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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1891.

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All ccmviv meat ions intruded forpvblieationin ih ispcj.er utt. in order to receive aiteiifum, be aettmiinmrd It the name and address of the writer, THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUKNAL Can It found at the foi:owlrig place: I'ARIS American Exchange in I aria, MBoulerard 2f EW YORK Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel. rillLADELPniA A. P. Kemoie, 7 Lancaster avenue. C1I1CAQO ralmer Iloase. CJNC1NKATI-J. It-Ilawley & Co, 154 Vine street inriRTlLLE-C. T. Irlng. ncrtlnrest corner lUiastd Jefferson streets. tT.LOUIP Union News Company, Union Depot ami fccuthern Hotel. WASHINGTON. D. a-Illrs House and Ebbitt noun. It is claimed by those opposed to Mr. Crisp for tho epeakersbip that he is a foreign-born man who has never been naturalized. If this claim could bo established Mr. Crisp would not only fail to bo Speaker, but his scat might be declared vacant. Governor Hogg, of Texas, says it is tho mission of tho negro to civilize Africa. May bo so; but tho fight ho is making in tho courts for equal rights in passenger coaches looks as if he had a littlo mission on hand, in tho meantime, to civilizo Texa. The reserve of the New York banks is $14,882,3.7) above tho legal requirement, and call loans are 3 per cent., which is a very different condition than existed a year ago, when tho reserve was belotv tho legal requirement, and speculators, and even legitimate business men, could not get money for sovcral days at 5 or 10 percent, per day. It is announced that the Democrats who got offico under Mr. Cleveland and who went out when General Harrison came in are organizing clubs for tho next campaign, and that the Democrats expect much from it. Tho Democrats who desired offices from Mr. Cleveland w m a ..a . and did not get them wm not uo enthused by the activity of these men seeking another term. TnE Louisvilio Courier-Journal predicts that Vwhen. the time comes" Mr. Blaine will refuse to allow his name to go before the nominating convention, leaving President Harrison "in 6olo possession of the lield." It adds: "If anybody supposes that Mr. Harrison will prove a weak candidate, or will be easily beaten, he does not know tho elements we shall have to tackle next year." The November corn deal wound np with that cereal quoted at $1.10 in New York and 73 cents in Chicago. The movement by which these prices were reached was purely speculative and accompanied by a great deal of squeezing in both cities. The New York corner was aided by the blockade at Buffalo and the Immense amount of com in transit that could not be delivered. Although the attempt at jnil-break-ingand lynching, on Monday night, was unsuccessful, it was none tho less nn un lawful undertaking. Tho police would havo been entirely justified in using their clubs and pistols on the mob, and tho ringleaders should havo been arrested then and there. It is not too late yet to mako an example of some of them. The way to secure respect for law is to mako law-breakers feol its force. Tttr inrrpnisincr f rpntiTnv rf Mli1." stealing and train-robbing, not to speak cf other crimes, suggests that wo are not in a very good position to denounce the Italian bandit business. As a matter of fact, there is moro crime perpetrated and a smaller proportion punished in tho United States than in any other country in the world. For this state of things the lax enforcement of criminal laws and tho slip-shod administration of justice are chielly responsible. The present Democratic light against Mr. Crisp on the ground that he is not sound on the taritl' question is based on falso pretenses. Crisp is as good n freetrader as Mills is. Thcro U no difference and no choico between them on that score. The election of either, or of almost any other Democrat, for that matter, will be a declaration of war against American industries and American labor. Crisp is the abler man of tho two, moro cool-headed and less of a bully. Therefore, for partisan reasons, Republicans should desire tho election of Mills. Some Indiana newspaper aro reproducing, from the Atlanta Journal, what purports to bo a political interview with Mr. Steele, managing editor of this paper, in which that gentleman is mndo to discredit President Harrison, to say that Indiana is undoubtedly Democratic, etc. There is no truth in these statements. Mr. Steele, has never, to his knowledge, seen a correspondent of tho paper in question, and certainly has never exchanged a word with any one claiming connection with it. He has given no political interview to that or any other newspaper, and the statements in question, bo far as ho is concerned, arc entirely without foundation. Two cities aie already in tho field and actively at work to secure tho. Democratic natior.fl convention, viz.: St. Paul and Milwaukee. In both cities public meetings havo been held, and the people show a disposition to co-operate heartily in tho matter. In St. Paul a committee of cue hundred has been rrr---tci to lc-d in tho work. Tho

Pioneer Press says "the convention is within reach; it is only a question of hustling." The Milwaukee Sentinel says that city will make a vigorous ellort, and adds "there is nothing to fear from New York, nothing from the ardor of remote 'Frisco, not much from St. Louis, absolutely nothing from Omaha, little from St. Paul, but something, perhaps, from Detroit, if the people thcro make a serious fight for it. Probably Indianapolis has moro reason to hope than any other city except Milwaukee." Both St. Paul and Milwaukee proposo to raise a guaranty fund of not less than $50,000.

WAGES OF AKDEESOU OLASS-W0EKEE8. The New York Times of recent date contained the following: It is reported in the Crockery and Glass Journal that the managers, of the Pennsylvania glass-works, at Anderson, Ind., recently ordered a reduction of 1.5 per cent, in waaes, and that this order has been followed by a strike. It is alio said that the concern paid a dividend of t'4 per rent, last year. Tho Indianapolis Journal should at once apply to Mr. J. W. Jones, of Hutchinson, Kan., for proof that there is no foundation in fact for this report. Upon the authority of this resident of Hutchinson the Journal has uot only asserted that thero was no reduction of wages in the potteries at Trenton last spring, but also that the published record of that redaction and of th ensuing strike was a free-trade lit) manufactured by some alien hireling. Upon the same authority it has sought to blot out the record of many other reductions. Mr. J. W. Jones, of Hutchinson, is a very useful person, and now is tho timo for the Journal to uso him. The Journal has not quoted Mr. J. W. Jones, of Kansas, nor made any statements on bis authority iu regard to the potteries at Trenton or any other subject. This part of the Times nrticlo is one of the reckless statements for which it is somewhat notorious. In regard to the Pennsylvania glassworks at Anderson the facts, as learned from tho president of tho company, are as follows: Tho company began work nt Anderson on the 2oth of July, 1880, as a non-union establishment with a fixed schedule of wages. It is in part a cooperative factory, soven of the owners and stockholders being workers in the mill and large wage-earners. On the 1st of January, 1800, the directors voluntarily gave tho men nn advance of 23 per cent, for work in all departments. Tho earnings of the factory at that timo were large, and it was felt that the advance was justified. Under the new schedule of wages the men averaged from $3 to $10 per day. This high rate of wages continued for more than a year and a half. During the past three months there has been a big cut in prices in tho product of this factory fruit jars and, in order to keep in tho market and hold their trade, they had to reduce tho price of their product. This necessitated a reduction of wages, and the company announced a. reduction of 23 per cent. This was a roturn to tho original schedule in operation before tho voluntary advance of 23 per cent. Jan. 1, 1S90. Tho reduction affected the stockholders and part owners of tho mill who wero working for wages, as well as the other workmen. Upon this some of tho men went out. There was no general strike; tho men who went out were in favor of making tho factory a union establishment, and hoped to. accomplish it in this way. Their places wero filled at onco and work in the factory continues, tho present employes being perfectly satisfied with the wages paid, feeling assured that when business justifies it they will get nn increase. The facts show that 60 far from tho company's having shown any disposition to oppress tho men, it acted liberally with them in voluntarily giving nn increase of 25 per cent, in wages when business justified it, and only made a reduction when the state of the market compelled them to. Tho reduction applied to the seven stockholders who are wngo-workers in tho mill, and presumably to tho other stockholders, who doubtless had to submit to a corresponding reduction of profits. K thero is any element of injustice in this, or anything for a free-trade organ to crow over, we fail to see it. Tho statement that tho concern paid a dividend of C4 per cent, last year is all bosh. A dividend was declared of CO per cent, but this included a number of city lots which had been donated to the company as a bonus to secure tho location of tho factory. It appears to us that the only consolation tho Times can get out of this case is that tho glass business is not quite as prosperous as it was last year, though there is no prospect whatever that it will havo tho pleasure of witnessing tho destruction of the business and tho capturo of tho American market by foreigners. EMPEE0E WILLIAM'3 MESIAL STATE. There is a small cloud on Germany's horizon, no larger than a man's hand, but nevertheless of threatening aspect. It is not a war cloud, but if read aright it betokens something scarcely less terrible to Germany, with the possibilities of untold disaster. It is the possibility of the Emperor's insanity. For some time past there havo been occasional whispered suggestions that tho Emperor did strange things, and instances were cited of his unreasonable nets. These wero numerous enough, but they were loyally attributed to the eccentricity of greatness. An Emperor can do as he pleases, and if he please to do strango and unreasonable things, who shall question his right or his sanity! Latterly theso whisperings havo grown more frequent and loud, and now they are outspoken. Looking back over tho short period sinco the present Emperor succeeded to power, it is not difficult to recall numerous indications that, if not unbalanced, he is at least very crotchety, with a strong tendency to unreasonableness. His rupture with Bismarck and his rash attempts at radical moral reforms aro in point. So aro his amazingly egotistical expressions at different times, holding himself up as tho embodiment of tho divino right of kings. He is on record as saying: "The duty of Germans is to follow their Emperor blindly and everywhere" Again: "I will break any one who'thwarts me as 1 would a straw." In the "Golden Book" at Munich he wrote: "Sujtrana lex voluntas rctfiVV-the will of the King is tho highest law. Less than a month

ago, in addressing a body of new recruits at Berlin, he said: "You who have just taken the oath of allegianco to Me will have plenty of hard service at first, but you will also experience moments of satisfaction when you display to Mo tho art you have acquired. Your reward will then be My approval." This colossal egotism is not a healthy sign. Other things are remarked. The Emperor has recently caused to be published a volume of 6ermons preached by him to tho officers and crew on board tho imperial yacht during tho voyage to Norway, last summer. The title of the book is "Tho Voice of tho Lord Upon tho Waters." Tho Emperor was not the author ot tho sermons, but ho seems anxious to have it known that he delivered them. Again, people remark on the Emperor's mania for changing bis clothes, he having been 6ecn in no less than eleven different military and civilian costumes in one day. On one occasion ho donned an admiral's uniform to go boating in. It is said ho has a passion for the drama, and sometimes orders tho postponement of now plays, of a very inferior character, in order that he may eeo the first production. He is constantly issuing absurd and unexpected orders to the army for marches and reviews that seem to have no object. One night, not long ago, ho roused a regiment of grenadiers, and made the men march out of the town gates in dead silenco and hide behind a wall. Then ho roused tho officers, and asked what had become of their regiment. A scene followed, which waa finally ended by tho Emperor confessing tho joke. A great man of sound mind would hardly trifle with power in that way. All theso things are causing talk in Germany, and people oven begin to say the Emperor has a strange look in his eyes. Whether there is any foundation for theso rumors or not, it is unfortunate for the Emperor that they aro in circulation. If they continue, it will cnuso a feeling of unrest among the German people, who will be constantly wondering what tho Emperor will do next, or when, on account of some fancied insult, ho may plunge the nation into war. An absolute monarch, with tho 6hadow or suspicion of insanity upon Him, is a political calamity. If tho Emperor is thoroughly sane, ho should endeavor to allay tho rumors that are springing up in Germany by stopping his foolish eccentricities and conforming his conduct to reason. '

AS TO AB0LISHISO TEE NATIONAL BARK 8. Thero aro some indications that tho long-threatened movement for the abolition of tho national-bank system may culminate this winter in nn open attempt in tlrat direction in Congress. Whether it will develop any strength or not remains to bo seen. The Farmers' Alliance members are pledged to make war on tho banks, and they aro probably loaded with hostilo legislation on tho subject. They are, however, few in number, utterly inexperienced in the methods of legislation, and will possess very little influence. By themselves they will be powerless to accomplish anything, but they may be able to draw considerable support from the Democratic and possibly a little from tho Bepublican side of the house. Whatever form the movement may take, it is likely to be a non-partisan one, and to be met by non-partisan opposition. The national banks aro in no sense a party institution. Their stock is hold equally by Democrats and Bepublicans, and their officers embrace members of both parties. Their stock is widely diffused among the people, and they have existed so long and become so thoroughly identified with the business of tho country and with general and local interests that a movement for their abolition will rouse strong opposition in financial circles and among business men irrespective of party. When it comes to tho point of proposing to abolish the national banks, those who make tho proposition owe it to tho country to oiTcr something better. It is not enough for them to point out defects in the present system. No doubt it has defects, as all human institutions have. The question is, what shall replace itf That tho national banks have been of immenso service to tho government and people cannot bo denied. Neither can it bo denied that they arc a great improvement on the banking system which prevailed before their adoption. Conceding tho necessity of some kind of a banking system, tho question is, if national banks are abolished, what shall take their place! Tho people will never be willing to go back to the old State bank system, nor to the system of freo banking under Stato laws which formerly prevailed in this and some other States. We havo got far beyond that. Tho tendency of the times in such matters is towards centralization, or, to uso a better word, towards nationalization. Thcpeoplo want a bank system that will bo national in character, if not in name. It must be uniform in all the States and subject to national supervision and control. The business interests of the country are too large and too intimately connected to admit of a variety of bank laws, with, perhaps, bank notes issued in different States of different and shifting values. Safety, stability and uniformity are necessary. Tho people have had theso under the present system, and they will not tolerato any system that does not furnish them. There is ono featnro of tho present system that will soon demand serious attention. Tho steady retirement of United States bonds has brought us to a point where it is no longer practicable to depend upon these as a basis of circulation. If national banksof issuenretobo continued a new class of securities will have to be substituted for government bonds as a basis for circulation. It is tho opinion of eomo who have given the subject careful thought that State, county, city and railroad bonds might, with entire Safety and propriety, bo made tho basis of bank-note circulation, tho character and value of such bonds to bo fixed and regulated by strict national supervision. It is claimed by some that . this feature might bo engrafted on the present system with excellent results, thereby providing a now demand for local eccur-

ities, insuring a considerable increase of

tho currency and securing greater elasticity in our financial system than it now possesses. Those who favor a national and nniform banking system, embodying the best features of the present one, would do well to give careful considera tion to this suggestion. If we are to havo any kind of a national bank system it will be necessary to resort to a new class of securities as a basis for circula tion, and there is no reason why, under proper restrictions and regulations, State, county, city'and railroad bonds should not bo used for that purpose. THE SKEPTICAL AMERICAN KIND. Notwithstanding the marvelous dis coveries that have been made in nearly every branch of scienco during tho century, and their adaptation to practical uses; notwithstanding the wonderful inventions and. improvements that have made modern life a fairy tale compared with that of a hundred years ago with all these and the knowledge that progress has but fairly begun, tho common attitude of the American mind toward experiments in new directions is that of doubt, the comments upon them those of ridicule. This is tho more noticeable because tho American, as a rule, is not of the conservative order. Let a man advance the wildest of social, political or religious vagaries and ho will not lack respectful bearing and is likely to find himself presently with an army "of followers. But let him declare that he has an invention that will revolutionize any department of labor or improve upon existing conditions of existence in any novel way, and he can confidently count upon derision rather than encouragement. There were people who declared that steam could not bo used as a motive power to propel boats and railroad trains, but the traffic of the earth now answers their unbelief. The idea that electricity could carry messages across a continent or around tho world was received with jeers when first announced, but a net-work of telegraph wires is spread over the land and under the sea. When Edison declared that he had a machine that would carry thevoico long distances he was not believed, yet tho telephone is now an indispensable convenience. Wisacres in plenty denied that electricity could be used as a motive power, and they now ride to and from business in electric cars. These inventions are but n few out of tho thousands that have made the century a triumphal march of science and skill. Considering the revolution they have wrought it might bo1 expected that any new steps proposed would be regarded with respectful intorcst,. but not so. It may or may not be possible to condense the moisture in tho sky by artificial means and prodnco rain-falls for parched lands, but there is no inherent incredibility in the suggestion. In fact, it is moro than likely that, sooner or later, some means will be devised for securing such rain-falls. It . may not be Dyrenforth's method, or Melbourne's, or tho Kansas dust-thrower's, but the combination of American ingenuity and scientific lore has: effected more wonderful results tlian this, and, once begun, the scheme is certain to be tested In every way. Despite all this, a great number of the newspapers of the country, echoing public sentiment, speak slightingly and in terms of contempt of all experiments in this direction. Should tho efforts of tho scientists finally succeed these critics will be swift enough to accept tho benefits and to ignore their former comments, but they will not learn to recognize tho next discovery iu its incipiency. This constant , skepticism and adverse comment is the moro unfortunate, in that it djscprages invention and progress. With all that the world owes to invention, and particularly to American inventions, the inventor rarely receives tho slightest encouragement or aid until his discoveries or devices are fixed facts and he needs no help. Tho American mind should be broader and moro receptive than this to now ideas. It need not accept in advauco of proof, but neither should it reject. Prof. T. C. Mendexhall, of the United States Coast Survey, has made his official report. in tho matter of tho disputed boundary line between Indiana and Ohio. As the result of careful and scientific observation it is found that the line is about one mile too far east at its southern extremity, about threefourths of a mile too far east in the middle, and somewhat less than that at the northern extremity. Tho report says "it is a zig-zag line, now deflecting toward the east and again to tho west, tho probability being that on tho whole it is too far to the east." In other words, the line is not a true meridian, but it varies so little that the entire amount of territory embraced in tho error would probably not be moro that ono hundred square miles. This will never cause any trouble between Ohio and Indiana, and it is not likely that the agitation of the subject will be continued beyond the point of having the piesent lino definitely located and marked by suitable monuments. This should bo done to avoid futuro agitation and perhaps litigation. The right to use Dr. Keeloy's bichloride of gold treatment for dipsomania in Michigan has been bought by Detroit capitalists, who will establish a sanitarium at some point in the State. The Detroit Tribune understands that $30,000 in cash was paid for the right. There is a good deal in this huckstering of 44 tho euro" and in Dr. Keelej''a advertising methods that savors of quuekcry. Ho is probably wise in taking fortune at its tide and making all ho can out of his treatment while tho excitement lasts. In the end it will bo found that while medical and physical treatment mnv aid and facilitate the cure of the drink habit, the only real and perma nent cure must come from within, from a strong will, a determined purpose and a vitalized conscience. A number of Republican papers in New York are suggesting that if Gover nor-Senator Hill does not appear to be sworn in as Senator when Congress opens, but remains in Now York to count out a Republican Legislature and removo county clerks elected by the

people because they will not certify to the decrees which his henchmen make.

that the seat bo declared vacant. More than Republican editors in New York would like to see this done. As he is holding the offico of Governor and neglecting his duties as a Senator-elect in order to keep an honest Democrat, whom Democrats elected, out of tho Governor's offico one month, no censure could bo fairly made upon such action. The Pittsburg Dispatch notes that one of the objections of thoSentinel to Mr. Crisp's candidacy, that "he voted for the original-packago bill, which was distasteful to many Democrats," and says that, inasmuch as tti bill simply confirmed to States the right to maintain legislation on tho liquor question, this objection of the Sentinel "looks like good Democratic confirmation of tho Republican slander that Democrats are moro devoted to free whisky than to the conservation of tho rights of the States." The point is well taken, and proves that theRepublican declaration is no slander. The miscreant Bissow, who was arrested four days ago for a terrible outrage, was yesterday sentenced to twenty-one years in the penitentiary, and is now behind tho bars at Michigan City. This is the kindof justice that terrorizes criminals swift, severe and inflexible. Proceedings wero expedited in this case by the fact that tho wretch pleaded guilty and no trial was necessary, but there is no good reason why justice should not be as swift in many other cases. TnE public is not impressed with the piety of a railroad company when it rolls up its eyes and declares that a fatal collision came about by the Lord's will. Bowing to the decrees of Providence is one thing and letting a railroad go without paying for its victims' broken bones is another. When the courts get through with tho Toledo accident tho sufferers may find that it was heaven's will that they should bo reimbursed. BOSTON self-complacency will be increased, if possible, by a remark made by Sir Edwin Arnold, 111 his article cn Lord Tennyson, m the Forum. Ho says: "Tennyson is, of course, a very great muster of the noblo language which bo has so largely adorned. In Lincolnshire, his native county, tho purest English in the world is spoken with, to my mind, one exception, for I think I have heard the samo English as correctly used in Boston, New England." Sir Edwin was peculiarly fortunate in his Boston experience, uinco he seems to have met with some of the rare specimens of the native population who do not misplace their "r's." So many fatal accidents have occurred recently in the burning of women's clothing that it may not be amiss to suggest that the best of prompt remedies in such cases is to envelope the person in a blanket, bed quilt or rug, and roil over and over on the floor or ground. This is much more likely to be effectual than an attempt to tear off the burning clothing. This hardly ever saves the life of the person who is on fire and is sure to inflict serious injuries on the person attempting the rescue. In the case of a burning child a man's coat is large enough to envelopo it. Tun Apache Indians hava been quiet for a longer period than usual, but daring this peaceful intorval they have fattened at government expense, have laid in an extra supply of fire-arms and ammunition, and are now in good shape to go 011 their murderous raids again. Now that they have started on the war-path a special reciprocity policy should bo tried on them three bullets to their one until they aro exterminated. . The boundary linn between the two States, as It Las stood since Indiana was admitted to the Union in 1816, 1 found to be in error, as was suppof e l when the News uncovered tno situation three weeks aco. News. The situation which our bumptious contemporary claims to havo "uncovered a few weeks ago' has been uncovered at intervals several times during the past twenty.fi ve years. Old files of the Journal will show thero is nothing new in the present agitation. A wf.ll-knowx udvcrtisiiigagent in New York gives the following as a certain remedy for pleurisy, pneumonia, etc.: A piece of thick brown paper is first smeared with oil or lard, and then sprinkled over with dry lobelia. It is then spread over tho chest. The larger the snrface of the chest covered by the reiuody, the quicker the relief. t av The mob that did not mob will go into history alone with that celebrate'Aupri'aing of the populace which the Evftumg News feared was for the purpose df Taking its editor's life, but which no one ev'ef thdoght of but that alarmed individual. That mob lacked two things the courage of its convictions and au extra crowbar. Had it possessed tho first, however, it might have accomplished its purpose without the second. Whkx it comes to mobs Indianapolis isn't in it. Shrlby villo or Kokomo, or any other lively outside village can produce a more effective one any time. i'n UtA IMltor ot tlie 1 nll.iiiaiill Journal: 1. What aro tho principal revisions of church creed In tho United Status within the pat two vearsl II. What are the views of tho Anarchist?, Coinmnniat and Socialists! What Is meant by postal telegraphy! s. T. 1. No church creeds have beeu revised during the past two years, but the Presbyterian Church has considered the subject, and it la yet under consideration. 2. The Anarchists believe in destroying the present social system aud In each fellow getting what he can in tho break-up. The Socialists and Communists do not believe in general bloodshed or lawlessness, but advocato plana by which all of the products of labor shall be equally distributed, and that government shall superintend all industries and make the division. 3. Really, postal telegraphy means the management of telesraphs by the postoffico department of the government, either by leasing or purchasing the lines. Postmaster-general Wanamaker's plan is to have tho government niake the price of tbo service and distribute the dispatches, getting therefor enoutrh to pay expenses. Same Old CU. Boston Advert iter. No. the autumn of 1S91 has not developed any new presidential name with which Democracy can conjure in the summer of lS'Ji. The only spirits from the vasty deep that appear with any promise above the surface are sneh as have beu tossing on the waves of defeat or discredit for many a year. MlnnenpolIseJ. Ulnnearolis Ttihun. In the great Yale-Princeton foot-ball game yesterday Yalo Mmneanolisod by a score of 13 to 0. (The verb "Minneapolis' will shortly take its placo in every English dictionary as a synonym for tho verbs "win," "triumph," "vanqaib,,, etc)

TnE ANTI-HARRISON PEOPLE

llow Their Action in Indiana Impresses Republicans at the National Capital. Thd Movement Is Thoncht Indefensible and Premature Jodg J. 31. Wilson Expresses Himself in Pointed Language. Fpeclal to the Indianapo'.l Journal. Washington', Dec, 1. A blush mantles tho cheek of every Republican arriving hero from any part of the country the moment he hears mention of tho action of certain Bepublicans in Indiana who are trying to eflect an organization for the purpose of defeating tbo renomination of President Harrison. The animus of the movement, its unexampled and premature character are commented upon everywhere. Every step taken by those in the movement is promptly wired to the press of this city and heralded by Democratic correspondents to the most remote sections of the country for general effect. It has been tho custom, from State pride, if nothiug elte, for the President's party within his own State, especially, to uphold and strengtheu his position before the country if he has proven himself worthy of party support. It has always, till now, been left to the opposing party to take the initiative in cornpaNsing the defeat of a president nr to retire him, 60 far as his native State is concerned, but a small coterie of Hoosiers have made a spectacle before the couniry which makes every truo Indianian hang his head with shame, especially if he be away from home and hears tho subject mentioned from without the State. Bepublicans in Washington from Indiana who have not received reward for fealty to the President personally or the party for labor in the memorable campaign of 1SSS, but who are proud of the President, do not hesitate to say that tho eflort being made to defeat a renomination, even before he has asked for a second term, is a shame, puny though the effort may be, for President Harrison has done nothing and has left nothing undone, as a gentleman or a Republican, to merit such treatment from any direction, much less his own State. THE MOVEMENT TKEMATUKE. Every one suggests that this movement should at least have been deferred till a second term was asked for, , and that this untimely haste is indecent and un-Kcpub-lican. Indiana has in Washington a large colony of citizens who are in no way connected with the federal service. Some of them have served as Cabinet officers, others in Congress, and yet others in civil capacities where they have won fame or fortune. Quite all of them are pronounced Bepublicans. and they go home every two years to vote and work for the party. All have' a high 6ense of the proper way of doing things, political and otherwise, and they 1 can find no language in which to apologize for the work which has been going on in the State for months past to thwart any steps which the party at large might want to take to insure success iu the way of a candidate next year. They are unable to comprehend it, or any part of it. Decency, if not justice, would suggest delay in such a movement till itwas soen the work, was necessary for the purpose desired or the ends to be met. The Hon. Jeremiah M. Wilson, who served the.State so well in Congress from the Sixth district, is one of the foremost lawyers at tho bar here now. He has not received, and does not expect, political reward, and is under no personal obligation to this administration. He is, however, proud of thn distinction achieved by one of his fellow-citizens, and he deprecates the steps which are being taken against the popularity of the President in his native State. He recognizes, as other Hoosiers do, the names of most of the opposition within tho party in the State as those who opposed General Harrison in 1S8S. He recognizes, too, among the new opponents the names of Republicans who sought places under President Harrison. Judge WlUonsaid to-day that ho did not attach a great deal of importance to this movement, but its weakness and the causes behind it did not mitigate its shame. 'T cannot think that any considerable number of Bepublicans will so commit themselves to this movement as to make it have any weight." said .fudge Wilson, "for the great mass of Indiana Bepublicans are such on principle. It is easy to understand why there should bo some dissatisfaction. There are worthy, earnest men who have labored for the success of the party: men of merit who have been disappointed and feel nggrieved. Personally, I do not know, of any of them in this movement, but I feel confident that they cannot organize any considerable following against President Harrison. I say this because every Republican in the State knows that in point of ability ho is at least tho equal of any man in the Nation: that he has the integrity and firmness to do what he deems to be his duty, regardless of consequences to himself; that he has borno himself in his otlice iu a manner not only to silence criticism, but to compel admiration, even from political opponents. In all tho history of the government there has never been a cleaner administration, nor an abler one, of public ailairs. the rnosPECT for 1692. "The party will go into the campaign of 1892 with nothing to apologize for and much to challenge the admiration ana confidence of the people. The Bepublicans of Indiana' continued Judge Wilson, warming up to bis subject, "read and think: they know what is transpiring. They know when a public man is doing his doty faithfully, and they stand by him. I believe I can say I know this, for, in the past year, I have been a great deal among them farmers, merchants, mechanics, all classes in a considerable portion of the State, and 1 know that they keep up with tho time, and I. venture to Hay tho mass of them have a pride that Indiana has given the country a President worthy of the otlice and the Nation, and it is for this reason that it seems to me any opposition to him in Indiana will bo meager in number.'' J udse Wilson was asked if ho thought thn movement would crow materially should any new turn be taken. Tbe more it is agitated." be replied, "the less it will grow." State pride, a sense of justice, but, above all. a feeling that the administration of public all airs is in safe, conservative hands will keep the manses out of combinations against him that cannot be organized on any assumption of lailnre on his part to fully mtet the requirements of his high otlice. and combinations ou any other ground cannot, in my judgment. b very formidable. 1 very rarely see him since he became President, J know him just as the peeple know him, through his public acts, and he hss impressed me as I believe be has impressed them. If this opposition is grounded on disappointments of individuals or personal animosities it will prove to be small in number, and I am unable to see any other busis upon which it can be organized." Perky S. Heath. Value of Temperate Counsel. Brooklyn Eajjle (Dm.) The importance of following temperate roundels, as the administration has dene in the unpleasantness with Chili, is made manifest by the action of the government of that country in appropriating $iXX.0u0 for its representation at the Chicago fair. Had Mr. Harrison adopted the jingo policy of pulverizing brst and pow-wowiug afterward, we should fccarrely have Imd this proof of the really friendly disposition of the little republic Cltit-SerTlce lteform in the Navy. The Eroch (Dem.) While the present national administration has received a good deal of criticism for violating the spirit of civil-service reform, if not the letter of tho law, there hat been scant recognition of Seen tary Tracy's successful application of its principles and its rules in the navy-yard. .Nowhere has there been in the past greater abuses in making government employment subservient to partisan ends than in thn navyyards, but Secretary Tracy's vigorous

action seems to havo put an end to all that. In the Brooklyn yard, for instance, t here has been occasion of late to employ many new men and to make many changes. This occurred duri tig an unusually exciting political canvass in the State, and yet the changes were made upon tests of titness, and it is admitted that iolitics had nothing to do with the employment, discbarge, or promotion of men. 'lbe most gratifying result is an acknowledged improvement in the efficiency of the navy-yard. Its work has been done with an excellence 1 and expedition unprecedented in recent times. Such results are, of course, the real object of civil-service reform, which it eminently practical in its aims. They do not only meau justice and fair play among citizens, but better servico for the government. TIIAT AXTI-I1ARR1S0X MELTING. Why Ther Is Discontent Among; Indiana) llepubllcans Trade vs. Creed. Ersnsvllle Standard. It is quite true that there is in Indiana a very strong Blaine sentiment. No one in the State is a more thorough believer in James G. Blaine, none has proved himself a more loyal friend of that beloved and loveable Republican than the distinguished citizen ot Indianapolis who is now residing in the White House at Washington. Bat it is cot a qucAioa nor can it bo made an issue at Minneapolis whether or not Indinna loves Blaine, but rather whether Indiana, having called one of her sons to the chief magistracy of the Nation, is to repay him for leading tha party to victory; and for so conducting tha affairs of the Republic that victory is again surely ours, by ingratitude and dismissal. That thero is discontent in Indiana we would be foolish to deny. There will always be discontent until there is a postoffice for every patriot. Hero is the foundation or tbo carefully nursed but feeble ,antiIlaiaon,, movement. The President is to be punished because theotiicea would not go round. No Republican can stand tip and say that Harrison has not kept every pledge made at Chicago, none can show where slander hat touched him. None can point oat an act of his administration that was not honest, loyal. Republican and American. Th right upon him is the lieht of the disappointed and the piqued. They do not charge Harrison they cannot charge him, with s

single act that was not dignified, worthy, clean; but they do charge him with an inequitable apportionment of the loaves and fishes. Now the fact is that ninety-nine Republicans in every hundred care very little for politics as a trade, while they do caro very much for Republicanism as a creed. Theso are not the men who make the noise but they do tho voting. And these are the men who will 6end to Minneapolis a solid delegation for Harrison from this State. The talk about an anti-Harrison organization in Indiana is bosh. Nothing can be more clear than the feeling of the people. And there ia one farther word that we would add upon this subject that while General Harrison's friends propose to stand loyally by him, and while they hope, with the Lord's help, to nominate him, and elect bim they are making no war upon any other candidate; and whether they win or they lose, they will come back from Minneapolis without rancor or bitterness, prepared to support the nominee, be he whom he may, loyally and effectively. That la the kind of Republicans ws ara, Without Justification. Hcntisirton Herald. ' The Republicans of Indiana who find it necessary to assemble every few weeks at Indianapolis and flood the press with telegrams proclaiming their hostility to President Harrison, following this by vocifereni declarations for Blaine, aro in small business. More than this; they are doing Blaine great injury. Blaine needs no self-constituted champions in Indiana. The heart of the Republicans in this State has been with him for fifteen years. But when men, many of whom aro known in previous years to have been hostile to him, under take to dictate what Indiana Republicans shall or shall cot do. Mr. Blaine becomra theipjored party. There isn't a Harrison adherent in the State but that cordially honors James G. Blaine. Nor do wo believe there is a sincere Blaine boomer in Indiana but heartily honors and respects Benjamin Harrison. The effort to create strif ejbetween the friends of these great lead era, especially in the President's own State, is without sense or justification. What Would ISlalna Think of It? Kokomo Gazette-Trltmne. The first inquiry that suggest itself in contemplation of this affair is, what would James G. Blaine think of itf He would probably address himself to the forty-seven somewhat as follow: "Gentlemen. I have been along timeln politics, and have found it utterly impossible by doing right to pleaso everybody. There are in my own, htate of Maine Republicans who would bo willing to join in a movement against me, and I have no doubt a mass-meeting if forty-seven of them conld be raillied. I understand this thoroughly and you will please me greatly by adiourning promptly, and don't do it again. J n some such manner as this the great Secretary would surely allow it to be understood that ho does not countenance nor admire that kind of political intrigue. What the Sober Judgment Will De, Richmond Item. The sober judgment of the Republicans of the country will probably be, when the time comes, that Benjamin Harrison is the strongest and most available man to nominate, taking the country over. Tho antit are simply performing the easy task of making a deal f t noise la the midst of vast silences, which, when aroused, will become so resonant with Harriftontsm that tha antia will be either engulfed or absorbed, drowned out or assimilated, by its mo mentum and its magnitude. Frematuro Action. Co'umbos rtetubilrsn. Without expressing any opinion as to thequalificatlons of prospective candidates, we think it proper to suggest that it is too early at this time for the expression of preference. The Minneapolis convention will select the proper man, and that man will represent the broad principles of Republicanism, upon which all Republicans may and will combine; and for that nomination Republicans may safely wait. Congratulates the Miner. Brazil Enterprise. We are glad to see that the miners, in selecting men to handle the money and supplies during the strike now on, have secured a better class of men than they bad during the last strike. We do not believe tbo men selected last Saturday will "knock down" the money that comes into their hands nox spend their entire time throwing dice "for the crowd." playing pool aud swilling beei at the expense of hungry women and children. Neither will either of thrm. at 12 a day, come out of the strike with a healthy -bank account of stolen money, cor be abl to provido himself with a pleasant home, retiro from labor, and spend the balance ot his life in eaa and plenty. We believe these men will give an honest accoact o their stewardship. No IUralry. rnHsdelpMa Inquirer. There has been, is, and will be an immense amount of gorsipabout the assumed rivalry of lilaine and Harrison for the presidential nomination. We believe tha truth to be that while neither of these distineuuhed men will seek thn nomination, neither will decline it, and if eitheroftbem is nominated he will receivo the hearty support of the other. A Tact to Increase Faith. I'M adtlphia rres. The number of sheep in Ohio, which fell oil materially dnring the period of the wool taritl of 1SS3, gained last year 212.241. and the increase in wool product will be mors than 1.O0O.O0U pounds this year. Thlsllttls fact would rot be worth repeating if every body in the United States had faith in tha. McKinley bill. Succinctly Stated. New York Press. "A protective tariff cheapens products: a rovence tariff cheapens men,'' declared Major McKinley in his Boslou speech. It would be Impossible to pat this great fact ! in fewer or better words.