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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
STATE PRESS OPINION.

The Congress that Mckinley will have on
hands two weeks hence is not the kind that
either the President or the people are
afraid of.-Fort Wayne Gazette.
Mr.. Bryan contemplates retiring from poll
tiles If he would only do so before Nov
20 another Thanksgiving proclamation
would be Observation-Disclosures Sun
The recent rains are bringing the wheat
out in fine shape. The prospects are now
first-class in this county and there is a
good big acreage, after all.-Greentield Re-
publican.
A free-trade tariff, general depression and
distress. A protective tariff, prosperity and
plenty. This has been simply the history of
the country since its first President.-Co-
lumbus Republican.
A comparison between the railroad earn
ings and the bank clearances of the pres
ent time and one year ago indicates an as
tonishing change in the business of the
country.-Ligonier Leader.
History is now simply repeating itself
Whenever the country gets a good pro-
tective tariff on it's statute books after a
low tariff blunder it always does repeat
itself.-Hartford City Times.
The expectation of manufactures goes
steadily on under the Dingley law despite
the assertion of the Democrats that re-
turn of the protective system would reduce
Jul ih6tS lOT american manufactures
abroad.-Kokomo Tribune
The state superintendent of public in
struction is elected by the direct vote of
the people. Why not elect the county SUI
perintendent in the same way? There is
no valid reason for having township trus-
tees appoint the county superintendent
Petersburg Press.
Democratic papers are somewhat dis
tressed because Mark Hanna refuses to
talk regarding the recent elections. par
ticularly that of Ohio. Doubtless the next
senator from Ohio realizes that a Repub-
lican majority of twenty-eight thousand is
more eloquent than any words he could
speak-Muncie Times.
The citizens of Indianapolis are up in
arms at the waste of natural gas in the
vicinity Of Alexandria. because the waste
affects their interests very materially. How
much more strenuousiy ought the citizens
of the gas region itself protest against the
waste, being more vitality interested than
napolitans.-Muncie News.
No legislation before Congress this win
ter can result in more good to the labor
and industrial interests of the country than
that of the restriction of immigration. We
have no use for the paupe.s of the old
world. and the old world sho"S know it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22

state policy wherever it has been intro
duced. and how to employ them is one of
the difficult questions of the time. Work
is an essential feature in the reformation
of convicts, and it is a little remarkable
that the same Legislature which changed
the Southern Prison to a Reformatory and
enacted advanced legislation on this line
should also have abolished contract prison
labor. which. thus far, has been found to
be the only means of keeping prisoners en-
ployed. The Legislature did not, however,
abolish prison labor. On the contrary. the
law says:
The boards OF directors of the state penal
and reformatory institutions are hereby
authorized to establish as soon as practi-
cable the public account system, to insti-
tute in said prisons an industrial and labor
system by which the convicts shall be en-
ployed at such trades and vocatons as will
be required to supply said institutions as
nearly as possible with all necessary arti-
cles of prison consumption, or will in
the judgment Of the directors be expedient
and wise
The law also requires that all work done
by inmates of the prisons "shall, as far as
practicable, be hand work" and makes it
the duty of the directors ito institute such
instructions of an educational and techni-
cal character as in their judgment is to the
best interest of the inmates" These vari-
Gus provisions indicate very clearly that it
was the idea Of the trainers of the law
that the prisoners should be instructed and
employed in some kind of hand work, the
products of which could be utilized by the
institution. The only provision of law
which looks to farm work is the clause in
the appropriation bill already quoted. 1t is
not likely that more than small proper
ton of the inmates of the Reformatory can
be employed in farming, and it is doubtful
whether it will be found feasible to furnish
farm products to any other state institu-
ton than the Reformatory itself. That
would give employment to comparatively
few of the inmates and would leave much
the greatest number still to be employed
within the prison, the law evidently
templates they should be. For reformatory
purposes and equipping man to earn an
honest living after leaving prison some
trade or handicraft would be far better
than working on a farm. The whole SUBJ
ject is surrounded with difficulties and the
managers will have much trouble in har-
monizing the spirit of the law with it's
letter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
'"THIs COUNTRY OF OURS"
One of the Statements in General Har-
risOn's Book Disputed.

In the course Of review of General
Harrison's book on government institu-
lions the New York Critic says:
The ex-President has fallen into one mis-
take which is common among writers and
ed He says Up. 26) that ''the Senate has
always refused to adopt any form of
cloture, and debate there runs on with no
of the Senate of the First Congress
Q1S9-9D: In case of debate becoming
tedious, four senators may call for the
question; or the same number may at any
time move for the previous question, viz,
shall the main question now be put?'
This, of course. was closure on the pre-
vious question. Was this power of shut
ting off debate in the Senate ever en-
ployed? Let William Maclay of Pennsyl-
vania, the original Democrat, who was q
member of the Senate in the First Con-
gress. answer. The Senate's sessions, leg
islatiye as well as executive, were secret
until Feb 20. 1884, but the Journal of Will
liam Maclay," published in $780, tells much
of the Senates procedure during the au-
thor's service. Maclay, who was an ardent
opponent of the FederaliSt party and of
Hamilton'S policy, and who was apparently
the leader of the minority during his serv-
one day before the end of the Congress:
we used to canvass every subject and
dispute every inch of Hamilton's systems,
and this sometimes detached some of his
party from him and defeated him To
prevent this all has been put off until this
late movement, and now not word Will
20 IceIlu; IH0 pea u WANT OI time pre-
walls, and every one that attempts to speak
is silenced with the cry of question 1t was
known that had cOntroverted sundry po-
sitions laid down by Hamilton in his report
and had prepared myself on the subject.
It was easy to call the question and silence
debate'
At the outset in its existence the Senate
mad closure regulation and employed it.
The Critic adds: General Harrison has,
IN an eminent degree, the so-called French
FACULTY of lucidity of exposition. His style
is clear and vigorous, his mind is logical,
and his knowledge of history, of constitu-
tional principles and of practical politics is
comprehensive and accurate. Many of his
readers differ from him on partisan issues.
There Is no craftsmanship in his book, how
ever. He says in his preface that he hopes
gent patriotism and faithful discharge of
the duties of citizenship. His aspiration
here Will undoubtedly be fulfilled. In every
essential particular the ex-President has
made an exceedingly interesting and valu-
able hook
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
THE EXPLORATORY AND CONVICT
LABOR

Advices from Jeffersonville state that the
managers of the Reformatory, late South
ern Prison, are negotiating for the pur-
chase of large tract Of land near that
city on which to work the inmates of the
prison. A dispatch says: This is rem
dered necessary by the act of the last
Legislature abolishing convict labor" This
is not quite accurate. The act abolishing
convict labor does not require nor authorize
the purchase of land on which to work the
convicts. The appropriation bill contains
specific appropriation of $500 to secure the
''use of a farm and for implements and arti-
cles necessary to cultivate the same" Per-
haps this would cover the purchase of land
though the natural construction of the lam
guage of the appropriation would seem to
imply renting or leasing instead of pur-
chasing. The distinction might be of some
consequence, as the amount appropriated
would go much further on a lease than on
a purchase of land, and in the event of the
failure of the experiment the managers
would not care to have a possibly unstable
farm on their hands. The experiment is
worth trying. but its success is not certain
The abolition Of contract labor has caused
much embarrassment in other States and
raised a problem that is exceedingly diff
iicult of solution. Idle convicts are proving
very costly as well as vicious feature Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22

greatest amount of technical knowledge
possible in comparatively short time. The
circular says:
The subjects presented are those about
which every one engaged in agricultural
pursuits should have definite knowledge OF
both the science and the art-the underlying
principles and the best practice-relating
thereto In order to throw the light OF
science and experience upon these subjects,
the faculty and specialists will be aided Ey
practical lecturers who have been notably
successful in the specialties. The classroom
instruction will also be supplemented by
practice in the live stock Judging room,
veterinary hospital. farm, dairy. agricul
tural and horticultural laboratories, green
house, kitchen, and by visits of inspection
to herds, farms, greenhouses and other
points of interest.
The general scope of the work will be
gathered from the course of instruction laid
down for the students of both sexes, which
includes live stock husbandry and veteri-
nary hygiene; farm dairying; soils, crops,
manures and farm buildings; horticulture,
economic botany and entomology agricul-
tural chemistry, farm sanitation, vegetable
parasites and rural law: shop work in wood;
practical lectures by stockmen, farmers and
horticulturists. Each one of these branches
is intrusted to experienced instructor,
assisted by lecturers selected for their prac-
tical knowledge and successful pursuit of
the subject. There is a special course for
young women, including household chemis-
try, domestic economy, house sanitation and
other known subjects. The system is so ar
ranged and the theoretical instruction so
supplemented with practical applications of
it that in one or two winter terms bright
student can lay in store of scientific
knowledge and principles that will make
foundation for future life work. Appli-
cants for admission to the school should be
at least sixteen years of age, land it is to
be hoped that a large number will apply.
The term will continue from Jan. to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22

somebody else. Governor Stephens denies
the charge in the following dispatch from
Jefferson City:
My proclamation was issued Nov. ] and
appeared in the papers that afternoon. Gov.
Pingree's proclamation, a copy of which l
have, was issued Nov. 5, four days later.
They are not identical. mine being three
times as long as that of Governor Pingree.
Governor Pingree used only about two SEN
fences of my proclamation, and IN doing so
compliments me- If mine has been stolen,
let the accuser produce the original.
This rests merely on the claim of priority
of date. But now comes Detroit friend of
Governor Pingree, evidently speaking for
the Governor, who says:
The Governor left the matter of writing
a proclamation in the hands of Secretary of
State Gardner. Gardner, ii appears. rang
in one Of his old proclamations on Pingree,
one he had written for Governor John I.
Rich Pingree never discovered it until it
had gone to press. If Governor Stephens.
OF Missouri, used the proclamation 1t could
not have been original with him. He must
have "swiped'' 1t from Rich, unless Gard
ner has been running one of these syndl-
Gates. supplying patent inside Thanks
giving proclamationS to the Governors OF
various States
To add to the mystery the Thanksgiving
proclamation issued by Governor Rich, of
Michigan, in 1895 is published, containing
two paragraphs which are in Governor
Pingree's proclamation and not in Gov.
Stephens's, and Governor Pingree's procla-
nation contained another paragraph which
was in that of Governor Stephens, but not
in that of Governor Rich. The suspicion
seems to settle down on Governor Pingree
or his secretary of state.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22

The fact that the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows of Indiana can borrow $25O,OO0 for
less than 4 per cent. furnishes additional
evidence. If it were necessary, to prove
that money has never before been so plenti-
9ui in this country as now. Years before
the country came to a specie basis money
for such purpose could not have been OBJ
tanned for less than or even s per cent
What long ago took place in the Eastern
States IS now going on in the Central
States Of the West-people are accumulate
ing money because it cannot so well be put
into land. houses and stock as ii could
few years ago. Not only is there much
more money in the country now than ten
Tor a dozen yea S ago, but being on the
same money basis as the controlling COM
mercial nations of the world, money flows
n from there. which it could not do when
we We're on a fuctuating greenback basis,
or would not do If this country should be
Furnished by being forced to fluctuating
silver basis. Money is cheap because it is
plentiful it is plentiful because the volume
OF gold. the worlds legal tender and meas
IRE Of values. is rapidly increasing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22

DIR. Evans is said to have been deeply
grleved by the tone of the American press
which, on his recent visit here, spoke of him
in terms belonging to his profession flip
DR.. Evans for many years owned a newspa-
per published in London and Paris called
the American Register. 1t possessed some
qualities common to the land of which its
tice of free-handed personality, which hor
rifled the English especially. The merchants
used to decline to advertise in it upon that
ground, and the publisher explained that
Americans liked to be written about that
way, and unless they could read sharp
smart, semi-scandalous things about them
selves they would not read the paper and
1t was because of these publications that
the advertisers could reach the travelling
American public best by advertising in the
columns of the American Register The pa
per was very successful upon these lines
for some years, from 1880 until 1884 or there
abouts. 1t was then issued from BoWles
Brothers old bank offices in the Strand op-
posite Charing Cross Station. The Phil
adelphia Times, Boston Herald St Paul
Pioneer Press, Chicago News and San Fran
cisco Chronicle had their London offices in
the same building, and their correspondents
were. in several cases, also of the staff of
the Register. 1t is quite possible that Dr.
Evans became more conservative in his
views of journalism as he grew oder, and
1t is not strange that after wears of ac-
quaintance with the English press. which
is nothing if not dignified, and the Partisan
newspapers, which hold council of lawyers
to ascertain whether they may not be tread
ing on libelous ground before printing a
mans name, he found the American news
papers extensively reckless and frivolous
II, however, 1t is on that ground he has
changed his mind about some educational
endOwments in this country, and has left
his fortune in France an opportunity has
been lost TO inject a reformatory influence
into the press of his native country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
TO ESTABLISH TRADE IN CHINA.

A dispatch from Evansville says that Mr..
Charles DENLY, jr., of that city, will, in a
few weeks, return to China as the agent
and resident manager of a syndicate of
American manufacturers and exporters who
are about to make strong effort to intro
duce American manufactures into China.
Col Charles DENLY, ST., has been United
States minister to China for twelve years
past, and one of the best the country ever
had, and the young man has been his sec
rotary of legation. Both are citizens of In
diana and men of ability Aside from the
personal aspect, this move on the part of
the younger DENLY is of wider interest as
indicating the beginning of an intelligent
and aggressive policy on the part of Amer
lean manufacturers for securing Chinese
trade. Mr.. DENLY has lived long enough in
the country to have learned its needs and
the possibilities of trade and his represen-
tations to the syndicate which has employed
him are doubtless based on accurate knowl-
edge. Knowing the Language and the peo-
pie, and having had access to the best cir
cles in Peking he is admirably equipped for
the work in hand. The syndieates plan is
the one usually pursued by European man
ufacturers and exporters, and the only intel
ligent one for acquiring trade in foreign
countries, viz, the employment of a resi-
dent agent or manager who understands the
language and the people, and the establish
ment of a local agency to make sales by
samples. No doubt there is large field
for American trade in China, and this is
the way to secure it. The success of this
movement, and it is almost sure to succeed,
will prompt others on tbe same line, and
may lead eventually to a great extension
of our foreign trade. 1t is another sign of
reviving prosperity under a Republican adj
ministration and another evidence that ex-
porters do not regard the Dingley tariff law
AS a Chinese WALL 80
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22

Fromme the other night consumed seven
and one-quarter pounds of steak. Mr.. Van
Wyck had hitherto taken the lead in these
pleasing gustatory contests, but he had
never reached this limit, and the title of
champion beefsteak eater was UNANIMOUSLY
conferred upon him. A medal commemorate
ing the event will also be presented TO him.
The mayor-elect was not present on this
occasion. and his friends believe his capac-
ity is greater than Fromme's. They will
endeavor to secure his presence at the
next meeting, and if he will enter the lists
a great struggle is expected. 1t is believed
that he can reach the eight-pound notch.
Should this hope prove true it will have to
be admitted that the New York mayor has
more in him than the general public had
considered poSsible
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22

What is the matter with the Art Associa-
ton and it's friends that they cannot MAIN
tain an art school in this city? The school
which has been carried on for several years
by leading artists has been so excellent an
institution and has filled so distinct want
that it should not be allowed to die out for
lack of financial support, but should be put
on a permanent basis If the terms of the
Heron will permit, part of that bequest
could not be better employed than in estab-
fishing such school. A gallery with pic
lures upon its walls is a desirable possess
sion but is by no means so important or so
educative as a place where the principles
and technique of art are taught by compe-
tent instructors. 1t is said to be the pur-
pose of the association to expend the great
er part of the Heron fund in building,
trusting to the future liberality of other
wealthy citizens for the money that is to
provide the art objects to fill it. The ex-
perience of the society should have taught
it by this time that aesthetic sentiment is
a matter of slow growth, and that the pub
lie in general is not yet to be depended on
for financial support in such undertakings
The existence of a building may suggest
the propriety of gifts to adorn it, but such
suggestions are more likely to come
through students enthusiastic over their oc-
cupation AT all events, no such means of
keeping the subject alive as a company of
eager students should be overlooked More
over, no building of the kind contemplated
can be complete without school as an ad-
junct. The time for building up the school
is now. The students are here and the
teachers; all that is needed is encourage
ment from the right quarter. Indianapolis
has reputation as an educational center;
it should not be left deficient in this one
department
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22

The movement TO put stop to indis-
criminate immigration is but another evil
denee of the tendency that has character
lied every act OF the new administration;
and that tendency is to attend first to the
reforms that all parties think to be neces-
sary. There is no more doubt about the
necessity for the restriction and regulation
g immigration than there is of the need
of more work for Industrious laboring men.
70 struggle and puzzle over the problem of
defective relief for those unable to support
themselves and at the same time TO per-
init indscriminate and unlimited importa-
ton of paupers from foreign lands is just
las palpably foolish as the old illustration
Saving at the spigot and wasting at the
|bung."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22

William j. Bryan delivered an address in
ST. Louis, Friday night, in which he had a
good deal more to say against the retire
ment of the greenbacks than he did in ia
vor of free silver at 16 to 1. In fact, he ham
dies the latter subject rather cautiously
now Last year he insisted on examining
it down the threats of the people raw; now
he sugar-coats it as "bimetallism." The
following extract is characteristics
If you ask me why it was that in the
last campaign the mothers took more in
terest in politics than they had done in years
before; If you ask me why 1t is that now.
when there is no campaign on, the mothers
are interested in this question, tell you
it is because they love their children, and
they will fight the trusts until they disap-
pear from the land.
In nearly all his speeches last year Mr..
Bryan attributed the intense interest of 'the
mothers" which he pretended to see to their
anxiety for more and cheaper money; now
he says it was because they love their chill
dren and are opposed to trusts. We are
not aware that anybody has proposed a
trust in children. and even if one were
formed it would be losing operation. AS
to trusts in general, it is probable if there
is one thing 1.-The mothers know and care
less about than all others it is trusts. Since
Bryan has got down to such babble as that,
the sooner he retires from politics the
baffar