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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
CONCERNING AN EXTRA SESSION,

The Sentinel has double-leaded ed
itorial urging n special session of Con-
gress. 1t says:
In the ordinary course Of events the Con-
gress elected last Tuesday will not assem-
bic for nearly thirteen months. and will
not get to work until sixty or ninety days
later. 1t is to be feared. Judging from ex-
perience. that by that time the ardor of
reform will have cooled, and that they will
be moro interested in furthering their own
chances for reelection than in dong the
work they were commissioned to do.
Under the existing provisions the Fifty
until March next. 1t will not begin Its
labors until the following December. Ii
President Cleveland should call it in spe-
cial session not later than April next, and
If it should then proceed Immediately to
election law and adopt revenue tariff, We
have no doubt the country would say
Amen" most heartily.
The Journal ind0rses the above sug-
gestion as strictly in the line of popular
government. A majority of the people
have declared in favor of the Demo-
cratic party, and as the platform of that
party declares against any and all pro-
lection. it is fair to assume that the peo-
pie want that pledge carried out as soon
as possible. Assuming that the Demo-
cratic party meant what it said in its
platform and that the people meant
what they said at the polls. there is every
reason why Congress should be called
together az soon as possible to execute
the popular will. The contest was one of
principle, the great question being wheth-
er protection or free trade is best for the
country. The Journal is firmly con-
WINGED that protection is the true Amer
Jean policy. but as a majority of the peo-
pie have declared in favor of free trade,
it is anxious to see that policy receive a
thorough test, and the sooner the better.
The people know what protection has
done. They have experienced its bene-
fits for many years. Having declared
their desire and intention to try the
benefits of free trade they are entitled
to the earliest possible Inauguration of
the experiment. All we ask is that the
Democratic party keep faith with the
people and live up to its platform. As
remarked elsewhere, four years is all too
short time in which to develop q gov
ernmental policy. and as popular ma
jorities are uncertain, the Democratic
party should begin to develop its policy
as soon as possible and make the devel-
opment as complete as possible. An
extra session of Congress will cost con-
siderable. but that is nothing to the
people compared with the luxury of hav-
ing their own way and having it quick.
By all means let us have an extra SEES
sion, and then let the Democratic party
keep faith with the people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
LEssoH OF HISTORY.

Those people who always zee in the
defeat of a party its end are either
ignorant of political history or have
failed to note it's significance. For hum
dreds of years there have been two
parties in Great Britain. They have
divided upon many questions, but each
has retained its characteristics. Each,
In turn, has had its ups and its downs.
Only few years ago Gladstone was so
party was declared. To-day the Glad
stone party is in power again. The
Democratic party has been several
times declared to be in permanent con-
troll of the government. and yet four
years later it was overwhelmed. In
1885 Van Buren, had nearly double the
votes of General Harrison, but in 1910,
following a long period of financial dis
aster, Harrison swept the country, re-
ceiving the votes of 234 presidential
electors, to go for Van Buren,. Four years
later the Democratic candidate was elect
ed President, to be followed by Wing
in 1913. In 1852 the Democratic candi-
date received the votes of all but forty
two electors. In 1884 Abraham Lincoln
received 212 electoral votes to 81 for the
Democratic candidate. Nevertheless.
twelve years later there was but 1 ma
jority in the Electoral College for the
Republican candidate. Here. as in Great
Britain and elsewhere where any por-
ton of the government is based upon
the popular will, there will be two par
ties, the progressive and the retrogres-
sive. In this country the Democratic is
the retrogressive party. With slight in
terruptions it dominated this country
for fifty years, yet during that period
it did not put upon the national statute
book single progressive measure. Its
aim was to denationalize. 1t was re-
sponsible for the fugitive slave law; it
abrogated the Missouri Compromise;
the bred Scott decision is u milestone
showing its retrogression. and secession
and rebellion the outcome of its here
sizes. 1t has resisted all progressive
measures like the homestead act, the
constitutional amendments putting ma
tional authority on a more enduring
basis, the transcontinental railway sys-
TENS, q national paper currency, the
widening of the postal service, the pol
icy of internal improvements and every
other progressive measure for which the
Wing and the Republican parties have
contended. Again 1t is in power, and
it's inherent tendency to retrogression
asserts itself. The Republican party is
cast down, but it is as much a necessity
as 1T was in 1856, 1860, 1884 Such, at
least, is the teaching of history.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
MAKING TROUBLE FOR ARKANsANS.
A Federal Grand Jury Instructed to lnyesti.
gate Violation of the Election Law.

LITTLE Rock. k, Nov. 11.-Judge John
A. Williams. Of 10 federal District Court,
to-day charged the grand jury to investl-
gate the manner in which the recent cleo
tion was conducted in the several counties
comprising the eastern judicial district
of Arkansas. 1.-THE State law requires"
hesssaid "that the county board of
election commissioners eball appoint the
judges. Judges OF election SO appointed
shall be discreet persons. They shall be
able to read and write the English Ian
guage and qualified electors in the pre-
cincts for which they are appointed to act
same political party If competent persons
of different politics can be found. This
section is of the utmost i'm portance. If you
shall find that any board of election CON-
mIssioners have violated the law In tn at
respect 1T is upquestionably your duty to
present them by indictment.
again. they must all he discreet per-
sons, able to read and write the English
language Now there must be no mistake
made by election commissioners IN that re-
sspect, either twill not do TO appoint two
that can read and write and another that
can just barely read and write. They must
all be discreet persons, able to read and
write Under this election law il seems to
be very important that they shall be able
to read and write, because it seems from
reading the law. that very often the elect
ore themselves are not able to read and
write; and then they have the right to re-
quest any two election judges to help them
to make out their ticket; hence. it is very
necessary, and the law says co. that the
judges shall be able to read and write the
English language"
Judge Williams declared that the dis
triot attorney had received a communica-
ton from the chief supervisor to the effect
that the law had been violated, and ii such
was the case 1t was the solemn duty of the
grand jury to indict such election officers
to the end that they may be brought to
trial and punished
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
WILL NOT BE rIeEoN-uoLEp.

Cases A gainst yioIasors of the Civil Service
Law to Be Pushed-Eew in Number.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-Attorney. general
Miller does not intend TO pigeon-hole those
offenses against the clvil-service law which
were reported during the recent campaign.
Now that the smoke of battle has cleared
away Mr.. Miller is looking into the infor-
nation submitted to HIM by the Civil
service Commission. with q view to vigor-
Gus prosecution of the offenders. He has
already sent the papers In two South Da.
kota cases to the United States district at
torney of that locality, with Instructions to
prosecute If there is sufficient evidence to
convict. He has two other cases before
him now relating to the collection of cam
paign funds from federal officials in Ala
bana and Louisiana. but be has not di-
Iected the district attorney to act in these
cases. The Civil-service Commission also
has two more cases which it expects to lay
before the Attorney general at an early
day. but the locality of the offenses is
withheld for the present.
President Lyman. head of the Civil Ser
vice Commission, returned this morning
from Connecticut, where he went to vote
Mr.. Roosevelt has also been absent during
campaign work. THE election has served
to give another possible justification to the
civil-service system" said President Ly-
man to-day. There has not been an cleo
ton In many years where so little sbuse of
the public service has occurred. The fact
that the commission had made so few com.
plants of otfenses emphasizes the general
acceptance of the civil-service idea. The
politicians appear to have accepted it as
conclusively as those who are contemptu-
Ouslv referred to a9 srefOriuere' Not n
single case has come before MS in which
the managers of the national committees
had in any way transgressed the civll-ser-
vice laws. Such offenses as We have re-
the law rather than to an intentional pur-
pose fc violate it. The civil-service sys-
sem has come to stay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
THE MONETARY CONFERENCE.
Delegates Andrew and McCreary opposed to
Free Coinage by America Alone.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
New YORK, Nov. 1l.-Three delegates to
the international monetary conference to
meet in Brussels OIL Nov. %, arrived in New
York to-day. They are Senator w. b. ALI
son. of Iowa; CONGRESSMAN j. B.iMcCresry.
of Kentucky (re-elected Tuesday,, and z.
Benjamin Andrew. president of Brown
University, Rhode Island. They will sail
tomorrow on the'Aller for Bremen.
President Andrew has for years been
studen of monetary subjects. Anew years
ago he wrote long article on AN Honess
Dollar" II believe in bimetallism,n he
said to-day at the Fiftb-avenue Hotel. 81
do not. however. think such q standard il
advisable or feasible for this country with
ont the cooperation or other nations. Tho
United States is NOT strong enough to un-
dertske the establishment of bImetalliam,
nor free coinage Of silver alone. l don't
think 1t would bo advisable at present in
this country TO open our mints for free
coinage, unless an International agreement
can first be made. l observe that in the
South. where there WINS supposed TO be
strong free-silver sentiment, Cleveland re-
ceived all the electoral votes. / take this
as an indOrsement of his policy as against
President Harrison"
Congressman McCresry said: 81 think
the best policy 10 bimetsllism and an un-
limited coinage of gold and silver on q
ratio that will be recognized all over the
world. No country has the same ratio as
another. 1t is. therefore, desirable to
make some international arrangement
don't believe this county should under
take to establish q standard of Its own.
At present prefer not to go into diecus-
sion of details"
Senator Allison refused to be interview d
tonight, offering as an excuse that he was
too busy.
The Independence Beige. of Brussels.
announces that the international monetary
conference will be presided over bv NJ
Levi. one of the Belgian delegates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12

Consolidation Of Chicago Companies Having
Capacity for Killing 1850 Hogs a Day.

CHICAGO, Nov. lit is announced here
ing companies in Chicago will soon be
merged into one. These are the lnterna-
tional Packing and Provision Company
and the Chicago Packing and Provision
Company. The consolidation is n financial
movement of great Importance. for il brings
together one of the largest aggregations Of
capital that can be found anywhere GEN.
tered in similar business. The new COM
pany will really he one of the greatest Or
carnations in the country. controlling, as
it will, over s4.000.O00 of cash working
capital in addition 10 the plant represent
ed by the stocks and bonds The capital
ization of the Chicago Packing and Pro-
vision Company is E4O0. 600 STERLING and Of
the International Packing and Provision
e50.000. In addition TO that the two CON-
panies have q little over s2.ooo.oc0 of bonds
outstanding
1t is suggested BY those familiar with the
packing business and more or less convers-
ant with the plans of the ruling spirits in
these two ORGANIZATIONS. that there is con-
templated N great extension an the bnsi-
ness. People connected with the Ham,
mond Company admit that there is possi-
biIity of that company coming III control of
the new consolidated company. That COM
pany Is an enormous one. having q capital
ization of El.2A0.00o. IL Is believed that
the Hammond Company is anxious Ia
bring such shing about 1t is suggested
also that there are possibilities in Western
extensions, and that the plans of the lead
ers mean y colossal organization which
shall take first rank IN the packing indus
try. The Importance of the consolidated
organization will be understood when it is
known that the consolidated companies
will have capacity for killing 1880 hogs
n day. This equals the combined output of
the other three big packing concerns.
Messrs. Armour. swift and Morris. and 10
twice as large as the largest of these.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12

Samoan Affairs Again Assume an Acute
Phase-War Vessel to BE Sent to Africa

Samoan Afa.-s Again Assume an Acute
Phsse--War Vessel to BE Sent to Africa.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-Advlces re-
ceived here from Samoa are to
the effect that the differences be-
tween the two factions. headed by
Mataafa. the recognized king. and by NAL
letoa, the claimant to the throne, have
reached an acute phase. To fully protect
the interests of the United States il has
been decided that naval vessel shonld be
sent there at the earliest practicable mo-
ment. Besides this reason, based on expe-
diency. it appears that under the terms of
the tri-partite treaty the United States is
under obligation TO keep o naval vessel at
Samoa. There has been no United States
naval vessel there for many months, the
Iroquois being the last to call The ALI
ance, now at Honolulu with the Boston, was
under orders to 60 to Samoa. but these or
ders were countermaDded to-day. probably
because of the critical condition OF Hawai-
ian politics. Ii 10 the present intention to
send In her place the Ranger. recently of tho
Behring sea feet, and now at Mare island
San Francisco. 1t will require about q
months time to prepare the vessel for the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
POUND A MAN Under HER BED.
She Didn't Scream, However. bu, Slipped Out
of the Bouse aud Mortified the Police.

CHICAGO, Nov. 11.-Mary Cox, like many
other women, always looks under the bed
before she retires. Hereafter she will be-
lleve In this feminine ceremony more than
ever, for last night she caught real live
man under there. and oontrived his iano-
minious capture without uttering a single
scream. Mrs Cox retired TO her room
about IL o'clock. and after removing her
rings, watch aud diamonds. proceeded 10
disrobe. Then she looked under the bed.
Comfortably curled up beneath she saw n
man. She did not scream, but calmly
walked out Of the room. and. going down
stairs. loft the house. quietly locking the
door behind her. and then. without even
a wrapper ran to the drug store on the
corner, and teIephoned for the patrol
wagon. The wagon came In hurry. and
reached the door at the Same time as Mira
Cox. The officers ran up the stairs. and
found the man still ourled up beneath the
bed. He was pulled out. too much snr-
prised to attempt resistance. At the STA
ton he gave the name Of Joseph Hart. Tbs
police claim to recognize q weli-known
sneak. thief.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
THEY RUB IT IN.

GREAT Christopher Observation-Disclosures
phia Record tDem.l
GOVERNOR MCKINLEY-"Whers was I
at7'-Philsdelphia Times (Dem.)
THE rainbow chasers have ended their
Quest.-Detroit FREQ Press Dem.)
DoN'T MacVeagh. Gresham. Cooley and
j. %. Cox feel good Who has q better
Enthusiastically Eagle DEM
EVIDENCE has accumulated within the
past twenty-four hours to show that the
Republican ticket was rather heavily
loaded at the observation-disclosures Post
Ind.)
THE Mckinley bill must be given credit
for excellent work after all. 1t secured q
Democratic President and Congress and q
return 10 just taxation for revenue only.
st LOUIS Post-Dispatch DEM
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
HORRIBLE RUSSIAN STORY
Giantess with Cannibalistic Tendencies
Kills Two Little Peasant Children.
One Partially Devoured BY the Woman. Made
Fiendish by Drinking vodka-Mrs.
Maybrick iii In Prison.
CANNIBALrsNr IN RUSSIA.


A Female Giant Kills Two Children and
Partially Eats One.
LONDON, Nov. IA most horrible story
of csnnibalism is reported by the Tele-
graphs Sc. Petersburg correspondent A
woman named Alderman. giantess In
stature and strength. sought shelter at the
house of peasant woman named fooreski
Sariera. living in the lsmael district OF
Bessarabia. The Alderman woman was
afforded refuge by the peasant and they
became quite friendly. They drank con-
siderable quantity of vodka and when the
supply gave out Yooreski went out to get
another bottle. She was gone quite
Q little time. When she returned
she was almost struck dumb with
horror on finding that her guest. IN her
absence had killed her baby. gnawed the
soft parts of its body and sucked it's blood
and brains. The woman was then In the
act of attempting to kill another child.
three.y ear.old girl. VITO was seeking TO es-
cape from the hut. and was screaming at tn
top of her voice. The mother rushed In
and tried to save her child from the
murderess, but the latter strnck the little
girl with bludgeon and killed her before
her mother could reach her. The mother
brain was turned by the terrible scene she
had witnessed and she became raving
maniac. She attempted 70 kali herself. put
neighbore, who hao been attracted to the
scene by her wild shrieks. prevented her.
The Alderman woman made most desper-
ate resistance when some OF the peasants
attempted TO arrest her. She fought like
tigress, and some of the peasants were quite
severely injured. She was finally over
powered and bound with ropes. Five men
accompanied her to the jail. The news oil
the terrible crime spread rapidly, and on
the way to the prison q number OF men
tried TO take her from her guards to iyncn
her. They were prevented, however. and
the woman was locked MP. 1t is not known
whether she is insane or not. The whole
district is in ferment over the affair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12

THE real position of the Republican
party on the tariff question was largely
obscured by the misrepresentation of
the campaign. The declaration of the
Minneapolis platform was as follows:
We believe that all articles which cannot
be produced in the United States. except
Injuries. should be admitted free of duty;
and that on all imports coming into compe-
tition with the products of American labor
there should be levied duties equal to the
differences between wages abroad and at
home.
That is sound doctrine, no matter
what an unintellieent or misinformed
majority of the people may declare.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
CHANGING THEIR POLICY.
English Tories Trying to Become the Party
Of the Peoplc

English Tories Trying Co Become the Party
of the People.
lCopyright. 1892 by the New York Associated Press
LONDON, Nov. 11.-No event in the recent
history of the Conservative party ap-
breaches in Importance the adoption OF
tho new programme by the conference of
Conservative associations just held in
Edinburgh. The platform 10 frankly dem
ocratic. 1t even goes beyond the New
Castle programme of the Liberals in ad-
uniting popular control of party legisIa-
tion, and. further, it contrasts fa-
vorably with the Liberal fedora
tion's policy as allowing great
er independence of option among the
adherents of tho principles of unionism.
The rigidity of old Toryism has absolutely
vanished and Is replaced by an elastic con-
stit1tionalism which Mr.. Balfour and other
leaders have accepted, though certain fos-
sils like the Duke of Rutland continue TO
think it Incompatible with genuine con-
servatism and dangerous TO the success OF
party government. The programme IN
cludes electoral registration reform, with
an equalization of votes. and q reduction
of the period of occupancy required to
qualify voters. This IN itself trumps the
Liberal proposals IN the same direction.
Next the conference approved the extern
sion of the franchise TO female rate payers
the disfranchisement 6f iDliterate voters:
provisions for old age; assistance to work
ingmen to enable them to acquire land for
building purposes; an amendment TO the
employers liability laws. and fac
tory acts in the workIngmen's in
teTest. Finally, some touch of home.
.rrleism was infused in the programme by
the approval of the transference of private
bill procedure from the committees of Par
lament to local bodies. The transformed
spirit of the party is attributed largely to
the liberalizing influence of their Unionist
allies and partly TO the leaders recognizing
the necessities of the times. 1t is among
the strangest changes of life that the
English parties find an intense Tory. like
the Duke of Montrose. president of the
associations. confirming this peoples plat
form.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12

INTEREST in the presidential election
will have hardly subsidized before public
attention will turn to the coming worlds
fair at Chicago. final preparations for
which are proceeding on mammoth
scale. Nothing can prevent it from be-
ing great success except the appear
ance of the cholera next year, or a gen.
eral railroad strike which would tie up
transportation. and of which there are
some threatening indications. Barring
these disasters, the fair promises to be
the greatest event of modern times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
country.

THE Chicago Herald unites in the de-
mand for an extra session cf Congress.
1t says:
In view OF the overwhelming expression
of public opinion last Tuesday no can hard
~ 40 less. The people have declared with
mighty emphasis that Republican protec-
jority of the American people for the bene-
fit of the few" Both as an act of justice
and es an act of obedience to the popular
Will tLis fraud and robbery should be
stopped at the earliest possible moment
Whether they know anything about it
or not. that is what a majority of the
people have declared. and their will
should be executed. The sooner they
learn "where they are at" the better for
all concerned
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
DEFECTIVE APPLICATION OF A GOOD SYSTEM.

While the Journal believes thoroughly
in the theory of a secret ballot, it is very
sure that the law in Indiana is far from
the best that can be devised. It's ma
chinery is cumbersome and expensive.
The cost of an election in any county
cannot be less than So 500. and in few
il will not be less than $1,000 or $4,000.
The average will probably reach $4,000
to county, which means S275.000 for
the whole State. This is large sum of
money--double the amount necessary if
the law can be amended SO as to take all
the unnecessary expense out OF IT.
For instance. there is no good reason
for having an inspector from each pre-
cinct to canvass the vote when dozen
competent mon could do it in less time.