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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

derbilt. and hundreds OF women stood W
to look as he rose and srrang rather than
stepped one step up the platform and said.
simply II do and stepped back and sat
sPonses whereby the couple were 10 declare
aloud, after the words OF the service. the
plignting OF their troth, both advanced
toward the altar several steps.
Ineir voices coula not be heard Fifty feet
away. The solemn blessing of the church
banks Of 1 ieav sne enc enSiri hidden behind some
a glad psalm. with the words. ''Oh. let
the nations feloice and be glad" While
retired from sighf-into the vestry room,
II was said, to sign the register. In the
the splendid cream-colored, satin
the people. and lifting their fancy baskets
began distributing the posies with which
the baskets were laden. They seemed 10
the valley. boutonnieres. pinks. yiolets and
roses being the most plentiful. These they
and side aisles within the snci q for tbs
SWEETEST swells.
The blossoms all distributed. the pretty
girls In their great GainsboroSshs mounted
the second prettiest OF the memorable
tableaux Of tho service. Their leader, Miss
pectantly facing the yestry room door. the
superbest figure in a group that seemed to
rematerialize some scene of the past in the
had been playing for several minutes at
the avenue end OF the church. but now the
organ trilled and throbbed a dulcet. dreamy,
liquid melody. Presently this ceased and
the and began again with something X
a blare of trumpet tones as the Duke and
Duchess reappeared in the chancel and
walked through the church to the door,
followed by her mother, many friends. ana
then her father.
Thus ended Americas SWEETEST wedding.
The writer had just attended the same cere-
mony privately celebrated in a parlor- There
the religious nature OF IL gave II great
solemnity and impressiveness. Yesterday.
in St. Thomas's. this was wholly subordi-
nate to the splendor of the setting. The
names Of the Trinity. so often. repeated
in the service, We're not once spoken 50 as
to be heard The clergy, though censpicu-
Gus. were the plainest figures in the piano.
rama. Yesterdays wedding was a beauti-
full formal series of tableaux illustrating
the elegance Of fashionable life, the climax
of exquisite and elegant taste and the power
of wealth. AS an exhibition Of taste com
bined with display, 1t was a national tri-
umph.
Perhaps the full moral of il was best ex-
pressed by a lady who sat beside the writer
in the church. She noticed that he took
notes and asked IL he was a reporter AS
sured that he was one, she handed her card
to him, saying: IF you can put me among
those who are in the private enclosure II
will be a great day for me-"
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ADVICE.

On the day Of the election one of the
London papers which has assumed the
position of mentor to the American peo-
pie expressed itself as follows:
1t is hoped hat all parties in America will
see the importance of allowing trade neu-
trality to expand and will support President
Cleveland in his project for the withdrawal
OF greenbacks and for the substitution of
the notes OF the various State banks. under
which system the American currency would
expand or contract, according to business
requirements.
ALLOWING trade naturally to expand
is a fine phrase from the British point
Of view. The purchase of foreign woods
and woolens by the dealers in this cotn-
try for consumption by the American
people has expanded very naturally"
under an ad valorem tariff which has so
contracted truth-telling about the values
of such goods that the Cleveland Gus
toms officials complain that they are in
voiced at about one-half their value.
Very naturally, such natural expansion
has already closed many wooden mills in
his country. and will close many more.
This natural expansion is chiefly due to
the fact that labor in American wooden
mills is paid from SO to rs per cent. more
than it is in Great Britain. 1t is, how
ever. an expansion which the American
voters very emphatically condemned at
the ballot boxes on Tuesday. 1t is posi-
BILE that they would have don differ
emily had they received the advice and
to the polls, but it is doubtful. We are a
hayward people so far as British advice
is concerned, n ave been for a century
and a quarter. That waywardness has
got into our blood.
The hope of the London mentor that
all parties will unite in supporting the
Presidents project, if he has one. of
Withdrawing the ~greenbacks and for the
substitution of the notes of the various
State banks, is not likely to be gratified.
We are every day becoming more and
more a nation, and we are not going
back to a system OF bank notes which is
hostile to the national idea. We do not
want a system of bank currency which
will expand and contract like the money
Of forty years G Old men to-day know
all about the expanding State bank
HIOlcy WiilCu SOt iutO III anu VI IL
the people who sold products and labor,
and SO contracted while in their pockets
that 1T had no value. 1t may be regarded
as uncivil to the President n his cham
picn, the London Telegraph, not to shout
for a return Of the State m note; new
ertheless the American people will not do
it. Stupid and stubborn they may be,
but, being used to a national bank
honey which is good in every nook and
corner of the Republic at its face value.
and every dollar Of which has more than
a dollar of sound securities behind it for
its redemption, they will not give it up
for any sort of expanding and contract
ing State bank note or shinplaster.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

A year ago last June 1t was predicted
that the Populist party in Indiana would
draw so heavily from both parties hat
it might be the second in strength in
1896. 1t had a large and enthusiastic
State convention, and the ticket received
half as many votes as some of its friends
predicted. When the silver craze came
up it vas again predicted that the Popu-
listsparty in Indiana would be the larger
of the three If the others did not declare
at once for the free coinage of silver.
This was six short months ago. The sill
yer m~oonshine did not materialize, and
now the Populist party in Indiana may
be said to be either dead or feebly draw-
ing its last breath. Its organization has
gone. or is going. to pieces. The Farmers
Mutual Benefit Association gave it a IA
tai blow when, a few weeks ago. it re-
solved to be sensible and get out of
Populistic or any sort of politics. Next
fall some Of the leaders will be asking
nominations of the other parties, and, not
getting them. they will go out and form
a new party. 1t will not be named Green
back, or Union Labor. or Populist, but
1t will lave a name and a long list of
heresies. and 1T will make a noise. 1t
Ia materialize as the party of the sill
ver-mine owners if they are not too
busily employed in gold mining. But the
Populist party is dead.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

NiiCilludtl 1iiDuhC.
When Benjamin Harrison. citizen and adj
vocate, arose in court at Chicago the other
day and began to plead a case before
the bar. 1t exemplifed the curious unwr,tten
law of American democracy. For four
years this man was chief magistrate Of
one Of the most powerful nations on earth.
When his term of office expired he put
aside that power and descended to the
daily walks of the common people. He re-
turned to his home, modestly hung out his
shingle and announced that he was at the
public's service as a lawyer. Where in the
whole world can such simplicity be found
Nowhere except in this country. Here the
government of the people comes through
their consent to be governed. When, AS
junior counsel in a patent case. General
Harrison arose and addressed the court TO
plead mis- case he saw upon the bench a
man who held his position by virtue Of
the appointative power vested in Mr.. Har-
rison while President of the United States.
He, the appointer, must attempt to make
him.. the appointee. believe that the law Is
the same as argued by the former. 1t is
in the power of that judge to ignore or
peremptorily refuse to listen to the plead
err. 1t is simply the reversion of power in
cident to the political system of the United
States and it points out a healthy condi-
ton Of affairs.
An ex-President of the United States is
no more than the humblest citizen in the
eyes of the law. That is a part of the
foundation upon which this government
rests. While the distinction of having been
est honor to be conferred on an Amer
lean it does not place him above his fell
low-men. 1t is in this that American democ-
racV excelS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

Advocate.
To the laws of Texas are not executed the
c;tizens of Texas alone are responsible. II
great crowds OF people can render the OH
Gers of law s'powerless" while they hendlsn-
lv burn a human being alive. that TACT
shows that they can likewise intimidate the
same officers when the latter do not execute
law. and compel them to make courts EN-
Gent. The facts prove that these Twelve
thousand people prefer a brutal scene ike
this one to an ordinary arrest or a GRIM
;nal. a dignifed trial, an Impressive SEN
fence and a legal execution The simple
fact is. the negro is hated, a trial Is avoioed
lest II shall appear that the accused may be
nroven innocent, and the nhuman spectacle
Of a Iynching be made impossible IL mas
anpeared in human history that secession Is
iliegaI and will not be tolerated by the Re
public. If, however. at some early Gate
Texas should propose TO secede, many
shocked and scandalized American. citizens
will hope that the State may be allowed TO
90 apart. and thus cease TO disgrace the
Union. We are now more than ever dis
eraced in the eyes of civilized peoples
throughout the world. For some time In
the future 1t will be the dishonoring duty
of all Americans abroad, when asked X
Texas is a State of our Union. TO admit sor-
rowfully that IL is. III some heartbroken
and ashamed citizen should. under such cir
cumstances, be tempted to say NO. Uncle
Toby's angel will have a fresh opportunity
10 drop an celebrating tear upon the record
and to wipe away the embarrassing he-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

D.. L. Moody's revival services in Atlanta
are attracting enormous crowds. At every
service seats in the big tabernacle are at a
premium. though ii will accommodate about
six thousand people.
The Duke of Westminster himself has
not anything like an exact idea of what his
London property. If it were realized. would
be worth. He does know, however, that the
amount would be considerably in excess of
f12, O00, 900.
Mrs. Mary Ann Smith. of East Lyme,
Conn.,, is hale and hearty at ninety-four.
She led a party of women recently to a
road-repairing bee, the road being positively
dangerous through neglect. and carried for
ty baskets of stone from the pike.
1T is not only very healthy to yawn,"
says a French physician. but artificial
yawning should be resorted to in cases of
sore throat, buzzing Of the ears. catarrh and
like troubles" 1t is said to be as efica-
cious in its way as gargling the throat, with
which process it should be combined.
One Of Bishop Winners friends lost his
wife and had inscribed on her gravestone
the sentence. THE light of mine eyes has
gone out" But within a year the widower
welded again, and the Bishop observed. as
he passed the stone, II think there should
be added the words, But l have struck an
other match"
Mr.. David Plunkett, member of Parlia-
ment for Dublin University, who has just
been raised to the peerage, though not a
wealthy man. has probably more money
standing to his name than any single, prl-
vate citizen in the world. He is trustee Tor
rich people, including the Guinesses,
and generally holds in that capacity from
$50, 000, coo to $780, coo, 900 worth of securities.
William E. Gladstone receives more re-
quests for his autograph than any other
man in the world. In one day recently
twenty-five letters reached Hawarden from
for specimens of the Grand Old Mans
chirography. Mr.. Gladstone Is too busy TO
crafty the wishes of autograph collectors,
and his secretary so informs correspondents.
The n of an extensive iron mill at
Middleport, O., who is a widower, having
been gossiped about by some of the women
Of that place, has taken revenge by secur-
ing the removal of the entire plant TO Co
lumbus, and the journal which reports the
fact adds: "Middleport is dead; hundreds
are idle; stores are closing; the town Is
completely paralyzed. because some women
told lies"
Annie Besant was a religious enthusiast in
her early years, and was inclined to become
a nun, but compromised by marrying a
clergyman. 1t was after her divorce and
during her association with Charles Brad
laugh that she became a T~heosophist. She
present visit to the United States of Mrs.
Besant will be her third, as she came here
to lecture in 1891 and again in 1893.
Miss Vanderbilt is very like
A candidate in this:
An honest duke Is her desire,
An honest count is his.
-pniladalnbia Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

Two years ago the lowering of the grade
of the courthouse yard 10 the level of the
windows of the basement was vigorously
urged, but the County commissioners re-
fused to entertain the proposition. The
Journal believed that the project was of
questionable merit then, and it believes so
now. There is reason to believe that bet
ter ventilation and light can just as well
be secured by removing the earth to a
lower level in front of the windows or
the north and south sides for a space of
eight or ten feet and facing the side oppo-
site the windows with a light-colored
stone. This would give as much light as If
the whole yard were cut down and ample
facilities for ventilation and drainage.
There is every reason to fear that the
cutting down of the surface of the court
house yard several feet would mar the
symmetry of the grounds and the build
ing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

count by dollars the value Of a mail serv-
ice which will bring to the mass of farm
ers' homes the daily mail delivery-a
wisdom which will not expend its force
in continuing rapid mail carriage be-
tween great cities. but will devise a plan
which will bring the greater American
people on the farms In daily contact with
the great cities by daily carrier. This.
with better roads. will destroy that isola-
ton which is the chief objection to the
farm. now that it is understood by all
intelligent people thata1one' year with
another. the rewards OF the farm are
the surest in the whole round of human
industry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09
WHAT REPUBLICANS must DO.
The Party Everywhere Must stand Tor
Law and Order, Says Roosevelt.

More important. almost, than any speoihc
measure or policy Is the general attitude OK
the Republican party toward good govern
didate or it's platform. 1t is even more
than the men who, in the aggregate, COM
pose IL at the moment; for IL Is a punuie
of traditions, tendencies and principles as
well. Every act of an organized Republican
body in any portion Of the linton has some
effect upon the general party welfare. Re-
publicans, and especially Republican poll
ticians. in and out OF Office. must, L. they
have the welfare OF the party at heart. feel
that a heavy responsibility rests upon them.
They must take the right siue on on Sssi y as
1t is a discredit TO the whole party wnen
Republicans put in office a ~scoundrel CT airy
kind. It is a credit TO dne wno,e passy
ly for good government Tney must teei
this. and they must show that they feel
Evervwbere they must stand for law and
order. The law-breaker, whether ne De
lyncher or whitecapper, or merely the
liquor seller who desires to drive an iiieSai
business. must be made to feel that the
Renubiican party is against him. Every
ballot-box suffer, every bribe-taking regis
lator, every corrupt official OF any grade
must be made to feel that he is an out
cast from the Republican party. The party
must stand firmly for good government IN
our cities; and in many cases TINS goSa
can only be obtained by the
Sinking of partisan lines in municipal con,
tests. The Republican party must stanu
by the civil-service law, national ana Stase.
Republicans of every grade must feel tnat
~ hebooves them to see that their party
conservatives in every office are clean
and honest men; and for the sake OF the
welfare of the party they must vigorously
nnnish the ~scoundrels who use the party
name to cloak their own base purposes
On the great national issues Of the day
the tariff, finance and foreign policy-tne
p en,hlican party has the advantage OF po-
sition in the presidential fight upon which
we shall shortly enter; All Repunhcans
nos;tion Nv making Ii their duty to see that
the dishonest and unworthy representa-
tives of their party are punished. and TO
rartv stands for honesty, decency and good
Citizenship on whatever may be the issue
for the moment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

1t is announced that Secretary Car
Isle, in his forthcoming annual report,
will again discuss currency reform and
recommend the adoption of a plan some
what similar to his State bank scheme of
last year.. There is no serious trouble
about the currency, now that the free
silver scheme is dead. but there is a great
opportunity for the Secretary to distin-
guish himself, and he can do so by lewis
ing a reform that will enable the govern
ment to secure money enough to meet it's
monthly expenses. This is more impor-
tant just now than reforming the cur
rency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

If, as Mr.. Joseph /. Irwin says, Senator
Quay contributed literally to the Re
publican campaign fund in Kentucky. &C
~companying his check with a letter in
which he stipulated that no portion of
his contribution should be used to bring
about the defeat of Senator Blackburn.
the Pennsylvania senator has forfeited
the confidence of Republicans n should
himself be discountenanced. Senator
Blackburn is a strenuous advocate of
ideas that ena the best interests of
the country, and his defeat should be
cause of sincere rejoicing among all men
who favor honesty in finance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

]. F.. Lynn. Ina: /. The statement that
the worlds largest wheat crop was that
of 1868 is not true. The crop of the United
States that year was 224.osS.o0o bushels.
Eleven years later the crop was double
that of 1865 in this country. During the
decade 1880 the average annua wheat
crop OF the world was l.1ss.oco.0o o bushels.
1t increased rapidly during the next dec
ade. in which 1858 is included. but was
not so large as the average. OF the decade
lS7l-S. when it was l.7ss. 100000 bushels. The
yield OF 1883 was 2.z7l. 60 100 bushels. Two
or three years since that date the crop
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
The election Of Bradley in Kentucky is a
filter cause for rejoicing than the defeat of
Hill. German, Brice and Campbell all to-
gether. since it will be the death-knell of
the silver faction in the Democratic party.
1t is hardly necessary to say that when sill
yer ceases to be a nightmare of the Demo-
Gratis 1t will cease to disturb the dreams Of
the Republicans also. The threatened Sc
cession of the silver-mining wing or tail of
the party will have no terrors after the
Democrats are purged of that folly. The
ing on such airs during the past two years
will have become as humble and submissive
as any other needy office-seekers when
they can no longer gain anything by aban-
doning their wi party.
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Boston Transcript.

L1OoLCAA
For woman suffrage the result was a sort
of Bunker Hill. The dimensions of the
vote in favor Of women's voting are the
great surprise of the election. Nobody on
either side expected any such decisive
demonstration as this so-called referendum
has resulted in. publishing to the world
that woman suffrage for municipal cleo
tions is Endorsed by one voter to every two
AGAINST IL. Heretofore the belief in woman
suffrage has been supposed to be confined
to a small remnant OF the "Remnant'-to
.Iong-haired men and short-hafred women"
who are the contempt of the masses and
their leaders,: but here Is proved that In
Boston over twenty-five thousand OF the
voters care enough for woman suffrage to
cast their votes for IL In spite OF the dis
suasicn and influence actively arrayed with
advertising and posters against ~.
The Herald's analysis Of the vote OF Boston
shows that in the six strong Republican
wards about 43 per cent. OF the total vote
on the referendum was for suffrage. and In
the other wards the sufragist proportion
only droppef to 30 per cent. One city and
a number OF towns throughout the state
show a clear sufragist majority. EVIDENT
ly the alarm Of the Remonstrants and the
Man Sufragists was not without reason;
such a minority Is liable TO become a ma
jority at any time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

we do not like it-well. we can ask her
pardon for letting our ships go to sea.
This sudden avalanche Of truth. reveal
ing US to ourselves as we really are. is
hard to bear, but If accepted and borne
in the proper spirit IL may prove a bless
ing in disguise. Perhaps. If properly APP
piled and improved, il may help Us to
a point where we may hope some time to
become as moral, as civilized, as progress
siye, as great, as powerful and as
wealthy a nation as Spain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

The Mayor and the Colbert board are
not fair I'm calling a few colored men who
have always done the bidding OF MIR.
Taggart for a compensation Republicans.
simply because they are OF African
blood. They are Democrats IL they are
anything. and these officers. when they
put them on the police force as Repub-
licans. violate the letter as well as the
spirit OF the charter. Long before the
two years OF Mayor Taggart shall have
expired he Will regret such acts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

No more earnest appeal for the preser-
walton and renewal of our forests has
been mad than that contained in the
paper OF Mr. John p. Brown. printed in
the Journal yesterday. and probably the
arguments on the subject were never
more strongly stated In the same space.
The American people are so confirmed In
the habit OF destroying the gifts and re-
sources of nature that 1t Is very difficult
TO make them see the folly Of 1t. but
eventually they will be forced to admit
u and make such amends as they can.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

Even In Indiana. once one Of the most
heavily timbered States in the Union,
the work Of destroying the forests has
progressed so ruthlessly and rapidly that
1t is time to recognize the necessity of
preserving and renewing them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

I'VE mean to try a penny social at the
church next time" said Mrs. Watts.
And what's that?' asked Mr.. Watts.
Every woman gives a penny for every
year of her age"
Better make it a penny for every year
she is under seventy. Then the contribu-
lions will be long instead of short"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09

The Chicago Inter Ocean comments
upon the unity Of the Republicans in the
Eighteenth Illinois district. where the
issue was made between sound money
and the free coinage Of silver by the
United States alone. 1t is well: at the
same time the /. o. may offer thanks
that IL went no further with the silver
ties than to indorse Coins book.