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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12
An investigation of the official returns for

An investigation of the official returns for
facts. The first discovery is that 237 Bry-
antics and 3o5 Mckinley voters voted for
the first candidate for elector- at-large on
their respective tickets, but did not vote
for the second which means that 542 voters
voted for only elector instead of fif-
teen. That is, they put the cross in the
square at the left of the name of the. first
elector-at-large. Probably some of these
542 voters marked names on the state
ticket. 1t also appears that Mr.. Hanna,
the first elector- at-large on the Republican
ticket, had 655 votes more than Colonel
Durbin. If the sos Hanna voters who did
not vote for any other candidate for elector
did not mark any other name on the ticket.
the real difference between the head of the
national ticket and Colonel Durhin is re-
duced to $50. The impression prevails that
Mr. Kern ran considerably ahead of the
rest of the Democratic state ticket in this
The official figures show that Mr.. Kern
ran but l54 votes ahead of the Democratic
candidate for lieutenant governor, 1s1 ahead
of the party candidate for secretary of
state, 155 ahead of the candidate for audi
tor, and so on. Nor is it a fact that Colonel
Durbin ran very much behind the other
candidates on the Republican state ticket
his vote being but 11S less than that of the
candidate for lieutenant governor, 152 less
than the candidate for secretary of state,
129 less than the candidate for auditor, 176
less than the candidate for attorney gen.
eral, and so on. These figures show that
but few of those who voted the rest of the
Republican state ticket voted for the DEM
ocratic candidate for Governor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

General MacArthur's report shows that
the military situation in the Philippines is
one of considerable difficulty, the guerrilla
warfare which the natives are pursuing
being very hard and exhausting on our
troops. 1t remains to be seen how long
this kind of warfare will continue under
the vigorous measures about to be adopted
does not doubt the possibility of estab-
fishing American authority and republican
government in the islands, but thinks it
will require time and patience. Specializing
on the possible results of this he says:
Up to this time the practical effect of re-
publican institutions has not been conSid-
cred in this connection: but the rapid ex-
tension of republican civilization in these
islands, which is not only possible but prob
able, of necessity must exert an active and
potent influence upon the affairs of Asia,
which, under the inspiration of American
ideas transmitted through the Filipinos,
may yet exhibit the greatest of political
wonders. a rather broad conception per-
haps but one we'll calculated to fix the at
tention of the most casual observer to
warm the fancy of the most Indifferent.
One would scarcely expect to find such
a suggestion this in the official report
OF n professional soldier. 1t shows that
General Macarthur is capable of taking
very broad views of a situation that in
wolves prodigious possibilities. The idea
that the seeds of republican government
n ay be carried from the Philippines TO Asia
is indeed calculated. as General Macarthur
says, ito warm the fancy of the most in
3;ffarenf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

Those who read the newspapers must
have noted that Booker T. Washington was
a guest at two distinguished gatherings In
New York the past week. The first of these
was the day that General o. o. Howard,
u. S. A, retired was seventy years of age.
Many men of note in civil and military life
were present. including Senator Depew,
Thomas b. Reed. General Dodge and Capt.
Mahan, of the navy. Another colored man
who was guest is Bishop Gaines. of Geor-
gia. Saturday night Mr.. Washington was
a guest at the Lotos Club banquet, one of
the Oldest and most select clubs In New
York. The man and not his race seems to
be recognized by the men who honored
General Howard and the officers of the Sc
lect Lotos Club.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12
REpUBLrcAN CONSERVATISM.

A well-known citizen, formerly a Demo
crat and now a Republican, said yester
day: "One reason why L shall continue to
act with the Republican party is that it is
destined to be hereafter the conservative
party of the country, the party truly rep
resentative of the great business interests
Of the country, and, in my opinion, the only
ministration of the government of a great
nation such as we have become The
gentleman probaly did not mean to say
that the preservation of the government
or the salvation of the country depended
on the permanent ascendency of the Re-
publican party, because this would be go
ing too far. But he did mean that the
great business interests of the country as
well as the credit and honor of the Nation
were safer in the hands of the Republican
party than in those of any other. In this
he was right. A suggestive point in his
remark is that the Republican party is
destined hereafter to be the conservative
party in American politics. II will be in the
sense of maintaining established institu-
TONS protecting liberty under law, oppos-
great business interests of the country.
This is real conservatism, and in that
sense it is true that the Republican party
has come TO be recognized and is destined
TO become in the future more and more
the conservative party in American politics.
rr-I.f t.
has become essentially the business mans
party. Not but that many business men
and some good ones are Democrats, but
by far the largest number are found in
the Republican party. Business men as a
rule are conservative and affiliate naturally
with the party that offers the best assur-
ance of stability, protection and prosper
ity in business. In every country where
political parties exist some one party rep
resents this idea more than any other, and
interests. In this country il is the Repub-
lican party. Our opponents virtually ad-
NIT this when they charge the party with
drawing its main support from these in
terests. That is not true, for it draws quite
as largely from the farmers, who are
naturally conservative, and from the work
ingnen and wage-earners, who regard 1t
as the party of prosperity. But great bust
ness interests and large majority of sue
cessful business men favor the Republican
party because they consider business in
terests safer and more stable and prosper
Gus under Republican rule than under any
other IN the best sense it is the con-
servative party of the country.
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This is an odd story by Hungarian
writer of recognized genius and great pop
ularity-Kalman Mikszath. Educated for
the law. he took early to literature and has
written books that have given him fame
and popularity. He has also served honor
ably in the Hungarian Parliament. and is
a good deal of lion in literary circles of
that country. est. Peters Umbrella" is a
quantity delightful narrative in a romantic
environment of out-of-the-world Slovak
villages, with a ragged red umbrella and
a brand new brass caldron as the good and
evil geniuses of the story, respectively
The umbrella, which is worth a kings ran
som, is sold for a couple of forms TO the
white Jew" of the district, becomes the
protecting saint. or mascot, of half a
dozen parishes and is only recovered after
the lapse of years by its lawful owner.
when by singular irony of fate IL has be-
come absolutely valueless from pecuniary
point OF view The caidron. on the other
hand, which is enormously supposed to
contain countless treasures and is the out
come OF a grimly practical joke. proves a
regular Pandora's box of evil and orig
years and ruins three families. This odd
plot gives the author an opportunity to
introduce a variety of personages. at
tractive or pepulsive, whose adventures
and vicissitudes furnish a theme for very
original, quaint and entertaining story.
New York: Harper & Brothers.
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Democratic party that he will continue to
live in Lincoln. land in the future, as In
the past. defend with tongue and pen the
principles which believe to be right and
the policies / believe to be wise" While
Mr.. Bryan is not as powerful as he was
week ago, he still has large following,
larger. indeed, than any other man in the
Democratic party. He has n large follow
ing of second-rate men who can control
state delegations TO some extent. In a ma
tional convention in which he would not be
candidate he would exert a powerful in
fiuence for the reason that he Is one OF
the powerful men in the country who have
never been beaten In his own party. 1t Is
probable. also. that Mr.. Bryan regards the
men who are talking of recognizing the
party, and who are making such unkind re-
marks regarding him and his policy. as
enemies to himself and his principles. Such
being the case, Mr.. Bryan is not the man
to adopt their rule or their principles which
are hostile to him. So, as the days pass,
Democratic reorganization will not be the
easy thing which is compared to failing
off a log
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

Lippincotts offer a variety Of entertaining
fiction i'm their series of select novels
(paper.) Among the recent issues is re-
print of ''Lovice, by the Duchess. Truly
literary people affect scorn of the
Duchess's novels, but less critical persons
who seek mere entertainment find enjoy
ment i'm their sprightliness and gayety.
'Lovice' has in it more pathos than this
author usually permits, but is readable
none the less.
ION Account of Sarah by Eyre Hussey,
another of the series, is a typical English
tale, with all the usual properties of that
class of fiction-"the SQUIRE the country
house. the dance at 1.-The hail. ETC.; but
there is more incident and action than
usual in such stories, and ii will occupy an
hour pleasantly. 1.-The Man Stealer,' by
NJ. p. Shiel is lively story of adventure
OF the period succeeding the fall of Napo-
leon. 1t narrates the proceedings of a
French secret organization whose purpose
was to capture and hold the Duke OF
wellington for ransom-said ransom being
nothing less than the freedom of Ma
poleon. Other recent issues in the same
series are 1.-The Second Lady Delcombe. .
by Mrs. Arthur Kennard. and "a Million
aire of Yesterday" by T.. Phillips Open
helm. The first is a clever story of English
society and country life. The second is also
a story of English life, but more dramatic
I'm character and with more stirring Incl
dent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12
DEMOCRATIC SUPPRESSION OF
SUFFRAGE

The first move OF the recognizing De-
mocracy should be to restore free and fair
elections in the States which they control.
In all the States OF the South, by one
agency or another. all but one party has
been practically blotted out of existence.
While there was the greatest interest in
the election in all the Northern States there
was practically none in the South. In such
States as Mississippi and South Carolina
the vote last Tuesday was smaller than
in any previous election. The entire vote
Of the State Of Mississippi on Tuesday did
not exceed that of Marion county for the
head of the electoral tickets-5S.S17. In
Georgia and Alabama, where no other than
the Democratic party is tolerated, to be
counted out, the vote was not one-tourth
OF the number of qualified voters therein.
There is danger in a system which sup
presses all but one political party.
The greater offense of the Democratic
leaders in States in which there are two
vigorous parties is that they pass laws de-
signed to suppress the vote of other than
their own party. The Goebel law, accord
ing TO the declaration of the Louisville
Courier-JournaI, was designed to elect
Democratic candidates and defeat Repub-
licans by counting out the latter. The
whole election machinery is taken out of
the hands of the people and transferred
to a central commission controlled by DEM
ocrats. All the trouble in Kentucky to-
day has grown out of that law. 1t is
declared by men in Kentucky that Taylor
was cheated out of 10000 votes i'm 1899 by
the vote counters, and one-tenth of the
vote of the State was rejected by the
Legislature in order TO elect Goebel on the
face OF the returns. Republicans now
charge frauds in the election of Tuesday
and are prepared TO sustain their charges
by evidence
The Democratic Legislature of Missouri
has deprived the people of st. Louis Of
popular government. The people have moth
ing TO do with the present police system,
except TO pay for its maintenance. the cost
of which has been doubled by the Demo-
cratic police commission created by the
Legislature and appointed by the Governor.
That Legislature put the election machin-
cry into the hands of a Democratic board,
which appoints every election officer and
registers the voters. On Tuesday, when
the Republican vote all over the country
was the largest record, i'm the city of
| St Louis it was thousands below that
| of 1896. and a majority of 1900 in 1896
| was reduced to 1000 for President, and
| turned into a minority for all local Of
| fcers. BY this manipulation of the cleo
! ton by the Democrats appointed for the
purpose, the Republicans are deprived of
a representative i'm Congress i'm ST. Louis
! and the city has been given over to a
| minority.
The Democratic reorganization that is to
commend itself to the confidence of the
country must not only declare for fair
| elections. but it must demand that Demo-
J Gratis shall restore free elections to States
like Kentucky and cities like St. Louis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12
A FORMER DEMOCRAT ON
DEMOCRACY.

The Journal has already called attention
to the fact that some of the most caustic
arraignments of the Democratic party dur
sons who had been Democrats all their
lives up to the first or second nomination
of Mr.. Bryan. They had acted with the
party long enough TO have become
thoroughly acquainted with its ruling ele-
ment and continued to act with it until
they were driven out by the development
OF a spirit that made il impossible for them
To act with 1t any longer. The statements
OF some OF these persons were remarkable
for their candor and internal evidence of
honest conviction. In some cases they
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12
The Journals Reduction in Price
- PERNIANENT

A wrong impression seems to pre-
vail among certain of the subscribers
to THE JOURNAL, namely, that the
recent reduction in the subscription
price of the paper was only temporary,
and that return to former rates would
take effect when the campaign closed.
This Is an error. The present pub
hshed price of the paper will be per-
manently maintained and its high
standard will in no way be impaired.
Send In your subscriptions to us at the
published rates or have the paper de-
Iivered to you by our agent in your
locality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

No man can keep abreast of the times
unless he is daily newspaper reader. The
man who declares that he does not read
newspapers, whether a United States SEN
ator or a common laborer practically con-
fesses ignorance of the worlds affairs. The
fesses ignorance of the worlds affairs In
this day and generation the man who does
not read daily newspaper isolates himself
from the worlds affairs. More than that he
is the man who is cheated by his ignorance
of prices and defrauded by dealers In gold
bricks and other frauds. The great factor
in the campaign just closed, and the one
which VIII never be recognized, is the daily
newspaper and the jealous local weekly Ii
is the silent spellbinder that speaks every
day in the week 10 vast audiences one at a
time. Such constant reader OF a reliable
daily paper cannot be deceived by the false
statements of the class of would-be SPELL
binders The daily paper comes in TO make
the common school system for which so
much money is spent of practical value to
the mass OF those who learn 10 read The
person who can read and mas nothing to
read is like man without the tools which
enable him to make his toll effective
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

sounded almost like the confession of
person who was glad to relieve his con-
science of a load that had been burdening
it and TO make some amends for past
errors by a full confession. Many OF these
former Democrats are so glad to have cot
out of party that was forever demon
strating its unftness for government and
fits political total depravity that nothing
could induce them to return to it. Here
after they will he competent Witnesses as
TO its worthlessness.
Mr.. Bynum made an interesting contribr-
ton to the testimony on this point in his
speech before the Commercial Travellers
Republican Club Saturday night. OF course,
there has been no time since Mr.. Bynum
broke with the Democratic party on the
money question that the party managers
would not gladly have welcomed him back
to 1.-The fold" as they called the hybrid fol-
lowing of Mr.. Bryan, If he had been will
ing TO indorse Organism. But he finds his
new position too satisfactory to wish to re-
turn to party whose political worthless
ness he has learned by long experience. He
does not believe it can ever be reorganized
so as to be of any account. He says:
While believe that two evenly balanced
political organizations are essential to the
preservation of popular institutions and
are conducive to wise and economical gov
eminent, i want TO say that i am too well
acquainted with the material of which the
Democratic party is now composed to
spend the balance of my life in aid or
vain effort TO inject into its mangled re-
mains vitality sufficient to restore IL TO life
and strength. The Democratic party of this
generation can never be made construc-
tive party. AS a negative party IL may
render some valuable service to the coun-
try; and, as such, it may. in the dim, dis
tant future, by reason of some great mis-
take of its adversary, succeed to power;
but its triumph, from the very nature Oh
its composition, will be short lived; it Will
require something more than reorganiza-
ton; IL will require regeneration to make II
ing, for any length of time. the affairs or
this great and expanding government.
This is somewhat like viewing the inter-
Tor organism of the Democratic party under
the light of X rays. II shows just where
the trouble lies and that il is incurable.
Those Democrats who having left the
party under conscientious conviction re-
| turn to ''the fold in the hope of reforming
| IL will be disappointed. They will be much
| wiser If. like Mr.. .Bynum. they recognize
| the hopelessness of such an undertaking
| and remain In the party that represents
| political life, action and progress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

General Otis says the Filipinos are al
ready exercising a large degree of self
government in municipal matters, and he
thinks 1t will not be long before they can
be trusted to take on a large degree of self
government in a sort of natural way. The
educated Filipinos include many able men,
of this country they will in time bring
about condition of things such as the
islands have never experienced" No per-
son has had better opportunities than
General Otis of studying the Filipino situa,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12
The jack of All Trades.

Boys of an inquisitiye, inventive and
mechanical turn will find much to interest
them in this book. az will also those in
terested in games and sports. subtitle
designates 1t as a book of new ideas for
tcys." and such it certainly is. for it con-
taius q great number and variety OF what
might To called recipes for mechanical con-
trivapces and structures which boys who
know how to use their hands and wits will
find very suggestive. Among the subjects
treated of and described with illustrative
pictures are "Tree-top Clubhouse" Hunt
ing Without a Cum" Study of Living
Animals Pigeon Lofts and Bantam
Coops," "A Boys Backyard Workshop"
'How to Build Underground Club
house." etc. Other chapters tell how TO
get up circus. a switchback. toboggan
slide. a wild West show, etc. The author
of the work. ID. G.. Beard. has produced a
book that ought 10 be very popular among
bright boys. New York: Charles Scrib-
ners Sons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

Reports Of flower shows IN different To-
calities indicate that the carnation is sup
planting the chrysanthemum and taking
rank with roses in popular favor. Though
not as SNOWY the others they surpass
the chrysanthemum in beauty and the rose
in perfume During the campaign it was
suggested that the carnation be adopted
as the Republican emblem or something of
that kind. but fortunately it was not done.
So pretty flower should keep out OF
politics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

The small vote for Mr.. Debs in this State
is a surprise. The wise prognosticators
who went over the State put his vote at
5000. Unless the vote is larger elsewhere
been given, the aggregate will not reach
half that figure. This shows that in alb
sorbing contests all but small fraction of
the voters of the country prefer to vote for
a candidate who has a chance of election
to one who has not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

Mayor Taggart does not think the Demo-
cratic party needs to be reorganized but
what it does want to do in the future is
to adhere to the fundamental principles Of
Democracy laid down by Jefferson and
Jackson" If the fundamental principles of
Democracy as laid down by Jefferson and
Jackson justify many things that have been
done by our local Croker during the last
few years they are badly in need Of re-
form
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12
bryan Rcnominated.

Philadelphia Times Organ Convert-)
To have made such j fight as Bryan
made and as he made it was glorious. and
the service he has done his country is not
10 be forgotten. The people were with
BRYAN They are with him now. Long
before the toasted four years more OF Nc
Kinlev have passed they will remember and
recognizes the work OF William j. Bryan
i'm the great campaign of 1900 and win ac-
cord him the honor that he has nobly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

This is a story for girls by Jessie Man
sergh, who has written several popular
stories of this class. The author is a
Canadian woman. but she dedicates her
story TO four American girls lin remem-
brance of days spent English soil -
The three sisters who supply the theme
and plot of this story are English girls.
but the story possesses more than local
interest 1t is a first-rate story. with move
ment and action, and IL will be none the
less pleasing to girl readers because a
pretty romance which il carries ends I'm
an engagement. New York: Cassell & Co
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When politicians get together to con-
graduate the party on it's victory it is quite
probable that the services of the thousands
Of Republican newspapers will be forgot
ten, yet. more than any other factor, the
local Republican paper helps to keep UP
party sentiment and to fight the party bat
ties. The Indiana Republican press has
never done better service than in the past
six months
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

That large reward offered by Chairman
Jones for every case exposed of Republican
employers coercing voters In the recent
election does not seem to have elected any
responses. Mr.. Jones will find on investiga-
ton that such cases are like the milk
sickness-in the next county