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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17

In response to request from the chair
man of the Democratic State central COM
mittee of Kentucky firm of Louisville
lawyers has furnished an elaborate
opinion to the effect that no election OF
Governor is necessary next fall. On the
strength of constitutional provisions an !
authorities cited the attorneys conclude
that Mr.. Beckham, having succeeded to
the Office of Governor by the death of Mr..
the latter was elected. and that no election
for the office is necessary until November.
1903. Having stolen the governorship it is
natural that the Goebelites should wish to
hold it as long as possible.
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Causes and consequence.

The five essays by John Jay Chapman
which make up this little volume are
worth careful reading by every student
of social and governmental problems. The
essays are entitled, respectively. Politics"
Society" Education" Democracy and
Government" and each SUBJECTS handled
in a manner that shows that the author
knows how to think straight and write
clearly and forcibly. In a brief preface no
says: THE idea that man is an unselhsh
animal has gradually been forced upon me
by the course of reflections which give in
the following chapters In the order in
which 1t occurred TO me-" This optimistic
view is reached by a course OF reasoning
which. while II recognizes the existence OF
grave evil, and social and moral disturb
ances in society as now organized. also
claims that the American character has
a constant tendency towards higher and
better things, and that society Is slowly
but surely freeing itself from the vicious
excrescences that have fastened themselves
upon Il. Taken together the essays are
a strong plea for a higher standard oc
citizenship and of morals in private and
public life. New York. Chambers Printing
Company.
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In this story, by Brander Matthews he
takes his characters from New York So
ciety circles. Carla Brookfield. with her
husband. a rising architect. her father-in-
law. popular physician. and baby"
most influential member OF the household.
are leading characters. Mrs. Brookfield Is
OF French Creole descent, and. though not
strictly beautiful, has the quality of charm
or personal magnetism which makes her
popular. especially with men. She has
considerable dramatic talent and belongs
to an amateur company AT a perform
ance given In the Metropolitan Opera House
for charity she attracts much attention and
promptly receives an offer from theatrical
manager to enter professional ranks. She
is so pleased with the praise of the pub
lie and the newspapers over what she has
done and is so willing 10 have more of it
that she is disposed TO accept the man.
ayers offer, and SO informs her husband.
He is much agitated and very unhappy
over the prospect. but while he Is fretting
over the affair she suddenly changes her
mind and decides to remain at home. MIR.
Matthews's stories are never exciting, but
this is a pleasant little study OF femninity
and domestic felicity in a setting OF modern
metropolitan conditions. Harper & Bros,
publishers.
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An English publisher Is recorded TO have
said to an author i'm the last century. IA
History of Scotland is no very attractive
title" IT is the title selected by Andrew
Lang for a work ir two volumes of 500
pages each. OF which Volume I is at hand
The author has shown that I'm competent
hands. with plenty of space at his disposal
and with the mass of recently printed state
papers and letters TO work upon. history
of Scotland can be made very interesting.
The motive OF Volume 1 may be stated as
an attempt TO portray the elements and
forces which went to the making OF the
Scottish people, TO describe them in their
various stages OF development and TO record
the more important events which occurred
I'm the country between the Roman occupa-
tion and the year 1916. when the old
ecclesiasti policy OF Scotch reliance on
France and resistance TO England prac-
tically ceased. In carrying out this plan
the author begins literally at the Begin
ming, the opening chapter describing the
nature OF the land and Of It's inha bitants
before the first invasion by the Romans
Britain a people dwelling In huts. when
security was needed. circled with ditch and
rampant and surrounded by bush. Near the
coast they were agricultural; farther inland
they were pastoral. According 10 Julius
Caesar they painted themselves blue prob
ably 10 strike terror In war. They had
weapons Of iron and fought from chariots.
This. however, IN passing, for these people
were not Of that part OF the island now
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Boston Transcript.

Boston Transcript
Few people realize how much of loss is
entailed by the destruction of the biograph-
ical department of modern daily news
paper. The principal loss from fire in the
New York Tribune building yesterday
probably was that OF it's graveyard" as
such collections of biographies are called
I'm newspaper offices. This collection Of
clippings was the work of years. and con-
tanned personal items relating TO people in
all parts of the world who have al one time
and another done something which has
caused them TO be written about. When a
prominent man dies his obituary In the
newspapers is often largely made up of
these clippings. There is no satisfactory
substitute for such a collection, and 20 re-
place IL means the work OF years Prob
ably for some time TO come the obituary
department Of the Tribune will be meager,
as compared with Il In the past.
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Just why the Bryanites should quarrel
over the financial plank OF the platform
10 be made at Kansas City we cannot
understand Has not Bryan already been
nominated on l6-to-l platform? DO they
think gold standard people do not know
he Is the Popuiist NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Republican
The Democrats in Congress succeeded
in furnishing w. ID. Bynum for opposing
Bryan's election In 1896. He was a gold
Democrat who could not stife his con-
victions BY its treatment OF Mr.. Bynum
the party has given notice that II has no
use for honest gold observation-disclosures
Palladium.
Mr.. Bryan cannot complain II the people
do not regard him with great respect IL he
persists IN running about the country con-
sulting with minor leaders OF his party ard
conducting canvass for the highest oih-
cial position in the world. after the manner
oil a candidate for a petty local once
-Terre Haute Tribune.
1t is not patriotism but foolish perverse-
ness that induces the Boer leaders TO talk
of continuing the war with guerrilla tao
tics The cause is lost. they cannot hope
TO win, they do not hope to win. Such q
course only entails suffering and bloodshed,
poverty and crime, with nothing worm
seeking at the end of it.-Vincennes Com
mercial.
before his death that if he should be shot
down the responsibility would be upon the
traitors I'm America and 1t Is now shown
that Bryan, himself just out OF the uni
form OF a soldier, is directly aiding and
abettng our enemies and urging them to
continue the killing and wounding of our
soldiers. He be President? Not while pa
trotism is living principle In this most
patriotic of nations.-Muncie News.
The platform Is the patchwork of dem
agogues of the worst class, and is framed
to catch votes. and without any hope of
ever carrying out single plank. The
people of Indiana are too smart TO be
caught by its Shiny phrases, and the No
vember election will show the beginning
| of the undoing of the Taggart machine In
| Indiana, as 1t has already lost its force
| with the people Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| VILE Journal
| Once again has Governor Mount endeared
himself to the people of Indiana by re-
| fusing a second time to unite with Ken
| lucky bourbons In their determination to
| assassinate their fairly elected Governor.
| either by shotguns or the machinery OF
| courts both loaded for the same hellish
| purpose. If there was anybody left in this
| State who thought Governor Mount TO be
| lacking I'm vertebrate, he ought to be con-
| WINGED by this act that the Governor 5
| spinal column is all right.-Fort Wayne
News.
| Again has Governor Mount refused to
| honor a requisition issued by the man who
usurped the Office of Governor of the State
| OF Kentucky and by refusing to deliver up
| the person of w. s. Taylor. the man who
was fairly elected by the people of Ken
| lucky Governor Mount did exactly right.
| Not while James A. Mount is Governor of
Indiana will any person accused by that
gang of political cutthroats be given up
| to be hanged like "a pig to a POLE" as the
| gang has declared Its purpose to do.-Ko-
| komo News.
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This story by Andrew Balfour, contains
enough incident and action 10 have made.
with judicious padding. two or three
stories But there is no padding, the reader
being led through a series OF striking situ-
ations which follow with rapIdity that
keeps attention constantly on the strain.
The scene OF the story. which Is laid I'm the
early part of the present century, Is partly
on land and partly at sea, and shifts rom
Scotland TO Europe. The hero, Neil OAR
roch. Is n young Scotchman OF good birth
and large expectations. who. owing 90
family feud. abandons the law and be-
comes - refugee and soldier OF fortune.
Impressed into the British service he docs
valiant service on shipboard and afterwards
fights I'm the battle OF Waterloo The en-
gagements on sea and land are graphically
described The heroine n an American
girl who plays an important part In work.
ing out the plot and In finally married 10
the adventurous Scotchman. who returns
10 Scotland and falls heir 10 a fortune. The
story is full OF storm and stress. but IL
ends in calm. New York: New Amsterdam
Book Company
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To one of the Boer ENJOYS who stopped
to see the Philadelphia convention a dele
gate observed that the Beers had the SYM
patty of the American people. The envoy
replied sympathy is like man standing
on the bank of a river offering sympathy
to boy who is drowning; you have my
sympathy. but / cannot help you for fear
of wetting my feet. We want to get this
great Republic TO help the Boer republics
out of the water by bringing about the end
of the war" That means that he would
have the United States intervene. AS in
tervention means war, no party will dare
to declare for Intervention. AS for an ex-
preston of sympathy by conventions of
people. the Boer ENJOYS sneer at such as
sistance because 1t promises no aid in the
direction of force.
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Wheat still goes upward. Mark Hanna
seems to be a villain stili.-Marion News.
The Tammany ice trust has given the
cold chills TO the Democratic party on the
trust Observation-Disclosures Republican.
Labor unions should be the first to up
hold the hands of the law. and the last TO
engage In armed conflict with the repre-
sentatives OF the government.-Richmon
Item.
The rumor that Senator Blackburn is I'm
favor OF repeating the Goebel election law.
n true. will be n confirmation OF all the
evil said OF that law.-Terre Haute Elk
press.
The indianapolis Democratic machine Is
I,nninninr 90 understand Tint while Mr..
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\ The small force of United States marines
powers In China must not be COMPOUNDED
with regular troops. They are soldiers yet
not soldiers. drilled and disciplined for
lighting purposes. yet not of the army. The
United States marine corps considerably
antedates the regular army, having existed
since 1775. and has distinguished itself at
many times and places in sea and land
fights. The flag is always safe in the hands
OF the marines
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17

The advance In wheat seems to be justi-
fed by the conditions. In several of the
winter-wheat States the crop is so near to
nothing that the large crops in the other
winter-wheat States cannot nearly make
an average. The drought in the North
western States has cut the prospects at
least Is per cent. The latest report is that
France will not raise wheat enough to sup
ply its people, as 1t usually does. Even
with average crops elsewhere, II Is evident
that prices will be higher as the season ad-
yances
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AGREED ON THE ESSENTIALS.

The Republican convention I'm Philadel-
a platform than II has had for years. Four
years ago the convention was confronted
with the money question. About one-sev-
enth OF the delegates were In favor of free
and unlimited coinage of silver and many
more hesitated TO declare for gold basis.
IL resolutely adopted the gold basis,
whereat quite a number OF delegates re-
tired. some i'm tears and others In wrath.
The action OF the convention i'm 1896 has so
Justified itself that there can be no ques-
tion relative 10 the currency at Philadel-
phia. Even the delegates from the States
which desired free silver in 1896 are I'm COM
plete harmony with the party at the present
time. The expression OF the convention re-
garding the currency will be clear and posi-
tive
Upon the question OF expansion the ex-
preston OF the platform will be such as
will receive the unanimous approval of the
convention The Republican party favors
the extension of the sovereignty of the
the treaty with Spain. 1t believes that the
United States cannot withdraw from the
Philippines. 1t sees already In the compli-
cations in China the value of these islands
to us. Admiral Dewey in his latest inter-
view expresses the Republican sentiment.
Because Of our possession of them more
than anything else the other powers have
guaranteed to us equal privileges in the
markets OF China. Whether or not the con-
vention will hold out to the inhabitants
of the Philippines the promise of autonomy
when the people shall be prepared for self
government or shall pledge the party to
secure to those peoples local self-govern-
ment under the sovereignty of the United
states remains to be seen. The one thing
about which there can be no doubt is that
the sovereignty of the United States shall
be recognized at the outset. and that the
future policy of the United States will be
shaped by the attitude of the Filipino lead
ers. The honor and dignity of the United
States will be upheld.
All parties will have expressions as
ate monopoies. The expression of the Phil
adelphia convention will be one to which
the party In Congress and the States can
give the force of law. The breaking up of
many trusts has had tendency to make
that question less important than it prom
Used to be a few months ago. On the
subordinate questions it may safely be as
sumed that the Republican national con-
vention will not repudiate it's former action.
The fact that the Republican party is in
full accord on the leading issues is a cause
for congratulation which the Bryan party
has not.
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Geber.

A subtitle to this story designates 1t as
"A Tale of the Reign of Harun Al
Raschid. Khalif of Bagdad." The author
is Mrs. Samuel II. Benton, who died less
than year ago. shortly after the book
had been accepted by the publishers. She
was relative OF Mrs, Jessie Benton Free
mont. who furnishes brief introduction
to the book. The scene OF the story IL
laid I'm and around the little town OF
Tersous. the Tarsus OF the apostle Pauls
time. The chief character, Geber. is a re-
markaby interesting old man, 9 magician.
philosopher, first devout Mohammedan.
then a rencarnationst, and finally
Christian. These changes and the discus
sions alternating them furnish the main
theme of the story, which also carries
vein of romance and distinct atmosphere
of Oriental and especially Of Arabian life,
of which the author had evidently made
close study, as well as Of Arabian history.
A notable feature of the book Is the num-
Der OF original poems which the author in-
PRODUCES to illustrate her meaning. and
some OF which are strikngly original and
beautiful New York: Frederick a. Stokes
Company.
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or the twenty-four Vice Presidents from
the formation of the government to the
present time fourteen have come from
east of the Allegheny mountains. and ten
from west OF that line, New York alone
furnishing six. Only three were from So
called Western states-colfax and Hend-
ricks. OF Indiana. and Stevenson. OF I'LL
nois. Seven came from Southern States
The geographical and "star-of-empire" ar
gument would bring the Republican nomi-
nation for the office this year-which Is
equivalent 70 an election-to "A middle
Western or further Western State. But
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At meeting of Boer sympathizers held
in Michigan town few days ago reso-
luton was adopted denouncing as 1.-THE
greatest crime of the age that a monarchy
which has not and never did have any
rights in South Africa should attempt to
public which derived its God-given rights
from heaven" There is good deal of this
kind of gush extant. Not to speak of the
misplaced sympathy thus wasted ON gov
eminent that is founded in prescription and
injustice, the ignorance of history shown
by such declarations is calculated to bring
Americans into ridicule and contempt
among intelligent Englishmen. AS mat
ter of fact, British annexation of the
Transvaa1 as the result of the present war
dition brought about by the Beers them
selves. Once before the Transvaal was an
nexed by Great Britain in order to save the
government from bankruptcy and the peo-
pie from ruin. This was in 1877. 1.-THE South
African republic" says Mr.. J. p. F'itzpat-
rick in 1.-THE Transvaal from Within had
been in existence as an independent state
for twelve years when it reached that con-
dition of insolvency which appeared to in
vite, or at least justify, annexation as the
only alternative to complete ruin and
chaos" The republic owed over $1,000. 900
without any means or prospect of paying
It, It's creditors were clamorous, it's gov
eminent impotent and it's people torn by
dissensions. The President at that time
was Mr.. Burgers. and Paul Kruger the
present President, was leader of one of the
factions. When the government was about
to go to pieces. In fact after 1t had prac-
tically, Great Britain stepped In and an
nexed the territory. At that time 1900 out
OF 5000 Boer voters actually signed petit
lions in favor of annexation. President
Burgers and most of the members of the
government favored annexation as the only
solution of the situation. The editor of the
Boer newspaper. under date of March 2s,
1877. wrote: about three months ago we
said we would prefer confederation under
the British flag IL the state of anarchy
then threatening were TO continue. We
know that good and stable government is
better than anarchy any day" In the
Rad, or Congress, President Burgers
openly reproached members for proclaim
ing In public. and for improper reasons.
views diametrically opposed to those pri-
vately expressed on the annexation ques-
ton. On March the President read an ad-
dress TO the Raad In which he said:
I would rather be a policeman under a
strong government than the President OF
such a state. Ii In you-you members OF
the Rad and the Boers-who have lost
the country, who have sold your independ-
ence for n soupe Ca drink You have Ill
treated the natives, YOU have shot them
down. you have sold them into slavery. and
YOU have 60 pay the penalty. We
should not delude ourselves by entertaining
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Rejected Senator Clark. of Montana. who
employs about seven hundred men. has ac-
coded to the demand Of the miners for a
reduction of the working hours from ten
to eight. with the same pay. thus putting
his political and personal enemy, who en-
ploys' eight thousand men, in an unfor-
tunate position, since to grant the demand
Of the men would result In great loss, while
to refuse would bring on a great strike.
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ince wrote, II do not think that either or
them wishes the act Cancelled" Afterwards
Mr. Kruger returned ana accepted "A SAL
aried office under the British government.
"He retained his office for some time" says
Mr.. Fitzpatrick but finally resigned his
post on being refused an increased remu-
neration, for which he had repeatedly APP
piled There can be but little doubt that
had this inducement been forthcoming he
would have remained loyal British sub
ject." Then began the scheming which led
to the first war for independence. resulting
In concessions by the Gladstone Ministry
which gave the Beers time, opportunity
and encouragement to plan a new war on
a larger scale. The point Is that the first
annexation of the Transvaal by Great Brit
ain took place only after the utter collapse
Of the Roer government, with the tacit APP
prevail of the Beers themselves, and was
an accomplished fact. The talk about the
British having no right i'm South Africa
and about their trying to absorb "a long
established republic is rubbish
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That James r. Keene, the wall-street
speculator. who operates on the bear
side. should bet $4,000 on the election of
Mr.. Bryan should not elate the friends OF
the Democratic candidate. since. il he
could lead dealers to believe that his pre-
potential movement that he could make on
the bear" side and worth many $4,000 to
him,
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The failure of the negotiation for the
settlement of the st. Louis strike has re-
suited in a situation that is much to be
regretted. The proposed terms of settle
ment on which il was thought the COM
pany and the strikers would agree in
cluded, along with some concessions as to
recognizing the union and arbitrating flu
ture points Of difference, an agreement that
the question of reinstating former employees
should also be submitted to arbitration.
This the company positively refused to
agree to, thus ending the negotiation. 1t
remains to be seen whether the strike can
be galvanized into new life by the efforts
of the labor leaders, though they claim to
have resources not yet drawn upon. The
refusal of the company to submit to arbi-
traton the question of reinstating former
employees was probably due to desire to
protect new men who have been employed.
but it would seem that was as fair a sub
ject for arbitration as any other. The
company probably felt it was so near COM
plete victory that 1t did not care to concede
more than was involved in the other
points. The failure to reach settlement
is failure to this extent of the principle
Of arbitration.
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win, and that Mr.. Garfield though repre-
sentlng protectionist district I'm Congress,
was himself In sympathy with the free
traders. Other parts of the book are equally
interesting The character sketches OF
public men are we'll drawn, and the chap
ters relating the authors connection with
prison reform are instructive. The book
has, 10 some extent, the defect of most
photographers, too much seif-exploita-
tion, but that Is a pardonahle sin. Cincin-
natl: The Robert Clarke Co.
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Now that Mr.. Bryan pays the highest
tax on bank accounts and credits in his
city. the phrase of the calamityite that
poorer could be considered a personal re-
fection upon the man whose wealth has
increased so rapidly the past four years
without having been engaged in any bust
ness except speech-making