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LOUlS—Union News Company, Union Depot and Southern Hotel. Delegates to Chicago. First District—General James C. Veatcli. of Spencer; Frank B. Posey, of Pike. Alternates—Gil. R. Stormont, of Gibson; Philander Cooper, of Vandcrburg (colored). Second District—G. G. Riley, of Knox: W. R. Gardiner. of Washington. Alternates—C. C. Shreder, of Dubois; William Farrell, of Orange. Third District—D. M. Allspaugli, of Washington; A. I*. Charles, of Jackson. Alternates—Francis Norton. of Floyd; W. T. Walker, of Scott. Fourth District—J. O. Cravens, of Ripley; EugeneG. Hay. of Jefferson. Alternates—J. P. Hemphill, of Ohio; E. 0. Thompson, of Union. Fifth District—Joseph 1. Irwin, of Bartholomew; W. A. Montgomery, of Owen. Alternates—C. S. Hammond. of Putnam: J. O. Parker, of Hendricks. Sixth District—C. H. Burehenal, of Wayne; J. H. Mellette, of Henry. Alternates—A. M. Kennedy, of Rush. J. N. Huston, of Fayette. Seventh District—L. T. Michener, of Shelby; 11. C. Adams, of Marion. Alternates—O. 11. Hasselman, of Marion; J. M. Freeman, of Hancock. Eighth District—W. C. Smith, of Warren; W. R. McKeen. of Vigo. Alternates—M. L. Hall, of Vermillion; E. A. Rosser, of Clay. Ninth District—Gen. Geo. B. Williams, of Lafayette; Americus C. Daily of Lebanon. Alternates—Hon. R. C. Graham, of Noblesville; O. G. Forrer, of Tipton. Teuth District—Simon P. Thompson, of Jasper; G. M. Holman, of Fulton. Alternates—U. Z. Wiley, of Benton; C. F. Griffin, of Lake. Cle venth District —J. B. Kenner, of Huntington; Jonas Votaw. of Jay. Alternates—R. S. Peterson, of Adams: John A. Cantwell, of Blackford. Twelfth District—O. A. Simons, of Allen: O. Carver, of Steuben. Alternates—John Mitchell, of Noble; Williamson Rawles, of Lagrange. Thirteenth District—Joseph I). Oliver, of St. Joseph; Goo. Moon, of Kosciusko. Alternates—A. M. Tucker, of Elkhart; Amasa Johnson, of Marshall. State Central Committee. First District—Henry S. Bennett, of Vanderlmrg. Second District—Samuel M. Reeves, of Martin. Third District—M. M. Hnrley, of Floyd. Fourth District—A. B. Pattison. of Dearborn. Fifth District—E. F. Branch, of Morgan. Bixth District—J. F. Wildman. of Delaware. Seventh District—l). M. Ransdell, of Marion. Eighth District—J. D. Early, of Vigo. Ninth District—W. 11. Hart, of Clinton. Tenth District—J. M. Watts, of Carroll. Eleventh District—A. F. Phillips, of Howard. Twelfth District—W. L. Penfield, of DeKalb. Thirteenth District—Aaron Jones, of St. Joseph. For the first time within the memory of tnan the Delaware peach crop is reported safe. A great deal of apprehension has been raised by this unusual declaration, and pessimists argue that there will be no crop at all this year. That congressional committee, appointed to have Mr. Tilden go through his physical paces before them, and report to the country, has not yet been heard from. Anything more absolutely ludicrous than this commission de inquirendo has never been known in politics. The St. Louis coroner’s annual report, ending with March, shows eighty-two cases of suicide, the phlegmatic German, as usual, leading in the race for death with a total of forty-two, or one-half. The American was a poor second with nineteen, and the Irishman third with but seven. During the year there ■were thirty-nine homicides in that city. Widows and single women can vote in Nova Scotia, but the Legislature has denied the franchise to married women on the ground that the latter have no opinions other than those entertained by their respective husbands. That Legislature must be composed entirely of bachelors, or the married woman of Nova Scotia is a much meeker creature thau her sister of “the States.” It is a wicked and perverse generation, no doubt, and the daily newspaper publishes so many of its doings that the truly pious man and the saint open the sheet with fear and trembling. Nevertheless, it is not unlikely that to the devout, reverential and tender editorials appearing everywhere in this same secular press on Good Friday and Easter the minister has turned to find inspiration for his sermon and the religious weekly gathered there many a “pointer.” The daily newspaper is made for all. Jersey justice, always on the alert, is not always reliable in its conclusions. The latest, and one of the most erratic, ideas of right, as promulgated by a New Jersey court, is one that ordered a-certain widow to be sent to the

poor-house because she bad accepted as a gift a coffin in which to bury her husband. She showed that she was in comfortable circumstances, had plenty to eat and to wear, but it was no good. She had accepted a coffin gratuitously, and that settled it. She further pleaded that in event she should ever become unable to support herself she had friends that she could go to and find a home. The minions of the law were not to be bluffed off by such specious sophistry. They hauled her up before a justice—only too often a sad misnomer—who duly and solemnly pronounced her a pauper. The lady managed to escape to her friends and was not sent to the poorhouse. But her household goods, three wagon loads in quantity, were bundled off to that institution. She now seeks redress in a suit for damages, and it is to be hoped that Jersey justice will not fail her. The action of the county Republican convention, held on Saturday last, will be handsomely ratified by a majority of the voters of the county at the polls in November next. We make the assertion categorically, because we have not the shallow of a doubt upon its correctness. It is a strong ticket, nominated after a stirring canvass, and yet the successful candidates had such decided strength, and that strength was so uniformly and universally distributed throughout the county, that there can be no manner of question that each and all are the choice of an overwhelming majority of the Republican voters. It is a happy circumstance that a study of the ballots cast, aud particularly those for sheriff—for which office there was the most spirited contest—will impress this fact upon anyone’s mind. Major James R. Ross, the candidate for sheriff, has lived in Indianapolis for almost twenty years, long enough to have gained a reputation for the highest personal and business integrity, a qualification voters are looking more and more closely to, especially in the incumbents of these offices of local concern. Major Ross’s splendid sendees during the war, and his active connection with the State militia since, will serve to make him deservedly popular with all classes. Mr. Hezekiah Smart, the nominee for treasurer, is a worthy representative of Republicanism, and of the “country,” as distinct from the “city,” in common parlance. A farmer of Lawrence township, he has long been regarded as a leading and influential citizen —a man of unimpeachable character, fine intelligence and business capacity. His nomination is a particularly strong one. The nominees for coroner and for surveyor— Dr. Jeffries and Mr. Cottingham—fitly complete a ticket that is worthy the earnest sup jiort of every Republican in the county, and will challenge the esteem and confidence of all the people. Gen. Lewis Wallace, United States minister to Turkey, is expected home some time next month, and a letter has been received from him which leaves it to be inferred that he will not return to Constantinople. The position of minister to Turkey is by no means a pleasant one, the salary being so. small as to compel our representative to live in a manner inferior to even the ministers of second-rate European countries, and no provision is made • for a clerk or secretary, the minister being compelled to keep liis own records and person ally look after his correspondence, etc. Gen. Wallace’s tastes are literary and artistic, and his home-coming means the preparation of another volume for the press, which the readers of the “Fair God” and “Ben Hur” will gladly welcome. He lias neither the inclination nor the means to indulge in politics, and persons authorized to speak for him say he will not be a candidate under any circumstances. At present Gen. Wallace is traveling in Asia, where he has been for several weeks, gathering material for his new book. TIIE Logausport Journal, speaking of the kind of nominations to be made for members of the City Council, says: “Let the question Us to whether a Democrat or a Republican be elected be lost sight of in the knowledge that in either case the city will bo well managed. Don’t nominate the thriftless, hail fellow well met, because you can elect him over the quiet, sober business man. * * * Select the best men in the party, not for winning purposes, but for working purposes; then every citizen can go to sleep on election night knowing that, whether the Council is Democratic or Republican, it is the best the city has had for a quarter of a century.” This sounds very much like the heresy advocated by the Indianapolis Journal with respect to local affairs. The physicians in charge of the Eastern Division hospital in Williamsburg, N. Y., protest against the recent appointment of Dr. Phoebe Thorn Williamson to the dispensary staff, not that she is not as amply qualified as is any other woman, but on the principle that no woman is as fitted for such work as is a man. The time is coming when women will occupy an acknowledged place in medicine, especially in the practice of gynaecology, for which the peculiar fitness of women can hardly be questioned. Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks has arrived in New York, and, according to the present arrangements, will reach Indianapolis on Wednesday noon. We infer that Mr. Hendricks is in excellent health and spirits, for he at once submitted to the process, and produced one of the most charming and characteristic interviews ever recorded, even from that distinguished and amiable gentleman. His remarks upon the tariff arc especially able and profound. Saloon-keepers have been getting into so much trouble in Madison, Wis., through selling liquor to minors that they have procured

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the introduction into the Common Council of an ordinance prohibiting the entrance of a minor into a saloon for the purpose of getting a drink without the written consent of his parent or guardian. A penalty consisting of a fine of S3O, or imprisonment six months, is sought to be imposed upon the young man who falsely represents that he is of full age. It is only one step from this to the licensing of all persons who desire to purchase intoxicating liquors, a measure proposed. by some ardent temperance workers. It is turning the tables a little, however, to have the proposition come from the opposite side of the house. Justice woke up long enough at Brooklyn last week to convict a young man for “accidentally” shooting and killing a young woman with a pistol that he “did not know was loaded.” The crime of manslaughter has at last been fastened on one of these cheerful idiots who are given to murder by brevet, a crime so closely allied to the genuine article as to call for the most rigid scrutiny to detect a difference. The public will not complain if no difference be recognized by the courts that have to deal with criminals. A very pretty romance is told of John Buoh wald, who came to America two years ago, leaving behind in a little German village a sweetheart whom, curiously enough, he had never seen. The parents of either were great friends, and in babyhood betrothed the children, though at that time and since the families lived in different parts .of the old country. When John reached the age of twenty-one he left the fatherland to carve out his fortunes here. He settled in Pittsburg, and recently felt able to send for the woman who was to become his wife. On Wednesday he was at Castle Garden when she landed. After being introduced by the officer in charge, they gazed at each other for a moment with a look in which curiosity and affection were mingled, and then sprang into each other's arms with a kiss that loosened John’s scalp and made the hack hair of the little msedchen stand out straight as a pump handle. It would be safe to bet that they will be happy, too. There really seems to he no chance for the citizen who wants to will away his property contrary to the wishes of his relatives. At all events, if he have any peculiar knobs or depressions on his cranium, it will be well to take extra precautions to make the document stand. Mr. Hamersley, of New York, made a will which was displeasing to some would-be heirs, and among their witnesses to the mental unsoundness of the deceased is the family doctor. This gentleman testifies that he believed Mr. Hamersley to have had small mental force because he had such an irregularly shaped ski^ll. Mrs. Rebecca Brennan, of Brooklyn, wants a limited divorce from her husband, John. That is to say, she wants John to provide for her just as he has done heretofore, hut she wants him to keep away from the premises, as she does not care to associate with him. She admits that John was a good husband aud industrious, hut her mother and sister do not like him; and besides all that, he “was not nobby enough to go on the streets or walk with her." If the divorce is granted on these counts there is a sorry time ahead for what brother Gardner calls the “aivrage male man.” That useful and ornamental society known as the Elks was organized originally by members of the male sex. It was claimed that the term Elk might also include the feminine gender as well, and demand was made for admission by a number of womon in New York, which was refused. After thus being horned off, the deer creatures formed a society of their own called the “Lady Elks." These rival organizations, instead of uniting into a happy family, are i engaged in slandering and throwing mud at each other in a way neither edifying nor entertaining to the public. Boston is destined to perpetuate the coiuntry's institutions. From the time of the memorable “tea party” in Boston Harbor, and from the days of Bunker Hill to the present, Boston has been the cradle of liberty and enlightenment. The traditional cradle, never empty for any long period, is now filled with a scion of an illustrious family, the Associated Press report duly informing an attendant world of the advent of John L. Sullivan, jr. The Sullivan family evidently hold Boston up by the caudal appendage. With the shrinking modesty of a maiden Mr. Watterson laments because his name has been given such odious publicity, and through no fault of his own, either. He says there have been times “when he fancied he wished that the letters which spell his name might be dropped from the alphabet.” Mercy, Henri! With those letters elided what would become of the tariff and reform and the greater part of the whisky ring! Please do nothing rash. Indications are that the day will yet come when even jqurnalists will figure as defendants in suits for damages and alimony. A New York miss has brought suit for breach of promise against a dry goods clerk enjoying an income of $7 a week. However, she asks but $2,000, which the young man will be able to pay in just five and a half years, meanwhile laying out nothing for food and clothes. The Louisville Courier-Journal has, of late, been writing some very strong editorials. Its last was on “Boarding house Butter.” “Scores of poor devils, ”it says, “have been driven into matrimony and housekeeping with the hope of escaping oleomargarine ” If this be true, the evil is indeed appalling. Cincinnati people have established a custom of publishing memorial poetry on the first anniversary of the death of the departed. This is an admirable arrangement By making a memorandum the uninjured citizens of that town will be onabled to get away about the last week in March next year. The New York Legislature has passed a hill making it unlawful for non-residents of Richmond county to shoot game in that county with out having obtained a license costing $lO. The average non-resident wouldn't kill game to that amount in a lifetime. The old family nurse has made her appearance, and the campaign is now open. She is Mr. Blaine’s nurse, and took care of that presidential possibility during ten of his early years. She says: “Jim was not a pretty hoy, but he was awful good." An editor of a New York paper is appropriately named Midas. One of the founders of the Midas family married rich, and was subseqently endowed with the delightful faculty of

turning everything into gold by being on the right side of the market. A brother, on account of some foolish behavior, was given a pair of ears which had to he folded up under his Derby. To which branch of the family the New York Midas belongs we ai’e not informed, but it is immaterial as regards the fitness of the name. In New York city the big “flats” are all burdened with English names. The “slims” and dudes, unfortunately, wear American names. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal To settle a bet, please tell whieh of the two parties has the greatest number of township trustees in the State, and how many each party has. A Republican. Darlington, Ind., April 12. In the election of 1882 the Democrats elected 530, the Republicans 444 and the Independents 37. The returns of the election of Monday last have not been received from all the counties, but enough is known to warrant the belief that the Republicans have elected a majority of the trustees for the next two years. POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP. Robert Ingersoll: If I had the privilege of picking out the President I would name John M. Harlan, of the United States Supreme bench. He came from Kentucky. He is about fifty years of age, and is a man of bravery and splendid ability. Representative Horr, of Michigan, was asked whether Michigan would send any Arthur delegates to Chicago. He replied that he thought the delegation would be divided between Blaine and Edmunds. Ho reported the latter to be quite strong in Michigan. Mr. William D. Schiefer, of Fort Wayne, who is a candidate for Treasurer of State before the Republican State convention, is the present sheriff of Allen county. Mr. Schiefer received 5,673 votes for sheriff in 1882, and a majority over his Democratic competitor of 252. Philadelphia Telegraph: That White Man's Republican party, whieh certain citizens of Georgia are proposing to organize, will be an interesting curiosity when it gets into working order. Barr.um ought to start some negotiations for its purchase, for he can doubtless get it, and at tolerably moderate figures. “lowa is still a Blaine State,’’ said Governor B. R. Sherman, of lowa, in ail interview at the Grand Pacific on Saturday, “but I think the delegation will come to Chicago uninstructed. Arthur will no doubt have some of the delegates. He is regarded as a safe, able and satisfactory man, and the lowans think well of him.” An Angola correspondent writes: “In Steuben county the Republicans have the prestige of a complete victory this spring with which to go into the fall campaign. They elected twelve trustees by increased majorities. They are united, the old and young Republicans will pull together in Ihe harness for the election of the nominees, and an old-time victory may be looked for in Steuben.” The Hartford (Conn.) Courant believes that the Republicans can only be beaten in the presidential election by putting up a man who has not the confidence of the country. The party, it says, “may be embarrassed whom to select, but it can make no mistake if it trusts itself to its instinct of taking a man of universal acknowledged capacity and integrity, and does not bother itself with the false politician’s cry of availability.” The programme for another Democratic reconciliation lias been mapped out. This time it will take place iu Baltimore, and will consist of the usual banquet and speeches. The failure of the Democratic caucus to settle satisfactorily the tariff issue is the principal ground on which the meeting is called. All the great Democratic leaders, including Mr. Tilden, are invited to be present, and they will be expected to bring with them a plentiful supply of “harmony.” Where they will obtain this desirable article is not clear. The Bangor (Me.) Commercial says that ex-Chief-justice John Appleton, of the Supreme Court of Maine, has frequently declared that, ' while the prohibitory law may have worked well in the country towns, he was inclined to believe that a high-license law would work better in the cities. He has also said that he regarded the inclusion of lager beer in the prohibitory statute as a great mistake. “These opinions of Judge Appleton,” says the Commercial, “are well understood here, and we do not understand that he has manifested the slightest disposition to qualify or retract them.” Mr. J. H. Clavpool, of Connersville, denies that Mr. R. M. Haworth, of Union, was nominated for joint representative at the primary on Monday last. Mr. Claypool earned the county of Fayette by fifty-four majority over all other candidates, and he claims he is therefore entitled to the votes of the nine delegates from that county. Mr. Haworth carried the county of Union by amajority of 465 over all other candidates. and is, therefore, entitled to the votes of the five delegates from that county. Mr. Claypool claims that, by the resolution of the 28th of February, adopted by the central committee of Fayette, lie is the choice of that county. A resolution subsequently adopted, on the sth of April, to the effect that the aggregate vote of the two counties should govern the choice, was passed without his consent, find he claims it to he of no binding effect upon him. General Joseph.E. Johnston has given his views on the political situation, of which the following is a brief synopsis: “The South will not adopt the free-trade ideas of Messrs. Carlisle, Morrison and Watterson. Tilden and Hendricks were once elected, but there will ne no ‘old ticket’ this year—perhaps some other year. Tlie Democratic party Ims no leader, and ought to be ashamed of itself on general principles. In fact, it ought to dissolve and unite with other parties which have some principles in common. Blaine, Conkling. Lincoln or Grant would be tlio strongest Republican candidates in the South, because each in his way is a fighter. Finally, there is only ono well-organized party in the country to-day, and that is the Republican party ” General Johnston’s vigorously expressed views - will cause weeping and gnashing of teeth among the Democrats; but there is no doubt that in most things he hits the nail pretty fairly on the head. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. The Americans, according to Mr. Oscar Wilde, are the noisiest people in the world. Men from twenty-one to sixtv-five years of age may frequently be seen playing marbles in the streets of Angel’s Camp, Cal. Hue. Piccolomini, at the ago of fifty years, finds herself without resources, and public subscriptions are to be taken up in her behalf. The late Duke of Albany was the last person who wore at Oxford the silk gown and velvet and goldtasseled cap of a nobleman—from whieh cap arose the phrase “tuft-hunting.” Mrs. Senator Sherman is very quiet in manner, and has not any gray hair, being much younger than her husband. She is fond of French literature, and in religion she is an Episcopalian. “Billiards is a lovely game,” says Adelina Patti, “and I think lam a pretty good player. I made a run of eighteen points not long ago on a table iu a private house at San Francisco.” When Mrs. Amanda Storms died, recently, at Warwick, N. Y., she left descendants to the number of 104. There were ten children, seventy-four grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. The present Czar of Russia is a poor linguist compared to the average Russian. He speaks but three languages—French. German and Russian —while most of his educated subjects speak at least five. Bishop Ryle, of Liverpool, was in the army prior to taking orders, and was the bean ideal of a cavalry officer. Bishop Maclagau, the present bishop of Lichfield, wore the red coat of an English officer as an ensign in the army; P. Welby Gregory, bishop of St. Helena, w as, in his younger days, a gay subaltern in

the Thirteenth Light Dragoons: and amongthc Roman Catholic dignitaries who have served in the British army is Cardinal Howard, who was an officer in the Second Life Guards. There is a movement on foot now to place John C. Fremont on the retired list of the army. It has been thirty-seven years since Fremont left the army. He has spent several fortunes, has been a United States Senator, a general of volunteers and a great landed proprietor. Old Bronson Aloott, tlie primate of the Concord Philospphers, spent pretty much the whole of last year trying to die, but he is marvelously recovering and is now so much better that his friends report him as ‘ ‘able to converse freely-." His enemies used to say his main trouble was that he was disposed to converse altogether too freely. Lady Brassey, of the y-aeht Sunbeam, has a pretty, long-haired pet pig. “He is the quaintest little animal imaginable,” she says; “he sits up like a dog, and was discovered, after lunch to-day-, comfortably eusconsod among the pillows on the sofa. He is about half the size of my favorite old pug Felise, and has very sharp teeth of his own." Great as was Charles Reade's literary success, he had one grief. It was that he had been denied membership in a certain club. “I was proposed by Col* fins and seconded by Dickens, but they wouldn’t have me.” he often said. When asked why he so lamented the fact, the hale old man replied: 1 ‘Because there wasn't a gas-light in the house. Ido like to read by a good sperm candle.” Charles O’Conor has been spending a week in New York city. But he says he prefers to remain at his Nantucket home, which he seldom leaves now except for short trips like the present one. Despite the evidences of extreme old age in his white hair and in his features, he appears to be in good health, and no one can converse with him, even casually, without being impressed by- the mental vigor and activity- w-liich continue to characterize all he says; Mr. H. S. Osgood, of Augusta, Me., has written to an inquiring person in Pittsburg. Penn., that ex-Sec-retary Blaine is a member of the South Parish Congregational Church, Augusta, in good and regular standing, and that he has been a member of that church twenty years. "I was in church," says Mr. Osgood, "and saw him take and subscribe to all the vows of the church. His wife is also a member of the same church, and also one of his children. He is a constant attendant on all of its meetings when he is in Augusta.” A bright Chicago boy, who wanted government employment at Washington, went to Colonel Morrison with a note of introduction and commendation from Mayor Carter Harrison. The Illinois representative read it and said he was sorry, but his quota of appointments had been filled long ago. “Better trysome one else,” he added. “But, Colonel, this letter is addressed to you,” pleaded the boy. “Well, I can't help it," retorted Morrison gruffly, and turned away without another word; and so did the boy-. Two days later Mayor Harrison received from his young friend a note thus worded: “Dear Sir—Colonel Morrison says your letter isn't worth a . Yours truly, etc.” Gail Hamilton (Miss Abigail Dodge) has gone South, and will remain until the approach of summer. She was at one time a very popular writer, but, unfortunately-, was spoiled by- success. A bookseller stated, several years ago, that everything she wrote sold rapidly until she quarreled with her publisher, and that ended her success. She thought that the publisher had too large a share of the profit, and to illustrate this she issued a volume called the “Battle of the Books." in which she exposed the wrongs inflicted on authors. Only one person was killed in the battle of’the hooks, and that was Gail Hamilton. The publishers thenceforth declined her productions, and she learned too late the helplessness of a popular Writer when shut off from a medium of reaching the public. CURRENT PRESS COMMENT. The Blair education bill is a step in the wrong direction. It may not be in a strict sense unconstitutional, but we believe it to be a bad measure, and likely to set in motion influences which will tend more and more to centralize what are now StAte functions into the hands of the national government, which is already overburdened with duties. We trust the bill will be killed in the House, or effectually vetoed by the President, should it pass that body.—New York Herald. We read in manuals of political economy that the folly of attempting to fix prices by law lias been generally recognized. Yet ; t seems to us that even, if this be granted, there is still entirely too much interference with the course of the markets. Instead of explaining prices by the relation of supply to demand, we must refer to the fancies of, it may be. a few men who do control, or who are seeking to control, the markets. Fortunately, such attempts, being of an artificial character, more frequently fail thau succeed, —New York Herald. A WAR with Spain would bG an unmitigated evil, for it has yet to be shown that the Cubans have the ability to satisfactorily govern themselves, ami if by any chance the island were to become a part of the United States, it would be a source of endless trouble iu consequence of the conflicting religious, social and political opinions of its people. If the Cubans are determined to again test their chances in the fight, we may give them a fair field for the enterprise; but we should not allow their quarrels to dra£ us into any unnecessary or disagreeable complication.—Boston Herald. The mob in this-country is in no just sense the people. An idle, lazv, reckless crowd, with which thieves and murderers and rascals of every kind and degree associate themselves, and which, if unexpected, swells to a maddened mob, dealing terror and ruin on every side, is not the American people, and those who call it so are merely panders to the spirit of crime. The recent events at Cincinnati will remind other cities that to leave their government to tlie discretion of those whom they do npttrust nor respect is not a joke and a distrrace; it is an immediate aud appalling danger. —Harper's Weekly. We have quite as much territory now as we need or can use to advantage, and a population which many of us wish were, if not smaller, at any rate less heterogeneous. To admit Cuba as a State would introduce anew element, more troublesome than any we have now. while our form of government aud our national habits are about as ill adapted as they could be to governing Cuba as a dependency. The Spaniards may feel assured both that we do not want Cuba aud that we will give no support, physical or moral, to the Spanish efforts to reduce it to subjection.—New York Times. The militia should be well armed, uniformed and provided with necessary buildings aud drill grounds at the public expense, and men should be fairly compensated for the time required for regimental exorcises and parades on other than public holidays. It is oidy on these terms that prompt and general discipline can be bad, and that is what must bo had if the militia is to be of anv serious value. Not oidy would the discipline thus obtained be worth all it costs, but its indirect advantages would be very great. The calling of defenders or the public order would become attractive; the raon would have a rational pride iu the duties they were called upon to perform, and would receive the respect of their fellow-citizens.—New York Times. This widespread depression [in prices] is, fortunetely, not due to any financial catastrophe. It is simpiy the return swing of a pendulum which vibrates between excess and deficiency. A supply scanty iu proportion to consumption makes prices high; high prices, while they check consumption, stimulate the production of an increased supply, an increased supply lowers prices; and low prices again, while they increase consumption, diminish production, and so tend t£> correct themselves. The present state of the markets, therefore, cannot be expected to last forever; it will be followed sooner or later by an advance, and this in turn by another decline. Ebb and flow, like night and day, are as inevitable in the commercial as in the physical world. —New York Sun. The candidates most likely to be elected are those who will bring to tlie polls the largest number of the Republican voters, and will attract the largest number of independent voters in the States in which the two groat parties are most nearly balanced. Tlie States that may be depeudod upon as certain to support the Republican ticket, whatever its composition—if any such there be—are, perhaps, not less to be considered than those which, like New York, Ohio, and even Massachusetts, have shown a disposition to disregard party obligations when coupled with candidates who dp not inspire confidence; but the States which are certain not to choose Republican electors should be discouraged from taking a conspicuous part iu deciding who the nominees shall be.—Boston Advertiser. The fallacy of the view that we can prepare for war after it has been declared seems to be more generally realized. It is beginning to be understood that we cannot order guns tor coast fortifications from abroad and obtain them in a few weeks, but that we must forge and manufacture them ourselves, and that in order to bo able to do this we must purchase an extensive and costly plant, and then not expect any guns in less than two or three years. Congress is disposed to make haste slowly in this matter; but there are hopes that enough money will be appropriated this year to make a beginning. Guns of our own making we must have if we are not to be forever at the mercy of the weakest armed power in the family of nations, and if we cannot get a uavy wo must all the more strenuously insist upon having adequate coast defenses. —New York Tribune.

POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. Mr. Hendricks Arrives at New York, aud Is Promptly Interviewed. He Discourses in Ills Usual Emphatic Mannel Concerning Tariff and Civil-Service Reform —He Is Not a Candidate. Mr. Beecher Talks Free Trade, but Will Vote with the Republicans. The Recent Elections and How They Are Re garded in Washington—Mr. Tilden Is Not a Candidate. EX-SENATOR HENDRICKS. An Interview Which Does Not Satisfy HU Party Friends. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 13.—An interview with Governor Hendricks, in to-day's New York Herald, lias been the principal topic of political comment here to-day. His disclaimer in regard t# his candidacy is taken with large grains of salt It is freely said that he declined giving a positive answer when questioned on this sub ject because of a desire to consult his personal friend* iu Indiana before deciding which side of the fence ho would get down on. He would not even answer whether or not lie would accept if the convention renominated Tilden and himself. The McDonald men here do not like Mr. Hendricks's reticence, and hint that he is really plotting to prevent that gentleman’s nomination. They are gratified, hut not altogether satisfied, with his positive denial of the statement attributed to him that Indiana Democrats are so divided that it would he unwise to take a candidate from that State. He asserted that there are no factions among Indiana Democrats. But it is his oracular utterance on the tariff questio# which caused the most comment, and, it must be said, amusement. On this question Democrats of both the free-trade and protective factions agree that the Hoosier leader fairly excels himself by the skill with which lie balances upon the top rail of the dividing fence. He naively admits that “the tariff subject is a disagreeable one to talk upon,” and that “revenue reform is a work of great difficulty and delicacy:” he regrets that tlie House Democrats have “not agreed on the subject,” hut cheerfully adds that he has “no doubt but that harmony will characterize tlie proceedings of the national convention, because,” he continues, “it will he the duty of that convention to harmonize, in order that success may follow.” Said a prominent New York Democrat, to-day, after reading the interview: “That's Hendricks all ovor; he always was on the fence about everybody and everything. That Oily Gammon method of his may have helped him to such success as he has had, but it will keep him from ever being elected President. People don't want that kind of a man.” Altogether, Governor Hendricks has not helped himself by his interview, at least among members of his party here. The Interview In Full. Now York Special to Ciucinnati Journal Ex-Governor Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, with his wife, arrived to-day from Bremen, and is stopping at the Fifth-avenue Hotel. Tlie Governor is in excellent health, and said that he had not had an hour's illness since his departure. “We had,” said he, “an unusually agreeable voyage. Landing at Southampton, wo went to London and spent a short time there. Then we went over to Paris and spent a few days there. Passing through France we embarked at Marseilles, with my old friend Judge Rand, and made the trip across the Mediterranean to Algiers. We returned to Marseilles, then went to Nice, and so along the shores of the Mediterranean, enjoying tho beautiful scenery, which surpassed anything I had ever seen before. We stopped at Pisa, and from there we soon found ourselves at Rome. I should have been glad to tarry there for a month. Then we went to Naples, visited Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompeii, with which Mrs. Hendricks was more interested than with any other place we visited. Then we returned by way of Paris and London, embarking again at Southampton on the same steamer which carried us over." “I suppose, gove rnov, you have been kept informed of all that has taken place here since you left.” “No, I have not. I have heard very little as to what was going on. As to politics, I have never known a time since I first entered public life when I have had so long a season of perfect rest from all political care and anxiety.” “What are your views, governor, as to the tariff question?” “I am entirely incompetent to give any views as to measures at present before Congress, for the reason that I don’t know what they are. I can, however, say generally, that I hope that the House of Representatives will succeed in harmonizing, so as to adopt some measure that shall be satisfactory to the whole country. I am sorry that this question of tariff reform has become an element of discord in tlie majority party in the House of Representatives. It is possible that this want of harmony may appear in the next Presidential election, but I do not think it will. The convention will probably settle that. The people • will consider the obligations of tlie Democratic party as discharged if, when clothed with sufficient power, it shall introduce and consummate all needed reforms, hut they will hardly hold the party responsible merely because it controls one branch of the Congress. Revenue and administrative reforms that are impossible or may he impossible in tlie House of Representatives as a partisan body, with a powerful minority adverse, and with the Senate aud executive in opposition, may become easy and certain after the discussion that attends a national election. and after tlie election of a President in harmony with the sentiment of tlie people, as developed and established in such discussions. Revenue reform is a work of great difficulty and delicacy, but surely it will ho possible aud practicable when undertaken by all tlie responsible departments acting in harmony with each other. The President’s recommendation would have great weight and influence. He will exactly represent all influences and sections, and his possible relations to the subject will be considered by the people in liis selection. The present House of Representatives, although its Democratic majority is large, may not he able to har luonize and agree upon a measure of revenue reform that can pass the whole ordeal of legislation, yet I have entire confidence that Democratic success this year will result in legislation just to tho great interests of tlie country, relieve tlie Treasury of its plethora, and greatly reduce the burdens of tax payers. Care should be taken that unequal burdens are not imposed on some, and especial advantages given to others.” “What of the presidential candidates, governor? Which is your favorite?” “Os the probable candidates,” was the reply, “it is impossible for me to say anything lest I should do injustice to some of the distinguished men who hope for the nomination; but I would like, in this connection, to make one correction. I understand that some Washington City writer has represented that, in a letter to a friend, I had expressed a view that if the Indiana Democracy divided between two factions it would be