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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-03

prevented other publishing houses from
bidding, and left no stone unturned to in
sure fulhllment of their prediction
that the law would provo failure. Six
or eight Indiana gentlemen of capital and
enterprise, however, came to the front, or
ganized a publishing company, secured
copyrights on textbooks, put in their bids
and were awarded a contract. The con-
tract has been faithfully carried out.
School books which are now universally
admitted to be fully equal in every re-
spect to those displaced have been sup
piled to the county superintendent on
acquisitions and have been sold, through
the trustees. to the school children. By
virtue of its perfect organization and its
perfect system the Indiana company has
made the law a success. Hundreds of
thousands OF dollars have been saved the
people during the two years, and the law
has given universal satisfaction. The last
legislature supplemented it with another
law, designed to extend the system and
to give the people additional school books
at honest prices. The supplemental law
passed with scarcely dissenting vote.
The triumph OF the school book law is a
triumph of Indiana brains, Indiana enter
prise, Indiana pluck and Indiana capital.
The law was the first one of the kind
adopted in any state. Similar laws are
now on the statute books OF number OF
states. The board of school book commits
sioners finds competition lively for the ad-
ditional contracts, and among the works
rendered are a number proposed by In
diana authors and educators of distinc-
ton. Two years ago the law was de-
nounced as impracticable, cumber-
some and expensive. 1t has been
demonstrated to be entirely practi-
cable. simple and economical. The
board was condemned two years ago for
doing its plain duty under the law. 1t
Indiana bidders of entire responsibility,
but today no voice is lifted against the
board whose action in 1889 has been fully
vindicated by the results. Indiana has
shown that she is abundantly able to sup
ply her own school books, as good as the
best, and at less than half the cost to the
people of the books formerly purchased
from outside publishers.
The gentlemen whose timely enterprise
saved the school book law from failure are
entitled to the thanks of the people of
Indiana and to the recognition which
business skill and public spirit should al
ways command.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-03

counted upon his election, with the
prestige that it would give him and the
opportunity to control the state funds, TO
save him from bankruptcy and themselves
and their friends from loss and exposure.
His defeat precipitated the failure of his
bank and the revelation which startled
the people of Pennsylvania, accustomed
as they are to such disclosures.
Philadelphia is now In a turmoil over
the discovery that the city treasury has
been Quilted. The treasurer, JOHN BARDs-
LEY, a republican. of course, is under ar
rest for embezzlement. About S9S0.o00 of
state money, which was in his hands, has
disappeared. About s4Oo, 900 of city funds
is gone. He says he had the money on
deposit in the Keystone bank, which re-
Gently collapsed with very heavy liabili-
ties and comparatively small assets. The
records of the bank show no such deposits.
The president of the bank, GIDEON w.
MARSH. has taken fight, and the affairs
of the institution are in chaotic condi-
ton. The fact seems to be that Treasurer
BARDsLEY deliberately turned over to
President MARSH the missing million or
so OF state money to enable the latter and
his friends to continue their wild career
OF speculation. The whole thing is dis
graceful, astounding, appalling. The Phil
adelphia Times, commenting upon the
Bardsley explosion, says:
The city has been literally robbed of
hundreds of thousands OF dollars and this
robbery is no accident. 1t is the logical
result of the corrupt, demoralizing politi-
cal system that rules Philadelphia and
that accepts all public offices as mere in
struments of party or personal piunder.
The city has been robbed of from a
quarter to half a million; the state has
been robbed of from half million to a
million; the mercantile taxes which
should give the state q revenue OF from
100000 to 100000 annually from this
city alone, are the mere prey of banded
thieves. and debauchery and lawlessness
pervade our ruling political system.
Now, halt! The people demand it and
they will be obeYed.
An edifying spectacle, indeed, do the
banner republican state of Pennsylvania
and the banner republican city of Phila-
delphia present at this momentl A high
price, surely, are the people OF that state
and that city paying for their liberation of
CAMERON and Quay and DELAMATER and
KEMBLE and LEEDS and the rest of the
scurvy republican gang which has so long
dominated their politics. For years
every protest against the methods and
practices of these fellows has been met
with loud chorus in celebration of the
beauties of protection TO American indus
try. At last the inevitable denouement
has come in cycloneof financial disaster,
Of shame and of ruin.
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that a new bill be passed which should, so
tar as possible, place such corporations on
an eq uaity with other corporations 1
make the recommendation suggested
above, belle wing that express companies
are now taxed more than other corpor-
atoms.
The legislature, at its late session, in
part adopted the suggestions of the at,or-
ney-general. 1t did reduce the tax from
per cent TO | per cent, but while the
law of 1889 provides that the tax shall be
on business wholly within the state, that
is, originating and terminating within the
state. the law of 1891, provides that the re-
port shall show the gross receipts of each
agent of such company, which means
business coming into and going out of the
state, which the act OF 1889 did not require.
Under this law the corporations will pay
great deal more money into the state
treasury than ever before, and any state
ment that the purpose or effect of this bill
is TO reduce the burdens OF the corpo-
rations Is ut terly false.
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class which has dictated the revenue leg
islation OF this nation for the past thirty
years. Reciprocity is q musical word.
Like protection, il has a certain attractive
jingle which is apt to commend it to the
unthinking. But what this country
wants-what the farmers and mechanics
wants reciprocity with the civilized
people of the world reciproc city with those
who have wants aud the means OF graft
tying them-reciprocity with the nations
which today take our great surplus OF
agricultural products and are ready and
willing to greatly increase their purch ases
from us whenever we are prepared to
trade on even terms with them. 1t is the
duty of every democratic journal to ex-
pose the real character and scope Of Mr..
BLAINE's much advertised and very pre-
tentious project of reciprocity, which, in
the last analysis, is little better than a
clever political dodge.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-03
Success of the school Book Law.
Speaking Of the meeting Of the state

Speaking Of the meeting Of the state
board of school book commissioners to
open bids for additional textbooks, the
NelGs SAYS:
Some interesting comparisons might be
made between the circumstances sur
rounding this meeting and those OF a very
similar meeting of the same board about
two years ago. Then the law was new
and untried, and its enemies bold and
strong. Some of the STRONGEST publishing
firms in the country openly and repeat
eddy declared that the books could not
possibly be supplied for the prices fixed in
the law, one of them even going so far as
to file a written statement to that effect
with the board. Now two years have
passed and the board is choosing among
bids to fill out the series. The enemies of
the law are not heard at all, and the board
has ten bidders to select from. Nothing
more is heard of the prices being too low.
There is indeed a striking contrast be-
tween the school book situation in Indi-
ana two years ago and at the present time.
Then the people were paying more than
double the prices they are paying now for
readers, biographies, arithmetics. etc.
The people had long been at the mercy of
the great school book monopoly, and the
leading publishers declared that books
could not be furnished at the prices fixed
by the new law. They declined to bid.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-03

ACCORDING to the Journal, Dir. A. R
WHITNEY of New York, ''the head of a
firm representing the leading iron indus
tries in Pennsylvania" says that there is
nothing we deal in, the tariff on which
was advanced by the Mckinley bill, but
what is lower today than it was before"
If that is true the Mckinley bill must be
considered rank failure by Mr.. WHIT
NEY and his business associates in SO far
as it affects their interests. Certainly no
sane person will believe that these gentle
men spent their time and money-as they
doubtless did-to secure the passage of
law to reduce the prices Of what they have
to sell. We are inclined to think that Mr..
WHITNEY is only trying to have little
fun with himself.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-03
EFT CETERA.

THE legislature of Wisconsin scooped In
$4,000 passes from the railroads during its
recent session.
KING CHARLES of Portugal, though I'M
der thirty years of age, has grown so
heavy that he can hardly move about.
BIsHoP-ELEcr THOMAS f. GAYLoR OF the
episcopal diocese of Georgia is thirty-five
years OF age and native OF Memphis.
MARY ANDERSON NAVARRO says: II
have not the slightest intention OF ever
acting again. have retired forever"
Mrs. EVE Cross of Adams county, o.. is
los years old, and able to walk once a
week to the country store, two miles
away.
COUNTESS LEwENHAUPT. ex-Secretary
Bayard's widowed daughter, is residing in
the Wilmington home provided for her
prior 70 her marriage. She inherits $751;
600 presented to her husband by her
father.
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Several of the corporations having
failed to make reports and pay taxes, the
matter was in 1888 called to the attention
of the state board of equalization, who
ascertained from the attorney-general that
the reason for this compartment of taxes
by several corporations was that they had
been advised by eminent counsel that the
law Of 1881 was unconstitutional in that it
taxed interstate commerce. The attorney
general was rather of the same opinion
and advised the enactment of a new tax
law applicable to foreign corporations.
The legislature of 1889 instead of enact
ing a new tax law amended the law of
1881 by taxing the express companies on
business done wholly within the state.
This being an amendment to law ad-
mitted to be unconstitutional, it was held
that an amendment to said law was
equally void.
The encouragement in 1890, upon the
theory that the laws of 1881 and 1889 were
of no effect and that there was no chance
of collecting any taxes under them, made
a proposition to the express companies to
pay a tax of per cent, and it was &C
cepted.
This compromise brought to the state
S., 1886, which, it is claimed, could never
have been collected at law, in detail as
follows:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-03

encouragement Kitchener, IN his re-
port to the governor for 1890, said:
The Office has also collected from ex.
press, telegraph, telephone and sleeping
car corporations, on account of taxes due
under certain acts OF the general assem-
bly, passed in 1889, the sum of Sc. 32S. 80.
making total of corporate taxes collected
by this Office OF S40.53l.17. The collee.
tions made from the corporations last
mentioned may be regarded as clear gain
for the state, for it is little less than GER
tain that all OF the corporate taxation acts
OF 1889 are unconstitutional. am OF this
opinion because three of those acts origi-
mated In the senate and not in the house
they all purport to be amendments of void
acts, and some of them are open to the OBJ
lection that it is not clear that it is the do
mestic privilege, and not the Interstate
commerce, which is taxed. With refer
ence to the express companies it is proper
to say that eminent counsel advised them
that the law taxing them was unconstitu-
tional. They professed willingness. new
ertheless, to pay a reasonable amount. but
claimed that tax of 2 per cent. on their
gross receipts required them 10 maintain
disproportionate burden as COM
pared with other corporations whose
operating expenses were much less.
On investigation aseertained that 80 or
60 per cent. OF express earnings are paid To
railroad companies, and, beinglimpressed
with the justice of the view advanced
and being DESTROYS of realizing sometime
for the states claim, /. offered, with the
consent of your excellency, to compromisa
the demand for per cent. Of the gross re-
CENTS. and to make . Recommendation
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Corporations and the New Tax Law

Corporations and the New Tax Law.
1t seems to us sufficient answer to the
Journals repeated assertions that the leg
islature at its late session favored the cor
porations by reducing their taxes to sim
ply quote from the annual reports of the
late republican auditor of state and sttOr-
ney-general to show that the statements
of that paper are false.
The annual report of Auditor CARR for
1887 gives the amount of taxes collected
from foreign corporations other than in
sursnce companies for that year as fol-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-14
SONS OF VETERANS.

Gen. James A. Garfield Camp, No. II,
will hold an entertainment next Wednes-
day in its hall. The camp has some of
the best talent in the State engaged. and
intend to make il the best entertainment
given in the division this season.
A. L. Burnside Camp, No. 10, held a
spirited meeting last Tuesday evening,
the attendance was large.
w. II. p. Steere Camp No. 10 of
Olneyville, will hold social the 10Th,
which promises TO be largely attended
by the brothers throughout the division.
Capt. A. X. Tilton Camp No. 8 of
Pawtucket, will hold grand bazaar in
G.. A. r. hall, opening on the Goth, at
which time large number of camps of
the division will be in attendance.
Garfield Camp, No IL, have accepted
the invitation of Capt. A. X. Tilton
Camp to attend their bazaar on the Goth
inst.
Brothers of Garfield Camp will report
at hall Wednesday evening, wearing
citizens clothes and badge.
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and fixed the date of the national en-
campment TO September 20, 1892.
A new post will be instituted in this
department next Thursday evening,
November 10th, in the village of Asha-
way. All the department officers are
expected to be present The train will
leave Providence on that day at 4:15 =,
NJ. Upon arrival at Mantle comrades
will be met by delegation and escorted
TO the hall in Ashaway, where they will
receive grand reception.
The department commander and staff
visited Thomas Post, Apponaug, Tues
day evening. A short session of the post
was held after which remarks were made
by Department Commander Child, Jun
ior Vice Department Commander Gran
ston and others. The meeting was then
closed and the post with its guests pro-
ceeded TO the hotel where turkey sup
per was partaken of. AT 1920 O'clock
the Providence comrades took the train
for home.
Monday evening next Department
Commander Child and staff will visit
Smith Post, Woonsocket.
Bucklin Post, of East Providence.
mustered into its ranks last Tuesday
evening, Anthony b. Horton, late First
Lieutenant Battery b, First Rhode
Island Light Artillery. Comrades Ed
win ID. Watson, of Gettysburg Post,
and j. F. Leonard, of Fletcher Webster
Post, Department of Massachusetts. We're
present and made pleasing remarks A
collation. was served at the close of the
meeting. Next Tuesday evening
delegation from Charles Russell
Post, No. Z, Department of Massachu-
setts, will visit this post. Past Com
mander Edward II. Tilley. of Charles f.
Lawton Post, Newport, was in town
last Sunday as the guest of Past Com
mander Orland Freeborn, of Bucklin
Post. The post attended the firemen's
fair, Thursday evening, Nov. 12th
A paper entitled. The Boys of '61,"
was read before Slocum Post last We'd
nesday evening, by Comrade Edwin d.
Watson, of Gettysburg Post, Boston.
A dramatic lecture entitled the North
and South" by Belle Boyd, the rebel
spy of the Shenandoah Valley, will be
given under the auspices of the post, in
Music Hall. Tuesday evening, Nov. II.
Comrade Paddock, from the committee
appointed to confer with the executive
committee of the Soldiers Home in Bris-
tol in relation to placing a box in some
central location in this city for the col
lection of magazines and papers for that
institution, reported that satisfactory ar
rangements had been made for that pur-
pose,
Adjutant John w. Sayles, of Arnold
Post, is reported as very sick
Prescott Post held an interesting meet
ing last evening. Senior Vice Comman-
der Edward f. Curtis and Adjutant
Joseph III. Jewett of Slocum Post were
present and made pleasing addresses.
The post has voted to authorize the hall
committee to purchase new carpet for
the hall.
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pute, and all of them we'll gifted. They
will appear in the now famous play which
was especially written for them by these
talented American authors, who are also
responsible for such charming comedies as
"rhe Wife" Lord Chumley," THE
Charity Ball" and others. The play
enjoyed run of over $50 nights at Proc
tors Twenty-third Street theatre, New
York, and for several weeks crowded the
theatres in Chicago and Boston.
Both play and players, have according
to competent critics, made one of the
greatest successes, and in some respects
the greatest snccess, in recent theatrical
annals. "Men and Women" tells IA story
of contemporaneous human interest, its
scenes being taken from prominent phases
of lire Of the day. and it deals in the joys
and sorrows of young and loving hearts
and the noble self-sacrifice of the innocent
to saye the misguided and unfortunate.
In the matter of construction, deeply
sustained interest, character drawing and
literary quality. it is said TO be far in ad-
vance of either THE Wife" or THE
Charity Ball" The company TO present il
here is under the personal direction of
Charles Erohman. Special attention will
be paid to the stage mountings and scenic
effects. Judging from the remarkably
heavy advance sale the opening audience
will he n brilliant one in every respect,
and the performance will doubtless be n
most artistic one. The engagement is for
six nights and two matinecs.
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RED MEN.

Petteconsett Tribe, under Chief ]. A.
Welles, conferred the Hunters degree
on one adopted member. last Thursday
evening. Next Thursday evening the
Warriors degree will be conferred.
The fair or Trading Post " of Nara
gansett Tribe of Natick. promises to be
very successful. as all of the leading
merchants of that and the surrounding
villages have contributed 10 the com
mittee a large number OF articles. The
contest between Deputy Great Sachein.
G.. w. Mercier and Past Great Sachem
4. Spencer. will be very interesting.
Both men are very popular in the order
In this reservation
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"a Mask of Life"

the test of time without losing any OF its
fascination for the public is "A Mark of
Life" John A Stevens, the author of It,,
has made several fortunes out of il and
has always been able TO fill the theatres
with interested spectators wherever pro-
ducrd. Lothrop's stock company will
play it next week in the museum on West
minister street Miss Kate Glassford ap-
pearing as Vera and Charles harrington
Leon Count Nladinni. These names do
not need any introduction, and the public
know that anything intrusted TO this ex-
cellent company will be meritoriously
produced. Popular prices rule and mat
inee is given every afternoon.
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Crosse & BlaCkWell'S English Jams.

Nice popular talks 20 young people, 1880 subject,
STEWART ST. BAPTIST CHURCH THE
pastor, the Rey. Edwin Bromley. VIII preach at
ioa5 A. NJ. and 7;30 p. Nj Sunday school at i2;io.
Congregational.
AN EVANGELICAL PRAISE SERVICE WILL
be held row, evening az the tntsG g
be an evening with Cowper's Hymns and the Brown
complete program.
KNIGHTsvILLE.-SUNDA SCHOOL, 3 II.
NJ, Mr.. Barron, superintendent; z =. NJ, theme.
Ywhat II is 20 be Christians Friday. p. NJ,
prayer service
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Pennsyvsnia ave. the Rey T. a. Nils, ph; ID,
school, 1915 i. H.; orchestral service, ,7i5 r. NJ,
UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.-l0:45,
Jd sermon on on "Inauenees That peform Young Men,;
free; Thursday. 7:sO, THE Prayer in Gethscmane."
UNITED CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
East hrovidepSe Ense9e g Msostsp s PSs,Sr p, i9s
rfFecsag G. tV H. Evanss pTase pTaGS meeting
led by quartet from Brown att
Methodist.
AsBURY MEMORIAL NJ. L. CHURcH-THE
keS Ea%a b,T csos PsIS Snae az serVce Wee
1880 T.. NJ.
ST PAUL's NJ. f. CHURCH, PRAIRIE AND
Potter's aves-The revival has assumed wide pro-
portions thirty-nve have come into the Christian
life among them many, young men, Preaching by
the pastor. J. w. webb, DID, 1095, Great Gifts
from Enlarged Souls; 1880, THE Philosophy OF
Life" Non church members are lovingly invited.
TRINITY CHURcH-BRoAD ST., THE REV.
II. l.. Greene. d. d., pastor; 10;i5 Sunday school;
M Sp; M sermon by the castor upon All arhe s Condl,
praise service choir assisted by orchestral brief
lecture by the pastor and song and testimony SER
vice by the Epworth League. Public invited.
Unitarian.
CHURCH OF THE MEpIAToR.-THE REV.
Helry w. Rugg ID. d., pastor The pastor will
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The Boston Leaders at Music Hall.

The first of the Peoples Course was
given last evening at Music Hall to an
audience which gave hearty and well de-
served applause. Mr.. Petersilia's opening
piano solo was excellent, although some
what disturbed by late comers Mr.
Johnson's tenor solos were past criticism /;
the artist was in fine voice aud was re-
called many times Miss Hoyt held the
audience while giving Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps Helene Thamre;" her other Sc
lections, although in an entirely different
line, gave ample proof of her abilities
Miss Smiths contralto solos were sweetly
sung Mr.. Deserves mastery handling Of
the violin was the feature of the concert.
Mr.. Petersilia accompanied the artists on
the piano with excellent expression. First
class accompanies are a rariety, but Mr.
Petersilia deserves to be ranked among
the very best performers on the piano.