Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1889 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1889-

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accompanied by the name and address of the writer, THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places: LONDON American Exchange In Europe, 449 Strand. PABIB American Exchange In Pans, 35 Boulevard des Capucinea. NEW YCRK Gllsfy House and "Windsor Hotel. PHILADELPHIA A. pTKemble, 37S5 Lancaster venue. CHICAGO Palmer House, CKiCINNATI-J. P. Hawiey A Co., 154 Vise street. L0TJI8VILLE C. T. Deering, northwest corner Third and Jefferson streets. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot and Southern Hotel. WA8IIINGTON. D. O. XUggs Houss and Ebbitt House. "Now that I am back, and am your leader gain, I promise you my best efforts, and If yon will stand by me as before, I promise you that when the smoke of battle rolls away we hall again be found triumphant. Sim Coy to Vie local Democracy, in his speech accepting a renomination for Council. The history " of municipal politics proves conclusively that Democratic reform docs not reform. No pood citizen will go out of town to-day unless he is sure of being able to return to-morrow and vote for General Coburn and the rest of the Republican ticket. Let every Republican, to-day, think if he has any neighbor or acquaintance who needs to bo spurred up to do bis duty to-morrow, and let him speak a word to influence him. "Mt do) is orthodox," says the adage, "but your doxy is heterodoxy." Tho modern version is, "My motives are honest because they are mine, but your motives aro corrupt because they are yours Not all the Democratic candidates are bad men, but they all represent bad political ideas, principles and methods, and wherever their party gets control its worst element rules. Wo have high authority for saying that all history shows this. - "We are clear in tho feeling and judgment that it will not do to give the Democrats control of 4 that body the city legislature, for when they have control all history shows that it is their worst element, and not their best, which rules." News. If the Journal were disposed to make the same kind of a fight on Major Robbins, independent candidate for councilman in the Fifth ward, that the News is making against Mr. Pearson, it could institute comparisons that would be very odious, and Mr. Pearson would not be the sufferer, either. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and a party is no better than its ruling element. Thero are good men in the Democratic party, but they do not control it. In tho language of the News, "When it has control all history shows Vthat it is its worst element, and not its best, which rules." For this reason we are clear in the feeling and judgment ,that it will not do to give the Democrats control of the city government, The Philadelphia Record is moved to rejnark: "The high priests and apostles of civil-service reform move in regions of pure intellectuality, careless whether politicians or peoples be for or - against the doctrines which they so vigorously propound." This is interesting, if true, and, if true, discloses tho fact that avast amount of spite and partisan malignity and unfairness permeate the atmosphere of high intellectuality. A Democratic exchange, after studying the returns from the four new Stages, remarks plaintively: "Tho persistence of majorities in tho various commonwealths that make up this country is one of the most remarkable features of the Nation's political development." It is, indeed. The persistence of ' Republican majorities marks the progress of education and intelligence in a manner at once remarkable and gratifying. General Coburn was born in Indianapolis, Oct. 27, 1825. Ho is probably tho oldest resident of the city who was born on the town site. Boy and man, ho has live hero sixty-four years, and during that period no person can say he ever did a -mean, dishonest or dishonorable act. From his earliest manhood he has been noted for his interest in local affairs, and no other resident of the city has been connected with as many public enterprises and improvements. We think no disinterested observer of modern politics will deny tho statement of the News that "when the Democracy have control it is their worst element, and not their best which rules." That is what makes the party peculiarly dangerous and its success always to be deprecated. In the present campaign the worst element of the Democracy is the active element, and if they succeed iu obtaining control of the city government that is the element which will rule. All history shows it. Is Gen. John Coburn an honest man! That question was settled forever in tho presence of the Nution. Look at tho Congressional Record upon the subject of the salary grab, the proposition to vote a large sum of money right into tho pockets of the Congressmen. John Coburn voted against it all tho time, and then, when it passed Congress, and tho money was paid him, he covered it back

into the Treasury. No temptation could seduce him to do what was in violation of his sense of right. Cannot John Coburn be trusted to do what is right as Mayor of this city in the light of his glorious record as a soldier, statesman, judge and citizen! We are of the opinion a majority of his fellow-citizens of Indianopolis will answer "yes" to-morrow.

THE REPUBLICAN PASTY AND THE CITY. The Republican party has never betrayed the interests of Indianapolis, or failed in its duty on any occasion when they were involved. The prosperity and growth of the city are identical with thel history of the party, and the spirit that inspired one has governed tho other. During the twenty-five years sinco the war, in which the city has attained nearly all its growth, it has had but one Democratic Mayor, and the only short 'period of Democratic rule during tho last twenty years is still memorable for its extravagance, imbecility and corruption. As a city, Indianapolis owes everything to the Republican party. There is no reason, therefore, why the' Republican party should hesitate to come before the people in its proper name, as a distinctive political organization, and ask for the continued control of municipal affairs. There is no reason why it should hido behind an alias or assume any disguise, and it does not. There is every reason why it should point with prido to tho record of its connection with city affairs, and it does. It still claims, as it always has, to represent the best elements of all classes, the best interests of all classes, the best methods of municipal government, and the best men for carrying them out. Without masquerading as a "reform" party, it offers the best assurance of reform, and, without pretending to represent any special interest, its past record is the best guaranty that it represents all. There never was a time when the party could come before tho people with cleaner hands or stronger claims than it does at present. Writh nothing to hide and nothing to conceal it challenges searching scrutiny into every part of its record, and asks every person interested in therosperity, welfare and good name of tho city to say if it has not always kept these objects in view and contributed steadily and largely to their advance ment during the period in which it has had control of city affairs. During these years every material and moral interest of the city has been strengthened, protected and developed, and if they have suffered burden or detriment from any quarter it has not been from the Republican party. Therefore, we say it comes before tho people with clean hands and strong. claims. The Republican platform in the present election represents the spirit of genuine progress and true reform. It will bear re-reading: Tho Republicans of the city of Indianapolis, in convention assembled, declare in favor of an honest and vigorous enforcement of the laws and a wise economy in the management of city aftairs. We are opposed to the granting of franchises to any person, company or corporation without just remuneration to the city, and then only for a limited number of years. We favor such legislation by the General Assembly as will authorize the Maor to" appoint a non-partisan board of public works. We favor a refunding of the bonded indebtedness of the city at the earliest practicable time and at the lowest possible rate of interest. Wo believe that street improvements. lighting and car service should bo according to the best methods, having due regard to the growth and revenues of the city, We are in favor of such system of public improvements as will protect the citizens from the dangers necessarily resulting from the crossing of the numerous railroad tracks iu the city. We heartily indorse the increase of the annual saloon tax to $2U), and are unalterably opposed to any rednction of the same. The only answer the Democracy could make to this declaration of principles in municipal government was to assert that it was utterly insincere, and then to imitate it as closely as they dared, only ig-. noring the saloon tax. It is the most sensible platform ever adopted in a municipal campaign, and the record of the party in tho matter of keeping faith with the people is sufficient guaranty that, if successful in the election, every part of it will be adhered to. On this platform the Republicans present candidates who, if not all of equal excellence, are each and all more worthy of support than their opponents, with the added merit of representing a political following which is a pledge of progress and reform, instead of corruption and misrule. Gen. John Coburn, who heads the ticket, is a native-born Indianapolitan, a life-long resident of tho city, identified with its whole history, a large factor in its development, widely known as a soldier, jurist, statesman, orator and honorable, public-spirited citizen. Tho people of Indiana would honor themselves if they elected him Governor; those of Indianapolis will do themselves grea discredit if they do not elect him Mayor. Mr. George A. Taffe, candidate for city clerk, is as worthy of that office as Gen. Coburn is of the other, and as sure to give satisfaction if elected. With councilmanic and aldermanic candidates fully worthy, in the main, to bo associated with these, the Republicans are in a position to deserve and expect success. THE FIFTH WABD CANDIDATES. The News was mainly instrumental in bringing out Major Irvin Robbins as an independent candidate for Councilman in the Fifth ward, the object being to defeat Mr. Pearson. It has had much to eay recently in praise of Major Robbins and in demonstration of his eminent fitness for the Council. It was not always thus. Major Robbins was the first superintendent of police under the metropolitan bill. He was appointed in the spring of 18S3, and to say that his administration was not a success would be putting it very mildly. In fact, it was a dismal failure so much so that after incurring the censure of all parties and all interests, Major Robbins, after a service of only a few months, resigned. On tho 8th of November, 1883, the News said editorially: The Superintendent of the Metropolitan Foliceispell it all with capital) announces, with a torrent of blasphemy and much pounding of the table with his fists: "If a aloon-keeper dou't do exactly what I tell him to I'll shut him up." And literally, with damnable iteration, he said: "1 have thexu completely in my power, and don't

you forget it." Well, now. if ho has the saloon men so completely in his power why doesn't he compel them to obey the lawf Oat of his own mouth he is condemned. He certifies to the possession of the ability to enforce the law, yet he doesn't do it. On the contrary, possessing this power, he specially permits lawr breaking. The valiant superintendent is estopped in tho future from ever pleading that he can't enforce the law. In ono word he has passed upon the whole case. We hereby notify the Police Commissioners that they have a police superintendent who can enfore the law perfectly. We want to see what they will do about it. Thus it appears that when Major Robbins was holding the only public office he ever held the News not only censured Lira, but condemned him as virtually an ally of law-breakers. Possessing the power to enforce the law, it said, he specifically . permits law-breaking." A little later, when Major Robbins resigned, the News said editorially: With the advent of a new superintendent the police board will have a good chance

to begin a definite policy. Two years ago the News indorsed Mr. 'Pearson in very strong terms. A good many people would like to know by what show of reason it now indorses the man whom it condemned six years ago as an ally of law-breakers, and now denounces the man whom two years ago it indorsed as an excellent Councilman and entirely worthy of re-election. WHAT HISTORY SHOWS. When things are equal, votes, of course, will go with the party. While the Democrats may in some cases present a better man for the city legislature than the Republicans, we are clear in the feeling and Judgment that it will not do to give the Democrats control of that body, for when they have control all history shows that it is their worst element, and not their best, which rules. Indianapolis News. The above is from an editorial in the Newsrof Oct. 6, 1883. This was just before the city election. The opposing candidates for Mayor were Mr. McMaster, Republican, and Mr. Schmuck, Democrat. The attitude of tho . two parties and the issues involved were not materially different then from ; what they are now. Tho Republicans stood then, as . now, for the enforcement of law, for the expulsion of tho saloon influence from city, politics, and for good government generally. Mr. McMaster represented these ideas as Colmrn does now, and was outspoken in support of them. Mr. Schmuck had been nominated by . the Democrats because it was thought he could get the solid saloon vote and hold that of the better element of the Democratic party. Near the close of tho campaign the News came out on the Repub lican side, and the above quotation is from one of its editorials. It fits tho present case as well as it did the one for which it was writteu. The News is now supporting the Democratic candi date for Mayor and some Democratic candidates for councilmeu on the ground of "reform." The effect of its advocacy would be to give the Democracy control of the municipal legislature. "We are clear in the feeling and judgment that it will not do to give the Democrats con trol of that body, for, when they have .control, all history shows that it is their worst clement and not their best which rules." In the language of a Republican statesman, "this is the God's truth about the whole business." TWO YEARS AGO AND NOW. " Two years ago, when Mayor Denny was a candidate for re-election, and, when Messrs. Pearson and Coy were candi-: dates for the Council, as they are now. in their respective wards, the Journal had the assistance of the News iu fighting Coyism. Then, as now, the Liquor League was the mainstay of the Democratic party, and the saloons were de pended on to furnish money as well as votes. Denny represented tho opposition to Coyism, as Coburn does now. The following quotations from the edi torial page of the News during that campaign show where it stood then: ; Vote for Denny. Vote for law and order, vote for Denny. Coyism must go. The Liquor League and its allies hope to rule this town. The suppression of Coyism in the coming election is ox unpreceaenieu importance to this city. If Covism is rebuked bv a thnronirh rU feat in ihe coming election it will be some what discouraged. The bane of Covism is not merely its com mission of evil, but its inspiration to evil. In killing Coyism yon kill the egg from which the whole ugly brood is hatched. Every one who has tho prosperity and good growth of Indianapolis at heart, thev who pay the taxes, and by the fruit of whose industry citizenship here is made attractive, should vote to "down" tho Coy gang. The mainspring of all this deviltry is drink, and the drink-tratbc is behind Coy ism, supplying it with the "sinews of war.' ibis means corruption. Coyism has one prominent feature worthy of special note the Liquor League. This is the combine of liquor-sellers and makers to furnish funds for Covism. The purpose is in the triumph of Coyism to secure im munity from punishment for the violation of the liquor laws. Oct. 12, 1887, after the election: It was a glorious victory. But there ; is more in it than cause for hilarity s acclaim. It is a victory that has brought with it quiet thanksgiving as well. It is a comfort able thing for home reflection as well as public . expression. It si a token that industry's thrift is to be conserved bv economy and purity in public ati'airs; that obedience to law is the word. It means that in Indianapolis the elements of law and order have a wholesome and un shakable grip on its ordering and preservation. This was the hmgeon which the elec tion turned. It was not a matterof politics. That Republican candidates triumphed was because they made their cause the cause of decency and order, and not of politics. All this was true two years ago, and is just as true now. Coy and Coyism are here again. The alliance between tho Democracy and the whisky power is as notorious now as it was two years ngo. Tho Republican party and candidates represent the cause of law and order as distinctly now as they did in 1887. There is no material change in the situation, except that tho News has faced to tho rear. We have always said that the vcrv im provement of the negroes' condition social ly makes worse the prospect ofqnieting aown xnai nurnins question, naturally, the more they get the more they want, and the more they will have, too. The only logical position was to keep them slaves. Once citizens they have as good right, as. anybody to ride in your Pullman, or sit in your theater or restaurant, sleep in your hotel or church, or live in your street or block. Lack cf money is all that intervenes at present, and that will not always. No, this paragraph is not from an obacuro Bourbon weekly of Mississippi or Louisiana. Even their sentiment has either progressed beyond that point, or if the people do think the negroes should have been kept in slavery they have tod

much common sense to flaunt the opin

ion in their newspapers. The paragraph is taken from tho editorial columns of the Boston Transcript, and more's the pity for New England civilization that such unchristian ideas should rind expression in its greatest city. , Southerners and sympathizers with. the white supremacy idea continue to una. uuuui u;e uuvisaoiiiiy oi scnumg. the neerroes North or YS est, or any where out of the Southern States, where they were born. In the meantime, Mr. Negro, like old Br'er Rabbit, "ho lay low and aint 6ayin" nothinV He re members what the "superior" white man seems to forget, namely, that he is a free man and a citizen, and cannot be compelled to go anywhere against his will. He does not see why the white man shouldn't go if he doesn't like his company. No one pretends that President Harrison has personallv interfered to prevent the en forcement of the civil-service statute. Philadelphia Record (Dem). The Record may expect the mugwump organs, including the one edited by George William Curtis, to "jump on" it for making this statement. The idea which these organs wish to couveyto the public is that President Harrison is actively and continually engaged in hunting out Democratic office-holders and turning them out because they are Democrats, and in advising the heads of the various departments to do the same. The working men. of the Eighteenth ward have an opportunity to put one of their number, an honest, intelligent, reputable man; into tho City Council as their representative. It can hardly bo possible that any Democrat among them can be so unreasonably partisan as to vote for an ex-convict instead, simply because he is of their party. Countv government furnishes a consid erable item in the total expense of government. During the year 1888 the salaries of county officers in this State, other than county superintendents, aggregated $478,8(54; tho cost of grand and petit jurors and bailiffs was $335,949; cost of coroners' in quests, $21,895; cost of enumerating, asses sing and appraising, $190,143; cost of roadviewing and' surveying, 45.103; cost of county superintendents and institutes, 107.227; cost of county criminals and pris oners, $141,506; cost of county poor, $771.44C; books and stationery, $144,886. and so on. The grand total of county expenditures in the State was $7,003,645. The expenses of Marion county were $234,013. This ought to be a fine field for retrenchment. PnoBAnLY few persons are aware of the extent of tho dairy interest of Indiana. It exceeds in value that of the hog product, and is about twice that of thebeef product. In 1888, the value of our beef product was $10,823,850; that of the hog product, $20.5?2,100; that of the dairy product, $21,335,707. The latter figures do not show tho amount of butter and cream consumed at the farmer's home,4ut simply tho amount marketed. In 1888 the milk product of the State aggregated 143.238,050 gallons; butter, 31,231,415 pounds, and cheese, 482,745 pounds. Within the last few years several large creameries have been established for the manufacture of butter and cheese, and these have given a considerable impetus to the dairy business. " The Philadelphia recorder of deeds has struck a bonanza. Ho has unearthed an act of the State Legislature of 1885, which requires the recorder to sign in the record all the deeds recorded during the terms of his predecessors, and receive therefor a fee of 10 cents for each signature. It has not been the custom in that county to do this, and the official has the job of signing all the recorded deeds and mortgages back to the time of William Penn. The papers ore raising a howl oyer this unnecessary legislation and drain upon the treasury; hut howling does not repeal the law, and the recorder will probably devote himself industriously to signing until the Legislature meets. That the Indiana idea is estimated at its full value in the East, as well as the West and Northwest, is indicated by the circum stance that prominence is given in Penn sylvania papers to the fact that the father of one of the leading Republican candi dates for the gubernatorial nomination was once a resident of Indiana. The candidate himself was not born here, but it seems to be considered that he inherits political good luck because his father was an Indiana man. Very likely the notion is correct. The Hoosier not only gets there himself, but is a mascot in helping others to get there. The father referred to was Silas Lee, who, in the early days of Indian apolis, studied law with Oliver H. Smith. Labor circles in Philadelphia are agitated over the fact that Mrs. Leonora Barry, the labor leader who went abroad as a delegate with the Scripps League, is registered at a hotel in that city as "Mrs. Barry, Paris." Some indignant workmgmen and women go so far as to declare that this act, by which she seems to set herself above her toiling sisterhood, dethrones her forever as an idol in their hearts. It seems to huxe taken very little to turn Mrs. Barry's head. The mean temporature in this city, during the month of October, 18S8, was 48.5 degrees, and that of Oct. 6, one year ago yesterday, was 53 degrees. The warmest October in eighteen years was that of 1879, when the average temperature of the month was 62.3 degrees. Last October showed the lowest average temperature of any October in eighteen years, the average temperature generally ranging from 50 to 55 degrees. It is astonishing that the people of Indianapolis should permit the existence of seventeen toll-roads in Marion county, when tho law provides an easy method of making them free. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Crazed by religious enthusiasm. Miss Harriet Bartlett. of Pittston. Pa., climbed the tallest trees in her efforts to get nearer heaven. It is stated on excellent authority that Mr. Kennan's papers on Siberia in the Century have been read by the Czar with what result remains to be seen. A copy of Jay Gould's book The History of Delaware County, New York" recently sold in the metropolis for $40. Only about a dozen copies of it are still extant Tub Boston Transcript gravely advises its readers not to pick np horse chestnuts in the street and pocket them. They may be horse chestnuts that somebody else has loaded all up with rheumatism and thrown away. The engagement of ex-Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard to Miss Clynier, of Washington," which has been variously relortrd and denied for several mouths past, las jnst been formally announced by both of the persons concerned, and the marriage will occur this autumn. Miss Clyiner is a lady of great intelligence, charm and many

accomplishments, and her family has for nearly a century been notable in the social circles of Pensylvania and the national capital. When Wilkie Collins was presented to President Grant, two gentlemen made a bet that Grant had never: read one ' of Collins's works. As soon as the President met the novelist, he told him that he had read allpf his works, and thought that "No Name" was the best. The Conde d'Eu. heir to the Brazilian throne, said in a speech "at Pernambuco, the other day, that the imperial family desired only the prosperity of Brazil, and that when the people signified by their votes that their presence retarded the progress of the country, they would retire. This was in reply to certain recent Republican manifestoes. The late Mrs.. Polly Bruce, of Leavenworth, Kan., was . born a slave in lS04,'at Charlotte, Va., and enjoyed perfect health until two years ago, when she was stricken with paralysis, from which 6he never recovered. She had . ten children, of whom nine aro vet living. Tho best known of them is the Hon. Blanche K. Bruce, formerly United States Senator. The wife of the lato S. S. Cox was his inseparable companion; she shared all his plans and made his life her own. Mr. and Mrs. Cox were not only a devoted couple, but she was. like a partner to him in his business, sharing his coutidence in everything. Mr. Cox has left the MS. of an unfinished book which he intended to be his life work. He wrote the most of it at his desk in Congress, where the scene is laid. The Rt. Rev. John Williams, presiding bishop of the Episcopal House of Bishops, is called "the grand old man" by those who know him. He is one of the most impressive men in the country physically, and1 looks ten years younger than he really is. Bishop Williams is a great raconteur, and his stories are famous both in this country and in England. He has known the leading men of America and Great Britain for fifty years past, and his collection of personal anecdotes would make an interesting volume. ; - - It has been a matter of speculation to many how the term "uncle chanced to be associated with the pawnbroker's shop. A recent reference in "Notes and QnerieR,, states that it is a pun on tho Latin uncus, a hook. Pawnbrokers at one time employed

a nooK to mt the articles taken to them. In the seventeenth century a usurer was called "my uncle," in the Wallon provinces, because of his near connection with spendthrifts, which in Latin are 'nepotes." nephews. In French the man in charge of a prison is called ,uucle" because the prisoners are "kept there in pawn" by the government. Among the papers of the lato JohnW. Forney, says tho Philadelphia Press, was found the other day a letter from B. B. French, under date Washington, May 28, 1865. which gave fac-similes of some notes written by President Lincoln relative to his domestic affairs. Ono, sent to Mrs. Lincoln ou the oilicial paper of tho executive mansion, was: "Mother Please put somebody at work now on Tad's room. A. L." To this Mrs. Lincoln added a note to Mr. French, then Commissioner of Public Buildings, saying: "Please give Tad a board and some plank. Mrs. Lincoln." A card written by the President to Mr. French on Nov. 9, 1864. said: "If Commissioner of Public Buildings chooses to give laborers at White House a holiday I have no objection. A. Lincoln." The proposed "holiday" was to be given after tho ro-electiou of President Lincoln. Cardinal Manning's habits of life are said to be conducted with a regularity that rivals the exactness of a railway timetable. His chief meal is in tho middle of the day, when he takes one chop,' but the principal articles in his dietary come from a little farm he has in the country, whenco he receives milk, cream, butter, and most of hisfruit and vegetables. The Cardinal's faculties and sympathies, are not . in the least dulled by age, and his memory is remarkable. His library is crowded with books, not only the walls being concealed by laden shelves, but even the middle of the room is so taken, up with book-cases that there is barely space to pass between them. The Cardinal knows the whereabouts of every volume, and can lay his hand on any book he wants at a moment' notice. The apartment is his workshop and living-room, and. owing to his decreased vitality, he usually has a blazing fire here, no matter what the season. His labors among the dockers during the strike were a great strain upon his strength, and he could hardly have borne the burden of mediator much longer. " : ; Dakota's choice, we're glad to hear, Has fallen on the town of Pierre. Although we never have been there We hail her capital of Pierre, And in frank compliment we greet her Upon the fame in store for 1'ierre. Philadelphia Times. COMMENT AND OPINION. Z. .. TnE Republican majority in Congress will be increased in a block of five from the new States. Milwaukee Sentinel. All America should be one neighborhood, with ample facilities for interchange of trade and hospitality by all the neighbors. Chicago Inter Ocean. A voice from the four new States: "Mr. Chairman, as long as the Republicans have done what they have done, I move that the vote be made unanimous. Baltimore American. , Mkn born and reared under republican conditions acquire the power to deal successfully with political a Hairs in the very nature of. things. They know what to do and how to do it by a sort of instinct which distinguishes them from men who live in other countries. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Southern mind on the negro question adheres consistently to the idea that the negro should be counted fully nnd fairly on the census-books, but on the pollbooks should be counted not at all, or as nearly so as possible. He is desired for purposes of representation, but not for voting purposes. Louisville Commercial. The regulation of the liquor traffic ought to be a matter of legislation by representatives of the people, because its effective enforcement will at all times depend upon the prevailing sentiment. Nothing can be gained, and much may be lost, by embodying it in the Constitution instead of leaving it to legislative action. New York Times. It is for tire federal government to adopt such measures as shall secure a just and fair representation in Congress from all sections of the country, and it is for those who are still clinging to tbe Calhoun idea of State supremacy yet to learn that the federal government has the right and the power to enforce this demand. Detroit Tribune. ... , We believe that civil-service reform has come to stay, and that it is gaining ground in spite of everything, but the partisanship of Mr. Curtis and other professed leaders of the cause, as shown on the one hand by their adulation of President Cleveland, and on the other by their swift denunciation of President Harrison, is an influence which retards rather thau promotes the reform. Boston Journal. Me. Crims "and those who stand with him destroyed their inliueuce with the vast majority of sincere friends of civil-service reform by upholding President' Cleveland, in spite of his hypocrisy and his prostitution of the service to political and personal ends. After that test of his sincerity, true friends of reform concluded that they wanted no more of the kind of reform Mr. Curtis approved. New York Tribune. The effect upon the country at large of George William Curtis' criticism of tho President's civil-service reform policy is not what that gentleman evidently expected. With rare exceptions, the independent papers conclude that some of his strictures were severe. This, from them, is significant. Still another sign of ennal importance is that the independent Republicans of this city condemn tho spirit of the address. On this question certainly they are as earnest as Mr. Curtis. In short, Mr. Curtis overshot the mark. Philadelphia Inquirer. Postal Complications. .' lioston Transcript Postal clerks say that when North and South Dakota become States in the official sense of the term, the abreviations N. D. and S. D. are going to lead to no end of confusion with X. C.and.S. C. Already careless people who do not put 1). C. ou letters for the national capital run some risk of having them go to the Htatc of Washington. If there were only a- town of Wash

ington in a county of Washington, tb confusion would be complete. As it is. Washington nomenclature abounds in names sugiTcstlve of garghuir, whas Walla walla. allawnlla county, and Puyallnp. INDIANA'S IMrOKTANCj; RXURCED. It Is Bound to Be the Chief TUtUe-Ground In the Presidential .StraggleA Hereafter. Brooklyn Easle. Is tho scepter of political power passing away from New YorkT That is a question which will, in view of the results in the new States ou Tnesday last, invite tho attention of ail students of politics. The returns of the balloting show that fcouth Dakota, North Dakota and Washington are pronounced in their Republican preferences. Montana, energetically claim rd by both parties, is in doubt, with probabilities in favor of tht Democrats. Ii it joins the Republican column the outcome will be a victory for that party, of which the signiticancecau hardly be overestimated. t?nccess in the four commonwealths which have iust made their entrance into the federal Lnion would foreshadow, the. transfer of a controlling voice m the electoral college to tho vast empire beyond the Alleghenies. Under the present congressional and electoral apportionment it would mean that tho next contest for the presidency is to bo fought along new lines, and that it is destined to become a struggle of unparalleled bitterness. Ample demonstration cf the truth of thisi statement will bo apparent from a glance at tho ligurrs. In tho Electoral College ns at present constituted there are 401 votes. Of thews 201 are a constitutional majority. The verdict rendered at the polls last November gave the subjoined division of the voting forces between the great national parties: REPUBLICAN. I DEMOCRATIC. California. Alabama 10 Colorado 3: Arkansas..... 7 Illinois. 22 Connecticut... t. Indiana. ir Delaware. 3 Iowa. 13 Florida 4 Kansas iV(Jeorgia 12 Maine. 6 Kentucky. i:t

juassaeuuseus l-r Louisiana Michigan 13'MaryIand. H 1 i; o n o 22 13 Minnesota. , Nebraska , Nevada New Hampshire New York....... Ohio , Orepon , Pennsylvania.... Khode Island.... Vermont ......... M isalssippl.. ........ 5. Missouri . 3. New Jersey..-.. 4 North Carolina 3(v South Carolina 23!Tennesee UiTexas. 30: Virginia 4 iWtst Virginia 6 4 Yt1C0UStn 11 IBS 233 ICS Republican maj... 63 To the foregoing are now added tho repre sentation of electors for the new States: South Dakota 4 1 Washington. 3 North Dakota. 3 Montana 3 TotaL I.. 13 With the addition of 13 rotes the aceregate in the Electoral College will be 4U. Of this total tho party which prevails must secure 208. Assuming tho ability of the Republicans to hold Indiana, they could afiord to dispense with the 36 votes of New lork. Without rew lork they would havo 210 votes, or a majority of 2. But if they should lose Montana the electoral vote, conceding New York to tho Democrats and retaining in their quota the States which voted for Mr. vleveland, would be a tie. It will thus be seen that Indiana has bocomn of enlarged importance as a decisive factor in, the struggle for national supremacy. THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. It Was Reorganized for the Good of the Servlcf, as the Present Efficiency Shows. Philadelphia Tress. The National Civil-service Association says, in tho resolution passed yesterday, that in the railway mail service t no present administration delayed putting the 6ervico under the civil-service law so as to sweep out of the railway mail service hundreds of employes regardless of efficiency, and into the vacancies were hurried hundreds of partisans of tho administration, withbut a subordinate regard to their titness." . There is no evidence for this assertion, and we do not believe any will ever bo presented which will satisfy candid men. The railway mail service, up to the time President Cleveland began its demoralization, was one of tho best in the country, public or private, federal. State, local or business. Organized by Mr. Bancs, to whoso - ability and public spirit every man who uses tho postotiice is a debtor, promotion .was by merit and politics excluded. President Cleveland made a clean sweep in tho mail cars. As the New York Times admits, in four years the service was made over. The new appointments, practically equaled its roster. The service was utterly demoralized. We venture to say that thero is not a man or woman called to any frequent and constant use of tho postoffico who did not feel the change in the handling of railway mails, and whose convenience and business was not hindered by tho blunders of Cleveland's new appointees. The country rang with the evil. The mismanagement of a single office can be hid. but when men ripo in politics and raw on way bills were set at the mails on the great trunk lines their blunders were plain to all. When Mr. John Wananiaker becaino Postmaster-general he put a trained railroad man at its head, Mr. A. Lowrie Bell. Mr. Bell needed no introduction then, and he needs no apology now. lie set to work to right matters, and the only way to do it was to turn out the new men and put back tho old. This has been done.? There has been no politics in it. Why tionld there bet Mr. Bell is no more of a politician than Mr. Curtis, and a good deal less than Mr. Schnrz. He has a reputation to make and increase, and he has done it in the railway mail service as he would in a railroad by dropping poor men and getting good ones. Individually we have a high respect for the truthfulness oi the National Civil-service Association. Collectively,, in dealing with the railway mail service, they were as ecouomical of tho truth as they were prodigal of blame. M,m TILE NEGRO IN THE SOUTH. Ex-Senator Bruce Paints a Dark Picture of the Condition of Ills Race. WasMngton Special to New York Press. Ex-Senator B. K. Bruce, who has just returned from Mississippi, is very much discouraged over the condition of his race in the Southern States. To-day he said: T had not visited my State before for several years. I naturally expected to rind, on my return there, that tho colored people w ere advancing as rapidly as they were when 1 left to come to the Senate. I was sadly mistaken. Their condition is pitiable in the extreme. The people of the North never hear of one-half of the Southern outrages, and those they do read of are always falsely presented. There is nothing left for the colored people of the South to do but to scatter. The West is a great and prosperous portion of our couutry, and thousands upon thousands of colored pcoplo could find employment there at fair wares. The white people would, of course, object to their laborers taking their leave.. Really, though, why should they? Leading men oi that section have recently expressed themselves in favor of having the negroes sent out of the South, but they would object and do all in their power to prevent anything like an organized emigration movement. Things cannot go on much longer as thej are. I hope for the best, but it is a fact that the South is rushing like a whirlwind to sure disaster. While in Mississippi I was constantly advising my peoplo to be patient, and promised them that the Christian element of the white people of this country will see that they havo justice. The old people are patient, bnt the young men are not so. Many of them are being killed, and life is ko uncertain that they do not care for their future. 1 hope they will leave the South. This may end tho trouble." French Women's Comely Heads. Mrs. narry. In Philadelphia Press. Most of the women who go out to service of any kind in Paris go bareheaded, and, as a consequence, great attention is paid to dressing the hair neatly. 1 did not see a frowzy -headed or tilthy woman while in Paris. I sa w but one garbage picker, and her hair was done up in curl paper. . , The Reason of Ills lintnptlonnet. , Nebraska JoaroAi. sions. They Seem Amply Satined. Chicago Journal. ; ' , Election returns from the new Statesdon't indicate that President Harrison's administration has knocked the. K publican party into smithereens, as the Democrats b.ivo been claiming it would. , : -

What privato Dalzell was so mad about and was corresponding with everybody for. from tho President down, was his failure to b appointed Deputy Commissioner of Pen