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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-28

franchises. The town is in no wise Mig
gardly IN it's dealings with manufacturers
1t Is, in fact, generous MP 60 the very limit
of consistency with good business princi-
pies. kokomo feels that she has secured
the very best results from the adjacent gas
fields. and.k knowing the IMMENSE extent of
territory over whicn Its gas privileges ex-
tend. feels assured that lt will have fuel
for manufacturing and domestic pur-
poses Just as long as any city OF the belt
A peculiar feature Of this part OF the gas
field may be noted here as bearing some
what upon the character OF the gas do
posit. Ii 10 generally held 20 be true that
t~hroughout the entire territory comprising
the belt the gas lies in one unbroken and
continuous pool or deposit. nearer tho sur.
face at some places than at others. but ex-
erting pressure from its entire volume al
all points. At this place wells sunk south
OF the city exert a pressure OF 3OO pounds
while on the north side the force variet
from 25 TO $50 pounds. This fact would
appear sufficient TO raise a question as TO
the power of one volume TO maintain two
forces or pressures.
The whole appearance OF Kokomo Is met
ropolitan and attractive. Its public build
IDgs would adorn cities many times it's
size. and It's fine streets and extensive sys-
TEN of electric transportation can scarcely
be duplicated in the belt. Its railway oon-
nections are OF the best. c-omrnunicst-
ing as they do, with ell the great Jobbing
cities of the middle West Kokomo NAV be
taken as a fair average of that solid and
lasting prosperity which the discovery and
uee of natural gas has brought 10 those
counties of the State comprising the fndi-
ana gas belt. Its growth In population.
Its increase OF municipal and county
wealth. its public improvements and gen.
eral advancement may INTERESTINGLY DO
compared with those Of other cities of like
size and similar surroundings. Il. p. A
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ANFRANCIsCO is led to believe that Mrs.
Hearst. widow of the millionaire Senator,
will leave 81. 900. 900 for a great museum.
ACCORDING to French divorce statistics
the most unhappy period of matrimony is
between the fifth and tenth year after tie
honeymoon.
NJ. RoUvIER. who recently resigned the
treasury portfolio In the French Ministry,
was once q canvassing agent for a publish
ing house. Whom Gam betta was first COM
ing into prominence. NJ. Rouvier assisted
him In securing an election from Marseiiles.
DIR. PIERsoN. Spurgeon's successor in the
pulpit of the Metropolitan Tabernacle,
London. told bis congregation recently
thai the Bible which he uses IN bis ser woes
there contains no less than 50O. coo notes by
his own hand. At least. the Pail Mill
Gazette so reports him. He has had the
Bible ten years or more.
THE English traveller. Mr.. Rockhiil. has
again passed into Thibet from China. dis
guised IA q Lama. He has a good mastery
of the languages of the country into which
he has penetrated once more. and it IL be-
lieved that he will fare better this time
than on the former occasion. when a diet
of tssmb a and buttered tea for three weeks
reduced him almost TO q skeleton.
LADY HENRY SOMERSET. the furious ad-
vocare of temperance in England. Is placed
In Q very uncomfortable predicament by
the liquor people. who. stirred up by her
hot denunciations of the use of alcoholic
the fact that she herself owns no less than
fourteen public honses. the profits from
which abe has long been taking with
out . word OF protest
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The scheme of MIR. Springer to have
the electoral vote of States divided in
proportion to the vote received by each
candidate would invariably result in
throwing the election into the House.
For instance. in the late election, under
such n provision, Mr.. Cleveland would
have received Oil electoral votes. Gen.
Harrison 1873, DIR. Weaver A and Mr..
Bidwell 6. That is. there would have
been no choice. and the House would
elect a President, while the Senate
would have elected the Vice-president.
The only advantage would have been
that General" Stevenson would not
have been the presiding officer of the
Senate under such an arrangement.
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Now that official returns of the votes
of the States in presidential elections
have been printed, and Mr., Cleveland's
vote. including the new States, is less
than l per cent. greater than in 1888.
whereas the increase of the Democratic
vote from 1880 to 1894 was go per cent.
and 1876 per cent. from 1854 to 1883.
editors have dropped the popular up
rising theory. The Chicago Inter Ocean,
after finding that the increased Demo-
cratic vote in Illinois and Wisconsin
Is larger than in all the other Northern
States, discovers in the school question
the real cause of the Democratic gains
In these States.
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THE General Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church last May APP
pointed a permanent committee o. tenn
perance and prohibition, composed of
leading ministers and laymen. That
COMMITTEES had a meeting a few days
& and proposed as the line of work
for Methodists the organization of a
league in every church, under the direc-
ton of the pastor and the quarterly
conference. to include all the members
of the church and congregation who
are willing to join it. The plan con-
templates a consolidation of these Meth
odist leagues with each other and with
similar leagues in other Christian
churches to work for the following pur-
poses: First, the strict enforcement of
the prOhibitory measures of existing
laws; second, the early enactment of
more stringent laws for the destruction
of the liquor traffic; third, the final
adoption of constitutional prohibition
for State and Nation. The method
proposes to hold all party measures
subordinate to these aims, with entire
liberty to choose political affiliations.
but there must be freedom from the )iquos
traffic in all cases. The permanent COM
mittee is composed of some of the best
known MethOdists in the country, and
represents all political parties. Rev. A.
j. Kynett, ID. d., of Philadelphia, is
chairman of the committee. COnstitu-
tions and other requisites for forming
leagues will be sent on application.
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The superintendent of police in Chi
cago informs the Council finance com
mittee that none of the railroad CON-
panies in that city pay anything towards
police protection at the dangerous cross
ings in the thickly-populated and bust
ness districts of the city. About six
hundred policemen are now required to
guard those crossings, and the superin-
tendent estimates that the number
needed lei year will be from seven
hundred to n thousand. at a cost of
from $4,000 to $1,000. 900. Heretofore
the property-owners have had to pay
for this, and the superintendent sug-
gests that b railroad companies should
be required to stand at least a fair share
of the expense. He is right. The serv-
ice is largely in their interest, since it
saves them from MANI damage suits.
and they should be required to pay
for il.
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and more aggressive by repetition,
finally displaee the Constitution or claim
to be n part of il.
Mr.. Cleveland's attitude towards the
organization and legislation of Congress
and the subservient curse of prominent
Democrats in reference thereto should
elicit a prompt and decided protest from
al who believe in defending the Con-
stitution against insidious changes. The
motto of the American people in this re-
gard should be "Obsta principals" Every
such u~nderhanded movement against
the Constitution should be met at the
threshold and put down at once.
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THE REAL CAUSE OF FOREIGN DIsTRUsT.

The New York Financial Chronicle
expresses the opinion that no financial
trouble will result from the export of
gold if the present silver law ehall be
repealed. The Chronicle is one of the
conservative financial publications
which has always seen danger in silver
coinage. Before $50, 900, 600 had been
predicted that the country was to be
forced from the gold to a silver basis.
And yet the business of the country
went along without danger by reason of
silver coinage until four times fifty
million of standard silver dollars had
been coined. But for that use of silver,
without any change in our banking laws,
the money supply Of the country would
have been 80 contracted that the bust
ness of the country would have suf-
fered and values would have
fallen. There would be no dan
ger at any time so long rs
there was gold enough for foreign
exchanges, did not the balance of trade
turn against us, so that the excess of
what we purchase of the products of
the labor of Europe would draw from
us many millions in gold each year to
settle the trade balance. During the
free-trade era before the wal we paid
out all the gold mined in California to
equalize that balance.
The Chronicle makes an explanation
which is significant for a free-trade SYM
pathizer. as it lie. and that is that every
foreigner who has investments in indus
tries and enterprises in this country is
getting his money out and taking it
home, which accounts for the export of
gold. This opinion was expressed by
the Journal two weeks ago; but while
the Chronicle allows its readers to infer
that the withdrawal is due to q fear of
he country being forced to a silver
basis, a much more logical cause
of withdrawal is found in the
fear that q change from q protective
to a revenue tariff will seriously affect
the industries and business of the coun-
try. Now that it has been discovered
that Mr.. Cleveland's election was not a
popular uprising"in favor Of q revenue
tariff, as was at first declared, but was
due to the fact that many more RepuD-
licans than Democrats staid at home, it
may be that the upsetting of the bust
ness of the country by tariff legislation
will not be insisted on. 1t is q fearful
responsibility for a party toassume when
country ia SO generally prosperous. sat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-28

THERE is nc contention on the part of
those who oppose the posting of Next
can war dates on the soldiers monument
that the soldiers in that war do not de.
serve any credit. Their services have
already been recognized by a universal
pension law to all survivors, and they
would be worthy of a monument if the
State chose to erect it. The point is
that q monument originally designed.
as all the records show and as universal
public knowledge a~ttests. in honor of
Indiana's soldiers and sailors in the war
of the rebellion should. by the arbitrary
and unauthorized action of the commits
sioners, be diverted, even in part, to an
other purpose and the Mexican war put
on an equality with the war for the
Union by q conspicuous and offensive
placarding of the Mexican war dates.
IL is idle to attempt any defense of this
action. 1t admits of no defense. 1t is
amply a breach of faith and a breach of
trust on the part of the commissioners.
II they had confined themselves to such
departures from the original design as
the addition of the ridiculous panther
heads on the four Of the pedes-
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CHICAGO, Dec. 2T.-A Judgment for ST.
2Co, 900 is asked and the right of "A bank 20
charge a commission. besides the fall legal
rate of interest for q loan. in raised in q
plea filed in the Superior Court this morn
tiona! Bank of New York against Allison,
Shaficr ~ Co. On Nov. 10 last the plaintiff
began an assumpsit suit fnr S300.O00 against
defendants. Ihe action was brought ON
two notes given by the defendants 20 Sc
in November. 1891. aud was for ST.. o..
The other bore date of Jan. %. 1882. and
was for S56.095. The fact that the defend
ant is TO DC one which il building the
worlds fair tracks for the Illinois Central
and 10 one Of the largest railroad eonsfrnc-
ton contractors. excited considerable inter-
est in the sait. The plea which was hied ia
a lengthy one aud claims that the notes
were absolutely VOID. because n usurious
rate OF ;nterest was charged by the hank
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2s, 1892

tai or the still more ridiculous and
meaningless women's faces on the north
and south fronts-grotesque attempts
Mt ornamentation which have no con-
nection with the object OF spirit of the
work-such marring of the monument
might have been ascribed to mere stu
pidity. But the attempt to misrepre-
sent its whole purpose and change its
character is something that those who
originated the movement should never
forgive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-28

CONSULAR inspection might prevent
the coming of undesirable immigrants
if q few thousand should come from the
principal ports in a year. but it would
be impracticabIe where thousands de-
sire to sail every week. 1t would be
open to all kinds of fraud. The coun-
try now wants restriction. 1t might
wish to admit immigrants from one or
two countries. Congress cannot dis
criminate, but it can forbid.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE POLITICAL FARM.
BRS' ALLIANCE. 81

The political leaders who are devOt-
ing Themselves to the farming of the
farmers have announced a scheme of
reorganization. With the aid of the
Democrats they have carried a number
of electoral votes. and with the aid of
the Republicans. in two or three South
ern States. have made quite a showing
in the popular vote. The leaders did
not elect Mr.. Cleveland. but if the Re-
publicans had carried New York the
Populists would have thrown the cleo
ton into the House. and thus insured it,
as they intended. And now these lead
ers are talking of reorganization and of
combining all farmers organizations in
to one political machine. So
1t is welly to understand the truth
about the matter, which Is that there is
no political Farmers Alliance or Popu-
list party in the South. Before
the meeting which cast out Ma
cune there was a Farmers Alli-
ance in the South, which was
made up largely of Democratic voters,
but when the rejection of Macune dis
closed the purpose of the leaders to
make it q Populist organization, tho
best part of the Southern Alliance left
because it is Democratic. The Farmers
Alliance was announced to do great
things in Georgia, but when the cleo
ton came all the leaders were on the
Democratic stump except poor Watson,
and he was buried under a majority Of
5000. when he received a large majority
two years before as a Democrat. After
a heated canvass, the Populist was the
third party in the race in Georgia. In
Virginia, where the leaders claimed
votes enough to carry the State, the
Weaver vote was 12.190. In Texas it
had a considerable vote for President
because of the fight in the Democratic
party. In Alabama nearly all the Re
publicans voted the Weaver ticket in
the hope of gaming something. just az
did the Democrats in Kansas. In short,
there is no Populist party in the South
that can influence the result in any inn
portant election. This is proved by its
vote and by the fact that it did not elect
a solitary member of the next House.
even with Republican aid.
In this State it is already a stale DEM
ocratic joke that Democrats protesting
to be Populists agreed with Republic
ans to vote for Weaver and then voted
for Cleveland. while those who were
formerly Republicans kept their pledges
and were duped. 1t was so else where.
Furthermore, intelligent people have
no faith in either the sagacity. the theo-
ries or the honesty of the leaders. The
leaders who are honest are cranks, and
those who are not are political street.
walkers. Their theory of loaning in
definite sums of irredeemable paper
money for a ''tax" of 2 per cent. cannot
commend itself. except to the densely
ignorant and those with Iop-sided intel
lects. Some of the leaders who have
jumped aboard the Populist train in
Kansas have no faith in their party.
There is Go~vernor-elect Lewelling, of
that State. sending notice to the coun-
try that no schemes will be preached or
tolerated that will damage the credit of
the State. and Jerry Simpson has Of
fered to be a Democrat In the Senate if
Brice, German g. Co. will assist him to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-28

CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER has been out
West SO many times that it 10 but natural
that he should have adopted certain forms
of expression peculiar to the region.
Whether he does this unconsc,ously or
with the purpose of showing his kindly
federation of Western ways is not known,
but at all events he uses the term fright
pathetic" in speaking Of certain social con-
diuons in the Editors Study" of the Jan
uary Harper. This is very well, so far as
It goes, but if Mr.. Warner wants to pass
40 q genuine Westerner and not an easily
detected New England imitation he must
learn to speak up AID say right smart
aafhafic.N
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IT seems that Satolli, the representa-
tive of the Pope, has caused hard feel
inRs in restoring Father McGlynn to
priestly functions without consulting
his superiors in this country whom he
defied a few years ago. In other direc-
lions the Pope's leRate is giving the
Catholic ar%chbishops as much excite
ment as would a heresy trial.
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"The pianist is fuller'n a billed owl" excitedly
whispered the ticketseiler. land there's 81 500
IN the house."
..Oh, that's all right" said the stage manager.
"No one Will notice IL. He does nothing but
wa gnar toAnfCht
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m election. And now there is to be an
industrial annex, to be headed by a man
who was dismissed from the public sery-
ice by Judge Gresham when Postmaster
general because he would not attend to
his duties. No good can come from an
organization led by such men, even il its
theories were not dishonest or fantastic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-28

Two of the recently detected thieves
of natural gas in Toledo are members Of
the committee on municipal reform,
which was created for the purpose of Sc
curing better government. 1t is an
elusive advantage that the professional
reformer does not seek out.
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HADN'T Them Along.

Hungry Higgins-wal. what did you git in
your stockin' for Christmasi
Weary Watkins-OA, a whole lot Of things. I
s'pect; but / dunno where the stockin's at.
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"OLD SOLDIER" who does not give his
name, asks what Is meant by the accomplished
files in the Pension Bureau. They are cases
where the evidence is completed ready for
the examiners. Then he cites two cases
where application was made two years ago.
In which both were notified that their cases
are in the completed files, and one has been
pensioned over O year and bad his pension
increased, whiie the other has not yet re-
ceived q dollar. He assumes that Mr..
Raum has not done his duty. In the first
place., he has dou btless been misinformed.
as no mans pension is increased without
application. In the next place. it is prob
able hat . Congressman got one case adj
vanced. which can be no longer done. The
trouble with many well-meaning per-
sons is that they do not realize
that there il n more of this
world than their own neiGhborhood. ALI
the pension cases in the country are those
in their respective neighbOrhoOds. There
fore. If they do not get what they expect in
six months or q year. they are neglected.
Doubtless the examiners are slow, but they
have tens of thousands of cases. "Old Sol
der lntimates that General Harrison lost
votes because some veterans did not get the
pensions they deemed their due. PERHAPS
this "Old Soldier" 10 one of them. and yetif
he gets o pension 1t will be under q law
which General Harrison urged and made a
law by his signature. and which Mr.. Cleve-
land vetoed. He and others may think
they helped their chances for pensions by
voting for Mr.. Cleveland. whose leading
party organs are 10Y devising q plan to cut
down the pension roll, either by repeating
the act of June. 1890, or having o re-exam-
ipation of every case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-28

THOSE persons who spend their days
devising Cleveland Cabinets to send to
newspapers seem not to know that there
are some occupations so frivolous that
they make unbroken idleness a robust
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-28

HAs"tariff reform" as a revenu tariff
Is called. been dropped7 Not ten Dem
ocratic newspapers have spoken of it in
two weeks.
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BUBBLES IN THE AIR


''Things never does 60 right in this world. " said
the pesslmistic hired man. "Bobwire fences
didn't come in until after leather pants had gone
our a. styie.o
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The Original Form Of II

Little Johnny reading)-See the fat cat. Can
the fat cat see a rata Yes: the fat cat car
see the rat, and the fat cat can get the rat if the
rat did not run. But the cat can run
Johnny's Sister dnterfuptingly)-why. what
a beautiful pastel in prose,
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GASIN HOWARD and HAMILTON
In the First the Assessed Valuation Has
Increased $50 Per Cent. in Six Years,

While Inside Property at Kokomo Shows q
Gain of 400 Per Cent, and Improvements
Are Projected on o Metropolitan Scale.
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THE Sid, DOOR to Litereture.

ST never thought that Molly Brayns6 would be
foolish enough to marry Lord DE Kay. She is
not one 1 should expect to be fascinated by q
title"
..she isn't fascinated. She wants to get better
prices from the magazines"
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