Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1890 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1890.

THE DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY, APRIL 21 f 1890.

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All communications intended for publication in this paper must, in order to reeetre attention, b accompanied fcv the name and address of the writer. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Cm be found at the foUowing places: LONDON American Exchange m Europe, 443 Strand. PARIS American Exchange In Paris, 35 Boulevard dea Capuciaes. ( NEW YORK Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel. PHILADELPHIA A. P? Kemble. 8735 Lancaster arenas. . CHICAGO Palmer House. CINCINNATI-J. P. Hawley & Co., 151 Vine street LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerinsr, northwest corner Third and Jefferson streets. BT. LOU 1 Union News Company, Union Depot and southern HoteL WASHINGTON, D. C Riggs House and Ebbitt Houso. Center township gobbled all the nominations at the convention on Saturday. How do the Democratic citizens of the out townships like this! ' The German candidates were knocked out by Coy, Taggart &c Co. on Saturday. As remarked in an "aside" by one of tho eminent workers, they "don't want anything of the Dutch but their votes." What with his treatment first by the Cleveland administration and now by the Marion county Democrats, Judge Buskirk must have reached tho conclusion that this is a cold, ungrateful world. The New York Sun remarks that no ono ever heard Mr. Randall prate of his honesty. He was not obliged to do so. Only those who know that it is a small quantity in their moral make-up are always calling attention to it, and protesting that they possess it, lest it may bo overlooked. TnE article in tho New York Sun regarding Mr. Cleveland conclusively proves that Mr. Dana is not "senile" to an extent that interferes with pungent writing, but the Sun betrays a loss of vision when it insists that there is a Democratic party which is not a freetrade organization. While the mugwump and other Democratic papers are telling the farmers what an outrage the McKinlcy bill is upon them, Prof. Goldwih Smith, in Canada, says that "Canadian farmers will bo very much injured if the bill becomes a law, as the agricultural schedule will bear hardly on them." TnE House did well to send that Southem claims bill to a committee to be investigated, as tho fact that its friends resisted such reference leads one to suspect that tho charge that two-thirds of its items are fraudulent is true. Now we shall sec if Mr. Euloe will permit pension bills to bo considered. The New York Times and other freetrado papers declare that tho McKinley bill is "a surrender to tho Sugar Trust." As the present special duty on refined sugar over raw is 2.1 cents per pound, and the duty on 'refined sugars . in tho McKinley bill is 410 of 1 cent, the Refiners' Trust will pray to bo delivered from any more surrenders. The friends of ballot reform in the New York Legislature do not propose to alhiw Gov. Hill to defeat tho measure, anj Mr. Saxton and his friends have changed the 6ecret-ballot bill which the GoTernor vetoed, so as to meet his objections, and havo received an intimation trom ono of his advisers that ho will not veto such a measure. , WnrLE the free-trade papers of New York ciiy, like the World and Herald, have denounced the Bnttcrworth bill, designed to put an end to gambling in wheat and other produce margins, tho Tribune, an out-and-out Republican paper, declares that all transactions in "wind" wheat, etc., aro to the injury of tho producer and should be stopped. Ik the army of candidates before the convention on Saturday, Mr. Flick was tho only ono who resides outsido of Center townslip. Among the others Mr. Osterman was the one who had most popularity with tho farmers of tho county. Both theso gentlemen were shelved, tho party bosses evidently having no wish to please the rural voters. Editor "Larry" Godkin, of the New York Post, is authority for the statement that Mr. Cleveland did not say all the things about Editor Dana that the interview reports him as saying. Editor Godkin means well, no doubt, in coming to the defense of his idol, but does he expect the public to take tho unsupported word of a man who is arrested for criminal libel every few months? Edgar A. Brown, nominco for circuit judgo in this county, is fond of posing as a man who was onco a Repub lican, and was impelled by his high moral principles and unselfish political virtue to join tho Democracy. Like all sucn unremsn patriots, no uemanas a reward for his virtue. Tho Republican party did not think it worth while to purchase his allegiance in this way, but if the Democracy thiuks differently it is its own affair. The perfunctory character of congressional obituary business was illustrated again Saturday in the addresses delivered in tho Houso in memory of Sunset Cox. Mr. Cox was highly esteemed by his associates, and they no doubt felt real grief at his death; but

this event occurred months ago, and tho emotions which, had they found expression then, would have been heartfelt utterances, have been subdued by lapse of time, and the memorial tributes became irksome duties and studied oratorical efforts, of no interest to tho public, and little to tho Houso itselK The long tirao suffered to elapse before Congressmen give their departed associates an official send-off is strongly suggestive ot the custom prevalent in certain rural districts of having "funerals preached" months, or oven years, after tho decease of the individuals so honored, when circumstances have interfered with tho delivery of sermons on the occasion of burial. Thi3 custom causes great amusement to strangers in

sucn communities, and it has served as tho text for much humorous writing; but the humorists can find quite, as good a lead withput wandering into the byways of civilization. , W0EK OP THE ALL-AMEBICAN CONPEBOCE. The conference of the representatives of the republics of this continent was closed on Saturday, with an address by Secretary Blaine, and subsequent con gratulations by President Harrison. The sessions began about the dato of tho meeting of Congress, and have continued with closed doors until the present time. Important subjects have been referred to committees, and their reports havo been discussed in tho most exhaustive manner. Tho utmost harmony prevailed, though upon some subjects there was a difference of opinion, as might be expected. Out of this harmony thero has grown a personal friendliness and regard among tho delegates, which seems to be the precursor of a new and better era for the American republics. And it is highly pleasing to note that all of the representatives depart with expressions of the warmest affection for tho United States and its representatives. The most important subject before Mio congress was the question of arbi ration. Thero was a wide difference of opinion,, and it seemed at one time as if the conference would fail to agree upon any plan, but, fortunately, Secretary Blaino wisely used his influence in behalf of the proposition, and the voice of the conference finally was for what tho Secretary declared to be "tho new magna charta which abolishes war and substitutes arbitration." The subject of an international dollar was postponed, to be considered by a conference to be appointed during the year by President Harrison,, though all of the South American states are in favor of it. The survey of an intercontinental railroad will be made at once by the action of the conference, the South American representatives being enthusiastically in favor of the enterprise. Reciprocity' has been left for negotiation, and the way has been opened to it by the resolution of Mri Hitt. Houso chairman of the committee on foreign affairs. The project of an international bank was considered, and it is believed that it will be established. The South American states had expressed a willingness to do their part toward subsidizing lines of steamships. The conference also recommended a uniform metric system, port dues, customs regulations, the establishment of an in ternational bureau of statistics, and other measures designed to facilitate closer commercial relations between the two Americas. While the action of the conference does not bind any of the republics there is reason to believe that the representativesi who aro among the ablest men of the nations represented, will be able to lead their respective governments to in dorse by treaties the recommendations they havo made. During tho past six months thero has sprung up a stroner feelirtf of international good will between all the states of the two Americas, which warrants the belief that the way hasbeen prepared to results of far-reach ing importance. To this auspicious outcome the administration, through Sec-, retary liiaine, has led the way, and in so dolus has inaugurated a new era, the importanco of which cannot bo overestimated. . PACTS ABOUT SILVEB COINAGE. "Give us free sugar," writes - ono who is giving advice to Congress, "and freo coinago of silver, and1 wo will bo all right." "Restore silver to theplacoit hadin our currency from the foundation of the government until tho date of its demonetization, and relief will come,"i3 the advice of an alleged organization of farmers to a Senator from a State in which there is not a sign of a silver mine. Theso and scores of similar remarks lead to tho belief that an impression prevails that .when Congress discontinued the coinago of standard silver dollars, in 1873, the mints of tho United States were turning them out in largo quantities, and had been doing 'so since tho provision for such coinage was made by Congress in 1792, and that the present issue of such money is so decided a curtailment as to produce a contraction in the curr rency of alarming proportions. What are tho facts regarding tho . coinago of silver from 1792 to the demonetization of silver in 1873! The one material fact is that during these eighty years only 8,-. (U3,S33 standard silver dollars were coined, or an average of 100,373 dollars a year. From February, 1878, until the present time, tho mints of the United States havo been turning out silver dollars at the rate of 29,72o,000 a year, or more in threo months than during tho eighty years to which one of the parties above quoted refers as tho era of the free coinage of silver. From reading the declarations of thoso who claim to speak for associations of farmers, one may fairly assume that they aro laboring under the conviction that if silver coinago was made free that is, if the owner of silver, bullion was permitted to take it to tho mints and receive therefor a3 many silver dollars as the pure silver would make, tho farmer and everybody else would by somo process which they do not mako clear, have a share of it. Indeed, somo are so extravagant in their expressions regarding the great prosperity which the free coinage of silver may bring

that they may be credited with the belief that when free and unlimited coin-

age comes farmers can pickup silver, dollars as they do potatoes in harvest time. Let us look at the matter candidly, and in our right minds. Our mine3 are producing about $50,000,000 'worth of silver bullion annually. At 'tho present market price of silver it takes about 72 cents' worth of pure silver to make a standard dollar. Under the present law the government purchases, half that silver at. the market price and the people's treasv ury takes the profits which come from ' stamping 72 cents' worth of silver with its mark so that it is legal tender forone dollar. If the free-coinage law should pass and be restricted to silver bullion produced in the United States and to silver now owned here, the owners of the mines and of silver bullion would be the gainers by having every dollar worth of silver bullion at current prices coined into current money that would pass for about 81.331-3. That is, i the passage of the law would add from CO to 33 per cent, to the value of tho silver bullion owned by individuals and enhance the value of silver mines. If free coinage should be extended to all the silver bullion in tho world, as it is to gold, all of the un coined bullion of Europe in the hands . of i bankers and speculators would seek our' mints in order that what has been cost-i ing them seventy or seventy-five cents may bo turned into a legal-tender dollar' in tho United States. That is, the mines which aro largely owned by wealthy corporations, the holders of silver bullion in this country and Europe, who are not farmers or wage-earners, will :bei immensely benefited; but we fail to see how tho Western farmer, who is calling for free coinage, will be benefited any more than he can be by one of Jay Gould's transactions in railroad stocks, by which ho adds thousands to his millions. The Windom bill proposes that; the government shall issue certificates which shall practically be legal tenders to the market value of all silver bullion in the United States deposited with tho mints, with the privilege of having the silver bullion returned "at any future time when the original value in certificates is presented, or its value in gold or silver coin. This will take .' caro of all the sil ver bullion produced, and tend j to j ad-v yanco the prico of it. It will double the annual issue of silver money in tho form of certificates over the present issue. It will give the country nil tho indirect advantage of currency expansion, while avoiding the responsibility of making a few hundred or thousand men who control silver mines and bullion, and are already rich, much richer, which could not fail to be the result of -the free coin-; age of -silver silver bullion. at the present prico "of it NOT AVAILABLE." "An old and respected farmer," of Da viess county, Indiana, was taken from bis house by a masked mob on Monday night and "whipped into insensibility, over a hundred blows being administered." ' His solo offense, it is stated, was in causing the arrest of "a local politician." a few days1 before, on the charge of attempting to bu votes, and for this he was punished by mob'' of his neighbors, so severely that he may die ot his injuries.- j It is not stated in the telegraphic ac count of the attair whether the mob was composed of Republicans or Democrats. The omission indicates that they were Re publicans, since, if thev had been Demo crats, the fact wonld have been particularly mentioned. Besides, they wero sympathiz era with the local politician who was chained with attempting to buy votes, and nn it ia nl.t in that he wns a Remiblicnn 'his friends must be Republicans. Charleston ews and Conner Dem). t rne aoove is tne nrst nan oi an eano- " , , i rial in tne isews ami courier unuer too i caption "Not Available." The rest of tho space is devoted to arguing from this! mistaken hypothesis' that the Republic-; i ans in Congress will .not be apt to seize upon the outrage asja text for speeches against political outlawry. It was very unfortunate for tho News and Couriero that the brief Associated Press dispatch failed to state whether, tho mob was composed of Republicans or Democrats. Had our contemporary but known that the victim is a Republican, and that the arrested briber, the mob and all others sympathizing with them are Democrats, it might have seen at onco that the epi sode is "cot available" for its purposes it tne rsews ana courier uau reau tne Journal's reports of -the Daviess county outrage it would havo-secured-all thefacts, " AID P0E W0BKINQ-QIRL3. The working-girls' convention held in New .York last week was a remarkable gathering. It was composed of delegates from working-women's clubs and industrial societies to tho number of several hundred. These organizations, the most of which are in New York and New England, were formed for the purpose of improving the condition . of young working women by offering them, certain social and educational ad van t-: ages which their scanty salaries aud unfavorable surroundings would not 6therwiso aamit. as tney Decame nrmiy established, industrial features were added, the Century Guild, in Philadelphia, conducting trade schools, where the members may qualify themselves for more profitable employment. The societies aro usually organized under the leadership of philanthropic ladies, who retain an oversight and general direction, but encourage the girls to assume tho responsibility for the management. The statements and reports of tho delegates showed that even whero tho original purpose of organization was for mutual enjoyment various plans for improvement and benefit 6oon followed and were put into practice. When the first call was mado for a "Mutual Friend Society," in Lawrence, Mass., three hundred mill girls presented themselves and soon showed that their object was not mere amusement, although this had been the idea of tho originators. They eagerly accepted the promise of an opportunity to learn millinery, dress-making, cooking, etc., and nine hundred girls have since profited by theso classes. No two clubs are operated on precisely the same plan, 'the managers of one finding it advisable to bring both boys and girls together, tho social interest being better maintained in this way. In most cases outside assistance is required in paying expenses,' the girls being able to contribute but

little out of their small wages, but it is considered desirable that dues should

be required of tho members in order to avoid tho idea of charity in connection with the societies. At the convention the discussion touched upon benefit schemes, vacation funds, and other topics in which there was a mutual in terest, and the speakers, many of them girls from factories and shops, manifested an intelligence and practical ability that led all who had had any hand in the organization of clubs to congratulate themselves upon having given such qualities an opportunity for development. The convention, by showing the work already accomplished in this direction, will have much influence in improving the condition of working women throughout the country. The Ladies' Guild of the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association of Illinois is an organization composed, ot tne wives and daughters of farmers for tho purpose of securing the "betterment of human conditions," . with the motto: "Our ' Homes shall Bless the Land." They demand equal wages for the. same labor for both ecxes. the use of the ballot, and everything else "that will tend to defeat tho declino of our. civilization," but 'they, do not propose, at present, to dabble in politics, lut are pledged, as far as possible, to relievo suffering in their communities, and "tor encourage all good men and women in whatever lino of reform in business and. society thov encace " The bv-laws requiro each member to .try to give an hour a day to careful reading, and the member shall keep the accounts of the farm. This appears to be tho right kind of a society to do good. Massachusetts is a State which tho woman suffragists have been trying to carry tho past htty years. More ad dresses have been made for it in that Commonwealth, more hearings have been given by its Legislatures, and more so cieties have been organized to support it than in any and, perhaps, all of the States of the Union, and yet the Houso has voted down municipal suffrage by an overwhelming vote. Twelve years ago the suffragists had nearly half of the House in favor of full suffrage for women. All of which goes to show that the new West has succeeded Massachusetts as the home of woman suffrage and other radical and progressive ideas. The platform of tho Marion county Democracy is full of glittering generali ties, but it contains one definite proposi tion. "We aro in favor," it says; "of all proper public improvements desired by a majority of the people who are to pay for them." This must mean, if it means anything, that the Democracy, is in favor of limiting local suffrage to citizens who pay taxes. It is an ad-. vanced position to take, but owing to the disastrous effect the proposed system would have upon the Democratic vote it is. probable that it will not soon be put into operation by the party advo cating it. - Unfounded slanders are annoying, but they sometimes react on the slanderers by bringing to notice the merits of the objects of the assault. The libel on the State perpetrated by certain Demo cratic State officials in their effort to -show that IndianA farms are plastered . over with mortgages is a case in point. The truth that comes out in refutation of this slander gives the public an idea .that it might not otherwise have gained of the real prosperity Indiana farmers i pn:nv I enjoy. The platform adopted by the Marion county Democracy declares in favor of giving aid and comfort to "labor in every, way that will tend to lighten its burdens and .make it more honorable and profitable." As the Democracy has never "been known to aid legitimate labor in any .way, this clause must bo interpreted as a new version of the Democratic gospel that its party "workers" must bo rewarded from the public crib. The business of having editor Godkin, of the Post, arrested for libel, is becoming more popular day by day in New York, and is fast developing into a fad like the late lamented McGinty joke. It's a little rough on Mr. Godkin's friends, who are kept busy signing bonds, but these popular crazes havo to bo alio we i' to wear themselves out. The May and December idea is presumably not. what fancy pictured it to the Madison man of seventy and his fourteen-year-old bride who have separated by the order of White. Caps.. May may be all right, but the cold days of December cace fi rst and cast a blight n pon fond hearts. A prominent and wealthy banker of Columbus, O.. discovered through a' newspaper that he had been' summoned for jury duty, and took the. first train to get tout of the State. Vet he is doubtless one of those "good citizens" who wonders why it is that crime goes unpunished. ' Ir the Allen county court, before which the question has come, decides that a slot machine must keep the Sabbath, a great point will be gained. It is the general opinion of the public that it is enough to be confronted with these, nickel-enticing devices six days in the week. Sim Coy, it will be remembered took an active part in securing tho nomination of the lamented County Clerk Sullivan, bnt this circumstance did not cause his services to be in any less demand by the gentlemen who wanted nominations on Saturday. Ex-GovEiixoii Pollock, who put "Iu God we trust" on our coins, probably regretted to his dying day that ho did not make tho phrase more accurate and exact by writing it: 'Iu ttis God we trust." . The Senate appropriation of 100,000 for an equestrian statue of General Grant in Washington is ample enough to put tho great hero astride of the best Kentucky thoroughbred. The only co-operation scheme likely to prove successful in working out the servant girl problem is a little harmonious co-operative between the girl and her em ployer. m After what was said about it in the Senate on Saturday, the Court of Claims ought to demand an investigation or call somebody out. , County Clerk John'R. Wilsonis known to the community as an honorable gentleman, or, in more familiar phrase, as a

"nice fellow," but ho is neither so honorable nor so nice as to refuse to profit by tho devious methods of the Coy gang. '.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Congressman Randall was a member of the G. A. It. He was in tho war as a privato. Mr. Lowell recovers very slowly from his recent illness. He is still unabia to do any work. Dr. McCosn, ex-president of Princeton, is looking well, and seems to take pleasure in social intercourse. ;'.'.. , Herbert Gladstone announces his intention to pay the United States and Canada a visit this summer. Senator Leland Stanford has money and honors, but he is far from a happy man. He suffers much from nervous prostration. Iowa offered a prize of $500 for the best design for a soldiers1 monument for the .State. The.award has just been "made to a woman, Mrs. Harriet A. Ketchum. : , William T. Adams, the "Oliver Optic" of literature, is sixty years old. His books have brought him a fortune. Tho Vsmall boys" of America have made him rich. Nine out of ten men are too lazy to breathe properly. ' About eighty or ninety cubic inches of air always remain in a man's lungs, and about the same amount of sluggishly changing air remains after ordinary expiration. .- , Prince Henry of Battenberg (he that married Victoria's youngest child, Beatrice) has all of a sudden given the beard a renewed hold Upon the affections of the British public. Every. dude in London is now making a herculean effort to raise whiskers. . Mb. Macdonald, one of the Irish members of the House . of Commons, Is totally bund. Through the devotion of his wife he is also one of the most prompt in attendn lo P1? nutiea. &ne tanes nun reguiariy to and from tho house, where her figure has become as familiar as his. - In his new story, "JCreuzer Sonata," Count Tolstoi has depicted the conditions of somo of the most 6omber and disquieting problems of married life, and has done. bo with that vivid, that terribly earnest realism which Matthew Arnold describes as like life rather than literature. It was a peculiarity of the late Samuol J. Randall that he left thehandlingof hisown financial matters to his wife. It was a common occurrence for those who were frequently at his home to hear him call to his yonng son Sammy to ask "mother" for 50 cents or $1 wherewith to buy postage stamps. Walt Whitman is in fairly good health. A few evenings ago he addressed the ContemporaryClub of Philadelphia on the "Death of Abraham Lincoln." He called Lincoln "the first great martyr of his race." The venerable poet's voice was distinct and strong, and his face showed no indication of disease. TnE whereabouts of C. J. Woodbury, the man who wrote the interesting article on Emerson which appeared in a recent number Of the Century, have been discovered. He is a successful oil merchant in California. He has always loved literature, but he thought there was more money in things more material. He is wise in his own generation. Kino Louis Philippe of France had in his employ as porter, in 1S&, one Joseph Catonio a man of immense proportions, a giant. He was taller than the tallest drum-major, and his manners were excellent. Catonio died recently and left his body to the Anatomical Museum at Rome, and Professor Todaro in a few months will have the skeleton of the porter of the Tuileries on exhibition. The total number of souls who have professed salvation at the Salvation Army penitent forms for the five months ending with April lis ninety thousand. At the commencement of Noven. her the officers of the organization. upon General Booth's instructions, set about to obtain one hundred thousand conversions in Great Britain alone, during the following six months, and this number has now. almost been reached. . The trap-door spider found in various parts of Europe has obtained ?ts popular, name from tho ingenious nest which it constructs. It makes a hole in the ground and lines it with mosn and silk; when this has been completed it closes the little pit with an accurately fitting lid that turns on a hinge ot silk. The spider retires into this den when threatened with attack, and is said to bang on to the trap-door when an attempt is made to raise it. The new life , of Robert Browning, recently published in England, contains a pleasant account of the manner in which the poet observed nature. "One of his particular pleasures," says tho writer, "was to be beside a hedge, or deep in meadow grasses or under a tree, as circumstances and the mood concurred, and there to crivo himself so absolutely up to the lifo of tho moment that even the shy birds would alight close by, and sometimes venturesomely poise themselves, on suspicious wings for a brief space on his recumbent body." A lot of relics of Napoleon Bonaparte were bequeathed to Prince Victor Napoleon by Mme. Thayer, daughter of General Bertrand, and they have just been banded over to the young exile of the House of Bonaparte by the Marquis do Biron. Tho interesting legacy comprises the red violet robe which the First Consul wore on great occasions, and notably during theToDeum snug at Notre Dame in honor of the Concordat whereby the conqnorer made arrangements with the church, the saddle and holster used by the Emperor at Austerlitz, the cashmere girdle worn by Napoleon at the battle ot the Pyramids, a cano armchair from St. Helena, the cup, the teapot, saucer and candle-stick used in tho bedchamber of the dying exile, as well as the sheet and pillow of his death-ded, tho handkerchief used in his last moments to wipe his face, and, finally, the case of mathematical instruments always kept by the Emperor. Prince Victor has already received numerous Napoleonic relics from old adherents or servitors of his illustrious grand-uncle. . Stork is vacant, Sign. "To Letl" Former tenant Had to get. n , . lie in sorrow Sits pnd sijrhs Cause he didn't Advertise. -New York JournaL THE SCHOOL-BOOK POOL. Great Publishing Houses Combine Waste of Competition to He Eliminated. Jse-w York Tribune. Considerable curiosity has been excited among book publishers and the book trade generally, as well as among school-teachers and everybody interested in schools, by the announcement that a combination had been formed by several of the leading schoolbook publishers of tho country, whereby this branch of their bnsineHs was t. be merged into one company, and all ot their Various publications to be . issued and Mistn bated tinder one management. The firms' interested in this recently consummated movement are Ivison,-Blakeman fc Co., A. 8. Harncs fc Co.. D. Appleton &, Co., and Van Autwerp, Bragg & Co., of Cincinnati. The name of the new concern will be the American Book Company. Tho precise amount of capital stock to be issued has not been definitely determined,, but those familiar with the amount of business these several firms transact and their rating iu Bradstreet's say that it cannot amount to Jess than $4,000,000, and may reach $.".000,000. Harper & Brothers have not pooled issues with the coalition as yet. but they are said to be deeply interested in its plans and movementsand it is thought that their inclinations are favorable. The new organization expects to bo on a working basis by May 1, and yesterday the principal parties thereto held a meeting, lasting from 10 o'clock until Vs still further to arrange the details of its management.. The full list of directors includes. William H. Appleton, of D. Appleton it Co.: Gen. A. C. Barnes, Henrv B. Barnes and Charles J. Barnea, of A. S. Barnes fc Co.: Binlseye Blakeman, David B. lvison and George R. Cathcart. of Ivifion. lilakeman Jc Co., and C. S. Bragg, A. II. Hinkle and Henry H. ; Vail, of Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. Tho oiiicera selected are, Birdaeyo Blakeman,

president; Gen. Alfred C. Barnes, vice-

presment; Hmry T. Ambrose, treasurer, and Oilman 11. Tucker, secretary. The company, which it has taken a long time to bring to its present atat will be a stock corporation formed under corporate law, and will own absolutely all of the scbool.book plants belonging to thenc different firms, includiug stock on hand, book plates, copyrights and good will. Its promoters are understood to denv specifically and vehemently that it is in the nature o'f a "trust." or that it has any of the featurei of "trust" management, organization or Colicy connected with it. Thev are said to e equally emphatio in stating that it is a movement in the direction of Tower prices. It is pointed out that the school-book business has been growing with the gTowth ol the country, and that tho school-books ia use to-day represent the greatest advsncc that has Liken place in the book trade during the last generation, and represent almost perfection in-the art of book-making, while they cost tho public much less than, thev did at the beginning of that period. Though they do not say so, it is a fact well known in the book trade -that twhile the manufacture and general superiority of the school-books of the present day are thus so far in advance, the expenses of doing the business, through the competition and strife for business, have greatly increased, and it is this condition of. things which has influenced these houses to join, their propexties under one ownership and management. . By doing away with this ruinous competition and the necessity of making, up the waste on one losing transaction by 'excessive gains on. auother of corresponding magnitude, by dispensing with the services of high-priced agents, by purchasing its materials in bulk at rednced price, and by means of the simplicfiation that will result from placing the business . of these various linns under one management, it is contended that the coalition can very much . cheapen the present cost of school-books, and place itself in line with the modern tendency which demands that staple goods of all kinds be furnished to the . public at the least possible cost The management of the various departments iu the new company will be in tno hands of representative men from each of tho houses concerned. AN EDITOR MULCTED. Henry Watterson Sits Down to a Social Game of Draw Poker and Lose 81,000. Memphis Special to St. Louis Globe-Democrat When Hon. Henry Watterson, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, was in Memphis a day or two ago he lost 81.XX) in a social game of draw in a fashionable club. Murray Kcllar, a well-known horse-owner of Louisville, was also in the game. Tho other players were local men of good social standing. The game was started to vrhila away the time, each player taking out fivo dollars' worth of chips, valued at 10 cents, 25 cents and SI each. Mr. Watterson suggested that the'bridle bo removed, and tho game was mado table stakes. Henry ran in tough luck. After losing about $300, ho made a dog, with a five next to the seven. One of the local men drew two cards to a deuce, tray and four, and caught a six and seven. The editor played tis hand for what he thought it was worth, and forced his opponent to call a bet of $500, Thn game broke up about 2 o'clock a. m and when the banks opened Mr. Watterson drew for expense money. Kellar lost about $600 in tho game. The winnings were pretty evenly divided between the McmpbiaiisThe story was 'kept secret until to-day, when Kellar told it to a coterie of friends at tho race-track. That's the Queitlou. South Bend Trlhunr. The news from Indianapolis is that our state treasurv is again practically empty, notwithstanding the large sums borrowed by the last Gcueral Assembly. In other days tho treasury always had money on band to meet all the obligations of the State,' with a comfortable balance, for a ruiny day, but that was before the Democrats got coutrol of affairs. The Treasurer now reports that ho will be compelled to call upon all counties to anticipate their next settlement and -advance him the money, or he will have no funds with which to meet tho current expenses. The last Legislature was warned that such would be the case unless it provided for an increase of the. revenues. Instead of increasing the revenues, it increased the annual cipenditures more than $100,0X, besides scattering money with a lavish hand for special objects. For about eight years the State has been compelled to annually go into the market and boirow money with which to meet the interest charges on its bonded indebtedness, thus compounding interest. The question is. How long can the State stand such financiering? m The Party or Free Trade. Winchester Herald. . The 1 real tariff-reformer is a Republican. The real tariff-destroyer is a Democrat. Whatever pretensions may be mado ou dress-parade, the actual conflict of 1883 developed the fact that tho Democratic party would, if in its power, reform the tariff in but one way, aud that is to destroy it. Everybody knows that, iu tho presidential contest, tho 6trugglo between the two parties was over the existence of our manufacturing interests. Tho Democratic party can't deceive people. It is still the party of free trade. Doing the State Injustice. .. Kokoruo Gazette. ' The Democratic press, of Indiana docs the State the greatest Tosible injustice in exaggerating the indebtedness of its People, multipljing the same many-fold: The early completion of tho curreut ceusus will afford material for 6ome intelligent estimate and consideration of this question of individual indebtedness, and there is not the slightest doubt that, the truth onco discovered, will make tho Democratic Earty's current lying tho most monstrous it as ever practiced. . A Difference of Opinion. . ; ' Washington Dally Gazette ":. The Democrat has been treating the Ilosea outrage with a great deal of levity. The pcoplo of that neighborhood do not look at it in the light that our esteemed contemporary sees it. They are making up money there to see that the truiltv cowards are hunted down. The old soldiers are taking an especial interest, and are determined to see that their mistreated comrade is given justice. , They Are All Alike. Nev Albany Tribune. ' In all cases where a body of lawless Democrats committ Ku-klux outrages on peaceble citizens, because of politics, the Democratic press begin hunting excuses for the miscreants, and trump up false charges agaist the victims. This is so North as well as South, as witness tho course of Democratic newspapers in Indiana in the matter of the crimes against tho Hoseas, in Daviess. , - But Good Enough for Indiana, ' Greenfield Republican. At this time.' however, the Indiana School-book Company has the monopoly, and is furnishing inferior books, some of which have been discarded in California and Minnesota, as not good enough for tho children of those States. The books arc inferior but cheaper. Indiana is on the right track, but the children should have the best books possible at the lowest possible prices. Turple's Election-Inform Talk. -. Plymouth Republican. : . . David Turpie is a good subject to talk on election reform. The Republican Senators from Montana have a cilt-edce claim to a scat as compared with Turple's claim; The Eeople have uot forgotten Green Smith and is bulldozing methods in the ' Indiaua Legislature of 18S7. But so it is always the case, the guilty one talks the londest regarding accusations against his neighbors, ostensibly to avert suspicion from himself. m An Impartial Public, Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. ' " The general public will look upon the verbal tight between Messrs. Cleveland and Dana very much as the frontier woman did on tho contest between her husband and the bear, alternately encouraging ench side to "go in and win." Each party shows a great command of strong, vivid English, aud if the thing is kept up a good deal of truth will be told in tho plainest terms. Fall Short or the Mark. Plymouth Kcpublicau. Our Democratic contemporics still keep up their howl about the "robber tarift and the poor farmers." and our farmers keep right on reading and thinking for themnelve. The fact is, tbo most of our farmers know more than the moat of the6 howlers do, and their taffy falls short of the mark.