Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 41, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1885 — Page 4

THE IKDIAKAPOLIS .DAILY SEKTINEL TUKSDAT MOUSING FEBRUARY 10 1885.

TUESDAY, FEilRUARY 10

OVriVY.i 71 and 73 Wt Market Street. r.Airs of siiiw;i:iLriox. InitlaxapolU 9etibl lor lSSriDallj t Sunday aud Weekly Kd it loos. P.UI.Y. Innrere 1 by cr.rrler. ;cr wet 5 C5 Diilj. including Sunday, rcr treck CO Da! y, per annum, by call. 11 CO Pally, per annum, b uall, iLdadlnj Sunday, fcyrull 12 no Daily, detlvered by carrier. p?r annum 1 0) Dally, delivered ty carrier, per aaaura, Including Sunday 11 (0 Dilly, to newsdealers, per copy 3 SIWDA v. 8on Jay edition of eUhtv-four co'.ann"- J 2 CO Baniay entlad, by carrier 2 50 Tu news lo&kre, per cop z) ' v F.r.Äi.v. Weekly, per annun? 1 00 The potge on sutcrIptiom ty mall Is prepaid by the putltahcr. N'etvfcdf aler uppld at tbr-e cents p :r copy. Poitaxe or o'-her coarse pre pM. Entered an fccond cIsjs matter at t-e P03 oCica at Ii!i(f tmpoMs. Ind. Tuk tos f """ör begiL3 in tha Illinois Legh'a'nre to 3 ay. I'f..rNK is bariui; hia portrvt pointed by m U.-cr;r& Etgifeu artht, givirr? Amerbana Wz'r.;: lackier than Flngland after 11. I. Tim-.ta' n ay threats: her navy, but for i- c wn re have no fear A." outer. hcay storm is reported from the North hi d Northwest, Trains and mails all bound ar d much delayed. John L. Sullivan utoarn European tour. V-'hy not accompany Ingenoll aad Dsisey, John? TLe cobiLation would be perfect. Ho: Jo.-j.rn Gkij.m:u. ditd in New Radford last Saturday, aged nitcy-six. He was Presidf nt of t'.o W.nuntta Ctttcn Company, and hsd sTVrd tbreo terms in Congress in old Whig time?. R."-v ircK pro port 3 io p at u tariff on wheat and corn. One by ore ths ccrds are being fastened around the American farmer's foreign market for his grain. Germany oysif you irohibit our manufactured articles we will lex ont yoar grain. Tnr. Journal is late cat:hingcn" to an old bloody shirt rumor that the Democrats of Mississippi will end Jeff Davis to the United State Senate. TLe other organs of tbo combination wore the rumor thread Iure ücrirp the rar'y weeks of December, i.ei u? have fomethine frph More than L!f of tbe druggists in New Yor City, it hes been discovered, hare been felling adaltciated quinine, and sev eral arrests arc impending. It must baa diificult thirfr for physicians to successfully treat pr.tients TvLeu druiists fi!l prescriptions with medicinea iTiflerent from those ordered. Ma. R.opall went over to New Yorfe stiIIenly ladt Saturday. This has revived fie drooping plumes of the IJiaine organs who have been bopine that th new administration would start off with "a row" between the ravencfl reform ideas of Mr. Carlisle and the protective theore9 of Mr. Randall. It would be a fad d!S3proUtment to ceriain Republican organs if th Cleveland administration shcu'd set tail under favorable a?pice3. TuK&ntl or of "Dp Msa.bJ SheepfalV l uMiihf d in the Sentinel Eanday morning, is Mias Sally Pratt McLean. Tbe Nw Yort San says "tbe lines in question first apptared in a ncv?l cf Miis McLean's, entitled "Tcwhead, thr Story cf a Girl," published in Co3ton in ISnJ It will be found on the eeventy-fourth pace of that volume; 'ard we ore? more declare our opinion that, without lepard to its dialect, it is one of tha Tiiott beautiful poems In the Rcglisb Iant. CP ' Thiee is a movement on foot among the IrdeprLdfKt Republicans of New York City to iüsist upon the retection cf the present postmaster cf that city, Mr. IVArson, dorine the term of Mr. C.eve.'asd t s Pxesident, The Kver.inc IV st esyr: 'rbf Nc York I'ciofJcc tu ? t ervo ps illut'-t;.-v o! tre Vi:.dof civil it-? vie? which ita.-onla 1) te nln of r rerorra aJiatiiiftriiticn t cjU v't. f iicn'. nr-t eiil-ir'e npon tr.c cfliri tv 'nl Ldvluy o( tLe prc-sut posttuasttr ol New V-rL. , Ii. 1. p ?brs. the lpst Hvln : illustration of tvc smi of r f. rr. which Gove: it cr -l.-ve'and has dcat til it to to hi purpose to iuiugurate. TLöNew York Sun, however, significantly p-jt: -Is ret tho Democratic party pledged t j civil service reform? ' O'.vino to the recent explosions in London many Erpiih employers have discharged iheir Irish workmen, and it is bc3m!nf: more and more ditlicuJt for Irishmen to obtain wcrs anywhere in Great Rritain. The English employ en ßre scticg imprudently. Tnere is no jestice in punishing the innocent for the crimes of the guilty, and the discrimination againat Irishmen is calculated to increase rather thn diminish tho outrides which the British public eo much dreads. Kcglisn manufacturers and other employers cculd cot adopt a policy more carta' n to imperil their property thaa that which thev ar now pursuing. It is afdrmea that Mr. Oveland has alwaj3 refused free pae3 on railroads and dead-brad telegrams sent by himself. A privatej'etter to gentleman of YYashin?ton Citysay: 'I was in Albany last Tuesday, andipect&n hoar or ?o at the Governor'. He was overrun with c.tllers, bat was, as usual, placid and genial. Larn:nt was busy la fiilcgarp'icaticns for cilice ana returning telfgTapu franks and tbe like, all Of which (including railroad passes) Governo Clereland Las always refused since he be-

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cane Governor. We are going to bavesjmr o'd-fa ihiontd hosesty in the Presid?ntia' Chair, aud present taking and all the abuse which btve gro rn up of lata years will b s'epred."- mmm Tnr result of tbe elections In th G?r;era! As-stmblywas to make Miss L?zzie Calüs State Librarian, George Majors Director or State Priron North, Jcbn Horn Director o? State Prfson South, B. II. Burrell, Trustee of Icface Hospital; J. B. Green, Trustee of Afylnm fcr tbe Deaf aad Dumb, and Calvin to dll, Trustee of Asylum for the Biind. TH? APPELLATE COURT QUESTION. Ina Termer editorial tbe Sentinel advocated the establisbmf nt by the General Assembly of an ipp l'ate Con't. The eugesticn was made that if the institution of more than one court thould be adjudged too expensive, tbe Legislature should at least institute one and then provide for another, or others, as appellate busioets should appear to require. One of the leading lawyers of the State, Colonel Charles Denby, of Evansvilie, discusses the question of the Appellate Court in another column, arguing in favor of a dual court. In calling atttn'ion to Colonel Denbj'e ait!c!e v e have to tay that from nrj msn in the S'at? could a foccition come which we wou'd more re'-pect for its disintertedrc 33. The distinguished ability of the gcntlenan, sod his long experieaca at tbe bar of the State, aid weight to his opiniCL?. The hast our lfjri lators can do is to f.ive h:s !VgrStior3 thoughtful comider?.t!cu. A PROFITABLE RAN CHE. Dorsey nr.il Colonel Boh Ingeroil will mako a grand foreign tonr together, or at Jtast they will start in company. The Colonel will remain abroad for five years, and -will probably "do"' Europe, Asia and Africa. He and Dersey, with a partner, John B. Alley, have recently divided $300,CC0, 1h? proceeds of a year'3 yield from a catt'.3 rar.cha in New Mexico. Dorsey praposcs to r:jtcrn in abou: cne year, a3 th-j ranche is in his chrg. There will ba another fortune, probabiy, to divide abut that time. Dorsey gave the Washington Fest the folic wieg description of the famous ranch?: "It would be an error to snppoco that the rauche Is cut oil from civilization, or isat life upou it becomes a dieary aad monotououn tntng. Mr. Dor?ey" priTBte t legraph line readers ornmuai fdt on eaj. The mall3 arrivo arid leave daily. Ihe totals arbandoire and luxuriously f ir-ni-Led. and visitor" rontioually coiln nd goin. Coiocel Inpers-oll'a qu&iut log-no:isc, oi which a litKriitioa was Uht year puhlislied in tliePcst, discounts llawtnorce's boue tf tho ievtn t;ab!cs, for the rtaon that It has nineteen. "Mr. Lorsej's roasc, picture'iifl la aopo:iranpj ard covered with viti, i froatc-d by an ftrtiflciit like, while the Interior can Loaet ofabnliirlroom, bowlinz alley, litrary, lauseun, miuic room, ard a thcuaud and one conveniences tn: raske lifo wrrth hvlck'. SittliiKia hiseilic Mr. I.-r-sey can telrpaore to his foremati, pcvsuty tiilo liviaat on toe otiier ti le ot the rauciie, or with any of bis asisir.t ni&myer?. though thr lc MilesawAT. TfceTopeka aud t'anta t'e Kniiroad js but fihea xriltf cli-tant. Aa for V? clio aip. Mr. Iorey taj a it Is almost perfect. Tr.inü 'd a winter taid be, 'la which everyday uut taue vas pleant and sunny " A ROMANTIC SUGGESTION. Sheikh Geniel Ed Din, a well-known Mohammedan agent, no-? in Taris, says: "Tha Mahdi would respeci General Gordon as a prisoner, and miht be willing to opon nagotlation3 for the exchange of General Gordon for Arabi Pasha, whom the Mahdi honors as a true servant in the cau?9 of Mahopiet." There is romance in tbij propoaitioa. There i3 a coed per cent of tboj9 who three years 8go read of Arabi Pasha's combats, his capture and exile, who weald hail -.rith ectat ihe bringing of Aiabi from his Ceylon cot läse, where ha 33 reported to be tow teaching schcü and surrendered in escLange f-r Ucrdon all by tbe derrand cf the Arnb?, of whosj foiccs Arabi was the leader. What ahumili -tion would not that be to England! What gibes would not she receive from other nation?! And ye.., no cartoon, no pnquirnde at her fzpecse ould be undeserved. Her intermeddling over Jn the Scndan was reprehensible, but tbe ungratefol inattention to Gordon in his dilemma was positively shameful. That would be a sight for assembled tat!ons to look upon tho English, under compulsion, sending for the exiled Arab Chief, and returning to him his liberty. There is nothing in modern history that would be comparable to it. If, happily, Gerden is alive and in captivity, El Maadi will make for himself a pae in romantic b.'stcry by making the return ot Arabi Poil-a to liberty and his native heath the rcrtom of ' Chineaa" Gordon. HR BLAINE COMPLACENT. Latest advices from Mr. Bline, Jato candidate of the late g- o. p. for the Presidi-icy. are of the mot encouraging nature. He mipbt be d3V?ribcd as fair, fat and fifty-fiy-ti His conipl?iion his freshened, the i"nh and cysters cf the Chesapeake have f.i'.ter.ed him, aad he reached the five and filt:eth milestone of life a few days since. He i said to be actually robust and buoyant, lit Is gradually scalping hi3 enemies, aid blaz ing hia way by easy stages to the nomiaiticn of 1S3S. It is Eaid that he considers himself almost "even" with Mr. Arthur and bis Premier, Mr. Freiinghuysen. He th'nks he defeated Mr. Arthur's Scratcrial aspirations, and that Mr. Felinghuyten and his family have been 'so eHectually ' snubbed" that they will be glad to make a masterly retreat into Jersey early in March. His next big game is Senator Edmunds and ex-Senator Cockling. Their discomfiture will not be so easily effected. A recent correspondent of tha Chicago Times eays that they "give Blaint more trouble than either the President or any of his Cabinet. Mr. Blaine realizes that there is no hope cf dislodging the Vermont Senator frcm h's ceiL Mr. Edmunds is es firmly fixed in the Senatorial chair a; the Green Mountains cf his native State upon their ta?e. Bat Mr. Blaine is not negIfctirg the Irigid Vermonter, and is determined to make his seat as uncomfortable

for tiro 3 poFiible. Edmunds is unpopular Hn:cn2 Lis JiL8t jr;al colleagues, and not a few cf them on the Republican aida are mere than w illing to render aid and comfort to Mr. Blaine in this matter. The only Republican whom Mr. Blaine really fears is Uccce Conkllng. He believes that the latter will make an early effort to re-enter potlic 1 fe, and his return to the stage of nfTaira would be as unwelcome to Mr. Blaine :is Ba: juo's ghest to Macbeth at the royal fta:t. It is still war to the knife b3tween tht.-e ancient enemies, aad wLl be to the end." In retard to the next Presidency Mr. Blaine intends to make a fight for it. DuriDg the next fcur ytars he proposes to bs the leader of the third llonse, alvyaa formidable power in Washington City, and then, too, a3 th's Fame corrf spondent, alrtcdy allude 1 to says, ' he hss a grip upon the machinery cf th errand eld f:irty which L9 dors not believe cau be shaken during tho eLsuing four years. Wiih no una ia the White Home to Tf laid the public patrontg against him he sses no opportunity for any of his would be rivals in Republican leadership to render themselvt-s formidable. Altogether, Mr. Blaine is to day in n decidedly ha py frame of mind. He has learned to lcok upon the t ait v.ith complacency, and he gaze-! into tLe future vitu confidrucr." Mr. Arthur tnlnks tc.t toe "g. o. p " net Eominate Mr. B a'n. Tr.ey tried th exreilu ent orco, nnd it cost too r.iucb. It. ia perhap?, however, tc the intert; of the Bcmccratic lartj lud.-rd to enc nra;e M. EUihfc'h hoif& aud &3.iralious for aooth-r an.j i;in, er M Jrf.?-. they should n ;t dis(curege hic. Giic him plenty oi r;: ar. J- ui-'y.

TSE d TATJ2 LIBRARY. Wiih t vera! worthy ladies conipct'ng b3 ff?e the Lfgi-.'etuie f;,r the post of State Librarian, tbe Sertir-1 Las refrained from nsming a choice. We can, however, extend hearty corgratulaticns to Mis L'z.:e Calli, l:e ejffll'nt little lidy vtto h3J presided ever tha LLary fcr the past troyear?, upon ' he r teccp-.ir g hr own succtssor. To those 1 wLo oppcfcd Mis Caliis we eaa Siy that no cisccmhtnrc neid be felt at beins defeated ty ber. Bj impic ving well her opportaaities for pleasing tho patrens of the library sLel.a3n.adea host ot warm friends, not enly in Indianapolis, but throughout t!i3 State. In tho charge of Mis3 Caliis and brr eifcieiit assistant, Mrs. Ilibhjn, the ibihry bss treu conducted to the entire j-atiefsctJcn cf the public. In its present ir.aritrs the library cannot be arranged to the IjcsI advan:ate, but should it be moved Ir.to itj permanent quartera before the. expiration of Miss CA'lis'8 term, we may expect to an arrangement cf books and inusaum articles which will plense the pubiic eye Lnt thre is also needed a replenishing of boots to cive us a State library worthy of the ran e. CURRENT OTE AM) C03I.UEXT. ' The real trouble with the noble red man, aVont which the benevolent missionaries are talkingsomnch.ii the tame that ails the defunct Republic an Special Treasury Agents, Magistrates and other loafers, they won't die out, a. a it js not exactly Christian to shoct them. Philadelphia Times. Mr. Bayat.: appears to have fomewhat damaged bis Cabinet boom by his anti-dym-mite resolution. Ntfier mind, Mr. Bayard Vonr action has f.adtd to your reputation a a high-minded Christian gentleman and statesman, and that will amply mke upjfor the lc:s of th State portfolio, should it have that result. Pittsburg Commercial. Tuo.e learned editors who are writing ar.o-.it "dynamiters'' and ''dynamiUrd s" opght to be taajKt that an English word is better for their readers than a foreign one, fend that "dynamiters" is good enough to describe the ne class of cowardly criminals. Why Irishmen operating in England should be described by French words in American papers can not be xp!uined. Philadelphia Bulletin. Tiik recant ca- cf Hanson against Hansou illustrates tbe spfd and succets of the di ycrce casr3 in No7:a S:ctia The wife sued for a divorce, and within three months from the commencement cf the prccecdings an absolute decree was granted. Tha husband's farm was sold for ccsts, (and bought ia for the wife,) and the husband driven from the Province to escape arrest. The wife 13 now free and successfully running the farm. Montreal (Canada) Witness. J ciKiE Dougherty, cf Alabama, was noUd for eccentricity and sarcasm quite as muoh as for impartial administration cf justice. During a term of court at Montgomery a young man was tried for tetit larceny takiDg a pockit-book. The next case was fcr murder. The evidence in the farmer was slight, in the latter conclusive, yet the jury convicted in the fi-sl and acquitted in the second, much to the surprise of themselves. In the first case the Judge said to the prisoner: "Young man, you have not been in this country long?'' "No, sir," replied the young man. "I thought s. Yu don't fincw the.se people; you may killthem.bat don't touch their pocket-books." Mobil s (Ala.) Register. It has ben published in the papers that StonewAil Jackson's war horse is to be sent to the Expcsition at New Orleans and thero put on exhibition, the admission fees to go to the beLefit cf the "R. E. Lee Camp for the relief of Confederate soldiers." It prates upon the feelings of every Confederate soldier; indeed, it mnit be repugnant to the feelings cf tTtry Federal soldier to think of sending off cpon a mercenary musion thi3 glorious old hors?, who, Bearing the heroic Jackson, ennffed the breeze of battle upon a hundred fields of fame. Let us tratlic in scnething else, and let Stonewall JacSsoa's 1 hoise live in peace until ho lays hh booes fc" rest cn the hillsides of old Virginia, and the ether part cf him, if tb.6re be another part, is assigned tbe highest sett in "hors9 heaven," if there be a heaven for horses Lyashbarj Virginian,

FEES AM) KALA HIES.

High Fcfs and Low Salaries The Less Ability, aid Los Labor Required to Fill an Ofi!c, the (ire&ter tho Va). The Orater Ability tut Lrsrriing-, anJ the Orcnttr 1 bor Itqnlrfi to Fill au OtTice, tha Leu lay. rCornrjiialCUteil. Such as the foregoing hesdilcrs indicate, Mr. Editor, seems to have been, and to still be, the policy of Icditrn, I am forcibly lemicdsü of thi3 by bills nov pending in the Legislature. I pave nf tcoticcd any bill for the r?duction cf fees allowed to tflieers whove coaip?nfativn concists, in the main, of fees, ny ore who knew? nny thirg npon the Ealject knows that there aro cflicers filling otlice? that require ceithpr much learning nor ability, nor, indeed. mu;h labor on the pirt of the cfiicer in chief, who aie making fortunes from the fees allowed and collected. These etem to ha pavsei by, and an eflort is mado to economize by cutting salaries and tbe comp?nsation cf clerks and as-isttüts dwn to fTbrvatioa rtie3. And in this eilort tte rid rt''M f-teur-s t) prevail, tint lb J es? aUi:y 11: d !errin.i nqa:rid th in h? r n , and viiv v:.4!-.. For . xamp!e, cue o' th , r. form hü! rr'ji:.f? to give o n cierk nf tfjf SupeTintendfur 0 Public Iu.lr action il ; 1 er yar. lJ to tho Ass .stnt AUori'v Urneial .(aj'J v-r 3 fa'. Tho ona is a simple, clerk. Surely rio r-o:-. tbility ur great Ifcrning rf-.ufrtd to perform the d.i-iei cf e'erk to the oriperinundeni nf Public Inslrcclioii. The title of the ctlice ird'ette what it is, a clerk. It h-.s no tfr.V.s requiring much aDility or learning Anv ordnary bcokktei tr. donbtlesn, could perform the dates. Wbat, on the other hand, is the cfiice cf Assistant Att?rn?y General? Whatintbh cth:cr for? Ho in not a mere clerk to nny cne. He net to h'ep a nteaiorarilnm, simply, of what the chief does or has done. He 13 to ait ia doinr it. And what is this? The Executive, Legis'ative. ar.d Jndicial uro tbe three departments of the State grsytrnmeot. Tii3 Attorney 3ner.il belocg.s to the Judicial departrnent.'R-n is tu constitutional advisor of the ctlier department?. If tbe Executive hava doubts upon a'jy quit:ou of coost'utinal or ststutorv ihwr, Ijci eors to toe Attorney General. If any of the clhrerg, including tha .S'lperinti.dent üf Public Instruction, have doubts npon any question arising under tbe Constitution or Jaws of the S.i, they submit the qnett'rn to th Attorney GeneraL Upon ih&t clticer. uutil tbe qoeitiou reaches the Siiprrme Court, rtstj the entire reipin?!bdity. in ail tbes-e doubtful question?, from the other cepcrtmtnts cf the Government. Ard tfcete doubtful qnsstious 8realwaysthe more important qaf'tion3, involving the Sat'8 aod the peopln's greifst interests Tbe Attorney General must f.ho prsjsata find defend in all cass involving tbe Stite' ir.tertsts. He mud act for the SUte in all criminal cac-rs on appeal to the Suprfime Court. Here, as elsewhere, he is "called npon to meet some cf tbe best legal talent in the State, representing the luWerse side. It n.rft r.t once be apparent that grat reeponMbility r?sts upon this ollicer, nnd that ho must be a man of ability, and learned in the profession of cf the law, or tbe State may greatly sutler endlose. An assistant is required because the Attorney Otr.r:l can not alone do all of the work. Therefore, the Assistant Attornty is not simply to act aj acleik.bat be is to uesit in the imrortant a id responib'e oik. Ho is to shar?, in a measare, the resyonsibilltv of tue chief. It is maulfest tbat be must ba a man of learning well up in his profession. It is risking nothing at all to assert that much of the time you may find that Assistant Attorney" General Kittppling with diriicu't questions, after the clerk ha? eloped bis day's labor. For the overwork, for the benefit of his learning, that has cost time, labor and money to ac quire, and for tin responsibility tnat he must esiume, tbe S'a'.o proposes to pay fl3 pr vcar; while to the clerk of the Superintendent of Public Instruction it i3 proposed to p8v il.UvHj per year. I write this without the knowledge of the Attorney General or hie a.:s:stant, and without any kind of pr?ferenca for eilhfr of the oii:e or their clerks or ess'.stants. 1 have no reference to th?m as n en. I mention these t'o oiliefl became o! tbe pending bill and tbe Mustration it affords ot what I have stated, that in Indiana, the more ability, Itarnicjr. and labor required to fill an oilice, invariably the less pay. I do not think that $i '-CO is too much pay for tbts clerk, bat I insist that if 1.-03 is not too much for the clrrk. G0O for the Assistant Atterney General, the assistant Jawctficerof the Government, is unins-t and ridic-ilous m the extreme The S?ato cf Indiana must want the cbeap.t talent, and the cheapest learning in this important and responsible place, yhih rf quires both Ulent and Ica-ning. cr she wants these without anything lite a fair ccmper saticn. There are 310 wording days in a year. This proposed sa'ary to tb9 Assistant Attorney Genera! amounts to $t.t.l er cay. Is it possible tbat tbe clerk, doorKeepers and their ar-v.stants in the Legisla ture are wcrth 5 " rer day, including Snrdas, nrd the As;:tant Attor.oev General bnt ?1 t'l,'.- per day for the working days? With oitrr cilices and cfucer?, there are gresr and even more un'taionaoh and nojest inequalities, vrhic a I propose to point ont l.ertafter. And in doina: so, a3 here, 1 l ave no reference to the men who now hap-P-ti to occupy the chi.ei. Eebruary t. JUTtTI.. COLI.5 1 Ol". AI'l'rLLAiE COUNTS.

Colonel Charte Uenhy liilki Through the Seiittntl to tho Legislature. To the Edhor ot the Sentinel: Sib It seems to be conceded that this Legislature will establish an Appellate Court. I ce-ed net ge over the arguments in favor cf it that have been produced in your columns. The lawyer?, as far as I know, prefer the present commission to the establishment cf one Appellate Court to hold its sessions at Indianapolis. An appeal to the Supreme Court, reference to the Commia'icner, and Sosl decision by the Supreme Court, is a simpler and better syiteui than the Mtibiisasnent of one intermediate court, Th? business ia that court would rapidly eccumu'ate and delays would fellow. The Supreme Court might possibly be relieved by a final'determination of many causes in the intermediate court. Bat th convenience cf the people and lawyers in otber parts of the Stato would not promoted. If we have to go to Indianapolis to try our cases we might as well go to tho Sanreme Court to any other coirt. Eipecially ia this true if appeal iies from the intermediate court to the Supreme Court. Then we ould ha?ö to go to Indianapolis twics.

whereas we now only go one. In ja-tice to the öiaie outild cf he Capital there 6bCLld be an Appellate C.mrt holdiDs: its term in four or more parts o! the S ate. Tbe Bar universally wants oral argument. AUJawjers concede that it is best to prent law questions to all the member of the court py an ornt argument. Tbw is 1 1? rule in England and in theSapremeCinrtof tLe UniUd Slatts It rulis in evry Jcdce takirg prt in the decision, and in tricgir.g ont distinctly every controverted point. It would not have b?en ps-iole ur.t'er this preclice for a court at the same teim, bs was lauly done, to decide th sani question in an exactly oppciie manner in iori!ti To peccre au oral argument tho CoDrt trust sit in different pa'ts of the State. 'In hta'H iiow pHjs cO.t'OO per anau-u to the Commissioner. Fcr that sum of money it cculd have to ADpelIateCoart3ro,Jsi'iinV of three Judgfe each. Oae court mijbt hold lour sessions two at Indianapolis and two at Fort Wayne. The other Court miuht hold f.ur Ee?sio:.s twont Evansvilie and tsvo at New iilrany. The United States now holds its courts fct these feints to tha very great elvai-tflge of the people. Many thoisiads of dollurs are savcd to the people by the jurergeirent. H ttie Jndts are paid ?'," K, es tlwy ct;gbt to by, tbe eiD?ne 15 or,ly increateo $l ot 0 If they are paid 1.00 then $i (KO pr aniiuiü is saved. Thiä plan in simple and just to the people. Tbey pay tbe taxes to support the courts The ne aier jou-bring tae courts to tinni tbe more epfeoily are- cui-s decided aud the triidUtr tie expel s In the olden time v:ii 11 hi) n-Jiiiiraliy f uits ba i to be brought au t berO at Ii dbioa, oi s, a man haviog a iui in wiving i:lv.-. generally chose to sub-n-ii 10 :c. it rather than travel L'0) rail-?, lafee P '. vciJiit s r tbir depositions, aid hire :t fi.-rgti liwer to try th ca-?-. A few (1 1 j h. t) - I'-ifr?, D.-.ioa or Grand, eat 11 ite jccgneM. if he ovpr git it. T..:s Liilstur is IKmccritic. iore is s: nt thine U'O'e in lr.n ocracy than a uiers atme. .-JHticn should be for f:e benebt of 'i e ic;;if. Legislators are agents and 1 ri; t f-1 of th" reonle. It is not demagogy, but sb?"?i markup to hold that the cardinal dnty of the legislator is to promote tbe interest of the people. He js not to represent any class. Bring a lawyer, I wjuid do noUir g wrongfully to ad'eci Ja vyera and Judges. I concedn that although the cominisjiou hi been of ihv greatest elliciency, has rapidly decided cases, and has oisp ajfd great ability yet the ej stem is net entirely just to the Sapieme Court. IJut I i-pfR 1 1 bat I believe th? .'awytrs outs de cf Ir-diunanolis pre'er theccnimts&iou to one Ap; ellat- Court. Th Je;iltor bin ttie trust51? of art tt"','3 trt.s', mc5t net lok tj hu nil beasd: Jades or laytr3 hlor.e. His duty h 0 hii csKini que trust to bis consimmti. Courts held in lour points in tin State, with some hrnitition on the rifht of appeal to the Supreme Court would" fj.-rj tit the lo rslitUs wh?ie Li, would shorten and chftpen lfgiitj(a an j wool 1 insure by oral argument a more consistent linn cf decisions, and would undoubtedly improve ttia lawyers themselves. It may bj siid thet one branch of tbe Appellato Coort might decide d.rTerently from the other branch and thus produce confusion. It is only r.fcesearv to rehr the objection to the lor i; test cf overrultd casts to ahow thit the present system dee not result in much certainty. Bnt legal skill might devise a remedy for this. The Conrt migbt meet all together at stated times and dubtfal questions might be held up to be decided by the full Court. I grant yon that the legislator should look tofconomy. But thi plan involves no increase of expense. Let the litigants pay feesto tbe cilicers for their services, and let the counties provide places of holding court. I do not use cr insinuate the vulgar argument azainst giving everything: to Indianepolis. But I appeal for justice to the people all over the State. Ciivp.lss Den-by. Evansvilie, Feb 7, 1SSÖ.

Kidd vs. Steele. Koiomo DLpatch. Recognizing the indelicacy as well as bid taste of euch a procedure, the Democratic press cf the Eleventh Congressional District has to this hour refrained from discussing the election contest of Kidd vs. Steele other than to print the allegations of Major Kidd and tho reply of Major Steele. Had the Republican press preserved silence as to the merit? or demerits of the contest, had Major Steele himself not flagrantly attempted to manufacture sentiment for himself by charges and statements procured by hiot to be made by Washington correspondents in thi Indianapolis d&Ü7 pre S3, the Dispatch wculd net now rfer to tha matter outside cf it" news columns. Major Kid, tha Democratic contester of Major Stet ie's sc-at in tbe lower House of Congrea, i3 an honorable, hlj'ti miodt- J gentleman, utterly incapable cf doing a small or malicious thing. He is a gentleman ot remarkable mentality, poaitiva opinion?, and bcrupulously honest ia e7ry relation of life. He is not obstinate but he is imo.ovub'e when be cors.ders ralno self in the line of duty. He has just enough of tha bul.'-Jog iu his nature to never yield to a palparle wror-i? or an acknowledged friud, whether in tbe trial of a cause ia court or tbe prosecution of an hone3t claim in polities. He is neither a hyprccrite nor a dunghOl. Once convinced, upon good evidence, that his cause is just he possesses jut enough thoroughbred blocd to prosecute it to the bitter end. In a word, wnila he i as gentle as a maiden, hi will net be bullied nor tclldc zed out of his just rights. The face o ths returns, last November, gave Major Steels his eiectioa to Coogrts by a plurality of fii'ty-foor out ol a total vote of over 40. ÖC0, a margin so narrow, a fraction so small, as to be "scarcely appreciable. As was natural in a content so clos?, Major Kidd investigated the vote of every county in the district very closely. He scrutinized the returns from every precinct carefully. His friends, both Democrats and Republicans, from almojt every county in tte district wrote him of frauds, irregularities, illegal voting, vote buying, etc , and urged him to take steps to contest th9 election. To tbis proceeding Major Kidd wis loth to give in, but his friends, ceasing to urge, demanded, in the name of the party, that he not submit to a defeat through fraud. Finally he yielded to tbe demand cf his paity and began steps to contest. This he did in a bold, straightforward manner. He approached no man with a corrupt propo-d-tton, he subcrced no testimony, he .bought no witness to swear to a statement of alleged fact3 tbat he himself had prepared. His charges were printed entire in the Dispatch two months ago and were republished thereatter throughout the district. Major Steele's reply, a very valminons dcr:meni, bas been given to the public by his home cream That prt relating to Howard County :'3 printed e!awhere in tha Dispatch of this date. We shall not undertake to psss judgment upon Major Steele's remarkable reply other than to siy that, if that portion relating to this county is a fair earn pie of toe remainder, we have no hesitancy in exprating the belief tbat Hajor Kidi will unseat him. Major Steele ha3 sought to crsate the impression that Major Kidd fcno3 be ha3 no jast croandj on which to contest, but relies solelv on the friendly action of a Democratic Houpe to seat him, legardless of the merits of his cause. This Is absolutely false. Majw Kidi honestly be-

litres that be has abmdaat evidno t make out his case. He wouli rcorn tj tbke a feat to wh'ch he did not b. i.eve himself fairly entitled by the torest vote of the electors of the district. The Dispatch speaks by the card wna

J it declares tbat Mfjor Kidd expc:e nothing bnt jnstice frcm tbe Democratic Hons He rice not bank on partr kinship to nromots his cause. Lcr does he desire tbe omteaanci of tbp Deruncratic Congress unless l9 clrly makes oat L:s cas in the law aal evidence. Having been p'aced in poses ssi-n of all tbe fsctatbat Major Kidd has collectad ii bis behalf, we ore of cpinio:i that he vdt uin bis canso on jrenuifje riK-rit. Majr Kidd has never b-en charged with the crrnpttiseof money 1:1 hi behalf e!t i-r betöre or sinco tbe election. So much can not tw said of Mftj or Steele, and Wt call t wtn sj tr e slmcst noited vo'ce of the Kiav l ean press of the district immciiitely following thy Rpuhlican Concre.-ioal Co'-vetition that renominate i Stee'e at Kckomo last Jnne. Oi the llocr ol thit convention, tbe Hon. Calvin Coxgiil, of Wtbesb, denounced Steele as one ivno hol purchased his nomination with money aad nt tbe price of his own hono-. Oithitocrusion, Mr. CowgUl washfd h:s haads of the infamous proceedings and in a thrilling and diamatic manner cmcilid Mj r Steele on the cross of public execration. TLe d serac-fnl scenes of that coaveotoa ere yet fresh in the memories of all. We all remember how leading Republican newspapers charged, opeoly and with sareamm tit. uble-Jtarted e duorials, that Maj )r 8tet-l hd detauched the delegates and amiled the rxarhocd of the party b? h;s orruut methods. Jteseoning, a nriori. hiv every argument to snsta'.a tae cImiq that ho also used money orruptly in the general election The testimony of his own party is Rat ha bought hie roniinaticn. then in liire manner it .a not dili cult to bflleve t at heempl?y?a the f :iu:e corrupt methods to compaji liti ei?t t:on at tbe polls Ths tettmon7 of Republicans alone wiil unseat Major S'p-.!e. ft: of have pUced the seal cf corruption noon hn forehead them?6lve. They have w-ildul tha chain that will fetter him baud and foot bjfcre my honest investigation. Tlit: 1'lthOV NOItTU. Yi.tt of ttiA Legislative Committee on Its lllentilal 1'lcolr, and Ail Serene. In JiacapolJs New?. The Senate hrison Committee returned 0.1 Saturday eveainc. There is a tradition tbtt legislative in vestigot'n : committees eeldo n investigate uncomfortably ; however, Senat jt Campbell, of St. Joe, did make a pretty searching inquiry into the method of bookkeeping and expressed himself thorooglilr eatisticd with bis infpectioncf ibe books aTd ci tbe Warden' bond. Mo3t of the wamtttee. held rrivate conversation with priso i- , and, it is presumed, inqnirel ot t:iem to their treatment. It is pretty certa:a teat the committee will report fivorab'y as a unit on the state of the prio'i, and wih accede to the earufct toi'.cithtions cf the chaplain, supported by the be of the Warden, for a enml appropriation for the library. Tkere ars 72 1 prstforers at tbe present time, and only '2)3 readable books in tbe library. Tho boilers are deficient in power for heating purpose , and tbe cells for the con5neme:it of inana prisoners are wretched. E?ery Iif?gi?lat ira which has met fur the past eight years ha. listened to appeals for appropriations for such purposes, and retus-d them. But sneh ptrsimoDy 13 inhuman. The investigation of V.'arden Mnrdock's becks natuially led to a discussion of the Treasury atlalrs, and the Democratic Senators severely blamed Cooper for thwarting an investigation. An opinion wss freely expressed that now toat Governor Gray bad it in bia power to employ" au accountant he would move on the Treasurer's lines in person in the event of the Legislature adjourning without forcible action. Indiana Geological Keportt. New Castle Mercury. Several months since, through courtesy of Professor Jcbn Collett, we were furnished with a copy of the Indiana Reports of tbe Department of Geology and Natural History fcr the year 18S."l. This makes the thirt?entu annual report nnd the fonrth, we believe, by He present State Geologist. For three years past especially, these rports, in addition to detailed eurveys of several counties, have ben partially devcted to paleontology and other branches of natural history. Mr. Coiletf has, by the expenditure cf a few hundred dollars annually, enriched the pages of each report with most strikingly accurate cuts, with carefully preared descriptions ot each by several of tbe nost distinguished naturalists of tha New World, and the whole has been done at an outlay to email as to seem marvelous Toess books have a value to the student and scientist tbat cen not well be calculated, and at a cost which is a m?re triRe compared with the expf nditore cf a number cf tbe States. Indiana is a field richer in the fauna and Cora o! a long by gone epoch, than almost any other portion of the globe, aud is particularly interesting to the paleontologist, and from its marvelous fossil bods have gone forth hundreds cf thousand" of specimens to er.rich the cabinets and museums of nearly every country on the globe. Seme knowledge of these ancient forms ia absolutely essential in the study of the rocka of our State, and for the tirat time the geological ttudent in Indiana finds within reach books essential to his equipment. All hbs not been done that should b don, but a grand beginning had bren made. Neither do we suppose tbat all that has been advanced with reference to tbe org in aud location of tha various rocky leaveim nature's book is absolutely correct. Som9 errors may have crept in which a'er and fuller knowledge may correct, but the progress made Las been rapid. The cilbrt made by the Geolcgicil Bureau cf cur State to spread a knowledge of the economical geology of the State has been most eminently successful, and ha3 had more to do with the development of the coal, iron, cement and building stone intereats cf cur Stftte than all other agencies couibiced. By this knowledge spread abroad for the iat ten years, millions cf capital has been attracted here, immense manufacturing interests have sprung; up, our ccala. iron aDd cements aro everywhere in demand, while cur fine building stones are now u?-d for tbe test buildings in all the principal cities of tho country. Few Indianians even tenor fifteen yesra ago knew that our State was one of the r chest in mineral wealth of any of the sisterhood of States, a:id yet it is a fact. The wealth was here, but few sn?ptct-d R. There is. perhaps, no branch of the public service that has been a t tbe of the advantage to cur people that this same geolog;ral department ha?, and that, too, on the pitiful sum of ?'3,0CO to ? .3.000 per year, while aome cf the other States have Dien devoting ? J5,000 to SSG.OCO annually to a lite purpose. The Indiana Legislature would do iteelf a gnat credit if it corjid rise to the height of the occasion enough to be a little more liberal with the ofheeof State Geologist, even if forced to practice economy in some other quarters. Before despairing cf tbe pre3nt low pries of farm produce, consider it there his not been a corresponding dacreasa ia the pric of the articles a farmer buys.