Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 277, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 October 1901 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURXAL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1901

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C It kss House, thbitt IIou.s and WjIIard'H II tr 1. Increase of city lvy in six years. -1 i-'-per cf-nt.; incroai of the city debt, W per cent, in the .ame time. Mayor Taggart has been a reformer several times during the la.U six years in fact, durins every compaitfn preceding each city election. And now we are told that the borrowing of money for the current expends cf government i.s in conformity with the principles of Andrew Jackson. The historic army which Falstaff mustered many years a so has had no parallel In that line until .the Maguire army was mustered for pay last Saturday. When Mayor Taggait said that h; could meet the current expenses of the city on a üa-cent levy he should have been asked to give a bond to make good any deficit. With his political environments and limitations "Me-too" Maguire could not improve on the TdL'art administration if he wanted t, and he has said he would not if he Collld. It Is complained that the Maguire officials have put the voting places in many KepuMican precincts as far as possible from the center of population, but this fact fchould not x interfere with Republicans goins to the polls. Largely because of the reduction of ex penditures tiie treasury surplus ior tM-p-tember reached the hU;h figure or ?Il',12n,0, but the Indianapolis d. licit will be Increased several thousands which has been used to cnthuso the Maguire street brigade. If the Republicans of Indianapolis give a lull vote next Tuesday the lb-publican t'ck-:t will be elected by more than l,r)0 plurality, butlf all the voters who have bad enoinh of TagK-'r:im vote the Republican ticket the plurality would be at least No one is able to tell how many thousands of dollars the city clerk has neglected to collect of gamblers and violators of the license law. but the aggregate, when ascertained by the deputy of the attorney general, will be large enough to make the bondsmen cf the present clerk very unhappy. "Do you want the laws enforced to the letter? Rather, shouldn't jomo discretion be exercised?" So said Mayor Taggart In a night speech to a mixed audience. This community Is pretty wll convinced that he has exercised a great deal of discretion in enforcing laws in the interest of Taggartism. Should Mr. Maguire be elected mayor, of which there seems no likelihood, he would take the revised Taggart oath, something as follows: "I swear that 1 will enforce the laws which have no discretion with the discretion of my sponsor, Thomas Taggart. fo help me," etc. The extent and violence of the strike now froir.g on of draymen and stevedores in San Francisco are rot generally appreciated in tiJj part of" the country. A r t'ent of that city sas there is almost a complete t!e-i p in transportation, and that Mnce the strike tegin more than CAV asauks hive occurred, and two murders. Capt. W. R. Knglish has not forgotten why he left the Deim cratic party. In admitting that Mayor Taggart and "ile-too" Miguire are good ftJIows personally, he eay?: "Rut we must hot forget that these men and their associates were affiliated last fall with a party which had for a leader a man whov po'itlcal principles are the incarnr.tion of focialism, populism nr.d anarchism." Mr. Robert II immohd. of London, lli.gland. one of the mot noted engineers of threat Rrltain, ar.d who i now making a tour of American cities to inspect street railway piopertits, says that Anierici is far ahe-id of RnglanJ. both as to extent of svstems and excellence of seri-e. Americans who hive been abroad know this, but It is rather surprising for an Rng!ihman to admit it. The nomination of IM ward M. Shepard by Tamn:any shows the desperate straits the Croker organization is i:i. Mr. Sl.epard has always oppoM Tammany, and four years ago be supported SVth Low. In the campaign no ruan more bitt rly denounced Tammany, speaking of it as a grinding tyranny of bl n krnait, and that it "is an oligarchy" and its "tradr is that of a highway man." The manager of the cornier carnival have secured some first-class attractiens, which have ritver'been j.em in this part of the country and may never viit her again. These, with the lora$ features, the fi.,ra! parade, the horse show, etc., will form a combination of entertainments which ought to draw a grat crowd. The Ity has fallen

Into the habit of depending on its location and the efforts of fraternal societies and othr organizations to bring crowd?, but in this case the people should n member it is their own affair, anl the credit of the city is to home extent involved in its success. For this reason the managers should have cordial support.

ivwix; off Tin: mauliiii: ahmy. "I have teen in this oKice several years," said a clerk in the county treasurer's otllce yesttrday, "but I have never seen such a procession of men unfit for labor as filed by the cashier's window last Saturday bearing street and bridge gang checks." Another employe said: "I wish that snap shots could have been taken of the crowd and pictures rr.-ade to send out to the voters. In the line there were not fifty men who could do a fair day's work. Men who looked on recognized the 'bums' that hang about the saloon3. One man gave the name of a pickpocket in the line and another recognized several members of the Uur.galoo gang." A citiztn whose attention was called to the crowd took a look at the men, after which he said: "I do not think there were fifty men In the line that could do a day's work; the most of them were old and broken, some even having paralysis so that they could scarcely move. One man could not take his money from the cashier's window without assistance because of shaking palsy. It seemed as if there had been a muster of all the 'bums' who hang about the most disreputable saloons In the city." This form of robbing the taxpayers of Indianapolis has been going on for several week, but the infamy reached Its climax last Saturday. These 4 men were paid not less than J J, Gov, two-thirds of which at lea&t was paid to men who could not give thu city any return in labor for a day's wages. It is believed by men whose opinions regarding the matter are of value that many of these men did not pretend to do any work, but were put upon the pay roll only for pajment just before the election. This condition, however, cannot relieve the proceeding of any of the infamy connected with it, since it Is no better to pay men who cannot earn wages to stand about with hoes and shovels In their hands than it would be to have their names placed upon the pay roll for payment without putting in an appearance. This has always been the Taggart practice, but the outrage grows with the Increasing years of his rule over the chy. There has not been an election when the people's money has not been used to bribe voters in this way. It Is worse j this year than ever before. At a time when the Taggart officers are asking the Council for loans for current expenses beyond the legal limit not less than $10,000 will have been paid out by next Tuesday to the halt, the lame and to others who would not work if they could. How much of this money is retained for campaign purposes Is not known, but one man who had three vouchers said that he had already paid $5 for Mr. Maguire. As this robbing of the taxpayers has been more indecent thl3 year than heretofore, what could not the Maguire supporters do a year hence if they had a compliant Council and a general election were pending? They could transfer unexpended balances to the park fond and put a thousand men at work just before the election, no matter from whence they came so long as they could be made to vote the Democratic ticket. Who are In this conspiracy to rob the city treasury? It could not be done without the order or approval of the Roard of Public Works, of which candidate Maguire is a member. He is the chief beneficiary, and he cordially indorses all of the Taggart administration. Including the use of the city's money to keep a lot of men in line if not to secure campaign contributions. There Is but one way to put an end to this use of taxpayers' money to bribe voters, and that Is for all voters who do not approve of it to go to the polls next Tuesday and vote the Republican ticket. Tili: TAY' LOK KXTUAIJITIOX CASK. Considerable interest attaches to Governor Durbln's action on the requisition of the Governor of Kentucky for the return of Messrs. Taylor and Finley for trial in that State on the charge of complicity In the murder of William Goebel. As the Governor has promised to read the voluminous record and opinions uf the Kentucky court in the Powers and Howard cases before deriding on the requisition, his decision will not be known for some time. He was under no obligation to read the record referred to, and his promise to do so w?s a concession to the importunity of Mr. Arthur Goebel, brother of the late senator. Such personal Importunity and insistence by outside parties Is unusual, but they are in keeping with other features of this case It Is not only unusual but Indecent for outside and unofficial persons to attempt to bring pressure to bear to influence the official action of a Governor upon a requisition from tho Governor of another State. The Constitution and the laws define his duties without any limitation upon his discretionary power, and he is presumed to know what light he should seek or what rule of action he should adopt without dictation or suggestion from unofficial and unauthorized parties. Having promised to read the record in the Powers and Howard cases the Governor will, of course, do so, but it does not followthat his action, will be influenced byit any more thin was the judgment of all fair-minded men outside of Kentucky regirding the infamy of the trial on which the record is based. The record is Incomplete if it does not show that, on appeal, the Judgment cf the lower court in the Howard case was unanimously reversed by the Kentucky Court of Appeals, consisting of four Republican and three Democratic judges, on the ground that he did not have a fair and Impartial trial. Such is the fait, and even without such reversal it is notorious that the tria'.s of Howard and Powers were a travesty on justice and a disgrace to the State where they occurred. The same judge who presided at th-e trials and who is now asking to be elected United States senator as a reward for his prostitution of law and justice would preside at thrt trial of ex-Governor Taylor if he were sent back. With a packed jury and a vindictive partisan judge he would not have the ghost of a chance uf a fair trial. It is not exaggeration to siy that his conviction has alrtady been deeldid upon, and is contingent solely upon his capture. Ex-Governor Taylor is not a fugitive from justice; lie is a fugitive from injus tii e. Clovernor Durbin has a right to take official notice of these facts and conditions in acting on the requisition n-w before him. The executive of a State need not shut his eyes to facts and conditions which artpatent to every tair-minüed person. The contention that a Governor has ho discretion but to honor every requisition made

on him by the Governor of another State is absurd. It has no foundation In law, in reason or in practice. He has large dis-

! cretion in the matter. It is not alone for the Governor making the requisition to represent that a person Is a fugitive from justice; the Governor on whom the requisition is made must be convinced of the fact. To be a fugitive from justice one must be trying to escape from a fair trial before a Just judge under an indictment regularly and fairly returned. A Governor on whom a requisition 13 made must be his own Judge whether these conditions exist. Acting on this view the governors of different States have at different times refused to surrender alleged fugitives from Justice. One of the earliest cases of the kind was in 1S0, when the Governor of Kentucky rifurxd to surrender a man charged with kidnaping a colored man from this State, on the ground that the Indiana law whicir the man was charged with violating was unconstitutional. There have been many later cases in New York, Ohio and other States In which governors havedeclined to honor requisitions from the governors of other States for reasons satisfactory to themselves. No attempt has ever been made to overrule the decision of ihe executive of a State In such a case or to prevent him from exercising discretionary power, and It would be Idle to make such an attempt, because the Constitution and the laws clearly Invest him with such power. They never Intended to require a Governor to lend himself to a conspiracy for the prostitution of Justice and the wreaking of personal vengeance under the mutilated forms of law. The semi-annual dividends announced by the American Sttel Corporation are equivalent to an annual dividend of 11 per cent, on Its capital stock. As a considerable portion of the stock is what Is called water, the dividend is really much larger, measured on the baIs of real value. The stock is said to be widely scattered, so that the profits will go to a much larger number of people than were the orginal owners of the plants which were purchased for the combination. Such profits, however, contain an element of danger, since such large returns will be likely to induce capitalists to go into the business. Landsmen living nearly a thousand miles from the scene of the international yacht race cannot be expected to get much excited over the event, but they ought to rejoice, as they do, in the triumph of American skill and seamanship. The winning of yesterday's race by the Columbia greatly Increases the chances of her winning three out of five and keeping the cup. It should be a source of gratification to everybody that the races are conducted so fairly as to be entirely above criticism from any quarter. It seems to be a clear case of the best boat winning. A curicus fact about the negroes in Georgia is that although prospering materially they do not seem to care about the right to vote. Tax returns from all the counties In the State shew the total taxable property of negroes to be $1j,C20,S11 for 1301, against $14,11 $,7l in l!00f an increase in one year of H.Slljyi. Yet the Atlanta Constitution says that while the negroes have the same right tc voto as the whites, ani can exercise It without restriction, they do not seem to care for it. If that is the case they need educating in the duties of citizenship. The Republican managers have kept their pledge to the Democratic committee not to use beer In the campaign, but since the mayor took the campaign In hand free beer has been abundant. An evening paper reports that not only are voters given beer by the schooner, but boys of fourteen or fifteen years of age are allowed to drink freely. THE JESTERS. Cause for Joy. Fir?t Tramp I cot an awful ttonebrulse on my heel yesterday. Second Tramp You ought to be thankful that it's not a soap-stone bruise. Unexpected. London Kingr. Gladys Fcrdy's rich uncle is dead. Her Drother Jack Was it expected? Gladys Oh, not at all. Why, only last week Ferdy asked me to marry him! Too Much Work. Catholic Standard. Hicks He say Christian science makes him tired. You should hear him swear about It. Wicks The idea! Why should he bother so rauch about it? Hicks lie has to. He's the coroner, you know. Lucky Incident. New York Times. Mae (to Totty) Where are you going', little one? Y'ou seem in a great hurry. Tottle Yeth, I have vewy much thingth to do. Yethterday a little baby thither came to our houtho an papa vath traveling on the road. I tell you It wath h:cky mamma wath home when tshe cam, or I wouldn't have known what to do. A Person to Flee From. Washington Star. "Why la It that fo few people feem anxious to talk to Mr. Carpinjton? Re seems very well Informed." "That's Just (he difficulty," answered Miss Dimr'eton. "lie's one of those dreadful men who know enough to correct jour mistakes when jcu quote the classics and who don't know enough not to do it." MANILA A GREAT PORT. A Scotch .Mcrchnnt l)Icue Commercial Angle of Philippines. New Orleans Times-Democrat. J. C. Donaldson-Sim, a Scotch m?rchant from Manila, was at the St. Charles yesterday. He is enthusiastic about the great port in the Philippine Islands. "Hemp, sugar and dried cocoanut or copra are the principal articles of export from Manila." said Mr. Sim. "Copra is used for making oil entering into the manufacture of the finer qualities of toilet soup. Upward

of Ihmvo tons of this product are annually 1 in the bonded debt of $7vv..0; that sort exporttd from the Philippines. In addition, j of management of vour affairs accounts between iV." and 3"0.wo tons of sugar and ' for a depleted city treasury; that sort of liM.oeiJ tons if hemp are exported yearly management accounts for the city having from these islands. These exports can reached the constitutional 2 per cent, debt both be expanded to much greater dimen- limit; that accounts for the fact that creditsions, and in the course of time Manila will ors of the city to-day are denied their be the greatest port in the Orient. Business i money because you are" unable as a city to is not active in the chief city of the Philip- borrow a single dollar more with wnich pines now because of the unsettled condi- ! to pay the ordinary household expenses of lion of affairs. An orderly system is being ) the city government. brought about by the United States gov- j "Every voter, every taxpayer, every citlernment, however, and there is no doubt j zen in Indianapolis of German extraction that the government this country will es- I under.-tands that the people have the right tablish will prove to be the lust the island j to the ownership and do own the pu!ilc ever had." I struts, and when your public servant Mr. Sim st eted that at the present time i grants to any man ;t franchise which seall ships entering the harbor of Manila i cures to hint the rb-;ht to enter upon those must anchor out in the middle of tho bay streets and enjoy possession thereof you and unload on lighters, which have to be ' have a rinht to insist that that public serv;ow d in to shore. j ant shall secure to you just and adeuuate

"This makes the expense of either unloading or loading freight a very heavy one. 1 do not know how lone it will be until the government completes the facilities to allow ships to come tip to the wharves, hut it will be ns seien as the werk can be done under the most competent of engineers and contractors." Labor Lender nml Arbitration. Columbus (Ind.) Republican. The labor leaders that have talked about arbitration so much are now proposing to arbitrate the trouble between themselves, hut are having Fome difficulty about agree-

AT GERMANIA HALL

HF.pt iiLicw mi:i:ti(; ( omimiscd of f;i:itMA-Mi:mcAs. .Mr. Ilookwnlter Wan Given a Hearty Jteeeptlon nml Itenponded -vvltli a Strong Speech. ATTORNEY GENERAL HEARD Mit. OTTO STKCIIIIAX ADHHESSED T1IH ALDIHNCi: IS GRU3IAX. Dr. Theodore A. "WaRner One of the Speakers II eituhlicii ii Vilified nt Democratic MeetiiiR. The meeting In Germania Hall last night under the auspices of the German-American Republican Club of Indianapolis was one of the most successful of the municipal campaign. The audience was not merely large and enthusiastic, but it was composed of evidently solid and substantial citizens. The speakers of the evening caught an inspiration from facing such a gathering, and their addresses were in conseduenco conspicuous for sobriety of thought and cogency of argument. Otto Stechhan presided over the meeting. As chairman It was his prerogative to deliver the opening address, but with characteristic courtesy he gave way to the Republican nominee for mayor and In a few appropriate words presented Mr. Ilookwalter, who was received with applause and cheers. Mr. Bookwalter expressed his pleasure at being able to address in person so many German-Americans. The speaker continued, saying in part: "When Mayor Taggart submits to you his series of published letters he challenges criticism on the part of his political adversaries, but no sooner do we commence the criticism of his political acts than he takes refuge behind the great mass of citizenship of Indianapolis and accuses us of a desire to slander the city In which we reside. I have a high appreciation of Mr. Taggart as an Individual, and I feel that it is not necessary for me to apologize tonight for alluding continuously to Mr. Tag gart, for the reason that, so far as the Democratic nominee In this campaign is concerned, I am fighting a shadow, and that shadow as cast by Mr. Taggart, for the reason that the candidate himself, in his letter of acceptance, declared that he stood only in the light of what had been done In the past six years, and only pledged himself to do the same for the people during the ensuing two years. Hence I say to you that when 1 refer in this talk to you to Mr. Taggart, I wish to have it un derstood that I refer at the same time to his shadow, Mr. Maguire, and when I arraign tho administration of Mr. Taggart, appreciating him at hi3 full worth and accepting him at the estimate placed upon him by his most enthusiastic admirer and partisan, I at the same time cannot as a reasonable citizen admit that he has grown to be so great that we cannot criticise his public . acts without being charged with slandering our home town. TAGGART'S LETTERS. "In the letters submitted by Mr. Taggart he alludes to his business administration of public affairs. Why, my friends, if it is business to spend this week the money you expect to earn next week, and if it is business next weeK, after you have pledged your credit to maintain the expenditures of the past week, to continue those expenditures in the same volume if not greater than the ones that caused you to pledge your credit; if it is business, I say, for an individual to do that, then it is business for Mr. Taggart, in the months of July, August and September, to spend the money that he would not receive until November. "I shall not insult the financial intelligence of the German people of IifHlanapolls by attempting to justify such action. You understand a financial problem as quickly if not more quickly than any other element of our community and you know, just as Mr. Taggart knows, that when he spends three and four months before it Is received the money which should be held in trust to pay tho expenses for the succeeding six months after November, that he has been guilty of mismanagement of your affairs, and It is only his dire political necessities that cause him to argue that he has been economical In the management of your affairs. Why, my friends, you realize that I cannot talk to you at length upon the issues of the campaign, for the reason that I have been assigned to four other meetings to-night, but when I think that after six years, after an Increase in the bonded indebtedness of over $700,000, after an Increase in the floating indebtness of nearly JjO.CHAI, after the expenditure of a cash balance left by the last Republican administration of nearly JtUXiol, that Mr. Taggart can to-day present himself through Mr. Maguire to the people of Indianapolis and ask for their approval of his conduct, conduct which he claims to have been upon good business lines, I say to you that I cannot to-night allow the opportunity to pass without specifically calling your attention to the mismanagement that has brought about the present conditions. "During the past three or four days I have had an examination made of the city engineer's office In order to determine just how many men were to-day being borne upon the pay rolls. I am informed and I have seen the list of those men I am informed that to-day thirty-four inspectors and one chief inspector, tho thirty-four drawing salary at $00 per month and the chief inspector at $73 per month, are borne upon the rolls of the city of Indianapolisbeing nearly two and one-fourth inspectors for every job under process of construction in the city this evening. In the face of that condition he calls your attention to his business management of affairs." WHEELING WOODEN BLOCKS. Mr. Bookwalter showed how the street repair pay roll has leaped In the past four weeks from less than $300 per week to more than $1,300 per week, with a fair prospect of attaining $1,500 by the end of the present week. Then he spoke of seeing on North Meridian street men engaged In the delect- ! able occupation of wheeling paving blocks from- one side of the street to the other. "Those blocks," said Mr. Bookwalter, "have been like Coxey's army on one continuous move ever since they left the freight car in which they wc-ru shipped to Indianapolis. lApplause.l And that Is what Mr. Taggart calls a business administration. I I Laughter. 1 That accounts for an increase return for the privilege. Applaurse. And in this connection 1 wish to pUdge to my fellow-citizens of Indianapolis that after 1 shall have been eltcted mayor, as I am satisfied I will be Igreat applause, on the Mb day of October that there shall be inaugurated in this city on Thursday, the Mh. an administration devoted to the proposi!ien that any and all corporations seeking special advantages in the use of the streets of the city shall be compelled to ren der to the people that just ar.d adequate return." IGreat applause. Mr. Book waiter here reviewed the letting of the contract for the Gumewcll police th graph system and then passed to the familiar story of the sudden breakdown of

the fire alarm telegraph system and the almost equally sudden letting of a contract

for an entire new plant at a cost of M,WJ In excess of what would have been the expense of restoring the old system to perfect service. Mr. Bookwalter also took up the Stuekmeyer waste paper box franchise and showed up its glaring iniquity. Next followed the heating franchise and the attempt to give the company that secured the valuable contract the franchise also for furnishing the city with electric light, fhe latter scheme only frustrated by a court decision. As to the "natural gas meter" bogy of Mayor Taggart Mr. ' Rookwalter declared there never had been any intention on the part of Republicans to introduce meters, and for himself he had Inserted in his letter of acceptance a pledge to unalterably oppose any such attempt. In his closing remarks Mr. Bookwalter addressed himself directly to the German voters of the city. lie said: CLOSING REMARKS. "An effort has been made to convince you, representatives, as you are, of that great mass of our citizenship of German extraction, that the election of the Republican ticket in this campaign would prove inimical to your Interests. I wish to say to you as a man of German extraction, as a member of the German House and the Maennerchor, that I believe that I am able to enter into the true spirit of the German character applause, and if I am elected mayor of the city of Indianapolis shall endeavor to give you an administration of which all citizens can well approve at the expiration of my term of office. "I ask for your suffrages, I ask for your votes, with the pledge to you that at the expiration of my term of office I shall deliver over the city of Indianapolis in better financial condition than it finds itself today, and I shall deliver the city of Indianapolis to my successor satisfied that the good people of Indianapolis. Germans and others aiike, those who believe in good government, shall render their verdict in favor of the proposition that I have given to this people the administration which thev most desired. Applause. "My friends, 1 thank ycu for this opportunity. I ask you. Democrats and Republicans, believers, as you are. in good government, because I congratulate myself that the German people here in Indianapolis, as everywhere, are in favor of good government! ask you. Democrats and Republicans alike, to favor ne wjth your ballots on the Sth of October, and you. my Democratic friends, who have grown tired of voting for the same old gang, who have grown tired of seeing the same faces peer at you through the windows of the city offices as they peered at you through the windows of the county auditor's office, I appeal to you, my Democratic friends, and you, my Republican friends, to give to me your suffrages in favor of an administration, and then ask you on Thursday, the 10th of October, to come to the City Hall and see a new mayor of Indianapolis and see a new Republican broom make a clean sweep of the old rooms." Mr. Bookwalter left the platform and made his way out of the hall amid applause, cheers and stamping of feet. As he walked to the exit his hands were grasped by ardent admirers on both sides. MESSRS. STECHHAN AND TAYLOR. Chairman Stechhan delivered his address In the German tongue, a compliment that was heartily appreciated by the audience. The speaker referred to the stock argument made to the German voters by the German Democratic press that if ' Bookwaiter is elected the old "tight" regime of Mayor Denny will be restored, and refuted this clearly and vigorously. Mr. Stechhan also took up the claim made that the Demoeratje ticket carries the names of eight Germans, while the Republican ticket has only two German names on it, and effectually disposed of this alleged argument by reading to the audience the names of eleven Irishmen from the Democratic ticket. This bright sally evoked a storm of hearty merriment. The chairman did not spoak at length, saying that he wished to give the other speakers an opportunity. In introducing Attorney General Taylor Mr. Stechhan paid the State's chief law officer such high tribute that the latter was nearly overcome with confusion. Rallying quicklv, however, Mr. Taylor put himself instantly in harmony with the audience bv saying to them: "Ich verstehe Deutsch besser als Ich kann sprechen Deutsch." From all parts of the hall came: "That's good!" Mr. Taylor spoke, in rart, as follows: "You recall the early history of Europehow the Romans under Caesar, with his grav eagles, went through Normandy, through France, through England, but when they struck the German race the Romans ceased and went back ignominiously; anil from that day to this the German race has never been conquered by tho ilatr of anv other country on earth great applause, and why? Because they are a race that stays, and they stayed not only upon great moral questions, but upon great political questions, firmly, but they stood firmlv on great financial questions, and that is; whv the Germans of Indianapolis do not like Mr. Taggart's administration. They stood firmly when the money became the paramount and dominant question in this country, as they stood firmly when the question of the survival of our country was at stake. They have stood for gooa government, for honest government, for patriotic government nnd for sound money ever since they first came to this country as they always stood for it at home. That is why It is so easy for a German to become a Republican these days because the Republican party knows how to keep house and the Democratic party never has known how to keep house." Mr. Taylor drew a contrasting picture of the rule of Republicans in the State of Indiana and of Democrats in the city of Indianapolis during the past six years. He showed that the Republicans found the State groaning under a debt of $7,500.000 and in six years have wiped out $3.500,00) with every prospect of putting the last dollar of it out of existence by the time Governor Durbin leaves office. On the other hand, the attorney general showed that the Democrats six years ago found the city of Indianapolis with the comparatively small debt of $1,500,000. and have increased it In the past six years the permanent debt to $J.200,000, to say nothing of Moating debt or temporary loans amounting to about $200,000. Continuing, Mr. Taylor said: "I want to ask you why it Is that, if in national affairs we every month, war or peace, common weal or common woe, we have paid the debt step by step, month bv month, and year by year, all the years since the Immortal Lincoln went to his tomb at Springfield, and why Is it that in the State of Indiana we can pay half tno debt in six years and can wipe out all that remains in four years more, why is it that you in these good times are paying off your mortgages and your debts, why is it that corporations are paying off their mortgages and their debts, and the old conspicuous example, like the old weatherbeaten oak in the forest, why is it that the city of Indianapolis cannot pay her debts like everybody else? Tremendous applause. "I do not believe that any government, be it national or state, or county or city, can thrive upon that old exploded doctrine that a public debt is a public benefit. Why, I believe that a city, like a country, like a State, like a county, like a township should, and if it is right, can pay off its debt." Mr. Taylor called attention to the fact that back in 7S the city of Indianapolis had practicallv no debt. "Let us go back to first principles," he. said. "Let us handle Indianapolis as we handle our business, pay our debts as we go, and we will do this if Mr. Bookwalter is elected mayor as I believe he will be." Long continued applause. DR. T. A. WAGNER'S SPEECH. When Chairman Stechhan presented the last orator of the evening. Dr. Theodore A. Wagner, the outburst of applause that greeted Dr. Wagner's appearance at the edge of the platform testified the high esteem in which he is held by his fellowcitizens. Dr. Wagner spoke in part as follows: "The question that I will speak to you about is one that I have taken much to heart. You have been told and you knowthat the tax levy has been run from M cents to 71. You all know that your taxes have increased I know mine have doubled. We know all these things, we know that a saloon keepr who does not sell a certain kind of beer is jerked up and persecuted we all know that. We know also that men who have been discharged for dishonesty and drunkenness from the employ of the city have been re-employed under Mr. Taggart's administration; but. gentlemen, there are some things that you ilo not know, there are some things that we might to know, and the subject I want to speak ol is the charitable institutions of Indianapolis, and as a physician I naturally know more about them than 1 know about the finances of the city. "1 know, gentlemen, that our charitable institutions have not be- n in stich a disgraceful condition as they are now. If you want to know the Laie condition, go to your family physician. trke him aside don't talk politics to him but ask him earnestlv, 'Doctor, hw are conditions at the City Hospital'." and lie will tell you stories that will amaze you that they should be possible in the city of Iridianaidis." lr. Wagner reiatei me turning ot ur. Charles Ferguson out of the position, ef superintendent of the City Hospital by Mr. T'a'?irt because he (Ferguson) dared to be u Gold Democrat, "Well, from that day

on until the present time," declared Dr. Wagmr. "the position has grown from bad to worse. The money has been spent disgracefully, and spent by whom? By our present city Board of Health, the creation of Mr. Thomas Taggart. At the bead of that Board of Health and the head is all there is to it, a head and two dummies great laughter the head of that Board oi Health is the identical man who fourteen or sixteen years ago made against me the race for coroner, and he was the only man defeated on his ticket and 1 was the only man elected on my ticKtt. and now he is in charge there, incompetent, unscrupulous, dishonest in every manner and form, and Mr. Taggart knows it. because 1 told him so." Great applause. Dr. Wagner related several Incidents to show the petty methods of the Taggart administration. Recalling the. smaupox epidemic he related the exjrience of Mr. Truemper with the city administration, wherein he was. said the speaKer, compelled to accept the pitiful sum ef cne dollar per tent alter having employed two men an 1 a horse ar.d wagon to convey the tents to their destinations, put them In position, and after having given the use of them for three wnks. MR. BOOKWALTER COMMENDED. Dr. Wagner told of his own experience with the administration, in which he gave six months of his time as an expert diagnostician of smallpox cases, became practically an outcast from his fellows no one willing even to shave him and his children shunned at school only to be offered by the city pay at the rate of common labor. Dr. agner's concluding remarks aroused great enthusiasm. He said: "1 wish to say a word in regard to Mr. Bookw alter, the Republican candidate lor mayor, i wanted to say this erpeciaily to our German voters, l'have known Mr. Bookwaiier ior about fifteen years, 1 have had business dealings with nun, 1 nave always lound hha honorable anu straight in his dealings, and there is not to-uay one suspicion against las characitr, and 1 uo not hesitate you all know me, i have lived here thiity-iive years and when 1 say to you genilemtn that 1 personally pledge my vvoiu ior the iiiaiainr ana nonesiy and judgment ot Mr. Uookwalter, you tan take my woid for it, because i Know him aa such a man. Applause. J 1 hope tliat every one of you win do nis duty, because you will never lind out the fuii extent of the rascality and mismanagement until you e,tt insiue anu open those oooks. 1 hope they will be opened. 1 thank yuu, gentlemen." Piolongea applause. J At tne close of the meeting circulars were distributed in the audience. These were copies of an audress in the German language issued by Mr. BooKWaiter to tne German voters of Inuianapohs outlining his positicn and policy and bearing the signed indorsement of a host of pioaduent Germans. In the circular Mr. Bookwalter effectually answered an anonymous German

circular that was distributee! broadcast yesterday, signed "The Agitation Committee of the German-American Democratic CluD. ' Nat U. Hill, member of the Republican state central committee from the .mth district, was an attentive listener to the addresses of the evening, and at the close of the meeting remarked: "If this is a fair sample of Republican meetings in the present city campaign 1 see no reason to doubt the success of the ticket. This has certainly been a splendid meeting." 1 RESORT TO CALLING NAMES. Alonzo Green Smith Talks Glibly of Scoumlrellsm Speech by Ivem. John W. Kern and Alonzo Green Smith spent two hours last night In explaining to a crowd of Ninth ward voters that had assembled in Wessling's Hall, corner State street and Hoyt avenue, why they should vote the Democratic ticket at the approaching city election. The chief reason offered by Mr. Smith for such a procedure on their part was that the Republicans .were a set of scoundrels not fit to be trusted with the administration of affairs in a great city like Indianapolis. This was evidently a matter of deduction on his part, as he did not allege any specific acts of rascality against those who are seeking election on the Republican ticket, but directed his remarks particularly to the last State Legislature. "Every scheme known to scoundreiism surrounded your Capitol last winter," said Mr. Smith. "There was not a piece of legislation enacted of any importance which was not paid for beforehand by the corporations. There was not a Republican legislator but had his price." Mr. Smith said lie had gone away from Indianapolis last winter so that he would not be torced to witness the rottenness with which the Capitol was infested. During the course of his remarks he referred to Governor Durbin as a man who "knew very little about anything," but said that some things were so odious that even he had to interpose with his veto. The speaker devoted the larger portion of his speech to the things which he had accomplished when he was in the Legislature. John W. Kern spent the greater part of his time in defending the temporary loan policy of the Taggart administration. He praised Mayor Taggart Tor the exceedingly low tax levy which he had given the city, but at no time explained to the satisfaction of his hearers how the bonded indebtedness and the temporary loan indebtedness were to be paid with the same kind of a levy. He spoke of the wonderful growth of the city, of its miles of paved streets, its magnificent sewer system and its parks, and magnanimously gave Mayor Taggart the credit for it all. He wanted Mr. Maguire elected, not for anything Mr. Maguire had ever done, but because it would be an indorsement of the Taggart administrations. The inference was plain that the election of any Taggart Democrat would suit Mr. Kern as well as the election of Mr. Maguire. Edward W. Little, Democratic candidate for police Judge, and August Tamm, candidate for city clerk, arrived at the meeting as Mr. Kern was closing his remarks, and in response to calls from the crowd made short talks, in which they urged the voters to go to the polls and cast their votes for the straight Democratic ticket. The crowd was disappointed at the nonappearance of Mr. Taggart and enthusiasm was at a very low ebb. POLICE DISCRIMINATION. Itenson "Why the Jury Acquitted Snloon Keeper John Shen. Saloon keepers, persons having business with justice's courts and the Police Court and politicians were talking yesterday of the case against John Shea. He was arrested a week ago in his saloon after 11 o'clock and at headquarters charged with a violation of the Nicholson law. He admitted upon the witness stand that he had violated the law, and had done so many times before, and yet a jury acquitted him after three minutes' deliberation. He openly announced that he would vote for BookWalter and thus incurred the displeasure of the Taggart administration and was discriminated against by the police. At the time he was arrested John Kiley's place on the opposite side of Pearl street was running wide open and Shea called the attention of the officers to the fact, but Klley was allowed to continue business at illegal hours, while he was taken to headquarters. The arrest was made by patrolmen Cronin and Jordan. On the witness stand Crordn admitted that he had received orders direct from Superintendent CJuigley to arrest Shea if his place should again be found onen. Cronin and Jordan had on the säme 1 afte? li o'clock but made no arrest. Cronin atso state-d tnat tnirty saloons in his district were open every night in violation of the law. but that no arrests were made unless explicit instructions were received from superior officers. On the night the arrest of Shea was ordered he was also told to arrest Mike O'Brien and Ed Beiser if they were found violating the law. Cronin is a Democrat and Jordan a Republican. The evidence of the officers was to the effect that Jordan waited outside the door to the superintendent's private office while Cronin went inside and received the orders. Cronin testified that no orders concerning the saloons of others than Shea, O'Brien and Reiser were received. The announcement that Shea had !- ciibd to stand tiial was a surprise to the police, for the reason that he Was cicany guilty and did not deny It. A consultation with his attorneys brought about the de ci.-ion to stand trial and it was with the id. a of bringing out ju.-t such evidence- of discrimination by the police as ws shown, fchea had previously been a Democrat, but re cent. v openly announced that ho would support Bookwalter. The jury which de, lib. rate d three- minutes and discharged Shea was composed of Frank Payne, W. W. Graves, John Martin. Clem A. Sullivan. James Overman. Frank S. Price. J. M. Stab v. David Davie, Elmer Ely. Clarence Baker and Patrick Decry. He publican .Mcetlnu To-NlKht. Preparations have been made by the Repubdeans for big meetings to-night at Tenth street and Jefferson avenue and at Sixteenth and Yandes streets. The first ' meeting will be addressed by C. A. Boo'i-

waiter. F. L. Littleton. John McGregor, M 1 Claw son, G. W. Stubbs. H. E. Nt-ulf and Charles Schmidt. Arnorg the speaker' at the becond meeting will l AttorneyGeneral Taylor, C. A. Bookwalter. C. P Bowen and W. P. Ib-agan. A Republican mass malting will alo b- h M to-niht a Rriehtwood. the Irakers bir.g Mr. Hookwaiter. R pr seritafive overstre-t, William L. Tavlor and E. J. Robisop.

Henry Smith Statement. Henry Smith, deputy ity treasurer, who was quoted several days ago as sayir s; th it if the auditor had obtained from the eity the warrants for the city's .-hare of the expense for making the tax asMs.-mei. and for rent due for the basement ;it the time lie asked for then about a ncnth ago. they would have l etn value! ss bccatiMthere was no money in the treaMiry with which to pay them, said vest, r-iuy that this statement was lncornct and that there had nevir teen a time since Mr. Ii:rn I -came controller that the city had not enough money in the treasury to p;iy all outstanding warrants. Daniel .l. Itiiusfiell oiuIiik Daniel M. Ransdell.. serjeant-at-arms of the United States Senate, jester lay wired Chairman Logsdon, of the Republican city committee, that he would arrive in Indianapolis to-day, and that from the tune of his arrival to the day r-f the election he would actively co-operate with the Republicans in their efforts to elect their city ticket. Fourth AVnrd Colored Voter. The colored voters of the Fourth ward held a large and enthusiastic meeting last night in the interest of the Republican ticket, at the corner of Chicago and R ider streets. The meeting was addressed by George W. Stubbs. Republican candidate for police judge, Y. E. Henderson, J. 11. Lott, and a number of others. The IlettliiK O.l.l. The odds on the betting boards are still 2 to 1 that Bookwalter will win. Very few bets are being taken by the Maguire people. Rets of $1) even are being offered that Bookwalttr's plurality will he l.t. odds of 2 to 1 are pn.-u-d that Wvni.e will be elected councilman in the Seventh ward. All One AVm. Harrj'. Terk, South Illinois street, made a canvass among the Hebrews of the South Side yesterday afternoon and found iv per cent, of them for Bookwalter. Tne re will be a meeting of Hebrews at his home to-night in the interest of Bookwalter. MASTERY OF THE WORLD. This Im the Gerinnn Delre. Sai-a n .Noted German Traveler. Denver Times. Under the title, "Eastern Asia in World History," Dr. Albrecht Wirth, a noted German traveler, has written a pamphlet w hich sets forth the aims of the German empire in a particularly frank manner. "Wir trachten nach Welt-IIerrschaf t" ("We aim toward mastery of the world"), he announces. To reach it, the empire must get rid of its rivals. Those rivals are America and England. China and Japan, he de- . Clares, will be Germany's allies against Russia, and Russia, he says, is bankrupt or nearly so. France he eliminates as a possible danger altogether. Austria is torn within and will be destroyed finally by its own weakness. It is in China that Dr. Wirth sees the great opportunity for Germany to swing herself into the saddle. There, lie says, will be the great place "where we can crush an. I destroy England." England, he fays, lias made a vast blunder in China, being content merely to hold her possessions instead of colonizing. Tin re is w here- Russia ha gained a tremendous advantage. He says: "The only power that China has to fear Is Russia. Russia alone of Western powers possesses the .art of assimilation. Her tendency is always to become more of an Oriental power, to pose as successor of Attila's Huns and Genghiz Khan's Tartars. She alone could keep China in subjection, and a Russian Czar ruling in Peking as well as in St. Petersburg would seem able to defy all enemies at home and abroad. "And where is Germany to come in? The German programme i: First, take the side of China against Russia, demonstrate to China that Germany is the most militaiy nation in the world, and earn her gratitude by defending her from Russia." Second, having won China over, tho Germans are to use her immense resources in men to build an army that could defy the world. China's capacity for lighting has increased wonderfully, according to Dr. Wirth. In tho opium war, he says, 4" men sufficed to defeat the Chinese; in the AngloFrench expedition lG.iMl Europeans and 4.0 Indian troops were employed. The Japanese had to put into the field a force of soldiers and RO.Oov coolies, while in ljoO the allies needed LO.OöO men and nineytive ships of war. So much has the Chinese power of resistance grown. Except as a possible ally of England. America does not strike tho doctor as a greatly dangerous em my. We, too, are torn by internal dissensions, according to his cheerful and convenient reasoning; so we are out of it. "We must first cru.-h England, for England Is our strongest foe," fie declares; "and then we can easily dispose of all the rest." ROOSEVELT AS A PREACHER. He din Occupy n Pnlplt "When Occasion Requires. Brooklyn Eagle. Some of the European papers have been calling attention to parallels between President Roosevelt and Emperor William of Germany, and they have found sexeral temperamental characteristics which seem to sustain their assertions of re semblance. But whether one accepts their conclusions or not, he must admit that the two men are very much alike In their fondness for preaching. Whether he is mj the stump or in the pulpit the President preaches, it may not le generally known that he has spOKen from the pulpit at the Sunday morning services in a Chicago pulpit. It was on his recent visit to that city. He is a iiersonal friend of the Rev. Mr. Moerdyke. pastor of the Trinity Reformed Church in Marshlield avenue. According to the Chicago Tribune, .Mr. Moerdyke wrote to him some months ago: "Come and preach to us some Sunday." Mr. Roosevelt said that lie would the next time he was in the city. He arrived in Chicago on Saturday, and the next day, accompanied by Col. J. . Strong, he drove to Trinity to keep his promise. The Rev. Mr. Moerdyke was In the act of announcing a hymn when the then Vice President and Colonel Strong entrd the church. They took front seats. The reading of the hymn was postponed and the preacher stepped down from the pulpit to greet his guests and announced that his regular sermon em "Christian Statesmen" would be postponed and that Vice- President Roosevelt would preac h. "Th re Is one thing I admire about Colonel ffoosee!t more than all others." he continued; "he is a man of his word." The Vice President did not preach doctrine-, but he did deliver a lav vrmun n lie ye um rs oi wie or:. j not hearers only." that was listened to with the closest attention. The South In the White House. Boston Globe. Since- the war and excepting only Harrison there has been no Southern blood in the presidency until Mr. Roosevelt's advent. Among the women of the White House, however, the- South has not Ion without representation. Mrs. Grant was Southern born, and Mrs. Hayes had a Southern ancestry. While the Wife e.f G dl'Tal AlthUT. who died a ye-ar before her husband In -came Preidt nt. was a native- of Virginia and desce 'ulid from a long lim- ed Vlrirq-.ms. General H irii-on. like Mr. Roo-av.lt. was half Southern, but. b. ini: a survKor of th period of Ctii lie I e sll.lli-'t n, .it. la- could not e-TV body to the inniicitiou that p-llt reunion of Nurih and South whi.h is atre.e. -the most interesting and important of tf. eppoft unit ;es pre-er.td to th- adrninf.-t :-. -tioii that is op. niu now ami 1 such an unexampled unanimity of good wislus. A Mien, n Paper an el lKiiiley. Hartford Courant. William McKinley was the- same man in KrJ ;is in l'd. X- a, rt h I. ss a Massachusetts p rson w r de- and a Mi.idi iv'ts pc.p r published a s.ooi. t tu Willi.im McKinley that started o!T in this way: "Vht!ir as tool or rant. history's pen Upon the scroll of t l las tlt.g shame. Shall pillory in letters thy name. Time alone can adjudge-" The person was Willi em Lloyd Garrison. The paper was the Springfield Republican.