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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15

to the refusal of Boer mothers TO obey the
orders of doctor or nurse and to their per-
sistent adherence 10 disgusting remedies,
such as administering a tea made of goats
dung, covering the bodies with green paint,
etc. The first charges of cruelty and suffer-
ing I'm the camps were brought by Miss
Hobhouse. She was answered by Miss
Markham pointing out that the British
taxpayers were paying 10000 a week to
house, feed. clothe, nurse and doctor the
wives and children of Beers who were
roaming through the country, derailing
supply trains and shooting Englishmen
from ambush. Miss Phelps, nurse for
five years in the slums of London. wrote
TO the London Times of the camp in which
she was stationed and of the others which
she had inspected as well arranged, out
wardly clean and in all respects well pro-
vided for by the government, except, as
she said, the authorities have failed in
one point-they have permitted the Beers
to indulge in the luxury Of personal dirt
y resident of Pretoria, a Hollander by
birth. twenty-one years a resident of South
Africa and formerly an official of the South
African republic wrote that being in con-
slant contact with many concentration
camps he has no hesitation in denouncing
the charges of i'll treatment of the Boer
women and children as downright lies"
1t does not follow that there was not sick
ness and suffering, for doubt there has
been a good deal of both, as there always
is in countries swept by war. The point
is that the concentration camps were es-
tablished as a measure of protection for
homeless women and children and not as
a war measure
If those who are lying so vigorously con-
cerning these camps really wish TO con-
tribute to the relief of the people there
they can do so through the machinery of
the Red Cross Society or through our con-
sus. Representative Hit, chairman Of the
foreign affairs committee, who knows what
he is talking about, stated on the floor OF
the House that the international Red Cross
was organized for the purpose of carry
ing relief. and that funds could be dis
tributed through it or through our consuls,
as had already been done. This was said
in reply TO Representative Burleson, of
Texas. who had been exposing his own
dense ignorance on the subject. There Is
no trouble in sending charitable gifts TO
the people in the camps through the proper
channels and with British approval, as was
stated by Baron Won Richthofen in the
Reichstag a few days ago, but it would be
the height of absurdity to ask that a for
eigner, a private citizen without any Off
cial standing or authority, without the Red
Cross badge and an avowed Boer sympa-
thizer, be passed within the British lines for
that purpose. Those who are doing the pro-
Boer lying are OVERRIDING the thing.
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INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

Though the Battle Creek santarium was
burned, the breakfast food was not all de-
stroyed, so the country can cheer up.-Ev-
ansville Courier.
Mr.. Bryan has come out in the Commoner
against the education of the Filipinos. 1t
seems necessary only to give him plenty of
rope TO arrive at a desirable end.-Terre
Haute Express.
The same old ring is now engaged in pull
ing the same old wires in this same old
Democratic county for the same old gang
that was at the front years ACCESSIBILITY
vile Republican.
General Funston pours a broadside of hot
shot into the impracticable, malignant anti
imperialists who persist in maligning
American soldiers. The young general can
teach as well as fight-Muncie Star
In holding the exemption law constitu-
tional, the Indiana Supreme Court has
given its sanction to legislation aimed 10
benefit the poor against the rich and legis-
latiOn that has been given general ndorse-
ment over the State.-Anderson Herald.
Speaker Henderson is the first of the
modern politicians 10 reap his Just reward
BY his attempts to face two ways on the
Cuban reciprocity bill he has fallen be-
tween the stools and his power as leader is
gone. If he had IL to do all over again he
would not have written that famous letter
about tariff revision being nonsense at a
time when every leading Republican, to-
gether with the people OF his State. were
demanding that sort of thing.-Richmond
Item.
China finds out that America is her best
friend and will stand between her and dan
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INDEPENDENT INCONSISTENCY.
The Democratic Attitude Toward the
Elective Franchise.
Salt Lake Tribune.

salt Lake Tribune
Mr.. Bryan's Commoner, in commencing
Senator Hoar's objections 10 the manner
of voting in the Philippines, has this TO
say:
THE Senator from Massachusetts, hit the
nail on the head OF what value is ''elec-
tons when free speech is denied the peo-
pie for whose benefit IL is pretended the
elections are held? Can any rational
man believe that any benefit is 10 be de-
rived from the style Of elections held un-
der this policy. when the people 20 whom
we have extended this alleged boon are
even denied the privilege OF reading ia
public the Declaration OF Independence?
The elections I'm the Philippines are OF
course different from elections in general
I'm the United States, but they are such a
mighty advance on the sort OF government
the people there have heretofore had that
the breath Of liberty seems 10 them pure
and unrestrained But what OF elections
in the South. and OF the voting and reading,
OF the Declaration Of Independence by the
negroes OF those States? With what face
can those who deny the right OF suffrage
and OF participation In their local govern
rnents by the negroes, be such sticklers for
the utmost Tot OF freedom and liberty for
the Ffllpinois, who are by no means so
we'll fitted 10 use the suffrage Intelligent
~ as the negroes are. taking the whole in
habitants as a massg Does not this atti-
tude OF the Democrats on the suffrage ques-
ton as between lie negroes and the Fill
pfnos expose the hollow mockery OF their
assumed solicitude for the FilipinOis In a
way 10 deprive their protestatiOns OF an
claim TO decent respect? Humbugs and
frauds they are, all OF them. sure enough.
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THE VOTING MACHINE.
Point at Which the Claims OF the
Makers Are Weakest.

Hartford Courant.
We cannot recall a recount of votes that
came out the same as the original count.
Often the differences are very slight, and
the result not affected. But the evidence
of fallibility is conclusive Then, again,
often there is great delay in the count be-
cause of efforts to reconcile apparent differ
ences. And still further, when there are
many names and much scratching it takes
an aggravatingly long time to make even
an approximately accurate count. After all
the counting is done ii Is possible TO tam
per with the record, and it has even hap
pened that entire ballot boxes have been
destroyed with the votes of the day within
them.
All this can be said about the present
method of voting. Now comes the voting
machine, and its managers declare that
ii cannot count any way but correctly, that
it cannot be put out of order, and that any
body can easily work it to record the vote
he desires to cast. Obviously il counts as
the voting goes along, and so when the
polls close there is the record ready at the
moment and there is no tampering with il.
These things can be said in its favor, and
the only proposition in the lot that calls
for faith is that nobody can play tricks
with it. This, however, skfllful mechanics
are very positive about. No one can look
at the machine in the City Hall and not
admire the ingenuity.
But II seems 10 lilS NOuldhN tAdl bhS di
rangement proposed for the town or city
of Hartford is put at us wrong end first
AS we understand the offer it is to sell to
Hartford number Of the machines at 500
each and to guarantee them Now, il the
machines are so sure TO be popular and win
over all who have opposed them (as we are
told has happened in so many other places
why not let US try the machines at one
election and then buy them If we want
them instead of buying them first and try
ing them afterwards 1t seems as if that
was business way to get at the same re-
sult for II the working of the machines
is such as to make everybody want them
then the more they are worked the more
friends they will have.
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DROP COIN AND GET A MEAL.
An Automatic Machine That Will Sup
ply Any Food Desired.

Philadelphia Record.
Drop your money in the slot and get a
meal will be the rule at a new res
taurant to be soon opened in Chestnut
street above Eighth by a well-known firm.
Against the main wall of the restaurant
will be built an immense automatic ma
chine, out of which. when the money is
dropped in the proper slot, will issue sand
witches. steaming cups Of coffee, oyster
pies cakes. or anything on the average
lunch counter bill Of fare.
This machine will be ninety-two feet
long against one wall and forty-two feet
long against the other. Built of mahogany
marble and glass, the intending purchaser
drop in his coin. If the coin be bad the ma
chine will promptly spit IL cgt again. But
II the machine finds the money satisfac-
tory the food or drink desired will issue
forth on a tray, all ready 10 be eaten. Hot
food will come out just OF the fire and
cold articles just off the ice.
In this novel restaurant the diners ears
will not ache from the strident calling out
Of Draw one" Brown the buck" s'Spe-
cial medium smothered." He will go QUIET
ly TO the automatic machine. which will
look like an unusually long sldeboard with
no counter in front OF it, get his food and
take IL to the table where he desires TO
sit and eat. The only walters I'm sight
will be noiseless ones, whose duties will
be 10 clear away the debris after the pa
irons of the place have finished their eat
ing.
The machine will cost about $4,000 Just
lO4 different varties OF food and drink will
be vended by H. that there can be no
complaint or a lack OF things 10 choose
from. AT the present time there are no
specimens of IL I'm this country, but IL is
comparatively common In Europe. On the
other side the machines are built 20 pro-
vide beer. ale and spirits. some OF them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15
A MOST IMPORTANT SUIT.

1t remains for the Supreme Court of the
United States TO decide whether the case
which the Department of Justice has be-
gun against the Northern Securities Com
pany comes within the Sherman antitrust
law or not, but the layman will conclude
that it does. The purpose of the law is to
punish or prevent monopoly by prohibiting
or furnishing the suppression of competition
of traffic between the States. The claim
made by the Department of Justice is. to
use everyday language, that two rival
corporations competing for traffic between
certain States have practically consolidated
through the transfer of their shares to a
third corporation, which is only nominaly
a different owner and is in reality made up
of the same parties that constituted the
original rival companies. The government
will undertake to prove that the sale was
not made in good faith, but was blind to
cover. a consolidation of rival companies
designed to insure the suppression of COM
petition.
The defendants may be able to meet this
contention successfully. They may be able
to prove to the satisfaction of the court
that the new corporation is in law a sep
arate entity concerning the competition of
which the court is not competent TO inquire.
The court may decide that the antitrust
law is too vague and sweeping to form the
basis of legal action. The corporation S
lawyers will present many reasons why the
United States cannot interfere with the
Northern Securities Company. nevertheless
ii is not easy for the layman to see how the
application of the law is TO be escaped
But, whether the merger is sustained or
not. it is of the utmost Importance that il
be determined by the highest court in the
land whether it is or is not lawful for any
number of railways to be controlled by one
company under a method of organization
which will enable such companies to
ignore the laws of States designed to pre-
vent the consolidation of competing rail-
roads. If such companies can thus con-
solidate the fact cannot be known too soon
to the end that other remedies may be de-
vised to protect the people against what
may become oppressive monopolies.
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THE BRITISH CONCENTRATION
CAMPS.

The pro-Boer papers are doing some very
hard lying about the British concentra-
tioI camps in South Africa, or, as a local
paper calls them, Recommendation camps
This lying. like that which the same pa
pers are doing concerning the Filipinos
pretends to be done in the interest of hui
mainly. but in reality its sole object is to
make a point against the administration
for not stultifying itself by meddling in the
domestic affairs of another nation. The
British concentration camps bear no re-
semblance whatever to the reconcentrado
policy inaugurated by General Weyler in
Cuba. One was avowedly a policy of cruel
ty and determination, while the other is
a policy of protection and charity. The
British concentration camps were ordered
and have been conducted for the purpose of
protecting women and children against the
hardships OF war and against starvation
They had their origin in the brutality of
the Boer leaders. When Lord Kitchener
and General Botha met some time ago TO
discuss terms OF surrender Lord Kitchener
appealed TO General Botha to spare the
farms and houses of surrendered Beers,
and promised on his part not to disturb
the families and farms of Beers fighting
against them. This General Botha re-
fused to agree to. declaring that he was
entitled TO ask every man to join, or, If
they did not do So TO cOnfiscate their prop
erty and leave their families homeless.
After this. in the opinion Of Kitchener. he
could do nothing but bring in the fami-
lies of friendly burghers for protection.
Thus the concentration camps were estab-
lishSd primarily as a measure of relief and
protection. 1t has, OF course. caused suffer
ing and loss OF life by sickness. but these
have been greatly exaggerated. and the
policy is humane compared with that of the
Beers in depriving women and children of
homes and property and leaving. them on
the veldt TO starve and exposed TO rowing
bands Of native Kaffirs whom the Beers
have always oppressed and maltreated
Most OF the deaths in the camps were OF
children by measles, and British medical
officers attributed these in large degree
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15
An Exploded Fiction.
Detroit Free Press.

1NbiOAl Ilct IItSS.
The fiction that a President of the United
States may not leave the territory of the
United States was exploded when Mr..
Roosevelt attended a luncheon on board
the Hohenzollern as a guest of Prince
Henry. In international law the deck
OF the Hohenzollern is foreign territory.
1t is subject 10 the laws OF Germany,
not to the laws of the United States,
and as a guest of the prince the Presi-
dent had expatriated himself for the time
being, and there no acting President
of the United States. The country seems
TO have got along very WELL however,
while its chief executive was hobnobblng
with a foreign prince on foreign terri
tory. No inventory OF our sacred lib
critics has since been taken, but none is
reported missing, and it may be assumed
that none got away. Nevertheless, the
President ignored a tradition that many
silly writer's have tried to make much of,
and we are not certain that he has avoid
ed committing a breach of the unwritten
law which demands the immediate atten-
ton of Mr.. Wheeler, of Kentucky.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15

New York Letter.
A few persons who saw Mrs. Jefferson
Davis during a days visit in this city just
before she went to New Orleans say that
incessant mourning over the loss of her
daughter Narina is making great demands
upon her physical strength. She has aged
very much in three years. Her friends are
wondering how she will stand the strain
of the public reception in her honor at New
Orleans. When she is in the North Mrs.
Davis makes her home with her cousin,
tor of the New York World. There is a deep
attachment between Mrs. Davis and Mrs.
Pulitzer. Before Miss Varina Davis, the
daughter of the Confederacy" died she
used to spend a great deal of time with
her mother at the Pulitzer home in Bar
Harbor. Most of her literary work was
done there
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15

Among the contributors To to-morrow's JOUR
nal are: Ian Maclaren." author Of The
Bonnie Brier Bush" James L. Ford. author
OF that exceedingly clever book, The Literary
Shop" ". c. j. Reid. traveller and author;
AIDE. humorist and satlrist: Rev. Henry Tuck
ley, the American minister making social
studies abroad; Professor Louis C. Ward, Emma
Carleton and other Indiana writers. This is a
notable list for a single issue Of a newspaper,
and the best Of it is that everything they
have to say makes good reading.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15

Those who visited several primaries yes
terday must have been impressed with the
them. 1t is possible that a few might not
have been so orderly, but orderliness was
the rule. In one of the most intelligent pre-
cincts in the city most of the voters de-
voted over five minutes to the marking Of
their ballots. 1t will be vain to urge that
voters who take five minutes to mark the
names they desire for candidates will not
bring out a better result than the rush to
vote straight ticket for delegates who.
at best, cannot represent the choice of one
quarter of the voters, and often voted for
by Democrats and nonresidents
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15

NAL committee showed that the work Of
the Tuskegee graduates producing
very satisfactory results. These Tuskegee
men are not acting as day laborers, but
as experts employed by the German gov
eminent to instruct the natives in cotton
culture according 10 American methods.
The Berlin dispatch intimated that the
German government would probably prose-
cute the experiment on a larger scale and
build a railroad for the transportation Of
cotton from the interior to the coast. The
result shows that Mr.. Washington's edu-
cational work is bearing practical fruit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL.
some Of the Features That VIII MAKE
To-Morrow's Issue Attractive.

some of the Features That VIII Make
To-Morrow's Issue Attractive.
THE DUTY OF BOOK-BI-YT>SG-
Ian Maclaren" Ohe Rev. John WatsOn)
insists that books are necessity, lao. %
luxury.
PEOPLE THAT ARE-'THE BOZ WHO
MUST GROPE"-
A half-true tale OF the son OF a Ma
poleon of finance. by James L. Ford.
the well-known newspaper writer and
author OF that. amusing satire, The
Literary Shop"
FIRE-wALKING IN JAPAN
Remarkable performance by shinto
priests in Toxic. described by the we'll
known traveller, w. c. J. Reid
THE RIGo-CHIMAY AFFAIR
Description Of an occurrence at a Paris
music hail I'm which the former Miss
Ward. Of Detroit. and her Gypsy hus-
band figured.
FAIRIES OF THE BLACK MOUNTAINS
Prof. Louis g Ward. of Bloomington.
offers a version of one OF the more
pleasing bits Of European folklore which
are found now and then among more
tragic tales.
FRENCH COLONIAL SCHEMES
Frederick w Eddy tells what the
French are trying TO accomplish in the
far East.
TALK WITH AN OLD ENGINEER
An interesting talk with Christopher
Tyler Arms now of Indianapolis. who
has had a remarkable career and wide
acquaintance. including Peter Cooper.
De Lesseps, Eads, etc
THE FIRE CHIEFS HORSES
local article describing some noted
animals and their qualities.
PROTESTANT CHURCH IN ITALY
Interesting account OF a fourishing little
mission near Rome conducted by an
Italian and his American wife.
ENGLISH NEWS TOPICS
The Rev Henry Tuclxley notes the trend
Of talk about Prince Henry's visit. the
army scandals, politics and the utilizing
of the King by brewery people.
ODD WAYS OF BIRDS
Olive Thorne Miller discourses Of migra-
ton problems and the methods Of food
getting.
GEORGE AIDES WEEKLY OFFERING
The Modern Fable OF the Frugal Son
and How He Opened the Book at the
Wrong Place.
A SHATTERED DREAM
Original story by Mabel Collins.
OUT-OF-DOOR PAPERS
Paths in March," by Emma Carleton;
Country Pathways" by "R &. M"
and Robins Again. by Elizabeth Nune-
macher.
4 LOCAL. FASHION ARTICLE
Some OF the new styles in hats and
gowns, with illustrations.
A page OF sports. a review of the labor
field, news and gossip of the theaters. a
record of social gayeties. suburban social
news will also help to make up an extreme
ly readable paper.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15

Mr.. Bryan's visit TO Washington has ere
ated quite a stir. 1t has enabled his friends
and others to ascertain that he has not
abandoned the hope of being the nominee
of his party in 1904 on an anti-imperialist
silent silver platform. His friends in
Washington predict that Mr. Bryan will
either be the party candidate in 1904 or that
he will have great deal to say as to the
selection Of the nominee. 1t is reported
that while Mr.. Bryan was in Washington
he did his utmost to put obstacles in the
way of the apparent rising influence of Sen
ator German. Next to ex-senator Hill, Of
New York, Senator German is most cor
daily hated by Mr.. Bryan In 1900 Mr..
Bryan said that he would rather be de-
feated than elected under Germans leader
ship.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15

The Democratic managers do not propose
to trust their voters with the privilege of
voting directly for the men they wish for
candidates for county and township officers
and representatives to the Legislature.
for city officers last fall. the abandonment
of it now by the leaders may be accepted as
evidence that the experiment was not so
successful that they would try it again. 1t
may be that the managers have learned
that the of the Democratic voters
cannot be trusted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15

Representative Cochran. OF Missouri. de-
clared in the House that I'VE have ignored
the rights OF the South African republics
IND we have trampled upon the law of ma
lions in doing So As the independence
OF the Transvaal Republic was never recog-
nized by any nation except Great Britain
and that only i'm qualified and restricted
way which was subsequently revoked. and
as the Boer government never had any
international standing whatever. the gen.
tleman from Missouri would seem to be
badly befogged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-15

Lookers-on in Washington express sur
prise that the Democrats in Congress take
so little interest in what they are pleased
10 call tariff reform. because. as they say.
all the victories the Democrats have won
but the most annihilating victory the Dem
ocrats ever suffered was that following
their tariff legislation in 1894. Possibly
those Democrats who stand aloof from the
tariff an issue are. for once. wiser than
their critics on the theory that "a burnt
child breads the IRE
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Too Much to Ask.

Washington Star.
1T seems to me-" said young Mr.. Stlggins.
that there ought to be of a law reg
ulatng this custom Of naming children after
eminent people"
Have you decided on a name for your baby?''
'No; I'm willing to leave that in a general
way, TO his mother Yet 1 must draw the line.
1 wouldn't seem disrespectful to the prince for
anything. I'm glad he visited US. and 1 hope
he'll come again. But 1 don't think he has any
right to be offended if 1 put my foot down and
positively refuse to let that boy be sent out in
the public schools with such name as 'Hohen-
zollern' Stiggns."