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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-10

progress, advancement and elevation for
the colored people. History records no
parallel in the equal progress and eleva-
ton Of any race in the same length of
time.
At last there are encouraging indica-
tons that the Southern whites are be-
ginning to recognize the wisdom OF the
Republican treatment of the negro. The
best men in the South now admit that
it was right and necessary TO make the
negro a citizen. and that he is making
an average good one. They admit that
the colored people have made and are
making great progress. They even be-
gin TO admit that the time has come
when he ought to be allowed to vote
and have his vote counted. Recent
events, especially the factional divisions
in the Democratic party, have caused
this feeling to develop very rapidly. The
bringing of economic questions to the
front has contributed in the same direc-
ton. The repeal of the so-called force
laws" though done with a bad motive,
has had a good effect. Southern Dem
ocrats are getting alarmed at the results
of unjust election laws and fraudulent
elections, and are clamoring for honest
elections and an honest count. Within
a few days a bill has been introduced in
the South Carolina Legislature ito pro-
mote the independence of elections and
to enforce the secrecy of the ballot" 1t
is substantially the Australian ballot
law, but the Charleston News and
Courier objects to it because the pro-
visions for securing an honest count are
not stringent enough. These signs
point to the breaking up of the color
line. and, consequently, of the solid
South. The Georgia banker whose let
ter we have quoted says if the Repub-
lican party will let the negro alone the
Southern people will soon divide so
largely on economic questions that we
will never again hear of "the solid
South" Perhaps the time has come
when it would be good politics for the
Republican party to try, for a few years
at least. the policy of leaving the race
question in the South to settle itself.
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FRANCES GREAT ENGINEER.

The late Ferdinand De Lesseps's proud
est title was that of papa. A family of
twelve children gave him that.-Boston Her
aid.
From every point of view De Lesseps was
a great man and his work will be an ever
lasting monument to his memory.-Chicago
Dispatch.
While he illustrated his humanity by his
errors of Judgment. now that he has gone
history will not hesitate to rank his with
her greatest names.-New York Adver-
ltiser.
De Lesseps was a great man, and remoter
history will do him the tardy justice of so
pronouncing him. while his errors will be
set down as those of his -age.-Bcston
Traveller.
Had De Lesseps been a stronger man
than he was: had his head been clearer,
and his judgment sounder, and his vanity
less. he would never have gone into the
mad business of the Panama canal.-Phil-
adelphia North American.
The word will always honor De Lesseps
as one of it's great men. and Americans
willingly add their tribute of commenda-
ton to the memory of him who sought to
do for America a service which Ameri-
cans should do for themselves.-New York
Press.
The world will continue charitable to his
memory. and posterity will know of him
only as the grand engineer who changed
the trend of commerce and brought the
nations nearer one another. Frenchmen
will not abate in their pride that he was a
son of France.-Memphis Commercial APP
peal.
Even the failure of the Panama scheme
and all the corruption 1t brought to light
cannot deprive De Lesseps of the glory won
by piercing the Isthmus of Suez- II France
no longer calls him the great Frenchman
he will always be m as one or the
greatest men that France ever produced
New York Herald.
When all the facts brought to light in the
course of the Investigations of the mon
strous Panama scandal are plainly weighed,
though a measure of censure must still be
s%Orrowfully passed upon that great and UNI
happy man, "a just and generous MUD VIII
pronounce that Ferdinand De LessepS was
more sinned against than sinning.-Boston
Advertiser.
Lesseps's advanced age was the real
cause of failure at Panama. Had he been
able to exercise personal supervision of the
work the money spent would have so near
ly constructed it that completion would
have been easy, and there would have been
today another colossal monument to his
memory. The fame which Suez brought
VII, be great and enduring after the fall
IRE at Panama has receded from view
baltimore American.
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FINANCIER CARLISLE.

Since Carlisle's plan was presented, some
Eastern Democrats have discovered that he
is a wellspring of financial wisdom.-Syra-
cuse Standard Rep.)
Mr.. Carlisle wants to retire the legal ten
der currency and also use it as "A guarantee
fund for the banks. This seems to be a
case of eating our cake and having it too.
1t won't work.-Atlanta Constitution Dem.)
AS a mathematician Secretary Carlisle is
as expert as he is in the science of finance.
His estimates we're only about $40, 600. 900
out of the way last year. with a few scat
tering precincts still to be heard from.
New York Press Hep.)
Mr.. Carlisle's plan will not, in our opin-
ion. prove a sufficient remedy. II will not
Danish the evils that nave so long OPP
pressed the business and industrial life Of
this country. But it Is a concession to a
just demand, a confession that a more
abundant as well as more elastic currency
is needed. The rest will acknowledgements
Commercial-Appeal Oem.)
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pared for the purpose: with this virus a
horse is inoculated: the condition of the
horse must be carefully noted. as the ami
NAL might succumb to an overdose in the
early stages; whenever the system of the
horse. after repeated NEGOTIATIONS. has be-
come so accustomed TO poison that he can
stand an enormous quantity without i'll eff
feet, the blood is in a condition to be drawn
OF. and the serum so obtained is the great
remedy for and preventive Of diphtheria.
The efficacy of the treatment has been es-
tablished beyond doubt. DR.. Kinyoun, of
the United States Marine Hospital Service.
stated In a recent official report that of
eighty-two diphtheria patients treated with
serum at the Pasteur Institute during the
month he was there only three died. Under
the old treatment fully So per cent would
nave died.
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The banking house of Hambleton &
Co.. Of Baltimore. the second oldest in
that city, in it's weekly circular of Dec.
s considers the administration banking
plan from the standpoint of business
men who have had a lifelong experience
in the practical management Of financial
affairs, and concludes its criticism with
the following judgment of Its value:
The more we consider the administrations
plan the less We like IL, but above all
stands out the glaring fact that the whole
scheme points to the obliteration OF the
national banks and the substitution Of a
State bank system. II we desire to ex-
pertinent with a State bank currency, at
least let us retain the national banking
system in order that those of us who fear
a return OF the wildcat currency OF ante
bellum days, may have an opportunity Of
exercising the right OF discrimination
With equal facilities and privileges IL would
not be long before the advocate of a State
bank currency would be only too glad to
fall back upon a system which has fur
nished the best and only absolutely safe
currency the country has ever had. With a
currency In force. such as is embodied In the
Baltimore plan. we would not fear to have
the 10 per cent. State bank tax removed. Any
one who would then prefer the State bank
notes could have them and welcome, but
such a currency would have no standing
in competition with that of the national
system. 81
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HoKE SMITHS LATEST.

The decision of Hoke Smiths assistant
secretary regarding the pensions of Wild
ows under the act OF June q. 1890, is
might be expected, now that the
election is over. Instead of continuing
such an Interpretation of the law as
would insure a widow Sc per month";, ex-
cept in cases where it is apparent that
she is ab%undantly provided for by the
income of her own property, Hoke
Smiths subordinates radically change
the policy of the bureau In regard to
the class of widows who come under the
law of 1890. so that in case it appears
that such an applicant has IAN income
considerably in excess of the pension
provided ($S per month"; from sources
independent of her daily labor she does
not occupy a pensionabIe status under
the law" That is. if a widow has a bit
OF land or a small home which can be
made to mean an income considerably
in excess of the IS per month. in the
estimation of a Hoke Smith examiner,
she will be denied a pension. Con
si6erably above" the s. per month might
be So a month. If a little farm or the
rent of the house she occupies should
be estimated to be worth S12 a month,
and in case the house Is her shelter she
could be denied a pension under this
remarkable ruling. although she might
not be able to earn a dollar a month
by her labor. II her children, regard
less of their earnings and possessions,
should take the widow and mother into
their homes and care for her in old age,
these Hoke Smith magnates of the Pen
sion Bureau could decide that she has
an income considerably in excess of 50
per mont and that she does not need
that amount to insure "a comfortable
support" The assumption of the Hoke
Smith subordinate is that So a month,
which is less than rs 1-3 cents a day, is
the measure of the comfortable sup
port" which the widow pensioned under
the act of 1890 should be allowed by the
magnates sit down to figure out the
amount of the necessaries of life &c cents
a day will secure in the cities and viii
lagos where so many Of these people
live, including rent, food, clothing and
fuel?
. 1t is vastly different when these same
men come to deal with favorites who
apply for special pensions. The present
Congress passed and Grover Cleveland
approved a bill pensioning the widow of
IN ex-brigadier general and ex-Cleve-
land ~oficeholder. comforting upon her
800 a month. who. under the ruling of
Hoke Smiths subordinates. would have
been refused a dollar because she pos
sessed the means of a comfortable,
indeed. a luxurious support. Now these
same men are urging the granting of a
pension of 800 a month for an officer
who was not so successful in the army
as a Democratic politician since that
period. Mr.. Cleveland in his message
recommended that a major general be
made lieutenant general. largely that
he NAV go on the retired list with the
half pay of that higher rank-a yearly
Increase equivalent to the pensions of
fifteen poverty-stricken widows at IS
per month.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Eoreien papers say tina Professor Ley
don the famous German physician who was
called 70 attend the dying Emperor of Rus
STA. received $4,000 for his fee-
Razors have been found in the ruins Of
Pompeii and they look as If they had been
used by the ladies of the period for corn
cutting and pencil-sharpening purposes.
Ira Ward and his wife, who were mar
ried seventy-seven years ago. are living on
a farm near New Hudson. VT. They are
beginning to feel that they are getting on
In years.
Ernest Renan, the great Frenchman who
spent so much of his life in fighting in a
mild way with the church, is TO have a
street named after him in Paris unless the
opposition to such a procedure should win.
The chief rabbi of New Zealand says that
of the 20S cancer cases treated In the We'll
lington hospital during the last eight years
not one was a Hebrew. He attributes the
immunity Of Hebrews to the regulations re-
garding the slaughter OF cattle. In New
Zealand cancer and tuberculosis are very
prevalent among cattle.
Dean Holes views on the propriety OF
riding a bicycle on Sunday are interesting:
Personally" he says. II am not enamored
of bicycles. i am too old and too heavy to
enjoy them. But the pleasure. the refresh
ment of body and mind which they give Is.
compared with the harm they do, as Nj
agara TO a lemon-squash!'
A well-krown woman once asked Rubin
stein. the famous pianist, for a ticket to
one of his concerts. Madame" he replied,
II have only one seat at my disposition.
But If YOU do not object to occupying IL, l
shall gladly give II to you, The happy
woman asked where il was. LAT the piano.
replied the great musician, with a bow.
w. 5. Gilbert was lunching not long ago
at a country hotel. when he found himself
In company of three cycling clergymen. by
whom he was drawn into conversation
When they discovered who he was one of
the party asked Mr.. Gilbert how he felt
in such a grave and reverend company II
feel" said Gilbert. like a lion in a den OF
Daniels"
MILFORD Woodruff, president of the Nor
mon Church, has for Sears cultivated a
farm OF forty acres with no other labor
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THE CHANGE DEMANDED.

The Lafayette Courier, commenting
upon the plan which the Republican
Senators have announced for the man
agement of the penal. charitable and
other Institutions. says:
The arrangement proposed may not prove
altogether satisfactory, but it will unques-
tionably be a long step in the right direc-
ton TIL record of the management of In
diana'S benevolent institutions Is one OF
almost uninterrupted scandal disgrace
for which partisan greed Is wholly respon-
sibIe. Now that the Republicans are again
I'm power they should proceed at once and
with great care to reform the fragrant
evils that have so long existed. Satisfac7
tory results cannot be accomplished by
turning out one lot of spollsmen and turn
ing in another no less malodorous. Every
prompting of civilized humanity favors an
administration of these Institutions by COM
petent persons whose appointment is not
based on mere political considerations.
Every word of the foregoing is both
true and timely. Those who have
watched the performances of mary of
the trustees Of the public institutions
the past ten years must have been
forced to the conclusion that they have
used them to their own advantage, n
that others lack the business qualifica-
tons which such officials should pos
sess. The man who desires such places
for the pay or what he can honestly
get out of them is not qualified for the
positions, since any man who has the
business qualifications demanded for
such positions can earn five or ten times
the compensation of the State to trus-
tees In private occupations. This has
been the difficulty under Democratic
management. With few conspicuous ex-
ceptions, party hacks who have not the
capacity or the inclination to earn a
living i'm private business rave been
put upon the boards. If nigh minded,
they were incapable; but, caring for
themselves and their friends only, they
nave used the positions to get as much
of the peoples money as their limited
opportunities made, possible. So bad
nave been some of them hat their party
has compelled their resignation. The
State Board of Charities has lone much
to keep this class of trustees from pill
fering, but no board could make them
capable. s
Citizens of experience and business
capacity, and of unquestioned integrity.
such as intelligent men would select to
superintend large institutions. are
needed for these boards. In Indiana
hundreds of men can be found who will
willingly serve the State In these re-
sponsible positions, not for the compen-
sation. but prompted by public spirit
and a audable ambition to be connected
with reforms in the management of pub
lie institutions.
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New York Sun.

Or Tuesday the Hon. William Alfred
PETER. the Wisdom-trust of the Kaw. in
troduced into the Senate a batch of bills.
6footx5x21z. covering most things under
heaven. and so brilliant with genius that
the bonny foot pages had to put on blue
spectacles. Government freight railroads.
a flexible currency. reasonable compensa-
ton to railroad employees, prevention OF in
terruption of interstate commerce by
strikes. these were among the noble plans
fresh from the Pefferian thought foundry.
And PETER is good and kline "a well as
great. He knows what dangers of ex-
haustion Congress is exposed TO while the
foundry continues TO run overtime. and to
the bane he brings the antidote. One OF the
bills provides ''for the proper disposition OF
deceased members of the Senate and House
of Representatives who die at the Capitol
during sessions or Congress. such thought
fulness as this of Mr.. PETERS is too rare,
especially among Populists.
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If those people who are bothering
themselves about the issue OF national
bonds. ~greenbacks, Understanding notes
and such desire to turn their talents TO
something pertaining to the present
time and OF practical use they can find
q field in acquiring knowledge of the
defects of local government and the
methods TO be pursued to get rid of
them. Furthermore. the dollar OF the
wal is no longer a practical issue. but
the dollar Of to-day is a matter of great
Importance. The acquisition of useless
knowledge is not the best use to which
time can be devoted
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The st. Louis Republic favors the
Carlisle currency plan because sit will
give the agricultural sections a supply
of circulating medium to some degree
commensurate with the needs of healthy
business" This is a harmless way OF
saying 1t will authorize the establish
ment OF State banks and the issue of a
local currency which will stay at hoEse''
because il will not have credit enough
TO enable it to get away from home.
There has never been any trouble about
the organization of banks in agricult-
ural districts under the national bank
law. provided the capital existed and
its owners were willing to comply with
the law. Why not continue a system
which experience has demonstrated to
be safe and sound instead of trying one
that has many obvious perils?
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The President has resumed his policy
of coercing Congress. He tells members
that he expects legislation at this ses-
sion which will relieve the treasury n
render further issue of bonds unneces-
sary. and adds that i'm case this Con-
gress fails to act 1t may become neces-
sary to call In extra session of the next
one. AS that would have a very in
furious effect on he Democratic party
the threat is plainly an attempt to
coerce Congress into complying with the
Presidents wishes.
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A PhfIistine.

Pepper" said Miss Tractor. II want a
dollar"
"Fot for?" asked Mr.. Con Tractor.
II want to go to the exhibition that Mr..
Paints is giving of his original sketches"
And fots original sketches. Oh dunno?"
Why. the groundwork sketches. don't
you know, of his fine paintings"
"Oho. thot's it, Is it? Yez will git no
dollar for amy sooch moikey-doodle bust
ness as thot. Gowan out into the shed and
taste your eyes on the original schaffolds
thot your daddy built oop the courthouse
wild, an be satisfied wild. thot."
And Mr.. Tractor relighted his pipe and
resumed his perusal Of the sporting COL
umn OF the newspaper.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places
Exchange In Paris. SO Boulevard
de Capucines.
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A man who arrived in San Francisco
q few days ago from Honolulu gives
some interesting information concern
ing the latest Hawaiian revolution,
which he say failed to come 70 a head
simply for lack OF a capable leader. AS
he was an actor In the royalist plot he
was in a position to know whereof he
speaks. He says the plotters had the
positive assurance OF the British consul
general at Honolulu that IL they would
hold the place three hours he would
and English marines from a war vessel
I'm the harbor and make their possession
OF the government sure. He says the
British co~nsul-general Is a far ADLER
man than the minister. and is I'm con-
slant consultation and full sympathy
With the royalists. He believes in the
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New 1orK lrIDunc-
Senator Voorhees, may have known what
he was talking about on Tuesday. when he
warned his fellow-statesmen In the caucus
of Senate Democrats that II was idle TO
talk about any tariff legislation at the
present session. and then again he may not
Mr.. Voorhees, is so uniformly and consistent
ly wrong in his forecasts OF coming events
that IL would not be seriously risky 10 ac-
cept his declaration as formal notice that
the business OF tariff ~t.nkerlng was about
10 be resumed at the old stand.
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At Savannah. Ga. mate Hill, who
was journeying from Florida to Wash
ington. was asked what he thought of
the action of the Senate committee on
the pop-gun bills. His reply was, 1.-THE
weather in Florida is the finest I have
ever seen and l am sorry / had to leave
It." He did not w say, Il am a Dem
ocr.fs
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n IN THE AIR.


It's now George William sits by the CRATE,
For at parting from her he grieves;
So he sits. and sits, and sits till late,
And when he goes they walk to the gate,
Where he showers such kisses on her face,
That the air warns up about the place
Till the icicles thaw from the caves.
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The proposition for a currency COM
mission made up of three men appointed
by the President, three by the Vice
President from the Senate and three
Representatives by Speaker Crisp is not
likely to receive the unanimous approval
of the country.
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The result of the recent election in
Tennessee will be made known to-day.
1t Is a stupid and vicious system that
prolongs the ~canvassing of votes a whole
month. On Friday last there were five
counties in Tennessee from which COM
pIete returns had not yet been received.
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On.

Will you walk into my parlorg' said the
spider to the fly;
i've a mighty good investment. and I'd
like to have you buy"
The fly just winked the other eye. and said:
"Tn keep my pelf;
The only sugar 1 deal in is the real old
.Sfu6 ifcolfO
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Pnfaueipnld TIcoS.
Barings, when 1t failed in 1890. owed in
all $40. 900, 600. This whole sum has been
liouidated by the combination headed by
the Bank OF England and only sl,5oo.o0o is
now left OF these vast liabilities. which
have been taken up by strong hands. There
has never been a more sigma proof that CO.
oreration is necessary 10 save the greater
interests OF society when competition has
brought them to the verge of ruin.
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Sugar is cheap not because of the fall
of silver. but because the worlds stock
of that article has been more than
doubled since the manufacture of sugar
from beets was reduced to a practical