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Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
al75.onO Fire.

.Macbias. Me. March 2e.-The new vose block, containing seven stores and a large number of offices: was burned early partial.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
Goveruor Altreld Indicted.

Champaign. H.. March a6.The Cham paign county grand jury today indicted Gov. John P. Altgald and the entire board of trustees of the University of Illinois for not complying with the state law requiring that the American flag be displayed over the state university building.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27

Undelivered Telegrams.
 Undeliyered telegrams at the Western Union office: Ben Colquit, F. P. Mor- daunt
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27

Fresh bread and candy made daily at c. w. Cody's. 1920 to 1926 Sd avenue E5Hv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08

the old doctrine OF the absolute equality
OF independent states. The words OF Mr..
Fish In his report OF July. 1870. 10 President
Grant. more accurately define IT, The Sec
rotary OF State says: The United states.
by the priority OF their Independence. by
the stability OF their Institutions. by the
regard of their people for the forms OF law.
by their resources as government, by
their naval power, By their commercial en-
terprise. by the attractions which they Of
fer TO European immigration, by the prodt-
gious internal development OF their ~
sources and wealth and by the intellectual
life OF their population. occupy OF necessity
a prominent position on this continent
which they neither can nor should abdicate.
which entities them TO leading voice. and
which imposes on them duties OF right and
OF honor regarding American questions.
whether those questions affect emancipated
colonies or colonies still subject TO Euro
pean domination This statement Is cor
rect both in fact and I'm theory. IL We ex-
cept from the last clause OF IL the internal
affairs OF the few remaining European coli
onies in the new world. II will hardly be
contended that the government Of Washing
ton has any right, moral or legal. 10 qualify
the independence OF the countries 10 which
they belong by meddhng with taeir domes-
tic affairs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08
Married In white.


To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
President Cleveland's pretended attempt to
negotiate a popular loan of sl00,0O00O0 is
deserving of the contempt of the whole
country. Driven by public sentiment to
abandon his intended private deal with the
Morgan bond syndicate, he is going through
the farce of feigning to offer the people
a chance to buy the bonds. The terms Of
the circular under which the bonds are
offered for sale are such that it Is manifest
to every business man that in the end the
1t would require the services of Philadel-
phia lawyer to make a proper bid FOR any
of the bonds, followed by the almost GER
tain consequence that the bid would BE re-
jected in the end. If Mr.. Cleveland lad
been at all anxious for the plain people Of
the country to invest their savings in these
bonds he would have placed the bonds with
In easy reach Of the people, but on the con-
trary he has placed them where they can
might as well have hung the bonds on the
top Of a church spire and invited the people
to walk up and get them Perhaps the
worst features about the whole business is
that the result of this farce will be the
proclamation to the world that a popular
loan could not be negotiated and thus an
other blow will have been struck at the
fond of giving the people object lessons. but
they are proving to be very expensive
method Of public instruction and are wholly
uncalled for. The trouble is the people
know more than Cleveland and would get
along better without his object lesson.
JEFFERSON H. CLAYPOOL.
INDIANAPOLIS Jan. z.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08
Chairman walker i. Caustic.


Representative Walker chairman of the
banking committee, said ,nis morning. in
commenting on the bond call. In view OF
the rapid payment since he war of the
enormous debt of over 5000. 90 o. AMI the
general determination of our people 10 be
out of debt, for the President to issue thir-
ty-year bonds when he empowered to
issue ten-year bonds is an outrage past
expression. Mr.. Cleveland will receive the
execration of the people for increasing by
generation. These bonds Will he dated lack
one year. and, If that is legal. l 10 not
see why they could not nave D zen dated
back twenty-five years.
1.-THE course of Mr. Cleveland In defeating
the granting TO him of the power TO issue
the five-year bonds proposed by Mr. Sher-
man at the end of the Fifty-scCord Congress
and his opposition to the proposal of Mr..
Reed and myself in the Fiity-third Con-
gresS 10 issue short-term bonds manes his
sible term exceedingly difficult to explain,
especially in view OF his demanding of this
Congress the very power that ne has three
times prevented Congress from granting
him. Moreover, the amer in which. this
so-called popular loan is invited foredooms
IL TO defeat. Popular loans must always
carry small commission to secure tier
negotiation.
inclined 10 say anything over their names
upon the merits OF the proossed bond Is-
sue A popular loan meets with approval
but some insist that certain features of the
large size of the issue and the fact that
Ii must be paid in Ave per cent. install
ments, one on acceptance vf oil ana the
others ten days apart. The syndicate was
given mum ,er CT months instead OF forty
days In which TO make IS icposl-s. Some
question still exists n 20 the wisdom and
legality OF dating back the issue far enc
year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Since the death of his famous trotter,
Dexter. Robert Bonner has not been on the
road as often as formerly. The death of the
old horse seems really TO have shaken Mr.
Bonner seriously, as a close friendship had
grown up between the two
John C. Eastland. of Danville. KY, has a
remarkable record as Sunday school
scholar. He has only missed attending
school one Sunday in seven years and but
two Sundays in nine years. This is the
more notable he lives five miles distant
in the country and has had TO brave some
pretty bad weather at times to get to
school
The Northwest Magazine says that In run
ming a steamboat from Rainy Lake river
to Rainy lake, in northern Minnesota. the
craft was compelled TO plunge over falls
ten feet high. With the force OF the cur
rent and the full head of steam the steam
boat shot out OF the water full length. ex-
posing the whole boat bottom, keel wheel
and rudder. and then dropped into the boil
Ing. swirling water below the falls. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08


When yet under my majority at school
at Bardstown, KY, and hearing the news
OF the death of Henry Clay, / almost
dropped, and 1 felt as if all things were
work to be done: and the next morning
after a broken nights rest, / was sur
prised to see the sun was up and shining
as usual. the birds were singing in. the
locust trees in the old college yard as be-
fore, and the professors were, as before,
hurrying here and there and getting ready
for the public examination to he had on
that day; and when approached by one OF
them to know :S Il was vas ready with my Euclid
M ora rs see nS
by no means satisfactory. and before sun
set of that day. L was made to know and
that. even that event would not obviate.
or dispense with, a college examination.
That Is. now over forty-three years ago.
and a,ld colleges ,. have gone on; nations have
this country still lives and moves under a
free republican form of government. And
with all my youthful idolatry for the noble
old commoner, and my present matured adj
miration for his character and life. IL he
were now here asking for a third term of
office he sought so eagerly l would say.
with my view on institutions, mo, no,
stand back, enough Is enough, and law
and precedent and history all say, for one
you have had enough"
In every change of administration how
often do we hear, oh old man O'F'laher-
ty, or Dusenberry. or Mr. Fittest-of-all in
this position or that, will not be put out.
for he has been there so long his place can
not be filled" Yet we do know that they
go out by hundreds. as silently as the stars
shine In the heavens, and their places are
filled and the government still lives and
ing of public office for long period runs in
to this very idea of personal right, of per
longer continued the harder Ii is 10 break
and dispel this conviction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08
A PEACE DOCTRINE.

The patriotic letter of the Hon. Theo-
dore Roosevelt criticising the course of
some of the Harvard professors on the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. question shows very
clear apprehension of the logical effect
of the Monroe doctrine and the impor-
lance of firmly maintaining it. Moth
ing will tend more to preserve peace on
this continent" says Mr.. Roosevelt,
'than the resolute assertion of the Mon
tainly in the end produce war than to
invite European aggressions on Amer
lean states by abject surrender of our
principles" This is true beyond ques-
ton. Whatever may be the present eff
feet of a firm assertion of the Monroe
doctrine, there can be no doubt that an
abandonment of it would lead primarily
to European aggressicns on American
states, and ultimately to war. The time
to resist such aggressions is at the be-
ginning, and the place is at the thresn-
old. If the United States allows one
case Of such aggression to pass unno-
ticed the Monroe doctrine will be gone
and tenable line of opposition to Euro
pean aggression on this continent. Once
surrendered or abandoned IL can never
be recovered If the right OF European
governments to extend their territorial
possessions on this continent is once rec
ognized 1t is impossible to doubt that 1t
will ultimately lead to war. Suppose,
49, 81 Tnft a1 fot hn1
allowed the attempt to establish a Eu-
ropean monarchy in Mexico to succeed.
That would have been an end of the
Monroe doctrine. and We should have no
standing ground whatever in the present
case If the doctrine is abandoned in the
present case we should have no standing
ground in the next one
OF all European powers England Is the
most aggressive. She already owns ex-
tensive possessions in both North and
South America. and will add TO them If
she can. In a military sense, she
menaces the United States from almost
every important strategical point near
our shores. She has great Notifications,
extensive dock yards and inexhaustible
coaling stations at Halifax. naval rem
devious in the Bermudas, another in the
Bahamas, and one of the mightiest sys-
TENS OF Notifications in the world on
Vancouver island. These naval stations
and Notifications may not have been in
tended as a base of operations against
this country more than others. but there
they are. and from them British guns
point at US In all directions. England is
the foreign power whom we have most
TO fear. because she is already so strong
ly intrenched In our vicinity and is so
aggressive. Against her. Of all other
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08
TILTS IN THE HOUSE
HOLSTERS WE'RE THE INNOCENT
CAUSE OF A wORDY WARFARE.
An Effort to "Get Even with the
"Combine" That Controlled APP
pointments Of Various Officers.
to the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Z. - Two Hoosiers,
Benjamin Vail. formerly of indianapolis.
and Robert Hatcher. of Lafayette, caused a
lively session OF the House this morning.
1t appears that those members OF the Re
publican side Of the House who were re-
fused patronage by the managers of the
House officers combine" have been chatting
over the matter for some time, and their
only escape valve has been to complain OF
the inefficient service Of the combine" APP
pointments. Mr.. Vail was appointed de-
partment messenger. to succeed Major
Coombs. a New York Democrat. Soon there
was complaint that Coombs should not have
been replaced by Vai.-that he was indis-
pensable and similar complaints The "com-
bine' sought to remedy the matter by Great
ing new place as assistant department
messenger for Mr.. Coombs. This resolution
came up in the House to-day and gave rise
TO some amusing complaints, among them
that Of Mr.. Cannon. who announced that
though there are twenty-one Republicans,
out Of a delegation OF twenty-five. from IL
linois not one had received a place. while
others had Jared far more generously. This
may have beo an a;lusion to the Indiana
delegation.
Mr. Johnson, who declined TO accept the
office allotted to him. caused cold chill TO
run down the backs of his hearers by his
outspoken views of civil-service reform,
which. he said, the members OF the House
ought TO Apply. No man in the House should
be removed who was competent, no matter
what are his politics. Then Mr.. Walker,
of Massachusetts, told a doleful tale of the
poor service of the reading clerks, having
IN view Mr.. Hatcher. who little while be-
fore had had some difficulty in reading at
sight the VIGOROUSLY execrable handwriting
OF Mr.. Henderson. Several members promp,-
ly spoke up for Hatcher. who is, indeed. AN
excellent reader. MIR. Henderson took occa-
sion 10 tell Mr.. Walker the true cause OF
the trouble and Mr.. Walker. afterward
said he regretted MS unjust attack on Mr..
Hatcher. Taken all In ALL however, to-
days session was not an inspiring spec
tacle. With the prospect OF grave foreign
complications on the one hand and the
threat of a crucial financial situation on
the other, there are weightier considerations
which might occupy the House than squab-
bling with bitter taunls and fierce invectives
over a pa.try assistant messenger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08

The new call for bonds says: "Pur-
chasers will be required to pay in United
States gold coin. or gold certificates. for
the bonds awarded TO them" This re-
quirement will add materially to the diff
ficulty of negotiating the bonds. No per-
son will bid for the bonds unless he has
the gold with which to pay for them, or
an assurance that he can get it. There
is gold enough in the country, but it is
not accessible, and general inquiry or
demand for it would probably make ie
more so. Why should not greenbacks
have been received for the bonds? The
sole object of the loan, according to the
President and Secretary of the Treas
ury is to replenish the gold reserve or
redemption fund and fortify the treas
ury against 1.-The endless chain.' With
$50. 900 or s1O0000000 Of greenbacks in
the treasury, the endless chain would be
curtailed to that extent. and if the gov
eminent would then refuse to pay them
out except in exchange for gold it would
control the situation. If the outstanding
greenbacks are. as the President and
Secretary insist, a standing menace to
the treasury, requiring. as they certainly
do, the maintenance Of large gold re-
demption fund, then every dollar of
greenbacks paid for bonds and held by
the government would to that extent
lessen the necessity for maintaining a
gold redemption fund. Therefore, we
ask again, why should not greenbacks
have been received for the bonds?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08

money to invest know nothing about
making out bids" A Chicago paper
quotes Lyman ]. Gage. president of the
First National Bank. OF that city, as
saying: Secretary Carlisle should have
set an upset price on the bonds. Our
people are not as yet educated in bidding
for public loans" All practical bankers
will indorse this view. II is probable
the President and Secretary of the
Treasury themselves knew that they
were not adopting proper means TO make
the loan popular one. They have pre-
dicted it's failure in advance, and prob
ably want ii to fail in its present form
as vindication of the bank syndicate
policy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08

1t may be remarked that any bill to
pension any persons for service in the
late war who were not mustered into the
United States service and honorably dis
charged therefrom will not pass this or
any other Congress. If Congress were to
begin again. Ii is probable it would make
field service prerequisite for pension.
This remark is provoked by the an
nouncement that a bill has been pre-
scented in the House to pension members
of the Indiana Legion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08

There can be no doubt that the rela-
tions between England and Germany
have become very strained. A Berlin ca
blegram says Emperor William has
fatty declared that he will not recognize
any claim of suzerainty over the Trans
vaal This declaration will cause even
more excitement in England than the
Emperor's recent congratulatory dis
patch to President Kruger did. The lat
ter merely implied his opposition to
Englands claim, while his present decla-
ration asserts it in form so positive as
not to be mistaken. Moreover, the fact
that the declaration was made to the
Secretary Of State of the Transvaal was
in itself population of British suzer-
ainty which claims to exercise control
over all foreign relations of the Trans
vaal. AS this claim is distinctly recog-
nized in England's treaty with the
Transvaal, the Emperor's Reputation of
it is a reputation of the treaty. 1t is
impossible to construe the Emperor's
words in any other sense than that he
will support the Transvaal republic in
declaring its complete independence of
British suzerainty. This amounts al
most to q hostile demonstration and
adds very materially to the gravity of
the situation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08

Although the Journal has criticised the
terms of the new bond call and does not
believe the loan was offered in good
fash as a popular one, yet IL would be
CAD TO see 1t succeed. 1t would be a
good thing for government and people If
the entire amount of the loan should be
taken without the Intervention Of any
syndicate. This would not be the cob
ject lesson intended by the President.
but 1t would be a much better one.
Therefore, the Journal urges all banks.
trust companies. money institutions and
individuals who have money TO invest
and can obtain gold. TO bid for the bonds
to the extent or their ability
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08

ambassador Bayard ''rejoices that the
hearts of the people on both sides Of the
Atlantic beat in the common cause Of the
elevation OF their race and of the human
race" They do beat in just that way.
but the owners Of the hearts on this side
OF the Atlantic have a strong impression
that the elevation of their race and Of
the human race may sooner or later in
volve the thrashing of the British
branch Of the family.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08

The officious attempts Of the editor of
the New York World to shape public
opinion in the United States on inter-
national and financial questions by OPEN
ing correspondence with members or off,
Gals of foreign governments has received
a merited rebuke. The law to which
Senator Lodge yesterday called atten-
ton is Section $685. Of the United States
Statutes. 1t says:
Every citizen of the United States who,
without the permission authority of the
government, directly or Indirectly COM
mences or carries on eny verbal or written
correspondence with any foreign govern
ment or any officer agent thereof in re-
lation TO any disputes or controversies with
the United States, or 10 defeat the measures
and every person being a citizen OF or resi-
dent within the United States and lot dulv
authorized who counsels. advises or assists
in any such correspondence, with such in
tent, shall be punished by fine of not
more than 5000 and by Imprisonment dur
ing a term not less than six months nor
more than three years.
The New York editors motives may
not have been bad. but his recent action
seems to fall within the letter Of this
statute. At least. he has given a notable
exhibition of overofficious patriotism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08

The New York Suns attack on Sem
ators Voorhees, and Turpie is as we'll de-
livered as il Is well deserved. There are
not two other men in the Senate Who as
conspicuously misrepresent the views of
their constituencies and the interests OF
their State on the silver question as do
Journal said few days ago. In openly
espousing the cause OF free silver they
not only do not represent a majority of
the people OF Indiana. but they do not
represent the majority sentiment of
their own party" The Sun deserves a
vote OF public thanks for its scientific
unfitness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08

Inquirer. Bloomington. Ind: The inhabit-
ants Of Cuba are mostly of Spanish and
African descent. In the early history OF the
island, previous to 1911, only Castilians were
allowed to settle there; later colonists from
all the provinces OF Spain came in. There
are traces of French immigration, good
many Germans are in Havana, a consider
able number of Chinese and few descend
ants of the aboriginal Indians The OFF,
spring Of foreigners, whether white or
black, are called creoles. The whites con-
sist principally of Spaniards and creoles,
between whom is political hatred growing
out of class distinctions. The prevailing
language is Spanish
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08
A HISTORIC PARALLEL.

The operations of Cecil Rhodes in
southern Africa recall in some respects
those OF Warren Hastings, who estab-
lished the British empire in India
and laid the foundation for a vast extern
sion of the imperial power. Hastings
was the civil and military administrator
of the East India Company, as Cecil
Rhodes seems to have been of the South
Africa Company. In spite of his great
services to the crown and his vast con-
tribution to the power and prestige of
the British government, there came a
time when it became popular to abuse
him. After a brilliant career of thirty
years in India, in which he became enor-
mously wealthy, he returned to England
to be made a scapegoat on whose head
Parliament laid the accumulated sins,
real and imaginary, of the East India
Company. He was impeached for high
of his trial, which lasted seven years,
forms one of the most picturesque pas
sages in British history. He was finally
acquitted. but the expenses of his trial
had swallowed up his immense fortune.
He asked Parliament to reimburse his
costs, but it refused to do so. At last,
when he was reduced almost to destitu-
ton, the East India Company granted
him an annuity of $4,000 and paid him
$450,000 in advance.
From all accounts Cecil Rhodes must
be somewhat such a man as Hastings
was. The latter was man of boundless
ambition. tireless energy, large executive
ability, great talent for details, and a
natural leader and ruler. This desciip-
ton would probably fit Rhodes pretty
well. Hastings believed in success and
was not particular as 20 the means of
accomplishing it, especially in a case oil
British aggression against the native In
dians. Rhodes's operations in southern
Africa have been conducted on the same
line. Warren Hastings did not allow
any such sentimental consideration as
conscience to interfere with business.
Neither does Rhodes. Hastings was
frozen OUT of his East Indian office,
and, though he resigned voluntarily, he
was under cloud. Cecil Rhodes has
filibustering expedition which has
brought disaster and humiliation on the
British government. He deserves i'm
parchment fully as much as Warren
Hastings did, but he will probably re-
main in South Africa until he has added
few millions to his already large for
tune, and then return TO England and be
elevated to the peerage.