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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

sions. ETC.. as soon as redeemed. Deficit
month after month made the endless
chain; ample revenue is the power that
can break it.
Gold is needed for export because the
Democratic tariff law has opened our
markets TO the competing products of
other countries, but the treasury need
not furnish that gold to be paid out,
and could not be made to do so If it had
sufficient revenues to enable it to hold
back the greenbacks until some one
should desire to exchange gold for them
as was the case under Republican rule
and treasury sufficiency. Mr.. Sherman
proceeds to show why gold is needed
abroad. 1.-THE agricultural products
imported during the first year of
the Wilson law" said Mr.. Sher-
man, 'all of which are such as are
produced in the United States, were
of the value of s107, 342522, when
under the last year of the McKin-
ley law the value was only S51, 414,S4 ="
The Senator goes on to say that "other
importations during the year under the
Wilson law which the country can read
lily produce were valued at $263, 6S4, 513
while under the Mckinley law the value
of the same articles imported was $172,-
1850" That is, we paid to outside
competitors $4,000, 900 for goods which
should have been produced at home
These millions have helped to swell the
balance Of exchange and trade against
us, increasing the volume of gold which
must be exported to square the account
Another specially pertinent fact of the
Senator's is his refutation of Mr.. Cleve-
lands assertion that the Mckinley law
was ineffective for the purposes of reve-
nue.. Mr.. Sherman shows that the Nc
Kinley law went into operation Oct. g.
1890; that the revenues exceeded ex-
penditures up to June 80, 1892, by $50, 700,-
900, and that even to the close of the
fiscal year which ended June 80, 1893,
600. The Mckinley law would have con-
tinued to furnish sufficient revenue had
not Mr. Cleveland's party come in with
the announcement of a policy which
checked production and traffic at home
and made it certain that there would be
an era Of lower duties and of no duties
on important products. Under such con-
ditions customs receipts dropped, there
was soon a deficit of s70,OO,O 900, and there
has been nothing else since that time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

He lived next door to Promisetopay.
And across the alley dwelt Deepindebt;
Collectors came 20 the street each day,
But the Other Man went his quiet way,
And never was once beset.
No one in the street who knew his name;
He might hove died and gone to smash
The street would have wagged on just the
same
Collectors gone and collectors came
For this man Paid in Cash.
When Pronisetopay went out of town.
"WheFe2'
And Deepindebt, from sole to crown,
AS he moved him up AM moved him down,
Was buuetined here and there.
And these were the fellows who "stood in
When they did pay bills they got cigars.
Or at Christmas season case Of wine
Or other souvenir quite as fine
And drinks over polished bars.
The other Man? Nothing; they took his
gold
And tucked it away in savings banks.
With never a thought that they should hold
A present out to the Man who told
His money to barren Thanks"
They even figured in 1ushest times
How Cash-in-Hand would easily square
That came from customers skipping TO
Which hadn't collectors there.
Moral
And thus is a premium put on debt.
Thus bids are made for going TO smash;
Just -,ay as you go If you'd like to bet
Some slower fellow will come and get
Your prize for letting the trade forget
That your name isn't Cash"
Chicago Record
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06
WARNING AGAINST A FRAUD.

A man. calling himself F. z. Taylor and
osher aliases. is travelling about in the gas
belt. representing himself as a general agent
OF the Journal and collecting money for
subscriptions from unsuspecting persons. He
Is fraud and unworthy of any confidence.
Tho description given of him is that he is
about five feet four inches in height, weighs
about 125 pounds. is smooth shaven, except
a close-cropped, gray mustache. wears a
cutaway coat and soft hat and looks to be
about fifty years of age All persons are
warned not to pay money for the Journal
20 him, or any one else, unless at their
own risk The only travelling agent the
Journal has, who Is authorized to collect
money, is Mr.. William Smith King. and he
carries credentials that are unmistakable.
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE s'END-
LESS CHAIN"

Who Is responsible for "the endless
chain" that the President ard Secretary
Carlisle talk about? If there is distrust
Of the greenbacks and a desire to con-
vert them into gold. who is responsible
for It?
The largest amount of greenbacks in
circulation, in 1864. was $449, 600, 900. Their
cancellation was discontinued by law of
May, 1878, and the amount then outstand-
ing, s347. 100000 has continued unchanged
to date. On the 1st of January, 1879,
when the government, in accordance with
previous acts, was to resume specie pay
ments, it had on hand STA 0O0, 900 in gold
with which to redeem greenbacks. Dur
ing the month of January, 1879, only
about 81, 800, 900 of greenbacks were pre-
sented for redemption, and in over eleven
years, to July, 1890, only about $2S,0O0,-
600. There was no endless chain" in
those days. The gold redemption fund
did not fall below $114.o0O.0oO until July,
1892. nor below 100000 900 until April.
1893.
The mere statement of these facts and
dates shows that as long as. under Re-
publican legislation. the revenues of the
government exceeded its expenditures
and the balance of foreign trade was in
our favor there was no distrust of the
greenbacks, aAd as there was no necessi-
ty OF obtaining gold to send out of the
country they were not presented for re-
demption. The endless chain" was I'M
known. 1t only began to operate when
the laundering legislation of the Demo-
cratic party caused the revenues of the
government to fall below it's expendi-
lures and turned the balance of trade
against us, and when Messrs. Cleveland
and Carlisle, having waged successful
war against the industries of the coun-
try, began to make war on the currency
While doing all in their power to create
a necessity for gold they have at the
same time engendered distrust of the
greenbacks by trying to create the i'm
preston that the only reason for their
existence was as means Of obtaining
gold. The endless chain" is as dis.
tinctly creation Of the present admin
istration as insufficient revenues and
monthly deficits are.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

A recent dispatch from Washington an
nounced that records in the Navy De-
partment showed the United States gov
eminent to be the owner of Grover
island, in Camden county, Georgia. No
geography, map or gazetteer mentions
such an island. Camden county is in
southeastern Georgia, abuts on the At
lantic ocean and has islands, but the
oldest inhabitant never heard of Grover
island until this announcement. Dill
gent inquiry has elected the fact that
the island is on or In Crooked river. 1t
contains about five hundred acres of
good land and has belonged to the
United States for more than a hundred
years. Heretofore it has been known
and laid down on local maps as Graves
island, but. for reasons of state, it will
hereafter be known as Grover island.
Perhaps some member of the present adj
ministration will establish there an ex-
pertinent station for the propagation of
cuckOOS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Thirty thousand white Alabamians,
mostly Democrats. and thirty-five MEM
bers Of the Legislature, Democrats, Pop
ulists and Republicans. have sent a pc
tition to Congress claiming that they
have been disfranchised and that there
has been but one fair election in Ala
bama in twenty years. So long as col
ored voters were disfranchised by tens
of thousands it seemed to be Of little
consequence, but when it comes to
whites, and to whites who have doubt
less had hand in DISTINGUISHING negroes.
1t is different thing, and the Populist
Senator Allen leads off with a resolu-
ton to investigate and ascertain if Ala
bama has a republican form Of govern
ment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Already the Mining Engineer has
given the figures of gold production for
1895. Upon that authority the output
was s2os 12o, $50, against s179.S46,504 in
1894. These last figures, however, are
somewhat less than those of other stats
ticians. The output of the United States
was the largest OF any country, $44,S7O,-
99S, an increase of over five millions.
South Africa is next with $44. 100000, and
Australia third with $44.voo.O00. The
gain in South Africa is no larger than
that of the United States. but Russia in
creased its output from 27,646.Oo0 in 1894
to sSs, 990, 600. showing the greatest in
crease of any country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Washington Special.


In one respect Senator Sherman's speech
yesterday was a disappointment-indeed
something of a shock. For the first time
the veteran showed visible signs of age He
mouthed" his words and sometimes lost
himself completely in a sentence, being
obliged to begin over again after getting
nearly through. His feebleness was almost
painful at times. and ii was painfully ap-
parent that he had lost much of his old
time force. His speech reads all right in
cold type and is full of fact and sound ar
gument, but In delivery the great old man
was visibly weak. Never before was this
letting down noticeable Senator Sherman
Is almost the sole survivor of the heroic
figures of war times still i'm active life in
the big. broad field of politics--the only
genuinely big man who was big in those
tumutuous days of the last generation.
The public will learn with keen regret that
he is beginning to feel the wearing effects
OF time. Somehow people could never think
OF John Sherman as an old man, yet he is
scventy-three years of age. No man I'm
American public life has had career so
rich in varied experiences and honors as
he. although he has fallen short of his
one greatest ambition-the White House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

A State court at ST. Louis has rem
dered decision which. If valid, may
have far-reaching consequences. The
decision was rendered under provision
of the antitrust law Of Missouri. After
defining and prohibiting trusts the law
says:
Any purchaser of any article or COM
modify from any individual company or
to any provision of the preceding sections
of This chapter shall not be liable for the
price or payment OF any such article or
commodity, and may plead this chapter as
a defense TO any suit for such price or
payment 80 s.----e - -
In the case at bar o, lead company in
corporated under the laws of New Jer-
sey, but with headquarters in New York
city, sued st. Louis firm on an itemized
account for goods furnished to the
amount of $500. The court sustained
a demurrer to the complaint, holding that
under the foregoing provision, the sale
being on credit and therefore a contract.
was void. If the decision is valid it
holds against contracts of all kinds made
in Missouri by a member of a trust or
combine in another State. 1t is a ques-
ton, however, whether such a law would
not be held unconstitutional as inter-
fering with interstate commerce.
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they will be advertised and will be sold
to the lowest bidders. The fact that Mr..
Morgan. within a few hours after the
syndicate. received subscriptions for
$50, 600 OF the bonds shows that there
is no trouble with the public credit, and
that 3-per-cent. bond will sell if made
a popular loan. If there has been at any
time any doubt the President, by his
remarkable course. is responsible for IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Certain advocates of the white metal
are pointing OUT that as gold country
we cannot compete in manufactures with
Japan and China. That is fact; in the
manufacture of straw mating. fire.
crackers. fans. and possibly OF cotton
goods when they get at it We cannot
compete with the Orientals. They can
produce cheaper Wages are from 4 to
8 cents day. None but the fanatical
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

The point upon which the free silver
Senators cannot agree is which party
shall have the benefit of the profit Of
stamping so cents worth Of silver one
dollar. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, de-
sires that the government shall have
the profit, but the silver State Senator'S
want it for their constituents and the
silver mine owners. If they cannot have
the profit the Senators from those States
will take less interest in the free and un-
limited coinage of 60 or 70-cent dollars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

PHILADELPHIA Record.

Mr.. John Bach McMaster the historian.
in an exposition of the Monroe doctrine
contributed to the New York Times of
Britain was trying 10 exercise ''sauatter
sovereignty" i'm Venezuela not over thirty
thousand square miles had been stated.
but 10000 square mleS-an area which, as
he says, is exceeded by no States in the
Uaion save Texas. California and Montana:
an area ninety times as large as Rhode
Island, fifty-four times as large as Della
ware thirteen times as large as Massachu-
sets. and forty thousand square miles
larger than the six New England States"
Yet Mr.. Depew rushed into print. a week or
more ago. with the statement that he had
been offered the whole tract for SIS OOO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

IT Is said the new poet laureate or
England "has done the Conservative
party some service with his pen." Ii
that is true his prose must be better
than his poetry. His first official poem
praising and defending England's Ar
\menian policy. and. in fact, her foreign
\olicy IN general. is as stiff and stupid
= IL Is fulsome. To call it poetry ought
TO make Tennyson turn in his grave.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Lord SaIisbury's choice OF the author OF
Tory Horrors and won by a Head as
poet laureate OF the BRUSH empire, Will
not serve 10 decrease the state Of tension
now existing between the two English
speaking nations. This event Is depressing.
IL not oppressive. Nevertheless. the Monroe
doctrine bids US keep our hands Of. This
government will not interfere. Let Alfred
the Small take the bays. 1t Is no business
of Oilr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

1t is probable that Mr.. Morgan believed
the President had made an agreement
with him to sell him s20o.000.o0O of bonds
If he had not so believed he would not
have proceeded as he did. Snubbed as
he now appears TO be. Mr.. Morgan
might make an interesting statement
about the affair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

1t is now understood that the Senate
finance committee will report the bond
bill substantially as it came from the
House. but that will be the end of 1t.
The silver Senators will substitute a
free coinage bill and pass it. but that.
In turn, will be summarily killed in the
House. For the deadlock that Is likely
10 ensue the country will place the re-
sponsibility where IL belongs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Kaiser Wilhelm is reported to have ac-
cepted 1.-The principle of Intervention i'm
case the independence of the Transvaal
should be threatened by Great Britain. The
similarity between the Kaser's principle
and the Monroe doctrine is al close as that
between two peas. If the championship OF
the cause of a weak State by a great power
be accepted a valid principle in the East
ern hemisphere, with what grace can the
statesmen of Europe deny the legality of
a similar doctrine in the new world? Evil
IDENTIFY, European publicists live and learn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

The English-speaking bond is not so
strong in this country as to prevent a
large majority of the American people
from taking sides with Germany in any
quarrel with Great Britain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

AT no period in recent years have there
been so many events OF unusual i'm
portance in different parts Of the world
10 attract attention. The Venezuelan
affair, so prominent three weeks ago, is
now overshadowed by more exciting
events in Cuba and South Africa and the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06
Degeneration,

Timmins-I fear that will never succeed
literary man after all.
Simmons-You don't mean it?
Tfmmns-But 1 do. / had myself care
fully examined by a most eminent brain
specialist and he says there is nothing the
matter with me.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Mayor Taggart should keep his prom
ises when he agrees to address Demo-
cratic county conventions. 1t is not so
much the speech that would help the
disconsolate brethren as the sight OF
Democrat who has been elected during
1894 or 1895. Tammany and Taggart are
the spared monuments of the Democracy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

The recent discovery of an immense
nugget of. gold in North Carolina will
probably make Lord Salisbury wonder
how England could ever have been SO
foolish as to relinquish that State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06
Caste.

Children" said the anxious appendicitis
bacilla, 'if ever catch you playing with
those low typhoid fever bacilli again III
have your father attend to you."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06
The Test

"Old man, I want you to be the best man
at my wedding
"Er-I-'
WHAT thought you would surely stand
by a friend in his hour of trouble"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

d. c. Gilman, president Of Johns Hop
kins University, and one of the Vene-
zuelan commissioners, is the author of
a Life of President Monroe" In that
work he says Of the Monroe doctrine
that while it was IAN idea dimly enter
tanned at first, it was steadily developed
by the course of public events and the
reflection Of those in public life." In
support Of this statement he quotes
from the writings of Washington, Jeffer-
son. Madison, John Adams and others to
show that the doctrine was Sin the air."
He thinks 1t likely that the passages in
Monroe's message formulating the doc
trine were written by John Adams.
though there is no proof of 1T. VERY
little." says Mr.. Gilman, has come un-
der my eye to illustrate the workings of
to pass that he uttered in such terse
sentences the general opinion of his coun-
trymen.' The author adds that not
withstanding Mr.. Monroe was not par
ticularly skillful with his pen, The alone.
of all the Presidents, has announced
without legislative sanction political
dictum which is still regarded as fun
damental law, and bears with it the
stamp of authority in foreign courts as
we'll as in domestic councils" After
further observations on this line the
author concludes:
1t appears to me probable that Monroe
had but very little conception of the last
ing effect which his words would produce.
He spoke what he believed and what he
knew that others believed; he spoke under
provocation and aware that his views might
be controversies he spoke with authority
after consultation with his Cabinet, and
his words were timely; but / do not sup
pose that he regarded this announcement
as his own. Indeed, if 1t had been his own
decree or ukase, it would have been re-
sented at home as vigorously as 1t would
have been opposed abroad. 1t was because
he pronounced not only the opinion then
prevalent, but tradition of other days
which had been gradually expanded and to
which the country was %onted, that his
words carried with them the sanction OF
public law.
One gathers from this that Mr.. Gill
man is very much Of an American. and
that he knows how to put his ideas on
paper.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
a Fable.

The frog looked at the tadpole kindly and
tolerantly eyes," he remarked. II remem-
Der when I was your age I had swelled
head myself"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

The final success of the Cuban in
, surgents is not assured. but the incom-
kpetence of the Spanish officers, notably
or Captain General Campos, has been
demonstrated beyond any doubt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Henry Willard presenting some Of the
evils OF railroad management is as anus
ing as would Senator Voorhees, be in the
0bole Of a travelling lecturer on civil
\seryice reform
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

1t is hoped that the reports to the
effect that the President Is angry with
the Morgan syndicate and that he win
not issue bonds until Congress has had
tine to act are true. 1t is hoped that
Secretary Carlisle is authority for the
statement that when bonds are issued
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

IT was scarcely necessary for any one
to go TO the expense of telegraphing
that Senator Hill and ex-Secretary Whit
hey will not accept the Democratic nomi-
ftfsn for President. For such men
here is no glory in political annihila-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Now the grand jurors of Chicago are
charged with being bought by bucket
shop keepers. The charge, however.
comes from bucket shop keepers who
have been indicted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06
So. Thcrcs


Kansas City Journal.
II might as well be understood al the
outset that the United States viii insist on
the Monroe doctrine. no matter what that
Venezuelan commission may report.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

I PhiIadtIpIld Fftss
| The South African grab didn't pan out.
| The Beers may have been fifty years be-
| hind the times, as the London Times sug-
| gested, but their rifles seem 10 have been
| up to date and their courage of the A /
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

cripple Creek. Col. should be careful
now IL exploits it's wealth of gold 1t
may be inviting British invasion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Well-informed Kentucky Republicans
admit that Senator Blackburn will be
renominated, but predict his defeat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

The few men in this country who cam
not tell whether they are Americans or
Englishmen should get together and
draw lots
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Kansas City Journal.
Just at present references 10 the feryid
character OF June weather In St Louis do
not seriously terrify convention delegates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

Mr.. Cleveland is not as popular in
England as he was a while ago. but he
Is enjoying quite boom in Venezuela
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

New York Press.
Don Dickinson thinks England desires tho
acquisition of Cuba. liz looks as II the
Cubans would acquire II first.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06
The Democratic Way.

Philadelphia Times.
Purity in politics as exempliied by Tom
Johnson in Detroit seems 10 be of the Jo-
siah Quincy order-i per cent. OF sincerity
and 50 of pretense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

John Bull is very slow to learn. but he
is beginning to see himself as others see
him. =.