Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1904 — Page 4

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He worked hard to do it, but he at last entrapped Orover Cleveland Into taking enough notice of him to mention his name. It was a glorious ictory. There is a growing impression among the leaders of both parties that Mr. Bryan's Influence and following have been overrated and that the conservative forces of the Democratic party will have no trouble in centreing the St. Louis convention. "The Democratic party has waked up," announces a Son thorn paier. Yes; so did Rip Van Winkle and he waked up lo find his gun rusty, his dog dead and the world moved on so far ahead of him that he never could hope to catch up with it. The building commissioner of Chicago has notified eight hospitals to receive no new patients until alterations shall have been made and new safety appliances against fire introduced. Of all buildings, hospitals should be held to the strictest compliance wish fire regulations. There is something pathetic in the spectacle of Mr. Bryan hovering over the driedup corpse of his beloved child. Free (Silver, and pitifully declaring that it still lives. Be will not give up hope until he ha tri d oxygen, saline Injections and all t other methods known to science. The Democratic party is getting! along nicely, having already succeeded lit narrowing down the list of nominatioi possibilities. The Atlanta Constitution, felt Justified In announcing, the other day, that the Democrat Is nominee would not ie Mr. Roosevelt. That ought to help some.' The Milwaukee Sentinel calls attention to the fact that Kaiser Wilhelm is no 4ong r "the boy Emperor." since he passld his fcrty-fourth birthday the other day.) W.U. that is about the extreme limit of boVhood. For the saune reason Bryan is no 1 the boy orator and Roosevelt can never be UM boy President. I Xing Edward will open the Brttisft Parliament to-morrow. This session will probably bo one of the most important and Interesting In history. The country! is on the eve of a reformation In Its tariff policy, party linej have been broken up, th Cabinet has been reconstructed, and pontics is in a chaotic condition. 5 The evil that nun do lives after j them; the good is oft interred with their llones." And yet several Juondon mwspap s are throwing flowers on the tomb of W Rake Wright because he was game eno gh to die without disclosing the names f hi3 companions in swindling. London dislikes to have her great men implicated iij scan dals. Prof. W. F. M. Goes, of Purdue nlversity. who has been encaged for son-? time testing locomotives, has been granted $5.I 000 by the trustees of the Carnegie Listltntion to carry on the work. Purdue Ipald a bigger price than that to learn fronrj bitter experience the lesson that two engines Sesjld sot run In opposite directions bn the same track at once. A I irleston (8. C) paper notes thifr there la a larger proportion of murders j that late than in any other State or i Territory, and that murder is becoming more eeeeanon there every year. Why shouldn't if? In a State whose lieutenant governor L.j; permifed to threaten murder and then fullflll his threat in cold blood and go unpunished, what thug is afraid to kill whomsoever he pleases? "This has been the dullest wint. r for many a year," writes a Ind n ir. pondent. From Paris comes the plaint. 'Hardy has there been such a dull wiuter in this gay capital." New York SsJH the season has been slow; and there Is "uotliing doing In Chicago. What is the mat-

Ssri Arc the capitals growing more staid and sober, or are pleasures palling on the class that must be umused at all costs?

m VATIOWL COl N( EL or womi n. The executive committee of the Nations! Council of Women, which meets in this city to-day, represents one of the organisations which made the nineteenth century one of remarkable progress in the way of recognizing and developing the influence 01 women in social, political, economic and reform movements. In fact, about all of the progress women have achieved in this respect was during the second half of the last century. At its beginning they were not recognized as a factor in public movements, and married women especially were under various legal disabilities that were inherited from feudal times. At present women are a recognized power in social and economic reforms, in civic progress, and in most of the movements for the betterment of society. Their activity is represented by numerous organizations. Not to speak of" church and missionary societies, which are very numerous, nor of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, which represents a branch of modern temperance reform, there are the Woman's Suffrage Association, the Woman's Relief Corps and the Women's Federation of Clubs, all of which are national In their scope. He would be a rash and fool ish man who should deny that so many. intelligent women, organized and working on parallel lines to common ends, do not constitute a social factor of real force and utility. Recent history proves conclusively that they do, and their influence is steadily Increasing. The organization whoso executive committee meets here to-day is a national one. At its second biennial session, held in Philadelphia In 1894, there were 25 delegates present from thirty-seven States, and 500 other women. As now organized, the National Council represents all women's clubs of whatever kind that have affiliated with it through State Federations, embracing an aggregate membership of about two millions. Besides a large number of literary clubs, civic improvement clubs, etc., the Federation embraces societies for almost every good purpose that women can labor for, and It is affiliated with the International Council in Europe, which is working on the same lines. It may interest the women who will be hero this week from all parts of the country to know that Indiana was the first State in the Union to pass laws removing the legal disabilities from women regarding the holding of property. This action was due mainly to the persistent efforts of Robert Dale Owen, who, as a member of the con stitutional convention of 1850, and later, as a member of the Legislature, labored to that end until he created a public sentiment that brought It about. The women of Indiana recognized Mr. Owen's services in their behalf by presenting him, in 1S51, with a silver service. In accepting it he said: In after days It may need some such memorial as the rich and graceful gift that now .stands before me to remind a more enlightened generation that time was when the law took from wives their property and from parents the right to convey what they would to a child. That exertions of mine may have contributed, in manner how humble soever, to remedy injustice thus flagrant will be to me a pleasant thought in that hour, the last of earth's pilgrimage. when all things, good or evil, put on their true gaiD, and when the deeds of a past llle, standing forth, as before God s throne. they might, unmasked, unveiled, receive judgment from a heart soon to be stirred no more forever by the fears or the prompt ings of censure or of praise. The action of the Indiana Legislature In this matter was commended by London of that day, but It was not till 1870, nearly twenty years later, that Parliament passed a law similar to that of Indiana. From the present era of full recognition of women's legal rights and their activity in civic find social reform movements it is a long call back to the period, only a little more than fifty years ago, when they were still subject to the legal disabilities of the middle ages. THE Mil r M GRAFT. The action of the House of Representatives on the double mileage question would be amusing but for its serious side. When It came to a final vote and members were brought face to face with the question of voting themselves 20 cents a mile for traveling expenses that had not been Incurred at all, they flinched and the House voted unanimously against It. This was the right thing to do. but the long discussion over the matter shows that members smelled of the bait and really longed to take it. It is surprising how a few hundred dollars dangling before the eyes can so warp the vision as to make that appear right which Is clearly wrong. The word "mileage" does not occur in the law at all, and no member of Congress is entitled to mileage, by that name. All that they are entitled to under this head Is "actual individual traveling expenses from their homes to the seat of government and return, by the most direct route of usual travel, once for each session of the house to which such senator or representative belongs, to be certified under his hand to the disbursing officer and filed as a voucher." Members arc entitled to actual traveling expenses, once for each session, provided the traveling expenses have been Incurred, but they are not entitled to mileage at all. That the House should have discussed for several hours whether members were entitled to mileage or traveling expenses either for two sessions between which there was no intermission, and when, as a matter of fact, they did not set foot out of Washington, will strike the average citizen as very strange. The discussion, however, had two good results. It prevented the House from putting itself in a disagreeable position and It has called public attention to the fact that for thirty years past members have been paid "mileage" at the rate of 20 cents a mile when they are only entitled to "actual individual traveling expenses." Mr. IJttlefleld. of Maine, was not far wrong when he said, "the whole business has been a graft from 1S74 down to the present time." The graft should be cut off. Mitw.r. VCTIOI of i hi: HOCSX, On Friday the House of Representatives voted to strike out of an appropriation bill which was under consideration two provisionsone providing for continuing the In-t-r national Kxehange Commission, of which Mr. Hugh H. Hanna, of this city, is chairman, and the other providing for the abolition of collection districts aud customhouses that do not pay expenses. The International Kxehange Commission was created at the instance of the governments of Mexico and China to devise a plan for establishing and maintaining a stable rate of exchange between sold -standard

countries and those having the silver stand

ard. As a business proposition this has much to commend It. and the United States would be among its beneficiaries. The commission made good progress in its work last year, and no doubt is entertained that with a little more time and effort the object aimed at could be accomplished. An appro priation was asked to defray the cost of continuing the work, and the House re fused it. The other provision provided for the abolition of collection districts which do not pay expenses. There are in the United States forty-five such districts and the expense of collecting each dollar in those districts varies from $1.09 to $640. As a matter of business, of economy and good administration every one of those districts should be abolished or consolidated with an adjoining district. The secretary of the treasury said in his recent report that "thre is an urgent necessity for the rearrangement of the customs districts," and that "legislation to put all customs districts on a business basis is an imperative duty to the country at large." The only imaginable reason for the House refusing to abolish these nonpayiug districts Is that In each one there is a customhouse officer and some clerks, making patronage for members to dispense. By refusing an appropriation to carry on an important measure of monetary reform and at the same time voting to continue forty-five collection districts and customhouses where expenses largely exceed receipts the House has put itself in a bad light before the country. The secretary of the Chicago Federation of Labor refused to submit its records to th; grand jury, on the ground that he might incriminate himself. The court said it could not go behind this reason, but declared that it was equivalent to a confession of guilty participation In criminal transactions. The grand jury whose order to produce the records was thus defeated recommends that a special grand jury be called "for the purpose of bringing to justice those who in the frequent strikes which prevail here conspire to do injury to the persons and property of citizens who have a right to life, liberty and peace." The report says further: "Life and property cannot be secure In this county until It is well understood that crimes committed shall be adequately and speedily punished, and that the frequent disregard of the law must be put down by its firm enforcement." The labor unions of Chicago seem bent on bringing about a condition of geueral business paralyse. The circus trust, if there is such a thing, but at any rate a combination of circus managers, have decided to abolish street parades on the ground that they are too expensive. Now, that is a grasping sort of spirit that Is really reprehensible. What Is a circus without a parade? Furthermore, it will probably be found that It Is more expensive not to have a parade than to have it. As an advertisement it beats show bills. The Missouri State Historical Society has a collection of almanacs dating from 1795 to the present, and considers It to contain the most valuable list of ancient jokes in existence. Many of the jokes and stories In th? earlier numbers are being used to-day: Senator Allison's sheep story is found in an issue of 1804. A centennial celebration o this joke is therefore due this year. A Chicago j professor it Is funny how every new theory comes from a Chicago professor now states that the Caucasian race will became extinct and the Chinese dominate the world. Calm yourself, prof. they don't even dominate the laundry business yet. A New Yoik Congregational Church announced a "living advertisements" party to be held in the church parlors recently. It is not certain what living advertisements are. but they .are probably the ones to which newspaper men refer as "live ads." King Alfonse has never seemed like a real, for-sure. King to the outside world, which has krown him ever since ho was a baby. But How that the bomb throwers have been after him, all doubts are removed. He belongs. A Long island widow with a fortune of $1,000,000 recently married a poor young man whom she had only known two weeks. Why should a singe man werk for a living? And why should a married man lay up a fortune? Tom Johnson is laboring earnestly to dissuade his daughter from going on the stage, which she thinks Is her natural vocation. As usual, Tom wants to be the whole show, at least in hte own family. A Brooklyn man recently stole from his employer $2.0iV) worth of deer skins. Ho is now serving term in Sing Sing for working a skin game, and reflecting that they were dear skins indeed. In the February Scribner's there Is a story about a painter who loved a yellow cat with turtiuolse blue eyes. And that is a fairy tal, for only white cats have blue eyes yellow cats, never. One man's meat is another man's poison: the Southern planter is celebrating on account of 16-cent cotton, but the English mill owner has discharged his butler and is giving up cigars. The Seoul policemen are now collecting protection money. This country should be proud of the fact that American methods of grafting, too, now reach around the world. Former Mayor Low, of New York, is going to take a trip to the Holy Land. Somebody must have advised Mr. Low that he needed a change; if so. no greater could be Imagined. The latest cable dispatches contain the news that the Mad Mullah has again suffered defeat. No wonder he is mad who wouldn't be? Power of Suiilijght. The extraordinary resuscitating power of light received a very curious illustration a few years ago in the silver mines at Laurium. A mine had been abandoned more than two thousand years, and an enterprising Briton discovered beneath the slag the seed of some popples of a apecles which had disappeared for twenty centuries. When the slug was removed In a short time the entire apace was covered with the most gorgeous show of popples. After th.ir twenty centuries rest they bloomed as vigorously as ever without the aid of a single drop of water or any other restorative than the raya of the sun. Medical Times. ( iiiiHlriii'lhel) " Dead. A curious Incident occurred in an English police court recently where a man named Travis was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for obtaining a postal order by false pretenses. Ha pleaded that he was officially dead." and his story wus that when with the British army in South frlcs h- deserted, obtained acme clothes from tie Kaffirs, made his way to the coast and woraed his passage home. He then discovered that he was reported dead, and though he subsequently gave himself up as a deserter.

the War Office gave an official assurance that he had "died at the front." and would not arreät him. Chicago News.

CHUHCH AFFAIRS. Case Involves Jesnits. A peculiar case is to be tried at Treves in a few weeks. The court is to decide whether it is true that the Jesuits favored the doctrine that the end justifies the mesns. Count Hoensbroech. who was formerly a Jesuit, in his magazine, the Deutschland, asserted that since Pascal's time the doctrine had been taught by the Jesuits and that it hod appeared in Jesuit books. Thereupon Chaplain Dasbach, a member of the Reichstag, offered 2.000 marks if the assertion could be proved. Count Hoensbroech proposed that the faculties of Berlin. Llepzlg and Munich universities decide the matter. Dr. Dasbach declined the proposition. Then the count printed in his magazine testimony in support of his assertion. Dr. Dasbach refused to pay the 2,000 marks, and the count is now suing him. New York Telegram. Origin of "Christmas Box." The origin of the "Christmas box" like many other Christmas customs is directly traceable to the church. At one time, at the Christmas season, a box was placed in the churches for receiving donations for the poor. It was opened the day after Christmas on Boxing day, in fact and x universal was the custom to place donations in this box that masters and mistresses were In the habit of giving their servants and employes sums of money for the Christmas box. The diversion of this contribution from its earlier and more sacred object is largely the growth of post-Reformation times. London Mall. BirmlnKliam Bishopric. The translation of the Bishop of Coventry to the Pee of Manchester has raised the question whether another suffragan for the See of Worcester is to be appointed. The Archdeaconry of Birmingham, so long held and now vacated by Dr. Knox, has Just been filled by the appointment of the Rev. J. W. Diggle, the rector of Birmingham, a churchman full of energy and brimful of sympathy, and Archdeacon Diggle announces that the creation of Birmingham into an independent bishop Is so imminent that no suffragan Is likely to be appointed. London Mall. !Vew Parishes Created. During the last thirty years no fewer than 1,461 new parishes hav, been carved out of ancient benefices, and these new parishes deal with a population of 5,000,000. The diocese of Manchester has the creeilt of having given birth to the largest number o new parishes as many as 17ä having been created ; and London follows closely, with Mfc It isj different elsewhere. In the diocese of Hereford ithe growth and shifting of population have beers so slight as to necessitate the creation of only three new parishes. London Mail. What Are Latter Offering? Are the Kaster offerings to the clergy a great revival n which has taen place of late yearsassessable to Income tax? The archdeacons of Lewes and Chichester are raising a fund in order to enable a Susset vicar to contest, as a test case, the payment lf that tax on his Easter offering, and, as It is & matter of the first importance to the clergy "at large, the bishop of Chichester advises tha? a guarantee fund for general subscription should be opened. The archdeacons will gratefully receive guarantees. London News. Religions "Votes. Combined efforts are elng made by missionary societies in the United States and Canada to secure exemption from the inheritance tax. The recent meeting of the officers of these societies voted that it favored suvh exemption. The Advance claims that the greatest missionary chureh of its s i i this country is the First Presbyterian Chlrch of Wichita. Kan. This church supports tlftrty native helpers, provides scholarships ant; gives large contributions for foreign work, Amounting In all to more than $0,000 a year. f A few days ago the t'ope took a stylographic pen from a Protestan journalist's hand and pronounced a benodictiCi. He returned the pen. saying: "No one has nobler mission than a Journalist In the world "of to-day. I bless your symbol of office. My predecessors consecrated the swords and shield:- of Christian warriors; I choose rather to beg blessings upon the Christian Journalist's pen." During his recent s'ay In Rome Cardinal Richard, archbishop of Paris, did his best to induce the Pope to secure a direct condemnation of Abbe Loisy, who is the leading representative of liberal Cathol'c 'biblical exegesis In France. He failed as he had failed when Leo XIII was Pope. Returring to France, Cardinal Richard forbade the pupils In the seminaries in his diocese to attend Loisy's lectures at the Sorbonne. Premier Combes communicated to the council of ministers the text yf a bill .forbidding all teaching by the religious orders, even those now actually authorized. The purpose of the measure Is to abrogate the existing legislation permitting teaching by the authorized religious orders. Five years are allowed for the complete carrying out of the proposed law, the adoption of which will entail the closing of 1,299 schools for boys, 2,193 school buildings where girls are taught and all the schools conducted by the Christian Brothers. It is estimated that the complete operation of the premier's plan will coat the state $5.000,000. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Life can be sustained for something like thirty days on water alone; with but dry food one could live but a quarter of that time. The largest pnch bowl ever made will be exhibited in the Palace of Varied Industries at the world's fair. It weighs 134 pounds and its cost in glass and la bur alone Is over Jl.Soö. The famous McKinley bowl, heretofore the greatest made, weighs seventy-five pounds. Among the office-seekers who came before President Harrison was one who wanted to represent the Ostites States at Yokahama. "Do you speak Japanese?" asked the President. The applicant faltered, then said he did. "Well," said the President, "let me hear you speak it." "All right! Ask me something in Japanese." yueen unnstina or bpain has very pretty hands, and she is aware of their beauty. Among various other articlea of her Jewelry are about two hundred rings. To display her nice hands she makes a point of wearing all her rings in turn, changing them every time sho changes her dress, which she does as frequently as four or five times a. day. Geronimo, the famous Apache warrior, is be coming feeble with age at his rendexvous on the military reservation, near Fort Sill. He no lenger makes his frequent visits to Lawton to sell his bows and other trinkets of his handi work that men from all parts of the country are anxious to purchase. Geronimo is quite a religious Indian, having Joined the Reformed Lutheran last spring. In prohibition Kansas the annual consump tlon of liquor per capita is less than two gallons, as against nineteen In the country as a whole, according to the American Prohibition year-book. Forty counties in the 8tate of Kansas do not ba.-e a paupei. The Jails in thirtyseven Kansas counties are without a single inmate. Prohibition Kansas prohibits more than 95 per cent. Prof. Benjamin F. Clarke of Brown Univer sity was given a loving cup recently by his colleagues in the faculty, in recognition of the completion of forty years of service by him to the ur.iM-; sity. H ! ) n the senior active member of the faculty since lsxZ. Another pro fessor who has taught in the university for forty years and is still in active service is John H. Appleton. Mme. Skldowska-Curie, the famous lady seien tist and co-discoverer of radium. Is but thirty -M Ol. l a six years oi ase. one is titscriDea as an at tractive woman, who drssses without the least attention to fashionable mode. With fine, regular features, light blue eyes, and a good forehead f.-amed in magnifictnt light, wavy hair, her face Is distinctly pleasing, except for the thin lips, which give a touch of hardness to the expression. In figure she is tall and well built. Six months ago the shock of a business failure deprived J. Stanley Hlce, a dealer in wall paper in Oahkosh. Wis., of the power of speech, and apparently rendered his mind a blank. The family later removed to Spring Valley. Mlnu.. and It la learned a physical shock sustained by s fall from a buggy restored his senses and

made Mm again a rational being. The accident occurred during a runaway and it was thought at first that Rice was killed. When he recovered cor.-clousness his mind took up the skein of thought Just where it had left oft six months ago. and he imagined himself earning on a conversation which had been interrupted by his seizure. Prof. Karl Pearson, the English anthropologist. is trying to relieve red-headed people from the stigma which he says has attached to them from the remotest antiquity. To this end he is conn Hing a census, asking schoolmasters, for instance, for the records of their red-headed pupils. He believes that Arlstptle drew on his Imagination when he wrote: "He that has red hair is proud, envious and deceitful." THE HUMORISTS. Conditions of Payment. "Does your Excellency intend paying all outstanding claims?" inquired the chancellor of the exchequer. "Certainly not." replied the South American dictator. "Only those that stand in." Puck.

The Only Wny. in these days of slippery pavements," Said the dray horse to his mate, "It's a pity some one doesn't Teach us horses how to skate." Philadelphia Telegraph. The Grip Germ. A good grip germ you cannot crush By weather damp and raw; It likes about three feet of slush And revels In a thaw. Chicago News. Tbe Remedy. She was filled with resentment and pique. She refused to unbend for a wlque. But a box of nice candy Came In very handy. And brought hack the smile to her chique! New Orleans Times-Democrat. Ills Idea. "Do you think that capital intends to control the government T" "No." said Mr. Dustln Stax. as he fumbled his mammoth watch chain. "My idea would be to let the government go right ahead and do whatever it wants to. so long as it doesn't Interfere with us." Washington Star. A Lenp-Year Thonght. I crave no lord, possessing vast estates. No haughty noble, no aspiring artist, Only a plain, blunt man of medium height. With not too prominent an Adam's apple And not too many freckles. Hortense Holdover, in Milwaukee Sentinel. Accommodating;. Mountainer Chtid (In Tennessee) Are you a literary person, sir? Astonished Tourist Yes, why do you want to know ? Mountaineer Well, papa is out of work Just now and he said that if you were a literary person perhaps you would pay us 50 cents a day for talking dialect for your book. Baltimore American. Still with Vs. Rip Van Winkle looked about in a dazed manner. "And are they all gone?" he faltered, tear fully. "No," replied the villagers, consolingly. "Paul Is still giving her farewell performances." Shouting with Joy at the discovery that one thing at least was unchanged by the lapse of years, he hastened to don his opera clothes. Harper's Bazar. A BATCH OF SHORT STORIES. One on Papa. A member of the Rittenhouse C'-tb Is telling a good story on himself. It goes this way: His little son very little and wiser than ha knows was taking his daily walk in the square one day with nurse, who is amiable and answers all his questions to the best of her shility. A sprinkler came along laying the dust, and It Interested the little lad greatly. "Nursie, what is that?" he asked. "That's the water wagon, my dear," ehe answered. "Is that the one papa fell off of, nursie?" Philadelphia Press. His Clothes. Manager Flaherty, of the Majestic Theater, engaged a stage hand the other day who had Just arrived from the "ould counthry." He came direct to the stage entrance from the wharf, with his belongings in a blj. glossy valise. Mr. Flaherty, happening to be there at the time, greeted the newcomer and asked htm where he had left his trunk. "A thrunk? Un' phwat ud Oi do wid 'un aor?" "Why, put your clothes In it." "An me go naked, sor?" New York Commercial-Advertiser. Cons;resmen'H Talk. During the discussion of the pure-food bill In the House attention was called to the provision which provides for the confiscation of all impure or adulterated food. "What's to become of It when it is confiscated?" asked Champ Clark. "Maybe It Is intended to do with It as was done In similar circumstances In Spain," said Representative Muruock, of Kansas. "When Spain passed a pure-food law it was provided that all impure, adulterated and poisonous food confiscated should be distributed among the charitable institutions." Washington Letter. In England. A lady of New KnRland met a lady of Old England in England. The American lady, wishing to Impress the English lady, volunteered the information that her ancestors had been Knickerbockers. "Knickerbockers?" repeated the English lady, blankly. "Yes, Knickorbockers," reiterated the American lady, blandly. "And who were the Knickerbockers?" Inquired the English lady. "Who were they?" cried the American lady. "Haven't you ever read the 'History of the United States?' " No." said the English lady; "who wrote It?" February Lt -pincott's. Not the Death Watch. "Mrs. Lcnesomehurst, I dun heard de death cry." said a negro maid to her mistress recently. "The death cry?" exclaimed hr startled mistress. "Why. what on earth do you mean?" "De death cry!" the girl repeated. In awesome tones. "I dun been hearln' It all night long. Somebody's a-going to die In this house mighty soon." "Wnere did you hear It?" "Pa ma years. It go buzz, buzz, buzz, all de hull night." "You go back to bed, Elizabeth," said Mrs. Lonesomehurst. "We don't have death cries in the North. That's the quinine I gave you yesterday for your cold." New York Evening Post. The Old-Time Phrase. As a lad 'i'ncle Joe" Cannon was much about the old Quaker meeting houses, for ho was brought up in a Quaker community. He acquired many of the fervent old religious phrases. Sometimes they crop out in his speech. Yesterday the speaker mounted the marble rostrum at the noon hour and called the House to order. Then drawing his handkerchief, he proceeded leisurely to mop his brow. The House was standing, expecting the chaplain's prayer. That worthy gentleman was waiting for the word to atart. Mr. Cannon became aware, a moment later, that the legislative wheels were not moving properly, and then he noticed that he had not given the ohaplaln word. "Brother Couden." said he. "will lead us in prayer." There was a suppressed giggle among the members, standing with bowed heads for the morning devotions. Washington Post. F. pensive Publicity. Mrs. "Jack" Gardner no sooner had paid the $200,000 duty on the pictures demanded by the government than she sees the shadow of the Massachusetts tax collector's hand extended toward her treasure chest. Really this is a form of publicity which that much-written-up person is quite willing lo forego. Philadelphia Press.

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Politicians of both partes will be deeply interested In the suits to lest the constitutionality of the legislative apportionment act of 1908, which will t heard this week in Dearborn and Boone counties. The first suit comes up to-day t Lawrenceburg. while the one at Lebenorihas been set for Wednesday. Although nf every county in the State will be affectetjby the result of this litigation in a numlr of counties lt will be impossible for eit r party to nominate candidates for the Legislature until it is known whether thf new apportionment will stand the test If the courts, for if nominations should rxf made under the new act and it should flsSB be held unconstitutional it would be necessary to make the nominations again under the old districts. For this reason, no matter what the decision of the lower courts may be, an appeal will be taken at once to the Supreme Court in order that a final decision may be sad at the earliest possible date. The Democratic State committee has prepared for a hard right on the act. and included in its array of legal talent are former Attorney General Alonzo Greene Smith, Judge Theodore P. Davis and M. A Ryan, of this city; Maj. G. V. Menzies, of Mount Vernon; Dan w. Simms. of Lafayette, and S. M. Ralston, of Lebanon, besides local attorneys In both Dearborn and Boone counties. Addison C. Harris, former minister to Austria, and Frank L. Littleton, former speaker of th House of Representatives, both of this cjty. will represent the interests of the Rejt blican organization. 1 The Democrats, througi State Chairman O'Brien, have expressed 'unbounded confidence that they will wl the suits and knock out the apportionment, and they have pointed out what fhey consider innumerable instances of th glaring injustice of the act. On the otbfr hand, the Republicans are making no Claims as to what they will do. It has ner been claimed that the. apportionment isiperfect the men, both Democrats and Repi.t:licans, who have ever attempted to frame ?-n apportionment mersure but it is claim i by those who Wsrs instrumental in fonulating the act o 1903 that it is consistent with the spirit of the Constitution and t$e Supreme Court decisions on apportionment questions l 1 11.1. . . , , A. 1 l apportionment questions. It e, they claimv- to obey the letConstitution 3 i districting the gislatlve pur? tses. Of course. i iiiiijs'!siuie. ter of the C ai.itt' mr um n 1 1 -o rn the majority in the Gei5 ral Assembly of lyuj urn not consider th: interests oi me minority In framing the Measure, but even Democrats admit that tl act of US does, not contain the flagrant imperfections of the Democratic gerrymai.-r of 1893. Democratic state hea'uarters will be opened to-day In the Sentijel building, with Secretary Joseph W. Reil!, of this city, in charge, A temporary oPce has been secured on tbe first floor ot.the building, but It is expected that within i few weeks permanent quarters will be. securec for the campaign on the second Jpoor. ; Local Democrats, by 1MB way, are beginning to take more intere.H in the question of congressional candidskos. The friends of several men are feeU ig about to see how the party leaders incline to this or that prospective candidate, ard there will probably be one or more avowed candidates for the nomination In the field within the aext two or three weeks- Joseph E. Bell, the law partner of John iv. Kern, ai)d one of the most active of th chosen few who stand close to the big chief, Thomas Taggart, is said to entertain -.-ongressional aspirations, but if he does he is keeping his plans very much to himself at present. Some of hl3 friends say that Mr. Bell has no thought of becoming a candidate; others suggest mysteriously, "If Joe wants the nomination we guess he can have It." Other prospective candidates ar- Alonzo Greene Smith, whose friends have been urging him for Congress for the past ten years, Judge Theodore P. Davis, L. P. Harlan and A. A. McKain. president of the Indiana Manulacturing company. A strong argument advanced for the latter is that if he wants to make the race and should be nominated he could be relied upon to make a generous donation to the campaign fund a point that Domocrats are not inclined to overlook this year. Judge Davis has the good will of the leaders of the Taggart machine, and his strength as a candidate is being urged by men close to the throne. It is not known however, that the judge seeks the empty honor of leading the Democratic forlorn hvpe in the Seventh district. The plurality of 4,258, which Representative Overstreet received over Jacob Piatt Dunn two years ago, is a severe blow to Democratic congressional ambitions. Mr. Dunn by the way, is not considered at all for the nomination this year, primarily for the reason that he has allied himself with the Keach Taction of the local Demoeracv, and the other fellows, who are now in 'the saddle, will not permit a Keach man to receive eyen the crumbs that fall from their table. If. at the time of the district convention, !L ? 4KVe?, more aPPare"t than it Is now that the Democratic nominee will hav absolutely no chance of election then the nomination may be given to some one from the Reach camp, for the Fame reason that Keach may be permitted to remain at the 2 TfoLthe Demo,cratic c,ty committee and Holtzman may be given the mayoraltv St '1 nT,taga,n-,hC Taggart m. n do md r ?u u ,ke any unnecessurv drubbing at the hands of the Republicans. uruDD,nB The formal announcement of Charles B Clarke that he will be a candidate for the Democratic county chairmanship may be expected, if not to-day, some time this week. It is learned from reliable sources that Clarke will be the candidate of the Tagarttanning crowd. The only cause for delaying his announcement would )e the d.-csion ot the machine leaders not to hold the county primaries until the middle or 'at"S of M:irh; Jf the primaries arc held before March 1, according to the expressed wish of the State committee, the candidate will make his bow within a few clays. The leaders do not want a long primary campaign not that thev are afraid the Keach crowd can develop anv alarming strength they say. but because they do not want the agony long drawn out. A correspondent of the New York Sun. who has been in Indiana during the past week or ten days, has been furnishing hi3 paper with a series of articles on the Indiana political situation that are entertaining, if not instructive. In his lat.-st contribution he reveals that Socialists of Indiana are for President Roosevelt, and that thev thank the President for the growth cf their vote in this State from 644 in 1900 to 7 111 In 1902! ' 4Democratic County Chairman W. W. Spencer has Issued the calls for the primaries to select Democratic candidates f r assessors and trustees In Perry and Franklin townships on Feb. 19. The Wayne township primaries will be held Feb. 2, but the call has not been issued, because the voting places have not yet been selected. In Perry township the candidates will be named ct a delegate convention, to be hel l the afternoon of the day following the primaries. In Franklin the nominations will be by direct primary. The candidates in the three townships are Wavne Assessor Samuel J. Mider, Michael Fries and George W. Shaffer; truste, George D. Handren Perry townrhip-Trustee, Warren Tingle! candidate for re-election; srssor. Don Vorhis. Franklin township Trustee, J..el Adair. Casey Padrlck. Samu. 1 Moore an 1 Fred Miller; assessor. Henry Hartman. The voting plsces in Perry township are; First Precinct Southport schoolhouse, four delegates. Second Precinct Silver Nook schoolhouse, four delegates. Third Precinct Graded School No. 9, eight delegates. Fourth Precinct Glenns Valley schoolhouse, four delegates. In Franklin township: First Precinct New Bethel High School building. Second Precinct Acton schoolhouse. Third Precinct Five Points schoolhouse. The Republicans of Randolph county held a mass convention Saturday at Winchester to determine on the date for the county primary. Incidentally, or perhaps primarily, the meeting was made the occasion for the appearance of the Eighth district congressional candidates and echoes of an excedingly lively season are reaching politicians in other dlstricti. Theodore Shockmy, of Union City, was the permanent chairman of the meeting. Mr. Shockney was until a few days ago a candidate for the congressional nomination, having

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withdrawn In favor of M. M. Dunlap. of Anaerson. after the district committee had decided that the nomination should he made by direct primary instead of by a delegate convention, and In the speech which he delivered on assuming the gavel he sent several barbed shafts in the direction of Representative Cromer, of Muncie. Mr. Dunlap was there and he. too. took some caustic flings at Mr. Cromer, but the latter had his day in court and when he made his speech he came back at his opponents in a way that stirred his supporters to unusual demonstrations. Union B. Hunt, of Winchester, also made a siecft and he rallied to the support cf the statesman from Muncie. W. L. Taylor, of this city, one of the candidates for Governor, was present at the meeting and made a speech, but he was heard before the congressional candidates, past and present, opened their exchange of the compliments of the season. -f John J. Wingate, of ShelbyvUle. in commenting on the bitter fight between the Ray and Morris factions for the Democratic nomination for judge of the circuit composed of Shelby and Rush counties, says: "It cuts but little ice with the Republicans of the Sixteenth Judicial district which of the two Democratic factions succeeds in nominating Its candidate, as the Republicans themselves propose to nominate a man a little later on who will be elected as judge next November. There is no doubt about this matter, and anyone who will take the trouble to examine the vote of the two counties for the past six or eight years can see for himself that the increase in the vote is tending largely toward the Republican party. "Iook at the figures. In lx5 Mr. Bryan carried the counties of Shelby and Rush over MeKinlty by 410 majority. In 19no Mr. Bryan carried the same counties over Mr, McKinley by 245 majority. In 1902 Dan Storms. Republican candidate for secretary of state, carried the two counties by ontj majority. Now, what our genial friend, Dan Storms can do, any good Republican who Is nominated for Judge can and will do in November, 1904. And why should they not? There are more Republicans In the district to-day than there were two years ago, and perfect harmony and good feeding exists in every city, township and precinct throughout the counties of Rush and Shelby in the ranks of the Republican party." 4Frederick Landls, of Logansport, member of Congress from the Eleventh district, has sent out a letter to the Republicans of the district announcing his candidacy for renomination, as follows: "I am a candidate for renominatlon for Congress, and respectfully a.-k your support. As you know, it has always been customary to give one renominatlon as a matter of common courtesy. Indeed this Is almost a national understanding in respect to two-year offices. In Congress especially it is necessary, inasmuch as on- serves but a few days und has no opportunity to be tested before being confronted with the necessity of another nomination. I aspired to go to Congress, feeling that I could do the work, and 1 know the vast majority of the people of the district are for fair play. 1 want an honest chance and no more to serve all of the people, lrresiectlve of everything. 1 know that you ran aid me greatly, and if the time ever comes I will gladly return the favor which I now ask. I would be pleased to hear from yon and follow any suggestions you may have to make." 4The Frankfort News says of Fred A. Sims, member of the Republican State committee of the Ninth district and the newly-elected secretary of the organization: "Fred A. Sims has retired temporarily from the First National Bank, where for a number of years he has been a familiar figure at the paying teller's window. He will put in the remainder of the week resting up and arranging his business affairs and the first of next wek will leave for Indianapolis to take up the duties of secretary to the Republican State central committee. After the election and the close of the commit tee rooms, Mr. Sims expects to return to Frankfort and resume his place at the bank." 4- 4Judge W. W. Moffett, of Vlneennes. while In the city Saturday, announced that he has no Intention of becoming a candidate for the Democratic congressional nomination in the Second distrfct. The Judge has been regarded as a prcspective candidate for several months, and lt 1? known that he has given some thought to the matter and has received assurances of support that might lead him to ponder dfeply before deciding not to measure strength with Representative Meirs. But he has waived aside all temptation to seek a toga. "I shall not be a candidate." he said. "I do not know that there will pe opposition to Miers. but if there is it willj not com" from me." 4-4-4-Judge Moffett dropped an Intimation that tends to confirm the reportithat Mr. Mlers and Senator Cyrus E. Dals. of Bloomfield, have reached nn t understanding whereby Miers will be glveji no opposition for renominatlon this yea- on condition that ho voluntarily retire and leave ihm field clear for Davis two bars hence. In other words, it seems thatfMlers and Davis have made a deal simflar to the one said to have been made between Representative Griffith nnd Lincoln? Dixon in the Fourth district two years Jije.. Ciriftith has announced that he will nt sk a renominate this year, and it is the general understanding that he is throwing his strength to Dixon. Miers will do thesain.- turn two vear8 hence for Davis, prov ded . It will be recalled that after makiij? a preliminary campaign two years BgO Aliers and Davis made an agreement wh'T'lby the former was to retire, but that aftr he had made an announcement to that effect and Davis thought he had everything his own way, Miers changed his mind, ffecalled his decision to withdraw, and wnt In and carried oft the nomination, j "The Rape of Democracy' Is the headline for an editorial in the Clarke County Citizen, the Democratic organ r t Jeffersonville, in which Carl Brayfield, w'ho Is rated as one of the ablest editors 4nd Democratic politicians in the Third dis'rict. goes after the Voight faction snd Ccinty Chairmnn S. L. Scott after the following style: "Chairman Scott and his associates have clearly proven in entertaining and adopting the resolution, taking rom the townships the right of local organization, except through some henchman appointed by himself, the object being to n.aintain control of the county committee, rven though he and his factionists bei repj liattd by the party, that thev are afrai-i to trust the Democrats w ith "the ballot in selecting their precinct committeemen, as other counties are doing, and that on ths ruins of the Clarke county Democracy may will establish an absolute politic al monarchy. DemI ocrats, beware of the man who fears to trust the people with the oeilot. The Journal's correspondent at Jeffersonville says of the Democratic fight: "Never before In the hstory of local politics was the Democratic party so badly split as now, and the fight between the two factions that is new raging with fury cannot mean less than defeat for the entire local Democratic ticket at the polls this fall The two factions are headed respectively by M. Z. Stannard and George H. Votght, both prominent attorneys. For many years Stannard had foil sway and doml1 tin- party according to his own liking, but two years ag. in the organisation of the county eommitte Voight wrenched the power from his opponent's hands and is now In complete control of the machine." STEAMERS COLLIDE. Boston City Nearly Sunk by the Colorado in New York Bay. NEW YORK. Jan. 31 The Wilson line steamship Colorado. Captain Cox. while proceeding slowly up the lower bay to-day, and while rounding the Southwest 8p!t. came in collision with the outward-bound Bristol City line steamer Boston City. Captain Carey, from New York, for Bristol and Swansea. A large hob- was t rn in the Boston City's port side forward of the bridge, and her bridge was smashed. She began to fill rapidly, and w.i mn into shallow water to prevent sinking. The weather at the time of the collision was clear La.ter In the afternoon the Boston City floated with the rhmig tide, only to drift to the a est side of Southwest Spit and ground again. The Colorado. aftr the accident, stood by and took off some of the crew of the Boston City, and then proceeded to her dock. The Colorado suffered but slUht dumase.

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