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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23
MAY BE WORSE THAN TAGGARTIsM.

When the Journal predicted day after
day during the campaign that the election
OF Hoffman would not be productive of any
better government than was given by
Thomas Taggart, ii must be confessed that
1t never occurred to ii that such an event
might be productive of even worse govern
ment than this community learned to dread
under the name of Taggartism. 1t failed
to take into account the personal weak
ness of the man; it was not informed of
the promises he had made OF appointments,
and it was not fully aware of all the in
f1uences behind him.
These things are developing very rapidly,
server of the trend of affairs under the
new administration that 1t is possible to
have even a worse city government than
was had under Taggart, bad though that
was. There are complaints all sides of
broken promises. Information is given one
day that Judge Brown is to be made pres
ident OF the Board of Works, and day
or two later, after Mr.. Holt, Mr.. Taggart
and some personal friends of others close
to the mayor have interviewed him, Colonel
Downing is given the appointment. Imme-
diately the mayor and Colonel Downing
clash over the appointment of a street COM
missioner. the mayor desiring to appoint
p. J. Ryan, who acted as a personal clerk
for Reach during the campaign, and Down.
ing insisting the fact that Ryan would
not know streef from barrel of Dota-
toes and declaring that Herpick, another
relic of the Taggart administration. must
have the job. Well, Herpick got it and
Ryan was given the sinecure of inspector
Of weights and measures before the mayor
knew whether there was a vacancy. Next
appoints one Earring clerk of the Board Of
Works. and Downing incontinently fires
him and appoints Williams. who was
private secretary to Taggart.
And thus II goes. The mayor is pulled
and hauled about until he fees to his rooms
at the hotel with a headache and tells his
troubles to Reach and Polster. In the
meantime reform waits. A good step
has been taken by the appointment of
Kruger as superintendent of police, but
as yet his hands are tied by the fact
that no policy has been outlined The
mayor tells him publicly to enforce the
law, but no beginning is made, probably
because he has tips from the mayors ad-
visers to go slow. If the mayor can be
thus easily pulled this way and that by
few politicians of his own party what is
going to happen TO him when powerful cor
porations want franchises and privileges
and can send Democratic politicians and
respectable business men to him by the
score to exert ''pressure?'
1t is very early for SO much weakness and
foolishness as has already been developed,
and people that were hottest in their sup
port of Hoffman are beginning to ask
themselves most seriously if they are not
in for" something worse in the way of
municipal government than anything the
city ever knew, even under Taggart.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23
BATTLE AT FORT RILEY
THIRTEEN THOUSAND SOLDIERS EN-
Gagged IN MIMIC WAR.
American System Of Forming Lines I'm
Holiows Criticised by Colonel
Foster, British Attache.

FORT RILEY, Kan, Oct. GAS a spec
tacle to gaze upon the military maneuvers
to-day would be difficult to surpass, but
in point of dramatic action they amounted
to very little. The entire force in camp
was formed into a division under the COM
mand of Brigadier General Grant and or
dered TO deploy in line of battle ID protect
Fort Riley against an imaginary enemy
advancing to attack IT.
All arms OF the service were out. includ-
ing baggage wagons. and the scene a. the
long line of cavalry, infantry and artil-
lery wound over the hills TO take up their
positions, with the skirmish line dashlnS
on at a run far in advance. while the cav
airy scouts were but small dots or the
distant hills, was picture that must have
been seen to be appreciated. Thirteen
thousand men moving into battle at one
time and nearly every man In plain view
is something that cannot often be seen an
this country, and the spectators who were
hardy enough to brave the distance out I'D
the line OF battle were enthusiastic In their
at On the deadly practical side the post
ing OF the men On points OF vantage was
considered well done by the umpjres, and
the days work was, therefore. SUCCESS
all around.
The American system of placing a line OF
battle in the hollows and leaving the high
ground comparatively undefended was
something Of a surprise 10 Colonel Foster,
the English military attache- 81 should
have placed greater strength on the hills,
he said. Colonel Slower. Of the Fourth
Cavalry. pointed out that the American
idea to shelter the men much as
possible In the low ground, where the scene
of operations was as destitute Of natural
cover is the ground at Fort Riley. BY
keeping them down. said Colonel Slower,
I'VE avoid all the chance OF a consecutive
fire upon our men and have chance 10 put
IL into the other fellow"
Colonel Foster admitted this advantage,
but considered that the idea Of abandoning
the high ground was not without defects
Tomorrow the problem Is 10 be the
weightiest of the entire series. and the o
will be a weary lot of men in camp to-mor-
row night when the programme Is concluded.
General Barry, with the Second. Twelfth
and Twenty-frst regulars. the First and
Second Kansas Infantry, the Eighth ana
Tenth Cavalry and two batteries, is TO
march out tonight and bivouac- To-mor-
row he will advance toward the post Gem
eraI Bell, with the remainder OF the troops,
will make a reconnaissance I'm force and
General Barry will attack him as soon an
possible IL is estimated that the troops Will
march all of fifteen to twenty-five miles dur
ing the day.
Lieut. Col. Arthur L. Wagner acknowi-
edged 10 be one OF the leading military
strategfsts i'm the world. lectured tonight
to all the brigade and stan officers OF the
division, including among his audience Gen.
Ian Hamilton, of the British army, who ar
rived late this afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

People who live in the vicinity Of large
areas of government land are often ready
to assert that rings" and rascally individ-
uals are defrauding the government in one
way or another, but when 1t comes to Sc.
curing legal evidence in regard to the mat
ter the assertions are likely to fade into
unfounded rumor. Undoubtedly. however
many land frauds have been perpetrated,
and the reported unearthing of one of these
gangs of ''grafters'' on the Pacific coast is
a matter of congratulation. 1t shows that
the government is not inactive when such
rumors are in circulation, but is on the
lookout and ready to apprehend the guilty,
even though they are federal officials. The
turning out of the rascals now going on in
various public bureaus is a commendable
proceeding. A halt will be called to graft
ing not only where the ones under super
vision are concerned. but among any yet
undiscovered thieves along the line. The
government is a little slow in its move
ments. but never gives up pursuit of Of
tenders
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23
ARBOR DAY.

This is the day designated by Governor
Durbin as the second Arbor day of the
year. the first having been fixed for April
"a. 1t is an occasion which the public
schools are asked to observe by planting
trees and holding such exercises as may
arouse the interest of the pupils in the
growth Of trees and in forestry generally.
Two purposes are served by thus naming
two days-one that transplanting is more
successful with some trees in spring; with
others in the fall; the other that the
oftener the subject is brought before chill
dren the more deeply will they be i'm
pressed with the Importance of it. And it
is certainly subject on which they should
be well informed and in which they should
take warm interest, for the general and
reckless destruction of forests in the past
makes their building up one of the duties
of the immediate future. The better the
rising generation understands this and the
bearing it has on the prosperity of the
country the better it will be. The matter
is being agitated in many directions now,
and the public is being gradually led to
understand the situation.
There is another than the commercial
side to be considered, of course, namely,
the aesthetics of tree-growing. Trees form
the chief decorative feature of town and
village streets and grounds, and it is gen.
orally admitted that handsome trees about
a country home add much to the selling
value of the property. Trees have an in
dividuality, and the variety of species and
the wide difference in their habits and
methods of growth make a fascinating
study for old or young. In fact, the science
of trees and tree-growing is study of a
lifetime, and the practical demand for such
knowledge is opening up a new profession
for young men. Young people may well
be encouraged to have a liking and even
an enthusiasm for trees, for it is taste
that will bring its own reward in more
ways than one in after life.
Although Arbor day in Indiana is meant
chiefly to be celebrated by children, it need
not be exclusively set apart for their bene-
fit. In other States, notably Nebraska, all
classes Of citizens observe it, and hundreds
of thousands of trees planted on such days
have changed the face of nature there.
Indiana has not the barren territory once
characteristic of those Western States, but
most landowners have ground that would
be better planted to trees than to anything
| else, and they could not do better than to
| make a beginning this year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23
BONAPARTE-CONRAD REPORT.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Attorney Gen.
eral Knox, accompanied by Charles j. Bo-
naparte and Holmes Conrad, who have been
retained as special government counsel in
the prosecution of those persons indicted
for criminal Irregularities in the Postof-
flee Department, had long conference with
President Roosevelt this afternoon. The
conference continued from about 1870
o'clock until after 100.
All parties to the conference at its con-
clusion were reticent, but it is known that
the matters under discussion related partic-
ularly to phases of the postoffice investiga-
ton which have not been developed thor
Oughly in any reports yet presented to the
President or Postoffice Department. The
Bonaparte,Conrad report, recently sub
mitted TO the President, IL can be said, deals
with things rather than with persons. The
President did not request recommendations
from the two special attorneys as TO the
retention in Office or dismissal therefrom OF
any official or officials. He desired merely
that they should report on the accuracy of
the TullOch charges. 1t is known that the
report did b swo these Sr thre
methods and not as to men. 1t likewise
contained several suggestions as to the de-
the attorneys had been Investigating These
suggestions were under consideration at the
conference to-day Attorneys Bonaparte
and Conrad will, under the Presidents or
lines of their suggestions. IL is quite likely
that the future Investigations will relate &c
men as we'll as TO methods. but at this
time the names of the men whose records
are to be Investigated for obvious reasons
cannot be disclosed.
The report OF the attorneys will be made
public probably at early date. Quite
naturally portions of the report will not
be given Immediately to the public, mas
much as IL is known that these portions
contain information that would be valua-
BILE to the attorneys for the defendants in
| the postoffice cases. Later on the Presi-
dent Will transmit to Congress all reports
| made to him concerning the postal inves-
| legations that Congress may be fully in
| formed of the results achieved by those
| who have conducted the investigation
| Those portions of the Conrad Bonaparte
| report to be made public will contain the
| findings of the attorneys regarding per-
| sons who have not been indicted, but
whose official actions have been irregular
\ If not criminal. 1t has been discovered by
| the attorneys that cases against these per.
sons cannot be made because of the stat
| ute of limitations which bars prosecution
| at this time The punishment OF these
men. nevertheless. will be by publicity, as
nothing relating TO them and their offenses
as discovered by the attorneys, will be sup
pressed. In fact, the report goes fully into
all phases OF this class of cases.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23
BRADLEY PATENT VALID
1T Is UPHELD by UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS.
Method of Smelling by the Use OF
Electricity, Which Is Necessary I'm
Manufacture of Aluminium.

NEW YORK Oct. pa case involving
the entire aluminium industry of the coun-
try was decided here when the United
States Court of Appeals handed down a
decision upohlding the validity OF the So
called Bradley patent for smelling by the
use OF electricity The suit was one
brought by the Electric Smelling and
Aluminium Company OF Cleveland against
the Pittsburg Reduction Company. the only
concern manufacturing aluminium in this
country. with plants at Niagara Falls and
Massena, n. Y. and the court reversed the
decision OF the lower court, granted the
Cleveland company injunction restrain
ing the Pittsburg Reduction Company from
the use of the processes at present en-
ployed, and ordered an accounting of
profits for the time that IL has been manu-
featuring aluminium I'm infringement OF the
Bradley patent, some twelve years.
The Bradley patents, sustained by the
court were taken out by Charles s. Brad
lev in 1891 and 1892. and covered the use OF
the electric current to fuse and electro
lyze a material, the current acting both to
maintain the compound In fused state
without the use of external heat and to
separate il into its constituent parts alu-
minimum being separated from clay in this
manner. The patent is general one, ap-
plying to the electrolyss of any material
The Pittsburg Reduction Company has
been operating under the so-called Hall
patent taken out by Charles H. Hall, its
vice president, which is a specific patent
for the manufacture OF aluminium, cover
ing the electrolyte, or compound from
which the aluminium is extracted. and the
company had, in previous suit, restrained
the Electric Smelling and Aluminium Com
pany from manufacturing this metal from
the compound. Both the Hall and the Brad
lev patents, the one covering the electro
lyte and the other the use of the current
in heating the mass. are necessary for the
manufacture OF aluminium at the present
cheap rate. The litigation has been OF long
standing, the ownership of the Bradley
patent having been awarded TO the Cleve-
land company only after long suit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

II seems not TO have occurred to the
London and Canadian critics Of the Alaskan
boundary commission decision that a
question OF fact was involved, and the
members of the commission. as honorable
men. could only find according to the facts
Is these were presented In charging the
British members with 'betraying British
interests and ''pandering to American good
VIII they virtually acknowledge their own
dishonesty-or would ii be more charitable
TO call IL stupidity their determine
ton TO regard the tribunal as q political
body instead of q court of ahiudication
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

TIE Postoffice Department may not be
always successful in getting convictions
In the courts. but IL can dismiss from the
service '-grafters and those that connive
at or neglect Irregularities. and the work
Of cleaning out the department is going on
right merrily. 1t would not be very sur
prising 10 see a new order of things some
day that would require department clerks
and officials to put in a reasonable days
work each day. This is an awful posi-
biiity that would set them all to shud-
derilg
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

Mr. Merritt's assertion In his address be-
fore the Municipal Improvement Society
that woman is needed In each public park
to look after children and to preserve the
moral tone goes TO sustain the contention
made in certain quarters that much of nlu-
nicipal housekeeping should be in the hands
Of women No doubt the Offices that have
TO do with the cleanliness and sanitation Of
the city could well be left to their control.
Chicago has a woman who for several years
has superintendent the STRENGTHENING In a
ward where the work requires the greatest
vigilance and tact and she is regarded as
one Of the most efficient OF the citys officers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23
Capt. New and Heath's Place.

washington fost.
Out in Indiana Republicans are talking
about the availability of Captain Harry s.
New as next secretary of the national COM
mittee- . Captain New is a very pop
ular young Hoosier. He enjoys a wide ac-
quaintance among Republican sachems OF
the country, and is now the Indiana menu
Der OF the national committee. Just what
his personal feelings are In the matter IL
ing from the emphasis with which his name
Is mentioned for the committee secretary
ship, he cannot decline the place N IL
should eventually be offered him. He Is
said TO have stated some time ago that
he would not In any sense become a candi-
date. but might accept n the place were
offered him in a manner that would not he
offensive to Mr. Heath. The secretaryship
Is an important office I'm national CAM
paign and there are many well-known Re-
publicans who would gladly accept It.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23
To Try Miller and Johns.

CINCINNATI. Oct. PA special venise
for the second trial OF Daniel Voorhees, Mil
Ter. of Terre Haute. Ind, and Joseph NJ.
Johns. of Rockville. Ind. for an alleged con-
spiracy to extort bride In connection with
postal rulings was drawn tonight. as fall
lows: j. b. Thomas, Champaign county;
Moses Walton, Green; John +. Purdon
Brown: John +. Heitmeyer. Hamilton; Hen
~ Andrews. Brown; James II. Halle, Ham
ilton; S. b. Pickett. Green. Samuel j. Laf-
ferty, Clarke; Taylor Patton. Adams: George
j. Hester, Miami: Clark Pine. Montgomery,
Warren Brady, Warren; Charles ID. Martin
Miami: John Laten. Hamilton; Merrill Tay-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23
ONE OF TWEED's VICTIMS.


NEW YORK, oct. 22-Suffering most OF
his life as a result OF a victory over VIII
lam NJ Tweed, in the days when that
boss" was at the height of his power.
Vincent Cody is dead. Cody was once
wealthy man. He died a Waterman on the
rapid transit subway. and since the civil
war. through which he fought. had served
thirty-three years in States prison. all OF
which he declared was due TO the fact that
he succeeded in defeating Tweed's candi-
date for the Assembly in the ''bosss" own
district, shortly after the war because he
had not succeeded in getting his old po-
litical job when he returned from the
front. He declared Tweed followed him up.
and that later. when he was arrested be-
cause of ali accidental shooting in which
he was involved he was convicted by a
packed" jury and cent to prison for life.
Codys sentence was commuted by Cover
nor Roosevelt but he left the prison much
against his WILL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

by some alarmist TO the effect that oxygen
is being rapidly exhausted by modern man
ufacturing enterprises and by other means,
and that the time may come when man viii
have trouble in finding air enough for long
breath. Air may run short. possibly. and
water become as precious and as scarce as
old wine. but it viii hardly be possible to
persuade the present generation to econo-
mize in either
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23
Like Begets Like.

Philadelphia Press.
Miss Inez Sent-Its an opal ring Mr.. Cheepley
gave
Miss Sharpe examining it)-Hm! Do you-er-
like 1t?
Miss Inez Sent-Oh. yes, but you know the old
superstition. I'm afraid 1t will bring me bad
luck.
Miss Sharpe-I wouldn't worry. This can't
bring you anything worse than an imitation Of
bad luck
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

Ter. Champaign: Jacob G.. Warner, Miami:
John Miller, Scioto: Horace y. Stakes. War
rem; Frank NJ. Bixby. Warren; Sherman
Thompson, Champaign; George b Miller.
Scioto; ID. V. Bonnell Butler; Samuel X.
Hughes. Butler; Lester Arnold. Green. The
case will be called before United States Dis
trict Judge Albert c. Thompson on Monday.
Nov L.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

The Interior Department has discovered
some new and very ingenious land swim
dies on the Pacific slope. Volumes might
be written about the various swindles that
have been attempted in relation to public
lands since the government was organized,
and il seems too bad that the amount of
brain power that has been spent in figur-
ing these schemes out could not have been
put into honest productive industry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

take was made in giving these seni-barbar-
ians such rights. Without the controlling
influence of the whites they would be utter
ly incapable OF self-government in a civil
lied way, and would probably revert to COM
plete barbarism. The ANTI" element that
clamors for self-government for the Fill
pinos might study the Hawaiian case to
edification
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

Mr.. Walter Wellman. correspondent, did
not visit Indianapolis for political informa-
ton; certainly not; but look out in day or
so for four columns of brand new Indiana
political news from his gifted pen. Visit
ing newspaper men can gather up such
news in Indianapolis by the ream at any
time without visible effort
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23
On an Ocean Liner.

Washington Star.
What the most remarkable thing you saw
on your travels?'
And the who had just come back from
Europe YEARLY replied:
-Four aces against four kings"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

Mrs. Bennett. of Connecticut, is doing the
Inevitable in contesting the bequest of $4,000
made by her late husband TO w. J. Bryan.
political bond could be made to reach beyond
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

II the Chase case is at last really out of
the courts newspaper readers will be the
gamers. The decision of the United States
Circuit Court OF Appeals is in accord with
what is undoubtedly the prevailing impress
sion as to the rights involved. but if there
is no further washing of the family linen in
public everybody will be satisfied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

Naturally, the Democratic factions Of
New York have got together in support Of
where have a habit of getting together
whenever there is possible chance OF cap
turing offices. The cohesive power of
public plumber is the one vital Demo-
cratic principle on which the party can
always unite
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

The South Carolinian who wants the gov
eminent to appropriate s1Oo.O0O.0OO for the
building of good roads should consult with
the hying-machine inventors. They will
tell him that the government would be
wasting its money to build roads for which
there will be use after the machines
get into operation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-23

It is reported that Englishmen residing
At Vancouver are, in their bitterness over
the boundary dispute. declaring that Cam
ada can never achieve her greatest posi-
biiities until annexed to the United States.
These gentlemen are surely not claiming
the virtue of a new discovery. Anybody
on this side of the line could have told
them that some decades ago