Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1889 — Page 4

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THE DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1850. WASHINGTON OFFICE 313 Fourteenth SU r. S. Heath, Correspondent. NEW YORK OFFICE 104 Temple Court. Corner Batman and Nassau street. TEIOIS OF sniSCIUTTION. DAtLT. One j-fir, withent Snnday $12.00 Oce year, with Sunday 14.00 Fix months, withont bnnday 0.00 f ix month, with Pmnlay 7.00 Thrr months without nndar 3.oo Thre months, with Snniay 3.SO One month, without Sunday l.OO Oae month, witi Sunday 1.20 WEEKLY. Teryrar $100 Reduced Rites to Cubs. FnbMTib with any of onr numerous agent, or send eut"crlrttns to TILE JOURNAL NEWSPAPER C031PANY, I N'DIAX APOLIS IM. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUIINAX Tan r- founl at th following places: LONDON American Exchange in Europe, 419 frtrand. PARI? American Exchange In raria, 33 Boulevard 2es Cajnclnes. KEW TORE Gilsey Ilonso nd "Windsor IIotL rilTLADELrillA A. pTKcmble, 3733 Lancaster avenue. CHICAGO rainier IIoTwe. CINCINNATI-. P. Hawley A Co., 154 Vine street. I)riRVIIXE C. T. During, northwest corner Third and J efferson streets. fcT. LOUIS-Fnion News Company, Union Depot and fcouthera IIoteL WAFniNOTON, D. C.-Elgijs House and EbblU Ilotme. Telephone Calls. Easiness Offlce 208 Editorial Booms 242 What Indiana Democratic statesman was it who said: "I care not whom the people elect to the Legislature if Democrats can review the election?' The Anarchists should erect a monument to his memory. Speaking of municipal reform, Boston is considering the advisability of doinjr away with one branch of its legislative department, and having a board of aldermen- instead of both councilmen and aldermen. Pcblic opinion was too strong even for the Democratic brigands, and compelled them to drop the iniquitous Curtis bill. Indianapolis has some rights which even the Marion county delegation is bound to respect. Secretary Bayard comes from Dela--ware. Delaware produces fine oysters and a great many of them. Oysters have no backbone. Why is Secretary Bayard like an oyster! Answers to this conundrum may be filed until the close of the present administration. Ocr "Washington correspondent furnishes some interesting information relative to the operation of the civil-service law, and especially in regard to appointments in the railway mail service. Wo have numerous requests for information on this subject, and as this statement

"covers the whole ground, we commend it to the careful consideration of all whom it may concern. TriE Boston mind is gradually reaching the conclusion that onebranchof the city legislature can bo dispensed with to 'the benefit of tho community. No oho has been insane enough, however, to propose that the city shall be governed by a board of managers, in whoso appointment the citizens of Boston shall have no moro voice than the residents of the remotest county in tho State. The Massachusetts Legislature has voted $30,000 to defray tho expenses of that State in tho centennial celebration of the inauguration of President Washington at New York in April next. Indiana should do itself credit at that celebration, as well as Massachusetts. It had no part in the original inauguration, but its position in furnishing tho centennial ! successor to Washington places a responsibility upon it. The fact that but tlireo bills have passed both houses of the Legislature up to date is a cause for joy. Tho assembly is an expensive body, but it might be much more costly to tho people if all the proposed measures for raiding - tho treasury should become laws. The most encouraging feature of tho situation is the manifest impossibility of passing tho hundreds of bills that have been presented. Prince Bismarck's statement in the Reichstag that Germany and England aro acting in perfect accord, in Samoa as well as in Africa, seems to point to an understanding between them in regard to their colonial policies. If this is so, it does away with tho idea that England does or would side with us in the Samoan matter. Tho whole subject is befogged - with mystery and misinformation. What the American people want to know is what rights they really hare in Samoa, and to what extent they have been disregarded or interfered with. On both these points the State Department shows lack of information and imbecility of action. The New York Sun favors au appropriation for the establishment and protection of American interests in Samoa, and says: "If $500,000, or even $5,000,000, could buy up and wipe out the whole record of Mr. Cleveland's negotiations with Prince Bismark's government concerning the Samoan question during the past three years, the purchase would be worth tho money." Unfortunately, that cannot bo dose. Tho people, however, would like to know tho inside history of the diplomatic monkeying that has been going on, and just to what extent the national honor or interests are involved. It is evident that Bayard has been making a bad mess of it, but let us have the facts. Tins hue and cry of Democratic newspapers and legislators for honest election laws and election reform is false pretence and fraud. To make sure an honest and fair election law, there should be a registry of the voters. This is demanded by the Constitution of the State, and the Democrats have now, and have had since the adoption 01 the constitutional amendment providing for a registry law, control of both branches of tho General Assembly, yet no registry law has . been enacted. No honest election can be had under the present iniquitous gerrymander of the State, yet this ger

rymander was made by Democratic legislators for the purpose of dishonestly and unfairly controlling tho election of members of Congress and of the Legislature. Tho Democrats have now, by reason of these bills, a fraudulent majority in both branches of the Legislature, but they will not now pas a registry law, nor will they pass any bill that is intended to give a full, free and honest election, nor will they provide fair and just apportionment bills. ' PBEPARIKO TO STEAL A SENATOR, Tho Democratic conspiracy in this State contemplates holding the Legislature by force long enough to elect one more Democratic Senator. The term of Senator Voorhees, who now represents a minority of the people of the State, will expire in 1801. He desires a reelection, and Governor Gray also desires to succeed hiin. There will be a fight between them and their factions for the position. If the Democrats- can hold the next Legislature, it will be war to tho knife between Voorhees and Gray as to which shall be Senator. But tho first thing is to secure the Legislature. However they may differ about the senatorship, both aspirants and their followers are agreed on that point. The unseating of Senators Carpenter and Bichowski is part of the plan to steal the next Legislature. The gerrymander was intended to make the Legislature reliably Democratic as long as the apportionment lasted. It was framed in the interest of Senator Voorhees, who, after its enactment, said he would feel personally disgraced unless it should give the Democrats at least sixty majority on joint ballot. He felt no disgrace at the enactment of an apportionment outrageously unjust and subversive of popular government, but he would feel disgraced if it did not continue to grind out a Democratic majority of

fifty or sixty on joint ballot. Thanks to the honesty and intelligence of the people and their indignant protest against this kind of political burglary, the gerrymander has failed of its purpose. In 1880 the 'Democrats were fairly beaten, and in the present Legislature they have only seven on joint ballot. They are not . entitled to a majority in either House; for they are in a minority of 14,800 ia. ' the State. They do not need more than seven majority on joint ballot in this Legislature, but they are looking forward to the next, when they want to steal a Senator. The gerrymander, which was to furnish sixty Democratic majority, has been bombarded, and battered, and trampled on by the people until now it furnishes only seven. If the people can have one moro chance at it they will ride clean over it. One more election will take place under it, but tho conspirators are afraid to trust it. Hence the necessity of resorting to other means. The plan adopted was to steal two' hold-over seats in the Senate, thus giving them important vantageground in the next Legislature. It was an easy way to lay the foundation of a majority on joint ballot, and had the advantage of being eminently Democratic. It was as easy as stealing, and had all the excitement of highway robbery. If there is anything an Indiana Democrat likes better.thau altering the returns of an election it is a chance to reverse one by unseating the choice of the people and 'seating a defeated candidate. Therefore this method of capturing two seats in the Legislature of 1891 was exactly to their taste. So it was decided' to unseat Senators Carpenter and Bichowski, elected by the people, and seat Ray and Grimes, the defeated candidates. Carpenter has already been unseated, and no doubt Bichowski will be. The proceeding against Senator Carpenter was that of a jury organized to convict. , The evidence utterly failed to establish the charge of bribery. It showed that he used money in the election, but it did .not show that the money was corruptly used. There are many ways of using money in elections legitimately and without any intention of fraud. All candidates for office do it.' There is not a member of either house, Democrat or Republican, who did not use money in his election not one. Some of those who voted to unseat Senator Carpenter used much more than he did. "We do not say they used it corruptly, but they used it. So far as bribery is concerned, the charge against Carpenter was utterly unsustained. There was no evidence to show that he purchased a single vote, or that any person did for him. The virtuous conspirators inferred the crime, and not only refused to give the defendant tho benefit of reasonable doubt, but convicted him without a particle of criminating evidence. . The vote might as well have been taken at the beginning of tho case as at the end, for tho result was a foregone conclusion. The only matter for surprise is that tho conspirators did not seat Ray. The failure to do this can only bo accounted for on tho theory of a panic such as sometimes seizes criminals when suddenly confronted with tho consequences of their act, and causes them to desist or recoil in the midst of its execution. It might havo been something which the conspirators mistook for conscience, but more likely it was a mere whim or caprice. "Whatever the cause, they failed to carry out the party programme, and left a vacancy to be filled by special election. The next move will be against Senator Bichowski. There is no evidence against him, but he also will be unseated. Tho evidence shows that Grimes, tho contestor, did pay money to a number of voters, but this evidence will be ignored, and he will be seated. It is by such proceedings and methods as these that the anarchists constituting the majority in tho present Legislature hope to pave the way for defeating the will of the people two years hence, and keeping their party in power. They are fighting in the last ditch. The case of William Owen, as related in the Journal yesterday, is a further revelation of Democratic malignity. For several weeks past Messrs. Claypool and Bailey have been conducting a series of star-chamber inquisitions to procure tho indictment of Republicans for alleged election frauds. There has been no attempt to indict Democrats; on the contrary, both lawyers have been

very careful to 6teer clear of anything tending in that direction. " But their drag net has been thrown out in all directions, and hundreds of witnesses brought here at great expense to procure the indictment of Republicans. William Owen, of Sheridan, is one of tho indicted. On Saturday, ho was arrested at hi3 home, brought to the city in irons, and locked up in jail. Ho ia charged with illegal voting, but denies tho charge. Ho is poor and illiterate, but talks like an honest man. At all events he had no idea of evading arrest, and there was no necessity of handcuffing him or putting him in jail. Even after Coy and Bernliamer were convicted of crime they wero never handcuffed, and these same. Democratic officials treated them with distinguished consideration. We do not know what the evidence against Owen is, or whether there is any. He seems to be without money or friends, and therefore a fit subject for

persecution by the legal bullies and bull dozers who are now outraging law, and justice in the district attorney's office. The system which places tho entire ap pointing power in tho hands of tho May or, and makes the Council purely a legislative body, is one of the leading features of municipal reform in a number of cities, as the Journal recently pointed out, and has much to commend in it. The Mayor is thus made responsible for the action of his appointees and the work of tho various departments of the city government, and is, of course, much more likely to proceed with caro, and to promote public interests thau is a council which has authority, but whoso individual members nro able to shift the blame for any official misdoings. If it bo true that the legislative committee on municipal affairs is considering a measure of this character they will do well to give it careful thought. If, however, the Mayor is made only partially responsible, and the police, fire and other departments are all to be controlled! by boards, either elected by tho people or appointed by the Legislature or Governor, as has been suggested, the change will only be less objectionable than the Curtis bill, and matters would much better remain as they are. Such an ar rangement would complicate tho gov--i ernment and make the authority less centralized than now. An Indianapolis correspondent of tho Louisville Courier-Journal, who is in Democratic secrets, has this to say. coucerning the proceedings of the grand jury: Nearly a thousand witnesses havo been examined, and upward of one hundred trtio hills returned. The jury is not yet through, but will probably conclude toward the last of next week, although to accomplish that result will require extraordinary diligence. It is noteworthy that in the center of the table around which the. irrand jurors cluster is the Republican political handbook, issued for the last campaign, and containing the names of all tho committeemen State, executive, congressional; and county. Somebody has been using a blue pencil on the book, and from the amount of underscoring the wholesale character of tho investigation may be easily understood. We presume the blue pencil was use& by those eminent reformers, Messr.4. Claypool and Bailey. . It will be noticed that theirinvestigation does not eiubracj the Democratic political hand-book. They are not fi sh ing f ot ca t. derstand that the contestor will probably abandon the charge of bribery and base his contest on the alleged "disvtinguishing marks" on the Republican ballots. If the charge of bribery is abandoned it will be because theouly testimony in regard to the payment of money to voters, and which standi 'uncontradicted, was of the payment , by Grimes in person. The alleged distinguishing marks" iu the Republican ballots relate to tho. thickness of the paper. That :l iythe1 'tvere somewhat thicker than J.he Democratic ballots, and, assuming the ' latter as a criterionihe Republican ballots wero illegal, i By this standard they would havo bepn equally so if thc.v had been thinner, than the Democratic ballots. Thick or thin will make little difference to the Demo-, cratic majority. "J-V : Tub sportsmen of the State are deeply interested in tho bill introduced into the Legislature by Mr. Foster, of Madison county, which prohibits tho shooting of quails,' pheasants and prairie chickens in Indiana for ninety-nine years.,., There is no possible reason why such a law should bo enacted. Quails have not been s plentiful in many years as they are at preieut, and such a law! is not required for their preservation. If. the measure is urged for tle protection of tho farmer against careless or vicious hunt-; ers it fails of its purpose. The men who re-; spect game laws are the trus sportsmen,: and those who do not disregard the lawj against trespass under the pre vent order of things would disregard ' any other measure that might be , enacted. The farmer can now protect his property and exclude hunters from his premises by posting it. A single severe winter does more to exterminate the quail than all the powder and shot expended on them in a dozen seasons. . Such a law as Mr. Foster proposes would simply put a stop to tho indulgence of a pleasurable and healthful pastime by men who spend the only vacation they obtain in the course of the year in this manner, arid do nothing more. ' , . . r i m i - After a struggle of several years witiH tho dust problem, St. Louis has finally solved it in an economical and satisfactory way, and the reformers are now turning their attention to the abatement of the smoke nuisance. Nature, in-the --shape of gas as fuel, has Temoved this affliction from Indianapolis without trouble to the people, but the pure air and cleanliness enjoyed now will cease when the dust begins to blow, which is about the time tho "flowers begin to bloom." Nature cannot be expected to come 'to the rescue in this case, and the citizens must take measures to protect themselves and make the town inhabitable and tho charming place of residence it is in summer when the dust is in its proper place and not in the air we breathe. The bar of Hamilton and Madison counties, irrespective of political considerations, is urging the passage of a bill providing for the division of that judicial circuit. Each county has enough business to occupy the time of the court, and there is, no 1 doubt, good reason for their request. To tho Editor ot the Indianapolis Journal; Will you please state when and under what circumstauees David It. Atchison was rresideut of the United States for one day! Kokomo, Ind., Jan.L!0. A reaper. The only foundation for the statement that Atchison was President for one day is in the following: When Polk ' and Dallas, President and Vice-president,, retired in

1S4, Atchison was President pro tcm. of the Senate. March 4, 1549, came on Sunday. The term of Polk and Dallas legally expired at noon that day. President Taylor did not take the oath of office till about noon tho next day, so there was about twenty-four houra, from 12 m. Sunday till' 12 M. Monday, when, in a technical sense, there was no President or Vice-president. This is a very slender foundation for the statement that Atchison, as President pro tem. of the Senate, was President of tho United States during the brief interval. As a matter of fact, he performed no executive act, and the claim is mow fanciful '. than real. ' The heavenly weather, that is to say, the Indianapolis weather, has been temporarily changed by a breath from the Northwest, hut the sudden snow-fall does not detract from tho charms of the Uoosier capital as a winter resort.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. It is proposed to establish a home for Ger; man invalids at San Remo, as a memorial to the Emperor Frederick. Anthony Higgixs, the new Senator from Delaware, 'bears a strong facial resemblance to Robert G. IngersolL , Zola i9 thinking of quitting noVel-writ-ing. - Ho says he is not written out, but is getting tired of making books. He leans toward journalism. , .. Attractive young women were employed to pass the contribution . boxes on a recent Sunday at Rockland, Me., and the receipts rn-ovedthe experiment, well worth permanent adoption. "i : There are 7,000,000 negroes in the United States. In the South there are 10,000 colored school teachers. They havo colleges, nniversities and seminaries, and are worth $ 000,000 in property. ; John McKeown, of Washington, is tho richest oil producer in Pennsylvania. He has a fortune of S8.000.000. He is au Irish man, ;aud twenty -four years ago he was working for 2 a day as a laborer. W. D. Washbukx, just-elected Senator from Minnesota, is estimated to be worth upward of $10,000,000 and owns the second largest flouring mill in the world, with a capacity of 10,000 barrels a day. Mm. William Astor, at a reception tho other day, had her house profusely decorated with Magna Charta roses, which cost $2 each, and Japanese apple blossoms, for which tho florist taxed her 10 a 'spray. The Cyprus exploration fund has given to tho British Museum a bronze pin for the toga thickly coated with gold and ornamented with a group of doves about- to drink dew from flowers. It has a dedication to Aphrodite, and comes from the site of the temple to that goddess at Papho. .Mr. Isaac Holden, member from Yorkshire, is probably thoVrichest man in the British Honso of Commons. He was a poor schoolmaster, and invented a machine which revolutionized the whole system of Wool-carding, and from his patents he derives an income of about 1,000,000 a year. Owing to the point-blank refusal of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland to favorthe suggestion, the7 members of the Women's National Press Association who wished to' present the White House with a portrait of Mrs. Cleveland, have been obliged to abandou their project. ' ;-Ti'ie postmistress of Elizabethtown, Ky., is the widow of Gen. Ben Hardin Helm,who fell at Chickamauga, and a sister-in-law of Lincoln, and the local paper is impressed with an idea that she is going to hold right on to her placo in spite of some statesman or other who wants to prohibit women from holdiug offices of any kind. 'Evangelist Moody is having singular success in California. At a recent meeting in San Francisco, when at the conclusion of '.His address Mr. Moody requested 'the sinTiers'1 to go lutu the inquiry room, a crowd poured in that tilled everv . inch of sDace. It seemed as if full half of the 6.000 present wefe endeavoring to get into the small room. and it was some time before it became quiet chough to proceed. " It is said that nine-tenths of the teachers olJ Kansay City are women. The public library of thatplace is managed by a woman who employs two ladies as assistants. Nealy every paper in the city has the work of women upon it. A young woman in one .of -the large composing-rooms sometimes .takes the foreman's place for weeks at a time. Another Kansas City lady, whose husband is an editor, writes columns of matter that are credited to him. ' A French savant, in a curious investiga : tion, has discovered that, red has been the most prominent color in literature from tho time of Lucian to the present day. Writers show a marked tendency to discover red ,things, for the reason that "blue in nature "is not very conspicuous, and yellow, though moro common in flowers, has a tendency to loseitsindividuality in whiteness; but fed is so conspicuous because of its con trast to green, which is the preponderating color in nature.7 The Emperor William I was a great thea ter-goer and always' took a lively interest in tho play. On one" occasion the villain of the piece, having been dissuaded from his intention to commit suicide, declared, 'I will re-enter tho army." The old Emperor was indignant and shouted from the imf perial box, "I won't have him there: I won't take him into the army again." The next day an oflicer of the Emperor's itafl' called at the theater and said the Emperor would bo at the play again and requested that somo change should be made in the villain's declaration of his future. That nicht tho villain said, "I will become a theater man ager and I hope to succeed." VThero," cried out the Emperor, "that s a better plan i for you From Jeweled case he took hU v iolin. And rubbed more' rosin on the unbended bow; Tnen tucKeu tue instrument beneath his chin. And then his eyes burned with a dreamy glow, L-ikoauiireaemoersin roveniDeraays, "When sun, and Are, and sky are veiled in haze. With gesture graceful as a sweep of light. Ho drew the bow across the quivering strings, Ana peace, ana joy ana quiet, m anriffnt, Shrieked wildly as they fled like hunted things; Ana eacn who neara caRt oust upon nis neaa. And sobbed, "Times will be better when tho fid dler's dead." nurdette, in Brooklyn Eagle. COMMENT AND OPINION. Ow onft tbincr the conntrvmav he assured. The President-elect will not be an ardent civil-service reformer at the beginning of his administration and an unscrupulous 1 il . I a. a. -r 1 spoilsman ine last year oi ms lerm. nocnester Democrat. A predicament in which we hesitate to assert our treaty rights, because we havo stupidly neglected to provide the means of soli-protection: such, thanks to Mr. Cleveland, is the condition that confronts us. ivew lorkbun. - TIE government of the United States should at all times be ready to use tho "onne of prevention," and never for a day be wii-hont organized force and equipment to cori'pel the rospect of and fair treatment - t-va : a. rr i from itureign powers. ueiroit lnuuue. Cil-ervice reform demands tho exorcism of t.be "old Adam" in the human heart, nndthat is something that all the saints and all tLe philosophers that have been born into t.Se world since the Christian era have not beon able to accomplish. Brooklyn Eagle, - We havo now reached a point where we must determino our policy. Either wo must let Germany Uxke possession of Samoa or . fc 1 . .. . A J A 1 - A . A we must demami an instant ana sausiaciory guarantee agaimU further German aggreseions, which demand migm ieaa iu war. Milwaukee Sent.uieL WiiFTnrn fiprm:inv can and will fight America or not, this country has no other course to pursue, if reports from Apia are true, than one of vigorous remonstrance and demand for ret tress. Anyming.eise would merit the contempt ot other nauons. New York Telegram, WnT should we assume the championship of the autonomy of Samoxi any more than that of Patagonia? If Germany has outwitted us and been enabled to advance her interests by bamboozliag Ue admimstra-

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tion tho fault musi oo .uu . rA the State Department: but y . ? navoany responsiuuiiy G , ... L.'ir.n.tAn. nnii n nmasescs ui neiwecn xno Jiaiinuas rhitho Samoan islands is tho. mystery. -mi cago Tribune. . ' No 0n should be disturbed .by the claims of German newspapers. Wo havo ourselves to maintain the independence of Samoa, When the, uern an syy'l, :Z once realizes that it is the intention of this eovPrniDcnt to carry out that PdK!er will be no more trouble.-Jscw lorK i re. The Samoa trouble will Pr&T tied peaceably. Germany will back down. There will be no war. eanwhile, Amer icans do not expect that tne JJ": TTti -1, .-.1.1 nnri)nrt7A TO tllV POWers that be'' at Berlin. UjgM tobe aserteu and not surreuuereu. Star. , in nrr aMip loin! in Tieclected. Ameri can steamers should be put on Jo rim regu larly between our pons am i "i e otui Kruith America. k morL-pt. juiu we cannot !i t... in n rr that, we can OUiaill 1L fAttia ujr ,yirirl oiler better inducements to the people than can anv European nation. bait Lake iiy Tribune. . The action of tho Democratic leaders should keep the Democratic party ou power in west Virginia i ore ui. "".v West Virginia passed into' wmowiut hands tho Republicans acquiesced like lawnii;.i;,?r Wlion tFiA Democrats aro removed from authority they assume an attitude which would shame a Mexican. Kochcster Democrat. In regard to Samoa, the proper course for 4l,io .mtKntnonf ttlnin . An AmPTlCan PfOtectorate over any distant island or tribe or absurdity. The United States should assume no such duty, and if any such .duty i.lontltr nnmHii. it fillOUlU. in a pacific but dignined spirit, be aban doned. umcago journal. It is no wonder that the people of tho great Northwestern Territories turn from the Democratic party with disgust, and unite their fortunes with the Republicans, when they see such political inunaenuK, such dishonesty, such insincerity and such blind partisanship as have marked the administration of Grover Cleveland when his frkllnTi'-a i 11 - lrkn trroca llflVA llPPn dealing II 1.1 All V V n & X- . m " with Dakota. Milwaukee Wisconsin. vili7..ition must end the long, hopeless struggle of ignorance against intelligence and darkness against light. Events will force truth upon even those most relnctant to receive if oml lohnrrtrcriTiirntinna must sooner or later realize that in lighting against mia . it il. n n.Ailfintinn provetnenis in uie inemuus ul jhuiiwvuwia tbfv nro ininrimr their own members exactly in proportion to their temporary suc cess. Cleveland ieauer. Lieutenant-Governor Chase. l?ticliTrilTtt flrnrmr T,liitTin nt-crovernor Phnsft climibl iiwm snnifi of tbft two bushels of sand he has in store for tho first time Green Smith attempts to tako the gavel as presiding oflicer of the Democratic Senate. Crawfordsvillo Journal: The RepublicJ ... 1 . A T T I. n ... A .1 V J. ans oi inuiana eiecieu ira o. w ucside over the Senate. If he fails to perform Viio Ifif iita nnrl fill iT" Ti rl n Ta f fwrPIn Sllllththe bully, at the critical point, they will A, I--!.- 1 - A J I i. J " not oniv oo uisappoiiiieu, uui uiphuoicu. Rochester Tribune: Lieutenant-governor Chase is a Christian minister, and, as preVia 1 Wtvmpr;iti. nininritv of incorrigible sinners. If he will pattern a letter less after the Divine love, and a gooa aeai more ancr thp HvIt iiittifo in fln'ilino' with them. it. will please those who elected him, and bctA VI iX A ter servo puuuc inieresis. ITTiiirlit fnvn "Rnnnpr- Tlin Const ifntion of the State makes it the duty of the LieuA. A. X .1 C. Mr Phi.QA bau hppn lfrnllv lfrtpd to that. oflice, and no arbitrary ruling can deprive mm ot ms constitutional ngnis. we nope he will not tamely ubinit to this outrage, n n rl Tirill Tftfiicft to fticrrt itv hill lfcn HlatAO1 in this manner through the body over which he alone has the right to preside. The School-Vook Scheme. Anderson Herald. The howl by the Democratic press of the State about the school-book ring is ex plained, benator Mullinix has introduced a oui providing lor me puoucaxion oi a series of school books by. the State. Tho bill proposes to establish a State schoolbook bureau of printing and en era vine. The school-book'bureau is to consist of five members who shall receive $5 a day and traveling expenses. 'These commissioners are to be chosen by the Legislature, and would of course be Democratic politicians. lhey aro to select three educational experts. Also, nt ii lnr. to romniln a nw nt of school books. These experts would doubtless b three played-out Democratic school teachers, and the books they would, compile would doubtless be the worst ever is sued. The bill, if passed, will saddle on tho State a worse state of aflairs, as far as school books are concerned, than . can be imagined, lletter endure the ills we have than nee to auj' such scheme for relief. " A Partisan Proceeding. Shelby Republican. ' '. The Ray contest would never have been brought in a court of justice, asthe contestant w'ould have know that , he stood no show in a fair trial. The only reason the case was pressed in the Senate was because of reliance upon a packed party majority to decide the case, from motives purely political. It is time that the people woko up to this dangerous exercise of power and demanded a change in the Constitution which would prevent its continuance in the future. Unless this is done, unprincipled partisan majorities will continue to outrage individual and popular rights bv electing men to otlices which the people refused them at the polls. ' m o ; . It Is Democratic ' Logansport Journal. The question may be very seriously considered whether or not Indiana has a republican form of government. Is the rule usurped by a gerrymander majority in the Legislature the rule contemplated by the Constitution of the United States as a guarantee to tho respective States? This gerrymander rule of a majority representing a minority, enforcing gag law, usurping unconstitutional authority and invading the rights of local government is certainly a mockery of republican institutions. Opposed to the MuUinlx Bill. Hartford City Times. The matter of legislative action on the school-book question is an important one. and it is doubtful if the majority in tho body now operating at Indianapolis are competent to frame a bill that would bo wise and just Certainly tho State should not do the publishing nor do wo think the State should do tho buying. Assuming a Virtue They Xever Had. Illinois State Journal. The demand of tho Indiana Democrats for "protection to the ballot" is very much hkethe cry of "stop thief" raised by tho pickpocket to divert attention from himself. Being in possession of the results of frands upon the ballot, they now assume a virtue which they never had and to which they have never aspired. m The Year Opens Auspiciously. " Minneapolis Tribune. ! With "Jack the Ripper" in Michigan, Jamaica and WhitechapeL Stanley in the heart of the dark continent, Sackville-West in Cannes, Sullivan and Kilrain in a war of words, and General Washburn in tho fwHJ.000.10 the conclusion that 1889 starts off auspiciously. Suggestions for the Democrats. Goshen Times. , ,5om TDeinftCrat has suggested that the for ni?i,hegl-9ature en.act a Providing lor all judicial executions of tho fctate to bS conducted at the State capital. The idea is a "capital" one. It would give the DemHangan mre ffiCe f fil1, that of Stato Should Taste Tlielr Own Medicine. Chicago Journal. - ' a JJSio1J1rida emocrats want a tariff of JtSriJtS onioran?Ps. but they still ffifi the Democracy. They should be permitted to enjoy free trade in oranges as long as they, a.lhero to I ? freesugar men?' C With tbe Loisiana m , . . Trot Them Out. ' Wheeling Intelligencer. , , . . . ' ' vSffinrtX not.t.asS for a Cabinet w2e to t WS kT1S.CS Jn0 President-elect to ho?ie kwJ?Lar for ihis Whito ll0 doubtlesb? 1 lC.kZ ? nl?(lc?t demand : will world beedc Her horses beat the

SHERMAN'S ELECTION

Bill It Will Bring About a New and to tant Application of the Constant And Even Render ItTossible forVM.. Their Ballots and Have ThemCoZr in Spite of Southern Bulldozer W. W.'s Washington Letter in Chicago Tnim y, o.v iu. mo galleries of u Honso and Senate all through th fc Congress are likely to hear a debate uv will remind them of the days of reeonst tion, if not of Missouri compromise n next Congress has important working but none more important than the c eration and rassago of the bill recently proposed by Senator Si man. This is a measure v I may be counted upon to draw the fire of i fli a South prn n ml Tlniiflrtr. J " "uuiuuu uauenesiaCoh gress. It would bo difficult toimagir. public measure of greater importance interest than this, for it will make a 01 application of the Constitution, utterly t stroy the possibility of there being a Tw cratic majority in the House of Represents lives as long as parties retain their pre mv imuov u'uu J'UUiiC Sit tion a discussion in which all section l press and platform of the country riU involved. When Senator Sherman introduced thi hill, a fortnight ago. he stated that he did so by request, and on account ot this state, ment many persons concluded it ras not i measure that would bo pushed, and tUt it would be soon forgotten. The fact is that Senator Sherman himself is largely responeiblo for this bill, to which he has given much time and labor, and it was introduced in that manner because he wished to feel the pulse of the country upon a proposition so radical as this before proceeding mo seriously. . Senator Sherman was certainly in earn est when he sat in his library a nigh or two ago talking of this bill, of its vast im portanco in every way, ?nd of the fierce struggle which was sure to come before it could be passed in Congress. The Senator impressed his visitor as a man of immense, vitality, both mental and physical, notwithstanding his years and his labors. He appears to be growine more gentle as he advances in years. When a visitor is announced he drops his work upon the library table, walks half way across the rooii smiling cordially and extending his hani No manners could be sweeter than his. He impresses one. too, as a man who has at last abandoned his ambition to bo Prpsi. dent, and wno nas ooen aoie to do so without souring of temper. It is apparent tat Senator Sherman's present ambition is to spend the remainder of his active days ia the Senate, and there to champion to success some great measures to add to his fame. During the conversation he remarked: . "I do not concern myself about the Cabinet. My place in public life, so long as I remain in the public service, is now fixei I have no advice to give General Harrison, and want him, so far as I am concerned, to be let alone to do what he thinks best, in full confidence that he will 6elect good counselors and give us a wise and strong administration. I am more interested in two or three public measures, among then the election bill which I introduced a short time ago, than in the coming Cabinet" "Then you intent to push that billP " "I do indeed. 1 feel deeply concerning it It is the duty of the Republican party to improve this opportunity, with possesion of both branches of Congress and the President, to wipe out the disgrace of manner in which elections aro earned on in tbe South. Popular government is in seme degree a failure 60 long as there are several States in the Union and thirty or more congressional districts in which elections for President and Representatives are mere farces. Happily, so far as members of Congress are concerned, there is authority for , correction of these abuses by the federal hand in the Constitution. Unfortunately, there is no authority in the Constitution by which ve can correct these abuses in so far as tbey affect elections for President. It is just as plain that the control cf Congressional elections is by tho Constitution vested in the federal Congress as it is that the manner of the choosing of presidential electors is entirely within control of the States. The States may select their electors In such manner as the Legislatures thereof may direct bv vote of the people, by the Legislature, by appointment of the Governor, by a minority vote, or in any other way. llie rights of tho States cannot be interfered with in this except by amendment of the Constitution: but as to the election of Representatives in Congress, Sec 4 of Art. 1 of the Constitution provides that 'the times, places and manner oi holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter sucn regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.' . "We here hud in the Constitution," continued the Senator, "a federal power irbif J has never been fully used. The bill vnicb I have introduced proposes to take ten power, and, through it, insure the integrity of elections for Congressmen, and the ncJi of voters ' to cast and have counted tneir ballots for Representatives in every distnci in the Union, North and South. I PWP0; divorcing State and local elections lroa national, and bringing the latter dirT, and completely under federal control. iw bill provides that Congressmen enall w voted for on a different day and on iiaj' ferent ticket from State rr local officials. It is true that legislatures might fix tner local elections on the day set for nation1 elections, but it is not likely thattHJ would be done, as it would r!011) change of statutes and constitution, it bill has been carefully drawn to P frauds and to insure the safe and proper conduct of elections. In each, aaij the President is to appoint board of Stato canvassers, consi ing -of five persons, to . V oince during good behavior. He also appoints an electoral board of three wrwnj in each congressional district, aud tuesr turn appoint in each votiug place or cinct Jt registrar and three judges ot noid onice lor six years, ii duty of the Secretary of tho Interior to provide books and blanks for the rcgisWrwho must register an voters vw i j A 1 , " .1 Al Cloths iu and Tea5t tneraseives and iukc me juui r"va$t offer proper proofs of citizenship at names, are to be publicjy ported for uisf tion, and persons denied registration appeal to the judges. Any hve voters post names of pei-sons whom eya jf ina to have been improperly registered. the registrar is required to.hear -testino . in support of these objections ana, u objections be found good, strike then of the voters from the lists. ISo P2?d to be allowed to vote who is not regstK Provision is made for challenges, lor taking of oaths aud affirmations, ao te the conduct of tho elections down to smallest detail. . . . ' - ?ndr 4 i . iportant . provision , m ;-tf v ment, is the one giving registrars PtliEff preserve order at the polls ana S .-jej them with all the powers of United . marshal while in the discharge 01, duties. Returns of elections are town , to the electoral boards in the coa? , districts, who are to canvass tne xet and certify the result to tho State J!ioB. Canvassers within ten days after f eu pf their certincate to be delivered Wroj of their number in person, .lne cjcfStato Canvassers issues certiticatcs pi tion to the. successful candidates. - . ties of lines and imprisonment are pro for all trauftgrcssions of the la. t hate "This election machinery, wUcu-Ti,jcli i merely sketched in outline, ?ti tfcfr constructed after tho I lbn01S?nbsf remodel election laws, is, you wmf vfc(?fral from first to last, in tho hands oi ollicials, meu appointed a" the fc government, ami answcrahle to n-v,5SiorA1 authorities for all neglect or tran With this machinery I believe we have honest elections for Congress i , j out this country. I behove that vpT1 i had been practically applied there A be no section of the country xwU'r", to tt end from twonty to uuu " 0ton-

House ot i:epre.V4ntatives v u"-i .m ously able to come here only b pw or false counting of from iicl

una, uu kino iu vr iviiei- . wo should not have the remarkable