce recently told the Iiritlsh people the reasons for the British manufacturer's Inability to compete with the American. The f.r.-t cause Is found in the American capacity to combine and thus save expenses and waste, while British industries are scattered. The British have not yet learnetl to handle the capital which they employ in the leading industries while Americans have. Great Britain is the home of trusts, but such organizations elo not seek to combine several plants under one direction. This drawback may be overcome, but the great obstacle to Iiritlsh competition Is inability of manufacturers to secure the co-operation of labor. The British mechanic and laborer insists that it is for the interest of labor to restrict the output of goods. It is held that the more labor that can be employed to produce a given result, tho greater the advantage of the wage-worker; the least a workman accomplishes In a day, the better It is for labor generally. Labor is organized upon that vicious theory. The workman who gives a real day's work is regarded with suspicion, while the one who can employ himself the longest time In performing a piece of labor Is the friend of labor. The British workman has alwaj-a opposed labor-raving machinery i:pon the assumption that labor will be displaced by it. Consequently, the be.n results are not obtained. In fact, some rule of organization prevents the workman from doing more than the minimum lest he take bread from another. Years ago that sentiment may have existed in this country, but at the present time, in all the" great Industries in which the United States has forged to the front, that feeling does not prevail. In the great Iron Industries the body of intelligent workmen co-operate with the manufacturer in obtaining the greatest output possible. If a limiteeloutput is to the advantage of the workman, it must be the same to the capitalist. In the most prosperous steel and Iron Industries a Fcale of wages is fixed which rises and falls with the price of the product. Every invention that can be devised to make machinery do the heavy work and to do more than man can do has been introduced in the iron mills; still. with its introduction, many more men are employed and wages of the workmen are twice as much as in Great Britain, and In some departments three times as much. Because of the vastness of the operations of these plants, the Intelligent use of machinery and the higher skill of the employes, the price of production has been so reduced that the steel corporations of America make the prices for the world. When the British iron master Is forced to meet competition he cuts wages, but his American competitor finds a new machine and intelligent men to work it. The British workman will not adapt himself to new methods. For that reason, when Great Britain needs good bridges within a given period the American product must be ac cepted because the British worker will not adopt the methods esse-ntial to produce the structures which the world's progress de mands. HAMILTON I AN I SM. In furtherance of the attempt to obtain a new issue for the disrupted and eliscrcdited Democracy it Is charged that "Hamlltonlanlsm," by which Is meant the political Ideas of Alexander Hamilton, is still the active and vital force in American politics. Happily that is so, and recognition of the tact by a supporter of the state sovereignty school founded by Hamilton's bitter enemy and calumniator is high tribute to his splendid intellect and the enduring quality of his work. It goes to show that M. Gulzot, a great Frenchman, who understood American politics and knew Amexican history, was not far wrong when he declared that "there is not in the Constitution of the United States an element of order, of force, of duration wnlch Hamilton has not powerfully contributed to Introduce into Ji and to give it a predominance." The same distinguished authority wrote: "Hamilton must bo classed among the men who have best known the vital principles and fundamental conditions of a government." That he should have succeeded In so impressing himself upon the Constitution as to invite the attacks of the enemies of a strong national government a hundred years after his death should make Americans thank God that his life was prolonged through the entire formative period of the government. It is scarcely exaggeration to say that had he fallen in the trendies at Yorktown the convention to frame a national Constitution mUht not have been held, or if it had 1m cn held and a Constitution frame! it misht never have be r. adopted. In attempting to biitle the services of Hamilton a Lemocratic contemporary says: "The inclination of the Journal to give him exclusive credit for 'the Federalist' Is Irtrdly fair to Madison, who, with grace and vigor, contributed his share towards the consolidation of the .States." The Jourr.al did. not ive Hamilton exclusive credit for the F d rallst. It said he wrote fifty-one out of the K;hty-tive papers constituting that c lebrate! work. The claim was "not brtcul enough. One biographer snys he wrote sixty-three of the papers. h and Madison jointly vnte three-. Madison alone wrote fourteen, ami Jay five. Another writer says: "Not only did Hamilton write most f the papers, but the least of what he wrote for it tthe Fel:i allst) xcels the best that was contributed t it by men so abl as Jay and Malison." But for Hamilton there would have been no Federalist, as In all probability there would have been no constitutional convention, and with his papers eliminated the rest of the Federalist would never have been heard of. Hamilton alone of the delegates from New York had signed the Constitution when It was completed, and It was generally conceded that his Influence ecurel itn adoption in New York, a that of Washington did In Virginia, whtrt the oppotltlon was led by Patrick Henry and James Monroe, afterwards President. While the adoption of the Constitution was trembling in the balan"v in the New York convention, New Hampshire ratirird it and Hamilton, at his own

expense, had the news s?nt by courlr- to Influence the New York convention. The charge that Hamilton ever favored anything but republican form of government is fale. It was tho invention of his enemies, led by Thomas Jefferson, just as the charge of Imperialism agalr.st McKinley to-day was framed by the leader of the modern Democracy. There never was a particle of eviJence to sustain th charge. Writing to a friend long after the Constitution was adopted Hamilton said: The hlpht-toned propositions which I m,de to the convention wt-re for a President. Senate .':nd judpes. during good behavior, and a House of Representatives for three; years. 1 never propose! either a President or Senate for life and I neither I e cot imf nd 1 ror meditatel the annihilation cf State government!!. My final opinion was against an executive during good behavior. n account of the increase! langer to the public tranquillity inrident to th election of a rnaitrnte of that decree of j-rm innry. In the plan of a Oinstitution wh'rh J drew up while the convention was sitting, the oflice of President has no longer duration than for three years. In construing the Constitution as a member of Washington's Cabinet all of Hamilton's influence was devoted to strengthening the central authority, as It greatly needed strengthening, while all of Jefferson's ir.fiuer.ee was devotel to weakening the central government and guarding the rights of the States. Hamilton was bent on forming a great nation; Jefferson on establishing a modus vivendi for the States. This necessarily brought the two in collision with the result that as the Jeff rsnn faction triumphed and Jefferson outlived Hamilton many years the views of the latter were misrepresented and his memory defamed. The Jeffcrsonian views culminated in secession and rebellion in 1SG1, and Hamilton's views led to the suppression of the rebellion. That our present Constitution survived Its formative period and has proved eepial to the requirements of a great and powerful nation is due more to Alexander Hamilton than to any other person of the period except Washington. Those who attack Hamilton would attack Washington if they dared.

The ppectcicle of nearly 170,000 men and women awaiting the drawing of 13.000 lots of land would lead to the conclusion that land for homes is scarce in the United States. For days and even for weeks these thousands of rople endured the heat, drought and discomfort of dwelling in tents, with a limited supply of food, to secure one chance in thirteen to obtain a quarter section of land worth from J4 to $10 an acre, while as good if not better land can be purchased of the land-grant railroads for a much less amount. Even in a Stite like Indiana small farms can be purchased or rented without as much privation as falls, to the people on the border of the new mnds In Oklahoma. Every year the lands of Indiana are made more valuable by the growth of the cities in and on the borders of the State. While wheat and corn may yet be the leading crops in this State, there is a demand for a more diversified cultivation of the eort that will siipply the growing markets witfi the products of the farm and garden often called truck. There are probably many farmers near the larger towns who are realizing better returns from small farms carefully cultivated than many receive from much larger areas. There is not a State in the middle West that cannot give employment to twice as many cultivators of the soil on small farms as are now employed. The farmer who rents a s-mall farm Is better off than most of the mtdtltude awaiting the drawing in Oklahoma. The "Senor" Iglesias. of Porto Rico, who comes to the front in the Socialist convention now being held in this city. Is the same person who a few months ago undertook to controvert Governor Allen's statements in regard to existing conditions in the Island. Governor Allen disposed of him In a few words, showing that he represented nothing and nobody. His resolution introduced yesterday stamps him as a mischiefmaker who would be a revolutionist If he could. His denunciation of the administration and of Its "political and military tools" who are "oppressing trades unions and Socialists" in Porto Rico shows how little qualified he Is to appreciate the blessings of free government. It Is probable that there are Americans who would have a protest ralseI in this country against the German tariff because there are people whose vocation Is to make protests, but as a matter of fact it is no business of ours to rail against the tariff of Germany unices It discriminates against us. If it does the United States can icclprocato in kind that Is, retaliate. For many years Great Britain assailed our tariff. anl the Cobdon Club sent us cartloads of free-trade tracts which made converts for protection. The meeting of the committee to make arrangements for the dedication of the soldiers' monument will be held in the Statehouse on Tuesday at 10 o'clock a. m. If any citizen of first-class financial ability will raise $M.fO0 for the committee he will doubtless meet a more than cordial welcome at the hanls of the members. rHOM HITHER AND YON. Did Not Mind a Drop. rhilaieli hla Preps. City Mirher to Scotch visitor after shaving) Litt'- lay rum. tir? Scotch Vl.-lter We 11. I'm tin fond o" rum, but I waana rafu.-e a irap o' whL-.l;y. Sure- 1 1 nun Kb. Puck. I.ittltf Elmer-Taj a. what is the hand of ProvMetlC? Professor IU o:ilh-a.i The hand of Providence, my f"n, Is what we usually In the misfortunes of other?. A It Sometime lln ppe-un. Chlcajro Pof t. "A :rl sl'.o'ill not marry too you.ig." she said. S-o she waited. "Put. unfortunately." sh.e added a few years later, "the tr.ost uYsirable men seem to be after yujng wives." Thus it hai jentd that he kcrt on waiting. At the CliicnKo Literary. Catholic Str.niiard. Mi.s Guh-Who Is your favorite poet. Mr. Packer? Mr. Packer Grinder, by long odds. Miss CJuh Keally, I never heard cf him. Is he an E:i-llih poet? .Mr. Packer Not much! Porn and bred right he-re In Chie-aco. He writes all the- baked Lean and soup poetry for our street-car a is. Nenlect of Opportunity. Horton Tiar.scrl; t. "Your t-.rvic are no lorr required:" eaid the r-at rr' trui litau edit-.r the reporter wh't bad wüten u; a sensational eiop-in nt. Why?" v the .-..rtUd question. "l'.eciu.-e i.j wiote Up thet elopement of the-waitr?!-and tlie Jantv r without calling one a ockty favorite and th other a man of leisure and a well-known club man. t'uch careie-ne& for on:ortunlti s must be punished."

SENSE 8F

SOCIALISM

PLATFORM OF Till! TIIKOIUSTM IX CONVENTION IN THIS CITY. Telia NVhnt la .eccnry to Earthly Salvation im,) How t Accomplish It. A CONFLICT OF DOCTRINES WHAT GOOD WOULD GOVERNMENT RAILROADS DO f " ASIvED ONE. Controversy Ends In Compromise Amendment to the Party's I'ronouueeiueiit. The war cloud gathered over the proceedings of the Socialist unity convention yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock. It looked for awhile as if the bellicose forces would wage a fiercer battle than they did on Monday when the question of counting the votes was under discussion. The cause of the heated debate yesterday afternoon was the report of the committee on platform and a minority report of the same committee introduced by Comrade Simons. The report of the majority was read by Comrade Margaret Hale, of Boston, and it set out each plank of the platform and the immediate demands of the party. Comrade Simons asked to be permitted to submit a minority report omitting the immediate demands and substituting a few additional planks that would point out more clearly to the masses of the people the desires of the Socialist party. Comrade Simons indulged in eloquence, and his supporters punctuated his remarks by crying, out, "That's right." Wnen the speech was concluded over half the delegates clamored lor recognition from the chair and the offers to speak on the subject came so rapidly that it was necessary for Chairman Carey to ask the delegates to write their names on a slip of paper. There was an immediate stampede to the platform and thirty or forty names were handed to the chairman. The desire of the delegates to be heard on the subject of the platform made it necessary lor the convention to spend JIO additional rent for the hall In order to hold a night session. There were few interruptions after the speeches began. It was voted that the vote on the platform should be taken this morning. WHAT SOCIALISM MEANS. The platform as submitted by the majority of the committee is as follows; "The Social Democratic party of America, in national convention assembled, reaffirms its adherence to the principles of international socialism and leclares its aim to be the organization of the working class and those in sympathy with it into a political party with the object of completing the powers of government and using them for the purpose of transforming the present syatem of private ownership of the means of production and distribution into collective ownership by tho entire people. "Formerly the tools of production were simple and owned by the individual worker. To-day the machine, which is but an improved and more developed tool of production, is owned by tho capitalists and not by the workers. This ownership enables the capitalists to control the product and keep the workers elependent upon them. "Private ownership of the tools of production and distribution is responsible for the ever increasing uncertainty of livelihood and the poverty and misery of the working class, and it divides society into two hostilt classes the capitalists and wage workers. The once powerful middle class is rapully disappearing in the mill of competition. The struggle is now between the capitalist class and the working class. The possession of the means of livelihood gives to the capitalists the control of the government, the press, the pulpit and public schools, ar.l enables them to reduce the workingmen to a state of intellectual, physical and social inferiority, political subservience and virtual slavery. "The economic Interests of the capitalist class dominate our entire social system; tho lives of th working class are recklessly sacrificed for pront, wars are fomented between nations, indiscriminate slaughter is encouraged and the: destruction of whole races is sanctioned in order that the capitalists may extend their commercial dominion abroad and enhance their supremacy at home. WORKING CLASS PRIME. "But the same economic causes which developed capitalism are leading to socialIsm, which will abolish both the capitalist class and the class of wage workers. And the active force in bringing about this new and higher order of society is the working class. All other classes, despite their apparent or actual conflicts, are alike interested in the upholding of the system of private ownership of the instruments of wealth production. The Democratic, Republican, the bourgeois public ownership parties and all other parties which do not stand for the complete overthrow of the capitalist system of production are alike political representatives of the capitalist class. "The workers can most effectively act as a class in their struggle against the collective powers of capitalism by constituting themselves into a political party, distinct from and opposed to all parties formed by the propertied classes. The trade union movement is a valuable aid in this struggle. "The Interests of the great majority of farmers cf this country are identical with those of the wage workers of the cities. The introduction of the complex instruments of production in certain phases of agriculture, particularly in transportation ami storjg-, anl in the increase of mortgage indebtedness and landlordism, make the-m even more dependent upon the capitalists for their very existence. "While we declare that the development of economic conditions temls to the overthrow of the capitalist system, we recognize that the time and manner of the transition to socialism also depend upon the stage of dcolopir.ent rerched by the proletariat. We. therefore, consider it of the utmost importance ior the Socialist Democratic patty to support all active efforts of tie working c!hss to better its condition and to elect Socialists to political offices, in onler to facilitate the attainment of this end. MEANS TO THE END. "As such means we alvoeate: "1. The public ownership of all means of transportation and communication and all other public utilities as well as of all industries controlled by monopolies, trusts and combines. The revenue of such Industries to be applied, first, to the Increase of wages and shortening of the hours of labor of the emploves and then to the improvement of the sr ice and diminishing the rates to the :.-'.mers. The reduc:i ,i of the hours of labor in proportion to the Increasing facilities of productin. '".). State or natlmal Insurance of working people- in ease if aecl nts. lack of cmpltiynient. siekn ss and want in ohl age. "i. The inauguration of a system of public works and improvements for the employment if the unemplo ed. the public credit to be utilised for that purpose. ".". The educition of all children up to the age f lihteen ears. and state and municipal aid for books, clothing and fo-id. "o. Equal civil and political rights for men and women. "7. The ir.UIatlve and rcf rendum. proportional representation and the right of recall of representatives by their constitu ents. No more public land to be sold; all land? now held by the United States to be retained under strict regulations as to Improvement and cultivation: public credit to be used for the Improvement of roads, irrigation and drainage; public ownership and control of forests. Irrigation and water power, and public insurance for farmers against losses caused by the elements." A TIloniLOl'S TIME. Comrade Simons, in explaining his reque?t for the platform to be amended by striking out the inim llate demands of the party and including a definite outline of the party's desires said the Socialist party does not go out to buy votes and If It did approach the masses of the people there would be nothing to offer them in the Im

mediate demends. He said the worklngmen cared litt; whether the railroads were controlled by the government, but they did care for revolutionary and socialistic Ideas. He adde! that the Socialist party must have an opinion and adhere to It to hope to aln power. Simons s speech was followed by Comrade Hoehn's, who became greatly agltatel In denouncing the minority of the platform committee. He claimed that if the platform was adopted anl the Immediate demands of the party omitted ther would be an anarchistic movement spread over the country instead of a socialistic movement. He caused a stir in the convention by vehemently declanng that he would not stand or fight on the minority platform if It were adopted. This bold declaration brought a quick retort from Comrade Simons, who said he had been instructed to accept the result of this convention and would not whimper if he were voted down. Secretary Mallly re to the floor and rharaerf-rlzfil Hoehn as a

"half Irishman anl half German" th.tt sahl J tnmgs during a heated argument that re 'ii not mean and regretted later. This effort on the part of the secretary to explain Hoehn's heated declaration met with disapproval from a number of delegates. After calm was aeain restored the tenminute speeches proceeded. Comrade Valtlre. of Chicago, who has been in the Socialist ranks for about fifty years, delivered his fir.n speech in English, in which he said the platform should not contain the views of merely nno faction, but should include the views of all factions as best it could. Numerous attempts were made by younger Socialists to interrupt the Chicago speaker, as he occupied more than his allotted ten minutes, but the interruptions met with a storra of protests and Valtlre was allowed to conclude his extensive review of the situation. CLASHING THEORIES. Comrade Clemens spoke for about six minutes against the adoption of the report of the platform as submitted by the majority of the committee, and he crowded more arguments into that short time than any other speaker. He began his remarks by saying that the man with the "disarranged galluses" need not interrupt him, because he was deaf, the Lord having provided him with a pair of ears to speak to "rough houses." He said he did not understand why the Soilalists desired specific demands set out in their p'atform. as It was a dead issue. He held in his hand a copy of the platform prepared by the majority of the committee, and as he said he would not discuss government ownership of railroads he threw the paper to the Uoor. "Millionaire Socialist" Wilshlre spoke in favor of abolishing immediate demands and making the platform conform to economic conditions. Comrade Murphy, of Missouri, said the majority would have to show him where the government ownership of railroads would benefit the workingmcn. He s;ii the platform as prepared was lull of "ilimfiam" clauses, and the clause pertaining to the government not selling any more public lands whs a mere joke. Comratie MacSwteiiey also spoke against the platform and Comrades MacCartney and Hilquith spoke in favor of the immediate demands. THE PLATFORM AMENDED. The wrangling on the question of striking out the immediate demands in the platform was resumed at the evening session of the convention, and the arguments pro and con were made with as much fervor as characterized the speeches before the adjournment of the afternoon session. Speakers insisted on expounding their views on the matter and there seemed to be no settlement in sight until Comrade Ilerron secured the Moor and by consent of the convention offered an amendment to the immediate demands section of the platform. He said the amendment was made after consulting' the members of the platform committee of both factions and it was a compromise mca&uie made to expedite tho vote on the platform. Alter the amendments were read the convention agreed to debate on the substitute demands. The amendments strike out the first four demands and substitute four other demands. The fifth, sixth, seventh und eighth demands were not changed, but a paragraph was addetl setting forth the attitude of the party. The amendments are as follows: "1. The public ownership of all means of transportation and communication and all other public utilities as weil as of' all industrles controlleel by monopolies, trusts and combines. No part of tho revenue of such industries not to be applies! to the reduction of taxes on property of the capitalist class, but to be applied wholly to the increase of wages and shortening of the hours of labor of the employes, to the improvement of the service and diminishing the rates to the consumers. "2. The progressive reduction of the hours of labor and the increase of wages in order to decrease the share of the capitalist and increase the share of the worker in the product of labor. "3. State or national Insurance of working people in case of accidents, lack of employment, sickness and want In old age; the funds for this purpose to be collected from the revenue of the capitalist class and to be administered under the control of the working class. "4. The inauguration of a system of public Imlustries, public credit to be used for that purpose in order that the workers be secured the full product of their labor. "But In making these demands as steps in the overthrow of capitalism and in the establishment of the co-operative commonwealth, we would warn the people against the public ownership demands made by capitalist political parties, which alwavs result in perpetuating the capitalist system through the compromise or defect of the Socialist resolution." FEAR THE CAPITALISTS. The compromise on the platform was affected In order to secure a unification of the two parties and both parties yielded a trifle in their views to meet the views of the opposing faction. Comrade Hcrron spoke on the amendments and said it was necessary for the convention to adopt demands that would be suitable to the working classes of the country. He said the capitalist parties are getting ready to defeat the Socialist party by going Into partnership with it. He said to compromise with the capitalist parties would be the dath of socialism. The debate on the substitute platform lasted until 10:30. when it was voted to adjourn until o'clock this morning. There was a split in the Chicago partv on tho question of accepting the demands in the piatform and many said they had been instructed to vote against any demand, but ti nt they would waive all matters for a unity of the two parties. It Is believed that tho vole on the platform will be taken soon alter the convention convenes this morning unless there is another wrangle over the wording of the platform proper. WOULD GIVE AWAY LAM). Oldest Socialist In Convention Liren In This City. At both the sessions of the Socialist unity convention there has been seated near the platform an old man bent with age and his pockets burdened with socialistic literature. During the debates he held his hand to his ear to enable him to hear more distinctly the words of the delegates as they g.tve their views. He Is Edward Polk, of 415 Blackford 5treet, this city, and probably the oldest Socialist In the convention. 3e is elghty-th.ee years of a- 3r.d says he hopes to live to see the Socialists in power. Mr. Polk published the first greenback pjiper In this city In 1'.2. He whs a strong advoci. te of greenbacks, ami when that issue became a dead letter he drifted Into the Socialist ran us. "I ued to be a Populist also," said Mr. Polk yesterday afternoon, "but now I am a strong advocate of all the- principles of socialism. I voted for Debs last fail and will vote for the S '; list p rty until It is elected. 1 believe In the soci il'lst'c theorv th.it all men should hive equal rights and everybody snould have hörn s ni th Ir own. I own my home in Indianapolis, anl In ;ollition own 1,"J arn-s of bind in Illinois worth about $"' an acre-, and !."Vt acres, of land in Jennirps onnty. thi. State. If tne Socialists tret into power and enact a law nllotlng l.V or V'xj acres ef land to each man I will gladly retain that amount of l.ml as my own and give to the people the remainder." DE.NOr.X(EI) THE SENTINEL. Resolution Offered ami Telegraiu Sent to Mr. Debs. When 'the second day's meeting of the Socialist unity convention b-gan yesterday morning there were no signs in the hall of small, suspicious looking packages, and no radical Socialists who stand on the brink between socialism and anarchism wer In the hall It was said. J. F. Carey, of HaverIll, Mass., was elected chairman for the day. Comrade Dunn, of St. Loui, öftere! a resolution excoriating th Indianapolis Sentinel for Its criticism of the first day's fcsflon of the convention an! Its report that Eugene V. Dbs was repudiated by the delegates. Mr. Dunn said that the report published iu that paper concerning Mr.

Clemens bolting from the hall also was untrue. The delegates appreciated the resolution, but It was deemed best to table it. althouuh many "nailed the lies" that appeared in the Tuesday edition of the Sentinel. on motion of Comrade Hoehn the convention sent the following telegram to Eugene V. Debs at Torre Haute: "Be not deceive'! by false ne-wpaper reports. Unity convention Is harmonious ami enthusiastic. The union of Socialist forces will stion be an accomplished fact. Convention S'-nd greetings. You have our esteem and love as you always hfd. Three cheers for the international" Socialist movement and social revolution. United we stan.l." Mr. Debs In his reply said he would not be misled by the capitalist press, as he was a Socialist, and thanked the convention for Its expression on the fake story. The report of the committee on resolutions caused a debate, iuring which animosity wa.s shown toward l.ib'-r unions. Comrade Aiehorn said he represented f trades union Socialist votes nmi that a word of antagonism would lor them all. The resolution was sent back to the committee. Th-- convention adopted a resolution calllrs on the workln.cmen in the new possessions of the Unitcil States to organize.

OTHER ATTLE; ROUNDS. Convention Expected to Qnnrrel About Party Name nud Headquarters. Tho report of the committee on constitution will b? made to the convention to-day, and It is believed there will be as much discussion on it as there was on the platform. It is the duty of the constitution committee to report on a suitable place for the national heaebiuarters, to nominate national ofticers, revise tho constitution, suggest a name for the new party anil other important matters. One of the principal questions that wili cause discussion will Lc the naming of the city for national heailquarters. It is said the Sprinctic'.d faction favors New York or an Eastern city, while the Chicago faction wants the head;uarters at Chicago. It is probable, it is said, that another compromise will have to be effected In chosing the city for h'alquarters. Cleveland and Louisville are named as suitable cities and a few favor Indianapolis, but this city will hardly be chostn In view of the fact that there are no strong Socialist leaders here. The selection of olficers will also be a matter on which the two parties will elivide and it will no doubt have ti be settled in th convention. There are many advocates of the party retaining the name "Socialist Democrats." while others desire it to be changed to "Socialist Party." The report of the committee is awaited with great interest. Delegat say that if there Is as much quibbling on Parliamentary rulings to-day as there was yesterday the convention will not adjourn until to-morrow evening. It was first thought the convention would last only until this afternoon. The supplementary report of the committee on resolutions will also be made to-day and there will no doubt be a lively discus-s-on on the question of the Socialist party affiliating with the trade unions. A TALK WITH I1E11S. He Snys No Faction Can Dictate the Future of Socialism. "Special to the Indlarapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 30. Eugene Debs was not perturbed by the report that he Is to be "shelved" by the Springflebl faction, which is in the majority in the Indianapolis convention. He Is detained at home by the serious Illness of his mother, his wife and his wife's mother. He said he has no desire to be called a leader. . "No faction can dictate the future of socialism," said he. "It is very clear to me that If the convention does not act In harmony that the time for socialism's entrance on the stage as a strong, powerful party has not arrived. Socialism is a growing power, and when its time comes it will sweep Into the political current with resistless force. No leader can make socialism and no leader can unmake it. There must be men at the head of the party, but no leader can dictate its course. It Is a party of men and not of a man. If I hal been politically ambitious I could have found a profitable home in one of the old parlies." Mr. Debs: received a telegram from Secretary Maily, of the convention, telling him not to be deceived by newspaper reports; that the convention sends greeting, and that he had "their esteem and love, as he always had." COMFORT AT EPW0RTH HEIGHTS. The Lake In Anrry Mood Dr. Henson and Ills Whiskers. Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal. EPWORTH HEIGHTS. LUDINGTON. uch., July 29. Whatever grudge I may have had in the past against Lake Michigan on account ef sins of omission or commission, all is condoned in view of its splendid deportment the last thirty-six hours. Little did I dream when in the wee small hours of Saturday morning 1 was reveling in the delights of the thuntlerstorm, accompanied with a strong wind and a copious rain not differing materially from similar phenomena at home, except that the pattering of the rain upon the roof of our cottage, only a few feet above the bed, had a music that cannot make Its way through plastered ceilings, that the same storm was preparing for me an aftermath more enjoyable than the first fruits, fifty to a hundred miles away. In the morning there were some slight disturbances of the lake, and by the middle of the afternoon waves wore too high for prudent venture of bathers beyond a hundred yards or so from the shore, and the bathers had to be contented to lie down near the shore and let the waves roll over them, only a few venturing to stand and tak it, but the climax came later on. By about midnight Saturday night the roar of the waves along the shore indicated breakers such as we had not yet seen. When morning came there they were, mountains high, to speak poetically, dashing angrily far up toward our cottage door. "That's worth the whole cost of coming!" said my unirnpassione! wife as she took In the scene, ami so it was. And still they came, higher and higher all day Sunday, and yet the wind was only a stiJl breeze all day. though cod enough to make a winter coat not uncomfortable till after dinner. "Where Jo these waves come from? There Is no wind to make 'em." 1 w?s verdant enough to ask an old cottager who had studied the like before. "Come? Why, they are the creation of Saturday morning s storm out on the lake fifty to a hundred miles away, and there'll be no peace until every disturbed drop has tried Its strength dashing madly at this eastern shore to slink back exhauste! in the undertow to its normal c-uiet place in the body of the lake, to await another similar disturbance to repeat the same show of rage." "it is sublime, all the same." was my modest reply. Yhe Sunday services were Interesting. There Js no fishing or rowing or bit hing or bowling on Sunday, and everything and everybody was on their good brdiavinr except the lake. The Sun.iay chool had to me a special charm. Thor- were octogenarians and infants present, representing a half dozen denominations and as many or more States. The songs were apparently familiar to all. and nil seemed equally at horn:. The sermons were bv Dr. Graham, a Methodist from Grand Rapids, in the mornlnp. and by Dr. Henson, a Baptist of Chicago, in the afternoon. The vesper services, usually held on the b. ach at p. m.. had to be held In the pavilion. l-i by Dr. Berry, of the Enworth Herald, owing to the yet unsatisfied rage of the lake. Dr. Henson long ago earned ti.e reputation of a grrat preacher and popular Pcturer, b:t It remained to the p,t thirty days to develop the real manliness of the n an. He is .-ixty-rdne yej-.rs old and weighs about one hurted ami fiftv pound-;. After waiting a "suitable time" "after the death of his first wife he foend a companion in a gifted woman about fifty, and they were married about a month an. Within a few day; after the marriage she said gently: "How long have yu worn whiskers, my de;-r?" "Ev r since I was ohl enough," was the lr;u;k reply. "Do ou not think you would be morecomfortable without them and 1 ooU better?" r.he sugges-ted. "I don't know: 1 never trh-d." was the only answer, and the subject was droppei, but the next time she saw h-r husband he was as tmooth shaven us a boy, and the doctor Insists that after all it Is more comfortable to b clean-faced, at least in the summer. He certainly looks so much younger that those who had known, him bearded like a pard did not readily recognize him !n his dlssulse. This is a mark of manliness much to be commended. The mere hint of his wife that sh woald prefer a smooth face to a beardy one was enough. Tho latest arrivals at the hotel from Inlianapolls are Miss Edna Rex ford and Miss Ethel Reevts, who are taking It all In with much relish. Two or three families from Vlncennes are expected In u few days. The programme for tn next four or five weeks Is very interesting for thoe who are looking for literary and scientific entertainment. U. L. SE.

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STOCKHOLDERS EN R ACED RV A RECEIVER'S REVELATIONS. N'eurlr Ttto nud n ilnlf .Millions Lost ly n Iiritlsh MIiiIiik ( unrrru in Speculation. MANY GILDED YOUTHS ROLLED INVEIGLED A HOARD A YACHT AM) PLICKEI) AT 1IA1CAR AT. London Mall N'ot to lie Prosecuted by the Rrltlsh House of Commons Statu of Peeresses. LONDON, July SO. At the first meeting of the creditors to-day, and at a subsejuent meeting of the si-at c holders of the Standard Exploration Company, one' of the mining concerns know n as the "Whittaker Wright group," the orr.cial receiver :ni!e such a--toun.ling revelations that he drew from the excited slvir hohieia demands for tho lynching of the pet sous Implicated. The te-ct-iver said the estimated asi-ets were farcical. The foui teen min s, valued at AJOIb,(.0, had earned nothing. The company started with a-ca.-ii capital of A;U'.o, but the directors took little interest in the company's mines ana devoted tnem selves to Stock Exchange hpecul.unm. "And that's win r- your money Is gone." said the receiver; i;.'S,(ji w:.s lo.-t In dirfei ene e.s in Lake Erie speculations, und xA'"' was lost in litTt rences in Caledonian Copper. The total piotit ltm speculations are000. and the losses are i.'vje.o-.." After a few nun'.' such statt meats which, a shareholder said, would "sta;;er humanity," another shareholder asKe! lii- receiver to prevent the directors from making away with th:r ptc petty, as it was reported ib.ey were doing "Are these men still nl large?" hhouted another sharehoMer. "Yes. they are. ' came the answer, and immediately those? present at the met ling rose to their ftct, sonu-to.iy sh ating "Lynch him!" It w: an exciting moment for Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton, General Oough-Cal thorp; and others who were at the meeting. A su.rm of ungry cries ami hisses broke out, but the recelv-r unally succeeded in calming th shareholders ly promising them every protection possible. ROBBER RV GAMBLERS. Many Persons Swindled by n 4ianfc of Turf nnd Card Sharpers. PARIS, July The p dice here have unearthed a gang of turf swindlers and eari sharpers whose operations were characterized by extraordinary audacity. The Hist discovery waa made at the end of May, when a horse named Colimacon, and kr.own as a worthless plater, won a race at Cdombes easily, with the betting 12 to 1 against the horse. A week later Colimacon engaged in a similar performance at Ma!sr.sLafi'.tte. The jockey dub Investigated Ihe running of Colimacon and found that a first-class English rac horse had been substituted for the original Colimacon by a Belgian named Herebaudt, wh n.ul previously been warred olf tne French rac courses. The police then took the matter up and discovered that Herebau a was the h ad of a perfect organization of crooks working in France ami Belgium. A majority of the menders or the panpr hH assumed hlph-sounding titles and frequented fast circles arxl clubs. One member, a brother of a well-kmiwn Abyssinian explorer, who styled himself "count." was arrested. Two ethers were self-styled barons, and otie had given l.l:r.elf the title of "prince." They occupied t-umptu. .us quarters in the Champs Elysc and Madelaine quarters, to which they inveigled Kilded youths and swindled them at baccarat. The losses of Prince Kartig o ovltch and four other young men of g,.l families, who complained to the police, alone amount to ;:iu, francs. The swindlers owned a yacht called the We.stermine, on board of which their elupes were invited and were subseqo ntly plucked. The police also traced to the fcang ihe promotion of a number of fictitious nnninc and coal companies. The investigations of the police led to the flight of the swlnd!. is. Several of them have gone to Abyssinia. Herebaudt sailed for Holland on board the Westermine. The revelations hae caused a sensation in clubland ami sporting clitics. DAILY 31 AIL TO RE LET ALONE. House of Commons Decides N'ot to Summon the Editor. LONDON, July 30. The printer and publisher of the Dally Mall, of this city, had a narrow escape to-day from being ordered to appear at the bar of the House of Commons on Thursday next as tne result of observations made In connection with the war secretary (Mr. Brodrlck's boycott of that paper on account of Its South African disclosures. The Dally Mall this morning characterize! as "baseless and nie'an" Mi. Bredrick's assertion in the House )f Commons yesterday that the paper had a habit of surreptitiously buying sTet War 0!:io information, adding that if Mr. Brodrhl; ventured to repeat outside of the Hons that th- paper bad stolen eMlci.l tloeurne-nts It woukl p-.-cute him for libel. In the House of Commons, this afternoon. Swift McNeill. Irish Nationalist, made a motion to the ef'.et that the Daily Mail's challenge was a breach of the privilege e,f the House. The government leader. Mr. Balfour, assented. But, apparently not desiring to stir the matter up, h- said be thought it was not nessary to pres ih motion. Mr. McNeill, however, insisted., and the motion was carried without a Ilvl-don. Mr. McNeill then moved that the printer .md imhlishrr be ordered to anncnr at the ! bar of the i louse to-morrow. The motion was defeated by 1SS to 1-S votes. Another Irish M. V. Suspended. LONDON. July 5V James O Shea. Nationalist, member for West Waterford, was susp'r.de-d in the Houe of Commons to-day for disorderly conduct in applying the term "judicial blackguareism" to the er-r.ciuc.t cf Baroti O'llri'n, lor.I ebb f justice of Ireland. In charging tl.e bay at the rnt trial of Mr Walsh, chairman of th' Wat.-rford Conntv Council, on ch.irees of conj lrucy at Cork Mr. Walsh 1- oonr.e, te.l with the I'nitcd lrih IMgue. nni the latter 1 n-e-otefl a man who rented a farm from which the previous t-.ant bad been evtcuj. The charge of conspiracy arose therctrom. Th Nati . -lali.-ts eontc! d that Earon O'RrDn cotiduetei the er!-. in an extremely partisan way. UISV SOC IALIST DEPUTIES. They Smi; Ret lutlonnry Songs In the Belgian (Tmmhcr. BRUSSELS. July ?. Th ? So.-ialist mmlirrs of the Chamber of Deputies made a eiistut barce in the Hou.-e this morning. iuring which the 'International" was surg to the aocompanime-nt tf slammed dek Ibis. Takb.g x- ef.tb n to the i fnsal of the President of tlx Chamoer, ..!. De StI;.r, M put a motion for adjournment. ? e turn of de-pali s e-o;r.m Ticei a noisy demonstration, wid.ii made u impossth'.- lor the pr slint to maintain order. '1 h- im was te-rrltu-, und the ili'-ord r '.llmlnutsd In the Socialists and leftists lustily shj'iti.ii? the revolutionary song mentioned. As the dii"r!.-r continued the "Carmr.gnole." th- "Marseilles" and the "Internationale'' lelr.-r sung alternately, accompanied by whistling, shouting and a general tumult, the president closed the sittlr.g. tb.tr Socialists shouting "It will be the s:r.e next time." In con?equence of the sc nts in th-s Chrnber to-day the public prosecutor r.as Instituted proceedings against MM. Furr.emnt cud Van Lange ndn k, So lallsts. n tb.J charge of threatening and JnsaltliK th president of the CliainUr. HARD I'KillT WITH noERS. Iiritlsh NnrrovUy Escaped Loslnsr m (nn VHJeteit's Commando Routed. DURBAN. Natal, July DC-Detail? recelvel here of a w hat at first see me J r ordinary tkirmih between a Drltl;h cwl-