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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

ciples of the party are involved in the issue
of campaign the Republicans are unit
for the MISUNDERSTANDING Ledger.
1t was rather cold day for Tom Tag
CARTS gubernatorial aspirations. They en-
countered a chilling frost-Middletown
News.
Free trade and free silver issues have
been relegated to the past. The Democratic
party will have to advertise for an issue for
the next ampaign.-Columbus Republican.
All of the mercantile agencies report a
marked revival in nearly all lines of bust
ness since the election The only thing to
suffer is Coin Harvey's free silver propa-
ganda.- -Kol1cmo News.
The American voters do their own think
ing, and when questions as grave as those
confronting the American people are TO be
dealt with they are always found with a
strong shoulder at the wheel-Decatur
Journal.
Indiana has given her verdict once more
for honest money and good government.
That she has rendered this verdict in an off
year is significant of the preponderance of
the gold sentiment in the State.-CoVington
republican.
The result in Stony Creek township is a
surprise. Usually any calamity is charged
to the party in power, and so it is hard to
reconcile big Democratic loss in that town
ship with the fact that hog cholera has
ragged since last May.-New Castle Tribune.
The result of the election shows that the
people are not yet ready to turn their money
system upside down. violate their pledged
faith. destroy values and repudate their
just debts for the sake of helping a few
silver miners to get a better price for their
prOduct.-Goshen Times.
The off year. boyle was worked by DEM
ocrats to its full capacity, but it was not
strong enough to turn the thoughts of the
people from the real issues beyond the mere
clamor, and they have spoken in no uncer-
lican rule.-Newton County Enterprise
Mr.. Lands has been reelected by four
times the majority given him in 1886, and in
spite of postoftice appointments and dis
appointments has gained largely in every
county in the district. Still a local Demo-
cratic paper insists that he has not been in
dorsed. If Mr. Lands has not been in
dorsed then Mr.. Cheadle has been everlast-
ingly Charlottesville Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14
The New Economy.

The New Economy is the title of a fine
Iy printed book published by Herbert s.
stone d Co, Chicago and New York, and
written by Lawrence Gronlund, M. A. The
author writes huently. He has read many
DOCKS on the various phases of economies
and sociology and much literature, yet in
the S64 pages which his book contains the
reader will wonder what he is driving at.
he may be entertained, but at the same
Time ne Will be beWildered. Evidently un-
uer the name OF collectivism and the CO.
operative commonwealth MIR. Gronlund in
Guides direction of all industries by gov
erAulent. lie devotes the most of his space
10 showing that the United States is on the
roao 10 the realization of his scheme which
-; IN Tact, cooperative commonwealth
me thlng called government must be ma
IeTnal, the state must furnish employment
LOT the unemployed; railroads must be
operated Dy government, and eventually bv
process of evolution the whole machinery
OF production and distribution will be d.
rScteu by government In the organization
OF labor unions, the arbitration of labor
disputes, the promotion of agriculture by
congress, in institutions teaching manual
idpor the author sees the germ of what ha
DehoIds in the distance He is. however
very vague, so much so that the general
reader Will hasten on seeking for a definite
development of his plan. For those people
Wno desire to study vague speculation
III. line New economy must be the book they
Will appreciate. 0'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

Within a few months China has attained
a new interest in the minds of those to
whom the movements of nations are an
interesting topic. All these years China has
resisted modern civilization, keeping out
except just at it's borders, the trade and
customs of modern civilization. Japan has
shown the weakness of the country, and
now the greedy governments of Europe
would divide it among themselves, not with
a commendable missionary spirit but to
monopolize its trade and to turn it to their
power and ACKNOWLEDGMENT Intelligent
men who are most familiar with that vast
country, with the largest population of any
one nation, believe that il is in q state of
transformation. The author OF this book
Mr. archibald r. Colquhoun, mas spent a
large part OF his life in the East as a rep
reSentatiVe of the British government and
correspondent of the London Times. He is
quanned to give and does give in his book
or 4VO pages intelligent information regard
ing CHINA, the government and It's people
NO one can read the book without obtain
ing information which will enable him to
see the reasons for the new interest which
European nations are taking in China. Per-
maps the most interesting chapter of the
book is that in which the Chinese people
is considered. He tells that the intel
lectual capacity of the Chinese may rank
with the best in Western countries. Their
power OF memory is prodigious; in scientific
SchoolS they are the equal in mathematics.
ana the applied sciences to the best OF Ell-
ropean students. They have a robust mus
cularity and at the same time are endowed
with great refinement. Therefore those
who consider the future of the Chinese
race have the enormous capacity of muscle
and brain to take into consideration The
Chinaman copies now, but when transfer
nation comes will he not originate? The
entire people have no honesty in affairs be-
tween man and man. Government has been
system OF corruption, and the system
seems to have undermined the character of
the people. Untruthfulness is a national
trait. Published by Harper & Brothers,
New York
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A LOST CAMPAIGN CRY.

Wall street has long been one of the war
cries of the cheap-money Democracy and the
Popuists. 1t was Wall street that asked
for the issue of the bonds and for a con-
traction of the currency. 1t was Wall street
that demanded a gold basis in order to OPP
press the people of the West. 1t was the
headquarters of the gold bug. Time and
again 16-to-1 orators. foaming at the mouth
during the campaign of 1896, went SO far
as to propose that the people send an army
to wipe out Wall street.-the seat of the OPP
pressor of the masses.
Wall street can no longer be a cheap
money slogan. The events of last Tuesday
destroyed it. In fact, the districts about
Wall street in New York went Democratic
and against Mcklnleyism. If he had de-
pended upon Wall street, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt would not have been elected Gov
ernor on Tuesday. The gold standard cita-
del still exists, but it has moved west, hav-
ing grown with the country. Judging by the
votes, the hated element which has been
denounced by Populsts is now located in
Kansas. At any rate, but for the change
in Kansas Nebraska, South Dakota, Wash
ington and California, the gold standard
under the Republican banner would not have
a majority in the national House. Con-
seouently, when the hater of sound money
desires to berate the money power" he
must travel through the wide and open
country of the new Northwest to find it.
In Wall street the money power" was
concentrated, but now it is scattered all
over the new West 1t is no longer the
much-derided East that is the oppressor of
the people, but the farmers depositing in the
state banks of the new States are the new
plutocracy that the oppressed people must
fight if the banner of Bryan and Is to L is
again given to the free air.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

The transports which are to convey our
troops to Cuba are nearly ready, and the
government will soon have fleet of that
kind that will compare favorably with that
of any other nation in the world One of
the transports which has been fitted out at
Philadelphia will have excellent accommo-
dations for 2,400 men. Berths constructed
on hygienic principles have been put in,
commodious lavatories have been supplied.
including shower baths sufficient to enable
every man on board to take a good bath
every third day. and one of the decks has
been fitted up as an armory, with an exer-
else hall large enough for a company of
men to drill in. A refrigerating plant cap
able of keeping 800 tons of beef at freezing
point has been built into the ship and COM
bined with a cold storage chamber for
enormous quantities of fresh vegetables
Having had time to make suitable prepara-
ton it is evident the government intends
to leave nothing undone to insure the health
and comfort of the troops who are going to
Cuba.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14
A PROPOSITION TO DODGE.

The Sentinel. in an editorial since the
event of Tuesday advises Democrats not to
interfere with the carrying out of the Re-
publican policy. the main feature of which,
it assumes, is to pass the so-called Over
street bill 1t also advises the Republicans
to elect Mr.. Hugh H. Hanna senator to sue
coed Mr.. Turpie. While the Journal would
not speak unkindly of those who have fallen
to rise no more, 1t will be pardoned the OBJ
servation that thing that could be
done would so show the contrast between
Republcanism and Democracy in Indiana
to-day as the election OF Mr.. Hanna to sue
coed Mr.. Turpie Mr.. Hanna, however, is
Tot an aspirant for the Senate but when d
Republican President shall have need for
capable secretary of the treasury he could
find such man in Mr. Hanna.
In regard to the currency bill of the mon
etary commission, the Sentinel, that
there is no longer an apparent necessity to
misrepresent, might state to its readers that
the measure is not the one which major
ity of the House committee on banks and
banking has agreed upon. Furthermore, the
Sentinel should face the fact that the issue
in the late campaign, so far as the money
question was concerned, was not the cur
rency bill, but the Democratic heresy of
making 43 cents worth of silver bullion
dollar by the stamp of the mint for the
owners of the bullion. True, the Demo-
cratic managers did not go into the cam
paign this year for the 16-to-1 heresy with
the fiamboyant vehemence of two years
party thereto. In the campaign that de-
lirious ecstasy which led many Democrats
to cover themselves with 16-to-1 badges in
1896 was not observable. but the average
Democrat, when accused of lukewarmness
in the cause of the silver mine owners
would declare his undying devotion to free
silver
With an illogical persistence Democratic
papers have already declared that 16 to
should be made an issue in 1900 by the Dem
ocratic national convention. Such being the
case, the Democratic managers would like
to obscure the issue which they propose to
keep alive. To that end they would be de-
lighted to have the Republican Congress
push a currency and banking bill which
could be made the ostensible issue, while
behind the curtain of such an opposition
they could mass the supporters of the 16-to-1
heresy. The Sentinel and the late Mr..
Bailey and DIR. Van Vorhis tried that dodge
in this district by dropping the silver issue
and assailing Mr.. Overstreet on the cur
rency bill. With what success the vote in
this county shows Still, unless the Senti-
mel diSclaimS is to 1 as an issue in 1900 Re-
publicans will insist that the main battle
shall be fought on that issue. This they
will do until the Democracy of Turpie, Tel
Ter, Jones Of Arkansas, Altgeld and Coin"
Harvey shall beat itself into atoms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14
The BattIe of the s.rona

This story by Gilbert Parker. which has
neen running for some time as a serial in
the Atlantic Monthly, is issued in book form
by Houghton, Miffiin & Co. 1t is a story of
peculiar interest and quite cut of the or
binary in plot, treatment and style sinh
tltie calls it "A Story of Two Kingdoms"
the scene being laid in the latter part of the
eighteenth century, partly in the Island Of
Jersey ana partly in France during the war
Oh the Nendee: it is a story of love war
ana am ambition. in which some of the strong
est human emotions figure in full action
a Deautlful and trustful jersey girl whose
me is nearly wrecked by her passionate bur
pure love for a young officer who deserts
her AFTER marriage, and whose ambition
IeauS MIN to do her the greatest injustice. is
nnally saved by another love- and. together
WIN her legitimate child. brought to a high
pinnacle or happiness. The devious circuTn-
stances by which this is accomplished are
related in stirring and dramatic style.
Inc even current of the story is somewhat
narred by the frequency of words and
phrases III the Jersey patois, but as thew
seem to be part of the story they can be
overlooked. glossary at the end EXPLAINS
their meaning. The author has a brilliant
told. - wa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14
A Hi.tory OF the Pre.idenc,.


In 1884 Mr.. Edward Stanwcod gave the
public an exceedingly useful volume en-
titled History of Presidential Elections"
He has revised and enlarged that work SO
that it is, in fact. what the title designates.
"a history of the presidency" The book
begins with an historical account of the de-
velopment of the present electoral system
by the convention which framed the Con-
stitution. This chapter contains much valu-
able historical information that cannot be
found IN the same space III any other book.
rms Is followed by an account of each
PRESIDENTIAL election, not only of the mere
oi1clal fact, but of all the influences which
made and unmade candidates, the leading
issues in the campaigns, the making of all
nominations, the rise and progress of the
nominating convention, the nature of the
issues discussed in each campaign, the pop
ular ana the electoral votes. one might
assume that such a work would be a dry
compilation of details and figures, but Mr..
otahWoodS book, while il contains the
mlnutest facts, is enlvened with views OF
the persons who were the leading actors
ana recital of all the movements and in
trlgues which gave absorbing interest TO the
contests While they We're going on. "A His.
tory of the Presidency" will oe a valuable
ADDITION to the library of every political stu
dent and reference book which will con-
tam an answer TO Oft recurring questions
relative TO presidential elections 1t is q
DOCK OF $50 pages. Published by Houghton.
MlIIlln d Co, Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

not to have permitted the use of the pre-
judicial language. and it characterized as
unsafe the rule of the court that counsel
cannot be interrupted during an argument,
no matter how far they may wander from
the record or transgress professional
ethics. Such rule has no foundation in
justice. The license that many American
judges allow attorneys both in addresses
to the jury and the examination of wit
nesses would be regarded as scandalous in
any other country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

Under the title. THE Many-sided Franklin"
Paul Leicester Ford begins series of pa
pers in which he touches upon the family
relations and personal characteristics of
that famous American TO which the histories
give but little attention. The work seems
likely to be a valuable contribution to
Franklin literature. Of the war articles the
Personal Narrative of the Maine" con-
tributed by Captain Sigsbee Lieut.. B. A.
Ffske tells why We Won at Manila"
"LOwells Impressions of Spain. from hith-
erto unpublished official dispatches of James
Russell Lowell. also nave a bearing on the
war. The opening chapter of Marion Craw
fOrd's serial. Via Crucis" takes the reader
back to the second crusade. a new field for
this versatile author. Altogether the num-
Der is of unusual interest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

Holt. For some reason he resigned--for
some reason. because there was no cause
for 1t in his transaction with the sewer
contractors a few months ago it was dis
covered that Mayor Taggart and his sub
ordinates had paid two prices for some
valueless territory for park. Unex-
planned, it is more than a suspicious trans
action, yet the entire community is won
dering why the self-advertised organ of
reform and purity approves by it's silence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14
BOOKS OF THE TIME.
Captain BOnneviIse's Adventures in
Exploring the West in 1892.


Exploring the West i'm 1892.
A new edition is published of Captain
Bonnevilles Adventures" by Washington
Irving. Originally a work of much interest
on account of its recital of adventures in
then unknown portion of the country. it has
acquired new interest by the lapse of time
and complete change of conditions since its
first publication. 1t is the narrative of an
expedition to the Rocky mountains, led by
Captain Bonneville in 1892 Captain Bonnie
vile had been educated at West Point. and
was an officer in the United States army.
Being DESTROYS of leading an expedition
across the plains," and having obtained
leave of absence from the War Department
and a pecuniary outfit through private
sources he set out on the list of May 1892,
from the then frontier post of Fort Usage,
on the Missouri river. He had enlisted
party of 10 men, most of whom had been
in the Indian country. and some of whom
were experienced hunters and rappers.
The leader Of the expedition was COM
petent, brave, experienced and fond or ad-
venture. The country to be traversed was
then known, or rather unknown, as the
far West" 1t is now thickly populated.
The contemplated route lay across the
plains, through various Indian tribes, to
aid beyond the Rocky mountains The
country contained many hostile Indians,
and abounded with buffaloes and other wild
animals. The expedition was perilous and
interesting in the extreme, being full of
such adventure as would necessarily char
acteTiZe such an expedition at that period.
Its facts. incidents and discoveries were
furnished by Captain Bonneville to Irving,
and by him put in shape. supplemented by
other facts and experiences of his own.
The result was an exceedingly interesting
book, to which time has added new and
peculiar interest on account of the informa-
ton it contains regarding the primitive
state of the far West and conditions which
no longer exist. 1t is an admirable book
for intelligent boys and interesting for all
who love to read of wild scenes and adven-
ture. This edition, published by c. p. Put
MANS Sons, is called the Pawnee edition,
and is in attractive form, with Illuminated
borders to each page and number of full
page illustrations. 1t makes two good
sized volumes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14
STATE PRESS ON THE ELECTION.

1t may have been an '.off year" but thR
people were not of Richmond Item. Is
Indiana can give Senator Turpie the REST
he SO much needs now.--Kendallville Stand
ard
Indiana is now state to be proud of.
with her two Republican SenatorS.-Cannel-
ton Enquirer.
The more one thinks of lndianas record
In Tuesdays contest the more comfort he
finds in being a Observation-Disclosures Courier
There may be factions in the Republican
party at times. but when the radical prin-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

Several courthouse rings were smashed in
the recent election and county officers
elected who are pledged to reform. The
Greenfield Republican says that in that
county CIancocl) the new commissioners
win make a general overhauling. and the
next grand Jury will be instructed to con-
slider the question of illegal allowances
made to county officers during the past
fa,sy wears
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

Thus far the returns do not show that
a draft was resorted to in any county to get
candidates to run for the offices with the
salaries provided in tho present salary law.
Remarks about the Legislature in 1895 and
1897 might have caused an inference that the
salaries as fixed by a Republican Legisla-
ture might make it difficult to secure men
who would accept the positions. Through
out the State there appears to have been
ut least half dozen capable men anxious
10 accept every office.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

southern Europe, which is undesirable, rose
from per cent. of the whole to 81 per cent
Our total foreign immigration at present is
not nearly as large as in former years, but
the proportion of illiterates and otherwise
undesirable immigrants is much larger. The
facts show beyond doubt that further legis-
lation on the subject is needed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

The Journal does not object to the pres
ent method of making the Board of Educa-
ton because 1T has any objection to the
present members; on the contrary it cheer
fully recognizes that each of the members
is a man who has done good service as an
educator President Swain, of the State
University, has shown himself one of the
most capable men who have been at the
head of that institution. No man in lndi-
ana or in the Northwest has done more to
promote practical and scientific education
that President Smart. President Parsons,
of the State Normal School, is a man who
would stand in the front rank in any work
in which he might engage. 1t is to the prin-
ciple that the Journal objects 1t is as in
defensible as it would be to put the man.
agement of the Reformatory and charitable
institutions of the State under the direc-
ton of a board made up of wardens of the
prisons and the superintendent of the
Reform School and like institutions. Be-
sides, all appointments to boards of the
state should be made by the Governor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

1t was high time that the intentions of the
United States regarding the Philippines
should be made known by an ulimatum or
in some other unequivocal way. The Span
ish peace commissioners have been allowed
the utmost limit of time for quibbling and
hairsplitting and the negotiations should
be brought to an end.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

The man in Decatur county who writes
the Republican candidate who got the nom
ination from him, rejoicing in his defeat at
the polls. and taking the credit of it, may
find great consolation in his revenge, but,
unless there are some greatly mitigating
circumstances, he has not raised himself in
the estimation Of fair-minded men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

Whether he got or failed to get the post
office upon which he had set his heart seems
to have influenced the opinions of editors
To illustrate: The one of two Republican
editors who did not get the postotfice at
tributed the unsatisfactory vote in that To-
cality to his failure, while the gratitude Of
another who got a pOstoffice declared
itself in prediction that the donor is in
the presidential lists of 1904. Really. the
editor would be happier and more useful if
he did not care for a portion of postoffice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

The Republicans lost the county offices,
or q part of them, In several counties on
Tuesday because of the apparent greed of
aspirants in localities and the insistence of
men who should know that they are not
popular. In one county nearly all the cam
didates were taken from one city, which
has rival. The result was defeat for the
county ticket and the pulling down of the
majority for the state ticket
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

Emperor william may be going to Spain
to purchase the remnant of scattering ISL
ands that that government possesses. but
he will continue to be wise if he disclaims
any intention to NEEDLE in the affair of
the Philippines.