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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-07
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. FRIDAY OCTOBER l. 1898

candor and frankness are pillars on which
to build valuable servant of the people
IN the halls of ongress.-Washingto
Gazette
Democratic papers love to shout reform
in public expenditures when the party is
out in the cold But when the Democratic
party is comfortably seated in the official
chairs in county and state, there is a hush
comes over them that is positively oppres-
minlstration in Indiana one lone Democratic
omcial, the unique Green Smith got more
money out of the public till at the expense
or the school children of Indiana than has
peen garnered by all the Republican state
oinclals of the present Republican admins
tration.-Rockville Tribune.
marion county Democrats may have
thought that they were making a strong hit
wnen they nominated Stokes Jackson for
Joint representative, but they were sadly
mistaken Active. working Democrats have
conceded that he will be a load on the
county ticket. He has had a hand in too
many party deals. He has dictated the
nomination and defeat of too many men in
couNenuOnS. he has wanted too many off,
eau positions. Only this year he was can
oluate TOT the nomination for prosecuting at
torney; was elected district comm tteeman
CITY attorney and is now the nominee for
Jolnt representative. 1t is currently reported
that ne has the promise from the county
next next year No wonder Captain Ogg said
stokes wants everything; that his craw
was Dig enough to hold all the offices in
Slgnt. -Greenfield Republican.
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A well-informed writer in the current is
sue of the North American Review, Mr.
Mayo w. Hazeltine asserts that if Presi-
dent Mckinley had demanded the uncondi-
tional ceding of the entire Philippine group
when the protocol was signed, which secured
a cessation of hostilities, II would have
been yielded At that time Spain fully
realized the total disaster which her sud-
den overthrow involved. Spanish authori-
ties realized that they were confronted by
a united and powerful nation with vast re-
sources, and that whatever demands this
government should make must be granted.
Since that time change of sentiment ap-
pears to have taken place in the minds of
the Spanish rulers. This is manifested by
the attitude that the Spanish peace COM
missioners have assumed at Paris. Rep
resenting the Spanish government. the COM
missioners have taken on an air of indie
pendence not to say defiance. which i'll be-
fits government so vanquished in war as
that of Spain has been. The Emperor of
Germany who was acquiescent when the
protocol was signed, is reported as desiring
to interfere in some manner in the nego-
tiations.
Time for consideration can only empha-
size the completeness of the overthrow OF
Spain in the war of three months. fleet
as powerful as ours was believed to be be-
fore the war began had been swept out of
existence, utterly destroying Spains power
on the ocean; the battles about Santiago
and it's surrender and the brilliant cam
paign in progress in Porto Rico when the
armistice was declared proved the abject
weakness of Spain on land. What has
occurred to cause the change in the atti-
tude of Spain and to encourage William of
may interfere? 1t is not difficult to answer
this question. When the protocol was
signed the American people presented a
united front for the prosecution of the war.
Every victory was greeted with universal
acclaim. ''Wrest from Spain all her colon
ial possessions" was the universal demand
With the signing of the protocol the Amer
lean people assumed that the war was over
Thereupon the sensational and copperhead
press throughout the country united in an
effort to convince the people that the man
agement of the war had been inefficient,
that the treatment of men in the field. in
camps and in hospitals had been careless
to brutality. that hundreds and even thou
sands of men were dying from neglect, that
the food was bad and the general equipment
altogether inadequate because of the ignor-
ance and inefiiciency of officers whom the
President had appointed from civil life. For
weeks these papers contained not only ac-
counts of the sufferings of men in hospitals
and camps. chiefly falsehoods and all ex-
aggeratlons. but pictures of hospital groups
representing men as CHASTITY skeletons as
the victims OF the inefiiciency OF officials in
the management Of AFFAIRS In tens Of thou
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General Notes.

WASHINGTON, OCT 6.--To-day's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance 1907, 72O. 161 j:
gold reserve. $244, los O57.
Captain Shoemaker, chief of the revenue
cutter service, has been instructed by the
secretary of the treasury to proceed 10
Cuba and Porto Rico and make a thorough
examination into existing conditions with a
view to the establishment of an efficient
revenue cutter patrol of the waters of those
islands.
Secretary Hay by invitation. to-day met
the diplomatic corps at the State Depart
ment.
Secretary Long has decided to make no
change in the post graduate course of in
struction in naval architecture established
last year at the Naval Academy. and Naval
Constructor j. Fl. Lnnard. now on duty at
Crampss ship yard. Philadelphia, has been
ordered TO Annapolis to take charge of the
class during the present term.
The Bath Iron Company. of Bath. Me-. has
notified the department that IL will accept
the contract for the three torpedo boats
which were awarded to that concern about
a fortnight ago.
Senator Kyle. as chairman, has sent out
notice calling a meeting Of the industrial
commission to be held in this city Oct n.
Agoncillo and Lopez, the Philippine dele
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HEATH TO POSTMASTERS.
Letter on the Consolidation of Lesser
Offices with Greater.

DETROIT. Oct. 6.-Forty postmasters
from the first-class offices of the country
are here attending the first annual conven-
ton of postmasters OF the United States.
1t is expected that by tomorrow the ate
tendance will be raised to sixty-two. As
sistant Postmaster General Perry s. Heath
was unable to be present, but sent letter
which was read to the convention. Mr..
Heath treated Of the consolidation of lesser
postoftlces with greater and the substitu-
ton of stations instead. instancing Greater
New York for an example He said that
II had been demonstrated that stations or
suDStations and free delivery might be es-
tablished to take the place of postof1fces,
TO the great convenience of the public and
at an important saving in expenses. pro-
Vided the appropriations were made inter-
changeable so that the saving effected in
postmasters salaries could be made avail
able for use as clerk or carrier hire. After
the appointment of several committees on
organization. etc, the convention adjourned
The afternoon was spent in a trolley ride
and inspection of the Walkerville, Ont, dis
tillorieS
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win Get His Pension Promptly.


W. Il. curtis s washington Special.
The dark side of the war was Illuminated
by a little incident to-day. Jesse 3. Gates,
of Highwood, Ill., is a private in Battery
a., Fourth Artillery, and claims the credit
of having fired the first cannon shot in the
battle of Santiago The Spaniards pun
ished him by shooting off his upper jaw. He
is just out of the hospital, has been dis
charged from the army and is here to make
application for pension of $45 month. At
the Pension Office they placed his papers on
file, but in the regular order of things will
not reach them until the next century.
Thinking he ought to have better attention,
he went to the White House to-day and
told his story to a group of newspaper men
who haunt the halls of that historic man
sion. While they were talking with him
Secretary Alger came along. Mr.. Price of
the Washington Star hailed him and said
Mr.. Secretary, here is man who deserves
your attention"
The secretary hearkened to the tale of the
soldier, dived into his pocket pulled out a
card and handed it to Gates saying: "Give
that to the messenger at the door of the
Presidents room upstairs"
Gates followed instructions and was adj
mitted Immediately to the Cabinet room,
where he told his story to the President
and chatted pleasantly with him for half
an hour or more. In the meantime Colonel
Montgomery was working the telephone
and sending instructions to the War De-
partment and the Pension Office to put
through the Gates pension case promptly.
In few days he will get his money.
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manual Trnining for lower grades.

Elliott Flower, in North American REVIEW.
/ believe that most of us have been talk
ing about the great good that manual train
ing is doing without stopping to get the
facts. Of course, there can be no 1oubt as
probable that very few have stopped to
think that it has been placed beyond the
reach of more than nine-tenths of the chill
dren of the public schools. That is what
combining manual training to the high
schools means. More than nineteen-twen-
tieths of the schools that have a course in
manual training are maintained for less
than oDe-tenth of the school population.
Indeed, it is doubtful if the first fraction
ought not to be larger and the second one
smaller And the strangest feature of it is
that there seems to be little difference of
opinion as to the value and necessity of
manual training in the lower grades. In a
few instances a man who was requested to
give his views has started out with denial
of the truth of the assertion that this form
of education should be extended into the
by arguing for it.
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Abuse of the Pardoning Power.

Rev. w. Rede in North American Review.
1t cannot be denied by anyone at all
familiar with our conditions of life in
America that one of the chief factors which
have contributed toward the increase of
homicide has been the pardoning power
lodged in the highest officials of our State
and municipal governments. We feel quite
sure that close inquiry would reveal the
fact that the hope of pardon after convic-
ton in the courts of law has been distinctly
present in the minds of many criminals, as
likely to secure immunity from punish
ment. So long as it is possible for a con-
vieted criminal on whose behalf every ar
tifce of legal delay and trickery has been
exhausted in vain, to secure a pardon from
a corrupt Governor by bribery or by some
powerful political influence, or to win one
from a softhearted governor by the per-
sistent pleading of friends and family, just
so long and so far will the might and maj
esty of the law be unrecognized by the
lower elements of society and a visible
loophole left open for the escape of the
criminal from justice. A cursory reading
CT our newspapers and slight examination
of our criminal records will make it abund-
antly evident that here lies one of the chief
hopes and consultations of our criminal
classes
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FOREIGN MISSIONS.
American Board Will Try to Arouse
Interest Among Churches.

Interest Among Churches.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Oct 6.-At this
mornings meeting of the American Board
Of Foreign Missions addresses intended TO
suggest ways and means for filling the
treasury were made by Revs. w. II. Walker.
NJ. A. Bullock, Daniel f. Bradley, D. D..
A. r. Thainwadd j. H. Pitkin, e. +.
Grabill and President Fuller of Drury Col
lege. An immediate effort to raise $500 to
put special agent into the field TO arouse
interest in churches was successful, the
amount being secured from pastors and
laymen. A committee Of two from each OF
the cooperating committees was authorized
to take charge of what was designated as
the forward movement of the American
board.
The report on the home department was
presented by Rev c. f. Thwing, d. D.,
president of Adelbert College, Cleveland.
The report recommended the support of in
dividual missionaries by individual churches.
colleges, families and persons. Rev. Charles
A. Dickinson. d. D.. OF Boston, made re-
port on the missions in Secretary Smiths
department An address was delivered by
Rev L. O. Lee. of Marash Central Turkey.
President c. d. Hartranft. OF Hartford,
Conn., made a report on missions in Secre-
tary Barton's department. Rev. G. S. Mills.
of Cleveland, delivered an address on the
same subject Rev. b. l.. Pigley. forty-two
years missionary at Natal. Africa. without
returning home but once until now, was in
troduced and addressed the audience
Inc members oDSeINeu the i<oru supper
this afternoon at the Fountain-street Bap-
fist Church. The next annual meeting the
ninetieth Will be held at Providence. r. |.
All officers of the board were selected. The
following were elected as new members:
Rev Edward q. Porter. Rev. G.. r. Nv.
Scott H. II. Proctor and Henry S. Lee, of
Massachusetts; Rowland G. Hazard and
Rev Wallace Nutting. Of Rhode Island; DIR.
r. b. Holmes. New York; VIM. III. Lam
bert. Pennsylvania William NJ Mills. o.:
Rev. d. p. Preede. Iowa; Rev. Calvin Il.
Moody and Margaret j. Evans, of Mime
sofa. Miss Evans Is the head of the wom-
ans department in Carlton College. Mime
sofa. and has been there for twenty-five
years. She is the only woman ever elected
TO the board
This evening the board was addressed by
President Angel. OF Ann Arbor Mich,
president of Michigan University and ex-
minister of the United States 10 Turkey.
President Lamson delivered his first annual
address. His presidency Is recognized as
worthy Of the succession TO DR.. Storers.
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STATE PRESS OPINION.

The Democratic party still exhibits adj
mirable skill in getting on the wrong side
OF every misunderstanding Review.
The Democratic party is guilty of the
same blunder it made in 1864. 1t is trying
to make an issue on a fight already won
Huntington Herald
There are excellent reasons for believing
that the volunteer troops will resent the
representations of the Democratic cam
paign managers The volunteers are not
1ault finders.-Lawrencebu Press.
General Wheeler, a rock-ribbed Demo-
crat fatty contradicts the stories of abuses
and unnecessary suffering in the Santiago
De knocked out from under the Democratic
outrage issue the investigation pro-
greSses.-Richmond Palladium.
AS the Democratic party leaders cannot
pull down the American flag from Hawaii,
Cuba, Porto Rico or Manila, they are MAX
ing an effort to run down the men that
hoisted 1t over those islands. But the men
who planted the flag are about as hard to
down as the flag itself.-Rockville Tribune
Republicans have the best kind of cam
paign material this year in the record of
the Mckinley administration. The Demo-
Gratis without ammunition of any kind.
They have fired off their camp horror" and
imperialism wads without effect, and
now their stock is all gone.-South Bend
Tribune.
Why are not the free-trade papers say
ing anything about Mckinley tin this cam
paign? 1t is the first time since 1890 that
they have neglected to mention this child
of the protective tariff bill that bore the
name of the present President. Like every
other issue they have tackled, it has proven
too much for them.--Richmond Item.
General Lees assertion that the volun-
teers are all right where there's fighting to
do but that they have too many relatives
when camp duty is all that is required, fur
nishes key to good deal of the war agi-
tation and exaggeration. It's the busy SOL
der who makes no OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Courier
The people of Indiana should not permit
themselves to become Indifferent as to the
result of the forthcoming election. The
great victory scored for sound money and
protection two years ago should not now
be lost through Indifference. 1t is impor-
tant that the position then supported by
the people should be approved by their
votes this year.-Middletown News.
Our friends the enemy, having no legiti-
mate issue, are seeking to discredit the adj
ministration OF William Mckinley, of which
every Republican in the land is justly
proud. The Democratic party can be trust
ed to make a fool of itself and to incte the
Republicans to activity, and just at this
time the DemOcraSt are doing that which
makes Republicans mad, and when mad
they do something, and what they do to
Democrats is always a plenty.-Kokomo
Tribune.
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question that would have to be settled by
the attorney general of the United States.
Under our system of government the bound
airy line of national and state authority is
sometimes hard to distinguish, and in Moth
ing more than in military affairs In the
case in hand the attorney general decides
that on application to the President the
latter may authorize the Governor of a
state to use state troops still in the national
service to enforce state laws. AS there is no
law covering the point, the decision is prob
ably based on considerations of public
policy. 1t was rather long in coming to
meet an emergency. but it is well enough to
have the matter understood in case the
question should ever arise again.
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sands of homes from which the volunteers
went these printed and pictured falsehoods
caused intense anxiety, followed by indis
of the American navy and army were no
longer spoken of by these papers. but their
columns were devoted to the single purpose
of making the Presidents conduct of the
war odious. The pestilent New York World
declared in effect that no men can be en-
listed for a war with Turkey or with any
other country until criminal incompetency
has been driven from the War Department.
Several papers of responsibility expressed
doubt If men could be induced to enlist
while such a feeling prevailed. Political
conventions in a dozen States denounced the
President for mismanagement and his SUBJ
ordinates for the needless sacrifice Of thou
sands of lives
These reports of the alleged revulson of
popular sentiment had their influence in Eu-
rope. 1t was assumed that the American
people are dissatisfied and that they would
no longer support the administration in any
policy it might adopt to secure the fruits of
our marvellous victory To these were added
LILO ACpOItS liIdI OUT army was weary Oh
service and could no longer be relied upon
to assist in the pacification of Cuba and
the occupation of Porto Rico and Manila.
Because of these false reports Spain has
taken courage and may refuse to yield 10
demands to which she would have readily
assented when the protocol was signed. All
of Spain's armies could not have given her
the aid and comfort which the sensational
and copperhead press and demagog have
rendered her. Never did government have
more unexpected and potential allies. Hop
ing for the success of the element hostile
to the administration, it seems probable
that Spain will attempt to delay the work of
the peace commission until after the cleo
ton. If those opposed to the President
should elect House hostile to him and
show that a majority of the voters are
against the administration. Spain will fur
Their resist, and Germany may be led to take
advantage of the embarrassing situation.
There is but one way by which these evils
can be warded off, and that is for the vot-
ers who applauded the President until after
Spain practically surrendered to go to the
polls on Tuesday, Nov. s, and vote the Re
publican ticket. If those voters fail to do
this they will, with the copperhead press
and demagogues, become the unintending,
but no less timely. allies of Spain.
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The Republicans are beginning to warm
up in the campaign. and the indications are
that the last thirty days of the contest will
be as hot as il usually is in an Indiana
campaign.-Marion News.
Representative Hemenway will be In this
county the whole of the third week in Oc-
tober and will make a thorough canvass
of the county. Hemenway has a faculty
of winning votes by his speeches. and his
visit here will be no exception.
Clarion.
Congressman Z. D. Crumpacker closed
his campaign in Benton county with the
Ambia meeting Friday night. Fair crowds
attended his meetings throughout and his
speeches were strong, pointed, logical and
convincing. Mr.. Crumpacker made new
friends and a strong campaign.-Fowler Re-
publican.
Judge Gardeners campaign III Sullivan,
Greene and Owen counties last week was
a success in every respect. He had good
meetings. good interest and he has the good
will and the best wishes of the best of citi-
zens. The judges splendid ability, his per-
feet morals, his sturdy Americanism and hia
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A Spanish Opinion.
! Willets in Nickell Magazine,

ellison Willets. in Nickel Magazine.
A Cuban and negro hung over the sea-
wall gazing at the wreck of the Maine A
young Spaniard stood near. also contemplate
ing the mass of snarled iron. AS l APP
preached the Spaniard called attention to
the wreck and said. ''Minyee,' which is the
Spanish way of pronouncing Maine. He
seemed to think that l did not know how
that noble ship came to lie there corpse
for, as if explaining, he flung his hands
skyward and Kissed like a rocket.
Are you glad?" l asked
II would have given this to prevent it,
he answered, indicating his right hand. :.
Thus he expressed the sentiment of all
Spaniards outside of the army. This par
ticular Spanard a pawnbroker who
made his money by lending cash to the un-
paid soldiers of Spain, his securities being
swords and machetes and gold uniform
buttons
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Brooke's and Lawton,s Reports.

WASHINGTON, Oct. GA dispatch has
been received at the War Department from
General Brooke at Ponce saying that no
deaths occurred on Oct and 2.
The following is General Lawton's daily
report of the health of his command
at Santiago Fever cases of all kinds, III;
total sick, ITO. Deaths: Edward L. Minor,
private, Company l., Fifth Infantry, chronic
dysenterry, Oct. 6: Mortimer h. Spencer.
private, Company H. Twenty-fourth Infan-
try, typhoid fever and acute diarrhoea, Oct
s.; George Stevens, Company r, Ninth
United States Volunteers. hiccough, Oct. ..
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-Mr. Henry A.
Castle. the auditor for the Postofice De-
partment in his annual report shows the
ret postal deficiency for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1898, was s., O2O, 905, the smallest
in some years. The reduced deficit is at
tributed to increased revenue caused by the
expansion of business during the year. The
postal revenue for 1898 was $50, 012, SIS, an
increase of $6.347 ,156. The expenditures in
creased "a, 252, 236 and deficit was reduced by
81 ,004 904. At the same ratio of increase both
in revenues and in expenditures Auditor
Castle calculates the expenditures in the
present fiscal year will pass the 500 900. O0C
mark and the revenues go beyond $95 900 ,OOO
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discharged and took possession of the post
office until a squad of soldiers came and
drove them out. They have made good
deal of trouble since, but are gradually
getting it through their heads that the days
of sinecure are past and that hereafter,
under the Yankee government they will
have to work for a living. The native letter
carriers are still retained, but will soon be
reorganiZed. They receive no salary, but
collect a centavo for every letter or package
of mail they deliver. They make private ar
engagements with business houses which
handle large amount of mail for whole
sale rates. Whenever man receives = let
ter or a newspaper at the delivery window
of the postoffice he also is expected to pay
a centavo. which goes toward the payment
of the salary list.