Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 May 1889 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1889

THE DAILY JOURNAL THURSDAY, MAY 0, 16S3. WASHINGTON OFFICK 513 Fourteenth SU P. S. Heath, Correspondent. NEW YORK OFFICE 204 Temple Court, Corner Bekmin and Nassau Street. TEIOIS OF SUIJSCIUPTION. DAILT. On year, wlthent f?nn3ay J12.0O On year, with 9nr.ty u.m Six month, without frnnday 6.00 Hix roontlm. -with Sunday...- 7.00 Threw month, without Hnnaay s o Tljree montHsf with Sunday 3.ra One month, without Sunday 1.00 One ruonti, with Sunday ...... 120 WEXKLT. Per year flOO Reduced Rates to Clubs. Snhscribe with any ol oar namerotn agents, or end subscriptions to TUB JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, lJfDU5APOLI3, IXD. THE IXDIAIvAPOLlS JOURNAL fan be found at the following places: LONDON Am!rtcaa Exchange in Europe, 449 Strand. rAIUS American Exchange in Paris, S3 Boulevard des Capacine. NEW YORK Gil sey House and Windsor Hotel. PHILADELPHIA-A. p7 Kernels. 3735 Lancaster avenue. CHICAGO Palmer House. CINCINNATI-J. P. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine street LOUISVILLE C. T. Deering. northwest comer Third and Jefferson streets. 8T. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot and Southern lioteL WASHINGTON, D. C. Rlggs House and Ebtltt House. Telephone Calls. Business Offlce 238 Editorial Rooms .'.H2 The Sentinel is frothing at the mouth again. There is a mad-stone at Terro Haute. Secretary Rusk has given a public demonstration of his ability to handle a scythe. Not until he dies can any person truthfully say he is no mower. And so Calvin S. Rrice is to be made chairman of the national Democratic committee to succeed Barnuin. Is this to be regarded as a reward for his failure to elect Cleveland! TnE controversy between Butler and Porter fails to excite the public. Tho people, including tho veteran soldiers,

show a pleasing willingness to let tho General and the Admiral fight to a finish without interference. It is a cold day when the mugwump papers cannot find something to criticise in General Harrison's acts, but his appointment of civil-service commissioners receives their unqualified approval. They are indeed excellent appointments, notwithstanding the mugwump praise. "Plutocrat" is a favorite word with the free-trade writers and alarmists just now. It is a good word and capable of being used with much effect by experts, but is in great danger of being overworked. Unless care is taken it will have to bo retired soon and the old but less Impressive money king brought into play. Washington people may love tho memory of the Clevelands as much as they pretend, but tho love did not lead them to bid high on tho effects auctioned off at Red Top. The desire to own mementoes of the late administration did not lead to extravagant outlay. The property went as low as any other second-hand goods might have done. TnE so-called spell-binders are trying to revive their organization. As it died naturally and easily, they had better let it rest in peace. Tho spell-binder at best is an ephemeral creation, and he violates the law of his being in trying to make himself heard between campaigns. In the off years the people prefer the heavy and continuous roar of the editors. The Terro Haute Express of yesterday lets fly the American eagle over tho Republican victory in that city, in which it was a potent factor. It says members of the police and fire departments worked openly for the Democratic ticket, one fireman acting as challenger, while the superintendent of police hauled voters to the polls in his buggy. It was high timo for a Democratic defeat in Terro Haute. Tho result is a victory for law, and order, and good government. There is some reason to suspect that Trustee Markey is not in tho confidence of the majority of the Insane Hospital board. It is to be noticed that Markey does all the talking, while tho other trustees keep a discreet silence, appoint their meetings and govern their movements with entire disregard of Markey's convenience. This voluble gentleman may suddenly discover that his associates have plans directly opposed to his own, and, what is more, have power to carry them out. WnENthe Sentinel fumes and sputters, and swears at tho courts, the public is reasonably certain that justice is reaching for some Democratic rascal or that a corrnpt Democratic scheme has come to naught. "When that interesting paper approves of a judicial charge or decision, the time has arrived for tho persons in charge of public interests to redouble their vigilance. At the present writing tho Sentinel's mercury is below zero, and the community, therefore, is in no immediate danger. Speaker Carlisle says, "without tho negro the Republican party would amount to nothing whatever as a political force in the South." And pray what would tho Democratic party amount to a3 a political forco in tho South without tho negro! Its sole stock in trade for years past has been opposition to the negro, to negro suffrage, civil rightaj social equality, etc. The Democratic party in tho South, as heretofore organized, has had no other excuse for being but the negro. With him out of the way it would cease to exist unless organized on a new basis. The "people's candidates" won at tho State municipal elections on Tuesday. The people's candidate is a man in whoso Integrity, unselfishness and public spirit the community has entire confidence. He is one who, they believe, will, if elected, 6erve their interests conscicniibly and without partisan bias. Ho ciay bo Republican or Democrat, but

where local interests are concerned ho is, first of all, a citizen of the town. These State elections have occurred in time to servo as an impressive example to Indianapolis. The party that puts up the best city ticket is the party that will win. If Republicans are wise they will bo the ones to profit by the lesson, and select candidates whose names are a guaranty of faithful service in official life.

THE SPIRIT OF CT7IL-SEBVICE REFORM. Mr. George William Curtis has delivered his annual message to the Civilservice Reform Association, and tho burden of it is censure of President Harrison for violating the "spirit of civilservice reform." This phrase is being terribly overworked. Wo know what the civil servico is and what reform means. We know what the civil-service law is, and in a vague way we know what a spirit is. But what is the spirit of civil-service reform! Mr. Curtis does not charge the President with violating the law in the smallest particular. Such a charge would require specifications and proof, and Mr. Curtis is too discreet to commit himself to a v statement requiring these, when he knows they could not be furnished. Therefore he contents himself with a general charge of unfriendliness to tho law and of violating its spirit. Of course, the change in the New York postoilice figures conspicuously in the charge, and the numerous removals of Democratic officials and appointment of Republicans in other branches of the public service, are cited as additional proof of tho President's disregard for tho spirit of civil-service reform. Tho civil-service law, like any other statute, is to bo construed and enforced according to its plain terms, and not according to what somebody chooses to regard as its spirit. The law provides for the classification of the civil service, and for tho adoption and enforcement of rules embracing the following points: First, for open, competitive examinations for testing the fitness of applicants for the public service now classified or to be classified hereunder. Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and so far as may be shall relate to those matters which will fairly test tho relative capacity and fitness of tho persons examined to discharge the duties of the service into which they seek to be appointed. Second, that all the offices, places, and employments so arranged or to be arranged in classes shall bo filled by selections according to grade from among those graded highest as the results of such competitive examinations. Third, appointments to the public service aforesaid in the departments ot Washingtou shall be apportioned among the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia upon tho basis of population as ascertained at tho last preceding census. Every application for an examination shall contain, among other things, a statement, under oath, setting forth his or her actual bona fide residence at tho time of making the application, as well as how long ho or she has been a resident of such place. - Fourth, that there shall be a period of probation before any absolute appointment or employment aforesaid. Fifth, that no person in the public service is for that reason under any obligations to contribute to any political fund, or to render any political service, and that he will not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to do so. Sixth, that no person in said service has any right to use his official authority or inlluence to coerce the political actiou of any person or body. Seventh, there shall bo non-competitive examinations in all proper cases before the commission, when competent persons do not compete, after notice has been given of the existence of the vacancy, under such rules as may be prescribed by tho commissioners as to tho manner of giving notice. Kighth, that notice shall be given in writing by the appointing power to said commission of the persons selected for appointment or employment from among those who have been examined, of tho place of residence of such persons, of the iejection of any such persons after probation, of transfers, resignations and removals, and of tho date thereof, and a record of the same shall be kept by said commission. These are the main points of tho civilservice law as stated in the law itself. The rules formulated by the commission and approved by the President are designed to secure tho enforcement of these provisions. As the law itself is printed in plain English, clearly defining its object, scope and the extent of its application, we fail to see the propriety of talking so much about its spirit. It is the President's duty to enforce the laws, not to gropo after an unreal something which he or somebody else may choose to call tho spirit of the laws. Congress and tho country expect him to enforce the laws. When he fails to do that in any instance or any particular he will be liable to censure, and not before. But admitting that the law has a spirit, what is it! It is to improve tho efficiency of the civil service not to remove tho civil service beyond tho control of the executive, not to prolong or perpetuate tenures of office, nor to keep any party or set of men in power; butto improve the efficiency of the service. Tho law is entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil servico of tho United States," and if we are to look for a definition of its spirit outside of its exact language, there is nono better than to say it is intended to increase the efficiency of the service. All of President Harrison's appointments have been on that line and in that direction. We refer to his appointments not embraced by the law, and where ho might be supposed to consult its spirit rather than its letter. In all these he has sought to promote tho efficiency of the service. More than this, ho has dono it. Wc defy Mr. Curtis or any other mugwump censor or critic of tho President to name a single appointment made by him that has not promoted the efficiency of the service. If we arc to insist on an enforcement of the spirit of the law as well as tho law itself, what better spirit can there be than to increase the efficiencyof the civil service, and in what instance or particular has the President failed to do this? Ho has yet to make his first bad appointment, or one that, all political, partisan and mugwump considerations aside, has not contributed plainly and clearly to improving the civil-service. That, we take it, is civil-service reform. It is remarkable that, while the mugwumps nrc criticising the President for violatiug the spirit of civil-service reform, many office-seekers and Congressmen are criticising him for observing its spirit too closely. One set of critics find fault withhim for making too many removals from office, and another set for not making enough nor making them fast enough. Between the two tho President cannot do better than to keep right along as he has been, discharging

his duty in his own way and time, and improving the civil-service by every appointment he makes. TEE HUHIOIPAL ELECTIONS. Some of the municipal elections of Monday and Tuesday afford unmistakable evidences of a growing indifference to party lines in local and municipal elections, and a disposition to regard tho personal character and standing of candidates rather than the party labels they may wear. Added to this was an evident determination in some places to break political slates and rings. Tho combination of these influences resulted in some surprises. Perhaps the most remarkable was at Fort Wayne. That city and Allen county have been regarded as Democratic strongholds from time immemorial. The party was much too strong there for its own good, not to speak of the public good. As a natural consequence, it grew reckless and corrupt, and the county and city have been shamefully ring-ridden and boss-governed. The result is that on Tuesday Fort Wayne elected a Republican Mayor by nearly ono thousand majority, although the usual Democratic majority is more than twice that. The Republican candidate was elected to smash tho Democratic ring, and it probably portends a similar result in Allen county. Floyd county is another Democratic stronghold, yet in the election of Tuesday the Republicans swept New Albany, electing their candidate for Mayor by 700 majority, together with tho city officers and a majority of the Council. No doubt this remarkable victory was largely due to the high character and exceptional popularity of the Republican candidate, Mr. Morris McDonald, who stands very high in business circles, and has none of tho drawbacks of a professional politician or office-seeker. This victory conveys a lesson which it will not do to disregard. In Richmond, on the other hand, a Republican stronghold, the Democratic candidate for Mayor was elected, because tho Republican candidate was unacceptable to Republican voters. In Terre Haute tho entire Republican ticket was elected as a rebuke to Democratic ring rule and misgovern- ! ment. In Shelbyvillo the Republicans made a clean sweep a popular protest against Democratic bossism and ring rule. Similar results appear in other places, and the elections as a whole are ' decidedly suggestive. We commend the lesson to the able managers who are preparing to fix up a cut-and-dried ticket in this city for the fall election. This is, not a good year for cut-and-dried tickets. i The Count Tolstoi, Russian Minister of the Interior, whoso death is ' an-; nounced, is not the celebrated novelist. There are three Count Tolstois in Russia. Tho most noted is Count Leo, the novelist. Count Alexis Tolstoi has considerable reputation as a poet and dramatist, and tho third one, who has just died, has been Minister of the Interior for several years. He was an extreme absolutist, and was instrumental in the adoption of some very severe measures, notably a rigorous censorship of litcraturo and a special police, and censorship in all the universities of Russia. Under ono order of his more than one hundred books were forbidden to be circulated in Russia, including the works of a number of popular Russian authors and those of such English writers as Lyell, Huxley, Lubbock, John Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer, and Bagehot. Tho same order directed the police to suppress the circulation of a large number of periodicals. Tho censorship established by Tolstoi on universities and schools was extremely severe, and utterly blighting to intellectual life. Even schoolboys wero subjected to police surveillance and held accountable for their political opinions. All studies were banished that could tend to liberalize the mind. The histories of Greece and Rome and their literature were excluded. A special police was established in every university for the oversight of professors and students, and every .lecture and recitation was subject to their supervision and report. That is tho kind of a man Count Tolstoi, Minister of the Interior, was. His death is a great loss to despotism. ' Mr. Cleveland is beginning already to pose as a candidate for 1802, but, as a matter of course, he does it awkwardly. In a published interview with a North Carolina editor on his recent trip South, he was made to say that his public life was at an end; that ho was out of tho race for the presidency; that ho attributed his recent defeat, not to the tariff, but to the bribery and corruption of tho Republican party leaders; that the New York World is not a Democratic paper; that his future life will bo devoted entirely to the practice of law in New York, etc. Another Southern paper claims to have received a letter from the ex-President denying tho correctness of tho reported interview. The editor whoso veracity is impugned addresses a card to Mr. Cleveland through a New York paper, expressing doubt that tho denial is genuine, but iutimating politely that if he has done so he is a liar. If he has merely changed his mind sinco the conversation in question the editor has no objection, but, on tho contrary, is willing and promises to support him. It is now in order for Mr. Cleveland to smooth matters over, and he can only do it by saying that ho has changed his mind, and declaring his intentions. It may not be true that Prince Bismarck is impressed by tho American commissioners' "diplomacy" in the literal sense of the term, but if he fails to discover that they are three very bright, able and clear-headed men, with distinct ideas of tho business they are about, and masters of business methods in accomplishing results, he will himself

show very little discernment. Any person who picks up those three commissioners for ninnies will drop them very quickly. wmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Little Mr. Koontz's little Democratic Soldiers' and Sailors' Veteran Association gets smaller and smaller with each meeting. Mr. Koontz lays the failure of the "national" meeting to tho fact

that it was not well advertised, but tho cold truth is that the lack of attendance was owing to tho scarcity of Democratic Union veterans. Admitting that as many Democratic volunteers went into tho war as the party claims, it is clearly evident that tho majority reformed their politics long since. Not enough are left to make a convention of respectable size. After the last forcible hint Koontz should retire from the association business and go into his former obscurity.

The black, gyrating, funnel-shaped cloud has taken that place in literature once occupied by the long, low, black, rakish-looking vessel. That dangerous craft is heard of no more since the cyclone whirled to the front. The cj clone has all seasous for its own, to some extent, but to one it lays particular claim, and that one is now npou us. That is to say, it is not upon us in Indianapolis, but upon far-off Dakota, and Georgia and Maine. Like the old-time milksickness, which was always in tho next township, the destructive hurricanes are always in another than this favored region. No one rejoices over tho misfortunes of a neighbor or friend, but there is no harm in mild gratulation over tho fact that Indianapolis is not in the cyclone belt. Tho winds of heaven blow tho dust in our eyes from March to January, but leave the roofs over our heads. EAitLY.in life Jeremiah Rusk learned To plow and to sow, to reap and to mow. And to De a farmer boy. When.ho took up a scythe and mowed grass at the Capitol grounds, the other day, ho showed that his early skill had not deserted him, and proved his right to tho agricultural position he holds. It may bo remarked that tho other Cabinet officers are entitled to play tho role of agriculturists, also, if practical ability in the matter of , "weeding out" in the departments may be considered a qualification. Judge Long, of tho Supremo Court of j Michigan, carries an empty sleeve and a shattered hip as the result of wounds received during the war. A few. days ago, being in Washington, ho applied for an increase of pension to which ho was entitled under tho act of 1878. His papers wero in good form and his claim was speedily adjusted and a certificate issued for $7,000 arrears. The Judge left Washington feeling that it was good to have been there. If any person has influence with the weather bureau he should use it for rain. A few day 8 more of dry weather will seriously injure the wheat prospect in this State. , j ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Mn. T. P. O'Conktor say sthat the Prince of Wales never pays a tailor bill. Tho advertisement his patronage affords is ail the remunera tlon Poole wants. Already a great deal of diplomacy and Intrigue is said to bo on foot in order to get tho post of poet laureate when Tennyson dies. The salary is 72 a year. A yodxo lady, weU up in society circles in Baltimore, accepted a wager to walk along tho ' principal street of that city arm In arm with a yount: man clad in rouarh working clothing, and then had her picture taken together with hi. Rossville, Kan., has elected a city government of women, and the local editor is candid enough to say, There are some serious irregularities in the management of our city which we frentlemen have failed to correct, and which tho adies hope to improve." Mrs. Burnett has been invited by a real live Lord Fauntleroy, whose situation as well as name she unconsciously plagiarized in ber story, to pay him a visit in his ancestral estate, and see for herself that the Fauntleroy estate is not of such stuff as dreams are made of. Tub Joneses are at the head of the English clergy lift with 450 representatives, while the Smiths foUow with 318. After them come tho WilUanises with 295, und the Evanses with ltil. The Smiths make such unexpected showing because o( thero being almost none in Wales. Tnr Duchess of Marlboro was the sensation of Saturday's Queen's drawing-room. No woman there attracted so much attention. The Duke of Marlboro was not at court with her, but she got atonic well without him. The duchess is a good deal taller than tho Queen, and had to stoop to kiss tho royal check presented. Klizabkth Stuart PiiKLrs states in tho May number of the Forum that "it is an undecorated fact that it Jesus Christ wero to enter almost any of our influential churches to-day, he would be shown into the back gallery; and lie could not obtain admission to our parlors without a letter of introduoUon to our 'sets. " A young Polish lady, who is desirous of cultivating her musical talent, begs the assista1eo of kind friends "to enable her to procure a piano, which her parents cannot afford to purchase." This is her address, as given in a J-ondon paen Jadwlga Janina Bogus Tawska. Plotokow Trybunalskl, Ulica Moskiewska dora Doliuskiogo, Poland. Tun Late venerable M. Chevreul nsver cared for the pleasures of the palate, consequently ho ate very little himself and railed at those who ate more. Ho considered that the revolution did France a great evil by throwing the cooks of royalty and of the nobility out of employment, and thereby leaving them nothing to do but to oren cheap restaurants and servo palate-tick ling meals to tho masses. When the big and little guns were tried on board her Majesty's ship Anson five tons and lxty-seven tous the "sharp, angry bark of tho six-inch guns was much more unpleasant than the dull volume of sound produced by the heavy ordnance," the latter being of sixty-seven tons, with thirteen and one-half inch calibre, from which a projectile of 1,250 pounds wus shot by C30 pounds ot powder. A friend of Dr. Sydney J. Armstrong, ihipsurgeon of the City of Berlin, now in port at New York, having tapped in vain on the door of the Doctor's state-room, entered unbidden. There lay the Doctor on tho bod, apparently asleep. The visitor tried to awaken him, but received no response. His eye then caught a letter lying on the table. It was addressed; "To a friend," aud contained the words, "Wheu you see me agaiu. I will bo dead." And dead he was. He was jilted by a lady-love a year ago, and, thereupon, he wrapped himself in old John Barleycorn red cloak until at last it became his shroud. The groat tun designed to hold champagno in the Paris Exposition, and now being dragged along the roads toward its destination by twelve yokes of oxen, recalls the history of the tun of Heidelberg. The first was begun in 13 13, and was mad to contain twenty-one pipes. Another, begun in 1589 and finished in three years, had a diameter of eighteen feet and held 128 English hogshead. A third was made to hold COO hogsheads, in 1064, and was destroyed by the French four years later. The one which at present is mouldering away and. according to Longfellow, is, "next to the Alb am bra, one of the most magnificent ruins of the middle ages," was begun in 1751, and wus capable of holding 233,000 bottles. For nearly twenty years it was kept steadily replenished. At every vintage the grape-growers used to meet and dance on its top. It was twenty-four feet high and thirtysix feet in its longest diameter. The biggest vats, however, have never figured in history. In one English brewery there Is a cask said to Ihj capable of holding twice as much as the tun of Heidelberg. It is thirty feet iu diameter and forty feet high. COMMENT AND OPINION. The United States has had all the Indian difficulties it needs. It is now necessary to !o something of practical value for their benefit. This plau of giving them laud in severaltv is the best way to do it, und should be enlarged in scope at once. New York Press Fkee government does not exist in Louisiana. Taxation does not give representation. The political system Is one of fraud supported by murder. It cannot alwayt be thus; majorities havo certain rights of which minorities cannot eternally deprivo them. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Nothing can Justify mob law in a c ommunity except such a condition of things as justifies revolution in a Mate; and among people competent for self-government revolutions are never resorted to until evils became unendurable, and every other remedy has been tried and failed. Lonlsrllle Commercial. If a road which received Its subsidies and aid from a foreign government now offers the people the advantages they tried in vain to secure from thei io-calletl American lln, why shouldn't they be accepted! What sense Js there in denying such a road the right to business in this country unless it will chare e as hijru rates as its competitor! Chicago Tribune. Bishop Potter erred in overlooking the fact that the millennium has not jet arrived, in politics any more than in religion, lie should havo

been willing to share the general sentiment of national pride and gratitude, for one splendid day, at any rate, and to reserve his complaints and denunciations tor a more appropriate season. St. Louis J lobe-Democrat. Northern Democrats see that the "solid South" excites constantly stronger prejudice among Northern voters, and see, besides, that though it remains solid it grows weaker by tho defection of hordcr states. They sec that it bars the way to future Democratic success, and to the success of Democratic policies. Houtheru Democrats ought to see this, too. New York Herald. When the advocates of communism can show a single national struggle, waged solely and successfully for the sake of a mere abstract principle, they may, perhaps, hope to put their ideas into practical operation without creating an entire change in human nature. Until thou tho rights of individuals in property are likely to remain as fixed and immovable as they are at present. Boston Advertiser. With increasing numbers, when they the Jews shall number millions instead of 300,000 or 400,0i0, they will wield here a financial influence, and exen-iso in trade and the professions a I lower such as tho race has never had before in ts history. They will have a free field, and past experience shows that when they get that, this marvelous Semitic race can outdistance most competitors iu tho non-productive employments. New York Sun. The State Press. Feveral noted Indianians have returned from Oklahoma, but they didn't bring the Territory wlih them. Warsaw Times. Mast a gallant ship that has ridden out storms and hurricanes of the most tremendous character finally go down under the boring of a contemptible little insect called the teredo. Tho. rote-buyer is the curculio in tho national fruit tree, Tho vote-seller is the teredo that la gnawing at the heart of the government timber. Shelby Republican. , We shall learn much If, by means of history, we step back into the past and make it present. We shall find people there talking in the fame way about their past, and one hundred years from now our grcat-grand-children, the Bishop Potters of that day, will be praising us and lamenting their own degeneracy. New Albany Tribune. They have a now name for communism at Guthrie, in the Indian Territory "samaritanim." A strong saiuaritanism, says a telegram, "makes tho necessaries of life common property." That is to par. public opinion will not allow a man to pretend to own bread, or bacon, or coffee, or sugar, or beef, or anything that can be called a necessary of hie. Goshen Times. The school enumeration of Kokorao indicates thnt our population will reach, if not exceed 10,000. Kokomo is rushing grandlv to the front. An advaro? of nearly SO per cent, the rast year is truly marvelous. If the present rate of increase is maintained which it will bo and more tlve years from now Kokomo will be a citv of 25,000 inhabitants. Kokomo Gazette-Tribune. ofar the Republican administration of pnbllo affairs, national aud state, has met the hearty approval of good men of all classes. President Harrison has shown 1.1m self to be a man. not only of transcendent abUity, but of strong character and pure motives. The men he has selected for positions of trust are all of them men of honor, sense and stability, and eAen the enemies of tho administration can find no fault in them. Madison Courier.

BISHOP POTTER'S SEltMON. Seized Upon by Free-Traders as an Aid in Their Coming Campaign of Detraction. Philadelphia Press. Tho free-traders seized upon the sermon as the one shred of comfort they were able to gather from all the centennial exercises. They wero disappointed at the enthusiastic reception accorded President Harrison in a Democratic city, and at a time when tho , character of the greeting given him wasj certain to attract the attention of the whole country. They were vexed when they saw hnn carry himself worthy of the occasion, and, although he had 6peut all his life in the West, that ho suffered no deterioration when placed in conspicuous contrast with the orators and statesmen of the refined and critical East. To connteract the favorable impression General Harrison made something must be done, and the distortion of Bishop Potter's sermon was tho most convenient avenne at hand. Tho free-traders either forget or they are eager to dissemble the fact that the two administrations at which Mr. Potter leveled tho shafts of hfs criticism are the two typical Democratic administrations in American history. Thomas Jetferson and Andrew Jackson are the two names bjwhich every Democrat conjures. And if there are any characteristics which, above anything else, distinguish modern Democracy they are the hypocrisy of Jefferson's times and the vulgarity of Jackson's. It is natural that the free-trade organs should peek hv loud assertions to draw attention away from the accuracy with which Bishop Potter's characterization litted the hypocrisy of their own position as alleged civilservice reformers, and at tho same timo allies of a party the vulgarty and spoilsseeking propensities of wuich have so sensiblv lowered the ton of American political life. The free-trade campaign for 1892 has begun and every method of detraction will be used and every hypocritical claim made from now on. The fanciful virtues of (J rover Cleveland will be extolled and his many shortcomings will be minimized. He is now freo from responsibility in public affairs, and his free-trade admirers hope that the people will forget his broken pledges and debauchery of the public service, and that under his ponderous banner victory may again come to their cause. But to succeed they know that they must disguise the movement nnder the cloak of a campaign for reform, andthey imagine that they can seize upon such utterances as those of Bishop Potter and distort them into campaign arguments. It is an old Democratic trick, but with tho record of Cleveland's administration fresh in the public mind no one will bo deceiver! by it except the hypocritical free-traders themselves. HEIRESS ENTERS A CONVENT. 311 s s Kate Drexel Leaves Wealth and the World and Becomes a Sister of Mercy, Philadelphia Special. In the mother house of tho order at Fittshurg to-day Miss Kate Drexel, tho second daughter of tho late F. A. Drexel, of the world-wido-known bankers, made ner profession and entered as a postulate or"eamest seeker" in the order of the Sisters of Mercy. This is not becoming a 'novice," and is not equivalent to entering the order, but there are few who know the young lady who doubt that this act of hers amounts to a complete renunciation of all her associations, of her family and dear friends, and of her great wealth. It now transpires that Miss Drexel has meditated this step for some time, in fact, since her sister's marriage, if not before, and there can be no question that what sho has dono involves a resolution to withdraw herself completely from society and the world, unless at tho end of the probationary period of six months she concludes to change her mind and renounce her intention and profession, which iswithin her power to do. Miss Kate Drexel is well known as tho most attractive of the sisters of her branch of the family, and one of the greatest heiresses. !Sho has been very popular in the circles of Walnut-street society. No incident of the sort since the beautiful Miss McTavish, of Baltimore, entered onvent, will cause so great a social scm .. . .on, as it was utterlv unexpected and until now has been absolutely unknown outside of her family. Something of a general, and local, and public interest is attached to this act of the lady from the fact that phe is one of the three sisters who inherited a fortune of about 117,000,000, which is said to have increased to about 21,000,000 sinco their father's death. This fortune is invested not only in real estate all over Philadelphia and in securities and in bonds of various organizations and industries in and out of Philadelphia, but in tho great bankinghouse of which her father was a member. The way in which it was left also has an important bearing. In case either of the three daughters should marry and have an heir, the heir inherits the whole fortune after the daughters' deaths. If neither should have an heir the entire fortune goes to the Catholic Church. The youngest daughter, now Mrs. K. Der Morrell, married a few months ago, and this daughter, with her husband and unmarried sister. Miss Lizzie Drexel, will sail from New York for Europe to-morrow with their uuele, A. J. Drexel. Miss Kate Drexel, who entered the Jconvent yesterday, ihas quite a large fortune, independently, inherited from her mother, who died before her father, but should she remaiu in the order her income from her interest in herfather'a estate, and probably her share of the principal, amounting to $t;.(00,000 or $7,000,000. or whatever it may, will be relinquished to the church. Yesterday morning Miss Drexel attended mass in i?t. John's Koinan Catholic Church, in this city, and chow thnt sacred place to take farewell of her relatives, excepting such as were to accompany her and one or two Tery intimate friends) She was attired all in black, and, according to custom, knelt in front of the altar to the blessed Virgin Mary. The mass over, her distant relatives and one or two others, and her old goyernncss and her maid and one or two faithful servants, crossed oer from the otheraisle and bade her farewell, rhe kisjed thtiu all. Although evidently deeply

and greatly affected, she did not shed tear, and this very severe ordeal showed remark able liraine. and fortitude. All the necessary arrangements had previously been mr.de. and with hrrtwo sister, and Mr. Morrell she drove direct from the church to the station, and with them took the train for Pittsburg, arriving at the, convent hut night. Mr. and Mrs. Morrell, after their marriage, started on tiieii bridal tour, and up to the time they returned, a week or two aso, had traveled 10,000 miles. It was a part of the programme that they Khonld on their return go to Lirope, joining Mrs. Morrell' uncle. A.iS. Drexel. in his annual summer trip to Carlsbad. Miss Lizziei Drexel had not contemplated going, but upon the determination of Miss Kate Drexel becoming known the sister concluded to go. In appearance Mist Kate is tho most attractive of the three sisters, though not s tall as the other two, fche has a good complexion, a sweet expression, and was noted for her smile. Her eyes are blue, or bluish grav, and one of hei greatest charms is a wealth of uncommonly beautiful brown hair, much more than ordinary. She has been much interested in the Indians, and has given more than 100,GOC to help educate the savages.

A New Industry. The Cosmopolitan. A popular industry has been added to thi list of employments for women in Nev iork. A woman accustomed to preparing food for the sick found it necessary to support herself. She tried sending cake to tin Woman's Exchange, but was not success fill. She then thought of delicacies and tempting tid-bits for invalids and she hai been so successful in this undertaking ai to reap a rich harvest. Tho rich and tin poor both patronizo her. and tho comfort t hotel and boarding-house residents cat hardly bo told. Physicians, who know m wdl the value of well-made, nourishing dishes, free from grease and tempting in ap. pearance, are delighted with this new industry, and recommend it most highly. Now that the experiment has shown sc happy a result, other women have entered into it, and many ladies furnish now tin delicacies which the sick and convalescent need. Oftentimes a ladv of wealth 'leaves an order, or sends by mail, that certain nutritious dishes shall daily bo sent to a suffering man, w oman or child. Tho wome who look for employment aud find it not will often, if they stop to cousidtr what ii the one thing they can do well. find. lik tho originator of this work, that there is t demand for homely and unobtrusive pro ductions. Receiver Diile lias Done No Wrong. Oklahoma Correnpondecce Fort W'ayn Gazette. A gross injustice has been done in thi charges that tho good lands and city loti were staked before the lawful time by tin United States deputy marshals and at th( instance of thooiheers in charge of the land office here. That lots wero staked before noon on the 22d of April is true, and it may be that some claims were tiled upon anil lots taken by United States deputy mar shals, but that Kegister Dille or Keceivei Barnes had any sharo, or interest, or connived at it iu any manner whatever is ai malicious and wicked a falsehood as.wat ever penned. Thoso Indianians acquainted with John I. Dille know him too well ta believe or take any stock in such trumpedup charges. While there is no law against it, or nothing to prevent cither Registet Dille or Receiver Barnes from taking a city lot or filing upon a homestead, I know to on absolute certainty that they did neither, and that neither of them laid claim to a? foot of ground in the territory, and are neither of them directly or indirectly interested in any clique, ring or combination that may have been formed for tho purpose of securing lots or lands, nor have the.y connteuanced, or will they countenance, or give aid, to any ench. Don't Be Alarmed About Ilanisotu Chicago Inter Ocean. The talk about "President Harrison going hack on the colored men of tho South to build up a white Republican party" is simply idle nonsense. The President is a just man and a Republican. Tho South will 6imply he dealt with in fairness. Regardless of color he will administer justice and execute the demands of tho Constitution. That statesman never yet succeeded who neglected and trampled upon his tried friends to make friends of his enemies, and General Harrison will not That ho will do his best to show to the people of th South that he desires to protect and defend every right of the whole people and pro mote their prosperity there can be no doubt, It Depends. Philadelphia Inquirer. The New York Sun wants to know if th appointment of Major Carter B. Harrison, the President's brother, to bo marshal fo tho Middle district of Tennessee, is not 9) political blander. That depend?. If tho President was anxious above all things ta avoid giving offense to Democratic faultfinders, it was a blunder. If ho merely wished to give theTennesseeans good service, it depends on tho character of the man. And if tho President doesn't know what kind of a man his brother is, who does! Pittsburg's Unfailing Gas Supply. Pittsburg Dispatch. This vast system of service is now supplying more gas than ever. Though tlu demands of consumers have grown, tho supply has more than kept pace with them. Where now bo the prophets who, as early as several years ago, snook their heads iu lugubrious prediction that Pittsburg's new fuel would not last! The end of it looks further olf than ever. So long as it continues will tho .city continue to spread at its recent enormous rate of expansiou. Centennial Receipts. Washington Post. A great opening has occurred in New York citv, and "we," the renteunial people, fell into the hole. Only gttO.HOO is left in, the committee's hands from tho sale of tickets, when $00,000 is due. Nobody knows who sold the tickets or received th money, and it will probably remain a mystery as to whether the committee grtt the money and did not report, or gav away tho tickets and has no money to show up. Lew Wallace's Views on Horse-Racing. Chicago News. Lew Wallace says that he is extremely fond of horse-racing when that sport i I honestly conducted. Yet in "Ben-Ilui" he represents his hero as taking part in a tre mendous chariot race in which the young man smashes tho chariot of his rival in a very reprehensible fashion and thus win the contest. If this gifted Indianian i really fond of fair play in a horse-race In ought to reform his horse-racing heroes. Journalist and Newspaper Man. Minneapolis Tribune. "Is there any difference between a jonrnah ist and a newspaper manf asked a fair correspondent subscribing herself Mabel. Yes, Mabel, there is. The journalist writes for glor3'; the newspaper man for dust. And we may add, Mabel, that dust is better in a restaurant than glory. A Hint That Should Re Headed. Pittsburg Dispatch. After some centuries of destruction of its forests Italy proposes to undertake tho govermental work of restoring the trees to its mountain slopes. The necessarv work is estimated to cost nearly $12.i,000. Tho example should have some effect iu this country. Contradictions iu Prohibition. Chicago Times. ' One of tho most contradictory things in politics is prohibition. In Kansas, for Instance, in SSO, prior to the passage of tho prohibitory amendment, theiiumbcr of taxstamps issued to that State by the government was 1..S0D. Last year. the number was a,ioo. Too Much Collar. Mllwanke Sentinel. Cincinnati papers emphatically contradict the report that beer is Mold in that city for two cents a glass. Certainly. It is thi name old price of two and one-half cent for half a glass of beer and two and one half cents for half a glass of froth. A Ouefctlon of Title. Philadelphia Press. The assistant to the Attorney-general ot Kansas is a womun. The first question slit ought to tackle is whether she should ba called assistant Attorney-gencraless or assistant Attoineytss-general. Public Office a Family Snap. Atlanta Constitution. The Attorney-general of Missouri has ap pointed his wife First Assistant Attornevireneral. This is making a miblir. ntlir' I very pleasant littlo lauiiU ail&ir.