Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 January 1885 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILY SENTINEL, MOND AY MORNING JANUARY 19 1885

MONDAY, JANUARY 19.

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The Eoatinei is , prepared to faraish a supplement to the State press, containing Governor Gray's inaugural address delivered on Ifcuday, Governor Porter's last message, ecd the fall proceeding of tha recent Democratic Editorial Convention. Price per 1,000, $3.50; for 500 copies, $2. Cabxnits are being made every day. Mr. Cleveland teems to be the only party cot well posted cn tbe subject. TflEr.E were 415 failures in thi3C3untry lull week, against ,118 fn the preceding -week, and 221, 317 and 210 in tbe correaponding weeks la 1834, 1833 and 1S32 respsctirely. Dox Camzsok has played his cards or us3d bis money so well that the suggestion to make Blaine tha Pennsylvania United States Senator eeerns to bare died oat alto getber. Some of tbe bloody shirt organs object to Hon. Maurice Thompson succeeding Lew "Wallace at tbs Turkish Mission because be V78S in tbe Confederate array. They fail to remember that General Longtreet represented this coantry at Constantinople with credentials from a Republican administration. Longstrect, we believe, wai quite "a rebel." Tbe devotion of Congressman Englisb to tbe business of his constituents, without reference to party, is receiving favorable notice by Republicans as well as Democrats. The Greenfield Republican has this to say on the subject: Hon. W. E. English has let his friends, and enemies, too, as to that matter, understand that be does not intend to ak the politics of a man when be is fron bis district and has a just claim. Well, this is only fair and bonest. and just wbat those t ho know Mr. English woula expect. A nonitiELB a Hair i3 reported in our telegraphic columns this morning; from Kankakee, 111. The Insane Asylum located there was partially destroyed by fire, and seventeen or xaore of tbe inmates burned to death. There were 1,000 inmates in the institution. Perhaps thoce opposing tbe building of tbe three new asylums in In. diana will fee tbo necessity of having abundant accommodations for our unfortunates, and net huddle them together in maises from notions of bogus economy. It is noted by a paper that takes an interest in such matters that tbe wife of tbe Secretary cf State at Washington ranks all others at Presidential dinners. At dinners to Justices of tbe Supreme Court she is first and before the Chief Justice's wife. At dinners to Senators she is before tbe wife of the Pesident of the Senate (not before the Vice President's, when there Is one in regular order), and over tbs Speaker's wife when they are to Representatives. At Diplomatic Corps dinners the white wife of the Minister from tbe "colored'' Republic of Ilayti is first lady. The members of tbe Legislature from Marion County should not forget that thsy are pledged to opposo ever meaiure increasing taxation in either this city or caunty. Every conceivable pretext will be resorted to in order to entrap them into increasing taxation, but to do so would be a fatal mistake. Tbe limit cf taxation fixed for the city by the Legislature of 1877, and for tbe county by the L?g!slature of 1879, mu3t not be exceeded, under any pretext whatever, and the offices of City Asse33or and City Treasurer should be abolished, In conformity to tbe pledge made the people in the last canvass. These are matters of impartance and should receive special attention from the Marion County delegation. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. The recent editorial article on "Civil Service Reform," which appeared in the Sentinel of the 13tk, has attracted very considerable attention in various quarters. The xncre valued opinions come to us in the shape of private letters or expressed by kind and quiet impromptu word" of sanctum visitors. Even that delightful old bloodyshirt organ of tbe Northwest, the Chicago Tribune, was moved to say that the Indianapolis Sentinel was "the meanest partisan paper printed in the United State3," in connection with a brief extract that it made from the civil service article referred to. Its armor bad evidently been penetrated. A Southern Indiana friend is pleased to refer to tbe article as follows: Your art'c e In the Pally Sentinel on the 13 Ji entitled "Civil ferric Reform" meets the views nt exrces the opinion of the Democrat! In this locality, anl, as I believe, the party else--wbere. We are pitting tired of the silly nntinatality of writers generally toward Republican ctrire-fccidem, and thin it about time to give tbe xvajority some reward for their teal and labor to accomplish the change for which they understood ibey vrere working. If the Democratic tarty are to bs hell responsible (or tie honest administration of rovercneatit chairs, doa't let theia ba haaperdl by UepaöU-

can officials. I iboald think that the conduct of the United States Senate In opposing every measure of reform proponed by a Democratic Congress would be all the argument necessary tocoavince these Rcody-goody writers that in order tobring about a change in eovernmental affairs we must hare a change oi ofUcers in all and every department. In conc'usion the writer says: "Your article yoiccs the sentiments of all Democrats who have read it. It has tbe ring of the true me tab"

QIVE THE FEEBLE FOLK A CHANCE. The General Assembly now in session are kindly requested to note the fact as revealed by tbe tenth census report of dependent and defective classes that the insane In Indiana are reported at 3,513, the Idiotic and feeble minded at 4,725. Th spirit that prompts a liberal expenditure in the case of insane will by all the reaiocs prompting admit that tbe idiotic ana feeble minded are as much entitled to provision by tbe State as are our Insane. If cue is beEefited by the care and treatment received in asylums, and thereby enabled to add to the productive industries of tbe State, so are the imbeciles helped and rendered usefnl, and. in a large degree, selfeuetainirg. The wisdom and ecenomy of tbeir trainieg is no longer a question in States where Institutions have been established. It is universally admitted that in a natural etate any organized creature, from nomad upward, may be modified for advancement or retrogression, for good or evil, by tbe environments of early life. None so subject to this law as human beings, and no hu manity more obedient to it than tbe idiotic or feeble-minded child. Ohio and Kentucky tay from 21 li 30 per centum cf their inmates become capab'e of elf-Eupport. Dr. Kerlin, after twenty-five years experience in the Pennsylvania Institution fcr Idiotic and Feeble minded, says: "In our family cf 150 inmates, we count tbe productive value cf work performed by industrial clasees as equal to 100 per month, (that is, a saving cf wage labor of $100 per month). Tbe performers all being imbecile, and seme quite idiotic, who, unemployed, would not only be unproductive consumers, but worse, and as confidently, I can state that 00 per cent, of those received are signally and appreciably benefited in their own personal happiness in their habits cf nicety and cleanlinessin their notions of right and wrong ia their perception of the relation of things in their sensibilities to external influences, and in their development of normal self -hood." American institutions having been in existence thirty years, it may be asserted that tbe experimental period is passed, and that when States shall proceed to legislate for these defectives, it will be done upon a permanent basis. Every argument that can be advanced in the case of incurable insane, and lbe treatment of the curable, can with equal fcrce be advocated for the Feeble-minded. While the State now provides for 100, there are 5C0 more as equally entitled to the benefits the 100 now enjoy. Let the meager appropriations asked for by the managers be given, and another wing added to the present building and tho present capacity increased, and thus, by easy stages, a grand result may be ultimately reached without any great burden imposed on the State. It this State can provide $1,175,250 for three new hospitals for her insane, why not give the $3G.C00 for feeble minded 83 modestly asked for by the Superintendent and Board of Trustees in their report. To talk of separation is folly. Ten years ago Indiana had in the Soldiera'Orphans' Home 301 children, the greatest number in any year. The last report shows an average of 1G2. If in ten years the population has diminished oiebalf, bow much longer will such a home be needed? Minnesota has her Diaf and Damb, Blind and Idiotic all under one Board of Trustees, one steward and on tbe same grounds, and nobody is injured. Ve quote a few sentences from their list annual report to Governor; Hubbard (1SS1): "The Directors of tbe Minnesota Institute or Deaf and Dumb, Blind and Feeble mlDded' beg leave to report that nothing has occurred since the date of our last report to abate tbe interest manifested in our several schools or lessen the confidence which the public has seemed to repese in tbe wisdom and beneficence of lheir organization and conduct. "We notice with regret that tbe publ c institutions of Eomeof our sister States have suffered severely from political and partism jealousies and strictures, from which evils we have kappily escaped, and we have been left free to woik out the objects of our organization " Let not Indiana be among this sisterhood. THE SPANISH TREATY. From the Sunday Sentinel. This is tbe name given to certain negotiations pending between Spain and the United States. But we trust we are not violating diplomatic confidences when we say that the proposed overtures relate practically almost wholly to tbe commercial intercourse between our own country and the 8panish islands in the Gulf of Mexico. The object cf the new treaty is to increase and facilitate the business of the exchange of commodities between this continent and the iilands referred to, especially Cuba. A glance at the statistics shows that threefourths of the commerce of this, one of the wealthiest islands in tha world, is carried on with countries situate across the Atlantic 3.0C0 miles away; that very little of it, comparatively, is transacted upon our ccasta, though they are only a few hours' fail from Havana. This state of affairs is neither natural nor advantageous. Many of tbe products of Cuba are in demand in the United States. Oa the other hand, very cany cf our own productions are needed in tbe islands; and wo therefore favor the tcJicy of providing, as far as possibly coneistent with tbe exigencies of revenue, that tbe intercourse between the people of tbe two countries shall be easy and inexpensive and as liberal as practicable. These negotiations have been conducted on the part of our Government by Mr. Forster, an old

citizen and resident of Indiana, formerly engaged at Evansville very largely in practical business punniü. We make no doubt that tbe interests of the Northwest, of tbe entire Mississippi Valley, have been carefully considered and are tobe materially promoted by the terms of this international project. We notice that the burst o! opposition to the confirmation of tbe treaty comes almost altogether from the classes called highly protected under the existing tariff law, now regulating trade between the two countries. But this Is no cause for its rejectionrather a reason why it should be favored. We i eed hardly expect that th8 advantages flowing from the adoption Gf such a compact will ke all on our side. Both parties .to it have eought and desired a mntnal benefit in its enforcement. We believe that the effect of its provisions will be such as to substantially advance the welfare of tbe masses cf the . people of both countries, notwithstanding that it may operate to the disadvantage of certain tpecial classes. The treaty, if adopted, bsing the highest and latest law, will control and mcdiiy existing regulations, and S3 will, ia some degree, alleviate and lessen the evils of certain high prohibitory tariff measures, made ia the behalf of a tew favored and privileged monopolies engaged in the West Indian trade. Of this we most heartily approve. Ferhaps, after all, tbe treaty making power, if properly and justly exercised, might rid us cf maty evils of this kind as much as any mere domestic leg'elation. We favor any measure, national or international, wh?ch snail give us a better markßt for American products and roar.ufaotura?, and which will tend to remove the deadlock ia trad now prevalent, induced by tbe glutted and closed markets of tariff exclusion. Only thirty years ago much used to be seid among us about the acquisition cf Cuba. We think this sentiment cot dead now only dormant. Indeed, we think it fully alive vet to the extent that although the island may adhere to Spain, we should be very unwilling to vritness its transfer to tbe possession of any other power in Europe. We think the new regulations respecting commercial intercourse with that island will tend at least to a better and closer acquaintance between ourselves and its people. Trade is a great means cf introduction and alliance. We have no objections to even an intimate connection and friendship with tbe "ever falthfal Isle." The Gem of the Antilles may yet sparkle among our own stars and stripes. In the Congress of 1935 the Senator from Cuba may be as well known a figure as the Senator from Kansas or Kentucky. This would be a consummation in the direct line of historic precedent, for wa believe that since the beginning of the present century, with the exception of Alaska, every foot of territory acquired or annexed by us has once formed a part of the Spanish dominions in North America.

Referring to tbe civil service reform a writer in the Washington Fest says: Concerning the departments in Washington, I find that since the civil f er vice act went into effect. January 16, 1883. 2U have been appointed to clerkships under said act ia the Interior Department, 135 in the Treasury, and thirty in tbe General Postofiice, making 397 in these three departments, where there are about 6 030 clerks employed. This Is about 6 per cent, ofiths total: therefore, 94 per cent, of these subordinates have been appointed during the last t warty-four yean through Bepublican Influence for political service rendered under the vicious spoils system. Now, If there la any protection to clerks appointed under the civil service law, there certainly is notbinz In the letter or spirit of the law to protect clerks not appointed thereunder. The law is not retroactive In Its provisions. The many friends and admirers of Judge Thar man, of Ohio, will be pleased to learn that he is now in better health than he has been at any time in the past five years. He is in full strength and vigor, and tbe pulling out of his historical red bandanna is followed by no uncertain sound. Home From the East. Dr. G. V. Woolen and wife, of 20 West Oh:o street, returned yesterday morning from New "Vork City, where they have sojourned during the past six weeks. Tbe Doctor made it convenient to combine business with pleasure, taking advantage of the opportunity to spend a large portion of his time in the leading hospitals cf the city. SUGAR REFINERY BURNED. A Fire in Boston Durns the Ray State Sugar Refinery and Does Qreat Damage to the Dyeivood Work. Boston, Jan. 13. To night fire broke out in the Bay State Sogar Refinery, at No. 37, Eestexn avenue. The building was of brick, four stories high, with a frontage of about forty feet on Eastern avenue, and extended back about ninety feet io Sargent's Wharf. The rear portion of the building was pretty thoroughly gutted from top to bottom, while on the Eastern avenue end of the fire, the damage seems pretty well confined to the upper stories. The tirt floor was used a3 a receiving room, second floor as the packing department, the third as char room, and the upper flaor is the kiln room. The building was formerly uted as old Calcutta Linseed Oil Works, and the flcors were saturated with oil. The dames spread to the Standard Dye Wood Works, which abut upon the refinery oa tha Sargent's Whart ecd and extend down the auenue toward tbe wharf. These mills are three stories high and about eighty or ninety feet in length. They are nearly or quite destroyed. The ether adjoining property was in great danger for a time. The refinery is operated by E. Atkins Co., who, it is understood, own tbe Buck Block as well as tb refinery building. Tbeir loss will probably be heavy, but Is fully insured. Tbe dje miils property ii wned by the heirs of George N. 'Block. Veterans Arranging to Visit Gettysburg. Washington, Jan. IS A numbr of veterans of tbe First Army Corps met in this city to perfect arrangements for a historical visit of tha corps to the battlefield of Gettysburg on May 4 and 5 next. A number of veterans of other corps were present, and took part in the speaking. Ex-Governor

Cortin, of Pensylrania, presided, and made a stirring address upon the battle of Gettysburg and tbe unwritten nistory of the war, which created great enthusiasm. In the course of his remarks be announced his intention to biing before Congress, at the next session a bill to place General Rosecrans on tbe retired list of the army, and also asserted that it was the duty of the country to reward such soldiers as Slocum and Averill for their services and sacrifices. Other speeches were made by Generals Rosecrans, Colegjavp, Stannard and Hunt, and Congressmen Haynes, Woodward, of Wisconsin, and others. On motion of the corns historian, Major Stine, General Rosecrans was elected chairman of tbe committee to invite the attendance of members of Cobgress at Gettysburg, and Governor Curtin, of the committee, to Invite tbe Governors of those States which furnished troops to the first corps, (JEXEUAL I0KE1GX SETTS.

More Particulars of the Admiral Moor, sum Disaster. London, Jan. IS. Particulars of the disaster to the packet steamer Admiral Moorsom, sunk off Holyhead Thursday night by tbe American ship Santa Clara, are coming in slowly. Tbe steamer Falcon, which has arrived at Cork, found the Admiral Moorsom on Friday morning on her beam ends, and took from the wreck three men, one woman and a child. The body of a man wbs found on deck. There was nobody ehe on beard. The weather was rough and the Falcon as unable to tak the wreck in tow. On Saturday the steamship Lady Wodhoue succeeded in getting lines to the wreck, but during a heavy sea the ropes parted, and the Admiral Mcorsom eventually tank. NothiDg is known oncerning tbe remainder of the crew not already accounted for. A lioat or tbe Admiral Mooraoui Still Mlpsing:. Lonpon, Jan. 13. The boast of the lost tteamer Admiral Moorsom, which contained thirteen persons, is still missing. Two men were killed In trying to board tho Santa Clara. The total number of dead and missing, including the captain of the ill-fated steamer, is fifteen. The Santa Clara has tailed from Holyhead for Liverpool. Her captain is reticent regarding the circumstances of the collision, but states that the Admiral Moorsoon was in fault. Alfonso Visiting the Itained Towns, Madrid, Jan. IS. King Alfonso continues his visit to the towns devastated by the earthquakes. To day he visited Priana and afterward returned to Torre Del Maro. The Town Council of Barcelona has offered to rebuild one demolished town. There have been heavy falls of snow in Seville. Two soldiers were found frozen to death at Valladolid. Several Persons Killed by an Avalanche. Vienna, Jan. J 3. Klanenfart, the capital of the Province of Corinthia, Southern Austria, was visited by an avalanche to-day, which wrecked several buildings and killed twenty of the inhabitants. Many others were injured and rendered homeless. All efforts to rescue the buried were f utire. Had Heard of No Conference. Berlin, Jan. IS. The British Ambassador has no advices with reference to reported proposals to hold another conference on hgytian affairs. He stated that no such proposal has emanated from tbe Berlin Government. China Will Attempt to Believe Kelung. Shanghai, Jan. 18. Chinese vesselsjhave gone to Foo Cboo, it is believed, to take Chinese troops on board, which they will endeavor to land in Formosa, to attempt to relieve Kelung. Turkish Troops Ordered to Saakim. Constantinople, Jan. IS. The Sultan has ordered C.000 men to be sent to occupy Suakim, and that tbe cost of the expedition will be defrayed with revenue from certain Egyptian territory on the Rsd Sea coast. Five Per Cent, ilednctlon. London, Jan. 18. The miners employed by the Crawshays Iron Works, in the Forest of Dean, bave been notified that owing to tbe depression in tbe iron trade their wages will be reduced 5 per cent. Orange and Catholic. Glasgow, Jan. IS. A number of street fights occurred to-day between Orangemen ard Catholics. Several Orangemen were arreted. Village Burled by an Avalanche. Berne, Jan. IS A small village at the fcotof Simplon Mountain was buried under ten ft et of enow by an avalanche. Three Young Ladles Poisoned. Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 13. Great excitement prevails in St. Albans, near this cify, over the poisoning of Misses Annie, Blanch and Jennie Barns, three highly resiccted young ladies of that plave. The. ladies had been io an entertainment on Friday night, and overslept yesterday for tbe family breaafast. They prepared their own breakfast, using water from a barrel. Shortly after eating breakfast they became very sick, and were taken with cramps. Tbe symptoms indicated poison, and the 1b dies were treated by the doctors fortbat trouble. Upon examination the water in the bsrrel was found to contain arsenic. How it got there is probably a mystery which will never be solved. The victims are in a serious condition. Closing tho Saloons of Mew York. New York, Jan. IS The excise law was enforced to day as strictly as it ever was, the police having been notified by Superintendent Walling that the liquor shops must be closed on Sunday. A large number of arrests were made during tbe day. Five hundred dealers met in Irving Hall this afternoon and adopted resolutions pledging themeelves to assist the police in the impartial enforcement of the law, believing such action will compel the citizens to demand a modification of the statute. A Prisoner Commits Suicide. Provieence, Jan. IS, John Lenehan, a prisoner in tbe County Jail, awaiting trial on indictment, cemmitted suicide this morning. Oa October 22, last, after a drunken quarrel with bis mistress, Mary Wintham, be poured kerosene over the woman and set her on fire. She was thought fatally burned but recovered. llnrglars Captured. Wheeling, Jan. 13. Last night Louis Vclbardt's residence, at Wellsburg, was entered and $1,500 in bonds and 1.000 in cash stolen. Charles Volhardt, John Hardington, Posev Cheek and a woman were arrested, and 000 in cash recovered from Hardington. The bonds were burned.

S JOHN'S STATEMENT.

lie Badly Tanctures the Epistolary Bubbles Prepared and lab lished by Clarksou. Ho Ably Reviews tfco EvIdonc3 of McCullagh and Lsrato Did Not '4Foatl28r,, His Spsechoa. ST. JOHN" YS. CLARK SON. St. John Slakes a Fall Statement Itc-ird. log the Letters of Clärkou and Legate. St". Tai l, Minn.. Jan. 17. A representative of the Associated Press called on Ex-Govemor St. Jobn this evening, at his rooms la the National Hotel, and obtained from him a verbatim copy of tbe statement he promised to give the public ragarding the charges contained sgainst him in the letters and interviews recently published by Mr. Clarison and Mr. Legate. This corr wa compared word by word with the statement written by St. John, and bears, like the original, bis Bjgnatuie. lbe following ia the statement: National IIotel, ) Minneapolis, M:nn., Jan. 17, 1SS5. j" J. 8. Clarkfon, of the Dss Molne? Register, and a member of tbe National Committee oi tae Republican party, after a great deal of coadias; and conterecce with bis iriend, J. B. McCulla?n, of U lobe-Democrat, of St. Louis, at Ian gives to the public what ho (alls tvidtuco t prove tbat I proposed to ell out to the Republic-ias, and t mj betray the l'ohib;tiou partr. iu Mr Clarison's letter, published in ibe Chicago Tiibuue of the 9th h.nt., he fays, "To my kowleJo to did b&ve overtures made through a Ir'end from a bis own State Dy which he ollertd if paid 1:5,100 in fa?h, to withdraw as a candidate altogether, or to stey in the field and 'feather' his tpetc'ies (as it was put in Kansas Dhrae), to the benetit of tfe Republicans He w-m ak.e-1. in order to prove the sincerity of bis offer, to withdraw from Ohio the last week before the October election in that State, lie did this under the plea, which he paid be would give, of bavins a sore throat, and, with the friend I bave rnent'oneJ, went first to Pitthbur?, next to Philadelphia, and finally New York, where he hoped to meet soma one on the part of the Republican National Committee who would be ready a make the d;al and lay tbe cash." My appointments for the carpai2a were made by tbe National Committee of tbe Prohibition party, at ChicaRC, I1L, September K It was arranged for me to epeak in Onio, at SprinsflalJ, October 3, Delaware 4, Akron 5 and Oberlin 6. I filled every one of these appointments and one moie, and those who attended my meetings. I feel 6ure, will do me the justice to say tnat I did not leather my epetches either, Havln? thui completed my work lu Ohio, without havlnz a tore throat, or pretending to have oas. In accordance wiih the programme made for mo by the committee. I proceeded oa tha morning of tha 7th of October to Adrian. Mich., where, at 2 p. m. of that day. I addressed, in the open air, near 10.OC0 people, and goinz the same eronin? to Detroit, where I addressed lare audiences in the Grand Opera House. Next morninjr. In cdh panywith Hon. D. P. Sasendorf, of Charlotte. Mich., and one of the members of the National Committee and several other prominent Proalbitlonists, I started for ray next appointment a Kalamazoo, making teveral short speechci on tbe way, and addressing a meetins: at Kalamazoo, both in tbe afternoon and evening:. From Kalamazoo I went with othor Prohibition workers to Flint, Mich., where, at 2 p. m., October 9, 1 addressed a large open air meetine. Leaving there in company with Hon. David Preston, Prohibition candidate for Governor of Michigan. In thi eveniDg for Detroit, from whtch city, that niht at 12 o'clock, I started, via Buffalo, to Pniladelphia. arriving there about 9 o'clock oa the evening of the 10th, and 1 spoke in tbo Academy of Music on the evening of the 11th; Rpentagood portion of tbe day on tbe 12th with R. J. Burdatt at Ardmore, eight miles from the city. On the evening of the 13th 1 addressed an opsaair meeting at Monument Square, Baltimore, and then another meeting the same evening ia Etst Baltimore. That night at 12 o'cJoc k 1 started for Brooklyn, N. Y., where, on the evening of the llth, I spoke In tbe rink, on the 15th at Middieton, Conn., on the 16th at Worcester, Mas?., ou the 17th at Chikering 11 ail. New Y'ork City, on the 18th at Newaik, N. J., and thence to Weitem New York, where 1 held eight meetings, every one of the foregoing meetings being in strict pursuance to appointments made for me by the National Prohibition Committee, I have not been ia or passed through Pittsburg for nearly two years. Mr. George R Scott, foreman of the New York Weekly WJtuew, joined tie at Oberlin, O., October 6. anl traveled with me and attended all the meetings from that time up to and including the one at Newark, N. J., on October IS. lie and no other scqnain'ance accompanied me from Michigan to Philadelphia, nor did I on the way see auy friend or acquaintance from my own State, Mr. Ciarkson further Kaya, in his Tribune letter of the 9tb, "1 may add that neither the National Committee nor any one acting for It ever made an overture or proposition of any kind to St. John. All that it did was to listen uad dlscu-s the overtures ard propoitiona made to ltthrouih the medium which be employed to reich lt." Yet in the same letter he convicts himsilf, for he Rays, "He (myself) was agfced to prove the stnesrity of his tffcr to withdraw from Ohio the last week before the October election in that State," Wno was there la hU transition to doabt my "sincerity" but J. S. Ciarkson? But further on he fay?, Things which wt to demanded of t. Joh; as to his movements in Ohio were pledged by that Iriend and carried out by St. John." Tfcree parties are here referred to: First, the party that made the demand: eacoad, the man that gave the pledicei. and third, myself, who carried it out, and now I submit ttiat ttiere mut bave been somebody to hare namel "the thinzs b!ch were demanded," and who conld It have been but Ciarkson? And yet he says .hat all that it (the committee) did was to listen to and discuss tbe overtures and propositions made t it. If Mr. Ciarkson was an bonest man. way did he not indiguantly refuse to entertain any such JiopoEitiout; but finally Mr. Ciarkson names ames F. Legale, of Leavenworth, Km., the loaseuppressed name of thia middleman, and proceeds to publish what be claims to be Legate's letters Which, whether genuine or not, serve further to show up Clarkson's perfidy. In what C!ark3on claims to be Legate's letter, dated Topeka, Kas., October 4, addressed to "Mr. J. S. Ciarkson." Legate mjs: "At Senator P.'s request I came to nee you at Cincinnati. Y'ou seemed to thare my viewp. You read me your talk. I awaited tha arrival from New Y'ork, and tupposed tho matter would be closed up, but after the consultation at Columbus it as deemed wiser that I should look after St. John and meet him at Cincinnati, having jireviously agreed with him to go to Michigan with a sore throat. I telegraphed blm snd made him a specific promise to go with him to Pittsburg, expecting to find seme word there, but filled. I said to hlm-basei on wbat you had said, and your friend from New York, together wltn what was said by Senator Plumb tbe night after tha conferencj at Caioraao that I would guarantee $10,000. lie was satisfled and went with me to Pniladelphia. I there persuaded b Ira to write letters to L W. Gage, the btate Organizer for Ohio: A. L. Corey, of Samaatba: Rev. Mr. Gegen, of Columbus, and Profcsior Y. G. Froat, at Oberlin, urging them to aid the Republican State ticket Baying that if the Republican btate ticket was elected, bo believed his vote ia November would be largely increased. My judgment la that bin leaving the btate and writing these letterj added a very large number to the Republicaa majority ia Ohio. At Philadelphia I recaivela di-patca that the matter would b3 fixed at New York. where with him 1 went. I found Mr. Elairs. who bc-emed to know nothing, and would do nothing." "At the Senator's request I came to sje joa (Ciarkson) at Cincinnati You seemed to 6hare my view. 1 said to him, based upon what you tad sail, and your friend from New Y'ork, together with what was PAld by Senator P. tbe eight alter the conference at Columbu, tht I would guarantee S 19. too. lie was aatisSed, and went with me to Philadelphia." "Who make a witness of Legate la this controversy?" vvny. ClarkFcn." "What were their relations?" Let Ciarkson's witne, Mr. Legate, tell." Here ;s what th Aociatf d Press reports him as fsylcg on tho 13th Instant: I was acting as tho agent, doing the wish of Mr. Ciarkson aa a member of the National Committer, and thr6e with whou ho was asaociitel in Ohio In all that was done." But what does Mr. Legate say about myself? Let us rive his own vords as published in the Daily State Journal of Topeka, Kan., oa tha 12th instant. Here they are : That Governor St. John had never talksl to to him on the subject; had nerer ofersa to make

any term with the Eepubllcim, ani that 8t. John bad never arborized bin to make any proposition, and that inr chtira Uiat be bal done 10 was a wilful lie, gotten p to Injure St. John, and call down neu who had been Irin? o t bim." Thun, by Ciarkson "sown witness, L?ta, 14 made his and not my a .rent, and 1 am exouerate t from all complicity in these matters. Bat it is aid thet I saw Leeste at Oberlin, O.. October &. That is true: but war wh he tbere and ia whose interest? Why, he was sent by tr.osa ntni;iaj tbe Republican campaign la Ohio for tbe expre purpoa of making a Republican pesch. wnicix be did on the evening of October 7, la answer to lie addrc9 delivered bv ne 0:1 the 6th. Rut to throw a little more iighi upon Mr. CUrksm's relation to tbis whole matter, bear whit Lr.s friend J. B. i!cCulia?:h, of the i-t. Louis (Iob? :)em--cratj in an inttrriew r ported la the Post-bis-patcb, of ft. Louis, of tbe Ath ult., ssys: "Mr. clarkscD, of the Dtslio ce?, Iowa, Register, whi wri a nerr.bcr of the Committee, anl who rai ccarse oi the dopartm.-nt wnlci ceaJuc:ed the nfgotlaticns, ha. proof of the fact, but tnis Is la puch Fhape ttat he is lcund to poe extent sal can not me. tut the fact is cert&in. I aa sue of it, fc't. John wanted S J5.0K)aud VJa lecture." Kuw, 1 submit to lbe candid judireut ot every pocd citiien unUasrd ty partisan j rejudico, even trough I should interpose no word In my o a defei.se, do not tne statements of Ciarkson. L?uo and McCuilaqh how ttat there -vas a p!aa Uli to either filch money from the treasury of the Naticnal Kepub.icau Coramittce or to bribe me V betray an honest, sincere anl coa-cieatious minority ard thus prevent a fair expression of the will 01 the people, and through tmeh corrupt means pain a Tictory for the Ropubllctn pa-ty? Fsi ing lu this and smarting under the lashol political defeat and blasted hopes, tocrowatha iEfamy, Legate 1, trt'cheroualy betrayed aad oiierea as a tarrifi'xj upon the altar cf corruption, and thee tro my accur: but ithasUen charted that i Fccured, early ia ths campaign, from Senator Plumb a letter latrjcccing Mr. Legate to ti;c Nitioaal Committee as a pr;-on authorized to act and speak for him (me). To which I reply that 1 have not 8cea Senator Plumb for nearly a year, and have had no corresi'OLdeace with him fcince Mr. Blalae was nominated; and 1 never requested him, cr anvbady ehe, to doany such thing, and Senator Plumb is atlitertyto publish anything he has frJi mi touching this matter. It will be observed that it is stated that I wrofe Utters to L W. ;g, j-tata Organizer of Ohio A. L. Cary. 01 Samantna: Rev. Mr. Gasen, of Columbus and Professor P. V. Fnt, of Berlin. Now, I respectfully ask the gentlemen if any letter or 1-lters, or communications were ever received from me that tend to tnrow any light tuoa this question, to putlitb tie fact. Acin. it is efcarped ttat there are several j emlcsen who could heir prove that I told to th3 Democrats, aiid tho tdiior of the Chicago News Is mcntiouel as one, and Senator Gorman, of Maryland, es anotfcer. No, while 1 have not the honor cf a personal acquaintance with eitner of tnesa gentlfemen. I respectfully reqnoil them in the intercut of iaimesp. if they bave auy evidence 'hat culminates me, to give it to the public. Finüly, I did not co to Piiiladelphi, nor iroaa PhilsdelnhU to New York with him. B it I did, whea ia Philadelphia, on the niebt of October 11, in answer to a report wade through the columns tf the New Y'crk Tribune, of that date, by what purported t be "Tho New York btate Temperance Ambly," thst 1 withdraw from the camnai-n, write an open letter published in the New Yora and Philadelphia papers of the ICth In reply in reply ta said request, in which I said I should neither withdraw or assume a neutral position, bnt would continue the fizht against the Hquor trallic as louz as I thouid live and the fU? of our country waived Its protecting folds over a legilizd dramshop. Iwbs never In the teadiuarters of the Democratic o-Republican partit. and to this dsy do not kuow where they were lo -Ated. nor did I, dnrinj the campaign, ever f peak, whith or tieptft Th to cr to my knowledge see any acents of the .Na' ioi.nl or Mate Committees "of eltber of the paid T-ertles. Nor did 1 receive a penny pie 5ge, dirt ctly or indirectly, from any political pp . ty. committee or organizitloa except my legi iraate expenses, amounting to less that "SDOO, paid by the National Committee of the Prohibits utariy. Nor did I ever do. or promise to do. or omit to do, anything for the purpose of decreasing the prohibition vote or increasing the vote of ither of the other political partie. Nor did I get a Fore throat or pretend to get a sore threat and 1 think that even, the Republican party will not claim that I feathered my speeches, an l I again challenge my detainers to prove to the contrary. "With charity for all and malice toward nono," I now submit this statement to the people, with a firm conviction and full realization that for tho truth herf of, I am to answer to God. IbignedJ John P, Sr. John.

Seymour's liudget of News. Special to the feenUnoL Seymour, Ind., Jan. 13. The Board of Commisdoner8 on Friday awarded the contract lor the building of an iron bridge 1G0 feet long, across the Mnscitituck River, at Newry, six miles southeast ot this city, to the Indianapolis Bridee Comranv. at theiv bid of 3,000 for the work "complete. The biddinff was very spirited. The Qoeen Ciiy Bridge Conpany, the Massillon Bridgo Company, the Wrought Iron Bridge Company, and the King Iron Bridge Company al?o bad bids oa file. There was only $225 difference between the highest and lowest bids and this will be the fifth bridge bnilt by the Indianapolis. Bridge Company in this county, and their work gives satisfaction in every particular. The remains of Mrs. Ciarinda DicklnsDti, wbodied at her home at Chicago, a day or two ago, arrived here last night and will be temporarily placed in the vaults in River View Cemetery. Tbe deceased was a former well known resident of this city, and was be Id in tbe highest esteem by all. Her aoa, Albert W. Dickinson, Saperintendent of ths Missouri Pacific Road, with headquarters at St. Louis, accompanied tbe remains here, Mrs. DickinEon was about seventy-six yean of ege. Tbe Commissioners in special 'session, on Friday, appointed Dr. James M. ßhields. of this city, Secretary of the County Board of Health, vice Dr. M. L Boas, who moved to Mifsouri. Dr. Shields, although young in jears, is an apt, close student, and is destined to make his mark as a physician. Ha is a nephew and the bosinesj partner of Dr. John T. ßhields, one cf the oldest and best known phjeiciatis and surgeons in this part of the Slate. Friday evening it began getting colder, with the thermometer at thirty-nine degrees above, and there wes a change of thirty-seven degrtes in ten noun?, with no change" up to this morning. SufTeiltg iDdians Great Loss of Cattle and Sheep ia Texan. t. Louis, Jan. 18. -Adyices from the Kiowa Indian Reservation, Indian Territory, are to the effect tbat those Indians are in a distressed and sufferirg condition notwithstanding the aid furnished them by the Government. Five members o! thia tribe, evidently a banting party, were found frozen to death some forty miles ncrtk of Wichita Falls, late Friday evenlrjg. Dispatches from Texas oontinue to report great loss of cattle and sheep by the Jate cold we-.tber in various parts, and on many ranges in tbe northern and western parts of tbe State. Grat numbers of catt'e hive drifted touthward till stopped by the wire fencing running many miles east and wes and are now dying by hundreds and even thousands from hunger, thirst and cold. The loss is chiefly on ranges which had suffered from drouta, both grass and vrater belüg scarce, and the cattle in poor condition, but even in tha more favored parts of the State a great amount of stock has already been lott bv the unusual severity cf the weather, the estimate is that 10 rer cent, of the.cattle and 20 per cent, ot the sheep have peri&hed. Poultry Show at New Orlna. New Ohlsass, Jan. 13 The day was clear and cold, and 20.000 people were at the World's Exposition. The poultry depirtrxene proved the attractive center. There are some 500 capes of btids, including many of the best varieties in the country. The awards will be made tomorrow. The exhibit is under tbe rranazement ot B. N. Pierce, cf the Fanciers' Gazatte, of Indianapolis.

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