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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
No MORE CITY BONDS.

The City Council should refuse to issue
The Taggart regime has increased the
bonded debt of Indianapolis s6S0,O00 OF
that amount, s35O,O00 was expended on park
lands, worth not to exceed 100000, the
other $4,000 has gone to pay for police
station, bridges and other expenditures for
which the money should have been raised
at the time by direct taxation. Some of
II has been wasted and much that was ex-
pended otherwise has been money thrown
away. At best the Taggart policy has
permanently increased the annual expendi-
ture of the city for park and other pur-
poses not less than 100000 a year. The
Taggart expenditures i'm 1899 were 1852 900
in excess of those of the year that he came
into Office.
The Taggart regime now desires issues of
bonds TO provide money for current ex-
penditures. 1t should not be done. Ii
money is needed for any purpose let the
Mayor ask for temporary loan, or, rather,
for temporary loans. and thus pay current
expenses when due. Inc bonded debt Is
now near the limit, and counting the
bonded debt of the School Board, its
amount is far in excess of the constitutional
limit. The city cannot go much further
i'm the issuing of bonds before il will reach
the constitutional limit which is god
send to Indianapolis. Many people wno are
looking on feel that the Republican Coun-
Gil should not yield in any respect TO the
advice of the Mayor 10 allow him TO fur
Their signalize his administration by adding
sl95.00 more 10 his monument OF s6SO.oO0 OF
bonded debt. The Taggart regime will
need at least 100000 for current expenses
to get through the year. Let that amount
pe voted as temporary loan to go into the
tax levy next year. Such taxation next
year will probably bring the levy close tc
30 cents the limit under the charter but
let indianapolis pay current expenses as
they come due. which includes the keeping
UP of the fire department and other c. rent
expenses incident to the growth OF the cit,
and the wear and tear. Every year the
Taggart regime has wasted an average OF
$4,000 TO promote Taggartism. The tims
has come to carry the burden by direct
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

the bill. He co-operated with every official
TO secure the location, and while the details
of bringing about the purchase were pro-
ceeding he co-operated with those in charge
of the matter. Recently he went to Wash
ington for the sole purpose of assisting in
smoothing out the difficulties which sur
rounded the purchase and transfer of the
property to the United States. In all this
work Mr.. Overstreet has displayed tact,
persistence and capacity. With less ef-
fective man in Congress there would not
now be any prospect of commodious pub
lie building
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

find fault all he wants to without having it put
In his bill.
According to confucius, il is knowledge to
get your acknowledgment that you don't
know anything.
There IS not much difference between borrow
ing and lending; either have TO return books
so after them.
1t takes a woman to telephone man to go to
certain railway station without telling him at
what hour what FOR.
When You can't get what you want the sooth-
ing thing to do is to persuade yourself that it
wasn't what you wanted, anyway.
A good rule for restful relations with other
people in hot weather is to let them make all
advances; If they feel So too. the plan works
like a charm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
A POLITICAL FROST.

In numbers and in the effect which comes
of imposing demonstration the Bryan noti-
fication was a failure on it's face. Two
evening papers, in their headlines, declare
that $1,000 or $4,000 people came by trains.
The reports of the railroad officials, made
after the hour when none would arrive
TO attend the Bryan notification, say that
all Of the arrivals. including the regular
travel and the delegations of Red Men,
numbered about Is 200, so that 10000 is lib
eral estimate for those who came to attend
the Bryan meeting. even including the
number who took advantage of a round
trip rate for one fare to visit the city. In
der ordinary conditions, with round-trip
tickets for one fare, with the extensive ad
vertising and the efforts of scores of coun-
ty and precinct committees, the roads
should have brought 10000 to the meeting.
Enthusiasm is a relative term. Bryan
enthusiasm has always been vociferous.
He was greeted with more demonstration
of approval in 1896 than all the Republican
speakers. Compared with the enthusiasm
which greeted Mr.. Bryan four years ago
Wnen he came mere lO. udhS d SpetCI,
there was none yesterday. 1t may have
been that the heat evaporated what en-
thusiasm there was in the hearts of the
Bryanites, but there was little left when
he passed through the streets. A few men
shouted ''Hurrah for Bryant but the last
of the cry was wall compared with the
loud and vigorous acclaim of 1896.
The attendance at Military Park did not
exceed 1900 at any one time, and it is ex-
ceedingly liberal to say that 5000 or 10000
heard Mr.. Bryans well-delivered address.
OF those in attendance at least one-third
were women and children. Marion county
itself should have furnished a larger crowd
after all the advertising.
And this was the much-announced ma
tional opening of the campaign-the great
party event of the season-not a local DEM
onstration. Compared with Mr.. Bryan's
meeting here four years ago it was fail
ure. AS the formal opening of a national
campaign it was paralyzing failure. In
the words of the street, sit was frost"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
THE YOUNG KING AND QUEEN.
Victor Emmanuel HI Likely to Make
Good Ruler for Italy.
New York Commercial Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser
Although Victor Emmanuel III, actual
King of Italy, is not of imposing presence
he is by no means so much the reverse
as he has been pictured. Lowness of
stature is not remarkable In him. espe-
cially when in street costume or uniform.
Perhaps it is the pleasant dignity with
which he carries himself on these and
other occasions that makes him appear "a
equal advantage with much taller and
larger people. In conversation he has Pc
culiarly winning and attentive expression,
very suggestive of his gentle mother Like
his grandfather and his father, he IA
passionately fond Of the army and is great
Is interested in whatever may accrue 20
it's progress. He is especially devoted &c
the infantry, for whose benefit, just be.
fore sailing on the trip that has had so sad
q termination. he was actively engaged
Ills brilliant intellectual gifts and broad
culture owe much 10 the early devotion Of
his mother. who thought OF little else but
the young prince during hisllboyhood and
youth. He inherits also much OF Victor
Emmanuels will power. and has already
given evidence of gifts OF craftsmanship.
He has lived mostly al Naples. where his
command was situated. legs
His marriage 10 Elena Of Montenegro was
thorouhly a marriage OF affection. When
she a girl was studying I'm Venice the
young prince met her. was ATTRACTED by
her modesty. intelligence and beauty. and.
malgre the frequent reports made TO the
contrary from time 20 time. has had no
thought apart from her. That she also
loved the young prince Is evident I'm the fact
that more than one royal sutton was re-
jected before he journed to Montenegro to
place his offer formally before her father.
Prince Nii<ita. From the very first the
culture OF the present young queen Of Italy
won for her the hearts OF Italy's sovereign
and Italy's people. The life OF the young
king and queen is an ideally happy one
Queen Elena is closely related by marriage
10 the royal family OF Russia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
Philadelphia Record.

PhiIadelphia Record.
BY the act of cession signed by the chiefs
of Tutuila on April IL last the sovereignty
assumed by the United States over that
island has been placed on a legal footing.
The tripartite treaty of division between
Germany, Great Britain and this govern
ment, having been made without the con-
currence of the natives, was merely in the
nature of quit claim from the signatories
of their interest in that part of the Samoan
group assigned to us. 1t passed no title to
this country; the act of cession does Only
after the same shall have been ratified by
the Senate, however, will it be proper to
speak of Tutuila island, with its harbor of
Pago Pago, as an American possession.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

The opinion of Judge Lacombe in the
Nicely case is practically final on the ques-
ton of extradition. The court finds that
the prosecution has submitted evidence
against Nicely, and says his extradition for
trial in Cuba will be granted as soon as
certain other proceedings pending in the
same court are dismissed. AS this is a
mere matter of form, the main question
may be regarded as settled.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

Mr.. Towne's declination of the Populist
nomination for Vice President is fitting
finale to a very farcical proceeding. No
man eyer got more personal publicity and
free advertising out of an uhimportant po-
litical event than he did out of this nomi-
nation, and his letter of declination shows
the self-sacrificing spirit of a patriot who
is ever ready to throw himself into the
breach. He finds consolation in the refiec-
ton that 1.-The leadership of Bryan, which
could have redeemed bad platform, sane
titles a good one" so he hopes the Popu-
lists will transfer their allegiance from
Bryan and Towne to Bryan and Stevenson.
AT the risk of hurting Mr.. Townes feelings
it must be remarked that he takes himself
too seriously
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

Senator and Chairman Jones was wrong
when he said that Mr.. Bryan might with
draw the troops in the Philippines as soon
as he may be elected. The truth is Chair
anJJenes is not so completely addicted to
accurate statement that he can always be
taken literally. Still, Mr.. Bryan's declared
policy can scarcely commend him to the
support of those who believe in quitting the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

IN Is probable that to-day the United
States viii be put in possession of Square SO.
upon which will be constructed the federal
building. IL has taken a long time to bring
IL about. and several officials and citizens
OF the enterprise. but To none OF these Is
more credit due than to Representative
overstreet I, Is due 10 his untiring efforts
during sneariy two terms that the House
passed q bill providing for the construction
OF a public building. A less persistent and
less capable man would have failed Mr.
cyerstreet succeeded because he Is one of
the most influential men IN the House. Eor
aid his services cease with the passage OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

In Campbell county, Kentucky, an cleo
ton was held on Tuesday to fill a vacancy
caused by the death of a senator. In 1899
the vote in the county for Governor was:
Taylor (Rep), 1910: Brown Qnd. Dem.) },
172; Goebel Oem). 4.701. On Tuesday the
Republican candidate for senator beat the
Goebel candidate by 10 votes. after a
sharp campaign in which the Goebel law
was the issue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

Philadelphia North American.
Why waste time and produce heat by dis
putting about the shirt waist for men?
There is no law against a man wearing a
shirt waist. II he wishes to do so and
doesn't 1t is because his vanity makes him
shrink from the trial of being unlike other
people in appearance That is to saw he is
a coward. Therefore let him swelter In his
poltroon coat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
Part of the opera Boure.
New York Press.

New York Press.
To a Washington reporter Senator Jones
said: THE situation in New York is most
gratifying. While l do not believe we have
sure thing in New York. there is an ex-
cellent chance of carrying the State" This
is the sort of thing OF which the librettist
wrote: she said TO him, sweet things TO
HIM, in manner most ironicai"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

taxation. When the burden shall be taken
up. it will be proved that Taggartism has
made it necessary to permanently increase
the tax levy from So cents per 800 to So
cents. Would Indiana taxpayers like to see
Taggart methods applied to state affairs?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

st. Paul Pioneer Press.
BY the existing treaty with Russia we
believe the United States is bound to sur
render criminals proved to have been con-
cerned in the murder of Gar. Under the
most favored nation" clause may it not be
that Italy may also claim the surrender of
men engaged in a similar crime, despite
newspaper declarations that there is now
no law authorizing such surrender?
Treaties are, next to the Constitution, the
highest law I'm America
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

1t has been evident for two years that
the insurrection in the Philippines was
kept alive by the hope of Democratic sue
cess in the United States. There is not
much of it left, but what little there is is
kept alive by this hope. The reelection of
Mckinley will cause its complete and final
collapse. The surest road to stable govern
ment in the Philippines is the defeat of Mr.
Bryan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
Her Fatal Error.

"oh. how Rebecca wept when she read abou,
the looting OF Tien-Tsin,"
''She has tender heart"
"'Twasn't that; she refused a missionary
once and OF course she was thinking OF all <he
lovely silks. rugs incense burning and other
tric-a-brac she had slipped up on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
Americas White Boxers,

Philadelphia North American.
The mindless ruffians who. in various
parts of the country, have attacked Chi
nese laundries and assaulted CHI, men in
testimony of their disapproval of rioting in
China, are saved from being yellow instead
of white Boxers only by the accident of
birth. There should be no trifing with
them. Policemen's clubs could be put to no
better use than in rafting upon their empty
heads
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
What Tom johnson Meant To Say.

Philadelphia Press
Tom Johnson. from the safe retreat of
London. says the 16-to-1 clause in the Dem
ocratic platform is the epitaph of the silver
question, which is no longer issue in
politics. What Tom meant TO say was that
the plank was the epitaph of the Bryan
Democracy. which is no longer an issue in
national affairs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

A good deal of Mr.. Bryans speech yes
terday would come under the head of cant
His constant quotations from the Bible. as
If il were a Democratic campaign docu-
ment his illusions TO 1.-The teachings of the
Nazarene." his pleading that 'our mission
aries seek sYuis instead of sovereignty.
etc. are species of political hypocrisy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
Eootnotes.

Remember that cantaloupes like dreams. often
go by contraries
sentinel should be stationed at every screea
door TO make all big people go through a
gallcp. 81.
Home 10 the pleasant place where man can
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

OF the much boasted Bryan Commercial
Travellers Association. 500 by Democratic
count. more or less. just thirty marched
in the Bryan parade. The remainder were
doubtless on the road or in the shade, from
which they will never emerge
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

Mr.. Bryan says the present campaign sis
a contest between democracy on the one
hand and plutocracy ON the other" This
Is the talk of demagogue who is an An
archist az heart There are as many cap
italists in the Democratic party as there
are in the Republican. and many Re
publican worixingmen as Democratic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
suecumbed to the Luu.

I'VE didn't have much to do yesterday
Well
Had to let our Office hoy so home in the mid
ole OF the afternoon-he said he was worn out"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
Partisan Pleasantly.

Bryanite-fm Democrats true-blue Demo-
craft
Republican-Yes; you'll be blue all right after
November. .r
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

Including Mr.. Bryan and the official force
of the notification, the procession counted
out just 1,031. and no more. The cold facts
of the great notification are so distressing
that the Journal tenders its sincere con-
dolences
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

The estimate of four men who walked
around the-crowd listening to Mr.. Bryan
yesterday was that at the utmost limit it
was rather less than over 10000. and that
at the time Mr.. Bryan was speaking less
than 1900 people were in Military Park.
To have been the success the Democratic
managers planned not less than $1,000
should have been on the ground
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

Senator Morgan. of Alabama, says there
Is no paramount ISSUE" as all the planks
IN a platform are OF equal Importance.
When Mr.. Bryan comes to think the mat
ter over he may come to a like conclusion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

Mr.. Bryan would have shown wisdom
stuck to the crown of thorns. the cross of
gold and Is to l. Then he would have had
a small crowd of enthusiasts to cheer him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

After the experience of yesterday it is not
likely that any future presidential candi-
date will go several hundred miles from
home to be notified of his nomination. That
sort of hippodroming does not pay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

The visiting clubs and the Red Men saved
yesterdays reception from being total
frost. AS a popular demonstration it was
a CONSPICUOUS failure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

Mr. Bryan is no longer a magnet in In
diana He had more people listening to
him in Greenfield a year ago than he had
in Military Park yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

Many good State fair day has brought
twice as many people to town as were here
yesterday. and an old-fashioned circus
would beat 1t out of sight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

imperialism finds no warrant in the BIZ
bic" says Mr.. Bryan. Neither does free
trade nor 10 to l. rs for Imperialism. the
whole system of lsFaelitish government
was based on IT,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

Mr.. Towne should have been here to see
the notification of Mr.. Stevenson. He
would not have been so near tears as he
was when he wrote his long letter of
declination had he seen the few hundreds
who listened TO the Stevenson acceptance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

According 10 the statements of railroad
men more empty passenger cars came into
Indianapolis Yesterday than on any pre-
vious day foi. a long time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

sion fee accounts for the smallness of Mr..
Bryan's audience yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

AS a drawer of crowds Mr.. Bryan has
ceased TO be an attraction. Too many peo-
pie have seen and heard him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
Office Ethics.

did your boss have good time while he was
gone. Kitty"
II guess so; since ne came back he's as cross
as bear"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
difference of Locality Only.

Chicago News.
1.-THE whites must rule is the way they
put IL in North Carolina 1.-The Yellow man
must rule is the way the phrase goes In
China. The difference Is chiefly that Of To-
cality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

Mr. Bryan did not draw yesterday.
People did not push to see him, and many
persons chatted within five hundred feet of
his speakin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

The novels all make. strong men weep" but
novelists talk in their sleep; they are not up 90
every trick; the real truth is that strong men
kick
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

1t is probable that Webster Davis will be
a better drawing card for experimenting
than even Mr.. Bryan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

There never was such p frost in Indian
apolis in the way of political gathering.
Mr. Bryan is no longer a curiosity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

The question of using Monument place
for night overflow meeting settled itself.
There WAS no overflow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09

To draw crowds Mr.. Bryan must use
cross-of-goId metaphors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
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Be1ated Expose.
A Manly Tendency.

Billy Biggs is getting to be an awful idiot"
mo- you are just finding him OUT
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The march on Picking. with its exciting
elimination, was the final chapter in
long story of fighting and diplomatic
wrangling. 1t was in these dealings that
the Chinese government laid the founda-
ton for its reputation for duplicity. treach-
cry and absolute unreliability. Every
manner of lie and trick was resorted to
in the endeavor to avoid or postpone the
final treaty concessions. The only promise
that was kept was the one made after the
burning of the summer palace.
The trouble between China and Great
Britain began to brew in 1851. and grew out
of the seizure of the British sailing YES
sci Arrow. In order TO collect damages
Lord Elgin and Baron De Gros attacked
and captured the Taku forts. and then
sailed ~ the Pei-Ho river and took Tien-
Tsin, where they commanded the mouth
OF the Grand canal. By this time the En-
peror announced himself as willing TO ne
gotiate. A commission was sent 10 ITEM
Tsin and the above mentioned treaty was
agreed upon. But not until after much
delay, for II was at first found that the
commissioners had insufficient authority.