Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1890 — Page 6

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1890.

BEMIGN OF CONGRESSMEN

Members of the Thirty-Fourth Session WhoVotcdforX.P.BanksforSpfiaker. Easinet and inception at Washington JIem craMa Incidents Recalled and Pictured in GloTTiEgWordatjIIon.WillCuinlack. Epecla) to the Indianapolis J ournaL s VTasziixgtox, May CO. At thb Arlington, last evening, thero Tras a public reception lad banquet for the survivors of theThirtyBanks, of Massachusetts, to be Speaker of -the House- of Representatives. Mr. Banks is at present a member of Congress. Tho afiairwasa great success, and was principally managed by Hon. Will Cumback. of Indiana. Among those- present wasScnator John Sherman, Senator Morrill, ex-Senator Cragin, of New Hampshire, Mr. Dodd, P. T. Flagler and Russell ticge, of New York; J. II. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Sidney Dean, S Connecticut; John A. Bingham, cf Ohio. Among the speeches made was one by Governor Cumback. He said: 'After more than a third of a century has come and gone the remnant of that gallant band, "who for nine -weeks stood together and voted for N. P. Banks for presiding officer of the Thirty-fonrth Congress, is permitted to meet in this beautiful capital, 'where the great contest was fought and won. With joy mingled with gratitude, -wo hail our great leader in that contest, and with a delight that no words can express we grasp his hand and send up a sincere invocation that when we -who may be left shall meet again in the future that he, too, may come and preside at our banquet. But witn the joy come the tears of memory that three-fourths of our number have finished their work and crossed the dark river. Let us indulge in the pleasing belief that their spirits are here to take glad cognizance that they are as fresh in our jsemories as they were at the adjournment of tho Congress that gave them all a place in the history of the Republic. . ''The faithful historian will not fail to record the Cd of February, when that brave old apostle of human liberty, Joshua K. GiddiDgs, administered the oath of ollico to Speaker N, P. Banks, as the commencement of a new era in the history of the young Republic. It planted a new hope in the heart of the poor slave and gave a new fear to his master. Liberty smiled at the victory and slavery trembled with rago at its first great defeat. Freedom, and not slavery, was to name the committees and shape the legislation in tho people's House of Congress. Our ccccesa gave new courage to the moral fee ii so of the patriotic masses, and a new impetus to tho agitation that had awakened the conscience of the Nation. In the newer and brighter pages of progress and civilization, that have since been written, let each page show that our nine weeks' contest for the speakership, and our glorious victory, made possible all the grander results that followed. "We have met to-day to honor our great leader; to exchange greetings, and recall tho incidents of that great struggle. We rejoice that among the living to greet the low that remain is the gallant hero in that contest our leader then; our idol now. Let ns congratulate the country that tho House of Representatives has now the benefit of his ripe experience, and of a courage that three Ecore and ten years has not weakened. If we can have but one of our number to sit in the House of Representatives, if tho roll were called as to whom it should be, the voice of the living and tho spirits of tho dead of our number would answer, as aforetime, N. P. Banks. Long may he live to sit in the councils of the Nation, and to aid in perfecting what was begun in his election to the speakership, the eecuring of the inalienable rights of every American citizen, be ho white or black. "Two of our number, Justin S.Morrill, of Vermont, and John Sherman, of Ohio, aro, and have been for many years, honoring th?ir respective States and tho whole Nation by their great ability, spotless integrity and patriotio devotion to the best interest of the country in the Senate of tho United 8tates. This leads me to proclaim it as my belief that if the rest of us were in the Senate it would gTeatly contribute to the dignity of that branch of Congress and add largely to the general average of respectability and usefulness of its members. Senator Morrill is the author of thomeasure that has enabled our country to manufactnrf J;er own goods, thus furnishing labor a;id gcou wages to the laboring classes and Compelling the foreign manufacturers, who sought our markets that had been created by the enterprise and energy of our own people, to pay for the privilege of selling their cheap-labor products, thus furnishing a revenue to carry on the war, sustaining constantly the Nation's credit and enabling ns to suppress the rebellion, it has furnished therevenne to rapidly extinguish our reat national debt aud put the Nation's . credit on a better basis than that of any other nation on the face of tho earth. "John Sherman has been in Congress ever eince this event that has called us together, except thef our years he was Secretary of tho Treasury. During that four years ho eo managed the finances as toresumo specie payment a consummation that public clamor, and the prophets of evil pronounced an impossibility. It took courage, but he had it. and while everybody predicted ruin and disaster if the attempt bo made, yet -under his wise management resumption came as gently as the clew falls at midnight, and tm credit and the honor of the Nation were saved. Whilo the soldier saved the Nation's life, John Sherman eav?d her honor, which is dearer than life. Both . alike are heroes, deserving equal honor from a grateful peoplo. In the Sennto chamber John Sherman has no superior for broad statesmanship, devotion to his country's best interests, and for tho courage of his convictions. He has made it a matter of so much distinction to be a United States Senator from Ohio that there is a reasonably well-founded rumor that citizens of Ohio, and even residents of New York, are inclined to expend largo sums of money for tho honor of being his colleague. There is but one way tho country can show tho full appreciation of tho great service John Sherman has rendered, and in doing tho Nation will honor itself more than him. I hone some of our later reunions will be at the White House. "Amoug our number, and the senior in years, . is our honorable and venerable friend, Frances E. Spinner. He was the in--timato and trusted friend of Lincoln, Stanton and Chae. and a valued counselor of all of thoni during the great civil war. For fourteen years the Treasurer of the United States, with the care of billions of money, there is no stain on his iutegrity, his signature on the greenbacks being his only crooked oUicial act. His efficiency and lidelicy in every position is a part of the well-known history of tho country, and tho whole Nation takes pride in doing honor to tho old veteran. Thesa are some of the living who, in that great contest, voted for Banks. I need not speak of the distinguished dead of our number. They have their sure place in history, and their fame is secured in the hearts of a greatf cl country. The great apostle in writing to the Hebrews, in speaking of the faith of Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, Moses, and others, said: And what shall I more sayT For time would fail me to tell of Gideon and of Barak, and of Sampson and of Jeuhtha, of David, and of Samuel, and of the prophets; who, throtgb faith, subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence cf lire, escaped the edgo of the . sword, out of weakness became strong; waxed valiant in tight; and turned to ilight the armies of tho aliens.' So time would fail me to speak of each of our noble band. Among the names that I have not mentioned aro the Gideons, the Davids, the Samuels, and the rest of the circle of patriots who assisted in freeing the oppressed: who waxed valiant in light to save the life of the Nation; who stopped the mouths of opposition lions; who wrought righteousness in pensioning the scidieis of tee Republic, and who aided tho government to turn to flight the armies of the confederates. I do not claim to have marked personal resemblance to the Apostle Panl. but I have not the slightest donbt but that I feel on this occasion, and even more intensely than ho did, when he was discoursing on the faith of tho worthy saints of those Old Testament and barbaric times. I say more intensely, because my enthusiasm has a better and sounder basis. In many respects the remnant of our political Israel is superior to the heroes mentioned by the apostle. Moses tctcd sobadlv that ho was cjily pcrraittsd to look at tho

promised land, whilo Barak refnsed to take his army and go and light Siscra until a prophetess by the name of Deborah (and another man's wife at that) would go with him. Samson allowed Delilah to get away with him on .the riddle business, and then ho killed and stripped the garments off thirty men, and paid his bet with the Philistines with second-hand clothing. And Jacob got up a: mean combine and trust cn Laban. his father-in-law, in tho cattle business. ;But when wo come to Joseph we tako off our hats. Paul has us there. We may have the equals of Joseph in onr little circle, but ho has never had a superior in ancient or modern times. "Between tho past and the present there are no missing links. We old men hold that connecting position, and with the most of us it seems to bo the only oflico that has been earnestly searching for ns. And yet, with our long experience and close observation of men and affairs, we might bo useful to the country if a, lond call should be made for our services. As just now the antique seems to be the latest fad, somo of us would make splendid ornaments to decorate and beautify an administration. Wo have not found it delightful or prolitable to play the dark-horse 4 act .-during the convulsions of nominating conventions; but wo take comfort in the fact that we are sovereigns, and not servants. In that dramatic period, from 1850 to lbC6, we played well our part in the first act. Let us wear the laurels we have won gracefully. We can do as they do on the eastern coast of old Virginia; 'Live on oysters and past recollections.' Let us be 6m i ling, iolly old optimists, and not whining, complaining pessimists. Let us endeavor to feel as our own Whittier did when he wrote these lines: '. ""' "O sometimes gleams upon our slht, Throyh present wrong tho eternal right, And step by step, since time began, We see the steady gain of man. "For still the new transcends the old, . In sUns and tokens manifold: Slaves rise up men; the olive waves, With roots deep set in battle graves. "Through the harsh noises of our day A low sweet prelude finds its way; Through clouds of doubt and creeds of fear, A light is breaking culm and clear. "ITonceforth my heart shall sizh no more For olden times and holier shore; Gcds love and blessing then and there, Are now. and here, and everywhere." Tho reunion was a notable one in every respect. Only one outsider was allowed to come and enjoy the fun. This was Senator Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts, who came to Congress just too late to ben Banks survivor. Two years ago last Febrnary the survivors of the stormy Thirty-fourth Congress held their first Tennion, and voted to roino together at occasional intervals in tho future. Senators Sherman and Morrill wcro then the only survivors in Congress, Now their number is augmented by General Banks himself, who represents a Massachusetts district in tho -House, just as he did thirty-iivo years ago. General Banks's hair a now snow-white. He is ono of the mildest-mannered men in Congress, and few who see his gentle intercourse with his colleagues would imagine that he was the man of iron to whom a great party turned in an emergency where physical courage was even more needed than moral courage in the American House of Representatives. At times, however, the old lire comes back into his eyes, and he is Speaker Banks once more. Of the 103 members who voted for (.ieueral Banks, thirty-five) years ago, only twenty-two are living. FATAL HUNT FOR CONVICTS.

An Escaped Negro Shoots a Policeman and Later Is Shot Down Himself. Philadelphia,' May SO. Superintendent of Police Lemon yesterday received official notice from the New Jersey 8tate-prison authorities informing him of the escape of Thomas and Jackson, two negroes who had secured liberty by sand-bagging keeper Parker. The superintendent at once sent word to tho outlying districts that the men were supposed to be making for Philadelphia by way of tho pikes, and he asked that they be apprehended. At 8 o'clock this morning officer Henry F. Barber of tho Fifteenth police district, was stationed on the Bristol pike, when two suspicious-looking negroes approached him. Supposing that they were the men sought for he accosted them, when one of them pulled a revolver and fired at the officer. The ball penetrated the right side of tho abdomen, inflicting a dangerous wound. Officer Barber was found unconscious shortly after the shooting, and was conveyed to his home on Wi8siboming avenuo, near Newkirk street, by tho patrol wagon. The bullet passed clear through the abdomen, and tho wounded man is in a precarious condition. The superintendent was at once informed of the shooting. ; Ho telegraphed word to the various station-houses to take the desperate colored man dead or alive. Every district in the northern part of tho city sent out squads of extra men to patrol the highways. Nearly an hour afterward the reserves from the Frankfort sub-station ran across the two men. The two started to run, with the officers in hot pursuit. Finding that the convicts were getting away from them the officers opened fire. One of them, afterward found to be Henry Jackson, fell dead, a bullet, believed to have been from the revolver of officer David Smith, having struck him in tho back, penetrating the heart. He was coatless, having, after the shooting of officer Barber, thrown away tho blue coat with brass buttons which he stole from the prison. This coat was found on the pike, and in one of the pockets was the revolver with which the officer was probably shot. The other negro succeeded in getting away after the death of his pal. The body of Jackson was taken to the snbnrban police station nearest the place at which ho nipt his death. Tho pursuit of the other convict was kept np, all possible avenues of escape being covered. About 1 o'clock thi a afternoon he was discovered by a squad of policemen, hurrying along llonoysuckle avenue, near Decatur street, in the direction of the open country. When called upon to surrender the negro threw away a revolver which ho carried, and gavo himself into custody without a struggle. Ho was very much frightened, and was arrested by officer Smith, who had previously shot the other convict; He gave hisname as Thomas Thomas, and said that the shooting of officer Barber had been done by Jackson. This the officers believe to be true. Thomas was very mncb afraid of bodily harm, but. after tho officers had conveyed him to a cell in the station-house he became less nervous, and told tho story of the plot to escape from Trenton prison, in which he blames his partner for the wholo thing. a aialclnff Good a Cashier's Shortage. Bikohamton. N. Y.. May SO. It is quite probable that a satisfactory adjustment of the affairs of theOwego National Bank will be reached next week. The shortage of C. A. Thompson, cashier of tho bank, whose dealings with public grain and stock exchanges led to the crash, and his failure is as previously stated, about 8100,000. He held 13,000 of the araomit as treasurer of Tioga county, and. the balanco belonged to the bank. Of the total amount of the indebtedness, tho Trumans, of Owogo, relatives of Thompson, will pay $30,000. John G. Sears, president of tho bank, and a relativo of James Bassett. teller of tho bank, who is implicated, will pay 25.000, and the balanco will bo met by bondsmen, directors and stockholders. Kllrala Anxious for a Fight. Baltimore, May SO. Jake Kilrain is here. He says: "I feel strong, and am open for a match if the purse suits. Muldoon wrote on tho 20th that he would try and arrange for a meet with Ed Smith, who is about my build. Smith beat Cleary, and is very clever. 1 have not heard anything from Muldoon since. I want to meet McAu litre, but learn ho has arranged with Sullivan. I intend to got in good form. I havo a notion to try rowincc this summer. I had a boat at the Ariel Club bouse two years ago, and if nobody has taken it away I will make use of it As to a tight. I would give most anything to have another chance at Corbett He has a pretty long reach." Throwing Stones. Helena Journal. Dr. Norvin Green, president of the Western Union, in arecent interview, said: Pcrhaps the most odious monopoly in this country is the telephone." A diligent search might result in scaring una man or two who would difl'cr with the Doctor.,

CENSUS ENUMERATORS.

Hen Who Will Gather the Information in tho Filth Indiana District, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Delphi, Ind.,- .May 2S.--Hon. Charles Harley, supervisor of the census for this district, has received notico of tho approval of his appointments of enumerators. The appointments in the various counties are as follows: Benton County Charles B. Maddox, John Burns, Duncan McArthur Williams, Benjamin Barker, John Kockhold, Arthur Cheeny, Josie Lewis Bruuton, Geo. H. Edmonds, James W. Rodman, Mortimer W. Trnitt. William L. Johnson and William J. Lowes. Carroll John A. Cochran, E. B. Ti Pinions, Geo. H. Hopkins, Harry Landis, Morton Hefner, William A. Garrett, John C. Fisher. Andrew Jackson. George W. Armick, Josephus Headlee, Robert McMahan. A. L. Bright, Charles E. Morton, Hezekiah Robinson, J. W. Smith and John M. Groniger. Cass George W. Wolford, Joseph Edward Layton, John A. Calloway, Lemuol R. Day, Samuel Carr, Aldus M. Justice, William R. Deacon. Frank Hight. William Englobrecht, Elijah T. Stevens, Ira M. Mason, Jasper N. Booth. Solomon Smith, George GauglolT. E. C. Throckmorton, Robert McElheny, Henry F. Jox, John Enstield, Willis G. Graham, Robert F. Johnson, George Herd, A. W. Marsh, John C. Campbell, Allen Price. Samuel A. Fisher. William Livingston, John F. Barnett. Harry B. Chappelear. And Matthew English. Fulton Robert Reed, Francis Dillen, John W. Clifton, Job V. Pownall. Franklin F. Heigbway, Samuel McNeely, Ovid P. Osgood, Augustus G. Sinks, Arthur E. Pendleton. Adolph Hunneshagen, JohnL. Bybee and John Burns. Howard Daniel S. Shaffer, Charles A. Hunt, William A. Markland, Christopher C. Solenburger, Benjamim F. Redmond, Warren Wrightsman, John F. Christy, Price 11. Fellows, J. E. Cummins. Eugene A. Moore, James M. Bell, Edwin U. Thomas, William G. Younc, F. M. Coe, John A. Morrison, O. L. Wooiy. Burgess Ray, James D. Loop, William D. Hamer, Abram T. Cosand, Rolla Trees and Dan iel F. Browne. Jasper George W. Pavne, George A. Chappie, Maud Lally, McKendree Faris, Charles A. Peregrine. Marcus G. Lewis, Virgil Savior, George N. Dunn, Edwin G. Warren, Harvey W. Woods, Mrs. Edith A. Miller and John O'Connor. Lake Richard Scheunemann, J. P. Spaulding, George W. Fisher, Miss B. Rockwell, Charles E. Black, John N. Beckman, Charles Seydor. P. J. Kelly, George P. C. Newman, John Kreuter, E. C. Minas, Morgan T. Jones, John Q. A. Sparks, Charles J. Wilson, Silas E.'Zuvers, Samuel Turner, Lewis G. Littlo and James Henry Love. LaPorte Charles M. Osborn, Comfort T. Chalice. Marion A. Harbert, Abram W. Ball, Jerome B. Closser, M. L. Vaudewalker, Geo. Mollov. Frank P. Scarborough, William Terwilliger, Henry R. Edwards, Carl D. Fuller. Thomas J. Tapnan, Christina Stickley, F. J. Francis, Henry A. Schwager, Thomas S. Wirt, Georgo C. Marsh, EbertC. Wells, William H. S.Gallas. Henry J; Johnson, Azariah Williams, Otnie Way, Oscar J. Parkellt Milton Payne, Jacob Ly brook and Benjamin E. Bear. Marshall Wm. E. Gay, W. S. Ramrey, Jas. 11. Brink. John West. Joseph Benham, Ezra K. Barnhill, W. T. Vawvactor, Philip Kenegar, Henry N. Hand. Wm. H. Conger, Albert Barber, Elias II. Hall, Jas. L. Mosher, E. H. Pocock, Jas. M. Beeberand John A. McFarlin. Miami Huston C. Day, Williamson O. Carrothers, Chas. W. Stutesman, Andrew J. Haynes, Joseph Andrews, David Stitt, Patterson McKinney, Joseph Ellerman, Beni. D. Jacobs, Wm. J. Smith, Quiraby Lowe, Nev Black, David Prince, James Kelly, Jacob Tate. Abraham L. Shirley, Elias Keller, Amos B. Andrews, Samuel W. Fetrow, Jonathan Harlan and Eddie Bruce Sutton. ewton S. A. Royster, Samuel P. Haskell. Henry T. Griggs, John N. S. Ulroy, Frank Coulter, Jira Skinner, Edwin W.Gould and Daniel A. Pfrimmer. Porter Eugene Skinkle, A. W. Lytle, Edward M. Burns, Grant Mitchener, Artillus V. Bartholomew, jr., Peter J. Lindahl, John C. Pharos. Hiram C. Dille, Oliver M. Daugherty, J. S. Witham, John M. Jones, Levi C. Frame, Joseph Barnes, Charles Green, Leigh Fnrness and Charles E. Swanson. Pulaski Samuel B. l ord, John Henry Lambert, William H. Conn, Theodore D. Ward, James Pepper. Quincy S. Veatch, William C. Bennett, Nathan Casper, Caleb W. Baker and Jesse M. Woltz. St. Joseph Schuyler C. Rose, George Edward Bonebrake, John C. Ulrey, Labonnah E. Coder, Henry E. Hair, Charles F. Keck, Charles S. Bobbins, Frank M. Hostetter, J. W. Strope, Watson M. Wykoff, James Curry, jr., John H. Martin, James W. Keller, Hugh Has ford, Walter C. Anderson, Chas. A. Byers, Charles L. Stuckey, Charles L. Spain, Reeco Stevens, William Irving Hnnt, Arthur Platz, John G. Williamson, Frank Peterson, Leo M. Kicharski. Boleslaus DorasQwecz. Chauncey N. Fassett, Frank B. Neviu, James Kerr, W. S. Anderson, Noah C. Lehman. Frank T. Gray, Jeremiah Hiidebrand and William Rufus Ross. Starke Theodore E. Collier, LeanderW. Morris, Jacob Miller, John L. Marsh, Oscar B. Rockwell and Abel Rea. White Fred Spencer, Dennis P. Teeter, George A. Baxter, Levi E. Barnes. John Shell, Andrew P. Allen, Isaac Samuel Ramey, James P. Foltz, Robert Rariden, Goorge Bowman, W. E. Fox, Robert A. Lawrie. Special List for Institutions Charles A. Dunkleberg, Cass county; Dr. I. C. Johnson, Howard connty; Charles Mnrdock, La Porte county; Julia E. Work, St. Joseph county; Louis J. Herman, St. Joseph county. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. An Open Letter from Mr. Maurice Thompson to Indiana Members of Congress. Gentlemen Somo of you voted for House bill No. C011, to amend Title LX, Chapter III, of tho Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights; but some of you voted against it. As a citizen of the Stato of Indiana, a taxpayer, a book-buyer, a book-reader and a book-writer, I beg to address yon respectfully and earnestly on the subject of bookbuying and book-stealing. To .begin, I do not believe that there is a6inglo individual among you who would steal a book; nor do I consider it possible that in tho heart of any of yon it seems right to sanction the stealing of anything of value from an American or from a foreigner. You are chosen to represent tho people and to make laws that shall protect honest men and fnrnish effective and swift punishment for thieves. You embody, in theory, and I hope in fact, the national senso of honor, the national view of honesty and the national sentiment of Christian duty in its broadost and most catholic- interpretation. For each one of you, thongh chosen by a local few, represents, as a law-maker, the entire Union of States. Gentlemen, your official interpretation of honesty and right will do more toward directing and molding the conscience of the masses than any other influence that can reach tho common mind of the people. If you, by official act proclaim that, because stealing books outright makes them cheaper, it is best to steal them, how can you expect tho people to maintain a high grade of self-respect or worthy regard for tho honor of the countryt And yet, gentlemen, you will admit that, in a republic like ours, everything depends upon keeping clean and bright the moral senso and the self-respecting sentiment of tho peoplo, for how can thero be a high grade of patriotism among the masses if the people know that tho government bases its laws upon mere conscienceless considerations of expediency or of gain! You hold tho national morals in your hand. and. in this particular case, it is tho morals of the best classes, the reading, thinking, influential element of onr population. Now what is tho question involved in Honso bill No. 6941? It is simply this: Shall an author bo placed on the same or equal footing with every other citizen? Shall I have the exclusive right to the book which is the product of my invention, my learning ana my labor, or shall it bo stolen from mo by any English publisher who sees lit to become a thief? England stands ready to protect American authors from English thieves the moment that America agrees to protect English authors from American thieves.

Now at this moment every American author of any standing, every American publisher of highest repute and the guilds of American printers, together with a large majority of the leading editors of our country, have joined in asking Congress to show to the world that America is at honest as England dare be. Give us the same right to own and sell our books in England as tho farmer h2r. to own and sell his wheat, and pork, and vorn in England if he wishes to. Protect ns from pirates as yon protect other citizens from pirates. You will not permit pirates to steal wheat in India or Russia and bnng it here and sell it. That would make wheat, and flour, and bread very cheap, but it would not be morally right, nor would it be fair to our wheat-ffrcAvers? Are the men and women who make our country's literature entitled to less consideration than other citizens? But taking a broader view: Is our attitude as a Nation admirable or enviable whiie we stand in the position of not only permitting, but insisting upon the plundering of English authors' book-closets by our publishers? Are not American citizens willing to buy and pay for English books if they want them? Do Congressmen mean to say that American honor is run so low that the people are clamoring for stolen books? Do the gentlemen assert that the people upon whom rests the perpetuity of a republican form of government are willing to be the receivers of stolen goods in order to avoid paying English authors for their books? Gentlemen, this is the foulest insinuation ever made ' against the manhood and the womanhood of America. I appeal to the men and women of Indiana, and ask them if they would not rather do without books than to steal books or to buy books of the thief who has stolen them? What do you say, judges of the courts, preachers, teachers of schools, trainers of the young mind, lawyers, doctors, coliego men, ladies and gentlemen of whatever calling what do you say? Shall our children be taught that itis right to steal, simply because it is cheaper to steal than to buy? Why are the pulpits silent on this subject. They are not silent, and their influence is on tho right side. But I was forgetting, gentlemen of the Indiana delegation in Congress, that itis to you that I am writing. Let us'go a little further. It is enough to make any honest man blush for shame to think of arguing a question of mere expediency when actual personal honor and purity of conscience are involved, but you force the consideration somo of you, at least and I must touch it. foul as it is. You insist, as your whole and sole stock in argument, that this bill would make books expensive. What books? It cannot, as you ought to know, aflect the condition of any books ever published before the passage of the bill. Every book Sublished, from the Bible to the latest ime novel, before the passage of the bill, will be unaffected forever by its operation. Ail that the bill contemplates is that hereafter authors ehall have the right to own and sell their books In both England and America. In other words, future books are tho only ones affected. But will honosty in the book trade, will absolute honesty to authors, make books dearer? What a shameful question for one who considers himself a man to ask! Will honesty to the farmer make bread and meat dearer? Will honesty to the tailor make a suit of clothes dearer? Will honesty to the banker make a forged check worthless? Can I steal a horse and sell him cheaper than if I had bought hi nil Supply and demand control prices. Books sold through the honest channels of trade will bring just what they are worth, no more, no less. Competition in the publishing business controls book prices now, and it always will control them. The prices of books would not be changed by the bill, nor in any way aflectod by it. What tho bill would do would be to drive out of our markets the flood of worthless and filthy novels (of foreign life and morals) with which our book-stalls are now loaded. It would foster and encourage American thought and the production of a truly American literature. It would, place our government in an attitude both self-respecting and regardful of the rights of other peoples. It would show to the woTld that we are not a Nation whoso code of ethics is based on prices instead of on honor. - Now, gentlemen, without regard to any partisan consideration, I address you this letter, and ask yon to vote for a reconsideration of House bill No. C04L ; The people of Indiana are not thieves, nor- are they the friends or the upholders of thieves. You need not think that our people are demanding the continuation of this or any other state of lawless diregard for private property rights or for the fiouor of the Nation, At all events, think what you may, the public conscience is beginning to arouse itself, and he who sets himself on the wrong side of this question may find it very hard to explain away his record. I shall be very glad, gentlemen, to write vou another letter or two when you come homo to stand before the people for re-election (that is, those among you who feel like appealing to honest Indiana voters in behalf of the policy of stealing books), and you may be sure that tho wholo question will be sifted to the bottom, including the infiuenco of tho book-pirato lobby. Respectfully yours, Maurice Thompson. Crawfordsville, May 29. "

LIVE STOCK. Cattle Stronger Hogs Opened Steady, but Closed Quiet and a Shade Lower, IxmiNAFOLis, May 30. Cattle. Receipts, 8C0; shipmonts, : . There was a light supply; demand good for all decent grades at stronger prices, but not q notably higher. Export grades $l.40S4.75 Good to choice shippers 4.00S4.30 Common to medium snippers j.iug j.w Stoekers and feeders 3.00 3 3.85 flood to choice heifers.. 3.403.85 2.C03.20 3.103.40 2.4032.90 1.50v32.20 3.004.25 Common to medium heifers... Good to choicecows Fair to medium cows Common old cows.... Veal9, common to choice... Bulls, common to cuoice f 2.003.25 Milkers, common to choice 15.0035.00 HOGS. Receipts, 4,000; shipments, . Quality fair. Market opened steady; shippers principal buyers; closed quiet at shade lower than opening prices; some late arrivals unsold. Heavy .. .$3.9033.973 Mixed Lbrht Pigs and heavy roughs Sheep and Lamus. Rece ments, . Supply light; at stronger prices. ... 3.$0:5.90 .... 3.7533.90 .... 2.7533.50 ipts, 130; ship-' market active Good to choice. ....$4.5035.25 .... 3.5034.25 .... 2.5033.25 .... 5.00 3 0.00 .... 2.0034,00 Fair to medium,.. Common... Spring lambs Bucks, per head.. ....... .... .. Elsewhere. NEW YORK, May 30. Beeves Receipts, 3.035, including 43 car-loads to be sold. Market steady. Steers. $4.&vas4.0 100 Its; bulls and cows, $2.15'2aSO. Diessed beef firm at 634734C l rb. No shipments today; to-morrow. 1,030 beeves and 6.C95 quarters of beef. Calves-Receipts, 690. Market firm. Veals, lo'SG.SOlOO lbs. ' Sheep Receipts, 3,491. Market steady. Sheep. S.v06.12U V ICO lbs; lambs, Si)' 9.25. Dressed mutton firmatlOVilLjck lb; dressed lambs steady at 12V 15c. Hoes Receipts, including 2 car-load for gale. 4,471. Market steady at $4-34.40 . 100 lbs. CHICAGO. MaySO. Cattle Receipts, 12,000, Business fair and prices unchanged. Cows, 8l.S5'23.4.r); stoekers. $2.40-24; natives, $3.SoS25; Texaus, $1.90 3.50; bulls, $2.20S2.75. "Hogs Receipts. 17.000. Demand fair and prices about unchanged. Backers and shippers, $3.$54; light and heavy, $3.924.10; skips, $3. 054. Sheep Receipts, 8.000. The market was active and unchanged. Feeders, $4.15; muttons, $4.905; natives, $1.502!5.S0. KANSAS CITY, May SO.-Cattle-Re-ceipts, 4.S0O; shipments, 1,100. The market was slow, and 5c lower. Steers. $3.554.80: cows, $23.70; stoekers and feeders, $3.25 t to, Hoes Receipts. 10.000:. shipments. 800. The market was olc lower. All grades, $3.653.771:; bulk, $3.72 3. 75. Sheep Receipts, 6.200; shipments, 2,S00. The market was steady. Good to choice muttous, $4.5035.25; stoekers and feeders, $2.504z4; lambs, $2.253.50. ST. LOUIS, May CO. Cattle Receipts, 200; shipments. . Market steady. Good to fancy native steers. $4. 404.90; fair to good native steers, $3.804.40: stoekers and feeders, $2.902) 3. 60; Texans and Indiana, $2.10 4. Hogs Receipts, S.SOO; shipments, , Market strong. Fair to choice heavy, $3.90 packing grades, $S.808.90; light, fair to best, $3.802 S.922. " Sheep Receipts, 600;- shipments, .

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of Repair wortc 144 Kentucsy avenue. Market firm. Fair to choice, clipped, $4 25.10. TVool. BOSTON. May 30. Tbere has been a good trade in wool, and the sales of tho week foot up 11.710,000 pounds. The market has been nrm, with prices fully sustained. Sales of Ohio aud Pennsylvania fleeces nave been made at 3130 for X, and 33234c for XX. Michigan X fleeces have been felling In a moderate way at 3031o. No. 1 combing is firm at 39w40c; Ohio line delaine at3t37c, and Michigan fine delaine at S5s-36c. New Utah and Wyoming wools have been arrivms and selling at 1623o for mediums and for fine medium. Some of the new Territory wools have been selling as hifrh as 62c, scoured, for fine. New spring Texas wools range from 20 3 23c, and California from 173200. Ohio aud Michigan fat-sbeep wool has been sold at 20 22 for iie, and 26 7t 33c for medium. Pulled wools have been in steady request, with sales of super at 30340c, and extra at 22 30c. Australian wools are in good Ueciand, and receipts are quickly passing into manufacturers' hands. Carpet wools are quiet and firm. Turpentine. WILMINGTON. May 30.-Turpentine firm at 34c. Crude turpentine firm; hard, $1.25; yellow" dip, $2.35; virgin, $ 2.70. . m The Chanee of a Lifetime. Detroit Free Press. "I've got a note of 100 to meet to-day. and I'm $20 short1 he said as he entered the office. "Say, dont you try to meet it," said the other. "Why!" ' "It'snonse. If you've managed to get $S0 together, take it and skip for South America at once. Train leaves at 3 o'clock and yon have seventeen minutes to pack np and catch it." "But, my dear M "Don't stop to argue. They don't expect you to pay the note, and you'll never have $80 in your life. Skin!" m A Proud Moment for Kansas. Kan wis City Star. 'Following the example of Iowa," says tho Atlanta Constitution, "tho grand old Kennblican State of Kansas is going into the 'original-package' business." 'Follow," indeed! Does tho Constitution think that Kansas is standing around to be scooped by Iowa or any other Statef Not much. The first original-package honse was in Kansas, not Iowa. Kansas leads; she doesn't follow. Not to Be Stumped. New York Run. ' Drng Clerk This hair dressing is made of pure bear grease. Brown How can it be pure when it's scented? Drng Clerk It is er made from the cluuamon bear A Difference. New Torlc Mall and express. "What's going on!" said the little old woman, pushing into the crowded church at high noon. "A wedding." said somebody. "A wedding, eh!" said the little old woman, "who's the bride!" Tain't a bride," said another old woman, "the's some divorced woman."

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