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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

IL honesty is the best policy it follows
that Organism is the worst
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

The American people can be Independent
OF Great Britain without declaring them
selves nation of rascals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

and Supreme Court composed of Populist
cranks, even this nonstrous principle
might be established.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

The American flag was never intended to
represent the Reputation or scaling down
of the national debt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

Up with the flag and down with repudia-
ton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

The only coercion this year Is the coer-
cion of patriotism. honesty and self-inter-
est.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

The workingmen should remember that
wages are always the first thing to go down
and the last to go up
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

Making money worse cannot make bust
ness better.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

SATURDAY. OCTOBER 81, 1896.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
Bar. 4 pm Pre-. WHIT
CoxEY,s SON AND HEIR

Commonwealth COxey has bolted Nj.
BRYAN and IS now launching national
campaign On his own hook, in the interest
OF unlimited paper money and a lot of
other things of a more or less nonsenSical
character. In order to fire the hearts oil
every old fatist in the country he is send
ing out a portrait and biographical sketch
Of his son and heir, whom he has yclept
Legal Tender" Coxey. He expresses the
fond parental hope that his own mantle
may fall upon little Legal Tender at his
demise. and that the youngster may carry
on the fight his father has failed in so
siEnaIy. From Mr.. COxey's interesting
sketch it IS learned that Legal Tender, al
though not yet , years old, weighs 40
pounds, which is considered quite eXtraor-
dinary for one of such tender years, and
that he is "yery original AS a proof of
this II is stated that he is ''stolid and dis
tant TO strangers at all times" and fire.
qIently to those whom he holds dear, from
which one would infer that little Legal
Tender occasionally needs good spanking
in order to put him en- rapport with his
surroundings.
The hope Mr.. Coxey expresses that Legal
Tender may continue the good fight on
per capiter' lines when his proEenitor has
gone hence is not likely to be realized.
There is one very strong obstacle in the
way for SIr. Coxey declares that Legal
Tender Is 10th TO talk much.'' This
defect. If not overcome. will prove fatal to
the fathers hopes. Who ever saw Popu-
list or a hatst. or an initiative and ref
crcndumist. Who was 10th to talk
muoh-' On the contrary. they are always
fun Of CAB, lifting up their voices on She
street corners and bowling like the ships
OF Tarshish." To deprive them OF the
power or the opportunity to talk is to rem
der them Aers de combat at once, and un-
less little Legal Tender gets over his red-
csnco he is more than likely 20 grow up TO
be a good woodsawyer. in which honorable
occupation Mr.. Coxey himself might find
rrOntabla eruDlOy-rugrt
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28

From the New York Sun.
John Brefenthal, the chairman Of the
Populist state committee of Kansas. and a
number of other philosophers of the Bed
lam school. are going to found a co-opera-
tive colony. II they can cooperate for
six months without quarreling they will
have more prudence or greater luck than
is usually bestowed upon statesmen OF
their kind. The objects OF the proposed
colony are understood to be educational.
economic and political. In the system OF
education adopted many fruitful reforms.
worthy of the penetrating mind of Pop''-
iism, will be Introduced. The basis OF the
system will be the Populist axiom that
out of nothing everything can be made.
In the science of numbers much will be
done with the important discovery that %
equals 100. In financial science the theory
will be developed that money is only val
liable I'm proportion to its wOrthiessneSs.
In natural history special attention VIII be
paid to the study of the money shark and
the octopus of monopoly. In political sci
ence the attempt will be made to demon
strate that all happiness and all prosperity
are dependent upon the government; and
the obligation of the government TO buy
the railroads. pay for them in irredeemable
paper money. and furnish free passage and
freight transportation will be emphasized
Agriculture and trade may be cultivated
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
SOME uIssoURIFIcYprS

In spite OF the "beastly" majority rolled
up the Democratic victory in Missouri does
not look nearly so formidable when the
election returns are analyzed and the spIen-
did gains OF the Republicans are made
manifest In the presidential election of
1889 Mr.Clcveland received 1874 votes more
than General Harrison. the total Demo-
cratic vote being 2Ss 800. the Republican
vote 22IGis, and the Populist vote a little
moro than 1900. At the recent election
Mckinley received no less than 3OI go votes
and Bryan had 3S5,s5e votes, Bryan's lead
over Mckinley being 5S7l2 From this.
however. should be deducted the Populist
Vote. which was cast fer the Democratic
presidential electors and which was in 1894
A. isT. This would fix Bryans plurality
over Mckinley, on a strictly Democratic
basis. at only 1926. From 1852 to 1884 the
POpuhsts gained over 800 votes. and it Is
reasonable to suppose that their numerical
strength in 1885 was at least $500 So that
without the aid OF the Populists Mr.. Bryan
would have beaten Mckinley by the small
margin OF ti.oco votes in a total Of nearly
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
Our wheat and tho Famine.

From the New York Advertiser
The unity of nature that :he Duke OF
Argyle has so well demonstrated may he
carried further even than his effort has
borne il The unity of nations" is
ma atural corollary of it. The fact that in
far off India hundreds of thousands are
threatened with starvation is Of immediate
concern to us in more ways than one.
Plague and DestilenCe are the Inevitable
accomplishments OF famine. and they have
alreay shown themselves among the starv-
ing people. Cholera. the most dreaded Of
modern plaques has broken out in the
parched and superheated regions. When
the rain comes the water courses Will
carry it to the centars OF civilization. and
SO it will probably be conveyed TO the
ends of the earth
The latest returns show that a small
amount OF rain has fallen in the famine
districts, but that fact viii have little or
no influence on present conditions The
price of wheat fell in England on receipt
of the news. but not sufficiently to seri-
oLsly change the outlook. The scarcity
OF the present is what is putting up the
price of American wheat: the rainfall Of
to-day can affect only the remote future.
1t is not agreeable, OF course, 10 reflect
thai agricultural prosperity on this con-
tiLeut is dependent to a greater or less
extent on the sufferinEs of others, but
there is compensation in the thought that
We have enough not only for ourselves but
for others in this emergency and that the
cost will fall, 10 some extent. on a govern
ment that is amply able to pay for it..
Great Britain has succeeded in getting a
great deal out of India. and may make
some sort of restitution without exciting
pity.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
THE WAN nErARrMExr.

From the annual report OF Secretary OF
War Lamont, just published 1t appears
that tho number OF enlisted men in the
srmy service on the last day OF October
was q, ,G5S. which is 2S4 less than the num-
Der authorized by law. The number OF off,
Gers on the same date was 1919. During the
past year the army was not engaged IN any
hostile operations OF note, tho only active
service being scouting in the mountains
OF Arizona to capture some renegade
ApAches. two OF whom were killed and one
captured. the others got away. There are
seycnty-scvon military posts in the United
States and the total expense OF conduct
ing the war department for the fiscal year
was about t5e.np5yOCo.
While the regular army seems ridiculous
" small for a nation of 7c,Ct5.0D) people,
the secretary points out that the organ
iEed stats militia numbers about 1900
men of all arms. for the support OF which
the federal government Rppropriates S+oo.-
oo1 annually and the state governments
nearly $3.cooOc0
For the defense OF our sea coast nearly
81 Ooo.0Do have been expended since 1855,
and The secretary has included in his e5-
Inmates for further Improvements in this
branch several aniIlons more. 4 large
number Of guns and mortars OF heavy cal
iber and improved mako have been built
and many OF them mounted for service,
while others are IN course Of construction.
Five ordnance establishments have been
busy curing the past year turning out i'm
proved arms st all descriptions. The gov
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
Who Is HANNAH

From the New York Press.
With an assumption of naivete the re-
turned boss of Tammany Hall asks:
WHO is Hanna?"
He does well to ask. 1t is not surprising
that he should be unable to identify Mr..
Hanna There is nothing about Mr.. Han
ma that Mr. Croker could recognize, be
cause he is not acquainted with the quail
ties of which the chairman of the Repub-
Hcan national committee is possessed.
Mr. Hanna never was a street corner
idler. He never made his headquarters in
groggeries. He never led Il gang of
"rouehs." such as the odoriferous Tunnel
gang. He never lorded it over the tOughs
of an election district for pay. He never
INDUCED in street brawis which ended in
murder He never aspired to prize ring
honors and emoluments. He never made u
fortune without having some legitimate
business He did not receive presents of
$1,000 from political proteges and goliath
ers He did not make himself a stink and
stencil in the nOstrils of his party, and
sneak off to Europe to cover up his tracks.
He never deserted his party in the hour
of its defeat. He never was the friend and
associate OF murdcrers, blacklegs and
thugs.
who is HANNAH"
None of the things mentioned has the
boss been able to find in Mr.. Hanna's rec
ord. Therefore. he needs 10 ask who the
strange creature can be.
Who is Hanna?
Whom Croker can never hope to be. Who
is Croker? Whom Hanna would not
stoop to be. They are as far apart as the
poles.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
Football and Culture.

The graceful humanites of the older cdu-
cation or the culture of the new may not
at first glance seem to have much con-
nection with football as played today by
rival college and athletic teams N various
parts of the United States. .Snong the
amenities in which Horace, Cor instance
delighted there is no direct mention OF foot
ball. though he does, in one of his odes,
say. the moment has come for carousll,
and the foot is now free to strike the
earth in brisk measures" But the context
shows that Horace had in mind quite an
other form of foot exercise to that which
practiced on the gridiron.
Could Horace witness game this after
noon his ideas as to foot exercise in rela-
ton to culture would be greatly enlarged,
though it is to be feared he would see in
the maddeniug scramble on the home rush
but another reason for his devout prayer
Gods, grant to docile youth worth'S up
right nanners" His only difficulty prob
ably would be to know to which of the
gods whose names are in 1.-The white book
of the muses." he should address his
prayer or turn for enlightenment as to the
real object and purpose of the contest up
on which he looked.
But times change and college boys change
with them Not a few. it must be ad-
mitted. of the athletes and heroes of the
chosen game of the disciples of learning
to-day would be sorely puzzled with the
tests of the school men of the middle ages,
and most of them. with their generous
not to say profuse. head coverings. would
probably think it a waste of time to learn
in logic TO divide a hair 'twixt west and
southwest side for 10 them a handful of
hair. more or less is but trifle, not worth
disputing abOut. Education now has
goals of which the ancients did not even
dream. and to reach these the football
elevens of to-day will struggle with an
energy worthy the high cause.
a iG hut raIl i've
term. and. unlike Corinth, to which but
one road led. it may now be approached in
a variety of ways, and one of them-the
main road. and not a by-path-seems to
lead by the gridiron field. Apollo may still
sing to his Tyre. Pan still pipe upon his
reeds, and Minerva scan the pages of the
Book of Wisdom. But for all that cakes
and ale are not bad in their way and Mer-
cury-he of the light foot and tricky de-
vices-waS he not also among the gods?
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
The wage-Enrners Not Fooled.

From the New York World.
The action of the Chicago Federation OF
Labor at its Sunday meeting, in tabling a
free coinage resolution, was merely a rat
ifcat:on of the action taken by the work
ingmen of the country in casting their
ballots as they did in the November cleo
ton.
The free silver plank of the Chicago plat
form was artfully baited with allurements
designed directly TO catch the labor vote.
There can be no doubt that the mistaken
minds that shaped the Chicago platform
thought they had secured the labor vote
of the country by the planks relating to
and to what they called government b.
Injunction" Their calculation was that
with these alIurements they could secure
the vote of the workinsmen in the cities
and use them as catspaws to pull out the
free silver chestnuts, for the benefit of the
mythical farmer and of the very substan-
tial mine owner
The workingmen, as might have been ex-
pected, refused alike to join in an attack
on the supreme court and the district
courts and in defense of free riot, and in
doing so they also repudiated the bribe Of
free silver The election figures show this
clearly Sound money carried nearly every
CITY and every manufacturing state in the
country.
Il is not necessary that the labor organ
izations should formally repudiate the free
silver heresy by resolution after they have
done so by ballot, but it can do no harm
to emphasize the lesson taught by the
election.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
TO MEET THE DEFICIT.

Senator Chandler Is quoted in a Wash
ington dispatch as saying that the only
way now left FOR meeting the treasury
deficit is the authorization by congress OF
short time loans. This conclusion is. OF
course, predicated upon the belief that
neither the Dlngley bill nor any other tariff
measure can be passed at the short ses-
sion of congress.
The necessity for doing something to
meet the deficit is more than obvious. 1t
was hoped that after election the treasury
receipts would show a substantial increase.
but instead there was a deficit Of s7.0SS027
during the first twenty-five days of No
vember. BY the tina congress meets there
Will be a deficit of something more than
100000 If the present rate continues. The
exact amount Of deficit for the period COM
mencing July l and ending November % is
80. .g57.6 .613, and for the last end of this Pc
Rod the relation between income and out
go has been getting worse instead of bet
ter The gold reserve is all right as since
McEinIeys election it has increased to
Sl2S O00,0J0.
Apparently the only remedy for the def
icit offered by the present administration,
which is contained in the recommendation
OF Secretary Carlisle, is to increase the tax
on tea, coffee and beer. While the Repub-
leans in congress might not seriously OBJ
tect to an increase of tax on beer, they
Will stand unalterabIy opposed TO any in
crease upon tea or coffee, for it would
stand in direct contradiction TO the Repub-
lican theory of supplying revenue through
what is denominated the protection prin-
ciple."
1t might not be inappropriate to remark
that the Republican party is in ne wise
responsible for the troubles of the present
administration in struggling with a deficit.
It also might with propriety be added that
at no time in the history of the country
were the people more anxious that the Re
publican party should assume the duties
of government and relieve them of the
vexations and distresses which have fol-
lowed the Democratic triumph of 1892. The
people have perfect faith that shortly after
the 4th of March. Mckinley and his special
session of congress will solve the riddle
of raising revenue enough to run the gov
ernment without borrowing money upon
interest bearing bonds.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
Why He Wa. ThnnkfnI-

TT occasionally affords me considerable
pleasure to be made a victim of a clever
little scheme" remarked a way-up tray-
cling man TO another of his profession,
but, Of course, too much of it would
create a reverse sentiment. 1 must con-
fess that the cunning OF museum magi-
clans is rarely equaled. To while away an
hour or two in Chicago 1 visited the larg-
est museum. The legerdemain work Of a
hght-fngered artist was immensely pleas
ing as we'll as mystifyinE. He exposed a
number of tricks to interest his audiencs
and then launched into some very clever
magic
when he had completed his first exhibi-
tion the little pamphlet exposing each trick
was offered for sale at the small sum OF
10 cents l was astonished to observe how
eargerly the crowd bought them. 1 re-
turned a few minutes later. merely by
chance, TO the magician's platform as a
second performance was about 10 begin.
A word with you, my friend. said the
trickster TO me, as l advanced toward
him.
What do you wish?' I asked.
You see my friend said he in whis-
per. am playing to cold audience. My
books don't take well and all in the world
1t needs to make them go Ike wildfire Is
some one to start the ball rolling. Now
won't you, just as a favor. obliGe me by
stepping forward as soon as I offer the
crowd will follow. 1 will return your mon
ey Immediately after the sale
THE craftiness of the magician and his
judgment of human nature amused mo
and, as l saw nothing radically out of the
way with his request. / consented True
to my word was on deck at the close
of the performance. and. to tell the truth.
I rather enjoyed the DEAL which I con-
sidered a good joke on the crowd. At an
opportuno time I rushed forward and
bought a book. The audience crowded
forward in haste to make purchase. and
in a remarkable short time many of the
pamphlets We're disposed of Then the
magician disappeared behind the curtain.
| waited several minutes for him to re-
turn. but he came not. l thought this
strange
Where is that trick feilow?' srumbled
a big fellow near me.
Why 1 inquired.
"a 4 was to get my money back as soon
as he quit selling those books, and ne has
given me the worst Of it
"'I made the same deal with him. said
several others in the crowd. Then a gem
eral laugh followed.
'I hurried from the museum. laughing
to myself. ] was well aware OF the grace
full manner in which I had been taken in,
and. like any other human, found Conso-
1ation in the fact that the fakir's other
victims were numbered by the score"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
NrM Nnmc nnIr

From the New York Evening Sun.
The expression lin de steele is supposed 20
sum up in itself a number of peculiaritie5
OF the time. This is in spite OF tn, fact
that 1t is perpetually used in loose and
reckless way. Deca5ence is a condition
that is considered natural at the century 3
end The theory appears TO be that with
the beginning OF the next cycle We shall
brace up, turn Over a new leaf and do
better. NJ. Gebhart has made curious
discovery. He contends that the theory
of the approaching end OF the world WIS
not really held by people at large as the
year leo approached He is positive shat
neither popes. kings nor commoualty
thought that there would BE- a grand crash
on that date, and this in spite OF all the
historians who have taken the other view
and told the other story He SAYS that
the true terror of the year 1000 was the
fear of the evil one" And then he shows
that this evil one, as medieval man con-
ceived him. was very like the modern
decadent in form and feature. In fact.
Glaber's description of the little black
monster in human shape with narrow
and wrinkied forehead and big mouth
might almost have been taken from the
pages OF LOmbroso. What the Italian
scientist calls degenerate our remote an
cestors would have called an incarnation
of the evil one. All Of which is very
strange as showing the persistence of hui
man belief under one form or another.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
Apologies in Order.
rom the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
Now that the report OF the Kansas state
committee shows that not one dollar was
received during the campaign from the
national committee We look for suitabIz.
apologies from two different quarters. Tyrs
Pops owe an apology 20 the diaboli-aI.
money power for asserting that it would
buy the state and country. And the Chi
cago Tribune owes the Republican speak
ers and newspapers OF Kansas an apology
Tor It's gratuitoUs and unworthy statement
that they made a weak ana iraTerrfye
campaign and attempted 10 stra.!lls the
issue and compromise with the cnerny- 7
Illinois. Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan and
other Western states which have been
"taffied" for their wonderful Republican
gains, the national committee concentrated
their efforts and kept their strongest and
most distinguished speakers. This state
was regarded by the committee. until too
late. as hopeless. The battle for sound
money was left TO Kansas Republicans in
Kansas. They lost the fight. thanks 10
the disgraceful conduct Of Kansas Demo-
Gratis, who, only two years ago had de-
nOunCed Populism as a scandal 10 the
state. But the fight for sound money was
manfully and ably waEed and the Repub-
iicans of Kansas have no apologies to
offer for their defeat. The great vote they
polled was due to their independent ex-
ertions- That such a contest was made
and such a vote rolled up for the gold
standard without dollar or the national
committees money should earn for KAN
sas Republicans the congratulations in
stead OF the reprOaches Of such papers al
the Chicago Tribune
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-28
A yAIyGLoRIoUs BOAsTER.

In the course OF signed article in which
he discusses the charge of Democratic
fraud in Tennessee, Governor Robert L.
Taylor says: II will be inaugurated gov
ernor of Tennessee. I think 1 will make
a good governor, because I have been
governor twice and lieutenant governor in
my own family for more than eighteen
years"
Nothing short of the latitude which a
man successful in political campaign is
apt vaingloriously to take can pardon the
braggadocio contained in the last few
words of Governor Taylor's remarks. He
may have imagined in the exhilaration of
his victory that at some period he had
been lieutenant governor of his own fam
lily. but If he will take his memory off into
some dark closet where It can, in calm
and judicial manner, reason with the facts
he will discover that he was not even ad-
jutant general, or private secretary or
keeper of seal and records. Unless, in
deed. this Tennessee boaster has estab-
lished a domestic dynasty inconceivably
different from that which rules in most
American families, it IS doubtful if he
ever rose above the position of executive
clerk, and even then he was compelled to
smudge his dignity of place with the low
ly duties OF janitor.
If we remember Alright, Governor Tay-
lor was first made famous through his
fiddling, and We demand of him to come
forth and say, honor bright, whether he
believes that a man who has been baT-
ished to the woodshed many a time with
his fiddle for fear of waking the baby
can conscientiously stand up before the
American people and claim to be lieuten-
ant governor of his own family!