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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
THE OLD FIFTY-FIRST.
Veterans Gather at Grave OF Their
COmmander. Gen. StrciEht.

The eleventh annual reunion of the sur
vivors of the Fifty-irst Veteran Volunteer
Infantry of indiana was held at the home
of Mrs. Streight, wife of the late General
A. d. Streght. Mrs. Streight's home is
built after the style of the old colonial
homes of the South, and the massive pill
lars of the porch were wound with red.
white and blue bunting. The broad lawn
in front of the house brilliant with the
national colors: everywhere possible for
flags or bunting to find a place they APP
peared. large motto. Welcome to Our
Home" occupied conspicuous place at
the front entrance. The regiment held it's
first reunion at this place eleven years ago.
when it was the beautiful home of
General and Mrs. Streight, and has con-
since. General Streight died May q. 1882.
and his grave is in the yard. marked by
q broad stone slab. Flowers are kept there
constantly, and yesterday it was covered
with flags.
The soldiers and their families gathered
at an early hour yesterday morning. About
sixty-tive of the regular regiment were
present and as many more visitors
OWING TO Illness me pfeslaeht OF the as
G. W. Scarce. of Danville, was called to
the chair. The election of officers for next
year resulted follows:
Presdent-T NJ. Dooey of New Win
chester.
Farmland. Ind.
Secretary and Treasurer Marion Fitch.
of this city.
At noon Mrs. Streight had long lines Of
tables spread on the lawn and the SOL
diers and their families enjoyed their an
nual feast. After dinner speeches were
made by Comrade d. L. Wright and Col
onel Walker of the Seventy-third Regi-
ment memorial for the comrades who
have died during the year was presented
and ndorsed. The list of the years deaths
Hiram McClain Stark Ohmsted. of Com
pany 3; David Hamilton, Company 9;
Jesse Zern, leader of the regimental band
and the army surgeon, DIR. Adams
NJ L. johnson followed with a speech.
in which he exhibited hard tack crack
er that he had kept in perfect preservation
for thirty-four years. Speeches were then
made by Colonel Blake. of the Fortieth
Infantry Regiment: A. c. Weaver, Pitts
boro; John p. Smith, city: W. j.. cochran,
city; G.. w. Scarce. Danville; Mrs. Myra
Weaver Pittsboro; w. II. Hartpence Har-
rison o.. a. p. Charpie. city. and Com
rade Reeves of the Thirteenth Cavalry.
Mother Streight." as Mrs. Streight IS ar
fectionately called by the old soldiers.
spoke a few words of welcome, requesting
that the regiment hold its reunions with
her as long as she lives. John Strelgnt
then spoke. echoing his mothers hospitabie
invitation. The afternoons exercises were
interspersed with patriotic songs ana mll-
sic The association and its many guests
adjourned late in the afternoon, 10 meet AT
the same place next year during the state
ia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

The Encouragement of Minnesota has
been asked by raving silverite to have
Bourke Cochran indicted when he comes to
Minnesota because he is one of the con-
spirators who legally responsible for
the fall of prices by seeking to reduce the
amount of legal-tender money, which the
silverite says has caused the death
of thousands by starvation. The sill
verite sees ''splashes OF the blood of mar
tyrs on the hands of every official who has
taken part in the maintenance of the
present monetary SYSTEM" We have sew
eral silverites hereabout of delirious ten
dency, but none has yet gone stark mad
like the Minnesota man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

A Populist correspondent of the News
figures it out that IL all the Populists and
5000 alleged Republicans vote for Bryan,
the Republicans have no chance in Indiana
In Maine 4.0oo of the $500 men who were
Populists in 1894 seem to have voted the
Democratic ticket, but instead of being re-
duced the plurality of 1894 was increased
lieve in sound money and oppose repudia-
ton voted the Republican ticket. The Pop
ulist vote for Bryan in Indiana will be Off
set by the Democratic vote for sound
money
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
In his first inaugural address Thomas

In his first inaugural address Thomas
Jefferson said:
/ believe this the strongest government
on earth. / believe it the only one where
every man. at the call of the law would
fly to the standard of the law. and would
meet invasions Of the public order as his
own personal concern.
In the same message, in enumerating
the essential principles Of our government
he mentioned 1.-The preservation Of the
general government in its whole consti-
tutional vigor. the sheet anchor of our
peace at home and safety abroad. These
very different sentiments from those
of the Chicago platform inspired by Till
man and drafted by Altgeld.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

Department of Agriculture of the price of
wheat. cotton and silver bullion from 1872
to 1893. both inclusive. When compared
with treasury figures in the statistical alb
stract of 1894, Harvey has given the correct
price of wheat but one year in the twenty
two, of cotton but two years and of silver
bullion but ten years.
These are samples Men who have parted
company with their reason and intelligence
may accept such notorious falsifier as
teacher and believe him, but no man who
respects his good sense more than the de-
slres of the silver mine owners can do it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

a few days ago Ex-Governor Boies, of
Iowa, made a speech at his home, in Water
loo, in which he said:
l approach the Chicago platform with
fear and trembling because of the claim
that silver coinage at the ratio of 16 to |
will drive gold out of circula ton but
accept it because it seems to be the only
plan on which the friends of silver can
agree. If it results in silver monometal-
lism Congress can remedy it,
1t would appear from the foregoing that
Uncle Horace" who was very loud for
free and unlimited coinage just before the
Chicago convention, has materially toned
down since that time. He may yet get upon
the Palmer Buckner car.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

ence the people at large suffer more from
bad money than the banks do, because
the latter have facilities for protecting
themselves and guarding against the evils
of debased or fuctuating currency which
the people have not. The fact that banks
make most money in good times is suf
ficient reason why they should favor sound
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

BURLINGTON, VT Sept. 16.-Thc annual
reunion of the Society of the Army of the
Poto mac. which is being celebrated here
to-day and tomorrow. is an unqualified
success. The parade started this afternoon
under escort of State and United states
troops and was one Of the features of to-
day. After the parade, at business meet
ing, the following officers were elected:
President, Gen. w. NJ Henry Burlington;
recording secretary, Gen. Fl. c. King, New.
York: treasurer Cen. Samuel Truesdalc.
New York; corresponding secretary, Or. =.
w Scott Boston Vice presidents were
elected from ehe various regiments.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
Up to specifications.

well, what do you think of it?" asked
the playwright, blandly.
There isn't a line in it that does not
breathe immortality, said the critic.
Good, You will observe that l make the
statement in my prospectus that there was
not line in it to offend the most fas-
tidiOuS'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

SIOUX CITY. Ia, Sept. I6.-Ralph II.
Tredway the famous Yale captain has dis
appeared Mr.. and Mrs, w. y. Tredway.
of this city, the parents Of the young
Henley last July. are wondering what has
become of their son. Not one word has
been heard from him for the last three
weeks He was then at Black Rock. Conn.,,
In company with Thorne, the football
captain, and since that time he has been
expected to arrive in this city any daS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

When banks are prosperous the people
are prosperous. and vice versa. The kind
of money TO be used in business is of no
people, for the bank Is both creditor and
debtor. All classes. the people and the
banks. are equally interested in having the
best money az an Indispensable requisite OF
general prosperity. If there Is any differ
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
A Joint Camp Fire.

An invitation was issued by the Fifty
fourth Regimental Association to the other
associations in the city asking them to meet
with them in a joint camp fire at the State
house last night. Nearly all the organiza-
tons accented the invitation and a big
crowd was present. Many speeches were
made and old stories retold, and after A
short time spent in shaking hands with old
friends the veterans babe each other good
night and went to their homes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

What would be thought of a bank or
clearing house that should certify check
for fifty dollars as worth one hundred?
Yet the silverites demand that the govern
meat of the United States shall stamp
every fifty dollars worth of silver as worth
one hundred dollars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
A Thing of Dread.

Mrs. Wickwire-The grocer was here
with his bill to-day. Hadn't you better
step in and settle it you go down town?
Mr.. Wickwire-I think l shall send you
If l go in and pay it he will insist on treat
ing me to one of his cigars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
Thirteenth indiana cavalry.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
NEW ALBANY Ind..s Sept. l6.-The re-
union of the Thirteenth Indiana Cavalry
was held here to-day. officers were elect
ed as follows: President John L. kess-
ner of Seymour: vice president, James Is
F. Sonner. of New Amsterdam: secretary
and treasurer. O. D. Reeves. of Indianapo-
lis The next reunion viii be held at In
dianapolis during the state fair week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

IF Teller had been nominated at Chicago
instead of that blatherskite Bryan" said
q disguised silverite Tuesday I'VE should
have carried the country" Not so bad as
that. Teller would not have personally
contributed to the defeat of the Popocratic
ticket as Bryan is doing by his demagogic
and mischieyous speeches.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

Daniel Webster said: IF l thought that
there was a stain upon the remotest hem
of the garments OF my country, / would
devote my utmost labor to wipe it OFF"
The free silverites would smirch the whole
garment with an indelible stain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

Mr. Bryan claims that the cheapening of
silver by it's alleged characterization has
lowered the price of farm products. The
character of his speeches indicates that he
thinks it has also lowered the standard of
public morals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

Every day Mr.. Bryan gives it as his opin-
ion that the free coinage of silver will in
sure bimetallism by making the intrinsic
value of a silver dollar equal to a gold one.
AS long ago as 1881 Allen G.. Thurman held
the opposite opinion. All experience since
that time sustains one of the greatest of
Democrats against one of the greatest of
Popocratic mouth men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

If Governor Matthews has replied to Mr..
Pickens's letter about the member of the
election board he must have confined him
self to official language. He doubtless re-
members the epstle of Mr.. John r. Wilson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
SPARKS FROM CAMP FIRE.
Some "Reminiscences Told by the Old
Soldiers.

One of the Fifty-fourth boys tells this
story:
AT the engagement at Chickasaw bayou
in the rear of Nicksburg. there were issued
eighty rounds of cartridges to each man:
forty of them went into our cartridge
boxes and forty into our pockets. + went
into that battle with only one suspender
on and Il bullet from a rebel gun came
along Just as we were charging and cut
that lone button off just smooth as if Ii
had been done with a. knife. The weight
Of the cartridges in the pockets caused the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

The Popocrat platform says: Until the
money question is settled we are opposed
to any agitation for further changes in our
tariff laws" Just so; the people will settle
the money question on the Sd of November
and later on Republican Congress will
amend the tariff so as to protect American
industries and restore prosperity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
just /. Hint.

Did you ever notice that almost all these
misers reported in the papers are single
men," asked Mr.. Watts. :
Yes answered Mrs. Watts married
misers are too common to be worth men
tiopipo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

Reader, Indianapolis: Prussia. a part
of Germany, is on a single gold basis.
SPAIN like France, has a ratio of 1872 to
l, but free coinage of silver was suspended
in 1873. Prussia, while nominally q silver
standard nation, is on paper basis,
but it has coined both metals al the ratio
of 49, to L
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

A correspondent of the Chicago Record
finds that section hands on Mexican rail
roads are paid 50 cents a day in silver
which is regarded as high wages. They do
not appear TO be wretched. and seem salts
fed. That may be. but how long would
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

The year OF greenbackism in Maine
Speaker Reed was elected by 50 plurality.
That it Is now 10,5O0 shows how a people
recover from fiat or cheap-money craze
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

The Populists will not be pacifed until
the name of Arthur Sewall shall be erased
from the Popocratic ticket, and that of
Watson written in it's place in bold letters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
The Cheerful Idiot.

II see that they caught the fellow who
broke out of jail last week, said the board
who was looking over the paper.
'Of course said the Cheerful Idiot. "A
fellow who breaks out is sure to be
spo. ted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

Some days will pass before the silver
organ will print further predictions of the
probability that New York will be carried
by Bryan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

!, Silver has undoubtedly become much
cheaper during the last few years but the
I question is, have the moral standards of
the people been lowered?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

Candidate SewalPs own ward went nearly
three to one for the Republican ticket. The
Bryan ward in Lincoln will not probably
do as well for Mckinley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

! The Hill-Murphy machine in New York
has gone to pieces beyond repair. Only
Tammany remains as an organization
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
FALSIFYING FIGURES.

| It is probable that there are people who
read Baron Munchausens travels because
| they believe they are true and contain in
| formation. This opinion is given because
there seems to be quite number of people
| in this and other cities who go to listen to
| Coin" Harvey to get information. But for
this circumstance. it would be declared i'm
possible for a human being to believe the
tales of Munchausen. Coin" Harvey
never appears in his true character. He is
now going up and down the country as the
head of an organization called American
Patriots whereas he is laboring in the In
terests of the silver mine owners. His
| book was an unblushing fraud because, if
for no other reason, he used the names
of prominent men as being at school
which never in existence thus deceiv-
ing thousands of people. He put out a
book full of forged and falsified statistics
garbled statements and falsehoods. Yet
after more than a year of exposure. there
are persons who quote it authority.
Tuesday night he repeated many of these
ridiculous falsehoods here. such as the
statement that the indebtedness of the
people of this country is $40 900, 0o0, 0O0
which represents the fall in prices, when
the best authorities, after careful investi-
CATION, make it less than $16,oOO.oo0.00 600.
A man who changes figures is a forger
whether the figures are on the face of a
bank note or in presenting figures to the
public as information In his book and in
all his speeches the large part of Harvey's
figures are forgeries in that light A man
who commits forgeries is not entitled to
the confidence of a person of fair sense.
For instance, he gives in his book what
purports to be the worlds production of
gold and silver taken from the report of
the Director of the MINIS. Eleven of the
nineteen quotations of gold and twelve of
silver are wrong-made to help him TO
establish his false assertions regarding the
stocks of gold and silver. AS sample of
such forgeries the following are taken from
the appendix to Coins Financial School,
and from the report of the Director of the
MINIS Page so. showing the worlds prod
uct of gold:
Year Mint Figures. Coins" Figures
| 1890 ........... $11SS4S,700 $1l3, $50. 900
1891 ............. 13o $4,000 12o, $4,000
| 1892 ............. 146S15,10o 130,S17.OOO
Here is a discrepancy of So. S27. 500 be-
tween the actual official figures and those
| which Coin gave such. Take another
| sample of the worlds output of silver for
| four years. as follows:
Year Mint Figures. COINS Figures
1889 .......... .$155 427. 700 1852 159 900
| 1890 ......... 1853 032 900 liz. 235, 600
| 1891 .......... III, $50. 800 1S6, 1873. 900
1892 .......... 1913 Ola, 400 1876. eos, 600
In regard to gold, Harvey evidently de-
sired to make it appear that the output
iS not increasing as ranidly as it really
was, while in regard TO silver he desired to
make it appear that the mines were not
increasing the output of the white metal
as rapidly as was the fact
The same forgeries appear in Coins al
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

The more Mr.. Bryan speaks the more
Platte there is in his speeches-that is, the
Ehallower they are.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

The more speeches Mr.. Bryan makes the
less of silver and the more of demagogy
about the rich and the poor there is in
Them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

1t is becoming palmer and palmer every
day that the people understand that the
free-silver issue has been raised by the
owners of the mining camps.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

4 Those who demand that the mint stamp
ION the silver dollar should certify 10 a lie
would degrade the government as well as
the currency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

The Sentinel has not yet called the Presi-
dent bolter, but If Bynum Pickens and
John r. Wilson are Grover Cleveland is.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

1t will not make much difference now
should Senator Hill decide tn support the
Popocratic ticket
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

man who tries to array classes and in
terests against each other is not worthy to
be citizen of a republic, much less it's
.oresident
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

Bryans speeches are like some fruit that
comes to market from long distance-they
are picked before they are ripe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
n LoUIs-union News company. union pepot.

The fact is the free-silver pretensior
cannot stand a campaign of education.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found the following places:
NEW YORK-Win1sor Hotel and Astor House.
CHICAGO-Palmer House and P. o. News Co..
81 Adams street.
LOITTSvILLE-C. r. Deerng, northwest corner
OF Third and jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co., 1856 Fourth avenue.
ST LoUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Riggs House, Ebbitt
House. Wizards Hotel and the Washington
News Exchange Fourteenth street. between
Penn and street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
The Nineteenth Battery.

The Nineteenth Indiana Battery marched
valiantly up to the Statehouse yesterday
morning and captured Room II, where they
battery was made up of men from Union.
Wayne and Henry counties. and was or
ganized at Cambridge City in 1868. 1t went
to the front from Indianapolis in August
of the same year, and did not get back
until June, 1860. This battery served in
Indiana Infantry. At the memorable bat
fearfuly no less than one-fifth of it's men,
bers answering the long roll. Immediate
~ after this unfortunate engagement the
Ninteenth, with other infantry, received
orders to chase Morgan, and for some time
they were hunting for this ignis fatuus
They also marched through with Sherman
to the sea, and after Savannah fell went
north and were present at the last scene
of the great tragedy, Appomattox.
The cuStodianS of the Chickamauga Ma
tonal Park do not agree with the members
and quite a discussion was had on this
point. Some of the veterans were disposed
to resent the claims of parties who were
not al the fight and yet know where each
company fought. officers were elected as
follows:
President-John S. Galbreath, Indian
apolis.
Vice President-Lawrence Heinel, Terre
Haute.
Secretary-W. H. Reinheimer. Winches-
ter.
Fairview Park was chosen as the place
time d big dinner will be served for the
bows
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17

section hand on an American railroad
be satisfied with % cents day? The diff
ference is in the men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-17
The Tventy-Sixth Infantry.

The twenty-firSt annual reunion of the
Twenty-sixth Regiment was called to order
at p m. by the president, William o.
Wallace, of Southport, Ind. Out of mem
berShip of over four hundred only seventy
five were present at the hall, but this was
explained by looking at the large pile of
letters from distant members unable by
business cares or remoteness to be pres
ent. A communication read from
Judge D. V. Burns, formerly of this city,
but now Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, at Denver, Col, incloSing a history
4 the siege and fall of Vicksburg, in which
the regiment took an active part. The
served under Col. William H. Wheatley
during the war. These soldiers, too were
at the siege of Mobile under command of
Gen. A. j. Smith. They were mustered
out in 1866 with a stainless record and
reputation for bravery. \ relic on ex-
hibition in the hall was a shell fired by
rebel gun at Prairie Grove, Ark, on Dec.
Z, 1862. This a serious little engage
ment and the gun that fired this shell was
afterwards captured and spiked by the
Twenty-sixth. Last week the shell was
wetted thoroughly, hole drilled into it
and the powder removed. Officers for the
President-Frank Sprague, of Vernon,
Ind.
Secretary and Treasurer-G. G.. Long, of
Indianapolis.
The Twenty-SiXth then adjourned until
I p. m, when it held a camp fire in the
Criminal Court ROOM at which story fell
ing was the chief entertainment.