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

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1889.

THE DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1889.

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NEW YCRK Gilsey House ad Windsor Hotel. PHILADELPHIA A. P. Kemble, 3733 Lancaster avenue. CHICAGO Palmer House. CINCINNATI J. P. Hawiey A Co., 151 Vine street. LOUISVILLE O. T. Deering, nortjiwest corner Third and Jefferson streets. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot and Southern Ho tcL WASHINGTON, D. O.-Rlggs House and Ebbltt House. John Sullivan pays he no longer, feels like living as he has done, and wants to go to Congress as a change. But is this reform? Schools begin to-day, and however the children may feel about it, parents, as a rule, are glad. The only drawback felt by the more intelligent among them is the necessity of buying inferior books to put into their children's hands. The Boston Herald says "the Prohibitionists, too, are tending to a tariff-reform position." Why shouldn't they be! They have been working in double harness with the Democracy for a good while, - and "tariff reform," to nse a sugar-coated phrase, is their chief stock in trade. General Grosvenor asserted in his 6peech at Xenia, O., on Saturday, that the election of a Republican President last fall hau added $155,000 to the value of the wool clip in his district and $1,250,000 to that of the State. A fact like that possesses a degree of solidity quite f impervious to free-trade bubbles. Teachers of the Indianapolis public schools have been politely made to understand that it will not be well for them to discuss the Becktold-Williams textbook question. As the books will not bear the investigation of experienced teachers, it is naturally the policy of the monopoly to cut oft free discussion. TnE New York Sun quotes from the platform of the Prohibitionists that "Wo are opposed to all trusts and monopolies in the necessaries of life," and says: "There isn't a man among them who wouldn't buy a lot of flour or potatoes, if he thought he could sell them again at a big profit." The Sun seems to have been making a study of human nature. There was a man once who was bitterly opposed to all monopolies except those he was in. Ex-Governor St. John is at his old tricks again. In a speech at New Albany, a few days ago, he said President Harrison had restored Coy "to all his rights of citizenship, and made it possible for him to bo a councilman." Coy drew his salary as councilman all the time he was in prison. Besides, his sentence did not involve disfranchisement, and, finally, the President did not pardon him. Mr. St. John managed to tell three lies in one statement. Jonx L. Sullivan's political pronnnciamento hits right out from the shoulder. Having decided to enter politics, he selects a big office and makes a rush for it. Ho thinks ho is Just about the right size and build for a Democratic member of Congress, and as he has "always supported the party and always voted for it," ho sees no reason why his new ambition should not be gratified. IIo6aysho is popular, and if anybody doubts it they should travel with him. As to his ability to sustain himself in Congress, ho says: "A man who can quiet a crowd in Madison-square Garden, as I have done, can make his presence felt in Congress or anywhere elso on earth." As John has formally announced himself as a candidate, it only remains for the Democrats of his district to nominate him. If he gets to Congress he will botho second professional pugilist to enjoy that honor. John Morrissey, elected as a Democrat from New York in 1SCC and re-elected in 1663, 'practiced in the prize-ring many years before ho entered the political ring. Governor Foraker made the opening speech of the Republican campaign in Ohio, at Xenia, on Saturday. There vas a great crowd present, and the meeting had all the characteristics of an cnthusiastio demonstration. In opening, Governor Foraker referred briefly to last year's contest, and, after firing a farewell Faluto over the remains of G rover Cleveland, he referred to his successor. We quote from tho Commercial Gazette's report, as punctured with applause: I would congratulate you not only because we got rid of Cleveland, but also because we got for his successor Benjamin Harrison. Loud applause.! We cot. in exchange a calm, clear, patriotic,' representative American citizen, who stands today at the head of tho Nation. And not only did we have that pood result as to men, but we had more. Principles were involved in that controversy, as well as men, and principles are always more important than men. When Grover Cleveland fell free-trade went down with him. (Applanse.J When Benjamin Harrison was chosen the banner of protection was planted in triumph great applause protection not simply to our industries, our labor, our markets, but protection to American citizens at home as well abroad. (Applause. We got more than men aud measures more, at least, than a President and measures. As a result of that election we retained control of the Senate. We also retain control of the Supreme Court. There will be no "confederate brigadiers'' or Northern "copperheads" appointed on that

bench while Benjamin narrison is President (Yells of approval and cheers. 1 And so it is that by virtue of last year's victory the Republican flag floats oat in triumph from: every perk and citadel of our federal government. In consequence, the political atmosphere is purer, the political tone is higher, the American name is brighter, and the office of chief magistrate has been greatly magnified. Gen. C. H. Grosvenor, representative in Congress from the Fifteenth district, spoke at the same meeting, and had this to say of the administration: The Republican party enters upon the administration of Benjamin Harrison with assurances of public favor; assurances that the people of the country have confidence in the heart, and mind, and judgment of the Republican party. I am not one of those who to-day doubt the success of the current administration. Born and reared under circumstances which make him a thorough type and exemplification of the best phases and development of American manhood, Bcniainin Harrison entered upon his career as President with a head clear, a heart warm, an ambition high, a purpose defined, a spirit indomitable; and success is as certain as the virtue of the people is not fallible. . His administration nas begun not only well, but splendidly, not only honestly, but brilliantly, not only intelligently, but aggressively. He has brought around him representative men of the great leading phases of American character and American necessities; and I, standing here to-day, with somo knowledge of what has been done by his administration, do not hesitate to point with pride to the steady and efficient progress which he has made toward restoring the country to the position it occupied before the fatal election of 18S4. From the tenor of these remarks, and the manner of their reception, we infer that Ohio Republicans are in a state of considerable .harmony and aggressive

ness. COY'S ALLEGED PARDON. The only reply needed to the persistent and malicious lying concerning the alleged pardon of Coy is a plain statement of the truth, and that appears in our Washington special this morning. In order that there might be no dispute over a statement based on the record, the Journal correspondent was directed to transcribe the record and correspondence itself. He has .done so, and it is printed just as it appears on the files of the Department of Justice. It is a complete answer to each and all of the lies recently formulated on this subject. In the first place, it shows that Coy was not pardoned at all. The use of the word pardon in connection with the case is unauthorized. . The action of the President simply remitted 60 much of the sentence as required tho payment of a fine and costs. The President, himself a lawyer and accustomed to exactness in the use of language, did not use the word pardon in his indorsement on the application. He was explicit it stating that he remitted only so much of the sentence as required tho payment of fine and costs, and that he did this upon the assurance that the convict had no property out of which the fine and costs could be collected. Coy remained in prison for the full terra named in his sentence, less only the reduction he was entitled to for good conduct. The President could not deprive him of this reduction, and, with that exception, he served out his full term of imprisonment as fixed by the court. When Coy was sentenced it was supposed that he would pay the fine and costs. So he would have done but for the treachery of one of his friends, and, like himself, a Democratic boss and office-holder. John E. Sullivan robbed Coy, as he did others; plundered him while he was in prison, and deprived him of the means of paying his fine and costs. Second, Coy's impoverishment, caused by Sullivan's rascality, gave rise to the movement for an application for the remission of the fine and costs. Tho as sertion has been made that the movement originated with Republicans for political purposes. The record shows that it originated with Mr. Charles M. Cooper, at the request of Coy himself. Mr. Cooper drew up the petition for the remission of the fine, obtained the signatures to it, and forwarded it to the Presdent with' a letter in which he says it was don at the request of Coy. Mr. Cooper is not a Republican and Coy is not a Republican. There is no trace of Republican origin or influence in the business. The signers of tho petition embrace representative men of both political parties, including two members of the Committee of One Hundred and Mr. Claypool, who had assisted in the prosecution, i That Mr. Cooper had entire charge of the application is shown by the fact that more than a month after it had been forwarded by mail he telegraphed to Private Secretary Halford calling tho matter up and repeating the assurance that "Coy has no means whatever to pay fine and costs." Mr. Cooper's letter and telegram leave no doubt as to the origin of the movement for the remission of the fine, and completely dispose of the malicious lie that it was originated by Republicans for political purposes. If Republicans wanted Coy back for political purposes, what did William II. English, John R. Wilson, Dr. Loftin, William Henderson, Silas T. Bowen and other Democrats want him back for! There is an end of that 6illy lie. It has been asserted that a petition for Coy's pardon or a remission of part of his sentence was sent to Mr. Cleveland, who declined.to act upon it. Our correspondent says, "If such a petition went to the Cleveland officials it is iiot known." That means that no such petition is on file at tho Department of Justice, and there is no official evidence that it was ever sent. From the day of the discovery of tho tally-sheet forgeries, during the long struggle for Coy's indictment, trial and conviction, ho was the pet and hero of the Democratic party. The . Sentinel and the Democratic press of the State were unsparing in their abuse of Judge Woods from tho beginning to the end of tho proceedings, and did all in their power to prevent tho conviction of Coy. When ho went, to Michigan City he went as a Democratic martyr. While there he was a Democratic office-holder, and he returns as a Democratic leader and candidate for office. He and his followers arc as active and pernicious in local politics as they ever were,, and every attempt to divert public attention from this fact is made in the interest of Coy and Coyism. In tho case of Ivison, Blakemnn &. Taylor against the Indianapolis School Board J udgo Woods holds that the al

leged contract of May, 18S8, between the board and the publishers, for the intro

duction and use of the hitter's books in the Indianapolis schools, did not bind the board to use said books for any specified length of time, nor furnish any ground for an injunction against' the introduction of tho books prescribed by tho new law. As the case went off on this point, the decision of the court did not touch the questions relating to the constitutionality of the law in other respects. The decision is a triumph for the monopoly, in so far as it extends tho compulsory process of the new law, which is all they are aiming at, or care for. Under the law they can proceed to force their worthless books into the schools of this city, as they are doing in other cities and towns throughout the State, utterly regardless of the wishes of the people, the opinions of school boards or the in terests of the schools. The introduction of these books will be a great injury to the schools of Indianapolis, and a long step backward in educational methods. A DEMO0BATI0 CANDIDATE. Whatever may have been in tho mind of the man who wrote John L. Sulli van's letter announcing himself as. a Democratic candidate for Congress, it is only fair to believe that John is in earnest. There is certainly no good reason why he should not be a candidate of that party for any office. He has always supported the party, has always voted for it and is a representative Democrat. To be sure, all Democrats aro not as formidable in the ring as Sullivan, but the majority of the party are more or less given to the slugging art, and a well-developed biceps excites their admiration far more than a . cultivated brain. The crowds that follow the champion in his tours about the country are composed of the class that is counted on in estimating Democratic strength. Tho bummers, the saloonkeepers, the gamblers, the riff-raff of society are at once adherents of the slugger and of ' the Democratic party. In addition to his skill with his fists, John has another hold on their affections. He can consume more whisky in a given time than half a dozen men of ordinary Democratic capacity, which is saying a great deal. There is no question about it, Sullivan in Congress would be a representative Democrat. The fact that a criminal chargo against him is pending in a Mississippi court, and that he is likely to go to jail for a year or so, will in no wise militate against him, but rather the reverse. If he will consider the case of Simeon Coy, of Indianapolis, and the honors heaped upon him by his party after his return from'the penitentiary, Sullivan may think it worth while to serve his term without protest, and come back to his Boston constituents wearing the aureole of a convict. As to his fitness for the place, he very truly says that a man is elected to Congress to look after the interests of those who send him there, and if the slums send him, what then? His fitness, indeed, to represent his party in Congress is so apparent that the wonder is as 'to why he does not strike higher with hard gloves. If he would make a good Democratic Congressman, why not a good Democratic President! There is no doubt that he could knock out all competitors for the nomination. It is true, he knows nothing about the tariff question, but he could reflect that his Democratic predecessor in the presidential chair was in the same box. He never heard of civil-service reform, but ignorance in this direction is a recommendation in his party. If he should interest himself in tho question it would be to make a knowledge of boxing a necessary requirement of all government clerks, and boxing schools' would be established in all ' the 'departments. Incase of race wars he could go out in person and quell the disturbance by laying out a few negroes cold; or if trouble arose among the plutocrats he, in company with Dan Vobrhees, could attend to the hangings without further assistance. The more the matter is considered the more appropriate does tho sluggor's candidacy seem. Tho Democracy has been looking anxiously for a man to bear their banner in the next campaign, and tho sudden entrance of the world's champion into politics seems almost providential. Hurrah for Sullivan! A call for a conference is issued to the ministers and members of the evangelical churches of the West by a number of the leading ministers of Chicago. The purpose is to consider practical methods of Christian work and vo discuss some of the great questions now uppermost in tho pub-" lie mind touching the evangelization of the masses, the reclamation of the fallen, tho reformation of the intemperate, the relief of the poor and the elevation of the unfortunate. The conference is to be held on Sept. 26 at the Chicago-avenue Church. L. D. Moody, Rev. A. T. Pierson. Francis Murphy and Miss Willard are among the speakers expected to be present. In -reply to inquiries as to the whereabouts of the JournrVs poets who were missing from last Sunday's issue, it can only be said that they all took a "week oft" at once withont explanation. Perhaps, as suggested by the base-ball editor, who has written poetry himself and knows the ropes, they are renewing their poetic licenses. At all events, they are sure to be back, and the Journal's readers will be favored with verses fresh from tho mint, so to speak. The Boston Transcript has this: "There is a story at the Long-bow Club that the statue of Hamilton, on Commonwealth avenue, has been seen to blnsh violently several times lately, but the story is not believed outside of the club rooms." Alexander Hamilton, he of the statue, was an ancestor of Robert Ray Hamilton, he of the ten-dollar b&by srsneation, heLce the blush. A semi-official addition to the everlasting national-flower discussion is offered by W. R. Smith, of the botanic garden at Washington. Smith favors the helianthus annuua. Now don't all speak up at once and say the idea is ridiculous. What Smith really means, in plain Euglish, is the sunflower. , Subscriber, Boggstown, Ind.:. For information concerning the loaning of school funds apply to your county auditor. Justice Miller, of Iowa, and Justice Field, of California, are the two men now on the Supreme Bench whoowe theirplaces to President Lincoln. The other two whom

ho appointed, David Davis and NoahH. S wayne. aw dead. J ustice Miller is nearly seventy-five years old. To the Editor ot the Indianapolis Journal: Who had the majority in the Indiana Legislature In 1SS0I . D.H.C. The Legislature elected in 1S80 was Republican. " To the Editor ot the Indianapolis Journal: Please state in your paper what year the State fair was held at Terre Haute, Ind. . Lebanon, ind. A Subscriber. In 1S67.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Dr. Naxsex, the Arctic explorer, is engaged to be married to Miss Eva Sars, a well-known Norwegian singer. Henry M. Flagler, the Standard Oil millionaire, is going to lay out an extensive ; winter base-ball ground in Florida. Senator Ixgalls is said to be engaged on a novel of Washington life. It is eagerly looked for by those who know his keen, trenchant style. The eighth edition of Tolstoi's works, now in press in Moscow, will include 80.000 copies of "Anna Karenina." S0.000 copies of war and Peace," and 15,000 copies of each of several volumes of short stones. Ik the royal circles of Europe it has been discovered that anointing is just as efficacious as crowning, and doesn't cost half as much. But it isnot considered cn regie to have the anointing done with cotton-seed oil. John II. Surratt recently had his life insured in Boston. In the application blank he wrote opposite the question as to the cause of the death of his mother: "She was murdered by the United States government." Charles Dickens, the son of the famous novelist, has a long novel in manuscript ; which he has never had the courage to publish. Ho realizes that his work would be compared with his father's, and he does not dare to brave the test. Mrs. Levi P. Morton, who has been abroad all summer with one of her daughters, is expected hack in New York about the end of next week. She will then go to Ellersiie. Vice-president Morton's country seat on the Hudson, at Bhinebeck. William L. Scott, the Pennsylvania ; millionaire, was confined to his bed- in a ' New York hotel when his colt Chaos captured the Futurity stakes - at Coney island last Wednesday. It is said that Congressman Scott has never mado any wagers on the horses which he owns. Isaac N. Brown, who died Sept. 2K at Corsicana, Tex., was the commander of tho celebrated confederate steam ram Arkansas, which one day suddenly ran out of the Yazoo river and did serious damage to the Union steamers on the Mississippi, between that point and Vicksburg. Capt. L. O. Shefard, commander of tho revenue cutter Ru3h, the great seizer of the Behring sea, has been in the revenue marine service since 1806, and has served through all the grades from third lieutenant to captain, lie is a native of Massachusetts, and is regarded as a cool aud brave officer. Ppince Bismarck is suffering from inflammation of the veins. This is the outcome of his refusal to obey his physicians. They forbade him to drink wine or beer or to smoke cigars. With Montaigne's contempt for the advice of doctors. Bo continues his usual habits, and the result has proved disastrous. "Young: Napoleon" Ives was bothered about the size and shape of his foot, being very vain of his personal appearance. Ho had a peculiar shoo with an excessively long cloth top. and very high arch made especially to conceal its ugliness. He wore the most expensive clothes, and insisted on his clerks doing the same. Emily Paxton, of Pike county, Missouri, has permission from the Governor of that State to wear a man's dress "anywhere in Missouri outside of cities of 10.000 inhabitants." She works on a farm aud her -favorite occupation is breaking horses to i harness. Of 'these she herself owns three and has charge of thirteen. Florence Nightingale has been an invalid ever 6ince her great work in the Crimea. Contrary to the general impression, Miss Nightingale does not live in a luxurious house, and does not take drives with the Queen. She is constantly occupied with work for the hospitals at home, in the colonies, and abroad, and for the improvement of the condition of the soldiers, morally and physically, in the barracks and in the hospital. ' '. . Says a writer in the Epoch: "The present generation knows-but little about the Russian writer, Nicolas Gabrilovitch Tschernischewski, whom the, Czar has lately pardoned, although he has been one of the most ardent apostles of socialistic ideas in Russia, and one of the men who have had the greatest influence upon the evolution that has taken place among the younger Russians. He has been called the legitimate father of contemporary nihilism, and fret he: has never been a conspirator, in tho active sense of the term. He was, before his banishment, an indefatigable preacher, and had a horror of brute force. His writings have always been forbidden in Russia, but the Czar now seems to think that the writer is no longer dangerous." . - Mr. Gladstone says he well remembers the old Duke of Cumberland, who was famous for his habit of garnishing other people's remarks with his own oaths. When the first bill for the abolition of church rates came before the House of Lords the Duke was asked to express to the Archbishop of Canterbury the wish of the majority that he should move its rejection. Off went the Duko With this commission. Presently he returned. And in a loud voice, for he was rather deaf, exclaimed: The Archbishop says he will be devoted to everlasting fire if he does not work the rejection of the bill." It need scarcely bo said that the language which his Grace of Cumberland professed to quote from his Grace of Canterbury has been somewhat softened. COMMENT ASP OPINION. TnE time is not yet ripe, and the people are not ready. Postal telegraphy at this time, without adding, immensely to the power of tho political machine, is impossible, and that would be a result infinitely to be deplored. Philadelphia Telegraph. For the one purpose of securing more honest elections in the South, Republicans everywhere should see the importance of retaining control of Congress and increasing their majority there, to say nothing about the vital questions and issues which shall be subjects of national legislation. Detroit Tribune. The South ought not to retain the bad characteristics of an era that she is assumed to have outgrown. As slavery has gone, let the stigmas that slavery has inflicted upon the South go with it. As the most important agent to this end. the knife and the pistol should be discountenanced by every progressive, as well as every Christian, man of that section. Boston Herald. A corporation, whether a railroad or any other, which will not tako all possible precautions to protect the lives of its employes, is undeserving of the least public favor or support. It is. indeed, unworthy of existence, and should have its charter annulled. By all meaus let us have the automatic brakes and couplers, and oblige all railroads to use them. Boston Globe. Depuuty Marshal Nagle's prompt pistol-shot, while effective in striking down Justice Field's assailant, is not the kind of a precedent on which United States marshals ought to be called upon in future to 5 round their action in similar emergencies, here should be some distinct amendment to the statutes by which the protection of jndges can be amply secured and Jurisdiction over such cases transferred to the United States courts. New York Tribune. If we neglect much longer to do something positive to help our merchants to sail American-built ships in competition with the cheaply rnn susidized ships of foreigners, the lew steamship lines which still fly the stars and stripes in the foreign trade will have to give way to tho overwhelming odds against which they are contending. And the loss of onr ships is not the worst aspect of the case, for in an emergency a few months would suffice to build new ones: but this Nation cannot so easily replace the vanishing race of American seamen. Boston Journal.

THE SCHOOL-BOOK: SCHEME

Complaints About Democratic Counties Being Favored in Matter of Supplies, Certain Trustees Use the Law's Supposed Mandatory Features as an Indorsement of Becktold's BooksWhat the Tress Says. Several complaints have been received in regard to the manner in which the Indiana School-book Company is filling the orders it has received. Some of the orders which had been sent in first have not yet been complied with, while others of a more recent date have been completed. It is also hinted that the book company is displaying a partiality in its mode of distributing the books ordered; that Democratic counties are apparently favored, while most of the complaints as to books not being received aro from districts Republican in politics. The Superintendent ' of Public Instruction was visited by a Journal reporter yesterday in order to ascertain if there was any truth in these statements. He said that he had heard from a responsible source that such was the case, but complaints had also been received from Democratic districts relative to the same lack of filling orders. As he had not yet compared the letters he had "received, ho could not say that any political favors were being conferred. However, after tho schools were opened, the complaints aboi7 orders not being filled would become more general, and then he would be able to" ascertain the truth in regard to the report. Another official had heard similar reports,, but until after the opening of the schools would prefer to say nothing upon the subject. ' ... Taking: Advantag of the Law. ' Special to the IndlanapoUs Journal. Delphi, Ind., Sept. 7, Owing to tho limited circnlation of the Indianapolis Sentinel At this place a dispatch from this city to that paper, published several days ago, escaped the notice of the people. It set forth that the county superintendent and . trustees of Carroll county had "unanimously indorsed the. new school books," pronounced them "superior to the old books," and appointed a committee to "wait upon the publishers of the Delphi Journal, and demand that they cease their attacks on the new books." Tho dispatch was not seen here until.it came through another paper, in which the matter was approvingly copied. The dispatch to the Sentinel was a lie from beginning'to end. The trustees and superintendent did not "indorse the books," did not "pronounce them superior to the old books," did not demand that the Journal "cease its attacks on the books." The board did appoint a committee to wait upon the Journal. This committee consisted of three Democrats and one Republican, the spokesman being Mr. Long, one of the leading Democrats of the county. Mr. Long presented the business of his committee very respectfully, asking as a favor that the Jourinal do nothing to embarrass the trustees in their eflorts to introduce the new books, or make their work raoro difficult than it had already proved. He said that owing to the Journal's criticisms of the books many people refused to take them. The Journal reminded Mr. Long that it had advised the trustees to enforce the law and the people to obey it, if for no other reason than that the enforcement of a bad law was a good way to accomplish its repeal. The Journal s criticism of the books wa9 specific, and any charge made could be verified by any one who would take the trouble to ex amine them. Mr. Long agreed as to tho , character of the books and the justice of the Journal's position, adding that not a single trustee in the county. Democrat or Republican, approved of the books or the law. He only desired to do his official duty in enforcing the law with as littlo difficulty as possible. 4 ... As to Mr. Barnes, our county superintendent, he is too good a school man to indorse these books. While he docs not talk ublicly, yet it is known he regards the ooks and.the law as an imposition, danger-. ou9 'to the educational interests of the State. But he has his duty to perform and performs it. The law is mandatory, and simply because the township trustees do what they are forced to do by the law, the Democratic press twists their action into "an indorsement of the books." The Minnesota Geography. Lafajette Conner. Hopeful that the Indiana School-book Company might prove a vast improvement over the old monopoly, the Courier has not heretofore joined with some of its partisan contemporaries in sweeping condemnation, but recent developments, which have been brought to our attention, have a tendency to confirm the assertion so frequently made of late, that the Indiana School-book Company is an organized fraud. We have before us, for example, a copy of the "Elementary Geography," which is being supplied under the new regime. A line across the top of the front cover denominates it the "Indiana Educational Series," and a line across tho bottom gives the Indiana School-book Company, of Indianapolis, as publishers. On examination it is found that this title cover -is a mere make-shift to cover up a fraud. Scalping . ofl tho sheet which covers the front, beneath it is found the true inwardness of the scheme, for behold there is another illustrated title page, giving the name of Sanford Niles as editor, t Paul, Minn., as tho place of publication, D. D. Merrill as publisher, and 18S5 as the date This furnishes confirmatory . evidence in support of the charge that the books the Indiana company are furnishing aro those which have been condemned and rejected else where. There is no denying the fact that this is true of their ""Elementary Geography." Its literary construction is abominable, and its mechanical execution cheap and flimsy. It is plain that the company is not making these books, as they profess, but they are pasting a misleading sheet of printed paper over the old title page, and by this means palming oil' a lot of rejected and worthless books on school patrons by false pretenses. It is surprising that any set of men should attempt to practice such a fraud upon the public. If the people are compelled to buy new books they want new books, and not a lot of patched up, rejected stuff, the proper place for which is the junk shop. ' "What Is Thought of the Law.. Washington Gazette: That the new school-book law will result in great loss to the school patrons of the titato goes without saying. That it entails a heavy additional burden upon the general tax-payers of the State is not denied. 'And that tho lav is the unfortunate' result of the unwiso action of the Democratic majority in the late Legislature is an indisputable fact. Yet it is the law, and the school trustees have no alternative but submission to its decrees. . - " Crown Point Register: Tho County Board of Education met in Crown Point on Monday and discussed the new school-book question. Every member of the board is opposed to the a'doption of the new books, and it seemed to be the desire of all to resist their introduction, if they can lawfully do so. The new books will not only bo a heavy tax upon the patrons of the schools, but they are considered inferior in grade to the old ones. Tho 6chooi-book question affects every family in the State, and should be thoroughly investigated. The Legislature assumed too much in making a law requiring the use of certain books in the common schools. ' Pern Republican: There is no "schoolbook trust' and never has been. The term is misapplied for the purpose of working up a prejudice against the school-books in use. It is the old cry of "mad dog" howled at a passing canine for the purpose of rousing the illiterate rabble. The Republican has no interest in any publishing house, except its own. and has never had anvcorresoomlence directly or indirectly with any school oook puonsner, or even sent a marked copy of the paper to any firm engaged in the business. It has not forgotten the crusade mado against tho middle men twelve years ago when everybody wat going to get rich by killing oil the merchants. It has not forgotten the disaster that resulted to the men who undertook to man

age the Grange stores. The school-book howl is just as senseless, and will end in hoisting the men who make it with their own petard. Elkhart RevieV: The Columbia City Tost, in defending the nw school-book law, asks the following: "Why not let it alone if it is to go to the dogsT Whv fight a miserable law that is going to force a miserable set of text-books upon a patiert and suffering people!" Why! Because tho introduction of even 10 per cent, of tho books needed by the public schools of Indiana will work a demoralization to tho Jublic schools that they will not recover rom in years. Because the bad law will prove the greatest imaginable disaster in all respects, and will not accomplish ono item of good. Because the books are interior in nearly every respect.- Bccanso the principle of making the State a merchant is wrong. Because if the State desires to force certain books on the public schools it ought to buy those books at its own expense7 Because the law is a shame on the statute books of a State where intelligence ought to reign. Becauso the object pretended to be sought is not attained even a little bit. Becauso the people havo some right in the public f chools which even partisan legislation ought to be mada to respect. These are tho reasons why tho law ought to bo fought

SIM COY'S nomination; " Comment of the State Tress on Democracy's Litest Insult to the People of Indianapolis. Hendricks Countv Republican: Cov's rcnomination was a brutal insult to tlio city and State. Rushville Graphic: Tho election to anv office of trust of such a man as Sim Cov is a menace to a free ballot and a fair count Richmond Telegram: Indiananolia is re ceiving much free advertising since Sim Coy was renominated for a councilman. Noblesville Ledger: Tally-sheet forceric and service in the penitentiary are primo requisites for Democratic statesmanship iu Indianapolis. Wabash Plain Dealer: Tho Democrats of Indianapolis, having nominated ex-convict Uoy lor the Council, aro now in excellent trim for. entering upon a reform campaign. Winamac Republican: Sim Cov. just out of the penitentiary, 1 has been nominated for councilman by tho Democrats of tho Eighteenth ward of Indianapolis. For ahame! Greenfield Republican: Tho nomination of Coy shows that the Democratic party in Indianapolis must be hard up for material, or they have lost their self-respect, if they ever naa any. ' Middletown News: Sim Cov. who recent ly returned from serving a two years' term intheStato Prison North for tallv-sheet forgery, is again in the swim. Whether Sim has been a martyr or a criminal matters little; he is certainly not the man who should be pushed forward for political office. Monnt Vernon Sun: Considering Coy's participation in politics in the past, it is evident tho Democratic party desires not only to indorse him and the crimes he has committed, but to perpetuate his methods of election corruption and frauds, and invito the bummer element, of which he is the recognized leader, to advance to the front, and manage tho machinery of the party, not only in that ward and city, but country and State. HORSE-TMEF LYNCHED. Taken from a Train by an Illinois Mob and Handed Near the Station. Epeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Mattoon, III, Sept 8. A young man by tho name of L. S. Tato was arrested at Humboldt nine miles north of this city, last evening, on the charge of stealing horses near Pana. Constable Lovelace brought him to this place and he was placed in tho calaboose until a deputy from Pana arrived and started west with the prisoner on the C, C, C. &. St L. express. At 3 o'clock this morning at Tower Hill, where tho O.&M. branch crosses this line, ten miles west of Shelbyville, a company of masked men, reported to be seventy-five in number, took Tate from the train and left for the woods. The deputy was disposed to ' fol.low, but turned back when the party warmly assured him that it .would not be pleasant for him .to accompany them. , The most reliable - information obtainable from Tower . Hill ' states that the thief was hanged in the timber not far from the station, yet the night operator at that point reports at midnight that he does not know positively about tho matter, though the report of hanging is not doubted. Tower Hill has- a branch of the Anti-horse-thief Association in vigorous working order, and it is nnderstood that they stand ready to look after any person who steals horses. The train upon which tho prisoner was being taken back to the 6ceno of his crime reaches that poiut at 4 A. M., and makes a stop for the crossing only, so it would be an easy matter for a few men acting iu concert to rescue a prisoner in the charge of one officer. It is said that the officer was taking tho man Tate to some point south of Pana. More Race Trouble In (ieorgla. SAVAXNAn, Ga.. Sept. 8. H. D. Castleberry, town marshal of Pelham, a village near Thomasville, was shot last night while trying to arrest a negro for inciting a riot. After Castleberry was shot he returned the negroe's fire, ana a general shooting began between whites and blacks, in which the negro was fatally wounded. A raco trouble seemed imminent for a time, but was averted. Castleberry died shortly after being shot. Killed the Wrong Person First. Charleston, S. C, Sent. 8. In York county, to-day, W. B. Boyd, a white man. shot his wife and then killed himself. Mrs. Boyd lived about an hour. Boyd moved to Arkansas with his wife some years ago.and returned withont her, claiming to have been divorced. The fate of tho second wifo suggests that ho may have murdered hia first wife. m lie's Sure to lie Lynched. Greenwood, Miss., Sent 8. George Allen, one of the principal leaders in tho Into troubles in LeFloro county, who shot his own brother because he refused to co with the rioters, has been captured at lndianola. Sunflower county. A deputy sheriff" his been sent there to identify and bring him back to the 6cene of his crimes. Indian Troubles Kx pec ted. . Kansas City, Sept 8. A special from Tishomingo, Chickasaw Nation. tays that serious trouble is apprehended, growing out of the proposition to reject returns of the recent election for members of the Legislature from one or two counties. Forgot Something. Clndnnatl Commercial Gazette. Forgetful that free-trade England hrm more trusts than have we, the Ohio Democrats are convinced that trusts are "the legitimate result of our tariff system." in preparing their platform they evidently forgot to hold the tariff svfitem responsible for tho Western dronght the Johnstown flood, and tho cotton worm ih the South. They Howl tho Loudest. St Lonls Globe-Democrat It is a significant fact that those who now have most to say against pensions howled the loudest during the war when bounties were oflered for soldiers. They are also the ones who did most skulking and practiced most deception to avoid the draft itrr m Fire DoUars for a Glance. Baltimore American. A Brooklyn masher was lined $3 for insulting a woman. He claimed he only looked at his victim, but the justice very properly came to the conclusion that an action of the eye speaks louder than words, and inflicted punishment m - - Might llave Met a Worw Fate. Boston Advertiser. - Julia Marlowe is angry because her photographs are used to advertise soap. She fthoulu not obiect to this. She might havo been captured by a brand of cicTs!t