Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1889 — Page 4

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THE .IXDIAXA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1889.

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL ILntered at the I'ostotfiee at Indlsnspolu m itcondclass matter.

TERMS PEG YEAR j Engl copy... .SI 00 We ask democrats to tear in mind and select their n state paper when they corns to taka subscriptions and makeup elabs. Agents making up clubs send for any Inforniatioa desired. Addess INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL, IndlanapnlU, ind. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 27. The Tariff Reform Conference of Indiana will meet at Masonic hall, Indianapolis, Monday evening. March 4, at 7:45, and continue its sessions on Tuesday, March 5. Headquarters at the Grand hotel, Indianapolis, where delegates will call at the ofllce of the committee on arrangements upon their arrival in the city and receive delegates' tickets. Tuesday evening, March 5, ft public meeting will be held at Tomlinson hall, to be addressed by the Rev. Hcau O. Pjcxtecost of New Jersey, the Hon. C. S. Parrow of Illinois, and other distinguished orators. Fersona attending the convention can obtain transportation at one and onethird of single fare for the round trip from any point in Indiana, by applying to their local ticket agent for the proper certificate, which must be countersigned by the secretary of the conference at Indianapolis. This conference -will be strictly nonpartisan in its character, the purpose being to organize a league with the single object of disseminating a knowledge of the tariff question, and promoting a reform of the tariff through any agency that may become available for that purpose. Any further information on the aubject can be obtained by writing or applying in person to the secretaries, John Ik Marker end Thomas J. IIcdsos, at the Grand hotel, Indianapolis. The Governor and the Commission. If the commissioners nre to perform any labor of a judicial character, ne thtr the yorrrnor of Ihf t"te,Tir the general assembly could appoint them, without trampling on the constitutional richls of the electors of the state at large, who are alone entitled to elect Bach otücers. Ydo Zlawje, teb. 22. Says the constitution, art. 5, sec IS: "When, at any time, a vacancy eball have occurred in the office of judge of any court, de governor thall fill rtrh vacancy ly ajointmentt which shall expire when a successor shall have been elected and qualified." It has been repeatedly held by the supreme court that when a new court is created by the legislature a "vacancy" exists, which it is the right and duty of the governor to fill by appointment, and the judicial history of the state presents many instances ia which this has been done. TL-3 caes are numberless in which the governor has filled vacancies caused by death or resignation. Gov. Hovey's memory seems to be as ru?ty as his knowledge of the constitution ig limited. The position he assumes in th veto message is conspicuously negatived in Iiis own career. He was himself appointed by the governor on May 8, 1S54, to supply the place on the supreme bench vacated by the resignation of Judge JioACHE. And this, too, under the present constitution, which he is now eo alert to defend. The governor a pain (says: If the objf ct of this act is to hast;n adjudication, the interference by the executive or legislativ departments, without the concent of the Judges oi the supreme court, could ouly tend to embarrass, prevent and retard them. Says the constitution, arL 7, sec. 4: The supreme court shall have jurisdiction in appeals and writs of error under rieh regulations and restrictions as maybe, prescribed by law. It shall also have such original jurisdiction u the general assembly may confer. If the "supreme court" mentioned in the constitution wero nothing more of a governmental agency than is provided for in that instrument, it would be a barren ideality. It depends for its vitality and for every one of its powers on the will of the law-making body. If the various itatute r iating to it, and now in force, were aii repealed, the court would stand practically abolished. Under the constitutional provision last quoted its sphere of operations and functions, the rights, powers end duties of its judges are tmbject, almost without exception, to be defined and regulated by the legislature at its discretion. This is in harmony with and supplemental to the fundamental requirement of the bill of right? that justice shall be administered "speedily and without delay." Almost the whole body of our etatute law relating to the supreme court is the result of the exercise of this supervisory power by the general assembly.; It has repeatedly "interfered" without consulting the judges who were for the time on the bench. It i3 this kind of interference that from time to time has provided for a clerk of the court and his assistants, for a iherifF and a messenger, for a law library and librarian, and for a reporter of the court's decisions. All this has been done "in aid" of the court, and to secure the best results for the public Take the case of the reporter, as an illustration. For over thirty years that official has been writing the head notes of the decisions, and preparing the latter for publication. In this way the judges have been able to devote to profitable research the time and labor that otherwise might have been expended on work chiefly clerical in its nature. "Was thi3 aa interference calculated to "emban-afV and "retard" them? And BO, in supplying commissioners, the legislature is simply traveling in thU game path and exercising the same power. In treating thee officials as judges Gov. IIcvev persists in the fallacy so clearly exposed in the house debate on the vetoed bilL Representative Curtis clearly stated the case on the tloor oi the house, as follows: The bill does not provide for additional Judges, or judges of ajy character or decree, t Joes not erf ate, nor' contemplate, either a court, or the d inch arge of judicial functions by the commissioners to be selected. The commissioners will not be in any sense a judicial body, and its members will not separately nor in the aggregate, eiercise the powers or functions of judges. The commissioners will act and speak only as permitted by rules to be 1 framed hy the supreme court, and the decisions i of the commissioners can never become judicial I iterances of theuiselrea. They mutt ia every '

case ba formally approved and adopted by the court, and thenceforward they express the voice of that body, and not that of the commissioners. In ellect, the general assembly says to the supreme court: "It is onrduty to provide for the speedy administration of justice. The duties now devolved on your court, tinder existing laws, are more than you can discharge. We cannot increase your numbers, but we can supply you with additional facilities for the prosecution of yonr work. We can supply yon with stenographers, amanuenses, private secretaries, clerks or other aids, but the present need is such that we think you should have the ablest and most effective assistance we can furnish you. We, therefore, Provide for you a corps of mature and qualified iwyers, who will be enabled to advance your work, substantially, as much as if now chosen to be your associates, under a constitutional amendment permitting an increase in your number. These pent lernen will, technically, be mere assistants. They will form no part of your court they will adjudge nothing. You can adopt, modify or reject their work, as you may find proper. In short, the final judgment, in every case, will res! with you and be your act." "Whether the commissioners shall be restricted to petty duties or given a wide field of usefulness rests for decision with the judges of that court. We earnestly hope they may be assigned to duties of like character with those discharged by the former commission, and that the impatient public of the state may speedily see the present multitude of cases cleared away. There must be a reform in the administration of justice in Indiana and it is absolutely sure to come one way or another. The democratic majority in the legislature have promptly done their duty. They can do nothing more. The opposition and the court are to deal with the subject henceforth. Let them answer to the people for the result. Elder Harrisson Dances. The good church-members who have been discussing whether or not Mr. Harrison might, with propriety, attend the inaugural ball, if he did not participate in the dancinz, have now a much more wriOUS question before them. It is a condition that confronts us, not a theory. The president-elect has attended an aristocratic ball at Judge Martixdale's tavern and taken part in the mazy whirl. His presbyterian feet have kept time to the profane music of a band. His Calvinistic knees, which became celebrated through the campaign as the points of his support on Thursday evenings in the sanctuary, have bent graciously to the calls of "Forward and Salute!" "Eight hands around!" and "Swinjr your partners!" How cow, good friends? "What are you going to do with your giddy devotee to Terpsichore Personally we cannot find it in our hearts to complain of young Tippecanoe's diversions. It is certainly very human to yield to the temptation of slipping your arm around a pretty girl, and gliding away with puffy bangs fanning your cheeks and a young heart palpitating against your manly bosom. But that is not the question. Had Benjamin fairly foresworn this worldly pleasure? Had he held himself out as one who had abandoned the world, the flesh and the devil? Had he given the stern moralists of the country the right to believe that if they voted for him they would secure a president who would present the highest example of Christian fortitude and spiritual elevation to the rising generation of the country? If not, why the introduction of so much religious matter in the late campaign ? We are reminded that jut after the election Mr. Harrison remarked to a visiting delegation, "The campaign is over, and the speech-making is over." What a sad commentary on the mutability of human thought ! And yet it is generally applicable. How man' men go through campaigns in masquerade? Do you think the general could have been persuaded to attend a ball much less a dance daring the campaign? And now that it is over everything is chanced. The man who made two or three speeches a day is now known as "Benjamin, the Silent." The campaign is over, and the speech-making is over. His pastor, who kindly certified to his strict observance of Christian duties for the republican press, has become a clam. lie informs the anxious inquirer, who wishes to know what ought to be done about this ball business, that he can not undertake to exercise supervision of "the private life" of his flock. Verily, the campaign is over, and the speech-making is over. But if we are to be disappointed in this matter if our president and his friends have taffied the church people what are we to look for in other matters ? Suppose that the quadrilateral civil service reform association of Indiana should be left in the lurch in the same way ! Suppose that the colored brother should be neglected in the distribution of oflices! Aye! Suppose that the great anxiety for the welfare of the workingman should languish and wane away under this relaxation from the effort of the campaign! These are solemn possibilities. We shall await with some apprehension the fruits of time in this administration.

The Telephone Law. Every fair-minded person is willing to admit that the existing telephone law has worked an injustice to the telephone companies. The maximum prices allowed to be charged for the use of telephones are too low to permit the companies to do business profitably. There would, we think, be no objection to such an increase of the schedule as would assure the companies a reasonable even a liberal return on their investments. But the telephone people demand more than this. They insist upon the absolute repeal of the law, which would leave them the right to charge any prices they might see fit. They promise, to be sure, that no higher charges will be made than were made in Indiana before the present law took effect, or than are now made in Iowa, Illinois, Ohio and other states where no restriction is imposed by law. We do not doubt that these promises are made in good faith, and if the law is repealed The Sentinel will expect them to be strictly fulfilled. The representatives of the telephone company say that unless the law is repealed they will not bo able to secure the capital necessary to put their plant in Indiana in proper condition, and furnish the kind of service the people ought to have. We fail to see the logic of thin. If the legislature passes a bill allowing the telephone company to charge as much as these gentlemen say it proposes to charge, without any law, wo cannot see why there should be any more difficulty in obtaining the capital required, for the purposes mentioned, than if tha

present law is absolutely repealed. Certainly capitalists could not ask for better evidence of a fair, and even friendly disposition on the part of the legislature, than would be afforded by such action. The telephone company is entitled not only to fair, but to liberal treatment, in view of the conceded injustice that has been done it by the present law. The Sentinel hopes that it will receive 6nch treatment. But the principle of regulating the prices that may bo charged by a corporation whose business is, by its very nature, a monopoly, and which does such business by virtue of franchises bestowed upon it by the state, should not, we think, be abandoned.

The First Veto. Gov. Hovev has been quick, if not eager, in the use of his high prerogative. Although but a few days in the service he ha3 rushed the heavy ordnance to the front and thundered forth the executive veto. In the face of a demand for legislative relief expressed in the most unmistakable terms by the bar, the bench, and the general public of the entire state, he has seen tit to join the legislative minority in their roll of obstructionists and to the full extent of his power has negatived the earnest effort of the majority to solve the supreme court problem. We wish we could say that his message on this subject was creditable either to his understanding or to his sense of the proprieties, but to every informed and candid mind this is forbidden. If considered as an argument, it is at onco found to be as feeble as it is obscure. If designed by its author as a philippic, it rises simply to the level of the scold. Neither in substance nor in tone does this first deliverance of the governor give promise of that equable and enlightened treatment expected from the executive in his consideration of the legislative measures submitted to him. Gov. Hovey has missed an opportunity to make a marked and" favorable impression on the people. The bill he yesterday rejected is a wise and effective one, and it is fortunate for the public good that there were enough members of the assembly w ho approved it to make it into a law, notwithstanding the veto. The supreme court is frightfully behind in its work. Its utterances are so delayed that it has come to be looked on and counted on as a p'aceof intrenchment for the rich, the powerful and the general wrong-doer. The average citizen with a just demand shrinks fron entering the courts. Final judgment ;n the average contested case may be safely reckoned on as being at least three years distant, and well-paid lawyers can easily postpone for years the day of settlement. The public mind has noted these facts with an impatience that within the past year has assumed an unmistakable significance. On every side and from the representative men of all parties the demand for immediate relief was heard, lawyers, bar associations and judges united with the voice of the press of the state in this appeal r prompt legislative action. Thegeneral assembly, responding in sympathy with this demand, presented the commission bill ns the best solution of the problem. In this it followed the recommendations of the bench and bar, and was sustained by the general opinion. It was sustained in it3 action by the ripe judgment of Judge Klliott, the present chief justice of the supreme court, and himself a republican. There can be no doubt whatever that when the present legislature convened a commission in aid of the supreme court was generally anticipated, earnestly desired, and regarded as the wisest means whereby to obviate the law's delays. It was not to bo an experiment. It had teen tried successfully for years. The only Ptibstantial difference between the old commission and the ono now contemplated is grounded on the method of selection of the incumbents. Under the iormer law the power of appointment was delegated by the legislature to the court. Under the present law that power is to be exercised directly by the lawmaking body. It at once became and has continued to remain a party question with the republican minority, and by every means open to them they have sought to defeat the enactment ot the law. Gov. Hovey must have known these facts. He ha ignored the appeal for relief, and instead of dealing with the subject Bober I y and investigating it carefully he has sided with his fellow-partisans. The position that a commission is unconstitutional is palpably unwarranted. The debates in the house when the bill was pending there clearly establishes thrt the legislature has full power over this subject, and that the proposed commission will be a wise and lawful attachment to the supreme court. The Township Library Bill. -The house did an excellent thing Saturday in adopting the minority report on the township library bill. The debate which the question raised showed that a number of the members had not read the bill, as their remarks merely pointed out the defects in the present system. The object of this bill is to cure those defects, and make the system as beneficial as it was originally. No intelligent man will question the benefits of a well-conducted library system, and we believe this bill will give us that. "We trust that when the bill comes to passage t o democrat will be found to raise his voice against a measure so well calculated to advance the education and enlightenment of the whole people. It should be remembered that there are many persons who are deprived of school privileges that would like to improve their minds persons who are too old or too busy to attend school. It ehould also be remembered that there are hundreds of bright children who would enjoy reading good books, but whose parents are too joor or too ignorant to furnish them. It should be remembered that these children will make more useful citizens if this opportunity is given them. The tax proposed twenty cents on one thousand dollars is a mere bagatelle compared with the far-reaching results to be obtained. We trust the bill will pass, and with very slight amendment, it any, for it has been carefully drawn with reference to the defects in the existing system, and any material alteration would almost certainly bo an injury. The moral status of the republican party of Indiana has been strikingly illustrated by the republicans of Aurora, ho ha vo

organized a club and named it after Willtaxi Wade Dudley, the notorious corruptionist Dudley has written the club a letter, acknowledging the honor (?) conferred upon him. We have no doubt the club is properly named, and that those who compose it are just as corrupt as Dudley himself. We beg to suggest, however, that it is invidious to compliment Dcdley in this manner, and ignore Cartenter and Woons. By ail means let us have some Woods and Carpenter clubs. Republican Friendship For the Soldier. What has become of the Dockery bill in the interest of pensioners, which was passed by the house of representatives a few weeks ago through the efforts of Col. Matson? Ihe last we heard about it William Wadk Dcdley, Lemon of the National Tribune, and other members or tools of the pension ag2nts' ring, were lobbying with the senate against its passage. This ring has been plundering the old soldiers for years past, and it looks as if it would be licensed by the republican senate to continue its rascally operations for years to come. The pension ringsters live in palatial residences in .Washington, built from the proceeds of the swindles they practice upon pensioners. They make liberal contributions to the republican campaign fund at every election; print newspapers devoted to abuse of democratic soldiers and all who stand in the way of their iniquitous schemes; and ".re, take them altogether, the worst gang of public and private plunderers that infests Washington. But it looks as it they were strong enough with the senate to defeat any measure intended to protect the old 6oldiers against their rapacity. The Dockery bill merely takes away the fee of the attorney in cases of increase of the disability for which the claimant is already pensioned, and forbids the payment of an attorney's foe in the case of a special act when the claim is allowable at the pension office. It is a just and a righteous measure and so manifestly in the interest of the soldiers that it passed the housa without opposition. It cannot be opposed except in the interest of the Washington ring. Mr. Quay is a member of the senate committee on pensions, and a. he knows the value of the services rendered by the ring to H arrison in the last campaign, and as his associate, Dcdley, is working against the bill, we have no doubt be will see to it that it does not become a law. The value of republican professions of friendship for the old soldiers is well illustrated by the course this matter is taking. The Giobc-Ikintrrat of St. Louis, a rong republican paper, had this to say of the Dockery bill when it passed the house some weeks ago : The pensioners of the country owe a debt of thanks and gratitude to Congressman Dockery for his services in securing the passnge of a bill to cut down the exorbitant fees of the pension attorneys, and to lessen the opportunities of that class of speculators to practice deception and injustice. It is a lamentable fact that th- soldiers h:.ve been wronged out out of a large stun of money by a set of men who profess to be .specially devoted to their interests. The averafre pensioner is not in a position to know what schemes are concocted bycunnjiig and unscrupulous attorneys troni time tn time for the purpose of securing pay from him fnrwork which is never performed, lie is practically at the mercy of such sharpers in many respects. They have a very plausible way of invitincr his confidence and pointing out to him the alleged advantage of placini his claims in their hands. Of course every dollar expended in thnt direction amounts to a direct diminution or the pensions granted by the government. That is to say. the profit realized liy the attorneys are go much positive loss to the pensioners; and it is the right and tiie duty of conjrp t provide means of protection in the case which shall put a stop to this scandalous form of extortion. It is estimated tint Mr. Dockf.RV'n Kill, if it becomes a law, will take at least .." KU, per year from the pension sharks, and this implies $.oO.hh per year saved to tho?e who draw the pensions. The senate can surely be relied upon to ratify the action of the house in a matter of so much int-rest to a worthy class of citizens. It is lntrdly possible, perhaps, for the pensioners to dispense with attorneys altogether, in vier cf the tact that their claims are often complicated ami technical; hut they are entitled to si:eh laws as will prevent the perpetration of gross wronvs at their expense. As a general rule, the attorneys are not required to ilo much work in order to sect re the pensions sought by their clients. At the most, they can only hasten favorable action where snch a result is certain to come in the usual course of business; and they can well allord to render such service for srmller fees than they are accustomed to demand. The a'gument that they have a right to charge as much n the claimants are willing to pay is not a valid or proper one. They have no right to take advantage of those who employ them by exacting rates of pay which nre in excess of ordinary charges for similar la!or. The pension laws are for the benefit of crippled and disabled soldiers, and not for the support of intriguing and rapacious attorneys; anil the people expect congress to hear t h is fact in mind, and to see that the money appropriated for pension purposes is not diverted to wasteful and illegitimate nses. If the pensioners muEt have attorneys let ihe fees he so fixed as to prevent imposition, and to compel honest service for reasonable compensation.

For Future Reference. We give below the names of the senators and representatives who voted in the legislature to maintain the school book trust. They are all republicans. SENATORS. CRONK. . DRESSER. HARNESS. HAYS. 1IUBBELL. JOHNSON. SCII ROYER. SEA IIS. SIIOCKNEY. THOMPSON (of Jasper.) r.EPr.ESENTATIVES. AT)A"MS. (of Morgan.) COVERT. CRAXOK. DRYER. IIOBSON. LINCK. LOOP. LOO AN": MENDENHALL. RAGON. STANLEY. STUBiJLEFIELD. We advise the parents cf Indiana to paste this list in their hats. It will "como handy" for future reference. If anv member of the legislature has any doubt as to the usefulness or popularity of a well-conducted township library system, we would refer him to the report of the superintendent of . public instruct tion for 1SÖ7 and the years immediately preceding and following. The libraries were then well cared for, and the general use made of them may be seen from a few extracts of the many flattering reports sent in. The superintendent says: "A township in Dearborn county reports 326 volumes in the library, and 1,525 taken out during tho year," and then adda:

"Our state never adooted so wise a plan for tho diffusion of useful knowledge as the township library. A township in Fountain county reports 325 volumes in the library and 2,29 taken out. A township in Franklin county with 32S volumes, reports 2,07 volumes taken out," and then adds: "This, we think, shows clearly enough in what estimation the library system is held by our fellow citizens. From no one have we ever heard a complaint on this subject." Similar eulogies are quoted from the reports from half the counties in the state, aud fro n these the superintendent justly concludes that "it will not be difficult to perceive its value as an educational instrumentality, and the importance of it becoming a permanent feature of our school system." The libraries would be even more useful now than they were thirty years ago. Pass the Logsden-Mc-Govney bill and give tho people something they will appreciate. Tho Territorial Kings. We print elsewhere a timely article from a recent issue of the New York Timet, entitled "Old Land Rings." It contains some important information, and we invite a careful perusal of it. This administration has done a great work in breaking down, or holding in check, the land rings, the cattle rings, the timber rings, the mining rings and the railroad rings which had so long before its advent carried things with a high hand in the territories. It has been President Cleveland's policy to select none but honest men men of intelligence, capacity and character, who were above the suspicion of being influenced by improper motives to fill government positions in the territories. The work these men have accomplished in thwarting rascality, preserving or reclaiming the public domain, and protecting the interests of the government, has not been appreciated by the people, because it has not been understood by them. Rut the ring, having felt the heavy hand ot the administration, strained every nerve to prevent President Cleveland's re-election, and poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the republican campaign fund. These rings now demand their reward. They demand that the officials who have served the government so faithfully and fearlessly shall be dismissed at once, and their places given to their creatures, or those who are willing to do their bidding for a consideration. One of the men whom the rings w ant to be rid of, and as quickly as possible, is Gkokot. W. Julian of Indiana, surveyor-general of New Mexico. Mr. Julian, as everybody knows, is an honest man. He has fought the land thieves of New Mexico fearlessh and persistently. They very soon found that they could not buy him, and they couldn't bully him. They tried to induce President Cleveland to remove him, but the president was deaf to their entreaties. They expect, however, to get his ecalp as soon as Benjamin" IIarkisox becomes president. Will they succeed? Mr. Julian's commission will not expire until March, 1801. The president-elect has given the country to understand that he will make no removals from office except for cause. If Mr. Julian shall be dismissed before his term expires, the country will be curious to know the cause. His removal may be made upon the ground that he is not a resident of the territory, but everybody will understand tbat this is only a pretext, and that his oflensiveness to the New Mexican land thieves is the real reason. Weshall await, with some interest.theaction of President ILnKisoNin Mr. Julian's case. It will demonntrate at once whether the territorial rings are to have the same control over his administration that they had over the administration of Grant, Garfield and Arthur. A Victory For Labor. The senate Thursday evening, by a vote of 40 to 5, passed Mr. Byrd's bill for the prevention of the "piuck-me" system of dealing with employes by lanre corporations. This is a most notable victory for the true interests of the laboring men of Indiana. Under the present state of affairs the coal miners insomecouuties are reduced almost to a state of slavery. They are dependent on the will of their employers and bosses for employment, and also for those various favors as to location and character of work which mean decent or starvation wages as given or refused. With such surroundings a suggestion to an employe that he had better trade at the company's store becomes very forcible, and if in the course of such trade excessive profits should be made the miner is in no position to complain Laws have been made heretofore to put a stop to this evil, but they have been evaded. The usual mode has been to make the employe sign a contract waiving his legal right to demand money for his work, and therefore pay him in store-checks, which can be utilized only at the company's store. The outrageous impositions practiced under this system have been fully and repeatedly pointed out in these columns. They are known to the laboring men of the state by experience. The bill seems sufficient to put an end to them, and should pass the house by as decisive a majority as it received in the senate. Mr. Byrd's gallant fight apparently bad much effect on tho senate's action, and it is hoped that similarly stalwart and vigilant champions will be found among the commoners. Down with the "pluck-me stores" in Indiana! The JonrnaVs denunciation of the gentlemen selected by the democratic caucus to compose the boards of the several institutions, is wholly gratuit us. Tho least worthy of all these gentlemen need not fear comparison, ns to his personal or political record, with the proprietors of the Journal. The general verdict is that the proposed new boards average higher in point of character and capacity than any ot their predecessors. With the institutions in charge of these men, and under the general supervision of the state board of charities created by the McCulloch bill, thero need be no fear that they will not bo humanely, honestly and efficiently conducted. The Journal' '$ blackguardism of the caucus nominees is Iraply a matter of course. Its highest conception of organic duty is wholesale vituperation of democrats. It is incapable of fair and decent treatment of any man who does not owe allegiance to the g. o. p. The ybjcctä of its abuse ought to bo proud

'UALED riouse. Barn, buildings. Writ fnr Sample and im n im n DniM-r nrrriMr, CO, of it. It is an honor, not to be lightly regarded, to be attacked by the organ of Dudley and Woods, of Carpenter and the "Shck Six" of the school-book trust and all the other trusts, rings and monopolies that care to me its columns. Dudley's evening orarnu says: Dudlf.t, it will be remembered, denies emphatically the authorship of the "blocks f live" letter as it was printed in the various papersand has suits for libel against certain New York journals for publishing it as bis creation. This is a lie that has been repeated many times in Dudley's evening organ. The fact is, as Dudley's evening organ well knows, that he has never denied the authorship of the letter aj printed in The Sentinel; that he has substantially admitted it; that The Sentinel has offered him $1,000 to come to Indianapolis and swear that bo was not the author of it; and that he has kept out of New York for many weeks in order to avoid an examination under oath as to the letter, which has been ordered by a New York court, over the protest of his attorneys. Mr. Dudley's evening organ pretends to Ikj a respectable and truth-telling journal, yet it can no more bo induced to print the facts alxiut this wretched Dudley business than it can be induced to print in parallel columns the conflicting pasags of Judge DudleyWoods' two charges to the grand jury. Dr. R. II. Dahney of the state university has received ofiicial notification of his unanimous election by the board of vis tors of the university of Virginia to tho position of adjunct professor of historical science in that institution. He has accepted the place, and has tendered his resignation of the chair of history in the Indiana state university. Wo aro informed tbat ho was unaware that the Virginia board contemplated the establishment of an adjunct professorship oi history at this time, and the distinction that has been conferred upon him was therefore a complete surprise. Under these circumstances the compliment was especially flattering. It was, however, entirely deserved. Dr. Darney is one of the ablest and most scholarly men in Indiana, and bis retirement from the state university will be regretted by all who have the educational interests of the state at heart. He is a gentleman of the highest personal character, and enjoys the ropect of everyone who is familiar with his career in Indiana. We predict for him a brilliant career in his new field of labor. The Ohio state treasury is bankrupt, with a deficit of a million and a half staring the law-makers at Columbus in the face. Republican corruption and mismanagement tell the story. The only financial salvation for the Buckeye state is the passage of the direct tax bill. Should that measure of financial cusedness fail to become a law, the prospect is that some of the Ohio institutions will have to Imi closed, and the state's obligations go to protest. The Ohio senators and representatives are working hard for the tax bill, and the legislature has sent lobbyists to Washington to assist them. Ohio is a great state, and ought to be able to take care of herself without drawing upon tho national treasury. Hut it seems that she isn't, and she probably never will be until she tries a change of politics. The tariff reform convention in Chicago was a great success in every sense of the word. The tariff reform conference to be held in this city on the 4th and 5th of March promises to be, comparatively ppeaking, as great a success. We hope as many friends of the good cause in evOTV county in Indiana as can possibly be present will make an effort to do so. It is proposed to organize a league, which shall carry on the work of tariff agitation and education throughout the state in a systematic manner for the next four years, and every person who believes that "unnecessary taxation is tinjunt taxation" will heartily co-operate in the movement. Anyone desiring information about the conference may address Thomas J. Hudson, 155 Elru-st., Indianapolis. Think of old man Lowry being put on the 6tipreme court commission! After he was defeated for eoncress, and lost his contest for Ccpt. WHITE'S eeat he was an object ot pity, and almost of charity, for months before he got out of Washington. Journal. "Old man Lowry" is one of the best lawyers in the state, and his superior has never been known on the nisi prius bench of Indiana. This is the testimony of lawyers of all parties who have practiced before him. He has forgotten more law than the three cross-roads pettifoggers recently elected to the supreme bench ever knew, all put together, or are ever likely to know. ''Old man Lowry" has never been an object cither of pity or charity, in Washington or any w here else. The JonrnaV paragraph is indecent and brutal. The New York World thinks "the indisposition to arrest anybody in Indianapolis is phenomenal," and cites Moore, Sullivan and Dudley as illustrations. We beg to inform the World that petty thieves and harmless drunkards arc arrested in Indianapolis every day. It is only the big rascals that we let alone. Gov. Hovey. we understand, is on record, under his own signature, in favor of a supreme court commission. Now Hovey declares that a commission is unconstitutional. Hovey is nothing if not inconsistent. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. JOHN StatlETON, city: The Illinois-th tunnel was first built and tin is lied in 17. A Reader, I'ryannville, Ind.: We hnve no information about the publishers of Our Country Home. James F. Hoop, roint Isabel: (1) The sixteenth geolosical report is now in the hands of the printer. "(') The queen of England's name is Victoria Alexandrina. William McDonald, Cen'.crville: Congressmen are paid a year, and would receive no citra allowance (except linkage) n called together in extra session. HENRY COUNTY', Xewca'Je: The boards of trustees of the benevolent institutions have not yet been elected. As soon as elected, each 'board will orgnnize by choosing one of iu number president. 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CLEVELAND AND EDQERTON. The Letter' Attaek -n the I'resideat I'oolUh Performance. To THE Editor ; Mr. E J nerton' attack on Cleveland culls to n.ind an incident ia congress. TrNtain Ilurjess of KboUe Island, j one of the intellectual giants of former days, was made the object of a personal assault by John Ilamlolph of Roanoke. When lie closed j his speech the members looked for JJ lress to Hay K.ui'lolph alive. Hat the distinguishes gentleman arose to his feet, obtained recogaition, and quoting from Shakspcare's Macbeth, s.iid: "An eagle, lowering in Lis uride of place, was (here In; joi'ite 1 1 Randolph) by a monsincr owl, hawked at and killed." And theo proceeded to discuss the merits of the matter under consideration. It was a nio&t complete annihilation of Randolph. While I am an admirer and irsonal friend ; of Mr. Edgcrton, I am compelled to recceuize the ser.ous mistake he has made a to tha expected results to hb)idf iuinakius; this ptilw lic attaek on Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland it entirely above the reach of any shaft Mr. Edv'orion's bow can send ; and with over tiva millions of the popular vote in approval of his administration, the eflort by Mr. Ed nerton t mt.ke it appear that th people removed Mr. Cleveland from the presi. deney places Mr. Ldgerton in a most unenviable po-khm. If he reail- does n.t know why Mr. Cleveland summarily dismissed him froiu th public service he net? 1 not search long m find out. The too frequent expression, w hile h was in the service oi the covernuent, ot such sentiments and opinions as are voiced in his '"open letter," made his loncer retentiou entirely inconsistent with the pood of the service and the diiznity of the presidential oliice. 11 in well Hwc.re himself of his own f.-eling and liie unrestrained expression of them, it was not only unnecessary for Mr. Cleveland to Kivc any renson lW h:s removal, but hardly consistent in Mr. lM'erton to ask any. Mr. C!evel;:t;d's long forbearance, and his permission to hi:u to resign, was more kindness than be ha i any riht to expect; and it is to be rejrei;ed thrit he did not resign and so save himsel! iroiii this unfavorable result of long and continued oppsi;iin to an administration in which he accepted ervice and which he continued to criticise. Ith. Si. PERSONAL GOSSIP. Ror.F.r.T Eons Stevenson Las taken U Coing barefoot and blowing on the llageolet, GK.NEUAL RocLANCt Eit denies that he is to marry Mrs. Lucas of St. Louis. The lady is to be cougratu'.ateiL Tin; queen w ill start for Biarritz March 4. She will travel in strict privacy under the nau o; Countess 11.1 moral. M. Sak satk, the famous violinist, now enjoylrig a pe.-ii 1 of su ces in Rerlin, is ioon coiniiitr to this country. Miss IIattik Carter of Kearney county, Kansas, ha won several prizes at lassoing, in competition wkh cowboys. Ex-Gov. Rigelow and wife of New Haven Conn., nre soon to set out for Esypt and th far East They will be cone some years. Thk Archduchess Elizabeth, the little dacgh ter of the late crown prince of Austria, is onlj six years old, but is an expert and fearles tkater. (iEN. BOCT.ANGER is afraid that an attempt will be made to poison him. He has gone te R'.zat for a rest and has taken his own cool with him. At Stuttgart, Germany, died a few d&rt tt the widow of the late Karl Frederick Ludwig vo.i Schiller, eldest son of the poet, at the a of eighty-five. "Coffee Pot," a well known eharate; who peddled lunches around the New Yr newspaper offices, is dving ia that city. He it i worth JVi.coo. Eokd Salisbury's wedding present to hh I third son, who was married recently to Lora Ihinhrun's sister, was a complete law library, 1 valued at $1S,(U0. j Mr. John Gkünüy of Tolk county is the largest man in Arkansas. He is six feet tei inches in night, weighs 32S pounds, is active, and his strength is equal to three men. A heck 'T visitor to the library of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes says that the books ia ii thnt appeared to he most frequently consulted werj a iiible and a copy of Shakspeare. New Oki.KANS continues to roll up the fand for the family of Jaraes Givcns, the hero of tht steamer Hanna dias!er. The larpest subscription yet ui.ul; is s-ikS'.OO, that ot the children and teachers of the public schools. Mme, Mt Tsr, wife of the Japanese ministe at Washington, haj made l,-.) social calls fince the season began. Lan spring she could not speak a word of Knglish. She IS now 1 good eonvers-itionist in our tonrjue. In I'icadi'.Iy, London, a youn? dandy is talc ing a walk in a costume of decided originality. It consisted of a pair of lavender trousers, patent leather shoes, and a sh-rt jacket made wholly oi sealskin. The eilect was striking. When Mr. Andrew Lang male his appearance the other day as CriCord lecturer at St. Andrew's university, he was er.thniatically p-rcetcd with the inaing of '"For lle'a a Jolly liood Fellow!" lbs first lecture was on "Mau's Conceptions of God." Congressman W. I Scott of Erie, Ta., is worth probably ?l.,00t"i.Ol'O. bnt he is one of tha lefiSt ostentatious men in coticress. Iii face is sn'iow and lie is ntiier thin and round-shouldered, with sparse Miidv hair. He represents, either ns president or director, 2J,0u0 miles of railroad. Sir John Macponald, Canadian premier, is becoming alarmed at the prowth of the annexation sentiment among the people. To counteract it he proposes, so it is reported, to parliament a series of measures creating tha dominion into an independent kingdom, with one of the English royal family as reigning head. Senator Coke of Texas is a firm believer in spiritualism. He is a large, fiue-Iookin man, in vigorous health, and not in appearance & person civen to tamperinct with the other world. Ii it he attends a great many seance, and is fully convinced that the dead and tha living can communicate with tach other. THE other Sunday the German empress appeared in a cown of white silk, with a train several yard lone, embroidered w ith gold and 6ilver. The material cost $1,:). The embroidery required the work of twelve rjrls for two montlis. William 1 1 prides himself on having established a regime of Sp:irtan simplicity. Mk. AsroRof N'ew York never invites the same people to dinner twice in a season. Thera are a certaiu list of persons whose due it is to be seen at the board, and that list is so larga that she has no chance tp repeat invitations, which are sent out many weeks in advance, so thnt there can be no possibility of "previous fctVgugenieKts." Skxton Williams of St. Thomas' clnirch. New York, who has suddenly become notorious, bears a decided resemblance to Henry V?rd Beeehcr, is a ureat reader of newspapers. bo;h secular and religious. He is also known as ihe New York correspondent of several out-of-town publications, and pots as something of a literary man. Pr. Mary Walker is masculine in her garb, bn,t she cannot stand tobacco smoke. She went up tothecapitol in Washington a few dnys k;i) to atiend a meeting of the houe committee on District of Columbia at::iirs. When she entered the room the air was blue with the inc ense of cipars. Mary was incensed at once and, covering her nose with Ler hands, rushed from the. apartment. Oregon has a woman mail earner, a plump little brunette, twenty years of age. She carries the miil loth night and day a distance of wenty miles, trom tiie hea J o! navig ition a J.in'liiw river over the eoast ran ire of mountains. Althouch she has never met with any seriou mishap, yet she once encountered three pood sized bears which frightened her horn so that he threw her and siarted forborne. The horse was, however, reenptured and persuaded to pass the bears, which were afterward killed. JSo far this year she hi-s met two, but she ridea arrucd and has admirable cournu'e. Pitcher's Ccctoria,