Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1889 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL; WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1889

THE DAILY JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1880.

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If it turn out to bo true that General Boulanger means to marry a St. Louis woman, then he may expect opposition in his social and political career from a new direction. The Chicago papers will be a unit against him. The Supremo Court of Kentucky has rendered an elaborate decision sustaining the constitutionality of tho Wallace electoral law, which embraces tho main features of tho Australian system and applies to tho city of Louisville only. If Mr. Edgerton's civil-servico ideas were so out of harmony with thoso of . the President, why did tho latter wait until two weeks before the closo of his term before removing him! That is j ii i a 1 .1 fri -n rl a want L'TinTC The Democratic majority favors an election law which involves great expense and elaborate machinery and is of doubtful efficiency in preventing fraud, but it will not consider for a moment a registry law whose utility has been repeatedly demonstrated. . Yesterday's papers mentioned one vaao Ui. iu.snu.iiy auu uuu ui ucatu iium excessive cigarette smoking. An eleven-year-old boy hopelessly , insane and an adult man dead. Tho terrible effects of this ruinous vice will bo far more apparent in this country a few years henco than they aro nov. If the social and intellectual conditions wero similar now to thoso prevailing in Salem, Mass., two hundred years ago, tho peculiar nervous epidemic and mental disturbance among the children at McAllisterville, Pa., would bring about the hanging of at least half a dozen witches. Maurice Thompson, novelist and Democratic politician, worked hard for Cleveland during the late campaign and is now rewarded by tho removal of his father-in-law from office. Air. Thompson is probably of the opinion, by this time, that Democrats, as well as republics, are ungrateful. As the 4th of March approaches, tho editors of tho country are devoting much of their time and a large portion of tho more or less valuable space of their respective publications to advisingGeneral Harrison how to conduct his administration. Fortunately, thero is no law compelling the President-elect to read all these instructions. Mr. Joseph Chamrerlaix thinks it might not bo dangerous, but would certainly not be economical for tho United Kingdom to 6et up a separate parliamcntn in each of its divisions, after the American system. It might not be economical, but in the case of Ireland, for instance, the expense would hardly exceed that which is annually incurred by the government in tho effort to suppress tho home-rule idea. The prospect of prohibition in Penn Bylvania is agitating the farmers who want to know if the law is likely to interfere with tho manufacture of cider. The general opinion of the strict temperance people seems to be that while no one will be hindered from making cider, tho sale of it when it grows hard will be forbidden. There seems to bo no way out for tho farmers unless they get a law passed to prohibit cider from working. ' ' Is this a government of tho people, or not! The Democratic majority in tho House havo peremptorily refused to listen to a resolution calling for an investigation of tho accounts of tho InBane Hospital to see if John E. Sullivan got away wifli any of its funds, as thero is reason to believe he did. They vould not let tho resolution bo read. That is suspicious, and tho people should demand an investigation. This can bo done by petition. A Democratic majority dares do almost anything, but it will not dare to deny the right of petition, nor

dare to treat petitions with contempt. Therefore let the people, by memorials and petition,' demand an investigation of tho hospital. Let us know if Sullivan has plundered that 'sacred fund. Petitions should be circulated in every county in tho State. As fast as a few signers are- secured send them on to your member or to some other member. Let us see if tho Democrats will dare to disregard tho voice of the people. Send on the petitions, the sooner and tho more the better.

TRIPLING WITH PUBLIC INTERESTS. In 18S3, when the present Metropolitan police bill was passed, the Sentinel hailed it as a great victory over the Indianapolis ring and a triumph for good government. The bill was passed as tho perfection of wisdom in municipal government and a certain cure for all the evils of the old police system. All that was because tho State officers, being then Democratic, the bill insured a Democratic board at the start. Now that tho State officers and consequently tho board are Republican, the same party and the same paper are howling for a repeal of the present law and the enactment of a new one giving tho appointment of the board to tho Legislature. Precisely tho same arguments are used now to secure the passage of the Bigham bill that were used to secure tho enactment of the present law in 1883. It will smash tho Indianapolis ring, be a great triumph for good government, etc. The Democrats are greatly mistaken if they think anybody is deceived by these false pretenses. Everybody knows they arc simply grabbing after political power now as they were in 1883. Thero is no more demand or reason for tho repeal of the present law than there was for tho original enactment. The present law was and is a violation of local self b rule and the fundamental principles of popular government. If the present police system is vicious or faulty, it only proves the failure of tho Metropolitan bill, which was forced upon the city six years ago against tho wishes and tho protest of tho people under tho pretense and the promise that it would work a complete reformation of the police. Now the Democrats say it is a failure, and the appointment of tho board must be given to tho Legislature. Was there ever more shameless trifling with public interests and popular rights? THE CITY COUNCIL AND GOVERNMENT. Alderman Smith's excoriation of the putative father of the Curtis bill wa3 none too severe. Mr. Curtis's speech in tho House in support of tho measure was mainly devoted to denouncing the city government and Council. Any per son hearing or reading his speech, and not knowing tho men to whom it referred, would set them down as a parcel of characterless scamps and unconscion able scoundrels. There was little else in his speech but abuse of the Council, except his elaborate "wet-the-ropesn peroration. This wholesale abuse of the Common Council was grossly insult-' ing and unjust. There are men in both branches of tho Council who aro as well qualified to sit in the Legislature as any member from this county now in that body. The Council, as a whole, is quite as dignified and able a body the GenWA " erai Assembly, and better versed m public affairs. Tho chairman of the committee on finance, an old citizen and successful business man, has been a UllUi vj. . iu.v xwuuuu invuij jri4&c?, and is universally respected. Other members stand well in business circles. and are respected in all their private rein tions. There is only one member of the Council against whom any charge or suspicion or wrong-doing lias ever been raised, and he is now in Michigan City. Wo will not defend him, for we do not understand that Mr. Curtis embraced him in his wholesale charges of corruption. The Council, as a whole, may not bo equal to the United States Senate, but even tho Indiana Legislature is not open to that suspicion. The Council may have made some mistakes, but wo think time will prove that tho august body of which Mr. Curtis is a member is not infallible. Jb or tno rest we uo not hesitate to say that the legislative record or. tuis uouncn wm compare favorably with any of its predecessors or with that of tho. councils in other cities. Alderman Smith did well to re pel, for himself and on behalf of other members of tho Council, tho wholesale slanders promulgated by Mr. Curtis. In challenging tho latter to individualize his charges or to produce a particle of proof in support of them, ho spoke with tho honest indignation of an honest man. Meanwhile, we call attention to the testimony of two Democratic witnesses regarding tho present management of tho city government and finances. County Treasurer Loftin, who is also city treasurer, is a man of unquestioned personal integrity. 'Ho says, over his own signature in a card to the public: I havo handled tho city's money for nearly two years past, and navo had occa sion to watch the acts of tho municipal authorities very closely. The city, under tho present 90-cent limit law and greatly reduced valuation of taxable property, gets but 00 per cent, as much revenue as it did in 1S77. when that law passed. I pav out of tho $o00,000 annual income of the city over 5100,000 for interest on tno bonded debt, made many years ago, and for which the present citv government is not responsible. I know the present income is totally in adequate to carry on the affairs of tho city as the people aro demanding. I am sure the present Mayor and councilmen and aldermen aro doing all they can with tho money at their command. I have watched with interest the conduct of the Mayor and members of the finance committee in their efforts to save tho city's credit, and at the "same time make the taxes do the most for the people who pay them. I have never had reason to suspect, even, that a dollar of tho city's money was wrongly used, or that any member of tho city government was corrupt. This is tho testimony of an honest Democrat who is in a position to know and does know what ho is talking about. If Mr. Curtis wero a just and fair man ho would rise in his place to a question of privilege, apologize for his wholesale attack on men as good as himself, and send Treasurer Loftin's letter to tho clerk's desk to bo read. Again, Deputy Bud Swift, of tho treasurer's office, who tho Sentinel says is "one of tho cleverest accountants in the court-house," is re ported uy that paper, 3esterday, as feaying: It is evident that something must be done to raise muds, lor the city has not near enough money for its actual present needs.

For myself I would not object to a slightly

increased tax lew, though I think if propcrty were assessed at anyminc use jis xrue value enough money would ho raised ; to meet all requirements. I would also favor taxing all vehicles which are not used by any individual for the purposo of making his living, such as express wagons, huckster wagons, etc. I don't believe in taxing a man because he is trying to make a living for himself and family. But something must be done, certain..and this Legislature should not fail to take action in tlie matter. The fact of insufficient revenue is known to everybody, but this statement of a Democratic official is a completo reply to Mr. Curtis'a charges against tho Council relative to tho lack of public improvements. It takes money to make " public improvements, and the Council has little or no money for that purpose. Neither would a board of public works have any money for the purpose unless some way is found to in crease the revenue. Mr. Curtis and his party are unalterably opposed to increas ing the saloon tax, which would give a largo increase of revenue. They prefer to abuse tho Council for not spending money when they haven't it to spend. The fact is, the city is very economically governed, and, considering tho in adequate revenue, very well governed. No other city in the United States of the same size gets along on as little. The present revenue is very much less and the government very much better than they were when the Democrats last had control of the city government, and most of the bonded debt, which is now draw ing big interest, was created during tho same period. THOSE CONFIDENTIAL INSTEUCTIONS. Tho Journal recently called attention to an interesting point in the testimony of Captain Shepard, of the revenue service, before tho Alaska investigating committee. He testified that during his cruise in Alaskan waters, in 1887, ho captured a large number of trespassing English vessels with their cargoes of sealskins, and that on a second cruise, in 1888, he saw numbers of such vessels, but captured none. Inquiry as to why ho made no captures on his second cruiso elicited the fact that ho was act ing under'confidential instructions from tho Treasury Department. Ho could not produce tho instructions because, by order of the Secretary of the Treasury, they had been returned tp the department, and he begged tho committee not to compel him to state their, contents. The Journal called attention to tho matter, and suggested that these confidential instructions should bo brought to light. The article attracted tho atten tion of Republican members of Con gress, and a resolution was introduced and passed, requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish a copy of the orders, but he declined on the ground that tho public interests would bo in jured by making the orders public. Tho Senate has also called for a copy of the orders, but at last accounts the Sec retary had not furnished them. We havo no doubt this business covers another disgraceful page in the so-called di plomacy of this administration, and probably a humiliating sacrifice of American rights. Captain , Sheparfl's testimony showed beyond a doubt that his failure to capture any English trespassers on his second cniisc was due to the confidential orders under Which ho was acting. These orders are now in the Treasury Department, if they have not been destroyed. Their effect was to give entire immunity to English sealfishing vessels during the summer, of 1888. This was not done without some object or equivalent. One of two things is certain. The confidential orders were issued either to placate the British government in reference to tho Canadian fisheries, or else they were paid for by a large contribution to the Democratic campaign fund. When tho facts come out they will establish one of these two things! Either would bo disgraceful, and both aro in harmony with the general conduct of this administration. It is tho duty of Congress to insist on having tho instructions. Let us know the full extent to which American honor and American rights have been sacrificed by this administration. Rev. Dr. Parker, of tho City Tem ple, London, administers a neat blow to tho English press which has been making such a pharasaical ado over the publica tion thero of a Sunday edition of the New York Herald. All sorts of evil consequences were prophesied by these sixday papers as a consequence of tho cir culation of a Sunday publication, and of an American daily of any class. Ad dressing a large congregation on Sunday, Dr. Parker said: I have lived to see a day that I hardly j.j a -a ml ? a. 11 - am exjpeci to see. mere is aciuauy now. published in .London a great daily paper that takes notico of the Christian pulpit.; That great daily newspnper is the hew York Herald. It actually recognizes the Christian pulpit, and I thank God for that recognition. It is likely to do good. I do not say that the paper ignores the billiard room, or the race course, or tho theater, but ."11, . V m . . it actually does recognize the lact that there is a milnit in the country. Success to it, and God's blessing be upon that depart ment ot us laoor. These remarks throw a great light on the character of tho English press and answer in brief a multitude of objections to Sunday papers of tho American brand. Such appreciation from tho pul pit is rare, and to bo valued accordingly. TnE man Kelly, who has achieved no toriety in Washington by pawning a government typo-writer, is said to havo held his place "under promiso made by an Indiana Senator that so long as the Democratic party was in power he should bo provided for." It is a remarkable fact that nearly all of Senator Voorhc es's appointees under this administration havo turned out badly; or, to speak more ex actly, they havo proved very bad, but haven't been turned out at all. Men who make their wives miserable by their unfounded jealousy should ponder upon the decision of Judge Barrett, of New York, who grants a divorce to a woman from a husband of that character. His decision that "it would be unreasonable to require complete cessation of courteous civilities with an agreeable acquaintance, against whose character nothing can boproved or justly asserted," is nothing more than plain common sense, but his applica tion of it is something new in the line of married women's legal rights. "A uvlng lady literally burned to death before the eyes of the audience," is a dimemuseum attraction in Boston. If you want

to seo remarkable things an intellectnal center is tho place to go. . To tbo Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: 1. What States now have an educational qualification as a prerequisite for voters, at either State or national elections? 2. Does such a restriction on the right of franchise reduce the representation of any State in tho House of Representatives! S. In what manner would an educational qualification affect the representation of the Southern States! m. j. c Kokomo, Ind. 1. Connecticut, Massachusetts and Missouri. 2. No. S. Such a qualification could only be adopted by the States themselves, and it would depend on Congress to say whether it should affect the basis of representation. To the Editor of tho Indianapolis Journal: 1. What is the number of soldiers of the Mexican war receiving pensions! 2. Aro all of tho survivors eligible to a pension! Amo, Feb. 9. j. n. Tho bill passed in February, 1887, pensions all survivors' of tho Mexican war who served sixty days, and who are sixty-two years of age. This practically means all survivors. The number , is estimated at about 10,000.

ABOUT PEOPLE ASP THINGS. "Bosh" is tho trade name in London for all butter substitutes. Mrs. Humphrey Ward's famous book has been excluded from the library of Ipswich, England, as dangerous. Dr. Schliemann, the noted Greek archa ologist and excavator, is writer of fourteen languages, and it is said that Mrs. Schlieman has to stand around when he begins to talk. Mr. JonN Bartlett, compiler of tho well-known "Familiar Quotations," has just retired from the firm of Little, Brown & Co., of Boston, of which he was the senior member. There are 110 chrysanthemum societies in England. The English admire the beauty of tho flower and its language "be brave, and endure" harmonizes with their steady character. James Russell Lowell says that ho receives scores of letters from tho younger sons of wealthy and titled Englishmen asking about the avenues of employment in the United States. Ex-Senator Thurmax's health continues good, and ho admits that it was far better for him, personally, that he was not forced to re-enter public life. He eats well, sleeps soundly and digests his dinners easily. Record was recently mado of the death of Senorita Castelar, sister of the wellknown Spanish statesman. She was seventy-three years old. and had presided over her brother's home for many years. President Cleveland's mail is now heavy with advertisements from hotels, flat-houses, apartment-houses, boardinghouses, etc. It is said that he has "boen ottered suites in very desirable houses free of charge. In Greece it is not yet recognized that women have the privilege of working. An enormous petition has been addressed to the Houso asking for secondary education for women and for the foundation of lvceums for girls. MRS. Mackay has been ordering some new gowns in Paris, which are described as surpassing all previous efforts of the modistes. One is of old-rose satin, covered with white lace, and studded with 40,000 worth of gems. Mrs. Margaret Deland. author of "John Ward, Preacher," is, like Mrs. Ward, engaged on another novel. Mrs. Deland's companion in Boston streets ' is a superb mastiff as big as a lion. Jokers say. the dogs business is to defend her from enraged Presbyterians. IThe puke of Portland owns six country seats, and is a member of at least seven clubs, but ho cannot speak half a dozen words in public with ease, and he carefully prepares, or has prepared, all his speeches, and reads them off as a young en rate reads tne lessons at church. A number of ladies in New Brunswick, K. J., have ordered a wax bouquet, which they propose to present to Mrs. Harrison on inauguration day. As it will measure fortytwo inches in height and weigh tventy i J ti : l i pounus, iirs. xiainson, 11 bxio carries lv, wm get an laeaoi the burdens ot orace. This richest man, probably, in the En glish House of Commons is Isaac Halden, member for the Keighly division of York shire. He began life as a Scotch school master, and achieved an immense fortune bv inventing improved wood-carving machinery. His income is about $1,000,000 a year. Paul B. Du Chaillu, in his forthcoming book on the Vikings, will mako a vigorous assault upon the reputation of the Saxons. He asserts that all historians have attrib uted the deeds of the Swedes to the Saxons, and says that the latter race was entirely insignificant, and entirely unworthy of tho reputation they now enjoy. Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, who has just been elected to the London County Council, is a son tho only surviving 6on of George Henry Lewes, and the possessor of a goodly fortune left him by George Eliot. TI. itt .mMlnliadmiiok Win. 1a1.;.. ll I1D 13 oaiu bis uo uiutu ucllcx luu&iUK lilUU his distinguished father.'' Ho could not well be worse looking than his father was and live. It is proposed to establish a home for German invalids at San Remo as a me morial of the Emperor Frederick. During the last ten years San Remo has become auite a German colony every winter, and it is the regular resort of those natives of the fatherland who are ordered to a mild climate, as they do not care to sojourn in a French town. B. P. HuTCiUNSON, better known as '01d Hutch," never misses a "first night" at a Chicago theater if ho can help it. He usu ally goes alone, and secures a 6eat away down in the bald-head rows, near the man who nlavs the snare drum. In fact, he seems to enjoy the performances of this in dividual between the acts more than he docs the play itself. A visitor says of a call on Miss Murfree (Charles Egbert Craddock): "The room was as bare of pretty decorations as the average hotel apartment The carpet and paper swore at each other, as tho French sa3'. There was the usual complement of armed and armless chairs, and a high writing table of tho kind usually found in offices. with a Webster unabridged upon it. Miss Murfree is of medium height, with a square, colorless face, blue-gray eyes, and a mass of red-brown hair, feho limps painfully, anu seems raxner sny oi strangers. The Consul-general to Samoa, narold Harsh Sewall, upon whose testimony tho Senate chiefly relies for information as to German aggressions in thoso islands, is about thirty years of age. He is a graduate of . Harvard University and Law School. His father, Arthur Sewall, president of the Maine Central railroad, is the Maine mem ber of the Democratic national committee. Young Sewall was vice-consul at Liverpool before his promotion to tae camoan consulgeneralship. He is a man of imagination, and upon reaching Apia at once became in tensely interested in tho romantic features ot the &amoan anair. Stories about Balzac are now being told, inspired by the proposed Balzaomonnment. One relates that Baron James Rothschild once when Balzac was obliged to go to Austria advanced him 3,000 francs and gave him a letter of recommendation to his nephew in Vienna. The letter was unsealed and Balzac read it. Finding it cold and ap parently unworthy of him, ho never took it to the nephew. When ho got back to Paris he went to see Baron Rothschild. "Well." said the latter. 4,have you seen mv nephew !" Balzac proudly said that he had kept the letter. ! am sorry lor you "said the Baron: 'have you got it with you!" "Yes, parbleu; hero it is." "Observe this little hit rpglypbio

below the signature; it would jhave opened a credit of 25,000 francs for you at theVienna firm." Balzac had nothing to sy. miss Dakota's valentine. . Who will be iny cavalier! :i Who will toast me far and near! ' Who will win thia heart of mine! Who will be my Valentine! ' ' Who will claim me for his bride! Who will linper by iny gidel Who will in my arms recline! Who will be my Valentine! ' - Will you take me. Uncle Sam! ' - Will you take me as I am! Will you to my charms resign!'' WU1 you be my Valentine! 1 COMMENT AND OPINION.! . ii

There is a strontr hope that General Har rison's administration will bethebeginning of an era of fraternal regard and good will between the North and the South, and wo trust that the hope may bo fully realized. Let ns havo peace. Los Angeles Tribune. If one fly bo enough, according to Solo mon, to spoil a whole pot of ointment, think what the cbnditiou ot the Dominion must bo now, and what it will be in years ; to come, if we do not amenu the present gross ly insufficient extradition treaty .-Chicago l XllUUUt'. , It would have been more becoming to let Mr. Edgerton go out with the large number of other unfit appointees who have come into office under this administration. President Harrison will put an end to the moro obvious scandals soon enough. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. ; Mr. Springer's devotion to the Dakotans has arisen too late to be of value to him as an element of popularity. Recognizing tho inevitable admission of. that Territory as a estate, he now desires to weigh it down with New Mexico's admission, but that is not just now desirable. Philadelphia Inquirer. The Republicans of the South have braved danger and death, have been perse cuted and punished lor being loyal apa true American citizens. The Republicans of the North owe them much, and must not forget the debt. It costs a man something to lio a good Republican in the average southern btate. Detroit Tribune. When do wo hear of white Democrats being shot down at the polls! And can any instance be given of a Democratic candi date for Congress being shot while investigating the oflicial returns of his district! No! It is all one way, and will continue to be so long as a great party is willing to gain power by such means. It must bo stopped. New York Press. ; If Mormonism is ever to be stamped out in Utah or ever kent under roasonablo sub jection it must notue engrafted on the public school system, and apparently the only ' way xo prevent inis is ro Keep me lerniory out of tho Union until its population- includes gentiles enough to take the govern ment into their own hands. If the laws against polygamy aro fairly well executed this time will not be long in coming. New York Times. His Cleveland's! virtnes, though in them selves like the virtues of other men, have been too much mantled with austerity. Ho has kept his people too much at a distance. no nas cunivaieu a poncy oi separation instead of association. He has contrived to lose friendships when he should havo sought to make them. His mistakes, in a word, have arisen invariably from the presumption that he "knew it all," when he didnt. Washington Post. There is no doubt whatever that the Mills bill is a great and an all-important meas ure, and ought to bo passed, but as this is impossible, what is to hinder the Democrats from reducing the . surplus which Mr. Cleveland declares is a condition and not a theory to tho extent of tobacco! Leaving the surplus altogether out of the question, is it Democratic to continue to tax a product of agriculture when the necessity no longer existsT Atlanta Constitution. - The present mismanagement of the pub lic service will go down in history as one of the usual results of a Democratic administration. It may take some time to weed out these incompetents, but the people will not be satisfied until there is a return of the high standard that existed prior , to the advent of Grover Cleveland and his gang of spoils hunters into oluce. It has been clearly demonstrated that this country has grown too largo for the Democrats to successfully govern. Cleveland Leader. The State Press on the Legislature. The Democrats of tho Legislature seem inclined to curtail the salaries of Republic ans wherever the can. 1 his is a dangeroua precedent and manifestly as. unjust as the proposition to deprive Auditor Carr of the sahry paid to Ex-Lieutenant-governor KoLortson. lhere is :no good m spiteiui legislation. Fort Wayne Sentinel (Dem). ; The refusal of the Democratic majorities in the Legislature to allow a thorough investigation of John E. Sullivan's dealings with the authorities at the insane Hos?itaU confirms tho popular suspicion that hese affairs 'will not bear investigation. All is not right, evidently, else the democratic Legislature would willingly consent to a thorough investigation. 1 he reason able and inevitable inference is that a great scandal is covered up in that quarter. Kokomo Gazette-Tribune. : ' The Democratic revolutionists in the General Assembly havo gone so far in their nefarious and wicked plots that the reputa ble papers of that party, or which thero are some, are beginning to protest at their actions and to demand that at least there shall be some show of .right and justice. The people themselves are beginning to learn that the corrupt leaders of that party are bent on carrying out their revolu1 V Alt- . 1 nonary meiuous, anu can nowseownere such a course will eventually end. consequently they are preparing to call a halt. Fort Wayne Gazette. The Democrats in the Legislature have the de'il in them, sure enough. Enraged over their defeat in November, they intend to capture all the btate othces in sight. To this end thev intend to deprive Gov ernor Hovey of his official patronage and to take all the offices possible from th Governor. They also contemplate a chance in the government of cities whereby tho power will be taken from tho people and invested in an oligarchy. This plan is utterly opposed tothe ideasof the Republican partv. Are three or five men, for instance. more to be relied upon than twelve councilmen! Is tho less of more consequence than the greater! Truly, according to this wild scheme, our people are retrograding in intelligence and self-reliance. EvansviUe JournaL t; General Harrison's Profile. Philadelphia Record. A copy of tho latest photograph of Presi dent-elect Harrison has been received at Mint, and will be used in making a die or plate for printing for some future time upon currency or nanK-notcs. Designer Charles E. Barker, of the Mint, sent to Gen eral Harrison some time ago asking for a picture for this purpose. He soon afterward received one, but objected to it bocause it was not a profile view. So the General sat again, and a very fino .profile portrait was obtained. It is said that tho best points of General Harrison's face aro entirely tost in a pronie portrait. m Etlgerton's Successor. Philadelphia Press. : Carolinian, has had no experience and his ni1 T-Joiva nn tlin Riiliirrt. nrn rnl-tiAwn After tho way in which Edgerton has been .11 . 1 i 1 X . removca ana ine reasons - wmcn prompted Ida T-inmllinoca tflH'O Tl tVin rofArm rt anj-ono appointed by Mr. Cleveland would be suspected. This reform will have to be differently handled if it is to be worth anyluiug. Can Then Exchange Condolences. Iovra State Register. Mr. Edgerton needn't fed very bad. Ho can have the pleasure of seeing Mr. Cleveland removed from office in about threo weeks, and then they can exchange condolences together. - The Usual Xlfay, Pittsburg Chronicle. The Knights of Labor, as reported from Chicago, are reorganizing on the original plan of secrecy absolute until somebody makes it open when .'there is something interesting to tell. i ; His Company Blade Him More Wicked. Minneapolis Tribune. !,; Mr. bullivan, of Marion county. Indiana, was a bad man before he entered tho Demo cratic party, but notv recent developments prove that ho is absolutely satanio in his ipiAl'Di'lnPca ' 1 He Will Soon Have Eight. Boston Herald. ! They are sending quilts galore to Indianapolis. What tho President-elect needs is a comforter. .a . 1

. WEST VIRGINIA POLITICS. Further Indication that the Scheme Oat lined Yesterday Will lie Carried OnU Sjeclal to the Indianapolis Jonrnal Charleston, Feb. 12. There were no important developments in the situation here to-day. The political excitement was suspended here for one day, and some active legislative work indulged in. A resolution was introduced denying that West Virginia owes any part of the Old Virginia debt, and it will undoubtedly pass. In the House, Speaker Woods reversed a decision of tho other day. It will be remembered that when he refused to entertain the point of order of no quorum in joint assembly, tbo Republicans deserted the hall, and wera afterward arrested and fined for absence. To-day the identical point was raised from tho Democratic side, and this eminently fair Speaker ruled it as a point well taken. Senator Kenna returned from Washington to-day. He denies that ho has been oflered a fat federal berth by President Cleveland. He has little hopes of a reelection, but stubbornly refuses to release his friends from their caucus obligations to vote for him. Two of them, however, deserted him to-day. Tho three Union Labontes held a harmonious caucus this evening, and agreed that they would continue to vote for one of their own men. This means there can be no election for United States Senator, and is a step in the direction of confirming tho dispatch sent out from Wheeling, last night, in regard to an alleged conspiracy of President Carr, Governor Wilson and" Secretary of State Walker, by which Carr is to bo Governor, appoint Wilson Senator, and reappoint Walker Secretary of State. The Secretary of State's office is said to bo worth $10,000 a year. Walker is accredited with being the author and engineer of the scheme. General Goff is here. He says ha will take the oath of office on March 4. Blaine on the Race Question. Baltimore, Feb. 12. CoL Julian Allen, of Statesville, N. C, who has been in this city for several days in the interest of a Southern exposition, which will be held iu the coming fall in some Northern city, today told a reporter of tho American that.

while in Washington xecently, he had an extended interview with Mr. James G. Blaine, who is an intimate friend of some years' standing. He explained to Mr. Blaine the exposition project, and Mr. Blaine at once expressed in tho most cordial way hia interest in i'; r.nd his willingness to do anyanything in his power to help it forward. He also took occasion to express his deen interest in tho development of the South and his earnest hone of the settle ment of tho race problem in a way that win inuro to tno uest interest oi nm wnoie people. The touth, he said, would have to work out tho solution of the race problem lor itself, in the selection ot oIIk ioH lor Allen to think that he would favor tho appointment of conservative Republicans men who had laid aside the hatreds and bit ternesses of war times, and who wero aiming at the development of the country and the happiness anu welfare of the People. In many ways Mr. Blaine expressed his concern for the welfare of the South. He convinced Colonel Allen that when he took his 6eat in President Harrisou's Cabinet bo would prove as good a friend of the South as that portion of the country ever had. Mr. Blaine also spoke with freedom about his acceptance of tho position of Secretary of State in General Harrison's Cabinet, and said that President Harrison tendered him the position a very few days after the elec tion, and did it in such a cordial way that no at once accepted it in iuo same spirit. Buckner is Not a Candidate for Senator. Louisville, Feb. 12. Governor Buck ner, who has been prominently mentioned as a candidate for tho Senate to succeed Mr. Blackburn, states to-day that under no circumstances will he make the race, as to do so would mako it appear that ho would bo using his present position to influence the Legislature m its choice, lie will not lower the dignity of his office by such a proceeding, as he thinks being Governor and candidate for the Senate are incompatible. Tho Governor's great popularity would haVe made him a strong candidate. ' V The rourth Missouri District. St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 12. Capt. Francis M. Poscgate, of St. Joseph, was nominated, without balloting, by the Republicans of the Fourth district, to fill the vacancy In the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses caused by the death of the late Jas. Burnes. The election occurs Feb. 19. Local-Option Law to Be Repealed. Trenton', N. J., Feb. 12. TheDemocratic caucus to-night decided upon the repeal of tho local-option law. The proposed new bill allows trial by jury; permits sales by druggists on prescription, and provides for revocation of license for ouo year on conviction of excise violation. SHALL WE BUY CUBA? An Alleged Interview With Mr. Blaine Rep. resents Him as Favoring the Project. . New York, Feb. 12. The Herald's Wash ington special says: "Recently, Congressman Milliken, of Maine, and his cousin, Seth Milliken, of New Yorkt who is a large manufacturer, and has investments in the South, called on Mr. Blaiho on private business. During the conversation the merchant, who has known Mr. Blaine for years, asked him if ho was in favor of the annexation of Canada. Mr. Milliken says Mr. Blaine replied that he was, but that he did not think it would be brought about by agitation. Iu the course of time, lie thought, tbfc Dominion would naturally gravitate into hu American Union. "Canada," said Mr. Blaine, "is like an apple ou a tree jmt beyond our reach. We may strive to grasp it, but the bough recedes from our hand just in proportion to our effort to catch it. Let it alone, and in duo time it will fall into our hands. If we were reaching after territory to increase oar wealth and strength, as well, also, to protect the health of the Nation, 1 should say that Cuba is tho outlying island which the interests of the United States would naturally seek. First, as to its relation to health, Cuba is the natural homo of pestilential diseases, especially yellow fever. Under the direction of our eminent sanitarians, I have not the slightest doubt that the existing cause of this dreaded disease could be exterminated from every port of the territory of Cuba. The knowledge which science gives as to tho propagation of tho germs of yellow fever hasput it in the power of health officers well provided with means to remove tho breeding spots from tho face of the earth, and I have not the least doubt but that it could bo done were the island under our control. . "In point of economy it would be cheaper for the United States to buy the island from Spain at almost any cost rather than it should bo a constant menace to the health and prosperity of the Southern States. The cost, directly and indirectly, to the business of the country during the last yellowfever epidemic in the Mississippi Valley was greater than the value of Cuba, even if you put it on a mere money basis. But when you consider tho peril to life which mo lever constantly onngs. its nnrcuase would not be dear at any price The next object which makes it valuable is its relation to tho United States as a strategic point. It lies close, very close, to the southern extremity of Florida, and its western end is still nearer Yucatan. In this way it practically controls the Gulf of Mexico. It actually commands positions which wo ought, m the natural order of things, to possess and control. In regard to its contributing to our wealth, Cuba, in the hand of the Yankee people, and by that 1 mean the thrifty, energetic, inventivo American nice, would add immensely to our prosper, ity. It is a fertile island, and, under tht control of skilled labor, its productive resources would doubtless bo increased I hundred fold." Touched a Tender Spot, Chicago Tribune, Tho prolonged howling of New York Democrats over tho prayer of Rev. Dr. Leech in tho Senate Chamber at Albany Indicates that his implied chargo that somebody bad been "trafficking in the votes of the poor and debauching the patriotism of tho loxr lyM must have hurt bomebody