Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1884 — Page 3

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William H. Chain, the Democratic Congressman-elect to succeed CoL Tliomas Ochiltree, from the Galveston (Texas) district, is the first native from Texas ever elected to Congress from the Stite. Colonel Tom said the same thing of himself. Judge Lippincott, of Ulidia, Meagher County, Montana, is reported to have caught a mountain eel weighing seventy-three pounds and eleven ounces, the skin of which he will have stuffed and sent to the New Orleans Exposition as a representative of Montana’s fisheries. An English clergyman was rebuking his congregation for deserting him on a •charity sermon Sunday. “Why is it,” asked he, “that to-day the church is full, and this day week, because there was a collection, it was simply empty ?” "Cos yer don’t give tick!” shouted a voice from the free seats. Bismarck has not yet gained the highest honor the Kaiser can bestow. There is another German order of merit, founded in 1866, of which the badge is a star bearing the portrait of Frederick the Great. Those only who are privileged to wear it are Kaiser Wilhelm, “Unser Fritz,” Prince Frederick Charles, and “Moltke the Silent.” An interesting feature of the World’s Exposition at New Orleans will be a united encampment of the veterans of the war, embracing soldiers of the Union and Confederate armies. The Board of Managers of the Exposition have voted SIO,OOO for this purpose, and 1,000 tents will be constructed for the free accommodation of the veterans. The Railroad Gazette reports a total of 162 miles of new railroad constructed in November, making 3,192 miles reported to date for the current year. The total track reported laid to the .corresponding date for twelve years past is as follows: Miles, j Miles. 1883 5,271) 1877 1,867 1882. 8,731; 1876 1,5*1 1881 6,0fiHi1875 1,128 1880 4,046 (1874 1,504 The cat-o’-nine-tails was lately used in Manitoba for the first time. The subject was John McCormick, under sentence for larceny, who escaped and was recaptured. Attorney General Miller ordered two dozen lashes, twelve of which were administered in the presence of all the prisoners in the jailyard. The prisoner was stripped to the buff'. The snow was descending heavily. His back was fearfully lacerated. Salt water was then applied.

In a case of extensive b.urn, unhealed after six years, Dr. Frank C. Wilson, of Louisville, Ky., in the Methodist News, says: “I made use of three different kinds of skin grafts, namely, from the skin of a young rabbit, from the human skin, and from the inner membrane of a perfectly fresh hen’s egg.” Of the three he much preferred the egg membrane, as being much more readily obtained, and one egg will supply any number of grafts needed. Among the ancient Greeks deaf mutes were looked upon as a disgrace to humanity, and under the barbarous laws of Lycurgus they were exposed to death. Nor was highfy cultured Athens less cruel than Sparta toward these unfortunate creatures. Deaf mute children wero pitilessly sacrificed without a voice being heard on their behalf. Aristotle declared congenital deaf mutes to be incapable of instruction, and this was the universal opinion of classical antiquity. The Romans treated the unfortunates with the same cruelty as the Greeks. As soon as a child was found to be deaf and dumb it was sacrificed to the Tiber. Only those escaped whom the waves washed'back to the shore, or ' whom the natural love of their parents kept hidden from the eyes of the world. Touching the three R’s in politics, the New York Tribune remarks: “The hasty and probably inadvertent use of an old sectarian phrase in an extempore speech, a few days before the election, may possibly yet prove to have had as grave consequences as one of the decisive battles of the world. ‘Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion’ is thought by many to have changed 10,000 votes in this State alone. No human being in the history of the race ever before, succeeded in changing the course of empire by an alliteration. The ‘three R’s’ have had an elementary value in popular education, but never before has the political opinion of a great country been decisively affected by ‘apt alliteration’s artful aid.’”

This time it is something Senator “Zeb” Yance did, not said, that is related. He was riding home at evening with three other gentlemen, and a box of apples—his favorite fruit—in the carriage. The driver did not know the road well, and upset them on the brink

of a ravine. Help was at hand, a light was struck, and the three friends of the Senator were found near the carriage, somewhat braised, but Vance himself was at the bottom of the ravine, on all fours, picking up the apples.

Curiosities of the election: A Los Angeles (Cal.) citizen agreed (on a wager) to eat four quails a day for thirty days or forfeit SI,OOO, if the election in New York resulted contrary to his expectations. A prominent citizen of Pulaski, Tenn., being too ill to go to the polls, the judge carried the ballot-box to him that he might vote. A sulky bedstead with small flags, containing a very fat man, and drawn by a man of slender proportions, went through the square to Lake View Park at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, says the Cleveland Leadei'. The portly man was John Stofft, who keeps a saloon on Ontario street, and the steed was A. A. Seizer, an employe of the planing-mill of I. Sturtevant & Co. Before the election Stofft and Seizer bet on their respective favorite Candidates, Foran and Burnett. Seizer lost, and fulfilled the conditions of the bet. Stofft guided him with harness reins, and flourished a formidable whip. Deputy Sheriff Myer was carried to the top of the old Court House in a derrick bucket at noon to-day, and slid down on the rope. He bet Deputy Sheriff Zucker that Sayer would be elected. Police Magistrate Ladner, of Philadelphia, agreed to grind a hand-organ three hours if Cleveland was defeated. A large crowd gathered at one of the fashionable skating-rinks of Cleveland, Ohio, the other night to witness the paying cf an election bet. The wager was between Assistant Manager Newton and Supt. Brown, the former agreeing to wheel the latter six times around the rink in the event of a failure to elect the plumed knight to the Presidency. The evidence that Mr. Nerwton had lost being conclusive, the wheelbarrow was gayly decked in bright colors by Mr. Newton, and at 9:30 o’clock sharp Mr. Newton donned the rollers, and, getting his massive load into the vehicle, began the voyage, amid the cheers and laughter of the crowd.

Close votes aro nothing new in this country. As early as 1824, in the contest between Adams and Jackson, the former carried Maryland by only 109 votes. Four years later that State voted on these same candidates, and though there were early 25,000 additional votes divided between them, Adams still led by 2,181. In 1832, when Clay and Jackson were the rival candidates, Delaware gave Clay but 1,866 more than Jackson got, and in Maryland there was an actual difference of only 4 votes, Clay getting 19,160 and Jackson 10,156. The vote in New Jersey that year stood: Clay, 2*2,392; Jackson, 23,85(5, a trifling difference of 464 votes. In 1808, when Harrison and Van Buren were the petitioners of suffrage, there was a difference in Connecticut of only 768 votes, in Louisiana of 207, in Mississippi of 201, and in New Jersey of 545. In 1840, when Harrison ran against Van Buren, there was a difference in the vote in Maine of only 411, in Michigan of 1,835, in Pennsylvania of 1,345, in a total vote of 287,097, and in Virginia of 1,392. Between Clay and Polk in 1844, there were differences in Louisiana of 70). votes, in New Jersey 823, and in Tennessee, Polk’s home, Clay led him by just 113 votes. In 1848, between Taylor and Cass, the difference between votes for the two was, in Alabama 981, in Delaware 523, in lowa 1,009, in Mississippi 615, and in Virginia 1,462. The race of Pierce against Scott, in .1852, was correspondingly close in some States, the advantage being in Delaware only 25 votes, in Louisiana 1,392, in North Carolina 686, and in Tennessee 1,880. In the memorable and remarkable contest of 1860, Lincoln had only 657 votes the better of Douglas in California. In 1864, McClellan got only 612 more votes than Lincoln in Delaware. In California, in 1868, Grant received but 506 more votes than Seymour, and in Oregon but 164 majority. In 1872 again, between Greeley and Grant, Delaware held her party votes within 909 of each other.

Bullock’s Cheek.—This requires to be well washed and rubbed with salt until every particle of slime is removed; all the bone must be taken out first, then rinse it in clear, cold water, wipe it dry and roll the meat up neatly, tie it firm with twine, put two ounces of dripping into your jar, shake pepper and salt Over the meat both before you roll it and after, stand it in the jar, cover close and bake three hours; just before taking it up put a good sized teacup of boiling water over and stand back iu the oven a few minutes; any kind of vegetable with plain or snet swimmers eats well with this inexpensive but savory and wholesome dish. The meat done thus turns out both mellow, juicy, and tender. A traveler through Arabia rwites that when a Bedouin is asked to drink his answer would frequently be: “No, thanks; I drank yesterday.” In response to such an invitation in Philadelphia a man takes enough to last him till to-morrow. The bald man’s motto: “There i« room at the top.”

The Monkey Family.

According to Martin, the second order of the mammalia are the quadrumana, or four-handed. Among them are found the ape, orang-outang, baboon and monkey. Bnffon divided them as follows: those which have long tails are apes; those with short tails are baboens; the most numerous division have long tails, and are called monkeys. The orang-outangs are not numerous; they inhabit the impenetrable forests of Borneo, Java and Sumatra, as well as the forests of Guinea and Congo. The natives of Borneo insist that the orang-outang is q man, and.that he will not speak because he is afraid he will be made to work. He is the only ape who uses sticks and stones as a means of defense; he had some idea of artificial weapons, and in this respect differs from all other animals. When an elephant invades a part of the forest which they have appropriated, they seldom fail to drive him away by the use of sticks and stones. The bonneted monkey (simia sinica) is found in Bengal; it is brown in color, but on the upper part of the head is a portion of white, which, diverging in rays, fashions a sort of bonnet like that worn by the Chinese. From his fleshcolored visage, the white cap, the lively brown eyes and human-shaped ears, the bonnet-ape looks like a little old man. • He imitates everything he sees, He can be taught to smoke cigars, dance on a rope, and walk with a cane. The Chaema, or Black Pavian (simia porcaria) is a variety of the baboon family, and resembles a pig in the face. He is dusky olive in color, and on the end of h s tail is a tuft like a tassel. He is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. Living in tribes, and always ready to plunder, this race of monkeys commit fearful devastation in the vineyards and gardens. With a sagacity almost human, they will station a guard on the outposts to watch. A portion of them enter the inclosure, climb the trees, pluck the fruit and toss it to those standing below. These hand it to others, who form a line reaching to the rendezvous outside, which is generally in some craggy mountain, and thus, all assisting in the work, the booty is soon safely disposed of. As soon as the sentinel sees some one approaching, he gives the alarm by uttering a loud cry, and the plunderers all scamper off. If ho neglects to warn them in time, the whole party will fall upon him and beat him severely. The howling monkeys are remarkable for the frightful noises which they make by the use of a singular bony sub-, stance connected with the larynx, which serves as a resounding board. They are very numerous in the primitive forests of South America, where they live in companies. At night they hold their concerts, which are terrifying in their character, and can be heard for miles. A company of soldiers belonging to a garrison at Surinam, having been sent out at night to reconnoiter, landed in a creek in the neighborhood of a forest where these animals were holding their nocturnal assembly. Hearing the terrible noise, they became alarmed and retreated, with the announcement that a formidable enemy was approaching.

Napoleon III. and Mexico.

Like many of the Central and South American republics, Mexico had been troubled by revolutions and counterrevolutions for a number of years. For several years prior to the civil war in the United States a bitter conflict had been carried on by the advanced and Conservative parties. In 1860 the Liberals had triumphed, and the Conservative leader Miramon had been compelled to fleo from the capital. Juarez in the year 1861 made a triumphal entry into the capital, and the Liberals had endeavored to introduce certain radical reforms, such as declaring marriage a civil contract, suppressing celibacy and ecclesiastical tribunal, separating church and state, and confiscating an immense amount of church property. There had been during these troublous times residents of Mexico who were Spanish, French, and British subjects. In 1862 the claims of Spain and Great Britain having been settled by negotiation, these nations, who had occupied Vera Cruz in December the year previous, withdrew, leaving France there to continue the war. During 1863-’64 the .French had occupied the capital, and then the dream of Louis Napoleon was discovered, namely, to bring about a universal fusion of the Latin races. Through his machinations the Mexican imperial crown was offered to the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian. This was in 1863,. and it came about in this nianner: A regency had been formed, in 1863, and in July an assembly of notables was convened with power to decide upon the future government of Mexico. On July 10 it was resolved, by 250 votes for and 20 votes against, upon an hereditary monarchical government, under a Roman Catholic emperor. The crown was accepted by Maximilian, who arrived at the capital June 12, 1864. The Liberal leaders were pursued by the Imperialists and driven from the country. Jnarez was at the head of the movement against the monarchy, and spent many months in gathering together troops with whom to recapture Mexico. March 25, 1866, hia forces captured Chihuahua, and that success was followed by others. Meanwhile the United States had remonstrated,' and finally, early in 1867, the French troops under Bazaine were withdrawn from' Mexioo. This left the unfortunate Maximilian to his own resources, - and he soon after quitted the capitals proceeding northward. With about 5,000 men he reached Queretaro, - where ho was besieged by Gen. having an army of 20,060. Vera Cruz, Puebla"' and Mexico were at the same time invested by the Liberal forces* May 15 Maximilian was captured, tred by court martial, condemned and shot, with Miramon and Mejia, two of his generals, on June 19. This ended the invasion of Mexico by foreign forces and the attempt to found an empire in North America.— lnter Ocean, What do most men delight in calling stupid? The clever thing that they do aot understand.

CLEVELAND AND HENDRICKS.

The President-Elect Indicates His Policy Toward the Colored Race. The Vice President-Elect’s Views on Civil Service and Revenue Reform. CLEVELAND, His Policy Toward the Colored Race and the Commercial Interests of the Country. Gov. Cleveland was asked by a reporter at Albany, the other day, if he was aware of the delusion among the colored people of the South that a change in administration would unfavorably affect their condition. Gov.. Cleveland replied: “Yes, I have been astonished at the statement that there was an apprehension existing among the colored people that in some way their rights now secured to them under the laws and'Constitution of the United States were in danger from the election of a Democratic President 1 am even told that some of them are led to suppose the result of the recent election means that they may again be made slaves. All this has appeared to me to be absurd, and I have been so sure that the slightest intelligent reflection would dislodge such foolish fears, that I can hardly deem any notice of them necessary. But there is not the slightest objection to calling the attention of all who are In the least uneasy or uncertain upon this subject to the fact that the title of the colored people to freedom and all the rights of citizenship can not be disturbed except by a change In the Constitution, which it would be absolutely impossible to make. Besides, the present condition or statuß of these people has been so fully aooepted by the entire country that no one should have the slightest idea that any attempt would be made to change It if there were any possibility of accomplishing such a thing. So far as the new administration la related to this subject, the whole country can be sure that the lawful power and jurisdiction of the Executive will be so exercised that the rights of all citizens, white or black, nnder the Constitution and the law will be preserved and protected, and all the advantages to which they are entitled by reason of their citizenship will be seenred to them. There need bo no fear that the Democratic party or ita newly elected administration proposes to oppress or enslave any part of our population, nor to destroy the business interests of the oonntry. We hope, on the other hand, to do something to benefit the people. It seems to me that the effort in that direction would be (tided if mischievous croaking and dark imaginings should give place to an earnest endeavor to inspire confidence and to make universal a cheerful hope for the future."

HENDRICKS. He Makes a Speech, Giving Some IntlmaI tion of What Will Take Place In the Next Four Years. Vioe President-eleot Thomas A. Hendricks spoke at considerable length in the Brooklyn Rink, on the occasion of a Democratic julilee, In the coarse of which he said: I do not join you to-night for any purpose of rejoicing over the fall of our opponents. It is enough to know that they have fallen. I join yon to rejoice, not that their flag has been trailed in the dust, but that ours flies in triumph over the land; not that they suffer the pangs of disappointment and defeat, but that we, the representatives of the Democracy, the politics of the people, are successful. But lam also sorry that after the result an attempt has been made to infuse into the minds of our colored people the idea that the success of the Democratic party meant the destruction of the rights and privileges of our colored voters. This is a great wrong. My fellow-citizenß, as a free and independent voter, the colored voter entered the Democratic ranks, and, as a free and independent voter ho will remain under its broad banner and principles. We have been for nearly the last quarter of a century suffering with great patience the rebuffs of the party in power with the statement that we were not fit to be trusted, but on the 4th day of this month millions of our fellow-countrymen declared that we are to bo trusted. I thank the Independent Republican party and those of the ministry, of the bar,.and of the other great professions, who have stood by our side in the hour of trial. The people of the United States have taken up the great question of reform in all and overy department. When the Democratic party took hole] of Cleveland and Hendricks it was likened to the cry of the traveler in the sledge who was followed by the wolves: but Cleveland and Hendricks came out of the battle better than the traveler. I am ashamed to say that the campaign just closed was the most remarkable I ever took part In for calumny and falsehood. But I knew when I heard all this going round that It would not avail, and I did not go out of my way to say one word, but just let matters take their course in Indiana, And so It came out all right. I do not wish to speak In terms of disparage ment of those who must feel the pangs of defeat, bnt I will ask the Republican party who gave them the authority to sit in judgment on the party of the people, and say that it was not safe.to trust the Government in our hands? This, my fellow-citizens, has been answered by the voice of the people of the Empire State, as well as the other States, in no unmistakable terms. Let us be as patient now In the hour of triumph as we have been in the long years of trial. We, they tell us, will be responsible for the future of this great country. Yes, and we accept the great responsibility that will bring peace and good government to the people of the United States. It was God that gave ns the power to set this great lesaon—a lesson that we must abide by, and a lesson that I hope the Republican party will not eoon forget—that the great work commenced and carried out by the peopled! the United States on Nov. 4 last, when the Democratic party was once more placed in power, means nothing more or less than a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Oh, yon will see a very great change after the 4th of next March, when President Grover Cleveland takes his seat at Washington. It has been decided by the people that there shall be a government executive reform, so that all the laws shall receive their just and proper constructing—a construction that shall bring blessings upon the common people, upon labor, as well as upon capital; a construction that will be in accordanoe wlth the true intent and meaning of the legislators; that there shall be administrative refonn, so that there shall be no longer any inability to carry the malls across the country without loss to the pnblic treasury; so that there shall be honesty in all the departments of the Government. Do you ask me If I am In favor of civil-service reform? Of course lam In favor of civll-serv-lce reform. lam not in favor of a continuation Of-so many thlngß that we have seen in some years that are past. The people are tired of it, and they want a,change. Do yap desire to know from me what civil service I have confidence fn? lam very free to eay to you people to-night that 1 am not particularly confident of success After a schoolmaster's examination. But I will tell you what I have confidence in, as It was In the days of Andrew Jackson. Let a true man come tp be President of the States, and let true men be called around him to aid him In the public service, and let these men resolve that the only test of qualification for ofUoe nnder them shall, be honesty and fitness for the service, and yon have clvll-servioe reform. This great contest has established it In this country that there must be revenne refonn. In his message of December, 1882, President Arthur informed Congress and the country that the revenues of the country exceeded by $100,000,600 the wants of the administration economically administered. A slight reform was made the next March thereafter, but after that the Secretary of the Treasury, your defunct Judge Folger —honored be bis name; be is dead now—in hi'* last report to Congress, when he lived, declared that the present revenues exceeded the wants of the Government by $85,000,000 a year, and that la the last record on the subject. Now. my countrymen, you men of Brooklyn, yon merchants, you bnslness men, you laboring mon, you skilled mechanics, I ask you what is the standard by whteh the Government shall be regulated in the taxation of the people? President Arthur expresed it as well as lam able to express It. He said that the only standard should be the needs of the Government economically administered. Bnt Secretarv Folger. -In hjs last report to Congress, said: "The question that now presses upon ns is what leglslatb n will relieve the people of the burden of unnecessary taxation. Ay, it is a burden, and it presses bard when it is $85,006,000 a year. How mnoh spy the oonntry, if taxation were reduced wisely and judiciously, so as to leave it In the pockets of the people and in the channels of trad ', would the $38,000,000 do every year? What Is the position of the Democratic party npon the subject of taxation? I know of no standard of taxation except that taxes shall not exceed the needs of the Government economically administered. At the convention in Chicago the will of the Demo< racy of this great nation was expressed In a resolution on taxation. Of course that resolution related mainly to the tariff law, and now. If you please to give me your attention, I will state what the Democratic party at that convention declared. It is expressed in four propositions: 1. Taxation shall not exoeed the need* of the Government economically administered. 1 Taxation shall only bo for public pnr-

poaes and not for private gain and speculation. 3. In the adjustment of the taxes care shall be taken not to hurt labor nor to harm capital. 4. Taxation shall be heaviest upon articles of luxury and lightest upon artioles of necessity. These four propositions express the entire Democratic doctrine on the subject of taxation, and when that groat convention at Chicago adopted that platform it wrote it in letters of silver brightness upon its banner, and that banner it handed (1 rover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks, and they said this lathe banner, carry it out before the people and stand or fall by the banner. That banner has been carried before the Indomitable Democracy of Indiana. They say the tariff is a very difficult thing to understand. I think it is difficult for those who wish to make it difficult, and to impose somewhat upon the country. To me it is very plain, for it is written in these four sentences. Is it possible that a convention of the people, consisting of so many delegates, has been able to pass upon that difficult question of the tariff, and to express itself so .that every man, woman and child in so large and intelligent an audience as this is compelled to say that's right?" It is an uncommon.lndorsement of a convention, and after this you won't b ame me much for being a whole-soul'd Democrat, will you? If a party is so clearly right upon the subject of taxation, one of the highest powers of government, it cannot b) wrong much upon anything else. Taxation comes to a man's home and takts that for the public use which was his, is his no longer, like the law of eminent domain, that takes private property for publio use: like the law of the Government, that says to the young man in the bosom of the family, "War has come and you must serve in the army," this power of taxation is one of the most tremendous that the Government compasses or exercises; and now, while I have submitted it, sentenoe by sentence, and in detail, to this great audience, the sentiment is that for onoe, anyhow, the Democracy may be trnsted. So next spring, if Gov. Cleveland shall call Congress together, the machinery will somewhat commence, not to destroy, but to remove objections. Did you know that the Republican Chicago platform on the tariff subject pledged Itself to reform in the tariff so as to remove its inequalities and reform its excess? They pledged themselves to reform their own, work. Since the war there has been no Democratic) Secretary of the Treaanry, all being in the ooutrol of the Republicans, and now, at the end of twenty years, they say to their countrymen, "Our legislation taxing you Is not equal; it produces excess of revenue, and we pledge you to reform it" It is too lato now. The time for repentance is not passed, but the time for good work to make repentance good is now passed. How is it that upon the subject of taxation the Republican party has dared to come before the great elements of power in this country, New York Ciry, Brooklyn City, and admit the taxation is unequal? But we must have the equality of taxation, and the man is going in that's going to have it that way.

THE OFFICES.

Cleveland Will Be Allowed to Appoint Men of His Own Choosing. No Probability that the President Elect Will Be Antagonized by the Senate. [Washington telegram to Chloago Tribune.] Senator Sherman is reported to have said that he tbiuks Senator Cameron has been misunderstood in the matter of the suggestion that Republican Senators should organise to resist the confirmation of Clove and's appointments, and to have expressed the opinion that Cleveliynd's nominees, unless some very objectionable ones were made, would undoubtedly be confirmed. In this opinion, Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, concurs. The views attributed to Don Cameron have attracted muoh attention here, and have oaused examination to be made of the Taw and the powers of tho Senate. The plan imputed to Don Cameron Is Impracticable. President Arthur says he will make no appointments before the close of his term, except where vacancies oocur. If he could be induced to carry out tho supposed Cameron programme the attempt would be Ineffectual, as it would be possible for the Senate Democrats to filibuster against executive sessions, or, If suoh session should be held, the Democrats could postpone action until March 4, when under the law nominations would fall. The point would then be raised and doubtless maintained by the Democratic administration that all old officers who had been renominated and who had failed of confirmation would be out of office. The chief point in the Cameron scheme has been to seek to bring the tenure-of-offioe act to the aid of the elTil-Bervice act to continue Republican officials In power. The theory is that this might be accomplished should tho Republican Benators decline to refuse to oonflrm Cleveland’s nominations. They might do this on the ground that by declining to consent to the removal of efficient officers they would be carrying out the spirit of the civil-service law. The Republicans in the Senate, however, could not avail themselves of the tenure-of-offloe act unless they should be able to keep the Senate in continuous session, for that act allows the President during the reoess of the Senate to supersede officers for cause, and to appoint temporarily ttf tho places, requiring him, however, to present causes for the removal as soon as the 'Senate convenes, when, If the new nominees are not confirmed, the officers would bo restored to their places. It was under this law that the Senate prevented Andrew Johnson from removing Secretary Stanton. The Republicans could not keep tho Senate In continuous session It the Senators were disposed to enter into suoh a eoutest with the Executive. There is little doubt that the majority of the Republican Senators will agree with Senator Sherman that Mr. Cleveland will be permitted to appoint men of his own choice to the leading places, unless in special cases there shall be marked grounds for objection.

CONVENTIONS.

The Women. The sixteenth annual convention of the American Woman Suffrage Association was held in Chicago, Lncy Stone presiding. Reports as to the progress of the movement were read by the delegates from the several States. I'rom these reports It appears that Washington Territory is the banner district for woman suffrage, between 19,000 and 10,000 women voting at the last election. Resolutions were unanimously adopted, in which any other government but that embracing men and women In its franchise was declared unjust, unreasonable, and inconsistent with American principles, the remedy for which was to be obtained by memorializing Congress to prohibit all politioal distinctions on account of sex; urging by agitation legislative and constitutional changes In their favor, and appealing to State and national authorities. The Cattle Men. There were 1,200 delegates In attendance at the National CatHe Men’s Convention 4n St. Louis. Ex-Oov. John L. Routt, of Colorado, presided. A cablegram from London, signed by John Robinson Whiteley. Director or the General Anfertcan Exhibition, of 1880, expressed the hope that the convention would hold a live stock exhibition In London two years henoe. A constitution and bylaws of the proposed association were adopted, and that body will hereafter be known as the National ~ Live-Stock Association of America, its general object being to promote the interests of live-stock Industry. After a long debate, a resolution was adopted praying Congress to open a national trail from the Red River northward to the boundary line between the United States and British America. It was also decided to ask Congress for an appropriation to aid in the suppression of pleuro-pneu-monla. A number of papers on pleuro-pneu-monia and other cattle diseases were read.

The Tanners. . The tanners of the country met In convention at St. Louis, and formed the Tanners and Hide and Leather Dealers’ Association of the United States. There was quite a large attendance. The Hnnaanes. The eighth annual session of the American Hnmane Association was held at Pittsburg. There was s good attendance, and the reports showed a healthy progress daring the year.

Conklin g Prefers Money-Making to Politics.

fAlbany telegram.] A gentleman who had a conversation with Mr. Conkling on polities says that the exSenator treated the discussion of his name as .a fusion candidate with his usual contempt. He did not know whereof any newspaper got authority for making him a candidate for Senator or for ’ any .other office. He assured the gentleman "that he was out of politics and iu the business of making money.

A BNKAK-THTEr entered the room of Steve Dorsey, in a St. Louis hotel, and stole the SI,OOO gold watch presented Urn etthe Delmonlco dinner just after Chufield's election.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—A new Catholic church, costing abou $30,00(1, is to be bnilt on the comer of Third street and Broadway, in Madison. ■—The City Council of Vincennes elected Policeman Samuel Rnmer City Marshal, to fill the uuexpired term of John T. Mcßride, deceased. —At Greensburg two witnesses of the Baker murder have seen W. W. Kennedy, the Cincinnati pickpocket, in jail, and said they believed him to be tho one who fired the fatal shot. —Hon. J. D. Connor, of Wabash, has been elected Judge of the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit, composed of the connties of Wabash and Miami, by a majority of 700. His opponent was Judge! Mitchell, of Peru. —Capt. S. W. Short, one of the leading and best known as well as oldest attorneys of Vincennes, died recently, aged 60 years. He was a soldier in the lato war, and held several offices in the county since that time. —C.ipt. Scott Patton, well and favorably known as Captain of Company I, Sixtyeighth Indiana Volunteers, during the war, and subsequently as morchant at Shelbyville and Rushville, died in the former city, of paralyses, and was buried at Kingston. —Morris Condon, who was shot by a ( foot-pad in Indianapolis, is in a fair way to recover. His case is looked upon by surgeons ns a remarkable one. Two balls entered his back. One of them came out through the chest, the other passed around one of his ribs and lodged in his left arm. His assailant is still at large, and there is no clew to his identity. —Owen Kimball, a young man, 18 years old, and residing in White County, has been missing from his home for some time. He left for Chicago over a week ago, and has not been heard from since. His mother is dangerously ill, and is constantly calling for her son. Ho is not aware of her illness, and the physician is of tho opinion thnt if he does not return soon the worry will cause her death. —The hog cholera, which broke out some months ugo in the eastern part of Monroe Country, is spreading rapidly, and playing huvoc with the swine. Reports from the eastern, western, and northern parts of the country are that large droves of hogs have died with this disease, and are still dying. Farmers are shipping their half-fatted hogs, and are still giving away and killing their young pigs infeoted with the disease. —Mras Mary, oldest daughter of Bouator Bon Harrison, was married last week in tho First Presbyterian Church at Indianapolis to James Robert McKeo. The wedding was the most notab’e society event there for years. Five hundred guests were present from various parts of the country. The bride’s attendants wore Miss Kata Davis, daughter of Benntor Davis, of West Virginia, and Miss Butterworth, daughter of Congressman Butt >rworth, of Cincinnati. —Riley Foster, the father of United States Marshal Foster, died of paralysis at Indianapolis, ag.nl 74. He was bom at C mundnigua, N. Y., and came to Indiana in 1819. In 2821 he removed to Vernon, where lie remained in active business nearly forty years. In 1856 ho was elected Probate Judge of Jeuningi County, and ho was one of the Government Commissioners in tho adjustment of the Morgan raid claims. In 1866 he removed to Indianapolis.

—lsaac S. Lyon, Treasury Agent, and Hon. Charles F. Benjamin, of Washington, are in Now Albany, taking depositions of the officers of the steamer Baltic, which was in Government servico in 1863. The depositions are to establish the claim of Rosa Virtner Jeffreys and others, heirs of Claddo Johnson, late of Tensas Purish, Louisiana, against thr Government for the seizure of a large lot of cotton. The cotton in dispute was taken on board at Johnson’s plantation and carried to Vicksburg. —The ceremonies incident to reconsecrating St. Mary’s Irish Catholic Cemetery, near Lafayette, occurred in the presence of a large number of persons. Last February James Genry shot and killed himself, either accidentally or intentionally. Regarding his death as suicide, Rev. F. W. Walters, priest of the congregation, refused to allow the body interred iu the Geary lot, which was in consecrated ground. John Geary, father of the young man, appeared in the courts and Was confirmed in his right to the use of his lot. The cemetery was then declared desecrated. Last week a stone wall five feet high was erected around the Geary lot, and the cemetery, aside from that, was reconsecrated. —The new State Honse will be under roof next year, and it will be completed fully in three years. It will be in readiness for the sitting of the General Assembly of 1886-87. The tile roofing was tested the other day, and proved capable of supporting a woight of 8,000 pounds. The former employe who charged that there were defects in the State House work, has come forward with an additional statement, offering to prove that the moriar-heds range in thickness from five-eighths to threefourths of an inch, and in one place reach one and one-quarter, when the specifications only call for one-eighth inch, and he further declares that the defective stones heretofore mentioned were patched before leaving the ground, showing they were not accidentally cracked in placing. He claims that the work is very defective otherwise.— Indianapolis dispatch. —A special dispatch from Detroit announces the death there of Col. Virgil C. •Hanna, formerly a resident of Indianapolis, well known to opr older citizens. He was a Paymaster in tne regular army, but for years has been on the retired list, living at Detroit, which was his last station. He was a man of high character. He leaves many relatives in Indiana. —lndianapolis Journal. —Dr. Joseph Stillson, of Bedford, has been stricken with paralysis. *