Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 January 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1889.

THE DAILY JOURNAL SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 18S0.

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ToerlnK, northwest corner Third and Jefferson streets. FT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot and touthern IIotcL "WASTI INGTON, I. C Iii?j?s House and Ebbitt Honse, r - Telephone Calls. Business OCce 233 Editorial Rooms 242 The Democratic Senators expelled Carpenter, but they cculd not swallow Bay. That dose was too nauseous; it gagged them. An increase, of the dram-shop license would relieve all other tax-payers.' The Democrats in the Legislature stand by the dram-shops. As THE liquor traffic causes most of the crime and adds very largely to the expense of government, it should bo made to contribute in the same proportion to the revenue. The Democrats in the Legislature stand by tho dramshops. . A bill is before the Pennsylvania Legislature providing for the placing of the stars and stripes over each schoolhouse in that State. Such a measure would never pass tho Indiana Legislature, the Democracy of tho State regarding the flag as a strictly Republican emblem. In trying to steal tho governorship from 3Ir. Goff the West Virginia Legislature is true 'to the instinct which leads a Democrat to deny that a majority can elect a Republican. The thieving Indiana Legislature should extend its sympathies and encouragement to tho West Virginia brethren. The Democratic members of tho Legislature and Democratic nowspapers claim that the Democrats have a majority of the voters in the State. They claim that they were cheated out of the election by the use of money; that tho Republicans have bought their votes. Thus they admit that Democrats sell their votes for money, and are a purchasable quantity. This is a sorry confession. Democratic Senators are all willing enough to engage in sneak thievery or highway robbery as party exigencies may demand. They deprive Robertson of his seat, plunder the public treasury to provide sustenance for a horde of useless hangers-on, and unseat Senator Carpenter on trumped-up evidence without compunction; but when it comes to accepting Scott Ray, even docile members hesitate. TnE law limiting the saloon tax to $100 is a relic of legislative barbarism. It robs the people of Indiana of hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, and helps to maintain a political corruption fund for the benefit of the Liquor League. In the interests of good government and public morals tho law should be repealed, but the Democrats in the Legislature stand by tho dramthops. Minister Sackville-West got his passports, otherwise known as his walking papers, from President Cleveland, while here is Minister Phelps getting a complimentary banquet and his wife a diamond bracelet from leading representatives of the British government. Phelps knew enough not to mix in local politics a circumstance that makes all the difference. The British dignitaries love him, not for what he did, but what he didn't do. Minister PuELrs uttered a great, though a modern truth, when ho said that there can be no war between civilized nations now unless backed by their peoples, and that before nations quarrel their peoples must becomo hostile. So true is this that even the autocratic Bismarck cannot bring about trouble between his country and the United States by war-like demonstrations. Tho Ameri cans and Germans are hound together by too many international ties to permit of more than a mere feint of war. TrmiE are two things that the people of Indiana earnestly desire not all tho people, but a large majority of them. One is the repeal of tho present $100 limitation on the municipal dram-shop license, and the other is tho enactment of a local-option law that will enable tho people in their primary capacity to regulate the saloon business. Both enact ments are in the interest of good govern ment, and are demanded by the people. The Democratic majority, organized in tho interest of the dram-shojfs, will not pass either. Their principal business is to thwart the will of the people. They etandby the dram-shops. Elsewhere will be found an editorial from the Helena Live Stock Journal giv ing some facts regarding the composition of the territorial Legislature elected at the November election. The statistics arc of special interest, showing the cos mopolitan nature of tho population of the Territory, and thereby indicating the spirit, enterprise and character of -the people. Montana is one of tho Territories that is certainly ready for state hood. It is among the wealthiest alcezdy, and has pplcndid mineral, and

grazing, and agricultural resources, yet scarcely more than touched, while in education, morals, thrift and energy its population is abreast of tho best in any State or Territory. Montana should bo the forty-second State in tho Union, tho two Dakotas and Washington, probably, preceding in order of admission; but they should all como in as speedily as practicable. THE DEMOCRACY A2TD ELECTORAL REFORM. Tho present attitude of the Democratic party in the State in regard to electoral reform is a great concession to public opinion and an encouraging sign of progress. It is a remarkable proof of the power of the press and the

efficacy of persistent eflbrts in bringing about reforms. The Journal and the Republican pres3 generally have reason to congratulate themselves on the visible results of their long-continued labors in this regard. It is a great thing to have forced or shamed tho Democratic party into even pretending to favor a stringent election law. For a long time past Indiana Democracy has been noted throughout tho country as of tho most malignant type. It has been a great in jury to tho State at different times, and in many ways. As a political disease it is nearly incurable. Its policy and traditions have always been identified with election frauds. In recent years it has opposed all legislation designed to secure nonest elections, it mauo a bitter lhrht against tho consti tutional amendment providing for a registry law, because, as the late Governor Hendricks said, "it would injure he Democratic party ." It has habitually resorted to every possible means to provent honest elections, and in many instances, whero tho verdict of the people at tho polls has been unfavorable, it has reversed the verdict, either by altering the returns, by seizing and holding the office or by expelling tho officer elected by the people and installing a defeated candidate of its own. To have educated, forced or driven such a party to the point of even seeming to advocate electoral reform is a great triumph. '. It has not been easily nor quickly done. It has taken a long time and hard work. Tho Journal has been a leader in tho work for years, aijd has been ably assisted by tho Republican press of tho State. The Republican party and press have always favored more stringent election laws. The difficulty was to overcome the opposition of tho Democracy. Readers of tho Journal can testify how steadily and earnestly it has labored on this line for years. It contributed its full share toward creating a popular demand for the registration amendment to the Constitution and securing its adoption in spite of Democratic opposition. It contributed something toward exposing the frauds of Coy and Bcruhamer, thereby accelerating the growth of a healthy public sentiment on this subject. In this long contest for honest elections the Journal only reflected Republican sentiment and led the way. It was well backed and ably assisted by the party and the party press throughout tho State. Now, at last, we have the satisfaction of seeing tho Democracy abandoning their old position and taking ground in favor of electoral reform. To make the triumph more complete, we see Democratic papers which have grown gray in opposing electoral reform and defending tally-sheet forgeries now actually advocating the enactment of a stringent election law. We doubt if the history of political reform can furnish a more remarkable instance of tho resistless power of public opinion and of complete, though long delayed, triumph over stubborn opposition. The lesson is full of encouragement to Republicans. the orncE-sEEma clamor. If General Harrison is not broken down in health before his term of office begins, it will be duo to his constitutional vigor and endurance, and not to the consideration of his countrymen. Tho pressure on him is very great, and constantly increasing. It takes the dual form of an immense mail and a constant stream of visitors. Much of this pressure, in both forms, represents the clamor of office-seekers, and is, therefore, largely selfish and unjustifiable. From any reasonable point of view, it is disgusting. It takes no heed of the fact that General Harrison has important duties to perform prior to his inauguration, and that his time is very valuable. Tho average office-seeker is utterly inconsiderate and implacable. No interest, publicor private, can at all compare, in his estimation, with the importance of his claim for an office being brought to tho personal attention of the Presidentelect with the least possible delay, either by letter or in person. Thus the neverending and ever-increasing army of office-seekers combino to make tho pressure incessant, iusisteut and intolerable, and tho time and strength of tho President-elect are continually exhausted. Smaller complications than the Samoan affair have led to war between nations that desired a pretext for war, or between whom badblood existed. These conditions do not exist between tho United States and Germany, and probably there is no danger of war. Yet tho situation is such as to demand careful management and cautious action. Our interests in Samoa are not great, but such as they are they must be protected. It is not likely that Germany desires war any more than we do. Her interests in Samoa, though larger than ours, are still comparatively insignificant, and her colonial policy is not popular enough at home to justify that government in assuming heavy burdens on account of it. War with the United States would bo very unpopular in Germany, except for overpowering cause, and German interests in Samoa are not likely to furnish any such cause. Germany is naturally aggressive, and Bismarck is a good deal cf a bully. Ho has been accustomed to having everything his own way for a good many years, and riding rough-shod over European powers. In the prosecution of his colonial policy he seems to have concluded to Germr.nize Samoa, or at least to establish German ascendency there, and has gone about it inthe usual

Bismarckian fashion without stopping to ask anybody's leave. There arc somo nice questions of international law involved, and, as they seem to be moro or less dependent on a treaty which is not made public, it might bo well to await its publication. If Bismarck finds he has run against a snag, ho will know pretty well how to get out.

TnE Democrats of the New Jersey Legislature have agreed to repeal tho law of last year closing tho polls at sunset. Tho measure was passed by tho Republicans in order to prevent tho frauds which are apt to be committed, in cities especially, when tho polls are kept open to a lato hour. One of tho frauds guarded against in this case was tho importation of voters from Now York to tho neighboring New Jersey towns. In repealing tho law tho Demo crats aro openly conniving at a dishonest vote, and are, therefore, true to their traditions. Governor Hovey'3 brief address to the wool-growers was a model of appro priate conception and felicitous treatment. It would be difficult to find any where in tho same space so strong and compact an argument in favor of pro tecting American industries and developing American resources. Although tho address was very short thcro was more meat in it than in most campaign speeches. We do not refer to mutton alone, but to patriotic statesmanship and sound political economy. The English people do not love tho United States any too , well, but they love Germany less, and tho London News probably voices tho public opposition to Bismarck's country rather than a love for America when it suggests that "if Lord Salisbury would be a little less humblo to Germany, and a little moro civil to America, it would bo better for all the parties concerned." Neverthe less, tho remark shows a remarkably accurate understanding of the situation for a British organ. Congressman Butterworth, in his recent speech, recommended to tho Knights of Labor "to establish a whipping post in front of tho Capitol, and lick about twenty-five members of the House on tho last Saturday of each month." This suggestion is a good ono for the treatment and possible reform of the Democratic majority of the Indiana Legislature. Plenty of tax-payers, which class includes Knights of Labor, could be found to lay on tho 'licks." TnE Democratic majority in tho Senate, representing a minority of tho people,, yesterday voted to unseat Senator Carpenter, of Shelby and Decatur. Tho party programme was to seat Ray, who was defeated by the people, but this was not done. The majority wcro afraid to carry out tho programme. Tho action yesterday creates a vacancy which will have to be filled by special election. If the present $100 limitation of the saloon tax wero removed most of the, cities and towns in Indiana would int-T pose a much larger tax, thus increasing; their revenue and diminishing tho num-i ber of saloons. But tho Democrats in the Legislate s stand by tho dram shops. The Journal prints, elsewhere, a letter concerning tho proposed scheme for draining the Kankakee marshes at public expense. The facts and suggestions presented are worthy tho careful attention of the Legislature and tax-payers in general. Since tlio campaign visits of tho Harrison "armies with banners," no more welcome sight has greeted Indianapolis citizens than tho army of men with hoes engaged in cleaning tho mud of many months accumulation from tho streets. They demonstrate that some things can bo done as well as others, aud that it is possible to have all the business streets of the city in reasonably decent condition at ono and tho same time. Indiana had twenty-five, Ohio forty-six, and Illinoistwenty-two regiments that participated in the siege of Vicksburg, the survivors of which are earnestly requested to send delegates to the meeting at the Grand Hotel, Indianapolis, Feb. 22. The removal of the capital of Arizona from Prescott to Phoenix, having been decided on, it is reasonable to infer that tho latter place has risen from its ashes. o To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: My understanding Is that when the vacancy occurred in the Lieutenant-governor's office tho Suprrme Court decided that the vacancy should be nUud by the people at the regular fall election. Ir that true? 2. The debt of the State I saw nut at $6,000,000, chiefly accrued in past twelve years. Is that correct! 3. How often iu that time has there been a Republican majority in the Legislature, with a Republican Governor, when the party could be held responsible for legislation! a. c c. Millwood, Kan. 1. The office of Lieutenant-governor became vacant by Lieutenant-governor Manson's accepting a government position. Prior to the election no person disputed or doubted that th vacancy should be filled at the next general election, as distinctly provided by law. It was not necessary for the Supreme Court to pass upon that point in advance, and it did not. The question of the legality of the election was not raised till long afterwards. 2. The present State debt is $6,7T0,G08; in 1878 it was $4,903,173. This increase is mainly due to bad Democratic financiering:. 3. At no time. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Who is superintendent of the incane asylum located at Indianapolis. . New Winchester, J an. 25. A Reader. Thomas S. Galbraith. COMMENT AND OPmoy. Many men who voted for Cleveland in November,when they familiarize themselves with tho Saiuoan incident, will bo trulv thankful that he was not re-elected. Baltimore American. , . . - Let the South be true to itself, and it will have no occasion for complaint at the treatment which it receives at the hands of President Harrison or the party whose leader he is. Omaha Republican. If the Honse wants to do what it professed to want to do, when it claimed to bo so desirous of cutting down the surplus, it will promptly indorse the Senate bill and hasten the time when it shall become a law. Iowa Stato Register. If we had one of Congressman Thomas's war-ships, constructed on the "Vesuvius'7 plan, ready to vomit forth dynamite, we might talk war, but until then we had better keep away from Samoa- aud stav at home and let England and Germany do tho lighting. Chicago Tribune. If A be honest, devoted to the interests of his employer, quick and thorough iu his work, while B is drunken, neglectful of duty, slovenly and slow, not all tho trade i

unions in the world can make the two un

equal quantities equal, ilio faulty organization of labor leagues on the one hand and tbe faulty immigration laws on the' rhr nre deluging the countrv with a sup ply of shift loss and dishonest labor, which is -weakening tho price of the better qualities. Chicago Inter Ocean. WnEX the new Congress comes in it will find marked out before it by the Senate a way to reduce revenues, remove tho mask from tho surplus bugaboo and settle tho tariff question for years to como without nacrifxeing homo interests and in a way satisfactory alike to every producer, laborer and patriotic citizen in tho laud. Albany Journal. IF there is to be an extra session of Congress, as seems probable, it is to bo hoped that the Seuato will reject tho omnibus bill, or so amend it as to remove its objectionable features. Otherwise we shall havo to take what Democratic partisanship is willing to concede, and wait for a Republican Congress to do justice to Washington aud North Dakota. New York Independent. . The Republican party will be threatened and denounced on the strength of the Senate tariff bill by the free-trade Democratic fress and leaders, and ever3r true Repubican will boglad of it. Any bill that commanded their approval, or oven their silence, would be justifiably suspected as the work of the foes and not of the friends of American industry and progress. Cleveland Leader. What the nooplo want is a law which will prevent the landing of emigrants unless they can show a certificate from tho American consul at the point from whence they como to the effect that they have never been rnt)secuted for crime, have never been a public charge, and havo never been in an msano asylum. Some such law as this would afford tho protection needed. Toledo Commercial. IN ono way only can the direct interference of tho French government with the American isthmus be effectually blocked, namely, by tho unequivocal warning embodied iu the Edmunds resolution, that tho United States would view such an act as being in its tendencies and consequences an infringement of tho principles which we have consistently maintained for moro than half a century. New York Sun. The gentiles in Washington aro doing good work, but it 6eems to us they are devoting more time to it than is necessary. They had just two facts to establish in order to make any honest Congressman see that it would be a crime to admit Utah. One was the perfect domination of tho church, and the other was that no sign of any intention to abandon polygamy has ever yet been made by the church. Salt Lake City Tribuue. TnKitE is abundant room vet for the foreigner of good habits and character who wants to become a citizen of the United States, and who is willing to adapt himself to its institutions and respect its laws. Such immigrants are still welcome, and can be accommodated in portions of the West 'hat aro not yet crowded. But there should be some effect re legislation that can bo thoroughly enforced to protect this country from the dangerous and unwelcome classes that hare heretofore been allowed to como to the United States with but little restriction. Des Moines Register. RECONCILIATION NONSENSE. Kill Nye Meets a Stranger Who Talks About the "Lot" Between South and North. Bill Nye, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch. II was a good talker, and his conversation interested m very much. Ho got to talking, finally, of tne South, and incidentally of the bloody-shirt element on the on hand, and th gum-tolu reconcilers on th other. Incidentally h used, as nearly as I can recall it, about the following language: Th growth of reconciliation between the North and South is th slow growth of years and th work of generations. When any man. North or South, in a public place, takes occasion to talk in a mellow and mawkish way of the great love ho now has for his old enemy, watch him. Ho is . getting ready to ask a favor. I know that there is a beautiful, poetic idea in tho reunion of two contending and shattered elements of a great nation. There is something beautifully pathetic in the picturo of the North ;iimi the South clasped m each others arms and shedding a torrent of hot tears down each other's backs as it is done in a play, but do you believe that tho aged mother on either side has learned to love the foe that shot her son and burned herbeautifuihomef Do you believe that tho crippled veteran, North or South, now passionately loves the adversary who robbed him of his glorious youth, madq him a feeblo ruin and mowed down his comrades with swift death? Do you believe that either warrior is so fickle that he has deserted the cause for which he fonghtt No sir. This maudlin, mawkish style of parlor theatricals is worthy of the real estate speculator and the bloodless windv wars between men who battle for postoffices. Let the gentle finger of time undo tho physical tie va station wrought in the South. Let succeeding generations seek through natural methods -to reunite the business and tho traffic that were interrupted by the war. Let the South guarantee the Northern investor security to himself and his investments and he will not ask for the love which we read of in speeches, but do not expect aud do not find in tho South. Two warring parents, on the verge of divorce, have been saved the disgrace of separation and agreed to maintain their household for the sake of their children. Their love has been questioned by tho world and their relations 6trainod. Is it not bad taste for them to pose in public and make a cheap Romeo and Juliet tableau of theinselvesf Let time and merciful silence obliterato the scars of war, and succeeding generations, fostered by the smiles of national prosperity, soften tho bitterness of tho past and mellow the memory of a mighty strugglo in which each contending host called upon almighty God to sustain the cause which it honestly believed to be just. Let us be contented during this generation with tho assurance that geographically the Union has been preserved, and that each contending warrior has ouce more taken up tho peaceful struggle for bettering and beautifying tho home he fought for. Let ns leave tho hollow mockery, the gush and rhetorical rot of reunited hearts to the fickle politician and the ague-stricken speculator who sells ns an orange plantation in the Everglades of Florida, or a town lot covered with mortgages and fringed with alligators. Let us write and talk less for declamatory purposes and do more for posterity. When you see two people calling attention to their affection for each other, that is tho timo to speak to the police about it. I do not indorse all he said, but there was food for thought in it, and when he left the train I asked him to dine with me some evening and bo the life of tho party. TUB AUSTRALIAN BALLOT SYSTEM. IIow It Operatert as Described by a Resident of That Country The Scattering Vote. New York Graphic: An Australian who is stopping at the Fifthavenue Hotel, J. S. Morrison, consented today to give a reporter some points about what is known as tho Australian ballot system. The Australian law is the basis of the Saxton reform bill, and has been copied in Massachusetts, where it is to havo a S ractical test. The charges of corruption uring the recent campaign have been so prominent that attention lias been turned promptly to possible remedies. Mr. Morri son was asked II it was not possioio to issue a ballot similar to that provided by the state, but already marked, so that the voter could be controlled within party lines by the knowledge of how he was voting. He replied: "There has been no 6uch attempt with ns, so I cannot say, except that it is my judgment that it could not be done. If the make-up of the ticket and tho color of the paper should get out an automatic registering machine numbering each ballot as given out would prevent tho successful issue of forged ballots. Yon Americans are very ingenious about such machinery, and should have no difficulty in making fraud of tho kind you suggest an absolute impossibility. Our nominations are made by announcement and petition. Any man may announce himself a candidate. Then, if he gets a sufficient number of voters to sign hispetition, his name is placed on the official ballot without expense to him or his friends. Partv caucuses ar thus douo away. The nominees of parties are selected by tfie signers of petitions, tho weaker candidates retiring. There is no encouragement of candidates whose petitions show that they have little chance of election. The men who have signed, on finding themselves outnumbered, go over to the man of their party belief who has the larger showing. The contests usually narrow down to two candidates representing dis

tinct and differing principles.; ThenVte. besides, a provision against pdnndanJ? candidates. No man's " the list without his consent.. If it IS oil llio ticket and ho fails to receive onc-hfthot . tho total vole cast he is lined for ins we sumption. Tho amount of line vanes Wit U tho importance of the office. 4?tisus,ia lv S0 and it goes into tho ; elect.iou expeJ e fund. No matter how manr fc.pncraj ofj lUo t petition a man gets he must get 20 per cent, of tho total vote or bo fined "Is there no work done at the pol.'s. uTi : im rii'inro tor an

As the voter passes into the Prl00111 j1? handed a ballot. It contains all theTiameH of all tho candidates. Pencils .a;q at hand for his use. He proceeds to , indicate his choice by marking the list. When it is pi fpared he proceeds to drop it 111 thobOX. JNO one but election oUicers and perMjns aoout to vote, who are nrepariug -their ballots, . are allowed in the room, or within a .. . i At .iin pin r speciuea instance oi m" i'"-. .V get ill auv work there at all. The campaigns outsitie aro cojhiucicu iuwv conduct them here, with speeches, parades, pamphlets and livers." . " . juo you re gam xuo syi-m hb salutary effect upon your elections! nwr . if c Inner that. T ran t tell yon anything about whether it has created such au effect or not. We like the system, and that is all I can say. It works woll, and is so saxisiacxuiy mat t ia stitution of tho country." TnE MONTANA LEGISLATURE. The members Come from All Parts of the Country Their Ages and Occupation. Montana Live Stock Journal. In this issue of the Journal we give brief biographies of the members of the sixteenth Assembly of Montana's Legislature, . Ono point shown on examining tho list is tho wide divergence of tho places of nativity of the members. From Louisiana to Michi gan and from Arkansas to Mamo come tno small body of men (only thirty-six) who make our laws. While in the Dakota Legislature there is not one out of sixtytwo who was born in the South. Jlontana has Republican members hailing from Mfirvloml Tnininna and Georgia, and many whose politics could not stand tho transplanting, as Jir. iooio v-uiii. the bracing Northern air has changed them from indifferent Democrats to sound Republicans. New England was the birthplace of eight, Middle States five. Southern States nine. Western States ten, Canada and foreign four. Surely Montana is cosmopolitan. The vocations of the members are as varions as their, birthplaces. Many f ollow more than one pursuit. Of those wholly or a partly engaged in mining enterprises there are thirteen. In stock raising, including woolgrowers and farmers, there are twelve; publishers three, lawyers six, physicians two, merchandising seven. They must bo men of mature judgment as the average age is forty-two. Th youngest is twcnty-liv and the oldest sixty-live. There are fonr aged thirty and under, twelve in th thirties, and a liko number in their forties and eight ar over fifty. Th old-timers are losing their grip on political affairs, but there is still a good sprinkling of them; enough to leaven tho lump. There are nine who could b classed as such, and five of them are Sioneers. Gillette, Thompson of Silver Bow, Ids, Blakeley and Flowers. Ten moro came to the Territory before the era ot railroads, and seventeen, or nearly a majority, probably came on the cars. , No matter where they were born, nor what time they became -citizens of this great commonwealth, their future as lawmakers is before them and we hope as the result of their sixty days' trial as public servants th fruit of their labor will forever redound to their credit, - Tho Editor in Ilia Den. Boston Transcript. Here is Kleanor Kirk's dreadful picturo of tho editor: Editors aro busy men. Their work necessitates an iron-clad adherence to special days and seasons, and a half hour of an editor's time is sometimes worth more than half a day of some other man's. For this reason calls upon an editor in his sanctum are not only unnecessary, but extremely annoying. To appear before so busy a man with article in hand, either to read or to pive to him, does not predispose him to a favorahle Judgment, while if an author caUs for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not an article has been accepted, the editor mipht well he pardoned for hoping that It had been rejected and that the writer would be too discouraged to call a train. The mall service is usually amply sufficient for the transaction of business between, author and editor, to tho immense saving of tho ' time of both, and sometimes tho temper as well. All very true, subject to 6ome exceptions. It is a mistake to suppose that editors are a sort of gorgons, with a terrible declining habit upon them, which only the most fascinating romances, the most delightful poetry and the clearest and most logical essays can break through. English editors never see anyone, and can ouly bo communicated with by mail. Rut it is not to bo supposed that, in this country, editors care to shut themselves from all tho world and never see their contributors. Newspaper editors, in particular, like, at certain hours of the day, to see people who know something and. have something to say. They also like to eco their contributors occasionally. But they do not like to see them very long. A great deal can be said in five minutes. And some editors will not prolong an interview beyond five, minutes, - because thev cannot aud do their work. But Eleanor Kirk's rule, as a general one, is a good one, m . Letter of Chauncey M. Depew. Tho following letter was received in acknowledgment of a largo photograph of Gen. Benjamin Harrison, sent to tho Union League Club of New York city: New York, Jan. 12. B. B. narrison, Helena, M.T.: ..My Dear Mr. Harrison-Many thanks In your kind thoughtfulness in sending me that fine portrait of you father to be presented to the Union League Club. It was received with great enthusiasm at one of th largest meetings of th year. At the same time a resolution was unanimously adopted requesting the executive committee, that being the form under our rules, to constitute the President-elect on honorary member. In the twentv-tive years of our existence three l'residents have been elected honorary members, and tho whole list has not exceeded a dozen names. The total membership of the club Is 1,600. I send you this informally, and tho official notice your father will receive from the secretary. I inclose you a clipping from one of the papers about th presentation, and also a clipping from the Tribune report of my speech at the ew England dinner. 1 took some liberties with the Harrison family on that occasion, and inclose that you may show it to your father asa foreninnerof the kind of punishment he is likely to receive in tho future. Yours very truly Ciiaukcby M. Depew. ' m ' Rare Fidelity to a Public Trust. Kansas City Star. Th Board of State-house Commissioners of Indiana has submitted its final report, showing tho beginning, progress and completion of the new Capitol building. The commissioners have turned over to the State a magnificent structure, and thev have done it with an economy and completeness rare m such cases, tho original estimate of the cost of tho building was two million dollars They have kept within th estimate and have over $10,000 left to the credit of the building fund. Nothing essential seems to have been curtailed and no extravagance was allowed. The new State-house is a credit to Indiana; and tho fidelity, economy and liberality shown bv the commissioners in the work might well be copied by others who have charge of liko trusts for the public. They Like the Senate. Fhuadelphia North American. c Zo?terms .of tnty-six United States Senators expire on the4th of March. Of ha? beeanr WiaW thatninteen or will be re-elected, and if Chandler and Konna should be successful b twenty WkS"SSS nent. P0S n'. Ifc is moTO PennaIn West Virginia. Pittalmrg Chronicle. - . . . . . The official vote of West Virginia irives S&W1 a VilmMy 01 only 50?n As Bincock had a plurality of 11,143 in 16S0 t he Me Writes Like He Was Sore. Atlanta ConsUtuuon. . sivh twKSliah0 Vlc1)ate1 Frenchman, llfvo n nrf vftr 1e0plei-of this country aro fnJ a tnd lcklK- W trust that no ickta5s1orenCaU 11,11(16 -KeU's coat now to Uo the Overstock of Bandannas. Brooklyn Standard-Uuloa. torn teif ? hl1 th0 American flae was mffil. S2fl.2nd ,lestfovel in Samoa, ever from thJ ? w 2iba?.dannas ?U0llRh left over iron, the last election to wipe out the in-

TIIOUGIIT TO BE A MILLION Features of the Moore Defalcation h. come More Shocking as Facts AppV While They Are Few, Speculation Is Eif. . Theories Many from the Thousands of Tw pie Who Talked About the Matter

All TYondcr now the Large Amount cf Shortage Was Allowed to Accumulate, Those Who Have the Books Guarding DeU'it with Utmost Reserve Moore's Propcrtr Will Be but a Mite to the Great Sum. THE GREAT DEFALCATION. Theories, Guesses and Statements of Th Interested. The failure of Joseph A. Moore, under circumstances that cast a cloud upaa business relations with tho Connecticut 3Iutual Life Insurance Company, -ras tho topic of general talk all day yesterday. jt came up wherever men happened to meet, on the street, in offices, counting-ioos over matters of trade, and even puslr through gossip about other incidents. U demanded attention and got it even in tfc$ family circle, but more particularly on East Market, street among the insurance men and real estate brokers. Those lrfc deal in houses and lands, bonds, stocks an other securities, whether of great niomect in business aflairs or picking up the oddsand ends of less important transactions, the time in trying to discover how the great defalcation was brought about. Bauktrs, too, took a turn at the problem, and, iiU the rest, resorted to figures and calculations to prove their theories. Therj was no dennnciation of Moore, but manr tho secret being out, salted their gossip with recollections of things attributable to the ruined man, somewhat queer now einco they saw the defalcation in all its distressing details. There was, of course, some abuse of a man standing in the character of one who violated his trust, but the shock to those who had unlimited confidence in Mt Moore and they comprised everyone who ever had dealings with himwas so great that it tempered expressions and led rather to a desire to learn how the defalcation could have been kept from the company 60 long. This general inclination to discover tho secrets of Moore's methods caused unfavorable comment as to his being" allowed to continne a business for years without being called on for a settlement even before the amount of shortage had gone far into the thousands. Failing to understand this, and being shut out as to what Moore's books revealed, the public struggled through a mist in search of some tangible idea or suggestion that would give the clew to a satisfactory theory. But ono theory continued to give way to another until every man had one of his own. Tho class moro puzzled than any other were insurance agents and those who attended to tho financial investments of companies lib the Connecticut Mutual. "I cannot understand it," said an agent of a wealthy lifr company. 'I am forced to come to thrift with exact returns whenever my principal demands them. It is so with all other agents; but Moore, it seems, was an exception." "lint have yon no idea how this defalcation cduld have occurred?' was asked by the reporter. 'I could understand it if the amount vrw limited to a few thousand dollars, but the fact of a corporation liko t he Connecticut Mutual, one that has prided itself on exact aud inviolable business methods relative to its agents, should be caught is what surprises me." "Perhaps the company felt secure in tho bond Mr. Moore gave!'' "I do not know that a bond was ever given. It appears to be a case of misplaced confidence, for Moore, in Indianapolis w as, in fact, the Connecticut Mutual." Two men, who have a great deal to go with money transactions, and know th full face of mortgages and securities of that kind, with a tab before them, a pace of it tilled with figures, over which they ha-, been worrying for an hour or more, had reached no conclusion. I can understand, said one, "how the shortage might have occurred in Moore's failure to make return? of rent and interest, while informing th company that they had been paid, hnt how could ho cover up the mortgage "Easily enough," said a bj-stanaer. " is possible that when the money was pH in hank and the releases came from tli home office that Moore failed to make a return to the company." . "That will not do, for the release of mortgage would hardly come before tmoney was secured to the company. Nevertheless that theory was held yT some, being supported by the supposition that tho company's confidence in Moore Ifa it to relax its vigilance in his case. It was thought probable that the shortage on mortgages- grew through a lonf term of vears, as some assmaea that all Mooro had to do tfS to inform the companv that arnort?a??r would be ready to meet his liability witnij a certain time that he was good and surely pay. Upon this it was supposed utaj the release would come, and that r would use the money cither in full or impart to meet amounts due the company oa other mortgages which had been trwtca in the sanio wav. "But that does nw answer," said the "doubters, "how the Connecticut Mutual permitted snch tran it Mutual permitted such tranN J continue without calling a M as the tenor of speculation, tnD cts and nlentv of rumors to he.p tions to cc Such was Tow fntQ onH nlsvi4 llnntr Unnor.,1. tUia tlw.rtrv ITJlined DC" strength when a business man represent some of the largest interests in lwHa apolis told of an experience v had with Moore. "A year or two ago," said he, "Moore, as financial afg of the Connecticut Mutual, had a PV1 property I and three a;sociates deslf7oc5 a special purpose. It was worth more w than to auv other person. When 1 "vjft proached Mooro concerning it he new u . such a figuro as to almost drive m the market as a buverof real estatewo wanted tho land and wanted tbflvj That, however, I did not tell Moore, when I intimated a willingness to aB?.-Jj property at a figure less than lWBa price he said there was a upon the title arising out of amort and that a suit was then pending to the matter. That, of course. to drop negotiations at that , and nothing more was said about tne mini puveitii mourns -, rereresumeu, wirrt

came out of them until three . H had passed, when Moore sent I?rrsrtb had a deed already prepared cor.vc uh 9 property to mo and my associates. .V. consideration in the deed wascons.awless than tho price he fixed on ti e Th el He expected me to pay tho price h h? and I did, he explaining tout diflerence between it and. tnt 1 0 expressed in the deed was his ccinm j I did not know, what arrangements u with tho companv, but it heenied 10 if it paid a very largo commi'f ? tt difference between the consideration. deed and the money I paid hiui va than $1,000." . JJiiotifi ' The general talk, at times, veferreu 1 business of financial agents, as a V1, t jie i:r : asserting that long connection " . interests of a company led to unHV; wfc(r fidence. An instance was reft-rreiii", fa!l it was claimed the aelltir;tv ,Jd power to pass npon . eecur J T abstract and draw against J"- -, cipal without any intennediar) fi:. But Moor?, inadditioa to J.u'' terprises and Connecticnt.lutu had tho jvlacinc of loans lu