Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 36, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1885 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILY SENTINEL THURSDAY MORNING' FEBRUARY 5 1885

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LtUr, lnc!ili2f Sunday, Pi week. SO 10 00 Dally, per annum, ty mail. Daily, per annnin, ty mall, includir j Sun day, by nail 12 0C 12 0C It 0C t lally, dallf erod ty carrier, per aanun, Dally, delivered by carrier, pe anntm, la de din; Sunday i'ly, to newsdealers, per copySTWDAT. s uidiy edition el eighty-four columns Bind Dcntinel, by carrier ,,,.,,..., 2 W t newsdealera. per copy wxxriT. neatly, per annua. 1 1 01 The poujo on subscriptions ty call Ii prcpalfl ty tie publlshsr Sewsdealers supplied at three cents per copy, foliage or other diarges prepaid. atared as scoond-clau natter at the Foetofflce at ladlinapolls, kid. General Elack has withdrawn from the contest for the Illinois Senatorsbip. A local boom in Wa3hiogton City la announced of Cabinet honors ioi Hon. Dick Merrick. It loeks now as if Mr. Morrison would be the nominee of the Democratic Legislative caucus for Illinois Senatorial honors. An Albany special intimates taat Mr. Cleveland haj decided to loik to the Weet for his Secretary of the Treasury. 8uppo3e we do "slip" Wall street just once. Some of the New York papers allude to Yseult Dudley as a new Charlotte Corday. Dj they mean to infer that Rossa Is another "Marat?" It is now proposed that the old veteran General Slocum bs the chief marshal of the inauguration parade, in view of the fact that Geneial McCleilan has declined to serve. Tux Blaine organs have allowed the St. John bribery case to "peter out." But what became of that 525.000? It look3 as if some of the OjIo gang knew. St. John did not get it. Who did? Tuk nex. time the Journal ''investigates" Trustee Kit; it should have more reliable information. The explanation of the Trustee in another column leaves our esteemed bat erratic contemporary in a sad plight Mr. Undertaker, please bury the corpse. Tbcstke Kitz answers a batch of "cheap gabble' which appeared in yesterday's Journal in another column of this morning's Sentinel. The communication is addressed to "the Editor of the Journal" it being a duplicate of the one furnished that paper for publication this morning. Mr. Clabkson, Iowa's Republican National Committeeman, cays in his paper: "No limitation of statute can run against tbe crime of treason. Why not try Jeff Davis and hang him yet?" Mr. Clarkson appears tohaveallthe fondness cf "Dennis, the hangman," for the "workm' off" bnsines?. Bat before he gets out his rope for Jeff Davis We suggest that he get himself down from the gallows on which Mr. St, John holds bici suspended as a liar. Daniel Manning ha3 drawn the conspicuous admiration of the New York San. It says: -There is a great deal of talk aOUt YarlouS conspicuous citizens of New York whose trfends would be glad to see thera io the new Cabinet; and, while we do not d spute the qualificatiots cf any of them, we proclaim our conviction that there is none abler or fitter or wiser tban Dtniel Manning, of Albany. Nobody has supposed that he will be in the Cabinet, and we are sure that his ambition looks higher than such distiaciions." A cable special dispatch from Paris, ditel February 3, says that the dynamiters of that cltv are indignant aud farbns over the recent attempt to a3fas3inate Ross a. Oae member of the c'ub considers that the woman arrested may belong to a band of English Invincible?, organized to fijht the Feniacswiih their own weapons. If so, he significantly added, a terrible vengeance will be exacted on the persons of prominent and yalued Englishmen. A council of dynamiters was held that evening to express indignation. Twenty-six extremists wera present. A speech was made by a personal friend of Rossa, who called for "deep and bitter ver geaace on the author of this cowardly attempt, moat cowardly because a woman was chosen a3 the instrument." It was proposed and unanimously carried that "the English Government, being primarily responsible for this dastardly outrage, should Lsr the consequence." Tos preparations for the inauguration of the new President are progressing satisfactorily. A special says that General Sasridan will place one battery of light artillery, mounted, and eleven companies of artillery, Armed as infantry, in lice to represent the regular troops. Tbe number of militia organizations which have signified their intention of taking part exceeds all expectations and promises an imposing display. The amount of contributions for expense up to date is over $17,000. This is in addition to tbe sale of ball tickets, which will be ready for issue on the Cth instant. Stands are to be erected along the route of the psrade, which will be handsomely decorated with flags and bunting to correspond with the building3 on either side of the street. The number of civic organizations that will take part can not be estimated. Tammany Hall will be in line with OX) oernberr, and other New York association

are preparing. The Committee on Tublic Comfort hive arranged to have officers at both depofs on inauguration day, and, besides, will have a corps of messengers, which will be used in showing strangers to their quarters. HEREIN AltB WE JUSTIFIED. A few, though only a few, of the Sentinel's party friends have criticised its attitude toward the State Treamry investigation. Since honest men may honestly disagree there need be no uncharitable indulgences from either side in this controversy. Oar position was actuated by a desire to forward the interests of the State and of the Democratic party in the State. Our judgment was and is that the Treasurer would better be vindicated by an exhibition that the funds of which he is ths trustee are safely in hand than by a refusal to make that showing. When the matter was transferred from a mere affair of political or personal spite on the part of the lata Republican Executive against the Treasurer to an issue made by the Republicans in the Legislature we believed the true policy of the Democracy to be tbe showicg up of the falsity of the Republican calumnies. When the discussion had become public property and was being agitated throughout the State we held it the right of the taxpayers to be fully apprised of the condition of the Treasury. It was not for the gratification of the f-'saiiants of the Democratic oäicer, whom tbe Sentinel had zealously supported throughout his first and last candidacy, but for the.hu miliation of those assailants, that we counseled the exhibition which should sbow their call for investigation only partisan and malicious. If our critics please, th3 Democratic party of Indiana consists of something more tbaa any one man or any dczsn men. It comprises a host of taxpayers, honest citizane, industrious laboring men, manufacturers, merchants and capitalists throughout the entire State. It comprises also certain principles of popular rights and public honesty upon the platform of which its armies rallied during the late campaign, and in the names of which it demanded the overthrow of the Republican party and its own ascension to the management of Governmental affairs. It was in bhalf of thii grand party at large that the Sentinel has plead for each a complste refutation of the false accusations against one of its chesen officials that no slur coald be ca3t uron the integrity of the Democracy's premise to giva to the Slate and country heuest administrations. We hold that the Democracy of Indiana was sincere in that promise. We know that the majority ct voters, blushing for the official corruption, jobs and thefo that have disgraced th last several Republican National administrations, are conscientiously desirous of a return to the honest methods that characterized the long reign of Demosracy before the Republican party introduced the sbamefal practice of covering up or condoning rascality In high places and maintaining the oc:upants of them in power. Thus holding, the State Democracy would, if consulted, favor such accounting from its public servants as would have no grouud upon which our political opponents could found imputation of irregularity or C0Uceiiment. Tbe strength of our party will be greater and its lease of power longer in proportion as oar methods are most strikingly in contrast with Republican methods, which approved or wbite-washed peculations by Republican officials which mada possible whiäky ring frauds, land grant frauds. Credit Mobilicr frauds, electian fraud and all trie frauds that have wrongs! the people of the country and disgraced oar civil adovaistraticcr. Our Democratic mijority in the Legislature will, by strengthening the sateuirda about public lands, commend the party to the increased confidence of the whole psop'e. By demonstrating a fearlcäs determination to keep watch and ward ovar the interests ot the taxpajers and to se to it that public trusts are administered a9 for the people rather than for individual aggrandizement, privilege and emolument, will most surely deserve and win the continued support of the people. It is in this faith that the Sentinel has spoken and will continue to speak in behalf of the Democracy of Indiana.

TOE NEW CALIFORNIA SENATOR. The people of the Pacific Coast country rncst be devout worshipers of the golden calf if we may judge them by the material cf which they are wont to make United States Senators. California and Nevada Lave preferred men for the Senate who are Almost as conspicuous for lack of brain as for abundance of "boodle." The latest California man, Leland Stanford, would, without his millions, have no more been thought of for a Senatorship than for a bishopric. At tbe time of his election he was known to be a broken down man, mentally as well as physically. It is an open secret that he has no further capacity for for public busines?, and that the probabilities are largely in favor of his proving an absentee. Reports from San Francisco since tbe death of his son indicate Senator Stanford to have fallen into a state of mind but little less than idiotic. For his suffering frcm this bereavement of course the public will extend sympathy. But the mental weakness which has developed into idiosyncracy was known to exist when his election cccured. It is alleged that he is so infected with epiritualiem as to find little pleasure in talking of anything else. He forces the subject upon comparative strangers and tells of his assurance that his son is near fcim. It Is to'.d of him that a few days since he met a stranger on the street and without an introduction began telling of his belief, that his sola hope was in his firm confidence in the immortality ot the soul and that he had no further aims ia life. When spoken to by a friend concerning the Senatorship

t ha declared that he took no int! In th

matter; that he had passed the time of life when such honors had any attraction for him. Neither California nor Nevada have had cause for gratulatlon over their representation in the American House of Lords and will not have so long as money is the prime requisite for election to the Senate. Have they not statesmen, or at least men of brain, whom they might substitute in time for their accidental millionaires? THE HOUSE ON THE INVESTIGATION. The Sentinel is but voicing what will be the regret of the Democracy of Indiana at large when reprobating tbe ending of the Tressury investigation by the House yesterday under the fire of the minority re pyrt. Let that report be a thing never so false and actuated by motives never more unworthy, and it yet makes charges which should have been dlsproven instanter. Let the minority have teen moved only by personal malice or political design, but it is composed of representatives of the people. The Sentinel has eiprassrrd only confidence in the Treasurer being able to show the State funds in tact. But we have urged the importance of that fact being shown so conclusively that no suspicion dare be uttered against it. This was and is desirable for the good both of the Treasurer and the party which elected him. That was all we have counseled or desired. The question of whether the Treasurer had received interest on deposits we have held to be no part of tbe duty of the investigation. Republican Treasurers have Eet the custom, and the Republican members are so well aware of this that it as no lets than an impertinence on their part to inquire of llr. Cooper concerning this an impertinence fully deserving the rebuke the majority of the committee gave Representative Sayre when refusing to permit Mr. Cooper to answer his questions. But when the minority assert, officially, that which amounts to chages that the Treasurer has improvised a temporary exhibit of funds, and that in reality there is shortage in his accounts, we protest that the aspersion should be refuted by showing beyond peradventure that the Treasurer's "exhibit of funds was at the bottom what its face showed it to be. Will the majority and Mr. Cooper rest under the poisonous aspersions of the minority report? For the sake of the good name of the Treasurer and of the Damocratic party of the State, the Sentinel hopej they will not TOLERABLY THIN. Oh! It was the floods of 1SS3 which pre-, vented Governor Porter from reporting his list of pardons, commutations of sentence, etc., to the Legislature. He was engaged in tbe antediluvian labor of preparing the report when he was interrupted by a summons to attend to the wants of the sufferers by the great overflow in the Ohio vallev. All of which was highly commendable on the part of our good ex-Governor. Bat now let us get down to post-diluvian times. We pass by without comment a trip or two to Chautauqua, which was probably necessary to recuperate the Gubernatorial energies, and call the attention of the Republican organ to the fact that this list of pardons might have been very readily prepared several times last summer when the ex Governor was perambulating the country in tbe Interest of one James G, Blaine, Republican candidate for the Presidency. It will be noticed, therefore, that the excuse which has heen finally smoked out of the organs is remarkably thin in view of tbe virtuous rigors which have recently nearly shaken them to pieces. Some sort of a Noah's ark is very handy when the floods are "on," and the organs with the ex-Governor seem to have climbed in on schedule time. However, we ar6 assured that the Stats Printer has the list of pardons in hand, and peicbance before the violets bloom or the daisies die it will be ready for tbe consideration of the present Legislature or its successor. A New York special says that wh?n Mr. Hendricks was in that city he said to a friend that he was assured by his cU ai Albany that no man had yet ben offered a place in the Ctbinet. and that every statement giving this or that man a certain portfolio was simply speculation. The President, he said, seemed to bs getting the clearest views he could from the leading men without making any promises. Uis hurried call, he declared, was due to the fact that he was going South, and would not be able to eee tho President aiin until jast before his inauguration. TEUSOXALS VicTon Hugo is now sixty-to years old. Tun Sultan of Tarkey is said to be a very good amateur pianist. A Jfrsey City lunatic labors under the delusion that he is Rev. Dr, Barchard. A child recently died in Rye, England, of fright caused by a boy wearier a mask. John Eeictfon, the inventor, the father of the monitor, is now eighty one years old an-! is hale and hearty. Ocf. best information shows that a great many postmasters think of hoeing corn for a living next summer. Philadelphia Pres?. Jo?crnRicnAKi?oN, of St. Paul, bntknoxn to everybody aa "Uncle Jce," who never were an overcoat or a suit of clothes worth luore than 12, is the possessor of S'J.ODO.OO). Hex. Eugfne Scduyles, ex-United States Minuter to Greece, has beer, invited to deliver a courFe of lectures upon the diploj rcatic asd consular system of the United States before the senior class in Cornell University. Mrs Sallie S. Barclay, an accomplished young lady of this city, appeared before the County Judge last Monday and produced her commission from his Excellency, the Governor, appointing her notary public for layette County till the end of the next Gen

eral Assembly. She took the oath, as prescribed by law, and entered into bond for a faithful discharge of her duties. Lexington (Ky.) Gazette. 'A short, round-faced, jolly young man, who knows the name of every man of any prominence in the country, ploughs around among the New York hotels every night.and supplies all the papers next morning with such names as are deemed worth publishing, He has been at it fifteen years. The mistress of the White House, Mrs. McElroy, said lat ely to a friend : 'I thank God on my knees every day that I was born neither rich nor great. I have taken up the duties assigned me here by Providence and done the best I could, but I shall go back to my home with a feeling of joy that I am at liberty to remain with my husband and children." Tourists must beware how they dress at the Hague. A young English lady, who dared to wear a felt bowler hat, such as the fair Bex in this country so often appear in, was positively taken off to the police station by the enlightened Dutch guardians of the peace, on the pretence that the people tbcught she was a male student in woman's clothes. London Figaro. Mrs. Lou an is still the popular idol, and many women who went to see her on her first reception days this winter broke down at tea sight of her, and went away with tears in their eyes to think the way the election had gone. Although Mrs. Logan bad to bear the 8evereet disaopoictmeat of her life in June and again in November, she baa never shown a sign of it nor cherished any bitterness. She is as evenly sunny and cheerful through it it all, and has more good friends now than ever.

CURRENT OTE AND OPINION. With ex-Goveanor Garcelon in the Cabinet a Cabinet meeting would be about as melarcholy an occasion as a funeral. Portland (Me.) Press. Jeff Davis talked at the Liberty bell; perhaps it is just a j well that the old liberty proclaimer couldn't talk back. Scran ton (Penn.) Republican. "Please excuse Johnnie," writes a Dayton, W. T., mother to the teacher, "I was on a jnry yesterday and he had to stay and mind the baby." It might be remarked, parenthetically, that the aid man had gone hunting. Corvallis (Ore.) Gazette. A youkg lady in this city has two canary birds which are named Blaine and Cleveland. Bsfore election bsth sang sweetly, but on the day of tbe election Blaine stopped singing and Cleveland sines on mors merrily than before Santa Cruz (Cal.) Sentinel. A mll ha3 been introduced in the Legislature of Alabama which provides that It shall be unlawful for any Judge or court in the State to render a judgment for less than 20,000 within the next two years. This is intended to relieve the poor mortgage-ridden citizens of the State. Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times. Under the American Magna Charta the citizen is the highest type of true nobility. The philosophy of his status involves individuality, self-reliance, high manhood, political and religious freedom, civil independence, self government, and responsitiiity alone to his God, the lawa of the land, and society. Glen Rose (Tex.) Citizen. Pebiiai'S this episode will makeRossaa ruartrr. The woman will certainly be a heroine. Bat at all events Rossa has learned that in carrying on murderous warfare against England he has exposed himself to great personal danger; that cranks withEnglish antecedents can be raised up even in this far-away land, and above all he must be impressed with the truth of that grand old declaration as recorded by St. Matthew, that "all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." New York World. The immediate result of the unfortunate assault is likely to be an increase in the subscription list of O'Donovan and in the contributions to his fund. An agitator who carries a bullet in his back as a testimony to the hatred and fear of him entertained by the British, or who has had a bullet painfully pried out of his back in the good cause, has an immense advantage over an agitator whose zeal in the cause only involves him in lawsuits with other agitators. The ultimate results may not be so agreeable to O'Donovan New York Times. It is an odd but natural commentary upon tbe methods of Irish revolutionists that io one half hour an English tplnster, with a little pistol the s:ze of u perfume bottle, has done more execution npon Rossa himself than Rossa in twenty years of swaggering and roariDg has done upon the English nation; and it is another peculiar indication, due no douot to the difference of breed, that when the English woman had Imagined that it was time somebody should be hurt, she did not send any one upon a dangerous errand, and did not take care to be on the other side of the ocean at the time, but went and found the enemy and paid her respects to him face to face. New York HeraM. An Odd Messenger of Mercy. ll-ccds Mercury.! , One day a Leeds dog walked into his mistress heute with a piece of paper tied to his tail. When it was examined it was found to have written upon it: My legi are broken; please help me." The dog's legs were not hurt, so vrhat could the words mean? Saddenly tbe writing was seen to be that of a woman living half a mile off; and on going to her fhe was found to be helpless from a fall. The poor woman had not been able to etir; but the dog having c?me into her house, the had managed to mike an appeal for help. Illch.es and Fame. lErie Diepatch. Engineer Melville, to reach the North Pole, wants about $200,000. In return for this money he will inscribe the names of his patrcn on the newly .discovered points in the far North. There is something in the latter proposition which recslls the case of a Wheeling clergyman who wrote to Bob Garrett for a pass and promised in return for it to name a pariiiular bench in his church the Garrett pew.

THE MAJORITY'S SPOKESMAN'.

Representative Pattern Champions Treasurer Cooper. Hon. James B. Patton, of Sullivan, Chairman of the Committee on the Investigation of the State Treasury, upon moving the adoption of tbe majority report, on yesterday, spoke as follows: Mr, Speaker Ab a member of the committee to whom was referrefl the Senate concurrent resolution aDiwiD ting a Special Committee of tire members of each House to examine that pt of exGovernor Porter's biennial message relatinc to the State '1 reasary, and to report by bill or otherwise, what legislation, if any, was necessary In reference thereto: also, to report whether or not an investigation into the affairs of the Slate Treasury by a Legislative Committee is at this time probably necessary or proper, I would say a double duty was imposed upou us by the resolution, and I think it but proper and right to state to this iioo.se in detail the extent of the elimination made. The Auditor of State, J. H. Rice, furaishel the committee with the following statement, viz : The following is the condition of tbe tiute Treasury as appears by the records of this oSiee: November 1, lSI, balance cash in Treasury.. f 431.2?6 50 January !, lS8i, receipts to date.- 1.420.154 23 Total S 1,85 1.3&J 82 Januarv 29 disbursements to date S 1,061,47 J 75 Ca'aace m Treasury at close of business January 23, 1S5..... S 4'5,3l 01 (Signed) J. il. Ru e, Auditor of bta'.e. After the receipt of this statement the committee procetded io the oüice of the Treasurer of Sim, aud then and there made a full and complete examination of the apartments, vaults, safes, books, vouchers, papers, drafts, check, orders, certificates and mcney on haud or partaininK to said Treasury. The examination developed te following ttate of facts as to the assets ol said Treasury: 1. check on Maverick Bank. Uoston ...f 10.C0O CO 2. Special deposit In First National BcDk, Indiantpolis C2,0)0 00 3. six certificates of deposit in First National fcauk cf Indianapolis for $10.lOt each, and dated December :0, 1831, aggregating - - 60.00J CO 4 One p&tktge deposited in Merchants' National liank of Indianapolis, Januftry 2 1 5 ..mi uOGCO 00 5 special deposit in Meridian National B&nk. Indianapolis. January 12, 1SS. 00,003 00 C. r our certificates of deposit in Meridian national Bank, Indianapolis, dated December SI, 1SJ4, azctegating. 70.030 CO 7. Gcvernor Porter's certificate, which. was turned over by Hill to Cooper 1,003 03 s. blx cashier's certiScatcf of deposit in Merchants' National Bank, datel November 16, 1S81, aggregating 9. Cashier's check on Meridian National Bank, dated Januarv "27, lssv. 10. Certificates on Meridian Natioual Bans. Indianapolis, dated January 2s, 1S33 11. Ccrt'flcate of deposit on Meridiau National Baok. Indianapolis, datel December 31, 1S31 , 12. Check on bank at No'alesville, Ind., dated January 20, 13 County Commis.ioaers' order on Hamilton County, dated December 21, 1;31, bearinz 6 per cent, interest-...... 52.792 CI 2-3,003 00 4,003 03 , 6. 000 03 2Ö7 27 10.030 00 it. county Com must oners' o-der ou Marion County, isuel January 1, 1 SSI. due January 1, 13S5, with interest at t par cent, from dat C3.00J 03 1 County orders of various denominations and dates, with 6 per cent, interest, sgzre&ating . ASM 3) A large portion of tnese orders were receive 1 bv Mr. Hill, tne former Treasurer, and turned to thö present Treasurer a cash. IG. Kxchange on first National Bank Cincinnati - 2,000 17. Cash on hand 7,71)1) 13. Advancements made to Judges and others on salaries 12,030 19. Warrants canned after Auditor's statement and before committe's examination........ 173 70 Total assets a S131.202 9i Leaving a balance due Treasurer.. ......... 8 5,111 90 A sub committee examined the special deposit in the various banks and found the amounts to correspond to the certificates in the Treasurer's office. Tbe committee went to the farthest limit of tteir power under the resolution to ascertain the true condition of the State Treasury. It is true that the letter of the statute has not been strictly compiled with, but this certainly has not been the fault of the Treasurer, as be had no authority or power to do more than receive and disburse th public funds, hed?! In by the following restrictive statute: "Toe room now occupied, or which mar bs bereifter assigned to and occupied by the T.eMUrcr Of tatt. together with the safes, vaults and other yrojier end necesfry mwui for tbe security and safe-keeping of the public money thereto belonging, inail constitute the Treasurv of the State of Indiana, and the Treasurer of Mate snail be required to use the Treasury so constituted as the sole place for the depcBit and sale-keepiuj Of toe monjc? ol tne State." To the unsophisticated it would seem that our Treasury is a stronghold of impregnable walls, and that the vaults and lafes are well guarded with iron bolts, bars and time-locks, and impervious to fire and burglar. Not to, gentlemen. The rooms are neither fire or burglar-proof, and it would be Stupidity on the part ol the Treasurer of State to even contemplate depositing any large amount of money in tbe rickety old trap called a safe in the "State Treasury." föurzlars would go through it as easily as a buzz saw through a Paper box. Therefore it cauid not be otherwise expected than tat the Treasurer would sc?k a more secure p'ace of deposit for the public funds, aad indeed in doing eo be but exercises the prudence of a wise and careful public officer, and is to ba commenced for h'.s action instead of being traluced tni maligned as a law-breaker aud Mon. Mr. Cooper hs followed the rrC:deuts o! his rredecefsors in o:Hce, aal i neitLer better nor worse than they. The committee in its investiiation after ft ascerta:ncd that the State Treasurer had ap'te funds and good collaterals in his hands to more than cover his liability, had no inclination to pursue the prophetic va?arles of irresponsible newspaper pessimists, or to be very profoundly impressed by the vapory mouthines of the subtle sans culotte ex-Governor, who. during tbe first two years of his executive gammon and bumble solictude for the safe keeping of the 8tate's money, did net think it proper or expedient to recommend "such additional locks, safes and vaults as would render the public funds absolutely secure against fire and burglary," but with a heavenly-pensive serenity permitttd his Republican state Treasurer to asen ire the Mtarking" cares and responsibilities of depositing the State's moneys la the various banks of the city of Indiauspoiis, collecting intercut and recognizing his right to do so under his unconditional and unlimited engigeneut wikh he assumed in 8ivins his ot!iC al bond aud taking upon himself the duties and responsibilities of the oiTioe, and when his term of oSice had expired the most potent ex-Governor, with a complacency equalled only 07 his magnanimity, eoape-1 hts exit with the unctious benediction of "Well done, thou good and faithful servant; depart in peace:" We are led to Infer from the ex-Governor's meweo that up to the summer of 133 he had no knowledge of the condition of the Treaj ry or the remotest idea of how or where the public funds were kept, but was reposing in blissful ignorance of tbe whole subject, although for more than two years he had constantly been inclose relationship with the banks of the city aad daily association with the Treasurer, and. in fact, occupying Gubernatorial rooms in the same building. It therefore seems to me that thewortay exGovernor has not only been conversant with all the facts and knowledge in relation to the condition of the State Treasury and the practices of the various Treasurers, but in full accord anl i-jmpathy during the Republican administration, and permitting him to so on until the cios1 of his o:I':cll dnties without censure or investiiatlon, but it was impossible for tne distinguished and honored ex-Governor to abdicate his great oflice and retire to the shades of political oblivion without giving his old-time enemy the Democratic prly a stab through one of its honored o-icers. Therefore, tbe committee, after a full examination of the ftssets of the Treasury, were of the opinion that the charges made by ex-(i3vernor Porter In his biennial uiessa?3 were witnout foundation or sincerity. Toe minority of the committee talked fair, but played a game of double dealing in the rejort. The minority report was never submitted to the committee, nor did any member of the majority know what it conialnel until real cn the Uoor of this DTouse. anl members of the committee were greatly surprisel to lied it teemlnz with a mess of verbiage anl Katements which were never suggested or spoken of or in the presence of the committee. And the gentleman from Wabash and KosciüsYo puis on his feathers and war pint and osstttutes himself the Republican Warwick, and lUe tt-c colossus of Bhods bestrides the swish of Republican corruption anl attempt to purify the polluted waters of the Stysian Etreara by dragging tbe untArnisbel reputations of Democratic otlicers Into it, but the geaucsian, Hie the puny, ephemeral ia-

rcct which dance In the sunshine for a m jrrvit and then ignominlous'y perisher, when he came in contact with the blsze of Democratic investigation, with his false charges, was eorched u death, and be can not avert the fate of bis party which will d overwhelmed by the wares of oblivion, snd mnkea deeper ia orcurity than th long-lost Atalantia, which lies buried thoutanl ot fathoms deep at the bottom of the oeeau. Ya have opened the books, and the first score is for an honest man and Democratic reform. Dynamite. ICommnnicated.l Just now old England is on a big scare. Something has been tearing np things at their Capital. What they have long been fearing they are now experiencing. The calamity which they dreaded has come nigh unto them. With all their experience in controlling men and the elements, they have now met a foe that they are unable tj resist. They are as helpless as babes, and stand astonished at their own weakness. Their large armies and powerfal navies can only stare and wonder. Their police are as ignorant and as helpless as the masses. Sach a condition of society is deplorable. An enemy lurking in teeret waiting for a favorable time to spring npon its victims, is an object to be dreaded. There mut bs some powerful came to produce such an enemy. It is not a natural development of humanity. Some powerfal obstructions to the growth of man's higher powers must hive been placed in the way to produce sach monsters. What were those obstructions? In all countries we find some persons out of harmony with the balk of society; ia

some countries more, in some less. What is the canse? Whatever the cause Is, that cause must be removed before the true development of the faculties can occur, and before the man can stand out before the world as a complete human being. Were I to name ths cause of this undeveloped and un?at's1e t condition of mankind, I would condense it all in the one word, "oppression." You may search the world over and you will find oppression of soma kind at the bottom of all tbe mischief. There is la every man, saint or savage, a spark of the divine that rebels against oppression. And in atl ages and all countries there have been occasions when individuals as well as coaiairiaitics have revolted against their oppressors, England ehould have learned long ao that oppression wonld bring revolt. The American Colonies, more than a hundred years ago, gave her a le? son on the theory and practice of equal rights. She is now taking another lesson, on a small scale, Probably Ireland has a just cause of complaint against England beyond what the natives of Eogland have, but the whole working population would be justified In a revoll against the oppressive exactions of the Government and the land-holders. There is a large "royal family" to sapport and many privileged classes, who are too lazy to work, that are sucking the lifebl od out cf the people who labor. 1 1 is net at all certain that all these dvna mire exjJoslons are of Irish origin. Toey m'.st certainly have accomplices among the pt Aple of London. Possibly England is in no more daneer than France or Russia, or other countries, for the divine spark in man is working like leaven among the toilers of all nations. Resentment to oppression assumes different forma, in different countries and nnder different conditions, but it is all a protest gainst unjust laws and harsh treatment, it is the 8i seit ion of individual selfhood, the equality of man, the right of each one to own what he earns to enjoy what he produces. This indedendent spirit in man can't be killed, it can't be whipped out or starved out It may be .kept under for a time bv force, but it is dangerons to try that method. England is now learning how dangerous it is. - Laboring men have been conaisrel as "mudsills" on which the aristocracy might build mansions. These mudsills are crawling out, and the mansions are tumbling dOWD. Is there any oppression in America? Is there any cause for aK-rm ia this happy land? Have the laboring people any cause to complain? What ia the canse of so mach trouble between emplovers and laborer? The causes that have led to England's pres ent troubles, are operating nere now, and 11 not checked speedily will soon be beyond control. Our lands are being bought np by the millions of acres to form estates for a landed aristocracy. The producta of our labors are being gathered np by the capitalist to form an aristocracy of money. And there is a strong effort beiug made to create an aristocracy of paupers, by "retiring" bupernnmerary Government employes, either civil or military, and thus compel ths working people to support them in idleness and luxury. And this too while the laboring man has to work hard and practice the most rigid economy to support his family. Is there no danger in America? Will Ui oppressor ctase to oppress? Trcman Beem&x. Indianapolis, Jan. 30, lSw. A Good Judicial Joke. IThe Independent. On one of the oüicial excursions in the Chesapeake waters, when Chief Justice Waite, Judge Hall and other judicial persons were present, their passags grew very rough and Jndge Hall became violently ilL Ae he was moaning in his agony tbe Chief Justice said: 'My dea Hall, can I do anything for yoa? Sujrgeet what you wish." "I wish," said the seasick man, "I wish that jour Honor would overrule this motion." Xfhj Nevada Chickens Never 1'ecotua lieu (Sac Francisco A!ta. i Tbe Nevada frold seekers have discovered a new use for fowls. The hens are picketed, and, beirg hungry, begin to ecratch aad eat. After three or four days' honest toil they are killed and their craws examined for gold. As much as -4 has been fourjd in one craw. LEAUIE 10 LO (JAMES. Opening: of the Championship Season To-K!ght at Meridian Rink. TheloEg expected and much talked of championship series of League Polo games commerces to night at Meridian Rink, on which cccasion the horne team will cross sticks with the famous Chicago Folo Club. This team is conceded to be one ot the ttronpest clubs in the Western Polo League, and its members are a daring lot cf skaters. P. H. Elhrt, the Captain and Rasher, is tt e champion speed ekater or the Northwest. While the home team is not coaSdent of defeating its celebrated rivals, they promise f at least make it interesting, and will take every opportunity oered to win Its fit championship game. The game will be called promptly at o'clock. There is erery indication cf a packed bonfe. Don't fail to witness the first of tbe eeries of the League tolo jrames. The following will play in tonight's contest: Chicagos. .1,0?itica. v Merllian. F.ihArt Captain and Kushcr Tarltoa Tavior - nus..er....... Lindls Wool J. Mu-phy t Jon ....Dierici Corrigan ......I'omt..... Morris t?fv?.oi?t fcott Ha f Rc Rrarrook - Half KoCk Foster...... .........Goil Tenser., Mies;