Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 148, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1904 — Page 4

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CINCINNATI J. IL Hawley & Co.. Arcade, Grand Hotel. COLUMECS, O. Viaduct News Stand, SSO High street. "DAYTON,. O.J. V. Wilkie. S3 South Jefferson street. DENVER. Col. LouthSm & Jackson. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets, and A. Smith. 1007 Champa street. DES MOINES. Ia, Mom Jacobs. 303 Fifth street. LOS ANGELES. CaL-Harry Drapkln. LOUISVILLE C. T. Dearln. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson, streets and IV Fourth avenue, ani Liuefela Bros., 442 West Market street. - . . NEW TOR K Ast or House. ST. LOUIS The Journal is on sale at all leading Hotels and New Stands In St. Louis and at ; the World' Fair grounds. Tlomas M. Sullivan, special agent. On file Pennsylvania system exhibit. ET. JOSEriL Mcx-F. B. Carrlel, Station D. WASHINGTON. IX C Rlggs House, Ebbltt House. Fairfax Hotel. Wlllard Hotel. Indianapolis did lt3. level best to give the prince the "time of his life," and Indications are that he had it. . An American writer in Cuba reports that everybody is honest there except the cabmen. We have one or two other exceptions up here. Korea continues , to act the exacting part for Which buffer nations in all ages have been cast the Innocent bystander of international troubles. Indianapolis offers farewell greeting to Prince Pu Lun and hopes he has enjoyed his visit here as much as the people have enjoyed his cheerful presence. William Allen White has taken a free Job as expert accountant in Kansas state affairs. Mr. White Is by - profession an editor. Where did he' ever acquire any experience In adding up columns of dollars? Dowie and hl3 unklssed son will be back ? from Australia cn June 26. This notice should give the American people time to prepare a royal welcome that will make Australia's effort look feeble and unconvincing. naÄaaiaaaaBBBBaBBMSBaBW War news and even the story of Prince Pu Lun' entertainment are made to give way in the newspapers to murder trluls not because the papers prefer them, oh, no, but because the publlo seems to prefer to read about them. MBasea-Ba-BBBaiaMsaaiBBMHSMaaaaBBSBa The New York tenement-house Owner . who turned his forty-eight tenants out because their 200 children were too many had better never apply for office under Theodore Roosevelt. What he would get would have no salary attached. e There 1 little In a name. Girls named "Pearl" and "Lulu" would seem to belong properly in a sentimental novel; in real ' life down In Shelby county they receive . j appointments as rural mall carriers and are no doubt quite equal to the Job. The war In the East seems to be approaching a climax. Latest advices are that the Japanese are preparing to advance on the Russians and the Russian re preparing to advance on the Japanese. If they advance far enough something will eurely be doing soon. The course of the damage suit brought by tha Huntington man who wants $2.000 for injury to his dignity will be watched with Interest by every man whose feelings are always hurt worse than his back when he slips on a banana peel and landi with hla heels In the air. Prince Pu Lun and his secretaries will see larger cities than Indianapolis when they go io Buffalo and New York, but they will see none so distinctively American. No better place could be found to bring foreigners to who wish to see the "real thing" In American life. Ohio, Alabama and Tennessee have fallen Into line with a swift kick for the Hearst proposition. His Waterloo in Indiana eems o have been the turning point, and one Thomas Taggart should be in a position to demand that national chairmanship at the hands of the powers that be. It waa very nice and democratic for Prince Pu Lun to accept the invitation of Ioy Ke to cat luncheon In his restaurant, but what the prince, tired of American food, probably had most in mind was the Chance offered for getting whatever corresponds in Chinese fare to the pie that taother used to make. '"vM'M'seni-aMSBMnasaiaBHaaBBnnt Indianapolis has been a good deal amused - In one way and another since the arrival of Prince Pu Lun and h!s party.' but, whatever may have excited its mirth, it has had no disposition to laugh at the prince. On ts contrary, it haa recognized him as a C'stleman in the best sense of the word, vlaltor worthy in himself and apart from his mission of the most respectful attention. Whatever impressiona of this country iftoy acquire during his stay. It i dw. cx- --vi that the oeoole of thu

city have gained a new and more favorable opinion of the Chinese from their brief acquaintance with him. that they will hereafter watch developments in China from a somewhat different point of view, and that they will-always cherish a kindly Interest in the prince's future career. This will make the visit worth while even if it shall bring none of the expected commercial results.

SOCIALISM AD OIUiAMZEI) LA HO It. President Perkins, of the State Federa-. tion of Labor, said while In Columbus a few days ago that socialism was doing more to injure the cau?e of organized labor than all of the anti-labor organizations in existence. The fact that some unions have withdrawn thir charters on account of the in creasing influence of the Socialists goes to sustain his statement. It is not easy to rce how it could be otherwise f ince the primary objects and aims of organized labor and socialism are entirely different. The former aims at promoting and protecting the interests of labor by organization and co-operation, establishing and maintaining a high standard of wages and generally upholding the rights of labor in its occasional disputes with capital. This, with proper limitations preventing Interference with the rights of others, is a legitimate object. Socialism aims at different objects and operates on different lines. It embraces many phases of opinion according to localities, but none of them is primarily favorable to the protection of labor interests. Socialism differs materially in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania, where there is a large clement of un-Americanized Europeans, In New York and Chicago, where the atmosphere is largely pervaded by anarchism, and In the smaller cities and towns of the West. Everywhere, though, its aims are entirely distinct from those of organized labor. Perhaps its least objectionable form Is that which favors the taking over of all public utilities by the national, state and municipal governments, though there is nothing In thi3 proposition which should attract organized labor. From this form socialism runs through different phases of redistribution of property, community of ownership, opposition to established government and anarchy. The representatives of the most extreme of these views may not be numerous among the Socialist members of labor unions, but they are all represented and they , are all equally opposed to the legitimate objects of organized labor. There was a time when Eugene V. Debs was an honored labor leader devoted to the promotion of labor interests by legitimate methods. Now he is the Socialist candidate for President. In an article which has recently been published in nearly every Socialist paper of the country he says: The record must be kept to the minutest detail, for when the day of final accounting comes, as come it will as surely as the green earth rolls Sunward, the capitalist class will settle by the books to the last cry of agony and the last groan of despair wrung from the misery of thel crucified ana exiled victims. The coming day of judgment is slow but sure. And the memory of the working class is long they do not forget. Arouse, ye worklngmen! Open your eyes and see the class struggle! Join and support the only party that stands squarely upon the class struggle as the basis of its revolutionary character. The Republican, Democratic and Populist parties are all capitalist parties, all for wage slavery, all against the working class. The difference between Mr. Debs's reasonable attitude when, he first started out as a labor leader and his present violent utterances shows the distance between legitimate labor unionism and socialism. The latter, in all Its phases and forms, is the deadly enemy of .organized labor. L ATI X-A MERICAN CO 31 PLI CATI O X S. Colombia has notified the State Department at Washington that it doe's not care to receive a minister from the United States, which 'is not surprising, in view of her impotent rage over the loss of Banama. At the same time comes word that her statesmen are active In an effort to effect an alliance of neighboring states of Central and South America fof the alleged purpose of resisting American aggression. This news is accompanied by the report that Venezuela has adhered to the proposition heartily, and the actual fact that the latter government has contracted with & French concern for the fortification of her seacoast towns. This may and probably does mean an intention to repudiate her debts as adjudged by The Hague tribunal. The alliance with Colombia woild be merely a part of such a plan In the mind of Castro. Such a step1 would lead to rather interesting possibilities. How far would we seek to stretch the Monroe doctrine in protection of these "cocky" little republics In the effort to escape debts proven to bo Just? Certain it is that we would not prevent the creditor nations from seizing the custom houses until such debts were liquidated. But suppose, in the paralysis of business that such an event would produce, the customs should provo Inadequate, would we consent to foreign" occupation for an indefinite period? It Is more reasonable to suppose that In case of such repudiation creditor nations would say to us: "We look to you for Justice. You declare that we cannot follow the only practicable way of enforcing payment by seizing territory without colliding with your Interests. You must either concede our right to maintain our rights or you must accept the responsibility ,of seeing that they are not infringed by the governments you thus protect." A desire to deputize the United States to carry out The Hague decree in this matter would be bo more strange action than the action of the Congress of Berlin in deputizing Austria and Russia to see that Its conclusions in regard to Turkey be carried out. How would the proposition strike you? DIVOItCK AXD MAR It I AGE. The rresbyterian Assembly can count on the support of the Federation of Women's Clubs In its opposition to the marriage of divorced persons. At least. If the federation Is not opposed to such marriages under any . circumstances, it has put itself on record against them when they follow tho legal separation too closely. The case of a former president of the federation has served as a means whereby the scandalized body could express its feeling on the subJecL This lady, whose home is In Atlanta, obtained a decree of divorce and married again two weeks later. She was no longer acting president, but, by virtue of her former Incumbency, held the title of honorary president of this august feminine organization. One other lady held the same title and was proud of It, but though she hailed from Chicago she set her face sternly against unseemly haste in the taking of a second husband, andfelt that the offender should be rebuked. She vut the matter

before the federation, and the federation unanimously agreed with her. The assembled ladies 'seemed to hold that such haste implied that the second husband had been selected before the divorce was granted, not stopping to reflect thit In Georgia's sunny clime blood runs warm and that two weeks Is ample time for the wooing of a Juiict. But even if the courtship bogan and culminated In the period named these? ladles felt that such fstreme dispatch cast discredit on the federated body In which the Georgia lady held so distinguished a ro.-ition. They hardly knew how to express their displeasure, but the Chicago honorary pr'ent came to th-ir relief. "Do away with the office of honorary president," she said, with great couragT, and a noble spirit of self-sacrifice; "it will deprive me of the title, but, for the sake of the principle to be sustained. I am ready to lay my honors down." These, or words

to their effect, roused the federated ladie3 to high enthusiasm, and they voted the honorary office out of existence and the federation stood vindicated. The .proceed . ing will serve as a warning to future officers of the great organization. If they wish to be off with the old love and on with the hew they will either delay the transfer until they have served out their terms and retired to private life, or they will observe the conventions and allow an Interval of at least six months. For the federation having once taken its position, may be expected to "fire" them"hould they offend like the Atlanta woman, no matter what office they hold. THOSE RISSIAX MIXES. A dispatch from St. Petersburg virtually admits that the Russians have laid mines several miles out to Fea and makes a characteristic defense. The dispatch expresses doubt that the British or American governments will protest against the laying of the mines, and adds: The indications are that if the question of laying mines beyond the three-mile limit becomes the subject of a formal protest it will raise a new question of International law growing out of the increased range of modern guns. The three-mile limit was established in the day when that distance represented the maximum range, but if ships can now lie eight or ten miles away and yet reach the coat with their projectiles. It is argued that the defenders have a perfect right to take such military measures as they choose within the range of the enemy's guns. The defense is Ingenious and raises an entirely new question. It may be true that the original three-mile limit of Jurisdiction from the coast was based on the range of guns of a former period. Information la lacking on that point. If true, there would be reason in the contention that the jurisdictional limit should be changed to meet the Increased range of modern guns. But that does not mitigate the offense of the Russian authorities in placing mines ten miles at sea In violation of a long-existing international law. If the limit is to be changed it can only be done by international action. It would be a proper subject for international treaty or agreement, but without that the action of the Russian authorities Is an unauthorized violation of internaticnal law. The Russian contention is that, as the Japanese ships can He eight or ten miles away and yet bombard the coast, the defenders have a right to take such military measures as they choose within the range of the enemy's guns. But the Russian guns have as long range as the Japanese, and the right to adopt defensive measures ought not to include the right to place mines in the high seas. The question was one for international action, but Russia could not wait. It Is not likely the British or American government will protest against the action of fhe Russian authorities, because the question is (riot likely to assume a practical aspect. If, however, there were British or American ships In those waters, and one should happen to be blown up by a mine ten miles at sea, Russia would hear from the government very quickly. Tammany's opposition to Parker miht help rather than hurt him were It not for the fact that Murphy is able to show pretty definitely that the Parker boom had Its inception In and has received its chief support from the back -office of the Belmont banking house. Undoubtedly the leaders of "high finance" in New York need some such man as Parker In the'Chalr. Things have not been going well with their trusts and mergers of late. 'MINOR TOPICS. Lovely woman has found a distinctly new and original way of causing trouble. It appears that in a local ball game In the Commercial League, when a ball was batted into deep right field, a feminine supporter of the team at bat promptly sat on It and declined to move until the bases were cleared! Now the opposing team has been ungallant enough to make a big1 fuss about it and wants the game thrown' out. Fie! When a woman is smart enough to win a game that way she should not only hare it, but should be elected president of ths organization. A New Jersey preacher stole his wife's $1,500 legacy and eloped with an eighteen year-old member of his congregation. The difference between Jersey preachers and other preachers is like the difference between Jersey 'skeeters and others. The former are more than merely annoying they are brutal. Prof. Starr, of Chicago, says that Britain Is on htr last legs. He probably got that Idea from looking at pictures of the British lion, who Is represented as standing on his last legs, with his front ones in the air. The mayor of Baltimore, whose name is MacLane, eloped with a widow, Mrs. Mary Vau Bibber. She certainly must have thought a lot of him to be willing to change her name to Mary MacLaue. Visitors at the St. Louis fair are warned by placards to "beware of green goods men, gold brick artists and bunco steer ers." The hotel keepers are awfully Jealous of any nonunion competition. A Torouto man blew too hard into a "lung-testing machine" and got hemorrhage of the brain. That would be Impossible with most of the people who are engaged in that practice. That English countess can scarcely be blamed for marrying her coachman. The American girls have taken all the noble men. and the poor countess couldn't get a husband of her own rank. A Chicago woman got her foot in a cable slot and delayed street-car traffic until she could be extricated. This would not be a matter of much comment in Indianapolis, I but the fact that a Chicago woman could get her foot luto a cable slot makes it seem like a miracle. Since a . lady at ShelbyviHe found $100 that had been lying In the family Bible for 6ome twenty or thirty years, there is like-

ly to be. a sudden access of Bible reading throughout the State. ' Mr, Anthony Comstock likes .Chicago, which city, he says, "presents no immorality 'to visitors." Mr. Comstock's hack drivers must have been new at the business.

A sixteen-foot blacksnake was found on the streets of Cincinnati. Is it necessary to state that the gentleman who made the discovery came from the other side of the river? Since Washington street 13 to be paved its full length. Irvlngtoii citizens can dispense" with their diving suits during the winter months. The Japanese battleship Hatsuse had a displacement of lS.CO) tons, and has now dcue it. Lieut. Peary is reported as being nervous with apprehension lest at the present rate the Russians will beat him to the Tole. Female voices are to be excluded from Catholic choirs. But, unfortunately, every man can't own a Catholic choir. Htty Green says the report that she gave &5O.0O0 to charity is "all a dream." J Can it have been Uncle Russ? A wild rumor gained currency in New York the other day that Judge Parker had cleared his throat for action. It Is said that Senator Lodge never had a piece, of literary work rejected. He's the man to write the platform. The Japs are damming the Yalu river. So are the Russians, but Russian spelling is different. THE HUMORISTS. A Gentle Hint. "Quite a clever little dog you have." said Mr. Etaylate. Yes," replied Miss Patience, 'he'll bring your hat and cane to you. Try him." Philadelphia Ledger. . Ills Iden. She I don't see why they don't have women's pictures as well as men's on postage stamps. He If they had women's faces on stamps no man would have the heart to lick 'em. Providence Journal. Cetttnjt Ready to Meet the Boston Girl. Chicago Youth I was Introducer! to a Boston girl at the Shakspeare readings last night. College Trofessor I congratulate you. Chicago Youth Yes. Hy the way, professor. what is the Latin for "Wouldn't that Jar you?" Lewlsville Journal. Rright Boy. "In what sense." asked the teacher, "do we look upon George Washington as the father of his country?" "In the two cents, ma'am." ventured Tommy Tucker, seeing that no one else was prepared to answer. Chicago Tribune. L Xot a Recular Game. "Little boys." said the old lady as she stopped and looked over the fence, "don't you know you shouldn't play a ball game on Sunday?" The catcher looked around. This ain't no game, ma'am," he said. "We're short our reglar pitcher." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Srrellln the mil. "If you refuse me," he said, and his voice grew cold and hard. "I will turn on the gas at every burner and h?t it flow unrestrained." "Mercy'." gasped the maiden. "Would you kill yourself?" "No," cried the youth, "but I'd do my best to bankrupt your father." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Johnnie Und Hopes. "Do you suppose," said Parson Brown To Johnnie on his knee, "Some day you'll have a pair of wings And a holy angel be?" Terhapa I will." said little John, With puckered, thoughtful brow, "For mamma says, beyond a doubdf I'm a holy terror now." Washington PosL ' ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers, at a recent meeting, passed a resolution In opposition to the adoption of the metric system in this country, believing that such action would be detrimental to their Interests. Geronimo will not be at the world's fair. The famous Apache chief refused to attend the exposition unless he was guaranteed $100 a month and all expenses, and the government refused to grant him this sum. Hence he was left at hla home in Fort Sill, O. T. When Mark Twain, nursing his flrst-bbrn, was asked by a friend if he loved It. he drawled In reply: "I don't exactly love It, but I respect it." When Charles Lamb w as asked how he liked babies he made- stuttering answer: "Madam, I like them b-o-oiled." Tho late W. C. Whitney's residence at the corner of Fifth avenue and Sixty-eighth street, New York city, has been sold for at least $1000,000. and it may be for a sum in excess of that. It was just a house to live in, and it cost Mr. Whitney, first and last, about $3,500,000. Joseph Jefferson told this to Yale itudents as the most unpleasant experience of his stage career: "When I was a boy one July 4 I was to sing 'The Star-spangled Banner. I started, 'Oh, say. can you see, three times and broke down. They hissed me off the stago for the only time in my lifeV' Mme. Bernhardt, the French tragedienne, employed a young artist to design some stage dresses for her. Sne was delighted with the work, and on hearing his price exclaimed: "More, more. You have only asked -working pay. What I wish to pay for Is your talent," and she forthwith doubled the amount. For nearly thirty years an ex-Sultan of Turkey has been kept a prisoner at KourbadJI, on the Bosporus. He is the ex-Sultan Murad, the eldest nephew of Abdul Ariz, who came to the throne In 1S76 on his uncle's death, but was allowed to reign only three months. He was in weak health at the time, and there was a strong party in Constantinople which was desirous that his brother, the present Sultan Abdul Hamid, should be caliph. An Intrigue was, therefore, set on foot to declare that Murad was insane, ajid he was quietly deposed. The ex-Sultan is now sixty-four years of age. Charles M. Russell, a Montana cowboy artist, who visited New Jersey recently, has returned to his Montana home, and. In an interview. says: "Pd rather live In a place where I know somebody and where everybody i somebody. The style in some of those New York saloons Is something to remember. The bartender won't drink with you. even. Now. I like to have the bartender to drink with me occasionally, out of the same bottle. Just to be sure I ain't getting poison. They won't even take your money over the bar. Instead, they give you a check, with the price of your drink on it, and you walk your self aober trying to find the cashier to pay for it." Joseph W. Folk Plntform. Mr. Folk's platform is as simple as his speeches. "Thou shalt not steal even if thou art a Democrat, thou. shalt not steal." He reiterates it everywhere as he stands on the platform, short, thick-set and wearing on his face that look of quiet, almost placid determination which ts photographed on the soul of every boo. 11 er In Missouri. The farmers trust him. Folk himself told me once that he believed ev ery Democrat In Missouri with a beard more than two Inches long was with him. It is true Leslie's Monthly. The Superannuated Dtahopa. The superannuated bishop Is not without honor and opportunity for harpy service of his church He is recognized as a bishop, his name is printed in the discipline, hymnal and Journal of the General Conference. He is a member of the boards and general committees, an advisory member of the beard f bishops. He may pre

side temporarily, if requested by a bishop presiding in the general or annual conference. But he shall not be assigned to the pi -ridency of 'annual conferences nor mike; appointments." Financial provision is made for the modest requirements of his old ace. So that Methodism does not cruelly turn away from her venerable bishops, who may r.ot be able for the burdens of their episcopal office. Dut she considerately and even tenderly opens the way to a quiet afternoon hour, wherein is honor, leisure frr study or any congenial occupation and opportunity to dwell without interruption with their beloved families. They may f.n-1 Methodist pulrts eager to welcome them as rreaehers. They are to be honored, but not to be bürdend. The verper hour will surely come and flr.i thenpeace fully ready waiting the summons to heaven home and eternal gViry Christian Advocate. STORIES TEAT ARE TOLD.

Both Tight. Murphy, a full private in the First Battalion. Blankhire Regiment, was being tried th? Cher day for beir.s drunk. The commanding officer knew the face too well, for Murphy had been brought up on the old chargre tlmos without number. Punishment did not cure him. so the C. O. had drawn vivid word pictures of the horrible evils of the canteen. "Now, Murphy." he said, "didn't you promise me faithfully that you would act up to your uni form?" "I did. sor," replied the irrepressible one; "and. bedad, I did act up to it entoirely. Me uniforrum was tolght!" Spare Moments. A Chilly Reception. George Ade, at a recent banquet, wa.s asked to speak on success. "I suppose that failure Is more familiar than success to all o' us," he said. "We work away. Four things fall. The fifth thing succeeds. The hardest workers have the most failures, but, then, they have the most successes, too. "One of my early failures was a melodrama that I traveled all the way from Chicago to New York to sell to a manager. This was in my youth, when I had confidence in myself. The manager returned my melodrama. He said he didn't care for It. "I pointed out the merits in it which he had overlooked. I proved that he would make a great mistake if he should not accept this work. But he shook his head. " 'Can't you use It at all?' I asked, desper ately, v " Well said he, 'I might grind It up and uses It for a snowstorm. " Success. "Was Xot to Re Fooled. The French artist, Alphonse Marie Mucha, whose posters of graceful women are no less popular In America than In Paris, is making a tour of the United States. "What pleases me In America," M. Mucha said the other day. "is the intelligence, the general enlightenment, of the people. The American public deserves, in this respect, to stand beside the French public It is far ahead of the English. "On my way over here I stopped a few dajs In London, and in the British Museum, one after noon, I overheard a remark that showed well how benighted the English public Is. "Two men were looking at some old Egyptian coins. " Them there- said the first man, 'must be three or four hundred years old, eh, BUI? " 'They're three thousand years old, the sec ond man returned. " Ah. garn. Bill. What de ye take me for? said the first man. "Why, we're only In 1D0I now.' "Washington PosL The Mayor' Wnlter. On the top floor of a tall building not far from the City Hail is a restaurant where Mayor George Br McClellan takes his lunch. The special ' table at which the mayor sits w as until recently attended by one Henry, a model waiter. who had dally received a tip of 50 cents from the distinguished diner. The New York Press says that the other day when the mayor took his seat and began to look over the dinner card a strange waiter stood at his side ready to take the order. "Where's Henry?" asked the mayor. '"I've taken his place for a few days,", said the newcomer, softly. "But where is Henry?" inquired the mystified mayor, looking up sharply from the bill of fare. 'Anything happened to him?" "No, sir," began the new waiter, with 'some hesitation; "only Henry and I you see were out last night playinr craps. Henry went broke. I won his pile. Then" here his voice dropped lower and his manner was confidential "he put you up as good for $3 and I won. So, if you don't object, I'll be your waiter for a week, sir." New York Times. Life. With dancing step the gay rhymes went That told a boyish sentiment; They moved along with step as free As had the girls bewitching me. To-day where is that easy art So prompt to find a rhyme to "heart?" If It came back, could It express This older love's deep tenderness? Francis Sterne Palmer, In Harper's Weekly. A Bine Jay. We called him Roly-poly. One day, while I was watching the cardinal (it was some time in Oc tober), there burst upon my ear the most bril liant song of that bird. Each long-drawn whistle was v.oun4ed and full, and the notes that fol lowed had more than their ordinary sweetness. But I was looking at the cardinal, an he was not singing, and there were no others of his kind in the room. This song was repeated as the days followed, and I watched closely for the vocalisL Even vhen the cardinal again began to sing, hearing the two performances almost together, I could only distinguish a slight difference, which was not in the cardinal's favor. One day I was feeding Roly-poly from my hand with a meal worm; when he had finished, he hopped back for a little distance, and. throwing his head In the air, sang, to my astonished car, that phan tom cardinal song which had so often mystified me. It was wonderful. I suppose the scientific ex planation of the phenomena would be "imitation of propinquity." And yet I would like to know. out of the many songs that came from the musi cal throats about him, why Roly-poly had chosen the cardinal for a maestro, and why no other melody appealed to him? The Outlook. Imitation Für. So far has chemical skill and knowledge re cently progressed In tho treatment of furs, that it is Bald a crisis has been brought about In the fur trade of eastern Russia, where the prices of rare and highly valued pelts have dropped from 20 to 50 per cent., on account of the competition of successful imitations, made in western' Eu rope, from the skins of cheap and common ani mals, like rabbits, marmots, colts and even rats. The scientific treatment of the inferior furs, it is said, makes them so closely resemble the costly sables and foxes that experts only can detect a difference. In Leipzig a common Arctic foxskin, worth $2.50, can be turned into an Imi tation dark brown fox fur that sells for $30. Youth's Companion. Wants Mormon Play. Talking the other day with a prominent the atrical manager, I asked what sort of a play he would like to get. "A good one." he replied, "a good one." When I pressed for details, he sug gested that If a really bright comedy or a prob lem play could be based upon themes suggested by the recent Mormon disclosures at Washington, he believed it would go. Melodrama, com edy or farce any smart setting of contempo raneous life in Utah would do the trick. "Of course," said he, "wo don't want another Danltes. That age has passed away." Here's an opening for a shrewd observer and a skilled dramatist. A Western man would get nearest the "true inwardness" of the theme. New Yoik Letter. Church Politic. The Methodists know more about church poll tics than the Presbyterians, in spite of the fact that the latter have been nlayins the came longer. Such a thing as that snap vote at the General Assembly could never have been brought off at the General Conference. New York Sun. Title Waa Clouded. Dalny was the only city in the world that was made to order, and was, therefore, well made. It was a pity to destroy it, but it Is a pity that it should have be-?n ballt on the ground that did sot belong to the builders. Brooklyn Eaaie..

THE DRIFT

The application of the excess vote Tule recently adopted by the Republican state committee has brought about in several counties a condition of aff.iirs that renders impracticable one of the other rules adopted at the same time. In several of the joint legislative districts the application of the excess vote rule plves some of the counties a very small number of delegates. In a few instances large and ppu!ou3 counties are given but from one to six del egates. At the same time another rule adopted by the state committee provides that all delegates to legislative, congressional or state conventions must be selected by primaries, or by precinct,, ward, or township mass meetings, and expressly forbids the selection of delegates by any candidate or committee. This rule reads: "When nominations ate made by delegate convention, all the delc'inte to such convention shall be chosen by the Republican voters by precincts and townships. And for that purpose the Feveral counties by their respective committees, shall be divided for each convention Into districts not larger than the civil tdwnshlps, to which districts the delegates for such convention shall be equitably apportioned by Fucn committee and within the boundrlcs or each district a mass meeting or primary election shall be called and hold by the Republican voters of tuch district for the selection of delegate, or delegates so apportioned to such district: provided, that in each cas in which a township on ac count of the smallness of Its vote shall not , be entitled to one delegate, two or mwre townships, or parts of townships, may be combined in one district, but no more townships or contiguous territory shall be so combined than is necessarv to create a dis- ! trict with a vote to entitle it to one del- i egate and In no case shall any delegate, or delegates, be selected by any candidate or committee either directly or indirectly." ! Now It Is manifestly Impracticable, to say the least, to select delegates according to this rule in the few instances where the counties have but from one to t-ix or seven delegates. To take a specific example, in the joint representative district of Marion and Hancock counties, Marion will have but six delegates, while Hancock will have ten. Since the purpose of the excess vote rule is to give the smaller county control of the nomination, the selection of the six delegates in Marion county become-? largely perfunctory. This county is presumed to have but an Indirect interest in the nomi nation. Accordingly the rule providing that the delegates shall be selected by primaries or by ward and township mass meetings is found impracticable. The cost, trouble and work necessary to the selection of the delegates in this manner is out of all proportion to the good to be attained. It would be found next to Impossible to get the voters to participate in such primaries or mass meetings. In other instances where the counties have but one or two delegates the application of the rule .is seen to be even more Impracticable. Such were the objections raised by Hie Marion county executive committee at its meeting Wednesday afternoon, when the situation was gone over at length. The committee decided that it would not be posfcib'e to select the delegates in the manner prescribed by the rule of the state com mittee, and at the same time no alternative was apparent, smoe the rule proscribed the naming of the delegates by any candidate, the county committee or executive commit tee or by the county chairman, when asxed what would be done. Col. Harry B. Smith, chairman of the county committee, said last evening: "I don't know. It's up to the state com mittee to show us the way out. It is ob vious that we can't hold a primary in a County that has 23,000 Republican voters to select six delegates to attend a convention in which they can accomplish nothing beyond answering roll call. There would be no contest for the delegates in this county andno candidates to bear the expenses. No one questions the justice of these rules or the good to be attained through their application. It's a question of practicability." Another meeting of the county executive committee will be held this afternoon to discuss the situation. ngaln, - and. also to take up the matter of the date of the legislative convention for this county. When the attention of Secretary Fred A. Sims, of the state committee, was called to the matter yesterday, he said that the members of the committee had seen that the rigid application of the two rules was impracticable in certain cases. v "Those who have not had a hand In it cannot realize the difficulty of drafting a set of rules, such as those adopted by the state committee, that contain no weak spots and do not bring about some complica tions." said Mr. Sims. "These rules were adopted by the committee under the provision of a resolution adopted by the state convention two years ago. The convention this year adopted a resolution authorizing the state committee to consider the advis ability of a further system of party rules and empowering the committee to adopt further rules or make changes in those al ready in effect. Under this provision, I think It altogether probable that the committee will take steps at an early date to remove any - difficulties that may be en countered under the operation of the pres ent rules. . The provision forblding the selection of delegates by any candidate or committee was considered one of the best features of the new rules and noneof the party workers who had considered the matter suggests the abrogation of that rule. It has been suggested, however, that the rule might be amended by the addition of -a proviso leaving it within the" discretion of the state committee or state chairman to waive this rule in such instances where its application may be deemed Impracticable. Republican State Chairman James P. Goodrich will be at the headquarters In the English Hotel to-day. That the Indiana Parker leaders are not ..... . . . a little concerned over the circulation of the reports that there has been a marked decrease in Parker sentiment here since the state convention, is shown by efforts they ar making to discredit these reports. One after another they have given out in terviews to. the effect that Indiana Demo crats are of one mind on the presidential question, and that they worsmp only at the shrine of tho New York jurist. Lspecial emphasis is laid by them on the declaration that the Indiana delegates to tho St. Louis convention have no second choice. and it 13 obvious that they are anxious to puncture the McClellan boom before it attains more alarming proportions. State Chairman W. H. O'Brien is the last of the Parker leaders to give out an interview of this character. In the Democratic state organ yesterday he was quoted as .declaring that he had no second choice for President, and that there vms nothing in the talk about the people in tnis btate wno have declared for Parker being for a third man. While here yesterday Chairman O Brien also expressed the opinion that the action of the Democrats of Alabama, Tennessee and Ohio had virtually ended the contest A CITY TO BE PH0UD OF. That Ia "What People Say Who Know What Indianapolin Im. Mr. Nicholson's article on Indianapolis, in the Atlantic Monthly for June, from which the Journal quoted yesterday, receives the following pleasant editorial mention in the Chicago Record-Herald: "Hooslers will read with much pleasur able prida and satisfaction the graceful tribute to their capital city by Meredith Nicholson in the June Atlantic. It is true i-io rocldAnt.- of northern Indiana, know aKrtiit e'hlcasro than thev do about In dianapolis. For all practical purposes Chicago is their capital and many of them have never seen the Hoosier capital. But that section 01 the btate stretcning irom W.T- u'avn to EvansviHe knows Indlann.iUe anr It la nroud of Its industrial growth and prosperity, its evidences of do mestic comiort ana reunemeni ana us ur ban beauty. "To most Chleagöans, of course, the Hoosier capital Is an unknown city. It Is - . -a. a-'.i w v not on the route to .rw lur. to i?nver or to the gulf. Therefore the Chleagoan knows little about it. Dut it has the satisfaction of knowing that it is not the only city unknown to Chicugdaiis.' In the center of a rich agricultural and mining section, with railroads entering it from every direc

OF POLITICS

for the presidential nomination and tat a victory was assured for Parker i"t wveks before the convention. Chairman O'Prlen also Uok occasion to end the controversy or discussion over what delegates should comprise the sVt convention e-f July 31 by declaring tliat only the delegates and elternates to the convention of May 12 would-be recognte-'d and seated at the next convention. T)rTQ was no occasion for an argument over thla matter, ho sal l.'a It had been clearly and ge.Tii-raUy understood that the one tet of dehratü-ä Mould comprise the two conventions. 4Local politicians were entertained yesterday ly the attack made on J. Oscar Henderson, Hearst's Indiana representative, by the Democratic Mate organ, which is cnntrolle! by National Committeeman Tag-rart. The Sentinel yesterday featured on its first page an article criticising und ridiculing Mr. Henderson for the Interest he had displayed in party affairs by addressing a letter to the Democratic county chairmen throughout the State urging ifpori them the need of a revision of the partr rules and making inquiries concerning the mannT of the election of the delegate,' to the recent stare convention, and whe.her the delegates 7ere selected for one or ftwo conventions. The Sentinel says: "The apparent sole object of the Hearst 'Payrollers' In Indiana at present-seems to be to stir up some dissatisfaction so that they may give evidence of their devotion to the conquered banner they were . 'induced to support." ; The Sentinel: further charges that "Mr. Henderson and his associates have tevidently taken it upon themselves to' restrict, hamper and. if they could, embarrass the state organization." I When it is iccalled that Mr. Henderson stands as the Representative of an eleaient of Indiana Democracy that controlled, almost six hundred votes out . of the 1,547 in the recent state convention, such an attack upon him in the party's state organ cannot but occasion surprise. It certainly gives evidence of the sadly disrupted condition of the party in this State and of thefutility of all talk and effort to the: end, that the Hearst-Bryan and Parker wings of the party be brought together and harmonized. State Senator Albert D. Ogburn. of .Netr Castle, was a caller at Senator Beveridge office yesterday. Senator Ogborn represents the district composed of Henry, Fayette and Union counties and Is a! candidate for renomination. He is reasonably confident, of success, as he won out in the primaries in his own county, which will have eighteen delegates In the Joint convention to the fifteen apportioned to Fayette and Union combined. Revenue Collector A. E. Nowlin, of Law renctburg, who was at the English yester day, says that the people of southeastern Indiana have forgotten all about politics, business, etc.," In the Intense interest they are taking in the Gillespie murder trial at Rising Sun. "It is remarkable the amount of interest that is being taken in that case," he said. "It is made the first subject of convocation when fwo or more people get together, and everybody has worked out a "theory of tho murder. There won't be much politics in the Fourth district until that case la disposed of." 1 Col. H. r. Thayer, of Greenfield, mcmber of the Republican state committee for the Sixth district, was In the city yesterday. , . Senator Beverldge has beer notified that he has been elected an honorary member of the Hoosier Club, an organization recently effected by former Indianians at SoutU McAlester, I. T. ? V. L. Ricketts, of Delphi, who is associated with Congressmen C. B. Lan4iis in the publication of the Delphi Journal, was a caller at Republican state headquarters yesterday. t W. C. B. Harrison, of the attorney general's office, who is an Elkhart man. tays the indications are that the Republican legislative . convention there next Thursday will witness no contests. "It is generally understood that K. A: Dausman. of Goshen, and H. H. Mosier. of Bristol, will be nominated for representatives by acclamation, and that A. R. Beardsley, of; Ulkhart, will have no opp-. sition for the senatorial nomination 6aid Mr. Harrison, last evening. Mr. Dausmln. who represented Elkhart county in th Senate during the last two sessions of the Legislature, is regarded as a probable candidate for speaker cf tha next House. J f The annua! election of officers tf tho South Side republican Club was hel?j last night at the !dub headquarters at the corner of Southland East streets. Charles J Egger was elected president; B. T. Brown, vice president; Robert Hamilton, secrHarytreasurer, ani R. A. Ilcnschman, nergeant-at-arms. Thh directors named wercjChan. J. EggeT, Jo Fopplano, L. T. Nash.. B. T. Brown, Robert Hamilton, R. A. Hnschman, David Winkley, Joseph Dunlap -and Henry Levy. The club hus an active membership of 117 at present and is preparing to take in aggressive part in the coming campaign. The) meeting last night was largely attended. ; ' Democratic District Chairman Joseph T. Fanning returned yesterday from St. -Louis, where he ha- been attending a meeting of the law committee of the Elks Grand Lodge. Whi-e there he met several -ot tho members of the subcommittee of the Demo cratic national committee that has charge of the arrangements for the comlrjg national convention. Of course he talked politics with tKcm, but he will not discuss what he learned or heard further than to say that the statements of several !of tho national committeemen led him to believe more strongly than ever that the nomination of Parker Is assured. "I was in Jt. Ix)uls on Elks' business and not on politics," said Mr. Fanning last evening at the Grand. "I was bus, with our law committee practically all tile tlmo I was there., but. by the way, we Vald a. visit to the exposition grounds and I want to say that ; Indiana people may vell be proud -of ouf state building. In oua party were two members of our commit t1? from Iowa, one from Michigan, one front Ohio, one from Virginia, one from Kentucky and myself. We' visited all our state bihldlnga tnd after we had made the roundts the other members of the committer all declared they jtvould have to take ihlr hats off to Indiana. The Indiana buibting ia not only homelike and attractive. lut tho visitors there are given the right klyd of a reception. They are accorded rjenuine Hoosier hospitality. Mrs. Dunn, who haa charge of the art exhibit, and Secretary Cockrum, of the Indiana commission, who was In charge of the building while we were there, were exceedingly kind to us and it was the reception they accorded us that had much to do with the favorajble impression made on the members of ouj- party from other States." National Committeeman Thomas Taggart will return to-day from hla trip: East, where he has been conferring witH New York Parker leader-. : tion like the? spokes in the hub of a? wheel. Indianapolis has develop-! into wha. many widely traveled persons have characterized as the ideal American city. The late Benjamin Harrison wa fond of emphasizing in his public addresses his attachment for the Hoosier town. "The writer in the Atlantic calls 'special attention to the thoroughly Ai.-.ericaa character of the population, and to ts love of home as: shown in the beautiful residence district of the city. With th exception of Uoston and Providence. It is the largest state capital In the country, and no other American city without watr communication 1 as large. The total foreignborn population of Indianapolis at the last census was only 17--V whereas, Hartford, which is only half the ize of the Hoosier capital, returned 23.0; Rochester, with 7,im) fewer people, returned Wt. "But. as the writer says, the distinguishing quality of Indianapolis is Its simple domesticity. The people home-loving and home-k'eping. It ha a gr-at Art Association.' which has received a bequest for the building of a permanent home; the ITopylaeum, built by women, where many clubs meet, and many other evtdeices of culture and refinement. To the Indianapolltan iht picture Of the city Cr:i'.tiful is not overdrawn." The Force of Ilnblt. i Mr. Illtt, of Illinois, started out as a reporter, and hasn't forgot to look pleasant when the assignments are beinr tivan. OuL LrccJO Unlc