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

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, MAT G, 1889.

THE DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY. MAY 6, 1SS3. WASHINGTON OFFICK M3 Fourteenth St. I S. II eat H. Correspondent. NEW YORK OFFICi: 201 Temple Court, Corner r.eetouan and Nassau Street. TERMS OF SFCSCItlPTION. DAILT. Ore year, without Pnnrtsy ftt.no One year, with Sunday UOO fu n.f.ntLn, wtthr.nt Sunrtay - K.oo fcix month, with Sunday 7 (O Thrif mnathn. without Sunday 3 00 Three niouthsf with Sunday J-.V) One month, without Sunday l.oo One month, with fcunday 1.20 WEEKLY. Per year tl.00 Reduced Rates to Clubs. Fnbscribe with anx of oar numerous agents, or end nubscriptlona to Til K J O UKXAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, i.m THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL fan Tx found at the fonnwing place: 14) X DON American Exchange in Europe, 449 Strand. YATIT-6 American Exchange in Pari, 35 Boulevard flf s Capucines. XTEW YORK Oilaey House and Windsor IToteL PHILADELPHIA A. pT Kemble, J735 Lancaster avenue. CII I CAGO Palmer House. CINCINNATI-J. P. Hawley A Co., 154 Vine street LOTJISVILLE-C. T. Deerlng, northwest corner Third and Jefferson streets. 8T. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot and Southern H,oteL WASHINGTON, D. C Riggs House and Ebbitt House. Telephone Calls. Business Offleo 238 Editorial Booms 242 Seventeen breweries in St. Louis have formed a trust to regulate the production of beer. Is this another result of the tariff? The sense as well as tho phraseology of the President's recent speeches in New York was so marred by the telegraphic Teports, that as a matter of justice to him and the truth of history wo reprint them in a correct .form. Though not long nor labored they were admirable in thought and diction, and fully sustained the President's reputation as a master of the art of oratory. It looks very much as if some of tho government officials in Oklahoma had been guilty of a gross violation of official propriety in tho matter of making premature land entries, or assisting others to make them. Tho United States marshals and their deputies are the officials who seem likely to be implicated. The report of the special agent of the Interior Department is decidedly against them, and nnless they can clear themselves of the charges and specifications they will havo to suffer tho consequences. The action of the administration in this matter has been prompt and straightforward, nd if the officials now under charges do not clear themselves tho President should make short work of them.

All last year Democratic writers and orators insisted that, so far as the issues of the campaign were concerned, Democracy and free trade or, as they preferred to call it, tariff reform were synonymous. They refused to admit for au instant that any considerable element in the party favored protection, and "read out" Mr. Randall as the one presumptuous believer in the protective doctrine. Mr. Randall, it is to be observed, is back in the rarty and high in its councils, notwithstanding the reading out, and Mr. Gorman, another protectionist, whom the campaign managers did not dare antagonize, is wielding as much influence as usual. The coming scramble after the chairmanship of the national committee, mado vacant by the death of Mr. Barnuni, will show very distinctly tho extent of the split in the party and mcasuro the strength of the factions. Jefferson Davis has broken ont again. His letter to the Confederate Veterans' Association, of Birmingham, assures them that "to preserve tho memories of a struggle for constitutional rights is a duty wo owe not only to the past, but to posterity." The "constitutional rights" referred to was the right to destroy tho Union and establish a separate government. "Never," says Jeff, "was cause more sacred or more heroically maintained. Misrepresentation, however malignant, can fix no indelible stain upon your record. Truth may follow with tardy step tho flight of falsehood, but it must at last prevail." This sounds like the croaking of a raven amid a chorus of nightingales. While North and South are exchanging congratulations over the bright prospects of the future, the old croaker at Beauvoir breaks in with his eulogy of the lost cause. It is a great pity Davis did not die "beforo the centennial. He dose not merely lag supeifluous on the stage. He is an offensive relic, a political anachronism, a rurvival of tho unfittest, a chronic cause of national nightmare. TnE LaPorto Herald mentions the arrest in that place of a young man named Darling, by a postoflice inspector, for alleged violation of the postal laws. His offtnso consisted in sending a dunning postal card to a person who had persistently refused to pay an honest debt and whom Darling finally called "a dead beat" and threatened to publish. Ho was taken beforo a United States Commissioner and placed under bonds to appear before tho grand jury in this city. If tho facts are correctly stated Darling was wrongfully arrested and the commissioner should havo discharged him. It is no offense against tho postal laws or any other United States law to send a dunning postal card or to call a man "a dead beat" through the mails. Possibly it may be libelous, but that is a question for State courts. The postoflico inspector and postmaster who caused Darling's arrest exceeded their authority. There seems to be a growing tendency in this direction on tho part of postoffico inspectors, and it is time it should bo checked. They are quite too much disposed to meddle in correspondence and intcrfero with the privacy of the mails. These inspectors are not intended to act as spies ' on the Tjeoplo, and it must be a very plain and strong case that will justify them in meddling with private correspondence or making arrests for alleged misuse of the mails. Tho mails belong to tho people, and the rights of the people aro sacred against ineddlo-

some interference by government officials. Offenses against the mails are clearly defined by law, and there is no excuse for an inspector going beyond the law in his superserviceable zeal and desire to raako a case. There is such a thing as inspecting too much.

A POLITICAL EIQN OF THE TIMES. But for tho seeming irreverence in it wo would bo tempted to say that the present attitude of the Prohibit ion party is very much that of tho Phillipian jailer when he cried out, "What must I do to be saved!" Many of them are whistling vigorously to keep up their courage, but the more thoughtful are sorely perplexed. To get light upon this question the national committee called for a "conference," at Louisville, last February. Two hundred and forty representative men and women attended, mostly from Kentucky and Indiana, though some of tho brightest lights of tho party from other States were there, also. As it was merely a "conference" to inquire what must be done, the executive committee had requested Walter Thomas Mills, one of the ablest of the party, to mature a plan, and prepare a paper on "What Next, and How to Do It." Air. Mills addressed himself to the task, and prepared the paper, which appears in full in the March number of The Statesman, of which Mr. Mills is one of the editors. It is a unique paper. The writer approaches his task with a due sense of its difficulties, conceding at the outset that the vote of last November was a surprise, at least to the rank and file, who had been led to believe that it might reach a million or mon and could in no case fall short of 600,000, whereas it reached only 250,000, as against the 300,000 of 1SS0, indicating a trend in the wrong direction, on a greatly increased popular vote, and after tho most vigorous campaign possible. What so important now as to know what next, and how to do it? Mr. Mills starts out with: "Had the Prohibition party secured a half million votes I would not "have been asked to prepare this article. The 'what next' would have been clear "enough." That shows that Mr. Mills understands tho situation. Hisproposition, however, has the merit of boldness if not of originality. Conceding the fatal setback of the late election, he recommends that those who remain (250,000) at once set to work signing a call for another "conference," to consider the situation and to deliberate on. the various matters involved; this convention to be composed of 250 picked men and women, of whom 80 per cent, will bo necessary to talk on woman suffrage or any other sido issue, or to chango the name of the party, but this call is not to be mado until it shall have received 500,000 names. Prof. Hopkins suggested that it be made to read 2,000,000, and Mr. Mills accepted the amendment. The theory was that with 2,000,000 pledged in advance it would be safe to make another canvass. Mr. Hopkins said, in advocating his amendment, that the only objection to the party that ho had heard was that it was too few to do anything,' and that with 2,000,000 to begin with there would be hope of ultimate success. This was tho conclusion of two of tho ablest men of the party, but when it came into the conference it received only seventy-six votes. But that seventy-eix of the rep resentative men and women of tho party should say that there is no use of trying it again unless 2,000,000 may bo pledged is very significant, and especially since no other answer was formulated or proposed to the question, "What next, and how to do itV SOUTHERN MANUFACTURERS AND FOREIGN TRADE. A meeting of Southern manufacturers has just been held at Augusta to discuss matters pertaining to their interests and how to promote them. The delegates wero principally cotton manufacturers. Tho president of tho convention, in his address, said: Convenient and cheap outlets for goods deserve careful consideration. We should control the markets of South America and Mexico, and to accomplish this desired end we should invoke government aid. Our Hag should float over everv bale of goods which leaves our ports. The British government, taking advantage of some supposed trouble between China and our government, with the hope of prejudicing that country against our goods, has passed a law requiring every piece of goods manufactured in this country and passing through England to China, to bebruuded. "Manufactured in the United States of America." We would like to have our goods reach China without the use of Enirlish bottoms. Give us American ships; et Cbina seo the- American flag. If our government wonld lend a helping hand in placing our products in foreign countries it would not be long before you would see: "Manufactured in the United States of America" on goods mado in Manchester, England. Wo do not remember to havo seen mentioned elsewhere t fact hero stated relative to tho action of the British government, but if true it shows how quick that government is to take advantage of every circumstance to advance British interests and promote British trade. Two things in recent years havo tended to produce irritation between the United States and China our action on the emigration question and the rough treatment of Chinese in some parts of the country. Without discussing the merits of these questions, it goes without saying that they havo caused more or less irritation between the governments. No doubt the British government, through its ministers and consuls, has been doing all in its power to foment and aggravate the difficulty, as, viewed from a selfish and international stand-point, it had a perfect right to do. And now it seems the hostilo feeling among tho Chiueso being well developed, England causes American cotton goods passing through that country for China to be stamped, "Manufactured in tho United States of America," so as to insure an unfriendly discrimination against them. The incident shows tho importance of maintaining friendly relations with people if we want their trade, and the promptness with which a wide-awake government, watchful of tho interests of its people, seizes upon every opportunity to promote their trade. Our government' and people havo a great deal to learn in this regard. "We are as yet mere tyros in the great game of international trade. Compared with those of Europe, our merchants and manufacturers at e infants in tho art of establishing and pushing trade

in foreign countries, and our government as yet has dono almost nothing in that direction. The time has come when there should bo a change of policy all along the line. Tho president of the Augusta convention was right in saying "we should control tho markets of South America and Mexico, and to accomplish this desired end we should invoke government aid." The aggressive enterprise of American merchants and manufacturers must bo supplemented by friendly legislation of Congress and the aid of the government if wc expect to obtain our share of foreign trade. Our first concern is,, and must continue to be, the' control of our own market; incomparably the best in tho world. But we have a right to aspire to a good share in other markets, and the time seems to have come when the eflbrts of the government should bo turned in that direction. Especially should we endeavor to secure a much larger share of the growing trade of Mexico and South America, by negotiating better treaties, cultivating closer trade relations and establishing steamer lines. We should like to see President Harrison's administration marked by a new departuro in this direction.

Tns recent removal of Mr. Garvin from the wardenship of tho Joliet penitentiary is causing considerable comment. Mr. Garvin was formerly deputy warden, and when the wardenship became vacant he was promoted to that position in recognition of his fitness and with a tacit understanding that his tenure of office would bo of considerable duration. Now he is removed to make place for an inexperienced successor, and other changes made at the same time indicate a purpose to run tho penitentiary as a political machine. The action is generally deprecated by tho Republican press of Illinois as a plain departure from tho principles of civil-service reform in State institutions. The Chicago Inter Ocean says: Tho Republican party stands pledged to civil-service reform, not as an abstraction to be talked about in party platforms, on the stump and in editorials, but as a practical rule of conduct in making appointments. Governor Fifer and tho penitentiary commissioners areas mnch bound to respect that rule and carry it out in good faith as President Harrison and his Cabinet otiiccrs are. Other Republican papers talk in a similar strain. The incident is notable as showing the steady growth of the sentiment in favor of removing the administration of all public trusts, and especially State institutions, frotn tho control of partisan politics. We havo got to como to this, and the party that gets thero first will stand highest in public favor. Individual selfishness has hindered progress in Indianapolis for many years. It has been exerted so insidiously and artfully, and yet so powerfully that enterprising and public-spirited citizens have often been compelled to desist from efforts to build up the town without fairly realizing the nature of the opposition. There can be no doubt that t)Q residents who are anxious for Jan increased prosperity of the city, and who aro willing to do their part towartl bringing it about outnumber those who hamper progress, but the latter- have so,, long acted tho part of obstructionists that they are accomplished in tho role, and find the blocking of such 'movements comparatively easy. It is tipio the selfish character of this opposition was fully understood, and the developments and discoveries mado by the f reegas advocates indicate that tiro true inwardness of the antagonism, in this case at least, will soon be mado clear. The city cannot afford to have its pres ent and future interests jeopardized in order to forward the selfish personal wishes of a few individuals who will themselves do nothing for tho general welfare. It has been left for George Francis Train, of all others, to call attention to the fact that the women of tho country were practically unrepresented at the Washington centennial celebration. Train has been fasting for fifteen days, but having got rid of the superfluous flesh to which he found objection, shows a disposition to be chatty. Ho says he doesn't feel like eating anything yet; there is so much to think about his mind does not dwell upon tho gross wants of the body. Among other things he has noticed, and which no ono else seems to have observed, was the absence of women from the ceremonies last week. The squaw ' who figured in the Tammany procession, he thinks, hardly counts as a representative of her sex. "This woman," he says, "probably a man in disguise, and an old wax figure of Martha "Washington, were tho only two women in the thirty million mothers, wives, sisters and daughters who had anything to do with that centennial parade an insult to the very beauty, virtue, brains and wifehood of tho women of the land. These two squaws and wax figure represented tho foremothers of America; the rest in the procession were the representatives of the forefathers. In this way Gerry, Welsh, Smelt and Tripo and the rest of the self-elected committee, spent half a million of the people's money insulting every woman in the country. Ward McAllister is too much of a gentleman to have done such a thing." Miss Anthony and the rest owo George Francis a vote of thanks for thus pointing out the lack in the parade. Tho revolutionary mothers really ought to have been honored, bnt perhaps it was thought they were sufficiently represented in the persons of their male descendants. The Tammany braves could hardly be counted among these, however. Rev. Dr. McLeod yesterday announced his intention of resigning tho pastorate of the Second Presbyterian Church. This congregation is one of the largest in the city, its membership includes many men of high social standing and wide personal influence, and the announcement made by the pastor foreshadows a pulpit event of more than usual importance. Dr. McLcod carao to this city, from Buffalo, N. Y., about sir years ago, and the termination of his connection with the Second Chnrch, at tho date indicated in his remarks yesterday, will mark the conclusion of one of tho longest pastorates in tho history of that congregation. Tho Doctor has a wide acquaintance through the North and East, and is on terms of intimate friendship with many of the most prominent men in the country. His pastoral work in IndU anapolis has beon characterized by industry, energy and zeal, and his general course has been that of a scholarly and liberalminded minister. His activity and usefulness has extended beyond the usual ecclesiastical lines. In social circles, as a mem

ber of tho Gentlemen's Literary Club, and in public affairs he has proved himself a full man. Tho Journal has no information as to the Doctor's plans for tho future,. but wherever his lot may be cast he will bo followed by the good wishes of all who admire a man who has convictions and tho courago to frankly express them. Mount Vesuvius is in a state of eruption, with streamsof lava coursing down its sides and threatening great destruction of property. The curious thing about theso eruptions is that the resident and property-owners affected by them always seein to be taken by. surprise, as if they expected each eruption to be the last. Fcrhaps their careless credulity is no more remarkable than that of tho dwellers along streams who rebuild, year after year and generation after generation, on sites which aro periodically inundated; but they can hardly expect the rest of mankind to share their surprise when the inevitable calamity comes. Vesuvius has been breaking out at intervals for the last 2,000 years, and probably will continue to do so as long as tho world stands. People who persist in living on its

sides must take their chances. The capture of that enormous sunfish on the Virginia coast came just iu time to give an impetus to piscatorial narratives. Now, if some public benefactor could capture a new and marvelous variety of snake, the season might be considered fairly opened. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Have you a travehng correspondent by the name of c. II. Wiley! A Scbscbiber. Franklin, Ind., May 4. No. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Ladv Raxpolpii CiiCKCiiiLL is about to make her debut in lite rature with an article in Longman's New view on her experiences in Russian society life. A young lady's tetter to her papa in Brookline, Mass., says of the ending of the centennial ball: 'Champa erne was all over the floor, and men pouring it down one another's backs." vir$. Harriet Beecher Stowe can hardly be safd to be renewing her youth, but after a period of decline that gave her friends extreme solicitude she is becoming quite a cheerful and well old lady again. Charles Dudley Waexeb is a tall man, with a long, pale face, prominent nose and luxuriant white hair and beard. Lie Is not a dude in his attire, and seems to have the literary man's disregard of curreut fashions. The historical portraits of the Presidents show thatJon Quincy Adami was the first c'uief executive to throw aside shirt frills and furbelows. Ills other garments, however, were made in the fashion of bis father's generation. The Benedictine rriests of Spring Valley, 111., have purchased 200 acres of the most fertile land In that vicinity and will build a $200,000 college upon it at once. When finished the structure wiU be the largest Catholic college in the West. A fashionable woman in Boston ties back her sash curtains with ribbons to match the flowers that bloom in her windows. When she displays Eatter lilies she uses white ribbon; when geraniums, red; when hyacinths, pink; "when tulips, yellow. ..The veteran .traveler, Albert Brisbane, of New York, who Is now eighty years of age, has arrived in Paris from Algiers. He has been exploring parts of northern Africa which he had not previously vhdtcd. and is in fine health for one of his years. Ho will return to this country before iong. "An Old Lawyer" says in the St. Louis GlobeDemocrat that he once heard Jnstice Field say that the worst briefs submitted to tho Supremo Court of the United States wero those of the late Jere Black. Mr. Black was a great lawyer, but was often very careless la the preparation of his briefs, sometimes quoting authorities on the wrong side. TnE Prince of Wales has warmly congratulated the Duko of Portland upon his betrothal to handsome Miss Dallas Yorke. and has intimated his intention to be present with the Princess at the wedding. London society is full of rumors of the splendor which is to mark the marriage of one of the rlcbost peers of England to the most beautiful woman in the United Kingdom. Miss Nanny Nancrede, of Baltimore, one of a family of young ladies who have enjoyed the acquaintance of the family of the Emperor of Brazil, and a connection of the Nancrede family of Philadelphia, will be led to the altar in Juno by Dr. Fernandcs Hernandos. The father of Dr. licrnandos accompanied the Emperor of Brazil on his recent trip to Europe as one of his paysician. TnE monnroant to the memory of tho late exPresident Arthur, now being erected in the Albany (N. Y.) Rural Cemetery, is a large sarcophagus of granite. The monnment is in the family lot in the western part of the cemetery. A large bronze figure will bo placed at one side of the sarcophagus. The only inscription will bo the name "Arthur: in plain letters on the base of the monument. The military custom of salutingbybrlngingthe hand into a horizontal position over the eyebrows, is thus accounted for: It is supposed to date back to the tournaments of the middle ages, "when, after the Queen of Beauty was enthroned, the knights who were to take part in the sports of the day marched past the dais on which she sat, and as they passed shielded their eyes from the raya of her beauty. V a Rio 1 1 governments pay their chiefs as follow: The United States, $30,000 a yean Persia, $30,000,000; Ku&Ma, $10,000,000; Slam, $10,OOO.OOO; Spain. $3,900,000; Italy, $3,000,000; (ireat Britain, $3,0O0,O0; Morocco, $2,500,000; Japan, 2,3t0.OO0; Egypt, $1,575,000; Germany, $1,000,000; Saxony, $7..OtOOO; Portugal, Sweden and Brazil, each $600,1-00; France, .$209,000; Hayti, $240,000; Switzerland, $3,000. Jcnx Bright, as 1 well known, was a most skillful and enthusiastic fisherman. He was extremely proud of the first salmon whioh he captured. "It was," he said, "the first salmon I ever saw olive, and the first I ever killed. If I had b?cn near Manchester I would have had it stuffed and placed in my dining-room." It is reforded that on one occasion he struck a salmon on Saturday, and did not bring it to land before the people were golrg to church on Sunday. Geokgk Rctlkdge Gibsox has been elected a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society of Euggland. He is one of the six Americans now fellows of that Rociety, among whom aro David A. Wells, Francis A. Walker and Edward Young. Mr. ttlkeoul an active broker in Wall street, and the otliclal hlstcnan of the New Yoik Con solidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange. His recent work on the stock exchanges of the world has received favorable notices from many of the foreign newspapers. A I'Rdminent leader of fashion in London, the wife of a duke well known in sporting circles, having occasion to return an article the had boucht at a large drapery establishment, was asked bv the polite and mellifluous "floor walker." "W'hieh of our gentlemen had the honor of serving your Grace!" The lady looked at him with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes, and, indicating a certain assistant, replied diihdently and modestly: "Well, sir, I am not quite sure, but I rather think it was that nobleman with the bald head." One of the three State asylums of Kentucky has been managed for twenty-six years by Dr. James P.odmau, who now retires from active service. Not a single charge of cruelty or mismanagement has ever been proved against his institution during his career. As a financier Dr. ltodman has covered himself with glorv. It has been estimated that by his system 100,000 has annually been saved his State. The total savings out of appropriations made by the htatetotlio asylum amouut to $120,000. All this has been doue without in any way interfering with tho comfort of the inmates, who are there, as Dr. Kodman says, to be cured, and not to be imprisoned. "In reality, tho greatest man In France is not Boulanger, but Melssouier,' writes a sarcastio Paris correspondent. "Melssouier almost succeeded in getting the opening of the exhibition postponed for a month, because he was not satisfied with the distribution of the fine arts gallery, and feared danger of fire. No king or emperor wa ever treated with more respect than Mebsonier. This vivueious little man. with a long, wavy beird. is allowed to storm and bully tho greatest dignitaries of the couutrj-, who feci honored by this attention; his Mlzhtest cai rices are treated with consideration; he is the si oilt child of glory. MeiMnier represents France iu her two greatest phases, ns an artistic country and as a military power. French urt, Frcncu arms and the name of Melssouier are inseparable, s'apolecn, Melssouier. What would oco name be without the other!" The great Russian novelist. Tolstoi, writes in a study as bare, blevtk, cold and unadorned as aro the steppes sf his native clime. There Ls neither carpet on tie floor nor draperies at the window, nor Cowers, nor paintings, nor bric-a-brac. There is scarcely even any furniture an old lounge, pushed nrainnt one wall, an immense table in a hoif less lltterof papers, periodical, manuscripts and books of reference, near It a chair and in an opiwsite comer a second table, also covered with pamphlet, but thee asKorted and arranged in piles, Thdiooiu is divided Into two compart-

ments by a an untainted wooden partition which runs half wayiip to the celling, and from which deicnd two wooden rakes used by Tolstoi iu his garden, -and in the corner stands a wooden spade atioVe it, hanging from some wooden peg, Tolstoi's great, caped overcoat. Evidently the famous writer plunges so deeply into the subject of bis writings as to be oblivious to his surroundings. Here is a verbatim report of the speech of the chairman of a Scotch agricultural-show dinner in giving the toast of "Tho Queen:" "Noo, gentlemen, will ye a' flllrour glasses, for I'm aboot to bring forward 'The Queen. (Applause.! Oor Queen, gentlemen, is leally a wonderful woman, it I may say it; she's ane o' tho guld auld sort; nae whiirmaleenes or falderal aboot her, but a douce decent body. She's respectable bejond a doot. She has brocht up a grand family o weelfaur'd l.'Os and lasses her auldest son bein a credit tdouy mithcr and they're a' weel married. Gentlemen, ye'll maybe no believe it, but I ance saw the Qneen. (Sensation.l I did. Somebody pointed heroiit tae me at Perth station, and there she was, smart and tidy-like; and says I tae myself, Ood bless that Queen, ray Queen!' Noo. gentlemen, the whuskey's good, the nicht is lung, the weather is wet, and the roads are saft, and will harm naebody that comes tae grief. So, tuTwi'yer drink tao the bottom. TheQueenl'" Cheers.J Now there comes a painful rumor that the Oklahoma boomer in no meek and gentle hnmor U upon the homeward track. He is coming o'er the prairie, and with rich vocabulary, blasphemous and sanguinary, he is blazing hia way back. From the Oklahoma region, Hoosier, Sucker, lowegian. and the rest, a motley legion, soon you'll see get up ami dust. For the boom of Oklahoma has a queer, defunct aroma. 'Tls beyond the stage of coma It is now about to "bust." Chicago Tribune.

COMMENT AND OPINION. Whether mob violence is inspired by the sentiment of attachment to the Constitution or of hatred to it the result is the cause of destroying the protection that it gives all citizens. Both Anarchists and mobbers should reflect on this truth. Pittaburg Dispatch. The governing class live in great cities. The country is without representation at Washington, and almost without representation at the capitals of several of tho Northern States. Our cities are beginning to rule this country as Rome ruled Italy and Paris ruled Franca. Chicago Herald. Therv. is no possible doubt that the centennial celebration h:u stimulated loyalty to a wonderful degree, and io has f ul filled its worthiest purpose. This realization is apparent iu the columns of the press. In private conversation and in tho chorus ot the streets. The very atmosphere is full of it. Oar second century has made a noDle beginning. New York Tribune. Tns world is not growing worse either 1n politteii, religion or morals. On the contrary, it is get ting better. If the practices of one hundred j ears ago were transferred to these times, the public would be shocked. The contrast would be as striking in morals, in the family relations, in religion and in politics as it is iu education and in mechanics. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The desire for something better may be said to be the main reason why it is that American labor is so much more efficient than the labor of any other civilized country. But this aspiration has its evil as well as its good side, for it unquestionably engenders social discouteut and makes it frequently impossible for tho man of humble means to make the best uses of his present opportunities. Boston Herald. The great improvementsthathavebecneffected in ordinary business methods are practically disregarded in government matters, so strong is the icj uence of custom and routine. The work is well done in the end, it is proper to state, but it might bo Just as well done in a much shorter time and with much diminished cost and trouble under a system better adapted to the conditions of the eeivice. St. Louis Globe-Demoerat. There Is ample evidence to prove that the average citizen a hundred years ago liked a good berth in the public service as well as his successor to-day, and was not slow to grasp at an thing of the kind in sight In fact, the chief opposition to the Constitution came from the little politicians and ottiee-holders in tht States who feared their influence and consequence would be destroyed if a tdrong federal government was established. Chicago Tribune. It will be many years before the Unite! States will be too crowded to alToid room for honest, intelligent, educated and self-supporting foreigners. It has now no more room for the imbecile or the criminal; no need of the lazy or the de-: graded; no wish for the Anarchist or the Communist. Wc can give a hearty welcome to the infusion of healthy blood into the veins of Uncle Sam, but it is time that the admixture of diseased and vitiated blood was cut off. Boston Advertiser. " . The State Press. Grover Cleveland Is conducting himself very like a man who has a secondary case of presidential itch. Lafayette Courier. General Harrison may continue to go slow without incurring the displeasure of any considerable part of the Nation. Tipton Advocate. It will hot be necessary for charitable Republicans to donate bread tickets to their State officers. The decision of the Supreme Court affirming the loan bill will add $7oO,000 to the publio funds at 01:02. Frankfort Banner. Take two-third of the Sam Jones lecture and attribute It to B b Ingeroll, and the average Canstian who claps his hands at it as coming from Jones would regard it with horror as coming from Ingertoll. Marion Chronicle. There will not be an appointment in Indiana that will add a vote to the party; but some appointments will reduce the antagonism, the kicking, euvy and jealousy to a lultnmum. That is the point for discrimination in appointments, Luwreuccburg Press. It is an interesting fact that the Journals which are now scolding a Republican administration for its haste In turning Democrats out of office are the very ones which, four year ago, howled at Mr. Cleveland for his tardiness in turning the Republicans out. Goshen Times. "Offensive partisans" may not re ach all the Democratic postmasters' cases, but If some of them who last full kept displayed In their office windows hand-bills circulating the "one-dollar-a-day" lie are asked to resign, they may lay the blame to whatever they choose. Winamao Republican. Since President Harrison is demonstrating hlsJnteenty of purpose, and considerable Judgment in his official acts and appointments, and iu view of the pressure upon him, and the difficulties be must vet encounter, let every true liepublicau extend to him the fullest confidence end support. Liberty Herald. Washington was a good deal of an aristocrat. He was ini.ch more so than the Democratic newspapers painted Geueial Harrison during the last campaign. Once a fellow made a wager that he could slap Washington on the back. He did so, but received a look of scorn that made him wish he hadn't doue it. Peru Republican. A comparison of President Harrison's appointments with those of the man whom he superseded, discloses the agreeable fact that he has not yet selected a single defaulter or cx-convict, whereas Cleveland chose at least a dozen such charaoters during tho ttrt six weeks of his administration. Crawfordsville Journal. Norton y la hurt by the two-cent rate on letters, -with the privilege of Rending au ounce for tnat price. Tho poorest people are able to write all the letters they wish. That rate works no hardship to anybody. Much better will it be to maintain the two-cent rate on Utters and one cent on circulars, and improe the facilities ot tho postal service. Evans ville Journal. The "firing" of Colonel Huston from a fashionable boarding-houso at Washington, because of the annoyance of the herds of odloe-seekers flocking to see him, suggests that a chango of some sort is necessary. Either the temier of landlords and boarder should conform to the times, or the system of distributing political patronage should be reformed. Greeucastle Times. A bareheaded man from Ohio was seen passing through our city yesterday. He had a hat, but he bore it with a deferential air iu his right hand. An interview developed the fact that he was overcome with admiration at the number of Hoosier candidates for postotficeR, consulates, and other ioitions. Such a tribute from a Buckeye is something to be proud of. Fort Wayno Gazette. 8 end new men abroad every four years, or in extreme cases every debt years, and thereby infuse fresh blood into the service and prevent routine and stagnation. Tho argument that, because a man has filled au office four, sir or eight years, the government cannot dispense with his services, is a fallacy. There are plenty as good and mart men In private life as there are in othce. Evansville Journal. "Copy" and "Item. New York Tribune. Credit is often given to Benjamin Franklin for inventing the term copy," now applied to all manuscript turned in to the composing-room of a newspaper or publishing house. Another odd use of two extremely common words may be charged to newspaper workers. In the East almost anv new spaper article, not written for the editorial page, is commonly called a "story." It may he an abstract of a sermon or a description of a new ocean steamer; still it is a "storv." Iu the West all "htoriea" aro "items," and tho term "item" is mado elastic enough tocoveranything from a paragraph about ft prayernieeting to a three-colnmn account of a prize-tight or a railroad disaster. The People Not Opposed. Philadelphia Record. There is no reason in the world why President Harrison should not look ont for his own friends by appointing them to whatever places of trust and profit may be at his hand to bestow. In regard to tho iiuestion of riU tug the ottlces with either the friends of Congressmen or Mr. Harrison's own friends, tho country would no doubt prefer that tlie 1 'resident should appoint the men whom die personally knows. The people are not opposed to that sort of thing, however the politicians may cavil at it.

THE FKESIDL'NT'S SPEECHES. Correct Reports of His Remarks ct the Sub, Treasury and at the Centennial fcauquet. All reports of President Harrisoa's speeches in New York last week were more or less imperfect, and in some cases sadly marred in transmission. Tho Journal presents correct reports of both speeches. At the subtreasury, at tho conclusion c Mr. Depew'a oration, the President said: Fellow-citizens Public duties of a very exact ing character have made it quite imslble for"; me to prepare an address for this occasion. Fore-, seeing this, the committee was notiMod that the programme must not include any address by me. The selection of Mr. Depew as the cmitor of th$ occasion made further speech not only din.cuIS, but superfluous. He has met the oicasJon on US oun high lcvcL He has so vividly brouuht before us the great event which we celebrate that we seem to have been part of the admiring and almost adoring throng that filled these streets one hundred years ago. He has brought us into the serious but always luspiring presence of Washington. Washington was tho incarnation of duty, and tbi celeLrat'ou should Impress upon us and ujou all our people the lesson that men can only associate themselves with events tho memory oZ which will survive a century bv a hich consecra tion to dut'. JSeif-seeking can havo no public oiservance or anniversar". Tho captain who gives to the sea his cargo of rags to otler shelter" and safety to his imperiled fellow-men, has fame, while he who lauds the cargo has only wages. Washington emptied his great heart of all seiusU considerations, and filled it with the needs and the hopes of his countrymen. Washington seemed to come to the discharge of the duties of his high, office impressed with a great sene of his unfamillarlty with the new calls upon him, modestly doubtful of his own powers, and sustained) only by a supreme faith in "that Almighty Celng5 who rules over the universe, who prcVles ia the councils of nations, and whose pr '..t itial aid can supply every human defect. We note to-day a marvelous advancr in:m ial thing; but by the stalelr and endurir di 1 . n have builded at the nail mal canital t v,'i - lugton, we have symbolized the txbt that, in n ruo ter and achievement, he is btill the first American citizen. At the banquet the last toast was "Tho United States of America," to which tha President responded iu the following word si Mr. President and Fellow-citizens I should b unjust to myself, and what is more senou, t should be unjust to you, if I did not at this first and last opportunity express to you the deep sense of obligation and thankfulness which I feel for those many personal and orheial courtesiei which have been extended t mo sluce I came, to take part in this great celel ration. (Applause.! The odicial representative of the State of Ner York, and of this great city, have attended m with the most gracious kindness, omitting 110 of flee or attention that could make my stay amoL'jf you pleasant and gratifying. Applause Froui you and the hundreds of thousands who hava thronged tho sticets of this great commercial metropolis 1 have received the mosr cordial ex Eressions of, good will. 1 would not, however, avo you understand that these loud acclaim havo been in any seue appropriated as a ier sonal tribute to myself. I have realized that there was that in this occasion, ami in all of these) , incidents which have made it so profoundly im presslve to my mind, which was above nnl greater than any living man. Great applause. I have realized that that tribute of cordial inter) est which you have manifested was reudercti rather to that great ofi co which, by the faor of a greater people, I now exercise, than to me Apti!a'ise,j 'lho occasion and all its Incidents will be memorable, not only in the history of your State, but in the history of our country. New York did not succeed in retaining the seat of national govern ment, though she made lileral proislon for tha assembling of the first Congress in the e x lactation that the Congress might find its permanent home here. But, though you lo;t that which yoii coveted, I think the repr s?ntatives of all tlm States will agree that it wan lortuuate that tho first inauguration of Washington took place ia the Rato and iu the city of New York. Applause.) For whero hi our country could ti c centennial of the event have been so worthily celebrated as hero! Applause. What scahoatel city oiiered so magnificent a bay upon which to display oar naval and merchant murine! Ai plause.1 What city orTcitd thoiouglvfares tso magniheeut, or a population so great and so gen crous a? New York has poured out to-day to ecle brete that evert! (Apphuwe. I have recei rd at the hands of the committer who have leen charged with the detail- oi.er ous, exacting and too often unthankful of tbU demonstration an evideno.1! of fieir confidence! in my physical endurance which is llatteriug to me. Gnat laughter. Rut I mut also acknowledge slill one other ol ligation. The committer having in charge the txcrciscs of this evening' have given me an evidence of their contideucrt which has been accompanied with some embarrassment As I have noted the progress of this banquet, it has seemed to me that each ot these distinguished speakers had been made acquainted with his theme ln-fore he took Ids eat at the banquet tabta laughter, and tuat I alo-.i was left to make acquaintance with my Uicili when I sat down at the table. Laughter.) t prefer to substitute for the otticial title, which u upon the programme, that familiar fireside expression. "Our Country." Applause.1 I congratulate you tonday as one of tho Instructive and Interesting features of this occa s'.on that these great thoroughfares, I'edicaird to trade, have closed their doors aud ha e covtr?d the insignia of commcice with tho tari nndfetrlpes loud cheers; that your great exchange have closed; that into the very heart ot . Wall street the flag has been carried, and uion the old historic spot mi who give their tiie and energies to trade have given these days to their country, to thoughts of her glory, and to aspirations for hef honor aud prosperity. I Lou cheers. I have great pleasure iu believing that love ot country has been intensified in many hearts, iwi only of you who might be called, and nimeof whom have been called, to witness your love ot the flag upon battle-fields, both of sea and land applause; but in these homes, and among theso fair women who look down upou us to night applause, and In the hearts of tho little children, who mingled their piping cries with the hoarser acclaims of men as we moved along your street to-day, Patriotism has been blown into a higher and holier flame in many hearts. Applause.) These banners with which you havo covered your walls, these patriotic inscriptions, must come down, and the ways of commerce and trada be resumed again; but may I not ask you tocarr thase banner that cow hsngon the walls into) your homo-, '.nto the public schools of your t it jf applause', aLd ' .to all your great Institution where cb'ljvn are gathered, and to draje them there, that t.it eves of the young and of the old may look upon t je flag as one of the familiar adornment of every American home and. school. Apjlause. Havo oil rait learned that not Mock or bonds, or stately houes, rr lands.or products of mill, or field, in our outit' yt It in a spiritual thought that lain or.i inliulf. Applause. It Is the flaj and what it M.v.'.U for; it is its glorious history; it is the tfrsM'ie r.?d the home: it isthel lzri thoughts that are ia the heart, born of the inspiration v,hWh comes of the story of t bo fathers, the martjr of liberty it is tho grave-yard into whioh our grateful eountrv has gathered the unconscious diist. of those who died. Here in tue.a things is tiAt thiEg we love and call our couutry, rather than iu r.oything that can be touched or handled, ftiir.it applause.) Let rue dd t- n limtiKbt that we ow a duty to our country in rcaro j:s well as In war. Perhaps" never In tto IiU'tory of our Nation have wo been to well ) dpped for war upon the land as uovr cries of "liooJI" "(Jood'.", and yet Me havo never s :i a tine in our history when our people) were moiv. smitten with a loe of ieace. To elevate the morals of our ieonle; to hold up the law as that sacred thing which, like the arlc of God ol old, may not be touched by irreverent bands; to fron upon every attempt to dethrone, its supremacy; to unite our people in all that makes the hri? pure and honorable, as well as to give cm crgtes in the direction of our maieriii m --ent this service we m.y rendrrj a'ldo'if jt ti.lc i.' eat demonstration do we not all fei lii? ;-o- "ating ourselves to the lovi and to ih ; . xvu- of our country! Iro!onge4 and loud; 7:'! v j

Not Prohibition Mottoes. Cincinnati CoMi-.miM Gazetts. The revolutionary patriots were short of money in 1777, hut were equal to the emer gency. John Ad.xms xvrotehome to his wife: "General Washington sets a tine example. Ho has Uaiiifei.ed wine from his table, and entertaius hi friends with ruin nnd water. This is much to the honor of his wisdom, his policy, aud his patriotistiL" 1 h Prohibition party will not inscribe these sentiments on their banner. X hev are far ahead of Washington and Jhn Ailamsas moralists and politicians. Tliey Talk, but Do Not Solve the ProMfm. Philadelphia Inquirer. The South is full ot men who talk by tho hour of solving the negro problem. It is also full of men w ho discourse by the week of the gloriousConstitution. lint weiiotico that none of these eloquent gentlemen havo yet hit upon the constitutional solution it tho problem in which they are ro deeply interested. This solution is merely to enforce) the principle underlying all our laws, xvhiclt teacnes that all men are free and equal. Will some one kindly tell us why this isT Question and Answer. Philadelphia Tress. The mugwump inqriry is: 'IIow far hai President Harrison canied ont the principle of civil-service reforml'' And the answer is: "To the extent of c learing away the deadwood and rubbish with which the civil service was loaded iiv a Democratic administration, in order that tho reform may be given force and edect in future) operations. Not a Happy Illustration. Baltimore American. A lady at the centennial banquet said that a distinguished guest ate like a bird. It is to be honed ho did not take a peck atl every mouthful.

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