Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 72, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1904 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 191H.

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O. -Viaduct News Stand, ISO High street. DAY'TON. O J. V. Wiikie, 39 South Jefferson street. DENVER. Col -Lout ha In Jackson. Fifteenth and Lawitn:e streets, and A. Smith, 1607 Champa streaL DES MOINES. In. Mose Jacobs. 309 Fifth street. LOS ANGELES. Cal.-Harry Drapkin. LOUISVll.i.i: ' '. t. Deerinsr. northwest corner Sj Thin! ar-i Jefferson streets, and Bluefeld Bros.. 4IJ West Market street. FEW YORK Astor Hoaae. ET. LOITIS-Union News Company, Union Depot. IbT. JOSEPH. Mo F. B. Carriel. Station D. WASHINGTON. D. C.-Rlggs House. Ebbltt Hous. Fairfax Hotel. Wlllard Hotel. A presidential boom for Senator I3aib y has been- started in Texas. There is no probability that it will ever get beyond the State lines. The Sultan has seen the good results of Japanese tactics and hag adopted them. He has the Russian Black sea fleet bottled up in the Dardanelles. Wheat may keep on going; up. but don't worry. Perhaps this country can give Japan a nice big order for rice and dried fl."h. and we can live somehow. By the way, it would bo interesting to have a Senats Inquiry into the state of the Utah divorce laws. Do they have any, or don't they consider them necessary? Utah has about succeeded in proving that when Uncle Sam took her into the Union be was badly cheated. And Utah's conScience doesn t seem to trouble her a bit. The Mikado is going to economize for his country's sake by eating only three meals a f!ay while the war is In progress What s Lent this will be in the imperial palace! Having applied salye to the wounded feelings of the Czar, Kins Edward turns with honeyed words to Fr.u.ce. It is quite evident that trouble with any other country la the kurt thing England want.- just now. Were there no "prominent citizens" in that Springfield mob. or was the negiert to mention them a mere oversight on the part of the reporters? It could not have been s genuine lynching without the presence of a few suoh. at least. The bogus Lord Bairingt n applies for a new trial on the ground that the prosecuting attorney cajled him a devil. It may be that presently accused people will ask for new trials because the prosecution is so rude as to say they committed crimes. The Atlanta Journal timidly suggests a boom for John F. Shafroth, of Colorado, for the Democratic vice presidential nomination. The LVmocrats are evidently getting so afraid of Hearst that they want to balance the ticket with a man of conspicuous sincerity. Captain Dreyfus Is not going to be vindicated and r. mst it.. l because he has any better proofs of his innocence than he had before, but simply because the diabolical conspiracy against him haa been broken up. "Veritas magna, et prevalebit," If It Is given time enough. Brigham H. Roberts sees In President Smith's testimony "the finger of God in taking this means of putting the truth? of Mormonisna before the whole world." It Is surprising to find Rob rts rejoicing over It. but the public will agree that he is about right la bis estimate of what is happening. But where will Mormonism be helped? Now it Is rumored that the rebels in Santo Domingo are doing all this cutting up with the idea that this country will become angry and annex the island. That sounds Improbable. The Dominicans make trouble "for 'tis their Mittlre to. " and it Is doubtful if they PVei look any further ahead than to a new President that Is. about two wee k -. la It worth while for papers Democratic and Republican to so bitterly denounce the personal character of W. R. Hearst? It Is only so much advertising; and a "yellow" dees not care what sort of advertising he gets so long as his name is kept before the public. His only answers will be appeals to the "dear peepul" whose cause he so loudly Chan.pt' :is. A writer in the Loudon Daily Mail rrophesles that when Manchuria Is fully pawed up and developed there will be a revolution In the international division of labor which will change Britain s dependency on A merle: n wheat lands into a dependency on Manrturo-Russhtn fields. By that time America will nei d til of her own product, so we're not frightened. Tbc latest cause of dissatisfaction in Russia i an a.'legsd protest by Captain Sawyer, of the Cnitnl States gunboat Helena, against the sinking by the Russians of junks to blockade the entrance to NleuChwang harbor. As Nleu-Chwang is a free pott. Basal had no right to obstruct it,

and if the Amern an captain protested he was right. American naval officers are well versed in International law and very seldom make mistake. A Washington dispatch says this Government hi no official information on the subject, but that if Captain Sawyer protested against the action of Russia he will be sustained.

I NU Mi l HELL LEI i KB VM) THE s i hike; puosrsjl t. President John Mitchell's circular lettr to the mine workers urging the acceptance of the compromif- offend by the operators adds another to the evidences h'? has given of his wisdom as a labor leader. If the vice president and secretary of the cnlons assisted In preparing the letter they are entitled to a share of the credit. Its upirit is admirable, its form and expression are above criticism and its logic is unanswerable. Not a single point in the case is overlifoked. and on each one the argument is driven home w ith telling force. Some of the points made show that Mr. Mitchell is able to look all around a situation and Iieneath the surface. Thus when he says, "It is conceded on all sides that the apex of industrial activity has been reached ami that we are slowly moving toward an industrial depression." he states a fact which only far-sighted persons have perceived. YVhlle the country is still at the height of prosperity it requires unusual intelllgen-e to discern signs of subsidence and reaction, yet some of the closest students of economic conditions have expressed the same opinion. Mr. Mitchell argues that with the indications of a change which, inside of two years, will Justify a much greater reduction of wages than that now proposed by the operators, it would be most unwise for the unions to reject a proposition which insures a two years' contract at really high wages. Another point which shows insight as well as foresight Is that a presidential campaign and election always disturbs industrial conditions and Is pretty sure to cause a falling market in coal. "The experiences of the past." says the circular, "have shown conclusively the folly of striking when the markets are going down." Perhaps the operators recognized this cause of a falling market more clearly than the miners did, but since their attention is called to it the latter must admit it. Again, the miners of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are reminded of the difficulty that would probably arise in holding those of West Virginia and western Perrtisylvania in line for a long strike. "With large numbers of men in western Pennsylvania unfamiliar with the principles of trade unionism," says Mr. Mitchell, "it could not be depended upon to remain solid during a long conflict under conditions of this kind." Advices from the East state that the miners In the Cumberland region and the Pennsylvania field adjacent are willing to accept a small reduction of wages and might not strike even if one were ordered. If they did not strike, or if they should surrender soon, as Eastern operators believe they would, the strike would fail and the miners would have lost the Interstate movement and much vantage ground besides. These and other points are made so clear and strong In the letter that inte'ligent miners cannot fail to be influence, by it. H will give a decided impetus to the antistrike sentiment, and it is pretty safe to predict now that the vote next week will show a large majority in favor of accepting the compromise. THK It HOOK ISLAM ROOM FOR in: ah sr. The election of a Hearst delegation by the Democratic convention of Rhode Island will have different effects in different iiarters. Republicans will be disgusted by the possibility that such a man as Hearst should even bo seriously consul-red In connection with the presidential office; auti-Hearst Democrats will awake to the necessity of taking steps to kill off his boom, and the Bryan-Hearst crowd will Insist It means that Hearst is the people's choice and the coming man. It was fortunate for Hearst that the Democratic state convention In Rhode Islaud was the first one to be held this year, thus giving his ho siers a chance to shout "First blood Por Haarst!" But there are other conditions in Rhode Island still more fortunate for Hearst. That State haa the largest percentage of population engaged la manufacturing of any State in the Union, and its factory hands are largely foreigners, mainly French-Canadians, and an ignorant, turbulent, socialistic class. It will doubtless be found on Investigation that this class controls the Democratic party and politicians in Rhode Island sufficiently to make the election of a Hearst delegation possible. It has been notorious for years past that the population of some of the New Englaud States was undergoing a change for the worse. The large influx of foreign immigrants has in many localities swamped the old New England Purimu-descended element and has affected the character of the entire population. This is particularly true in Rhode Island, the second greatest cotton-manufacturing State in the Union. By the last census this little State had eighty-seven cotton mills employing 24.0O persons. Her woolen mills and other textile Industries brought the number up to 218. employing 49.700 persons, or more than fifty per cent, of the entire number of wage earners in the State. Formerly the operatives in these mills were nearly all of American birth; now a majority are of foreign birth. Rhode Islaud has a much larger percentage qf foreign-born citizens than Indiana has, and several of the larger cities and towns in Rhode Island have a much larger percentage of foreign-born citizens than any city in this State. By the last census Rhode Island had 17.4il aliens that is, unnaturalized foreigners against in Indiana. Of the entire white population of Indiana. 2.371,341 were native-born and 142.121 were forcign-born. Of the white population of Rhode Island BLOT were nativeborn and HUM were foreign-born. Of the persons of school age in Indiana 09 er cent, were native-born and 1 per cent, foreign; in Rhode Islaud J p.r cent, were native and IS per cent, foreign. Other comparisons might be made, showing the large excess of foreign population in Rhode Island. The Democratic party In Rhode Island is largely composed of and numerically dnmiuated by foreigners of the least intelligent and most un-American class. It Is a fine field for the Hearst propaganda, and especially for the use of money. There ia not another State in the Union that offers as fine a field hi n "the cheek and checkbook " candidate u away from the so

cialistic and anarchistic manufacturing centers of the East we will hear a different story. TNF METHOD) ST BOOK , EMU. It is an interesting historic fact that a book publishing venture, which was begun only a little over a century ago on a borrowed capital of $600 for the sole purpose of republishing in this country the books and tracts of John Wesley, has grown to be OTv of the largest publishing houses in Ameri'-a. known now as the Methodist U. ok Concern. For many years its only home was in the city of New York, but v.heii th. West l--u;-:i t derr.a'id hooks, and the only means of transportation was the slow-going wagon, a branch of the concern was established in Cincinnati, and later one in Chicago, each more or less independent of the others, if not at times a rival in business, though all under the supreme management of the General Conference. Whatever business necessity there may have been three-quarters of a century ago for this triple arrangement, it has long been obvious to business men that from a business viewpoint it has been unwise ever since railroads superseded wagons, and the telegraph the lumbering O0JM h. but the supposed difficulty of unifying the concern and putting the whole under one management in one place was so great that no serious attempt has been made until now to remedy it. For four years the book committee has been wrestling with the problem, and it has just given to the public the report it has prepared for the General Conference next May. Concisely stating the difficulties and enumerating the business advantage., it will recommend

that some small city, centrally located, with good railroad facilities, be selected and that a modern plant, sufficient to do all the printing, be constructed, and that as publishing establishments all the others be abandoned. Among the eligible cities or the middle West, as possessing most if not all required conditions, Indianapolis is named. That Indianapolis has more of the required facilities is beyond a doubt with all who know the facts, but to impress this upon the book committee, which will have the deciding of the matter, early next summer, is the work of the hour. With its characteristic energy and promptness the Commercial Club has undertaken this task. The concern asks no bonus in the way Of financial aid, it asks only the cordial welcome that would be extended to any business enterpiise that will give work to a thousand men in its several departments, and protection from a horde of land speculators that will not sell the necessary ground at a fair price. When consolidated it will be the latgest denominatioual publishing house in the world, and, with only one or two exceptions, if any, the largest publishing house in the United States. With a fair presentation of the facts, and with the protection so much needed, the Journal has no doubt that within a year the plant for the Methodist Book Concern will be well under way. The report recommending the unification passed the committee by a vote of M to 5, and there is little doubt that it will pass the General Conference by about the same ratio. THK RHlDtäE Ql KSTIOX. It is hoped the County Council will not allow the bridge question to lapse for want of attention. There is no local question of greater importance now before ihe public or one which more closely concerns the city's present convenience and future growth. At last accounts it was understood that the members of the Council who opposed an appropriation and bond issue of $740.miO would probably agree to one of $tWU,00i). This would not be sufficient to build all the bridges needed of the kind proposed, but if the Council cannot be induced to vote more at present it would be better to begin operations with this amount and trust to the future for an increased appropriation. It can hardly be possible that the Council will not eventually recognize the necessity of the bridges and the propriety of dealing with the subject in a liberal and progressive way. Under the law creating the County Council its regular annual meeting, after organizing, is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of September, but a special meeting may be called at any time by the auditor in the manner prescribed by the law. The auditor is made the sole judge as to the necessity of a special meeting, though he may advise with the County Commissioners. Section 21 of the law says: If at any time after the adjournment of the regular annual meeting in September an emergency should arise for further appropriations, for any purpose for which the Council is authorized to appropriate by this act, such further appropriations may be made at a special meeting of the Council, on estimates prepared and presented as lur. inbefore provided by an ordinance passed by at least a two-thirds vote of all the members of the Council, and not otherwise. The law evidently contemplates that the Council shall make appropriations for all the legitimate expenses and needs of the county, and that when an emergency arises this should be done at a special meeting. The present situation calls for early action. COMMENDABLE ACTION. A ripple of interest was caused in financial circles in New York a few days ago by the sale of a large block of securities of the United States Shipbuilding Company. The securities consisted of $1SS,000, par value, of the company's 5 per cent, bonds, 500 shares of preferred stock and a like amount of the common stock. The bonds were bid off at 26 cents on the dollar, the 500 shares of preferred stock at $2 for the lot. and the common stock at $10 for the lot. A few months ago an underwriting syndicate guaranteed the bonds at 30 cents and they were sold at that. After the sale it became known that the scviirities had belonged to Governor Odell, and that he bought them in good faith as an investment. It was stated that he paid 90 cents for the bonds and that his net loss on tne entire transaction was $130.000. It was further stated that the Governor was insistent that the securities be sold at auction and without reserve in order that he might have a free hand in the event the State authorities decided to make an investigation of the shipbuilding flotation. Further, the sah was made on the last day but one on which the so-called reorganization plan of the company was held open, so that the purchaser of the bonds could get the benefit of the reorganization plan, if there should be any benefit. The peremptory sale evidently meant that the Governor did not wish to take any position In connection with the company which could be construed one way or another, lie made the Investment in good

faith when he thought the securities would be safe, and when the flotation developed a great scandal, he sold out at a loss of tUMQQ to be rid of securities that wen-

tainted with fraud and to leave him free to act as pubHc interests might require. It was a heavy loss for him. but it should raise him in public estimation. C. W. Welman. of Mur.de. formerly editor of the Sullivan Times, claims to have written ami published an editorial in November, 14. recognizing William J. Bryan as a coming man, and forecasting the action of the Dem., ratic national convention of 1SH. Mr. Welman has never been indicted for any crime and is now classed as a good titien. but he must carry a dreadful burden around with him. There might have been a lynching in Illinois the other day had not the town of Murphysboro possessed a sheriff who was a man and not a figurehead. A sheriff's duties are dangerous, but he knows that when he takes them up. When sheriffs learn that their oath of office requires something more of them than a show of resistance and a grandstand speech, lynchings will become fewer. Despite the use of an assumed name, the most recent effort of Mr. John Eastman to push along the Indiana boom of Mr. Hearst in secrecy ha6 resulted in failure through the pernicious activity of Indianapolis reporters. Alas! Uncle Happy's pinched again! MINOR TOPICS. Professor Lawson, of the University of California, has calculated that the Sierra Nevada mountains are three million years old. And yet it is not unusual to hear people claim to have been out there "when the country was new." A Milwaukee man claims that he can fill himself so full of electricity that he is able to By. Every one knows that there is a Milwaukee product which sometimes makes people feel that way, but electricity is a new name for It. At the age of ninety-three, Chief Geronimo has been left alone In the world by the death of his fifth wife. He was converted a while ag-o, however, so the old tiger has the consolations of religion to fall back on. It must be hard in the Western country to tell a polygamist from a populist both affect the same style in whiskers. But perhaps experts have other methods of detecting the difference. A Philadelphia syndicate has been formed for the purpose of cornering saloons and raising the price of beer. It is said that it hasn't raised more than the mice of two beers so far. The Novoe Vremya continues to scream that England and America are behind Japan. Oh! we don't know we're not nearly so far behind Japan as Russia is. According to the writers on fashions, perfume is coming in again. Perhaps it will, but there is a large number of people who will go out If it does. Russian officers are gelng to stop fighting for a few hours and give a banquet to General Pflug. In other words, a lot of I caviare to the general. Indianapolis will have a new theater next season. At this rate it will not be long before the city is in Chicago's class, with theaters to burn. If Dowle wishes to get out of Australia with a whole skin he would better order up his chariot of fire without further delay. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. Their First Reception. The Council of Upper Classmen of Howard University recently gave its first annual receptlm. The council Is composed of the Juniors and seniors of the college of arts and sciences, the Juniors ml senior of the iiir.tical department, the middle and seniors of the dental deIartment. the juniors and seniors of the pharmaceutical department, the mlddlers and seniors of the theological department ana" the juniors and seniois of the pedagogical department. The aim of the council is to footer social relations bstwsap the students of all the departments of the university. In former years students of the professional departments had no direct social relations with the students of the college department. Washington Times. Meusurliiaj n Teacher. The current method of training having failed by reason of a false standard of measuring puccess, the remedy lies in substituting for that standard a more scientific one. The current standard calls for an estimate of success by what the teacher doe, and the standard now suggested will ca)l for judgment by what she accomplishes. Itut just as the demand for an ideal classroom spirit has served to bring about a markedly better spirit, so the demand for Ideal results would undoubtedly be followed by better work. The g'od that has been done by the demand for a better school spirit is incalculably, and the deeades of effort In this direction have been amply j-epaid. But the leaders of to-day must not rest upon their laurels. The world is movir.c; forward, and standstill s the first step toward retrogression. Besides, entre nus. It Is of Importance to bear in mind that the laurels now won by educational reformers have been placed on their heads by themselves, and It would undoubtedly add to their satisfaction if thy should win a crown from the public as well. Brooklyn Eagle. Ton Much 'lime In Study. So much criticism has be. n made of late regarding our public school system, the course of study, the. methods employed, the Immense amount of work Imposed upon both teachers and pupils, that I feel constrained to add my voice to tlte general protest. Having been a teacher for many years, and having also had in my own home a young girl whose studies I have Carefully watched from the primary to the -high school, I can look at the subject from both the teacher's and pupil's point of view. When I see a girl of fifteen, of good ability, a faithful, painstaking student, spending her whole time out of school over her lessons, without so much as a single half-hour for recreation, save on Saturday and Sunday, and this week after week and month after month. I know that something is wrong. Is not the bodily health of our rising generation to be considered? We talk of physical culture! Would not a half-hour or hour spent In the gymnasium be more profitably employed In taking a brisk walk in the open air on a fine day? Now. as to the course of study. Much of the biology taught is not only useless, but far worse. Some of the text-bo-iks on physiology might be profitable reading for a class of medical students or trained nurses, but for a class of boys and girls of fifteen to eighteen years they are absolutely improper and dangerous. I wish to entr an earnest protest against them. English is an Important study, and is very thoroughly taught !n our high schools, but should a pupil of average Intellect be required to spend two hours a day at home and forty minutes in school on that on subject, or be marked low In that branch? School life should be happy and wholesome, and to a young p. -son who is not mentally deficient ought to be the brightest spit of tha whole life Mary Miller. In New York Times. UducHf iomil Notes. It is announced that I'rof George Trumbull Ladd. of Yale, will shortly give a dinner to the Jaanese students of the university in honor of the SSPSSJS their cuuntrymeu ait: achiewng in

the Eas'. Th. re a:e tnty-five Japanese at Yale. According to report, there are ? periodicals published by students in American universities and colleges. Of this number ISO are monthMr. 15 arc weeklies. 11 are dailies, 1- are quarterlies, 10 are biweeklies. 9 are semi-monthlies. 3 are seml-meeklien and " arc bimonthlies. Dr. Charles J. I'hamberlain. of the department of NMany of the University of Chicago, ha received from the Botannical Society of America a grant to defray the expenses of a trip to Jalapa. Mexico, for the purpose o' studying cycads. Switzerland is inaug jruiin.tr a system of itinerant school teachers, who will visit and spend some time In the isolated outlying villages. Prealdent 'Proline Hazard, of WeMcsley College, announces that the trustees have recently voted to erect a second dormitory of the group already begun. The ttiree. alumnae trustees, Mrs. North. Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Merrill, have been appointed a social committee to consult with President Hazard. Mir. Hill and the architect on pi ins for a gymnasium building, which will be begun Immediately.

THE HUMORISTS. Marred. Mrs. New rich (in art store) I'd take this picture, but some person has been scribbling on it. Salesman But, maoum, that is the artist's signature. Mis. Ncwrleh W ell. he's got his nerve. Still. I guess you could scratch It out, couldn't you? Buck. Accepted. Miss Strong Mr. Hansom proposed to me last night. Miss Speitz Oh! He's doing that to lots of girls. Mh-s Strong Yes? Well. I ll see to It that he doesn't propose to any more.- Philadelphia Ledger. Ad va need. "He has whipped me three tiroes," said, the Boston boy. "And nuw what do you intend to do?" the sympathetic neighbor Inquired. "I have proposed that we submit our differences to arbitration," the Boston boy replied. Cleveland 1'lulndealer. TryiiiK to Smooth Mnttera. Mistress Did any one call while I was out? New Girl Yes, mum; Mrs. Wayup called. "Did she seem disappointed when you said I was not at home?" WelI, she did look a little queer, but I told her she needn't get mad about it, 'cause it was really true thia time." New York Weekly. C 11 in Pmc Into Mytholog;?. Terpsichore as sulking in a corner of the ballroom. "How do you like the party, Cora?" asked Mercury. "Pretty punk." she declared. "I can't sec no sense in having so many of them there quadrilles."' Unable to comfort her. Mercury ordered her carriage. Mil waukee Sentinel. rieadina: ICieniptinn. "So you went to. marry, young man, do you?" said the bank director. "Yes, sir," replied the bank clerk. "What salary are we paying you?" "Nine hundred dollars a year." "Don't you know we have adopted a rule that no clerk in our employ shall marry unless he has at least $1,000 a year?" "Yes, sir, but it's your daughter that I want to marry-" Chicago Tribune. Older the Retter. "Well, John," said Mrs. Stubb, "I reckon wa better buy some new furniture and then rent a house In a modest locality." "No. Maria." replied her husband, "we'll keep the furniture and rent a house in a swell neighborhood." "But the furniture Is all scratched and broken." "That matters not. If we are in a swell neighborhood we ean say it is 'colonial.' " Chicago News. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD. Any Kxcuse. This story is told of Mr. A. J. Cassatt. It happened at one of the Farmers' Club dinners, at which the discussion as to the future of America arose. Everybody took a most optimistic view of the question. One of the guests, tuming to Mr. Cassatt, exclaimed: "By Jove, how I would like to return fifty years after my death and see what a grand country' the t'nitcd State has become." "I can really believe," replied Mr. Cassatt, "that you will be glad of any pretext to return." Philadelphia Press. Didn't Want a Sperial nr. Democrats at Grand Rapids, Mich., are to give a big dinner soon with General Miles as the guest of honor. When the Republicans brought th'dr guests to Grand Rapids they did so in a special car, but the Democrats were doubtful about the propriety of such a proceeding. One of the committee was sent to Washington. "A special car costs $sV) and there is not that mu'h money among the Democrats of tha State." he told General Miles. "Oh, that will be all right." General Miles replied. "I prefer riding with the other passengers, anyway." New York World. More 1 nefnl Thnn latin At n certain private school not a mile from City Hall the hour at which the class just beginning Latin Is called upon to recite is the first hour of the morning session. One member of this class Is a somewhat backward youth, who is beginning to need the care of a rasor. This lad has been absent for some weeks during the Eatin recitations, nver arriving at the school until after its conclusion. The other day the Latin teacher met the boy's father on the street and asked the reason for this. "That's all right." said the father. "While your class is reciting, I'm teaching Charlie something that he'll find more useful In life than Latin." "Why, what may that be?" asked the teacher. "Ptn teaching my son how to shave without a looking glass." Philadelphia Press. A Qneation of Traiiortntion. Alfred H. Dunham, of Nome, was telling some friends of the beauties of that summer resort and what great wealth is there waiting to be carried away to civlhxation. He had told of the gold with which the streets are paved and declared that the seashore was literally red with rubies. Dr. John H. Girdner, who was one of the listeners, remarked that the gentleman's statements reminded him of the man who was hading a cow along nar the shore of Lake Erie. Another man met the rustic with tha cow an 1 asked how much he wanted for the ani mal. Fifteen dollars." was the reply. "Fifteen dollars!" said the inquirer. "Why. man. if you take that cow to New York you'll get $) for her." "Yes," drawled he with the cow. Then pointing to Lake Erie, he said: "Do you see that water?'' The inquirer did. Vell, you take that down to hell and you'll get a dollar a drop for It." It's all a question of transportation, with the gold and rubies, as with the water. New York Sun. Merchant ! rinei." Two well-dressed women entered a Connpctl-cut-avenue car this morning in the fashionable F-street shopping district. e)ne was carrying a m ruing paper i-nd the other had a number of bunules. The wtmian with the paer began reading It In an Indlfftrent sort of way, and occasionally made a remark to her friend about th news. "Secretary Shaw favors merchant marines," she said In an uncertain tone. "You know I never exactly understood what merchant marines were. Senator Frye used to talk about them sometimes." "Why. they are Just like other marines, aren't they?" the woman with the bundles asked, "I always supr-osed they wore nome different kind of I raid or something of that sort." -Well, do you know the difference between horse marines and the marines down at the bart o Vs. th- kind the Marine Hand belongs to?" the woman who was reading asked. "Oh, dear no. 1 ntvr saw a burse mailne.

THE DRIFT

Hearst and Hearst ism. viewed in the light of the action of Rhode Island Democrats, in Stat- convention assembled, continues to be the subject of principal interest among Indiana politicians, whether they be Republicans or Democrats, and it is sBttesSt that Thursday's eventa in the staid old New England State have brought about a decided change In the comments on this subject. A week or ten days ago the average Republican freely expressed the hope that Hear.vt would be able to land the Democratic presidential prize, but added that such a thing would be too good, from a Republican standpoint, to come true, while the average Democrat made light of Hearst's candidacy and said that although Hearst might be able to make a lot of noise with his eh kbo.k baoa St SFOUl i not get enough votes in the St. Louis convention to gain him recognition as a cai. IIdate. Now. however, the Republicans have been in a measure convincenl that Hearst is a power in Democracy and that his 110:111v ation for President Is by no means an Impossibility, while the Democrats, daxed atid disconcerted, are pinching themselves to satisfy themselves that they are really awake and that the news from Rhode Island is not all a horrible nightmare. The Democrat of prominence is yet to be found in Indiana who takes any degree of satisfaction in Hearst's victory, and the lead rs are putting their heads together that a successful "scheme may be devised to rcped the Hearst invasion of Indiana. "Hearst must not get a single delegate from Indiana." is the slogan, and if there is any efficacy in party machinery the plana of the leaders will be realised, for every power the State organization can wield will he brought to bear to defeat Hearst's hirelings in this State. The leaders have changed their minda about letting Hearst take his course in Indiana and spend all the money the "boys in the precincts" can wheedle out of him. for they fear that "the boys" might be so foolish as to attempt to deliver what Hearst wants and stands ready to pay for. "No one has the money to go out and i beat Hearyt at his own game, satd on. : the leaders last evening at the Grand, "but we'll beat him. Just the same. Money Is a power in politics Bryan told ua all about that when he was lure last, and I've been wondering lately if he had Hearst In mind when he talked about the use of money in politics but we'll show this Happy Hooligan that it requires something beside money to gain recognition from the Democrats of Indiana. We haven't been p.iying much attention to Hearst and dofi't know just what he has done in this State, but we won't let many days ;;iss I i r e we know just what he has done, how he did it and what he expects to do. and theu we'll set about checkmating him." From Republicans at state headquarters Hearst's victory brought forth many chuckles of amusement and satisfaction. "One by one our idols crumble to dust and our illusions are dispelled," said Senator C. C. Lyons yeaterday afternoon. "We've heard po much of 'conservative', 'staid' oM New England and here Rhode Island Democrats are espousing Hearst and Hearstism and climbing Into the front seats of the Hearst baudwagon. Who would hae thought it of one of the New Kngland States? I suppose the next thing we hear Cleveland will be indorsing both Hearst and Bryan. 1 say. let the good work go on, though, for I'm for Hearst until after July T." W. H. Sanders, editor of the Marion Chronicle, who was in the city yesterday, is one of the few Indiauians Republic an or Democrat who, while by no means favoring Hearst, has insisted that Hearst's candidacy was to be taken seriously. "It is not so much Hearst as it is HaSJFStism that I have contended should be considered seriously," explained Mr. Sano ra. "Hearst is the man, while Hearstism is the tendency in the Democratic party of which he is taking advantage. Bryan was the natural product of this tendency eight years ago, and it is the same tendency, more simplified and more pronounced, that is seeking expression now in Hearst and Hearstism. My attention was attrac ted to Hearst about a year ago. and 1 began then to lay aside clippings relative to him and Iiis plans. I have said all along that he would be a factor in the Demo, ratic presidential race this year and the result In Rhode Island seems to bear that out. 1 urn not inclined to underestimate Hearst's strength, and I believe now that he could poll more Democratic votes than any other man in the party." a But Hearst Is not without his following among Indiana Democrats. The leaders may not be with him und they are not but down among the rank and file there is unquestionably a strong und glowing Hearst sentiment. Isaac R. Strouse, editor of the Rockville Tribune, one of the radical Bryan-Hearst Democrats, furnishes good evidence of Hearst's strength. In the current issue of his paper he publishes expn Ssions from nineteen Democrats on the presidential question. He says that he mude no effort to rind Democrats wh favored or opposed any particular candidate, but took them as they called at his office. Of the nineteen ten favored the nomination of Hearst, four had no special h three were for Bryan and two for Parker. As the Bryanites will ultimately all clamber on the Hearst band wagon, it is a fair assumption that of the nineteen Parke county Democrats thirteen will be for Hearst as against ihe field. The brief expressions of the men interviewed are not uninteresting. The first man quoted said: "Opposed to reactlonarv men or measures: in favor of William Randolph Hearst." Another saM: "For a good Democrat. The last man we elected President turned out to be a Republican." F. R. Calvert, the chairman of the Democratic county committee, said: "If we could secure Congress I would be for Bryan. As It is. I think Hearst is t hestrongest candidate." This poll of the rank and file of Parke county Democracy will furniah food for thought to the leaders, who can see good in no other candidate save Parker, or one of his stripe. E. W. W'ickey, of East Chicago, who was a caller at Republican state headquarters, reported that there la a decided Hearst movement among Iake county Demoerats. There have been several Hearst demonstrations, he said, and several clubs have ken organised in Hearst's interests. Mr. Wickcy is one of the Republicans who are interested in the fate of the ! lative apportionment act passed by US last General Assembly. If the act stands the test of the courts his county will have one representative and one joint ri presi na tive with Newton county, and he- will probably be a candidate for the nomination. George Lilly, of Anderson, chairman of the Eighth district Republican organization, has issued his call for the eonvintlon to select delegates and alternates to the national convention ami s pn-sidentiul rteetor. The convention will be held April 2n at Muneie. Maj L. C. Davenport, of Bluffton, and F. E. Marke, of Elwood. will ask that they be sent as delegates to Chicago. est Dr. J. T. Biggerstaff, of Hartford city, has announced his candidacy for the Eleventh district Demoeratie congressional nomination, recording himself thereby as a man who Is anxious for an opportunity to butt his head against a stone wall. The Republican majority in the Eiev nth is so largeexcept Captain Jinks In Ethel Barry m -n'.- play of that name. I suppose he must have been a horse marine officer. He was In the song, anyway." Washington Times. IViU-Sbaped Water Tnnks. The water tanks which the üurlington Itad wayIs building along Its lines in Missouri are a considerable departure from the old-styla w-a n ones. They are of steel and egg-shaped. The one at Armour, a small station between Kansas City tup! St. .1 ph. cil! he connected with pa in locomotives by ten-Inch mains, and will fill a 5,0C0-allon engine tank in ton minutes" The object In making tha tanks egg-shaped Is said to be to obviate the trouble caurnxJ by the freesing of the water they contain. The tank being always kept well filled. Ice that forms in it will slip down every time any water t drawn off. Kansas City Journal. Far MiiMteru I iipronouiicenbles. If the place Is on the Chinese coast, remember the number of your laundry tb ket. multiply hy six. subtract vkhat Is left, and Und the puzzle. If a Kussian name, add three portums, Mtiexe. ' cru your ungers, sod forget it.-Dvavtr Times.

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that th tion us i mm arJ ongressional nominating, and it is altea gether unprecedented that a man snoura be come an avowed candidate for it. but Dr B:gg-.-staff Mfirw to nave no regard for pr t dent. As a matter of fact tb re seems to be som- doubt among Eleventh district people. Republicans as well as iVmocrMs. as to what is to be recognised aa a precedent in congressional matters. Considerable gossip was occasioned among Republican politicians by the report from Evansville that George A. Cunningham. th First district member of the Republican state committee, "is now a full-Hedged candidate for the IV.it' d State- S-nate in SSSt Senator Fairbanks becomes a candidal, for Vice Iresident." It was not generally known in this part of the State that Mr. Cunningham contemplated such a mow . and it seems, as a matter of fact, that Hat report was somewhat premature, aa is shown by the following dispatch from tue Journal's Evansville correspondent: "Asked as to his alleged candidal v for the Cnited States Senate. George A Cunningham, of this i Ity, Republican chairman of the First congressional district, said: "'As there is no vacancy In the Called States Senate from Indiana it aeoms hardly proper that any one should be a candidate for a seat in the Senate at this time, consequently I am not a candidate.' "The fact that Senator Fairbanks Is spo ken of a the probable vice pre nominee has led a number of Mr. e ham's friends to urge that he b candidate- for the Senate, and the has been discussed from that stj It H SHid by friends f Mr Cuti that in event of Senator Fairbank ination for Vice President he will lential a ubjeet 1 point, nullum I nomab!y enter the race for the senator's Seat in the pper branch of Congress." J. Frank Hanly. of Iafayette. was In he city last night, and held a conference with several of his lieutenanta in his room at the English. Jacob Joel, of Cra wfordaville, who was a candidate for the Republican nomination for state treasurer two years ago, was at the English last evening. lie says that he will make the race again two yeara hence. "1 am not mixing very much in politics now," he said. "I'm just trying to Keep in touch with the procession, so that Ml not find it difficult to get into the game In the next campaign. 1 expect now to be .t candidate' for state treasurer again, but. of course, nothing is certain in this world eXd pt death and taxes." Mi. Joel was asked how the Montgomery county delegates to the state convention stand on the gubernatorial question, but with the diplomacy of the prospective candidate he adroitly side-stepped. "The convention is a long ways off. SOd delegates have b-'en known to t. hange their minds several Urnen in a few hours.' h said, "so I wouldn't undertake to say whero the Montgomery county votes will go." Senator E. E. Hendee. of Anderson, is a pronounced Taylor man v hen tha Republican gubernatorial race i the question at issue. The senator was in the city yesteri; y ou legal Imsiness. but, of course, he found time to talk politics, and whr.r In talked he talked Taylor. "I a:n satisfii d." he said, that Taylor has the best of it In Madison county, and 1 wouldn't be surprised If he captured the bulk of the- votes ironi the- entire Fightli district. He h .s strong friends among boili elemi ntfl in the ree. nt congressional contest. Hanly has friends In our county, of course; but I'm willing to go on record as predicting that Taylor will get the majority of our delegates." Senator Hendee says there Is no evldenc of an unfortunate sequel to the recent congressional tilt between the Dunlap and Cromer forces. "We had a lively contest," ho said, "but it's all over and forgotten now. and the Republicans have- stopped nghting each other and are getting! ready to fight Democrats." E. E. Murphy, a Johnson county farmer, who takes an active interest In politie: . was a calh i al Republican Mate head-pia: - ters yesterday. He said that the Republicans of his county hav forgotten all about the recent contest over the election of delegates from the- Fourth disttiet to tht national convention s contest in which Johnsou county had two candidates and that there arc no "sore spots." "Were united, harmonious and anxto'is to St into the real campaign," he tald. 4 4 The work of moving the office's of the Republican stat- committer from th Stn'o Life building to the English hotel will b--iHguu to-day, and by M mday Se er tai y siinis expects to be established in the ne-w Quarters. 4 f To-day the lemocrats of Shelby county will sec the end. or Ihe beg Inning of the end of the long and bitter tiaht they hao waged over the judieinl nomination in the circuit composed of Sl: lb and Rush counti . The primaiies will be held to-da. and it will be shown whether Georgi M. Ray has re-establishei of Shelby count I a big candidates are Jut vilb-. the present ir.cui Wrav. of Shelby vlllt, hiuisr-lf as dictator Mnacy. The upp e- Monis, of Rushb -.it. and Albert r . who Is backed by

George- Ray. 4 W i-v MontffoPiery of (lie, iiflold. and It. S. Truitt. of Noblesville. president and secretary, respectively, of the ladiaua Republican Editorial Association, were In tha city last evening. Mr. Montgomery announced that the executive committee of th association will hold a mating h:. next Friday nizht at Republican State headquarters. 4 4 Judge Shackelford Miller, of Inuisvllle, was at the Columbia Club yesterday wBU Judge chipman and Judge Howard, of Iiis codi! ing commission. 4 4 4 Indiana Derneats are in receipt of personal letters from W. J. Bryn. urging that all Democrats should be alive to the importance of sending delegates to city, county, state and national Democratic conventions who are in sympathy with tin prin-.j . ij.ii r a i ,! by those who supported V the Kansas city platform. In the letter Bryan scores the reorganixers and reorganization ami eon- hide 'T am opposed to a surrender of the I.-m-o, ratic part to ..ran: :z- ! and predatory wealth. The Kansas City platform Is a clear and concise ststement or Lemocratio principles, and failure to reaffirm It at our next n; tional convention wili be equivale nt to a return to corporation rules, for thoso who are willing to abandon any part of the party ctedlt In order to conciliate those who opposed the party in former campaigns will not be courageous enough to stand for anything. "1 beb.'-ve I speak the sentiment of the rank and file of the party when I say that in addition to reaffirming the Kansas Cltjr platform the convention should then nominate a candidate in ac-ord with the prisclples therein enunciated. "While I will devote a much time as poeibe to a speech -ma king tour of he country for the purpose of arousing the frb nda of good go'.e-rnment to the peril confronting the pernoeratic parry. I will be anie to re-ach but a small per cent, of the people .,?. empaled with the number that could bi r. . a d through other sources."

Two Wnyn in .e i Mron. Theie are two way to get strong, tha aettra an-1 the pus-ive. To sum It up with one brief concrete illustration, the active treatment w .end comprise ucb vigorous exercise of all th muscles of the body la the fresh, rejuvenating air an 1 un.ler th bright and healing sua as on might obtain In the railroad seetloa gang. By this II til" you axe a hie to relbh and 4 Igest em thlnp thort of shoe legs tlM passive method goes at it the other way al-'Ut inj.t.'ed of exercising that -a may eat. one cats that oo may exen : V-t 1 . itbe.l ahi. h is lmo( rure nutrlimnt to with, and haa bees so vosspletely predtgested that all one has to do la to swallow It Sawn nd the fJod is turner! dlrrctly into power By thai method. If the billboards are to bs aawd gentlemen Iwnrn o frUky that they over ciht-frot fences .'ust to work off their uperhujus eaerg . - Kugc ne Wood, In Everybody's. tinlte no. Clevelaad says he does not cars anv Mr about what sir Bryan say than ha does a.u t KÄ win, in that Idowr. which kmiw t, h. m. 1 mthsr iwiutad simile. -Philadelphia