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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
THE STUPIDITY OF AN ORATOR.

1t seems that the Hon. John w. Kern
urday, while making a speech. because some
person who has been q Democrat rather
than a drunken Republican" character
lied one Of his statements as "a Democratic
lie" The Journal does not accuse the cpl
thetic and vociferous statesman of telling
a falsehood: but the statement which he re-
peated, to the effect that agricultural i'm
Elements manufactured in this country are
sold cheaper outside the United States than
to American farmers. is not only a false
hood, but one which has been so often
proved to be such that il is stupid rather
than willful defiance OF the ninth commando
ment. In 1880 the statement was sent out by
a person named Wilson. At that time all
the more prominent manufacturer of agri-
cultural implements pronounced the state
ment false, and showed that the prices
which were attached 10 cuts OF implements
were the nominal retail rates, while those
which were represented as foreign prices
were the figures at which they were sold
10 the trade. In 1892 the free-trade papers
were furnished with plates. In which the
exploded falsehood was repeated at length.
with cuts. Senator Voorhees, made it the
basis OF a speech. and generally this assault
upon American industries. which were then
paying thousands Of men the best wages
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

When angry, count a hundred; when
very angry, swear.-Mark Twain.
Just wait until Mrs Lease RECEIVERS from
the first rude shock.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Democratic party seems to play in
hard Misunderstanding Index-Appeal Dem.)
One of the most popular public measures
in South Carolina is the half-pint.-Chicago
Dispatch.
The Stock Exchange is where hope is ex-
changed for experience. Jacksonville
Times-Union.
Mr.. Gladstone is eighty-four. He is old
enough to know better than To sheer at the
American navy.-Washington Post.
The best way to down an opponent in an
argument is 10 let him get through and
then yell "ftatsi"-Atchison Globe.
Ore good New Years resolution is TO
contribute literally to the relief OF the
needy.-Pittsourg Chronicle Telegraph.
Nothing emphasizes the fact that there is
no accounting for taste more than the way
some people admire themselyes-Puck.
My son, observe the postage stamp-its
usefulness depends upon its ability 10 stick
TO one thing till 1t gets there.-Elmira Ca
zette.
Mrs. Lease certainly ought to feel less
bitter toward the Hon. john James ingalls,
now that she is also a statesman out OF a
job.-Detroit Tribune.
Customer-Among the other items on this
bin you've got -four and a half hours
work" You worked just exactly four
hours by the clock. Paper hanger-Yes,
sl.; pue IL lOok * mn al hour 40 make
out the bill.-Chicago Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
DISPENSING FOOD AT COST.

The excellent organization of our local
the present relief movement are well ex-
emplifed in the establish ment of the food
market, which was opened on Saturday.
The object is to furnish the deserving poor
with provisions at wholesale cost and on
credit, thus saving them from the extor-
tionate prices which retail. dealers some
times charge those who buy in small guam
titles. and giving them their own time in
which to pay. This is better than charity,
for it allows the beneficiary to feel that
he is not a beggar. and that sometime he
will pay for what he gets. 1t will be in
teresting to note the outcome OF the expert
ment and see how many of the hundreds
who accept aid and bind themselves to pay
for it, either in labor or with money, az
some time in the future will redeem their
pledges. In this way the experiment will
furnish a sort of test of human nature. 1t
is probable that in spite of the investiga-
ton which is made as to the character and
QcScTlS ~ tie dpDlicdHlS IOE dlQ, SOIIe are
undcserving and some dishonest, but for
the credit of human nature it is to be hoped
that most of those who take provisions on
the terms stated really intend to make
their promise good.
1t is interesting to compare the rations
furnished by the committee with the pro-
visions consumed by an average well-to-do
family. TIE weekly ration for a family of
five persons consists OF five pounds OF fresh
meat, eight bread tickets. twelve pounds OF
potatoes. ten pounds of corn meal, the same
quart of molasses. This is furnished to
applicants for 70 cents. At retail it would
cost $40. Besides the great
ton in long credit, there is a large actual
luxurious living for five persons for a week.
but it Will support them comfortably. The
food is plain but good and nourishing.
Hundreds of thousands of poor families in
Europe do not average five pounds of meat
per month all their lives. Many do not
taste il a dozen times a year. A working
man and woman can very well maintain
their strength IN this ration and have
enough left for three children. But by
comparison with the provisions consumed
every week by an average welI-to-do fam
lily IL shows how much Is expended for
~iuxurles and unnecessaries. 1t takes COM
paratively little to sustain life and health:
II is the extras that cost. And it is doubt
full IL these costly extras ada anything to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

The Kansas Lease has been Cancelled.
st. Louis Po~st-Dispatch.
The Governor Of Kansas wants a new
Lease on his job.-Toledo Blade.
Mrs. Mary Lease, Of Kansas Populist
fame. is gradually seeking her level and
coming down very hard.-Iowa State Reg
lister.
Politics is a rocky road to travel. and
Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease has just begun to
kansas City journal.
Mrs. NJ. {. Lease is still a member OF the
international Peace Society, of Berne,
Switzerland, but that will not do Governor
Lewelling any good In firing Mrs. Lease
from the Board of Charities in the interest
OF harmony the Governor has kindled n
flame which nothing but a flood will ex-
tinguiSh, and they never nave any floods
in Kansas.-Kansas City Star.
No love has been lost between Governor
Lewelling, of Kansas, and Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Lease since the latter, just after the
recent election, said some very biting things
concerning his Excellency and other Popu-
list leaders. Her removal from, the Kansas
State Board of Charities may have been ad-
viSable in view of her refusal to serve with
q Democrat, but hereafter the Governor
need expect no quarter from the lady of
Wichita.-Springfield Republican.
"Off with her head!' So much for
Mary Yellingi
Richard spoke not thus, but
Governor Lewelling.
st. Louis PoSt-DiSpatch.
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in the world. was kept up during the cam
paign- at the time the Journal took the
free-trade SANDER about prices to a repu-
table dealer, got his retail prices for the
same articles. and found them from 20 to
40 per cent. below the Democratic SANDER
prices. Republican papers in all the larger
towns in Indiana did the same thing. thus
exposing the stupidity as we'll as the falsity
of the Democratic SANDER upon American
enterprises.
And now Mr.. Kern has resurrected the
unseemly cadaver of this twice buried fake.
and repeats it at Anderson-a fake SO stupid
and insulting to the average intelligence
that a sometime Democratic editor blurts
out "a Democratic lie." 1t is probable that
the proprietor OF the thunderous voice did
that fact does not help him. He should have
known it, as every farmer who buys i'm
plements knows that it is false, because
many dealers have told them so. And he
should know now that the old demagogic
falsehoods palmed off upon voters In 1890
and 1892 are thoroughly discredited now.
People have learned many things since Oc-
tober. 1892, and Democratic orators should
try to comprehend the fact, and no longer
assume general ignorance on the part OF
the people.
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THE pRENDERGAsT VERDICT.

1t is a conclusion with which the whole
country will concur.-Washington Post.
Justice in this case has neither been too
slow nor unduly Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord.
Now it is to be hoped that no undue de-
lay will be permitted to intervene between
the sentence and its execution.-Philadel-
phia North American.
1t is certain that hanging these men puts
an end to their capacity for mischief,
while any lesser sentence of punishment
does not even insure their permanent con-
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The sole question was on his accounta-
bility for his action, and the newspaper
reading public long ago reached the con-
clusion that he was. The jury, which
heard the evidence and the arguments, was
satisfied on this point, and rendered a
verdict accordingly.-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The average citizen who read the testi-
mony and studied the actions of the &C
cused Will feel satisfied that he knew just
what he was doing, and that his shooting
of Mayor Harrison was q deliberate, cold
blooded murder, premeditated and planned
by a man who knew that he was violating
the laws of God and man.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

the comfort Of living beyond the feeting
qualification Of the palate. A vast amount
Of money is wasted in what is called good
living. and a vast amount of sickness is
caused by overeating. Suppose that every
family In the United States should adopt
here strictly to it for three months The
money saving would pay off the national
debt, not anybody would starve. thousands
of dyspeptics would be cured and a host of
gourmands and high livers would realize
that it is better to eat to live than to live
to eat. But we do not expect the expert
ment will be tried.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
CONFESSION OF WILSON AND AssOCI-
ATES.

An Associated Press dispatch i'm vester-
days paper stated that the majority of the
ways and means committee declare that the
estimates of revenue derived from the tariff,
made upon the assumption that the value
Of imports would be no larger under the
Wilson bill than under the Mckinley law.
are misleading, for the reason contained in
the following statement:
1t is believed that the increase in 1894 will
be very large. for the reason that until the
and buyer will try to dispose of present
stocks and buy as little abroad as posi-
be, In order 20 take advantage of the re-
duced duty. This same reason is given by
the majority members of the
for the belief that the revenues under the
new bill will be much larger than the fig
ures show.
This statement. when elaborated, means
that the imports of merchandise which come
in competition with that produced in this
country will be so largely increased in vol
ume that the decrease of duty of 80 per.
cent. or more will make up largely for the
reduction of duty. With a reduction of duty
to the extent of 30 per cent. it will require
twice as many foreign goods TO yield the
same amount of duties which are now col
lected. This is equivalent to the admission
of the Wilson majority of the ways and
means committee that their tariff bill is
designed to displace the products OF Ameri-
can labor in the American market with
similar products OF foreign competitors. 1t
is a confession that there will be less days
work for Americans in home factories than
there would have been under the Mckinley
law. 1t means that there will be perma-
nently, under the system established by the
Wilson bill. less employment by thousands
OF men than there has been under the Nc
Kinley law. That is what the Wilson COM
mittee means when it declares that the
duties under their bill, which reduces the
tax so per cent. or more, will yield nearly
as much revenue as the Mckinley law. It
is a very significant admission.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

The year 1898 will long be remembered as
the year when, because of Democratic as
tendency. the industry and business OF the
country plunged from the greatest activity
TO the depths OF l-ethargy-when three mil
lion men were turned cut to idleness ard
those depending upon them to hunger and
distress The year 1894. in turn. viii be re-
membered as the year when the Democ-
racy. hostile TO the best interests of the
country. Will suffer a defeat as sweeping as
that which overwhelmed it at Appomattox
In april. 1866.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

To a reporter of the New York Tribune
who asked Mr.. Carnegie in regard to his
liberal offer to the Pittsburg relief fund, he
said:
1 do not know how this offer of mine has
become known, but as long as it has, you
can confirm the truth of it. / shall do as /
have promised. l have not made the propo-
sition TO please any one but myself. 1t is
not exactly charity, but simply assistance
for men who deserve it. L shall run the
mills, even If il entails a loss, and thus
give employment to men who otherwise
would suffer for the actual necessities of
life.
Mr.. Carnegie has had to bear a great
deal of abuse, but no one can deny that he
has contributed munificently to good
causes. In this case he agrees to duplicate
any sum that may be contributed by the
citizens of Pittsburg up to $1,000 for each
working day for the next two months. The
general contributions in Pittsburg to date
aggregate $751; O0, and Mr.. Carnegie's du-
plication will make it s122, OO0.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

1t may be said that the present trial of
ex-Minister Stevens by the House commit
tee is one which has been begun after he
has once been acquitted by those to whom
first made public When General Harrison,
in his message submitting the Hawaiian af-
fair 10 Congress. explained and approved
the part Of his minister. Mr.. Stevens. he
acquitted him of all suspicion of wrong
doing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

Senator sherman thinks the present hard
times are largely due to the unsettled con-
dition OF the tariff question, which diredly
or Indirectly affects every class of business.
Ills remedy is 20 restore the Republican
party to power. ITO bring In better times
and restore the country to the posltiot it
was In prior to the Attn OF March last" be
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

Privately Democratic members of Con-
gress strongly ommen Minister Willis for
his tact and good sense in dealing with the
Hawaiian matter. His discreet failure to
carry out his Instructions saved the admin
istration from utter wreck.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

convention calls out but seventy-three per-
sons there is reason to believe that as a
dispenser of salaries and grabs the crowd
cratic machine in this county has ceased.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
Good Resolution.

F., Heidi you ever reflect. Miss Laura, that
a word once uttered must so on echoing
through space forever and forever?
She-Goodness gracious me! Is that SO?
L declare. 1 will never sing After the
Ball. again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

says. "I would urge the return Of the Re-
publican party to power and the immediate
cessation Of tariff tinkcring. This would
eliminate nearly all The vexed elements, and
we should soon be on the highway of pros
perity once more" The venerable Senator's
head Is level.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

If the twenty immigrants VINO are suing
a French steamship company to recover
damages for starvation succeed a precedent
will be established for obtaining sweeping
damages against the Democratic managers
for conspirlng with foreign importers to
starve the wage earners of the United
States
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

The Carlisle family seems to have a pull
One son of the Secretary is chief clerk of
the Treasury Department, a brother holds
q good postoffice, and a second son is an
applicant for the office of corporation coun-
sci in Chicago. with a prospect of get
ting If.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

When the Mckinley committee was hold
ing tariff hearings, Mr.. Macbeth. a lamp
chimney manufacturers, declared that he
wanted no protection. relying upon pat
ents. To-day all his glass works are closed.
temporarily or otherwise. because of lack
CT orders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
This paper once Called Him "CoId."
-PhiIndeinhia Times.

The gentle kindness Of ex-President Har-
rison's nature was aptly illustrated during
his recent visit 10 Philadelphia, when he
was the leagues honored guest. Learning
of the serious condition OF Mrs. George w.
Boyd, who was then lying In the illness that
the ex-President, whose time. in the city
was limited and whose every hour had been
previously apportioned of. escaped from
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

philadelphia Times.
Unreasonable crank as she *. Governor
Lewelling has proved himself 10 he a greater
public nuisance by several degrees than
Mrs. Lease could be II she tried her best.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

To-day We shall begin to write the year
1891, which will be memorable in the his
tory of the future for the shifting of the
old Democratic party hip and thigh.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

II Senator Voorhees, desire for the hang
tHg Of andrew Carnegie had been carried
cut TIE suffering poor Of Pittstarg would
he largely the losers to-day. Mr.. Carnegie
Nr. voorhees, has done in all his life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

A Supreme Court situation for Judge
Gresham would not be so delightful. a New
Years gift as it would have been had he
not been reversed as circuit judge so fire.
quently by that tribunal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

Governor Matthews writes the New York
comes Of 5000 and upward, but, then, he is
not 50 emphatic as is Governor Stone, of
Missouri
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

Ex-Vice President Morton has had to
have one Of his toes ~amputated in Paris.
That would not prevent his making a good
race for any elective office for which he
might be nominated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
RustIiny.

P~ittsburg acknowledgements.
II you hear a strange rustllng noise early
Monday morning don't be alarmed IL IS
only steen million people turning over new
leaves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

Did not Senator Voorhees, promise the
country that after the repeal of the Sher-
man silver bill business would resume it's
ordinary course?' asks an editor in another
State. Yes, he did; but here in Indiana
the voorhees, prediction about any matter
OF Importance is regarded in the nature of
q Joke
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
THE INDIANAPOLIs JoURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
Exchange in Paris, SO Boulevard
de Capucines-
NEW YoRK-Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel.
PHILADELPHIA-A.P Kemble, 1885 Lancaster
avenue.
CHICAGO-Palmer House.
CINCINNATI. r. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine street
LOUISVILLE-C. 7. Deering, northwest corner OF
Third and Jefferson streets.
81. LoUIs-UnionN News Company. Union Depot
WASHINGTON. d. C.-Riggs House and EbbItt
House.
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Iowa State Register.
The fall Or The factory has been followed
by the rise OF lie soup house. Which ere
YOU In favor of?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

The New Years present which thousands
upon thousands would most appreciate is
the privilege of earning honest bread.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

a prophet who would now assert that a
Republican House will be elected i'm 1894.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
Heard mt Midnicbt.

Hello. central! Give me '9S, please, lis
this 'S3....Yes? This is '9f talking. L Just
wanted to tell you to get off the earth.
That's all. Good-bye!"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

A tariff for deficiency o~nly-private as
well as public deficiency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

The New Years gift which would ~electrify
the country would be the remuneration of
the Wilson bill by the Democratic Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
For the

Mr.. nave had such a queer
humming noise in my head all day.
Mrs. Wickwire-Why don't you try a little
machine oil?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
HanDy Man.

Watts-What do you swear off on TODAY.
old man.?
Potts-Nothing. This is my swearing-on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

The first resolution which thousands Of
men will adopt this year will be never to
vote the Democratic tickle again
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

1t would be a wish thrown away for the
Journal to wish the average Democratic
worker a happy new year.
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nemocracy confers One p~lcssing.

kansas CITY JOurnaI.
There is one good thing about Cleveland,s
administration. and that Is tt<makes all talk
OF q third term nonsensicaL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

A happy new year to all, and particu-
larry to the patrons OF the Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01
FIGURES FoR FARMERS.

The following are the farm products which
are transferred to the free list by the VIII
son bin. with the duties under the McKin-
ley law: E
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

The following is the list of farm products
on which the duties have been changed to
duced, compared with those imposed by
the Mckinley law
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-01

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