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The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
EXPENDITURES OF PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS.

The annual comparative exhibit of the
expenditures of the state charitable and
correctional institutions presented in the
last issue OF the Indiana Bulletin reveals
some rather surprising facts. For instance,
most people would declare at once that
the money spent for food or subsistence
Is a larger sum than is paid for salaries
and wages. Such is not the case. Take the
Hospitals for the Insane; s.s3S is expended
for salaries and wages and s1i9,560 for sub
sistence. The aggregate expenditure for
subsistence and clothing was $164.145 last
year, so that salaries cost $22 673 more than
table institutions. in only one. the Soldiers
Orphans Home. was the cost of subsistence
greater than the amount paid for salaries
and wages. The aggregate of salaries and
wages in the four institutions. the Soldiers
Orphans Home, the institutions for the
Deaf and Blind and the School for the
Feeble minded YVES s1O6. 713, while the cost
Of subsistence was 3.520 and OF clothing
ss.20s. The correctional institutions the
two prisons. the Reform School for Girls,
with the Woman's Prison, and the Reform
School for Boys present the same fact,
salaries and wages costing $1O1 .9s0 while SUBJ
sistence cost 1881 and clothing s20.7S4. At
tention is not called to these facts because
the expenditure for salaries and wages is
larger than 1t should be, but that when
these officials appear before the Legisla-
ture for larger appropriations for MAIN
tenance they may not base their demand
will be higher next year than they have
been the past two years. While ii is prob
able that In the past some of these institu-
tions have been forced by partisan man
ayers to make more places than were ac-
tually necessary. the merit system. now
practically in force in all of them except
the prisons. would reduce employees to a
business basis.
The third great item of expenditure comes
under the head Of office, domestic and out
door departments" These include furni-
ture. fixtures, bedding, fuel. etc. The ag-
gregate OF these expenditures comes close
up to the cost Of maintenance in most Of
the Institutions. and exceeds 1t in some of
them.
staff of life in the States institutions, but
meats. In all of the insane hospitals meats
and lard cost nearly three times as much
as breadstuffs, cereals and beans Even
butter. eggs and poultry cost more than
breadstuffs, etc. Tea, coffee and sugar cost
these institutions more than bread and
cereals. Even In the charitable institutions,
whose population is composed of young
persons, nearly three times as much is ex-
pended for meats as for breadstuffs. the
Predetermined School being the only ex-
ception. In the correctional institutions the
difference In the cost of meats and bread
is much less. Why should this be thus?
In the charitable institutions the cost of
butter. eggs and poultry is as much as
breadstuffs and cereals. while in the cor
rectional institutions these articles are
among the minor items of cost
These are matters of general interest to
the people. but of particular value to those
who have to do with the voting of money
for the maintenance Of these institutions.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

The new hymnal of the Second Presby-
terian Church may be all that could be de-
sired in that line. but the pastor and the
agent of the book go rather too far I'm an
indiscriminate classification of the songs in
the rejected Gospel Hymns ''whang-
doodle" or "fiapdoodle." or whatever was
the choice expression used. Some of the
songs in the volume doubtless come under
that head. but others cannot be so sweep
ingly condemned. Some of the best hymns
In the language both as to devout senti-
ment and poeticaI form. are found in that
collection. while the music to which they
are set has become mingled with the
religious emotions of church-going people
as to become sacred through association
and so put out of the realm of criticism
In adopting the new 1t was not necessary
to revile the old.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
Eugene Fields Family.

Chicago Letter.
The day of the presidential election was
the first anniversary Of the death of Eu-
gene Field The friends of the Childrens $
Poet will be glad TO know that this anni
yersary found his family in more than
comfortable circumstances. Mrs. Field has
her pleasant home in Buena Park and her
venirs and curios free of incumbrance. and
is in receipt of comfortable annuity,
which is reinforced by handsome income
from the copyright of her husbands books
She declined to part with the library and
its accomplishments. although tempted by
an offer cf $4,000 from one of Fields Chi
caeo admirers who, / may be excused for
telling. was Mr.. Fl. n. Higinbotham. well
known to fame as the president of the
worlds fair. Miss Mary French Field
c.Trotty," as her father called her) is nav
ing a very successful season as a reader
of her fathers poems. She has made as
much. / understand. $500 week and
has engagements booked a long way ahead.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

Cleveland would have put the fourth-class
postmasters under the cfvil-service rules
were not so many of them the hot partI-
sans of the Popocracy. This is due to the
fact that. early in the administration. the
bulk Of the fourth-class postoffices had
been transferred TO the hands Of Demo-
Gratis. The President-elect will have 24.572
places TO fila large number, but many
less than have fallen to his predecessors to
fill. The larger part of these offices are
neither important nor lucrative. that
there may not be great pressure TO obtain
them.
In the Department of State the President
has the secretary, three assistants and
fifty-nine diplomatic offices. and sixty con-
snis and consuls general to appoint. In the
Treasury Department are the secretary.
thirty-seven assistants and subordinates,
all customs collectors, and sixty-three col
lectors of internal revenue. All of the War
Department except the secretary and two
or three assistants have gone TO the classi-
fed service. Only four appointments re-
main to the President in the Postoffice De-
partment, and but three in the Department
of Agriculture. In the Interior Department
the President has the naming of the secre-
tary his assistants and the various COM
missioners who head the bureaus. In the
Department of Justice are the seventy-six
district attorneys and marshals. Really
there are few places worth seeking, even
IL the incumbents could be sure of them for
more than four years. In fact, the mayor
of a large city has more lucrative places
at his disposal than the President of the
United States
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

school children OF Oak Park Ia Chicago
suburb). says patron of those schools in
a Chicago paper. spend eight years in
grammar school before beginning Latin or
modern languages. And after all that time
they can neither read. write nor spell" DIR.
Rice. who is tabulating figures for the pur-
pose OF finding out to a fraction OF min
ute how long IA time should be allowed to
children for learning certain things. ought
to jot down this bit of information in his
nofe hook
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

The Boston Herald is the last paper to
comment on the large vote of Indiana. 1t
cannot understand such a growth in popu-
lation in Indiana as the increased vote in
dicates, and finds a possible explanation in
the colonization of voters. Under the pres
ent precinct system colonization would be
impossible, since both parties make cam
vases and have the names of all the vot-
ers. A strange man would be spotted by
The increased vote is due to a growth in
population in the greater part of the State.
All of our cities have grown. and several
of them grown rapidly. Such towns as
Elwood and Alexandria have become cities
since the census of 1890 was taken. All of
the cities in the gas belt have, in the ag-
gregate. doubled their populations since
the ce ensus-taker made his tour in June.
1890. Indianapolis is gaining population
every year at a rate which would surprise
most residents If a yearly census had been
taken. The directory TO be issued
shows that this is the case. The cities near
Chicago have added largely to their popu-
lation. Great Industries have grown up in
Indiana since $780, Many Indianians went
to arid Kansas in 1886 and 1887, and it is
more than probable that a. portion of the
$4,000 who deserted the twenty western
counties of that State came back to In
diana to live. With it's varied industries,
in fair times Indiana can absorb &c, 900 peo-
pie year and scarcely be aware of it,.
The Eastern editors need not worry about
the right side.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

The employees of the London & North
western Railroad Company asked for a
ten-hour day for a certain class OF men,
The company refused. but. lest there
should be strike during the holiday traf-
&c. asked their employees TO give a pledge
not TO stand by the union in such an
event A number of men refused. and
consequently were discharged. This
aroused public opinion. and. the leading pa
pers taking II up. the company rescinded
its action. Public opinion Is very potent
factor In such matters-a fact which is
Sometimes forgotten.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
The Cheerful Idiot.

Il am confident" said the Cheerful Idiot
that the breakfast must have been out
late last night
Why kindly asked the shoe clerk
boarder.
'The milk is looking blue; the beefsteak
feels tough; the coffee is weak; the Jelly
is shaky: the hash is all cut up and about
the only thing on the bill of fare that
seems to have any sand is the stewed
prunes, and even they rather seedy.''
Here Mrs. Hashcroft entered the discus
sion, which became warm that the but
ter assumed u rundown appearance
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
For Cuba.

O my country. great and free,
10. the nations look to thee
To arise in freedoms might,
Be the champion of right:
And in Cuba's midnight hour
Dare for her the Spaniard's power.
Now the Yankee heart is stirred.
Uncle Sam. just speak the word
For your children you can trust
And the quarrel il is just
And in righteousness decree
sister Cuba shall be free
Wheel your war ships into line.
With the hammered stars ashine,
Let the guns be ready made.
And unsheathed the battle blade.
Gail your sailors. every crew.
Call your soldiers. brave and true.
Willing will they be to die
For the Cuban's liberty.
Then will come with lightning speed
Messages that all may read:
Not ofs Cuba crushed by fate,
But of Cuba fortunate
While the freemen OF the world
Hail her newborn flag unfurled,
And the chanting cherubs say
Even in the realms of day
To the heroes gone before
Freedom is betrayed no more
And the angels through the sky
Sing in holy ecstasy,
Cuba hath her liberty.
lblin, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

value OF earthern. stone and chinaware i'm
ported in 1893 was 80. s772s on which 500
9S of duties was collected. The value Of
similar merchandise imported during the
last fiscal year was sos Az, and the du-
ties collected amounted to s3.5s3,4s6 The
same loss of revenue appears in all other
prominent articles of merchandise. which
shows that the protective tariff was bet
ter revenue tariff than the present.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

Evangelist Moody is violently opposed to
Sunday papers. and says he knows how a
Monday morning paper can be got out
without any work on Sunday If Mr..
Moody will kindly disclose this secret he
will confer a favor upon an army of men
who. much against their personal tastes.
now spend tire hoiy Sabbath in getting out
the Monday papers.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

Nearly everybody will applaud the ex-
pressed purpose of the Governor-elect not
TO have any unnecessary display on the oc-
casion of his inauguration. Nothing can
add dignity 10 the appearing of the Gov
ernor-elect before the Legislature to take
the oath of office. and no display of any
kind can make II more impressive.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
ing against gold contracts.

II those who are pushing special candi-
dates for the Cabinet of the President
eject will consult the history Of cabinet
have been eager aspirants have not been
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

The chatter about volunteering in the
those who have not thought that such "a
war would be mainly naval contest.
What would be needed more than men is
war ships and coast defenses. Under such
circumstances great amount OF war spirit
could be displayed without incurring the
faoa ~ dopgar
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

II there should ever be system OF inter-
national bimetallism the ratio would be
based upon the theory of the Democratic
dollar unit of the coinage of both metals
must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable
value" The Bryan bimetallists will oppose
that ratio because they silver mono
metallists.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORk-Windsor Hotel and Astor House.
CfIICAGO-Palmer House and p o. News Co.,
2i7 Dearborn street
cINcINNATI--J. X. HawIey & Co.. 15i Vine
street
IOCISVIILE-C #. Deering. northwest cornsr
OF Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co., &c Fourth avenue.
WASHINGTON. ID. C.-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House. Wiilards Hotel and the Washington
News Exchange. Fourteenth street. between
Perm avenue and l. street.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

The convention of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor, which met in Cincinnati
yesterday and will be in session several
days. is made up, of the delegates Of the
most effective labor unions I'm the country
and is the only one having compact and
effective organization. 1t win consider
many important questions. one of them be-
Ing the general adoption OF eight hours as
a DAYS work.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

The Senate owes 1t to itself. as well as
to the country. to make such a rule as
will make 1t impossible for senator Of
the minority to talk a bill to death; that
is. to talk so much that vote cannot be
reached thereon
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

The paragraph In the Presidents message
which has been most generally and severe
ly criticised * that In which he refers to
the greenbacks I'm the treasury. redeemed
with gold for which bonds were sold, as a
"surpIus." 1t seems to have surprised even
the Cleveland press.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

All expositions. transmississippi or other
wise should not receive a dollar from the
treasury of the United States until trans
mississippi senator's cease their opposition
to every measure designed to change def
cits IN surDluses
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

New York papers are still cackling over
the kissing scene improvised by Calve and
Eames on the opera house stage in that
city the other night. 1t had the merit of
novelty certainly. the public having so long
been accustomed to the indulgence in
scrappiDg matches rather than love feasts
by rival singers. Still, they should be
warned that for advertising purposes a lit
tie kissing is sufficient more would be
eloying TO the public taste.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
The Passing show.

This world is but a fleeting show.
And few are theyA alas.
Who can rake up a pull that's strong
Enough for a free pass.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
. The Crovvning Infap.y.

Dismal Dawson-This here paper says
that the greatest crime is committed in
the localities that goes Prohibition.
Hungry Higgins-Of course. Wot great
er crime could they be than goin' Prohibi-
tion7
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

Georgia gave Bryan 1900 plurality. but
the Senate of that State. by a vote or q
TO 15 defeated bill designed to carry out
that clause OF the Bryan platform declar-
ing against gold contracts
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

thrive best in time of peace. At least 1t is
not beipg heard from now while fiery
Americans are insisting upon war with
Spain.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

In lisa. on an importation of x,5.sls.5ss of
wool and IT'S manufactures. si45ss.772 OF du-
ties We're collected. During the fiscal
year 1855 the val.e OF wool and wooden
goods imported was ss2.ses.f57. on which
szat77-s9 OF duties were collected. The
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

A New York Sunday paper has an edi-
torial article on the serpent. The edi-
tor must have drawn on the July pigeon
hole. This isn't the sea-serpent season
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

Strange as IL may seem. the public SEN
timent in favor OF a revision OF our cur
rency system is more decided In the North
western cities than in some parts OF the
East.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.

My wealth brings me no happiness, be-
cause / have neither kith nor kim"
ITO assist, or to crow over?"
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
A Supposition.
New York Mail and ]

New York Mail and Express.
II ex-Queen Lily o. Killarney. otherwise
Mrs. Dominis. succeeds in seeing Mr.. Cleve-
land at Washington, II will be because Mr..
Cleveland failed TO see her first.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

IL there was the slightest prospect that
the Senate would pass any of it's bills the
House would continue the good work of the
last session
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

ial Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Georgia Republicans are unreasonable.
They want an election law. that will enable
them to count their votes
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
rhrc.ten 70 strike.

GLASGOW. Dec. 1.-THE members of the
Sailors and Firemen's Union of the Clyde
have decided to go strike tomorrow IL
an increase of wages Is not granted TO
them. II is stated that in the event OF the
strike taking place the dock workers at
New York and along the Mersey will re-
fuse to unload vessels coming from
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
Do-Lerr Lose Their strike.

HAMBURG. Dec. 1.-THE great lockers
strike is practically ended and numbers OF
the strikers are returning 10 work The
RAILWAYS announce that In future there
will be prompt delivery OF freight.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
sure Cure.

Kansas City Journal
There is a woman In France" says an
exchange who has been asleep thirteen
years" Has her husband tried. coming "a
ct q m. and trying 10 tiptoe upstairsy
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

Washington Post.
Zola prescribes the bicycle for those per-
sons who would forget. Those persons
who are tired OF hearing about the crime
OF '73 may now understand why Mr..
Stewart doesn't ride the wheel
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15
nd several delegates OF other articles-
Sentenced for Conspiracy

DETROIT. Mich. Dec. 1i.--John c. Bode-
wig and George w. Johnson. convicted OK
conspiracy to wreck a mail train on the
Grand Trunk Railroad. near Battle Creek.
in 1894, during the a. r. u strike, were
sentenced by Judge Swan In the onlted
States District Court to-day Bodewls was
sentenced to two years in the Detroit
House of Correction and TO pay me or
$3.50 Johnson's sentence was twenty
months imprisonment in the ftouSe Oh Sor-
recticn and to pay a fine OF $2JO0.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-15

themselves of their political rights or fail to
endeavor to secure such demands which
they make by the exercise of their politi-
cal power. The fact is. however that our
movement distinctly draws the line between
political action in the interest of labor and
party political action. This was more par
ticularly emphasized at the last conven-
ton, when it was declared the settled
policy of the American trades-union move
ever kind shall have no place in the con-
vention OF the American Federation of La
Dor. You are asked. and you should have
10 hesitation to answer. whether your Off
GERS were right or otherwise in concluding
that this declaration had a binding force
upon them and to which they should con-
form their course. not only during the
eventful and all-absorbing party political
campaign recently closed. but for the guild
ance OF your ofncers in the future.
Having had the experience OF occupying
the presidency of the American Federation
of Labor during three previous presidential
campaigns. L knew TO what tactics and
tricks party managers and their under
strappers and wire-pullers resort in order
10 commit active men in the labor move
ment to one or the other party. The slight
est casual remark is distorted into a decla-
ration of Endorsement or condemnatio
Hence before the campaign opened
thought il necessary TO warn our fellow
unionists against regarding as true any
statement attributed to me as favoring
either of the political parties. / had not
long TO wait Tor Ve!lncatlcn or my 1udg
ment. My name was even forged to a tele-
gram sent from Indianapolis while | was
In northern Michigan In the interest of the
miners I'm which 1 was supposed TO urge
the nomination CT a certain man for the
presidency.
by my course-that is. in refusing to
commit organization or myself to either
Of the parties--I by no means allayed per-
sonal or official criticism. or rather abuse
and slander. BY the partisans OF one side
I was supposed TO be working In the inter-
est of the silver baroEs'; by the other
was captured for the gold bugs. Men
consistent enough and stanch enough 10 be
governed by the single purpose to try and
steer our craft of trades-uniontsm clear
from the shoals and rocks upon which SO
many of labor's previous efforts were
wrecked. I was convinced. however. that
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-24

gate A. G. Cleveland, OF Nevada,
arrived in Salt Lake, hundreds Of
admiring citizens met them at the
depot with carriages, flowers and
brass band and great hurrah
went up from the crowd as they
rushed to.shske the ha nds OF the
convention boilers. They were es.
corted to Knutsford hotel where
they received an ovation and each
spoke brie fly of their action at ST.
Louis. The speakers declared
their faith in the republican prin-
ciples, excepting those outlined in
the financial plank at st. Louis.