Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1882 — Page 1

democratic §enfinci A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAYJAMES W. McEWEN TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Ita« copy one year...... ♦*•* One copy rix 1 t>"? «|SK|g£r. ®*

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Himself as a Key® Smasher, Civil -Se rv i form HR ’I Live the J'lom the Sentinel.] oi. e been honored with such an ;iu(^Bun4' such an ovation as greeted English's opi-jn House, Go^^^Bi Irieks, without amy pi ' li mi nary the speaker of the evening. I ijiS* s‘.'l 5 ‘.'l : '.’ ♦ SENATOK SPEECH. I.ADIES AND niiflit as one of servants to anxwer as best f our thoughts and inquiries about jinb^^^Kiiis. We meet in the capital of one and progressive states, whose a vital interest, not onlv in institutions and laws, but in the whole COUU- * *?'• « One of the matters eon:«m at tiiis time in the is the. reform of the civil service of For several years past, the administrations of (.rant, been u strong and persistent prevailing, widespread the pollution of the elective the-general debasement of This protest has not been party, making partisan agaiilw: the rival in power. clffipenw of the Republican party . u Jotulest. Sumner went to bearing w.W ness to the civil serviedi under the own party. Other eminent have described the civil service as a vast poisonous in ♦■very direction, and its course everything true and they have declared the conduct Bl Republican officials to be no ninkHM malfeasance and crime American name had boenme d slm tiered in all the four <junicivilized globe. Th< se charge- opt irf ly and in high places, and he r. r re. pea ted now bv wise and m-mberrt: of the Republican party res; and elsewhere. Ami recent up to this very day an 1 hour, th'm s > stron tlv that the nv st tilled with dread, us tlcy cuormotts evi', and for. st e its ng amt dcsi.ru five influence on of t ,e re; ub ic. There ver. at least, on which this thro it on has m id-i a far differi n’ ini: ri the close of the ten < u’uiini y delivered in this <■ 'tv by G he. gave ab ut tinny !i..e< nd nute-: of his time to wl.at he “civil.-SI WfCE REFORM Nearly every candidate for Ims of hit • di-eussed I hi - sub) of foreshadowinr ot admiui t ativßfcßies to -come hereafter, amt so when I qßftß subheaded title,an I know: nr the sjtßßßhave been eaiefuily prepared, I lookhat ■eagerly for the broad and views of one who aspires, and ♦•qua.!, to the liigiiesr position Here is what Gen Harrison *• I want to assure you to n am an- advocate' of civil-service brief experience at often to utter the wish, with an eBUh [ do not often use, that 1 might be CoUMßye* lieved of any connection with thrißßolbution of public patronage. I co■fcvse'f tile free and unpinehased my fellow cit izens, ami long to give my time ami energy solely public affairs that legitimately honorable trust which you have to me. It is easy for theorists to njßwa|ygestions upon this subject, opinion, would cure all existing jjiHure you it is more difficult to that shall be safe and practical in Cation. I know that several .Senators gave much thought and Stßl|| this question during the last slieve the next session will witness ment of a law, which, if it does not mate, will at least auspiciously reform. That there are sincere this reform in rhe Democratic our own, I do not deny. But that form would be introduced by that they were to come now in the control Federal patronage, I do not think ble man believes. In some, of the and in the Senate of the United Demoeratic party to-day controls ronage. Need I say that in the made there we find no suggestion of Bp service reform ?” p i iAnd this is ali: no sense of cept a personal one; no prayer, or suggestion of relief except for his ownyßemption from the annoyance of those placed him where he is. There is an iniaH tient shrug of the shoulder, a splenetic sigh in this paragraph as inr.dM to say in plain, express words that he bored and disgusted with the men women from Indiana who had sought favor at Washington, and that his only idß of civil-service reform was legislation |B keep them away from him. If there is other suggestion of reform here I hopeß will be pointed out. Geu. Harrison forgß the public service, and the claims of eveiß body, in the contemplation of himself aiß his annoyances. Ir is true, he says, in thfl connection, that he eovets position for hiuß self, but he serves notice on those who gava him position that to obtain places under tha Government for them does not legitimately? relate to the honorable trust they] committed to him. If a narrower,! smaller, colder er more entirely sei-' fish view of civil-service reform has ever br"’i ntteD-'i than that ‘■>>iorinb'-d by Gen. Harrison, it han never fallen under niy observation. No public or official scandals, no misconduct of Government officers, from a member of the Cabinet down to a mail contractor on :i star route, disturb him or engage his efforts for their purification or their punishment; Jay Hubhell, that captain of political brigands, may raid ev°ry branch of the civil service, making people pay ransom for their places; may make men groan k and women weep in every department of the Government over a species of blackmail, i wrenched from their hands for base purposes; none of there things move the spirit of reform in the breast of Gen. Harrison, or extort a word of rebuke from his lips. The only concern lie expresses is for the protection of himself against the intrusion and application of his own parly friends tor official patronage. He informs the people of Indiana that during his brief experience at Washington he has often uttered, with an emphasis he does not often use, the wish to be forever relieved of all connection with this subject. Of the absolute sincerity of this wish, and of the great emphasis with which it has often been '‘xpressed, I have, not a doubt. I presume, however, that Gen. Harrison’s admirers will accept his position on this question as another evidence of his exalted statesmanship; that hedwel's in a high, rarefied atmosphere, above the small and sordid wants of this world, and that his great intellect should be left in a sort of lonesome grandeur, undisturbed by the petitions of common mortals, to devote its “time and energy solely to those public affairs that legitimately relate’’—not illegitimately, but legitimately—relate to his conception of a Senator's duties. Those who call upon liim hereafter for - official favors will therefore take, notice that he regards their business as illegitimate, and govern themselves accordingly. I may as well confess that on a question like this, and kindred questions, I am only human, and cousqueutly have not attained that elevated plane on which Gen. Harrisou so grandly poses before the nation. In fact I do not aspire to that region of frost and ice where eternal winter prevails and where the sympathies and charities of human nature are frozen stiff and dead. In Saturday’s Indianapolis Journal I see copied from the New York Herald an article purjiorting to be Gen. Harrisn’s views on public affairs, and quoting him as saying that “in his opiilion all the United States Senators would be in favor of making it a felony for one of their number to recommend a man for Executive appointment.” Doubtless it looks to him, from his cool and lofty perch, like a penal statute in the name of the public good, but really for his own seclusion and comfort, would be a great blessing. It does not look so to me, and I

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JAS. W. McEWEN Editor

VOLUME VI

hope to live a little more tnan two years longer in order to recommend many good and true citizens of Indiana for appointment to honorable p>ositions under a Democratic administration. ( I wish my colleague well in his somewhatsolitary Arctic home on civil-service reform, but I will not be able to vote for his bill making it a penitentiary offense to sign the papers of an applicant for office. 1 must content myself to trudge along over the ■common sands of life, not privileged nor BfaMsed to scold or neglect anybodyfrom 1 who does me the honor BEDVCnOKOI' TAXES Leaving the domestic pols-X ' bui'.in i >’ this point I v ill next ask your .i 1 : -H' '■ n briefly to a fev t»sues connected with inc admiiiistratv■ 11 of national affairs. When ’lie last session ot < orjgress was thought i■ ■ : < drawing to a close, and House a piece of proposed legislation pur* porting to reduce taxation to the amodff i <<f smiething over ♦23,000,000. Congress had uienbeen in session almost seven moi ~s, and at one stage i t thh long session* n. Republican caxum-t ~| t] lo Hoqse, where such measures must originate, had decided against any chang> s m the internal-revenue system, and had caused the Committee of Ways and Means to back down on that subject;. The bill, therefore, which came to the Senate for consideration in the closing days of that body was an afterthought on the part of Republican leaders, and was thru>t before Congress ami the country in onl r 'i o make an issue wit li no'Attractive BW-'U but without- one single feature > of relief m it. Lt did not, in fact, command the respect of many Senators who felt compelled for party reasons to give it their silent support, but who in private spoke of it with contempt. There was here and there, however, a mind so constituted as to become deeply enamored of its provisions, and there was one such mind in the Seriate from Indiana ©Gen. Harrison appears to be greatly di-suttefled with mt bef-ause I did not fall jn love, as hri did, with a bill which, in making u reduction s the whole people of onb ♦23,G00,(1C0, gave the banks and the business of banking a reduction of 111,387,797, about one-half the entire amount, and to patent medicines, cosmetics and perfumeries ♦2,226,503 of the balance. Here was the proposed repeal of taxes to the amount of ♦13,614,300 from the most lucrative business in the United States, and from articles of fashionab ■ luxury. There was not one feature of luactieai'felief m the whole bill. The proposed repeat of taxes on Ineiler matches would not, as was < onclusivejv hown, have lowered the price single cent to the purchaser. The measure < ight to have been entitled a bill for the relief of the banks, with some trimmings around the edges to relieve somewhat its mean and sinister aspect DeinocraGic Senators were united against it ; w e denounced it as special legislation in the interest of a lew se'ecG’d ]'‘ivile'red interests: we d&inan led that the vrhole field of taxation should be reviewed and revised, with a view to justice and equality; that the farmer, the nieehanic and the day laborer should have their interests considered and cared for as well a-the banker, the perfumed dandy or the i>r< iprietor of patent medicines. On such ah’ issuajas that lam content for Gen. Tltwrlson to complain of me whenever or wherever he pleases. The people will undeintand the ma : tei- without inuoli notiuT'or comment ii<mi me. Ncr is it true that I failed in any -•jiartieular to state my position on this in the Senate. 1 <;dd there, as F sgy hero, that “I would taken taxen...off they ueoessaries of life” rather th®U? XOft tfle luxuries. tl.e <’ : gars, the ’SgarehtßS, tile perfumeries, the cosmetics, |Ee and thp b.iiik.l.'' I wd in buu S liat .■■" l I re;.» the work ut 'in. ' ' xwtionlAMnSa to tariff and inJ terrial reveniß, ta kbMMafee, it ought to emi 1 v i the only way tfl» 11 a 'll »ent wekpment of this subject i ' ■ ■ ik' u I -BhewMW;question in detail ■ ■•I •! ■ 'ic whatnkndfct as to one article i• i iel; i i"i to and that it wag •a mistake to take up Jiw articles and nrß pose to deal with them, ami ret "fitie 'wnagK field of reform lie uncultivated. ” I fnrflßl stated that whenever tlie subject was brought before tlje Senate in a proper shape I expect'd to vote to abolish all internal-revenue taxes with the exception of a roasouabie amount on whislor kmi tobacco. It seoliis that these very unsatisfactory to Gen. that tact neither surprises ißtmor shakeß .HQ’,c<»,>niidetice m tlieir <-ornWheM. A I’cit Gen.' llnrrisiW With mijab flpmuDK cites i!m fact lli.'ii fflt a winch was D, 'i.orrafc a biH ■ wmrejiM:a® i'-. < .i. iiso imntucky, 'ranDOßqqrmk , repeal the same kin;l pf taxes he-soi i .midicj a 111. ff were IKi'lley bill of last session; ||>ill passed the Semite. I fcen. Harrison with a want of ftlriTe.^ts; I'JB ■ut here to impugn motives, bitt to statri Bact-s. He iiaki’d me very plainly state thia Bjrcumstances which led Domodrats in the ■frirty-sixth ('o.ugress to support Of to fcequiBice in the Carlisle bill relieving the hanks B<>lll certain taxes; that Di-mo-■iatic in both branches, Mtas engaged in perScting and paseiug a birefunding ■Ba large portion of thferiatiomc iw l "’ "' 'eh tnori'thyeajt Ufatld have been saved t&'the.rieople in the uUii' 'i"H ■ i mi-ci' ■ i paeseff HBh houses and went to the President prok ■and !oi bonds b<':iriiig KSitiie fifth section of thß bill required tM»’ Baat' io d" tin ir bn- :i"S' BBkCTc e GoveriW repent on these bonds, gamfe rate of interest, paid to everyßßß|BH HFwßeard on all sides rhe menaces of' tTW 1 Bkßg against the passage of the bill, and, view to reeoiii'ile them to the measthan anything else? the Carlisle bill miking thepi a present of Bagnaxes. On the 2( th (lay of July last. Kelley bill was under discussion, ( contl’adk lion in the Senate as . WBEnember very well when we were trvthe national debt at 3 per cent. BBOWioiight the banks might he placated sßLaMaat liy certain relief asTo t heir taxes, &BwWm. while I (Hd not concur, I acquießMMßut after the act was passed in their HB»BB e .V went into rebellion-open, alisol]BaW|ii'ion—and bulldozed and intimidatof Mr. Raves into vetoing which the representatives of had passed fimdiiigthe deb; at. 3 After that veto had lieen l.'iunehed BjBMtB w;,s not- in the iiower of ('engross ■ • Bfcßmt necessary’ just and righteous funding of the national debt over t^Bß«E;CoiiS''<jnentl v it fail the rethat the late Secretary of the the Senator IronvuYlinncsota funded the national debt semblance of law whatever. He because of the permission t ' le banks that had denied it to power of this Govfei-nmont. history of this miffiter, an l some of us aeq.ijeseed in thdßß|cßKi of taxes so far as Banks are eircunistaiicesaiid ooiiditions " ' i -EBB|Pl®P ll '' at thatijfcinie no loeger exist'jH is historically t®ue and Within the space of tin- banks ji'ti’/ed Iroip circuin older to compel- by the of a fimiiiei:®! i .'inic, the v^BIBk Funding biff They cessfi^BUßL• Pre-ident hung out the \\ banks '.rein:: .'n"d - jm> of has. oeciujred to :>rie ever since I will treat the banks in spirit and justice uudepajl cirnot ' th'? first cut in the loafi'w ii: a brought forward to Mdnce taxes. But much Mid and \mttcn of late the respiiisimlity iwam-e and delay w limli has «-ceui red in the reform Shd the HKluction of did saW in the i&uite that I "in the face S.-li.-' facts and sK>ak the Jfcked truth. may. " W Gen. |ferrihe wcirild ve tOiid'd hjfcimido hiß on the b th lie ®>uld iiRW to stat" that ceventafei eem s 'h&ve . ed of tbeM’.'ir; ing that 11^ iißepiibllMn partyßhas controlled where aioli.' reirihim reform eievcnSears. six; that duriiluwaie six years asetwlency ii:l<|)e House he iour uiiftl its m<mments. fffere in per fei t elcveiTNears ofße-pumi-mi ijgtll tile I’lfesdent of the all the Time on tlfefr side to helißßßßßng- He would have also to state that, hampered and obstructed as the Democratic majority in the House constantly was, yet repeated efforts were made in the direction of a revision of the

RENSSELAER; J ASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1882.

nify the contemptible bill of the last session by counting it. If, therefore, I felt free to criticise the conduct of the parties on this subject, wittout trying to protect any one from just ebnsure, yet it will be seen at a glance that the Republican party is entitled to ninety-nine hundredths, if not all, the blame for delay in revising our unequal, ami in many respects oppressive and unjust, syslaws of taxation, while no movement or tne kind stands to the credit of ihe Republican : party during its complete asccndenc.y for so many years in both house.'df Congress and in the Executive Departmi-nt, unless we digtem ot revenue. 1 have never given a vote ■ in the interest of delay, or so intended, and I never shall. I but repeat what 1 said hi the Senate when I state that "I have not the slightest doubt that there are enormous inequalities and injustices covered up and protected by the present tariff legislation. It needs the • band of refornrappliedlibi rally and vigorous1 have no doubt of that. And when that HBiuik of reform takes place, so far as I am I want it to be well understood every interest. ” I want it to te.r, encourage and protect, on discriminating justice, the terests agriculturist, and also u-e * H ' n l ‘ l ' s done will j have a tariff stMutis Jefferson sanctions!, Polk illnstrated in llin West and tl ■ ’vth will then have their share 'of blofc-imm jo._ enjoy, as well as the burdens the? j. ve always had to ' r '?. I While, however, ifiy record armors o! so I much importance just now to a certan < lass of prime necessit ? on the free list. If others voted different!v let them take care of their own records, and 1 will try to take care of | mine. ! TITE IMPBaVEMENT OF BIVEBS AND HABBm;< I 1 wi.-lr, however, at this point to tn’-sent m\ views upon another question, not partisan in its character, nor in the support nor is°a rne^ire 6 relatm’g tTttTbustoess, the internal and external commerce of the country, and the developmen of all our matti la. resources, and as such I will give you frank ly the reasons why I s.i-f <id it. ‘ The motives which inspired mv course upon this subject could only be for the general welfare; they < o t ud not be personal to myself. The power and policy of the Government to Improve the water ways of the country are not in question, nor have they been since the adoption of the Federal constitution. The extent of such improvements and the character of the streams and hm i>ors on which they should be made have < > n i - A t nted the only legitimate grounds of inquiry mid discussion. The Tint bill On tb< dul ject was the largest which ever passed Congress, but the increase ow r former yearly appropriations was due to causes which, I think, were just ta themselves, and which can never occur again. The b ill enacted last session was exceptional, and cannot in the nature of things become a precedent for future legislation on this subject. On the contrary, the appropriations for rivers and harbors next year wUI be from ♦5,000,000 to >B,OOO (-!< ; , a than were made to July last The na?■ > i for this is obvious. The improvement of the MissisI sippi river is a work as national in its character and importance as the improvement of I the harbors on the Atlantic seaboard for the safety of ocean cm amerce. It is an inland , sea with a cui rent flowing to the seas beyonti, and by right, and for the benefit of the producer, it should bear three-fourths of the agricultural wealth of the United States i which is attracted to foreign market-. By ifs pVvrt majestic courß<A.. 1 4Uid ■ thrpujril; its.. ’ vast and far-reaching rnhritriries, it i fufuisljes the cheapest transportation j3taScjvii to man to the < arrying trade of ■■Wn states, embracing the greatest pn>hf the globe, occupying th.” ctm- > tral, inteSafc portion of the American Union, free millet to tha scasAkmMjkiMKwhieb i . i. • \ . anu g- ir'-". ; . . t - "t inc i and its tributar ieh,. uuj >am - nal < withno dividends and eou^i^fiiently;.w&b no Chaiggs to for thtir iX flow through iw degfcebrw longitude and ' " degrees Of . ing the farmer, the nritlitKaeturer 'aBHBw merchant to load upon the'iTT* an tnUraH I modities of the earth, without I without price. No other such river tu.hrKWjj of this planet. and most useful rivers in, all” JjtmyiaKyjUai’ters of the earth become tnsig|B^parison with the American iimMMfcaters. llic<»bi. in Asia, drains JwJSaAjMjiSh.OOO square m.:- b. MkUtfHdkAdratns a valley of 52U,<VV' < 'j >l r< Q»Mivi3bgreateßt river in EuroiAfc«toU - ami ii •. i A tnem all £s that mightKwaaA. i. <? i? a a ’wo embrace we stfenffyLd 1 night, the M i-.-i." "i q ;ri ver, which dlOWplEln 1 valley 2,455,350 square miles in 'fertility .and resources beyond tntHß|B ' of human. Calculation, or even the touirtflP A, VVv BhWftyv y>ars since Congress created u efisuiinquire into and report tJic l»dt t necessary expenst'Aif increa. 11c■ ra ■ li inn •! of nJraßNukwnmnerce. The 1 i quit I of that commission recommended th. exwas slow in the m ! ' ■ •' swept awarwj!' re-' "iii'.its '■vhiiTvTßiihgoutherr v-.'iis of labor a;i.l p!.'i"ed along it-- low laiyßjtig intriiliritetl logioii-: of i'onn: i".' larger g'reat State of liloioi;-. and vaon? in its production'; than else beneath the sun. It impoverished lißßeds of thousands of people, white and who appealed to tin* Government for ami shelter, and >et:eived them; it Hungered and wrecked commerce, de-troved life and property, and finally made it very 1 apparent to every observing mind that the ; strong arm of the Federal Government, and that alone, was capable of confining it to its natural channel and of reducing it to the proper uses of the people. For this purpose Congress at its last session initiated a system of Mississippi river improvements which accounts for the bulk of the increase in t ie Hi’, or and llari or bill over i former years. The sum of $5 100, Giri originally recon.mended by the commission to b i expende I from Cairo down to the mouth was appropriated, and to tint was a<J led S ’f’i '.tHH), in view of the w aits of the river fro.n Cairo north, m ning in all the sum of $ for tha improve nent of the Mtssissi.pi i rive: - , pcr.iaps the most important I Western iir.erest, all th ngs considered, t.o----i day in exi- tance No such annua' appropriation will be needed here iter. The amount in the recent bill was neces ary to accom- , p 1 h speedy result’, but much le s umoums will in the futute keep th ■ work in i regress. The appro; nations for rivers and harbors in ISSI, and concerning which faere were no I cri i ’isms or complaints, were $11,451,31X1. If to tha amount ate added the apprepriati ui- for the Mississippi river; for the di ease ' and death-breeding flats of the Potomac at I Washington; tor the -continual; on of oil ■ works. lon r ago au horized, and of unquestioned pro; rioty; and for the n? ’?ssary surveys o. ad works, both new and old, the increase in the River and Harbor bill of this year over last year will Le fully ac- ' c.nm’ed for. There are doubtless j items in the bill which might, with advantI age, have been omitted, but if there is a dis- , honest feature in the measure it has not yet been pointed out; and t aken as a whole I thought it to be for the best interests of the country. The waterways of the world w—:c created by the Almighty as the free, cheap routes of travel and transportation for mankind, and I believe that every dollar spent ■ in the necessary improvement of their navigation is ■ returned fourfold to the farmer, and all others who have property to ship , and to sell, in the reduction of freights. A ■ year ago a bushel of wheat, starting from I Kansas City to Liverpool by way of rail to | New York, would pay 52 cents for its transportation,’ while another bushel from the same field starting to the same destination by way of the river to New Orleans, would j secure its passage to Liverpool for loss than i 20 cents. There are millions to the farmers i in this one fact. Every" article going to I market has to pay its own way, and every i cent paid for transportation comes out of i the price and is so much loss to the proI ducer. It is estimated that the wheat growth | of the United States this year will be over i 500,000,00(1 bushels; nearly all of it, comnara- | tively speaking, in the' Mississippi valley, I Indiana herself producing over 50,000,OiX) bushels. On every bushel shipped to distant

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markets, and on every other production of this fertile inland region, the producer can eave to himself from 10 to 30 per cent, by re- r course to the water lines drawn by the hand' of nature, and improved and kept fit for use by the hand of man. I confess I can see no reason for any complaint against such legislation when carefully considered and kept within reasonable bounds. This Government at various stages has granted over 200,000,000 acres of land to aid the building of railroads. These lands, if fairly appraised to-dav. including the immense grants in Illinois, lowa, Kansas and otter rich, prosperous States, as well as in less-advanced States and Territories, would average not less than $3 per acre. 'l’his is a low estimate, and yet it shows that at least $h4 : W.000,000 in money value have been given as a gratuity to railroad corporations. It shows also that if for rivers and harbors there had been appropriated, each and every year since the adoption of the Federal constitution, the exceptionally large amount contained in the last bill, the water ways would have been but little if any ahead o's the donations received by the railways in the last forty years. I have no war to make on railroads; they are mighty factors in the progress and civilization of the world, but I do not want the ambition, the greed and the power of corporate wealth to shut out the modest but most benevolent and glorious uses of nastotte's road-beds for barges, boats and ships. HBBueiit and the importance of our commerce on itaand waters, 1 think, is not well will pardon me for quottogfromoneof the .ablest uni must ("titivated Senators England, whose section is far ?.ss ititereßau than the of Massachux t iSjin a re» ■hkid and non“The river commerce (wWnB (-it vof Cincinnati was last year 000. There passes each aiwFfey vii vessels are, of course, smaller in size, UM actual tonnawof Chicagotefifichmore half that of New York. These waterwifl- ' are not only of vasr importa -* in the® selves, but they are important also ’ upon the prices charged by railroad . are free. When the waterway is once trYB for transport it is the propel |Kof al) kind. The legislators of the State' mi I or ; the nation have exhausted their h. v. n 11 it t o I impose shackles upon the railroad - s- mm- i times the attempt hits been made t. :i. ; .tes , by law—sometimes a rate accord© 2 to distance; sometimes relief is soiight by ('iido’.vfiri'Z competing; toutes: ami jin onAHngmarAN able instance the Slate lias been argetl to tak" the business of railroad maAgfememh into its own hands. * * * Rqflr<BW>wM petition terminates in railroad The only check on the power of yoad lines, when in concert, over t» com-1 merce of the nation is the competition of the| Waterway. ” But there were also other reasons itfhding to reconcile iqe to the support of theißiver and Harbor bill. I knew it to be Itfrre; I know that by far the most of it went to the ’ liputii and tne West, and that, as a rule, the 1 East orn press would assail it, butlknew by all the past history of the Government that every dollar appropriated would be honestly Spent. Whether the amount appropriat'd be spent this year or next we have the assurance of nearly a hundred years th gt it q. be all acconiiMflrtor. Cashiers of banks |in* 1 bezzlc, the trustees of all sorts of coipAations, in haling churches, sometimes brisk faith and euxicn themselves, but 1 have jfet 1 to hear of the first engineer of the army.l disbursing money for Government woms who has proved false to his trust No high® tribute than this could possibly be paid ■ the Engineer (’orps of the United Stat* army, nor, indeed, to the army itself, whicl | is composed of men of equal honor. We have every reason to believe, therefore, that every dollar of the money appropriated for rivers and harbors will be applied now, as always heretofore, honestly to the purposes contemplated by the bill. ' Another reason which assisted my mind to jte conclusion mi t ins subject was tout the mmmy appropriated to the proposed works would give increased employment to labor Jto almost, it not ipiite, . every Slate in the BBrinr. Any measure, H'ftif Ti, tye to the HBBumod, which has a tendency to give a six work ta a week ips ami which ptakes more good .JBmntion i.ti'l w;t.b'n tat reach as | If still further pressed cause.’of | l‘b' (V; terest’ will tilwavs haveaconunaßOtugmiln- ■ erne w ith me, i,»m d.ji u . border are washed by the YraMtob’er. and iier citizens h< uat t’ii i; N ißßmt 4'Oveat .’eid {mKafanLm/mq'>; '■ pcirmunmip|flhj|Dvein('nt' of the Hklf of which amotmt.le re-.i tr-iited for thSo|flaacti(Hi of steamboat nav* * ©itHon t-hroughHto. Indiana chute at the i ini 1 S' ■■■■ Albany , Ift HgfegW’k c- m>t confined I h>;. i .u< i. i’WhMKul harbor in WBBk Indiana, Michigan shipping depot anWncreased the tradOM great jml-ice, tn tim i -ent bilfi with, iffl Au. c'fwtiuUe tJ© work bn that 1 Bftr\,\' c 4u'S would, have givffri' dMOcern t-o Uav&jseen that work aTOmuHd If of Jmid<. I thought of Mnß| " ■MLantl•tb&jinv friends there wheuvM 'ririSWeifeßßtatay name in favor of the biimj !’lndiana th" Wabash winds | it.s way, rn<('i®|iNtthc benefit of the grain, gwivrs in her i. : w JOTnapjbyntn"nt as a cheap " 1 ' >B|on to the Migsissippi, to ’ m and to all the great mWithan appropria* lion in (iHIBB great dnee on the bosom writers beyond, the aecoußß '.I .', tercsts of Indiana in the i; least S36S,<HK) of the money ' the bill will be disbursed for the immediate welfare and prosperity of the people of this great commonwealth.' But I have heard the River and Harbor bill assailed because, among other evils, it was too liberal to the South; that it gave nine or

ten millions to the improvement and restoration of that impoverished section, and that the expenditure of the money would in some instances reclaim extensive sugar lands and cotton fields from overflow. This was thought by some to be too much a blessing for the Federal Government to bestow on the Southern people. To me it wears a different aspect. Whatever benefits that section benefits the whole country. And when I have seen for years past Southern Senators and Southern members of Congress voting without a murmur hundreds of millions in pensions, which their people assist to pay, to the soldiers of the North, I am the more'easily reconciled to a generous national policy toward them and all their interests. And now, with this plain and candid statement, and with a conscience entirely free from reproach. I submit my course upon this question to the calm judgment of the people. lam aware that’some of my valued friends and political associates took a different view from mine. For their opinions I have a profound respect. There is not the slightest spirit of controversy in what T have said on this subject: I have simply answered as a public servant should for his own conduct. Tilt FH3HIBTTOBY AMENOM NT. Passing from the point just noticed, however, 1 regret to find the position of Gen. Harrison exceedingly infirm and untenable on another question of commanding importance to the people of Indiana at this time. The last Legislature of this State proposed a radical, far-reaching, fundamental revolution in the legal rights, personal privileges and social habits of our citizens. Nothing more sweeping or intrusive upon individual responsibility and the true principles of selfgovernment was hardly ever proposed than the prohibitory amendment now submitted to the consideration of the voters of Indiana. Are intelligent people to have no opinion for or against such a proposition* Why was this sweeping proposition matter Has it merit, or has it no merit* What say the pol tical leaders of the Republican party in Indiana* The Republican Bt>te Convent on stood mute at the bar of public O| in on and public inquiry-, like a guilty criminal at the bar of justice, who is afraid

I to go on the witness stand to testity in his i own behalf. That convention, like the crim- " inal, dreads the cross-examination sure to •: follow. Gen. Harrison fol-owed the bad example set by the convention. For the first i time, I think, in the history of the United ‘ States, a Senator in Congress has nd opinion : to give to his constituents on a question so ! v.t.il as their organic law. I know of no oth- ' er instance in which a man regarded as a ! leader, not a follower and time-server of | public opinion, but a leader, has been j stricken dumb in the presence of his follow- ! ers on a question of government like this. My observations of history have led me to • believe that great, broad men point the way j and lead when important policies are pro- ■ posed. He who, like Agamemnon, would be ! called leader of men cannot skulk and wait i until his followers have themselves decided . the question; until he has found like ■ the weathercock wliich way the : wind is blowing, and -then point in that i direction. Gen. Harrison and the entire liepublican leadership, so-called, in Indiana : have determined and announced that they have no policy at all on prohibition itself at i this time, but that perhaps they will have next year or the year after, when they have i found which way the people incline. You have seen a Senator or the United States staud before you two hours and more, sim- . ply saying oh this great question, like all ■ trimmers and evasive statesmen, that he ; wants you to go first and he will come after- ’ ward; that when yon have spoken he will : find his tongue. If the next legislature i should agree to the proposed amendment \ and pass it on to the third stage of cousid- , eration, dodging on the part of the Renubi lican party will no longer be possible. Why ■ not speak now? The leaders of that party ■ say that prohibition on its naked merits will be before the people at a special election ' next year. What ’is their fear to say now i what they will have to say then? They will I then be smoked out and compelled to - giv" now they might have the credit thought. ■passing by Gen. Harrison, Gov. I’ortei - arid who, like the dumb figures at ! Cigar say nothing, and offer nothing, i seem to do both, 1 will call i >lt." to the amendment, 1 1 hirißMmi called to account wit h «orw i .■jtetag're. cum m a o -eeeh •’J n-mt. dory amenda popiil.-irde ■ ■ that. the last Legislatin' that there v that wTth Tdue I htMtednot. and could not, know that state- ; true. What evidence is there i'ihfft.. - Voters? The man who carries a for any cause aims onh to ■hfifavor it, and on.-e there he rake:- theltfiin--"|ta|B), women and children al’ke. He wandhohtune or labor in se.'k'who J" • against Ins •■'bh-w There are dbeJ.wbrWtejis-mdi'di.-ma, I Hurrieon aU ‘ "signed by I would iWHCTOQta to know ' > r vet » a Leg, Gi i e a - ■i• ng f< times thely number. There is indfo|j|Kpßbe way to as, pertain the public voice lai the Itallpt-hox, where every citizen. kifiSw.' day anu-jhe Jilhee, goes of his own records his best judgment. If I this done in IS-SO, and there had I been a espies-ion in favor <>t pr>>i hibition, have been pared fori <.■ . h . pawn might najMHSMnmh^M ijais time to siv I something otliever manner J^/c^Si/^^njPtvfem^^toocratic its ’ • 1 1 v all - ' tnwvAgKQlrawiiyhK esi ■ I amendment the Htfjntui, though' a fool, cap astrologers of the Bast, the i wise men of agi. i t und modern t!m"s who I Have called back u> earth the spirit.: of tlm i dead, cannot reveal single frank candid expression of the BepmUgu i party one a ■ r the other. I Imm •< > •itt'orm of the State, aaOwKljav* v« t i i •«. as I understatkßAgik WhK. i 1 tain i■ • declaration 1 contained. TK’W : \ | T - ':'i 'l tamof the , mejit m>'.' hemre th -neopldrarwnU3HlKlrc|k ; tiun, discussion amt by 1 mw' "iihy <>• ■ 'phL for all the evils of whidh ibTo accomplish Savior, the influent bf IdoPI t and th*']>ov.-er of God on *‘;o’Htaveiievm'yetiterformi'd? I.etuslouk Ennnioment at-tftis supj>os >d miraculous manufactuiAa&|(&&tepinfe d< > and is h i 'by forevt > prohibi&-d I of Indian.' C-G*/ 1 ■ This si’ction I breweries ami the ' pYuhlicallv confiscate pfopetfiynSßflßMKißg I'iOJttKjn value, jiltin' is guaranteed' bJntratSv.-ons&tuttcin aiitF the country. thtS'eaUv* of Mngeraucc and good vu>rals bo adva'hced BBnby? ludiami is tnd.j-a«.ied by Ohio, IHbiois and Ml Tigan, and under t *®Mip|mendment. copiotow .itreaiu.'- ol the liquors-whiskyMMkAmn. g.nt ■! t r Take the case &f some wealthy I cot.e ii ..t 1 ndianapolis, bWtvay of illustiation. He finds mining amendment I preventing him from keepMHß thtsf jpe wants for his own use, hi« neighbors. He will send . barrel of fine old Bourbon yfittekv; ■<{» for rich and costly wirtfc,«U-liamp«M!jne, . port and sherry; t^bXlK'' triar*, kets for <MMniia<• brandy' ;md 'tvtth these and I other choice fluids store his ebjluit of the mui, and with every'hjNabd bf :ileobo]ic’ f T’s.Ti in gmsix ioung«Ul ■ bmidre-tJ'; he may throw open ntv WThdo‘vMM I :>d turn ftp. all his gas. and have 111 tention of the outside he" may do under the proposed reig-n bition, ami none can molest or make afraid. Nor is there anything in the amendment to prevent a candidate on election day’ keeping all sorts of liquors at his house, hi's store, his office or other place of business, or even in the vicinity of the polls, with which to treat his adherents and those whom he wishes to influence. Is the sincere and zealous Prohibitionist satisfied with such a prohibitory law as this? It will accomplish but little if anything, except to deprive the laboring man of his beer, which does him no harm, and induce the introduction of the strong and hurtful liquors into the State for individual use. Such liquors had better be kept in saloons under stringent laws regulating their sale, than in the cellars, the cupboardsand on the side-boards of domestic life. TMey will do far less harm in the one instance than in the other. I expect, within the next sixty days, to hear every intelligent, honest advocate of real prohibition denounce this amendment as a sham and a fraud. They will fully, realize by that time, if not sooner, that it would promote, rather than diminish, the evils of intemperance. But the second section of the proposed amendment opens up, if possible, a broader field of farce and fraud than the first, which I have just considered. It reads as follows: “Section 2. The General Assembly of the State of Indiana shall provide ip 1 what manner, by whom and at what places such liquors shall be manufactured or sold for medical, scientific, mechanical and sacramental purposes."' It will Ire observed that both sections of the amendment recognize the necessity of spirituous liquors, but the second section, which I have just read, provides that the State shall take official control of its manufacture and sale. It is a square declaration tha£the people of Indiana can not Ire trusted to savage in such business as they choose, subject ixnly to the general provisions of law whieh apply to every- citizen alike. Individual authority anil individual responsibility are to be wiped out, and the General Assembly of the State is to determine and provide, I first, in what manner “spirituous or malt

liquors, or otter intoxicating liquors," shall be manufactured and sold: second, by whom they shall be manufactured and, tliird, at what places throughout the State they should lie manufactured and sold. How many official distilleries will be established under this section no one can now safely predict. There are ninety-two counties in the State, and whether one or more will be provided for each county remains for future Legislatures to determine. But the number and location of the official saloons where these liquors are to be sold are matters of grave importance to the people, in view of the fact that the amendment itself concedes the absolute necessity for such liquors in sickness. in business and in the worship of God. No one will deny that that medicine ought to be within almost, instant reach of everybody, nor should any neighborhood be without the means of celebrating the Lord's Supper, which consisted of bread and wine. There are over 1,000 townships in Indians, and it is not too much to say that the citizens of each one of these townships should have an official saloon, or a State liquor agency, or whatever you please to call it, in their midst. There is no limit on future Legislatures, under this section, as to the location or number of these State dispensaries of liquors, nor as to the number of appointments to be made to carry on the business. It is therefore perfectly plain, if the prohibitory amendment is adopted, that more than a thousand new offices may be created, and doubtless will be, to provide for partisan politicians of local usefulness, and to open up a new field of official patronage in which future Jay Hubbells may take their per cent, by way of assessment for the corruption of the ballot. The amendment fairly calls for legislation of this kind. But in the hands of these State officials, costing the people of Indiana more than $160,000 a year for their salaries and expenses, is an honest execution of this amendment possible? I say not. Take the case, by way of illustration, of one of these State agents, or official bar-tenders, who alone of all the community can be trusted to sell or issue spirits of any kind for medicine, business or sacrament-; When the head of a family is hurried to the State saloon in behalf of a sick wife or child, how is the. official behind the counter to tell whether the story he hears is true or false? Or if the applicant should want it for his own relief, how is it to be ascertained whether his ailments are real .or feigned? I suggest that a corps of medical inspectors '♦■iijiave to be appointed to accompany the 1 n <b'.’ l '|V 1(1;:" ' fltrrU fratlff-*' sale of wine lor the obsei’vYri<i|S|BHmoat holy rit" of the Christian each and every instance the applicarißßßw®. would have to lie taken on trust, or trial instituted and evidence greater farce than such a system of tirohiliß Jion on the one hand, and the sale of liquor 1 never Iwfor.e been hoard of j ,it is worse than a farce, it is full of affirmative evil. This proposed amendment am l the s ih-"-iwtahktor wiil con stitute a vices, such as <feeeK smuy gling, downright falsehood ami g. ■ri’A’. It will ’ti for l*| Mil not 1 1 ih'in '-:ii’h a '•<>:>.li! il S"i:i -t lii'i” I k” the eneTiaw pint'" put to tile te.-’t in In hau^^BH|j4weii^y-j and it v. of t.lio'isamls tluit it In int. mperan e, fostered and en?( rifll- 1 ard of momtoy and was ade id le' -r in the j courts. And itoch is ihe hi-toffiß of I k ndred n>w in M.i ;i" Kansas, lowa not i|w|B£ * ve ‘ ' h”’-’ cent 1 h< L tr.'-.u’'; cyWW l ' l ' 1S ’ I '"' '' I (j^.l.’(: u:'ii' so snlemud as ' ; i • " 'tintion she Ogji t . Mtandaru 111 ■ati" n. a 1 argey UMNMMEfe;' BtoP or C ’''' to L who can m read and write .1 for ( rime, a greater pjwporthin of holders, a more rapid de* velojiment of her any other State in the Union, wVH|mEßm||| ■etainents of her greatness are together. I do not say t to the manufacture ofcatrnmnsriuitors in Indiana, bin 1 | tha.'qMO®re.the fact that our pe.>pTra could beijmiutied on as on o' Iwr Hra.i < ’ ! that lAeU")cili ' I.'itic " tale wwpWCTLvftt gi'oynftlPßfcd* m That il! ’ I ion - iqtflßßßO es F onis “' 1111 ’ trusted timlWl^nee homes, triiste<u ,trnsted the churches of the L>virTOrUfcJv, u-.i- '"-! powerful, irresistible which improve, lift up and mid refined jBBIWi Tfle results are liefore riBBBMB .fffidam promt, very proud. oißmß tradwe herif t ii".v :MBtobranghi from other S:aflß policy, bin v. liot i.it’x Isfatid otfall ta tilMuntet't my voi"(- -bail boa rd in her vtat 1 ißhtoi 1 and in r.>1111: in? gwhT ; '«gtacS4>. “Mi'll do i'.. oftih-Tns of tlii-tli'-rmr hos 1"> ui ; ' vi tv ; I ■' nmier a! I \gover in Tii. peop^HMBBBMgHMBttri which , they have gt ithereffwS ant fruits, and they to lei i . stand. V'd

while the .Republican IBMIKstewW ■bfcjis liiave air etuly |toCBB« the texuvit ixnent'<n its (Rented a submission to a ' b'Uer iilc. •: Wafe their weakness li-,.-. t... a te«|tning.. wo •. iTOikHaute. . A cltiz ■!. < that rwautiful city > i lo; > I; Gratz. Br<>W. <•_ and, follow in ■ *be .>n<l other.-,. took | .;nns the issue 1 fore the hibilion in r anti -proliibTW® 'Wither the amendment ouriit io I o.r rebMnted. but solely ami < •■■■jjatly. as h<-supposed. wS jspCi^U’r.cßhjdjo kind or speech he e;c--retire.l, and <■ t ~ *«h< ..I sonriau '.oi. i '>'rs at his t.-sR wOwSWi? BWlik here to-night, ” J the cause or jro'iibi*,n to 4wk~o 1 d. .„ < n^EHßOwm&havejMkthe m.-.n.'-ami ! th ' R->. of !ae t i-, ii i im people iluitfH they h:n<- but mile, if i omuim , i i , v ~-.- ■;• ; Ant b". us look fairlv and -qndHM|HMB| moments at .the rights. of jiroce ■(liny to ann-nd their cohM@|Bhß There are three stages in such a Tim first is to briny the proposed a before the people. That has been doaenJß the last Legislature, and the amendment, such as it is, is befoi e you for your consideration and action. The reason - why one Legislature shall propose and the next Legislature decide upon it is manifestly to allow the people a chance to vote as welt upon its merits as upon every other aspect of the question in electing’ the body which has to agree or disagree to it. According to my view of the constitution, before an amendment can become a part of the organic law it must in reality be submitted twice to the popular vote. The proposed prohibitory amendment is now, lor the first time, submitted, and will be voted on in November. If the members of the Legislature then chosen shall, under their oath to support the constitution, agree to it, then it will be a second time submitted to a vote of the people. The Republican platform demands that the members of the Legislature sha’l so 1 agree whether in good conscience they can do so or not. The Democratic platform rec- i ognizes their right to act according to their sense of duty when the time corner, and to favor or oppose the amendment at an v stage. I But. if the amendment is agreed to. then the Democratic platform calls for its sub- i mission at a time, and under circumstances which will secure a full vote, and without extra expense. JDre Republican platform demands an especial election, with neces- ■ sarily a meager vote, and at an expense to i the people of at least sloo,oou. Which party I seems most willing to trust the people?

$1.50 uer Annum.

NUMBER 35.

Which party seems most willing to trust the Legislature' and the people both? There can be but one answer. The Democratic party believes in the right and the capacity of the people to govern themselves, both as to their personal habits, tastes and appetites, as well as at the ballot-box. If the amendment, however, should bd submitted at a special election, and should be ratified by the pop.diu - vote, an extra session of the legislature, with all its expenses, would have to be called, or something worse would follow. The adoption <>f the amendment as a part of the constitution would at on -e abrogate every license in the State, and at the same time there would bo no penalty for selling without a license. There would be no law, until one was enacted, by whieh men could be prosecuted and punished for unlimited liquor selling anywhere they pleased, ami to everybody who chose to buy. To avoid the unrestrained, unlicensed traffic, therefore, in spirituous liquors for more than eighteen months, or until the next regular meeting of the Legislature in January, 18K5, an extra session would be convened some time next year, and the people would pay for it CONCI.' SI, N. Fellow citizens, the two great, leading parties of the country are before you, and they will eventually stand or fall according as their records tire just or unjust, profligate or honest, faithful or recreant to the constitution. The Republican party has assumed the privileges of enmity, and, with a garrulous disregard of truth', boasts on all occasions of its past exploits. It claims the entire credit tor the suppression of the Rebellion, without a hint that anybody otitside of Its organization took part in the work, while in point of fact as much Democratic blood and money was poured out in the cause as came from any other source. It claims, with much vainglorious talk, that it liberated 4,000,000 slaves, while in point of fact it protested with every breath it drew during the entire war that it intended to do nothing of the kind. in resolutions, in and from the pen and the tongue of Abraham Lincolfl himself, the puqiose to free the slaves was vehemently denied from tne beginning to the-end o’ "Hie great struggle. The overthro vof slavery was one of the inevitable incidents of the war, one of its absolute result,-, and came from higher causes than party policy or party intention. The Republican party claims credit for liberal bounties and pensions in behalf of soldiers, their widows and orphans, while a Republican President vetoed the bill for the equalization of bounties, and a Republican Congress passed a statute of limitations on the right to obtain a pension. It claims, .with daring effrontery, and in the face of ■jmll-known facts, that the public credit and Bkr present system of currency are due to wisdom and patriotism. On the contrary, as the historian ever records tlio itruth, ili write it down that the Repubmonetized silver from unworl hy destroyed and contracted circulation; brought the panic of 18?lHk>un the country, and was difor ruptcy,;mt-i'iy which followed. The record that prosperity in a ei'Wc a DemocratieSenllte, "the of the Republican party mom v was restored grei'idiai'k was )irot w■ 11 ■'l I l ' 1111 further de<t and tho c ten have ad< i <■ i i i' at p.:r with goldi;/%HBW&pßbitck reniuius wh'-i'-w. | Jac'd mt and in ktfe thfe two ■gj -at props to ill.- of the SHuinr)'- L<'t him hi itK|®j|; tt empt to pull Thej peoftfaimd in opposition to til* party. + \.y‘l|MMtakLner playing the for restoring law and Qrd^^lpßlmiLr l country after the credit on acCmWßflMWw|Mnuriii>si the Republican hr o Ugh o 111 the extensiv in. he ag ■ ■ -1. -11' i! 'd human "• a career of venaiitg-, corruption mi I ohicial fortßi-r a v., i ea.:y of ilm 1 ’einn t . miJi -kuvsents is nowh<' iaj ®b> conduct of or too small S3&mne of plunder was too of official power too and thorough world knows this story ■■nwa-' ■ hrWlpfe. and vet that prirt . has ; t '' l control tho ‘'tni ptiftyiim • ii-.. i :■ ' d g iSaHninporary ascendency fls ' 1 i i i commonweim i.l- i-'-i and the world .t h .iu-it nn awl wti.h ic !■ ; mai.on on only are the parv hi ri’giud to Liomn poimW»|UBHHB| t what khuU bo sun I of or inu'lesque, contained platform on the subject of txons? While citizens wore cmifined accir-at : <>n and vithoutthere >1 under a a tim ■ at , ounv k%r, the Rep,. : .ma a -timl'- -waggered to b>r “exalting ti. laws to out ..l,'' 1 ' 1 on boiu by securing to ' ifcm c i c'; i. i nil'll- .MiWtHUtaprywhen! theSnll right Am rt-an faMMb and pro . - - innux to a iCBK and. La!sc assumptions of‘NßyfltbjHKgk Democrat*sf Indiana, the future you. 'The party strong In the purse aiß the patronage oCfcfcie Gorernim nt it ■ power e veil v, hen -ns and le i .>u Alic Service, U Ma national i.. ! i a« iny U' 1 ' 1 ""- m "j. a - th "Yyear a xeoot nrv of tho pHl.b'- wi'llno-. ami tlta®E: yme-.we elo t a I'l. . .I'lll v. e will m'''ugtußßwlh%

Stirring Up the Bees.

MHKkaith belonged to the nrnWjjjj ’(Mhl ob MHhkjnjum-tion to lay bis InW to h ’ B in R-Wtxi'lft-WMra.. abominable xu bis eye, and on his i hTCVIt need not be much i thn wsVdue to Johnnyh ! who hycu vntn his uncie aaaMMibg •h‘‘ scythe w plied' the hoe and during vm-.u One litWMn|m. was left near the publics® •* a.bumblebee nest, anHM Braith ■NgM at the morrow’s nfwi easy it would be to dH the bees. gMfefonny, boys m verRH ’The. boy ’• i not bo ■■ t. morning, !.■ tied tbe flailing liuea be < ||bhne end to whs It.nt. Wn«*#J’Hiith yueawt to show how it cft*pr4 done <s qui«Efa: quietly, you see, iW jjalgj place.i himself at the 'if'bSstring, and when the. ting near, a gentle pull raised thaHBB nous hum that made him few jerks fill the air with maddenefl bees ; the old man loses his equilibrium and is striking wildly with the scythe, firstat the bees, then the weeds'; the bees get in a good one under the fight eye, the weeds are forgotten, and the fight against the bees waxes hot. The boy is hilarious; master of the situation, he pulls on the string and dances with delight. It is too good to last. The old man puts off toward the house, his arms beating in the air like the armi of a selfraking reaper in motion. Johnny has his. laugh, and follows in time to run over to the for arnica and barb-horn. Thos®rweeds went to seed, but Unde Smith never knew what made the bees get so mad.— Courier Journal

JOB PRIBTIHB OFFICE Uss better taellttlM than any ofljee tn XorthweeteM Indiana for the •xecutiaa of all branches of ros print xxaoa i PROMPTNESS A SPECIALTY. .Inythlng, from a Dodger to a Prloe-Ust. er fracn a ftmpiuet to a Footer, black or colored, plain or fancy. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

INDIANA ITEMS.

The Chicago and Atlantic vill build j shops at Huntington. Attica, Fountain county, hud a big soldiers’ reunion Sept. JB. 19, 20. ! . Henry Wiunes, living near Deeatur. was fatally injuml by the falling of a ■ tree. Brooks, the murderer of Dr. Gause, at Hagerstown, Wayne county, has not ' yet been heard from. i One of the stacks of the Vigo Furnace I Company, at Terre Haute, is being removed to Gadsden, Ala., by the owners. : Messrs. Crawford. Miss Lulu Hargan, of Madison, was i seriously injured by the accidental disi charge of a toy pistol in the hands of i her young brother. John C. Simpson, a well-known busii ness man of Martinsville, fell dead on a ' freight train of the Indianapolis and i Vincennes railroad. The explosion of an oil lamp at De- ! catur fired a block of wooden buildings on Second street, causing a loss of $40,000, on whieh the insurance is only I $1,400. i In a difficulty between two boys at Bedford, Julius Heitger and Alfred Massey, the former stabbed the latter j in a very serious manner with a pocket- ' knife. I Near Monroeville, Allen county, a j farmer named John Ustich, while tffit- • ting down a tree, was instantly killed by the tree falling on his body. Hi* was i not found for several hours after. I Julius A. Coleman, who concocted i the famous life-insurance swindle at . Evansville, and subsequently escaped from the State prison at Jetlersonville, I is practicing law in th ■ City of Mexico, j A 15-year-old son of John Merino, of ! Miami county, Ayas out hunting, and, " when climbing over a fence, slipped ai.d j the gun was discharged, filling his face i and hands with shot. He is badly hurt, ■ one thumb being blown off. Mrs. Isabella Byram, whose husband holds a $5,000 policy in the I Franklin Life Insurance Company, has I begun proceedings, asking that the franchises of the company bo forfeited I and the assets converted and distributed j according to law.

Adessa Wray appeared as an equestrienne at fairs in Indiana, riding horses in twenty-mile races. Mrs. i Owen spoke of these feats as “brazen, j shameless and indecent.” Adessa has ! brought a suit for SIO,OOO damages, i and a jury will be called on to decide j whether the quoted adjectives were Eckstein, of Peru, who lias been for years it complaint, was re1 ami '.le .eio-.l Iby «Ill' Il str ief lII.' Slie lias i.oa 1 spinal .lilh t'le ' ' John < Rockport, S|m Tl i llril a fhedooi Tesidi'iice, and thCT^Mtlacked and Hkdied him. They then idtenq ted to kHMm wife, but she escaped b\ ic?uk>i’i|™<ini a window and liidiiip in a what booty tliex ' murdcrers Mtoon. I da\ Ht.', n, I 11 wll s REacideAl^jw^iMWaM nl/'■ and Is "in i i J by-law s The to Xoithwedi Mercantile or Trade Conkyention, and it wIMb composed of so of the reputable retail merchants Lldinna. Illinois and Michigan to become members, its to hold nnnuul meetings BtampSC of an interchange of ■tatoann r of cond ictms, *ind. to .o'Mto sin h h-.'i Ist i' hi >s will is? t« A’er. « d SO harmoin and fi -1 >' n cost laws give Executive right to levy 1 an assessment on thcHbiembership to funds f4j*ncce.sfcaryp‘xpens(*s. and ®<>f detective that peiloYmed by Mrs. GeorRuAneu«/Bome time county, feKhKam J. Beck. After Bhuipired that I’.. . I, out a ehai*ing [ 1'... t he had j plaintiff ’ Was v the Ulid not pay the a. requisi she was in milch’ Moved that had b%n done the recognizing that son.cb,.d■mght. to <Mk|on)etbing. Mrs I; and. Proen tb W.p- th< I a p 11 i <'< o , t . . : > > of • > oi at < nee making no married woinata in thi. It is theiirat of a ■governorMuikiug MMCtb^wß^bpointnicnt, was naturaHv somewhat solicit.s . W MKMJibgR. mm I V he '©cried Statler from Coltimi.m Ba stating that aAdurned with B<-.'k Sh.' ai him *aßMtewe<»tern i . he m at p LBanJa 1

Califoruia.

almost an mfafflMhi ..m d ■fcigiuai States of tMßh> iBMJbe accorded thevi ts M ■hfcmaking State. mining, a and Of the (MX) gallons are the State annually. No tics can be obtained as total quantity of fruit grown, says that 2,000,000 pounds or dried, 4,086,430 pounds of canned and over 7,000,000 pounds of green fruit came eastward by rail last year.— Star,