Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1889 — Comments of the Press on Judge Woods’ Performances. [ARTICLE]

Comments of the Press on Judge Woods’ Performances.

Chicago Herald: Probably no more of the villians who thus offended will be brought to justice, &s the influence of the national administration has be an thrown about them, but the revelations which have been made have been sufficient to fix upon the republiean bosses in Indiana the re ponsibility for the most attrocious corruption of the ballot ever known in this country. Tney have likewise resulted in a healthy demand all over the United States for nt>w and stringent election 1 ws. If Gen. Harrison and his friends can find any comfort in the reflection that the methods which secured his election have saused a dozen states to adopt the Australian election law, with a view to the prevention of sueh crimes in the future, they are welcome to it.

The officials at lndienapolis, who have struggled against serious odds and almost without success, so far as convictions aie concerned, to bring to light the iniquities cf the Dudle s, are entitled to thß thanks of the entire country for the zeal which they have manifested. Some good has resulted, at least, and even though all the vote buyers go free it will never again be possible for such shameless conduct as that of Dudley and his coadjutors to meet the success whiob crowned it last November.

Evansville Courier: No thinking man wishes to spe *k dis - respectfully of the judiciary, nor would we class the unfortunate partisanism which surrounds th e action of the supreme court i * some of these cases, with thedownright infamy that has the name of Woods an ev.l sotrad in the ears of honest men the world over. Woods stands alone, a monument of recreancy to the aws of his country and the laws

lof God; a fit association in history with the infamous Dudley, who is now a fugitive from the clutch of the law of two states, and whose crimes are unpunished because Woods interposed his judicial power and authority to save him from the penitentiary. Terre Haute Gazette: The laborious efforts of the grand jury to punish a few of the many corruptionists who debauched the ballotbox last fall were, for the most part, rendered nugatory by a series ot rulings by Judge Woods which were directly in the interest of election rascals. In these rulings he violated not only the law, but common sense and common decency, and reversed his own rulings in previous cases where men were tried, convicted, sentenced to the penitentiary and are now serving lime for +heir crimes. It has been the most unblushing piece of judicial jugglery in the interest of rascality that ever disgraced any court in Christendom.

Tipton Times: The'limes must confess that Judge Woods is a better judge of law than most ordinary men. He can place more constructions on » single clause of law than any jurist in the United States. W. A. Woods can always find a section es la v to meet present emergencies, when a republican criminal is about to break into the penitentiary.

A burro and ?„ bulldog had a fight recently in Fresno, Gal. Burro is Californian for donkey. The hurra was browsing on cockle burrs by the roadside when the bulldog trotted along, stooped, and, without a growl, seized the donkey by the shankjbone’of the off hind leg. The donkey immediately brought its bind quarters into action, and its legs and ths dog flew through the air in a most attire wav, for the 1 itter refused t© let go. The burrp lay down on back, brought his hied legs up to his head and seized the dog with his teeth. Then both hang on. The dog let go first. The burro arose and rubbed the dog back and forth over a barbed-wire fence until it was dead.

The very interesting discovery of many years ago of Jewish colonies in western China is now well supplemented by the discovery of Christian clans or sects m Africa, south of Abpssinia. These wholly isolated peoples have retained some forms of Christia 1 belief and worship since the early centuries, when Egypt and the lands of the Boutn were in the hands of the followers of Jesus. Mohammedanism arising in the seventh century cut off- thisjseetion, and has obliterated Christianity to the nerth of them. What is left, however of the better faith is now so thoroughly degenerate that it is not worth the preserving. Africa is full of wonders.

A man hopelessly lost in the bush in South Australia, after wandering about for four days, came upon the telegraph line between Adelaide and Fort Darwin He hadn’t strength to go further, but he managed to climb a pole and ent the wire. Them he made himself as comfortable as possible and waited. The plan worked well. The telegraph repairers were sent along the line, and they came te the wanderer in time to save his life

George Washington was an enthusiastic Mason. In a letter to the Ehode Island Mason he says: “Being persuaded that a just application of the principles on which the Masonic fraternity is founded must be productive of private virtue and pnblie prosperity, I ehall always be happy to advance the interest of the society and to be considered by them a deeerving brother.”

The fleece of ten goats and the work of several men for half a year are required to make a cashmere shawl a yard and a half square.