Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 April 1894 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, APRIL 2,

1891

THE DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY. APIttL 2. 1894. WASHINGTON OFFICE-SI.". Fourteenth St. Telephone Cull. tuilorimOfflrf C3H Flitoril Room 242 lERMS OF SUIISLHII'TION. VXiLX BY MAIL. rutty ouTjr.mif month $ .70 Ljdljr only, three lunntlti 2.00 1 iiily on! jr. er.e year H.oo 1 )Jy. inch linn auuilay, one year...... lo.oo fc Hit-ay tiily, one year WHEX HKXWIEU CT AGZXT&. TVj. rer week, liy carrier 13 ct euiiiay, lnple cojiy 5 ct Jjully auU. feunoaj, ytr week, by currier 2o ct WEEKLT. It r Year $1.00 lUonced IUte to Club. Fnlmite with any clear numerous agent or nend tr.lMrii'ticm to the JUUKNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY. ISLUNAPOLIS, IXU TTttv ffrx'.lnc tfie Journal throne?! the milhlri 11. - Vnltftl Mate houll juit on ait elrlit-pa? pa;vr CBl-iLNT j'xtap Mtuiup; on a twelrtt or sivteo iisei'uir a two-cent pontage ntarap. foreign pitte la aaualiy double these rate. II emnuuicoioit$ intended for publication in tlit j oyer mv ft, in order loreccit attention, bcn? tovipuuito by the name and addrest of the teriler. Hit: INDIANA l'OLl JOURNAL Csn be Iviiml at tUo following places: PA HIS American Eicliango la l'arls, 30 Boulevard cc Capuctnes. NiAV Ol'.K Gilaey House and Windsor Hotel. XULADLPIIIA-4.prKembIe. 3733 Lancaster ateiiur. CHICAGO Palmer House. Audltorlam IIoteL C1KCINNATI-J. It. Hawlejfc Co., 154 Vln street LOUISVILLE C.T. Ieeiin& northwest corner ot 'lliiid and Jerkrsuu streets. kl. LOUIS Union twi Company, Union Iepot. Washington, v, c itiggs House and Eibitt House. To-day Senator Voorhees will "strike a blow at the trusts," but It will not reach the whisky ring. The Wilson bill is pending, but It would puzzle a Philadelphia lawyer to say whether It is before, behind, under or above the m Senate. The threat that Judge Gresham would resign If the President vetoed the seigniorage bill has not yet materialized in a formal tetter of resignation. The Hon. Jason Brevoort Brown, of the Third Indiana district, now knows that postoffice distribution Is a buzz-saw not to be monkeyed with. And even with a Democratic postmaster, It would not be safe to propose three cheers for Cleveland In a mixed crowd of Indiarapolls Democrats. The communication of Frofessor Commons, of the State University, setting forth a scheme for proportional representation, which appears in this issue, Ls worthy of consideration. Tillman, Hogg, Walte, Lewelllng, Pennoyer and Altgeld constitute the list of freak Governors. Some of them are not so vicious as others, but years will elapse before another such half dozen will be elected. It seems that Representative Hatch might drop his anti-option bill until good times come, since the men who bet on the state Of each other's minds and call it buying and selling staples are having a very dlscourag'jjg season. If those eager political frlend3 of Representative Breckinridge who are undertaking to Indorse him for renomlnatlon imagine that they can rescue that gentleman from his damning revelations, they are sure to be mistaken. The few Democratic organs of the crossroads variety which are now "renouncing allegiance" to the administration because of the veto of the seigniorage bill should understand that the administration does not care a fig for such denunciation, as it knows Itself well enough to know that it could not be re-elected. The Journal believes that Speaker Crisp Is right in declining to assign reasons for his rulings or to be catechised on the subject. If he makes a wrong decision an appeal lies to the House, but there is no rule of the House nor of parliamentary law that requires him to give his reasons for any ruling unless he chooses to do so. A statement In an article in yesterday's paper on "The Ownership of Mortgages" might leave the Inference that the half of the mortgages owned In the New England States, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were not upon property in those States, which would be an error. The mortgaged property Is In those States, and It ls assumed that the mortgages are owned therein. The Terre Haute young man who forged an order for two hats got five years In the penitentiary, and came near getting ten, but if he had been a county officer whq had stolen $30,000, like Armstrong, of Tipton, he would have got but three years, or If he had got away with $50,000, like Cronkhite, of Warren, his lawyers would have tried to clear him on the ground that he had not been sworn In when he fled the country. To-day the discussion of the Senate conmittee's tariff bill will be begun in the Senate, and will continue, it is said, two months. This time will not be devoted to a presentation of arguments, but to the debate of and the voting on amendments which will be proposed chiefly by Republicans. The opposing forces are so nearly equal in numbers on a partv basis that It is not Improbable Mr. Voorhees may not recognize bis bill when It comes to a vote. Being in favor of the unadulterated Wilson bill and of the vacuum coinage bill has not saved Jason Brown from the fury of the multitude who did not get postofttces. His vote was not one-fourth that cast agaln3t him, which goes to show that the statesman who uses the postoffice to promote his political fortunes will lose Ave votes where he makes one. Besides, those who fight for revenge are more In earnest than those who are prompted by gratitude for the offices they hold. One of the worst features of the present situation In South Carolina ls the refusal of the militia to obey the order of the Governor. Odious as the dispensary law may be, and unwise as the methods of the Governor may have been, the fact remains that he Is the chief executive of the State, and as long as the dispensary law remains on the statute books It Is his duty to enforce it. To the extent that be has the law on his side he Is wholly right. The Constitution of the State makes

him commander-in-chief of tha mllltla and they are under the highest obligation to obey his orders. To refuse to do so is mutiny, one of the highest crimes known to military law. It has rarely happened in any State of the Union that the militia have been guilty of this crime, and the people have learned to expect of them Implicit obedience and loyalty to the cause of law and order. The action of many companies of the South Carolina mllltja In thj present crisis Is an object lesson In betrayal of duty and disobedience of orders which can hardly fall to have a bad effect In encouraging lawlessness. If the Governor of a State cannot depend on Its militia for the enforcement of the law he ls In the last resort helpless and the State Is without the power of self-protection or self-preservation. AN I2ASY LESSON vIN FIXAXCE.

The Evansvllle Courier, the most persistent advocate of fiat money In the State, says: Nothing: could be more absurd than the Dretensa that it ls the handful of gold in the treasury that gives the people "confidence" In the United States treasury notes. No instructed person doubts that it is the legal-tender quality of the treasury notes alone that makes them the very best money In circulation preferable even to sold as illustrated by the fact that none but bankers and importers ever present them for redemption. They were the best of money during all the years that both .gold and silver fled the country. This Implies, first, that it Is not an essential quality of papfr currency that it should be convertible Into coir, or that the people should have confidence in Its redsmptlon; and second, that the gold held In the treasury for the redemption of greenbacks lias nothing to do with maintaining, their parity with coin. These propositions are antagonistic to the views of all sound writers on finance and to actual experience. It has been shown time and again In the experience of this and other countries that the value of paper currency depends upon and fluctuates with popular confidence in Its redemption. The history of the paper money authorized by the Continental Congress during the revolutionary war and that of the United States legal-tender notes during the late civil war furnishes valuable instruction on this point. The first issue of continental money was made in 1775. For a year these Issues continued equal to gold; in two years they had depreciated to 2 for 1; In three years to 4 for 1; In nine months more their relative value was 10 for 1; In September, 1779, it was 20 for 1. In March, 17S0, they had so depreciated that their value as compared with specie was as 40 to 1. During the year 17S0 they sank to 75 to 1 and then ceased to circulate altogether In the States north of the Potomac. In Virginia and North Carolina they passed for a year longer, finally depreciating to 1,000 for 1. and then ceased to circulate. This steady depreciation was due to the growing conviction of the inability of Congress to redeem them, and to that alone. While the depreciation was going on, and as long as they continued to have any value at all they still circulated and thus performed one of the functions of money. They were money, but what kind of money? The history of United States legal-tender notes, or greenbacks, 13 to the same point. They began to depreciate early In the second year of the war, when the Increasing obligations of the treasury and the uncertainty as to the duration and outcome of the conflict first began to shake popular confidence In their redemption. On the 7th of June, 1862, they bore the relation to gold of $1 to On the 17th of that month Congress authorized an additional Issue of $150,000,000, and on the 5th of July a dollar In gold was equal to $1.32'& In greenbacks. On the 7th of February, 1SG3, a dollar in gold was equal to $1.57 in greenbacks. On the 3d of March following Congress authorized a further Issue of $150,000,000, making the aggregate amount then authorized $450,0CO,00O. After this they continued to fluctuate in value until In July. 1S54, It took $2.S3 in greenbacks to buy $1 in gold. The successful conclusion of the war, returning confidence in the ability of the government to redeem its obligations and contraction in the volume of greenbacks caused them to appreciate until finally, a few weeks before the assured resumption of specie payments In 1S79, they reached parity with gold. It ls too plain for argument that the depreciation of greenbacks during the war was owing to a lack of popular confidence in the ability of the government to redeem them. It is that confidence which keeps them at par with gold now. Another civil war as : threatening as that of 1SS1-5. or anything that would shake that confidence, would cause them to depreciate as they did before. A great increase in the volume of greenbacks without a corresponding increase in the gold reserve would have the same result, and the legal-tender quality could not prevent It now more than It did during the war. Whether the government keeps much or little gold In the treasury It ls popular confidence In its ability to get g-old and to redeem greenbacks on demand that keeps them at par. In a sense they were "the best of money during all the years that gold and silver fled the country," because they were all we had. But that Is very poor money of which It takes $2 to buy as much wheat or any other commodity as can be bought with $1 in gold. These are very rudimentary principles in finance, but the persistence of the fiat money heresy makes it necessary to repeat them. AX AIISIRD PROPOSITION. The statesmen in Washington who have been talking of a second Democratic party in this country, composed of the believers In the free coinage of silver in the South and West, will become very suddenly and very positively sllen when their wrath at the President because of hi3 veto shall have moderated. There never were enough Democrats In this country to make two Democratic parties, and there are less Democrats now than two years ago. Again, What would be the hope of the Democratic party without New York? It has been the center and the sustalner of the Democratic party. Without Its electoral vote it coulj not hoiK? to elect a Democratic President. When In need of the sinews of war Indiana and other Western Democratic managers go J to the Wall street Democrats an! pass 1 round the hat. In 1S32 the New York Wo. Id

raised a fund of its own in aid of th Democratic ticket, to be expended in the West. The large contributions of the Sugar Trust and of the Democratic millionaires in New York have been sent to help the Democrats of Indiana In presidential years. Indeed, if the Democratic votes marshaled by Tammany Hall and Boss McLaughlin in New York city and Brooklyn were lost to the Democratic ticket in presidential years, the Democracy In the stuffed-ballot-box States of the South and close States of the West would be of no more consequence than either of the many third parties of the past. Another point Ignored by these sliver monometallst3 who .are now in white heat rage because of the President's veto is that In all of the cities of the South and West are thousands of Democrats who are opposed to the free coinage of silver by this government alone. They have learned as business men that such a policy, if adopted, would bring disaster, and they would rebel. Even in Atlanta, with the redhot free coinage Constitution, the business men who are Democrats have sustained the veto of the seigniorage bill. Democratic business men know more than Democratic politicians from the South and the West regarding this silver question. But, whether there ls but one or are two Democratic parties In 1S94 and 1836, defeat, absolute and overwhelming, will be their fate.

OKLAHOMA RIDDING FOR IMMIGRATION'. Judging from a circular letter which is being sent out by a legal firm at Guthrie, O. T., it would seem that the rush of Immigration to that Territory has subsided and that It is found necessary to hold out inducements for people to come there. Everybody remembers what a race there was to get into Oklahoma on the ground floor, and how every bit of eligible land was snapped up as soon as the door was opened. Since then everybody has heard from lime to time about the rapid development of the Territory, and yet It seams the time has come when It is found necessary to bid for immigration. The circular letter ls an appeal to married persons who contemplate getting a divorce. It says: Guthrla Is a pretty town. People of social standing desiring to temporarily reside here can always And congenial company and be entertained in royal style. Divorces can be easily obtained in Guthrie. Th 3 legal charges will be reasonable, and the persons concerned will be put to as little inconvenience as possible. But an appearance in court may be necessary, and it is promised that there will not be a crowd of loungers and gossips to listen to whatever testimony may be given. The proceedings will be conducted in a quiet manner, and the defendant need know nothing of what is going on. The defendant's presence Is not required In court, nor will It be necessary to serve any papers. This is well calculated to make unhappy married people prick up their ears. Why suffer the slings and arrows of marital misery when escape ls so easy? Mark the adroitness with which the case ls presented. Guthrie is a pretty town with good societyaccording to thet Oklahoma standard, of course, but still good. Legal charges reasonable; the plaintiff will be put to as little inconvenience as possible, and the defendant need not know anything about It; no service of papers, no unnecessary publicity; no loungers or gossips in court, everything In good form. ' , ' Of course the object of this circular 13 to bring business to the lawyers who Issue it, and the object of the loose divorce laws of Oklahoma ls to attract thither people who have money to spend for quick and easy divorces. In order to get the money there ls In that kind of business the lawmakers of the Territory have placed on Its statute books a law which ls a burning shame and continuing disgrace. But that kind of legislation works both ways. While it may attract a few divorce hunters it ought to repel all who believe that the preservation of the sacredness of the marriage relation ls one of the safeguards of society. 3IR. PIGOTT'S RILL. Representative Plgott, of Connecticut, Democrat, has Introduced a bill the object of which is to cause all anonymous letters received in the departments at Washington to be destroyed without being read. In reference to his bill Mr. Plgott said: The government bureaus and departments are deluged with these anonymous letters. They are aimed at the Pension Office In particular. Unscrupulous and spiteful persons write to the pension authorities concerning alleged fraud or crookedness In a neighbor's pension. An Investigation may be made and the pensioner is put to much trouble, with the prospect of having his pension cut off without being able to face his anonymous accuser. There is more in this line; but the point which presents " itself for attention and comment Is that this sort of letters are not only received but are used by the Pension Bureau as the basis of Investigations. The policy of the administration toward pensioners has been such as to encourage this sort of attack upon those receiving pensions. Still, it seems Impossible that letters which would not be treated as evidence in any case would be made by the Pension Bureau the basis of the suspension of pensions or of notices to pensioners to furnish new evidence. The writer of an anonymous letter Is at best a coward, and often a malignant. If he Is neither, he confesses an unworthy cause or motive. WVn his letter assails another the anonymous, writer becomes a most contemptible character. The man who stabs with a pen anonymously ls first cousin to the assassin who, behind cover and in the dark, uses the stiletto. No sensible man pays any heed to an anonymous letter, even if It contains dire threats, as the man who has the nerve to really injure will not confess himself a coward by giving anonymous notice of his intention. Mr. Plgott's bill should become a law. If the pension authorities are using such letters as the basis of pension suspensions they cannot be too severely denounced. Instead of filing such anonymous letters away the rules of all departments should be to destroy them, and, to prevent waste of time In reading, to first see if a letter is signed, and if not to turn it over to the waste paper bag for renovation by the paper manufacturer. The government of the United States should not make confederates of cowardly assassins of character. The Missouri delegation In Congress are fighting mad over an appointment Just made In that State by the President, and which has a bit of inside history. The appointment is that of surveyor of the port at St. Joseph. Representative Burnes, of that dUtiict, had recommended for the place

one Spratt. who was also indorsed by the entire Missouri delegation. There was no question of Spratt's fitness, but It was brought to the President's knowledge that the St. Joseph Gazette, of which some of the Burnes family held a controlling interest, was criticising the financial policy of the administration. Mr. Burnes assured the President that he had no control over the editorial conduct of the paper, but the President held him responsible and determined to punish him. Accordingly he ignored the recommendation of the entire Missouri delegation for Spratt and appointed a man who was indorsed by the cuckoo wing of the Democracy in St. Joseph. The relations between the President and the Missouri delegation were strained before, but they have now reached a breaking point, and it is said that In the Democratic State convention, which meets at Kansas City on May 17, an effort will be made to prevent an indorsement of the administration.

The Hon. George Hoadly. of New York, formerly Governor of Ohio, and one of the ablest Democrats In the country, says in a published Interview: The halting policy of Congress on the tariff Is disgusting. So was its delay in repealing the Sherman act, whicn ought not to have taken over a week. Don Piatt once said that the Democratic party represented the organized ignorance of the country, and the Republicans the organized greed. Mind you, I am a Dtmwrat still, but when I see the Southern brigadiers in Congress trying to ruin the country as they did in 1M51. is it any wonder that one gets impatient? If an election were to take place to-morrow the Democrats wouldn't carry a Northern township, and I fear the next House is already lost. As the ex-Governor Is not in politics and does not expect to be, he is in a position to speak his mind freely, and he does it with considerable emphasis. Farmers and hay dealers In New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, MichIan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska" and Vermont have sent Senator Allison a protest against reducing the duty on hay from $1 per ton to 20 per cent, ad valorem, which means a duty of $1.20 a ton. Since the passage of the McKinley law Canada has shipped its hay largely to Europe, leaving the American market to the American producer. While the value of the wheat crop of the United States is $323,000,000 and that of corn $550,000,000, the value of the hay crop is $750,000,000. A Timely Pamphlet. Mr. Jacob P. Dunn has written a pamph-. let upon the silver question which Is a valuable contribution to the real Information regarding a subject concerning which there 13 such persistent as well as stupid Ignorance. The Journal will not Indorse all that Mr. Dunn says in the discussion of the subject, but It fully indorses his conclusion, which is that the commercial world stands In need of silver for money on the same basis a9 gold, and that such a result can be secured only through free coinage secured by an international agreement upon an international ratloi. This ls the Judgment of a large majority of the intelligent people of the United States who have given this subject candid consideration. Mr. Dunn has very happily presented his statements and historical researches In a unique and most attractive manner. Here ls an extract from the pamphlet, which can be read and reread with profit to those who are afflicted with currency vagaries: There should be no more possibility of making a commercial profit from money than there, should be from an open and avowed alteration of any other measure. A dishonest dollar is as dishonest as a dishonest yardstick. A fluctuating dollar is as great an evil as a fluctuating yardstick. The whole work! Is interested in having money as stable as possible. Mr. Dunn's idea is to form a bimetallic league of the nations which desire to use silver as full legal tender money, with provisions which would shut the nations which would not Join- it out of their commerce by prohibitory tariffs or some such regulation. That is, if Great Britain and Germany persist In gold monometallism, shut them and their dependencies out of the commerce of the remainder of the world. When Great Britain finds that the United States will not relieve It of Its share in the work of restoring silver to full money power, by voting free coinage, its condition ls such that It must Join in the work. The idea that England resists as a creditor nation is losing its force when a member of Parliament declares that the business interests of the British people are a hundred fold greater than the interests of the limited number of Englishmen who have loaned money. Mr. Dunn's pamphlet ls a timely publication; and if fifty thousand could be distributed among the reading people of Indiana the cheap money heresies for which demagogues are responsible would be plucked up as weeds, for the reason that Mr. Dunn makes a clear and convincing presentation of the common-sense truth. The Senate proceedings show that the famous McGarrahan bill, which was reported to have passed that body a few days ago, had very little opposition. Several amendments were offered that would have complicated the case, but they were promptly voted down, the sentiment of the Senate evidently being that the old man who had been asking justice from the government for so many years should not be put off any longer. Pending the vote Senator Teller said that while he was Secretary of the Interior he never had any doubt as to the Justice of the McGarrahan claim. He also stated that all the objections cited by President Harrison In his veto of the bill had been eliminated, so that no harm could possibly result to the government. The bill, as passed, and which now has to go to the House, refers the claim to the Court of Private Land Claims, established by the act of March 3. 1S91. It directs the court to hold sessions for the purpose In the city of Washington, and to report its final judgment to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall, if In favor o McGarrahan, cause a patent to be Issued to him; provided, however, that no finding or judgment In favor of McGarrahan or his heirs or assigns shall be held to take from the present holders any portion of the land. The court ls to find the value of the land and minerals heretofore disposed of by the United States within the boundaries of the tract, and report the same to Congress. Either the United States or the claimant may, within six months, appeal from the judgment of the court to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Attorney-general, or one of his associates, or such counsel as he may select, is to represent the United States in any proceedings under the act. It will be seen from this outline of the bill that it does not allow the claim, but simply provides for a prompt investigation and report upon It by the Court of Private Land Claims. Although it gives the claimant a hearing, he is eo broken with age and hopes deferred that it is doubtful if he will live to hear the decision of the court. Under the direction of Mr. E. P. Thompson as deputy postmaster the Indianapolis postolllce has become one of the model otllces of th-2 country. As postmaster, he attended to the duties of the office as General Harrison required of every apiolntee. In fact, being postmaster has been the one vocation of Mr. Thompson. The lndlanaiolis postoillce has been conducted on business, principles. Its motto under the late postmaster has been to give the people the best possible service In and out of the

building. It ls not too much to say that Mr.Thompson retires from the postofilce In possession of the respect and good will of every resident of the city whose opinions are of value for the reason that he has devoted his attention to seeing that all the people would have the most efficient service that the government can render. The Philadelphia Council has declined to order the construction of an electric light plant, but the public discussion of the subject has been educational. "It has made it perfectly clear," says the Press of that city, "first, that the city can put in a plant to light the entire city, owing to current low prices, for from one-half to two-thirds of what it now pays annually for the electric lights In Its streets. Second, that It can run this plant enough below the price how paid to pay for that plant In two or three years. Third, that with such a plant the city could supply both light and power and duplicate present profits from the gas works."

It Is safe to say that Postmaster Sahm enters upon his official career with the confidence and respect of the community. He has been and is a Democrat, but at the same time he has always been an excellent citizen and reliable business man. The Journal takes pleasure in bearing testimony to the exceptionable character and fitness of a Democratic official, all the more because it ls not often that the opportunity is afforded to do so. HURDLES IN Till: AIR. Unnlly Answered. "Daddy," asked little 'Uaetus. "which come fust, de egg or de chicken?" "De aig, ob co'se. Doesn't yo find aigs In he early mornln. an' chlcklns kaln't be found twell 'way after dark?" The llnrilen of RIcltea. Hungry Hlgglns Don't you wlsht you was rich enough to wear diamonds? Weary Watklns Can't say that I do. Ef you wear diamonds you got to wear good clothes, and If you wear good clothes you got keep shaved up and washed. Hope. "I am sorry to tell you," said the specialist, "that your son will never be much better than an idiot." "Tnat's pretty tough," said the dramatist, "but I guess I can get a little recompense. I'll write a realistic play with him for the central figure,-and put him on the stage." Advice Wnnted. "You newspaper men know most everything, don't you?" asked the woman with the square chin, as she planted herself in a chair alongside the editorial desk. The editor dodged a direct answer by asking the woman what was the trouble. "It is jist thisaway," she said. "You see. I went to see a lawyer last week to see about gitt'n a divorce, an' paid him $25 In advance. Yistiddy the old man got run over with a coal cart an got his neck brcke. an of course I don't need no divorce from a dead man, an I want to know if the lawyer can keep that money, or can I make 'lm chip it in fer the funeral expenses?' Till: INDIANA PRESS. So far as known President Cleveland has no substitute in Coxey's army. New Castle Courier. Leeches are on the free list of the Wilson bill. Bound to bleed us well and bleed us sick. Decatur Journal. What the workingmen of this country reed is an honest dollar and a chance to earn It. Rushville Republican. The only thing which will bring Congress to its senses will be the dull thud to be heard after the spring elections. Huntington Herald. Coxey and his deluded followers are not the first men to discover that the road to Washington is a hard one to travel. Goshen Times. The Democratic policy of economy Is restricted to the reduction of pensions earned by anti-Democratic service during the war. Plalnfleld Progress. The people once more realize what Democracy is, and that is about the only blessing to be gained from these times. Martinsville Republican. President Cleveland is troubled with rheumatic gout in one foot and the country ls still In the throes of Democratic gout In both feet. Warren Republican. The Democratic Congress attempted to get in its work on the people in the Wilson bill. The people will get In their work on Congress tnls fall. Evansvllle Standard. No matter what may be the Immediate results of the present tariff agitation this country will not permanently abandon the protective policy. Columbia City Mall. The coinage of silver should be brought about, but on a sound basis, so that the parity of the two metals will be maintained and the national credit preserved at home and abroad. Logansport Journal. The veto of the Bland bill by the President severs the last bond of union between the Democratic factions which differ on the financial question. Cleveland is no longer a leader of his party. Richmond Palladium. Never did a party ever take absolute control of a government with as many declarations of doing great things; and never did a party make so dismal a failure in doing anything as has the one In power now. Orleans Examiner. When men seek to apply a religious test to a candidate for a political office they are tramping ueon dangerous ground. A man's ability or Integrity should not be gauged by Ills sectarian denominational afMii, tions. Mlddletown News. AIJOLT I'EUl'LC AND THINGS. Prof. Ernst Haeckel, the "German Darwin," is sixty years of age, and has been connected with the University of Jena thirty-three years. Calve is Mademoiselle not Madame. It worries the great prima donna more than she cares to admit 10 see herself spoken of In the papers as a matron. William Waldorf Astor has for the editor of his Pall Mall Gazette Henry Cust, who Is a tremendous society favorite and a member ol the House of Commons. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, of London, is credited with a rather clever remark. The three present-day euphemisms for the "world." the "flesh" and the "devil," he said, are "society," "environment" and "tendency." These who have heard Mme. Modjeska's deep rich voice in speech will not be surprised to know that her musical gifts would, had they been cultivated, hav given her a distinguished nlace among ojtra singers. "But," said the great actress, "even then 1 knew mat tne oicia singer must have eternal youth and so I chose this other art that will ripen, not decay, with years." When Mrs. Amelia Frost was ordained to the Congregational ministry at Littleton, Mass., the other day, one of the examining committee of ministers asked her: "Does the Bible point to women's preaching?" "Apparently so in my case." was the reply. "But," said the questioner, "1 had hoied you would answer by some quotation from the riible." Instantly Mrs. Frost replied: "Your sons and daughters shall prophesy." There was tremendous applause, and all spirit of opposition to the ordination ended. England makes curious provisions on its dangerous coast for shipwrecked mariners. This is the dry official description given of supplies on St. Paul Island: "They are In a cave at the foot of the west cliff of a rocky chasm running north and south, and its i)sitlon is indicated by a stone cairn eleven and one-half feet In height and about fourteen fet broad at the base, erected on tht summit of the west cliff of the chasm. The cairn, visllle from Gazelle basin, is painted black .and shows clearly again?t the sky." "Far from having any objection to an American millionaire spending his money with us, I should te delighted If nil large owners of house property In New York were to follow the example of Mr. Astor." observes the editor of Ixndon Truth. "I feel, indeed. iersonally obliged to him, for he provides me with a well-editM rnugazine and newspajer, tne latter. I should imagine, costing more than the penny which I oav for 1L But my gratitude does

not quite blind me to the ludicrous absurdity of an American citizen devoting his means to the laudation of an institution like that of hereditary legislators, and to preaching that England should augment the size of her empire." "Brick" Pomeroy savs that he was th discoverer of "Peck's Bad Roy," now Gov. George W. Peck, of Wisconsin. He says: "I was publishing my Democrat at La Crosse, Wis., before the war, when I noticed, in an obscure country newspaper, some extremely clever paragraphs. I learned that Peck wrote them, and I wrote to him offering him $25 a weeK to come down to Ia Crosse and work for me. The next day 1 got this telegram: 'Mark M. Pomeroy, La Crosse 1 accept your offer quicker than Instantly. For heaven's sake don't withdraw it,' " Alexandre Dumas is as unashamed as his father was of the negro blood that runs In his veins. The Bishop of Autun having recently delivered an address on the abolition of slavery. M. Dumas wrote him a sympathetic letter, in the course of which he said: "A reader like myself, who has only to go back four generations to find negro slaves among hU ancestors, could not remain deaf to this eloquent appeal. It is, therefore, not only for our bvothers, from the Christian iint of view, that I thank you, Monseigneur. but perhaps also for some real relatives whom I may still have on board the slave-traders' ves.-els." siiri:ds and patches. They never pardon who commit tha wrong. Dryden. We sincerely trust that Mr. Bland was quite prepared for the shock. Washington Pest. Congress will doubtless adjourn in haste If Colonel Breckinridge runs for It again. New York World. Fogg very appropriately calls the cord attached to his eyeglasses his spectackle. Boston Transcript. The original Adam has this to his credit: He did not attack the previous character of Eve. Boston Traveller. The only objectionable feature about the violet Is that so many people write poetry about it Atchison Globe. The latest popular salutation, idiotic as it may seem, ls: "What did little Johnnie Dugan do?" Philadelphia Record. Breckinridge's sad experiences are a warning to other Congressmen not to travel without chaperons. Dally America. A woman asks, "How am I to treat my husband that I may have absolute confidence in him?" Kill him. Atchison Globe. "And what have you been studying since you left college, law or medicine? "Neither. Economy." New York Ledger. Would it surprise you very much to see the Democratic tariff bill side-tracked in the Senate by a Democratic free-coinage bill? Hartford Courant. There are a great many men who would never be handed down to posterity if it were not for the Illustrated patent medicine ads. Washington Post. The testimony touching Miss Pollard's character Is very conflicting, but It Is still several laps behind her portraits In tho newspapers. Detroit Tribune. There is this to be said in favor of Breckinridge he was not first led astray until he was forty-seven years of agev New York Commercial Advertiser. The April number of the Forum contains an able article- by a repentant "Independent" which is entitled "Mr. Cleveland's Failure." What the dash means ls consid erately left to the imagination. New Yorlc Commercial Advertiser.

STATE POLITICS. Forty-five candidates for places on the Republican State ticket have so far been registered at the rooms of the Republican State committee, with the probability that this list will be augmented before convention day. As there are now only several weeks until the convention the candidates are putting forth their best efforts. Tha following ls a list of the candidates as far as ascertained: Secretary of State Aaron Jones. South Bend; W. D. Owen, Logansport; J. E. Watson, Rushville; M. U. &alzer, Madison; Jasper Packard, New Albany; Col. I. N. Walker. Indianapolis. Auditor of State Webster S. Richey, Muncie; John W. Coons, Indianapolis; A. C. Daily, Lebanon: W. W; Houck. Terra Haute; W. H. Liggett, Columbia City; G. W. Wilson Fort W ayne. Treasurer of State V. J. Scholz. Evans vllle; Leonard Wild. Ncblesville; Leopold Levy, Huntington. Attorney-general Robert J. Loveland, Peru; John W. Lovett. Anderson; William L. Taylor, Indianapolis; Thomas Hanna, Indianapolis; John E. Moore, Kokomo; W. A Ketcham, Indianapolis. Clerk of Supreme Court George Harvey, Indianapolis; Robert A. Brown, Franklin; W. R. McClelland, Danville: O. M. Tichenor, Princeton; H. B. Tuthill, Michigan City; Oliver P. Ensley, Auburn; Capt. Alex. Hess. Wabash; R. A. Black, 3reendil. Superintendent Public Instruction J. IL Henry, Warsaw; D. M. Geetlng. Madison; Dr. J. E. Gilbert, Indianapolis; J. N, Study, Richmond. State Geologist M. N. Elrod, Hartsvlllet C. S. Beachler, Crawfordsville; W. S. Blatchley, Terre Haute; A. II. Purdue, Yankeetown. State Statistician Capt. John Worrell, Clayton; J. W. Egnew, Lagro. Judge of Supreme Court M. E. Forkner, New Castle; L. J. Monks, Winchester; D. W. Corrstock. Richmond; S. D. Coffey. Brazil; J. 11. Jordan, Martinsville. PRACTICAL REFORM. IIoit Dr. Parkliurnt Hun Made 1 1 end Agrnlimt Corruption In New York. E. Jay Edwards, in McClure's Magazine. Dr. Parkhurst has not yet made publlo the full details of his investigation. It has been very thoroucrh. very minute; and when the time comes for telling the whole story the public will pernaps learn what sums ot money the captains of the police forve hav been compelled to pay to some supcriof authority, -and by Just what ratts of tri'oute these captains nav? recover from the keepers of unlawful resorts the money thus expended; anil how also men without ojtensible vocation othtr than the.t of police officers, and earning less than three thousand dollars a year salary have leen able in a few years to buy real estate and to become possessed of the other evidences of wealth. liy the autumn of last year, mainly through Dr. l'arkhurst's labors, such a force of public Indignation had been arouaed not only in New York, but also in Brooklyn, that in the latter city there came a revolution that drove the political organization there, till then quite as firmly intrenched as that of New Vork, out of office, and created a sentiment that lias made It possible to prosecute to conviction and lodge In Sing fcing a man who six montns ago was deemed so powerful that he could safely defy even the courts. In New York itselfafter an election also fruitful of good results, we have just seen eighty persona indicted for election frauds, and every one of these eighty who was brought to trial was convicted, excepting six who are fujjl-tiv.-s from justice. Dr. Parkhurst has develoi-d into a great general since he began this warfare. 11a has revealed executive ability of extraordinary quality, and he has shown a capacity for strategy, for hcldlng himself well in hand, for meeting cunning and subtle attack, which have amazed thoe who knev him a few years ago only as a rather secluded pastor. That Spill In thtr Party. New York Commercial Advertiser. That "every Southern Ixnxxrat in Congress except one." as Mr. Berry, of Arkansas, says, favored tne bill, while their .Northern and stern umbrae did not. is perfectly well known, but the Northern Democracy la so pitiably feeble, so wholly dependent on the Southern Confederacy, that no "rpllt In the Party" Is likely to fellow. Mr. Cleveland has simply made a breach between himself and the old rebels and the hide and horns of the Northern doughfaces go with the carcass, against him. Had for the Part). Philadelphia Press. The President's vtto of the seigniorage bill has set his own party by tne ears. The bill had pretty nearly the unanimous Vote of the Democrats in Injth houses. It was distinctly a lemcratlo measure. It was specially and vehenuntlv demanded by the Democratic seetins. The veto will breed bitterness, confusion an 1 discord in the Democratic ranks. It docs a piblio service, but it increases the demoralization of the Democratic party, and in butn ways it makes f-r the country's gain. Of the Same '1 pe. Boston Traveller. The tvpe rrpresented bv W. C. P. Breckinridge is not a new one. It was pilloried for a:! time dn th- scathing satire of Robert Burns, entitled. "Holy Willie's Prayer." Those who hate hyierLsy and ar not afraid of plain language :i:ay enjoy .i rereading by the light of cunremp -r.iry scandal of this pillar of the kirk, who h-w.t himself as austere to the poet's f rien I. Gavin Hnimlton, as our Kentucky tunat to the heretical Dr. Brings.