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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-11
ANTI-LIOUOR LEAGUE.

Constitution Completed by tho Executive
COMMUNICATION of Action
The executive committee of the State
Voters Antl-liQuor League yesterday CON-
pleted the constitution, and ordered copies
sent by thousands to the numerous To-
calities where the organization is growing
up. Article first is formal. providing for
the name of the division of the local lea que
being organized. The rest of the constitu-
tion is as follows:
The object of this league shall be to promote
the work OF temperance and moral reform by the
enforcement of existing laws and through ad-
vanced Legislation.
Any one may become member of this league
by signing the constitution, including the ap-
pended membership pledge, which Is made O
part thereof. and paying an annual membership
be forwarded to the treasurer of the county
league, who shall forward 25 cents of the same
to the treasurer OF the State league.
The officers of this league shall be president,
a vice president, q recording secretary, a corre-
spending secretary and treasurer. who shall be
elected annually excepting the corresponding
secretary, by q majority vote or the members
present.
The officers of this league shall constitute an
executive committee. which shall have entire
charge of the work or the league.
The corresponding secretary shall report TO
the corresponding secretary OF the county
league, and shall transmit TO members OF this
mittee and from other leagues.
This league shall elect annually delegates to
the county league the number OF delegates be-
ing in proportion TO the membership, which pro-
portion shall be determined by the STATE League
This constitution may be amended only by q
:wo-thrds vote OF all the delegates present at
any annual meeting of the state League.
Without surrendering our party preferences
or our individual views as TO the proper way TO
suppress incompetence and vice, we do solennly
pledge and bind ourselves together not TO vote
for, nor in any way support any person for any
Office, state county township or municipal who
will not give satisfactory guarantee TO the
league in writing or otherwise, that he will
faithfully observe and his utmost influence
and ability 10 enforce the laws. and il elected 10
the Legislature work and vote tor advanced TEN
perance legislation
The plan of operation is to keep secret
the list of members. and when a campaign
begins for whatever elective office, either
high OF low, the league will seek confer
snce of the leaders of each party. and will
canvass the qualifications. upon q law-and-
order basis. of the candidates. IL an OBJ
isciionabie man IL proposed the leaaue
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APPOINTMENT OF FRENZEL
Next to Gray He Is to Get the Best Plnm
That Comes TO Indiana Democrats.
Why He Wants to Be Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury-Taggart's Mission to Cleve-
land-Anti- Liquor League.
FRENzEL,s APPOINTMENT.


Little Doubt that He Is TO Stand Next to
Carlisle in the Treasury Department..
It is accounted one of the certainties as
things 90 in politics, that John P. Frenzel
will be appointed Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury. Just why he should be Sc
lected for appoin tment is incomprehensi-
BILE to local Democrats, as he is dead duck
politically in all local affairs. If be IS ap-
pointed it Will be through the influence of
Tom Taggart, who will have q nice time
explaining to the labor organlza-
tions why he allowed 1t to be
done. The dispatches from Wash
ington have named Mr.. Frenzel first for
Assistant Treasurer of the United States
and then.for Second Controller, but in each
case he has entered q positive denial. A
well.known Democrat said yesterday, how.
ever, that he knew that Mr.. Frenzel had
been offered the position of Assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury and that
he would accept. 1t is very
important position, and puts the
incumbent in charge of the detail work of
the department. 1t is to Mr. FrenzePs
liking. his whole bent being In the imam
cial line. Having captured the executive
horrors of everything loose In Indianap6-
lis, such as the Consumers trust. the
street-car company, the School Board. he
is ANXIOUS for higher honors. When inter-
viewed yesterday by Journal reporter. he
said f8cetiously:
You have been handling that matter so
long for me that guess you had better
continue to do So" He added. however, in
q more serious vein. that he was not pre-
pared to answer the question. He declined
TO answer the Hypothetical question as to
whether he would accept the position. If
offered him.
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DOESN'T WANT TO BE MAYOR.
Lyman T. Gage. of Chicago, Probable Choice of
the People. Will Not Run Against Harrison.

CHICAGO, March 1O.-The fight over the
ter. aud seldom, if ever. in the history of
Chicago has there been such determined
opposition against an aspirant for any Office
as there il now against Carter III. Harrison.
who is anxious to be Mayor of Chicago for
the fifth time. Mr.. Harrison Is a man with
a strong personal following. which would
support him no matter on what platform
he stood. and the strength given him by
being the regular nominee of the Demo-
cratic party has made him such formid-
able antagonist that all the opposition that
can be arrayed against him Will not prove
any too strong for the work ahead of it.
In the tight party lines aud Drejudices
have been forgotten, and every paper in
the city. with the exception of the one
owned by MIR. Harrison, Is bitterly opposed
to his election.
Some days since the papers opposing Mr..
Harrison printed q blank ballot on which
the reader. if q regular qualified voter. was
desired to write the name of his candi-
date and sent 1t to Box 665 in the postOffce
Tens of thousands of these ballots have
been received, and tomorrow the count
will begin. The move was made with q
view of obtaining the name of the most
popular man who could be DItted against
n6fIl5On anu Oh accurately RAuHlnR
tho strength of the anti Harrison
sentiment. There was q strong move
ment in favor of Lyman j. Gage
at the time the newspaper ballots
were printed and the belief is general that
the large majority of anti ii arrison ballots
are for that gentleman. Tonight Mr..
Gage has gwen out letter in which he de-
clines to be a candidate because of con-
tlicting business interests. and one impor-
tant feature of the test ballot may. there
FORE be lost. The count Will begin to-
morrow. apd may not be finished in less
than forty-eIght hours
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A "BiLLIoN-DOLLAR HOUSE,

General Henderson yentilates the Record
Of the Fifty Second Congress.
WASHINGTON. March 1O.-SuppIementing
Senator AllIson's and Chairman Holman's
aad Mr.. Dockery's analysis of the appro-
priations of the last Congress. published
March o. Mr.. Henderson of Iowa. eight
years a member of the House committee on
appropriations. presents his analysis of the
work of the Fifty-second Congress- He
gives the total appropriations. including
permanent appropriations. at 81, O26. So. O49,
exceeding the Fifty-tirst Congress by $685.
4O4. SEQ. an increase of Sis. 7O7 for each Con-
gressionsl district in the United States.
He notices the charge that the Senate
makes the large appropriations. and calls
attention to the fact that the House. at the
session Just closed. sent their bills To the
Senate tor S5l3, 1851, 242. or at the rate of
over Sl.027. 0JO0O0 Der annum. The House,
he says. is a '.billion-dollar House," for it's
bills for the Fifty second Congress aggre-
gated 81, 004. lie, 6l4 before they reached the
Senate. he asserts that In addition to
preparations actually made by the Fifty
second Congress it authorized contracts
mOrtgaging future revenues In the sum of
S5S.62.,6l. lie says that If the Fifty-sec-
ond Congress- seeks to excuse itself by
charging Its eXtravAgance to the leglsIa-
tiOn of the Fifty-hrsr Congress then the
latter Congress can make similar claims
against it's Democratic predecessor, tho
FIfty-second Congress, aggregatipg over
x9l zoo, 0O0.
10 guard against q deficit. Mr.. Hender-
son warns this administration TO give
closer attention TO .'moonshIners" and the
whisky ring In collecting internal revenues
than IL did from 1885 to 1889. when it col
lected SCI. 09o.6S2 less than President
Arthur anu Sis. 35S. 524 less than President
HARRISON. lie shows that the retiring ad-
Hinistration paid 50. ,93l on the public
debt. saving In interest S55.352, 493 annu-
ally.
Mr.. Henderson touches on pensions.
showing from the Pension Bureau that the
rolls will reach their highest point on Dec.
81, 1884, with 1,17l.91S names on the rolls,
including invalids. widows. orphans and
dependent parents. the annual amount on
the rolls being sl55. o65094. That in 1895
there will be dropped from the rolls A $50
pensioners. with an increasing ratio there
after Referring to the complaint against
widows pensions he shows that II all
Widows claims vet undisposed of are al
bwed there will be 109.S43 dead soldiers
fnrepresented on the rolls by q widow an
orphan or dependent parent He also
Joints out the danger To the treasury from
war claims and says that Congress now
has the data TO show that about $500 00O.-
90 may yet be drawn from it to satisfy
their demands.
Mr.. henderson refers TO the defeat of the
bankrupt bill In the House, the burial of
the pure food bill. the slaughter of the
anti-option bill. its inability TO grapple
with the money question. it's silent admira-
ton of the Mckinley bill and predicts that
the FIFTY second Congress Will go down To
history AS 1.-The know nothing" and tho
do nothing" Congress.
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THE HAGGARD GAS BILL.
Some of the Strings That Were Pulled n
the Effort to Make IL q Law.
IO0ansport Journal


the Effort to Make It q Law.
Logansport Journal.
Some idea of the methods of the gas COM
bine may be gathered from the statement
of Representative Farlow, who moved to
strike out the enacting clause of the Hag-
gard gas bill and otherwise put the con-
sumers of the gas belt under obligations TO
him.
Just after the Legislature convened"
said Representative Farl0w, Il was ap-
preached by a representative of q gas COM
pany whose pipee crossed the corner of my
farm. When the right of way was secured
there was difference between us of S25,
which the company refused to pay. This
representative said: 'Farlow, you were
right about that after all. Here is your
S25. took 1t. of course. because 1t was due
me. "a / always claimed. A few days after
that another gas man, well known all over
the State. came to me and said: "Farlow.
we are afraid of some damfool legisIation
against US, and we want to employ you to
look after our interests. You are the
you can show them the bad points In any
bills against our interests" / asked him
what the gas company would pay me for
snch services. and he replied.
iSfToa,ced No gas ,,a. bills time had and been
did not know what he was driving at, but
of course, refused the offer. When the
Haggard bill came up | voted against It.
That evening l was called into the pres
ence of the gas presidents of the State and
asked If 4 wonld move TO reconsider the
Hag9ard bill If it was amended so as to be
unobjectionable i said that would. and
they then presented an amended bill which
they said covered all the objections to the
bill. / wns not well posted on the objec.
tlonable features of the bill. and thought
1t was ell right. and moved to reconsider.
When found that l was fooled moved to
strike out the enacting clause of the bill
and helped to kill it. When the bill came
up again S25 was offered for five minute
speeches in Its favor. OF course if q man
spoke for it he would have to vote for it to
be consistent"
In this connection Representative Guth-
RE. Of this county, said some days ago to
to secure the passage of the Haggard bill,
Il cannot tell you all / know, but will
say that propositions have been made to
me that ought not to be made to any man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-11
BODIES ILL FOR CLEVELAND.

The Senate Finance Committee to Be Con-
froiied by Free Coinage Democrats.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-The Senators
composing the Democratic caucus commit
tee appointed for the purpose of revising
the Senate committees adjourned this
ing after a third session, lasting six hours.
1--WE have accomplished much to-day" said
one of the members. although we are not
yet through with the assignments. 1t is
possible the committee will finish to-mor-
row and will then report to caucus which
may be called after the session of the Sem
ate Monday or Tuesday morning." The
fact that all combinations are being held
back and that the appointees of Mr.. Cleve-
land cannot hold Office until they are con-
frmed is an incentive sufficient to cause
the committee to be as expeditions as posi-
Die and they are losing no time.
The Post says that the most interesting
development of the caucus committees
work Is the fact that the free silver men
propose to run the Senate their own way,
and they are recasting the finance commit
tee to leave NO doubt or the stand
which the committee will take upon any
coinage bills that may come before il. The
Democrats on the committee MP To the 4th
of March were Senators Voorhees,. McPher-
son. Harris and Vance. Senator Voorhees,
and Messrs. Harris and Vance. both out
spoken free-silver men. will remain.
MCPHERSON will, however. step aside and
take the Craftsmanship of the committee on
naval affairs. a place for which he is emf
nently fitted. and the other Democrats on
the finance committee will be Senators
Coke and Vest. both of whom are avowedly
on the free-coinage platform. Ii will thus
be seen that no matter what Mr.. Cleveland
may desire. the personnel of the finance
committee is such as to make 1t almost i'm
possible for him to dominate financial pol
Icy to be followed by the Senate. All the
anti-silver men. such as Mr.. Villas Mr.. Me-
Pherson and others have been purposely
kept off the committee.
IAN interesting piece of gossip is to the
effect that Mr.. Cleveland has expressed to
several Senator'S his objection TO the cleo
ton OF Col. l.. q. G. Washington as Secre-
tary of the Senate. Colonel Washington
was q bitter opponent Of the President.
circulating a long, open letter denounclng
Mr.. Cleveland for in viting negroes to his
home-referrlng to the visit OF Fred Doug
lass-and in other ways asserting his hos
tility. 1t is said that Mr.. Cleveland has
animated that the Secretary of the Senate
ought to be man with whom the Presi-
dent can enjoy the pleasantest intimacy,
| and that certainly he could have no rela-
lions with Colonel Washington. If the lat
ter should be chosen to I'LL the position"
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TAGGART'S MISSION.

He Had a Family limo with Cleveland and
Fixed Sahm for the Postoffice.
Thomas Taggart got back from Washing
ton yesterday with q sack full of honey
direct from the king bee. Some days ago
1t seems the local Democrats began to have
queer feelings" about the administration.
and a malaria of doubt spread infectiously
among them. IL further seems that eau
Gus was held at the Grand Hotel on the
matter. 1t was evident that something
had to be done and somebody had to DO it.
At this juncture Thomas Taggart was hit
on as the proper person to do that some
thing. The immortal, oily TON" was the
man to send with O declaration of love to
the king bee, and q pool was accordingly
gone into and Thomas TaGgarts
trip to Washington was the result.
Mr. Taggart assumed the responsibilities
reluctantly, as he Is modest man. falter-
ing because be was to make an effort at the
same job which the feathery proved "GlP
Shanklin had so terribly botched. Yester-
day Mr.. Taggart returned Thoroughly
honey combed with good news for the de.
spending Morss, Will +. English and
Others who battied for the Stuffed Prophet.
Mr.. TagQart has great deal to say about
his trip, the President and other incl
dentals and on being INTERCEPTED as to
whether or not ne saw OTONoT, 10 Icptiou.
20 yes; stayed all night with HIM"
did baby Ruth recognize v0ut"
Ibid she, Climbed right no on my knee
and asked if all the dog tax had been
paid, IN this year or not"
eva hat did y on tell herr
81 told her yes"
did you, honesti
Yes"
How does the President look upon the
Indiana feldersP
20, he's for u.s."
How about Grayf"
"Gray can have anything Cleveland's
got. except household Goods-you under
stand"
binary clemency on the part of Mr.. Cleve-
land toward MIR. Grayp
well, think the President has adopted
this manner of furnishing himself for some
sin he may have committed in the past
doing q peculiar kind of penance, as it
were"
what did he say about Mr.. Grayp
20 he said as he had taken Gresham In
he might just as well take in Mr. Gray, and
then take IN his sign altogether."
What about Mr.. Morss"
Mr.. Mores Is recognized quantity at
the White House, as Mr.. Cleveland told me
he intended giving him at least q pleasant
look"
Eyes. Gil will get someshing-lt may not
be much. it may not be anything, still
think Mr.. Shanklln will get something"
John p. Frenzelf"
well. l don't know; | think John will
get-left perhaps, and again. perhaps, he
stands an excellent chance of succeeding
Lambertson as> Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury"
What will the administration give
your
"Mr. Cleveland says / can have anything
/ wished for if i would shut my eyes while
making the WISH"
What was yOnr wishf
Il am not at liberty to give it out to the
press until have consulted Joe Riley-but
IL covers every tbing-you may say in your
paper that it covers every thing"
And the indianapolis postOftcep
"Oh, you know, we elected Albert Sahm
to that position before the election. He
has a lead-pips cinch on Thompson's job
but he won't get it for a few months YETI
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-11
PLAYED DOUBLE WITH A WIDOW.
Martin Ganswiler Pleads Guilty and Will Be
Sentenced for Having Too Many Wives.

Special the Indiapapol Journal
BLOOMINGTON. H.. March 1O.-Martin
Gsnswier. of Mechanicsburg, Pa. pleaded
guilty In the Circuit Court here, to-day, to
charges of bigamy and fraud. and Will re-
ceive sentence tomorrow. Ganswiler came
here about year ago and repre-
sented himself single man. engaged in
business In Chicago. He courted Mrs.
Frances Mueller. q widow, here. and a
prominent music teacher. Won by his
dashing manners she accepted and mar.
RED him q few days thereafter. He in
duced his bride to borrow 500 by placing a
mortgage on her home. ostensibly to put
into his business In Chicago. Then he
babe her farewell for q few days and dis
appeared. Detectives traced him to Penn
sylvania and arrested him and brought
him back here. He was to-day confronted
by his legal wife aud his son. He has been
deputy sheriff at Merchandising.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-11
ANNEXATION WILL BE DELAYED.

Little Probability that the Hawaiian Treaty
VIII Be Returned Soon tn the senate.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-The course of
the President in withdrawing the Ha-
waiiau treaty, is still q matter of discus
sion among Senators. though they are
estopped from talking publicly upon the
subject by the ancient senatorial tradition
that matters executive must be regarded
as secret until such time as the Senate
itself removes the injunction of secrecy,
which il has failed to do in the present
instance. A Republican Senator. who has
taken q prominent part In most of the dis
cussions in the Senate in recent years that
have touched foreign relations. said to-
day that he had received an animation
that the President was DESTROYS of modi-
flying the treaty. and that it would ulti-
mateiy be return ned to the Senate. One OF
the contemplated modification was pro ba-
bly, suggested by the protest of Queen
Liliuokalani, made by Mr. Paul Neumann.
her Representatives. which stated that a ma
jority of the Hawaiiens were bitterly op-
posed TO annexation. The Senator thought
IL possible that the President might SO
frame the treaty that annexation would
depend upon the will of tho Hawaiians AS
expressed by plebiscitum. Should the
majority reject annexation. then pro-
tectoratc might be established. The Sena-
tor thought that majority OF the intell-
gent population OF the islands fav orcd An
nexati0n, but among the lower classes niue h
opposition would doubtless be found.
Shoald these classes dominate. then q
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offers Of gold had been received to absorb
all the small legai-tender notes on hand.
Captain Meredith, chief of the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing. was asked If he
bad received any intimation OF the inten-
ton TO issue bonds. None whatever he
replied. land If there was believed to be
any Immediate danger of such q necessity
should have received some orders from
the Secretary, at least to be prepared to
rush the work through. You cannot make
tary or President feared 1t might become
necessary to issue bonds In the immediate
future they would be certain to prepare for
1t by getting the work well under way"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-11
MIsT0OK HIM FOR A sPT.
An Evangelist Dragged from Bed and NAL
treated BY Alabama Moonshinera

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, March 10.-Rev. ID. A.
Stratton, an evangelist from Texas. reports
q rough experience in Winston county.
After closing q meeting at Russellville.
Franklin county. he set out across Winston
county for Guion, his next stand. He
stopped all night with q farmer named
Williams Burns. but the moonshiners had
seen him. and, mistaklng him for reve.
nue. spy, were on his trail. At dead Of
night they went to the house. dragged hi m
out and took him into the woods. They
robbed him of all his valuables. kicked
him and cuffed him, ana maltreated him in
every way. and finally put rope around
his neck. Just as he began to pray they
turned him loose. with the Injunction to so
and tell all other revenue spies what he had
found out in Winston county.
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PLENTY OF GOLD.

Western bankers Exchanging Coin fer Small
Treasury Notes.
WASHINGTON, March 10-Secretary
Carlisle has received offers from Chicago
banks TO exchange ss.OO0.0OO of gold for q
like amount of small treasury notes of the
denominations of IS. $40 and $50. Cincin-
natl bankers offered 100000 of which
s60o 600 was accepted. Other offers In small
quantities came from bankers in Kentucky,
Illinois and Missouri. Treasurer Neb eker
was much pleased with the turn affairs
have taken. and declared that sufficient
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Russian Seal Island. to Be Protected.

VICTORIA, March 10.-Collector OF Customs
Eilne is in receipt or the following telegram
from III. T.. Wallace. controller of customs: II
have to aoquaint you that her Malesty's govern
ment has received proposal from the Russian
government for the establishment of a protect
i've zone around tho islands and coasts or Rus
STA You will warn masters OF sealing vessels
clearing for the north Paci fc To arrange for as
certaining the provisions which may be agreed
TO ~ the two governments before proceeding 10
the neighborhood OF Russian territory. Repeat
this telegram TO ell other British Columbian
DOrts.v
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will inform the managers that 20 n m nate
him Is To invite defeat. as the men be of
the league will in no case vote Z aim.
The purpose IL to secure officials VINO will
execute the law and maintain public order.