Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 132, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 May 1904 — Page 4

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Can be found at the following places: CHICAGO Palmer House. Auditorium Hot !, Dearborn Station News Stand. Annex CINCINNATI J. Gran J Hot?l. It. Haw ley & Ce., Arcade, COLUMBUd. Q. Viaduct New Stand. 2S0 High street. DAYTON. C.-J. V. Wllki. 33 South Jefferson street. DENVER. Col. Louthain & Jackwn, Fifteenth and Lawrence stretts, and A. Smith, 1637 Champa street. DES MOINES. Ia. Mose Jacobs, 303 Fifth street. LOS ANGELES. Cat Harry Drapkln. LOUISVILLE-C. T. Deartng. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets and 356 Fourth avenue, and Bluefeld Bros.. 442 West Market , street.. NEW YORK As tor House. BT. LOUIS The Journal Is on sal at all leading Hotels and News Stands in St. Louts and at the World's Fair grounds. Thomas M. Sullivan, special agent. , BT, JOSEPH. Mo.-F. D. CarrleL Station D. "WASHINGTON. D. C Rhrgs House. Ebbitt House. Fairfax Hotel. Willard Hotel. To the credit of the Iowa Democrats it may be stated that when they are bought they stay bought. Mr. Bryan declares that he has always been frank with the people. He can't say the people haven't returned the compliment. There are slgn3 of a revival of the Gorman boom. If it gets too active Mr. Bryan may have to hire another hall and tell what he knows abput iL Grover Cleveland's explanation? of his administrative acts look like the preparations of a man who is about to ask the people to let him try again. iTrie national Socialist-platform, as published, has nothing to distinguish it from lir. Hearst's platform, excepting the slight advantage of age and .respectability. Cleveland has given a very good explanation of some things that happened while he was President. Still, people do not want administrations that have to be explained. The "great Russian generals, January, February and March." being out of business Just now. Kuropatkin seems disposed to withdraw to Harbin and await their ar rival. ' From the precision with which they do things It Is evident that the Japanese know the .ground in Manchuria better than do the Russians who have been occupying It all these years. Hearst is not by any . means the only Democrat that ever bought what he got In jthe way of party honprs, but the others made' me little pretense or putting it on Some other ground. . If England would only permit the Turk to open the Dardanelles for the passage of the Black sea fleet! But England will do nothing of the kind. She Is getting too much enjoyment out of the present situation. "Parker will defeat Hearst, and Hearst will defeat Parker," says President Ingalls. pi the Big Four Railroad, "and then we wlll nominate the right man." It has been spectrd all along that this was to be a case of Kilkenny cats. ü i i i v . Ensign Worth Bagley, the first American naval ofücer to fall in the Spanish war, was killed at Cardenas six years ago to-day. We lost so few that the names of those who jgave their lives are the more easily and gratefully remembered. The dispatch stating that James S. Sherman vants to be speaker of the House ia not exactly in the nature of news. That has been the case for a number of years, !ut the chances are that Mr. Cannon will keep the place as long as he wants iL The general cast-up of the results of Democratic conventions thus far held throughout the country shows that Hearst has almost as many votes instructed for im as any other candidate. Evidently the young man is "getting a. run for his money." The young men of Indiana are nothing If not politely thoughtfuL . What could surpass the delicate thoughtfulness of young 3lr. Quick, who. before committing suicide in the Teru Jail, dispatched to his sweetheart an invitation to come and view his corpse? ) A fire having been built under City Controller Dunn, he moves with sudden agility to provide fire escapes for the City Hospital. Another, one may be needed to enable him to nee that new plumbing and fcratlns plants are nceded-in fact, a new hospital.' - - There is a point for curious speculation In the career of Henry M. Stanley, who has Just died '.n London. While he was a poor and obscure soldier of fortune he did strenuous things. Serving through our civil war on both aides of the game, and later serving as newspaper correspondent, he fitted Mmself well for the great work he did in xploring central Afrlea, where he endured te greatest -hardships and conquered very

great obstacles. ' His work and his account of It created a great furore throughout the civilized world, and he was in a position to ea?ily take the lead In the work of crnplre building on the Dark Continent. But a title, a wealthy marriagef honors and ease educed him away from the world's more rugged activities, and it is Cecil Rhodes, not Henry M. Stanley, that stands in Iiis tory as the uncrowned kins of Africa. In so far as the world exists outside the narrow limits of Ixndon society Stanley has been dead for decades.

LIBERTY IX COLORADO. The News appears to have galwed the Impression that the Journal would have the federal government take the State of Colorado by the nape of the neck and shake it into submission, so to speak, by declaring a state of anarchy or something of the kind and proceeding to set up another government directed from Washington, but the Journal submits that its recent comment On the Colorado situation Is not susceptible of such Interpretation. Our neighbor seeks at grtat length to show that there is no possible opening for federal Interference. If the Nation, through its national or federal government, does anything in the Colorado situation it will do it in orderly fashion. The individual guarantees of the Constitution, of which this' paper spoke, were threshed out early In the history of the United States and were first incorporated In the fifth amendment. In this clause, "nor (shall any citizen) be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law." Again the same principle is set forth In almost the same language in the first section of the fourteenth amendment, as follows: "Nor shall any State deprive any person yt life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Unless th dispatches from Colorado have grossly misrepresented the situation, the courts of the State on the one tide have sought to deprive certain persons of the use of their property without due process of law, and the rniütfa, on the other hand, has deprived a number of persons of their liberty without legal process. Some of these have been deported, and the detention of Moyer, the yiiutm vi iu nun uuudyuu, 1.1 & m . 1 I ...1,... ia. V... Vn I militia and the futile efforts of the State courts to liberate him have become a celei . . ... brated case. " . . . y Moyer certainly 'has the right to appeal to the Nation to make good its constitutional guarantee of liberty, by -applying to the federal courts, and there can be no fiuestion cf the right of a federal court to take up the case. If It shall find that he has been deprived of his liberty without due process of law, it may and doubtless will mandate the state authorities to release him; aud, if the Governor and his military officers should treat this mandate with the. same contempt they have shown toward the mandates of the state courts, the whole military power of the Nation would stand behind this decree of its cpurt. The Journal has no belief that the Goveruor would carry things to such an ex treme. People usually carry things Just about as far as they deem it safe to go and a then back down. The point made by this paper Is that the Nation, acting through its proper machinery, has ample power to restore peace and order in Colorado or any other State, and, finally, that popular government cannot be regarded as a failure because Its machinery either breaks down tempoiarily or becomes clogged up "in one particular locality or in one particular State. A TIMELY 3IOVEMEXT. The.lnterchurth conference on marriage and divorce has reached Ihe only wise conclusion in regard to the divorce evil, namely, that it can only be abated by a campaign of education on the subject. Daws can effect little while popular opinion looks leniently on the tendency, even If it does not actually approve. There is no Question but that common sentiment in regard to divorce has changed greatly In recent years. It is not very loifg since to be divorced was to be in a measure socially discredited. Self-respecting people with a .be lief that, marriage is something more than a mere civil contract could not rid themselves of a feeling that a divorced man and Woman were lowered ip moral tone. even though the offense causing separation was charged against but tne, and that the severance of their bonds cast 'a. shadow on me saucuiy eu niarriagu generally, ine divorced persons lost caste and never fully A, ah m i , i mi regained it, no matter how well ordered their lives, the disapproval of them being Jn most instances less -a personal matter than a protest. gainst their act as a blow to one of civilization's safeguards. If they married again their standing" was not greatly bettered; their offense was not forgotten. But these scruples have slowly vanished. Divorce has ceased to be a stigma. If a couple falls to agree for any. reason whatever a divorce is obtained from' a complaisant court on some convenient plea, and eaeh of the pair marries again, often continuing to make a part of the same social circle as before. If there is any criticism of their course it does not come to their ears and no one frowns on them. Even churches now becoming roused to the extent of the evil, with the exception of two denominations, have not laid any serious impediment In the way of those who seek and obtain divorce. . It has been charged that people of promi nence In the community, members of the "four hundred" for example,, have been the most reckless and shameless offenders in this line, but this seems so only because of their prominence. Divorce is common in every social circle from the highest to the lowest, and the fact that It no longer excites more than passing comment shows that it meets with at least semi-approval from the public. But this approval does not make it less an evil and the task that is now before the reformers is to transform public opinion, to convince people in the church and out, all who respect themselves and .hold any human institutions sacred, that marriage is a permanent obligation and divorce Immoral and disgraceful. The churches can do much to Impress this idea. With no churches opening a friendly doori to those who have passed through the dlvorce court a different face will be put upon the matter, at once for many who do not care to defy religious opinion, though they might be willing to disregard .social disapproval. Civil magistrates can always be found to perform a marriage ceremony, but when such a magistrate's services must be obtained because no minister will of ficiate many wilt hesitate before recklessly seeking to place the ban of , divorce on themselves. There is room for education in

the line laid out by the conference, and the movement toward it has begun none too soon. No doubt there is something to be said in favor of divorce under certain conditions, but It Is unquestionably true that the ease and frequency with which matrimonial obligations are cast aside has become a national scandal.

RISSIA'S PLEASAM D It KAM. The overwhelming reversas suffered by Russian arms during the last month will hardly prepare the public for an announcement of an ambitious programme of conquest from St. Petersburg. -One would 'be justified in supposing that if the Czar had any designs whatever they would be In the line of avoiding punishment as much as Iossible and of ending the war with as much dignity as the Japanese would consent to leave him. v But the Russians have a different Idea about it. The Moscow Viedomosti. an organ which is supposed to be semi-official in nature, has chosen this time to publish a statement of what the Russian government intends to impose on Japan in the way of terms of peace. The Viedomosti has been allowed to print this programme, so it may be accepted as reflecting the government's Ideas on the subject. And here are the demands, in brief: First Korea must be annexed to Russia. Second The Island of Kiu-Siu is to be occupied and fortified as an advanced post of the new Russian coast. This island Is the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago, and has upon it such important cities as Nagasaki and Sasebo. Third Formosa must be given back to China, its legitimate proprietor, and Russia will retain on it a port convenient for a coaling station. Fourth Japan is to be forced to pay art immense war Indemnity, comprising in it all of her warships. It is of no consequence that Japan 'has not much money; Russia will take its state bonds. Let the Japanese pay for at least half a century and be reminded of the war which they, and not Russia, began. It wlil be observed that Russia docs not mean to be a generous victor. Japan has been extremely discourteous again und again in striking when Russia was not looking, in using such wicked articles as mInes and submarine boats, and In moving into battle before the Russians had their ikons at the front and were ready to fight. For this impertinence the Japanese are to be punished severely. When all this Is to be done we are not told; these terms are probably to be dic tated just as soon as Russia has completely crushed the Japanese. In view of the fact that the war is going the other way, how ever, tr.is programme seems siigntiy pre mature. Russfa will doubtless gain victorlss after awhile, but it Is highly improb able that her conquest will ever be so com plete as to allow her to dictate such savage terms. . " And yet the announcement is valuable in showing the powers what might be expect ed if Russia should win. It would mean the complete Russianizing of Asia nothing less. The nations which are joining in the cry against "the yellow peril" may well pause to consider this greater danger. BIOXF.Y FOR SEW BRIDGES. The public and the county, authorities are to be congratulated on tho settlement by the latter of the much-discussed bridge question. So many bridges were called fcr, even before the recent destructive high water, and the cost of" the proposed improvements was so great that it was not a matter for surprise that the commissioners and County Council hesitated to mane xne appropriation necessary, uncy ff.lt, no doubt, that at least a part of the work might be postponed without detri ment to public interests, and it looked for a time as if no part of the. plan would be carried out. The spring floods, -however, created emergencies and convinceel everyone that the needs of the community could I only be met by' extensive bridge building and bridge repairing at the earliest possible' date. The County Commissioners and the Commercial Club Ifridge commission reviewed the situation and agreed upon r a' plan which seemed to cover all requirements. This the County Council has ac cepted without change and hag. approprl ated the fund specified, $350,000. This out lay is heavy, but not unnecessarily so. The con mlttees and engineers who have inves tigated the matter have undoubtedly made the closest estimates consistent with se curing substantial and perVnanent struc tures. It would be poor economy to build cheap bridges tha in a year or so would call for an equal outlay for repairs. The list includes four large bridges and many small ones, and county and city will both be benefited. Marion county, which prac tically means Indianapolis, is rich enough to stand for this and for even more ex tensive improvements, and it is time citi zens were realizing that the day has gone by for makeshifts in public work, and that the expenses of a rapidly growing city increase in proportion to the population. The financial plan suggested, that of sell ing bonds in small Installments as the funds are needed, seems a good one, and is likely to be adopted. Altogether there is every reason to be satisfied with the action of the Council, and it Is to be hoped that the improvements decided on will be pushed as rapidly as possible. THE nt lLDIXG 'ORDIXAXCE. ' There probably will be no delay about the enactment of the new building ordinance, and there should be none. It covers much ground and opens the way to the remedying of many evils that now exist. Cheap, Inefficient and oftentimes dishonest building is the only cause for the tre mendously high insurance rates In Ameri can cities. Admittedly we have better organizations and better equipments for fighting fire than they have in Paris, and yet our nsurauce rates are more than three I times those charged in the French capital and tne insurance companies nave no trouble in showing that, under these condi tions, they make less money than do the French companies. The difference lies wholly In the building methods and in the' enforcement of regulations calculated to minlmize the danger of fire. Insurant e is one of the things the ordinary owner pf property must have, and it thus practically becomes a tax on the property and all must pay a very hi?h tax because some build badly. But this covers only one feiture of the proposition. Safety from accidents other than fire is an important factoi. Comparative freedom from tho smoke nuisance Is another thing provided for, and a tep in the matter of regulating billboards is still another. The ordinance will not make life la Indianapolis by any means perfect.

but if it is enforced in the spirit in which it Is drawn it should help very materially tn making life safer and imore comfortable. ' . "Parker men are talking very boldly about instructions and the unit rule, and they may be able to enforc their views-in the itate convention to-morrow; but Hearst men are making equally confident assertions as to what shall and shall not be done, and, whatever else comes to pas., a viofsnt row In. the convention seems to be inevitable. The acrimonious fooling which has been manifested between the factions in all parts of the' State is something quite beyond ordinary political differences and Is of a sort pretty sure to continue after tho convention is over. A bolt by the Hearst clement is one of the possibility's, with a second set of delegates. Even if this does not occur, and the Hearstltes are snowed" under in convention, bitterness of feeling will not be allayed." The right between the supporters of the two New Yorkers has gone to such lengths that, the

wounds are not likely to be healed during the coming campaign. Altogether the situation, viewed in any light tha-t can" be brought to bear upon it, certainly offers nothing discouraging to Republican prospects, but, on the- contrary, affords an agreeable, not to say a highly entertaining, outlook. The Supreme Court sustains the ruling of the Marlon county court holding that the power of citizens to decide for or against a liquor license is not. judicial nor contrary to the Constitution, and that power of attorney may be given to sign names to a remonstrance against the Issuing of a license. The Nlcholsqn law stands all tests and proves to be, so to speak, thoroughly Jiquor-tight. Silence and .mystery are Democratic watchwords all around. Candidate Parker refuses to talk and Hearst men go about saying "s-s-sh!" or whispering behind their hands, lt'is a gum-shoo campaign, sure enough, except at such times as ex citable . members of the two factions fall afoul of each other. Then there is a roar ing. 'Uncle Joe" Cheadle is on hapd. and is for Hearst, of course, but that is because Bryan is for him. Those fho knew Cheadle when he was something of a factor In the politics of the State are willing to wager that he, at least, is one Hearst man not made go by Her,rst money. sMMMKBwsssaiBSMissasssssisssssssMsasBanaiaaB MINOR TOPICS, liunyan s "I'llgrim's Progress" is to be dramatized and staged in New York next season. After that we may expect stage versions of Baxter's "Saints Rest," Fox's "Martyrs," Dante's "Inferno" and the Rev elation of St. John. 'Tis thua we elevate the stage. Don't set with your legs crossed, say the doctors. The habit causes sciatica, lame ness, varicose veins, chronic numbness and ascending paralysis. And, " what's Worse, it causes the trousers to bag at the knees. A circus company Is suing a railway for the Joss of four inches of a kangaroo's tail in an accident, at the rate of 11,250 an inch But mavbe thia 1 onlv tho nrp incn. uui may De im is only tne press agent's "Tale, of a Kangaroo." A third man in the engine cab is the de mand made by the commercial travelers; and they know the dangers of railroading if anybody . does. Let us have an einer gency engineer. . ' "The power of Russian arms is broken," announces an esteemed evening contempor ary. But the power of Russian legs has been comInS Irl ther handy for, them. i nün r it Emperor William Is on the waiter wagon now. His doctors nave ordered him to drink no beer or spirits, and hereafter when der Kaiser hochs he will do it-with milk. The first shipment of the Georgia peach crop is on tne way. The Indiana crop comes later; our schools do not send out their sweet girl graduates till June. Burglar insurance, say the papers, has gone up in unicago. it will be news to most people that Chicago burglars feel the need of. any insurance. A writer in the North American Review says that the musical ceiter of the world has shifted to London. Now, what has Charles K. Harris to aay to that? The Pittsburg murderer who objected to being' hanged with a negro, had his wish gratified. They drew the color line for him very close and tight. Alfred Austin's latest feat In the mag azines is to try to write a poem about Joan or Arc. And, poor girl, she's too dead to protest. The Japs will isolate Port Arthur. That will be quite a welcome change for the town, which has had altogether too much company of late. Spring having opened, the ""Russian Bal tic fleet can get out. But it had better not; by staying in It can be the whole Russian navy. General Kashtallnsky regrets to report "a grievous yet glorious battle." It will be observed that he has not yet cashed all in-sky. They are throwing bricks in the Chicago bread riots. When they get to throwing biscuits it will be time to call out the militia. A bill before the City Council creates the office of smoke inspector. Perhaps we'll have a better grade of campaign cigars now. In Porto Rico, we are Informed, cotton grows wild. Can It grow any wilder than it did in America during the past season? Sully at last acknowledges that he is insolvent, but, he mutters under his breath. "you ought to see the other fellows." It is reported that the Russian army Is running out of vodka. But what do they care? They have bottled port, now. The Dowieites condemn the St. Louis fair as "a carnival of vice." The Dowieites are loyal citizens of Chicago. Are Americana Cowards? Tresldent Eliot, of Harvard, addressing. St. LouU alumni of Harvard recently, tald that he was forced to believe that the American people were cowardly in that to few of them dare to stand against the crowd; and he t;aid that he had been surprised of late to find what timidity there was among American business men, having In mind, no doubt, their supincneaa in the face of the demands of the trades unionists. This is no new charge against us a a people. The tyranny of public opinion and its overriding of ' indi viduals is fcomethlng that impressed Lowell in is) when h wrote to Charles' Nordhoft that "It was time to take the height of the tun of righteousness," and to quit running by dead reckoning, and he added: "la it the effect et

democracy to make all our public men towaris? An ounce of pluck now were worth a king's ransom." A year later the war broke out. which revealed the men of the North and of the South as men of courage physical and moral. It was a purging process that revived the national health.Harper's Weekly. ' THE HUMORISTS. ' '

I'nr Awnr. "Jenks seems to be prosperous now. He says his income just at present is 'out of sight. " "I should think it would be. He lives so far beyond it." Philadelphia Ledger. Important Xevta. Kwoter Ah. yes. Death Is impartial. It seeks out the poor man and the rich man alike. Wiseman Not exactly alike. In the latter case it is usually accompanied by reporters. Catholic Standard. The $trrnuotiR Vlalt. Mack Do you think Emeline. had a good time? Kate I guess so. Mother and I took to our beds after she left, and she writes that she took to her bed as soon as she got home. Philadelphia Telegraph. Rnther Indefinite. "Say." remarked the village lawyer, as he entered the general store, "I" want ä ribbon for my typewriter." "All right, sir," yesponded the new clerk. "Do you wänt one for her or for it?" Philadelphia Inquirer. They Have Their Choice. "Should married women work for a living?" asked one of the students. "On the principle that anybody who Is thrown Into deep water must sink or swim." replied the professor, "doubtless most of them should.' Chicago Tribune. Otherwise Occupied. 'You didn't sing at. Von Gelder's reception. did you?" 'Yea, I sang twice." "Dear, dear. Uut Lwas all the evening so busy j trying to get into the refreshment rooms that I I couldnt hear a blessed thing."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Rivals. The stork met the elephant. 'Why are you putting on so many airs?" asked the stork. 'I have the right," responded the elephant. proudly; "I represent the Republican party." "What of that?" retorted the stork; "I repre sent Roosevelt." Kansas City Journal. i i Vanity. Mother Eddy was going around the house with a yard of red flannel wrapped about her neck. Ah, we exclaimed, in deep sympathy, "have you sore throat this morning?" 'Of course, not," she responded, blithely. "I'm merely wearing this becausfe red is so becoming to my complexion." Realizing that Christian Science was no cure for the vanity of woman, we discreetly withdrew jnto our shell. Life. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD. Couldn't Smuggle. Two gentlemen on an ocean liner coming into New York harbor, after a winter abroad, after having made their declarations, met on deck. 'well, did you make a clean breast of it?". said one, 'Oh, yes," was the response. "J can't smug gle; you know, I'm a protectionist. But how about you? Did you declare everything?" To be sure." said the other. "It won't do for me to smuggle; I'm a free trader." May Cen tury. A Xew York Lid Story. De Wolf Hopper was strolling down Broadway ... W1 . ,lr when he walked Into an onen coal hni nn yesterday afternoon, with his head high in tne th. nf thj, hnrnorH'i,r- h.im. fourth and Forty-fifth streets. Onlv h rt leg went down. When he pulled it forth he was shy half a yard of trousers and skin.- Striking a thinking attitude while several curious pedes trians gazed at him. Hopper sprung this original Joke: "The Ud is off." Then he limped away. New York Sun. Better Suited to the Locality. "Down In Kentucky, not long ago," eaid a Chicago traveling man. "I saw in front of & store In one of the mall towns a sign which read: 'Paints, Oils, Hardware, Books and Sta tionery.' I had a rather long and tedious trip before me and, desirin? something to read on the way, I went in. " 'Do you happen to have any of the vestpocket claries Jn stock? I asked the proprietor. " No, I -ain't got any of them Just now,' he replied, 'but I -can show you a fine hip-pocket Colt's, if that'll do. And if you'll take my advice you won't waste any money on a vestpocket classic foh use In these pahts. "Chicago Record-Herald. 'The Japanese Anthem. At a musical evening last week a singer was requested by an extremely sedate-looking individual to oblige with the Japanese nationa) anthem. It .was explained -to him by the serious one that the tune was the same, as the British national anthem, ahd that afi he had to 'do was I to pronounce the Japanese words provided for him oi a sheet of paper, precisely as they were spelled. Accordingly up rose the willing warbler and burst out with the following lyric: 1 O wa ta na syam. An a syam. He was only pulled up by roars of delighted laughter from continuing the confession. There was no encore Philadelphia Telegraph. Tnetfnl Miss Marlowe. It. may not be generally known that the gov ernment conducts an institution for giving pleasure to the blind. A room is set apart for them at the Congressional Library, and entertain ments are given there. Miss Etta Josselyn Giffin is the official In charge, and, in addition to these entertainments, she takes parties of the blind to the theater each week, the tickets being contributed by the managers. After Julia Marlowe's erformance of "Ingomar" miss uiran toon ner Diina guests up and Introduced them" to the star. One old gentleman, after thanking Miss Marlowe for the pleasure she had given him, added: "And I want also to thank you for the pleas ure I enjoyed in heafing your voice in "Every man." Miss Giffln, having heard of the Jealousies of theatrical favorites, was appalled and hastened to check him. ' "This Is not Miss Matthison; It Is Miss Mar lowe. Mr. Blank,'-' she said, hurriedly. But Miss Marlowe stopped her with a charming smile and warmly shook the old man's hand. "You have paid me the prettiest compliment possible In mistaking my voice for such a beau tiful volc as Miss MatthIson.'s." she said. In a tone so sunshiny and sincere that the last trace of embarrassment disappeared. ISew York Timea. American Hotels. We have the finest hotels in the world and more of them than any other country. There are altogether 000 hotels in the United States, according to a New York manager, representing an invested capital of over to.OjO.OoO.OoO. These establishments employ C'500.00) persons., The hotel population is enormous and steadily increasing.' Some of the finest houses cost as much as $4,1100.000. New York Press. Wants of Lansley and Bryan. Professor Langley wants the government to appropriate f..0.0ei0 in order that be may continue his experiments with the aerodrome. Mr. Bryan would also like to receive a similar amount in payment for a year of experimenting with thegovernment at Washington. Hartford Courant. Why This Silence? Have Bottonlans stopped reading the papers? Not a resolutioa has come from there thus far on the Belgian atrocities In the Congo region. Kt. Louis IU public. Oh, Come. When Ctlonel Bryan hires a hall in which to proclaim his diasentlng views', has he not en. teied the realm of hire crlticUm? Uansu City

THE DRIFT

With the guns in Fort Claypool trained on Fort Grand, and vice versa, and with rapidly augmented forces in the rival strongholds eager for. the big battle that will open with the district caucuses tonight, the war in the far East has little Interest for Indiana politicians, especially those of Democratic persuasion, and they hold the center of the stage at present. Fully HO delegates and visitors to the convention had arrived in the city by midnight last night and had allied themselves with either the Parker or Hearst forces at the Grand or Claypool hotels. They were all looking forward to a great right and all were on the qui vive to learn the latest developments in the spectacular campaign, consequently all were looKing for news and few were making news. There was any amount of gossip atioat, nowevcr. The Pafker people were all lauding the New York jurist and arguing for "instructions, while the Hearstites were sounding the praises of their candidate, denouncing Taggart and proclaiming that the adoption of Parker instructions in to-morrow's con vention will split the party in Indiana and preclude any possibility of electing a State ticket in November. The outsider familiar with the men who have long dominated Indiana Democratic affairs who visited the Claypool and then the Grand last night would have been impressed with the fact that practically all the old-timers, the party leaders, are with the Parkerites, while the Hearst forces are largely made up of young n:e wno nae never been prominent in state politics. It seems to be an array or tne veterans against the novices. The Hearst managers admit that their opponents have most of the recognized leaders, but they draw comfort from the fact that in politics leaders must have followers. They say they have the rank and file of the party with them, nd that they jjill make new leaders. 4 4 4 J. B. Stoll, editor of tie South Bend Times, who is looked upon as one of the war horses of Indiana Democracy, declared emphatically for Parker instructions last evening. '.'There is nothing else to do under the circumstances," he said. "W e can t afford to adopt any half-way measures that will cive the Hearst people the siigntesi grounds for the claim that they have won a victory In Indiana. I was amazed to learn that some of our conservative party men, who have long been prominent anl influential in party councils, had permitted themselves to be beguiled into taking the position that it would be a mistake to instruct the delegates to the national conven tion for any one. I believe, nowever. tnat most of them have seen the error or inai position. The right in Indiana has been between Parker and Hearst. The Parker .forces have won, and they should Impress their victory upon the country at large. as the Hearst ieople would do in the event they dominated the convention. Edward J. Fogarty, of South Bend, who was recently re-elected mayor, and is now looked upon as a candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, is a union labor man, has made his political record on his strength with union labor. and yet he is not a Hearst man. m This is somewhat surprising, in view of the fact that Hearst's managers have claimed from time to time that Hearst commanded the support cf all labor leaders and of practically all laboring men. I nm for Parker and favor the adop tion of Parker instructions," 6aid Mayor Fogarty last evening. "1 have no sympathy fnr thp. Hearst movement." Ma vor Foaartv was not inclined to talk of his gubernatorial aspirations, stating that that was not a matter of interest at this time He intimated, however, that he tvih Yip, a candidate for the nomination, ana he had with . him an enthusiastic Jot of friends from South Bend and other points in the Thirteenth district who lost no opm ine inirieenm eusinci nu juai, k.r,,niv tr inflate the Foeartv boom, and m deriar that he will be presented to the State convention JUiy -V as te luuiwiiia district's candidate. Isaac R, Strouse, of Rockville, who can lay claim to distinction as the original ... Hearst man in Indiana, boldly invaded the Parker stronghold last evening and asserted with equal boldness that Parker instructions will not be adopted at the convention. "A large majority of Indiana Democrats a not for Parker." he declared. "Why there are 500 delegates to this convention that are not for Parker and not for Hearst. They are bitterly opposed to instructing the national delegates for any candidate, and with them the Hearst delegates will control the convention. I am not a betting man, but if I were I would not hesitate to back my prediction that the convention will not instruct for Parker with a good roll of money." Mr. Strouse voiced the sentiments of practically all the supporters of Hearst. It was I apparent yesterday that they are working solely to prevent Parker instructions, and that they rely upon the support in this of a large number of the delegates counted on bv the Parker leaders. Under no cir cumstances, however, could they be prevailed upon to give out any figures of their strength, other than the assertion that at least 500 delegates are opposed to Instruc tions for any candidate, in addition to an indefinite number that are tor uearst. Dan W, Simms, of Lafayette, who ere ated a sensation the other day by declar ing publicly that Hearst's managers had offered him the nomination for Governor and a campaign fund of $200,000 provided he would organize the State for them, ap pearcd at the Grand last evening attired in a handsome new suit of clothes. "Dan," remorstrated one of his friends. "you shouldn't have come here with that new suit somebody will be mean enough to say it's prima facie evidence that you took the money. .Mr. Simms declares that the Tenth dis tfict will line up for Parker by a substantial majority. This will be brought about by the recognition of Parker delegates in all 'the counties where there are contests. "We have a majority in the district," he said, "and we will elect the national delegates." . The Tenth district caucus to-night will be a complicated affair, owing to the fact that the Hearst people are contesting for enough delegates to give then: control, and the resuit may bo two district caucuses. In that event it is a foregone conclusion that the Parker caucus will be the one that is rec ognized by the convention. - Thomas J. Newkirk, of Richmond, former clerk of the lower branch of the State Leg Islature, walked up to his old friend, Hosea Hawkins, Jast evening, in the lobby of the Grand, and greeted him with: "Ilosea who are you for?" "I'm for Parker, of course," rejoined Hawkins. ' Who re you for? "Well," replied Newkirk, "I was elected a Parker delegate, and if I haven't been tampered with I'm still for Parker." Former United States Senator David Turpie, who is not able to take an active part in these tumultuous Democratic af fairs, received a number of callers yester day at his home on North Meridian street. To his callers he displayed a surprising knowledge of the Democratic situationboth lecal and national, and expressed himself o strnnilv In favor of Parker Instructions in to-morrow's convention. Ordinarily, he said he would orpose instructions, uuu-ss the State had a distinguished eon to honor la that manner, but th c haracter of the contest between the Parker and Hearst forces has been euch as to lead him to believe that the onlv manner In which to indlcate unmistakably that Indiana Democrats are not for liearst is to Instruct the - . . . . , The Archalnyer tf Men. Whenever yod ce ten people together, ten average people 'of all ages, you may fay: One of tho.-e. ten will öle of consumption. In the long run you will 1 more than JutWd in your prophecy. It will be r.arr one out of every nine born into the world. We are horril ly afraid of chuleia end all bowel dkaws. of dipl.therU and of scarlet fever. Add to th-se tho annual deaths from merüfl! unc axles s far fror. tng harmUw) anl the iun. total is not half of what the great white pligue c!alms. ("inly pneumonia approaches it as a tLiycr cf men. Eugene Wood. In Everybody's Malaiin tor May,

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delegation for Tarker and apply the unit rule. . Senator Turpe's views were industriously disseminated among the Parker people at the Grand last night. C. A. Walsh, secretary of the LVmocratiC national committee, who arrived here yesterday from Iowa to assistMn marshaling the Hearst forces for the convention fight, and Charles F. S. Netl. of Lebanon, who has shared honors with J. Oscar Henderson, as the manager of Hearst's Indiana campaign, strolled into the Grand about 11 o'clock last night and inquired for Mr. Tagpart. A sensation was Instantly sighted by the newspaper men. while everybody in the lobby craned their necks (to see what happened when the leaders of the rival forces met. Nothing happened. The trio chatted for a few minutes, laughed and slapped each other on the, back, and to all appearances were not men who have been engaging In a political fight in which personalities of the bittet est kind have been exchanged. Iater it was explained that Mr. Walsh had merely called to pay his respects to Mr. Taggart. as one member of the national committee to another. Mr. Walsh maintains that there is nothing to Occasion cmment in his visit to Indiana r.t this time. "1 have been attending Indiana Democratic conventions ever since ISiKi." he said. "and, of course, I wouldn't miss this on." f "They say I did not vote for Bryan," plaintively protested "Jack" Nolan, of Evansville, after he had been in the city for a few hours, had got his bearings, and wa in a humor to talk- "Why, I walked mora miles in Brysn processions, shouting for Bryan, than any other man in Indiana. I marched seventy-nine squares one night and carried a torch and shouted myself hoarse for Bryan, and yet they say I didn't vote for him. I wonder Just what kind of a fool they take me for." Mr. Nolan is here at the head of the Parker delegation from Vande-rburg county, whose seats in the convention will be contested by a delegation headed by William Reister. He says the Parker delegates will nols whereof he peak be seated, and it Is altogether probable that "You can say that the First district Dem ocrats in their caucus to-morrow night will lndorso Parker for President, elect two Parker delegates to the national convention and indorse Tom Taggart for national chairman or anything else he wants," de clared Mr. Nolan. a Adam Heimberger, of New Albany, for mer member of the Democratic state com mittee from the Third district, ha been classed as a Hearst roan, and has been designated as one of tho men in charge of Hearst headquarters for hla district, but he will not go on rccard as favorinj Hearst's nomination. "I have not eaid that I favor Hearst." he said. "I am not taking any stand on that question. I am merely here to do all I can to. elect Dick Milburn as one of the national delegates from our district." When questioned as to Senator Milburn's attitude on the presidential fight Mr. Heimberger said the senator had not committed nlmseir to Hearst or to any other candidate. J..W. Spencer, of Evansville, one of the "three Jacks," and former Congressman A, II. Taylor, of Petersburg, are said to be slated as the Parker delegates to the na tional convention from the First district. When it became noised about the Grand last night that Judge McCabe. of Williamsport, had given out-a statement in which he charged that Mr. Taggart had received a fund of $100,000 from "Wall-street Shylocka" with which to conduct his fight for Parker in Indiana, the wily boss found himself in hot water. He was assailed from all sides with demands for "a pice of that money" and generally subjected to an endless amount of chaffing. . "Uoes Judge McCabe say that I have had J100.000 to use in Indiana?" asked Mr. Taggart, when first told. of the McCabe interview. "If that's the case 1 think I'll , have to make the Judge prove it. I'm awfully busy now, and will be for the next day or two, but as soon as I can get around to It I think I'll bring suilt for defama tion of character." f 4Back of the Hearst victory in the Twelfth district and it is now generally conceded that Ilea-t has a majority of the delegates In the district there is a story that involves the redoubtable Senator Stephen B. Fleming. Tho story is in effect that Fleming threw the district to Hearst, or at least permitted the Hearst people to win their fight when he might have headed them off. "The senator. It will' bo remembered, wanted to be the chairman of the state committee when Mr. O'Brien was first elected. lie is said to believe that T. Taggart was responsible for the defeat of his aspirations. In such cases the senator usually carries a knife. When the ParkerHearst fight came up this spring an intimation reached Indianapolis that Senator Fleming would like to be one or the delegates at large to the national convention, and that the Twelfth district would be for Parker. An Intimation went back to Fort Wayne that the senator's name was not on the slate, and that a place could not be made for it. Then came the answer that the Twelfth would probably go for Hearst. It did. Senator Fleming has been spending most of his time in New York, but he returned home a day or two before the Allen county primaries in which the Hearst forces "cleaned up." There doubtless is a moral to this story, and there may be a sequel. A dispatch to the Journal from La porta throws some light on the Parker-Hearst fight as follows: "Mayor Lemuel Darrow, Hearst's representative in La porta county, headed a delegation of forty-three Ilearst boosters that left this alternoon over the Lake Erie for IndianaiKlis to attend the state convention. Another Hearst crowd departed from Michigan City. Tickets were dealt cut to all who desired, to go, and they were also assured that all their expenses would be paid. The Parker delegation will leave to-morrow .morning. County Chairman Mann, who is a Parker man, left tonight. Although the Hearst crowd is the latger and from indipations will be able to control the Importe county vote, the Parker men claim they will be able to Ret many of the Hearst men away from Darrow, even though he is paying their expenses. The v Hearst men will be quartered at the Claypool and the Parker men at the Grand. County Chairman Mann has called the Lfcporte county delegates to meet at the Grand to-morrow night at 7:) o'clock. In view of the make-up of the I apoite crowd, which includes prizefighters, fports, etc., a lively time is looked forward to. Attorney M. It. Sutherland, who was offered the support of the Tenth district for Governor by the Hearst forces, but refused it, after which it was tendered to Mayor Darrow, is with the Parker crowd." 4 There were a few Republicans In the city yesterday, prominent among them being State Chairman Goodrich of Winchester, Representative James K. Watson of Rushville, Sidney W. Cantwell of Hartford City, and Senator Kben H. Wolcott of Wolcott. Chairman Goodrich expects the Democratic state convention to instruct for Parker. "Judging from the Way the Parker people are lining up their forces in Randolph county, they will accomplish it easily," he said. 44. Mr. Cantwell, who was a member of the House during the last s-esslon of the Legislature and is a candidate for it-nomination. I . . . 1 L nas men ire-quenuy menuoneu as a prooable candidate for xeakcr of the next House. He admited yesterday that "he w aa giving the matter some little consideration, "It's altogether premature, however, 'to be discussing the speakership," he said. "I haven't been renominated or re-elected yet." V Rees In Werf a re. Ti.ere are at leaft two recorded Instances In which le-es have let-n Used as weapons of de-fen in war. Wht-n th Ronukti general. I.ucuUus. was warrlns; against Mithridales he sent a force against the city t TheuucyrA. As they be-ni-gM the walls the inhabitants threw down on them myriads of swarms of tecs. The at once began an attack, which resulted in the raising of the 'i-tc Thee doughty lutle Insects wer also otiee u-cd with equa! Mkvess in England. Chester wa. Wfirgrd by the Iaru-s anJ Nrw-e-fcUr.s. but its Saxon defender threw rt.n a thm thv beehives of the town, and tiie siege was tssju raised. New York Time.

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