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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07
correspondence London Times.

LolQOn me
i should ike those i'm England who would
ieave the fertile provinces OF the Soudan
under the rule OF the Baggara slave deal
town Of Dongola and ride across the wasted
country that surrounds il. Dongola is in
runs; not n house in it remains whole;
were DuSy streets the plains now rise above
the wrecked habitations, and every thor
ougniare is choked with a dense under
growth OF thorny bushes and tall. rank
grass The great bazaar. with its covered
arcades, one of the chief marts of Africa,
Is now a heap of rubble.
OF the pubic buildings n the hand
some, well-furnished mansions of the prin-
cipal merchants, the red brick walls, with
gracefully arched doors and windows. alone
remain standing. while within them one can
still see traces OF columned corridors and
delicate Eastern ornamentation. Where once
extended riverside quays, swampy ground
now slopes to the Nile. The broad avenue
where the market used TO be held has dis
appeared; the pleasant gardens of fruit
trees and flowers have been destroyed. For
twelve years Dongola has been I'm ma 3Dited:
for the Baggara declared Ii TO be-as the
place. i'm which no man should be permitted
10 dwell. Those who knew the DonSola OF
Old md it difficult now TO find their way
through e wrecked streets, and can
scarcely r. cognize the houses in which they
formerly lived. IL is a scene % warlon &c
struction: the proverb says that where the
foot of the Turk has trod the glass; does
not grow" So il is with the Baggarl. He
dlsdains TO do any wofz: 10y Drof"sSiCn lie
he enslaves where he does not Kill, and i'm
the place of what ne destroys he Sreatos
nothing; Civilization IL ahhorrnt 10 him;
after plundering ami destroying the city
he left the bodies of the massacred and
mutilatedI Inhabitants TO rot in the streets.
and went out into the desert content to
live the life of a savage i'm one of the squalid
novels of which a Dervish deym, or per-
manent amp is composed.
Now. as the visitor walks through the
melancholy ruins of the once prosperous
city and enters the long-abandoned habita-
tons, he comes across strange and some
times loathsome sights. 1t is such n city as
he has wandered through in dreams, In
whose foul. deserted streets and alleys he
expects at every step to come across some
horrible thing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

been in attendance upon Mrs. Castle, ssid
the prisoner had been i'm "a very bad way
and at one time IL was thought she was
dying.
Arriving at Norwood Scrubs prison.
Mrs. Castle was taken 10 the infrmary.
After a description OF her had been entered
on the books. according 20 the regular
routine. she will be clad In prison dress.
Her sentence being for three months only.
she will not be Obliged to submit TO having
her hair cropped. United States Enibassa-
DOR Bayard mas written a long letter 10 the
Home Secretary. Sir Matthew White Rid
ley il Is understood TO review the facts in
the case, pointing TO Mr.. Castles high po-
sltlon and the i'll health OF his wife and
expressing the belief that the medical re-
port Is such as 10 lead TO the exercise OF
royal clemency.
The Westminster Gazette this afterD BON
says that the expenses of the Castles i'm
providing for their defense will amoul- TO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

The outcome of the seizure of that por-
ton of the Santa Fe railway in Kansas be-
cause of an act of the Populist Legislature
of 1891 prohibiting aliens from holding more
han 20 per cent. of the stock of a cor
with interest. If il is, as minated, a
scheme of the opposition TO the present re-
organization of that money-sinking corpor-
alton to regain control. the seizure will at
tract little attention; but if it means that
the Populists, by the action of a Populist
circuit judge. have confiscated five hundred
miles of a railroad system, with a view of
the performance will be watched with
great interest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

p~eration and falsehood-are conspicuous in
this pronunciamento. 1t appeals. as all his
speeches did, to the ignorance. prejudice
and passions of his supporters and seeks TO
arouse sectional and class feelings. Its first
words are characteristic. for it is addressed
TO the bimetallists of the United States
when Bryan knows. If he knows anything,
that his policy meant silver monometallism.
The address is in the same vein with that
of Chairman Jones, and the evident intent
of both is to continue tine free-silver organ
ization and agitation with Bryan at the
head. 1t remains to be seen how success
full they Will be in the attempt to resusci-
tate a corpse which is already becoming
offensive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

The defeat of Mr.. Towne in the Duluth
Minn.) district gives much satisfaction to
those Republicans who recall the conduct
Of that brilliant but bumptious young
man. During the last session of the House
he delivered a speech in favor of free coin
age. the alleged facts of which Ia been
used several times by Senator Jones, of
Nevada He was one of the first to de-
nounce the Republican platform and to be-
come a Bryanite. He became an independ-
ent candidate for reelection with every
hope of success. but was defeated on Tues
DAY by n straight Republican.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

SiiiNueO o-N-
We are immensely tickled over the re-
port from New York that our late ven
Grated leader, Mr.. Bryan, has been APP
preached with an offer to take charge of
the law department of "A great department.
store at a salary of So. 600 a year. We knew
that department stores kept everything
from cradles to collins. but "A law depart
ment seems to be an innovation. Precisely
what MIR. Bryan's duties will be we have
little idea. but VIC trust that he will not
be expected to promenade the floor repeat
ing mechanically: Law department. Sec
ond floor. other building. take the cleva-
tor" Our venerated chief is a great orator,
a born statesman and a matchless leader,
but we have never heard of any c%onfiagra-
tions In the Platte river while he was man
aging a law department i'm Lincoln. The
great point at, issue. however. Is not a
technically of law, but the requirement of
S25. 900 per annum. We observed yesterday
that we did not believe we were called upon
to weep too copiousiy for Mr.. Bryan. and
we still adhere TO the opinion that his little
nest will be tolerably well feathered from
this time. Yet. while We believe that he is
admirably cut out for "A walking delegate,
we hope he will not consent to walk a floor.
no matter the p~encuniary induce
mentS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

Bryan's pronunciamento after defeat re-
calls the speech which Milton put in
Satan's mouth after he had made his fight
and lost and been put out of heaven. In
his first address TO his followers he said:
What though the field be lost?
All il not lost: tn uuconquerable will,
And study OF revenge. immortal hate.
And courage never to submit or yield.
These remained on which to organize a
new fight. Bryan's appeal to his followers
is i'm much the same spirit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

was a considerable number of sound-money
Democrats. he said they would have to saw
wood a long time before they were taken
back into the party, and they would have
TO come back in sackcloth and ashes and
beg for recognition like the prodigal son.
The Peru Republican says that since the
election the sound-noney Democrats of the
city are talking Of sending him a saw-buck
and wood saw as a reminder of his speech
and a memorial that the wood sawyers got
in their work in elegant shape in the city
of Peru.
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Democratic Future.
Philadelphia Record Dem.)

Democrats We an immediate rallyinE
ground i'm thu fundamental lines laid down
In the indianapolis platform. That declara-
ton of principles is alike opposed to pro-
tecticnism on the one hand and Populism
on the other. There Is no reason TO believe
that in any new alignment of parties the
Democratic pr" ytl have cause TO fear "A
permanent lc jtrength. The recovery
from the late tx OF silverism should at
least be as + as the recover from the
former attaci. of g-reenbackism. a rever-
sion TO sound policies will bring back the
old health and strength and renewed OPP
~portunity to make the Democratic party or
service to the country whether In power or
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07
Reminded of n story.

Kansas City Journal.
Speaking of the meekness Which first
marked the gold-bug Democrats and the
roaring Indignation which grew on them
apace as the campaign developed, Ed Howe
says they remind him Of the good old
Methodist brother who was accused OF
some trihing offense and turned out OF the
church. AS he arose to cave he said. IN
a tremuious voice: Brethren. | will meet
you in heaven, at the last great day. when
you will find that / am right" AS the
old man neared the door his angry pas
sions began to rise, and he said excitedly:
Il tell you fellows what you can do; You
can go to hell. L am a better Methodist
than any of YOU
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

" dSIIIIS tUI SDttIdI.
1t is und arstood that very soon after the
reassembling OF Congress-. i'm December. an
effort will be made to take up the Ding.ey
tariff bill and attempt TO force its passage.
This will be antagonized by the great cor
porations. which have their own axes to
grind and will demand action upon several
important bills. among which are the Pa
cific funding bills and the pooling bills: the
bankruptcy bill will also be forced along
which objects very much TO having the
business of that august body run by out
siders, and it may decide to try once mo. q
to pass a tariff bill. Ii l. possible that the
corporations may be persuaded TO think it
the part of wisdom to get through with
their fighting in the House before COM
polling a show of hands at the other end
of the capitol. In that event the senate
would have time to take up and discuss
tariff at considerable length.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

Heretofore defeated candidates for the
presidency have accepted defeat with dig
nifty and have kept quiet. William j.. Bry-
an IL an exception. He issues a bombastic
prcnunciamento in which. under the pre-
tense OF thanking his supporters. he reiter-
ztes the exploded fallac:es of his unsuccess-
fui campaign and his abuse OF all who OPP
posed him. The same qualities that char
aeterized his speeches-deceit. dissimula-
uen. cunning. soDhistry. hypocrisy. vitu-
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The following is from the Wabash Trib-

The following is from the Wabash Trib-
une: EbtU
While the Republicans all over the State
have worked increasingly for the grand
success achieved. it should not be forgot
ten that the Indianapolis Journal is re-
sponsible for no small part OF the victory:
Its loyalty and alertnesS has been one OF
the features of the campaign.
The Journal is obliged for the compli-
ment, but it would not accent a word of
praise for services rendered in the cam
paign that was not shared with the Re-
publican press of the State. Circumstances
made it necessary to begin the campaign of
education sooner in this State than it was
begun in most others. The Republican
press of the State was quick TO recognize
the Importance of the work and the potency
of the press in prosecuting it. They lost
no time getting into action. and from the
beginning to the end of the fight they did
splendid service. The journal is proud to
have been one in a company where all did
so well-a single gun in a battery that
Numbered continuously against Organism
in all its forms. In this connection special
recognition should be made of the services
of Mr.. Perry S. Heath, who conducted the
Republican literary bureau at Chicago. and
of Mr.. Charles f. Wilson, who had charge
of the campaign supplements and plate
matter in this State. Being Indianians and
trained newspaper 'mitn they knew just
what was needed in this field, and they
rendered valuable assistance, as did also
Mr.. Durbin. the Indiana member of the
national committee. 1t goes without say
ing that the State central committee and
all the local committees worked with great
energy and zeal to the common end.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07
1t Him.

I'm mighty glad them tight sleeves for
women is coming back said Mike the
Grab.
What's ii to your" asked his friend.
"Bloke kin now see what sort o arm n
woman's got. l remember tryin' to swipe
a young woman's d~ough-little, weak-look-
in thing in the face-an' she soaked me so
hard dat L wasn't able to be out fer six
Months
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

The defeat OF Joseph b. Cheadle for Con-
gress in the Ninth district. even by a small
plurality. gives Republicans generally the
keenest satisfaction. More than a year
ago. while claiming to be a Republican, he
was circulating silver speeches under the
rank of the m~ine-owning Senator's. He
was a candidate for delegate at large to the
Republican national convention i'm the hope
OF being able to help his mine-owning mas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

1t Is very much to the credit OF the prac-
teal sense of the colcred voters of this
city that they rallied so solidly on rhe Re-
publican side Of the money question at the
outset and voted almost as one man for
the Republican ticket on election day. The
cheap-do.lar argument seemed to present
no allurement to the colored man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

Kansas. it seems. has not had enough of
Populism-. In two years of it the Sta te lost
its credit. fell off in population and set up
q rule in which incompetency We'd with
corruption.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

The majority over George Fred Williams.
of Massachusetts, who imagined that he
was a candidate for Governor. is larger
than his vote by thousands, but what
grieyes Williams most is hat there is no
further opportunity to be sensational.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07
Quite So.

Mr.. Bryan, at Escanaba, Mich. Oct. a.
We believe the people of this county are
capable of self-government. and that
whenever you see them studying a question
you may depend upon IT that they are ar
irving at a just conclusion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

Altgeld seems to have a very bitter taste
in his mouth. Better in his mouth tn IN in
those OF the seventy millions of other pso-
pie. as it would have been had ne been
alected
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

ID you think he really wants to marry
me for my money!"
II don't suppose he really wants TO.
Rather say. he thinks in order to get the
money he'll have to-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

The mills are opening. consequently the
minis will not be engaged in making dollars
out Of scant fifty cents worth of silver
for the benefit of the owners of silver bull
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07
Same Man.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
William Mckinley was the terror of Eu-
rope six years ago. He is praised I'm every
European capital to-day. Yet he is the
same man seeking the same high Arneri-
canism now which he sought then. and be-
lieving now as he did then. that the United
States must solve it's national problems for
itself. by itself and in its own interests.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

TIL Indiana Democrats who turned
Grover cleveland's picture TO the wall and
Kissed his name in convention have not
been indicated to any remarkable extent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07
severe ON the Voters.

Kansas City Journal.
1t is a hard thing TO say. but Jerry Simp-
son is probably a fitting representative OF
a majority of voters i'm the Seventh Kansas
district. Otherwise they would not have
taken him I'D again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

The visible effects of the revival of con-
fidence throughout the country are not ex-
actly in line with Bryan's sneering allu-
sions to confidence men, during the cam
naf0U
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

The Proper Thine IN DO.

+. He stood as IL carved from stone.
Those who knew the circumstances mani
tested no surprise.
He had just been chiseled out of his rocks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

Ii is very close, but Kentucky, in which
so hot a fight was made by the advocates
of sound money. may now be very safely
counted in the Mckinley column.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

tain the financial reports OF newspapers
read. money easier"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

There are to-day tens of thousands of
men who voted for Bryan who are glad
h IA Mckinley was elected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

For the industry and business of the
country. the past two days have been the
brightest IN nearly four years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

AS certainly as better times are follow
ing the election of Mckinley. much worse
would have followed the election of Bryan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

Kansas City Journal.
There are a number os States in the
Union which have covered themselves with
glory, but Kansas City is not within a
stones throw OF any OF them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07
Her Opinion of Him.

II read yesterday" said the lady with
the studious air. that a man has discov-
cred how to make real diamonds
The government ought to put the wretch
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07
THE INDIIyAPOLIs JoURNAL.

Can be found at the following places:
NEW IORk-Windsor Hotel and Astor House.
CHICAGOIPalmer House and p. O.. Views Co..
CINCINNATI. r.. Hawley & Co.. LA Vine
street.
LOUISFILLEIC. T. Deering, northwest corner
of Third and jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co.. $50 Fourth avenue.
WASHINGTON. u. C.-Riggs House, Ebbitt
House, Willard Hotel and the Washington
sews Excbange. Fourteenth street, between
Penn. avenue ani II street.
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where tn Get Information.

PhIladeIphia Press.
ANY doubts as TO the whereabouts OF the
enemy country" can be relieved by in
closing a 2-cent stamp TO John l.. Altgeld,
Springfield, Ill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

Prosperity seems to be treading on the
heels of its advance agent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

~
Too many votes are lost under the Aus
tralian ballot law through tie, ignorance of
voters in not knowing how to stamp their
tickets. The process is simple enough if
understood. but the trouble is in making
all understand it. The Marion Chronicle
says: Il
From the best information at hand it APP
pears that there was not IL single precinct
i'm the county where there were not ballots
rejected on account of technical errors. A
more serious thing, however. is the discrep-
ancy between the vote for the first candi-
date for elector and that for the other
electoral candidates. The majority for the
first candidate will be within, "a very few
votes of 2.750. while that for the other cam
didates will be within a very few votes of
a hundred less. This discrepancy was
caused by stamping the square opposite the
name of the first elect6r and nowhere else.
In every instance itiiWfis undoubtedly the
electoral and State ticket. but he voted
instead for u single %electOr.
If the average in Grant county prevailed
throughout the State there were some thou
sands of votes lost in Indiana for fourteen
out of fifteen electors by reason of stamp
ing in the wrong place In a close election
that might determine the result. 1t must
always be remembered that under the Aus
tralian ballot law the party whose voters
are most thoroughly instructed in the man.
ner of voting has a decided advantage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

New York Commercial Advertiser.
For United States Senator TO succeed
David Bennett Hill. Thomas Collier PIatt,
of Tioga, a leader who knows how 10 lead.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07
stu There.

New York Tribune.
The Supreme Court OF the United States
Is stin doing business 1T tho old stand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

in jail" said the lady with the new soli-
taire. that's what it ought to do,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07
The Grnc,fuI Thtnr.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
If President-elect Mckinley desires TO do
a proper and graceful act he VIII put q
stalwart Democrat Ia his abine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07

No language can be too eXtravagant for
the Journal TO express it's admiration of
the ability and courage which the publish
ers and editors of the Louisville Courier
Journal have displayed during the cam
paign. Confident that the highest interest
of the Nation was in tho! maintenance of
n sound currency and in the defeat OF
schemes of repudiationsHthe publishers of
the Courier-Journal with a lofty patriotism
which forgets self-interest and subscrip-
ton lists. made that. paper, always able,
one of the ablest, most alert and most
jealous champions of sound. money and of
national supremacy. Nopaper in the coun-
try has added more or better material to
the general fund of information upon the
clear by a personal canvass of the work
shops that the industrial forces of Louis
Vile were opposed to a, cheap dollar. While
the course of the Courier-Journal must
have lost it some patronage, it has evil
IDENTIFY expended more money than ever be-
fore in tho same period in promoting the
cause Of sound money and in fighting those
who have been it's friends i'm the past. 1t is
probable that the electoral vote of Ken
lucky will be given TO Mckinley. That this
is SO is due mainly to the splendid courage
and rare ability of the courier-Journal in
the advocacy of honestlfinance and national
honor since the silver question became an
issue in Kentucky in May 1895. This ex-
preston of appreciation is as much due to
the publishers as to the Courier-Journal'
editor, Henry WatterSon.