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Kemfcle. 3735 Lancaster avenue, CHICAGO Palmer House. CIKCINNATI-J. P. Hawley & Co, 154 Vine street. LOTJISVILTn C. T. Deertng, northwest corner TD.ua ana Jenerson sueeia. tiT T AT'TQ TTnlnn Vavi rVrniTMtnv. ITnlon DeDOK an Southern lioteL ' . WASHINGTON, D. C. RijrfcS House and Ebbitt lloase. V - If the Republican party could be taught to Toto the Republican ticket on off years, it would be the ideal.party. .That is aH that it now ldcks. The St. Louis Republic seems aqxious to be recognized as the champion liar in regard , to Vice-President Morton's alleged connection with an alleged bar. Two or three weeks hence it will dawn upon the Democratic editor that be made too loud a shout over the half-and-half victories of last Tuesday. But he had no other consolation. The Francis Murphy plan is the best one, and in fact the only method to get rid of intemperance. Example, precept, hqme influence, are more potent than-a law which has hanging severity. Mr. Campbell run on a Mills-bill platform, and now expresses himself in favor of a "sensible, business-liko revision of the tariff." It would be interesting to know whether or not ho considers tho Mills bill "sensible and business-like." The death of Col. W. C. Goodloc, which occurred yesterday, is probably the roost appropriate finale of the recent bloody duel at Lexington. The death of both participants fitly closes one of the most shocking and disgraceful tragedies of recent times. The St. Louis Republic says the' Goodloe-Swope tragedy is a result of the course pursued by President Harrison. The great editor should bo honest with his readers and tell them what he believes tho real cause of that double killing, and when ho does so he will announce that the responsibility must be placed upon tho "robber tariff. " - The political Prohibitionists in Massachusetts polled a little over 13,000 votes, f dr which tho managers expended, it is eaid, $23,000. Some of the crowd went over to the Democracy and voted for its candidate for Governor, who is n loud champion of license, s& much in earnest were they to defeat tho Republican ticket. Tho political Prohibitionist is the tarantula of politics. Greenbackeus and others who argue that a government can make something out of nothing, that its simple command will make money pass for its full value, can find an interesting job just now in explaining tho depreciated currency of the Argentine Republic. They should bear in mind, however, that "H is a condition, not a theory' that now confronts the Argentine government. TnE proper way for Postmaster-general Wanamakcr to settle tho trouble in' the Kentucky town whose Democratic citizens blew ud therjostofflco with dvna- - - mito by way of showing their joy over the recent elections and their contempt for the Republican postmaster, is to abolish tho office. Tho rest of tho world, win do as wen on it x)eoPIe ot tpat caliber of intelligence aro cut oft from immediate communication with it. There is certainly food for reflection in the claim that the votes of railroad employes were a large factor in the Iowa i rrt .... k revulsion, ne ousiness oi restricting corporate greed is a good thing, but, I like many other good things, it becomes a bad thing when carried too far. Rail roads arc not an unmixed evil. On the rnntrarv. thpv havo Vippn nnwnrfnl factors in "tho winning of tho West," and are at least entitled to existence. Montana is now in the Union for good by virtue of a formal presidential proclamation. Let n a hope tuat in her new political estate her history will not he marred and blotted with the record of further attempted stealings of legislative majorities. Philadelphia Record (Dem.) Don't worry, dear friend. The Republicans have just circumvented one Democratic attempt in that direction, and are not likely to bo less watchful in future. There may be ''attempted stealings," for the Democratic passion is strong, but there will be no stealings. ( Mr. M. M. Ham, of Dubuque, la., is one of the Democratic bosses of that State. After the recent election cxPresident Cleveland telegraphed him that "the people of Iowa are especially to be congratulated on their victory over prejudico and superstition." Mr. Cleveland has given many evidences of his political arrogauce and overweening bumptiousness, but this cap? all. Considering the character of tho people of Iowa, of tho respective party organizations in that State, and of tho main issue in the recent election, the message is a studied insult not only to the best people of that State, but to hundreds of thousands of good people in other Statefi. In stigmatizing the principles of the Iowa' Republicans as a combination of "prejudice and superstition," Mr. Cleveland thows a degree of political in

tolerance and disregard of ordinary courtesy not often encountered even among vulgar partisans of the baser sort. Of course he' sees no "ignorance and superstition" among the allied forces of the Liquor League, the distilleries, tho saloons and the criminal classes in Iowa, or tho conglomerated mass of illiteracy and lawlessness that rallied under the flag of Tammany in New York.

CBITICISINO THE ADMINISTRATION". Dr. J. C. Ridpath, long known as a decided Republican, and for many years vice-president of DePanw University, is reported as expressing. the opinion that "the failure of the President to call a special session of Congress and to deal resolutely and practically with the question of revenue reform had considerable to do with the result of- the late elections. From another quarter the Journal is assured that the failure of the administration to inaugurate a more liberal pension policy has' caused great dissatisfaction among old soldiers. Dr. Ridpath is also of the opinion that the President's enforcement of the'civil-servico law has not been sufficiently vigorous, while another and large class of Republicans are criticising him for enforcing it to the extent that he has, and are denouncing the law in unmeasured terms. These criticisms represent diverse views, and show how difficult it is for a President to satisfy all interests, all classes, all views, and his own oath and conscience at the same time. The Journal is of opinion that these and other similar criticisms of the President are largely premature and unjust. Those who insist that an extra session of Congress should have been called to consider tariff reform, pension legislation or any other subject, forget that tho Republican- majority in th Houso was too small to justify any attempt at im portant legislation until after tho elec-I tionof members from the new States, and then it was too late for an extra session. .The question of air extra session was considered in all its aspects during several weeks of careful deliberation, in which the President conferred with prominent Republicans and practical politicians from all parts of the country, and the result was a decision against an extra session. Something must be left to the wisdom and judgment of the President and his advisers in such matters. An extra session of Congress involves large expense to tho people, and they have never been regarded with favor except in case of public danger or imperative necessity. The present demand for tariff reform or for pension legislation is not of this character. There is nothing in either of these questions, or in any other now before the country, that may not safely await the regular session and action of Congress. These and similar criticisms of the administration seem premature and unreasonable. The administration is still in its infancy. It is not yet nine months since President Harrison took the oath of office. He has not even sent in his first annual message. The most exacting critic might at least await that event before finding fault with his supposed policy or lack of policy. If his first annual message does not show him to be in full accord with the best Republican sentiment of the country on nil questions of national concern, and keenly alive to ihe necessity for wise and progressive .legislation, it will be time enough then for Republicans to criticise the administration. At present they cannot do it fairly or intelligently. ' THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT SYSTEM. As tho Australian ballot system will soon be in' operation in this State it is gratifying to learn that it worked well in Massachusetts. In fact, this hardly measures tho universalsatisfaction expressed with the operation of the law in the recent election. Tho comparative ease with which the new system was inaugurated in Massachusetts was largely due to tho popular instruction regarding the provisions of the law, and this is a matter that should be looked to in this State as .well. A good beginning has been made in this direction by the publication of a very largo edition of tho law for distribution by counties, but this should be supplemented in due season by newspaper work, and, perhaps, by committee work. Tho better the people are informed as to the provisions of tho law tho less the friction will bo on its first operation, and the more satisfactory the results. From its operation in Massachusetts it is evident that the law will largely dispense with" the election-day services of ward workers and political hustlers of both parties. Ticket peddling will bo done away with, all tickets being printed by tho State and furnished only by the election oflicers. All buttonholing and personal solicitation of votes near tho polls will bo at an end. In short, taken in connection with tho new State law relative to hiring carriages, etc., about all tho old methods of electioneering on election day will be done away with. Tho expenses of candidates, even for purposes heretofore considered legitimate, as printing tickets, hiring wagons and drivers, etc., will also be abolished, and while tho cost of elections will bo considerably increased, to the State, it will be greatly reduced to the individual. All these changes will tend to reduce the importance of tho election-day hustler and ward worker, and in tho same proportion to diminish his "claims" for political reward. These will be valuablo gains for honest politics. OPPOSING POPULAR GOVERNMENT. The Sentinel and News oppose the 1 decision of the SuDremo Court nn 1 ast tho crronnd that it cives the neonle rmwnr to T" - r . m ' f r v. a vr elect certain officers who have heretolore been elected oy tne legislature nnnointpd hv the Governor. Dmihts : or are ernresspd as to the abilitv of th pie f - -r X to make a wise choice of such officers as fctate ueoiogist ana state statistician, and it is gravely added that the State ticket wul be much Jengtnened and labor of counting ballots greatly the iu- , as creased. The argument from inconvenience used ncrainst uomilar trovernmnit. is - K ' ' y w w believe, entirely uew. It is fcoinetiiucs we

good in the case of a doubtful statute, but is entitled to , no weight as against tho rights of the people. It ia not for courts or legislatures to decide whether it is convenient or riot for the people to exercise the powers of popular sovereignty. According to this theory tho most convenient ticket, and the one most easily counted would be the shortest, and the people might be entirely relieved from all labor, trouble and responsibility in the matter of elections by vesting the appointment of all officers in the hands of the Legislature, and making the latter a self-perpetuating oody. The argument that the people cannot' properly be intrusted with the filling of offices which require technical qualitica-. tions is equally undemocratic audi opposed to tho idea of popular government. The modem growth of political science has been away from that idea, and nothing in the history ot popular government in this country justifies it. Experience proves that the people aro equal to the intelligent performance of any political duty devolved on them. If they can make wise selections of the highest offices of tjje government, State and national, they can be trusted with the choice ' of minor ones. The i argument from inconvenience Js frivolous, tho argument against the capacity -of the people is undemocratic, and both are exceedingly weak.

The New York Sun comes to the defense of the Democratic party against collcgQ presidents. Dr. McCosh, of Princeton, says ho is a Republican, because the Democratic party "is in intimate alliance with the rum power,", while Dr. Eliot has joined the Democracy because it is a free-trade party. Whereupon the un says: . So it appears that neither Dr. McCosh nor Dr. Eliot knows anything about the Democratic party. About collego "compartments" and metaphysics Dr. McCosh is an authority. Dr. Eliot knows what he is talking about when he talks about the eclectic system in the German universities. But wheu Dr. McCosh and Dr. Eliot talk politics, they talk, with the highest respect to their hiph titles to respect, stuff and nousense. The Democratic party is no more a rum party than it is a free-trade party. The Sun is right in saying the Democratic party is no more arum party than it is a free-trade party. It is both. Dr. McCosh was right in calling it a rum party, and Dr. Eliot in recognizing it as the party of free trade. The mistake the latter made was in assuming to decide by collegiate rules and abstract reasoning that the policy of protection is injurious and that of free trade desirable, when facts, figures and experience furnish overwhelming proof to the contrary. . Dr. Eliot is a competent judge of the tendencies of the Democratic party, but he has shown himself a very poor judge ofthe tendencies of free trade. Heisi: is a bit of labor news which is refreshing by reason of its novelty: The wages of the employes of all the iron furnaces in tho Mahoning valley have been advanced 10 per cent., much to the surprise of the workmeu, who had not .asked for an increase of pay. The millennium must be near at hand. Chicago News.; Tho advance in the Mahoning valley is -simply iu line with those in the Schuylkill region, in Pittsburg, and in various other centers that havo bjeen made since the result of last November i election assured the country that tho protective policy was in no danger of being overthrown. It takes time for political causes to make their eflects visible in tho business world, but no impartial observer is likely to deny the connection between tho election of 1688 and the unexampled prosperity of 1SS9. Miss Frances Willard does not seem to have heard that Vice-president Morton's "bar" exists in imagination only .Pittsburg Chronicle. Oh, yes, she has heard it; she has oven had official notico to that effect, but, liko tho man who said the horse was 'seventeen feet high, she is determined to stick to her original statement. "Having declared that the Vice-president owns a bar, she would not make the correction for the world. The first story is so much more effective for third-party purposes. When tho truly good and professionally moral enter politics their ways are not to be distinguished from those of the unregenerate by the naked eye. Democratic legislators in Ohio will probably come high this winter. With tho competing demand for their 'votes, they will naturally put their prices up. Chairman Bi ice is said to bo willing to spend a quarter of a million in the race for Senator. John K. McLean is reported to have even a bigger bank account, though ho has not designated tho amount ho is ready to pay for a seat in tho highest legislative body in the Nation. With bo much mouey in sight, however,' tho Ohio Senator-makers are not likely to undervalue themselves. It seems a pity that tho magniheent record of the three-year-old trotter, Axtell, could not, at least, stand the season out. Viewing the long list of records lowered during the present season, turfmen are inclined to inquire, What next!" "What with the great undefeated El Rio Rey and the new wonder, Snnol. California seems to, havo fairly earned the title of ruler of the turf. Kentucky must be content with her undisputed prestige in the matter of bloody feuds and rifle practice. Mrs. Frank Leslie, in telling how she would dress if she were a man, says she would wear celluloid collars and culls. Thought as much. It is a great piece of good luck that women are not men! To the Editor ot the Indiaositolis JtmrnaL1. Aro the supervisors of census districts apIolntcd! If so. who is supervisor for southern ndiana! 2. When will tiio enumerators tc appointed or selected! 3. What qualification aro necessary to beconie an enumerator! 4. What course must a person pursue to become an enumerator! . c. m. s. EVAeVILLE, Ind. No census supervisors have been ap.poiutod yet, aud enumerators will not be appointed till next spring. For more detinite information address Hon. Robert P. Porter, Superintendent of Census, Washington, D. C. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Garkielle Greeley, the only surviving member of Horace Greeley's family, lives at Chautauqua with trusty servants, and leads almost tho life of a recluse. "What a line thing old age is!" said M. Augier not Ion$ before his death. One is surrounded with care, attention aud respect. But what a pity that it lasts so short a time!'' Among tho papers of the late Mr. Matthew Arnold a large number of poems have been found, many of which are oX such excel

lence and finish that, in the opinion of his literary exeCutors, they ought to bo giveu to the world. Abbotsford is still so popular a resort that the fees paid by tourists usually exceed 400 a year, so that it is twice as profitable to show the place as to let it, for the rent paid by Mr. Thorburn, who has taken it for five years, is only 200 a year. Tolstoi receives his guests in true apos-' tolic fashion, acting as their servant and attending to their wants himself: nor does he stop repairing the boots of the begirar folks of the neighborhood while discussing the sterner problems of life with Cabinet Ministers aud cardiuals. -t Mr. H. II. 'Boyesex, after twenty years of life in America, records the liking of our women, but he does not like their names. He prefers the sweet ana musical T horhalla, Unu. fcsigny, and Thyri, to Jennie, Mamie, Bella, and.iSusie. Ihe former were the girls he knew when he was young. That fierce Apache, Geronimo, who is confined at Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama, has learned to play the banjo. His guard has less trouble in preventing his running away than in keeping hirti from getting druuk. The savage vagabond drowns his grief in rum at every opportunity. It has just come to light since Charles Bradlaugh was taken sick, that his house has been flooded with documents, in all of which he was informed he could be saved from damnation if he would join one of the doEen church .denominations. Every tract society in Great Britain has taken a baud iu deluging the atheistic member of Parliament with religious literature General Bo ulangeu lives a curious life on the Island of Jersey. He spends his time in reading history and talking politics to his followers. Ho smokes a vast number of cigarettes, and seems inclined to disobey the commands of his physicians regarding wine. 'He is very punctilious as regards his dress, and always dons an evenlug suit for dinner. M. Zola would like to occupy Emile Augier's chair among -the Immortals. "I shall." he says, "be a candidate. The Academy has shown recently that it is no longer absolutely hostilo to new formula?. I shall conform to tho usages, make the necessary visits &nd expect a defeat Hugo, in his day, was not diminished by such a defeat. I shall not bo diminished either. To crown my career I wish to become a member of the French Academy, and if I live . long enough I shall succeed iu my desire." Edgar Saltus is a striking-looking figure in evening dress. At a recent reception in this city he wow the regulation swallowtail, a white waistcoat and a black silk tie. His trousers were creased with extreme nicety, and his small feet looked almost too delicate to tread the thorny paths of erotic literature. Ilia black mustache wastwaxed at the ends aud gave him a foreign appear-, ance. His eyes have dark shadows beneath them, as though he failed to obtain sufficient sleep. He is growing stout and is in danger of becoming a "pudgy" little man. Twas a jolly old pedagogue, lonjr ajro; Tall and slender, and hallow and dry; Bis form was btnt and his gait was slow. And his Ion?, thin hair was white as hiiow; - Hut a wonderful twinkle shone in his eye; And he sang every niht as he went to bed, "Lot ua be happy down nere lwlov; Tho livinjr should live though the dead be dead," Said the Jolly old pedagogue, long ago. Ancient Poem.'

COMMENT AND OPINION. If the Bourbons who areinclined to shout because the Solid South was not broken in the recent election will take an intelligent glance at the situation, they will be silent. So long as tho South is held solid the Democrats, can not elect a President. This is gospel. St: Louis Globe-Democrat . It should be an offense to send a boy into a tobacco store or allow 0110 to enter such a place. The boys of to-day are the timber of which future citizens must be made. The health of that timber should he protected and preserved at all hazards and from all sources of danger. Chicago Herald. v If society cannot be protected against conspiracies to raise the price of food, of clothing, of those things which sustain life, then why should life itself be protected! If monopolists are to limit the production of all that makes life comfortable why should they stop short of limiting the production of life itself f Chicago Inter Ocean. The Kcnublican party demands that no one shall be allowed to vote who ba9 not a legal right to vote; that every one who has that right shall be allowed to exercise it freely, and that in exercising it he shall be protected from coercion, menace and bribery. .To these demands the Democratic party says "No." New York Tribune. Tue Republic itself needs protection, or else the civil compact of majority rule, which lies at its very foundation, will give way to government by aniinoFity. Such an experiment as many of the Southern States are now trying is dangerous to the whole country and detrimental to the welfare of the people. New York Press. In Mr. Cleveland opinion it was free trade, or 'tariff reform," as they call it, that brought about the Democratic victories on Tuesday. But the most pronounced stand taken by the Democracy in anv State in favor of the Cleveland brand of tariff reform wa9 in Pennsylvania -and we did not catch the roar of any Democratic tidal wave in this latitude. Philadelphia Press. The attempt to suddenly reverse the in-' fluencesof heredity and to compel a man to be good by political legislation and constitutional amendments has not, thus far, yielded the good fruits that have been hoped from it. Prohibition has done some "good where it was supported by a strong popular sentiment to enforce it; where that was lacking harm rather than good has resulted. Chicago Tribune. The State Press. TnE Journal has no fears concerning the loyalty of a majority of the people to the national principles of the Republican party. Decatur Journal. Yes, it was an "ott year." and the Republicans are glad the inevitable tidal wave came when it did. At the next general election you will see the party come up smiling, slioulder to shoulder, and inarch on to a certain victory. Mishawaka Enterprise. The elections, however, were one-horse, ofl'-year affairs. Wait until the big circus begins. Then you will find the Republicans right on the fighting spot, where they will stay until the jubilant scream of the eairfe proclaims another Republican victory. Washington Gazette. There is some soreness here and there over the distribution of administration plums, and soreness breeds lukewarmnenu. There is no cause, however, to believe for a moment that there is any permanent disaffection or estrangement among Republicans. Grcensburg Review. Next year, -when the new administration has settled down to business, and the people have begun to realize how nice it is to eujoy tho fruits of real prosperity, then Indiaua will pass through the ordeal of a redhot campaign, and give the Repulicaus of the land cause for rejoicing. New" Castle Courier. The Democratic party of to-day stands out in bright relief as an agitator, as the Iurty of discontent. From Grover Cloveand, who left the office of President with a message to Congress that half excused mob law, and the United States Senator of the sam e party who appeals to the people to "hang the Carnegies." and todoaway with every man who is not a tramp or a ruffian, down to the obscure Solon of the country cross-roads, the doctrine of discontent is preached. Peru Republican. The Indiana Supreme Court Decision. Philadelphia Press. This decision is said to have caused a sensation amoug the Democratic politicians in Indiana. Jt may well have done eo. It puts an effectual bar to the unlawful schemes by which they intended to override the will of the people in that State. Through the most outrageous gerrymander ever perpetrated in this country they were able to secure a majority in both houses of the Indiana Legislature last November, although the "Mate gave a Republican majority on President, Governor and Congressmen. They used the power thus gained solely to further their partisan purposes and threatened even to withhold all appropriations of money if Governor Hovey offered any opposition to their schemes. They have met defeat, however, "where they least expected it. and they will be more than ever impressed with the inability of courts and judges to sympathize with Democratic tricks and ploU

EXPERT MEDICAL TESTIMONY. Blood Corpuscles in the Cronin and Other Cases-Difficulties That Beset Experts.

The testimony of Dr. W. 8. Belfield in the Cronin case, Saturday, as to the possibility of positively determining -that a. given specimen of dried blood is human blood or that of a dog was very guarded. ,and represents the consensus of expert opinion upon a very difficult subject. The only animal a criminal is likely to claim suspicious stains are from, whose corpuscles are nearly the same size as those of man, is the dog. Human blood disks, magnified' to 10,000 diameters, are three and one-eighth inches in diameter; those of the dog, two and fourfifths inches; of the guinea-pig, three inches. But guinea-pigs are uot likely to appear in criminal cases, while it is often claimed the blood is that of the dog. Dr. Belfield, in answer to the question whether, the microscopist can determine in every case whether "the given specimen is human blood, said: "As I understand it, science cannot 60 determine. The reason is, the corpuscles of dogs and youug puppies may approximate so closely msize to the human corpuscles! tbat no one can honestly distinguish them." Regarding dog's blood. Prof. Farmad, of Philadelphia, the leading expert in this subject since the death of Drs. J.J. Woodward .and J. G. Richardson, says, iu answer to the question "Can human blood be known from that of all domestic ani--mals,"yes, provided the guinea-pig is not included as a domestic animal, and the blood is fresh or well dried and preserved. The dog's corpusclo measures 1-uObO inch, man's 1-3200 inch in diameter. The average is taken in criminal cases from five hundred measurements, as eight or ten in one hundred are a little larger or a little smaller than the average. They may vary in size, also in disease, high fever and exhanstion diminishing tliem? slightly in diameter, and amemia and chlorosis making some of them slightly larger. It is also to be noted that a blood corpuscle attains its normal size, runs its course, shrinks, and is destroyed in from twenty to thirty days. But they are, after all, auatomical constants, and the unit of size in animal histology. Elastic, without wall, difficult to destroy, chemically similar in all mammals, these round bi-concave disks, of which there are twenty-live billions in ten pounds of blood, are of extreme medico-legal importance. With tho exception of the camel group they have tho same appearance morphologically, differing merelv and solely iu size, and only to he distinguished by tne measurement of the diameter of the corpuscles. Of all the mahimals those whose corpuscles are near man in size aro mainly from the tropics or artic regions. The exceptions are the cruinea pig and oppossum. The blood of Virds. fishes and reptiles are oval aud nucleated, and can never be mistaken' for human blood. , In the Brown murder case, eight years ago, it was claimed by tho defense that, the blood was that of a turkey, which any amateur with the microscope could disprove. Dr. W. W. Buttertield made the examination ahd pronounced at once that it was not bird's blood. Fresh human blood cannot be mistaken for tbo blood of any animal, the corpuscles of which have a mean diameter of less than 1-4000, or even l-SWO. of an inch. The seal, beaver, muskrat, wolf, porcupine, monkey, kangaroo and guinea-pig have blood dists slightly smaller than mau's from 1-3500 to 1-SiOO of an inch. But none of these are domestic animals. Criminals usually claim tho blood is that of some bird, or of the ox, pig, rat, horse, sheep or goat. These mammals have disks less than 1-3500 of an inch in average diameter, and in alf cases of fresh or well-preserved blood are satisfactorily proved not to ty human blood, and should not be confounded with it In the celebrated Hay den case, in Connecticut, Drs. Wormley, of the University of Pennsylvania, and J. J. Woodward, of the Army Medical Museum, examined t tjie stains. Dr. Woodward took the position that Dr. Belfield holds in the Cronin case, tbat the microscopist should not decide on oath between human and dog blood, even in fresh blood. "It he measures a hun dred corpuscles, of. fresh blood he will no. doubt often come out all right, but in the case of corpuscles soaked out of driedstains the difficulties are much greater." Dr. Farmad, who has had much experience with wolfs blood in Russian cases, and various bloods in'American criminal cases, admits the difficulty in case of rabbit's blood and dog's blood when dry, but finds no difficulty with fresh blood. In the case of guinea-pigs and man ho would hesitate, as the difference in diameter of the disks is 'too insignificant" Dr. Farmad sums it up as follows: Below 1-4000 the blood cannot be human; above 1-8500 it may be human: if the average is over 1-3300 the blood is human, provided, it is not the blood of the seal, beaver, muskrat, porcupine, monkey, kangaroo, wolf, or guinea-pig. Tne dog and rabbit are common animals and may complicate the question. The others are wild or foreign, and are often cited as with the dog and rabbit to confuse juries. As to the custom in foreign countries, the Medico-legal Society of France have t decided the expert may affirm whether blood corpuscles are human or not. The Russian and German experts also often testify directly that certain blood is or is not human. It may be stated tbat Richardson (already quoted), whoso writings on this subject are universally known. Bays we may always know the blood of man from that of the pig, ox, horse, sheep, goat and cat, and this in stains many years old. In the Cronin case the experts plainly admit tho difficulty in the case of the dog and guinea-pig. 1 heir evidence is just and scientifically stated. In most of these blood cases .the dignity of science is molested by improper legal considerations on thopart of either the prosecution or the defense. The expert has to answer questions favoring one side only. He is not allowed to qualify his answers,' and so is taken unawares. If the expert says human blood cannot be always known from all other bloods, and is not allowed to explain, the jury will likely not consider the evidence. The expert also does harm to justice if he is careless in expression aud makes overstatements. The burden of proof as to t the kind of blood in the stain rests with the defense, not the expert. Looseness of statement interferes with conviction of the real criminal; accurate statements may save the innocent, as when a blood is shown to be of the lower animals. In the annals of crime it is unknown that an innocent man has been convicted by modern expert testimony on blood stains; again, in clear cases of murder the complications raised as to the nature of blood stains by vacillating witnesses have let crime go unpunished. Again, in blood, and even, poison cases, the old text-books referred to have outlived their usefulness, and interfere alike with the cause of science and of justice. a. w. B. Indianapolis, Nov. 10. POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE. Floaters, "Whose Votes Can lie Rought, the , Only Independents In This Country. Milwaukee StntineL The declaration of President Eliot, of Harvardthat iuhisopinion aconscientioua citizen should choose between the two great parties and habitually act with one, has dazed George William Curtis, who makes an elaborate but unsatisfactory argument to show why one should hang between the parties, voting now with one and now with the other. The discussion is idle, because no honest man of strong convictions hangs between the two parties. Not an honest man of convictions fails to act habitually with one or the other of the parties. Floaters, whose votes can be bought or whose caprices or ignorance render them unstable, are the only independent voters in this country. By habitual. President Eliot, does not mean invariable. He does not mean that a voter should vote for every man nominated by his party underan y circumstances; he does not mean that when local issues are pressing a man should invariably support his party. A man may sometimes serve his party by opposing eomeof its candidates. What he means is that a man should be a Dr mocrat or a Republican aud should be known as such, sustaining his party except wlien a bolt is for the good of his party. In,this way only can a man have any intiuep6e in shaping party policy and therefore the policy of the government. vjcorge William Curtis. Mr. Godkin and the other self-styled iudependents aro not in fact hangers between the parties. They are Democrats. Since Mr. Curt left the Republican party he has habitually sup-

ported tho Democratic party. H has voted against certain candidates of that partj, an thousands of other Democrat do every election, he has protested against certain acts of his part, a thousands of other Democrats do. but he ha bin a much of a Democrat As other intelligent Democrats. The claim of independence made by Mr. Curtis is fraudulent so far as ho means it to distinguish him from other democrats of intelligence. . " " . THE STATE OF MONTANA.

XrIef Kerlctr of the Democratic Attempt o Gain the Legislature by Fraud. 1 flphia Tress. e result in Montana having been official! v declared by the State canvassing board, the President lias issued the necessary proclamation admitting the new Stat into the Union. This will, for one thing, dif-pose of Judge DeWoIf. who lias been tutting a sorry figure in the. contention over the vote of Silver Bow county,' This rabid Democrat was appointed district indge by President Cleveland, and ho was allowed to remain in office by President Harrison. The Democrats made him their candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court. As such he had a largo personal interest in the vote of the disputed precincts in Silver Bow county. Hence, when the Democrat began legal proceedings to compel the canvassing board to accept the fraudulent itturns from this disputed precinct they, of course, went before Judge DeWolf. He did not refuse-to sit in judgment on his owu case, but, to secure jurisdiction, he said that he would exclude tho vote for Chiefjustice from his writof mandamus. ' Bnt,of course, if tho votes wero legallj returned for the other candidates they must be likewise counted for Chief-justice, and such a pretext to secure jurisdiction of a case in which the judge was personally interested would deceive noboay. Starting out in such a discreditable way, there need be no surprise at anything elso Judge De Wolf did. He decided tho caso in his own favor, and then refused to allow ani' appeal. He ordered a return to be made of these votes. But as the county canvassing board had met and adjourned, there was nobody to act on his mandamus. So the Democrat clerk of the board resolved himself into ajcanvassing board and made -out a return himself, and. of eonrse, included the vote for Judge De Wolf. This was delivered to the State canvassing hoard. But, as it was worthless and illegal, the State board took no notice of it. This is the return, however, on which the Democrats threaten to set up a rump Legislature and elect two United -States Senators. Tho facts about -this" disputed precinct are well kuowu. The law required that there should' be five judges of election, but as it was easier to deal with a less number the conspirators had only three appointed. Then, contrary to law, theclerksot election and everybody excepting these three judges were excluded from the room when the votes were counted. Thick paper was 'pasted over the windows, and the doors were locked. Iho returns were not certified by the clerks according to law. Out of an alleged 174 votes cast ouly three were returned for the Republicans, hut a large number of Republicans made affidavit that they voted for their partyticket at this precinct. It was on such a return as this that the Democrats hoped to capture the Legislature and two United States senators. And Judge do Wolf did his best to help out the fraud from which he was to profit. The Democrats in Montana may bluster and create a rump Legislature but it will avail them not. .They conspired to the best of their ability, and that of no mean order, to carry the new State by fraud. They had the aid of several ambitious railliouarea and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. But they failed and may yet live to regret their work. A Southern View of It. , Augusta Chronicle. Some of our esteemed contemporaries, in joining the.Chrouicle's exultation over the recent Democratic victories, are prompt to declare that "the tariff" did it. Beg pardon, friends, but it was Democracy that won this "light not high-tariff of low-tariff. We fail to soo where our low-tariff contemporaries can base any claims for victory upon their ideas. The Democratic platform in Virginia was so pronounced in its condemnation of internal revenuemnd so conservative in its tariff sentiments that the Charleston News and Courier called it at that time a "surrender and a straddle." or something of that sort. And jet tho Democrats havo elected Mr. McKinney on it overwhelmingly. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, belonged to the conservative or Randall wing of the party, and was not at first acceptable to tho Thurmans on account of his moderate protection idea. And yet Mr. Campbell has overthrown Foraker. flags and footmen, and will bo Governor of Ohio. In Iowa the railroads and prohibition, question gave Democracy the prestipe. Tho stand which the party of the people has always taken against monopoly and sumptuary legislation 8trencth?ned it in tho West. Surely no one will contend that tbo tariff had the remotest effect in New York. Where then, esteemed but misguided contemporaries, did low-tariff work out thia tidal wave! Come, be lair. Don't deceivo ,the people! Iowa's Needed Tonic. Fort Waynd Gazette. This reverse in Iowa will prove a gootl thing for the Republican party in that Htate. Thirtv-five years of continued success have made them too indiUVrent to tiio exercise of the right of sutlrago. They thought it would come out all right any way, and so about five thousand too many of them stayed at home on election day. They won't do.it again. This defeat has awakened them from their fancied security. Already, at the State capital, steps have been taken looking toward an active prosecution of the next canvass. When that time comes round the Hawkeyo State will stand where it has stood since before tho war. The Democratic victory secured in the election of Governor was a "needed tonic, but will be barren of advantage to that party. Governor Boies is anex-Repnb-lican, a recent backslider by way of tho saloon plank. On all other issues he is supposed to be in harmony still with the party to which ho formerly belonged. An Example for llcpubllcans. , Washington Tres s. One ofthe important lessons of tho re- , the course of the Democracy 6ince the elec;.v IttCri TUo. liriif itmlf getherand went to work as 6oon as the tight was ended. It wasted no time in vain regrets, but, with a courage and fortitude worthy of a better cause, began to organize for 1S92 amid the wreck and ruin of 1888. It ie always vigilant, always at work, always hopeful. Bad as its principles and record aro. its courage is magnificent. Our advice to Republicans is to emulate its example aud begin now to work for the congressional elections of 1590. Dnty of KepubUcan Congressmen, New York Tress. Republican Congressmen should give the administration a chance to keep the public service efficient and appoint Republicans at the same time. If they recommend "Republicans" who are dishonest or inefficient, aud the President declines to oust faithful and competent incumbents in order to accommodate them, tho responsibility is theirs and not President Harrison's. Let him stick to his attitude till they recommend men who are up to bis standard. A PoUte Invitation. Philadelphia Tress. - Ex-President Cleveland's litfle visit to President Harrison at tbo White House on Thursday was pleasant and becoming to all hands. On behalf of President Harrison and tho Republican party we hereby invite Mr. Cleveland to drop in eaTly and often, provided he doesn't insist upon staying too lone. The Length of Drlce's Rainbow. Philadelphia Press. As might have been expected, Calvin S. Brice looms up boldly as a candidate for United States Senator from Ohio. The rainbow that now spans Colonel Brices horizon begins in his own bar'i and ends in the 6eat in the Senate at present occupied by old Mr. Payne. Uy Campbell Himself, for Instance. Milwaukee Sentinel. Of course, Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, will b looked on a a good candidate for President by those who oppose Cleveland and are not in favorof Hill. Can't Trove It by the lie turns. SL Tvnls Globe-PemcxTst. It seems that there is a Presbyterian Synod in Mississippi; but you wouldn't think so from tho looks of tho election returns.