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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-27
A VICIOUS RECRUDESENCE.

Washington Post

Washington Post.
In the current number of Harper's Week
ly we find a recrudescence of the stale,
vicious and exploded scandals Of five years
ago touching the conduct of the War De-
partment This latest publication loses
nothing by reason of the lapse of time-loses
nothing, we mean, of stupidity and brutal
ity-indeed, 1t discloses superiority in both
respects over the inventions of 1893, for it
sets back the beginning of the War De-
partment's Generalization full year, and
inaugurates the carnival of rapine on
March 4, 1897, the very day of Mr.. Nc
Kinleys first inauguration. Moreover, the
era of corruption is brought to sharp and
sudden close with the incoming of Secre-
tary Root thus making 1t exactly concur
rent with the incumbency1 of General
Alger!
We thought that the limit of ignorant
and malicious defamation had been reach
ed when, in September, 1898, General Alger
demanded official investigation, and
hoped that the voice of libel had been
stilled when, six months later. the Dodge
commission completed its report, absolute
ly generating the war Department from
every accusation against its integrity. 1t
seems that our calculations were at fault.
Nevertheless, the authenticated record OF
the proceedings of the investigating conn.,
mission show that every one or Generai
Ayers accusers either evaded his response
bility by hiding from the commits
sion or confessed his irresponsi-
|
single one of his accusations. Among the
documents constituting that record Will be
found a letter from a distinguished minister
of the gospel in this city acknowledging
that his pulpit denunciatiOn of the War De-
partment was based wholly upon the cur
rent gossip of the streets. There also Will
be found unanswerable proof that the COM
mission invited certain great metropolitan
editors TO aid the cause of justice by fur-
nishing testimony In support of the frightful
allegations with which their columns daily
reeked, and equally unanswerable PROOF
that i'm every instance those editors re-
fused These are only minor items In the
revelation furnished by the Dodge COM
mission, but they serve our present pur-
1t would be interesting to know upon
what authority and by what inspiration a
print of such excellent repute as Harper
Weekly has been betrayed into this silly
and dsreputable blunder. OF course, no
well-informed person will seriously consider
the publica ton to which reference Is here
made The conduct of the War Depart
ment during the war with Spain has been
thoroughly Investigated by body OF gen.
tlemen distinguished by high ability and
patriotic service, by brilliant personal at
tainments, and by military experience COW
ering the entire period of the. civil war,
and the record shows that not one or the
accusations-of which this Harper's weekly
snarl is but an imbecile and vicious re-
minder-bore the test of enlightened and
| impartial scrutiny. Nevertheless, IT would
serve the cause of honest Journalism TO
| have the mystery explained.
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1t has not been at all difficult from the
moment Reach won the Democratic city
Craftsmanship to read what it all meant 1t
required no gift Of prophecy on the part
of the Journal to enable 1t to declare some
weeks ago that Taggart and Terre Haute
beer would make terms with Reach and the
final result would be the nomination Of
Hoffman. because Reach would have no
hesitation whatever IN using the whole or
ganization In his behalf. Nor does 1t re-
quire one bit Of prophecy to foretell that,
IL Hoffman were to be elected we should
have practically repetition of the Taggart
administration. with all its lawlessness and
graft. If Hoffman had any honest desire
for the enforcement of law he talked so
glibly about on Saturday he had ample OPP
portunity TO try ii during four years as
prosecuting attorney. The gamblers and
keepers of sa.oons with .'winerooms and
bawdy-house attachments were more nu-
but the records do not show that Prosecu-
tor Hoffman ever bothered his head about
ii. They. nor any of the lawless class are
the least bit alarmed about Hoffman: thew
took his measure long ago.
In what condition do members of the
Citizens League and other independent ele-
ments seeking good government find their
campaign. Leading members Of the league
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For the first time in the history of Oxford
University this spring one of the great clas-
steal prizes has been carried off by a mem
Der OF a private hall. The prize, the Hert-
fordshire scholarship, was won by a young
student In Pope's Hall, which is exclusively
for pupils or Jesuits. 1t was established in
1897.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Harding
Davis are sympathizing with them over
their loss of two valuable dogs at Marion,
Mass. One, which, it is supposed, was poi
soned, was Layers" the original of the
aristocratic bulldog in Bar Sinister" He
was the property of Mrs. Davis, and had
accompanied Mr.. Davis through the Boer
war.
The University Of Chicago is about to add
two new periodicals to its publication depart
ment. One is Modern Philology, dealing
with modern languages and literature. The
other is Journal of Infectious Diseases %
edited by Professor Jorian and Professor
Hektoen. The latter journal has a special
endowment of $l25.o00 from Mr.. and Mrs.
Mccormick. whose son died from an infec-
tious disease.
The expression bakers Dozen" which is
in point of fact thirteen, has history. For
a baker in the olden times to give short
weight in bread exposed him to considera-
BILE penalties, and thus the custom arose of
adding an extra loaf to the dozen as COM
pensa ton for any possible deficiencies in the
rest of the batch. The extra article was
originally a safeguard to avert the chances
of heavy fine.
In memory of his friend. Paul Leicester
Ford, the novelist. George w. Vanderbilt
has had executed handsome stained-glass
window, which will be placed in All Souls
Church, which Mr.. Vanderbilt erected at
Biltmore, n. c.. for the benefit OF the MEM
bers of his household and for the people
of the neighborhood. The window is in
American opalescent glass The subject is
1.-The Entombment of Christ"
Sir Frederick Treves, the famous British
surgeon, has retired from practice at the
age of fifty years. He has established rec
ord in performing one thousand consecutive
operations for appendicitis without death
He hates the name, which is OF American
origin, and prefers 'perityphitis." There
were fifteen thousand operations for this
malady in Great Britain last year, with q
per cent. of recoveries, including that OF
King Edward
Senator Cockrell possesses a remarkable
memory. He never forgets n face, and he
can go into any neighborhood Of Missouri
to-day and call by name dozens of mer
whom he has not seen In many years. Or
one occasion DR.. d. H. Young. of Fulton
wrote the senator asking for = copy OF q
government medical book. Ma Cockrell re-
piled. regretting that his quota Of the issue
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placed full confidence in Reach. They helped
him to beat Taggart and believed he would
help them TO nominate good man. They
selected Mccullough, who had helped with
the agitation for primary reform and had
assisted in putting through the county and
township reform laws. 1t was then that
Reach declared TO them and to the public
that he must be neutral. and he did hold
Polster down a few days in making the
Hoffman announcement. But Polster and
the element he stands for were so insist
ent," according 10 Reach, that he had TO
let them bring Hoffman out. Taggart and
the Terre Haute beer influences made just
enough of feint at supporting Mccullough
to get aim to commit himself to the lib
eraI' idea and to force the best terms they
could get from Reach and Hoffman and
Polster and the moneyed men behind them.
Then Mr.. Mccullough was calmly choked
to death by Reach and his organization,
and the net result is the nomination of one
of the old official gang, who has been in
politics when there was anything in it for
him and out Of politics when there was not.
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Among the Publishers.

Molly Elliot Seawell is writing several
hooks for d. Appleton & Co.'S Young He
roes OF Our Navy Series.
G. p Putnam's Sons announce the forth
coming publication of a new book OF his
torical significance entitled "Arnold's
March from Cambridge to Quebec-A Crit
ical Study" by Justin III. Smith. professor
of modern history, Dartmouth College.
author of THE Troubadours at Home.
With maps and plans
Several critics. in the course of review
ing People of the Whirlpool" have ven
tured TO state definitely that the book was
written by the late -. T.. Mowbray." In
justice TO the author, the Macmillan Com
pany now states in the most explicit terms
that j. p: Mowbray did not write either
People OF the whirlpool or THE Garden
OF Commuters Wife
Baby Days was first issued twenty-five
years ago. under the editorship OF Mrs
Mary Mapes Dodge, its material made up
from ST. Nicholas Magazine. Since then
several new issues have been made. eacn
one selling largely. A new BABY Days
is TO be ready this autumn. with new ma
lished by the Century Company.
Following the news OF the atrocities and
revolutions in Servia comes the announce
ment by Dodd, Mead & Co. that they
have In press for early publication a work
NANCE the story OF Milan. nrst King OF
Servia The book is not all history. but
deals with the private life. intrigue ana
vicissitudes OF an exceedingly interesting
family.
The Macmillan Company Is sending 20
press an intimate biography and critical
estimate and exposition Of the artist whas-
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politicians of both parties all over the State
and the interest will increase, now that the
Democrats have held their city convention
and the issues have been clearly drawn Tor
the big fight. Democrats over the State are
particularly interested because of the ma
chine and anti-machine division in their
party here, the lines being drawn between
the ''reorganizers'' and the Democrats who
have been consistently regular" through
the last two national campaigns.
Xxx
G.. A. Violet, of Frankfort, KY, who was
one of the attorneys for the Republicans in
the famous cases arising out of the assas-
sination of Goebel, was at the Spencer House
yesterday. During the afternoon he held
a long conference with w. S. Taylor, former
Governor of Kentucky, which gave rise to
the report that there might be some new
developments in these famous cases, espe-
cially in regard TO Mr.. Taylors interest In
them.
Mr. Taylor said last evening, however,
that such was not the case. Mr. Violet S
mission in the city was OF purely private
business character he said. Mr.. Violet is
still the attorney for some of the parties in
terested N those cases, L believe, said Mr..
Taylor, but there have been no new de-
velopments, and his visit has nothing what
ever 10 do with them.
A special to the Journal from Hammond
says:
THE most important bit of Republican
political gossip in this corner of the State is
the absolute refusal of Senator L. l.. Bell,
of Lake and Porter counties, to become a
candidate for the Tenth district Republican
craftsmanship against Thomas j. Mccoy, of
Rensselaer,. Senator Bell was put forth
some time ago, when it was reported, even
in Mr.. McCoy's own town, that he would
not be a candidate for reelection. Friends
of the Hammond man from all parts of the
district wanted him to be candidate for
the craftsmanship.
Senator Bell had partially consented,
when, after a visit to Rensselaer,, Congress
man Crumpacker is said to have coaxed
Tom Mccoy to again be candidate just
before leaving for his summer home, in Wis
consin, Senator Bell declared that he would
not be candidate for the district chair
manShip."
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Indiana Is Happy.
Washington Post.

w OSe-
"a gentleman from Indiana is Hon.
Charles B. Lands, the eloquent and popu-
lar congressman from the Ninth district of
that State. On being asked an expression
of his views on current topics, Mr.. Lands
said:
1.-The people of Indiana are so very busy
just now that there is a dearth of political
discussion. The general sentiment is that
il would be hard to improve on the present
situation, consequently there is no demand
for revision of the tariff, advocacy of
financial legislation. There is no complaint
over the scarcity of the circulating me-
dunn, no talk of its expansion, contraction
or elasticity. In short, with good crops,
good business, more orders than our fac
tories can fill and three or four jobs for
each man to choose between, why wouldn't
the people be satisfied with their lot?
1.-The political situation with us Is about
as good as could be asked Not only are
the Democrats in helpless minority, but
even the minority is rent and enfeebled by
factionai strife. The war between the free
silver followers of Bryan and the sound
money Democrats Is as fierce as ever. and
there is no prospect that reconciliation will
PnSuen
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Score one for the Russian government.
1t announces it's intention of providing for
an international exposition at st. Peters
burg, to be called 1.-THE Child's World" 1t
is proposed to have comprehensive exhibits
from all civilized countries concerning the
moral, physical and intellectual education
of childhood and youth, making complete
picture of child life in all countries, from
birth to school days. The idea is original,
and is notable for the complete ignoring
of commercial or business considerations.
The exploitation of children, merely as chill
dren, is something new and well worth
while.
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PROPHECY AND THE NEXT POPE


Marion Crawford, in Everybody s maya
zine.
Most people have heard Of the supposed
prophetic notices applied in the eighteenth
century by mysterious person once known
as the Pseudo-Malachi to the future popes
1t chances that the motto which falls to
the successor of Leo XIII will be lgnls
ardens-a burning fire"-and, as the word
vampa means flame in Italian, ingenious
people have, of course, discovered that
Cardinal Svampa must be the coming Pope.
The lower classes, especially, are quite sure
of it. His chances depend on something
better and more trustworthy. however. Few
combine such political ability with such
theological training. The man is young and
strong, full of energy and practical sense,
well accustomed to command through long
experience in governing one of the largest
and most difficult dioceses In Italy, and
thoroughly able to cope with all sorts of
difficuIties great and small, sudden and
menacing, or delicately intricate. He pos
sesses, too, a fine appreciation of modern
Intellectual and social wants, ready intu-
ition and strong will. very good cam
didate himself, he is essentially man who
influences others. and whose power will be
felt in the coming conclave.
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In Pfccadflly.

Before one has time TO get interested In
the plot of Mr.. Swift's stories ones interest
is engaged with his bold and striking SEN
fences. He says many things that would
scarcely be proper in polite society, or so
near the line of improperly that they would
barely be admitted to open conversation.
But he says what he has to say like an
honest man, and not like an anaemic per-
son trying to affect wickedness. The story
itself Is of London society The scene is
laid in Piccadilly, and the moral-or i'm
Observation-Disclosures OF that quarter perme-
ates the chief characters. The figure OF the
old laird. Bargarran. who comes down from
the northern moors to live In Ptccadilly so
he may be with his son, stands out in sharp
ne comes In contact. The story as a whole
10 fairly strong one. and win commend
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Persons who are willing 10 take their
knowledge of science at second hand. as
the vast majority do. will find this book
instructive and interesting. The author.
Carl Snyder, has a happy faculty Of con-
veying scientific knowledge in plain Ian
guage. and he has presented clear and
concise exposition of the newest concep-
tioLs of science in various fields. The book
is written for the layman rather than the
technical expert, and IL will be found help
full by those who desire TO be abreast or
scientific progress. not only in physical but
in spiritual science.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-27

Freeman Otis Wiley, in discussing the
problems of capital and labor. shows knowl-
edge of wide range of questions outside
the immediate and more pressing problems.
and a broad grasp OF economic and COM
mercial principles. The breadth of his SUBJ
ject precludes discussion of the more in
innate views of the writer himself. which
have to do with many phases of this inter-
esting and important subject. His analogy
between the getting of wisdom and the
infinite wisdom that as a rule, the greater
success of one shall mean the greater sue
cess of all. To illustrate: Some are a thou
sand times more successful in gaining that
priceless thing we call knowledge than 9TH
ers But after they have gained 1t even their
most selfish motives compel them to dis
tribute it, If we would have others further
our ends and crafty our desires, il we have
gained new ideas which, spread abroad,
will advance our own interests and crafty
our own ambition, we must make others
see ard understand as we see and under
stand. To accomplish this our knowledge
touching the matter in question must be
demonstrated When this Is done others
possess the knowledge as well as ourselves.
Therefore. the community as a whole re-
ceives benefit corresponding to that we
receive as Individuals OF course this is a
generalization, and there are enough gener-
alizations to lay the book open TO criticism
on account OF the number. Although they
are suggestive, they are largely theoretical
and, therefore, detract from the practical
value of the work. The National Economic
League, New York.
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1t is admitted that Mr.. Roosevelt has
made his calling sure. He will be renomi-
mated, not little to the chagrin of some
members of his own party. He is entirely
different from a conventional candidate.
He is a horror and nightmare to the wor-
shippers of availability. the admirers of
harnstrlng policies and politics. Utterly
careless OF making enemies, he is singularly
apt in making friends. Like good novel.
he has plenty of character and incident, is
end" as the literary critics say
Mr.. Lowell saw old Josiah Quincy going
UP Park street with his spine sticking out
of his overcoat." Our brisk friend or op-
ponent In Washington and Oyster Bay has
not only the salient spine. but he has. In
an unusual degree, that spirit Of equality.
fraternity, democratic good-fellowsnip,
acteristic.
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Itself 20 those who admire directness ane
strength OF utterance. These are a few OF
the authors sentences. Across the Green
Park rose the great campaniie OF St Ed-
wards Tower. the last monumental mock
cry raised to Christ's mysterious but doubt
full triumphs. For Lazarus is still here. the
burden and mystery of human existence are
not lightened and London holds more prob
lens than ever Galilee held" There Is one
great mystery of human love unreyealed 10
the literary rry-huilders who talk round
and round the human soul without having
been in the thick of the souls throes; a.d
this mystery is that as long as man really
loves a woman, any other woman Is phys
ically meaningless and even repulsive 20
him." G.. Il. Putnam's Sons, New York.
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bad administration. for the Bookwalter adj
ministration is very much better than its
predecessor and better than Hoffman
would give, but IL lies in the fact that the
organization tried successfully to dictate
the nominations. This sort of thing always
causes a heap of trouble in Republican
ranks. but the Democratic rank and file like
to be bossed, and the harder they are
bossed the better they like it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-27

Holtzman, the Democratic platform and
the Democratic papers all declare that
Bookwalter's record is the issue. That is
good, so far as it goes, but it must not be
forgotten that Hoffman also has an Of
fetal record which both he and his friends
would like to forget right now. One of the
leading questions is law enforcement, and it
will be interesting to note how much he
helped to enforce the law while he was
prosecuting attorney.
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UnQuestionably Mr.. Reach is a very ex-
Dert political mechanic when his materials
ere composed Of Democrats. His machine
wsri<ed without hitch Saturday. but in
ths Republican party such high-handed
uethods cause . general revolt In about
. minute. The trouble with Republicans
= Indianapolis to-day II not particularly .
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-27

The treaty for the acquisition of the Dan
1ah West Indies by the United States having
expired by limitation without definite ac-
tion. the negotiation fails. 1t now remains
70 be seen whether Denmark will try to
dispose OF the islands to some European
power. and. II so. whether the United States
vii object.
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II the officers had used the same stern
measures toward the Danvile mob at the
city prison that they did later at the Jail
there would have been no lynehing. Never
was there a better illustration of the fact
that mob is invariably composed of cow
ards Temporizing with them only gives
than courage; but let them know that they
are likely TO get hurt. and they will scat
Ter quickly enough
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Do you imagine Holtzman's giittering
promises Of good government will drive the
vicious element from his support? Not for
moment! They have not forgotten his ad-
toruev a. ....tsn.i
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Every now and then the Board of State
Charities reports scsudalous conditions and
practices prevailing in the jails OF this or
that locality. There ought to be a thorough
and systematic examination of all the jails
in the State. with authority to enforce
whatever reforms may be needed.
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In his speech accepting the nomination
Mr. Holtzman took the people up into a
high mountain and promised them not ex-
actly all the kingdoms OF the earth, but all
the municipal reforms ever heard of, If
they WIN only elect him mayor. He is a
promising man.
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