Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1887 — Page 4

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THE DAILY JOURNAL. SATURDAY. MAY 23. 1S87. WASHINGTON OFFICE 513 Fourteenth St. P. S. IiZATH. Correspondent. THE IXDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places: LONDON American Exchange in Europe, 449 Strand. PARI?! American Exchange in Paris, 35 Boulevard dea Capocines. NEW YORK Gedney House and Windsor Hotels. CHICAGO Ialmer House. CINCINNATI J.' P. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine street. LOUISVIIXE C. T. Pearing, northwest corner Third and Jefferson streets. BT. LOUTS Union News Company, Union Depot and Southern Hotel. WASHINGTON, D. C.-Riggs House and Ebbitt House. Telephone Calls. Business Office 238 Editorial Rooms 242 If the would-be Assassins of the Saltan are no better marksmen than the men who shoot at the Czar, the Turkish ruler has little to fear. Men at some time are masters of their "fates," but with the unfortunate Indianapolis Light Infantry it is always some other time. "What with the natural-ga3 excitement and the promise of good crops this is likely to be a good year for Indiana. It may be that Gi-een Smith will yet conclude to disgorge the $2 he owes the State. WHY is it that fate conspires against the Indianapolis Light Infantry! The whole community knows that they could win the prizes awy from any rivals if only something didn't happen every time to prevent. SUBSTITUTES for the striking drivers may be found and the cars run on schedule time, but this does not mend matters so far as the publio is concerned. The people are tired of being imposed upon, and will not be satisfied until they have the service they pay for. A "WAVE" of fire seems to be sweeping over two continents. Two hundred men and women in Paris, 1,600 horses in New York, miles of forest in Michigan all alike go down before the devouring element, and the hurrying world in each case pauses only while the dust and ashes are swept from its path. THE Presbyterian preachers in session at Omaha are opposed to marrying deceased fives' sisters. There is reason to suspect that if the deceased wives' sisters were to meet in convention they would resolve unanimously and vociferously against marrying their doceased sister' husbands; but there is really no occasion for making such a public matter out of it Queen Victoria is promised some magnificent and costly presents on her jubilee celebration. As testimonials of regard the recipient ought not to consider the value of the gifts too closely, but as she is getting along in years, with a large family to provide for, it Is not unlikely that their intrinsic worth will cut somewhat of a figure in her thrifty and appreciative mind. Speaking of monopolies, how about the Ice poolt We believe the ice pool is exclusively "local" capital. And then there is the jeoal pool in winter, which arbitrarily fixes the (price of coal to all the people. "We believe the coal pool to be exclusively "local'' capital. , The twaddle about the monopoly of foreign capital is the babble of fools. Monopoly of any tort of capital is bad, and should be avoided. ' .TnE Evening News assumes that if an open ordinance is passed 'the Standard will be the . only one to accept its terms, and that there i will be no competition. What becomes under ' cueh circumstances of the local capital which is supposed to be waiting to bring in gas? And if the Standard is barred out and a local company undertakes to bring ga3 to the city, what is to hinder it from "holding the city at Its mercy" on the same theory? Is there any inherent difference between domestic and foreign capital when it is a monopoly? The saloon element is building much better than it knows. The Haddock murder in Iowa did more to crystallize a temperance sentiment among those who had hitherto been undecided in their views than direct exhortation from the most eloquent of prohibition advocates could have done. The effect of the Gambrill case in Mississippi is likely to be the same, and now comes an assault by liquor dealers upon the member of a law and order society in New Jersey. A few repetitions of this sort of thing and it will no longer be a question of whether the saloon must go but when it must go. THE chatter about "foreign capital" and "gigantic monopolies" is worse than puerile. It is senseless and suicidal. Capital is cosmopolitan. No matter how "foreign may be its origin or home, if it comes to Indianapolis to stay and do business here It is local. It requires no naturalization pipers nor process of acclimating. Capital is at home everywhere. Who ever heard of New York, Chicago, St. Paul or Kansas City objecting to "foreign capital?" Away with nuch nonsense. While we are removing the fences from our front yards let us also discard bucolic prejudices and country town ideas. If the street-car company have the right to maintain the transfer car on Washington street fur the purposes of its business, then any other corporation, company or individual has the same right, unless the City Council have granted a special permit to ColonelJohnson. If the Council have granted said privilege, it must have been without any consideration, and if without consideration it is, no doubt, repealable. If the street-car company may maintain an office in the street for the transaction of its business, then anyone else may do the same thing. The Journal may establish an express-wagon office at the corner of Washington and Meridian, and the Journal tow gives notice of its right, under the squtter sovereignty bill and privilege. This bill

was peculiarly esteemed by Colonel Johnson and his confederate friends before the war; and the Journal will squat on that crossing with an express wagon, four times as big as any other express wagon in the city, and will make that wagon its transfer agency for the distribution of its circulation throughout the city. No doubt every other business that wants a Washington-street office will follow suit. This may somewhat interfere with the appearance and usefulness of Washington street, but private interests are superior to public interests, according to the assumptions of the street-car company. THE NATUBAL GAS QUESTION. A good deal of east wind is being expended about natural gas. What is wanted is Eastern money, or some other kind of money. It is becoming clear that Indianapolis money will not bring gas into the city. That being the case let anybody bring it who will spend the money necessary to do it. When the money is expended in and about the city in laying the pipes and in distributing the gas to the manufacturer and domestic consumer, the money is thoroughly and practically domestic capital. It cannot be taken away, but must remain. The money sunk in wells and in buying and laying pipes is thoroughly "planted," and to be profitable must be used in furnishing and in selling gas. People will not buy the gas unless it is to their interest to do so, and there must be a common ground on which the seller and buyer can meet. When the gas has been piped into Indianapolis it must be used here. It cannot be sold anywhere else. This is the only market, and for that reason, if for no other, the seller must make the price such as will induce the people to buy it. If it is not sold cheaper and is not better than wood, or coal, or coke, the people -will stick to wood, and coal, and coke, and won't buy the gas. Everyone who has given the matter careful consideration admits that it will take nearly a million dollars to bring gas into the city, and to supply the people that will want it when it can be had. There is an old maxim that nothing is so cautious as a million dollars, except two million dollars. Is there a practical, careful, thoughtful man in this community who believes that a million of dollars can be raised in Indianapolis, now and at once, to bring natural gas into the city this year? If there be such a man, let him step forward and try it, and he will find that he has undertaken a hopeless task. The money is not here for that purpose. No, not the half, nor the quarter of it. If we can get natural gas here in time for next winter's use, every dollar of money now belonging to Indianapolis, or that is in Indianapolis, can find a much more profitable investment in real estate, in manufactures, in buildings, or in half a hundred other ways, than if it went into the natural-gas business. We want natural gas, and we want it now. We want it this summer, or at least before cold weather. If we wait until next year we will have missed our opportunity, and some other city or cities will have taken the place that belongs to us. If an open, free-for-all ordinance is passed, and the Standard Oil Company, or the Philadelphia company, the McGuffey company, or any other company, accept it and go to work in good faith, and bring gas into the city, it is very reasonable to suppose that the company will want to sell their product. This they cannot do unless they make it to the interest of the people to have it. When every dollar that any of the above named companies, or all of them, separate or together, can bring, under the most free, open and liberal ordinance that can be passed, has been brought to Indianapolis, and with every dollar now here or that belongs here, or that will otherwise be attracted here with natural gas assured, there will not be a dollar too much. Dollars are like soldiers in a battle. To be sure of success, you never have too many of them. Indianapolis is now struggling for the lead in a race that is being run under new conditions, and to lead she must start as soon as any competitor. ' 'There is a tide in the affairs of men and cities, as well, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, and we must take the current as it runs, or loose our venture." Now is the time of the flood-tide for Indianapolis. It won't do to wait until next fall, next year, or the next century. Let us have an open, free, liberal ordinance one that gives no special or perpetual franchises, but one that will allow any company to come that can give bond and security that they will act in good faith, and commence operation at once. This ordinance should properly regard the care of the streets, and prescribe the best and safest pipes, and machinery, and appliances, and be without restriction otherwise as to cost, that being left open to contract and competition. Then the city may expect to be benefited, and permanently benefited. But if such conditions are imposed as will keep out foreign capital, Indianapolis may as well -write Ichabod on its portals. IMPEKTINENT CHATTER. The Journal was not brought up in the woods to be scared by an owl, nor yet by the still small voice of the cricket. Talk about "gigantic monopolies" and "big corporations" may do very well in Podunk or Broad Hippie, but ought not to get a hearing in a city that claims to have outgrown its swaddling clothes. The contemptible reference of a city paper to "the supporters, secret or open, of a big corporation's scheme to control the gas fuel of the eity," could easily be offset by one to the supporters, secret or open, of the pooled interests in this city that are opposed to the introduction of gas. That there are numerous interests so opposed is an open secret. Of course they have a perfect right to be. Business is business, and capital always tries to look out for itself. In a general way we believe this is about as true of local as it is of foreign capital. Any a person who does not know that there are local interests opposed to the introduction of natural gas into Indianapolis, and that these interests have made themselves felt in confusing the publio mind and delaying and preventing public action, knows very little about the

matter. The Journal represents no interest except that of the city and people of Indianapolis, and an insinuation to the contrary comes with very poor grace from a paper which has always championed the street-railroad monopoly, and which is now voicing, whether consciously or not, the sentiments of local interests hostile to the introduction of gas! THE UEEDS OF INDIANAPOLISIndianapolis is a good town, far away the best in Indiana, and always will be. It is a delightful place of residence - and has many social and commercial advantages. Men have done business here with fair success in the past and will continue to in the future. But that is not enough, nor is it enough that Indianapolis should be the best town in Indiana. The question is how to make it rival the best towns in other States how to make it for all time the leading inland city of the Union. To accomplish this we must secure some new advantage in addition to those we now possess. It cannot be done by swapping jack-knives, nor by marking up the price of real estate on paper and putting the figures under one's head at night to'makehim feel rich in the morning. Thi3 may produce pleasant sensations, but it does not produce wealth. It takes business to do that, and sometimes it can even be helped by "foreign capital." It is generally conceded that 'what Indianapolis needs is the development, enlargement and building up of her manufacturing interests. If there is any other way td make the city grow it has not yet been discovered. Certainly it cannot be done in any large degree or to any great extent , without bringing in new blood, new enterprise and new capital. How to get these is the question. The discovery of natural gas seems to open the way. With this cheap fuel added to its other advantages, Indianapolis would immediately become a center of attraction for capital. The manufacturing interests we now have would be immensely benefited, and we should begin immediately to acquire new ones. This would be the making of Indianapolis. It is what the city needs, and the only thing that will place it fully and fairly on the royal road to prosperity. Without it Indianapolis will simply hold its own as a pleasant place of residence and "the best town in Indiana. With it, it will take its proper place among the leading manufacturing cities of the Union. In such a situation it seems incredible that there should be found any professing to have the interest of the city at heart who should be willing to hinder and delay the introduction of gas, and perhaps prevent it altogether, by imposing restrictions ostensibly in the interest of the many, but rqally in the interest of a few. The masses of the people and the city at large want gas and not restrictions. Nobody can heat a stove or cook a meal with restrictions. Manufacturing establishments cannot be run on restrictions. What the city needs and the people demand is an ordinance that will bring gas, an ordinance well-guarded in its main provisions and which will protect every proper interest of the ; city and people, but which shall not be loaded down with prohibitory legislation. Under such an ordinance any and all companies could operate, and the people would get the benefit of competition between local and foreign capital, if there is such a thing. . - : ( ' THE PARIS DISASTER. 1 The burning of the Opera Comique proves to have been, in destruction of life and its terrible details, one of the most horrible theater disasters on record. There are features of resemblance in all such catastrophes, and each"., one seems, in many respects, almost a repetition of its predecessors. As for theaters, they are all alike in respect of their inflammability. The manner of their construction, the amount of light material used, and especially the inflammability of the scenery and "flies," make them peculiarly exposed to fire. This should, of course, induce extra care and caution in the management of theaters to prevent fire, but no person ever expects a fire till he has one, and it is probable theatrical managers are not more careful than other people. There is always more or less danger of fire in a theater, and theater-goers must take that risk. We cannot expect to have fire-proof theaters, but we have a right to demand that they be constructed with abundant exits and means of escape, and that the greatest possible care be used to prevent fire. In respect of construction and exits, American theaters are probably in advance of European. As a rule, we have more building space, and our I theater buildings are less contracted and more modern in their arrangement. But no thea- j ter, nor any publio building, can be made to furnish security against a panic in a crowded house. Here is the greatest danger. A fire is more controllable than a panic-stricken crowd. The largest theater or public hall i could be safely emptied of a crowded house in a few minutes if every person would keep cool and act with deliberation. But this is easier said than done. One can talk coolly about such a crisis, and point out clearly enough how others ought to act, but human nature is so constructed that very few men and women are able to maintain their selfcontrol in the midst of a panic. No doubt, in all such disasters, more lives are lost by. the panic than by fire. So it always has been, and so it will probably continue until human nature undergoes a change. A ghastly incident of the Parisian horror was the finding of nineteen women, in full dress, lying together near the foot of a stairway. The fact that j they were in full dress showed they were not burned but perished from suffocation, or were trampled to death, while the further fact that no remains of any men were found near them showed their escorts succeeded in escaping, j From this it would appear that in such a crisis the proverbial politeness of the Frenchman fails. The impositions of the ice pool in St. Louis have resulted in the formation of a company there for the manufacture of ice, and that, together with the competition of dealers who have had the decency to refuse to ask extor-, tionate prices, will interfere seriously with the profits of the pool before the season is over. In this city the members of the combination V

overreach themselves by the simple fact that high rates mean fewer customers and smaller sales to those who are forced to buy.

The Woman's News is the name of a new paper issued in this city under the management of L. May Wneeler and Nettie Hansford for the purpose, as the prospectus states, of furnishing reliable information about women "not gossip nor gush, but such matters aa will be indorsed by the reading public every where." The contents of the first number bear out this assurance, and if the same standard is maintained the paper will doubtless find many appreciative readers. It is a four-column eight-page sheet of neat typographical appearance, and will be issued on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Sixteen hundred street-car horses burned to death in New York and three hundred in Cincinnati. A street-car horse hasn't mnch to live for to be sure, but perhaps, as a matter of choice, the animal would prefer not to go to the horse's heaven through a fiery furnace. A New Yokk alderman that is to say, an alderman of New York, not of Indianapolis or anywhere else, but or New York, you know is , on record as saying, "Why, of course I sell out That is what I am here for." It is to be hoped that the butchers in national convention at Chicago did not injure their business reputation by feeding the crowds at the barbecue with 31,000 pounds of tough beef. Luck's "agin" us. There's our ball club and our crack infantry company, and worse and more calamitous, there's our gas ordinance. Truly this is a weary world. COMMENT AND OPINION. The mugwump can save time by not reading the party organs and merely considering himself a bad man till 1888. Philadelphia Times. Bribery is to be made more difficult and costly in Chicago. Under the new law the city will have forty-eight aldermen instead of thirtysix. Pittsburg Chronicle. Editor O'Brien is at least fortunate in his enemies. A canse that has to depend upon the assassination of its critics must be desperate, indeed. Philadelphia North American. Attorney-general Garland says he would rather be laid on the shelf than seated on the Supreme Bench. He can be elected to the former position unanimously. Philadelphia Inquirer. If a white man is really superior to the black man the fact will manage to crop out once in a while. This is a point which the 'Southern companies now sulking in their tents should bear , in mind. Chicago Herald. t , .. The fact that it was found necessary to cancel the engagement of Mr. Cable to lecture at Columbia, S. C, because of local opposition, would seem to indicate that the New Sonth has not outgrown the habit of intolerance. Boston Journal. An exchange is very much alarmed because the Anarchists of Chicago are organizing on "the Russian plan." The most efficacious way to meet the "Russian plan" is by the good old American plan, which consists of a stout piece of rope with a villain dangling at the downward end of it Atlanta Constitution. There is no disposition on the part of the United States to coax or ravish Canada away from Great Britain. If, in the course of time, Canada should manifest a spontaneous wish to join this Union, then, and not before then, it would be proper to discuss the question of annexation seriously. The question now is simply one of iiiutual benefit and relief. New York Commercial Advertiser. That women to-day are subject to inequalities of condition, unjust discriminations as to wages and terms of labor, as compared with men, is a fact That with the ballot in , their hands these inequalities and unjust discriminations would cease is.' we believe, certain. That they should cease is for the interest of all the people who labor, men and women alike. Once the workingmeu grasp this truth, the movement for woman suffrage will receive an impetus that will surely carry it to victory. Boston Globe. In times when parties have no great issues no real ones, indeed, except candidates it is not wise to say that all men of political independence shall be shut out; for they are likeliest to prove the saving grace of their party. The campaign of 1834 ended in defeat only because the independent Republicans did not vote the regular ticket What reason is there to suppose that the campaign of 1888 will have a different ending, under like conditions? Leaving out the mugwumps will be likeiy to leave out those who make the majority. Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. The classification and organization of American citizens as Irish voters, or German voters, or colored voters, or Catholic voters, or Protestant voters, or labor voters, or capital voters, is for every reason to be deprecated. Parties of classes are not patriotic parties, and whatever tends to foster or organize class feeling in this country is an anti-American tendency, and a tendency menacing liberty. If the Indianapolis convention be designed to place the colored voters before the country as an aggressive class because they do not hold offices proportioned to their numbers, the leaders who have called the convention should consider the light in which they choose to present themselves to their fellow-citizens. It is that of political mercenaries, of those "who follow for the reward," whose motive is not conviction, or patriotism, or the, public welfare, but private and personal profit Harper's Weekly. INDIANA REPUBLICANS. The Party Is in Splendid Shape, and Favors Harrison or Sherman. Interview with Hon. J. N. Huston. ' : ' "The Republican party of Indiana was never in better condition than to-day. The organization has not been lost, but is maintained in all parts of the State. I am in constant and close communication all the time with the various committees and the party leaders, and I know we wjll enter on the campaign of next year in better condition for active and effective work than ever before, and the only danger in the way of success will be a spirit o? over-confidence. Had I been able, last summer, to convince the party of the great possibilities that were before them, our victory would have been far "more complete. It was hard to make anyone believe that we could overcome the infamous gerrymander. We lost several districts simply because the Republicans could not realize there was any chance of carrying them. We will not have that feeling of doubt and despondency to overcome next year: all that has given place to an enthusiastic feeling of confidence. This is evidenced by the letters I receive, and from the tone of the Republican papers. The Republican papers of Indiana never did better work than that of last year, and they are already laying the foundation for the campaign of 1888. "The Democrats have given us all the campaign material we shall need. The desperate and illegal acts of the Democratic majority in the State Senate, the tally-sheet forgeries in Indianapolis, the horrible disclosures concerning the management of the prisons and benevolent institutions will all have a share in shaping the next campaign. I know the Democrats rely upon the fact that a presidential ticket will be in the field to withdraw attention from these things, but in tbat they will be disappointed. If Indiana was still an October State the party might overlook these offenses for fear the loss of the State ticket might endanger the loss of other States on the National ticket, but the elec-' tion occurring at the same time, people can rebuke the party management in the State and still vote for the party candidate for President. The respectable element of the Democracy in this State does not indorse the course pursued by their representatives last winter, and tbey will signally rebuke them when the opportunity offers. There is another thing that will work to the detriment of the enemy next year, tbat is the labor movement It will take from the Democrats mors than from us. The conservative business element of the Democratic party are looking with growing alarm on the control the Socialists are getting in their party, and as they are not ready to surrender the country to that element of society, they are turning to the Republicans for relief from that danger. "The fight next year will not Da an easy one, for the Democrats will, as usual, resort to every means, no matter how desperate or illegal, for they realize that if beaten next year they will ba done up for years to come. If the Republicans want to win tbey must enter upon the campaign in a cold-blooded business manner, and nominate a ticket with winning qualities, and not merely to pay debts. The action of Governor Gray in removing the trustees of the Insane Hospital gives the lie to the whitewashing report of the Democratic senatorial committee, and is a confession tbat the charges of the Republican were true. The Democratic party is responsible for putting tbera in power, and, as far as the Legislature could do so, the party was made to indorse their acts, and to declare tbat they oucht to be retained. The party was committed to their retention notwithstanding the infamous record they had made. And the party will be tried on that issue. In any other State they would have been driven from their places

long ago, but the leaders of the Democracy in Indiana seem to go npon the principle that they are bound to stand by and protect one of their number under all circumstances. Look at the way they rally around the tally-sheet forgers of Indianapolis. "For the first place on the national ticket General Harrison ought to be selected. He stands the peer of any man in the country in all things. His high moral character, exalted integrity and conscientious sense of duty peculiarly fit him for the place. His brilliant war record and efforts in behalf of pension reform in the Senate have endeared him to the soldiers, while be has the confidence of the solid and conservative business men of the country. He stands especially well in the East. I am satisfied he can be nominated, and I believe he will be. Indiana will be the pivotal State, and with him as the nominee it will be Republican beyond all question. He can carry every State that went for Blaine three years ago and Indiana and West Virginia in addition. I admire Blaine's talents, but I think it would be a mistake to nominate him again. I do not believe the fates have written it down that he is ever to be President He is certainly no stronger than he was in 1884. and with him as the candidate we would have tbe same Old defensive fight on hand. If Harrison is not the candidate it ought to be John Sherman. He is a strong man in every way, and would Be particularly strong in the East. I believe we could carry Indiana with him, but the fight would be harder than with Harrison. Blaine still has a great many enthusiastic friends among the Republicans of this State, who would like to see him again in the lead, but they will be as enthusiastic for Harrison. With either Harrison or Sherman I look upon success as assured. I believe tbat either of them would carry New York as against Cleveland, who will undoubtedly be the Democratic candidate."

THE INDICTED SCOUNDRELS. Farther Comment of the Press of the State Upon the Indictment of the Coy Ganjj. Greencastle Times: It was a long lane that led up to the indictment of Boss Coy and his crowd, and all good people may be thankful that the turn has been reached. Spencer Republican: The Marion county tallysheet forgers have been indicted by the United States grand jury, and are now under bond. Justice is slow, but she usually gets there. Logansport Journal: "The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding mall," as Sim Coy and his gang associates in Indianapolis and elsewhere will eventually discover to their overwhelming grief and dismay. Rockville Republican: Sim Coy and bis gang have at last run their race in Indianapolis, having been indicted by the federal grand jury. The probabilities are the government will furnish them striped suits aod give them a contract. Monticello Herald: The Marion-county tallysheet forgers have at last been indicted, and if justice is not baffled the State's prison will soon have within its walls a gang of prisoners whose coming has been delayed by partisans who have evaded their sworn obligation. "Let no guilty man escape." Princeton Leader: The federal court grand jury at Indianapolis has returned thirteen indictments against perpetrators of election frauds, among whom is the notorious Sim Coy, of Indianapolis. So the prospect is fair for justice being meted out to the guilty, though it is long deferred. Lafayette Call: - The purpose of the issuance of the circular for which General Carnahan and others of the committee have been indicted was plainly to prevent the perpetration of just such frauds as were committed. It may have been a technical violation of the federal law, but no stigma of dishonor and corruption attaches to it Steuben Republican: There begins, better late than never, to be some prospect tbat the rascals who shamelessly tampered with the ballot-boxes in Indianapolis, last fall, are about to be brought to justice. The late United States grand jury is reported to have found thirteen indictments against them one of them the notorious Sim Coy. Attica Ledger: The United States grand jury has found indictments against a number of prominent Democrats of Indianapolis for complicity in the taliy sheet forgeries at the last election. Among the number is Sim Coy, the boss of the party in that city. It is to be hoped that the law will deal with them severely, if they are proven guilty of the crime. Franklin Republican: The Indianapolis tallysheet changers, after long and discouraging delay, are at last started on the right road. The United States grand jury last week found indictments Against eleven persons for the offense, including Simeon Coy, John E. Sullivan, Bern- j hamer, Spaan and Perkins. It begins to look j like justice may yet overtake the rascals. Crawrordsville Journal: The Marion county court-house has cut deep in the key-stone of the , archway over its entrance the following: "Fiat justitia ruat coelum." The people expect its spirit to be carried out They do not expect to see tbe heavens fall, but they demand that justice, pure -and unalloyed, be meted out to the scoundrels who tampered with the election returns. Lebanon Patriot: If these men are proven guilty of this conspiracy to get possession of the ta'ly-sheets, and it is shown, as it can be, that they did get possession of them, nnder the same evidence it can be shown that they were taken to Room 59 in the Marion-county Court-house, and shown who was in the room when the changes were made, won't that get hold of the "real criminal?" Huntington Herald: The Sim Coy gang of ballot-box stuffers have finally beer, brought up standing, and indictments have been returned, against them by the grand jury. It is a matter of congratulation that out of thirteen indictments returned, only two are against Republicans. Even these two. we believe, will not be sufficiently sustained by evidence to criminate tbe parties, while in the case of the others it is almost overwhelmingly conclusive. Peru Republican: The United States grand jury brought in thirteen indictments against the Sim Coy gang of tally-sheet forgers. Now that the good work has begun let it continue until the rascals are brought to grief. Political crimes in Indiana have never been made odious. It is time for a change in this direction. .The man who changes a tally-sheet, votes illegally, or swears in an illegal vote, is no better than a horse-thief, and horse-thieves are never acquit-' ted. Logansport Journal: It is evident that an extraordinary effort will be made by the gang leaders of the Democratic party in this State to bring the party to the support of Sim Coy and his pals in the Indianapolis tally-sheet forgery cases. Already the gang organs are filled with false statements with reference to these cases, cunningly devised to create the impression that the indictments are tbe result of partisan persecution, and that no crime has really been committed. Delphi Journal: Sim Coy and his fellowconspirators at Indianapolis pretend to look upon their indictment by the federal grand jury as a huge joke. When they appeared on Saturday and gave bail they treated tbe mt'" lightly, and their faces are said to have I wreathed in smiles. If a delegation from : brazen-faced gang is not sent to the penit tiary for their bold crime, then we might as we abolish the court at Indianapolis and do away with elections altogether." Shelbyville Republican: The lines are closing in on the tally-sheet forgers at Indianapolis. The Sentinel, State organ of Democracy, is making a desperate effort to defend its party rascals, but with very poor success. It has oniy succeeded in making itself particeps criminis with the worst gang of scoundrels that ever disgraced the State. There is a good prospect now that the gang will eventually get their deserts and a job-lot of "prominent Democrats" be dumped into the penitentiary. Greencastle Banner: General Carnahan may have been guilty of a technical violation of the law; but, if eo, it was done for an honest purpose and with the intention of protecting the public. All admit this. The case against him ought to be noilied in the interest of good government. But if it is not, the people of Marion county, in whose behalf General Carnahan acted, ought to come to his aid and see that he does not suffer finr.ncially or otherwise for having endeavored to prevent the greatest outrage upon the ballot tbat has ever been attempted in Indiana. Columbus Republican: Democratic papers are chuckling over the fact that General Carnahan, chairman of the Marion county Republican committee, was indicted along with the tallysheet forgers, and one reading them would scarcely know that anyone else had been indicted. It is true that he was indicted, but he stands in a very different attitude to what the tally-sheet forgers do. His only offense was in being overzealous in guarding against crime. He bad abundant reason to expect some such frauds as were committed, so he issued a circular to Republican judges of the election to retain their copies of the election records until the day the canvass was to be made. The events showed this to be a wise precaution, as, if all the papers hs 1 t-en delivered at once to the county clerk, i jth sets would have been changed. As it .v, there was one set of honest and unquestionable returns, and it rendered a detection of the frauds comparatively easy. Lis instructions to tbe Republican judges to retain possession of their papers was construed as a technical violation of the law, and for this he was indicted. Forging election returns and trying to prevent such forgery are very different things, and the attempt to offset one against the other will deceive no one.

GRAY'S REFORM MOVEMENT

Politicians Think that the Governor Has a Selfish 3Iotive in the Matter. Carson and Flack Both Accept Their Appointments and Prepare to Contest for Possession Harrison and Gapen's Positions. When the Board of Trustees for the State Benevolent Institutions met yesterday to purchase supplies, Dr. Harrison directed the proceedings a.i president and Phil Gapen served as one of the trustees for the Insane Hospital. The gentlemen appointed by the Governor did not appear. Mr. Carson, who will, on the authority of his commission as president of the board, which he has received, take immediate steps to secure the position, was not ready to make a formal demand. He had not qualified, nor had bis bond been completed. Directly after receiving the commission he left for Shelbyville with a bond already prepared. His friends there will sign it. and it is probable that to-day the contest for possession will begin in the courts. Joseph Flack has been undecided what to do. Men with whom he generally consults about affairs of a political character know but little about his purposes. Flack, though, is a man who keeps bis own counsel, as is shown in this instance. While bis friends thought he would not accept, he bad already done so, and bad in his possession a commission from the Governor. He will act with Carson in the matter of having their claims to their respective offices established by the courts. Gapen's grievance against the Governor leads him to express opinions ornamented with' phrases decidedly bitter. He pretends to be serene, as, on yesterday, when asked what phase the trouble had taken, remarked: "We are having no trouble. The Governor has it all.' When Gapen told the Governor, 1 ast Saturday night, that he was still trustee,1 and would remain so until the General Assembly elected his successor, or the courts decided that he had no right to serve, the Governor said: "What, you do not intend to contest the appointment, do youf' "I certainly shall," Gapen replied. "Then let me tell you it will be a long time before you get another office," was the Governor's rejoinder. This remark causes comment amoni; the Democrats like this: "Gray is in no position to tell a man that bis political career is .-ifc an end. He should consider his own affairs. He has less than two years to serve, and that will be the last of Governor Gray." A prominent Democrat enlarged on this by saying, "Gray is after something; you can rest assured of that, or he would not put himself in a position of antagonism to his party." "What do you think it isf "I can't say, but he has appointed successors to Harrison and Gapen solely to curry favor with mugwump Democrats and Republicans. His plans will be developed in time. He is shrewd, but I think in this case he has made a move tbat will be disastrous to his political ambition. Of course, the question will go to the courts, and if it is decided in favor of his appointees the Governor will say, 'You see, I was right,' and expect to have the so-called reform Democrats rise up and call him blessed. A Democratic Governor in another State cleaned out an asylum and got national preferment and favor by it. Another went into the reform business and aided in crushing corrupt rings in one of the largest cities of the country. He was afterwards a candidate f or t) e presidency of the United States, but there is no danger of that lightning striking Gray. But if the courts decide that the Governor is wrong, he will claim the credit of trying to reform an institution of which a great deal has been sain", and attribute the failure to evil-minded Dem -crats who had the Brown bill passed. lie expects to profit by the movement, going ard coming. Isaac P. Gray is an admirable schemer, but I am afraid this last effort will not average as well as many others of his plans bave dono." Dr. Harrison has decided to resist Carson s claims to the utmost He is not communicative, but his feelings towards the Governor are by r means tender, although he is more discreet thn?s Gapen. "Had a respectable number of Denv crats asked to have me removed.7' be said, "L would net have opposed their wishes. I would, not have stood on having a majority to uphold, me. No friends of mine have been asked to go to the Governor in my behalf. ,. Some bave gone but they did it of their own accord. They went to him this morning to have bim reconsider hi action. I am president of the State Benevolent . Boards until the courts shall say that I bave no right to the position. The Governor never notified me of what he intended to do. I will say nothing more except tbat I am willing to abide by the decisions of the courts." It is understood that when Carson and Flack seek for a mandamus the defense will be based on a Supreme Court decision in the eighth Indiana. In 1855 an act was passed providing for the election of an Attorney-general by the General Assembly, and thereafter by the people. The General Assembly failed to .elect, and the Governor appointed James Morrison to the offioe. The Secretary of State refused to issue the com mission and accept the bond. It was held by the Supreme Court that the act creating the office of Attorney-general vested the appointment for the first term in the General Assembly. A failure to exercise that power did not vest it elsewhere. The vacancy happened on the taking effect of th act. and as tbe act took effect from and after its passage, such vacancy did not happen during s recess of the General Assembly." Harrison and Gapen's terms expired on the 27th of February, while the General Assembly was in session. It is probable that the Attorney-general will, after all, take a hand in the matter by film ft complaints against Harrison and Gapen at an early day. If the courts decide, on quo warranto or mandamus suits, that the Governor is wrong such decision would not reach the Attorneygeneral proceedings under-the Brown bill seeking a forfeiture of the offices held by Harrison and Gapen. The Governor's attempt to depose Harrison and Gapen seems to have had co effect in changing their business methods, for they were quite as reckless as usual in making orders, and the same persons who have figured conspicuously as their friends were rewarded with patronage. Among others John E. Sullivan was given th contract for furnishing the hospital creamery butter at eleven cents per pound. DEATII OF MRS. ELIZA BLAKE. A Lady Who Lived to See a City Grow Up About Her Farm Home. For the past four months Mrs. Eliza Blake, the widow of the late Col. James.Blake, has been gradually failing in health, and has been confined to her bed nearly all the time. For this reason, and because of her advanced age, hr death, which took place yesterday morning, about 7 o'clock, bad for some time been expected by her friends. She died in her old home, the quaint, rambling farm-house at tbe northwest corner of North and Tennessee streets, where she had lived to see the fertile acres all about the old place covered with city dwellings. Her husband's death preceded her's seventeen years. Mrs. Blake was born in Baltimore. June 3, 1806, and was married to Mr. Blaka there in 183L In April of tbat year they came to Indianapolis, making the journey in tbeir own carriage, which was the first vehicle of tbe kind to reach this then backwoods village. She had lived in the house in which she died nearly fif'Tsix years, having moved into it in October. 1331. At that time their home was sorrounded with dense woods, with only a few acres under cultivation. Many men distinguished in the state and in the pulpit have been entertained in this house, amone them Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren and Henry Ward Beecher. Shortly after coming to Indianapolis, Mrs. Blake united with the First Presbyterian Church, of which Rev. Mr. Moreland was then pastor. Afterwards she belonged to the Third Presbyterian Church, of which her husband was the founder, and. after that was merged into the Tabernacle Church, she joined the latter congregation. She was noted for her remarkable Christian character and her lovely nature. She grew old gracefully, and her serenity and sweetness of disposition made her beloved by all who came in contact with her. She leaves three sons, William M. James R. and John G. Blake. The funeral will take place on next Tuesday. A Bint to HHL Philadelphia Pre. If Governor Hill is still determined to visit the White House he should go down next week while Mr. Cleveland is away on his fishing trip. There would be plenty of room and lots of time o look over the property and find out where repairs are needed. .