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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-17

of the General Assembly so that every dele
gate may have access TO them, and con-
tinuance of Mr.. Turner's system OF book
keeping is impossible. The motion to ap-
point that special committee was made by
one friendly to Mr.. Turner in order that
he might vindicate himself, but he re-
fused to 90 before the committee on the
ground that never appointed an honest
committee. Our records show that In 1880,
1881, 1852 and 1888 Mr.. Turner was MEN,
ber of the finance committee on nv ap-
p0intment. Since then and until 1883 be
was q member of the committee on secret
work on my appointments. and 1t does NOT
come with good grace for Mr. Turner TO
now say that never appointed commit-
tee that did its duty; in fact. 1t is self
condemnatory statement. Any way, all the
papers should be turned over to his success
sor. He could very easily mako q tabu lated
2 list by name and number, OF oil stub,
check and bank-books. and could have
taken his successors receipt for the same.
That would have shielded him. and fall
ure to produce any of these books would re-
fleet on his successor and not on him. AS
1t is We cannot account for S17.C00 and he
refuses to do so. Our only plan would be
to go into the courts, but that Is q matter
for the General Assembly to decide. So far
as am concerned, l court the fullest IN
vestigation into my every act. l have
nothing to conceal and nothing to be
ashamed Of"
At the knights of Labor assembly to-day
the first business was the resolutions pre-
sented by the World w. c. Il. II. and the
National W. L. L. u. The first and second
resolutions were at once agreed to, the first
being a demand for equal pay for equal
work to women, and for woman suffrage.
the second declaring In favor of the same
standard of purity for men and women.
The third. demanding the closing OF the
worlds fair on Sundays. was dis
agreed to. the Knights declaring them
selves In favor of having the fair open
on Sundays for the education of the masses
provided that no one employed ut the falr
shall work more than SIX days per week.
The fourth resolution was for the preven-
tlon of the sale of liquor on the worlds fair
grounds, and the knights declined to IN
dorse this. The last resolution asked the
Endorsement of a petition to prohibit the
sale of alcohol. and opium, and other
narcotics, and to raise the standard OF law
every where to that of Christian morals.
This was referred to q committee to prepare
an answer in consonance with the wishes of
the General Assembly.
At the afternoon session Mr. Powderly
made a statement to the assembly with re-
gard to ex-Secretary Turner's charges,
which was practically the same as the in
terview above.
1t was decided to raise mileage fund by
an assessment of five cents on every men,
ber each July to pay mileage of deleP ates
to the General Assembly. The asseh. bly,
decided to support the demands of miners
in the Indian Territory, that the mining
laws of Missouri should govern In that Ter
ritOry,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03
TIE FARMERS FUTURE.

Senator Plumb makes the prediction
that all of the corn land in this country
which is located within reach of market,
will be worth S100 an acre before the
year 1900. He quite agrees with G.
Wood Davis in regard to the future inde-
pendence of the American farmer. He
says this result is inevitable in view of
the rapidly increasing population of the
country and the rapid diminution of the
public domain. Mr.. Plumb predicts that
within ten years the man who owns 100
acres of good land will be considered
rich. He says: 81 have withdrawn all
eff the land l own from the market.
There is not an acre of it for sale"
Unquestionably the next great boom
in prices in this country will be in farm
ing lands, especially in corn growing
lands. The cheap wild lands of America
of the world-are practically exhaust
ed. The government of the United
States in opening the Indian Territory
parts with the last of its great agricultu-
raj domains. Canada, even if acquired,
would furnish no lands that could COM
pete with the lands of Kansas and Okla
homa, in either climate or varied pro-
ductiveness. The farmer of the future
will be the independent man.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03
HOW THE WORLD SEES 1T.

It is well that Kansas has a great crop.
Through the agency of miSchievous poll
ticians word has gone to the ends of the
earth that Kansas is crowded with a
'mortgaged, /" bankrupt" corn burn
ing, !" miserable set of people, upon the
verge of starvation" In the east family
who would propose moving to Kansas
would at once call for the prayers and
commiseration of their neighbors. 1t will
take Kansas ten years to overcome the
mischief done by these shriekers. Who
has been helped? PETER and Sockless
Simpson and a few other noisy politicians
Every man who owns a town lot or farm
has been injured by the raid Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
There is good deal of truth in the
foregoing, though the length of time
that will be required to overcome the
harm already done will depend very
largely upon the people of the state. If
they promptly and with emphasis repu-
diate such calamitous and injurious
declarations at the polls and relegate that
following and their impracticable theories
to the rear and keep them there, it
will not require ten years, nor the half
of it, to restore confidence in the honesty
of purpose of the people of the state, and
with this re-established the credit of the
state and the people will be restored
also. And with the experience the
people have had in this connection we
cannot think they are so short-sighted or
careless of their own interests as not to
thus retire the whole calamity outfit. 1t
will not do to presume that because we
know there is nothing of truth in all
this bowling and raving, everybody else
outside the state, and particularly in the
east, knows it too. If we act upon that
idea and suffer these things to continue
through Indifference or from any other
cause, we indirectly endorse the mis-
chievous Misrepresentation and lend en-
couragement to the credulity with which
the uniformed receive them, and thus
we shall become in a measure response
BILE for the continuance of the harmful
effects already felt from the calamity
howl.
l: will not do to depend upon the splen-
did crops of this season, nor upon the
prompt payment of maturing obliga-
tions by those who happen to be in debt;
not vet upon the general thrift and intel
ligence of our people, to disabuse the
minds of the outside community in re-
gard to our actual condition. All these
things are conceded because they are
matters of record. A person may be-
lieve all these things, and yet if we fail
TO condemn the methods and declara-
tions of the demagogues through the
ballot box, the outsider will, not unrea-
sonably, conclude that there is some
thing wrong and consequently fight shy
of us when it comes to doing business
with us. It becomes a matter of self
defense for the people to speak their de-
NAL of the false statements through the
ballot box.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03
DISTINGUISHED WOMEN.

The woman's department of the Co.
lumbar exposition promises to be one of
the most interesting features of the great
event, for the principal reason that that
department is in charge of number of
the brightest and strongest women, in
tellectually, on the continent. Promi-
nent among these is Miss Mary Busselle,
lady manager from New Jersey. Miss
Busselle is native of New York, though
is of French-Huguenot extraction. She
has taken prominent posision among
the public spirited and intellectual wo-
men of New Jersey which state has been
her home for several years. Miss Bus
selle is sister 10 Mrs. Colonel B. Il.
Campbell of this city.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing
about the board is the fact that large
proportion of them are unmarried. The
youngest of them all is Miss Laurette
Lowell, pretty little brunette, from Ari-
zona. The two representatives fromLouisi-
ana are spintsters, and one of them, Miss
Kate Minor, the fourth vice president of
the board, is a successful sugar planter,
assisting her brother in the management
of plantation embracing 5000 acres.
She expects to exhibit at the fair creole
kitchen and an Acadian settlement. The
member from Oklahoma, Mrs. Beeson,
is dainty little blonde haired creature,
who makes up in enthusiasm what she
lacks in stature. She says that Okla
homa is paradise for progressive femin-
unity for there women are engaged in
every occupation, from raising corn and
cobbling shoes to editing newspapers.
The ladies are all evidently working hard
for the success of the fair, and the ex-
hibit is likely, from appearances, to sur
prise the country,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03
dishonest and Honest.

Sixty years ago there were in the long
room of the London custom house twelve
officers styled cocket writer's, because they
wrote certificates that goods had been duly
entered and the duties paid. They were
also known Ms patent officers, because ap-
pointed for life by letters patent from the
crown. Their salaries were nominal, sixty
pounds year, but they were permitted 70
remunerate themselves by extorting fees
from the merchants, fees which in some
cases amounted to q thousand pounds 3
year.
In 1881 the treasury determined TO abol-
fsh patent Offices, and called upon the
twelve cocket writer's to furnish a state
ment of their emoluments. The officers,
ignorant of the treasury's purpose, i'm
agined that the government intended q
impose an income tax Ten OF the writers
therefore returned statement which un-
derstated their fees by several hundred
pounds The other two furnished an hon
est statement.
In few days ten clerks were surprised
and disgusted, and two clerks were aston
ished and pleased. The treasury notified
the cocket writer's that their offices would
be abolished, and that they would be com
pensated by pensions rated according to
the returns they had themselves furnished.
There were gnashing of teeth aud broad
smiles in the long room. One of the two
honest cocket writers enjoyed his pension
for fifty-two years, during which time the
treasury paid him So, ,0O0.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03
A FIAT MONEY MANS OPINION.

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
notice the article of Bob Ingersoll on
hard money. The drift of his argument
is that money is product of nature and
the government cannot make money by
law. How does gold and silver get its
value except by law? In a state of
nature it is not money, nor for the arts
is it worth over One-fifth of its money
value as acquired by law. The govern
ment does make money and Furnishes
counterfeiting. Its power to make
money is derived from the people, who
make the government, and give congress
the power to make it and regulate the
value thereof Metal is not money be-
fore it is coined. nor paper money before
it is stamped. 1t is that which is con-
veyed to the matter by law that is
money. Ali money is fiat money made
so bv a decree of law and the value
thereof is established thereby. 1t is
simply absurd to say that gold is neces-
sary by which to measure the value of a
dollar in paper money, though L grant
that it is the customary way
of thinking from the fact that paper
promises to pay were formerly redeemed
in gold, but such is not the case now.
A national bank note is legal tender
and does not require gold to redeem it.
So government legal tender notes would
not require gold back of them, nor is
there any sense in having any gold or
silver money for use in this country,
because it is a useless extravagance-it
is unnecessary-as it requires So to
make one, one to buy the gold or silver
dollar and another to represent it. This
is all foolishness-throwa away your gold
and silver and issue a 800 per capita
as limit of legal tender note-and tinan-
cial revulsions will be known no more.
II. +. BIDwELL.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

Major J. w. Powell, director OF the
United States geological survey, in a
brief paper in the October Scribuer. tells
how The New Lake IN the Desert" was
formed, and overthrows some theories in
regard to it, especially the one that. if
this lake were made permanent it would
TO any apprecIable extent affect the eli
mate of that region. This will be sur
prise to most people, as it has become a
generally accepted notion that such
change would necessarily result from
the presence Of SO large a body of water.
If the new theory, or rather denial Of
the theory, is correct it would seem TO
refute the general theory Of inducing
humidity by providing for the accumu-
lation of water on the surface of the
ground in lskesand ponds.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03
Ever a Dry Old Joke

Senator Plumb tells the following good
story on the venerable Judge A. S. King
man, of Topeka, one of three surviving
members Of the original supreme bench
of Kansas: Plumb and the late Colonel
John A. Martin acted as secretaries of
the first Republican state convention
which was held after the admission of
Kansas into the Union. DIR. Charles
Robinson was nominated for governor,
DIR. John Z. Root for lieutenant COVER
nor and Dr. John W. Robinson for sec
retary Of state. After the first three can
didates on the ticket had been chosen,
Judge Kingman, who aspired to the Of
flee Of associate justice, leaned over to
where Colonel Martin was sitting and
said in an audible whisper; John, for
Gods sake call me doctor when you pro-
pose my name 10 the convention"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03
Mistake. ata cbrI.t.pinx.

On two occasions have given names Of
the wrong sex owing to the defective utter
ance or mispronunciation Of the sponsor
One. a boy, was christened Rachel, and IL
was discovered IN the vestry that Richard
was what was intended. The other was a
girl. brought to the font 10y an ignorant
woman. friend of the mother When
asked to name the child she answered,
"Enuth" ] said. There Is no such name
perhaps you mean Enoch." She allowed
me TO suppose 50 and proceeded. "Enoch.
! baptize thee" etc By and bT. ~ the
registering. I said. Let me see. Mrs. T..
your little boy Is Enoch. 4" when she calmly
replied. PLEASE sir, it's a lass" But
have ohristened it EnOoh. replied. you
said that was right
NO, cir; I said Enuth." There is no
such name" said again well. I've rot
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03
School of oratory. Wichita,
wHo rARMERs OWE.
From the Pratt Republican.

From the Pratt Republican
Who do Kansas farmers owe on ac-
count of their mortgages? Not Jay
Gould. Not the Vanderbilts. Not any
man in this class. They owe other
farmers in the east. They owe the me-
chanics in the east. They owe the poor
but industrious, economical and self
supporting teachers and preachers and
physicians in the east. They owe the
educational institutions in the east and
the trllst funds of a thousand kinds. The
men of wealth do not fool with farm
mortgages and are only benefited when
talk of reputation by western creditors
frightens small lenders in the east and
causes them 10 hoard their money In
home savings banks or invest 1t in home
securities bearing low rates of interest
The calamity leaders in Kansas are
playing straight into the hands OF the
very rich men of the east when they ad-
vocate anything that has about it the
slightest trace of reputation. Kansas
conld now have oceans of 3 and cent
money but for the devilish Vaccinations
of lot of loud mouthed creatures who
have so advertised our poverty and SO
lied about our intentions to pay, that
none but the brave5t dare lend us their
savings. No punishment has yet been
invented to fit this crime.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

An English investment of $500. 600 in
the Dakota TIN mines shows that foreign
capital sees American opportunities
more clearly than our own Democrats
and mugwumps who have been trying
to persuade the public thar we never will
make tinware out Of our own tin. II the
purchases have been made. as has been
alleged, for the purpose of preventing
the mines from being worked so as 70
prevent the manufacture OF tin plate il
this country. in the interest Of the man
ufsctories in Wales IN which the English
purchasers of the Dakota mines are con
cerned. aud If they succeed in their
scheme, 1t is the strongest kind Of proof
that the manufacture Of IN in the United
States is not only q possibility but prac-
ticable and can be made profitable.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03
As to Arms.

At the breaking out Of the rebellion
we had to send to Europe for guns. and
beautiful things they we're. Do any Of
the boys remember the Belgian rife.
which brought down its mantle one
behind it-every time: General Grant
said they were more dangerous % the
men who were using them than 20 those
at whom they were shooting.-Ex.
When the Thirty-ninth Ohio entered
the service. in July 1861, II was armed
with old fiinf-lock muskets changed 20
percussion locks. II the Belgian musket
could kick harder than the Old Harper
Ferry muskst. it was a dandy. The
Tbirtv-ninth carried thase guns until
after the Capture Of Coriu;h. May lSs ?
when the regiment was armed with the
Whitney TIfie-saber bsyonet- In .he
summer of 1883 1t wss gwen the Spring
tield ulusket. American make. the be-.
musket IN the word az the time Eg-
yexa Republican
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03
Why DR.. Prices Baking Powder is
Superior to all others.

No great efforts made By other manufacturers
TO procure and pure materials
1t is true that other company has the facilities
its greed and cupdity induced evil hour
ammonia in order to swell its profits Hence the Price
Baking Powder Company stands alone in its fgh for pure
baking powder.
No other article Of human food receives greater care
in its production, has attained higher perfection Dr.
Prices Cream is surely perfect baking powder Free from
every faint of impurity No other article used in the
kitchen has many steadf4s sads among the house.
wives Of America
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

The following commission has been
named by the president to define and es-
tablish the true boundary between
Mexico and United States: Lieutenant
Colonel John w. Barlow, United States
army; Captain Thomas w. Simmons,
United States engineer, and Professor
O.. T. Mosman, United States coast and
geodetic survey. This is very import
ant matter and the import of it will be
fully appreciated in the states and ter
ritories adjoining Mexico. where for
years the law has been deied by out
laws and criminals who have been
greatly aided in escaping punishment by
the uncertainty of the location of the
boundary,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

Chauncey Depew is credited with the
assertion that Fassett, the Republican
candidate for governor of New York,
viii be defeated by 100000. 1t is one of
the unaccountable things in nature that
no difference how high a man may rise
he can never get above his jealousies and
preiudices. If Mr.. Depew had been the
party'S choice instead of Fassett he would
have made a clean sweep of the state
in his own estimation. But, great men
sometimes make mistakes, and it is the
general impression in York state that
Mr.. Depew has fallen into that category
IN the matter referred to.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

Tie Democrats nave about given up
what little hopes they had at the first of
the campaign of carrying Ohio at the
coming election. One of that party's
papers Is frank enough to make this
statement: But for the unfortunate
and short-sighted attempt of the Ohio
Democrats TO dodge and ignore the sill
yer question, and thus betrsy their plat
form, their campaign would be more
promising in all respects than 1t now is. -
OF course this is only an excuse in ad-
vance for the defeat they expect TO ex-
perience; while the fact is they never
had any show of success from the be-
ginning of the campaign.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

4 project has been submitted 70
the Russian ministry on rozds Of inter
communication 20 regulate the course of
the Folga- Il Is prDpose1 % build FIVE
large reservoirs between the city Of Tver
and the month % the river Kama a:con-
venieut distances apart The water Ell-
ing me reservoirs az the oveTsOwlng cf
the river n the spring might tAen 5e Iei
back TO lis sourcs n tEe summer when
tne river drles IN
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

The Chicago Tribune laid itself out in
great editorial glee on August IA, on C.
Wood Davis, for the prediction he made
last spring that there would be dire fam
inc in Russia before the close of the sum-
mer. If the Tribune had restrained its
crfticising ardour a few weeks its present
position would have proved more envia-
ble, its knowledge of the worlds affairs
be accounted of more value. Not only
is there famine in Russia. but its details
make up a heartrending history with
which ali the world is taking note.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

70 on a BIT o. paper IN my pocket, that'a
what it's mother said. +" and after fumbling
she produced dirty piece of paper vita
the word Eduth inscribed thereon. "Oh,
Edith. see you mean" Yes. sir: that's
It. We'll. we must make it right. viii
enter it Gdith. but ] must put Enoch ~
weii' n bad done ~ before IN the cass
mentioned abovsl And Richard Rachel,
Edith Enoch, they remain % this day
Cor. London TitBitA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

The huge weather prophet at st. Joe,
Missouri, Foster by name, whose bung-
ling work the EAGLE has exposed in the
past, is now apologizing for the mistake
in his August horoscope through which
he predicted terrible killing frosts in
Kansas Sept 18th and 18th. 1t was the
hottest September on record and things
generally were cooking and frying on
the above dates. Foster has fooled fools
long enough.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

The news from Central America indi-
Gates the probability of a general revo-
luton throughout the country. The
Guatamela outbreak is purely local and
yet it may furnish an excuse for its
neighbors to vent a grudge, and they all
have it in for one another. All of which
makes it a good country not to move to.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

The American people seem to have
fallen into the habit of indulging in ap-
plause at the mention of the name of
James G. Blaine. Republican conven-
tions go wild over it, just for the fun of
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

Melbourne is working the people of
Goodland in great shape. The condi-
tions are all right for rain all over Kan
sas and have been since Wednesday, and
every part of Kansas including Good
land will get rain before Sunday night
In fact rain has been falling here and
there throughout the state for two or
three days past,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

It is natural for the people of the
northern states to entertain feeling of
sympathy for the colored people of the
south in their struggles, in many in
stances for existence. but little pity,
even, will be felt for the miserable
wretches who were lynched in Arkansas
Wednesday night, if they were the par
ties who attempted to incite the cotton
pickers to force in connection with the
cotton pickers' strike attempted to be in
augurated, and who assassinated the
sheriff for his efforts to preserve the
peace and protect the laborers as well as
their employers. They were enemies to
their race and to the best interests of the
community, and deserved their fate.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

Prof. Foster is very good. He postponed
the equinoctial storms until October. to
give the corn a chance TO ripen. 1t is Just
possible that after little more reflection
the professor may conclude to dispense
with them altogether this year.-Emporia
Republican.
The professor does his guessing by
rule, and you know there is no rule with
out exceptions; this is an exceptional
wear. therefore
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03

Good crops and big prices have a ten
dency to make contented people, and
in inverse ratio, to knock the wind out
of political demagogues. And that's
what's the matter with the Kansas con-
tIngent of the aforesaid p. DIS.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-03
Recreation.

". ". Story n Scribae-'A
The carnival on the Corso was all very
foolish, If you please. but It was im-
mensely diverting The wise man knows
the charm of jollity, and Of al things
nothing Is so foolish as not 10 recognize
the necessity of sometimes being foolish
\ laugh Is the best clearer Of the brain
and the best aid 10 digestion. Man was
made 10 laugh.