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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19
A CHANCE o sTATEsMANsHIP.

Washington dispatches say ii is probable
that before long the State Department
Evil enter upon a negotiation looking to
the Strengthening out of our relations with
China" and ii is added that there is good
authority for saying that Secretary Gresh-
am aspires TO make the extension of trade
relations and privileges with China a CEN
trail feature of his administration Of the
State Department" The wording OF the
dispatch, especially the reference to
STRENGTHENING out our relations with
China" gives the impression that in TAX
ing up the Chinese question the admins
tration will be actuated largely by the
same motive that has characterized its
Hawaiian policy. viz: a desire to put the
Harrison administration in the wrong. and
IL possible to bring discredit upon ii. 1t
would be difficult TO conceive of a more
unworthy motive for a foreign policy than
this. or one more likely to lead to en-
barrassment and defeat. The experience
of the administration In the Hawaiian af-
fair should have taught it this lesson.
There is great need of a readjustment
OF our relations with China. and IL the
matter is taken hold OF in a proper spirit
there Is an opportunity to render an i'm
portant public service in removing present
causes Of friction and re-establishing
friendly relations between the two coun-
trieg. 1t is probably safe to say that no
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Mr.. MacMonnies cables TO the Chicago
Times from Paris that he denies the story
told by the German sculptor, Fuchs, about
the stolen designs of the worlds fair
fountain. He says he never received any
letters or documents accusing him of
plagiarism until he read them in the papers,
and he wants TO have the affair referred
to a Jury Of honor" This reply is not
quite ingenious. Mr.. Fuchs made no
charges. He simply described his designs
which were exhibited in Munich and Lon
don in 1890. and tells of delivering his
models 10 exposition commissioners then
in London, who were to submit them TO
the directors at Chicago. From that time
he never saw them again and came to
Chicago in search of them, when he was
surprised TO find a fountain under process
Of construction which seemed TO be after
his model and was so recognized by his
friends who had seen the original designs.
Mr.. Fuchs made no accusation against
MacMonnies, but wrote asking informa-
ton and the date upon which he. Mac
Monnies, presented his models 10 the judges.
MacMonnies says he never got the letters,
one of which was registered, and Mr..
Fuchs says they never found their way
back 10 him. He expresses an entire will
ingness and even eagerness to appear be-
fore a Jury OF honor, and 1t Is probable
that something OF the sort will eventually
be arranged TO settle this dispute between
artists. otherwise. II Fuchs is persistent.
and he seems to have the true German dog
gedness OF purpose. the story is likely TO
be a cloud over MacAIonnies's fame. which
cannot be blown away by a mere breath
of denial. A multaneousness OF literary
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19
SHREDS AND PATCHES.

A crooked line is the shortest distance
between two saloons.-Puck
We would like to see a child mind its
mother before we die.-Atchison Globe.
A Christmas plaint-The spirit is willing,
but the purse is weak.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Professor A.-Whom do you regard as the
greatest linguist of the age? Professor B.
Mrs. Bit Bits.
Clara-Mr. Nicefello said my face was
classic. What is classic? Dora-Oh, al
most anything old.-Tid Bits.
The merchant who lives over his store
is generally the one who knows how to get
down to business.-Buffalo Courier.
The money a mar tucks away in his 'in-
side pocket NAV be looked upon as a
vested Statesman.
When you speak to a youth about book
learning these days he thinks you are just
in from the race track.-Dallas News.
1t looks as if the administration would
soon have to hustle around for a fresh
'settin' " of cuckoo eggs.-Washington Post.
The Columbian postage stamp will soon
disappear and give you a chance to put in
your biggest ticks on something else.-De-
troit Journal.
The iron founder may be a large proper
toned man, but he never yet, in his bust
ness. succeeded in casting a shadow.-Yon-
kerS Statesman.
Mr.. Cleveland keeps one eye On Hawaii and
the other on Tammany. This is another
case of the lady and the :iger.-New York
Mail and Express.
BY the time Mr.. Cleveland gets through
with his restoration policy he will need some
powerful restorative himself.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
After all the Democratic Territories have
been converted into States, Texas can be
sliced and made to yield eight more Sena-
ors.-PittSburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19
English Appreciation of Riley.

w. Beatty-kinSston, in London Telegraph.
Mr.. Whitcomb Riley. the "Hoosier Bard"
Of Indiana State, has added to his published
works a dainty volume of occasional verse,
published by the Century Company, under
the title of Poems Here and There" Like
''Old-fashioned Roses" a previous collec-
ton OF Mr.. Riley's poetical works. to which
we called attention two years ago, these
verses, for the most part indited in dia-
lect, are the outcome of distinct and in
disputable genius, instinct with subtle HUI
NOR, tender pathos, and an internal appre-
ciativeness of beauty in things animate
and i~nanimate. Laughter, holding both his
Sides" is one of Mr.. Riley's familiars-a
gamesome sprite, ever at his beck and call.
Moreover, the poet of the Hoosier State
is one of the appointed keepers of the keys
that unlock the "1oOdgates Of the eyes"
Nothing more genuinely funny has been
written for many a year than "Fessler's
Bees and Squire Hawkinss Story moth
ing more truly touching than ''Gladness"
and THE Old Man and Jim" Mr.. Riley's
perfect understanding and delicate inter
probation of children's thoughts and i'm
pulses are delightfully."- e~xemplifed in "Our
Hired Girl THE Raggedy Man." Little
Cousin JASPER The Doodle-bugs' Charm"
1.-The Runaway Boy" and The Bee-bag."
Each of these Is a triumph of study and
observation, suggested and informed by
sympathy and love. MIR. Riley is deeply
versed in the long thoughts and quaint
fancies CT early boyhood, and we are CRATE
full to him for taking US into the confidence
which the youth Of America has evidently
repoSed I'm him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

1t Is said that a number OF Democrats in
the House have implored the Republicans
10 help them TO amend the Wilson bill so
far as the industries in their districts are
concerned. and then. If their interests are
cared for. they will vote for the bill. 1t is
further affirmed that the Republicans have
intimated to the messengers of such Dem
ocrats that they will do nothing of the
sort. for the reason that they believe all
imperiled industries are entitled to the
same protection. and that in any event
they cannot help a Democrat to a re-elec-
ton by any such means. The Pittsburg
Dispatch, however, does not approve the
Republican decision. 1t believes that Re
publicans should unite. for instance. to
help Southern Democrats keep coal and
iron ores on the dutiable list, and then per-
nit these same Democrats to slaughter the
sheep industry of the country by putting
wool on the free list. There is as much or
more reason for retaining the duty on wool
as on coal and iron ores, and the men who
insist on the latter should show their con-
sistency by sustaining the former. The
free-trader generally in Congress is a man
who demands free trade for all the country
except his district. 1t is not well to pursue
a policy which will increase the number of
that sort of statesmen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19
THE OvERsHADowING TOPIC.

The Hawaiian affair fills much space in
ment in circles interested in political move
ments. The pension policy of the President
has reused indignation on the part of many
veterans of the late war, but they consti-
tute but a fraction of the voting element of
the country. An attempt is being made to
bring back the now settled question of the
attitude of the country toward silver coin
age and make it a prominent issue. But,
important as all these topics are. the ques-
ticn whose prominence has pushed it to the
fore and has ~overshadowed all other issues
is tina Of the tariff. Wherever men dis
cuss the prospects of trade and enterprise
this question comes in. Retailers, mechan-
les and men who have heretofore been led
to believe that their traffic and employ
ments could not be touched by changing the
tariff from a protective TO a revenue basis
now see in the ~shrunken volume of trade
and in the collapse Of the building and like
trades evidence that tariff legislation which
VII AFFECT wages III the SO-CdIIeU pro-
tected industries has already injuriously
affected them. Men who, a year ago. were
in the enjoyment of full employment and
wages now look anxiously at smokeless
factory chimneys and mills and factories
half or entirely deserted. The consideration
of any topic of business dependent upon
conditions in the future ends in speculation
regarding tariff legislation. Consultation
regarding the relief OF the unemployed,
touching it's extent and the period it must
be furnished, turns eventually to the un-
Of laborers who a year ago were persuaded
that a protective tariff was only for the
employer now know that they were de-
ceived Now General Master Workman
Sovereign may rail at capital and President
Gompers and his associates may ignore the
tariff and advocate the Matchmaking of
| railroads as remedies for enforced idleness
and closed factories. but they cannot longer
deceive the mass of wage earners. They
know. and in the manufacturing towns in
Ohio, Massachusetts and New York, last
November, they showed that they knew
that the remedy for existing evils is in
putting the protective tariff on a firm basis.
Thus. in their own way. but whenever men
meet and express opinions. the tariff is the
topic which o~vershadows all others. 1t
cannot be relegated to the rear or switched
off of the main track. 1t has come not only
to stay, but to stay on the front line until
the essential principles of a protective tariff
are made permanent. The mass OF the
American people know that the agitation
| of a tariff for revenue only has turned the
| highest and most general prosperity that
a nation ever knew to a condition of gen.
eral disaster. They are not fools, and con-
sequently learned thoroughly in last years
/ school of experience.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

the Journal is in hearty accord with the
committee of the Commercial Club engaged
in the work of organizing relief for the
poor of the city. The plan it has outlined is
excellent, and the appeal for contributions
should. meet with prompt response. With
due respect to the committee, however. the
opinion is ventured that the phrasing of its
circular is unfortunate and calculated TO
give offense where none is intended. In the
first place the committee presumes too
much in fixing the amount of the individ-
uaPs contribution, and in the next the sug-
gestions contained in reference to 'attor-
ney's fees" and valuation or appraisement
laws" are more or less offensive to the per-
son who is asked to make a voluntary con-
tribution. This is not a matter of com
merce, but of sentiment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19
He Had

Now" said the intrepid explorer, after
he had shown the g~uileless native the in
side workings of the brass watch and had
noted his naive wonder at the mysteries
of the mechanism. Il will let you have one
of these for two tusks. Then you can be
the envy of the whole tribe"
The native gentleman yawned.
81 traded a secondhand war club for a
bushel of those things when 1 was at the
worlds fair last summer said he, land
there was not a one of them that ran for
more than a week. Got any chewin' about
your clothes?'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Reports come to the Journal 10 the effect
that the indignation Of many people at
what they regard as the unfair compensa-
ton OF Mr.. Fortune for his services in con-
nection with the National Encampment has
led them 10 declare that they will not con-
tribute 10 the fund which must be raised
20 keep people in this city from starving.
1t Is not charged by these people that any
Of the funds win be misappropriated. but
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Mr.. Cleveland's pretended reason for
keeping back Minister Willis's dispatches
to the State Department is too thin. They
are kept back not because their publication
would be detrimental to the public welfare.
ton in even a worse position than 1t occu-
nias now
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

1t is said that the Republicans in the
Senate will make a vigorous fight against
The admission of Utah to statehood. not be-
cause IT may or may not be a Democratic
State. but because of the well-founded fear
that the Mormon majority will establish
polygamy as a State institution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

The French authorities seem determined
20 make thorough work with the Anarch-
fists. They will not wait until the fends
have committed wholesale murder, but will
punish those upon whose premises bombs
or the tools and materials for making them
are found. That seems the correct theory.
Such men. when their purpose is deter
mined. should be treated as the worst of
criminals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Gresham could have known this, yet he
permitted the Stevens letter to be copied
and the statement made that the Blaine
the special friends of MIR. Blaine all over
the country are indignant that Secretary
Gresham should permit that aspersion TO
be cast upOn the name and fame Of the
dead statesman from Maine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

It is gratifying TO hear. on the authority
OF Chairman Springer. Of the committee on
banking and currency. that the bill to re-
peal the tax on State bank circulation may
not be reported by the committee. and GER
this danger will be welcomed by all the
friends of sound currency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

In his sermon on Sunday night, Rev. DR..
withrow. of Chicago, spoke, incidentally,
of "the absurd attempt of our present adj
ministration to seat on the throne a dis
reputable woman who does not deserve to
be firted with" If Mr.. Withrow does not
take care he will get himself disliked by
Mr.. Gresham, who has been doing the
flirting"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19
With IN PnrnOsp.

Mr.. Wickwire-You ought to be ashamed
of the way you encourage that Mrs. Garsup
to keep calling here. Do you really enjoy
hearing your ~neighbors talked about?
Mrs. Wickwire-No 1 can't say that 1 do.
But as long as L keep her here 1 know she
is not talking about me.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

ideas is by no means as has
often been proved, and there is no reason
Why artistic thoughts of a similar sort
should not occur 10 workers who never
knew each other. a jury of honor could
decide whether or not this was true in the
present instance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Why has it not occurred to the Demo
cratic managers in Washington to suggest
to Great Britain and other foreign peoples
that. In return for legislation for their ex-
elusive benefit. they furnish the revenue
part OF the Wilson bill?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

The deposed Queen OF Hawaii will probably
file a big claim for damages against the
United States. Messrs. Cleveland and Gresh-
am have done all in their power to lay a
foundation for il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Never before in the history of the coun-
try has there been so general and so de-
ermined a protest among workingmen
against any proposed legislation as there
is now against the Wilson tariff bill.
Throughout New England and the Eastern
States, in all the manufacturing centers of
the country. wage workers of all kinds and
both sexes are holding meetings and pass
ing resolutions of protest against the bill.
In every case they base their opposition
to the measure on the ground that it's
passage will inevitably result in a large
reduction of their wages. They are right.
They see the point now. though many of
them did not a. year ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19
IN THE AIR.
A Modest Young Man.

She-I have about made up my mind
never TO marry.
He-Who on earth told you that I was
engaged? 1 have been trying TO keep it a
secret for n while.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19
Hard Sense from IA Preacher.

Philadelphia Press.
When a million persons have been induct-
ed by a tariff into the trades that fall under
the head of brass. glass. zinc. tin, nickel.
copper lead, wood. leather. paper. cotton
and wool, ii is gross injustice for the gov
eminent TO come along and ask them all TO
Quit their shops and teach school or go to
farming.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

1t looks as If Mr.. Cleveland would find
bin through Congress than he did the sill
yer bill. His wild horses are more fractions
than they were.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

AS the pensioners would have Hoke Smith
the farmers would turn the Secretary of
Agriculture out. On the whole. it is a mis-
ft establishment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19
I'm the Isle eff PaIuugoO.

First Cannibal-Did those missionaries
bring any bread. along?
Second Cannibal-ErI am not sure, but
I heard something about some Georgia
crackers being in the outfit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

The defenders Of the Cleveland pension
policy in the House are those who are
eager to macadamize a highway to the
federal treasury for the rebel war claims.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

There is an abundance of money for those
who have approved collaterals. but there is
now. and always has been, a dearth of ap-
proved coIIateraIs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Labor is pouring mail bags full of pro-
tests against the Wilson bill upon the ways
and means committee. but. fortunately for
the Wilson bill. it is not foreign labor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Senator Mills takes occasion to declare
that he is not the author of the Wilson bill.
Even the hambuoyant Mills knows when
he has enough of tariff bill attached to his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

What has become of the original Wilson
bill? From all accounts it has so changed
that its putative father would not know it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

The man who is most Disguised with the
administration is the Democrat who has not
received a portion of postofice. and he is
very numerous.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

II Mr.. Cleveland continues to associate
with some of the member OF his Cabinet,
he will not continue better than his party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

The administration started out to make
war on the provisional government Of Ha-
wall and then backed down..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Wilson bill as soon as presented would
start factories and close free soup rooms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Judging from Washington dispatches, the
only conspicuous attribute of Secretary
Gresham is his hate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Gold is going to Europe now because the
rates of interest are higher there than here.
which means that money is cheap every
where.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

A remedy for the smoke nuisance in coal
burning manufacturing towns = enact the
Wilson bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Minister Willis was accredited to the pro-
visional government of Hawaii. but his
confidential instructions from Secretary
Gresham were to place himself, immedi-
ately on his arrival, in communication with
the ex-Queen and to notify her of the pur-
The administration did not dare to accredit
the minister to the dethroned Queen, but it
did the next thing to il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

The Democratic ~policy-shut factories and
reduce wages.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

Boston Journal.

Congressman Champ Clark and his
bowie knife ought to be appointed TO the
command 60 I" Fer Clevela nd's army Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

1t will be a good thing for the country
when all it's Territories shall have been adj
mitted as States. AS Territories they are
disturbing factors in politics and legisla-
ton, and the party in power is always
ready to use them for political advantage.
States and cease to be a source of expense
- the general government, as well as dis
turbing political factors. There are objec-
tons to the admission at present of either
of the Territories now under discussion. but
perhaps the weight of argument is in favor
of admitting them all and being done with
a %veXatious question.