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Alexander Hamilton and other Au-
thorities Quoted TO show the DAM
ger OF n Debased Currency.
EVILS OF THE l6 TO RATIO
REPUBLICAN PARTY TRUE To ITS
ST. LOUIS PLATFORM OF 1890.
FaIIacy Of the Theory Of silver Mon-
ometalIists-WiId-Ca Banking-Pro-
posed Issue OF Per Cent. Bonds.

WASHINGTON, March 5-Mr c. w.
Fairbanks, of Indiana, to-day delivered N
the Senate set speech in support OF the
conference report on the financial bDi
which bill he declared marks large and
intelligent step forward in our monetary
history. Under it the vast Industrial and
commercial interests. he said. will have
period of repose, secure against the mem
ace of monetary doctrinaries. Labor would
be benefited for, he said. the interests OF
labor and capital are always identical.
They cannot never be divorced. They are
so interlaced and interdependent that mon
ey which injuriously affects one cannot
beneficially affect the other.
No argument, he added, is required TO
sustain the wisdom of q stable currency,
for an unstable, fiuctuating circuls ting me-
dunn unsettles and disturbs and brings
train OF evils as merciless and destruc-
tive as the ravages Of war.
Mr.. Fairbanks then made an argument on
the silver question, holding that the main-
tenance of the gold standard with silver
circulating as currency at a parity with
gold Is the only bimetallism possible with
so vast a difference existing between the
value OF the two metals in the markets and
that it would be impossible for the United
States alone to maintain the parity Of sill
yer under free coinage of the latter. The
hackneyed phrase. free and unlimited
coinage OF silver without the aid or cont
sent OF any other nation on earth." was
intended to be brave utterance, stimulate
ing to the national spirit and TO our ma
tional pride, but was a sharp impeachment
Of our intelligence. The Republicans had
done everything that had ever been done
for silver and the opposition were bimetai-
lists in theory only. He then paid a warm
tribute to the present financial policy OF
the government which had made possible q
refunding OF our bonds at the lowest rate
of interest known and caused prosperity
throughout the country.
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JUDGE CRUMPACKER PLEASED.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March Sin response to
a request of the Journal correspondent,
Judge Crumpacker, this evening, gave the
following statement OF his views on the
Davis amendment. He did not pretend to
speak for the other Independents, but he
unquestionably voices their sentiments. He
said: 1.-The Davis amendment simply incor-
porates the taxation provisions of the fed
eral Constitution into the laws for the gov
ernment of Porto Rico. The Senate COM
mittee substituted the former bill for the
House tariff bill. and Mr.. Davis's PROPOSE
ton is to amend the former bill. The
amendment provides for free trade be-
tween the United States proper and Porto
Rico, and 1t gives the inhabitants Of the
island the status of Americans insted of
foreigners. 1t is entirely satisfactory to
those Of us who have been standing against
the House bill. because it eliminates en-
tirely the pernicious principle contained in
that bill. Some of US deem 1t a work of
supererogation to enact any Of the provi-
sions of the Constitution into the law, be-
cause we hold they are already applicable,
but no harm can be done by It, The for
mer bill. with the Davis amendment, will
make Porto Ricans citizens Of the United
States and put them substantially the
same footing as the people of New Mexico.
l firmly believe the Davis amendment will
be adopted I know OF a number of Re-
publican senator's who favor it, and num-
ber of others undecided. 1t is right I'm
principle and just in application, and
feel sure II will prevail. The conscience of
the country is thoroughly aroused and SEN
ators feel its powerful influence. Too great
praise cannot be given to Republican news
papers which have stood so unyieldingly
for principle in this memorable contest
The measure will be discussed In the SEN
ate three or four weeks, and the tariff
policy will lose in favor with every days
consideration"
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In THE FREE STATE.
Position Of the BOer and British
Forces-A Lull in Fighting.

=
LONDON. March 5.--A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph. from Osfontein. dated
Sunday, says: 1.-The Boer front covers
eighteen miles to the south Of Modder
river"
A dispatch to the Standard, from Osfon-
tein. dated March 4. says: Lord Roberts's
army now occupies a most advantageous
position. The Sixth Division, under Gen.
eral KellyKenny. is posted on the right,
and holds all the kopjes for distance of
five miles south Of the Modder. The Sew
enth Division. under General Lucker, is in
the center Immediately south of the river,
and General Colville. with the Ninth Divi-
sion, is on the north bank. The cavalry
brigade. under General French. is posted
on the left front, and the mounted infan-
try. under Colonel Ridley Martyr. on the
right front. The country round consists
of wide. grassy plains. broken only by
ridges and isolated kopJes.
"A body of the enemy has taken up a
position on one OF the latter. a fiat-topped
hill to the north OF the river. five miles be-
yond General French. who to-day took out
horse artillery and sheiled them. Another
force. 1900 strong. holds an isolated group
OF kopjes south OF the Modder and in front
of the British mounted infantry. Their po-
sition is surrounded on all sides by level
plains, over which the Beers must make
their way In order to reach the river. AS
a consequence. their situation appears pre-
carious in the extreme.
1.-THE veldt is now in beautiful condition.
Water is plentiful. supplies being obtains-
BILE not only from the river. but also from
numerous small springs. The health and
spirits of the troops are excellent The
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senators and representatives. After his
with Mr.. Mckinley and Sena-
tors Frye and Hanna he was satisfied the
tariff bill would pass the Senate without
doubt. After interviews with Senator's Alli-
son, Cullom, Davis. Aldrich and Elkins he
was not so sure about it. Still further in
terviews added to his confusion on the
subject, and, as a result of 1t all. he de-
cided to postpone his statement to the vot-
ers of Indiana until his return home. He
will leave for Indiana In the morning, and
on arrival will call in a number of leading
Republicans OF the State for consultation
on the grave and perplexing situation.
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HAS BOUGHT A PAPER.
Republican Party of Kentucky Con-
trolls the Louisville Commercial.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 5.-The Louis
Vile Commercial, the controlling interest
of which is said to have been owned by
A. B. Dupont, of Detroit. and T. c. Dupont.
of Pittsburg, will tomorrow announce
that the Ownership and control of it's
capital stock has practically passed into
the hands of the Republicans OF Ken
lucky" The following officers and direc-
tors are announced:
President, Roland b. Gelatt; vice presi-
dent.A. d. James; secretary II. r. Phillips;
treasurer. Philo NJ. Gelatt; directors. Hon.
William ]. Deboe. Of Marion; Governor
William s. Taylor of Frankfort:
Hon. John w. Yerkes, OF Danville;
Hon. John B. Atkinson, of Darlington;
Hon. A. d. James, Of Penrod; Hon Vim
cent Boreing. of London; Hon. r. NJ. Jolly.
of Irvington; A b. Dupont, of Detroit.
Mich; Judge Z. c. O'Grear, OF Mount
Sterling; Roland B. Gelatt, of Louisville.
and III. r. Phillips. of Louisville Besides
the new stockholders whose names appear
in the list of officers and directors. many
others of the leading Republicans of the
State have become directly interested in
the Commercials future. AS rapidly as
possible improvements will be made I'm all
departments of the paper, new capital
having been provided for this particular
purpose, and negotiations are pending
which promise TO bring to it's editorial stan
one or more writers OF wide reputation
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GETTING READY FOR WAR
KENTUCKY GOEBELITE SENATOR
WANTS AN ARMY RAISED.
Introduces q Resolution to Provide
clare Gov. Taylor a Felon.

FRANKFORT. KY, March 5.-The or
ders for the shipment OF guns and ammu-
milton from the state arsenal here to Lon
don. KY, by the Republican state authori-
ties, was revoked this afternoon and car
London was unloaded and its contents re-
turned to the arsenal in this city. The
state officials give no reason for the change
of programme. The soldiers worked all
forenoon loading the car. There is a re-
port that the War Department at WASH
ington interfered and requested the guns
and ammunition already taken to London
be returned here. The removal of the ar
senal equipments was the subject of the
following resolution in the Senate to-day
by Senator Triplett, an anti-Goebel Demo-
crat:
Resolved. That a committee of two
members Of the Senate and three members
of the House be appointed to investigate
the report that the guns, arms and ammu-
milton of the State have been removed by
w. s. Taylor or by his orders to certain
officers Of the State troops to London, KY,
and that II said reports are found to be
true the said committee shall at once pre-
pare an act authorizing Gen. John B. Cas-
tleman to purchase at once all the neces-
sary guns and equipments to replace said
material illegally removed, and that he is
further authorized to summon to arms and
equip a sufficient army of State militia to
recover all the guns and other munitions
so taken and replace same in the state ar
senal and, further, the sum of $2500 be,
and is hereby. appropriated by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky to carry out the provisions of
said act, and that the auditor of state shall
draw his warrant upon the treasurer for
the sum necessary to carry out the provi-
sions Of the act.''
The resolution lies over under the rules.
In the Democratic Senate to-day Senator
Bell introduced a bill which provides that
any state officer who shall forcibly hold
possession of the office for a longer period
than five days after the Legislature or
State Contest Board shall have declared
another person elected shall be guilty of a
felony.
Inc examining trials of Harland Whit
aker, of Butler county, and Lee Jones' of
Whiteley county, suspected in connection
with the Goebel assassination, are set for
tomorrow. Attorneys have agreed that
Jones may be allowed bail without the ex-
animation of witnesses. The county prose-
cutor would not consent to bail for Whit
aker and will make fight to hold him to
| the April grand jury without bail.
The call for the state convention to in
| augurate the war against the present elec-
| tion laws in this and several other South
ern States will be issued in the next day
or two. The committee and other Repub-
| lican leaders conferred at Louisville to-
night to agree on a date for the conven-
| ton. which will be held at Louisville few
| days after the adjournment of the Legisla-
| ture, March 13.
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TEXT OF THE SPEECH.
An Argument I'm Favor of the Pro-
posed Gold Standard Declaration.

Mr.. President. the subject before the
Senate has been so elaborately discussed.
especially during recent years. that little
remains to be contributed which is not in
its nature largely cumulative. Money is no
longer an occult science understood by
the few (but its essential principles have
become familiar to the many). Great ques-
tions engage the attention OF Congress
questions which concern our newly ac-
quired possessions and which affect our
economic and domestic affairs-but greater
than any other question is the one which
is now before US. 1t does not appeal 10 the
imagination, nor does it stir the enthu-
zen of the Republic.
1t is not my present purpose 10 dwell
upon the details Of the bill reported by
the committee. They have been fully ex-
planned by the chairman. The chief pur-
pose is expressed in the first section which
provides that ''the dollar consisting or
twenty-five and eight-tenths grains OF
gold. eight-tenths fine Is, and shall be. the
standard unit OF value: and that all forms
of money shall be maintained at a parity
of value with that standard" Sir, the
measure before us is a large and intelli-
gent step forward in the monetary his
tory OF the country. Its enactment will
put at rest the monetary question in the
United States for years TO come, for Il Is
incredible that the financial wisdom which
the people has acquired during the past
few years can be soon forgotten. The vast
Industrial and commercial interests will
have a period OF repose. secure against
the menace of monetary doctrinaires.
The Standard.
1t would seem that at this stage OF our
national progress no argument should be
required TO justify the maintenance OF the
gold standard. That standard is preferred
not because OF any sentimental feeling in
favor of one metal as against another.
but because commerce has decreed in its
favor. What government OF first rank has
any other standard than gold? We will
search in vain for a solitary one. This
significant fact is not due TO mere caprice
or prejudice. but is the result OF the world
wide operation Of recognized laws. un-
writt1n 1t is true. but possessing tho bind
ing force of congressional enactments
There are certain monetary laws, the fruit
OF the centuries. which have compelled
republics and kingdoms to adopt a mone-
tary standard which possesses I'm full
measure the essential element OF fxedness
stability.
Gold by these laws has become the pre-
ferred metal the acknowledged standard
for the measure OF values among the lead
ing commercial nations.
The pending measure continues gold as
the monetary unit or standard OF value.
1t does not attempt to establish the new
standard with which we are unfamiliar. IL
makes no new experiment which may lead
TO surprises and uncertainty, 10 the en-
barrassment or commerce and the conse-
quent injury OF the interests OF labor and
capital.
Sir no sophistries or subtleties can mako
money or create a currency which II good
for one and which Is not equally good for
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Former Is the Flower Of Courtesy and
the Latter a Man of Business.

LONDON, March 5.-One result of the
pacification of the Dutch districts of Cape
Colony may be the purchase of large num-
bers of horses from the farmers. But the
remounts sent down are believed to be ut
terly inadequate. General Kitchener can
work out the transport problem to Preto-
ria, If anybody can do it. Letters received
from officers at Cape Town describe Gen.
eral Roberts as the flower of courtesy and
Kitchener as a man OF business. A staff
officer of engineers told General Roberts
that he could do certain work assigned to
him in the course of fortnight. 81 am
sure" said General Roberts, that you
will do as well as you can" General
Kitchener asked the same officer how much
time he would require for the job. "A
fortnight" was the answer Kitchener
smiled grimly. Either you will do 1t in a
week." he said, ''or you will be sent
home.' The work was finished in a week
1t is this tireless, exacting energy of
Kitchener that is putting Englands work
through in South Africa.
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FOOD SCARCE AT MAFEKING.
Horses and Stray Dogs Utilized in
the Soup Kettle.

the Soup Kettle.
LONDON, March 6.-Lady Sarah Wilson
wires the Daily Mail from Mafeking, under
date of Feb. 10. as follows:
THE shelling of the town is less severe.
but bullets are more plentiful. Women and
children are deliberately aimed at. For
this reason Colonel Baden-Powell is having
network of trenches dug all over the
town for pedestrians. There are now
miles of these trenches. but in wet weather
they are impossible. and so risks must be
run by everybody.
1.-The food question is becoming difficult.
A soup kitchen has been organized, and
horses, stray dogs and heads and feet of
oxen are utilized, The town is on strict
rations. Oats are procured with bread
meal, and rejected husks for the horses" "
PRESUMABLY this means that oats are
served out part of the rations.]
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BoER TREKKING STOPPED.
An Encounter Between Gen. French's
Cavalry ard the Enemy.

OSFONTEIN, March 3.-General French
yesterday evening noticed a body of Beers
trekking northwest, and sent squadron
last night to keep in touch with them. This
morning the troopers were followed by
about $50 Beers. who advanced around a
hill, but who retired precipitately when
the British shelled them. The Beers then
opened heavy fire with Maxims, and also
began firing from a kopje in the center of
the position with a long-range fifteen
FOUNDER. The Boer trekking, in conse-
quence of General Frenchs movement,
was temporarily stopped.
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KRUGER's MIND UNCHANGED.
VIII Accept Peace Only on Condition
of Independence.

BRUSSELS. March 6.-The Transvaal
agency here confirms the statement that
President Kruger is ready to conclude
peace with Great Britain on the basis of
independence of the two republics and that.
otherwise, the struggle will continue to the
bitter end.
The agency believes that the Afrikander
element in Cape Colony and Natal will re-
bel rather than allow annexation, and that
the Dutch members of the Cape Colony
Parliament will vote by acclamation in
favor of Boer independence.
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HERNLY SEEKS LIGHT.
wan Make No Statement Until He Con-
suits Indiana Republicans.

bpttidI % TIC IhlIdndpOIls JcurnaI.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Chairman
Hernly. OF the Indiana Republican COM
mittee, continued his rounds to-day In
search OF light on the Porto Rican mys-
terry. He sought earnestly for an explana-
ton which he might carry back or send
back home to account for the change Of
front which has thrown the country into
such tunult- He spent an hour with the
President and the rest OF the day with
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Miner Killed by N shot.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
CLINTON, Ind, March 5.-David Burton,
a miner. aged about forty-eight years, was
killed in the No. mine this afternoon. A
shot he had fired failed to go of. and he
returned to investigate just as the shot
exploded. He was killed almost instantly.
He left widow and four children.
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Time Not Ripe for Mediation.

ROME, March 5.-In the Chamber of
Deputies, to-day. replying to several depu-
ties who suggested that the time had ar
rived for mediation In South Africa, the
minister of foreign affairs. Marquis Wis
CONT Venosta, declared he shared such
sentiments but thought action in the de-
sired sense could only be exercised when
circumstances rendered 1t opportune and
likely to be successful. and he thought
that moment had not yet arrived.
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miles north of Elkhart. was killed by the
Elkhart-Benton harbor accommodation
Saturday night but his body was not
found till Sunday. Mr.. Matthews was in the
habit of using a railway velocipede in
travelling to and from Niles. and was going
home on this machine when he was struck.
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LOUISVILLE. KY. March 5.-The briefs
in the cases of Beckham VS.. Taylor and
Taylor VS.. Beckham. involving the ques-
tion as 10 who Is the legal Governor Of
Kentucky, were filed In the Circuit Court
this afternoon. Judge Field has decided
TO devote his entire time TO the case until
he has reached a decision. Judge Jackson
will preside in the Law and Equity Court
during this time. A decision is not ex-
pected until the end of the week.
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BULLER's CASUALTIES.
Total of SOP from Feb. IA to 27-Pri-
vate O'Leary's Remarkable Case.

LONDON, March 5.-General Butler s
casualties from Feb. ii to Feb. q were:
Killed, SO; wounded. 6S4; missing. 25.
Among the wounded soldiers who ar
rived at Southampton to-day from South
Africa is Private O'Leary, whose case is
remarkable. He was shot in the head dur
ing the battle at Colenso. The bullet lodged
in the brain. rendering him speechless,
sightless and paralyzed. His life was de-
SPARED of, but Sir William Mccormick.
president Of the Royal College of Surgeons,
who was acting as volunteer surgeon with
the British army in South Africa, removed
a portion of the wounded mans brain, ex-
tracted the bullet and O'Leary has since
practically recovered his lost senses.
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AT GLENCOE AND LAING.s MEX.


LONDON, March 5.-A special to the
Times from Lourenzo MARQUES, dated
March 4. says: Persistent reports con-
tinue that the Transvaal Republic has
opened negotiations looking to the secur-
ing of peace. On the other hand 1t is as
serted the Beers will make a stand at
Glencoe and Laing's rex. and that in the
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TWENTY MEN HURT.

Stock Trains i'm Collision on the Illi-
nois Central Railroad.
CHICAGO. March 5.-Twenty stockmen
and railroad employees were injured. two
probably fatally, In a collision to-day be-
tween two Illinois Central freight trains
near Broadview, few miles out Of Chi
cago. The trains were loaded with stock.
and the injured men were riding in a ca
boose. The wreck caught fire, but the in
jured were rescued before any one was
burned.
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Shot to Death by a Mob.

CHARLOTTE. N c., March 5-For as
saulting an e'ghs-year-old girl at Clyde.
N. c.. Sunday afternoon. George Ratliffe
was shot TO death by mob In the jail at
Waynesville. N. c.. early to-day.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ELKHART, Ind. March 5.-A. Matthews,
who has been agent of the Big Four at
Fairland, Mich. flag station twenty-five
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stormberg was Evacuated.

STERKSTROOM, March 5.-Stormberg
was found evacuated when the British en-
tered last night.
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INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY MORNING, n

British cavalry and mounted infantry have
been reconnoitering the enemy's positions.
There has been little lighting"
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MARTIAL LAW DECLARED.
Proclamation Issued by Sir Alfred
Mflner, Governor of Cane Colony

CAPE TOWN, March 5.-Sir Alfred Mil
ner has issued the following proclamation:
Whereas, The enemys forces have in
vaded the districts of Prieska, Kenhardt,
Briestown and Barkiy West, and whereas,
many British subjects have taken up arms,
and whereas, 1t is necessary to repel inva-
sion and suppress rebellion, now, there
fore. martial law is hereby proclaimed in
these districts"
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TO RELIEVE MAFEKING.

Strong Force Of British Marching
Northward from Kimberley.
CAPE TOWN, March 5.-A strong force
of British. including the Kimberley Light
horse, is marching northward from Kim
berley.
It is expected that the crossing Of the
Vaal river will be disputed at Fourteen
Streams, where the railway bridge has
been wrecked.
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