Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1894 — Page 4

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1894-TWELYE PAGES.

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL

BY THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. B. E. MORSS, BEN A. EATON, President, Vie iTosldent. b. McCarthy. Secretary and Treaaurer. (Entered at (be Postnfflte it Indian polls it a wrood class matter.) TERMS PER YEAR t Single copy (la Advance) 81 OO We ask democrats to bear In mind and select their own state paper when they come to take subscriptions and make np clnbs. Agents making np clubs send for any Information desired. Address TUE lMlIAXAPOLIS SE.NTISEI. Indianapolls. Ind. TWELVE PAGES. WCPESDY, MAY 30. 1S04. Mr. Coxey may profitably remember that even If he should be elected to con gress he will not be allowed to walk on "the grass. The New York Sun Is writing: about .the Ineffaceable truth." Why waste 'time on so small a subject? "Why not ftackle the ineffaceable falsehood, which looms up like the Washington monuiment? m The Charleston Xews (dem.) says there la no reason why Senator Morgan should be re-elected, and there are many and iobvious reasons why he should be defeated. Correct. Likewise Gorman, Brlce, Hill, Faulkner, et ad. Chicago politicians are figuring for a Cve-milllon-dollar appropriation for a tiew court house and jail. We would warn the people of the lengthy city to be sure to make provision that it shall be built on the court house grounds. Young Mr. Landls of the Tenth district Mill learn, when the ides of November fcave rolled around, that it is a serious flatter to turn down a party wheel-horse, ttbe friends of Judere Johnston will undoubtedly take great delight in cutting the political heart out of his successful icuns rival. Senator Hill has decided that ha Is in ifavor cf free lead. That Is remarkable, considering his declaration that he faVored a protection equal to the difference between the -wag-ss of European, and American workingmen. Lead Is an article which foreigners could fell to us If it were not for the duty, but possibly T-lr. Hill i3 not aware of that fact. That eminent republican statesman. Mr. Frank Stannard, ha3 pone and left us only a $4,000 bond. "We regret his going deeply. He would have been an rrnament to our penitentiary, when his marked virtues of never drinking, chewing, smoking, or indulging in tea and coffee, would soon have put him. at the hfad of the institution's Sunday-school. Chairman Gowdy Is giving out. in a public sort of way, that the republican campaign will not open until the first week of September. This sounds very nonsensical when Billy Owen, the expreacher, who heads the republican state ticket. feMom allows a day to go by that he is not making a speech somewhere in Indiana. Wherever he can find anybcly to listen to him, there he is. And, by the way, he does not seem to be answering any of the many questions being asked him by democratic editors as to hl3 record while immigration commissioner under Harrison. We shall refer to this matter, however, again. The Indianapolis Sentinel continues bo eneer at the Pullman palace car company and charge it with falsehood because in the face of Mr. oilman's announcement that he "was running the machine shops Bt a loss," the company has still "made a dividend of jwo.oon." That does not disparage Mr. Pullman's statement in the least, as The Sentinel well understood. The Pullman company could doubtless go on losing money in the shops and still make dividends year after year. Chicago Inter-Oeeaa. That Is a brilliant apology for the Chicago millionaire labor-starver. The InterOcean could doubtless go on losing money in .its composing room, but still make dividends. Any business concern Is liable to loxe In some department, but when It Is making dividends that are equivalent to 24 per cent, on actual investment it would be rather cheeky to give as an excuse for cutting wages that it was "losing money." The evident truth is that 21r. Pullman simply wants to add more money to his hoards, and has taken a mean way to do it. The telephone has its risks as, also, its many advantages. Here Is related the experience of one witness: "I now hung the receiver on its hook just as the storm was at Its hight and in a few minutes a tremendous flash, occurred, sending a thower of sparks from the receiver to the transmitter nd to the several metallic parts of the telephone, including the bell connections, such as would have proved fatal to the hearing if not to the life of any listener." One must remember, of course, that a telephone becomes during a lightning storm a very dangerous conductor and should not be used at uch tlm1!. The London Lancet in a long article on the. use of telephones concludes with foir.e very practical suggestions as follows: "Certain obvious precautions suggest themselves. On the part cf the public it will be wise not to handle the telephone during a thunderstorm. On the part of the telephone companies it Is to be expected that the recognized necessity of having each instrument duly protected will be strictly carried out. With these two precautions supplementing each other immunity from danger Is practically secured. But even these can scarcely be said to provide for every possible contingency. It thus becomes of the greatest consequence to have a reliable 'protector.' The form which this ought to take will depend upon individual expert opinion. One of tht devices adopted by the postofflce for this purpose (and It Is difficult to imagine a better) consists of two metal plates faced with plat

inum, one connected with the line and the other 'put to earth." the disks being separated by a perforated mica plate. Such an arrangement affords Insulation for ordinary working currents, but allows a loophole of escape for those of high potential. The currents In questioa would easily spark across the minute air gap. and so pass harmlessly to earth." Telegraph and telephones should be protected with what is called a Kghtning arrester, or. in other words, with the means of carrying a strong current to earth without its passing through the instruments.

THE TAX DECISIOX. The decision of the supreme court of the United States, sustaining the nw tax law of Indiana, is matter for general congratulation to the state, and especially to the democratic portion of the population. It has been demonstrated that railroads can be made to pay their fair share of taxes, like other property owners, and the democratic members cf the legislature found the way to do it and put It into effect. The old system of assessing, railroad property at from one-tenth to one third of its actual value has been completely overthrown so far as the power of correction is concerned, and though there still remains a few cases of gross undervaluation of railroad prop erty, the assessment i3. in the main fair and satisfactory. The average assessment of railroad property under the old system was a fraction over 25 per cent, of true value, with most glaring discrepancies be tween various roads. Under the pres ent assessment the average rate is 65 to 70 per cent, of actual value, with ob jectionable variations in but few cases. This Is a vast improvement on what ex isted before, in the enforcement of equity between tax-payers, and it Is to be hoped that the pioper use of the pow ers, now decided to be lawfully located in the state board of tax commissioners. will bring the system still nearer to per fection. The Sentinel will most earn estly exert Itself toward that result. Tho decision is especially valuable in that the facts, as presented to the court. were obtained entirely from the allega tions of the railroad companies, and the testimony of a few officials, all of which could eas'ly be disproven. In other words, on the very best claim the railroads could possibly make, and assuming that everything they asserted was true, the court decides that they have no lawful cause of complaint, and in so doing it disposes completely of all the finespun theories on which these companies rested their hopes. The claim of lack of "due process of law" is tossed aside In a way that must shock the nerves of the average railroad lawyer. The court says that the companies do not have to be specially notified that they are to be taxed, or invited to come in and kick about it. If they have an opportunity to appear and be heard their constitutional rights are satisfied, and one op portunity is enough. They are not. like the brook, entitled to "go on forever." The railroad attorneys were especially clamorous about the board's taking- into consideration the total value of the roads as shown by their stock and bonds, but the court indorses this as the very best test of the actual value of a rail road. When you have ascertained the current cash value of the whole funded debt and the current cash value of the entire number of shares you have, by the action of those who above all others can best estimate it. ascertained the true value of the road, all its property. Its capital stock and its franchises; for these are all represented by the value of its bonded debt and of the shares or Its capital stock. And it also indorses thi3 test as to Interstate roads, for while admi'ting some exceptional cases, it says: Nevertheless, it is ordinarily true that when a railroad consists of a single continuous line the value of one part is fairly estimated by taking that part of the value of the entire road which is measured by the proportion of the length of the particular part to that of the whole road. This mode of division has been recognized by this court several times as eminently fair. It may be mentioned, in this connection, that in this state the assessment, so far as founded on stock and bond values, is more lenient to the railroads than the supreme court rules, for it is made not on "the cash value of the whole funded debt," but on its face value. Most bonds on Indiana railroads are at a premium, some of them as high as 60 per cent., but it was held here, and Justly held, that the premiums had nothing to do with the case. The bonds are a lien on the road to their face value, and the value of the road above that incumbrance is shown by the market value of the stock alone. If bonds are at a discount, and stock has no value, of course the market value of the bonds would be the market value of the road, but under no other circumstances should the market value of bond3 be considered any more than the premium on United States bonds should be considered in stating the national debt. In Indiana, in the first assessment under the new law. three principal line3 of fact were relied upon, viz.: 1. The face value of bonds added to the average market value of stock for the year previous. 2. The actual cost of construction, as reported by the companies. 3. The net earnings of the roads, as reported by the companies. From these facts, with such additional information as could be obtained, an estimate was made of the actual value of the roads in Indiana, and. to avoid any possibility of Injustice, a very liberal reduction, amounting to about 30 per cent., was made. As nearly as can be estimated, all other property in Indiana, on the average, is assessed at about 70 per cent, of its true value, though there are many instances of variation above and below this rate. and. therefore, on the average, railroad property is assessed as other property. One other point is worthy of special j notice. The court utterly disavows' the

railroad theory that the value of a rail

road is the value of the materials of which it is composed. It says: On the other hand, its value cannot be determined by ascertaining the value of the land included in the roadway assessed at the market price of adjacent lands, and adding the value of the cross ties, rails and spikes. The value of the land depends largely on the use to which it can be put and the character of the improvements upon it. The assessable value for taxation of a railroad track can only be determined by looking at the elements on which the financial con dition of the company depend, its traffic as evidenced by the rolling stock and gross earnings in connection with its capital stock. In other words, the location of prop erty, the use to which it can be put, and Its earning capacity, are all to be con sidered in estimating its true value, and this is no less true of other corporations than of railroads. These are a few of the most Important points in a decision which, in every re spect, sustains the tax law of Indiana It sustains every principle incorporated in the law itself and adopted in'its exe cution. It is a vindication complete and sweeping. The argument of the court is a substatial repetition of the argument used by the democratic party in support of the law against the assaults of their political opponents. The tax law Is one more added to the list of great reforms accomplished by Indiana democrats to the ballot law, the school-book law, the state board of charities law, the fee and salary law, and others which have met the approval of the people and the courts. A PARTY WITHOUT PRIXCFPLE. The populists have held another 6tate convention and again displayed that miserable cowardice which shows them totally unfit for governing anything Their whole platform Is the cheapest of cheap vote-catching material, from the declaration in favor of an issue of currency of $50 per capita to the wo man's suffrage plank. That they know protection to be a fraud and a sham, so far as the masses are concerned, and a benefit merely to the capitalists engaged in manufacturing and mining. is conclusively shown by the following statement in their address: We have tariff laws to protect the man who owns the machine, but no laws to protect the mechanic, who for merly did the same work, from convict labor and foreign competition. We top the bale of goods at the door of the custom-house and" admit the man who mnde these goods upon some foreign shore free of duty. There Is protection under the single gold standard for the manufacturer, but none for the laborer. And yet, having such knowledge, when they m3ke their platform they have not the manhood and courage to My one word on the ubjert. There was never before in this country a time when an honest man ought to speak his mind on this subject more emphatically than now. The honest democrats in congress and out of it are engaged in a hand-to hand conflict with the combined forces of the trusts and the tariff beneficiaries. They are badly handicapped by the presence of half dozen traitors in their ranks. Public sentiment could have a great deal of effect if it were shown as it ought to be shown. And yet this state convention of men who are opposed to protect ion refused to say one word on the subject. Why? Simply because they know that it would be a political advantage to the democratic party if a genuine and satisfactory tariff-reform bill were pjissed. They would rather see tariff-reform wrecked than to see the democratic party get any credit. This miserable political spirit crops out all through the platform. They are in favor of anything and everything that will catch a vote. They carry it to such an extent that in several cases they demand the passage of laws that are already on the statute books, as, for illustration: We favor a reduction of the working hours by law in mines and factories in conformity with the progress of indus try. We demand that cities be specially empowered to assume ownership and control of public water, transportation and lighting plants, in such manner as to operate wholly in the interest of the people, without imposing burdensome taxation. The state laws of Indiana already make it illegal for any mine or factory to work Its men over eight hours per day, and any city is empowered to oper ate its own water, transportation and lighting plants. Possibly the most idi otic declaraton is this: We are against the giving out of pub lic works under contract to the lowest bidder. The state and the communities should carry out such work themselves under the supervision of experienced officers. In view of the accompanying asser tion that "corruption dominates the ballot-box, the legislatures, the congress. and touches even the ermine on the bench and corrupts the church," we should imagine that sane people would not desire to add anything to it. Are there not public officals enough to euit these reformers? Do they want a nsw list of fees and salaries? Do they want additions built to the public crib? A TRAITOR'S DEFE.XSE. Mr. Gorman adds insult to injury in his attempted defense of his tariff bill, for he proceeds on the theory that the American people are a collection of simpletons who can be hoodwinked by the most oitiful evasion ever offered to the public by an alleged statesman. He coolly at tempts to dismiss the complaints of the democratic party in these words: I do not propose to discuss the merits or demerits of either the original Wilson bill or the measure first reported by the finance committee. It is sufficient to say that there has never been a moment when either could command a majority of the votes in this chamber. We might deplore such a condition and others might and did rail against those in a measure responsible for it. But the fact remained that we could not pass the bill. The public has never had any assur ance that any such "fact remained." There has been no test of that question. But conceding it to be true, it is evident that the "fact remained" only because a certain number of democratic senators were false to their trust or possibly, we I

might say, false to their party and thedr

professions, and true to their trusts There were senators who called them selves democrats, who demanded as the price of their votes, the taxation of the people for the special and private bene fit of certain trusts and combines which have made themselves odious to the people, and of these senators who are "in a measure responsible," Mr. Gor man s one of the most conspicuous examples. He is one of these men who had been honored by his party and en trusted to carry out its policy, who said he would not vote for tariff reform unless he was paid for it in coin of his own selection. He is one of these men who has placed on his party stains of dis grace that will draw forth taunts of the opposition from every corner of the country. He is one of the arch-traitors who have attempted to sell their party in the face of the enemy, and if the demo cratic party does not do something more than "rail against" such betrayers It will be lost forever. Mr. Gorman's statement that the pres ent bill "had been ' constructed on the democratic theory of a tariff for revenue with euch incidental protection as could be given consistently to the industries of the country" is a de liberate falsehood, so far as the obnox ious senate amendments are concerned. as will be seen from the following offl clal statement of the duties collected in 1893 on the articles protected by them, and the estimated duties under the pres ent bill: Article. Duties. 1893. Estimated. Iron ores 5507.976.19 $270.920.62 Refined sugar ... 160,500.19 80,230.24 Coal .... 817.780.59 436,149.64 Totals $1.486,256.97 . 5787,320.50 The extension of time for the payment of whisky taxes makes no increase of revenue, but will make a temporary de ficit in the revenues. To say that these other taxe3 are imposed for the sake of revenue is sn transparent a falsehood that it can deceive no one. Mr. Gorman reiterates thi3 false state ment and also adopts the republican doctrine of protection to the extent of the difference between American and European wages in the following char acterization of the bill: It was not protection for protection's sake, but it did discriminate between raw materials and manufactured articles to the full extent of the difference be tween European and American wages. There Is not one of the duties referred to on coal. Iron ores and refined sugar that is not "protection for protection's sake." and, what Is worse, they are pro tection not apainst foreign competition, but for the purpose of enabling the beneficiaries to sell at higher prices at home than abroad. Mr. Gorman pretends that we need protection from Canadian coal. Note this extract from the Boston Post: With a prohibitory tariff ' to keep Canadian ccal out of New England, it is surprising to hear of a coal famine in Canada caused by the restriction of the output of the mines of the United States, due to the great strike. One factory in Canada was reported closed for thi3 cause on Saturday. Others will follow unless production is resumed in the United States. The Grand Trunk railroad company has ' closed ' its shops and cut down its transportation service, and the whole Canadian railway service is threatened with embarrassment on the same account. To pretend that the , duty on coal is either for revenue or. for a protection equal to the difference between European and American wages, is a mockery of common sense and common honesty. Mr. Gorman may possibly gull his con stituency in Maryland, but the rest of the country will size him up for a cheap confidence man. THE HAWAIIAN OLIGARCHY. We trust that our. republican friends, who have been shedding tears over our treatment of "a sister republic," will give -close attention to the constitution of the new "republic" which has been formed under the direction of the revo lutionary oligarchy now in control of the islands, and will be presented to the constitutional convention for ratification. The members of the convention were elected by the adherents of the present government, the other people being debarred. Only 3,750 votes were cast al together. The new constitution will practically disfranchise more than threefourths of the inhabitants, and will make the country one of the most com plete oligarchies on the face of 'the earth. Three of the requirements for senators are that they shall be able to read and write English, that they shall have property of not less than $5,000 in value and that they shall have an income of $1,200 a year. The effect of these provisions in a country so conditioned is very, sweeping. Of the population, of 90,000 more than two-thirds are natives, Chinese and Japanese, almost all of whom will be cut out by the requirement to read and write Erglish. This will also dispose of a large percentage of the half-castes, and also of the Portuguese, who are more numer ous than all of the English-speaking population. What are missed by this provision will be caught by the property provision, and as a necessary result the senate will be composed wholly of the representatives of the foreign business interests of the islands. The president and executive council will be of the same class. The house of representatives has not the same property and race qualifications, but to be a member one must be a "citizen" of Hawaii, or in other words, must swear allegiance to the existing government. The natives, who universally adhere to the queen, are entirely slv.i out of the government. As a whole, a government of this char acter is merely a new name for the revolutionary government which has been in control. It is not in any sense a government of the people. Neither the election held for the constitutional con vention, nor any election held under the proposed constitution, would be any test of the sentiment of the people. The peo ple are not in it. The Hawaiian islands are, and will be, governed by a. combina tion of sugar upeculators and cither for eigners whose object In life Is to xnaka

money in Hawaii ' to expend elsewhere, and the United States has the pleasant knowledge that it is responsible for this state of affairs because of the violation of international law by its representatives. A FIGHT FOR PROGRESS. It is much to be hoped that the Illinois democrats will again enforce the right of the people to make the senatorial nomination, which was claimed and held by them four years ago. The large majority of the counties have instructed their delegates to the state convention to demand the right of nomination by the convention, and th?re is no question that this policy has the approval of the vast majority of the voters. On the other hand Cook county has thrown its weight in favor of the old system of legislative selection, and will doubtless make a hard fight for a return to the mode which Is now generally condemned! throughout the country. It is an open secret, however, that the Cook county action was controlled entirely by politicians, and was taken for the pupose of defeating a certain candidate. The result concerns more than Illinois alone. The action of that state in Its former nomination attracted the attention of the entire country, and met with popular approval. At the present time the sentiment of the country for the popular election of senators is a thousand times stronger than it was then. If Illinois should turn back now it would be taken by many as indicating popular dissatisfaction with the new system, and would result In discouragement to a reform which is urgently needed in this nation. It would lose to Illinois the honor of leading In that reform. It may lose to the democratic party the honor and credit of bringing that reform into effect. ' There is one minister of the gospel who has recently resisted the persuasions and blandishments of the politicians and refused to enter politics. His name is Sweeney and he is a brother of the Rev. Zack Sweeney of Columbus, who dabbles around in a limited way in the political pond. The Sweeney we allude to is the pastor of a Christian church in Paris. Ky., and the republican politicians of that district have been trying to persuade him to enter the race apralnst Mr. Breckinridge, who fared so disastrously recently in the Pollard-Breckinridge affair at Washington. Mr. Sweeney said: "I am not going to be a candidate for congress. True, I have been solicited by many friends, for whom I have the highest reg-ard and whom I should very much like to gratify in the matter, to make the race. But I cannot do lt. I

cannot get the consent of my own mind to leave the ministry, to which I have devoted nearly forty years of my life. to take up any other work. I have no relish for politics, and cannot feel that I ought to leave my life work to enter that field, even for a short time, and even In the extraordinary state of the case we have in the Ashland district While I have the keenest appreciation of the compliment to me, there is in the expression of confidence In my fitness to make the race, which I have received from those I esteem so highly, yet, in justice to my own conscience and the claims of my family, with which I have been so long identified, I must respectfully decline." Our recent preacher governor.Chase, Mr. Sweeney of Columbus and Mr. Owens, another ex-reverend, might get a useful pointer from the foregoing. Preachers should keep out of politics. Several new swindles have developed In Indiana during the past week. Men rep resenting themselves as officers are call ing upon the unsuspecting country people and demanding that they get vaccinated as prescribed by "law." They do the work and charge 50 cents. Their quills have been examined ai.d found to be fakes. Another swindle was worked near Anderson by an agent pretending to represnt a Cincinnati music house. The fellow drove to a farmer's and asked the privilege of putting up a piano in the man's parlor. In case the instrument should prove satisfactorily and the farmer wished to purchase it, he was to get a discount of 33 1-3 per cent. If any of the neighbors should visit his home and a purchase wlas drummed up through his influence he was also to receive 30 per cent. of the purchase money. The Instrument was a beauty and the farmer readily fell into the trap. He attached his name to what he thought was a receipt and an order for his commission in case of a sale. The agent left, and a few days later another man put in his appearance. He had tha same receipt, and upon close examination it proved to be a contract for not only the piano he had in his house, but also a similar $450 piano. The farmer protested long and hard against the payment, but finally paid over the $900. The Sentinel is constantly warning its farmer readers about these various swin dles. Why not deal with well known merchants, who are located near your homes and whom you know to be honest tradesmen. The disastrous effects of the prolonged ccal miners strike are being felt In various directions. The Wabash road has practically exhausted its coal supply and what is left now will be carefully hoarded for the use of passenger engines. Other roads are in about the same condition and the large manufacturing interests are suffering throughout the length and breadth of the land. The uneasiness and disorder prevailing In parts of Illinois and Indiana among the coal mining sections are disastrous to business Interests. Why cannot both parties to the strife submit their differences to arbitration. The republican convention of the Tenth congressional district, which met Thurs day at Hammond, seems to have ex perienced something of the sensations un dergone by the monkey and parrot who had that famous tilt. Several delega tions bolted. Altogether it was quite a

fitting sequel to the recent train stealing episode at Hammond by the Johnson gang. The tin-plate consumers" association has filed Its protest against a tax of 1 1-5 cents per pound on tin-plate. ANSWER TO CORRESPOXPEXT.

fralina, O.: It would be necessary to amend the constitution to require the election of senators by popular vote, but the end may be reached temporarily by nominating senators by state convention. The first work must be done in the legislatures. No man should be elected to a legislature unless he solemnly pledges that he will not vote for any candidate for senator unless such candidate solmenly pledges himself to vote and work for an amendment to the constitution for the popular election cf senators. ET CETERA. Someone contributes th remark that the Brecklnriige campaign Is a peculiar mixture of whine, woman and s-n. Our botanist imparts th information that a tree differs from mankind in that It never leaves after its trunk has been taken for board. Buffalo Courier. Dr. R. B. Morrison tells the American Dermatological society that after long trial of electricity for removal of superfluous hair, he has concluded to give it up. Mr. Gladstone is one of the greatest opponents of divorce in the English-speaking world. He believes that marriage is a contract which only expires when life Itself expires. George "Amelia, dear, do you believe that love is blind?" Amelia "Yes. George, darling." "Then, dear, I do not see any need of our keeping the gas burning." Harvard Lampoon. Prof. Richardson, the archaeologist, has found in the ancient city of Eretrfa the ruins of a theater. It was probably destroyed during an argument between the actors and critics. He sang most sweetly with the choir "I would not live alwey." He meant it. Did he not umpire A base ball game next day? Washington Star. Mr. Blinks "I see by this paper that hair pins were invented in 1545 and " Mrs. Blinks "Dear me! How do you suppose women buttoned their shoes and unlocked trunks before that?" Chicago Inter Ocean. Mr. Deprecate "You women are dreaJful creatures; you seem toi talk nothing but scandal. Now, scandal is something we men never talk. Mrs. Slydig "Xo, you simply furnish the material." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Behave yourself, my child." sail the oyster to his fon. "Father, you forget," replied the youthful oyster. "It is the merrymonth of May, and no one expects an oyster to be Kooi at thij time. I am not a clam." Harper's Bazar. It is said that the czar of Russia; has in his household a person who resembles him very closely, and who takes his piace at windows of railway carriages and on hotel verandas when his majesty is indisposed and does not care to appear. BloomSeM (talking- about a matter in which he had been interested) "Well. I've washed xn: hands of the whole business Bel'.efield (with a look aO his hands) "You evidently didn't use. much soap." Fittsburs Chronicle Telegraph. On the occasion of his recent birtlriay Bismarck received more than 1100 congrat ulatory addresses, letters, telegrams and other like messages. It took his secretary two full days to open and arrange them all, and Bismarck is now engaged in the task of reading them, having tho intention, it is reported, of fathfully reading each one. STREET riCKIXGS. The efforts of some people to make events exclusively exclusive are positively amusing. Some poor deluded mortals have an idea that' the whole world outside their own particular set Is all ready to swoop down upon them and destroy all the dignity of their circle, tn giving entertainments is this especially noticeable. Several times re cently have invitations been issued by priv ate individuals labeled not transferable, as one young lady expressed it, "just like a hod-carriers' ball or a political convention." The "please present this card at the door" for weddings Is on the same principle. A church Is a public building and may not be hired for private events, and it would hardly do to refuse any one who chose to go admittance even to a very swell wedding. There is a young man in the city who is quite a wag and who is a base ball fan of the most pronounced type. During the visit of Artist MacMonnles in thq city there was the most violent discussion as to n. chang In the team which represents Indianapolis in the western league. A brilliant thought struck the young man: "Why not sign MacMonnles?" he chirruped. "What could MacMonnles do?" was asked. "He might draw runs," was the answer, and the crowd fell dead. An English lady in the city attended the Press club entertainment, but was not very much entertained. In fact she did not like Mr. Shirley at all, and this is her reason. "I didn't like the man a bit. And as to his telling tha story about the English, why, it only showed how polite the Englishmen were to laugh at the joke when they didn't see the point at all. Americans would never be polite enough to laugh at a joke which had no point." The family was discussing the use of cotton in rheumatism, whea the teacher who boarded with them spoke up: "Yes, cotton is very effectual If you bind the limb with it. And they say the cotton just as it is sheared from the sheep is best." She does not know yet why a smile went around the table. From the sublime, etc.: "Mrs. Carl Alves sang with her soul in her voice ant wore a white silk gown with broad shoulder capes of green and gold embroidery." Excerpt from a Cincinnati paper on the May festival. THE STATE PRESS. Good streets make a good town and good towns always make good streets. Kokomo Dispatch. Some of these days Lillian Russell may run afoul of a husband who understands the practical workings of an injunction. Lafayette Journal. The demagogues in congress are trying to get in some fine work these days, but they are not fooling as many people as they would ike to. Hoosier State. Coxey has been nominated for congress, but Breckinridge is still on the anxious seat. What an attraction these two men would be for the country fairs and pumpkin shows this fall! Connersville Examiner. In view of the fact that Maj. Buttz was not personally and directly interested in a protected industry it would be highly sensational to learn who was to furnish the money to pay the deal the major might make. Muncie Herald. If the senate has no way of getting around the silly rule of senatorial court esy, they should lengthen the sessions until they beccme continuous and reinaugurate the ridiculous trial of physi cal endurance. It may De a trine nam on the senators, but it will be a good thing for the public to have the matter settled and at rest. Columbia City Post. The democratic majority in the senate seem to be in pretty good discipline now. Having surrendered to the Gorman-Brice combination of sand-baggers they are voting solidly against every effort to en large the free list, w e suppose mat tnis is the only, way that any kind of a tariff bill can be passed as long as Gor man and Brice hold ihe balance of power. Evansville Courier. Now Is the time for democrat to stand true to their principles which they have voted and advocated for' the past thirty

years. The cause of protection dies hard, but then it must go. Bribery of democratic senators will not defeat the democratic principles of 1S32. The sentiment against protection has grown and is growing at a surprising rate. Democrats will yet see the complete triumph of their principles because they are right. Bluffton Banner.

THE SENATE .VXD THE TARIFF. In case the Lexin.vton congressional district and the senararial investigating committee turn out a pair of vindications, the country may as well prepare itself for a Breckinridge and Buttz presidential ticket. Washington Post (ind.). Let the senate spare us the de:alls of the humiliating surrender to a handful of protectionists in the democratic e.imp pass the whole miserable bui:i-s a once and leave us to the mercy of a conference. Louiivilie Couri?r-.IoMr,al (dem.). There is no reason for h"!irving that the senate, as it now is m,ide up. will approve the Tucker bill. The course of the people Is plain. They must continue to exert their infiucr.ee indlnvnly but effectively In so changing the ser.at as to bring It under thir control morally, and to this end it is indispensable that they shall speak freely and spontaneously in every stat. through their local conventions, whenever a vacancy in the renate of the United States is to be ?il'. ?d. Politicians of Illinois, if they are possessed of any political sagacity for the furure. will read in the favorable report of the house committee on the Tuek?r till a warning whose significance is obvious tc 11 Intelligent men. Let the people speak in Illinois on the senatorship question. The politician- who attempts to s'Jfl their voice is on the way to political suicide. Chicago Herald (dem.). The only thing a democrat of can do while this bill is being passed is to consent to It as a necessity of the situation, and, as Rosco Conkling s?!1 he would do when compromise New York nominations were being confirmed, hold his nose. In democratic clrrles the "tariff for revenue with incidental protection" is a discard. The difference between American and European waces as a product of tariff legislation Carrot fool a democrat aeain at least, not until protected manufacturers pay ?.n averaea of wages equal to the genral average cf handicraft wages in the country. A senator can vote for the bill and be a ciemocrat. He can say that he will take the best he can get. He cannot ray that this bill is correct on principle, ind cannot cite Blaine's and Harrison's versions ft tariff principles without being in fat. if not in name, a blue-bellied Tory republican. Pt. Louis Republic (dm.). Senator Mills's vote against free iron ore will be regreitM by many of his friends who do not understand bis situation. Mr. Mills was on the subcommittee whn this t articular ov.i cession was male to the "conservatives." and he agreed to a duty on ore 'i; return for free word and other benefit to the consumer. lie wr.s keeping r.'xi pledga in voting as he dli. Juvt as he . keeping1 another phdge in voting against the more recent and more f.agrant cobjessions to th "onriprvativ."'3." Moreover, a pnod many sincere tariff ref -irrner" lost Interest In fire mal ar;l free irn rr when many Massachusetts democrats, under the lead -f ex-Onvernor "William E. Russell, signed a circular urqring protection for the sugar tru?t. Kre-3 coal and iron ore were to he boons for N'ew Enerlar.d. but if New England dm-rnts were to be in favor of trust?, wliy mete a struggle in their behalf? N. V. World (dem.). THK SEX ITC INQUIRY. The committee FhouM lose no time in reconsidering its decision and correcting its mistake. Star chamber proceedings on any kind are contrary to American ideas of government, and secrecy in the investigation of charges of attempts V influence legislation improperly is especially objectionable. Tins is a matter in which the people have a vital interest and the right to know the whole truth. There is no good reason why the facta should not be made public, and very cogent reasons why they should be. Without any opportunity for suppression there can be no popular suspicion ot suppression. X. Y. Herald (ind.). The investigation will probably amount to nothing, and the wily old confidants of the sugar, lead, iron and coal trusts will come out gieaming' with freshly applied whitewash. But the mere fact that the inquiry was held, and that, too, behind closed doors, will have its effect n again attracting the attention of the people to the rottenness of the United States senate, its devious and dark practices, and to its utter uselessness as a governmental institution. In so far will th Investigation, however much of a sham, operate to the public good and the final abolition of the senate a consummation most devoutly to be wished. Chicago Times (dem.). This is not a case In which the senate sits as a tribunal to inouire Into the misdeeds of outside persons. It is an inqufet within the senate to discover the truth or falsity of charges made against members of the senate Itself. It is the senate's own attempt to purge itself of responsibility fur the offenses of its own members if any have offended and to establish by public proof tha falsity of the charges if they be false. In such a case the senate should challenge and court publicity. To holi such an Inouiry in secret will be a capital blunder. It will leave the senate smirched with suspicion, whatever the testimony may show the facts to le. Throw open the doors! X. Y. Worli (dem.). EmrIIiIi Women. A Minneapolis girl who has journeyed abroad writes to the Journal of that city as follows: "The Engli.sh women who walked the deck or lounged in steamer chairs on the passage over the channel did not look to me as though they re quired much chivalrous attention. They were too splendidly healthy and big to be coddled. The general sameness among them made it possible to at once sum up the tpye of British womanhood. Tall, fiat-breasted. large feet and hands, f A. 1 . strong, intellectual iuce, i r.'ün com plexions, a striding gait, which is not exactly graceful, and very musical voices: these are the general attributes. On the whole, I like the type, but they could stand a little toning down in places and touching up in points. They have the oddest style of dress for the moment. It is the fashion to pile tha hair in a great wad on the back of the neck and to plaster the fringe in a frouzle over the brow, with an Invisible net holding it down. The hats are large, rolled un from the sides, and trimmed heavily at the back, so that the head seems dragged down behind. Bonnets are also worn on the very back of the coiled hair, and are mostly invisible from the front view. Traveling dresses and street dresses are all made with waistcoats and jackets. The four-in-hand scarf is giving way to a straight, narrow bow. Silver chatelains make a pleasant jingle wherever a woman walks, and a tightly-furled umbrella gives her a good walking stick. Even to gloves tha English woman Is masculine, for sha wears heavy dogskin ones that are loos and clasp with a snap button." A Dimmit TU. Tramp "You has purty easy tlmen nothin to do but stand here sellin lad pencils." Pencil Peddler "Think it's easy, do yeh? Don't you know pecple won't buy pencils of a feller on th' street unless ho looks starved an' Rejected an despairin'?" "That's easy." "Taln't easy to look that way right along, w'en y'r rakin' in four dollars a day." N. Y. Weekly. T pe 3Iixel. A curious typographical error in a your woman's colh-ge paper makes it appear that Miss Sarah Elba Perkins will speak on commencement day on the subject cf "Destiny Lined with Pink Satin and a Panache of Black Feathers." Harper' Bazar. 'Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder A Pur drape Cream pi Tartar Powder