Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 April 1880 — Page 2

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY. APEIL 14. 1880.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 14. Towsship returns throughout the State, with a Tery few exceptions, ehow large Democratio gai a. Ths Republicans who Toted against töe first and third amendments, in epite -of the tarty lash, deserve credit. The Republicans will not harmonica. The fight between Blaine, Grant and Sheraaan growing more lively every day. ia We are told that Ohio bankers are for Sherman, and the bankers onght to rapport him he has supported the banks. G&EEXCA.STLE, the home of "de boss of de emgrashun," had an election on Monday and the Democratic gain was over 393. Good enough. Thjc Chioago dailies have contracted for 100 car loads of print paper from the mills Of Montreal. That's a plum lost by the American ring. Since both wings of the Democracy in Ne York hare succeeded in hiring a hall at Syracuse, a suffering public will probably escape farther boring at present. If more evidence were wanW to lift Indiana from the list of doubtful States and place her with the mncontrovertibly Demo ratic, it would be found in the unanimity no less than the acknowledged strength of the leaders here. Those who say they know express the opinion that Grant will go through at Chics?? on the first ballot. There will be 754 votes in the convention; of these Blaine is creditfd with 217, Sherman, 100 com bined, 317; leaving 437 for Grant. Eev. J. J. Dkajt, of the New York Conference cf the M. E. church, has received the political mantle of the late Bishop Haven, and has nominated Grant for a third term. In doing this he was vociferously applauded by the clergy present. The Republicans find it an exceedingly difficult matter to apologize for the brut si conduct of the old Micbigander.Christiancy, who after marrying a pretty treasury em ploye amustd himself by choking her until her throat showed the imprint of his paws. Tue Eranstille Courier comes to hand with the old Democratic rooster at the head of its columns head and tail upand crow ing lustily. The Republicans saffered a ter rible defeat in one of their strongholds The Courier promises still better things in Novem ber. The Radical bulldozers of Shelbyville did not succeed in their scheme of voting imported negroes at the election on Mon day, but they came very near killing the Democratic county treasurer, Mr. Amsden. The Radical press defend the outrage, as usual. It is really very amusing to read all the talk about Democratic aspirants for the presidential nomination; and yet it is all Wbll enough. A certain amount of talk is re quired it is indispensable. The Democratic party is simply required to organiza thoroughly to get rid of factions and solidify. This done, and victory is certain. Ir the Democratic party Is to win a victory next November there must be com prom lue, harmony ana good feeling in April. To this a cool and correct appreciation of the merits and the. defects ot the party leaders under whom the existing dissension has come to pass Is absolutely essential. The party must Judge such leaders for Itself and not take the estimates Bet on them by their personal following. New York World. The Sentinel, for months past, has emphasized the importance of Democratic harmony, and the disappearance of factions and factionists. All that is necessary for the Democratio party to secure victory is harmony and thorough organization. The Sentinel asterta that the passage of the constitutional amendments will be overthrown because tickets were not exclusively distributed by the Inspector. If an attempt is made to reverse the will of the people on such a trivial pretext, there will be sucn an explosion as never was known In Indiana. .News. The Sentinel has distinctly pointed out how the law relating to the amendments was violated on Monday last, how frauds were committed how ballots were doctored. The News intimates that it will advocate the violation of the law. Indeed, it is already doing that thing. It is not lawabiding. It treats the law with contempt. The News virtually admits that the law was violated; that frauds were committed; that the organic law of the State was changed by fraud, and still it defends the fraud and would have it prevail. The Democrats In this State nave been howling for yean about Republican election frauds, importation of voters, etc., but when a constitutional amendment la proposed to bar all such business, the whole party machinery Is brought to bear to defeat It, and the party lash Is applied unsparingly to make Democrats vote against It. This ahows how much truth there waa la the howl about frauds. Journal. It is worthy of remark that the fact of Re publican frauds admits of no controversy whatever, and it is also a fact easily demonstrated that Republicans who were howling about e'.ectloa frauds, and advocating the adoption of the amendments as a means of preventing frauds, absolutely disregarded the law submitting the amendments to the pejpple, and probably committed frauds Id vere precinct In the State. These violations of lair, these frauds pass to te constitution And the people of Indiana have a right to believe that the constitution of the State in part rests upon the disregard cf law, and the perpetration ef frauds. Democrats demand- . d a strict compliance with the law. Republicans openly violated the law. The fact Is leaking out that Southern delegates to the Chicago convention are to be treated with contempt. The Philadelphia Times remarks editorially that "the plan of nominating the candidate by the support of men whose suffrages at Chicago represent no electoral votes is exciting a profound dissatisfaction, not chiefly among the Independents. It was this feature of Mr. Sherman's canvass which first alienated those who might otherwise have supported him. And It is the avowed purpose of a good many Republican politicians to make these gentlemen understand at Chicago that the nomination is to be made by those States in

watch the Republican party is more than a man of straw on which to hang official clothes." If only tliote States are to have a voice in the convention in which the Republican party has a majority,' the business of nominating a Republican candidate will be greatly simplified. There may be two States in the Union where such a majority exists.' though that is doubtful. The Republican party is everywhere in the minority.

The people of Indiana would like to have a constitution free from the taint of fraud. To obtain such a constitution the Legislature enacted a law, without w hich the people would not bare been called upon to vote on the amendments last Monday. Now, then, the simple questions are these: Was that law violated? Was frauds perpetrated? In numerous instances reports go to show that the law was violated, and in numerous instances that frauds were perpetrated. Ought not all good citizens to feel anrious that such wrongs should be righted? According to the Journal, If any effort should be made to ferret out these violations of the law. these flagrant frauds, the Republican party to a man will become the champions of fraud and the defenders of violations of the law. It says: All we have to say is, if tne Democrats want to fight the amendments In the courts after they have been adopted by the people, let them try it. The Republicans will meet them on that line, and will test the Question here as It was tested In Maine, whether the people have any rights which Democratic partisans are bound to respect. Why this championship of fraud? Why desire to have a constitution tainted with fraud? Why this exhibition of petty wrath at the mention of courts? Simply because reports say the law was violated by Republicans, and that Republicans committed the frauds. Law regulates elections. If the law was openly violated, and Its plainest provisions disregarded, then the election was not according to law, and hence, what? Well, in the opinion of the Journal, it don't make any difference whatever. It is just as happy when fraud has prevailed as when the State has had an honest election. The Republican party has, of late years, won its greatest triumphs by fraud, and it is, therefore, not surprising that Republican journals are the defenders and apologists of fraud. AMENDMENT FRAUDS. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Sentinel: Sir I herewith Inclose you a ticket that you may know how the Republicans operated to secure the adoption ot the constitutional amendments. These tickets appeared at our election precincts by hundreds, marked as you see this one. They were Kent her irom your City to a leading Republican. You will discover that they are not Jut like those sent out by the secretary ot state. In color or wording, i hey were placed In the bands of Rt-publlcans throughout the county, and used fieely, while the Republican trustees two at least that I have heard of refused to hand out those sent out through the proper channel, except one at a time to the voters. You can readily see how this would work, and the fraud and unjust means put In operation by the party of great moral Ideas" to accomplish their ends. If there are any points In this statement ot facta to defeat these amendments, we hope to see them fullv brought out, providing It Is necessary. Yours, W. J. H. Huntington, Ind., April 6, 18S0. The probabilities are that the amendments to the constitution submitted to the people on Monday last have been adopted. The Sentinel was opposed to two of the amendments, and we ara now as much as ever convinced that the people will regret their incorporation into the organic law of the State, provided the methods resorted to to adopt them are not found to be such as to declare their adoption null and void. It ii well known that the law submitting the amendments to the people is itself so vague as to create serious doubts as to its constitu tionality, and it may be that the supreme court will set it aside. Again, it Is well known that the law, If it is constitutional, has been so flagrantly violated by Republicans that every consideration of fair dealing, honest elections, purity of the ballot-box and the rights of the people demand that these Republican rascalities Bhould njt be permitted to triumph. The foregoing letterwhich we publish, emphasizes what the Sen tinel has siid upon the subject, and the facts demand investigation and prompt judicial action. The law submitting the amend ments to the people has been violated. A great fraud has been practiced practiced by men who claimed to be the special cham pions of honest elections; and If the rascality is permitted to go unrebuked, Indiana will have to confess that she has a constitution adopted by fraud. A NOTABLE FRAUD. The attention of the publio should at once be called to the fact that a monstrous viole- j tion of the law was perpetrated by Bome one j on Monday last. That . the tickets prepared by the secretary of state and sent to the sheriff of the various counties were, in some instances, "doctored" in the interest of the amendments, admit of neither doubt nor evasion. We call the special attentiou of the people to the f ct which can be established beyond all controversy. The proper steps should at once be taken to place the matter before the proper tribunals of the State, fjr the par pose of having the guilty parties brought to justice, or at any rate seeing that, if the law has been violated, the people of the State shall not suffer thereby. By consulting the law providing for the distribution of the amendment ballots, it will be observed tbat the Legislature was careful to guard against fraud. It provided that the amendment ballots should be of blue paper; tbat they should be sent to sheriffs, by them sent te township trustees, and by the trustees placed in the bands of inspector! of the election. This done, the inspector, on application, Is directed to hand to each elector a ballot. The inspectors, we believe, have in tome instances at least violated the law. The ballots were banded out in large numbers to persons around the voting places, and by them handed to electors; and worse still, it can be shown that in numer ous instances these amendment ballots had been $cruUhtl when banded to the electors, thereby violating the law, which provides that the elector ahall erase the word "yes" or "no" himself. The matter is of sufficient importance to have prompt attention, for it will be a stinging shame if amendments the Legislature proposed for the ostensible purpose of preventing fraud, have been adopted by fraud. Let the matter be investigated. A New Yobk farmer baa been trying to in vent something to take the place of hop-poles, and the mental strain has made him a lunatic.

CLIPPINGS. Over 1,000 cheese factories are operated in the State of New York. 1 1 bas been decided In Illinois that none tout freeholders are competent to sit on Juries. A Yaxkkk In Boston baa Invented a mach la e which will make 33.0CO paper boxes a daj-. France exports to Enrope S'40,C0,00 worth of manufactured articles ia excess of what England exports. In 1810 the debts of the New England States were HW.OÖJ. The debts of the same State now amount to 51,OCO,100. r ii erb has been shipped from Wilmington, N. C, to a Ktusslan port, a cargo of otto a weighing nearly 1,W)J,000 pounds. William M. Tweed's daughter was robbed of her jewelry at her hotel In Paris recently, aad was made very ill In consequence of the loss.

Miss Nellie Crocker, of Saerameato, .had an impecunious lover. Dying the other day, she lelt him 1100.000 to squander on same other girl. ioas B. Gocc H is reported assaying recently tbat drunkenness has increased in this on n try dn the last 25 years, and that there aw now more ministers drinking and more women than ever before. Tke total ice crop ot Boston and vicinity last j-ear was about 9 JO.000 tons, bat the crop this irear. received from a distance, H esti mated at about &00.C00. The price of ice will doubtless be higher. From official statistics recently published In Copenhagen, it appears that in the 10 years from ISCil to 1878 there were 4,770 cases of sui clde ascertained to have been committed in the kingdom of Denmark. Ot this number of person 3,709 were males, and l,C6l females. DuBofis City, Clearfield county, Pa., has two saw mills, a planing mill and a machine shop in full operation. Mr. John Dubois, the lum ber king, for whom the place is named, has cut this season 20,000,000 feet of lumber, and employs 003 hands. He owns 20,000 acres of land in the immediate vicinity of the place. Lady Ckarlotte Bacox, widow of General Bacon, daughter of Edward Harley, fifth earl of Oxford and one of the famous beauties of the early part of the century, has Just died in London. She was the Lady Charlotte Harley to whom Byron refers in his poem to "Ianthe," which forms the prologue to "Chllde Harold." Is Mississippi it has been found that the cotton feed mills have become to a large degree a burdensome monopoly because of each of the mills being allowed a certain amount of territory, upon which the others are obliged not to infringe, which enables them to keep down the price of cotton seed below its intrinsic value. A man butchered his family in London a few days ago, and a woman locked her three children in a room and set fire to the place. The English "Salvation Army" escaped these terrible scen s by coming to New York to convert the city olliclaTs. Probably, says the Nor. rlstown Herald, they were overworked at home, and came to this country for rest. Is Blnghamton, N. Y last summer, a pair of Baltimore orioles built their bauging nest lu a tree opposite a tinsmith's. The limb to which the nest was suspended recently blew down, and the nest is now preserved in evidence of the remarkable skill and instinct of these birds, lor the nest was found securely wired to the branch with pieces of wire which had been picked out of the sweepings ot the shop. The beauties of bleep- walking and of the indestructibldty of the human frame were equally illustrated in the case ef John O'Connor, of San Francisco, who walked in his sleep the other night, and stepped down a well in a building 60 feet deep. He went crashing through a glass skylight, aad the shock of the fall simply woke him up, for he got up and walked up stairs as if nothing hal occurred. Tue Reading (Pa.) Times and Dispatch says that the Increase in the iron ore business along the East Pennsylvania railroad within nine months past has been most surprising. Along the entire northern slope of the Lehigh mountain, from Blandon eastward to Emaus, and in the adjacent valley to the north, there are hundreds of Iron ore mines, and prospecting Is going on at numerous point, with new mines being opened daily. Rcrus Hatch, of New York, has spent S5,(0u in a flzht with a New York carriage man, over a bill of 150 for repairs on bis carriage. It see-ns that the latter had been in the habit of making Mr. Hatch's coachman presents, and lu return the coachman b-ought Mr. Hatch's carriages around for repairs rather oftener than the owner thought was necessary. Mr. Hatch has, therefore, refused to pay the bill, and, being susd for It and beaten, he has appealed it from court to court, until it is now before the chief justice of New York. James Lynde, a rebel deserter, who afterward en'isted In the Fourth M'chlgan cavalry, is said by the Dettolt Free Press to have stolen Jeff Divis' honte and money alter the rebel leader's capture.' Lynde would never teli what he fouud in tke saddle-bags, out his fellow-troopers are sure that it must have been gold, for after the regiment was mustered out he disappeared for a time, turning up six months later In Detroit with thousands of dollars In his possession, much of which was left after he had taken a year's trip in Europe. More singular coincidences than this one have happened. A sawbones of Davenport, Ia., was in Washington a few days ago, and found shelter at the Souse In which a now celebrated Tommy was boarding with his mother. The doetor, vho is a physiognomist, laid a wager with a friend tbat if Tommy's father should happen to be one among 78 in the Senate chamber he could pick him out from Uie visitors' gallery. After five minutes' scrutiny, the doctor selected a head to wear the crown, who, on inquiry! proved to be a senator from a State which was named after one of the English Georges. The Western grain markets are again weak. Both wheat and oora are depressed and it is beginning to look as If the clique tbat bas been so long bulling these troduets are about to re sign their position la favor of the logic of events. When the fall that bas already taken place in the price of wheat and the reduction In the rate of Irelghl from Chicago eastward are considered, it would appear that shipments will go forward so rapidly aa to do away with any apprehension of ipeele exports. Railroad managers, who are already employing all their equipment in moving their traffic, are making arrangements for additions to their rolling stock. Iir South Auburn, Me, are three unmarried sisters who baveshown an extraordinary degree of resolution smd energy. Their names are Margaret, Deborah and Adelena Jordan. Tbelr father left ttetnafarm of 130 acres, which they profitably manage without any assistance, except for a few daye In haying time. They alwaya'pay their bills, "and in good times have a little over." Last year they raised about 25 tens of bay, 120 bushels of potatoes, nine bushels of wheat, 40 bushels ot oats, 11 bushels of aarley, one and a quarter acres of corn, and had a large garden. Miss Margaret, who is the. eldest, recently gave the following account of herself: "On me falls most of the care! I have to be financier, cook, field hand an! barn hand. I have to stand the racket from pantry to corn-field In !

slekness and In death. I nurse the sick, feed the hens, hokt the plow, hoe the corn, harness the horse, shovel the soil maid of all work, and do anything and everything on the farm."

The Constitutional Amendments. To the Editor of the Sentinel: Sir Suppose the total number of votes polled to-day in this State was 400.000; that only 350,000 persons voted for and sgalnst the amendments; say 1 S3 .000 yes, and 170,000 no. Are the amendments adopted under the law and constitution? It seems to me to be a plain question, and the answer is no! It will be seen that the law does not ray that a proposed amendment is to be deemed adopted if there are more persons voting yes than those voting no. "It says that if a majority of e1ectors shall thus ratify any of said amendments the same shall be a part of the constitution." Our State constitution, in regard to amend ments, provides that they shall be submitted to the electors of the State, and if a ma jonty ol tfce said electors shall ratify the same, they become a part oi tne constitution, now many electors have we in Indiana to-day? Say 400 000 at least, lor that many voted for trustee Then it will take 201.000 affirmative votes to ratify an amendment. Possibly, if the amendments had been submitted to a special election, for that dut pose and no other, the number of votes cast at such an election, however light the vote Bright be, would be decided by the courts to be in a legal eense the whole number of electors In the State. But this vote on the amendments is had at the r gular April elec tion for township officers? and the tota number of votes cast tor fuch officers is to be taken as the whole number of electors in the State, and no one of the amendments is adopted unless it is voted for by a majority ot an me voters at tne township election Suppose, In a total rote of 400.000. there are 100,000 "yes" votes and none "no," I main tain that the amendment is not adopted. because 100,000 is not a majority of 400,000, tne wnoie numter ot electors. A. B. C. Terre Haute, April 5. 1880. More Importation. To the Editor of the Sentinel : Kir Some of the leaders of the Republi can party are now making arrangements to import about 100 North Carolina niggers into our county. One of the leaders approacnea a Kepuoncan rarmer yesterday, and wanted him to take three of them. The farmer wanted time to study and consult his wife; when the leader remarked, no: agree to take them now. as we want them to gain a residence; ana l want you also to see Mr, , and see hew many he can take. So despera'e are they becoming that they are not only willicg to turn off every white man oa the farms, but want even to stock our mines with ttera. Brazil, April 6 1SS0. OLD VIRGINIA TO THE FllONT! Hear What She Says of a Gifted Son of Her Second Daughter of the Hoosler State Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks. The following from the Clarke County Courier, shows the sentiment of Virginia on tie presidency: Beeryville, Clarke County, Virginia, March k0, 1830. j Dear Courier The time for the Democratic firesidentiai nomination Is approaching. Pubic sentiment seems to be much divided re specting the choice of the party. Mr. Tilden nas reau nis uoom in tne action ol the Democracy of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ha yard will, in all probability not be mi p ported in convention by a single western State. Mr. Thnrman was "a power in the land," but, at a critical moment. ne lest prestige in his own State. Mr Eaton is a "noble Roman," but Connecticut is now among the doubt.'ul Stales. and can not claim the first honor. Governor Palmer, of Illinois, is a statesman, and one whom all sectlous would delight to honor, dui expediency whispers that tne nom inee must not be selected Irom a State in which 'Ephmtm is Joined to his idols." To Hon. David Davis the same objection can be urgea. General Hancock would Drove ac ceptable to many, but the fate of General f.wing in unio prove that military eclat is not sufficient to Insure triumph in a contest for civil honors. The name of Justice Field Is now upon man Hps, but his "dissenting opin ions," whilst appreciated bv the South, would ia a national eintest afford too strong an inducement to tuose who wave the bloody shirt" to point to him as a sectional candidate. Mr. Seymour is a "tower of strength," but he declines to whisper an ut teracce wnicn can be construed luto a wil lingness to assutre the hardens and responsibilities of a canvass. He doubtless bas concluded that until the difference ot New York aie settled, she oaght to be content to follow and not to lead. .Napoleon knew that in the most doubtful hour of battle Maisbai Ney and the "Old Guard" would pluck victory irom the very jaws oi ueieat Ttie convention, assembled at fct. Louis in lsvb. knew tbat Thomas A. Hendricks, with the gallant S ate of Indiana at his back, would form a rallying cry that would strike terror to tne hearts of the ioe The friends of Mr. Hendricks were there insist lug that be should have the first place on the ticket. Subsequent events have shown that their choice was a wise one. who or all the men prominent before that convention have retained the Influence of Mr. Hendricks? Wheie is Mr. TUden to-day ? Iiis State, by iea sou oi internal dissension, nas been "bounu hand aid foot" and turned over to Repub licanism. Ohio, Mr. Tburman's State, is also under tne enemy's control, whilst Pennsylvania relustd to follow the lead of Mr. Randall in his efforts in behalf of the standard bearer of 187. How are things in Indiana? She has a Democratic Legislature, a Democratio gov ernor and two Democratic United States senators. All of them. together with thousands of Democrats in the private walks of life, are in a blaze of enthusiasm for Hendiicks. Much has been said about Mr. TUden ah an organizer. Look at the condition of New ork and then look at Indiana, and let facta prove whose power as an organizer is hotter exemplified, that of Mr. Tilden or that of Mr. Hendricks? Is New York solid for any one of her eminent citizens? No. la Ohio? No. Not even little Delaware, of which it may be said the largest part is the bead of Thomas f. Bayara, is a unit upon tne question of the presidential candidacy. But when you come to Indiana, jou find a solid array for Mr Hendricks. What does this mean? It means the people of Indiana, the heart and center of tne great wesi, are terribly in earnest, it is not so much the size cf a State as the power of Its enthusiasm that decides a contest. The Frer-cb army, under the command of Napo leon, made every throne in Europe to totter. Yet in comparison, the entire French population bore an insignificant ratio to that of the powers which endeavored in vain to crush the spirit rf liberty. Hendricks is a "born leader." A knight more gallant never drew blade. Uniting the "ponderous stroke of a Richard" with the skillful thrust ot a8aladln.no adversary can stand before bim and live. . Let the proud Old Dominion follow in the lead of "him who goeth to victory." With Hendricks as our nominee, a eplrlt of enthusiasm would be enkindled ait over Virginia which would cause "Independent Electoral Tickets" to be scattered as lightest "down of gossamer" upon the Infuriated breast of an Alpine storm. The giant of Radicalism strides the plain with "Harness of brass" ten fold more impervious than that wnlch encumbered Goliath of Uath. Save one, there Is not a champion in all the land who dares to do him successful battle. Relying upon that Providence which gave and retains to him the hearts of the noblest people of all the West, buckled with the armor with which their confluence encircles him, and with faith in the strong arm which hs never failed to strike a central blow for his country and liberty, Thomas A. Hendricks will, on the 4th day of November next, slay the great slant, whether be be Grant, Sherman, Blaine, or any other "uncircumclsed Philistine." Alpha. He Would Have Something. Boston Transcript. "Father," said a boy of some 15 spring, "ail the fellers 've got bicycles, 'nd mother says she guesses you'll get me one. If I only had one I wouldn't ask for a cent for anything, and I'd split all the wood, 'nd shovel all the paths, 'nd do all the at rants, 'nd " "It's no oss, my son; I'm not able to buy you a bicycle. I" "Well, then, won't you buy me a baseball ?" Again the paternal veto. But that boy, even then, was not utterly cast down. No; the last seen of him he was begging his mother for an empty mustard-pot to make devil's fiddle.

A WOMAN IN WASHINGTON.

Conkllng and Other Senators Photographed. Washington Letter to the Springfield Republican. To go into the House of Representatives is to the uninitiated very much like being let into a menagerie, for the atmosphere is very hot and close, the ventilation is very defect ive an odor of cigr smoke adds its burden to a sensitive organization and there is an immense amount of howling on the floor. This is my impression of it all. although I've listened very intently and tried to become Informed In the ways of the government ot my country. The speaker spends most of his time in pounding violently with his gavel, and nobody teems to care whether he pounds or not he apparently does it for his own amusement. Then with a very few exceptions everybody that speaks acts exactly aa if he intended to annihilate every body else. I never can understand what they say, except by snatches, and what I do hear seem to be of very little importance. It does seem so ridiculous for a man to get up and work himself into a tremendous passion, swinging his arms, pound on his desk, walk up and down the Isle, grow red in the face and swell up the veins on bis forehead, and end with a grand peroration about "blowing the bugle till it resounds again" all of which I heard and siw the other day while all the other members are reading newspapers, smoking outside the rail, writing at their desks, chatting with each other and continually passing in and out, wbile nobody seems to pay any attention to all this exhibition of feeling. They seem to take especial delight in contradicting each other flatly, Insisting tbat somebody is out of time or order, and on the whole I've come to the conclusion that things couldn't be much worse any way and who knows If they mightn't be better? even if women had a place In this august (?) body. The Senate is better thst is, tbey don't rant so violently but seems slow and stupid, and I've found myself wondering several times what it all amounted to after all. I have been able, after giving the closest possible attention for some time, to make out tbat they've b?en agitating the question of a mud road somewhere in Indiana, and I have heard something about the Indians, and that's all. As our Senator Dawes doesn't seem to have a boom even in the far horizon, let's hope tbat the Edmund's boom may amount to something, and just for tbia reason, tbat Mr. Edmunds appears to know everything that is going on, and to listen attentively to whatever is being said, as if he really had a conscience concerning State affairs. I think Mr. Hoar is the handsomest man in the Senate General BurnBide may be perhaps excepted he certainly has more of a society air, and is an elegant and distinguished looking man. Ferry is considered handsome, but the fact that he is the rich bachelor of the Senate, and has moreover, the aroma of a dead and gone aod half -myfcterious love affair hanging about him, may have something to do with that notion, for to the casual eye he is certainly not a beauty, although well looking enough, but his beard is very Western and needs pruning. Flnmb, of Kansas, has a thoroughly good and honest face lull of purpose, although his appearar ce is nnpoli&hed. I had entirely forgotten abjut Senator Bruce until I saw the other day a colored man of dignified appearance walk calmly across the floor of the Senate as if he belorgd there. At first I wondered idly if there were colored doorkeepers, when he sat down at his desk, and then I remembered. He has undoubtedly good or bad white blood in hli veins the shape of his hands alone would indicate that He is not of the particularly light color, and his hair, although evidently brushed with pains taking care, is very kinky. I am sorry for him and more sorry for his wife, who, I understand, is so white that no one would suspect her colored blood. Sae is called upon by the wives of the other senators, but still it is under protest, after all the old race prejudice clings, and will cling. Conklicg looks exactly like Nast's picture of bim as "Jackdaw Conkling." His face is handsome in a certain way, but mean, bad and cynical. He looks like a man who, all sweetness in Bociety. would be selfish, snarling and snappish at home in short, what he has proved bimfelf, a coward. A man capa ble of compromising a woman, and thenrunning away. From the curl on his forehead to the tip of his aristociatic boot he looks all this but is no longer "the blonde Mephistopbeles cf the Senate," for he's growing gray fast, and looks as if he hated it. Here is a story typical of the vain arid small nature of the man. A hotel keeper in Washington who went to school with him hadn't met him for years. One day Conkling went to bis hotel to engage rooms, and stood in the office talking to the clerk. The proprietor came down stairs and stepped np and held out his band, saying, "Koscoe.how are you?" Conkling took" no notice of the proffered hand, but drew himself up and said, "I am Senator Conkling, sir." "You're damned fool, that a what you are, was the response. Conkling turned majestically to the clerk and said, ' Can I have rooms here?' "No, sir," shouted the irate proprietor, "not in my house, nor upon any terms." (By the way, I desire to know what essential difference there Is between "d n" and "damn?" George Eliot does not think there is any difference.) Donnelly vs. Washburn. Special to the Courier Journal. Washington, April 1. The vote In the House Elections committee to day, declar ing the seat now occupied by Mr. Washburn to be vacant, excites some comment, as it was not expected. Two votes were taken in the committee to-day, the first on the maJ'ority resolution, whici declares that Washturn was not elected, and is not entitled to a eeatin this House. This was carried by a majority of one, aa follows: Yeas Messrs. Weaver (Greenbscker). Phister, fawyer, Arm field, Colerio and Manning Demo 'ra"). Navs Messrs. Kelfer, Overton, Field and Calkins (Republicans), and Speer (Democrat ) Mr. Springeron this vote was paired with Mr. Clarke, of New Jersey, who, like Mr. Speer, would have voted to seat Washburn. Mr Benzhoover (Dem.) wai paired with Mr. Camp (Rep.). The scond vote was on the resolution de claring Donnelly entitled to a seat, and this was defeated by a vote of eight to four, as follows: Yeas Messrs. Sawyer, Armfield, Colerlck and Manning. jsays Meswrs. uverion, weaver, Meia, Laixlns, Kelfer, Phister, Speer and Springer. A Democratic member of the committee said to-night that by the principles of the election law, bribery proven on a party to a contract makes him ineligible, and subjects him to criminal prosecution; besides, where the election haa been procured by fraud, the number of ballots so affected are to be deducted, and if they are numerous enough to give the contestant a msjority, the latter is elected. Applying this rnle to the present case, Donnelly should be entitled to the seat The committee will report the case to the House, when there will be both a ma jority and a minority report, and it may be that there win De a tnira report, in which esse the final disposition of the question becomes problematical. This vote is a curious commentary on the talk which has been going the rounds of the ress that the attempt to oust Washburn was or the purpose ot stealing his seat for a Democrat Washburn's successor is for the people of his district to choose, and may be a Republican yet There is a general feeling, even extending to some Republicans, that Washburn is really guilty of bribery, and has been justly dealt with by the commit tee. "Facta are stubborn things," and so are coughs and colds, but the latter will Invari ably yield to Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, which coat but 25 cents.

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We extract from Dr. Rad way's Treatise onDisease and Its Cure," aa follows: LIST OF J ISIASE CTTRXD BT Rafliaj's Sarajarlai Rßsotai Chronlo 8kln Diseases, Caries of the Bone, Humors in the Blood, Scrofulous Diseases, Badt or Unnatural Habit of Body, Syphilis and Venereal, Fever Sores, Chronlo or Old Ulcers Salt Rheum, Rickets, White Swelling. Scald Head, Uterine Affections, Cankers, Glandulär Swellings, Nodes, Wasting and Decay of the Body, Pimples and Blotches, Tumors, Iryspep. sla. Kidney and Bladder Diseases, Chronic Rheumatism and Gout, Consumption, O ravel and Calculous Deposits, and varieties of the above complaints to which sometimes are given specious names. We assert that there is no known remedy that possesses the curative power over theee diseases that Rad way's Resolvent furnishes. It cures step by step, surely, from the foundation, and restores the Injured prta to their sound condition. 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In these diseases the patient either gets better or worse the virus of thedisease is not inactive; if not arrested and driven from the blood it will spread and continue to undermine the constitution. As soon as the Sarsaparilllan makes the patient "feel better," every hour you will grow better, and Increase in health strength and fieah. ovAnmn TUHORS. The removal of these tumors by Rad way "a Resolvent is now so certainly established that what was once considered almost mlraculoua -is now a common recognized fact by all parties. Witness the cases of Hannah P. Knapp, Mrs. C. Krapf, Mrs. J. H. Jolly and Mrs. P. D. Hendrix, published Id our Almanac for lbTS); also, that of Mrs. C. S. Blbblns, in the present edition of our "False and True." Space forbids our making particular reference to the var ous cases of chronic dlseaseereached by our Sabsaparilliax Resolvent. Invalids ana their friends must consult our' writings if tbey wish io obtai an idea of thepromUe and potency of R. R. R. 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