Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 September 1889 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, .MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1889.

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WASHINGTON, ilouao. C Rlggs Ilcuaa.and Ebbitt It cannot be charged against ; General Coburn that he is a carpet-bagger. It is a ticket that every man who has the best interests of tho city at heart can conscientiously support. The white man who shoots down an inoffensive negro in the South no longer commits murder. lie merely "asserts . Caucasian supremacy." Honors aro piling thick upon Prof. John L. Sullivan. He "mentioned" himself for Congress, and U now being mentioned by his friends as a candidate for Common Council in Boston. How Indianapolis Democrats will envy Boston when they hear of this! Tiie appointment of Major Warner, of '-Missouri, as Commissioner of Pensions "ought to bo satisfactory to all classes. He possesses business and legal qualifications of a high Order, and as an old soldier and ex-commander of the G. A. K. he can be depended on to deal fairly with the boys. The Springfield Republican expresses sadness to tlio verge of tears at "the present condition of the Republican party." This is engaging frankness. If their inmost feelings were displayed it would probably bo found that the present robust condition of tho Republican party inspires Mr. Bowle3 and the whole mugwump tribe with a desire to weep "right out loud." Ohio Democrats who tried to get up an anti-Republican negro convention in that State are suffering from disappointment. Tho assembly was to be held in Toledo, but as the colored men neglected to put in an appearance, it naturally failed to come off. The Ohio negroes remembered the unhappy case of Turner and his "national" convention in Indian.opolis last year, and could not be persuaded to make themselves ridiculous. The great London strike is practically ended, to the infinite relief, no doubt, not only of thoso immediately interested, but of tho entire population of that city. It is worth while to remember that with the increase of wages which the dock men struck for, and, happily, aro to receive, they will still get less than one-half the wages paid New York 'longshoremen for the samo class of work. It looks as if protection does protect. , District Attorney Fellows, extPresidcnt Cleveland's personal friend, and indorsed by him as a Christian gentleman, is distinguishing himself just now by an evident disinclination to prosecute the Flack caso in a way to ; cause inconvenience, to Flack. Perhaps it is Fellows's Christianity that produces mis tender eympatny witn a man charged with cTinie, especially when the man is a brother Democrat, or, perhaps, it is a sort of Fellows feeling. All tho Old Seminary boys ought to voto for General Coburn. He was one of them when they used to play "shinny" and town-ball on what is now University equarc. Old YY lugs ought to vote for him, for ho was on tho electoral ticket when General Scott ran for President, In 18o2. Old soldiers ought to voto for Iiiin, for lie resigned a judgeship to enter tho army, and as colonel of the Thirty- ( third Indiana made a fine military rec'ord. Old citizens ought to vote for him, for he was born here when Indianapolis had only about seven hundred population, and has lived hero ever since. Old Republicans ought to vote for him, for lie was in at the birth of the party. And yet in spirit, aggressiveness and enterprise he is still as young as tho youngest. The Atlanta Constitution thinks it is "a significant fact that Republican papers are making more fuss over tho negro outrages in tho South than they did over tho whipping of white people in Indiana." Of course it is significant. It signifies that the Republican press knows that tho perpetrators of tho Indiana outrages will be punished by due process of law, while tho murderers of tho South are allowed to go their way not only without fear of legal penalty, bat with the moral support of the majority of their white associates. Naturally it would suit tho Southern chivalry much better if no "fuss" was made anywhere about their little slaughtering episodes. Miss Mart Alexander, a young woman of Philadelphia, is reported to have the best record ever made by a man or woman in tho examiuation before tho Civil-service Commission for certification in tho executive departments in Washington for appointment. Her percentage is 91 out of a possiblo 100. This percentage will not help Miss Alexander when she is assigned to poa-

tion and comes to draw her salary. If sho happens to bo given what was known as an $1,800 desk when a man filled it. she will receive $1,400; if a $1,400 or $1,200 desk, sho will get $1,200 or $1,000. This unjust discrimination, which was in vogue under tho old spoils system, still operates under the civil-service law, which is supposed to mean equal rights to all government employes. Reformer Roosevelt cannot occupy himself better than to regulate this little inequality.

THE C0NVENXI0JT AND ITS W0SK. The Republican convention Saturday night was as good a vindication of popular suffrage and convention methods as ou!d be desired. In fact, there could not be better. It was thoroughly representative in character, earnest and enthusiastic, without being noisy or disorderly; business-like in its proceedings, and plainly sincere and honest in its motives. Such conventions are a complete answer to all suggestions as to the failure of popular suffrage methods in city government, and show that tho people in their aggregate capacity are still able to get at desired results. Mr. Fairbanks's address on assuming the position of chairman was in excellent form, and sounded a good key-noto for the convention. He gave proper emphasis to tho importance of good city government, and to tho duty of all good citizens in this regard. "Without any reference to national politics in fact, with. a conspicuous omission of such ref erence he made the importance of the issues and jnterests involved in the coming election so apparent as to meet with a hearty response from tho convention. The main question could not bo better stated than it was by Mr. Fairbanks. when He said: "It is purely and solely a question whether tho honest, conserva tive, law-abiding elements shall prevail, or whether a premium shall bo placed on law-breaking." That is the case in a nutshell, and the convention showed, by its hearty approval of the statement, that it was in full accord with the speaker. Other sentences in the chairman's speech met with an equally hearty response, notably when he urged the convention to nominate a candidate for Mayor "whose name should bo a guaranty of fidelity to the city's highest and best interests, and a sharp protest against Coyism." This was the spirit of tho'convention, as shown in the subsequent proceedings, and in tho platform and nominations. No convention could have done its work better, or done abetter work. The platform is a model both in substance and form. It covers every point of interest in the municipal campaign, and makes on each one a clear and strong expression in the fewest possible words. Without any preamble, and with a conspicuous avoHance of phrase-making, each sentence is a separate declaration, and every declaration goes to the gist of the subjectmatter referred to. As a declaration of principles in municipal government it should command the approval of tho most progressive as well .as tho most conservative citizen. If the best interests of the city can be formulated in better phrase, or in more honest and unequivocal language than they are in these few sentences, we should like to see it done. vThe declaration in favor of the vigorous enforcement of tho laws means that the liquor law must be enforced as well as others, and that the city must control tho saloons not the saloons tho city. Opposition to the granting of franchises of any kind to any person o corporation without a full and just equivalent to tho city, is declared in terms that command universal approval. The declaration in favor of aboard of public works to bo appointed by the Mayor is in harmony with tho most advanced views of reform in municipal government. The refunding of the city debt at a lower rate of interest has been the Republican policy in past years, and the demand for its continuance is in the lino of good business administration. . The declaration in favor of modern improvements in street paving, lighting and car service is in full accord with the spirit of progress. The one favoring such improvements as will guard against the dangers resultins from railroad tracks within tho city means safe transit between the North and South sides. Tho square indorsement of tho $250 saloon-tax, and the protest against any reduction of the same, should command the approval of honest citizens and taxpayers of all parties. , No party in any city election ever took stronger or better ground than that outlined by theso declarations. Tho nomination of Gen. John Coburn for Mayor is an excellent one. If any better could have been made, no doubt tho convention would have found it. Tho sifting process was carried to a third ballot, and tho nomination of Gen. Coburn followed as the intelligent choice of the convention, without any forcing process or indirect methods. Either of tho persons placed in nomination would have made a good candidate and a good Mayor, and so will General Coburn. He possesses, in a high degree, the necessary qualifications for the office and the pcrsoual characteristics that command confidence and respect.- If thero is a flaw in his character or record tho Journal has never heard of it. He has lived hero all his life, sixty odd years, and has never been charged with a dishonest or dishonorable act. He has served the public in various capacities, and has been true to every trust. His military record is one of the best, and as a lawyer, Congressman and judge he has displayed excellent ability and a high order of character. A native of Indianapolis, ho has 6een it grow from a frontier settlement to its present dimensions. No man is more thoroughly acquainted with tlm past history or present needs of tho city, or has its honor and interests more at heart. He has no connection with any corporation, is free from all entangling alliances, and his influence as Mayor would bo all for good government. As a life-long lawyer he understands the necessity of enforcing law, and as a judgo he knows how to

administer it. Ho makes an excellent speech, and can appear well on public occasions. As one of tho "Old Guard" Republicans ho has the regard of the "silver greys," tho Republicans of the Fremont and Lincoln period, and he is still in full sympathy with the boys of to-day and the spirit of progress. Indianapolis could not have a better Mayor than General Coburn. Ho deserves to be elected, and, if his friends do their duty, he will be. Mr. George. A. Taffe, the nominee for clerk, is widely known and universally esteemed for his manly qualities, and possesses good qualifications for the office. An interesting incident in his career, by which he nearly lost his-life in saving that of a child, is related in another column. It left him a cripple for life, hut won him many friends. His nomination, like that of General Coburn, shows that tho convention intended to do the right thing and knew how to go about it.

NATIONAL BANK CIECULATION. The resolution of the Board of Trade asking Congress to pass a bill to provide for the issuing of long-time bonds, bearing low-rate intefest, for securing tho circulation of national banks, anticipates a very serious condition which will arise in the not distant future. This is tho probable retirement of all registered bonds now used by national banks as a deposit to secure circulation. When these bonds are retired, as they will bo at no distant day if the present debt-paying policy of the government is continued, an essential feature of the national bank system will have been abolished, and, unless somo other provision shall have been made for maintaining tho bank circulation, it will cease to exist. This is tho contingency contemplated by the .Board of Trade resolution. If the national banks are to continue as banks of circulation, some provision must be made for the event above foreshadowed and steadily approaching. Without stopping now to combat tho vicious proposition to substitute greenbacks for national bank circulation, we remark that a banking system which has been of such incalculable benefit to tho country is deserving of the highest consideration. Tho national banks saved the finances vf the government in the supreme crisis of the war, and they made possible and permanent the resumption of specie paj'inents in 1879. Tho value of these services can never bo overestimated. The bank circulation is the best ever enjoyed by this or any other countrj, and its continuance is a matter of the utmost importance. During the last few years, owing to tlio steady retirement of government bonds and their appreciation in price, there has been a steady contraction ' in the volume of national bank circulation. Official reports show that the circulation decreased from $291,849,CjO, on the Gist of October, 1884, to $152,300,328 on the 31st of October, 1888, a net decrease of $139,483,332 in four years. On the 31st of October, 1888, out of a total of 3,151 national banks, there were only l;!' that held bonds in excess of the minimum. All the rest had reduced their bond deposits and circulation tq the minimum. From December, 1870, to October, 1888, the number of national banks increased from 2,052 to 3,151, and their business increased more than 50 per cent., while their circulation decreased from $322,000,000 to $151,702,809, or moro than 50 percent. During the last year, with a net increase of ninety in the number of banks, and of $13,720,300 in capital, there was a net decrease of circulation of $10,545,740. These facts, , and others which might be cited, show a steady and large decrease in the volume of national bank circulation, due, undoubtedly, to tho increasing scarcity and high price of registered bonds, and to the fact that under present conditions there is little or no profit in circulation. Tho bonds now held and deposited by the banks as security for circulation are chiefly four-and-a-halfs and four per cents. Of the former they hold $06,121,750, and of the latter $100,413,000. There are also deposited for circulation $S4C8,000 of Pacific six-per-cents. The 'high market value of these bonds makes them undesirablo as a deposit to secure circulation. What is needed is a government bond 'at a low rate of intefest, not exceeding 2 1-2 per cent., to bo issued to tho banks for the specific purpose of securing national bank circulation, and to be used only for that purpose. : Unless something of tho kind is done in time to anticipate the final retirement of tho four-and-a-halfs and fours, tho country will have suddenly to con-front a situa tion involving tho total abolition of national bank circulation, together with tho certain crippling and possible abolition of the entire system. The Democratic press excels in the art of infusing pathos into its discussions of social and political economy. As an illustration take the following from the New York World: . Tho price of coke has srone up 50 cents a ton in the last three weeks. "Whyf" Why simply because Mr. II. U. Frick, of western Pennsylvania one of the coal barons, has bought up so many coke ovens that he now has a monopoly. Mr. Frick owns 12,000 out of the 14.000 coke ovens in operation. The1 other 2,000 are owned by some twenty small operators who are practically helpless against him. Coke is $1.50 a ton now. It was $1 a ton three weeks aero. Will it go higher! That depends on Mr. Frick. The thought of those twenty small operators writhing helplessly under the heavy hand of monopolist Frick, who compels them to take $1.50 a ton for their coke where they were only getting $1, is one to excite the deepest sympathy of the public. Just think how they must suiler! There are seventeen toll-roads in Marion county, aggregating from seventy-five to one hundred miles. Most of theso roads lead from some direction into Indianapolis. That they are a nuisance everybody knows, but they are also a positive injury to the city in obstructing trade, deterring farmers from coming here, adding to the cost of products, etc. There ought not to bo a mile of toll road in Marion county. In fact, there ought not to be a mile in Indiana. Toll-roads may have been necessary and justifiable iu early times, but they have

served their day. They are a relic of primitive times and not in harmony with modern progress or modern ideas. Every toll-road in Marion county should be made free with the least possible delay. No man ever sprang into prominence more suddenly or rapidly than Mr. Burns, the leader of the London strike. A few weeks ago he was unheard of outside of his immediate circle of friends, or the trade-union to which he belonged. Now his name is familiar as household words throughout English-speaking countries. His management of the strike has been masterly, and it is not surprising that the splendid organizing powers and leadership he has shown should make him widely, talked of as a Liberal candidate for Parliament. Ho has already accomplished great results for the cause of labor in England by making it felt and respected in its organized capacity, and it is possible the future may have other victories in store forhim.v

The Des Moines Register, speaking of its local campaign, says whisky is the Democratic watch-word, and adds: Whisky is a mild insanity with the Democrats. Ihey will never get over it. lthas been thought that tho young Democrats that grow up would drown out whisky, but thoso of sense leave that party and become Republicans, while the Democrats are cursed with Republican renegades, who go to thcin, and as soon as they get there begin to yell whisky. This might have been written of the Iadianapolis Democracy. With saloonkeepers as their most popular candidates for City Council, and an understanding with each nominee that he shall assist in repealing the saloon tax, whisky may properly bo considered the end and object of their political being. The Louisville Times says: "If there is no race war in the South it will not be tho fault of that conference of reverend bucks now in session at Indianapolis." It is unnecessary to say the Times is . a Democratic paper. That is the Democratic way of inferentially justifying the recent outrages in the South. Sneering at tho indignant protest of tho colored people and their appeal for protection is no answer to the fact that they have been brutally treated. The spirit of the extract quoted is the. spirit that would provoke a race war in the South. All American visitors to the Paris Exposition concur in saying, that tho United States exhibit is lamentably deficient. Mr, Yerkes, president of the Chicago Streetrailroad Company, says: 'T am sorry to . say that the United States exhibit is not at all what it should be, and gives the people who go there a poor idea of the resources of this country, generally." Hon. Chauncey M. Dcpew says: "Mexico has a building which cost $750,000 filled with her exhibits. The Argentine republic has a fine exhibition, as have all the other South American republics. Asiatic and European countries are phenomenally rich in the presentation of their industrial and manufacturing resources. The exhibition of the United States could be beaten by an ordinary American institute fair. All the world has gone to Paris to be astonished and delighted with the exhibition of every country and amazed at the poverty of ours." The poverty of our exhibition at Paris furnishes a strong reason why we should have a world's fair in 1892 that will eclipse all its predecessors. The gifted author of "The Light of Asia," Sir Edwin Arnold, seems to be charmed with tho President and American simplicity in White House ceremonies. In his chat with General Harrison, the other day, li6 expressed regret that the political destinies of England and America had been forever separated by the events of a century. To this the President aptly replied that "if the political connection had subsisted until these days, England would now be the colony and America the 6eat of power." The point was well made and left no doubt in the mind of Sir Edwin that he was talking to an American full of patriotism. j By way of giving people of the interior some idea of the dreadful devastation caused by the recent storm, Eastern papers aro embellishing their pages with cuts representing the wrecked board-walks and bath-houses along tho. Atlantic coast. These works of art are very thrilling, but to the Western mind, which is accustomed to storms that sweep down towns and forests, and blow scores of people into the next world, thsy are possibly less impressive than the down-easter could wish. The two youngest daughters of the Prince of Wales are contributors td English magazines. This does not necessarily imply the possession of any great literary ability on tho part of the young women. Where is the English editor who would re ject a manuscript sent in by a member of the royal family? Princesses have an ad vantage over writers who have to depend on mere merit for breaking into magazines. New York has announced her intention of paving her streets anew, and is discuss ing materials for the purpose. She might take this new intention, along with the Grant monument intention, the Centennial arch intention, the Greeley monument in tention, and a thousand other good intentions, and pave with them, thus adding ono more mark of similarity to her original model. . One of the saddest and hardest things to bear about the great Johnstown disaster is the fact that we are everywhero meeting, and are destined to go down to our graves still meeting, the myriads whom some remarkable circumstance just barely prevented from being in the ill-fated valley at the time of the flood. Tidal -waves sometimes do great damage, but a Democratic tidal wave in 1892 would be of great benefit to the country. Atlanta Constitution. " The Democratic wave that got over tho d3kes by a scratch in 1884 left the country strewn with such an unhealthy mass of political garbage that the experiment is not likely to be tried again. Cleveland is making an heroic effort to prevent her streets being gobbled by our Tom Johnson, who seems to be exercising a sort of "right divine" to seize them, because he needs them in his business. Tom Johnson! What a bouquet of pleasant memories that name recalls! TnE Minneapolis Tribune, with a recklessness born of safo distance, offers this insult to the "champion of the world:" If Boston should fail to appreciate Mr. John L. Sullivan's political worth lie would do well to move to Indianapolis. By nominating convict Coy to the City Council the Democrats of that town have shown that they can stomach almost anything. The Elgin, 111., Condensed Milk Company has just concluded contracts for tho de livery of 13,000 quarts of milk per day at its

factories. That represents a vast amount of bovine energy, and the question is, what becomes of all the condensed milk! According to tho reminiscence of an Illinois minister, Abraham Lincoln; years before the war, had a premonition that somehow or other he was to have a responsible part in the coming straggle for tho abolition of slavery. As the story emanates from a Methodist, the imputation cannot be made that it is an attempt to bolster up the doctrine of predestination.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. New York has Chinese tailor-shops. Some coats cost $300. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe remains in promising health. Thomas Bailey Aldricii is on his way home from England. ., " Lucy Stone is seventy-one. She began lecturing on 'woman's rights and. wrongs in 1847. - George Arnold, chief clerk in the Missouri Pacific freight offices at St, Louis, is six feet seven inches in height' Mr. Martin Farquiiar Tctper was educated for the church, but stammered too badly to pursue that profession. Oliver Wendell Holmes recently remarked that death bears as pleasing a face to an old man as sleep to one who is tired. The King of the Hellenes, according to a writer in Lo Gaulois of Paris, is tall and active, bf fine figure and an excellent horseman. The Earl of Zetland, the newly-appointed Viceroy of Ireland, will take the oath of office in Dublin Castle on Oct. 1. He will make the state entry into the city on Dec. 1. King Alphonso, the baby potentate of Spain, has offered a prize to the citizens of Madrid who will invent the cleverest and most novel toy. How would a 6ceptre with a music-box in tho end dot "No man," said Prince Krapotkin the other day, in a lecture, "can be happy who lives without an object, or whose object is some worn-out relic from a former age, which can never be revivified." Q ueen Christina, Regent of Spain, while at San Sebastian spent much of her time in driving a spirited four-in-hand team -har nessed to an English break. She handles the ribbons with thorough Austrian skill. Dr. Maria M. Dean, aboineopathic physi cian who took an office in Helena, Mont, three years ago, after studying medicine in tho United States and Berlin, now has a practice that yields her an income stated at 13,000 a year. Mr. Blaine has leased his house in Augusta, Me., and will not live in that city for several years. He leaves Bar Harbor the last of this month and will go direct to Richfield Springs, where his son Emmons will be married Sept. 20. The Empress Frederick of German v is about to proceed to Denmark for a fewdays in order that Princess Sophia may become acquainted with tho family of her future husband, the Crown Prince of Greece. The Empress Will go to Copenhagen and Berlin,, and after a brief stay thero leaves for Italy on her way to Athens. The cottage at Washington occupied for tho past two years by George Kennan while writing his articles on Siberia, will be tenanted this winter by Mrs. J. Stanley Brown, who, when in the capital before, was known as "Little Mollie Garfield." The Browns are going to live permanently in Washington, and tho young bride aspires to a prominent position in literary circles. Sir Edwin Arnold is a tine-looking man, who seems to take more pride in the fact that ho is a journalist than in his eminence as a poet. He married an American, a daughter of the late Rev. R. Charming, at one time chaplain of the House of Representatives. Sir Edwin , is a delight f ul conversationalist, and has nothing of the coldness which often pertain to an Englishman's manner. He is fond of America, and has great faith in the future of our country. That Queen Victoria is a Woman of moro than ordinary force of character is clearly shown by the fact that during her recent visitto Wales she, on several occasions, flattered the natives by addressing them m their own language. Moreover, she is able to both read and write Hindostanee with considerable fluency. There are but few ladies who. at the age of seventy, would have tho perseverence and the courage to acquire proficiency in two such excruciatingly difficult languages as HindoBtaneo and Welsh. Of all the sovereigns of Europe the Czar of Russia is the least pleased with his work. ,This is not owing to the fact that the Czar has nihilism to fight, but because ho is constitutionally opposed to the cares of statu. Ho likes to hunt and fish, and is very fond of his family. He is sociable by nature and enjoys sitting at a table drinking wine and talking to good friends. It is seldom, however, that he can indulge his tastes in any of these directions. He is obliged to give a great deal of time to the affairs of is vast empire, and he often wishes that he had been born in a humble station. Marion Harland, whose maiden name was Mary Virginia Haw, was a bright, handsome girl scarcely sixteen years old when she wrote her first book, "Marrying from Prudential Motives." It attracted attention. In 1854, when nineteen years old, eho published "Alone," a novel, which quickly ran through nineteen editions, and she has since written nineteen other novels, all more or less successful. '. In 1S58 she was married to the Rev. Edward Payson Terhune. when sho removed from Richmond to the North, and she has resided in Brooklyn,: New York and . Newark, N. J. She is now the editor of the Home-Maker. A YOUNG man named Dixon has just had an unpleasant courting experience in Innishowen. County Donegal ' His ladylove is not only very pretty, but she is an heiress, her uncle having left her a fortuue. Moreover, she is partial to Dixon. The young man was calling on tho girl one day, when she heard the footsteps of a couple of rivals,and in a sportive humor he concealed himself in the butter-box. Whilo ho was enjoying the conversation the girl's father came along with a pail of hot water to scald the box. Before the girl divined his purpose ho dashed the water into the box. Tho howl of anguish that Arose scared the old gentleman half to death, and poor Dixon was found to be so badlv scalded ! that he had to be removed to tho hospital. We note our neighbor's failings and we alga And hope that he'll be wiser by and by. Our neighbor studies us and pays 'tis sad To seo how we are goirg to the bad. Ilrooklyn Citizen. COMMENT AND OPINION. The civil-service system is for the government and against the incompetents. This proposition is so simple that he who runs may read. Newj York Press. PnoiiiniTiox is dead, they say. Well, as for the two fore legs wo can't say; but as to the two hind legs, you had better keep clear of them for some time to come. New York Herald. Thk Republican party stands pledged to deal fairly by the soldier to tho last dollar in the treasury, and the size of the "surplus" should in no way be regarded as tho measure of the Nation s gratitude to its defenders. New York Graphic. TnE time long ago went by when greenbackism was a menace to the honor and well-being of our country. We may watch the Cincinnati proceedings from one or all of various stand-points amusement, philosophy or mere curiosity. But there is nothing to dread. Boston Advertiser. Loyalty is never bought with a price. Patriotism is not service by tho week. Citizenship is a blessing equal with any; and the veteran citizen and the citizen who never saw a battle-field have, in common, rights and duties; and they always will have them. Albany (N. Y.) Journal. As to tho negroes, they have clearly nothing to train by a policy of aggression or reprisal. Earnest, systematic opposition by the whites themselves to the spirit of lawlessness which tirs up new hate and infiginea old prejudice will do more tow& d tho

ultimate adjustment of their Grievances than any other remedy that cacbc devised -New York Tribune. Q Tun Republic should be considered bofore the fctate, and Mate laws fchould bo supplemental of national laws and not in antagonism to tbose laws, which is inevitably the case when conflicting State laws militate against the common good, which is provided for by an unwritten law of the Nation. Chicago Inter Occam If General Harrison were n man after the moid of his predecessor, he would doubtless have retained tho Commissioner in office and received the popular clamor ajrainst him with contempt. But, fortunately for the country.thePresidenthasthccouragoto do his duty and subordinate partisan considerations to tho interests of the public service. Boston Journal. We ought to welcome those who coma here to better their condition by engaging in lawful and honorable pursuits who aro Leither paupers norcriminals, who properly respects our laws and institutions who. in short, become useful members of the community, whether they become citizens or not, and without regard to tho us they make of what they earn here, provided such use is innocent Chicago Times. It is not much to the credit of . American, society or American civilization that this country has confessedly the worst-mannered and most impolite children in the' world, at least among peoplo laying any claim to education or 6ocial advancement But the fault is not tho children's. It belongs to the parents. So lone as they are nlloWCd to crow nn with nn i'1pi nf rn!it-

nessit follows that they will be boors. Chicago Tribune. It seems likely that the investigation ordered by Secretary Noble disclosed a lack of judgment and uubusiness-like methods on the part of Commissioner Tanner which required a change, and President Harrison is too conscientious and courageous to shrink from doing his own duty under such circumstances. This ho lias done in such a manner that no personal reflections on Commissioner Tanner are implied, and no chango of a liberal pension policy is supgested. He is still eligible to a presidential appointment, is not discredited, and certainly is pot disgraced. New York Mall and Express. 1 TIIirU-PAKTY NONSENSE. FooUsh Resolution Passed by, the New York Prohibition Convention. Xew York Independent. The third-party people are potting some queer planks in their State platforms. Here is one in tho platform adopted at Syracuso last week: We recognize the duty of the coining Leci&laturo to submit to the electors of the t-tate nn amendment to the Constitution, prohibltin? tho liquor tratlic; but, as the political machinery of both the old parties and almost the cntiro press of theso parties, in every recent rontest.havo been combined for the defeat of prohibition, w e frotest ajrainst any such, submission by unr po itical party whose only purpose is prohibition, defeat; ami we further declare that If the amendment is submitted in this bUite, tho Prohibition party will make every possible effort to secure its adoption. If this means anything it means that tho next Legislature ought to submit a prohibition amendment providing it is not controlled by either of tho old parties. Nothing is more certain than that the Legislature will be controlled by one of the old parties. That being so, the third party protests against the submission of an amendment, though if ono is submitted it will make evcrv possible eliort to secure its adoption. What theso political ProhU bitionists evidently desire is, that both of the old parties vacate and givo them tho premises. An old Mississippi darky wished that everybody were dead bo that he could keep store. But everybody wouldn't die just to accommodate him, and neither of the old parties shows any signs of dying oif in order that the third party may begin political house-keepinc. In plain English tho S3rracuso platform is this: 1. We aro Prohibitionists. U. We want a constitutional prohibition, amendment. 3. But we protest against a Republican Legislature subujittinir It. 4. We protest against a DcmocraUc Legislature submitting it. 5. It i utterly impossible for us to submit It, G. But wo demand constitutional prohibition. Weighing; DoUars Against IHood. Muncio Times. Senator Incalls is trying the- poldler dcniacopy. At n soldiers' reunion iu Kansas be advooated .1 tidal wave of pensions with such talk as that "without soldiers thero would have been no treasury, no Nation, and they are entitled to their percentage of it." Whero would the soldiers hare been without a treasuryt Indianapolis News. The soldiers would have been just where they were, at the front lighting for the E reservation of the Nation, if the treasury ad collapsed as completely as it did in tho revolutionary struggle; and in the end they would have created a treasury just as tho revolutionary heroes did. Credit makes a treasury, and tho work of the soldiers gave the government a credit which surpasses that of any government in the world. If patriotism had influenced the writer of tho above item from tho News to shoulder a musket and take part in the struggle ho would bo ablo to anpreciato tho superiority of blood to tho dollar. Harrison and Tanner. Philadelphia Ledger. President Harrison will not snffer any loss of respect from sensible people by tho dismissal of Commissioner Tanner, but will rather gain the good opinion of such people. It takes a good deal of moral and political courage to confess to a mistake in making appointments. The mistake may be excused, for the President cannot know the faults of all the men who come recommended to him; but. tho mistake having been realized, it is his duty to correct it, and he is entitled to credit when he has tha ; courage to do a disagreeable duty iu tho; face of strong opposition. A Remarkable Resolution. The Dubois County Teachers' Institute, To rfn l7 in udinti nuced fli fnllnxvinr resolution: Resolved, That we are in favor of and ask that a thorough course of Instruction on the effect of tiirht lacing, and paintinir tUe face with injurious cosmetics bo introduced In the public fccbools, and that we, as teachers, denounce t'ght lacing, of chewing gum, of using wire, cotton and saw-dust pads to deceive tn regard to beauty of form, and of bustles to occupy unnecessary room in every conveyance, and render necessary the use of much expensive material for dresfces, and tfcese habits as not worthy of Imitation by the children of Eve, believing that "nature unadorne! is most oeautiruL" The Trouble with Curtis. MUwaukea Sentinel. Mr. Curtis, in Harper's Weekly, is very much dissatisfied with the wa' the Republicans conduct tho Virginia campaign, and explains the proper method for winning. We believe tho last national campaign ot the Republicans did not meet with tho cordial approval of Mr. Curtis, yet it was successful. Tho trouble is that the Republicans question whether Mr. Curtis is immoderately eager for the Republicans to succeed. Will lie Just and Generous. Philadelphia Inquirer. The policy of the government will certainly bo a generous one to all who fought and aro deserving, but it certainly cannot bo ono of discrimination in behalf of a few influential enough to get a rcrating or bo that he had no comprehension of such a policy. Emulating Noble Sires. Philadelphia Tel t graph. Tho "Sons of Veterans" is an organization which is taking time by the forelock so as to succeed to the honors of tho G. A. R. At yesterday's National Encampment at Pater6on. N. J., it was reported that, if occasion required, the organization could place SO.dO men over eighteen years of ag in the field, armed and equipped, at 6borS notice. Tho S. O. V. may bo a coming power. r Very llard Tp. Hartford Ccnrsnt. Democratic newspapers, we observe, have already begun to feed the flame of ambition in tho 'breast of the Hon. Leon Abbett, of New Jersey, by discussing nira as one of tho contingent possibilities of Such is the dearth of presidential timber on that side of tho great political divide. - m mm Scientific Intormntlou. Otnshs Iiepnblkan. Some scientist says that in eating an oyster v?e swallow a mechanism more complicated than a cloek. This inaj' bo tirra non why tho oyster is preferred to the clod ad au article of food.

put on tne special list.. It must ue as jns& and impartial as it is broai and generous. tlv fthmrrtl