Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1892 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1892.

THE DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1S03. WASHLNGTON OFFICE -CI 3 Fourteenths-. Telephone Calls. BopIcms CCee 238 Editorial Rooms 242 TERMS OF SL'IJSCIUPTIOX daily bt Tally rnlT. rue month $ .70 lilT only, three month 2.00 1 j cnijr, one year 8.00 1;); . lncludins; fcunday, one year... lo.oo t uiiuay only, one year .. 2.00 wnrx vrsUHKO bt agetts. TsilT. per -week, by carrier 15 cU humlsy, tingle ropy...... 5 ets Jjaii y and tun day, per week, ty carrier 20 eta WXXKLT. Xer year $1.00 Reduced Kates to Clubs. Fufcscribe-iith any of oar numerous agents, or send futserlptions to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, IKDIXS-FOLXS, I MX Persons needing the Jocrnal throuirh the malls la lie United Mates should put on as eurht-paffe paper a oyx-csNT jstare tamp; on a twelve or sixteen rsjre rarer a two-cist postage stamp, 1'oreiga j estate is usually double these rates. - A U communications intended for publication in fh is paper must, in order to rtcette attention, beactcrnpanUd Irj the name and address of the writer, THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, Can he found at the following places: '.' : IRAKIS American. Exchange la I'aris. 13 Boulevard' ce Cspucines. . EW "VOBK-Gilaey House and Windsor Hotel XniLADEIniA A. P. Xemble, 8713 Lancaster arenas. CHICAGO Palmer House CIXCIN2fATI-J.lt. Ha wiey 4 Ca, IS 4 Vine street. XXDUIRYILLE C. T. Deering, northwest cornet Third and Jcfierscn street. ET. LOUI Union News Company, TJnloa Depot and Southern Hot eL WASHINGTON1, D. O mgjrs House and Ebbitt llonse. The indorsements 'which John Sherxnan has received from tho press in all parts of the country make him Senator from Ohio for the whole United States.

Those papers which went into hysterical double-leaded demands for immediate war with Chili a few days since, upon a few baseless rumors, may now realize tho penalty of previouaness. A question which is causing considerable discussion of late is the relative positions of ex-Governor Hill and Gov. Flower in tho politics of New York. Will Governor Flower bo controlled by tho ex-Governor, or will he set up for 'himselif ' If tho Democrats who may meet today and to-night because it is Jackson's day would tell tho whole truth about the hero of New Orleans, they would declare that ho was not a free-trader, like some of them indeed, nine-tenths of them in the West. And so- Mr. Mills has an indefinite leave of absence from tho House. During: the last Con cress his seat was vacant most of tho time because ho could not endure Speaker Reed. The American Con ere 83 might authorize Mr. Mills to run an amateur Congress of his own with whose members ho could get along. GovEHNOit Forakeb says that when ho entered on tho senatorial contest bo did not know "that we had to light not only those Republicans of Ohio who Tero against us, but, because it was grand old John Sberr.ian on the other Bide, it was the whole United States against us." That was about tho sizo of it. Tho mistake was in tackling grand old John Sherman. While the people of Indiana pay for eomo printing that is ot little value to anybody, they do not pay for the compiling and printing of a year book or register, such as many States issue every year, containing many matters of current information, including lists of State and county officers, with their addresses, the valuation of tho counties and cities, names of members of the Legislature, and similar facts which people arc constantly in need of. ' The originators of the movement to Send a cargoof breadstnffs to the famine sufferers in Russia started with the belief that they could raise sis million pounds of flour, but they aro likely to do more. The millers in different States ro enlisted, and thero is a generous rivalry to make tho contributions as large as possible. Up to the Cth inst. reports had been received from eighteen States. Indiana stands sixth on the list, vith a contribution of 77,810 pounds. Some Democratic wiseacre, writing from Washington to the Philadelphia Uecord, announces oracularly that "Grover Cleveland, beyond doubt, represents all elements of tho Democratic party in every State of the Union." Mr. Cleveland has tried to bo a political acrobat on the Bilver question, for instance but it will be news to some of the many Democratic factions and representatives of diverso.elements that he lias succeeded in making all their conflicting beliefs his own. , The Anti-teneinont-houso Leaguo of Boston, led by such men as ex-Governors Long and Brackctt, have agreed tipon a memorial to Congress asking that body to investigate tho "sweating" Bjstem in the clothing trade, which has recently been introduced in that city. In London it has extended to every manufacture which can be done by hand in tenement-houses, but it has only reached tho cheaper clothing-making in Boston. The work is mainly done by recent immigrants, who live in wretched tenements in the deepest degradation. . It is not worth while to expend much sentiment over the alleged "friendship" of Russia for tho United States. The friendship is nothing more than jealousy of British influence and power. The Czar of Rutiiaand everybody connected with tho Russian government hate republican ideas and principles and would like to see them wiped off tho face of the earth. If Russia interposed to prevent tho recognition of tho Confederacy by England it was not love for this government but jealousy of England that prompted her. The idea that there is any natural affinity or sympathy between the government of Russia and that of the United State is absurd. Govebnou Floweu, in his message to the Legislature of Now York, congratulates that body that the Stato debt is practically "wiped out" and that no direct tax upon tho people is necessary to meet the expenses of the State government, sufficient income being expected from indirect sourccsof revenue.

Theso indirect sources are the corporation tax, the collateral inheritance tax, which produces $890,2C7.M; tho special tax on the organization of corporations, and the succession tax imposed by tho last Legislature by the Republicans. Tho people of New York pay no direct State tax, because Republican legislatures have had the 6agacity to discover other sources of revenue than the farms, homes and personal property of tho people. Not a scheme to relievo the people of State taxation and put it upon tho wealth of the State exists that does not have the name of a Republican as its author. Besides, a State debt that amounted to many millions at tho close of tho war has been wiped out by tho wise financial management of the Republicans. Indiana, however, will continue to lay tho heavy hand of taxation upon the homo and the farm because, by Democratic gerrymander, it is doomed to bo ruled by narrow and reactionary men. Under a wise policy the homes and farms of Indiana, like those of Pennsylvania and Now York, would not be troubled by the tax-collector.

. W0BD8, AHD NOTHING BUT WORD 3. The Journal prints the second letter of Dr. Taylor on fiat or no value money. It is the same old story tho threshing over of straw threshed a hundred times before, which never had a grain of wheat in it. He admits that a piece of paper upon which is printed "ten dollars" is of no value, but asks if Congress should order that there be printed on the same paper "This shall bo a full legal-tender at its face value for all dues public and private,77 if it would not perform all the functions of money wherever the laws of the United States extendi No; such a substitute for money has never fulfilled all the functions of money. Nation after nation has tried it and failed. Dr. Taylor, as unintelligent man, should know this. John Law tried what Dr. Taylor proposes, in France, in 1717, and in five years involved ths) nation in financial disaster. Again, legaltender notes 'were issued in France, based upon tho confiscated lands of tho country, worth millions, by the element then in power, and the most stringent laws enacted to compel tho people to take them as money, yet in six years they fell from nearly par in coin to have no valuo whatever, but filled the cities of France with starving people. The Continental Congress9 tried paper money with a promise to pay, attempted to compel people to take it for their goods, and punished Tories who would not, and yet, with an issue of about $210,000,000 as the highest estimate, and with only a portion of it in circulation, it became utterly worthless, and could not be given value when the success of the American cause was assured. To theso can be added the recent experience of the United States and the disasters in the Argentine Republic, fresh in the minds of all intelligent readers. Without a single exception, every nation which has issued paper money based upon land or with a promise of redemption in coin which it did not keep, has ended in financial disaster. These fact9 of history have taught average practical men that fiat, no value or irredeemable paper money, no matter by whom issued, will end in financial disaster or ruin to tho people resorting to it. The mass of people believe that experience is the best teacher. The fiat money of which Dr. Taylor speaks, issued by Congress, could be forced upon creditors, who, for the most part, are the depositors in savings banks, tho holders of life-insurance policies and investors in the shares of loan and building associations, and upon labor, which must live, but the capitalist, who takes care of himself, has his obligations made payable in gold. The masses would be swindled. Such is the lesson of history. The legal-tender silver do'L.r, Dr. Taylor says, is one-fifth fiat money. Under certain conditions it would be, but as the issue has always been limited and has now been stopped, the quantity issued can be used in the country upon tho gold basis; but make the coinage of silver free, and the silver dollar would then be on its own intrinsic value, and while the creditor could be made to take it where he has not taken the precaution to have gold written in his contract, the silver dollar would purchase but four-fifths as much wheat, sugar, etc., as would the gold dollar if the present difference in tho values of the metals should hold. Dr. Taylor it pleased to call going over aud over these matters, tho making of absurd statements about tho Bar ings, disputing about the quotations of stocks when there is nothing to disputo over and would not bear upon the sub ject if there was, "discussion," but to people who have learned from the ex perience of nations that money, to per form its functions in civilization, must bo limited to the world's stock of gold and silver, or paper immediately re deemable in them, it is wearisome chatter. That the precious metals and paper redeemable in them or bused upon them aro money, is the conviction of the commercial world, and needs to bo dis cussed when an argument is necessary to sustain the axiom that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. Furthermore, if tho subject of money were open to discussion it would be a waste of time and space to argue with one who denies that the confederate treasury notes were legal tender, when upon tho face of all of tho earlier issues it is stated that they are "receivable in payment of all dues except export dues," or with one who.avers that Secretary Windom redeemed $20,000,000 of f our-and-a-half-pcr-cent. bonds during tho stringency of November, 1800, to aid Jay Gould, when, as a matter of fact, Mr. Gould's interests would have been better served by a continuation of the stringency; and moreover, nothing can be arrived at in a controversy in which one is so unmindful of accurate statement as to declare that "the Journal has said that the rate of interest was 185 per cent.," when the full statement of tho Journal was that "speculative interest rose as high at 185 and closed at C per cent, while mercantile paper was quoted

at from 8 to C per cent." For these last reasons, namely, the general and persistent inaccuracy of statement and the perversion of the Journal's statements, anything liko "discussion" would bo out of the question, if it were necessary. Therefore, the Journal must courteously refuse to continuo the waste of space upon a topic which is no moro a matter of dispute than the correctness of the multiplication table.

DE, SilYTHE AND THE KEELEY CURB, Tho News, of this city, publishes the substanco of a paper recently read by Dr. G. C. Smythe, of Greencastle, in which he attacks the so-called Keeley cure for drunkenness as a fraud which is doing more harm than good. The News vouches for Dr. Smythe as "one of the most learned men in Indiana." If this be true, he is, in the opinion of tho Journal, putting his learning to very poor use in trying to bring ridicule and contempt on a treatment which thousands of persons who have taken it are daily testifying has done them incalculable good, and which thousands of families are blessing for what it has done for some loved one. Admit that the originator of the Keeley cure claims too much for it in claiming that it is a permanent as well as a specific cure for the drink habit; admit that somo of those who havo apparently been curod by the treatment do relapse and go back to their cups; admit that Dr. Keeley's advertising methods are in open violation of the medical code; admit all that can be truthfully said against him or his treatment, and the fact remains that hundreds, or- perhaps thousands, of persons have been at least temporarily cured of the taste and desire for intoxicating liquors, and a very large proportion of these seem to be permanently cured. It savors moro of ignorance than of learning, more of intolerance than of liberality, and more of cruelty than humanity to assert that such a treatment is doing more harm than good. It would be quite as reasonable to assert and as easy to prove that the whole science and practice of medicine is a fraud because a large proportion of those treated by physicians die, and all who are so treated get sick again some time or other. For God's sake, and humanity's sake, if even a small per cent, of those who try the Keeley cure are benefited thereby let the regular practitioners keep hands off until they can offer something better or half as good. Dr. Smythe, in his paper on the subject, rehashes the threadbare and coinmonplaco talk about drunkenness by heredity, drunkenness as a disease, etc., as", if there were anything new in this, either to the profession or to laymen. That branch of the subject has been discussed ad nauseam. Dr. Smytho's conclusion, in effect, is that whom God has made a drunkard man, can not cure. The conclusion begs tho question, and is simply a bit of professional arrogance. The question whether tho Keeley treatment can cure, or help to cure, the drink habit i3 not to be settled by a priori arguments a3 to the impossibility of effecting such cure by medical treatment. One living case of accomplished euro is worth all tho a priori arguments in the world on that point, and there aro hundreds of such cases. Even if it is nothing more than a moral aid or a faith cure, if it accomplishes good results, in heaven's name, let it alone. Dr. Smythe seems to havo been at great pains to collect statistics of those who have taken the treatment and afterwards relapsed. How would ho like to havo the results of his own practice tested the same way?- Perhaps if he will take equal pains to ascertain the number of those who have taken the treatment and not relapsed, he will feel more like saying something in favor of tho cure and less liko preaching tho incurability of drunkenness. The cure has at least given faith, hopo and courago to many persons who havo not been able to find it elsewhere. Thero is nothing in Dr. Smytho's arraignment of it to cause faith in anything except tho invincibility of the devil. TnE Sentinel publishes an interview with' Chairman Jewett, of the Democratic State central committee, in which, replying to a question as to the party's prospects in the next election, he says: Oh, we can win and carry the State for the Democracy if we begin soon enough and work hard enough. Mark me, I say wo can win. Whether wo shall or not depends on ourselves, But we ought to look the matter squarely in the face. There is nothing to bo gained by deceiving ourselves. Indiana is a close and doubtful State, and we hare a strong and unscrupulous enemy to contend with. Of course, we carried the State by nearly twenty thousand plurality at the last election, but you must not lose sight of the fact that a vast number of men who are entitled to vote did not go to the noils in lt&O. As compared with lfcS8 we lost over 27.000 votes and the Republicans nearly 49.000. Deducting the 17,000 which the labor and Prohibition parties gained you will see that over 59.000 men did not vote in 181X). How they will feel next November one can't say, but they will vote and determine the election in Indiana. Republicans should make a note of this. It is equivalent to an admission that Indiana is no more naturally Democratic than it is naturally Republican, and that tho party which does the most effective "hustling" will win. Mr. Jewett admits, what the figures plainly 6how, that tho Democratic "victory" last year was due to Republican apathy and absenteeism, aided by accidental circumstances which worked in favor of the Democracy. His figures show th at there are Republicans enough in Indiana to carry the Stato whenover they all turn out and vote. The refusal of the House of Repre sentatives to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to charter a vessel to carry contributions to tho famine sufferers in Russia places Congress in rather a hu miliating position. Tho recent letter of the Secretary of the Navy and the fa vorable action of the Senate had led to the belief that thero would bo no oppo sition to the measure, but the action of the House puts a quietus upon it so far as congressional action is concerned. For the -reputation of the country it would have been better if tho question of government transportation had never been raised in Congress than to havo had it voted down. Had the question not been raised there could have been no ground for a charge of unfriendli

ness, but the refusal of Congress to

make the appropriation is clearly open to that construction. It is unfortunate, to say the least, that the surviving rep resentatives of the Lost Cause should have seized this opportunity to show their hostility to Russia for preventing the recognition of the Confederacy by England. They might at least have done this in a way that would not have brought discredit on the Nation. The result of their action will probably bo that the money to send the supplies to Russia will be raised by private contribution. Adam: Smith, who was the first ex tensive writer on economics, and whose works are usually found in two large volumes entitled "The Wealth of Na tions," is frequently quoted by free traders, as if the first writer should of necessity be the wisest. The following paragraph, however, the free-trader never presents in this country: Whatever tends to diminish in any conntry the number of artificers and manufact urers tends to diminish the home market, the most important of all markets for the produce of the soil, and thereby still further to discourage agriculture. That is, whatever tends to build up varied industries in Indiana, like glassmaking, machinery-making, furnituremaking and the proposed tin-plate-making, isthe greatest help of the farmer. Is thero a farmer in Indiana who docs not know this, and that these manufactories canjonly be secured by a protective tariff! That was a characteristic speech which Governor Foraker luado after his defeat. He is a bright, nervy man, and there are very few men who could havo made such a speech after such a contest and defeat. It would have sounded vastly better, however, if he had made it before the balloting began, and then and there withdrawn his name. He lost a great opportunity in not doing that However, all is well that ends well, and if Governor Foraker's friends do not feel any sorer over his defeat than he seems to, the scars of the contest will soon heal. Mr. W. D. Ho wells, in his "Editor's Study" in Harper's Monthly, speaks with genuine appreciation of James Whitcomb Riley's work. Following a review of a number of volumes of verse by Western writers, he fays: j But, after all, the Western product will have Its own flavor; and no waterlnx-pot process will give us ins color and perfume or Mr. KUcy's "Old-fashioned Roses," prown in the open air and fanned by the breath of the prairies. Ills volume bears a London Imprint, and decidedly has not been published by or for the author, whose gentle fame commands a public on both sides of the sea. The sweetness that lies at the heart of these old-faabloned roses, end of all those wilding growths which their author calls his "Hoosler dialect'' poems, is a very genuine and tender love of the simplicity and humility of the past. The poet has divined, what - Tolstoi has thought strenuously out: that the real happiness, the unmistakable bliss of eaoh man's life is Koatetbtng that lurks far back In the memory of his childish lnuocence; and It is to the sense ot tbis tbat he makes his touching appeal. The earlier conditions of our national lire, before our craze for wealth began, and the millionaire bad not yet become tbe American - Ideal. Inspire his retrospective longing, and it is the memory of the childhood of a people which he appeals to, us well. Of course man cannot live by remembrance alone; but In wakinjr again and again the note that sounds through all his veree, tbe poet performs a noblo office In a vulgar, noisy and sordid time; an A we cannot hearken ever so little to him without being: refreshed and strengthened. ' Lippincott' Magatino of this month says, editorially: "Mr. James Whitcomb Riley is probably the most popular of American poets." A Pennsylvania jury has recently given a verdict for $19,600 damages in a suit brought by the victim of a railroad accident against tbe company. The judgment was given for "railway spine," which a well-known railroad lawyer says is a very popular disease among the medical fraternity where a man has been a passenger on a train that is wrecked and no visible injuries can be made a cause for suit It is supposed to be tberojuries to the spinal column resulting from the shook. As the spinal column cannot be dissected to find out its actual condition, it is difficult to controvert any claim of injuries that may arise in such a case Dispatches from "Providence, R. I., continue to report that Colonel Ballon, attorney for Dr. Graves, lately convicted in Denver of tbe mnrder of Mrs. Barnaby, is "silent" on the question of his own participation in the same crime. What else could be expected? So far as can be learned the suspicions and insinuations against him originated with some irresponsible bailiffs and newspaper reporters of Denver, and until formal charges are preferred or an arrest made the dignity of innocence demands silence. If he is guilty he can hardly bo expected to acknowledge that fact on demand of an interviewer. John Ernest McCann begs tbe readers of Lippincott hot to blame him for loving her. "Oh," he cries. ' Oh. blame me not! You have not heard her sighs. Nor seen tbe blue In her wide two And speechless, tender eyes. You do not know how soft she la, Etc., etc We do not know how soft she is, but we can guess how soft John Ernest is, and no one can wonder at his loving her, or blame him In the least Where blame does lie is upon the editor of Lippincott, for trying to palm off such atrocious verses upon tho publio as poetry. An Englishman who has been lecturing in the university extension course in Philadelphia appears before tho classes in neglige shirt and with trousers roiled. The tna-iAra tl rA ta tnbinrr Viim tn tol- f hia bad manners, and incidentally inform him that they do not think much of the system of economics he attempts to teach. The time has gone by when an Englishman, merely because he is one. is regarded as an oracle in this conntry. The best of them find it necessary to mind their "p's" and "q'e," and the second-rate gentry are valued at their actual worth, and no more. Key. Robkht McDonald, who is sixtyfive years old and hss been a Presbyterian preacher forty-two years, has entered the freshman class of the Detroit College of Medicine, with a view of taking the full coarse. Ho says he wants to go to Africa in a few years as a missionary, and that a knowledge of medicine will beagreat help. Enterprising young men of that kind should be encouraged. The Khedive of Egypt, Mohammed Tewfik Pasha, is dead of the grip. Though nominally tributary tqVTurkey, the gov ernment of Egypt is prhttically conducted under the direction of otlicers appointed by Great Britain and France. The dead Khe dive was rather a weak but well-meaning ruler who had no policy of bis own. and was Quits content to assist in carrying out that of others. In making arrangements forthe approach mg marriage of Prince Albert Victor and the Princess Victoria of Teck, it hss been decided that tho wedding dress shall not

embrace a tingle article that is sot of English manufacture. There is a lesson in patriotism and national pride which American brides would do well to imitate.

To the Editor ot tbe Indianapolis Journal, What States compose the circuit to which Judge Woods has been recently appointed I J. II. L. He has been appointed judge of the new Appellate Court of the Seventh circuit, comprising the States of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. To the Editor of the IndUnaooIls Journal: Were the confederates Albert Sidney and Joseph . Johuston relatives I Head Km It appears not BUBBLES IN THE AIR. What Would Have Happened. ' Excited Stranger Sayl I lost a twenty-dollar gold piece along here somewhere. You haven't seen it, have youf Hnrgry Hlgglns Do I look like I'd fell dead lately! . Diplomacy. Young Mrs. Fitts You do not tire of my singing, do you, dear! Mr. Fitts No, love, your voice reminds me so much of that girl I was engagod to along in 1885. And she hasn't sung anything since. Good Iteason. "Fltz-Maudlin was telling me that his bride Insisted on having the word 'obey omitted from the marrlace service.' "Did he consent!" "Yep. You see she did not wish to be subject to Fitz." ISofe of 'Era "Great scheme they had at the church fair. Fellow could kiss a pretty girl by putting up a quarter." "That was no square deal. Didn't the girl have to put up!" "Oh, yes. She put up her mouth." ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. The Emperor of China still persists in studying th English language, although much remonstrance against his doing so has been expressed. There is to be a new Prussian throne. Frederick I had one, but Napoleon took it ou and melted it, and there are now only two small chairs of small value. Preserved as a memento at tbe Adams House, Boston, is a box containing a few cigars which belonged to General Grant at tbe time his illness compelled him to give up smoking. All the linen for Princess Victoria May's trousseau will be made in Ireland, her tweed dresses will eomo from Scotland, and so me of her liner costumes are to be of En glish-made silk. Senator Stanford believes that mag netism can be developed in men and horses by intelligent ettort. and in breed ing thoroughbreds on lis California stoctt farm he has mado experiments to that end. Louise Michel, the noted French revo lutionist, was recently observed working among the books of tbe British Musenm. Her face is large, marked with heavy lines and pale ana worn, showing tbe traces of sntlering. She dresses quite shabbily. One young woman of noble lineage has recently married below her rank, yet with tbe approval of her friends. Princess Marie Bonaparte, daughter of Prince Charles Bonaparte, was wedded to an Italian lieu tenant Even King Humbert and Queen Margberita sent gifts. No photograph can do Ethel Ingalls, the daughter of ex-Senator Ingalls, justice. says Jean Mallory in an interesting sketch of Miss Ingalls, for it is to her exquisite coloring that much of her beauty is due. bbe is tall, well proportioned and erect. with fine figure and small, beautifully shaped hands and feet, Gkn. B. F. Butler is reported to be worth several million dollars. Besides possessing an abundance of real estate in Boston. Washington and Chicago, he owns the big Craig ranch, near Pueblo. Col., the largest ranch in the State, has 150.000 acres of coal and mineral lands In Virginia, and controls part of the Mora grant of 600,000 acres in Kew Mexico, , A noteworthy friendship exists between Secretaries Rusk and Foster. It is said that during Mr. Foster's illness "a man could not be more devoted to his own brother than the big Secretary of Agriculture was to his friend of the Treasury Department." Every day and every night Mr. Rusk was present at the sick-bed, and he was as thoushtful as a trained nurse in his treatment of the stricken Secretary. Sir John Lubbock, banker, scientist, assayist, member of Parliament, and possessor of no end of honorable degrees and titles, is a profoundly religious man, and devotes one day in the week to work for his fellow-creatures. There is scarcely a Sunday afternoon or evening when be cannot be found lecturing to the poorer classes in London. "The Surry Side" is his principal hannt Without a doubt one of tbe "Pleasures of Life" with him is derived from philanthropy. THE 0UI0 SENATOIISHIP. Tun Legislature of Ohio has dono the wise and proper thing. The re-election of Senator Sherman was confidently anticipated by the country, and it was demanded by the best interests of the people and the Republican party of Ohio. Detroit Tribune. At one time during the canvass Sherman's defeat seemed probable. Happily Ohio has saved herself from this discredit, and has chosen him for another terra. His vote was larger than was expected, but it ought to have been unanimous. St Louis GlobeDemocrat Sknator Sherman was nominated by the Republican caucus at Columbus, last night, by a handsome majority. Tbe country will be gratified by this news. Mr. Sherman is a national statesman, and his services caunot be spared. Louisville Commercial. As a "claimant" Foraker is unequaled In the contest with Mr. Sherman he was at a disadvantage at every point Considering these disadvantages his vote is surprisingly large; considering the promises made by tho Commercial Gazette it is exceedingly small. Louisville Courier-Journal. We congratulate Senator Sherman upon his success. We did not help to bring this about Nevertheless, we are now Sherman men, but, above all, we aro Republicans, and shall aim to secure tbe success of tbis party, quickly healing any sore spots that may have been created. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The line thing about tbe result is that it demonstrates in one instance at least that honest statesmanship wins more tban shouting with a mob. There has been intense interest in the contest throughout the country, and tbe rejoicing in Sherman's re-election will be widespread. Milwaukee Sentinel. It is now clear that a mistake was made in the conduct of this campaign on the part of the Foraker managers. On the other band, those who rejoice in the success of Senator Sherman will remember with satisfaction and pride that the conduct of his campaign was creditable to the candidate and to the party. Chicago Inter Ocean. What a career Mr. Sherman's has been and what power and influence it gives him for th6 future! No wonder that tbe hearts of sixty millions of people in and out of Ohio will throb more freely and joyously when they learn, tbis morning, tbat John Sherman is tobe returned for the sixth time to his proud place in the Nation's councils. Ohio State Journal. A man of John Sherman's experience and sound judgment perfect knowledge of and familiarity with tho important aflairs of the Nation and our relations with other powers is of inestimable value in the deliberations of our national councils. His past services and bis rare qualities of statesmanship sbonld aloue have xt moved all opposition and msde his choice the unanimous expression of the Republican major itj in the Legislature. Cleveland Leader.

MB. BLAINE MUCH IMPROVED

His Illness More Serious in Dis Own Imagination than It Is in Fact. Will Bs Up and Abcut in a Day or Two Admiral Rogers Dying Yhy Congressman McClellan Toted for Speaker Crisp. NOT SERIOUSLY ILL. Secretary TJIaln Will Soon Tie Oat Again Admiral Itodgers Very Low. f fecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 7. The apprehensions that the friends of Secretary Blame have over his sudden attack have been somewhat allayed to-night by tbe information given to those who called at his residence tbat the Secretary has been resting quietly all day and is very much improved tbis evening. Mrs. Blaine receives nearly all callers, and answers cheerfully questions concerning her husband's illness. From her account of the Secretary's illness it is only temporary in its character, and her conversation leads her hearers to believe that he will be up and about within a day or two. Th3 distinguished patient had little medical attendance to-day. His physician, Dr. Hyatt, paid a visit and concluded that the Secretary needed rest more tban medicine. From reliable sources it is learned tbat the alleged serious nature of the attack seems to be more imaginary thau real. Mr. Blaine's long illness during last spring and snmmerhas made him dread a recurrence of confinement, and this fear hss unnerved him to such an extent that he looks on his present indisposition in a much more alarming light tban his real condition warrants. The aim of hisphy-, sician and his family at present is to disabuse bis mind of the thought that his illness will result seriously, and beneficial effects are looked for from the rest which he has had to-day. Secretary Foster said to-day that he intended going to Fort Monroe, Vo., to-morrow, lie goes by railroad, instead of steamboat, and will return by Tuesday, the l'Jth inst. He is looking much strouger each day, and says his recuperation is satisfactory in every way. He attended to considerable office business to-day. Tho Secretary has almost completely recovered from his long and serious illness, but is yet physically weak. Rear Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers, United States navy, retired, is dangerously ill with heart trouble. It is said at tbe Navy Department that there is no chance of his recovery. The condition of Speaker Crisp showed great improvement to-day. His son stated this evening that his lather ate a good breakfast to-day, after which he sat up and read tho newspapers, the first time he has done that since the ird of December. Assistant Secretary Nettleton has recovered from tbe grip. He will resume his official duties at the Treasury Department to-morrow. WHY HE VOTED FOR CRI8P. Some Inside Facts that Do Not Redound to the Credit of an Indiana Congressman. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 7. Representative McClellan, of the Fort Wayne district, is being roasted and basted by the Democrats of Indiana, now in this city, on account of his conduct during the speakership campaign. It was expected that Mr. Shiyley, in casting his vote for the speakership, would make 6ure of a committee position, having served some years in the House, but there was surprise when Mr. MoCiellan withdrew from the delegation at the last moment and voted for Crisp. After the smoke of the battle had blown away and it was whispered around that the member from the Twelfth district had made sure of the chairmanship of a minor committee, bis colleagues nodded their Leads and winked their left optics significantly and intimated very broadly that everything was( perfectly clear to them. A Democrat from Indiana who is well known throughout the State and formerly lived in Mr. McClellan's district and who was here working in behalf of Mr. Mills during the latter part of the speakership campaign, and who is thoroughly familiar with northern Indiana politics, says of Mr. McClellan's action: "The fact is Mr. MoCiellan practically sold out to the Crisp camp for the chairmanship of the committee on expenditures in tho Navy Department Soon after McClellan took his seat in tbe last Congress he discovered tbat he could turn his pension 'correspondence with his constituents to good account. He established his son the pension claim business at Washington and to him turned over all letters relating to pensions, beside using his privilege as a member to call up and expedite the claims whioh young McClellan represented. The committee on expenditures in the Navy Department has no business; no bills aro ever referred to it, and the committee never meets. It exists simply to fix somo meiaber of the McClellan calibre and to provide him with a clerk. McClellan wants tbis chairmanship especially to place his son on tbe pay-roll at $0 a day. Signing tho payroll once a month would not interfere with young McClellan's pension business. Daring the balloting for Speaker, McClellan mado hia wants known to tbe managers of the Mills men. He asked for tbe A ery committee tbat Crisp gave him. The Mills people would not promise him anything, hence he sold out to Crisp. You know that McClellan made his money by buying judgments and accounts from his clients and 'shaving notes,' and he lost his own county (DeKalh) by two hundred, whereas Cleveland carried it by three hundred. The clerk of this committee, like all session clerks, must be provided for by resolution, and several of the Mills men from the Indiana delegation will light the resolution giving McClellan tho clerk. The Mills-Crirp tight has extended tn Indiana, and there will bo some 'knifing' done all along the line. 'X nra not greatly surprised, when I como to think of it at the course ol McClellan in the speakership contest," continned the well-kown Indiana Democrat, "for he has not impressed himself upon bis party in his district He has done nothing so far to emphasize his ability as a Congressman. For instance, in the last Congress a tarlfl speech appeared in the Congressional Record, as having been delivered by Mr. McClellan, which astonished the lawyers of tho Twelfth district, and. in fact, all those who knew Mr. McClellan personally. It was widely circulated, aud the farmers of the district sat up late at night and read it It was one of those leuve-lo-print' speeches. Confidentially, 1 might intimate that Logan Carlisle, son of tbe ex-Speaker, and now Senator of the same name, wonld not make oath that he did not write that speech." TRIBUTE FK03X A DEMOCRAT. What Kz-Slayor Grace, of New York, Says About President Harrison's Appointments. Fp clal to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 7. When ex-Mayor Grace, of New York, was in Washington to attend tbe dinner given by Senor Montt, the Chilian minister, in honor ot the inauguration of his brother. President Montt of Chili, he was discussing the situation, and 6aid he understood that if trouble proceeded to a crisis, it would be due to the influence of "the man in the White House." The gentleman to whom he was talking expressed surprise at tho tone of conviction with which Mr. Grace spoke, and said he always understood that one of the Presi dent's characteristics was that he never made up his mind until he was compelled to. and that the then present state of affairs between this country and Chili would hardly warrant him in assuming tbat war must necessarily ensue. "That is a very good characteristic in a public man ." responded Air. Grace, "and I have no doubt but tbat it is due to that that the President has given to the people such a bitfh class ot appointments. 1 speak more particularly, ho said, "of the appointments in New York State, where I am fully acquainted, and there, 1 mnst say, tbat for ability, intelligence and respectability, they surpass tho appointments

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say this. Mr. Cleveland beingmy particular lriend." KT.MaTorfirace.it will he remembered. is Ann of th most resnecf able And -immi nent Democrats in the State of New York. Nicaragua Canal to 11 Investigated. Washington, Jan. '7. The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Morgan instruct ing the committee on foreign relations to inquire into the condition of tho Nica ragua canal was taken up in the Senate to day, and was, on motion of Mr. Vest amended by instructing the committee to inquire also what amount of money had been actually expended for any purpose, and what contracts or other obligations Lad been made by the company. Mr. Allen then addressed the Senate in support of the Nicaragua-canal project He had an idea that sufficient provision had not been made in tbe act to inspect the work and to control the expenditures, but he hoped either tbat be was not justified in that idea or that the defect would be remedied. Mr. Morgan expressed his satisfaction at Mr. Vest's amendment being agreed to, because, he said, tbe friends ot tho project desired there should be no misunderstanding at all about any of its featnres. ihe resolution was agreed to. ana the sen ate adjourned till next Monday. Springer Gives Ills Son a Plar. Washington", Jan. 7. Two important committees of the House elfected an organ ization to-day. The appropriations com mittee authorized the appointment of subcommittees and deferred action on the cen sus deficiency appropriation, requested by Superintendent Porter, until they cau be gin work. It is practically settled tbat there will be no assemblage of all tho gen eral appropriation bills in the appropria tions committee, and the distribution of appropriation bills among several committees will remain ns tn previous Con cresses. The ways and means committee did a little routine business preliminary to beginning work on tariff legislation. Mr. Renter Springer, son of tbe chairman, succeeds Mr. John M. Carson as principal clerk. Alexander Jones, a Chicago newspaper man, was appointed assistant clerk, and J. D. Darneille. of Springfield, 11L. messen ger. Only eight members, a bare quorum. were present Indiana Fourth-Class Postmasters. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 7. Fourth-class post masters were to-day appointed as follows for Indiana: Collett Jay county. L. M. Lvans. vice E. Jack, resigned; Epsom. Daviess county, Wr. T. Dickinson, vice G. W. Myers, jr., resigned; Vigo, Vigo county. A. Hamilton, vic C. S. Walton, resigned; Willow Branch. Hancock county, L. Morris, vice B. Thomas, resigned. Kyle "Will Startle' the Country. Sioux Falls. S. D Jan. 7. Senator J. H. Kyle, of South Dakota, expects soon to introduce in the United States Senate a jcint resolution which will precipitate a vaBt amuuui, ui newspaper comment, ns tcaII a nTritn criat rtnhlin intriif It ( joint resolution asking for an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving to Congress the power to regulate the laws regarding marriage and divorce. General Notes. Fperlal to the Indlanapols Journal. Washington, Jan. 7. Miss B. Davidson, of LaPorte, is visiting Mrs. A. D. Prince, and announces that she will be at home on Friday. Mrs. Henry F. Blount formerly of Indi ana, has issued invitations for a tea on Tuesday, the 12th inst, at "The Oaks," Georgetown Heights. Mrs. and Miss Bynum will receive on Saturday. This evening's Star says in its account of the Cabinet receptions: Mrs. Miller's house was as bright and cheerful as it always is, and those who came managed to linger be yond the limits of the ordinary fashionable call. Mrs. Miller wore a handsome black satin gown that had tiny red and green polka dots. Miss Miller was in a French gown of gray cloth, with silver braiding. Mrs. Taft, wife of tbe Solicitor-general, and Miss Knox assisted. In the diningroom Miss Heron and Miss Carolyn Knox sat at the table, where they were always surrounded by chatting friends. Edward A. McGirl. an engineer of Evansville, will be appointed superintendent of heating apparatus, and engineer of the new Marine Hospital of that city. Only $2,W4,700 fonr-and-a-half-per-cent bonds are now outstanding, (22,510,000 having been redeemed to date, and more than iT3.uOO.000 continued at 2 per cent The total issue was 51. 000,000. The First National Bank of Elwood, Ind., capital 50,000. was to-day authorized to begin business. Secretary Noble has decided that the charges of frand and corruption against Palmer, agent at the Cheyenne River Vidian Agency, and Shoenfelt. his cleric, are not sustained. He does rind, however, that inefficiency is shown, and in consequenco their resignations will soon be asked. The questions asked in the progress of argument by justices of the court today gives good ground for the presumption tbat tho United States Supreme Court will decide against the Church of the Holy Trinity, of New York, in the suit between it and the United States growing out of the church bringing the Rev. E. Walpolo Warren, of England, to this country under contract as its rector. STOLE FROM THE COUNTY. Treasurer Quits Office with m Shortage of 822,000, and Possibly Much More. Special to the IndianpoUs Journal. Hastings, Neb., Jan. 7. C. H. Taul, county treasurer, stepped down and out to-day, and it was then discovered that ho was short in his accounts over 22,000. His bondsmen met the County Commissioners to-day and paid the deficiency in full, and still further startled the commissioners by announcing that thero was yet a large deficit from two years ago which the board has as yet been nnable to discover. Tho bondsmen then asked that an expert committee be appointed to make a thorough examination in order to ascertain jnst what Paul's shortage is. All of Paul's property has been seized by his bondsmen, and it is thought that he may be able to escape prosecution. Shrewd Thief and Torger. Cincinnati, Jan. 7. A most peculiar crime of theft and forgery was accomplished yesterday by some shrewd swindler. Checss payable to Dr. C. D. Cranch, of Mount Auburn, aggregating $4,000. were nbetraoted from hie office desk during his absence on a professional call, between 11 and I o'clock, and the thief deposited them in tbe Merchants' National Bank in the name of C. D. Crank, saying he wished to open an account there. He then drew a sum, which the bank declined to name, but something less thau his deposit He has not yet been found. I ft the Country with 825,000. Nashville. Tenn.. Jan. 7. J. II. Meek, a prominent lawyer of Dandridge, is missing and is suspected of being about 25. COO short in his accounts. He was Chancery Court clerk of that county and managed a school fund of 50,000. He is thought to have gone to South America. Emus Joch In Trouble Again. Nr.w Oiilf.ans, Jan. 7. Suit was to-day entered in the District Court by the Savannah. Florida & Western railroad, against the Emmy Jnch Opera Company, now playing in the Grand Opera-house iu this city, to recover due for transportation. Writs of attachment were secured and thobox-oibce receipts for the remainder of the week were garnished. The company reached hereon Friday last, opening on Sunday heavily in arrears, and has done but little business. The costumes nnd scenery are said to belong to Mrs. F. It Thurhtr, of New York. Drank Carbolic Acid for AVMssy. Lima, O., Jan. 7. Yesterday Henry Moorman und Amos Uouser went into a drug store in which the former workea for the purpose of getting a drink. The3' wro both under the influence of liquor, and got hold of the wrong bottle. Before they were aware of it they had swallowed a large amount ot carbollo acid. Both diti in about half an hour.