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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

No person has exposed the folly OF anti
Imperialism more effectually than Mr.. AL
bert Lieber. of this city. does in his brief
but pointed statement. He says:
am not afraid of imperialism. I think
1t is ridiculous to even debate that PROPOSE
ton. / know something of empires and
monarchical governments, and / want TO
say that If there were even the slightest
chance of an empire being established in
this country | would be one of the first TO
rebel-to shoot il necessary. II there real
ly were any such prospect there would be
secret meetings at all hours of these balmy
nights n people would be arming them
selves.
The Journal has said that no class of
citizens know more about real imperialism
or would be quicker to recognize and op-
pose II IL Ii existed than German-Ameri-
cans. They know 1t of old. But they
would not be any more ready TO rebel
against it In this country-"to shoot, If
rec~essary'-than Americans, who are the
most liberty-loving people in the world.
II is true. as Mr.. Lieber says, that If there
were really any prospect or danger of i'm
perialistic designs there would be secret
meetings at all hours OF these balmy
nights and people would be arming them
| selves" That was the case in Indiana
! during the civil war when many misguided
persons thought the Constitution and the
Republic were in danger. So believing. they
held secret meetings and prepared to arm
themselves. They were In earnest then,
and II they really believed there were any
imperialistic designs on foot they would
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

On Nov. 6. 1896. three days after the
presidential election. Mr.. Bryan issued a
rallying cry to his followers, in which he
said:
The friends of bimetallism have not been
vanquished; they have, simply been over
come. They believe that the gold standar0
is a conspiracy of the money hangers
against the welfare of the human race;
and, until convinced of their error, they
will continue the warfare against it. "
The year 1900 Is not far away. Before that
year arrives the evil effects of a gold stand
ard will be even more evident than they are
now, and the people, then ready TO demand
an American financial policy for the Ameri-
can people. will join with us in the imme-
date restoration of the free and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 10
to ] without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation.
This is only one of many evidences that
the real paramount issue with Mr.. Bryan.
the issue which more than all others lies
nearest his heart, is free silver at 16 to 1.
He is simply using Imperialism as a stalk
ing horse and because he thinks it "a good
enough Morgan till after the election"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

Mr.. Charles L. Lewis, of New York, who
has been one of the most active and in
fluential members of the Anti-imperialist
League. has printed in the New York Even
ing Post an energetic protest against the
Indianapolis meeting. which he describes
as a pitiful and ludicrous ending of a
movement which deserved a better fate.
Between Mckinley and Bryan, in the Phil
ippine matter, he prefers the former, and
teen-twentieths of the members of the
league will vote for Mckinley and have
the right to declare that they do so with
the profound conviction that this vote is
the truest expression of its principles"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

Conventions of colored people nave be-
come so common in this country of late
years that they have ceased to excite curl
Gus attention, yet they afford significant
evidence that the world moves. One does
not have to be an old man to remember
when such a thing was unheard of. The
abolition of slavery opened the door. and
the remarkable progress made by the COL
ored race, or by a large number of COL
ored people since that event, has done the
rest. The meeting of the Afro-American
Press Association in this city to-day and
of the Afro-American Council tomorrow
will bring together a large number of col
ored men who are worthy representatives
not merely of their own race. but of Amer
lean citizenship and American progress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

We think 1T would be a good plan for the
Republican state committee of Indiana to
employ a number of men of good elocu-
tionary power to read to the people who
would otherwise be deprived of the whole
some instruction they impart, such
speeches as that of Hon. John c.. Spooner,
United States senator from Wisconsin, on
the Philippines, by Senator Beverage, of
this State, on the same subject, and many
other great speeches delivered in Congress
by party leaders bearing on the issues now
before the people. This method of inform
ing the average voter would be more eff
fective than sending out any quantity of
the printed speeches. 1t would be a prac-
teal and telling innovation in campaign
ing. -Illustrated Indiana Weekly.
The suggestion is a good one, and 70 the
speeches mentioned should be added that of
Mr.. Foulke. If the knots of men who talk
politics would take up one of these
speeches and have it read and discussed
the transformation of the Bryan orator
would be discounted in advance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

The late Maria Louise Pool wrote a good
many stories, but TO a considerable extent
she used the same material in all OF them.
The heroine, for instance, was the same
woman in nearly all of the stories. though
she bore different names and the circum-
stances of her life varied. She was inva-
riably a high-strung. somewhat hysterical.
red-haired. gifted creature. whose course no
one could predict from one day 10 anothe'
and who usually kept her Immediate
friends, commonly her mother and her
lover, in a state OF anxiety and uncertainty
because of her eccentricities. In this story.
The Meloon Farm" which was found
among the authors papers after her death.
the heroine and two or three other char
acters of a former story reappear under the
same names. BILLY" Armstrong has a
voice and an ambition. She cultivates the
one, and by becoming a successful opera
singer she g~ratiies the other. She has a
love affair or two, but when her voice sud-
denly fails she goes back to her country
home and her faithful, patient lover there.
and all ends well. Miss Pools stories have
a homely realism which gives them a Pc
culiar charm. and The Meloon Farm" Is
equal to its predecessors in this respect.
Published by Harper & Brothers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

The Journal cannot conceive of a Repub-
ican who can believe anything that the
Sentinel says of Republicans in this State.
1t Is cae of the topics that the Sentinel
must not tell the truth about. This re-
mark h suggested by a loud declaration in
yesterdays issue that the Republican COM
mittee had had a sixty-day poll made and
found themselves 1900 behind in the State.
That story Is not an ingenious falsehood.
l. The meeting OF the state committee a
few days ago was TO consider the taking
of the sixty-day poll. The fiction depart
ment of the Bryan organ is of such great
Importance that only the most intelligent
and practiced romancers should be intrust-
ed with IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

elm occurs singly. as do the willows and
the The buckeye also is a
solitary tree. though widely distributed IL
is nowhere abundant. and is becoming less
so from a belief. well grounded, IL Is said,
on the part of farmers that its nuts are
poisonous to cattle, sheep and horses.
consequently, the trees have been very
generally cut down and are now compare
lively rare. Two questions naturally arise.
Why was the festive horse-chestnut called
the buckeye. and how did ii happen that
this tree gave the sobriquet TO the state
of Milo? The local and picturesque name
Is undoubtedly a tribute of the imagination
or the early settlers. We all are familiar
with the nut of the horse-chestnut, that OF
the buckeye is similar. When the shell
cracks and exposes TO view the rich brown
nut with the pale brown scar. the resem-
plance TO the h~alf-opened eye of a deer Is
not fancied but real. From this resem-
piance came the name of buckeye. How
qlo IL happen that Ohio was called the
buckeye State? No direct evidence in the
matter is forthcoming, but circumstantial
evidence is not wanting. The younger
Nllchaux: travelling in this country in 1910.
reports in his Sylvia of North America
That he found the aesculus glabra principal
~ IN OHIO, and that ii was especially
~aoundant on the banks of the Ohio river
between Marietta and P~ittsburg. For this
reason he named the new tree Ohio Buck
eye ana as the Ohio Buckeye IL has since
peen known. though it's distribution is far
wioer tnan Michaux supposed. 1t was, no
NON|' al easy udnSlllOn lTon onlo BUCK
eye to Ohio the Buckeye State, but who
accomplished the deed seems not to be
known"
To call the buckeye, horse-chestnut. as
Is sometimes done, is an error. They are
closely related but distinctly different.
Inc horse-chestnut is European. the buck
eye is native. The horse-chestnut leave
are se~ven-hngered while those of the
buckeye are hve-fingered. From what has
peen SAID 1T Will be seen that this book con-
talhs much popular as well as scientific
m 1t is a book that should COM
menu itself TO amateur botaniSts, to gen.
eral readers who live near fields and woods
ana 10 all lovers of rural life. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

garding our interests in the East and our
special relation to the Philippines. His
service as minister to China from 1885 to
1898 gave him a knowledge of Eastern af-
fairs not possessed by any other American.
Philippines commission gives special
weight to what he says on that question.
His communication contains so many good
points clearly and forcibly stated that an
attempt to epitomize them would fail. 1t
leaves Mr.. Bryan without a leg TO stand
on and is a complete vindication of the adj
ministration's policy in the Philippines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

Mr.. Bryan ought not to embarrass those
protested sound money allies who so about
declaring that IL elected he cannot over
throw the gold standard because of the
Republican Senate. by asserting in almost
every speech that IF We win this fall we
shall have the Senate before another presi-
because. poor as il is. 1t is the only pretext
a few alleged sound money men have for
voting for Mr.. Bryan. which is that he will
not be able to do any harm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

For nearly half a century Herbert
Spencer has been a-or perhaps the-lead-
ing figure in the field of contemporary
philosophical thought and work. yet this
book is the first authorized biography OF
him that has been published. The author.
Hector Macpherson. had the personal as
sistance of Mr.. Spencer in the preparation
of the work, and 1t has peculiar umei-
ness i'm coming shortly after the compile
ton of the System of Syn
thetic Philosophy" which forms the dis
tinguished authors life work. Many
readers will be particularly interested in
the chapters on 1.-The Evolution of Life"
..The Evolution of Mind THE Evolution
of Society," and THE Evolution of the
Evolution Theory" The book Is published
by Doubleday. Page q Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27
Quaint Nuggets.

This dainty little volume. issued by Fords.
Howard & Hubert New York;. is a COM
pilation of wise and witty sayings from
the writings of Thomas Fuller. Joseph Hall.
John Selden. George Herbert and Isaac
Walton. men who did not belong TO the
Elizabethan age, exactly. but were the i'm
mediate successors of the Elizabethan gall
axy. 1t sometimes happens that lovers
OF a particular author like to have Sc
lections from his writings at hand and.
on the contrary, the reading of detached
and pithy sayings has often led TO a closer
acquaintance with the author. Again. IL
happens that many nave not the leisure
for literary research and must take their
literature in nugget form, If at all.
Hence the popularity of little books Ike
this.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

The firm that is connected with the pub
LEGATION of a large part of the city and
State directories of the country publishes
a book of ESQ pages which bears the title
of Folks Medical Register of the United
States and Canada" 1t contains an alpha
betical list by towns and cities OF all the
regular physicians in every State in the
Union, and an account of all medical as
sociations and schools of the country which
are of any importance, and the names and
places of pubncation of all medical jour-
nails. All OF the principal sanitariums are
given. In short, all that professional and
other people desire TO know OF medical
and surgical institutions and those who
are identified with them, can be fovnd in
this book. Published by r. l.. Polk * Co.,
at the general office. Detroit, Mich.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27
Besieged by the Beers.

There has been so much history made
during the last few months that the intense
interest which centered around the siege
of Kimberley has been almost forgotten.
This book recalls it. 1t is a plain. straight
forward story of life in Kimberley during
the siege. by one who was there. DIR. l..
oliver Ashe, surgeon to the Kimberley hos
pital. He kept a diary during the trying
days, which, though not intended for pub
I~ication. is a timely contribution TO the
details of recent history. As a record OF
daily events 1t has a peculiar novelty and
vivid interest as a document Of siege life.
and IL bears internal evidence or being a
frank and truthful account Of a very in
teresting series of events. New York:
Doubleday, Page * Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

The communication from Hon. Charles
DENLY. of Evansville, published in this
issue OF the Journal. will repay careful
reading. There has been no clearer EXPOSE
ton OF the rights and duties of the United
ter defense of the Republican policy in that
behalf than Colonel DENLY makes. The
primary object OF his communication is to
show the Inconsistency and untenableness
Of Mr.. Bryan's position on the question,
and this is done most effecually. Incident
ally the result Is a fine vindication OF
President MeKinley's policy. Colonel DENLY
writes as a Democrat OF the old school who
places patriotism above party. No other
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

r. III. Russell, New York. who makes q
speciality of pictorial books. has issued a
volume of George A. Bickenbaugh's draw
ings entitled Cotton Tails" VIII Cot
ton Tails is not quite clear. since "bre'r
rabbit" appears only incidentally. The
pictures are grotesque caricatures OF ami
mails and birds. each drawing being ac-
companied by an explanatory nonsense
verse. Much of the matter originally APP
peared in the New York Herald. The pic
lures and verses are of a sort 10 amuse
children.
Another of the Russell publications is a
paper-covered volume describing with both
picture and text many of the art treasures
of the Metropolitan Museum, Of New York.
Ii is not a catalogue, since IL does not con-
tain a full list OF pictures and art OBJ
Jects. but it serves we'll as a substitute
for one who would know something OF the
best the institution contains.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27
His Yellowness, Then and Now.

Hartford Courant.
Editor Hearst is now as Mortified at
imperialism as Bryan himself-the man
who lobbied all he knew how for the rati-
fcation of the treaty of peace. Two years
ago Editor Hearst was exclaiming in his
screechiest type: Nail the flag to the
Philippines" Two years ago the San
Francisco Call says, his paper contained
this interesting expression of editorial
opinion: There is no reason why the in
ferior races should be admitted to citizen
ship, and Congress has the fullest power
to make such law as may be necessary
for the government of the islands, without
being hanpered with any OF the restrictions
which the Constitution places on the legis-
lative power in dealing with its own citi-
zens."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27
n

s. z. Kiser. one of the cleverest and most
versatile of the newspaper humorists of thu
day, has gathered into a volume a series
of compositions by little George" in
which that pecocious youngster tells OF
various domestic happenings In which his
paw" and NAV and other relf tives
figure more or less to their own undoing-
Ii is not a book TO read through at a SIT
ting because humor i'm bulk loses its
charm, but is TO be taken up now and then.
a chapter at "A time. The humor Is not or
the refined, elusive order, but is patent TO
the dullest sense, and Is therefore likely 10
suit a greater number of readers. Small,
MAYNARD AZ Co, Boston, publishers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

This is a story of American life In which
the scene shifts from Charleston TO Detroit.
The heroine. the elusive Hildegarde. is a
brilliant, lovely, but somewhat extrava-
CANT girl, who, after some slightly rough
passages, finally strikes her gait and, or
course, marries the hero, a young doctor
who was a woman hater until he met
Hildegarde. The story Is rather lacking IN
action and incident. but has enough OF
romance to interest many readers. and II
is devoid of any purpose but 10 entertain.
IL is written by III. X. Martin and published
by r. +. Fenno * Co, New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27
From sand Hill 30 pine.

Mr.. Bret Harte continues TO write stories
OF adventure in california-the California
that ne knew thirty years or more. Re-
cent residents of that State whe know
nothing of stage robbers, gamblers and
other desperadoes. are disposed 10 ~criticise
him for this. but the people who read
the tales and are not concerned with the
present reputation or the State find them
nuite as interesting as IL the rather law
less conditions he Is so fond OF portraying
existed to-day. This little volume contains
six stories. all good. Published by Hough-
ton. Miffin * Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27
In his speech at Omaha on Saturday Mr..

IN MS speech at Omdna OH Sdturudy MT.
Bryan said:
Now, my friends, what does the Repub-
lican party stand for? On the money ques-
ton 1t stands for the gold standard. And
what does the gold standard mean? 1t
means that one of the two money metals
used from the beginning of history is to
be stricken down and only one metal left
to do the work that two should do.
Such talk as this can only fool very ir-
norant and gullible people. 1t is true and
greatly TO its credit, that the Republican
party stands for the only recognized
money STANDARD of the civilized world,
but it is not true hat silver has been
stricken down further than by recogniz-
ing its greatly diminished commercial
value Mr.. Bryan tries to create the i'm
preston that the amount of silver coin
in circulation in the United States is less
than formerly, while in reality there is far
more silver in circulation now than ever
before, and the amount is being increased
all the time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27
INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

Mr.. Foulke is one of the clear-headed.
true-hearted thinkers on modern and social
questions, and he is not diverted from
truth by the specious logic of the dema-
g~ogue.-Elkhart Review.
The Goebelites have discontinued their
judicial campaign in Kentucky until
November. Having convicted" Powers.
Youtsey ct al. will be held to appear on
the scene during the heat OF a political
campaign. Meantime. Powers can be held
an as an awful example-and he truly Ia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

York Mail and Express.

New York Mail and Express.
1--WE have got control of the city govern
ment in New York." exclaimed Bryan. in
his indianapolis speech. "And," he might
have added. 1--WE are running IT for all
there is in IL. no matter whether the divi-
dends come from ice, vice or red LIQUOR"
That is what We are in control, for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

The Chicago Tribune has given the names
OF more than a hundred Democrats and
Populists who will vote for Mckinley and
the reasons therefor. Three-fourths of the
reasons are that those giving them are
satisfied with the gold standard and other
Republican legislation which has given the
country prosperity. This fact shows that
neither platforms nor candidates can make
issues.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

II Mr.. Bryan had not gone to Washing
tun and used his personal influence to Sc
cure the ratification of the treaty with
Spain 1t probably would not have been rati-
fed and the question of Imperialism never
could have been raised. Mr., Bryan was
looking ahead.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

San Francisco papers assert that Califor-
MAS trade with the Philippines amounts to
more than $2,0OO,O00 a month. With these
figures in the public eye California will pro-
coed to pocket the imperial results of ex-
pansion without much fear of the empire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

II am going to vote for my own interests,
and 1 am not anxious for any more panics,"
Is the reason which Andrew j. Wiseheart.
for Mckinley. Mr.. Wiseheart's paramount
reason appeals to thousands.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

The Madison (Wis.) Democrat says that
lit must be confessed that some of our
Democratic brethren are more concerned
tor the seif-government of the Tagals in
Luzon than for the self-government of the
negroes in the United States"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

The thieves who stole a red-hot bar of
gold at Helena are respectfully referred to
the managers of Governor Beckham's cam
paign in Kentucky. He will need some one
capable of holding the hot end of il in No
x-arphar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

The noble red man does not appear to ad-
vantage in civilized sports. He should learn
TO take defeat more stoically than he did in
the canoe race on Saturday, and not go off
and sulk because he does not win. He is
not the dead game SPORT we nave been
led to believe he was.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

Mr.. Bryan, in using the comparison of
Lazarus and Dives. in his Omaha speech,
Saturday night. conveys the impression
hat while he has done pretty we'll with
Republican crumbs the last few years. he
would do much better if he sat at the head
OF the table.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

1.-The election OF Bryan would be the
assassination of business confidence. and
when confidence is dead business dies with
It." Is the remark of the Brooklyn Eagle, a
Democratic paper of the brand that existed
before BRYAN.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

A subtitle OF his story d~esignates IT az
"a romance of 1886" II is a historic novel;
the scene being laid In France during an
eventful period. The adventures OF
Francesca. the heroine, will interest a
large class of leaders. while the bravery
and gallantry G captain Egalite. the hero.
will appeal 10 all lovers OF romance and
daring. New York: @. W. Dillingham; e
Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

As a legerdemanist Mr.. Bryan beats the
man who catches bullets with his teeth.
No sort of a nondescript party or faction
can fire a nomination at him that he does
with a Hoop lai"