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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-11


Theodore Roosevelt was elected Governor
in New York because he is known to be a
clean and energetic man in public affairs.
He was the for the hour in New York.
The enthusiasm which his record as a
Rough Rider excited would not have pulled
him through if the people had not believed
that his election would be the guarantee of
a better administration in Albany than
either party has given the State in recent
years. The Republicans were confronted by
exposed frauds in the expenditure of a large
appropriation for the improvement of the
canals. Higher Republican officials were
not directly responsible for the frauds, but
men whom they appointed were. When the
man under whom the frauds became pos
sible was spoken of for the appointment
the New York Tribune declared that he was
unfit for the position because his reputation
was not that which an upright man should
have. But he had the backing and the
Tribune had the denuncation. Under his
general control the contractors on the canals
had things very much their own way, and
a large part of the appropriation was
wasted. Governor Black had the scandals
Investigated and the result of the investiga-
ton published. Perhaps few removals
were made, but the evil was past cure.
Governor Black is an able man, and on the
whole has been a good executive, but if he
had been renominated he would have been
beaten by large plurality At the outset
he selected a notorious lobbyist for an i'm
portant office; the Republican press pro-
tested, but he insisted
1t may be asked, if it was an issue at the
polls between Governor Black and Tam
many's man, why the voters would not sup
port the former as much the lesser evil.
Simply because a large body of men in
New York and elsewhere will not accept a
choice between better and worse at the polls
they know that Republican conventions can
present the best, and when they fail to do
SO these men do not vote. For that class
of voters in New York and elsewhere it is
not enough to know that Tammany is the
worst and the Republican ticket is better;
they demand the best. Theodore Roosevelt
stood for honest and fearless administra-
ton in the State of New York That fact
gave him tens of thousands OF votes. 1T is
lesson worth needing. The fact that Re-
publican rule in Indiana has been based
upon business principles was a silent but
potent factor in the election in this State
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Thirteen Pope LeOs.
London Sketch.


Thirteen in number have been the Leos
that have filled the chair of Peter, and or
these several have been popes of eminence
The first of the name early obtained the
apnellation of Great" leaving less honored
titles for those who might succeed. His
pontihcate in the middle of the fifth cen
fury lasted only twenty years. Leo III, In his
twenty years of rule. had the honor OF
browning the greatest of the medieval
emplary pontiff, if nothing more; the NTH,
sixth and seventh were but transient fig
ures early in the tenth century, and the
eighth was one of the anti-popes. Leo TX,
one of the house of Hapsburg, toward the
middle of the eleventh century, Illuminated
the world with his learning, and was can
oniZed.
Four hundred and sixty years elapse be-
fore we come to another Leo. the tenth ~
the NAME Giovanni de Medici, illustrious
for his fostering of the renaissance and
celebrated, in a different manner, for his
inability to check the Lutheran heresies.
Had he been less a patron of letters and a
courtier and more of an anchorite the refor-
nation might have been stayed, If not actu-
ally effected within the limits OF the church
itself. Another Medici, though not or the
then reigning house of Tuscany, occupied
the holy seat for few weeks In 1903 as Leo
XII. Again a gap-of more than two nun
dred years-before we arrive at Leo XII,
elected during the thirty years peace. when
Europe was slumbering between the Ma
poleOnic wars and the days or AZ. Last or
all comes the benign and venerable Leo
XIII who is passing his closing years as
occupant of the Vatican and as mediator
between the sons of men. 1t is curious in
deed that nine out of the thirteen lived be-
fore the Normans conquered this little isle
set in the silver sea.
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UNJUST CRITICISMS.
More Evidence of the UnfaIrness of
Pnris NeWspaper Editors.

PARIS, Nov. 10.-The newspapers of this
city after yesterdays meeting of the peace
commissions. seemed to have gathered from
some source or other the impression that
the Spanish commissioners have cause of
complaint against the Americans because
the latter presented their replies to the
Spanish proposals in English and without
Spanish translation of the document There
is no basis for complaint on the subject.
The president of the Spanish commission.
Senior Montero Rios. and Judge Day, the
president of the American commission,
agreed that, owing to the length Of the
document all concerned might be spared the
reading of matter which is usually trans
lated in writing into Spanish for the bene-
fit of Senior Montero Rios and the two mem
bers of the Spanish commission who do not
understand English. Each side, up to the
present. has made its own written transla-
tons but the Americans alone have sup
piled an interpreter instead of furnishing
an interpreter for their side, as they might
have been expected to do. The American
interpreter is Arthur Ferguson. and the
Spaniards have marveled at the facility with
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Some political prophets come out of the
recent election with badly shattered reputa-
tions. Political prophecy is a tempting
others who are supposed to be on the in
side Of all kinds of information but 1t is
a dangerous one. The exploitation of ante
election wisdom appears to have great fas-
cination for some persons, but the post
election frost which it often encounters
gives it a very faded and shriveled appear
ance. The truth is the people who do the
thinking and the voting do not care fig
for anybody's prophecies, and when they
take the bit in their mouths they are heed
less whose regulations they smash. Some
of the predictions and claims made before
the recent election appear very ridiculous
in the light of events. In New York Mr.
Richard Croker, chief of Tammany, was
popularity supposed to be the custodian of
vast amount of prophetic wisdom He
seems to have thought so himself, for on
the night before the election he informed
the public that ivan Wyck will be elected
Governor of the State of New York by 5O
600 plurality" Observe the oracular and
specific character of the prediction Mr..
Croker did not want to mislead the public
in any respect, SO he specified the very
Office to which Van Wyck would be elected.
Ex-senator Hill grew reminiscent and gave
play to his imagination. This is going to
be another election like 1892 he said,
when the Democrats carried not only New
York and Brooklyn, but the rest of the
State above the Harlem river. 1t is land
slide for Van Wyck." The chairman of the
Democratic state central committee said,
with an air of judicial candor. Il am conf
dent of Van Wyck's election by plurality
anywhere from Is, OO0 TO $1,000" The sliding
phrase, anywhere from 25,OcO to 5O.0CO"
made this look like carefully weighed
proposition. The chairman of the Demo-
cratic state executive committee said: Van
Wyck will be elected, and his plurality will
approximate 10000" Observe. he did not
say Van Wyck's plurality would be 10000,
but it would approximate" that falling
only a few thousands below. Colonel
Roosevelt's 10000 plurality shows how much
these wise men really knew.
One of the most amusing predictions that
has SoliS uhuSA Jul Ao'ASS was eAot Vi eAS
chairman of the state central committee
of the Prohibition party in Pennsylvania
The day before the election he gave out
an estimate electing Dr. Swallow, the Pro-
hibition candidate for Governor, by plural
ity of G., s25 These figures" he said, ARE
from careful reports by county chairmen,
and have been compiled without 'doctoring.'
NV own belief is that the total vote will
run from $1,000 to 10000 higher than shown
in the table, and that 70 per cent. of this
increase will be for Swallow" Estimating
the aggregate vote of the State at S7515O,
the chairman divided 1t as follows: Stone,
Republican, 292 $50: jerks, Democrat, 2S4.-
225; Swallow, Prohibition. S4s,675; and he
gave q tabulated estimate Of the vote Of
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In some respects the recent campaign in
this State was an Improvement over any
previous one. 1t was the shortest one on
record, and this is merit. AS general
rule political campaigns in Indiana have
been too long Long campaigns become
tiresome to candidates, speakers, commit
teemen, editors and the public generally,
pie any more than shorter ones. The Re-
publican state convention this year was held
Aug. 4. This was considerably later than
usual and owing to the war and the con-
centration of public attention on other mat
tiers the campaign did not open till some
time afterwards. Senator Fairbanks made
his opening speech of the campaign at
Princeton on Sept. H. and the campaign was
not really open till after that. This was the
shortest campaign ever had in the State,
but the time has been ample for all need
full work. The campaign is also worthy
of future imitation in its freedom from Elk
element. The people did not go wild as
they have sometimes done. There was less
drum-beating, marching and of the hurrah
element generally than in any previous
campaign, and yet the result shows that the
people were fairly we'll aroused and quite
as much stirred up as is usual in an off
year. In fact, the aggregate vote and the
results show more than the average in
terest of nonpresidential years. The cam
paign was so short and free from excite
ment that business was not interfered with.
and yet all the good results of a long and
noisy campaign were accomplished without
it's drawbacks. We believe, also. that the
campaign was freer from personalities and
was conducted on higher and fairer plane
than most campaigns in Indiana have been,
and that the election was in the main a
clean and fair one. To the last remark
there are some local exceptions, as in the
city, where some contemplate tricks were
resorted to and money was paid to colored
voters to stay away from the polls but this
does not affect the truth of the general
statement. In all the respects named the
recent campaign is worthy of future imita-
ton.
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LIKE A STORY THAT is TOLD.
Sentimental Reflections ON the Recent
Election.
Detroit Free Press.


It's all over once more. Like the dew on
the mountain like the foam on the river,
like the bubble on the fountain, the CAM
paign is gone and forever. Gone the noe
turnal platform appearances and appeals or
The nominee; gone the campaign canardS
and roorbacks; gone the ringing prociaIna-
lions and the confident predictions; gone
the acerbities competitions conspiracies'
strategies, revenges. the pointing with pride,
the holding up to scorn and the mailing or
another lie.
The music of the band dies away in soft
cadences. The rally night shouts die on
the lips The chairman of the meeting and
the vice presidents for the evening have
gone their separate ways The transparency
wastes Its marking-pot art on the barren
Less of some back room. The campaign
card and the leaf1et no longer fiutter in the
chill November air. The sound of the
stamping of feet and the clapping of hands
has ceased and man goeth to his short home
several hours earlier of nights now that the
saving of the country no longer engages his
time and lung capacity
So fleet the campaign activities of men,
back to the office, store and bench again,
the bOastful claim and the inky badge fade
like a nightmare. Hsigho, straight tickets
and sure things! IT is not healthful to cleo
tioneer alWays-the stress and strain upon
the nerve centers and the wallet-strings are
more than mortal man can endure as con-
tinuous performance and look pleasant.
Then let us consider 1t Undergraduate that
the headquarters are closed and the feverish
days of the fall campaign have fallen back
among the unreturning yesterdays OF life
For the elect and the laid low there is sun
lots of fun ahead and stern duties that
beckon us all away from the ecstacies or
temporary triumphs and the bewailings or
present defeats The election is over, the
doing with a heart FOR any tate that the UNI
fathomed to-mOrroWS may disclose.
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regarding the method of voting and of
scratching" under the Australian ballot
law The method is really simple enough,
but every election shows that many voters
are ignorant regarding it. and their lack
of knowledge causes the loss of their votes
The law has been in force now several
years, but the number of persons who Go
not know how to vote seems to increase
rather than diminish. Other things being
equal, the party that adopts the best means
of instructing its members how to vote will
have decided advantage
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every county in the State to sustain this
conclusion. The returns show that Stone
was elected by a plurality of 125,OOO. The
total vote, with four counties to hear from.
gave Stone 455. 7S2; jerks. 1913, 1888; Swallow.
124,437. The Prohibition chairman will prob
ably retire from the prophet business.
The Democratic statesmen here at home
contributed to the gayety of the post-election
period by some prophecies of their own. On
the day before the election the Sentinel
said:
The Democratic state committee is abso-
lutely sure of the election of the entire state
ticket and at least nine congressman. The
committee is also absolutely sure of carry
ing the Legislature and thus insuring the
election of a United States senator.
1t was also stated that Mr.. Martin, chair
man of the Democratic state committee.
made the statement to his close friends last
night that Indiana was certainly Democratic
by large majority" The fact that this
information was communicated only to the
chairman's "close friends shows that he
regarded it as very precious. He probably
gave it to them so they could bet on it. The
Sentinel quoted him as follows:
We will elect our state ticket by an over
Whelming ma jority and will elect eight con-
gressmen sure, and | believe will elect
ten, with a possibility of making 1t eleven.
The Legislature on joint ballot will be safely
Democratic, thereby assuring the election of
a Democrat to the United States Senate, and
l would not be at all surprised if we have
majority in both houses
To show that he knew whereof he was
speaking the chairman named several popu
lous counties which he said the Democrats
would carry. I'VE will carry Marion county
by at least $780, and he mentioned several
other counties which they would carry be-
yond doubt. The next day they all went
Republican. He said Leon Bailey would
carry both Marion and Johnson counties and
be elected by not less than 1000 majority,
and he carried most of the other Republican
districts quite as easily. AS a political
prophet Mr.. Martin is thoroughly wounded
in every respect. In fact. Democrats ought
not to prophesy at all in Republican years.
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GenernI Merritt,n Yieus.

LONDON, Nov. 1O-Maj. Gen. Wesley
Merritt, the commander of the American
military forces in the Philippine islands,
who is now in this city, in an interview on
the result of the elections in the United
States is quoted as saying: Il am very glad
the Presidents policy seems to have been
Endorsed. Although 1 am somewhat of
Democrat L think it highly desirable that
there should be a Congress that will satisfy
and carry into effect the result of the war
and the peace treaty"
Referring to the Marquis of Salsburys
Guild Hall speech. General Merritt said:
Most Americans, / believe, agree and our
English cousins insist, that we should keep
the Philippine islands. don't know wheth-
er the government is cooling towards us,
but all the officials / have met here, some
of them being in very high places, seemed
enthusiastic over the friendship between
about the Philippine islands-we must either
take them all or drop them altogether"
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The defeat of "oId Man" walker.

oDecldl 10 0niCdRO LtNoAhs
Out of the gloom there is one ray of Joy
and light. odd Man Walker as he is COM
monty termed. of Massachusetts, has been
beaten. Two years ago he counted to his
credit a majority of l1,O0O, which he has at
last managed to overcome. While Mr..
Walker is a very genial gentleman socially,
there will be 10 tears shed in the House of
Representatives on his political grave. His
intense activity is based upon the delusion
that nobody else knows anything about
finance and the currency, and he is willing
TO assume all the responsibility of legisla-
ton on those subjects himself. The result
has been that he has prevented reforms IN
the currency laws and the amendment of
the banking act. for whenever the subject
comes up he always insists upon the con-
sideration of a bill which he has prepared
and which nobody else can understand. Mr..
Walkers pugnacious disposition. his un-
bounded zeal and unfinching determination
have therefore made ii difficult for the COM
mittee on banking and currency to transact
business
There is a great surprise at the overthrow
of Mr.. Walker because his district Is so
Overwhelmingly Republican. A man must be
very unpopular to turn 1.000 votes against
him in two years.
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One of the things which taxpayers, re-
CARELESS of party, should take in hand at
once is the matter of the enactment of a park
act which will take the whole matter out
Of the hands of the mayor and Board of
Public Works. This should not be done be-
cause Mr.. Taggart is mayor, but because
the public welfare and the economical and
intelligent prosecution of the work can only
be secured through a commission Of citi-
zens of both parties. Twice as much has
been paid for bad location for the parks
as should have been. 1t will be a greater
extravaganza and source of constant cor
ruption to have the expenditure for the
construction of parks in the hands of city
officials.
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Some OF the editorial brethren who did
not get all they wanted out OF the election
rose to the occasion beautifully. Gen. Jas
per Packard, Republican and editor of the
New Albany Tribune. was defeated for
state senator, yet the day after the election
his paper contained a column editorial on
Housekeeping which was entirely free
from political asperity. In Terre Haute
the Democrats were beaten after a hard
fight in which the Gazette had led, yet the
next day the paper contained an excellent
leader on Literature and Wood Pulp"
Such examples as these are worthy of emu
lation by all who aspire to a condition of
moral superiority and philosophical Sc
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sound-money men. But with Republican
majority in the House these considerations
cut no figure. The Republicans will have
both branches of Congress and the Presi-
dent. and can legislate with a free hand.
Their majority in the House will not be
less than ten and may reach fifteen or
twenty A compact majority of this size
is better than very large one, which is
always a temptation to recklessness. With
a clear majority in both branches of Con-
gress and with a Republican President the
Republican party Will be in a better position
to legislate than it has been for many years.
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The last House in Illinois was largely Re-
publican, but in the next the Republicans
will have but four more members than the
Democrats. This is because the Republic
ans were held responsible for the passage
of h bill authorizing city councils TO extend
the franchises of street railways fifty years.
This should be warning to Republican
legislators who may be called upon to legis-
late respecting street-railway companies.
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Two of the freaks of the present House
will not appear in the next. Jerry Simpson
has been submerged, and Lewis. of Wash
ington, the wearer of brilliant apparel. has
been defeated. But Bailey, of Texas, and
/. others remain.
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II It Is true. az stated. that 500 ballots
were rejected in this county because OF
mutilation or distinguishing marks. there
were probably fifteen thousand rejected in
the State. The same ratio throughout the
State would make considerably more than
fifteen thousand. but most OF the losses are
due TO attempted scratching" and there
may not have been as much Of that in all
localities as there WAS in this city and eoun-
~ The proportion Of mutiIatcd ballots In
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The assurance of a Republican majority
in the next House of Representatives makes
Tuesdays victory complete. Even without
that 1t would have been a great victory.
With a Republican Senate after next March
4. and a Republican President the present
tariff law would have been safe and there
would have been no danger from free silver,
especially as most OF the Democratic mem
bers OF Congress elected on Tuesday are
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The ncrIin Prean.

BERLIN, Nov. 10.-The National Zeitung
says to-day Germans regard the Amer
lean reference in Lord Salisbury's Guild
Hall speech as the most significant portion
of his remarks. They believe 1t was the hope
of American support that gave him the
courage to speak with resolution"
The Vossiche Zeitung and the Berlin Post
also refer to Lord Salisbury'S American al
lusions and reach the conclusion that his
speech gives little hope of prolonged
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The NobIesville Ledger says that Jacob
Miesse. of that place. who is ninety years
old. voted the Republican ticket for the
always before been a Democrat or Green
hacker. He was so we'll satisfied with Presi-
dent McKinley's administration and with
the evidences OF general prosperity that he
concluded to take a new start in politics
and voted the straight Republican ticket
II is never too late to mend.
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In Cook county. which embraces the city
of Chicago, a committee of business men
chosen for the purpose selected from both
tickets a business mems ticket of assessors
composed of four from the Republican and
one from the Democratic ticket That ticket
WIS alected
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Porto RIcnn. Gratined.

SAN JUAN DE PUERTO RICO. Nov. 10
United States Special Commissioner Car
roll sailed to-day for New York by steamer
Caracas. He goes 10 prepare and present 10
President Mckinley his preliminary report
as 10 Porto Riean conditions and needs. The
Porto Ricans ne asserts. are all gratified at
the change Of sovereignty and look forward
with intense eagerness TO the establishment
of American Institutions In Porto Rico.
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Tho representatives elected to Congress in
the East by the Democrats are all opposed
10 16 to la very significant fact. The one
gain made by the Republicans in the East,
the representative in Delaware was by de-
fearing a free-silver man.