Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1875 — Page 4
THE.JNDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY. APRIL 1 -1875-
THURSDAY. AFKIL 1.
The attention of the readers of the Sentinel la called to the letter of Governor Hendricks, printed elsewhere. The letter Is In answer to a request from a member of the 1st 9 legislature lor bis opinion on the character and work of that body. ,Tbo response of Mr. Hendricks will create a profound sensation In politic? I circles. Hisvindica Hon of the legislate e, as compared with that which preceded t, is "certainly short, sharp and decisive. 11 defends the character or the members, shows that the amount f work which they 'coomplished, what was done by tha legislature of 1S72 3, while the gresi amount of the expense of the former and its dally rate of expenditure was scarcely one half as large as the gross expense and daily expenditure of the latter. As to the result of the legislation of 1875, tho governor draws the most flattering; conclusions. Ilia tribute to the general assembly of 1S75 is something that every citizen of tho state should read with the utmost care.
and shade, is henceforth to adorn only private letters or business paper. How often hasthat exquisite signature brought comfort to the affilcted. now oft9n has It ministered unto the mirth olthejovfnl' How often has it undermined tho virtue of woman and overthrown the integrity of man. That fantastic piece of chiaroscuro was more dangerous than a wizard's spell more potent than any of the charms written in Merlia'a magic book. It could command wine and gladness, transmute itself into silks and lace?, materialize into houses and lands, and bring power and position in the twinkling of an eye. It wm a spell to raise the devil or to lay him. And, now, alas, thesa cabalistic characters are to lose their might for the treasurer is to resign. Let him bear with him in lis retirement the unanimous eulogy of a grateful people. Washington was wise, Jefferson was skilled in the science of politic?, Jackson was firm and true in the cause of right; bat none of all the fathers not even John Hancock was capablo of a signature like to Spinner's. He was the champion autographist of the world. There may have been treasurers in Europe and America who knew more about the theory of finance, but as far as penmanship was concerned, Spinner stood without a rival. The bold and vigorous sweeps of his pen, with twisting and entwining like the toils of the Cretan laby-
Q rant's failure to make the run himself tbe Sentinel thinks there can be but little doubt. He divides the leadership of the SanstJwith Morton, and can command in hia support the whole executive Influence. Nothing can be said against his integrity, and many thing3 might be urged in favor of bis ability aud his service to the republican paity. The antipathy of Mr. Phelpa to him, however, is so great that he mentions him as one of those whose nomination would Jafctify a bolt. In such an event he would lavor co-alescinj with the democracy, and destroying Grant and the wreck of the republican party on certain conditions. He Bays: "If 'the democrats should sgree on a 4 fair conservative platform and nominate a 4 ticket which would personalize that rpirit ' there would be no occasion for a third ' nomination. But if the democracy should hopelessly Bourbonizs itself, and the republican convention be captured by Grant, 'either for himself for a third term, or for one of his creature?, then ther9 would be a free fight, a general uproar and music by the full band, as it were." With respect to Louisiana affairs and the
work of the committee of which he himself
was a member, Mr. Phelps took the ground
already assumed in the Sentinel. For In
stance, among other matters to the same
effect, be said :
Touching the arbitration at his offlce In New
.Ph
. A,
less jrnu. will be of far creater ruvt
O " than the flowery descriptions of a professional magazinist like Custer. On the whele, the Sentinel must repeat that if the administration and its servants are trying to keep emigrants out of the Black Hills they are taking the most wonderful methods of accomplishing that design. The country will be swarming with settlers before next winter's snow i3on tbe ground.
Nothing in the realm3 of fiction i3 more curious than the fate of the men and boy3 of the little" Newfoundland village of St. ' Mary's. Their story seems like the wierd invention of the imagination of Toe or Hawthorne ravher than a Teality. Thoy saw an ice-bound ship in tha midst of a qreat ice Hoe, and went out to visit tbe vees9l, but in attempting to return they found that the mass of ice had Coated away from the shore and a mile of wintry water rolled between them and the land. What; a scene of desolation for tbe men on the treacherous ice and their hapless families on shore. After the night fell a storm of bail and eleet came on and when day dawned seven of the adventurera had died from exposure. Part of the
men trusted themselvos to a cake of moviug
ic?, and perished miserably; tbe rest? took refund in tba deserted vessel, and suffered
Vnrb Vf Phalno irwAi? as4 t V it ax.- a a . ctranorA
nnin, were me ucspsir 01 mo cuuukibi coramenury npon the results or lederai inter
and tbe security or ins
boneat man.
shall not look upon their like again.
We
Investigation at h Deaf and Dumb Institution. The Journal and News, in espousing the cause of the management of the Icttltution for the Deaf and Dumb in relation to tbe investigation of the charges made against the
superintendent of that institution betöre the last legislature, have indulged in very severe attacks upon that body. Other papers of the Etate, belonging to the same
political party, have joined in the attack, seeking to make a political quastion of the conviction or vindication of the man
agement. It Is due to the legislature
to publish a plain statement of the
wholo transaction, and leave tbe public to decide whether the legislature acted in good
faith in asking the governor to have the
matter investigated. The original cause of
the horrors of starvation for a week, beiDg the present investigation was an anonyfinally reecued by a Baltimore bound inous letter making the gravest charges
steamer. These graphic uetaus are given In against the superintendent of the Dsaf and the telegraph, and are only repeated that Dumb Asylum. That letter was given to
ference in the domestic affairs of a state to see
seven men. two or whom were now private citi
zens, and none of whom were citizens of
liouislan, sitting: as a board of arbitrators to
determine who were the men cho.sen by the
rx ople of that stato to represent them in their
own legislature. lie said this spectacle should
attract attention, not only on account of its nov
elty as an episode in the history or tne country, but also on account of the startling
pofiMlbilities which it 6npgested la tbe woiltings of of our political system. 'To recapitulate the
events which led to this denouement wouia D3
a waste of time. It sufficed that astate, tech
nically at least, invested with ail tberienis-ana
powers that belong toany member of our union.
snouia nave ceen made the rootoador iactions
and the victim of frauds until her domestic
affairs had becom so snarled and tangled that
the knot of her aifflculiies had to be cut in a
manner wholly unprecedented, and, In law and usage, utterly unauthorized.
This view of the procoas by which the
temporary settlement of the political troubles in Louisiana has been reached, should not ba forgotten. The whole transaction must ba regarded a a disgrace to our politics. The Sentinel, in view of the declarations made by one of the arbitrators, is
; disposed to repsat its owa remarks, made
when the committee was in session in New
York :
Certainly this case Is unprecedented in oar
the attention of tho reader may be called more particularly to one of the most pecu
liar misfoi tunes that humanity has ever suf
fered.
The cause of tbe Irish nationalists ha? received a severe blow in tbe death of John Martin, member of parliament from Meath. He was the brother-in-law of John Mitchell, and it is said that excitement connected with
tbe latter' election and subsequent death
was the immediate cause of his own fatal ill
ness. Like Mitchelf, he wa one of the stubborn phalanx of Protestant Irish patri
ot?. He had been sent to Van Die man's Land with Mitchell and refused to escape,
returning to Ireland eventually to re
new the old conflict with undiminished
vigor. He was noted for the trans
parent integrity or rus character, ana was
generally known as Honest John Martin. This term was applied to him, cot merely
becausa be was honest iu business matters
or in politics, but on account of tho fearless openness of every act of his life. He was the most inveterate nationalist on the floor
of the British parliament, and yet no Irish member had secured in a short career so
much respect and consideration from his opponents. Among his own people it may
be said that ho was the best beloved man in public life. Indeed, it is doubtful If any
other single person in Ireland, t ave, per
taps, me arc&Disnop or x uatn, naa such a
hold upon the popular heart.
Judge Turpie, speaker of the House, who
history. The political control of a state Is set, an it were, on the good faith of seven gentlemen. vhn Hnvn i.r mom IalH 1 1 m AI a aiiftinritr
notified the House that he had ir, saying over the matter which tbey have to decide
than they have over the analrs of the
that if there were no objection, he would refer it to the committee on benevolent and scientific institutions. . No objection was made, and the letter was so referred. Mr. Marvin, of Boone county, a very judicious and conscientious gentleman, was chairman of the committee. The letter was then referred to a special committee, the members of which reported that it was near the close of the session, and that they would not have tima to Investigate the matter fully and report in timo for the action of tho House, they, therefore, recommended that it be referred to' a committee of five, consisting of the three trustees of the institute and two gentlemen, to be appointed by the governor, the committee so formed to investigate and report
the result to the governor. The anonymous
l6ttar charged the mismanagement of the
institution, in that the superin
tendent had niteused its fund?,
Uermsn empire, it is an anomaly in our politics to .see such an open confession of tbe lallure of our Institution'. It is plainly acknowled by this arbitration that tbe machinery of a state government for the conduct of an election and the declaration of its results, can not be relied upon. The board of cinvassrrs, the courts, the integrity of the public otüclols all are declared worthies j, and a harrasscd peoale consent to put tielr fate in the hands of even ei-ntlemen from
othf r nectlons of tbe Union, In the hope of getting from their impartiality that Justice which their own laws can not guarantee Hum. Verily this arbitration Is a pitiable rlht, and shows once more in vivid olors tho miserable failure of the reconstruction policy cf the administra
tion. How low sovereign states have descended. How powerless American institutions have be
come.
Caleb Cashing, the United States minister to Spain, has Jutt paid his compliments to King Alfonso, and it must bo acknowledged that the wily old politican has performed his task in elegant ttyle. Listen to the courtly latguaga in which he addresses the boy-monarch: Permit me, aire, to add an expression of the ncpe that your majesty, who bears a name rendered illustrious by princes unsurpassed in wisdom, learning, courage and virtue; who Is of the blood of thit famous queen alone of her times possessed of lntell'gence and forecast to apprec'at the discoverer of the New World, and thus to Introduce religion and civilization Into the vast and rich regions of America; who is a descendent of that Kruperor Charles, the great soldler statesmon of his age, and of that later Charles of honored mem. ry as the favorer and friend of my country; to express the hope, 1 say, that your majesty may, in emulation of these lotty examples, contribute not only torestore to Spain the blesslngof domestic peace, but also to impart to her such institutions of eleva vatlon und enlightenment as shall enab'.o her to rie punned and renovated lrom the fires of misfortune and to reassume her appropriate station among the nations of Europe. Probably Alfonso never knew until he listened to these melifluous flatteries what a magnificent fellow l.e was. Such a strain
of eulogy Is something new to a Spanish Bourbon, and tho veteran Caleb must have had serious difficulty in preserving his
f?ravitv whilfl h.A trnoaA holr .--.nr.
man's lineage to Isabella and Charles. Who the young king's father
wa3 is fcomethirjg that no fellow has ever yet found out, and who his mother's father was Is also an important
state secret, but compliments were required,
ana the old lawyer, with his flexible conscience, was equal to the emergency. The man who presided at the Charleston convention, and lived to sue Fernando Wood for keeping a bull-dog, was ready for any employment of imagination and sacrifice of truth that might be required
of him. The gentleman who recommended friends to President Davis for office at .the commencement of the rebellion, and was Grant's candidate for chief
justice after it3 close, Is well enough skilled
in bending tho supple hingeäof the knee to
win his way even in Spain. It ought to be
always borne la mind thet Caleb
Cushlng is ono of those inveterate.
hard shell democrats, who brok3 down
their party In 1860. and who
have now succeeded to the hih honor of
leading tho republican orsanization on to
PHELP'S PREDICTIONS.
He Sums Up the Situation. LOUISIANA AND NATIONAL AFFAIRS. SEVEN MEN FROM OTHER STATES BrTTlNO IX -ET N "-OUMIAJSA AFFAIRS AH AXOB0ÜEOOM2ES ASD GRAKt . IX&lsts ON A PARTTTfv MJTHENTHERK?AY A THIRD The St. Louis Republican of current date has the followiog: The Hon. Wm. Walter I helps, f New Jersey, after spending a couple of days in this city, left yesterday for
oWUlu, loienaiDg to stop at Little Rock en route Whilst here a Republican reporter
tne net result of tbe interview: Mr. P. was
Pi.juu.iea oy tne committee of arbitration recently in session In -v--i, .
the decision or compromise sntlea upon by aLL0miU5i3 liitby carried out. Ol V?J?2 QtJect of most interest to Mr
ay to discharge..
man to . . . -
rr.riT,"io5in9 wu would net
trnm ii : ?a irom ooing so by a speech from Blaine. And those who voted a4in,t
it
were
retiracy
Phelps at this moment is the duty which he is now on his wav to d!.w.J y tt? ?
. . , r 'j v" " uiiDcerin which th orizinal investigation ... .
' SSew Orlean. anri 1 1. . .
off nrn ,-":" "" urancnea
Uon !cl?ueD5 investigs
ma'ters ara . Klees hnt thf?s9 S? f an? PKent In
fi 7 , , . e "Duration at his ofit was a s r'.Mr- Phe,f" ob-eha
it r.r, f,.r-: 1 j upon tne rs-
.WL." rus," Qterierence in the domeatu
811
aSairs of a
State tO KAK BOT-an .
ö; o V "e,IS OI uisiana, Bittirc as a board rf rh ntn.. . . Dii-i-,
. , ueiermmo who were the men chosen by the ueoDle or lha? state to runrnflPnt M,i. .v.Jr?ple.or -lat
ture. He said this anjaiA k..
attention, not only on acint oHts noVel
r -ia lDB tory of the
in"'i" cc5un- of tho start
" ; "" " suRgested In the
" -T i comical sjEtem. To re capitulate tho eventawhlch led to this de RATianiAH j i v -A10 Ur
r.Tm "".""J".00.. of time. It
;j:rj:r.nBLr',lcon,cally' least, in
kIiT r 1 iue rignM and powers that h!!Ä aDy J? of our Union, should lfJ0.eILmaeibelriotbal, o factions and
the
m i j I r w nan s-ima-u.
ik nl r utcu.me go sQMied and tangled that the knot of her difficulties had to be cut n a manner wholly unprecedented, and, "a lawacdusasa mu.rlv .mantht'j ......
af:er ail it was
The letter from Gen. Saeridan in regard to
the Black Hills is, like everything from that
gentleman's pen, a paculiar production, and
it is safe to say that it will create as great a
disturbance as his celebrated dispatch from New Orleans. The lieutenant-general writes
THE BEST THAT COULD BE DONK
under tho circumstances. It mlcht b hard
for thg people of Louisiana to snhmit tn
such outside intervention, but they could bear it with soma equanimity in view of the fact that through their troubles a lesson had bean taught no: soon to be forgotten by our
,'rr" or "y lLe PSP who elected them, tnröins; or deranfeinS the operation cf the complex and delicate machinery of our Erstem of Rovernment. He presumed, as ho
destruction and political damnation. He is a Lcro m D Sn, T W the worthy peer in the great party of moral states should ba ca'lrS In J ideas cf Butler, Logan. Tromaice and arbitmtflnnnmh. .! ..... . n
Grant. He was too much of a Dro-s!ar? nf nv ..,(' rr. '. pouuvai rnud-
w-.-,... -.r.i..:: j "i'""i0imoiicannn.h9
ougias, ana siraisütest sect, ps the bonoahi
of bis party wens, but in this matter be did not hesiiato to sav that th rrnr.
SCHOOL THUS fEES OF CITIES. harsher term, of the present administration
CriSION OF ATTORNET-GENKRAL RtTSKinK I ,J . a" u wniom oi all thee troilblfi.e. Mr
ELKCTiojfs to occCR ix jcxE ixsTEAD of f , 6n,ßayo an accou nt of the modus
april. THUU ot lQ9 arbitration. He saidth
reiurcs ueiore tbe board were encumbered with a maps of cvi.i ..., Jz"Strbra
the state suporintendont Is official: relative to the Intimidations nf rAfTi!
Of All snrta on -II; ' "v. '
Fab)lc instruction. . dcred
'"uuiiUinin on Bf w rl AT haw 1 a
peech or nor. Those who vr,t fhw,?
mosjy men on the point of from nnhHrt nr rr.
Schofield, of PennsT an uTW iT.7,.
At heart Schcrleld was cprosed to legislaUon Rat bchoüsld bJ been net fed to .quit by hfs constituents. He ma?t l'. ok ?tUt-I b2mseIf- Tte u a prospecii US'td. StaU5a 'adip in Pennsylvania which he wanted as a Provision f" hfs del dining years, and he knew that no man who voted ajraiust tho force bill need k any favors of Grant. This ws, a 8smr!S of a great many cases. The division wer ?he force bill showed a party of at least thirty conservative republicans in the "Housi 2f Representatives. If everj body had been reeleeted that fall, he bad no doubt tat. dSjorl.y of the republicans in the House would met f withhf fitbe esJdenf- Bat defeated - a gloomy future before them, could not oe expected to rise to that EXALTATION OF CALM PHILOSOrHT which is the essence of true statesmanship. Under such circumstances men ara very apt to look out for number one and Irt tL country look out for itSf. Andith'snoh
f i V. ns ln th9 whito house thu SS?" .ou! (or number one Is a maUer fhit
man to wte lor Stephen A. now look at his position!
and that he was unduly fumiliar with the I upon which ho has been askod to give in
girls, mentioning five casea of Beduction, formation. The Black Hills art) so called
givins circumstances, names and localities, from the dark and scrubby character of the
The present committee ha refused to per- timber which grews along their sides. The le
rait the letter to bo copied, and kept it from gion is much more extensivo tkaa is com
the public. The Sentinel is informed monlv suDrosei. and there ara several local
to bis superior olUcer and displys a clear.
1. Should tbe councils of cities and the
board3 cf trustees of incorporated towns
elpct one school trustee in April this vear?
2. If yes, when will tbe term ot office of
The following reply to interrogations by with be state superintendent Is official: rrlati
l o tne uon. James n. Bmart, Superintendent of V ail .soris ana uncertaintifs. which rtn-
ucrea it almost Imnossihla tn d k
Sir I have the honor to acknowledge the efact truth in all casos. Tnen there
receipt ofyour communication of this date. I -6Mrs In luQ board
in which you call my attention to the act ion Vo hV """'"ßizaci ana shades of opin
approved aiarcn iz, it, o, entitled, "An act to
amend .spc! ion 1 of an act entitled 'An
act to provide for a general svstem of
common schools,' " etc. You request my
or row consulted, all ol which tended to
;'r.;r i,nPif xu member of
t-w some esperl pets amone tLo?o whoso eloction tn iL iaili..
wLULuuu cit. i uu reuue; i uly fn k0n-i.. . . "S"'um was
opinion in answer tj tho follow ini? ouph- 17. rr.rrMW ana would hence be in
tions: " 1 Jeu .InaKe the returns look favnrshi
vcera. sometimes these far""'rr,aib?r .tL9 interests of these
arwncn. nuu ij r asn nnn ihon II... i ,
This promises to be a bad year for editors. Tha On rvi i r a 1 Cm rt. r Oi-wlr mnntir Til
has dared to rfise its hand agaiust the
Great Mogsl cf Western journalism, WII
bur F. Storey, of the Chicago Times, and has sentenced that gentleman to ten dajs
imprisonment in tbe county jail, for an at tack on the grand jury, published in his pa
per. Mr. Storey is one of those editors who
have made the press a terror to modern so
ciety, and, in view of that fact, the
tendency of the public mind will lie, not to examino the justice er inj I ice of his present punishment, but to consider
his incarceration as a sort of retribution for years of reckless personality. The Sentinel has more than once noticed tbe rapidity
with which newspapers are losing publi.
favor, and it has not been slow to trace this
decline in influence and esteem to the faults
of their conductors. The public Is grad
nally losing the idea, which was long so
common, that the immunity of the press is
essential to civil lib3rty, and tha opinion
is gaining ground that the immunity
of the press is inconsistent with
individual security. There is dan- . gor that this reaction will go too far. Not-
- withstanding the bad character of Storey,
jthere should not be too great a readiness to
n mdemn bim. It is jujt possible t bat his jcetisure of the members of the grand jury
wat well founded, and if so, society is injurinft itself in punishing him. It is a noteworthy fact that tha legal and clerical professio.is are growing Inordinately jealous of the jet. malists, and it does not become the
latter to take part against even the worst of
their gal Ivi without a fair bearing. It is fated. The best currency on which the sua & ver shone is to suffer a serious blemish. T.'ie gay and festive greenback is to bs depriv ed of Its cbiefest glory. Tfce
wonderful, ttu' intricate, the symmetrical autograph of F.. E. Spinner Is no longer to grace the promi ssory notes of tho United Htates. The landiL'g of Columbus or the face of Washington ma ehine upon the crisp new paper as of yore, amid a strange maze of lithographic tracery, bu"t those magic hieroglyphics whkb have so fong gladdened the heart of the American citizen are to cease lroaa the land. That masterpiece of penauanship, that illegible arrangement pf light
that the superintendent and the com
mittee have reason to believe that one
French, a former employe of the institution, wrote the letter over the name of "W.
Brown," and yet tbay advertised lo the
writer of the communication, and have not, up to this Um, enquired into the cases named in the letter. The superintendent, Mr. Mclntiro, is either In. the hands of bad advisers, or
if acting upon his own judg
ment, pursuing a very suicidal course. This matter has gone so far that the popular mind will net be satisfied until there has been a thorough public investigation ot the whole affair, and those who are acting upon
any different theory will soon discover tbeir mistake. The original charges of "W Brown" may not have furnished sufficient
ground for undertaking this investigation,
but Ij bard to understand how, in the light
ot recent developments, the friends of the institution can maintain the pretense that it
is above suspicion. Such an attitude would have passed for viituous indignation a week
aco. .Now it looks more lite a game of
bluff.
Elaowhere in this issue of the Sectine
will be found an interview with William
Walter Phelps which makes good political reading. This gentleman is, more than any
ether single congressman, entitled to the
credit of having won for Louisiana the scanty portion of justice and con
sideration which she has obtained. He
is young, well educated, wealthy,
and apparently of a bold and Independent
nature. He has followed his
tions with a force and persist
should win praise from all parties. Tbe conversation reported occurred at St. Louis, where Mr. Phelps had stopped on his way southward to cmy out the terms of
the compromise effected by tbe Hoar committee. The newspaper correspondent who
has reported Lis opinions did cot fail to notice the easy noncbalence with which he ex
pressed himself. Ho did net seem at all
alarmed at the idea of having the public
know exactly what he thuught. Ilia opin
ions in regard to tien. Grant's desires and object are worthy cf attention. He does not think that
the president has v any chance of securing a renominatiop, bui he oonsid-
itie3 known by the sani3 name and included in the great reservation, such es the Black Hills of Laramie, Black Hills of Powder river and Black Hill3 of the Cheyenne the
b;ni.clf bctn especially desirous to re-seat Mr. anshn. cf Cadiir. r-oic?, V.
th rnfnV 7k .p8IIM Dy D3 Trobmnd at tho point of the bavonpt. w k
uiuiauy liliprcsSSU Willi
each of the members of th beards of achool
trustee?, as iliero constituted, expire?
3. It no, when will the term cf efnea cf
6ach of the members ot the boards af school
trustees, as now constituted, expire?
The act which wa3 amended bvtho said THE heaeko op the old mas
(SPfc Of BVll I' 1ST.1 TrAwil1ill Iknf I -I-T1 Vz mn n 1 .
17 V. ' , . ..-vmUO nmcAm-u ana irom previous
incorporated wn in New Orleans
last being the spot which Custer's expedi- of each incorporated town, in this state, Lad bccoao strongly of the opinion that Mr.
tion visited last summer. The hall, at their first regular meeting in the vacgun was entitled to his seat. Bat he had
story of th origin of the """-1 ' ru"! V "!;5!SJ n lorced. to Z1. P his colleagues, who.
.. ui,0 wur, nu nuu upuiie-saininawon or the Caddo return- could three rears resnoctlvelr. a shall hA Hctor. nnt. i., u. uuuicmiu.uia
gold legends afloat concerning the Black Hills is a strange one. Father De Smet, tbe Jesuit missionary, who knew more, perhaps, of the Indians and their country than any other m?.u in the world, saw specimens of the previous oro in the possession of the Sioux Indians, and told them of its value. They answered that they
knew where there wa3 a mountain of it.
This mountain of gold Sheridan says has
been found to consist merely of a formation
of yellow mica. Nevertheless, he has he&Kation In saying, both from Father
sme.s information ana rrom his own
knowledge, that there are large deposits of
gold ln that part of the Black Hills country along the Biz Horn, Rose Bud and Tongue
rivers. As tor the Cheyenne region,
reconnoitered by Custer, he thinks
there is but little more of a gold
deposit there than is usual throughout tbe
West, and be re-asserts tbe explanation al
ready made, that the expedition was sent out on purely military grounds. As to the protection of the reservation from trespass
ers, the lieutenant-general is concise am accurate, as he usually is, concerning all
purely military matters. He says:
I feel quite confident of our ability to prevent
lnienueu trespasses on ine rights or Ilia Indians,
ana cavalry ana lnianny in ine ueparimeni o
be deter- Dot conclude that Vann-hn wa mL,i .
organiza- ibe s?at. From this point Mr. Phi r..
- - - r
a . . a
c-eeued to a discussion of national
lie said ins WDnh cm mri
politics.
was now
three years respectively, as shall
mined by lot at the time of their
tion, and annually t hereafter shall elect one school trustee, who shell hold bis office for
three years, etc. The amecdatorv act of souaralv dividi 41117 ,uow
March 12. 1S75, provides that "the Common this time until th; Th" "T
rvi.inril f .S il ,1 t. 1 j .CI wuycuuuu Dfll
w.uv.. w. v-r.L. im mo uumu 1 vear iub coniesL nprnnon t ha j.-
nf trneteca ff tnA Ir..r-olM a .u - t, ... " ur lUl-
v. ..u.wm uva .."jic-.bu ljnu Ut I ütl. Sua LÜH Ii lnQ nAnta.f... X ?
f hia iIqIo cli.,11 ol lkW tl,-,- ,f! 1. .1.. .. '.ij -vv. wuccuaiivti lÄCllOHS
..s. - -"uS iu wo wuuiu -00 uuremittiDg. He rea'lilv month ot June, elect three srhonl tnttai Urfmin? ik.i n . .. Icar"
, . ... ... . .. . w"t I -av vxiaub was in inn riiii
scan noia ineir omo nnp tirn nnrf c h fr. o 1 i . .
three veara rfsnflotivel v. ea b.iM p,iciux I tn rii.t .v. i ... . . . " power
shall determine by lot at the time of thnir He did not holm k -.t 5.r
w .vvwfcii jt 1 miii. w fill til ria ania
I nroani7af mn anrl annnsllw f K nr r I
fno elect one school trust?8 who shall hold bis he would give up the all Idea i?f being I SnDf office for three years, etc. The act of 1875 did ate before the time of holding the con-
I v.tfi,juvi viawgo, CTUU JL tUlIlK I VCLILIUXJ. Hrrl VPfl IIllE ha
in
results
ViofiAtA1 fU.a.
this, that no election of school Grant would trv at.m,o1 '
trustees can tska place In Anril higinflnonM nmnnnii uT:..?'lB
holAfA p,Mnt in 00 r j..VÜ 7" j 7ClC vuowuvöni.on
.v ! . . i t tuu iu3. 1 ouuiwiiog asms nrst choice after hirrlf at their first meeting in the month of Jane Mr. Phelps said be was fully aware oTthe next, it will be the duty of common coun- Dover tho offi hin " 3 Srf? ?. 'f
cils aud board of trustees to elot:t nnw forminc to roriKuo f i ..ra
hoards of school trustees in toto. Your com! In 1S7G. ife w not incBnld to municatiou mentions that tb act of 1S75 underrate tha rtr ,if""vS
contains no repealing clause. In mv opin- which -was ,ts T 1 y
ion such a clause was unnecessary, as the present enormrm ,tam j. "t
act was arastdatory and as a subs'.!- patronage. But he believed that between tute for the provisions of the ant this tim nrt ttr rMu " ...7. 7
amended, repealed the latter by Iv- up iroiiFth. M. mZT.u
plication. Jsor Is there auvthine in tfce eßee would overwhelm ihfMa.i,M.
or school trustee to prever t such officer feat their plans for packing t he convention irom Deiner legislated out or office." The with tha
act of 1S75 provides that all vacanies that The conservative republicans might now be
cKoli n , tu. ,. . . , , . K "" was
ut.v. uj kuv vuuiiujii vjuucii oi ion i lormai nnrnniTatmn Than j
.V-u . i- . in u. iu lucocudw bu luaexiensor nine or ten In i. 11 K c 1 trT 1 rm T rv fill a wt .-t M . U 1 1 1 1 I a wvJuiAA
Own CODTic- the most Avallab.e nolnta to Ciirrv out mv -iu If tu A A Vtm- I V?x yasJ Kreaer
. . : . . ... . " 1 --r - I v 4. iju uuca tA iDi LU. xuia nru v x rfi:i i r rui n r n a r. infa rw- j
ency which "?"or ÄL"m"2. "T r'Wle.i! pplies to tbae cae8 where a vacancy oc- tt TnTh ,',3,
Dart
of the government there might be
a repetition of the California Gold
lieach and U3ld Lake humbugs with 'tili irrealer surTerinss as many of the personn now
crazy to go to the Black HilW, never think: of
how they are to exist after they get there, or howlheveouldretiimlnca.se failure. If thnr
will wait for further information fiom the gov- I new boards of school trustees in June next
erumeni, wmcn now seems 10 d aesirous or is provided for In the Constitution Of In
there will b9 no one more willing than
myself to aid ln ascertaining their value.
proportion
personal In
n V.. 1 1
curs through the death, resignation or re- in the ascend nt in the republican minority moval ot ecbool trustees. The interim of inthannt Ha,, twJL ",Z-7
Anril next of the trinti r.
. . .r - - - 1 .
It is clear from this letter that the effect of
Father De Hmet's story of the mountain of gold has never worn away, and it will give new life to the enthusiasm for exploring
the new Eldorado. Sheridan's own words
will serve to add fuel to the passion for gold
and adventure, which was certainly burn
ing furiously enough heretofore. He, also,
and
been elected and q ualified." Pleinlv. under
this constitutional provision, school trustees.
whose terms of ofUce would have expired in Arvrit nflrt will n nxr rSAnanea f rkn
ers It possible, though not probable, that he speaks enthusiastically of the fair parks and 1S75, continue in office until tbeir successors
will be able to control the national conven- j valleyB of the unexplored country, and shall be elected and qualified, under the
tion so as to secure the nomination of Res- coolly reiterates the proof of its ejections l be neia in j uno next.
coeConkling. As to tbe probability of this richness in auriferous deposits. Such J p i if,
cflnilaman or.!1arv In fh'i urAnfc nf I nfnrica from flirt lilnflP n aa. . ..
THKIP NATURAL LEADER.
wbich certain school trustees mav hr 11 WM true that Blaine had not filled the
been elected, and the date of t he election of I measure of his opportunity when the fin-
bill was under discussion in the house, but
diana, article XV, section IH. which sav- DlS IiUmre 10 taKea decided stand, or at least
''Whenever it is provided in this constitu- his failure to take strong ground against the
woo, or in any law wmcn may be hereaHer measure in a sneecn was exnlicahl nr.rtn
passed, that any officer other than a member irronnds that left
of the ceneral assembly, shall ho'd hi Uincritvnf nnrnAnrhio K..
oftie for any given term, the aame shall 1 viction. The fight over the force bill was construed to mean that such officpr carried on hv tha rar.tatr.anA.r r
shall hold his office for such RI
IC oJ ,! . V..,, , I - . F- J fcV,,. HiOICUUlU
v.., .1. uuni Buvurosur eunu nave I HKSiUM ine measure, hnt ha
Attorney General.
Fa w no
opportunity to do so without descend
ing into the muck and mire of a -contest with Butler and bts unsavory adherents, and eo the sneaker contented himself with employing his personal influence against the hiJl in a quiet way. Mr. Phelps did not presume that Mr. Blaine could have actually accomplished by a speech on the floor any mora than he did by tbe course he elected of quiet personal opposition. The
tVin VI r Awn a . -
repuoiicans would do in "h 0l G,rant' rominationror of tbS nomination of one of his creatures like Conkhcg, Mr. Phelps said there 4oaM oe two courses left open to republ'cTns cf his views: One course would be to Sit the convention and nominate a third cand date The other would be to coalesce with the democracy snd destroy Grant and the wreck eethe? US'1 rePublln pertyTi gether. If the democrats should a-m-e on a lVZn?iVLr?Tm and nominal a
, ; " personalize that soirit there would be no occasion for a third Z
maiion. Bat if th 7 7
lessly Bourbonue itSelf T.d IhV wo"S
creature,, then there would be a tee fight general uproar and music by the fu'll band, as it were. Rnttki.-.: . 'B I
thetical upon a cnnTf Z"t USW?
Pholps still bslieved im,M. tr. .-7
not think Grant could capfi the repubt lican convention. Ho .h,, .:l, p7
fluence upon 0 ranid y as soon as the next congress came in with Us applications of investitive cautery K,HnVa rAn8 Prtnients cf bis ad min is(ration, it could in safdv qcm. i ... -
republican minority lr7 th. Text fcow would not commit the hlnndAf et,-.-. :.
or seeming to stand, in the way of investi' thi rr;f 9 thr, derend d apologist or the ( rant administration. These, and man v more facts of a similar natnra 4 c!5
cancant to those who make
POLITICS A STUDY.
They would bfcome apparent to the mass in due course of development. These views were expressed by Mr. Phelps in an easy. manner, and with a peculia whÄ-68 qiaite uausal with Politicians nubl?cSÄnn5 ?. a l,ew8P?Per reporter lor publication. His comments on various Individuals, now or recently in pubMc Pre were very piquant, and were made with the same freedom that distinguished his general observations. One or two, as examples, will serve to show his independent style? in reply to some remark about Lvman Tremame, Mr. Phelps laughingly observed "at nf.ver in all his observations cr in ail his reading had he come across so enormoua a distension with eo little .wind ni tn ti,a
Tremsine! Speaking to bis colleague in the Louisiana committee, Mr. Foster, Mr. Phelps paid him a glowing eulogy and said that i-oster had a constitunional propensity to De right, but he sometimes needed a little encouragemmt. There were men, like bumner and Schurz, to whom the inner consciousness of being right was enough. But Mr. Foster liked to know that other people kcew ho was right. In conclusion Mr. Phelps said he was Kremly pleased w ith Jjiuis. He liked everything about the city except its mud, and even that wp.s admirable in that it surpassed all the other mud he ever saw or heard of. He hoped to soo Louis again at some time when the soluble properties cf her soil were les apparent. He Iaaves for X W Or. Ak na rhia
morning, and, after completing his mission there, goes to Mexico to look after n
private interests con npctfld with tha t-
national railway, ot which AntAmriu ha i
one of the principal promoters.
A MELANCIIOLLY MISSION.
THAT'S WHAT IS CLAIMED FOR TWtt rvrr-
DITION'TO MEXICO NOW. In explanation of tkat expedition to Mex
ico the Washington Chronicle has the following: It is now fctited definitely that the members of the senatorial Mexican ex
cursion party do iro on lpffitimato w.
ernment business. They are dtaiUri tr.
see if the graves of the soldiers killed in the Mexican war are properly cared for. This act of patriotism has been long delayed and neglected. Through all -the changing vicissitudes cf over a quarter of a century these graves have been almost forgotten. Tbe brave men, who fell battling for their country's flag on the arid plfJns of that desolate country and vere burled beneath its soil, will be slighted no longer. It is eminently proper that the nation shall not, in the honors it is now paying to the heroes and patriots of the war of the rebellion, forget those who bo valiantly contested the bloody fields of Buena Vista, Chepnltepec, and Mölme del Key. And what could be more appropriate than that these dignified senators, fresh from their country's legislative halls, honored and trusted as the representatives of the people ot these United States, should make this pilgrimage ts search for the forgot :en graves of tbeir canntry's defenders. The eyes of the whole nation will be ou tbem, and the swelling hearts of a grateful psoplo will wish the Dispatch and her nre-
cious crew.
GOD erEED ON THIS PATRIOTIC 24ISSI0N. It will be of necessity a somewhat gloomy trip. To search for these graves, slter nearly thirty years have passed, in an unknown country and over unexplored battle fields ia no ordinary labor. . It will be a sight worthy the pencil of an artist or the pen of a poet to see these grave and and reverend senators in solemn procession searching amid the ruins and decay ot that almost forgotten empire for theBe graves of their ancestors. It will be a scenej that will teach the "greasers" ot Mexico that republics are not untrratfnl.
The country will look with breathl.
anxiety for the news from tbe halls of the Montezumas when the riianatnh
and her mortal frsight shall have reached the shores of Mexico. What natrint that
does Dot wish them a prosperous voyage, favorable winds, and a safe return. 1h
quiet mystery that has at tended their exit is now all explained. They well knew that from a grateful pcoola their reward waa
sure, iso viait of pleasure then is thin.
They go to seek these of whom the poet says
On Fame's eternal camping craund Their fileut tents are spread. And plory paard with soiemn soand The bivouac ot the dead." Worthy patriots, cenerous citizen. h-i
ored senators oa this mission, welcome 1 end
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