Indianapolis Leader, Volume 1, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1880 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS LEADER, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1880.

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the Tarts are no less prompt iu their determination to hold it by force of arms. Tire" developments will no doubt be interesting. -

OUR DEVELOPMENT. ' Slowly but surely the negro race in this eountry is emerging from that state of mental gloom and intellectual debasement consequent upon the long and barbarious period of chattel slavery to which it was subjected, and assuming the habilments that distinguish an enlightened, cultured and progressive race. On every iVind are seen encouraging si.ua of progress and improvement, but wer must all understand that the major portion of the work that is to place us en a- plane of equality with our other fellow-citizens, remains yet to be done. The bitter and unreasoning prej udice eugendered. by slavery still linger among the people of this country, and Serres in many instances to retard our progress. But, even this foolish prejudice, deep-rooted and seemingly ineradicable as it appears, is gradually disappearing before the dawning sunlight of modern truth and justice, and ere long must entirely disappear. As the North was first to see the evil of slavery and abolish it, so it is here in the North that prejudice against color must first disappear. There is, however, a shade of difference between the prejudice of North and. the South that de serves notice. In the South the prejudice is due more to the Negro's former condition of servitude, rather ihau to his color. The close and intimate contact of the two races in the Southern States for two hundred and fifty years obliterated, iu a large measure, the mere antipathy of one color to another. The Southern white bases his superiority to the negro upon tho latter's origin and condition, more than upon Iiis color. He thinks that it was God's iutention that the dark races should be subordinate and subservient to the white races, aud hence he argues that in enslaving and trampling upon the Negro, he is but carrying out the Divine injunction registered by Noah when he administered his never-to-be-forgotten curse tfi Ham. Prejudice in the North ans s merely from the difference in color. The whites of this section who are most susceptible to color prejudice do not, as a, role, feel that tley have any God-given rights superior to the black mau. Their prejudices, which they themselves often think inato aud natural, are due entirely to the long-continued separation of the races in social relations, such as schools, churches, etc. To this, of course, must bo added tho animosity against the Negro that has been in the past kindled and nurtured by unscrupulous Northern demagogues for their own base and ignoble purposes. The intellectual inferiority euforced by eight or ten generations of chattel debasement and denial of school privileges, has also, in many cases, led the iguorant Northern mind into the belief that it was naturally superior to the Negro mind. It is interesting to nolo tho effeet of these two different phases of nnti-Negro-istn. The Southern article blossom out into complete social, political and civil ostracism. The effort is boldly made to reduce the negro to a condition of serfdom little, if any, bettor than chattel slavery. It is impadently proclaimed tüat he ought to be, must and shall be, entirely subservient to the "dominant" race. He must vote with the dominant race or not at all. He must not presume to think and act for himself; to sit on juries, or to eat in first-class hotels, or anything of the kind. He must, according to the Southern idea, in all essentials be a hewer of wood and a drawer of water. The results of Northern prejudice are somewhat different to theresuits in the South. Politically, the negro is left to think and act as he pleases; but, as a rule, there is a distinct line drawn in social matters. The two races are probably more distinctly separated in this respect here thau in the South. In business affairs, too, prejudice operates very largely against tho colored man of the North. Nothing is rnoro difficult than for a competent young colored man to obtain a respectable position in an otlice or a store. Thero are certain lines of business which he has been accustomed to follow, ami it aeems that the commercial world, has come to understand that he ought not to be employed in anything; else. This exclusion from tho higher and more profitable business avocations is where Northern prejudice is felt most keenly by the Negro, and where it Umo&i damaging to his present and future prospects for material happiness. The destruction of these two phases of negrophobia must bo accomplished before emancipation and political and civil equality can bo called complete. How can it bo done? is the problem which presents itsolf for solution. Can it be done through laws or convention resolutions? Not altogether. All that we ask the law to do, is to give us "au equal chance and fair play' Repeal every enactment

that operates against us; punish every violation of laws passed to secure equal rights' and protection to all, aud the government and its laws can do no more for us. What remains to be done then must be done by ourselves. Let us resolve to help ourselves in every way practicable. Let us not be too timid. Let us save our money, prepare ourselves for busiuess, and aim to control a large share of the wealth of the conti it jr. This, together with the alterations which time always makes, will place us ou an equal footiug with all other people, and will also make us an integral and indispensable part of the country's population. Let us depend upon this and nothing else.

SnKRItMN TS. HANCOCK. Indranapolfs Jonrnal, Jaly 23. The following 13 order No. 40, issued by General Hancock on assuming command of Louisiana in 1867: "The centra! commanding la gratified to learn that peace and quiet reign in this department. It will bo his purpose to preserve tliia condition of tilings. As a means to this great end. he regards Die maintenance of civil authorities iu the faithful execution of the law as the most efficient under existing circumstances. In war it Is indispensable to repel force by force, and overthrow ami destroy opposition to lawful authority. But when Insurrectionary force has beeu overthrown and peace established, and the civil authorities are ready and willing to perform their duties, the military power should erase to lead, uud the eint administration resum) its natural and rightful dominion. Soleninly impressed with these views, the general announces that the great principle of American liberty still are ttie lawful inheritance of this people, and vor should be. The right of trial by jury, the habeas corpus, the liberty of the pn, the freedom of speech, and the natural rights of persons aud the rights ef property must ba preHHBvcil Free institution, while they are essential to the happiness and prosperity of the people, always furnish the strongest inducements to peaoe and order. Crimes and offenses committed in this district mast bo referred to the consideration and judgment of the regular civil tribunals, and those tribunals will be supported in their lawful jurisdiction. "Should there be violatiou of existing laws which are ut inquired into by the civil magistrates, or should failure in the administration of Justice by the courts bo complained of, the ejjwill be reioi'td to- tkee headquarter, wuen such orders will bo made a may be deemed necessary. "Wliiie t he General Hi tr indicate his purpose to respect the liberties of the people. lia wlw all to understand that armed insurrection or forcible resistance to the law will be instantly suppressed by arms. "By command of MaJ-.-Gen- W. St. Hancock. "W. G. Mitcuu.l, "Brev. Lieut.-coL, Acting Assistant Adjutantgeneral. ' From this it might be supposed that perfect peace aud order prevailed in Louisiana. In fact, the first sentence says: "The general commanding is gratified to learn that pence and quiet reigu in this department. In contrast with the foregoing, we call attention to the following: In December, 1875, President Grant sent General Sheridan to New Orleans fo make a personal investigation of the condition of affairs in Louisiana and to report for the information of the Presi deutj On the löih of January, 1875, Sheridan made a report to the Secretary ot War, from which we extract fhe fol lowing: "Since the year 13G6 nearly thirtv-five him dred irsoua, a srreat majority of whom were colored men. have leeu killed ami wounded iu this State. In the official record fhow that one thousand eipht hundred aud eiiihtyfour were killed and wounded. From ISO'S to the reaent time no orticial investigation has leen made, and the civil authorities, in all but a few eases, have been urmbro to anrst, convict and puaish the perpetrators. Thre- fa ample evidente to show that uoro than twelve hundred persons have been killed and wounded since lOK on account of their political princi ples. rTlgnuui luasnaereft uave occurred in the parishes of Hosb-r, Caddo. Catahoula. Saiot Heniard, Saint Landry, Grant and Orleans. The general character of the ruasjerM iu the above named parishes M en weil known that it is unnecessary to denen') them. Too isolated cas-H can beet be iUiitrutcd ty the following instnuee which I tase from a mass of evidence now lyine before um, of men klUed on aecount of their political principles. In Natt bitochf'H parish the uuibcr of Isolated cases reported is thirty-three. Iu the pariah of Hienville the number of men hilled is thirty. In lied Itiver parish the nnmbrr of Isolated rases of men killed is thirtv-four. In Wlnh parish the tnunrter of isolated can of murder is nrteen. In Jüc-khoh parihh the number killed is twenty, ami iu Catahoula parish the number of ixnl.tted eases reported where men were killed in fifty. Human life in this Mate la held so cheaply that when men are K til ed od accuii ut of political opinions, the murder er are rÄirdei rather an heroes rliau :m Timin:il in the localities where they l emdc, and by the W into lieusue aid their supporters. Safety for individuals who express their opinion in tho i.so!at'! portions of tli- mate lia existed onlv when that opinion was in Savor of the prin ciples and party snppnnea by the Kuklnx and White M-ague organization." It will ns observed that Hancock in his older No. 40, issued in 1SG7, says it will We his purpose to preserve, tho peace aud quiet then reigning in Louisiana. Sheridan says that from ISCö to 1875, thirty-live hundred persons were mur dered in Louisiana, and that more than twelve hundred of these murders oc curred after 18GS, or after the issuing of Hancock's order. Sheridan went to as certain and tell the truth. Hancock went to make political capital with the Southern brigadiers. Tnn extraordinary feat of Dr. Tanner of Minnesota, who is carrying out in New York City his proposition to live forty day without food, is truly wonderful. Twenty-four of the forty days have expiied at this writing, and he shows no positive signs of a breakdown. It is possible that ho may succeed, and thus be a standing puzzle to medical science, and all previous experience. His only sustenance is water, which he drinks very freely. Persons who are sceptical about the Doctor's abstinance from food, claim that food is administered to him through his water, but the watchers, who arc constantly with him, deny this, aud the general supposition is that he is acting on the square. Not the least important incident connected with this extraordinary proceeding is tho fact that Dr. Tanner has actually lost two inches in height since he began his fast. This is accounted for on the theory that the layers of cartilage between the vertebra? of the spinal column have shrunken aud lost size aud consistency for want of proper nourishment, thus bringing the pieces of tho backbone closer together, and shortening the length of the liidi-

vidual. Great interest is felt in Europe,

as well as in this country, over Dr. Tan ner's experiment. Whether successful or not, he is the lion of the hoar. TUE LKADKK THINKS That Ben. Butler will be on deck in good lime. That the Washington Free Lance is correctly named. That there will be weeping and wailing in October. That the opening campaign is going to be hot as "pizen." That Whittaker went to sleep and bit his own ear off. That Whittaker ought to have at; appointment in the army. That the early bird will catch the Indiana worm in October. That Carl Schurz had a big boom and made a convincing speech. That our people have enough socie ties and to spare for the present. That the wise Democrat will not bet all his money n victory in Indiana. That the city that crows last about the census will know best how to crow. That the New Albany Ledger-Stand ard is a good Republican campaign jour nal. That the Glol-Democrat ought to let up ou the noble 30Q aud strike a new lead. That the Democratic nominees for county aud State offices will die to gether. That political statisticians know ev erything except the result of the coming elections. That De La Matyr will be caught between the upper aud nether political millstones this time. That tho presidential race will be close and interesting, and likewise the gubernatorial 6Ct-to. That the Democrats had better be looking after Weaver, or he might carry off a part of tho Solid South. That the National, State and county Democratic ticket will ascend that river s well known to Democratic officehuuters. That Hancock would better be look ing after his solid South fences or the Garfield freshet may open a gap and let some of it get away. That the men who "get there" in this campaign are not going to be wafted into ofliee on a downy bed of roses. festooned with daisies, and wreathed and bedecked with junipers, caraeliaa and orange blossoms. Whoever goes in must work like a beaver. Lieutenant Gorkisge, of the navy, has arrived at New York with his ship, Mediterranean, containing the shaft of Cleopatra's needle, that was presented to this country by the Khedive of Egypt. It will have a place in one of the public parks of New York City, and is a his torical memento of great value. Tue Democracy of this congressional district, in convention assembled, on last Wednesday, threw overboard tin political corpse of the Hon. Gilbert De La Matyr and nominated the Hon. (?) Cass Bytield, a straightout Democrat. G exkk a l Tost Browne' has beeu re nominated for Congress by the Kepnbli cans of the Sixth Indiana district. Gen. Browne has made an excellent Congress man, aad will be returned by from 8,000 to 10,060 majority. Hon. Albert G. Port En, Indiana's next Governor, is receiving a perfect ovation from the people of Southern In diana, to whom ho is eloquently stating the issues of tho campaign. Colonf.l Inglksoll thinks that Dem ocratic rejoicing is due more to Tilden's defeat than to Hancock's nomination. General Thomas M. llrowne Nominated in the Sixth District. Cambkidoir Crrr. July 22. The Republicans of the fixtli concessional district met at Cur penter's Opera-house to-dav. The utmost bar moilv arm ineiMiiy riiumi.miii ithvjiium throughout, and, although thii is a Htronir lU-p.ih lu ati district, the party leaders are preunriiiir furastrongcampaign, and expect not only to eleet their eonRrewrfuiiin, but to rrive the Stale ticket mich a majority as will help to redeem the ytnte from Democratic control next October, Hon. William Grose, of New Ca. tie. was made temporary chairm wi. and Colonel Ed Brady, of Munc.ie, secretary, uot.ii neing afterwards made permanent o racers. Oa taking the chair. Gen erat (rose made a rousing speecit of some length, iuspiriug the convention with a good reeling tuac cnaracierizeu u inrougnonc. Resolutions were passed indorsing the nomi nees and platlornis of the- State and National conventions, ana condemning me partisan le cision of the Supreme Court in overthrowing the constitutional anendtoent, anl also indors ing tiio acts aud, services or the Hon. Thomas M Browne, in- Congress, for the la.it four vears Nominations for t'outrressroan being called for, GoL Brady, uf Muueie, put 10 nomination lion. Joseph S. Buckles, of Delaware county, and Hon. ThouiasM. Browne, of Randolph county. was put in nomination by Mr. Ephriam Thomas, of Henry county. General Browne was nominated on the flrut ballot by a vote of 85 to 15, which was afterwards made unanimous. Gen. Browne was called upon and responded with bdlliaat peeb accepting the nomination. Oen. Browne is addressing a large meeting to-night, making one of his Uncut speeches, and a Garfield olub will be organized after the speaking which will reach a membership of sevcraL hundred. The Democrats sav Browne cannot be beateu. but they will nominate ticket to keep up appearances, hut with no hope of success. Mixed Good aud Evil. Galveston News. How i ronr son eoming on?" "Oh.T am having a power of trouble with him." "What's the. matter uow?" "Well, you know, I couldn't nenrt h:m to school, because, thanks to Governor Hohen, there are no rree whooU, and I could nor afford to send him to a private sehool." "Yes. I know that is so." "Well, I sent hiiu away from Galveston, ont to tho frontier, and as luck would have it he wa convicted of horse stealiiur, ami got livo years in the peniUiutiArr." "That was had." "No. it wasn't, for, you see", at the penitentiary he could learn a trau and become a useful citizen." "Well, that's good." "No. it ain't, for Governor Roberts has pardoned him out ou kccuuiu of his youth, aud. iiurance."

THE ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN.

AddreM of Charles W. Bell Before the Col ored Republican Club. The oolored people of Cincinnati celebrated the 4th enthusiastically, under the auspices of the Colored Republican Club. At a mass-meeting held in the afternoon, of which Mr. Miller W. Handy was chairman, the following address was delivered by Mr. C. W. Bell. He said: Fellow-citizens I think, somehow, that In these latter years the 4th of July most mean more to our race than anybony else. We, too. have memories to recal of the heroic old days a century ago. The first man who fell iu the war of the Revolution was a black man, Crispus Attacks. Ooloreo: soldiers fonebt and were slafn 6lde by fide with white soldiers all through the bloody years that followed. This is a matter of history. Bat these bravo color od men fell nrhtiu?'for the erie of the white man. Another war, still more d-perate, more bloody, had to be fought lr-Tor- the birth-day of our national independ ence could pour any stream of thanksgiving into the hearts of our people. That war caine ana went. It brought us all the iuimortal rights the first revolation brought the white man in America. Citizenship, equally before the law, tho right to life, liberty aud the pursuit of happiness are as new and grand to us now as they were to the fathers one hundred years ago. Tins is why I say to-day that it seems to me our iteopie mu at rejoice witn greater giaanees taan other men, to whom tue blessings are already a century old. And while time lasts, indissoluble-link-d with our rejoicing on this day wül come auother emotion. Do you wonder what that M It will he a feeling of deathless gratitude to the Repnbiicvn party, the party that at lasterowned the uaeK man wit u tae nnuying wreath of manhood; that at last made it possible for him to walk erect among men and say, "I, too, am au Amerieau citizen. The coloreu uiu ought to hold to the Republieau party. He was the real author and father of It. upon him, a a corner-tttone, its wnora structure was built. The slave power was apparently never go powerful in this country as in 1855 and 1856. The whole North lay gaeged and bound before It. No man dared to lift up his voiee agaiust it in Congress. It would have been as tnueh us his life was worth. In these days when the serpent of slavery threatened to strangle the wholo republic in its folds, a few heroic souls met and organized the Kepuoueau party. 6tripieii of all side Lssues, opposition to slavery was the real meaaing of tuis glorious party's ftrst platform. lue new party eleoted a lew members to congress in the b giuuiug of its existence. John .Sherman, an Ohio man, whom some people over in Europe and elewhere call the greatest financier that ever lived, was one of them. Beujamine Wade, also au Ohio man, was auother man seut to Congress by the party that was founded upon the right of men; yet a third one was Zai-hariah Chandler of Michigan. Events were ripe for the mighty growth of the new party organization. In lb0 it elected lis tli st Prcsideut, Ahraham Lincoln. From that day till now, twenty years, the Republican party has ruled the dcstiuice of the nation. During those years it has so guided our State affairs that the world is ailed with wonder at the marvelous progress of the United States. What has it done fur ns, my friend! Ahl what has it not donet It has beeu our pillar of cloud by day, and our pillar of lire by night, guiding our people out of tue Egypt of slavery into the promised land of huniau liberty. From beasts oi burden under the driver's lash, it ha made us nieu, clothed with all the rights of mau. When the colored mau turns his hack on tho Republican party, it will bo when he closes his eyes on aU things earthly. "Liu cola, the good, the first Repuolican President, Tote the emancipation ivoeLamatlou that net us free. Then we were enlisted in the ranks of the Uuion army and made- Obliers. That was the next step. After the war was ended. and the 6lave power crushed for ever, the ques tion was anxiously asked, what shall be done with the negro? lue Republican, party an swerert: Make a citizen of him; put the ballot iu his hand so he can protect himself troiu his former master. It was done. The constitution of the United States was amended, and all race distinctions were obliterated. Our goverment no lmicer gave the lie. to the Dealuratiou of lüde peudeiico, but proved by its works it faith that ait men were created -equal. To make this new ground firm and sure for all time, the Republi can party ueeree.l tiro states lately in reix uion fehould only be admitted to the Union ou condition of ratifying the amendments to the constitution. It was the bitterest pill they ever swal lowed, tbee people whose so-called Vice-presi dent, Alexander 11. Mepnens, had proclaimed, "slavery is the comer-stone of the Southern Confederacy." But they took the pilL Ineoura ot time they will feel better over it. ho, through blood aud tears and suffering the Union was built up again, this time a fair, white structure, without a slave in its broad domain To make assurance doubly eure a Kepuuiicaa Congress passed civii-righes laws making it au offense to refuse colored men admission to publie, conveyances in traveling, or to uublic build ings. The laws were eMetiy tho work of that great aud cood Bepublicau, Charles bumuer. The last thought of his- lire was for the colored man. The last wonts his dying bps uttered were these: "Take cans of my civil-rights bilL" After at leuKlh the bill became a law, there was one man iu New York city who earned the most loyal gratitude the colored mau cau give by protecting the rights of our people uuuer its provisions. It met bitter Opposition even iu the North, for the old anti-negro spirit was still r.tnipaut. White Democrats iu good standing swore till the air was blue that no huuaau power could make them obey it. Oueortwo teste erc qnb-kly brought up in New York, where the caste spirit was as strong as any were iu the country. 1'ho first case, if 1 iiiihUke-uot, was a matter of permitting colored pt isons to riue iu street-cars. The world has moved so fast in ten years that it will seeui strauge to the younger peopio here that there Was a time when ineu and women were forbidden to travel iu ears because they had u dark üln. ucfi was ouvo the lacf, tuougb. Tavcrukeepcrs, atase-drivers ami other irjtcilectti.il individuals with rt lined sensibilities, undertook to elect colored persons tiO:u publle houses und conveyances, as iu the higii old days of (slavery. The colored people brought suit. Against theiu was arrayed all the talent that money could buy. ihey wore nor. and even public seutimriit was largely ugaiusS them. Iu the moment of their need, a defender stepped forward to champion their cause, lie worked for them with, nullit and main, stood up for them iu court, ami tallied for them outttidu of court. Each time they gained their ca.so tiiuinpiiaiitlv. and riotu that d y to this their rights as travelers have not been questioned in New York. Do you know who this good and true friend to our people was! lAt me tell you. ILs name is Chester A. Arthur, an t he is now the, Republican caudidato for Vice-president of the United States. ro the pat ty which brought ns out of bondage have stood by us till ut lemrth wo havo what Thomas F. Bayard declares is the grandest privilege our country offers to man. "equality of opportunity." No man can ask more. Democrats sometimes remark with a sneer that the Repuolican party is verr fond of the colored man and brother theoretically, but practically it is uot any more in love with bim thau the other party is. It dearly loves his vote, they say, but when it comes lo givinp him an ortice tho Repuolican cau never say "turkey" to the poor black mau once. Let us see how true this Is. Suppose we begin at Washington, the capital of the United States. You will notice frequently on the streets aud at public meetings in tuat city a disrinücd, noblelooking old man, with snow-white h.ir and beard. His tine presence and intellectual face attract you so much that you ask who he is. You are toldttiat he is Frederick Douglass, United states Marshal for the District of Columbia, a colored mau. He has held this ofliee duriug tho past three yearn. Further, if you lud strayed into the Seriate wing of the capi;o! a few weeks ago, you would have neeu a live Negroni very graceful and good-looking one, too. sitting in the chair of the Vice-president of the Uuited'states, pre siding over tue oeuate, as it to me manner born. It was Senator Blanche K. Bruce, ot Mississippi. Several colored men have beeu in the Lower llodse of Congress since the Republican party was in power. Thei e are none there now, but uiai k uiy words: They will be there again. I u the South, and ad over this country, there is springing up a generation of educated youug colored men, whom no conscious mioriority will silence and no shoi-gun polny drive out. And when these men, with trained intellectual rowers, and with the dignity of freeboru manhood in their souls, go to Congress once more, they will go there to stay. Let tho Democrats reinem ber It. Men of African descent till clerkships in the various departments at Washington. They occuuy oflices in the revenue services, aud in the iWtofiice Department throughout the country. Thece are appointive oflices in the gilt of the United States government. Rut the people themselves, the rank aud lite, of their own tree will are electing our people to worthy places, thus proving beyond doubt or cavil that the Republican party meaus what it says. Numerous smaller otbees are occupied by men of eolor. Last fall Cincinnati, the metropolis of the Oh:o valley, honored herself by senuiug to the House of Representatives George W. Williams, the Ürst colored man ever elected to a Stato Legislature ie the North. These are only a few iutauce. Manv more might be mentioned. But thee are envugn to sueuceouxoppouent , cuouga to aim

how the eran l old Republican party keei fUH with the black mau. You have heard it said, perhaps, that, the plat.ov ii issued and the nominations made by the Democratic convention in our cltv. a few dv

a tro, virtually concede all the Republican party uas ueeu couieuuing ior ior iwtnty-nve j ears. It is true. Throw out of the Democratic conven tion lirerature the oily compliments to Mr. Tilden, and that solemn rubbirh ab. ut presidential fra-d which your Democrat Likes in regularly with his morning bitters, and rnu will nvea moderately good Republican platform; hard money, civil rights and all. But, nn friends, think what a Democratic victory tins fall means. Behind the glittering generalities of the Democratic nominee and platform lie the Hmbur mMsacre, the Yazoo shot-gun, th Lou'sum murders, thrf South Carolina tissue ballots, and the Confederate Brigadiers, rampant, unrepentant, revengeful, to our whole people, one au array of hristiin; horror. The Democratic nominee is a man whose claim to distinction is that be was a :ood soldier. II is. too. man of unsullie l personal reputation, but so far as he has given any proof of states, manship, he might be a boy ten years old. II will be wax in the hands of Confederate briff. diers. I tremble to think what would be the conseqnenees to our people of a Democratic victory this fall. A Democratic President in tin chair aud a T)- mocratic majority in Congress would cheek the progress of this nation half a century. Their first work would be to undo all the results of the war. Democrats have boasted repeatedly that when their turn came they would repeal the constitutional amendment, tat away the ballot from the necro and ension ths Confederate soldier. That they would execute these threats if they had power, there i not a reasonable doubt. It I for you. it is for ev ry Republican voter to see to it that this insane party of reaction shall not again lay ban is oa the glorious government they cum no uear do stroj-ing once. Onlv a little more time is left. I can nit ncupy it better than in saving a word it the standard-brarer of the Republican party this fall, James A Garfield. Unlike the Democratic nominee, onr lender has been tried in very capaviti of lite. 1'rotn his own deep and wid' experience he brings sympathy with and understanding of all men. from the lowest to the hiirne.-t. Laborer, scholar, orator, soldier, statesman. Ins highest pr iNeis still that be is the mau of the peoole. His political enemies have raked the c;irth to tlud Vorce charge against him. When thev can not ear anything bad about htm tnithtullv thv do not hesitate to inveut a lie. They call him a "salary-grabber." It is a foul lilel. .I.mi. s A Garfield's back pay lies in the Un ted State.Treasury untouched to this d y. He never drew one cent of it, and never will. Theit they seek to ideutify him with the rotten D Go Iyer pavement contract jn Washington. His o lie use was that, to oblige a lawn trietid. h prepared adcscilptiou of several different Win s of pavement, for the use of this lawyer. He h is shown his record to be spotless here. Next the howl, "Credit Mobilier!" Most of them dou't know what a Credit Mobilier is, only thev think it sounds sort or awful. Well, a to t is. General Uarticld's political oppo. ents iu Wellington, who invest ijtated the matter in the ooble and uupartisau-like spirit iu winch D.miel Voorhees investigated the negro exodus, exonerated him fully and freely from any wromr-Uoiti in the Credit Mobilier bu-itie-a. one could ba dly ak more than that I think. As far as 1 s!i i oringhis past and ruining his future for iM'-'J is concerned, they might as well accuse Iii ui :t ouce of stealing pen nie from a blind bejrgar with a wheezy accordeou. aud have done with it. General Garfield' life has an inspiration for us and for all working people. He was as poor as the very poorest man here to-rlay. He worked as bard with bis hands as any of you do. When a boy. he saw his greatest ueel wa whi is onr people's chief want to-tlav the need of an education. He secarod that ürst, aud, armed with it. be went on and conquered a grand career. To us. especially, what a lesson is hero! With iron deJermiuation General Garneld struggled for an education, worked incessantly, denied himself, wore shabby clothes, and bad only one suit of them at that He tpcnt his scanty earnings for books, and spent his evenings studying them. He cut a very ior figure among the fashionable young men then, and now they cut a very poor figure m l o-l bidt him Here Is one point I beg you youturer people to lai' to heart, and, by all the hope the f uture holds for you in this country, never 1-jbs sight of it: What the youth Garfield did thirty years ago, you can do to-day. The world is as big as it was then. From the humide beginnings, our nominee for the presidency rose by his own unaided exertion to stand as be docs to-day, the most splendid figure in American politics. With such a man for leader, with what pride and joy we shall rally round the Hag of the Republican party this fa.l! ALTOGETHER GORGEOUS, Colonel Tom Crittenden's Elaborately T Immert. Nightgown Als, Iiis Leg A Pair that Would Discount those of 31 r. Hendricks. The Democratic candidate for Governor ol Missouri was Interviewed by a Kansas City Times reporter, about a week ago, and this ü what the worldly-minded reporter wrote ahoof it: Colonel Tom Crittenden, candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, arrived in the city last night ever the Missouri Pacific road. He was very anxious to escape the vigilance of the rep titers, and (dipped up to his room, at tho Union Depot Hotel, with great lacritv. Colonel John Hod net t, of St. Ijoum, happened to meet Crittenden on the train, and took special pains to call iU the Time otlice as soon as he got up town to tell uttoitt Crittenden's presence in the City. A Times reporter sLirted for the eminent politician's lair. Colonel Crittenden had troiie to bed iu room No. but continued rapping aroused him. and ho lighted the gas, paddled to the. door ami admitted the man of the quiP. - "You newspaper men are ubiquitous," said Colonel Crittenden, in a tone too sleepy to be peevish; "you confront me on every hniil. What do you want uow! I haven't got anything to fav." With tbeee words Colonel Crittenden paddled back to Hie hi d und f tretclird himself out upon it and tried to look cool. The. reporter observed that the Colonel wore a handsome muslin night-gown, snowy white and claborateir trimmed. Theyoks was what Is known as the French design, atwl the collar, which wmf broad laee of beautiful pattern, was not buttoned, but drawn together with a edlk pucker-iug-Ktritig. outside of which was a light-blue Bilk kereitief tied in a sailor's knot. There were three rows of ruffles down the front of tho garment, aud between and running parallel with eaca row was a tiny band of lace. On tne left breast was a pocket bordered with lace, from which peeped a hemstitched light-blue silk handkerchief The 6!t eves were ampie an i graceful; at the wrists Were bands of l;we which gave the eni'ioth, plump hands of the wearer a cliarmunr e fleet. The elaborate garment extended !wb to just below the wearer's wal-t and there divided luto two flaps, in the corner of mi.- of which was Colonel t'riiteiiden's monogram embroidered in an exquisite shade of brie silk. Ka-'h of the flaps was bordered with 1 tef of unique d sign. Colonel Critt mini's I gi pmiruiled from the superb nightgown as he lay stretched upon the bed. They were not hai could Im c.iiled rim iir legs", althoiiirh they wete suti'iised wit It that hlu.-h tint which is characteristic of the rich, hot blood of youth. They were not gros lejrs nor lean legs; not fat les nor ecrawnv leg. Plump they were, yet they breathed a sen-. of hiirh spirituality. From round, fair kn.es, la which tho dimples lurked like love in a wo n n eye, the leirs crescendoed into sym m t ileal calves and then diiiiiniiemloeit into anules that a child's hand might have spanned. Bursting front the cauopy ot ruined musliu and valeucicuncs lace above, the legs had the semblance of things of ethereal beauty. You i-an tell the readers of the Times." said Col. Crittenden, remorselessly interrupting the dreamy contemplation' of tho reporter, "tint I am going to be nominated on the first ballot. I know just what my strength is, and they can't beat me. That's all I propose to say." A profane mosquito, floating iu through the open win low, hovered a moment over the alabaster nlifhtsrown and then swooped down on one of the fair legs and began In ring for oil. Colouel Cnttendeu raised one jewele I hand and biought it down with violence on the spot where fhe profane mosquito ought to have been. Rut the wicked bird hid liown and ttie stricken flesh began to redden an I 6W.-11. Colonel Crittenden w.i bathing ,th wounded limb with bay-rum and cologne and exhiustmir his vocabulary of anathemas uimu toe genus mosquito generally tvh-n reu rter lett. She was Equal it the Occasion. Prorideuce Journal. They were very fond of each other, and hal beeu engaged: but they quarreled, and were too proud to make up. He called a lew nights ago at her father's house to see the old gentleman on business, of course. She was at the door. Said he: "Ah, Miss Blank, I believe; is your father lnf ' "No, sir." she replied; "pa is not in at present. Did you wish fo s -e him personally?'' "es." was the bluff response, feeling that 6he wae yielding, "on verr parth-ular jersotial business," aud he turned proudly to go away. "I bog your pardon." she ca'led after him. as he struck the lower step, ' ut who shaU 1 sat called!" He never smiled again.