Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1889.

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Telephone Calls. : business Office 233 Editorial Rooms 242 Mr. Cleveland is opening the valentine season a little early, but somehow ex-Commissioner Edgerton doesn't seem to set a high, value on his. TnERE couldn't be more stories told about Rudolph of Austria if he were a candidate for office in the United States, instead of a deceased prince of a decaying monarchy. Mr. Edgerton is a Hoosier from way back, and Mr. Cleveland should have known better than to think he could be stampeded by a wave of his pudgy hand. He knows better now. Poor M. DeLesseps's old-time boast that he would live till the Panama canal was finished mry come true; but if it is to be built by France, ho should proceed to make arrangements for living well on into his second century. Mr. Henry Watterson says that to his personal knowledge Mr. Tilden declined to buy the presidency when he had a chance. Mr. Watterson must now go further and gratify public cuiiosity by mentioning the price that was too high for the old man. The Democrats are proceeding to "tell the truth" about Grover Cleveland with great vigor as they go out of office. Mr. Edgerton's remarks are merely a foretaste of the picturesque literature that may bo expected to embellish the press of the country during the next threo months. As TnE days go on toward the 4th of March, the growing loss of energy in the movements of the Democratic adminis-' , tration is very evident, and this phenomenon is matched by the declining interest of the country in these same movements; The people are "waiting for the cat to die" with great composure of mind. The hold of the late Mr. Tilden upon the Kentucky mind in partiqular, and the Democratic mind in general, is at last explained by Mr. Watterson, when he says of that departed sage: "He sipped his whisky and water on occasion with a pleased composure redolent of discursive talk." Truly, ho was a man after the Democracy's own heart. How President-elect Harrison must pity Emperor Francis Joseph! The Austrian ruler is obliged to choose between an epileptic prince and a profligate to take the place of the departed Rudolph, whilo the coming chief magistrate of the United States can fill every office at his disposal ten times over and not have a man among them who has "fits" or beats his wife. Petitions should be sent to the Legislature from every county in the State to investigate the affairs of the Insane Hospital. The Democrats have refused even to hear read a resolution calling for an investigation. But the right of petition is sacred, and they dare not treat with contempt a petition that comes from the people. Therefore, send in the petitions. Send them singly and by scores. Send them from every county in the State. Do not wait to get a largo number of signatures, but send a few names at once and follow with more. Let every mail bring a load of petitions. Send them to your member or Senator, and demand that they be heard. Give the revolutionists in the Legislature to understand that the people still live and have some rights which they are bound to respect. Send along the petitions. The Curtis bill, as originally framed, authorized the Board of Public Works appointed by the Legislature to levy a tax of 73 cents on the hundred dollars. As a temporary concession to public opinion, this provision has been stricken ut, but the board still lias unlimited authority to niako contracts, expend money and incur debts which the Council is required to pay. This is quite as dangerous as the power to levy a tax. Originally, also, the bill applied to Evansville and Fort Wayne, but when it came to be considered in Democratic caucus, the members from Vanderburg and Allen protested against the enactment of such a measure for those cities. Their protest prevailed, and those cities were stricken out. Yet they are willing to vote to impose on this city a system which they would not have for their own, and to do it by taking from the people the power of self-government. ' The true plan for city government, which, under the best conditions, is none too good, is to have the "executive authority as direct and as exclusive as possible. The diffusion of executive responsibility always tends to breed confusion, inefficiency and corruption. The Mayor is the executive head of the city in principle, and should bo' in fact. If any part of the executive power is delegated to a board or boards, they should be appointed by the Mayor, who is elect

ed by and responsible to the people. The Curtis bill recognizes the justice of this principle in authorizing the Mayor to appoint the members of the board of public works when the terms of the first incumbents expire, but it violates the principle by making the first board elective by the Legislature. The object is plain. It is to place all the working departments of the city govermment under Democratic control at the outset, 60 as to insure a Democratic Mayor and the indefinite continuance of Democrat

ic power. THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF LEAGUE. The first annual dinner of the American Protective Tariff League, given in New York, drgw together several hundred representative business men and manufacturers. The Protective Tariff League is the only national organization opposed to the Cobden Club. From a small beginning it has grown till its organization extends into every State and embraces representatives of all our great national industries. It meets the Cobden Club and the propagandists of free trade in their own field, and for every specious argument in favor of free trade it furnishes the facts and'figuresof experience in favor of protection. The league did excellent work during the recent campaign, and wo trust its organization will be maintained .for future ones. Free trade got a black eye in the last election, but it will come up smiling at the next. The snake is scotched, not killed. American interests require such an organization as the Tariff League to offset and repel the insidious efforts of the Cobden Club and its allies. The proceedings at therecent banquet were very interesting. Some of the points in the letters and speeches are worth preserving. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, in a letter of regret at his inability to be present, said: The league has made a gallant right and won a great but not decisive victory. The enemy are alert and audacious; they have the devotion of th? propagandists and the lire of crusaders. They preach an industrial millennium for America in the revolution of its industries, and pray for the speedy death of manufacturers and millowners, that they may hear the resurrection trump and review the ghostly procession of happy and more spiritual Workers. This is in Mr. Depew's best style, and hits off in great shape the scheme of the doctrinaires who would substitute the figments of their imagination for the facts of trade. Hon. T. B. Reed sent a letter in which he said it was his intention, if ho courd havo been present, to try and prove by facts and figures "not that our home manufacturers needed the home market, which is sufficiently obvious, but that our home market needs and must have our home manufactures, a proposition equally true, and one which it ought to be the duty of the Tariff League to keep before the people." This is a view of the case that comes home to farmers, producers and all interested in maintaining a home market. American manufacturers might possibly get along without a home market, but what would the home market do without them? Hon. Warner Miller delivered an address in which he asserted and proved that a protective tariff has always increased the commerce of the country, both internal and foreign. He showed by incontrovertible facts and statistics that all our commerce, either internal or foreign, has always been at its highest point and increasing under a protective tariff, and always at its lowest point or decreasing under a tariff for revenue only. Mr. Miller made the following strong application of his argument: This great commerce comes from the capacity of the American people to consume; it comes, in other words, from the home market. The commerce of every country is controlled and measured by the power of its people to consume. It is controlled by the amount of money which they, as individuals, may have to put into the necessities and luxuries of modern life; and the American people to-day consume, per capita, of manufactured products fully 100 per cent.onoro than any other equal number of people living to-day upon the ghjbe. It is simply because we have the greatest consuming market in the world that all the world is trying to get into our doors and share in it. Mr. John Jarrctt, responding to the sentiment, "The workingman's interest in the tariff," said that as a wage-earner since the ago of twelve years, and having had experience under free trade in England and protection in the United State, ho could testify most emphatically that protection is by far the best system for the workingman, socially, financially and intellectually. Ho avowed himself a protectionist, not so much because of what ho has learned from books as from hard facts learned in tho school of experience. After this introduction he presented a strong array of facts to prove the immense benefits American workingmen have received from protection. Col. J. F. Hanson, of Georgia, responded to the sentiment, "Southern industrial growth, the strongest bond of union and peace." His speech was an argument to prove that slavery and free trade had always moved on parallel lines and were jointly responsible for retarding tho industrial growth of tho South and for bringing on secession and civil war. "Whenever this Union has been assailed," ho said, "and it has been in jeopardy more than once, tho sentiment that opposed it, that sought to dissolve it, was conceived in the womb, nurtured at tho breast, dandled upon the knee and rocked in tho cradle of free trade." This is tho truth of history. The free-trade movement of to-day is tho residuary legatee of tho nullification movement of 1832 and the secession movement of 1801. As to the influence ot protection, Colonel Hanson said: Tho American policy has always promoted the spirit of union. It rests upon community of interests promoted by the Union. It recognizes the fact that one section or interest cannot prosper without benefiting all other sections and interests, and that the decline of one reacts upon and weakens all the rest. Whenever this law has been observed the Union has grown strong in the affections of a peaceful aud prosperous people. Whenever it has been violated the bonds of union havo been weakened, and, ; through strifo and bitterness, our progress has been checked. Further quotations might be made from other strong speeches, but these will suffice to rIiow tho spirit of tho meeting. The Tariff League deserves the thanks of all true Americans for what it has done and what it still proposes to do. Tho Journal heartily concurs in the sentiment of its annual report, which says: "Let other nations, if they will, be harnessed to Britain's

chariot with the Cobden free-trade strap and buckle, but to' the end that America may hereafter be free, long live the old industrial guard of the American Protective Tariff League."

A DETECT IN THE ELECTION BILL. The Andrew election bill, in its present form, practically disfranchises voters who cannot read. Whether it was the intention of the framers of the bill to do this we do not know, but such is its practical operation. Tho provisions of tho bill in regard to preparing and depositing the ballot are as follows: The voter enters the election-room and announces his name to the poll clerks, who register it. He is then handed one State and onf local ticket, with the names of all the candidates of all parties printed thereon, and is also handed a stamp. Ho then, without leaving the room, enters a booth by himself to prepare his ticket.. No other person can be in the booth at the same time, and the voter can only remain there, at tho most, five minutes. His ticket must be prepared by placing , a stamp in frontof the names of the can-' didates for whom he wishes to vote,themgh if he wish to vote the entire ticket of either party "straight," he may place tho stamp in front of the title of tho ticket, Republican or Democratic as tho case may be. It is obvious that in order to select his candidates, or even the ticket for which ho wishes to vote, the voter must bo able to read.. For a man who cannot read the ticket is all Greek. Now tho bill, in its present form, makes no provision for this case. 'The only case in which a voter may ask for or receive any assistance in the preparation of his ballot is in ; tho case of physical disability. Section 50 provides that "any elector who declares under oath that by reason of physical disability he is unable to mark his ballot" may declare his chijjcji of candidates to the poll clerks, who sljkjjjl. prepare it for him. This provides-i only for the case of "physical disability," as blindness, tho loss of both hands, or paralysis. It docs not cover tho case of inability to read, and there is no ' provision in tho bill that does. A voter who cannot read is not only unable to. prepare his own ticket, but is expressly prohibited from asking or receiving ail assistance. One provision of the bm says the poll clerks, on request, "shall fgive explanation of the manner of voting." That does not meet the case. What the voter who cannot read needs is actual assistance in preparing his ticket precisely the same kind of assistance as that which the bill says shall be given the man who . is physically disabled. In short, he needs some person to read the tickets, or . at least the titles of the tickets; for him, so that he may know which names or which title to mark. If the bill was intended to disfranchise or embarrass illiterate voters it could not be done more effectually than by the enactment of the provision in its present form. A man who cannot read is handed a strip of paper with two or three tickets, and two or threo scores of names printed on it, and is told to go into, the booth and prepare his ballot.' He goes in alone, and has only five minutes in which to prepare his ticket. Unless he can learn to read in five minutes, he cannot do it. There are thousands of legal voters in Indiana who cannot read honest men and good citizens. The Andrew bill, in its present form, will practically disfranchise this class. It is equivalent to an educational qualification. The Republican party wouhl suffer less than the Democratic party as the result of such a measure, and its amendment is therefore not urged for' partisan reasons. Under some circum stances we might favor such a qualifica tion, but we are opposed to taking the elective franchise away from any who have once -exercised it. This feature of tho bill should bo amended. THE WORD "WHITE." . Tho Indiana Democracy are preparing to make their last-ditch fight, and no mistake. Ever since the war they have been falling back gradually, yielding to the inevitable only when they could hold out no longer, but now they propose to make a final stand for a great Democratic principle. They have determined to oppose the amendment to the Constitution allowing colored men to serve in the State militia. The Consti: tution at present provides that "the militia 6hall consist of all able-bodied white male persons between the ages of eighteen and f orty-fivo yean," etc. The provision was intended to prevent colored men from serving in the militia. .It is a relic of slavery and Democratic times, when it was deemed necessary to subject the black man to every possible disability. The Constitution as originally framed contained other disabling clauses in regard to colored people, but in recent years these have been removed so as to mako the Constitution 'conform to tho Constitution of tho United States and the spirit of the age. Two of the amendments adopted in 1881 were of this character, repealing provisions which prohibited colored men from voting and from moving into the State. Although these provisions were a dead letter their presence in the Constitution was a disgrace, yet the Democracy opposed their repeal. They liked to ' vseo them in print. It was a reminder of old times. By an oversight, the word "white" has been : per-, mitted to stand in tho clause above referred to. Early in the session a joint resolution was introduced to strikeout the word, and was referred to the judiciary committee. Now it transpires that the Democracy have decided to oppose tho amendment. There is something almost pathetic in tho stubborn tenacity with which these Bourbons thus cling to tho traditions of the party. Slavery is abolished, the colored men are enfranchised, the lost cause is buried, the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to tho Constitution of tho United States are the law of tho land, the constitutions of all the States havo been made to conform to them, and nothing is left of tho old regime but tho little word "white" in our Constitution. Yet tho Democrats have determined to oppose the striking out of this word. There . is a touch of grandeur in this sublime devotion to tho doctrines of tho Democratic fathers. There has been a contest among the

armies and officers of the lato Confederacy as to which deserved the honor of being the last to surrender. None of them deserved that honor. It belongs to tho Indiana Democracy, for they havo not surrendered yet. They will make one . more stand and one more fight on this great and vital issue. During all these years that word "white" has remained ' in an obscure clause of tho Constitution, and even tho Democracy had forgotten its existence. Its discovery comes as a sweet reminder of other times, and inspires them for another great struggle for the time-honored principles of their party. .It is a noble exhibition of the spirit of Indiana Democracy.

When tho Metropolitan police bill was first passed Governor Porter vetoed it. The Democrats passed it over his veto on the last day of the session, March 5, 1883. ' In his veto message Governor Porter 6aid: The citizens of 'Evansville and Indianapolis are by this bill to be deprived of the political rights which belong to the citizens of other cities, because a majority of their inhabitants chance to diner in political opinion from a majority of the members of the General Assembly. This majority, claiming to bo members of a party favoring popular rights, propose to set the first example in this btate of depriving the people of the right to regulate their own local affairs. They have found out, as they supose, a better way of educating tho people or self-government , than by., confiding to them tho management of their ' own . local concerns. They are better pleased, it , would seem,K with the aristocratic forms which give to others than the people the right to determine what is best for tho people. I refuse to subscribo to such views. The best governments havo faults, but the best government in tho long run is that which confides to the people the greatest power in regulating their local affairs. Tho best way to cure the evils of bad local administration, where such evils exist, is to make the people affected by them feel that they will suffer from them until, they exert themselves locally to remedy them. This is a clear exposition of some of the elementary principles of popular government; as applied to local affairs. It was true then, and is true now. It is also good Democracy, or would be if that much-abused word stood for any honest principle. Governor Porter's reasons for vetoing the Metropolitan police bill apply with equal force to the Curtis bill. The Metropolitan police bill was passed by a Democratic Legislature, in 1853. At that time, although the Governor was Republican, the State officers were Democratic, and the first board of commissioners was Democratic. It continued so until tho Republican State officers elected in 1886 camo in, when it became Republican. If the Democrats had elected Governor and State officers last fall it would - have become Democratic again, and there would have been no attempt to change the system. But, failing to carry the election, they propose to repeal the bill which they passed themselves, and give the appointment of tho commissioners, to the Legislature. . iL 1883, when tho Metropolitan police bill was pending, and was supported by the Legislature as a Democratic party measure, Hon. Bayless W. Hanna, a prominent Democratic politician and present minister to the Argentine Republic, said in an interview: It is all wrong. Our party has for years been demanding home rule as the very essence of Democratic principles, and this bill proposes to violate the principle in tho moat flagrant and public manner. It cannot be defended in a campaign. - Mr. Hanna's mistake lay in supposing that there was or is any such thing as Democratic principles. The Empress Frederick evidently inherits 6ome of the mortuary tastes of her august mamma. A foreign corespondent states that she has collected 21,000 obituary notices of her husband, and a staff of secretaries are arranging them in scrap-books. A scrapbook is usually distinguished by the variety of sentiment contained within its covers, but the sameness about the works in question will probably prevent the friends of the family from borrowing them to peruse while sitting up with the sick, or to whilo away other weary hours with. To the Editor ot the Indianapolis Journal: : WiU yon please statehe date of President Lincoln's first caU for three hundred thousand threeyear soldiers. Also tho date of the call for seventy-five thousand three-months '.. men, and oblige a Reader. Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 9. . The first call for troops, for 75,000, was issued April 15, 1861. On May 4 a second call was made for SOO.OOO men to serve three years or during the war. Other calls followed later. " To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Did the Oklahoma bill pass both branches of Congress! 2. What is the condition of the bill, please? I. W. Marco, Ind. It has passed the House, but not the Senate. - ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Secretary Bayard is considered to be worth 8300,000, invested largely in Baltimore real estate. 1 Thomas Sheehan, who invented the process of covering the exterior of iron with steel, died in the Hudson county (New York) poor-house on Tuesday. Mme. Patti gave three hundred parcels of clothing and blankets to poor people at Craig-y-Nos, Wales, last week. She sails for South America on March 4. Mr. John Grundy, of Polk county, is tho largest man in Arkansas. He is six feet ten inches in height, -weighs 328 pounds, is active, and in strength is equal to three men. Robert Louis Stevenson has taken to going barefoot and blowing on the flageolet. His next literary nightmare may be expected to be something unusually horrible. MRS. Wanamaker, wife of the Philadel phia merchant, was Miss Brown, daughter f Vir bn aim ml ' Partner in bncirinca SKo is more devoted to charitable occupations than to social mailers. Dr. Duff, who was one of the best-known medical practitioners in the north of Scotland, died a fortnight ago. He attended O'Connell in his last illness, and was with "the Liberator" when he died. Minister Stallo is quoted as saying that, judging from what he has been ablo to do for himself, he could make a comfortable livingin Rome picking up the old books desired by the American libraries. Ex-Secretary Robeson no longer looks the jolly tar of his Cabinet days. His hair is snowy white, and his once round and rosy cheeks are pale and thin. He is now living in Trenton, practicing law when he can. His wife is abroad. The new heir of the Austrian Emperor, besides being a descendant of the Casars, will bo king of nine countries, wear eight een titles as duke, one as archduke, two as grand duke, four as margrave and so on t j the total number of lif ty-four. Don Alfonso, King of Spain, is no -v some thirty months old. His nurse is a . peasant. A few days since the Queen desi'd to show liiia to a visitor, but as ehe approached the

royal nursery tho royal rrmrso stood at the door. 'You cannot enter; the King sleeps."

isoyai enqueue xeiuirpu..ino wimuruwaj. of the royal mother. John W. Young, the -oldest son of the late head of the Mormon Church, is a wealthy and energetic business man, who has made a fortune in railroads, banks and cattle ranching. He is forty-three years J oiu anu in me iuu vigor or- manhood. Concord is becoming the homo of Shakspearean culture as well as:of transcendental and other philosophies. It has six Irosperous Shakspeare clubs, and, these iave united in an effort to furnish a Shak-6peare-room in the new Library building. John Jacob Astor has given-a hand some four-story building, with its lot of land, to tho Children's Aid Society of New York as a memorial of his wiTe, who was deeply interested in this charitable institution. The building will be used as an in dustrial school. v : t Charles B. Holmes, of Chicago, is'bclicved to control more street-car lines and miles than anybody else. Ho is president of a syndicate that owns all the lines in Indianapolis and of a Chicago company that owns 1,000 cars, besideshaving great wealth invested in other cities in Iowa and California. All he wants is some New York street-car stock to make him thoroughly nappy "When President Harrison comes to our exposition' says Mr. Charles Howell, vho lives near Atlanta, Ga., "I can show him ' the exact ground over which his brigade charged. In connection with some members of his brigade I have located tho de tailed route of the charge, and I have on my place the graves of some of his brigade, pent-cuy lufuuueu. ue win nnu.ii very interesting to go over this ground again.' A London physician is of opinion that turpentine bath is good for rheumatism, gout, insomnia, laryngitis and bronchitis, and recommends the following method of preparing it: Make a saturated solution of six ounces of yellow soan. and add to it three or four ounces of oil of turpentine. Shake well and then put it into the bath, which should be tilled with .warm water. After tif teen minutes immersion, the patient should oo put to bed. Mrs. William P. Frye, wife of tho Maine Senator, is said to be writing a novel which will deal with society life. Mrs. Fryc, who was a Miss Speare, comes of a talented family, and is a cousin of Miss I. Canning, of Boston, who made herself famous by her popular song, "Rock-a-bye Baby." Mrs. Frye has literary taste and talent, and has been of great assistance to her husband in this respect. She frequently revises his speeches for publication. j A rather good story is told of the late Bishop of St Asaph. His lordship once delivered a short address to a village school on the subject of besetting sins. "We all,? he said, "have our besetting sins; myself like tho rest. What do you suppose is mine!" At length one little fellow was courageous enough to hold up his hand "Ploase, sir." stammered the lad, "droonkenhess!' ,No," rejoiaed his lordship,.in the meekest of tones, "not drunkenness, but vanity." Mr. SruRGEON, the well-known London preacher, has a beautiful residence at Beulah, Upper Norwood, with extensive grounds and handsome conservatories. A silver casket from the Queen is one of his most preciOUS household gods. Hi8 Correspondence averages 500 letters a day, and he employs three secretaries to answer tho communications which come to him from all parts of the world. The enormous revenues of the Metropolitan Tabernacle are entirely devoted to the various philanthropic movements in which the reverend gentleman is interested, as the ample income derived from his books and sermons is more than sufficient for his utmost needs. If report speaks truly, London will soon witness the debut of a young lady of fifteen summers whose talent lies in playing with extraordinary dexterity on tho singlo 6tring of a violin. She is the daughter of a rich merchant, and almost in her infancy began to develop a remarkable taste for music. Her father encouraged it. aud her enthusiasm and perseverance surprised all, who knew her. She had her violin in her; hand eight or nine hours every day and then only relinquished it at the strict in-; junctionof her parents, who were afraid, that her health might become impaired. Recently tho young lady has developed a ' taste for performing extraordinary feats on one string, and she is now desirous of displaying her accomplishments on the con-; cert platform. The only obstacle is her father, who is strongly averse to his child: appearing in public. . COMMENT AND OPINION. i From every point of view an interoceanic , canal would be a good thing: and as l)e Lessens does not seem to be ablo to build one, the Yankee ought to have an opportunity. Milwaukee Wisconsin. The world is getting too small and we are getting too lar?o to make it safe or possible for us to neglect everything outside our own boundaries, ample though they may be. Louisville Commercial. Prudence and pride alike plead for a liberal interpretation and strict enforcement of the Monroe doctrine upon every foot of this continent, and especially upon the Darien isthmus. Chicago Inter Ocean; Murder alone prevented the production of proof that Breckinridge was not honestly elected, but tho burden of Southern Democratic opinion is to tho eflect that he should "emphatically not resign." Chicago Journal. Maudlin pity for confirmed offenders ought never to interfere with the protection which good citizens have a right to claim from the law. Give the scoundrels the limit of the law and sconndrelism will becomo unprofitable. New York Press. Tue presence of a strong naval force in Samoan waters is a better guarantee to this country than any assurance or proposition Bismarck can make short of withdrawal of the German forces and the restoration of the deposed King. New York Telegram. There are many practical ways in which the Democrats can show that they do not favor bullets as a substitute for ballots. but the way they have treated Republicans in Arkansas would suggest that they prefer not to use them. Iowa State Register. The millions of money we are now send ing abroad for tin-plate should be kept at home and paid out to American tin-plate labor and manufacturers. Protection will build un a great industry here and give the foreign manufacturers such competition as ii ii : i , Will compel lower prices, jusi as it nas uone inthematterof steel rails. DetroitTribune. Many tax-payers object strenuously even to the teaching of a foreign language or a dead one in any grade of the public schools at the expense of tho tax-payers. , iney nave a ngut io uo uui u. iu me matter. Meanwhile it is sound sense as well as good pedag03rics to make the primary grades exclusively ana emoenuy Ingush. Chicago limes. ,. The people of the United States will not longer submit to the reign of terror which Southern Democracy employs for its own purposes, but will insist that everv citizen of the Republic shall have alibis legal and constitutional rights. South as well as North, and that to kill a contestant for an oflice shall be deemed murder, and shall be punished as such. San Francisco Chronicle. There is not only no objection to a safe and wholesomo extradition treaty with England, but there is a sound public opinion in both the United States and Great Britain which demands such an international ar rangement. The relations between the two nations are destined to becomo more and more important, in spite- of dissimilar economic policies, because of tho common language spoken among -.their people. New York urapnic. x Now that friend Watterson has admitted his mistake on tho tobacco tar. and the Democratic press is demanding tho repeal of this tax. there is no further excuse for the Democrats not to unite on a compromise bill doing away with it. Or, are they going to wait and let the Republicans deliver the go.nls which the people have contracted 'irith the Democratic party to deliver? .This would be an? exceedingly dangerous policy. Atlanta constitution. A oood record ought to be a better recommendation for an applicant for a reappointment or promotion than political subserviency to the appointing, or tho personal favor of a Congressman. It is impossible to make perfect regulations. Tho government cannot be smoothly run as a machine.' But oa much certainty and. permanence of

tenure should be given to these minor of-

nces as lspossiuio wnuuiu uiiijuiug me ei. liciency of Jhe government, which is finally run, as we must all acknowledge, by clerks, tvhnilrt tho work and cct no clorv.X. braska State Journal. It ia. lnnllr- wlusnered bv Mr. ClcvelaTiiV"fool friends" that they regard the nominatinn in 1W n Tm-etnrted for him. We tn not imagine he himself cherishes any such delusive hopes. The Kepuuncans am not ixiinK n pruuent to renominate ui. wjamp, who had-been beaten when only a candi date. How much less will tho Democrats venture to renominate Mr. Clevelaud, who was beaten when in full possession of the presidency! New lork Herald. What Mrs. Harrison Dislikes. New York WorlL "If there is one thine abovo another' said Mrs. Harrison to me, "that 1 detest, and bnvft detested all mv life, it is being made a circus of. And that is what has come to mo in my old age, as it were. I'vo been a show, the whole family's been a sbow, ever since Mr. Harrison was elected. All last fall I sat in my sewing-room and watched tho procession of feet pass across the parlor floor, wearing their path into the nap, and disappear like the trail of a caravau into the General's room beyond. Day hy day I watched tho path grow wider and deeper, and at last the caravan spread out and engulfed us all. But I don't pro pose io permir. niyseii io oo matie a circus of forever. If there's any privacy to b found in the White House I propose to find and preserve it." m mm Southern Intolerance. Boston Journal. The Bourbon papers of tho Sonth are as sailing Senator IJrown, of Georgia, with all manner of abuse, because he dares to stand up and avow himself a protectionist, Tho Hourbons Lad better beware. 1 no protec tionist element in tho Democratic party in the Southern States is too largo for tho liourbon free-trade faction to allorii to alienate it. It would take only a littlo thing to start a movement on the part of Senator Urown and the classes which ho represents which would carry them straight over to tho Republican party, and this loud liourbon abuse of tho veteran Georgia henator is admirably calculated to set the ball a-roinng. mt Si Senator Carpenter at Home. Shelbyvllle Republican. . Tho statement that Mr. Carpenter has been guilty of bribery and corruption in simply a base lie, concocted as a basis ft r stealing his seat. Carpenter has lived iu this county all his life, and has built up his reputation as a worthy and industrious cit izen. He is a man of wealth and well-known integrity in all business ariairs. His char acter cannot bo injured by attacks from tne gang whicii finds its models in fcim Uoy and John E. Sullivan. The Indianapolis Sentinel should have the decency to keep -lM1 1 A - A ' a sun aoout election corruptions unui io apologizes for its support ol theso two penitentiary birds. J mm a m CarroU's Idea of Home Rule CrrwfordsviUe Journal. The Curtis bill, denving the citizens of Indianapolis the right to govern themselves. passed the House, yesterday, by a party vote. Hon. Michael Carroll, an allegeU Irishman, from this county, who hashowlcd vociferously and long in favor of home rule in Ireland, voted in favor of this bill, which is directly m contravention of the principle that he has been advocating so strenuously in the case of Ireland. Are tho people of Indianapolis less capable of sell-govern ment than the people of Ireland! ' Singular Philanthropy. Max O'ReUto Book. Jonathan is such a philanthropist that he with dilticulty makes up his mind to execute a fellow-creature, even legally. So, when he has kept a year in prison a crimi nal, whom he is at last forced to hang, he leads him to the scatlold, puts a rope round his neck, jerks him up in tho air, aud manages to take twelve or 6ixtccn minutcs dispatching him. A Fling at Justice. New York Graphic Indianapolis doesn't seem to like the new fashions in Justico imported from the East. "A tif teen-cent bolgna thief in jail whilo the big embezzlers, Moore and (Sullivan go free." What! You wouldn't" expect to havo this roversed, would you! That isn't Nineteenth Century law in 'the United States. Wining to Prostitute Anything. Kansas City Star. Even science must bo prostituted to party politics. In Indiana, where therein a Republican Governor and a Democratic Legislature, there is a partisan bill proposing to take from the Governor the power to appoint a State Geologist aud to mako the umce elective by the .Legislature. Looks That Way. Philadelphia Press. The insurance company which defalter Moore, of -Indianapolis, swindled out of $1,000,000 waited nutil he was safely settled in Canada and then resolved to prosecute him. The oHiccrs of the concern were probably unwilling to wound tho rogue's feelings" by any hasty proceedings. mj m m Serve a lMirpo&e. New York Independent. The man in Maryland who pretended to be a White Cap and was shot dead by his brother, and that other man in Indiana who masqueraded as a ghost and whoso head was enlit open bv a frightened negro. servo in their death as a useful warning to other practical jokers. Cleveland's Law Firm. Phlladelptiia, Press. President Cleveland, nfter retiring from oflice, will be identified with a law firm which is particularly strong in defending trusts. Mr. uieveiand s ouiciai remarKs on theso tyrannous combinations will Lave a good deal of interest lor the opposing coun sel. m m m Standing In with Sullivan. Mancle Times. Kv refusincr to investigate John E. Sulli van's Stealings from the Insane Hospital tne jjeniocrauc majonry m vuv ucKiwamnj becomes narticens criminis in amoral if not a legal 6ense. One more turn of tho peoula and the rascals will bo turned out. m m m Has the Merit of SlmpUclty. Pittsburg Dispatch. The West Virginia Democratic methoi stf nmln. n liumitf1 tinf bv rOHTlttnif only the votes that will elect the Democratic candidate, has me mem oi siraplicity. It is less trou Die man Killing tuo opposition candidates. Due to Kepubllcans. Detroit Tribune. Tho present activity in warship buildinz is duo to tho Republicans in Congress. If the Republican Senate had taken the course which the Democratic House has so long followed tho country would have no new navy. m l Where Republicans Are Numerous. Boston Journal. A strict party vote in the Territorial Council in Dakota means 21 Republicans and a Democrats. In the House it means 47 Republicans and 1 Democrat. Dakota Republicanism comes near being unanimous. A Compliment and a Slur. ' "Washington Post. Indianapolis just now reminds us of tho great judgment seat, where the lambs are separated from the goats. The good are to come to Washington, of course, and the bad are going to Canada. A Present Conundrum. Ronton HeraM. Who killed TecumsehT Who struck William Patterson? Who killed Cock Robin? How did Crown Prince Rudolph die? Tho list of popular conundrums grows apace. I mtmm The Campaign Is Over. Sprinfrfleld Republican. formerly wo had at least two speeches a' day from General Harrison. Now it has been weeks since he uttered a syllable, w. far as the public knows. Rich In Silence. Minneapolis Journal. President-elect Harrison is one of the. richest men in the country. "Silence is golden," you know. . . v A Galling run. Boston Herald. Iirfbrmer Le Caron seems to display czr siderabid GauL