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and that unless the Boston club is got rid
Of somehow in some way they will Sc
cede. They demand that the question shall
be resubmitted 10 the national federation,
believing that on reconsideration it will
vote to exclude the coored club, while the
Massachusetts women insist that the ques-
ton is one for the State federation TO de-
eide. Thus the old situation is reversed,
Southern women standing for central or
national authority. and Northern women
for State rights. The secretary Of the
Massachusetts federation is said to have
stated that the Boston club was admitted
to the federation without the fact being
known that it was a colored club. If that
is true, il would seem that rather than
occupy a false position the club should
voluntarily withdraw There is room in
the United States for good many eX-
clusively colored clubs, and such an or
ganizatiOn would probably be more benef-
cial to the colored race than a mixed one.
1t is gratifying to learn that the recent
conferees at New York have agreed on a
plan which they think will harmonic all
interests. The country has troubles enough
on it's hands now without the disruption of
the National Federation of Women's Clubs.
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Boer Envoy Who Has Done Much to
Hurt the BOer Cause.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle
DR.. Leyds's statement that the Dutch
government was not authorized by the
Boer delegates to offer its services as me-
diator in South Africa is being treated with
contempt on the continent. This is hope
full sign. 1t indicates plainly that Ledys's
invariable attitude toward all projects
tending to a settlement of this unfortunate
quarrel has produced it's logical result
This man has consistently misrepresented
facts I'm order that he might maintain his
own position I'm Europe as the accredited
and well-paid agent of a desperate cause
He VIGOROUSLY exaggerated the resources
of the allied republics i'm the hour of their
triumph for the purpose of encoura ging
and sustaining European enthusiasts: i'm
the season of defeat he reversed his pre-
vious estimate because he knew IL was the
surest method of provoking sympathy. He
has been the evil genius OF the Boer cause
and now, when the sphere of his malig-
nancy is becoming more and more circum-
scribed, he is DESTROYS of slurring an honest
effort to do good. Surprising the Boar dele
gates. a body, are hostile To the atti-
tude of The Hague government why should
the delegates be considered at all? De Wet
and Botha and Schalkburger know the
actual condition of the BOer forces now IN
the field: they can have no misapprehen-
sion as TO their own capacity for prolonged
resistance nor any mistaken ideas OF Brit
ish determination The burden and heat OF
the conflict has been borne by them, not
tinental hospitality while their brethren
suffered on the veldt. The services rem
dered TO the fighting burghers by their
European representatives include little
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wOMEN's CLUB POLITICS.

Some persons may have wondered what
was meant by a dispatch in the Sunday
Journal from New York which said that
sentatives of Massachusetts and Georgia
Women's Clubs had "a much fuller under
standing of the needs of their respective
sections" and that they had finally
agreed on a plan which they will take
to their constituents for approval and
which, it is hoped, will harmonic all in
terests" These vague references to some
sectional issue and to harmonizing the
interests of different constituencies were
calculated to pique curiosity as to what il
was all about. OF course. the conference
was not held to discuss the relations of
capital and labor. or the sugar question.
OF our colonial policy, or any of the ques-
tions now before Congress. 1t was called
TO discuss and decide what to do i'm regard
TO a colored woman's club OF Massachu-
sets. which. after getting into the fed
Grafton" OF that State. was recognized by
the National Federation. TO the great dis
gust of the declarations of all the Southern
States. In short the womens clubs are up
against the color line, and how to get
around. over or under it, or away from 1t.
is what the interstate conference at New
York was called to consider Now. no
doubt there are many very bright colored
women I'm Boston and the fact that. having
organized literary club. they asked for
admission TO the State federation, shows
that they are possessed of the same aspira-
tons and ambitions as their white sisters
The present question, however, is not one
OF intellectual brightness. but of epidermal
color. AS the colored club was admitted
10 the Massachusetts, federation il could
not be kept out of the national federation
without excluding the State federation,
and interstate comfy would not permit
that. But the entire membership OF the
Southern clubs declare that they cannot
and will not federate with a colored club
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MEXICAN EXAMPLE.
Condition of Trade with the States
an Evidence of Amity.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
1t is a gratifying and instructive fact
that the commerce of the United States
with Mexico shows a rate of growth I'M
equaled by that with any other Latin
American country. In 1895 our trade with
Mexico was S15.OOoOO0 on both sides of the
account. Since then our imports from
Mexico have increased at an average rate
of about t2,OO0,OOO per year, while our ex-
ports to Mexico have grown at the average
of 900. so that last year we bought
from Mexico SOS. Sos 600 worth OF products
and sold to her $780, 475.OOO of ours.
Senior Asperoz, the Mexican minister, put
it in another way the other day. when he
said that his people sell to the United
States three-fOurths of all of their exported
products. and buy from US one-half of all
they buy abroad. This gratifying result is
geographical proximity of the two coun-
tries, but il is also largely attributable to
the relations of friendship between them.
The causes which have produced that
friendship are worth bearing i'm mind.
y little over half a century ago the
United States was in military possession of
Mexico. But instead of reducing ii 10
vassal colony, peace was made and Mexico
given new national life. Two decades later
of Mexico against European interference.
The result of this respect for the Mexican
national existence Is q friendship which
makes American investments secure there.
and our trade there nearly as large as that
with the entire South American continent.
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The reports from the meeting of the Lin
coin League at Terre Haute yesterday in
dictate that it is one of the best in every
way that has ever been held. The at
tendance was large and the most of the
speaking was done by men who had care
fully prepared themselves for the occa-
sion. The organization has done much
good in the past and it can do much more
If it shall inspire in the hearts of the
active element of the party the spirit Of
Abraham Lincoln it will accomplish a.
measureless good. The nearer a party keeps
to its ideal leaders. OF which the Repub-
Hcan party has had several in forty years.
the more certain its success.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

The report of the Industrial Commission
seems TO recognize the fact that resort to
the injunction remedy in labor troubles has
been carried to an extreme. 1t says
The question of the enforcement of the
labor contract by injunction or contempt in
equity process is a difficult one, mainly so
made by the abuses which have arisen from
injunctiOns carelessly issued by learned
judges or by the unlearned judges of in
ferior courts in States which confuse chan
Gerry and common-law jurisdiction. The in
junction is a high prerogative writ, and
should be awarded only after the most
careful examination by a tribunal thor
oughly competent.
This discriminates between orders of
court made upon careful consideration and
with fun knowledge of the law and facts
and those issued carelessy or ignorantly.
There is always a temptation to exercise
arbitrary power, and in the hands of a
small ignorant judge such power is apt
to be abused. The cases are very rare in
which any court of record has refused to
grant an injunction in labor troubles, and
generally the order is granted in the very
words of the plaintiff.
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CHANGING AN HISTORIC DATE.

The amendment to the Constitution re-
ported by the Senate committee on priv
ileges and elections 10 change the day for
the Inauguration of the President of the
United States from March 4 to the last
Thursday in April will probably become a
law The question of changing the date
has been often discussed, the main argu-
ment being the danger of bad weather on
March in the uncertain climate of Wash
ington. The choice of that date for the
Inauguration of the President dates back
to 1888. After the ratification of the Con-
sritution by the several States the Congress
of the old confederate fixed upon the
first Wednesday in January, 1885, for the
choice of electors, the first Wednesday in
February for the voting by the electors,
and the first Wednesday in March for the
inauguration of the President. The latter
day fell on the 4th in that year, and the
twelfth amendment to the Constitution
settled upon this as the legal date. The
day had already received some historic
sanction. One historian says: Precisely
at sunset on the Sd of March, 1882 thirteen
Battery, in New York, to indicate that the
confederation had come to an end; and
precisely at sunrise on the 4th of March,
and also at noon and at night, salutes
were fired and the bells of the churches
were rung to welcome the birth OF the new
constitutional government" Although the
new government began on March 4. the
first President was not inaugurated till
nearly two months later, and it is a curious
fact that John Adams was sworn in as
Vice President April q, 1859, while Wash
ington was not inaugurated as President
till April 30, more than a week later. The
delay in the Inauguration of the President
was mainly due to the slow journey from
Mount Vernon to New York. The date
now proposed for Inauguration day coin
cides nearly with that of the Inauguration
of Washington, except that fixing it on
the last Thursday in April avoids the pos
sibility of it ever falling on Sunday, as
would be the case if it were fixed on the
Both of the month. change in the date
of inaugurating the President requires that
the terms of senators and representatives
shall begin on the 30th of April following
their election, instead of on March 4, as at
present, and also involves the curious ne
cessity of extending President Roosevelts
term from March to April 30. 1906. 1t is
very questionable whether it is worth while
to amend the Constitution and disturb es-
tablished traditions for supposed climatic
reasons. The 4th of March is not always
stormy in Washington, and the SOth Of
April is not always pleasant.
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Omaha Bee.

Omaha Bee.
The German government has notified the
Reichstag that il retaliatory duties are in
corporated I'm the tariff bill the government
will reject the measure. II points out that
Germany must have raw materials from
abroad and must get them from the coun-
tries against which the retaliation H. aimed.
This fact mas been pointed out in this cOun-
try 10 those who were inclined TO be
alarmed by the commercial hostility OF a
certain portion OF the German people. The
United States is In "A position 10 peaceably
enforce fair treatment abroad and until
conditions change, its manufacturers need
not be alarmed.
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ter. and il is made Of healthy materials by
Clearly processes. 1t is more palatable
and less injurious to health than bad
butter. and its price makes it for a large
number OF consumers a desirable substitute
and every argument in favor Of taxing it
lies equally against butter. Only one re-
quirement should be made. and that is
that olcomargarine should be sold by its
true name and not genuine butter.
When Congress attempts 10 tax it out CT
existence it is guilty of a wrong.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13
Bard and His Cigars.

Washington Times.
Senator Thomas r. Bard of California.
is a connoisseur of good cigars. When he
travels he might easily be mistaken for a
tobacco salesman. for he carries grip
which contains nothing else. There are long
and short ones. light and dark domestic
and imported, Key West. Connecticut and
Filipino. Some are worth 81 a piece and
none are cheap. He has a form OF saluta-
ton. inseparably linked with his how'd you
do; IL is. Have fresh cigar" He usual
~ has some new brand which he recon-
mends. Now" he will say. I'D just like
you 10 try this. It's something I have just
discovered and I think IL has it's points"
Bard is a cOtch-lrishman and a pillar IN
the Presbyterian Church. Smoking is his
only vice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

The parties to the pending street-rail-
road controversy have either overlooked
or else do not deem it worth while to avail
themselves of a mode provided by the law
of settling the question in dispute. The
law which provides for the use of exist
ing tracks in cities by suburban companies
entering them provides that in case the
companies cannot agree on the question
of compensation for the use Of tracks
within thirty days after application FOR
the same then such use shall be per-
mitted upon such terms as to compensa-
ton may be fixed and determined in an
action instituted by either of such COM
panies in the Circuit Court" and pending
such suit the interurban company shall
have the right to use the track under a
bond conditioned for the payment of what
ever compensation the court may decide
upon. Why do not the interurban COM
panies avail themselves Of this remedy
instead of trying to bluff the city into
granting the use of a large number of
streets for nothing?
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One on DoIIiver.

Philadelphia Times.
Senator Dolliver, OF Iowa, tells a good
campaign story on himself. He was making
speeches I'm his congressional district when
a member of the House and arrived one
afternoon at a little town. When he reached
the hotel he discovered that the proprietor,
an old friend OF his. had voluntarily gone TO
Jail rather than pay what he believed 10 be
an unjust and illegal tax. The hotel keeper
soon learned that Dolliver was in town and
thereupon sent this note 10 the sheriff:
Dear Mr.. Sheriff: Please let me out Of
jail for two hours to hear my friend Dol
liver make a speech"
THE sheriff" says Mr.. Dolliver. was
not only an obliging soul. but he was not
devoid OF humor. He sent an order 10 the
hotel keeper releasing him from jail for
two hours to hear me speak. and then he
added: The remainder of your punishment
fy Cd
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more than an elaborate system for the dis
semination Of untruths. and Of this system
DR.. Leyds has been a subtle and enthusi-
astic agent. II the British government
chooses. the authorities at The Hague will
be authorized TO send a mission 10 South
Africa. quite irrespective Of the desires OF
DIR. Leyds and his band Of exiles; and not
least among the objects OF this mission VIII
be the correction OF that INSTRUMENTATION
relative 10 the possibility or probability OF
European Intervention which has been perl
odically furnished with criminal industry
10 the gallant remnants now holding the
field against Kitchener.
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Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-Palmer House, Z. o. News Co., III
Dearborn street. Auditorium Annex HOTEL
Dearborn Station News stand
CINCINNATI. r. Hawley & Co.. ia Vine
street.
LOUISVILLE-C. T. Deering. northwest corner
OF Third snd jefferson streets. and Louisville
Book Co, 25f Fourth avenue
ST. LCUIS-Union News Company, Union Depot.
WASHINGTON. d. C.-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House. Fairfax Hotel. Willard Hotel
DENVER. COL.-Louthan & Jackson. Fifteenth
and Lawrence streets,
DAYTON. OIL. V. WnkIe. 80 So jefferson
street
COLUMBUS. o-viaduet News Stand. aSi High
street.
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In Need of Revision.

Butte Inter Mountain.
new school history designates Theodore
Roosevelt as the twenty-sixth President of
the United States. This is clearly wrong
No disagreement was reached in enumer-
ating the Presidents until CIeveland's sec
ond term, when certain historians proceed
cd TO count him twice. If IL is the man and
not the term of Office that il counted Presi-
dent Roosevelt is clearly the twenty-ffth
of the chief executives The history tina:
counted Cleveland twice stands in need of
revision.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

When a representative official of an or
ganization of Union soldiers devotes his
entire speech 10 pensions many who read
his words regret that he threw away such
public the story so we'll told by the Presi-
dent in his message the gist of which is
that IL the Union soldier had not done what
he did in 1S61-5 there would have been no
country for which to have done anything
in these years
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A Doubtful Compliment.

Baltimore American.
Gentlemen" said old Skinnem, while
the committee on entertainment planning
for the visit of the prince. II would suggest that
at the banquet have champagne bottles. but
fill them with beer"
chorus Of dissent met this suggestion, but
old Skinnem continued:
well. 1 only thought I'd lay the idea before
you 1t seemed to me that would only be
complimentary, but cheaper"
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are paying bounties on beet sugar will suf-
fer more by their abolition than they will
by retaining them and thus forcing the
British government to impose an import tax
on sugar. 1t may be added that If Great
Britain puts an import duty on sugar it
will be done to rescue and protect the
sugar growers of British possessions, which
means a tariff for protection
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13
An Indianian Is Second.

Annapolis Special in Baltimore Herald.
The semi-annual examination Of the
fourth class. Naval Academy. shows that
Cadet II. Frankenberger, of West Virginia.
heads the list. with Cadet r. Il. Ingersol.
of Indiana. second. and Cadet II. +. Leary,
of Maryland. third. Cadet Leary Is a son
OF Captain Leary. l.. s. N. who died re-
Gently. This is the first examination this
class has had.
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Lit Depends.

Philadelphia Press.
Customer-Yes like this piece of goods. How
much?
Tailor-Pair of pants? Five
Customer-I never pants" want pair
OF trousers.
TaiIor-To be We will make you pair
Of trousers for ten dollars.
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Senator Platt doesn't often get warmed
up. but when he does he is interesting.
His speech on Tuesday defending and
eulogizing the American policy in the
Philippines should make the friends and
allies of the insurgents feel very small.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

Ben Tinett. tho English Socialist who
ingmen, is being ventilated by some of the
labor organizations in the East. He is
said to have charged s21 for ten minutes
talk to the Iongshoremen in New York
and $50 for an address OF ten minutes be-
fore one OF the labor unions. A member
OF the reception committee which met him
at Washington says they paid $3.50 for three
days OF his expenses there. Mr.. Tillett's
brand OF socialism seems to come high
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13
The Mystery.

Washington Star.
Il don't understand why any wealthy
gentleman should object 10 giving mp his
box at the opera FOR the accommodation OF
Prince Henry" said Mr.. Cumrox as he
looked in the glass 20 see if his white neck
tie was on straight 1T does seem a little
inh Dspitable." replied his wife Not only
did excuse for not gcing 10 grand opera?'
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Important Qualification.

7
First Burglar-What did you take that bricky-
brac for? 'Tain't no goodl
Second Burglar-'Taint?
First Burglar-Naw. I tell yer. Jimmy. if yer
wanter make a fust-class success in dis bust
ness yer got to know somethin' about art!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

A good deal has been heard of govern
menr by injunction, but resort to manda-
mus to secure a nomination for office is
new idea. If this holds perhaps some one
will try writ of quo warranto as means
of compelling votes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

The recent decision OF the federal Judge
in Missouri to the effect that a court
martial composed of officers of the reg
ular army cannot try officers of the volun-
teer army must be based upon the as
sumption that the United states has two
armies, which is fresh discovery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

Those who have made careful study of
trade relations between the United States
and Cuba estimate that in return for
reduction of 80 1-3 per cent. in the present
duties on sugar and tobacco the United
States would get an open market for
sSs.OOo.OOO of goods every year Thus reci-
procity is justified from a commercial
as well as from a moral point of view
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

The long struggle over the oleomargarine
bill is over. but before it was passed it
was amended so that the cheap butter,
which is collected and worked over. which
is known as process butter, shall be
stamped as such by those who change it's
apparent quality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

While a majority of the Republicans of
the House had little interest i'm Mr.. Crum-
packers measure regarding representation
when the House met, it is now admitted
that a decided majority is in favor of the
proposition. Those who oppose say that it
will be of no use for the House to pass
such measure. since it will be defeated
I'm the Senate
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

The people of indianapolis should con-
graduate themselves that four company
infantry post will not be made of the
arsenal grounds. The citys future does
not depend upon anything Of the kind
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COnsOIing Thought.
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune.
Anyhow" said Cain, with a sigh Of relief,
as he reflected the curse that had been pro-
nOunced on him. women in this age of the
world don't follow murderers around and load
them down with flowers
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There should be no surprise because
Southern Republicans about Washington
oppose the plan of Mr.. Crumpacker to put
representation in the South on the basis of
the Constitution. since ii would reduce
their representation in Republican national
conventions
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Picking shook hands with the notorious En-
press dowager. But If diplomatic inter-
course We're restricted by moral exactions
a good many rulers would have TO be
treated with amharra ssing alnnlness.