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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
In FAVOR OF BRYAN,
The Unanimous Choice of Republicans
as Democratic Candidate.
Nicholas. in Chicago Post.

w. G. Nicholas, in Chicago Post.
The defeat of John r. Mclean in Ohio
and the Endorsement of Colonel Bryan in
Nebraska sets at rest whatever doubt may
have existed as TO the nomination of the
Nebraskan. With the downfall of Mclean
it is the hope of the anti-Bryan Democrats
that new star may be born for the occul-
tation of the old. In gracious recognition
of his barrel and his ability as fighter Col.
Bryan may make Mr.. Mclean his running
mate next year. but the Ohio man is in no
position to command any part of the situa-
ton. He will probably be content to keep
off the ticket.
In any event, Mr.. Mclean has ceased for
good and all to be disturbing factor in the
Bryan plan. Nobody is left in sight upon
whom to hitch an effective opposition or a
troublesome intrigue. The voters of Ohio
have wiped Mr.. Mclean from the national
slate. Whether this will be good thing or
bad thing as vote-getting proposition in
next years battle is disputed point 1t at
certainty as to the identity of the Demo-
cratic standard bearer. Republican leaders
profess to believe that Bryan will be the
easiest man to beat the Democrats could
name, and / heard a Cabinet minister say
in all earnestness to-day that Colonel Bryan
would be the unanimous choice of the Re
publican national convention for Demo-
cratic nomination for President This feel
ing is general among Republican officials
President Mckinley beat him once and they
feel 1t will be easier to beat him again than
any other man. They have taken his meas
ure and another candidate would be an un-
known quantity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

done when there was reason to believe that
the cost would be much greater than it
has been under trial. Even If rural deliv-
cry should cost much more than now APP
pears. the great advantage it will be sure
to be to the country far exceeds any con-
sideration of expenditure. People in the
sparsely settled portions of the country
have just cause TO complain that they have
not received at the hands OF the govern
ment the same consideration that the cities
have received in the mail service. The fast
mail trains are for convenience of the cities.
The expensive free delivery system has
been in force for years in the larger and
more recently in the smaller cities. All
these years that the great expenditure has
been made for the cities the rural portions
of the country have not had their mail
facilities extended in any like degree.
The advantage of daily free rural delivery
TO the farming communities directly and
to the cities indirectly cannot be overesi-
mated. The complaint is that the farm is
Isolated from the outer world, and because
of this isolation many leave the farms for
the villages and cities because they desire
to be III touch with the world. The man
who has messages from the outer world laid
at his door six days in the week and can
send messages to business centers which
will reach the nearest in twelve hours can
not be said to be isolated. The daily paper,
the market reports and the full record of
the worlds affairs will reach the jewellers
on the farms about as soon as they reach
others. Supplemented as free rural deliv-
cry soon will be in the more populous rural
sections by the electric railway and the
telephone, the farms which are now re-
garded isolated will be as near the heart
of cities as were those portions of cities
two miles from the postoffice before the
advent of the trolley. These agencies, free
rural delivery, the electric railway and the
in the relations existing between the farm
and the city.
1t is not improper to add that free rural
delivery is a Republican idea. 1t was first
strenuously advocated by General Harri-
sons administration, and the initial expert
ments were made by Mr.. Wanamaker. His
successor under Mr.. Cleveland undid what
was done. Subsequently it was taken up,
but it remained for the Mckinley admins
tration to undertake the enterprise with
energy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
Speaking of Public Buildings.

washington Special
Architect Cobb estimates that the govern
ment has saved 100000 by reason of the
early award of the contracts for the iron
and stone work of the Chicago federal build
ing. The contract upon which work is now
being done, which is for the building sin
closed in the rough" from the foundation
up, calls for 81, 800 900. At present prices con-
tractors would not take the work under
S250o,00o, according to Mr. Cobb's estimate.
The difference in the price of the iron used
in the building as per quotations year ago
and now would alone amount to nearly $780,
coo. The Carnegies, who have the contract
for furnishing the iron, being producers of
raw material, will not actually lose that
amount of money on the contract, but their
profit will be that much less than could be
obtained at current prices.
Out of the 100000 appropriation for the
building about 81, 600,0 900 will be available for
the interior. Mr.. Cobb is confident the work
cal be done for that amount. He does not
look for any material reduction in prices of
materials required, but leans to the view
that by the time work will have to begin
rather better terms may be obtained with
contractors than at present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

terests in Samoa, in exchange for Ger
many's interest in the Tonga islands and
some others in the South Pacific. With the
deal between these two powers the United
States has nothing to do. but by joint agree
ment acquires the island of Tutuilla, in
Guiding the harbor and coaling station OF
PagO-PagO, and some other small islands
near by. As the harbor- OF Pago-Pago is
all the United States has ever contended
for or desired the new arrangement will
doubtless be entirely satisfactory TO this
country. Altogether, il looks ike very
satisfactory settlement of an irritating
question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

One Johnson, Of Kansas, will hold some
important position in connection with the
Bryan national committee next year, as he
has the past year. Just what that position
is or will be is not clearly understood, chief
ly because few people care enough about 1t
to inquire. A week ago he appeared as the
prophet of the Bryan committee. He ex-
pressed the belief that the Democrats would
carry nearly everything IN sight on Tues
day, including Ohio. He even declared that
he would not be surprised if they should
carry Iowa. Attention is called to this fact
because it is probable that this Johnson will
hold the position of chief prophet at the
Bryan headquarters next summer and fall.
Let him he remembered for his prophetic
work of last week, 1t will be safe to believe
that the opposite of what he predicts will
take place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.
The Former Could Not Alternate the
Philippines IL He Would.

Senator Allison, in the Independent
1t does not seem to me that there can be
two sides to- the question of what is our
present duty in the Philippines. BY our
treaty with Spain and with the exchange of
ratifcations Of the treaty these islands be
came ours. Our title to them is clear and
unreasonable under our Constitution and
under the law and usages of nations. The
instruction there against our authority be-
gan after the treaty signed at Paris
and continues 10 this time. Our duty re-
quires US to suppress this insurrection and
to establish peace and order there. This L
understand the President is endeavoring 10
do through the means given to him by Con-
gress before the close of the last session
through the army bill, which provided for
100000 men temporarily, with the under
standing OF all parties that this army would
be used so FAR as necessary 10 suppress this
instruction.
This duty was imposed upon the President
not by partisan majority. but practically
with unanimity by al parties in Congress-
ana q failure on his part 10 use this power
TO restore order there would subject him 10
the severest censure OF Congress and the
American people.
With the restoration OF peace and order
there ] take it for granted that Congress
the Islands In the spirit OF liberty and JUS
tioe. and with view TO their highest pos
sible civilization. Heretofore when posses
sions have been acquired by the United
States Congress dealt with the people resid-
ing in those territories in the spirit of lib
erty and justice which prevails In our Con-
stitution and in our laws: and / have no
reason TO believe, or even to suspect, that
future Congresses will not make such rules
and regulations for these Inhabitants will
provide for them the largest measure of
liberty possible for them as we'll as the
largest local participation in the government
consistent with the situation there under
our sovereignty and under our flag.
SO far as L can see the only practical
alternative to this is the abandonment of
the islands. the withdrawal of our troops
and the withdrawal of our navy as well. The
President has no power to direct this. aS he
cannot ALLEVIATE territory acquired: Congress
can do so by law, and will soon be in ses-
sion, and those who think we should sur
render what We have gained there and with
draw our army and navy will have an op-
portunity of testing the sense of Congress
by Offering propositions to that end.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
SUCCESS OF RURAL DELIVERY.

The report of First Assistant Postmaster
General Heath regarding the free rural de-
livery of mails places the success OF the
plan beyond the experimental stage. II will
henceforth be as much part of the postal
system as free delivery In cities. That free
rural delivery may become general depends
chiefly upon the friendliness or hostility of
Congress in making appropriations. For
several years the cost Of free rural deliv-
cry has stood in the way OF its adoption,
but Mr.. Heath's figures remove that objec-
ton in the statement that this delivery.
as far as 1t has been adopted, costs the
department but "a cents per capita. while
the free delivery in cities OF only 5000 in
habitants costs $3.50 per capita.
When the proposition for rural delivery
was first under discussion, and when the
first experiments were made during the
Harrison administration the Journal saw
it's Importance and frequently urged that
rural delivery be made an established
feature Of the postal service. This was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

In discussing "our duty to the Philip
pines Senator Hoar says that down to
Jan. 1, 1899, the American people and the
Republican party were committed TO the
doctrine that just governments rest on the
consent of the governed. but that every
people has the right to dissolve at will the
political connection that binds il to another
people, oh, no. senator; not TO dissolve
at will, but, according to the Declaration
of Independence only whenever any form
OF government becomes destructive of these
ends" viz, life, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness. When and where does the gov
eminent Of the United States become de-
structive of these ends?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
To Antf-ExpansiOnists.
Philadelphia Record.

The opponents of expansion, who are in
such twitter lest the semi-civilized in
habitants Of the islands wrested by Yankee
soldiers and sailors from Spain shall be i'm
mediately admitted to stateship in the
Union, are under needless apprehension.
The process of assimilation is not neces-
sarily hurried one. The Territory Of New
Mexico, which was organized in 1880 and
which was inhabited by population hose
language was similar and whose character
istics were not greatly dissimlar from those
of the people in the West Indies and the
Philippines, still remains in its territorial
swaddling clothes. 1t may be a few years
and ii may be fifty years or hundred, be-
fore our island gems shall be so polished
and prepared as to take their places among
the stars on the flag of the Union. But. ali
the time. they will have as much free and
independent government as they shall dem
onstrate the capacity to administer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
Secretary Wilson on Expansion.

w washington Special
Secretary Wilson, of the Department of
Agriculture, observes with interest the fact
that gold has been found in the foothills"
of Luzon. II see,'' he says, that about
hundred Of our young men out of every
thousand who go to. the Philippines stay
there Why? Because they see field for
adventure and for improving their condi-
ton Let quiet be restored and our young
men be given "a chance TO explore those
foothills Let them discover that gold in
paying quantities is TO be found there.
What will we see? Why. thousands of
Americans will flock there. And then what:
Permanent peace. Americans in control of
every section will compel peace. They will
have tranquility il they have TO establish
an endless chain of cemeteries 10 get II.
have bcundless faith in the ability OF the
American people to tranquilize and develop
the Philippines and prophesy that within
generation our new possessions In the Tar
East will repay the United states their cost
many, many fold.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

That Indiana has the best common school
system of any State in the Union, all things
considered, is due mainly to the intelligence
and faithfulness of the men and women who
have been teachers, superintendents and
members of its educational boards The
wisdom of the friends of education, years
ago, in laying the foundation of the present
large school fund must always be recog-
nized. That fund has made it possible to
have the services of progressive teachers
and superintendent in counties and cities
Some years ago these educators conceived
the plan of a systematic course of study for
the common schools. This plan has been
carried into execution by the authority
given the State Board of Education by the
Legislature. The result is that throughout
the State the same grades in all the common
schools are pursuing the same studies at the
same time. If pupil leaves school in one
county and goes to another he can go into
the same grade and take up his studies as
If his residence had not been changed To
that extent no other State has such a school
system. City and town superintendent are
now in session at the Statehouse considering
plans by which the same course of study
can be adopted by all the high schools,
which is an extension of the admirable sys-
tenn in the lower grades,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

dener, its first superintendent he con-
tinued TO act in that capacity from the
original purchase OF the ground 10 ms iast
illness, devoting all his time with rare IN
telligence and fidelity to extending I'M
proving and adjoining the grounds AS su-
perintendent of the cemetery for more than
a quarter of century he gave entire salts
faction TO the trustees. won the esteem OF
the general public. and. by his gentle and
amiahle character. endeared himself to all
with whom he came I'm close contact.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

A New Orleans dispatch says that the
negro has been eliminated from politics In
new Democratic constitution. In the late
election but 1909 negroes or 1900 who are
Of the voting age were able TO register un-
der a constitution which shuts out illiterate
blacks and admits illiterate whites whose
parents were voters in 1860. The result IS
two Democratic parties in that city. Yet
there are hundreds of eolored men I'm In
dianapolis who can read who vote with the
party which has DISTINGUISHED them In near
" all the States In The South
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
.em in the lower grades.

The result of the election in Iowa has
greater significance than in any other State
because the issue was made upon imperial
ism and militarism by Mr.. White the
Democratic candidate for Governor. In his
first speech he declared that silver was not
an issue and that the only question before
the country is the imperialism of the Presi-
dents policy. He and his associates on the
stump denounced the occupation of Manila
"a an outrage. Appeals were made to the
voters in Iowa of German blood to vote
against policy which involved an alliance
with Great Britain. The State was flooded
with Mr.. Schurz's speech. 1t was claimed
that there would be stampede of German
American voters to the Democratic ticket
because of these appeals and speeches. If
there was a stampede it was of those who
did not vote in 1897 to go to the polls and
vote the Republican ticket. In State in
which there are thousands of German
Americans the Republican vote in
creased ten thousand on the issue of expan-
sion against flag furling.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

government? Certainly a great deal of in
terest will be felt. the world over IN the
statement which is telegraphed from Berlin
that the Emperor of Germany desired Herr
Siemens. OF the Deutsche Reichsbank, 10
take the place of DR.. Won MIGUEL minis
ter of finance but Herr Siemens declined.
on the ground that his present position is
more lucrative. Herr Jencke. the manager
of the Krupp gun works. IL Is also reported.
declined, for a similar reason, to accept the
post of minister of public works
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

Considering the time necessary TO land
the British troops now on the way TO Africa
and TO get men and horses in a condition
for active operations. military authorities
do not believe General Butler will be ready
10 advance before the 18th to 18th of this
month That will be a severe test of the
forces holding I.adysmith. Kimberley and
other threatened points, but they will prob
ably prove equal to il. They are not likely
TO be trapped again. and a British garrison
on the defensive knows how to hold out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
Woman's Inconsistencies

won't your wife raise row when you
get home2" asked the intimate friend
No" said the man who must have been
drinking rum. 'She ain got Eat mush re-
spec FIR my wishes. There's woman knows
L like nuzzin' better'n good argument when
I'm feelin' gay, an all she does is to set
around an cry. Mos inconsiderate woman
on earth"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
The Real Pa raIIel.

Minneapolis Journal.
The consistent critics of the administra-
ton who are Mortified by the report that
the United States is going to allow the
Sultan of Sulu to retain his numerous wives
while Roberts is to be deprived of his
seat, forget all about old Sitting Bull who
comes nearer being a parallel case. The
Sultan of Sulu is a savage, and so was Old
Sitting Bull.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
What He Was Doing.

II am now said the manager of the
Hully Gee Comic Opera Colossal Aggrega-
ton, as he stuffed the most of the receipts
into separate pocket, figuring to beat the
band" q.
Naturally, the chorus and others were
soon to be up against the same proposition,
but they were not necessary to the evolu-
ton of the Jest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
BOer VS.. British Culture.

Springfield Republican.
The literary tastes of the Beers are much
disparaged, and Justice Lawrence, of Girl
qualand points out, in a recent book, that
while the Dutch farmers read nothing but
the Bible, the favorite authors in Cape Col
ony are Ouida and the author of Mr..
Barnes of New York" The superior enlight-
eminent of the British colony Is obvious, yet
some of the forbears of the Englishmep of
to-day used TO fight pretty well CT a 'p-
tural regimen, under Hampton, Ppm and
ssOil Noll
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
Democratic Consistency.

MILWAUKEE, Sentinel.
On the one hand the Democrats never
could consent to the annexation of a coun-
try containing motley assortment of
tribes of barbarians and savages, and on
the other hand they have a mighty poor
opinion of a government which will war
against intelligent fellow-beings as fit for
self-government the American colonists
liar rights under the George Washington of
the Philippines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

There is talk of an automobile trust. The
man with an income OF $40 per week or less
and who has family TO support on that
income will worry very little over this
startling information. Such persons have
not as yet come 10 look upon the automobile
either as a necessity or a means of grace,
and they confidently believe that by the
time they are ready to purchase such a
machine for cash even the automobile trust
win be dead and the horseless wagons
lri,g on the market.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10
An Interesting Contrast.
Milwaukee Evening wisconsin.

milwaukee, EVenlng Wlsconslh'
When President Mckinley requested I.y-
man ]. Gage to accept the post of secretary
OF the treasury the great Chicago banker
accepted the honorable appointment with
out hesitation. 1t involved heavy financial
loss TO Mr.. Gage. but he felt that to be
thing not to be considered when an oppor-
tunity offered to render important service
TO HIS country. Do the citizens OF an en-
pire feel that high places In its public serv-
Ice confer less honor than attaches 10 simi-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

In the two cities OF Cincinnati and Cleve-
land Judge Nash suffered more from Gold
en- Rule Jones than did Mr.. Mclean In
the former city three-fourths of the Jones
vote was from the Republicans. and quite
half of IL in Cleveland.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

The tripartite agreement between Great
Britain. Germany and the United States for
the dissolution OF the Samoan partnership
n probably a happy solution OF very trou-
blesoms question Incidentally 1t Il a con-
siderable real estate transaction by which
Great Britain cedes to Germany all her in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

The union-labor organizations in Chicago
have decided to ask the City Council to
pass an ordinance denying police protection
TO all nonunion men who take work on a
Job where strike has been ordered. 1t
is impossible that such contention as that
should succeed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

The death OF Frederick w. Chisiett re-
moves an honored citizen OF Indianapolis
who was for long time identified with
one of its local enterprises. BY fortunate
combination of circumstances the original
projectors of Crown Hill Cemetery. in 1863.
were able to secure the services of Mr..
Chislett. an architect and landscape gar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

The acquisition by the United States of
an entire island in the Samoan group. in
Guiding a harbor and coaling station which
were paid for twenty years ago. will prob
spasm of alarm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

last Mr.. Mclean and his friends used the
anti-imperalist scarecrow to help heir
cause, which may account to some extent
for their disaster.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-10

William Waldorf Aston has been to the
trouble to deny the report that he is sell
ing his American securities. The denial is
unnecessary. During such times and under
assured Republican rule no man would dis
pose of American securities unless he was in
need of ready money.