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the House" was obviously intended to cover
all of their actual travelling expenses in GO
ing to and returning from the capital AS
there was no interval between the special
and regular sessions and as few, if any.
OF the members went home. there is no jus
tice in the claim that they were entitled to
an allowance for travelling expenses.
The Journals Washington correspondent
says: Representative Littlefield, of Maine,
one of the ablest lawyers in the House.
serts that there is not scintilla of law
on the statute books authorizing the pay
ment of mileage for any session, and that
the whole business has been grab from
1874 down TO the present time" OF course,
Mr. Littlefeld will vote and perhaps speak
against the proposed allowance, either for
the special or the regular session. There
certainly is nothing in the law authorizing
an allowance of 20 cents a mile for actual
individual travelling expenses" Prior to
1866 mileage was allowed at the rate of IS
for every twenty miles Travelled. Under
that law members sometimes made the
route as long as possible. In 1866 the al
lowance was reduced to 20 cents a mile. The
so-called salary grab" act of 1873 increased
the salaries of members to $500 a year and
left the mileage at 20 cents a mile The
act of 1874, repeating the salary grab act,
reduced members salaries to 5000 a year
and substituted actual individual travelling
expenses" for the mileage allowance and
provided that these actual expenses should
be certified under the members hand to
the disbursing officer. The allowance of 20
cents mile is without any authority Of
law. Mr. Littlefield is probably right in
saying that 1.-The whole business has been
a grab from 1874 down to the present time"
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Mr.. Bryan continues to vary his speeches
between demanding a reaffirmation of the
Kansas City platform and recommending
hypodermic injection of conscience serum
into the Democratic party. He is insistent
that exception or qualification shall be
made in reaff1rming the 16-to-1 platform,
and he is quite confident that the con-
science cure would prove to be just what
the party needs-a sort of elixir of life that
would give it new wind and muscle.
Thus far neither of Mr.. Bryan's sugges-
tons has met with much favor from the
party leaders the rank and file. A ma
jority of both classes seem to think that
political parties should be organized and
nominations made with some other object
than to court defeat, and therefore that in
stead of reafirming the platforms of 1896
and 1900 they should build a new one. The
experiment of facing to the front instead of
to the rear would be a new departure for
the party and might wrench it even to the
point Of some kind of a dislocation, but
most of the party leaders seem disposed to
take the risk. OF course, Mr.. Bryan will
continue to bark back and fight for the re-
affirmation policy as long as there is any
fighting ground left.
His other proposition has fallen fat.
There has not been a single contribution to
his conscience fund nor the slightest indi-
cation that the party desires to take the
treatment. The party leaders and the press
both treat 1T with silent contempt. This
may be because they do not accept Dr.
Bryan's diagnosis of the case, or because
they distrust his remedy, but the fact re-
mains that his proposition to build the
party up with a conscience tonic has met
with no response.
If the party leaders and press continue to
maintain this attitude of indifference to
Mr.. Bryan's conscience proposition he
might secede and form a new party of
Conscience Democrats. There was once a
party nicknamed Conscience Wings" In
1850 the Wings had taken the position in
Congress that the slavery question, which
they regarded as settled, should not be re-
opened. President Fillmore approved this
in several States. In Massachusetts those
opposed to the stand thus taken by the
leaders in Washington were known as
Conscience Whigs," and those who ap-
proved as Cotton Wings" The Conscience
Wings never carried an election, but Mr..
Bryan would not mind that. He would
rather be right than be President:
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ANYTHING TO WIN.

An enterprising Eastern politician has Sc
cured the views of a large number of Demo-
cratic newspapers as to what should be
the issues in the coming campaign. The
opinions given cover a limitless range and
are marked by that deplorable absurdty
which is the striking characteristic of
Democratic opinion in the abstract. But,
despite this wide variance, they strike,
every one of them, one note of cohesiveness.
They are all for something that will win.
A great majority of the men questioned
declare against free silver as an issue; and
every one of them frankly states, as his
reason, that it is evident free silver cannot
win. The anti-imperialism cry i generally
observation-disclosures it will not win. The
use of tariff reform as an issue is dis
couraged-because il stands no chance of
winning From first to last the meat and
kernel OF the opinions is, I'VE must choose
something that will win" There is no
question as to whether the policies decided
upon shall make for national good. There
is no effort to prove that the issues favored
shall work for the public veal. National
good and public veal are minor considera-
tions. The one thing needful is Democratic
victory.
There seems small reason to doubt the
result when such a proposition is submitted
to a sane people. There seems little posi-
bility of the majority of American voters
being deceived by whatsoever clap-trap
battlecry the Democratic convention may
evolve, knowing, as the voter will, the man.
ner of its choice. Out of falsehood and
sophistry and absurdity the Democratic
convention will build a platform. because
II must. But, with the knowledge that it
is utterly impossible under the admitted
conditions. for the platform TO be other
than one OF expediency, it can scarcely
prove much of a menace to Republican sue
cess in the election and national prosperity
and progress in the four years to follow.
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CONGREssMEN,s MILEAGE.

A few days ago when Mr.. Hemenway re-
ported to the House bill containing an ap-
preparation to pay members mileage for the
regular session he said it was now ''up to
the House" to determine the propriety of
paying it. 1t would have been more cour-
ageous on the part of the committee if the
appropriation had been left out of the BILL
thus leaving it up to the House to put it
in or not Mr.. Hemenway has shown him
self a rigid economist, and perhaps he was
ovsEruled by the committee in this matter.
The question has several sides First,
there is a question as to the propriety of
members voting themselves mileage at ALL
1t is a survival of an obsolete era, has been
a subject of much scandal, and is alto
gether Of questionable propriety. In former
times when travelling was expensive there
was some propriety in it, but in these days
of cheap and rapid travel there is little
occasion for it, especially as ninety-nine
congressman out of every hundred travel on
free passes.
Another question involved in the present
case is whether members shall be allowed
mileage for both the special and the reg
ular sessions. although the latter began at
the very hour when the former ended and
the members did not go home. The law
says that the salary of 5000 year shall
be in lieu of all pay and allowance. except
actual individual travelling expenses from
their homes to the seat of government and
return, by the most direct route of usual
travel, once for each session Of the House
which such senator representative be-
longs, to be certified under his hand to the
disbursing officer and filed as a voucher -
The member certifies what purports to be
his actual expenses and the allowance is
made az the rate OF 20 cents a mile which,
as everybody knows. is greatly in excess
OF the cost OF travelling, even If members
did not have passes.
The provision that members shall only be
allowed mileage 'once for each session of
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INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

II the shipbuilding combine can be successfully
reorganized and put its feet there surely is
hope for the Democratic party.-Anderson Bull
letin.
For an original gold-standard Democrat John
w. Kern may certainly be considered the most
devoted follower Colonel Bryan has in the State
of Indiana.-South Bend Times Oem.)
NJ E. ingalls, bewails the fact that working
mems wages being cut everywhere and
charges it to Republicans. We recall Mr.. In
gals was about the last to raise wages.-Ander-
Herald
We take IL that William Randolph Hearst ad-
vocate Of yeowness, will never be overcome by
his own modesty. His editorial Endorsement of
himself is more than ludicrous-it is very nearly
Observation-Disclosures Times.
1t is reported that William r. Hearst is will
ing to pay $1,000 900 for the Democratic nomi-
nation for President. AS that would be only 80
cents for each voting Democrat, the offer would
not be the slightest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Jour
nal.
The Salvation Army OF Australia has queer
ideas of the breadth of the call Of the Savior
1t has decided that scab cannot be soldier
in its army. A scab cannot bear the cross for
them. Here IL Christianity for you!-Elkhart
Review
"You can't go out on the street and throw
SNOWFALL without hitting some Indiana boy who
has come to Chicago and succeeded" says the
Chicago Tribune. That isn't so much of a trib-
ute TO Chicago as to the Indiana boys. good
many succeeded in spite Of Chcago.-Logansport
Journal.
1t is said w. r. Hearst will float his presi-
Dental boom upon purely antitrust plat
FORM This is the height Of impudence and in
consistency. there is not greater more
corrupt monopoly representative in the country
than this same sensational yellow-jou mag
nate. There is nothing in Hearst's favor but
money not blessed, single thing-South Bend
Tribune
Nothing that is not salutary in its effect upon
the divorce evil from the decision of
the judges of the Allen county courts and the
county prosecutor to subject to the of crimi-
nal proceedings such complaints in divorce cases
as charge the defendant with statutory offenses
assault and battery. desertion, failure to pro-
vide and the like. Such course will bring out
in a state tolerable clearness just what ground
an applicant for divorce has to base petition for
a decree to annul marriage upon allegations Of
criminal offenses.-Fort Wayne Sentinel.
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Lloyd Morgan, professor of mineralogy and
geology at the University of Oxford, England.
who passed through Philadelphia the other day
on his return home tells story Of an English
commercial magnate which equals those absurd
but veracious tales that used to come out Of
Chicago
He says that the great merchant in ques-
ton came to him to consult about the instruc-
ton OF the hopeful son and heir who Was some
day to run the vast business interests from
which 1.-The paper had made its wealth.
but mind YOU" said he, II don't want him
to learn about strata or dips. faults, or up
heavels, foundations. and 1 don't want him
to fill his mind with fossils or stuff about crys-
tails. What want him to learn is how to find
gold and silver and copper in paying quantities.
sir-in paying quantities. "-Philadelphia Press.
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All Ready to Mourn.

Lucy is smart young colored woman who
oficiates as maid of all work in a Brooklyn
family. She is much esteemed by her mistress
and the rest of the family and all take a very
friendly interest in Lucy and her affairs. When
recent afternoon OUT she appeared in a
complete suit of mourning several inquiries were
made with regard to her bereavement, she
had said nothing about the recent death of
any relative.
How long have you been wearing mourn
ing, Lucy?' asked her mistress.
''Wen, m. this is just about the fust time
Abs worn this yere suit. and it amt egzactly
mohnin'."
mot mourningi" was the reply UNLESS you
were swathed Grape you couldn't much
deeper mourning
''Yass'm, 1 know de color's all right black
enough, but All isn't really in mohnn yet.
cause he isn't daid yet. You see, Abs engaged
ter marry Clar' renee Jones and he's daown
right low with oncurable disease. Nom.
cahn't possibly git better. An SEEM as All
had to hev a dress All reckoned All might
jest as well git mohnin right now, then Aid
be sure to hev it when All needed it. '-Brooklyn
oil
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The refusal of the County Council to
make an appropriation for the purchase
OF voting machines will be a surprise to
those who believe that the efficiency of the
machines has been fully demonstrated and
that the time has come when a beginning
should be made towards fully equipping
the county with them The reasons given
by some members Of the Council for voting
against the appropriation will not be re-
garded as satisfactory by persons who are
conversant with the operation OF the ma
chimes and their practical economy 1t is
by no means certain that they can ever be
bought cheaper than they can now. and
the longer their purchase is postponed the
more the county Will lose through the pres
ent cumbersome and expensive method of
holding elections
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The question OF holding state fair DUR
ing the present year should be considered
or broad grounds Possibly the fair might
not pay expenses this year on account of
the St Louis exposition. although that is
by no means certain. The important point
TO be considered is the future of the fair
II emitting the fair this year would injure
its prestige for the future and make it diff
ficult to recover lost ground. then by all
means the fair should be held without ref
erence to the financial results this year
No doubt many thousands Of people would
come TO the fair who will not go to st.
Louis
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Comfort for the Red-Headed.

'T think 1 getting bald" remarked the
red-haired man in the chair, he furtively
watched the hair fly under the vigorous rub
bling of the barber. Don't you worry" said
the barber. People with red hair don't get
bald very easily. Doctors tell me that one red
hair is as thick five blonde hairs. or as thick
as three brown ones. 1t takes nearly 100000 fair,
or lO5 COO brown hairs to thoroughly cover the
ordinary mans head Consequently. you can
see that the red-headed man. who has only 80 900
individual hairs on his head has no kick com
ing. because they do much greater service.
VIII you have bay rum OF witch hazel?' Say
said the auburn haired customer. ARE you kid
ding mee'' II only know what the doctors say
replied the barber. Shall shave your neck?"
philadelphia Record.
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Bathing in Ice-CoId wate..

Professor Sugarman, Of Little Falls. who be-
gan taking daily winter baths in the Mohawk
river several years ago. is still at IL. He has
not missed day this winter. despite the fact
that the temperature the last week ranged
from eighteen TO thirty degrees below zero.
Whether not he has been benefited. the
fact remains that Professor Sugarman is a fis,
looking specimen of the healthy man. Since
he began taking these arctic plunges he says
that he is no longer troubled by colds in the
head by catarrh-
At present he is obliged TO cut the ice to
get into the water. He summer cloth
ing dsdaining muffsers and overcoats and
seems to thrive on exposures to cold that would
Immediately kill the average man.-New York
Commercial.
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and Mary college with Blaine. The history
of Blaine's courtship of the Kentucky school
teacher and their coming TO Pittsburg 10
get married IS well known. There was much
criticism of Blaines action at that time and
/ really think that IL had Indirect fnfiu-
ence against him during all OF his remark
able career 10 may even have contributed
toward his defeat for the presidency. That
he was not elected President was n great
blow, and probably FASTENED Blaine's death.
During the many years 1 knew Blaine I
know that IL was his one ambition 10 be
President. tie would talk 20 me about his
desire and IL was almost mania with him
Poor fellow; he never realized his dream
and died with a broken heart"
Judge De Camp. although eighty years
old Is remarkably active and is "A type OF the
sturdy manhood that thrived I'm the early
days OF the last century His father was
born Sep. 4. liza. and died Dec "a lST3. be-
ing only few months less than log years
old. The elder De Camp married a cousin
OF James Munroe. then President Of the
United States. Judge De Camp was born
I'm the first frame house west OF the Ale
gheny mountains. July 6. 1875.
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the heat. and simply stopped. One day my
young hopeful, aged SIX stuck IL in the refriger-
ator. in spirit of pure deviltry. and it started
to going again. This rather surprised US, and
after that. whenever the clock seemed fatgued
by excessive warm weather placed it
ice, which seemed to revive il. But. much to
our surprise. it suffer quite much
from the cold from the heat The other
morning when 1 came downstairs was aston
ished to see the alarm clock on top OF the stove.
That's the only way can start ii going said
the cook 1t must be frozen during the night.
but when heat it up bit it starts TO going
again. Now, did you ever hear of clock like
that ?'-Philadelphia Record.
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There viii come a time when bankers will
be obliged to adopt some absolutely sure
guard against embezzlement. AS things are
now thefts are not only possible but very
easy. The report of defalcations by Cieve-
land bank cashier was followed by news
from Nashua. N. H.. where a trust company
officer embezzled more than $4,000. There
must be some means devised Of making
thefts apparent before they reach such large
amounts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-29

Three new uses for radium were discov-
cred yesterday; this brings the average up to
the right figure, only one was discovered
the day before. 1t is now certain that
'liquid sunshine cures all known diseases,
together with number that have not yet
been discovered. prevents hydrophobia, de-
termines the sex OF infants and revolution
izes warfare. art. science and labor. 1t is
now suspected that radium will do every
thing but make hens lay, save the Delaware
peach crop and elect Democratic Pres
fdent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-29

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
through its general counsel, has asked the
local authorities to prohibit or in some way
prevent grade crossings of steam railways
by traction lines. The question was pretty
sure to come up soon or late, and its solu-
ton is not easy. The Pennsylvania official
says: There are few, If any, cases where,
by skillful engineering and a reasonable
expenditure of money. such crossings can
not be avoided. In some cases the public
may be required to walk a few hundred
feet further. but that is very small pre-
MUM to pay for the resulting security to
life" The same might be said of many of
the steam road grace crossings Of high
ways. There is not railroad grade cross
ing in all England. How would the Penn
sylvania Company like TO have such a law
in this State?
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A BATCH OF SHORT STORIES.
One Of TiIIman's Stories.

Senator TiiInan tells a story of Doko. a little
town in South Carolina, with about just enough
people to fill small schoolhouse. At the be-
ginning CT the civil its people became great
ly excited over secession and held a mass meet
ing. which these resolutions passed.
Resolved. First, that South Caroline should
secede.
Resolved Second that If South Carolina
don't. id If Doko don't. Washington Letter
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Congress has been asked to cut down the

Congress has been asked to cut down the
appropriation for naval target practice. but
IL Congress has half the sense for which
st is given credit it will practice no such
money spent for naval target practice
which made the wonderful victories at
Santiago and Manila bay possible. 1t would
be penny-wise craftsmanship indeed which
would allow the navy to degenerate from
the standard il set in 1898.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-29

A Pennsylvania woman scared away two
burglars with revolver, and. what is re-
garded as making it a better joke, the
revolver wasn't loaded. No wonder the
burglars ran. These revolvers that are not
loaded are the most dangerous kind, as
statistics will show.
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The MAYS of CIacI

IT am thoroughly convinced that even clocks
are affected by the weather" said the Mount
Airy Il have my kitchens
cheap alarm clock. In winter II suffers from
the cold. and in summer it suffers equally as
much from the heat Perhaps il is feeling the
ravages Of age for II is fully fifteen years old.
and up year ago IL all right But
last summer during the hot SPELL it abso-
lutely refused to so. II seemed overcome by
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-29

John d. Rockefeller. jr, says that once
in the long ago he cut eighty cords of wood
in a logging camp. That is to say, he
proved that he could do honest work If he
wanted to-but he doesn't want to. Eighty
cords is not much of a record as against
an entirely idle lifetime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-29

A leading physician Of South Bend has
evolved a theory which he proposes to put
20 a practical test that an infant born of
colored parents can be prevented from be-
coming black By being subjected to the red
light treatment His theory is that a ne
gro's skin is more sensitive than that OF
any other human being. and for that rea-
son more pigment is thrown out 10 protect
him under the climatic conditions in which
his forefathers were born BY preventing
fermentation 1t Is claimed that children Of
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from active operations in Wall street BY
strict economy the little hoard he had put
by would support him in comparative COM
fort during his declining years. But fate
is ever remorseless. A Minnesota jury has
given a verdict of $500 to a man who sued
Uncle Russ for pay for his services. So the
poor old mau will have to give up his fond
dream of a pleasant old age. and go back
to the street to work againi
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negro parents. which are generally born
light colored. turning darker under the
suns rays, will become even whittier than
the Caucasian race. When the able South
Bend physician has demonstrated the truth
of his theory he should turn his attention
to the interesting problem of extracting
sunshine from cucumbers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-29

A snail-eating contest was held in Paris
the other day. The announcement that
Parisians were eating 10000 horses a year
was believed to be a sign of their rapid
progress; but this last contest must have
been a very slow affair.
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''God. if L say is dreadfuIiy in
His ways" remarked the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst
OF New York. Sunday. This reminds of the
good old clergyman in the western part of the
State who prayed as follows: I'VE thank Thee.
o Lord. that Thou art a persistent and
stinate God and wilt have Thy own way. right
or wrong. Boston Transcript