Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1889.

THE DAILY JOURNAL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 18S0.

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T. ixrlng.- northwest corner Third and Jefferson streets. 8T- LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot and southern IIoteL WASHINGTON, X. C. Riggs Houso and Ebbitt House. Telephone Calls. Business Offlce Editorial Rooms 242 Open tho books. Smash the Insane Hospital ring. TnE Insane Hospital is a mass of rottenness, and needs deep probing. Mb. Mills had his innings in the early part of the game, and now Mr. Randall is getting in his work. The Journal's persistent demand for an investigation of tho Insane Hospital is beginning to bear fruit. Tttet had a big storm up in the State I of Dakota, yesterday, but politically it was very far from being a cold day. Pending an investigation of the Insane Hospital accounts, we suggest that the door leading to Canada be locked. Turn on the light and let the people know how much of their money has real ly been stolen by tho Insane Hospital ring. ti Again we ask, who will bo the next Democratic official to skip to Canada; and will ho take more of the Insane Hospital funds? TnE "Song of Seven" is not exactly the one for tho United States to sing just now. "We are" not "seven," but six times SQven. And now, with the awful prospect ahead of a corner in beer, or a beer trust, the Democratic party will rise in wrath sure enough. Look out for it. The estimable Mr. Piggott seems to have sold the London Times with as much ease as if it had been an amateur publication whoso editors were born last week. mmmmmm M In answer to a largo number of inquiries, tho Journal hastens to say that official information concerning tho makeup of President Harrison's Cabinet will appear in its columns not later than March 5. Nothing in his official career is so creditable to Mr. Cleveland as tho signing of tho bill admitting four new States on Washington's birthday. Ilcwjll bo remembered for that when his other deeds are forgotten. If tho free-traders of the recent Chicago convention aro satisfied with their "moral victory," all is well. Everybody else is satisfied, though they do not all look upon tho outcome of the three days' wranglo as a "victory" for any faction. Think: of old man Lowry being put on the Supreme Court commission! After he was defeated for Congress and lost his contest for Captain White's seat he was an object of pity, and almost of charity, for months before ho got out of Washington. Mb. Samuel J, Randall seems to bo regarded as a valuable member of the Democratic party, notwithstanding the fact that he was "read out" of it by the Mills faction last fall. In fact, ho seems to have a tighter grip on the machine than tho Texas statesman himself. The German Veterans of this city, alwavs foremost in patriotic celebrations. & remembered Washinffton'sbirthdav with en artillery 6alute, and it was tho only local remembrance of tho day. lhe Germans make first rate Americans; and wo will be glad when' they all come to cee that tho English language is good enough for Americans. There is this much to be said about the proposal of the Canadian member of Parliament to buy the New England States: If the valuation is to be set by New England herself there isn't money enough on earth to make tho first pay ment. If the Western States are allowed to fix the price well, thero is no telling what arrangement might be reached. To sell New England would involve getting rid of somo incum brances not necessary to specify at this time. The Curtis bill was referred to a Sen ate committee, and several amendments were recommended by that committee. The amendments have not been printed, nor has it been possible, by tho most diligent inquiry to fim out the charac ter of these amendments. Is it possible that the Senate intends to pass this bill without allowing tho tax-payers of Indianapolis to know what its provisions are? Certainly there is no need of starchamber proceedings. Tho people and tax-payers of Indianapolis aro tho inter ested parties; but it seems they havo no rights that Democrats respect. The latest dodge of the political pirates in the Legislature, who are at tempting to fasten their claws in every

branch of the local and State government, is to lock tho doors of the legislative chambers whenever they wish to gag tho opposition and hurry through their infamous measures. It is bad enough to havo bulging-eyed, shoulderhitting door-keepers on hand to pummel into submission any obstreperous Republican who dissents from tho views of tho majority, but to cut off all avenues of escape by bolting tho doors, is pursuing the tactics of tho White Caps, ho bind their victims before committing an outrage. HOW DO YOU LIKE THE FIQUBE8? Tho total Revenue of tho State of Indiana for th fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 18S9, was $1,357,000. In that year tho expenditures of tho Insane Hospital at Indianapolis were $287,000. Tho general appropriation bill introduced by Mr. Willard, and referred to tho committee i on ways and means, Feb. 18, 1830, appropriates for the Insane Hospital at Indianapolis, for maintenance, $475,000; for clothing, $12,000; current repairs, $10,000; making $497,000. . It appropriates for maintenance of hospital at' Richmond, $85,000; hospital at Logansport, $75,000; hospital at Evans villo, $70,000, making for maintenance of insane hospitals for the year ending Oct. 31, 1890, a total of $727,000; and like appropriations are made for the

year ending Oct. , 31, 1891. For the maintenance of tho benevolent and penal institutions of tho State this bill appropriates for the year ending Oct. 31, 1890, tho sum of $1,211,000, with a like sum appropriated for tho year ending Oct. 31, 1891. The gross appropriations in thcbiU for the year ending Oct. 31, 1890, aro $2,120,000. The appropriations for tho year ending Oct. 31, 1891, are tho same, less $145,000, the aggregato of tho appropriations for building and equipping tho asylums at Richmond, Logansport and Evansville. The bill, as printed, appropriates for Insane Hospital at Indianapolis $497,000, as against expenditures last year of $287,000. This increase at this hospital requires explanation, especially since the three asylums at Richmond, Logans port and Evansvillo aro given jointly $230,000, which institutions should decrease the expenses of the Indianapolis asylum. THE EIGHT' OF DISCUSSION. The Sentinel abuses and blackguards Senator Johnson in the most outrageous manner because, as a Senator represent ing a freo constituency and part of tho majority of the people, ho dared to speak and protest against the infamous course of the Democratic majority in tho Sen ate. Tho Democratic Senators do not represent a majority of the people. They havo misrepresented the people and popular rights and popular government every day and every hour of the session. If they represent any principle at all, it is that tho morals of tho highwayman and the methods of tho pirate are as well suited to the halls of legh lation as they aro to the road and tho high seas. These political freebooters owe their credentials to fraud and their seats to robbery. They aro the spawn of the gerrymander. The offspring of a former generation of political rascals as un scrupulous as themselves, and, owing tneir very existence 10 a system pianncu to rob the people of their rights, they represent by heredity and training the worst results of the worst school of pol itics in tho Union.. Thero is no worse school of politics than tho Indiana Democracy, ana no more cnaractenstic piece of its work extant than tho legislative gerrymander. It was this mon strosity that vomited upon tho peoplo, the present fraudulent ma jority in the Senate, tho singular result being that a minority of the peo ple have a majority of the Senate, while the real majority are in a minority. Taking advantage of this situation the Democrats have constructed a new code of arbitrary rules for tho purpose of suppressing debase, depriving tho mi nority of their rjghts and making their own power absolute. In doing this they havo violated every principle of parlia mentary law and common decency. Tho pretense that it was necessary to ex pedite legislation is false. It was only necessary to expedite partisan schemes and prevent the Republicans from mak ing effective opposition to a series of measures scarcely less infamous than the gerrymander itself. Because Senator Johnson, speaking for himself, his constituents and a maj ority of the people, has protested against these high-handed measures and per sisted in asserting at least some of his rights he is denounced by tho organ of the freebooters and abused iko a pickpocket. Things havo come to a pretty pass when a majority of tho people aro not permitted, through their representa tives, the poor right of protesting against tho overthrow of constitutional and parliamentary law. Senator Johnson is denounced as a revolutionist because ho resists revolution, and an ob struction to legislation because he insists upon his rights under parliamen tary law. Republicans aro told that they have no rights whatever, not even tho right to assert their rights nor to protest against their deprivation. They may hold their seats by grace of the fraudum . mm. m lent majority, and may neip make a quorum, but they must tako no part in legislation beyond that permitted by tho Democratic caucus. They may vote, but must not explain their votes. And when a Senator, galled beyond endur ance by such treatment, asserts his right and the right of his constituents to bo heard in a matter of important State leg islation, he is threatened with personal violence by a burly door-keeper, and vilely abused by tho organ of tho buc caneers for daring to oppose their plans. There is a time to talk and a timo to be silent. It is not a time to bo silent when tho rights of men and majorities ore being trampled upon and partisan

malignity is cracking its whip over tho

heads of tho people. It is not a timo to bo silent when tho executive and judi cial departments of tho State govern ment aro being looted by a band of legislativefreebooters in search of official Bpoils to pension seedy politicians with. It is not a timo to bo silent when tho thumbscrews are being turned everyday and some new construction given to tho gag laws contrived' for tho suppresnion of freo speech. Tho men who fought at Lexington and Concord did a great deal of talking and protesting before they finally struck for their rights. Talking al ways precedes action, and there aro times when strong talk is pre-eminently in order. No doubt tho Democrats would be very glad if their entiro programme of partisan legislation could bo carried out without a ripplo 'of opposition or a whisper of protest on the part of the Republicans. We aro glad it has not been so, and is not likely to be. If the repre sentatives of a majority of tho people cannot provent sand-bag legislation they can, at least, protest against it. Let them assert their rights, and keep on asserting them. It is the least they can or ought to do. Let them compel the buccaneers to mako a new record of infamy every day by a new suppression of free speech. Let them talk. THE GOVERNOR'S VETO. That tho Governor would veto the Su preme Court commission bill was a fore gone conclusion. Having taken an oath to support tho Constitution, and being vested by that instrument with the right and duty of interposing his objections to unconstitutional legislation, he could not do otherwise. The bill is an attempt, under the pretense of relieving tho Su premo Court, to revolutionize the judicial system of the State and mako theCourt a Democratic political machine. The manner in' which this is done is plainly unconstitutional. The best lawyers in the State of both parties so re gard it. It is as clearly as if the Leg islature wcro to create five additional supreme judgeships and fill them with persons of its own selection. Governor Hovey's personal experience in the framing of the present Constitu tion makes his reference to the debates peculiarly apt. Ho shows that the in tention of the framcrs was to take from the Legislature all power over judicial appointments. The commission bill is a return to the old system of legislative appointment of judges which prevailed before the present Constitution was adopted and which it expressly prohibits. The Governor also presents strongly the familiar argument of a division of constitutional powers and shows how by this measure the legislative department is infringing on the rights and usurping tho functions of the judicial. His argu ments against the constitutionality of the bill are unanswerable. There was no attempt to answer them nor any pre tense of treating them respectfully. The doors were locked and the bill was im mediately passed over the Governor's veto. The business was done in regular sand-bag fashion and in the truo spirit of the Indiana Democracy. Tho Senato passed tho bill over tho Governor's veto as soon as it was received. . The Governor did his duty in interposing his veto and is not responsible for the resuit. The bill will cost the State about $30,000 a year. f THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. The action of tho Democratic caucus Thursday night adds another chapter to tho infamous record of the Legislature. For disregard of public interests, neg lect of public duty and prostitution of tho public service to partisan purposes the action of tho caucus is fully up to the Democratic standard. In the first place, it nominated a: number of persons for offices not yet in existence. This is without precedent in tho history of politics, and illustrates the greed of the Indiana Democracy. Not content with mapping out a programme to despoil the Governor of every vestige of executive patronage and usurp the functions of tho! Supreme Court, they actually proceed to nominate candidates forofhees yet to bo created! Tho bill creating tho Supreme Court commission was not yet a law, nor were any of the bills taking appoint ments out of tho hands of the Governor. The action of the caucus in this regard was indecent and outrageous. The caucus action shows there is no intention of reforming the management of the State benevolent institutions. The public interest and the popular de sire in this regard were contemptuously ignored. There was no recognition of anything wrong in the past or indication of reform in tho future. The institutions are to bo kept in politics and run as party machines, just as they have been for years past, to tho scandal and dis grace of the State. Tho caucus nominees aro nearly all bad. Out of tho tlrirty-three nomina tions not more than iwtf pr three are fit for the work. The:ive Supreme Court commissioners are Democratic pension ers, some of whom arc personally disqualified for public service of any kind. Of the twenty-four trustees for the vari ous State institutions not ono possesses anv qualification . outside of politics, while some of them are notoriously un fit. Thomas MarkeVxand-James Renihan, of this city, nominated respectively for trustee of tho Insane Hospital and director of tho Stato Prison North, aro active members of the Sullivan-Coy gang and coarse, ignorant men, utterly unfit to bo connected with any public trust or charity. ;,One of tho trustees of tho Institution for the Blind is a hotel clerk, who has extended extra favors to Democratic members, and another is a railroad man, who has supplied them with free passes. So it goes all the way through, a regular "truck-and-dicker" arrantrement. t The caucus .'omitted one thing: It should havo nominated candidates for county commissioners and township trustees all. over tho State, in anticipa tion of tho Legislature taking those ap Dointinents into its hands. This would have provided for several thousand more Democrats. The admission into tho Union at ono time of four new States, representing a vast amount of natural wealth and already showing every indication of pros-

pcrity, is an epoch in tho history of tho

country whoso importance can hardly be realized at this time. Washington, the Dakotas and Montana are settled not by adventurers, as were some of tho earlier Western States but very largely by tho best class of nativo Americans, with a smaller admixture of foreigners with sufficient means' to tako them to that distant region and intelligence enough to make them good citizens. It has been claimed, indeed, for those Ter ritories that theirpopulationisthc cream of the New England States, and tho as sertion is not so far wrong. At all events, the residents aro wide-awake, enterpris ing, intelligent and thoroughly American. Being so, they may bo expected to havo a strong influence in national legislation from the start, and it is desirablo that their first representatives should bo chosen with due deliberation. The entrance into tho Union at tho beginning of an administration which promises so much for tho interests of the country is auspicious, and the citizens of other commonwealths will welcome the newcomers with a feeling that the advantages of tho admission are mutual, and that new and old States will alike benefit by it. Governor Hove y. is eminently right in regard to tho land of an investigation that is needed at the Insane Hospital. There is reason to believe the institution has been a nest of corruption for years past. If the bottom facts can be ascer tained they will probably disclose a long course of dishonest practices and a largo shortage. The only way to get at the matter is to have a thorough examina tion by non-partisan experts, running back through a series of years. Let such an investigation be made and the truth come out, no matter which party or whom it hurts. Nothing short of such an investigation will meet the popular demand. No legislative committee will answer tho purpose. It - requires more time than any legislative committee could give, and more expert knowledge of accounts than such a committee pos sesses. The matter has become too seri ous to be disposed of in the usual perfunctory way. Wo say to tho Democrats, the people have no faith in your legislative committee, and a whitewashing report by it will not be worth the paper it is written on. As well tako tho personal statement of Dr. Harrison and Gapen that "everything is right from cellar to garret." Governor Hovey's recommenda tion went to the heart of the matter and was precisely what tho situation calls for, viz., a thorough investigation by a non-partian committee of experts, to be appointed by the Governor, and running back far enough to get at the root of all the recent rottenness. TnERE has never been anything much funnier than the solemn assurance of, a Democratic Senator, from this county, that a committee had "been out to tho Insane Hospital, made a careful inquiry, and found everything all right from cellar to garret." We recommend this as a short and convenient form of whitewashing statement r Jjr an exhibit of two hundred oil paintings at Gill's art gallery, in Springfield, . Mass., Mr. T. C. Steelo, of this city, is the only American artist west of the Alleghenies who, is represented. His picture shown is 'The Summer Idyl." The catalogue of this exhibition is a beautiful piece of typography. Snow in the Northwest and snow in the far South, but nono in this favored region. As previously remarked, Indiana is in the fair weather belt. ' To the Editor of Uie Indianapolis Journal: ' Under the present law of Indiana controlling mills and ninvownere, am I under, obligation to exchange my crist for flour or must the miller take the eighth bushel and grind my grist! Somerset, Ind. j. w. j. The law say 8 "at all water grist-mills there shall not be charged for toll a higher rate than oneeighth part for grinding and bolting wheat and grinding Indian corn." Under this provision the miller must return to the owner at least seven-eighths of the product of every grist ground, reserving not more than one-eighth as toll A miller may establish a lower rate than this and must keep his rates posted in a conspicuous place in his milL To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Kindly state in your rt.r,-er the number of za& wells in this State, their estimated aggregate dally flow, average comparison of cost with coal, ana wnai year tne nrsc pas was iouna. Your recent editorial is the incentive for these inquiries. By answering same you wiU favor me, as well as interest many of your readers. r. p. k. Teeee Haute, Feb. 21. The present number of flowing wells which prod ace gas in paying quantities is about 425; aggregato daily product about 700,000,000 feet, and the cost, compared with coal, varies from 10 to 40 per cent, accord ing to location To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: What States permit the marriage of the white ana duck races! : w.t. t. Chesterfield, Ind. The following States prohibit such mar riages, viz.: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. ABOUT PEOPLE AND TMXGS. A brother of Legitime, the Haytian leader, lives m Pomona, Cal. Peace! peace! were the dying words of Bishop McTeyire, president of Vanderbilt University. ; Cabanel, the distinguished French painter, is said to have left a fortune of more than $400,000. The twentieth anniversary of one's wed ding is not celebrated. It is considered unlucky to do so. ' , Dr. J. W. Scott has resigned his place as professor of clinics in the Western Reserve University after twenty-five years' service. Senator Vance will have a glass eye placed in the vacant socket, over which he now wears a bandage, in about two weeks. He will then resume his congressional du ties. ' WnEN M. Carnot visited the big tower in Paris the other day, he made some compli mentary remarks to its architect, to which. it is gravely stated, "M. Eiffel replied in lofty language:' Prince .von Bismarck weighs 165 pounds, and. as far as physique is concerned, is one of the finest-looking men in Europe. His xx-pi cht was2C0 pounds when Dr. Schwenin ger began to treat him for obesity several years ago. - Mrs. George B. McClellan and her daughter, Miss May McClellan, are among the few Americans to be presented at Queen Victoria's next' drawing-room. Miss Chanler. a sister-in-law of Am e lie Rives-Chanler, will also be presented. The Turkish minister, who was hissed for making too much noiso in a Washington theater the other night, laughingly declares

that if ho ever catches any of the hisscrs in his own country he will prove to them that they have, as fet, no conception of his capacity for making noise. "George Washington's School Days," by William F. Carno will form ono of tho features in tho numbers of Harper's Young People, to bo published February 10 and 20. The articles give extracts from tho notebook of the bov Washington, whicn is said to havo escaped the notice of previous biographers. Oscar Wilde has written an essay on "The Decay of Lying." in which ho tries to show that lying is rapidly becoming a lost art. Evidently Oscar does not read the American Democratic journals. Their columns daily furnish testimony that the Ananias business is still tolerably brisk in this country. In tho course of tho spring tho Prince of Wales is going to Berlin to pay a formal visit to the German Emperor in his military capacity as Colonel of tho Blucher Hussars. Considering tho relations existing between them, it is not likely that either looks forward to tho meeting with much pleasure. "Arnoros of titles," says London Truth, "a former colleague of Mr. Disraeli told mo this story: A certain gentleman got ud to speak in the House of Commons. Mr. Disraeli murmured, T believe that man to be the greatest rascal in the House.' Then tho sardonic smile same oyer his features as he added, T made him a knight.1 "J The Emperor of Russia has distributed small tokens of gold to all those who were with him in the imperial train at the time of the railway accident near Borki, inmemorv of their miraculous escape. The keepsakes are minature copies of a sacred picturo which was found quit undamaged after tho accident in tho dining saloon of the train. A court train worn recently by tho young German Empress was six yards long, and of the finest white Lyons siik, magnificently embroidered in gold and silver. Tho price of the material was about $1,500. and the embroidery was done by twelve young girls, who wcro working at it for two months. A room that didn't boom is reported from California. A woman in Ventura, who had made $100,000 in land, thought she could add a cipher to this figure by working up a special excitement. So she invited people from San Francisco, six hundred milesaway, and gave them a free ride, a lunch and music. But, though tho train was crowded, no ono would bay, and she lost $20,000. SIr. John Morley, the English scholar and essayist, is nearly fifty years of age, although he looks to be not over thirty-five. He has a home in the outskirts of London and there most of his literary work is dono. Mr. Morlev is a great worker, and his con

stant good health is marvelous when it is considered that ho passes almost all of his time ind6ors and works over sixteen hours a day. A monument has been placed over the grave of Jenny Lind at Malvern. It was designed by Mr. C.B. Birch, B. A, and con sists of a highly-polished Swedish granite' cross, about eight feet in height, and in the center thero is a marble medallion bearing a representation of a wreath-encirciealyre. Beneath the medallion is the inscription: 'In laving memory of Jennie Mane Lmd. wife of Otto Goldschmidt: born' at Stock holm. Oct. 6, 1820; died at Wynd's Point, Malvern, JNov. a, 1887." At the recent engagement of Booth and Barrett in Boston, a party of Harvard Col lege students undertook to help the tra gedians out. They formed the Roman mob in "Julius Caesar," and during the speech between Brutus and Cassias the word to cheer was given by the stage manager. The boys responded with a will with the familiar "Rah! rah!' rah! Harvard!" It was the only chrer they knew, but tho noble Roman failed to appreciate it. A less patriotic mob was engaged the next night. Miss Olive Risley Seward, tho'adopted daughter of William H. Seward, lives at Washington, in a house that was bought with the proceeds of the book describiug Mr. Seward's travels around the world. She edited Mr. Seward's notes of jhh tour. and he gave to her the copyright and left her a share of his nronertv. She is a tall. rather masculine-looking woman, with strong features ana iron-gray hair. Her own father. Mr. Risley. lives with her. and is totally blind. Among Mmo. Cohen's adventures on the battle-field she relates one in which she maintained her point in opposition to the Prussian general. After a victory he gave orders for the elevation of the Prussian flag over the field hospital which Mmo. Cohen had in charge. Rather than remain under the banner of the enemy, sho said she would transport the wounded in carts, and. finally, after a consultation of orhcers, the Prussians had to consent to the retention of the French flag. TnE Rev. Dr. Sunderland, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Washington, D. C, has been much annoyed, of late years, by people who visited his church on Sunday simply to see Mrs. Cleveland. Last . Sunday a party visited his church, but on learning that Mrs. Cleveland was notnrescui iuey went away noi6iiv. Aavancincr to A. A. 1 X : 1 1 J the front of the platform, Dr. Sunderland said: It is impossible for me to state now grieved 1 am at the exhibition of extreme ruaeness just exniDiteu by a few chance visitors to this church, who, being disappointed in their curious desires to look upon the face of one of our .number, have left our midst for the more pleasurable tnougn less naiiowea enjoyment of their csunaay papers." COMMENT AND OPINION. THE civil-fiervirft law nYinnlri hA nfnrrrl in letter and in spirit, or it should be repeaiea aitogetner. wasnmgton xrost. THE United RtntAQ rintva nnf wtitif a "niolr Unrine fmit. Whn oithpr CnrtnArL nr Pnlia euj reauy 10 arop into tne arms oi uncie Sam it will be received. Chicago Journal. Two members of the administration the President and Sccretarv of State havn X .1 A a a m mr-m m just made a formal and elaborate defense oi meir policy in tne past iour years. . This is something of an innovation in our polilils. aii iii.MiMi-Hi inn ill i iih ncr nnivp.vpr ir is only fair to say thatno other administra4 C 3 - J - r t ... one does. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, iiuu ever ni'fiiKii iiHifiriRH sn enm r n Tina The railroads of the United States are the arteries and veins of national life. The wealth, civilization and power of the country depend on them. If dftrnrtivA rrim against them, like that of the master thief flvesl, cannot be prevented otherwise than by a return to the old British punishment of breaking alive on the wheel, criminals sucn as tnese will have to be broken ablve. -Aew iork Sun. THE "let-alone" no! rv cn f ir a a 1 a Snnrli is concerned, has been an utter failure. It has been tried for fifteen years. Let us try something else. The South should be satisTiAl -t V A A A m a i iiuv xx mo bujuo Treatment oi tne voter is demanded Of it ihnt i nrrnnlAil axroYTT voter, intelligent or illiterate citizen, in the Jjorth. lo sectional line cap amend the Constitution or abridge the r.hts of the voter. Albany Journal. It will certainly be the duty of the Fif tyinoi vuuua-ss 10 xaKe measures ior the pro-. teCtlOnof theeolnrrd vntra nf fha Smith and if the remedies fail, it will be right to enforce the provisions of the second section of tho fourteenth the representation of such States as deny theriCht tO VOte to nntr nf fliAir n'tirAna no matter what may be tho color of their skins. San Francisco Chronicle. xJ-t6 f U tuo talk about the surplus, the 1 lftlOth Gonere will mlinnrn withnnt reducing taxation, and six years of Democratic control of legislation will end where it began. The onl v chance of a practical icuuciioa oi me nurtiens or taxation this session lies in a combination of Republicans and Randall Demnrrjita Ami nrn tiia measure of relief will be opposed and iougnt in every possible way by tho freetrade Democrats. New York Press. Every intelligent man knows that as Southern elections are conducted to-day the negroes are counted for the purpose of increasing the rMrpntatinn f ViaA States m Congress, but not for the purpose " mo represenxaiives snail be. There never h.t a lAAn in ht Viiet. . , ' - " -"-"-- u UU UIOIUIJI ui tills or anv nt mat rmiTifrv . franchise so eigantio and unblushing as .uau uivu iuo uemocrauo party nas repeatedly controlled the lower branch of

Congress, and to which Mr. C.ui. -, .

inaeoicu ior iour years' occupancy of J V0.1 bo was not olccteiv lork Tribune. v".-;c;r jviit. t'LETsusD' national career hi springtime. Ho was born in its n&fi0 and tho winter follows . a a m- i . Milium nows the fal ineof ;VT leaves, it is nnraiv A him. lie will bo odd n rmri,;.:: V-U"inz of tho crcatcr odditv t n xns fihnnld have hernmn PruM .? "Ian - " . . v 13 op ran Virile will be simply Pomethinc that E y' pencd.-Omaha Republican. 5 at h mr a it is a rawer gooa joke on the trhi.Vw men in New Jersey that they should haS feiMatni. only to find tl,,t it Jh ' ersey became inlinitely more reputahfl under Republican government, and he 7iZ pie like it. Ihey have given the Dtn like it, and havo warned the aforeViii '(..cnn fhnt it will i. .V,rCRl ioal hAilth tn intorfAr w 1 " F J0."stato of things. Kansas City Journal 2 PEACE IX WES VI KG IMA. GoflT and Wilson Confer, and the GnlerhitA. nui jittiicr n 111 xe oeuica in vOUIt, Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Ciiarlkstox, W. Va.t Feb. 22.G0Trm Wiison and Governor-elect Goft have had an interview, ami arriveu at a conclusion in the gubernatorial matter. General Goff plainly and unmistakably told Governor Wilson that inasmuch as he had been elected Governor, a fact generally rccog. nized and almost generally conceded, that when the 4th ot .March arrived he intended, in pursuance of his rights in this matter to qualify and to demand that the office of Uovernor bo turned over to him. Wilson, of course, regards it as his duty to hold tha ofiico in trust, as it were, until the contest is decided, (acneral Gqli objecting to a trustee in tho matter, especially such a par. tisan trustee as Wilson, soon convinced that wily official that this game could not bo played and would not bo aUowed. Then camo numerous propositions, but none were acceded to. Gofi Raid he had been through a war and had seen all tho oloodshed he cared to 6ee in his life; but, however, Knowing in this matter that he was in the right, knowing that he had been lawfully elected, and that the face of the returns showed that to be a fact, he was determined to have his rights and to vindi cate his party. Desiring, however, to have the matter settled without trouble, Golf agreed to let the matter of his taking th seat of Governor, pending Fleming's contest, be submitted to the decision of ths toupreme uourt ot Appeals, botn to abide by its decision. The matter will reach tho court in this manner: Golf will take the oath, file the same in office of the Secretary oi Diaie, anu men aemana xue omce; WilAnn tri 11 m 'f ?i c A t c n tt-o n rl n y- o rwl Kan V . courts will be applied to. The conference was held at Wilson's suggestion. Both siaes aesire peace ana quiet. The certiorari case of Jno. D. Alderson, Democratic candidate for Congress in this (the Third) district, who, on the face of tho returns, was defeated by Haj. J. H. McGinniss by 113 votes, versus the Kanawha Connty Commissioners, has been decided. Tho decision is to the eflect that the commissioners errea m r(eiusing Aioerson s counsel the right to cross-examine witnesses during recount proceedings, and the matter is remanded to the County Court, de novo. While the case is remanded, it in no wise necessarily changes tho result of the count, nor is it expected it will do so. It is reported that Governor Wilson will, at an early day,give Alderson a certificate of election, ignoring the vote of Kanawha county. This would only be in fine with all. Democratic movements, which have been to trample under foot and ignore all law and precedents. Should this be done, Maior McGinnias. who has certified rnniV of the returns from each county in the district, will contest and enter a lively prolest against uiis aeu Derate 6ieau IYES AND STAYXOR'S THEFTS. E. W. Woodruff Placed Under Arrest-The Three Will Appear in Court on Monday. New York, Feb. 22.-E. Wilson Woodruff, the secretary of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company, under the reorganization of the company, which was . effected by Ifenry S. Ives and George H. Staynor, was arrested in Newark last night. ! Ives and Staynor were indicted by tho grand jury yesterday on a charge of grand larceny. A batch of indictments was returned, and it is proba ble that the indictment of Woodruff as among these. Nothing could be ascertained this morning in regard to the matter. The district-attorney's office was closed, it being a legal holiday. Woodruff was a clerk in the banking-house of Henrv S. Ives & Co. at the time that the young Napoleon began his operations by wnicn tne uincinnati, iiamiuon c& uny lua road was wrecked, and all the available cash and valuables were transferred irom the company's treasury to tho vaults of Henry S. Ives fc Co., thence to be transferred goodness knows where. They will bo taken to the court of general sessions to nlead on Mnndjivnevt. The ouestion Will th An Iia fipttirH wiiAtViAr thpv Khnnld be returned to Ludlow-street jailor be committed to the Tombs. Messrs. Ives and Staynor decknedto6ee any callers at Ludlow-street jail, to-day, and refuse to give any intimation as to wbetliAr t liAv Irnnw nn indictment has or has not been found against them. District Attorney Fellows still maintains that ne f tiSft indirtment. ana the fact will probably not be determined untu tne meeting oi tne court on "u." No order has been issued for the transfer of the prisoners to the Tombs. When young Woodruff was taken in enstody at hie father's house he 6aid: 'l did, nothing but what I was ordered to do by my superiors." Wood ruff denies the 6tory about his travels West to float bonds for Ives and Staynor. He asserts that his arrest is a plot to secure his attendance in New York to testify against his former employers. . UrJon Veteran Legion. Altoona, Pa., Feb. 22. The National Encampment of the Union Veteran Leeioa met here to-day. Officers were elected as follows: Gen. A. L. Pierson, of Pjttsbnrg, national commander; G. J. K. Miller, tailadelphia, senior vice-commander; . C" Daniels, Mt. Vernon, O., junior vice-commander; J. S. Reed, St. Louis, surgeon-general; W. B. Chipman, Bradford, Pa., inspector-general; Frank L. Blair, Alleeneny, Pa., quartermaster-general; John A. UanKjt Pittsburg, chaplain-in-chief; Jhn V Short, Alleghenj adjutant-general; L. . r Sedman, Allegheny, Pa., chief mustering officer; Gen. 11. b Mctfair, Wilmington, Del., chief judge-advocate. Ne3! !l was selected as the place at which the nex encampment will be held. An Arrest That 3Iay Prove Important. Little Rock, Ark., Feb. -BJOvft kins was arrested at Pino Bluff, AtKm W day, upon the charge of interfering wita the election officers at PhimmerviUe, t;on way county, at the November elect ion. This is the precinct at which the ballot-box was stolen by masked men, and the i cauleading to tho assassination of Jomi Clayton, the Republican contestant ior Congress. No arrests havo yet been maiw of parties directly implicated in the ass-w sination of Colonel Clayton, but it w believed the prosecutions conducted by federal court of the men implicated in 1 1 terfering with the regular election ocer. will result in bringing out all the facts ox the assassination. Wants 830,000 for Breach of rromll,1! -Detroit, Mich., Feb. 22,-Mrs. Goodwill, a widow whose ago is ' PS ine into tho thirties, began suit in W fyL 'i k . i Maxwell mUlionaire, has been boarding wiia -Goodwill sinco his separation from WsEJTa last summer. Fisher says b gh1matrimonial aspirations, but will is not concerned therein, never w : and never will be

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Fisher for $50,000, charging breach of prwj