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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1893.

THE DAILY JOURNAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1893. WASHINGTON OFFICE 515 Foortnih St. Telephone Call. Btulness Ofilce "33 Elitorial Room 242 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PA1LT BT MAIL. m Pally only, one month $ Pailr only, three months 2.00 D.v.Iy only, one year . Iilv. inciruUEg Sunday, one year lO Euurtay ctjly.ona year 2-00 WHEN Ft'BXISBED BT AGK2TT8. Taily. per wwk, by carrier .......19 ets rtuxiay, single to;.y 5 eta laUy and fcunaaj. ir week, by carrier 20 cts WEIKLV. Per Year $100 IUrtnced Rte to Clabs. W Subscribe with any of our numerous agents or send ubscripUous to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Irsons undine th Journal thronsrh the mail in the United Mstea should put on an e!?Htpape paper OKI CLXT postage ftamp; on a twelve or sixteen, pape paper a two-cent postage stamp. Foreign postage i us uaily double these raits. All communications intended for publication in th im pajr m uft, in order to recelte attention ibt accorny cnicd by the name and address of the writer, THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places: PARIS American Exchapge In Paris, 36 Boulevard de Ciipuciccs. NJiW YORK Gilsey House and Windsor HoteL PHILADELPHIA A. p. Kemble, 3735 Lancaster avenue. CniCAQO Palmer House. CINCINNATI J. R. Hawley & Co., 154 Vlas street. LOUISVILLE C.T. Deering, northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets. 6T. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. Washington, d. c iuggs noose and Ebbitt House. Has Mr. Sullivan discovered yet that there was any law-breaking under his administration? The people who go down to the fair In railway trains take great risks, especially if the trains are In more than one section. Police Judge Stubbs said nothing In his spening remarks about dealing gently with the toughs who might come before him. Buskirk does not seem to have established l precedent, The gamblers having been ordered to fcove on, one active Industry comes to a ludden end la this city, but no financial tlstress will result to the persons who were serving an apprenticeship in the seCuctlve art. It was a train In two sections again, but this time it wag the airbrako and not the brakeman which failed to work and caused the frightful accident in Michigan. Is anybody to blame, and If there is, will anything be done about It? The New York World says that Mr. James John Van Alen, who paid 0,000 for the appointment at Mr. Cleveland's hands of minister to Italy, never voted In his life till 1KJ2, when he was forty-six years old. That kind of an American should not be honored. And Mr. William Dudley Foulke is In pain over the Van Alen appointment, too. His tears mingle with those of Horace White and Richard Watson Gilder. The way of the civil-service reformer is truly a rocky one under this administration, which 0 was to be so truly good and has turned out bo hopelessly bad. The claim that tho farmers of th West favor free-silver coinage Is not sustained by the action of the State convention of the Iowa Farmers Alliance, recently held at Des Moines. The convention promptly voted down resolutions favoring the free

coinage of silver under present conditions, and adopted instead a resolution favoring B. sound and stable currency. The internal dissensions of the world's fair management are likely to continue to the end. The latest development is the re fusal of the local board of managers to In vite the national commissioners to a grand banquet given to the foreign commissioners cn Wednesday night. This looks pretty mall, but, then, men can do small thlng3 when they get mad, as well as women. Mr. Cleveland, having ordered Congress to legislate, and to do it in his way and in haste, is naturally much aggrieved when that body declines to recite Its lesson ac cording to order. The head tutor is now keeping the senatorial boys in after school for their bad behavior, and If they don't do better Grover will suspend them indefi nitely. No President ever had such trouble with "my" Congress before. The Journal ventures to express the hope that Mayor Denny will infuse as much young blood into his administration 3 possible. The Mayor himself is still comparatively a young man, and the Journal believes he would serve himself, his party and the city best by making his ap pointments from among men at least no older than himself. There are plenty of men of that class competent to fill every office in his gift and well enough known to command the confidence of the . comxn unity. The delay of the Judiciary committee of the Senate In reporting on the nomination Of William B. Hornblower, of Xew York, as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, has resulted In bringing out facts enough concerning his professional career to show that he is one of the most slavish corporation lawyers In the country. His practice has been of a kind which edu cates a lawyer to believe that, in a contest with corporations, the people have no rights that courts are bound to respect, Mr. Hornblower ought not to be confirmed. Last week Harper's Weekly published an elaborate but very thin defense of Cleve land's appointment of Van Alen, saying. among other things, that the President did not know he had made a large campaign contribution. Whether the editor of the Weekly had not read the statements of those eminent reformers, Horace White and Richard Watson Gilder, concerning their correspondence with the President, or whether, having read, he did not believe them, is not clear, but at any rate the Weekly article was a reflection upon the veracity of those gentlemen. The New Tork Evening Post, which has been In deep ITrief over the Van Alen affair, promptly proceeded to rectify, matters. Evidently, It had an Interview of a convincing sort with Harper's man, for it announced several days ago that the Weekly would correct itself in lis next issue. It ha done so

to the extent of a column, and lets its Idol down in the dust gently but surely. No

longer, even in that abjectly worshipful organ, can Mr. Cleveland pose as a man who loves reform better than he does himself and sits up nights thinking out ways to circumvent the spoilsmen. He may still be an Idol, but he will be a disfigured one. and will need a continual propping up. The mugwumps are having great grief to endure this year. THE l'RESIDEXT AND CONGRESS. The attempt to force the Senate to vote by a continuous session was a ridiculous failure, and it might almost be said that so far as any power of compulsory action Is concerned the Senate itself stands selfconfessed In the came light. In the ab sence of cloture a majority is absolutely powerless against a minority, and the Senate Is always on the brink of a deadlock. It is doubtful if the Senate has ever before since the foundation of the government occupied as bad a position before the coun try and been held in as little esteem by the people as at present. It would be Idle to deny that the failure to force the Senate to a vote is a distinct triumph for the sliver men. The expedient of a continuous session was only resorted to by Senator Voorhees after every other attempt to get a vote had failed, and this step was taken with the avowed purpose of accomplishing what had been fully demonstrated could not be accomplished In any other way. It was his last card; he played it and lost. The whole proceeding was undignified and the outcome is puerile. It establishes nothing except the inability of the Democratic party to get together for any use'ul purpose. As matters stand the President has met with a humiliating defeat, and the relations between him and his party are very strained. He has every reason to feel that he has been betrayed in the house of his friends. The Chicago platform on which he was elected declared that "we denounce the Republican legislation' known as the Sherman act of 1890 as a cowardly makeShift, fraught with possibilities of danger in the future, which should make all of its supporters art well as its author anxious for its repeal." The President had a right to expect that the Democrats in Congress would give this declaration their solid sup port, and this expectation must have been greatly strengthened by the alarming financial situation In which the country was placed when Congress met. Yet it bscame apparent almost as soon as Congress convened that the only hope of repealing the "cowardly makeshift" denounced by th Chicago convention lay in the Republicans, and every day of the session has made it more apparent that the Democrats were not giving the President a cordial and honest support Enough of 1h6m did so In the House, with tie aid cf Republican ctes. to ecu-e the rusage of the repeal bill, bu: after mora than two months of wasted time it is finally demonstrated that a number of leading Democrats In the fcenate will .not vote fir the measure. They have repud' ated their platform and their President. The President xhas abundant reason to feel indignant, and no doubt he would be very glad if Congress would adjourn, but it is not likely he will attempt to force an adjournment, much less order It. The Con stitution provides that In case of disagree ment between the two houses with respect to the time of adjournment, the President may adjourn them to such time as he may think proper. This power has never been exercised by a President, and. In view of the present strained relations between him and his party, Mr. Cleveland would hardly care to be the first to exercise it, even if the contemplated contingency should arise. as it has not yet. It is more likely that the remainder of the session will be spent In trying to enact some makeshift compromise on the silver question, which, if passed, will add another element of doubt and danger to the financial situation. The must conspicuous fact at prcssnt is the utter incompetency of the Democratic pary. TUB ELECTION' HOARD STEAL. The attempted steal in favor of the of ficers of the late election is worse than was supposed at first, since it Includes not only the inspectors but all the other officers of the election. The extent of the steal will appear from the following comparative statement showing the difference between the sums to which the several officers in each precinct are leg-illy entitled and those which the canvassing board allowed. The amount allowed by law 13: One inspector three day3 at $2 per day.. $5 Two judges one day at $2 per day 4 Two clerks one day at J2 per day 4 Two sheriffs one day at $1.50 per day 3 Total $17 The amount allowed by the canvassing board is: One inspector six days at $2 per day.,.. $12 Two Judges three days at $2 per day 12 Two clerks three days at 5 per day 12 Two sheriffs two days at $1.50 per day.. 6 Total $12 The difference between $42 and $17 represents the attempted steal. As this Is $23 to a precinct the total amount of the steal in 15S precincts would be $3,050. The Inspectors have certain duties to perform on the day before the election, and they are required to canvass the vote on the day after the election. These two. with the day of the election, would entitle them to charge for three full days. None of the other officers were employed except on the day of the election and a few hours in the evening. Their compensation may be small, but it is fixed by law and the law does not contemplate that any person shall make money out of an election. The proposed steal is Justified under the eight-hour law, approved March 6, 1SS3. That law provides as follows: Sortlcn 1. That on and after the passage of this act eight houra shall constitute a legal day's work for an crisses or meiVvmir's. worfclnsrmen and lalorcrs. except ing those engaged in agricultural or domfxtie labor, but overwork for an extra compensation, by agreement between employer and employe, is hereby permitted. Sec. 2. This act shall apply to all per sons, firms, corporations, companies or as sociations employing laoor in tnis hiat?. and to all mechanics, worklngmen and laborers, now or hereafter, employed by this State, or any municipal corporation throutrh its agents or officers, or In the emplov of persons contracting with the Mt or "nnv municipal corporation there of, for performance of labor on the public works of this State, or sucn corporation. We quote these sections to show that the language of the law Is explicit in applying the eight-hour provision only to median-

les, worklngmen and laborers employed by a city or city contractor on public works. The canvassing board held that all the election officers come under this law, and by dividing up the time they served into eight-hour portions and fractions they managed to make out, in every case, from two to three times as many days as were actually served. The responsibility for this outrage rests wholly with the inspectors, who, under the law, constitute the canvassing board and have power to fix the time for which election officers shall be paid. The inspectors were appointed by the City Council, and were all Democrats. It is but fair to say that several of them protested against the proposed steal, and voted to reduce the time, but they were overruled. The work of reform under the new administration cannot begin more appropriately than by stopping this steal. The new controller, whoever he may be, should refuse to pay any election officer for more than the number of days actually served, reckoning a day as twenty-four hours and each part of a day as a whole one. If the grabbers want to test the question let them apply for a mandamus to compel the controller to pay the bill, and let the matter be decided by the court. Referring to the foolish talk "about abolishing the Senate by amending the Constitution, the New York Sun, suggests that it cannot be done In that way, nor in any other way, except by revolution. The point seems to be well taken, for the Constitution, In declaring how it may be amended, adds this clause: "Provided that no State, without Its consent, shall be deprived of it3 equal suffrage In the Senate." This makes it impossible to abolish the Senate without the consent of every State in the Union. This provision virtually makes the Senate in

destructible and Immutable. The matter is not of much practical importance, as there is no probability that an attempt will ever be made to abolish the Senate, but it is of interest as showing how the framers of the Constitution guarded every point. When Superintendent Colbert notified the police force of Mayor Denny's Instructions in regard to enforcing the law on gam bling rooms and saloons he concluded by saying: "Mr. Denny is In earnest in his wishes in this matter, and I trust you will pay me the compliment of obeying him." This was not happily phrased. There is no reason to doubt that the Superintendent intends to carry out the Mayor's instruc tions, but it would have sounded better If he had informed the men In plain terms that they were expected to obey orders. It is no compliment to him for them to do that There seems to be a necessity in the police force for more straight talk "with the bark on." They should not be asked to obey orders as a favor to anybody. The people of Muncle are deserving of the deepest sympathy for the affliction un der which they are now suffering. The ex tent of the smallpox scourge is due, without doubt, to the mistaken course of the local physicians, In trying to conceal the true nature of the disease in Its first outbreak, in the hope that it would be suppressed without publicity, and to the almost criminal behavior of citizens who refused to obey orders of the Health Board after being infected by the malady? "But the majority of the people are not at fault. though equal sufferers with the rest from the Injury done to business by the spread of the plague, and from the cessation of social Intercourse, and they are greatly to be cemmieerated. Now that the disease seem3 to be under control the quarantine which has voluntarily established Itself will soon be done away with, and traffic with the outside world be resumed. The fear of smallpox is largely an unnecessary one, and can only be overcome by the strictest enforcement of sanitary regulations and the removal of patients to a place beyond danger of contagion. If this had been done with the first cases discov ered In the town, no alarm or panic would have resulted, and business would not have been disturbed. Muncie's experience should serve as a warning to other towns where cases of the disease occur. The third race between the Vigilant" and Valkyrie, which occurred yesterday, was much closer than either of the previous ones, so close, in fact, as to require the official reckoning of time to decide which was the winner. The wind yesterday was much fresher than in either of the other races, and the result seems to demonstrate that a stiff breeze brinjs out the British yacht's best qualities. There is one advantage of the electric street car system which has not been made prominent, namely, the fact that in case of fire there Is no burning and hideous suffering of live stock. The destruction of six hundred horses in a Chicago stable was a horrible affair which it would seem might have been prevented by proper effort If the citizens of Daviess county "don't watch out" every one of them may be hauled up, sooner or later, as a murderer of the Wratten family. The able detectives now at work are bound to have the guilty parties If they have to arrest every man In the county as a preliminary. The melancholy days are come, lnded. when the world's fair can only be seen through a fog; but there is consolation to visitors that it is a comparatively clear fog, and not saturated with coal-dust like the one which envelopes the down-town Chicago streets. A Clark county man is reported to have broken hi3 leg by falling out of a tree, where he was gathering apples. This Is unfortunate for the man, but incidentally it settles the question that there are apples in Indiana notwithstanding the story to the contrary. BURBLES IN THE AIR. Hope for Vm Yet. "Money ain't ebrytlng in dls country ylt," says Uncle Mose. "People still finks a whole lot more ob de man dat ketches one fish dan ob de man dat buys a whole string ob 'em." A Hero. "Is that story true that Blowerly tells about his having the scars of no less than twenty-five wounds received in the war?" "Yep. He was making a raid on a hen roost down In South Carolina and the owner filled him full of blrdshot" A Horror. "Did you hear about Jlmpson's hard luck? His wife lost her voice a week or to ago." "Do ycu call that hard luck?" "Wouldn't you call it hard luck to have to be whispered at for two or three hours at a time each day?" By 111m Own Foolishness. "My friend, what brought you here?" asked the city missionary. "Nothing but my own blamed foolish ness," bitterly reylled the pale prisoner

with the high forehead. "I had been drink

ing a little not too much, you under standand when the judge heard the evidence he was willing to let me go. Unfortunately, In giving me my freedom, he made use of an ungrammatlcal expression, and I, in pure kindness of heart, undertook to correct him. And that's why I am here for ninety days." TUESDAY'S LANDSLIDE. The triumDh of the Republicans of In dianapolis ought to be a harbinger of good. Philadelphia North American. xne result or the municipal election In In dianapolis Is a victory for the friends of law and order, although It Is apparent that Political lines werp nUn drnwn vprv clearly. Philadelphia Telegraph. Have you heard from Indianapolis? Did you notice that Republican gain of over 5.000? It is the same way in other parts of me country, it iooks as ir rtfs might partially atone for 1832. Philadelphia Inquirer. The Tribune takes great treasure in ex tending to Indianapolis hearty congratula tions on the election of the entire Republic an CltV ticket at an AWHrm held nn Tuesday, and assures the brethren in the Tl. 1 , . . . . .... j lousier metropolis mat uetroit is reaay to follow suit as sonn ns it is ber turn tn play. Detroit Tribune. There can be but little doubt that the re markable Republican victory at the city election in Indianapolis last Tuesday has a bearing on the greater elections soon to be held for State officers in Iowa, Ohio and elsewhere. It is too much to suppose that local causes nln rpvorcwl 1-jct vmr'a Democratic majority and gave to the Republicans a majority of 3,000. Chicago Record. The Indianapolis Democrats, who had fallen Into the error of assuming that the tidal wave of two years ago had given them a permanent lease of power, and who had proceeded accordingly to overwork their franchise on' that theory, were nidelV awakdnivl frnm tVinlr 1 ra-i rra nn Tuesday last, when the municipal election in that city resulted in a sweeping victory for the Republican ticket. It would be a yny u sucn a salutary lesson snouia be lost entirely upon other municipalities. Philadelphia Record (Dem.) Views of Indiana Papers. If any one is in doubt as to the true cause of the political revolution which took place at Indianapolis Tuesday let them ask the unemployed labor of that refrlnn nn.1 thev will get the correct answer. Porter County v lueiie. The Journal made a noble fight in favor of a moral government and assisted by the better element in Indianapolis succeeded in electing the entire JU-nublican ticket by an overwhelming majority. Mount Vernon iiepuDiicun. The Republicans of Indianapolis have the congratulations of the Republicans of the State. The Republicans of Indiana will lane new courage and will expect great things of Indianapolis Republicans nereafter. Franklin Republican. Indianapolis has been redeemed from mis rule, and Sim Coy and his party must go out of power. This is tha first gun after the battle of 1S52. and we can look for a succession of Itepublican victories all over tne country. Tipton Advocate. The .Indianapolis Journal is entitled to. a hearty vote of thanks for the good work it did in behalf of Mr. Denny and the whole Republican ticket. Come to think of it, the Journal is a pretty good paner at all times. Greerisburg Standard. The Denny campaign was one in the in terest of good government, and many inde pendent voters and good Democrats voted to expunge the city of such political leeches as have lived on its resources for the past iwo years, it is a matter or especial ielicitation that Sim Coy is shelved. Greencastle Banner-Times. The "wide-open" policy Is now at an end and we hope to see Mr. Denny supercede it with a clean and law-respecting one. While the moral -feature had much to do with the result, the high taxes and dissatlsracuon with the national administration's course were also potent influences. Gnnsburg Standard. Now let Mayor Denny and his associates In the city government carry out their pledges to the people, as we believe they will: Fuppress gambling, enforce the laws regulating saloons. Institute reform and economy in the municipal administration. This- election marks a new era in the hisNtory of Indianapolis. Liberty Herald. The Indianapolis city election was de cided largely upon the question whether the gambling houses and saloons should be: kept open without restraint. The de cision was overwhelmingly against a "wideopen town." The sooner sporting people ; realize that they can't do as they please. the better for their business. Evans villc Journal. . One of the best results of the Indianapo lis . election was the turning down of exconvlct Coy. He was badly beaten In his own ward. Pecency In politics will prob ably be forced on the liemocrattc party. If nothing else had been accomplished but Coy's defeat the result would have been exhilarating in those days of Democratic as cendency. Muncie News. r 'Mr. Denny has mad3 a reputation as a good campaigner, but the more difflcult task comes now when the administration of an Important office begins. But the good sense ha has displayed so far indicates that. while he will, doubtless, receive some adverse criticism, the business affairs of tha capital city will be honestly, faithfully and satisfactorily administered. Muncle Times. The campaign was principally made by the Republicans on law and order, and the liquor and gambling element was actively in league with the Democrats. This may do in cosmopolitan cities like Chicago and New York, under the head of Carter Har rison and Ross Crocker, nut muianapous is too distinctively American for such Kind of politics, foreipn to the true sentiment of the country. Goshen News. The Indianapolis Sentinel concedes that the result of the election in that city was In part occasioned bjr the enforced idleness of a large number of voters. It is not un reasonable to accept this as true. Nor is it unreasonable to assume that a large number of American worklngmen will resent the free-trade attempt to take away the bread and butter of the American wage earner to give It to the European wage earner. Logansport Journal. The lesson from the result is unmistak able. It 13 for good government, for hon esty of purpose and of action, for the exe cution of the will of the people, for the economical disbursement of money and the maintenance of the city's credit. The Republicans cannot claim the victory in the number of votes cast, because there are lust a few more Democrats than Republicans in inaianapons, ana oecause uji me best of these Democrats voted the Re publican ticket But the Republicans can rl.-Llm credit for the adoption of commend able principles upon which to make the campaign and the selection or worthy candidates in whom the people had confidence to execute these principles. .Martinsville Republican. Local issues alone can hardly account for the magnitude of the Democratic defeat in Indianapolis. There were large numbers of Democrats who are not pleased with the delay In putting Democrats In the Indian apolis postoffice and customs office. It is probably all wrong, indeed, very wicked, but all officesekers in the Democratic party think that Republicans should be turned out anu yemotraia pui 111. iney will rrobably get over such manifestations of offensive partisanship as they b2Come more enlightened, out until mey uo we neea not be surprised if they repeatedly enter protest against the doctrine "to the vannuished belonsr the spoils," as they unques tionably did by hundreds at the polls In Indianapolis on Tuesday. Evansvile Courier, (uem.j ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. There are three persons who know the rd to the Tower of London, the Queen, the Lord Mayor and the Constable. Lady Florence Dixie declares that she knows three women disguised a3 men, one of whom Is a ship captain and the others are pilots. The Czarina of Russia, although employing a household of seamstresses, makes nearly all the clothing for her youngest children, and also takes their new hats to pieces and trims them according to her own taste. The Queen of Italy finds an entrancing hobby in collecting the shoes of past celebrities. She possesses the shoes worn by Mary Queen of Scot-s. Marie Antoinette. Joan of Arc and others, and places a very high value upon her unique collection. An official notice has been issued in Russia that "physicians shall have the right to make use of hypnotism In the treatment of

their patients. In every cas? of the application they must inform the administrative authorities, at the same time giving the names of the physicians in whose presence the patient was hypnotized." President Garfield's farm in Mentor, O., is to be cut up into building lots, the intention being to make it the nucleus of a town to be called Garfield, and to be the summer home of wealthy citizens of Cleveland, said t h -he j.rojcctors of the scheme. The farm is about twenty mile3 from the center of Cleveland. When the present Bishop of Chichester, England, was appointed to the see in 1S73, he was seventy years of age, and many In the diocese objected to him on the ground of his extreme age. But he has been vigorously performing all the duties of his office ever since, and he is now enjoying a holiday in Switzerland with the zest of a young man. An English writer describes W. S. Gilbert, the author of "Pinafore" and "Patience," as a tall, well-built, handsome man, with graylsh-whlte hair and mustache and lively bright eyes. His bearing, he continues, would lead a stranger to suppose him to be a military officer rather than a barrister, but when he talks one recognizes at once the crisp, smart manner of conversation characteristic of the alert practitioner at the bar. Key-winding watches have been so thor

oughly out of date for nearly ten years past that it is now difflcult to sell thern for a tenth of their original cost, no matter how well made they may be. Watch deal ers will allow for them in exchange a lit tle more than the value of the gold or sil ver in the case, not with the Idea of sell ing the works, but rather to Keep tnem on hand for lending to customers while their own watches are mending. The Bruce photographic telescope, which is the gift of Miss C. W. Bruce to Harvard University observatory, is at ltngth ready to be set up In Cambridge, Mass., and is exnected soon to becin its work of photo graphing the stars. It is the largest In strument of Its kind in existence, anu 13 believed to be the most nowerful. and it is confidently anticipated that it will do better work iun has yjt i.ocn accotnpiisneu iscwhere in the world's history. It Is to bo shipped to Pen. in two r three years, after it has been thoroughly tested. It is there to be set up on a hill near Arequlpa, where the South American branch of the Harvard observatory is. Sister Marie Augustine, founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor, lately died in France. She was born in 1820, at SaintServan, and was known in the world by the name of Marie Jamet. In early life she manifested great interest in religions affairs, and was noted for her care of the poor. In connection with Virglnie Tredamel and Jeanne Jongan shs founded the charitabie order in the year 184), when she was but twentv years old. The first convent of the order and the first home for old people were established by Marie Aujjustino in her native town, and the next in the city of Rennes, in IS 16. From that time on homes were established all over the orli tnd 1. ty now number a total of 26 and shelter more than 40.000 old men and women. It Is said that 120,0X aged and indigent people havo died In the care of the Little Sisters, who provided for them ths shelter in their declining years which they could not furnish for themselves. SIIIIEDS AND PATCHES. If Col. Bill Springer objects to having people call him a doughface he shouldn't bo one. Detroit Tribune. To think of the creat American Senate reduced to the issue of a snoring match. Philadelphia Record. This awful suggestion ha3 been made: Suppose Senator Stewart should talk in his sleep. Philadelphia Press. "The fair is out of debt now," says a Chicago paper. But how about the people who visited the fair? Kansas City Journal. Now that the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius has been designated to blow jup derelicts let her begin on the United States Senate. Boston Herald. It's now explained that no gas Is really lost. That which merely fails to go through the meter is always sure to be found in the bill. Philadelphia Times. The proposed doubling of the tax on beer is not calculated to prolong the brewers' practice of setting apart a portion of their profits for the payment of Democratic cam paign expenses. at. Jjouis uiaoe-ieniucruu There are strong indications from "the historic Lexington district" that Mr. Breckinridge Will cease to represent it with the close of this . Congress. A . brilliant man gone wrong. And found out Probably the case could be duplicated among Congressmen, as their temptations are many and enticing, but others have been more fortunate and prudent than the silver-haired and tongued Kentuckian In preserving the secret of their peccadilloes. Pittsburg Post. A Study of the Election Figures. To the Kditor of the Indianapolis Journal: Two or three lessons may be learned from the figures of the late city election which are interesting, if not profitable. First The aggregate vote for Mayor has increased from 26.246 in 1891 to 30,041 in 1893, an increase of 14 4-10 per cent, which Is not a bad showing as to the increase of the city's population In two years. Second The Republican vote has Increased from 11,598 in 1S31 to 10,328 in 1S93, an Increase of 40 7-10 per cent. In two years, which is not bad for a minority party, which, without repudiating or evading a single national issue, tackled every local issue resolutely. In other words, whatever support local issues have afforded, those, if any, who are not Republicans on national issues have declared that they prefer to leave the management of purely local matters with Republicans than with men of their own party. Thin'. The Democratic vote fell off from 14.320 in 1831 to 13.250 in 1893, a Jailing off of 1,070, or 7 5-10 per cent, not a very encouraging showing considering its chief aim at this election was to pieserve the strength of the party in view of the bearing of this election upon their national organization. Fourth The Prohibition party has fallen off from 330 in 1S91 to 301 in 1893. a loss of 8 8-10 per cent., whereas it should have cast S77 votes to have kept up with the growth of the city. The figures show that after twenty-one years of existence as a national party it commands already Just 1 per cent of the vote of this city. Not so , bad a showing, however, as to discourage its friends in keeping up the organization. The special significance of this vote is that it was taken on the national platform exclusively, no Interest being attached to any of the local issues. It is not at all discouraging that after a most vigorous camDaian they lack seventy-six votes of holding their own, considering the growth of the city. Fifth The Socialist vote numbered 190. As this was their first vote this is clear gain, and as it shows six-tenths of 1 per cent, of the voting population there is reason ifor them to hope that by the time they have been as long organized as the Prohibition party has they may successfully contest the claims of that party to be called the third party. Ono result is a great surprise, but very significant in its teaching's. Judge Buskirk ran only 503 behind Mayor Sullivan and one ahead of the average Democratic vote cast for councilmen at large. When-it is remembered that Judge Buskirk conducted his campaign entirely upon his record as the friend of the law breakers of the city it is surprising that he ran ahead of the city ticket for councilmen at large. There Is more apology for the moral elements voting for Sullivan, who claimed to be a church member in good standing, and only remotely responsible for enforcing the law. Buskirk even run forty-seven ahead of Coy In the Ninth ward, showing that he Is more popular with the element which supported him than Coy is himself. This is to be accounted for by the fact that the campaign on the part of the Democratic party was purely on the national issue, and all good Democrats either ignored the local issues or Indorsed Judge Busklrk's protection of law breakers as well as the financial policy of the party in its city affairs. U. L. SEE. Indianapolis, Oct 12. How to Sweep Street. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The man who sweeps the streets should learn how to sweep and then teach his men. There Is nothing so absurd as the street sweeping In useless dabs, always toward the gutter, against parsers and against the crass, trees, lawns, house front, norches and open windows; and then the sweeper never takes up his dirt. .Says he "can't get no time to sweep If he has to take up dirt all the while." Therefore, the dirt is scattered by flying wheels and floated about by the water thrown upon the street. There Is but one way to sweep back and forth across the street, taking It all up perfectly clean at the end of each square. Indianapolis. Oct. 12. J. E. C. Senator Coekrell'n Churcc Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. It would not be surprising if some of the silver Senators had discovered the true ln-

wardness of Mr. Cleveland's connection with Henry Villa rd and Don M. Dicken-t-on when the panic campaign was opened against the Sherman act before the 4th of March. Senator Cockrcll, of Missouri, one of the ablest Democrats in the upper house, did not hesitate to charge In a speech on Monday that the attack had been made because of the "stock relations of the President and the interference of forei,-n bankers. This is the mot serious arraignment of the President yet heard in the Senate, and the truth or falsity of It ought to be established. If there be no Just basis for such an accusation, it was an Insult of the most astounding character. Coming from an experienced Senator who sits in the place of Thomas Benton, the charge will make a deep impression on the public mind.

tfTlEXClI AltMY IX FINE SHAPE. Carnlry, Infantry nnil 31nrlnea Solid Troop Artillery 111 Horsed. Paris Correspondence London News. The authorities gave us a grand reception. It was Impossible to do things more handsomely. They took us In hand from tho moment we arrived at Beauvais, and relieved us of every care. Apartments had been engaged for us at the cost of the government. For my part I am unable to find fault with the landlord for anything, except that his servants became troublesome with their attentions. The round of lunches dinners and feasts of all sorts was more than some of us could stand. Every morning a special train conveyed us from Beauvais to the nearest station to the maneuvering grounds. We were mounted on thoroughbreds supplied by the School of War, and accompanied by several French officers. Every' day about noon we returned to the nearest station and had lunch in a saloon car. Between each foreign attache at table was a French officer. On each bill of fare were written the names of our right and left hand neighbors. The very first day the Ice was broken between us, and the extreme courtesy of the French officers was delightful. It was no easy matter for us to find out anything. They will not supply us with information. We are taken about wherever the French please. We are seldom told of the theme of the maneuvers. It is certain they try to show us the least possible, only they are unable to conceal everything. There Is a point which has been noticed often, but It Is necessary to dwell upen it. as It Is the most Important fact about the French army the endurance of French troops. You may ask anything of a French soldier. Hardships do not seem to affect him. He Is always merry and full of go. Yesterday, while M. Carnot was pinning decorations on the officers breasts, the troops remained presenting arms for half an hour without flinching. The Fifty-first Regiment took part in all tho maneuvers, and yesterday it returned to its cantonments after a long day's march. This regiment formed a guard of honor for the Minister of War when he arrived in the evening, and it was as spick and span as if it had spent its time leisurely in the barracks. Tho reserve troops went through the maneuvers admirably. They appear to be solid troops which may be relied upon. The marines, small, thick-set pnd brisk, are also good troops. The cavalrr produced a highly favorable impression. Its charges were most impressive. The most defective body appeared to be the artilerv. The artillery" guards are generally ill-mounted. The pack horses , are generally too wesk. and this was felt the last few days. The orders were lacking In definiteness, and too often the movements were utter failures. On the whole, however, these maneuvers showed more strikingly than former ones the undeniable strength of the French army. VOOIIIIHES AS A i'ltOPHET. Grant nnl Menile Brought Uln Direful Predictions (o Grief. Boston" Journal. Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, is a much-talked-of Democrat. "I never read his name, however." said a Boston man. "without recalling my first impressions of him. At the New Hampshire March election in 1853 the Democrats of that State came within a few score of votes of electing their candidate for Governor, Judge Ira A. Eastman. There was no choice by- the people, and the Legislature elected Joseph Gilmore. the minority, and the Republican candidate. Partisan feeling was never more Intense in that Intensely partisan State, and the defeated Democracy determined on a glgantlo demonstration at Concord on the Fourth of July. They rrtde it. "One of the heroes of the day was a lieutenant who had bern active in tho March campaign, and who had been dismissed irom the sjrvie-e by a general order for voting the copperhead ticket and doing all in his power to aid the rebel cause in his 8 Lite." ProhaMv nei'T before or sine Ins tuch a crowd beei assembled In tie Sttte house yard, or Capitol park, is thy call l now. "The orators of the occasion were exPresident Franklin Pierce, who made that day his famous 'Mausoleum of hearts' speech. He was followed by Richard S. Spofford, of Newburyport and then came the great 'event of the day, the speech by Voorhees. I need not say that it was both fervid and fervent Voorhees was younger then than now. No tinge of gray had touched hair or beard; he was Indeed 'the tall sycamore of the Wabash.' He denounced, of course, the war as a failure, and demonstrated to the delight of the listening thousands that the coercive policy of the Lincoln administration was unconstitutional. It Is doubtful If Voorhees ever made a greater effort, or If such an effort ever met with more rapturous applause. The assembled Democracy of New Hampshire were enthused, electrified and confirmed in their faith. But before the long trains rolled out of the Concord station that Saturday night carrying them to their homes the enthusiasm, created by Voorhees was dampened. They were not so sure that the war was a failure after all. They had learned that Grant had taken Vicksburg and that Lee had lost Gettysburg. They felt doubtful about Voqrhees as a prophet." The Xeetl of Honent Election. Chicago Journal. The case against the Tucker bill Is put In a most convincing manner by ex-President Harrison, whose administration was one long fight for honest elections. In fact on no other point did the usually calm and temperate executive display so much feeling. There has been so much sentimental twaddle of late about an imaginary new South, and an era of good feeling, that tlie tendency has been to keep certain unpleasant facts in the background. We should think people would have had enough of this mawkish nonsense, and it would seem that even a mugwump gusher might pause at the figures furnished by the exPresident Just So Long. Philadelphia Inquirer. As long as the United States Senate keeps the community In suspense about the currency and a Democratic House labors with a tariff revision bill any permanent change in business affairs Is impossible, however much the Fltuation may be ameliorated by the gradual adjustment of the public to the circumstances. That Proponed Indian State. New York Press. It would be well for the Indian and friends of the Indians to keep an eye on the movement to create an Indian State. There is probably a very large African concealed in the wood pile, with an appetite for Indian lands that are to fall to certain railroads as soon as the Indians lose their common ownership. May Case Their Consciences. Minneapolis Tribune. The repeal of the election laws will mak easier sailing for Tammany, but In the South there will be no appreciable difference. There can be no more general disfranchisement in that pection than there was when the laws were on the statute books. A Point for Mr. Cleveland. VIcksburg Herald (Dem.) Mr. Cleveland has acted as if he thought he was the chief law maker, as well as the chief executive. We know his favorites, beneficiaries, and thoe with whom he has made a deal deny this in a feeble sort of way, but the plain people do rot doubt it One-Slded Compromises. St Louis Post-Dispatch. All the compromises so far proposed arti mere concessions to the silver owners in the" shape or ofTers to buy their wares. They are surrenders of n. principle, not attempts to harmonize conflicting policies. Quite So. Kansas City Journal. It Is announced that a new party is soon to bo born in this country and that Mrs. Lease will be its mother. No one imagines that Mr. Lease will be its father, however. This is confusing. Without Half Trying. Minneapolis Tribune. The Republicans have carried Indianapolis without half trying. lxcal 1smj?s governed the balloting, but the change" helped to coax the Republicans out to the polls. One of the Best. Louisville Commercial. We have hardly got used to the Indlanxpolis Journal In Its handsome new dress, but. new dress or old. the Journal is one of the best-edited papers in thl countr-