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tain, he 50 ordered. That policy. how
ever. did not suit the agitators, who
have nothing to gain by the peaceful
pursuit of business, consequently this
charge has been trumped up to be re-
futed. His accuser. Wild. was in the
Hooking Valley district managing the
Debs strike after the miners strike had
been settled. He desired that the min
ers might be pulled into the strike, and
Mcbride refused. The railroad strike
had been ended, and. seeing that Debs's
man was in a bad fix, Mcbride raised
$500 to relieve him. He took the money,
but instead of keeping out of the con-
tention Wild used the donation to make
further war on Mr.. Mcbride and the
other officers of the Mine Workers Asso-
citation. The point worthy of notice in
connection with this matter is that Debs
was at that time and is now plotting to
break up labor organizations in the hope
of yet putting himself at the head of a
new organization which shall swallow
UP those in existence He first under
took to break up the railway unions, but
the failure of his strike of July was a
victory for the old and conservative or
CARNATIONS. Because Mr.. Gompers did
not plunge the federation into his insur-
rection against the industries and the
business of the country the Debs agita-
tors made war on him. Debs is now evil
IDENTIFY working to undermine President
Mcbride. Labor has no more dangerous
foes than Debs and his associates. AS
for the Adams who is mixed UP in the
matter, he Is the man who. in public
address at Columbus, o., few months
since, deplored that the Almighty had
made him His chosen agent to assassin
ate the President.
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THE APPOINTING POWER.

AS question of principle and consti-
tutional construction there can be no
doubt that the appointing power to State
offices created by statute rightly belongs
to the Governor. The Constitution di-
vides the powers Of the government into
1.-The legislative, the executive, including
the administrative, and the judicial"
and says the executive powers of the
State shall be vested in Governor Ii
provides that there shall be elected by
the voters of the State Secretary, Au-
ditor and a Treasurer of State. who
shall perform such duties as may be en-
joined by law" The duties of these Off
GERS are purely administrative. They
have no appointing power, and to confer
it upon them would certainly be a de-
parture from the theory Of the Constitu-
ton If not in plain contravention of it.
The contention by the Republican
party in this State for the constitutional
rights Of the Governor in this regard be-
gan more than thirty years ago, and has
continued at intervals since. In 1863, the
Legislature of that year being Demo
cratic and thoroughly disloyal, a bill was
introduced entitled. AN act to create an
executive council and to define the duties
thereof" It's object was to take the ap-
pointment of military officers and prac-
tically all military power out of the
hands of Governor Morton. To this end
it provided for the establishment of a
military board, consisting of the Secre-
tary, Auditor, Treasurer and Attorney
general of State, all of whom were DEM
ocratic at that time, and clothed them
with certain executive powers, including
the appointment OF all military officers
except the Governors personal staff.
| Governor Morton fought the measure
| with all the vigor of his nature, and the
Republican party was unit in his sup
| port. The Journal. in its first editorial
aliusion to the bill. on Feb I, 1868. said:
The proposition now before the Legislature
| to establish a military board, which is to
| be vested with executive power, is an in
| famous attempt at usurpation and revolu-
| ton. The Secretary. Auditor. Treas
urer and Attorney general of the State have
| their duties. clearly defined by the Consti-
| tuition and laws. Each office is distinct
! from the other. and has its appropriate
| and separate sphere, well understood by the
people, srnors Of fha state eitber y indi.
| vidually or collectively, and any effort on
! their part to exercise executive power. OF
/ hinder qualify the exercise OF such power
| by the Governor. would be unconstitutional
| and criminal, and could in no way be justi-
| fled by legislative enactment.
Subsequent issues of the Journal con.
tanned many articles. all on this line
The military bill, as it was called. was q
leading feature of the great fight be.
4 tween Governor Morton and the Legisla
ture OF 1868. The bill would have beer
passed had not the Republican merHber:
,f the Legislature permanently with
lrawn in body. thus breaSIing a quor
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GANG OF THIEVES CAUGHT.
Caught I'm the Act of Burning Goods
Stolen from Railway Cars.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 15.-The police of this
city have rounded UP a gang of thieves
who. during the last three months, have
robbed from the Pittsburg. Virginia G.
Charleston and the Panhandle railroads
to the extent of several thousand dollars.
The police and railroad detectives have
been working the case for several weeks
and when, on last Tuesday, twenty box
cars the Panhandle road were entered
within a distance of ten miles, decisive
steps were taken. A raid was made on
a fence kept by Mrs. Woods, on the South
Side. where large amount of goods stolen
from cars was found. the officers sme.led
smoke and on going upstairs, they found
Mary Edmunds, Ada Woods and Charles
Farr engaged in burning costly millinery
in a crate. A thorough search of the prem
ises brought to light one hundred pairs
of shoes. silverware and other goods, the
value of which will run up into the thou
sands. Another fence, Kept by Tiny Ulrich
was raided and more of the stolen goods
were found. Already ten arrests nave been
made and thirty more will follow.
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ALTuR> AIRES TED.
Members of the LOttfe Collins Com
pany Charged with Riot.

SAVANNAH, Ga. Feb. 1.-THE chiefs of
police of Macon and Savannah, the deputy
marshal of Bibb county, and four city de-
tectives this afternoon boarded the train
from Jacksonville, Fla, and placed under
arrest Fred Solomon, Sol Solomon John
Freese J. P. Curron, Samuel Marion, Henry
Hayes, Frank Ward and the Meers brothers,
charged with riot, and VIII Wood, Fred
Shepard, John Sogg and Manager Cooney,
the husband of Lottie Collins, on charges
of diSorderly conduct The arrests were
made on bench warrants issued ndict-
ments found by the grand jury at Macon
The actors offered no reS.Stance. They were
marched through the streets, guarded by
the police officers, to the police barracks,
where they were held for six hours. The
deputy marshal insisted on taking them
back to Macon tonight to stand trial on
Monday unless q reai-eState bond for $685.
900 was given. Just before the time for the
performance to-nign. Lottie Collins gave
security to protect Manager Johnson, of the
theater, who then gave bond for the actors
appearance Monuay. At the time suf-
ficent money was turned over to Macon's
chief of police to cover any fines that may
be imposed in the Police Court, where all
fourteen appear Monday morning. Ten of
them go from there to the State court for
trial on the charge Of riot. Manager Cooney
is confident of the acquittal of all.
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CONGRESSIONAL AppoRrIoNMENT.

The bill which Representative Suites
man presented to the Republican legisla-
tive caucus, providing for the apportion-
ment of Representatives in Congress,
seems to meet the three essentials, name
Inequality in population. fair repre-
sentation between the two parties, and
contiguity Of counties composing the dis
tricts. Dividing the population of the
State in 1890 by the number of districts.
the number of inhabitants for a repre-
sentative district Of the State, if equally
divided, would be 16s,e46. The districts
and population are as follows:
First District--Posey, Vanderburg, Glib
son, Pike, Warrick and Spencer. Popula-
Second-Sullivan, Knox, Green. owen.
Monroe, Lawrence, Martin, Daviess. Popu-
Third-Dubois, Crawford. Orange, Wash
Population. i74.a5e.
Decatur. Ripley. Jennings. Jefferson. swift.
erland. Ohio. Dearborn. Popu alton. 1854.
Fifth-Shelby. Hancock. Rush. Henry,
Wayne. Fayette. Union. Franklin. Popula-
sixth-Marion and johnson. Population.
1sl .o5s.
Seventh-Morgan, Hendricks, Putnam,
Clay, Vigo, Parke. Vermillion. Population,
Eighth-Madison. Delaware, Randolph.
iisyi HiaeN'of'' "slls' ADAMS reputation
Ninth-Hamilton, Upton, Carroll Clinton,
Boone. Montgomery. Fountain. Population.
Tent Tts,nth13Tippecanos, Warren, po. Benton,
Porte Porte I Population, iss.s7s. ~ 20
Eleventh-Cass. Miami Wabash. Grant,
Howard, Huntington. Population, 169, 443.
Twelfth--Allen. Whitley. Noble, DeKaib.
Steuben, Lagrange. Population, 162, 134
Thirteenth-Eikhart, kosciusko, Fulton,
ulation, 169. 439.
The largest district contains $40 in
habitants over the average and the
smallest 7.7S7 below, and seven of the
districts are within 1000 of the average.
Taking the presidential vote of 1892 as
the basis of calculation, when the Dem
ocratic plurality was TIPS. seven of the
districts as above constituted would have
been carried by the Democrats and six
by the Republicans. BY reference to a
map of the State it will be seen that the
districts are as compact as they can
we'll be made, and preserve such an
equality of population and representa-
ton of the two leading parties.
or the many appointments for Con-
gress which have been published OF
written, the foregoing appears to meet
all of the requirements better than any
other, and so well that it is difficult to
see how it can be improved.
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In pursuance of It's mission to present
all sides of all questions. the Journal
prints the whereases and resolutions
adopted by a mass meeting of Repub-
licans of Rushville, indorsing the action
of the Republican caucus relative to the
control of State institutions The report
says that the meeting, which was pre-
sided over by the Journals excellent
friend, Gowdy, chairman OF the State
central committee. was large and en-
thusiastic We are willing to accept
this statement, although the whereases
and resolutions have that sort of I'VE
the people tone that characterized the
action of the tailors of Tooley street.
The only one in the series of resolutions
that the Journal feels like calling special
attention to is that which says:
Whereas, we belle We the term nonpartisan,
as used in said platform, has always been
taken to mean that the party in power
should have a majority of the members of
the boards controlling each of our benevo-
lent, penal and reformatory institutions and
was so understood in the last convention
and during the campaign.
The originality and uniqueness of this
definition of the term "Donpartisan'' lifts
these resolutions quite above the plane
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DIR. DAyIs's PLACE SECURE.
The House VIII Not Abolish the POST
age Stamp Agency.

age Stamp Agency.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE subcom-
mittee of the House committee on appro-
priations. which has in charge the deficiency
appropriation bill. has decided not to in
clude the proposed paragraph to discontinue
the government postage stamp agency, over
which there has been some discussion in
the Senate and the House committees.
When the postage stamps were printed by
the American Bank Note Company in New
York. under contract, there was sstab-
lished. stamp agency through which all
the orders and the accounts passed, while
the agent, DIR. w. r. Davis, represented
the government and had general oversight
of the work under contract. When the
contract was given to the Bureau of Print
brought his force to Washington and cffi-
ciated as the intermediary between the
bureau and the Postoffice Department.
There has been no little friction between
he agent and the bureau ever since Mr..
Davis has reported that the work Of print
ing stamps was poorly done and that the
failure of the bureau at times to fill its
orders promptly. There has been dissatis-
faction also because the bureau has lg-
nored him at times in dealing with The
department. The usual appropriation for
the agency was included in the postoffice
appropriation bill, which passed the House.
but in the Senate Mr.. Blackburn pro-
posed to amend the bill by striking out
the item and commended that the agency
was superfluous institution. Mr.. Davis
brought considerable influence to bear and
the amendment was lost. Another item
was put in the deficiency BILL in commit
tee, for rent of the offices of the agency
in Washington. and ii was proposed to
couple it with the provision that the agency
should be discontinued. This renewed the
controversy. which was rehearsed by the
committee, and finally it was decided that
the agency must exist.
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THE APPOINTING POWER.
The Republican Party Must Stand by
the Record 1t Has Made.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
When the Journal says that you cannot
approve of the action of the Republican
majority in taking from the Governor the
appointing power to name the members az
the boards of the benevolent institutions
you reflect the judgment of the Republicans
generally. Without question the strength
of the Republican party is in its consistency.
The Democratic party may do inconsistent
things, as it generally does. 1t may be on
both sides of the same question, but the
Republican patty, to gain strength and to
hold It's influence, must a..nere to principle.
Then too. the 1cts of this Legislature are
and will be taken as the acts of the Re-
publican party. The Rev. t. A. Goodwin
says certain bills before the Legislature are
nonpartlsan and are not political measures.
When these acts and bills are passed on
and accepted by this Legislature the Re-
publican party, and not the individual men,
ber is held responsible Tne party must
go into the next campaign and assume this
responsibility. whether the party wants to
or not. Any man nominated to any pace
on any Republican ticket. when he accepts
the nomination and asks the Republican
vote, owes an obligation TO s-.e party. IL
he is not true to .-.e party best inter-
ests he is unworthy of the nomination and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-16

In the retirement of Col. Eli Lilly and
Mr.. William Fortune from the positions
of president and secretary of the Com
mercial Club, that organization and the
city lose, In their official capacity, the
services of two capable and energetic men.
More than any others they have built up
the Commercial Club and have made it
an instrument of great usefulness to the
city. Colonel Lilly, more than any other
citizen. has devoted his time and energies
to the advancement of the interests of the
city, prompted by an unselfish public spirit.
Now and then a proposition has not met
with general approval, but no candid man,
familiar with all the facts, can say that
in anything which he has recommended or
accomplished, has personal interest moved
him. He has had no additions" to i'm
prove and no enterprise which he has under
taken has had the personal motive of gain
behind it. Mr.. Fortune has been singu-
larry effective assistant and has shown
himself man of rare capacity as an ex-
-ecutive. In Mr.. Erwin, the Commercial
Club has a worthy successor for Colonel
Lilly. He is so constantly showing himself
a citizen of public spirit that his selection
must be regarded as most fortunate for the
club and the city. The new secretary. Mr..
Evans Woollen, has for several years
taken so much interest in the work of
the club that he will not be an unframed
man in a responsible position. He is an
intelligent and capable young man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-16
NAVAL BILL DEBATED.
Several Speeches Against Construc-
ton of Moro War Ships.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.--The House To-
day considered the naval appropriation bill
and devoted the day to the general debate.
The bill carries 81, ,023, and authorizes
three new lIne-of-battie ships and twelve
torpedo boats. The features of the bill pro-
viding for the new ships were antagonized
by Messrs. Simpson, Hall of Missouri, and
Everett, and were supported by Messrs.
Talbot, Dolliyer, Pendleton. Money, Wead-
ock and Meyer. The general debate will
close tomorrow, and it is expected that d
vote will be reached on Monday.
When the House met. at IL O clock bill
was passed by unanimous consent for an
additional judge in the Ninth dhe Pacific
slope judicial district.
Mr. Beethoven, chairman Of the commit
tee on war claims. attempted to claim the
day under the rule for consideration of bills
on the private calendar. but he was antag-
onized by Mr.. Talbot, of the naval COM
mittee, who esired to call up the naval APP
preparation bill. Mr.. Beltzhoover finally
gave way and the House went into COM
mittee of the whole, Mr.. O'Neil of Massa-
chusetts in the chair, on the naval appro-
priation bill. Chairman Sayres, of the APP
preparation committee, opened the debate,
and it was evident at once that he Intended
TO fight vigorously against the proposed in
crease of the navy.
Mr.. Dolliver spoke in support of the prop
osition for the building OF new ships. He
believed the development of navy and a
merchant marine should go hand in hand.
He had been struck by the fact that the
commander of the great French liner La
Gascogne, which had hobbied into port out
of the storm-Captain Baudelon--was a lieu
tenant in ths French navy, detailed by his
government to sail a vessel which. In case
OF war, could be pressed into the French
service.
Mr. Hall of Missouri opposed the pro-
posed increase of the navy. He called at
tention to the fact that of the 100 COM
manders in the American navy but twenty
seven were performing sea service.
Mr.. MONEY, member of the naval COM
mitee made a strong plea for the appro-
priation for new ships on the ground that
they were absolutely necessary for the de-
Tense of our coast.
Mr. Everett took the position that In view
of the present and prospective demands on
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the treasury costly war ships were extrav-
agant luxuries. In glowing peroratfon
that rivfted the attention of the House Mr..
Everett declared that war was OF the past,
a relic of an effete civilization For the
future there was peace. and the country
that would carry It's isStaes to the arbttra-
ment of arms would be branded with the
mark of Cain. Much as ne admired impair
tial spirit and personal heroism he de-
clared that In the pre- sent day there was
something better than dying for ones coun-
try. and that was living for 1t. The only
enemy to the future of this country was In
the great Cities The money proposed to be
spent for battle ships could be more advan-
tageously expended in other and better
ways
Messrs weadocl1 and Meyer closed the
debate for the day in favor Of the appro-
prtation for the ships.
The House disagreed to the Senate amend-
ments TO the bill to extend the time for
making fncome-tax returns and sent 1t to
confert nee.
A bill was passed TO authorize the con-
struction of a wagon bridge across the
Yellowstone river in Dorsey county, Mon
tana
At o'clock the House took recess until
O'Clock, the evening session TO be de-
voted to consideration of private pension
bills.
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The argument is made by the advo-
Gates of an arbitrary 2-cent railroad rate
that every passenger ought to have a
Observation-Disclosures rate. eat present, -
1t is said, ''one- thousand-mile tickets are
sold to all for $50 and if the man who
can raise this amount can get a 2-cent
rate the man who has less money should
have the same rate This is not logi-
cal. and scarcely specious. Everybody
knows that the purchaser of thousand
yards of cloth, a thousand bushels of
wheat. a thousand gallons of molasses
or thousand hogs gets them cheaper
than the purchaser of a single one. In
a business where accounts have to be
kept $50 from one purchaser is much
better than 81 from twenty purchasers.
The argument. as applied to railroads.
has no force. The Journal reiterates its
belief that this matter had better be left
TO the operation Of natural laws.
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UNI and preventing any legislation. The
contention of Governor Morton and the
Republican party was for the constitu-
tional prer5gative of the Governor, and
against the right of the Legislature to
confer appointing power on the State
officers.
In 1889, when Governor Porter made
appointments to the various boards,
Jason Brown, Democratic Senator, an
nounced his intention Of introducing
bill to take the appointing power from
the Governor and lodge it with the
Legislature. Commenting on this the
Journal said. editorially:
This is all right. The Democratic party
passed the law making these officers APP
pointive by the Governor SO they could be
controlled, and now they propose to repeal
their own statute in order to again keep
the control. Playing fast and loose with
the benevolent institutions for party pur-
poses has ever been a Democratic charac-
teristic, but by this time the people of the
State have got their eyes open and their
hearts interested in these great charities.
They will not brook this kind of treatment
at the hands of any party.
This was the position of the Republic
an party at that time, and it was sup
ported by the entire Republican press of
the State. The Brown bill passed, how
ever, and was denounced by the Journal
as "a glaring and fragrant effort of the
most malignant party type to secure
public patronage"
The contest was revived during the adj
ministration of Governor Hovey. The
appointing power, after having been
taken away from Governor Porter, was
restored to Governor Gray. and was
lin, RI
from Governor Hovey. In his inaugural
address Governor Hovey said:
For the sake of humanity / most earn
estly recomme nd that such laws be passed
at this session as will command the best
talent of our State to control our benevolent
institutions, and that they be placed be-
yOnd the reach of all partisan control 1t
is shame that such institutions should be
a source of gain or political power to any
party.
The controversy between Governor
Hoyey and the Legislature was long and
stubborn, and the Republican party and
press of the State gave the Governor
solid support in his contest for the con-
stitutional rights of his Office. No doubt
it was this controversy. together with
the evidences of the bad results of TAX
ing the appointing power out of it's con-
stitutional hands, and the growing de-
mand for stable policy regarding the
control of the institutions, that led the
Republican State convention in 1890 to
declare:
We demand that our benevolent institu-
lions be placed above the level of partisan
politics, and that they be controllt d by
boards, composed of members of different
political parties, appointed by the Cover
nor
This was demand at once for bipar-
tisan boards and for leaving the appoint
ing power in the hands of the Governor.
This has been the contention Of the Re-
publican party since Morton's time, and
it is the only consistent position for the
party to take now.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Four directors of
the National Shoe and Leather Bank re-
tired to-day and one of the four incoming
directors will take the position of vice pres
ident of the bank. Reorganization of the
bank has been considered inevitable ever
since discovering the theft of 1854 COO from
1t by Seeley and a depositor named Baker.
The robbery wiped out all of the bank s sur
plus and impaired the capital. The i'm
pairnent was made good. however. by an
assessment of 20 per cent. the stock
and at the same time a new surplus was
created and all bad and doubtful assets
were eliminated. The new directors arc:
John A. Hiltner Francis B. Griffin VIM.
C. Horn and James @. Cannon.