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The Washington Post, with its kindly memories of Democratic times, says that "no good authority undertakes to say what Democracy is." This is the season of the year when the greater financiers look at the wheat fields of the West for omens of the future rather than to the ups and downs of the Stock Exchange in Wall street. This year the field omens are excellent. The Boston Herald complains that the President talks no more of a tariff commission and charges him with abandoning an idea. The difficulty with some people is that they do not abandon an idea because they never consider It to see if it is right. The proceedings of the Indianapolis Bar Association on the death of Mr.

Nathan Morris were a crowning tribute to his character and highly honorable, to the association end to the members who spoke. Few men in so brief a life have earned such tributes. Ojj of twenty items of electric traction news in the last number of Finance, a paper devoted to finance and commerce, ten related to Indiana enterprises. There is not another State in the Union where electric traction is developing as rapidly as In this State. With two grand Juries investigating re ports of bribe taking by members of the Missouri Legislature and a bribe-taking Council elected a few days since to vindicate the one that has been sent to the penl- tentlary in part, the locality selected for the world's fair cannot be considered fortunate.

If the decision of the United States Circuit Court in the Northern Securities case should cause a slump or a panic In the stock market it might as well come now as later. The doctrine that the American people are greater than any combination of railroad magnates must be settled on a permanent basi. The business' of holding up and blackmailing has taken a new turn In the notice served on the town of Montgomery, in Daviess county, to deposit 23,500 at a cer tain place on penalty of being burned and blown up by dynamite. There ought to be enough good citizens in the town and vicinity to run down the miscreants who served the notice If an eir.ploye of the fire department gave a wrong interpretation of the alarm of the Sunday morning fire at the Haas residence, thereby sending the truck company far out of the way, no discipline would bo too severe for him. When the correct perform ance of official duties involves questions of life and death no leniency should be shown for laxity.

Those persons who have signed a petition to the mayor asking him to allow baseball playing on Sunday at hours that would not interfere with religious services have wasted their time. The law against baseball playing on Sunday is a state law, and the mayor has no moro right to suspend its operation than he has to suspend that of the Constitution. The suggestion that the "Council commlt- tee may ask for more power to Investigate the alleged Irregularities in sweeping and sprinkling contracts seems superfluous. The power conferred by the charter is as large and broad as language can make it. The thing for the Council committee to do to proceed to the performance of its duty and get the disagreeable affair removed from public notice as soon ail possible.

On March 14, 1000, there were in operation 3,617 national banks with authorized capital stock of e616.30S.003. On March 31, 1003. the number of banks was 4.S69 and their authorized capital 1733,178,605. Of the new banks organized during the period named twenty with a capital over $30,000 md twenty-nine with capital less than P5.000 were in this State. These forty-nine new banks had an aggregate capital of (3,038,000.

In the country at large during the period from March 14, 1900, to March 0. 1903. the amount of bonds on deposit as security for circulation Increased from 244.eli.B70 to 2342.1C0.770. The figures are indicative of general prosperity and a healthy increase circulation without inflation. The local Democratic organ Is making a rrcit outcry over the non-enforcement of ordinance limiting the speed of railroad 1 trains within the city and says that im peachment proceedings will probably be brought against Mayor Bookwalter, the members of the Board of Public Safety and Superintendent Taffe for not enforcing the ordinance.

The ordinance was In force dur ing Mayor Taggarfs three terms, and not the slightest attempt was made to enforce k. The Democratic organ never demanded anybody's impeachment till a Republican administration came In. The ordinance should be enforced, but those who ignored its violation during manyyears of Democratic administration should not be too swift In demanding the Impeachment of a Republican mayor. There Is such a thing as overdoing the reform business. THOMAS JEFFERSON AS A CHEAT AMERICAN.

The dinner given in Washington on Monday evening In honor of the one-hundred- and-slxtleth anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson was unique in the respect that the speakers were two Republicans and two Democrats. This was appropriate, but unusual. It was appropriate because the dinner was given under the auspices of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, a non-partisan body that proposes to erect a suitable memorial of Jefferson In the national capital, and it was unusual because Jeffersonlan celebrations have usually been conducted exclusively by Democrats. There Is no reason why this should be so, and the departure is commendable. There Is enough In the character and services of the patriots of the revolutionary period for all parties to admire and revere without treating them as partisans.

None of them ever dreamed of the party divisions of to-day. They were great Americans all, and all Americans can find enough in their characters and services to furnish common cause of thankfulness that they lived when they did. The Republican speakers at the banquet Monday night were Senator Hoar and former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith. The former responded to the toast, "The Author of the Declaration of Independence" in a happy vein, citing as proof of Jefferson's manysidedness the fact that every political party, of the present day finds something in his utterances or acts to sustain their position. Jefferson talked and wrote a great deal on a great variety of topics, and It was Inevitable that he should sometimes seem to contradict, himself.

Perhaps he was more solicitous about expressing his real convictions at the time than was about being consistent. One thing is certain: his writings are a mine of political wisdom, and It is a tribute to the universality of his genius that three-quarters of a century after his death his countrymen of both political parties should still be studying his career for guidance and inspiration. It could not be said of Jefferson as it was of one England's Kings, "He never said a foolish thing nor ever did a wise one." Jefferson said or wrote some foolish things, as any man must who wrote as much as he did, but he did some pre-eminently wIsb ones. The author of the Declaration of Independence can be forgiven for having drafted the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1703, and the President who had the foresight and nerve enough to overstep the Constitution by the purchase of Louisiana Territory should not be held to a strict account for his narrow theories regarding the limited powers of the federal government. Without specifying any of Jefferson's inconsistencies, the natural result of his habit of free expression.

Senator Hoar showed how different political parties at different times had quoted him in their support, and then paid him the high compliment of saying: More than any other statesman down to his time more than any other statesman we can think of save Lincoln alone he had a steadfast and abiding faith In justice, righteousness and liberty, as the prevailing and abiding force in the conduct of states, and that justice and righteousness were sure to prevail where any people bear rule In perfect liberty. For this doctrine he was ready to encounter unpopularity, poverty, if need be, imprisonment and exile. Upon It as on a corner stone he laid the foundation of the Republic. All Americans must admit this, Republicans as well as Democrats. It Is as true of Jefferson as It Is of Washington, and equally true cf many other patriots of the revolutionary period.

They may have differed somewhat In their views of constitutional construction and administration, tut they were all equally honest In their views and In their devotion to the republican idea. Former Postmaster General Smith, responding to the toast, "The Louisiana gave Jefferson full credit for that magnificent achievement. It took a long time for the country to realize its magnitude and value. For more than a generation after Jefferson's death party splr't operated to obscure the importance of one of the most splendid conquests ever achieved by any nation through peaceable means. It required a great statesman to assume the responsibility of the Louisiana purchase when Jefferson did.

On paper he was committed to the view that the national government had not constitutional power to engage In such a transaction, but when he was brought face to face with an actual situation and saw tho incalculable Importance of making the acquisition, he- did not hesitate to exercise the power. The speaker paid Jefferson a fine compliment in the following: The honor which belongs to Jefferson Is greater than that of simply having beeil the Prefldent under whom the purchase was made. He was the father of the vital policy which brought that splendid cul mination. The crucial necessity which led up to the Louisiana acquisition was the free navigation of the Mississippi. The great father' of waters was our western boundary, and the frontier territory which rested on its higher shore demanded an unvexed outlet to the sea.

Jefferson was the first of our statesmen to measure the importance of untrammeled communication from the Ohio to the gulf. Jefferson did not violate the Constitution. Whatever may have been said at the time, we all know It now. But In a great public emergency he departed from his general theory of Interpretation and in doing it he did a transcendant act of statesmanship and achieved an incalculable advantage for the Republic. Mr.

Smith was right in saying that Jefferson was the first of American statesmen to perceive and realize not only the transcendent Importance, but the vital necessity to the United States of the absolute control and free navigation of the Mississippi river. Neither Washington nor any of their contemporaries realized It. Washington had tried to negotiate treaties with Spain regarding the free navigation of the river, but it never occurred to him to acquire possession of it. A few years later, when the opportunity occurred, Jefferson was quick to selze.lt. The free navigation of the Mississippi had been a hobby with him for years, and when he saw a chance to acquire not only, the river, but a boundless empire that lay beyond It, ho cast his constitutional acrtudea to the wind and closed the bargain.

The purchase ranks with the few greatest events in American history and entitles Jefferson, if he had done nothing else, to the gratitude of Americans for all time. The movement to erect a fitting memorial to him in the national capital deserves the encouragement of all patriotic Americans. During the present week the centennial of Methodism in Indiana is being celebrated at Jeffersonville. Methodism in this State dates back to the spring of 1S01, when Samuel Parker, a young man and. not yet a licensed preacher, came to the Territory from Kentucky and preached In what was known as Clark's grant, and which now comprises most of Clark county and a part of Floyd.

This grant was originally made to Gen. George Rogers Clark by the Indians and was afterward confirmed by Congress. Young Parker was soon Joined by another missionary from Kentucky, and together they planted the seeds of Methodism in Indiana. Territory. The first regularly ordained Methodist preachers came from Kentucky a little later.

For the first few years services were held In the log cabin homes of the settlers, or. In good weather, in the open air. The first Methodist church, constructed of logs, cut and hewed out of the primitive forest, was built in 1S07 not far from the site of Jeffersonville. It was used many years and was finally sold, moved away and converted into a stable. At the last Indiana Conference steps were taken to restore the old church, and It was purchased from tho man who then owned it and moved back to its original site.

Jeffersonville prides itself, on having the oldest Methodist organization in the State Wall-street Church, organized In 1S07, though the church of that name was not built till 1S33. The pioneer Methodist preachers who came to Indiana Territory in 1S01-2 were the forerunners of the "circuit-riders," who came in numbers a few years later and laid the foundations of a church that has contributed largely to the progress and welfare of the State. The centennial celebration at Jeffersonville Includes services every night this week In Wall-street Church. THE HUMORISTS. Getting Hid of Him.

Baltimore Nws. "I am fixing up a surprise for John, but I am afraid that it he stays around the house he will discover me." That's all right. You just tie a towel around your head and ask him If he can't stay at home to-day and help you take up the carpets." Very Like One. Philadelphia Press. Merchant (sternly)-Mr.

Clark, I saw you at the ball gme yesterday. When you asked me to let you oft for the afternoon you said you were going to a funeral. Clark That's so. I'm pretty neAr a prophet, ain't Did you ever see a slower game In your life? Cautions Willie. New Orleans Times-Democrat.

"Willie, did you thank Mr. Speedway for taking you to drive?" said the mother of a small boy, solicitously. No answer. The question was repeated. Still no answer.

"Willie! Dou hear me? Did you thank Mr. Speedway for taking you to drive?" "Yes, whispered Willie, "but he told me not to mention It." Ills Favorite. New York Weekly. "Mr. Fenner," began Miss Gushlngton, who writes "poems" occasionally, "who Is your favorite poet?" "Chatterton," replied the editor promptly.

"Ahl and what do you consider the best thing he ever did?" "The last thing he did." "Let me see, what was that?" "Suicide." The Aristocracy of Germs. Chicago Tribune. "And so the physicians have made a culture from the food which Is supposed to have caused your illness we say to Mrs. Spreddlton. "Indeed, yes," she answers, "and they have discovered millions of microbes In It." "Just fahncyl" we exclaim, throwing as much haut ton Into our language as possible.

1 "And," she goes on. with a rarely proud'smiie, "not a single bacillus was found In the whole lot that did not spell its name In ten syllables or more." Is that day upon us when the proletariat may only enjoy the common or garden germ with an easily-remembered name? The Moving: Man. Here comes the moving man once more! Now tremble, one and all! Those sorrows that you know of yore Again are due to fall. The dust shall rise and fill your eyes. And 'neath a housewife's ban.

You'll wander, homeless, 'neath the skies. Here comes the moving man! Your statuary shall be thlpped; Your pictures shall be torn; Your meals shall now and then be skipped; You'll vish you'd ne'er been born. Let chaos reign In every room! Give up each cherished plan Resign yourself to utter gloom. Here comes the moving man! Washington Star. OMAHA'S MYSTERY.

Police Want Frank E. Kniftht, Whose Wife Una Disappeared. OMAHA. April 14. The chief of police has received information from Cheyenne that Frank E.

Knight, wanted here in connection with the mysterious disappearance of his wife, was seen In that city last night. The Information states that Jeanie Dusen-berry, an acquaintance, who is living at Cheyenne, admitted that Knight called on her last evening and was with her for some time. Every effort Is being made to apprehend him. The letter In possession of the police written by Knight to Mrs. Stiles, mother of Miss Dusenberry, contains the following: "I took your advice and I think eluded the police all right.

was Mells-(Malvin Dusenberry) giving me away by saying I was to store the trunk that did the business. I send you a letter to put In the box for me to keep the authorities thinking I am still in Omaha. Mrs. Knight intended the dose for me, but I caught on and changed the cups, and you know the rest." The letter inclosed to be mailed was a decoy to cover his tracks and throws no light on the alleged crime. Mrs.

Stiles called on Knight at his work after the Investigation was begun by the police, and, it Is said, advised him to leave at once. In his haste he did not stop to secure his salary, and the letter states that an order for the amount will be sent to Mrs. Chief Donahue stated to-day that Mrs. Stiles and her son. Malvin Dusenberry, who were placed In the "sweat-box" again this morning, have made confessions which are sufficient to convict Knight should he be captured.

The chief refused to make public the nature of the confessions, but said he was satisfied with the result of the sweating and that the information secured would assist materially in the capture of Knight. S. X. D. Xorth Will Accept.

BOSTON. April 14. S. N. D.

North, of this city, has decided to accept the directorship of the United States Census Bureau, the position recently offered him by President Roosevelt. The matter was left to the executive committee of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, to which organization Mr. North felt that he owed prior allegiance, and they have released him from his obligations as secretary. MR. PARRY MERCILESS LA 11 OH I'XIOXS SCORED WITH VE- IIE3IENCE BY INDIANAPOLIS MAN.

Characteristic Address by the President of the Nntlonnl Association of American Manufacturers. ORGANIZED LABOR A TRUST THAT HAS BECOME: DESPOTIC TYRANNICAL, HE SAYS. C. W. Post as Rndlcul as the Indian-n pol I a Manufacturer In Denouncing Trades Unionism.

NEW ORLEANS, April 14. The first day's session of the annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers ended this evening without any definite Indications as to whether, the organization will adopt, as its own, the policy of aggressive hostility to union labor methods outlined by President D. M. Parry in his annual report. Mr.

Parry's attitude on the labor question was the chief point of interest for the delegates and It, it is declared, was the cause for the largest delegate representation in the history of the association. When Mr. Parry was introduced at the morning session he received a remarkable ovation, the G00 delegates rising and cheering him vigorously and repeatedly. His report was immediately referred to the committee. At numerous times during the day.

In resolutions and in speeches, the matter of trades unionism came to the surface, but at. no time was there any test vote by which the attitude of the convention was shown. The frequent outbursts of applause, however, showed Intense feeling on the part of the members of the association and there was every Indication that the session to-morrow afternoon, when the report of the resolutions committee will be 'submitted, will prove a lively one. The opening of the convention at Hall this morning was made the occasion of an Impressive manifestation of New Orleans hospitality. The local committee had made elaborate preparations for the entertainment of the delegates and their ladles, and the arrangements were carried out to the entire satisfaction of the visitors.

When Vice President J. W. Porch, of Louisiana, called the convention to order scores of women residents and visitors were present with the delegates. Mr. Porch, after welcoming the vlsitorsPln behalf of the commercial Interests of the South, Introduced Mayor Paul Capdevielle, of New Orleans, and Governor W.

Heard, who gave hearty and eloquent welcome. Then came the feature of the day's session In the spirited reception given President Parry. The delegates first applauded with vigorous handclapplng, and as the enthusiasm grew, the men and women arose or climbed on their chairs, cheering lustily and waving hats and "handkerchiefs. Mr. Parry responded briefly and then submitted his annual report.

dealing largely with labor conditions. 31 n. PARRY'S ADDRE3S. Vigorous Arraignment of Organized Labor and. Its Methods.

In beginning his address Mr. Parry reviewed the fight between the manufacturers and organized. labor in connection with the eight-hour and anti-conspiracy bills, which were defeated at the last session of Congress. Referring to this contest, Mr. Parry said: "By its' determined opposition to the ftassage of the eight-hour and the antl-njunctlon bills this association performed what to my mind was a great public service, the full significance of which is, perhaps, not realized even by many who were foremost in condenming those measures.

The mere defeating of these two bills does not tell the story. What was done that was much more important and far-reaching was to give an opportune check to socialistic Impulse. It is Impossible to hide our eyes to the fact that a large mass of the people, forgetful of the liberties and blessings they now enjoy, are with restless ardor striving to force the Nation to what must eventually mean industrial disaster. If not anarchy and despotism. "Organized labor, an army presumably two million strong, feeling Its strength and exultant over many victories it had won, concluded last winter that the time was ripe to make Congress engraft upon the statute books of the Nation its sprigs of socialism, legalizing those denials of Individual rights which it has heretofore sought to enjoin by force.

It drew up and fathered the eight-hour and antl-lnjunction bills, the former of which could well have been entitled 'An act to repeal the bill of rights guaranteeing the freedom of the and the latter should have been termed, 'A bill to legalize strikes and "The introduction in Congress of euch measures as these and the support they received there and from the press and public can only be regarded as ominous manifestations of the deepseated power of an organization which in late years has had such an insiduous growth that we find it dominating to a dangerous degree the whole social, political and governmental systems of the Nation. Who can take note of the hundreds of strikes of the last year, of the many acts of aggression and ruthless violation of principles heretofore held dear by the American people, of the subservient and apologetic tone of many newspapers and public men towards those things, and also of the all too prevalent antagonism toward capital without being impressed with the gravity of the situation? If organized labor had succeeded in getting its two bills enacted Into law, more measures of a similar character would have followed close upon their heels, and we should have found socialism stealing upon us at a ranld rate. A DEFEAT FOR SOCIALISM. "It is well that those who would revolutionize the social order should at the very Inception of their national programme meet with organized resistance, and It was fortunate that there was an association strong enough to checkmate the influence of organized labor this last and that at a time when in the full plenitude of its power it seemed certain to success This conflict and It was a conflict, and a very momentous one deserves to go down in history as the first decisive defeat of the socialistic forces which have of late years had such surprising growth. "One thoroughly alive to the true nature of this un-American institution of organized labor as at present conducted, the people, I firmly believe, will place their stamp of disapproval upon it and it will dwindle In power faster than It grew.

Perhaps a new form of unionism will take its place a beneficent unionism for the right of the workmen to organize within the spirit of the federal Constitution is not to be disputed. The employers of this country have no quarrel with the men that work for them considered as Individuals. The welfare of those who toll In our factories calls for our most earnest consideration. But what we must protest against is the unwarrantable, usurpation of rights and the disastrous Industrial policy which characterizes them In their present associated capacity. "Organized labor knows but one law, and that Is the law of physical force the law of the Huns and Vandals, the law of the savage.

All Its purposes are accomplished either by actual force or by the threats of force. It does not place Its reliance in reason and justice, but in strikes, boycotts and coercion. It is, in all essential features, a mob-power, knowing no master except its own will, and is continually condemning or defying the constitutional authorities. The stronger It grows the greater a menace becomes to the continuance of free gov ernment, la which all the people have a voice. It Is, In fact, a despotism, spring-' Ing into being in a midst of liberty-loving people.

In setting Itself up as a power Independ ent of the power of the state it does not regard itself as bound to observe the four teenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which declares that no State shall attempt to abridge the privileges or right of life, liberty and property of any citizen. "WRONGS CRY TO HEAVEN." "It has not hesitated to resort to vio lence and the destruction of property to compel the acceptance of its demands. Its history is stained with blood and ruin. Many a man whose only fault was that he stood upon his rights has been made to suffer outrage and even death, and many an employer has been brought face to face with financial ruin. These wrongs cry unto heaven, and yet an unaroused public senti ment too often permits them to go un heeded and unpunished.

"It now demands of the public and or Congress the privilege to violate the laws iorDiddtng violence and property acstruc-tlon that It may continue to maintain its power through terrorism. "It extends its tactics of coercion and intimidation over all classes, dictating to the press and to the politicians and strangling independence, of thought and American mannood. "It denies to those outside Its ranks the individual right to dispose of their labor as they see fit a right that Is one of the most sacred and fundamental of American liberty. "It holds a bludgeon over the head of the employer, laying down the terms upon which he shall be permitted to do business. It says to him that he must deal direct with the union: that, while he shall pay the men who work in his factory, they shall be beholden more to the union than to him for their positions; that he cannot employ, or discharge men without the Indorsement and consent of the union, and that he must pay them the wage fixed by the union, without regard to their individual worth or the economic ability of the employer to pay.

"It denies to the individual the right of being his own judge as to the length of time he shall work and as to how much he shall do within the time prescribed. It takes no account of the varying degree of natural aptitude and powers of endurance displayed by individuals and seeks to place all men in each particular trade on the same dead level as respects his daily output and his daily wage. Thus a premium is placed upon indolence and incompetency and there is a restriction of human effort, reducing the aggregate production and increasing the cost of things produced. This policy amounts to not only a tax upon the consumer, the majority of whom do not belong to organized labor, but it reduces the demand of the trade at home and lessens the chances of successful competition by our manufacturers In foreign markets. The eight-hour law, which it demands, Is merely the extension to a wider field of the principles it enforces In trades under its domination.

"POLICY OF INTIMIDATION." "It drives unwilling men into its ranks by its policy of intimidation. Thousands of Its members are such to-day, not because they sympathize with its purposes, but because they fear the consequences of not yielding to its tyranny. These men are, as a class, the more thrifty and capable of Its members. They are men who secretly rebel against the system which places them upon the level with the incompetent and idle, and would gladly have free conditions established, that might prove their superior worth, and thus gain advancement in life. But they dare not openly express their views, for they feel that their employment and peace depend upon their submissive acquiescence to the principles of the union.

"While it seeks to compel men already employed In the trades to enlist under its banner, it at the same time seeks to prevent outsiders from entering the trades. It foists upon employers rules limiting the number of apprentices, some unions going so far as to say there shall be no apprentices. The boys from the farm now come to tho cities and find the doors of the trades shut against them. While lawyers, doctors and men in other unorganized vocations are glad to teach young men their knowledge, the trades unionist refuses to do so, and employers are now forced to endow technical schools, in the hope of obtaining that supply of new blood for their workshops which is essential to the prevention of dry rot. "Organized labor is an organization of manual labor, trained and untrained, of men who do as they are told and who depend upon the brains of others for guidance.

That wide field of labor in which mental capacity is a greater or less requisite on the part of the workers is not represented by it, and cannot be for the obvious Impossibility of organizing brains. The rule that organized labor seeks to is, therefore, the rule of the least intelligent portion of labor. A comprehension of this fact explains why Its leaders are found to be agitators and demagogues, men who appeal to prejudice and envy, who are constantly Instilling a hatred of wealth and ability, and who, in incendiary speeches, attempt to stir up men to seize by physical force that which their merit cannot obtain for them. "Composed, as it is, of men of muscle rather than the men of intelligence, and commanded by leaders who are at heart disciples of revolution, it is not strange that organized labor stands for principles that are in direct conflict with the natural laws of economics. Its first great principle Is that an arbitrary division of the production would be better than the division regulated by natural law, provided, however, that it can dictate what this division shall be.

It says to capital and to mental and unorganized labor: 'We shall take this proportion of the products of human industry and you may have the balance. If you do not agree to this arrangement you are "unfair," you are enemies of the "poor worklngman." you are "oppressors," and if you do not peacefully submit to our terms we will compel you to do so by force." "AN ABSURD PROPOSITION." "The fixing of arbitrary wage scales by force would result in no benefit to any class of labor if all classes adopted the Idea. Suppose that clerks, bookkeepers, lawyers, doctors, managers, business men, and, in fact, all workers outside of pure manual labor should organize and should say that they must have such and such wages or so much profit or they would go home and stay there. It is within the range of possi bility that their demands might be acceded to. Increased wages and profits would thus be accorded to every one, according to tho theory of organized labor, and poverty would be unknown on the earth.

What an absurd proposition. Arbitrary enactments and all the resoluting and demagogy in the world can never create an atom of wealth. Wealth is created by labor, capital and ability, working together, and there is no other way of creating it. There being a llnjit to the possible amount of wealth that can be created, and the needs and desires of men being practically unlimited, there follows a natural conflict as to the relative proportion of this wealth going to each factor in production. When one class of men get a bigger share than they formerly received, then thexe is less tor the remain lng classes of men.

It is ridiculous to as sert, then, that a universal application of the arbitrary wage scale scheme would bring about anything but an advance in nominal wages, or, in otner words, a de crease In the purchasing power of the dol lar. Real wages would remain practically the same. "Who can say that any man-made plan for the division of production will be less unjust than the natural law? The artificial division of consumable wealth means despotism, tyranny and slavery. It means the death knell of progress; It means ruin to civilization. The natural "division of consumable wealth so long recognized In this country means freedom, means justice.

means progress. We owe everything to the freedom that has characterized our Indus trial system. Thrown upon his own re source the Individual has been spurred on to high effort, and the result has been progress in all directions. The higher the progress we have achieved the greater the benefits that nave come to ail classes. "Organized labor with characteristic ob tuseness assumes that productive capital has been seized in some piratical manner bv those who possess It, and that, there fore.

It Is legitimate spoils for those who can selz'i It. It Is apparently oblivious to the fact that progress is dependent upon the amount of productive capital in use, for Is capital that multiplies the pro ductlve capacity of men, and the more wealth produced the more there is for dis trlbutlon. "IN SOME PIRATICAL MANNER." "Organized labor Is particularly denun ciatory of trusts, but what greater trust is there than itself? It is the grand trust of the times. It is the muscle trust, the trust of men who make their living by manual labor. It Is to be hoped that in accordance with the Nelson amendment to the department of commerce Jalll the government in turning the searchlight of publicity en the trusts will not forget or ganlaed labor.

If any institution needs to be exposed to the limelight It is certainly trades unionism. But It is not only a trust tself; It Is a creator of other trusts, of capitalistic trusts as distinguished from abor trusts. One of the leading causes for he formation of a number of the Industrial combinations has been the necessity that has confronted employers to unite that the exactions of labor might be more effectively dealt with. "Organized labor and the Socialist party differ in ne essential respect. The former seeks to bring about socialism by forcible methods and the latter seeks the same end through the ballot box.

The attempts of organized labor to compel the shortening of the hours of labor without regard to the effect on Industrial welfare, its dictation of uniform wage scale, which place the Indolent and inapt on the pame? footing with energy and capability, and the absolute power It arrogates to itself over the Indi vidual on the theory that the Individual has no rights which the many need respect are all cardinal principles of socialism. Socialism Is a denial of individual and property rights, and so also is trades unlon- sm when reduced to its last analysis." Mr. Parry then described conditions in Chicago, which city, he said, was union ridden. The rest of the report dealt most ly with the new Department of Commerce and the question of reciprocity. Mr.

Parry recommended the maximum and minimum tariff as a solution of the reciprocity ques tion. Following the president's address, Mar shall Cushlng, national secretary, made his annual report, showing an increase in the association's membership for the last year of over 100 per cent. Post on "Tyranny of After the luncheon recess C. W. Post, of Battle Creek, originator of the Post check system, delivered an address on the Tyranny of Trades Unions." He said, in part: "I am here to plead the cause of the white slave of to-day.

He may be partly enslaved by a combination of circum stances, taken advantage of by selfish manufacturers, although practically every employe Is as free as air to go and come at his pleasure, and sell his labor where he likes, but the slave of a tyrannous labor union is in truth and in fact more abject than the negro slave of the past. "There may have been some brutal and tyrannous slave owners in the South, but I ask you If ever In all the history of negro slavery did there exist such a condition or oppression, cruelty to men, women and children, anarchy, beatings and murders as now exist under the acts of desperate members of labor unions. "In the gradual solution of the wage question and the establishment of the right of both parties, labor unions became a necessity in order to curb the selfishness and injustice of some manufacturers, but such violent and desperate excesses have crept into operation of the labor unions that common safety demands a new union, eliminating the faults of the old. "I protest against unnatural acts, such as curtailment of production by the manufacturer, to force lower wages on the em ployes, or by strikes to force higher wages on the employer. The conditions must be produced and governed by the natural law Of commerce.

I am decidedly In favor of union with all the underbrush cleared out a union that will help the people keep In work and secure the highest wages the business will stand. This body should proceed at once to the work of organization, either by committees or In general session. select officers and secure a general manager of high grade and capable of earning a good-sized salary. Paid delegates should be sent broadcast to the labor centers. there to organize local unions under the employer and employes' union.

These local organizations would draw to themselves the best workmen in the land who are now forced too often, from fear and by violence. to give over their liberty to the manipula tion and direction of noisy, turbulent men. Numerous resolutions were Introduced and referred to committees without debate. among them being the following: Indorsing the organization of nonunion workmen and pledging the association to their support. so pledging the support and assistance of members to any member under union ooy cott: condemning the convict labor sys tem; providing a committee of five to make an effort to settle the present tanir diner ences between the United States and Rus sla; providing for an association bureau of labor to Investigate and attempt to adjust the labor troubles of members and to en deavor to organize and promote a nonunion worklngman organization to be known as the "Workingman's Liberty Union;" urging tariff revision on general lines; favor ing measures to increase tne elasticity oi the currency.

A resolution condemning a Wall-street paper for its attack upon President Parry's labor policy was introduced and some debate followed an attempt to have It adopted without referring to the resolution committee. The chairman ended the matter by requesting that the resolution go to the committee in regular order. AN OFFICIAL LIST. Xorth Indiana Conference Appointments, aa Revised by th Blehop. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

NOBLES VI LLE, April 14. Following Is a revised list of appointments as given out by Bishop Waiden, who presided at the North Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference: Fort Wayne District W. H. Daniel, presiding elder, 1211 West Jefferson street. Fort Wayne.

Angola, A. G. Neal; Ashley, G. M. McBrlde; Auburn, L.

M. Krlder; Bluffton, L. A. Beeks; Bobo, A. D.

Wagner; Butler, T. F. Freeh; Butler circuit. L. A.

Brandenburg; Ceylon, C. O. Spencer: Coesse. E. M.

Foster: Corruna, R. S. Reed: Decatur, J. C. White; Fort Wayne.

First Church, J. K. Walts; Fort Wayne, Simpson Church, J. Dorwln; Fort Wayne. St.

Paul Church. Lewis Rehl; Fort Wayne. TTlnlty Church, David Wells; Fort Wayne, Wayne-street Church, A. S. Preston; Fort Wayne circuit, E.

A. Bunner; Fremont, F. A. Relchel-derfer; Garrett, J. A.

Patterson; Geneva, J. S. Cain; Hamilton, O. S. Hart; Harlan, W.

E. Ingalls; Hoagland. W. E. McCarty; Hudson.

C. A. Luse; Huntertown, N. I'. Barton; Leo, M.

C. Plttenger; Monroe. J. A. Sprague; Monroevllle, L.

A. Retts; New Haven, D. I. Hower; Orland, E. H.

Peters; Osslan. F. M. Lacy; Poneto. Ralph C.

Jones; Spencerviile, Bonneville Sawyer; Waterloo, George Cocking; Woodburn, E. B. Burket; York, P. H. Walter.

Goshen District H. W. Bennett, presiding eider. Albion, G. 11.

Kemp: Avilla, W. M. Hollopeter; Bourbon, L. E. Knox; Bristol, A.

A. Tdrner; Elkhart. Sommerville Light; Etna Green, H. D. Wright; Goshen, First Church, M.

J. Magor; Goshen, Fifth-avenue Church, J. A. Sumwalt; Inwood, J. D.

Beit; Kendallvllle. R. J. Wade; La Grange, Richard C. Jones; Ieesburg.

M. F. Stright; Ligonier. W. W.

Martin; Lima, J. II. Walters; Middlebury. C. H.

Murry; Mllford, F. Dingel; Mishawaka, C. W. Smith; Nappannee, J. W.

Oborn; New Paris, C. H. Wilkinson; North Webster. W. M.

Nelson; Osceola, W. P. Herron; Pierce-ton, E. J. Magor; Topeka, W.

H. Bright-mire; Valentine. A. L. Weaver; Wakarusa, Arthur Cates; Warsaw.

D. II. Guild; Warsaw circuit, C. W. Lynch; Wolcottville, W.

R. Wones; Wolf Lake, L. Steere. Kokomo District H. N.

Herrick, presiding elder, 145 West Mulberry street, Kokomo. Amboy, M. U. Graham; Alto, A. D.

Alexander: Arcadia. F. P. Morris; Atlanta. A.

II. Backus; Boxley, J. K. Groff; Bunker Hill, C. Tinkham; Carmel, B.

F. Hornaday; Center. A. J. Duryee; Cicero.

J. E. Ervin; Converse, O. V. L.

Harbour; Elvvood, J. A. Beatty; Fishers, T. A. Graham; Forest, G.

H. Redding; Galveston, J. W. Bowen; Go! 'smith. A.

S. Luring; Greentown, O. A. Trabue; Hllisburg, C. O.

Spencer: Joliet-vllle, E. L. Myers; Kempton. W. E.

Hamilton; Kokomo. Grace Church. L. J. Naft-zer; Kokomo, Markland av-ue, D.

V. Williams; Kokomo circuit, F. Fisher; Logansport, Broadway, P. Ross Parish; Lo-gansport. Market street.

E. F. Naftzer; Logansport, Wheatland street. J. M.

Canse; New Waverly, superintended by W. M. Amos; Noblesvllle, B. S. Hollopeter; Peru, J.

W. Cain; Point Isabel. J. W. Rlchey; Russlavllle.

Lewis Reeves; Santa Fe, E. C. Dunn; Sharpsvllle. Sylvester Billheimer; Sheridan. C.

E. Parsons; Swayzee, M. Hobbs; Tipton, U. 8. A.

Bridge; Walton, J. W. Lucas; Westfield. D. C.

Weesner; Windfall. G. W. Kelsllng. Muncle District C.

U. Wade, presiding elder. 415 East Gilbert street, Muncie. Albany, C. W.

Shoemaker; Albany circuit, C. M. Hollopeter; Alexandria, J. O. Bills; Anderson.

Indiana-avenue, W. A. Grlest; Anderson. Madison-avenue. J.

O. Campbell; Anderson, First Church, C. C. Cissell; Anderson. Noble-street, W.

W. Kent; De Soto. J. H. Lewis; Dunkirk.

F. M. Stone, Eaton. J. B.

McNary; Falrmount, A. Fortville, W. B. Freeland; Frankton. S.

C. Norrls; Gas City, C. E. White; Gaston. G.

W. Green; Gilmon. Preston Polhemus; Hartford City, E. E. Neal; Hartford City circuit.

J. C. Woodruff; Ingalls, J. W. Zerb; Jonesboro.

W. T. Arnold: Lapel, Millard Pell; Matthews, C. J. Graves; Mc-Cordsvllle, Edwin Dickson; Mill Grove.

W. C. Aaay; Montpeiler, C. H. Brown; Muncle, Avondale and Whltely (supplied); Muncle, High-street, E.

B. Randle; Muncle, Madison-avenue, I. W. Singer; Normal City and Whitley. P.

J. Albright; Pennvllle. J. J. Fred; Pendleton, H.

C. Smith; PerklnsvlUe, II. C. Compton; W. Loveless; Red-key, Sherman Powell; Belma, J.

O. Stutes- man: Summitville. J. B. Cook; Upland, O.

H. Myers; Yorktown and Dalevllle, 11. U. Porter. Richmond District G.

-II. Hill, presldinp-elder, 264 North Eighth street, Richmond. Blaine, M. M. Reynolds; Cadiz.

T. V. Ever-hart: Cambridge City. W. D.

Trout: Char lottesville. J. A. Ruley; Dublin and Iwis-ville, J. W.

Walters; Economy. E. E. Trip- peer; Farmland, inornourg; fountain City. M.

R- Peirce; Greenfield. P. K. Powell; Hagerstown, A. W.

Otis; Knights-town. J. F. RadclifCe: Lynn. I.

R. Godwin; Middletown, C. 11. Wilcox; New ton. R.

H. Smith; New Castle. C. King; Parker. J.

M. B. Reeves; i nuaaeipnia. P. Pfeifer: Portland.

M. A. Harlan; Rich mond. Fifth-street, J. P.

Chamne; Klch- mond. First cnurcn. ttnercux; Richmond, Grace Church, M. S. Marble; Richmond, Third Church, W.

H. Petrce; Kidgeville, S. r. Iiarier; caiamunia. r-zra Brumfleld: Shirley.

E. B- Westhafert Spiceland. F. J. Sneckein; Trenton.

I. E. iTice; Union City, T. J. Johnsen; Williamsburg.

O. S. Harrison; Winchester, H. J. Norrls.

Wabash District E. L. Semans. presid ing elder. West Maple street.

Wabash. Akron. E. I. Lutes: Andrews, W.

L. Singer; Burket. T. M. Hill; Churubusco.

W. E. Murray; Columbia City. E. F.

Alberuon; Denver. F. L. Erloujrher; Huntington. T.

M. Guild: Lafontain. J. Lw Hutchens; La-gro, A. E.

Sarah; Larwill, D. 8. JDnes; Liberty Mills, supt lled by T. M. 11111: Macy.

J. A. Koontz; Marlon. First Church, M. Swadcner; Marion, Grace Church.

J. IL. Runkle; Marlon. Ninth-street and Highland-avenue. A.

J. Carey; Msrkle, It. L. Semans; Mentone, J. F.

Bailey; Mexico, H. Lacy; Mount Etna. J. Z. Barrett; North Manchester.

C. A. Rowand; Ronn. II. A.

Ewell; Roanoke. J. T. Fettro; Silver Lake, J. W.

Tillman; South Whitley, L. C. Poor; Uniondale. G. F.

Osbun; Warren circuit, E. E. Wright; Van Buren. H. W.

Miller; Wabash, First Church, F. M. Kemper; Wabash. Middle-street. W.

J. Vlgus; Wabash, Wabash-street, G. B. Work; Warren, J. M.

Haines. Special Appointments E. F. Hasty, agent of Preachers' Aid Society, member of High-street, Muncle Quarterly Conference; W. E.

Grose, field agent of Methodist Western Book Concern, member of Grace, Richmond Quarterly Conference; J. C. Murray, professor in Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, member of Win ehester Quarterly Conference; F. G. Browne, assistant editor of Western Christian Advocate, member of Huntington Quarterly Conference; D.

W. Tracy, missionary' In Black hills; C. E. Line, field secretary De Pauw University, member of Alexandria Quarterly Conference; W. D.

Parr, assistant secretary board of church extension, member of Grace Church, Kokomo Quarterly Conference. MUST BE INVESTIGATED GRAND JCnY I PORTO RICO INSTRUCTED TO DO ITS DL'TY, SmngTKllnKr Cbnrges Will He rrobed Judge Mott's Charge Alleged Attempt to Delay Action. -SAN JUAN, P. April grand jury Is investigating the so-called smuggling cases in which officers of the United States navy and other prominent men are involved, notwithstanding the Instructions which. It is stated.

District Attorney Pet-tlnglll has received from the Department of Justice at Washington not to present Information -to the grand Jury this term. The press and the natives have practically demanded an investigation. Inasmuch as, last term, a native merchant named Ricardo A ma do was sentenced to a year's confinement In the penitentiary and a fine of J300 for having contraband liquor In his possession. This afternoon the grand Jury came Into court and asked for Information. The foreman said: "It has come to our knowledge thit rtaln rancs nf smtiE'ellnfr have oc curred.

have asked the district attor- nou nhniit (hn mntlpr nil lif rpfusrnl bring up the matter, alleging that he. ha received certain instructions. We now ask the Judge if we have a right to information In spite of the district attorney's refusal." Tnrtf TIoH had nrenared a written charge. the reading of which caused a sensation. He said, in part: "When you were impaneled at the beginning of the term you swore that you would make a diligent inquiry into and a true presentment of sucti mntters etven to vou or Which might Other wise come to your knowledge touching violations of the statutes of the United States, and that you would make no presentment through envy, hatred, lavor, anecuon or Avnrrt nr ihrnueh hon thereof.

YOU could not, if you desired, escape from tho obligations of your oath by heeding the instructions of any one. The honored President of the United States could pardon, but he could not interfere. If you believe that any one had given instructions tend ing to prevent the ruuest investigation into the commission of a crime in tho iTnitoH fitnto and the returning of an in dictment if the evidence so warranted. then you should be inspired oy an aoai- tlnnal lit-t prmlna ion to do vour duty. The court has knowledge of the instructions to which the district attorney auuaes.

it is proper to say that it is my opinion that there has been no intention of encroaching; upon your sworn duty or the Judicial do main." The testimony submitted last uecemoer regarding tho smuggling cases pointed to a srtn nrnminnt official of the naVV, army and Insular government and citizens being implicated in me enarges. FRIEND OF BLACKS. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) from a lady in Ohio and the other a giffo? $1.000 from a lady and gentleman In the South. He said that had been needed to pay the indebtedness of the institute, and that, taking the gifts into consideration, there was still a sum of Itf.OuO needed, for which he made an urgent plea, as well as for a further endowment sum. WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS.

Mr. Cleveland, in Introducing Booker T. Washington, the last speaker of the evening, said: "I have to introduce to you a man too well known by every man In tho United States, a man who has been spoktn of loo frequently and too favorably for It to be necessary for me to say more than Here la Booker T. Washington." Mr. Washington said in part: 'The Tuskcgee Normal and Industrial Institute at Tuskcgee, Is the outgrowth of the efforts of Genoral S.

E. Armstrong, of tho Hampton Institute, in Virginia. General Armstrong was one of the great seers and prophets who realized that the tak of the Nation was not fulfilled when the shackles physical slavery were struck from the limbs or tne millions or siaves oi me South. He realized that 9,000,000 human beings, steeped in Ignorance, minus experience, could be but half free. He foresaw that the Nation must have a new birth and a new freedom, and that this regeneration must Include the Industrial.

Intellectual and moral and religious freedom of the ex-slaves. Further, In refusing to return to his comfortable Northern home after the surrender at Appomattox, and in declining to remain South to help in fighting for freedom In the larger and broader and higher General Armstrong appreciated, as few Americans have, that the North owes an unfilled duty to the South, General Armstrong said by word and action that It was unjust to leave the South, with Its Industrial system disorganized and overturned in the midst of a poverty that forbade the proper education of the white youth to my nothing of the millions of the recently emancipated black children. "In this connection I am glad that we have another great American and Christian statesman in the person of Hon. Grover Cleveland, who Is manifesting by his presence and words here this evening that he, too. Is conscious of the fact lhat the lifting of the negro Is not alone Tuskegee's problem, not alone the negro's concern, not alone the South's duty, but is the problem of the Nation, because the whole people were responsible for the Introduction and preparation of American slavery.

In behalf of our struggling race 1 want to thank you. Mr. Cleveland, for your deep interest, and to say to you that because of your Interest and faith in us we shall see to it that the Nation is not disappointed in our progress, nor In our usefulness." HSBBSSSSS1SSSSSSBSSSSBBB1SSSBBISSBSISSSSSSSBBBVSSBHsSSSSSBSb9 Asfcury l'ark'i Ilosrd Vlk Sold. ASBUHY PARK. N.

April Park completed to-day the purchase of James A. Bradley's famous board walk. when bonds for J130.000 were turned over ta George W. W. Robertson, of Ilttsvllle.

I 'S-, representing Pennsylvania bankers. The consideration for the property, $150,000. is sd to be only about cae-crrczCl el Us ral value. 0.