Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 76, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1904 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1G, 1901.

THE DAILY JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16. 1924.

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And still nobody seems to know whether Tort Arthur Las fallen or not. The only way to Jlnd cut. id. to go and sec, and by that time she may have got up again. A Georgia paper Fays "Hearst is the greatest statesman siuco Thomas Jefferrcn." That the editor has not jet been lynched proves that the South Is Indeed malting probers In all Christian virtues. "Our cars tingle." ' says an Ohio paper; 'the South is saying harsh things of us." Make no mistake it is hot only the South, but the East and the West and the North. Fveling- over such an occurrence as the Springfield lynching is not sectional, but national. Cardinal Gibbons protests against "Jim Crow" legislation in Maryland. There are few subjects on which his Eminence is unship to give a wise, straightforward opinion, and it may be safely assumed that his utterances will not be dictated by sectional prejudice. - -' ; The only point on which Congress disagrees is as to what shall be done with the man who wrote the Brlstow report. Some want to boil him In oil. but a conservative minority thinks that flaying and burning at the stake will be enough. Let us 'hope that the humanitarians will win. The Roman mother as a tradition may yet yield to the Japanese mother in song and story. The one rejoiced when her sons were killed while fighting for their country; the other kills herself that she may rot keep her son from going to war. This la indeed the very acme of patriotism. It Is reported that peace has been permanently restored in the Hungarian Diet, but the report sounds like a wild and fanciful dream. Nobody who has read Mark Twain's description of that august body can ever think of it otherwise than as a scene resembling a cross between a col-, lege cane rush and a panic on the Stock Exchange. Before adjourning, the Kentucky Legislature passed a bill appropriating $20.000 to erect a 6tatue of "Governor" GoebeL This, with the $100,000 appropriated to arrest and prosecute hi3 murderers, which has been used as a fund to corrupt justice, is a considerable sura to expend in glorifying one of the worit politicians that any State was ever afflicted with. It Is reported that the holy office has decided to excommunicate the Abbe Loisy. The abbe is an extremely brilliant ecclesiastic and writer, but hl3 views are more "advanced" than those taught by his church, so he may have to Join the great army' so ably represented by Briggs et al. The Catholic Church Is' broad and deep, but it never winks at heresy. mmm A lot of very silly stories are printed by certain papers to the effect that there will be almost Insuperable trouble In acquiring the title of the Panama canal. Of course. It will take time; there are fifteen thousand Items in the inventories, and these cannot be disposed of offhand. Attorney General Knox rays it will take from thirty to sixty days to arrange all the details, but that there Is nothing in the way. The members of the canal commission will sail for the isthmus before the end of this month. A few days ago It was announced that the Grand Duke of Oldenburg had arrived at New York unexpectedly, having come to the United States on a flying trip to sec Niagara Falls. Now a cablegram says the Oldenburg newspapers voice the general indignation felt in the grand duchy at the entirely unexpected trip of the grand duke to the United States. They need not get excited; the American people will not cap-

tun and cage the grand duke. By the way, he is head of ono of thj most ancient royal houses of Europe, hoM. a front rank among Grrman rulers, and is the first European reigning sovereign who has ever

come to the United Statr-a. LOIIimx; FOIt THE III HAL CA li lt IE It S JCIIE3!E. Th rural carriers' organization to secure hig.'.er fliries and the right to d a commislon business for their patrons may result in tho president of the organisation tw-ing dismissed from the service. Th public ha3 heard a good deal about this movement of laf and both slues of it have been pretty fully exploited in the papers. Briefly, the carriers, or a portion of them, are a?klng for an increase of salaries with the privilege of receiving pay for handling certain newspapers and also pay for executing commissions for their pMrcm3. A majority of the members of CongrtB3 favor an increase of pay but are opposed to the other ft-aturcs, on the ground that salaried employes of the government ought to serve the government alone. The carriers formed an association to pres3 their claims on Congress, and one Cunningham, of Nebraska, was made president of It. He has been very active in trying to bring pressure to bear on members to secure the desired legislation, and on Monday Representative Crumpacker, of this State, denounced his conduct as a violation of civil-service rules and an impertinent interference with the buEiness of Congress. Citizens generally have a right to organize and petition Congress fcr certain legislation, but the case of officeholders and employes of the government is different, especially when they undertake to work for their own exclusive ben?flt. Following is an extract from the Journal's Washington special on the subject: Judge Crumpacker exhibited a letter from a carrier in the Tenth district of Indiana, together with a circular received by the carriers from iTesident Cunningham. In this ' Cunnlntrham Insrrnrt tha riirter.j t. send telegrams to their representatives and a skeleton form of telegram is outlined. Here are the concluding sentences of the Cunningham circular: "I believe v.e got things going our way and will succeed if you do your part. I understand the situation, and the department will take no notice of any work you do in regard to pushing our bill." Cunningham states that prominent men with millions of dollars behind them are interested in the cause of the carrier. It was developed during the debate that representatives quite generally have received telegrams, inspired by President Cunningham, urging them to work for the carriers. Who are the prominent men with millions of dollars who are behind the movement to allow carriers to act as agents for certain newspapers and to do a commission business? They certainly are rot trying to benefit the public or improve the postal service. Cunningham's suggestion about "millions of dollars" has a bad look, and congressmen should resent It. Judge Crumpacker said he understood that Cunningham had been In Washington lobbying for the scheme. If so, he should be dismissed from the. service. An order of the postmaster general Issued early in the present administration reads: Hereafter no postmaster, postofn.ee clerk, letter carrier, railway postal clerk, or other postal employe, shall visit . Washington, whether on leave with or without pay, for the purpose of influencing legislation before Congress. Any employe of the postal service who violates this order shall be liable to removal. Postmasters and other employes of the postal service are paid by the government for attending to the respective duties assigned them, which do not include efforts to 'secure legislation. That duty is assigned to the representatives of the people elected for that purpose. This order is still in force. If Cunningham has visited Washington to lobby for the carriers' bill he has violated the letter of the order and should be removed. Even without visiting Washington his circular letter and his efforts to bring pressure to bear cmi the members of Congress are in violation of the spirit of tffe ord.?r and would justify his removal from office. It would not be surprising if Mr. Cunningham should hear something drop before he is many days older. The rural delivery service Is part of the general postal .service and should be kept on the same plane of dignity. It belongs to the people at large and should not be allied with any other paid service or huckstering business. The carriers should receive adequate salaries, and be prohibited from ehgaging in other business during the hours they are serving the government. THE CALSE OF LAAVLESSXESS. On Sunday last a mass meeting of citizens was held in Springfield, O., to voice public opinion regarding the recent lynching and rioting in that city. One of the questions discussed was as to who was to blame for the mob violence. The leading speaker was Judge Hngan, who, ' according to a local paper, "is recognized as the most gifted public speaker in this section of Ohio, and who 13 a lawyer, politician and Christian worker." In enumerating tho causes of lawlessness the speaker said: We open the gates of our country to a flow of Immigrants, many of whom are of the most ignorant, vicious and debased people on earth, coming by the millions to poison our society and to seize the heritage which should be preserved by our own people, or to till our almshouses. Jails, hospitals and penitentiaries. We give to these people on short probation the right to vote alongside of men of another race lately escaped from slavery. We are attempting the greatest task ever attempted by any. people in trying to maintain a republican government with such material. The time has come to shut the gates of the land against the ignorant and vicious of other lands. The time has come for us to insist upon an educational test for suffrage; the time has come when habitual criminals should be disfranchised. The Journal is in favor of placing further restrictions on foreign immigration, but it docs not believe this is the main cause of lawlessness and mob violence, nor even a potent one. Some of the foreigners who have come to this country in recent years are inclined to be lawless and turbulent, notatly the Hungarians in the mining districts and some of the southern Europeans, but their lawlessness does not take the form of lynching. That is not a European crime. Nor is there any race hatred among them. In the Southern States, where lynching is mo3t prevalent, there are very few foreigners. The statistics of our Jails and penitentiaries clo not show an excessive proportion of foreigners. Native Americans are there in considerably greater numbers. Neither do the prison populations show an excessive proportion of illiterates. This class furnishes its proportion, but a large majority of criminals can read end write. A little education is not a sure preventive of crime. This speaker could havo found the main cause of mob law nearer home. He was a lawyer, and, perhapj, not inclined to criticise his profession. Next to a general spirit of disregard for" law. which seems to be peculiarly American, the Journal believes the main cause of mob violence 13 loose criminal laws and the loose administration cf them under which lawyers, court

and juries fall in their duty to society, and thousands of criminals go unpunished. It Is safe to say that a thousand crimes go unpunished and a thousand criminals are acnuittcd or pardoned in this country for every such ca:-o In England. In England the lav.- is not full of kuphoks for the escape of criminals on technicalities. There is m appeal to a higher court in criminal care. Trl.l judges do not allow any triflirj; with th? law, no changes of vtnue rr continuances. The pardon of a convicted criminal is almost an unheardof thing. The law Ia feared and respected beeaune It l.-t enforced. Mob law is practically unknown in England. Nobody needs to be told how different the conditions are here. The points of difference need net bt; enumerated. Within U12 last two years there have been twelve murders committed in Springfield, O., and practically all of the crimes should have been followed by conviction cf first degree murder. Instead of this, only two men were cent to the state prison for life, and not cne was executed. In one case a man who had killed mother got only a short workhouse sentence. When such a cause as this exist3 for contempt for law, why lay the blame on foreign immigration or illiteracy? WOULD I1ESTKOV 3IAGAHA FALLS. The American spirit of destruction and vandallfm has had many illustrations in the

obliteration of species after species of wild animals, the annihilation of game birds and fishes?, the destruction of forests, the defac ing of natural scenery with advertisements, etc., but a pending proposition seems to cap tne climax. This is nothing less than the practical obliteration of Niagara Falls. The movement comes in the form of a bill which has passed the lower house of tho New York Legislature and is pending in the Senate, which proposes to give a cer tain electric light and power company un limited control of the water in Niagara river above the falls, with the right to dl vert it In unlimited volume and discharge it into Lake Ontario by an artificial channel The company which is asking for this ex traordinary franchise already has a charter under which it is utilizing a portion of the power at the falls, but the new bill proposes an indefinite extension of its rights. And it proposes to do this without exacting an equivalent cr any pay whatever. The power companies of New England have to pay from $l to $10 a horsepower for water, yet this bill proposes to give away an unlimit ed power for nothing, besides a right to practically destroy the falls. The bill was put through the House sur reptltiously. but fortunately it attracted attention in the Senate, and now there is determined opposition to it. A member of the Niagara rark State Commission pro nounces it "the most sweeping, phenomenal, radical, unprecedented piece of legislation yet attempted." Experts declare that the diversion of 30 per cent, of the water of Niagara river would cause the American fall to become dry, yet this bill permits the diversion of air of it. As a mere question of ownership the wa ter in Niagara river belongs to the State of New York and should not be given away to a grasping corporation as many other fran chises with millions of dollars have been. But the talis belong first to the American people and then to the world, and the New York Legislature has no right to do any thing that will detract from their grandeur. There should be a limit to the spirit of com mercialism and destructiveness. MIffOR TOPICS. It Is generally known that the vears 1700 1S00 and 1900 were not leap years, but it is not so well known that 1600 was a leap year, and that 2,000 will also be. It is a common saying that the "century years" are not leap years, but that is not quite true. Three days are lost in every four centuries, and thus the calendar will be kept right for 5.0CK) years. And so there will not be a space of eight years without a leap year until 2100 A. D. In the course of an article on ambidexterity the London Daily Mail gravely asks: "Do monkeys eat nuts with one hand more than with another?" The Journal is not an authority on ambidexterity, but it is reasonably sure that all monkeys which have visited this part of the country have eaten nuts with their mouths and not with their hands. Here is a curious story from Kansas. In the State University there was a class in Journalism which took the final examination the other day,, only one member failing to pass. lie was a practical newspaper man. It seems as hard to make a Journalist out of a newspaper man as to make a newspaper man out of a Journalist. Hearing that the Niederoesterrelchische Gewerbverein Intended to come to the world's fair, St. Louis hurriedly looked to her coast defenses. Later advices, however, showed that it was not a Russian 'ship, but an Austrian society, and Missouri breathes freely again. "The man who commits suicide has no sense of humor." said Elbert Hubbard at the Propylaeum the other night. That is not so certain; the man may have an overdeveloped sense of humor. Some persons appear to kill themselves Just for the fun of the thing. Tolstoy has completed a new book, but he states that it will not be published until after he is dead. When Tolstoy shows that much fear of the censor it argues that, he has written something remarkable. The Russian government, it is said, is buying white, houses for the officers. This may appear foolish at first sight, but Russia Is deep perhaps she Is determined to get rid of those officers. President Roosevelt has engaged a Japanese instructor to teach him the art of Jiu-Jutsu. Just wait until he gets it learned, and then bring on your cranks. Lord Rosebery alluded to Premier Balfour as "pretty funny." And right In the House of Lords, too, where .such violent language Is unknown. A New York philanthropist dropped dead on the street the other day. Someone must have said "Thank you." The natives of the State of Cauca wish to secede from Columbia. Is there also a Caucasian canal, then? Englishmen have landed a Brazilian $50,OCO.OuO harbor contract. Mercy! Where's the Monroe doctrine? Cnvinre to the General. Shakspeare didn't know much about Russia when ho used the phra.se 'caviare to the general.' signifying that the public were not capable of appreciating a play." eaya a returned tourist. "Why. caviare is as common in Russia aa an article of food as poUtoea are In America. Vast quantities are eaten by the lowest classes. During the three annual seasons of fasting particularly the consumption la very great. The people eat it on a kind of rye bread with vtse-

rar. The better classes us oil and lemon Juice. Sturgeon roe alone is not the source of supply. The roe cf all large fishes la used, but that of rturg.Njns Is regarded as the bet." New York Pres.

THE EUIIOEISTS. Making; IHmaelf Xnfe Flrmt. "What are you plunglr.R back In the water (ot, Pat? You Just tuam ashore.' "ohure. Ol had to save rieself first: now Oi'm goin back to fetch Molke." Modem Society. Qnlte the Contrary. "Toj misjudge me." t,ald the hypocrite, reproachfully. "I a Jniit I am a poor, weak mortal, but lying is not one of my failings." "It certainly is not." agreed the hard-hearted man. "It is one of your successes. V Philadelphia Press. Complacency. "Aren't you afraid that a great many people wiil criticise you for becoming rich?" "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. "But the chances are that if I had stayed poor they wouldn't have noticed me even tlat much." Washington Star. 3fo Room for Donbt. "Oh. my, yes, lie's always up on Shakspeare." "Is he? I thouJda't have guessed that ho had ever read s. line of Shakspeare." "That'a strange. Haven't you noticed that every little while he says 'in sooth?' "Chicago Record-Herald. FoIIed. The inrentor was tearing his hair over his per petual motion theory, when he was Interrupted by a request that he should settle his gas bill. Tool that I am." he sighed. "I forgot that the man who Invented meters forestalled me." With a groän he burned the results of a lifetime's toil and drew the first rough sketch of a flying machine. New York Sun. All Down. Mrs. Newlywed Doctor, that bottle of medl cine you left for baby Is all gone. Doctor Impossible! I told you to give him a tablespoonful once an hour. Mrs. Newlywed Yes; but John and I and mother and the nurse have each to take a teaspoonful, too. In order to Induce baby to take it. Puck. Scrap of Fortcottcn Hlntory. . Crossing the Hydaspcs river Alexander the Great next encountered Porus, the Indian prince. After a stubborn fight he subdued him and took him prisoner. "How do you wish to be treated?" he asked him. "Like a king!" replied Porus, with dignity. "You disconcert me." rejoined Alexander, frowning. "I had thought of using you for a plaster." Impressed with the Idea, Porua at once became his ally, and stuck to him faithfully thereafter. Chicago Tribune. TEE FUNNY YOUNGSTEBS. Iled Pepper for Ants. A small boy who lived with his aunt and grandma noticed that the regular black pepper shaker was filled with red pepper. This startled him and. turning to his aunt, who sat next at the table, he said: "You better not eat any of that red pepper. Aunt Harriet; grandma says that red pepper kills ante." Christian Intelligencer. An Inslarltt Into Society. The laundress's little daughter had been allowed to peep Into the dining room, where the table was set for a dinner party. "And, mamma," she said later, "every plate had two forks by it. What was that for?" "You don't know the ways of your betters, child," replied tho laundress. The extra fork is in case they drop one on the floor." Detroit Free Press. Wise Adolphus. A patriotic drill was given by the kindergarten in Anthony a few days ago. It began by displaying a portrait of George Washington. "Who Is this?" the teacher asked. Visitors were present, and. of course, the children failed to enow off. They sat mute and unresponsive, till finally one little fellow piped up. "I know who it is!" he shouted. "We got that picture at home! Mamma told me who it is." "Well, then, Adolphus," said the teacher, "you may tell us who it is." Adolphus swelled with pride. "It's our father from the country." he said. Kansas City Star. Effect of Teaching. Dick is the boy to whom a loving grandmother sent a box of tenpine as a birthday present several years ago. The pins were light and not very well proportioned, and wouldn't stand up well. They toppled each other over before tho boy had time to roll the ball. Several times he eat them up, only to f.nd one or two down as soon as he crossed the room. A memory of a familiar Sunday-school cong recurred to him. He took the pina one by one and Dlaccd them carefully. "Stand up, stand up for Jesus." he sang at the top of his voice. Philadelphia Press. A Youthful Critic. My young friend Dick is a manly little fellow. who begins already to share the opinions of older members of his sex in regard to the ways of women. Not long ago he hurried in to break fast one morning with hands that were anything but Illy white. Ills mother spied them. "Dick." said ehe, "are you sure you put soap on those hands?" "They are as clean as can be," replied Dick, evasively. "Son," persisted his mother, "I want you to answer me. Have you washed those hands with hot water end soap?" Dick was forced to confess that he hadn't, and withdrew to the bathroom la anything but a pleasant state of mind. Ills father was busy shaving, and Dick addressed him, as one man to another: "Ain't women awful?" he said. ''Always pry ing into a fellow's affairs." Philadelphia Press. STORIES THAT AHE TOLD. Ilia Future Vacation. The way mothers deck their children for models has always been a sore subiect with artists. J. G. Urown. painter of bootblacks and street boys, has hired many a picturesque gamin to sit for him only to find next day that his gamin had been transformed Into a cherub. Lpon an occasion of this Bort he said to the smiling mother: "I'm afraid your son won't do for this picture. Why, he's an angel!" "Yes. sir," came the sharp retort. "What are you going to make of him when he grows up? "Oh. sir! It's clear enough to me! He's that fond of babies and so handy 'round wakes, I'm going to make him an undertaker!" New York Times. Man Who Fougrht the Merger. Governor S. R. Van Sant. of Minnesota. te!!s a story of his experience with a tall, lank resident of Otter Tail county, who walked Into his offlco recently, and. accidentally meeting him at the door of the private executive office, asked for the Governor. Governor Van Sant Is some what less than average height, stockily built and rotund. Ills appearance is that of a prosperous business man. "You the Governor?" the visitor asked. "Yes," Governor Van Sant responded. "You fit the merger V the man asked, doubt fully. "Our State waa concerned in the ficht." the Governor replied. "Wall." the stranger retorted. "I walked in ninety-one miles to git a look at you. I jes want to say. though, that If that mcreer hed ever got a look at you they wouldn't ever been any victory. They'd a jes' storr.pled 'long about their buaicess. You ain't big enough to burir even a wood saw." Chicago Rocord-IIcrald. Yoang Poker Player Lenton. An old man sat at a late breakfast In a hotel cafe last Saturday, when a young man with hagjrjird face and downcast eyes took a place near him. "Tom." said the newcomer to the attendant. "I must so lisht. for I played in hard luck last nlfrht." The old man had finished and sat studying the other' r face aa Le ate. Uhoitly he took

a ro!l of bills from his pocket and laid it in front of him. "It's yours." he aaid. . MechanL-aüy and with a trembling hand the j-oun mart to-k the money. " " " "You were in the gamer he paid. "Yew. 'and that Is your money, about JCOO. Quit playing poker. I began It sixty years ao, on the Mlsfi?-irrl river, and have made a living

o'jt of such f-wks es you. With my coolness it's robbery to p'ay asainjt your recklessness. I see dePiKMatlcn la your face. I am told that. you are a teller in a tank, and that you have a ! wife, to whom you will lie about your absence from ho.re last night. Quit poker." He walked out. and t!".e. young man. lower ins; his head to h!. folded arms, did not move vxtil the attendant aroused him. Chicago Record-Herald. , A Mild and Unexpected Ilctort. Senator Tillman was talking to some reporters aoout the errtcucy of mildness in debate. "One can't he tco mild." he Faid, "and one gets on especially well if. along with one's mildness, there gjs some rare and unexpected quality. To be ndld and at the same time un expected is. usually, to succeed. "Here is an instance of what I mean: "At the end of a theatrical performance one man turned to another and cried in a harsh. grating voice: " 'Look here, you have sat on my silk hat. It is ruined.' "The other looked at the silk hat It was indeed a wreck. lie said: " T am sorry. This is too bad. But,' he added. 'It might have been wor?e.' " 'How nilsht it have been worse?' exclaimed the first man with an oath. "The answer then given was an excellent ex ample of mildness, coupled with unexpectedness It was: " 'I might have sat on my own hat.' "New lork Tribune. THE IIEEGER DECISION. The immediate interests of the people of the whole country in the incident lies in the lesson it affords that to the ls.w of the land all Interests, great or small, are finally amenable. New York Globe. It will be a long time before Wall street asraln convinces itself that the world is its oyster and that there is no power to prevent Its prying open the shell whenever it is disposed to gulp down tho contents. Detroit Free Pres3. Men who now attempt what Hill and Morgan attempted may be set down as conscious law breakers, whatever their methods. The decision destroys tho old sophistries at the very least. and puts a lasting stigma upoa capitalistic an archy. Chicago Record-Herald. The government has won a great legal vlc tory. Its right arm has been strengthened for the contest with certain form of trusts. But it cannot be claimed that competition between the Great Northern and ;he Northern Tacißc has been restored. Chicago Tribune. By this final decision the Sherman anti-trust law is held to be valid, and the powers of the Lnlted States attorney general to prosecute cor poratlons operating in restraint of trade are de fined. The curbing of trusts that overstep the line can now proceed. St. Louis Globe-emo-crat. There will be careful study of the opinion in railway and in congressional and administrative circles, for it is not alone important in the gravity of the interests involved, but in lta manifest holding that the Sherman anti-trust law is sufficient for the protection of the publicCincinnati Commercial-Tribune. (The uncertainty which has hung over the business world, greatly to Its detriment, pending this litigation, ought now to disappear and better conditions prevail. Any decision is better than continued doubt, because capital can adjust itself to unfavorable conditions even, if it knows what they are to be. Cincinnati Enquirer. It gives the administration of the law. In short, a great advantage over the previous conditions, which cannot fall, aa long as that administration Is intrusted to reasonably aggressive officials, to keep the great trusts In check and to hasten the day of unobjectionable trade coalitions based upon sound economic principles. Washington Star. Will the ruling be followed up by summary measures that will Insure the abandonment of the Illegal purpose? It is evident that the powers of finance are stUl guided by the belief that a decision against them only calls for some means of evading Its legal effect. It was the unlawful purpose which made this combination illegal. Pittsburg Dispatch. Tho present finding will not only cause the dissolution of unlawful combinations already mad;, but it will prevent the formation of such conspiracies against the people in the future. It gives vitality tc a law which for too long a time has been Ignored by officers of the government and others. It leaves no excuse hereafter for timid or false executive officers who may fail in the discharge of their duties. Chicago Chron icle. Tribute to the Chinese. Ronald Greig. a merchant of Foo-Chow. China. has been in China for twenty-eight years. He gives testimony to the honesty and Integrity of the Chinamen, with whom he has business relations: "I have never had a written agreement with a Chinaman in all the years I have been in business, and yet a Chinaman always keeps his word. He Is a good trader, but is not a trickster. He is generous; if he finds you in a hole, he will do anything that is fair to help you out. It is, different with a Jap. He will put you in a hole if he can, and he will keep you there if it will serve his immediate ad vantage. Most of the native merchants throughout China are Cantonese. They have been trained to business from their early youth. Suggesting the confidence we repose in Chinamen I may cite the fact that we are under the necessity. In obtaining some kinds of tea required for a portion of our trade to make advances of money early In March to Chinamen that we do not see again until they come down the river with their crop the latter part of May or the first of June. They always put in an appearance and if the tea is not up to the standard of agreement there is 'no troubie in makinr it right. The Chinaman is appreciative and grateful for kindness shown him. I taught a Chinaman the tea business twenty years ago. and of his own accord ho sends me a box of tea as a present every year as surely as it comes round. The individual Chinese companies are a practical proposition. Nepotism obtains to such an extent that the average Chinaman is not suited to such positions as the head of a department In the customs service he is usually only a clerk." New York Tribune. The Migration of the Doe Faintly. From Brooklyn borough courts is reported a large Increase In ihe number of "John Does." The excess of "Does" in Brooklyn, too, is almost coincident with the disappearance from the courts of Manhattan of "Does" and "Roes." In the old English courts, when the name of a plaintiff was unknown, the custom waa to describe him as "John Doe." When the defendant's name was unknown he was described as "Richard Itoe." In the criminal courts the name of an unidentified malo prisoner was entered as "John Doe" and of a female prisoner aa "Jane Itoe." In civil cases, with women appearing as principals, "Jane Doe" was the name, in default of any other, for the female plaintiff, and "Jane Roe" for tho female defendant. In Manhattan the colloquial use of the word "dough" as a slang expression for wealth is chargeable with the words "John Dough." describing a man of money. As John Dough has come forward, John Doe has receded, and tho name "John Doe" has been giving place in the criminal courts to "Walter Jones.' As "Jane" and "John Doe" have often been allied in legal papers in court. "Jane Doe" has been superseded by "Kate Best." New York Sun. Five Ceut Error Coat $17,000. The greatness of little things finds frequent illustration in railroad operation. A case has Just been discovered where, nine years ago, an error of 5 cents was made in the computation of a rate sheet between two given points. It was fcrund upon Investigation that as a result of this error the two railroad operating between the tiro points hae lost upward of S17.00 in that time. , This shows why lailroads are so strenuously orposed to what are considered inconsequential reductions lu rates. The business in quetlon we simply the pcjwenger traffic between Dallas. Tex., end a small town located a few mlWs away. It is the multiplication of the little things that so seriousiy affects railway revenue". The loss of a fraction of a kua iL L audi cd iKur.d on some conir&odltte

Hemeuzvay and Harmony a Winning Combination in the First District

(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) Walter Tyr.er, l ike; John Chewmng. Spencer; Charles F. Heiiman. Vandtrbtirg. George V. Ileilman, of Evansvllle, was made secretary of the convention. While the committee on resolutions retired nominations for Congress were called for, and Judge Edward H. Gush. of Roonville, presented the name of Representative Hemenway, an honor he has had at each cf the six conventions at which First district Republicans have chosen Mr. Hemenvay as their leader. At the conclusion of hi? brief speech Judge Cough said he did not believe there were any rules to suspend, br.t for formality sake he would make the usual motion that the nomination might be made by acclamation. The motion prevailed with a cheer, and then a call was set up for the nominee. Mr. Hemenway was given an ova-' tion when he appeared, and. as the rirst storm of cheers died away, one of his admirers in the balcony yelled in tones of deepest pride, "That's our Jim," and there was another demonstration. Mr. licmciUTny's Address. Mr. Hemenway spoke thirty minutes and almost every sentence of hl3 address was punctuated with applause. He said: "Gentlemen of the Convention Our convention here to-day recalls to my memory the convention held in this city ten years ago, when, after numerous ballots, you tendered me the nomination for CongTtss. Since that time you have given me live nominations by acclamation. For your confidence I promise to continue to give to my constituents and the country my best efforts to bring about legislation that will continue our present prosperity as a people and a Nation. "It has been my ambition since first elected to Congress to so perform my duties as to secure tne connuence oi my constituents, and your action to-day assures me that I have succeeded. "What wonderful changes have come about since our convention here ten years ago. Then we were under Democratic administration. We were under a Democratic tariff bill that refused protection to labor; that gave no encouragement to our industries; that transferred 10 foreign labor the wages that should have been paid to our own labor; that destroyed coniidence. We were borrowing money to pay the ordinary expenses of the government in a time of peace. Thousands of men willing to work could not find employment and were classed as tramps; farm produce was selling at starvation prices, but labor could not purchase at any price; there was no employment and labor had no value. This was the condition in which we found ourselves, and in the election of 1S9I we registered our protest by electing a Republican House of Representatives. "No genuine relief could come, however, until 1836 when we would have an opportunity to elect a Republican President and secure complete control of Congress. We went into that campaign, our opponents, under the leadership of William J. Brj-an. a man of wonderful personal magnetism, a brilliant orator, claiming that our unfortunate condition was due to the gold standard and that our remedy was the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1; our own party under the leadership of McKinley, saying to the people that if we were returned to power that a protective tariff law would be enacted that would encourage American Industries and protect American labor; that the money being sent abroad for foreign made goods would be kept at home and paid to our own workmgmen: that idle factories would begin operation; that confidence would be restored and that prosperity would again come to our people. It was a wonderful campaign the country in distress. The people, trying to solve the question, lined up on each side and no more vigorous effort was ever made by the political parties of this countrv. each making predictions as to what would happeu in me event or, tneir success. Although the battle was .fought out eight years ago, you all remember the arguments made, every prediction made by our Democratic friends proved untrue, and all promises made by the Republican party have been carried into effect. UNDER THE DINGLEY LAW. "Immediately after the inauguration of President McKinley Congress was convened and the Dingley - tariff law was enacted. Later tho gold standard was written Into law, the people knew that the. Republican party could be trusted; factories opened up, capital was not afraid to seek investment and the greatest era of prosperity that the world had ever known began. I have in mind one industry Jn this district where seventy-five men were employed only three days in the week at low wages. In a short time after the Dingley law passed they were emDloved six days, later the number of men was increased until now 400 men have secured employment at this one factory with increased wages. Under Democratic rule seventy-five men. half time, half pay. - "Under Republican rule 400 men. full time. good wages. "This is only one of thousands of il lustrations of the Fame kind that could be truthfully made. With the increase of the employment of labor followed the increased price of farm products. Labor could buy three meals each day; labor had money to buy the products of the farm, a market was created and nrlces went ud. Our Democratic friends said It could not con tinue and many claimed that before the campaign of 1900 had ended prosperity would be no more. They were mistaken, it is here yet and Is due to the faith the people have in the Republican party, to the legislation the party enacted and to the faith the people have in the party's ability to legislate for the future. "How about the Nation? For seventvtwo years our tariff laws were along Democratic lines. During this time we had only three tariff laws that claimed to be protective, but were not protective, as we now understand that word, and they were in existence but a short time. During this seventy-two years only fifteen years did we have the balance of trade in our favor. amounting to only $157,000.000. During fiftyseven years the balance was against us to the amount of $1,270,000.000. hen you stop to think how we survived and how we continued to stand the strain each year, sending millions of gold abroad, it can only rw explained by the fact that we were producing millions of cold from Western mines that went abroad to help pay the balance against us. "In ISM) we came Into power: new poli cies began, and we have been improving means thousands if not millions of dollars to the railroads, and makes the difference between profit and loss, it is only by the most zealous care that' railroads are enable to maintain their revenues on a paying basis, and It is for this reason that the value of little things is so well understood by railway officials generally. Engineering Review. Xnrses Like War. WTien Dr. Anita McGee left last week for the scene of the Russian-Japanese war with her corps of trained nurses she took with her five young women from Philadelphia, all of whom had seen active hospital service in the Cuban war. Just before they left Broad-street Station one of them said: "Any nurse who has ever seen actual warfare wants to get another taste of it. It seems to get into her blood. There i nothing In the world like the feeling of exaltation that it Inspires. It may be a bit ot savagery that lingers In the blood from prehistoric times. but actually, when I came back from Cuba I longed for another war. It's much the same feeling that I believe a high-spirited cavalry horse has who has once cmelled the tmoke of battle. The exhilaration remains In the pystem. J Just can't tell you how glad I am that I am again going to nurte the sick and wounded victims of war." Philadelphia Record. Advertiiemeats na Xew. One of the most tuccestful cf book publishers. speaking of book advertising, says: "nook advertising has become a matter of news In the past ten years. Readers will not wait a month for magazine advertl?ment) to know about jour publications, o you muht ted them In the dallies. The Increase In Uok talcs may be traced to the UJe of the ne-papers for aivertislng thcra." Of one book he tars: "It has been one of our most successful bock. We pnt a dailies before the day of publication, and sales were so good we had difficulty in printing enough cories." Philadelphia Ktord. Admiral I'vuna'n Health. Everywhere In the United states regret will be felt to learn that Admiral RoMey 1). Evans, the commander of the Asiatic fleet. Is but little more thaa a shadow of his former robuK -!f. "Fighting U.b" Ls laiely undergone a great char ge phyulcally, and la abaut r.i2 to i t the Xroiu active tr duty Hhen his ttrui cxiir

on our tariff laws until in 1S37 we passed the Dingley law, which has brought rnoie of bles.ir.g to the people of the Unltel States than any single act of legislation that hns ever passed tho Congros of the) United Fiatoji. end It bore the risnatura of William McKinley. My Republican friends, aren't you glad you can say y"U voted for him? My Democratic fnend.-. aren't you glad he was elected? In ti-e seven years that has gone by. from a debtor Nation we have grown into a Nation with millions to loan. In place of hawking 4-pcr-cent. bonds srout.J in foreign markets to hnd buyers we can sell a 2-percent, bond t a premium. WHAT REPUBLICANS HAVE DONK. "We have had the balance" of trade in our favor by so many millions that to give the figures only confuses the mind. "We have gone through a war, paid the) cost, and ai the same time reduced the public debt. "We have spent large sums on improvements of rivers and harbors and on publics buildings, and have invested millions in building up our navy. When the ships we have now authorized are constructed our navy will rank next to that of Great Hrltain. and there will be no occasion for the further expenditure of such large sumr of money in tnis direction. 'Notwithstanding the fact that in this fiscal year wo have been compelled to taka care of unusual items of expense, including $00.000.'O for the Panama canal, we will keep within our revenues. "Theodore Roosevelt entered upon his duties as ITesident of the United States under roost trying circumstances. He promptly announced that he would carry out the policies of McKinley. He has kept hs promise and has demonstrated to the people his ability to conduct the affairs of thij great government with wisdom and discretion and I challenge our Democratic frienda to point out one mistake that he has made. Although he has dealt with many dellcats situations, the confidence of the people in our President continues to grow day by day as they witness the courage and wisdom he) displays in the performance of his duties. He will be nominated at Chicago and elected In November. "The great State of Indiana has in tho Senate two of Its most trusted advisers; men who honor the State they represent; men who devote their time to their publio duties and whose views are ingrafted in the legislation enacted by Congress. They should be kept where they are; Indian needs such representation and the country needs ruch legislators. "I think that this convention will pardon me if I say that the Indiana delegation in Congress is a credit to the State and by reason of the importance of their committee assignments and their individual ability have given the State rank in shaping the legislation of the country that h has not enjoyed for many years. Lonj service adds to the value of a legislator Just as it adds to the value of sendee in any avocation in life. ' "In conclusion let me say that I cannot believe that the people of the country want to change back to the times of '94, '03 und 'J). They do not want to chance another Democratic administration. They arc willing. In the words of our beloved Hanna, to 'stand pat. and In November they will again register a vote of confidence in the party that has brought them so much of good." At the conclusion of Mr. Hemenway'sj speech the remaining business of the convention was speedily transacted. J. II. Osborne. of Vanderburg. and J. M. Hudspeth, of Warrick, were named as del

egates to the national convention by acclamation, with W. B. Anderson, of Pike, and George Waters, of Posey, as alternates. Gil R. Stormont was chosen presidential elector. J. H. Osborne, of Vanderburg, ami Thomas W. Lfndsay. of Warrick, who recently renounced his allegiance to the Democratic party, were called on and responded with brief but effective addresses. THE RESOLUTIONS. The report of the committee on resolutions was received and adopted and tha convention was over. Less than two hoursj ' had been consumed by its deliberations. The resolutions, in part, follow: "We most earnestly Indorse the entire administration of our present chief executive, Theodore Roosevelt, and especially hla prompt and decisive recognition of the Independence of the Republic of Panama. Jn the light of unanimous -public opirdovlt la hardly necessary to say that the nomination of President Roosevelt by the next Republican national convention is a foregone conclusion, and we instruct the delegates named at this convention to cast their votC3 for h'.m. "The First district has unusual cause to bo proud of the position and influence in Congress achieved by its representative, tho Hon. James A. Hemenway, and especially is it gratifying to know that the exalted position now occupied by him as chairman of the committee on appropriations Is tha result of intelligent and conscientious discharge of his duties as a member of tho House of Representatives. It would be a reflection on the intelligence of the people of this district to question for a moment his re-election by an increased majority. We most cordially and emphatically indorse his acts as our representative and ap- ' peal to the people of this district to see to it that he is returned to the position of influence and honor that he has so acceptably Idled. "This State is ably reprefented in both branches of tho national legislature. The representatives, especially those of our own party, are men of unusual Influence . and ability. No State is more ably represented, indeed few, if any, so well, in the Senate of the United States as the State of Indiana. We desire to assure our two senators of our appreciation of the distinguished ability and faithful services that have placed them both in the .front rank of American statesmen. ,We favor the reelection of our Junior senator, Albert J. Beveridge, by the next Legislature. "We commend the present chief executive of tho State, Hon. Winfleld J. Durbin, as well as the other State offleerg. for their faithful discharge of the duties of their respective offices, and In conclusion submit, with confidence, to the voters of the district the claims of our party on all lasues. State and national, at the coming; election." Four hundred enthusiastic Republicans, all wearing Hemenway badges, came over from Evansville on a special train that arrived at 12:30. They returned Immediately after the convention. Representative Hemenway will start for Washington to-morrow evening. C. S. WATTS.

next April. His limp Is worse than ever, and the admiral's constitution may be said to hare been shattered by his last tour of duty irr the Orient. While the feet was coaling recently at Honolulu Evans kept to his apartments at the hotel. He will be succeeded by Admiral Cooper, In command of the Asiatic station. In April, and will then return to New York on the flagship Kentucky by way of the Mediterranean. New York Commercial. General Grant Granilatfn. Captain Algernon Sartor is. a grandson of General Grant, sailed on the French liner La Lorraine to-day en route to Paris, where he soon will be married to Germalne CeCile NourT.ard. a niece of Sir Charles Hall. In the second cat I a of the steamship sailed Antonio Montes. a native of Seville, where he has a record as a toreador, having killed, he ray. 4-50 bulla. He has been in . Mexico for tne past two months, during which time, he eaya. he ha fought and killed twenty bulla, receiving W) for eaca f.ght. New York Letter. Conditions Which Justify the Fae of Alcohol. . 1. When the pulse Is persistently weak. 2. When there is persistent high temperature, 3. When there is nervous exhaustion. 4. When there is tremor or low delirium. When the dlyestlve ejstera falls to do Us work. 6. When the aged are fcble or exhausted. ..Cases- of shock or acchlent. From Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalesoent. Gras, Etc. It u?cd to be that a good lawn could net be made In lcs than a hundred years. Rut in our day a few weeks iufl.ee where there Is pltnly of money. And. since all flesh 1 aa the grass, why need it longer take three generations to make a gentleman where money Is plenty ?" Puck. Yrate'a Shortcoming;. Mr. Yeats, the IrUh joet. says be was asteished that, instead of finding a seml-harharia people outide of the large cities in this country, he found, in most cases, they were highly culture J. 1? Mr. Teats' s Imagination equalled r.i cre-.U! ty he would be a very great CSV J. Nrv Yuk Tub ulna.

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