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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-16
SOME OF THE NEW BOOKS.
Aiwyn, Mr.. Theodore Watts-Dunton's
Much-AdyertIsed Novel.

Mr. Theodore Watts-Dunton has for many
years been well known in English literary
circles as a critic and essayist. his work
having appeared mainly in the London
Athenaeum. He has also been known as the
Intimate friend of some of thes leading
artists and writer's. He lived with Rossetti
until the latter's death and now has his
home with Swinburne. He is represented by
these friends as shrinking from publicity
and to this modesty is ascribed the fact that
this, his first novel; has but just been pub
lshed, although it was written twenty years
ago. ''Alwyn" has been persistently
doomed by the reviewers and so obvious
an effort made to force IL on the attention
of the public that there is danger of Great
ing prejudice against it in advance in the
minds of well-informed readers. But even IN
biased readers will hardly be able to accept
it at the valuation of the critics, and if the
author cherished a dread of becoming a
popular literary celebrity he may dismiss his
fears. For ''Alwyn is not a great story or
one to appeal to the popular taste, although
1t has many points of merit. not the least
of which is a clear and attractive literary
style. The story has faults of construction
ana mighty improbable plot-so improbable,
lndeed, that AT certain points II comes dam
SeFously near the ridiculous. The novel rea-
ture OF the tale is its pictures OF life among
the gypsles OF Wales and It's studies of the
gypsy character. Snf Lowell, a member of
the tribe, is the real heroine of the story,
which, as a whole, represents the struggle
between inherited and acquired superstition
ana modern learning ana common sense.
Ihere is a good deal of mysticism brought
into 1t, both by way of the gypsies ana Dy
a certain artist and writer guild which
found its creed in book of visionary tales
written by the father of the hero, but which
the latter regards as sheer rubbish Several
or the personages of the book are WE'LL
known London celebrities under thin uiS-
gulst One is Rossetti, who talks freely with
comparative strangers of his sorrow -
meaning the loss OF his wife, and this sor-
row is alluded TO sympathetically by his
friends as If II were a physical misfortune
OF some sort A curse figures as a leading
element IN the story, but the results of tll's
are overcome by means of a scientific ex-
pertinent which transfers the dementia or
ntS or one young woman to another.
There Is too much detail, too much agoniz-
ing by the hero while searching for his lost
sweetheart and too much gypsy lingo, con-
slsttng partly of dialect English and partly
of language wholly unintelligibe to English
book undoubtedly gives correct glimpses Of
certain unusual phases of life in England
there are good descriptive parts, and the tale
IS altogether so out of the common that it
mas distinction of its own. Published in
TINS country by Dodd, Mead q Co, New
York
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mart eounty's representatives and senator
voted for Taylor on every ballot until they
from Steele and Posey on the ninth ballot.
Then all three secured some of the Taylor
and Steele votes for Beveridge, who has
been the second choice of Elkhart county
SO far as expressed, from the outset On
the tenth ballot they succeeded in getting
all of the Taylor and Steele men to go to
Beveridge. These statements are made as
facts that belle the Sentinel's story.-Elk-
hart Review
Perhaps it would be well for those who
are railing at indianapolis because both
senators will be from that city to give
thought to the fact that Mr.. Beveridge's
election was distinctively in spite of the
machines and the politicians who are con-
stantly using their pencils in addition and
division Of salaries. He was chosen in
spite of his place of residence. He was the
only candidate who had a genuine personal
following of enthusiastic Republicans They
wanted him for senator because they adj
mired and believed in him. Every other
candidate had professional wire pullers, the
best in the State, doing all that was pos
stble: but BeVeridge got the votes OF men
who said their people at home wanted
him for senator. and those people at home
were in all parts of Indiana.-Terre Haute
Tribune
Hon. A. ]. Beveridge, who will be elected
successor to Hon. David Turpie as United
States senator, may be young, but he is no
ordinary man. 1t required pluck of the most
heroic kind for him to be candidate in the
first place, as he is a resident of Indian
apolis. and the present senator is from that
city. Then the speaker of the lower house
of the General Assembly of this State is
resident of the capital city. To cap the
climax Hon A. c. Harris. of Indianapolis,
was appointed minister to Austria Hungary
the afternoon of the day on which the NOM
mating caucus to be held at which a
candidate for senator was to be selected.
II required nerve of the strongest kind for
a to remain in the senatorial contest,
let alone enter it, under all the circum-
stances enumerated Mr.. Beverage pos
sesses many elements of political strength.
He is popular with both the poor and the
rich with the laboringmen, the foreign ele-
ment lnd the younger portion of his party.
-Iaporte Herald
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r-in-prospect Beveridge isn't neces-
sarily mixer.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
A native of Ohio succeeds to the senator
ial toga of Mr. Turpie, of Indiana as might
have been expected.-Chicago Journal.
Mr. Beverage, Indiana's new senator, was
once a logger He will find several men in
the Senate who know a whole lot about log
rolling, toO.-Chicago News.
Mr. Beveridge, the gentleman who is to
succeed Mr.. Turpie as senator from Indiana,
took the wise precaution. early in life, to
be born in Ohio.-Cleveland Leader.
Senator-elect Beveridge, of Indiana, has
a taking name, anyhow. He is known and
liked by not a few New England Repub-
licanS who have heard and applauded MN.
Boston Globe.
innocent young man such as Mr.. Beveridge.
into daily contact with the United states
Senate.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Massachusetts had a hand in that In
diana senatorship contest. The Hon. A. j..
Beveridge. who has Just received the Re-
publican nomination, was lively Mid
dlesex Clubs candidate.-Boston journal.
Mr. Kean and Mr.. Beveridge have been
named to represent New Jersey and In
diana in the United States Senate. 1t may
turn out that Mr.. Kean is dull and that
Mr. Beverage doesn't drink a drop.-St.
Paul Globe.
The successor of Senator Turpie, of In
diana, is to be Albert j. Beveridge, who
will be one of the youngest men ever elected
to the Senate of the United States Though
a young man, he now has as hne a legal
practice as any Indiana lawyer, and as an
orator has a very high reputation in the
West.-Rochester PoSt-EXpreSS.
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to get even by furnishing inferior aceommo-
dations for the local traffic and possibly re-
coup the loss Dy an extra charge LOT seats
on through trains on that portion OF the
journey outside of the State. The COM
panies might make up their local trains of
superannuated cars without any of the COM
forts or conveniences of modern railway
travel and justify the action on the plea
that they could not afford tirst-class accom-
press.
The wisest policy the nonstate colleges
could pursue in the coming educational figh.
would be to commence their campaign by
going to Indianapolis and making away
with some of their fool friends. The State
Board of Education as now constituted and
conducted is beyond doubt menace To the
interests of higher education in Indiana.
1t turns everything to the advantage of the
state institutions in contemptuous disregard
of the fact that within the borders of the
State are other institutions Of higher learn
ing. ne nnanceS OF the state university
have been loosely conducted, and the eXami-
nations sent out by the state board have
been designed to force prospective teachers
into the state Normal and State University
1t IS a monopoly of the most dangerous
character, because ii is concerned with our
educational facilities. All this gives the
nonstate college good case. They should
win their point in their agitation TO have
the board reorganized so that 1t Will be
representative of all the educational insti-
tutiOnS of Indiana. Their contention though
will lose force if some of their supporters
in the Legislature are allowed much more
latitude. Some of the nonstate institution
legislators have signitied their desire to cut
Off all state support from all colleges and
universities. Such a move would be as UNI
popular and unjust as the present method
of doing business. 1t is no more desra BILE
to cripple the state institutions than it
is to cripple the nonState institutions The
just way is to permit both to live and enjoy
all the advantages they can without dis
elimination against the other.-Richmond
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The ninth annual report of the Board of
State Charities, covering the year which
ended Oct. 81 1898, contains large amount
of valuable information regarding the char
table, corrective and penal institutions Of
the State. The review of the condition of
the State institutions made by the secre-
tary of the board, Mr.. Amos w. Butler,
shows that they are being managed with
intelligence and upon business principles.
The portions devoted to the county jails and
asylums show that these institutions are
carefully looked after and that many of
them are not what they should be. There
is reason to believe, however, that improve
ment is being made from year to year I'M
der the inspection of the Board of Charities
and the wider interest manifested by those
who see the need of radical reform. The
orphans homes owned by counties appear
to be in a much better condition than the
poor asylums, which is probably due chiefly
to the fact that they are largely under the
control of benevolent organizations. More
than seventy pages of the report are de-
voted to statements and statistics relative
to the relief of the poor by townships. The
statistics embrace the levy for the aid of
the poor in every township in the State,
and they constitute an interesting study.
Why one township should be assessed IS
cents on each 500 for poor relief and an
other but cent is not explained. The cost
of outdoor relief-that is, the persons not
in county poorhouses, was 1915, 2O692 during
the year which ended Oct. 81, 1898, which
was $1S,13675 less than during the year pre-
viouS.
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The speech of Senator Gray. of Delaware.
delivered at Wilmington, Saturday night,
does him great credit and is a strong vim
dication of the action of the peace COM
missioners and of the President relative to
the Philippines. As one of the peace commits
sioners Senator Gray knows what difficulties
they had to deal with. and he says in eff
feet that 1t was impossible for them or the
President to have adopted any other course
than the one they have pursued. No critic
OF the President nor any anti-expansionist
has yet pointed out what other course could
have been pursued without national dis
honor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-16

One of the results of the war with Spain
and our larger interests in distant lands is
a renewal of the interest in favor of a mer-
chant marine under the flag of the United
States. Heretofore our export trade has
been confined to food products and raw ma
terials like cotton. Now we are a rapidly
growing competitor in the more important
lines of manufacture. During the last fiscal
year our exports of manufactures exceeded
our imports. The strides the country has
taken in that direction have surprised Eu-
rope Under such conditions and with such
an outlook it is time the United States
should enter the list as an ocean carrier. A
beginning was made, but the policy adopted
by a Republican Congress under the Har-
rison administration was set aside, yet not
until sufficient progress had been made to
vindicate it's wisdom. To extend our ocean
carrying trade Congress must offer encour-
agement, as have those governments in Eu-
rope whose shipping monopolizes the ocean
carrying at the present time. 1t is not pos
sible for this Congress to give attention to
the subject, but it will be sure to come up
in the next. There has been a feeling that
the encouragement of the ocean carrying
trade is matter that chiefly interests the
seaboard States. Such is not the case; In
diana has as much interest in a merchant
marine under the stars and stripes as has
any State in the Union, for the reason that
it has, in proportion to its population. as
many products to sell to foreign countries.
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District Judeeship of Hawaii.
Logansport Journal

hO6duSpOll Jodlildi'
Under the pending bill before Congress a
judicial district will be created for the new
Territory of Hawaii, and the President will
have the appointment of a district Judge.
The Journal gives its earnest and hearty in
dorsement to De Witt c. Justice, of this
city. for the position. For almost thirty
years Mr. Justice has been one of the lead
ing lawyers al this bar. and for many years
he has been regarded as among the ablest
lawyers of northern Indiana He was grad
uated from the University of Michigan in
1863. and was a school-fellow with Judge
Day In much of the important litigation
here during the past twenty-five years he
has figured on one side or the other, always
with credit to himself and his client His
great-grandfather was with Washington at
Valley Forge. his grandfather a soldier in
the war of 1912 and his father, the late DR..
Justice, was a trusted counselor and friend
of Governor Morton. by whom he was often
consulted during the dark days Of the late
war. Mr.. Justice is man of wide attain
ments and viii make a first-class judge.
Socially he is a charming gentleman of fine
character, in the prime of life. and has
never held any office. The Journal urges
upon Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge and
Congressman Steele to secure his appoint-
ment.
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The repeated official denials by the Ger
man government and by our ambassador at
Berlin of the rumors that Germany is med
ding in our affairs and showing an UNI
friendly disposition towards the United
States ought to put a quietus on such re-
ports. Nothing could be stronger than Am
bassador Whites last statement on the SUBJ
ject and it is comprehensive enough to cover
future rumors of the same kind as well as
those 1t denies.
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Starke County Rennhlican

OldIh0 OOuHly 1SpuDHCdD.
Jacob Keller and H. E. Ellington are
in indianapolis, working in the interest of
some legislation favorable to the industry of
beet sugar. Both these gentlemen have
interest of this industry, and it now looks as
II they would accomplish some good In In
dianapolis Messrs. Keller and Ellingson
will be assisted by the legislative COM
mittee formed for the purpose of promot-
ing and securing favorable legislation Over
IN the state of Michigan they have a law
Wmch pays bounty on beet sugar manu-
featured in that State and 1t has given a
wonderful stimulus to the industry Mil
lions of dollars have been invested and land
ana other property has increased in value in
consequence thereof. While the sugar-beet
industry is yet in its infancy in Michigan,
still the benefit TO the farmer the laborer
and all other classes has been enormous.
Our land is well adapted to the culture of
the sugar beet, and we should have some
legislation which will induce capitalists TO
come into our State and develop the indus
try. SO long as Michigan has bounty law
and Indiana does not, that long will capital
seek investment in Michigan, instead Of in
Indiana OF course this bounty law is a
kind of a tariff law, so hateful to the DEM
ocratic party, but. politics or no politics,
when the best interests of our county and
State are at stake we should all lay aside
our political sentiments roll up our sleeves
and work for home and fireside. We want
a bounty law, no matter what sad memories
it brings up, just SO it adds to the comfort
and convenience of our neighbor. What Is
good for one is good for all. Last fall, when
sion, the Hon. Charles Fairbanks in the
course of his platform speech, declared that
couraging the development of the sugar
beet industry in this State. So there is more
than a bare possibility that we will get
some favorable legislation during this ses-
sion of the State Legislature. To add to
our chances, Hon. Charles S. Hernly state
chairman of the Republican party, is an en-
thusiastic sugar-beet man. His influence
meaDs great deal so we are almost sure
to get some good legislation on this subject
inside the next sixty DAVIS.
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A bill has beea presented in the House
looking to the relief of the widow Of
the late Governor Morton. 1t is gen
orally known that she is in re-
dueed circumstances and that she has
no one on whom she can depend in her de-
clining years. The proposed relief would
not be felt by the State, but it would be
everything to her. 1t is generally under
stood that Governor Morton left a volumin-
Gus correspondence embracing every letter
OF Importance that he received during the
war. This correspondence has historic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-16

For many years past there has been more
or less scandal connected with the decen-
NAL censuses of the United States relating
either to the manner of taking them and
tn, Inaccuracies. or to the delay in publica-
ito. An effort should be made to avoid any
ground for these complaints in taking the
census Of 1900. and if the application of
civil-service rules in the appointment of
census enumerators and clerks would aid
in that direction it should be done. The dis
agreeable echoes of the complaints regard
ing the last census have scarcely died out
and care should be taken not to give ground
for their renewal.
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It is hardly necessary to await an authori-
tative denial of the absurd report from
Madrid that the American troops at Manila
had mutinied and refused to go to Iloilo.
The story was so plainly incredible that it
excited no attention in this country. Ameri-
can troops may grumble and criticise. but
they obey orders
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Senator Allen, of Nebraska, who is near
ing the end of his career in that capacity.
desires a war investigating committee of
five. to be made up of not more than two
from any one party. This means that Mr..
Alien would smuggle a Democrat into the
committee under the guise of Populist.
There are but two parties in the Senate,
the Populists having Joined the Bryan DEM
rncraIs
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Speaker Reed is reported as saying that
money might as well be appropriated to
public buildings as to other and less worthy
purposes Mr.. Reed is right and if he
should visit Indianapolis he would without
doubt assist Mr.. Overstreet in getting an
appropriation for this city, which is in sore
need of a better federal building.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-16

If the three "envoys" from Aguinaldo
who have arrived at San Francisco. on their
way to Washington. have come to dictate
terms to the United States, they will soon
discover that they have come on a fools
errand. If they are wise they will recognize
the good intentions of the United States and
accept the inevitable
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-16

The articles in newspapers telling Senator
Quay that the time has come for him to re-
tire from the senatorial contest in Pennsyl-
vania are a waste of space Even marked
copies addressed to him will not be effective,
since the best papers in the Keystone State
have been giving him that advice for several
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-16

The opponents of national expansion seem
to have overlooked the fact that there is
nothing in the Constitution of the United
States authorizing American manufacturers
to capture, seize and hold the markets of
the world without the consent of other
nations
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-16

The Merchants Club of Chicago, has
taken steps to obtain from the Legislature
authority to organize company the pur-
pose OF which will be to loan money to
workingmen at reasonable rate of interest
on chattel mortgages. The intention of
those in the movement is to deliver class
Of worthy people out of the grasp of pawn
6~olrors
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Cnst n Doubt.

Il have not an enemy on EARTH she said
proudly
At that moment, as if to refute her asser-
ton, the letter carrier arrived and deliv-
cred unto her a box of candy.
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''Who," asked the horny-hsted man. after
the rest of the crowd mad departed from the
grocery. who is this here Joan =. Depew
that they was talkin' about?"
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'You would not take ain for man the
detectives were after" said the Cheerful
Idiot.
Wouldn't take who?' asked the shoe
clerk boarder.
THE new boarder understand his name
is ClewS
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Senator Hoar and Mr.. Boutwell, do not
go nearly as far in opposition to national
expansion as former generation of Massa-
chusetts statesmen did to the war of 1872
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The Right Kind of "A Boy Orator.


New York Sun.
The Hon. Albert j. Beveridge, who has
Just been elected a senator in Congress
from Indiana, is a fine example of the sue
cess that is in the reach of every American
who deserves it by working for it. Mr..
Beveridge, who is only thirty-five, was born
in Ohio with a wooden spoon in his mouth
His people moved to Illinois in the hope
of finding fortune kinder. At twelve he was
pegging away on a farm. At fourteen he
was working on a railroad. Working, mind
you, and not Sinking and imagining him
self to be a blighted being ruined by cor
porations Graduated from the railroad, he
became teamster. At sixteen he was boss
of lumber camp. Studying in such times
and with such means as he could get, he
fitted himself for the De PAW University,
where he worked to support himself. He
took up COW punching. Then he went to In
dianapOHs and studied law. He picked up a
good practice easily, and now he is United
States senator at thirty-fVe.
He was a boy orator at college, and he
won cash prizes that he needed. But he is
not boy orator now. He has not remained
voted himself to wandering about the coun-
try, abusing great part of the citizens,
windily procaiming that there is no chance
for poor folks and making a living by
speeches that go to show that you cannot
make a living ON account of the wrongs
and expressions of the rich. He has been
a good stump speaker, but his best speech
is his life, the resolute and strenuous labor
which conquers difficulty and i'll fortune.
If he had spent his time in envying and de-
nouncing the prosperous, he would never
have made himself prosperous.
To the numerous persons who believe that
quotations against the gold standard and
the trusts are sufficient substitute for a
days work, we commend the history Of
Albert j. BeVeridge.
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Foreign governments are at "outs" about
almost everything else. but they all agree
that American manufacturers are capturing
the markets of the world.