Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1894 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 16. 1894 TWELVE PAGES.

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL

EY THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. S. E. MORSS, BEN A. EATON, Preaidant, Vlo President b. McCarthy. Secretary end Treasurer. (Entered at the Poilofflce at Indianapolis as second clans matter.) TERMS PER YEAR t Single eopr (la Advance) fl OO "We ask democrats to bear In mind and select their own state paper rheim they come to take subscriptions and make up clubs. Ajrent making np dabs send for jiuy information desired. Address TUE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL, Indianapolis, lad. TWELVE PAGES. "WEDNESDAY, MAY 1C, 1S54. The democracy of Indiana is eagerly awaiting Senator Voorhees's promised roast" of David B. Hill. It would prove B. genuine treat. Congressman Wilson was wise In not topplng- In Louisiana. Enough demo cratic statesmen have already fallen into the Louisiana sug-ar bowl. If the senate will only continue to vote down all amendments to the tariff bill and pass it just as it came from the fiouse, the democracy of the land will rise up and call It blessed. Noir schj San Francisco bank direc tors have been indicted. Evidently ther? Is a growing sentiment in this country that bankers, just like ordinary peoph, should be amenable to the law. The Kansas populists will make an error if they elect Mrs. Lease to congress. They ought to save her for the senate. It will h much more congenial. She can talk and talk and be a senator etill. Congressman Martin is to be congratu lated on having George W. Steele for an oppon?nt. Steele is a man who never ought to have the effrontery to run for office, much less the anticipation of elec tion. The Indiana town elections will b taken as an indorsement of Mr. IlarriFon. But Indiana always indorses Mr. Harrison. In Indiana Mr. Harrison Is a great man. How so? Indiana did rot Indorse Mr. Harrison in to any groat extent. The methodist church south has taken pteps to secure a reunion with the nr-th-odist episcopal church. There certainly should be no opposition in any quarter. The churches split on an issue that has been dead for thirty years, and there is r.ot the slightest reason now why the differenc-s should not be settled and the usefulness of the church thereby greatly enhanced. Under its new management, the Cin cinnati Commercial-Gazette is becoming the pathetic-est paper in the country. Observe this extract: The party thru would slaughter the innocent and gentie sheep of America, as i. don by the democratic tariff bill, deserves the ox'-oration of mankind. This assault on the mutton market will not v.in. The innocent and gentle rheep wi!l be slaughtered and served with gr?en peas as heretofore. According to th Albany Argus the re publican legislature of New York wound up its soK?ion with a "debauch that rivals th- se of Caligula and Xero." Over f-evfnty bills were lost by drunken senators, and they are now coming in one by one for the governor's signature. Re. tw.vn 1 1 1 1 1 der.vrra y and Piatt republicanism the lZiv. ire state has a gay time. N'i worder Mr. froker wants to hi relit-vrd of part of his duties. Th sente : a riff till is like the folks on Eiif-r crop's. "the further up you go the wuss it gits." We are gratified to eee that S.T.ifir Yoorhees has beom indignant on the ;.ub.j", t and proposes to make a vig e- .is ki-k on the 'political ! footpnd-s" who .nr. vc brought about this result. That is '..sine? s. And while he 13 at it w.- koto h- u oil ki'k a lung out cf the senator who r sponsible for the five years' c;- on f the 1. n icd period on v. i;:.-y. Hepo from the town elections in Indii-oa ir.dl -at : tint the ripublicaa whlrlwin 1 r-i li 1 its dimix in the city election.-: of tV- week previous. In the tewn eb-etion-? the dem orats quite held their own. Fr -m this time on the situation, fr;.n a democratic star.niolnt. may be exp --ted to steadily Improve. The democracy has rebuked its leaders for their inactivity, but in so doing has given no indication of an intention to depart from de-moorati." principles. From now tn democrats will devote their efforts to re-forming their ranks and undoing the mischief already done by the mismanagement of the lenders. The atmosphere k&s been cleared by the storm of May 1, end the democratic sky has been brightened. If the senate will 1 something and then get itself out of sight Indiana democrats will carry the state In November. The Rochdale co-operative society of the District of Columbia is said to be the most thoroughly established economic organization In this country. It differs from other similar co-operative experiments in several respects, in that it is rot a producer; that It does not enter Into competition with any line of business; that it does not as an organization cr by agents buy or sell; that It confines Itself strictly to one particular purpose securing for Its members the lowest cash prices which It thoroughly accomplishes; that its machinery is simple as possible: that it operates practically almost without expense and entirely without trouble or liability to its members; and, finally, that all Its benefits are open on equal terms to all. Every springa committee is appointed, who selects flealers in the various branches of merciiaadUs and wfcQ Induce wzzchizla

to name the Ivery lowest cash prices on their wares In strict confidence. These contracts cover all the general lines ot merchandise, some professional business and some specialties, and the discounts range from 5 to 30 per cent. The society now has contracts with 1G0 dealers and others in different parts of the city, and these dealers are among the largest and best in their respective lines and vocations. A list of their names, locations, lines of goods and discounts is furnished free to every member. Members are not required to purchase from the Rochdale dealers exclusively, or more nearly so than their own enlightened self-interests prompts; and thJ3 enlightened and reciprocal self-interest has operated to Increase the membership of the society and the number of its contracting dealers, because the members quickly perceive its direct and plain advantages, and the dealers appreciate the increase in business resulting from the Rochdale contracts, and realize that they are absolutely guaranteed from loss on Rochdale sales by their being strictly for cash. MARYLAND AND GORMAN. On Monday evening the people of Maryland spoke their sentiments on the tariff question. A splendid audience gathered at the Lyceum theater in Baltimore. Daniel Miller presided and seats on the stage were occupied by such prominent Marylanders as Governor Frank Brown, Charles D. Fisher, T. Wallis BlaUistone. II. C. Landis, A. Leo Knott, Hamilton Lindsay of Frederick county, William Seemulier, Capt. S. D. Buck, Dr. P. C. Williams, Senator Plnkney J. Bennett of Carroll county, James H. Gambrill of Frederic, Col. Richard Morton, Gen. Stewart Brown. Dr. Lloyd T. Macgill of Frederick. Lloyd L. Jackson, Henry W. Williams, Henry O. Thompson. J. S. J. Healy, Robert C. Sbriver of Carroll county, J. B. Chastaln. R. W. Smith. Dr. H. L. Smith. John T. Gray, J. Ross Diggs, T. Herbert Shriver, J. Frank Gebney. Theodore K. Miller, Frof. Ira Remsen, William Winchester, James E. Tate. Alexander Murdoch, William M. Pegram, P.i3hop Latane and C. C. Shriver. That the meeting was thoroughly in earnest, and knew whom it was talking to, may be judged from the following description of the scene that followed when Mr. Skipwith Wilmer, in addressing the audience, quoted a statement that the opposition to the bill in the f enate all came from four or five men: A tremendous roar followed this announcement. "Name them!" "Name them!" "Tell us who they are!" yelled the people. Mr. Wilmer attempted to proceed, but hardly had he opened his mouth, when calls for the names of the obstructionists broke out afresh. Some one shouted "Gorman." and a sharp hiss rang out. interrupting for an Instant the calls cf "Name them!" "Name them!" Waiting until the tails ceased, Mr. Wilmer made another effort to continue his address. "We are not here to arraign these" was as far as he got. Another storm of "Tell us their names!" "Name them!" "Who are they," "Name them!" broke out again and died away in a growl. "I would shrink from making an arraignment of any man, on a charge of treachery so base," said the speaker. Then the crowd cheered. The meeting expressed its feeling formally in a series of strong resolutions, demanding, among other things, "this trifling with a question so vital to the welfare of the people shall cease, and that selfish Interests shall no longer be suffered to stand in the way of the public good." It also adopted unanimously a motion denouncing "senatorial courtesy." and another one demanding that the Maryland senators heartily co-operate in the speedy passage of the tariff bill. The speakers talked very plainly and pointedly, and yet hardly enough so to suit the indignation of the audience, which evidently wanted Gorman and Gibson "roasted" in the most scientific manner. Mr. J. Clarence Lane said: As to the sentiment of the democrats of Maryland, this meeting is a fair expression. There is practically a unanimous feeling that our senators, Gorman and Gibson, are most outrageously delinquent to their public trust and grossly misrepresent tho people of their state. Mr. M. J. Noiley, president of the Maryland division of the Travelers' protective association, sa'd: We would say to that gallant son of Maryland. Isidor Rayner, who stands true to his convictions, true to his party, true to his president, true to his country, hold aloft the Hag of right and your er-nstini -nts will stand by you. and so long sis you are true to the people, we are with you, and higher honors shall yet be yours. The country is too great and grand to be destroyed by a few designing men. Mr. W. P. Maulsby. jr., of Frederick said: I cannot respect a senator who advocates protection- in the committee room, but who Is afraid to do so openly on the floor. Such a senator should only awaken disgust and contempt in you. These are samples of the sentiments that called forth the great applause of the meeting, but the most remarkable thing connected with that meeting was the manner in which Senator Gorman received information of it from a representative of the Baltimore News. The senator had not heard of any meeting, which had been widely advertised, and wanted to know all about it. When enlightened, he said: "Well, I'm glad of it. The people must have something to amuse themselves with and this is just as good a way to do it as any oiher, I suppose. I sincerely hoj? they enjoyed themselves." "Will the resolutions adopted have any effect upon your action?" he was asked. "Why. of course: I always pay the closest attention to resolutions when they represent the sentiment of the people of the state and from what you say this must have been a most representative meeting. But, do you know, I am really surprised to hear of lt. I wonder why I did not hear of the meeting before?" "There's a long: Recount of it in this morning's Sun," it was suggested. "I never read the Sun and I've been too busy to look over the News. When you telegraph to your paper, just say that I hope they had a good time at the meeting" last night and that I'm sorry I didn't know of it before." There is your political boss in a nutshell. There is the gentleman who coolly says, "I am the macnine. Get into line." We think he has fcone a step too far this time. Possibly he might have excused or condoned his outrageous action on the tariff bill to his constituents, but if there is a particle of manhood, or tosM, er iiiT-jAiiect left 14 Ue deino

racy of Maryland, he cannot excuse or condone this open and flagrant insult to them. If the democrats of Maryland are such men as we believe them to be Mr. Gorman's political career will end with his present term in the senate. And we may add that the democratic party of the country will not shed any tears over his removal from political life.

THE FRIEND OF THE NEGRO. The este?med Journal charges us with undertaking "to make it appear that whatever rights the colored people of Indiana have is the result of the devotion of democratic legislators to that race." We were entirely unaware of having made iny statement of that nature, or any argument to that effect, but as we have signally failed to get any kind of an argument from the Journal on any subject that has arisen in the past twenty years, we will accommodate it by going back to the age in which it is published and discussing this issue with it. Will the Journal look over the state and point to a man who was the friend of the negro when the rights of the negro were in question? We know of but one such man, and he was a man who was distinguished throughout the nation for his fearless and able assaults on slavery', and equally distinguished for his advocacy of negro suffrage at a time when Governor Morton was making speeches against it, and the Journal opposing it. That man is George W. Julian, a democrat, a tariff reformer, an officeholder under Mr. Cleveland during Ms first term. The Journal refers to the action of the Indiana legislature on the fifteenth amendment. Has it forgotten who made the acceptance of that amendment by the state of Indiana possible? Has It forgotten who ordered the doors of the senate chamber locked and counted a quorum for the passage of that measure? If so, we will refresh Its memory by reminding it that the hero of that occasion was the Hon. Isaac Pusey Gray, democratic ex-governor of Indiana and present democratic minister to Mexico. Talk about friends of the negro! Where will the Journal find any republican in Indiana who ever did one-tenth as much for that race as either of these democrats? What wore your prominent republicans doing at that time? Take an illustration: At the recent republican state convention the center of attraction was Col. R. W. Thompson of Terre Haute, a man who has presided over republican state conventions for years and who has had honor after honor heaped upon him by the republican party. What was he doing when the negro needed friends? In his great speech at Terre Haute on Aug. 11, IS."., this republican leader boasted how he had attacked Martin YanBuren and "denounced him as an abolitionist;" how "for the industry with which I labored to fasten the charge of abolitionism upon VanBuren" he had been sent to congress by his republican friends, and how in that campaign he had issued a circular containing this statement: I am opposed to abolitionism. Raised amid the institution of domestic slavery, I may have imbibed in early life prejudices upon this subject of which it is difficult to rid me. However that may be, I Mir-ird my opinions upon it as in accordance with the principles of the constitution. I believe that congress has no constitutional right to abolish slavery in any state or in the District of Columbia. If they had the right to do so in the district the spirit of the deed of cession from Maryland and Virginia forbids it without the consent of the slave-owners. These were the principles on which Mr. Thompson appealed to the . republican voters of Indiana, and these were the principles on which the republicans of his district elected him to congress. And these principles were not peculiar to his district. They were the commonly accepted doctrines of the republican party. In proof of the fact we submit this statement: And now, Mr. Chairman. I wish to say a single word more, because it seems singular to me to hear myself mentioned as an advocate of negro equality. I cannot forget, if I would, that my grandfather was a Kentucky slaveholder. I cannot forget, if I would, that my father was a Kentucky slaveholder. I cannot forget. If I would, that perhaps a majority of those who are allied to me by blood are now citizens of the state of Kentucky. It is not probable, sir. with the prejudices of my early education, that I would be likely to have too great sympathy for negroes. In Indiana we have adopted a constitutional provision that no negro, whether he be bound or free, shall be allowed to come within its limit. Why was this provision adopted? Because it was believed that negro labor ought not to be suffered to come into competition with white labor In Indiana. What is the policy of the republican party? It is to exclude slavery from the territories for that identical reason; and in the canvass which I made in the Sixth district of Indiana I always took that position. I never advocated the doctrine that negroes ought to be put upon a political or social equality with the white race. My colleague knows very well that the republicans in Indiana advocate no such doctrine. He knows that we put our advocacy of the exclusion of negroes upon the same ground on which it was put in our state constitution that negro labor ought riot to be allowed to come into competition with white labor in the territories. This was the declaration of the Hon. Albert (. Former, made In the national house of representatives on May 2, 1S60. We challenge the Journal to print this and the extract from Mr. Thompson's speech and explain the great love of the republican party for the negro In the light of them. At the very outbreak of the war a republican leader boasts that he is unwilling to let a free negro come upon free soil to earn a living, and asserts in the broadest terms that this is the doctrine of his party. The republican party never did anything for the negro but from purely selfish purposes. It gave him suffrage to get his vote. It has his vote and will have it until the pressure of current issues overcomes the prejudice of past ones. P.ut for heaven's sake let us have done with th'.3 maudlin talk of love for the negro. It is worse than republican love for the American workingman. COXSTITITIOXAL REFORM. New York's constitutional convention is now In session and it will probably have some effect in arousing public sentl-

parts of the country. The New York constitution is five years older than that of Indiana, having been adopted in 1S4(, and like that of Indiana has since had several amendments. The principal subjects that are expected to receive the attention of the convention are the remodeling of the judicial system, the provision of a more uniform system of government for cities, the concentration of appointive power, the separation of state and municipal elections, the redistricting of the state for legislative and judicial purposes, the provision of non-partisan election machinery, ballot reform, and perpetual disfranchisement of any person convicted of illegal voting. It is also probable that the presentation of the Erie canal to the national government will be urged. As to several of these matters the constitution of Indiana is mum more In need of reform than that of New York. Our judicial system is one of them, for New York is far in advance of Indiana in this matter, and especially as to appellate courts. The matter of offices is another. There is a general feeling among the more intelligent people of the state that all offices not elective should be made appointive by the executive or administrative department of the government. Under the decisions of our former supreme court no one knows where the appointive power is lodged by our present constitution. New York mad a large step in advance of the rest of the country by putting: a number of offices that are not ilitlcal, especially those connected with educational work, in the hands of the "Board of Regents of the State University." This body controls no university, but has general supervision of all institutions for higher education, and is composed of a number of prominent men appointed by the governor. It Is non-partisan in Its make-up. Another evil In Indiana that can be remedied onJy by the constitution is the "gerrymander." Our old constitution made the mistake of attempting numerical representation, which Is an absurdity. The natural and sensible unit of representation In an American state is the county. Not only state affairs such as taxation, courts, property records, etc., are organized on the county basis, but also agricultural fairs, politics and other interests. The people of each county are naturally united in most of their public interests, and each county ought to have one representative of its own In the legislature. Additional representation should be given to th larger counties for fixed ratios of population, but Joint districts should be abolished entirely, so far as the house of representatives Is concerned. There are other matters in which a change is much needed. More than forty years have elapsed since our present constitution was adopted, and not only out state, but also to a large extent our civilization, has been revolutionized since then. Y.'e need a constitution better fitted to the Indiana of today.

MEND IT OR END IT. It is very seldom that The Sentinel finds anything to commend in the action of Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, and therefore it the more willingly gives him credit for the following bit of plain truth, and good common sense, stated by him in the senate on Tuesday when called upon for an explanation of language used by him: I cannot be intimidated by a little bluster. But I will explain. I meant to say that for a democratic senator who subscribed to the doctrine of the Chicago platform that a tariff for protection was robbery; who went to the people affirming his allegiance to that platform, and who now comes here seeking and obtaining protective duties I mean to say that for such senator there is no escape from the logic that he violates both his senatorial oath and the constitution. That is a fact, and every democratic senator knows it is a fact, and If there Is a man, woman or child in the country who does not know it to be a fact it ought to be impressed on such person's mind at the earliest possible moment. There was no possibility of mistaking the democratic doctrine of 1892. No person, either voter or candidate, was under any obligation to accept the doctrine. Anyone who preferred protectionism was entirely at liberty to go to the republican party and stay there. Its declaration was as specific as the democratic declaration. Every one wa-, given his choice between tariff-reform of a radical character and protectionism for the satce of protection. Every democratic candidate accepted the democratic doctrine, and most of those who are recreant to it now were explicit and strong In their acceptance of it. When such men now a.k for protection for the trusts they denounced in their campaigns they are self-convicted liars, betrayers of their constituents, and violators of their oaths and of the constitution. It is evident that there would be no such shamel ss violation of pledges if these men were directly responsible to the people they are supposed to represent. They are relying on their ability to pull wires, to bribe legislators, to handle "influence," for their future They have been condemned in the most unsparing terms by their constituents. We do not believe that there Is one of these obstructionists or agents for protected interests who could be elected to any office by the people of his bwn state. If they were confronted by that direct responsibility to the people now the democratic iarty would not have had to bear the odium that has been loaded upon it by the national senate in the past three months. That direct responsibility ought to be provided for at the earliest opportunity. The constitution oucht to be amended and the senators made elective by popular vote, or else the senate ought to be abolished altogether. THE DRAMA AND THE üLtOC.ER. American people are a good deal Inclined to make fun" of themselves for the elaborate attentions they are wont to heap upon prize flg-hters and to revile themselves for tolerating these gentry as dramatic stars. But degradation, iik jslsteor lA.Yäg camfiiuiy and .Amer

icans may possibly find satisfaction in the reflection that their English cousins are just at present going into ecstasies over Thumper Corbett far more extravagant than anything ever perpetrated on this siue of the Atlantic. A recent issue of the staid old London Telegraph thus described the reception tendered to the American champion at his first performance in London: No one could have been more astonished at this last and most important chapter in the long story of the noble art of self-defense than Jem Mace, the ex-champlon of England, who stood grinning on the stage, fanning the face of the handsome young athlete who has united in his comely person the masher pugilist with the light comedian. We watched Jem Mace's face they called It "a mug" in the old days of long ago and wondered what this honest fellow thought of the changes of temperament and sentiment when the "Corinthians" were found sitting in the stalls of a London theater cheering and applauding a brother champion who was not showing his cups and belts at an obscure pothouse in the metropolis, but standing bowing and collecting bouquets and baskets of flowers, whilsc the men roared themselves hoarse with delight, and the women, with sparkling eye, waved their lace pocket handerchiefs at the attractive bruiser-actor. Jem Mace could have told many a tale of supreme interest, had he willed it, of days when Bell's Life in London was the prizefighter's oracle, and when its editor, Frank Dowling, with the decisive manner and the familiar eyeglasses, went down to see that all was fair and square when the ring was pitched near Staplehurst woods or on the lonely marshes of the lower Thames, by Purfleet. What tales he could have told of the days of Ould Nat Langham. the only conqueror of Tom Sayres. at the Cambrian störe, the sporting rendezvous which shared with Owen Swift's in Coven-try-st. the honor of informing the Corinthians the latest tip about the "mill cn the morrow!" How he could have recalled the times of Bob Travers the black, and Joe Goss and Paddock, and the pugilistic heroes of another age, and enlightened the audience once more on the memorable and classic contest between the American Heenan and the English Tom Sayers, when it was reported that Lord Palmerston, the premier, was present at the fight, and Sayers was cheered and foted wherever ho appeared, driving or walking, in the streets of London! Those were the days when It was as much as your life was worth to go down to a prize f.ght unprotected; when the very railway station was In charge of outlaws and robbers, who relieved the visitors of their purses and their watches as fast as shelling peas; and now old Jem Mace stood on the stag of Drury-lane theater to assist at a mimic combat, and to see the best boxer in the world as an actor byno manner of means to be despised when compared to the light comedians of his time; and, to crown all. a bruiser and a fighting man no longer typical of the bully and brute, but the champion of honor and right, the defender of women, the protector of the weak, a kind Greek hero of Olympian games, who was not rewarded with a crown of laurel, but with five-guinea baskets of the choicest lilies and exotics from Covent garden. American newspapers have afflicted their readers with a good deal of slush in regard to Sullivan and Corbett and Peter Jackson and the rett of the bruisers, but none of them was ever guilty of perpetrating anything equal to that here quoted. Nor did any of them ever even Insinuate that Corbett was an "actor by no means to be despised." And no theater of the standing and history of Drury-lane could be secured in which to exhibit a prizefighting aggregation. Our more modern civilization can't begin to compare with that of England in adoration of the slugger. THE SENATE AMENDMENTS. The statement of Senator Jones as to the comparative merits of the senate bill as proposed to be amended and the McKinley bill is timely in a double sense. It is timely as correcting the impression which republicans have been endeavoring to create that the atrocities of the senate reformers are as great as" those of the republican reformers of 1S90. It Is timely as calling attention to the fact that the McKinley bill is not the criterion by which the senate bill Is to be judged by the people who object to it and who have the right to object to it. Unquestionably the senate bill, with all its proposed Iniquities, is better than the McKinley bill. No one who has examined the schedules will question that. The reductions are very general and in most cases fair. Indeed, a large number of the last batch of 400 amendments merely restore the rates of the Wilson bill as It passed the house, in place of the amendments of the senate finance committee, which had replaced them. Moreover, in some respects the changes made by the bill are all that could be asked at the present. The one great demand of Mr. Cleveland's message of 18S7 and of the democratic platform of the ensuing year was free wool, and the tariff bill still retains free wool and also makes very valuable reductions all through the schedule of woolen goods. The average duties on woolen goods are over 100 per vent, greater in the McKinley bill than Ii the proposed senate bill. Free lumber also is a provision which will be of great advantage to the country at large, and so will many reductions that have been made in the metal schedules and in other parts of the bill. We think that any tariff reformer will concede that if it were merely a question between the McKinley bill and the proposed senate bill there could not be the slightest hesitation in pronouncing for the latter. But that is not the question with the tariff reformers of the country, and it ought not be the question with senators. How does the senate bill compare with the democratic platform of 1S92? That is the question In which democrats are interested. A portion of the bill virtually what Is retained of the Wilson bill as it came from the house is all right, but imposed on this are the Indefensible concessions to the sugar trust, the whisky trust and the iron and coal combines. These cast a shadow over the entire bill. We can afford to laugh at the petty larceny of Senator Murphy's collar and cuff schedule, but we cannot so treat the grand larceny of these other provisions. It will be said that they are less than the concessions of the McKinley bill to the same Interests. Possibly. But how do they compare with the democratic platform? It is to these points that the house should direct its attention. If they can be removed, the democratic party can accept the bill as a position for the close of Its first battle for tariff reformIt would not be altogether satisfactory. It would ißt.t9 w&at was expected. But

to an army that had been weakened by unexpected treason and desertion in the face of the enemy it would be endurable. We could breathe for a space, punish the traitors and prepare for a more vigorous assault on the enemy. Dr. Symonds has recently collected and studied a large number of statistics to illustrate the comparative mortality of man and woman, and furnished the result of his investigation to the American Joun el of Medical Sciences. From five to twelve the female mortality is greater than that of the male, being at the latter period 3.5 for males and 4.28 for females. At the age of forty-six the male mortality equals that cf the female, the latter having been up to this time slightly in excess. During the years forty-six to fifty-six. the period of climacteric, the male mortality gains rapidly on the female, being 6.32 per annum for the one and only 3.47 for the other. Hence the climacteric is really a much more serious time for man than for woman. After fifty-six the female mortality gains on that of the male, but is always slightly below it. Woman has not only a less mortality and a greater longevity than man, but there is. according to Dr. Symonds, a plurality of female births, though the contrary view is usually held. Nature seems determined to keep up a full supply of womn, a condition which. It is suggested, may be the result of the polygamous habits of primeval man.

The American prevaricators' association has made a revised and "conservative" declaration of its fundamental proposition. Among them is this: 5. We consider the non-sectarian free public school the bulwark of American institutions, the best place for the education of American children. To keep them such we protest against the employment of subjects cf any un-American ecclesiastical power as officers or teachers of our public schools. In other words, no catholic can be a teacher in our public schools, and yet most of our catholic teachers were educated in the public schools. Here is another gem: 10. We demand the change of naturalization laws by a repeal of the act authorizing the naturalization of minors without a previous declaration of intention, and by providing that no aliens shall be naturalized or permitted to vote in any state in the vinion who can not speak the language of the land and who can not prove seven years' continuous residence in this country from the date of his declaration of intention. Perhaps some of our German and Scandinavian friends will see the point to this. There are hundreds of good citizens of this country- who have not learned the English language, especially among the agricultural settlements of the West. The know-nothing theory is rampant once more. Mr. Harrison doth protest too much. He is playing the coy maiden in this "your candidate I can't be" situation entirely too disingenuously. The bids he is making for the next republican presidential nomination are apparent with every public utterance he makes. His speeches are not the kind one looks for from an ex-president who has decided to go into graceful retirement. His desire to once more reside In the white house is as well understood as If he were to proclaim it on the house-tops. It is stated, too, that son Russell has been writing letters to his friends "giving the old man away," and unblushingly stating that his father desires the nomination. The results of the cityelections have perhaps kindled the old gentleman's ambitions for white house honors, and bid him hope that Indiana may be saved once more on the favorite son line, but allow us to assure him that Indiana's electoral vote can only be secured after a most prolonged and fierce struggle with the gallant democracy of the state. Is he prepared for it? During the illness of Mrs. Lease and the consequent dullness in politics the gentle Kansan turns naturally to his tlme-honorfd diversion of lynching. When the true Kansan Isn't talking politics he takes as naturally to lynching as the sick pig does to the roadside mud-puddle. If the authorities at Washington would only label their appointees "formerly of Indiana." it might save Indiana congressmen the necessity of a great deal of explanation and incidentally prove a gi eat relief to the Indiana democracy. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT. S. W. J., Lyons, Ind. Chartes N. Stull of South Bend, Ind., is the Indiana state veterinarian. ET CETERA. It was Pisraell who sail that- critics are men who have failed in literature and art. Ethel "I like an engagement with some snap about it." Maude "One that breaks easily, eh?" Truth. Rudyard Kipling has been well received In England. They love him at home for the enemies he has made. Wlggs "Does your wife talk in' her sleep?" Biggs "Well, I never noticed any ce-sation." Somerville Journal. Mrs. Oldsborough (indignantly) "I should like to see any man try to kiss me!" Mi.ss I'rettypert (sweetly) "No doubt; but. you should not say so." Punch. Bride of a year (weeping) "You used to say I was sweet enough to eat." Groom of the same period "Yes, and I wish to heaven I had eaten you." Life. Father (to dramatic manager) "You have heard the voice of my son. What role do you think he oujjht to study?" Manager "Auctioneer, 6ir." Clk. Jones "Why on earth did you let your daughter learn the piano?" Smith "Well, you see, she didn't know what to do with her hands." Dorfbarbier, Vienna. According to the Etoile Beige, the German emperor and empress have arranged to pay a visit to the Antwerp exposition. Their majesties will arrive by sea. Ex-Secretary Tracy is quoted as sayingto a friend that in addition to the work and worry his cabinet life cost him $30,010 every year above his salary of $S,0(X. Solicitor "What paper docs your neighbor take?" Irate Citizen Mine, I guess. I ca.n't find It more'n half the mornings Since he moved In." Buffalo Courier. "What do you think? Dick sail that I was the rrettlest girl at the reception." "Think? Why, that he can't consult an oculist any too quick." Chicago Inter Ocean. "Worth Its weight in gold" Is said to be an inadequate expression when applied to a copy pi the first edition of Walton's

"Complete Angler." The amount cf ged3 its value represents in England would out we!gh many copies. Mrs. Rtmeson "To think that I should be the mother of a poet!" Neighbor isoothlngly) "Never mind, m'am; perhaps ha will recover from it when he gets older!" Semana Comica, Barcelona. A model son-in-law is not The one who needs a sum. But one whom hard-up pa-in-law Can borrow money frem. N. Y. Journal. 1-trn. Fashion "We wemen are much more enterprising than you m-n." Her Husband "Quite true. You often manage to bay mere in an hour than we can pj.y for in a ye-ir." Flieden 3e Blatter. Little dreps of wafer. Little grains of s.,ni. Make the mU'ity prorit on Suar o'er the land. Chicago Inter Ocan. "What ""onrrc?s His Pone," was the nc-uly-printe i title on the cover of a ho k recent'.;.- received by Senator Quay. Inside was nothing but blank paea. Such a sarcasm at once establishes its leaves to print. Lieschen "Mamma, dear, can I give Wiliy a bite of my apple?" Mamm.i-"H has no teeth to bite with yet, Lieschen." Lieschen "Can't I fetch him yours? They"re on the bureau." Fliegende Platter. Munich. Haverly "Do you ever give your seat to a lady in a crow. led car?'' Austen "Never." Haverly "Why, now I think of It, I saw you do so last night." Austen "She wasn't a lady. She never even thanked me." N". V. World. L'Enfant terrible "Have you got another face?" Mrs. Homeleigh "No, dear; why do you ajk?" L'Enfant terrible "Mamma said you are two-faced; but I thought if you had another one. you wouldn't wear that one." Til Bits. Lenden. "Po you ak any interest In ciphers? asked the girl who had N-en reading up on Baconian theories. "Yes if there is a long row of them and they have one cf the nine digits and a dollar mirk In front of them." American Industrien. Hiram Maxim, the American inventor now living in London, claims that a disposition exists in this country to roh the inventor of his rights. When an invention is made the first effort, he says. Is t push forward some alleged Improvement on it. or some variation which wi'.l aff rl ground for esc.ipintt from the oricinal patent. He accuses the government "f r " t awarding him his just rights; or, at leist, of not givinK due consideration to the Inventor's work.

THE SENATE AM THE TARIFF, Undoubtedly th- mi par trust continues to have exact ir.forn.ation as to where it is at. N. Y. World clem.). Hill has been a dad weight on the party, and has done it far more harm than any of the republican P-aders. If there is a worse product of re-f-r,t ties th.in David R Hill, ve do r.ot knowwhere to find it. Atlanta Journal (dem. Having faiWl in on- f-rce 1:11 Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts has another. Ha proposes to foj- e Hnu'ar.d into bimetallism by makinr the duties on English Importations into this country doubl. what they are o-.i similar g--od imp--rtfd fr-m other countries. Mr. IdC'- should study statesmanship. He is a failure as a rrce pump. Ft. Lotus Republic idem.). Tariff revision is always tardy legislation, as all parties have testified by the records they have written, but if th democrats of the senate shall now harmonize their differt-nj'es and for, e the final passage of the tariff bill seme tim? during the next month they will be entitled to the credit of having revised the tariff policy of the government with even unusual promptness. The great injury to our business interests today arises front tariff uncertainty, and every consideration of public duty should make the senate hasten the final disposition of the pending tariff bill. Philadelphia Times (dem.). It would be hard to imacino anything better calculated to kill all rational interest in any kind of tariff reform than the prolonged shuffling and facing both ways and huckstering of the democrat io senate. Senator Edmunds threatened to kill the McKinley bill in the senate unless he could get his lunty on mapli sugar, and that tremendous achievement of a great man seems to have fired the ambition of nearly the whole democratic side. Their undisguised chaffering and bargaining have left the few honest tariff-reformers among them sick at heart, and recall the worst days of the McKinley lop-rollers and scramblers for tariff favors. N. Y. P"st tind.). THE STATE TRESS. "The country still lives" and nr.fortunatelv so does the senate. Columbus Heraid. No senate can please everybody. Our federal senate pleases nobody. Seymour Democrat. Why might not the government provide for Coxey and his kind as lavisV.y as for Carnegie and his kind? Logansport Pharos. The g. o. p. depends on grasshoppers, chinch bugs. Hessian fly, short crops and low priet-s and Coxey armies to help them win. Yinrenr.es Sun. The republican party, through its administration of tie government and its legislation, is the author of every financial panic" and depression of industry and trade which hi. alHi.-icl tie- country since lSt',1. Huntington Democrat. A quarter of a century of unrestrained extra vara nee is what brought "n "paralvsis and prostration." and there will never be "prosperity and plenty" until the class legislation "f the republican, party is repealed. C r d -n Iv-movrat. Though he was denied the use of the elevator in seeking t reich republican headquarters at the DenNou house. Editor Stuart, the colored man and brother, has been elevated to an unexpected prominence in state j--1U is by the civil rights derrick. Kokum.) Di.-pitch. C.d. John C. Nciv met th- very first intimation that Harrison l.itend-d to be i candidate for president in 1!"5 with a denial qualified by the ;sertion that he would only be a candidate in case of an "emergency." Within ten d.iys after t'nis announcement ex-President Harrison and Col. New met in New Y'ork to organize a movement t create an "emer gency." Evans ville Courier. A Sfliool Oulini? S)frin. One of the most important features of the Carlisle Indian school Is what is called its outing system, which allows between 400 and ".00 students each year during vacation an experience out from the school. living in private and at work, mostly with farmers, the girls at housework and the boys at the plow. So complete has been the success of this featur that two or three times as many pupils are asked for each year as the si hool can provide. The earnings of the pupils .ut last year amounted to nearly J.'t.OOO. This money is all their own. nd becomes a great stimulus both to the pu1 i!s and their parents in favor of 'ndivtduel effort and escape from tribal thraldom. The Strongest Kind of Proof. Morton "What proof have I that you really love me?" Miss Crandal "ProofJ Haven't I given yr.ii eijrht dances?" Mor. ton "Yes. but I don't consider that any proof of affection." Miss Crandal "You would if you knew how you danced." Town Topics. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder A Pure Qrape Cream of Tartar Powder,

edlen Hejerel. P.oy "Want any stamps?" Stamp Collector (! king them over) "You have no stamps U.at I want, I am sorry to say, very sorry." Hoy (generously) "Oh. don't worry about that, niisur. It's all ri.ht. Soma other fool will buy 'em." Street & Smith's fiood News. 1- (.... ...... t f. In. I 9