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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

The opinion rendered by City Attorney
Scott in regard to the nature of the con-
troller's Office is an important one. He
holds that the controller is an auditing Of
ficer and as such has power to revise all
accounts and claims presented for pay
ment and cut down or disallow any items
or parts OF items that he may deem ex-
cessive or Illegal This is not the language
of the city attorneys decision, but we take
it to be the scope of it. This makes the
controller something very different from
mere paymaster or bookkeeper. 1t gives
him power and makes it his duty to exer-
else a close guardianship over the citys
interests and to audit all claims of what
ever character that may be presented. The
Journal believes this was the true intent
OF the charter in creating the office of con-
troller. The decision increases the impor-
lance of the controllers Office and enlarges
his power to serve the city. Under it the
controller has power to cut down the ex-
orbitant election bills till they conform to
law, and he has announced his intention Of
doing it, thereby saving the city quite a
handsome sum-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

Now that the compromise of the silver
fight is at hand" says the Augusta Chron-
icle, there is one other act of financial leg
islation that Congress should pass before
taking a recess, and that is the repeal Of
the ten-per-cent. tax on State banks Of is
sue. Indeed. this legislation is regarded by
many as the most important to our section
of any financial measures which have been
discussed" 1t seems likely that this will
be the next Democratic heresy that will
have to be met and killed by the friends OF
a sound currency. The demand for the re-
peal Of the tax on State bank notes was put
in the Chicago platform to please the South,
and it will be observed that the Chronicle
says: This legislation is regarded by many
the most important to our section of any
financial measures which have been dis
cussed." 1t is essentially a Southern
scheme the object being to open a market
for Southern securities and pave the way
for the establishment of State banks of is
sue, which would flood the country with
wildcat currency. The scheme is all the
more dangerous because 1t is plausible, and
will enlist variety Of interests and fac
tons In it's support
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27
THE INDIANA PRESS.

Grover Cleveland once had a party.
Where is that party at just now ?-vernon
Journal.
The Senate needs new set of rules; and
1t also needs new set of Senators-Shelby-
vile Republican.
Cleveland is out on the front porch again
posing as the man with the iron spine.
South Bend Tribune
The Compromised wave Of returning pros
perity is not yet in sight, but yet the DEM
ocrats have been In power for nearly eight
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Prosperity in this country will only go
hand in hand with protection. Free trade,
or its approximate condition, tariff for, rev.
enue, means prosperity for the cheap labor
Of Europe.-Frankfort News.
1t will be amusing to see the Democrats
in Congress advocating an increase of the
war taxes to carry out the pledge of
their party in favor of a reduction of the
tariff.-Bloomington Progress.
The Conrad brothers and the courts hav-
ing combined forces against White Capism
In southern Indiana, that barbaric relic Of
savagery has been well nigh squelched
-Muncie News.
If Uncle Sam could trade his present Con-
gress for a good od-fashioned Republican
Congress, and then supplement it by a
wide-awake Republican President, the Ma
ton would resume business at once.-War-
saw Times.
The Republican Senator's performed their
duty as Republicans and patriots; they
neither hesita led nor changed front. The
people always know where the Republican
party stands upon every public question
Newport Hoosier State.
If Republican Senator had used the
language toward Senator Morgan that Sen
ator Hill used, every hypocrite and mug
wump in the land would have shouted
'bloody shirt but when Senator Hill talks
that way it's merely a little family quarrel.
and don't stir up Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
HAS any farmer in Indiana received 81. %
| for his wheat since Grover Cleveland be-
came President ?'-Shelby Republican. Yes.
| that's what they got in this county. Fifty
cents of 1t was cash in hand, and the re-
mainder in last years campaign promises,
payable one hundred years from date.-Win-
| chester Journal.
| The course of the Republican repealers
| has been, in view of the approach of that
| other repeal propostion-on the federal
| election laws-one OF unprecedented manli-
ness; one impelled by true patriotism, re-
CARELESS of the making of party capital.
Their high and conscientious attitude
stands out as the one redeeming feature of
an otherwise discreditable and unseemiy
| senatorial record-the only point of light
| in dark and disgusting episode.-Rich-
mond Item.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

merce and industry of the country has no
use for is not protection in the sense that
a tariff protects. Just as we'll may the
wheat producers demand of the party OF
protection that 1t make a market for all
the wheat they can raise at a dollar a
bushel as for the silver bullion owners to
demand that the government purchase all
the silver bullion they can produce. There
fore when person asserts that no sincere
protectionist dare desert the silver cause, he
makes himself an aspirant for the Nations
cap and bells.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27
THE VICTORY FOR HONEST MONEY

Was it all Wall street job?-New York
Recorder.
Unconditional experimenting else will
do. No compromise with defiant minority
or handful of interested Senators from
the mining camps and the sage bushes.
philadelphia Inquirer.
We congratulate the country that at last
the Senate following the House. is to re-
peal the Sherman law and stop buying sill
ver.-New York Herald
The people want no compromise and will
brook no recess. What they want is a vote
on the Wilson bill, either for or against.
The votes the thing, not talk about il.
Cincinnati Commercial-Gazet
Now that unconditional repeal is about to
become an accomplished fact. let this good
work be followed by such legislation as
may be deemed necessary to strengthen the
gold reserve of the treasury. Washington
Post.
1t has now been fully demonstrated that
immediate repeal is stronger than repeal
with any possible conditions, and the pub
lie demand for action has become SO over
whelmins that even the Senate must bow
to it.-Philadelohia Times.
Compromise is surrender. There VIII be
no surrender to the foes of honest money
while Grover Cleveland is President Never
has Mr.. Cleveland's sterling qualities ap-
Sency provoked by the compromisers.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Mr. Cleveland, a Democratic Presi-
dent, could have killed two birds with one
stone by sanctioning the compromise. He
could have demonetiZed silver In the inter-
ests of the East and held the party to-
s,ether i'm the interests OF all sections
Atlanta Constitution.
Costly as the delay has been, it is almost
worth the sacrifices to have demonstrated
that the great majority of the people are
for n stable and honest currency, and that
this is still a government where the will
of the people can be made the law OF the
land.-New York World.
The surrender of the minority comes too
late to be a graceful submission. The tenn
per Of the Nation has been sorely tried by
the assumption OF power on the part OF
the silver senators. and their impudent dis
regard of the wishes of the country or the
depression OF it's business interests.-Pitts-
burg acknowledgement.
IL makes no difference now when. or by
what vote. the end comes. 1t makes no
difference whether at the end the Republic
ans furnish the majority OF votes or not.
They furnished practically all the Presi-
dent counted whea he killed compromise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

The report that the jury failed to agree
In the White Cap case tried at Columbus,
where woman was cruelty beaten and
the offenders were clearly indicated, shows
how unfit many men are for jurors. The
three men who stood out for acqlittal in
that case were evidently without a concep-
ton Of the duty of jurors. as they ignored
the law as well as the testimony. and, If
sufficiently intelligent. are. in effect. guilty
Of perjury. We may need university extern
sion. but greater need is such instruction
quate idea Of the duty of jurors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

The difference between g statesman who is
blessed with the capacity of wide range
of vision and an exalted point of view and
the small person who so often gets into the
United States Senate and can never get
out of the tangle of the rules which he
helps to make. is illustrated by the remark
of ex-senator Edmunds. of Vermont. to the
effect that under the general rules of parlia-
mentary law. Of which Jefferson's Manual
is the universally recognized digest, any
Senator may raise the question that debate
has become obstructive and demand vote
upon any question which may be pending,
whereupon 1t shall become the duty of the
presiding officer to rule upon that question
of order. His decision would become the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

Controller Trusler has adopted business
method in disposing of the bills filed by
election officers. A year ago, under the
spells leadership Of Auditor Taggart, than
whom no one is more expert in opening
avenues to the public treasury, precedent
was established by which election officers
were paid for five days when they served
but three. 1t was in violation of law, but
that made no difference Under that prece-
dent all the officers made bills that could
not be sustained by law. The Controller
referred them TO the city attorney, who
rendered a legal decision, and the officers
will be paid as the law provides. It doubt
less is not enough. but 1t is all that the
law allows There are those who will say
that 'it is not good politics. whatever
that may mean, but, whether it is not,
II Is obedience to the law, and 1t is good
business" In city affairs there has been
a need Of good business"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

The administration did not act any too
promptly in removing Commodore Stanton
from the command Of the South Atlantic
station. 1t seems incredible that a naval
officer OF his experience and Intelligence
shutting the flag OF the commander OF the
rebel forces when he must have known
that his act would be construed by the
or the rebels and an insult TO the regular
government. Commodore Stanton's side of
the case has not been heard yet, but it is
impossible to conceive of any satisfactory
explanation OF so fragrant breach of inter-
national law and usage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27
MRS. NELLIE GRANT sARToRIs.
She Has nm Ample Income and Gives
Delightful Entertainments.


Delightful Entertainments.
Boston Journal.
Her father-in-law, who died three years
ago, left her $35,000 a year and the town
house In which she has lived since her sep
aration from Mr.. Sartoris. Mrs. Sartoris
never made any open COMPANY ann b regaqng
in-law, who was royal old English gen.
tleman, became aroused, and, with his wife,
tried to straighten matters out When they
failed the elder Mr.. Sartoris gave her the
charming little London house in Cadogan
place. in the arictocratic West End. forced
Hampton, and settled on her an income OF
e, 500 per annum. Since her husbands death,
six months ago. Mrs. Sartoris has received
the principal of his income as guardian OF
the children. In addition TO her $4,000 in
come and the London house, she has tbs
lease of the establishment In the country.
She entertains her friends in quiet, de-
lightful manner.
Her house has the brightness and gracious
hospitality of an ideal American home;
there she lives with her beloved children.
Algernon Edward is a bright, spirited lad
Of sixteen years Last summer. when he
visited the battlefield OF Waterloo with his
mother. she took him to all the points of in,
terest, showing him where Wellington and
Napoleon made their most desperate fights.
The little girls, Vivian and Rosemary,
OF thirteen and eleven years respectively.
glsh custom, and in their simple shocked
frocks, with their flowing hair look more
cnlQlSn tnan little girls or the same age
on this side. The elder nurses
dent hope in her youthful heart that She
will some day be an actress. and has shown
no little talent in that direction.
She comes by her inclination and talent
naturally, for Mr.. Sartoris's mother was a
daughter of Charles Kemble and a sister OF
Fanny Kemble. Mrs. Sartorfs takes pride
In and fosters her little daughters taste,
and perhaps some day 1t may come to pass
that we viii go TO see General Grants
granddaughter as Juliet or Rosalind.
Rosemary is a brown, piQuant, witty little
girl fond of books and play, with a look OF
practical good sense in er critical eyes and
around her firm little mouth
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

The weak feature in the movement to
repeal the Sherman act has been the fact
that ten Of the twenty-five Democratic SEN
ators who are counted for repeal have been
compromisers rather than repealers. They
are Brice Camden, Faulkner, Gibson, Cor
don. German, Hunton, Lindsay, Ransom
and Turpie. These are the men, more than
any others, who are responsible for the
delay, since. being counted as repealers,
they could not be brought to support a
proposition to bring the Senate to vote.
There have been only twelve Democratic
Senators honestly in favor Of repeal. They
are Caffery, Gray, Hill, Mcpherson, Mills.
Mitchell Of Wisconsin, Murphy, Palmer,
Smith, Villas, Voorhees, and White of Louis
lana OF these Mr. Voorhees,. at least, was
not in favor Of repeal as a matter of con-
viction. That is, thirty-three Of the forty
five Democratic Senators were really OPP
posed to repeal or had no heart in it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

A Chicago paper says the doors of the
closed to the general public one evening
this week Ito give the national commits
sioners and their families chance TO see
the pictures" II this is done the general
public should quietly break the doors open
and enter. 1t would be pity TO have the
closing week OF the great exposition marked
by such an act OF rudeness. but even that
would be preferable to the other. The fair
belongs to the people, and to exclude them
from the art gallery on one OF the closing
nights OF the fair TO give few gentlemen
wearing gold badges. with their families.
- chance to see the pictures would be an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

A Bostonian writes to his home paper
from Chicago that the streets In the bus
mess portion of that town are so crowded
that 1t is dangerous to cross them. There
is really less danger I'm crossing one OF the
crowded streets of Chicago than there is
In attempting to cross one OF the streets
here at home. where one is liable at any
time to be hit by carriage coming around
the corner on the wrong side of the street
at high rate Of speed. Indianapolis is
woefully countrified I'm this respect
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

In a recent communication in the Journal
in advocacy of the purchase of silver bullion
by the government. the following was given
as a reason:
The Republicans claim to be protection
lists We have protected all other American
Industries; can we afford even as protec-
tionists TO remove the last act OF protection
TO an industry that covers seven sovereign
States and has invested In II hundreds OF
N destroyed. wreck and ruin q whole Sec
ton? Even on this line no sincere protec-
ZIONIST dare desert the silver cause
II the silver mine owners have desired
duty on silver bullion which would have
given them the American market. they have
never made 1t known To make a market
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

The more one considers the situation in
the Senate the more he must be convinced
that it was not the President who brought
his party to terms so much as the attitude
Of the Republican Senators outside the sill
yer States. If dozen Republican Senators
had indicated a purpose to support the Cor
man compromise the measure would have
been passed in spite of the President. The
Democratic steering committee could not
enroll enough votes to carry the bill, but it
did enroll all but four Democrats. The
twenty-five Republican Senators hostile to
compromise is the element which made the
German compromise impossible, and not the
President. In the extended controversy
these Senators have been the great hope Of
the repeal of the Sherman act. They have
stood for the best interests of the country.
as Indifferent to the President as they are
to his divided party. Bestow credit where
it is due.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27
PHILADELPHIA Press.

Vice President Stevepson's principal par
ticipation in the affairs OF government just
now is in the way OF complaint that he is
not consulted about patronage and is given
no appointments. This is a high minded
business for man occupying great Of
flee 10 be in. The Vice President has for
some time enjoyed the exceptional oppor-
tunity TO make himself a foremost factor
in current affairs and to distinguish him
a place in our political history. IL, instead
of going about whining because he was
shut out from the patronage crib, he had
taken the Senate gavel in his hand and de-
clared it his purpose to do all that properly
lay i'm the power Of a presiding officer to
enable the majority TO do business in that
body. he would have made himself famous,
and the purchasing clause OF the sherman
act would have been Internationally re-
pealed by this time in all probability.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

The appointment OF Mr.. Charles c. Brown
as city civil engineer seems to fall under
the designation OF "eminently fit" Though
a former resident of the city. Mr.. Browns
professional work has been in other fields,
education. training and experience he is
admirably equipped for the position to
which he has been appointed. 1t is crafty
partisan service did not enter into the ap-
pointment. and that Mr.. Brown will take
the office without any entangling alliances
or other motive than to give his best serv-
ice TO the city. This is real civil-service
reform
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27
THE rNDIANAPoLIs JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places
PARIS-American Exchange in Paris sc Boulevard
de Capucines.
NEW YoRK-Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel
PHILADELPHIA-A p Kemble, 3735 Lancaster
avenut.
CHICAGO-Palmer House.
CINCINNATI-J. r. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine street
LoUIsvILLE-C. 7. Deering northwest corner of
Third and Jefferson streets.
81. LOUIS-Union News Company Union Depot
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Riggs House and EbbItt
House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

intolerable outrage. Let the national COM
missioners and their holy families take
their chances with other people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27
Good RepubIican Showing.

The Republican Senators made good
showing In the vote against Van Alens
confirmation Among those who voted OF
were paired against connrmihg the s sdie VI
Cullom Hale Hawley, Hoar, Lodge. Platt.
Manderson Morrill,. sherman ana Stock
bridge This list includes tae greater pro-
Republican side.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

Secretary Carlisle and Senator German
are rival aspirants for the presidency.
They were both badly damaged in the
compromise fiasco. but German was rather
the worse hurt of the two. He went shear
ing and came back shorn- Carlisle missed
an opportunity when he failed to put his
foot on the scheme as soon as 1t was
preached to hin-an opportunity which the
President was quick to avail himself Of
and by his timid, time-serving manner he
~ favoring the scheme. But, after all,
he comes out of the affair with more credit
Or rather with less discredit than German
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

1t is rumored that the Democratic COM
mittee on ways and means may fail to re-
port cut-down tariff bill because each
free-trade member desires to have the
Mr. Bynum. however is jealous to sacrifice
the INDUSTRIES of this district to foreign
cornnetftfon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

The prime purpose Of municipal govern
ment is to secure to all the people all the
advantages Of police, security of life and
property. at the smallest cost. The dis
pensing Of patronage is simply an incident.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

In less than eight months Secretary Hoke
Smith has spent s2OO. 900 in sending out spies
upon pensioners and he wants 100000 more.
And yet the administration is said to appre-
ciate the Union veteran.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

question having been recently raised
as to whereabout in Indiana Joaquin Mil
Ter was born, the Brookville American says
that in letter to the editor Miller says:
II was born in Liberty, Union county, In
diana The Wits are my mothers people;
and sterling and manly lot, and lots of
them, too. whereabouts. General Burnside's
mother was a Witt"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

Detroit Free Press.
The potato crop In Colorado is a big one.
and is dug with good deal less work
than Is required in digging for silver As
potatoes are bringing good price IN a
ready market Governor Waite may be
sufficiently conciliated 10 forego his san
culinary purpose OF galloplng about the
country with blood 10 the bride bits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

There are twenty-six amendments pend
ing to the silver repeal bill in the Senate,
be taken on each Of these amendments
before the main question can be reached,
It may be two or three days yet before a
final vote will be had.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

That is an excellent idea of the street
commissioner to use the street employment
times as much as possible. But here it is
proper to remark that before the advent
Of Cleveland and reform, a year ago. such
2 policy was not necessary.