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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03
AN INCREASE OF THE TEMPORARY
DEBT.

In his communications to the Council rec
ommending a 59-cent levy Mayor Taggart
declared that the increased collection of de-
linquent taxes and the surplus which the
70-cent levy of last year would afford would
leave a large amount of money in the treas
ury Jan. 1 which would go to make up the
loss of revenue by the reduced levy.
There was no ground for such an assump>
ton when it was made and there is none
now. Indeed, the statement he made to the
Council when he urged a 70-cent levy in
August, 1898, showed that there would be no
money to spare with the increased levy.
The m which he submitted at the
time showed that s12S. 900 more was needed
than could be derived from a 60-cent levy,
while an additional levy Of 10 cents would
yield about So, 900 less than the expenditures
which had been specially created by the
Taggart policy. The Journal is credibly in
formed that the city has no funds from the
first six months collection under the 10
cent levy. and that a considerable portion
of the amount which will be collected early
next month has been anticipated in the
payment of current expenditures. As many
of the heaviest payments will be made dur
ing the last three months Of the fiscal year,
1t Is evident there will be no considerable
amount of money in the treasury Jan. / to
HELM out the 59-cent levy.
The result of this will be that, early In
the fiscal year of 1900. those in charge Of
the city finances will be asking the banks
for temporary loans to enable them to pay
current expenses. Having Increased the
bonded debt $4,000, and almost to the limit,
in four years. the mayor has put the city
In a position where it will be compelled to
increase its floating debt by at least the
difference between the N-cent levy, which
his policy has made necessary, and the So
cent levy. which he has adopted as a cam
paign trick. '"The best mayor the city ever
had" as was proclaimed at the early free
| beer meetings. is a very costly luxury to
taxpayers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03
DEER AND BEARS PLENTY.
Names Wild Woods Full of Big
Game This Season.

BANGOR, Me-, Oct. 2.-The open season
for deer began to-day, and will continue
three months, while for moose the open
time is the six weeks from Oct. Is to Dec.
1. Any one who can hit a barn door at ten
PAGES can shoot a deer in Maine this fall,
for the woods are full of them. Just now,
under the new law allowing holders of a
license to shoot one deer in September, for
food purposes only, and to be consumed
where killed. there are five hundred people
camped within twenty miles of Moosehead
lake, many Of them boys, women and girls
from the large cities. The license costs Sc
for a nonresident, and 81 for a resident, and
hundreds of them have been taken out.
In 1898 there were killed in the region east
and north of Bangor 1852 deer, 15s moose,
and 50 caribou, and this year II Is expected
hat the number viii be even greater, The
deer are so numerous about Moosehead lake
that they are a nuisance to the farmers;
eating up their crops and causing, general
havoc. They are so agile that they can
jump the highest fences. and SO tame that
they cannot be driven away, even herdfng
with the cattle, and coming into the barn
yards with the cows at evening. The farm
ers have no redress for all the depredations
shoot one In close time.
The number Of deer in Maine cannot be
computed accurately, but good judges have
set it at over one hundred thousand. Jock
Darling. a famous hunter. now dead, used
to say that there were over .1SO.OO0. Reports
are common of parties along the west
branch of the Penobscot seeing and count
ing two hundred and three hundred deer In
the course Of a short trip. There seems to
be a plenty Of cow moose this fall, owing,
doubtless. to the strict laws for their protec-
ton, but few bulls have been reported thus
far. Caribou have almost entirely disap-
peared from Maine, and there is much spec
ulation as to whether or not they will ever
return. Some persons think that disease has
killed them of. while others think the ami
mails have gone to Canada in search of GER
tain kinds of MOSES which are their favor
lite food. and which the ever-increasing
herds of deer have eaten IL.
Not for ten years have bears been so nu-
merous In the country north and east OF
Bangor as now. There is a great crop of
beechnuts. their favortte food, and that Will
bring them In great numbers to the hard
wood ridges next month. At present they
are contenting themselves with stealing
sheep. The last Legislature repealed the
bounty Of s. for each bear killed. so that
there is no longer any incentive for hunters
to kill bruin, and the farmers are much
wroth. feeling that all their sheep will be
law has been repealed. however, for they
regard bears as better game than deer, and
hope to see the tribe of mutton thieves in
crease.
Some children In woolwich recently found
a fawn in the woods, and brought Ii home,
where 1t Is being fed out of a nursing bottle,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03
CAUSE OF THE FURRY.
An Explanation OF the Confusion I'm
the Cotton Market Last Week.


NEW YORK, Get. 2-In explanation OF
the confusion liz the cotton market quota
lions from Liverpool, telegraphed to New
Orleans last Friday by the Gold and Stock
Telegraph Company. the following state
ment of the entire matter is to-day issued
by the company:
The confusion in the Liverpool changes
of the cotton quotations sent out, by the
commercial news department or the Cold
and Stock Company on Friday, Sept. q.
was caused by the necessity OF procuring
them from Liverpool direct, instead of from
the New York Cotton Exchange In the usual
way, because the Cotton Exchange was
closed The reports received through the
New York Cotton Exchange are based on
comparisons with each preceding report be-
fore they reach the commercial news de-
partment.
I'm order to furnish the cotton exchanges
OF the country outside Of New York with
quotations on Friday the commercial news
department arranged that they. should be
sent to II direct from Liverpool. Its cor
respondent in Liverpool based the changes
on the 2 p. m. price of that day instead OF
on each preceding quotation, and the oper-
ators OF the commercial news department.
in forwarding the quotations from New
York. overlooked the necessity for - ad-
vfs1ng the exchanges.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03

Within the next five years many improve
ments will be called for in school buildings.
New buildings will have to be erected and
a wise handling of the school funds will be
of the greatest importance. Five school
commissioners are to be elected next week,
who will have this business in charge, the
present board going out of existence. There
is a list of twenty-four candidates to
choose from, and this list should be care
fully studied by the voters before going to
the polls and a selection made of those
whom they regard as best fitted for this
responsible office. The most of these candi-
dates are or the highest personal character,
but it is no reflection on the standing or
intelligence of any to say that some are
better fitted for fulfilling the duties of the
position than others. Experience in general
business affairs and acquaintance with ed
ucational matters qualify them to handle
the complicated and difficult interests Of
the schools with an intelligence that can
not belong to those whose business ex-
perience is limited and whose attention has
not been directed to the concerns Of the
schools. Taxpayers should consider this
part of the ticket with the greatest care,
for their interests are as directly involved
as in the selection of any other public
officers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03

An alleged Republican is given space in
an evening paper to declare that he is not
satisfied with Mr.. Bookwalter on the ques-
ton of gas meters. He seems to be SO ig-
norant that he is laboring under the delu-
sion that the mayor can decree gas meters
and no one can say him no. While it is
true that Mayor Taggart has been Council
and the whole thing in the city government,
a man of ordinary intelligence knows that
the existing gas ordinance, if a change is to
be made from present methods, must be re-
pealed or substituted by an ordinance au-
thorizing meters; this can only be done
by the Council, and a majority of the whole
board must vote for it. This being the case,
it is worse than absurd to print articles
implying that the Mayor can nave gas me-
ters substituted for the present system.
In all probability the person who writes
of his distrust of Mr.. Bookwalter is a Tag
CART man -masquerading as a Republican.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03

that is not clearly Illegal on it's face by
naming judges who win do their duty by
having such ballots preserved. as the law
requires. But this fact does not warrant a
voter in being careless in marking his bal
lot. Every pretext for throwing away Re-
publican ballots can be removed II every
man who votes that ticket Is careful TO
make his X in the circle over the name Of
Charles A. Bookwalter. BY so doing he
votes the entire Republican ticket. If he
should have the whim to vote for some
Democratic candidate and puts his mark
IN the circle and another X against the
Democratic candidate tha he favors. his
ballot will not be counted for any candi-
date. Considering the Democratic ticket
man by man, no voter who wishes to vote
the better ticket can do otherwise than
make an X in the circle over the name of
Mr.. Bookwalter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03

The vote for mayor in 1897. as officially
declared. was: Taggart, 20,0O5; Hardins,
16. 1871; Smith, 464; White, 256. Mr.. Taggart's
plurality was 3,S14. There are 1875 precincts,
so that an average increase of Mr.. Book
walters vote of less than twenty-five to a
precinct would beat Mr.. Taggart. If Mr..
Taggart's vote should be reduced an aver
age of ten in a precinct and Mr.. BookwaI-
ter's vote should average ten more than
Mr.. Harding's, Mr.. Taggart would be
beaten. If the 1900 or 1000 Republicans
whose carelessness in the booths was a pre-
text for throwing out their votes should
cast effective ballots for Mr.. Bookwalter.
Mr.. Taggart's plurality of 1897 would be
greatly reduced. Add 1900 disfranchised
Republicans to Mr.. Harding's vote and Mr..
Taggart's plurality would be reduced to
2.014. An average increase of Mr.. Bookwal-
ter's vote eleven in a precinct. With no
change in Mr.. Taggart's, would defeat the
latter. An average gain Of five to a precinct
and a similar loss by Mr.. Taggart would
elect Mr.. B~ookwalter. In 1897 1,264 Repub-
licans or Independents voted for Mr.. Tag
CART n twice as many did not vote. In
view of these figures all that is required to
elect Mr.. Bookwalter is a full Republican
vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03
MORE THAN A HERO.

That Admiral Dewey is a hero in the best
sense of the word-a nan who has the
genius TO make and execute brilliant plans
and the courage to assume responsibilities
and AXE risks-is. perhaps. the chief cause
of the countrywide admiration for him. But
other men nave been heroes and have per-
formed brilliant exploits, and yet no one of
them has received anything like the ova-
tons which have been showered upon the
admiral. Such being the case, other causes
may be sought for the general homage that
the country has bestowed upon him.. I'm
portant as was his victory, its chief result
In the years TO come will not be that he
demolished the Spanish squadron. but that
his achievement announced hat a new
world-power had appeared among the ma
tions. Until that May day the United
States was not regarded as a nation which
could be potential in worldwide affairs. A
few weeks before that battle papers In this
country and Europe were comparing the
ships OF our navy with those of Spain. TO
our disadvantage. That affair i'm Manila
harbor proved that ships and the sailors on
them were not all in naval warfare. but
thai the quality OF the men as well as the
ships Is the most potent factor. The Amer
lean people. whether they put II In words
or no.. appreciate the lesson which Admiral
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03
STATUS OF THE WAR IN LUzON.

The last issue Of the Populist Journal,
published in this city, contains an Interest,"
Ing and instructive argument. to refute the
assumption of Mr.. Bryan that Congress
never having declared war against the Fill
ipinos the conflict in Luzon is without
standing. The Populist says that if tnis is
true every American soldier who fires a
gun at a Filipino commits the crime of an
assault with intent TO KILL" The Populist
then proceeds to prove that Mr.. Bryan is
wrong and that the Congress of the United
States has no constitutional right to de-
clare war with the Filipinos. The United
States made a treaty with Spain by which
the Philippines were. transferred to us, and
1t Is as much the territory of the United
States as is Alaska, or any other territory
obtained by treaty and purchase. This
treaty was not the act of the President
and his party in the Senate. Mr.. Bryan
favored the ratification of the treaty, and
it was voted for by a number of Demo-
Gratis. while some Republicans voted against
it, If all the Democrats had voted against
the treaty they could have defeated it. The
point which the Populist makes is that the
treaty made the Philippines ours. and that
1t does not require an act of Congress to
suppress an Instruction in any territory
belonging to the United States, but it is the
duty of the President to use whatever force
Is necessary to compel obedience to the
authority of the federal government. The
Populist makes the further point that for
Congress to declare war against the Phil
ippines would carry with such declaration
an acknowledgment of the independence OF
the insurgents. 1t also calls attention to
the fact that Congress did not declare war
against the Confederate States in 1861, but
the President called out troops to suppress
an Instruction against the federal govern
ment. 1t is further asserted by the Popu-
list that the President has no authority to
acknowledge the independence of the gov
crnment of AguinalGo, because he has no
legal right to permit any portion Of the
territory of the United States. to secede.
The only thing which Congress can do is to
establish order in the Philippines as 1t
would in other federal territory and to set
up a government republican in form. To
make any other disposition of the Philip
pines would require an amendment of the
Constitution. These points ere well AIKEN,
except. perhaps. the last. By treaty it is
possible the United States might dispose of
the Philippines, as did Spain when it ceded
them to this government. That question
has not yet come to Congress. since we have
acquired territory but have never coded any
territory belonging to us to any other gov
eminent.
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said: Il am very greatly honored. SIR.
The crowd. which had ceased cheering
miral Dewey's reply. let itself loose again.
rampant.
PRESENTED WITH A MEDAL.
simon Wolf. OF the committee, then came
forward and pinned a bronze medal. made
from a piece Of a cannon captured at
Manila. on the breast Of the admiral. 1t
was a presentation from the in
nohor OF the occasion of the reception to
be given him In the capital and bore his
portrait In relief and a suitable inscription.
MI. Woln said: ON behalf of the COM
mittee 1 present to you this medal OF his
.oric significance, not only on account of the
impress 1t bears. but also ON account AZ ,ha
metal or which II is made. May you always
wear II In health and happiness
low nTban pewey bowed and q
cheered again. - ~
Admiral Dewey apologized as he putaout
his left hand to each man by whom he was
greeted. The admiral and Generai Miles
moved forward together toward the train.
Admiral Dewey walked along an elevated
scrowd back.
The special train in waiting included the
miral. General Miles handed him into this
car, and the admiral turned on the platform
ana bowed his goodbye TO the people before
ne stepped into the handsome car. A final
parting cheer was given nim while the menu
oers OF the committee were boarding the
other cars OF the train. Then the engineer
threw open the valve and the train started
Tor the Capital
Aboard the traan was a committee repre-
senting the District of Columbia. These
gentiemen-John s. Wight. John w. Ross
and Lansing II. ~Beach-were sent on TO
present the freedom Of the district of Co
lumbia TO Admiral Dewey just as soon as
the special train should pass over the
boundary line Of the District. The address
OF welcome is printed on parchment. and the
inscription reads:
THE freedom of the national capital is
hereby rendered to Admiral George Dewey,
of the United States navy. as the guest OF
the District of Columbia. on the occasions
Of the ceremonies in honor of the achieve
ments Of the forces under his command in
the harbor of Manila and as a mark ot
respect for his official and personal conduct
under all the trying circumstances of that
memorable period"
The document was signed by the above-
named gentlemen on behalf OF the commit
tee. II was presented to Admiral Dewey
after the reading of the inscription.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03

All the indications go to show that the
Taggart managers contemplate frauds.
Yesterday Chairman Logsdon sent to the
city clerk for a list of the inspectors. When
it was returned 1T was discovered that forty
three changes had been made In the orig
inal list. AS the Republican judges nave
to be certified to these inspectors to-day,
it is evident that the managers hoped that
errors would be made by sending the Re-
publican certificates to men who are not
Inspectors. thus giving the Democratic part
of the board the right to appoint whom
soever they chose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03
yAxDALs ATTACK STATUES.
Relic Hunters Chop Pieces from Dew
ey Arches and PtIIars.

eY AIcmC8
NEW YORK. Oct. 2-In their mad desire
to get Dewey souvenirs yesterday hunoreds
OF people hacked at the columns along Fifth
avenue and even al the figures in the tri-
umphal arch itself. They would have ruined
n had not the police interfered. These van
dals began their Sork early. In the morn
ing when most of the Dewey enthusiasts
were at rest. they appeared In Fifth avenue
above Thirty-hfth street. 10 get as much or
the decorations as they could carry away.
There were some women in the crowd. The
eilded figures on Fifth avenue. from Thir-
ty-fourth street TO the entrance to the arch.
were the first to be attacked. Not one was
left intact. Big jackknives. files and even
hatchets were used TO chop OF fingers and
toes.
One man removed an angels face. An
other stripped another angel of Its right
wing and broke II into pieces for the crowd.
could not be recognized. Those who were
collecting the bits of plaster put them IN
handkerchiefs pill boxes and baskets. which
helped small boys 10 climb on 10 the pedes-
tails of the statues and help In the work OF
destruction. They for the stream
The base of the triumphal arch was pune
tured with knife thrusts. Not satisfied with
spelling the base OF the structure. some
OF Peace and equipped him with a knife.
The boy clipped OF the finger OF Industry.
for which Bob Fitzsimmons Is said TO have
been the model. and threw IL to the crowd.
Then he sawed of an ear from the baby In
the group.
Go on: get Dewey shouted a man. and
the boy skipped around to the medallion OF
the admiral which a mother Ia holding IN
admiration for her son. At the second stab
Dewey's nose went flying through the air.
The stampede for this treasure attracted
the attention OF police of1cers. and at
sight OF the police the crowd quickly scat
tered. The police then n0fj}ed Captain
Price. kpd Extra men were mt % guard
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03

Reports both from Republicans and DEM
ocrats are to the effect that Mr.. Bryan's
campaign in his own State has been dis
appointing. He has had large crowds in
the cities. bun has made no impression upon
the pevple. TIE silver issue no longer domi-
mates. ana the people take little or no in
terest In the new issues which he presents.
n Nebrask4 should go against his ticket
and platform what would be the effect
thereof .upon the future Of the acknowl-
edged leader of the Democratic partyf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03

Dewey gave the world, and for that lesson
as well as the victory they honor him..
II Admiral Dewey. after destroying the
Spanish squadron. had sailed away. his VIC
tory would not have made the impression
upon the country which it has. To have
sailed away would nave been notice to the
world that this Nation had refused to be a
power in distant lands. and that we do not
realize the Importance of holding or con-
advantage in commerce. Admiral Dewey
was one of the first to express the opinion
that the United States should hold the Phil
ippines to the extent that 1t is necessary to
establish our influence in that quarter Of the
world. In fact, Admiral Dewey may be re-
garded as the ~instigator of the modern idea
OF expansion, meaning the broadening Of
the field of our commercial activities by ex-
ercising that sovereignty in distant lands
which will open them to our commerce. and.
at the same time, insure their inhabitants
better government and make them sharers
In our civilization. Consequently, it may be
said that Admiral Dewey is the original ex-
pansionist in that he directed the attention
OF the American people to the great advan-
tages which will come to this Nation by
having a Judgment in the Orient, whose
millions of people are just awakening to the
advantages of modern civilization, thus
opening the East to our expanding trade
and influence. 1t Is that back of the hero
and brilliant naval commander is Dewey
the man whose achievement opened the
eyes of the American people to the vision
of a worldwide influence and power so es-
sential to commercial expansion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03

ex-Secretary Bliss and ex-Postmaster Gen.
eral Gary, General Miles. General Corbin.
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn Of the Val
Department. Assistant Secretary Allen OF
the Navy Department, Secretary McAdoo,
all the members of Congress now in the city.
Governor Smith of Vermont, and all other
Governors who are in the city, President
Schurman of the Philippine Commission. and
Chairman Moses of the Dewey reception
committee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03

The anti-Briggs party in New York. whose
mission in life henceforth is to fight the
higher criticism, might as well devote their
spare moments TO the erection of a dam to
keep back the coming of daylight at sun
rise. Until that passage of Scripture.
prove all things; hold fast to that which
is good" is stricken out. there will be peo-
pie reverent enough to think that a religion
worth having is able to stand the test OF
investigation the same as other things
founded on a substantial basis. Those most
loyal to the truth ought to be the most con-
fident Of it's ability to win in any sort Of
conscientious inspection.
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matter; but. as 1t proved. only one-third of
the city vote was polled. If an increase
OF seven millions had been added to the
taxpayers burden in a foreign city by auto
cratic power Pittsburgers would have talked
as loudly as any. no doubt, about tyranny
and oppression; but it is different when
they allow a minority of their fellow-citi-
zens to direct municipal affairs. VIII In
d~ianapolis voters allow the few t. control
them next week? II they do they will have
no right to grumble later, when affairs go
wrong.