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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

possible exhibits in every class, but the
preparation and installation be on so perfect
a scale as to rank among the first in that
unparalleled competition of artistic and in
Ventive production, and thus cOunterbalance
the disadvantage with which we start as
compared with other countries whose ap-
preparations are on a more generous scale
and whose preparations are in a state Of
much greater tOrWardness than our own.
Where our artisans have the admitted
capacity to excel where our inventive
genius has initiated many of the grandest
discoveries of these later days of the CEN
fury, and where the native resources of
our land are as limitless as they are val
liable to supply the WorldS needs, II Is our
province as it should be our earnest care,
to lead in the march of human progress,
and not rest content with any secondary
place. Moreover. if this be due to our
selves it is no less due TO the great French
nation, whose guests we become, and which
has in so many ways testified its wish and
hope that our participation shall beit the
place the two peoples nave won IN the held
of universal development
Despite the brief time allowed for prep
aration, the exhibits of this country at
the universal exposition at Brussels in 1897
enjoyed the singular distinction of larger
proportion of awards, having regard to the
number and classes of articles entered, than
those of other countries. The worth of such
a result of making known our national ca
pacity to supply the worlds markets is OBJ
vious.
The exhibitions of this national char
acter are becoming more frequent as the
exchanges of commercial countries grow
more intimate and varied. Hardly year
passes that this government is not invited
to national participation at some important
foreign center, but often on too short notice
to permit of recourse to Congress Tor the
power and means to do so. My predecessors
have suggested the adViSability OF providing,
by a general enactment and a standing ap-
preparation, for accepting such invitations
and for representation of this country by a
commission. This plan has my cordial APP
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

Among the punishment reforms OF the
country, some plan should be adopted
whereby the wholesale thief should be de-
barred from ultimately reaping the benefits
of his misdoings. For instance, the thief
who had stolen $3.50, 900 by means of fraud
ulent government time checks at st. Paul,
is to get ten years in the penitentiary as a
punishment for his crime. Divided into ten
parts, the sum stolen makes $4,000 annual
salary for his prison term, circumstance
perhaps contemplated by the man when he
did his stealing. There are plenty of con-
scienceless men willing to undergo years OF
humiliation clear of expense to themselves
at a salary $4,000 greater per annum than
that of the President of the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

Isthere not danger that those who are pre-
pairing the important measures to preseD5 to
the Legislature to secure more responsible
local government and a primary election law
may make them so complicated and expen-
sive as to cause their defeat? AS corre-
spondent of the Journal says, the people are
opposed to having the number Of paid CT
ficials increased unless it can be shown that
great advantage will be derived tberefrcln.
When the public fully understands the mat
ter, it will see that primaries are as impor-
tant as the elections and should be regulated
by laws equally as definite, bu5 al the pres
ent time that truth Is not erasped. Until
it is, it would not be prudent to press such
measure as many believe to be necessary.
A law which will require that the primary
should have open voting for several hours,
with judges and challengers representing
both or all Sides using the precinct party
poll-book of the latest canvass as voting
list, would be a good start 1t is prob
able that sufficient party men will will
ingly serve as officials without pay.
After such q law shall have been
tried two years, it's imperfections can
be discovered and corrected. The evolu-
tionary method of reform may be slow, but
it is sure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

Space Secured at the Paris Exposition
by Commissioners Peck.


There is now every prospect that the par
ticipation of the United States in the Uni
versal Exposition to be held in Paris in
1900 will be on a scale commensurate with
our products and industries in the worlds
marts. The preliminary report Of Moses P.
Handy, who, under the act approved July
Z, 1897, was appointed special commission
err, witb(a view of obtaining all attainable
information necessary for full and COM
plete understanding by Congress in regard
to the participation of this government in
the Paris exposition, was laid before you
by my message of Dec. G, 1897, and showed
the large opportunities opened to make
known our national progress in arts, science
and manufactures, as well as the urgent
need Of immediate and adequate provisions
to enable due advantage thereof to be
taken. Mr.. Handy's death soon afterward
rendered it necessary for another to take
up and complete his unfinished work, and
on Jan. IL last Mr.. Thomas W. Cridles
third assistant secretary of state, was
designated Ito fulfill that task. His report
was laid before you by my message of June
II. 1897, with the gratifying result Of awak-
ening renewed interest of the project dis
played. BY provision of the sundry civil
appropriation act of July /, 1898, a sum, not
to exceed $650, 900, was allotted for the or
BdnlZdIlOn OF a. commission 10 care lOI liic
proper preparation and installation of
American exhibits and for the display of
suitable exhibits by the several executive
departments particularly by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, the Fish Commission
and the Smithsonian Institution. in rep
resentation of the government or the
United States.
Pursuant 70 that action I appointed Mr..
Ferdinand W. Peck, of Chicago, commits
sioner general, with an assistant commits
sioner general and secretary. Mr.. Peck
at once proceeded to Paris, where his sue
cess in enlarging the scope and variety of
the United States's exhibit has been most
gratifying. Notwithstanding the compare
lively limited area of the exposition site
less than one-half of the worlds fair at
Chicago-the space assigned to the United
States has been increased from the absolute
allotment of 49, 403 square feet reported by
Mr.. Handy to some 1000 square feet, with
corresponding augmentation of the field for
a truly characteristic representation or tHe
various important branches of our couh-
trys development. Mr.. Peck report viii
be laid before you In my Judgment its
recommendations will call for your early
consideration, especially az regards an In
crease Of the appropriation 20 at least
81 100000 IN all 80 that not only may the
assigned space be fully taken up by the best
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

There is nothing new in the suggestion of
a correspondent in yesterdays issue in re-
gard to a legislative body in each colr ~ in
which each township shall have a represen-
tative, since that is the system IN operation
in New York, and, perhaps, other States.
These supervisors meet and consider all
matters of expenditures, and the proceed
ings are published. If greater publicity could
be given to the meetings of county comm s
sioners, so that the public could know when
important matters would be considered, it
would be an improvement. The secrecy OF
commissioners in doing business causes
much suspicion where there Is often 40
cause for it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
Great Britain's FrieAdiIness and the
Czar's Disarmament Proposal.

Our relations with Great Britain have
confined on the most friendly footing. As
senting to our request, the protection of
Americans and their interests in Spanish
Jurisdiction was assumed by the diplomatic
and consular representatives of Great Brit
ain who fulfilled their delicate and arduous
trust with tact and zeal, eliciting high COM
mendation. I may be allowed to make fit
ting allusion to the instance of Mr.. Rams
den Her Majesty's consul at Santiago de
Cuba, whose untimely death, after dstin-
guished service and untiring effort during
the siege of that city, was sincerely la
mented.
In the early part OF April last, pursuant
to a request made at the instance of the
secretary of state by the British ambas-
sador at this capital, the Canadian govern
ment granted facilities for the passage of
four United States revenue cutters from the
great lakes to the Atlantic coast, by way of
the Canadian canal and the st. Lawrence
river. The vessels had reached Lake On
tario, and were there awaiting the opening
of navigation when war was declared be-
TWEEN the United States and Spain. Her
Majesty'S government thereupon, by a COM
munication of the latter part of April stated
that the permission granted before the out
break of hostilitieS would not be withdrawn
provided the United States government gave
assurance that the vessels in question would
proceed directly to a United States port
without engaging in any hostile demonstra-
ton. This government Immediately agreed
TO the stipulated agreement 1t being UNDER
tied from resisting any hostile attack.
1t will give me especial satisfaction il
shall be authorized to communicate to you 81
favorable conclusion Of the pending nego-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06
NICARAGUA CANAL.
Congress Urged to Take Definite Ac.
ton without Delay.

The Nicaraguan canal commission, I'M
der the craftsmanship of Rear Admiral John
C. Walker, appointed July "a, 1897, under the
authority of provision in the sundry civil
act of June of that year, has nearly COM
pleted it's labors, and the results OF its ex-
haustive inquiry into the proper route, the
feasibility and the cost of construction of an
interoceanic canal by a Nicaraguan route
will be laid before you. In the performance
of it's task the commission received all posi-
BILE courtesy and assistance from the gov
ernments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica,
which thus testified their appreciation OF the
Importance of giving speedy and prac-
teal outcome to the great project that has
for so many years engrossed the attention
of the respective countries.
AS the scope of recent inquiry embraced
the whole subject with the aim of max
ing plans and surveys for canal by the
most convenient route, 1t necessarily In
cluded a review Of the results Of previous
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

surveys and plans. and in particular those
adopted by the Maritime Canal Company
under It's existing concessions from Mica
ragua and Costa Rica so that to this ex-
tent those grants necessarily held an es-
sential part In the deliberations and con-
illusions of the canal commission, as they
have held, and must needs hold, in the dis
cussion of the matter by the Congress.
Under these circumstances ana in view OF
overttlres made to the governments OF Mica
ragua and Costa Rica by other parties for
a new canal concession, predicated on the
assumed approaching lapse OF the Maritime
COmpany'S concession with those states, 4
have not hesitated to express my conVic-
ton that considerations of eXpedlency and
international policy as between the several
governments Interested in the construction
and control Of an interoceanic canal by this
route require the maintenance OF the status
quo until the canal commission shail nave
reported and the United states congress
shall have had the opportunity to pass final
ly upon the whole matter during the present
session without prejudice BY reason OF any
change in the existing conditions.
Nevertheless. it appears that the govern
ment of Nicaragua, as one OF its last SOW
ereign acts before merging its powers in
those of the newly-formed United States OF
Central America. has granted an optional
concession to another association, TO be-
come effective on the expiration of the
present grant. 1t does not appear what
surveys have been made or what route is
proposed under this contingent grant, so
IIdt an examination OF tIie iedsl1l!Ily Oh us
plans is necessarily not embraced In the re-
port of the canal commission. All these
circumstances suggest the urgency of some
definite action by the Congress at this ses-
sion if the labors of the past are to be
utilized and the linking of the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans by a practical waterway is
to be realized. That the construction of
such maritime highway is now more than
ever indispensable to that intimate and
ready intercommunication between our east
ern and western seaboards demanded by the
annexation Of the Hawaiian islands and the
prospective expansion of our influence and
commerce in the Pacific, and that our ma
ttonal policy now more imperatively than
ever calls for it's control by this govern
ment are propositions which / doubt not
the Congress viii duly appreciate and wise
lU act nuO0
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

contain sensible Improvement. and merit
the continued support of the Congress
The experiences or last year bring forcl-
bly, home to US a sense Of the burdens and
the waste of war. We desire, In common
with most civilized nations, to reduce 70 the
lowest possible point the damage sustained
in time of war by peaceable trade and COM
merce. It is true, we may suffer in such
cases less than other communities. but all
nations are damaged more or less by the
state of uneasiness and apprehension into
which an outbreak Of hostilities throws
the entire commercial world 1t should
be our object, therefore, TO minimize, so
far practicable, this inevitable loss and
disturbance. This purpose can probably
be best accomplished by an international
agreement to regard all private property
al sea as exempt from capture or destruc-
ton by the forces of benigerent powers. The
United States government has for many
years advocated this humane and benef-
cent principle. and is now in position to
recommend it to other powers, without the
imputation of selfish motives /, there
FORE suggest for your consideration that
the executive be authorized to correspond
with the governments of the principal mari
time powers, with view Of Incorporating
into the permanent law of civilized nations
the principle of the exemption OF all private
property at sea, not contraband of war.
from capture or destruction by belliger~
emit powers,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

New York Pres.

Seventeen bales Of cotton from the SUI
dan received in Parisi Does this mean
the inevitable Scent cotton we have heard
so much about from the alarmists? Does
1t mean that King Cotton is to be de-
throned in the South? Lord only knows
what the farmers will do if the longtime
staple is disestablished The South is a
mighty poor grass country; it can't compete
with the Northwest in wheat and corn; II
has no markets for vegetables; ii raises al
ready too many watermelons; it is the poor
est country in the world for stock breed
ing; horses don't thrive there. neither do
tatoes produce no profit. The South will
have to settle down TO mining and manu-
featuring. AS an agricultural region it is
dead
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

The announcement of the death of Hon.
r. B. f. PIERCE has been received with
genuine sorrow in this community, where
he is so we'll known. His connection with
railroad interests enabled him to do much
to promote the welfare of this section of
the State, but, outside of his public enter
prises, he was man of public spirit, and
in his relations to all q kindly and helpful
man who will be missed and mourned by
the large number of men who knew him
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

In Minnesota quite a number of those who
were gold Democrats in 1896 took occasion
just before the late election to proclaim
their return to the old organization and
voted the ticket headed by the ex-Repub-
lican who was elected Governor. Now that
some OF these Democrats are seeking posi-
tons they are told that their treason to 16
TO 1 In 1896 is not forgotten
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

One Of the most important duties of Con-
gress is to provide for an increase of the
army. Whatever may have been public
sentiment in the past. the people of to-day
desire to have a good-sized regular army.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

1t will be good thing to have an inves-
tigation Of the conduct OF the war by the
House committee on military affairs. The
committee may disclose differences between
officers. but the shortcomings will be found
TO be due to failure to appreciate the
magnitude of the preparation for war and
what It required.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

The Presidents message informs the rest
less cubans that when they shall have
established stable government its indie
pendence win be recognized, and not be-
fore. It depends upon them whether Cuba
shall be an independent republic in three
months or ten wears
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06
Tanners Indictment.
Springfield Republican.

Governor Tanner of Illinois, has very
properly been indicted by a grand jury for
neglect of duty in connection with the re-
cent coal mine strikes and riots. He regards
the matter very lightly, however and il viii
probably end right where it is. Certainly
q Governor who can boldly and defantly set
at naught the Constitution of the United
States can have no reason to fear a divided
Jury in his own State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

Those correspondents in Washington who
autographed their papers Sunday night that
the President would treat territorial ex-
panslon as an incident Of the war;" and
throw me responsibility for a colonial poll
icy upon Congress" can explain that Mr..
Mckinley found that his message was too
long to embrace their predictions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

1t is gratifying to note that those Dem
ocrats who went forth from the last session
of the House, hoping that the Democratic
majority in the next would not exceed ff-
ty. return to their places with an appear
ance Of becoming resignation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

Mr.. Carnegie has given out that he is pre-
paTecN to devote a portion Of his fortune to
defeating the peace treaty. The recent adj
vance in steel rails which he forced will
give the rail combination million dollars,
which is something of a fortune
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

ST know he is rich, but it seems to me
that would hate to marry man who had
no original IDEAS
He doesn't have to make his own ideas.
He is able to buy them"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

II there had been no war the Republican
revenue as provided by the Dingley law
would have met current expenditures dur
ing the year which ended Nov. and $15,-
100000 more, exclusive of the Pacific Rail-
way PAYMENTS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

The managers of the mines near Santiago
report that the Cubans whom they recently
employed now refuse to work for good
wages, and are living on United States
ratlons. This Is not encouraging
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
The UsunI Question.

The Medum-The spirit of your husband
is here, if you wish to ask him any ques-
ton.
The Widow-I want to ask him where he
has been.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06
TheoIogicnl Discussion.

Yabsley-Do you believe that heaven is a
place of eternal rest?
NUDGE don't know anything about it.
know, though, that eternal work would be-
it wouldn't be heaven.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

In no part of President McKiniey's mes
sage is there a display of his gift for force
full and vivid expression. The MESA &c is
as matter-of-fact as we're those of General
Grant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

The orators in Congress VINO arr anxious
to air their views upon the Philippines
will find no incitament or excuse in the
Presidents message.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

AIInntapOus IIIUUIS.
A friendly volcano has burst into flame in
Alaska and is furnishing the miners with
light to work their claims. The next thing
for American enterprise TO do will be 10
pipe the heat from the crater to the mining
Camp TO save fuel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

She-Why do they always have those
prize fighters roped in while they are fight
ing?
He-To show that they are getting the
same treatment as their patrons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06
An Undertaking.

philadelphia Press.
Good in geography asked the major.
Rather" said the Young Thing.
Bound the new United States, said the
major.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06

The fusion majority of 1884, S2 in Colorado
IN 1896 was cut down to 1884 last month,
which would Indicate that in Mr.. Teller's
State 16 to 1 is waning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06
Mennlng Of the "open poor..

Detroit Journal.
The "open door" of the Philippines means
that every nation can have key by paying
for Il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-06
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