Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 156, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 June 1904 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY," JUNE 4, 1004.

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And Roosevelt la sorry not to be able to return the compliment. William Jennings Bryan says: "What the Democratic party needs is a standard bearer." Yes. And then it might be well to get a standard for him to bear. The Japs announce officially that Port 'Arthur will be captured on June 20. Can't tbey hurry it up a little? That date Interferes with the Republican convention. It Kentucky twiU just persist in her declination to recognize -any and all requisitions, from Indiana, there may be a hegira of Indiana criminals across the Ohio a consummation devoutly to be wished. The German Governor of the Cameroons has announced in Berlin recent discoveries of gold, petroleum and coal. Here is at leist one German who knows how to attract immigrants to a German colony. A dispatch from Baltimore declares that Gorman is out of politics. Have they Just found It out in Baltimore? He went out of the game when he foolishly undertook tu line up hU party In opposition to the Panama canal. K . Russia says she cannot tolerate the idea of mediation until her prestige is restored. This "prestige" they; keep talking about atands with the Russians for the "honor" 'that troubled Spain so much during her war with the United States. Conditions are in a; fair way to be euch la Bedford that prominent citizens will look at each other with suspicion, and the necessity will presently devolve upon every mother's ton of them of proving; - their whereabouts on the night of the Schäfer murder in order to go on living in peace in the town. A Kansas City minister has been preaching In St. Louis on the modern flat as the enemy of family life. The subject i3 not by any means a new one, but, like the evil or intemperance, its truth does not grow old The owners of fiats are making it a crime, punishable by homelessness, to bring children into the world. New York automobllists have begun legal proceedings against the authorities of a New Jersey town, claiming that the Jersey people have been making a good thing by haling them up and finlns them for violations of the speed laws, practically without trial. One easy way for them to escape the alleged perrecutlon would be to stay away from New Jersey. When Prince Pu Lun was being escorted about Columbia University he asked if any of the buildings had been . erected by Andrew Carnegie. If the prince has acquired the Idea that Mr. Carnegie is building up he educational and library departments of the United States he did not get the foundation of it during his visit in Indianapolis. Indianapolis has managed to worry along without help from the former Pittsburg iron master. The President has fallen heir to the neat little sum of $27.000 from a dead uncle, and ho probably needs It. While not by any means a prodigal, the President is, on the other hand, no money maker at all, and were it not fjr the royalties on his books and what llttls money he has Inherited he .would have found himself In financial difficulties long ago. He is a living demonstration of the fact, just as was his predecessor. McKinley, that a man can accomplish the highest good In the world, even if not blessed with the money-making ingtinct. The retaliatory blow of France against the Pope in canceling registration of the papal patents of nobility will not be generally understood throughout the United Ctates. but It will hit a few Americans in Europe very hard. The Vatican has not, of course, bein selling patents of nobility to Americans as It has Ho -the French, but It

has been recognized as almost a certainty that a rich American making some magnificent contribution to the church in one way or another could be created a marquis or count for the asking, and then could sport his title in Paris to his heart's content. Thus there have been a considerable number of newly created noblemen of American blood in the French capital. The blow will fall heavily upon them, and it is not unlikely that it may rach the Vatican In the way the French government evidently hopes, namely, by causing a cessation of such contributions.

oin Philippine policy .not ax issu:. ThTe is no doubt but a prominent feature of the coming Democratic campaign will be an attack on, our policy in the Philippines. This will be partly in obedience to an imperative law of the party's being, which impels it to attack whatever the Republican party docs, no matter how clearly right it may be, and partly qwing to the scarcity of other lssue3. The Kansas City convention declared "anti-imperialism" to be "the paramount Issue." and nearly every Democratic state convention that has met since has. had something to say on the subject. The election of 1I)0 showed that the people were with the administration, but the Democratic party does not learn from elections. The Philippine policy of the administration during the last four years has been one of steady adherence to that Inaugurated by President McKinley, and the results are such as to fully justify the verdict of the people In 1D00. With the exception of Cuba history furnishes no parallel to the progress thai has been made in the Philippines during the last four years in pacifying a turbulent people, dispensing material and political benefits, and laying the foundations of permanent government and home rule. The Filipinos are still far from being a homogeneous or thoroughly civilized people, but steady progress is being made In that direction, and the intelligent and ruling cla3s is In full sympathy with American ideas and plans. The American idea is to urge them along the path of self-government as fast as it is possible for them to move, and to intrust them with the responsibilities of. home rule as fast as they are able and willing to assume them. Native Filipinos already fill a considerable proportion of the insnlar offices, and they will soon elect a Legislature which will be accorded as much power as it shows itself capable of exercising wisely. All that the Filipinos have to do to insure virtual Independence Is to show themselves fit for it. A policy under which such results as these hav,e been accomplished, with every assurance of still greater, cannot be successfully attacked. It has not been a partisan policy, for there has not been a day since the Philippine Commission was created that there has not been a Democrat on it. General Wright, of Tennessee, an original member of the commission and now its chairman and ex officio Governor of the islands, has been in full sympathy with the policy of the .administration from the beginning. His service in the Southern army is a guaranty of his Democracy, but as a patriotic and broadminded American he has co-operated heartily in a policy that aimed at enlarging the sphere of American influence and extending the benefits of republican government. If the Republicans need a Democratic defender of the administration policy in the Philippines they will find one in General Wright. The time has not come for the United States to declare its ultimate purpose regarding the Philippines. Remote policies cannot always be safely formulated on present conditions, and It is not the part of statesmanship to outline policies a long time in advance of their possible execution. The present policy of the United States looks - to qualifying the Filipinos for independence, but as they are not qualified for it yet and may not be for many years, any declaration or. any demand for a declaration on that point would be premature. It is enough that the present policy is unassailable. SILK-3IAKING. The report that an effort is being made to Interest Indianapolis capital in a plan to secure the removal of a large Eastern silk factory to this city is interesting. Most American silk-weaving establishments are In New Jersey, but there Is no reason for a confinement of their territory. Raw silk is Imported, much of it coming from China and Japan, and the manufacture into a marketable product can be as well done in one region as another. It might be desirable to have such a factory in this city and It might not. One reason given for the removal Is the desire of the manufacturers to get away from the anarchistic Influences that prevail in the New Jersey silk district, but as many of these Anarchists are workers in the silk mills and were brought to this country from Italy and elsewhere because of their skill as weavers, it would not necessarily benefit the manufacturers to change their location if they were obliged to depend on the came class of employes. Nor would the addition cf such an alien element into Indianapolis labor circles be a desirable thing. Before the Commercial Club takes any definite steps In this matter It should sat isfy itself that the benefits would offset the disadvantage. Indianapolis has fortunately been free from the lawless and dangerous class of Immigrant laborers who have nothing In common with Americanism, and should do nothing to encourage their coming. It is something of a coincidence that this movement on the part of silk men comes just as the United States Agricultural Department is endeavoring to arouse interest in the growing of silk worms in this country. It is hardly, probable that much will be done in this industry until it is understood that it' should be carried on as a small and Incidental part of farm labor or as a means by which village residents may earn a few dollars annually, rather than as a business from which a livelihood can be derived. Disappointment has invariably come to those who experimented in this line because of the smallness of the profits. After caring for a large and active colony of the worms for the weeks necessary to th-s cocoon-growing process, a promising quantity of cocoons is ready for the unwinding of the thread and the hopes of the experimenter are high. But when It Is unwound the quantity has dwindled to small skeins which are sold by weight, and the returns seem not worth while. Some time In the future the industry will become more general, perhaps, but not until small profits are looked- at bv Amri.

cans with more Interest than at present. Just now. they hardly care to compete with "Chinese cheap labor." A CIIAXGC OF PLAX. If It be true, as a Parte dispatch his It, that the Czar has ordered Kuropatkin to march to the relief of Port Arthur with his present army and equipment. It Is small wonder that the military experts of Europe have their breath taken away at the very foolhardiness of the venture, in which the odds are so heavily against the Russians. Port Arthur Is like Gibraltar in this, tha whenever the power holding it permanently loses- control cjf the sea to an enemy it is doomed, for control of the sea means th easy and rapid transportation of big guns and the other heavy machinery of modern warfare, not to mention food supplies. , There can be no doubt that by this time the Japanese have landed heavy artillery and plenty of guns of the lighter kind on the Liao-Tung peninsula and are as well prepared for an attack from the north, almost, as is Port Arthur ijtself. Kuropatkin is but 111 supplied with artillery, and since the railroad ha3 been torn up it Is a practical Impossibility for him to transport what he has with anything like the necessary celerity. And to march against the Japaneso fortifications now stretching across the peninsula from Pitsewo and Dalny cn the one side to Kin-Chou on the other without first-class artillery would be the plainest Kind of suicide, no matter how many men the Russian general (may have at his command. Cut, worse still, Is the fact that thi3 movement means an entire change of the Russian plan of campaign and all the confusion, unpreparedness and demoralization that any great change In the midst of a fight Implies. It is the nature oC the Russians to be aggressive in peace, not In war. Their greatest expansion has been through tho conquest of weak peoples and tribes that offered practically no defense, and their only successes against first-class powers in war have been through the Fabian policy of wearing the Invader out in their own territory. Kuropatkin's' plan was in full harmony with Russian history; to change it looks like sacrificing the only possible chance for Russian success.

We Imagine that the people of Indianapolis will be very slow to invest their money in such another enterprise on the assurance of such men as those who are now refusing to carry out the purposes of the trust, and are appealing to the courts to enjoin them from the performance of their plain duty. News. There Is" no reason to suppose that the men alluded to held any other belief than that the trust was all It purported to be. Natural gas at that time was thought to be inexhaustible, and they could hardly have been looking forward to the time when the trust would go out of the business it was organized to carry on. Wheft the people of Indianapolis go into such a public enterprise again they will know something more about the laws of property; and when they are in doubt they will investigate. The trust was to a large extent an emotional undertaking, and the tendency was to take too much for granted, the penalty for which is now being paid. Now that Illinois Republicans have a candidate for Governor, let them get together and engage in a campaign so energetic that they will carry everything before them. The party at large has not approved of the long nominating contest and looks to them to make up for lost time and for all mistake. MINOR TOPICS. A Philadelphia clergyman invented a "thought recorder," and has been elected to membership in the British Society for the Encouragement of Art, Manufactures and Commerce. Democratic politicians would do well to buy one of the machines and obtain some impressions from J dge P r k r. The Census Bureau computes that there are four and seven-tenths persons in every family in the United States. Still, this may not be correct; there are probably several families which have added the other threetenths since those figures were obtained. A Pennsylvania man killed himself because his dinner was not ready when he got home. 8ome people are so Inconsider ate; there was no real reason why he should spoil the meal for the rest of the family. Japan has sent a commissioner to New Jersey to find, out how the people in that State kill mosquitoes. And just as New Jersey was thinking of sending a man to Japan for the same purpose! According to W. E. Curtis, of the Chicago Record-Herald, "Aguinaldo refuses to discuss questions of public interest." Dear, deardoes Aguinaldo, too, want the Democratic nomination? Washington must have hired Bishop Satterlee as a press agent. He says that society In the capital is becoming a menace to the country. Now watch the exodus from Newport. A Nebraska man applied for an injunction restraining his son from making a balloon ascension. It is hard when a youth is kept by his own parents from rising in the world. It is rumored that Henry C. Frick is to be boomed for Quay's vacant seat in the Senate. Now watch the papers for jokes about the unavoidable friction that will follow. An English scientist nas made a radium clock which he is confident will run 30.000 years. Bet against it; 'you may win. and if you lose the other fellow can't collect., Knowing that the cross of gold idea will not do at St. Louis, Mr. Bryan appears to be preparing to increase the dose and work the double cross on the convention. The tenants of a New York apartment house occupied by unmarried women have demanded that the elevator be run all night. There U no sex in bachelorhood. When Japan gets into Port Arthur she will be able to economize by using a lot of the old metal she has been sending there for the last month or so. Dr. Hillis says that in the next century it will be considered vulgar to be rich. Isn't it comforting to know that you are in advance of your times? Charles M. Schwab has sailed for Europe again. When a man once gets the habit and 'ears Monte Carlo a-callln. e don't 'eed nothin' else. That New York woman who eloped with a burglar will at least never have to look under the bed before retiring, as she used to dc. New York physicians have started a dlsrwMinn a.s to what age children should be-

gin to practice on th? piano. For their own, safety it would be well for them to wait until they are old enough to protect themselves from the assaults of neighbors. The types made "Minor Topics" say that five million telephone mesage3 had been exchanged In this country last year. Of course billions was meant more than five million were received at the Journal office alone, undoubtedly.

A report from St. Petersburg says that the Czar "is losing patience." Great Scot! Can't the man savt anything? WITH BOOKS AND WRITERS. The impression Booth Tarkington gets of the Pope, as indicated by hl; esray in the June Harper's, is that hi.i Holiness is an Uncle Billy Jacksonvort of man. Only Indianapolis -eaders can know precisely what he means by this allusion, but ns they recall the benevolent aspect ot that amiable old gentleman they will be able to share the Impression. It is not really necossary that a man high in public service should have a talent for literature, but lovers of literature are likely, nevertheless, to feel proud that a man who, as htd of the State Department, has served his country in a distinguished way, can produce such an exquisite sonnet as his "Deathless Death" in the June Century. It is :Ot only a tribute to the memory and fanr of the soldier dead, but the sigh of the -vorld-weary man of years for vanished youth. J. J. Bell, author of "Wee McGreegor" and "Later Adventures of Wee McGreegor." is Faid to be a silent, thoughtful, sad-eyed man, who sneaks very rarely. Possibly remorse is preying upon him. Life unkindly observes of the novel called "I: In Which a Woman Tells the Truth About Herself," that "we are inclined to believe, since it is evident from the text that a woman did not write the story, and quite certain that no man could have written it, that the author is Edward Bok." f Indianapolis writers are well represented in the Juno magazines Meredith Nicholson in the Atlantic, Booth Tarkington and Louise Closser Hale in Harper, James Wbitcomb Riley, Louisa Fletcher Tarkington and Jesse W. Welk in the Century, and James Whitcomb Riley in the Reader. If Madame Sarah Bernhardt really wrote the "Memoirs" now being published by the Strand Magazine, and did not delegate the work to a professional writer, then the world has to consider that in gaining a great actress it lost a writer who might have been eauallv Ereat. The "Memoirs" certainly make good reading, even -in translation, and afford entertaining glimpses of tho character of a remarkable woman. In Leslie's Weekly are some verses by William Page Carter entitled, "The Brave Little Man," one sianza of which reads: All torn, but sweet, is th old straw hat. As it hangs on the rack in the hall. There's mud from home on two little shoes Where he played on the hills last fall: There's dust on the kite and the little stick horse Stands still as ever he can. Listening, perhaps. In the corner there For the voice of the brave little man. Of course, the editors of Leslie's Weekly never read Eugene Field's "Little Boy Blue." bjit it is not so certain that Mr. William Page Carter had never seen that poem, the last lines of which run thus: Ay. faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand. Each In the same old place. Awaiting the touch of a little hand. The smile of a little face. And they wonder, as waiting these long years through. In the dust of that little chair. What has become of our Little Boy Blue Since he kissed them and put them there! ,' When a man writes a good thing some other man is pretty sure to rise and assert that it was not original with the one who brought it tothe attention of the world, but that he himself wrote it. One Dr. Nicola Gigliottl, an Italian author, charges the late John J. Ingalls with having plagiarized the poem "Opportunity" from one of his own. Mr. Ingalls, not being able to answer for himself, Mrs. Ingalls could only say that her husband did not read Italian, and, so far as she knew, never saw or heard of Glgliotti's poem. Now a friend writes to Mrs. Ingalls that the senator read "Opportunity" to him several years before the Italian claims to have produced his version. This ought to settle the matter, but probably the tale will continue on Its travels. t It is rather a pathetic picture Herbert Spencer presented of himself in a letter to a friend In 1S55 and reproduced in his "Autobiography:" "You are doubtless perfectly right In attributing my present state to an exclusively intellectual life," ho wrote, "and In prepcriblng exercise of the affections as the best remedy. No one is more thoroughly convinced than I am that bachelorhood Is an unnatural and very injurious state. Ever since I was a boy (when I was unfortunate in having no brothers or sisters) I have been longing to have my affections called out. I have been in the habit of considering myself but half alive, and have often said that I hoped to begin to live some day. But my wandering, unsettled life, my unattractive manners towards those in whom I feel no interest, my habit of arguing and of offending opponents by a disrespectful style of treating them, have oeen so many difficulties in my way." Mr. J. M. Bowles, formerly of this city, where he published the beautiful magazine Modern Art, is now living in New York. His name and that of his wife, Janet Tayne Bowles, aro frequently seen In the lists of contributors to periodicals. In the May number of the World's Work Mr. Bowles writes on the work of the Home Gardening Association of Cleveland, O. In the May Issue of the Craftsman Mrs. Bowles writes of artistic dress for children. The first mission of the drama is to entertain, says Joseph Jefferson. The chief purpose of the novel is to entertain, says Mr. Howells. Jefferson and Howells do their part, but, oh, how far most of the drama and fiction of the day fall short or fulfilling their mission! SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. The Schoolmaster Prayer. Lord, deliver the laddies before Thee from lying, cheating, cowardice and laziness, which are as the devil. Be pleased to put common sense In their hearts, and give them grace to be honest men all the days of their life. Ian ilaclaren. The Rod In School, i Neither parent nor teacher fhould flog a child in a temper, but It must be remembered that the offense which tends to rouse the teacher's temper Is not committed In the presence -of the principal. He meets the offender In a cool and unbiased state of mind, like a court of appeals. Under such circumstances the chance of a principal fogging a boy unjustly to gratify either his sense of power or his own brutal . nature Is very slight. If a principal flogs in such a spirit and without cause he ought to be tried and dismissed. Because one man in a hundred misuses a power is no reason why the other ninety-nine should be deprived of the power when they need it to maintain discipline. The principals say they do need the liberty to flog in emergencies, and they are the best Judges of the situation. Brooklyn Eagle. Vacation Work. "When I was fifteen years old," says a man of middle age. "I never refused the chance to earn a quarter by mowing some one's lawn or spading a garden or wheeling away a load of sshea; but if you try to hire a boy to do those things now. the chances are that he will laugh at you." The generalization Implied In this remark Is, perhaps, not quite true, but It docs not tell the whole truth. The registrars of universities and colleges now collect facts relating to the means and the expenditures of students that were formerly not available. Their investigations show that the number of boj who "work their way" through college is increisln?. and that the lield of th4r activities is broadening. Thr mrm two reason for this; Flrt. th

number of young men who enter collegA, in proportion to the Yt&l population, la fteadily growing, and. second, the life in college la more complicated and expensive. It used to be the gT.eral opinion that only the sons of the wealthy, or at least of the well-to-do. could go ti college. Now we are getting nearer to the pouoder and moie democratic view that any young man who has the right stuff in him can compass an education at any university In the country. The officers of the colleges have done an excellent work in establishing bureaus of employment, or of information, for the benefit of pelftupporting students. Through their efforts the field has been extended and Fpecial employments have been made rÄore lucrative. To a great many hundred young men and young women, too the long summer vacation Just coming on will be only a period of hard work; but if it be different work from that of the ret of the year it will do no physical harm. Tho.se who spend the summer in this way may be t.ure that they have the approval and good wishes of every right-minded man. and that they will take back to college something which their less fortunate classmates will miss. Youth's Companion.

Kducntlou Xotes. Dr. William Tecumseh Vernon, chancellor of the Kansas Colored University in Quindaro, is regarded out in that section as the Booker T. Washington of the ,West. specially since his views coincide with those of Washington as to negro training. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, a colored wc-man of Wasnington, D. C. who last week addiessed the graduating class of the Oberlin Theological Seminary, sailed for Europe to address the International Congress of Women at Berlin on "The Progress of the Colored Women in the United States." Prof. Melville Thurston Cook, of the depart ment of biology of De Pauw University, Greeneastle, Ind., has accepted a position with the Cuban government as chief plant pathologist. The position carries with it the supervision of all experimental work on plant diseases which are injurious to agriculture. Dr. Mackenzie, who has been elected president of Hartford Theological Seminary, is only fortyfive years old. He Is the son of a missionary and was born at Fauresmith. Orange River Colony. South Africa, where his father was engaged in religious work. Dr. Mackenzie was educated at Edinburgh University, where he graduated in 1SS1. Prof.- George W. Carver, of the Tuskegee Institute, will deliver a public address in LouisMile, Ky., June I, at the public exercises of the students and choral union of the Eckstein-Norton Institute. The Institution Is a few miles out from the city, but these exercises are held In Louisville as a part of the regular commencement programme of the school. It Is announced that the agents of the Interior Department, who have been at Helena. Mont., for some time, looking over the ground with a view to transferring the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa., to that vicinity, have made a favorable report to the government and that the government has submitted a definite proposition to the owners of the lands desired, looking to the acquisition of the property. THE HUM0BISTS. IV o Chances for Polly. Miss Fresh Pretty Polly! Polly, want a piece of cake? The Tarrot Did you bake it yourself ? The Gateway. His Sole Term of Office. Reporter Have you ever held any public office? Citizen (being interviewed) Well, I was a pallbearer at a funeral once. Somerville (Mass.) Journal. One Degree More Dangerous. "Oh, George," exclaimed the Joyful mother as she met him at the door, "baby's got a tooth!" "I am glad you mentioned It," replied the cautious husband and father. "I'll be careful how I handle him." Boston Post. Mother's Uaeii. Johnny I met pa down the street; but I guess he didn't see me, he was so busy talking with another man. Johnny's Ma I'll bet he didn't know you, Johnny. You remember I washed your face Just before you went out. Boston Transcript. The Modern Youth. "In George Washington's place," said the kindly old gentleman, "would you have confessed to cutting down the cherry tree?" "That would depend," replied the modern youth, "on whether I was caught with the hatchet In my possession, as George seems to have been caught. According (o some of the pictures of the incident, I don't see how he had auy chance of denying It." Chicago Post. Told at Last. f "A woman can't keep a secret," declares the mere man. "Oh, I don't know," retorts the fluttery lady. "I've kept my age a secret since I was twentyfour." "Yes; but one of these davs you will give It away. In time you will simply have to tell it," "Well, I think that when a woman has kept a secret for twenty years she comes pretty near knowing how to keep it." Judge. STORIES THAT AEE TOLD. 'o Market for Moss. One of Mayor McClellan's favorite stories is'ef a young Irish lad who came to America to seek fame and fortune. He had an uncle engaged in a small business, who, taking advantage of his nephew's Ignorance, offered him employment on terms highly advantageous to his employer. The boy soon discovered the istuation, and, at the end of the year, informed his uncle that he had obtained more lucrative employment and intended to leave. "You are making a great mistake," protested the uncle, "in leaving a steady Job for a little more money. You should remember that a roll ing stone gathers no moss." "Mos," queried the lad; "and where is there a market for moss?" New York Times. Team, Idle Tears! Ex-Secrttary Elihu Root was talking about the humanity of Judges. "They are humane men," he said. "I could tell you many moving stories of the pain that they have suffered in the infliction of severe sentences. It is not altogether pleasant to be a Judge. "Thct is why I cannot credit a story that wes told me the other day about a Judge in the West. A criminal on trial before this man had been found guilty. He was told to rise, and the Judge said to him: "Have you ever been sentenced to Imprison ment before T' " 'No. your Honor, said the criminal, and he burst into tears. I " -Well.' said the Judge, 'don't cry. You're going to be now.' "New York Tribune. A Parrot Defective. A parrot belonging to a Mme. Tarby, of Paris, has won distinction by leading the police to arrest a band of clever and notorious burglars. The band broke into Mme. Tarby's house at a time when only the bird was within. As soon as the mlitress returned the bird, much to her surprise, saluted her with "Hullo, big feet!' When she discovered the ransacked state of her house she sent at once for the police, and upon the commissary arriving he was also greeted by the parrot with the observation. "Hullo, big feet!" The commissary resented the remark, and said. "Hush!" to the bird, which replied at once. "Oh, hurry up, big feet; you are slow. big feet!" The commissary turned to Mme. Tarby. and the latter, anticipating a complaint, hastened to explain to the Indignant officer that the bird had never used the expression before that day. At that a light broke in upon the commissary. 'Big Feet' Is the nickname cf a notorious burglar," he exclaimed. "I see it; your bird has reported the robbery." Following up the clew, the burglar and his accomplices were soon arrested, and the bird ! to be produced as a witness against, them at the trial. New York Press. Cartoonist Wanted tn England. The mental agility that goes to the making of a cartoonist is not an English quality, nor have cartoons ever bad anvthlnc like tt.lr rronr

THE DRIFT

A dispatch to the Journal from Washing- ' ton says of the nomination of Charles S. Deneen as the Republican candidate for Governor of Illinois: "Great elation Is manifested around Hepublican circles to-night over the news of the Deneen nomination for Governor of Illinois. Chairman Tayne, of the' Republican national committee, received a telegram from a leading Republican In the State sayins the nomination of Deneen means that Illinois will give loV Republican majority. Not only is the situation much clarified by the result in Illinois, but the Impression is general here that the effect will be good in all the States of the middle West, even "Wisconsin, where there Is so much controversy oyr the state ticket as to cause dismay among Republicans generally regarding the electoral ticket. "Already the talk here to-night Is that the nomination in Illinois makes Senator Fairbanks the logical and certain candidate of the Chicago convention for Vice President and eliminates the names of Speaker Cannon and Representative Hltt. The basis for this opinion is said to b of a varied character. One point is that Speaker Cannon injured himself materially in Illinois by his opposition to Yates and his efforts in behalf .of Ivbwden. Another point, and one of more consequence. Is that the popularity of Deneen in Cook county will have the effect to hold down the Democratic vote there and make Illinois more certainly Republican. The fact that he was victorious against th Lorimer machine in the city is accepted as evidence of his personal strength. This being the situation, it is no longer regarded by the politicians here as important to make a vice presidential selection from Illinois. The news had a depressing effect in the Democratic headquarters, where high hopes have been enter tained of advantage' growing out of tho troubles in Illinois. "Among Eastern politicians rcnerallv there has been no change in the conviction that took root several months ago that Senator Fairbanks can have the vice presidential nomination if he wants it. The llitt boom was short lived. It did not 'take.' There was no enthusiasm over tho Illinois statesman. The Evening Star says to-night; " 'According to authentic unofficial sources at the "White House to-day. Sena tor rairnanks has In no wav belied the silent attitude he has maintained from the Deglnning as to his nomination for the vice presidency on the Republican ticket. He is not a candidate and will not permit a hand to be turned for the honor. He will accept the nomination if it comes to him without a fight and with the evident desire of the Republicans of the country. na win not allow the use of his name for the place if there is to be a ficht. The Indiana Republicans will do nothing for him at Chicago except to vote for him. They will understand that they are not to do any booming and soliciting of votes. Their loyalty to and support of Senator rairDanxs must be as full of dignity as his own position. That describes the vice presidential situation as it revolves around the senator from Indiana.' 'Word has been received here that Rep resentative Hemenway is on his way to Washington. Political significance is attached to the prospective visit of the chair man or the committee on appropriations." A controversy has arisen in the Joint sen atorial district composed of Fountain, Warren and Benton counties that may be carried to the Republican state committee. E. II. .Nebeker, of Covington, who was in the city yesterday, said that W. T. Malott, of Malott, tho chairman of the Fountain coun ty organization, would register a protest against the holding of the convention Monday at Fowler, claiming; that the conven tion was called on too short notice, but Mr. Malott has not as yet taken the matter up with the state committee. The controversy grows out of the contest for the sen atorial nomination. Fountain county has a canaiaate in tne person or O. P. Lewis, of Covington, former representative, and Warren county Republicans are working for the renominatlon of Senator Fremont Goodwine, of Williamsport. The latter has not formerly announced his candidacy, but his name will go before the convention. A few days ago the county chairmen of Warren and Benton called on Mr. Malott and asked him to join them In calling the convention for next Monday. He declined, but, as they constituted a majority of the district committee, they issued the call over his protest. If a combniatlon of Warren and Benton counties is effected in Senator Goodwine's political influence in England. It is really only since the fiscal question came up that the London daily papers or some of them, at any rate have taken to publishing cartoons as a regular feature. The experiment has not so far proved a happy one and has really only served to make clear the dearth of talent. Outside of Punch there is only one political draughtsman of the very ttrst rank, and he is F. C. w., the unsurpassable caricaturist for the Westminster Gazette, and perhaps the greatest asset that the Liberal party and the free-trade cause possess. The proprietor of tHe most widely read protectionist journal in the kingdom was assuring roe the other day that he had searched the entire country to discover. If possible, a cartoonist who might in some measure counteract F. C. G. and without success. The day of the brush and pencil in English Journalism is still to come. Punch Is practically the only paper that provides them with an opening, and every black-and-white man who has the knack of caricature aspires in consequence to a post on Punch. One ought, therefore, to remember, in trying to account for Punch's unchallenged supremacy In England, that it has practically a monopoly of what little gift for political cartoons exists in the kingdom, and that Us age Ind fame and the impossibility proved a score of times over of competing with it make its monopoly an assured thing. Sydney Brooks, in Harper's Weekly. Cnt and Chickens. Joseph Conklln. who lives in the upper part of Frankford. placed fourteen eggs under one of his setting hens some time ago, and not a single egg hatched out. On the day the hen was removed from the nest a cat, also owned by Mr. Conklln. gave birth to a litter of kittens. The hen became aware of this fact, and the disappointment attending her own unsuccessful efforts to raise a family prompted her to adopt the kittens. After a fiercely waged battle, in which the mother cat came off second best, the hen found herself in possession of the kittens, which she covered over with her generous wings. Instinct, however, seems to have told her that her charges could only take nourishment from their natural mother, and at intervals she relinquished possession to the cat. Then follows another pitched battle, and the hen is always victorious. This state of affairs has now lasted for over a week, and the cat's face is a masa of scars from the sharp pecks of the hen's bill. The kittens display very little interest in the novel conflict of authority until they become hungry, when their cries always result in a renewal of attack on the part of the mother cat. Philadelphia Record. Tribute to Levi P. Morton. The office of Vice President is rarely, except by accident, a stepping stone to higher things. When the Vice President has served, and waited, through the term for which he was elected, he has usually retired to obscurity. Very often, indeed, he was taken from obscurity, but there have been some Vice Presidents who brought individual distinction to the oülce and maintained their distinction afterward. Levi P. Morton is one of thej, and It was proper that the New York papers of yesterday paid a particular tribute to this eminent citizen on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. Leaving Mr. Roosevelt apart, it Is a curious fact that only one man who has held the office of President, and but two who have held that of Vice President are now living. It was after his term a Vice President that Mr. Morton was elected Governor of New York and gave to the State an exceptionally able administration, thus completing a long career of pub;lc ufefulncss. marked always by dignity and uprightness. It Is well that we should keep such men In mind. Philadelphia Ledger. The Spirit of the Jnpanene. Here is another occurrence, though not martial, which will probably help you to unlr fctajvl the spirit of the?e iop!e: At New Year's a Japanese will spend like a lord. He will pledge all his" next year's income to live during these holidays as though he had inherited the earth. Lat year In Yokohama a aamuraj took his ancesusi sword to a foieiga

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Interests they will control the convention, as they have alout three-fifhs of the delegates. V Democratlc District Chairtun Joreph T. Fanning called a formal conference of the county and district executive committees last evening at his office consider the question as to when the county and congressional conventions sh.vuld be held. After some little discussion It was agreed held before 7, at, St. ere not oenot the avowed, reason for deferring the county convention is that the Democrats have been unable to get any candidates in the, field for the county nominations. lt is regarded, as settled now that the.macsme will Insist on the nomination of L. J". Harlan for Congress. .. A story was published ir.a local paper yesterday to the effect thjVt August Belmont, the New York milllorfilre and Democratic politician, is at French Lick in conference with Thomas Tagirt concernng plans for furthering the canidacy of JUidg Parker for the Democrat: presidential nomniation. The story Is ajtrifie old. Mr. Belmont was at French LIcV last Sunday, and doubtless he dlscusse politics wltli the Indiana Democratic be. but it was denied that he came out to Indiana for that express purpose. He came; West in his private car to visit his stocKrfarm In Kentucky it is said, and mcrly ran up to French Lick to pass the tU;e o' day with Mr. Taggart. The Journal's -Washington; "correspondent says of Mr. Belmont's visit ü Indiana: "August Belmont's pilgrimage to Indiana to see Tom Taggart has Attracted attention in Washington. Its significance is appreciated here. The belief has prevailed for several weeks that Parker's nomination would be followed by the ejection. of Taggart as chairman of the; R-emocratlc national committee. Tho initial steps In tha agreement were taken whe?j Taggart visited New York and saw rxJh Parker and Belmont. He then went ft Indiana and started to work, the result veing shown In the outcome of the Hoos'jrr Democratic convention. The deal wijti undoubtedly closed at French Lick, as reports received here are to the effect that T. T.'a demeanor is that of a man ho views the future with complacency." . A special from Marlon say that John C. Chamberlain, of Falrmoun is officially announced as a candidate r the Republican nomination for representative in tha district composed of Grant.; Howard. Miami, Wabash and Huntington counties, and that it is understood now that Jasper A. Gauntt and L. A. Von J:?hren, of Marion, will keep out of the rse. The district convention wlK be held June. 8, at Peru, and a lively fijnt Is assured, for there will be at least three or four candidates and an opportunity for several dark horses to get into the running in the event of a deadlock. Major G. V. Menzies. of 30. Vernon, one of the men talked of for trie Democratic gubernatorial nomination. was at the Grand yesterday. He sets She seal cf his approval on tha plank in the Maryland Democratic state platform Yn,cn declares in favor of granting the complete and absolute independence of tjie Philippine Islands and establishing th first republic in the Orient. Willis Hickman, of Spencer, a wellknown Owen county Democrat, who was in the city yesterdayX expressed the firm belief that Judge Parker will be nominated at St. Louis just as surely the convention is held. - - f Senator Fairbanks has recommended Dr. Charles T. Weir, of BloomCngton, for tha appointment as member of the medical pension examining board, vice Hr. R, M. W eir, resigned. James A. Lewis, of Souda?, Minn., who stumped Indjana for Bryan in 1836 and 1900. called on Prohibition State Chairman C. E. Newlin yesterday, and- Mr.-'NewItn later announced that Mr. Lewis would probably take the stump in Indiana th year for tha Prohibitionists. Mr. Lewis 1? a brother of the Rev. Frank Lewis, pastor of the Broad Ripple M. E. Church, and .Ms home was formerly in this city. Ha a Da Pauw graduate. money lender and left it there as security for what was advanced to htm, lie was slow in paying; he paid in Instalments; end one tnornlna' he came with the last of the drVt and claimed the sword. The money lender, Tsour tempered, remarked that he had about givfn up expecting that the loan would be repaid; : whereupon tha samurai drew the sword from .Its shath. II was strong, and bo knew how .to wield It. and he swung It three times above :tfce head of the money lender. Then, suddenly, he put the blade back in its place, and went out)f the chop and home. That 6ame day he slew-' himself, rlppd himself open, leaving an explanation: "I could have killed this mail to satisfy the affront if it had not been that b once lent me money. That being the case anA my honor being left impugned, there was noth fig to do but to die myself" Tokio Letter. Tbe Prayer All lUtbt. The efficacy of prayer was rjt to a severe test in Indianapolis a few days fi) when a prominent Christian gentleman was discovered endeavoring to cure a sick boree by the faith-cure method. It Is due to the pious Fntleruan. however, to say that he relied on pfyer only whn the efforts of a veterinary surf-on had failed. Toor Richard tells us that God lrlps them that help themselves, and we see n?. reason why a combination of medicine and prayer should not me most efficacious. 80 far as w know, a horse cannot pray for himself, and .hlle tha prayer may not have any Immediate liluence on hint it is certainly most uplifting aM beneficial to Ms master, therefore the petltK ! timely and encouraging. There Is somethirg rather touching in the spectacle of a kind-hearted msn praying wer his favorita dog or hr;se. provided ha does not neglect other means of effecting a cure, and we are Quite sure that if piayer is ever answered in such cases it is not f orgotten In this instance. Roswell Field, in Chicago Post. HelKbt oOlen. The average height of whit men of the United States is 7.67 inches, er i feet I and nearly 11-1 inches. The height cf the women It 4Vi Inches less. Uy way of comparison: We regard the Russians as giants sri the Japs as pygmies. All the illustrations of ar scenes show our leaning in this matter. But t!- average stature of the Russian is only MM ines. while that of the Jap is 63.11. The tallest n.t in the world are Polynesians (6D.23) and Patag nlans The Bosjesmans t-J.TS ate the shoittst. New York "Press. ' Will, and Word. Two wills were filed Ith the piobate Judge la Atchison county. One read: . "Will I give all my property to my wife." The other read: "I give, devise and bequeath all my property, real, personal and mixed, together with all tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or otherwise sf pertaining to. wherever situated, to have and o hold for all time and forever." etc. And the firet U as good as tl; last Kansas City Journal. 3(r. Folk'. Platform. Mr. Folk's platform is as Mm pie as Me speeches. Thou shalt not steal-even .if thou art a Democrat, thou halt not st!." II reiterates It everywhere as he stands t the platform, short, thick-set and wearing on his fsce that look of quiet, almost placid determination which is photographed on the soul of vry boodler in Missouri. The farmers trust hin'." Folk himself told me once that he believed every Demrcrat In M!souri with a beard more t'-un two inches leng was with him. It is true. Islie's Weekly. Slerits of the Lou a Xoae. It may not be well to laugh t much at tha claimed advantages of the long rose la a contet. or to Ignore its merits "."ntlrely. The Brooklyn handicap was won "by' a nose." anl it is josslble that Irish Lad's- no was too short. Just as a matter of curjosit), why dot,n't somebody measure the ot Hearst's Vomptitcra for the nomi tat Ion? Newark IN. J.) Adveitsw.

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