Hope Republican, Volume 1, Number 6, Hope, Bartholomew County, 2 June 1892 — Page 6

HOPE REPUBLICAN. By OjUu'icu & Son. HOPE - - INDIANA The plan to have the landing of Columbus celebrated by the schools October 12, will probably be universally adopted. It is an appropriate thing to do, as it will awaken an interest in the study of the history of that period, arouse a sentiment of patriotism in the children and be a fitting introdution of the great year of centenial observance. King Miibmora, of Butaritari, is a royal visitor in San Francisco, but has none of that pomp and pageantry that cluster about the vague conception of imperial grandeur. He eats peanuts on the curbstone, rides on the street cars, runs to the fires, stares into the store windows, wears only one suspender and persists in retiring with his boots on. Any one who says that King Mhbmora is stuck updoes not know his “I'oyal nibs.” The throwing open to settlement of government lands, says an exchange, is a good deal like pitching a handful of money in a street crowd to be scrambled for. It is a question whether it is just or fair to the farming interest for the government to throw away land in this style. There Is a growing demand for the revision of the homestead laws, that will put an end to such scenes as characterized the opening of Oklahoma and the Sisseton reservation recently. Why should not the government put a fair valuation on the public lands and sell them to settlers in a business like way? Why in the world should any member of Congress try to reestablish the old defunct law providing fora special tax upon‘‘pateut medicines”? Why not put a tax upon all medicine rather than upon certain particular kinds of medicine, upon Epsom salts /hs well as upon the genuine original soul reviver, which itfay be the true salts of the real Epsom? Why should Congress discriminate between the different varieties of medicine, taxingsome kind which people like, permitting free trade in other kinds which people loathe? Congress had better let patients choose their own medicine and let medical doctors look after their own patients. Congress can't tell what kind of medicine is the best cure for any kind of ill. Congress should mind its business and let other people mind theirs. —N. Y„ Sun. The accounts of lynchings sent by Southern correspondents should live in literature. Take the case of the negro Grizzard, who was taken from a Tennessee jail, lynched and cremated, despite the protests and reof prison officials, on Saturday. After telling in detail how the poor wretch was “dragged up Front Street amid the exultant cheers of an immense crowd,” one writer adds in a most matter-of-fact way; Mr. Jackson, of Goodlettsville, drew up the negro, the uncle of the outraged girl inflicted a terrible gash across his neck, and not less than two hundred bullets pierced his body. The Coroner's jury returned this verdict; “We find that Eph Grizzard came to his death at the hands of unknown parties from gunshot wounds and strangulation.” The mob was at all times orderly. Emin Pasha has dropped from public sight for some time, says the Indianapolis News, but the report now comes that he is virtually Sultan of the Upper Nile region, reigning with supreme authority. When “rescued” in this locality a few years ago by Stanley, he submitted most unwillingly and returned at the first opportunity. Germany, fearing complications with the other -European powers, disclaimed all responsibility for his actions, and he seems to have made a good thing out of it without any assistance. He has founded a kingdom in the region between Victoria and Khartoum, aud apparently is monarch of all he sutjveys. This cannot last, however. fiTome jealous nation will be organizing another rescuing expedition before long to go to his “relief”—that is, to relieve him of bis command.

THE NEWS. Two children lost their lives in a burning house at Lauderdale, Tenn., AVcdnes-, day. All New Orleans street-car lines are tied up because of the strike of drivers aud conductors. James A. Monahan, a Now York policeman, has fallen hoir to a $13,000,000 fortune in Ireland. I Six people were drowned by a (clondburst at Kinsman, O., Thursday. Much damage was also done to property. The Northern Pacific railroad has started a line of steamers to operate between Tacoma, Wash., aud China and Japan. The famous trotting horse, Rarus, is dead from old ago. lie beat all previous records in 1878 when be trotted a mile in 2:13,i£. Gan. Horace Porter, president of the Grant Monument Association, has issued a final appeal to the citizens of New York for $46,000 to complete the fund of $350,000Two of the express robbers who held up the train at Monroe Junction, Fla., last Saturday morning and killed messenger Saunders, have paid the penalty for their crime. They were killed Wednesday at Buffalo Bluff bridge on the St. John riven five miles south of Palatka. A special from Suffolk, Va., says that three men, N. B. Taylor, S. L. Moore and W. F. Slip, lumber cutters, while sitting on a bench under a shed during a thunder storm on Saturday, in Nausemend county, were struck by lighting and instantly killed. Two others, who were in the house, were knocked senseless, but recovered. Appalling reports come from the low lands of St. Francis and White rivers,Ark. It is estimated that at least ten thousand people have been rendered homeless. Thirty-two lives, in all have been lost in the Arkansas bottoms, and the report comes from the White and St. Francis rivers that several negroes and Indians have been drowned there. Governor Boies, Wednesday, issued a proclamation asking for relief for the flood sufferers at Sioux City, The proclamation states that that calamity greatly exceeds the early estimates. The number of families homeless is placed at 1,0(0, and the number destitute of ail ages full 5,000. Phe number of dwellings swept away is given as 167, and 700 more are rendered untenable. C. E. Montgomery, president of the German Bank, of Lincoln, Neb., was shot and killed in the dining-room of the Lincoln Hotel, Thursday morning by AY. II, Irvine, of Salt Lake City, a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature, and a former resident of Lincoln. Irvine surrendered himself to the authorities. Ho claims that Montgomery compromised his -wife and broke up his home. By a peculiar blunder thogovernment of Jacksonville, 111., has;passed into the hands of the Democrats. A Republican alderman moved away and there had to be an election to fill the vacancy. The Council stood five Democrats to soyen Republicans, with a Democratic Mayor. When the Republicans nominated their man they forgot to certify the same, as required by law, and as a consequence they bad no candidate in the field aud the election went by default. A freak of nature has come to light in the county jail at Houston, Texas. His name is Jesse Lee, aged eighteen years. Jurn the boy’s face so that a strong light may Shine into hie eyes and a phenomenon is seen. Around the pupils of the eye, in the iris, are the twenty-six letters of the alphabet arranged Symmetrically. There are thirteen letters In each eye, those up to “M” being in the left eye, and the re maiaining ones in the right. Lee says - ; V* father and four brothers are similarly affected. POLITICAL? The McEnery and Foster Democratic factions in Louisiana is still at loggerheads, aad will send contesting delegates to Chicago, Colorado Democrats Wednesday unequivocally demanded free silver and their delegates to Chicago will endeavor to nominate a free silver candidate. Now Jersey Democrats, Wednesday, elected a solid Cleveland delegation to Chicago. Likewise South Dakota Democrats, ditto AVashington Democrats. The rumor is industriously circulated that i orakor is to place Blaine in nomination at Minneapolis. AA'hiio Mr. Forakor wouid neither affirm nor deny the Report, ho said ho thought Blaine ought to be nominated. Kentucky Democrats assembled AA’ednog day and elected delegates to Chidago. The sentiment of the convention was overwhelmingly for Cleveland, but through respect for Mr. Watterson no instructions wore given. The delegates, except Wavteraon, are for Cleveland. At Palo Alto, Oak, Tuesday, the poll on I presidential preferences was token of 311 ■ newspaper editors and proprietors who | are accompanying the excursion of the i National Editorial Association. Of those 343 were Democrats and 103 Republicans. Th« pell read!ted as follows; Cleveland 117, Harrison 86, Blaine 72, Boies .13, Hill ', scattering 17. Tli« Twelfth district Republican convention was held at Ft. Wayne Thursday W BMniaate candidates for congress, it broke up in a disgraceful row. The delegates from counties on ‘.Hide of Alien were not largely represented while all of Allen's delegates were present. The Allen delegates were in the majority and proceeded to shew It. wires nil the delegates from ethsr. comities withdrew. The Allen del-

egates then adopted resolutions favoring Blaine's nomination at Minneapolis. R. II. McDonald was elected a delegate to Minneapolis to contest the position with the regularly elected delegates ol several weeks ago. The candidate for congress was not nominated. MORE POLITICS. Mr. Blaine Will Not Accept the Nomination. Mr. Harrison Interviewed—Movements of Mr. Cleveland-Mr. Hill Says Ho Will Keep Still. The St. Louis Globe Democrat of Tuesday contains the following'special from Washington: “Mr. Blaine said to-day to another member of the Cabinet that he will not accept the nomination, and that if the President desired it he would write another letter. The Secrelrv spoke with extreme frankness, and fairness. He showed that his mind had undergone no change in respect to the nomination from the decision expressed in the former letter. But the men who claim to bo friends of Mr. Blaine (.still insist that if the convention will nominate him unanimously he will not decline.” A Philadelphia special of the24th says: A Washington special to the Times represents President Harrison entirely complacent, oven in the hurly-burly that precedes a great convention. In conversation on the probable outcome of the meeting at Minneapolis he takes a very philosophical view. In going back to the causes which led to the present conspiring of leaders against his renomination, he said: “When I entered the executive office I found almost every position of any consequence opromised to not one but several aspirants without my knowledge. It was Impossible to comply with these promises. I was responsible for the administration of the government, and I had made up my mind only to appoint the best men, if I could find them, and would carefully scrutinize the record and fitness of every name presented. Thera may have been some mistakes, but it was not from lack of effort, but from causes which were beyorid my knowledge. The action of the conventions of almost eyery State is the recorded testimony of representative bodies of the Republican party as to what is thought of the administration. The embarrassing part of the office is that there are never enough places to go around, and somebody must bo disappointed. I never have and never shall make any deals or bargains for political support. If the convention, after the indorsement which the administration has received, does not see fit to accord a rcnomlnation, that will be their business. A renomination will be gratifying, but if they take another course, they will doubtless be controlled by some other motive than the policy of getting even on imagined grievances. The Indiana friends of the President openly assert that no other man than Benjamin Harrison can carry that State against any Democrat. The President has expressed himself on this point. To a friend he said: My friends in Indiana say that I can carry that State. That I believe to bo the case, and there is an embarrassment which will confront me if some one else should lead the party. If we should lose the State it would bo charged to mo or my friends that we did it. If the convention should see fit to take up another candidate, it shall bo my duty to put forward extra efforts to carry the State for the Republican candidate. Whatever the result, it shall not be said that I was the cause, either by indifference or apathy.” The Chicago Inter-Ocean had the following double leaded editorial Tuesday: “Great efforts are being made to create the impression in the public mind that there Is an understanding between President Harrison and Secretary Blaine to the cEoct that if the Secretary is a candidate before the Minneapolis convention the President {will not be. Apparently the friends of Mr. Blaine are trying ta weaken the hold of President Harrison on the delegates pledged to him with a view of eventually stampeding the convention to Mr. Blaine. The editor of the Inter-Ocean feels authorized to say that there is no such understanding between the President and Mr. Blaine; and, in fact, that there is no understanding whatever between them in regard to the Minneapolis convention. “Whatever the President may at one time have thought on this matter, ho now feels that in justice to friends who have so cordially and earnestly supported his candidacy, he could not now withdraw, even though that might be his personal preference. It may just as well bo understood that the contest Is too far advanced for the President to withdraw, and the name of Benjamin Harrison will bo presented to tlie Minneapolis convention whether Mr. Blaine’s is or not. While the President did not, in the beginning, actively seek the nomination, he can not now, after the favorable action of so many States and individuals, decline the contest forced upon him. Thursday afternoon a severe storm passed over the western part of Jackson county. At Medora the hail was very heavy. In the “Pocket” south of Vallcnia while plowing on the farm of F. M. Thompson, a farm hand named John D Johnson was instantly killed by lightning, and also the team of horses which he was working. Gen. Horace Porter will probably place Harrison in renomination at Minneapolis.

PROHIBITIONISTS. Proceedings of the State Convention at Indianapolis. The Ticket—The Platform—The Committees and the Proceedings. The Prohibition State convention, with about 400 delegates present, was held at Indianapolis Wednesday and Thursday, May 35 and 36. The first day’s proceedings were of a mass mooting order. The most important committees, the electors and the delegates to the National convention were as follows: State Central Committee—First district, James M. McConnell, Gibson; Second, Henry Bonseive, Knox; Third, Wm. F. Farner, Clark; Fourth, ti. V. Wright, Decatur, Fifth, Joseph P. Allen. Putnam; Sixth, B. B. Beeson, Wayne; Seventh, Robert Deuuy, Marion; Eighth, D. G. Carter, Parke; Ninth, A. L. Sharpe, Howard; Tenth, J. H. McCullough, White; Eleventh, E. G. Fowler, Adams; Thirteenth, Geo. S. B. Howard, Elkhart. Resolutions—First district, Geo. W. Norman, Gibson; Second. C. S. Dobbins, Martin; Third, S. P. Pfrimmef, Harrison; Fourth, C. W. Culbertson, Shelby; Fifth, W, R, Shirley, Hendricks: Sixth, Charles Osborn, Wayne; Seventh, E. F. Ritter, Marlon; Eighth, T. E. Ballard, Montgomery; Ninth, E, W. Timmons. Benton; Tenth, John Rohrer, Cass; Eleventh, Jdlm Ratliff, Grant; Twelfth, John W. Baxter, Dekalb; Thirteenth, A, Hunlsinger, St. Joseph. Electors—First district, E. J. Robb, Glbsqu; Second, E. J. Lougworth, Green; Third, W. S. Perrier. Clark; Fourth, G. W. Hagans. Shelby; Fifth, W. H. Jones, Monroe: Sixth, W. F. Manley, Henry; Seventh,W. A. Howard, Madison; Eighth, L. I. Hadley, Parke; Ninth, D. F. Maish, Clinton: Tenth, D, L. Overholser, Cass; Eleventh, George T. Herrick, Wabash; Twelfth, J. N. Proscon, Lagrange; Thirteenth, Eli Miller, St. Joseph. Delegates to National Convention— First district, L. Wilson, Gibson, arid Mrs. L, C. Hazelton, Gibson; Second, II. S. Banseb, Knox and Jennings, and T. J. Martin, Scott; Fourth. W. F. Little, Shelby, and S. V. Wright, Decatur; Fifth, C. L. Jessop, Heudrjcks, and J. M. Dunlap. Johnson; S. L. Carter, Randolph, and W. A. Spurgeon, Delaware: Seventh, F. Clark, Marion, and C. E. Boston, Madison; Eighth, L. J. Hadley, Parke, and W. M. Taylor, Vermillion; Ninth, A. C. Custer. Boone, and J. B. Steinspring, Tippecanoe; Tenth, N. Lewis, Porter, and C. O. B’enton, Cass; Eleventh, C. \V. Wade, Wells, and J. B. Copk, Jay; Twelfth, J. E. Graham, Allen, and J. A. Roberts, Noble; Thirteenth, O. I. Butler, Kosciusko, and G. S. V. Howard, Elkhart. Alternates—First, Leroy Calvert, Vanderburg, and N. G. Clinton, Warrick; Second, C. S. Dobbins, Marlin, and B. L. Allan, Knox: Third, G. F. Whitsett, Jefferson, and J. Brazzloton, Jennings; Fourth, L. C. Master?, Franklin, and A. G. Tebs, Dearborn; Fifth, F. P. Taggart, Brown, and N. A. Workman, Putnam, Sixth, E. Hyatt, Henry, and C. Osbourne, Randolph; Seventh, S. J. Wilson, Marion, and E. S. Julian, Hancock; Eighth, J. E. Woodard, Parke, and J. Henderson, Vermilion; Ninth, A. R. Bowker, Tipton, and Joseph Kemp, Boone; Tenth, I. W. Bear, Newton, and W. Everman, Carroll; Eleventh, C. T. Darwin, Adams, audM. Moore, Huntington; Twelfth, J. W. Cromwell Allen, and Charles Eckhart, DeKalb; Thirteenth, B. F. Howard, Stark, and L. W. McCIune, Marshall. At the convention proper, which met at English’s Opera House Thursday, M. W_ Hawkins, of Randolph county,was elected permanent chairman, and M. E. Shiel, of Marion, Secretary. On motion of Captain Eli Ritter the convention sent congratulatory dispatches to several State conventions in session. A congratulatory telegram from the California State convention was read. The convention indorsed the Phalanx and attended to a good deal of other minor business at this stage of the proceedings. The Fourth congressional district reported that it had passed a resolution asking that no one be nominated for a State office who would not support the State and National ticket of the Prohibition party. The convention passed a resolution favoring the closing of the World's Fair on Sunday. The platform was then read, as follows: THE PLATFORM. Believing in almighty God as the ruler of the nations, and recognizing the people as the true source of political power, and affirming that all legislation should be in the interest of all the people, and appealing to the patriotism of our citizens, the Prohibition party of Indiana adopts the following platform: 1. We declare that the traffic in alcoholic beverages should be made a public crime and adequately punished as such, and that the manufacture, importation, exportation aud transportation of such beverages should be prohibited by law. 3. Believing that all class legislation is wrong and that “Equal rights to all and special privileges to none” should bo the motto of our Government in all its relations to the people, therefore we declare that the General Government, without the intervention of the banks, should issue the circulating medium of a sufficient volume for the transaction of the business of the country in a manner which will be just to the debtor as well as to the creditor class. Said circulating medium to consist of gold and silver coin and the United States treasury notes, each to be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, and each to be taxable. 3. We favor the Government control in the interest of the people, to the extent of ownership, if necessary, of the public means of transportation and communication. 4. We favor such a graduated system of taxation as will place the burdens of government in just proportions upon the wealth of the country, and Hie removal of all tariff from the necessaries of life. 5. That wo recognize the W. C T. U. as a faithful and powerful influence in the work of moral reforms, the purification of politics and perpetuation of our civil and religious liberty, and declare that all restrictions on suffrage should apply equally to both sexes. 6. We favor the passage of laws*prohibiting the alien ownership of land, and that all lands now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs be reclaimed by the Government in accordance with the principle of justice, and held for actual settlers. 7. Our immigration laws should be so revised as to exclude from our shores all diseased persons, paupers and criminals. The time of residence for naturalisation

should 1)3 extended. and no natnralfcjV. pei-stfh should vote within two years aftetv such , f a M j U f oes thonld be covered ini to the public treasury, and ordclals paid reasonable salaries lor services actually! U the election ot United State*/ Senators bv direct vote of the people, 1 10 Wo favor the establishment of posd lal saving banks by the General Govern^ nl jj 1 'xhe speculation In margins, thg cornering of grain, money and produces,'for the arbitrary control of production and prices, should be prohibited. v ]■> \Ve denounce as infamous the socalled -‘ago of consent” laws, and decline for the removal of all such means of defense for the violation of chastity. J3 Wo favor the enactment of laws nrohibiting the employment of children under fifteen years of ago in factones, mines and work shops. H-. We favor the abolition of contract C0 15 discharged Union soldier and sailor of the war merits and should have a pension based upon service and disability without regard to rank. 16 With full faith In oor cause, as embodied in the foregoing platform, wa Invito the co-operation of all voters of this country in securing such reforms. Rev. Aaron Worth, of Jay, and John L Shields, of Sullivan, wore named for Governor. Before the completion of the ballot Shields withdrew his name and Worth was nominated by acclamation. Nominations for Lieutenant Governor were then called for. C. W. Culbertson, of Shelby, and John L. Shields, of Sullivan, and Dr. Abraham Huntslngor, of St. Joe county, were placed in nomination, The vote was taken by districts. There was no nomination on Hist ballot, which resulted: Culbertson 156, Shields 119, HunUinger 109. At the beginning ot the second ballot Shields’ name was withdrawn. Culbertson was nominated, receiving 319 votes to 1ST for Huntsingor. For Secretary of State, James McCormack, of Princeton, was nominated by acclamation. John W. Blair, of Newton, Frank Taggart, of Brown, and J. W. Cromwell, of Allen, were named for And tor on the first ballot. Taggart ivas nominated. II. H. Moore, of Benton, was nominated for Treasurer. C. S. Dobbins, of Martin, was nominated for Attorney Geneiah . John W. Blair, of Newton, Reporter of I the Supreme court. E. A. Delion, of Sulli- ta van, for Superintendent of Public In-1 tractions, and M. E. Shi el, Statistician. | For Judges—Robert Denny, of Marion, | for the Third district. John Baker, of | Knox, John D. Conger, of Tippecanoe, and John B. Joyce, of Miami, were uWjpHf* nated. Sylvester Johnson, of Mariil ; and M. W. Harkins, of Randolph, wel chosen as electors at large for the nation! | ticket; John Ratliff, of Grant, and Held ; M. Gouger. ot Tippecanoe, as members i the national committee. Delegates to the National conventio woro selected as follows: First dlstrlc Frank De Souchet, Vanderburg; Secom •: O. P. Dunn, Knox; Third, S. F. P/rimei Harrison; Fourth, George W. Hagan: S Shelby; Fifth, H. J. Hall, Johnson; Sixth B. B. Beeson, Wayne; Seventh, Samut A. Haines, Marion; Eighth. N. G. Cartel Parke; Tenth, W. R. Low, Cass; Kiev enth, W. D. Lenfesty, Grant; Twelfth, J W. Baxter, Dekalb; Thirteenth, 3. J North, Kosciuskd. Delegate at large: E F. Ritter, of MarionThe embloip of the rising sun was again adopted for the tickets, and the convention adjourned. foreign. The 31th was Queen Victoria’s 73d birthday, and the event was celebrated throughout the British dominions. j Before going to battle with vho British troops, the Jehu tribe sacrificed to the gods 300 persons, among whom were many maidens. j Fresh anti-Christian disturbances have occurred in Manchue and in districts bordering on Tonkin. One Chinese official is reported to have been executed. A dispatch from India reports an epidemic of cholera in the Cashmere valley.t There were 390 new cases, and 146 deaths, J from the disease reported in Serbia Gar Tuesday. □ The King and Queen of Denmark celebrated their golden wedding on the 2Slh. Many distinguished people were present, including representatives from ail the royal houses of Europe. Cholera continues its ravages !u Sorinagur, one of the capitals ot Cashmere. The population of the city is about iifty-one thousand. Deaths are occurring at the rate of five hundred dally. In accordance with custom, on the anniversary’of her birth, Queen Victoria, on the 26th, announced a number ot birthday honors. A peerage was conferred upon Prince George of Wales, with the titles of Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Klllarney. Peerages were also bestowed upon Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood and Sir Henry Joho Ibbcttson, M. P. Julian Pauncefoto, the British minister at Washington, was made a G. C. P. -Grand Cross of the Bath. Judge LacoVi. ot Quebec, was knighted. WASHINGTON;. It is said the President hut decided that .Commissioner of Pensions liaum. must resign. The Senate lias passed the hill appropriating $50,000 for the introduction of domestic reindeer into Alaska, A bill making an appropriation ot $150,000 for public buildings at Munrio has been favorably reported by the Senate. Representative Tom Johnson (Ohib) has introduced a bill to admit free of dutyglass windows imported for the use of churches.