Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 November 1887 — Page 4

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THE IKDIAAPOLIS JOUlTSrAE THURSDAY, KOTEHBER 3, 18S7.

THE DAILY JOURNAL. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1S87.

WASHINGTON OFFICE 513 Fourteenth SU P. S. Hkatk. Correspondent. NEW TOKK OFFICE 10 Temple Court, Corner Beekman and Nassau streets. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. Can be found at the following places LCN DON American Exchange in Europe, 449 Strand. PARIS American Exchange in Paris. 35 Boulevard ties Capueiaes. FEW YORK Gedney House and Windsor Hotels. CHICAGO Palmer House. CINCINNATI J. P. Hawley & Co., 134 Vine street. IDTJI S VILLE C. T. Dearing. northwest corner Third and Jefferson streets. ET. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot . and Southern Hotel. WASHINGTON, D. C Riggs House and Ebbitt House. Telephone Calls. Business OJRea 238 Editorial Rooms. .....242 . "Nothixg-to-say" Gordon is better at kissing tban at answering questions. The condemned anarchists who demand liberty or death should not have liberty. Judge Gary, District-attorney Grinnell and the Supreme Court of Illinois are vindicated. The date set for the execution of the Anarchists is Friday of next week, the 11th instant. The great constitutional lawyers who were employed to represent anarchism and murder at $250 per day did not succeed in stampeding the Supreme Court. "When an Ohio Democrat praised the old flag Governor Gordon kissed him on the mouth. Perhaps this ia what the Georgian calls bridging a chasm. Telegraphic reports indicate that the perils of those who go down to Lake Michigan in ships are only equalled by those encountered in living over a St. Louis grocery store. The Carroll county lynchers will not betray themselves to a grand jury; but the fact remains that in taking the life of a man. Without authority of law they were guilty of murder. The hanging of Jeff Davis at the close of the war would have been,, the best thing that could possibly have happened for the South, for the government and for the entire country. It seems to be the opinion of the United States Supreme Court that a juryman -who can read is not necessarily disqualified from serving on important trials. This is a great point gained. General Gordon, of Georgia, will probably not again volunteer to answer any questions the audience may ask should, he remain in Ohio. The experience at Cleveland -will teach him discretion. The experiment tried by the Ohio Democrats of bringing campaign orators into the State who eulogize the institution of slavery and boast of suppressing the negro vote is not meeting with entire success. - In the absence of Mr. Whitney, Assistant Secretary Harmony is running the Navy Department. This seems to be bad management, when Ohio Democrats are in such desperate need of harmony with a capital "H." The coal miners' strike in southern Indiana ended by the men returning to work at the eld scale. Thus a strike of four or five weeks' duration, in which over two . thousand men quit employment, ended in a complete surrender. . Did it pay? A Cleveland dispatch says: "Governor Gordon has cot only failed to make Democratic converts of Republicans here, but he has actually disgusted Democrats." The Governor has shaken the dust of Ohio from til feet and departed. Secretary Whitney says that he will not resign, and that he is well enough to attend to his duties. A man doesn't need to be very well to look after the insignificant navy of the United States. A boy might do it with one hand tied behind him. It isn't insomnia that ails flayer Hewitt, of New York; it is a sore toe. "The Republicans support a Democratic candidate in the person of Mr. Xicoll, but they refused to indorse ino," i3 the burden of the cry which gives the "reform" Mayor away. Wtt at a thrilliiKT tima there would have teen this week if Governor Gordon, of Georgia, could bve been induced to attend the woman's suffrage convention in Philadelphia. There lie Gordon kiss would not have been wasted, but on a plain Ohio Democrat it was utterly thrown awav. Governor Gordon, of Georgia, is atypical Southern man, fuller of sentiment tban sense. When at home he gushes over the rebel flag and Jeff Davis, and when in Ohio, at the mention of the stars and stripes waving over a united North and South, he embraces the speaker and kisses him. Such an emotional man ought to keep out of politics.

Mr. Andrew Carnegie's book, "Triumphant Democracy," will have a great run over in England now that the Wolverhampton grand jury has recommended the free library managers to take it off the shelves. People 'will want to see what the "strong allusions to the royal family" are, and to read the "seditious, lyingand treasonable" sentiments for themselves. In a commercial, to say nothing of n educational, way, Mr. Carnegie has made fen-strike. ' - ' ' If Governor Oglesby will not commute the sentence of the Anarchists, he is to be asked to grant a reprieve in order that they may prepare for death. The Anarchists are just is well prepared for death to-day as they ever rill be. Their wcildly affairs can be settled 'n a few hours, and, as for their souls, it is ot probable ' that men who repudiate all

interest in and sympathy with. Christianity, who hare spent their lives in teaching and practicing ideas opposed to its precepts, and who are utterly without - conscience, will experience a change of heart at the eleventh, hour. Since their conviction and sentence, more than a year ago, not a word of regret for their crime has been uttered, and not a symptom of repentence has been recorded save as it may be indicated by a cowardly fear of the death they were so willing to inflict on innocent men. Exhibitions of maudlin sentiment in regard to these men should not be encouraged.

TEE "WBIT DENIED. The Supreme Court of the United States refuses to grant a writ of error in the Anarchist cases. The decision is in effect that no error was disclosed in the record that brought the case within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, and, therefore, it declined to take jurisdiction. Specifically, the court decides that the amendments to the Constitution relied upon by counsel for the Anarchists are limitations on federal and not on State action; that the law of Illinois relative to the qualification of jurors is not unconstitutional; that the court below did not err in passing on the qualifications of any juror; and that the point relative to the defendants being compelled to testify against themselves, not having been raised in the court below nor appearing in the record, could not be raised in the Supreme Court. The same ruling was made as to the claim by General Butler for Spies and Parsons, growing cut of their nationality. On all these points the court held adversely to the application, and the writ was unanimously denied. Any decision of the Supreme Court would have been promptly accepted by the country as good law, and conclusive on all points involved. The present decision is so plainly in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the land that its justice will not be questioned for a momeSt. In fact, it has been anticipated. The argument of the Anarchists counsel disclosed the weakness of their case to an unexpected degree, and the clear and crushing rejoinder of counsel for the State of Illinois left no room for doubt as to what the decision would be. . The Supreme Court has declared the exact law, and wisely declined to overstep its limits, or to assume a new and strange jurisdiction. The decision exhausts the last resource of the Anarchists' counsel. Every form and process of law was complied with on the trial, and every provision has been exhausted in reviewing the proceedings. The condemned men are now face to face with the penalty prescribed by the outraged law, and nothing is left between them and death save executive clemency. ; BOOM THE CITY. The question of natural gas for Indianapolis is practically settled. From the beginning of the discussion there has been no doubt of the ultimate conclusion, but the question was as to means, methods and details. On the main question, that the city must and would have gas, there has been no difference of opinion; as to details there has been a great diversity of opinion and a great deal of discussion more or less germane to the subject, and more or less profitable. If the discussions have elicited a good deal of feeling, that was natural, considering the magnitude and importance of the interests involved. In addition to the general welfare and prosperity of the city, each individual felt that he had a personal stake. Large interests and big money were involved, and these conditions are apt to induce heated discussions. The discussion on the whole has not been unprofitable, and while valuable time has been lost, there is still plenty left in which to rectify the errors of the past and organize victory for the future. Whatever mistakes hare been made have not been fatal, and the time that has been lost can be made up. The point we make now is that the main vuestion is practically settled. Agitation has resulted in action. A strong company has taken hold of the matter and commenced work. Pipes are being laid as fast as they can be delivered and men and money can put them in the ground. The source of supply is the Noblesville field, the best in the State. The pipes will reach the line of the Belt railroad and the suburbs of the city within a month. For all practical purposes this means the city proper. It means that every factory and factory site on the line of the Belt road, and in the suburbs, will be supplied with naturalgas by the 1st of December. Further details a3 to entering and piping the city can be left for future settlement. Time, discussion and conflicting interests will solve that question as it has solved the other. The delivery of gas at the gates of the city and on the line of the Belt road practically settles the whole question. The main feature of the gas problem being solved, the rest will solve itself. It is always the first step that costs; that taken, succeeding ones are easy. With gas encircling the city, its distribution within the city limits will be but a question of a few weeks. It is time to begin to boom the city. IHTEEHATIONAL ABBI TBATION. That was a large and respectable delegation of Englishmen that called on the President on Monday in the interest of universal peace and international arbitration. Embracing members of Parliament to the number of ten or a dozen, two or three titled noblemen, representatives of the International Peace Association and of the English. Trades-union Congress, it is doubtful if so strong and representative a delegation of Englishmen ever before visited this country on any public business.. Their mission, too, is an eminently praiseworthy one "and calculated to f enlist the sympathy of intelligent people everywhere. Nothing could be more desirable than , the general recognition of the principle of arbitration in settling international controversies. The nations have long been tired of war. The common sense of the civilized world is opposed to war on general principles, and it grows more difficult to justify and popularize it. The mission of the visiting delegation was stated in an engrossed memorial, and the President made an appropriate "reply, nis reception of them was formal and dignified, and his reply to the memorial was in excellent

form and spirit. To this extent the mission was successful," and the delegates can return feeling that their work has been well done. But we cannot help thinking that our English friends should have reserved their energies for home use, and directed their first efforts to conquering their own government. When the English people and government shall hare reached the point of indorsing and accepting the principle of international arbitration, have beaten their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks, and ceased to learn war, it will be time enough to send peace delegations to other countries. The American people are not

aggressive and the United States government . is not a warring one. Oar international policy is one of malice towards none and charity for alL We are , pre-eminently peace-loving and peaceable people. We are always ready to arbitrate any dispute we may have with another government, as witness the fisheries question, and we do not need to be told that arbitration is vastly preferable to war. The fact is, this government has done more than any other in recent times to establish and strengthen the idea of international arbitration, and really leads the procession of the nations in that regard. But with England the case is very different. The British government is notoriously aggressive. Its colonial and . foreign policy has been little else than one of aggression and is largely so still. It wants to plant the British flag everywhere. Britain is a power which, as Webster said, "has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." She is hardly ever without a war on her hands of some dimensions, great or small, in some quarter of the globe. She is never out of a "muss" At this very time, not to speak of the Irish - trouble, the African trouble and the Afghanistan frontier question, she is trying to bully Venezuela and steal an immense tract of country, rich in mines and commanding the mouth of the Orinoco river. She has no right nor title there whatever, yet she is trying to make one by a bullying, aggressive, predatory policy, and singularly enough she has persistently refused the offers and efforts of Venezuela to have the matter arbitrated. England never submits a dispute to arbitration unless she expects to get the advantage. The United States government is far in advance of England in advocacy and approval of international arbitration. This is why we say the distinguished delegation who have just visited Washington had better have directed their first efforts and energies to converting their own government. Their coming to Washington was not exactly "carrying coals to Newcastle," but it was bringing good advice away from a country where .it is needed more than here. What a place for deceit is Washington. From the State Department down to , the humblest government employe there is no frankness of speech or manner. Diplomacy is everywhere, and diplomacy is refined deceit. Outspoken opinion on any subject is hard to get, because it might injure a chance for promotion or cause a removal from office, and so crushed is the manliness of many socalled men in the departments that their family relations are concealed as would be a guilty secret. A recent decision of the Treasury Department, that there was no law preventing a man and his wife from being employed in the government service, has led to the discovery of numerous couples who have' several children each, and who have passed for single persons for years under the fear of discharge from office. A system of government employment that fosters deception and encourages subterfuges in order to enjoy home life is thoroughly bad, and the Treasury decision is good sense, as well as good law. The "White Caps" of Crawford and Harrisqn counties continue to commit their outrages, and nothing seems to'.be done by the authorities to stop them. There is a state of terror among the officials in both counties, and the grand jury of one of them (Crawford), in the face of the most indubitable proof, fails to find - an indictment against well-known members of the outlaws, for fear of personal violence. What with lynchings and whitecap terrorism, Indiana is gaining a reputation for lawlessness that it will take years to overcome, and the State officers could do no better work than to devote themselves exclusively to the duty of ferreting out and punishing these offenders. The public will uphold them in any efforts to accomplish this end. On some accounts, as for instance the constant danger of more "swan songs," there is reason to suspect that the long-headed Southern leaders would be entirely reconciled should Providence see fit to call Jeff Davis hence at once. On the other hand, however, the impossibility of suppressing obituary orators of the Jackson order, leads them to hope that the old man will hang on until after 1 the next election. Governor Gordon is not at his best in the theatrical line, as his great acts of holding up his hands to ask if they are blood-stained, and kissing General Morgan on the mouth, plainly show; but indications are that Ohioans have no taste for this sort of art, and prefer to pay their money for the more legitimate drama at the dime museum. For a man who "hadn't a dollar" when the bank broke, Harper, of the Cincinnati Fidelity, manages to live pretty comfortably. It isn't every man who goes to jail without a dollar who can afford to pay the salary of an extra deputy sheriff to wait upon him, or who can enjoy all the high-priced luxuries of the market. General Gordon says the colored people in Georgia do not take interest enough in national affairs to vote, but on the question of a fence law they have come out strong. Statistics show that in 1863 the Republican vote of Georgia, was 82,527, while in 1886 it was only 1,869. The total number of colored

voters in Georgia in 18S0 was 144,902, and the number has increased since. Yet in 1886 the entire Republican vote of the State was only 1,869. Out of 132 counties, 107, with more than 100,000 colored voters, did not poll one Republican vote. Of course this must be due to the absence of the fence question. General Gordon says so, and he is an honorable man.

David Laken, the one-armed Democratia street-commissioner of Columbus, O. , has been South looking at the battle-field where be lett an arm. Here is the way he writes home: "Going down from Atlanta we had to change cars -at Macon, and there we struck a crowded train of Southern people going home from the fair, and our party was' looked upon as great curiosities. "Why they are Yank," was the expression from every mouth. "What do they want down here, I'd like to know," and among other expressions, "Hurrah for Jeff Davis!" to onr very teetb. I tell you, my dear captain, it made me as hot as a lime kiln. How would onr Northern friends at home, who are crying about reconciliation, like to see children, town boys and girls, young and old men, wearing badges of Jeff Davis, and cheerine for him as fondly as in the days of '611 I noticed in the decorations at Macon (as far as I could see) very few flags of our country. The New York Evening Post has greatly improved its appearance by a ehange ia style from the old-fashioned blanket-sheet to a six-column eight-page form, having a general resemblance to the New York morning dailies. It has also a new press which, it announces, affords facilities for adding two or more pages at any time when a "sudden influx of news or advertisements" requires an enlargement of the regular space. This intimation that the Post actually means to publish the news is in the nature of a surprise, and marks a new departure far greater than that of a change in shape. The mugwump organ may live to catch up with the newspaper procession yet. " Over in Ohio they are having a good deal to say about a man who, when he arrives in the vicinity of a natural-gas deposit, "stops atoek still, seems to suffer great pain, and acts just as if he were fastened to a powerful electrie battery." The Ohio man may be queer, but he is not the only one of his kind. Any number of people in Indianapolis exhibit the same symptoms when gas gets within twenty miles of them. Prof. E. E. Barnard, of Nashville, has been appointed to the position of astronomer, at Lick observatory, Mount Hamilton, Cal. This, among those capable of judging, is recognized as a wise selection on the part of Professor Holden. Mr. Barnard is a young mau of proved ability who has gained his skill and knowledge by hard work, and his appointment is a just recognition of his merits. Boston critics are saying that Lief Erickson, whose statue was unveiled in that city the other day, never came down from Iceland to discover America in his bare legs. Maybe not; but perhaps he removed his bear-skin trousers when be had his photograph taken. Lief had just as much right to be proud of his figure as the baseball players who figure in airy costumes in a November magazine. The Georgia editor who has withdrawn from the church in order that he may fight a duel with another editor who has been making damaging statements concerning the circulation of his, the first editor's, paper, is away behind the times. A much safer and more effective method of revenge is to offer a higher salary to the rival editors affidavit man. The great $400,000 sale of underwear in New York this week is probably a forerunner of the bloody-shirt campaign we are to have next year. The indications now are that these earments will be waved both North and South in 1SS3. New York papers are full of Mrs. Potter, but her husband keeps conspicuously out of sight. Publicity does not seem to be Potter's field. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Somerytlle Journal: The woman who can control her own tongue ia greater than he who ruleth a city. She is also scarcer. The Emperor William has sent 10,000 marks to be distributed among the necessitons people in the cholera-stricken district of Messina. The New York Mail and Express hears that fashionable boy babies whose parents intend them to be fox hunters are now fed exclusively on anise-seed. Thomas U. Walter, who recently died in Philadelphia, aged eighty-four years, was the designer of the dome of the Capitol and many of the public buildings of the government. Lttdovio Halevy, the French author, sold more than 100,000 copies of "Abbe Constantin," and will publish another story of true love, "Blanche Conronne," which he describes as being "virtuous to a revolting degree. "0 The Misses Drexel, daughters of the late F. A. Drexel, baveretnrned to Philadelphia from a visit to various Roman Catholic missions among the Indians. They were much interested in the work of the missionaries, and gave $100,000 for its furtherance. Town Lot Man "You see these are not boom prices, mere is no Doom in our lots, due a steady, healthy growth." Speculator "Thea they won t do for me. wnat l want is an un steady, unhealthy growth, so that I can double my money in a month. Newspaper reporter (to servant) Will you learn if I can see Mrs. Jim Gown Trotter? Servant (on her return) Mrs. Trotter sends her regrets, and has instructed me to say that, owing to her natural sensitiveness to publicity she will not be able to see you for more than a few moments. Walk in, please. San Francisco Alta: Ex-Congressman Thorington was examined once for promotion in the army. To the question, "How many British soldiers came to this country in the revolutionary warl" he answered, "A sight more than ever went back." He got promoted. Miss Laura Winkler, of Iowa, is one of the most successful temperance workers in the State. The fact that she is totally blind seems do bar to her vigorous work in her favorite field, the workshop, where she makes strong and personal appeals to men to give up liquor-drinking.. Chancellor Vincent, of the Chautauqua University, has been presented with a gave made from the famous signal tree which stood on the summit of Altoona Mountains, from which General Sherman signaled to General Corse, nearly fifteen miles away, over the heads of the confederate troops, to bold his position until federal re-enforcements arrived. Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, began his career as a carpenter at $L 50 a day. After he had worked for some time at the bench he made a strike for tha bar. After practicing law for a while, he fought in the Mexican war. and was one of the California gold-diggers in '49. When he came back from digging gold he entered the political arena, and has been tnree times e.ectea Governor of Illinois. The news of Lady Brassey's death was an nounced in London simultaneously with that of the jockey Georee Fordham. As a rule, the papers gave Fordham an obituary notice of a column or more in leaded minion, while Lady Brassey received less than half a column in solin nonpareil. And when Mrs. Mulock-Craik died she got notices of from ten to twenty-five lines only; with her name wrongly spelled half the time. The late Major Mordecai, of North Carolina, met the Czar of Russia once, and in the course of the conversation, which was carried on in French, addressed him as "Monsieur. Turning to General MeClellan, the Major said:' "D n the fellow, 1 called him mister." The Czar, with a smile, remarked: "Let us talk English, and we can get along better." The North Caro linian didn t cuss the Czar any more during that interview. ... When Gen. Phil Cook was presented to Miss Winnie Davis she was alluded to as the "Daughter of the Confederacy." The gallant General was led captive at once by her beauty and grace, and, extending his hand, said: "Miss Winnie, 1 am a widower; please enroll me as a candidate for the position of son-in-law to the Confederacy." This sally met with a round of

applause, and Colonel Hardin remarked that "there would be one source of congratulation in marrying the daughter of the Confederacy the groom would never be bothered with his mother-in-law." Carter H. Harrison, ex-Mayor of Chieago, has been in Japan for some weeks past. From long acquaintance with Chieago Mr. Harrison was naturally astonished to find no drunken men in Tokio, a city containing over one million inhabitants. So impressed was be by the apparent sobriety of the Japanese that he questioned the ArchbisLop at Yokohama as to its cause. The Archbishop explained that when a Japanese got drunk he at once went to sleep. Pauline Root, who is soon to marry Mr. Otis, in Boston, is one of the handsomest women in America. She is not tall, but her figure is symmetrical and well rounded. Her features are delicate and somewhat haughty in expression. She wears her hair combed back from her forehead in a style which none but a very handsome woman would dare to adopt. She has been very popular in Boston society, and for soma summers past has been the leading belle at Williamstown, Mass., where her stepfather, Mr. Manning, owns a handsome country-seat. He could talk of art and artists In a manner quite intense; He could draw a perfect lily, Bat he couldn't paint a fence. . Washington Critic. THESE LITTLE SHOES. These little 6hoe! How proud she was of these! Can yon forget bow, sitting on your knees, She used to prattle volubly and raise Her tiny feet to win yoar wondering praise? Was life too rough for feet so softly shod, -; That now she walks in Paradise with God, Leaving but these whereon to dote and muse These little shoes) William Canton.

COMMENT AND OPINION. The Knights of Labor seem to be suffering from the disease that afflicted Artemus Wrrd's regiment. Too many knights want to be brigadier-generals. Philadelphia Times. The Terre Haute law closing saloons at 11 p. M. seems hard, but it is no more than proper that the Terre Hauters should at some time in their lives become acquainted with their own key-holes. Louisville Courier-Journal. "Hitting the nail on the head" is an old synonym for doing just the right thing. Bnt Prohibitionists who seek to promote their cause by introducing the Democratic party to power hit the nail on the thumb. Springfield Union. The effort of the Democratic organs to break the force of General Jackson's extraordinary speech at Macon by calling him a crank proves a little too much. It merely brings into larger prominence the fact that Jackson was not so much of a crank but that President Cleveland appointed him Minister to Mexico. Philadelphia Press. The laboring people are not Anarchists, and they cannot be used by Anarchists. The people of Chicago never were afraid of the few outlaws in their midst, and they have been guilty of no unseemly clamor against the convicted Anarchists. Tbey have not been distnrbed by vapid threats nor by the mouthings of cranks. Chicago Inter Ocean. Anybody who has paid any attention to the writings or speeches of actual Anarchists knows that their "principle" is nothing in the world but hatred and envy of those who are richer than themselves. Wretches like Spies and Most are actuated by this sentiment alone, for their own part and appeal to this sentiment alone in others. New York Times. , The situation in Ohio must be desperate indeed for the Democrats. Tbey have ordered the brigadiers to the front. An ovation to Jeff Davis would rally the faithful around the Powell flag. President Cleveland would be pleased to lend i them a flag for the occasion. This suggestion is offered without thought of remuneration. Minneapolis Tribune. Our Canadian neighbors cannot rid themselves of the idea that the Fisheries Commission will give them another Halifax award. Tbey are industriously engaged in gathering statistics regarding the fish caught along shore, as though they expected to swindle tbe Yankees into paying a second exorbitant sum for privileges witbin the three-mile limit, for which our fishermen have never asked. Boston Journal. One of the remarkable coincidences of the times is the fact that some of the grand lodges of Masons, the Knights of Labor, and the Catholic Church have all issued orders against liquorsellers, almost at the same time. These organizations, each powerful in its own Way, and eaeh claiming to work for tbe good of mankind, have arrived at the same conclusion as to one thing, and that is, that the selling of intoxicants is an evil. National Republican. It will be a loss to national idealism if President Grevy be forced out of office in consequence of the scandalous charges against his ambitious and mercenary son-in-law; for while the Republic has had in Thiers and Gambetta leaders instinct with creative genius, the third President offers the noblest type of unselfish citizenship. It will be a misfortune to the nation if he be forced into retirement through these deplorable family scandals. New York Tribune. The picture drawn by Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, of Jeff Davis's forlorn condition is ridiculously overdrawn. "A broken-down old man, with scarcely a place to lay his head," is a part of the Governor's description. The splendid estate in Mississippi which Davis accepted from a crazed old woman a couple of years ago, leaving her two nieces and a nephew in utter poverty, is place enough to lay his head, though under tbe circumstances it would not be strange if the bead lay "uneasy" there. Brooklyn Standard-Union. Prof. Felix Adler's proposition that "society has a right to quarantine the Anarchists, just tbe same as the bearers of cholera germs," is a soond and practical one; but his logic loses force and precision when he argues that they should not be hung for murder, because that wilt tend to make heroes of them in tbe eyes of their followers. There is far more danger of causing them to assume the heroic aspect by permitting them to escape the penalty of the law when they undertake to enforce their infamous theories by means of riot and bloodshed. Si. Louis Globij-Democrat. However the oxecntive of Illinois might be moved to mercy by sympathy, or a sense of the beneficence of mercy, it cannot permit fear of consequences to swerve the decrees of justice. All denunciation of the law, and threats of revenge upon its executors will but serve to harden the Governor's heart to any appeals for clemency. . He is sworn to maintain the supremacy of the law at all hazards, and all idea that he can be swerved from bis line of duty by tbe mouthings of foreign Anarchists like Most, or the fierce utterances of local "groups" betrays a most woeful misjudgment of the man. Chicago News. PROHIBITION. Figures and Facts from Georgia on tbe Effect of the State Wave. Atlanta Special. The Prohibition campaign in this city is now in full blast, with the respective parties under the leadership of Senator Colquitt, Prohibitionist, and Senator Brown, Anti-prohibitionist. The effect of tbe Prohibition wave, which has been passing over the State during tbe past two years, is being inquired into with unexpected results. Internal Revenue Collector Bradshaw was to-day asked bis views upon it. and he said: "Before the advent of prohibition there were in the State thirty distilleries, and now there are sixty-three. The registered distilleries mash about twice as much grain per day as they did two years ago. There is now one grain distillery with a surveyed capacity of forty bushels of grain per day, and ten with a surveyed capacity of twenty or more bushels per day. The remainder mash from five to twenty bushels per day. Two years ago there was no distillery in the State that mashed more than twenty bushels of grain a day, and only three distilleries with a surveyed capacity of twenty bushels of grain per day. The rest mashed from five to twenty bushels a day." "How do the collections now compare with those of the ten years previous to tbe operation of the prohibition law?" "They have increased. The increased collections for the year ending June 30, 1887, exceeded those of tbe year ending June 30, 1886, $32,000." "How does the production of cirita so far in the present tax year compare -jrith the corresponding year of 1886?" "There was produced during September, 1877, 16,753 gallons of com liquor. I collected $22,753 on corn liquor for that month. There was produced during the corresponding month f September, 1886, 12.200 gallons of "corn liquor, and I collected $12,117. showing an increased production of spirits for September, 1887, over September, 18SG, of 4,544 gallons, and an increase in the amount of taxes collected on spirits for the same months of $10,639. If the collections continue to increase during the remainder of tha present tax year in the same ratio they have done the collections will be increased abont $75,000." A sensation was created in the local canvass here to-day by the declaration of Rev. Dr. Hornaday, one of the most respected Baptist preachers, of bis opposition to prohibition. White and colored alike have taken great interest in the master. i e' 'I Just Like so Ordinary Prisoner. Cincinnati, O., Nov. 2. Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning, E. L. Harper, of the late Fidelity Bank, went for the first time .into an

ordinary cell in the Hamilton county jail and t spent the night there like an ordinary , prisoner. . He accepted his lot without eom plaint, and said j he was willing to go into a cell or a dungeon, as the government should choose. There - are rumors that tbe government officers became fearful that he would escape from tha Dayton jail and that he was brought Hera for greater security. Ha was formally arraigned upon his indictments in the United States Court this morning. ASSAILING CHAMBERLAIN.

A Canadian Paper Sees a Great" War in tha Immediate Future Unless He Is Eecalled. Toronto, Nov. 2. The Globe again refers to Mr. Chamberlain's appointment this morning, and, in a strongly worded editorial article, says: "Let British journals rub their eyes again and take up to the necessities of tbe situation. Mr. Chamberlain must be recalled. There is no ougot or snouia in the case. The imperative is required, and Canadians are entitled to employ it. He must be recalled. Let the British understand that their own interests are largely staked on the result of impending negotiations. Should tbe commissioners fail to reaeh a settlemeet, or should the Senate reject the agreement,, nothing can be more certain than that war between Great Britian and tbe United States can be avoided only by Great Britain's abandoning Canada in a way that will forever . disgrace tba British name. Do Britons know that tha United States Congress has already passed an act to cut off every part of commercial exchange withCanada? Do they know that Congress baa. urged the administration to enforce that act?' Are they aware that a very large proportion of the American journals . ceaselessly vituperate; tbe President because he has not resorted to re ' taiiatlon? Do they comprehend that be eat, have no option but to e mploy tbe act if tha negotiations fail, or if the agreement be disallowed in the Senate? If he does employ it, what then? We do not act as alarmists in declaring that a war which Great Britain has long feared mora than any other possible war, will probably occur. To avoid the dangers and disgrace that threaten, there is but one way. Mr. Chamberlain is the sole cause that the outlook is dark. Before bis appointment it was bright enough. It was bright until he wantonly embarrassed the situation. It is gloomy because he has rendered tbe best method of settlement difficult to propose or discuss, and because he has made himself hateful on this continent. Without distinction of origin, Americans resent his insolent attack noon those fellow-citizens whose loyalty rang true by the most terrible of tests when hundreds of thousands of sons of Irish mothers faced death in battle for the Republic It is useless to found smooth prophesies upon the hope that Mr. Chamberlain's principles can escape the consequences of tbe hostility that he has aroused. If tbey do not recall him tbey take the responsibility for him. If they do not recall him it ean be only because they are in full sympathy with him. His own insolence baa brought him into trouble, and be alone should ba tbe victim. Surely it is better tbat he be made to undergo his deserts than that the peace of hundreds of millions of English-speaking people be jeopardized on behalf of his dignity. What Ia the Use of the War? Indiana advocate. We were much pleased last week at the demonstrations of loyalty to Jeff Davis and tbe idea which he represents, on tha occasion of his visit to Macon, Ga. It was enthusiastie beyond description. Rebel flags wef e displayed and tha lost cause glorified. If the sentiments of treason still linger -in the South, let them blurt them out occasionally. And no wonder tba rebels are jubilant. In less than a quarter of a century from tbe disbanding of their armies they have obtained the substantial control of the government. Their Representatives and Senators, most of whom were rebel army officers, now constitute a controlling majority of the party in power, and they use their position without apology, as well tbey may. They were overwhelmed in battle by superior numbers, tbey overwhelmed their conquerors by superior strategy. At any rate they hold the fort and know it, and float their rebel flags with consummate contempt for the stars and stripes. Wherefore, then, that waste of blood and treasure? Would it not have been better and cheaper to have let them have their way without bloodshed? Mr. Fonlke Amonc tba Suffragists. Report of Philadelphia Convention. Tbe good men and women, the latter in tha majority seven to one, who believe that woman should cast her ballot at elections, filled tbe auditorium. The afternoon gathering seemed too serious to be enthusiastic. William- Dudley Foulke, the association's president, who comes from far-off Indiana, is a solid-looking man who speaks earntstly and in a manner that helps to convince because of its evident sincerity. Tba women leaders seem of a motherly charactersuch women as a person in trouble might step on the street, instinctively feeling that be was addressing a friend. They too, are earnest, and use clear-cut sentences. A good many patriarchal beards are seen among the men. Yellow Ribbon for the Suffragists. Report of Philadelphia Convention. Miss Cora Scott Pond started a subscription ball rolling of $1 a year per member, and called thin stripe of yellow ribbon. Tbe exaet shada adopted is that of the sunflower, which, like tha -suffragists, is ever turning towards the light. She requested tbe reporters to put tbem on ana diffuse the good news. One did so. The others were allowed to tie them around their pencils on explaining that if they wore the orders of all the organizations whose meetings they attended there would be no necessity for them to buy clothes. A Level-Headed Old General, Springfield (111.) Special. Ex-Gov. John M. Palmer was asked in tha name of humanity to write a letter to Governor Oglesby for the pardon of the Anarchists. "How many policemen were killed?" asked General Palmer. "Is it true that the Anarehists killed eight or ten policemen and wounded forty or fifty?' , His interviewer said he was about right. "Well," replied the General, "I don't sec much humanity in that." Gas at Fifty Cents a Thousand Feat. Chicago 1 jws. It is idle and foolish io talk of gas at a dollar or to entertain applications for charters to companies stating that ridiculous price. Improved processes and methods enable the distribution of gas in other places for half that price, in quantities much less than are daily used in Chicago. Fifty cents a thousand is an amply high price for gas. The city could make and furnish it for less. Tha Man Who Declines. Chicago Hail. The only Americans old enough to serve who would not accept the presidency or tba nomination of their party for the office are those who could not get within a million miles of a sight at tbe prize. To be singled out as one among 60.000,000 people worthy to tenant the White House is an honor that men do not go about declining. Tha Way It Wilt Work. Fort Wayne Gazette. Governor Gordon, of Georgia, is doing good work for tha Republicans in Ohio. His presence there so shortly after his participation in the exercises at Macor.. and so shortly after the making of his very questionable speeches there, will force a great many of tha wavering voters into the Republican ranks. Tha Massachusetts Mugs. Minneapolis Tribune. The Massachusetts mugwumps are beginning to open their eyes. Most of them find that the Republican party is good enough for them, after trying Cleveland Democracy for a while. They realize that there is a difference between a kitten and a polecat, so they drop the latter. America Supporting Irish Landlords. Milwaukee Sentlae!. It will surprise many to learn from Mr. Thomas F. Meehan that since 1848 this country has contributed about $100,000,000 to Irish landlordism. The money baa been earned in America by Irishmen and sent to Ireland to help pay the rent of their relatives. Acquainted with 'Trusts. Philadelphia Press. Coal is going to be an expensive commodity ia Chicago this winter, and dealers bint that it will sell for $10 a ton before Christmas. It looks as though a coal trust were in . operation in tbat town. . -sasss'ejr -- Where tha Fan Cornea In. Philadelphia Frees. Coal goes no 23 cents per ton to day and telegraph rates are advanced. The corporations concerned es joy this kind of thing, if tha publio does not. Tha Cost of Illuminating Gas. Chicago Journal. - Gas can ba furnished at $1 a thousand and fan profits be realized from tbe business. Tha city ean supply it without loss for much less than tbat