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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

what qualifications has she for office %
"She is a self-made man."-Puck.
AS a society bud Senator Hill is a
marked success.-Washington Post.
] always pass good advice on. 1t is the
only thing to do with -Osca Wilde.
Too many good people expect pie when
they say, Give us this day our daily
bread."-Detroit Free Press.
Soup houses in Newfoundland, too? There
must be a tariff-reform party in that be-
nighted land also.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mr.. Breckenridge has discovered quite a
similarity between the course of true love
and the lecture course.-Washington Post.
Instead of binding their women's feet so
that they can't run, China should have
done this with it's soldiers.-Philadelphia
Times.
James," called out Fweddy to his man,
"bwing me a chair to stand on. / am GO
ing to put on me ovahcoat."-Chicago
Tribune.
Evidently Colonel Breckenridge will have
to become a sawmill, a pile-driver or a
tank of real water if he hopes to succeed
on the stage.-Cincinnati Tribune.
Hamlin Garland's latest effort is called
The Straddle Bug" We nave not read
it, but presume it is a satire on the pres
ent attitude of Congress.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

In Pennsylvania all public and charitable
institutions desiring appropriations from the
State are required to submit their applica-
lions to the Board of State Charities, which
passes on them and presents it's recon-
mendations to the Legislature. Applica-
tions were submitted to the board from 1872
institutions for aid in 1895, ag%gregating 49,
452, 1872, and the board has approved and
recommended appropriations to the amount
of So, DOL .275. The institutions which filed APP
plications for aid comprise those owned and
controlled by the State, those for de-
pendent and delinquent classes, recognized
as wards of the State, but owned and con-
Quoted by private corporations and private
charities of all kinds. The amount thus
appropriated in Pennsylvania to penal, cor
receive, charitable and benevolent purposes
is much larger than in any other State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16
P~ESSlMISTIC PROPHET.
Samuel Bennes Says SOS Will Not BE
n Prosperous Year for Americans.

a
NEW YORK, Jan. t5.-For a number of
years past Samuel Bennes has issued an
-ually a prophecy in regard to various mar
kets during the ensuing year. His proph-
ecies have been right in a sufficient number
of cases to have created curiosity yearly
as to what he would say. His forecast
for 1894 declared that there would be con-
tinued embarrassed business, bankruptcies,
unemployed labor and ruined farmers For
1895 he says:
There is no promise or sign of better
times for the coming year, We may look
in vain for any permanent Improvement in
general business. Wheat 81 cents a bushel
Cincinnati, and pig iron $40 a ton at Pitts
burg denote impoverishment for farmers,
cotton planters and furnacemen. The In
crease last year of 800, 900, 900 in the bonded
debt of the government does not signify
that the people are contented, keeping out
of debt and making money. Ever since 1873
values have been shrinking in consequence
of the establishment of the single gold
standard, and no one can fathom the depths
to which prices will fall. There is no evil
dence that we are at the lowest point of
depression. There is no property. except
gold, which is not depreciating. An aver
age crop of grain in this country
this year, with fair crops abroad, will
send the price of wheat at Chicago after
the next harvest down to 40 cents a bushel.
Prices for corn next fall will decline to 25
cents a bushel. Fat hogs will be So a
hundred pounds, gross. for next winters
packing season. Prices for wool, cotton,
grade during the present year. Common
sheep, after the wool is taken off next
year will sell for what the pelt will then
brings cents. To the anxious inquirer:
make investments in property or to engage
extensively in business ENTERPRISES"
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AN INTERESTING POLITICAL SITUA-
TION.

1t is the unexpected that happens.
Advices from South Carolina indicate
the probability of a political coalition
in that State which. for unexpectedness
and picturesqueness. will take rank
among the strangest events in political
history. This is nothing less than a
fusion between the old-line conServa-
tive Democrats and the Republicans.
If this happens, as o seems prob
able, it will be the result of a remark
able social as well as political revoiu-
ton.
Those who rave paid a little atten-
ton to South Carolina politics must
have noticed that the Tillman move
ment from its beginning was a rebellion
against an established order. In a
sense it was a movement of the masses
against the classes, or at least against
the ruling class. which. in South Caro-
lima, was an established aristocracy.
BY a singular misnomer this %aristoc-
racy represented the traditional Democ-
racy of the State. 1t was q case of
slucus a non lucendo," a party that was
democratic because it was aristocratic,
Tillman, a rough and ready man of
OIlGll dbAC "a o1la III oAlA a
man of the people, led the revolt against
the aristocracy and became first Gov
ernor and then United States Senator.
The new Governor, Evans, is his chosen
successor. and, like himself. represents
the rebellion against the aristocracy.
The.complete success of this movement,
eliminating in the election of Tillman
to the Senate. has opened the eyes of
the old-line Democrats to the necessity
of forming a new anti-Tillman party,
and in their desperation they are court
ing an alliance with the Republicans
A prominent South C~aroiinian, lately
one of Tillman's leaders, is quoted as
aying that lin three months the con-
servatives of South Carolina will be
found in the Republican party, or at
any rate found voting the same ticket
as the latter" Another prominent poll
tician of that State. a member of the
defeated conservative faction. admits
that he has been helping to work up
the movement. which he says will be
general very soon." Its-avowed object
Is to wrest the control of the State
from the Tillman faction by a union of
strength and division of offices between
the old-line Democrats and Republicans.
The main interest which the proposed
coalition would have foI Northern Re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

1t is now well understood hat the
Democrats in the Senate will vote solid
ly for any measure which will cause
grabs on the part of Republicans. They
have already carried what was intended
to be the statute grab. They could not
have done so if a few Republicans had
not joined them. The Journal begs to
assure such Senators that their joining
the Democrats, even in that little mat
ter, is deprecated by all earnest and
thoughtful Republicans. The Journal
could give the names of fifty Repub-
licans. some of whom stand high in the
esteem of the party, and all of whom
are ardent party men. who have ex-
pressed sorrow rather than anger that
the Republican Senators who assisted
the Democrats in giving a majority
were not able to see that such action
is in violation of party pledges and a
is in violation of party pledges. If
the Republicans in the Senate do not
stand together on every matter in which
the question of economy and the public
welfare is concerned they will not only
bring reproach upon themselves. but
surrender the vantage ground the Re-
publican party has won. Let the Re-
publican Senators consult together n
come to compromise on a ground where
they can stand shoulder to shoulder.
Above all things, let hone of them te-
come the duDes of the Democratic mi
nority, whose one aim is to bring the
Republican party into disrepute in the
eyes of the people of Indiana.
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DEPEW DENOUNCED.
Condemned by Ministers Who Were
Deprived of Half Rates by Railways.

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Dr. Chauncey NJ.
Depew was roundly denounced at a meet
ing of the Methodist ministers of this city
and vicinity in the rooms of the Methodist
Book Concern. The denunciation was for
the stigma the Doctor has cast on minis
tiers by a recent interview wherein he de-
Tended the action of his railroads in with
drawing the haIf-rate privileges from cIer-
gymen. DIR. A. J. Palmer, pastor of St.
Paurs M. E. Church, said that DR.. Depew
should be asked to retract his statement
that ministers had abused the privileges
and that some of them had even sold half
rate tickets to scalpers, thus defrauding
the company. DR. Palmer demanded that
Dr.. Depew furnish the society with the
names of the offending ministers, so that
the alleged culprits might be tried at the
conferences of their ~coadjutors. The Rev.
F. C. Iglehart said that DIR. Depew's ut
terances against the ministers were made
merely to reconcile the politicians whose
passes were taken away by the recent
amendments to the Constitution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

According to Washington dispatches
the petition for a writ of error in the
Debs case is to be argued before the
Supreme Court to-day. The court seems
to have recognized the gravity of the
questions involved and the Importance
Of an early decision in setting SO early
a day for the hearing. II a writ of
error is granted it will be accompanied
with a suoersedeas which will release
Debs and the other defendants from jail
pending a final decision by the Supreme
Court. This decision will necessarily re-
view all the constitutional questions in
definitely.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16
MULHATTON REDIvIVUS.
Recrudescence of the Cheerful Liar in
the Shape of a Tramp.

0 ANGELES, Jan. 15.-Joseph Mulhat-
ton arrived here from Arizona yesterday
and left this morning for San Francisco.
Contrary to his custom, he looked serious
and, instead of wearing fine raiment, was
made up as a tramp, and declared he had,
just for amusement, Travelled from Arizona
as an amateur brakebeam rider, and he
looked the part to a dot. He wore five
day-old whiskers, a coat that might have
adorned several generations of dusty
Rhodeses," a pair of trousers that not only
bagged at the places where the knees ought
to be, but were adorned with ventilators.
He was the real old cheerful liar, Joe Null
hatton, however. and he had a joyful call
ing on old friends from New York and
Louisville. Col. Tom Louis, the assistant
postmaster, chaperoned him, and Mulhatton
drew up a menu for a French dinner that
would have made Chauncey Depew i'll with
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE officials OF
this government are well aware of the
feeling of the British government, but more
particularly Of the Canadians on the SUBJ
ject of the boundary line question. fnitia-
tory steps looking to the settlement of such
disputes were taken some time ago by the
appointment of commissioners on the part
of Canada and of the United States to
delineate the boundary line in cases where
a dispute arises. The Canadian commits
sioner Whose appointment was approved
by the crown is w. F. King, and the
American commissioner, Prof, T. G. Men
denhall. formerly in charge of the coast
and geodetic survey. During the past sea-
son Canadian and United States surveying
parties were engaged jointly in making sur
veys and preparing maps of the part of
Alaska and British Columbia involved in the
present question for the use of the two
commissioners: 1t is not expected, however.
that there will be sufficient data available
before a couple of years to enable the COM
missioners to arrive at a satisfactory con-
clusion regarding the matter.
of the coast and geodetic survey today.
.all the Canadian maps show the boundary
line as this government claims it should
be, and 1t was only when the great re-
sources of that section of British Columbia
which adjoins Alaska began to be de-
ton the matter of the boundary line. or
course, the whole question turns on the
Interpretation y l. Lie WOIQS Oh The treaty
negotiated between England and Russia at
times in the eighteenth century and by
which the boundary line was fixed at ten
marine leagues from the coast. Along. the
portion of the coast of Alaska where
Juneau is located there are many indenta-
tons and the question is whether the ten
marine leagues are to be measured from the
Islands. adjoining or from .le continental
coast line. The establishment of a port
let would be of very great bene-
the port without the payment of
duties and a trade route could be estab-
lished by which the Yukon country might
be reached in a much shorter time and
less expensive manner than now, when goods
are carried in vessels that are Obliged to
skirt the A1eutian islands. pass. through
the Boring sea and enter the Yukon river
at it's mouth. Last summer William Ogele-
by, a Canadian in the employ of his gov
ernment, was engaged in making a survey
from the head of the Taku inlet for the
purpose of settling the question of a trade
route to the Yukon river. What the re-
suits of his survey are / do not know. The
question of what is the right boundary line
is. you see. a very important one, but L
look for no settlement of it for several
years"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

Representative Nicholson's bill pro-
viding that the court instead of the
jury shall fix the punishment for crimes
where it is discretionary between a
minimum and a maximum limit is de-
serving OF careful consideration. Orig
inaIly trial by jury made the jury
judges only of fact. The only thing
for a jury to decide was whether the
defendant was guilty or not. If guilty,
the law affixed the penalty or left it
discretionary with the court. The
transference of that function to the
jury is a departure from the original
practice. and does not seem to be justi-
fed by sound reason. The law In this
State, where 1t does not fix a determi-
nate penalty for crime. leaves it dis
c~retionary with the jury. This discre-
ton applies in a large number of cases
and has a wide range. The afixing of
a penalty is essentially a judicial func-
ton, and the exercise of so large a dis
erection should be accompanied by many
considerations which a jury is incapable
of entertaining. 1t has no relation no
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

An interesting feature of the move
ment for the relief of the Nebraska
sufferers is the efforts that some South
ern cities are making in that direction.
Trade organizations in Charleston.
Raleigh, Augusta, Atlanta. New Or
leans. Nashville and Helena are among
those which are collecting food in their
immediate localities. Washington. N.
Ct. a town OF about $500 people, has
\ cohtributed two carloads of rice. and
supplies have been forwarded by sew
eral other Southern towns. Such acts
show that the bloody chasm between
the North and South is indeed a thing
of the past.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16
STREET RAILWAY CHANGES.
Tom and Albert johnson to Retire
from the Cleveland Directory.

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 15.-It is said that
Congressman Tom L. Johnson and his
brother Albert will soon retire from the
directory of the Cleveland Electric Street
railway Company, which, with the Cieve-
land City Cable Company, now controls
every street-car line in this city. 1t is be-
lieved that the retirement of the JohnSonS
will be followed by a consolidation of the
cable and electric companies. This would
involve a deal of about SO, 600, 900 and re-
suit in a street-car monopoly in this city.
The stock of the electric company has risen
rapidly within the past few days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

The bill which has been introduced in
the House prr-tding for the appoint
ment of a State boiler inspector and
deputy Inspector should be promptly re-
jected. There is no more reason for the
appointment. of a State boiler inspector
than there is for a State Inspector of
threshing machines or saw mills. There
are too many inspectorships already,
and instead of creating more the Legis-
lature would better abolish some that
now exist. notably the inspectorship of
natural gas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16
MILK TRUST KILLED.
Chicago Freed from the Grasp of n
Price-COntrolling

OTTAWA, ILL.,, Jan. 15.-The Chicago Milk
shippers Association, known as the Milk
Trust, as organized in February. 1892, with a
stockholding membership of 1900 dealers,
to control the price of milk within the
limits of the city of Chicago, received it's
death blow as a pr~ice-fixing concern in
ed down a lengthy opinion, in which the
business of the association is declared il
legal and the man responsible for its down
fail, Charles c. Ford, of No. 1865 Adams
street, is absolved from the aymen of
s433. so, which he owed the association in
October 1891.
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WHY NOT RESTORE RECIPROCITY.

Among the many causes. that have
contributed to the present discontinue
of the Democratic party, all due to it's
own blunders or stupidity. not the least
is the repeal of the reciprocity treaties.
These treaties were entirely satisfactory
to foreign governments and immensely
beneficial to this country. They opened
new markets for our agricultural
products. thus largely increasing our ex-
ports. and indirectly added materially
to the government revenues. The only
reason for their repeal was that they
were the work of the Republican party.
Their repeal has caused a large falling
off in our foreign trade and furnished
a pretext for the adoption by foreign
governments of a re~taliatory policy
which is proving embarrassing and in
furious.
Under these circumstances why should
not the Democratic party show it's good
sense and patriotism by re-enacting the
reciprocity features of the reDealed Nc
Kinley law? True, that would be a con-
fession of error. but when the fact that
an error has been committed is so per-
fectly apparent to everybody why
SHouiu democrats hesitate TO dcknOWi-
edge it AND make the best amends they
can while it is yet possible? The party
leaders must see as plainly as anybody
thai the repeal of reciprocity has
brought loss to American trade, disaster
to American interests and commercial
complications which threaten still more
serious results. This being the case.
why should they let mere political stub
bornnes or pride Of opinion pre- vent
them from restoring reciprocity? If
they had a little bit of sense and a
small modicum of patriotism they
would do il.
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of 500 per month instead of $50. as was it's
effect. or to- compensate him for the pur-
chase of a horse. as is claimed by a MEM
Der of the board, it was equally indefensi-
be- No public official is expected to be
infaliibie. and some mistakes of the Board
of Public Works can be accounted for con-
sistently WITH the theory that the board
does the best it can, but the deliberate
antedating of an appointment by which
several hundred dollars are taken out of the
city treasury is not a mistake of that kind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

The Congressional Record of the. 18th
Inst. contains a speech by Representa-
tive Houk, of Tennessee. which we'll
illustrates the fragrant abuses practiced
under the leave to print" The speech
covers nearly thirty-eight closely
printed pages of the Record. 1t pur-
ports to have been delivered while the
army appropriation bill was under con-
sideration. but 1t has no relation to
that or any other public question. 1t is
simply the malignant attack of a de-
fea.ed candidate for Congress against
his successful competitor, thirty-eight
pages of ~vituperation and abuse printed
and circulated at the expense of the
government. The leave to print privi-
lege should be abolished.
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xew Gold and sirxer FIELD.

GUTHRIE. O. T.. Jan. 15.-Hundfeds OF
prospectors are swarming into the W chita
mountains in the Kiowa and Comane3te In
dian reservation caused by the disc gerry
of rich deposits of gold and silver, oops
have been ordered from Fort Reno TO eject
them and serious trouble IL looked for as
the prospectors declare they have a right
in the mountains urder the mining kaNs
and will NOT leave. Many samples OF rich
ore have been brought out for assay IL
the past few days. and a general stampede
for the mines will likely ensue-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

GUTHRIE, O. T., Jan. 15.-In the Su-
preme Court to-day a motion was granted
for the hearing of the celebrated Irwin
divorce suit. This is the case in which the
question of the right of the probate judges
to grant divorces was raised, and the de-
cision of which invalidated over a thousand
divorces granted by such judges through
out the Territory. involving hundreds of
people from every State in the Union. Rich
Divorces who have been granted a separ-
alton have contributed a large fund and
employed the most eminent lawyers in the
Southwest to secure a rehearing and fight
the case. If they lose, IL is their intention,
it is said, to push a bill through the Legis-
lature legalizing the divorces in question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

publicans is in the impetus it would
give to the demand for a fair election
and honest count in South Carolina.
When the aristocratic Democrats of the
Hampton-Butler school are compelled
to appeal to Republicans for political
aid and succor there is reason to hope
that Republican ballots will be deposited
in the box and counted instead of
showed up a chimney and burned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16
Used the Mniss for Frnud.

PARKERSBURG, w. Va. Jan. BIN
the United States Court, to-day, C. r.
Shields, Willard Diehn, f.. Winfield Iukens,
Charles T. DoIlmer. j. G. Newell, Mrs. J.
G. Newell, Irving Cha rnbers. f.. S. Fouse,
Fl. j. Ruby and r. G.. Hughes. all of Phila-
delphia, composing the Fraternity and
Financial Cooperation Company, were
found guilty and fined 800 each ard costs
rope now. They operated In Wheeling
what was called short-term Insurance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

Probably the city cannot afford to en-
ploy the number of men and teams that
would be necessary to remove the heavy
fall of snow from the downtown business
streets, but at least it ought to keep the
crossings cleaned in that part of the city.
The streets are almost impossible for
pedestrians who are not provided with
high-topped boots, and there is a tradition
that pedestrians have some rights on the
thoroughfareS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

a finding of fact, which should be the
exclusive province of a jury. There is
reason to believe that the proposed
amendment would contribute in no
small degree to a more intelligent, fear
less and vigorous enforcement of GRIM
inal law in this State. and that is some
thing that is sorely needed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

The resignation of M. Casimir-Perier,
President of the French republic, is an
entirely unexpected event. The resig-
nation of the Cabinet on Monday as the
result Of a defeat in the Chamber of
Deputies in consequence of a parlia-
mentary defeat was interesting as a
passing event. but did not necessarily
imply ia serious situation. The resig-
nation of the President does. and may
precipitate an acute political crisis.