Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 188D.

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Buisness Office.. 238 1 Editorial Rooms 342 Xotwithsfanding the Souvenir edition of the Journal, yesterday, vat many thousand in excess of our usual issue, the supply was exhausted before 9 o'clock. It is impossible to fill additional 'orders for copies of the Sartrenir. Misfit postmasters will bo discarded as the spring season opens and an improved civil service comes into fashion. Jim Willakd and his jobs seem to be a greater burden than certain members of the Legislature are willing to carryany longer. The restivencss must be annoying to the gentleman with tho swollen nose. Justice Lamar can say good-bye to tho outgoing administration with few pangs. The Democratic tidal wave of four years ago, and which has just receded, carrying vast debris, landed him in a snug berth. The Democratic bulldozers, who aro trying to force Governor Hovey into calling an extra session, will find him a stubborn man. The people of Indiana are getting very tired of government by Democratic caucus. Tits Ohio man is still abroad in the land. The President and three members of his Cabinet are natives of Ohio, viz., Secretaries Windom, Noble and Rusk. It is a good State to be born in, but the star of empire is hovering over Indiana now. People who are fond of coincidences will find it interesting to note that William Henry Harrison Miller, born in tho year the first Harrison was elected President and named for him, becomes, forty-eight years later, the Attorney-gpn-eral of the second President Harrison. 7nn.a protection President in tho White House and free-wool Mills shoved to the rear in Congress by the Democratic protectionist Randall, enthusiasm is at a low ebb among "tariff reformers," and the effort to pump it up a painful one. The Indianapolis meeting was a chilly affair. The White House was thronged yesterday with visiting delegations, and numerous brass bands blew conflicting harmonies into the ears of the surging crowd.. It was an impromptu ovation to our new President, who must have been forcibly reminded of the campaign scenes in this city. Thomas Jefferson Hudson, having been elected one of the secretaries of tho Indiana "Tariff Reform League," may be regarded as the leaven which is to leaven the whole Indianapolis lump with free trade before the next election. Our citizens now know the awful danger that menaces them. If they wish to be saved let them beware of Hudson. Store-keeper Hall's testimony yesterday is an additional revelation as to the rottenness of tho Insane Hospital. It leaves no doubt of systematic collusion ' and corruption between the trustees and Sullivan. The extreme difficulty with which the truth is brought out shows the necessity of a thorough investigation by experts, running back over a series of years. When they consider the rain, the high prices, the overcrowded hotels and other unexpected discomforts of inauguration day, the Indianians who wanted to go and couldn't, read the accounts of the proceedings in the Journal with the calm satisfaction that arises from getting as much enjoyment for five cents as their neighbors secured for $75. In accordance with the President's suggestion that all who volunteer advice as to appointments shall exercise discretion and judgment, and consider the good of the service, the Journal hastens to call attention to the lamentable condition of the local mail service and tho need of an immediate change. An emergency exists, in fact, in the caso of the Indianapolis office. Anybody with a little executive ability and amiability will be better than Jones, Dcdd, Abbott &Co. Store-keeper Hall's embarrassment in explaining the transactions of the Insane Hospital managers is painful. Still, by his own admission, this embarrassment is just what he feared, and ho is, therefore, tho less deserving of pity. The man -who knowingly associates with rascals, and assists, however unwillingly, at their villainy, is reasonably euro to get into a tight place, and should expect little aid from the public in his efforts to wriggle free of responsibility after the others are caught. Governor Hovey's veto of tho bill providing for the appointment by the Legislature of trustees for the State benevolent institutions brings out tho surprising fact that the cost of main taining these institution u nearly $2j0,

000 more than the cntiro cost of the State government besides. That is to say, whilo the cost of tho State government, outside of tho benevolent institutions, is 407,138, tho cost of the institutions is C.m,000. No wonder a Democratic Legislature wants to run them as political machines. Their control belongs to the executive department of the government, and the Governor denies tho right of tho Legislature to appoint these trustees. This is strictly an executive duty, but, as a matter of fact, the Legislature has spent most of the session in performing executive duties.

THE CABINET. Secretary of State James G. Blaine, of Maine. Secretary of the Treasury Will iam Windom, of Minnesota. Secretary of War Redfield Proctor, of Vermont. Secretary of tho Navy Benjamin F. Tracey, of New York. Secretary of the Interior John W. Noble, of Missouri. Postinaster-general John Wanamaker, of Pennsylvania. Attorney-general W. H. H. Miller, of Indiana. Secretary of Agriculture Jeremiah Rusk, of Wisconsin. The construction of the Cabinet shows an earnest desire and conscientious effort to harmonize the highest demands of the public service with those of every section and interest, and with the President's personal preferences. We think he has succeeded in a very remarkable degree. The fact that he did not wish to remove any of the strong Republican leaders from either branch of Congress somewhat restricted his choice, but with this limitation we do not seo how he could have formed a better Cabinet or one more likely to co-operato with tho President in giving the country a strong, clean, high-toned Republican administration. The extreme difficulty of forming a symmetrical Cabinet in such a way as to harmonize all interests has been shown during several months of amateur Cabinet-making, in which an almost infinite number of combinations were made, only to be abandoned. Yet, at last tho solo responsibility devolved on the President, and besides having to regard every other interest, he had to consult somewhat his own feelings. A thousand suggestions had to be concentrated in final action. Thus, in his first official act, the President found himself in the position described in his farewell speech before leaving this city, when he said "the moment of decision is one of isolation." He is to be congratulated on tho manner in which he has solved the difficult problem. Hon. James G. Blaine is one of the most widely known and generally admired of American statesmen. He has been identified with the Republican party from its origin, and in active politics nearly all his adult life. His wide range of public service and brilliant qualities as a political leader make him easily one of the foremost statesmen of the day, and his accession to the secretaryship of state is a most natural result of Republican success. Mr. Blaine is an American of Americans, and in his hands tho State Department will never neglect American rights or interests. Hon. William Windom is not new to the duties of Secretary of the Treasury, having filled that position during President Garfield's brief term. He resigned a seat in the United States Senate to accept the Treasury portfolio. He has been iiilpublic life most of the time since 18o9, and during his temporary retirement from politics has been connected with some large commercial enterprises. His previous training and experience have been such as to leave no doubt of his eminent qualifications for the secretaryship of the treasury. During his former brief service in that position he was successful in funding about$630,000,000 of 5 and 6 per cent, bonds at 3 1-2 per cent., thus effecting an annual saving in interest of $10,473,000. The entire expenses of the refunding scheme were less than 10,000, besides avoiding the calling of an extra session of Congress. This has been justly regarded as a remarkable financial achievement. Ex-Governor Redfield Proctor, of Vermont, is one of the foremost men of his State and a recognized leader of the Republican party. Besides being active in politics he owns the largest marble quarries in New England, and carries on other extensive business operations. He was chairman of the Vermont delegetion at Chicago, and cast its vote solid for General Harrison from the first ballot till he was nominated. In New England, where he is well known, Governor Proctor is universally esteemed as possessing decided ability and very high qualities of character. Gen. B. F. Tracey is the compromise member of the Cabinet from New York, and the appointment is a very happy one. Aside from its political effect in tho Empire State, he is eminently qualified to take a high place in the new administration. An able lawyer, a gallant soldier, and a man of affairs and large all-around experience, he will be able to render valuable service in restoring the administration of the government to a high Republican standard. Gen. Tracey was a warm personal friend of General Grant's, and one of the famous 300 in the Chicago convention in 1SS0. Gen. John W. Noble has been known as one of the leading lawyers of St. Louis for nearly twenty years. He is a man of large legal attainments, extensive culture, and ' very attractive personal qualities. He entered the army from Iowa, of which State he is a native, and at tho close of tho war located in St. Louis, where lie served lour years as United States District Attorney, and where ho has always been recognized as one of the pillars of the Republican party. Gen. Noble graduated at Yale University, after receiving a portion of his education at Miami Universi ty, Oxford, Ohio,' where Gen. Harrison graduated, and their acquaintance dates from college days. The President was right in desiring an ablo lawyer for Secretary of the Interior, and in select ing Gen. Noble he made no mistake. Hon. W. H. II. Miller, of this city, is President Harrison's selection for Attor ney-general, and a very excellent one. Though not widely known as a political worker, Mr. Miller is a stanch Repub

lican, and ono of the foremost lawyers in the State. In view of his close relations with General Harrison' for several years as a law partner, his call to this high office is a recognition of professional ability and a pledge of personal regard which is equally honorable to both of them. It was natural that the President should desire, and proper that ho should have, at least one member in his political family distinctly of his own selection, and who could unite the functions of an intimate personal friend with those of a constitutional adviser. He could make but one such choice, and in selecting Mr. Miller he has acted wisely and well. If there are any Republicans in Indiana who would have made a different choice they must remember that tho responsibility was not theirs, and, like the disappointed Republicans in some other States, they must yield their choice to that of the President. The State and the party arc honored in being ablo to

present so excellent a lawyer for Attor ney-general as Mr. Miller, and the President is to be congratulated on securing tho services of so true and tried a friend. Hon. John Wanamaker makes his first Appearance in public life as Postmastergeneral. He has been known for several years as one of the enterprising mer chants and active religious workers of tho city of Philadelphia, and he enters tho Cabinet as a representative of the business element in politics. Tho Postoffice Department is a good placo for largo executive ability and first-rate business management. The business transactions of the department aro very large, and there is probably room for im provement in its organization and admin istration. If Mr. Wanamaker carries into it tho same business methods that have made him so successful in the man agement of his own affairs, the country may have reason to rejoice over tho in troduction of a distinctively business man in tho national administration. We believe it has been charged that Mr. Wanamaker, as the representative of the .business men of Philadelphia, was instrumental in raising a considerable addition to the Republican campaign fund. "While the spell-binders and or ganizers were working on ono line, ho was working on another quite as honorww www w aoie ana useiui. we nave never heard it charged that any of the money raised by Mr. Wanamaker stuck to his fingers, andwetfo not think the fact that ho passed around the hat among the Repub lican brethren will detract from his usefulness. There is every reason tobelievo that he will make an excellent Postmaster-general. Gen. J. M. Rusk, who has the honor of being the first Republican Secretary of Agriculture, is well qualified for tho po sition, in an agricultural as well as ex ecutive sense. He was born and reared on a farm in Ohio, and has had some ex perience in farming in later years. As a soldier of high reputation, member of Congress and Governor of Wisconsin, he has had a varied experience in public life, and will be entiiely at home in his new position. The members of the Cabinet are nono of them old men. Mr. Blaine is fiftynine, Mr. Windom sixty-one, Governor Proctor sixty-two, General Tracy fiftynine, General Noble fifty-six, Mr. Miller forty-eight, Mr. Wanamaker fifty-one, and General Rusk fifty-eight. They are all in their best working years. They aro all in comfortable circumstances, but none of them are exceed ingly wealthy, and they are not likely to set an example of extravagant living in Washington. It is a strong, clean, working Cabinet. To any and all Republicans who do not find in it their first choice, wo commend tho words of a prominent New York Republican who was asked his opinion of General Tracey's appointment. Though he had been an ardent worker for Hon. Warner Miller's appointment, ho replied: The Republican party is greater than myself or any other individual. General Harrison has been elected President. Hei in tends to he President, He should be allowed to choose his own advisers, and the man who refuses to heartilv support his ad ministration is not worthy of the name of Itepublican. It will strike most people that the Ministerial Association is going out of its way and showing a narrow, illiberal spirit in opposing the Sund ay exhibition of tho cyclorama, "Battle of Atlanta." TheJ Journal has no interest, personal or pecuniary, in the exhibition, but it does believe that the more places open to the public where an hour can be spent harmlessly and profitably tho better, and that there is more need for such places on Sunday than on any other day in the week. The ministers might with equal propriety object to the examina tion of pictures or other works of art in private houses on that day, or might, with as much reason, advocate the clos ing of the public library reading-room. It can hardly be that the opposition arises from the fact that an admission fee is charged to the cyclorama; the inevitable church collection forbids the thought that the financial feature is held to be an element of tinfulness. Nor can it be that the artistic nature of the exhibit is considered demoralizing on Sunday. If this were so the ministers, to be consistent, should wage war on a frequent Sunday evening stereopticon display in ono of the churches, where objects not more sacred that the "Battle of Atlanta" are pictured upon the canvas to the enjoyment of all beholders. The association would be in better business were it to encourage the establishment of more places of harmless entertain ment for the people who have no other day for recreation. WnEN the General Assembly met on the 10th day of January last, there was in the general fund of the State Treas ury $192,510.78. There has been paid out of that fund since then, for per diem and expenses of the Legislature, $83,000; on account of the benevolent and penal in stitutions, $101,000, and for other pur poses, $8,000. This exhausts that fund, and there is no niouey in the Treasury. There remains unpaid of tho appropria tion for the Legislature $42,000. Unless the Legislature shall provide some means of raising niouey, no more paj'ments can be made. On tho 1st day of April tho quarterly salaries of tho State officers, the judges of the Supreme and Circuit Courts and other salaried officers of tho

State will be due. Here is a condition, and not a theory, that confronts tho ablo

statesmen, and it remains to bo seen how they will meet it. There is plenty of time yet before tho last day of tho session to pass a loan bill to empower the State officers to meet these needs of the State, but there is not much time to spare. It rests with tho Democrats whether the State shall meet its plighted faith, its legal obligations, or whether it shall bo disgraced. They have the time and the power, if they have the disposition. Upon them is the responsibility. A foreign dispatch says "it is re marked as ominous that Piggott com mitted suicide on Friday, and that7 the number of his room in the Madrid hotel was thirteen." Ominous of whatl 'Is it supposed that the man would be any less dead had he shot himself on Thursday in room fourteen! Or is the "omen" regarded as a warning to other rascals to choose a more favorable day and place for suicide? The opposition press finds fault with President Harrison's address because it is calm and dispassionate.' Had tho speech been full of pyrotechnics, tho same papers would have professed to discover the dreadful "Blalno influence" and would have exhibited symptoms of rabies accordingly. It is mighty hard to please people who do not want to be pleased, and President Harrison is wise to devote himself to the reasonable part of the community. , ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Andrew Carnegie says Scotchmen make the best Americans. There is nothing like speaking from personal experience. Col. Cklsus Price, of Missouri, tho cul tivated scion of an old and honorable fam ily, is said to be working as a porter in a wholesale diy goods store in New lorK. Robert Louis Stevenson writes from Honolulu, having completed his Pacific cruisine in the vacht Casco. that he ex pects to arrive in San Francisco in April. Miss McMillan, daughter of the new Senator from Michigan, is said to bear such a striking resemblance to Mrs. Cleveland that she is often mistaken for her in Wash ington. Women have got 65 per cent, of the 329,000 divorces granted in the United States in tho past twenty years, the chief complaint being desertion, in unoae lsiana there lias been one divorce to eacn eleven mar riages. The latest thing in dogs is to shave the hair all off, except a ring about the neck, legs and tip of the tail. Bangles and bracelets aro put just above these rings, with a broad, engraved collar oi gold or 6ilver to match. Robert Browning, the poet, is short and stout, with a ruddy complexion and the peneral appearance of a man who enjoys a good dinner. He is one of .the greatest diners-out in England, and is a most agree able table companion. Kate Field says that a woman who aims to be fashionable must neglect home, husband and children, put away comfort and convenience, be a first-class hypocrite and a pood slanderer, and at the end of ten years break down and become a physical wreck. Mrs. William Windom, during her long residence in Washington, was quits popu lar in the society circle of the national capital. She is a lady of high intelligence, great tact, and those substantial womanly qualities that commend themselves in every walk of life. A pair of garter clasps are now in prog ress of mounting in Detroit that, are intended for a fortunate young lady whose birthday comes on the 17th of March. A shamrock in flreen enamel with diamond dew on the leaves is the desicm. with the wearer's monogram on the under side. John Wanamaker, when asked who is the greatest merchant in this country, un hesitatingly replied Marshall Field. If Marshall Feld were asked a like question, he would doubtless say John Wannamaker. Mr. Field is a great Chicago Democrat while Mr. Wanamaker is a great Philadelphia Republican. Chauncey M. Dkppjw has a double in the person of Charles H. Treat, one of Anthony Higgins's rivals in tho contest for the Delaware senatorship. The resemblance is said bv a Delawarean to be so strikinir as to cause Mr. Depew'.v creditors to send their bills to Mr. Treat. 'his last informa tion, however, is not officisd. Athens has a paper called in Greek the Woman's Journal. It is edited by Mme. Callirhoe Parren, a Greek woman, who says that "in Greece the rights of women are almost nil, for secondare instruction has not yet been decreed, and we can only ask ana work lor the moral ana intellectual enfranchisement of Greek women." S. E. Palmer, of Gerry, Chautauqua county, New York, claims to bo the oldest postmaster in the country, lie was appointed July 29, when Gerry bore tho name of Vermont. He has held th office ever since. He has signed every quarterly report issued from his office excepting one. He is seventy-eight years of age and in good neaith. Mr. John D. Rockefeller writes to the Rev. F. T. Gates that he will contribute $100,000 to the American Baptist Educa tion Society, payable as reauired for its cQiitributions to educational work in the United States, providing such contributions are not payable faster than $10.00 during eacn montn, beginning with March and ending with December next. At the last inauguration ball Miss Cleveland wore white Ottoman silk, with four flounces of point applique and seed pearl trimmings. Mrs. Hendricks wore a gown of cream brocade, with corsage and tablier covered with a network of pearls and pearl ornaments. These were handsome dresses, though even now they might be considered old-fashioned, owing to the decadence of the once-predominating pearl trimming. Among the letters of condolence which the Emperor Francis Joseph received on the death of his son, was one signed by "the Mother of Oberdank," In 1882 Oberdank was arrested for having a shell in his possession when tho Emperor visite a Trieste. He was tried and condemned to death. His mother sent an appeal to the Emperor for his pardon. So did Victor Hugo. His Majesty refused the pardon, and Oberdank was executed. "Unhappy father," said ttoe mother in her letter to the Emperor. "I regret that on account of the tragic death of your only son you are compelled to feel the same pangs that I, a poor abandoned mother, feit on the morning of the 20th of December, 1SS2." Mrs. James K. Tolk, in somo chatty reminiscences of her husband's inauguration, has this to say concerning a newspaper statement that at General Jackson's inaugural ball the ladies wore calico dresses without any flowers: "Now that is an absurdity. It is quite too ridiculous for anything. The ladies of that date dressed as richly and becomingly as the ladies of the present generation. At my own last reccption at tho White House, J wore a gorgeous pink satin, from Paris, with point d'Alencon lace, and it was this dress my great grand-niece wore at a reception, in the neighborhood, last week, aud without the slightest alteration. I have given her several of those beautiful Paris robes which served roe at the Whito House, one of which I wore at the inaugural, ball, an elegant white brocaded silk, which was presented to me by Commodore Kearney, of the navy. And I have seen It stated that I was dressed on that occasion, in a black dress with a black cloak. The idea is too ridiculous for anything." A KATHEK amusing and likewise touching picture is that presented by Charles Picket Pin, or Chief Red Cow, as he arrived

from Europe, on Fridav. Red Cow was

with Bnfialo Bill, and after his chief re turned, the lonely savage wandered all over Europe. On landing, on Friday, he was dressed in a black Prince Albert coat, black vest and light trousers and brown derby hatsornewhat worn. A large linked gold chain, on which was aheav3 seal, presented to him in Paris, adorned the outside of his vest. On his hands ho wore a buff-colored pair of kid gloves, winch he removed while talking to the reporters, disclosing two rings on the little linger of his left hand, in each of which blazed live large Parisian diamonds. Red Cow is six feet in height, with broad shoulders and a muscular form. He speaks but very little English, and the only words he can speak fluently are "Buffalo imp and "Pine Ridge agency," but he speaks Chinook and Sioux well. He was able to sign his name when his declaration was called for by the customs inspector. He will be turned over to the local representative of tho Interior Department, who will send him home." COMMENT AND OPINION. Justice has had a tedious and tragic road in Ireland, but never did the time and tho fates promise better for the Irish cause than now. Boston Globe. It is not so much the victory of the party which is'ushered into power as the triumph of popular government, which must challenge the admiration of the world. Bait imore American. President Harrison will never urge the people of the United States to buy the products of foreign workmen in preference to the products of home labor. He is a protectionist through and through. Wheeling Intelligencer. ' Only knaves are benefited by the present extradition laws, which are unjustified by either tradition or precedent. - Men who wronged the community here aro not tho kind to benefit tho people over the border. Philadelphia Inquirer. If changes in the national administration must change the large body of the public servants, Jet us at least have a mail service founded upon efficiency alone, and there can be but little efficiency where the fear of dismissal constantly demoralizes. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Republican government is government by a party with a defined and intelligent purpose. Democratic government is government by a mob, impelled by greed for the fruits of office-holding. Tho latter wo have had for four years. The former,we shall have for a good many years to come. Cleveland Leader. The transfer of power from ono party to another has seldom been witnessed with such tranquillity of mind on the part of the great mass of the citizenship as on this occasion. This is due almost wholly to the fact that the people have at last come to believe that no matter which party is in control their great fundamental interests will be carefully guarded. Louisville Commercial. It is an instructive career, this of Grover Cleveland. It teaches that no one can afford to build a wall around himself and to keep from rubbing up against the people, if he wishes to be useful in pnblic life; and it teaches that in the long run the broadest sort of self-culture, moral as well as intellectual, is needed to keep one who aspires to lead a nation from making fatal mistakes. New York Press. The public debt of the United States increased by $6,000,000 during the month of February. Luckily it was a short month. This is the first instance of th5 kind that has occurred for about twelve years and is a pretty severe 6cald on the administration that came into power four years ago on a whine about the surplus. Evidently the surplus would have gone glimmering in a year more of Democratic rule. Nebraska State Journal. The memories of the rebellion exercise less force than they held, even up to half a dozen years ago, on the minds of the people of the North. With the disappearance of the negro problem as a factor in national politics, which is reasonably certain to occur within the next eight or ten years, the sectional element in partisanship will be eliminated and parties will fully and fairly divide on economic questions, as they did at one time during tho old Whig days! St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The man who wants chiefly to please Democrats and mugwumps and the setters-on-the-fence, whoso political capital is their freedom from political convictions, will find it easier to please them out of placo aud office for the present. For the country has intrusted power to Republicans, because of their Republican principles, and in the confidence that a brave, and manly, and faithful application of those principles to the problems of tho day will oring the country better government and larger prosperity. New York Tribune. 1IOW CLEVELAND WAS GUARDED. Such Preparations Never Before In Hits Country for Protecting an Individual. Washington Post Chief Bell of tho United States Secret Service has denied the published story that he, with a force of detectives, was to guard General Harrison on his way from Indianapolis to Washington. That revives the memory of tho precautions that were taken for Mr. Cleveland's safety on his journey from Albany to Washington four 3'ears ago. The true story of those precautions and of some of the results has never been printed. The knowledge of the facts is still confined to a few men. All tho arrangements for the personal safety of Mr. Cleveland were given over to Mr. Byrnes of New York. No 6uch preparations were ever before made in this country for guarding an individual. Weeks before Mr. Cleveland started for t Washington ho was surrounded by detectives in all sorts of disguiaes. Not for a single moment was it possible for an individual to approach the President-elect without his every motion being watched by a defective. When the time came lor Mr. Cleveland to leave for Washington the force of detectives was increased, and throughout the journey Hawkshaws surrounded him at every turn. Every carriage which he entered was driven by a detective; every servant who waited upon him was a detective. On inauguration day these precautions were, if possible, again increased. A detective drove the carriage in which Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Arthur rode down the avenue. At the Capitol, as Mr. Cleveland delivered his inaugural address, he was completely surrounded by a cordon of Inspector Piyrnes's men. They were scattered through tiV crowd and on its outskirts. It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that every ma within Pistol shot of Mr. Cleveland wart watched. Not even the Czar of Russia, surrounded by thousands of Nihilists eager to take his life, vas ever watched with more solicitude than was the President of the United States rturrounded by a loyal people, with no more genuine cause for alarm than might aa'ise from the possible action of a Whether Mr. Cleveland was actually alarmed is known only to himself. A theory which has adherents is that Inspector Byrnes, in h'is frequent interviews with Mr. Cleveland, had talked so much to him of the dangers which surrounded him that apprehension was aroused iu his mind. People can see proof in the President's subsequent condvict that the feeling which the detective e.rci ted in him did not disappear for a lonn time, if, indeed, it is even now wholly go.ire. Mr. Cleveland is tho only President of the United States who has never been soU on foot on the streets of Washington. Mr. .Lincoln, in the troublous times of the civil war. was occasionally seen walking alone o.n tne avenue. He has been the most secluded, if not the most exclusive, of th chief magistrates of the Nation. This fact has often been mentioned as a proof of hs modesty and disinclination for display. -Was it, possibly, the result of an apprehension aroused by Inspector Byrncs's wanning and suggestions, and which has never been quite effaced? Another result of that astonishing use of disguised detectives is more interesting m that it deals not with conjecture, but with facts, although they are liere first made I A .1... Tl - i 1 . .rilns Kliunu iu mi? jMimic. iuihj icnuu iwan a t the bills for the detectivs service, which bills were sent to the committee which had charge of the inaugural ceremonies, and included tho most prominent Democrats of the District of Columbia. Th committee was simply appalled. The bun were en ormous, but they were paid. One Is Enough. Philadelphia Press. Mrs. Cleveland's denial of the reixnt that she would publish a novel after leaving the White House may be accepted ae conclusive. It is probable that Mrs. Cleveland, after a careful reading of the works nf her husband's sister, has made up her ruind that one literary woman iu a family is; .cv eral more than enough.

A WORD TO OFFICE-SEEKERS

They Will Gain Nothing byIn;;ndicionsly Pushing Their Claims at Present. There Is No Emergency Calling for an Imme diate "Clean Sweep," and the Civil-Service Law Will Te Kespeded aud Enforced. Fjeclal to the IruV.anaiwJls Journal Washington. March r. Office-seekeri are doing themselves violence and the ad ministration an injustice in rushing upon the President and his Cabinet officers, and upon the friends of these men, just at this time. Their importunities are not in season. There will be three or four Cabinet meetings held before appointments are madev The first selections Vill be of the assistants to the Cabinet officers, then will come th heads of bureaus and the chief of division s. All this will be done before appointmen ts are made to offices located throughout the country, except whero emergence arise that is, to fill vacancies already e?:isting, or to succeed officers who are considered incompetent or unfit for the place they occupy. Postmaster-general Wanamaker does not intend to beq;iii the con,sideration of applications for potoflicf till somo time next week. Ho savs ho wants to become thoroughly conversant with the policy of the administration, and to know the men who present the applications, and to learn as thoroughly as possible tho necessities of the situation before he begins real nction. There will bo three Assistant Postmasters-general, a superintendent of the railway mail service, and other officer of tho department selected before the thou sands of applications for postoffices are taken into consideration. The same is true in all of the other de partments. Secretary Blaine will chooso n first and second assistant secretary and chief clerk and some other officers before he takes up the wagon-load of other applications which have been dumped upon him for missions and consulates. The first and second-class missions will be filled before the lower grades are acted upon. Men who aspire to positions in the consu lar and diplomatic service shonld not become nervous. nor should those who want to bo United States marshals, collectors of internal revenue and special agents. The same policy as to changes in tho government service will ap ply m all branches. It will be three or four weeks before anything of importance is done in tho way of appointments. Pres ident Harrison and his assistants do not recognize any general emergency or demaud which will bring about wholesale removals, yet they recognize that there shall be a great many changes, and that Republicans will always be given preference for positions outside of the civil service. The civil-service law will be respected and enforced as Ion 5 as it is 0:1 tho statute books. Whenever President Harrison comes to re gard it as an impediment to the public good ho will recommend its repeal, but he is de termined that all laws shall be enforced whilo they are in existence. These suggestions are thrown out for th information of not onlj- tho men who want appointments, but those who are in th service. Applicants will not bo given any advantage iu pushing their claims just at this time. Senators and Representatives in Congress are overwhelmed with ap plications, and thousands of aspirants to political positions are hero already, person ally urging their merits. This is not only unnecessary, but it is distasteful, because tho condition of a Hairs is not such as to warrant action. Theso statements are not to be construed that the present administration intends to protect Democrats in office to the disparagement of Republicans, nor should they bo construed to mean that the general service of the government will not need to be reorganized. It is simply to indicate that there should not be a great haste on the part of office-seekers, and that the time for importunities will not com for two or three weeks. HARRISONS INAUGURAL. Wlat Is Said of the Address by Leading Fapere of Different Political Parties. Republican Opinion. Illinois State Journal: "Not since tht memorable inauguration of Abraham Lincoln has an incoming President spoken with greater impressiveness, eloquence and power." San Francisco Chronicle: "President Harrison's inaugural .address is noticeable for its tone of dignified conservatism, but underlying it is a broad and deep toundation of genuine Americanism, which mdicates unmistakably that tho national honor will be safe in the hands of tho new administration." Ohio State Journal: "It is strong, positive, conservative and sensible in senti ment and polished in construction. Ther is no uncertain sound on the question of the protection of homo industries and yet the surplus is considered as conscientiously as ever it was by his predecessor. President Harrison would extend pensions to all who are deserving among those to whom the country owes everything." Chicago Inter Ocean: "Nothing could have been more appropriate than the closing passage, in which an appeal is made to the higher pride and the better instincts of all the people and States to strive for preeminence in education, virtue, justice aud patriotism amon the people. It is not too much to expect that an address so able and persuasive goes far toward correcting the evils and errors which four years of Democracy tended to aggravate." Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: "Well, it is very much like Harrison. To obtain its meaning no one need read between the lines. If there is anythinKmore than another that people despise, it is insincerity, while there is nothing more admired than sincerity. The latter is the crowning feature of the inaugural. The President studied his language and used words to express bit meaning. He succeeded. This we can all see. It is not a mere rhetorical flourish. It is a business communication to the American people." Cleveland Leaden "The address delivered by President Harrison Mondar must elicit hearty commendation from ail fair-minded people, -vhatever their politics. It is written iu a ol:ar. terso style, every sentence being imbued with intellectual vitality. Nowhere does the address partake of a partisan character or exhibit a disposition to reconcile faction or curry favor with any class. It is a national document, and speaks to the whole people. It is a declaration of sound American principles, reverent, hojeful. kindly, magnanimous and firm. The reading of it inaketi one think life worth living, it is in marked contrast to President Cleveland's pessimistic proclamations. Philadelphia Ledger: "We commend stromrlyto pnblic attention the passage referring to obedience to the laws on the part of both the people ami their governmentthe rulers ami the ruled alM, what is said about the appointing power and civil-service reform: likewise, to-what is set forth concerning the 'surplus' ami the right method of treating that alleged troub. lesome factor in oar financial politics. There, in brief space, in the right policy about the 'surplus,1 about undue tinkering at the tariffduties and about refusing any longer to postpone present necessities for the navy, for our defenseless coasts, for improvements in tho great water channel of commerce, and in the payment of our honorable debts. That then, as to appoint-