Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1889 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1889:

THE DAILY JOURNAL FIUDAY, JANUARY 2-5, 1S89. WASHINGTON OmCE-513 Fourteenth St. P. S. Heath Correspondent. NEW YORK OFFICE 101 Temple Court. Corner Beekman ant Nassau street.

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Business Office 238 Editorial Rooms. .....242 "Our foreign relations" arc causing Mr. Bayard so much trouble lately that he is almost ready to wish they had all died young. That new statistical bureau, with its chief and staff of assistants, is a part of the Democratic Anarchists' "long hauF on the public treasury. Motions to investigate will hereafter be offered with more caution by Democratic legislators. The sudden necessity for crawfishing over the State Treasury resolution was a dreadful warning. The creed of Indiana Democrats is that elections do not elect, unless the majority is with their party. I they happen to need another scnatorship than that to which Carpenter was elected, they will have no scruples in turning the Republican occupant of the office out. A . favorite doctrine of avowed Anarchists is that accumulations of money must be divided up among the people. The Anarchists in the Democratic Legislature are carrying out this doctrine so far as the State's money is concerned, with the limitation that the pelf is to be divided among Democrats only, all members of that party who can get near enough being allowed a grab. ' A Dejiocratic member of the House, yesterday, in explaining his vote against a pending measure, said it was unjust, 'because of geologic movements in the shape of cyclones, the breaking of rocks, the gorging of ice, the will of Almighty God, and other acts of the earth, according to its constitution." If the Mullinix bill passes, this member might go on the Democratic commission to supervise the preparation of school readers. Governor Ho VEYyesterday appointed Mr. William T. Dennis, of Wayne county, State Fish Commissioner. Mr. Dennis is well versed in fish lore, and has good qualifications for the posi tion. Pisciculturo has become an important interest in many States, and there is every reason wny Indiana, with its variety of waters, should be among the foremost in this regard. The Legislature ought to make more liberal provision for the work. TnE Journal is unalterably opposed to the creation of a Democratic Stato printing-office for the publication of school books prepared by Democratic commissioners and Democratic experts. That is not the.way to smash the school-' book rmg. We do not want to; erect a bigger and worse ring on the ruins of the old one. We want no State printing establishment and no worthless school books prepared by party pets under the supervision of a lot of ignoramuses who can't write their names without running their tongues' out. School books produced by that method would be the worst and most expensive ever known. Reform does not lie in that direction. : . If the election of a competent Stato Librarian means the adoption of a liberal policy towards the library, and making it a credit and advantage to the State, then the Journal favors the change. For many years past the library has been of little value and no credit to tho State, and the office of Librarian little mom than a sinecure. Unless they are to be placed on a different basis they had better be abolished. If the selection of Mr. Dunn, for Librarian, foreshadows a more liberal policy in tho management of tho library, and its removal from the list of political spoils, we shall heartily approvo the change. Mr. Dunn possesses the qualifications for a good Librarian, and perhaps, under favoring conditions, he may bo able to rise above party. The history of legislative proceedings might be searched in vain for a funnier incident than one which occurred in tho House on Wednesday. We refer to the resolution for a committee to investigate the Stato Treasury, introduced by a Democrat, adopted by a unanimous vote, and then reconsidered and laid on the table. The funny part of it was that the Democrats thought the dates named in the resolutionthe years 1887 and 1883 covered a period of Republican administration only, and that they were springing a mine for Republicans, whereas it also embraced a period of Democratic administration, and they were setting a trap for themselves. They not only set the trap, but walked into it. Wrhen it dawned upon them that, by the aid of Republican votes, they had actually provided for an investigation of the treasury during tho last 3earof Democratic rule, when there is reason to believe some irregularity and crookedness prevailed, thway they hastened to get out of the trap was as 0od as a circus. Nothing was

further from their intention than to provide for an investigation of the last year of Democratic financiering by a committee with "power to send for persons, books and papers," but they had done that very thing. Tho only way out was to back out, and that is what they did. They came out by tho samo hole . they went in at, only t'other end foremost. When they found what the resolution covered, they dropped it like a hot potato. A man handling a supposed harmless package, and suddenly discovering that it contained dynamite, could not show greater alacrity in getting rid of it than the Democrats did in unloading the resolution which they had a moment before so cheerfully adopted. Tho only parliamentary way to undo what had been done was to move a reconsideration, and lay the dangerous resolution on the table, "This was done, the Democrats now voting to table tho resolution as unanimously as, a few minutes before, they had voted to adopt it. Rather than open the books or reveal tho secrets of the last year of -Democratic mismanagement of the State Treasury, they would voluntarily eat dirt and make themselves ridiculous before tho people. The entire proceeding was a remarkable instance of political abasement and stultification. We may add, it was eminently characteristic of the Indiana Democracy.

CONCEBNIKQ THE CUBTIS BILL. The attempt by the organ of the Curtis bill to manufacture public opinion in its favor is a dismal failure. Interviews with six persons were published. Mr. John P. Frenzel, who is not particularly troubled with non-partisanship, thinks the tendency in municipal government should be "to localize and centralize tho responsibility;" therefore he favors tho Curtis bill, which neither localizes nor centralizes responsibility. He thinks, eventually, the Mayor might be intrusted with appointing the board of public works, but not until there is a Democratic Mayor. Mr. John W. Murphy, an honest man who has long maintained an unequal struggle with Democracy, thinks a board of public works would "either bo a good or a dangerous thing," and adds, "if it is to be a political arrangement I am strongly opposed to it." As the Curtis bill is nothing but a political arrangement, wo put Mr. Murphy down as voting no. Mr. John S. Spann, confirmed Republican, thinks the proposed measure "a dangerous proceeding," and that to confer the appointment of a board of public works upon the Legislature "would be to place its selection in the hands of irresponsible partics," though a board appointed by tho Maj'or, under proper safeguards, might be a good thing for the city. Mr. Charles Martiudale, conservative Republican, favors a board of public works to be appointed by tho Mayor, and, of course, opposes the Curtis triumvirate bill. Mr. Stout thinks aboard of public works would be a good thing, but to give its appointment to the Mayor would bo investing one man with too much power. Mr. Stout fails to see that the concentration of power and responsibility is the prime requisite of success in executive affairs. Mr. D. P. Irwin, Republican business man, favors a board of public works, but not abolishing the council and board of aldermen. Ho evidently has leanings in favor of popular government and home rule. These six interviews are cited by the organ of tho Curtis bill as evidence of tho popular uprising in favor of it. Only one of them squarely favors the measure, and he evidently only until a Democratic Maj or can bo elected. Tho rest agree with the Journal that, while a board of public works appointed under proper safeguards by the Mayor might be a good thing, the appointment of such a board by tho Legislature would be a gross violation of the principles of good government and home rule. The Curtis bill is simply a scheme to create new offices for Democrats, to take the government of the city of Indianapolis out of tho hands of its citizens and tax-payers and place it in tho hands of a partisan commission, responsible only to a legislative majority. ' . - THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM. No more important measure can come before Congress than that which was presented by the Ford committee on immigration on the 19th. The committee had taken great pains to gather important factsbeariug upon the subject. They had personally inspected many of the vice and disease-breeding quarters of the hordes of the poor and vicious classes who have been flocking to this country of late years, or who have been sent by governments and associations as criminals or paupers, and who are at once a burden and a menace, and they presented the result of their investigation in tho form of a bill to regulate the landing of foreigners upon our shores. Most of the provisions of the bill seem harsh, and some almost cruel, but the emergency is great and it is difficult to say that anything less prompt and severe will meet the case. The aim is to prevent the incoming of vicious men and of paupers; but how to do this without preventing tho coming of that large class of honest and industrious foreigners who have contributed so largely to the development of this' country is the difficulty. These have always been welcome and are yet welcome, but how to draw the lino requires great skill and care. The tax of live dollars per head cannot do it. Stites or charitable associations can as easily pay that as they have been paying the one dollar for years. Anarchists and polygamists are not to be admitted; but who can discriminate! For theso can as easily couceal their real character long enough to obtain admittance as can tho thieves and thugs who come. Rut let an earnest attempt be made, and if the proposed measures do not render relief, let us keep on trying. We must have relief. This country must not bo a rendezvous for the offscourings of other countries. Our hospitality mustnot be so abused. There is one mcai'iire' interlocking with this question to which the committee does not refer, and yet probably it is more important than all the relief measures they have proposed. Anarchists, and polygamists, and thieves, and paupers would bo . shorn of much , of their

power for mischief if they were not. almost instantly clothed with political power. Our naturalization1 laws require radical modifications. If, in protecting ourselves against' theso classes we shall have to be less3 liberal to the more deserving, it. is nothing more than the bill proposes t in other ways. Tens of thousands of - the best of our immigrants have been helped to come by contributions and by contracts for employment. But what was innocent, and even commendable, once, has been so abused that the whole Nation rises in rebellion against contract labor. J In dealing with the abuse we have to J strike the legitimate, i So with the naturalization branch of this problem. These vile and dangerous elements are the first to avail themselves of the power the ballot gives theni. We may never be able to keep them from lauding, but, if we begin soon,' we may prevent their becoming tho controlling element in politics; but we must begin soon, and begin in earnest. There is no more important and difficult problem before us to-day than the immigrant problem, and there is no branch . of that problem half so important and delicate as the naturalization branch. ' It j should be incorporated into the Ford bill, or go hand in hand with it as a companion measure. j A LAWLESS APPORTIONMENT. , j The present districtingof this State for Representatives in Congress is not only totally at variance with the principles of republican government, but a plain violation of law. Tho .law relative to the election and apportionment of Representatives, enacted by Congress in 1872, says: In. each State entitled under this apportionment to more than one .Representative, tho number to which such Stato may bo entitled in the Forty-third ami each subsequent Congress shall he elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants. The gerrymander in this State is a plain violation of this law. The territory of which the districts are composed is in one sense contiguous, but some of them are monstrously misshapen. The other provision of the law is flagrantly violated. The districts, instead of containing "as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants," vary very much in their population with the plain intent of disfranchising largo numbers of Republicans and giving the Democrats much greater representation in Congress than they are entitled to. Tho object was to so bunch tho Republican votes that they would get the least possible amount of representation and so scatter tho Democratic votes that they wpuld get the largest possible amount. .The. result was and is to give the Democrats ten Representatives and tho Republicans three, whereas the' Republicans, being a majority, ought to have seven, to tho Democrats six. This scheme of Democratic villainy is sV successfully ..carried out that 259,9S5 Democratic Voters elect ten members of Congress while. 2(54,55(1 Republican voters elect only three. As to the size of the districts, very little regard seems to have been paid to tho requirct nient of the law which says they, "shall contain as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants." Tho Fourth district has 33,3r4 voters, while the Seventh has 53,541. Here is a difference of 20,187 voters, or 100,000 inhabitants, and, by the way, Holman, Democrat, was elected in the Fourth district with 16,903 votes, while Chandler in tho Seventh, with 25,500 votes, was defeated. Again, tho Third district cast 33,852 votes, while the Ninth cast 40,547, a difference of 12,095 votes, or 00,000 inhabitants. In the Third district Jason Brown, Deraocrat, was elected, receiving 18,272 votes, while in the, Sixth district it took 23,424 Republican votes to elect Thomas M. Browne. So it goes all over the State. There was no attempt or pretense on tho part of the Democrats of comptyingwitll the law requiring the districts to be as nearly aspracticable of equal population. Of course a party which habitually violates the Constitution of its own State, as the Democratic party in Indiana does, would not hesitate to violate an act of Congress to gain a political advantage, as was done by tho gerrymander, but it is a question how far Congress should permit its laws on this subject to be violated and nullified. The present apportionment in this State is as plain a violation of the law as the disfranchisement of colored voters in the South, and calls as, loudly for the action of Congress. A society event in Philadelphia this week was the marriage of a Miss Tartter to a Mr Somebody naturally a "Mr.,"' though his name doesn't matter. Whoever he is, he is entitled to commiseration, because of the nuniber of times facetious friends must have alluded to his catching a Tartar and compelled the reply that it was tho cream of tartar. This may boa weary world, even for a' Philadelphia bridegroom. To tho Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: 1. Give a history of Rose Eytinge. '2. What was the name of Columbus's father-in-law. 3. (live an account of the death of Hon. ZachariaU Chandler and ieu. Joseph Hooker. c. w. l. riUXCETOX, Ind. . 1. Rose Ey tinge was born in Philadelphia, in 18o5, her family being a prominent one. She displayed dramatic talent early, and made her debut es an amateur in 1852. Her success was . so great that, oa the strength of it, slid made a professional engagement, and has been on the stage since that time. Her talent was versatile, and she was very successful in many roles, Nancy Sykcs, Lady Gay Spanker, Beatrice and IJose Michel being some of her leading impersonations. She was twice married, first to David Barnes, 'an Albany, N. Y., journalist, and later, to George Butler, a nephew of Gen. B. F. Butler. Both marriages proved uuhapp3, and ended in separation and divorce. 2. Palestrello. He was an Italian in the Portuguese naval service. 3. Chandler died suddenly t at tho Grand Pacific Hotel, in Chicago, Nov. 1, 1879, shortly after delivering a public speech on the political issues of th'daj. Hooker died at Garden City, L. L, Oct, 31. 1879. To tho Editor of tho Indianapolis Jimrnal: Please give the popular vote In the United States for Cleveland, Harrison and FlKk,'.in,lHS8. to decide a wager. Joeeru II. bell. Castle, Ind. i Cleveland, 5.5.I,S82; Harrison, 5,428,672; Fisk, 2H,0,U ' '. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: What was the public debt of the tnltrrt States I on June 1 of each year from I860 t618r! Mexico, Ind. 0.(1. Keves. j We cannot give space to tlurse figures. See "Spoflord's American Almrfrtae' page 59. This almanac can be. obtained of tho

American News Company, New York, at a cost of 35 cents, and is a storehouse of political statistics and information. To tho Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: . Who was the first settler of Indianapolis! In what year was the town tirst laid off into town lots! , D. I. Geoves. Watseka, 111. Mr. J.TI. B. Nowland?s book on Indianapolis, which is generally accepted as a reliable authority, gives tho came of tho first settler as John McCormack. The town was laid dut in the spring of 1S20. . To tho Editor of tho Indianapolis Journal: Please Rtatc the chief objections to the admission of Canada to the Union. Where can I get a UiseusMon of the subject from that stand-point! Hacklemax, Ind. A Subscriber. The main objection is that the people of Canada do not desire it and the government ! of Great Britain would not permit it. Wo do not know of any publication on tho subject. -' - ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Two ladies have been elected bank directors at Atlanta, Ga. Colonel H. G. Jewett, of Thomasville, Ga., weighs CAS pounds. Of the members of the Illinois Legislature, 128 were born outside the State. Among the members of the New Hampshire constitutional convention are eight Sanborns aud ten Smiths. " Mayor Bobert L. Mo ye, of Cuthbert, Ga., has begun office-holding early. lhTis not yet twonty-f our years oi age. The smoko cloud that overhangs London is said to contain 300 tons of carbon. The waste involved in this is estimated at $13,000,000 a year, and the damage to buildings at 10,000,000 a year. - t G. W. Childs's wedding present to Miss Drexel was a large pendant, having for its center stone an Alexandrite, a weird gem of changeful hue. By daylight 'it looks a luminous green, and by night a I deep red. The Clover Club, in Philadelphia, presented menus printed in English at its recent banquet, and tho guests knew that they were eating "cherry stone oysters,'7 "sheepshead, with clover sauce0 copyrighted), "a mouthful of sweetbreads, truffles, fresh mushrooms and lobster," and other dishes whose French titles had been translated for the occasion. There was general satisfaction among the guests. Mr. Kennan, the Siberian explorer and writer, went on his travels largely for tho sake of health. "I sailed," he says, "froin New York for San Francisco a pale-faced, gloomy, morbid boy, onlv nineteen years of age, and weighing only 120 pounds. Bough, outdoor life so quickby restored my health that before I had been in Siberia a year I weighed 150 and could endure more hardship and privation than half the natives." Fkkdemc Harrison, the able British barrister and positivist leader and writer, is a man of late middle age and moderate stature, who carries a ruddy, kindly face, illumined with brilliant eyes and marked by what some call an academic expression, lie is now the most brilliant living writer of English prose in style most certainly. His homo is a charming center, and he draws to it men and women of brilliant ability. Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the wellknown philanthropist, is slowly recovering from a paralytic stroke received about three weeks ago. Sho is being tenderly pursed by her only sister, Mrs. M. A. Moore, of Nunda, N. Y., at tho residence of Dr. Charles Kowell, in Stamford. Mrs. Thompson will be sixty-eight years old on Feb. 21 next. Her many friends in every part of tho country will be glad to know that hope is entertained for her recovery. . Ax interesting historical relic is a ma"hogany card-table, one of a pair presented by King George II (who died in 1700), to the first Governor of the colony of North Carolina. This table is intrinsically attractive by the tine quality of its workmanship, . its gilded and carved legs, surmounted by .eagles' heads, as if done bv an unconscious gift of ' prophecy. Near by stands an ancient Italian bust of Christ, in dark bronze, .having tho closely-trimmed Vandyke beard. , Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt, after working in the temperance cause for fifteen years in this country, is now agitating it outside of America. Her address in Madagascar made tho twenty-seventh language in which sho has spoken by means of an interpreter since leaving home. By invitation of the Queen she fulfilled the morning duties of the pulpit in tho ro3al chapel, and she also addressed an audience on the "Ilefonns of the Nineteenth Century." It is Count Herbert Bismarck to whom we are particularly indebted for the present disturbed condition of Samoa. He has made the affairs of the latter his pet hobby, and has devoted much attention thereto. Indeed, the head of a large Hamburg firm, who has been a resident of the Samoa islands for many years, anil who, during the recent Samoan troubles, had an interview with Count Herbert, remarked: "I felt as if I had been talking to somebody who lived on the islands." Kiwewa, the new King of Uganda, is a very different creature from his predecessor, his brother Mwanga. Kiwewa is a thin, active, restle ss man, who likes his missionary more highly seasoned than does his brother. He also differs from Mwanga iu that he never kills a wife before breakfast, being somewhat dyspeptic and not fond of bloodshed before ho has hadhis coffee and cigarette. Ho is more progressive than Mwanga in his attire, and always wears at the very least a necklace and an intelligent expression. One of the new humane institutions of London is the "Home of Best for Horses. It is supported by a society whose members solicit subscriptions from tho public. Its purpose is to give rest and medical treatment to overworked or diseased horses and to supply the owners of horses who are not able to give them rest with other horses at a low rental. For instance, a cabman who. barely makes a living with one horse can, when his horse is tired out or sick, send it to this home and rent another horse for a small sum until his own horse is rested or recovered. A rLEASAXT incident is told of Mme. Cahen, who has just received the cross of the Legion of Honor, After the FrancoGerman war she went three times to Germany to look after the wounded French soldiers. She was introduced to the old Empress Augusta, who talked to her for two hours, and said, when she took leave of her visitor, "Madame, I should like a link to exist between you and me," and, taking her own Bed Cross, sho put it round Mine. Cahen's neck, saying, VTho only value of this cross is that it is a sign of how we have both tried to mitigate the misery of our fellow-creatures." Mme. Ilma di Murski, whoso death has been reported, was very fond of pets. She geuerallj' had a parrot, a pet dog, or an ape, which she loved to distraction, and carried with her wherever she went. Her immenso Newfoundland, Pluto, dined with her every day. A cover was laid for him at her table, and he had learned to eat a fowl from a plate withont dropping any of the meat or bones on the floor or even on the tablecloth. Two parrots, a monkey and an Angora cat were her constant companions, and frequently their antics and quarrels resulted in' enormous hotel bills, which the prima donna paid without a murmur. Gen. Spinner, whose chirographic curiositj' adorns so many bank bills, was eightyseven years old yesterday. He is ;n Florida spending the winter. Mr. Spinner is for the most part a self-educated man. He was a famous reader during his sojourn in Amsterdam, and could generally be found reclining in a shady nook poring over some literary work. History was his favorite, and he always remembered everything he read. While at Amsterdam young Spinner spent a great deal of time practicing upon the famous autograph which has figured upon so many greenbacks. By assiduous practice ho acquired a combination of hieroglyphics with which no forger has ever been found rash enough to wrestle, r Dr. Charcot, the famous French doctor is opposed to the admission of women in his profession. He spoke very decidedly on , the subject tho other day, after the jury, of

which he was one. had lifdeuedto the thesis written and read by Mile. Schultze, and had given their verdict thereon a most favorable one. "If your intention, Mademoiselle, was to prove the intellectual capacity of woman, of what courage sho is capable, the amount of instruction she can acquire when she likes. I have only praise to give you; but if your intention was to prove that the medical profession is as much a feminine as a masculine one, it is impossible for me not to raise my voice against such a pretension. The woman doctor will never be anything but an exception."

COMMENT AND OPINION. The Democrats of Indiana aro howling for "protection to the ballot." Are the cats of Indiana howling for protection to tho canary birds? If not they ought to be. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Germany will apologize as soon as 6ho can be made to believe that Washington has backbone. Until then she will not do it, but will, on the contrary, continue to foment rebellion and commit outrage in Samoa for her own imperial benefit. Minnea polis Tribune. The safety of a republican form of government lie's in the intelligence of the masses of the people. Unless they understand and appreciate the duties of citizenship, and are in a position to properly exercise the right of self-government, it cannot live. Memphis Avalanche. The United States does not ask any other country to care for her paupers or punish her criminals. She is able and willing to do hoth for herself. But. on the other hand, the United States does not propose to do that sort of work for other countries not if she can help it. Kansas City Jov4rnaL If a Democrat is left in office at tho South, or one is chosen during the next four years, it will be because he . is a good citizen, makes, or will make, an honest, faithful public servant, and, also, becauso there is a scarcity of the right kind of Kepublicans in that community from which to select a man for the place. Chicago Journal. It was bad enough to bo humbugged and intimidated by Germany on our. own account, but to covevaut with a weak, dependent and friendly people like tho Samoans to protect them against foreign domination or assault and then to abandon them to their fate at the first show of armed force was disgraceful and contemptible, Cleveland Leader. The Democrats of the House know very well that the Senate will not indorse the omnibus bill that they have passed. They know that its only eff ect can bo to delay doing justice to Dakota and such other 'lerritories as should be admitted without delay. It looks as if the only hope of Dakota is a Bepublican Congress, which will not bo long in doing it justice. Iowa State Register. Until the agitators have produced some considerable impression upon the great mass of workingmen and workingwomen that is to say, the great mass of the commuuitv and until some considerable body of woikers has shown its willingness to cut off" 30 per cent, of its wages for tho sake of two hours more leisure a day, the discussion ' or the eight-hour movement can hardly be deemed serious or prolitable. New ork Sun. : ( If Congress would change the law so as to make patents free to be used by any one as soon as granted on tho payment of a reasonable royalty to the inventor the public would get tho full benefit of improved processes and methods, while the discoverer or inventor could make himself sure of ample reward. Such a system would leave every incentive that could ' be desired for the exercise of inventive talent. Chicago Ttibune. The sentiment against certain classes of immigrants is very strong in all the Northern States, and is growing. If they are permitted to come to this country, hereafter, it is not unlikely that they will be driven to And homes and employment in tho South. We do not need that kind, and do not want them. The safe way is to exclude them from America, and let those who are already in America remain, where they are. Charleston News and Courier. MAX O'REIX. a Things Noted by the Keen-Eyed Frenchman While Visiting: the United States. Tho American men are generally thin. Their faces glow with intelligence and energy, aud. in this tnainly consists their handsomeness. 1 do not think it can be possible to see anywhere a liner assemblage of men than that which meets at tho Century Club of New York every first Saturday of the month. It is not male beauty such as the Greeks protrayed it, but a manly beauty in all its intellectual force. The hair, often abundant, is neglige, sometimes even almost disordered-looking; the dress displa3's taste and care without aiming at elegance; the face is pale and serious, but lights up with an amiable smile; you divine that resolution and gentleness live in harmony in the American- character. Tho well-bred American is to my mind a happy combination of the Frenceman and the Englishman, having less stiffness than the latter, and more simplicity than the former. As for the women, I do not hesitate to say that in the East, in New York especially, they might perfectly well be taken . for French women. It is the same type, the samo gait, ' the same vivacity, the: sani6 petulance, the same amplitude of proportions. The beauty of the American women, like that of the men, is due much more to the animation of the face than to form or coloring. The average of good looks is very high, indeed. I do not. remember to have 8een .one hopelessly plain woman during my six months' ramble through the. States. . . . . ' To the American woman the diamond i not an object of luxury; it is An obiect of prime necessity.- An English old maid would do without her tea before an Ameri: can woman would go without her diamonds. Diamonds, at night with even ing dress and artificial light are .things of beauty; but diamonds in the. street with morning dress, at early breakfast in company with morning wrappers; diamonds in the ears, at the neck, in the bonnet strings,' on arms, on fingers diamonds all day long and everywhere; . it is a remnant ot savagery. Nay, 1 saw diamonds on 6hoo buckles one day in broad day in one of tho fashionable shops of Union square. Diamonds are .worn by the woman of fashion, the tradesman's wife, shop girls, work girls, servants all the womankind. If you see a shabbily-dressed woman who has not a pair in her ears you may take it for granted that she has put them in pawn. Decollete toilets are universal in America, old ladies vying with young in the display of neck and shoulders. It is true the Americans are not peculiar in this. Many times in a European ball-room have I longed to exclaim: "Ladies, throw a veil over the past, I pray you." The wives of men with middle-class incomes imitate the luxury of tho millionaire's wife. I expected to lind it so; in a democratic country frogs try to swell into . oxen. They putt' themselves oiit until they burst, or rather until their husbands burst. In France always, and in England when ho will let her, a wife keeps an eye on her husband's interests. In America she often lays hands on his capital. Upon the strength of a six months' stay in America one would hardly attempt to deliver a verdict on the political 83'stein of the country. I think, however, that it may safely be affirmed that tho English are a freer people that the Americans; that tho constitutional I had almost said republicanmonarchy of England is preferable to tho authoritative democracy of America. The well-read, well-bred Ameriean is the most delightful of men; good society in America is the wittiest, most genial, and most hospitable I have met with. But the more I travel, and the more I look at other nations, the more confirmed I am in my opinion that the French are the happiest people on earth. They Are Not Fishing for Cat. Terre Haute Express. The federal grand jury at Indianapolis is making a drag-net investigation of the election in this State, but so far as auyone knows, that relentless enemy of ballot-box frauds. Leon Bailey, who is m charge of tho investigation, is not making an eff ort to get testimony regarding the block of five voters who received $50 from Mr. Andrew Grimes, t Jie Democratic candidate for Senator from this county. The School-Dook Question. Crawfonlsville Journal. The school-book question is beginning to attnvct the attention of a great many people. It is now evident that . the schoolbook ring is going to do its utmost to smother all legislation designed to break up this monstrous swindle. Legislators will do well to keep their eyes open widf. While it is necessarv to break up the school-book trust, it will bo just as neces

sity to see that some honest plan of frruishing books is substituted for it. Tho people do not want a ring of Democrat io politicians to write and manufacture school books any more than they want a combination of the kind that is now fleeeiug; tho people.

The Nicaragua Canal. New York Mail and Express. "The Nicaragua canal will be constructed within rive years, aud the Panama canal, on which the company has already expended $240,000,000 aud not completed 20 jkt cent, of the work, will never le finish-enY' said A. G. Menocal, chief engineer of r.ho first-named canal, tn-day, at the Fifth-avenue Hotel. He added, in answer to questions: "We intend to go to work as soon as Congress adjourns, whether it grants a charter or not. We prefer a charter from Con irrcss. of course, because it will be a sanction, so to speak, from our government Howcv er, if Congress does not grant a charter wo have one already from the Stnte of Vermont, and shall proceed to work uuder it. As citizens of the United States, working under a State charter, we shall be entitled to the protection of our grvernment. "Do you fear the Monroe doctriueP "No. We want that doctrine cnforcewl. It will not deter us from going ahead, because we are American citizens, and not foreigners. All wo ask is protection a American citizens. The Fanama canal will never be stopped by the Monroo doctrine; it has already run Its course, and is.a stndendous failure. If France should step in I doubt whether the canal would even then bo built." If Ray Is Seated. Shelby Republican. The old factions in fhiscountvare sure to break out again if Kay is seated forciblv and without regard to justice bv a partisan majority. There are hundreds ot Democrats in this county who will never accept Kay's leadership or obey his bidding. If he is seated as Senator it would bo construed a a determination to force him on tho party as tho recognized leader, and as long as heoccupied this position there would le serious trouble in the ranks. The opposition to Kay is deadly and unrelenting in his own party. It is led by tuch men as Juda JSleeth and Dr. Jones and scores of other Democrats of standing and influence in 4J10 party, who are fighters from way back. There will be music in the air in Shelby county if the partisan majority in the Senato forces on them a leader w hom they have repudiated at the polls and in every other wa3r. IVe Have AH Seen Him. Cohunbua Republican. Have you seen the man with a care-worn and far-away look, the nervous twitch and trembling limb? The man who realizes th truth of the old saying that "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crownf. The man who, in a careless way betravs his nervousness, presumes that "General Harrison will enforco tho civil-service lawf The rmui that is unusually genial to Kepublicans. and expresses a very favorable opinion of the incoming administration? The man that regards Genen l Harrison as nn aHU and honest man, and who, as President, will be very conservative? Have you feeu him? Then you have seen the Democratic officeholder whose goods are not packed, and who is halting between two opinions in a state of distracting uncertainty. ' May Be It Just Crowed. Fort Wayne Gazette. Where is the man from whom the Indiaaapolis Sentinel obtained that Dudley letter? The case hasbcen in the hands of the grand iury for six weeks or more. The .Sentinel has had every opportunity to bring forth the man whom it says Dudley attempted to lead to the commission of a crime, but it has not produced him. If Dudley is not indicted it will bo becauso tho Sentinel does not do what it boasted that it could do. All that is needed is to show that Dudley wrote to somebody, itniatters not whom. a letter whoso plain intent was to suggest or solicit the doing of an unlawful act. Thus far there is absolutely nothing to show that the letter which the Sentinel published was ever sent to anybody. A Penalty of UnconventlonaUty. San Francisco Report. A young man who dared to break through stern custom and go to see an Oakland voung ladj' during tho eclipse last NewVear's day was, upon retiring, rewarded with a remark which must be regarded asrathermean if the young lady understood the full significance of her words. IShe said as she was closing the door, "I hope you will call again the very next time we have another total eclipse.." Now he is waiting for an answer from Prof. Holdento know if it be a fact that we shall not have another such for 110 jTears. The Anarchists. ' !. Owen County JoirnaL The greasers of the Indiana Senate havo passed a rule to deprive the Lieutenantgovernor of his constitutional rights, and giving Two-dollar Given Smith, "Secretary pro tern, for the occasion," tho right to preside over the Senate whenever two Democrats think the Lieutenant-governor is not. going to do just what would suit the majority. This is in violation of the Constitution, but then this General Assembly of Anarchists care nothing for the Constitution or their oaths to support tho Constitution. The Efficacy of Prayer. Buffalo Express. "No, I don't beliovo in the efficacy of prayer," said a young woman, addressing a companion in the postoffice, yesterday afternoon. "I used to believe in it, but when Millie had the measles we prayed for her, and fihe recovered, but when I wanted a new seal-skin cloak I praved for it a whole month, and George only gave me enough money to buy a red-cloth newmarket" . A tVoman-SufTrag: Flea. Albany JouraaL A law that permits a miserable, drunken vagrant to cast a vote and thus decide who shall control in public affairs, while refusing the right to a woman of refinement and intelligence, though she be a large property-owner, is a law that shows no trace of the hand of God in its creation. It is manmade law, and about the worst that man ever made. A Profane Suggestion. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Tippecanoe Club has presented General Harrison with a magnigoent copy of tho Bible. While it would undoubtedly be less beneficial to the General's moral nature, a dictionary of cuss words would afford far greater relief to his lacerated feelings before he gets throngh with the Presidency. Caucus legislation. FJkhart Review. The Indiana Legislature has decelerated into a mere party caucus since the Democrats obtained control. The legislation performed is not for the good of the State, but for the supremacy of party. A change must come soon, or the Commonwealth will pay a heavy penalty in degeneracy. A Question of Pronunciation Chicago News. Most of the Eastern people call it Illynoys, and most of the Western people call it Illinoy. The proper pronunciation of the word is "Eel-en-wah," the ultimate being pronounced a la Frnncais de Coquelin. Illinois is an Indian-French word signifying "men now on earth." A Nuisance. PhUadelpnla Press. The most conspicuous inheritance which the country is likely to receive from the death of a Democratic administration and a Democratic House is the growing necessity for an extra session of Congress. It isaninheritance which amounts toa pest. Too Ills to Insulted. Baltimore American. Tho Navigator islands which form the Samoan dynasty are not of particular value, but tho American flag is too big an institution to bo assailed by any one. whether it floats on a continent or an island. Sound on the Great Questions. Evansrllle Journal. Governor Hoves is sound a a dollar on the great questions in which the people of Indiana are interested, and wo anticipate that he will make a Uovernor of whom every Kcpublican will feel proud. TheCltj'a New Name. Fittsburfr Chronicle. Mr. Wanamaker, announced by several of our contemporaries as alnmt to sail foi Europe, has gone to Hcadacheville, ludu