The Indianapolis journal., 1899-08-14

viii have to say will be listened 10 with at
teniion. not only by the Senate, but by the
entire country well.-Middletown News.
General Grant was an expansionist. and
all or nearly all of the great leaders, SOL
diers and statesmen In their day and gen.
Grafton were expansionists. Those who have
opposed this policy never succeeded in writ
ing their name high up on fame's eternal
scroil. History repeats itself: what has
Deen true is true to-day. and William Jen-
on the anti-expansion issue.-kokomo News.
The rural route No. 1. department of the
Huntington postoffice. is an ideal one in
many respects. 1t extends over good roads;
1T lies along the line of a thickly-settled
typical farming community; no one of
whose inhabitants lives less than two miles
from postoffice. The farmers along the
operation by furnishing themselves with
galvanized iron lock boxes, waterproof to
receive their mail.-Huntington Herald.
The bridge contracts for the Union Trac-
ticn Company all have been secured by the
Indiana Bridge Company. of this city. There
are a number of small streams between
here and Indianapolis and the item of
bridges alone will amount high into the
thousands. The work is to be hurried
through as rapidly as possible. In order
that the power plant may be ready as soon
as the cars and rails are in order, work
the big power house at Anderson will be
commenced mmediately.-Muncie Times.
The striking of dry bottom at the Con-
over test well has not quieted the interest
in the search for oil in Terre Haute, but in
stead of this work will be commenced at
cnce on another bore at a location to be de-
termined upon later The company has full
confidence that oil exists in paying quanti-
ties under Terre Haute and money has been
subscribed to bore another hole at once.
Crawford Fairbanks and d. P. Erwin, both
members of the company, have been taking
a great interest in the work and have lib
orally donated funds.-Terre Haute Express.
Attorney J. H. Swango is in possession OF
deed which, while granted by the State of
Virginia, is especially interesting in that II
is associa.ed with the early history of vigo
county. The deed is delivered from Patrick
Henry, the first Governor of Virginia, to
George Rogers Clarke, that great Indian
Indians out Of the Northwest Territory. Mr..
SWango came across the deed while rummag
ing through bundle of old papers in the
attic OF the statehouse at Frankfort, KY.
lie has had it neatly framed and hangs 1t in
his law office.-Terre Haute Express.
Some wrong ideas are entertained as to
the duties of the advisory boards Some
seem to think that they are put over the
trustees to fight them and obstruct business
Far from 1T. They are to advise and coun-
sci with the trustees and to relieve them of
some OF the OnlclaI burdens ana RESPONSE
oilities. There is no reason why they should
not come together on the best of terms and
transact business in a businesslike manner.
Public business should be transacted on
strict business principles and no one should
desire 1t otherwise. That is all the people
ask and all they will demand.-Seymour
Republican.
report reaches here that there is trouble
on In the wire nail trust and that IT is not
improbable that it is going the way of the
window-glass trust. which is I'm a state of
collapse. The trouble exists among some
stockholders who believe that the trust
management is manipulating a deal in
which all stockholders are not sharing. 1t
is asserted, furthermore, that many of the
ss.ockholders who reside in different parts of
others want these mills to be given a fair
ratio of the work to be done. A meeting of
these stockholders is to be held in Chicago,
and 1t is expected that the trust will grow
decidedly shaky.-Anderson Bulletin
In most Of the counties that have reported
thus far the new county councils appointed
under the provisions of the county reform
law are taking hold of their work with COM
mendable earnestness. There seems to be a
disposition on the part of the councils mem
oers to comply with the provisions of the
law and thus make fair test of it's merits
and shortcomings. This is certainly the
PROPER spirit to manifest, and the newly
appointed officials are showing good sense
Dy their action The reform act is now one
OF the laws of the State and its provisions
snouid De complied with just as faithfully
as any other law. The opposite course,
which his been suggested by an occasional
misguided individual to neglect to admins
ter the law In its true spirit. so as to bring
It in disrepute. would breed contempt for ali
law and help to intensity that spirit of law
!essness which Is too easily fostered among
those who are dissatisfied with the statutes
Bend Times.