Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1887 — Page 6

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAI,, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1887-TWEIiVE PAGES.

THE SUNDAY JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY SO, 18S7.

WASHINGTON OFFICE 313 Fourteenth St. I. S. Heath. Correspondent. TWELVE PAGES. Telephone Calls. 233 I Editorial Rooms 242 Business O.Tioo. The Sunday Journal has doable the circulation of any Sunday paper in Indiana. Price five cents. Member of the General Attembly wanting the Journal ttirivg the regular teuton thonld hare their tubucriplioiU, lith directiovt at to where they desire to receive the paper, it the Journal Covnling-room. CTJBEENT COMMENT. The Beard of Education in New York city are disscussing the propriety of reducing the salaries of the female 6chool teachers. The proposition savors of injustice, if not cruelty. The teachers receive starvation salaries now. They begin at $408 a year, the next higher salary is $510, then .$510, and so on by six grades to $030. Comparatively few of the l?emale teachers ever get so high. The male Jfachers are better paid, and the higher offi ilals receive handsome salaries, but the poor young women who do the drudgery are barely able to exist. If retrenchment in the New York schools is necessary, it should begin by Butting off the fancy branches, and roducing Mie high-salaried officials and teachers, rather rjban the lowest ones an observation, by the ray, which applies nearer home than New iork. From all accounts "Washington "society". thoroughly disgraced itself by its conduct in connection with the Chinese minister's ball Jt few nights ago. An idea seemed to prevail mat the affair was to be unique, oriental, etc., ind everybody was anxious to go. The minister was besieged for invitations by persons Jo whom he was under no social obligations, and after his invitations and patience were exhausted scores of persons went uninvited. The mob filled every part of his house, took forcible possession of the refreshment-room, and conducted itself generally like a crowd of ' boors and cluttons. . The polite minister looked ou in amazement; foreigners were astonished and well-bred Americans were humiliated. Doubtless the memory of the oc casion will linger loDg with the heathen host as an evidence of the high character of Amer ican civilization. A BILL before the Missouri Legislature is Jesigned to prohibit the teaching of foreign languages in the public schools. It is understood to be directed mainly against the teaching of German in the St. Louis schools. The object oi the measure is a good one, and might be urged with propriety in the Indiana Legislature. The cry everywhere is that too much money is spent upon superfluities in the n iblic schools and in cities, at least. No one a. item of this description costs more, in comparison to the benefits derived, than the Ger man language. A knowledge of German is very useful, no doubt, to a considerable num ber of persons; but it is not a knowledge which is desired by the mas3 of school chil dren or by their parents for them. As it is taught in English public schools but few can profit by it. Yet the expense entailed by the retention of the study in the course is out of all proportion to the benefits secured. While the jgw'Jamen who are rearranging the system in this city with the view to adding an industrial department, and are recommending an increase of taxation to meet expenses, they should consider the advisability of economiz ing in the direction named, and having the Legislature repeal the law which commands the useless extravagance congressman weaver, ot lowa, is more noted for demagogism than statesmanship, and has never been suspected of being a wit. In his speech on the interstate-commerce bilk however, he made some excellent hits. Con bating the ambiguity and vagueness of the long-and-short-haul clause, he said: "It seems to be the theory of the pending bill to do as little for the people as possible, and to render those sections of the bill relat ing to the rights of the people as obscure and Unintelligible as human ingenuity can make them. Suppose the groat Lawgiver had constructed the Ten Commandments with the same uncertainty. Suppose He had said: 'Thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not bear false wit ness; tbou shalt not covet contemporaneous ly or uuder substantially similar circumstances and conditions, or suppose, at the conclusion oi the Decalogue, th : following provision had been add 2d: 'Provided, however, that upon ap plication to the high priest or ecclesiastical commissioner appointed under the provisions of this act, persons eo designated may be nuthomed to cheat, steal, bear false witness, or covet, and said commission may, from time to time, prescribe the extent to which said persons may be relieved from any or all of said commandments.' Under such circum stances, would not the world have been without moral law from Moses to Cullom, and irom Blount amai to 1'ike s roakT" IiT undertaking, as a part of their crusade, the task of enlightening and informing the clergy of the country as to the character c the work being done by the Equal Suffrage Association and of converting the reverend gentlemen to their views, the women of that -body have entered upon a contract the magni tude of which they probably do not realize. I! thero is one class of men who .oppose the rtnfranchisement of women more strongly Ihan another it is the clergy. They call their pposition "conservatism," but there are those who have another name for it. There are a Jew bright exceptions, but, as a rule, the ministerial profession is conservative to an astoritahlng degree pa the woman question. This issertioa b merely as the statement of a fact

and not in sorrow nor anger. They are good

men and mean -well, and the women couldn't get along without them. THE CHURCH AKD THE SA.L00IT The. Catholic priesthood, quick to recognize the growing evils of intemperance among certain classes of people under the influence and jurisdiction of that church, have, for some time, been directing their teachings strongly in favor of sobriety and abstinence. It is seldom, however, that one of the reverend gen tlemen is so outspoken in hi3 denunciation of the liquor traffic as Father McGolrich, of Minneapolis. An election is impending in Minneapolis, and among the various candidates for city offices are some who seek the places in order to promote the liquor interests. On last Sunday Father McGolrich gave his attention to these persons and their friends in a sermon, from which the following is an extract: "The true friend of the laboring man is the man who will tell him his rights and duty at the same time. It is our duty as Christians to overcome these saloon candidates and the 6aloon men themselves, who, in the name of liberty, start a saloon next door to your home, so that you will not have to go so far to get a drink. Some of these men call themselves Catholics, but they are not. They are men who would sell out their religion for a few dollars. hat we want is high license, and to this end let every one sign the petition. If a man comes to you and tells you of a poor Catholic who cannot support himself in any other way, you tell him that he ought to be ashamed of himself. There are legitimate ways of making a living for everv man, and a man who goes into the saloon business has but little respect for God or for himself." These remarks, being very pointed and per sonal in their application, created excitement in saloon circles, and the Liquor-dealers' Association is violent in its denunciation of the speaker. The association takes a high moral stand point in its view of the matter, and expresses the lofty opinion that a priest's influence should always bo, maintained by pure, undented and sanctined moral suasion and divine and holy example, anc, that any other course stirs up strife, and can onlv re sult in injury to himself and his church. The solicitude shown by saloon-keepers and their kind for the welfare of society and the indi vidual, whenever a reputable citizen ventures to attack their cherished strongholds, is one of the most edifvincr features of the temperance movement. An effort on the part of the church to resist the encroachments of the liquor element is especially sure to be met by the cry that the clergy lower their dignity and their sacred calling by trespassing on the domain of politics, and the number of people who join in this view is rather remarkable. The evil of intemperance has grown to such proportions, however, that this argument is coming to be rated at its true value as the defense used, by those whose self-interests, direct or indirect, lead them to fear the overthrow of the liquor traffic. What the community needs is more priests and preachers like the one in Minneapolis, who 3o not hesitate to denounce the evil in terms which cannot be misunderstood and without regard to political consequences. MINOR MENTI0X. Perhaps the coldest mass of matter ever known was made by a chemical experiment at Wooster University, Ohio, a few days ago. Car bonic acid gas was Generated in a cylinder of Bessemer steel, under a pressure of 3,000 pounds to the square inch. From thence it was nllowed to escape into a condenser in the condition of solidified gas, resembling snow flakes in appear ance. The temperature of this solidified gas is 1G8 degrees, Fahrenheit, below zero. A small quantity of this gas wa3 then gathered and pressed into a so-called "enow ball,"' on one side of which was a small depression. The ball was placed in a Ted-hot crucible, upon which the in tense heat of a Bunson burner was playing. A little mercury and ether were dropped into the depression on the "gas ball," and notwithstanding the intense heat, the mercury was immedi ately frozen. The operating professor then set the ether on fire, but still was enabled to pick out the frozen bulb of mercury. Freezing mer cury in a flame and over a red-hot crucible is a pretty cold fact. One of the speakers at the National Woman Suffrage meeting divides the women who object to the extension of the franchise into six classes, namely, the prejudiced, the uninformed, ihra who do nothing that their eentlemen friends ob ject to, the women who shrink from every re sponsibility and who live only for pleasure, the women who fear the influence of the bad or immoral women. To this mieht be added another large, not to say Influential, class, consisting of the women who don't want to vote simply because they don't want to. The female anti suffragists can arrange themselves under these va rious heads to suit their own pleasure. The new Boston magazine, American Art, has this to say of two Indiana artists: "Miss Mattox, of Terre Haute, Ind., is a wood carver ot treat skuj. A wooden mantel, re cently finished by her, for a private house, bears in relief a very elaborate carving, which out lines the mantel, shelf supports, over-mantel and pilaster. The design is wild-rose, with leaves and tiny buds, daintily grouped. The ex quisite form and perfection of detail is remarkable. Mi9s Annie Stiger, of KOkorao, Ind., exhibits wood carving of fine design and execution. Industrial art work is developing rapidly in In diana, and some very charming interior decora tions are the result of amateur designers and decorator.." Washington's contemporaries are fast passing away. His body-servants have been dying quite rapidly of late years, and now one of his nurses is gone. She died in Chicaeo on Tuesday, aged one hundred and five years, at least a Chicago paper says so. The surviving nurses of Washlngtou are not very numerous. They are, of course, older than the body-servants, and there were not so many of them to begin with. All of them are considerably past one . hundred years of age now, and at that time of life it must be expected the ranks will thin out pretty fast Vassar authorities are anxious to have it understood that Miss Nina Van Zandt is not a graduate from that institution; that she was not even connected with the college proper, but was merely a student in the preparatory department It is not clear that much is to be gained for the school by this explanation. U the preparatory

department prepares a young woman to marry a murderous Anarchist, people who are not quite sure what "higher education means will be asking what a complete Vassar course will bring about.

Even in Alaska there may be romance. A surviving sailor, recently arrived at Victoria, British Columbia, furnishes the facts of a pathetic little life-drama enacted in that far-away region. The heroine was a young girl; "Captain Clam" was what the sailor called her, and he spoke of her with greatest respect She was only seventeen years old, and a bright, brave girl. Her father, Captain Macdonald, was skipper of the Maggie Darling, a little craft chartered by the Alaska Commercial Company for hunting seals, among the islands which the company leases from tne United States government The skipper was a rough-and-ready, honest old sailor. His crow consisted of two seal-hunters and his motherless daughter. He called her Clam probably an abbreviation of some name that does not appear in the record. Bat it is recorded that she was pretty -.id bright and brave a dutiful daughter and a true child of the sea. She was born on the ocean, and had spent most of her life on the Maggie Darling, growing from babe to maiden in that little floating world. It was the only world she knew, and her father was her only friend and companion. Many a night she relieved him at the wheel, and took her "trick" like a man. The rough winds and waves had no terror for her; she knew them and how to battle with them. A few months ago her father died and she took command of the little vessel. The skipper left no will, and it was not necessary to go into court to settle the estate, even if there had been a court in that region. ' The Maggie Darling was the only property he left, and Clam his sole heir. So she assumed command and continued the business at the old stand. Then it was she became known as Captain Clam. She Knew how to sail the little craft as well as any one, and she had good luck killing seals. The other fishermen recognized her ability, and were rather proud to call her captain. One night, about a month ago, there was rough weather in the Behring sea, and the Maggie Dalling was put about on the homeward tack and headed for the islands. Captain Clam was in command. The wind blew great guns and the big, cold waves tossed the Maggie Dalling about in lively style, but the captain held her to her course. While running for a harbor a sea broke over the craft and carried one of the sailors overboard. Captain Clam was at the wheel. The only remaining sailor had all he could do to work the sails. In fact, it was more than he could do. About midnight the Mascie Dalline was driven on a reef and wedged between the rocks. When she struck, the main mast fell and carried the sailor over board. He managed to reach the shore, nearly dead (it is he who tells the story), and the next morning a boat's crew put out to save the cap tain. As tbey neared the little vessel they dis covered that the foremast had also fallen on the deck. They called loudly for Clam, but there was no answer. Pulling alongside, two of them clambered on deck, when they were horrified to find the lifeless form of Captain Clam standing erect ct the wheel, crushed to death, and held there by the fallen spar, her hands still grasping the tiller and her lips parted with a smile as of duty done. Her body was taken ashore and buried beside that of her father in the little graveyard at Oonalaska. Senator IIoaii thinks that more respect is due to the Chaplain's prayers, and has proposed an amendment to the rules which will forbid the presiding officer from calling the Senat-t&-order in the absence of a quorum. He suggests that if there is a prayer it is entitled to a quorum. This, it seems to the Journal, is hardly the way to put the matter. If there is a prayer, wouldn't it be better to say that the quorum is entitled to the benefit of it? The earl of Stamford has spent a good many years of his life in South Africa, and London aristocracy is somewhat disturbed over the report that he contemplates returning to his native land in company with his Hottentot wife and daughter. They ought to welcome the strangers with rejoicing. To judge by the way the "Old English"' nobility has been conducting itself of late an infusion of Hottentot blood could but be an improving addition. The people of Springfield, Mass., have been holding meetings commemorative of the "Shays Rebellion." For the benefit of those whose historical recollections are rusty, it may be explained that this wa3 a little uprising which occurred in the neighborhood of Springfield ene hundred years ago a sort of one-hoes Shays affair. It might also be remarked that this Shays, like another celebrated one, went to pieces "all of a sudden." The president of the Hudson's Bay railroad, which is to run from Winnipeg to Hudson's bay, stated in a public speech Monday night that the company would spend $4,000,000 the coming year in construction, lhe company is having three ships built at Newcastle-on-Tyne for navigation on Hudson's bay. When one can reach Hudson's bay by rail, and navigate it in a comfortable steamer, the romance of arctic ex ploration will be gone. Students at Hanover College, who place a high value on the facilities which that institution affords for studying foot-ball, are troubled by a clause in the annual report of the faculty, which recommends that some action be taken to check "the brutal and dishonorable practices which have become a part of the game." The faculty should go slow. If foot-ball is cut off, the boys may be driven to their books to kill time.. The New York Post desists from rMtulatine the political and moral affairs of the universe long enough to recommend a return by the male population to the fashion of knee breeches. lour true mugwump naturally takes a halfway position he doesn't want to go the length of respectable Republican trousers, and objects to Democratic sans culottes. A medical magazine declares that contrary to the general impression, actors endure no special mental strain during a long run of a play in which they take part This is undoubtedly . the correct idea, lne real wear and tear of brain is suffered by the dramatic reporter, who is expected to say something new about it every day. The new comet, recently discovered at Melbourne, Australia, is said to be. moving north with it3 tail and other effects. Midwinter is not the most propitious time for such a change of climate, but if the comet comes we must try and make it comfortable. An old play-goer ask3 what is the use of dis tributing programmes at theaters night after night when there is hardly ever a sufficient light in- the theater to enable one to read them. The conundrum is respectfully re-

ferred to the managers. We presume the programmes are distributed in compliance with long-e3tabiished custom, and the

gas is turned low as a matter of 'economy. A good light adds very much to the comfort and enjoyment of any public assembly. Henry Ward Beecher, in an article just published, asks: "Should women be hanged as well as men?" If they deserve it they should be hanged just as well as men, or even better. In matters of this kind men should not have any advantage. BREAKFAST-TABLE C1IAT. The fragment of Moliere's jawbone, hith erto displayed at the Cluny Museum, has been transferred to the collection at the Theater Francais. The .statue of General Burnside, at Provi dence, is finished and gives great satisfaction. It will be publicly unveiled sometime in the com ing spring. Providence Telegram: "I have a theory about the dead languages," remarked a Brown University freshman. "I think they were killed by being studied too hard." Prince Albert Victor, of Walas, has com pleted his twenty-third year, but is still one of the least known members of the royal family. He seldom appears in public. United States Senator Ransom's wife is one of the best educated women in the South. A lady friend writes that Mrs. Ransom fitted each one of her six sons for college. With stealthy hand he strove to clip One golden ringlet irom her head. "Ah, don't!" Then, with a smiling lip, "They are my sister Jane's," she said. Harper's Magazine. . The wife of Senator-elect Davis, of Minnesota, is described as a brilliant conversationalist and not less brilliant musician; a dashing equestrienne and fearless driver; tall, graceful and exquisitely beautiful. William Conners, of Springfield. I1L, has paid in black-mail $3,200 to a man who knew that when Conners was a boy he stole a dozen eggs. Connerp has finally quit the payments, confessed his fault and paid for the eggs". One of the wealthiest heiresses of the Pacific coast is Miss Augustine Harasztby, the daughter of the California champagne millionaire. Her father is an Hungarian, and her mother a member of an old and noble Castilian family. She is said to possess remarkable beauty. Mme. Modjeska says Boston is so English a city that if Queen Victoria were to become the owner of America and come hither the Bostonians would promptly welcome her, and say "Here we are; we have been waititing for you all these years and arej your ev.er-faithful sub jects." A Paris correspondent hears that Mme. Patti has made a will by which she leaves half her fortune to hor husband, a fourth to her brother in-law, M. Strakosch, and the remainder to form prizes for the musical education of young girls in the cities where she has made her greatest triumphs. Emin Bet, whom Stanley is about to hunt up, says, in a letter received from him in July last, that his ammunition would fail by December, and that he could hold out for half a year more if not attacked by wild tribes. Stanley must take a large amount of ammunition with him, as he attacks the wild tribes. President Grevy, of France, was found, the other dry, reading a book of fairy tales. "You are relieving your mind from politics, Monsieur le President?'' observed the visitor. "Oh, not at all," was the reply. "I am obliged to read all these books. My grand-daughter says she has had enough of the old stories, and so I must learn some new ones." Mrs. JoanC. Pinkerton, who died in Chicago Saturday, was the widow of the late Allan Pinkerton. Mrs. Pinkerton was born in Edin burgh, Scotland, more than sixty-five years ago. She married Allan Pinkerton in Glasgow in 1842. '1 wo. sons, W nliam A. and Robert, the nresent managers of the detective agency bearine their father's name, survive their parents. Poor old Bazaihe is never to be forgiven. All France is raging against him anew on the strength of the alleged discovery of another of his plots. The bit of treason in question was the studying, in 1884, of the southern slopes and passes of the Pyrenees, with a view of a Spanish invasion of France. Of such wild tales are Boulanger s nightmares made. Mrs. Clara Doane, of Harwichport, Cape Cod, celebrated her ninety -fifth birthday on the 26th inst She received her guests with an old tobacco pipe in her mouth, and smoked through out her reception. She said to one of her hor rified lady callers: 'Tve been a-smokin now nigh on to eighty years, and if there's anything that's kept me alive all these years, it's tobacco.'' Mr. W. H. Beard, the artist has made a study for a large picture to be entitled, "The Power of Death." Weirdlv depicted is a halfclothed figure with a death's head, one hand grasping a tieer in the throes of dissolution, the other a withered tree, while one foot rests on the prostrate form of a dead elephant. In the background, which is desolate and gloomy, is a dead lion. It is said that a few days ago a member of Congress took part in the long-and short-haul discussion. "I feel it my duty." he said, "to vote for this measure." The alert correspond ent of a San Francisco paper telegraphed this utterance, adding in parentheses, after the word measure," the words "long and short haul." The sentence was printed as follows. "I feel It my duy to vote for this measure. fLong and short howls." President D. C. Gilman, of Johns Hopkins Uniyersity, says that for a girl or a boy there is nothing better than the needle and scissors, and, particularly for the boy, the jack-knife; that still more fundamental is the pencil, which enables one to delineate with more precision than the pen what one wishes to express; and that a man is a better thinker and a more accu rate worker if he can reproduce with his hand what he has thought with his brain. An old-time curicus custom recently occurred at the court of Berlin. Every year the 6alters of Halle are entitled to present to the king and heir-apparent their vows for the new year. On the 3d of January, at 3 p. m., the salters called on his Majesty and "Unser Fritz" with the tra ditional presents, which consisted of six sau saees. a saitea tart . ana iwenty-nve hard-boiled eergs cooked in salted water. These traditional comestibles were served up at the table of the Emperor. The Macon Telegraph wants a toboggan-slide, and tblis how to make one that the heat won't hurt It selects a certain hill in the city, and then says: "Buy enough twelve-inch plank, planed on one side, to make, when stood on edce. smooth side in. a double line from tho hill-top to the bottom. The width of the space between these two lines of plank should be about ten feet. and the ground smoothed with a hoe. Over it spread pine straw six inches deep. The straw can be hauled from the woods in waeons. Nail two barrel-staves under a plank of equal lensth. grease the staves and then eet on. The rider will find himself tobogganing at a terrific rate of speed, and accidents will be almost impossible." Madame De Montholon, widow of the cele brated Count Charles Tristan de Montholon, who accompanied the first Napoleon to St Helena, has just died at Bordeaux. She was eighty-five y?ars old. Her husband helped Napoleon in most of his bold strokes of business, such as that of the Eighteenth Brumaire and the return from Elba. The Comte De Montholon also aided the late Emperor Louis Napoleon in his famous Boulogne escapade, and was imprisoned with him at Ham. M. De Montholon had received about $400,000 from the first Napoleon, who made him a count and an imperial chamberlain after the battle of Wagrara; but most of this sum was wasted in bad speculations after the Count had retired into private life.

TOTING WITHOUT -A QUORUM

Republicans in Joint Convention RefUSe tO ReSPOnd 011 a Call Of the Roll - i A Confusion About Pairs Makes This Neces sary to Avoid Any Possible Accidents That Might Arise Through Misunderstanding. Smith's Temper on the Rampage Leads to a Lively Episode m tne senate. Probable Combination Between Gray and Bynum to Capture the Governor's Office and Senatorial Chair Two Years Hence. When the joint convention was called to order yesterday noon, Senator Smith presiding, the roll-call of his house announced, with a good deal of complacency, that the names of sixteen Senators, representing eight pairs, would not be considered among those present More than half of them had left the city, but it gave the Senate barely a quorum. It has been Senator Smith's highest purpose in this emergency to keep for duty, at all times, a quorum of his colleagues. Among the Representatives the pairing was in trusted to a committee Messrs. Gardiner and Jewett but they were required to meet such a demand that they did not have time to get the report in good form before the convention met Thirty-one pairs had been arranged, but one was not to take effect until after the voting. To each member entering into arrangements of this kind a written agreement was given, setting forth the conditions under which the parties thereto were to abstain from voting for Senator. With these in force the House did not have a quorum, although many held by the agreements were pres ent It is accepted that a paired member is put alone upon his honor, and that if he should happen to regard party exigencies higher than individual political integrity, he could insist ou hav ing his name called and his vote recorded, which it is argued by some would not invalidate the record if a candidate thereby should receive a majority. It being evident that only forty Representatives entitled to vote were present Representative Jewett moved that the calling of the roll for the purpose of ascertain ing the number be dispensed with, since deduct ing the pairs it was shown that only twentythree Republicans, thirteen Democrats and four independents could answer. If the call is made, he said, confusion will follow, as there are many of the paired members present Representative Kellison could not see tho advisability of such course. He thought if the call was made enough members could be found to eecure a quorum. He would, therefore, move, as a sub stitute, that the roll be called through, and then again to mark off the pairs. Representative Jewett said the better way would be to have the pairs announced as the roll was called at first if it is to be called at all. Senator Winters thought that paired members ought not to be called under any circumstances. It resulted in having the House roll passed over by consent, and the Sen ators were then called to vote for a United States Senator. The first five names represent Democrats who responded, as usual, for Turpie. Senator Smith, whose sensitiveness in regard to his position as the controller of the Democratic side of the joint convention, is liable to be rasped on the slightest notice, began to ire under tee conai tion of affairs. When the Seer jtary called Senator Campbell and that eentleman replied '1 declme to vote," Senator Smith turned to the Senate side with a jerky motion, as if letting out his height, to express onended dignity, saying roughly, 'What is the reason f"I decline to vote " repeated Senator Camp bell. "Call Senator Campbell." ordered the presid ing senator. 'I decline to vote." " "Mark him present and not voting," was the dictum Senator Smith delivered, with no deli cate appreciation of the probability the declina tion suggested. The omitting of one or two paired Senators and the calling of as many for Turpie partially restored Senator Smith, but benator Dresser again broke in on his equanimi ty Dy aeciinmg to vote. "Senator Dresser is not paired," said Senator Smith with some irritation. "I decline to vote," repeated Senator Dresser. and in this, as in every other instance of the kind. Senator Smith ordered that the Senators should be. marked present and not votinir. When he announced the vote it was, present and not voting Senators Campbell, Dresser, Harness, Huston, Johnson, Macy, Shroyer, Winter and Thompson of Ja6per, all Republicans. Judge Turpie. received twenty-four votes. Senator Smith did this to fulfill his idea of preserving a quorum, out on the House call no attention was paid to the. Republicans, twenty-Beven of them refusing to vote. Representative Ackman leads the list, but as far as any response coming from him was concerned he mieht have been a hundred miles away. Representative Kellison suggested that the. name of Ackman be called again, when Speaker Sayre 6aid, "The gentleman refuses to vote. It is a mat ter of his own concern. Proceed with the calL" Representative Glover, of the Allen quartet, did not answer, and this seeminelv dis turbed Representative Robinson, who hastened across to the seat of his colleague and remon st rated with him. It had no effect, however, and as the call went on Representative Mackev. another of the quartet, looked angrily in the di rection of Glover, lie did not know what to make of it, but he took his revenge, as did Robinson, in throwing more vigor than the occasion required into his response for Allen. Speaker Savre announced the House vote, "Turpie. 13: Allen,' 3," but Senator Smith, who, under the cartel, announces the total, said: "Judge Turpie nas received inirty-seven votes: Alien, three: present and not voting, thirty-four; total, seven ty-four. There is no quorum of the -joint con vention." A motion to adjourn prevailed, and. after that, the Senators retired to their side of the Capitol. senator bmun naa worked mmseir into a fever of suspicion. Before he reached his desk he was convinced a trap had been laid for him, and the more he entertained this absurd idea the madder he became. He was readv to throw down the Canitol in his fast-increasing rage. and before any of the advisers could get to him to cool his overheated temper he had called the Senators to order, and declared he had been imposed upon in regard to the pairing svstem He would listen to no one, not even to the cooler members of his own party, and perempt orily ordered Senator French, of the Senate committee on pairs, to immediately summon ali absent Senators back to the city. A Democrat or two expostulated with him, questioning his right to take the authority to declare pairs off. Senator Huston spoke very plainly on this matter and all the time Senator Smith insisted on breaking into his speech with what he intended to do, and no one could convince him otherwise than that there was bad faith afloat Senator Huston persisted in his effort to give an explanation of why the Republicans refused to vote, but Senator Smith would not listen, and ordered bim to take his seat pronouncing the command with aggravating peremptoricess. Senator Huston kept his rising anger under control, but determindly held the floor, when Senator Smith, on the verge of a paroxysm, shouted, "The Senator will take his seat Sit down. BIT." "I will not," hotly replied Senator Huston, "unless I am declared out or order." "You are out or order. Sit down, sir." "There is not power enough in that chair or otherwise to make me take my seat," defiantly said Senator Huston. "I have the power to do it and will," shouted Senator Smith. "The Door-keeper will present himself to the President of the Senate," but Senator Johnon averted a scene by getting tb at-

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nu vf. j v nuuraw pfUrs Biter leaves oi aosence naa oeen granted by the Senaie. j.ne coair oaa nomine to do with ihm. Senator Smith's heated blood be pan tr rr.hcM Vrffii'fJSI'SgSlE Hcans have acted in good faith. It would rnr ra f'lonr. t rt rap 1 1 t hnoA I - 1 - w .vwt... v.it'cr ausruiees aiior per mission to eo naa Deen eranted them. The con troversy had erown out of the confusion that attended the House pairs and he balieved the course pursued by the Repub licans was correct." Senator Smith AW noi wani. 10 eurreuuer at once, DUt he took in a few feet of his offended dignity, bv savin?. "I could not otherwise regard the affair than as a trap. When I asked Senator Campbell why ha declined to vote, he gave no reason, and the tSSS&iA that I was imposed upon, and treated with disrespect" Senator Huston disclaimed any intention on part of the Republicans to disregard the chair, or to treat him disrespectfully. No Re publican Senator knew what was to be done, not did any Representative or that party, until it was found that no other plan to save fur the confusion, as to the House pairs, would answer. It was not the result of formal action, this nonvoting, nor was there any intention to break faith in regard to pairs." This statement satis fied Senator Smith, who, renewing nis expres- . TT . x 1ft - sion, and regard lor senator xiusion, saia no would permit the eight Senate pairs to stand, on the assurance of the Senator. Scheming for the Senatorshlp. Whatever Governor Gray and his friends may say in disclaiming opposition to Judge Turpie, they seriously count on events favorable to their faction of the Democratic party. A position of apparent inactivity has been assumed because there is nothing to be gained in forcing antagonism, and the present situation is better for future purposes than the caucus nomination al the outset would have been. It is serviceable ic defining tvhat mav hannen. and which is the plan that the Gray men foster, as it isuescribed by those who have the advantage of inside information, to recall a significant incident in the joint convention. A week ago Robinson wavered in his realty to Allen, lhere was an ominous hesitation when the clerk called his name, and, when he did vote, the response came with suggestive feebleness. At that time the Turpie men were certain of nis vote on the nexs ballot It i3 presumed that his desire for patron age had received a promise of fulfillment, but the convention adjourned before Robinson could carry out his part of the agreement. It was not many hours after this until Sam W uliams appeared on the scene, and since then the talk and speculation as to Robinson deserting Allen have become less and less until little or nothing is beard in that direction. It is the opinion that Robinson has gone, too far to re trace his steps, and that he has, as a Democrat expresses it, "burned his bridges behind htm. It is not vtiry hard to place upon Williams the burden of Bynum's interests.. He made casual reference yesterday to what had been said about Bynum and him consulting over the situation not many weeks ago during a supposed political visit of the former to the south part of the State. Williams does not directly deny the statement, but tries to lead one to think no motive for such a consultation exists by saying that he has not seen" Bynum- for two or three months. Yet, in a moment of exuberant ad miration for the Seventh district Congressman, implying that the latter was not figuring in the senatorial struggle, Williams said yesterdayt "Bvnum will be the Democratic nominee for Governor two years hence." He did not attempt to explain the senatorial situation, but from his references to it one can infer that he does not anticipate any change, certainly not uutil the Green Smith suit is decided, and probably not throughout the entire session. Williams will favor the Allen quadrilateral until he is ready to consent to Robinson flying off his corner, and in holdine the Representative to it The confi dences the two have shared in the past are being used to advantage. But cutting deeply to the center of the plan, those .who are capable of doing it say the sen- ' atorial ambition of Governor Gray will appear. It is to bis interest for Robinson to remain just where he is in the senatorial voting, but, ot course, in effecting it Williams demands recog nition for his services. Presumably speaking for Bynum he will be contented if the Gray men promise to make 6ure the gubernatorial nomination of the Seventh district Con pressman. This has doubtless been done by those accredited with authority to manipulate deals on behalf of the Governor. In consideration of this assurance it is under; stood that Governor Gray, two years hence, is not to be disturbed in his senatorial aims by any Bynum ambition to that end. On the contrary, the Bynupa people are expected to forward the Governor's senatorial candidacy by trying to elect a General Assembly in 1888 for that purpose. While this plan is contingent on the result of - the current senatorial balloting, it is regarded as something certain to, occur both by the Bynum and Gray men. From both of these sides can be gathered opinions that point only to no election this year, for they give out the assurance that Robinson will remain steadfast to the end unless it is thoucht advisable to spring the immediate nomination of Gray if the Supreme Court decision is favorable. But in that event the agreement which is said to have been ratified within the past few days secures the Gray support for Bynum for Governor. If there is no election it is expected that Gray will seek to placate the Turpie men by appointing their candidate to serve as Senator until 18SS, when the Bynum-Gray combination looks to the accomplishment of its end in controlling the Demoo racy of the State. A politician who was among the most frantic of Bynum's enemies last sum mer said yesterday: "You know I opposed Bynum, but if the thing was to do over again I would support him against all comers, and if t was in the convention I would vote for him from the jump. He is my candidate for Governor." The significance of this remark is found in tho fact that the man who made it is very close to Governor Gray. Suddenly Lost the Tower of Speceh. Judge J. C. Denny was engaged in stating a case to the jury, in Judge Walker's room, yesterday morning, when he suddenly and almost totally lost the power of speech. He first began to hesitate and then to stammer, and finally had to take his seat On the suggestion of Judge Walker the further argument of the case was postponed until to-morrow, and Judge Denny was taken home. The trouble was pronounced paralysis of the tongue, with which he has been slightly affected several times before. After leaving the court-room he regained his speech. Good Health In the City. Although there were several cases of diphtheria and scarlatina repcrted last week, the county Board of Health report that the general health of the city was never better at this timfc of the year. Since Jan. 10, thirty-four cases ot scarlatiaa and twenty-nine cases cf diphtheria have been reported. There have been no deaths from scarlatina and but four or five from diphtheria. The deaths in the city last week num bered forty, and the births forty-six. More Natural Gas Companies. Anderson has organized and incorporated a natural gas company having a capital of $20,000,, and a board of directors consisting of M. S. Robt inson, J. W. Stansbury, W. Cum, W. II. Bels ford, A J. Daniels, J. L. Kilgore and E. P. Schlater. Columbia City has also incorporated its company, which has a capital of $25,000, and A. P. Milton, C. D. Wardlick, E. L. McLaller, F. M. Foast, T. Eganson, T. A Marshall, and G. W. North. A "White Squirrel, J. W. Duty, of Waldron, has presented a qtfect freak of the squirrel family to the State Museunx in the shape of a white animal of that class. It was caught near Waldron, and has been a family pet for a couple of years. Squirrels of that color are extremely rare, and but few ot tTiAm hard aver hften eantnrad. It was mnnntAil by Mr. Henry Scawlnge in an appropriate at titude.