Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 266, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 September 1901 — Page 4

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Reducing taxes and increasing debt seems to be tho Taggart-Maguire Idea of financial wisdom. A tip for tho Board cf Safety: Winking at violation of law is encouragement to anarchism. Is municipal government of the people, by the people and for the people, or is It of, by and for political machines? If four years of Taggaitism could increase the annual cost of the city government from liX.OäO to $l,27l,022 what would a term of Maguireism do? The question for Indianapolis from now until the night of Oct. 8 Is, "Do you desire the extension of the policy of Thomas Taggart under Charles Maguire?" If Mayor Taggart could, as he did, increase the city's intere.t account from JGT.TSl In 1S00 to Sy),32." in 1'joO, what could a term or two of his henchman Maguire do? It is charged that a Democratic saloon keeper Is compelling, under threat?, a large number of men in tho same business to contribute $50 each to the Maguire campaign fund. It has boen argued by some political economists that a national debt Is a national blessing, but Mayor Taggart is the first person to attempt to apply it to municipal government. The voltim-3 of taxation has increased 43.5 per cent, during Mr. Taggart's rule, but the Increase of taxable property has be n but 17 per cent. What has the city to show for such an increase In taxation? The Cuban election law providing for six general elections ever3' year would ruin any country un'.ess the holding of elections can be made a productive Industry, which it never has been, except for a very few p rsonj. A veto for "Me-too" Maguire will be a Tote of approval of the vicious Taggart theory that the interests of taxpayers are best served by creating deficits and borrowing money at Interest to ray current xpenses. Should Mr. Maguire be mayor, which Is earcely a possibility, he cannot follow the, example of his predecessor in ono direction the Increase of the bonded debt. That obligation has nearly reached the constitutional limit. There was more public money spent for campaign and electioneerlnjj purposes during four years of Taggart rule In this city than during any ten years under the old couneilmanlc government, which was con idered very corrupt. If the taxpayers of this city want to continue the policy of creating deficits and borrowing money at interest to pay cur rent expenses, they can have their wish by voting to continue Taggartism under the changed name of Maguireism. Mere curiosity to see what the yellow newspapers have In the way of vicious cartoons and expressions is not a good excuse for decent people buying rapers which have led thousands of Ignorant people to believe that William McKinley was their enemy. As "Me-too: Maguire seems to have no higher conception of public duty than adherence to tho Taggart regime, he will doubtless. If-elected mayor, continue the contemptuous policy of snubbing reputable citizens and Ignoring charges against city ctncials adopted by the Board of Safety. Mr. Lewis, who has written a book entitled "Croker," has given tho Philadelphia papers an interview which Mr. Croker re pudiates. And yet Mr. Lewis declares in tho book, time and time again, that Mr. Croker never "turned down" a friend. Evi dently Mr. Croker does not appreciate his eulogist. Tho Atlanta Journal finds In the action ef the National Encampment of the Grand Army of tho Republic evidence that the vicious element of tho organization, whose candidate was General Sickles, was overwhelmingly defeated. Such being tho case. the Grand Army should no longer bo denounced as a body cf pension-grabbers. Senator Wellington is rather too late with h'.s explanation that his words that he "is indifferent to the wholo matter," relating to the assassination cf President McKink-y, meant that he was indifferent to "what the people expected of him." Besides, the ex planation does not suit his other remarks, to the effect that he and the President were nemles. No mn except the Prssldfnt haa been so raailg-ned by cartoonists as has Senator Hanna. II has also been the object of vnceasinjr denunciation and unsustalned charges. Of late, however, there has been a dhäoeitloa to do Mm Justice. Leforc the

tragedy at Bditalo thousands of men had reversed their Impressions regarding him. They looked over his record in Congress to find evidences of the corrupt boss he wa. proclaimed to be. They found that his i. arm? has not been connected with any public measure or scheme by which he couM obtain financial advantage, or that he used his Influence to put Inefficient men in public place. Years ago he became strangely interested in Major McKinley strangely, because, without a personal interest, he supported him when others hesitated. He would not have thought of being senator If his friend had not been elected President.

Now that his dearest friend is dead no j man 13 so nearly heartbroken a3 the much maligned Senator Hanna. a falsi: claim. Mr. Maguire, in his letter of acceplancs, claimed that the growth and prosperity of Indianapolis are due largely to the administration of Mayor Taggart. The same claim has been made by other admirers of the mayor. They tell us that he has made Indianapolis a modern city with improved thoroughfares and drainage, i'ecple have chort memories, but they ar3 not so shore that they cannot remember that all tho principal streets were paved whn no became mayor, and that the main syote.Ti of sewerage had been provided for and begun. If some other man had been mayor it is probable that many cross streets, which Mr. Taggart's boards have paved, would not have been improved, and, m conse quence, a large number of home-builders would not have been burdened with a tax equal to half or two-thirds the value of their properties. This sort of improvement became so oppressive that finally a Republican Legislature limited the assessment to 25 per cent, of the property's value. This imposition of' burdens upon property holders in the newer residence portions of the city has not brought prosperity, except to the Improvement companies. What great industry has come to Indianapolis because Mr. Taggart was mayor? Who will name the company that has extended its works simply because Mr. Taggart is mayor? It would be interesting if, by a house-to-house canvass, it could be ascertained how many families have como to Indianapolis simply and solely because they yearned to live in a city whose ruler is Thomas Taggart. It was the general prosperity which came with the confidence inspired by tho election of William McKinley which caused the gratifying growth of Indianapolis the past four years, in population, business and industry. While tho general impression prevails that Mr. Taggart did not en tertain the financial heresies of Mr. Uryan's party, he was compelled, during hi3 campaign four ycara ago, to declare his devotion to them and to give his pledge to work for the free coinage of silver until it should be adopted. It can be Eaid that Mr. Taggart's influence and effort were to prevent the prosperity which came from the assurance which the election of William McKinley brought to the American people. Lest injustice may be done to Mr. ;.aggart's Board of Work, of which Candidate Maguire is a member, it should have whatever credit is due for giving a franchise to a company which enabled it to place the now unsightly advertising boxes on the most prominent street cornfers in the city. ItOOSEYELT AXÜ TAFT. The current number of the Outlook contains a significant article written by Theodore Roosevelt, now President of the United States, and having for Its theme Gov. William II. Taft and hia work in tho Philippines. It was written in August last, while he was still Vice President, and is, of course, not an official utterance, but an expression of his personal opinion. It may be taken, however, as setting at rest all question as to his Philippine policy. lie shows himself to be in entire accord with the policy pursued by President McKinley in the management of the Islands and to have a sympathetic appreciation of the work being accomplished by Governor Taft, fter a brief eulogy of the character of Juoge Taft he was "Judge" before he be came Governor Mr. Roosevelt outlines the work givn into his hands and the great difficulties in his way. and says of 'his achievements and tho effect of tho system in for--e: Tor the last few months the Filipinos hav known u degree cf peace, justice and prosperity to which they have never at taint d in their wholo previous history, and to whi.ii they could not have approximated in the remotest degree had it not been for the American stay in the islands. Under Judge Taft they are gradually learning what it means to keep faith, what it means to have public officials of unbending recti tudc. Under him the islands have seen the beninninjis of a. system ot good roadj, good schools, upright Judges and honest public servants. His administration throughout has been designed primarily for the benelit of the islanders themselves, and ha3 therefore In the truest and most effective way been in the interest also of the American Republic. Under him the islanders aro now taking the first steps along the hard path which ultimately leads to self-respect and self-government. That they will travel this road with success to the ultimate goal there can be but little doubt, if only our people will make it absolutely certain that tho policies Inaugurated under President McKinley by Governor Taft shall be continued in the future by Just such men as Governor Taft. No anxious citizen who has been led to believo that Mr. Roosevelt prefers to rule by forcible methods need fear a change in the Philippine policy after reading this. ' This concluding paragraph, too, has its significance, in that it unconsciously betrays a ruling ambition of the writer that of serving mankind as opportunity offers: Governor Taft left a high office of honor nnd of comparative ease to undertake his present work. As soon as he became coiiineed where his duty lay he did not hesitate a moment, though he clearly foresaw the infinite labor, tho crushing responsibilitv. the certainty cf recurring disappointments and all the grinding wear and tear which such a task implies. Hut he gladly undertook it. and he is to be considered thrice fortunate! For in this world the one tiling supremely worth having is the opportunity, coupled with the capacity, to do well and worthily a piece of work the doing of which is of vital consequence to the welfare of mankind. LEST AVE FORGET. The American people, after a week of sincere mourning and somber thoughtfulncss, will return to their ordinary employments. Naturally, their thoughts and conversation will turn to other matters as they must and should; nevertheless. It would be a great misfortune If the Impressions and the lessons of last week should so pass out of mind that they will not inilucnco their future conduct. William McKinley's place in the history of his country is secure, therefore he does not need continuous eulogj. but if the people would honor him and make his pacrific as useful as it should be they must not forget tho sources of his usefulness and ills greatness. There always will be an abundance of patriotic talk, but v hat all need Is the patriotic and pure purpose of William McKinley. It is well to recall hourly thut nobleness of character the dead President displayed, nnd which is the need of the world. It is not sufUcient that Presidents possess that nobleness, be-

cause it Is as exalted and as useful In the humblest as in the highest. There was nothing petty or mean in the McKinley make-up. When defeated, as he was several times, he was not sour and revengeful. The contemptible littleness of many of the men with whom he came in contact did not affect Iiis kindly and loving nature. In the hour of triumph he was the same simple and modest man. In this age of money-seeking it should be remembered that the President lived and died a poor man. So involved was he because he was not a "sharp" man in business that he could not have been a candidate for Presi-

dent if his personal friends had not come to hi3 relief. Like Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley owed nothing to wealth, but all to character and ability. Neither ever sought wealth, and probably both became great because they did not make moneygetting the main purpose cf life. All the eulogies of the eloquent and all the tributes of admiration and teara by the mas of people have been devoted to William McKinley the patriotic citizen and the Christian man. This lesson should lead us to place character and manhood above everything else, and to realize that upon them rests the well-being of humanity. Hereafter, lest we forget tho importance of good citizenship and character, we must recall the memory of the past week. Let us feel that tho martyrdom of William McKinley will have been in vain if, after a few days, the chastening sorrow of last week shall bo forgotten and we shall be as careless regarding tho duties of citizenship as we have been, and are net made by the terrible event a better people. The appointment of William R. Ridgely, of Springrield, III., as controller of the currency to succeed Mr. Dawes, resigned. a matter of national interest. In the first place, it emphasizes President Roosevelt's intention to carry out the known wishes and Intentions of his predecessor. Mr. Ridgely had been selected for the position by President McKinley before the latter started on Iiis fatal trip to Buffalo. No doubt President Roosevelt is personally acquainted with men who would fill the office acceptably, and some one of whom, perhaps, ho would have been glad to appoint. His rrompt confirmation of the choice of Iiis predecessor is very creditable. The appointment is interesting in a public sense on account of the Importance of the position. The national bank system is so closely identified with tho business Interests of the country and of every community that its proper supervision and control Is a matter of universal concern. The office has always been well administered, particularly in recent years, and to have it otherwise might cause serious disturbance in the monetary affairs of the country. It is therefore of public concern to know that tho new appointee is regarded by those who know him and are competent to judge as thoroughly qualified for the position. His grandfather was connected with the old United States Bank, and Mr. Ridgely himself is a banker and business man of large experience. The appointment is warmly indorsed by Chicago bankers. The last three controllers of the currency Dawes, Eckels and Lacey came from Chicago, and if Mr. Ridgely keeps the administration of the office up to their standard the country cannot ask for more. He will assume the duties Oct. 1. Alresldy nearly half of the money which Captain Carter, of the engineer corps of the army, obtained of tho government by fraud has been recovered by the untiring efforts of tho Department of Justice. Such commendable action presents a contrast to the course pursued by a number of city and county officials wdiose duty it is to collect fines imposed by the courts. Men who should know declare that thousands of dollars of such fines remain unpaid. Weeks ago the clerk of this city was charged with neglecting to collect fines. To this charge ho has made no denial. As the Journal has before ctated, all officers, city and,, county, who are thus defeating the ends of Justice should be called to strict account. Lawbreaking should not begin with public .officials. Now that Mayor Tom Johnson has presented his showing of the inadequate taxation of railroad property In Ohio to the State Equalization Board, the railroad companies have appeared with statistics which make it appear that Mr. Johnson's figures are misleading. What Ohio should do is to adopt the Indiana system for appraising railroad properties for taxation. It i3 sincerely hoped that the grand jury will indict tho man who i3 accused of illegal voting at a primary if the evidence 's as conclusive as has been asserted. It is of the utmost importance in securing a better public service that the primary election shall be made as secure by the punishment of violators of the primary election law as is the general election. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Tress says that the Voice, the organ of the Prohibition party, "has done as much as the vilest New York dally to slander the character of Mr. McKinley in both public and private life." This is a fact, but the leadership of such men as Neal Dow would not have teen guilty cf such indecencies as that paper perpetrated during the last campaign. The fall from Dow to Woolley covers a long distance. Tho looker-on fails to see what thero is In the corr.ing of Colonel Roosevelt into tho presidency to kindle the hopo in the breasts of place seekers that they have a better chance now than under Mr. McKinley. They may be sure that the President will make no changes simply to give other men places. He 13 not that sort of man. If any incumbent is inefficient he will be got rid of, but if not he will serve: out his term. Before the assassination of the President all the surface Indications pointed to Republican success in Ohio because intelligent voters are satisfied with the administration, iiinco the death of the 1 resident not tho least doubt exists that the Republicans will carry the State by a decided majority. Neither party has begun an active speaking campaign, but the Republicans will begin during the present week. An Interesting fact that has been overlooked In connection with the recent national trngedy is that the highest mountain in America bears the name of McKinley. The distinction of being the highest mountain o:i the continent was formerly accorded to Mount St. Elias, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia, and probably on the British side of the lir.e. That peak 13 between lS.uoO and llv.0 feet high. In the summer of Pi'S it -vas ascertained by a party from the United States geological survey that Mcunt Bullshot-, in Alaska, is over 10,000 feet high, or from l.OeO to 2,tXo feet higher than Mount St. Ellas, and so precipitous that its ascent is probably impossible. The name Bullshoe was

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guide on first beholding the peak. A few months later the name was officially changed to Mount McKinley, and that will bo it1? permanent designation. Thus the name of the martyr President will be forever perpetuated by the highest mountain in America, THE JESTERS. After Spunkln the Kid. Brooklyn Life. Mr3. Eenham How do you pjell Ut-nham What difference does It make how srcll it? You wouldn't speil It the samt way. The Lnnt Strnw. Puck. Daughter But, i ar a, h Is my iJeal! Father Great Scott! If anybody eU-e had toll me that against that your.c man I wouldn't hava believed it. AVlij- She Complains. Philadelphia Bulletin. "he Cna3 fault with her husbani's salary they say." "Yes; she says it In't like her father used to make." So Ilcnutif ully Modern. The Smart Pet. "13 your new rector an agrceabl man?" "Indeed he Is real nice; plays golf and sjuash, owns a naphtha launch and autommy, and besides, he ln't a bit religious." Sorry He Spoke. Brooklyn Eagle. Mrs. Boerum-You have got a headache, so you can't go to tchool, eh? I guess I will have to give you a dose of castor oil. Willie Boerum (weakening) Ma, d-don't you think Christian science would do? Aothing: More. Philadelphia Becoid. Hoax I thought he waa very charitable. Joax What made you think that? Hoax Why, lie sayj l,e always remembers the poor. Joax Of course; but it's merely a matter of memory, and no more. THE FUNNY MAN IN POLITICS. How the Hole In Exemplified by the Democratic Candidate for Mayor. To the ISditor of the Indianapolis Journal: One would hardly expect so ssdato and matter-of-fact a business man as Mr. Maguire to become facetious in so grave a paper as a letter of acceptance is usually supposed to be; jet, after very plai.ily declaring Iiis poiition on the questions at Is sue in the campaign, he cracks some huge Jokes, apparently for no purpose but to stretch out his letter to the regulation length of such papers. Ills declaration of the policy he proposes to adopt is one of the most concise and explicit ever couched in the same number of words, having the additional advantage of a life-like picture by which its 'true inwardness may be easily understood. In short, he says: "Behold the glorious administration of Mr. Taggart! I indorse it from A to Izzard, and I will duplicate it to the best of my ability, especially by enforcing all just laws and letting all oth&r laws go dead; myself being judge as to what laws are Just." Having thus defined his position on the only questions in the campaign, he lapses Into a humorous mood and begins to crack jokes. For instance, he says there shall be no politics in his'n only pure business; and then declares that the opinion of the Superior Court that the city has no power to compel the railroads to elevate their tracko is a bit of Republican rottenness which ought to be rebuked by electing him mayor. Just what ought to be dono to rebuke the Republican Supreme Court If it sustains this opinion he does not say. Nevertheless, his voice is still for elevated track3. Bless the good man! Whose voice is not? But how to get elevated, tracks In the face of the law is tho burning question. It seems never to have occurred to him that if Mr. Taggart had considered the ordinance which regulates the speed of locomotives in the city a "just" law the railroads would be tho plaintiffs, not the defendants, in a suit to compel tho city to permit them to elevate their tracks. However, it is a good joke, all the same, to de clare that he, too, is with us all and is in favor of elevating tho tracks. It is in bad form for any one to laugh at his own jokes, but he must hav laughed heartily in his sleeve when he so soberly announced that he is not in favor of selling natural gas by measure. He shall have a chrorno if ho will find anj-body who is, except the Indianapolis (Jas Company and a few who think it would be good policy to prolong the luxury for future use by preventing present waste. But it is a good joke, all the same, and It helps to lengthen out his letter; but he can hardlj imagine that anybody will vote for him on that account. One of the very best jokes of the whole batch is his rolemn averment that he is in favor of going on with the park system, except that It smacks a little of a felonious attempt to steal Republican thunder, uoes ho not know does not everybody knowthat it was during the Republican ascendency of a quarter of a century ago that Garfield Park, the first park of the system, was bought? But, as there is nothing mcfwi about Republicans, they never thought of making political capital out of a purely local municipal transaction which can no more have a party significance than can the question of straightening Rogue's run. However, the humor is good, and the only persons that can be offended are the Democrats whose traditional pride protests against wearing the cast-off shoes of Republicanism if there is any party question in it. Rut thr-re have been serious criti cisms ns to the enormous prices paid for some of the park lands, hence this joke mav not be so very funny, seeing that more la nils are to be bought, and he promises to follow in Mr. Taggart's steps. Put. after nil. tho boss joke of all i3 the solemnity with which he attributes the pheiomenal growth of Indianapolis these six years to the wise and beneficent administrations of Mr. Tagarart. whereas this has had no more to do with it than the said administration has had to do with the immense peach crop of the season. Peach trees obeyed the laws of peach growth. aTd a good crop is the result in spite of Mr. Taggart's open saloons, high-priced lands, temporarv loans, empty treasury and the other distinctive features which Mr. Maguire proposes to perpetuate. Every boy in the Hi;h School and some of the girls know that the growth and prosperity of Indianapolis is only s. section of the general prosperity of the whole country, begotten and nurtured by the wise commercial, financial and military policy of the Republican party ever since it came into power in ivd. adjusting details from time to time so as to adapt them to the changed conditions of the hour; the same in its scope in the times of war as in peace, seeking the welfare of all, even as the last speech of the martyred President suggests modification of policies that were wise in their day so as to adapt them to the new conditions thes- very measures had brought about, notwithstanding every distinctive measure has been opposed at every stage b' the Democratic party, to which Mr. Maguire appeals tor the indorsement of Mr. Taggart's blunders. Even Mr. Cleveland's two unfortunate administrations could only temporarily cheek this swelling tide of prosperity; much less can the blunders of Mr. Tagsart's administrations seriously äfftet Indianapolis. And should an Inscrutable Providence, on account of nny sins of omission or commission, have in store for us a perpetuation of his policy In the person of Air M:isruire. the material interests of Indianapolis will suffer but little. The foundations of our prosperity are too per-n-.nnont for such a calamity to seriously affect f.s. But what of tho moral effects? Is there nothing to be feared in the spirit cf anarchy which defies all law? that are meint to restrain vice, from the kindercart" n srhocl of crime, the unenforced curfew nv.-. to the wide-orn saloon, the unrestrained gambling h'i's. the armed vagabonds, the d.fnnt Runcaloo gancs. the murderous bivcl and locomotive is there nothing in this? The killing of a Prec'rb-.nt Is onlv a ripr s.nsrr of the nirit of lawIfccnes which obtHln In Indianapolis and nthr clMes In wh'eh the Jpw-deflers ar a unit In st'nnort of thou. v.hn will connive nt crie while nth"s are 1n'71"ferpnt. TTaprdly, Mr. Micuire hws de1nd h! position. H will enforce no Irw tht he rlcei? unjust. Wht law the-e are the Tnccrart administration declare. ard he Is pledged to ?dont the c:nie n h' own onhi'nn. He does rot have even th meHt of running as a Democrat only n5 nr. echo of Mr. Tacrcirt to perpetuate the whole of T3""rtism. U. I SEE. InJlanaDolIa. Scot. IL

RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

General McCIellan. "General McCIellan" is the title of the latest issue in Appleton's "Great Commanders" series, edited by Gen. James Grant Wilson. This volume is written by Gen. Peter S. MIchie, so long the professor of natural and experimental philosophy at West Point. Of all the prominent generals connected with the Union armies during the war of the rebellion there has been a wider difference of opinion respecting Gen. George B. McCIellan than concerning any other. It cannot be doubted that he was a man of high character, sincere patriotism and possessed of those engaging qualities which give a man hosts of friends who are as truo as steel. lie also possessed that higher gift called magnetism, which compels the admiration and confidence of masses of men. These gifts enabled him to cause officers who were his superiors In military ability to bo his champions. General McCIellan was the North's hero early in the war because of successes in West Virginia. He had been sent abroad to witness the Crimean war and had Written a report which attracted wide attention. With this reputation he came to the Army of the Potomac after the fiasco of the first battle of Bull Run. He displayed rare Capacity in reorganizing the demoralized army and the hundreds of new regiments. He had the confidence of the country, so that the greatest achievements were expected of him. It is charitable to him to say that he did not meet the expectations of the country. The biographies of General McCIellan heretofore published wre written by his admirers, but this book was written by a soldier without bias who had experience in the war for the Union and was connected with the army until his death a few months ago. Every uaire bears evidence of a judi cial spirit and conscientious purpose to do General McCIellan full Justice as well as those who were associated with him in the great drama in which he was a leading, if not the leading, actor. Just before his death Gen. Pitz John Porter, who was always the able champion of General McCIellan, wrote General Michie that his "is the best work ever written on the subject." With such an indorsement one may regard the conclusions of the writer as worthy of acceptance. As before stated, General McCIellan attracted the attention of the country by his campaign in West Virginia. It is claimed by some men that the success was due to the efforts of others. Nevertheless. General McCIellan was in command, and when the campaign was ended ho issued a fiamboy- j ant address to the "Soldiers of the Army of west irginia." This brilliant success prepared the country to expect great things of "Little Mac" when he was called to Washington. He began the organization of the Army of the Potomac. In such work he had no superior during the war. Under his direction raw regiments were formed into brigades and divisions, and soldiers for the field were made of raw recruits. There was never such an army in this country as that which General McCIellan organized about Washington during the fall of 11 and the winter of 16C2. From the showv staff of the commanding general to the last regiment to arrive everything was complete. He soon made things so uncomfortable lor the testy veteran General Scott that the latter retired, and soon after the command of all the armies in the field was under MeClellan's direction. Not much was said because General McCIellan did not advance during the late fall of ls-il. His reason for delay was that his army was too small to fight the rebels in the vicinity of Washington. During the winter the most eager Union people began to be impatient. .President .Lincoln was greatly tried, but General McCIellan was not disturbed, .saying that it would bo unwise to move until ne had such an army as was necessary. It was his misfortune that he always greatly overestimated the enemy. His 1'inkerton detectives made him believo that the enemy about Washington in the fall of PsGl was loo.OiKi strong, when it was known that it did not exceed 40,000. Finally the Peninsular campaign was planned and the Army of the Potomac was put iu motion. It was stopped by the enemy in participation at Yorktown, and a siege was begun with great elaboration. After a long time had been wasted which the Confederates utilized by getting their armies about Richmond Yorktown was evacuated. The whole thing was a ruse that deceived General McCIellan. Then followed the fighting about Richmond, in which our troops were badly handled. General McCIellan here, as when in Washington, put the rebel army at LVO.oon. when, as a matter of fact, it was not over half that number. But he fought and maneuvered as if with 100.000 men he were confronted with üuu.tfiü. At Malvern Hill, where his army was placed after the change of base in a strong position to oppose the advance of the rebels, the enemy was so cut up and demoralized that it was the Judgment of the best officers present that if McCleilan's army had taken the offensive it could have marched into Richmond. But while the battle was being fought General McCIellan was absent looking out a line of retreat to Harrison's Landing, where the army could be more easily reached with supplies. No one had authority to order an advance, but soon the order did. come from McCIellan to fall back to Harrison's Landi ing. General McCIellan attributed his par tial failure to the refusal of the President to send him McDowell's division of CO.OOO men stationed about Washington. In the campaign which culminateöTIn the battle of AntSetam General McCIellan im agined a vastly superior army in his front. ! The Confederate order of movement fell in to his hands, and would have enabled him to have easily crushed his enemy in detail If he had acted with promptness. "but he did not, and his opportunity was lost. Antietam ! was a uaeuy iougiit battle on the Union side. Laboring under hi3 constant delusion that the army of the enemy was superior to his own in numbers, the delivery of bat tle was hesitating and uncertain and the result was little better than a drawn battle with appalling loss. McClellan's strategy on paper was good, but he always failed in tactics. He was never before the enemy when his army was not as large or larger than that against him, yet so defective weie his tactics that when an engagement oc curred at any point his force was inferior to that of his opponent. His biographer says that only on one field was he near tho front lines to Inspire men. In fact, he left more important matters than details to his subordinates without consultation. It was not McCIellan who saved the armv in the seven days change of base from York to the James, but division commanders. like Fitz John Porter, Heintzelman and Frank lin. Scientifically the most accomplished sol dier in the army, the ablest organizer an pi my ever had. he lacked the capacity and the nerve to tight battles such as hiss suc cessors possessed. Such is thp judgment of this biographer, and ail the facts sustain It. For years he has been accused of lukewarmness. if not a lack of loyalty in its highest sense: the accusation Is false. The man who could accent a nomination from a convention and denounce its platform because he believed the war for the Union mu?t be fought to a successful Isue was not lacking in patriotism. General McCIellan was a man of fine personal character, hieh-mindrd and honorable, but after he had published bis own story of his connection with the war no defense could be made for him. for that story n a demonstration of his unfitness for the p'ace b so long occupied. D. Appleton & Co., New York. "When the I.niirt AVn n A' on n k. This story suggests, In some respects, "To Have and to Hold." Like that. It Is a first story, it Is written by a young lady, it deals with early colonial times, abounds with exciting Incident, and is likely to be very popular. The scene of the story is laid In South Carolina, or, as It was nrst called, Carolina, in the early beginnings of the colony. Capt. Jack Middle-ton, a young Englishman and one of the colonists, after a daring escape from the Indians, who had captured him. attempts to rescue his neighbor, Colonel Iluguenln, "a French Protestant, from the Spaniards of St. Augusiine, to whom the Yemasees had delivered him enntive. While on this search the colonel s daughter, Antoinette Huguenin, Is also captured by Spaniards and taken prisoner to St. Augustine. MIddletpn, with the help of Lumulgee, the war chief of the Choctaws, releases Antoinette and her father, but is himself overpowered, captured and hung In the death cage on the sea wall. Antoinette saves him. and he Is carried off by a buccaneer captain c.t Sir Henry Mor gan s fit et. on tne snip ne rinds a young French count who seems the double of Antoinette, but who is as rtckiess a young blood as any in .the vessel. After many adventures and sea fights they reach the pirate stronghold on Hispani.ila. and through many strange happenings and many startling developments, including tne storming and capture of Chagres and the favor of Sir Henry Morgan, the romance ends in V rsailles In the palace of King Louis tho tJreat. This brief outline of the story conveys no adequate idea of Its exciting action, which shifts from land to water and from the new to the old world in a manner thut keeps the Interest of the reader constantly alert. The. story Is picturesque in location, environment and uctlon. charming In detail and motive, dra-

matic In method, and absorbing in plot and surprises. It easily ranks among th most notable and entertaining of the romances based upon the early colonial days of American history. The style Is so clear and almost faultless that "one is surprised to encounter a grammatical error in a sentence which says: "Th-1 chief of our captors, whom we knew belonged to that warlike nation whose hunting grounds are from the borders of Carolina westward, rose to ills feet and began to speak." Perhaps.

however, it was an error in proof reading that p'aced whom for who This error. however, does not affect tho merits of one of the best stories of the season. It H written by Miss Lafayette McLaws and published by the Lothrop Company, Boston. Cinderella. The structure cf this book (by S. R. Crocket, published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York), when all is said and done, makes a diverting monument. A dozen familiar, overworked characters, quite tired with their last marching through a "newbook," put to rest a while in their dozen pigeon-holes; arrange the boxes neatly (taking care not to disturb the earned ret of the occupants), three on three, then atop the pile put "Miss Vic." She's fresh and young and won't learn her lines, bless her. She'd smother in a pigeon-hole1, and she'll give vou slang and good heart in her own way, hitting the handles to the boxes with her heels, mercilessly. Because of her, one reads to the very sweet end of the book. And by her side, for want of another place, put the astonishing steel bag with its red t-tripe. be burglar-alarmed lock and stuffing of rare rubies all the way from Burmah! Vic is the only person in the book they'd be quite safe with. She doesn't care a lig for rubies. An Interesting "curtain," truly. In the boxes are the hero. Carnes by name, perfectly safe nnd of warranted virtues; the old Scotch nurse, who refuses the old Scotch man in the next box every day for forty years, each time with a ringing slap and a trite Scotch jest; the scholarly minister who wanted to get married, but to hold a home in a pigeon-hole might do no such happy thing; the rich old lady of adjustable title, possessed of an eccentricity and endless money bags; the aunt, uncle and two fashionable daughters all eager to rob. .browbeat and humiliate the 'poor creature;' and Miss Cinderella herself, a nice girl, who wants to be happy, knows everything in books, oats and lives with beautiful serenity In the school room with the children, and even lets her hair "down in a becoming glare of sunshine just before tho hero comes unexpectedly on the scene. All these and several others line im, take cues and "go to sleep" with professional ob dier.ee. The make-ups are a bit strong. If there were rootlights between and one sat far back, all very well; but one takes a book at (lcAe range. Plays should be plays, and books, books. The heart of the book teats in the telling by Megsy of the story of "The rirst Hestor. Mr. Crocket wrote that to please himself. Isn't that the surest way. of rleaslng? ALICE WOODS. The Beleaguered Forest. Mrs. Elia W. Peattie, the author of tills story. Is a woman who has had much newspaper experience, having been connected with Omaha and Chicago papers. She is also known as the writer of clever short stories, but this is her first novel. Mrs. Feattie had the misfortune two or three years ago to lose the manuscript of this and another book on which she was at work in a fire that also destroyed note books and other literary accumulations of years. "A Beleaguered' Forest," then, lias the record of being twice written. It is the stery of an elf-like girl who, at the time the tale opens, has not yet "found herself." She fancies that she is an artist and establishes a studio, only to learn after a time that she is a failure in this line. Her guardian loses her small estate and while she is pondering without much anxiety, however, and a good deal like a butterfly she meets a man who, after a short acquaintance, asks her to marry him. She is young, she has no love for any other man, the marriage offers her a home and a refuge, and though she cares nothing for this suitor she marries him against the advice of her friends. He is a lumberman in northern Wisconsin and takes her at once to live in a lumber camp, with no society but his own and that of the wood-choppers. She learns presently that the man she has married is a victim of drugs, is moody, feels that he is haunted by a gray "shape" seen Hitting in the woods is, in short, verging on insanity. The remainder of the tale, which is told in the first person by the girl herself, is a study of the development of this gay, visionary creature whom no one understood, into a woman of line qualities and noble character. She accepts without complaint the unpleasant situation in which she finds herself, and does her whole dutj- by the unhappy man she has married. The descriptions of the primitive forest and the work of the loggers in destroying it are graphic and forceful and add much to the interest of the book. Evidently the author writes of what she lias seen. The story is quite original in theme and handling and gives an insight into the soul of a woman. L. Appleton & Co., New York. Green Valley. The author of this story, Mr. T. D. Bufflngton, is a Texan by birth. A biographical note says his literary career began when he was but eight 3ears of age. At that interesting period he wrote a drama, and named it "Blood." It is herewith given in full, with tho author's stage directions: -Act 1. Scene 1. Night in big large forest. Rain, thunder, lightning, sleet, hail, snow. Ghosts Hitting from tree to tree. Enter Bill Williams, murderer, thief, liar. Falls against tree. Tree must be made strong. Blood trickles on snow. Bill. Alas, If my trusty six-shooter had only Fhot. (Enter Abe, Bill's pard. Goes to Bill and lays hand on back.) Abe. Where are you going, Bill? Rill. To hell, eternal hell. (Bill falls. Curtain.) "Green Valley" is not a bloodthirsty story, though it contains some typical Texan incidents. Bricfiy it is a story of a man unjustly accuseel of crime, nnd of a woman conquered by love. Throughout the book one catches glimpses of the rural Texan as he really is, and, while the story possesses no literary or structural merit, it presents some probablv truthful pictures of Texan life end characters. It is issued by the Abbey Press, New York. The Crystal Sceptre. Literary Life declares that this book, written by Thilip Verrill Mighels and published by R. F. Fenno & Co., New York, should be classified with "She," "The Jun gle Rook' and "Robinson Crusoe." If Mighels, who Is described as "one of the successful American authors residing in London," is a follower of Haggard, Kipling and Defoe, then, like Peter, he "follows afar off." "She," if wholly impossible. gives the reader a locality shrouded to tills day in mystery as an appropriate setting; "The Jungle Rook," if fabulous and fantastic. Is filled with lessons for Its readers; of Defoe s classic it is not ne cessary to speak, for the youth of nearly two c?n turies have set the stamp of their approval upon it. "The Crystal Sceptre" 13 impossible. It has no setting of locality or legend. its diction is poor, its subject trash. It is not even Interesting, and its slang Is the fclang of twenty years ago, rarely rising abovo the dignity of "Gee wniz. The story opens in a balloon, from which the hero soon loses his comrades. Later be is deposited on an unknown shore, among a red people, evidently a cross between baboons and chimpanzees. He regards them as "living linkr," and calls them the Link people. lie becomes the ir king, wages successful war on a tribe of black "links," recovers a beauteous white maiden, gains a golden treasure and sails away, presumably to be happy ever after. "The Crystal Sceptre," from the Fcnno press, New York. AVhen n "Witch In Young. The title of this story suggests witchcraft in the early days of Massachusetts. The s-i ne of the story is laid In that period. but It deals more with the witchery of love than it does with witchcraft of the other kind, though the latter does figure to some extent. The story deals mainly with the adentures on land and sea and the Jove affair of Adam Rutt, a white boy reared among Indians, captured by the Puritans at King Phillip' downfall, and afterwards adopted by a Boston shipbuilder. The boy becomes a sailor and bus many htrange adventures, especially in the quest of a treasure Khip. which brings him and his adopted father wealth galore. Adam's wooing of Garde Merrill, a beautiful Puritan mall whom he finally wins and marries, is the main theme of the tory. The only witch besides the pretty heroine is old Goody Dune, a faithful friend of Garde's, who Is accused of witchcraft and imprlsoneei. and whom Garde heroically tries to liberate.

The story is full of Ini :d. nt. ;ir 1 Is v !!' written. The auth r. who..- i..,rr.,- i unknown, ass'.lTTH s tb' cM ,'-. ud"'.vt:j cf 4-1'J-O.). New York: R. 1 Ftnno V Co.

The Story of Klntc Alfred. Th npprt-arrirg teh brat: on of the cr. thousandth anniversary f th .bath ? King Alfred led ir Walter Bcsjnt, n t long before his death, to prepare a bri' f biography of this early English rub r, or, as he calls him, "the gp-atst (.f nil i;r. gli-hmen." Sir Walter wished h!s countrymen to know why the celebration is to be held In Winchester, to understand what manner of man Alfred was, what kind of a world he Jived in. wh;.t he did. how he saved England, and made "th. retard rf enterprise and success of freedom. f )- quest, of wtaltli and prosptrdy, cf strengt ii and honor, possible- and .isy f accomplishment." To achieve this task the uitl'tr evidently delved deeply into the rally histories and" all the works cati:ir li.-lit upon the subject. As a nsult h prodm l a little volume which gives in clear narrative form and without needless d. tail all the essential facts of Alfred s r ipn. It 1 a story worth reading anew even by thov who feel that they know what is to bo krown of the historv of that time. The Appletons hive publish-d it in ttuir "library of Useful s5tories"-a very fittir.fr place. Hiley Farm Rhyme. Mr. James Whitcomb Riley's publisher?, the Bowen-Merrill Company, have silected a number of the author's poems of rural flavor and have given them an especially artistic setting in a separate volume. S many of Mr. Riley's productions have to do with country scenes and incidents that to choose even the most ponular ones mu.-t have been a matter requiring careful consideration. The selection has, however, been made judiciously, in the collection, are to be found "The Brook Song.". "Tho Clover," "A Country Pathway." "Griggsby's Station." "How John Quit the Farm." "Knee Deep in June." "O'.d-fashiont d Roses," "A Song of Ixng Aso." "When the Frost Is on the Punkin" and others all old favorites and all poems that those who lov them will be glad to have in this form. Tie volume, which is handsomely printed and bound, is profusely and beamifullv illustrated by Will Vawter. win. bitter than any other artist, seems to citch the spirit of Mr. Riley's verse. His drawings are delightful portrayals of rural life, nnd are admirably reproduced. The volume is likely to be in demand. In the Michigan I, timber Camp. The author of this book, Charles A. Whlttier, has written several which have been popular among young readers. Although a business man, he has found time to personally conduct several parties of boys through interesting parts of our own and other countries, of which he has written lifelike narratives. Tills volume contains an account of such a tour through the Michigan lumber camps, and besides Im lng a genuinely good Mory of boy life it coneys instruction regarding the lumber Industry in the great northern forests nml other features of camp life. It i published In the "Boys' Vacation" series. New York: F. Tennyson Needy &: Co. The Golden Tooth. The title of this story might be that of an inn or something of that kind, but it refers to an artificial golden tooth, tho loss of which afforded an amateur detective an opportunity to exercise his powers. The same detective figures in various other incidents and situations throughout the story as a sort of good angel for the protection of those deserving it and the punishment of those meriting that treatment. The story Is one of plots, villainies and hair-raising incidents. With these and plenty of rapid action it is a story which any person beginning will be pretty sure to read to the end. It is written by J. Maclaren Cobban, author of several pop ular novels, and is published by I . M. Buckles & Co. Success Booklet. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. are making a distinct contribution to helpful literature by publishing in uniform style a scries of small volumes by Dr. Orison Swctt Marden, editor of Success and one of the most noted workers and prolific writers of the time. The volumes at hand are entitled, respec tively. "Cheerfulness as a. Rife lewr. "An iron Will. "Character tne t.irandc-t Thing in the World," "Good Manners and Success" and "The Hour of Opportunity. It would be difficult to compass in the sitne space more inspiring thought and helpful suggestions than are contained in these volumes, ami their style is as attractive as their manner i.-j wholesome and bracing. The Clinse of lie "Wet. Readers of current literature in war times know that the best accounts of military movements and descriptions of army life which furnish material for history are written by war correspondents. This book is of that class it being a graphic and eminently readable account of one of the most notable episodes in the British-Boer war. It is written by Frederick H. Howiand, an American, who was war correspondent for the London Dally Mall and the Providence Journal. Although it comes a little late in the list erf South African war books, it is one of tho best ami is instructive as well ns Interesting. Providence: Preston Rounds Company. For Little People. Premonitions of Christmas begin to tppear already in pretty books for children. Band, McNally & Co., Chicago, Issue "A Pirate Frog and Other Tales." a highly illustrated volume of amusing v rs by W. A. Frisbie. with beautiful c lor, d pictures by F. R. Bartholomew. From 1!m Abbey press. New York, the Journal has received "How Tommy Was Cured of Crying" and other bright rhynv-s tor tin little ones bv elertrude R. Mitchell Waife; "Tabbv's Defense," a pretty story in vindication of the eat. by Harriet Elli'd. Both of these books are pritti'y illustra tod and daintily bound. Colli iism I'oein. "Birds Uncaged ami Other Po ins," by Burton L. Collins, published by the Abbey Press, has been received. The publishing house is a new one. The book includes a photograph of the author. Here is the first verse of the opening poem: "With nervous hand I open wide the doors. And bid these birds inhabit haunts of m n. If some sad soul be gladdened by their strains. Rich am 1 then rewarded for my pains." Such generosity will, of course, be its own reward. A. W. A Girl of Chicago. In this story Mrs. Mary M. Parker, author of "A Fair Maid of Florida," e-JTers a society novel, a tale ef the newly rh h in .t great city. The rise of a, Chicago millionaire in society, a bachelor dinner, an afternoon tea. the appearance of an Ei.cli.sh lord and tiie marriage of the millionaire's daughter arc a few of the incidents of .i story which is not ove-rwdghted with plot or moral purpose, but which deal entertainingly with some phases jf modern life in the lake city. New York: F. Tennyson Neely. Mneteen Thousand Pound. The pounds referred to in the title of this book are not measures of weight, but pounds sterling. The book is a ivi I tale of the detective typ, by B'-rfor l 1 'annoy, author of the "Garden Court M.-rd- r." etc. The plot turns ju the Ii- ip;. .er t:n e of including a munb r and a s ri- s of strange and t.i rtlirigr incidents l wioped by the search for the n.or.ey. Tl e story is a Rood one of its kind. New Ycrk: It. i Fenno & Co. Cupid In firaiidnin'M t.ardrn. The author of thi little book. Mrs. PavM O. Paige, was formerly Mi.-s Maud Ibid, and was born and grew up in Indianapolis, where die fngij-'-'d in kiieb rg arte n work. "Cupid In Grandma's Grdc" is a story in rl.vnn'. in which the rd nations and Pe affairs of the tloWers t! .a mike up an o!dfaslibmed garden are- .'.one in clever v r.-e. it is appropriately illustrated. Th" Ablny Press. Cat 'I wie In Vere. The friends of eats will welcome In this little book a new tliir.. It is a collection cf clever -rs-s ; about ais and kltt :iK, th ir tricks and their minners. The rhymes, some of which po.-se-s reel men;, are by Mr. Elliot Walker, and t.iey are illustrated bv C. H. Kowv. The Abbey Press. Current Periodical. The general interest in all matters affecting public franchise will give nclil effect to R. R. Bowker's article cn "Th