Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1893 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1893.

THE DAILY JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1S03. TVA8IIlNtiTN OFFICK 55 Fourteenth St. leltphuiie Calls. EaalceM OSce Editorial Rooms 242 1I-.JIMS OF hUIISClUITlON. PAILT BT MAIL. T?a5lT only, me month .70 Daily only, three months... Z.K) laliy only, onf year 8.00 Daily, lLclmling Sunday, one year 10.00 fcunlay only, one year H.OO WHK3 rt KM5HED BT AGENTS. Tally pw week, by carrier.. 1 5 eta hnrilay.VliiKle copy. 5 cts 2aily and bun day, per week, by earner... ......20 ct WEEKLY. rYear. $1.00 i:eCoced Rate to CInbs. Fnbcrn -with nny cl our numerous agents, or send fubfccripticcs to the JOURNAL. NEWSPAPER COMPANY, INT) IAN A PC LIB, IX D. Tnprv f ending the Journal thronch the malls In the I'rited states should put on an f Jht-rape paper CKt-ENT poctacf stamp: on a twelve or 8ltef nI ope pajfr a two-cent ptaee. stamp. Foreign puatage Is usually iloublotLtee rates. fommitvicationg intended for pubtieafion in Vt1$foper vm$t,in order tnreenre attention, beao tcmpauud by the name and addre$ of the writer. THE INDIA N A TO LI S JOURNAL, Can T found at the folios-ins places: PARIS American Exchange in Paris, 36 Boulevard i!e Capucinta. lOKK Gilsey IIous and Windsor Hotel. PHILADELPHIA A. P. Kexnble, S735 Lancaster avenue. CHICAGO rainier House. CTKCINXATI-J. R Ilawley & Co., 134 Vine street lor I8YILI.E C. T. Peering; rorthwest corner of Itlrrt and Jtfferson streets. ET. LOUIS Union 2s ews Co., Union Depot. WASHINGTON, D. O Illggs nouse and Eobltt llouae. And dow cornea one of tbe Southern States with an attempt to legislate ajrainst boopskirts. Shades of Jefferson Davis! B-, It looks very much as if Mr. Cleveland had a bip fipht before him in trying to shape the action of Congress on the silver qucation. Senator Hill's speech on his motion to call up the silver bill was virtually a declaration of war against Cleveland. There bo lively times ahead. The difficulty of Mr. Cleveland seems to be that the men whom he desires as Cabinet officers decline them, while the men who will accept are those whom he does not want. Already there is a growing conviction among Democrats who are for revenue that ex-Governor Gray isn't the man to hitch to now. They worship the rising sun in the person of John Gilbert Shanklin. The majority in the House stopped making speeches expressing its devotion to the laboringman yesterday long enough to kill a bill designed to do away with the hurtful competition of contract prison labor. Judge Allen, the Populist who has been elected United States Senator in Nebraska, measures six feet two in his stocking feet and weighs 225 pounds. Still, there are higher qualifications for a United States Senator. TnE reason why Warden Patten gave the preference to a bidder for prison labor in manufacturingsaddlctrees, who offered 53 cents, rather than to one who offered Co cents a day, was that he wished to keep down the price of saddletrees. Governor McKinlev, of Ohio, has appointed ex-Governor Foraker to be trustee of the Ohio State University, in place of the late Hon. R. B. Hayes. It is not much of a position, but the tender of it is more agreeable than that of the hot end of a poker, as is common among Ohio politicians. While many members of Congress spend much moro than their annual allowance of $125 a year for stationery, Jerry Simpson has expe nded but S3.88. nud has drawn $119.12 in hard cash. All of the Kansas Populists, except one, have made the samo record. Thoy do not write to constituents. Yesterday the Populists and Democrats in the Nebraska Legislature elected Allen, a Democratic Populist, to succeed Senator Paddock, an intelligent man and useful Senator. Allen, like Martin, of Kansas, adheres to all the heresies to which Mr. Cleveland is hostile, and is with him only in his hostility to the protective tariff. Mr. Cleveland will scarcely thank Democrats for such Senators. If it be true, as stated, that the United States Court grand jury will investigate the gambling houses in this city and the Roby raco track, these in

stitutions may bo brought np with a short turn. The charge is that they are violating United States revenue laws by selling intoxicating liquors without a license. It is not safe to trifle with United States laws, and the gamblers would find Judge Baker a very different man to deal with from Judge Buskirk. Some of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet places seem to be goingbegging. These positions are not as highly regarded as they once were, either in respect of political honor or salary. Tho tendency in recent years has been to make them, is they really are, mere executive clerk- . ships of a high grade, thus depriving them of much of their political prestige. The salary, which has not been increased in fifty years, is no consideration to a rich man, and a poor man with a family cannot live on it in Washington. v The story is vouched lor that the lato Justice Lamar, when n member of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet, said after a Cabinet meeting, one Tuesday. "I am glad that we do not have to meet tho it aster again until Thursday." It is also related that ono Democrat of national reputation, who was approached by a suggestion from Mr. Cleveland to enter his now Cabinet, and who declined with the utmost politeness, said afterwards to his friends that ho had got through going to school. It is worthy of remark that nono of tho members of Mr. Cleve land's former Cabinet is seeking a posi tion in the one now forming. In this ifsuo mny be iound a letter from Hon. J. H. Clnypool, of Conners ville, upon tho Statu finances, which contains some criticisms regarding tho turpi as which Auditor Henderson sees

in the future. Mr. ClfttDool, in his let

ter, applies tho test of figures and experience to tho observations of the Auditor regarding a surplus and shows conclusively that there will bo nothing of tho kind if the Legislature follows his advico and reduces the levy for tho general fund from 12 to 10 cents per $100, but, instead, a deficit, unless tho Legislature refuses to vote money to a num ber of worthy institutions and projects now before that body. ELL-CONSIDEEED LEGISLATION. It is not often that a law-making body furnishes a more striking example of ill-considered legislation than our House of Representatives did on Monday, in dealing with tho question of taxing foreign capital loaned within the State. After considerable discussion Mr. Fippen's bill to tax mortgages owned by nonresidents was defeated, as it deserved to be, for th? reasons, mainly, that the tax would in the end fall on the mortrageor, and that it would drive foreign capital out of the State. The Houso had hardly voted down this measure before it turned around and passed another which embodied' the same principlo in a worso form. The second bill provided that the holder of any note or mortgage, upon bringing suit to collect, must aver and prove thnt tho note or mortgage has been listed for taxation in this State, and the taxes thereon paid. The Fippen bill taxed all mortgages held by capitalists outside of the State, while the McMullen bill taxed only delinquent notes and mortgages, which would bo less than 4 per cent, of tho whole. The Fippen bill would have caught good loans as well as bad ones, whilo tho McMullen bill would catch only bad ones. Yet the Mc Mullen bill would do just as much harm as the Fippen bill, since such a threat hanging over delinquent mortgages, operating as a bar to foreclosure, would drive foreign capital out of tho State quite as effectually as if all mortgages were taxed. Both bills embodied the same principle, though the McMullen bill in a worso form than the other, yet the Houso defeated one, and, a few minutes later, under the operation of the previous question, passed tho other. Its action. in the latter case could only be attributed to lack of scrutiny or failure to apprehend the scope of tho bill. True, the House soon recovered itself and voted to reconsider the matter, but it only avoided by a mere scratch passing a bill inherently bad, and which, in another form, it. had just voted down. Tho incident shows the necessity of watchfulness in legislation. Tho discussion on tho Fippen bill af forded that gentleman opportunity to add another to the numerous proofs of his vast and varied misinformation. In arguing for the passage of the bill he declared that it involved "a round four hundred millions of dollars in Indiana, every dollar of which now escaped taxa tion." A little later he put the amount at $500,000,000. A variation of $100,000,000 does not make much difference where both statements are so wide of the truth. Where a person is absolutely ignorant of what he is talking about ho might, per haps, as well say one thing as another. If it were true, as Mr. Fippen stated, that the people of Indiana owe $400,000,000 on mortgages held outside of tho State, or anything like that sum, it would be the strongest possible argument against legislating to drive foreign capital out of the State. If his bill had passed not a dollar of foreign capital now loaned in Indiana would be reloaned when the present indebtedness falls duo. Every mortgage would have been foreclosed at maturity, and there would have been no renewals. If ono can imagine tno situation too people would bo in with $400,000,000 of mortgages peremptorily foreclosed, and that amount of capital suddenly withdrawn from the State, he can form some conception of the eftect the passago of the Fippen bill would have had if the amount of foreign loans wero what ho stated. But, fortunately, Mr. Fippen's statement as to the amount of foreign capital loaned in the State is absurdly wide of the mark. The writer of this articlehas talked with two agents in this city who represent two foreign companies doing the largest loan business in this State, and they both agree that $40,000,000 is an outside estimate of tho total amount of foreign capital loaned on mortgages in Indiana. Both wero of the opinion that tho total of such loans is considerably less than this, including city and town property as well as farm loans. They both agree that the total amount ojf foreign capital loaned on farms could not possibly exceed $20,000,000. It is obvious, therefore, that when Mr. Fippen talks about $400,000,000 of foreign capital being loaned in Indiana he is simply drawing from his inexhaustible storo of ignorance. Tho McMullen bill, which comes up on reconsideration to-day, should bo promptly defeated. It is worse than the Fippen bill, being quite as vicious and more eilly. It would drive foreign capital out of the State quito as effectually as the Fippen bill, and would pro duce a good deal less rcvenuo than tho other, which would have produced very little. All such legislation recoils on the people. THE CITY AND THE STREET-RAILROAD COM PANY. A matter of great importance to this city, and which should receive the im mediate attention of the Legislature, is tho passage of an act conferring author ity on tho city to assess street-improvement taxes against tho street-railroad company. As matters stand tho city has no such authority. When the city's contract was mado with the company. in other words, when tho company's charter was granted, tho city's power to make assessments for street improve ments was only against lots abutting on the streets. No provision was made iu tho charter for assessing tho company for such improvements, and it has continued to be exempt from such assess ments by virtue of its contract with tho city. The only obligation placed on tho company by its charter is "to keep the tracks and two fett on the side of each rail in good repair." This does not con-

t fer on the city any right to make an-css,- iinetits for street improvements, and as a I

matter of fact, it has not done so. The company, has had the free use of tho streets without paying anything towards .their-improvement, and its use of the streets amounts, in some case?, to a monopoly of them. It does about as it pleases with the streets, regardless of the rights or convenience of the public. For some weeks past the company has pushed tho snowand ico off its tracks a few feet on both sides, causing almost impassable ridges which,, with the accumulated dirt, are n great obstruction, and will eventually have to be removed by tho city. Now that the city has entered on an era of systematic street improvement itbecomes importnnt that it should havo authority to assess the street-railroad company for the improvement of that portion of a street occupied hy its tracks, and the Legislature should pass a bill conferring such authority. It 48 not rightnor just that the owners of prop erty abutting on a street occupied by tho street-railroad company should be made to stand tho entire cost of its im-

proveraent. Tho company has a very three market prices for plumbiug mavaluable franchise, and should here- terial. quired to pay its share of tho improve- It may bo added that while there is

ment of streets which it occupies. It is to be hoped tho Legislature will not fail, to act in this matter. P0LITICAL INGRATITUDE. That was a sharp and merited thrust given by Senator Magee to his fellowSenators who were advocating a repeal of that section of the election law which provides for advertising sample ballots. You sit here and pass bill after bill for the farmers," he said, "but you would deny tho man who fights for your party every day in tho year the right to print these ballots. You climb over one another to put an additional doorkeeper on the Senate force, and then talk about economy. No newspaper man has been hero in the interest of this bill. The best investment that can be mado is to have these ballots published." Mr. M'ogee is familiar with the nowspaper business, and knows that the public ex pects a paper to be at the service of its party and its party's candidates from year's end to year's end, to give up its spaco when called upon, and to put aside profitable business for political convenience at any time -all for the party's sake and for glory. He has also probably encountered the fact that when State and county officers and legislators whoni it has helped to elect, and. who could not have been elected without it, are in a position to reciprocate a favor in a le gitimate, honorablo way by directing public advertising to its columns, such business, as a rule, goes to obscure and disreputable sheets because, according to the prevailing official argument, tho latter must be kept in a friendly mood, and the respectable, high-class paper does not vary its opinions and princi ples according to its counting-room ref rm1ni t.,-i t.:- a I coipts. -ho Journal had nothing- to do ; wun tno auvenising clause or tno nailot law as it now exists, and has taken no interest in tho movement to repeal it, but is free to say that in expressing their disregard for newspapers in gen eral as they do, the Senators who urge tho repeal show the basest ingratitude to tho county press to which they owe their present temporary prominence. IMPORTANCE OF MODERATION. There aro indications of troubles be tween employers and employes on several important lines of railroad, sufficient already to cause anxiety. Tho diflerenccs which exist are not very well un derstood, bur, at best, they aro trivial compared with a series of strikes which would interrupt transportation to the great detriment of business and to the damage of every important industry in the country. The railroads of the coun try constitute its arterial system. When anything interferes to iuterrupt their business stagnation falls upon all indus tries. Both the employer and employe should consider this fact. Moro than that, experience should teach them that loss and injury, and nothing else, can como from strikes. In several instances railroad managers have destroyed their business for months and de prived the stockholders of divi dends for years rather than yiold in a minor matter. Employes have lost their positions for a long time or per manently, thereby bringing loss to themselves and often suffering to their families. In the end settlement comes by compromise, which could just as well have been mado before as after a striko of weeks, during which property has been destroyed and the aid of the police and courts invoked to protect property or suppress violence. Railroad mana gers owe it to the businessof thb country and to the States from which they havo received their franchises to spare no effort to prevent the threatened interruption of business. Railroad employes owo it to the great body of wage-earners not to force strikes which will shut down factories and turn thousands idle into the streets without the means of livelihood, and enhance tho cost of living to those who have saved a little money. Anything like a general striko at the present time would be likely to destroy eveiry flattering prospect for business and industry. Cool judgment nnd moderation can avert tho danger and save both parties from injury and loss to every interest. Better compromise now than at the end of a strike. Concession now by both parties will not mean defeat. Compromise at the end will bo defeat, loss and disgrace for both. INCREASED EXPENDITURE OF STATE INSTITUTION 8. During tho year which ended Oct. 31, 18S2, the maintenance of tho one insane hospital in the State cost $210,090.52. Dnring tbe corresponding fiscal year of 1892 the cost of the maintenance of tho four insane hospitals was: -Central, $252,035.25; Northern, $84,999.03; Eastern, $84,922.10; Southern, $78,111.04; total, $500,078.32. That is, in ten years the cost of the maintenance of the hos-. pitalrt for tho insane has more than doubled, rising from $21.C90.52 in 1882 to $500,078.32 iu 1892. Where $1 was spent for maintenance in 1882 $2.30 was

9 spent in 1S02. This increase is partially accounted for on tho ground that a con-

siderablo number of insane persons who were maintained by the counties in poor asylums tun years ago aro now sent to the hospitals, but the increased expend iture for maintenance calls for more than double the number of patients in the hospitals in 1802 than in 1SS2. If the number has been more than doubled in a decade, and there is now a call for moro buildings to accommodate more applicants, is there not something radically wrong with the system! The fact that the amount expended for salaries and wages exceeds tho cost of subsistence in tho insane hosoitnls leads the public to suspect that, like the Legislature, moro persons are employed than are needed. The recent circular of Secretary Johnson shows that the cost of sugar, butter, poultrj-, etc., in the Central hospital was about twice as much per patient as it was in any of the other hospitals. The Journal has called attention to these facts, taken from Mr. Johnson's reports, time and again, but no more attention is paid'to them than to the showing that tho trustees of the Central hospital paid no material increase in the co3t of tho maintenance of tho institutions for tho deaf and the blind in ten years, the money appropriated for the maintenance of the prisons has increased from $145,590.45 in 1882. to $180,410.93 in 1802, or $43,820.54, which means that $1.31 was spent in tho maintenance of the prisons in 1802 where $1 was spent in 1882. The number of inmates cannot havo increased 10 per cent, during tho decade, and the prices of all articles needed for tho running of prisons were lower in 1893 than in 1882. How can the increase of cost of maintenance be accounted for during the ten years, except on the ground of an unnecessary employment of party dependerts? The American Protective Tariff League will publish from week to week iu the American Economist the votes of each Stato and congressional district in 1890 and 1892, covering, as far as possiplo, territory which admits of comparisons, the object being to show the relative strength of both parties. The returns from Nebraska are given for'both years, and show that from 1690 to 1892 the vote of the Republican party was increased 10,000; that the vote of tho Democratic party tell off 25.000, that of the People's party nearly 2,000, while that t of the Prohibition party was inci eased 1,000. Nebraska was one of the States which went wild with the Alliance craze in 1890. The comparative vote shows that it made decided progress back to Republicanism in 1892. The following uppears as a Washing ton special to tho Indianapolis News: President Harrison disclaims onv re sponsibility for the eaitorial which ap peared in tho Indianapolis journal and was telegraphed throughout tbe country by tbe press association last night, respect"tiff the appointment of Judge Jackson, Xhft editorial, speaking with an air of authority, says: Tbe Tresident was driven to tbe disagreeable necessity of nominating a Democrat by the KicKiu Kepuuiicaus and bolters or tho senate. ' . It ill becomes the Republican kickera. sulkers and mischief-makers, after havlncthus forced President Harrison to seek support out side of tho Republican ranks, to censure him for nominating a Democrat. Speaking for tho President, this morning an authority said: "lhe editorial does not represent the President's views in regard to the nomination of Judse Jackson, norths motives which impelled him to make the nomination. It seems to have been written under a misconception entirely of the Pres ident's position." It was not necessary for any person, on behalf of President Harrison, to dis claim responsibility for tho editorial in tho Journal. Tho Journal would bo the last to claim tho right to speak for the President on any subject, although it has had the honor of agreeing with him very often. Tho President is too busy to be meddlingwith newspaper manage ment, and has never been in the habit of bringing his views to the public in that way. Tho editorial in tho Journal was based on current dispatches and what tho Journal conceived to be the true situation. Nobody but the , editor and proprietor of the Journal is respon sible for its views on this or any other matter. "TnE Sentinel did not putit too strong when it declared that if the encampment should fail through any neglect of tho Legislature it would be held against the party and tho persons responsible." These wero the words of an active Dem ocrat in the Statehouse, yesterday, re ferring to the holding up of the two bills upon which the success of the en- . camnment depends. The words of the Sentinel, to which allusion was made, are as follows: It tbe encampment should be a failure for reasons in any decree chargeable to the Legislature the disgrace brought upon the State will blacken forever the reputation of the men who became responsible for it. No such tiioisy excuses as are now oliered in justification of opposition to the appropriation will relieve these men from responsibility for dishonoring the State. Petty prejudices are not safe guides in legislation. There are times when patriotio duty and public interests cannot be turned aside without a calling to account. A woman's exchange, properly operated, is found to be a usefuHnstitutiou wherever established, and the women who are preparing to open one in this city ate, doing a good work. These exchanges aflqrd a means by which women who cannot leave their homes, but yet find it necessary to earn money, can get their handiwork before the public. The products of home labor, for which there is a demand, or for which a market can be made, are innumerable, including, as 'they do, needlework in its many varieties, bread, cake, confectionery, pickles, preserves, salads and other dainty results of tbe cook's art. One feature which has proved profitable in many places, and for which there is certainly an opening in Indianapolis, is a restaurant or lunch-room where most of tho food served Is home-cooked and of the best quality, becauso none other is accepted by tho manNagers. Hut unless such an adjunct to tho exchange is made attractive from the start in every respect, the undertaking had better not be attempted. Enough restaurants of an inferior sort, started by women of benevolent purpose, have come to grief in this city. The Hoard of Public Works, in their annual report, discuss tho question of streetcleaning and sweeping very complacently concluding: Tho board has at this time contracts with tho Indianapolis Hweeping Company, Hubert Thomas and lsuao Keeder, to do tho work of street

Mrreplnirautl cleaning. All sweeping contract have been male to expire Juno 1. 1'J4. Thirtv-

cltrht improved streets ar bcinir cleaned by independent contracts In all 15,43 miles la length. nta total )t to tho property-owners for the season of $13,501.7(J. If this is the case tha contract is either a very loose one or it is continually violated. There is not a square of asphalt pavement in tho city that is kept tolerably clean, oven in good weather, while in bad weather they are intolerably dirty. Tbe sweep ing raises a dust and removes a little surface dirt, but the permanent deposit remains undisturbed. One thing is certain. If the two 6ets of signatures to the duplicate copies of the McDonald will nro forgeries, they are un commonly accurate and artistic forgeries. The opinions hold by persons eaually well qualified to judge of the handwriting prove this. BUBBLES IN THE Al&. II r Association. Watts How do you spell "whisky" "k-y," or 'k-e-yr Potta "K-y." Same as Kentucky. Willing to Aid. Mr. Gotrox That confounded rheumatism Is making my leg ache awfully. His Nephew Er you better have It pulled! Demand for Consideration. Briggs I have never told you about the smart thlnsra my little boy does and saya, have I! Braggd You never have, Briggs-Then don't you think you can find it convenient to lend mo $231 Where It Would Shin. Mrs. Figg Go to your father. Tommy, and ask him what he thinks of tho nlcofcair-cut mamma gave you. Mr. Fieg (after inspection) It Isn't much as a hair-cut, but the job would do very well as an exhibit In the "woman's work" aepartment at tho Columbian fair. Wht Is the DiflVrnce ? "What is the1 difference," asked the society editor of the sporting editor, -betweeu your do" partment in this great educational newspaper and the boys clothing department of a drygoods fltorel" "One is full of knickerbockers aud the other full of kuocker-blckera," answered the sporting editor, and the doleful squeak of the fnnuy man's machine was the only sound they heard. AL01T PEOPLE AND TULNGS. An American girl rules tbe republio of Gautemala through her husband, the Pres ident. General Ilarrios. She is the leader of all woman movements in that country. The King of Greeoa has a salary of 300,000, and finds it all little enough whon he has to foot the billet of a stud of two hun dred horses, and to pay the expenses of his royal position. A scholarship of $200 is oliered by the Vassar Students' Aid Society to tho student passing tho best examination for ad mission to the freshman class of Vassar College, the examinations to bo held in June, lb03. , Ulrike von Lkvetzo, whom Goethe ad mired and wished to marry when he was seventy and she seventeen, reached her ninetieth birthday recently, at the castle of Trzielitz, in Hoheuua. he is the sub ject of Gcethe's "Trjibgy of Passion." The Council of Snohomish, Wash., recently decided that whisky should be furnished to smallpox patients at 7 per gallon. It now appears that the smallpox epidemio is increasing, nor is it likely to end so Jong as tha city shall furnish $7 whisky in unlimited quantities Mits. 13.yahd Taylok iagentle and refined. Her eyes are blue and her hair blonde, streaked with white. She dresses entirely in blaok since her widowhood. though, in her earlier years, she wore blue a grat deal, as it was the color which was supposed to be especially becoming. Lady Florence Dixie makes a suggestion to women sutlragists. She advocates a bit of deouption on the part of women who yearn to vote. It is to don the masculine garb at tho time of registering, to register as a male citizen, and then, on the day of voting, to ''impersonate" again one of the stern sex. It has been a long time since . Frauk Stockton wrote -The Lady or the Tiger." but nearly every young lady who is introduced to him begins by saying: "Mr. Stockton, I have a-question to ask you just to satisfy my curiosity." Before the question can be aked he replies that he cannot tell whether the lady or the tiger was behind the gate indicated by tbe semibarbaric princess. A look of weariness then overspreads Mr. Stockton's genial face aud he changes tho conversation. The chance that Gen. John Corse, who nela the fort" at Allatooua, and after a terrible battle declared thathe could "whip all hell yet," may again be appointed to office, recalls to the Boston Globe this incident: When he was appointed postmaster of Boston the newspapers were full of stories of his valor, and scores of olinpiugs wero sent to him at his home in Winchester. Kepetitions of the phraso just quoted were abnudant. At length one day bfs wife, half in jest and halt in feehugof annoyance, said to tho General: "'There is one consolation at least, and that is that you havo got through licuing all hell, aud will occupy yourself for soiuo timo to como in licking postage stamps." WE SURELY DO. We don't like ley sidewalks They keep us on our puarrf; And so to ehow our sentiments We sit down on them hard. XauRAs City JonrnaL Clarkaou's Criticism of th Trt Hldent. To th Editor of the Indianaiwlis Journal: The harsh criticisms of tbe President by Mr. Clarkson on account of tbe recent appointment of Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court come from such a source with very bad grace. His friendship for the President will be .taken for what it is worth by many who watched his actions at Minneapolis. It does not lie in the mouth of Mr. Clarkson to charge Gen oral Harrison with a "cross betrayal of TDublio trust and party faith." Mr. Clarkson is not exactly the man to make such charges, lie seems to havo forgotten bisown conduct and management at Minneapolis, where, as chairman of the Kepublican national committee, in accordance with recognized party traditions, he should have acted with the strictest impartiality between the contending candidates; bnt, on the contrary, he made himself studiously obnoxious as the head and front of the opposition to General Harrison, which was, to say the least, an outrageous breach of decorum and of party discipline. Individually, as a Republican, Mr. Clarkson had the undisputed privilege to be for any candidate he pleased, but as chairman of the national committee it wan his duty to keep bauds oil. and not trausform tbe national committee luto headquarters for a candidate whom he personally favored in the offensive manner he did. His conduct did not rellect much credit upon himself as chairman of the national committee, and it was fitly characterized by a distinguished Republican ss a national disgrace, r. k. Indiana roLi, Feb. 7. Funny in Spite of IIIm! New York Commercial Advert l?r. We take it that the great solemnity of editor Carl Schurz is likely to make'the esteemed Harper's Weekly still more Humorous than heretofore. Mr. Schurz v.orks aloog dilierent lines from must humorists, but ho gets there just the same. A Goou Kluinple, KuTin .i City Journal. On the theory that the judiciary should be kept above the level of partisanship it must be admitted that the resident has st an admirable examnle an example which, if occasion presents, his Democratic b accessor will no doubt promptly ignore. A Lik-ly ha Not. Philadelphia Inquirer. In all probability the man who is behind the ax trust is your grim old Uncle Adlai K,

ANOTHER POPULIST CHOSEN

W V. Allen Elected Senator to Sncceed A. & Paddock, of ScbraBka. Formerly a Uej ullicin, but Lft ttat Party to AcceptaJadhipOfferedby tb Independents IVflfer Speaks for Hartin. Br-ecial totL In Uana;o:ts JouraaL Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. 7.-Nebraskas long-drawn-out senatorial fight ended at noon to-day, when a successor to Senator Paddock was selected in the person of Judge William V. Allen, of Madison county. When the joint convention was called to order to-day oil the members were present" with the exception of Clark. The total number of votes cast was 131. Every Independent and Democrat voted for Judce Allen. He received seventy votes. At the Republican caucus last night John M.Thurston formally withdrew and the Republican! decided to vote for Paddock to-day. Accordingly he got the full Republican strength, with two exceptions. Kyner voted for Paul Vandervoort and Picketts cast his vote for Governor Crounze. To elect sixty-six votes were required. Lieu teuant-governor Majors' announcement that Allen had been duly elected was received with wild applause from the Populists, participated in mildly by the Democrats. The Senator-elect was escorted to the hall, whero he spoke as follows: Gentlemen f the Legislature I thank you for this distinguished mark of your confidence and esteem. When 1 came to this city less than 4 week ago I had no purpose, of becowiutca candidate for this oniee. I am deeply sensible of tha great honor audi aui equally ftcnsihio of the great re8Musibillty. if I am permitted to cntt t upon tho discharge of my duties 1 assure you that it will be with a caution and care and the conservatism due the exalted orlice and the exalted trust it carries with it. It would be improper for me on this occasion to say more, and 1 thank you heartily and cordially again lor this distinguished honor. William Vincent Allen was born at Midway. Madison county. Ohio. Jan. '2$, 147. In lboi't he moved to Iowa, lie enlisted at the age of tifteen years with Company G, Thirty-second Iowa, in tho war ol the rebellion. He carried a musket, which was nearly as big as himself, ror three years. He studied law with L. L. Ainswortb. of West Union, la. Nine years ago he came to Nobraska, locating at Madison. Madison county, his present home. His conversion to the Populist idea of politics occurred during the campaign of IS'jO. and since that time he has been enthu&iastio and constant in the advocacy of tho party's principles. In the fall of lb'Jl be was nominated by tho Populists for judgo of the Ninth judicial district and was elected. Previous to his going over to the Populists he was an en tnusiastio Republican, and was a member of the State convention of 1S.XJ and took an earnest and active part in that campaign, stumping tbe State for his party ticket. Judge Allen is an enthusiastic Grand Army man, aud on every possible occasion gives evidence of his love for the old soldier, taking prominent parts in the State and die trict encampments. He is a Riant in stature, and it is said his mental caliber is consistent witn his physical make-up. Martin Afratd to l'rent 1IU Credentials. Washington, Feb. 7. Judge John Martin, the Senator-elect from Kansas, to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Plumb, now bein filled by Mr. Perkins under appointment by tbe Governor, wa( on,thefioor of the Senate to-day. His advent in Washington opens a new gossip concerning the legality of his election and the probability of his being permitted to take his seat. If Mr. Martin follows tho advice of Mr. Fetter, as he probably will, no issue in tho Kansas caso will be raised until the closing days of the present session. Mr. Peder to-day said that owing ta the lateness of the session, which ends thic Congress, and the fact tha. Mr. Perkins: understood the legislation of interest ta tbe people of Kansas, and had it well in hand, that he had suggested to Mr. Martin that he retrain from presenting his credentials until toward tho close of the session. Mr. Peiler Also stated that he presumed there would ho some discussion ovei the credentials, aud ho did not think it wise to interpose anything that would consume the time of the Senate, every hour of which would be needed. With reference ta the legality of Mr. Martin's credentials, Mr. Peiler said the only question that could be raised was whether there had been a legal election. He believed there had been, but in the event that the Senate decided otherwise it would simply result in an appointment by the Governor, and the present Governor of Kansas would, he said!, appoint Judgo Martin. Stolen Imllotn Found. Kansas City, Kan., Feb. 7. The ballot cast in the Third precinct at the November election, upon which If. L. Moore, the fusionist candidate for Congress, Intended to base his contest against Congressman Funston, -ere stolen from the oflice of County Clerk Bruce. When tbe taking of depositions in tbe contest caso was begun tho ballots could not ho found. This morning a package containing the ballot was. found at the gate of the premises of C. H. Carpenter, No. 617 Ann avenue, next oor to the home of County Clerk Bruce. Tho package had been opened and tampered -with, and. of course, Mr. Moore cannwt now use them in tbe preparation of his case. Krlbery Charges ti He Inycttlgated. Cheyenne, Wyo.. Feb. 7. In the Senate this morning a committee was appointed to investigate tho published charges that criminal attempts had been made to prevent members of tho Senate from participating in the joint ballot for Senator. Another sensation followed when Mr. Holli day, of Albany, otlercd a resolution - to investigate the charges preferred in a morning paper that candidate New had attempted to bribe and spirit away Republican members of tho legislature. KENTUCKIAXS SWINDLED. Twenty-Seven Put L'p $50 Each for "Green Good?," but Failed to Get tba "Queer." OwENsnono, Ky., Feb. 7. Tho greengoods" man's seductive cirdular has cot in its work in a pecular way at FordsTille, Ohio county. Four years ago B. F. Wallace, a resident of that county, was so carried away with the"greeu-goods" proposition that be made a trip to New York, and was only saved from losing i0J by his brothers being with him. This did not satisfy Wallace, and he continued to think over tbe matter. Finally it oocurred to him that ho would make up a club to purchase wealth at a email cost. Accordingly he went to a number of bis friends, all men of limited meaus, and explained how easily all could become wealty. He said that if they would give 03 etch and intrust it to him he would make the trip to New York and take tho risk for half the money. He evidently made an impression, for twenty-seven men rut in sums averaging SJk. The "company,-' as a afeeuard. nent l'bil Smith along with Wallace. Meantime the members of the '"company" met in a hollow aud devised means to dispone ot their enormous wealth. In due time Mnith and Wallace returned, and Wallace, utated that be had met the sharpers at Newark. N. J., and bad lot all tho money. Smiiti left for Texas without making a report, and tongues began to wag. It was not long before it was openiy charged th it the sharpers never saw tho money. allaco says the. men made up tbe club, and Smith, on their behalf, employed him to make the deal lor Sl'-'O and expenses. He says he declined to .o to Ne York, but met ono of the men iu Newark. N. J. He paid the money and got a valise lull of wealth, winch, w hen be got away, be found to be a package of paper with ten-dollar bill and a two-dollar bill oil the top nud bottom ot rue pile. Thin he had when he reHirned. and told tb t?v which ! aw ears to.