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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.

The address of President Mckinley before
the organization of manufacturers in New
York is one of the best of the many
thoughtful utterances he has made since his
nomination. Whatever individuals may
think of the Presidents views, all candid
men will agree that his speech is charac-
terized by strength and dignity fitting the
great office he holds. II is gratifying t. the
national pride to feel that no living ruler,
tioIal and international themes with any
thing like the power and breadth which
characterize the last speech of the Presi-
dent. 1t presents wide contrast with the
pettiness of the speaking with which the
time of Congress is being wasted.
In the first part of the address the Presi-
dent outlined the duty of progressive gov
terprise of the people must promote it; it
can make reciprocal treaties, but these will
not be effective unless labor, capital skill
and energy combine to utilize them. The
President assumes that the onward move
ment of the productive forces of the coun-
try must be directed to securing a prom
inent place in the worlds markets. What
the President says regarding the money of
the country is clear and emphatic-we must
keep to the best, pay all obligations in the
best. The victory is not yet won, and will
not be until a sound currency is secured by
law. He warns the timid that the work of
providing the country stable currency
must go on. Even if failure results at the
present time the result will prove that the
party and the men who stand for sound
currency have done their duty.
At the present time these earnest and
high-minded expressions of the President
will give confidence to all those people who
believe in broad craftsmanship and have
positive convictions in regard to the duty
of government. Consequently, many thou
sands of thoughtful men who do not agree
with the President on a number of points
will respond with alacrity to his patriotic
high-minded and courageous expressions
They will not call themselves Republicans,
but faith in the leading expressions of Mr.
Mckinley will cause them to come to the
support of the measures and the line of
action he now advocates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
POVERTY of THE OPPOSITION.

Jt must appear to newspaper readers that
what is termed the opposition in the House
has but two ideas, the free coinage of sill
yer and the necessity of acknowledging the
independence of Cuba. During the past
three weeks the House, in committee of
the whole, has. been considering the regu-
lar appropriation bills, item by item. Judg-
ing from the reports of what is said from
day to day no one would suspect that the
House has been engaged in any such bust
ness. Not long ago almost three days were
devoted to a discussion over proposition
to inject into the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill resolution acknowl-
edging the independence of Cuba. If it had
been a proposition designed to bring the
troubles in that island to an end there
would have been some sense iii it, but the
of bombastic harangues based upon the as
sumption that the Weyler regime of cruelty
is yet in force and fatulent declarations
aimed at decayed monarches and those
equal rights which some of these speakers
practice by DISTINGUISHING colored voters.
Another appropriation bill being under con-
sideration some days subsequent, free sill
yer coinage speeches were injected. There
was nothing in the bill having reference to
such matters, but being members of Con-
gress with no interest in public affairs, no
information which would enable them TO
speak intellgently upon special items of
any appropriation bill, these gentlemen of
the opposition deliver the old campaign
absurdities in favor of coming 50-cent dol
lars Men who represent districts which
have no silver Mines but whose people
are interested in many Industries, talk of
free silver as if the country had nothing
else so important to be legisated upon as
the Mexicanizing of the money of the
United States.
The opposition should be able to get some
other issue than that of the silver mine
owners as the one thing to fight for in the
House; these speakers can get but little
out of the conditions in Cuba The South
which furnishes the bulk of the opposition
should be interested in some scheme OF
sound banking which would enable the
banks of that section to issue notes. From
the business men of that section comes the
complaint that the South needs more
money. To this cry their representatives
are deaf, but they can shout for the free
coinage of silver when not ounce of
the metal is produced in the South. They
do not seem to care whether free coinage
will furnish the South the money it needs
so long as it affords them hobby upon
which they expect to secure reelection.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
BAR IRON To BE DEARER.
Prices Advanced ~ Ton by 20 Per
Cent. of manufacturers.

CHICAGO. Jan. 2S.-The Bar Iron Asso-
citation comprising the manufacturers Of
this commodity in the territory west OF
Pittsburg and representing 20 per cent. OF
the output Of the entire country, voted 10
advance the price 81 ton at q meeting
held at the Auditorium annex to-day. This
Is not to be the limit of the advance, how
ever. for it was openly given, out that ut
the larger meeting of the association to he
held at the same place two weeks hence
another advance of 81 a ton will be made.
There We're twenty-one members present at
to-days meeting. representing furnaces at
the following points: Youngstown, Cleve-
land. Toledo, Cincinnati. o.; Chicago, Mo
line. Springfield and East st. Louis, ILL.,;
and East Chicago Muneie. Marion, Alex
andria. Franklin New Albany. Brazil and
Terre Haute. Ind The meeting was pre-
sided over by Major Collins, of Brazil, with
George NJ Clarke, of Cincinnati, as secre-
tary There was no difference of opinion
as to the necessity ana wisdom Of the s.
advance. and a strong element in the meet
ing advocated making II ST. but as there
was some opposition TO this. but merely on
the ground that II should be delayed a lit
tie it was finally decided 10 postpone de-
cisive action in the matter until ghe meet
ing two weeks hence. In the phraSeology
of the trade to-day's advance means a
81 Is rate base Chicago and East ST. Louis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

Democrats who read the free-silver New
York Journal will find the following given
in Mr.. McEwen's last three-column broad
side:
If Organism is to mean only Is to | and
no compromise. though the political heav-
ems fall. the Democrats of the Republic who
have mems brains in their heads and mems
aspirations in their hearts will be forced
to leave party that has contracted itself
into a sect in order to find breathing space
and elbow room, or else to search for lead
ers of gauge sufficiently broad to under
stand what Democracy really means.
Mr.. McEwen is no "Wall-street minion, -
but Democrat who has discovered that
Democrats in the Eastern States and many
in the West are opposed to silver mono
metallism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
DREADED INSECTS.
Result of Experiments i'm Grating
Made by Young Scientist.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-Henry L. Camp
ton, jr., the instructor in biology in Column
bia University, who has discovered that it
is possible by grating to have two-headed
butterflies moths with two breasts or two
tails, and, in fact, almost any combination,
talked to-day about his method II have
found that insects can be grated in almost
every conceivable fashion and still live,'
he said Il do not claim to have made any
discovery, however. l have simply carried
out ideas that were propagated by others
long ago. Grating experiment in
plants is very old, as you know. 1t has also
been done in tadpoles and other low forms
of animal life but never before in insects.
My experiments have been carried on with
moths and butterflies. 1 began last year,
and my experiments bore fruit last spring.
/ take the moth or butterfly in the pupaes
stage, cut it in two, and graft sections or
different pupae together The result is a
monstrosity.'
Mr.. Champion exhibited some four or five
hundred pupae so grated. They are the
small wax-like cuTousy shaped embryos
which are found in the cocoon of the cater
pillar and which gradually evolve into moth
or a butterfly They are filled with the
blood of the future MOTH" explained Mr..
Champion. After placing them IN a cold
place, so that the blood will CONCEAL
have cut off the heads of some, the tails
of others. then placed the two parts to-
gether. and held them III place with pardIun
wax. That has given me two-headed moths,
Siamese butterflies, and tandem insects
DIR. Champion exhibited tandem moth
which he had formed from welding pupae
from which he had removed the head 10 a
pupae with its tail removed. The result was
u perfect tandem, with two sets of wings
and one long body. Another interesting
specimen was Siamese twin butterfiy-two
butterflies connected by a distinct ligament.
II am also making experiments in trans
fusion OF the blood OF pupae." continued
Mr. CHAMPION. by means of a glass tube
/ remove the blood from one pupae and
transfer to the cocoon the blood of another
pupae That affects materially the color Of
the future butterny's wings, and is an n-
teresting study of heredity That is what
these experiments are for.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
SINGERLEY'S PLAN FAILS.
Controller Dawes Names Receiver
for The Editors Broken Bank.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2S.-Controller of
the Currency Dawes came here to-day from
Washington to confer with the managers
of the plan for the voluntary liquidation of
the affairs of the suspended Chestnut
street National Bank. The controller de-
clined to make any modification in the
amendments to the plan proposed by Kim a
few days ago. The managers declared they
could not accept the amendments, and the
controller thereupon announced that he
would at once appoint a receiver. To show
his confidence in the ability and integrity
of the managers of the plan, he selected
one of them-George ii. Earle, jr.-as the
receiver
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
LATEST PHASE OF THE DREYFUS
CASE.


The latest phase of the Dreyfus case is the
most serious one for the French govern
ment it has developed. In fact, the case is
peculiar in that it has grown more and
more serious from the beginning Starting
with the secret court-martial ard conviction
of an army officer on a charge calculated
to make him universally odious, and putting
itself on the ground of protecting the honor
of the army, it seemed as if a great and
powerful government could venture, without
any fear of embarrassment, to make him a
victim and scapegoat and send him away to
die in an iron cage on a desert island But
there are some things that even great and
powerful governments cannot do with i'm
punity, and one of these is to perpetrate
gross injustice Ever since the trial of
Dreyfus the feeling has grown in France
that he was unjustly convicted in fact, per-
secuted, and that he was railroaded TO
DEVILS island in order to cover up the cor
ruption or criminality of somebody else.
There is sentiment enough among the
French people to make that sort of feeling,
once aroused dangerous. That 1t has be-
come so is shown by the recent riotous
proceedings In the Assembly. the mobs in
Paris and the infiammatory appeals of Zola.
But the latest phase OF the case is the
most embarrassing. The statement of Baron
Won Bulow. German minister of foreign af-
fairs, made officially TO a committee OF the
Reichstag that there were never any Gego-
tiations of any kind between Captain Drey-
fus and any German officer or agent, knocks
the foundation from under the contention of
the French government and leaves the
Dreyfus prosecution hanging in midair.
The French government has based its ac-
ton on the assertion that documents COM
promising Dreyfus and showing that he had
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

The votes in the Senate yesterday showed
beyond any doubt that a majority of the
members of that body arc opposed tc the
gold standard and presumably to any mea-
sure of real currency reform. This means
that the upper house of Congress, the one
least in touch with the people, is also least
in favor of the present popular movement
in favor of reforming the monetary system
of the country. The American people are
in hard luck when one branch of the ma
tional Congress plants itself in the way of
financial reform
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

Senator Fairbanks's speech yesterday was
well timed and well directed. He rendered
a. public service in exposing not only the
fallacy but the unpatriotism of the efforts
of such men as Senator Ieller and his CO.
workers. He made it very clear, If any
demonstration in that direction was neces-
sary. that the Tellerite movement is simply
one in the interest of silver mine owners.
But that has been made clear before. and
it is not likely that new demonstration
of il will hurt the free-silverites. Indeed,
they are almost beyond the point of being
hurt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

CINCINNATI, Jan. &C. Klein, presi-
dent of the Klein Flour and Feed Company,
who was found the street fatally shot
last night, is still alive to-day, and adheres
to his statement that ha was assaulted by
two highwaymen on the street, robbed and
then shot. The police as tenaciOusly cling
TO the theory of suicide No new develop
ments have been made to-day tending to
clear the mystery. The flour and feed COM
pany made assignment to-day, giving
assets at $1,000 liabilities, $4,000. 1t was
This business embarrassment which gives
weight to the theory of suicide.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

Legislatures have frequently criticised
senators for not obeying instructions, but
the criticised have always survived. The
Mississippi Legislature once instructed Sen
ator Lamar to vote for free coinage, but
he refused. Heretofore, however. legisla-
lures have been courteous, so that it has
been left to the present Bryan Legislature
in Kentucky TO call Senator Lindsay "a
stabilized traitor" Mr.. Lindsay is, next to
Mr.. Carlisle, the abIest Democrat in Ken
lucky.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

sold military secrets were found in the
waste-paper basket of die German en-
bassy in Paris. Baron Won Bulow pro-
nounced this sheer fabrication. and init
mated as much regarding the story of ORGY
fuss alleged visit to Alsace-LOrraine and
the special favors shown him there by Ger
man officers. In short, the German minis
ter denies every material point in the al
legged evidence on which Dreyfus was con-
victed. This makes a very embarrassing
situation for the French government. If it
persists in it's declarations that Dreyfus was
bribed by agents of Germany 1t makes an
issue of veracity with Minister Won Bulow
and insults the German government; while
if it withdraws those declarations the Drey-
fus prosecution falls to the ground There
is only one other way out and that is to in
sist that the discriminating documents were
really found in the waste basket as alleged
ana II they were not in Dreyfus's handwrit-
ing they were forged and placed there for a
purpose That would be in harmony with
the theory of persecution and injustice
maintained by Dreyfus's friends, but it
would be a very humiliating concession for
the French government to make. Alto
gether Captain Dreyfus in his iron cage on
Devils island is likely to cause the French
government far more trouble than he ever
did or could have done at large in Paris.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
Kentucky Attorney Di.barred.

FRANKFORT, Ky. Jan. IS E.x- attorney
General w: }. Hendriek was this morning
Court of Franklin county The order was
entered by Circuit Judge Cantril and was
due To an insufficient response TO rule Is
sued against Hendrick requiring hmm 10 pay
into court the sum of $500 collected by
him for the State during his term as at
torney general. Hendrick did not pay the
money into court az ordered. but set up the
defense that 1t belonged to him and that
the State owed him more than this sum
as commissions on collections made during
the time he was attorney general. There's
upon no was suspended by Judge Csntril.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

The announcement that deficits have been
discovered in the accounts of two ex-treas-
urers in a large county will not occasion
surprise. because such announcements are
SO frequently made. The Journal has called
attention 70 them several times and has
endeavored to point out some of the causes.
The general impression is that the default
ing officials are dishonest and have made
use of public funds in speculation. 1t may
be said that as rule such men are not
dishonest. Few of them have any expectn-
ton or purpose OF defrauding the counties
Probably very few Of them use the money
they lose in their own business. 1t will be
found in most eases. that the money bias
been loaned to friends who have claims
upon them growing out of canvasses for
nominations and elections. To get both.
they call upon friends to devote their time
10 secure delegates or to bring out the
vote. Successful. these friends have
"ciaims' on them. Consequently, when
such friends ask for loans of money for
Il short time many cannot deny the ac-
commodation. remembering their promises
and obligations. These friends frequently
cannot repay, and the transaction cannot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

be covered up when any SOFT of an investi-
cation is made. IL men known to be com
petent were always selected for these re-
sponsible offices. and chosen because of
their competence, there would be few de-
falcations and irregularities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, Jan. 2S.-By an ap-
plication made in the Superior Court to-
day the failure of the w. f. Swords Lnm-
Der COMPANY, probably the largest con-
Germ of its kind in Connecticut. became
known and Judge Thayer appointed Frank
Miller as receiver with bonds of $lJ0OW.
The liabilities are said to be $4,000 and
the assets 100000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

The Rev. William Behfer Walker, OF
joliet, ILL.,, had better not write about rail-
roads as "soulless corporations so long as
they give him half of his railroad fare as
straight gift. He doesn't call the grocery
firms ''soulless corporations and they
charge him full price for his daily food.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

"Our proud name has never been humbled
in the dust" said Miss Parr-Venoo.
''Oh, yes, it has. Sally" said the incon-
venient and Objectionable old friend of the
family. Il remember it happenin' forty
years ago. when the wind blowed down the
sign off your grandfather shoe shop,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

Not many years ago the Democratic party
was large enough to go alone and elect a
President; now Mr.. Bryan. the leader there
Of is spending his tine in efforts to bring
support in 1900, thus confessing that the
Democratic party has lost numbers under
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

The United States Senate never made a
more disgraeeful record than it did yester-
day in the successive votes on amendments
to Senator Tellers free-silver resolution.
BY these votes the Senate. as now COM
posed. put itself on record in favor of al
most every conceivable phase of national
Reputation, even to the extent of laying
on the table a declaration that government
obligations should not be paid in depre-
ciated money. When the so-called higher
branch of Congress reaches such depth
of demoralization as this il is indeed time
10 consider whether the method of electing
senator's should not be changed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

The eccentricities of American politics are
illustrated by the fact that while one
United States senator from Indiana repre-
sents the progressive sentiment of the State
on all the live issues Of the day the other is
hanging on the tailboard and screaming in
eeven languages, whoa whoa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

Ohio editors are tired of the law that re-
verses the fundamental proposition that
"all men are innocent until proven guilty"
and they are demanding a new law that
gives the publisher of newspaper as fair
a show as is accorded to the criminal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

The St Louis theatrical manager who
goes in for realism with real bloodhounds
of the savage variety and wild bulls on the
side should be enjoined. He may be put
ting on a senatorial election, a session of
the Reichsrath or a Denver barbecue next.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

ate which has not an actual majority of
the Presidents party. not one of the 2,346
nominations he has made has been rejected
or withdrawn through fear of rejection.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
Concluded from First Page1

The pairs throughout the voting were as
follows: Turley with Deboe, Faulkner with
Elkins. German with Frye, Jones of Nevada
with Proctor, Walthall with Spooner, The
first named would in each case have voted
with those sustaining the resolution and
against all amendments, while the last
named would have voted ag; inst the reso-
luton and for the amendments.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

If the stories of the barbecue riot at Den
Yer be true the foreign missionaries had
better be recalled and concentrated at
Colorados capital. Enough food was
wasted there to feed thousands of starving
Cubans
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
BANK CLEARINGs.
Decreases shown at Only Two Points
in the Country This Week.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.--The following table,
compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank
clearings at eighty-seven cities fer the week
ended Jan. q. with the percentage of in
crease and decrease as compared with the
corresponding week last year;
New York. ............ s7s7, 067 Ole Inc. $40
Boston ..................... I0s 1876 1872 Inc. 222
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

In the light of the slznning which Senator
Fairbanks gave Senator Teller yesterday it
IS fair to assume that if the Colorado sena-
tor had it to do over again he would not
tell Senator Fairbanks to "sit down"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S-The schedules in
the assignment of Oscar Hammerstein. the
africaI manager. filed to-day in the Supreme
Court. show: Liabilities $l66.OO0; nominal
assets SIS, 0O0 actual assets, $3.50
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29

NEW YORK. Jan. 2S.-Jules Domecq this
morning. in the United States Circuit
c,curt asked for the appointment of a re-
cefver for the New Orleans Abattoir Com
pany, a large corporation. The company is
said TO be heavily involved.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
The CheerfuI Idiot.

What is the sense of this free-seed num-
brg?" asked the Dyspeptic Boarder.
Free Seeds the Cheerful Idiot ex-
planned, make the farmer root for the
congressman
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
Strength.

CustomerIs this what you call a strong
cup of coffee?
Waiter-Sure, Mike. You couldn't hardly
break one of dem cups wit AK