Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1894 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, 3IONDAY, .MARCH 26, 189 1.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOLUNAL Can be found at the following places: 1A HIS American Exchange lit Paris, 30 Boulevard ieCapuclnes. KfcW "VOltK GKscy House and Windsor Ilotei. PHILADELPHIA A. I'. KeoiUo. 3733 Lancaster avenue. CHICAGO Palmer House, Auditorium Hotel. CINC1NNATI-J. IS. Hawley & Co., 134 Vine street. I.OU16V1LLE c.T. Ueering; northwest corner I TLiidaxd Jeficrbon streets. fcT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. Washington, d. c-iukss uoaso and Ebbitt Uouato. The silver men seem, to remember that Bilenco la golden. They are doing a great deal of loud talking. The Sentinel would be much happier, or rather much less miserable, if It could be assured that tho President Is not sustaining the "defiled tariff bill" of Daniel Woolsey .Voorhees. Mr. Cleveland always shows anxiety to do his duty In his speeches, but his acts flo not always conform to tho standard of wisdom. lie seems to mean well, but does not always know how. The strong opposition to the seigniorage bill which comes from the South shows a reserve of sound, conservative sentiment in that section of tho country which is both surprising and encouraging. Under tho conditions fixing the date of Easter Sunday, It may fall as early as March 22, but probably most persons who shivered In yesterday's cutting wind thought March 23 early enough. It will doubtless astonish the reform committee in Brooklyn who secured the punishment of Boss McKane at no small expense to loam from the supreme president of the A. P. A. that his organization did the work. Whether the Liberal leader will or will not marry Victoria's granddaughter Is a matter of no consequence compared with the question whether the Democrats will be able to pass the bill to transfer our industries to Great Britain. The political reasons which are urged upon the President In favor of the approval of the seigniorage bill Ignore the financial reasons against it. Good politics ought to be synonymous with good government, but they are not always. Admiral Mello, who is now chief of a provisional government In one of the provinces of Brazil, gives notice of his intention to continue the rebellion. A squad of Indianapolis policemen . would make short work of what Is left of the revolution. The Populists can be depended on to do most any absurd thing, but they would not make Secretary G res ham their leader now If he should leave the Cabinet. The Populists could not stand the man who devised the policy of hauling down the American flag. The indications are that the President will veto the Bland seigniorage bill, and Washington rumor says his veto message will treat the silver question quite fully. 1113 action will probably be made known very soon after the Cabinet meeting of Tuesday. Emperor William is In favor cf tariff re form from a European point of view. lie would form a European syndicate against the United States. He thinks American re sources are a menace to European indus try. The Democratic party seems to bo working on practically the same line. Commonweal Coxey's incipient crusade received a body blow on Saturday in the arrival at Massillon of a gentleman from Kentucky with orders to foreclose a $21,00 mortgage which represents the unpaid pur chase money for a $10,000 horso bought by Coxey in Kentucky. As he will have to give immediate attention to the matter, it is doubtful if he will bo able to lead the on-to-Washlngton movement in person. Representative Black, of Illinois, who was four years Commissioner of Pensions, thinks high-water mark has been reached in the government expenditures on that account, and that from thi3 time forward the appropriation for pensions will de crease steadily, owing to the death of old soldiers, the remarriage of soldiers' widows, and the fact that so many of the soldlers children are reaching the age of six teen, at which the pension to minor chil dren ceases. This is probably a correct view of the case. Time is working out its natural results. Judge Bartholomew, In criticising the per formances of Jurors to get more money and an extra meal, gave the first chapter of a whole voluma of delinquencies of that sort In Marlon county. Why denounce a Juror for getting an extra square meal and an additional 50 cents, when every man. or nearly every man, who 13 permitted to get Into a public position devotes himself to scheming to get two dollars where he is entitled to but cms? At the last general election election officers who did three days' work were paid for six, and those who did one day's work were paid for three. The County Commissioners contract with an attorney to attend to the county's business and permit him to draw twice as much money as his contract calls for. The worst thing about the jury system is that so many men who would make good Jur

ors escaoe the duty; or, to hz more ex-

pllclt, there Is a good deal of Incompetency In the panels. Bu?, then, as a rule, there Is as much efficiency on the part of the Jurors as on the bench In Marlon county. And, lastly, did not all the Judges secure an Increase of salary during the past two years? With such a precedent, why should not the Juryman seek to Increase his pittance?

THE XCW Til CATV WITH C II IX A. There are good reasons why the United States should negotiate a new treaty with China. First, the present treaty has been deliberately broken by the passage of the Geary act, and It is not pleasant for the American people to have a broken treaty staring them in the face which can be pointed to as an evidence of the government's lack of good faith. Second, it is Important that the present causes of friction between the two governments should be removed and friendly relations established, in order that a commercial treaty may be negotiated. If we ever expect to get any favors from China in the way of the establishment of closer trade relations we must begin by removing present causes of irritation and show a disposition to deal fairly with the question of Chinese Immi gration. Also, this is important for the safety and protection of American citizens in China. The new treaty which has been negoti ated and sent to the Senate distinctly rec ognizes the fact that Chinese Immigration to the United States 13 undesirable, and practically pledges the Chinese government to Its prohibition. Although it, in effect, abrogates the Geary law, it does not by any means open the door for Chinese immigration. On the contrary, it provides that for the next ten years "the coming. except under conditions hereinafter specified, of Chinese laborers shall be absolutely prohibited," and the Chinese government is pledged to co-operate to this end. Tho conditions referred to relate to the re turn to tho United States of registered Chinamen now here and who may leave the country. This right Is restricted to thjse who have a lawful wife, child or parent in tho United States, or who own property or owe debts in the country amounting to $1,000. The return of these Is very strictly guarded, and the treaty pro vides that the subject may be further reg ulated by future legislation. This point seems to be quite sufficiently guarded to prevent the misuse of registration papers or the smuggling in of new immigrants. Even if this were done to some extent it would only be substituting one Chinaman for another, and the aggregate number in the country would not be increased. Other provisions of the treaty relate to the reg istration and protection of Chinese In the United States and Americans in China. The provisions of the Geary law are to be enforced, and the right of the Chinese government to enforce a similar law is recognized. As there are no American laborers in China to speak of, nor are ever likely to be, this provision amounts to nothing more than a concession to the dignlty and equal rights of the Chinese gov ernment. It is further agreed that the government of the United States shall furnish the government of China annually with a list of all Americans residing in China, other than laborers, giving the name, age, occupation and place of residence of each one, not including diplomatic and consular officers. There is nothing objectionable In this provision, and it might contribute to the protection and safety of Americans in China. The treaty as a whole seems well cal culated to remove existing causes of fric tion between the two governments and lay the foundation for more friendly re lations. It does not yield anything of the right of the United States government to prohibit Chinese immigration, and the only concessions made are In the nature of recognizing the equal rights and dignity of the Chinese government A MEDICO-LEGAL CASE. The antl-vacclnatlon case now pending at Terra Haute Involves some Interesting and Important questions, both medical and legal. Tho case is a test one, and involves the constitutionality of the act of 1801, establishing a State Board of Health and de fining its powers and duties. The law cre ates a State Board of Health consisting of four members to be appointed by the Governor, Secretary of State and Auditor of State, and also provides for the organ ization of county boards and city boards in every county, city and town of the State, which shall act under rules prescribed by the State board. The latter is authorized to "adopt rules and by-law3 to prevent outbreaks and the spread of contagious and infectious diseases." Under this authorization the board has promulgated a rule for the compulsory vaccination of children in the public schools to prevent the spread of smallpox. This rule has excited the wrath of the Anti-vaccination League of the State, and hence the present suit. In which the father of a child excluded from school for noncompliance with the vaccination rule brings suit against the teacher and the school trustees to test their right to enforce such a rale. The law is attacked cn medical and constitutional lines. First, it is contended that vaccination is not only not a preventive of smallpox, but Is a means of communicating other diseases; and second, that it is an infringement on the constitutional right3 of those who do not believe In vaccination to compel them to adopt a practice which they believe Is injurious and dangerous. There i3 no doubt of the right of the State, under its police powers, to legislate for the public health. This right Is. recognized and exercised In all civilized countries. Many of the Northern States have laws similar to the one in this State, and they are found of great value In the pr?servation of the public health and the compilation of sanitary and vital statistics. In some States the Legislature has provided by statute for the exclusion from school of persons not vaccinated, although otherwise entitled to admission. This Is so in Maine and Massachusetts. Th3 Supreme Court of California has held that the Legislature had a right to require pupil of the public schools to be vaccinated, and if the Legislature can do so a board to whom It has delegated Its powar in this regard can do the same. In England all

children are required by law to be vaccinated within three months after birth, and this has been the law for forty years. The penalty of noncompliance Is Imprison

ment as well as fine. Similar laws exist in most European countries, many of them making the certificate of vaccination an essential to entering school at the age of six years. After that no person can enter any occupation in any way connected with government, such as military duty, teaching or nursing, without producing his certificate of vaccination. It Is also a prerequisite to the Issuing of a marriage license. These facts show that all civilized states claim and exercise the right to legislate on this subject. There doei not seem to be anything in the contention that it Is. an Infringement of constitutional rights to require children In the public schools to be vaccinated. The safety of the State Is supreme law, and when the State decides that certain measures are necessary to preserve the public health or prevent the spread of disease It Is not for individuals t set up their private opinions and prejudices against the enforcement of laws enacted for the common weal. The. law creating the State Board of Health and giving it power to make regulations to prevent the spread of contagious diseases may possibly be unwise, though the Journal does not by any means think so, but it certainly is not unconstitutional. If the anti-vaccinationists can get a majority in the Legislature they, can repeal the law, or If they can convert a majority of the members of the State , board to their way of thinking they can do away with the compulsory vaccination of schoolchildren, but until they can do one or the other of these thing3 they had better submit gracefully to the law. The other line of attack upon the law opens up the dangerous field of a medical quarrel, which a layman should hesitate to enter. The Journal, however, will venture to remark that some of the testimony adduced In this suit as to the inefficacy or danger of vaccination seems to be entirely beside the point, and some of it ridiculous. It is not to the point to prove that other diseases may be and sometimes are communicated by vaccination. Everybody knows that. But the use of Impure vaccine is not true vaccination. The question 13 whether true vaccination with pure vaccine Is or is not a preventive of smallpox in a large majority of cases. Many surgical operations result In death, and the best efforts of physicians often fail, btit that Is no argument against surgery or medicine. If vaccination Is a preventive of smallpox in a majority of case9 of exposure to the disease Its efficacy is estab lished. One of the witnesses Introduced by . tho antl-vaccinatlonlsts testified that six years after he was vaccinated he became afflicted with a running sore. It would hardly be fair to hold vaccination responsible for all the Ills that subsequently befall those on whom it has been practiced. Ev erybody who is vaccinated eventually d'eY ( but it does not follow that vaccination al ways causes death. . THE VOICE OF I1LSIXESS MEN. Why do papers which publish in their news columns statements to the effect that the commercial bodies of the North, the South, the East and the West are pro testing against the approval of the seigniorage bill keep on asserting In their edi torial columns that Wall street and the traders In money are all the people who are demanding a veto? Do not the editOTial writers read the news columns,, or do they Ignore statements of fact? The truth Is that the great body of business men are in favor of a sound currency. Years ago It might have been different, but now all business men, as a rule, while they may have conflicting views on other subjects. are a unit in favor of a currency of sta ble rather than fluctuating value. They aero unalterably opposed to a currency whose purchasing power varies from day to day or from week to vk, as was the case during the war and at periods prior : to specie resumption. In the West are thou sands of men and wemea who own stocks In loan associations, , policies In life insurance companies and pensions for life. None of these are anxious to be paid in dollars which have but a portion of their pur chasing power. The intelligent wage earner who is paid in dollars as good as gold cannot, when he considers the matter. desire to chanaje to dollars which, when he goes to the market, will purchase but two-thlrd3 as much as the gold dollar In which the values of all staples is meas ured. At tho present time the question of a sound and stable currency Is not one of politics, and it should not be. True, a lim ited number of men who cannot or will not ... '? learn of experience are in favor . of any sort of cheap money because it Is cheap, but their number 13 limited. The great mass of men are creditors. The man who sells a week's wages to be paid at the week's end Is a creditor, and as such he should have the good sense to demand the best sort of dollars. But the point, the Journal would enforce 13 that the great mars of business men of the country, in every part of it, are in favor of the present sound system of money and are opposed to any policy with silver which may force the country to a single silver basis like Mexico. AX I" X A 5 A V E 1 1 A I J L E AUGUMEXT. The full census of the manufactures of the United States, except for raining and quarrying, have at last been given to the public. It is asserted that since the Demo crats have had control the experts employed to compile the statistics have been virtually ordered by Democratic officials to alter their figures. This stepped when Colonel Wright, of the Bureau of Statistics, took charge of the work. This bulk-tin chows that in ISOO the average number of employes in the manufacturing Industries of the country was 4.711.S22, to whom was paid as wages $2,2S2,S32,2C3, which is na average of $4S4 per hard. This includes men, women and boy a. Tho average number of men and boys over sixteen' years of age employed during the year 1SD0 was 2.8S1.4SD, to whom was paid $.436.317.33S an average of $493 per hand. The number of women and girls over fifteen years of ace employed during

the census year was 503,546, while the total

of wages paid them was $13Df2S3,233, or an average of $273 per hand. The bulletin also shows that there wa3 an increase of tho capital employed over 1SS0 of 120.76 per cent.; G5.74 per cent, in the number of hands employed; 13L13 per cent. In wages paid; 47.77 per cent, in tho cost of materials and C3.27 rer cent In the value of products. In 1SS0 the wages per hand for all employes was 5317.S6. but In 1S30 the average per hand was $484.70 an Increase of $136.84, or 33.2 per cent Here Is an argu ment for protection tha cannot be gainsaid, because It la self-evident. During the period that this gain ha been made in wages in this country they have remained stationary In Great Britain. The Increase in gain of products was lit tle over half the increase m wages. In the meantime the decline in the values of goods manufactured has been nearly 20 per cent., so that the $3,034,000,000 of products In 1330 would have cost $11,075,000,000 in 1SS0. Again, In 1880 the hands earned enough wages to purchase 14 per cent, of the things produced that year, while In 1S30 they earned enough to purchase 24 per cent, of them. These facts show that the great gain of the decade has been made by the people em ployed by the great manufacturing indus tries. Their wages have been increased nearly 40 per cent, and the price of the goods they turn out, of which they are largo consumers, have fallen 20 per cent. In an article about eggs, in the New York Tribune, the following appears: The best ecrcs In this market are re ceived mainly from Indiana. Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. They are known to the trade . a v estsrn egejs, ana their highest grades always command the highest prices. The eggs from Indiana and other States of the West are best because the hens are fed with good sound corn or corn meal Instead of the mixed foods and ref use which are given to poultry In States which do not raise corn. If the duty should be retained on eggs, more and more would the product of Indiana supply the great New York market. With the duty removed, Canada, which has cheaper trans portation, will get the market back. Eggs are very cheap now because the people in New York and other Eastern cities cannot buy this articb of food as liberally as they were able to do a year or two years ago. With tens of thousands of people idle and as many more on reduced wag es, people who live upon dally wages cannot purchase a food as expensive as eggs. Thus does the evil of free trade reach producers and consumers. Prendergast, the convicted assassin of Mayor Harrison, repudiates the idea of in sanity made by his lawyers. In a violent harangue to the court, which ho persisted In making in spite of the efforts of bailiffs to repress him, he said that unless the court prolonged the date of execution be yond April 6, which happened to bo his birthday, he objected to any delay of the inquiry, and was prepared to proceed. The plea of insanity, he declared, had again been set up regardless of his consent, and references made by his counsel to his men tal condition threw him Into a furious rage. "My only plea Is Justification and truth," he said. "We have no desire to keep any thing in the dark." If Prendergast is mad there is more than enough method In his madness to Justify his hanging. Thero is nothing surprising, much less new, in the announcement that a bogus naturalization mill has been discovered in Brooklyn which turns out papers by the hundred to make men who have not been In the country three months American citi zens and Democratic voters. It is in evi dence that in 1S67 and 1S68 fifty thousand bogus naturalizations were made in tho courts of New York city. There is no other means by which the Democratic majorities in New York, Brooklyn and Chicago could have been so increased as they were in 1832. The men who voted on these bogus papers furnished the larger part of the votes which were "a condemnation of protection." llL'IIHLES IX THE AIR. Yncatlou Over. "Thero is to be a parade of the unem ployed this afternoon," said the imp. "May I go?" "No," said Satan, "you have to work to day. Lent is over now." Snfe Euonli, "What? You rooming on the top floor?" said the first drummer. "'I thought you were too afraid of fire." "Thera won't be any fire here to-night," said the second drummer. "I overheard the landlord say that his insurance had run out." An Analytical Youth. Tommy Paw, is worms worth more than sparrows? Mr. Figg I guess not. Why? Tommy Then what made the Sunday school teacher tell us that a man was worth more than a hundred sparrows, and the preacher tell us that we was nothing but worms? Embnrruiiftlufr. "Do you think, Mr. Wilgus," said the young woman whose father had made a good strike, "that we will be compelled to meet our old friends in heaven?" "Compelled?" said the mystified pastor. "Yes. It would be all right to meet those of one's own set, but how about those of the set you moved in in humbler days?" AIIOCT PEOILE AXD THI.NGS. "Xmas" Is often written instead of Christmas, and the authority for so doing is that X is simply the initial letter of the Greek word for Christ. England's Horticultural College for Women is in Its fourth and most prosperous year. It teaches women to take charge of estates gardens and poultry yards, and the working day is divided Into flvo hours of practice out of doors and two hours of theory. The course is two years. The Christians adopted the egg a3 an emblem of the resurrection for though apparently Inert it retains the elements of life. The coloring of eggs dates back to an cient times. Even before the death of Christ the Egyptians, Persians and other ancient nations held the egg to te a sacrtd emblem of the rebirth of mankind after the deluge. Enoch Davis, who is in the Utah peniten tiary awaiting the death sentence for hav ing murdeivd his wife. Is said to be the only person who can Indicate the precise locality or a ncn goia mine in tne wanBatch mountains. Many persons have apnealed to Davis to locate the mine, but thu3 far he has refused to enlighten any of them on the subject. Mrs. Clermont, the "George Egerton" whose "Key Notes" have made her prom inent in the ever-increasing army of Intro spective lady novelists, Is, say9 the London Literary World, a Fmall. uliffht woman. who looks Bomewhere in the thirties. With dark hair, darkish eyes and rather aquiline features, she has very roucn tne alert.

amused expression which distinguishes clever Japanese. She Is a very bright, clever-looking woman, and the effect Is, If anything, heightened by her double glasses.

The election of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Spurgeon as pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, to succeed his father will disappoint many American friends of the Rev. Dr. A. T. Pierson. It has been frequently stated, and never publicly denied by Dr. Pierson, who Is a Prc-sbyterian, tnat he was baptized by immersion in order to qualify himself for election. Lord Forester, who has just restored at his own expense the historic Church of Much Wenlock, Shropshire, whose founda tion dates so far back as 6S0, is one of the two peers who have the privilege of wearing their hats In the presence ot the sovereign. His lordship is rector of a quiet little parish in Nottinghamshire, and is chancellor and canon residentiary of York Min ster. Paderewskl knows Shakspeare from cover to cover. He has a beautiful home in Paris, though hl3 family consists only of a son. who Is thirteen years old. Of this boy he Is passionately fond. He does not. However, take him with him on his tours. The boy remains at home with his tutor. Paderewskl never signs an agreement, and he has never failed to keep an engagement except through serious illness. Among those who have been connected with him In a business capacity Paderewski's word Is as good as his bond. His mail is generally of enormous proportions. A large proportion of it consists of begging letters. During the Kaffir war the late General Cureton and three officers were sitting In a bell tent playing whist by the light of a candle Muck In a bottle. A desultory fire was kept up by the enemy, but of this no notice was taken, although several shots passed clean through tho tent. Presently, however, a bullet struck the bottle candlestick, putting the llpht out- The cards were carefully laid face downwards, and, calling out the guard. General Cureton ordered them to pour a volley In the direction of the nring. He tnen procured anotner bottle, relit the candle and the game was quietly finished, General Cureton and his partner winning the rubber. Cholley smoked a cigaretteChoked him In a minute. Some one had, by way of jest. Put tobacco in it. Washington Star. "Do you keep sugar in your store?" Inquired a pretty child. "Well, not when I can sell It, dear," The grocer said, and smiled. Detroit Free Press. SHREDS AXD PATCHES. Willis is still In Honolulu trying to live it down. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. Honor to those whose words or deeds thus help us in our daily needs. Long fellow. Your real troubles will begin when it is necessary to put up window screens. Atchison Globe. He who tries to lead a double life is quite liable to make a failure of both of them. Oil City Blizzard. Woman's fondness for bargains is not to her discredit. She loves what Is cheap as well as what Is dear to her. Philadelphia Times: Colonel Breckinridge would have made an excellent understudy to Adam In that little incident in the Garden of Eden. New York Tribune. There Is abundant evidence to show that the New York World Is sometimes sorry it raised a big campaign fund m 1832. Wash ington Post. If Colonel Breckinridge had it to do over atraln he would probably sue the wicked Miss Pollard for heavy damages. iew York Advertiser. . "Wa'll, now, if that don't beat all. I've Jlst been readin about them Colorado rain makers, and now l see they've got a clear ing house in New York." Life. "Why is it the English stand for office Instead of running for it?" "England Is a very small country. I suppose there Is standing room only." Harpers Bazar. If LUluokalanl's confidence In Cleveland Is still so sublime she ought to come over here and orsanlze a party for him. He ...111 J 1 . x -v-i. . will ueuu une wc luiijj. v iuin. vuiiimerclal Advertiser. Now comes the Woman's Christian Tem perance Union of New York and allows that the corset is as biff a curse to woman as rum Is to man. They both frequently make their victims very tight. Boston Herald. On T'otlier Side the Fence. You bet, I'm feelin purty good. On t other sida the fence. I'm tickled 'cause at last I've got A little good hoss sense. I was a chump; In other words. I was a Democrat. Till one day sez I to myself, By Jinks, where am I at? We'd talked and harped without a cause 'Bout everything in range. Without a reason, yet we felt I e ought to have a change. By gum, we got it like a storm That nothin seemed to check; We got the change but, durn it all We got It In the neck. Banks went to bustln' everywhere, And fac' tries stood stock still; It seemed like the whole country wuz About to make its will. Men by the thousand out of work, And children wantm Drcaa; Seemed time to git some other kind Of parties in my head. When Congress mat it didn't do A durnod thintr but convene; The great G. Cleveland's chief concern Was flirting with a queen. A drummer told me, honor bright. Trade was so dead and blueOn promissory notes he heard The Interest falling due. Sez I, this settles it fur me, An I qulckern you'd say scat. I flopped and burned the clothes I wore vvhen I wuz a Democrat. You bet, I'm feelin' pretty good, On t'other side the fence, From this time on lil try to usa A little good hoss sense. Pittsburg Dispatch. A Cleveland Puffer' Question. Boston Traveler. Charles Nordhoff, the heretofore tireless puffer of the Cleveland administration. Is at last out of wind. Vitnes3 his epistle from Coronado, Cal., in which he states a fact and asks a question: "This is the first time in many, many years that the Democrats have had possession of both houses and the administration. Will their constituents, who rejoiced at the great vic tory, be able to forgive them for the mess they are maKing or. tneir business: unt say, Charles. We have heard that the quality of mercy is not strained, but this mess cannot be swauowea witnout straining. Looks Queer. Boston Journal. It casts a curious lteht on the free coal nropatranda that the British embassador at Washington has Just made the superior aualltv and low price of American bitu minous coal the subject of a eulogistic report to his government, suggesting among other things the likelihood of large exports of it to England in tne near ruture. An Exeune for Adam. New York Commercial Advertiser. The distinguished Kentucky statesman. Mr. Breckinridge, blames it all on the wom an, after the manner of our sad old fore father Adam. But Adam was a young man. Inexperienced In the world's ways, while Breckinridge, as a patriarch and Kentucklan, should have known better. A Declaration of.Wnr. New York Press. The Wilson bill is a declaration of war against the Northern wage earner and business man, and it must be met In that invincible spirit that has heretofore made the American people invariably triumphant over external and Internal enemies. IlrccUInrldge ami Peck. Milwaukee Sentinel. Why doesn't Colonel Breckinridge take a hint from Governor Peck and plead his extreme youth? He was only forty-seven when he was led astray. How old was our Governor when he published his book? Not so very much younger. , Encourafcea SU-er Lunatics.' New York Herald. President Cleveland's hesitation over the "bill to coin a vacuum" is demoralizing to business Interests and encourages the silver lunatics to plan renewed assaults upon the Integrity of the currency. Bill Xye'ii 3IUfortune. New York Commercial Advertiser. We are ready now to forgive Bill Nye almost anything since we have learned that he Is a nephew of Mrs. Lease.

A BROKEN IDOL.

New York Hankers No Lunger Pnt Faith in Cleveland Carlisle Fooled Them. Holland, in Philadelphia Pres. As time passes without action by Mr. Cleveland upon this measure, there grow J more and more of certainty in financial circles here respecting his purpose. The suspicion that he might be tempted to look upon the measure with the eye of a politician rather than with that of a financial statesman has increased during the week, so . that now the opinion is general here that if he permits the bill to become a law he will do so bicau.se he beliewa that the political interests of the Democratic party require It. That, of course. Is a new view to take of Mr. Cleveland. It 13 one which the bankers here who supported him. have al ways asserted would never be Justified by any act of hl3. I met this morning the president of cae of the Wall-street banks, a man who supported Mr. Cleveland In 1S32 with enthusiasm, and who rebuke! me ' during the campaign for suggesting that if Mr. Cleveland was elected he might be compelled by party considerations to do things not ag ratable to the New York bankers. It was with a fine flush of enthusiasm and the eloquence of conviction that he said as ha stood there upon the steps of his bank: "No, sir, Mr. Cleveland will do right whether his party goes up or goes down; he will not permit any disastrous legis lation. He will hold his party with lirm grip. lie is the greatest man mis coun try has seen since Abraham Llncoin. To-day that sam banke. was of such pitiful, strained and anxious look that It could have been in the heart of no one to remind him of the inspiring prediction which he made in tho tall of 1832. lie shook his head wearily as he staid: "I don't understand it at all; I don't like this de lay; I am afraid the politicians have got Mr. Cleveland s ear. He ought to have sent a veto message back to Congress with in twenty-four hours after he got that bill." Dispatches have been received here, both, private and public, announcing that Mr. Carlisle is very indignant that the New York bankers should have said that ho made any pledges to them while cn his visit here respecting legislative action upon the seigniorage bill or gave them any ieason to believo that the administration would see to it that no measure looking to the coinage of tha so-calleJ .seisTilorago should become a law. These denials are recarded here ns semi-official, and a year ago they would have caused astonishment. .Now tnat .ur. Carlisle Is better understood it docs r.ot occasion so much surprise that he saojJJ, have seen fit to Intimate that the lankerj have stated things which are not true. His denial stands against the accepted word of General Brityton Ives in th steeeh which he made to the Chamber c-t Commerce, and against the understand inn of every man who was present at that dramatic meeting in the subtreasury. it Mr. Tappan. the chairman. or xr.e c:eanr.sr house committee, were her we should probably have a blunt reassertlon of the state ment that the Secretary did load the bank ers to believe that their subscriptions to his bond Issue would put an enci to prcpieti seigniorage legislation Every oanxpr tn?re knew that Mr. Carlisle believed that he had the right under the existing law to com what he calls the seigniorage, and mere certainly was an Implied promise on hi part that he would taae no advantage or that law if he got his bond subscriptions. It was Tappan. blunt, clear-headed, read ing, as it seemed to tnose wno saw nirr fix his eyes upon the Secretary, that man'j mind through and through, who raid to him: "What do you propose to ao, .Mr. Carlisle, In case you don't get the subscriptions?" and it was then that Carllsb replied that he had not considered such contingency, but that he could say that there would be grsat likelihood that legislation instructing the Secretary to coin the seigniorage would be passed if the bond scheme proved a failure. it was then again that air. Tappan, wim the icy ierslsteney of a cross-examiner. and with a directness which seemed almost cruel to some of those who heard him, asked the Secretary how manj' subscriptions had been received, and got for a reply an answer which was misleading if it was not intended to mislead. Every man in that company inferred and believed he had th? right to infer that when Mr. Carlisle Intimated that unless the bond siiJyffcrintlon were a success there would seigniorage legislation, mat ne aiso" mean to imply that no such, legislation would come if the bonds were subscriled fon to the seigniorage matter at all. Mr. Car lisle, too. knew well that these bank:rs were at last impelled to Klve him the 2r!d he wanted. very largely because of ths Intimation contained in that remark of his about the selsrnlorase. However, they are not amazed that he shculd now dony that he had said anything Justifying such opinion, and some of them are inclined to the opinion that in dealing with the United State in those matters in which Mr. Carlisle Is a representative of the crovemment they will here after be compelled to take a bond with sureties as well as his word. Game Protection. Dr. S. T. Vincent, in American Field. I read with much interest the remarks of Mr. F. M. Gilbert in a recent issue of tho American Field regarding game protection. I can bear him out in his statements that the came of Indiana is being rapidly wiped out by market-hunters. Even in the short time that I have resided here l see a greai difference. The story is told every evening that I come in from a shoot during the open season. I come in with, say, a dozen quails in my pocket?:, after a hard day's hunt and pass a dozen grocery and provision stores. the front of which is literally festooned with strings of quails killed by market-hunters. These quails are not shipped into this State, but are killed here and In this vicinity, too.. Around every little country town are market-hunters who go out day aSer day to kill quails for what they can fret for them. The statement that at the close of last season 17.iw dozen quails wore spoiled In the State of Indiana Is not an exaggeration. I know cf one country store where the who!; corner of the room was filled with quails, and the road boing impassable, they could not be shipped. In this instance alone quails enough to give ten men good sport all through the season were burled in a hole In a back lot. Game Warden Gilbert's intentions may be all right, but so long as he writes in the strain he does, he will never get at the root of the evil. The sportsmen of Indiana may all feel as he does, and may be honest in their desire to protect our game, but one politician will do more good or more harm than one hundred sportsmen. There Is just ono way to get at this thing-, andijr. Hyatt L. Frost, of Connersville, Ind., can give us more help than any man in the State. Every sportsman In the State should write to him, each jrlving the name if the Senator and Representatives in hla district; then let tho men who want ofT.ce state plainly to Mr. Frost how they stand on the subject of the "nonsellir.g quail law" In Indiana. Here in Evansville we have already got down to work. Our shooting men and all their warm friends, irrespective of party, are pledged to do their best to defeat any man who will not openly pledge himself in favor of the "nonselling quail law." We propose to send thousands of postal cards all over this district, spotting th men who refuse to pledge themselves, and our club will wager any amount that not one man In this district who refuses to pledge himself will ever be elected. We are tick and tired of half-way promises, and we now propose to put in our time and money to see what we can do. A llepeutnnt Briton. Chicago Mail. There Is one man In Illinois who has considered thi3 whole American system carefully and male up his mind that he wants none of it. He advertises in a morning paper to-day: "Personal I hereby renew my allegiance to Victoria, tjuevn of England, lieorgd Edenaor Dorman. Danville, 111." Mr. Dorman evidently renounced this allegiance when he first mad? up his mind to join the Democrat party, but he has thought better of It upon considering tho bogus fre? trade which It proffers to unhappy BritAln, and new ho returns to the shrine of his eaVliest di-votlon. wraps tho union Jack around himself, and Invites this Yankee Nation to disrr.blo from about him. and. marry, to to. We are s rry to loe Mr. Dorman. but we can console ourselves with the hapuy thought tb:t it only takes seventeen and cne-qu-irtr .conds for "Nacher'lzatton" John O'Hikn to provide us with a citizen to take Mr. Dorman's place and vote his ticket. And Quevn Victoria need not order any pyrotechnic display or prepare any potted vv.il for tM returning prodigal, because for o:;e Rejected and fickle British subject who goes back to her we ere getting lodging houses fall of new citizens our way. It Depend. Chicago Dispatch. The Indlanapoll3 Journal prints an able editorial on "Whisky and Sugnr." Not & bad combination that, for editorial use. A Graj -Haired Sinner. Chicago Dispatch. The "star of Kentucky" probably was named because of hU disposition to &ln till lata