Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1894 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SEXTTXEL, WEDNESDAY MORXIXG, APRIL IS, 1894-TWELYE PAGES. '

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. EY THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. 8. E. MOR5S, BEN A. EATON, FTMideot, Vic President. b. McCarthy. Secretary and Treasurer.

(Entered at the Poatofllee at Indian a pol la aa second claaa matter.) TERMS TER YEAR I Single ropr tin Advance) St OO AVe ask democrat to bear In mind Und select their own täte paper whpit they ro me to tike auhacritJona and make up clnba. Amenta making up club send for ajr Information dealred. Addreaa THE IXDIAXAPOLIS SE1VTIXEL, Indianapolis. Ind. TWELVE PAGES. WEDElOY, APRIL 1, 1?. THE INCOME TAT. A correspondent desires to know if .'the income tax Is not a populist idea 'Instead of a democratic idea." In a certain sense It may be s railed. The populists as a party demanded it. and tha democrats as a party did not. An In com tax Is a. free trade idea. Every tariff-reformer knows that it is necessary for the government to raise money for lts support, and if not raised by tariiT taxation it must he raif-ed by direct tax'atlon. The democratic, declaration was Tor a "tariff for www only." but 'also for "free raw materials." To comtine tbe two is almost ImpfiffiN without a resort to direct taxation, and an income tax i clearly the moot satisfactory form ff direct taxation In every respect. The following are Min of th Characteristics that commend it: 1. It is neeessary to equalize rational taxation. Roth tariff taxes and internal revenue duties are taxes, on cunsnmp"tion. and the national government at fpresent imposes no tax on property. It is conceded on all sides that the present 'taxes fait on the masses. They tax the 'individual. They levy a tribute n the loor and the rich that hears no proportion to their property, which receives the protection and benefits cf the national govern m en t. 2. It is th only way in- which tariff beneficiaries can be taxed. The manufacturer, or mine owner, or lumber baron makes a profit from the tax levied on ioods imported in competition with his product. There Is no tax on him. but fc benef.t to him. Other people pay the taxe for the support of the gnvrnmnt whow laws make him rich at their expense. But an income tax reaches every trust and combine in the country. Hence their hostility to it. 3. It is a form of taxation which is successfully and satisfactorily used in other countries and has been from time immemorial. It is commended to all J Christian people by the fact that It was selected as the sole form of taxation for Cod's chosen people. Great Britain for the year 1S90-91 collected an income tax of fl3.250.n0rt, or about $65.000,000. Italy for the year 1S91-92 collected an income tax of 22S.213.274 lire, or about 540.000.WO. Spain. Portugal. Roumania and other European countries levy income taxes. Its practicability is unquestionable. 4. It is a tax which can be easily paid. If a man's business is not good he is not taxed. It is levied on prosperity only. Other taxes add to his burdens in time Df distress. In thi3 country great prosperity is usually the result of benefit from some form of legislation and the beneficiary ought to help support the government that benefits him. 5. It la advocated by the foremost financiers and economists of all nations es the most equitable and reasonable tax Xhat can be levied. These are some of the more important reasons for the tax. That the populists iave advocated it is no objection to it. jThe democratic party Is not so narrow jthat it will refuse- to accept a pood sukgrestion because it comes from outside 'Its own lines, but there are hundreds of ,Tnen within Its lines who have advocated tun income tax for years. I AM A DEMIREP. There are several cheerful things about the defection of David B. Hill. One of tf them is that we shall hear no more X)t the. slush that has been offered to the country concerning: him. In his speech nominating- Hill at Chicago in 1892, Mr. 'iWilllam C. De Witt said: llr. Hill never had any alliance with malcontents nor any favor with the republican party. That has been said for the last time. Hill is today the nvost popular man in the republican party. You know that yourself. Every republican who talk-. with you yesterday was thoroughly satisfied, with Hill. Already the talk has leyun that Hill is a wise man, who foreBees the ruin of tariff reform and Is endeavoring to dissuade his party from its mistaken course. And you will hear of Hill fur months from republican mouths. He will be their oracle, their consolation, their argument. If you have not not enough of Hill by this time, you will in the course of the next year. We shall not have any more pretense that Hill is a tariff reformer. We are through with that. After the vote was taken on the substitution of the Neal.Watterson tariff amendment, the following scene occurred, as reported in the press dispatches: When the chairman announced the result of the total vote, 564 ayes and 342 noes, there was tumultuous applause. The New York, delegation climbed Into their chairs. Men. Sickles waved his crutches In th air, and a member of the New York delegation called for thre cheers for Henry Watterson. and they were given amid great enthusiasm. And when Pennsylvania's slity-four vot were cast arint this miti radical tariff reform plank. Mr, Owens cf Kentucky arose and ald: I want to call the attention of the convention to the fact that New York is till democratic We bellev that New Tork 1 dem ocratic tili. We believe that the.pco-;

pie of Nctv York arc thoroughly misrepresented in the senate by 11111 and Murphy. We believe that they will drive those reptiles from their midst and put forward some of the hundreds of honest and able democrats who belong to that state. They must do fo now or. democracy' in that state will be hopelessly lost. And the party must do so everywhere. This is the time for the democratic party to purp itself. This is its time to rid itself of the traitors and trimmers who. by mistake, have heu put in the position of loaders. The democratic party is devoted to one great principle above all others, and that is the reduction of the taxation of the masses by tariff reform. It will not abandon that principle or abate one jot its demands for the repeal of class legislation. It will pass through this ordeal unscathed, but purified, and will go on to the accomplishment of its destiny wi'h firmer deierr.'nation than ever. The people are with it. The right is with it. It will prevail. rorn.isT poi.irv. Tb speech of Senator Peffer Is of no Interest to anyone except as it indicates the principles of the populist organization. A week or two ago Peffer announced his opinion that the Coxey movement was a foolish t hi tip; and one that ho bad advised against. It is well known that since then he has ben deluded with letters fr ni populists remonstrating actinst this jx-sition. He now faces about and makes an elaborate defense of fox "y and his army, in the course of whih he says, is he declares, "in the language of Israel of o'd." that "We are coming Father Abraham." In what part of the "Untune: of Israel of old" Mr. pefir found this poe-tic address to President Lincoln we are not told, but on thing does appear very plainly, and that is that Pefrer is in communication with leading populists from all prrts of the country, and that he reflects tl eir sentiments. This fact becomes of interest when we mrn to peffer's position on

the taritT qutlon. And this a pilars very fully in the following extract from the Washington dispatches: "I am now pleading with you manufacturers." h Faid, earnestly, turning toward the republican senators, "to be fair with us. If you demand protection against goods which come into competition with yours, give us those protective duties which we ask for." Senator tallinger inquired whether he (Mr. Peffer) b lieved that manufactures could continue on a free trade basis. "I am not looking after the manufacturing interests. " declared Mr. Peffer. "I am looking after the men of the West and South. Kansivs can stand free trade better than the people you represent." He w-nt on to argue for a duty on wool and for free sugar, when Mr. Gallinger assured him that the people of New England were with him on those two questions, and he thought they were with him on all his reasonable demands. And this is populist doctrine on the tariff question doctrine with which the protection lenficiarles all agree. The central features of McKinleyism tax?d wool and free sugar fire the only things Peffer stops to defend. Not a word about concessions to the sugar trust. Not a word about concessions to the whisky trust. Not a word about the grab of the iron a:id coal combine. Not a word even in reply to Hill's attack on the income tax demanded by his own party. In their Omaha platform the populist leaders declared that both the great political parties "propose to drown the outcries of a plundered ieople with the uproar of a sham battle over the tariff, so that the capitalists, corporations, national banks, rings, trusts, watered stock, the demonetization of silver and the oppressions of usurers may all be lost sight of." And now that Mr. Peffer stands face to face with the representatives of these enemies of the people what has he to say. "If you want protection give us those protective duties which we ask for." Give us the crumbs from your table. O, Dives! and we will help you rob the people. And this is what all the fierce declamation of populism means I want to be bought. We can understand now why at the last convention of populists in Indiana the miserable cowards did not dare to say a word on. the tariff question. And now you democrats of Indiana who have perhaps thought of turning- to populism on account of the treachery of a few men In your own party, what can you hope from a party with such leaders as thi3? Is there any satisfaction to you in a proposition to give the tariff trusts all they want in return for taxed woo and free sugar. They gave you that without asking in 1890. What good does taxed wool do you, even if you own Hheep? Under the highest protection its pri'-e has steadily fallen for twenty years. You may say that this was due to the demonetization of silver, but it was not. The fall of silver unquestionably records the fall of average prices, but wool has fallen faster than that. The fall in silver from 1872 to 1S92 was 24 per cent. The fall of wool in the same period was SI per cent. Ar the same time the cost of your clothing and other woolen goods ha.s been largely increased by the tax on it. What does protection offr you Absolutely nothing. And yet Peffer and the populists stand on the same platform with McKinley on that subject. There is but one hope for the people, and that Is In a purified democratic party. Stay with it and help to purify it. VOT1XC1 II V MACHINE. A writer in the April Century gives some of the results of the use of voting machines In the town election held in New York during the past two years which are highly interesting. The machines, he says, are very simple In their operation. They are inclosed in booths, or cabinets, of sheet steel, seven feet high and five feet wide and deep. Each booth is divided by a steel partition Into two compartments, one or th voter, which is about four or five fet In dimensions, and the other for the automatic counting-device, which Is about one foot by five. The voter enters his compartment by the entrance door, which is guarded, and which locks behind him. The interior is lighted by electricity or a lamp, there being no windows. As be

rteps inside, the voter sees before him an enlarged blanket-ballot, with the names of candidates arranged vertically in party columns, each column printed in a different color, and to the right of each candidate's name a. small knob to bo pressed. That is to say. the democratic' ticket appears as a long yellow card, the republican ticket as a red one and the prohibition ticket as a blue one. Hy pressing a knob at the right of a candidate's name, he moves a numbering device which registers one vote for that candidate on the other Fide of the steel partition, and at the fame time locks all the knobs for other candidates for that particular office, so that no one can vote for more than one candidate for any one office. If he is an illiterate man, and wishes to vote a straight party ticket, h need know only the color of his party ticket in order to vote intelligently. All he needs to do is to press in all the knobs on that ticket. If he is an intelligent voter, and wishes to vote for candidates on various tickets, he can very easily do so by making his selections upon all the ballots as they are arranged side by side before him. All the knobs pressed in remain in that position till the voter leaves the compartment by a door other than that by which he entered. This door can be opened only from the inside. The opening of it releases all the knobs, restoring them to their original position in readiness for the next voter, and at the wine time unlocks the entrance door. As the outgoing voter closes the exit door behind him. a guiip sounds and the machine is then ready for the next occupant. The speo,i with which voting is done by this method is surprising. In an election in the town of North Tonawanda, in April. there were three machines in use in a total poll of 1 .::.! vUcrs. There were three party tickets, with a grand total of ninety candidates. Not a single mistake or failure was made. The shortest time occupied by any one elector in recording his vote was five seconds, and the longest one minute and fortyfive seconds. In small towns in which only one machine has been necessary, like Mrighton. with votes, forty-four candidates and two ballots, the result has been announced within six minutes after the closing of the polls. One machine will take the place of ten or twelve voting booths required by the Australian system. The merits 'of this method of voting are obvious. In the first place, the vote is absolutely secret. The voter can leave no trace whatever of the kind of ballot that he has voted, for nothing Is recorded except the figures. In the second place, there can bo no tampering with the count, for it is made automatically and with unquestionable accuracy. In the third place, there is greater speed in ascertaining th" result than is possible under any other system. All expense for ballots is eliminated. The use of colors makes unnecessary the granting of aid to illiterates within the compartments. The chief objections to the machine are that no opportunity is given for the correction of mistakes if the voter chances to press the wrong button; that it encourages the voting of straight party tickets and that it affords no opportunity for voting for men not named on any of the tickets. The first objection is one that lies In greater or less degree against any system yet devised, for even with our own Australian ballot law a man has but one chance to correct his error if he stamps in the wrong place.' The second objection does not appear at all serious, for the men who scratch tickets are usually those who have sufficient intelligence to scratch where they want to, no matter what the system of voting. The third objection that a voter may not name some candidate not on either ticket is purely a sentimental one. for a vote cast for anyone not named on any of the legal tickets especially under the Indiana law would be merely a vote thrown away at best. The machine system of voting is one that seems likely to more and more commend itself to friends of honest elections as time goes by and the genius of invention brings the machines nearer perfection. 11 1 MS CIIAMPIOV Senator Hill has found a champion at last in the Indianapolis Journal, the organ of the late Benjamin Harrison. After denouncing Hill for all conceivable offenses for the past ten years, the e Journal now comes to his relief in an article entitled "Senator 11111 and His Traducers." Perhaps we err in saying it comes to Iiis relief, for Hill himself would probably rejoice to be freed from such assistance as this article affords. Its argumen. for him is that the democratiu party is not in favor of tariff reform. It says: It was not united In the Chicago convention, and it is not united in congress or throughout the country. In the Chicago convention t'ie vote to substitute a free-trade resolution for the modi.ied protection resolution reported by the committee was IC4 to 312. There was a minority of fifteen nays in Illinois and fifteen in Pennsylvania, which were counted, under the unit rule, with the majority from those states. If these thirty votes had been added to the nays, where they rightly lelonged, that vote

vi uld have stood It thus appears that considerably more than two-fifths of the delegates were opposed to the platform as it stands. In the first place it will be necessary, as usual, to correct the Journal's arithmetic. The Illinois vote was cast for substitution, and the Pennsylvania vote against it. In the Illinois delegation fifteen men wanted to vote no, but under the unit rule were voted aye. In the Pennsylvania delegation there were fifteen men who wanted to vote aye. but under the unit rule were voted no. So f.ir as the unit rule is concerned It cut no figure either way In the total, except that one Minnesota man who wantd to vote aje was voted no. If he had been permitted to vote as an Individual the result would have ben 5. ayes and Sil noes. But It 1 well known to demcerahs that the vt on that question was not merely atf expression of entlmeat .s to

tariff reform, and the Journal's unfathomed ignorance on that subject is manifested in this further statement: The New York delegation was dragooned into voting for it as a Cleveland measure, though no one Knows to this day whether he favored the change or net. The vote on the platform was taken before the vote on candidates. New York was represented by its celebrated "snap" delegation, which was unanimously and uproariously for Hill. The idea that It wa.s "dragooned Into voting for it as a Cleveland measure," under such circumstances." Is too idiotic for comment. There was a belief among many delegates that the platform reported was desired by the Cleveland managers, and that the substitute was a scheme of the anti-Cleveland men to injure the Cleveland cause; and indeed there is little room to doubt that this was the cause of the great enthusiasm " for the substitute shown by the New York delegation. Conclusive evidence of this sentiment Is seen in the votes of Arkansas, California, Kansas, Minnesota and Wisconsin, all of which were ca-st solidly against the substitute and for Cleveland's nomination. In addition to this there were other influences which tended to repress the desire for an unusually emphatic expression on the tariff question. Some states had candidates and some were in terested in other matters. Indiana. Iouisiana. North Dakota and. Virginia divided their votes evenly on this question. No one will question that these states, with perhaps the exception of Louisiana, were for tarifT reform, enthusiastically. An examination of the vote on candidates shows conclusively that every antiCleveland man In the convention voted for the substitute, and 273 Cleveland men voted with then, notwithstanding the belief that thn platform as reported was more satisfactory for Cleveland. This is absolutely beyond question. Virginia and North Dakota divided on Cleveland as they divided on the substitute, while Louisiana cast but three votes for Cleveland. Alabama. cist twelve votes for the substitute, and fourteen votes for Cleveland, with eight votes against him. Colorado cast eight votes for the substitute and eiht votes against Cleveland. Idaho cast six votes for the substitute and six votes against Cleveland. Iowa oast twenty-six votes for the substitute and twJenty-slx votes against Cleveland. And so on through the list, including New York, which cast seventy-two voteS for the substitute and seventy-two votes for Hill. Also Ohio, which cast forty-six votes (unanimous) for the substitute, and thirty-two votes against Cleveland. Therefore when Mr. Hill or Mr. Brice say that they or their states are not for tariff reform the only question Is, are they lying now, or did they lie at Chicago? And every antiCleveland man in congress is in precisely the same box, including the senators from Maryland. We!?t Virginia and Alabama. None of them can oppose radical tariff reform now unless they admit radical mtsr? presentation at Chicago. On the whole we are under obligations to the Journal for calling attention to this conclusive evidence of their treachery.

A uiT or TniTir. A learned judge once remarked that "the truth will crop .out at times even in an affidavit," and Senator Lodge at least called attention to an impressive truth when he compared our present situation to that of England fifty years ago. At that time England was in the struggle to throw off the system of protection which she had fostered for centuries, and to advance to free trade. What was England's cendition then? What prosperity had she to show for years of tariff robbery in the building up of her Industries? If there were any benefit in protection England should have shown it at that time, and should have shown it especially in her agricultural industry, for that was more highly protected than anything else, and agriculture could be protected in England because England imported breadstuffs in large quantities. Eet us turn back to 1S44. and here is Mongredieu'a picture of England In that year: What with heavy rents based on high prices, and comparatively low prices consequent upon a goxl harvest, farmers were sorely tried, and they cut down the wages of their men to the utmost endurable point. In many districts the farm-laborers, ignorant and torpid, had to submit to a pittance of 5 shillings, 6 shillings or 7 shillings ($1.20 to $1.68) per week, and their misery drove them into savage despair. Riekburning and Incendiarism iti various forms became rife in the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, and the agricultural section of the empire exhibited a striking exception to the universal improvement. In startling contrast to this fact was another fact that they were by far the most highly protected class in the country. It may be suggested that this was an exceptional year and the condition was due to exceptional causes. We turn back to 1S41, and here Is the record: Meanwhile, the state of the country was most deplorable. A bad harvest, the universal stagnation of trade, and a financial crisis had combined to spread the deepest distress and desolation among all classes of the people, liut It was in the manufacturing districts that the sufferings were most frightful. Some of the details are quite appalling and testify , to an intensity and universality of destitution, starvation and misery to which no period of temporary distress since the adoption of free trade In England can show the slightest approach. Now let us move on to 1S42: Universal distress was prevalent among the working classes hence Chartist disaffection and disturbances commerce was languishing, and the ranks of merchants and manufacturers had been decimated by failures the rational revenue had year by j-ear been diminishing, while the national expenditure was Increasing, and there was a heavy deficit to make good there had arisen a loud cry and a formidable, agitation for a free commercial policy, and specially for a total repeal of all duties on corn (i. e. grain). - . Verily, how like our present situation, and from the same causes. Protection had reached its limit. The nation was in th condition" of a drunkard who had reached, the stage of . drinking raw alcohol, and to whom even that was no longer a stimulant. Put let us pass on to 143; ? The yeir IMS "opened1 In gloom and der-pondency. Trade prospects had not

yet improved among the commercial and manufacturing classes, although a bountiful harvest had mitigated their privations by making wheat cheaper. On the other hand the fanners were heavy losers by the fall in the value of wheat. because they were paying rents based on starvation prices. This was England fifty years ago. at tli" climax of her protective system, which had, in many respects, been even more vigorous than McKinleylsm. And when Mr. Lodge questions that the condition of agriculture and other industries in England has been improved by free trade, he questions all statistical records. Until the era of demonetization of silver began England was uniformly prosperous. Since then her producers have suffered as every nation in the world has suffered, but no more. Here are some records given by Mulhall, the English statistician, who is universally accepted as authoritative on these questions. Average wages of farm laborers in England In 1S50 were 9 shillings 6 pence per week a material increase since the repeal of the corn laws In 1P45. In 1S70 they were 15 shillings. In 1RS0. 17 shillings 6 pence. Asimilar gain appears in the rest of the kingdom in this statement of farm wages: 1R3. 1KS5. s. d. s. d. Wales 7 6 14 6 Scotland 9 16 6 Ireland 4 6 SO Another table shows the increase in twenty selected industries, the average standing thus: 1S.W-SS. 13; 1840-ff. 15; 1R50-Ö9. 15; lSt;0-fir. 22: 1S72. 27. In every line there has been an increase of wages and 'an increase of comfort among the working classes since ;reat Rritain abandoned protection, and adopted free trade, and the general prosperity of the country has advanced in equal proportion. THP. TRIE SPIRIT. The democrats of Minnesota have drawn the attention of the whole country by a ringing address cn the present political situation. It Is one that ought to be put into the hands of every- democrat and every tariff reformer in the country. It does not mince words. It attempts no foolish concealment of facts. It epitomizes the situation in these words: In less than two years after winning the most complete victory any party ever won. while yet in full possession of the powers then given us, we present th appearance of a defeated party, while our opponents, routed jn that battle, wear all the airs of victory. What has wrought . this astound'ng change? Whence comes this peril? Not from our open opponents; not from the brawling horde of protectionists whom we met and overthrew In 1892; but from malignant and treacherous influences, allied with weakness and cowardice, within our own ranks. The danger that observant men saw when the election of 1892 put on our party the responsibility of directing national affairs and the duty of redeeming the pledge of tax reform made to and accepted by the people, then a clotid no larger than a man's hand, has overspread the whole sky. The timid may think it unwise to speak thus plainly, but the statement Is true, and the democratic party must face the truth. The address puts the responsibility where it belongs. After referring to the moderation of the house bill and the concessions it made to protected interests for the sake of harmony, it says: The concessions made in the house only whetted the appetite and fired the audacity of the protected interests. With renewed energy they concentrated their efforts on the smaller body, further removed from the people, less responsible to them and more impervious to public opinion. To our shame and dismay they found senators, representing democratic constituencies which had denounced protection and demanded Its obliteration from our taxing policies, willing to aid them. In the secrecy of the committee rooms these senators browbeat the subcommittee with threats of open opposition to the bill, unless the special industries which they represented were also granted protection or given increase of it. There wag a weak surrender to the demands of these attorneys of the trusts. That is true every word of it. It cannot possibly be disguised. The whole country knows it, and understands that tariff reform is checked now not by the wish of the democratic party, nor by the will of the large majority of the democratic senators and representatives, but by a little handful of mercenaries who are ready to barter honor and principle for personal advantage. Is this a time to falter or turn back? The Minnesota democrats say no. They say: But, democrats, be not discouraged or disheartened. The heart of the great mass of our party beats as true as ever. Itemember that every gieat cause has had its traitors, every great struggle for greater freedom has had its checks from the treachery of men whom It had trusted, and be strengthened for the greater struggle before us by the Inspiring thought that in the battles of the masses for freedom against privilege and Intrenched power the right has ever come uppermost. Reflect that all the freedom we have today we enjoy because our ancestors have risen from defeats, have survived the treachery of comrades, and through all have "kept the rudder true," and let the thought nerve you to further effort, that you may give your children an increased measure of liberty. A few traitors in the councils can not defeat the cause for which we have fought for years, and In which we won the victory of 1892. Chagrined, we are dismayed; betrayed, we are not disheartened; checked, we will not surrender. Nowhere let there be flagging or faltering. Everywhere let democrats determine and proclaim that this .'freedom's battle once begun" shall not end until every citizen of our republic shall be secure in the untrammeled right to buy what he will, where he will and of whom he will; exchanging without let or hindrance the products of his labor for those of his fellow-laborers anywhere in the wide world. - And this is what Indiana democrats say. and will say. Tariff reform in this state was no mere cry for campaign purposes. It is a principle that has taken thorough hold on the minds and consciences of the people, and we believe that-- every honest tariff reformer has in his heart now a determination to fl?rht jnoro earnestly than ever for that principle. The senate amendments are the work of the same hydra-headed combination of tariff beneficiaries that we have been fighting for years The fact that they have entered otlr camp and bought up some of our leaders is no reason why we should detest them less or oppone them less. Did the revolutionary army surrender because Benedict Arnold went over to the English? Far from it. They faced the enemy with greater determinae

tlon than ever. This is the people's cause. Their only 'hope is in th democratic party. The republican party is sold, body and soul, to the trusts, the corporations and the other beneficiaries. If Peffer may be taken as a 5perlmn of the populists there is certainly no hope for anything from that quarter. Where can the people turn for relief. There is but one place. The democratic party is the people's party. It has always been so and always will be so. Its duty now is to drive the traitors from its lines, close up the ranks, and march on.

A special of the News reports Mr. Pynum as of opinion that the house will demand an increase of the tax on tin plate to the figure fixefl by the ways and means committee, and speaks of this as "a local industry of Indiana." We trust that the report Is without foundation. The reduction of the tin tax is one thing to th senate's credit. The Indiana democracy recognizes no local Industry that is entitled to protection, or to exemption from radical and honest tariff reform, and especially not the tin plate industry, which Is controlled by a lot of republican speculators, who have been chiefly engaged in manufacturing lies for the benefit of the republican partj-. Leave the tin tax where it is. From all sides come reports that the tariff reform sentiment of the democrats of Indiana is nvre fixed and more radical than ever. The obstructions thrown in the way of tariff-reform by the tariffbeneficiaries will not stop the movement though It may impede it temporarily. The Sentinel has read David P.. Hill out of the party. Now let it thrmv the state geologist out and do it quickly. Crawford svllle Argus-News. That's w-Trat Th Sentinel is trying to do. And it is backed up by every democratic paper in the state which has spoken on the subject. The democracy everywhere is demanding the turning down of treacherous senators and a continuance of thö tariff reform fight on the lines of the Chicago platform: Henry VT. Johnson wilt probably bo reflected to congress. Mr. Johnson represents what is known as a republican "yeller dog" district. Hen's teeth are numerous as the sands of the seashore ni comparison Ith the number of Hill democrats in Indiana. The protectionists these days ar actively pushing the cause of free trade. ET CETERA. Tt begins to look as though Coxey's army may succumb to rum, rheumatism and rebellion. In speaking of Sioux Falls, S. D.. the S. D. affix stand's for "swift divorce." Exchange. Nearly $1,XX,000 are said to have been expended in statuary in the public parks and squares of New York. 'They've each got a touch of brimstone m their tempers." "Is that so? Then they ought to make a good match." N. Y. Press. A southern journal has an editorial under the caption. "The Intestine War in Oi:r Midst." Evidently this is a case of orthographical appendicitis. Kansas City Star. Maude "Why don't Laura marry Dick Hobson? I thought she liked him." Clara "She does, but she says it shall never be said of her that she was Hobson's choice." N. Y. World. A man died in North Carolina the other day at the age of ninety-nine years, eleven months and twenty-eight days. He must have had a note coming due on his onehundreOth birthday. A San Francisco architect has drawn $4000 in a foreign lottery, according to the newspapers published In that town. If this be true it is one of the largest architectural drawings on record. Mrs. Newlywed "I'm sure we are going to have warm weather now." Mr. Newlywed "What makes you think so?" Mrs. Newlywed "Why, the heater is working just splendidly." Philadelphia Record. "Do you think that woman is fickle?" said Kiddlns. "Certainly not," replied Kaddins. "You can always depend1, on her. She announces that she will do as she pleases, and keeps her word religiously." Washington Star. The "Bowery" at Coney Island was destroyed by fire the other night. The "Bowery" was lined on both sides with dance houses, museums for freaks, variety theaters and beer halls. The loss is estimated at $100,0. Skirt dancing flourishes like a gren bay tree in English social circles. The London World says: "Seldom is there a gathering in any large country house when some one or other of the guests does not oblige the company with a skirt dancing performance after dinner. HILL'S SPEECH. Senator Hill s protest nor that of the state of New York can stop the cause of tariff reform. Wheeling Register. The passing of Senator Hill is lauded by every plutocrat of large income. Praise hangs on the lips of every trust and monoioly. Frankfort Crescent. Senator Hill, who says "I am a democrat," made a lirst-cla.s republican speech against the pending tariff bill, especially the income tax feature. Washington Democrat. David R. Hill is now perhaps aware that he is not the democratic party. His speech In the senate jesterday against the Wilson bill has forever damned him. It would have even damned a mugwump. Madison Deiiiocra t. Mr. Hill's speech conveys no new information to the public and will have no weight with thinking people. It is simply an exhibition of his personal spleen and the death knell to his hopes for the presidency. Huntington Democrat. When a soldier throws down his arms just as the order is given to advance upon the enemy's works merely because he hates the officer in command there is but one name by which he can bo known In the ranks of those among whom he has been enrolled. Roston Globe. When David R. Hill next arises to proclaim himself a democrat, he will be wise If he backs up his assertion with an affidavit or two from really reputable people. It will require more than a loud voice and an assumed look of superior wisdom to convince democrats that Mr. Hill is not a political mountebank. Lafayette Journal. As usual Senator Hill exhibited pome of his animosity to President Cleveland 111 his first republican speech. It would be difficult for Hill m make a speech without abusing his superior. Ho never can forgive Cleveland because the people preferred a stateman to a discredited and dishonest politician as their standard-bearer in 1S92. Columbus Herald. In his exposition of tariff principle nd taxation the senator is at variance with some of the party, but in this the party is to be congratulated... For s Ions as Its member are honest in their ;

convictions the?- can be relied upon to resolve their differences and in the end give the country such legislation as H inspired by something better than a selfish desire to rule in the interest cf class cr sectlon. Detroit Free Press. Senator Hill beats all around the horizon to) find the issues upon which the lost general elections were carried by the democrats, placing tariff reform as the last. It Is pretty bard to characterize the conduct of this man in courteous terms, but every time he o;ns his mouth in " the senate he gives the lie to that vain-glorious boast which he made for some years, and which actually deceived some 'people into the belief that he was a democrat. Evansville Courier. Rut for the fact that the democrats have only a narrow majority in th l"nite,i States senate the speech of Senator Hill would not possess any extraordinary interest or significance. Re is a man of positive views on some questions, but his acquaintance with economic subjects is limited. The chief interest attached to his utterances was as to whether he Intended to guj'Pnft the policy of his party on tariff reform. Roston Herald. The country will revive by IliU's rpeech no accession to its stock of information whether the senator will or will not vote for the Wilson tariff bill, even with the senate amendments. Senator Hill marred bis speech by a eavage and uncalled-for attack on the Cleveland administration, but that was to be expected and will carry no weight, as all politics of a personal character is sure to be discounted by an Inquiry Into its motives. Pittsburg Post. David R. Hill has denounced President Cleveland, assailed the tariff principle ci the democratic party, condemned Income taxes and objected to free raw materials. While there will be f-ome surprise that a New York senator, elected as a democrat. tO'k the fi-M-ip to antagonize everything in the policy and leadership of the party it is a relief to be certain that Hill, Murphy and the other traitors are on the republican side. Cleveland is coming back. Hill's speech will restore Cleveland's bold tipon multitudes of men. St. Louts Republic. This man Hill, who arraigned the president for daring to be honest and true to the principles which elected him. is the direct representative of the influence whieh nominated Mayn&rd. which made Gravesend methods possible, which started riot and murder In Troy, and which excited a wave of indignation that has swept the democracy from power in every section of the union where elections wera helrj last fall and this spring. As far as Mr. Cleveland is concerned, he needs no champion to defend him from Hill or Murphy or Gorman or any of that select party of platfjrm repudiators and party smashers. Kansas City Star. The speech of David R. Hill of New York, delivered in the United States .senate jestfrday, was neither surprising nor disappointing. That unique figure in American politics, having made a deal with the enemies of the party to which he profsses to hold and certainly owes allegiance, has been assiduously advertising the fulfillment of his part of the contract for some time. Mr. Hill will hardly claim that he is better than othT men. He says he is a d'-mocrat and iterates and reiterate? the boast. Rut there are other democrats who add the virtue of modesty to the perfection of political alignment, and they support the tariff bill for the poo,i it will do. Kansas City Times. For Senator David R. Hill there is no excuse for the wantonness of this treachery, nor for the corrupt political ambition, selfishness and greed in which it was engendered. His name is crossed out of the democratic books. His place is among the camp followers of the republican party. The democratic party must gain its future triumphs not only without his aid. but In spite of his gangrened and malignant enmity. The same language is applied in Justice to all the recreant politicians who are a-ssoclatos and co-con spira tors in this monstrous sedition. They must pursue it to the end. There is no return. The deserter in this imminent crisis of destiny, in it his emergency and peril, is brandet indelibly. He is irreclaimable and a castaway. Aa this diseased portion sloutrhs off that which remains will be cleaner, more healthy and stronger. More than that.it will know its strength. The cause of reform Is not lost. Its triumph may be farther off and baffled by other delays. Rut in the end it is sure. Chicago Herald.

THE SENATE AM) THE TARIFF. There is nothing in Senator Hill's speech to disprove the charge that for republican votes against Peckham he bargained to vote against the tarifT bill. New York World (dem.). The duty of the hour is to repeal 'the McKinley bill at once, and allow th-s country to make its way back to the ptosperity which that ill-starred measure and the Sherman act interrupted. Louisville Courler-Journal dem.). The little group of democratic obstructionists In congress have by their proceedings brought out In a striking manner the deep-rooted convictions of the people. If they permit the possible profits of the great democratic victory of 1SJ2 to be frittered away, the democratic party of the nation will certainiy refuse them the recognition of membership. Roston Herald tind.h Senator Hill's political tactics are generally obscure. He likes to do his fighting in the bush, to shoot from behind an ambush, to stab in the dark. Rut on the tarifT he his put himself very frankly on record. If he be nominated for the presidency, it must be on a protectionist platform, on a platform which shall declare against an income tax. against silver, against everything for which the people of the West and South are united. Chkugo Times (dem ). There is no ned of another dc-nvxTatlc speech on the tariff bill. The party managers ought to leave all the talk to the republicans from this day on. and press steadily for a vote. No vote will now be changed by anything that Is said. The particular form of thö bill as it passes the senate is of no great consequence, as the final form will be determined in conference committee In any cas?, and the sooner it Is sent there the sooner will the country know what the law is going to be. New York Post inJ.). Not only the democratic party, but the whole country Is urging the senate to act on the tariff. Enormous business interests, industries on which both a great part of the capital of the country and a large proportion of Its labor depend, wait on the final settlement of the question over which the senate halts and wrangles. The people want to know as soon as possible what the scale of duties is to be, and they have a right to know. No speech that can be made on the tariff at this time is worth a snap of the finger in ccmparison with prompt action by th senate. The date set for the beginning of the operation of the proposed tariff is fast approaching, and still the senate proceeds as if it had ten years in which to consider the question. Atlanta Journal (dem.). Senator Hill will vot for the Wilson bill, we think. Income tax and all. Si will Senator Murphy. His vote has been paid for in the increased duties on cuffs and collars. That point being settled, he has no further reason for voting with the republicans. If Senator Hill should vote with the repuhlUnns pgainst a bill ardently favored by the democrats o the North and East because of his disapproval of an amendmnt forced upon it hv democrats of the South and West, where in the wide union would h hereaJter look for admir-ition and support? The exigencies of his profession as fartionlst demand that he shall occasionally please yomei.oiy besides Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire and Mr. PeffT of Kansas. Nevertheless, we com tuend the example .-.f th Mlnnet democrats, who hi ye named the McKinley democratic senators and denouncol them as traitors, to the immediate imitation of democrats In all the täte. There, are othr doni'vrats besides Hill who. must bo scared into line. New Tori Tlnc-s (dem.). . .....

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