Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1885 — Page 4

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10.

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tea eaina cgly look," "Bat tnat Jew oa the

tige was Henry Irviri?, the celebrated English actor." "That's enough; yoa cin't foDl me. I know my man, and I've been la the same fix myself as that young Antonio. That yonn; fellow, Antonio, had been oat 'log-rclling' and haviDg soms fan with the beys, and that Sheeney Shvbck nai lent him some mo:ey tnl then wantel the earth, and he would have killed tbe young fellow with that carver if I hadn't been right there." Critics will please never aain say that Mr. Irvine's represtntations are "not nataral."

make ir A LAW. The spirit an i purpose of Senator Thooipfon'd bill 'No. 4'), 7;hich appears in another column, has the hearty approval of the Sentinel. Equal and exact justice before the law for all citizens of whatever cUs?, condition or co!or 13 demanded by justica and widcm. The abrogation of the civil rights bill by the Supreme Court of the United States was not a decision that the provisions cf it were not right, but on. y tbat the matter was one tor State rather than National legislation. The spirit of universal liberty and equality of right3 m the American mind ca'.is upon the States toenact in cubsiance what Congress had esytd to make law. We rejoice that the tinje has come when public &athjieut demands thi3. We trust that Senator Thompson's bill, cr one emboiying its principles and purpe"ies, will speedily become Indiana law. W would have it eo by tha unaimoD3 voice of the Legislature. The (lolpiven mind of tho times demand that the State take this onward Etep to the music of advancing civilization, advancing liberty, morality and justice. Pleasing as the work would be, by whtevtr party wrought, wa deem it erpecia'.ly desirabls that a Democratic Legislature shall accomplish, thus refuting the apereion.npon Democracy that it does not fdvor the spirit rhich inspires this bill. DO NOT OMIT THK CAUCU3. It has been suggested, the Sentinel under 6tands, by friendj cf Hon. Daniel W. Vooriiees, that his re -election to the cenato be made without resort to the accustomed caucus. That this can be accomplished is conceded. Tbat every Dsmccratic vote in the General Assembly will ba cast for him is admitted, aud this knowledge is moat gratifying to the Sentinel. Rut we beg leave to snggeet that the future intereits of the party will probably be best promoted by following the time-honored Democratic usage of calling a caucus and putting Mr. Yoorhees in nomination. While the caucus is not actual 1 y needed in this instance, there b-ing only one Democratic candidate, yet not to hold it would be to cet a precedent which might work annoyance on soma future occasion. For instance two yeavs hence there may be more than one candidate for Senator Harrisod's Ehoes, one of whom might object to the caucus then on the ground of its not having been Leid in We believe tha caucus advisable. It can do no harm; it may do good lor the future. PROHIBITION IN IOWA. Tho Davenport Democrat recently con tained reports from the Mayon of eighteen of the leading cities in Iowa on the work ings of the prohibition liquor law for the six mcnths it ha3 been in operation. In all 'cut one instance the repeal of tbe law is re garded cs advisable, as there are more saloons and more drunkenness in moit places than under the old law. which made the licensing qf wine and beer legal. Council Bluffs ha3 10 ealoons more than before tha prohibitory law went into effect, Keokuk 15, Boone 4, Sioux City 13, Ottumwa 53, Ojkaloosa 1, Davenport 10, Des Möines 10, more than a year ago. ,The Major of Cedar Rapids write? that liquor is not openly sold in that city, which Eeems to be the only one of considerable size where a successful attempt has been made to enforce the law. The City Councils of Dubuque, Council Bluffs and Atlantic maintain the reeiue formerly re celled from saloon license by issuing license for the tale of "leal drinks," which is only aa evasion. Senator McCi'i.lolgu, in an interview. sets forth hi? objections to ths Legislature paying the expenses of a committee to at tend the funeral cf Mr. Colfax-, and which prompted his proposed amendment. Certain it is that there have been exhibitions made and expenses incurred py junketing funeral committees in this country to causo the deceased, could they speak from their cofUns, to protest against such aCected honors. The Congressional Committees attending President Garfield's funeral, end that other which escorted the remains of Congressman Haskell to Kansas, did enough aud spent enough to bring odium on the funeral committee business. Since no personal cor political prejudice acainU Mr. Colfax moved the votes against the resolution for the committee, we do not see wherein Mn McCullough and his compatriots in the Senate deserve to be criticised. Mr. Blaixk is going to have a portrait o! himself painted at the expense of the Government for darkening a spot on a wall of the State Department. Mr. Blaine had the selection of the artist for the work. Now, a few months ago Mr. Blaine was heralding himself as "the typical American," the protectionist of American labor and the chief tail-twister of the British lion. What, then, will be thought of Mr. Blaine when it is known that he chose a Britisher, Mr. Archer, an English artist now visiting America, to paint his portrait? What will say notable portrait painters of the country Mr. Blaine was to rantankereus" a few months ago o trottet against foreign labor? A SYRACtsE, N. Y., special of the 11th says that Frankie Thompson Roberts, the midget who was married to Charles G. Roberts in Chicago while they were traveling as members of the eame show, gave birth, Wednesday morning, to a perfectly farmed male child weighing seven pounds and a halt, which diel eooa alte: iu birth, Mrs.

Roberts Is only thirty inches hih, and weighs but forty pound. Her husband is six feet tall, and heavily built. It is not expected that the little woman will live.

The case of alleped "bribery" charged by tbe B'aine organs upon Mr. St. John is oing to pieces rapidly. Here is one of the latest indications cf the rctt enness of the charge. A Cleveland, O., telegram Bays that D. W. Gage, cf Cleveland, the Prohibition State organizer for Ohio, who is one of the men mentioned as hiving been written to by St. John, In one of J. S. Chrk3on'3 interviews, denies having received the letter, and in very bitter against Ciarkson and Legate. He soys tbat there is no truth in the stories of Legate and Clarkson. 'I don't care abut tit' Jitters. They are tricks. Sj far as this story connects me with ttie aflair it is a lie. 1 faw Mr. St. Jchn when he spoke in Oberlie, and I have seen him and talked with him since the election, and if there ever was a man jn earnest in the Prohib'tion cause, l.e is that man. It is all nonsense tD talc about histellirgout. Those who know Mr. St. John personally know biai tobe an earnest honorable, conscier.tions man. He is jait as radical cn this question now as he ever wa." The que-tiun cow is, how much money did E'Rins and the otber siints.oa the Republican National ticket oflfar to put up to f orr Mr. St. John of! the Prasideatiil race track? One reann why wa hops President Cleveland wH Dmccratiza the ctMesai rapiily as po-sibie Is that if he continues ever so few R-r-ublicans in cihee, that party will swear onhclyWrifin 1S8S that the reform and prosperity wrought by the Cleveland administration was de foltly ta the continuince of some of its ft Hows in position. It isz't the emoluments Democr&U are after so much; we have lived without them fcr twenty-five years and could do so for twentylive more. What we most want is the exclueire honor of redeeming the Nation froui duhonest methods and mabioc; it prosperous. Senator Lamar," says a correspondent of the I levfland Leader, "writes as though he were a monk in pome old monastery of the fifteenth century. The letters are small and neat, and made in the up-and down strokes in vogue btfore Spencer invented his curves and loops. It is a scholarly hand, and warmer than tbat of George Frisbie Hoar, which stands upon tbe paper a3 cold as Masfschusetts and as reserved as Boston, without a period or a redundant flourish, and abbreviated at every point." The sppply of amateur telegraphers in the United States i3 far in excess of the demand. Many young people are deluded by the id-a thtft only acquaintance with the alphabet and brief practice are needed to receive etup'oyment at $30 per month. The Superintendent of the Western Union ofiise in Now Ycrk turns off a dozen, applicants a day. irstad of G0, the average pay per mouth of operators is somewhere between $"0 and $10. it Las been found that women are less available than men. They break down sooner. In email offices, euch as at railway stations and betel?, they do well, but, as a general thing, tbeir nervosa systems can not stand the strain of working long circuits. A Brooklyn clergyman, Iter. Theodore Dresel, recently pastor of the German Lutheran Kyanf elicai Church, ha3 sued the trustees for $2,750 bark pay. His ealary was reduced five and a half years ago from $2,000 to f 1,500 per annmra. He drew the latter sum per annum up to a recent date, when his services were arbitrarily dispensed with. Now he claims to have never expressly consented to the reduction. The trustees will insist that the smaller amount was the contract, and, furthermore, that his raiuistry was not worth more than 1,500. But how will a jury decide the latter question? Per--hspj the plaintiff may be called upon to testify by preaching a sermon to the jury. If Captain Phe lan carries out threats he is making, he may put O'Dcnovan Rossa into a warm box. From his eick bed Thelan tells the public through a reporter that he is going into court to prosecute "the cowards wbo attempted to murder him." Reminded tt at O'Dnovaa Rossa in his paper had ct arsed that he was a traitor, rhelin said: "Wait till I ret out of here; then -there will be music. There's looseness somewhere. I have documents in my possession that, if published, wonld startle two continents. I want to place my ca squarely before ray countrympn, &n"d until they hear my side of this story I ask them to suspend judguiat." Approve Our Ciil Service Talk. To tae Editor of theSentinei: Sir In your article relative to the tenure ofcfilcein yesterday's Sentinel, you struck thekey-cote fairly und squarely, land the party, people and politicians will support yon. Take the bold, broad ground that all such legislation ia not only unconstitutional, but inimical to our free institutions. Once icrmit a precedent to become established of that character, the freedom of the people to rho'-e their own oificers and servants will be denied and gone forever. A few more such articles will set the Santinel a Dreamt of any of the leading journals of the country. Delaware. January Ii, 1S35. SPIRIT OF THK STATE PRESS. Shelby Democrat: Hon. John C. Shoemaker may well feel proud over his victory in the Blaine libel suit He had much to contend against, but he met every point like a hero, Msdisoa Herald: The Courier Is troubled opsin because it fancies It Eees a movement on foot on the part of the wicked Democracy to capture the 8upreme Court. The Herald suggests that the Courier dry its tears and take courage, because its nervous system will have to endure many terrible shocks before the Democrats have doii capturing things. Tbe "world do move," and the Courier's time for hindering such progress is at an end forever. 'Tis sad, but 'tis true. Decatur News: Why is it that when real estate hss reached the bottom in prices that there is the least tendency to buy; but the history of the past and present verifies the truth of oar assertion. It strikes us that then would be a good time to bay. For speculators or rartles de firing homes, either on farms or in toifn, there could be no better Urne thaa

the present to purchase. Many are desirous to (ell, which would be a relief to them and a saving to the buyer. Taere will undoubtedly be a revival in real estate in the near future. This stagnation can bs but of short duration. Money is plenty, and all tbat is seeded i3 a move to bring'it to the surface, and that event, we think, is rear at Land. If you will allow us to sugceit. Jet us eey tht if you desire a farm or prcperty in town, buy at once, aud save money. Seymour Dcmccrat: Simplicity and directness are the features that are most wanted in ourFysteai of laws, and we trust that our Legislature, cow organized and at wort, will be conM-rvative in the matter of legislation, and that the coastantly increasing bulk of our State etatutes will not receive RfSfT&icns. except in cases where the object to be attained is really urgent and important. All that need to be dDte caa be acccnpl"sted in a very short session. Fort Wayne Sentinel: In the mail eervics IS per cen. of tho Ronte Agents are old fold era. It is to be hoped Jhe Democraic ad inistration will retain all such who ae prcved themselves competent and who hive not prostituted their oüice lor party's sake. Such men fclionld have the preference over new aspirants. Many of the old veterans are incapacited for hard manual labor by rtason cf disability received in the war, and are entitled to recognition from the county they fought to sa?e.

a faithful advocate. II tw Scott I'aj. f Shelby vtllf, lias Cluaff to Mr. Wt l.Dtttl. Michigan CItr Dispatch. Mr. Scott Ray, th? very atls clitor of the Shelbvville Dai I? Denjocrdt and Presidentelect of tte Democratic Eiitoriel Association, i rather a rerr.arkabla man in his friendships. We know of no newspaper man in Indiana, eithtr Democrat or Republican, whose fidelity is more loyel whe:i enlisted than is that of the editor of the Democrat. The writer was at one time a resident of Shflbvville, when he first became impressed with this fast, and has since had occasion to observe this comrctntlable feature of the man. Whenever Ray espouses the cau;e of a man down in Shelby the Democrats there fully understand tbat the man has come to stay, and tbut it be poes down, Ray, his champion, will t at the funeral to feel his pulse, in ihe Lop that the victim may ba aoUto enter enoMier race. While this striking ft&ture of Ray's life has made him enemies, it has alfo iup.de fcr him a host of friends wbo swear by him. We are prompted to make these cbtervations by reading his paper ana extracts therefrom concerning his lor con tinned advocacy of Hon. Joseph E. McDonald for President, and now foraplaca in Preeident Cleveland's Cabinet. Vie witrfteed Lis devotion to ths interests of McDonald while a delegate at Cincinnati m 1SS0, after it was manifest that Mr, Henthicks' conld not be nominated. From that time for?;ard the Shelbyviile Democrat wa? a McDonald "boomer." It was the first paper in tbe State to advocate McDonald for President in 1331, aud we might add that it wa3 persistent in its efforts to bring that result about. While the Dispatch was the first to demand the rcnomination of the "old ticket," f&r reasons given, it had to admire its contemporary for the vigor displayed in arguing the causo cf McDonald. Shelbyviile is the old home of Mr. Hendiicks, where he is loved by tbousinds, but that fact did not deter Ry frcm setting forth the claims of his friend McDonald. He justified his cause on tbe ground that the nomination ot the old t eket was an impossibility, and that Mr. Hendricks was not f. candidate for President We met him at the Chicago Convention every day for a week, where he wa3 engaged in viaitiDg delegations in the Interest of his favcrite candidate. McDonald went dewn in the conflict, but the editor of tbe Democrat did not let up, but set hiaself to work before and since the elec t-on to argue the fit' ess of McDonald for a tlace in President Clevelands Cabinet and now it looks very much like his effbri3 at last ere to be Micceesful, es all indications point in tbe direction of his selection. CIVIL EIGHTS. Senator ThempMtH Kill for Providing Kqual Right aud Privileges. The following is the text cf the bill (No. 43) introduced by Mr. Thompson, of Marion, in the State Senate: AN ACT To protect all citizens in their civil acd lpgsl rights. Whereas, It is essential to the purity and stability of democratic government, that we mete out equal and exact justice to all persons of whatever nativity, raca or obr, ierscasion, mgious or polit'cul; therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of tbe State of Indiana, that ell persons within tl e jurisdiction of said State shall be entitled to tne foil and equal enjoyments of the asccmmodatiuns, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, restaurants, eatinghouses, barber thops, put lu; conveyances on land and water, theaters and all other pi ices of public accommodation and amusement, subject only to tha conditions and limitation estatlisbed by law ard applicable alike to ell citizens. Section 2 That any person who shsil violate any of the provisions cf the foregoing section by denying to any citizen, except fcr xes?ons applicable alike to ell citizens of every race and color, and resardless of color or race, the fnll enjoyment of any of the tccomroccaticna, advantage.!, facilities, or privileges in Eaid setion enumerated, or by aidirg rrinciting tuch denia',sht;ll for eve. ry euch olferse forfeit and pay a sum cot to exceed $100 to the person aggrieved thereby, to re recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in tbe county where said offense was committed, and hhll a'so for evety scch ofiiense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not to exceed $100, or hall be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both; and provided further, that a judgment in favor cf tha party aggrieved, or punishment upoq an indictment, shall be a bar to either prosecution respectively, i Sec. 3. That no citizen cf the State of Indiana, possessing all other qualifications which are or may be prescribed by law, shall be ditqualified to serve as Grand or Petit Juror in any Court of said State on account of race cr color, and any officer or other renon, charged with any duty in the selection or summoning of jurors, who shall exclude or fall to summon any citizen for the cause aforesaid, shall on conviction thereof be deemed guilty cf a mif demeanor, and be fined not more than $100, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or botb. Sec. . This act shall take effect, and be in force from and after its passage. A JefTersoclan Democrat. John Bishop, of New London, Conn., announces by advertisement that he is a candidate fcr Collector of the Port Part of his card is as follows: "The undersigned would say to his Democratic friends of the city of New London that he desires to be considered an aspirant for appointment as Collector of Customs at the port of New London, wben the term of office of the pitetnt Cwilector expires. He claims for

himself the quallficatiiou thst Thoma? Jefferson required, which was, Is he honest; is be capable?' And further ofiers as a reason tbat he should have the appointment an untiring fidelity to the Democratic party for fitly years, and that he never held an otüce cf profit nnder the State or National Government." The Bottom Question for the Next TreMdeot. New York San. Grover Cleveland was the nominee of a National Democratic Convention, and he was elected President mainly by the votes of men wno had all their lives upheld Democratic principles, eUhough they may not always Lave felt abU to approve their party candidates. He also received eoae votes, which undoubtedly were needed to turn tha srale, from men who had hitherto belonged to the Republican organization. Such limited recruitment from the ranks of whilom opponents is at once a cause and a consequence cf the revolution in opinion implied by the transfer cf preponderance from one party to another. Thomas Jefferson could r.ever have been President without the help cf some Federalist votes; Andrew Jackson must have failfd in 1S2S, e.s he did four years earlier, had he not received support from poire cf tboee who had voted for Crawford, CIsy or Adams in 1821. But, although his vote was welcome, no Fti'.eralist expected or deserved to be cal'ei to a high place in the councils of Jeffersou urless he became au honest and avowedcoovert to the strict construction of the Constitution; and no man could hope to figure in Jackson's Cabinet who would not ntcept the f UT!dan:entel ten;t of Democracy. That tenet hu bet chanced a jot in ninety years. Xor, then with the prophetic instinct tht in the lov of tec habit of loral self government tho whli fabric of civil liberty would loo its corner stone it insists upon reserving to the States the utmost measure cf independence tbat is compitiblrt with National cohesion and the letter of the organic law. Thcs defined, the primal Democratic dr ctrine rebukes the heresies of secession and nullification no less sharply than it. repudiates the other fatal solveat of civic energy, an intrusive, all-absorbing, emasculating ce ntralizition which would render tbs tons of Virginfa and New Eagland as hopelessly incapable of self-control and self-protection as the miscalled citizens of France. If Mr. Cleveland is a Democrat it must be lm deepest oavictioa that Federalist perversions and encroachments have gone far enough, and that it is of vital moment to the future welfare of this country that for a t;me, at all events, a strong reactton in aver of a ttrict construction of the Ccmtitution bculd et la. Believing this to be for his party and lor the Nation the one paramount cönsideraticr, he will r.ot for a moment overlook it in the selection of his Cabinet Oo all other public quebtions Democrats msy fairly differ without imperiling their title to upbear the party btaadard. Like Republicans, they may alfirm or qaestion the wis iosi of innoviitions in the practice of appointing to office in the civil service. Like Republican?, they may disagree about the expediency of stimulating native manufactures by a protective tax on imports. Like Republicans, they may even refuse now and then to vote for unacceptable candidates. Bit one thing no man can do, and preserve any tla'm to call himself a Democrat much less to be honored by a post in the first D3mocratic Cabinet which Americans have seen in a quarter of a century. He can not disavow the bottom principle of the Damocratic party; he must not proclaim from his seat in tbe Federal Legislature, or on a Federal tribunal, a mora reckless deQance of the letter of the Constitution, a more lax and arbitrary theory of interpretation than was ever exhibited on the bench or in the Senate House by the most headlong partisans ei Federalist desigrs. This is the touchstone by which real Democrats will measure the sTgnificanca of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet appointments and teat gennh entss of his Democracy. He can easily inform himself beforehand how each of h:s contemplated councillors stands noon this vital question, for all the men qualified , by experience and abilities to act as his advisers have been forced more than once dariDg tbe lat few years to define their position on the fundamental issue between the two great issues. He may placa in his Cabinet protectionists or free traders, civil service reformers, or those who look askance upon their schemes. But Mr. Cleveland caa not put a Federalist in h's Cabinet and remain a Derne cratic President

General Graut on Shi I oh. In his article on the battle of Ehiloh, which will appear in the February number of the Cf ttury, General Grant it is learnei, ßfou-s the theory that at the close cf the first day of battle h's ar.Tiy found itself in a defenseless position. Before any cf BueU's troops bad takea position he "bad given crdors, ho avs, " to his division commanders to attack at daybreak rn the Kcnnd day. "General Lew Wallace," he savs, speaking of tberlceeof the first day, "arrived afrer firing lied cessed, and was t laced on the right ThusDight came, Wallace came, and the advence of Nelson's division came, but none except night in time to be of material service to the gallant men who saved 8 hi 1 oh on that first day against large odds." The time of the capture of General Prentiss he fixes as certainly later than 4:30 in the afternoon. At that hour he was with Prentiss. "Hie division," he says, i'was standing up firmly, and the General was as cool as if hehad been expecting victory," Comparing 1881 aud 1850. O'ew York Evening Post (lad. P.cp.). Wben the Republican party was last defeated, in 3S5G, not one word ot recrimination wa3 heard. On tha contrary, tha managers filled the whole country with the sounds cf preparation for the ra'fhty and decisive struggle of 1?G0. The speakers swarmed in all the hall3 and lecture-rooms, preaching the principles of the party and trying to make converts. The party rewspapers were wholly devoted to tbe work of cot version that Is, the wotk of getting mere votes for the next election. Killed by the Cart. . Cleveland, O., Jan. 15. A Warren, O., specieleays: William Barclay, a son of a well-known physician of Farmdale, was killed by the cars last night. Barclay had been drinking at a sa'.oon just opened, and got on the track. Public excitement ran so high tbat the saloonkeeper took his departure. " Indians Starring to Death. Ottawa, Jan. 15. Advices from Tern;acaminque Reserve btate that the Indians are in a destitute cond'ticn. At White River was found the body of an Indian who starved to death after eatiDg his dog. The Indian Department is severely censured for mismanagement of the Indian fand. The Dead Bodies of Four Infanta Foand. Feamclik, Pa., Jan. 15. The discovery of the bodies of four infanta, ranging in age from one to three years, buried near Big Rock Ridge, at the lower end of the city, has created great excitement. The bodies were found in rocgh boxes, and one at least wa3 recently buried.

GE0KGE T. P0VTXISG.

An Oien letter to the Decaocratte farty by a Well-Known Colored Man,; New Yon, Jem 15. The New Ycrk Freeman, the colored people's newspaper here, will publieh to-morrow an op-n letter to tte Democratic party, written bv Georg T. Downing, a well-known colored msa. The foilowicfris the text: To lions. WiiMRn DorsTieiucr, Fc llcy P. Fle'.l. Aicernon S. fcallivan, IL IL. Prictr aad Joupa Ü"ul t-TC r ulm-e.mes I tike tho liberty to aUres yoi this oKii tetter because you are Dcnecrjts sa l rve lu2ueLC2 wit a roar tarty, and Oec&use 1 believo your deveiioa to jo ir principles w;l: alclt of jour advocating tat t the leniocratic party s.'.all henceforth favor the recosuluoa ot tri colored e'emeat of the ltnl as it has not heretofore c!oce. I refer with t.jni3 pride to the fact that my bcttt-r judgment prompted n-j to c i ru toward brlugiiig ato it tuch condition of public t:airs ts woull warrant a dlvisioa of tho colore! vote, aud th&; they have not been frui;lo5. I repara the e fetia of Hop Urover Cleveland to the I'rtr-iJcacy as a harpy CTCtit. It auonls aa opportunity for the lenocrAtic party t encourage a consisteut aad jast pol'.ey toward the cotoied raan, wliirn, 1 believe, will be uicea advactace of. This belief arises from ex?rt-sioas already made by the Presidmt-elcct, aa l fron encouraging declarations unfxpcct Uy slvea bylion. Thomas A. lIendricK from tbe sitjnliicmnt. and taken la Congress by such a nuraocr of Icmccrats on O'llera's araeudmeat to il-jaan't Interstate Commerce bill; from the rx. s.tion aiTcTtin the civil rights ol the colored ma ttfcea I y Mr. Cleveland as Governor of the bute of Sew Yelk, and o tlraüar juf t eunds take a by a number of otter letaocratiC Governors, t.iu murlal interests prompt to euch & line ol p:iii-y and because It is jutt, A number of clrcamtaacea bavin? had the ecct to arouse tbe coiorcJ people from the intoxication as to tie pirtvthathn teen upon them, they will be .muod iu tae future to discriminate and usa vaorv judgment to wbat men. f-artin po'.icie uJ rcj eaoouria them. There ure Democrats who &ra ai raui a di-poj-ed to deal fairly by colored r.ea as are et'jer. but who have been unfortunately hara;rc-il aal rcf trained by the element witbln the pirty whica has cauved the party to be d it trusted au l passed by for at least twenty-four Ions years b7 a ratjoMty of the people. Tbl element of the p-irtv tun not la pool faith exixrt a mora ltbcril division to make further facrihee. or adhere ta a policy of the past no: suited to tie prefect state of a'Jalrs. It c-in not be exacted at nueh cost; a pcllcy that wars with the declarations of ths party, naticaallymeJein 1872, and emphatically repente-l la its rational platform only a few mouths aso. in obedience to the demand of public sontinant. This advance is mad? to you, pentlerne'i, r.ot t concede any lights, but because you are a r?pre- ' tentative portion of the Democratic prty, willed 1 a power, aud I feel warranted inapneaiin;to it. 1 do to bec ause a crit-it, is ujkju tbe iariie-: because the Democratic party is In a more mellow wood touchiL? tbe interest of the colored man than bus exhibitrd itself witMn ny dr: because 1 l ave never teen a s'are to prty. Tae colorot vote may be won, which is be tter than tolatimldate it. V hat ia necessary thereto do?s not call for a cbane varying frcm what has become. I rcay pay, to aouio extent crptaUzel Into a custom cr Jaw, or beyond wbat has beei conceded to be juEt It involves nodlsre?rl of vtned interests, proprietary claims, invasion of any private or domiciliary rieht; what u neceary is respect for common or public risht, rer 1 ror merit, intellectual attainment, reapeot, irrespective of color, for proper feelings, lnciu3ln; uitural and just aspiratiota. It do?s not involve domination beeaute of color by white or by colored. I hope for fair play. Ctttaiuly, my white fcllowtltiscn, who has had the advantage of centuries of culture and domination, and who Is wetlthv, will cot be refctrztined iron actin? Justly by the thougnt ot a Mark man. ia a - free and equitable hM, becorain? master of the Situation. Distrust of the Democrotic yany has been felt by tne colored mn, and not by him aloDe. It thn w the party out of power in 1800 on the Issues involving the colorel mm1! rieht. It is about to bt rc-iu&ia e1. May its new advent to power be for tho be&U It is tbe earaf wish of thoi who tre persnaJed thit troader , Deisociatic views shall pre'v&il la parties that there should be a division of the colored vote; tnat all remnants of the pst dfctrnst be destroyed May our worth Incoming President be encouraged on all eides in bis determination that, fo far as In him the power shall lay to to do it. that no man rights and privileges fehad be dorlraiaAtel againtt, aa at present, because of Lis color. Tne colored vote may be divided; co!orod men are bioadening daily: they are considering more end more tfce iiiHueuce cf moral character, of elacatlcn, cf industry and frupality: in pet tine rearxrt ana observe the lniiuenco bpottrn of b-iin cirel for lollowf. Tney observe the consideration that oes aloiiR with occupancy cf places of honcr and trust, and of otner recognitions. Tnere is something beyond tordid couriderstloa involved. Therefore may we not hope, amonz other thinss, that a few competent colored persons nay be appointed to some iromi-ne-nt position of honor and trust In tneNcnh, it would have happy c2cct. It would hare a Enlllfyln? Influence upon the whites of the South, endlos toward a fuller acceptance of the result! of the war. Itwoull elevate, attach and feed patriotism In the colored man. To heenre life, liberty and property. Including tbe right to select lawmakers and rule:. Is not conferring Rift. It is eimoly showincr respect for rights constitutionally afhrrxed as belonging to citizen equality before tbe law. It comprehends rr oTe than tbat It embraces recognition as character stall warrant in all considerations in which equality before the law Is Involved. Gentlemen, believing that the Incoming administration may relieve tte country from au emb4rrasins aal exciting question and leave tie colore! oeople more free to consider no aerial and like questions of public policy, may I beg ot yon to Rive your enl:&hte&cd Influence In tbat direction? Yur obeditnt servant, (Signed) GEOR'iE T. DotTNlS.3. Newport, B. I., Jan. ?, 1SS5. Indiana Inventors. A weekly list of UaUed States patents issued to the Inventors of Indiana for the week ending January 13, 1S83, and each patent in the list will bear that dite. Reported oxpreisly for the Indianapolis Daily Bet tin el, by A. II. Evans & Ca, American and Foreign Patent Solicitors, Washington, D. C. Charse for obtaining a patent, f 2 A copy of the patent laws teat frss on application : V. H. Brsvonrt, Viccennes, fene. llargaret Cbilccat, Auburn, combine! ironing t&ble and clothes holder. G. AV. Cccnee, Indianapolis, force pump. L. M. Kmery, Leavenworth, medical still cr v3por generator. T. H. Halberkcm, Fort Wajce, spark and cinder arrester. T. H. ilalberkom, Fort Wyni, car axle box lid. Lucius Ly brand, Nbblesville, pater box. Warion v7. McCann, Posey Township, Fayette County, car coupling. Edward Eherman, New Pendirgton, grain separater snd cleaner. Louts Town?cnd, Eransyille, combine! annunciator and spring jact. Louis Townsend and R. W. Trfoore, Eraniille. combined spring jack and annunciator. C. W. Ycgel, Centreville, arm chair and writing deck. Leonidas G. "Wcolley, Indianapolis, electric arc Urn p. "Ob, the Barlty of Chrletlaa Charity!" In a little room oa the third floor of a fclcck on Eiat Washington street Ij a woman. who Is very ill from tbe effects of a sever kicking given her by her husband. The property is owned by a man who wants her removed to the Citv Hospital, and who has tried to get the Boar! of Health tD take hold of the matter. This organization declined, as it is net within the bounds of their duties, and referred the landlord to the City Disdemary physician. This physician coal! not perferm tbe necee?ary surgical operation because another physician ia la attendance, and until she is unattended by a physician will not recommend her temoval to the hospital. The physician in charge will not perform tbe necessary surgical operation until the money is raised to pay him for the serfires. Meanwhile the woman still lie stcft: in the UtUe room oa E&rt Wt&iostsa ttxtsu