Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 113, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1904 — Page 4

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National bank examiners say that the State was never so prosperous as St present. SSBSÄBBWBBBSaMBBBBBBBSSMaBBBaBBB The way Democrats all over the country are not getting together is one of the most Interesting and entertaining political developments of the hour. General Kuropatkin recommends that Port Arthur be abandoned, and In this sensible advice he Is ably seconded by the persuasive eloquence of Admiral Togo. One thing is reasonably certain: Editor Hearst's barrel, which at this writing seems to be of goodly size and well filled, will be a hollow mockery by the end of the nominating campaign. The Supreme Court decides that books re not second-class matter; and the publishers say that there has not been a firstclass book for two years. That puts American literature pretty low. The Illinois Supreme Court has decided that wife-murderers cannot collect the insurance on the lives of their victims. "What kind' of a State is it in which wife murderers have any use for money? Viceroy Alexieff has been ordered not to take the Russian' fleet out of Port Arthur. Probably the government thinks It would not be worth the amount neceseary to raise it from the bottom. The Democrats are still uncertain about Trhom to choose as ch'&irman for their national convention. Why not get that Connecticut judge who ordered Mr. Bryan to sit down? lie would come in mighty handy. BaSHBSaBBSSBSSBaSWaBSSHSBBBBBSBSlBBSSBBBaBBBlBa It seems barely possible that Mr. Collins Would have taken an additional year or o upon his sentence in preference to being classed by Judge Anderson as a person of Inferior intellect and a tool of abler, if wickeder, men. It is said the Emperor of Korea is now hiding in his own library with an American guard on the outside and an American missionary on the inside. There is a splen did chance to educate him up to American Ideals with a view to future naturalization." St. Petersburg papers are now declaring that the miue which sunk the Petropavlovsk was placed in position by an Englishman. This is an ingenious way of killing three birds with one stone. It removes the reproach of a Russian blunder, takes away the stain of a Japanese victory and delivers a shot at an ancient enemy all at one and the same time! Brlgham II. Roberts, of Utah, told the Senate committee that when he married his third wife he did not tell wives Nos. 1 ,and 2. for fer they might be embarrassed by the knowledge. How dreadfully emb&rrassed the two ladies must have been, then, when he took wife No. Z with him to "Washington at the time he tried to break into the House of Representatives. Ex-Senator Butler professes to think that the Populists .will cut considerable of a figure in the coming presidential campaign. But Populists will be so busy cutting their wheat and corn that they will hardly have any time for politics. In fact, most of them have become so prosperous in the past few years that they forget what populism was all about. In his opposition to the extension of the east wing of the Capitol building Senator Fairbanks will receive the thanks of the local association for beautifying Washington and of all who are interested in the retention of the artistic proportions of the noble structure. Not only does an extension teem unnecessary at this time, but there is danger that if it is provided for tl tjrerii will fc ut lato l-;2f-ttt ba

It Ii such a possibility that has led artloving peoplo and admirers of the great building to protest against additions until their nee! Is fully demonstrated and until measures can be taken to secure the services of the greatest architects. At present a fear exists that the official in charge of Capitol repairs, and who is not a professional architect, would be given control of the proposed improvement by a careless Congress. Senator Fairbanks succeeded in having the provision in the sundry civil bill so modified that it doe3 not commit Congress to the proposed extension. Tin: wav of Tin: TitAsiii:ssoiis. The last act in the Elkhart bank tragedy has been played, so far as the public is concerned, and the curtain has fallen, hiding the chief participants from view. But the drama 13 not ended for them. They must play it to the end. through long yeans in prison and through such years as may remain to them after the prison doors have been opened. Perhaps in one

sense the worst is over for these men, for, after the agony and strain of the long weeks of their trial, even the certainty of their fate must bring with it a feeling of relief. But through all their lives they will continue to pay the penalty for their misdeeds. The punishment inflicted by the court is only for their offense against the law of the land. For their infraction of the moral law, for the injury done to their families, to their friends, to themselves, no penalty can be meted out by judge or jury. Those sins carry their retribution with them, and for men of intelligence and at least a degree of moral sensibility cannot be escaped. For a time the principles of honesty and righteousness were forgotten; doubtless the men deceived themselves Into thinking their course justifiable, feeling sure they would make all , their crooked ways straight before discovery, as many a man has done before them. If they were so deceived, pity Is their due; if they entered upon their devious course with eyes open to Its iniquity, even then it is not the part of those who look on to cast a stone. Having committed their deed and having entered upon the Inevitable and hard way of transgressors, the public may well consider the lesson of the tragedy without assuming a Pharisaical attitude of superior holiness. For these were such men as we all know reputable, respected, highly esteemed citizens, until a few months ago no more to be suspected of rascality than are the most reputable business men known to any of the Journal readers. They fell from their high estate, and the fall was swift and certain once their feet had tripped. The fact that they were men of this class is what has made their trial and their fate of such interest. The lesson of this drama of real life is "vastly more impressive and sure to be more lasting than that of the most tremendous tragedy of the mimic stage. . arciiai:olm;ical iiusuaiich. The. coming of Dr. Josiah H. Pcnniman, dean of tho University of Pennsylvania, to this city to deliver an address on the subject of the excavations at Nippur and the light thrown thereby on the Old Testament is a reminder of the curious fascination the subject of archaeological research has for many persons whose vocations are far removed from this form of investigation. To read the history of ancient civilizations is one thing; to read of cities the people of a by-gone age lived in laid open to the sun to-day; to have pictured the homes through whose doors they went in and out; to see the furniture, the cooking utensils, the tools used in their daily life these things are far different and bring a sense of nearness, of the kinship of humanity, which no dry chronicles can ever give. It is likely that many persons in this country date their first interest in the subject from a lecture delivered twenty years ago by Miss Amelia B. Edwards, an Egyptologist, of England, who made a tour of the United States. Possibly most of those In her audiences were attracted to the place by their interest in her as a novelist, but after listening to her account of the romance of archaeology, of tho closeness of the relations of the excavator with the lives of the ancients, the people of Biblical times, no room for wonder remained that she had abandoned fiction for this absorbing pursuit. Whatever the origin of the interest in the theme, it is no uncommon tiling to find a man whose business and daily occupation have to do with matters strictly commercial reading in leisure moments an account of the discoveries In one of the cities of the bronze age, or say, a newspaper man whose concerns, beyond those of all other persons, are of the moment, lost in the Records of the Past an archeological periodical in a description, perhaps, of Egyptian scarabs. The University of Pennsylvania has done more, possibly, than any other institution to further knowledge in this direction, and is now conducting several important investigations on the sites of Biblical cities. Dr. Pennlman has at his command, no doubt, a store of facts that might well fill a Biblical novelist that is to say, a novelist who writes Biblical romances with envy. TROUBLE FR031 BRYAN. There are many Democrats who affect not to care what Mr. Bryan says or thinks; but it Is safe to suppose that a large numP ber of them await with some degree of nervous apprehension the speech which the Peerless Leader is to deliver in Chicago tomorrow night. The subject announced, "The New York Platform," is suggestive of trouble. What Mr. Bryan thinks about the New York platform is already known. He has said very plainly that "that platform ought to defeat Parker's nomination unless the Democrats, when they assemble in St. Louis, decide to attempt a confidence game on the public." In the light of this and like utterances it has-been suggested that Mr. Bryan's Chicago speech will probably deserve the more fitting title. "What I Think of Parker." That is to say, this patriotic Democrat has hired a hall In order to flay his party's probable candidate alive. He is appearing under the auspices of no club or organizationit is announced that he will pay all the expenses of the gathering. It may safely be predicted that the orator will heap denunciation on the heads of Parker, Hill and Cleveland. But what worries the "Parker, Hill and Cleveland Democrats is the fear that he may come out boldly for Hearst. Discredited, discarded disorganlzer as he is, William J. Bryan still possesses a remarkable Influence with the rank and file of his party. If he declares for Hearst he will inflict serious damage on the Parker candidacy. This Chicago speech. therefore, assumes an unusial importance. Whatever happens, Mr. Bryan is certain to reassert his ca.ua ritv a migchur.

maker. It has been his invariable rule to denounce as unworthy every man who has not flung his ready cap in air and shouted for him in public places. The solidarity of his party means nothing to him if it does not include a iersona! indorsement. The Democrats know this. They know that no candidate who is Hill's friend and Cleveland's friend can ever be Bryan's friend. It therefore remains a matter of particular anxiety as to whom Mr. Bryan has chosen. And the Parkerite3 shudder as they inevitably think of Hearst, if Mr. Bryan does not declare openly for William Randolph Hearst to-morrow night it may be taken as a sign that he has private plans for raising serious difficulties at the St. Louis convention. If he does deClare for Hearst it will mean that he and his friends will bolt the convention If it chooses Parker. In cither case he adds his malign contribution to the completeness of his party's present disorganization and coming defeat. He will not walk tamely in the rear of a procession which repudiated him in two campaigns. . The Democrats of New York have plainly not struck a keynote in their platform. On the contrary, that document is chiefly significant for the things it does not say. There is no declaration in favor of sound money, for-instance, and if Judge Parker is to be a candidate he will have no standing, except as a sound-money advocate. At least, he will not have the support of the gold Democrats, without whose co-operation this year there is no use in holding a party convention. Democrats have been particularly clamorous against trusts, but the declaration of the Albany platform on .this subject la' very feeble. There is. In fact, an air of Insincerity about the entire document which is discernible even to newspaper organs, and they are beginning to resent it. Leaders of the party outside of New York, who have been looking to that State both for a candidate and an issue, are evidently to be disappointed in the latter hope. And, according to present appearances, if they get their candidate they will not be able to work up any ardent enthusiasm about him. Judge Parker is rather a cold proposition for the yearning Democratic heart.

A Democratic congressman is quoted as saying, when asked what he thought Bryan would do at the St. Louis convention, "Oh, the trouble with Bryan is he thinks he is in partnership with the Almighty, and just now he has some doubts as to which is the senior partner." This is rather unjust to a man whose chief desire and only ambition is to regulate the Democratic party, an organization the Almighty seems to have forgotten. "Can a woman forget her sucking child? Yea, they may forget," says Isaiah. Yet who would have believed that a mother would run from a burning house, forgetting a month-old infant and a two-year-old child until too late, as happened near Bluff ton on Wednesday? The prophet knew the power of self in the human creature, and knew its truth for all time. The world docs not get much information about the war from the army of special correspondents, but is having an opportunity to read a great many things about Japan. Doubtless, too, Richard Harding Davis and ethers -of a literary turn will take advantage of the opportunity to accumulate a stock of local color to be used later in fiction. It cost Madame Nordlca $300.000 to supply Mr. Zoltan Doeme's wants during tho few short years of their married life. A woman who undertakes to support a hus.band needs a big income these days. With an Indiana educational exhibit of ten tons at St. Louis, the world will no longer have any cause for wonder that Indiana literary fellers are heavyweights. MINOR TOPICS. Samuel Smiles is dead. Smiles is the man who a long time ago wrote a book on "Self Help," which had a remarkable circulation. Perhaps that will be furg-otten some day, but the author's name will remain embalmed in one of Kipling's poems, where he is alluded to as "Self-helpful Smiles." The London papers describe William Dean Howells as "a dapper little man with perfectly creased trousers." The spectacle of a man with his clothes properly pressed is so rare in London that , It causes all observers to forget any literary merits he may possess. The unaccountable types ' made tho Journal say yesterday that Senator Bailey was a. sportsman. While not withdrawing tho statement, which Is probably not incorrect, it is no more than proper to state that the word as written was "spoils man t Six members of the Missouri Legislature have obtained positions as bookmakers clerks at a race track at 110 a day. In spite of recent reverses tho price of Missouri lawmakers remains firm. The managers of the St. Louis exposition arc trying to get the Maharajah of Jeypore and Harry Lehr to attend on the same day. The one who wears the most jewelry gets a nice present. An Oklahoma woman bequeathed to her doctor all the pills, medicines and prescriptions he had given her for twenty years. How does, ho like being paid In his own coin? Emperor William dined the other day with Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vandcrbilt. These little social triumphs will soon gain the Emperor a prestige second to none in Europe. "We shall never be perfect," says a local minister, "until we leant to eliminate self." What does he think we are a Russian navy? The Iroquois Theater in Chicago is to be devoted to vaudeville. This is a good thing; if the disaster is repeated the audience will feel more resigned to their fate. And now a whitewash trust has been organized in Chicago. It is getting harder and harder for a poor politician to get a vindication at any reasonable rates. The good Bishop Spalding paraphrases Sherman's famous definition to remark that "Strikes arc heil." Indeed they arc especially three of them In succession. Mourning costumes, says the fashion editor, are more thin usually expensive this year. Lot us . economize and take care of our health. If It had octy been one of those Japanese war painters instead of Verestch.sin who went down with the Petropavlovsk! A New York dramatic critic fell nine Mori a and was not killed. But j?erhuis he

knows now how somo of tho stag people feel out of whom he occasionally has "taken a fall."

Some bad New York boys have been arrested for throwing pies at a poUceman. What was the charge assault or bribery? General Miles is the Nation's choice for the Prohibition nomination. In fact. Carrie has said that he will be the best one, sssssssbbsssssmmbbsbsmbssbssssssssssbbm THE HUMORISTS. The Proper Person. Junior Partner I suppose we had better say in our "ad." that we want a man of experience. Senior Partner No; advertise lor a man without experience; then we can teach him something. ruck. The Trntlt of It. "I hope. Johnny." said the visitor.' "that I haven't disturbed your pa and ma at dinner." "No." replied Johnny: "we was just gpin' to sit down, but pa seen you from the window an he told ma not to have dinner till you went." Catholic Standard. ' """" Sure. "Don't you think." asked the romantic damsel, "that the coming of spring Is like the budding of love?" "Sure." said the coarse man. "Sure. Isn't there always a hard frost about two weeks after spring opens?" Philadelphia Ledger. Proof Positive "Yes," paid the young man, "the girl I am engaged to is an angel." "Oh, sure," sneered the scanty-haired man who had been up against the matrimonial game for many years. "That's what they all say "Hut she is. all right." continued the smitten youth. "Even mother says she Is too good for me." Chicago News. Wouldn't lime Mattered. Mayme My! wouldn't It have been terrible if the Grand Duke Cyril had really been killed on that battleship? Grace Oh, I don't know. He's so near the throne that it Isn't likely they'll ever let him come over, here to look for a wife, anyway. Chicago Record-Herald. Why It I. The maid was in the garden hanging out the clothes; along came a blackbird and pecked off her nose. "Howly murther!" she yelled to the royal family, "thot sittles it. Yez'll niver git any more- cooks to live in the counthry at all." Herein we see the origin of one of our great social problems. New York Sun. The Religions Light. "Your wife has become quite relig'ous, I hear; a regular attendant at church, isn't she?" "Yes. She finally succeeded In getting pew Mo. 12." "Was that so important?" "Oh, yes; the stained-glass window throws a pink glow over that pew, and v it's so becoming, you know." Philadelphia Press. UNCENS0RD WAR NOTES. The battleship Petropavloysk is with Maginty, no matter how it got there. Lincoln (Neb.) Star. The Russian bear is probably convinced by this time that he made a mistake when he took to water. Washington Fost. St. Petersburg is cocksure that it knows what the Japs are going to do next, which is a pretty good sign that they are going to do nothing of the kind. Philadelphia Inquirer. Should the Russians adopt a "remember-the-Maine" type of slogan, putting in the names of all their lost ships, it would be a brave foe that would not quail before it. Manila Times. Those Russians who are said not to know that their country is at war must have been reading the war news closely enough to realize that their country is really at suicide. Atlanta Journal. The Russians have given notice that they will shoot any correspondents using, wireless telegraphy. If they would shoot some of the correspondents sending newsless dispatches it would be more to the purpose. Montreal Star. The report that the Czar will advance 400,000,000 roubles to his government to carry on the war prompts one to wonder why he doesn't give something to the Japanese. They are doing more in the line of carrying on the war than his own forces are. Buffalo Express. The Japanese, on land and sea. Are now such doughty chaps That very soon it may not be Quite safe to call them "Japs." Philadelphia Tress. When Russians think of Baikal's Ice They straight proceed to shiver; But not so much as when the Japs Approach the Yalu river. Baltimore American. Oar Dad College Spelling. Much is said In the newspapers about college English. The people within and without college walls declare that students write badly. But there is a thing more fundamental than their poor English style; it is the matter of their spelling. Many college men, as proved by their essays, cannot spell. They frequently make the mistake of transforming writing into wrltting and of dining Into dinning an echo probably of the noise of a college dining: room. But poor spelling is not confined to college students. College professors are not free from the blame. A letter lies before the writer in which the distinguished head of a most important department in an American college declares that a certain candidate, whom he has recommended, is incompetent. A New England college professor has recently said that In making applications tor a place in English several candidates wrote of the salery. Of course, also, a man may lack culture and spell correctly. Spelling is more or less a matter of an arbitrary bit. of knowledge. But whatever may be the psychological relations of the art, the schools should teach boys and girls to spell. By incorrect spelling the higher ranges of learning are rendered less impressive. Leslie's Weekly. Deware the War Picture. Mr. Barry Pain the other day made a lively protest In verse against the reappearance of a standard war picture as an illustration of the Japanese war. This picture, he tells us, has already served to illustrate the war In the Sudan, the Boer war, the Franco-German war, the war between the United States and Spain, besides several minor wars, and he thinks It is time it was placed on the retired list. Mr. Pain voices the distrust which many people have of war pictures as they appear in certain of the illustrated papers. They may be true, but who can tell whether they are true or not? And If you once lose faith in the war pictures of your favorite Illustrated journal, where are you? The tnthlnklng person accepts a photograph of any war scene with unwavering faith, for is it not an axiom that the camera cannot lie? But what If the photograph of a Sudan plain Is published as a photograph of a Manchurlan field? For my part V would much rather trost the veracity of a correspondent than the veracity of a camera. The chances are that the man will be far more truthful than the machine. W. L. Aldcn's London Letter. Edison on the Airship. . "No," he said, "the time has not come for the production of an airship of use commerciallycapable of making regular trips from a given place to a given place. One will never be built until a hew motive power is produced." "Would that motive power be found In kome form of electricity T' "I cannot say," he replied to the question. "No man can say that. A new motive power will alone 60lve the problem, but how I think it should be solved I will not say. I cannot discuss that. I have thought of it a great deal. I have experimented. I have built light motors, but I have not attempted to ny. The question is wholly and simply one of motive ijower a lower that Is sufficient to combat the force of gravitation, the lack of buoyancy, and sustain Itself above the earth." Tae airship must be of simple mechanism

man can build a machine after the structure of a bird that will fly as a bird files.-. The Creator alone did that. He built the bird wonderfully. I have thought of that question often. I have watched them by the hour. Their muscles are peculiarly constructed all their bones are hollow. They are born 'flying machines.' Their whole body works In harmony. There Is nothing mysterious about it, yet a machine built like a bird. If it were possible, could not stand the strain of air currents. A bird Is dependent upon the current floats on the current. It doesn't soar until It Is well up in the air. It files Instinctively." April Outing. - STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.

Hearst's Candidacy. Gov. Myron T. Herrick, of Ohio, is equally as confident as Senator Depew that Roosevelt will be elected. Of William Randolph Hearst he said: "Mr. Hearst's candidacy puts me in mind of the remarks attributed to the fly as it crawled around the gum bottle. " Ah it said. I have passed through the hatching age, the reeping age and now I ara in the mucilage' and then it stuck. There is no doubt that Mr. Hearst's presidential ambition is already In the mucilage, and it's a safe bet it will stick there for good." Washington Post. Hecntise He Loved Her So. I saw another example of heroism Thursday morning. It was on one of those bird's-eye view automobile arrangements which lend such a charm to sight-seeing. Up on top was perched a spring bride in full bloom. White and airy was her hat, pale gray and thin her gown, and blue was hcrnoso as the fairy flax which is wise in not opening till the month of May. Beside her sat a brand new young man in a new top-coat. They were seeing the Capitol, and the calendar called It spring. The little bride's teeth chattered, hut she protested that she was perfectly comfortable. The bridegroom knew she wasn't, and presently he asserted his authority. He took off his top-coat and insisted that she wear it. The blue faded from her nose and she chatted happily. She was sure John was cold, but John swore he wasn't. She was mortally afraid John would take a chill. John's nose was purple, but he blew It manfully. "Dodsedse!" said he, in the accents of spring. "I dever take cold." Washington Post. An OMitfingT Georgian. Representative Adamson. of Georgia, recently told a story which illustrated true good-fellowship. He had been campaigning in Georgia on foot and was twenty-five miles from home. It became necessary for him to go home, and he tried to secure a conveyance, but all the teams were busy on the farms. Finally he went to a man whom he knew very well and said: "Bill, I have got to get home and I want a rig to take me. You've got to get me one." "Adamson," he replied, "we are five months behind with our work here and it is next to impossible to get a horse that can be spared, but there isn't anything I .won't do for you. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll valk home with you." Philadelphia Press. Senator Gorman's Story. The woman reporter was interviewing Senator Arthur P. Gorman about suffrage. The astute politician answered with a story. "Now, young woman, what would happen to men if women entered politics? Why, they are keener than we are, even in their Sunday schools, and we wouldn't stand any chance with them. "In one of the few Sunday-school classes I ever addressed I was nonplused by a mifs of six summers. I was telling the girls the story of the seven wise and seven foolish virgins, and I asked, what we might learn from the beautiful story, when a little blossom In blue replied: " 'That's easy enough; learn to keep our eyes peeled for a bridegroom! "Philadelphia Ledger. A Brady Story. Cyrus Townsend Brady, though he now claims Brooklyn as his home, is still held here almost as a Philadelphian, and many are the stories told of him. If one of the latest is to' be credited, an editor of one of the big magarines received from that prolific author a note In which, moved by a spirit of enthusiasm, the writer proceeded to say many highly complimentary things of the periodical conducted by this gentleman. Whereupon the editor laid aside his blue pencil, ok up his pen and wrote: "My dear Brady. Thanks, but what do you want?" By return mall that brief note came back, and underneath the editorial query was written in the hand of the author of a score of good books: "Could you use an article I have just written on Davy Crockett?" Philadelphia Press. The Call of the Spring. When the big trees color faint at the twig tips And the meadows grow green In a night. When the life-giving, gray, misty rain slips Through sun-glinted clouds In its flight. The walls of my flesh are ashlver, My hate of the town's at the flood God give me the woods and the river When the run of the eap's in my blood. Cornelia Brownell Gould, in Collier's Weekly. Way of Russian Ofiiciala. A story which illustrates the methods of Russian off cials is told by a traveler recently returned from the far East. In an important town in Siberia there Is a solitary member of the Anglo-Saxon race who has established a successful business, despite the restrictions imposed upon him. Periodically, however, he is reminded that he is there only by sufferance by the receipt of a letter from the all-powerful Governor, which reads something like this: "Dear Sir: It is proposed to raise a monument to the beloved memory of the late Emperor, and. knowing how deeply Interested you are in all that affects the people among whom you live, I have ventured to put down your name for a thousand rubles. Please remit the amount as early as possible." At one time the monument Is to an emperor, another time to a national poet or a historian or a general. Needless to sav. the proposals never get. beyond the committee stage the Governor constituting the committee. The demands are simply a. polite form of blackmail, of which the merchant Is well aware, but they must be met. Otherwise he would not be allowed to remain In the place. Leslie's Weekly. Why "Arts" Are Read. There is no longer any general doubt that most people read newspaper advertisements. The question has been determined by many conclusive tests. An observing person explains that people know it Is to their advantage to learn what merchants and others have to offer and on what terms. An advertisement which tells what the people want to know never lacks readers. Philadelphia Record. Antiquity of I!unebnll. A baseball expert says that the first mention of baseball la history is found In the account of the flood, when Noah pitched the ark within and without. There wai a time before then, when our first parents were declared out o the Garden of Eden. Washington Times. . Will Send Ulm Uack Agsin. ' Some of his brother congressmen do not love Overstreet. of the Indianapolis district, as much as they did before he pulled the string and let the publicity down on them, but we notice that his constituents are going to send him back again. Hartford Courant. When I Am Dead, My Dearest. When I am dead, my dearest. King no sad song for me; riant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree. Be the green grass above me With showers and dcwdropa wet; And if thou wilt, remember. And if thou wilt, forget. I shall not see the shadows. I shall not feci the rain; I shall not hear the nightingale Sing on as if in pain. And dreaming throush the twilight That .tloth pot rise nor set. Haply, I may remember. . And haply, may forget. Christina KuaMttL

Republicans of Third Name John K Dillon for Congress

(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE. ette Ellis. Orantre; Charles P. Miller, Perry: Sanford Murphy. Scott, and E. . M. C. Hobhs. Washington. The selection of national delegates and alternates and a presidential elector was speedily disposed of by the adoption of a resolution naming the candidates mentioned heretofore, and then the nomination of a candidate for Congress was taken up. Winfleld S. Hunter, of Jasper, presented Mr. Dillon's name in a brief speech in which he told of the candidate's long party service. his stalwart Republicanism and the high regard in which he is held by his fellow-citizens of Dubois county. The nomination was made by acclamation and then the crowd called for the candidate to appear on the stage and make himself heard. Mr. Dillon did not make a long speech, but it was an earnest one, in which he spoke hopefully of the contest at hand and pledged himself to do his full part in the campaign. He touched but briefly on the record and principles of the party, but what he did say demonstrated that in him the Third district Republicans have a leader this year who will be a power on the stump. THE RESOLUTIONS. At the conclusion of Mr. Dillon's address the report of the committee on resolutions was presented by James W. Dunbar, as follows: "We, the Republicans of the Third congressional district of Indiana, in convention assembled, do now reaffirm our devotion to the great fundamental principles of the Republican party, to-wit: a. stable currency, sound business policy, pro tection to American industry and absolute equality of every man before the law. And we assert that it is the observance of these principles for almost half a century by the party of Lincoln, Grant and McKinley that has given to the Nation its unparalleled growth and prosperity during that period. "President Theodore Roosevelt has given to the country an administration noted for its patriotism, prudence and purity, and we earnestly recommend and sincerely hope for his triumphant nomination and election. "Pardonably proud are we of Indiana's United States senators, the Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks and the Hon. Albert J. lieverldge, and of our able Republican representatives In the lower house of Congress, and note with pleasure the high position our State occupies in the councils of tho Nation by reason of their wise statesmanship. We most heartily indorse our junior senator for re-election. "We most heartly indorse our Governor, Winfield Tt Durbin, and his corps of ablo State officers far the business-like administration they have given us and the faithful manner in which they have conducted the affairs of our State. "We point with pride to the judicial career of our fellow-citizen, Judge Alexander Dowling, and regret that his final decision not to stand for renomination leaves us iE COl, CHARLES A, CARLISLE Friend of the South Bend Man Circulates a Statement at Washington. CAUSING LITTLE GOSSIP Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, April 21. The following statement was distributed in the Indiana colony to-day: "Col. Charles Arthur Carlisle's friends are again endeavoring to persuade him to enter the gubernatorial race. They claim that with a three-cornered fight now imminent in the state convention the South Bend man would win and prove the most available and acceptable candidate. "They claim that Colonel Carlisle would meet with favor with both employer and employe, as he has made a close study of the rights and needs of both and is freo from entanglements that would injure a Republican nominee. "Colonel Carlisle Is the managing director of the Studebaker Bros.' Manufacturing Company, president of the American Trust Company, and is one of the largest employers of labor in Indiana. He is a young man in his fortieth year, an ardent Republican and Is closely allied with all important movements, civic, state and national, and his friends believe would make an ideal candidate if he could be persuaded to run." This announcement was placed in the hands of the correspondents by Duane Fox, a Washington friend of Colonel Carlisle. The boom for Colonel. Carlisle as a "dark horse" gubernatorial candidate occasioned comparatively little gossip among the politicians In the city last night. It was classed along with the other "dark horse" booms that are appearing on the eve of the convention. Porker Wins In Pulnaki County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINAMAC, Ind., April 21. Eighteen precincts out of twenty in Pulaski county, In which delegates were named to-day, give Parker six and Hearst three state delegates. One township containing two precincts held no convention to select delegates. It is entitled to one state delegate, which is conceded to Parker. Each precinct in the county is entitled to cast one-half a delegate vote, as Pulaski county has only ten state delegate votes. Fedcrnl Government Defeated. MELBOURNE. Victoria. April 21. The federal government was defeated in the House of Repiesentatives to-day on a labor party amendment, making the bill providing for the arbitration of labor disputes applicable to State employes. The government opposed the inclusion of State employes and therefore will resign. FLAW III THE PARKER Gorman and Hearst Supporters Think Hill Bid for Corporation Support. DISMAY AMONG BOOMERS Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, April 21.-The Gorman and Hearst supporters among the Democratic leaders here are in more or lc?3 of a quandary over the New York Democratic platform. Repeated conferences were held last night and to-day to consider the situation and attempt to check the tide which the New York indorsement unmistakably gave to Judge Parker. The rock on which the Democrats are splitting, and on which Gorman and Hearst supporters expect to rally their friends throughout the country is that Section of the New York Democratic platform which says that "corporations chartered, by the State must be subject to just regulation by the State." This is alleged by the opposition to Parker to be the bid of Parker and Hill for the support of the corporation influence in New York, which has manifested hostility toward President Roosevelt for his active efforts to enforce national - laws asainst state corporations engaged in violating the law while doing interstate business. Tbl view of the ease, taken by some of the Democratic ttuders. has caused dlamay among tho enthusiastic Parker boomers in the House. It is In the House, that one hears the most clamor on the" part of Democrats for the enforcement of the national laws against trusts. v House Democrats Insist that there Is abundant law on the statute books to bring to justice every tru.t In the country. ttaie or national. The suggestion that fcimply because a corporation is chartered by a State It must be left to state control is not indorsed by the Democratic representatives. They are inclined to think that Parker and Hill have blundered in making that declaration, and that It means a rie lu Gorman and Hcurt

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the pleasure of only commending him for his notable services. "We most heartily indorse the candidacy of the Hon. Gt-orne W. Self for reporter of the Supreme Court, and feci that hl nomination will be but a just recognition of his pa?t faithful party service, and as Republicans we shall use all honorable) means to fecure his merited nomination." CHEEKS FOR SELF. The Indorsement of George W. Self as the district's candidate for the nomination. for reporter of the Supreme Court was received with prolonged cheers and applause an evidence of Mr. Self's popularity at home and of the hope of the Third district Republicans that they can capture the coveted nomination for him next week. A supplementary resolution, indorsing Harry S. Nvw, of Indianapolis, for re-election as national committeeman was also adopted. The convention was then turned over to the candidates for state offices, those who spoke being V. L. Taylor, Warren Q. Say re and W. I. Penfleld, a trio of the) gubernatorial aspirants, and Mr. Self. Other state candidates here were L. P. Newbv and Hugh Th. sillier, who are after the nomination for lieutenant governor. The situation in this district is not without hope for the Republicans. The Democrats have had an unusually bitter factional light this year for the congressional plum, between Representative W. T. Zenor. of Corydon. and Judge W. E. Cox. of Jasper, and breaches have been created that will be long in healing. And then, although there was but one county in the districtOrange that returned a Republican majority two years ago. the district has beeo Republican. Ten years ago this year the memorable year that Indiana sent thirteen Republicans to the lower house of ConpressRobert J. Tracewcll. of Corydon. led the Republicans of the Third to victory. The district has been changedVonslderably since then, but it was then regarded as almost hopelessly Democratic, and what has happened once may happen again. The Democratic plurality two years ago fell just a trifle short of 4,000 it was 3,9:S. to be exacL By counties the vote was as follows: Zenor, Magglnness, Counties. Dem. Rep.

Clark 3,4 Crawford 1.516 Dubois 2.5S2 Floyd 3.41S Harrison Orange Perry 2.114 Scott Washington 2.376 Total .20.740 1S.7S4 Such Is tho formidable proposition Mr. Dillon and his fellow Republicans havo to face this year. It is not encouraging, but the spirit with which they have made, the lirst step in the campaign Is decidedly J encouraging. WATTS. E, E, PRIOR IS CHOSEN BY REPUBLICAHSAT GOSPQRT Martinsville Man Nominated for Prosecuting Attorney of Fifteenth Judicial District 1 WON ON FIRST BALLOT, Special to th Indianapolis Journal. GOSPORT. Ind.. April 22. E. E. Pryor. of Martinsville, was to-day nominated by the Republicans at candidate for prosecuting attorney of the- Fifteenth judicial district over Frank Martin and Omer Elliott. Pryor did not enter the race, until about ten days ago, but he received all but four of the twenty-eight Totes of Morgan county, which gave him the nomination. The sixteen Owen county delegates did not vote, as Pryor's majority of 24 in Morgan county could not be overcome. Pryor is a prominent attorney and lodge worker, and it la believed he will make an exceptionally strong candidate. HEARST FORCES WAR AT CRAWFORDSVILLB Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., April 21.-Ths Hearst and Parker forces are lining up for the contest at the Democratic county mass convention of next Saturday to select delegates to four conventions. A half-page advertisement appears in the News-Review, asking the Democrats to support Frank O. Ader, of Putnam county, for joipt senator in place of the present incumbent. Will H. Johnson. Ader says that this Is the third time Putnam county has asked for tho favor, and demands to know if it will be refused for the third time. Back of thi is the contest of the Hearst and Parker forces over the state delegates, and the struggle gets warmer as the day approaches. Melchlnir n. Candidate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind.. April H.-A. E. Melchlng, former sheiiff and chairman of tho Democratic city committee, to-dny announced that he will be a candidate for delegate to the St. Louis convention. H says he is opposed to the nomination of either Cleveland or Hearst, but does not mention Parker. This is the result of Chairman O'Brien's visit here Tuesday. Infield Declines. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind.. April Jl.-Maurlc J. Wintteld. Jr., son of ex-8tate Senator Winfield, who was nominated by the Democrats of the Fourth ward for Council, today riled his declination with th city clerk. He tald It was useless to make th j race. The city Democratic committee lj considering his successor. PUIICTURE OF HEARST . BOOM IS CAUSING JOY Conservative Democrats in Washington Think the "Yellow Peril" Has Passed. GORMAN STILL IX KING Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, April 21.-The puncture of the Hearst boom is hailed with Joy by the majority of the Democrats In Congress. Fearing that the St. Louis convention, would degenerate Into a burlesque or a national circus If the Hearst shouters received enough encouragement to appear at the St. Louis convention in numbers, the conservative Democrats now believe that the indorsement of Parker means that tho "yellow iK-ril' will not be in evidence in the world's fair city In July. Those wh Intended to visit the convention aa tutors are wholly disappointed, however. Their minis hark hick to the big gathering of the Democrats In Kansas City im 1'H). when the Hearst tag was everywheit In evidence, and they were hoiful that th trading stamp candidate would be permitted to make at least a how of strength in tho cominj? convention, but indication anf now that little will be beard of Hrant n ht. LouLs. The indorsement of Parker by the New York Democrats and the certainty that the Pennsylvania delegation, althougn uninstructtd. is almost unanimously Parker, makes it a foregone conclusion i i the minds of Democrats here tint, unloi the unexpected happens, tho New Yu: juri.it will capture the nomination. Gort man. of Maryland, however, as stated el.where, has not given tin hone, lilt HpI.ir.ing rod is still in the Hlr. and he nd hi frit nds are praying that omethin will happen between now and Julv 6 that wül put Parker out of the running. Therfor

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