Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 September 1889 — Page 4

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DAILY, BT MAIL. On Tear, ulthout Fuiwlax 12.00 On vr with Sund.1T. 14.00 8U months, without Sunday.... e.oo Hii month, with Sundar 7.00 Three monUis. without t"an.lay... 3.00 Three months, with funday 3.M) One month, without tunday...., l.po One month, with Monday , - 1--0 Delivered by carrier In city, 25 cents per week. wee&lt. - - Per year ...fl.uo Reduced Rates to Clubs. Subscribe with any of our numerous agents, or send luhscTiptions to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, I5DLLXAPOU3, ISD. AU communications intended for publication in tAit paper mutt, in order to receive attention, be tttt&npaniedbythenameandaddrestoftheKritcY. . " TUE INDIANAPOLIS- JOURNAL ' ' - . Can be found at the following places: T-ONDON American Exchange In Europe;, 443 - - ' etrand. PAltIS American Exchange in Pans, 35 Boulevard - des Capuclnea. . . - ' . . fCEW YCRK Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel. pnirjDELPIIIA-A.pTKcmble, 3735 Lancaster . avenue. . CII ICAG O Palmer House. CINCINNATI ST. P. Hawiey A Co., 154 Vine street LOUISVILLE C. T. Deering, northwest corner Third and Jefferson streets. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot and Southern Hotel. WASHINGTON, D. C.-Riggs House and JEbbitt House. ' ; Judge Sullivan dares not cut Mr.. Coy's acquaintance. Mr. Coy commands votefttbat ho needs. It is currently reported that Judo Sullivan will drive through the Southaide streets before election day. He has a mild curiosity to see how it looks down there. General Cobukn and Sim Coy hav.e both served time in prison, with this difference, however, that Coburn served in , Libby prison during the war and Coy at Michigan City. Senator Voorhees came through to Indiana from Washington without stop.pjng at Pittsburg, although Mr. Carnegie was there at the time. Possibly the plutocrat hater forgot to bring his rope along. ' Andrew Carnegie has agreed to rebuild the library at Johnstown, which cost $30,000. If Senator5 Voorhees will permit Mr. Carnegie to live a few years longer, he may succeed irt, proving his right to exist. The eminent respectability of . the North-side candidate for Mayor does ' not rouse enthusiasm among the , Democratic voters of the South Side, or, in fact, of any side. They want something more tangible and Democratic to tie to. " The society of Odd-lellows maintains, its reputation for economy in the refusal of the Grand Lodge to permit the Buckeye Encampment to appropriate $30 from its treasury to be used as prizes. Millions for mutual aid and benevolence, but not a dollar for useless outlay is the rule of the order a rule that means a i . . great deal in these days of spectacular. display uniting social organizations. .1? 1 1 I A.iZ ' ' It was hardly necessary for Judge Srofl", the new Land Commissioner, to say anything in reply to the charges discrediting his Republicanism and his religion. The fact that lie was appointed by President Harrison is a sufficient voucher for the correctness of , his politics. With his religion the public has no business. To those officious meddlers who make it their business! the assertion that he is a Unitarian and not an , atheist will not be satisfactory Unitarianism to this class of persons being as good as Godlessness for all purposes of gossip. A few days ago the Chicago Herald, a rather uncommonly mean Democratic paper; printed a dispatch rebtivo to the whipping of colored men in Georgia, iu which that practice was condemned. The Chicago Tribune says the person who allowed the dispatch to get into the paper was promptly discharged, and that the fact of his dismissal and the statement that the offensive . dispatch was printed in but a small portion of the edition was telegraphed by the Herald to a few leading Southern men. This seems like a return to the days of antewar doughfaceisni. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat publishes an autograph letter from Andrew Jackson, written in 1S03, in which he expresses his determination to embark in the whisky distilling business, and desires a friend to engage a distiller for him as soon as possible. "If one can bo promised at six pence a gallon," wrote Jackson, "you way engage that he shall bo furnished with three 6tillsaud a sufficient supply of grain." The discovery of this letter and of the fact that Jackson came near embarking in the whisky business will make him - more than ever the tutelar saint of the Democracy.

There would be at least two good things accomplished by a negro exodus , from the South. The negroes would . . . escape murder and race oppression, and the Southern delegation in Congress would represent the political opinions of . a majority instead of a minority'of the population. Under the present arrangement the Democracy of the South gets -the full benefit in the "congressional 4. apportionment of tho negro population, .- while it practically disfranchiseslt. The South would, doubtless, have a greatly reduced delegation, but it would have one that was honestly representative.

The State Fiiir begins to-day and will continue during tho week. The annual recurrence of this event is always attended with a degree of pleasurable interest, in spite of the indifference of many persons and tlve criticism of others. It has become quite the custom to sneer at tho fair or censure its management, as if neither presented any points of merit; but the fact is, both are deserving of approval and encouragement. If tho management is not in all respects as liberal or enterprising as ft. might be, it is growing more so from year to year, and is much more deserving of praise for what it does than of censure for what it tails to do. As for the fair, a compari

son of tho exhibition of to-day with that Of twenty years ago should silence criticism and sneers. Thcrt has been wonderful improvement in all directions, and the fair now possesses nany interesting and instructive features. Besides, Indianapolis should feel friendly to it bocause it draws a largo number of people to the city many more than any other single event of the year. To our country friends nnd especially to the farming community it possesses perpetual interest, and if they find pleasure and profitby coming here by thousands at this pleasant season of tho year to attend it, we ought not to mar their pleasure by belittling the event. Indeed, there is nothing about it to belittle, and if Indianapolis people were wise they would cultivate much better relations with the fair and itsVianagement.

DEMOCRATIC REFORM IS CITY GOVERNMENT. - And now wo are told that the Repub licans deserve no credit for economical city government during the past fewyears, as the tax levy was limited by , law and they could not exceed it. The fust charge was that they had been wasteful and extravagant. The Journal dernonstrated'jy unanswerable facts and figures that they had not, but that, on the contrary, they had been very econom ical, reducing the, expenses of the city government fully 50 per cent, below what they were twelve or fourteen years ago under Democratic rule. To this the aft ernoon organ of Democratic reform re plies that tho only reason they have not been extravagant is because they could not raise the tax levy. And who but Republicans passed tho law limiting the tax levy! It was passed by tho Legis lature of 1877, when the Marion county delegation consisted of Senators A. C. Harris and Gen. A. D. Strcight, and Representatives W. II. Craft, Stanton J. Peelle, J. C. Adams and J. E. McGaugheyi Roth branches of the Legis lature were Republican, and the bill was passed by Republican votes. For whatever of merit there is in the measure; or whatever good it has done, the peoplo are indebted to a Republican Legislature and Republican delegation from this county. And, by the way, we should like to know when any Democratic Legislature or delegation from Marion county has done as good work, or any good work at all, for the city. The law; , limiting the tax levy to (to cents on the $100 was tho direct result of tho extravagant and corrupt administration of the city government by tho Democrats during the years 1874 to 187G, tho last time they hrtd control.' They obtained control of the s city government in the spring of 1874, on a platform of economy and reform, tho same gag thej' are using now. In two year's they nearly bankrupted the city. The expenses of every department of tho city government were enormously increasedv Taxes were increased from St.lp to $1.50, and the tax levy increased 80,000 a year. On the 1st of November, 1873, after the Democracy had been in power a littlo more than a year, the News said, editorially: " The Democrats in the Council have been 'recreant to every promise and faithless to every trust, r ive years of aucn management as thoyiiave given us since last spring wonld bankrupt the city. What they nave done will impair it greatly. We have not began to feel the effects yet, but when the hnrden of a huge debt, of high taxes, of impaired credit comes, a9 come it soon must, we shall see what harm has been done. ' All this and a great deal more was said in the Journal of that day, and the News w:a3 wise enough tnen to adopt the same line of. comment. The burden of a huge debt has been felt ever since the Democrats were last in power. High taxes continued till the Republicans regained control of "tho city government and reduced them. If the credit of tho city has not been impaired it has been due largely to the honest and economical administration of city affairs by tho Republicans in recent years. Again, on the '20th of November, 1S75, the News said: The police expenses this year will run to $100,000, or $25,000 above the estimate. The street repairs will be at least 100,000. and the estimate for them was $75,000. Here is an excess over estimates in two items alone of$o0,000. Thi9isthe way the "reforms" of the Council and its outlays operate. If we should have just one, more "reform" of tho city government a beggar wouldn't give his dogs dinner for it. That was what our esteemed contemporary thought of Democratic "reform" the last time it was tried in city government, and that is what the Journal thinks of it now. It is a leopard that doesn't change its spots. Tho only possible way of accomplishing that is for tho peoplo to 6pot it, and that is what they should do every time. GEN. COBURN AND THE GANG. Tho charge that General Coburn is the candidate of "tho gang" implies, first, that there is a gang, and second, that ho is either its willing representative or weak enough to be its tool. In cither case it implies corrupt purposes on one or both sides. Waiving for the present the imputation oh the character of those who nominated and who support General Coburn, embracing practically all tho Republicans in the city, the Journal is of the opinion that ho is not the sort of a man to serve any gang, or to be controlled by one. lie has never been called either a knave or a fool. On tho contrary, ho has always been known in this community as a man of decided ability and tho highest order of integrity. In all the public positions- which ho has filled, his intelligence, his honesty, his capacity for affairs, and his fidelity to public interests have been conspicuous. These are qualities the city needs in its Mayor. They are not qualities that would make a man a good representative, ally or tool for a gang. This is the first time General Coburn's name has ever been mentioned in tiny such derogatory manner. Ho has been before the peoplo often before, but never to havo his honesty or intelligence impugned by such a charge as this. Ho represented this district eight years in Congress, and it never had a better representative. After he had served two terms, and was likely to be renominated Jot a third, tho Indianapolis News, in an editorial of June 20, 1870, said; . The Republican convention of this concessional district meets in this city tomorrow to nominate a candidate for Congress. Its task is merely a nominal one, and were it not for form's sake, its assembling would be useless. Nu one has ever

thought of nominating any other man than the present incumbent, Gen. John Coburn. and if the district was searched from, one end to tho other a better man could not bo found. General Coburn's litnesa for the Eosition, and the faithful manner in which ohas served the people whom he represents, could have no higher compliment than the fact that at his time, toward tho close of his second term, no one thinks of superseding him. We know of no otner representative of this district of whom this has ever been true, and there are few Congressmen in the West who servo even two. terms without an etiort being made to shelve them. We are glad to see the people of this district are learning the advantage of keeping a good man in office when once they Lave found him. His record upon all questions has been a most excellent one. He has favored economy, and in every instance has voted to bring it about, not in a shambling manner after the result has been determined, but squarely and manfully. We havo watched his coursenpon the landgrant question with a great deal of interest, and he has never failed to vote against these swindles, as well as iobs of other kinds: and not the least to be said in his favor is that hois always on band when business is to be transacted. e presnmo the Democrats will put an opponent against him. but his. re-election is so certain that the beat they can do is to turn in and voto for him. ' " . Every word of this was true and doserved when it was first published, and is just as true and deserved now. It is in harmony with what tho Journal has said of General Coburn, and shows that he is just the kind of man needed in public office. Such a man is not apt to be the ally or tool of a "gang." The same qualities that made him valuable

1 and useful as n. member of Congress would make him so as Mayor. On the 8th of October, 1870, a few days before the election, the News published a long editorial in favor of General , Coburu, from which the following is an extract: . A district possessing an honest, faithful member of Congress in these days is indeed fortnnate. If he have the additional qualifications of ability, attainments and extensive experience, both in legislation and life, it is doubly fortunate and the people should consider long and well before they set him aside, no matter for whom. .This congressional district possesses such a member in the person of Gen. John Coburn. and now that it is proposed to - supersede him it is time for every intelligent voter to stop and think if such a thing is desirable. General Coburn is a native of this city, he has been brought up among us, he has lived here all his life, and is as familiar with the wants of this section and its capacities as any man can be. lie is a man of fine natural abilities, strengthened by a liberal education, by long training as a lawyer, a judge, a soldier antl a legislator. And no man can question John Co burn's honesty any more than his ability. He is a man to be trusted in every relation of life. His whole public career has been one continuous advance, for the people have felt that he was an' honest, faithful, conscientious man, who strove to perform his whole duty, not being content to shirk out of it or half do it. Wo have to remark of this as of the Sther that it was true and deserved when writtenVand is equal j now. The character and record of ucneral Coburn are 'of a kind that wear. They stand the, test of time and criticism!' Tho "articles from the News are not "a permit from the gang," but rather a "certificate of reform," and their eternal fitness lies iii the fact that they describe General Co--burn's character and candidacy to-day-as well as they did nineteen years ago. If any difference, they fit even better now than they did then, for he has added to his record nineteen years of upright life and faithful discharge of every public and private duty. In the appropriate language of tho News, "no mail can question John Coburn's honesty any more than his ability. Ho is a man to bo trusted in every relation of lifW7 1 That; is tho kind of a man we want for Mayor. If there is a gang he will break it up. f The race and wrangle for the control of toll-roads leading to the proposed new park north of tho city should call public attention to tho importance of abolishing all toll-roads. There ought not bo a mile of toll-road in Marion county. Instead of that there are a do?en or fifteen such roads, aggregating ! more than seventy-five miles. One can hardly drive out of the city in any direction without striking a toll-road. They are a nuisance to travel and a tax on traded They have driven thousands upon' thousands of dollars' worth of trade ; away from tho city, and will continue to do so as long as they aro permitted to -exist. It is a poor comnlentary on the enterprise of the capital city and county of the State that these relics of a primitive era should continue to exist, taxing the patience and pockets of the peoplo and driving trade away from the city..,. A law passed by tho last Legislature provides a way for freeing and abolishing all toll-roads. Upon the petition of fifty freeholders in any township where a toll-road is located tho County Commissioners are required to submit to the voters of tho township the questioii of purchasing all the toll-roads in the township. In case tho purchase is ordered, the law provides tho machinery for its accomplishment. This law should bo applied to all the toll-roads in this county as soon as possible. Anioros of the Cooper centenary, observed recently, the following, from a correspondent of the Critic, is of interest: Every reader of "The Water Witch" recollects the mysterious inlet between Shrewsbury -river ana the Atlantic ocean that Azures so larpely in that romance. When The Water Witch" was lirst puMipned, thi? inlet was supposed to bo an invention of Cooper's, but it was discovered that such an inlet had at one time existed, and had been closed by sand in one of the violent storms that vMt our coas t. Durimr the storm of last week, this inlet was reopened, and hence, should "Tho Water Witch" come to our waters now, the mystic lady iu her mantle of sreen might again flit In the shadows of the night through her ancient channel. The Atlantic steamers are ju9t now crowded . with west-bound Americo-En-glishmen, Americo - Irishmen, AmericoFrenchmcu, Americo-Germans and Amcr-ico-other-Europeaus. This nomenclature may sound odd, but if nations of the effete monarchies can come over hero and get themselves hyphenated a week or two after theiuarrival there is no reason why Americans should not enjoy the same privilege. The Springfield Republican compliments Grover Cleveland on the frankness of Lis recent speech in which ho got off the epi cram. "Party honesty is paTty expediency. Come to think of it, that is a very frank acknowledgment, "Party expediency" is the only "party honesty" the Democracy has ever been capable of comprehending. . . Kansas boasts a city where there was a corn-field three years ago. That's nothing. Illinois has Chicago, where there is a profusion of pasture lands right now. If there are any railroads in this section the Vanderbilts want and don't see, they should not hesitate to ask for them. A iiemgious paper published in Richmond recently gave currency to a report that Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, of Philadelphia, is iu the habit of appearing in public 1 with a tivc-thousand-dollar prayer-book. A

writer in tho Epoch takes the trouble to deny the story, which was hardly necessary.

as it is absurd on its face. ABQUT PEOPLE ASP THINGS. General Sherman says he will attend no more soldiers' reunions. The King and Queen of Gfceee have seven children, the youngest a year old. The Princess Alexandria is a very pretty girl of nineteen. Mks. Pender, a Noov Jersey widow of seventy, who tills her land with her own hands, dug fifty bushels of potatoes from an eighth of an aero, last week. A volume of the poems of Frederic Ten nyson, eldest brother of the poet laureate. is among the renrints in contemplation in London. They 'have become difficult to procure.. Alexander Dumas is sixty-six years of age. He began to write at .seventeen, and at twenty-six produced that "Dame aux Camellias" which first caused his countrymen to admire him. , TnE statue of Captain Eads, to be erected at St, Louis, represents him in his Work cabinet, surrounded by models, at work. He stands with a plan in one hand, a compass in the other. Mrs. Anna Evans, of Memphis, whose husband is a prominent Republican politician of color, ha8sucd patrolman Conway for 5,000 damages for naving called her "Aunty" the term being considered a reminder of slavery days. General Von Pocket, cousin of the Duke of Fife, died in Waverly, la., recently. He came to America in 1 856, and married a farmer's daughter in Waverly, vhere he afterwards lived. Ho owned considerable property in Brunswick, Germany. The Queen of Sweden"; who suffers from nervousness is said.to be curing herself by what she terms the chambermaid treatment. In other words, she makes her own bed, dnsts her own room and makes herself generally nsef ul about the house. She is getting better. Edgar Fawcett, the novelist, is a small, clean-shaven man, with a large head and a deprecatory, almost piteous manner. He is high priest of the Union Club, and his Saturday nights opposite Brown's chophouse are altogether unknown to the younger generation of litterateurs. William Black says, respecting his habits of composition, that alter breakfast he writes steadily for two hours. anA tone hour after dinner, which is all the time he gives to literary work. During the rest of the day he walks, or reads, or writes letters. He writes rapidly and makes few erasure's. Tuey Gwok Ying, the new Chinese minister to this country, is a good-looking man, about fifty years of age. He dresses in tho finest silk raiment, and Bpends a great deal of money. Ho is a constant smoker, and when he is not puffing a cigarette is rolling one. His present visit to Washington will not be a long one, as he is accredited to Spain and Peru, and will soon set out for Madrid. The house in . which Oliver Wendell Holmes was born is still standing on the common at . Cambridge, Mass., and is now one of the college buildings. It is an old gambrel-roofed house, and during tho siege of Boston it was the headquarters of the American oilicers. liev. Abiel Holmes, the host's father, was pastor of the First Church of Cambridge, where General Washington was a frequent worshiper. Miss Whekler, of Philadelphia, who is engaged to Count Pappenheim, of Bavaria, is only eighteen years of age. Miss Wheeler is tall and fair. She will have a considerable fortune in her own right. Her father, the late Charles Wheeler, left a fortune estimated at 2,000,000. Count Pappenheim does not possess much cash, but owns largo tracts of land .of more or less value in Bavaria. His family-seat is a big. oldfashioned castle at Aufmuhl, in the Bavarian highlands. The scenery surrounding it is line, but cannot be turned into cash. Buffalo Rill has become so fascinated with Paris that he is inclined to make that city his home when he abandons his calling as a showman. Ho has a fine suite of apartments, in which he entertains handsomely. He has been purchasing some fine paintings, and is really looked upon as an aesthete of high standing. He is still pursued by women who have matrimonial aspirations. In one week, recently, he received fourteen written proposals from women, some of whom are wealthy and in good social position. The librarian of Congress is artall, spare man, with long, gray haiiand the manners of a student. Ho has been in the library since he was a boy, and he is now on theshady side of fifty. He has a marvelous memory and can tell the location of almost every book in the Congressional Library. He is an invaluable help to Senators and members who want to read up or make speeches upon any subject. All they have to do is to go to Spoff'ord, tell hint the theme they want to investigate, and he will send to their desks or their homes every available authority upon that particular question. In the memoir of T. T. Stoddart, the angler poet, his daughter recounts some anecdotes of his literary friends. De Quincey was one of them; and Miss Stoddart gives some curious instances of his passion for reading. When staving at Christopher North's he would lie in bed for days, till he had read all tho new books his host possessed, and then get np, dress, and behave like a sensible mortal. On one occasion Stoddart was talking to the professor in the library, when De Qainccy came in, dressed only in his night shirt, and with his arms full of books. He took no notice of the two, but placed the books on the shelves, collected another armful; and left the room. COMMENT AND OPINION. Once convince the colored people that, tho whites do not wish to disfranchise them and keep them down, and race prejudice will disappear from the black 6ide, at least. New 1' ork Press. The Cleveland Plain Dealer insists that Judge Thurman's heart "still beats strong for the Democracy," and perhaps it does. It would suit the Ohio Democrac3T better, however, if the Judge would allow his tongue to wag in unison with his heart's beatiug.--Philadelphia Press. The George single tax is called a fraud advisedly. It is intended only as the precursor of wholesale confiscation. It is proposed for the purpose of bringing the poor to the support of a scheme of monstrous robbery by government by holding out a promise which can never be realized.Chicago Times." A cheap and easy notoriety is so dear to them, the sound of their own voices is so pleasant in their ears, and their names and doings in print are so grateful to their ej'es, that the thought of losing their identity and sinking out of recognitionOn a wholesome, and hopeful, and unselfish assault upon the citadels of rum is more than they can bear New York Tribune. The negroes are the natural laborers of tho South. Their ancestors were brought there against their will. ; The present representatives of the race were born there and havo as much right there as anybody. Time, patience and just treatment will do more to solve the race problem at the South than any political measures whatever. An exodus is not possible. New York World. The government of the Netherlands has chosen an unfortunate time to discriminate against American breadstuff by imposing heavy duties upon them. With her own crops far below the average in yield, her Seople must depend largely on the United tates for the necessary supplies, and the imposition of duties now will but add to the cost of living of her people. Pittsburg Chronicle. One harvest brings on another. The banks reap their harvest when the crops are moved. They furnish the funds to keep the wheels rolling, and the rate for money is advanced accordingly. But there is no occasion for alarm, in these spurts of activity. They are signs of health. It is better to have a tightened money market while moving the crops than to have no crops to move. Philadelphia Record. Directly after the removal of Tanner, Major Merrill, who, as a past commander of the Grand Army, an editor and an official of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was regarded as an authority, said that by this removal "the President had aroused the indignation of Grand Army men all

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Grand Army men all over tho country sliould not bo indignant acainst the Prescient until they Know whether he has given them cause to bo indignant-Boston Transcript. It is better to have the ignorant express their prejudices freely thau to nurse them secretly. That which is spoken openly can be answered openly. And never yet has sound argument failed to convince; though often slowly. Uake it plain to the poor people, whether white or black, that they have chances to ameliorate their condition, and that the object of government is to multiply such chances. Do these things and undreamed-of prosperity awaits the fcouth. Chicago Inter Ocean. The G. A. li., as a rule, recognize this fact and the history of the Tahner episode has fully demonstrated to them that a policy which places the defenders of the Union in the light of public mendicants is highly inimical to the welfare of the veterans of the war of the rebellion. It is an attitude which the truly loval soldier scorns to occupy. The man who takes Mr. Tanner s place will be wise if he profits bv tho mistakes of his predecessor and avoids the methods which led to bis retirement, Kansas City Star. STA3ITING OUT A PLAGUE. Radical but Effective Method Adopted by the Head of the Rustlan Police. Chicago Journal.. Some twelve years ago the Emperor sent for Loris Melikoff, chief of the Russian police, and announced to him that the plague was raging in the villages of the empire, and ordered him to do whatever was needful with a view to stopping its ravages, at tho same time giving him unlimited powers. Thereupon Mel ikoli went first of all to the Ministerof Finance, informed him that he should perhaps require a gread deal of money in order to carry out the Emperor's commands, and demanded a credit of 50.000,000 rubles.. The Minister of Finance nr. ado a long face, but was unable to refuse. Melikotf then posted to the villages in question, and, having observed the situation, ho telegraphed for twentv fire engines to be sent from the neighboring towns, had the pumps charced withnetroleum, and ordered the tiremen to approach J, ill 1 1 L A . . ine vinages uy iugui, inunaate tne cottages with petroleum, set them on fire and save nobodj'. The order was executed: the cottages and their few hundred inhabitants men. women, children and cattlewere burned to ashes, and those two villages disappeared from the maps of Russia and from the registers of the empire. Tho measure was radical, but it stamped out the plague eflectually. Loris Melikoff thereupon reported to the Emperor that his commands had been executed, and then called on tho Minister of Finance to tell him that out of the credit of 50,000,000 roubles granted to him he had spent only 200 roubles to buy petroleum. An Odious Law. Peru Republican. ? The school-book law now being enforced in Indiana is a monopoly, pure and simple, as defined by Webster. It confers on the Indiana School-book Company "the sole right of selling" school-books in the State of Indiana. People are compelled to buy them regardless of their personal choice. If another book is offered as a gift thev are not permitted to use it in the public schools of Indiana. The ostensible excuse for granting this monopoly in the selling of school-books is that the books in use are too expensive. A peculiar feature of the case, however, is that the outcry at the expense does not come from the people who buy the books, but from a gang of politicians who, unsolicited, set themselves up as the guardians of the people. It is an unusual thing for the recipients of such favors to be so ungratetul. The resistance to the law among the people, without regard to politics, is general. They did not ask for such a law, and do not care to throw away an amplesupply of a good article for the privilege of buying an inferior one on compulsion in order to accommodate a few Democratic politicians and a school-book syndicate that has gone into the scheme to make money out of it. People in this country are not prepared for the Russian theories of statecraft.' They do not care for a paternal form of govern ment tli at dictate wnat tuey snail buy and whoimthev shall buy from: how many buttons they shall wear on their coats and the material from which their clothing shall be made. They are not ready ' to be reduced to the monotonous uniformity of a paper of pins and sink all individuality for the accommodation of an illiterate gang of politicians who know nothing of the needs of a school, and care less. The President Sustained. . Lafayette Courier. The members of the old Tenth Indiana Regiment did a very timely and sensible thing at their reunion at Lebanon in pass ing a resolution expressing confidence in the President with special reference to his attitude toward the soldiers andon general principles. The action is significant as showing that the members of that regiment, at least, are not Tanner worshipers, and that they take no stock in the insane imSrecations of those of the ilk of Dalzell. o reasonable man can find fault with the President for having protected himself and administration against the perpetuation of Tannerism.and after the volatilo spirits have recovered from tne brst flnrrv of agitation. consequent upon the resignation of .the Pension Commissioner, they, too, will bocome resigned. The President possessed the wisdom to appreciate the gravity of the situation, and had the couragb to do his !... mi... i i.i" i t i? i uuty. auo nepuoucau party, in particular, and the people eenerallv oucrht. therefore. to manifest their approval, and it is to the credit of the surviving members of tho Tenth Indiana Regiment that they are foremost in formally and unanimously avowing allegiance to tho chief executive in his efforts to give the country a clean and none st aamimstration. Suggestion to Mr. Byuum and His Friend. Philadelphia Inquirer. It is the intention to filibuster against organization, the adoption of new rules and every step taken by Republicans having in view legislation demanded by the couutrv. It is quite in the power of the minority to no xnis. ana tuey nave plenty ot precedent for believing tnat tne patient, coodnatured American people will overlook it and continue to vote for the men who mis represent them: but there' is also nlentv of precedent to show that, as Horace Greeley said, "this is a great Nation when it gets mad,7 and it is just such conduct as is here outlined that makes it mad. The Democrats will do well to take all their fun during the first session; after that tho people win nave tneirs. Tis a Free Country. Oil City Derrick. The factthat this country is truly American ant brimming over with liberty, freedom of speech and all those inestimable blessings handed down to usbvthe fathers. and confirmed to us by the best blood of the liberty-loving .North, is proven by the assertion ot tno t. JLouis Kepublic that a more intellectual, a more genuine, a more sincere American than Jefferson Davis does not live has pot lived in tho Kepublic." If it wasn't just as we assert the editor of the Kepublic couldn't say such things and continue to do business. We are a free people, and intend to continue so. t m Grady on the llace Question. Atlanta Constitution. Our attitude on tho race question cannot be misrepresented or misunderstood. From first to last we have contended that the white people of the South -must control their own affairs that they must have clear and unmistakable domination, not onlv because they have larger intelligence and responsibility, but because they are superior to tho race with which their domination is threatened. Everywhere and all the time we have defended th?s. and evervwhere and all the time we shall maintain it. Murderers for Officer of the Law. Hartford CouranL The sheriff of bloodstained Layfayette parish, Louisana, is beginning to get in his work under great difficulties,' in a style that does him credit. The tirst man arrested by him for the murder of Rosemoud and Kotalie Cormier, was ono of his own deputies. Alcide Landry.: . Enterprise That Deterred a Better Fate. Minneapolis Tribune. In a vain attempt to get a better account of tno Brown hanging than his contem poraries. Major Ldwards, of the Farco Argus, had one of his "reporters arrested and lodged in jail- The uufortunate wigntwas made to scrub Moors

iaui '"" mo jail. it is not right U treat our Dakota brethren so when they invade Minnesota. Vnt nerhaps thv. lailer Hiii that

his prisoner represented the Fargo Argus and S$S pounds of Edwards. I.AOS AND ITS TJCOrLE. Interesting: I'rcU About Tn Province la the North of Mam. 8n Francisco Special to Xe-w York Herald. So little is known in this country of the strange race of people who inhabit tho Siamese provinces of Laos that any information on the subject will be read with keen interest, it was the good fortune of the Herald correspondent yesterday to rnnverse with Ni Mo. tho lirct niti of 'Laos to tread upon American soilt and his cnancroii, io. vucck, wao arrived ou Wednesday by the steamer Gaelic. Mrs. Cheek is tno aaugnter of Dr. Sam Bradley, one of the earliest Presbyterian mission aries in oiain. lnirteen years ago she was marnea to ur. Marion A. Cheek, who was sent out in 1S74 as physician in the Presbyterian missionary servir Vnrtp.n years he was in the missionary service at Cheung-Mai. the capital of the Laos provinces. For the past five years he has con ducted an extensive plantation and lumber planing-nnlls at Cheung-NaL Mrs. Cheek, with her two children and ter Laos charge. is stopping niiue uaiuana Hotel. So Mo is a shmly built yohtb. with an olive skin and prominent features. He speaks vow lninerxeci r.UKUSn. lie iftxrntv-.ttrn years of age. and a son of LungChai, a welleducated Laos, who was formerly a teacher in the government emploj-, and is now an artist engaged in decorating temples. "I camo here," said young Mo. "to study Ariericau tusiumsauu uecorao proncieut inihe language. 1 will return with Mrs. Cheek in about six months or a vpar. I Jike the beautiful country and weather very mucn." Then, with the assistance of Mrs. Cheekhe went on to explain something about the language anu religion ot ins countrj. Tho language is very soft, and is more like Burmese than Chinese. Its sound is gentle and nleasant to the ear. On the Lrin cal endar the months of the year aro rcpresentea uy pictures oi auimais. ana oy tno lunar method of reckoning. So Mo is em. ployed by Dr. Cheek as overseer, and has charge of the timber-cutting and its transportation by elephants. "Y ages ot common laoorers," said Mrs. Cheek, "rango from 63 to S4 Per month. 1 1 is dancerous to know too much in Lao. iSkilled mechanical work is done by men drafted by tne government, or by prisoners. These drafted men get very little for their services, and perhaps receive ten rupees for a years labor. "The form of religion consists nrincinallv in worshiping spirits. Laos peoplo believe tnai aiuerent iammes nave ainerent spirits which" watch over their safetv. Once a year spirit dances are held, but only women participate iu tueuj. a no uauce is Kepi up all day, and, as the women drink heavily, their movements toward nightfall are rather 'groggy.' All missionary work in Laos has been done by I'resbytenans. "Laos is a mountainous country in the north of Siam, fifteen days' march from Burinah.- It is about three Hundred miles wide by five hundred long. It is divided into ten provinces, over nine of which reign nnces. in tiie tentn province, Cneuugai, which is the most important of the Laos district, tho ruling sovereign bears the title of king. These princes and kinir are all vassals of the king of ciam. "Missionaries reside in only two of the Laos provinces Lak-IIun and Cheunc-Mai though there are convents in live of tho provinces. L.aos is aoout iive nundrert miles north of Bangkok. At Cheung-Mai there are three missionaries - and three young ladies in charge of a boarding school. All Jburopcans in JLaos are missionaries except two families. The profession of Christianity of these people has been very great in recent years. Last year there were over one hundred "and fifty adults converted to Christianity and as many minors. This year there will be over four hundred con verts. I hero are about one thousand Christians iu all among tho Laos provinces. The Heal Sentiment ot the South. New Orleans States. Enlightened and Christian statesman. 6hip demands that tho fourteenth and fifteenth amendments shall be abrogated. " w lue nfteentn is a blot upon tho statesmanship of the North, a reproach to the magnanimity of the country, a living threat to the civilization of the South and the cause of constantly recurring race conflicts in which the deluded and ignorant negro is, always has been and always will 1 L- -. -.4 : '11 l . a r .. uc, iuo wuuiu. iuo uesi, mi crests oi ootli races require that it shall bo blotted out of the Constitution. A Case of Melted Vrass. . Chicago MaU. A Detroit dlderman. nnon heinir called before the grand iurv and asked to tell what he knew about the crookedness and hoodlmg in the City Council, fainted dead away, and tho grand jurors worked half an hour before they could resuscitate him. On the principle that where there is a whole lot of smoke there must be some fire, the boodlo prosecution in Detroit would seem to bo fraught with astounding possibilitv. An alderman doesn't faint without great hi? cause.' Made a Good Start. Pittsburg Chronicle. Wyoming proposes to start out richt iu one r?spe9t when the Territory shall havo attained statehood. A provision stipulating that every voter shall bo able to read the document framed by the constitutional convention now in session has been adopted. Men too ignorant to read English are no wise enough to be intrusted with tho bal lot. A Chance for Repentance. Philadelphia Press. The improvement in the health of Sena tor Voorhees ib highly eratifvintr. Every fair-minded citizen joins in the hone that Mr. Voorhees may live a long while long enough, for instance, to enable him to repent and do works meet for repentance for that colossal tomfool speechvabout anarchy and the Camegies. They Do It in Indiana, Too. Detroit Tribune. Ohio and Michigan Democrats are noted for their fondness for Republican renegades. Of such do they make gubernatorial can didates, passing by life-lone Democrats who have been party fighters from waybacK. ho can explain itT Why is it that Democrats prefer a Kepublican renegade to a life-long Democrat? English Letter-Carriers. Philadelphia Press. The English postoffico had S25 thieving letter-carriers convicted 'last year of stealing letters, and, ou an average, three postal officers are caught stealing every wcck.' If our department, with all its politics, were to show a like record there would be a revolution. Even llourbons Protest. Boston Globe (Dem.) ; ' These tales of the killing of negroes in Mississippi aro getting monotonous. Wlmt is Governor Lowry about? Why does ho not let up on John L. Sullivan long enough to make an effort to rid his Stato of murderers? AVliy It I Democratic. Chicago Inter Ocrau. Tho banner Democratic county of Georgia has a town of l.(XX) inhabitants, in which less than twenty newspapers of any kind are taken. They could likely impanel a Croniu jury there inside of an hour. A Medical Error. Detroit Tribune. Medical authorities tay that stimulants weaken tho voice, but wo notice that when a man is full up to tho chin with stimulants his voice is strong enough to wake up a whole neighborhood of people. m m Tarty Honesty Is Party Expediency." nartfonl Courant. , The Democrats of Iowa, in a hopeless minority, declare for Mills-bill tariff reform. The Democrats of Virnia, who hope to win this year, didn't. They knew belter. Mrs. Hamilton Was Cheated Out of &3. Milwaukee Sentinel It is said that babies can bo bought in New York for 5 apiece. Tho popularity of the pug dog has depreciated , tho market value of babies. Grady In the Dumps. Atlanta Contltutiou. The pessimists cannot bo blamed for sayiug that the country is going to the tlgvii.