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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

The Governor of Pennsylvania has signed
the bill passed by the Legislature to tax
unnaturalized foreigners. The measure
was strongly opposed by corporations that
employ much foreign labor and it's con-
stitutionality will be tested by them, but
it meets general approval in other quarters,
particularly in the coke regions. Pennsyl-
vania has probably suffered more than any
other State through the influx of foreign
laborers who have no intention of remain
ing permanently, and even when they do
remain do not become citizens nor accumu
late taxable property, and are burden
upon taxpayers. The State has a compul-
sorry education law, and it is the children
of these Hungarians and Slavs for whom
new schoolhouses are being built and adj
ditional teachers employed. The property
owners declare that If these children are
to be educated at the cost of the township
their parents should help bear the burden.
The foreign element also adds considerably
TO the cost of maintaining almshouses,
prisons, etc. The tax to be assessed is
cents a day upon every male citizen over
twenty-one years of age, and it is esti-
mated that it will bring a million dollars
In revenue into the States treasury. One
county alone it is thought, will receive
about $4,000 annually from this source. The
native workmen hope that the law will
have the effect of driving out the carpet
bag" foreigners and bringing return of
industrial conditions that existed before
their arrival. 1t is a measure whose oper-
ations will be watched with interest by
residents of other States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

A Harvard University professor has a
public lecture entitled The Present Trend
of Geography" If the public were called
upon to testify on this subject it would
undoubtedly argue that the trend Of geog-
raphy Is to get itself forgotten as soon as
possible by those who once knew something
about it, There is beautiful Vagueness in
the minds of a majority of people who are
not fresh from their school textbooks as
to the location of most places on the face
Of the earth. They are fairly familiar with
the names of countries and cities, islands
and lakes, and other divisions natural and
artificial of the earth's surface, but if a
civil-service appointment depended on their
telling off-hand precisely where to find
these geographical points on the map they
would lose. Now and then the rare individ-
ual who reads his newspaper with an atlas
in the other hand is encountered and is at
once a trial and comfort-a trial because
he knows so much that we ought to know
and do not comfort because he is a more
convenient source of information than the
gazetteer. The mastery of descriptive geog-
raphy being purely an effort of memory, it
is not to be wondered at that the knowledge
becomes haZy, but it is a satisfactory
knowledge to have at ones finger ends, so
to speak, and the ingenious person who
shall invent an easy system of mnemOnics
that will enable the details gathered in ear
ly life to be retained in the mind until they
are of some use will confer an inestimable
favor on a large constituency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

Chicago Times Herald.
Protests of Indiana Methodist laymen
against the encroachments of ecclesiastical
authority as voiced in the State meeting
held at indianapolis Wednesday created not
a ripple among Chicago clergy or lalty
ton ton, dismissing it as unworthy of notice
In the bishops hearing minister of high
standing said: 'All these people want IS
notorfety. They are a lot of hickory
Methodists scratching their sores in pub
lie, That is all there is to the movement
IT will probably never be heard of again
There is absolutely none of that feeling in
the Illinois Conference.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
Much Too Good-Natured.

MY wife has the most exasperating tenn
per-" said the why little man.
L am surprised to hear it," said the other
man. II had the Impression that she was
very good natured."
That's Just what's the matter with her.
She won't get mad when she ought to. The
other morning l went to the hydrant TO get
a drink and the water was almost thick
enough to carve. And l began saying
things. Never mind dearie, said she.
Just think how nice it will be to scour the
tinWare with -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

The sixteenth semi-annual meeting of the
Southern Indiana Press Association will be
held at New Albany, Thursday, July l. The
first session will be from l to p. m. and
the second from to 10 p. m. at the old
De Pauw College building. Headquarters
will be at Maxedon Hotel. After adjourn
nent of the evening session the party will
take a special Pullman car on the l.. & n.
train for Nashville, where two days VIII
be spent at the exposition. All who desire
to go to Nashville should address the sec
rotary at once.
1t is urged that every editor in southern
Indiana be at the meeting at New Albany
IL they can go no farther. A programme
OF interest and profit to newspaper men
has been arranged.
A. s. CHAPMAN, President,
Madison, Ind.
]. w. COCKRUM Secretary,
Oakland City, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

his life. While the country about there
mas greatly changed in the years which
have passed since her death, it must ever
be nearer like the country as 1t was when
she died than any other spot can be. There
could be no propriety In removing the re-
mains to this city or to Arlington, and no
excuse for such removal except that more
lieved that those whom Governor Mount
has invited to meet here tomorrow to
consider the subject of making provision
for the proper care of the grave of Nancy
Hanks Lincoln will consider one of these
propositions for moment. The fitting
thing to do is to preserve the grave with
such modest surroundings will tell the
story of the humble life of the mother of
Abraham Lincoln.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

Joseph H. Choate. of New York, is a
great lawyer, and gets great fees for de-
Tending great lawbreakers. In defending
the Tobacco Trust the other day ne said:
It is important for this jury to know
whether the parties took advice of repu-
table counsel and whether they in good
1a1th acted upon such advice. We are
placed in strange predicament if parties
ara liable to be put into state prison for
entering into commercial transaction
after acting on the advice of reputable
men.
Fortunately the presiding judge promptly
objected to having the jury instructed to
the effect that if man arraigned for vio-
lation OF law shall be able to show that he
had consulted reputable counsel before he
committed the offense he shall be held to
be innocent. If a court should make that
sort of law, then the reputable lawyer
who gave the advice to take the risk Of
breaking the law should be held respon-
sible as an intelligent accomplce.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
residents of other States.

mother CT Abraham Lincoln be taken from
the grave in Spencer county, near Lincoln
City, where they have lain for eighty years,
will not strike those who consider the
proposition in all its bearings as a good
one In the first place, it marks for all
time the spot where Abraham Lincoln
spent dozen years of his life. 1t localizes
and gives interest to the country round
about as that where this great man lived
during an important formative period OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELAY.

1t does not seem possible that there
should be much longer delay in passing the
tariff bill in the Senate. The schedules
about which there has been the greatest
difference of opinion have been disposed of
generally as arranged by the Republicans.
The general opposition has carried but one
or two comparatively inconsequentlal
points. Upon the remainder of the bill 1t
seems improbable that the Joneses, Vests
and others could waste much more time.
When all the schedules have been adopted
in committee of the whole, the final pas
sage of the bill will be preceded by a gen.
eral debate, which should not consume
much time when it is remembered that the
bill is sure to pass and become law.
If the Senate could have acted as prompt
ly as the House the new tariff would have
been in force weeks ago, and instead of the
warehouses in the larger cities on the coast
being filed with foreign goods which have
paid a light duty, many of them would
never have been brought to the United
States.
In the course of the debate last week
Senator Jones, of Arkansas chairman OF
the Bryan national committee, declared
with evident satisfaction that no duty
would be available on wool for two years,
since there would be enough free wool In
the country to supply the market for that
length of time. While it is not as bad as
that a great deal of free wool has been
stored against the day Of dutiable woods.
No man has done more to extend the period
during which such wool has been imported
than Senator jones' unless it be Senator
Vest. The same is true of sugar. The
trust has imported under the lower al
valorem duties enough to supply the mar
kets for months. Every day that the vests
delay the passage of the tariff bill they are
adding to the profits of the Sugar Trust
and the importers who are yet hurrylng
goods into the country. But these sena-
tors always did delight in promoting the
interests of foreign producers and importers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

That is a curious letter purportlng TO De
from Mark Twain and published in the New
York Herald declining to accept the fund
the Herald was raising for the purpose of
paying his debts When the Herald first
called for subscriptions to this fund few
weeks ago considerable surprise was felt,
and numerous newspaper friends of the
humorist were quick to assert that he could
know nothing of the matter, and when ne
heard of it would refuse to accept any
money so raised. They were inclined to re-
sent the movement as one needlessly hu-
initiating to a man asking no aid, and
pointed out that he was not an object or
charity, having money with which to
travel with his family around the world,
and that though he might be in debt he had
as great an earning capacity as any Amer
lean writer. But the weeks went on, and
no protest against the Herald's scheme
came from Mr.. Twain (why allude to him
as Mr. Clemens when the public knows eim
best by the other name?) until now when
he explains that his family objects to his
receiving the gift while his health is good
and his ability to work remains, and he
must therefore decline it. His letter ind1-
Gates that he had previously expressed a
willingness to accept it, because he was
tired of the fact and worry of debt" but
his attention being called to the manifest
improperly of the movement he with
draws his approval. A regret that he is
compelled to decline this fund shows itself
very plainly, and the letter will go further
to prove Mark Twain's loss of vigor to
those who have doubted it than any num-
Der of stories in the untrustworthy New
York papers. If his health were sound and
he felt equal to important work it seems
hardly likely that he would have grasped
so eagerly at a public subscription. The
Herald, at all events, has done him no
kindness by putting him in this embarrass-
ing position.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

IF our complainers knew says writer
in a religious paper, that 1t takes clergy
man from eight TO fifteen hours TO write
out a half-hour sermon, after the thinking
has been done, they would not only cease TO
complain, but would wonder how he could
get time 70 visit his people" If clergy
man cannot write out. half-hour sermon
in two hours after all the thinking has
been DONE" he had better give up his pro-
fession and go to saving wood.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be fonnd at the following places:
NEW YORK-Windsor Hotel and Astor house.
cHICAGO-Palmer House and P. o. News Co..
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

1t is announced that Mr.. bryan has an
other book about ready for his friends to
purchase. One of these days some of these
friends will discover that these books are
50 much alike that the matter in The one
cannot be told from that In The other
When this comes to pass not even the re-
markable admiration which these friends
show for their idol viii lead them to pur-
chase a book copy of which they already
possess.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

While class OF Democratic or Popocratic
politicians and organs are sneering about
the failure OF prosperity TO come such
business journals as Dun's Review say
Ing in all parts of the country are regu-
lating their contracts and investments and
their plans for the future with a confidence
unknown to them a short time ago." Such
opinions are not influenced by desire to
promote the interest of a party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

In spite of the jokes and slurs which have
been published at the expense of General
Miles the American people will remember
that on many perilous occasions he has
discharged his duty to his country with
high courage and with an effectiveness
which has won for him the good will of
thoughtful people. sneering at General
Miles should be left to a class Of West
Point men and the Debsites whom he sup
pressed at Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

If the New York Tribune had read the
report of the geologist of Indiana instead
OF accepting the statement of an exchange
regarding its contents, it would not have
said that this official predicts the failure
OF natural gas in the near future" He
made no such prediction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

Senator Jones' of Arkansas, was fur
nished with some samples of Japanese silks
and table of alleged tariff computations
to show that the duty proposed by the COM
mittee was an outrage The senator picked
up a sample but could not find the figures
which applied to it at first, but finally read
the wrong ones. After two or three blum
ders of that sort he cast aside his samples
and his figures, of which he had no knowl-
edge, and delivered, with great fluency, his
usual TRADE against protection, which does
not require experience or information. That
senator from State which has no manu-
factories should set up as an expert was
rashness which Mr.. Jones repents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
Not as n Novelist.


Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. ELEPHANTS memory will be most
cherished for her genial labors in writing
of the great and picturesque cities of Italy
and Scotland. for her quietly learned biog-
raphies of Ceryantes and st. Francis of
Assist and for her motherly review OF The
literary History Of England in the End OF
the Eighteenth and Beginning of the Nine
teenth Century" She was at work upon the
history of Blackwoods when she died. Her
merit was as a literary worker, not as a
Iiter-ar y LIGHT
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

1t is of no use to tell the men who are
now denouncing the annexation of Hawaii
that Webster, Marcy and Seward favored
it, because a part OF them never heard of
those statesmen and the other part know
more than all the great men of all the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

That all of the purveyors of discomfort
should be against Mr.. Debs may seem a
surprise at first, but when it is remem-
bered that he has not made a place on the
payroll for such blatherskites as Sovereign
there is no room for any wonder at their
nnnnsitinr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL,
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

Moral coercion is a fine phrase, but
Spain never has and never can understand
its meaning. If all the world should de-
nounce Weylerism as at war with the hu-
manity of the age, Spain would not be
ynOvad
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

'I have renounced the 16 to 1 theory"
said Ex-Governor Boies to an anxious in
uuirer. So will many other intelligent men
who voted for it last year when they have
time to be candid with their common sense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

Because of the fierce competition under
takers i'll Kansas City are offering to bury
people in first-class style for 10 cents. But
even that inducement does not increase the
,,,,u,per of funerals
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
Those Girls Again.

Minnie-Who was it that 'blushed to find
it fame?" The poem, you know.
Mamie-Ive forgotten. but l think that
if you would blush once you would find
yourself famous
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
Degeneracy.
Washington POST.

Washington Post.
AT the Harvard class day exercises the
n,,T,-nuffad orafjon 1T aDnaars tbat when
man puts in so mitch time directing tho
affairs OF the Nation some member of his
wrong
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

No one has yet explained why the Col
orado Legislature abolished all holidays,
including the Fourth of July. Perhaps the
fact that every member is either a Populist
Or silverite is explanation enough.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
The old Mans Idea.

Paw, they didn't have any three ring
circuses when you was boy. did they?'
No. The shows were so good that one
ring was enough.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

wedding trip in a balloon from which
the bride jumps and falls into a river while
the groom continues his Hight alone can
hardly be called a hymeneaI success.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
Nonpartisan.

Kansas City Journal.
Mr.. Bryan was invited TO deliver nom
partisan address at the Ottawa ChautAu-
qua. and consequently could not discuss
his usual subject, bimetallism. So he talked
on free coinage of silver.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

Il never met a man with more superb
self-possession than General Begmorme.
NO; the general is never embarrassed
except financially"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

The desertion of the 5O-cent dollar by ex-
Governor Boies. Of Iowa, is the cause Of
great anxiety to the leaders OF the fad IL
that State. The report that he had written
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

The gold Democrats of Ohio will hold
conference before the Mclean convention
shall be a week old to take steps to put
ticket in the field.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
Complaint.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit FTEe TTtSs.
Now that 1t is all over the London spec
ulators in grand stand seats are complain
ing that the jubilee was arranged more for
the Queens benefit than for their own
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

jected, prohibition has ceased to be polit-
icaI issue in the intelligent State of Iowa.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

1t is interesting to know that the ex-
penses of students In Yale have decreased
an average Of SIS a year since 1857. the
AVERAGE expenditure to student being Se2s
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

There are portions Of the remarks ofsthe
Hon Eugene v. Debs which suggest the
confusing effect of the seductive cucumber.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
The sinner. Sun to BE heard.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
The sinners have not yet nominated
ticket down In the Fourth Indiana district
for congressman, but the Republicans have
nominated Methodist minister; the Demo-
Gratis the son Of "a Baptist ministers the
Populists q Christian minister.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

in 1887 and 1858 in 1897 The latter figure,
however. is about as much as Daniel Web
ster's four years at Dartmouth cost him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

]. w. COCKRUM, Secretary,
Oakland City, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29
sonthern Indiana Editors.

]. A. KEMP, president,
Salem Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

1.-THE days are now but twenty-fve!'
Says Billy Mason. See?
I'm keeping count. If I'm alive
You'll then see Cuba free!'
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