Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1887 — Page 4

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THE INDIANA BT ATE GEN Tils EL WEDNESDAY MARCH 2, 1887.

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Hy weight then was one hundred anl fifteen sickly pounds; my weight now is one hundred and sixty-one solid, healthy pounds, and my height Is only five feet five inches. In my travels I praised the Cvtictra Remedies, North, South, East and West. To cvtktra Rkmedies I owe my health, my happiness, and my uf(. A prominent New York drup?ist asked me the other day, -Lo too still use the Ccticura Remedie? You look to be in pertect health." My reply was, "I do. and shall always. I have never known what sickness Is since I commenced using the Ccticvra Remedies." Sometimes I am laughed at by praising them t j peiple not acquainted with their merits, but sooner or later they will come to their senses and believe the same as those that use them, as dozens have whom I have told. May the time come when there shall be a large Crncura Supply House In every city in the world, for the benefit of humanity, where the cuticura Remedies shall be sold only, so that there will be rarely a need of ever entering a drug store. M. 1IISBA.XD3, P. O. Box 1,607, New York, X. Y. Cuticura Remedies are a positive cure for every form of Skin and Blood Diseases, from Pimples to Scrofula. Sold everywhere. Price: Cuticura, 50 cents; Soap, i cents; Resolvent, $1 00. Prepared bv the Pottep. Vrxa asd Chemical Co., Boston, Mass. Bend for "How to Cure Skia Diseases.' rjnfPLES, Blackheads, Skin Blemishes, and Baby a aja Humors, asa Cuticura Soap. KIDNEY PAINS. With their weary, dull, aching, lifeless, all-goce sensation, relieved In one minute by the Cuticura Anti-Pain Plaster. Warranted. At druggists', 25 ceuis. Potter Drug Co., Boston. BY W. J. CRAIG. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2. TEK3I3 FEB TEAR. Single Copy, without Premium.. 11 00 Clubs of six for. - S 00 Wa a&x Democrats to bear In mind and select their own 8tta paper when they coma to tax subscriptions and make np clubs. Agents making np clubs send for any Information desired. Address Indianapolis sentinel, Indianapolis, Ind. Is THi House to dictate the organization of the Senate? Thi Democrats of the Senate will contime steadfast at their pasts of duty. Th Democrats of the Senate stand readyto complete this week all necessary legisla tion. Thx Republican members of the House have deliber&tel v stopped the wheels of legislation to satisfy the spirit of partisan revaTige. IIobebt 8. r.oDEETsos has concluded that it will not ayail to continue the policy of assaulting the Senate doors with an armed mob to hack him. The Journal is not able to give a single reason, predicated upon the utterance of the Supreme Court, why the Democrats of the Senateshould yield a inch of their ground. Uxless the House shall return to the Sen ate for President Smith's signature the bill for the erection of a soldiers monument, that monument may never be built. And the next Legislature may not view the proposl tion so kindly. The insincerity cf the Republican praiensions is shown by the fact that after a Republican Senator has denounced Mr. Smith to the public ear as unworthy of recognition as the Senate's Fresident, he, in effect, apologizes privately by soliciting Mr. Smith's signature to his pay warrants. Wrs Mr. Ineall, in the Vnited States Senate, made his famous speech in denunciation of British outrages, the London editors sought to disparage bis utterances by belittling Mr. Ingalls' importance. They msy now conclude that this country is very much in earnest and that Mr. Ingalls is really a very prominent citizen. NbTwmisTAJsDisu the fact that the Republican Senators declare publicly that they Will not recognize Mr. Smith's right to preside over the Senat, yesterday these same Senators sought out Mr. Smith to obtain his signature on their warrants for pay. A fac like this serves to show the people that the Republicans of the Legislature are trifling. Tbk ection of the House in refusing to hold communication with the Senate prevents the Soldiers' Monument bill from becoming a law. This bill was first proposed In the Senate and unanimously passed. It was sent thence to the House, where It was also passed. President Smith and Governor Cray are both ready to sign it, but the House withholds it, thus preventing its becom log a law. The ex-soldiers of the State will hold the republican party responsible If thq bill fails of becoming a law because of the foolishness of the House Republicans. now the Bute will get along without money I 9 concern of the Republicans. The Journal. "We ask the attention of this declaration. 6uch, then, is the Republican policy. "Will the people approve? The people two years hence will most emphatically condemn this policy. They will make it clear to all coming Legislatures that the business of the State must be given attention. They will point to the House resolution refusing communication with the Senate, and hold the Republican 'party responsible for its passage. They will, If the House continues In its present attitude and the Republican Senators continue to accept President Smith's warrants for pay while doing no work, point to the failure of the loan and appropriation bill?, the soldiers' monument bills, the re form measures for the betterment of tM micagement of the State's institution!', ant lty cponthe shoulders of the Republican pirty the responsibility for this neglect of I-gV.ation. The Republican party will find it a matter of very grave concern to explain satisfactorily to the people why the Republican members of the House and Senate deliber Atel abandoned their trust

THE SITUATION. Indiana has been disgraced. The occurrences in the Senate yesterdiy were without parallel in the legislative history of the State. It is a time for conference and counsel, for a review of the events which have led to the deplorable ultimate, and aa endeavor to bring order out of the choas into which aflairs have fallen. When the Senate of the United States refused to confirm the President's nomination for a certain Indiana revenue collectorabip the name of General M. D. Manson, at that time Lieutenant-Governor of Indiana, was substituted. General Manson was accorded the place. This came on the eve of a political campaign. It wa? then charged that the appointment of General Manson was the fruit of a poli I :al intrigue, the object of which was to prevent the election of Governor Gray to the United States Senate. The beneficiary of this In

trigue was to be Mr. iicuonaia, in whose interest it was planned by Mr. Voorhees. Governor Gray asked an opinion of Attorney-General Hord, then in office, upon the question whether or not an election for Lieutenant-Governor should be held. The Attorney-General, in response, held that au election should be held. This was a blow to the ene mies of Governor Gray. Shortly after the opinion was given, the Democratic State convention was held. No one had given the question of vacancy any thought and took the soundness of the Attorney-General' opinion for granted. But Attorney-Generals have more than once had their opinions over ruled by the courts. That Mr. Hord's opi:i ion should have been disputed subsequenMy reflects in no way upon his honesty. The Democratic convention placed a candidate in the field. The Republican convention, con vening a few days later, did the same. Meantime one man in the State concluded to investigate the ques tion of vacancy in the ofiise of Lieutenant-Governor. That man was Senator A. G. Smith, of Jennings County, who hai been elected the presiding officer of the Sen ate. Mr. Smith, himself an able lawyer, de cided that he had succeeded to the office, and he announced, as can be prov.-n, that whether Mr. NelsoD, the Democratic candidate for LieutenantGovernor, or Mr. Robertson, the Republican candidate, should be elected he would contest his rieht to the office and would in every way possible assert his claim. The election was held, Mr. Robertson receiving a majority of the votes. Mr. Smith was'prompt to take action. He began proceedings in the Marion County Circuit Court, his object being to obtain from the Supreme Court of the State an adjudication of his claim. Meantime, what else had happened? The Democrats had elected a majority of the member" of the Legislature a majority of two. The Republican managers, led by the Indianapolis Journal, declared and repeated the declaration, day in -and day out, that Senator Harrison would be re-elected to the United States Senate. They did not state in public print how this would be done, but it was an open secret that they proposed to throw out of the House, by aid of the Republican msjority of that body, a sufficient number of Democrats, putting Republicans in their stead, to convert the Democratic majority of two on joint ba'lot into a safe Republican majority. As an essential to the success of this conspiracy it was necessary that Mr. Robertson should hold the Presidency of the Senate to prevent retaliatory measures on the part of the Dem ocratic majority of that body. Such was the plan. Rut before the General Assembly had opened, Mr. Smith had pushed his case before the courts. In prosecuting it, his sole and declared purpose was to obtain a Supreme Court decision on the question of vacancy, in order that the Legislature should not be disturbed in its work by a controversy between himself and Mr. Robertson. His proceeding was that of a faithful legislator and good citizen. Upon a technical plea eet up by the counsel of Mr. Robertson the lower court decided it had no jurisdiction. Mr. Smith appealed to the higher court, and that body, in a most cowardly fashion, utterly oblivious of precedent and the anxious pleading of the people, refuied to consider or to make the slightest significant utterance upon the main question, and left Mr. Smith without chart or guide. The esse was without precedent in the political annals of the State. Mr. Smith was left to shift for himself. He laid his claim before the Senate of which be was a member, and that body decided m his favor. He assumed the Presidency of the Senate. Three days after, the time came for opening the election returns in joint convention. The Senate de liberately adjourned beyond the date for such action fixed by the Constitution, thereby refusing to become a party to the proceeding, and thereby deciding that so far as its authority might go A. G. Smith and not R. S. Robertson was entitled to the of fice of President of the Senate. One result of this was to check the Republicans of the House in their scheme to eject Democratic members of that body. But the returns were opened, nevertheless, in the presence of the House and nineteen Repub hcan Senators, who violated their privileges as Senators in ignoring the action of their own body. Kot an officer of the Senate was present. By virtue of the declara tion of the Speaker that Mr. Robertson was elected Lieutenant-Governor, that gentle man attempted to assume the functions of the rresidinz officer of the Senate. Mr. Smith again went to the Marion Ceunty Circuit Court. That court at once decided that Mr. Smith was entitled to the office, as there had been no valid election. This time Mr. Robert son appealed, and stood upon the plea that the proceedings should not have been brought in Marion County, but in Allen. The Supreme Court, after, several week-.' do' and the session nearlng Its UVMJ end, finally responded. It sustained Mr. Robertson in his plea that the action should have been brought in Allen County, a consideration wunu iuäu w ..v, rt rfurlnir to consent that the court atould overlook this inconsequen tial technicality. The members of the Court this time concluded, contrary to their previously expressed views, that they Ld the privilege of making somfl re.

marks, though agreeing that the lower

court had no jurisdiction. Two of the members took up the main question, as the people yearned for the court to do, and declared that the election of Mr. Robertson was invalid. The other three in long opinions, expressed convictions upon a dozen features of the case, but ran away from the main question. What, then, are the people, in the face of yesterday's deplorable scenes, to conclude? There is no escape from the conclusion, that th8 immediate responsibility for the disorder, the mob, and the present chaos lies at the door of the Supreme Court. The people are bitterly disap pointed. Justices Niblack and Zollars, two of the three who refused to respond to the demands of the people, now receive their scorn, and will receive their rebuke if ever again they offer themselves as candidates In Indiana. Therefore, In reviewing the situation we find: 1. That the present trouble originated in a political intrigue; 2. That it was complicated by a Republican scheme to steal a Senatorship, in which frienator Harrison's managers and the Indianapolis Journal were thejehief elements ; and, 3. That the Supreme Court, In refusing to give the relief the people demanded, caused the deplorable conflict of yesterday, for no matter what might have been the influence of the first two causes, the trouble would have been prevented if the court had done its duty. PRESIDENT SMITH'S TRIUMPH. The Supreme Court has delivered, at last, its utterance upon the Lieutenant-Governorship controversy. The position of President Smith has b?en fully established. In the first place the five members agree that the action brought by Mr. Smith against Mr. Robertson should have been instituted in Allen County. Therefore, the injunction issued by the lower court is dissolved. So much for the technical matter of the controversy. But each of the five Judges delivers an individual opinion. Judge Niblack, without touching'the question of the validity of the election, holds that the General Assembly has sole right to adjudicate; and upon Mr. Smith's right to preside over the Senate and the right of the joint assembly to select its presiding officer, says: "So far is I am able to perceive the Senate has the unquestionable right to determine who is en titled to act as its presiding officer. Section 16, article 4, of the Constitution declares that each house shall have all powers necessary for a branch of the Legislative Department of a free and Independent State. This provision is nothing more than an affirmation of the principles of the parliamentary law as applicable to the separate powers and relative independence of the two houses of a legislative body like our veneral Assembly. Each house, is entitled to de cide every question which falls within Its on exclusive jurisdiction. When, there fore, there Is a contest as to which of two persons is entitled -o preside over the Senate, the question, from the very necessity of the situation, becomes one over which the Senate must decide. It may, as a matter of abstract law, decide Indirectly, but, if it shall, I know of no tribunal this. tide of the ballot box which is authorized to review its decision. Then, too, I know of nothing in the Constitution or any statute or prescribed by any ruie oi parliamentary law which designates any officer as the person entitled to preside when the two houses meet In joint convention. The right of a particular person or oflicer to thus preside might be established by a joint rule of the two houses, but the complaint in this case makes no mention of such a joint rule. Assuming, therefore, that no such rule is in existence, I have no reason lor believing that when the two houses assemble In joint convention, an adequate majority of the body thus composed, may not call whomsoever it pleases to the President's chair and authorize him to preside for the occasion. It has most usually been the custom in this State for either tho LieutenantGevernor or President pro tempore of the Senate to preside on such occasions, but the custom has not ripened into or ever been accepted as a precedent of binding authority. If, therefoie, a joiut convention may select whomsoever it pleases to preside over its proceedings it Is too plain for argument that no court can inhibit the person thus selected from so presiding. Judge Elliott says: I fully concur In the oj-iuiou of my brother Niblack. that the courts have no jurisdiction of the subject matter of this action, and as the sub ject has been by him so fully and so abiy dis cussed, little can be added. Judge Zollars, agreeing with Judges Nib lack and Elliott as to the power of the General Assembly, says: It must be waged and settled before the General Assembly. That tribunal alone has jurisdiction of the subject matter. It has exclusive jurisdic tion over everything that pertained to the con troversy, both of the law rnd fact. It ought to be presumed that that tribunal was a capable and impartial one. The fathers had sufficient faith in it to establish it. Their wont must l-e respected and trusted. Judge Mitchell maintains that the court has a right to decide the main question involved, thus dissenting from Judges Niblack, Elliott and Zollars. He holds that the election of last November was invalid, and says: There is nothing in the Constitution which so much as raises an Inference that the office of Lieutenant-Governor can become vacant in a legal or actual sense. If there was a vacancy, then the very Constitution which created the office filled the ame. An executive system la which the thief Executive could In any event appoint toil own successcr apparent, thereby vesting such appointee with power to become Fresident ofi the Senate, has In my opinion found no precedent In our form of government. The argu ment is that a vacancy In the office of LieutenantGovernor having occurred, such vacancy was to be filled first by appointment by the Governor, and then by the electoral body In November, 18sg, under the provisions of Section 4.678, R. S., 1SSI To this there are three answers: (1) There was no vacancy. (2) If there was, the Constitution provided a mode of filling It other than by the electoral body, viz.: by the election of a President pro tempore of the Senate. (3) The Constitution by the clearest Implication prohibits an election foi Governor or Lieutenant-Governor except for the term of four years, which term can In no case commence at any other than the time specified In that instrument. That the Constitution makes no provision for election to fill vacancies In the oftceof Governor or Lieutenant-Governor, or for the limitation of the terms of persons elected to fill vacancies In those offices. Is conc lusive that no such vacancies were contemplated. Judge Howk concurs with Judge Mitchell In the following terms: "My judgment yields a ready and earnest assent to each and all of the momentous questions discussed by him In this important cause. I can not jay aught which would give additional force to Lis able and exhaustive arguments opon each of thete questions. Therefore, I content mysel with earnestly concurring In his opinion." Now what is the result? The present situation is not disturbed in the slightest, but Mr. Smith has become more firmly fixed in hie seat as the presiding officer of the Senate. Three Judges ssy that the courts have no power to decide, for such power is Tested la

the Assembly. Mr. Smith was chosen by the Senate as its presiding officer. Two Judges ssy that the courts can decide, and they decree that the election of a Lieutenant-Governor last November was invalid. 15y this, Mr. Smith is certainly entitled to his seat. Therefore he wins either

way. The Sentinel, when this court a few weeks ago refused to consider the main question involved in this rancorous dispute, indulged in some remarks of a fervid character. It maintains norv, as it maintained then, that the court bad the right to deliver such an opinion as that which Judge Mitchell has so splendidly given and in which Judge Howk has so cordially concurred the right of the court to decide upon the validity of the election. Judges Elliott, Niblack and Zollars relegate the matter to the General Assemby, and proceed to show why. In giving dicta to this effect which is to Mr. Smith's advantage, to be sure the public will wonder why they could not have gone further and declared, if personal opln- . t y a ion were in oraer, wneiner me election ought to have been held. That will remain a mysterious conundrum, which, at least, two of them will have to explain, if ever again they seek the suffrages of the citizens of this State. THE LEGISLATIVE SITUATION. It is to be expected that the Journal would defesd the House In its attempt to seat Colonel Robertson by force, but we are Burprised to find the following in the News: "In the resistance of Mr. Robertson's cla?m the msjority of the Senate has placed itself iD the wroDg, as we view the case." Senator Smith at the very outset of the controversy expressed not only a willingness but a desire to submit an agreed case to the courts, and has repeatedly offered to submit the controversy to any tribunal for settlement. Robertson invariably declined and has refused from the first to the last to go into court, and has gone to court only when compelled by process of law, and then each time has sought to defeat a decision ot the merits by pleading want of jurisdiction. Robertson and his attorneys have claimed from the first that it was a question for the General Assembly and not the courts. Why, then, did not Robertson file his contest with the General Assembly as prescribed by statute. He has refused all and every lecal method for a settlement. The statute provides "that to contest the election of any State officer elective by the people he shall, within twenty days after the first day of the next session of the General Assembly there after, deliver to the presiding officer of the House of Representatives specifications of the grounds of such contest." Robertson and his attorneys have, as we have said, contended that it was a question for the General Assembly to settle; yet he filed no contest, and, having failed to do so within the time prescribed by the statute, has, therefore, waived his claim to the office, according to his own view of the case. The Republican House and the Republican party have insisted on seating Mr. Robertson, not through the forms of law, but by force and violence. Robertson has repeatedly come into the Senate and attempted, by force, to take the seat of the presiding officer, and the last time he came, backed by a mob of a hundred or more, tried to break in the doors of the Senate for the purpose of taking possessicn of the chamber and seating him self in the chair lv force. Seme of the Republicans were armed with stones, old lead pipe, and some had revolvers, Now, how stands the case since the decision of the Supreme Court? All of the Judges have given an opinion outside of the ques tion decided. Judges Elliott, Niblack and Zollars say that the court has no jurisdiction of the subject matter; that it is a question for the General Assembly. If it is a contest to be decided by the General Assembly, has not the Senate as much right in relation to the matter as the House? Or is it because the House happens to be Republican, therefore the Berate has no rights, and the House is jn?.,no in resorting io viuimce and force in trying to seat Mr. Robertson? Judge Niblack says in his opinion that the Senate has the right to elect its own presiding officer. Judges Mitchell and Howk say there was no valid election of Lieutenant-Governor, so that, according to the opinion of three of the judges out of the five, the Senate is justified in choosing its own presiding officer. The House now refuses to recognize the Senate in matters of legislation because the Senate is not organized as the House thinks it ought to be. The Constitution provides "each House shall have all powers necessary for a branch of the legislative department of a free and indeptndent State." What right has the House to'say how the Senate shall be organized, any more than the Senate has the right to say how the House shall be organized? When the Senate reports to the House that it is organized the House can not say that it is not organized, or that it shall be organized in a certain manner, or vice vena. If legal methods is the proper course to be pursued, then the Senate is right; and if violence is the proper course to be pursued for settling the question, then the House is riht; and we challenge any one to show that the Senate at any time has resorted to force, except in defense of its own organization. The Senate has passed resolution after resolution, saying that It was ready to receive from the House the Loan bill and the Appropriation bill, and was ready to give them preference and pass them without delay; and it has also said by resolution that it was ready to Rive preference to all important legislation and act promptly In their passage, but the House has refused to pass the Loan bill or the Appropriation bill and other im portant measures. And the responsibility for the failure of necessary legislation for the support of the State and completion of its public Institutions lies at the door of the Republican party. The result of the failure of such legisla tion will be that the State-house will remain unfinished for two years, thereby unnecesBarily continuing the expense of the Statehouse Commission during that time: the work on the three new asylums will be stopped; the expense of the Commission for their construction continued; the unfortunate insane now confined In the jails and poor-houses of the State will have to remiin there for two years longer; the soldiers' or phans will be left without a home, and likewisethe feeble minded children, anl the

general fund has already been so largely drawn upon in the construction of public buildings that it is extremely doubtful whether such fund will be sufficient to maintain the present institutions of the State. This is the record the Republican party 13

making, and the Democratic party is not only ready but is willing to meet it bäfore the'people, and the Republican scheme of holding an indignation meeting will not set aside the record or obscure the fact3. SUCK! The Democrats of the Senate have no reason for yielding an inch of the ground they hold. Thsir action yesterday was right exactly. They are doing their duty in resisting un warranted Republican aggession now, as they did their duty when Robertson made his first assault. The people understand the situation clearly and the Democratic Senators can only lose in the regard of the people by backing down. This, Heaven be praised, they show no dis position to do. The opinions of the Supreme Court, so far as they have any effect at all, strengthen the Democratic position. The ouly Judges who have expressed any opinion whatever as to Mr. Smith's claim uphold him. Judge Ay res of the lower court said the election of last November was invalid and Judges Mitchell and Howk, theonly members of the Supreme Bench who examine the question, agree with Judge Ayres. The other three members of the Sapreme Court, say nothing at all about the validity of the election but declare that the Legislature mnst decide, and of these three Judge Niblack is particularly specific in holding that the Senate has tbe right to judge of the qualifica tions of its presiding officer. The Senate has decided that point, and there is noth ing in the heavens above, or in the earth beneath, to justify llobert S. Robertson in such an exploit, outrageously! violent in Its beginning, and ludicrously impotent la its result, as that oi which he was central heure yesterday. The Democratic party of Indiana stands solidly in support of the Democrats of the Senate in their present attitude. The learned Judges, guided by the lights of the Constitution, and of general legal principles, and by somewhat different paths and processes ot ressoning, all reached the same conclusion, viz: that the decision of a contested election for the Lieutenant-Governorship belongs, in all Its parts and phases, exclusively to the General Assembly. It follows that the action already taken by the Sjmaker of the House and the joint convention in ascertaining and publishing the result of the elec tion was strictly legal, and that Colonel Robertson's title to the office of Lieutenant-Gov ernor is valid until contested before the Legisla ture in the manner prescribed by law. It follows, further, that Green Smith is a usurper and his supporters revolutionists. The Journal. Wrong premises and false conclusions! In the first place, "all the judges" did not reach the same conclusion. Two of them held that the court could consider the main question, viz: the validity of the election, and those two held that Robertson's election was invalid, as Judge Ayres of the lower court held. In the second place, of the three judges who held that the General Assembly could alone decide the question of the election, one of them, Niblack, very distinctly stated that the Senate was the judge of the qualifications of its nresidlDe officer, and that body has chosen A. G. Smith to fill that position. In the third place, there was no joint con vention for "ascertaining and publishing the result of the election." The Senate deliber ately adjourned beyond the day fixed by the Constitution for such convention, when such convention is necessary, and by that act decided that there was no vacancy in the office. The Democratic position has not been diS' turbed In the slightest by the utterances of the court. The Journal can not point to a single sen tence In the six opinions that came from the court, piling the slightest comfort to R. S, Robertson or justifying the assault made by his armed mob upon the doors of the Senate Let the people look at the situation fairly. Not one revolutionary act is to be attrib uted to the Democrats of the Senate and House, not one. The Constitution ex pressly declares that a Lieutenant-Governor shall be elected every four years. Last November was not the time for such election. The Senate reelected Mr. Smith Its presiding officer. Mr. Robertson asserts he has a claim upon the office. The Senate has de cided otherwise. Until he can contrive some legal means wnereby he can have his claim ad indicated, let him hold his peace. Shall Mr. Smith say that the Senate had no author itv to elect him to the chair and to shut its doors against Mr. Robertson? Mr. Smith can not do that. Upon what does Mr. Labertson base his claim? Upon nothing more than a declaration of election by the Speaker of the House, presiding over the nouse alone, though the Constitution declares that such declaration shall be made in the presence of the two Houses. The Senate, aa its records show, was not present. It decided there was no occasion for participation in such a declaration. Fiom whatever point the public may view the attitude taken by the Senate, it mnst be seen to be wholly justified. The election for Lieutenant-Governor in November, 18SG, was uncalled for. That will be the record of history. If the people of Indiana had, at that election voted their choice for Shah of Persia no one wonldhave been Insane enough to maintain that the victor was, by virtue of his majority, entitled to assume the office. Such Is Mr. Robertson's case, exactly. There is no reason why legislation bhould be blocked a moment. The action of the House in refusing to communicate with the Senate la wholly revolutionary and inspired by partisan deviltry. If the organization ot the Senate is illegal, ttat fact can be determined by any individual who may in the courts attack the validity of the laws made by the Legislature. The Democratic party of Indiana is wUliDg to abide by the result of such a trial. The action of the Republican House in refnsirR to co-operate with the Snae in the pttsape of needed laws, and all for the sake of Ii. S Robertson, is criminal in its impudence. The House Republicans who voted for the resolution blocking legislation have violated their oaths of oflice. A well-known citizen of Wetherdville, Md., Mr. W. H. Oravep, writes: I suffer sometimes with acute rheumatism and your Valval ion Oil gives me instantaneous relief, and I recommend it as a sure cure for this terrible dhease.

The sooner thr State officers who were elected last November learn to mind their legitimate business the better. The exhibitions of asinity and blackguard proclivities which several of them have made recently are beyond toleration. Yesterday the Auditor assumed the role of a roaring swashbuckler and endeavored to incite a mob to break down the doors of the Senate. The day before the Clerk of the Supreme Court, in order to serve a party end, impudently and without the slightest authority, certified an interpretation of a decis'on of the court of which he is merely the record-keeper. As a specimen of partisan gall this was without parallel, and the court does well to grow angry in contemplating it. He has shown

that he has no comprehension of his duties whatever, and that he imagines he was elected to become a convenient tool of the Republican conspirators, who have determined that their shall be no legislation except in tbe manner they direct Another of the delectable gang who have nested in the State House seemj totally unable to keep his partisanship out of his legal opinions, and still another con ducts his office as though he was paid by the Republican State Central Committee. They have been guilty of the grossest prostitution of their trnsts to partisan ends. Everyone of them deserves to oe thrown out ' ur rtriftof tbe testimony yesterday in the investigation of Insane Hospital affairs, now progressing before the House Committee, was decidedly favorable to the management. It goes very far toward demolishing the evi dence of the prosecution on important points furnished by malcontents and discharged employes. A competent engineer of Glasgow, Scotland, who has had charge of the boilers of the Insane Hospital since last October, evidently thinks, judging from his testimony, that they are safe and reliable, and not such wortnless objects as witnesses for the prosecution endeavored to make them. Another witness exploded the hog cholera bugaboo. In the presence of the Superintendent the aftlicted hogs were shot, but never butchered for the me of Hospital patients. Another witness testified that the wards of the Hospital were neater and cleaner than any he had ever teen in similar Institutions. pSTARCOUGftCURE NO OI'IATKS, NO POISON. A SAFlTllEblCINE. A Mother's Voice Cold, Coaeha and Sore Throat Cured. 93 Alfouith Street. Baltimore, Md. For the benefit of thote who, like inyseif, have not only suffered themselves, but, having large families, always have one or more suffer ing with colas, cougns, or sore tnroats, i most willinelvand cheerfully recommend the Red Star Cough Cure. No family should at this time of year particularly be witnout it. tor l have found nomine in many years oi perk nee w hich so promptly cures ana gives relief in the cases mentioned, which are fco remmon. and which, if not attended to at once, often lead to more serious complaints Mv family is large and we are never without your Cough Cure, and its e:V:cacy in the past make me feel that I owe a duty to maukiud. to inform them through you of the benefits we have derived from it. without any of the un pleasant effects experienced from ntru-r conga medicines. ir.. -i. rv.uL,"Viw, Notre Dame Sisters For Chest and Sore Throat. (iOVAXSToWX. Md A'e have used the Red Star Cough Cure, and in several cases have found it beneficial in alleviating coughs, oppression on the chest and irritation of the throHt. SIFTERS OF NOTRE DAME. Ko Opiates A Remarkable Test. Lovei.asii. Ohio. I have used your Red Star Cough cure, and ue it now whenever I have use for it. For ten vears 1 was a slave to the opium habit, and did your Cough Cure contain opiates I would not aare u.e it. This akme is positive proof that it is free from opiates, it is an you cinim lor u 11. C. r uu-. Mngr. Maplewood Opium Institute, i HE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore, Ml mWAll vrrms USING Jacobs Od or tu.l &ir Gvih Cure u ill, by fending a tuxnrnt stamp and it tory of thi ir cm, rccxire anviCK free. glJACOBS OH THE GREAT C ForPain THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY Cures Eicrsatisa, ITcuralsia, bpr&ias Krüh ana ucr hilt Arbtv J HIE CniRttS A. VOGlXtK Baltimore, L,C. 8.1 Pin. n..i. AI nrnrriiu Dil Dealer. Notice to Non-Resident. Whereas, A certain precept has been 'duly issued to me bv the Mayor or the city of Indianapolis, Ind., unaer the corporate seal of said city, dated February is, l7, showiDg that there is due to 8. W. and K. II. Patterson, coutractors, from Mary S. Robinson the sum of ten (10) dollars and thirty-two (32) cent, assessed for street improvements against the following real estf, situate in the city of Indiaaapoas, Marion County, Indiana, viz: Ijo. uumber eighteen in ReWenour 6 second addition in the city of Indianapolis. Now, the sai Mary S. Booinson is hereby notified that unless, within twenty (-0) days after the publication for three (::) weeks of this notice, the amount so assessed against said property is pxid, I will proceed to collect tbe same Dy levy ana sale of the fame, or so much thereof as may le ne jessary to satisfy said claim, with interest and all cofris. ISAAC KINU. Sheriff Mar.on County, Indiaua. Indianapolis, March 2, 17. Notice to Non-Resident. Whereas, a certain precept Las been duly Issued to me by ihe Mayor of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, under the corporate seal of said city, dated February 18, 17, showiDg that there is due to Richter k Twiname, contractors, from Oliver hmiih. the sum ol forty-two () dollars and seventy (70) centi. assessed for street improvements gainst the following real estate, situate in the city of Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, V12 ! Lot numl.er one hundred and nineteen (11-') in Yeiser's subdivision in the cityot Indianapolis. Now the said Oliver Smith is hereby notihed that unlts within twenty (2 ) days after the publication for three (:) weeks 01 thia notice, the amount so assessed against said property is paid, 1 will proceed to collect the same by levy au-I sale of the same, or so much thereof as nuy be necesary in cstiKfT Raid claim wlin inu-resi im kii costs. ISAAC KIN Sheriff Marion County, Indiaua. Indianapolis, March 2, ISsT. Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc. In the matter of the estate of William L. Mr-Cray, deceased. In the Marion Circuit Court, February Notice1!? hereby given that John l Virt'ala'e, as-executorof theestate of William L. Met ray, deceased, baa presented and fil;d his accouut and vouchers in final settlement of f Rid estate, aud tnat the same will come up for examination and action of said Circuit Court on the 11th day of -larch, ls7, at which time all heirs, creditors or legatees of said ettate are required to appear In said court aui Khow cause, if any there be. why said account au vouchers ibould not be approved. And the bir .f Faid etate are also hereby required, at the time and place aforesaid, to appear aad make Koof of their beinbjg. p MARTINDALE, Executor. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notlre ia hereby given that the od opened fcasduly qualified as administrator ot th tat of Rit bsr!l Kroll, late of Martonjanw, Indiana, deceased. Raid estate is supposed to be solvent. JOHN Al'GCdT KROLL. Administrator. A. T. 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IT IS A FACT that consumers DO largely ac cept dealers' statements as true. And if is quit as true that these statements are not always reliable. Their clJrks or themselves, In manyeveu first-clas houses, have for a few years past, ia some InstiLces persistenly, even alter presenta tion of its II justice to consumer and manufac turer and others, now and then fllELU upon their customers au i,i'!n!;t of FO.ND'S TKACT as the same article. Others have soli the i.,.V',..m as EODAL to POND'S EXTRACT. Otters again holdup thel'KICE as an Inducement to take the impure, pernicious, injurious cheap and dangerous article. This goe s on where, when questioned, the AMPLEST acknowledgement h made that the customer seeks a remedy on the good reputation of POND'S EXTRACT. 'e do not presume to arraign all druzgistF, but do wish our customers to understand that when they want POND'S EXTRACT they should insist upon having it and nothing else. We ourselves goto the D-ug?!&t for prescrip tions and relying upon their skill and experience in tliis particular pay the highest prices willingly, as we would any other profession Physician. Surgeon, Lawyer, etc., etc. But we would not allow even our most trusted druggist to sell us au article simply because he recommen3ed it to us as being AS GOOD OR THE SAME AS the oae we want. So we fay to our old customers aal those who w;int to try our article for the !:r; time, "Do likewise." Ask for POND S EXTRACT, an l while v..i have eoufiiienee in your Druegists for p.-eVip-tioi,s, know tL:it he VAS NOT MAKE lOXU'4 I XI II it'T and CAN NOT hud a substitute f ir i'. m J can not mskevou believe that anvrii:i; iiii'tMite POM extract, in boiMeoria l.u k. anenervour purple, and r-iuen 'rr POMj'S EXTRACT is the time w ':ciev.-r bought only see that you get it in the olu, OLD jTl LK, never changed, ot bottle with um blown in tbe k'.i's, iM'i ou the l-'to,'j. inl-wo 1 in I ul Wrapi-er with our Yellow Pamphlet. THE WONDER OF HEHNG! For IM1, Hnrns, Sunburns, I)iarrhi',Stlng, Sore Throat, Eye, Feet, Inflammations and Hemorrhages of AU Kinds. Slt Kicnj'u rf. I'.- I Iii'irnnUy oii'l K.dfn)l'.j, Vrit ; öOc, 51, 81.75. POND'S EXTRACT CO., No. 0 ."th Ar , N'.w York. DvycAK, Smith Wil ok. Attorneys for Plaintiff. SHERIFF'S SALE By virtue of a certified copy ot a decree to me directed, from the Clerk oi the Superior Court of Marion County, Indiana, in a cause (No. S5,C7) wnerein 'W illiam U. English is plainlitl'and Alfred Harrison et ah are defendants. rtquirinp nie to make the sum of one hundred and eighty-one dollars, with interest on sai l rtfore and costs. I wiu expose at public sale, to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, THE 2Gth DAY OF MARCH, A. between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m., of 6aid day, at the door of the Court Hou.se of Marion County, Indiaua, the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, of the following real estate, to-wit: The north half of lot cumber fifty-four (31) ia John H. Vsjen's SpriDgdale subdivision in the west hall of the southwest quarter of section thirtv-two :2. township sixteen (I0i. range four (Desbt. in Marion County, State of Indiana. If such rents and profits will not sell lor a sufficient sum to satisfy said decree, interest and costs, I will, at the same time and place, expose to public sale the fee simple of said real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to discharge said decree, interest and costs. Said sale wui be made without reiiei from valuation or appraisement laws. ISAAC KIN'G, Sheriff of Marion County. March 2, A. D. 1SS7. Notice to Non-Resident. Vherea, a certain precept has been duly issued to me by the Mayor of the City oi lndianopo'.is, Indiaua. uuder the corporate seal of said citv, la'td February Is. Ss7, showing that there is due toRichttriV Twiname contraciors, from Frant L. (Jrisard tbe sum of forty-two dollars and seventy cents (512 T0. assessed for street improvements, against the following real estate, situate iu the city of Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, viz: Lot number ninety-three (9.1) in Yeiser's subdivision in tbe City o'f Indianapolis. Now, the Faid Frank L-insard is hereby notified, that unless, within twenty (JO) days after the publication for three (3) weeks of this notice, the smount so assessed against said property is paid, 1 will proceed to collect the same by levy and sale of the same, or so Imn-h thereof as may be necessary lo satisfy said claim with interest anl all cofcts. ISAAC KSG. sjheriff Marlon County, ludiana, Indianapolis. March 2. lv7. Notice to Non-Resident. Whereas, A certain precept has been du'y U.v:el to me by the Mayor of the city of Indiauapolis Indiana under the corporate teal of said city, dated F. !ruary H, lvs7. sliowiug that there is due toS. W. and R. II. Patterson, contractors, from Samuel Robinson the sum of tea (flü) dollars aud thirtv-two (M'eo,s assessed for street improvements against the following real estate, situate ia tbe city of Indianapolis, Marion County, IndiaLa. Viz-' l ot l umber seventeen (l-i in KciJenour second addition in therity of Indianapolis. Now, the said amufl Robinson is hereby uo'ified tuat unless within twenty CJOi days after the publication for tlm-e S) weeks of this notice, te amount so assessed against said property is paid, 1 will proceed to coiicct the same by levy and saie of the same, or so much thereof as may be rrcessry to satisfy laid claim with interest and all Costs. ISAAC KING, Sheriff Marion County, Indiana. Indianapolis'. March 2. lfsT Notice to Non-Resident. whereas, A certain precept has been duly issue 1 to me bv the Mavor of tbe city of Indianapolis, Indiana, under the corporate seal of sai 1 Citv, dated reoruary is, l.v, snowing iubi mere is due Richter and 1 wmame, contractors, irom Mary E. Fitch, the sum oi forty-two dollars as I seveuty cents (?42.70), assessed for street improvements againot the following real estate, situa'e la the city ol Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, Viz ! Lot Number one hundred and fifteen (115) la Yeiier'a subdivision iu the city of Indianapolis. Sow. the said Mary . Fitch is hereby notified that unless within twenty (20) days alter the publication for three (3) weeks of this notice, the amount so assessed airainst said property is paid. I will proceed to collect tne same by levy and sale of the same, or so mucn thereof as may oe necessary to satisfy said claim, with interest and all costs. ISAAC IvINC, Sheriff of Marion Couuty, Indiaua. IntllanapoMs. March 2. 17. Notice to Non-Resident. Wtcrcar, a certain precept has been duly Issue 1 to me by the Mayor of the City of Indianai-olis, Indiana, under the corporate seal of said city, dated February 18, 1S7, ehowlDg tliat there is due to liichter & Twiname, coutractors, from Frank L, Grisard, tbe sum ot forty-two dollars and seventy cents (J42.70). assessed for street improvement acainst the following real estat. situate in the Citv of Indianapolis, Marion Couuty, Indiana, viz.: Lot number ninety-two (J). in Veer's ubdlvision in the Citv oi Indianapolis. Now, theaaid Frank L. Grisard is hereby n-tl-fiid that unless, within twenty (20) daya after the publication for three (3) weeks of this notice. he amount so a.sseed against said Property is paid, I will proceed to collect the same by levy and sale of the sme, or so much thereof aa may be necessary to satitfy said claim with tatcreIl3jJ(f1jjf J,)" Shei iff Marion County, Indiani Marrh 2 1-S7. Indiarnpolis, NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice Is hervby given that the undersigned ha duly qualifitd as administrator of the estate of Jacob Hoffman, late of Marion County. Indiana dtceawd. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. MItllAfcL, HOFFMAN. Admiuistraurr. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has du y Qualified as administrator, with the will anmxid.of tae estate of Husan Williams, late of Mai ion Couuty. Indiana, deceased. Said estate is niia osed to be solvent. 11 AUSTIN F. PF.XXV, Administrator. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice-1 hereby giveTthat tae unde led hu dulv qualified as administrator of thecstatfl oi Mary li'ad-len. late of Marlon County, Indiana, deceased. Said estate is ( dI t nncan, Fmith A Wilson, Attorneys. PATENTS. Wtite for luventor's 'Juide. P. SIMPSON, WashG. Noptyaslt'-T until obtained.