Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 October 1890 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1890.

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DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT, Is Expressed in the Colamns of the State Origan and in the Platform of the Party. Sentinel Editorial, Jan. 6, 1887. THE SUPREME COURT. Damn their cowardly sonlg. N The members of the Supremo Court of Indiana are afraid of their shadows. - Yesterday Judge Elliott delivered the opinion of the court in tho Smith-Robertson lieutenant-governorship case. There was no dissenting opinion, inore'a the pity. If only one man had shown honeety enough and courage enough to have dissented, something of the august character of the court would have been saved; but it stands now a crying shame. The Supreme Court at that time consisted of Judges Niblack, Zollars, Mitchell and Howk, Democrats, and Judge Elliott, Republican. Democratic Flafform. Judges Coffee, Berkshire and Olds, Republican membeis of the Supreme Bench, deserve tht contempt of the people of Indiana for their action in overturning the settled construction of the Constitution, reversing all legal precedents and contradicting their own rulings for the sake of a few petty offices and at the dictation of unscrupulous political tricksters. Sentinel Editorial, Feb. 9, 1890. The men who were hanged and the men now in the Illinois penitentiary for the Haymarket crime were the victims of the most flagrant judicial outrage in the annals of this Republic. It was tho mob spirit that convicted them. It was a jury of cowards and lickspittles that brought in the verdict. The time will come when the trials of the Chicago Anarchists will be regarded by enlightened people the world over with the same feelings of horror and amazement with which wo now review the trials of tho Salem "witches." Sentinel Editorial. Sept. 14, 1890. The tax on personal property ought to be wholly repealed. The prospect is that tho system of private property in land will remain as it is, for some generations, at least, but that all taxes, at least for State and local purposes (except such as may be derived from the sale of franchises), will, in the near future, be laid upon land. . . TnE importers' and Democratic trust to put up prices, like the Sugar Trust, has gone to pieces. . . The tides of business bear up the Republican party this year; indeed, it may hft Raid that thn arnrR in their eniiTRpa fight for the g. o. p. this year. That policy of insane hospital management which ends in brutal murder should go, but it will not if another Democratic Legislature is elected. inE Augean stames Duut ana nnea by the gerrymander legislatures in Indiana should be cleansed next Tuesday by a flood of anti-Democratic votes. Every fresh trade report brings nothing but additional anguish lor tho ca-lamity-shriekers. It is a bad year for them. So prosperous is it that it seems like a Republican year. . One of the questions to be determined next Tuesday is whether or not Indiana will put itself in lino with IllinoisIowa, Michigan and Ohio, or with Arkansas and other Bourbon States. The only way to rescue Indiana from the curse of the un-Dernocratic gerrymander and its misrule is to vote for legislative candidates nominated against the regular Democratic candidates. Evert voter who believes in popular government and tho right of the majority to rule should vote for legislative candidates who, if elected, will not vote another gerrymander at the next session. There are a great many persons who oppose the new tariff law, and, if all of them could vote, they would elect a Congress that would repeal it. Tho most of the opponents will not vote. They live in Europe. TnE revolting murder of an inmate of the Richmond asylum by one of the employes of tho institution is a natural outcome of the policy which the partisanship of gerrymander Democratic Legislatures has established. Can any man give even a plausiblo reason why Daniel Webster Voorhees should be ro-electedtothe United States Senate? Does Indiana owe tho ex-Confederacy anything that it should elect a Senator tovoto with the ex-confederates in the Senate? TnE price of lumber has advanced 61.50 a thousand feet in Chicago. Yes; but tho new tariff law has reduced the duty on that lumber from $2 to $1 per thousand. It seems to be the only article tho price of which has advanced thus far. Hon. J. J. W. Billingsley, Republican candidate for Congress in this district, has completed his canvass of tho

other counties and will devoto this week to Marion. Wherever ho has gone he has made a good impression. Tho Republican-papers in Madison, Shelby and Hancock counties state that his meetings have been large and earnest, and his discussion of public questions has been dignified, fair and forcible. As a life-long Republican, representing the strongest and best elements of the party, Mr. Billingsley is entitled to receive the full Republican vote, and, if elected, he will much better represent the true interests of the district than Mr. Bynum, with histirce-trade sentiments, ever has or ever could.

MUEDEK OF AN 15 SANE PATIENT. The partisan management of the State benevolent institutions has resulted in a cruel murder iu the Hospital for tho Insane at Richmond. The investigation two years ago of the hospital in this city revealed much corruption, many gross abuses and some cruel practices, but nothing so bad as the case now brought to light at Richmond. It is a startling commentary on the viciousness of the present system of control in our public institutions that a new hospital for the insane should not be open six months before its record is blackened with a murder, the;details of which will carry horror into thousands of homes. The victim of this brutal crime was Mr. T. Jay Blount, a reputable citizen of Mooreland, Henry county, and son of Mr. Warren Blount, of the same county. The junior Blount was a lawyer. A little more than a month ago. having developed symptoms of insanity, he was committed to the hospital at Richmond. He was not violent or dangerous, but was noisy. When placed in the hospital he was in fair physical health. A week later, on the evening of Monday, Sept. 29, he died and bis body was sent home for, burial. Tho hospital authorities stated that he died of pleurisy. After his burial something aroused suspicion that the cause of his death had not been truly stated, and a few days ago the body was exhumed and examined by a committee of physicians. The examination, revealed the fact that at least five of the dead man's ribs had been broken and the fractured ends driven into his vitals, and that his Bide was bruised and pounded almost into a jelly. There was unmistakable evidence of brutal violence. A recent inmate of the hospital, who was discharged cured and who had personal knowledge of the facts, has made an affidavit that because Mr. Blount was somewhat boisterous the keeper choked and kicked him to death, first choking him, then throwing him to tho floor and kicking him violently in tho side. Tho man was murdered. The keeper who is charged with tlie crime was arrested last night at Logausport. These are the facts, so far as developed, in one of the most atrocious crimes in the history of the State. That it is directly traceable to a system which puts incompetent and brutal men in positions where they can vent their passions on the unfortunate and helpless admits of no doubt. With a competent superintendent and qualified attendants this shocking crime would never have occurred. PROTECTION AND LOCAL INTERESTS, The manufacturing interests of Indianapolis are very large and are growing rapidly. The future growth of the city depends upon this to a greater extent than it does on any other single interest. Unless it can maintain its claim as a prosperous manufacturing center its ftjture prospects will bo very much clouded. Two of the four counties in this congressional district, viz., Madison and Hancock, aro in the natural-gas belt. Anderson and Greenfield have already profited largely by the discovery of the now fuel, and, under favorable conditions, are likely to profit still more iii the future. This is particularly true of Anderson, which has become tho seat of many large manufacturing establishments and offers such attractions that tho number is likely to bo greatly increased. In order that tho manufacturing interests of this city may continue to prosper, and those of other towns in the uatural-gas belt be fully developed, it is important that they continue to enjoy the benefits of the protection under which they have been established. Hostile legislation by Congress would soon cripple and; ultimately destroy most of them. Mr. Bynum belongs to a party whose cardinal principle is hostility to American manufactories, and he himself is one of the most extreme advocates of that policy. Since his election to Congress his chief aim has been to gain notoriety by his violent advocacy of a policy that would destroy American industries and reduce the wages of American workmen nearly, if not quite, to a level with those of foreign .workmen. In following out this idea he has cast scores of votes and made many speeches against the interests of the district he misrepresents. If the peoplo are alive to their interests he will not be returned to Congress to give his vote and voice to tho anti-American policy. ; A VTEEK F0S WORK. Ono week from to-day tho battle wil bo fought at the polls, but the result will be determined very largely by the efforts which are made by the respective armies before next Tuesday. During the week the best efforts must bo put forth to get ho Republican army in battle array. One thing is essential to a Republican victory, and that is a full Republican vote. The Republican army will bo sure of a sweeping victory if it goes into tho fray with full ranks. The enemy has no other hope for success than the absenteeism of Republicans. The Democratic leaders expect that many more -Republicans will stay at home than Democrats. They boast that it requires more effort to get a full Republican than a full Democratic vote. If every Republican who has an interest 4u tho success of the party, and every voter who fully realizes the importauco of rescuing the State from tho incapacity and misrule of gerrymander Democratic legislatures, should devoto a portion of this week to persuad

ing his. lukewarm friends to "vote the Republican ticket, there is every reason to believe that an Assembly would bo chosen which will prevent anotLer gerrymander and insure a change in many directions where it io most needed. If earnest and thorough work is done, a Republican Legislature maybe elected which will be'sure to pnt an end to the policy which increases the State debt, and devise a system' of taxation which will make other property than homes and farms bear the burden of the State's running expenses and liabilities. To do this, persistent and aggressive work is necessary. : The earnest Republican must show that he is very much in earnest. He must keep 'at it. He will pay no attention to the rumors which the enemy will be sure to start at the last hour regarding candi-. dates, defections, etc. He must not waste his time in arguing with the contumacious Democrat, or in listening to his stories. All time devoted to him is worse than wasted. Seek out every Republican in your neighborhood and extort from him a promise to vote. Concisely and clearly state the reasons why voting this year is so important. Tell him about the new ballot law and how to comply with its requirements. Make arrangements to secure his attendance at the poll3. Do not heed what others say about the outlook in other ections of the battle line, but go in against the enemy in your front, and do everything in your power to elect tho Republican ticket. If every Republican does this, Republican victory is assured.

STATE JURISDICTION. Senator Edmunds delivered an address on State rights beforo the Vermont Bar Association a few days ago. In the courso of which he said that now, for tho first time since tho Union was formed, we were brought face to faoe "with the question whether a fctate can or cannot regulate Its internal affairs without the consent of Congress. The Senator believes that States have this right, and he said: "The people of the States J should have the charge or the, preservation oi their own autonomy, whether It relate to traffic in drugs, dvnatnite or Intoxicating liquors." This is good constitutional doctrine, and was never questioned before the original package decision was rendered. Journal, Oct i!5. ' Is there not most too much powder in the above sentiments? How about the- Southern States disfranchising their colored citizens and fixing up things according to their notions of the eternal fitness of things ? Eye. Each State has a right to regulate its own internal and domestio affairs in its. own way, provided it does not violate the Constitution. No Southern State could, by legislation, disfranchise its colored citizens, except by some " trick that would avoid coming in collision with the Constitution of the United States. Such disfranchisement may be effected by the force or fraud of individuals, by the shotgun method or tissue tickcis,1 but that is not the act of the State and: does not come under the constitutional prohibition, which relates to the act of a State and not of individuals. . The States may- and do enact laws on a variety of subjects on which the Constitution does not restrict them and Congress has no right to interfere. Senator Edmunds's statement, that 'the people of each State should have the charge of the preservation of their own autonomy," was intended to refer' to matters belonging to State jurisdiction. Among these the regulation of the liquor traffic was always classed until it was invaded by the original package decision of the Supreme Court, and since that was rendered Congress has, by a special act, reinvested the States with entire control of the matter. DEMOCRATIC ATTACKS ON THE JUDICIARY. We print on another page a portion of a speech delivered last night at Delphi, by Hon. A. C. Harris, of this city, in defense of the judiciary against Democratic attacks. The recent record of the Democratic party in this State contains nothing moro disgraceful or more deserving of popular condemnation than its attacks on tho judiciary. The decisions which have provoked these attacks have not been voluntary. The courts have not gone out of their way to assume jurisdiction of controverted questions, much less to break into tho domain of politics. They have aimply decided questions which were brought before them, and which it was their constitutional duty to decide. ' For discharging this duty io the best of their ability, under their oaths and upon their consciences, they have been publicly attacked and outrageously abused by the Democratic press and party, because tho decisions in certain cases did not conform to the views and wishes of Democratic politicians. Tho record of parties and politics in this country might be searched in vain for a parallel to this action of the Indiana Democracy. From tho Sentinel's editorial in 1887, beginning with "Damn their cowardly souls," to the wholesale attack on the judiciary in the Democratic State platform, it has been a systematic, persistent, outrageous assault on the independence of courts and the purity of judges. As an attorney Mr. Harris is an officer of the court, and it is fitting that he should defend the judiciary against these attacks and expose their groundlessness and partisan malice. He states the case well, and his defense is such as might be expected from a lawyer who respects the judiciary and knows tho worth of tho men who compose it. EXTRAVAGANCE AND DEMORALIZATION. Every day brings fresh evidence of the extravagant and demoralizing regime which the Democratic legislatures have been setting up all these years. If all tho facts could be presented to the voters which even the records present, the tax-ray ers would turn out cn masse to destroy a rule which is characterized by incapacity, waste and greed. A few days sinco the local trustees of the Evansvillo hospital for insane asked the State Auditor to approve bills for $20,000, and authorize their payment from tho fund voted for the repairs of that hospital, which has not yet had a patient, and because he could not do it he has been denounced by tho Evansville press. The Democratic trustees insisted that such charges as $1,500 for a plan for grading the hospital grounds, and bills for musical instruments and other extravagant items, should be paid from tho appropriation for repairs. Thereports from several institutions indicate that they aro filled with incompetent

and oven brutal attendants, who are the henchmen, or the dependents of henchmen, of Democratic managers. This is tho time to put an end to this era of incompetency and wastefulness. Indeed, public attention having been called to it, it may be said to be on trial before a tribunal composed of the voters of the State. If Democratic State officers and a Democratic Legislature aro elected next Tuesday, the present management, which has been wasting public money and filling the public institutions with incompetents, will accept the result as a verdict of approval, and will consequently proceed to greater extravagance and greater demoralization. If a Republican Legislature shall be elected, the days of the present growing extravagance and incompetency will be numbered.

A "Commercial Traveler" writing to the Journal about the predicted rise of prices made by the Democratic press, also calls attention to a certain class of advertisers in large cities, and says: Now and then in some papers you will find the advertisements of retailers admonishing and entreating you to buy at once while goods are cheap, as with the next importation prices will be advanced from 10 to 110 per cent., having been so informed by importers. What do these dealers take. us for? Why, the good business man, when ho is able, always discounts a sixty-days' bill to got the benefit of the 2 per cent, allowed for cash. Would such a merchant spend- hundreds of dollars in advertising the sale of goods at a low price that were going to advance 10 to 20 per cent, in sixty days? Would he not rather put these goods away and wait for the big advance? Of course he would, and every one who thinks of it a moment knows that he would. Again, Democratic orators through the country are always telling ' farmers how much their lands have-decreased In price during the past twenty years. This is doubtless true in some instances, but the decrease has not been equal to that of the prices of agricultural implements, for instance. Twelve years ago the farmer paid $300 for a binder that we are selling to-day for $140; for a mower. $H) or $90, which are sold now for $40 to $00; $15 to 318 for a plow that can bo bought now for $9 to $10, and so on. This decline is due to the protective tariff. I say this because I would like to have the free-trader point out one article that is extensively manufactured in this country under the protective tariff that has not constantly decreased in price. "Commercial Traveler" urges all voters to give such facts careful consideration, to the end that they may vote for the protective policy which has done so much to build up great industries, good wages and general prosperity. Democratic newspapers outside of Ohio, and even some Republican writers, who do not seem to understand the situation, have referred to the abolition of Cincinnati's corrupt Board of Public Improvements and the establishment of a non-partisan board as "Governor Campbell's victory." When Governor Campbell convened the Ohio Legislature the Republican members were willing to assist him in abolishing this board. Instead of accepting their aid he entered into a disgraceful compromise with "the gang" which controlled a large majority Of the Democratic votes. At the critical moment "the gang" betrayed him, and the compromise fell through. The Republicans then took the initiative, drew up the non-partisan measure and passed it, with the assistance of a very few decent Democrats, over the heads of "the gang." 1 Campbell was very glad to be let out of the hole in this way, and is doubtless as much pleased as surprised to get tho credit for the work. During a recent Western trip of Hon. John B. Elarh an alleged interview with him was published, in which he was represented as saying of his personal knowledge that General Harrison was tired of the presidential office and did not desire a second term. The alleged talk did not sound like Mr. Elaru, and he now disclaims it entirely. He knows nothing of the President's political plans or purposes, and has not attempted to foreshadow them. He has said, however, that the President would do his duty under all circumstances fearlessly and conscientiously, and let results take caro of themselves, which is precisely what all who know him believe. When such a legislative ticket as that which tho Republicans have nominated in this county all first-class, representative men is pitted against a ticket of incompetents, no tax-payer should hesitate a moment as to his duty. Indeed, if the Democratic ticket were better by a great deal than it is, tho fact that it is tho creature of the Coy crowd should decide all good citizens against it. Indianapolis needs a good deal of legislation to enable it to fully improve the advantages it possesses. The way to secure desired laws is to elect the Republican legislative ticket. After all the loud talk that the Democratic campaign speakers have indulged in about big majorities and the overwhelming success of their ticket at the coming election, the confession of the candidates on the State ticket that they do not expect a majority of more than 2,000 must be like a dash of cold water to the hopeful rank and file. Those candidates are talking too much. If tho campaign managers could entice them into the Richmond Insane Hospital would they kill them?, When Census Commissioner Porter arrived at New York from London, a free-trade paper said he was wearing a new London overcoat. The Commissioner being a stalwart protectionist, on seeing tho paragraph, told another reporter that as his overcoat was of American cloth and three years bid, there could be no better testimonial to the quality of American overcoatings. If the voter in Marion county votes for the best men regardless of politics the Republican ticket would receive an overwhelming majority. There is no comparing the two tickets, but by contrast the Republican ticket shows the badness of the Democratic. It is stated that friends of Mr. Bynum's, presumably with his knowledge, if not by his direction, are giving out in certain quarters that, if elected, he will .oppose any further legislation against the Louisiana lottery. This is getting down pretty low. Ex-Goveknou Guav is telling his small audiences that if $400 worth of Symrna rugs have been purchased for the Insane Hospital at Evansville, Governor. Hovcy is responsible, sinco the

bills must have been approved by him. As a matter of fact, the particular bill of Symrna rugs was approved by a Democrat acting as chairman of tho commission.

Although Superintendent Williams and his son are allowed to remain in charge of the Marion county poor farm nntil after election, it is hardly probable that they will be willing or able to aid their party greatly by voting paupers and imbeciles. Their experience in the United States Court after tho election two years ago is probably all they care for in that line. A few weeks ago the Democratic managers were claiming everything in sight. Now they are talking about a possible Democratic majority of 2,000 on the State ticket and confess doubts of securing the Legislature. This is tapering off gradually. After next Tuesday they will be explaining how the majority' happened to go the other, way. According to the New York correspondent of a Philadelphia paper a representative of one of the leading magazines of the metropolis recently called upon ex-Minister William Waldorf Astor and asked him to furnish a short story for publication. "We want," said he. "a story of about twelve thousand words, for which we will pay you 5 cents a word." Mr. Astor graciously agreed to the proposition, stating at the same time that though money was no object to him, he "would accept the honorarium offered and devote it to some worthy object' The ex-Minister and millionaire has written several novels which, so far as is known, no one has ever read save a few book reviewers in the lino of business. Consequently, the magazine that wants his story is not catering to the public taste to any great extent. This, however, will not prevent an editorial statement in the same publication td the eflect that merit alone is recognized in its selections, and that 'all its contributors are treated with impartial justice. ' To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal! A has been away for four years, and returned two weeks ago. He is a single man, and claims this as his home. His mother resides here, with whom he lives. He has never voted while out of the State, always claiming his residence here. It he a legal voter! Dtteekoqitob. Staunton, Ind. It would depend on the nature of his absence, and his intention as to returning. If he all the time regarded his old home as his continuing residence,' and fully intended to return at some definite or indefinite time, that is his legal residence and voting place. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal Is it not a fact that the new election law makes no provision for the number of persons who may witness the counting out of ballots after the polls are closedl t j. b. Queensvtlle, Ind., Oct. 25. The new law makes no provision on the subject, but Section 4711, Revised Statutes of 1881, provides that either political party may have two witnesses present during tho count. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. A Sickly Infant. Brings A 8 no doubt you know, I commenced life as a drug clerk. , Bragrgs It's different with me. They tell me that practically I commenced lite as a drug-store. They Talk of Love. He What a man wants is the kind of love that will not waver when the flour barrel is empty.' She And the love a woman wants is that which wlU see that the flour-barrel la kept filled. 1 That Miserable Next Day. Wittix I am astonished at the style In which Crittix goes for your new book, after having permitted you to wine and dine him the way he did. . Poetix That's Just it. He wrote me up the morning after. More to the Purpose. Book Agent I have here a little volume entitled "How to Live One Uundred Years.' It shows, in a lucid iuannfr ' . Mudge Don't want it at alL If you've a book that will show me how to live till next pay-day I'll take it at thirty days. Altogether Different . Deacon Podberry I suppose we will have the usual grab-bag at the fair next weekl Rev. Mr. Wilgus H'ru; I hardly know. I am a little in doubt as to the moral effect of these games of chance. . Deacon Podberry Bnt it isn't a game of chanoe. It's a sure thing, don't you seel ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. George M. Pullman, of Pullman palacecar fame, will build a 81,000.000 hotel in Chicago and have it completed in time for the world's fair. George Kennan began his tour in Northampton, Mass., on Oct. 13, and has lectured every evening since then, except Sundays. He is booked to speak every night until Feb. 28. Louise Montague, the former Forcpaugh '$10,000 beauty," has created a decided sensation in religions circles in San Francisco by joining church and devoting herself entirely to works of piety and charity. Henry M. Stanley. Mrs. Stanley, and Mrs. Stanley's mother Mrs. Tennant, sail for America on the Teutonic next Wednesday. They will be accompanied by Hamilton Aide, 'the novelist, and author of the play "Dr. BilL" Alexander Dumas had a singularly unattractive wife, and is said to have one day surprised a gentleman when he was in the act of bestowing upon her an uuallowed 6alute. "My poor fellow, why do yon do this!" said Dumas, "you are not compelled to." Rudyard Kipling came by his very unconventional Christian name in a rather romantio way. The future parents of tre brilliant novelist plighted their troth on the shores of the well-known English Lake Kudyard, and commemorated the occurrence later in life by the novel method of christening their son with the name of tho place. Of his wife who died the other da)r, Rov. nouerif voiij ci. oj o. uuo wag a coinraue, j a friend, a helper; she was always on the sunny side and many a time helped mo out j of the slough of despond." She was born i in lorkshire, loglaud. sixty-nine years ago, and married Mr. Collyer in 1850, tho year ho became a Methodist preacher, and the year before they camo to this couutry. The Rev. Prof. Adam Sedgwick, prebendary of Norwich, England, while pursuing his geological researches, descended into a very deep mine by a ladder. Tho heat increased, and he found himself steaming with perspiration. He asked a miner on the ladder with him how far it was to the infernal regions. The reply was: "Let go of the ladder and you'll soon find out." . The "Seven Ages of Man" were depicted by Javanese artists long before they became famous in Shakspearian recitations in this country, and perhaps before Shakspeare was born. On the walls of a great tea store in New YoTk city, which has branches in Hong Kong and Shanghai, hang a series of Japanese pictures illustrating the seven picturesque periods of man's existence. When Prince Albert Victor was a small boy at school he once ran short ji small boys occasionally do of .pock- -ney, and thereupon wrote to his pre-u , indulgent grandmother for the, loan ut live shillings. Instead of the eagerly expected remittance, however, cume a letter filled with grandmotherly reproof and advice, dashing his hopes to the ground. Despair presently gave way to joy, though, as tho idea of tho letter having a marketable value

strnck him. end he promptly realized thirty shillings on the "autoeraph letU-r of her Majestv th tneen." Thia letter was sold the other day, at a rale of valuable curios and autographs, and fetched lift. The mother of Marie Ha$hkerteff has erected a wonderful monument to her daughter, near Paris, that looks moro like a house than n tomb. Tho interior, which can be plainly seen, contains theyoung artist's rocking chair, little table and favorite books, and the names of her paintings shine in gold letters on tho waif. A perpetual light burns before her bier, which her girl friends heap every day with freih liowers. aud her portrait, life-size, hangs above it. One of the saddest things connected with the funeral of Willis Sprague, atUnnonchet, was the refusal of the Sprague family to allow Mrs. Kato Chase, mother of the boy. to view her son's remains. The poor woman, who made her way to the Sprague residence, was cruelly turned away. She was completely prostrated by grief, and it was with the greatest difficulty that she was prevented from entering the death chamber. There was scarcely a tearless eye perceptible wheu the bereaved mother was turned off without seeing her dead son. By the death of Prof. Austin Phelps, of Andover, departs the head of a remarkable literary family. Not only did Professor Phelps's reputation make him widely knowD, but in a day when there vas ode literary woman where are found oae hundred now. Mrs. Phelps's "Peep at Number Five." and other home books were generally and eagerly read, while the literary claims of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, and of the late Prof. Moses St dart Phelps aro too well known to need recapitulation. Professor Phelps was Bartlett Professor of Sacred Khetoric at the Andover Theological Seminary for thirty-one years, and was then retired as proseesor emeritus. He was also president of the seminary for some years. He was associated with Prof. Park and Dr. Lowell Mason in the preparation of the well-known "Sabbath liymn Book," and was tho author of a number of published works. This life of ours is a play In which our cue are quit uncertain. And few and tar between are they Who ere from earth they go away Are called before the curtain. Chicago Evening Pout.

POLITICAL SCANDALS. They Are Not Found in the Present Adminhv tration Sensational Stories Contradicted. Oen. Boynton, InClnclnnaU Commercial Gazette. There is one striking feature about the present'eampaign. That is the scatcity of political scandals. Equally remarkable is the gauzy character of those to which tho publio has been treated. There has been no other Republican administration against which so little has been alleged in its second year. Nor has there been any ease in which the charges have been followed by proof. This is a matter in which Republicans can justly take great pride. It is also an element that they should not forget. There have been two scandals sprung upon the Nation which may bo taken as fair illustrations of the whole qrop produced during the campaign. First, the New York World appeared with a startling story of the manipulation of tho census returns in the interest of the Republicans. It declared that frauds had been committed on a great scale in a certain house, and thut the clerk who conducted them had exposed the iniquity to the World. That journal not only charged this, but it presented proof. It was of a very convincing kind that is to say, for the World. It laid before its readers a photograph of the house in which it had declared that the census returns had been wickedly doctored. It has published several other scandals against the administration, but this appears to have been the worst, while at the same time the character of the proof, as above indicated, was the most convincing of any. To-day the Herald, llagrantly infringing upon this copyright of the World, proceeds to establish its charges that the census of New York was fraudulent by publishing not only the photographs of the clerks charged with committing the crime, but of the identical electrio enumerator with which the false count was recorded, of the lady who operated the machine, of the room in which it was done, of the applicants lor office who were present at he time in an adjacent room, of several messengers and other employes about the office, and finally of the exterior of tho census building itself. And, in order that thore might bo no error in this line of proof, all of these pictures are well executed. What could be more convincing! How can Secretary Noble now refuse the Tammany demand for a November count for New York when all the other cities have been obliged to content themselves with a summer count? It was, doubtless, the report that General Noble would, tomorrow, deny the modest request of Tammany which led the cruel Herald ,to produce its crushing array of pictorial proofs. With an accurate photograph before tho public of the electrio enumerator by which the Herald 'declares tho dark deed was done, and, more than that, a photograph of the lady who manipulated it at the time, what can the poor Secretary dot It is true that the lady has been taken with her back to the spectator. But could, a Secretary of the Interior, who is himself an able lawyer, so far ignore the positive and most convincing proof which the front view of the electrio enumerator afford, to- quibblo upon the identification of one ot the culprits merely because her back was taken in the photograph instead of her facet - It must be confessed that tiiese are timely and wholesome warnings to the administration. While the World and Herald aro around with their camera., it will evidently be well to conduct public affairs honehtly. If this is not done, it is but reasonable to expect that pictorial exposure will speedily follow. Even now there is no telling at what moment the Herald mazy complete its census exposures by adding Secretary Noble, under whose department the census lias been taken, to the group of criminals who have already been detected by the camera. Indeed, if this new method cf proof by photography is to be accepted, it will depend wholly upon the Herald's magnanimity whether or not the President himself is spared. Ueyond question he is responsible for the acts of bis Secretary. If both General Harrison and General Noble shall be detected try the Herald's artist, the Republicans can neither complain nor shirk the full responsibility, since they elected the one and he appointed the other. Perhaps, however, the country would sustain a Republican demand that both of these officials shall be taken from the front, and not be convicted on the strength of a portrait which only presents the backs of heads. Tjnvrer Cost of Living. Boston Advertiser. But a most unanswerable statement is made bv Messrs. Coob, Bates Yerxa. doubtless the most extensive retail croc era in New England. In reply to th inquiry of Mr. L. M. Hannum as to the probable increase or decrease iu the cost of their goods to consumers after April 1, when the new taritl will go into full operation, these gentlemen reply: Alter April 1 next, 'when the sucar and molasses duties aro removed, and baed upon present amount of luirtca. the unnnal saving to our customers will !e over rather than under $150,COO (one hundred and fifty thousand dollais.) Th Colored Voter. Evaciville Jourcal. The new Democratic election law was pased for the purpose of keeping colored 1enple from tho polls. It was thought that, eiug unlettered, through no fault of their own, they would be afraid to try to vote. Uut thanks to the good sense of the colored voters, they have posted themselves thoroughly about this complicated law, and propose, in order to avoid mistakes, tovoto the straight KepnblicHn ticket. 'Keep in the middle of tho road," boys, and you will be all right Worth Noting. The Politician. It might be noted for the satisfaction of lighting and contident Republicans that thd congressional niajoritj' in Vermont was r,o(Xi larger than the mnjoritj for the State officer wan quite tip, iu other words, to the iiHiial presidential majority in the Greeu Mountain i'tate. m m After All. Philadelphia Press. Mr. Cleveland persists in denying ths statement that ho is dead. Hi t this interesting query will suggest itsoif Isn't hot