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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE INyESTIGA-
TON.

The Senate committee TO investigate the
rumors and reports regarding the sugar
schedule of the Democratic members of
the finance committee and incidentally the
reports of attempts TO bride Senators,
seems to have emphasized the most unin-
portant topic assigned 1T and to have lost
sight of the main purpose of the Lodge res
oIution. The majority has hit upon one
Butte, who has for years been known as an
cratic and irresponsible character. with
view of showing that he was acting for
some parties who desired to bride Senator's
to vote against the Wilson or pending tariff
bill. 1t is notorious that man who would
be chosen 10 represent any industry or bus
mess would take such a man as BUTTE into
his confidence or make him an agent. Such
was the opinion of the two Senators whom
he has been accused of attempting to bride.
as no mention was made of 1T until long
time after Buttz is said TO have approached
their friends Yet with such knowledge of
the man. the committee has gone to inves-
IlSate MIN as IL he were the lcdQliiS dStOi
in the rumors and scandals connected with
the manipulation of the sugar schedule of
the finance committees many times amend
ed bill. 1t may be that the committee is
practicing upon Butte until it can get other
matters in hand.
For more than two months the corre-
spondents of the papers in Washington.
with few exceptions. have been giving de-
tailed accounts of conferences between the
Sugar Trust magnates and Democratic SEN
ators who were in the secrets OF the Demo-
cratic subcommittee considering tariff
amendments. 1t is well known that the
prices OF the stock of the trust advanced
more than one-fourth while the first sugar
schedule was under consideration, and con-
siderably more when the second, which was
yet more favorable TO the refneries. was
reported. Both these schedules were known
TO men in the confidence OF the Voorhees,
committee, and were agreed upon after the
trust magnates had been In Washington.
For weeks papers calling themselves Demo-
cratic have been publishing cartoons repre-
senting Democratic Senator's in completely
with the Stock Exchange and the mag
mates OF the trust II is said to be well
known in Washington that Senators used
the wires freely in their Sugar stock deals
made on their previous knowledge of the
schedules Secretary Carlisle was the first
nan 70 openly advocate the present SUI
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cality but for the whole country. 1t is
said that there is scarcely a locality in
which the mine operators and the miners
could not agree IL these matters were left
TO them. but unfortunately the great body
OF miners. among whom are many men of
larger experience and intelligence than Nc
Bride, obey this autocrat, even if to do SO
their families starve.
While the coal miners are obedient TO this
one man, who insists upon his own terms,
the Amalgamated Iron Workers are agree
ing upon a sliding scale of wages by which
wages will rise and fall with the prices re-
ceived for the goods they produce. That is
a practical and intelligent method of dis
posing of the question of wages in an in
dustry in which labor is so large factor
in the cost of production. 1t stands to rea-
that the same wages cannot be paid
for the manufacture Of iron when pig is
worth s12 instead of SIS. or for the mining
of coal when the price is $3.50 instead of
$3.50. Unfortunately, many persons who
have to do with the adjustment of wages
refuse to take that all-important condition
into consideration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
NO UMBRELLAS IN KENT
why KunneI Tucker Doubted
curacy OF N Newspapers Rep
Chicago Herald.

SnlcdSO f1eIdlu.
A gentleman who sat near where he
was addressed by his next at hand as Kun
mel Tucker. The kunne had been reading
an account OF an anti-Breckinrldge meeting
in Lexington. printed In Chicago morn
ing newspaper.
"By CAD. SIR" said the kunnel. whose dia-
lect not unadulterafed. for he said
sir instead OF "sah." there amt a dam
word OF truth in that ah-tickle The all
tickle says that the audience waved than
umbrellas an than hats when Owens said
S0-an'-s0. i know Owens ever since he
run banfooted in Kentucky. an reckon he
can raise the wind In Kentucky as quick
ridge. But that amt the point The an
tickle speaks of raisin, umbrellas. No man
ever saw an umbrella Ia a public meetin'.
sir, by CAD, in Kentucky An umbrella is
a dam Yankee invention used by men that
scents than hair an breath with cinnamon
an by women who are afraid TO show than
faces as Godlmity made 'em. I've been 10
Ow'nsbo' when the mercury was runnin'
over the top OF the tube an when niggas
an mules had to war cabbage leaves on
than heads, but / never saw a Kentucky
with umbrella 1 amt talkin' about
Louisville: Thahs only one side OF the
street in Louisville that's Kentucky"
What are the means of demonstration
in a Kentucky meeting, colonelT' asked ths
next at hand.
"Gettin' up an shown the fellow in front
Of you off the chair an hittin' another man
In the back an THROWN tobacco guilds. An
askin' a stranger what he'll take. THAI Is
no place on earth wha' demonstration runs
riot. SIR, by gad as II does in Kentucky.
fashionable churches tor fear that some
undue demonstration ii break up the So
lemnity OF the houah."
At that moment waiter passed with q
mint julep on a tray. and the kunnel get
ting an ordor of the vegetable excused HIM
self and followed up the trail.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
AN OBJECT LESSON.
Department Life Units Man for
Other business Pursuits.

Washington Letter in New York Sun.
A treasury clerk who was discharged
early in the life of the present admnistra-
ton, after many years of service walked
up the steps of the big stone building one
one night week ago and shot himself
through the heart with a pistol. His body
lying on the steps that he had climbed so
often was an object lesson TO all Of the
government employees in Washington. 1t
capital that large proportion of the clerks
who are removed seem unable thereafter
to earn living. They become possessed.
moreover, OF the idea that Washington Is
the only city to live in, and that they must
hang on to a. residence here by hook or
by crook. a large share of Washingtons
population Is made up of former Congress
men, public officials and employees OF all
sorts, who, having come here refuse TO go
b bm by far the rres ~ n nmSer ospd
on their frierds and charity for living.
1t is noticeable, too, that men who have
departments continue to haunt the build
ing in which they were employed as
though. by looking at it each day. they
their names to the pay roll. This Is par
ttieulary true Se,, Of tho those who have S spent
ury Department. and every morning
large number Of these men walk down
opening the department and linger about
the hotels. saloons and cigar shops in the
neishborhood until closing time in the
tide of humanity that flows out of the
great workshop. The unfortunate man
who blew out his brains on the treasury
steps apparently was moved by no cause
except grief for having lost his place in
the treasury. He was a pensioner TO
large amount for the loss of leg in the
war and has other sources of income. He
was one of the company OF discharged men
who met every day on Fifteenth street. OPP
posite the Treasury Building. and his
former companions still make their daily
pilgrimages to this apparently fascinating
locality. IL does not occur TO any of them.
probably, that If they would desert their
old haunts and start out In a new field
they might soon forget that they ever
drew their daily sustenance from Uncle
Sans crib.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25

Senator Turpie has succeeded in getting
the bill to pension the heirs of DR.. Athon
through the Senate, and 1t is now before
the House committee. Prominent Grand
Army men have already sent letters of
protest and testimony to establish the dis
loyalty of DIR. Athon. In Volume l, page
312 of Acknowledgment Terrelrs report
reference is made to the testimony of Hor-
ace Heffren before the military commission
which tried and convicted the leaders of
the Sons OF Liberty. of which he was dep
uty commander. to the effect that Gov
Morton was to be taken care of or ''held
as hostage for the safety of those of
the insurrectionists who might be taken
prisoners" and that CDR. James S. Athon,
a member of the order and then Secretary
of State, was TO become Governor under
the law and the Constitution" Unless
Jefferson Daviss heirs are to be pensioned
for his services during the rebellion those
of Dr.. Athon should not.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
THE RAILROAD CROSSING EVIL.

The Inauguration of a movement for the
elevation of the railroad tracks crossing
the city is the result of a natural evolu-
ton. 1t was inevitable that the growth
of the city should force a consideration of
the question some time, ami the time
seems to have come. Most of the rail-
roads that enter and cross the city were
constructed when it was a town of less
than twenty-five thousand population. At
that time and for many years afterwards
the inconvenience and danger arising from
grade crossings were easily overlooked
but now the case is different The growth
of the city has multiplied the number Of
street crossings many times and greatly
increased the inconvenience and danger
Seven lines of railroad now cross the city
making many miles of track within the
ings. These will increase from year to
year as the city grows; and as the popula-
ton increases will the Inconvenience
and danger Of grade crossings. That
which can be overlooked in a small town
cannot be tolerated in a large city. The
present population of the city and it's i'm
not be many years before the suburbs will
become part of the city, and all calcula-
lions as to the future increase of popula-
ton must take this into account. On this
basis it is safe to predict that within
thirty years the city will cover much more
ground than it does now, and have pop
ulation of three hundred thousand. 1t
would be idiotic for the people to endure
the nuisance of railroad grade crossings
all that time and bequeath it to the next
generation.
be allowed to continue and that some
thing must be done. the question is. what?
There are but two remedies for the evil
The choice lies between viaducts and ele-
waited tracks. Under the charter the city
may require the railroads to build via
ducts or Ito raise or lower their tracks
to conform to any grade which may be
established by the Council 1t rests with
the city to decide which method it will
adopt obviously. elevated tracks would
furnish a much more complete and, in the
end cheaper remedy for the evils of grade
crossings than viaducts would. To
struct a viaduct at every street crossing
where one will be needed within the next
fifty years would cost enormous sum
of money and be a great Disagreement
TO the streets, and as the subways would
still continue to be used more or less, the
remedy for existing evils would be incom-
plete The elevation Of the tracks would
also involve a large outlay, but once done
1t would be done forever, and there would
be an end of all the evils of grade cross
ings OF course. the railroads can dem
onstrate on paper the impracticability
of elevated tracks, and they will have
much to say about the injustice of
curing them to make costly an i'm
provement. But after all they can say,
the fact will remain that the present sys-
tenn cannot be allowed to continue, and
that the only adequate remedy is in rails
ing the tracks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
EVIL OF AUTOCRATIC POWER.

The coal strike has reached very crit
ical stage. So long as it did not interfere
with the industry and transportation of
the country it was simply to be deplored,
like any other general strike affecting the
welfare of a large number of men and their
families. But it has passed that stage In
many cities the stock of coal is so nearly
exhausted that factories have closed. If
the strike continues much longer many in
dustries will cease and TO the army of idle
men that has come from tariff agitation
thousands will be added by the coal strike.
The Cleveland conference failed mainly be-
cause ii was not conference. but a de-
mand on one side and a refusal on the other.
operators and the business of the country.
the authority to adjust the difficulties is
vested in the hands of one man. and that
man is one who has shown no fitness for
one man to exercise. This man Mcbride.
upon whose order thousands of men must
cease to work, whether they wish it or not.
has displayed nothing but arrogance dur
ing the whole OF this unfortunate contro-
versy. He has made the prices of coal
mining for the whole country, and he will
not yield to compromise or even permit the
miners in many mines TO work at wages
which are satisfactory. There is no man in
the country to-day who has so much power
over tens of thousands OF laborers and the
general industries OF the country the
man who unfortunately is at the head of
the coal miners organization. Without any
responsibility, Indifferent to the suffering of
thousands of families and OF the industries
of the country. he declares that no coal
miner shall earn wages until the operators
shall agree to his prices. not for one To-
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schedule. which he did in an interview pub
lished April 30. 1t has been alleged that
the present schedule has been seen in his
handwriting, and he is alleged to have said
TO the Democratic members of the finance
committee that it must stand by the sugar
refiners who stood by Cleveland in the last
campaign. The New York World Demo
cratic) and the New York Press and Phila-
deIphia Press declare their readiness to
prove that the trust contributed a large
to the Cleveland campaign fund The
two last-named papers have published a
six-column article by a reputable CORE
spondent making all the charges above re-
ferred to. Gen. Carl Schurz has asserted
in an editorial in Harper's Weekly that
several Senators and at least one Cabinet
officer are agents of the Sugar Trust.
These the matters the country de-
sires to know about This was the primary
purpose of the investigation. The chair
man Of the committee, Senator Gray, is an
administration Senator in the largest mean
ing of the phrase, and the other Demo-
cratic member is the personal friend of
Secretary Carlisle Will these Senator'S pre-
vent thorough investigation? They can
scarcely do it if Populist Allen votes with
the two Republican members. Messrs. Davis
and Lodge. Meanwhile the country will
watch the movements of this committee
with something more than curious interest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25

falls as low as $1,000. The giraffe comes
hish--Philadelphia Ledger.
Now Is the time to buy thermometers.
They Will soon be going up.-Truth.
Visitors TO the retreats for fallen poll
ticians always desire to gaze on the au-
thor of -Four Years More OF Grover"
Washington Post.
Mr.. Cleveland is undoubtedly good shot
for who sent substitute TO the
army Unfortunately he does not think as
he shoots.-kansas City Journal.
Queen Victoria's bestowai OF the Order OF
the Bath on Capt. Graham, of the United
States steamship Chicago, is decoration OF
the first water--Chicago Tribune.
II every man could know what other peo-
pie are thinking Of him all the time he
would find out that the greater part OF the
time they are not thinking Of him at all.
-Somervile Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
A Young Mans Hard Luck.

Charles Woolson, a cousin OF the late Con-
stance Fenimore Woolson. the novelist. was
made a pauper OF the State or New York
by the Albany overseer OF the poor on
Friday. Wooison Is a young man OF twen-
ty-six. according TO the Albany Argus.
His father, a Minnesota lumberman. lost
lad refusing 10 take help from relatives.
struggled on alone. He enlisted In the reg
ular army when OF age, and served five
years, becoming a sergeant He was hon.
orably discharged about q year ago. and
tried TO find work ia civil life He was
unsuccessful. and a few months ago. when
by a motor car In Buffalo. one foot being
severely injured. Woolson was discharged
from the hospital about two weeks ago.
and. despairing OF being able 10 support
himself, he entered the aimshouse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25

Which Mean Millions of Dollars in
n Tariff Measure.
washington Special.


Great care will have to be exercised I'm
making up the tariff bill to prevent clerical
errors and omissions from creeping In.
Only the other day q member of the finance
committee enabled TO. correct a matter
which might have involved endless disputes
and loss of revenue TO the government
A provision had been inserted In the bill
practically bringing in free pieces OF silk
twelve inches wide and sixteen inches long
under the head OF hat trimmings" IL was
pointed out that while silk ribbons might
be intended yet the law would not read so.
Immense quantities of silk could be brought
into this country which would be utilized
In making waists and other garments most
affected by the gentler sex. Upon examina-
ton OF the records OF the finance commit
tee IL was discovered that the articles in
question have been Struggled into the bill.
and they were promptly eliminated and hat
trimmings made more specific.
This error recalls simple but costly
blunder I'm the tariff act OF 1873 IL was i'm
tended TO place fruit plants, tropical and
semi-trooical. on the free list but smart
J clerk put comma after fruit" which
placed IL on the free list. The mistake was
discovered by a New Yorker who went 10
the importers and pointed out that under
the law they were wrongfully paying du-
ties on fruit and despite the fact that the
consumer had already paid these duties
the government had 10 refund upwards of
81 500. coo.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

Charles Coghlan is now sorry that he
didr-t confine his entire time 10 elevatin
the stage.-New York World.
Jillson says it is lucky for some men that
the law against suicide doesn't provide a
penalty for shooting off ones mouth.-Buf-
falo Courier.
We do not like to be lied about. But
most OF us probably lie more about our
selves than anybody else ever does.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
1t is said that there are more lies told
in the sentence II glad to see YOU
than in any other six words in the English
language.-Tid-B Bits.
An animal dealer says that the giraffe
is so difficult to obtain and acclImatize for
menagerie purposes that the price rarely
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
Master Workman Powderly

Ex-General Master Workman Powderly
says that not only are the charges on which
he was expelled from the Knights of La
Dor untrue, but that they were never
served on him. as the rules of the order re-
qure. His expulsion and the manner of it
are creating quite a cemmotion in the or
ganization. To n reporter who called on
him Mr.. Powderly exhibited letters from
many local assemblies asking whether TO
withdraw from or continue in the order
and he says that his invariable reply was
to continue in the order, for If there ever
was time that the order needed them 1t
is now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25

One OF the resolutions in the Populist plat
form, run in by some crank who rides a
hobby. demands an amendment OF the State
Constitution adopting ''the initiative and
referendum system OF legislation" Dollars
20 doughnuts there were not ten men in
the hall who had the slightest idea what
this means
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25

The London Times thinks that nothing
but the confidence OF the American people
in Mr.. Cleveland's sagacity prevents pre-
MUM on gold.'' The American people
have ceased to regard Mr.. Cleveland bet
ter than his party He has weakened on
favor the repeal OF the prohibitory tax on
State bank notes Mr. Clevelands political
virtue is mainly for campaign purposes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25

The Cincinnati Enquirer says the people
win pay s47.OoO.oOo more of tax on sugar
under the Senate bin than they now pay.
just 70 pacify the sugar growers OF one
State and the Sugar Trust. This is a fact,
but not single Democratic Senator seemed
to be influenced by the fact in the vote of
"Wednesday
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
The stamp Mania.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
As a queer fact connected with the stamp
collecting mania IL Is stated that some
Central and South American states get
their stamps executed Without expense TO
themselves dealers In this country getting
them out gratis on condition OF frequent
chances of the ISSUES. 20 that one eet Is
not long in use before IL becomes valuable
because IL Is no LONGER uriated For long
headed scheming, with a popular fad Tor a
starting point. this Is quite equal 10 any
thing vet Drought 10 light.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
socioIogicnI Discussion.

'T notice. said the first postoffice loafer,
'.that as soon as gifts to about thirty
years old it takes a good deal of his time
TO explain TO his friends why he amt mar
ried." SAX
Yes" said the other one, that's so-in
case he's single. But in case he amt he's
putin in the time tryin' to explain 10 his
self WHY he did marry"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25

BY the aid OF the machine State commit
tee. which gave several contests to Repre-
sentative Oates in the Alabama State
convention. he was nominated for Governor
and Clevelandism Endorsed. whereat the
Democrats in Congress are very sore and
some predict oates's defeat by $1,000; but
they forget that the election officers elect
In Alabama. and not the voters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25

When the Republicans OF Pennsylvania
come to look over their platform the most
OF them will regret that it is marred by
the proposition TO Increase the circulating
medium 10 so per capita. 1t would take
double the gold and silver we now have
as a basis for such an increase. and what
would be the use of 50 much money If there
was no business and industry to put it into
circulation?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25

Nobody was drowned in Philadelphia when
the Schuylkill river went tearing through
the city at railroad speed on the day of
the big rain, but 1t was no uncommon sight
TO behold a citizen floating slowly and
placidly along the surface of the raging
stream waiting 20 be rescued, while drift
wood. houses and other inanimate objects
whizzed by him in streaks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25

'The water in our office" complains an
esteemed local contemporary. has been
unfit for drinking purposes for the past
two weeks" And then, in corroboration AZ
ii were, follows half column Of ed
itorials quite full of spirit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25

Now that Senator Gorman has spoken 1t
the Senate as the Cleveland tariff BILL Sec
Rotary Carlisle Endorsed it April % in an
interview.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
A Cruel Question.

He often used to make his boast with smil-
ing, brazen face,
OF how he was admitted to the best homes
in the place;
But now his voice is silenced, and he vaunts
himself more,
Because some person put to him this ques-
ton: "RY which door?"