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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

At a recent conference of the Mormon
Church George Q. Cannon complained that
there never was. in the history OF the
church. such an absence of respect for its
authority as now.
WI Ting Fang. the Chinese minister at
Washington, denies the current report
that he is 20 be transferred to a European
legation. He is making arrangements TO
visit Peru about the last of May, and ex-
poets TO return to Washington In the fall.
The Moody Bible Institute, of Chicago.
is considering the Inauguration of a system
to teach the Bible and theology by malta
sort of correspondence Bible class. The idea
was suggested by the number of letters re-
cefved by the board of trustees from peo-
pie outside OF the city asking for instruc-
ton.
Senator Depew. in Directing TO the Mil
lionaires' Club" as a descriptive title for
the body of which he is a member. says
that three-fourths of the senators have mo
income beyond their salaries and what they
can gain In addition by limited opportuni-
ties from their public duties for the prac-
tice of their professions. contribution TO
magazines and other literary efforts"
Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans, the Oldest
living person born on the site of Chi
cago and one of the survivors of the Fort
Dearborn massacre of 1872. is very i'll at
VaAAtft @hAAof ~tLs 9at - 0fNL III
years old. Mrs. Winans was an infant six
months old at the time OF the massacre,
and. with her mother, escaped injury at the
hands of the savages and was taken cap
tive by them.
Miss Jessica b. Peixote, of San Fran
cisco. has passed an examination at the
University of California for the degree of
doctor of philosophy. She is The fourteenth
to receive this degree at Berkeley, and the
second woman. II is the highest degree
conferred by the university, and for its at
tainment are needed at least seven years
of university work, the writing of a thesis.
the demonstration of extensive learning
and the power to prosecute Independent in
vestigation.
Mrs. Dominis, otherwise known as Lili-
uokalani, the ex-Queen of Hawaii. will
sail from San Francisco on May Is for her
home near Honolulu. She is bitterly disap-
pointed by the failure of her pension claim
and says she will never again set foot in
the United States. She is about sixty-three
years of age, and enjoys an annua income
of about Sc, 900 by inheritance. largely
from the private estate of her brother and
other property that was not confiscated by
the Dole government.
Lives of stingy men remind us/
We can all accumulate,
And, departing. leave behind us
Much for friends to dissipate.
Let us then be up and doing,
While we journey here below,
Still achieving, still pursuing
Wealth for other folks TO blow.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

1t is worth noting that the Democratic
members of the Senate committee on privi-
leges and elections, while agreeing with the
majority of the committee i'm the opinion
that the seat occupied by Mr.. Clark, of
Montana. should be declared vacant. turn
with sharp criticism upon his assailants
who have brought the case to the Senate.
They do not call Mr.. DAILY by NAME, but
they had him in mind when they alluded
to the large amounts of money spent to
defeat Mr.. Clark and denounced the meth
DDS to which DAILY and his subordinates re-
sorted to implicate Mr.. Clark's workers.
1t is worth while noting. because MIR. DAILY
was the most active man in the silver
syndicate in collecting funds for the Bryan
campaign.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

garding the extra allowances made to mill
tary officers performing civil duties in Cuba
will be entirely satisfactory to the coun-
try. 1t shows that the extra allowance,
payable out of Cuban revenues. was made
TO only four officers and only to an amount
deemed necessary to cover the extra ex-
penses entailed by their civil functions.
The secretary puts an effectual quietus on
Democratic criticism in the matter by
showing that the same thing was lone by
Democratic administrations in the case of
military officers in Mexico and California
fifty years ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27
THE GREATEST MENACE
Reasons Why President Mckinley
Should BE His own Successor.

New York Herald Qnd.)
Don't swap horses while crossing a
stream" is a pregnant motto for an ex-
banding country that has several problems
on hand which demand for their satisfac-
tory solution continuity of policy. breadth
of views. a friendly disposition toward for
eign nations and freedom from all forms
of anarchical f~oolishness. whether it be
Populism, free silver or socialism.
The greatest menace to the progressive
evolution of the United States moral and
material welfare lies in Mr.. Bryan, or,
rather, in Organism. To defeat him should
be the object of every American, for his
election means official Endorsement of an
archy, depreciation of currency, repudia-
ton of the Nations obligations and the
fcmenting of dissension in the two
branches Of the Anglo-Saxon race by mis-
chievous and unwarrantable meddling in
matters that do not concern the United
States, either directly or indirectly.
The victory of such an attempt to pro-
mote discord between England and Amer
lea cannot be faced without anxiety.
United, the two countries may live tranquil
and confident, free to pursue with unham-
pered course their commercial develop
ment and their civilizing mission. but d.
vided, their efforts in both directions must
Dc inevitably mlIlf1lZeu Dy the necessity
for each to keep an eye upon what the
other is doing.
The hollowness of Mr.. Bryan's reasons
for foreign intermeddling Is proved In so
far as his bid for the Irish vote is con-
cerned by the hearty and chiyalrous well
come extended to the Queen in the Gould
country and by the cheerful eagerness
displayed among the Irish regiments I'm
South Africa to receive even more than
their fair share of the knocks which the
hardy Beers are dispensing with such i'm
partial liberality. This should be sufi-
cfent to prove to the American people that
antagonism between Saxon and Celt Is not
bitter enough to warrant Mr.. Bryan in en-
tangling the United States in diplomatic
complications, If no worse, for the sake of
righting wrongs that only exist in his po-
litical imagination.
Nor is his appeal for the German vote
likely to bring much grist to the Bryan
mill. The American citizen of German
origin is too sensible, too well balanced
mentally, to take the free-silver apostles
oratory for anything more than its true
frothy value. What he wants is an honest
dollar for a dollars worth of work. OPP
portunity to extend his adopted country's
foreign trade, which necessitates peace
abroad, and booming Industrial conditions
at home, which necessitate a guarantee Of
social order against anarchica1 doctrines.
The Te1ton-American knows he cannot
count upon sound money. no foreign COM
, plications and domestic security under a
Bryanite regime, and he is not going to
forsake substance for shadow by helping
to put Mr.. Bryan in the place now occupied
by Mr.. Mckinley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

There is an element in Congress deter
mined to pass a Nicaragua canal bill ap-
propriating tens OF millions of dollars. re-
gardless of consequences. In committee
the House bill has been so amended as to
remove the features which are In violation
of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. A minority
of the committee resisted the amendments,
evidently for no other purpose than the
hope of making political capital. But the
House or Hepburn bill should not be passed
at the present time Indeed. no bill should
be considered which locates the route un-
til the report of the commission author
lied by the last Congress is placed before
Congress. which will clearly indicate which
is the best QUITE. The President is in favor
of waiting until the report is made. If
some Of the reports which come from
Washington are true. the Nicaragua route,
which wss indicated by previous surveys,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

has. upon further Investigation, been found
to present some very serious obstacles
which. IL not i~nsuperable. will require a
large moun of money to overcome. II
there is any truth in these reports there
can be no excuse for action during this
session of Congress. The President has
openly declared that a canal bill cannot
in all probability. be passed until the re-
port of the commission shall be made de-
that a few months spent in determining
the best route as scientifically a~scertained
will not. in the end. delay the work. On
the contrary, the chances are that such
delay will hasten the completion of the
canal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27
Bank. Have a wash Day for Notes.

Philadelphia Record.
A great deal OF the paper money that Is
constantly circulating about gets frequent
~washings in the same way as the house.
wife or maid goes at the dirty clothes on a
Monday morning. In some banks there is
a regular wash day every month. usually
at the beginning. when a clerk may be seen
bent over a tub and rubbing real money
UP and down a washboard. The dirty
greenbacks that have been saved up for a
month are soaped and rubbed just like
handkerchiefs and socks. and are run
through a wringer before being put out 10
dry. The paper currency may be handled
somewhat roughly, as IL does not tear.
because there is In IL a gerat deal of silk
and linen. After the notes have passed
through the wringer they are hung up on
a line stretched in the bank clerks Depart
ment. Said one clerk the other day: II
wash about 100 notes every month. and
when i am done you can hardly tell them
from new money. The washing strength
ems as well as cleans the notes"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

A steamer just arrived at San Francisco
brought thirty~seven Ga~licians. who, under
to a life Of slavery and because they re-
fused to work were thrown in prison. Ar
act OF Congress released them and now
they are on the way back to their own
country. Thus the flag carries freedom
wherever II goes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

Terre Haute Tribune.

al AAaatC
You could drop General Harrison from
the clouds, blindfolded and with both hands
tied behind his back and no matter what
manner Of audience might be waiting for
him to get on his feet he would be able to
talk as one versed better than others in
the particular subject under discussion. He
is the best all-around man this country has
had in many a day. IL will be recalled that
when he was President there happened 20
be emergency conditions in his official
household which called upon him 10 give
personal attention first TO one department
and another. from the international affairs
of the State Department 10 the land laws
of the Interior Department. or perhaps
questions of constitutional law 10 be passed
on In the department OF justice. but al
ways he was ready. as II by intuition. TO
dispose of the matter in hand In a way that
time showed TO have been the best possi-
tle thing TO do His address before the
Ecumenical council Saturday was one OF
his model utterances.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

The collection of books. antiques and OBJ
jects OF art which belonged to Augustin
DAILY and which are to be sold in this coun-
try early next year, are thought to repre-
sent an expenditure of si.50O.0o0. but 1t is
not hoped that that amount or half OF 1t
will be realized from the sale, though many
OF the objects have increased In value since
their purchase. The folio Shakespeare. for
which Mr.. DAILY paid $500. is now said
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

Just now Mr.. Bryan is devoting himself
TO the work of building up the Populist
party in Kansas. The meeting which he
addressed in Kansas. Wednesday, was not
called TO elect delegates to the Democratic
convention In Kansas CitS. but to a Popu-
list convention In South Dakota. which will
assemble before the Democratic meeting.
Such performances must discourage the
Democratic leaders in the East. who are
devoting their time TO efforts. to win con-
sentative Democrats to support Mr.. Bryan
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

I am the Indiana
G.. o. p,
That's what
I am. I
Am just as good and just
AS loyal as l was
Before there bust
Upon the horizon the
Thing known as a
State convention.
/ had six good men
ITO choose from
More than the Democracy
Has in the whole State
At any stage of the game.
/ chose one that the
Majority OF the States chosen
Delegates thought
Best fitted for the place.
And / am satisfied.
Individually. collectively.
Personally, organizedly
Satisfied.
/ would have been ditto IL any
or the rest Of the six had gathered
The ~persimmon:
But the choice is a good one,
Look at IL in any way you
VIII.
He will be elected, as
Sure as the Democratic candidate
Is TO be defeated,
Which is about as sure as
The nomination and defeat of Bryan.
Which is just about as sure as that he
Was nominated and defeated before.
Bring on anybody you want
In the way Of a can
pidate. on the
Democratic ticket. and what we'-
IL do to IL will
Be
Abundantly and beautifully
Sufficient.
There was some
Heat,
But it takes heat to
Weld metal together so II
Won't break, and it
Takes warmth to
Unity a party and get it
So Il can't be
Beat.
Hurrah for Dur
Rini
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

The attitude assumed by many news
papers In regard TO the Quay case is in
defensible. They do not like him. and
consequently senator's should vote against
him They make IL a moral issue on which
they assume that theirs is the righteous
side IL was purely a constitutional ques-
tion- Such senators as Hoar, Spooner and
Fairbanks. who voted for the seating of
Mr. corbett two years ago.. and who based
their sction upon an Interpretation OF the
Constitution which insists hat there shall
be no vacancy In a States representation
IN the Senate. cannot be criticised for vot-
ing for Mr.. Quay. Such senator's have less
cause to make explanation than those who
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

Basket ball doesn't please me; it is so horri-
bly, unnatural"
'Unnatural?"
Yes; the girls rush around like mad, but
they are not allowed to squeal.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

Conference In New York, his speeches
Astounding In wit and briIliancy. as well as
In dignity and sense. His Characterization
OF Governor Roosevelt as "a man who has
a passion for truth" and who. as it seemed
to him. wanted TO put an end TO all the
evil in the world between sunrise and SUM-
set" hit OF the fiery Governor admirably.
In fact. a good many people are like the
Governor OF New York In wanting TO see
great reforms carried into immediate exc
cution without considering the fact that
such changes. 10 be real and lasting. must
be a growth. not an explosion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

Philadelphia Pre-

Philadelphia Press.
British cocksureness is a little too sure
sometimes. The sapient London Spectator
observes that the bosses OF American par
ties are In CONSERVATION. Admiral Dewey.
who took Santiago. etc" II the Spectator
knows no more about American politics
than tx knows about the United States
naval history in 1895. il Is TO be feared IL is
not giving it's readers the worth of their
money.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

The railroad attorneys must not assume
that because the mayor is silent and the
city attorney is reported to be at a health
resort that their clients will not be brought
to time for not complying with the track
elevation ordinance. These officials are ac-
cumulating energy for the battle. They are
fearfully in earnest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27
P'raps.
Tommy MeditatI

Tommy Meditates.J
Fl I had other parents
B'sides these I've got now,
P'raps I'd have a better time
N pa an ma allow;
P'raps they'd gimme my own way
M then. p'raps. they'd not;
N so, p'raps, I'd better say
I'll stay 'th these I've got.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

The chatter to the effect that Senator
Fairbanks used his influence against Mr..
Grifiths In the later ballots for candidate
for Governor belongs to that verbal idiocy
which found expression in the story that
Mr. Hanly would attempt to stampede the
convention and run OF with the nominal
ton No man in or about the convention
would dare give his name as the inventor
of such an absurdity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

'In reply to an inquiry" Mr.. w. E.. Cur
tbs. the ~well-known Washington correspond
emit Of the Chicago Record. says: 81 would
say that ex-President Harrison is consid-
cred the finest orator in this country. and
perhaps in the entire world. His recent
speech at the opening OF the Ecumenical
Ccuncil in New York has been seldom sur
oassed.,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27
A Birds Easter Carol in a Church.

Denver Republican.
There was an Easter carol at ST. Johns
Cathedral Easter morning that the must
cal director had not arranged for. but
which was. after all. the most effective OF
all the songs of rejoicing and praise. The
choir had just finished the grand triumph
ant chorus, concluding the Easter cantata,
the organ tones had died away. when far
up In the lofty arches of the roof a little
bird took up the refrain. Though IL was
showing outside. he had found warmth and
shelter within the sacred structure. He
saw the warm lights below. the altar
banked high with greenery and flowers,
and he sang as though all the warmth OF
an early summer sun was shining through
green leaves upon the flowers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

Yesterday three squads of men, twelve In
each. marched through the most ~populous
parts of London with placards containing
the names OF sixteen British battleships
which are armed with obsolete muzzIe-
loading guns. and a declaration that mo
other nation in the whole world has a ship
on its effective list armed with muzzIe-
loading guns" hat sort of a demonstra-
ton should rouse the naval authorities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

The Marion county delegation stood by
Mr.. Grifiths faithfully through every bal
lot-in spite of the rumors of bad faith and
probable desertion. Even in defeat, -.
Grffiths must find satisfaction in the 10y
atty of the Republicans of his W county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

Chicago Inter Ocean.
Ex-President Harrison's address before
the Ecumenical council Of Foreign Mis-
sions. in session at Carnegie Hall. New
York. is one OF the ablest he ever deliv-
cred. Ii recalls the time when he swung
the circle and made from three 10
ten great speeches a day without once
quoting from an encyclopedia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

The pressure of other important ques-
tons should not cause Congress to neg
lect passing the Alaskan government bill
this session. The matter has been neglected
too 'long already. After nearly twenty-five
years of American ownership Alaska has
no government of It's own. Although fire.
quently spoken of as a Territory it is not
so legally. In 1884 1t was made a civil and
judicial district" and the general laws of
Oregon were extended to it. 1t has a Gov
ernor, marshal, Judge and clerk, all ap-
pointed by the President, but no local leg
i~slature, local officers nor local courts. At
present a man can get a title to a mining
claim in Alaska, but he cannot get a title
to a home. 1t has no land laws. There are
thousands of Americans In Alaska who
nave been living there for many years. and
II is expected that at least $4,000 more will
go there his season, not one of whom can
get a title to a foot of land for any other
but mining purposes. This large floating
and somewhat turbulent population is sub
ject to a kind of military government. The
towns cannot be incorporated nor many
other needful things. lone for the lack of
local government. This state of things
should not be allowed to continue longer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

Governor Roosevelt has come West for
the purpose. II is said. of heading of the
vice presidential boom which has been
started for him. His friends say IL 1t be-
comes necessary he will rise in the Phila-
delphia convention and positively refuse
10 accept the nomination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

AS far as can be gathered from the situa-
ton In South Africa the Beers are retreat
ing to safer quarters and General French's
force is trying to intercept and cut them
on. 1t is a race of diligence, with the
chances In favor Of the Beers on account
OF their superior mobility and better knowl-
edge Of the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

There is evident disappointment on the
part of several critical newspapers which
were certain that Senator Hanna would
vote to seat Mr.. Quay Indeed. 1T would be
safe to bet that there has been a sharp de-
cline i'm the market value of a considerable
quantity of yirtuous criticism of boss in
fuence in the Senate and indignant alarm
that one man should dictate the seating of
another who. in the judgment of the writ
ers, should not have been seated. Mr.. Han
ma has soreiy disappointed those newspa-
pers, and now they are striving to discover
some unworthy motive on the part of the
senator to account for his voting against
Mr.. Quay. The Journal cannot be accused
of being an admirer of Mr.. Hanna, so ii
can afford to say that there is no reason
why he may not nave acted as conscien-
tiously In this matter as any senator who
voted on either side. He certainly did not
use his influence for or against Mr.. Quay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

n Times.
Every indication points TO the heaviest
wool clip in the Northwest for many
years" This is the opinion of a member OF
a Boston wool firm. NJ. E. Race, who has
just been through Utah, Idaho. Montana
and Wyoming. This is better news than to
hear OF the wholesale slaughter of sheep
because farmers cannot afford even to feed
them, as was the case under a free-wooi
policy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27
Literary ~SpecinIties.

New York sun.
Some one asked a member OF a woman
magazine stan what were her specialties.
well" was the answer. Il do the crochet
patterns and the music"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

Looking over those excellent papers
which devoted themselves to prophecy dur
ing the past two weeks, one is forced to
che conclusion that predicting is not an ex-
act science.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

voted to seat Mr.. corbett and voted not
TO seat Mr.. Quay. AS for Senator Penrose
and Mr.. Quay. who voted against Mr. Cor
bett. they are in no position to c~riticise
senator's for voting against the latter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

Conditional Courtesy.

Employer-Young woman. can 1 depend upon
you to be polite to customers?
Young Woman-Yes. sir. II the hours are
short.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27
No Use.

She-Man should strive to hold his own with
He-Well, Intellectually he does; but finan-
cially, my dear. you know he can't.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27

n Supreme Court of Ohio has affirmed
the constitutionality of the law which
makes counties responsible for damages
Incurred by iynchings. This will make
Judge Lynch unpopular in Ohio.