Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1904 — Page 4

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It in said tlmt Kraft is un unknown quantity In Japan. On the other hand, the public tervlco and Kraft mean exactly the name thing in the land of the Muscovite. .Another moral advantage for the Yankees of the East. Says the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The United States Supreme Court has! decided that negroes may serve on Juries. They may. but can they?" Never mind; it la purely a local Issue, as some people say the tariff if. The Cubans have been throwing mud n Old Olory; and. as is generally the case With mud throwers, they are the only ones defiled by the praetflB. Th- ingratitude of republics Is strikingly exemplified, as is also the proverb about setting a beggar on h rs t. i Republican leaders throughout New York SgTee that Hon. Kühn Hoot, late secretary of war. will be nominated for Governor if he will accept the nomination. As yet he hows no desire to re-enter politics, insisting that hia preference is to return to the. pructhe uf law. Judging from expressions of the Demo-erat'.-Suitors, pretty freely made, they are practically unanimous in favor of the party Baking a new platt inn instead uf reaffirming an old one, and are also in favor of droppit.g Mr. Bryan along with free silver. "The world do move." There was a new .-paper story to the effect that 1'resi.leiit l:c- - w-it had received $156.060 in royalties from th autograph editions of his books. Now come ills publishers and ay that his royalties have amounted, to this time, to -something less than $1.000. There la a mllo" discrepancy there who can explain it? Dr. Parkhurst ha.- turned his polemics from the Fast to the West, und is now exhausting his vocabulary of vituperation on the Mormons. By the time he gets through cleaning up this country the Golden Age will have arrived, ami then he will li of inanition because there will be nothing left for him to da There could be no tiner tribute to Governor T ift's administration in the Philippines and to his personal qualities as well than 1st fact that his departure was followed by general unrest und two local outbreaks. Some of the Ignorant natives evidently thought life would not be worth living after Governor Taft left. They will learn that the American administration of affairs will go right on. In the whole range of political speculation nothing more fantastic has appeared than the idea of a leading Russian paper that America is the real foe screened behind Japan, .ml that "vVlim Great Britain has quite gone over to the United States the rest of Kurope will realize the urgency at united action against America." The Men that the Am rlcan people are bent on pear baiting will be news to them. It la doubtful if the women in any large city of this country have accomplished as much In the way of practical reform as those of London have. They started a movement for the appointment of women as -sanitary Inspectors, which has resulted la the appointment of women In sixteen out of twenty-nine boroughs, and they have secured the passage of a law against child laboi rnor. .. ... meed thun any In this country. The truth is almost everywhere there la 'something doing" among the women. Of all the annual events that occur In this city nun.- brings together a more hopeful and generally happier body of people the or,;t : al contest of Indiana coland universities. The contestants rep ress nt th.- cream or he- rollf gas, and with them come th.ir fi lends, backers and "rootcis." all full of the enthusiasm that goes with youth. The ir oratory in itself Is not the most solid of aeeoinphsiimciita. but most of the contestants on these occasions posaes others, and tli-v are Habit M be Veard from In the future. Former Congressman John M GI"Vcr gJeOWs what 1. t p reap, t is inculcattd In the breasts of sonn of our , a T ui soldiers. Me also showed extreme bravery and wa. for he spat in the face

of an officer of high rank. General John Chase had the Impudence to speak pleasiiitly to th- x-c 'ii-T' .- man. It s run almost incredible, but he did. Righteously indiguant. Glover turned with a string of foul but highly original oaths, and expectorated in the face of the presuming soldier. All this happened In Colorado, to the glory of that State and the honor of the Union.

M loit ooioiw its YMW WATT. In his criticism of the administration's naval policy Senator Gorman reflected tho dominant trait of the democratic party, viz., refusal to be suited with anything a Republican administration or Congress may do. The paramount issue with the Democracy is dissatisfaction. No matter what Is done, it should either not have been done at all or should have been done differently. If anything is omitted, overlooked or postponed that Is a grave fault, but if it bo taken up and promptly disposed of. that Is a graver fault still. Probably there never existed in any country a party with such spUndid capacity for telling how things ought to be done and such utter incapacity for doing them as the Democracy. Senator Gorman felt obliged to deny tho charge that he Is opposed to building up the navy, because he knows the country needs and the people want a strong navy, and It Is not popular to oppose It. Yet It would not be In accordance with Democratic principles to give hearty and patriotic support to the naval policy of a Republican Congress and administration. The timehonored doctrines of the Democracy required him to Und some ground of opposition, so he said he was not opposed to the upbuilding of the navy, but he did not want a navy for display, but for service. The inference was that our present navy has been built and that the administration Is using it for display, and that if the Democrats were in power, with say Senator Gorman as President, we should have a navy not for display but for service. 8ome people will dissent from the idea that our present navy has been constructed and used solely for display. They recall the fact that the ships under Admiral Dewey did a fairly good Job of sinking tho Spanish fleet at Manila bay, and that another fleet of American ships rather carried off the honors at Santiago. They have not forgotten the memorable performance . of the Oregon In steaming 14.000 miles and reporting for duty in ample time to assist In sinking the Spanish squadron. That was not altogether a holiday performance. Senator Gorman would have a navy not for display but for service. What does he mean by service? When It became evident that there was likely to be trouble on the isthmus the administration, mindful of Its duty to protect American lives and property and keep transit across the isthmus open, sent some warships down in that direction. When the trouble came the ships were within call nnd marines were landed, "who maintained order and behaved very gallantly. The ships are still down there keeping the peace and protecting American Interests. Perhaps Senator Gorman regards these services as all done for display, and yet he condemna every step the administration has taken In the matter. He says he would have a navy not for display but for service. Could he have used a serviceable navy more advantageously for the-country than President Roosevelt did our "display" navy? Senator Gorman said it was rumored in high naval circles that the United State was marching around the globe with a chip on Its shoulder, with a taunt to Germany to knock It off. It is not at all likely that anything of the kind has been rumored in naval circles. If naval officers thought the President was actuated by such a motive they would be much more apt to approve than to condemn it. The idea originated with Senator Gorman und other Democrats who are trying to find an issue or make some kind of a case against the administration. They all want a navy not for display but for service, but when the navy Icrforins any service or shows a willingness and readiness to do so, they censure it and the administration. It would be interesting to know what Senator Gorman means by a navy for service, and what a Democratic administration would do with such a navy. THK lit SSO-J APWKSq MITI ATIOM. Those who have become tired following the Russo-Japanese negotiations in the hope Of reaching' some conclusion regarding the situation and tho probabilities of war will be relieved to learn that It is narrowing down to one man. This is Admiral Alexleff, of the Russian navy, and, since SM, administrator general and viceroy of the Russian province of Kwang-Tung. This Is the territory adjacent to Port Arthur and Tulienwan, which was leased by China to Russia for a period of twenty-fiv years from 1M''.. and which, of course, Russia will never surreuder. Since he was placed in command there with the title of viceroy. Admiral Alexleff has had supreme control of Russian Interests ln the Kast. and haa been very much in evidence. From time to time the dispatches have stated that Japan would take no further Stags without hearing from Viceroy Alexleff; that Russia had submitted her latest note to him, that the settlement of this or that question rested with him, that he was empowered to declare war at any moment If he saw fit, etc. Now It Ns stated that Russia's response to the latest Japanese note lias he. ti forwarded to V ic eroy Alex. eft', and it he approves it it will linallj reach the Tokio government on Monday. It can hardly be possible that the Russian government is placing the grave Issue of peace or war in the hands of a man not in personal touch with the Ciar and his Cabinet counselors. It is more likely th.it Viceroy Alexleff is acting in the double capacity of spy and go-between for Russia with secret Instructions to work for delay and try to beat Japan by indirection and duplicity He may be a very able and patriotic man. from a Russian point of view, but it does not seem probable that an autocratic ruler like the Czar would give him authority to approve or disapprove of an official paper which had already passed und.-r the Czar's personal su1 i v islon. It may be that the alleged submission of Russia's answer to Viceroy Alexleff is simply a ruse to gain time, prolong the correspondence and befog the situation. "If the viceroy approves the note," says the dispatch. "It will reach the Tokio government on Monduy." If he does not approve it It will, of course, be returned to St. Petersburg for alteration, and there wi.i be more palav ting If he forward ti.o

Mtt to the Japanese government and It proves unsatisfactory, as It almost certainly will, war may begin at once. THK R I I" B. At the recent meeting of the Indiana Engineering Society in this city Mr R. P. King read a paper on "Smoke Prevention," in which, after reviewing various devices and methods, he reached the conclusion that the mechanical stoker Is the solution of the smoke problem. There seems to be a practical consensus of opinion among eogiucirs to this effect. The phrase "smoke consumption" Is somewhat misleading, and is probably responsible for much waste of time and many worthless devices. A more correct phrase, and what investigators and inventors should aim at. is smoke prevention. It has been practically demonstrated that this can be accomplished by an automatic stoker so constructed as to work much more Intelligently and satisfactorily than the average h'red stoker. One great source of the smoke nuisance is the unwillingness of manufacturers and property owners to incur the necessary expense to avoid it. Given cheaply constructed boilers, cheaply constructed furnaces and a cheap stoker, and smoke is inevitable. The last Is probably the most prolific cause of all. Even with soft coal the feeding can be dcaie insuch a way as to reduce the smoke to a minimum while getting better heat resuits, but It requires Intelligence, watchfulness and strict attention to duty, and a cheap stoker is not apt to possess these qualities. There are automatic stokers in use In some cities which practically prevent the generation of smoke by intelligent feeding. The problem is not one of difficult solution, and there is no reason why this city should be compelled to submit to the smoke nuisance under the pretense that there Is no way of preventing it. MINOR TOPICS.

An extensive skin-grafting experiment in the L8 Angeles Kmergency Hospital. In which two hundred members of the Modern Woodmen of America have promised and are supplying cuticle, is in progress. Is it possible that the bunco men have at last located the "second crop" they have been dreaming about all these years? The following is Important if true: A fly alighted on Number 13 on a Monte Carlo roulette table. Dozens of players put their money on the number; the marble spun; the croupier said, "Trelze Impair nolr;" and the bank was out $23,000. We may expect a large order for fly paper from Monaco shortly Says John Temple Graves: "I regard Orover Cleveland and William J. Bryan as the two greatest men and the two ablest leaders whom the party of Jefferson has developed within this generation." And both of those men will agree that Mr. Graves is Just about half right. The first white child born In Chicago has Just celebrated his eighty-second birthday. Please add him to the list including George Washington's body servant, Abraham Lincoln's law partner and the original Cleveland man. There is already quite a respectable army of him. A Brooklyn educator recommends that unruly schoolboys be chastised with a length of rubber hose. Thus do the good old times and customs pass away, and the peach tree gad of our fathers succumbs to the artificial product of a progressive civilization. A new trolley line has been opened in Manila Just as Gen. Luke E. Wright as sumes the governorship of the islands. In view of the fact that this is a good omen for a progressive situation it is difficult to refrain from a pun on the Governor's name. 1 'resident Harper, of Chicago University, says that every professor needs a wife. Probably he thinks that the gentle influence of woman would save these learned men from making so many breaks as have lately proceeded from the Midway College. This talk of a boarding-house trust threatens to revive in a new form all the old Jokes about prunes, "The-Lord-WUl-Provide" mottoes, athletic chickens and sin-gle-oyster-ln-thc-soup. Otherwise it miyht be a very good thing. In the reports of the recr-nt dinner at the Gridiron Club It is noted that almost everybody was "roasted" except Willie Hearst; the mention of his name was studiously avoided. Professional jealousy or professional courtesy? Tho Kansas City papers are criticising Mrs. Leslie Carter for shirking her work during her week's engagement in that city. She did all right when she was here, but then there is such a difference in the inspiration of audiences. It is reported that the situation in Santo Domingo is more tranquil than has been the case for several months. The Journal has thought all along that things would quiet down there as soon as they ran out of powder. THE HUMORISTS. A Good Claim. "So he brought back a fortune from the gold fields: He must have staked out a good claim." "You bet he did. Why. he staked out the best saloon location In tne district the very first thing." Chicago Post. Plenty of Material. ' Kvon when they et ready to dig the Panama canal." said the passenger with the skull cap, "where will they get the laborers to dig It?" "Why aw I always supposed," remarked ths l a ! . t with the waxed mustache, "they used the canaille for such work." Chicago Tribune. lilliKerous. "In ancient times." remarked Mrs. Fosdlck. "people wrote to each other on clay table ta, which were baked before sending." "Then letter writing in thos days was largely in the nature of throwing bricks at one another." commented Mr. Fosdlck. Detroit Free Pi .- I. est He Forget. Plnckncy had made his famous declaration. "Millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute!" "Kxcuse me. sir." Instnustod the waiter, "but haven't you forgot something?" With a wail of anguish, he had to climb down from his high horse New York Sun. What Ktiquette Prescribes. 1MU Oh. yes: he's great on etiquette. Jill-Is thr.t right? "Sure. Way. he was tolling me only yesterday that If a man Is smoking while walking down the street with a lady the elgnr should alwuys be in the side of ths mouth farthest removed from the lady." lioaton Transcript. limit Transaction. Rising Politician (whose friends have given him a brass-sand serenade) My fellow-clt Isens, this a;i:trtiie..i..s ttil ute touches nu deeply. I am at a loss to find words to You have laid me under express my thanks. bllgutlons I shall never, never be able to repay. trader of Krasa Band tin alarm) Hut dia vaa to IN a cash drausaclkm, mein friend : Chicago Journal

SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

oxford Forging: SS I rout. At one time ths universities of Oxford and Cambridge sere fairly equally represented on th Episcopal Bench, but the appointments of recent years have so disturbed the balance that of the thirty-flve bishops of England and Wales no fewer than twenty-four are Oxford men. Of the remainder t-n graduated at Cambridge and one at Dublin. Of the seventeen bishops i under the age of sixty as many as fifteen are Oxonians. London Mail. American Tenehers In Turkey. Hon. Thomas H. Norton. Ph. D.. United States consul at Harpoot. Turkey. In a recent letter pays a hearty tribute to the missionaries of the American Board. Mr. Norton says: "In a thousand ways the devoted ba,nd of American missionaries and teachers ar raising the standards of morality, of intelligence, of education, of material well being, of industrial enterprise. Directly or indirectly every phase of their work Is paving the way for American commerce." The work and influence of the missionary physicians Mr. Merten isslsraa to be "almost incalculable." Boston Trunscript. Iteli.;i,,, l.ducution for Children. The striking fact is brought out by the Educational Review that over 13.000.000 persons are enrolled in the Sunday schools of this country. In the public schools the enrollment is of nearly 16.000.000, or only 3,000.000 more. The accusation that the religious education of children is neglected in America, with the consequence of inevitable moral degeneration in our society. Is not sustained by these statistics. More attention seems to b given to the religious training of children in this country by churches and in schools and by home Instruction than in any other of Christendom. New York Sun. Social lasses In Our Schools. This .separation of social classes in our public Schills threatens the understanding between class and class, between capital and labor, between men and women who resent, and ought to resent, being called the "masses." and men and women who know them only as the employer knows the employed. Hate, on one hand, disgust for the "canaille," on the other, seem far enough from a modern republic, but they are easily reached when the children are divided, the sheep on one side the education fence, the goats on ths other. "We used to go to school together. Do you remember?" Is more than the formula of common greeting. World's Work. Obligations of College Men. Whenever college undergraduates are tempted to paint the town red or to indulge in silly and riotous conduct which brings discredit upon their college, they should remember the simple truth that the public has the right to expect that they will be not more lawless but less lawless than other young men, and that so far from being able to claim exemption because, they are In college they deserve more severe censure on that account if they make themselves a nuisance to society. And college graduates who Bhirk the responsibilities of citizenship who are too busy or too pleasure-loving to engage in the serious struggles of politics and government should bear in mind that It was not to train drones or triflers that the community poured out Its treasure to give them a college education. Washington Times. laluentloiinl Votes. College Journalism was introduced by Daniel Webster at Dartmouth College over 100 years ago. Fourteen colleges in the United States now publish newspapers every week day. College Journalism is practically unknown in any other country. The alumni of Northwestern University havo succeeded in collecting all but $8.000 of the $100,000 fund for a new gymnasium. I gardlng the objection to football the Educational Review cites a number of facts which prove the absurdity of some of the objections. It gives authoritative statement that only one player In thirty-nve is sufficiently injured each season to necessitate the loss of time from college duties. William K. Huntington haa formally accepted the presidency of the Boston University, but ha will not be inaugurated until next October. Plans are being prepared for a new college library at Belolt. The attendance at the University of Michigan Is estimated at 4.068. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD. He BxJSf S Himself. John D. Rockefeller makes It a custom to address Ms servants at morning and evening prayers. One of the maids was asked by a friend If she appreciated the discourses. "I never thought of that." she repliad. And then she added; "I only looks at the old man. and I thinks to myself, you poor, dear gentle man. how you are enjoying yourself." Denver Times. Heartless Inn. "It beats all how heartless soma people are," said Representative Ruppert. of New York, today. "Now. I was walking up the street to-day with a friend. We met a most discouraged man. who said he needed a little money with which to get something to eat. He said he had had nothing but snowballs to eat for two days. "And what do you suppose my friend said? He told the man to go right up and eat the snow oft his walk in front of his house and have a feast." New York World. I sea of the Telephone. To the making of Irish bulls there is no end. according to Marshall P. Wilder. Here is one of the latest breaks of the Celtic spsclea. if the humorist is to be believed: An Irishman just over sees a telephone on the wall, and never having seen one before, asks what it is. -It's a telephone,'' he is told. "Phat's a tillyphone used f jr?" queries Pat. "Why. to talk througa, of cor.rse." "Can I talk to Mike upstairs through thct thing'."' "Why, of course." Pat goes to the telephone and calls up Mike. "Ig thot you. Mike-." "Yes." comes the answer. "Well." says Pat, "stick er head out ths window, I want to Ulk to ye." Rochester PostExpress. An Irish Kcnse. Mr. G boats, the ambassador of the United States at London tells v. story of a sculling match that nok place between an Englishman, a student of Oxford, and an Irishman, a student of Cambridge. The Briton won handily. At no time wts he In danger of defeat. Moreover, la a spirit of fun and bravado he stopped two or three times in his course and bade the Irishman In the rear to "hurry up." Alter the race the Irishman came in for a good deal of chaff, in view of the overwhelming defeat he had suffered. But he merely shrugged his shoulders. "Faith." he said, "if I had the long rests that be took I could have beaten him easily." Minneapolis Tribune. A Wet llliiuket. Vigor of speech was a characteristic of Judge Burr. f Connecticut, who lately resigned from the bench on account of deafness. A New Huven lawyer once introduced to Judge Burr an almost unknown but self-confident novelist, whose good opinion of himself has been Justified since by events. In his conversation with the judge ha did not fail to make known his estimate of his own brilliancy. Judge Burr observed the young man closely and sternly. Finally he said: "So you expect to be famous son.e day, eh?" "Some day," said the young man. "I expect to have ihe wo,id at my feet." "What have you been doing all this time," said the Judge, "walking on your bands?" Kansas City Star. President lludley's Hreuk. Pres i.'.. nt Ha.lley, of Vale, is considered a very clever maker of phrases. His introductions, used at ihe comnu-ucement exercises for those about to re. elve honorary degrees, ars usually little masterpieces, but his ability to say much in a few words does not render him immune from making "bulls." A year or two sgo an art club, composed principally of professors tn the' university, gave a dinner to which the wives of ths members were invited. The tables were spread In the main gallery in ths art school, and President Hadley acted as toastmaster. As is customary when women ars present at a banquet, the toastmsster handed out a larae line of "rhetorical bouquets, ' te which

the wom n present were permitted to help themselves. One of the " bouquets" was an amusing surprise to those of Dr. Hadley' s hearers who caught Its unintended significance. With a comprehensive wave of the hand. President Ha lley pointed to the works of art on the walls of the room, and said: "What need have we of all these painted beauties on the wall when so many are gathered here to-night around this festive board?" The rrt club is no longer in existence, and the enly "painted beauties" present on that occasion are still on exhibition at the Yale art school. Denver Times.

A Primary Seholar's Fsnay. "The lunirs ar- ; lnklh and spongy. We have one lung In our body. They are the same color. When we die our lungs go to different things and the people who are bad they go to the bad man and get burned up. Our sold goes to heaven, but our lungs do n' When some of the peorle go to the bad man everything gets burn up. "The lung5 are pinkish and spongy because it is their color. We have one lung because we ought to have one lung. They are the same color f-cause they atay the same color only when we die they change different. When we die our lungs turn to different colors because they cau't stay ths same thing all the time. "The oeople who go to the bad man Is because they ought to be good. Our sold goes to heaven because it ought to go. Some people that goes to the bad man is because they ought to be rood like the ones that go to heaven. "We breathe pure air In so that the had air can go and let In the pure air so that it oan clean our lung out." Philadelphia Telegraph. Whale I'isliinu and Kconomic Law. Two and a quarter tons of whalebone have been sold in Dundee for $15.006 a ton. and only four tons are left outstanding in the world's supply. There is no "corner" in this picturesque commodity. The demand has outrun the supply so rapidly that In seventy years the price of whalebone has risen from 13 cents to nearly $7 a pound. Yet never In the greatest years of the whale fishery did any vessel make so many captures as were reported by the Newfoundland whalers In the past season. An average catch of somewhat moro than two hundred whales apiece was certainly a remarkable achievement tor four vessels, but It does not presage a return of the ploturesque industry which fifty years ago made Nantucket and New Bedford great. The whala fishery is simply going through the same process as many another Industry In the past. Collier's Weekly. Wliut Doctors Make. There are about 200,000 doctors in the United States, or about one for every 3s0 people. It has been approximately estimated that the average yearly income of these men Is $750, or that the public in the country pays $150,000,000 annually for medical attendance, omitting entirely the money spent for patent medicines, which bring millions of dollars to manufacturers, or the amounts spent for doctor's prescriptions, or paid to quacks and commercial doctors. The preparation for the practice of medicine that gives a man a good standing in the profession means an expense of, liberally speaking, $4.000 for four years in a reputable medical school, $1,000 for general expenses during two years' hospital service, and perhaps another $1,000 for setting up In practice. A year or two in Europe is also a help. Leslie's Monthly. They Stopped hewing. It is not often that gum chewing Is denounced from the bench of the Supreme Court, but there is at least one Justice who is decidedly opposed to the habit. The Jaws of several Jurymen were working '-rapidly in the courtroom In Brooklyn i. - ntly while counsel summed up a case. As the lawyer sat down. Justice Marean fixed his eyes on the Jury box and said in tones that indicated displeasure: "I have had occasion once before to speak of gum chewing in the Jury box. I do not mean anything personal, but I wish to say that I think the habit unworthy of the position of a Juryman. That is ell." The jaws stopped working, and the case went on. New York Evening Post. How to Pronounce Seoul. How Is Seoul pronounced? With the attention of the world centered on Korea, thousands of persons are trying to pronounce the name of the capital of the country which is now the Oriental storm center And all the persons who are trying to pronounce the name are equally successful, for authorities support nearly every possible pronunciation. When in great haste men who have lived in Seoul usually call it "Sool," and this pronunciation has many advocates. It is the simplest, but not as smart as some others. "Se-owl" Is another pronunciation. and "See-ool" Is much in favor. These three are the favorites, but are subject to an infinite number of variations. Washington Times. Very Evident. Mr. W. K. Vanderbllt. jr., has succeeded In making a record of a mile In thirty-nine seconds in his automobile. It was done on the Florida sands. A man like Mr. Vanderbllt, with plenty of money and nerve and a racing machine that can be driven at the rate of forty-five yards a second, is liable at any time to become a source of public danger. Philadelphia Record. Must Be Economical. President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, wisely advises the members to be saving in preparation for hard times. At the same time he suggests an increase of their contributions to tho federation. Without being economical, how, indeed, are they to increase their contributions? Philadelphia Record. Issne for Democrats. Mississippi's discovery that there Is one race of men made worse by education might serve as the Democratic issue. It is queer that in all the history of schools this idea never came to the surface before. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. TAYLOR EXTRADITION CASE. Indictment Wna Simply an Kffort tn Secure Political Heven. Chicago Chronicle (Dem.). Quite unaccountably In the debate on the diplomatic appropriation bill in the House of Representatives at Washington last Wednesday the assassination of William Goebel. at Frankfort. Ky.. several years ago and the unsuccessful efforts to extradite from Indiana W. S. Taylor, who had been Indicted for the crime, were exhaustively discussed, and Governor Durbin was criticised for not honoring the requisition of the GOTO II ST of Kentucky. The reopening of this case In this fashion Is to be regarded with disapproval, as the course pursued by the Governors of Indiana has long since been vindicated by the progress of events ;ini the s-ob.-r second thought of the Kentucky people. It was sufficiently plain, even at the time, that the requisition emanated not so much from a dignified executive as from a blood-thirsty Kentucky vendetta, and that Its object would never have been given a fair trial under the law. The extradition of prisoners by the Governor of a State is a matter of discretion, and wisely so. as any one knows who has bad occasion te observe the frequency with which extradition proceedings are useel to gratify personal revenge. In the Taylor case the Governor of Indiana was as well acquainted with the facts as the Governor of Kentucky himself and was well aware of the injustice of the indictment. The second application for the extradition of Taylor was made to Governor W. T. Durbin. who considered the case de novo, and accompanied his refusal with an exhaustive review of the law and the facts. In reaching his decision he had the advantage "t nn. eh evidence that was unknown to his pn ecessor in office, and no one who has read his brief on the subject could ever doubt the wisdom or the humanity of his refusal to extra. lite Taylor. Every day that lias passen! since the assassination h,,.- made it mre evident that there was never any r a sou to connect Tavlor with it. That the indictment was purely a matter of political revenge and that the requisition wis a persecuting contrivance bars long ben evident to every 0a4 who followed the case. The debate in the House of Representatives bad. of course, no result, unless it s.rve-d to remind the country oncv more that Kentucky was. et ymoleiglcally at least, "the dark and bhody battle ground" and that any SSM who defeats bloodshed in that comnumw ealth may safe-ly assume that he is acting in the Interest of clviliaauou.

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It developed yesterday that the raising of a question as to the constitutionality SjJ the county officers' law has put the- Republican organisations in a few counties in a quandary. In these counties arrangements have been made for primarh-s within the near future, but the nomination of candidates for the office's affected by the new law have not been contemplateel and no candidates have appeared. Now that t hestate committee has instructed the county committees to have nominations made as usual, it is found impracticable, and In some instances almost impossible, to make the nominations for the offites in question at the time the other county primaries are held. A striking example of such a situation is found in Hamilton county. The primaries have been set for Feb. 16 and to-day is the last day that candidates can get their names on the ticket. If the newlaw does not stand the test of the courts an auditor and treasurer must In- elected there this ye ir, but up until the announcement of Mr. Harris's opinion no candidate for these offices had been thought of and if the nominations are made at the primaries Feb. 16 candidates must make arrangements to-day to get their names on tho ticket. E. M. Hare and Ernest Cole, of Noblesvllle. chairman and secretary, respect! v of the Hamilton county Republican central committee, and N. W. Cowgill. of Sheridan, were In the city yesterday to consult with the officers of the state committee regarding the matter. "We can't postpone the primaries, which have been set for Fth. P3." said Mr. Ii;ir. , "for that would be unfair to the candid at i for sheriff, prosecutor, surveyor, commissioners, reprosentuUve-8 ajni Joint senators, who have already made their campaigns and are ready fer the finish of the light. At the same time it would hardly be fair to ask the men who want to run for auditor and treasurer to make the race on twenty-four hours' notice, when they would have less than ten days to get their friends lined up for them. There are plenty of men who want to make these races five candidates for treasurer and two for auditor have appeared since Hi read in the Journal that the new law had been declared unconstitutional by Mr. Harris." After talking the matter over with Be -retary Sims, of the state committee, Mr. Hare said that in all probability it would be decided to hold the primaries as planned for the other offices and then nominate candidates for auditor and treasurer later, If the Supreme Court's decision should knock out the new law. 4- 4Mr. Cowgill. who Is the editor of the Sheridan News, is himself a prospective candidate If the new law Is held unconstitutional. "I have been planning to BudtS the race for auditor," he said, "but had not anticipated that the nomination would be made this year. Naturally I am somewhat interested in learning Just what can be done in our county under the prese-nt situation." 4Hamilton county Republicans arc also disconcerted by the attack on the legislature apportionment act. The new apportionment places Hamilton with Clinton in a Joint senatorial district, while under the old law Hamilton was In a district with Tipton county. Candidates for the senatorial nomination have already made their campaigns in the new district. Milton Hanson, of Westfleld, and Ralf Kane, of Noblesville, are senatorial aspirants, and it will be settled at the primaries Feb. 16 which of the two shall have the Hamilton delegation in the Joint, convention. The question Is raised, however, whether it will not le necessary to hold another primary in event the Supre me Court sustains the flai bgliai adverse to the new apportionment and Hamilton is placed back in the old district. 4-4-Senator M. E. Newhouse, of Greensburg, was in the city yesterday and called at the Republican State headquarters. 4- 4State Chairman Goodrich returned last evening from Chicago and then went on to his home in Winchester. He will be at headquarters again on Monday. Republican visitors to the city within the last few days have experienceel some difficulty in finding the State headquarters. It is generally known that the oJboas are in the Stevenson building, but not every caller knows that they are on the sixth floor, to the rear, in the extreme southeast corner. It is possible, however, that the headquarters will be moved within the near future. At präsent the committee haa but three rooms In its suite, which will be altogether inadequate w hen the campaign is under way and the office force has been increased, and it is probable that it will be difficult to secure all the room needed in the Stevenson building. The management of the English Hotel has submitted a proposition to the committee to furnish a suite of rooms, as many as may be needed, on the second floor of the hotel at the Mark- tstreet end of the building, and this offer may be acceptd. There will be many a.lvantagea in haviug the offices in the hotel, which has been deslguated as Republican headquarters for the campaign, and this poiut will be an Important consideration in deciding the matter. If the change is Lgdt it will be made within a few days. 4- 4- 4Lieutenant Governor Newton W, Gilbert, of Fort Wayne, who Is a candidate for hjM Republican congress, nal nomination in the Twelfth district, was in the city yesterday. He was here on business connected with the world's lair commlssiou, of which he is the president. 4-4-4-Governor Durbin was at his home in Anderson yesterday on business. - The new executive committee of the Indiana Republican Eeiitorial Association held its first meeting last night at the BSsg" llsh. No business of especial importance was transacted, the object of the meeting being merely that the members of the committee should get together for a preliminary discussion of the affairs of the association. Those here for the m-eting were President Walter S. Montgomery, of Greenfield; Secretary R. S. Trultt. of Noblesville; H. M. Smith, of Gree-ncastle, and A. R. Keesliug, of Logausport. 4-4-"The only recent political event In Cass county was the visit of one of the gubernatorial candidates, J. Frank Hanly." said Mr. Kee-sling. when a;ked about Republican affairs in his bailiwick. "Mr. Hanly Is the first of the candidates for Governor to invade the Eleventh district, I belie ve they all kept out as long as it was thought that Shhicier would enter the race. Cass county will be a good field for the candidates this year. Heretofore It has l. -n the pedlcy of our delegation in the state convention to divlele its vote among the various candidates, but this year there seems to be a sentiment that th..- county should vote practically as a unit, and in this way really do something In the way of making nominations." 4Frederick I. Barrows, of Connersville. chairman of the Fayette county Republican JAPAN'S MILITARY FORCES. A System of Conscription Mn i n tu i n the MIUado'H v.,,,,. From Clement's "Handbook of Modern Japan." The Japanese army and navy are created and sustained, as to personnel, by a conscription system, quite like that of ;. i -many. Theoretically "all males between the full ages of seventeen and forty years, who are Japanese subjects, shall be liable to conscription." This period Is. moreover, divided up as follows: ill Active service with the colors for three years In the army and four years in the navy by those who have "attained the full age of twentyyears," so that those who are between seventeen and twenty are apparently exempt except "in time of war or other emergency; (3) First Reserve term, of four years in the army and three years in the navy, "by such as have completed their service with the colors;" (3) Moond Reserve term. ef live years, "by thote who have comp: their aervlce In the First Reserves. gSl t4) service m the territorial army for the remaining years by those who have coui-

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organiiation. said last evening at the English that the knocking out of the county of -ti' rs" law will cause some little lnconvenlenee in Fayette. "If the law is held unconstitutional." he said, "we shall have to nominate a candidate for county treasurer, and it will be necessary to hold a special primary, as arrangements have already been made for the regular countv primary, which will be held iH?xt ThursUav. Feb 11." Mr. Barrows says that R. N. Elliott, of Connersville. whom he succeeded as chairman of the c.unty committee, will be the nominee for Joint representative from Faye tte and i. counties. ' Wayne county has cone'e-ded the nomination to Fayette, the primaries in both counties will be held next week In Wayns on Monday and in Fayette on Thursday the tickets have been printed In both counties and Mr. Elliott's is the only name n them as a candidate for Jdnt representative, so It is altogether probable that he will be the nominee," said Mr. Barrows. Mr. Elliott's election is assured, as ths district is largely Republics n. and he will succeed R. E Klrkn an. of Richmond, who Is a candidate fur the nomination for state senator from Wayne county. The dlstriet of Fayette and Wayne, by the way, to ona that was not changed bv th- new apportionment act. which has been successfully attacked by the Democrats in the lower courts. 4- 4- 4The story was floating around the hotels and clubs last evening that W. N. Harding was being talked of as a candidate for the Republican mayoralty nomination elghteeu months hence. It is rather early for the opening of the mayoralty campaign, but the story was in circulation, although Mr. Harding himself almost refused to believe that there was any talk of that kind. "It's a joke; it can't be anything else, but I can t see why I should be singled eut as the victim." he said, when ass u reel that there really was go.in of his prospective candidacy. 4-4-The editor of the Waterloo Dawn (Dem.) has announced editorially that he favors W. R. Hearst for the Democratic presidential nomination. It is now up to ths paragraphers to make remarks about tho dawu of Mr. Hearst's Waterloo. In passing It may be added that Mr. Hearst's candidacy is gaining ground In Indiana. The Rockville Tribune. Isaac R. istrouse, editor, is booming Hearst in the Fifth district. Wiuiield Jones, of the Linton Call and Jasonvllle Enterprise, has declared for Hearst in tin See oud district, while Hearst now has an organ in the Twelfth In the Waterloo Dawu. 4Urey Woodson, of Owensboro. Ky., member of the Democratic national committee from Kentucky, was in the city a few hours yesterday en route to Chicago. Ho stopped off here to call on Thomas Taggart, the Indiana member of the national committe-e. In speaking of the national chairmanship, for which Mr. Taggart Is a candidate. Mr. Woodson said 'hat personally ho is for Mr. Taggart and nopes he will be elected. "However," he said, "the selection of national chairman depends so largely upon the personal whim of tho nominoe for President that it is impossible to predict who will be chosen." Mr. Wooelson declined to discuss national politics or the presidential situation within his own party. 4- 4"A more fitting comparison could not have been made," said George Lock wood, the Governor s secretary, yesterday, in commenting on Democratic State Chairman O'Brien's expression to the effect that Miss Democracy wants no millinery f a vintage of four or eight years ago. "The Demrerats want new issues ami new platforms about as often as a woman wants a new hat, and the average man knows Just how often lhat is." 4Col. C. C. Matson, of Greencastle. former Democratic member of Congress from the Fifth district, was at the Grand yesterday. 4- 4Judge Truman F. Palmer, of Montlcello, who was until recently the president of tho State Bar Association was at the Columbia Club last night. He says that the latest politcal gossip in White county is over tho attack on the law extending the terms of county and judicial officers. The Judge himself was affected by the law, as if It stands ths. test of the courts he will bo given an extension of about forty-flve days. He Is now serving his tenth year on tho bench. "I would not give an off-hand expression of opinion as to the constitutionality of the law." said the judge, when asked what hs thought of the validity of the act. "I have given it no consideration and do not know whether I would agree or take Issue with Mr. Harris. It will require the decision of the Supreme Court to settl the question, no matter how numerous or how varied th opinions of the attorneys of the State .aay be." Judge Palmer has a hobby. If he will ! rmlt the characterization he believes that the judicial circuits of Indiana should be reorganized. In his address before the State Bar Association a few weeks ago hs urged a movement toward reorganisation, and he says he belie ves the Legislature should take the mutter up at Its next session. "As it Is only through agitation that things of this kind are brought about. I believe that the question of the reorganization of our Circuit Courts should be kept before the people until legislative action is taken," said the Judge. "The change in system most to be; desired. In my opinion, is one whereby Judges will sit at least a large portion of their time in counties outside their own home countiea." 4- 4- 4 Judge Eugene H. Bundy. of New Castle, was at the Claypool last evening. 4Candidates for president and secretary of the Indiana Uncoln League, which will hold . Its annual convention next week in Evansville. are coming to the front. C. W. McGuire, of this city, yesterday announced his candidacy for president and it is understood that Senator Samuel Crumba. ker of Kvansviih-, is .Is . .. candidate for the first position within the gift of the league. At pr. s. nt there is no avowed candidal for secretary, but the friends of several men are dedng a little quiet electioneering ami it is probable that W. W. Huffman, the custodian of the State-house, will seek the secretaryship When asked about the matter Mr. Huffman said he was considering, a suggestion to become- a candidate, but bad nog d finite ly decide ! what he- would do. Mr. Huffman was m cretary of the league in IV.. 4- 4The current isaue of Leslie's Weekly contains a brief sketch of Colonel Charles A. Carlisle, of South Bend, in which the celonel Is spoken of as a possiN .mdidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Indiana. "Although Mr. Carlisle has sg y.-t 1:. M no public office." concludes the article, "he has served on the Governors staff four years. The men composing Indiana's business and financial circles are convinced that he has the training and qualities which will assure an administration of public affairs on a basis of political cleanliness, strength and safety." jl.t.d th. preceding term. But the last three services are m. r. iy nominal, as th First and See und Reserves snd the territorial army are ordinarily called out only for drill once a year .md are mobilized, in r ! r. "in time of war or of emergency.' Therefore, the ictual service In barracks is g n- r.illy only three year. A very thorough method of drafting carries int.. tCc4 tbese provisions and would make mor than JBO.OsO young men annually liable to service. But. as this Is a much lag.r number than the government could possibly . are for. or would need in times of peace, there Is a "sweeping system of exemptions" that brings the number of , ons( , U,ts down within practical Umlta. Ibis sxstem takes lnu account physic al conditions, educational courses, individual and family necessities, official duties, business requirements. etc. Even then th number of those available who pass ths examination is too large. s that it to dined by lot. Those who are finally roil-d are divided up among th- varl hi, - ot service according t physique, t. iiner occupation and attainÄ-nts. ";'onscipts i t active naval serviere shall be selected tiom youths belonalnz tn ths im I of each year; sc ceding or fed lowl U tor those who are

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