Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1889 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1889,

THE DAILY JOURNAL TIIUllSDAY, JULY 4, 1880.

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NEW YOBK Oilsey Hons and Windsor HoteL PHILADELPHIA A. P. Kemble, 3735 Lancaster a venae. CHICAGO Palmer House. CINCINNATI J. P. Hawley A Co., 154 Vine street. LOTJISYILLE-C. T. Deering. northwest comer Third and jenerson sireeia. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot M A. k V - 1 anasouinern noiei. WASHINGTON, D. C Biggs House and Ebbitt I10USC. To-dat's parade will be largely composed of what a free-trade organ terms "more victims to the present industrial system." - Tnis is the day to show your colors. Shakspeare foreshadowed it when he wrote: "Hang out our banners on the outward walls." The elections for Congressmen in the new States will occur on the 1st of Oc tober, and present indications are that an extra session of Congress will be called about a month later. It is estimated that $200,000,000 of British capital has been invested in the United States during tho current year. This doesliot indicate distrust of American institutions or of our present in dustrial system. By the next Fourth of JnlythoTo will be four additional stars on te national flag. The law prrrrides that a star shall bo added for each State admitted to tho Union on the Fourth of July next suc ceeding the date of such admission. The unprecedented demand for money in the West to move the unusually, good crop of produce has made it necessary for Western banks to draw so largely on their Eastern balances that tho effect is quite perceptible in many centers. It is regarded as a favorable indication. The courts at Pittsburg and Philadel phia have already ordered a rehearing in the cases of wholesale dealers and bottlers who had been refused license under the Brooks law. As any man is a wholesaler who sells a quart or upwards, liquor can bo bought by tho quart here after, as usual, in Pennsylvania. It is not unlikely that the constitu tions about to bo framed by tho new States may embody some novel political experiments. Already it is announced that North Dakota may dispense with a State Senate and have its Legislature consist of only one branch. That propo sition is one which admits of argument rvn both sides. The Courier-Journal says the Repub lican party was sectional at its birth and is sectional still. True, my lord, but why At its beginning no man was allowed to speak or vote the Republican ticket in tho South. Even Cassius M. Clay had to go armed upon the platform in Kentucky. It is slightly better now in Kentucky, but no better in some of the Southern States. It will get better, however, in the near f nture. We are gravely informed that it would be a fine thing if the world could revert to the period before labor-saving ma chinery was introduced and when every working man "owned his tools and in large part the stock, and sold it and his labor." We hardly think tho millennium will be found safar to tho rear as that. Cheer up, Jerry, and fall in with the march of progress. Labor-saving machinery has come to stay, and in the pro cession of the ageeback numbers do not count. TnE Sioux Commission is now at Lower Brule agency. A council of In dians was called, at which General Crook made the following address: My friends, we will issue five beeves as soon as tho men get in Tuesday, and wo want you all to get in early and then you will get the beef early. All of you who want to sign can do so at the agent s office. That is all. This eloquent oration had a marked effect, and it is believed most of the Indians will voto in favor of opening tho reservation. As an Indian orator, Gen. Crook is a spell-binder. Some of our contemporaries are criticising tho seven colored jurors who joined with tho five white jurors in acquitting the , murderer McDow in Charleston last week. There is nothing strange in this. These colored men. had breathed tho social atmosphere of Charleston all their lives, and they could hardly be expected to rise above it. Certainly, there was no race question involved. Dr. McDow had only douo what others had been doiug with impunity for a century or more. The only wonder is that thero was a trial at all. We mark, however, with pleasure, tho sign of progress which permitted negroes to servo on a jury that was to try a gentleman. Within another century murder in Charleston will bo treated as murder. Tun official voto of Pennsylvania at the amendment election has been published. It shows for prohibition, 200.C17; against, 484,014; majority against, 188,027. The vote on abolishing the polltax was, for, 183,371, against, 420.823;

majority ngrainst, 233,952. Tho aggregate

roto is 216,307 less than at the presiden tial election last year. The figures 6how that 177,507 more Totes were cast on tho prohibition question than on the polltax question. One phenomenon is remarkable: Neither the Republican nor tho Democratic party took sides on tho prohibition question, leaving every man to vote unbiased by party influence, while both took a decided stand in favor of the poll-tax amendment, yet that was defeated by 230,932, while the other was defeated by only 188,027. The people seemed to take the bit in their mouths and defy party dictation. THE FOURTH. As this i3 our centennial year, dating from the adoption of the Constitution, to-day is in a strict sense our centennial Fourth of July. Our national existence did not fairly begin till the adoption of the Constitution in 1789. Prior to that time the Fourth had no very certain significance, and it was doubtful if it ever would have. The Declaration of Independence was itself a great and notable event, but the final outcome of tho matter was in doubt for a good many years. t The Constitution was tho dec laration reduced to practice. Une was a. declaration of rights and the other was a declaration of law. The Constitution bore about the same relation to the Declaration that an act of Congress doc to a political platform'. One was political liberty in theory, the other was political liberty in fact. Nevertheless, the Declaration of Inde pendence was one of the great events of human history, and the American people do well to celebrate it. Tho traditions and associations of the day are all of an inspiring and patriotic character, and we are right to give them full scope and action. Sentiment and imagination play ,a large part in the government of the world, and wo cannot give them too large a place in our history. Let tho glorious Fourth continue to be invested with all the picturesque and patriotic associations possible and be celebrated as our national red-letter day to the last syllable of recorded time. It deserves it. When tho Fourth was first mado famous by the immortal Declaration we, had no national name, existence or character. There was no United States, no American people, no nation. In the first century of our national existence we have established a new form of government, created a new civilization, subdued and populated a continent and become one of the great powers of the earth. Tho achievement might be infinitely amplified without approximating tho truth. No dream could approach tho truth, and tho truth itself is like a dream. All this has been done under the natural evolution of the principles enunciated in tho Declaration, and with almost constant reference to it as tho guiding-star of individual'liberty and national progress. Thero is every reason to believe that these principles are as vital, as active and as potent among us to-day as they were a hundred years ago. May they ever continue so. QUE INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS. If the weather is favorable tho parade to-day will bo an interesting exhibit of the manufacturing industries of the city. It will not be a complete exhibit, because such demonstrations never are, but it will be enough to surprise many persons and to show that Indianapolis is making steady and rapid progress towards becoming an important manufacturing center. The industrial notes printed in the Journal from time to time show how varied these interests are and how extensive the business they represent. Indianapolis manufactures go all over the United States, all over the continent and to many foreign countries. Tho products of several of our establishments are in demand from ocean to ocean, and some find a market far beyond tho seas. Their merit attests tho excellence of Indianapolis workmanship, and their wide dispersion proves its facilities as a distributing point. The parade to-day will represent in part the labor as well as the capital employed here in manufacturing. It is eminently fit that they should unite in such a demonstration. Each is the natural and necessary ally of the other in all industrial enterprises, and they go hand in hand in tfie production of wealth. If tho manufacturers of Indianapolis are doing well, so, in tho same degree, aro the wage-workers. If employers aro prospering their employes are sharing in the prosperity. It is said there never was a better feeling between capital and labor in Indianapolis than there is at present, and wo venture the assertion that nowhere else in tho United States is there a more generally contented body of workingmen. Thousands of them are the owners of homes or will so be, and all can get on in tho world if they car to do so. An industrial parade on the Fourth of July befits the day and the sentiment it represents. It is an object lesson of American institutions. This is preeminently the country of free labor, and free labor has made the country what it is. Nowhere else in the world do workingmen earn as good wages, livo in as good houses or enjoy as many of tho comforts and luxuries of life, and no other woTkingmen in the world so well deserve them. In no other country aro there as many capitalists who were once wage-workers, or as many wage-workers who will one day be capitalists. This is the American idea and a result of tho American system. BEFORE AND AFTER. On Tuesday tho Evansville Journal, in speaking of tho bids for school books, said: An effort is made to circumvent tpe school-book monopoly by a home combination, the names ot the members appearing elsewhere. As between a home and foreign monopoly, the, difference is only in degree. It is a "question whether school patrons want to bo gouged at all, either by home or outsido people. The names alluded to were printed on the same page, and were as follows: Edward Hawkins. Josephns Collett, William Fleming. R. C. Bell. William Heilman. D. J. Mackey, E. 1. Huston and James Murdoch. On Wednesday tho Evansville paper's opinions were entirely different from

those of Tuesday, as will be seen by reading the following: The persons who compose the Indiana School-book Company are iron-clad and entirely responsible. There were other parties tisbin 5 after the contract, some of them agents of the old swindling schoolbook firms, but this new company is composed of some of the best businessmen ot the State. Here they are: Josephns Collett. Edward Hawkins, James Murdock, E. P. Houston, Wm. Fleming, it. C. Bell, Wm. Heilman, D. J. Mackey. These men can give a bond in any reasonable amount for their good faith and responsibility. When they say a thing they mean business. The bogus concern that tried to get this contract cannot be compared to this responsible combination. It was this bogus concern that we referred to yesterday as a

"homeMnonopoly." 1 ho new syndicate, or which three of our honored citizens are members, never goes into any foolishness. When they say anything they mean it. Comment is calculated to mar tho beautiful symmetry of tho Journal's statements. Still, it is not entirely clear who comprise tho "bogus concern" to which tho Evansville editor alluded on Tuesday, and wo trust ho will lose no time in publishing a complete list of the men comprising that organization. THE SCHOOL-BOOK SYNDICATE. The Journal charges Josephns Collett, William Heilman and half a dozen other well-known and reputable citizens of Indiana with conspiring to perpetrate a gross fraud upon the people of this State. Vo don't believe these gentlemen will bo injured by such an accusation. Sentinel. This is said in tho interest of tho new school-book ring which has its headquarters at Ft. Wayne. The attempt is to bring political influence to bear on tho Journal in favor of tho ring by parading the names of some prominent Republicans who, wo regret to . say, appear in connection with it. A similar attempt Ws been made from another quarter by conveying to the Journal a delicate hint that its Republican friends in a certain locality were not pleased with its course in this matter. If any of tho friends of the Journal aro not pleased with its course in this matter, so much tho worse for them. As for the wellknown and reputable gentlemen .whoso names the Sentinel parades, the Journal . has to remark that in this instance they are in bad company and have lent their names to a bad piece of business. Tho Journal is making no personal attack on them, but it is attacking a vicious speculative scheme to unload upon the public schools of Indiana a lot of discarded and obsolete text-books, which have been hawked around the country for years by tho St. Louis house which stands behind tho scheme. That is what tho Journal is attacking, and well-known and reputable gentlemen of either party who stand in tho lino of itslfire must take the consequences. t - Tho relations of the Indianapolis Sentinel to this scheme aro well understood. While the measuro was pending last winter that paper was in communication with parties who represented the St. Louis publishing house abovcT ref crfed to. All the time it was shouting "Smash tho school-book trust," and charging'the Journal with being the organ oft tho trust, it was working and waiting ;Jf or tho maturing of tho scheme! which is now unfolding itself. It having been demonstrated after one advertising that no reputable house would undertake to furnish good books at tho prices fixed by tlje law, this new scheme is sprung,'-' with its headquarters in Fort W ayne, trhftTP! thft Smtinpl nlsn ia ownpil. ftthind this stalking horse called thou'lndiana School Book Company jstfrnds the St. Louis house, and the scliemo is to give that house and the Indiana syndicate a mononolv in school ibobks. - .r.-n 1 r r. ' whereby the State is to be victimized and tho schools irreparably damajreil by unloading upon them a lot of worthless and condemned school-books tif no educational, and very, little ruarketable value. Talk about rings and- .monopo 1 . - lies! Nothing in the history of; the State has ever approached the audacity of this one. The State Board of "Education will be palpably derelict in its duty if it does not, in the exercise of its discretion ary power, reject this stock -jobbing bid. ABOUT PEOPLE ASP THINGS. Queen Victoria is the richest woman in the British kingdom. &he has accumulated a fortune of $4JO,000,000. The Earl of Zetland, tho new Viceroy of Ireland, enjoys an income, salary included, of about J io.OOO per year. Kobert Garrktt's general health continues very good and his wife still clings to the hope that he will soon recover his men tal faculties. Lord Tennyson is to receive $1,000 for the poem he is now writing. His first ac cepted poem brought him the munificent sum 01 ten sniinngs. John Guy Vassar's will is again to be dragged into court for the purpose of secur ing a legal interpretation of some of its be wildering provisions. The eccentric Baron Raymond do Selliere, whose escapades in this country are well remembered, has been again shut up in a private French insane asylum by his rela tives. G. B. Studd, the rich Englishman who gave up cricket to go as a missionary to China, has introduced the game among his converts, ho himself playing in native costume. His Imperial Majesty, Nasr-ed-Deen, has a mascot; a little boy of five or six years, who dresses in purple and gold and I xi. iMT. 1. xaccompanies m ouau every wncre 10 pro tect him irom mislortune. . Andrew Jackson Coffee, a nephew of "Old Hickory," is a notary public at San Francisco. Mr. Coffee is a native of Louis iana and has many interesting relics of a Jacksonian character in his possession. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the English minister, spends most of his leisure reading American history. He has already made 'a 11 1 1 a quue a collection 01 historical woiks. many of which are bound in exquisito manner. Ex-Congressman, now Professor Randolph Tucker, Washington and Lee Un iversity at Lexington. Va., has begun work on an historical volume covering tho changes in the United Mates Constitution and the conditions from which they arose. Miss Helen Gladstone, daughter of the great English statesman, and president of Newhani College. Cambridge, coutends that the full cnltivation of woman's intellectual powers has no tendency to prevent her properly discharging domestic duties. 11. P. McGregor, of Ohio, the deaf .mte orator, who made the address at the uuveilinc of the Gallaudet statue at Washington. was accompanied by a render, and the effect of this simultaneous delivery of the speech orauy anu in me sign language was ex tremely striking. , As an example of tho spirit which animates the German army, and which doubles its force, Prir.ro Kraft Hohenlohe tells a fine story. At tho battle of Chateaudun a battery found itself without ammunition' under a heavy lire. What was to bo done! Tho officer commanding ordered the din ners to tako their places on the limbers and

sing the Wacbt am Rhein," in order," as Prince Kraft sars, "that they might pass the time agreeably while waiting for fresh

carinuges." During his recent visit to Paris the Prince'of Wales was f reouently seen at the racetracks. The Jockey Club fitted up a uuxiornim in eiegant 6tyie, dus h remained untenanted, the Prince preferring to mincle with th rrnwila ami bet on tho horses like an ordinary mortal. The German Em neror lately visited the barracks of a dragoon regiment; and while the men were in readiness the commanding officer was half an hour late. He expected immediate disgrace, and when evening came he opened with a trembling hand a email T 1 r : a. uu inarm ciOCK. Mrs. Cyrus W. Field is said to guard as the chief among her treasures a small silver box presented to her husband by the municipality of New York, and containing tho freedom of the city. This was given to Mr. Field after tho successful laying of the Atlantic cable, nnd wna lm list. titnA that the honor was bestowed. A great many young girls will bo inter ested and perhaps pained to learn that the holder of the jumping rope championship at present is none other than our old friend John L. Snllivan. Last Sunday he skinned the rope 953 times without stopping. John uvuuu. 10 uo cuampion 01 Bomeiuiog, even if he does lose the great light. Mlle. Clemenceau. the daughter of the famous French politician and author "the minister-maker of France." he is called wasmarried recently in Paris. The mother M A 01 this young woman is an American, but the dailirhtfr i Trlinllv Frr-lv 1VT f!lAm. enceau's marriage has been a particularly happy one, which accounts for his interest m everyimng American. Hisaya Iwasaki, who has been a student at the University of Pennsylvania, has rereturned to Japan. His father was prob ably the richest man in Japan. It was he who purchased the line 01 steamers which were formerly owned by the government. Iwasaki received an official notification before his departure of his name having been placed on the roll of those -who might appear before the Mikado, and his wealth and ability will no doubt enable him to some day take a high position in the state. COMMENT AND OPINION. There isn't an intelligent froe-trderin the country who honestly believes that the duty on bituminous coal has had anything ... K i. A 1 . 1 1 A 1 T- 1 1. tvumcvur 10 uo wun ine mamwooa or Brazil troubles. He couldn't be intelligent and honest, too, if he advocated or defended such an absurd proposition. Detroit Tribune. Refore thft law tinft in nnr rtnlit irn.1 rrvlations there aro no distinctions, nml vchon a man, being competent, is appointed to office nnder the general government, it is not lfecause he is a laboring man, or professional man, a negro, an Irishman, or a German, but because he is a true and uvaiviujlitl VLUCUCcUl ClllCU. ttslllllgton Post. A State, like an individual, is easily led from bad to worse. It is natural Derlectlv natural for Louisiana, which for years has encouraged the meanest species ot gaming ana snared in its prohts, to take kindly to prize-fighting. It is but a short step from bunko-steering to the prize-ring from the Louisiana Stato lottery the the Louisiana btate scrappmg-match. Chicago Times. ANY sinsle nation wonld be verv ill-ad vised which should undertake to "run" Hayti for a profit with its present assets, its present liabilities, and its present population. It is unlikely that any effective pro tectorate of any kind can be arranged. But certainly Hayti will never be reclaimed to ; a 1 . civilization oy any agency now at worK within its own borders. New York Times. South Carolina is not the only State not yet emancipated from barbarism, but it may claim tho palm, for in the Dawson case it has justified murder and indorsed libertinism. Tho verdict of that jurj' de clares mat no man lias a right to his life who interferes with a libertine's schemes to ruin women. And the peoplo of that State la; special claim to chivalry! Chicago lllUUUCt WnETnER tho usurpation of natronaire by Senators and Congressmen is to their selfish interest or not matters litt le. It certainly is not for tho good of tho service and interest of the administration. The executive cannot possibly escape . the responsibility for a bad appointment, and should not allow "courtesy" to dictate to prerogative and usurp its constitutional functions. Chicago Inter Ocean. For national elections there should be a set of election officers representing both parties and appointed by the national government, not for purposes of oppression or mienereuce, uui ior a uirecny contrary numose: that of senaratinir national frnm State and other local elections, so that there would be no excuse for complaining 4. A X A. 1 1 A . mail 11 oiaio was iioi auowea 10 manage its own anairs. iew ioik J:Tess. No Mugwumps in Ohio. Iowa State Register. New England has its mugwumns. New York has its mugwumps, Chicago has de veloped a lew, but they don't seem to thrive in Ohio. The political climate ia too hot or too cold for them. When one recalls the number of gallant Republicans that have sprung from Ohio, it is not strange that tho mugwumps should sneer at the State. The life of the mugwump would have been much smoother if Ohio Republicans had never touched it. Let the mugwump rage and imagine vain things. xjmo is au ngur. anu unio ltepuuucans are quite aoie to take care of themselves and keep things lively, too. There are neither Hies nor moss on Ohio Republicans. South Carolina's Shame. rhilaflelplila Press. South Carolina alone must bear the odium of any miscarriage of justice in volved m the acquittal of McDow, the slayer of Captain Dawson. She nurses and cultivates the social conditions which render such perversions possible and common. Viewed in the clearest lights of the case. the jury that acquitted JlcUow had no Z .1! a j? 1 1 greaier uisieguiu ior law luiiu vapiain Dawson himself displayed when he went to McDow's house to enforce relief from a gnevauce for which the law itself, throuah established forms, afforded a prompt and easy means of redress. Not in a Hundred Years. Springfield (I1L) News. General Palmer, like an old simpleton in his dotage, has been tickled with nominations for official position to which there was not a ghost of a chance for him to be elected, but when some of his friends suggest him for member of Congress from the Thirteenth district, all the boss Democrats pooh-pooh the idea and say, "Not in a hundred years." They honor "General Palmer, tho soldier, with all the defeats, and Bill Springer, the peace-at-any-price copperhead, with all the victories. An Unwarranted Insinuation. Washington Poat. A child with four legs was horn in Indiana the' other day. We regard this as one of the clearest demonstrations of the theory held by the evolutionists that nature adapts succeeding generations more and more to their environments. Indianians have done little but kick since tho 4th of last March. What more natural than that their children should begin to be born with whole clusters of legsf a Should Have Illm Shadowed. Detrwt Tribune. In a few days we 6hall probably hear through the opposition press that Russell Harrison is trying to run the political machine somewhere in Kurope. If the Democrats aro up to snutf they will have that man shadowed. How do they know but he has gone over there to abduct the Czar or enter in a conspiracy with Boulangerf Not to lie Sneeyed At. Philadelphia PrtM. One of the strongest reasons thus far set forth against adopting tho golden-rod as tho American national flower is that its pollen causes hay fevr. Yet 'even if that be true, tho golden-rod is not a flower to be 6ucezed at Queer Place for Studying Americanism. Philadelphia Inqnirer. A commissioner from Japan is in New York for the purpose of stuuing the American system of municipal government. Queer place to study it. Somebody should direct him to an American city.

TERRITORIAL CONTENTIONS

Issues That Will Claim the Attention of Delegates at the Meetings To-Day. Eailroaders and Anti-Railroaders in Washing tonWhat the Farmers Will Demand in the North Dakota Constitution. Sxcil to the Inlljnooll Journal. Olympia, W. T., July 3. The delegates to the constitutional convention, which will be called to order in this city to-morrow at noon, are about all here. Hotels are crowded, and wire-pulling and lobbying, discussing and guessing is tho whole occu- , pation of the politicians. The two chief issues before tho convention are what disposition shall be made of the tide land, and the old fight on the Northern Pacific. This divides the delegates into railroaders and anti-railroaders, mud-flatterers and antimud - flatterers. The influence of the Northern Pacific, Tacoma Land Company, Nelson Bennett, Oregon Railway fc Navigation Company, Oregon &. Transcontinental and other bigcorporations will do its work despite the opposition of the antis. for they are all heavy holders of tide flats, as well as interested in corporate aggrandizement. The school land problem will raise something of a racket, because everywhere land-ffrabbers have appropriated the most valuable portions of the reserved sections 16 and 30 in every township. Tho prohibition movement has its leadeT in ex-Chief-justice Roger S. Green, who, however, is not a delegate, but he can find eomo one to present clauses the Prohibitionists want inserted into tho Constitution. Female suffrage finds its ready supporters in T. C. Gritith, Democrat of JSpokane Falls, and General Geo. W. Tibbetts, representative of Squak. Mayor Shoudy, of Ellenburg, -is also friendly toward female suffrage. The labor representatives are M. J. McElroy, of . Seattle; V. L. Newton, of Avondale; G. Hicks, of Tacoma," who is deputy internal revenue collector, and R. S. Moore, of Tacoma. Hicks is the only delegate native of the Territory. The granger element is represented by Richard Jeffs, Democrat, of New Castle, president of the Hop-growers Association. The most prominent Republicans in tho convention will be Hiram Allen, of Spokane Falls, brother of Congressional Delegate John B. Allen; Judge George Turner, of Spokane Falls: Mayor J. A. Shoudy, of Ellenburg; R. I. Dunbar, of Goldendale; Allen Weir, of Port Townsend; Judge John P. Hoyt and Councilman John R. Kinnear, of Seattle; banker D. J. Crowley, of Walla Walla; Mayor John F. Gowrey, of Olympa, and of these Jndge Hoyt and Judge Turaer lead as candidates for president of the convention. Crowley, Weir and Gowrey aro also likely men. The prominent Democrats are J. J. Brown, of Spokane Falls; Mayor Glasscock, of Sprague; Judge Francis Henry, of Olympia, and Alderman D. E. Duryca, of Seattle. Judge Henry is the Democratic favorite for the chair, but none but a Republican can be elected except in case of a dead-lock. Nothing but temporary organization can be done to-morrow. The principal candidates for United States Senator, who are expected to fix up a legislative slate out of this convention aro John B. Allen, ex-Governor Watson, C. Squire, Col. J. C. Haines, of Seattle; Allen C. Mason, of Tacoma, and II. Brentz, on tho Republican side, and ex-Chief-justico Thoj. Burke, of Seattle, and C. S. Voorhees, of tho Democrats. Ex-Gov. E. P. Ferry, of Seattle, wants o ho Governor. Planks to IJe Considered In North Dakota. Bismarck, D. T., July 3,To-morrow the constitutional convention for the State of North Dakota wjll assemble in this city, and already a large number of delegates are on hand, ready for duty. According to agreement, tho Republicans of the Terri tory, who are in the maiority, allowed tho Democrats to have one-third of the dele gates to this convention, and there will be a strong effort to keep up the minority representation idea in the new Constitution. Minority representation is one of the subjects concerning which there has always been something of a favorable sentiment in the Territory, but the Republican papers have many of them more recently been advocating regular majority rule. Just what will appear in the Constitution depends on the decision of the Republican majority. At the present time there is more time and attention being paid to the question of the officers of tho couvention than to any of tho principles to be embodied in the new Constitution. The Republicans will probably 6ettle the officers by caucus, but tho Democrats are hoping there will be a bolt from the decision of the caucus, and that in that way they, may be able to secure enough votes to elect at least the presiding officer. While much atteutiou is being paid to the elections of individuals as a means of stepping into some of the official positions of the new State government, the subjectmatter of the new organic Jaw is not by any means being overlooked. The Farmers' Alliance, an organization havinc a larce membership, and being very powerful politically, has enunciated a platform of principles which they wish to place in the Con stitution, and they have a sufficient mem bership in the convention and enough power in tho State to make their demands of great weight.. Among the planks in their platform are the following: Government control of the railroads and'of all public necessities; prohibition of the liquor traftic; election of the United States Senators by popular vote; courts of arbitration; abolition of the eontract 6yetein In public works; self-au staining criminals; woman suffrage; few appointive and many elective officers, and the Australian system 01 voting. All of these principles cannot ho expected to obtain a place in the new Constitution, but many of them will make a hard tight for position. The questions of prohibition, woman suffrage. Australian ballot system and. minority representation will come in for a good share of the attention of tho convention, and there has already been a good, strong argument in favor of one legislative body. In other words, the delegates are prepared to consider any suggestions that mav be made which have a foundation of good sense and sound reason. The Australian ballot system. with some modifications, together with ono or two of the principles mentioned, will un doubtedly appear 111 the new document. The Constitution already adopted for tho new State of South Dakota is well thought of here, and mav be the eroundwork noon which the North Dakota constitutfonframerswill build. It is undoubtedly a strong paper, and has been approved by some of the best legal talent in the Nation. The great trouble will probably be that the delegates will want to insert too much in the organic law, and thereby get so much in that the Legislature will devote much time to modifying the work of their pre decessors in the art of law-making. In other words, there is a danger that tho work will bo overdone. XJttle to lo in South Dakota. Sioux Falls, Dak., July 3. Many of the 175 delegates to the South Dakota con stitutional convention are arriving on tho trains that are steaming in from all di rections to-day. The people, by voting to adopt the Sioux I alls Constitution, have left little for them to do. but politicians are anxiously canvassing the probabilities for tho first campaign of tho htate of South Dakota. It seems now that lion. A. J. Edcerton. of Mitchell, will be thepresident of the couvention to-morrow. The convention won't quarrel. It will keep in session, doing not much of anything, for three weeks or more, usiug up uncle ham's 820.000. Then, after its committee to divide the Territory, money and valuables gets bacK irom us liismarcK couiereuce, me convention will adjourn. Political Economy Hun Mad. Indianapolis Xcr&. We knew that our contemporary fthe Journal! was narrow-minded and ignorant and dailj growing more so in its tariff mania, but such cros-eyed, purblind imbecility was hardly to be expected so sud denly, even from a paper which assumed that the fact of miners starving in Clay county was au attack on the doctrine of protection, and resented it accordingly, we are forced, to believe that bo insensate folly . which construes "vic tims to the present industrial system" to mean "victims to the protective tariff policy," is really ratiocination on the part or our conitu)i)orury, nui it ia only to do

accounted for as one realizes other manias. So gangrened and frenzied bus the "victim" become that it thinks, or rather is possessed of the idea that "industrial .system" means "protective policy." It would bo useless to say to it that "industrial system" means that system which prevails over tho civilized world, and which, beginning with the invention of machinery, has changed tho working man fiom a condition in which as an individual he owned his tools, and in largo part the stock, and sold it aud his labor, to the condition in which ho owns no tools, no stock, and has to be part of and compete with machinery in selling his labor. A MONARCH IN EXILE.

Once a Cannibal King: on the Coast of Africa J a Ja Story. New York Tribune. The steamship Barracouta. of the Atlan tic and Westlndias line, sailed last week for the Windward islands. While the last of the cargo was being safely stowed below. Uaptain Hubbard, hale, hearty and genial, sat on the quarter-deck and told a Tribuna reporter a story of an exiled king, which is all the more interesting because it is true. I he monarch to whom tho Captain s story applied is Ja J a. Kintr of Opobo. whose do minions are on the west coast of Africa. Ja Ja violated his commercial treaty with A. 1 1 me urnisn. ana a yearauo no was seizea and carried nway into exile ou the Island of St. Vincent, Westlndias, where he has remained ever since. On his regular visits to iU meent. Captain llnbbard has met the King, who has conceived a great liking for the bearded and bro:,zed mariner. By degrees thv King has told the Captain tho IliatnTTir r r Vlia lif i n n 1 ti Ai rt rt Vita roiim nviil deposition. The Captain tells tho story aa follows: 'Tho British carried on an extensive xraue wiinupooo in palm oil and ivory. Ja Ja was a friendly King, and he made a i-reaiy wim me uruisn, providing tor certain import duties and export tuxes. Br and by J a Ja becanio afraid that other kings further up tho Opobo river had mado better terms than he, and he grew very angry. He sent to Germany for two big Krupp cannons, and when 'they arrived ho erected a formidable battery at the mouth of the Jivcr so that ho could prevent vessels from going up the river to trade. Tho British did not like that, lor JaJa could sink their ships at will, so they told the Kinir that the v must reirard his action as in. violation of tho treat-. Ja Ja laughed in hi8 8leeve, for ho was now apparently master of the situation. But the llritish finally sent a man-of-war to Opobo, and its appear1 . 1 V 1.1. t t ance lrigutenea ja ja so mncn mat ne lici himself away and could not be fotind. "The British officers then sent Ja Ja a letter inviting him to come to a big palaver, assuring him that if he did not agree to tho terms to be proposed for a new treaty he would be allowed to return in peace to his palace and his wives. Uelievmg in the honor of the British consul, a Mr. Johnson, Ja Ja went to the palaver, and found none of tho proposals submitted much to his liking. W hen he turned to go away he was seized and carried on board of the man-of-war, which proceeded with him to St. incent, where he was condemned to remain in exile for five years. Ja Ja exclaimed much against the treachery which had made him a prisoner, but the capturers evidently knew how wily Ja Ja was, and they resorted to tho easiest method in their power to make him a prisoner. "Ja Jahas now been at St. Vincent eleven months. Shortly after ho was taken thero the British government expressed to tho fallen monarch a desire to make his lot aa pleasant as possible, and gave him an income of $4,000 a year. Being asked if there was anything else he warned he indicated a longing for the presence of his wives. Ho was told that he might have but one, and was asked to make his choice. He selected one just turning eighteen summers? and sho was brought to him in a British shin. They are now living as happily as possible. Tho government provides them with a house. and the pension enables them to live well. lhev are both black, but not bad lookme. J a Ja, who is sixty-four years old, has tho distinctive features of the African without the thick lips, aud, although not above me dium height, looks every inch a king in Africa. "At first Ja Ja was confined in Fort Char lotte, at St. Vincent, which is 900 feet abovo the level of tho sea, out ho found it so cool up thero that bo was at length allowed to roam over tho town at will. His Hon, Prince Sunday, was brought out to him, some months ago, but was afterward sent to England to be educated. Ja Jahas become disgusted with tho barbarism by which he has always been surrounded, and while he has not become a Christian himself, ho has approached so near to it that he compels his wife to go to ; church on Sunday mornings. His wife, too, seems to rather like tho new life, for sho 'arrays herself for church with a gorgeousness that might well strike envy to tho heart of a less dusky belle. Ja Ja expect to return to his kingdom some day, but never again, to its barbarism. "Horrible to relate. Ja Ja has been a can nibal. Ho told me ono day that the most delicious moi s d of food that could be served to a cannibalistic kinsr aroval dish indeed was a man's left ankle. In Ja Ja's king dom, atTone time, when slaves were capt ured from other tribes, all who were not sold into captivity were fattened for tht royal table. The white feather that Ja Ja wears in his hat is the insignia of the high est order in Opobo. Only those who have taken inoro than one huudred lives can belong to this order and wear the decoration of the white feather. Three of Ja Ja's sous wearthe feather, having killed 100 men each Ja Ja. when the boys were growing up, became anxious ior mem xo navo ine decoration, so housed to take twenty slaves at a time, all of the same height, and tie them verv closo together in a row. side by side. The son, with a sharp eword in his hand. would run along the row, cutting the twenty throats with a single slash. Ja Ja don't approve of these things any more, and if he could go back to his hingdom he would makoagood king. He is an important figure in his new home, however, and may be content to remain there. Among his most prized possessions is an admiral's uniform and a sword, presented by Queen Vic toria, as a reward for his assistance to the 1, ' A 1 A 1 .1 A II. !. f A - jmtisn in me Asnaniee war. jib is quuu a swell when he is dressed in his uniform, which becomes his broad shoulders well." The Eesson rrize-Fighters Teach. rhiladelphia Inquirer. On Sunday John L. Snllivan. after at tending church in the morning, walked fourteen miles, punched a sand-bag an unreported number of times, and skipped tho rope 1V3 times. Ono minute after ho ceased the latter exercise a doctor examined his heart and found it beating almost normallj-. There is a lesson in this for people who have no sympathy with prize-fighters, but who do wish to put themselves in good physical condition. Tho man who performed this frreat feat so easily is not a light youth; ho is a mature man and weighs over t50O pounds. He is not a man whoso habits have been correct from his childhood; on tho contrary, they have been such as were calculated to ruin his constitution. Yet he is able in a few -weeks' training to acquire such a perfect physical condition as to break the highest record in a form of exercise more exhausting than almost any other, and particularly severe on heavS" W ?i A. A a, 1 . ii. . people, is it not worm wane to learn mo 6ecret of acquiring this magnificent physique in order to put it to better purposo than battering another phjbique equally magnificent? The Mot Unklmlest Cut of All. Charleston News ami Courier. It is very aggravating, no doubt, to tho Hoosiera to find that they cannot manage their own business to please themselves; but as they can neither secede, nor nullify the obnoxious clause of tho Constitution, there is nothing for them to do but to eat their Chicago beef with the best grace they can, and plug up the gas wtdls surreptitiously with tho boats. An Interesting Shle-Show. Philadelphia Tre. By all odds the most interesting slugging latch now in progress anywhere is thu Xot Suffering: for More Theolo rhlldelphia Tlmea. If the introduction of foreign theological teachers should be prevented by the contract labor law it will cause little regret. The country could stand a little more practical religion, but it isn't suileting for mom theology. - They Don't Hang White Men. Chicago Inter Ocean. South Carolina's reputation is saved by the verdict of acquittal for McDow. the murderer of Captain -Dawson. Xowhit man can bo hun in South. Caxolia

spectacle of the Attorney-general oi Louisiana trying to knock out tho Governor' proclamation forbidding the Snllivau-Kil-raiu light to take place in that State.