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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-27

either protection or free trade, and the
antagonism of these views would run at
once into politics. Even If the commission
should make a unanimous report-and that
of the commission of 1852 was not unani-
mous-it would have no binding force on
Congress. That body is very jealous of
having any legislative function taken out
of its hands. or of accepting dictation or
suggestions from any outside source.
Finally, in a government by the people and
by parties, all questions OF public policy
must eventually be settled through parties.
and that means political action. The tariff
question comes more closely home to the
people than almost any other, and they will
insist on having a voice in its settlement.
Even in Germany, which is far from be-
or the agricultural class, are largely shap-
ing the tariff policy of the government.
In this country the people are decidedly
and Overwhelmingly in favor of protect
ing American industries and American
wages. and they would speedily undo the
work of any commission of tariff experts
that should attempt TO reverse or weaken
this policy. There ought not to be any
political party in this country opposed to
protection, but as long as the Democratic
the tariff must be a political question. 1t
should be discussed on business principles
and settled on protection lines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-27
IN FAVOR OF LANDIS.
The NobIesville Ledger Takes a Broad
View of the Situation.

There is considerable favorable comment
among Republican politicians over an ed
itorial that appeared in the Noblesville
Ledger Thursday, under the caption "Our
Plain Duty The editorial deals with the
attitude of Hamilton county toward Rep
resentative Lands. The Ledger is known
as one of the leading county dailies in
the State and its editoor. Will II. Craig,
and sound Judgment
In the course of it's comment the ed
itorial says that when there are so many
large and difficult problems confronting
the country it is no time to stop and quib-
BILE over small personal differences. Per-
sonal prejudices should count for naught
when the progress and welfare of the
country is at stake. The gallant
Major Steele, few days ago. at the open
ing of the campaign at Marion, heartily
Endorsed the candidacy of young Fred
Lands, who had defeated the old veteran
in the long, bitter and memorable strug
gle. After the nomination of Mr.. c. b.
Lands at Kokomo the Ledger, while con-
demning the treatment accorded Hamilton
county by the district. yet said the fight
was over and that il was our duty, though
ticket. At that time we said: When the
ides of November have come and the peo-
pie have taken sober, second thought,
we hope the good old-time Republican ma
jority will be registered by the voters of
Hamilton county. We have a right TO
fight in the primaries and in the nomi-
mating conventions, but when these battles
are over, whether We are victors or van
pushed, being true Republicans, we are i'm
duty bound to be for the ticket, the whole
ticket and nothing but the whole ticket.
This Is still our view. And since the
passions have cooled off and the sober
second thought has come we believe we
voice the sentiments of many who were
angry at that time. Mr.. Lands has made
a good representative in Congress Few
men in that body outrank him I'm influence
and prestige. He stands squarely Re
publican grounds and fights valiantly for
the principles and policies that have made
this country great. glorious and prosper
Gus. What does his competitor represent?
Everything that is opposed to Republican
ism. What would be gained by electing
Judge kirkpatrick to Congress, however
excellent and upright a gentleman he may
be? Our district would be represented by
a Democrat that is all, and by a man who
would vote in Congress with Democrats
We are just supposing the case as we
confidently believe Mr. Lands will be
elected by at least 1000 plurality. Our
appeal is for party loyalty and for the
party organization of the county. 80
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-27
PITTSBURG TO PANAMA.


Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
A very practical aspect is given the Pitts
burg to Panama movement by the work
under way of designing ocean-Soing barges
that may traverse the Ohio AMI Mississippi
rivers. OF course it is in the Pittsburg
region these barges are 20 be built. AT
present they can ply only upon the Missis-
sirpi, but If the improvement of the Ohio
is vigorously urged they may soon ascend
to Pitts5urg. The Ohio is easily capable
OF being brought TO a stage Of nine or ten
feet. and that will be sufficient to accom-
n,odate sea-going barges.
Pittsburg shippers have set their minds
upon having facilities for shipping from
this city to Panama and beyond without
breaking bulk. The plan is entirely feasible
and the end will justify the national ex-
pense. One object to be attained is the
supplanting of Australian coal on the Pa
cifc coast by coal from Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and Ohio. What other commerce
awaits the opening of it's natural channe |
is pretty well known. There are markers
in South America for machinery, for coal,
for oil and many other products when once
route.
The improvement of the Ohio is so clearly
the coroilary OF the construction of the
Panama canal under American ownership
that IL cannot longer be overlooked. To
build that canal at an expense of $3.50, 900 600
without providing the 100000 necessary
to make a permanently navigable water
way of the Ohio is TO undertake an expen-
sive enterprise without securing for il a
source of large income. Congress can be
made to understand this truth If the task
Is taken up in the right spirit and pushed
for what il is worth.
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THE TARIFF AND PARTY POLITICS.

President Roosevelt's suggestion regard
ing the creation of a tariff commission has
started discussion of the question which
will doubtless have the same result as
former discussions, viz, none at all. The
Presidents statement that what we really
need In this country Is TO treat the tariff
as a business proposition and not from the
standpoint of the temporary needs of any
political party" is so obviously true that
nobody will dissent from it. The Presi-
dent amplifed the idea by saying that my
preference would be for action which should
be taken only after preliminary inquiry
by and upon the findings of a body of ex-
that they could be trusted to deal with
the subject purely from the standpoint of
our business and industrial needs.' This
would be a good way to get light and in
formation on the tariff question, but it
would not take it out of politics. Such
a nonpartisan or bipartisan commission
could do nothing more than submit a re-
port with perhaps the draft of a bill. This
would precipitate a political discussion in
Congress and the bill would be torn TO
pieces and finally discarded for one framed
by the dominant party in Congress. The
he added to his suggestion for the creation
of a commissions: But. of course, Con-
greAs would have to determine for itself the
exact method to be followed"
AS the Journal has already stated, the
experiment of tariff commission was tried
recommended by the secretary of the treas
ury i'm 1881 and approved by President Ar
thur in his annual message. In 1852 Con-
gress authorized the appointment of such
a commission TO consist of nine persons. and
President Arthur made the appointments.
nent business men and tariff experts. 1t
held number of sessions. visited different
parts of the country. took mass of testi-
mony and submitted an elaborate report,
with the draft OF a bill. The bill was dis
cussed In both branches of Congress from
ended with the passage of bill framed
by the dominant party and bearing very
little resemblance TO the bill OF the COM
mission. The work OF the commission had
no practical results. and the experiment
has never been repeated.
A tariff commission could be OF some
service In taking testimony and gathering
facts. but a congressional committee car
do that Just as well. 1t would be impos-
sible to frame a nonpartisan commission
| without putting on 1t persons who favored
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-27
CHANGE IN THE KLONDIKE.
The Placer Miner Superseded by the
Mill and the Drill.


Buffalo Express.
The first Western gold hunter was the
man with shovel and pan, who sought only
the loose gold in the beds of creeks. and
obtained 1t by the rudest of processes and
the simplest of appliances. He was a wan
derer; when the surface store was gone in
one place he moved on in search of new
placers. After him the real miner, the man
who traced the gold back to its place of de-
post in the veins of the rock; and for
many years it has been the powerful quartz
crusher and not the wandering, red-shirted
placer hunter that has best typified the
gold industry of the West.
The transformation which the West has
seen is already drawing near to the Klon-
dixie. A representative of the Canadian
government who has lately visited Dawson
reports that while the gold production in
the klondike was about $24,O0O,O00 in 1901, it
will not exceed $l4.000,0O0 in 1902 No new
discoveries of Importance have been made
in the last year, although the valleys and
beds of streams for long distance around
have been searched; and in consequence
business in Dawson Is depressed and it's
boom is apparently on the wane.
This means that the period of placer
mining has seen its brightest days in the
the West has witnessed-the working of
quartz deposits. This requires machinery
and a larger capital than is at the disposal
OF the primitive gold hunter. New sur
face deposits will. of course. be found, and
the wealth of Alaska is not yet realized;
but the age of machinery is already dawn
ing in the region where, only five years
ago, fortunes were waiting for the adven-
turer who took thither only his hands his
shovel and pan and his stock of food The
change is interesting as showing how
quickly, in this age, the conditions of a
mining district are transformed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-27
A PERTINENT CONTRAST.

In the official figures which Governor Dur
bin gave in his Marion address it appears
that during the four years before the Re-
publicans came into power in Indiana the
Democratic administration took an average
of $685. from the general fund for the pay
ment of the state debt, while during the
succeeding seven years in which the Re
publicans were in power Sill ,lA year was
devoted to that purpose. During the Demo-
cratic period the levy for the general fund
was 2Hs cents more on each 500 than it was
during the Republican period. This means
that when the Democratic administration
finished fiscal year it found that it could
devote s54.352 to liquidation Of the state
debt. On the other hand, when the Re-
publican administration closed fiscal year
it had s171,1s1 that could be used for debt
paying.
$116,729 in favor of the Republicans is due
to the fact that the valuation of property
for purposes OF taxation was larger during
the Republican than during the Democratic
period. 1t was larger, but not enough
larger to Offset the larger levy of 2ik cents
per 800 during the Democratic period than
the levy during the Republican years. The
s116,72 represents a saving. That saving re-
suited largely from doing away with the
fee system which prevailed during the Dem
ocratic regime. In fact, the $116,700 differ
ence represents about the aggregate of fees
which state officers received during the
Democratic regime. 1t means that IL the
Republican Legislature of 1896 had not abol-
ished the fee system the public debt would
be nearly $4,000 larger than it now is.
Republicans who served in the Legisla-
ture of 1895 and those that have succeeded,
and the Republican state officers have an
undoubted right to claim this large saving
by the abolition Of the fee system as Re-
publican accomplishment. 1t is an accom-
plishment which stands out in sharp con-
trast with that action of a Democratic
Legislature which added a proviso to the
act providing for the distribution of the
school fund.- which was designed to author
ize Democratic attorney general to re-
ceive a large percentage as a fee for col
lecting unexpended school balances. 1t is
we'll to keep these facts in remembrance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-27

To break up the dastardly crime of white
Gaping is a most difficult matter. The
offenders If run down must be punished
in the counties where the offense is COM
mitted. Almost certain that they would
receive injury If an offender were con-
victed, jurors can be pardoned if they do
not find verdicts. Still. there are few
crimes which cannot be suppressed when
the Legislature and other officials give
the evil their attention. whitecapping is
one of the topics that should be considered
by the Legislature
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-27
The Republicans Have Named Coed
Men I'm All of the Thirteen
Districts.
DEMOCRATS HAVE ONE TO NAME
JOHN s. MARTIN, OF SIXTH DISTRICT,
MAY BE NOMINATED.
Attention Called to an Editorial In
the NOblesville Ledger-Other
Political News.

With the nomination Of Colonel Edmund
A. McGinness, of New Albany, as can
didate for Congress from the Third dis
trict. the Republican list of congressional
candidates is now complete. In all of the
districts the party organizations are al
ready active and the work i'm further
strengthening organizations is being
pushed. Following are the thirteen Re-
publican candidates for Congress-
First District-James A. Hemenway, of
Second-John c. CLANCY, of Sullivan.
Third-Edmund A. Maginess, OF New
Fourth-Joshua NJ. Spencer, of Rising
Sun.
Fifth-Elias s Holiday. of Brazil.
Sixth-James Z. Watson, of Rushville.
Seventh-Jesse Overstreet, OF indian
Eighth-George W. Cromer. of Muncie.
Ninth-Charles b. Lands of Delphi.
Tenth-Edward d. Cumpacker. of Val
Eleventh-Frederick Lands, of Logans-
port
Twelfth-C. G. Gillian. of Lagrange.
Bend.
The Democrats have nominated their
congressional candidates in all the districts
except the Sixth and this will be done to-
day at a convention TO be held at New
Castle. 1t is said that John s. Martin, OF
Brookvile will be the nominee The other
nominees are as follows:
First District-John w. Spencer. of
Evansville.
Second-Robert w. Miers, of Blooming
ton.
Third-W. T. Zenor, of Corydon.
Fourth-Francis NJ. Griffith, of Vevay.
Fifth-John A. Wiltermood, of Clinton.
Seventh-Jacob z. Dunn, of Indianapolis.
Eighth-James Il. Truesdale, of Alex
andria.
Ninth. ]. Kirkpatrick. of Kokomo.
Tenth-William Guthrie, of Monticello.
Eleventh-John c. Nelson, Of. Logans-
port.
Twelfth-James NJ. Robinson, of Fort
Wayne.
Thirteenth-F. f. Herring. of South Bend.
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A Miniature Jack.
New York Press.

After a hard struggle with a swollen
sash in an elevated car woman yielded
to the polite gentleman who asked IL he
might open the window for her. When he
had grunted and groaned for several min
utes in vain he abandoned the job TO a
quiet-looking chap who took from his pock-
ct a miniature hydraulic jack. Ii was not
over two inches In height and had a pump
handle inch and a quarter long. the
whole instrument being made OF silver. A
few strokes of the pump sufficed 10 raise
the sash high enough TO admit ones fingers
beneath IL. when its elevation was easy.
The owner OF the pump said II would lift
1000 pounds half an inch He proved 10 be
a superintendent OF some Pittsburg steel
mill, and the little jack was a charm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-27
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL.
Features That VIII he Found Espe-
cfaIIy Entertaining.


FAMOUS FOR FINE CANDY
Indianapolis confectionery has wide
reputation for its fine quality.
ART OF PYRoGRAPHY-
Decorative burning of wood and leather
a popular local fad
CHARMING AWAY ILLS
Dr. Fletcher says the use OF amulets an
a cure for disease is common to-day.
FISH STORIES
Another chapter OF piscatorial lore from
Indianapolis fishermen
ANGLING AND ANGLERS
The Harvard University collection OF
quaint and curious literature bearing ON
this topic.
PRENATAL INFLUENCE
Outline of the contents OF Professor
Schenck's posthumous work. reported ~
DIR. a. Kirchho1.
ORIGINAL STORY
THE Woman He Loved" by Fitzgerald
Molloy.
STRANGE FOLK AND QUEER THINGS
'The Dweller in the Haven" by David
Christie Murray.
GEORGE ABE
Beginner moved from one Pinnacle 10
Another and played the entire Circuit
DOM PAUL KRUGER
The Famous Transvaal Chieftain as he
appears in his villa at Utrecht.
THE BRITISH FARMER
Mr.. ]. ID. whelpley points out the de-
cadence of a once great industry in Eng
land.
SCARCITY OF SERVANT GIRLS
Indianapolis housekeepers have great
difficulty I'm securing "help."
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PT0MAINE POISONING.


London Mail.
The remarkable outbreak OF ptomaine
poisoning, which has stricken down hum
dred people at Derby and several others in
London, will have TO be carefully investi-
gated before we can speak definitely OF the
cause. One point seems clear, namely.
that the victims all ate Of pork pies, and
the pies are said to have common origin.
If that be so. 1t should not be hard to dis
cover the reason of the epidemic.
AS the case stands. it illustrates one OF
the perils Of our modern methods of life.
In the days of our grandmothers the cook
ing of the family food was the great BUSH
ness of the womenfolk. and old-fashioned
people still scorn meats cooked outside by
traders who supply the multitude But
the conditions of town life particularly for
the working classes, make ii inevitable
that much food should be prepared in
wholesale fashion and distributed TO retail
dealers, who know nothing of it's origin
and little of its age. The responsibility
becomes subdivided and largely lost, and
the consumer has TO act by faith. Cooked
foods are often much better than can be
economically prepared at home; there is
great variety, tempting cheapness, ana
avoidance OF work and worry that con-
let the fire on the kitchen altar die out.
So a large section of the population sell
dom trouble about cooking at all, and
leave IL TO the corner shop.
Our municipal rulers do much to pre-
vent the sale of unwholesome food. and
the figures representing meat and fish or
dered for destruction i'm London alone show
how necessary all their precautions are
In Paris, by the Central Markets system, a
scrutiny, perhaps more strict than any
where else. is kept on all flesh food offered
for sale, and no butcher can expose In his
shop beef that does not bear the sign-man-
ual OF the inspector. These precautions.
however, are not sufficient to deal with
prepared foods such as are now so COM
monty sold all over the country. There
is nothing in their appearance to Indicate
when they have passed the stage Of whole
someness, and an army of inspectors would
be required to insure that tainted food
was sold. Shopkeepers would not willingly
trade in such dangerous goods, but in the
case of some former epidemics Ii has been
shown that they were entirely ignorant OF
the history OF the meat they were selling.
1t has been one OF the advantages OF
our wintry summer that such outbreaks
have been rare, and we may not unfairly
attribute that immunity in some measure
to the absence of heat and the house fly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-27

The morning calamity organ convicts it
self OF misrepresentation Having asserted
that IL was announced on June 10 that
Carroll ID. wrights report on the anthra-
cite coal strike was ready" IL cites in
proof dispatch OF that date In which
Colonel Wright said IT have practically
completed my investigation and will pre-
sent my report as quickly as possible to
the President" He did not say the report
was ready at that time. and the mass OF
information" which he said he had in his
possession was not digested and arranged
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-27
A CHANGE OF VIEWS.

The two or three papers which are op-
posed to a reciprocal treaty with Cuba
have criticised the President, mildly to be
sure, because he advocated that policy in
Michigan. The inference is that If the
President is TO insist upon the Mckinley
Roosevelt policy in reference to Cuba, he
should have declared his purpose in some
other than the leading beet-sugar State.
That is not the Presidents method Of do
ing things. He believes that when one
has an argument to make for any line of
action it should be made to those who have
been or are supposed to be opposed to the
policy he advocates. So he went to De-
troit to urge reciprocal arrangement with
Cuba. He stated his reasons why he IA
ly. One Of the reasons he gave was that
a cut of 20 per cent. on the duty on raw
sugar, so far as Cuba's product is con-
cerned. could not affect the beet-sugar in
dustry for the reason that, in addition to
Cuba's sugar, the United States must i'm
port $4,000 of the estimated consumption
of 2.55O00O tons. The full duty on more
than one-third the amount consumed will
give the home sugar interests all the pro-
lection they now enjoy. The New York
Press, the most jealous champion of the
Oxnard contention. declares that Cuba is
anxious to take the place of the beet-suear
industry and that granting a reduced
duty to Cuba's product will affect the
price to the injury of the home pro-
ducers.
1t seems now that this zeal for the
beet-sugar industry is not appreciated by
men in Michigan who are near those in
terested in that enterprise If there had
been no change of sentiment on this ques-
ton. Representative Hamilton, who was
the temporary chairman in the Michigan
convention of Thursday, and one of the
Insurgents in the House opposing the
reciprocity bill, would not have predicted
that Congress at it's next session would
Cuba. His statement shows that the in
telligent men who are in the beet-sugar
industry in Michigan have been studying
the proposition TO give Cuba a preference
OF 20 per cent. in sugar market over
other foreign countries. and will not in
terfere with ii. They have also seen
that the people OF the country generally
are decidedly in favor of Cuban reciprocity.
Furthermore. the country is more decided
ly in favor of the proposition than it was
months ago. because reciprocity with Cuba
will open to farmers and manufacturers
market that before long will taka ssn :
100000 of their products. The Oxnard
zealots. outside of the beet-sugar States,
should give up their job.