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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28
THE SILVER CONFERENCE.

The reports which come from Brus-
sells and other European capitals regard
ing the possible action of the utter
assuring to the friends of bimetallism.
At the outset the representatives of
Great Britain in the conference do not
represent the Ministry which was in
power ayear ago. when its financial head
gave Secretary Foster, of the Treasury,
so much encouragement regarding the
attitude of that government to ward BIZ
metaIlism. The Salisbury government,
representing the commercial interests,
looked upon the larger use of silver
with great favor, as the report of the
royal commission, made several years
ago. and the attitude of MIR. Goschen.
head of the Treasury. have shown. The
new Gladstone Ministry is controlled by
the theorists who hold that gold should
be the basis of British money. As
its representatives are in the con-
ference, it is no cause for sur
prise that they have, in effect,
declared their hostility at the outset.
There are also indications that the influ-
ence of the Rothschilds is felt against
the policy of enlarging the volume of
legal-tender money by adding silver.
There is also a prevailing opinion in
Europe that, if not assisted by other
governments, the United States will
adopt free silver coinage and thus re-
lieve other nations of any part of the re-
spOnsibility of restoring silver values.
They have seen that a majority in Con-
gress is in favor of free coinage, but
they have failed to see that neither
President Harrison nor Presldent-elect
Cleveland will approve such a measure.
Consequently they hold off. And yet
the representatives of these govern
ments are very anxious to stop the de-
probation of silver and to restore it to
an intrinsic value which will make the
large quantities of silver money used by
the masses in ordinary transactions
nearer its face value than it is. To this
end is the proposition that European
nations will purchase a minimum
of SOS, 600, 900 worth of silver bullion an
nually if the United States government
will continue to purchase 81, 900, 900
ounces, which at the present price of
bullion would be about GAS, 600, 900 worth.
Such a proposition cannot be considered
a moment, or any other which does not
make every government represented in
the conference an equitable sharer in
the work of restoring the white metal to
its old European value.
The governments of Europe'should be
made to understand that the United
States is now in a position to get along
without bimetallism as we'll as any ma
ton in the world. and that it's Congress
will not make this country the dumping
ground of all the silver in the world
simply because it is a large producer of
the metal. 1t seems, however. that
nothing will make them believe this i'm
portant fact but a total suspension of
the coinage of legal-tender silver or of
the issue of legal-tender paper on silver
bullion. The repeal of the Sherman act
would bring them to a realizing sense of
the fact.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28
THE MOVEMENT FOB BETTER ROADS,

No subject has come to the front more
rapidly during the last few years than
the necessity for improved country
roads. 1t was, indeed, high time that
the reform should be inaugurated, and
the public mind seems to be ripe for it.
1t is a matter of infinite surprise that
the American people, claiming to be the
most progressive, practical and enter
prising on earth, should have gone so
long without making any intelligent eff
fort to establish q general system of
good roads. In all other material re-
spects we have made more progress
during the last fifty years than any
other people. We have constructed
about as many miles of railroad as all
the rest of the world combined, and
have developed a splendid system of
inland transportation. We have ac-
complished wonders in the way of en-
cheering exploits, and in many ways
have shown our ability to cope with the
most difficult physical problems of
nature. But in the matter of country
roads we have made almost no progress
whatever. There has been money
enough spent to have made good
roads throughout every Northern
State, but it has for the most
part been so unwisely spent that
it might almost be said to have
been thrown away. And so, year after
year, and generation after generation,
our people have gone on loundering
through mud roads and paying an enor-
nous penalty. morally and pecuniarily.
for their lack of intelligence and enter
prise in a matter of prime importance
and universal interest.
Within the last few years. thanks to
the efforts of a few progressive men. the
persistent agitation of the press, and the
skillful utilization of the various infu-
ences interested in good roads the pub
lie mind has become aroused on
the subject. A large amount
of instructive literature on the
subject of good roads has been
circulated, numerous addresses have
been delivered, and State conventions
have been held and organizations
formed. A National League for Good
Roads, has been formed, including
among its officers he Governors of
many States, and other representative
men. The active assistance of the rail-
roads has been enlisted, for they fully
recognize the advantage to them of good
wagen-roads in making it easy to haul
farm products to market. An address
issued by the national league says:
No person or association in the land can
afford TO neglect q movement so vital as
this to the country's progress and prosper
ity. Few. indeed. have not, in addition to
their concern in the general welfare. some
special interest. direct or indirect, in the
condition of the highways.
Apart from the now led ged interest in
good roads of the builders of wagons. car
riages. bicy cles. traction and farm engines
and implements. that of coaching and coun-
try clubs, coach and csrriage.ow ners. horse-
breeders. etc. aud that OF all merchants
and manufacturers in respect to the cheap
and speedy distribution of goods and better
collection of raw materials and money re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

and fifty dollars 10 paid for able bodied
men from twenty-five TO thirty years OF
age; $50 for likely young women from
continue firm. and in elderly. slightly dam
aged men there Is q decided drop.
ONE of yerdis recent visitors says that
the composer gets as much fun ont of his
GFalsraff' as the public 10 likely to get.
He sometimes sits down at the piano-forte
with his librettIst. Boito. and goes through
scene after scene, broken only by pauses
for hearty laughter. Ii is likely that the
University of Cambridge will honor Verdi
at tho commencement with the degree of
doctor OF music.
ENTLEMA has left f3. 600 to the Ed
inburgh University to provide snuff and to-
bacco for such poor persons in the infirmary
as are in distress for the want Of either. He
himself had been for twenty years q slave
TO the use of tobacco, and know the suffer-
ing incident TO it's deprivation. He had
also been a dresser in the infirmary. and
had witnessed the distress Of many patients
who had been deprived of tobacco.
An interesting old man who ls living
near Woodville. IN Rsppahsunock county.
Virginia. is j. w. Yancey. now In his nine
tieth year. Mr.. Yancey taught reading.
writing and arithmetic to Alexander H.
Stephens, and he was one of the young men
WIN COI1pOeou Ialay ottob cSCOIt III lcSfs
Mr.. fancey remembers that at VILE
Lafay cite was presented with q vast bowl
of eggnog, but refused tn touch 1t ON the
plea that he never INDUCED.
Or. NANsEN. the Arctic explorer. is only
thirty-one years old. stands over six feet
high, and Is endowed with q splendid
physique. "His features are of the pure
Scandinavian type" say the London News.
land his mouth. which is expressive Of
great resolution, is covered by a long. fair
mustache. A newspaper reporter found
him In a railway carriage without an over.
coat, being simply ettired in Q blue serge
suit. while on his head he wore, ~jauntily
bet on one sid. o round Norwegian cap. His
impedimenta included q battered and VEN
cradle -portmanteau. studded with brass
nails, which becomes at once an object of
interest when 1t is explained that il &C.
c~ompanied the explorer throughout his
now historical journey Across Greenland
DE-. Nansen speaks English 1uently."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THOMAS A. EDsoN. who sleeps but Few
hours himself. says that the man of the
future may do without sleep entirely.
In Madagascar q dissatisfied husband has
only to give bis wife o piece Of money and
say. Madam 1 thank you." and, according
to the laws of Madagascar, he is divorced
s~traIgbaway.
DIR. JOHN EGE. the skin grafting specialist,
of Reading, Pa. has q new scheme. This
is to graft pieces of hairy skin on bald
headed men, so that they will he able TO
gro w q luxuriant head OF hair. He says be
has already tried it and that il is q success.
In Japanese auction rooms both men and
women are r~equired to write their names
and the prices they will pay upon slips Of
paper. The slips are dropped into q box.
At a stated time the box is opened and the
goods are declared the property of the
highest bidder.
A DISTINGUISHED French avant was at
work In his study when his domestic
rushed wildly into the room. excited and
greatly frightened. "Oh. dear" she ex-
claimed. II am lost. / have swallowed o
needle. Never mind,~ said the savans,
quite absorbed In his work, keep il; here's
another"
SLAVES. the price of which is not usually
quoted in the markets Of the world, are
now veiy dear in Arabia. Two hundred
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

A WASHINGTON dispatch represents
that our Mr.. Bynum is very eager for
an extra s~ession-sO eager that he would
pass from the inaugural address of Mr..
Cleveland to a ballot for Speaker. He
is also very eager to down Mr.. Crisp,
not that he is a candidate for Speaker,
but for the craftsmanship of the COM
mittee on ways and means. a place in
which Mr.. Springer rattles about like a
pea in a pint cup. Mr.. Bynum is right;
after Springer has been made the party
leader in the House by that appoint
ment, any other Democrat cannot hest
tate to apply. But from Randall and
Carlisle to Bynum-Great Scott!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

THE President of the worlds fair has
written a letter relating to Sunday OPEN
ing of the fair, and has sent copies to
the President of the United States and
tO,each Senator and Representative in
Congress, defining the position of the
directory on the subject. The letter is.
in effect, an urgent recommendation for
the repeal of the Sunday-closing act.
This request is based On the fact that
a majority of the American people are
undoubtedly opposed to closing the fair
on Sundays and that the opening as
contemplated by the directors would be
no Dissertation of the day, ven from q
Sabbatarian point of view. On the lat
ter point the president says: e
We rave In consideration in event Of Q
repeal of the Sunday-closing clause the es-
tablishment of q bureau the purpose of
which will be to arrange for religious serv-
ices. to be conducted by the most eminent
clergymen of the day. with sacred music of
the highest order, every Sunday at the ex-
position park; to stop oil machinery, mer-
chsndising aud unnecessary labor, with q
rule that our employees shall work but six
days q week, and thus not 20 desecrate the
Sabbath, but to give evidence of il IN such
o way as would put to shame and enlist the
friendship of those who In their misguided
zeal would make such q feature impossible.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

No President-elect before Mr.. Cleve-
land ever adopted the ungracious expe-
dent of running away from his political
friends, or flung a wholesale insult at
those who came to see him. "Many Of
the callers i have been obliged to re-
c%eive," he said before leaving New
York, would not have encroacIed upon
my time if they had given the matter a
moments reflection, for there is no rea-
son or deceucy in my being overwhelmed
with such matters at this time" There
is an autocratic and "stuck-upn zone
IN this that is eminently Clevelandish.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

The owners of the Anderson tin plate
works. recently destroyed by fire, have
decided not to rebuild. The circum-
stances of the fire showed beyond q
doubt that it was the work of an incen-
diary. and the destruction of the works
was clearly traceable to partisan malice
againstan obnoxious industry. Previous
to the fire the establishment was dong
q good business, but the determined hos
tility shown against the enterprise has
compelled the owner to abandon il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

PRESIDENT ELIOT, of Harvard, in q
recent address, advocated unrestricted
himself a logical free-trader. If we
open our markets to the products of all
the world without restriction, why close
them to the people who make them?
The logic of the President of Harvard is
commended to all those who call them
selves free-traders or who advocate q
tariff for rel only, which is the
same thing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

In an article in the Forum. ex-senator
Edmunds, of Vermont, says that the
man who "applies himself to the study
and practice of politics must have his
worldly competence already established
OF he must starve," unless he parts with
patriotism and honesty and 'pursues
politics as q trade from which personal
and ~pecuniary gain can be derived"
But the ex-senator would say that every
citizen should take a deep interest in
politics and participate as q citizen in
all elections.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

In 1879 Mr.. Gladstone made q speech
in which he told the agricultural people
of England that even if the United
States did not raise that country all the
wheat it wanted at a lower price than
they could afford to raise it. Manitoba
would soon compel lower prices by its
immense product. Even then Mr.. Glad
stone saw the coming overproduction of
wheat outside of England, as his predic-
ton shows, but he was wrong about
Manitoba. whose predicted growth and
consequent wheat crop has never been
realized.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

THE plutocratic dinner of the Man.
haitian Club. of which Mr.. Cleveland
partook just before his flight to Hog
island, is yet a theme of comment.
Probably so many millionaires never
before sat down to one dinner in which
so limited a number participated. Many
of the guests are comparatively I'M
known. but nearly every one of them
could write his check for O million. And
yet in the nva plutocrats were de-
nounced by the Cleveland orators.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

A CURRENT saying in Washington is
"Cleveland's prayers for a Republican
Senate have not been answered" A Re-
publican Senate has been a great boon
to the Democratic party in saving it
from Understanding between the party
and the execution of it's promises and
threats. Mr.. Cleveland may we'll trem-
BILE in view of the fact that his party
will soon control every branch of the
government. The tigers cage-door will
be wide open.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28
IT would seem that So, $50, 900 ia a large

1T would seem that So, $50, 900 ia a large
price for the property and franchise of
the Citizens Railway Company, but if
the city should continue to grow as it
has during the past six years, and the
cost of operating by electricity shall be
reduced, as is predicted it will be, it will
prove a good investment at that figure.
The future of rapid transit is just begin
ming to be comprehended by capitalists,
while its benefits are not yet even
dreamed of by those who have been
emancipated from the mule car.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

etc. At the close of the parade the al
dermen invited some friends to a favor
lite resort to drink to the memory of CO.
lumbus, and that interesting ceremony
cost the taxpayers over $4,000 Yet
the people are powerless against that
kind of government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28
ceptlon.

THE champions of State bank circula-
tion will find no consolation in the fact
that the circulation of national banks
was increased S10,4S7, 900 during the
year which ended Oct. 81. 1892. If the
banks were allowed to issue bills to the
full face value of their bonds. MILLIONS
would be added to the money stock of
the country, and particularly of the
new West and the Southwest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

turns. there are many great s~emi-Dub1c IN
situations whose interests are deeply In
lyed-rallroad in the equal distribution
OF their traffic through the seasons. secur-
ing constant employment of their force and
equipments; telegraph and telephone conn.,
panies, In the extension of country service;
newspapers In the expansion OF their cir
cuiation through free delivery that Will
loilow good roads; banks and bankers. In
the quicker movement of capital IN coun-
try business; ire insurance companies. In
the ability TO reach country fires with town
apparatus: lie insurance companies, IN the
prompt relief of the sick or injured, and In
a general ameiIoration of ply sical and So
clai conditions tending to prolong life; Ia
Dor organizations. IN the nom competitive
employment OF convicts. and all philan-
thrcDic associations and individuals. IN the
provision of employment sufficient to
abolish poverty" or, at least. want and
starvation for q generation, diminish crime
ana relleve the congestion In cities. aud In
the cheapening of food products to oil con-
sumers, and general promotion of the hap
piness ana welfare of the whole people.
A movement so clearly in the interest
of the general welfare rises above all
partisan schemes and appeals to the
support OF good citizens of all classes.
irrespective of politics or party. In
deed, We seem to ave passed the point
where it is necessary to argue in favor
of the necessity OF benefits of good
roads to all classes Of community. These
are now universally conceded by all
whose opinions are worth any thing, and
the only question now is, how shall pub
lie opinion on the subject be organized
and made effective7 Shall it be lone by
the State, by counties and townships, or
shall the general government aid in the
work, and in either case what is the
most practical plan of procedure? The
main points to be kept in view are good
engineering. thoroughness of work and
pleted the roads shall constitute n gen.
eral system which can be kept in repair
at moderate expense for oil time to come.
The whole subject will be in~telligently
discussed by the road congress which is
to e in this city on Tuesday. Dec. 6.
under the auspices of the Commercial
Club of this city. Several prominent
leaders in the good-roads movement in
other States will be present ON that oc-
casi0n and deliver addresses. and there
is reason to believe the discussions will
be practical and interesting. Arrange
ments have been made for reduced rail-
road rates for delegates and others at
tending the meeting, and 1T is to be
hoped the attendance will be such as to
indicate that the people of Indiana are
at least as ready as those of other States
to support the new reform.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

JUDGE GoFF, of West Virginia, whom
President Harrison appointed to the
new Court of Appeals, recently re-
marked that "it seemed to be the senti-
ment of the United States Judges with
whom he associated that it is unparlia-
mentary, so to speak. for them to ex-
press their views on politics for publ
cation.n There is now and hen an ex-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

AN alleged independent paper in this
State remarks that Governor McKin-
ley's father is dead, and the Governor is
nearly dead" 1t is certainly very in
dependent of the dictates of common
decency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

MRS. ARGENT, of Tin-plate Hill. Pa,
omitted turkey from the Thanksgiving-day
menu at her boarding-h house, and the result
was o free fight, in which one boarder was
stabbed In the leg with q to~asting.fork and
snother's eye was gouged with q potato
masher. 1t is hardly likely that Mrs. Ar
gents plan of substituting home foot. ball
for turkey will become general, however.
even in observation-disclosures.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

The Board of Aldermen in Brooklyn,
n Y. appropriated S50.00 0 for the CO.
lumbus celebration, and bills have al
ready been paid to the mou of $751;
226. Among these are Si7,4l4 for music,
&c. 04 for stands. s2,s5f fos sundries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

REPUBLICANS on the South Side should
not forget the meeting of the G. w. Fair
banks Club tonight for the purpose of per-
manent organization. No one thing can
more effectively promote the highest in
terests of Republicanism in that important
part of the city than q vigorous organiza-
ton with permanent headquarters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

OCEAN steamers that have no regular
routes. and which turn up in unexpect-
ed places, are called tramp steamers.
The comet recently sighted seems to
have been a tramp comet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

If anything struck the earth last
was a meteoric display it was invisible
on account of the clouds. So the crisis
is past and the engagement off.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

WHEN college girls follow the example of
their male fellow-students. as at Mount
Vernon, Ia, and engage in q furious scrap
ping match. what becomes of the theory of
gentle feminine influence in co-educationi
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

Mrs. CLEVELAND was so indignant over
the report hat her life had been endan-
gered by q runaway team that she tele-
graphed a denial of the Infamous story"
to q New York paper. No wonder she was
provoked when everybody ought to know
RIM away.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

NEVER mind. Mrs Lease. If You don't
get into the Senate, you will be welcome
In Terre Haute, along with Margaret
Mather and Nancy Hanks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28

A SPECIAL dispatch from Bristol. Tenn,
says that o child WAS recently born near
that place which, though it lived only a
few seconds. created q marked sensation.
1t was, says the veracious chronicIer, we'll
developed. had q full and beautiful set of
teeth and long flowing hair of q dark hue.
1t was exceedingly pretty and seemed to
be possessed of all the mental faculties of
maturity. In q clear voice 1t said, Time
here Is short" and then closed Its eyes and
passed away. Of course the story is true.
Such strange. picturesque things happen in
the sunny South. but what did the child
meant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28
B In The AIR
Answered.

smarr-What is the Electoral College yelli
Telleck-"Four years more of Grover" you
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-28
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