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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
BrssELL AND WILSON.
The Outgoing stmnster-General
Coaching His Successor.


WASHINGTON. March 2s.-Postmaster-
general Bssell and Mr.. Wilson, the ex-Rep-
resentative, who succeeds Mr.. Bissell. held
another long conference at the department.
to-day They went over the routine of the
department and discussed generally the du-
ties of the Office and the methods of work
in the service. The change does not take
place until next Thursday, when Mr.. Wilson
will take the. oath of Office, but he has man
ifested his intention to become Thoroughly
acquainted with his duties before assuming
charge Mr. Bisselrs plans Immediately fol-
lowing his retirement have not been finally
determined but 1t is probable that he will
remain in the city until the latter part OF
April.
probable that considerably more than
score of these will be left for Mr.. Wilson
to act on The principal offices to be niled
there are bitter contests. Ex-Governor
Campbell and other political leaders from
the Buckeye State are now In the city pre-
sumably In connection with these offices
and the marshalship and district attorney
ship in the two cities. Other cities are
Seattle. WASH. the home of Senator Squire.
where a prolonged fight has been made;
Providence, r. l., the home OF Senator AL
drich where appointment has been long
pending, and Ellsworth, Me-, the home OF
Senator Frye The appointment or an as
sistant general superinte ndent of the rail-
way mail service will also fall within the
patronage of Mr.. Wilson. The office pays
5000 a year and travelling expenses, and
has been vacant since the promotion of
Charles Nelson of Maryland. now Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster-general. The Of
flee almost invariably has been iilled by pro-
motion from within the service, and the
Postmast er- general has refrained from fill
ing the place until he could find some one
whom he considers especially fitted for the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
INDIANA PRESS oPINIoN.

The Banner Times believes in the enforce
ment of all laws, liquor and others, and
believes that the best way to do that is to
back up the party that has given the State
all the good temperance legislation it has
ever had The Republican party has done
law and order league we know of. The
people of the State can serve rneir country
no better than to support the RepuDllcan
party.-Greencastle Banner Times.
In the opinion of a large majority of the
good people of Howard county the Repub-
ncan party is q good citizens league,
mighty good one, too, the best in fact in
existence to-day and there is none better
in sight While 1T cannot lay claim to
perfection it is wise enough to compre-
bend that it would not be materially aided
in acquiring greater virtue and merit
through any counsel offered by select
organized few Democrats, PopuliStS and
Prohibitionists--Kok Tribune.
We do not give "a tinkers dam who the
enemy is, or how many there are of them,
or what language they speak. We be-
leve in defending the flag We believe in
avenging insults. We believe in resisting
encroachments. We believe in the Mon
roe doctrine. Let us call halt to the
this, but let us restore the old boundaries
in that country. Let us go after that
apology from Spain. Let us clear up the
Bluefields matter. Let the eagle scream and
scare away all meudiefs with a1alrs on
this entire OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Amer
len.
The Indianapolis Journal suggests a con-
stitutional amendment in reference to
legislative sessions which grows in favor
the more it is considered Its proposition
is first, to substitute moderate salaries
for a per diem compensation. thus re-
moving the money temptation to long ses-
sions, and then provide that each General
Assembly, elected biennially now, shall
hold two short sessions instead of one long
between in which suspended legislation or.
measures of doubtful propriety should be
discussed by the press and people. No bill
should be passed at the first session except
by the votes of three-fourths of the mem
bers of both houses, and none should be
introduced or considered at the second ses-
sion except such had received a ma
jority of the votes in both houses
at the first session. There would
be several advantages in such a
reform, and among the most i'm
portanL would be the opportunity given
during the interval between sessions for
popular discussion of measures proposed.
The people would have free access to their
Representatives and ample time to talk with
them face to face about bills introduced.
The second session would be simply rec
ord of the popular verdict, and the MEM
bers being on salary instead of per diem,
it would probably not be long one.-Mon-
Jora
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
ABOUT pEopLE AND THINGS.

Gen. John A. AfcClernand, after several
months illness, is able to be about once
more
1t is stated that one thousand epic poems
have already been received by the New
York Herald in competition for the great
prize. Greece was never in it for min-
ute with the United States of America.
On the 18th OF this month the coffin of
Victor Hugo was placed in sarcopha-
gus in its final resting place in the vaults
of the Pantheon of Paris. The niche filed
by Victor Hugo's coffin is in a solitary
vault in which the late President Carnot
lies.
Miss Dora Wells is owner and purser of
the Puget sound steamer Delta, which
runs from Nshatcom 10 the San Jaun
islands and Victoria Il. q, She makes
contracts for freight, collects fares
and sometimes takes a. hand in eating
She vessel.
A million florins was the penalty recently
paid by the Austrian Baron Konigawater
for changing his religion. He was a jew,
who married ii Catholic wife; his father
in his VIII imposed the condition that II
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
If Lii Should Die.
Washington Special.

Confidential advices represent the condi-
ton of the wounded Lii Hung Chang to be
much worse than the press dispatches make
it appear. He is said to be in critical
state, and in diplomatic circles it is re-
marked with regret that if he should die
it would keep China back hundred years.
His recent prominence is construed to fore
shadow the ascendancy OF the native ele-
ment which, under the long and earnest
teachings of Prince Ii, has begun to show
"a spirit in harmony with the spirit of mod
ern civilization.
With Ii on earth and alive this revolu-
ton might be effected peacefully. With the
great statesman dead the country could
hardly be prevented from bloody internal
wars, with the chances strongly in favor OF
a continuation of the policy of darkness
and isolation. Upon mat one life, now in
the balance, depends the fate of China.
Others may conclude peace negotiations,
but there is no man in the empire equal to
the stupendous task of giving it the. proper
start on the path of progress. Nothing at
this moment moves the diplomatic corps in
Washington to greater interest than bulle-
tins and inside news touching the physical
condition of Lii Hung Chang.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

One million pounds of sugar came in
from Hamburg in the steamship Remus to
Philadelphia. One hundred cases of arsenic
We're also shipped in the same vessel Dur
ing the voyage a storm washed off the
matches and damaged the cargo, and it
is feared caused some of the arsenic to
mix with the sugar. The sugar was for
the Spreckels refinery, which declined TO
receive it and threw it back on the under
writer's hands, who, in turn. unloaded it
on the customs authorities on account or
the duties. These authorities having no
especial use for a million pounds of sugar
seas oned with arsenic. are submitting
samples of it to chemical analysis to decide
definitely as to it's condition. What they
will do with it in case it is found to be
tainted is rot known, but presumably they
will dump it in the Schuylkill and not sch
it to the lowest bidder. But even IL no
traces of arsenic are found and it is passed
as pure, nervous PhiladelphiaEs will feel
inclined to take no sugar in their coffee
for a. time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

he became a. Christian he should pay 1000,
600 forms to Jewish public charities He
has now become Catholic and has paid
the forfeit.
ganized in. Alabama. A wealthy negro con-
tractor himself once in bondage. is at the
head of the movement, and his intention is
to exclude all negroes who were born in
freedom If the Alabama organization
proves successful it is proposed to extend
it over the South until ii takes in all the
"before-the-war negroes who are able and
willing to join 1t.
Mr.. Vaux was conservative, even for
Philadelphia. He never went to the Cen
tennial Exhibition of 1876. he never got into
street car and never travelled by rail
by night. He was never inside a theater
and Stunned soft-seated charlottesville
there, by the way. At his suburban home
he loved to sit on the sharp top rail of
fence-not so sensible. Mr.. Vaux was of
by his bearing and his dress. He deSpiSed
overcoats and umbrellas and he always
wore patent leather pumps in the street
There is talk of making Mrs. Lease
reform candidate for. the mayoralty of
Wichita, Kan. The other day the Wichita
the question, but all it got was the fol-
lowing diplomatic deliverance: MIR. Lease
was seen at noon and stated that he had
not been downtown much of late and had
iioI VI tie report. ne oho
seemed pleased when informed of the as
ISOLATION of his wife's name with the may
orally candidacy, but said that he would
wait until mother came before express
ing any opinion on the subject.
She was frisky, gay soubrette.
He was a manager.
He married her. and then, you bet.
He didn't manage her.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Life is earnest. aye, tussle
And the men who don't feed flies
Get upon themselves a hustle,
And they always advertise.
Lad Innuirpr
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The Other Side of Bismarck's Work.
PHILADELPHIA Press

If in this universal chorus of Teuton
praise the only dissonant note comes from
the ReichStag, which has declined to vote
its congratulations, history will probably
deal more fairly with the representative
of Germany than current criticism. Like
Richelieu, Prince Bismarck found his coun-
try weak and left it strong; found it divided
and left 1t united. Like Richeleu, Prince
Bismarck found the central authority i'm
potent, resisted or unrecognized, and he
has left it paramount. But like the great
Frenchman of the seventeenth century who
gave France position held until Bismarck
appeared. the great German has pushed
aside parliamentary government restricted
the liberal development of his land and
given the sovereign. his government and
its administration overmasteripg influence.
The struggle is not over; but in it, thanks
to Prince Bismarck, victory and supremacy
have been thus far with the Kaiser and
his ministers. Each decade sees in Ger
many more relentless restriction of free
and liberal action, and the pending law goes
beyond all past attempts. A fair estimate
of Prince Bfsmarck's work cannot be made
without considering this worse share of his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
THE INCOME TAX.
UncOnfirmed Rum0r that the Law
VIII BE Declared Unconstitutional.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-There was a
general impression about the Capitol to-day
that a decision would be handed down by
the Supreme Court in the income-tax cases
on Monday. but II could not be traced to an
authoritative source. There was also re-
port that the decision would be adverse TO
the law, but as the courts deliberations
are secret. there is no way of learning what
the decision really will be. Treasury Off
Gals agree in the opinion that the income
tax applies 10 foreigners owning any kind
of property in this country, whether resi-
dents or nonresidents. They point out that
the law is specific and clear on this point
when IL declares that the tax shall be paid
ON the gains. profits and incomes from all
trade or profession carried on IN the United
States "by persons residing without the
United States The first part of the first
section provides that the tax shall be paid
by every citizen of the United States.
whether residing at home or abroad. and
every person residing therein" and then
follows the provision az to persons IRE
siding without the United states" Section
81 of the act provides that unless the tax
payer "be a citizen of the United States he
Shall pay only on that part of the income
which Is derived from any source in the
UynitedsStates." These provisions, Il Is con-
Congress 10 TAX foreigners residing outside.
of the United States. on incomes realized on
all property whether real or personal. In
the United States. and unless enio3ned
from doing so, the government VIII proceed
10 collect Id in the regular way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

BY the death of Stoughton A. Fletcher
indianapolis loses one of its Oldest
native-born citizens and one of its pur-
est and best of any nativity. There are
very few men living in the city who
were born here as early as 1881. and
none born here or elsewhere who better
bore without abuse the grand old name
of gentleman than Stoughton A. Fetch
er. Some of the older citizens who
knew his parents can easily understand
from whence he derived the qualities
that made him so manly and so true,
so gentle and SO tender, SO admirable
in all that goes to round out character.
1t is a great thing for man to live
in the same community sixty-three
years, to die in the town where he was
born and to leave behind him a record
as conspicuously clean as that which
life. He would not have had his friends
claim that he was great man. He did
not seek notoriety or power, never held
office and was not ambitious for dis
tinction of any kind except the love of
his friends, the respect of his neighbors
and the willing tribute Of all to his alb
solute integrity and high sense of COM
mercial honor. A worthy son of most
worthy sire, he was true to his ancestry,
true to his family and friends. true to
all the demands of good citizenship and
true to his own high standard of think
ing and acting. 1t befell him to pass
through great vicissitudes of fortune,
but whether he moved in the full sun
shine of prosperity or amid the some
times lowering clouds of adversely his
was the same gentle, noble, strong and
lovable nature. His life is his record.
and the character he leaves behind him
is a monument more enduring than
brass
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
Thc G. A. R.-Grcetins,

When foul Rebeilion's felon hand
Profaned the f1aglour fathers bore,
And drenched the fair fields of the land
With brothers blood, from shore to shore;
When widows wept for dear ones dead,
And Freedom shrielSed'' in dire ALARM
Who to the Nations rescue sped,
With fearless front, from town and farm
Who raised anew that banner brave,
With patriot pride its folds unfurled
On field anu flood, ION land and wave,
And dared the treason of the world?
Brave c. A. r. the fame is yours,
And yours the need in deathless story
The Fathers structure still endures,
And Ger it floats the same ''Old Glory
indianapolis March 49, J. q.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

You never like some people until they
are out of town-Atchison Globe.
Ii Hung Chang has relied too much on his
yellow jacket. What he wants is coat-of-
mail.-Syracuse Standard.
Spring can be said to be almost here. The
tornado has begun business in the South
Cleveland Plain Dealer
1t really seems that Bismarck has divine
right more powerful even than Emperor
Willie s.-Philadelpha North American.
When a man refers to woman as an old
flame of his you can generally gamble that
he has been Observation-Disclosures Record.
The chances are at least seven out of ten
that in presidential nominations the unex-
pected will not happen.-Boston Advertiser.
Ethel-Have you any very expensive
tastes, Charlie? Charlie-Well. / don't
know-rm very fond of you.-Buffalo Elk
press.
The devil likes to hear some men talk in
church One of them II the man who puts
rotten apples in the bottom of the basket.
Rams Horn.
There is gentleman in the city postoffice
who wears elevens. large size, on his feet,
and he is spoken to and of now as Trilby.
washington Capital
From now until the great political ccl-
ventions meet presidential tickets will be
set up at the rate of three per week.-Ptts-
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Spoons-And will my ducky trust me in
everything when we are married? She
Everything, Algy provided you don't ask
for night key.-Scribner's.
We are a cheerful people. With two
years of Democratic misrule ahead we are
already beginning to talk of the good times
coming.-New York Mail and Express.
Papa gave me two pennies to put in the
plate in church, do you know who
those pennies were for?" Course do; for
the organ man. L heard the music Life.
The Samese are said to have super
stitious dread of odd numbers. We pre-
sumo that is why the ,s.arnese twins were
not tripletS.-New York Mail and Express.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
LITERARY EVENT AT CHICAGO.

The editors of the Chap Book, which
is published in Chicago. gave literary
tea" one day this week to which ''all the
leading authors, writers and literary
lights of that city were invited. This
designation Of the guests will not give
the outside public much idea of their
personality, because the public has to
think hard and rake over the ground
carefully before it can call the name
of even one Chicago literary light above
the range of a tallow dip. They may
be there; they must be there, else they
would not be having a tea given to
them, but so few faces emerge from
the Chicago literary fog after closest
observation that the wonder is how
enough We're got together to make an
intellectual festivity. The countenance
of Hamlin Garland glimmers vaguely
out of the dark-Garland who writes
tales bearing realistic livestock flavor;
there is Eugene Field, who produces
miles OF wootsy-tootsy verses and in
idle hours heaps ridicule on the city
that pays him living; there is James
e. Kinsella-let not James be forgotten
who permits no day to go by when
he does not turn his merry machine
and supply the Chicago. papers with
lines on topics to suit. His charming
pastoral when Rosey Pours the Tea
was doubtless inspired by the Chap
Books wassaii bowl or, rather, cup.
And, yes, there is Mr.. Chatfeld Chat
field-Taylor, whose new book, Two
Women and a Fool,' is said to have
Chicago man for a hero-whether Il
literary man or not is not announced.
But, at all events, the Chicago literati
met and had tea. There is no reason to
suppose that the term tea" was used
by the persons in charge of the affair
to conceal a stronger beverage. 1t
could not have been congressional
cold tea because there is nothing in the
Chicago literature that has blown be-
yond the city limits to suggest aught
but the mildest of Chinese tipples. The
Benevolent Order of Shipping Clerks of
Kansas City lately gave a highly en-
joyable pink tea" for gentlemen only.
according to local society reports; but
pink tea for gentlemen only has a sus
p:cious suggestiveness, and, though
without official information on the sub
that the Chicago literary lights did not
consume pink tea. They are too light
for that altogether. What they did do,
without doubt, was to meet together,
tell each other how great they were,
pretend that they had read each others
writings and were filled with admira-
ton for them, ask each other if they
had read .Trilby," and in the intervals
of swapping hattery to drink really and
truly tea from pretty little cups. 1t is
just lovely that they can get together
in this way, and if the tea and the
mutual admiration have the effect of
toning UP their literary productions to
level that will enable Them to break
into the Western Association of Writers
it will be Iovelier still.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

Encouragement Olney is sound on
the question of the constitutional right
of the national government to enforce
national laws. In his speech in the
Debs case he expressed surprise that
criticisms of the action of the admin
istration during the Chicago riots of
1894 should have made it necessary
ito publicly proclaim the trite and ia
miliar principle that for the execution
of national functions every foot of every
State is national soil and national prop
art .a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

day was a 'woman's edition. of forty
pages. The Geographic and other news de-
partments were handled by the regular
force. and are, therefore, in good shape,
the women not making the mistake OF at
tempting to master the details of routine
work for single days service. The rest
of the forty pages are made up of adver-
tisements, of which there are a goodly
number-essays. stories, poems and pieces
of various sorts. The general impression,
gained from hasty glance over the pages, is
that they are pervaded by an awful sol
emnity. The writer's evidently weighed
down by sense of tremendous responsible
ity and the seriousness of a. great occasion.
The seven essays which fill the seven col
umns of the editorial page are appallingly
profound, but the same absence of frivolity
and humor is noticeable throughout the pa
per. There is but one EXCEPTIONS single
column of jokes contributed By Mrs. Emma
Carleton. whose tendency to look the
humorous side of life is well known to
readers of this paper. But that Is single
lonely column. The rest portentous.
awful. Their depressingly didactic and seri-
Gus character and the ambitious themes
treated suggest indeed, many sessions of d
woman's literary club rolled into But.
nevertheless, it is all things considered, a
very credtable edition. In particular are
the advertising pages TO be commended.
They are of the sort to bring joy to the
heart of a business manager, or, as in this
instance, the treasurer of benevolent so
ciety. The ladies who solicited these ads
evidently spared no time and energy and
let no business man escape. 1t is possible
that some critics, say the w. c. 7. T.,
might hold that their zeal exceeded their
discretion when they set apart much
space in which to sound the praises of
sour-mash rye and bourbon whistles, but
such. critics would fail TO consider that the
time has not come when Kentucky ladies
viii deliberately boycott the great Kentucky
product. especially when there IL money In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

The board OF regents for the soldiers
monument suggested by Attorney gem
eral ketchanf--Gen, Lew Wallace, Judge
Hadley, of Danville, and T. c. Steele,
of this city-ought to be highly salts
factory to all who have the best inter-
est OF the monument at heart The
military, the financial and the artistic
interests would, under their manage
ment, be well handled. Mr.. Steele is
thoroughly conversant with the work
already accomplished, having been an
adviser of the old board from the be-
ginning. He is an artist OF the first
rank. and If his services can be Sc
cured to superintend the construction of
the groups OF statuary-features of the
great memorial which are the most inn
portant of all--it will be an assurance
that the work will be properly per-
formed, and gratifying settlement OF
a controversy that may otherwise re-
suit in cheapening and vulgarizing what
ought to be great work of art
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

The St. Louis Globe Democrat depre-
Gates the popular ignorance on the cur
rency question and thinks a campaign
of education is needed. "Demagogues.
1t says. like those who founded the
Greenback party@And like those who are
at the head of the Populists and of
their annex. the new silver party, play
upon this ignorance for their own sell
fish purposes" That is true, as witness
the efforts to advertise and circulate
such books as that mentioned in an
other column.