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The services of a Quay in that State at this Juncture would conduce to the benefit of party and public. A prominent Prohibitionist calls the Fre3Ident "a two-faced, dough-faced hypocrite." Some people have such a queer idea as to what constitutes "temperance." Mr. Bryan ays he has burned his bridges behind him, and a large number of Democrats are devoutly wishing that he had included bis rickety old platform in the conflagration. Florida Ilearstians are bitterly angry because, as they claim, money was used to beat their candidate. They should have had their method3 copyrighted if they didn't ' want them stolen. The Denver News says that this country has nine different forms of government. It cannot Ions be denied that at least that many are being worked in Colorado and ftoae of them successfully. X Chicago man who tried to commit sui cide by Jumping In the lake was fright ened away by a policeman' with a revolver. It is hard to see how the revolver was any argument if the man was really in earnest. t The Supreme Court having decided that there Is. no natural gas in Indianapolis, those few remaining mixers might as well be turned in. Some of us found out this great truth by bitterly cold experience more than two years ago. Two members of ex-Fresident Cleveland's Cabinet are candidates for nomination on the Democratic ticket Oluey, of Massachusetts, and Harmon, of Ohio. The old fisherman may yet have some fun out of that St. Louis convention. Evidently the opposition among Republican leaders to the selection of Cortelyou for the chairmanship has existed in the imagination of Washington correspondents. "When' the leaders themselves are interviewed they speak of him in the highest terms. The spectacle of Mr. T. Taggart "investigating" Judge Parker is one of the humors of the Democratic campaign, lie got the Indiana delegates for the New Yorker and looked Into hi3 candidate's record afterward. He says Parker is all right, but it Is worth noting that Thomas isn't enthusiastic. Mr. Taggart says Judge PLrker supported Bryan in 1S0C and 1300. How will this seem to a lot of people who are supporting Parker because he is Eupposed to have no Bryan vagaries? What are the merits of the machinists strike In Chicago the Journal does not know, but it does know that it is a most unfavorable time for the success of such a strike. The claim' is that the manufacturers !n the Metal Trades Association forced matters to a conclusion by returning to the ten-hour day. and there Is much la the situation to Justify this claim. As a matt'.r of fact the Chicago machine shops have ,iot, as a general thing, business enough Just now to keep full forces employed eight hours a day, and it is probable that not a few of them welcome the strike as an opportunity for a complete shutdown without injuring their credit T believe that in the next generation it will be vulgar to be rich, vulgar to spend money," said the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Uiliis In his sermon in Plymouth Church. Brooklyn. last Sunday evening'. "It will ta vulgar, to have Jingling chains on your Lomes so that people may know of your epproach; vulgar to have bright colors blazing on your carriages in the form of monograms; vulgar to publish in the news papers tne amount spent on nowers at a funeral or reception, and if any continue to t so vulgar you'll pass such a man by C3 you would a common beggar or crirnlCJ." Da Brooklyn people really spend

money in the ways he mentions, and do the other curious things specified? What a

vulgar set they are, then, to be sure. Such things are not known out this way, but doubtless Indiana is a generation ahead of Brooklyn. RESTORATION OF RUSSIAN PIIESTIGK. A St. Petersburg dispatch says that the renewed Intimations of foreign mediation to end the war are "considered in official cirlcs as entirely out of place and imperti nent." It is added: ''Any move in that direction can be taken only after a-great change in the military situation when Russia's military prestige is restored, both because of its effect on Europe and on her future in the far East." It is not surprising that Russia should resent the idea of foreign mediation at the present stage of the war, because her resources are far from being exhausted and she is a long way from being whipped to the point of saying "enough." Eut the question arises whether any future victories can restore her prestige, and what is her prestige, anyhow? It will be very hard to wipe out from the world's memory the extraordinary successes achieved by Japan since the beginning of the war. Some of these, especially the earliest naval victories, were attributed by Russia to the "treachery" of Japan in delivering an attack before a formal declaration of war, but the world regards that pica as puerile. The plain truth is that Russia, after having made war Inevitable by her aggressions, was caught unprepared something that should never happen 'to a nation that exists only for military aggression. Dismissing the "treachery" plea as puerile, it will be hard to make the world forget the brilliant naval victories of the Japanese by which they almost annihilated Russian naval power in the East. Russia never had any naval prestige to lose, and it remains to be seen if during the present war she will be able to establish her first claim to any. Thus far she has been badly worsted on land. She has been prevented from occupying Korea, which was one jot her objective points, and the Japanese have carried the war Into Manchuria, where they have been victorious in almost every Important engagement. The last, the most important of all, the storming and capture . of Kin-Chou, demonstrated the ability of the Japanese to whip the Russians and drive them from a strongly fortified position of their own choosing. The loss of guns in battle is always considered as one of the hardest features of defeat. At Kin-Chou the Japanese captured between sixty and seventy guns and other war material. Probably most of these guns will be used in the attack on Port Arthur. One of the greatest blows to Russian prestige that has occurred since the war began was the evacuation and destruction of Dalny. This city, created, as one might say, by the fiat of the Czar, was the pride of the Russian government. Port Arthur was to be Russia's naval base in l the East and Dalny her commercial me tropolis, the ice-free port which she has been fighting for. it was planned on the broadest scale and constructed regardless f expense. It was built from the ground up, a sleepy Chinese town, with a splendid harbor, being converted into a city with every modern facility for commerce. Five large stone piers were constructed, from which cargoes could be loaded and unloaded at all times. Docks for vessels of all classes extended between the piers for a distance of two miles. There were also two first-class dry docks for merchant vessels and warships. The railway facilities, . warehouses, etc., were extensive and modern. Many fine administrative and other public buildings were erected. More than $20,000,000 was expended on the harbor works alone, but this by no means covered the expense of building the town. On the 12th of May Dalny was practically destroyed by the Russians and afterward evacuated. Miles and miles of piers and docks were blown up. Warehouses, depots .and elevators were burned or dynamited, public buildings were razed to the ground and the place was abandoned. Probably no single event of the waf thus far has caused the Czar more bitter pangs than this. Certainly nothing could more clearly indicate the desperate condition of Russian fortunes that caused it. Russia's prestige before the war began was of a peculiar kind. She had crushed Poland and Finland, but she had never won a victory in open war with any civ ilized power. By stealth and finesse she had maintained a steady and successful policy in the East, and, somehow or other, without fighting for i, she had won recognition as a great military power. No mat ter what the future course of the war may be, her "prestige" has suffered Irreparable damage. A COLORLESS PLATFORM. Before the New York Democratic state convention met, when Judge Parker's nom ination had been decided on as far as David B. Hill and his lieutenants could de cide It, there was a great deal of discus sion among the Democratic leaders of the State as to what the platform should be. As New York expected to furnish the can didate, it was claimed that great care should be exercised In framing the platform, as it-would probably be accepted as a key note and expressive of the prospective candidate's views. There was a good deal of talk about how far the platform should go, if any way at all. toward extending the olive branch to the Bryanites or leaving an open door for their return to the party fold, assuming that the Parker wing constitutes the party fold, if they wanted to. After all the conferring, confabbing and dif cussing, the platform . finally adopted was absolutely colorless. Following Is a summary of Its ten sections: The first declares that ours is a government of laws, and that nobody must encroach or usurp; the second, that we must keep inviolate our treaties, and must respect law and love liberty; the third, that we must be peaceful and tranquil, and avoid unsteady national policies; the fourth, that corporations must be bubject to Just regulation, and taxation for public purposes only; the fifth declares "opposition to trusts and combinations that oppress the people and stifle healthy industrial competition;" the sixth opposes ex travagance in public expenditures; the seventh calls for a "reasonable revision of the tariff." and says that "needless duties" upon impoYted raw materials are detrimental to manufacturers and wage earners: the eighth calls for the maintenance of state rights and home rule; the ninth declares in favor of "honesty in the public service;" the tenth declares in favor of "the impartial maintenance of the rights of labor and capital. n this entire list of political majtims. truisms and platitudes there is only one or two that even remotely approaches a Jive issue. They might all appropriately find a place in a Republican, a Populist or a Prohibition platform. Each party would want ' to add a little something, but the frame-

work could stand. Who doubts that this is a government of laws and that no person must usurp its powers? Who questions that we must keep Inviolate our treaties, which, the Constitution says, are the supreme law of the land? Who is not in favor of the maintenance of reasonable state rights and of "home rule," whatever that phrase imported from Ireland may mean in American politics? And so on through the list. If this platform represents Judge Parker's views or lack of ' views regarding current issues and live questions he is a political invertebrate. It is doubtful if the New York platform will cut any figure in the St. Louis convention. The platform adopted' there will doubtless be in the usual vein of Democratic insincerity, pointing with pride to imaginary achievements, claiming the earth and making unlimited promises if intrusted with power. The New York platform is chiefly Interesting as showing what a colorless series of declarations Judge Farker was willing to be placed upon to create the impression that he was the candidate to please all shades of Democratic opinion.

TUG LIQUOR LAWS. The brewers are very wise in their decision not to undertake an attack on the Nicholson law, as reported by one of their number, Crawford Fairbanks. The last effort they made in politics was a pretty fair demonstration of the fact that they are quite likely to 'damage any cause they espouse, if the people find it out, and Mr. Fairbanks doubtless had this demonstration In mind when he counseled masterly inactivity. The people are Jealous of the interference of special interests in their business of lawmaking and law enforcement, and they are particularly watchful of the liquor interest, which hs been in the habit of dabbling altogether too much in politics. Nor, on the other hand, will much, attention be given to what the Prohibition party may do or may not do, in the way of demanding modifications of the law. This party did nothing toward the enactment of the law, was not satisfied with its conservatism and will never be satisfied with any law regulating the liquor traffic. It stands for the prohibition of the traffic, and is made up of extremists and seekers for notoriety whose hobby and occupation would be gone if their object were ever attained. Instead of being a help toward better laws for the restriction of the traffic, this party organization has been a hindrance to progressive legislation, and has more than once found itself fighting side by side with the liquor interests against the believers in temperance. The people will make and unmake laws without much regard for either Crawford Fairbanks pr Newlin, the brewers or the Prohibitionists. If their experience has proven that there are weaknesses in the law they will in time amend It; if their experience with it has proven satisfactory they will keep it as it is. It is a subject ' that Is very close to the heart of every good citizen, and he is not likely to take his views second hand from people that have an interest not based on the public welfare. ' TUB LODOX TIMES. The London Times, which in the estimation of conservative Englishmen all Englishmen are conservative is the Journalistic bulwark of British liberties, has taken a step which is heralded even by other London papers as a great national event. It has reduced Its price. For forty-three years the Times has sold at 3 pence, or 6 cents, a copy. It will continue to be sold at 6 cents to all casual and irregular purchasers, but to regular subscribers special inducements are offered, and they may obtain It, if taken by the year, at a $13 rate. This, it is to be remembered, is for a sixday paper, the Times and its readers never having countenanced Sunday editions, regarding them as a device of the devil and of Americans. In this country, where the people are accustomed to low-priced papers, $15 a year will not seem a particularly inviting reduction, but that is because they do not know the Times. The Times cannot in any respect be regarded as a cheap paper. Its several departments law, poli tics, education, etc. are edited by specialists in their respective lines. Not a frivol ous paragraph, not a gleam of humor, could by any chance gain access to its columns. The Times is serious, solemn. Impressive. It seems to represent the British nation and to carry a tremendous responsibility. It is unthinkable that any change should come which would Interfere with this authorita tive character, and it will not come now. In its announcement the Times assures its readers than the lower price will involve no lowering of tone, that for $15 subscribers will get all they were getting for $20. Hav ing said so, this must necessarily be so, for the Times has a reputation for veracity. Englishmen could not get along without the Times as it is, aid a cheapening of quality would be calamitous. Americans have no paper corresponding to it in character, and perhaps it is Just as well. They could never live up to such a periodical. Much has been said of late about retrenchment among the railroads. During the past few years of abounding prosperity not only the railroads but industrial establishments as well have found expense creeping up amazingly. Much of it is accounted for by the increased cost of labor of all kinds, lying not so much in increased wages as in the decreased efficiency that always comes when the man employed knows that if his employer does not like his work, Jobs elsewhere are plentiful. But not by any means all. of it is to be found here. Prosperity breeds carelessness in looking after the pennies, and it is amazing to note how administrative salary and expense accounts creep up when money is "coming easy. It is very easy to add new names to a pay roll in the administration of a railroad, or mine, or factory, or mercantile house, but when it comes to taking them off and "tearing down the system," it is a very different proposition. Indiana has a law to protect quail, the "pp.n season." when the birds can be lawfully shot, being short. The report by the ornithologists of the Department of Agricilture showing what a tremendous quantity of weed seeds they consume and how destructive they are to Insects should cause farmers to regard the birds as a treasure beyond price, and to urge the cutting out of the open season altogether. The ornithologists estimate from long continued observations, experiments and examinations, that in Virginia alone the total consumption of weed seeds by "bob whites" amounts to 573 tons. One of the Insects the bird habitually destroys Is the Mexican cotton boll w.eviL which threat-

ens regularly to ruin the cotton crop, and from which Southern planters are anxiously seeking protection. They, too, should cultivate quail as a means of salvation, instead of hunting them off the face of the earth.

The Marion County Democratic - Club, whose poker rooms were recently raided by the police, is indulging in talk of reform, but there seem to be differences of opinion among the members. Some are for wiping out the poker proposition altogether, others are for confining it to "a quiet game among members, with the whole rake-off turned into the treasury of the club," and others are for 'letting it go on in the future, as it has in the past, with the game conducted by a professional gambler and a percentage of the "kitty" going to the club treasury. All these are momentous questions and threaten to disrupt the club, and with it the party for which it stands. The one thing that seems painfully evident in the whole business is the fact that a central Democratic club does not seem able to exist for long in Indianapolis without a gambling attachment to keep the organization on its feet financially. MINOR TOPICS. A Milwaukee paper fears that Boston and Indianapolis will be Jealous, because a New York man is to polish the first draft of the Republican platform. Not here; fic tion is where we excel. Now, if it were the Democratic platform, or some imaginative literature of that nature In the latest list of the ten wealthiest American millionaires may be noted the name of William Waldorf Astor. Object to the classification. He may be a wealthy millionaire, but he is certainly not an American. The Japanese have captured 40,000 loaves of bread which the Russian army had Intended to eat. Russia says this is uncivilized warfare, that the bread was only a "lure," and that it was stale bread, anyhow. Kaiser William is said to be angry because his son fell in love with an American girl. Foolish Kaiser; he should be thankful for a son who possesses so much good taste and discernment. The Methodh t Conference at Los Angeles decided to uphold the rules against dancing and card playing. The only question remaining is will the Methodist girls be willing to enforce them? General Kuropatkin may march into Tokio, as he dreams, but It probably will be a forced march, with a husky Jap at each elbow and quarters awaiting him in a military prison. Porto Rico asks Uncle Sam to lend her $3,000,000. She should be Informed that when a person gets money from an uncle something is customary In the way of collateral. What? Half the labels and signs at the St. Louis exposition are misspelled. It Is said that no . St. Louis person noticed it until their attention was directed to the mistakes by an outsider. Mr. Arthur Brisbane, of the Hearst papers, says that it is the blue-eyed man who succeeds. Willie's eyes are blue or at least they were before but why talk of painful subjects? Mr. Carnegie asserts that wealth hurts the majority of people. Most of us, however, would be proud to show our ability to stand a good deal of pain without murmuring. New Jersey claims to manufacture more corkscrews than any other State. That may be so, but we are proud to have as a neighbor the State that uses. the most of them. The decision of the New York Mothers' Club to admit men to "associate membership" is a good one. Let us nominate General Ma as president of the auxiliary. Less than half the Russian population can read and write. Still, this seems a good proportion when it is considered that they have to read and write Russian. Russia indignantly denies that 6he uses floating mines. She points to past events as an evidence that she has nothing whatever that will float. With the advent of June the Georgia peach crop appears on the market, and the Indiana peach crop will graduate in a week or so. In Texas they use automobiles In pursuit of criminals. Justice in Texas is sure, but apt to be unusually cruel. Five million telephone messages were exchanged, according to the Census Bureau, in 1903. "Line busy!" THE HUMORISTS. .Unite So. Little Willie What's a cannibal, pa? Pa One who loves his fellow man, my son. Chicago Dally News. An Answer Off-IIand. "What made Nero fiddle while Rome burned?" asked the inquisitive small boy. "I don't know," answered his father. "Maybe he was reckless and wanted to show he didn't care for anything, . not even the musicians' union." Washington Star. Couldn't Illame Ulm. The visitor at the St. Louis fair had Jumped his board bill. His friend, being apprehensive, bad cautioned him against the act. Ixok before you leap." the friend had said. T did look," replied the visitor, "and the bill I saw is responsible for this leap." Cleveland Leader. Different Case. Spinkster Johnny, your mother tells me you were playing ball yesterday. Don t you know It Is very, very wrong; to piay. Das ball on Sun day? Johnny But. I ray, pa, we whitewashed the Bouncers! Splnkster-Dld you? Tour mother didn't tell me of that! Boston Trancrlpt. Partisans. Democrat I propose to vote the straight ticket this time. Republican Congratulations, old manl I'm glad to hear It. Democrat Apparently you don't know which one I mean? Repnblican Of course, I do. There's only one; the other one's crooked. Philadelphia Ledger. , Working it Off. Amid a deep. Impressive silence Colonel Bryan, who had managed to secure the floor, began to address the St. Louis convention. "Mr. Chairman." he said, "realizing, as I do. my personal insignificance " Here he was interrupted by a sudden commo tion. Several delegates had fainted. The new Idea Mr. Bryan picked up while he was abroad had been sprung upon the conven tion too abruptly. Chicago Tribune. Prepared for Any Emergency. "If you can listen to me for a few moments. began the soft-voiced person in the suit of faded black, "1 should Uf to show you our new xui

llhlng scheme. We give with every copy of our magazine " "P.ut I can't listen to you." impatiently interrupted the man at the desk. "In that case." sail the caller, raising his voice and opening his valise with a Jerk, "you will be interested. I am sure. In Teaming that I am introducing in this locality the latest and bost ear trumpet ever placed on the market. Here it is. Only a dollar and a half." Chicago Tribune.

STORIES THAT ARE TOLD. l n cn lied For. A Philadelphia commercial traveler, who was more or less acquainted with the fare at country inns of small towns in the South, was stranded in a Georgia town. Sitting on the porch, he was patiently awaiting the dinner announcement. At noon a greay darky appeared at the door and rang a big handbell. When the coon dog. which had been asleep In the sunshine, awakened, raised his nose toward the sky and howled most dolorously and continuously. The darky stopped ringing the bell, scowled and yelled at him: "Dawg; dawg! Yo' shet up! To' don't hafta eat dia dlnnah!" Philadelphia Ledger. 3Iere Charity. Modern advertising cn cope with the etiquette of courts. M. A. P. tells us that a young Amer ican woman wished to be presented at the court of the King of Saxony. The high orüciäls. having Inquired Into her social standing at home, objected. They represented to her that .the King could scarcely receive the daughter of a retail bootmaker. The young woman cabled home, and told her father the situation. The next morning she received hiaanswer: 'Can't call it selling. Practically giving them away. Se advertisement." That solved the difficulty. She was presented as the daughter of an eminent philanthropist. Youth's Companion. Honest Child. Archbishop Riordan, of San Francisco, called on President Roosevelt recently. Afterward, In talking about calls generally, the archbishop said: "A friend of mine in San Francisco called. with his fvife. one afternoon, at the house of an estimable lady. The lady's little daughter an swered the bell, and my friend said to her: " 'Won't you please tell your mother that Mr. and Mrs. Smith are here?' " Certainly,' said the little girl, and she de parted. In a moment she returned. " 'Well, did you tell j;pur mother V said my friend. " 'Yes. the child answered. " 'And what did your mother say? "Why said the little girl, 'she said. "Oh, dear!" "New York Tribune, Depevr Won. Speaker Cannon anticipated tha point of a Joke which Senator Depew was contributing at a recent dinner, and the victim, in good nature, threatened retaliation. "I will give you a chance," observed the speaker, accepting the spirit of the Jest. "Perhaps you have heard how the curative properties of the hot springs in Arkansas were discovered?" "I will guess It before you finish." challenged the senator. "That is Just what I thought at the time I heard the story," nodded Mr. Cannon. "I obtained it from a native of the district. It seems that the advance guard of civilization in tha Arkansas wilderness was a trapper, with the usual dog. One dayNa bear gave chase to the dog and the fugitive lost his tall. In his flight the dog chanced to dash through a pool of the hot water formed by an adjacent spring and " "My cue!" laughted Senator Depew, interrupt ing. "The next day a new tail grew oa the dog and the springs were discovered." "No," replied the speaker, solemnly. "The owner of the dog killed it by poor aim while shooting at the bear. The dog's tail dropped from the jaws of the bear into the spring " "A dog grew on the tail," suggested Mr. Depew. "You win," admitted the speaker. New York Times. CHINA AND THE BIBLE. Contention that the Views of 31 r. Nevrhert Are Erroneous. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The most surprising utterance I have ever known to come from what claims to be a Christian pulpit is that contained in the Journal's report of a sermon preached last Sunday by the Rev. E. E. Newbert, pastor of All Souls' Church. It is, in substance, that China does, not need the Bible, but it does need railroads, telegraphs and other material equipments of modern civilization. The immediate occasion of this remarkable deliverance was the presenta tion of a Bible to the prince who is visiting the United States, apparently with a receptive mind to study our institutions with an eye to benefit ing China by adopting as many as possible of our distinctive peculiarities. It matters nothing in this case that there is an ill-concealed sneer at the motive which prompted the giving of that copy of the Bible to that distinguished visitor. The wonder is that any intelligent man should say such a thing in a Christian pulpit and then report it to the world, in face of a thousand facts familiar to the Sunday-school teachers of every other church in the city. The preacher said truly enough that China has her sacred books, but the inference that it was impertinence to give the prince a copy of the Bible does not follow. It was a worthy recognition of the intelligence of the prince if ono thinks of the Bible' as literature only, though doubtless the giver had in mind a higher purpose. Yes. China has her sacred literature, which is more than 2,000 years older than the Christian Scriptures, and what has she to show for it either morally, religiously or economically? Confucianism was more than 2,000 years old when a few unlettered missionaries crossed the English channel with the Christian Bible and rreached the Christ to the uncultured Picts and Scots and Angles that inhabited the British islands. What followed as a sequence let the Anglo-Saxon civilization of to-day tell, the civ ilization which that prince of old effete China is carefully studying. China may not need the Bible, but it needs what Is nowhere found where the Bible is not an open book. It needs homes for the aged and for orphans; it needs hospitals for the insane and the stranger; it needs schools for the deaf and the blind and the feeble-minded. None of these is found in China or any other country where the teachings of the Christ are not the basis of the social and moral and the political and commercial framework of the peopjle. Neither can he find any system of public schools which provides for ev ery child. Nor are women the companions of men where the Bible is not read and reverenced. China needs railroads and the like, but these are found nowhere In satisfactory profusion where the common people do not have the sense of equality which is recognized only In Bible-reading communities. I do not undertake to trace the connection between the Bible and these and many other marks of civilisation. mention them only to show the material as well as the moral points of the Bible. Without any personal acquaintance with the pastor of All Souls' Church, I venture to guess, that he is not an enthusiast In the mission work which constitutes so large a part of church work to-day, or he would not assume that the after-life welfare of the heathen Is the only object had In view by the missionary labors of the churches of to-day. This is not lost sight of by any means, but the betterment of the life mat now is la no secondary consideration, rail roads and telegraphs lncludfed. China needs the Bible and will have It, and in less than 4.000 years it will have displaced the effete dogmas of Confucius, which are chiefly responsible for that low state of morals and life that in selfprotection we have found it necessary to ex clude Chinese coolies from our shores. Indianapolis. June L U. L. SEE. Enterprising .ew Zealand Ladles. There Is a "get-thereness," if we may em ploy the expression, about the methods of the ladles of Dunedin which goes far to explain why so few of them remain spinsters for any length of time. They know what they want, and they advertise for it. In a recent issue of a Dunedin paper we find that a "young lady wishes to cor respond with gentleman called George, with t view to matrimony." Leap year is no mere name in those part. Shanghai Times.

THE DRIFT

W. II. O'Brien, of Lawrenceburg. state senator and chairman of the Democratic state committee, is the choice of the Parker leaders for the Democratic njmination for Governor. Mr. O'Brien's name has been mentioned heretofore as a probable candidate, but it Is now learned from authoritative sources that he will be the nominee, provided he will consent to make the race and the same forces that dominated the convention of May 12 are in control on Aug. 3. There is just one other "if" Mr. O F.rien will not be put forward as a candidate unless Parker, or a man representative of the same element in the party, is nominated for President at St. Louis. However, the Farkerites feel so sure their programme will go through at the national convention that they are giving little thought to that in their plans for naming the state .ticket. As one of the leaders put it last night: "I look at it this way: WW won out in the fight against the Hearst people and one of our crowd should head the state ticket. O'Brien's the man. He will make as strong a candidate as any man we could rind if we went over Indiana with a finetooth comb. If he will consent to make the race I believe his nomination is assured, for we elected almost 1.100 of the 1,517 d legates to the state convention and we can certainly hold 771 of them. With Parker at the head of our national ticket we stand a good chance of carrying Indiana, and if we are going to elect the Governor. Senator O'Brien is the man we want." Senator O'Brien has not indicated whether he will be a candidate. He has smiled be nignly and slde-steT'Ped whenever the direct question has been put to him, and it is said that he has Intimated to some of his close associates that he has no desire to go on the acket. However, his friends are confi dent that he will yield to persuasion. Hugh Dougherty, of Blnffton, who has a formidable following as a prospective candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomnation, is eliminated by the advocates of Senator O'Brien in this wise: "Mr. Dougherty stated time and again that he did not want to be a candidate for Governor and would not make the race. We took him at his word and placed him at the head of our ticket as presidential elec tor at large. Following the same process of elimination other prominent Democrats who have been mentioned as probable condldates lor Gov ernor, and who, if they were in the. race. would Injure O'Brien's chances, are "'dis qualified" as follows: Dan W. Simms, of Lafayette, incurred too much hostility as the leader of the I'arker forces In the Parker-Hearst fight In the Tenth district. John W. Kern, the nominee four years ago; he stated at the recent convention that he was not a candidate and would not be a candidate for any preferment at the hands of Indiana Democrats this year. Major G. V. Menzles, of Mt. Vernon; he has said trat he does not want the nomination and would not accept it. Ben F. Shlvely, of South Bend; he will be rewarded with the United States senatorship in event there Is a Democratic majority in the next General Assembly. This clears the field for O'Brien, his friends claim, as none of the other thlrtyedd avowed and prospective candidates can muster sufficient strength to give the Lawrenceburg man even a close race. Mayor Edward J. Pogartyi of South Bend, and William A. Cullop, of Vincennes, who are already engaged in active campaigns for delegates, do not give the machine the slightest concern. Senator O'Brien, It will be remembered. was one of the leaders who accompanied National Committeeman Thomas Taggart to New York several months ago to make the deal with Eastern Parker leaders to deliver the Indiana delegates to the na tional convention to the New York jurist. He entered upon the fight with all the energy and poiiticcai acumen that nas made him the absolute dictator of Fourth district Democracy, and the signal victory of the Taggart machine over the Hearst forces was due in no small degree to his efforts. He became an avowed and ag gressive advocate of Parker's nomination, a somewhat unusual position for the chair man of a party s state organization to as sume, and in that he may find his weak ness as a gubernatorial candidate. The Hearstites will find it a little hard to have O'Brien thrust upon them, after they have had Parker and Parker Instructions rammed down their throats, but the machine has for its byword this year, "Make 'em take it, and make 'em like it!" Mr. Taggart has signalized his return from the East by issuing a statement in which he declares that after careful personal Investigation he is prepared to stamp Judge Parker "O. K." In every particular required of a Democratic presidential aspirant. He says: "To be certain that there would be no mistake in nominating a man for the presidency, the investigation you speak of was made. I was one who assisted in it. The result of that investigation was that we found out as to politics that Judge Parker supported Mr. Bryan in 1806 and 1900, and supported him Vigorously, and more than that we found that ne was a large contributor, financially, to the campaign fund in his own State. We investigated his record as a jurist, going carefully over his decisions in regard to trusts and on the labor question, and in every instance we found that his decisions were consistent as well as Just." i Mr. Taggart follows this with the opinion that Parker sentiment ia growing stronger in Indiana, that Parker can carry this Governor Dnrhln'a Integrity. An instance of the personal Integrity of Governor Wlnfield (T. Durbln has lately come to the knowledge of the Review, from sources far away from either principal to the transaction, that establishes him In the confidence of honorable people. Some months ago he made an offer to C. G. Conn of a price at which he would sell his interest in the Elkhart Power Company. Soon after, without apparent effort to overbid, but as a matter of business, the Hen Island Company offered him 110.000 more than he had offered to sell it for. While there was not a scratch of pen or pencil to establish his first offer he refused to consider the second, and sold at the price agreed upon. Che act has proved that the Governor esteems his woiM as sacred as his bond. Elkhart Review. Xegro at the Conference. Of the young colored men in this General Conference probably the most distinguished is Mr. I. Garland Penn, who represents the lay electoral conference of the Washington Conference. So far as known he Is th only member of this body who was selected by acclamation to the honorable position which he occupies. In 1W2 he originated and brought to a successful issue a religious and educational convention for the young people of his race. This convention was known as the "Young People's Negro Conference." . He is an author of considerable ability, and is successful beyond anything known among the people of hU color In organizing chapters of the Epworth Ieague. He is well trained and is a product of our own schools in the South. Daily Christian Advocate. From Different Standpoints. The Chinese and European points of view are lrrecor.cillable, for the reason that, whereas the former gauges a nation's civilization by the etiquette and manners observed by Its citizens, the latter's test is applied to the country's code of law. The Chinaman is. therefore, of the opinion that we are. in the main, barbarians, and we naturally consider him as vastly inferior, from the truly civilized standpoint, to ourselves. Shanghai Times. To Come. What is to come we know not. But we know That what has been was "good was good to show. Better to hide, and best of all to bear. We are the masters of the days that were; We have lived, we have loved, we have suffered even so. Shall we not take the ebb who had the flow? . Life was our friend. Now, if it be our foeDear, though It spoil and break us need we care What Is to couit? W. E, Henley.

OF POLITICS

State, and that his nomination at St. Louis is assured. He also predicts that Bryan and Hearst will fall in line and support th ticket with Tarker at the top. and then lrj reply to a nuestion concerning the national chairmanship and himself says that while he has not asked a single memoer of the national committee to support him as a candidate for that place, he would appreciate the honor and would t glad to accept it and do his best to bring about a victory; for Democracy in November. John McCarthy, of Chicago, who ha been spending a few days in the city, faidt last evening at the Grand that State Chairman John P. Hopkins will be in absolute control of the Illinois Democratic stats convention June If. While he düi not ajr o directly Mr. McCarthy intimated that Hearst's chances of securing any of the Illinois delegates to the national convention are about as slim as his chances of election would be were he nominated. At the best indication of what the best element in the Illinois Democracy thinks of Hearst he called attention to the followlns; brief editorial in yesterday's Chicago Chronicle: "The Chronicle has received an in quiry from W. L. Crawford, of Cascade, la,, to this effect: 'If William R. Hearst shall receive the Democratic nomination for President will you advocate his election?' "The question is a fair one and It shall have a plain answer. "The Chronicle will not advocate the election of the person named under any circumstances. On the contrary, if he should be the candidate of the Democrats It would feel that Its highest duty would be to do everything within Its power te make his defeat impressive and exemplary. "The people of the United States know a good deal of William R. Hearst's unfitness for political office already. They will know: more if he ever becomes a candidate." 4A meeting of the Democratic county executive committee and district executive committee will be held this afternoon to consider the question of a date for the Democratic congressional convention. It ha been generally understood that the convention would not be held until after the national convention, but a change in this programme may' be made, since W. V. Rooker has announced that he will not be a candidate, and the machine has a clear field to nominate L. P. Harlan. Mr. Harlan has not announced his candidacy, but his friends are doing that for him, and the men in control of the nomination are passing theword around that Harlan's the man. George W. Patchcll, editor of the Union City Times, was a caller at Senator Fairbanks's office yesterday. Mr. Patchell'J son Roy has been designated by Senator Faifbanks for the appointment as a cadet at West Point to succeed Waiter Prosser, of New Albany, who will be graduated In June. 16. Roy Patchell, who is eighteen years of age, is at present a cadet at Culver Military Academy, where he has made a record that has won him recognition as one of the medal men. J." W. McCardle, of New Richmond, who was one of the active managers of J. Frank Hanly's campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, is in the city to attend the grain dealers convention. Mr. Hanly was also here last night to deliver an address before the convention. v Senator James S. Barcus, of Terre Haute, was at the Columbia Club last night. J. II. Osborne, of Evansville, one cf the delegates from the First district to th Republican national convention, arrived in the city last evening to attend the meeting of the delegates, which will be held to-day at state headquarters. He was the Am of the delegates to put in an appearance. Mr. Osborne was accompanied by Charles Sihler, who is clerk of Vanderburg county and chairman of the county Republican organization. , 4 Judge E. P. Hammond, of Lafayette, was in the city yesterday. Dawson Smith and Harry Rank, of Fowler, were at the Columbia Club yesterday with Judge U. Z. Wiley. N. T. De Pauw, of New Albany, is a guest at the English. f t George S. Parker, of Anderson, chairman of the Madison county Republican central committee, and Ellis Darnell, of Lebanon, representing County Chairman Heath, of Boone, arrived In the city last night to attend the conference of county chairmen of the "shoestrong" district which will be held to-day. t Cortland Ball, precinct committeeman for tire eleventh precinct of t,ne Sixth ward, announced yesterday that Captain W. E. English will be presented to the Republican county legislative convention as a candidate for the nomination for senator. "Every delegate from the Sixth ward will be for Captain English," said Mr. Ball, "and we have the promise of a solid delegation from the Eleventh ward and assurances of support from ail sections of the city and county." It Is not expected that all the Indiana delegates to the Republican national convention will be in attendance at the conference to-day, but it was said yesterday that at least twenty members of the delegation would be here. Of the delegates at large all will be present save Governor Durbin, who is in St. Louis to attend the dedication of the Indiana building at the exposition, j The Man Roosevelt. Much has been said about making the campaign against Pi ident Roosevelt personal. It won't do. Personally, the President is an American gentleman; a man of learning and floe ability, of lofty moral character and physically every Inch a man. As a chief executive he may be impulsive, erratic, and. therefore, unsafe; as a politician he is a typical Republican in principles, policy and methods these constitute the strong and justifiable grounds for fighting his re-election with force, vigor and enthusiasm; but personally ths South especially can ill afford to engage in any such pusillanimous plan of warfare. He made a mistake, a blunder of judgment, in precipitating the race issue in its mort offensive phase, and that, too, at a time when the Southern people were beginning to warm up to him and to entertain for him as a public n.an a very high and almost offensive opinion. It Is' right and proper that all the political capital possible be mad out of these mistakes, but to Inject personal venom, abuse or vindlctiveness in the canvass would not only be folly, but out of tone with the very es&ence of propriety nd fairness. It is cowardly, ungenerous and un-American to Insult an unarmed man or to apply opprobrious epithets to one who may not resent them. A personal campaign is the cheapest and most profitless of any that can be maintained. Chattanooga Times (Dem.) A rhofoisraph Forty Feet Loner. What Is said to be the largest photogrsphle print ever made is to be exhibited at the Ft. Louis exhibition, and another copy has also been shown at a fair in Dresden. Germany. Tha print, which measures atout forty by' five feet, represents the Bay of Naples, and Is s panoramic enlargement of six eparat negatives, each alout eight by eleven Inches. The huge print was handled during the development and fixing processes by the aid of a great wheel thirteen feet in diameter, and three tacks. on of which was fifty feet long. The total amount of water used In ail these processes was nearly 11.000 cubic fret. Success. They Like the Tarty. "I like the republican party," says Taul Morton, "because It is the party that stands for tha material Interests of the country it !s the i-arty that has done things." And millions of other sensible men like It for the same reason. Their number Is considerably larger this year thau ever befoie. Kansas City Journal. Democratic Ifs. We gather from the statements of the Democratic leaders that If they can get the right Cn dldate and the right issue and a surnclwnt number of voters there will be no difficulty about sweeping the country. Kansas City Jcr