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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-11
MITCHELL AT SCRANTON.
President of the Mine Workers
Talked to Ten Thorsand.

SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 10-Thcu -ands
of striking mine workers marched in re-
view through the crowded streets os this
city and showed their loyalty t. the
cause for which they have been battl ng
for the past three weeks. It was e IT,
mated that more than 10000 persons were
gathered around the speakers stand
when Fred Dilcher. of Ohio, who acted
as presiding officer, introduced the ma
tional president of the Mine Workers
union.
Mr.. Mitchell refuted the charges that
the strike was inaugurated in the inter-
ests Of politicians, and also denied that
bituminous interests had anything to do
with the present contest
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-11
Postmaster General spe,1n,na,nr

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1o-Postmaster
ington today for Lincoln. Neb.. where he
Will speak on the twelfth, beginning a
campaign tour, that will cover Nebraska
and Kansas. -'Ae
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04
DEATH OF MIR. GoEBEL.

The first impression that Mr. Goebels
wound would prove fatal is confirmed after
four days of uncertainty. by his death
This event has been quite freely discussed
in advance. and public opinion is probably
pretty well settled regarding it. The adage
as 10 speaking i'll of the dead applies to
Mr.. Goebel as to others. but IL should not
prevent speaking the truth. If the Journal
knew of any lovely or attractive features
in his character. of any noble deeds in his
life. or of any good he has done, 1t would
gladly recount the facts. He was man of
some personal virtues abstemious and So
Der In his habits and without any of what
are sometimes called small vices" 1t is
also said that he never known to
smile or shed a tear, but this is probably
an exaggerated way of saying that he was
a cold and impressive man, devoid of i'm
pulse and governed entirely by ambitious
or selfish motives. The public knows little
of his personal character 1t knows that
one of his first acts after entering poll
tics to kill political opponent, and
that. from that time to the present. moth
ing has stood in the way of his political
ambition. Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky,
one of the foremost Democrats in the
State. said Of him few days ago: "Goebel
was not vicious man, but was utterly
scrupulous in politics. He was determined
to rule or ruin our State, and he stopped
at no means to win his way" Such a
man. possessing decided ability and a
strong personality. without any small vices
can be a great power for evil. and that
is what Mr.. Goebel was. His public record
will be searched in vain for evidence of
any motive except personal ambition and
success. The death of such a man Is no
loss to the State, whatever it may be to
his relatives and friends. What effect it
will have on the political situation. if any,
remains to be seen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SUNDAY FEBRUARY A. 1900

nounced appearance at Frankfort, few
days ago, Of several hundred armed noun
taineers who came there. as they claimed.
to defend their political rights. No COM
mittee. parliament, no constitutional
convention ever put forth stronger bill
Of rights than these mountaineers did.
Their declaration Of principles was admira-
BILE, but they erred in the manner of max
Ing 1t. Their armed demonstration ur-
doubtedly increased the strain of the situa-
ton and probably precipitated the attack
on Goebel. yet their rights and those of the
people generany had been outrageously
they were nevertheless citizens and voters,
free Americans who, though they did not
know much besides, did know their rights
and dared to maintain them even with
guns. if need be. Such demonstration
should set politicians of all parties to think
ing, and should make them realize that po-
litical parties, platforms and successes are
as dust in the balance compared with the
right of the people to self-government.
There is reason to believe that the present
crisis in Kentucky will result in the crea-
ton of public sentiment that will repeal
the infamous Goebel law. restore self-gov-
eminent to the people and make politicians
more regardful of their rights than they
have been before. Thus good may come
out of evil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04
TAYLOR AND GOEBEL.

AS a general thing whisky cuts more or
less of a figure in tragedies like that which
occurred last week in Kentucky. At least,
such would be apt to be the case in any
Northern State. If the shooting was not
done by a man who was intoxicated the
quarrel or offense which led to it would
in all probability have had the reckless
this case such element appears to be en-
tirely absent. 1t is not known, at least the
public does not know, who fired the shot
which struck Goebel, but so far as the two
leaders in the political controversy are con-
cerned no charge of stimulating their own
or others courage by drink will stand. Con-
sidering the traditional taste of the aver
age Kentuckian for the great staple of his
State the abstemiousness of these two men
is worthy of note. Neither, 1T is said has
ever INDUCED in intoxicants of any sort.
In other respects there are similarities in
the history and characteristics of the two
Both may be said to have come out of
the slums-one from the city, the other
from the country. Goebel was brought up
in the atmosphere of a saloon until he left
Of his own accord at the age of fourteen
Taylor was a mountaineer, with no adj
vantages of home life or education until
he made them for himself. Both men have
been free from habits of drinking, smok-
ing. gambling; both have lived clean lives
so far as all ordinary vices are concerned
Taylor is a member of the Methodist Church
and the fact that a priest was called to
Goebel's bedside shows that he, at least,
recognized the claims of religion Both
have had strong friends and followers, and
the tragic result of their political contest
is, perhaps, rather the result of conditions
and a public sentiment which did not
positively condemn the corrupt methods
openly practiced and advocated by Goebel,
and, to some extent. perhaps. by way of
self-defense and retaliation. by Taylor and
his party, than to individual bias. The
blame may be laid upon a belated civiliza-
ton rather than upon one man and his
methods.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04
THE SENSE OF HUMOR.

The charge that women are lacking in
a sense of humor turns up in new form
in the New York Times. A writer in that
paper admits that women may enjoy jokes
well enough when they hear them told
but insists that the lack of humor is shown
in the fact that they do not make Jokes
in their conversation and that those who
write books do not write jokes, and asks
rs there now, or has there ever been,
woman humorist writer?" The other
form of the charge, namely, that women
do not appreciate humor, was answered
cleverly not long since by a woman who
declared that if women did not laugh at
mems jokes it did not prove that they, the
women. lacked humor; 1t was merely an
indication of the poor quality of the jokes
In answer to the later assertion the pos
sibility might be suggested that the men
who make 1t do not recognize or appre-
ciate wit when they find 1t unless it is
labeled. The writer calls attention to the
long list of professionally humorous writ
ers-all of them men-Mark Twain. Josh
Billings, Artemus Ward, etc, as a triumph
ant vindication of his position. If he would
inquire of the comic weeklies as to the
names of their contributors, and of the
daily papers which maintain department
of original humor. he would learn that
some of the wittiest contributors are wom-
en- who. for reasons satisfactory to them
selves, do not aspire to fame In that direc-
ton and do not attach their names to their
work. If the writer is a reader OF fiction
he ought to know that many women now
elists are distinguished by a keen sense
of humor that permeates all their work
Was IL not Mrs. Stowe. for instance, who,
in the Topsy of Uncle Toms Cabin first
called attention to the comedy quality In
the negro character? In whose stories can
be found more genuine wit and humor than
in those of Mrs. McEnery Stuart? Where
is there a more delicate humor than that
which distinguishes Miss Jewetts New
England studies? Margaret Deland has a
keen sense of humor. as her "Old Chester
Tales show. Where is more gay wit than
In Mrs Wiggins's books? George Eliot.
the first OF all English female novel;
lists, Is distinguished by q pervasive
humor. The latest English candidate
for public favor. Mary cholmondeiey.
author OF Red Pottage." probably owes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04
GOOD OUT OF EVIL.

Deplorable and disgraceful as is the situ-
alton in Kentucky, it is not without some
compensating aspects. 1t is enough to make
every American hang his head in shame
that such condition can arise in a repub-
lican government, but it does not by any
means justify any relaxation of faith in
such government. On the contrary, as
great storms sometimes purify the atmos-
phere. 1t is possible the present crisis in
Kentucky may result in clearing up of the
political atmosphere and leave popular gov
eminent stronger than ever. That has been
the result of every test and strain of popu-
lar government in this country, and there
have been some far greater and more
threatening than the present one, which
really cannot be called a test at ALL At
some that popular government has sur
vived, and been all the stronger for. In his
immortal speech at Gettysburg. when the
political sky was black and the future
shreuded in darkness, Abraham Lincoln
had faith that government of the people.
by the people, for the people shall not per-
ish from the EARTH At another dark
hour in our history, after the assassination
of Lincoln, and when men almost expected
to see and hear the fabric of government
crashing around them, James A. Garfield,
speaking to a frenzied mob from the bal
ccEy of the New York custom house.
thrilled the popular heart by declaring:
'Fellow-citizens! Clouds and darkness are
around Him; His pavilion is dark waters
and thick clouds; justice and judgment are
the establishment of His throne; mercy and
truth shall go before His face. Fellow-citi-
zensi God reigns and the government at
Washington lives" From that moment
that was the keynote of popular sentiment.
If the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
could not shake the foundations nor dimin-
ish the merits of popular government, how
much less the assassination Of such man
as William Goebel!
From another point of view 1t Is even pos
sible that the present imbroglio may lead
to good results by setting men thinking and
making them recognize more clearly than
ever the sacredness of individual rights,
and the awfulness of the crime of trying to
thwart the popular will and overthrow a
verdict of the people in the interest of an
individual or a party. Politicians in the
midst of party strife are apt TO forget that
the people are the source of all power. that
their will is supreme. and that Governors
and legislatures are but instruments of
government established by the people and
responsible to them In the last resort the
people are above the government, and the
preservation Of their rights is of infinitely
more Importance than the success of any
political party. Ill-timed and almost law
less as it was. there was something I'm
pressive in the unauthorized and unan-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04
Shocking Literary Scandal.

A dreadful thing has happened to the
authors club of Boston, which was organ
lied with such a flourish of trumpets few
weeks ago. Proceedings opened with a
banquet to which some eighty people were
invited, and at which the venerable Mrs.
Howe presided. The requisite for admis-
sion to the club was that each candidate
should have written something worth
while. AT the time. the Journal ventured
to express doubt as to whether Boston,
literary center that il claims to be. had
within it's borders eighty people who had
written books that were worth while"
This doubt has become a certainty so far
as>the membership committee is concerned,
for it appears that an invitation to the
banquet did not settle the matter. but only
encouraged a hope. Would-be members
were asked to submit to a committee COM
posed of Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
Judge Robert Grant and Mary E. wilkins
the books on which they based their claims
to recognition. When this committee came
to look over the volumes they found some
of Indifferent quality. and in order to begin
afrcsh they returned to every one the Ave
dollar membership fee, somewhat prema-
turely paid. Naturally this has created
something Of a sensation in literary cir
Giles, and some who perhaps suspected what
would eventually happen TO them have in
dignantly resigned. The membership COM
mittee remains serene. but intimates that
a considerable portion Of the original
eighty authors will not finally be men,
bers Of the organization. If the committee
can have its way 1t will be understood
henceforth that in Boston, at least. the
publishing of a book does not necessarily
make an author In the true sense. II those
who are lucky enough to pass the test and
become members are not exactly ''immor-
tals,'' they will at least have the distinc-
ton of being better worth while" than
the less fortunate literary aspirants. New
ertheless, the whole affair." when you come
to think of ii, is quite scandalous and
shocking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

the most Of her books popularity TO her
witty observations on men and things scat
tered through the pages. On the other hand.
the modern male novelist is apt to be in
tensely serious. Is there a smile in any of
Hardys later books? In Tolstoi's and Zola' s
tales is not a CLEAN of humor Henry
James has humor, but 1t is of the elusive
sort. likely TO escape recognition by one
partial to the style of Mark Twain and
Josh Billings The popular Marion Craw-
ford never enlivens his pages with wit.
James Lane Allen is solemn author. And
so they go. The claim that all wit and
humor is an exclusive masculine posses
sion viii not stand. and it is time it were
dropped
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

How hard on the eyes are the new-fangled
Jackets
The girls are all wearing to shop and to
school;
The dealers now sell them in carloads ana
packets.
And she who won't wear one is set down
Ounce;
It's straight down the back side, it's
straight down the front side,
It's straight right and left, like an old
coffee sack,
It's straight on the edges. it's straight al
around-wise;
It's ugly as thunder, it's tacky-tack.
tack
This new-fangled jacket. this coffee-sack
jacket.
This hideous jacket. that's straight down
the back
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04
LITERARY NOTES.

Mrs. Thomas Hardy has talents of her
own. and her husband has dubbed her his
encyclopedia in petticoats."
Via Crucis" bids fair 10 rival some OF
the recent very popular novels. Its six
rieth thousand has just been issued. so its
publishers say.
William Dean Howeiis does most OF hts
writing in the morning. He r. usually az
work by O'Clock and through for the day
in time for luncheon at In the afternoon.
Mr.. Anthony Hope. in talking about the
proposed. scheme OF pensions for authors,
remarks: Interesting 90 learn that au-
thors became poor, Is IL? An, the fabu-
lcus wealth OF the author Is n pleasing
myth. Indeed, with but few exceptions we
are lower in the financial scale than tho
members OF any other learned profession"
The little story OF a great novelist's SPELL
ing Is retoid BY Mr. Benson. Henry Field
Ing having been an Etonian under DIR.
Bland. Fielding was once askec by Lord
Denbigh why he wrote hts name '.F1eldinx'
instead OF Fielding" as his Lordship's
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

even protest, that has not sense enough to
rebel and is prevented from running away.
is far worse. For this reason and for
others that might be named the Journal is
in full sympathy with the objects of thu
local society for the protection of birds
and Of trees. The latter do not stand on
the same footing as animals, though poets
often invest them with feeling and make
them talk, but as a part of the helpless
realm of nature they are entitled TO COM
sideration and protection. OF course. the
hygienic and esthetic reasons for their pro-
lection are stronger than the moral or
sentimental ones, but they all work togeth-
er. Tree culture naturally goes hand in
hand with bird protection, and the local
Audubon Society does well to embrace
both objects. ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

To promote a revival in the city Of
Brooklyn the services of an evangelist
from Georgia were secured. He seemed to
deem it his duty to assail Unitarians and
honored clergymen in a manner that
called forth protest. He declared that
Plymouth Church is not Christian. but
Unitarian. and that Lyman Abbott is a
Universalist. At another meeting the i'm
ported revivalist, says the Brooklyn Eagle,
made remarks about women typewriters
and their employers which shocked the
community" The Eagle declares that 1.-THE
remarks are simply beastly in structure,
under a veneer of moral solicitude." Some
of the clergymen desire to send the man
home, but others declare that he will re-
main, one of them saying that "the great
need of the pulpit is sensationalism." The
Unitarian preachers make no response to
these assaults, which make them worse
than heather. but commend the spiritual
insight of people Of other denominations
and their devotion to the cause Of right
eousness. In Christian spirit the Uni
tarians seem to have the best of it, while
the bitter intolerance of the Georgia re-
vivalist makes one thankful that such men
have no power to recall the era of the
stake and the prison for the punishment
of heretics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

The agreement of the miners and mine
operators upon a scale of wages for the
ensuing year is ample cause for congratu-
lation, since it gives reasonable assurance
that in this most important industry there
will be no interruption during the coming
year, thus relieving the country of any un-
certainty regarding the coal supply. OF
greater significance, however, than reason
able certainty against an interruption Of
coal production is the tact that the repre-
sentatives of employers and employees came
together, and, after days of conference and
discussion, agreed upon scale of wages.
The same thing has been done before. but
no previous conference has had so many
differences to adjust as the one which has
been in session in Indianapolis. An Indi-
ana operator predicted an agreement when
1t seemed impossible. '"The miners here
are an intelligent body of men," he said,
land are disposed to come to an agree
ment. and will do so when they are salts
fed that they have obtained all that they
can reasonably expect And so it has
turned out. 1t is a hopeful augury when
employer and employee in large industries
meet on the same level and discuss their
respective and mutual interests. because.
this intercourse brings them into closer re-
lations and the contact usually inspires
mutual respect. 1t is also cause for con-
graduation by all except a few wretched
demagogues that the scale for 1900 affords
miners better compensation than they
proved conditions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

One of the signs of true civilization is re-
gard for the rights Of dumb animals and
protection of nature. Perhaps this Is a
result Of culture. perhaps reversion to
original principles. when all men were
nearer nature than they are now. What
ever the explanation. 1t is good sign and
the protection of animals are as commend
able as those for the protection OF children.
Cruelty to human being IL bad enough.
but cruelty to an animal that Is dumb.
helpless. without legal redress. that cannot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

One infallible way to miss success Is to
brag about 1t beforehand.
All the worlds stage: hope and con-
science are the prompters.
The best way to enjoy joke on yourself
is to tell II on somebody else.
Any business is like riding wheel-you
can't sit still and keep ii going.
When some people talk about culture for
their children they mean dancing lessons.
Girls generally keep calendar leaves torn
on until after Valentines day has come
and gone.
A bachelor girl II always soothed and
sustained by her belief that many man
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

refusing to admit Notre Dame University
to membership. AS the only Catholic in
stitution in the State, and one which. in
numerical strength and scholarship. far
outranks many other institutions repre-
entitled to admission on its merits. What
ever reasons may be assigned for not ad-
hitting it. the fact that all the institutions
composing the association are Protestant,
gives 1t the appearance of sectarian preju-
dice. That is not a nineteenth century.
much less a twentieth century virtue.
Young men should be more progressive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

The reader Of many newspapers Is con-
stantly running across the word stunt"
used 10 signify prescribed task. 1t is
also frequently use1 in conversation. When
In print it IS accompanied by quotation
marks. and speaker who uses 1t does so
with a suggestion of apology. But why use
1t at all? There is a noun stunt in the
dictionary. meaning a creature whose
growth has been checked. but In no way
can one OF its definitions be twisted to
signify a measure OF work. And there is
no need OF IL, since the word "stint" ex-
presses exactly the meaning meant to be
conveyed by the new use of stunt" How
this use originated is a mystery. but the
sooner II is dropped the better for the lam
guage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

The money which Mr. Pretorius has col
iected in st. Louis. amounting to 500. has
been sent to Secretary Hay. with the re-
quest that it be forwarded for the benefit
of the sick and wounded in the Boer army.
Mr.. Hay has had the draft made out to
the order of Paul Kruger and forwarded
to the American consul at Pretoria, with
an appropriate letter-a fact which will not
please some of those engaged in holding
pro-Roer meetings