Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1887 — Page 3

Partisanship vs. Patriotism.

It is difficult to 'comprehend upon what astringent and shriveling food the members of several of the Grand Army of the Republic posts in lowa have fed during the last few years that they should have suddenly broken out in indecent and unpatriotic abuse of the President of the United States. When the Citizens’ Committee of St. Louis, in the innocence of its half-dozing heart, bethought it to invite President Cleveland to be present during the Grand Army encampment in that city, it had n o intention of bringing the politi- • cians of the lowa posts buzzing about its ears with their ears and tails rampant. But some superserviceable Republican Jiatriots in the Grand Army, pretending to ear that the presence of the President might be construed into an indorsement of his politics in general and his pension vetoes in particular, raise the cry that the Grand Army had nothing in common with Grover Cleveland, and several lowa posts have taken it up with the most bigoted bitterness. The Des Moines post leads off in the vituperative virulence of its repudiation of any respect for the President of the United States. It charges him with having maliciously vetoed 119 pension bills with "“satanic glee,” with having grossly insulted every Union soldier, and, after warning him not to expose himself to the “gaze of those who utterly and unalterably despise him,” concludes with suggesting that he send a substitute, and, “if possible, the person who represented him in the army during the war/’ The John B. Hancox Post, of Belle Plain, lowa, is equally incensed. It professes “no desire to parade in his presence, or in any manner cause him to think we have forgotten his words of levity, of brutal insult to us, to our wives, and children.” Of course these resolutions are but the outbursts of political malignity and not in any way of true, patriotic indignation. It is not in such intemperate and' abusive language that men conscious of genuine grievances speak. They plead earnestly, soberly, respectfully, and firmly for their lights. The common sentiment of the nation has long ago recognized the justice and sustained the reasoning of the President’s action with regard to pensions, both individual and general. Even in the Grand Army of the Republic itself there are noteworthy instances, such as the resolutions recently parsed by U. S. Grant Post, No. 13, of Delaware, indorsing the President’s veto course. As was entirely becoming, the first rebuke of the unpatriotic and unseemly spirit displayed by several lowa politicians who happened to be Grand Army boys, •comes from the pen of Gen. Sherman. He recounts the facts that Grover Cleveland is by a fair election of the people President of the United States, Commander-in-chief of.its army and navy, and entitled to full honors and freedom from insult wherever he may •choose to go within the jurisdiction of this Government. He hopes that Mr. Cleveland will attend the parade of the Grand Army of the Republic at St. Louis on the 28th of September next, and promises, if he should, to stand by his side or march past in the ranks of Ransom Post, as may be ordered by Gen. Fairchild. In regard to the vetoes, Gen. Sherman truly says that “the President can only account for his judgment by his own conception of duty and to his God.” He also calls attention to the fact that this nation cannot be charged with ingratitude to the soldiers of the Union army so long as it pays $60,000,000 a year in pensions to them, “and not‘l cent to the rebels whom we fought in the civil war.” He concludes his letter with the remark that “we old soldiers of the civil war have not yet just cause to make an issue on the question of pensions to our infirm and wounded comrades.” The difference between the resolutions of the lowa posts and Gen. Sherman’s letter is thai the former is inspired by vindictive partisanship, while the latter is the utterance of genuine patriotism. Chicago News.

No Signs of Repentance.

Probably no reasonable person will denv that the people of the United States turned the Republican party out of power because of its corrupt affiliation with coiporate jobbers, and because the fact that many of its most conspicuous leaders were men of known bad character. The transition from ■Chase, Seward, Summer, Stevens, Wade, Wilson, Fenton, and others, to Dorsey, Clayton, Chandler, Elkins, Blaine, and Mahone was gradual but marked. Under the first-named men the party was not beaten. It was the latter who led it to disaster. With them at its head it will be easier to beat it the next time than it was in 1884, and that they will be at its head, re-enforced, perhaps, by some spoilsmen and disreputables who have not hitherto •come conspicuously to the front, is, from present appearances, a certainty. Wherever the party has undisputed sway it clings to its discredited and disgraced leaders. The resurrection of the notorious Bill Chandler in New Hampshire and the formal indorsement of him for the United States Senate by the Republican caucus show that in that section, as in many ■others, the immorality of the party is its most conspicuous feature. William E. Chandler is reprobated not by Democrats alone, but by all honest men who can see a rascal beneath the guise of party. The body to which he now aspires rejected him six years ago when he was appointed Solicitor General, and more than one honest man in that assembly publicly stigmatized his nomination as the most shocking that a President ever made. The William E. Chandler who was for years a go-between in Washington for the* rings and the corrupt officials of the Navy Department is the same William E. Chandler now chosen for high honor by the Republicans of New Hampshire. The Bill Chandler who lobbied for Robeson and Roach is the Bill Chandler who is now to become a Senator of the United States. The Bill Chandler whom Senator Edmunds denounced es characterless and dangerous is the coming Republican Senator from a New England State. Not a job was engineered in Washington from the beginning to the end of the period of profligacy following the war in which this same Chandler did not figure. He was Roach’s private agent and Robeson’s most trusted friend, as familiar a figure in the lobby as that of any man who ever served in that capacity. A party morally so callous as not to perceive the degradation which the elevation of such a man as Chandler involves cannot appeal successfully to the American people in their present temper. Character counts for more now than it did at one time. The mere assumption by a party of superior morality, patriotism, and intelli-

gence cannot weigh long as against indubitable evidence of brazen immorality and certain unfitness. While the Chandlers are at the front of Republicanism the supremacy of the Democracy should be and doubtless will be as great as the most ardent partisan of that faith could wish. — Chicago Herald.

Sherman Hoist by His Own Petard.

In 1876 David M. Key, an ex-Oonfeder-ate soldier and a Democrat, sat in the Senate of the United States from Tennessee. During the session of 1876-7 Colonel Key, from his place in the Senate, vigorously denounced as dishonest and fraudulent every step taken by the Republican leaders to put R. B. Hayes into the office of President. When Hayes was inaugurated this “Confederate” Da*vid M. Key was appointed Postmaster General by the advice of John Sherman. Mr. Sherman was then glad to have associated with him in the Cabinet one of the Southern “Confederates.” Now this same Sherman, in shameless disregard of this leaf from political history, seeks to excite sectional animosity by denouncing President Cleveland for appointing Southern men to high and responsible office. Sherman wanted to have “one of these Confederates” in the Cabinet in the hope thereby to soften the indignation and wrath of the Southern people over a great political crime. He advised Hayes to put David M. Key into the Cabinet while the denunciation of the crime by this Confederate was still ringing in his ears. In appointing Southern men to office the present administration submits to no such humiliition as that which John Sherman advised poor Hayes to undergo in order to quiet a fraudulent title to the Presidential office. There are now no Confederates. “Northern” and “Southern” have no longer any real political signification, but are mere geographical expressions. The country is more thoroughly united than at any former period in its history, and all the demagogues of the Sherman stripe in the land cannot disturb the political harmony. But when John Sherman shall be again tempted to appeal to sectionalism by denouncing a Democratic administration for appointing Southern men to Cabinet offices let him think of David M. Key and the motives for putting that Confederate and Democrat into a Republican Cabinet.— Philadelphia Record.

Sherman’s Bloody-Shirt Harangue Condemned by Ohio Republicans.

Ex-Congressman Van Eaton, of Mississippi, originally an Illinois man, has the folio wing to say: “I was in Illinois when Sherman’s ‘bloody-shirt speech,’ delivered at Springfield, was published. I had gone to Jacksonville, 111., to attend the commencement of the college at which I graduated. Of .course, Sherman’s speech was for the time being the leading topic of discussion among the people. It was not indorsed by men with whom I conversed. Republicans as well as Democrats, in my hearing, condemned that speech as an attempt to revive that sectional bitterness which good men, North and South, desire to see eliminated from our politics. I went from Hlinois into Ohio, and there, in Sherman’s own State,lheardhis bloody-shirt harangue denounced by men of both parties. The people of the country have no sympathy with any such utterances. They are heartily tired of all war issues and will not tolerate them any longer.” “I have ascertained,” said Judge Van Eaton, “by special intercourse with the people of several States since I left home, that President Cleveland is steadily growing in popular favor. It has been a steady growth since he entered upon his faithful and zealous discharge of public duties. The advocates and supporters of good, honest and economical government are with him, no matter what may have been their past party affiliations. He is a man. of wonderful executive capacity. He rarely ever makes a blunder, and he has won the confidence of the people. They appreciate his sincere efforts to administer the government honestly and economically, and they will re-elect him. And I find that Mrs. Cleveland is admired as much as her husband. Even people who don’t know her and have never seen her are loud in her praise.”— Washington Cor. Chicago Times.

The Political Outlook.

The Washington Star, discussing the Democratic ticket for next year, remarks: Of leading Northern Democrats suggested for the Vice Presidency First Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson of Illinois, seems to hold first place in Democratic affections. His administration of the office he holds has made him very popular with Democrats. Senator Voorhees makes no secret of his indifference toward the Vice Presidential chair, but it is among the political probabilities that he may be forced to take the nomination. Indiana Democrats express confidence in their ability to carry the State with Voorhees, and possibly the tactics of 1884, when Hendricks was put on the ticket to carry the State, may be repeated in 1888, with Voorhees for second place. Postmaster General Vilas is also spoken of as a strong man for Vice President, his friends claiming that his nomination would make Wisconsin Democratic. Ohio seems to be unusually backward in this contest for the Vice Presidency. Now and then a feeble voice can be heard in favor of ex-Gov. Hoadly, but his boom is very diminutive as yet.

Two Drafted Men.

Mr. Blainels Chicago organ, in speaking of the contempt the Grand Army boys have for the President, says: “Mr. Cleveland was then [during the war] a hale, strong young man, but his sole connection with the war seems to be that when drafted he hired a substitute.” This may have been and probably was entirely wrong, but what was Mr. Blaine’s war record? Mr. Blaine was the first man drafted in his district. Prior to this an organization had been formed in Augusta to protect its members against the draft. Each man paid $25 to the fund to hire a substitute, and out of this fund a man named Bradford was nired as Mr. Blaine’s substitute. He remained in Augusta during the entire war, except while he was in jail for selling certain money certificates. After the war closed the town of Augusta voted to refund to the men who had furnished substitutes the money they had paid and Mr. Blaine received a town bond for S2OO, which was afterward paid, so that he made $175 by the operation. “To a man up a tree” it looks as if Mr. Cleveland’s war record was surpassed in brilliancy by that of Mr. Blaine, by $175. —Chicago News.

ABDUL HAMID.

Hi.’ Fear of Plots—A Euler Who Read* Fetitious. The present Sultan is a man who sits quaking in hrs kiosk at Yildiz with his nerves all unstrung from fear of plots and his ears wide open to every suggestion for securing, not the safety of his dominions, but his own personal safety, writes a correspondent. To see him go to the mosque on a Friday in a closed carriage is a humiliating spectacle to old Turkish officers, who remember how proudly Abdul Medjid and Abdul Aziz used to ride on horseback through crowded streets to St. Sophia.

Abdul Hamid never lets anybody know an hour beforehand to which mosque he will go for the Selamlik. Visitors who have been invited to view the sight from the corps de garde opposite the new mosque, which stands close to the palace gates, , watch regiment after regiment march up the hill to Yildiz without any certainty that the ceremony will be held at this partiular mosque after all. It often happens that of a sudden cavalry and infantry, visitors in cabs and carriages, and sightseers on foot have to make a stampede down hill and race off to some other mosque a mile away. Yet, if there is any danger for the Sultan’s life and liberty, it can only be in his own palace, t.ud not in the streets. Wherever he goes men bow before him in abject reverence. He could ride through any part of the city without risk of harm, and if by mischance some madman were to raise a voice against him the insult would be instantly avenged by any Mussulman standing near. Faith in the Sultan’s power and justice is kept up among the people by the privilege which the humblest folk enjoy of presenting petitions to his Majesty. While the troops are being marshaled for the Selamlik, you may see a small crowd of wretched-looking people of both sexes with petitions in their hands, who are being ranged by a court official in a conspicuous position on the road which the Sultan has to pass. Flourishes of trumpets announce his Majesty’s coming; thousands of soldiers in fez, caftan, and turban—black troops from Nubia and brown-faced soldiers from Thrace—present arms and raise guttural cheers; about a hundred field marshals, generals, and staff officers, blazing with stars and walking eight abreast, precede his Majesty’s carriage, and then the Sultan himself is seen for just a few seconds. Though it may be a beautiful autumnal day, neither cold nor hot, he sits either in a brougham or in an open carriage with the hood up. If there be visitors of distinction in the corps de garde he leans forward for an instant and makes a sign of the hand. Again he is seen for half a minute as he descends from his carriage and mounts the steps of the mosque, where he turns round and salutes the whole crowd by lifting his two fingers to his fez. Meanwhile an aid-de-camp has run forward to collect all the petitions, which are placed in one of the imperial carriages, and it seems that these petitions are always read, and that many of them are granted to the full in a high-handed, lordly, capricious way, which makes the dispensation of imperial grace somethingJike the drawing of a prize in a lottery. Ito we ver, every case of lavish bounty or of wrong redressed (and there are some such cases every week) strikes deep on popular imagination and serves in a clumsy fashion to keep official extortioners and bullies in order. One hears of pashas dismissed through the petition of old women who have tramped to Yildiz from the most distant villages of Arabia. These things are .not fiction; and, in all that relates to the sudden setting-up or the sudden setting-down of placemen, the rule of Abdul Humid differs little from that of Haroun-al - Raschid.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE.

Some of the Ways in Which the Law Affects Travel. All persons except ministers of the gospel must pay full fare. The press must pay full fare. No rebates allowed. Passes can be granted to officers or employes of railroad and transportation companies only. One company may exchange these passes with another. Railroad men must pay full fares for their families. Tariffs must be printed and posted in all stations. Rates may be increased by giving ten days’ notice. Rates may be reduced by giving one day’s notice, posting tariffs in the stations. A lower rate cannot be given for a longer journey. That is, if a, war of rates should occur, and the fare between New York and San Francisco be reduced to $lO, the companies giving such rates could not charge more than that for conveyance to any intermediate station. No theatrical rates or passes to agents. In regard to passes, the law applies to travel between States only; passes may be given from one town to another in the same State. Excursion, mileage, thousand-mile, or commutation tickets are not affected by Hie law. The extreme penalty of the law is a fine of $5,000 for each and every offense (giving a pass or cutting the rates), with a liability for damages to the man who fails to get the pass or the cut rate. -.1...

THE NATIONAL GAME.

Detroit Still Leading the Field in the Race far the League Pennant In the American Association St. Louis Has a Walk-over—Gossip of the Diamond. [CHICAGO COBBESPONDENCE.] Seven weeks of the League championship season have passed, and the prospects for a close, stubborn finish, which seemed so dim and unsatisfactory two weeks ago have been improved to an extent that has aroused an increased interest among lovers of the national game throughout the country. In the Association race, the walk-over which St. Louis will enjoy is so apparent that alt interest as to the result of the race has departed, and whatever doubt remains is the fight for second place between Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Louisville, and the Athletics, anyone of which teams stands a fair chance of capturing it. Chicago is now a good fifth in the League race, and pushing Philadelphia closely for the fourth place. Baldwin continues to show improvement in his pitching, and with any kind of support is certain to win a majority of the games in which he plays. Clarkson is in fine trim, too, but he has bad the misfortune the past week of losing two well-pitched games in the ninth inning by lucky scratch hitting of opposing batsmen; and costly errors by the infield. Flynn is still laid up with the split hand he received in the second Philadelphia game. The day before the plucky little pitcher left for Philadelphia he told a friend that he would pitch ball or ask for his release. He was tired of doing nothing, he said, and now that he was in good condition he would demand that he be given an opportunity to relieve Clarkson and Baldwin. When he reached Philadelphia Anson put the youngster into the field, and the first ball that tell outside the diamond split one of his hands, compelling him to leave the field. VAN HALTREN COMING. The fact that Van Haltren has at last written finally to President Spalding that he will come to Chicago will be received with satisfaction by admirers of the Chicago club everywhere. It has been reEorted that this famous left-handed pitcher as not been pitching under the new rules. This is not so. Van Haltren has been tried under both codes of pitching rules, and found to be very effective. Besides his strength as a pitcher, Van Haltren is an excellent fielder and batter, and very fleet between bases. He will be here in time to pitch against Mike Kelly and the Boston team. NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON. Last year it was the Philadelphia Club which played hob JwithNew York's chances for the pennant, and this year it is Washington that has succeeded in throwing a damper over the spirits of the Gothamites. It has been nip and tuck between the Washington and New York clubs ever since the season opened, and a hurried glance over the scores shows that the statesmen have had a “shade the best of it.” Of all the players who left the Chicago team Gore is the only qpe who has held his own as a batsman, fielder and base-runner. He is doing good work for the so-called “Giants,” and his averages at the end of the season promise to be very high. Big Roger Connor, like Anson, has begun to find the ball, he having made two threebase hits in Friday’s game with Washington. Keefe has distanced Welch aS a pitcher unde the new rules, and is winning a large share of the games. George is so erratic an*uncertain that it is doubtful if he will appear in the box many more times this year. As for the statesmen, they are playing uncertain ball. Whi'e it is not likely that they will creep above sixth place, they are certain to win just enough games to make themselves dangerous. Whimoy, who has pitched so effectively against the New-Yorkers, was pounded 'rather heavily in Friday’s game. The Washingtons have a promising twirler in young Gilman, and Shaw may be counted to worry the best of them. Pittsburg is playing a strong game for a nine so far down in the column. The club is dropping behind in its batting, and this fact, no doubt, explains its present position. Barkley is still too ill to play, and Carroll, the big* hitter Of the team, is seldom seen on the field. The loss of two such men has counted against the club. Dalrymple is still unable to find the ball. It is rather sad to see the ex-leader of National League batsmen and the present king of left fielders almost helpless with the club. There was a time when this great player made the opposing fielders scatter like quail when he hit the ball in the nose. But Dalrymple has lost his grip, and no one appreciates this fact more keenly than the left fielder himself. HOW THEY STAND. The following tables will show the work of the National League and Association teams up to Monday, June 13: THE LEAGUE.

J| co , (Hubs. fjM Sf 2|l | a «tela, © s, ?o Detroit li 1 4 2 3 5| 925 Boston. 2.. 1 8 2 3 5< 324 New York 2 2. 4 1 3 6| 321 Philadelphia 4 4.. 2 2 2 317 Chicago 3 1 2 2 .. 2 1! 5,115 Pittsburgh 1 1 1 1 4.. 1 4|13 Washington 1 1 6 .. 3 .. .. 1112 Indianapolis.., 1 1.. 3 2 I<. | 8 _Games lost 9 lljlGjltf 17|15 21|28[.. ASSOCIATION. l'l l -ll g miSio •< ft ft IU |Q pS ;w o Athletic— 1 2 rt 3 3 4 221 Baltimore 6 1 5 5 5 4 .. 26 Brooklyn 1 3 Cincinnati 2 3 3 7 1 4 222 Cleveland 1.. 2 1— 1 4'..| 9 Louisville 5 2 3’ 4i 8 3l 121 Metropolitan 112 3—129 St. Louis. 5 4 7i 2 4 6 634 ’ —— Games 105t20]13}19*22 30 21 29| 8 .. Con Cbegan.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—A meteoric stone fell near St. Joseph. It was heralded by a sharp sound and a slight jar, which was at once regarded as an earthquake. It was soon ascertained that an enormous projectile had pierced the atmosphere and hurleditself with great force against the earth. It was fonnd to have imbedded itself in the earth to a depth of fifteen feet, and in descending had struck a laige tree which was shattered into fragments. Several pieces of the stone were found about the cavity where it had entered the earth. These, upon examination, were found to bo composed largely of obsidian and are extremely hard. They also had a very strong sulphurous smell. The imbedded stone will require considerable labor toTeach. —Patents hove been granted the following Indiana inventors: John B. Deeds, assignor of one-half to P. J. Kaufman, Terre Haute, hydro-carbon burner for steam boiler; Robert C. Hart, Andrews,hog trap; Matthew R. Moore, Indianapolis, sand-molding machine; Belle D. Pennington, Evansville, portable awning; Peter Shellenback, Richmond, lathe; John P. Potter, Crawfordsville, wagon-bed hoist; Wm. Strong, assignor of one-half to C. Aneshnensel, Indianapolis, street washer. —ln the year 1871 the citizens of Brown, Scott, Walnut, and Clark Townships, Montgomery County, voted a tax levy of 2 per cent, to the Midland Railway. One per cent, was paid, and as the rood was not completed the other 1 per cent, was taken off the tax duplicate. The Board of Commissioners of the above-named county have been petitioned to place the unpaid 1 per cent, back upon the duplicate and have granted the same. This 1 per cent, will amount to near $40,000. —While taking part in the funeral procession of his brother. Robert Short, of Posey County, stopped his buggy on a bridge and jumped into the creek below. He arose, and, drawing a large knife, plunged it deep into his throat, but seeing the men from the procession coming he took to the woods. He was captured and brought to Mount Vernon; He is supposed to have been temporarily insane. He is badly bruised and has a deep gash in his throat, but will recover. —Joseph Dully, a farmer residing near Greer, Warrick County, while returning home from Elborfleld, with his wife, met with a serious accident. His team, a spirited pair of horses, became frightened and ran away, throwing Mr. and Mrs. Duffy out of the wagon. He was seriously injured, while his wife was fatally hurt by being thrown against a tree. Her back was broken and she died soon after. —Albert Moore, the foreman of a sawmill a few miles west of Rochester, was engaged in sawing logs, when his right foot slipped from the carriage and coming in contact with the circular saw the member was severed at the ankle, then just below the knee, and again above the knee, throwing the limb thirty feet away. The unfortunate fellow died in a few minutes thereafter. —A bund reunion was held at Fort Wayne last week, which was participated in by the following bands: LaPorte, Rochester, Ossian, Bourbon, Nappanee, Peru, South Whitley, Pierceton, LaGrange, Ligonier Corrunna, Ind., and West Unity and Bryan, Ohio, with parts of organizations from Warsaw, Decatur, and Elkhart, Ind., and Van Wert and Germantown, Ohio. —John Williams, a farmer residing south of Indianapolis, met with a terrible accident recently. He had purchased a bottle of acid and had it setting on his lap as he rode home. Suddenly the cork was forced out and the acid covered his face, putting out both eyes and burning his face, breast, and arms in a terrible manner. It i» thought he will die. —The tramp is abroad in the land again. The murder of the wife of a farmer near Richmond, and the depredations and assaults committed by these gentry in various parts of the State, will suggest to women in isolated farm-houses the propriety of supplying themselves with big dogs and pistols that will shoot. —Thomas Richardson, conductor of a local freight on the Vandalia Railroad,was thrown beneath the wheels of his train while switching, near Greencastle Junction, and dangerously injured. His right leg was badly crushed, necessitating amputation. He was removed to his home in Terre Haute. —The managers of the Decatur County Agricultural Society have completed arrangements with Hon. Daniel W, Voorhees to deliver an address on the Fair Grounds during the County Fair this year, and they feel assured that this, with the usual attractions, will make the fair a great success. —Word from Guthrie gives particulars of the death of a 2-year-old child of Dr. Judah. The mother had been suffering with toothache and using a bottle of carbolic acid. While she was absent from the room the child swallowed the contents of the bottle, dying in terrible agony. - An attorney of Scottsburg was horsewhipped on the streets by a lady of that place. He had given her husband some legal advice which was obnoxious to her. He carries several marks on his face inflicted by the infuriated woman. The affair is the talk of the town. —Charles* Bowers, a constable, of Butler Township, Miami County, has been sentenced to two years in the northern prison, disfranchised for two years, and fined sl, for accepting a bride of S2O and permitting a prisoner to escape. —Prof. H. C. Hardy, convicted at Kokomo, of an outrage on an 8-year-old gill committed last July, was sentenced to seventeen years in the penitentiary.