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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04

Juefed forthwith not one OF the Western
contingent OF star spcllbinders would show
up east of the Missouri river: that noun
tain State contributions to the camnaIcn
fund would be shut off: that in the event of
Bryan : election his administration would
be deprived of the guiding hand of Teller al
the treasury helm. and that in their deter
mination to take care of themselves first
Bryan electoral tickets were very likeIv 10
be dumped in several of the mining States
II there was any sacrificing TO be done
Bryan would have to stand his share No
crown of thorns for the boilers unless 9TH
erS participated.
Communication was opened up with Idaho
and the Democrats and Populists were Civ
or Chairmen Jones and Butler. that If they
did not at sonce take Dubois into their
alliance and tote fair with him the ma
tlonal committees would ignore the State
straight-out Dubois electoral and legisla-
1--WE tickets with unlimited money and with
q mood of speakers and literature that
would sweep the deck" The entire re-
ana OF the free-silver party would he
thrown into the balance. There was no
I'M 70 waste in diplomatic palaver. The
Ease was put brutality and the Idaho Demo-
Gratis and Popuists yielded to the pressure
- was with them with the old farmer 3
Mtie VINO died. The bereaved widower was
he ,ohS ra ~ she died reconciled. Reconciled?"
~ Ie-ecnoed She had to-" The Idaho
Deinocfat-Populist aggregation had IN no
reconciled to Dubois
Inc nnlshing touches to the Idaho deal
man Faulkner learns from Chicapo that
Mithih fortnight the mountain States
WIZ VII pc Ieit 10 themselves and their whole
V tta Oh Iree-sllxer speakers will move to
tne presence of Teller and his aggregation
VI sPelIplnders will make a difference of A
nunureu thousand votes in Iowa AIfnne-
igan. anu -AiNA4-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
The pEMocRAT1c TICKET.

The ticket of the convention which adj
journed yesterday is not only Democratic,
but 1t represents the best in the party No
man in the Democratic party is more re-
spected for character ability and dignity
than General John NJ. Palmer of Illinois.
The Journal does not bear this testimony
to the character of General Palmer because
it has at any time fully agreed with him,
but because his conduct in public affairs
and as a man makes it impossible to say
anything else of him. He is of the
presidential size possessing the character
and attainments essential to that RESPONSE
BILE position. Undoubtedly, all things con-
sidered, General Palmer is the strongest
man the convention could have nominated.
He is specially strong with the best ele
ment of the Democratic party in Illinois,
Indiana and other States of the central
West, and is a man of the caIiber to i'm
press himself upon the most intelligent ele-
ment of the Democratic party N the East.
General Buckner is a fit associate for
General Palmer. a lifelong Democrat
whose name is a synonym for the best ele-
ment of the Democracy. he tremendously
supplements in character and dignity the
head of the ticket. In his later years, when
General Grants unconditional surrender"
at Donelson had been smoothed over, Gen
erals Grant and Buckner became close
friends.
The platform and the ticket nominated
make it very clear that the best element
of the Democratic party will enter the cam
paign not to help any other ticket, but to
rescue the traditions of the Democratic
party and to deliver 1t out of the hands of
Populsts silver mine owners and Anarch-
lists. The ticket will receive a large and
enthusiastic support because it gives the
members of the Democratic party the
choice between such Democrats as Palmer
and Buckner on the one side and faction
led by such men as Bryan, Altgeld and
Ti1lrpap
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

The platform of the indianapolis conven-
ton is genuinely Democratic. If any one
doubts it, let him compare it, topic by
topic, with those of 1876, 1880 and 1892 On
the tariff question the Democrats who met
In Tomlinson Hall are in full accord with
the party declarations-"a tariff for reve-
nue. only In spite of the experience of
the past three years protection is as hate
full to the traditional Democrat now as it
ever was. 1t is a mistake, however to as
sert that the Chicago platform was silent
on the tariff. since it practically Endorsed
the present tariff.
On the money question the platform of
the convention is eminently sound and in
accordance with the traditions of the Dem
ocratic party 1t goes step further than
Republican platforms by declaring that
the United States must go out of the
banking business" which means that the
greenbacks shall be retired. This portion
of the platform is diametrically opposed to
the Chicago platform, which practically
calls for the issue of legal-tender paper
money by the government rather than the
banks In its other features it is a Dem
ocratic platform of the better order, but
embracing what Republicans believe to be
hereses. L g'
The Journal, If it were criticisng the
platform. would take issue with it for it's
arraignment of the Republicans for the
present cost of running the government
because during a Congress both houses of
which were Democratic the appropria-
tons We're among the largest in the his
tory of the government, and no effort was
made to cut them down.
The declaration of the convention in ia
vor of maintaining the authority of the
Supreme Court is admirable, as IS its de-
mand for the enforcement of all the laws
In this respect the platform shows the ten
dency of the progressive and intelligent
element of the party toward nationality
The fact that 1t Is s. sound Democratic
platform is the best reason why Republic
ans should not vote the ticket placed upon
1t. On all economic questions, except the
currency, the Republican party is dianret-
really opposed to the creed of the Demo-
cratic convention which has just adj
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Dr. Depew made forty-two speeches in
one day on special train with Mr. Blaine
in 1884. They were of great variety.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson has written
public letter in which he declares that he
will reside hereafter in Germany perma-
nently on account of the persistent attacks
on him by Norwegian papers
Literary students in Paris wear ''muzzles'
when perusng old books in the National
Library mot because there is fear that
they will bite the old volumes, but 10 pre-
vent the inhalation of the book microbes
into their lungs.
sion of Luthers Bible which he used in
notes in the reformer's handwriting. 1t
was printed in Basic in 1909. and is in an
excellent state of preservation.
Unlike many great ladies, Queen Victoria
has always refused to trust all her house
hold arrangements to housekeeper.
Something like a thousand people are en-
ployed in and about the royal household
and no change is ever made without the
Queen being told about 1t.
Mrs Dorothy Stanley, wife of the eN-
piorer. has a peculiar fad. She collects
parasols and has a unique collection from
miIadv's sunshade no larger than a small
fan popular with the bellies of long go TO
the carriage paraSols OF the present ddy
with jeweled handles of priceless value and
canopes of rare old lace.
The Century Company has just issued a
new edition of the pamphlet Cheap
Money" containing the various brief ar
ticles which have appeared in the Cen
tury giving a history of many of the
tried in this and other countries. 1t has
been issued in inexpensive form. and will
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
IF 1T WE'RE A NEW QUESTION.

If the question of bimetalIism were a
new one, presented to the American
people for the first time, what course
would discussion of the question take and
what would they be likely to do? Let us
suppose that up to this time, only gold or
silver had been used money, and that
it was proposed, for the first time, to mon
etize the other metal and establish dou-
BILE standard How would the proposition
be received? In the first place, all would
recognize the gravity of the proposition
and the difficulty of carrying it out. Every
person possessing even a little knowledge
on the monetary question, or able to form
intelligent opinion on the subject, would
see that meddling with the standard of
values was a very dangerous proceeding
and might result in general confusion and
disaster. Whether the established stand
ard were gold or silver. a proposition to
add the other would evoke universal pro-
test from business men against changing
the measure by which all values, all con-
tracts and all the wealth of the country
was measured They would argue that a
single standard is more rational, more
philosophical and more satisfactory; they
would ask, why have two measures of
value, when one is enough? and they would
insist that if the new standard were adopt
ed of the two would have to adjust
itself to the other, there would be but
one standard after all. They would say,
what is the of a double standard in
name when there only be one in fact?
But if forced to yield all these positions,
double standard the two measures of value
should at least be made absolutely iden-
teal. They would say, as long we have
the single gold standard the single sill
yer standard, as the case may be, we
know where we stand and what we have
to deal with but if we are to have two
measures of value they must be of equal
value themselves. The silver dollar must
be made of the same value as the gold
dollar. This would raise the question of
ratios. AS the relative market value of
gold and silver is fixed by the common
consent of mankind, business men would
insist upon that as the mint ratio. They
would say the laws of nature and of trade
are higher than the laws of Congress- and
if you expect to maintain the parity of
gold and silver coin under the free coinage.
of both you must make the dollars of equal
value. If it was suggested that a dollar
of greatly inferior value might be held at
par with of higher value by making
it legal tender, business men would reply
that legal tender did not confer value, and
they would cite many instances in proof
that legal-tender currency was as apt to
depreciate as any other. OF course, they
would have the best of the argument and
their views would prevail. This is what
would happen if the question were present
ed as new enc, Invested of all sentiment
of political demagogues.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
AN IMPORTANT REPORT.

If the Bryan managers, who are now
ers, have resolved to leave Bryan ito hoe
his own row. there is ample reason for
such a decision. They are not men to throw
their money away upon Populistic or other
candidates. What they after is the free
coinage of their silver. If it cannot be pro-
cured through Mr.. Bryans candidacy, he
will not receive their money to carry on
his campaign.
Mr.. Bryan was not the choice of the sill
yer State Senators and those who repre-
sent the solid South Senator Teller, Re-
publican delegate to ST. Louis at the time
the slver-solid South conspiracy was
Matched in Washington, was the clique's
choice for President while the rank and
file of the cheap money voters were in
tent on the nomination of Bland. To defeat
Bland and bring Teller to the front'w a
difficult undertaking, but it would event
ually have been accomplished by wearing
out the Bland delegates if Bryan had not
thrust himself into the convention and
stampeded 1t with his speech. The Teller
combination could not resist the fury of
the mob's onset and, consequently, Mr.
Bryan became the silverite candidate. The
Joneses, the Harrises and the Vests, rep
resenting the Southern political dictators,
did not want him, while the Stewards, the
Cannons and the Duboises of the silver
States knew the boy Orator too well TO
see in him an ideal silver mine candidate
This unnatural combination will not sacri-
fee itself to MIR. Bryans candidacy when
they see defeat staring them in the face.
Ten days ago it was stated by Washing
ton correspondents that Mr.. Bryan was
having his own way far his own ac-
ton is concerned-that the managers, or
those who should be managers, were OPP
posed to his stumping tour. upon which
he insisted. They seemed to foresee the
spectacle he would make of himself if he
had full freedom to display his egotisn
vanity and shallowncss. Seeing that they
cannot control their headstrong candidate,
and that his speeches are doing the silver
party great injury. it is very probable that
the success of the Democratic sound mon
ey convention has convinced them that
they can do nothing for the interests of
silver spectators and Bourbon politicians
in the South. There is good ground to be-
lieve that there is something in these
rumors.
If they cannot control the presidency
there is every reason why these silver
mine Senators and politicians should seek
to control as many Senators and Repre-
sentatives as possible. In this State for in
stance, they viii undertake 10 combine all
the silver and Populist elements to elect a
Legislature which will re-elect Mr. voor-
hees. or. possibly, Governor Matthews, who
will be blindly subservient to the mine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
THE GoLD-sTANDARD DEMOCRATS.

The honest-money Democrats are deter
mined to drive out the cuckoos who have
taken possession of their nest, and to make
the party of the Chicago convention like
cain, "a fugitive and a yagabond In the
earth. Chicago Tribune (Rep)
The convention is remarkable for the
courage and Observation-Disclosures of it's MEM
bership. 1t embraces a great many men of
ability who have been active and trusted
political leaders. and who may be supposed
to cherish political ambitions, and yet they
all know that they took their political lives
in their hands when they entered this con-
Vention.-Louisville Commercial (RepD
Not man in all those S24 delegates, who
from forty-one States of the Union an
swered the call of love and duty. there
through any ignobler motive than the pro-
lection of his party and his people; not
who came to serve selfish advance
ment; not one unwilling, If need be, to
further by personal sacrifice the lofty aim
viii h called the convention into being.
Louisville Courter-JournaI Oem.)
1t is not possible that the nominees of
the convention shall be elected. Many of
the delegates are men who could have
gained places of trust and honor in the
event of the election of Bryan by their aid,
but they have sacrificed ambition upon the
altar of principle. The conclusions of such
men may be faulty. but their convictions
are honest and their courage is admirable.
Chicago Inter Ocean (Rep)
The Democrats of the country. the real
Democracy will suppsrt the indianapolis
candidates. The Democratic party will
stand on the Indianapolis platform From
to-day the Democratic party, redeemed,
Fegenerated, disenthralled,' cleanSed of it's
false and perilous elements, establishes
new historic career. 1t opens the cam
paign not only of 1896, but of 1900. 1t pre-
pares the way for a new Democratic cen
tury.-Chicago Chronicle (Dem.)
AS q matter OF historic fact, however,
the party represented in the Indianapolis
convention Is the real Democracy. That
which framed a platform and put up q
ticket at Chicago is a coalition of the
revolutionary elements of that and other
parties which have seized the machinery
and the name of the Democracy, and are
using them in the service of an alien
creed. Against this coalition the Repub-
doing battle.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Rep.)
The sound-money Democratic convention
is an expression of American manhood in
which every American may be proud The
rending of old ties not accomplished
without -burnngs and self-sacrifce
of a high order. Many of the men at In
dianapois, grown gray in party service,
will not live to see the rejuvenation of the
Democracy. But they there, Mr..
Flower said because they love the Demo-
cratic party and because they love their
country and they are performing ser
vice for which they will be long and CRATE
fully Observation-Disclosures Times Herald
Rep.)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
INDIANA NEWSPAPER OPINION.
Free coinage of silver means free carnage
of business.-Paoli Republican

Free coinage of silver means free carnage
of business.-Paoli Republican.
Free coinage of silver is reputation, con-
traction and neutrality-suspicious. Chron-
icle.
Bryan has the audacity of the steer that
made the famous head-on collision with
the dashfng ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Ban
Times.
If labor and capital were employed as
they were under the Mckinley bill there
would be no money question at issue.-Clay
County Enterprise.
Bryan is moving out of 1.-The enemy's
country" and will now turn his attention
to the deserters in the home of his friends
Hammond Tribune.
The Democrats and PopulistS believe in
making money for the silver mine owners,
while the Republicans believe In allowing
the laborerS and farmers to make Twin
chester Journal
Had the Mckinley tariff not been re-
pealed our national income would have paid
all of Uncle Sans expenses without the
necessity of issuing bonds in times of
peace.-Crawfordsville Journal.
The Democrats making a great cry
about the present very low prices for farm
products. About all the farmers under
stand, though. that they are Democratic
to restore the Republican party to power.
Greenfield Republican.
The first duty of every American citizen
is to vote for sound money candidates for
presidential and congressional office. With
a true Democratic ticket in the field there
will be excuse for Democrats who can
not support Mckinley to follow the blatant
Populist Bryan.-Lafayette Call.
The who talk most of Republicans
"coercing employees" have never given out
a days labor, and the chances are that
they are neither laborers or producers.
Take the measure of the fellows who
preach that kind Of doctrine and study
carefully the result.-Lafayette Courier.
The most astounding thing connected
with the campaign is the raid of the Demo-
Populsts on low prices. crying vociferously
that the prosperity of the country depends
on an increase in the cost of living. And
the campaign Of 1892 was waged in oppoSi-
ton to what they called high prices.-New
Albany Tribune.
But one thing more is needed to make
Indiana famous in history in all times to
make New York take off her hat to
Hoosierdom. to make New England bow
with deep respect to make the South honor
and the West follow-but one thing is need
ed. and that is a rouSing ma jority against
this wild falacy of free silver.-Logans-
port Journal.
The free-trade lunacy of Cleveland's ad-
and indirectly, more money than did the
suppression of the rebellion. 1t was a pop
uar measure before the people In 1892
Disastrous as has been It's practical appl-
cation, 1t does not compare with the ruin
that will come with a change of our finan-
cial policy to the wildcat level of a free
mintage of Silver.-Richmond Palladium.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
A LESSON ABOUT CONVENTIONS.

Among those who have been spectators
in the convention which adjourned yester-
day were considerable number of men
who have been in national conventions for
years. Several of these men met after look
ing in, and all of them We're of opinion
that hereafter no national convention
should be held in a larger hall than Tom
linson. There is ample room for delegates,
alternates the press and a reasonable num-
Der of friends of all the candidates. The
holding of national conventions in audito-
RUINS capable of seating ten or fifteen
thousand people is a comparatively recent
innovation. OF all assemblages in this
country, national conventions for the NOM
ination of presidential tickets should be
distinguished by elaboration and decorum
They would be such if the delegates and
alternates occupied the larger part of the
hall and its dimensions were such that any
delegate with a fair voice could be heard
When the auditorium is SO large as to adj
nit thousands, who are naturally the
friends of the several aspirants, and they
are permitted to interrupt the exercises
with half hours of applause or noise, to
hiss speakers who do not speak their SEN
tive body. Indeed, it may be said that such
delegates are not a convention. AS large
part of these who are spectators cannot
hear the proceedings, it is fair to assume
that they are not there as mere listeners,
but for altogether another purpose, which
is to shout for fayorites-to influence dele
gates, who, If in fact delegates, should not
be moved by such influences or be annoyed
by such Interruptions.
The tendency of national conventions in
both leading parties since 1885, has been
toward sensationaIism. In some of them,
particularly the one recently held in Chi
cago, attempts were made to influence
votes by spectacular representations. In
several of them the massing of State ban
ners to the State of leading candidate to
win votes by enthusiastic impulse has been
frequent. Now, everything of this kind is
intended to stampede conventions, which
are the last bodies in the country which
should be swept away by impulse.
The orderly and yet most enthusiastic
convention just held in Tomlinson Hall has
won many men of political experience to
ventions should be held in halls which will
accommodate not over four thousand peo-
pie, to the end that such assembages shall
be deliberative bodies and not number of
to influence them with noise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04

be supplied by the hundred or the thousand
at cost to those who wish to distribute it
during the campaign.
1t may be interesting to compare DR.
Nansen's approximation to the north pole
with the efforts of his recent predecessors.
Admiral Markham at the end of his jour
ney four hundred miles from the pole.
Mr.. Lockwood the American traveller, Sg6
and DR.. Nansen 226: DR.. Nansen has.
therefore, gone 10 miles further than any
body else.
Rudyard Kipling' has babe adeu to
America for a few years. He will sail
from New York on the Lain with his wife
and their two children. He has told his
intimate friends only his plans for the tu-
tue, but one of these says X Is his inten-
ton to spend the winter in the south OF
Europe and then travel to India, where he
hopes to pick up the material for other
books.
E. Kay Robinson, who was Kipling's chief
when the latter was a subeditor at La
hore. points out in an article in Mcclure 5
magazine. what is usually overlooked. that
hipng mad the early adIah mt tb OF most aat
cultured audience to which an English
writer can appeal" In Anglo-lndla, ne
says, there are no uneducated readers, Tor
SO per cent. OF the men out there have
passed difficult competitive examinations To
get there.
Gardeners should know tina IS quite
possible to SO arrange flowers garden
tnAt All tne purposes OF a clo~ VIII pe
answered. In the time of Pliny forty-slX
flowers were known to open and shut at
certain hours of the day, and this num-
Der has since been largely increased. For
instance, bed of common dandelions
would show when it was $50 o'clock in
the morning and $50 o'clock at night re-
spectively for these flowers open and shut
at the times named frequently TO the min
ute The common hawkweed opens at
o clock in the morning and may be de-
minutes of in the afternoon. The yellow
goats beard shuts at u O'Clock noon, alb
solutely to the minute, sidereal time. The
SOW thistle opens at 5 a. m. and closes ct
11:12 a. m. The white lily opens at Z a. III.
and closes, at ID. m