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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1903
Page
7
The Daily Journal lists subscription plans including weekly and daily options with and without Sunday editions, carrier and mail prices, reduced rates for agents, and foreign postage notes. It states communications must be signed with name and address, and mentions second class matter at Indianapolis.
The passage notes Denmark and Austria-Hungary recognizing Panama, with Britain and a few papers still silent. Roosevelt joins Travelers' Protective Association with implied eligibility and a large vote share. It details warship color changes, banking growth, and skepticism over German war talk linked to MacArthur.
The passage notes New Jersey voted Republican in four elections and Democrats in seven, with New York and Connecticut normally Republican in electoral votes. It adds that the popular vote confirms this, and only southern states below Mason and Dixon’s line are normally Democratic.
An editorial lauds William J. Bryan as an advance agent of Republican victory praising his prior campaigns in Indiana. It predicts his coming speeches in Evansville and possibly Indianapolis on January 6, arguing his touring boosts Republican margins and urging his return from Europe to influence Indiana voters.
The State Statistician should show what proportion of voters pay taxes and who pays none. It argues poll tax as universal and compares tax evasion to bad citizenship. It warns against property qualifications for suffrage and notes some states require prior year tax payment for voting. It stresses fairness for young nonproperty owners and strict poll tax enforcement.
Moves to unseat Senator Smoot of Utah gain traction through organized petitions and visiting representatives in Washington. Charges center on polygamy and the Mormon Church as a political body, with emphasis on loyalty to the United States. proof could bar Smoot from the Senate.
The Journal urges an early, fair Senate examination of Senator Smoot over polygamy and temple oaths claims. It notes freedom of belief but argues loyalty to government cannot be compromised. Also referenced are reactions to Eddy, Mormons, and other brief items from theology to technology.
A humorous exchange unfolds as Poore seeks to give Miss Rocks a Christmas gift but she notes her father forbids expensive presents from suitors. The brief cartoonish item captures social cena in a seaside town paper.
A collage of snatches from Philadelphia Ledger Chicago Tribune Washington Star New York Sun and Judge style quips and exchanges. It includes misunderstandings about noble marriages playful jabs at dating and social manners with brief urban street scene chatter and aPunchline style math joke about distributing apples among twelve boys.
A fragment from a country house scene shows banter about a bell that supposedly summons servants. Witherby asserts safety while Van Antler notes the bell does not work and prevents anyone from summoning help.
Indiana editorials discuss traction lines aiding Tipton and Frankfort business, Mint as coinage department, Roosevelt criticisms, Beveridge’s address at DePauw, Bible in public schools, Dowie’s fame, Tyner versus Bristow in a call for a fair trial, and varied Indiana political stances across Tipton, Lafayette, Cincinnati, Marion, South Bend, Evansville, Fort Wayne, and Indianapolis papers.
A miscellaneous collection notes Gen F M Drake’s death and corrected estate value, Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s stamp room discovery revealing 138000 stamps, Moorish aging norms, Ireland’s Attorney General Atkinson’s rheumatism, a cedar of Lebanon scarcity, the Crappier family’s vast clan in France, shipboard cats aboard liners with fed routines, and Japan’s emphasis on the nose as beauty determinant with eyes and cheekbones noted.
A Ohio lawmaker Grosvenor rose in the House and corrected a record quoting the United States Senate as they. Speaker Cannon approved changing it to it. In Philadelphia, a lawyer parried a custody riddle about swapped infants with a wry line about returning them.
The tale profiles Sir John Pennyfather, famed as a stern British general whose regiment was his home. He mourns the heavy casualties suffered at Meeanee, tearing up at the sight of thinning ranks as the evening closes.
At a St Andrew's Society dinner President Wilson shared a tale of a Scotch gardener newly arrived who struggled with American geography. To teach him a large color map was shown and the gardener quipped that it looked “laid out in the plaid o' the bein' MacFedhtons,” a witty critique preserved in the anecdote.
In Boston Potter recalls meeting Colonel Higginson on election day and learning a black regimental leader would not vote for the man who secured the race. Higginson argues personal benefit and debt to the leader trump chivalric duty, a view Potter notes with surprise.
The Brooklyn Eagle recounts a grim scene in which Danny O'Brien, a tender hearted member of the section, breaks the news to Mrs. Dumphy that Pat Dumphy has lost his mind and fallen across a track where a train severed his head. The tale mixes humor and tragedy in a folk voice.
Mr Bailey of Texts airs his opinion on the Cuban bill concluding page one. The House adjourned at 4 15 after discussing the pension appropriation. The Spanish treaty claims commission sent to the Senate copies of its decisions and opinions, reaffirming principles governing its judgments. The United States would be held accountable to its citizens only for acts Spain would have faced if US had not released claims, with limited liability for insurgent damage. Democratic senators caucused about party discipline caucus action and policy, discussing the Panama situation and isthmian policy.
Republican senators in caucus chose Rev. Edward Everett Hale of Boston to serve as chaplain of the United States Senate beginning January 1. Hale, an eighty three year old Congregationalist, has wired his willingness to accept and plans to spend the winter in Washington with his family.
Reports say General Rafael Reyes, Colombia's minister to the United States, may accept a call to serve in the hour of need. He met with Secretary Loomis and discussed notes to the State Department while denying any demand for Panama funds. Army interest grows as Brig. Gen. Franklin Bell reviews plans.
United States Minister Beaupre reports from Bogota that conditions are quiet and sees no reason to postfal se, noting acceptance of a division to be made with the United States.
At the Grand Hotel Indiana Democrats gathered state workers and leaders to discuss campaigns for the upcoming election. Sparks flew as Senator Fleming refused to endorse Taggart, Keach launched a war against Fanning, Polster aligned with Taggart opponents, and Lamb fueled a gubernatorial boom amid a crowd of prominent figures from Shively to Kern.
The Indiana League of Fire Underwriters met at the Claypool Hotel with about twenty-two members. Officers were elected: President S. Penfield Indianapolis. First Vice President A. Dillon Rochester. Second Vice President J. W. Coleman Warsaw. Secretary-Treasurer E H. Rehm. Board members included J. W. Will Alexander and George O. Hoadley. The event closed with a banquet led by toastmaster G. Meeker and a Senate program including remarks by D. A. Rudy.
Samuel Miller, eighty four, died suddenly yesterday at his home four miles northwest of the city on the Lafayette pike. Born in Frederick county Maryland he came here in 183 and settled in the local neighborhood. He leaves a daughter oa three sons with one son named Hiram W. Miller.
A small fire of unknown origin began about 10 o clock yesterday morning in the basement of the Yohn block at the corner of Washington and Meridian streets. Smoke poured through the registers before it could be extinguished.
Building Inspector Stanley invited city architects to discuss revisions to the building code. Respondents favored many changes especially in flat specifications light provisions and fire escapes. Stanley notes copies from New York Philadelphia and Chicago show a marked difference.
John A. Conlen a Knights of Pythias member and son of Patrick Conlen a West Washington jeweler died in Guthrie D T after a surgical operation. The body expected in the city today followed by funeral services at the father's home 103 North Temple avenue.
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