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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-28
BRYAN sCAREs HIS CHIEFS.
Relies on Providence and Dfscards
Practical Political Work.
Washington Special

WaSnlHSlO opSCie1i.
Candidate Bryan seems to be the only
Democratic leader who is confident that the
Chicago nominee will be elected: he rehes,
as is we'll known, upon his belief that ne
is predestined to be President, and That ne
is to be elected by a great uprising or the
people. and not by the work or practical
politicians or the expenditure of large sums
of money He thinks his own speech
making and that of others which 1t sti1nu-
lates. IS the most effective means OF cam
But naturally the practical politicians
who are trying to manage his campaign
here and in Chicago, and those who come
in from time to time from the different
States do not agree With him, and are
getting more and more discouraged as they
realize the tremendous strength of the al
lied forces and interests opposing MN, ana
the lack of organization, lack. OF hrst-clasS
on their own side For, in spite or all the
reports about the generous Sits OF the
silver mine owners, the practical politicians
on the Bryan side have very little money
Chairman Jones himself is quoted as talk
ing privately in a very discouraged man
ner and saying that he had never real,
! lied before what power combined capital
might have in politics and that ne was APP
palled by the plans ana meshods f OF Inc Inc
sonal opinion as to the prospects he sa1d ne
did not believe any man living could tell.
that predictions made on hopes We're
worthless. And it's said that Chairman
an at their last interview all the difficulties
and needs of the campaign from the point
of view of practical politics, and that BrY-
an made light of them, and told him that
he was relying upon the justice Of his cause
and the aid of heaven. and that even If he
was defeated this year. which he did not eX-
pcct the battle would go on until the
crime of 49, was punished and its terrible
consequences stopped.
Candidate Bryan is also quoted as having
made a similar reply to Senator German,
Senator Faulkner and other practical poll
ticians who talked with him while he was
here on the same line as Chairman Jones.
These practical politicians are thoroughly
convinced that their candidate is senti
mental. impractical and visionary. and.
what is more important they are daily be-
coming more and more convinced that he
cannot win Most of them are biInetal-
lists and not original free-conage advo-
Gates, and of course. cannot sympathiZe
with candidate Bryans zeal for the free
coinage cause. nor with his confident eX-
pectation that it must some time win.
He talks like an abolitionist to them.
while they talk to him like the practical
politicians of the ante-bellum period. He
has shown them. however. that he Is
strong-willed enough to follow out his own
course, regardless of them and their adj
vice and that he fully realizes his impor-
lance as candidate. Some of them find
ing that they have not been able to manage
him as a candidate, and fearing that they
would not be able to manage him as Pres-
dent. are getting lul1ewarm as well as dis
heartened.
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PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Mr.. Edwin Farmer will give a piano re-
cital at Wulschner'S next Friday evening,
assisted by Mrs. Lafayette Page.
Among the passengers on the Neither
lands liner Veendam, which will sail from
Rotterdam for New York Wednesday, will
be Mrs. d. Dewar and daughter Grace.
They are expected home about Oct r.
COCKRUM WOODEN WEDDING.
Special the indianapolis Journal.
OAKLAND CITY, Ind, Sept. 27.-One of
the most elaborate receptions ever held in
Oakland City was that OF last Thursday
afternoon and evening by Mr. and Mrs. j
w. Cockrum IN honor of their fifth wedding
anniversary There was a large response to
the unique wooden invitations and all of
the guests we're charm,nyly entertained.
Splendid music was furnished by an orches-
ira from Evansville and dainty refresh
ments were served. Mr.. and Mrs. Coc.irum
were assisted iii entertaining by Mrs. w.
P. bearing, Mrs. w. L. Boyer Mrs. Mont
Campbell, Miss Dale Pritchett and Miss
Pearl Robinson The out-of-town guests
We're: Mrs. w. T.. Jtobinsoa, 1'rnceto On :;
Mrs. w. r. Boyer, Denver Col; Mrs S. B.
Robinson. OweLsgIlle; Mrs. kate l:ren; en-
Petersburg: Miss Pearl Robinson. Mount
Vernon; Miss Dale l'r:.chru+. ',arlni. H..
and Miss Freda Cockrum of Indianapolis
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WISE SILVERITES.
The Texas Idea to Free Coinage
and Its Effects.
New York Tribune


The Austin Statesman, Democratic. de-
serves a word of praise for the able and Wig
orous fight it is making against free silver.
While its attitude is that of the most intel
ligent Democrats of Texas. there is good
reason to believe that it would have been 10
the interest of the Statesman to have come
out for free silver 1t has been steadily
bombarded by slverites ever since 1T bolted
the ticket and it has undoubtedly lost sub
1t has enlisted for the war. however. and
shows no signs of being frightened by the
attacks made upon it,
These attacks come mostly in the form OF
idiotic or abusive letters to the editor.
which he is expected TO answ5 r. The states
man declares that this is entirely out of
the question; and it prints some of the
bona -fide letters it is receiving from ardent
Bryan men. in order that its readers may
see why il is out of the question a few
passages may be quoted from these letters,
because they show in d most striking be-
Mr. Rrvan's most noisyS foilowers think FREE az
silver means. In spite of their stupidity
and vulgarity therefore, they are valuable
helps to proper understanding of the
free-silver campaign, because they are writ
ten by some of the people who. according
to Mr.; Bryan, know more about finance
than bank presidents or the Shylocks of
Wall street.
One letter quoted by the Statesman was
sent by a silver committee and it began
follows:
oh; you on'ry ouss; / jes' wish we fell
lows had YOU outin me wodes What the
getting some of the free silver Mr.. Bryan
is goin' 10 send out when he is President?
You er se1h fool you don understand it.
Don you no they is goin' to count all the
gold dollars and send out Is silver dollars
for every gold dollar to shook out free
mong the bows. You ole fool. aint you got
rotody to grab for you? Let w on it.
Then "a friend, after the candid man
ner OF friends. sends the following illustra-
ton Of what sixteen 70 one means:
YOU id old fool don't you no them
fellows what you rite for will have to pay
you SIG for every 81 they pay you now I'M
der free silver? Haiut you got sense
enough 10 that. you blasted old fool?''
We have space to quote from only one
more letter; but in its way il is the best
OF them all, for he writer is evidently of a
little higher grade of intelligence than
most of the other writer's How little that
really means. however, will be seen by
perusing the letter which is as follows:
Free silver will make money plenty. We
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sntnIIi.s sncce.sor.
WASHINGTON Letter.

Washington Letter.
Father Martinelli. the recently appointed
apostolic delegate to America. soon to ar
rive in Washington. is described as one OF
fortunes favorites. He is large. hand
some and In the prime of life. He IS de-
scribed as of genial disposition. noted lin
guiSt brilliant conversatonalist and "A
very clever business man; As prior-general
of the Augustinians he has visited every
convent OF note in the world. and, posseSA
ing quick perception. he has thus gathered
a fund OF useful knowledge.
The ecclesiastical career of the delegate
has been eminently successful lie entered
the church when fifteen years old, and
during the first years of his novitiate he
was employed in teaching. In this position
he proved very capable. In after years
this eXpe rienCe was of much service, as
shown in the manner I'm which he con-
troled the members of his order. He was
born in the historic town of Luccs, Tus-
cany forty-eight years ago this month.
He comes of the ardini-Martinelli stock.
which for centuries occupied one of tho
dingy palaces of the Tuscan village His
father was firm believer in the theory OF
temporal sovereignty for the Pope, and
when this failed his three sons entered
the church in preference to living under a
temporal sovereign. One became a cardi-
nal. another holds a high office among tne
Augustinians and the third, as has been
noted. has just been appointed apostolic
delegate to America
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will build new minis and coin all the sill
yer of the world and make England bite
the dust With shiploads of silver we will
travel the ocean main and get all the
trade of the world. We will coin and coin
and com until silver is as plenty as leaves
on trees and then every fellow will have
it was in Confederate times. l had hun
or EDS of dollars in Confederate money, and
l amt seen a 10-doltlr piece since then. Let
us git back 10 good old Confederate times
when everybody had all the
money they wanted; that's what
for and you ought to be
for it. because L know you was a Con-
federate soldier. Amt you got enough
Southern patriotism in you to want git
back to good old Confed days? I'm for all
the money the government can coin and
print. Let her come: ii won't bother me.
Most people, we think. will admit that
the Statesman could not seriously attempt
to answer such arguments" these.
course in the primary school is what the
writer's are most in need Of 1t is pitiful
to think that thousands of men who will
vote next November on question of para
mount Importance to the welfare of the
country are so utterly ignorant in regard
to the meaning Of that Ques tion.~ Mr.. Bry-
an pretendS that he is appealing to the in
tellgence of the country; but. in point of
fact his appeal is made wholly to its ig-
norance. And his triumph would mean.
among other things. the coming into power
of Just such men those who are con-
founding the editor of the Statesman by
their arguments.
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SURPRISE AT RICHMOND
PROMINENT DEMOCRATIC LAWYER
ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLE,IENT.
Chairman Henderson Forced to spend
Night ina Jail-New President for
state Normal school.
pecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept 2T.-Last mid
night James W. Henderson. prominent at
lorney of this city and chairman of the
Democratic county central committee. was
arrested on a charge of embezZling several
hundred dollars from Woodward Lodge of
Odd Fellows of which he served for some
time as secretary. He was placed in jail
and remained until this morning, when he
gave bond in the sum of $4,000 and was re-
leased. Stories regarding Mr.. Henderson s
alleged shortage have been current for
some time and have been published by the
local press, but the action of last night,
which was taken at the instigation of the
lodge, was the first of an official nature
The news of Mr.. Henderson, downfall Gre
ated much surprise in the city. where for
a number of years he has been regarded
as an honest and upright man. He has
been quite active in the political field since
being elected county chairman by the DEM
ocratS and was the man who at the last
district convention placed DR.. c. A. Robin
son in nomination for Congress.
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HE LOOKS LIKE NI'kINLEY.
Rev. DIR. Barrow breaches at College
Avenue Baptist Church.

Rev. A. c. Barrow, D. D., and Rev. H.
NJ Wharton, D. D., evangeIists of Balti-
more, Nd, began a series of evangelistic
meetings yesterday in the northeastern
part of the city. A number of the
churches in that part of the city have ex-
pressed a willingness to cooperate in these
meetings, which will be held in the Col
lege-avenue Baptist Church, corner of Col
lege and Lincoln avenues. These evangeists
have national reputation ard are very
successful in their work. These meetings
will be held in the Colege-avenue church
every day for several weeks, from to
in the afternoon and at 730 in the even
ing. Notwithstanding the rain good con-
gregation was present yesterday morning,
and the meeting was deeply interesting.
The singing by the large chorus choir
was inspiring. DR.. Barrow, who preached
in the morning, is a fine looking and
bears marked resemblance to Major Nc
KinIey. the Republican presidential candi-
speaker and an eloquent and impressive
preacher. He took for his text Genesis
was not, for God took him." 1t was an
able and impressive sermon.
ment of Of Po e tie text, Acts i. S--But We
shall receive power after. that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you; ., He said nj, in
power of electricity has been stored up
in nature for centuries; So the church
the church and is stored up for the church
1t is the power of the Spirit: This is what
the church a4 t needs o not Of 5he pqwer Of
the church needs is not SO many more
Christians, but better quality of Chris
tians. The church does not need the pow
er of, social standing. The disciples who
had such power We're ordinary people.
power. What is needed is faith in God 5
promises. This power is obtained by COM
ing in touch with God + The t6 electric
rent Some of Gods people have lost the
power by not using it.
At the close of the sermon five persons
were baDtiZed
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Sept. 27.-The ruling
made by the Appellate Court yesterday in
the suit of John Irish VS.. the Alexandria
Natural Gas and Mining Company. con-
firming the judgment given for $4,000, has
a great deal of Importance in this county.
Irish is the administrator for the estate
of Jesse Harroll, deceased. The suit and
eight more for a like sum. aggregate ting $780,
900, grow out of a natural-gas explosion al
Alexandra two years ago, in which a bar
Der shop and express office were wrecked.
Harroll and four others were caught under
the falling timbers and were burned to
death Four more were injured seriously
The suits were brought shortly afterwards
and have attracted the attention of the en-
tire legal fraternity of eastern Indiana be-
cause of the sum involved in the final
outcome and also because of the many
points of legal interest which came up. The
Harroll case was pushed through as a test
case, and now that a ruling has been made
in his favor, all of the others will be
ms
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Special the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. 27.-The enroll
ment at Earlham College is gradually on
the increase. Several new arrivals were re-
corded the past week, most of them being
old students returning.
The oratorical spirit is manifesting itself
earlier this year than usual. From the new
constitution of the State Oratorical Asso-
citation the State contest occurs the first of
the year, almost Immediately after the be-
ginning of the new term. This compels the
college to hold its final contest this term
and the date decided by Earlham is
Dec. 5. All class contests must be over
with by Nov. 20. -
The class of 1897 has elected the following
officers: President, Arthur Chase; vice
president, Christine Rogers; secretary, Ber-
tina Johnson; treasurer, Warren Parrett
The officers of the class of 1898 are: Pres
ident. Murray Hadley; vice president Grace
Maddox; secretary, Cassius Reece; treas
urer, Winifred Allen. The officers for the
class of 1900 are: President. Frank Hitter
man; vice president. Charles Frazee; secre-
tary, Ruth Russell; treasurer, Edith Hub
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a Woman EIector.
Pittsburg acknowledgements.

Pittsburg ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
If the Republicans carry Wyoming for
Mckinley and Hobart on Nov. 8 the Elec-
toral College which will meet to determine
the result of the election will be different
in one important particular from every
ton of the government of the United
States. One of its members will be WON
an. Mrs Sarah Malloy of Cheyenne has
been placed on the States electoral tick
ct by Wyomings Republicans, and the
party will do its best to elect her. They
feel reasonably sure of success for they
elected Republican Governor in 1894 by
plurality of 3.1Si out of a total vote of
1920. Two years previous Harrison re-
ceived the vote of the State by "A plurality
of 1872 out of a total vote ct 1876. The
Increase in the total vote went almost en-
tirely to the Republican party.
Mrs Malloy says she is a believer in
woman suffrage ito Il certain degree" but
that the highest mission of woman is in
her home" Here's hoping that Major Nc
kinney Will receive the first ballot ever cast
by a woman eiector
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Money - Mere Tool.


One unfortunate result of all the talk
about money in this campaign will be TO
make great many people think that
money is of much more Importance than it
really is. OF course. the preservation of
our standard of value and the sustaining
of credit and confidence are of the very
highest Importance now and always, but
in too many heads this idea becomes at
once confused with the notion that money
is everything. Money is a most useful tool
a practically indispensable convenience. but
itself il is of not nearly so much account
as hay or wood or wool 1t is this
fusion that makes 1t possible for Bryan to
stand up. as he has stood UP. in the midst
of great crops and smiling plenty. and com
miserate farmers because their barns were
full but their pockets empty" Think of it
plenty to eat, great surplus easily ex-
changeable for clothes and machinery and
comforts. yet profound misery because the
farmers had the substance of property in
their possession, and not the mere symbols
of property. This is a wholly new kind Of
wretchedness. The really miserable farm
ing populations of the world--in Japan. in
India. in China-would be only too glad TO
be wretched in this fashion. They wouldn't
mind the empty pockets bit if the stom-
ach we're so regularly and satisfyingly filled
and the back. covered
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-28
MORPHINE BY MISTAKE.
But the Error Was Discovered in
Time to Save VIM. Jacobs Life.

Last night William Jacob, we'll driver
who lives at 534 Wells street, North Indian
apolis, was not feeling well, and asked his
wife to get him some qunine. By mistake
she gave him a dose of about twelve grains
of morphine. He had not much more than
taken the drug when she discovered her
mistake, and hurried her husband to the
City Dispensary, where Drs. Vannatta and
Wilson applied the stomach pump and an
tidotes. He was kept there nearly two
hours, when 1T was seen that the treatment
had had its effect. and then his wife took
him home. The accidental discovery that
the wrong medicine had been given was
about as unaceountable as the fact that it
was given. MRS. jacob did not seem to
know what caused her to think a mistake
had been made and then make search to
she knew was in the house
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Real Outcome OF Bryanism.
Tribune.

1t may be summed up thus: A owes b
81 coo. a says, Il will give you 1000 90
cent dollars says, But | gave you
LOCO 101-cent dollars" 10 which A would
make reply. if the systein were in opera
ton The law says 80 cent dollars are
legal tender. To cheat creditors out of
half their honest investment. and in addi-
tion to this to cheat deoositors who have
nothing to do with these debts out of half
their deposits this is Organism and ALI
geldiSm. When this system is set in opera
ton over the United States the mischief
will amount TO billions of dollars. Bat
BRYAN never mentions that. He is only
seeking a way TO pay debts i'm half value
He cares nothing for the results.
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Democrats in Indiana.
Ter In New York Post.

Indiana has never been carried by a
party which was not united 1t is alto
Sether unlikely that it can be carried this
time when every Democrat diStrusts every
other Democrat, when there are Thousands
OF its members supporting the Palmer
ticket ana other thousands openly saving
that they viii vote for Mckinley. and when
the old and effective leaders are either
fighting the Chicago ticket or supporting
It in the most luSewarm way The Renub-
Hcans. on the other hand are working in
harmony. and are making very effective
campaign. The National Democrats too
are making themselves felt. They will have
in the Held before the campaign is much
Older. Some speeches have already been
made. Many local orators are ready 10 take
the stump whenever the committee gives
the word
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-28
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The regular meeting of the directors of
the Boys Club and Employment Associa-
ton will be held at the rooms, 81 East Court
street, tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
Edward Harrington was arrested last
night by Sergeant Crane on a charge of as
sault and battery. He was mixed up in a
row with Michael White and Michael Bow
len in an East Washington-stree barrel
house few days ago. Bowlen and White
were arrested at the time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-28
Miners VIII Return to w DIRK.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Sept. 21.-The Off
cials of the jackson Hill Mining Company
are authority for the statement that their
men will return to work tomorrow morn
ing The jackson Hill men went to work
few weeks ago and then left the
mine a second time. Since then the COM
pany has been trying TO evict them from it's
houses. but the women and men drove the
constables out of camp. The company Off
Gals say the men are to return TO work a
a price equivalent to the 55-cent rate Of
fered by the OperatOrS.
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Tennis at Earlha m.
SrecfaI to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind. Sept 27.-At the cam
pus of Earlham College yesterday after
noon tennis match was played between
Messrs. Bender and Griffith, champions of
indianapolis, and Messrs. Seaton and Cain.
two OF the best-knoWn players of this city.
In the doub es the visitors won by the
follow ng s ores: rs. Sc. CT In the singes
with Cain VS.. Griffith, the former won by
scores of Go. TO, GA, and he also defeated
Bender in one set by score of 10 The
contests were quite interesting and were
witnessed by num- of people.
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MiSsioL. Chapel Dedicated.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
CRAWFORDSVILLE,I Ind, Sept 27-The
East End Mission Chapel was dedicated
this afternoon. The chapel is the work of
the Y. z. S. c. E. of the First Presbyterian
Church, the ground being donated by Mrs
Lew Wallace and Mrs. H. s. Braden and
Mrs. Joseph Milligan gave a large sum of
money towards constructing the edifice
The building is a neat one-story, with ante
rooms surrounding the main room which
has a gallery. The exercises this after
noon consisted of songs, responsive read
ings and history of the East End work
by Rev. r. B. Thomson, of the First Pres
hyterian Church.
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Indinnn Notes.

Several Richmond tailors have raised a
complaint against those of their profession
who have been running suit club schemes.
J. b Rodman. with a half dozen aliases,
who was arrested at Richmond several
weeks ago for working the bogus check
racket is said to be one of the most sue
ccSSful sWindlerS in the country.