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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30
THE VOTE,


There has been more delay in getting
full and complete returns of the result
of the recent election in electoral votes
than in any election of recent years
probably more Than in any other since
the introduction of the telegraph al q
vehicle of news. This is due to the
fact that in some States where the vote
was close one or two electors ran ahead
of others on the same ticket, causing q
division of the electoral vote. In former
elections it has been an exceptional and
remarkable thing for the electoral vote
of any State to be divided, whereas in
the last election five States were di-
vided, viz: California. Michigan, North
Dakota, Ohio and Oregon. Some of
these votes have been disputed until
within the last day or two. If the cleo
tion had been very close there would
have been a bitter and prolonged con-
troversy over the division of these cleo
toral votes. and it is a fortunate thing
that the election did not turn on them.
The following table shows the electoral
vote as now definitely settled:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Sun asserts that editor Watterson, of
the Louisville Courier Journal. is the
real originator and father of the Demo-
cratic tariff-reform movement. and that
Mr.. Cleveland was an eleventh. ou re-
cruit. cit should not detract from the
glory of Mr.. Cleveland" be says, "that
he took the word and the idea of g
enue reform out of the mouth of a Dem
0crat who was making policies and
leading forlorn hopes for years before
the President.elect was sheriff of Erie
county n Mayor of Buffalo," If this
correspondent will send his name to Mr..
Cleveland it will contribute to a prompt
decision on his application for Office
when it comes before the President. 1t
might not insure his appointment. but
it would save him from narrowing sus-
p0nee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30
NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT.
Commander in Chief Weissert's Views on the
Ability Of the City to Care for It.

The Milwaukee Journal. in . two column
article on the prospects for the success Of
the Grand Army Encampment to be held
in Indianapolis next year. says: THE peo-
pie of Indianapolis are already making the
most elaborate preparations for the Ma
tional Encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic next summer. and declare
that they will be able I'd take good care Of
all who come. At q great meeting last
week the formal steps for organization
were taken. and work was assigned to spe-
cial committees in various departments
Indianapolis 10 the smallest city that
has captured the National Encampment for
many years. and as the attendance appears
10 be getting larger and larger each scar.
the city will have it's hands full to tax
care of the crowd. Ii is estimated that
more people will attend the encampment
next September than ever before, aud GER
tainly Wisconsin at least will send more
old soldiers than she ever sent to a National
Encampment. barring the one which was
held in Milwaukee in 1889.
."Commander-In-chief Weissert said, to-
day, that he predicts q wonderful success
for the Indianapolis meeting. The men in
charge have gone to work Systematically.
and they are having the advantage of the
experience OF other cities In the past few
years. men the committees were organ
lied the managers sent to the commander
in-chief for the Minutes of the executive
council which made the Milwaukee en-
campment such a great success In 1899, and
the written history Of every days work OF
the council was sent them. They have
also drawn on Detroit, lumbu Boston
aud Washington for advice. and are thus
we'll supplied with the ex perience of 9th
ers In dealing with the various elements of
the undertaking.
LAS to the number of veterans who will
attend said Colonel Weissert. 1--WE can
only judge from other years and from the
preparations made by the departments as
shown in our official correspondence. There
Is not a department. that does not promise
to send more people TO the encamp-
and In almost every case the same reason
is assigned, the general desire of the peo'
pie to see the worlds fair. From the East
and the south they will come TO ~lndianap-
oils. aud after the encampnent continue
their journey to Chicago. From the West
and Northwest they will for the most part
60 right through Chicago without
stopping. taking in the fair with the 9th
ers on the return trip. / OK pect almost al
great An attendance of the veterans at the
fair for the few days after the encaInpment
as there will be at indianapolis for this
reason. The Department of Wisconsin new.
er looked better than 1t does now. and
thcre is a great boom all along the line. j
expect more men from the department in
line at Indianapolis than ever before, *
cept at Milwaukee in 1889. Good reportl
come from all parts of the State. There II
only one post that has shown signs OF
breaking up. and that has been braced UT
and encouraged 30 that it will stand"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

diane. DIR. Eastman is full-blooded Siou x.
and o graduate from Dartmouth College.
Miss HELEN GOULD Is the great Amer
lean heiress of the day. She Is . serious
minded girl, and rather good looking.
"Nym Crinklev says of her: lit 10 just q
year ago that this young woman stepped.
one might say, out of the scbool-ro0m into
the parlor. Those who remember the
petite figure in blue and brocade that re-
ceiyed the compliments Of o host of nota-
bilitIes with q simple. unpretentious. girl
ism wipBomeness in which there was just q
hint of reserve power, can hardly realize
that now she is one of the wealthiest. and
may be one of the most influential, women
In America
GEORGE j. GOULD. since the death OF his
father, is said to have received an average
of four letters of advice daily. All of the
cranks in the country. forgetful of the fact
that young Mr.. Gould was associated with
his father In business for twelve years. and
that he had almost entire control OF affairs
for the last two years. are eager to tell the
y0nng man how to manage the vast estate
in his charge. A goodly proportion of these
would-be advisers arc anxious SO have q
share of the Gould millions diverted into
religious and charitable channels. One
writer advises the Gould children to build
the largest and finest church in the world
~ q memorial of their father.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

PARKMAN. the historian. 10 said by Bos-
tonians to be the handsomest literary man
in America.
GENERAL TRoCHr's estimate of Bismarck
is tina he might have been q great man,
but he has only become a great Prussian.
LADIES visiting the Comte and Comtesse
of Paris, on an ordinary three days invita-
ton to Stowe. are expected to take six new
toilet costumes along. with them. Three
changes of dress per day arc insisted upon.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAINS latest scheme
Is to organize several large parties TO travel
around the world in forty days. celebrating
their return by attending the worlds fair,
making Chlca 90 their starting point, and
also the terminsl of their race against
time.
THE Prince of Wales mas through the
controller OF the household given his sane
ton TO the writer of q book against excess
sive alcoholic indulgence. The controller
writes that there 10 no vice that his roy al
iRhness 90 much deprecates az that Of
drunkenness"
DIX. EASTMAN and wife. principal of the
Indian schools st Pine Ridge Agency. have
left there. and. it 10 said. have been re-
lievsd of their positio n by the government
for the reason. IL is charged. of having sent
ont sensational reports of Indian uprisings.
Mrs Eastman was Elaine Goodale. we'll
known - . p0otess and = friend OF the In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

sons of experience ave proved beyond
all doubt hat agreements as to the APP
~portionment of competitive traffic are
SO manifestly in the nature of self-re-
s%traint, and so essential to the orderly
conduct of the American railway sys-
TEN, as to demand their Equalization
under no other constraints than those
imposed by the common law relative to
unreasonable rates and unjust discrim-
nations.
1t is of interest to note that Mr.. MINI
mos conclusions in favor of pooling and
ence in preventing the formation of
trusts, are in close accord with those re-
Gently expressed by several prominent
railroad presidents before the Senate
committee. Those gentlemen all agreed
that it would be much better for the
public if the railroads were permitted
to make traffic arrangements n pool
rates on a fair basis, subject. IL neces-
sary. to the approval of the commission,
than to be entirely prohibited from so
doing. AS to the effect of this prohibit
ton in promoting trusts, President De-
pew, Of the New York Central, said it
had promoted trusts beyond anything
that had been dreamed Of" while Presi-
dent Ingalls,, of the Big Four, said that
under the existing law small dealers
were being driven opt of business, to the
great detriment of the whole country"
If the prohibition of railroad traffic ar
rangements and pooling is promotive of
trusts. Congress should lose no time in
repeating the prohibition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

Cor. NICHOLAS SMITH, who has brought
o suit for libel against the city of Three
Rivers, Canada. for demanding his removal
from the position of United States consul
there. insists that great injustice was done
him. my dispatch" he says. WAS con
fidential one to the State Departments. but
through some means 1t was published, but
not entirely. as all It's favorable parts were
omitted. Ii the Three Rivers people had
known of the tributes paid to their morali-
~ and domestic virtues, which / mentioned,
they would have felt fattered rather than
reveng eful." The trouble was Colonel
Smith represented Three Rivers az a dis
Rustingly dirty and Extensively filthy town.
which probably it is. and that kind of
truth causes wounds that cannot be healed
by tributes 10 the morality and domestic
virtues Of the people,. BY the way, as Col.
Smith hos been appointed consul 1T Liegs.
Belgium. he has not much reason to regret
his recall from Three Rivers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

Mej.-Gen. John GibboD, who was one
of the best soldiers in the late war. pub
fishes a letter in which he urges a thor
ough revision of the pension roll, with
a view to Topping off all fraudulent pen
sions, of which he thinks there are
many. He suggests that the Grand
Army of the Republic could be utilized
to furnish the necessary information.
He says:
1t may be safely asserted that there il
not q q. A. X. post in the country In which
numbers of the old soldier eiement are not
cognizant of every case OF fraudulent pen
sioners in their neig~hborhood They take
O Just pride IN talking of their own we'll
earned PENSIONS and for what wounds or
disabilities they receive them. and sheer
at and look down upon those who are
drawing those uDearned or fraudulent l
believe that the g. A. X. posts could be ap-
pealed I'D with confidence to give such in
formation as would enable the government,
by investigation. to Top off those unworthy
members who should never. under any cir
cumstances. have been on what ought to
be q roll of honor"
General Gibbon also believes that the
present system of pension attorneys and
sOlicitOrshas been the means of trump
ing mp q great many fraudulent claims,
and he suggests its abolition. There
is no reason why" says General Glib
bon, 'if the government owes any per-
son a sum of money. 1t should not pay it
without making such payment through
an attorney or solicitor, nor is there any
sound reason why a pensioner with a
claim against the government should not
make that claim direct to the Pension
Commissioners. with full confidence that
he would decide the claim honestly
and faithfully. the official records in the
War Department being now in such
shape that full information in regard to
every mans case can be regularly and
speedily furnished the Commissioners.
who can demand of the applicant any
additional evidence necessary for the
establishment of claims"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30
ELEVATOR ACCIDENT.
One Man Probably Fatally Hurt and Another
Less Seriously Injured.

The elevator at the Parry Manufacturing
Company's place on South Illinois street
fell at z o'clock yesterday morning, while
Frank Cannon and Ira Hays were upon it.
The elevator fell a distance of thirty feet,
and landed with q thud in the basement.
~jarring the entire building by the concus.
sion. Hays suffered a fracture of the right
foot, and received an ugly cut over the
right eye. He resides with his parents at
No. go West Merrill street, to which place
be WAS removed by Flsnner e. B~uchanan's
ambulance. Cannon it was found had re-
ceived spinal injuries, which may prove
fatal. He WAS removed to his home. No. 80
East McCarty street. and DR.. Hodges was
non ed to attend him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

Russian refused to accept his a%xplana-
ton and persisted in charging the Amer
lean with having insulted him, it was
very natural for the latter to tell the
Russian he lied. The whole affair is
deplorable, but the American was evil
IDENTIFY the aggrieved party, and as he
was forced into the fight his country
men will BIO glad he did not show the
white feather.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30
Matthew. Coming Back.

G~overnor-elect Matthews. who was CON-
PEELED to go into hiding to escape the i'm
~portunity of oilice-seekers and 20 find
time to write his inaugural address,. has
finished the work. and. 1t is rumored. will
return to his office again to-day. The sp-
plicntions for Information about offices
loaded his mail so heavily that ne had no
time. with the number OF personal callers.
to give his imperative duties n thought.
He was finally compelled TO send 90 Sena.
tor Inrpie for "A blue hook. IN order TO have
spondents solicited. Every man in Indiana
who voted for him thinks him personally
indebted in m Obligation TO extend his in
fluence In favor of an office.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

illusions are open to the charge of being
prejudiced and dogmatic. He referred
more than once to the expense of fur
nishinR free textbooks. Textbooks
for pupils in all grades" he said,
would cost an immense amount of
money" Of course they would. and SO
they do now. The difference would be
that instead of the expense falling on
the patrons Of the schools alone, as it
does now. it would fall on the whole
body of taxpayers, as the cost of
school houses. equipments and teachers
now does. Again, the author OF the pa
per said: eff the State should provide
books it would secure them in one of
two ways-first, the State might have
a plant of its own and go into the pub
fishing business, or, second. the State
might contract with publishers or book
firms for the required number of books
at q fixed price," A third way, and the
best, is not mentioned. The Massachu-
sets free textbook law is less than a
dozen lines in length. 1t simply re-
quires all local school boards to furnish
the pupils in the public schools free
text-books at public expense. leaving
them free Il make the best contracts
they can. This plan is very simple and
perfectly feasible.
1t is too late to discuss the advantages
of free textbooks or the feasibility of
supplying them. These points have
been settled. 1t is only a question of
time when Indiana will have to fall into
line with the free text book movement.
The paper read yesterday looks back
ward.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

A PAPER read before the State Teach
ers' Association, yesterday. discussed
the question of free textbooks for the
public schools in a way hat showed
little acquaintance with its merits. No
reference whatever was made to the ex-
p~erience of communities which have
adopted the free textbook system nor
to the u testimony in its favor
of all teachers and educators who have
had to do with it. Ii the author of the
paper had never seen this testimony he
was not competent to discuss the ques-
ton; if he purposely ignored it, HE con
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

THE story of the New York World to
the effect that Lesseps. when he found
that President Hayes would not indorse
his Panama scheme, OIL the ground that
the United States must control any canal
connecting the two oceans, and that the
Republican leaders in the Senate were
against it. telegraphed home that Amer
lea cordially Endorsed the plan and
would render financial aid. shows that
he possessed audacity as a schemer as
well as skill as an engineer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

IT may be remarked that the three
judges in Wyoming who have made a
decision hostile to the Republican can
didates are Republicans, while the can
vassers in Box Elder precinct, Montana,
who have run away to escape a mandate
of the court to canvass that precinct
are Democrats, and because of their alb
sence there will probably be a revolu-
tionary House. Thus the difference of
the two parties regarding the laws and
the decisiOl IA of the courts ia disclosed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

Mr.. JAY BRocKToN is said to be the
name of the American who killed a Rus
sian count in a duel, at Nice. a few days
age. Whoever MI. Brockton may be,
he seems to have acted the part of a
gentleman in the unfortunate affair. and
to have shown abundance of pluck and
nerve when forced into a fight. The in
cident which led TO the challenge was a
very simple one. and Brockton's ex-
PLANTATION should have been satisfactory
To any reasonable person. When the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

THE quiet wedding and the brilliant we'd
ding have been faithful and well-known
characters in newspaper offices for many
years, but the Chicago Tribune's society
reporter has brought out q rival In this one
fell paragraph:
A large wedding celebrated last evening at 8
O'Clock at st. James's Episcopal Church was
that of Miss Harriet Eldredge, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George e. Eldredge. and George II.
Hamliu.
The day may come when weddings will
be numbered according to size. as shoes
are now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

Mr.. CLEvELAND's policy seems to con-
template the absorption of the legis-
lative department of the government
by the executive. The position he has
taken relative to the speakership and
the organization of the next House is
opposed to the spirit of the Constitu-
ton and of republican government. At
the present rate he will soon be saying
Ell am the government"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

THE Treasury Department has issued
an order prohibiting the importation of
rags from a large number of foreign
ports. including Paris, Rouen, Havre,
Marseilles, CherbourR, Dunkirk and
L'Oriens, in France; ports end places in
Russia Netherlands. Belgium, Austro-
Hungary. Trieste. Hamburg. Altoona and
Kiewo, in Germany. Yet immigrants
clothed in rags from any of these ports
are admitted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

EARL PEMBRoOK writes to the Lon
don Times that while the Mckinley bill
checked the imports of English prod
ucts to America, it did not check the
export of American wheat to England.
OF course not. Whatever England
needs of u wheat she will buy, just SO
much and no more. tariff laws or free
trade to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30
are now,

Mrs. POTTER PALMER is u~naccountably
spitated over the appearance of her por-
trait on q beer calendar. If she can endure
with composure the sight Of her picture in
the Chicago papers she ought not to 1nind
Q beer lad" Besides, she doesn't look at
the matter rightly. No celebrity attaine
the full measure of fame until his or her
portrait adorns a cigar box. and the brewery
distinction is merely o step toward that
honOr.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

Farmers are taking much interest. Il 10
said, In the contest for reelection Of Mr..
Boggs In the Lafaye cite district His op-
ponens il Malcolm +. Mcdonald. who 10 .
fast breeder and not . farmer. The
bona fide farmers are largely in favor Of
Mr.. Boggs. fearing that the general inter-
ests Of the farm in the fair may be subord-
mated TO tho speed ring.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30
THAT able mugwump and Cleveland

THAT able mugwump and Cleveland
organ, the Springfield (Mass.) Republic
IN, says that "it is estimated that $780,
0OO. 600 of the pension money paid each
year is fraudulently paid" Estimated
by whom, 'pray-the editors who have
insisted that the widows of General Me-
Clellan and other general officers ehall
be paid from $4,000 to $500 a year,
while the broken-down man who carried
a musket, or his widow living in power
ty, shall be denied 800 or STA a yearf
The natural aristocracy of %mugwump-
ism has not framed the pension laws.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

THE great question in the Democratic
party is, whom does Car Cleveland
want for Speaker of the House. chair.
men of the various committees and
Senator from New York; The party is
on its knees before him and he is crack
Ing the whip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

1T may not seem quite the thing for
the President-elec to tell reporters, in
effect, that he has not met Speaker
Crisp, while the Speaker himself, with
. show of qualification, declares that he
had a very pleasant two hours chat
with Mr.. Cleveland. But it is Mr..
Cleveland's way of getting even with
The reporters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

SEVERAL years agO more sugar was
made from beets than from cane, and
the quantity of beet-sugar continues to
increase year by rear. But for the
bounties and protective duties extended
by France and Germany, beet-sugar
would never have been made in any
quantity. Seventy year ago the idea of
making sugar from beets was treated
with ridicule.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

THE city of Vancouver. British CO.
lumbia. recently voted to pay a bonus of
$500. 600 to the Northern Pacific railroad
In aid of its proposed extension to that
city. Vancouver does not seem to be
afraid of having its prosperity tapped
and its wealth piped to the United
States. Perhaps, however, it expects
the piping to be done the other way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

THE Umbria vas sighted in mid-ocean
on Sunday last. and although she was
apparently disabled and lying to, as if
for repairs, she signaled that she did
not need assistance. This makes it
practically certain that the vessel will
come in safely.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

IT is all right for Senate PETER, of
Kansas, to stand in with the Democrats
In the Senate. since he knows that the
Republicans of his State are fighting
him tooth and nail. The Republicans
in the Senate have nothing in common
with him, while the Democrats have
paucn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

WHENEVER Senator Mills. of Texas.
has an opportunity he waves the Ratchet
with which he proposes to kill Speaker
Crisp because he defeated him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

The Mayor of Louisville, under the
authority of the City Council. has pur-
chased ten thousand bushels of coal for
distribution among the deserving poor
of the city. Such action by city author
tiles is not strictly legal, but it is iusti-
fed by the strongest considerations of
humanifv