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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04

able, unstampedable, irrepressible. v~igilant,
and, on the whole, misunderstanding Ea-
gle.
McAlIister was no dude. He was a shrewd.
Industrious, amiable. servfceable and COM
monplaee man. whom society loses with
out a pang, because it does not have pangs.
away from those objects which It can
pleasurably study without hoping or wish
ing to understand.-Boston Transcript.
1t can at least be said of him that, wheth-
er he selected his part or took it in the
inevitable assignment of fate, he played
it We'll and bravely. American life would
be richer and more varied If we had more
like him. 1t is distinctly thinner to-day
than it was yesterday because of his sur
cease.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
The trait that has earned him all his past
fame and derision was simply that he
carried the same perseverance. method and
industry into society's pleasure making that
other men carry into business. 1t is a
queer trade. for any man, but Mr.. Nc
Allister worked at it we'll and justified his
wisdom In choosing a vocation.-Chicago
Record.
He had, the SAVIOR faire, and because he
knew how to do things he made others
want to know. He was not a toady. He
was not a snob. He admired" in Thack-
He cringed at no ones feet. He lived in
an atmosphere of wealth without abating
his function of commandeCincinnati Com
mercial Gazette.
To the newly rich of New York a man
like McAllister was a blessing, and it is to
be said in his behalf that he stood Loyalty
by his clients. He did not sheer AT their
rawness, but on the contrary. with the
best of motives, undertook to polish them
into presentable form and to establish
them as the leaders of American society.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
1t is said of him that he was cheerful
and interesting, that he was the essence
of good breeding as well as Of good-fellow-
ship, and, what is better than all of these,
he never was known to say malicious
things" Such virtues are worthy of irni-
tation. If people must live for society they
can make all life better by making malice
Observation-Disclosures American.
In one respect Mr.. McAllister was no
charlatan. His knowledge of eating and
drinking was thorough. In this field he had
an enthusiasm which lasted as long as his
life. Had his social ambitions been less,
or had their direction. to speak more ex-
actly. been different, he might have been
a versatile. high-minded, accomplished,
pleasure-giving cook.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
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THE TREASURY CRISIS.

The prospect of a popular loan at an early
day has checked the outflow. OF Gold.-New
York Herald.
Now they say a new government loan
will brighten trade. 1t will certainly bright
en- the government.@Chicago Mail.
This administration is not unusually pop
ular, but it is connected to the people
patch.
When Secretary Carlisle thinks of his
troubles and the condition of the treasury
reserve. he must wish that gold had never
been discovered.-New York Press.
If you happen to have five hundred rc.'lion
dollars in gold about you. Ike j resident
Will Te1eve you of it at a reaS lble rate
IF Observation-Disclosures North American.
The protests against the bond issue will
come from the silver States, but. as Bis
narck once said, acts are facts, while pro-
tests are mainly aper.-Baltinore Arleri-
ian.
The most senseless and fit ching the
Cleveland administration mas done is to set
Up a grayback war upon the greea5acks.
Nothing can ever surpass that.-Brooklyn
Standard Union.
The free silver. devil has again put in
his appearance in the pathway &C f.lanoial
legislation at Washington. His stronghold
GEMS to be at the Senate end 1f The Capt.
tol-Albany Journal.
1t is amazing that in such a crisis as
his a Democratic United states Senator
should publicly declare that the last Collar
of gold could not vanish from the treasury
TOO soon to please him. eiucn az L~tterance
Is that ought to be impossible to the wlld-
EST Populist.-Boston Journal.
Why foreign aid to relieve +he treasury
when we have the men AMI the money to
safeguard the finances OF th@ Republic in
all emergencies? Mr.. tIayeland's caf,acjty
.or laundering is enormous. He should
take his party and his ,ountrymcr. into his
confidence.-New York Record.
A decent revenue law would save the
country 81, COO yearly on iris one issue
of bonds, and prevent another, a'd yet
Democrats do not dare or are not wiling
to give the country a tariff which vii raise
IN adequate revenue. 1t Costs somataing,
but the country has The Democratic ruie
for which it yoted.-New York I:fbl ne.
The securities of the government must lie
reeast to become tho basis of that banking
system which must replace the one at pres
emit in operation. The new loan does not
DO this. Only a larger and popular loan can
do it. Only a loan bottomed on gold valua
ton can upbear a currency national in its
character and International or worldwide in
it's use ability.-Brookiyn Eagle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04

The Journal does not often notice the
attacks of sheets whose mission seems
to be to array one class of citizens
against all others. but simply to show
how unfair such aspersions can be the
following item is taken from the Work
ingman:
Have you noticed that the Journal is not
as badly wrought up over prison labor since
the ballots were counted as it was during
the heat of the campaign? OF course a
d-emagogue-but that is another story.
Speaking of the bicycle contract for
the labor of the northern prison. the
Journal commented in the issue Of Mon
day. Jan. %. as follows:
The real point against the contract. how
ever, is that with this 40 cents a day
labor the contractors will drive out of the
bicycle industry all competitors in this vi
cinity who have employed mechanics with
hundred men were employed in this city
by bicycle manufacturers who put money
into plants, one of whom has assured the
Journal that he cannot compete with this
company inside the prison walls and pay
fair wages The wrong of such contracts is
outside the prison in the same INDUSTRY,
and to force into idleness mechanics who
would gladly labor to support families.
would you have the prisoners idle and
have the State pay their board" ask the
officials who make such contracts. Better
that four hundred men be id-e and fed in
the prison than that three hundred me-
chanics with families be forced to walk
the streets in idleness and their families
be deprived of the necessaries of life.
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England, the town in which his immense
brewery is located. His father, Sir Michael
Bass. who first brewed the sparkling. bev-
erage which bears his name, spent y550,O00
in beautifying the town.
Prof. Felix Adler says that the art OF
self-governnaent is still in its infancy among
US and he does not believe we are In a posi-
ton to trust the vast powers Socialism con-
templates 70 those advanced to office BY
popular elections Socialism,, IL workable,
he holds. would be dangerous to personal
liberty.
Queen Victoria has not opened Parlia-
ment in person for nine years and her
physical disabilities are such that she is
not ascend the staircases. She is now re-
stricted to functions which do not require
any e~xertion or to which she can be car
RED in q Bath chair.
The widowed Empress Frederick of Ger
many IS said to be a talented artist in
sculpture and painting. A most 1ife-like
portrait of her husband, a piece of bronze,
was modelled by her. and the two castles
she occupies az different periods Of the Fey year
clay and OIL canvas and paper.
The Duchess of Devonshire is mistress
of eight magnificent country seats and
town houses, a chateau in France. a villa
in the Riviera, and has a daughter mar
ried to a man who has three dukedoms-
Hamilton, Brandon and Chatelherault. she
herself has been twice led to the altar by
a duke. Her ducal record is thus quite
unique
Miss Meredith. the English artist, who
has made such a wonderful success in
India as a portrait painter. finds she must
use adroit fiattery to induce ladies OF
zenanas to wear their exquisite native cos
tunes. Their request is invariably: Paint
me fair A light complexion Is a sign of
many generations of indoor SecluSion, and
therefore,, of high caste and pedigree.
There is soon to be sold at auction in Lon
don a drawing made by Thackeray in his
youthful days. 1t represents humorously
the figure of a. small girl, accompanied by
this explanatory verse:
Little Miss Perkins
She loved picked jenkins
And went to the cupboard and stole
some;
But they gave her such pain
She ne'er ate them again,
She found them SO shocking unwhoie-
This world would be a happy world
And men would all be brothers,
If people did themselves one-half
That they expect of others.
Boston Courier.
Somebody said she was not stout,
And the statement made might, perhaps,
be true;
Nobody knew how thin she was.
For the sleeves that she wore were three
feet through.
Detroit Free Press.
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him to a certain extent. but he could
nave accomplished what he did without
that position. Yet. admitting thai it
was his clerical position that gave him
his strength. he derived comparatively
little aid from other pulpits. Their oc-
cupants were slow to recognize his pur-
pose and to come to his support. Some
of them never did,; others gave him
h~alf-hearted aid. Many rallied man
fully to his side. but 1t was not through
these that the people were fully in
formed of the natur and Importance of
his undertaking.: it was not the pulpits
that awakened a public demand for re-
form. but the DR.. Park
hurst is a strong man, but he is also a
man Of intense ~prejudices. He does not
like the newspapers; he recognizes them
reluctantly and fails to do them justice.
The matter is one over which it is not
worth while to dispute, but a word Of
correction as to his attitude is not out
Of place.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

According to the latest enumeration there
are $500 more women than men in Phila-
delphia.
A sister is the only surviving relative of
the late John w. Norton. who was killed
in the Coatesville railway accident. She re-
sides in st. Louis.
In china there is a Heavenly Foot So
ciety made up of young men who are under
q vow never to marry a woman whose feet
are smaller than nature intended.
The fortune of the late John Walter. one
of the proprietors of the London Times,
is estimated at 1880. 900. The heirs had TO
pay over $100, 0d0 Inheritance tax. Mr.. Wal
ter's interest In the Times went to his two
sons, Arthur Fraser and Godfrey.
Pennoyer. formerly a Governor, is now
saving wood. This is not a figure of speech.
but a simple statement of fact. He was run
ming a sawrnili when the Oregon Demo-
Gratis undertook to make a statesman of
him. and he has gone back to it.
Lord Burton. OF pale-ale fame, has given
: S.2o.Do0 town hall for Burton-upon-Trent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04
sTREET-RAILRoAD LEGIsLArrox.

II is very questionable whether, pend
ing the final decision Of the suit involv-
ing the duration of the Citizens Street
railroad Company's franchise. the Legis-
lature ought to enact any measure i'm
posing new burdens or obligations on
the company. 1t may have q legal
right to do SO, though the constitutional
question of the Impairment of a con-
tract is involved, but waving the ques-
ton of right the Legislature should
give proper weight to the equities of
the case. II the Supreme Court should
affirm the recent decision Of Judge
Woods, thereby practically giving the
company a perpetual charter, 1t will be
abundantly able to meet every reason
able demand that may be made upon
it. but if its franchise is to end in six
years the situation will be- very differ
ent. AS the decision will affect so ma
terially the status and of the
company it would seem but just that it
should not be subjected to new and
heavy burdens until the outcome of the
pending litigation is known. That will
involve some delay, but if the decision
~ Az . SAAAAAt III
a perpetual franchise the delay will be
immaterial, and If it should be u~nfavor-
able there would be no justice in the
passage of the pending bill. Further
more, the people of this city should
consider well how far they want it's
streets to be surrendered to the use of
suburban companies. The prime object
of the establishment of street-railway
lines within the city is the accommoda-
ton Of its residents, and this object
should not be sacrificed to any other.
If the movement of suburban line cars
on the tracks of the Citizens
would interfere with regular city traffic
or impair the company's local service to
any material extent it would be a dis
advantage to the people Of this city.
AS yet suburban lines are in their In
fancy, but the next few years nay wit
ness such DEVELOPMENT in this regard
that the movement of suburban line
cars over city tracks would seriously
cripple the local service. which every
body wants to be progressive instead of
retrogressive. The whole question is in
so unsettled a condition that. in the
opinion of the Journal, legislation on the
subject should be ~ostpOne
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aversion Of his colleagues he had better. re-
tire from Congress Immediately instead OF
waiting for March New York Sun.
AS between Breckenridge and Madeline
Pollard passing time shows Mss Pollard
to be much the better man of the two.-Chi-
cago Mail.
Take Your corners. gents; time for the
second round in the great congressional
a~re-knuckle contest for points.-Philadel-
phia North American.
AS Mr.. Breckenridge and Mr.. Heard have
shaken hands. the account of their Scrap
In the House will not go down to history.
Louisville Commercial.
After all. Mr.. Breckenridge should not be
too severely censured. He is just as weary
of congressional ~inaction as everybody else.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Breckfnr.dge's share in the congressional
row yesterday would have disgraced a man
whose former conduct had not rendered
nlm immune to that sort of thing.-New
York World
Breckinridge's latest achievement will add
to the disgust with which his record is re-
garded by men accustomed to observe the
standard of conduct which prevails among
ge~ntlemen.-New York Press.
Breekinrsdge's ebuIlition of temper and
the rowdyism that accompanied it are an
affront to the whole people that should
have been sternly resented and punished
House--New York Recorder.
Breckinridge's assault upon his brother
Representative, John T. Heard, of Missouri,
on the floor of the House has had scarcely
a parallel since the old disgraceful days of
congressional fsticuffs once satirized in
London Punch.-Philadelphia Record.
The entire affair was disgraceful, and the
House erred on the side of clemency when
1t allowed their apologies to answer for
their wrong-doing. There is only one way
Tor the House to keep its standard of con-
duct nigh, and that is to punish attractions
Observation-Disclosures American.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04
BRECtINRIDGE's TEMPER.

Breckenridge needs padlocks on his lips.
-Plttsburg Chronicle-Telegraph-
Miss Pollard VIII doubtless wire her con-
CALCULATIONS to Mr.. Heard.-Philadelphia
Press.
Breckenridge is still using too much red
fire in his spectacular recommendations
go Dispatch.
Perhaps Colonel Breckenridge was simply
advertising himself as a stage attraction.
Toledo Blade.
Congressman Breckenridge appears to be
a good deal of Il rowdy as well as a liber-
tine.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Breckenridge. it seems, has finally decided
that he ought to feel insulted when he is
called a cur, scoundrel and ar.-Cleveland
Leader.
man when the weigh OF shame on his head
drives HIM to making n rutianly assault on
a fellow-Representative. III the Hon. w. G.
T.. Breckenridge can't endure the natural
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04

The performance of the alleged de-
tective who arrested Rev. w. E. Hin
shaw calls attention to a serious evil.
Few men have the experience which a
MN to be trusted as a detective with
official powers should have. Therefore,
before persons are given official author
ity to make arrests magistrates should
b. certain that they have the character
and experience which a man having s Q
much power should possess. The skill
full detective is a useful man. but at
the present time there are scores of men
acting in tha capacity who are either
soldiers of fortune or those .hirsting for
notoriety. With such men looking after
criminals the guilty are likely to escape,
while the innocent are victimiZed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04

hose who berate the treasury officials
for not paying demands in silver seem
to forget that silver Is lower in the gov
eminent strong box than is gold. True.
there are many millions of silver del
lars stored away in the treasury vaults,
but there are certificates in circulation
covering every one of them. Those del
lars are not the governments, but be-
long to the holders of the certificates
held by the people. OF its own the
treasury has about $4,000. 900 of silver
money. The rouble is the treasury is
broke.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04

The Journal this morning contains an
unusual humble of communications
treating questions of the day. For the
views of these writer's the Journal is
not responsible, and to some of them it
does not subscribe. They show that the
people were never more deeply inter-
ested in public affairs than at the pres
ent time. and their opinions are sub
United for the information. edifcation
and guidance OF whom it may concern.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04

Mr.. Hanly, of the Ninth district. in
his talk to the Republican Travellers
Club Saturday evening, declared that he
was for an apportionment for Repre-
sentatlves of which Republicans could
be proud. AS for himself. If he were
put into a district with an ADLER man
whom the people preferred he would
willingly stand back. That is the manly
spirit and h correct view to take Of
the matter. Representation is not for
the sole purpose of sending this or that
man to Congress. but hat a constitu-
ency may be i~ntelligently represented
and served.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04

If the American people want lower Ia
al they must learn to build more
safely and adopt better precautions
against fires. If we spent more money
in preventing fires and less in extin-
gushing them our rates of insurance
would be lower. They understand this
principle in Europe better than we do.
In 1890 the loss caused by fire in Berlin
amounted to only % cents per head of
population. against s2.S1 in New York,
S2.44 in Chicago and $1.S9 in Brooklyn
during the last veal of which the re-
ports are published. This difference is
not due TO the superiority of the Berlin
fire department, but to superior methods
of building and better precautions
against fires.
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ties in 1890 and 1880:

This is an instructive list for those
who are now being besieged to make
large and often unnecessary appropria-
tons and levies. Indiana taxpayers are
paying interest on more debt than the
rich State of Massachusetts,. and nearly
four times as much as the great States
of New York and Pennsylvania. Yet
when comparisons are made by those
h appeal for State aid Indiana is put
in the same list with them, and with
Illinois and Iowa, which practically
have no State debt. In other respects
no comparison can be fairly Instituted
between such rich States as Massa-
chusetts, New York. Pennsylvania n
ndian So much revenue does Massa-
chusetts derive from corporations and
other sources that the tax levied by
the State Upon all the property rarely
exceeds 81, 500, 0o0 a year For State pur-
poses Pennsylvania a no tax upon
real property. In view of such facts as
these 1t Is as absurd to say la Indiana
must expend $40 per capita upon the
militia because Massachusetts does as
to insist that a man who earns $12 a
week shall give as much to support gov
eminent as does the man who earns $500.
Indiana has adopted the policy OF
gradually paying it's State debt. The
levy of the past two years has produced
$751;, 542 a year toward the extinguish-
ment Of the debt. and $257.725 was paid
as interest-a total of s645. psf a year.
To start an appropriation bill with a
dead weight of S645, 267, such as no other
State carries. will justify the legislator
in turning his back upon every PROPOSE
ton calling for money which Is not alb
solutely necessary to prudently run the
States public institutions which are for
the general welfare. 1t is no time to lay
the foundations of a four-miilion-dollar
State university or to connect the Kan
kakee to the State treasury by a mar
row path which will become an avenue
for the transfer of several millions of
the peoples money in a decade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04

Rev. DIR. Parkhurst says in his new
book. Our Fight with Tammany." it
was the pulpit that did the work, mean
ing thereby the recent overturning of
the New York government and the ex-
posture of rascality. MIR. Parkhurst's
opinion will not De generally accepted.
He himself as a leader did much to
arouse public opinion and to uncover
c~orruption. but what he accomplished
was not as a minister. but as a man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04

If the Journal has said anything which
can be construed as ~favoring the adj
mission OF insurance companies to In
diana which have not a sound basis it
was not intended. The present law. re-
quires that companies doing business in
Indiana shall have "at least 500. 900 Of
actual capital Invested in the stocks
n bonds of one or more of the States
of this Union at the current market
value thereof or in bonds or mortgages
Of real estate worth double the amount
for which 1t is m~ortgaged." If the com
panies with $1,000 o of capital referred
to as having from $4,000 TO 100000 OF
surplus as to policy holders" cannot
show that a very large part of 1t is
invested In sound public securities or In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04
The whipping Post.

L IIIId1eTPHIL IHH1ITTIC
The demand for the re-establishmant of
longer confined to a few Eastern States.
1t is now frequently made in the West
and the sentiment N favor os Il seems to
be growing. The ignomininious nature OF
this form OF punishment is not den ed nor
is the necessity for il a source of either
congratulation or pride. Blu the penalties
usua ly inflicted by the courts for his
brutal offense vary so much that some OF
those who would see 1t stopped even al
cretionary power shall be vested in the
judges. Every wI4e-eeater. they contend.
who is convicted, shall receive SO many
stripes. no matter what his position or in
huence.
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