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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-01

If Spain insists on playing the game out
she will discover that we are not a nation
OF sliopkeepers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-01

Those persons who have been hanging
the President in effigy should now arrange
to enlist; but they will not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-01

In the light Of the events of yesterday
war seems more imminent than at any
previous time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-01

Free Cuba is a most desirable consum-
nation, but even that will leave the Maine
question unsettled and the Spanish govern
ment still in existence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-01

The President could not have thought
that Spain would accept his ultimatum;
still, he gave them the opportunity to go
in peace
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-01

The Democratic primaries were typical,
so was the convention, and so are the
nominations. That tells the whole story.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-01
BuPRLEs IN THE AIR.

The Rockford reconcentrados are safely
inside the Taggart trocha.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-01

ST. LoUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot
WASHINGTON. D. C.-Rggs House. Ebbitt
House and Wfllard's Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-01
Rev. j. w. wilson's Home Burned.

Special 20 lhe InuIdHapOIls JOuIIaI.
WINCHESTER, Ind, March 31-Last
night the home of Rev. ]. w. Wilson, of
this city. was destroyed by fire. the occu-
pants of the house barely having time to
escape The house belonged to DR. e. j.
Ward Of Chicago. The loss on the house
was about 81 ,000, with 81, 200 insurance, and
on contents about 81 500 with $500 insurance
Rev Wilson had a private library with
many rare volumes AT the time of the fire
he was assisting in a meeting at Union City
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-01
Very True.

Philadelphia Press
What Cuba needs just now is potatoes in-
stead OF prayers.
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The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

How any American citisen who 10 not
pecuniarily interested, directly or indi.
rectly, can contemplate the annexation OF
Hawaii as q territory of the United States
with all the civil and constitutional
rights of territory (afterward newt
ably to be State OF the onlon),
with it's degraded population, both native
and Immigrant, Without the most intense
ahhorrencs, is beyond my comprehension.
The act will be o tremendous stride to-
ward sopening "wide and unguarded
the flood gates of our ocean-washed shore
to even greater barbariSmS tnan at pres-
emit SO imminenty threaten the perpetu1ty
Of cur American institutions. Ii Will De
a practical abrogatiOn or abandonment OF
that sound and stalwart principle which
guided for more than . hundred years OF
our national existence the destinies OF
our great republic; that principle that
an educated ballot alone can preserve and
transmitssto our posterity the institutions
of freedom handed down to US from our
fathers. That sacred principle is even
now assa1led by the ignorant and vicious
immigrants who come crowding to our
shores in vast boards sufficient In a single
year to populate an entire State in our
Union larger than the average.
The above appeared in the PRESS OF
June 10, 1897, and. was signed l. B. Den
nett. We publish it to show that
Mr.. bennett, who, as appears from his COM
intimidation elsewhere has no fears now OF
the expansion policy, once thought there
| wereIgreat dangers attending the annexa-
ton Of SO insignificant piece of territory
as Hawaii. If the 1000 90 degraded pop
ulatfon' OF Hawaii was such threat to
the psrpetuity OF American institutions
that Mr.. BENNETT felt called upon to cry
outagainst 1t in very vigorous English,
how does he compose himself over the
prospect of annexing the 100000 far
| more degraded population OF the Philip
pines?
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

The latest reports from Manila say the
Filipino newspapers insist on absolute in
dependence, and denounce annexation to
the UnitedsStates or an American pro-
tectorate with equal energy. This, how
ever, should not make us waver in our
duty. If they want Independence instead
of annexation to this country, that is be.
cause they do not know what is good for
them. 1t is none the less our duty to an
mex them. If need be hundred thou.
sand troops must be sent to the islands to
compel them TO accept the blessings that
we have in store for them. 1t might be
supposed that if Providence had intended
for us to occupy and govern these islands
the hearts of their people would have been
softened toward us, SO that they would
have been eager to accept the blessings
which we have to bestow. But specula-
lions of that sort ought not to be In
duIged in. The religious newspapers
say Providence sent us to the islands and
wants us to stay there, and that settles it.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

From the above, it will be seen that the road
entire YEAR, (which amounts to $4,000 with
surplus besides The above figures also show
net returns at the rate of 100000 a year, or
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25
CURRENT COMMENT.
A LARGE CONTRACT.
(Boston Advertiser.

The movement for the annexation Of
the Philippines seems to be losing ground
quite radidly. The friends of the annex
alton movement, apparently recognizing
the fact, are now seeking to enlist the
aid of religious organizations IN tneli
movement by arguing that 1t Is the duty
of the American people to lift the low. re-
sotted, ignorant, murderous Malays from
their present state of brutal savagery into
the high and lofty sphere which would DC
theirs as participants in American gov
eminent.
Arguing on the basis that American
citizenship Is one of the highest condi'
lions Of eillightenment, the friends OF the
annexation movement declare that an
American government in the philippines
w i'll bring similar blessings OF enlighten'
ment upon the degraded Malays. law
in this argument is the fact that nobody
seriously proposes to grant citizenship tt
the Malays in the Philippines. Nobody
appears to expect that they will ever be
civilized enough, for decades to come, te
become American citizens; but the ides
seems to be that the very sight OF q few
American citizens running the govern.
ment of the Philippines would ennoblt
and elevate the Malays far above theil
present state of squalid vice.
As an indispensable preliminary to thi
Christian virtues of American politician
to the benighted and ignoble wretches IL
the Philippines it will be necessary, OF
course, to kill off perhaps few hundret
thousand of the natives in order to &C
ouire control of the islands. Spain killer
of many thousands. yet was never abl'
to secure control of many Of these Islands
but if the American government does The
lob in a liberal, wholesale way, possibl
all the savages could be conquered in i
or Is years. The programme would
necessarily involve large expenditure o
money and heavy loss of life among h
American troops in their jungle cam
paigns.
Somehow there is reason to believe tina
this programme will not be generally ap
proved by the religious bodies of thil
country. The idea Of killing off thous
nnds of natives in order to ciivlizs tn
rest, to teach them the glorio1s blessing
of toddy, trousers and taxes, is not alto
gether in accordance with the doctrine
which is embraced by most of the Chris
tian churches Of this country. Some I'M
prejudiced and d1spassioned critics nigh
even call the proposal un-Christian ant
Infamous
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25
IMPERIALISM.
To the Editor of the Press:

The fruits OF glorious war-a war for
liberty and civilization against an eccle-
siastical barbarism and tyranny of the
most malignant type. is now. after our
triumphant success by sea and by land,
set up by some in the field as a political
it. But I should not write this hasty
note were / not afraid that many Of my
fellow citizens may be misled by the pes
simistic views of those who characterize
others differing from them as imperialists.
1t does not logically or legally follow
from our constitutions flor we have two,
the written and the unwritten, this last
being the commanding voice of the
American people already in our history
more tnan once invoked in behalf of lib
erty and progressive civilization), that
the islands coming under our victoriouf
dag are to be admitted as States OF the
American Union. . no This is not the
idea of American 8 craftsmanship.
/ Precisely what will be done with the
possessions which we may have on our
hands at the conclusion of our treaty
with Spain cannot be now foretold. But
the solution will, have no doubt, wisels
come from time to time as all progressiv
legislation and administration does come
when needed for the case at hand.
Burke, in his speech on American taxa
ton, April 10, l774. used the following
"gorgeous" language:
7sThs Parliament of Great Britain sit
at the head of her extensive empire in tw
capacities One as the local legislatu
of this island, providing for all things al
home Immediately, and by no other in
strument than the executive power
The other, and think nobler capacity
is what call her imperial character; IN
which. as from the throne of Heaven, shs
superintends all the several legislature
and guides and controls them all withou
annihilating any.
The history of Great Britain from th
time of Burke to this day verifies wha
he claimed was the "nobler capacity"
Parliament Her possessions now AT
truly imperial in extent, but as soon Al
her colonies show capacity Tor represen-
tatiye government they get 1T. And tht
result Of her Imperialism has been wide
" extended civilization in many lands,
and a still vaster and more benef1cent de-
velopment at home, not only IN the In
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25
For Governor
Peoples-RoDsrt Gerry.
Prohibition-Ammi r. Ladd.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES L. Lord.

epublioan-Llewellyn Powers.
Here are all the names, for the same
Office and the voter makes the cross
against the name he wishes to vote for
and II he wishes to vote for some one not
on the list he writes the name in the re-
erved space at the BOTTOM, and this sim :
Die method is the same rule is that fol-
lowed for all the candidates for the same
office. Our system is perplexing and the
farmers are up in arms against it and are
determined to be rid of it, and unless
they are enlightened they will repeal the
present law and give us nothing in it's
place but the old system with all its
vicious detail
The machinery of the present system
will answer equally we'll for the real Aus
traIian system and the expense should be
borne by the state rather than by assess.
ing the candidates, which often made ii
Impossible for poor men to accept nomi.
nation for Office.
1t should be the duty of an enlightened
journal to instruct the people who would
not be so sadly in need of instruction If
Journalists did their duty better in this
respect and 1t is to be hoped that the press
of the entire state will meet this issue on
higher plane than partisan politics.
W. d. MCIIA UGHLIN.
N. Scarboro, Oct. Oath.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

The physicians who testified at the in :
quiry into the circumstances of the death
of Harold Frederic, the novelist and
correspondent of the New York Times,
expressed the opinion that with proper
treatment he would have recovered. Mr..
Frederic became enamored Of the Chris.
tian science treatment and during the
course of his sickness dismissed the regu-
lar physicians, refused to take their medi-
cines and follow their directions, and
placed himself entirely in the hands of a
90 called mind curist.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

dustrial arts and foreign commerce but
in the liberalism of her own home gov
erment.
Our own constitutions developed from
that of the ssmother country" free, more
iiharal. better adapted to all the purposes
nmrsued BY Great Britain which has made
her history glorious. will enable US to
aSvance the cause Of civilization wherever
opportunity presents itself. .,ao.
Now let America put the golden sirdle
of her liberty. her commerce and her en-.
Iirhtenment, round the globe:
'AS L. B DENNETT.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

The Hon. ". Fl. Mclaughlin Of Scar.
boro, wants the Australian system as
they have it in Massachusetts,. That il
undoubtedly the best form Of 1T. But if
MIR. Mclaughlin thinks he Is going to
get it by joining in with the people that
are agitating for the repeal to the present
law be is very much mistaken. The per.
feet system is more hateful of them than
the modified system which we have now.
What they want is what he well describes
to be the old "pulling and hauling sys
tenn. they want system by which they
can keep tab On the voters for future ref
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25
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The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

While all this preparation on the part
of England and France does not neces.
sariiy mean war, it does have tendency
in that direction, as it fires the public
heart and gets the people into an ex-
citable and warlike mood. We know
how the appropriation of $4,000 0Oo by
our Congress for national defense stinu-
lated public feeling and excitement in
this country, and the French certainly
are much more excitable than we are.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

Both national and state issues are in
volyed in the New York campaign, an d
it is eminently proper that Col. Roose-
Welt should discuss both. The Indepen-
dents who are dissatisfied because he does
not oonfine himself to state issues would
be equally dissatisfied If he did. What
they are after is some excuse for not sup
porting him, and there being no good
ones. they take refuge in o poor one
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

The announcement Is made that Bishop
HartseIl of Africa is on his way to WASH
ington to ask the United States govern
ment to take the negro republic of Liberia
under its care and exercise protectorate
over 1t. Well, why shouldn't we comply
with the requestg The negroes of Liberia
are more worthy of our protection than
the Malays of the Philippines, and be-
sides they ask 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

The only thing important in Admiral
SIMPSONS report of his cruise for the
Spanish fleet is his condemnation of the
monitors which he seems to consider
worse than useless as cruising vessels;
and not very useful in bombardment since
there Is great difficulty in aiming their
guns accurately.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

renee and future punishment If need bes
AS for the Indignation which Mr..
Mclaughlin refers to, 1t is mos tly under
the hats of the agitators for repeal The
public is not much worked up about the
matter, as Mr.. Mclaughlin probably dis
covered when he advertised meeting to
pitch into the ballot law, and succeeded
In getting but four psople..to como to 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

Judging from the battered appear
ance of some of the flags floating about
our streets the doctrine that where the
flag has once been raised 1t should never
be hauled down is .being lived up to in
this city.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER rs.

The Hon. L. F. Mckinney is an
nounced to speak for the Democrats in
Massachusetts,. He will probably give
currency questions wide berth.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
ALDERMAN,s BADGE IN PAHNsHoP.

Inscribed Presented to Hon. John Long
by His Friends, July 3, 1885,"
People who look In pawnshop windows are
rewarded with strange sights sometimes. but IL
is seldom that n more curious article Is found
in such places than one now on exhibition OF =
Park row pawnshop and secondhand store. It
is an alderman's badge Of fine material and
workmanship. and bears the name OF John
Long. who served one term In the City Hall a
few years ago.
TIL badge Is Of gold. and bears the city
coat-of-arms and the word Alderman" In
blue enamel. Above this the owners name ia
set in diamonds. At the bottom IA attached an
Indians head and the words algonquin Club.
1S93-e4, oath district" The back Of the badge
Is inscribed:
Presented to Hon. John Long by his friends.
July 8, 1898"
Mr.. Long is at present and has been for some
years n clerk 10 the marshal for the collection
OF arrears In personal taxes In the Comptrol-
ler's office. He was elected an Alder
man In 1893 and was defeated the next
year. He is unmarried and lives with
his parents at 230 East Eighty-seventh street.
The salary OF his office Is 3d. a year. ASuN
reporter tried to see Mr.. Long yesterday. but
failed to find him. The p awnbroker bought
the badge on Monday at an auction sale.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
Il WISE DOG.
Knows the Time of Day and Husfles for His
Meals systematically.

Knows the Time of Day and HuEtles for His
Meals systematically.
Jack OF Cummings mill is described as a
remarkable dog. Cummings mill 10 in East
ern Parkway. Brooklyn. and Jack was born
there while the saws were buzzinR and the big
wheels were revolving. He is half mastiff.
half water sraniel. and is a very handsome ami
nal. His extraordinary intelligence is dis
played in many ways. but its greatest develop
ment Is manifested In the procuring OF three
square meals per diem for Jack. except on
Sunday, when he Is content with two. As
Jack is only fourteen months old. great things
are expected Of him In future. He is OF no ex-
owner. He hustles for himself and does it
systematically, and successfully. The mo-
O'Clock. In the, morning Jack gets up, gives
himself a shake, emits one short yelp and
t t5Gts of 6r t9 3o the d hSase f Of Mr H. M @iiil who r Iiysf
there, he seats himself and Ruzes earnestly at
the gate as If awaiting a coming event. He is
q minute Mrs. Moss energies from the rear OF
the house with a basket Of bones which are
teeth. II by chance the good woman delays
moro than two minutes precisely Jack throws
his muzzle toward the sky and howls.
this time Jack hies him to the house Of Mr.,
Burger. an old Grand Army man. but he does
Scratches at the back door until fH d SnEst served sed
with his noontide meal. At6,o,clock he sallies
1orth Tor the third time and descends TO the
cellar of Mrs. Norton's house. three blocks
away. where he finds a plate OF good things
prepared for him. More than once q predatory
cat has forestalled Jack and cleaned the plate.
On such occasions the dog will give two yelps.
And now comes the most extraordinary
phase OF Jacks intellectual character. The
ct Just after z. as usual. he is in front OF Mrs,
Moss's gate with the usual expectancy in his
eye. Only on Sunday. 30 1t is solemnly de-
elared. he never yelps.
And. again. as it Is the war veterans custom
and a 8 O'clock dinner, jack never gives him
. call on that day. bat Is on time at Mrs. Nor
tons at 5 o'clock. when she pArtakes OF her
being at q p. NJ.
: Now. as Jack does not carry a watch. the
question naturally arises. how does he know
the time, even to the minute2 OF course he Is
aware II is sunday. seeing that the whistle
doesn't blow, also that on the Sabbath Mr..
Burger. has no meal ~ noon while Mrs, Nor
toms dinner is at 5 instead Of = o'clock. but
how does he know that 1t is 5 O'Clock?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20

back 70 de bars, an I was behlnd do cows
cows give a heller an turns an runs nuther
way. an looks up. an dere was dem bars put
up. an on de top one set a Teller all dressed In
cows for, when he say, Louey, | toie YOU I
come BACK In a year, an here / be, an youse
got 70 take a ,beat'n'.' Den / see twas dat
TEACHER what died six months before
l started 70 run. but he ketched me. An
trowed me down behind a stump. an den he
give me De worst best'n' dat any body ever get
I try 70 hight, but he strong as De devil, an he
psat me IKE he would \ baby. Den he let me
up an tole me, 70 go, an / coed a little way AM
plcks up q rock to trow at him, but he Warn't
nowhere. round. Den 1 fought I'd had
hough OF ghosts. an | cut for home as fast as
put az mex, day | went down and MIXED de
cnWs. an didn't see de Teller in gray, lie
aldnt 0odder me eny more until lest 4 year
from DAT DAY. when l 20 after de COWS same as
usual, an when / comes back, dere he WAS, an
ne ketched me. an give me a worse beat'n'
len he did before. An every year on DAT same
HnPRnht cont dare go after de cows. but after a
eeS; 9ittin, on de top bar waitin' for me-
im n : ne came tothe house with his clothes
Sa9oa aHd he told his family hIs, story. The
W., ana several OF his neighbors sOlemniy
atlrm hat they have seen. the gray spooE on
tns Dars waiting for French Lousy.