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

Hon. Charles DENLY in December Forum
| do not want to take part in foreign wars,
but | would proclaim it from the housetops
that we should intervene in every case IN
which our material interests are involved
If a hair of the head of an American cru
zen is wrOngfully touched in foreign couh-
try we are all of accord in saying that I'M
mediate redress should be demanded. we
agree that we will fight on such an issue
There can be no better cause OF war, Tor
if a government does not protect IT'S cltizeHS,
of what use is it? For what purpose are
governments organized except to secure to
their people life, liberty ana the Tree pur-
Much as the so-called vagaries of the
Emperor of Germany have been rfdiculed,
1t must he admitted that ms torelgn poilcy
has been wise. Wherever a German has
been injured or oppressed. in his person or
his property, ships have been sent to de-
mand redress. Wherever the German eagle
has set his claws there he remains. and,
according to a recent declaration of the En-
peror there ne will remain. Are we weaker
or more timid than Germany?
The protection afforded by government
cannot end with mere protection of the
persons of its subjects 1t must necessarily
extend to the rights of property as Wen.
For instance. shall we stand by, silent,
bound by the doctrine OF Eonintervention.
and see America excluded from China
Shall we tacitly consent that China shall
be closed TO US? Shall we unprotestingiy
agree that one favored nation alone shall
have the right to build railroads in China
or i'm any province thereof! Shall We de-
HheratelV annouce to Europe, now afiame
with the fire Of colonization, that we have
no interest in any disposition 1t may make
of Siam Korea or China?
reassert that It is our duty to intervene
in all matters occurring abroad in which II
is to our interest to intervene. / mean
our material interest-the interest OF our
railroads our merchants. cur manufactur-
ers, our ships. our trade and our commerce.
Far be il from us to cndeavor 10 force
republican institutions on the peoples OF the
world Far be IL from us to wage senti-
mental or religious wars Far be IL from
us to interfere with the operations of any
government in its proper territory re II
desrotic or be II free IL is none of our BUSH
ness how Russia. or England, or Germany
rules it's people.
What | do insist on is that the nag, the
world over shall protect all Americans In
their persons. their property and their COM
merce and that on all occasions we should
demand such protection.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

That there is great need of reform in
county and township government has long
been apparent in this State, and it is to be
devoutIy hoped that the commission now
Iaboring to formulate measures to that end
for the consideration of the forthcoming
General Assembly may succeed in evolving
something practical which will meet with
public as well as legislative approval. Such
reforms should not embody some merely
theoretical and elaborate code, liable to mis-
construction and difficult OF enforcement,
but should be as simple and workable as
consistent with the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
waka Enterprise.
There is hope that the committee having
in charge the formulation of plans and the
preparation of bills for the reform of meth
DDS in conducting county and township bust
ness will succeed. When men of the ca
pacity OF A. C. Harris and Judge Hackney
devote days and perhaps weeks to a special
investigation of the existing abuses ana
to hope for the accomplishment of some
thing. Two things are essential IN the
formation of bill to suit the conditions
simplicity and practicability. There must
be no complicated scheme of theorists. but a
law that is plain, easily understood and FOL
lowed by men who VIII be CHOSEN 10 aoliin-
lister it.-Terre Haute Gazette
There is but very little opposition to the
movement to investigate and reform the
methods employed in Indiana in transacting
township and county business but never
theless the improvement should be very
marked before a change could be justified
Simplicity and directness characterize the
present plan, and the sentiment OF the peo-
Pile is decidedly against increa sing red tape
and the number of officers. By the way. 1t
might be a good idea to reform the con-
licences of some of the township ana county
officers The Indifference carelessness ana
looseness in conducting public business
characteristic of so many of these oftclals
is largely responsible for the present clamor
for a change.-Carthage Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12
ANTI-EXPANSION AND THE DRIED
SCOTT CASE.

The fact that the anti-expansonists have
raked up the almost forgotten bred Scott
decision in their hunt after arguments
against the right of the United States to ac-
quire new territory shows how little ground
they have to stand on. The present genera
tion knows next to nothing of that decision
and there are hundreds of thousands of
voters who never even heard or read of it,
yet in its day 1t was the most celebrated and
infamous decision ever rendered by the Su-
preme Court No other decision ever af-
fected American politics or contributed to
the making of history as did the bred Scott
decision, for 1t gave a tremendous impulse
to the then new Republican party and in
sured the election of a Republican Congress
in 1853 and of Mr.. Lincoln as President in
1860. 1t is quite possible that bat for these
events. largely due to the decision, the Sc
cession movement would not have culmi-
mated when it did and the civil war might
not have occurred for many years, IL ever
As matter of information to many read
ers of the Journal it may be of interest to
recall some of the facts that gave the de-
csion such momentous Importance. 1t was
rendered in 1857. a year after John c. FIRE.
mont had been defeated for President. and
when the people of the North were thor
oughly aroused by the aggressions of slavery
and the incidents of the Kansas-N Nebraska
struggle The celebrated Missouri Com
promise. which had been adopted by Con-
gress In 1880, was subject OF general pop
ular discussion. BY this compromise Mis-
souri, was admitted to the Union as slave
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

munities where he made speeches the Re
pubhcans gained votes. While Mr.. Bever-
party he has not asked for preferment at the
hands of the voters. He has always labored
for others, cheerfully doing what he could
and that was always cOnsiderable-fOr the
nominees of his party. Now that he is
candidate for the United States Senate, the
Republican Legislature of Indiana will do
itself honor and reflect credit upon the state
at large by electing him to the honorable
position to which he aspires.-Greensburg
Review.
1t is not intended as disparagement of
the claims or general abilities of the other
avowed aspirants for the position when we
say that in our opinion Judge Taylor is the
best-equipped man in the list for the special
duties that will devolve upon the new SEN
ator from Indiana almost from the moment
he takes his seat, and no one in the long
list of Indiana Republicans who would
honor the State, as we'll as the station,
would bring to the performance of his du-
ties higher aims more patriotic or un-
selfish motives than Judge Taylor Mated
with the accomplished and intrepid Fair
banks, Indiana would regain her old prestige
and power in the councils of the Nation and
win new laurels as the land of heroes and
statesmen.-Brookville American
Those who are familiar with Major
Steele's acumen and foresight as a politician
and a clean-handed, straightforward politi-
clan feel that he is reasonably certain of
winning out" in the coming contest. They
base this assurance upon several things, and
it may not be out of place to refer to some
of them. His long experience in the lower
house has fitted him for advancement as a
national legislator. His connection with the
ways and means committee has familiarized
him with all the methods of economic Iegis-
lation in carrying on the government. His
force has been felt in that great committee,
and his judgment is recognized and infiuen-
ttal there in the forming of ways to pro-
duce revenues. He has, as a member of
that committee applied himself diligently
and energetically to the practical and really
most important matters of the government.
He has a thorough grasp of the situation in
the process and creation of laws and under
stands his duties and the best interests of
the country all = E,a irrl1 Nous
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

G. w Dillingham; Company New York,
continue their contributions to current fic-
ton Among the novels recently received
from this firm are 1.-The White Devil OF
Verde" by Lucie France Pierce. 1t is a
story of romance and adventure. A New
York girl a typical young lady of the pro-
gressive school. goes West and locates in a
mining town where she has many admir-
ers In one of her rambles she has a strange
adventure which leads to the discovery OF
a valuable gold mine whose existence was
suspected but uncertain. She stakes out the
claim, returns East. is followed by one OF
her admirers and is married.
In "As the Heart Panteth' Miss Halle
Ermine Rives takes up the much discussed
question of bachelor chaperonage and shows
may be beneficial or dangerous TO a girl,
according to circumstances. The story deals
with a delicate subject In a fearless way,
and its well-drawn characters and natural
situations make it a good story.
"Merivale. or Phases of Southern Life. .
by James Robertshaw, is story of South
ern life and character. The plot is simple
but effective, turning on a girls love for a
man and her evidence In court by which
she established his Innocence OF a crime
with which he was falsely charged The
details OF the trial are told In dramatic
style and the jury's verdict of mot guilty
is followed, in. due time, by the marriage
FLAMES and Ashes" by Alice de Carrot
deals with the fortunes OF a young gov
erness who was a Cuban, a relative OF her
employer, and goes TO Cuba 10 live. Her
husbands unreasonable jealousy gradually
changed her love 10 hate. She Is admired
by other men, but remains strictly true to
her marriage vow. Finally. her husband dies
and one OF her former lovers returns ana
she marries him. The plot of lie story IS
commonplace but II presents some inter-
esting pictures OF social life in Cuba, and
many novel readers will find II interesting
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

Woods of indianapolis and Judge jenkins
of Milwaukee, Judge Showalter occupied
with them common desk. A few weeks ago
the ventilating arrangements of the court
room. which is on the fourth floor of the
Monadnock building, were changed The
opening Of one of the new ventilating shafts
was made in the wall behind the seats of
the judges, placing them directly in its
draft. None of the three men escaped the
effects Of the exposure Judge Woods was
seized with severe cold. went home to
indianapolis and took TO his bed He yielded
in time and recovered. Judge Jenkins was
Obliged to follow like course, enduring
confinement of several days at his home in
Milwaukee. Judge Showalter caught cold
at the same time. but refused to surrender
and leave the cases on his calendar. He
stubbornly kept his seat, insisting that he
would fight the cold out without confessing
himself sick. He was pronounced i'll by his
friends on Nov. Is, but il was not until
week later that he left the Monadnock
building-as it proved for the last time-in-
tending to remain indoors for a few days
The last session of court he attended was
held on that afternoon. Nov. p AS he
descended the elevator he remarked that
cold on the lungs was a troublesome thing,
but he had never experienced serious results
from either cough or cold.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12
BOOKS OF THE SEASON.
RiIey,s child Rhyme..

One of the prettiest of the holiday books
is volume of Riley Child Rhymes. with
illustrations. There are few of Mr.. Riley's
poems that do not lend themselves well TO
illustration, but for some reason pictorial
art has been little used heretofore in con-
nection with them. These poems-there are
thirty-eight in the volume-are old favorites.
beginning with "Orphant Annie ending
with The Bear Story" ard including in
the list THE Raggedy Man. AT Aunty's
House." THE Days Gone By" "Old Aunt
Mary's," The Circus lay Parade" ''Waitin'
for the Cat to Die" Our Hired Girl, The
South Wind and the Sum- 1.-The Sudden
Shower" "A Life Lesson and so on. The
Illustrations, which are numerous, are from
drawings by Will Vawter, a young artist.
from Mr.. Riley's native town, Greenfield,
and one evidently quite familiar with the
characters and the scenes of which the
poet writes and possessed of a poetic APP
probation of them. The proof of this lies
in the fact that the pictures really Illus
trate the text-a result by no means in
variable with illustration, so called. The
big-eyed boy listening 10 "Orphant Annie
is real boy; so is the Boy Who Lives on
Our Farm as he comes dashing down the
road behind a pair of horses; so, too, is
THE Runaway Boy" who is terrified at the
pigs he meets in the road. The figures
throughout express what is wanted of them.
the grouping is good and besides telling
anew the story of the verses are in numer-
Gus instances, extremely attractive apart
from the lines. What could be prettier than
''Noontime and Junetime Down Around the
River" Or 1.-The Days Gone By" or I'VE
Patter Along in the Dust Again" Some
very dainty work is in the head and tail
pieces, and altogether the drawings are very
satisfactory. Mr.. Vawter has amply dem
onstrated his artistic ability. The book will
doubtless be in demand, not only gift
book, but addition to the libraries OF
those who have the Riley poems in other
setting. Published by the Bowen-Merrill
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

That the representatives of the Federation
Of Labor are to be consulted in regard to
the finding Of employment for the idle con-
victs at Michigan City is natural and
proper move. The law prohibiting the let
ting of prison labor by contract was passed
on the request of organized labor, but the
members of that organization have as much
interest in the welfare of the convicts and
their employment as have other citizens.
hyhen a conservative committee representing
tho organization sees the case as it is. it will
be able to assist in the solution of the prob
lem in a manner generally satisfactory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

Consumers of natural gas who tempted to
bore out or remove their mixers for the purpose of
increasing their supply, should remember that
such an act, besides being one of bad faith
towards the company and their neighbors, vitiates
an insurance policy.-Indianapolis Journal.
We do not wish to encourage boring
mixers, but 1t is proper to say that the jour
nails statement is not correct so far as this
city is concerned. There is a natural gas
creasing the pressure.-Richmond Palladium.
A state law, passed in 1891, makes it
penal offense ito enlarge the oriice of mix
ers," and no person could recover insurance
money on fire loss caused by violation
of lau-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

1t is explained that the mayor-elect of
Hayerhill, Mass, is not an ordinary So
cialist, but is a Debs Social Democrat Now
that he has been elected it is to be regretted
that the mayor has not City Council of
his own party to back him in carrying out
his platform, particularly that plank which
declares it to be the duty of cities to fur
nish employment for all those who need it
and ask for Ii
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

Mayor Harrison has been severely criti-
cised for the alleged statement that corrupt
aldermen might be lynched and that he
would not call out the police to prevent it.
It now appears that Mayor Harrison made
no such lawless remark, and he has taken
an early opportunity to denounce the state
r1enf as false
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

Some of those congressman who de-
neunced Mr. Cleveland because he ignored
Congress are now criticsing President Nc
Kinley because he makes too much of Con-
gress-aIl of which goes to show that some
people cannot be satisfied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

Among the wild fables of the hour the
story that the friends of the President are
attempting to get control of the Federation
Of Labor to defeat the reelection of Mr..
Gompers is the widest. The pretext is that
Mr.. Gompers is a silverite and is opposed
To exnansion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

The decision of the Kentucky Court of
Appeals unfolding the Goebel election law
is one of the most outrageous political deci-
sions on record. The law was passed
avowedly as a partisan measure to establish
and maintain Democratic supremacy in the
State, and in holding it valid the court di
Vided on political lines, four to three. The
law and the decision are both disgrace to
-.,.4,,o1,,.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

Putting a ten-year-old boy in prison and
placing charge of petty larceny against
him because he picked up pieces of coal
alongside a railroad track to be used in
making a fire to warm his shvering mother,
it not the best way to make a law-abiding
man of the youthful coal picker.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12
preaenne Of Mind

THAT woman showed wonderful presence
OF mind when her horse ran away
lis that what you call it? She threw
down the reins and yelled"
II know she did. and the horse ran straight
down the street. If she had held on to the
reins she would have doubtless steered him
into the fence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

The largest savings banks in New York
have decided to reduce the interest paid on
report comes from other large cities. In all
ahe great business centers there is similar
tendency TO reduce the rates of interest.
At the same time there is no general fall
ing off in the purchase power of money
and there is no material change in the
wages of labor. The fact that farmers and
others are able to refund old mortgages
on good properties so as to save /, and in
some cases per cent. by the change shows
that money is forced TO accept lower wages.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

The killing of a sixteen-year-old boy yes
terday by the custodian of Greenlawn Gem
etery is deplorab!e affair." 1t should be
carefully inquired into by the authorities,
and if the custodian shall be found to have
exceeded the authority conferred upon him
he should be punished as severely as the law
will permit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

The Journal is loath to believe that the
Democratic members of the incoming Leg
islature will oppose any change in the laws
relative to the management of townships.
A number of Democrats have taken part in
the movement to secure such legislation,
and it is fair to assume that Democrats in
the Legislature will not oppose reasonable
legislation to better defective system.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

Indicate end of the good times which
Mayor Taggs TT is reported to have told Boss
Croker was the one thing that could help
the Democracy in 1900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

Sir Edward Monsoon, British ambassador
to France, is described as "a discreet diplo-
matist of the old school" Yet his present
notoriety is due to his declared admiration
for diplomacy of the new school.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

Senator Morgan, who is in charge of the
Nicaragua canal scheme, says the opposi-
ton to it is organized and engineered by the
transcontinental railroads, including the
Panama Railroad, the companies that have
built railroads through Guatemala, the
Southern Pacific and the Central Pacific.
Opposition from that quarter was to be ex-
pected but it should not be allowed to pre-
vail against national interests
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

one of those papers whose editorial col
umns contain series of complaints and
snarls because OF it's intense opposition
to the acquisition Of the Philippines was The
most ardent advocate for about any policy
on the part of the United States that would
give the Cubans the Island Of Cuba. In a
recent issue it says that the estimates for
the army call for s166.OOoOO0. those for the
navy establishment Sill. 10000; that 100000.
90 VIII be pledged to the Nicaragua canal
and S20oOo.oO0 will be required by the Span
fish treaty-a total OF SAIL 900 ooo-chieny due
70 the policy Of expansion. Finally, it as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

It can make no particular difference to
the country whether Colonel Bryan resigns
or does not. but it is fact that one-half
81 his party wishes that he were out of
politics for good.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

have escaped the operation of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty was before entering into it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12
The EternaI QuestiOn.

She-I wonder why you ever married me.
He-Because I thought I loved you, of
course Did you get the notion that it was
to pay a bet?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

Concerning the manner of Judge Sho-
walters death the Chicago Tribune says:
Serving upon the bench OF the Circuit
Court of Appeals. in company with Judge
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
shiOn Note.

This the latest London tie?" asked the
patient.
NO" answered the hangman. Chicago"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12
No House.

by gee if I were married 1 would be
master in my own house"
..Rut what if your wife owned the house?''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

The amount Of money in circulation Nov.
was S1,S66 575, 7s2, which is $4S979,396 more
than was in circulation Oct. /.
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