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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18

ond The point of contrast is that while the
Wilson bill showed large falling off in the
second month the Dingley bill shows large
gain and 81 1913. S5S more than the total rev.
enue received during the second month Of
the Wilson bill. From another point of view,
covering expenditures as well as receipts
the deficit during the first month of the
Dingley bill was nearly 100000 greater
than during the first month of the Wilson
bill, while in the second month of the Ding
ley bill the deficit was over 100000 less
than in the second month of the Wilson BILL
The Wilson bill deficit grew as the bill got
older and continued to increase, while the
Dingley bill deficit was 100000 less in the
second month than in the first and will
second month than in the first and will
great superiority Of the Dingley bill as a
producer of revenue, while as a producer
of prosperity there is no room for COMPARE
son. The Wilson bill destroyed prosperity,
while the Dingley bill is restoring it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18

A London dispatch in the Sunday Journal
indicates very clearly that the British gov
eminent has decided not to take part in an
international monetary conference or do
anything whatever looking towards a de-
parture from the single gold standard.
This decision has been foreshadowed from
the beginning, and would probably have
been made known long ago but for the de-
sire to show the American commissioners
the courtesy Of giving the matter formal
consideration by Cabinet meeting. The
first autumn meeting of the Cabinet was
held on Saturday, and the decision seems to
have been reached very promptly and no
doubt it will be promptly communicated
through official channels to the United
States commissioners. That being done,
they should be recalled. There has never
been any reasonable hope of their accom-
plishing anything in England, and, while
they have been courteously and consider
ately treated it is probable the ruling MEM
bers of the government have derived con-
siderable amusement from the dignified pos
ing of the commissioners They have had
just enough encouragement from Mr.. Bal
four, first lord of the treasury, and Sir
Michael Hcks-B Beach, chancellor of the ex-
chequer to induce them to prolong their
stay in London, but even these officials as
sured them that in event would the
British government ever depart from the
gold standard. The commissioners must
have known all along what the final de-
cision would be. but as they were having
a good time, living at a first-class hotel
with a clerk at call and Uncle Sam paying
expenses, they seemed quite willing to pro-
tract the business. AS other European gov
ernments will take no action in the matter
without the cooperation of Great Britain,
her decision puts quietus on the move
ment for an international conference. The
commissioners, Senator Wolcott, of Color
ado, ex-Vice President Stevenson and Gen
eral Paine, of Boston, were appointed in
April last. They have had a long junket,
a good six months picnic, and should be
recalled
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18
THE MAIN RELIANCE.

Those who read the New York and other
reform or Independent papers cannot fail
to be struck with the fact that the Repub
iicans alone are found fault with because
the party does not support Mr.. Low. If the
evil elements in New York are to ee de-
feated it must be done by Republican votes.
No one thinks of appealing to the Demo-
cratic organizations. In fact they are the
evil that is to be fought-the "abhorrent
forces" of vicious control.
The elements outside the Republican party
opposed to Tammany are chiefly con
spicuoUs for the insstency of their demands
and the paucity Of their voters. They ask
for all things and will not combine if they
are not given all they claim. At the last
municipal election the factions outside the
Republican party consented to support a
Republican for mayor, but they managed TO
get the better part of the ticket after the
mayoralty. The last fight made upon Tam
many prior to the fight when Mr.. Strong
was elected an anti-Tammany Democrat
was given the nomination. The Republic
ans supported him Loyalty, but the Herald
and the World, supporting Tammany, took
nearly all the Democratic vote that not
mugwump to the ticket of that organiza-
ton
This time those who put Mr.. Low into the
field refused to consult the Republican or
ganization. In fact, the managers were
nearly as hostile to the Republican organi-
cation as to Tammany They refused to
consult with Republicans, from whom three
fourths of the Low votes must come. They
would make their own ticket, and if the
Republicans chose they could indorse it.
Indeed, they were expected TO indorse it
with a vote of thanks for the privilege.
Furnishing at least three-fourths Of the
votes which any reform candidate must
have, many Republicans have thought they
should have some say about the makeup
of the ticket instead of being ignored and
snubbed. With the exception of Mr.. Low,
who is sometimes a Republican, the ticket
is anti-Republican, some of it extensively so.
The point, however, which should be en-
phasized is that whenever a movement is
made to secure reforms those who are
managing it look to the Republican party
for the bulk of the voters who are to make
it successful. If these cannot be obtained
the movement fails and those who are in 1t
unite in abusing the Republican organiza-
ton for not hosting into power a cotere of
gentlemen of rare professions who can be
counted on in national elections to fight the
ReDu blican marty and itS nrincinIac
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TOO MUCH JOHNSON.
In This Case 1t Is ''TOm' SIOshinG
Around III New York.
washington Post.

We confess to an affectionate pride in
the prominence to which the Hon. Tom
johnson has so recently and suddenly
leaped in connection with the duadrilateral
fight in New York city. Just how he OBJ
tanned this prominence or just why it has
been accorded him, we do not know or
trouble ourselves to inquire. We ask no
questions of the comet or the meteor, who
do not sift the sweet south wind or try to
that Tom Johnson has scared to a dizzy
height in New York politics, and that is
enough for our gratitude and Joy.
If the situation beWilderS us list a triffe,
let that pass If we are somewhat confused
by the almost theatrical transition of Tom
Johnson from Cleveland, o., to the great
imperfect understanding. 1t is true that,
only little more than twelve months ago,
Tom Johnson unfolded himself to our rev.
erent vision at Chicago, in the character of
an Ohio delegate to the Democratic conven-
ton. and gave as large and startling earnest
of his potency as an opponent of Hon. John
r. Mclean, the practically unanimous
choice of his State for the party nominal
ton. 1t is equally true that Johnson has.
until within six months, been identified with
Ohio as an ot1ceholder and office-seeker
and a statesman on the loose. But still
though we find him now, up to his neck in
the New York municipal campaign taking
charge of things as easily and gracefully as
though he were to the business and the
manner born we subordinate surprise to
admiration and try to take the SomerSault
as calmly as though we were gazing at
some dear, familiar pantomime Indeed,
Sucn Is our exciting ana comprehensive eX-
perience of johnson, we should hear with
equanimity of his apparition in the char
acter of an asplrant to the throne of Siam
or his leadership of an Armenian revolt in
Asia Minor We should not be hopelessly
astOunded on meeting him en- route to estab-
liSh commune at the north pole or in
velvet jacket and with beribboned legs
singing barcaroles upon the Grand Canal of
Venice to the strummings of the light gui-
tar. There is no limit to his versatility no
telling where he will manage an eruption
next.
But it wakens our fondest interest to con-
template Tom Johnson now, in the act Of
manipulating the tremendous conflict in
New York. He may queer his protege, the
bold and strenuous George He may hope
lessy bemuddle a campaign which at one
time promised much for the candidate of
the Independent Democrats. Tom steps in
where angels might wisely fear to tread
and sorrow and confusion may follow in his
jaunty path. But he is the wonder and de-
light of Christendom at this juncture. He
surmounts the situation like a thing of
grace and light. He squats upon it like a
cherub on a cloud. He loads the air with
nimbuses and rosy mists. We had him once
ourselves. We glory in him now He may
curdle Georges milk-the chances are he
will-but he is beautiful to look upon. and
he blankets the whole squabble with
smile.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18
Prospect in Kentucky.
Washington Post


My prediction is that the Republicans
will carry Kentucky in the ensuing cleo
ton" said Hon. W. S. Taylor, attorney
general of that State, at the Hotel john
'',rhe Democrats are split into two fac
tions mutually embittered and each Dent
on downing the other. The Pcpulists, who
voted for Bryan to a man last year, have
ticket of their own. They do not propose to
give the free-silver Democratic nominee a
vote for they declare that in return for
their allegiance to BRYAN in 1886 IL is onIv
fair for the Democrats to support the Pop
ulist candidate this year Mr. Bryan him
self, who has been imported into Kentucky
to aid his party, is making no inroads on
the Populist vote They want to know of
him whether he is for governmental owner
ship of railroads, and If he fayors the issue
of greenbacks as primary money not re-
deemable in coin. These questions he has
evaded. nor could he answer them in any
way to draw recruits to his faction.
THE gold Democrats are in evidence in
this quadrilateral fight-very much in evil
dence-and making more of an aGsres-
silva campaign than all the rest combired
They are playing a shrewd game. Above
all things they desire the defeat of Shackel-
ford the silver nominee. The harder Iaey
can beat him the better. But it suits their
purpose to join with the other faction in
Louisville and Jefferson county, so that If
these are carried they can say to the silver
ties: Behold what our aid accomplished;
you can do nothing without us. In other
words the gold men want their former as
sociates crushed everywhere but in the city
of Louisville and county of Jefferson. They
want to get possession of the machine,
which is now in free-silver hands. They re-
gard the failure of the silver ticket as a
death blow TO Organism, for If the cause
fail in Kentucky there isn't much chance
of it's winning anywhere
MY belief is that the Republicans will
carry the State and also win in Louisville.
Organism will be beaten good and hard.
but ii viii not put the sound mOney Demo-
Gratis in position 10 get control of the State.
They can never win over the adherents Of
the Chicago platform. for these men, rather
than return under the domination Of Car
isle Watterson and Buckner. will tumble
over each other IN rush TO Populism."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18

About the only wild vagary that the Chi
cago platform did not indorse and adopt
was the single land tax, and it looks now
as if that might go in the next national
Democratic platform. The truth is, there is
not much else left for the party. The tar
iff question is settled for many years to
come, free silver will never figure in an
other national election, government by in
Junction is too thin for national issue,
so what is the poor old Democracy to do d?
John G. Shanklin, Democratic national COM
mitteeman from this State. has been pro-
nounced advocate of the single land tax for
years, and few days ago he said TO an
Interviewer. Were in New York l should
support Henry George because he is the
only exponent among the candidates for
mayor Of the principles decided at the Chi
cago convention. absolute loyalty to which
is the test of true Democracy" Henry
George cares more for the single land tax
than he does for the entire Chicago plat
form. Mr.. Shanklin knows this. and when
the time comes he and Henry George will
both be found working to get single-land-
tax plank in the Democratic platform.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18
Minor Fiction.

G. p. Putnams Sons issue ''Margot, T"
bv Sidney Pickering, and 1.-THE Man of the
Family" by Christian Reid, in their month
which English and Russian characters fig
lire and the scene of which Is laid in Paris.
These personages indulge in very intense
emotions and have a series of matrimonial
entanglements of a distressing sort, but
matters are finally adjusted in fairly sat
isfactory manner. 1.-THE Man of the Fam
ily' is a tale of impossible but agreeably
romantic adventure in which a young wom-
an personates a man and finds hidden wealth
which restores the family fortunes, after
which she becomes truly womanly again
and marries the man of her choice 1t is a
story suited to the taste Of quite youthful
readers. Paper, so cents.
THE Heart of 1t, by William OSBORN
Stoddard, deals with a young gentleman
down on his luck a multimtlIiona1re,
Apaches Blackwelrs island officials, sew
eral lovely women and a highly individual
mule named Oliver. The story is written
rather carelessly but the characters are
alive and the adventures are many and
intense New York f. Tennyson Nicely.
From G. w. Dillingham; & Co, New York,
the Journal has received when Desire
Cometh" novel by G. Embe. 1t is story
Of considerable force, partaking of the
and a Utopian scheme for relieving the con-
dition of the poor. Also, from the same
publishers, John King, Manager" a
strongly realistic story of a young man who
after wandering far from his early teach
ings and ideals and drinking deeply of vi
cious pleasures, finally returns to better
things. Both books are bound in paper, 90
cents each.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18
Republics

The death of Mr.. Charles A. Dana, editor
of the New York Sun, removes a conspicu-
Gus figure in American life. He was a
great personality by reason of his ability,
forcefulness and intense Americanism. The
country has been enriched by his services
as citizen, a journalist, publicist and a
patriot. A mere epitome of his career would
occupy large space in the columns of the
Journal, and a comprehensive account of it
would fill volume. He was almost the
last survivor of the era of journalism in
which editors enforced their personality
through the press-the era of Greeley, Ray
mond, Bennett ana others of that class. Mr..
Dana was cut out for a leader, and could
never have remained an underling AS a
subordinate officer of the War Department,
assistant secretary under Stanton during
the civil war. he rendered very valuable
service to the government. He came of a
notable family. and well maintained its ira
ditions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18
A REBUKE TO MIR. Low.
The Citizens Candidate ssCaIIed
Down" by His Republican Opponent.
General Tracy in Brooklyn.


Down" by His Republican Opponent.
General Tracy in Brooklyn.
Ladies and gentlemen, in this canvass 1
propose to have no personal controversy
with candidates or their advocates. 1 re-
spect the motives of men, and l do not inn
puSn them. But | must deal with their
actions and with the result of those actions
as l see it and believe it to be.
Mr. Low, in speaking here the other night
OF me, said that we were friends and had
been. / have been Mr.. Lows friend now
for seventeen years. Others may have served
him more wisely: none has been truer or
more faithful to him than /. / was the one
who made it possible for Mr. Low to be
mayor of this city He was renominated and
Reelected, and thus made mayor for four
years. He says that he regards the fact that
he and | are now foes to each other as a
tragedy in his life. Allow me to say that
II Mr.. Low s political action had always
been as wise as my friendship has been
faithful he would have no occasion to con-
slider this as one of the tragedies of his
life.
Now he says that he is a friend of mine
ana doubt not he is. / hope he is. But
was it the suggestion of a friend that led
him to say in the meeting here last Satur-
day night that, if | was elected mayor, the
real mayor would be found in the United
States Senate at Washington?
What act in my public life does Mr. Low
md that warrants such an insinuation as
that? 1t has been far extended. 1t began
when I was twenty-three years old, when
/ was elected district attorney of my coun-
ty, and it has included many years of active
public service. My record will be found in
every one of the great departments of gov
eminent, in the Legislature, in the execu-
tive and the judicial and 1t embraces both
arms of the military service If l am the
man that he described who, acting under
the obligation of an official oath, will de-
pute to another who is irresponsible the du-
ties that owe the public, acting under that
oath, surely the traces of that weakness
ought to be found somewhere in my long
record Of forty years.
l repeat to you, ladies and gentlemen,
what l said in my speech of acceptance.
No obligations have been asked of me and
none have been given. If elected to the
high office to which / have been nominated
l shall enter upon the discharge of it's du-
ties with no obligation save that l owe all
the people of the city. to discharge it's du-
ties to the best of my ability And with
Gods blessing that obligation will be faith
fully and fearlessly discharged. If elected
1 shall be glad of the suggestion, the adj
vice and the counsel of all VINO choose to
call upon me and make known their wishes.
But the responsibility of official decision,
after L have heard all that is to be said, is
mine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18

There was time when new story by
"Ouda" was eagerly anticipated by large
circle of readers. Her nom de plume was
one with which to conjure and thousands
Of admirers were content to count them
selves under ner magic spell. She has lost
nothing of her literary art and her style is
as graceful and charming as ever, but she Is
not as much in vogue as she once was.
But her books still find many readers
s'Muriella" is a story of low life in Italy
The characters are Italian peasants of the
brigand and poacher order. 'Muriella." the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18

Thoughtful readers with a taste for the
study of human nature will find much to
interest them in 81 little work entitled
Clerical Types, by Rev. Hames Mason.
Whether this is the authors real name is
doubtful but that is not material. He pro-
fesses to be the pastor of a country parish
not far from a large city, and perhaps he
is. The book is a series of sketches, twen-
ty in number, descriptive of as many diff
ferent types of preachers There are "A
Successful Preacher" "A Popular Preach
err" "A Flooding Parson," "A Spiritual
Preacher, "A Doctrinal Preacher" "A
Liberal Preacher" and so on to the end of
the score. The sketches are we'll written
and decidedly readable New York Funk
e. Wagnalls Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18
The King of the Park.

Miss Marshall Saunders author of Beau
tiful joe" has written another taking story.
In her first one the dog found a sympa-
thetic friend. while in THE King of the
Park stray cat figures. The king of the
park is one of the many cats deserted dur
ing summer time by their heartless or care
less owners. He, like others of these do
nestle pets, took refuge in the park and
became the special protege of the noble
minded sergeant there in charge. But the
real hero of the book is a little French
exile whose amusingly imperialistic notions
are gradually converted into soundly dem
ocratic and American ones under the inf1u-
ence of the sergeant and his whole-souled
loveable wife. The wholesome lessons
taught are communicated not by preach
and wholesome. New York: T. Y. Crowell
& Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18
The Dreamers.

This is the title given to a collection of
verses by Edward S. Van Zile, in which the
author touches on the various sides Of life
with an apt and ready appreciation. The
poems cover a wide range Of topics and
bear tue impress of an assured literary
touch Many of them have appeared in diff
ferent magazines. but that should not be
cited against them. In tone they range from
grave to gay, from serious and pathetic to
broadly humorous. The authors poems of
child life are simple and pathetic. One en-
tilted otis Riley's Hour begins:
The chldrens hour they call it,
And they gather at my knee
For a story or a poem
Or bit of history
From the records of the giants,
Or a tale of fairy lore;
and ends:
And so we thank you, Riley,
When the childrens hour is passed.
And the little forms kneeling
Before the throne at last.
The book is issued in attractive form by
f. Tennyson Nelly, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18

The announcement by Hon. c. l.. Henry
that he will not again be candidate for
Congress will be received with regret, not
only by his constituents of the Eighth dis
trict. but by the Republicans in other dis
tricts, who had come to look upon him as
a useful and rising man. Mr.. Henry's de-
cision is due to the fact that his private
business demands his entire time and at
tention. Things are booming" now in
Madison county. and he wants to be in a
position to take the tide at it's flood. He
has the satisfaction of having contributed
to the passage of the Dingley law, which
has opened the door for prosperity, and of
knowing that he will be succeeded by a
Republican,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18
Concerninr MinrnI,e.

The rapid progress of discovery in the last
few years has created a very general in
terest in bacteria. Few people who read
could be found to-day who have not some
idea of these organisms and their relation
to disease. 1t is, however. true that il IS
only their relation to disease that has been
impressed upon the public The very word
bacteria, or microbe, conveys to most peo-
pie idea of evil. This is mistaken one
of the subject. Bacteria are important
agents in many natural processes entirely
Independent of disease. The whole subject il
intelligently treated in The Story of Germ
Life" by Professor H. w. Conn, which is
published in the Library of Useful StoriesS
series by D. Appleton & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18

William Hamilton Gibson, who with PEN
ell and pen is doing more than any other
living author to call attention 70 the won
derful forms of life that lie all around us,
has written another delightful book. MY
Studio Neighbors." In his isolated country
studio, secluded among the trees, out of
sight of any other house, the artist-author
finds what he calls "a tumultuous privacy.
The studio neighbors which he describes are
not human beings, but birds bees, bugs, in
sects, squirrels and flowers, all of which
he draws and describes in his inimitable
way When he treats of the insects and the
flowers, and of their friendly relations, he
is particularly charming, and whether he
tells us of the native orchids and their in
sect sponsors, the honey dew picnic, or the
little family of thorns that move about on
the stern of the bittersweet, he invests the
subject with all the zest of original discov-
cry. The book is beautifully illustrated and
handsomely bound. Harper & Brothers.