Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1874 — Page 3

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LIFE. BARRY CORN W A LI. v ar a born: welangh; we weep; We lave; we droop; we die! Ah ! wherefore do we laugh or weep ! Why do we live or die? Who knows that secret deep? Alas ; not 1 1 Whr doth the violet spring Unseen by haman eye? Why do the radiant seasons orlng Kweet thoughts that quickly fly ? Why do oar fond hearts cling To things that die? We toll through pain and wrong; WeflshV-andfly; , We love: we lose; and then, erelong, Stone dead we lie : Olife! isallthy son Kadareand-dfe?' AFTER TOM COLLINS. Through the basy lanes and streets, Scrutinizing all he meets. To each nar-room and hotel. la and out the do ir pell mell 1 Alter Tom Collins. Har hl m ask, his breath between,- . Where thta fellow can be seen ; Kverybody. of coarse, knows Madly off again he soe. Friends Insist that he shall drink, KiU he Ups them like a wink; What to him is wine or ale, Whtn his feet are on the trail Alter Tom Collins. Has there not a tle been told How he wandered from the fold t if his family and the church? Should he then, give up the fareb After Tom Collins. For he swears this man shall die, r take back the fearful lieThrough the fire and through the flood, Kven to my eyes in blood After Tom Collins.

NEWS AND GOSSIP. Laura Fair is going to emigrate t Japan Delaware has sold 7,000,000 quarts of strawbeiriea in three weeks. The adventists have postponed the end of the world until Jan. 1, 11,901. Kittv Blanchard.once rather a well-knowu actre?. is now playing aB engagement as ook in a Chicago hotel. Ralpa Waldo Emerson wears ladies' hose, which he fastens, according to the latest style, with a garter above the knee. NarYagansett is not feeling well this sea son. Nobody has inquired about rooms, and only a -very few famines nave arnveo. A Cincinnati boarding-school girl while in-. Arfv'w? with her companions in the amuse ment ot kickin at a mark the other day dislocated her thigh joint. Dubuque makes a call for all the poets in the ronntrv to assemble in that city on the 1st of August and hold a grand reunion. But where will the Dubuque people go? The Date of Argyll is an intense Presby terian. He delights to take his visitors to the summit of a high hill and remark, "You cansee irom this point 120 Presbyterian churches." It is net generally known that St. Petei's covers a larger space than the Collosseum and that its outer walls are o alnut the same height as the walls of this famous am phitheatre of Vespasian. New Orleans has adopted the plan long pursued in London and Paris.and the street car companies are obliged to refuse trans portation to a greater number of passengers than can be acorn modated with seats. Fon da Lac husbands have organized a crusade, and go about praying with millin ers, begging them not to deal out to their Wives and daughters the intoxicating spring bonnet and the ravishing pork-pie bat with ribbons on a side dish. Admiral Pamfilow, wbo died recently in St. Petersburg, was one of the most prominent Kassian defenders of Sebastapot. Since 1821 he had been connected with the Russian navy. After the Crimean war he was appointed Governor of Sveaborg. The Hartford people think Mark Twain is embodying a good deal ot his humor in the house he is building on Farmington avenue, in that city. It is of brick, and is curiously broken up by verandas, balconies, etc. It will cost, unfurnished, over $100,000. P. Nackerstein, Eq., a high-caste Hindoo and an indigo planter of note, from Delhi, Ilindostan, is among the late arrivals at the Orand Pacific. Chicago. He is en route to England. He reports business as much overdone in his country, and the indigo trade at a standstill. A thieves' and outlaws' paradise has just been established at the foot of the Rocky Mountains just In the Canadian Dominion. It is reported to number five hundred men, and a number of women and children. The inmates are outlaws who have escaped from United States justice. The oldest Catholic priest in North America is now stationed at St. John's church, Frederick. Md., the Rev. John McElroy, S. J. lie is OS years old, and was ordained bv Archbishop Carrol sixty years ago. lie some time since became blind, but by an operation Lis sight was restored. Some newspaper has started the story that ten foot underground, at Sodus, N. Y., a large frog has been found which is supposed to be 1,000 years old. His eye-sight is not so good as when he sang in the primeval ponds in years ago, and his long separation from bis familv has told on him somewhat, but he is still vigorous and voiceful. Miss AlieaCastyrene, the pretty girl-rider, who was supposed to have been fatally injured in a hurdle-race at the Hippodrome, New York, is pronounced out of danger. She recovered her senses before the night was over, aad recognized the friends about her. Fortunately, the fall, while it discolored her face, inflicted no permanent disfigurement. Somebody has baen summing np the fate of kings and emperors as follows: Out of 2,540 emperors or kings, over 64 nations, 229 were dethroned, 6i abdicated, 20 committed inicide, 11 went mad, 100 died on the battle field, 123 were made prisoners, 25 were pronounced martyrs and saints, 151 were assasinated, 02 were poisoned, and 10S sen tenced to death. Total, 963. There is in the canton of Obwalden, Switzerland, a law making it penal for minors to indulge In smoking. The "patriarchs," otherwise called tho government of the canton of Obwalden, noticing a shocking increase in the pernicious use of tobacco and snuff by minors generally, have republished an obsolete law on the subject, as a reminder that due punishment will be meted out to offenders. A correspondent asserts that the reason of Rubinstein's absence from England is, first, the want of a valuable engagement; and, secondly, the sickening adulation of his socalled friends. Rubinstein delights in war, and nothing gives him greater pleasure than d est roving pianos, to revenge himself against thec-:"-.. The harder the critics thump at Lii , . i Larder does Rubinstein thump at hisfi. ?, a tri angular duel which is kept vp U ta benefit of all parties concerned.

THE GREAT MYSTERY. BEECH ER'S BURDEN.

AN IMAGINARY SECRET MEETING ACTITORITAT1VKLY DENIED INTERVIEWS WITH FRIENDS OF THE PLYMOUTH. PASTOR. Prurient appetites have been whetted for the enjoyment of the rehashed fragments of the ghostly dish of Bcandal fondly believed to have been morally ash-barrelled by the Congregational conference a few short months ago. A story with a circumstaoce about Ing at Mr. an imaginary meetBeecher's house late on b riday evening last, led to a visit of a Herald representative to the peaceful regions of Plymouth yesterday. Mr.Beecher was not interviewed. He was much more pleasantly employed, aa will be folly Bet forth in another place, and as the Herald representative cot eery necessary contra diction of friends of the much enduriiijr pas tor, he thought be would not stir up un pleasant thoughts and mar the cup of joy with one drop of bitterness. THE A LEO ED PARTIES TO THE CAUCUS. Mr. Moses H. Beach is in the country and his house is shut up.' He told several mem bers of the congregation that the supposed meeting was a myth, and that he was, he believed, the last person present with Mr. Beecher that night, and that Mr. Shearman, reported to have taken a very prominent part in the talk and to have enunciated some reuiarkablv forcible opinions, was not there at all,but went stia'gbt home after the prayer meeting. Mr. shearman was "not at home" yesterday, and is understood to object to Sunday interviewing. Mr. Frank Edgerton, usually moderator ot the business meetings, said he knew nothing whatever' about the alleged meeting or about Mr. beecher's in tention, or anything at all of the unsavory phantasm which has been ra'-wed in "the silly season" to pad country '-ad second class pipers. " INTERVIEW "WITH PROFESSOR RAYMOND, the general superintendent of the Plymouth Sunday school, who was also very agreeably employed when the Herald representative first saw him, beaming over the bright as semblage ot young Plymouth pilgrims, was very communicative, and evidently may be taken as the pulse of the congregation. His opinions are those of the whole Plymouth people, and his faith in Mr. Beecher is beautiful. Herald Representative Mr. RaymonJ, was there any special meeting on Friday night? Professor Raymond No, sir. Nothing of the kind. The story in some of the papers was made out of whole cloth. It is likely enough, and indeed true, that one or two of Mr. ßeecher'a friends accompanied him home. There . is nothing extrordinary in that. They frequently do. But I was not with them, and I observe that I am made to deliver sundry speeches and so forth, which do credit to the imagination of some very unscrupulous reporter. My friends to-day have been approaching me with mysterious sorts of cross-questioninirs, as If I were ab solutely reeking with the flavor of scandal It is too bad. Herald Reresentative Would you care to 83j anything about the supposed occasion cf the alleged meeting? Professor Raymond If I had anything Jlo say I'd say it directly, unless bound to secrecy, which I am not. But 1 have noth lug to say. People will hardly believe tha from first to last of this miserable affair have not exchanged one solitary syllable on the matter with Mr. Beecher. I am one of his friends indeed, perhaps nearer to him in intimacy than a good manv others; but it is a very delicate subject. He has not once opened his lips to me about it, and I have refrained from obtruding any advice, or questioning, or even allusion. At the same time, I have heard all about it that any one Knows, and am a nrmiy convinced as any man can be of anything about anybody that the sentiment of Plymouth church is ngh and sounu in us entirety, we KNOW OCR PASTOR, and we uphold him. You may say that for yoursefyor the outside public you represent, sentiment is no convincing argument, but facts must be relied on to repel such charges, It is a fact that Beecher is no sneak. He has his faults. Skulking is not one ot them Tilton charges him with skulking. We knowTilton from the egg. We saw him hatched. That letter, or fragment of a letter if it exists undoubtedly refers to two or three different things. It is incoherent, and i nrmiy oeiieve was jottea down from Mr Beecher 's utterances at different times, and signed by him without knowing what he was signing. On being asked he probably remarked, "Cer tainly, I'll sign, ir it's anything I ever said I'll sign with pleasure," and thought no more about it. I have been told don't give me as tne authority tor this, but l believe it that B. F. Tracy has told Tilton who whined about his "going back on" him that Tilton had no cause for complaint, and no cae whatever, and emphasized the same to rank ßloulton, niton's particular friend Tilton has patched up a nondescript story of grievances iu a book which he has hawked about the country for month?, like a sowing macnine or insurance agent, and it was this precious volumo which unsettled the Iriendly minds of Drs.Storrs and Buddington and precipitated the famous Congregational council, which kept us all In such hot water for a while. Our faith in Beecher is abiding we love Dim, ana nave reason to. And so have the American people. Now, sir, you have the fullest expression of our opinion, for mine but expresses what is felt by every member of this church; and, moreover. you know at this moment, in my belief, just as much as cny of us, or Mr. Beecher himself, aooui mis wondrous mountainous phan tom or an imaginary mole-hill. It Mr. Beecher were to open his guns on Tilton he'd sink his ship; and, really, though we would ratner let the matter drop with contempt, there is now a leeling, not of indifference, but what 1 may call, indeed,of anxiety, that a settlement may be come to, whoever may suffer. It will certainly not be Beecher. What he means to do I do not know, but if his legal adviser or prominent execu tive members of the church were to advise him to open his mouth, I believe he might De prevauod upon to do it. WHAT WEST WANTED. THE CONVICTION OF TILTON AND NOT OF BEECHER A" REPLY TO TILTON's CHARGES. As an addition to the Tilton-Beecher liter ature, a letter of Wm. F. West to the Rev. Leonard Bacon is here given: Brooklyn, June 27, 1874. Itcv. Leonard Bacon, D. JD. Dear Sir: In a letter addressed to you by Mr. Theodore Tilton, and recently published throughout the land, the following paragraph occurs: "In August, 1873, Mr. William F. West, a member of Plymouth church, hitherto a stranger to me, came to my residence, accompanied (at his request) by my friend, Mr. F. B. Carpenter, and to'd ue that when the summer vacation was over, he Mr. W.) meant to cite me before the church on the charge ot circulating scandals against the pastor, declaring in Mr. Ca presence that Mr. Beecher had acted as if the reported scandalous tales were true instead ot false, and urging that I owed it to myself and the truth to go forward and becorre a wülingjwitnesa in an Inves

tigation. I peremptorily declinded to join

Mr. west in bis proposed lnveaiigauoc, ana declared that as I bad not been a member ot lymouth Church for several years I could not be induced to return to that church lor any reason whatsoever, least of all for so dis tasteful a purpose as to participate in a scan dal. Mr. West had, meanwhile, discovered that my name still remained on the church roll, from which circumstance he determined to assume that I was still a member, and to force me to trial. Accordingly, a lew weeks later.he brought forward charges which were nominally aeainst myself, but really against the pastor-charges which,! tjlhnay e'iarrcterht them by the recently-published language ot the present clerk or Plymouth, were "an in direct and insincere method of investigating one man under the false preteuse of investi gating another." As this statement is both incorrect and incomplete in important . particulars, I take the liberty of sending you a true and full record of the facts. During the spring of r$73 the" publication of many de tails of "the scandal," and tli knowledge of the fact that Mr. Tilton had made serious eharces aeainst Mr. Beecher. gave rise to feelings of . ' . . SORROW AND UNEASINESS in the minds of manv of those connected with Plymouth church. Under these cir cirmstances, after consulting with many members of the church, several of whom had been my former associates on the exam ining committee, I determined to prefer charges against Mr. Tilton for the purpose of purifying the church and putting an end to the scandal which troubled.it. Ihe charges were made before the examinicg committee in the latter part of Juae, and, after some amendment, were adopted by them without a dissenting vote, on or about the 1st da v of Jul V. 1S73. At the same meet ing a resolution was passed by the committee Instructing their acting clerk to forward a vinv .f the charges to the accused, l nese instructions were not followed, notwith Bt aniiincr the earnest remoustrances ot my self and other members of the church, and nn nffiial conv of the charges was sent to Mr. Tilton until the following October. This failure to act on the part of the church. together with the fact that rumors were soon put in circulation to the effect that the cbarsrs aeainst Mr. niton were mieuueu nn indirect aitacK on ir. Dwcuer, ""j surprised me, and caused me the deepest nain in an interview with Mr. Tilton during the month of August, 1373, told bv ; him what he has so f,t;n repeated since, that he had never rwskftn filselv'of Mr. Beecher. Knowing from the witnesses who had promised to appear against him how serious in their nature hta animations were. I told him that if he orwSke the truth I thought it his duty to ap pear before the committee and state to them what he had said to me. that he owed it to himself to establish his own innocence (if that were possible), and to become a willing witness to the truth. In view of the above farts it is evident: First That the charges aeainst Mr. Tilton were made nearly two months nrevious to mv interview with him and not a few weeks alter as stated in his letter. Second That at the time when they were made tbey were intended to secure the conviction of Mr. Tilton ui ne were guuty; to remove the stain which rested on the church, and to vindicate its pastor; they were not "an indirect aod insecure method of investigating one man under tue iahe pretence ot investigating another." I regret exceedingly that the statements contained in Mr. Tilton's letter compel me to again take Dart in this unhappy controversy, but as I am convinced that those statements, if they remain uncontradicted, will become a part of history, 1 feel that it is my amy inus to reply to them. Yours respect fully. William f. west. THE "GOLDEN AGE" AGAIN. tilton's valedictory THE original CflARGE JUSTIFIED ITS CHARACTER MISCN DKRSTOOD THE SENSE OF JUSTICE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE APPEALED TO. Theodore Tilton retires from the chief ed itorship of the Golden Age with the next issue of that paper, but will continue to write for the paper. A special to the Chicago Times svs the next issue of the Age will contain the following editorial, supposed to be from Tilton's: pen, on the Beecher-liiton dim culty: "Mr. Tilton's letter to Dr. Bacon has not met with quite as favorable recep tion aa he or his friends could reasonably expect. It did not raise an unpleasant con troversy from the grave in which it had been buried: for the controversy had not died, and was never more truly aliye than when the letter in question was opened. is not our intention to enter the list of combatants on eithir side but two or three of the genera criticisms on Mr. Tilton's letter show an entire misapprehension of its character and purpose, and call for corrections. He has been blamed, in some quarters, for publish ing the letter at all, and in others, for not going further and saying more. One class of critics censure him" for trying to injure Mr. Beecher at the expense of his own family, and another class is evidently piqued because he did not otter something that should fix an ineffectual stigma on Mr. Beecher, and bis own household, too. Careful study of the letter would remove the grounds for any mistake; but perhaps it is to much to expect the hurried writers of the daily press to read documents - as carefully drawn up, and so long as the letter in question, with sufficient care to ee its precise intention and bearing. To correct these misapprehensions is all that we have in view. The letter stands on its own mer its, and tells its own tale to whoever will read it with sufficient patience. It was no part of Mr. Tilton' purpose to ventilate the old scandal, or drag the offensive theme from its hiding place into publicity. He intentionally avoided bringing any specific charges against Mr. Beechpr, and only alluded to his offense (and in the most indefinite possible terms), because it was absolutely necessary lor him to do so in selfvindication, lie had been assailed directly and in the most explicit terms by Dr. Bacon (a kind man and just one, too), who undoubtedly supposed, from what he had learned throngn Mr. Beecher and his friends, that Mr. Tilton was a knave and dog, a creature of a too -forbearing pastor's magnanimity, a SCANDALMONGER AND FALSIFIER, who had tried to ruin the most beloved of ministers. Such aspersions, from the pen of one of the eading and most eminent divines in America, published in a religious paper of large circulation and commented on by the press of the whole country, were of too serious character to be borne in silence or passed by. Mr. Tilton's character and standing as a man among men were involved, and silence on his part was a tacit acknowledgement of the justice of Dr. Ba con's aspersions, and the correctness of the erroneous statements by which they were supported. One sentence from Mr. Beecher's lip or pen would have drawn the poisoned arrow and healed the smart. Mr. Tilton called Mr. Beecher's atention to the offensive statements, and in the presence of two witnesses, told him that unless he corrected the misrepresentations In his way, it would be necessary for himsilf to correct him in his own way which would be severe. Weeks passed, and no correction was made. Longer sileuceon bis part was impossible. In replying to Dr. Bacon he did what any other innocent and honorable man who cared for his reputation would ' Vi Air A Hon A unrlav t Ho Hritumotannua . arwl the reply was not printed till it had been submitted to Dr. Bacon, who tailed to buk-

ga4 any other method of righting the

wrong that had been done. Mr. Tilton is accused ot intending to strike Mr. Beecher a staggering, if not aiatal blow. Whoever reads his letter with care will see that ho studiously refrained from striking any blow at all, save at the thick Det-work of calumny and misrepresentation that had been adroitly woven for his own entanglement and ultimate destruction. His sole purpose was to save himself after years of penitence and endurance, and when a longer silence and endurance would have been fatal; and he refrained from mentionng Mr. Beecher at all, except as it was necssarv to do so in order toset himself right. Iiis reticence in this respect deserves commendation. If, 'In order to vindicate himneir, be was ebltdged to lift the curtain and expose a series of disingenuous and in excusable transactions, it certainly was not nis iauu. IF MR. BEECHER WISHES TO EXCULPATE HIM- , ' " ' ' 'SELF, 5 ' ' ' Plymouth church wishes to vindicate the character or its pastor, the way is open, and the world will await the issue with anxious solicitude.' But so far was it from being Mr Tilton's purpose to 'injure Mr. Beecher in any way that bis sole hesitation - to publish the letter was fear that it might Injure Mr. Beecher. lie said to personal friends who urged its publication that h gurank from saying one word that could add a pang to Mr. Beecher's already pierced and tortured heart. He said: "I would not lay so much as a finger on that sad and sorrowing head; I would noi rise by bis ruin it I could." This has been Mr. Tilton's prevailing temper of mind and way of speech. lie reeretted nothing so much as the necessity which forced him to say anything about the mat ter whatever. II Mr. Beecher is smitten, he has only himself and bis friends to blame tor the blow. So much for this pait of the matter. But the essential point in this whole controversy remains untouched With the scandal itself we have nothine to do; that is a matter lor Plymouth church audits pastor to deal with. If there is no skel eton in their closet.they will probably hasten to open tue door and let daylight shine through its dark places. . Webster said that suicide uuder weight of accusation was confession of guilt. There are circumstances in which science is suicide. But one thing in this whole matter is so conspicuous and grand that it deserves a notice it has not received. We refer to the toleration, the sympathy, the so licitude of the American people for a great and usefnl man under a cloud ot suspicion thick and heavy enough to crush an ordm ary character beyond recovery. Had this thing happened twentv five years ago Mr. Beecher would have been dragged before an ecclesiastical tribunal for trial in less than a month after the accusations assumed a defl finite shape and had.be tried to preaeb'before a trial be might have been mobbed. To-day there is scarcely a man or woman in America but hopes he is innocent of any wrong and tries to believe him so. In spite of circumstantial evidence confirmed by his own course, his name is a precious household word. He has the sympathy of 15,000,000 of people, who bend forward to gate and .bless him. There .is something almost sublime , in the spirit and attitude of the American people, who refuse to condemn a great and useful man even 11 in some moment of temptation or undue beat of an impulse only the strongest natures understand, he did what he ought not. At least until compelled to do so by the necessities of the case, they see the terrible injustice of weighing a whole lite of unequäled serviceableness against a momentary infatuation, and throwing 35 years of consecrated effort for the highest ends utterly away for what may have been done in a fit of frenzy; and if they condemn him at fall, it will be tor efforts to evade aad conceal what should have been FRANKLY ACKNOWLEDGED TO HIS OWN' PEOPLE at least, and his willingness to shield himself by allowing the inuowut to suffer for bis offense. So much has justice gained; so vast is tne increase or cnarity. ills greatest mistake has been in not trusting himself to a people who are proud or his fame and jealous of his reputation, by a courageous statement of the facts, when it was found the air was full of rumors' and surmises. An ounce of sincerity is worth a world of cun ning." The article in the Golden Age will say that all Mr. Tilton asked for himself, and all his friends demand for him, is justice. He says he conceals nothing that duty to others and the natural delicacy of his manhood does not require him to lock in his own breast. He claims he has been guilty of nothing but too great connoence in unwortnv people, and mis takes of judgment that were prompted by an impulsive temperament and warm, kind heart. The act for which he has been most severely blamed was prompted by a desire to save and help others, and was done under the heat of a generous impulse, which made it impossible for him to count the cost to himself. He frankly confesses the mistake for which he has paid full dear. ; He asks neither toleration nor sympathy, but simply for that justice which is so natural to the heart of the American people, and which. In the long run, they are sure to render to whoever confides in them without concealment ordoubledealing. They will not punish an error ot Judgment as though it were a crime, and crush a 1 It" A . 1 . uriuiant writer, eloquent speaker, and author of unusual promise as though he had defied all decencies and broken all command ments. Thoy will seo to it that justice is done to him as well as to another who stands on the pedestal of 20 additional vears. and has a powerful church and denomination at his back. They will protect the grav hairs and venerable form of one whose noble ser vice pleads for Lim as no human tongue can speak; and if he goes down at all it wilt be ny his own act or the folly of bis advisers iney wm noi sdui tne future against an other, of splendid promise, who ha3 done nothing to be forgiveu, and only asks an open field and even-handed justice. STARVATION IN MINNESOTA. APPEAL TO THE GRANGERS, AND OTHERS, BY GOVERNOR DAVIS. St. Paul, Minn., July 2. Governor Davis to-day issued a circular to the grangers in this state in which he says: "I am compelled to ask the co-operation of each grange of your powferful organization in relieving the "destitution of our fellow citizens in the southwestern counties. That region has been traversed by trustworthy men and they report unanimously a destitution which has no parallel in our history as a state. The time tor silence as to this condition of affairs has passed by, and the time for prompt and liberal action by all who are willing to do as they would be done by has arrived. The counties of Martin, Murray, Jackson, Cottonwood, portions of Noble and Wantowan, and possibly, to some exenc, other communities, have been swept by grasshoppers of all the crops as completely as if by Ire. Women and children are suffering for food. The implements and stock of the settlers are under mortgage given to tide over the privations of last year. I have told tbe people that their fallow-citizens, whom a kind providence has bletsed with abundance, will stand by them in this their dire extremity. Contributions In money are most desirable. Provisions and clothing scarcely less so. Send contributions to General II. II. Sibley, St. Paul, Minnesota." Although the Governor has not asked for assistance from outside the State, contributions of the benevolent, addressed as above, will be gratefully received, and will be sure to aid in relieving the distress of the people suffering for food from no lault ol their own.

WELL DONE.

HONOR TO WHOM HONOR. TRIBUTE TO A FAITHFUL STATe'ofFICER. By a little carelessness, probably, the Evening News flirted a red rag in the face of the Ledger-Standard, which is justly jealous of the fair fame ot public servants wno have gone beforo. To the faithful and efficient services of Mr. Shoemaker" in tbe auditor's Office, the press of the state have tendered a uniform and cheerful testimony at all times. But the Ledger-Standard don't propose to allow any loolishness on this point, and responds to tbe News in this fashion: The Indianapolis News has the lollowing: "No fault can be found with tbe ticket nominated by the republican convention yesterday. The present officers have nearly one term ot work to ahow in their favor, and it ha, with the auditor and secre tary ol state, been better and more thorough work than their predecessors have ever done." The opinion of the News, it is true, does not amount to much, yet we are not disposed to pass by without contradiction so glaring an assumption in favor of the present auui.or and secretary oi state, to tbe dis paragement of their predecessors in Office on he democratic side of.the house, but on tbe contrary, claim io the late Col. Nor man Eddy and the Hon. John C. Shoemaker the immediate predecessors of the present incumbents, that they did better and more thorough work than all the republican offi cials that ever filled these position, tbe present incumbents included. Col. Eddy was a model officer, and during tbe brief term of service brought the chaotic mass of matter in that office into shape, and inaugurated a system in the business that left to his sue oessor an easy field into which be might en ter and reap golden opinions from the people, io officer was ever mere popular and cour teous, and of official duties he left nothing undone that he ought to have done, livery democrat in the state will resent with indig nation any renection upon his capacity or faithfulness, and the well-earned confidence of the people of the whole state is not to be dissipated by the fulsome encomums that seem so cheap with tbe News about this time. We do not propose here to make war upon the official record ot Messrs, Wildman aud Curry. They may havr performed their duties in a way to meet tho, approbation ot the people of the state. We Lave heard no complaints from those having official deal ings with them. Their reporta to the legis lature this fall may or may not prove them to be capable and efficient, but so far as the general public is now informed, their labors have been merely clerical, while those of their immediate predecessors in these offices compassed a work for the state that will re main as monuments to their own fame, and a lasting honor to the party that elected them. We take special pride in referring to the cervices of Mr. Shoemaker, and boldly challenge comparison, as we claim to have furnished him from our own section of the state. We do this more readily as we be lieve mat we can discover in his well earned reputation a ground for that political jeal ousy r sat by any means, fair or roui, would uisparage bis service in tbe estimation oi the public. Of this we may have more to say hereafter. But Mr. Shoemaker is not a can didate for any position in the gift of the people and his past services must be fairly judged by the record, ihe RECORD IS A PROCD OSE for Mr. Shoemaker and the democracy. He had no sooner entered upon the duties of his office than he was found overhauling minulelv the condition of tbe various funds under the management of that office, and providing methods of consolidation that would greatly simplify the accounts of the state. He recognized the duty im posed bv law of making suggestions to the legislature touching the revenue, hitherto generally Jg nored by his predecessors, and set himsel about examining the best and most comprO' hensive systems in the United States, his labors resulted in suggestions and actua drafts of laws, which were adopted by a leg islature opposed to mm in political senli ment. and which has already proven of Yas' benefit to the state. The general and supplemental revenue bills prepared by Mr, Shoemaker, have secured a large revenue from a vast amount of property iu this state that has hitherto escaped taxation. Those wholesome provisions for the more general distribution of the burdens of taxation, were conceived by Mr. Shoemaker and their enactment secured chiefly by his personal efforts witn legislative committees, at a time when corporate associations and money rings had far too much influence in shaping legislation and general organized de feat whenever such legislation was attempted . i it . m i 9 a as secured tne proper listing oi ineir capital stocks at a time when the present warfare against monopolies was not heard of. He studied economy in the administration of the finances of the state as well as in the geueral expense. He advised the abolition of the office oi agent of state at New York. and it was done. He wound up the sinking fund ot his offlce.saving tbe state the expense of another salary. He set forth in a clear and perspicuous manner the frauds com mitted on the state by reason of the defec tive laws relative to the state printing and a change was made teat no doubt saved annually thousands of dollars to the treasury. Auditor Wiidman presented, through the press in April last, a table showing the bust ness of home and foreign insurance compa nies, and the revenue paid to tbe state thereon at the rate of 54,000. per annum. Should Mr. Wildman have the credit of securing this large amount of additional rev enue? In this same way, by the enactment of laws suggested by Mr. "Shoemaker, the general revenue of the state is increased by tbe tax now laid on the incorporate associations. Add together tbe income from express companies, telegraph companies, fast freight lines, Pullman cars, and other corporate stock associations, and we have a large amount to lighten the general taxation. Then add to the amount secured to cities and towns in the local taxation of national banks amounting to hundred of thousands aud we may arrive at something like an estimate of the work which Mr. Shoemaker did for the state. The meagre report of docket fees, that item in the treasury account that for years has suggested extreme carelessness if not dishonesty all over tbe state, will be also augmented. Another credit for Mr. Sheemaker. Ihe state is thus already REAPING THE BENEFIT of Mr. Shoemaker's lalors, and the very reports upon which tbe Indianapolis papers base their high encomiums upon Mr. Wildman, are simply tbe carrying out or the wise measures secured by the labors of his predecessor. The annual report published last winter contained much matter not heretofore found in the reports from that office, and when it appeared, the Sentinel asjiibed to Mr. Wildman epeclal credit for all this. For instance, the same statements of railroad officlals.by which the property of these corporations was listed to tbe amount of forty millions that before escaped taxa tion. The revenue from this vast sum is directly due to tho suggestions and labors of Mr. Shoemaker. But we cannot pretend to enumerate all the labors cf Mr. Shoemaker. His last annual report shows for it self that he thoroughly understood the busi ness of bis office, and the needs of the state, and he fearlessly did his work against tbe influences of money rings and interested corporations. If Mr. Wiidman or any other state officer shall have even onehalt of the results to show of proud of their laurels, and the people of the state will not forget them. The tax payers of Indiana will long have cause to remember the state administration of 1S71 and 1872. It was notmily more economically adminis

tered than any for a dozen of years previously, but it laid the foundation for lighter

general taxation -for the future. These gigantic business corporations, that make vast profits from the citizens of our State. win. If the laws are faithfully exec ned. come very nar paying the hole expense of the state government. In fact the democratic party which will soon appeal to the people with their accredited standard bearers as of old, have a proud record to look back upon, and tbe people know it. It was in tne paimy days of tbe democracy that our grand school fund was accumulated.and it was in ine aaya or ner opponents when M, 000, COO of it was practically lost. Tbe people will remember these things when tbe fulsome ealoginm is so thoughtlessly ascribed to those who do not real I v deserve it. Q view ot the above facie, is It right or fair o claim that Messrs. Currv and Wildman have done better and mnr thnmnirh wnrk than their predecessors have ever done?" and will not the Sentinel, at least, do justice from its professed impai-ial standpoint to an Officer Who upon his retirement reroirerl universal encomiums from the rress of hi state, the Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville papers Joining in the praise and even the New York papers ascribing to the author a high order of financial ability a displayed in the report. THE JULY RACES. A SPLENDID SHOWING. THE' GRANDEST EVER HELD WEST OF CLEVE.LAND THE BEST IHE WORLD AND AXD FASTEST HORSES IX IN THE STATE ENTERED UNEXAMPLED SUCCESS TREMIUMS 20,000 july 7rn, Sth, 9th and 10th. The Indianapolis Trotting Association or ganized on the 12th day of May, less than two months ago through the untiringefforts of the secretary, will bring together on the Southern Park track, at the coming meeting. me unest ano oest norses the world ever produced. Everything has been put into the best condition for man and beast. East street will be sprinkled from the city to the park, iso intoxicating liquors nor gaming allowed on the grounds. The first day, July 7th. the four coming horses. Red Cloud, Gloster, St. James and Nettie, will trot in the 2:20 class for f2,000 purse. The second day, July 8th, the great Eacing rar-e with Sleepy George, Copperottom, Harry, Charlie Evans, etc, will be one of the main attractions. Also, the 2:28 class with a purse of 1.500 for which are entered Annie Collins, Kansas Chief, Torn Keeler, Logan, etc. Tbe third day is one of the greatest days ot the whole meeting, the 2:22 class for purse of 2.000. Gloster. Georee. Nettie. Red Cloud and St. James. Also, the 2:16 class, in which Budd Doble has one ol Indiana's favorites, Mila Caldwell, with Joker, Strideway and Tom Sleeper against her. Then July tbe 10th comes the free for all, with tbe princely puree of 5,009, which will be trotted for by that trotting phenomonon Goldsmith Maid, and against her Gloucester, Judge Fullerton, Red Cloud and St. James. The owner of the Maid having announced to withdraw her from the turf after this season, citizens must not fail to grasp the only opportunity of ever seeing this great star ol the trotting realm. Below will be found a full list of all tne horses enteicd; PCRSE NO. 1 TROTTING, 2.35 CLASS R PREMIUM 1,200. JULY 7, 1874. 1. W. H. Crawford, ch. g. Mayor. 2. James Cole, b. g. Mc Henry. 3. J. E. Turner, g. M-athi Lyle. 4. J. B. Loder, b. c. Billy Lamtertsott. 5. J. Carlins, bl. g. St. Vincent. 6. W. H. Wilson, ch. g. Gambille. 7. Hare fc Worman, b. g Jim Fisk. 8. Aiden Goldsmith, b.in. Lad7 Morrison PURSE NO. 2 TROTTING, 2.20 CLASS 2,000. 1. J. S. Wade, b. g. Red Cloud. 2. J. E. Turner, b. m. Nettle. 3. F. Vanness, b. g. St. James. 4. Alden Goldsmith, b. g. Gloster. PURSE NO. 3 TROTTING, 2.50 CLASS 1,000. 1. Jacob Strader, b. s. Squire Talmage. 2. D. P Bissell. b. m, Moss Rose. 3. James Wilson, d. m, Kiltz. 4. J. A. Gosnell, g. m. White Rose. 5. J. A. GosnelL. b. g. Brown Frank. 6. Alden Goldsmith, b. m. Lottie. PURSE NO. 4 TROTTING. 2.23 CLASS J ULY 8, 1874 1,500 1. W. H. Crawford, b. m. Annie Collins. 2. John Spann, b. g. Kansas Chief. 3. J. S. Baker, b. g. Tom Keeler. 4. James Wilson, b. g. Scy Auger. 5. P. Wineman.c h. s. Logan. 6. J. Carlin, b. g. Strideway. PURSE NO. 5, MILE HEATS, 3 IN 5, PACING SO0 1. T. Dickinson, b. g. Ben Butler. ' 2. W. H. Crawford, r. g. Copper Bottom. 3. J. W. Baird, s. g. Mark Twain. 4. A. W. Allen, bl. g. Sealskin. 5. S. II. Smith, br. g. Sleepy George. 6. R. M. Anderson, b. g. Harry. 7. James Wilson, r. g. Charlie "Evans. PURSE NO. 6, TROTTING, 2:43 CLASS? 1 ,200. 1. Wm. Baggy, b. g. Tom Brown. 2. Patrick McCay, br. g. Gauntlet. 3. Fauts A Hunter, b. g. Bob Hunter. 4. Alford Loder, b. g. Little Allord. 5. J. H. Bebaunt, g. g. Russell. fi, Alden Goldsmith, b. m. Lottie. PURSE NO. 7, TROTTING 2.26 CLASS JULY 9, 1874 2,000. 1. James Langley, b. g. Joker. 2. Budd Doble, ch. m. Mila C. 3. J. T. Baker, b. g. Tom Keeler. 4. J. Carlin, b. g. Strideway. PURSE NO. 8, TROTTING, 2.43 CLASS 1,100 1. Peter Moore, b. g. Mohawk. 2. D. P. Bissell, bl. s. Black Frank. 3. O. Towels; g. g. Nick Allen. 2. J. Carlins, s. g. Tramp. ' 5. Clancy fc White, g. g. Daniel Boone. 6. James Wilson, d. m. Kitty. 7. W. H. Wilson, bl. g. Joe. Wolford. 8. Alden Goldsmith, b. m. Lottie. PURSE NO. 9, TROTTING, 2.22 CLASS 2,000. 1. L. O'Oonner, b. g. George. 2. J. S. Wade, b. g. Red Cloud. 3. J. E. Turner, b. m. Nettie. 4. Alden Goldsmith, b. g. Gloster. 5. F. Vanness, b. g. St. James. PURSE KO. 10, TROTTING 2.33 CLASS, JULY 10, 1874 ?1,'200. 1. P. McCoy, b. g. Gauntlet. 2. Fants and nnnter,b. g. Bob Hunter. 3. J. B. Loder, b. g. Billy Lamberteon. 4. J. Carlin, bL g. St. Vincent. 5. J. Beebont, g. g. Russell. 6. W. H. Wilson, ch.g. GraLbllL 7. Alden Goldsmith, b. m. Lady Morrison. PURSE NO. 11 TROTTING FREE FOR ALL fi.000. Budd Doble enters b. m. Goldsmith Maid. Ben Mace enters ch.g. Judge Fullerton. J. S. Wade enters b. g. Red Cloud. F. Vanness enters b. g. St. James. Alden Goldsmith enters b. g. Gloster. PURSE 12 TROTTING FOR FIVE YEARS OLD 1,000. 1. A. B. Stevens fc Bro., g. g. Gen. Grant. 2. J. F.Smith, & Bro , b. g. Woliord Form erly. 3. O. Towles A Bro., g. g. Transfer. 4. James Wilson, g. m. Hattie Shawhan. 5. L. L. Doray, ch. g. Glencoe Goldust. 6. Hornsly A Calloway, ch. 1. Woodpecker GolJust. 7. D. P. Shawban, a. m. Phebe C. Horses will be called at 15 mrnutos of 2 o'clock and start at 2 precisely. To be governed by the rules of the National Association. Season tickets for sale at the principal hotels and at Trow'a, 19 West Pearl street. Owen Fuller, President. E. F. Claypool, Vice President. T, Baker, Treasurer. Q. Van Hummel, Secretary. J. McTyre, Superintendent.