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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

Santa On the envelope is Mr.. Santa
Claus with the compromise on the desti-
nation of Addressed
Dear Mr.. Santa Claus:
Please don't forget me when Christmas
comes so please bring me magic lantern,
dollars box of mixed candy. gold ring
with three rubies, three story books, a nice
sleigh and a small locket and chain 1
guess l have asked you for too much now,
but you are very, very good: so, dear old
Santa, don't forget me. / remain as ever
your good girl Marie. P. s.--A box of hand
A girl who lives in East Fifty-eighth
street sends this to Santa Claus New York
CITY, but forgets to put on a stamp d 900,
Dear Santa Claus:
II wish you would kindly send me noars
ark and cornocopa full of candy; good
The next little girl on the list evidently
mas been told TO write on the line, for she
letter inside. The address was, Dear Old
Santa Claus. New York" On the face of
the envelope in big, black stamp letters is
Due 2" This wasn't enough, so some clerk
put down in the corner in blue pencil the
same words over again. The letter said ::
Dear Santa Claus: l want doll, a trunk,
my doll"
Here is a joint letter from the Back bay
Santa Claus, Greenland, North Pole" and
it came straight to New York to be marked
Fictitious" 1t reads:
Commonwealth ave.
MY Dear Santa Claus
Il want watch chain, store and Thin
BILE and dolls washing tub and some books
and pony and that's all.
Yours greatfqlly
Marie Louise"
THE JOINT LETTER.
On an inside page was this, showing the
masculine influence:
Dear Santa
I'VE want a great big tree with lots of
toys and we want our stockings to be very
yours
walter AND LOUISE"
one from New York sent simply to Santa
Claus said:
Dear Santa Claus-Please send me a Doll
carriage TrycIe and Umbrella
This letter from a little boy way in the
downtown part of the city has pathetic
ring: -s'~,----.
''pelease Santa Claus come to see me to-
morrow have pace (place) for you this
is from"
BOY WANTED A BABY SISTER.
A Philadelphia boy wrote this:
'Mr. Krss Kingle
''Northland
Il am good little boy and don't get cross
so please send me a railroad track with a
trolley car run by electricity and police
would rather have is baby sister than
anything else"
For years the dead letter office in WASH
lngton has had an annual visitor in the
person of a rich old man, whose custom it
was to call at the office a week or two be-
fore Christmas and to get a batch of twenty
or thirty of the many letters addressed to
Santa Claus. Having made his selection of
the more modest requests, he would buy the
toys and send them to the children COM
ing from their patron saint.
The old man was alone in the world. All
his %e Was aad dea mIny ago aR
by wealth, he had one to think of at
Christmas and no one to think of him. He
dren,' ana he would tell the store people
when he bought the toys that they We're for
his youngsters"
Christmas came last year and went, but
no one called at the dead letter Office for
the letters. The old man had been i'll and
had died, and that was why some of the
little ones missed the visit of the postoffice
Santa Claus.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19
Butter supplants Flowers.
Bufralo courier Record.

Florists do not like the new fashion which
DEGREES that butter and not flowers is the
proper gift to send to q friend, man or
woman. about to sail for Europe. Butter
appears to be rather a strange Atoken of
friendship. but just now 1t is the proper
thing to send as a farewell Offering to one
about to go down to sea in liner. The
butter is sent in the care of the ships
steward, who sees to it that 1t is served
at the table on the numerous rare occa-
sions when the recipient of the dairy gift
appears in the dining saloon. The gift is
not sent as a reflection upon the butter
served by the ship. Nor is 1t cheap butter
Irdeed the butter is very expensive. for it
costs from 60 cents to 81 a pound 1t is the
COWS Five pounds is the quantity usually
purchased. That is sufficient TO last a pas
serger six or seven days at sea-or even
more IL he or she becomes seasick.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

Chicago Post.
.'If there are to be poets in heaven" said
the city editor. what is the advantage OF
trying TO go there?''
my dear boy" replied the literary editor.
with that patronizing air that a literary
editor so soon learns to assume. you don't
understand the theory Of IL at all. Poets
are all right, and will naturally be received
with open arms by the very best people.
IT is the man who is not a poet, but who
thinks he Is that should be barred frenl
people III this world and the next as wei"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-26
Illinois Politics.

T illinois politics is fairly rivaling
New York's. Governor Tanner aspires
10 90 TO the United States senate.
He has no qualifications for member
ship in that body-he does not even pos
sess great wealth But he is a politi-
clan of the active and INSCRIPTIONS
school. If he can't accomplish his pur-
poses one way he promptly tries an
other. He Keeps all sorts Of irons in
the fire. He has just caused the Illinois
legislature 10 pass bill gerrymander-
ing the state IN the republican party's
interest, that Is 10 say his own inter-
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One Pension Scandal.

ERE is a little item about pen
~ sions lately brought To light.
! The recent remarks about pen
sion extravaganza by certain promi-
nent republican congressman who are
suddenly seized with q lit of economy,
vouch for it. The figures are well
worth the attention % those who think
that every fraud goes that is perpe-
trated in the name of pensions.
The records OF the war department at
Washington have carefully preserved
the facts about every soldier who en-
listed in the federal service during the
period of the civil war. These records
show that of all the soldiers then mus
tered into the service of the United
States 727,122 are living. The records
also show that there are 1884, 27 per-
sons actually drawing pensions as sur
viving soldiers who were mustered into
service during the war
Thus thereare .405 more pensioners on
the roll to-day as surviving soldiers
uhan there are actually surviving sol
diers known to the governments war
department or pension department.: OF
course. there is no reference here 10
widows, orphans and the rest. Worse
than that, there are applications pend
ing in the pension office from Is. 500
persons claiming TO be surviving veter-
ans who rendered service during the
war. Thus we have 921, O27 persons
claiming that they are enlisted soldiers
who saw service, whereas the trust
worthy records at Washington prove
that at the highest mark there are all
told only 72712a men living who We're
mustered into the service during the
war,
These figures taken on eminent re-
publican authority are confirmed in the
official figures OF the pension bureau.
The wonder is that the protest from
real veterans is not more emphatic.
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Rough on the Regulars.

rHE memory of Lows long lead
over Tracy will linger in the
minds of New York politicians
the results of last November promise TO
influence the future of republican poll
tics in marked degree. Just now the
country is hearing constantly about the
doings among the republicans in Ohio;
whatever happens there, as the outcome
Of the senatorial contest, the results will
not be nearly so significant as those
which the party in New York is quietly
reaching but respecting which the pub
lie outside of the Empire state is hear
ing next to nothing. Plans are ripening
in New York during these December
days that have more bearing on the
politics of 1900 than the triumph or de-
feat of a dozen Mark Hannas.
New York republicanism is menaced
with fractional troubles which. unless
they are speedily ended, will split the
party. Tracys shabby showing is be-
coming more and more a factor of high
importance. In his defeat the regular
republican organization was whipped
50 was the national republican admin
5stration, and the republicans who did
the whipping, logged in their opposi-
1ion. propose to press their advantage
10 the utmost limit. The fiat of these
men is that their machine must be the
regular machine and their men it's man
ayers. They are not Offering 10 COM
promise with Mr.. Plat or to meet him
half way They severely ignore him.
and when one considers how strongly
after all. the Platt machine-which is
The regular organization in state and
city-is entrenched, the prospect for
rival republican organizations in next
ears important state election clearly
presents itself.
I OF course, the Plat people viii not
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ests. for he is running the party to suit
himself.
Then Tanner has an understudy for
his present office in the person of
poses 10 succeed Tanner when Tanner
goes to the senate. Berry is another
foxy individual. He has introduced
some bills in the legislature which on
their face appear to be good bills, but
the authorship of which causes the
Chicago newspapers 10 cast suspicion
on them and insinuate that a thorough
examination would lead to the discov
cry of large sized colored man in the
fence somewhere. Almost without eX-
ception the Chicago newspapers con-
denim the present legislature and all its
works, and particularly severe are they
on Berry They advise the honest men
of the legislature to steer clear of Berry
and Berry's bills.
But the honest men of the Illinois leg
islature do not appear to be cutting a
very wide swath. They are not in
creasing and multiplying and replenish-
ing the legislature. Berry is not a green
Berry and his schemes will doubtless go
through. The only chance that the
people of Illinois have to play even with
Tanner, Berry ct al. is to lie low and
wait for the next general election.
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The Folly of 1t.

rHE Salt Lake Tribune gets out its
nautical almanac and makes the
observation that many good
ship has been stranded by a fool second
mate ON duty while the captain sleeps
and that President Mckinley would bet
ter consult his charts get on deck and
steer clear of pirate beacons. This sail
orman lingo is used by the Tribune as
introductory to its remarks about Sena-
tor Chandler-we suppose its appro-
priateness is found in the fact that
Chandler happened to be secretary of
the navy in the Arthur cabinet
Mr.. Chambers latest utterance in
tended for the public is in his impetuous
letter to the Washington Post. 1t has
been widely quoted. 1t reached the pub
lie almost at the same time With the
sensational announcements regarding
Senator Wolcott-it left the public to
suspect that Chandler is shaping his
plans with reference to quitting the adj
ministration ship Senator Chandler as
serts that persistence in the policy pur-
sued by the administration means sure
destruction of the republican party.
Some of the republican organs says he is
IAN opportunist." leaving the reader to
guess just what sort of politician that
may mean. Others denounce him as "A
disturber. some of them call him a
demagogue.
The hope of the Salt Lake Tribune is
that the president will heed the Chand-
Ter call and rise TO the great opportunity
that now is his" The Tribune hopes
but it certainly must feel well assured
sort. The clock is about to strike twelve
for the men and the newspapers which
have been so long under the illusion
that there may possibly be something
for silver in the political party which
Mr.. McKinley's administration repre-
sents. These men and these newspapers
have displayed remarkable patience in
waiting for something to turn up for
silver within the administration ranks;
If their pluck were equal to their pa
tience they would have cut loose long
ago. they would be for silver without
regard for party, spoils or any form of
political preference.
= The newspaper that lives in hope of
something for silver at the hands of
the Mckinley Gage gold-standard COM
bine hugs a dream and pnrsues a policy
that does small credit TO its faculties
of perception.
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Nothing Next Year.

Il far as appropriations for federal
buildings go, there isn't to be a
cent in 1t next year for Butte
This mornings interesting letter from
the Standards Washington correspond
ent announces that Speaker Reed will
not favor the appropriation of a dollar
for buildings, and what Speaker Reed
says goes.
An appropriation for Butte was voted
by the senate, but upon the house de-
wolves the duty of doing all it can to
close the deficiency gap which the Ding
ley bill is making, and since Mr. Reed $
district and the districts of others who
are in the swim were long ago cared for,
the speakers conclusion is that the pol
icy of putting up federal buildings is a
reckless policy anyhow and ought to
be stopped.
The consolation is that Butte can get
along comfortably without this federal
favor. Butte has so much money of its
own and is so busy, that it cares little
for the contributions that come from the
bounty of the politicians at Washing
ton. BY and by the government, for the
accommodation of its courts and its pos
tai service, will be compelled to have
a building in Butte: the land for it will
come high when the authorities at
Washington make up their minds to
build
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make abject surrender. If they disap-
pear they must be killed off. They
make the plea that, in state politics,
they are regular-they made that plea
in the city election, and they are entirely
right about that now as they were last
autumn. The odd part of it is that the
anti-Platt element. while claiming to be
truly representative of New York re-
publicanism, does not disguise the pur-
pose to which it is willing to be put, it
publicly admits that it will invite divis-
ion and welcome republican defeat
rather than have part or lot in a VIC
tory that by any chance involves a rec
ognition of Mr.. Platt's leadership or
even of his claim to any share whatever
in party management
1t is an unusual condition of affairs,
the political history of New York, dur
ing the years at least when the repub-
lican party has been in existence pre-
sents no parallel for it or an approach
to a parallel Indeed. it would not be
an easy matter to find in the records of
any state an instance where a mug
wumpish faction has pushed its passing
local victory so relentlessly or with re-
suits so fatal TO the regular party
organization.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-26
EIGHTEEN PAGES.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER &c, 1897.
Colonel Bryan's Case.

~ VEN among the most loyal fol-
lowers of the administration.
one finds a half confession that
the president was not under his lucky
star when he made up his mind to send
Charles Page Bryan to China as this
countrys minister. Bryan is under
stood to have been Secretary Cages Sc
lection; the president probably would
not have permitted word to reach the
public of his intention to appoint Bryan
had he known at the time the things
that recently have come to his notice.
Veteran senator's say that Bryan's lack
of experience in any sort of diplomatic
work is not a good recommendation, es-
pecially in view Of the fact that the re-
lations of many governments with
China are very likely to be in tangle
before the Mckinley administration is
two years old. Bryan is also earnestly
opposed by this country's representa-
tives of missionary work in China. He
lacks the bump of reverence. he is said
10 be rather coarse in his utterances re-
specting religious things.
Formerly Bryan was a resident of
Colorado Senator Teller says that he
knows him well and pleasantly, but that
Bryan lacks the experience and the
training that would justify his selection
for this important mission, and many
people who know the candidate
speak of him in the same way.
Apparently Bryan Is not abso-
lutely bad, but he is singularly
poor selection for service in China. The
nomination hangs fire. although the re-
cent word from Washington is that the
president seems disposed to stand by
his selection of Bryan.
In view of the opposition, the presi-
dent ought to feel free to do as he did in
the case of the ul-generalship at
Havana. For that post, the admins
tration had decided on ex-Congressman
LAldrich, of Illinois. 1t became apparent
that the wiser course was to retain FitZ-
hugh Lee, and although Aldrich was
slated, his name was dropped. In the
same way it would probably be wiser TO
retain Minister DENLY at Pekin, espe-
uially as the successor who is proposed
is not only novice but, as well, man
who evidently has little fitness for the
diplomatic service.
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II ND we have that monetary COM
mission yet to hear from. It is
a self-constituted body: it has
worked away at currency reform along
goldbug lines with as much zeal as IL
it expected to get n hearing in con-
gress or to accomplish something with
the public. This monetary commission
is about ready to fire the popular heart
with the results of its deliberations: 1t
must first report back, however, to the
on-commissioned body that created it
another convention of the sound
money" magnates is to be held in In
dianapolis on January %. Thence the
currency plan that has been evolved
will be sent to congress. and, as the
late Daniel Webster would say, there
it will remain forever. The wonder is
that these goldbugs should persist in
the attempt to force their plans on n
congress which VIGOROUSLY is opposed
to an outside commission and which is
not even disposed to be friendly TO the
currency schemes of the regularly con-
stituted administration.
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MONTANA AND M0NTANANS.

Rev. G.. c. Stull, pastor of the Methodist
| church. was much in evidence at the
| Billings fire Sunday morning. and after
the blaze had been extinguished he
stopped at the Grand hotel to thaw the
icicleS from his whiskers and get the
frost out of his system. After joking with
the boys. the minister buttoned up his
big buffalo oVercoat and started for home
TO don his clerical robes and look over
the notes for his morning sermon. As he
left the hotel rotunda travelling man re-
| marked
That's a jolly husky looking fellow"
Yes, and he's a good preacher, too"
put in a bystandcr.
Preacher CALCULATED the travelling
man. in surprise. why. | thought he was
the chief of police. Billings Gazette.
From an artistic standpoint and in the
matter Of special contributions by men
of prominence i'll the state and elsewhere.
the holiday number of the Anaconda
Standard. consisting of A pages. has nev-
er been remotely approached by news
paper published in the Rocky mountain
country. 1t is superb production.
pleasing feature was the holiday greet
ing to the people of Montana of Mr. and
Mrs. William j. Bryan, recalling pleas
ant memories of their visit to the state
last summer-Hamilton News.
The Anaconda Standard outdoes all
previous efforts in this years Christmas
number coming out with beautiful i'll
Illuminated cover and A pages containing
too many columns of reading matter to
count. There are many interesting write
ups by well-known people of the state,
and a vast fund of information. besides
timely Christmas stories and interesting
pictures of Montana homes and people
Neihart Miner.
Attorney General Nolan has decided
that the law which compelled divorced
people to wait two years before they
could remarry is imperative This is
tough on those who have been waiting
20 months for two years to pass.-Boze-
man Chronicle.
A peculiar spectacle of reform. or what
ever you may call it. is presented in
Butte when n highway robber and muir
derer is turned loose while Justice is
straining her pajamas 10 get at a few tim
horn gamblers.-Whitehal Zephyr.
The rumor that Durrant is going to try
and obtain a stay of proceedings until Il
Butte judge can be imported to San
Francisco is evidently false. as no one
has given any intimation as yet of re-
signing. -Dillon Tribune.
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* TRANGER things have happened
~ than the election Of Mr.. German
- to a seat in the house of repre-
sentatives-much is said about il in the
eastern newspapers. At the time of his
defeat for another term. Thomas IL.
Benton had served longer in the senate
than any of his senatorial associates; ;
he then was elected to a seat in the
house. John Quincy Adams died liter
ally in the harness as a house member,
and that office he held after closing his
term as president of the United States
Thomas Corwin was governor of Ohio,
IA federal senator and a cabinet member.
After he had made the circuit of these
offices he became a useful member Of
the house of representatives. The house
would open a useful field for Mr.. Cor
man. and if he We're to find himself
there as a fellow member with ex-Sena-
tor Hill. representing a New York dis
trict, it wouldn't be the strangest thing
in the world; although Mr.. Hill has
never shown good qualities of the kind
that are of account i'm deliberative
hnIN-
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While the good health and spirits Of
that Swiss woman who has had her
stomach cut out are triumph for mod
ern surgery which no one appreciates
more than the lady herself. she would
better draw the line If she finds a doe
tor after her own heart.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-26

The Minnesota courts have decided
that the law of that state compelling
oleomargarine makers To give it a pink
color is constitutional. Minnesota oleo-
is therefore To be trained
into the pink of condition.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-26

General Nunez says that Weyler was
the wolf While Blanco is the fox of
Spain. Now, who's the monkey" asks
the Philadelphia Press. Spain seems to
have made one out of Mr.. Mckinley.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-26

Having, as he believes. firmly gerry
wandered the state of Illinois into the
hands of the republicans, Governor
Tanner will now be subject to the ago.
nizing fear lest some rank outsider step
up and shut him out.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-26

A Sing Sing dispatch says that Mar
tin Thorn, who is to be electrocuted on
Jan. 10, takes pleasure in reading the
current events of the day in the news
papers. The current event of Jan. 10
may not be so pleasing
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-26

Judging by his remarks to the re-
porters. besides long reach the Hon.
Kid Mccoy possesses a powerful inn
preston that he Is a bigger parsonage
in modern history than old Reed
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There was doubtless enough left over
from Howard Gould's dinner last night
to make plenty of good hash for the
family to-day. Howard and the hired
man oughtn't to carry it all out to the
hogs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-26

People who think he has drawn a
bob-tailed flush in the Ohio legislature
neglect to figure on the extensive re-
sources of Senator Hanna's sleeves.
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If any additional help is needed for
the dismemberment of China. the
European powers should make us an
offer for the services of Mr.. Thorn and
Mrs. Mack.
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New York OBJECT Tribune Building.
Chicago Off:ce-509 The Rookery.
The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency
Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
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In advocating a tax on beer of one
dollar barrel, Senator Hoar may be
trying to find some means to check the
startling increase of consumption in
this country.
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All general business, letters and CORE
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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