Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 21, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 February 1889 — Page 6

REMAINS OF THE FLAG.

The Flag Mut tinted at Simoa Rceiv&d at tha State Dapartmtnt. A Letter From Sr,rUnry Whitney te Sen. rrtary, ltavanl ltrqaitlHe Ah AntiHiicmat or Our Follcy la Kojcard to hiimou. Washington, Jan. 3.VAt the State Dlrtiiicnt yesterday there were rmisiwl a budget o, dispatches from Vice-Coasul General Blaekloek, giving the full details -of occurrence tn the Isauioan Islands jp fto the departure of the mall steamer that 'left Apia for San Frauclsco, January 5. The dispatches are voluminous, aud wtbstr.ntially bear out In detail th' special advice telegraphed from San Francisco a week ago. The bloody scenes described as bavins: occurred on the nlghfcs of l)ocember Hi and is do not lose any of their lawless -..;( in the cool, clear, matterof -ii-.i narration of Vice-Consul Oenornl Uliu'kloek. ThJro was not time after the ivcoipt of the dispatches yesterday to properly examine mid arrange them for the press, as they were not made public. .Secretary liayard spent the afternoon in .their perusal, and stated last night that they would either bo made, public on Mouday or transmitted to Cougress as supple.incutal to the correspondence now before the Senate and House. In tins latter case they will b j given to" thu press wlthiu n yfew days. Hut if far more interest than tho packet .containing these dispatches, which in the main are repetitions of what has already appeared, was a curious little bundle that arrived in the same mail. It was perhaps ten inches Ions; by four or five In diameter, covered iu heavy brown paper, tied with stoat twine, aivl bore four great seals . of the United fitates Consulate-General at Apia, Sainoau Island. It was addressed to "(!corge L. Hives, Assistant Secretary of State, Washington, 1). C, United States of America," and upon one side it bore this superscription: Kemaias of an American n.is burned with an American house by tho German mun-of-war vO)t;a, December!!!. 183. "The package also bore tho postmark of ."Apia, together with .fl. 40 in postage stamps and a mark of registration. When it was opened it presented a Sight calculated to make th blood 1kU iu the veius of every patriotic American cltizon. When the :flag wax now it probably measured PixS feet, and was made of stout limiting. Long flapping iu the Pacific breeze had frayed out the ends and snapped them into llttlo ribbons of red aud white, but it was nevertheless a goodly flag to look upon, and the siht of it must have warmed tho cockles of many a wandering American in that semi-barbarous cllino before it fell to the hand of the lawless Germans, who, careless of American rights and In--ditTerent to the dignity and majesty of the "'Stars and Stripes," set fire to tho building over which it proudly waved. As the -package containing the flag was unrolled bits of charred bunting broke off from the remnants and fell to the floor in showers, aud when it was quite uufoldod there remained nothing but a ragged, ill -shaped fragment of red, white aud blue cloth, torn by the wind, pierced by the German bullets and half eaten by the hungry flames that lapped the flag-staff as it waved above the house it was intended to protect from tho assaults of the lawless. Assistant Secretary Rives quickly gathered it up ami took it for examination to .Secretary Bayard, after which it was carefully laid away under lock and key. It was said at the Department that It would probably be sent to Congress with the dispatches narrating the manner or its destruction, and would afterward find a place among the relics in the State Delartiuent library. DEMANDED A. DSt'INITB I'OMCY. ""secretary Whitney some time ago ad'dressed a letter to Secretary Bayard, as .head of the State Department, asking for the announcement of a definite National policy in regard to Samoa. Tho State Department failed to respond to the request. Tho Secretary yesterday sent a letter to Mr. Herbert, aud inclosed a copy of the written request for the definition of a National policy width he had addressed do the Secretary of State on tin oth of .January, as hoou as ho new.s of Gerunany's depredations reached this GovernmentIn those dispatches is tho text both of "Secretary Whitney's letter to Mr.Hctbort and of his previous letter to the SecroAary of State. This correspondence jHpeakR for itself. "There is no antagonism at proscut between the Stato and Navy Departments," Kaid Secretary Whitney yesterday, "This department ban had no direct reply ye t from the Stato Department to the letter -of Jnnuarr fi. but then tho State Ihm.irtment, or rather the President on the l'th hist., referred tho whole question to tho wiser and wider discretion of Congress, which of course renders a direct reply from the State Department unnecessary. Mvnnlv obiect." sa dt lie Secretary, "was to obtain such information as would on able me to know how to direct tho officers of the Department in order to realize tho imrtioses of this Government, ir tne in terventiou Of tho navy was wanted in the .settlement of tho Samoau difficulty, it srius desirable that the Navy Department vrimiil.l know what was internum that wo niitrht know what to do. I could not help feeling this was a question which would arouse notiulnr sentiment, mm i was anxwhs that in case of any popular dissatis faction or disappointment tho Navy lie "imrtment should not be put in a false Held, because if the Navy Department was .imt hoard from, and every thins did not mo right, there can ba no doubt that the .Navy Department would have come in for inlimo all around. I didn't want to have iho Navy D apartment kicked. That's why I asked far tho announcement or a definite National policy," and that, it may 1. added (without having authority from the Secretary for making tho addition), is Abe reason why Secretary Whitney has .thouifht it proper to make public tho cor ospondonce between himself and HeprexcHta Ive lleroert. Wh a it v.ni reported t'.iat tho G rmnu men-of-war were playing havoc with American rights and interests in Samoa, the question which first presented Itself to tho thought of alt but diplomats and 1 thosu versed in tho ways of statecraft -was not what will th State llepurttnont to. but whero is the American navy? -Secretary Whitney knew that. Ho knew that if n policy of inaction or indecision were pursued I v this Government, and if the German n.en-of war continued their depredations in Samoa, aud if the Ameri can pec ph) loat patience with t lie slowness of t ut Government, mat too myy no partmt.nt would eomo In for a large share of noim nr execration, tun tutu is wny .Hecretary Whitney has taken the course pursued by him, botli in calling for a deft tdte policy and in making public the fact ilhalue did so.

it u net Secretary Bayard ta-u is WMYt for how, but Congrew, aad on an early day this wk a distinct declaration of th iai?btlms of th UttlteU States with rgard to Saoum may l wxpvcted f row t floimte, whtefa will 9 promptly follow! by the Hohs. SKCKKTAKY WKITNRY TO RafKIWKXTATl.'a HKKHKKT. Washisotox, Jau. 27. Th followiag latter from Secretary Whltaay t Cou grwssium Herlwrt was mad public yf trday aftmooti: Hen. M. .1. r rt, f X-prttrtln: :siK-! have th honor to nckaowledtee tte receipt J your lettw of Ja inary l, iu whlek yen rtqucttthut there way be tranimltted to the naval committee of the House any recent reports from the o(nir of th vls utatuwett sntheSaiHoan Mnmls showing the conillUoa f thiDR, and the wxpicat of the Department for thii imnouncement of a ileftnite paticy referred k by me tn'my totter of the M it., If part of th reeirtl of the lleiartmcat. There are no later reports than those, copies of which were transmitted to C mures in a message of the President of January I 11. prtuteJ In executive document Ne.Mof the Son-

ate. The communication of the Department to j tho Secretary of Stafj in reference to the anRouticeaient of a deatte iwlicy is cmtalned In j a tetter, copy of wtitch is iclos(l, Your tetter j also contains tho following request: "I should J be Rind to know if any further enlargement of the npf roirat!ons of your Department should be mud- in view of cx.stiiu; coivliUon ' Tots ' inqptrj upon tt face terms to put upon thisj Department the rcsponditttv of eMmnt'Hg , for tWilWe expmtitur,'. arisin out of condlUnits which it can not arttlc'l'Jte. Until a ice'ion is rcacuwi iw to me poncy i this tiaverinnont regnrdiag tU mdrpemlenco of tho Sun tan group of islands no jtuVmeiit can lie formed upon tho subject of possible ox- i P"ndtHres. up to the pres'mt time tne Department Is not aware that we have had any National policy upon the subject, No thor ttto t Monroe doctnno nor any other expression, of ( Nuttonat policy Is understood to apply to tho s islamWot tlio 1'ieltle. One byono theyhava ; been tntsen wltliout Interference from us. If there Uto be 0 now kprturo affeetlnst thla Broupof islands. I ooncMve that the Departmentlsqu'te able now to perform every uiy arisioR out of ex-stln!,' conditions. Unless . there n a t inflict between the policy or ims ; Government and that of some other power, differences will doubtless be harmon'zod and . extraorJIuarj expenditures will lw called for. Havins lirotiifht to the attention ot tlio appropi late department tho circumstances socially within the observation of this D"pirtmont seeming to call for definite Instructions to Its officers, and the whole matter having shIhoQuentlybeen laid before ronxres by the Pres ident, It would be preferable that th's Department fhoubl not anticipate conditions beyond Its authority. Very respectfully. W. C. WlUT.VBV, Secretary of the Navy. Washlnsctop. II. C January 5. THK SOTE 70 BAYAUP. The following is the inclosure above ro f erred to: Sik lnclos'Ml herewith I send copy or utspatch J'wt received by way of New Zealand, from the captain of tho Nlpsic, now at Samoa. Tlio Department Is atdo to send immod'ately two additional vessels to Samoa in response to ttds retjuest, and has given direction that they bo made ready to reeo'vo sailing orders, and won hi u pleaod to strenzthen the force at the S.unoan Inlands by thesO and other vessel of tho P.ieille squadron if ny useful purpose is to ho served thereby. If. however, the purpose oi the German Government, now made entirely clear, imposes no duty upon the officers of the squadron, to strengthen tho naval force at those Island, wou'.d only ptare the offl -ers under Irritating condition, with no duty to perform, nnd would n alt probability give rise to trouble. Tho Nlpsic Is entirely adequate for the protec tion of our Consulate and as an asylum for noncomlntants untitled to 1ho protection of our Government. In view of tho critical situation at tho SAmoan Islands. It seems to th Departmentthat the offl-ers of the squadron, if farther vessels are to bo dispatchod. Should receive in" structimisof a detinue character as to their duty In the promes, From the corrspondonee heretofore held between the Department of tt.it-! and the Garman Government, and from tho reports re ceived from our naval officers and tho consular agent at tho island, it appears clear that the Conquest of these islands Is Intended by the German Government in the intereus or a commercial company, and is beln consummated by overt acts, whtoli aro multiplying day by day ThCro is no longer any other pretext Upon which cm bo explained tho Inter ferenceof tho German man-ot-war in ino contest in pneross uport tho island of op oto. I apprehond that tho officers of the navy win not HHuirttand without detlnttc advices to that effect what their duty may Iwj under tho circumstances as they ro developing. Our antecedent relations to this group of islands and to the Sandwich Islands have been ,of an ex ceptional character. anJ will b likely to givo ris.i todoHbts In tho minds of the officers as to their duty under existing conditions. In these two groups of islands uv treaty naroors iiara been rce'rved for the uso of tho navy of tho United States, and as to tho Samoan group, tho thro Governments Germany, Great llntnin and theUnlioJ Statcs-havf up to recent date acted together upon the theory of mutual cooporaltoa In preservlr.'? tlio autonomy of tho people of tho Samoan Islands. harbor t fs.iraoa win Become or .-sanonai Importance to us m the future as a naval pow er, butu the lsianus are to Rounuerinc minion of Germany, U would cease to be of usa to us. Tho Department lias heretofore directed the officer of the squadron lo act in accordance with the instruction which tho consular agent nt.Sain.ia shall receive from tho Depirtmentor State, but in view or tuo into novices and this request for an addit onal force, the Department desires to ba advised whether it is tho purpose of the Government to announce any policy regarding the S.unoan group of which tho officers should bo advised. Very respoctJully, W. G. WntrNKV, secretary oi two uvy. Washington. D. C. January ii. Colonel tVudr on the Oblulnuim Invasion. Chicago, Jan. 27. J. V. Wade, tlio votnicest Colonel m tlio united states army, arrived, with his lster, at tlio I,eland yesterday. Colonel mule is tlio commander of Kt. Heno, in tlio Indian Territory, and irt the man l'nwnee Hill will have to copo with if he attempts to make nuy forcible entry upon Oklahoma. Tho Colonel gives It as his oplulon, However, that neither Pawnee Hill nor any one else Is going to do any thing so rash. Ho says he never heard or Pawnee 13111 until recently, and that, with all tlio investiga tion lie has been able to make, ho can find no indication of any such raid being contemplated as tho papers aro continually publishing yarns about, uoionoi wane snys ho knows tho people down thera well; knows they are a roving, nomadlo class, and woulil no willing nt any tunc to jump In and grab laud whenever there is a reservation opened ; out trom wnnt no lias seen he rtuds U hard to believe that any unknown adventurer like l'awneo Bill could gather adherents enough to carry out such a scheme. "I hoard that wtciuta wns tno sranu rendezvous of Pawnee Hill's trootw, ana on my way here I stopped there to invosGtfiite. hut could find nothing to prove tno truth of the report; and the more I think of t ho matter and tho more I iook into it the loss fear I have of any demonstrate uf tho kind." Ful A Accldnnt. Janksvim.k, Wis., Jan. ?& Mnio Hoillgan nnd Nellie Hoherty were thrown from a buggy while returning front a party this morning. Miss uoiugan was instant lv killed and her companion suffered in tertial injuries from which reeovery 14 very doubtful.

GERMAN AMERICANS.

CoHgrestHtMH UitwHtlieri of Wlentn. Stmtklnif for 111 l!iHiHtrvmtH, Nv While Thcrx I No IlitHicxr of War -twceo Anicrleii and Germany. There N No Doubt of the l..Hlly f JeriH AiHerle.iM to thf Laud of Toelr .dap tloH ,M m -1 1 1 t first, l.nat and All tls Tltoi, ttlifhl or Wro'ig. W.vsiiixutoX. Jau. . Th quot Ion ha lMen askeil what the attitude of our Uer-lHHU-Ainerican cltiaens would 1m in cas war broke out between th United Stat-M aad Germany, and tho real sentiment of this portion of American cltlaeuKhip on the subject f our present relation wltli die German Gimrnment touching thu B:imoau Islituds is a matter of considerable Interest and speculation. Th German JlinistsT in Washington, as already reported, is taking great pains to find out through tlio German-Americau press and other available means tlio G irumn-American sutimeut in the premises, The Hermans In tliis country are generally udmitted, in ordinary matters not involving absolute hostility to the Katherlaud, to bo quite as American a the American themselves, lint how they would feel and how they would rK'ht if tludr .tdoptoil country and tho land of their birth adwtihl be placed face to face in battle array if yet an nnvdved problem. It would on extremely new situailou, and :rt experiment which ha mnvr yot boon trivl. Many Uermuus left their 'native bind to escape the iron rule of Hisnnrck. ntfl rune to the United States for tho inuicfit of a freer, easier life. Tho conscript iw.s of Germany, to them, made lifo almost unedurbK there, and when It wsi only to protect thMn from the claims and tho grap of their Iron Chnncelor tint tho United States woulil interfere in their behalf, it was cosy for litem to choose between one government and one country and another, but it would be an Mitirely different case if they were ttsjceii to go on board a United States man-of-war, or shoulder musket nuj go in tho field in front of a German army ami blaze away at their brothers and cousins whom they left behind in the old country. Congressman Gmmther, of Wisconsin, is tho most prominent representative German-American iu Congrtfxs. H has no hesitation iu declaring for tlio Uuited States against Germany, all along th line, in war, as well as iu peace; 'There i going to he no war between Germany and the United States," said Mr. Guentlier to your correspondent. "The two countries aro too far apart to make a fight tmssible. A battle between the inhabitants of Mars aud Jupiter would be a feasible aud pretty nearly as probable. We aro not going to fight about any differences that may exist between opposing faction iu h little bit of a place like Hainan, where there are ouly about thirty thousand jh-ojiIc. wich as they are. all told. We may send out gunboats to enter the competitive drill show with the gunboats of the Gorman Kuipiru at Samoa. Our consular nnd naval officers nnd the consular and naval officers or Germany may talk very high to each other anil may send very spirited reports to their respective governments, but tlie.so are only harmless embelUhmimtH of diplomatic correspondence. They are sent out there fdmply to point a moral and adorn a tale, to make life iutoretiug and to impart a picturesque aspect of National affair.. No hostile shot will ever be exchanged in Samoan waters or elsewhere between the men-of-war sent thero by Prince llimarck and Uncle Ham. Atuericwi citizens of German birth anil (i.'rinaii descent know a wed as any other clas of American citizens where their dull s belontr. Wo will work for our country in time of ponce and fight for it iu time of war, if n time of war should ever come. When I nay our county, I mean, of rotirse, our adopted country I mean the Unit.'d States of America. After passing through the crucible of naturalization we are no longer Germans : wi are AnlerU'uns. Our attachment to America can not bo measured by the length of our residency, here. We are Americans from the moment we touch the American shore until we are laid in American graves, Wo will fight for America whenever necessary: America ftr.d, last and all the iirii"; America against Germany: America against the world: America, ri'lit or wroair: always America. Wo are Amer icans." The KtndiHMl KHithoix r.el-on tlio Hat' and iivi lipparttinMit. WHiiiNOTos', .Tup. 21. Tho ofut U centers of Washington have awakened to a souse of the strained relations between tho Htate and Navy Departments ari-ing out of a difference of views as to the proper course to bo pursued by the Gnverumeat in the samoan aft dr. the publication Sunday of tliecorresponile:ieo between Secretary Wiiltuy and ItMwsejitative Herbert, which has bun nrnde the vehicle of th" information that tho policy of unlimited patience ptirsitml by tho State Department was not concurred in bv the NavV Department, can he Inter preted only iu one way, nnd that is in aeord with tno advance mrornnuon rivi-u Saturday. It is not In .Secretary Whitney's nature to sit inactive aud silent and have his Department charged with its nhnreof blnme for a policy which, In thu councils of tho Government, lie strenuously opposed. Tile rumor was current here Sunday night that cither .Secretary Wh tnv or Secrotarv liayaru win resign within the next few days, the report ev mi going so far as to say that a resignation has already been offered to the President. While it is not known tnat mesa rum-n n,.v foundation in tact. tu present strained condition of affairs in tho Cab inet is undoubtedly thO causo oi uiuir i:;rcttlatlon, and the developments of tho next few days will bo watched with unusunl interest. The State Department has neon sun icctcd to no llttlo criticism since the pub. licatlon of Hecrorary Whitney's letter to .inti.il .Tniiiitirv ed tu the oaten or cornHponuemw swni- io Congress, under date of January 1(5. Hntd a mctnbor of the Senate foreign relations committeo Hundays ".Secretary Whitney had good reasons to clmfo nntii'r the action of the Htat-i lie partment, and his letter was just mch us a man of his tetnpu'.imunt would havo written under the circumstances." Tcrrilln t-Uplosloii, Hcrantox, Pa., Jan. 21-A terrifle cx plasioit occurred nt Harvoy's Hik Mill this morning. Otto of tho four larnuooll era In use exidoded, tearing the engine and lmller rooms to pieces and throwing, llm debris in nverv direction. One side ol tho mill was completely wrecked and the three floors' were tilled with bricks ami pieces of timber. Tho engineer, Nieh. olas Hchistul, nnd Horace Anderson, fireman, were badly scalded. August Albert, tiothor nremaii.atid Alfred HarVoy, ownerof thu mill, who were In thn ettglmj. runrn were stliehtlv cut by flying debris. HchlstePs home, a small two-story frame hocsn cloao by, was literally torn to pieces Md kU wife wm covered With wrwkag

Mr. HaVard, in which ho asks that a donnite policy lie outlined for the bmiout l tho Navy llcparlnicnt. The letter wm

5. lSSt. but was not liiciuii-

WE HAVI A POLICY. NerrtHry ltayart ltlHWHi That We !! m rttlley la KeiHrtt ih Khhkw and That It Has Heen C'H.lteHHjr Adhered tt The Trouble Ih tho I. land, lino t I'ttllilml aul Commercial lHtrlnw Th 0lt or AmtlaOH with That or llaytl. II.M.TtxoKK, Md., Jau. Tl Hum's oirwsiiondeut called ujou Secretary Ikiyard last night at his rsideuce and had hh extended interview with him oh tlieKaiuoAU question. Mr. liayard dewribed the course of the Department of State in reference to Samoau affairs and the latest phane of the question. To the mtate-" meat that the Administration had been twitted with having no definite policy on the Kaiuolin qit?tlou, he referred to the I'resideutV message to Conres and aceoinjHsiiyim; iUuineutsi, which, he ald, h)iovv that the Admiulmtratiou long ago defined its policy with reference to the S.unosu islands, and has wmsistently adlieriul to t ever sluce. Tliat jKilicy Was one or friendly interest In Somen, with neutrality, so leng us the other jiowcrs having interest on the Maud Great llritain and Germany hud exhausted the art of diplomacy to secure the Samoau

people the right t govern themselves ami oroteetiou from foreign contro. Germany ami Gyeat Britain both assented to this iHlhy, nnd the ats of Germany iuconsistent with the.e professions hftVe grown out of petty political intrigues atnoug native chiefs and the rivalry of foreigners for iuMitenee and conmiorclal suprcmncy. Vllh regard to the failure of thte Government to protest vigorohsly ngniiHt Germany's treatment of the Samosui King, Mr. liayard states that he bus no authority for such n course. Malie'tou Was not a citizen of the United State-, nnd American rights had in no way la-en Invaded. Germany claimed that Malictoa had viola tetl Ids treaty obligation, and that he was an eneinv wliom wlie liad the right to eise. Mr. Bnvard said ho did whiU tlw? treaty with .Samoa obligated this country U do. Ho used tho good office of this country again and again, but without result. Mr llavard states tint from the very beginning of the Samoau troubles Germany has professed the utmost friendliness to t'ie United States and regard fbr American Interests on the islauds. Only yesterday lie received a communication from, the (lermanMinister expressing n sineeri" desire to reaeli si settlement satisfactory to this country. The whole trouble, in Mr. ItayariPa opinion, is due to the course of the German trading cominmie, which have large interests in the islands. They have driven to commit their government to indorsement of nets intended to promote tlieir interests and practically toeourw litem coutrol of affairs. "It is not true." said the Secretary,, "that American property has Iieeu wantonly destroyed by the Germans or tho American Mug fired upon. The tattered remnants of the ting said to have been 'fired upon by the Germans were received, at the State Detmrtment yesterday. It was not the t'.ag at the American Consulate, but whs in a little village which was being-shelled by the Germans. Tim village took fire aud the flag was partly burned. It was not hoisted in abortion jf any American rights and Was not lived on nor insulted. Ih.-sldoK the German (lovernmcut hasexprossly declaimed any intention of giving this country caue of jftense." Hi reply to those who contract the vigorous course of Secretary liayard toward the pimv Republic of Hayti with his alleged timidity iu dealing with tho big Kiupire of Germany, the secretary said the situations In Ilnytl and Samoa were widely different. Hoytt had distinctly violated its treaty obligations to this country, and had seised an AmArican vessel. "The United States," said Mr. Hayird, in this instaiice had a righMoaet done, for It alone was concerned in the proceedings complained of. In the Samoau islands, on th other hand, American interest are ouly indirectly threatened. The coaling station at I'angjqmtigo, secured to the UniteStutes by treaty, Is 'not involved. Pangopango is" on another island, and Germany does not seek to interfere with American authority there. The Germans are confronted with pretty much the same situation iu Samoa as that iu which the United i.nt..s was Involved wttu nayu. mrj claim thnt the Samoaus, as did tne naytlens, broke their treaty engagements. Mid that they have the right to punish them." , In this connection Secretary Haynrl .i i .... tr.wihn? fact. During the (roubles growing out of the seizure of he steamer Haytiea Itepublic he 1-rench ruorescntativo In Haytl is said to have in terfered tor the puriM.se or iJiiugn.K " -the confiscation Of the vchkcI. Sec i el.it Iluvard eonimunicatcu u is wi .u rVencli Government, which protnp t y disavowed its agent's conduct. Mr. iiapnrd den not appear to think that Germany v"l be likely to do any thing calculated to offend this country seriously, ilslusotui help it. THE SAMOAN ISLANDERSA lira vi. Unco Who Will Hnht to th I.ISt Man lo Slir-li l Thrlr l,llfrl If.. Nkw YokK, Jnn. yp.-Coiisitl-tJenernl itcwall, who luiK been before the Ketiato cotnmittee telling w'tat ho knew alwut unhappy Samoa and the bold 4fforw of the tJcrinans to contrcl andtlominale the Islandi, imssed through the city yesler-.i..v-in route for his limne- in Maine. Humors to tno enact Mini uiiawimi.ii.ii hh resignation are untrue. He is aim an otllclal, and will soon start rr Minion, a reporter asked him if he had retid he accounts or mo recmu mm.o and the motliods the uermans wv to bulldoze the natives. He Said: "Yes, 1 have read every word. I can not spea .,c ih.mii affairs. The Hnmoann aro a .brave people, and they will perish to a . . . . in ....... .... .1,,, III.. man neroro tney wn kiw u. crty. They see how iiattcrs stanu, ami, although only Hemi-clvilized, they are making a tight for freedom and liberty with the same spirit and bravery that our forefathers evinced over one hundred years ago, when they drove irom nun blessed land our Ilritish oppressors. I am tied tip bo I tau "l peivk freely. I naturally aymiattltixo with a bra s race who aru striiggllug for liberty." I'olltles anil Itudiiess -A Failure iKtilAXAimuH, Ind., Jan. tH-Consldcr-able excitement was caused late yesterday afternoon by the annouticanient of tho failure of John K. Hullivati, county clerk tttid jmckor and shipper of poultry. Philip M. Unpen Is made trustee of ButHvnnN property, and W. K. Hproule, n deputy clerk, Is given a deed of trust to run tho clerk's 01het as trustee aud to collect fees to he iippllml to the expenses of the office and to litigants and other persons having money on deposit there. Whether or not there Is a shortage in tho cleric's ofllce Is uot known. Hulllvan was elected clerk on the Daiuoeratta tluket about two 'years ago, and says th pease of the campaign were $10,009.

SENATORIAL POETRY.

4 Xew VmlMH t "MaryU I.lttlti I.mmOi" rro.lvoed h KHstor Vmhih. OurMary hnd n liltltt UmW, And herhvnrt whrhnmI intent, Tn wAk tu wool beyiMtd IU worth, llriHgMtperwut. Hut a Muper rtrl hh the mm llnd im kwntl Ihhso nlM, Wtiei wool lor Mm than halt Wit turn fchw'd wllltmiU' lt m. Another dirt wbe had no ifeaep Nortot'hiom--wol norMsx Put woiicr jut enouith to buy A pair without the tux, Wtmt to the pantr trr to net iwii wool to shield her feet, And make her hUm-Miik'. wotof Unt, Hut both of whvI iMwiilt. When Mary w thn K rt's deshjn She strahrht bryon to gwear She'd wake her buy both "soot ad tt Or let one lev: e hare. go Bhe.eri! outs "l'.otwtt refrnt Ii meper heet wool free S If it wdl keep both her leys wnra What will eneourAiio w?" So U wm dew, and js-opl swhl Wlnirtf e'er that jMirKlil went, One leg was w ai med with wool andis With 66 tier eeat, Now. irie fa ary and hw lawu Who did this sckeuio Invent, To cUitho one-hidf a Klrl :n wool . Aud m-hulf hi ir mt. Alt t-eribr, too,, to Mary frhjiwl, And all proicctie acts, That chesrdy t'Mhe rich in wool. And wrap the poor m ux. SPRINGR'SSCHEME. An Hilltop CotiKreHHiiiHii's Plan for CoihIliilC the rreitideiltlal Vote. The proposition, of CongrMumn Springer to elect Unr President aid Vico-I'rosidont by a direct vote, of tho people, ouch State to be entitled to m many votes us it may huvo Sotiutors nnd Hoin'osontatlvos iu Coiiti!s, will probably receive the serious consideration of the Hons). Mr. Springo:- recently made an interesting computation of the voto in, tho recent election, based upon hiasystem, which provides that Hho aggregate popular Voto in ouch Suite shall be divided by the number of Presidential votos to which oneh Statu is entitled, tho quotient to be tho "ratio of the Presidential vote, nnd the' cntidl dates having- the lnrgufd frac tions being- entitled to tlut odd Presidential votes. According to tho plan Mr. Cleveland would have received votos. General Harrison. 187, and Fisknnil Strootor. tho Prohibition. and Labor cunilidutoM respectively. 2 oach, milking in all 101. Tliuo votes, divided among this vatdoiH would have stood as follows State, (') Ihrr1' Itimt, c, ;i ST.VTK. Alat'Stiia. .... 1 ArltiM rutifornia'.... .... Colorado , CotMlcetkiHt .... .. 0(kw"ii rtf Kiondn.,.. ....... tieerifla Illinois. ... ...... Inilmna..... Iowa.... Kimsas.... ....... Keutnehy,... .... Lou Alana.WmIh ...... Mnrylioid ........ Mai;t'huietis.. Micfc:?au.... MiniieMita . VI stHilip: Miftstrar Nehrasku ........ Nevada . ., New It.itnpshtra. Xew J.Tsvy...... No Yorlt. ...... Nor'h Carolina... Oh o , Oregon-. - ... leonylvan,tn..,. UhcMle Islawl ..t S.noh Carolina.. Tennewje ... Tex.is.... .... Vermont. ....... V.rtfiri'n. .8' ', ! ". . A i n H K ' " 1 -'' 4 8 a1 A i u I K H A 7 1 i IT H 11 1 11 i in 1 s t IS f. w IS a r. n 8 3 IJ West VlrKodH... Wiseoniiln ToUls.. 1ST BLOODY-SHIRT JOHN. Thn Ohio I'hwrisec'K Corrupt and Vt'Jofced I'niitrallziilK 1'roject. Senator Sherman has prepared a bill to regulate tho election of mem- , bcrs of Congress which is intended W place in tho hands ot the President ; the control of tho Houmj of Heprosen-i Uitivos. It is n bold undHtartHtisr prop-; osition to centralize the (lovornmont in tho Kxcctttlve Department. Senator . board of canvassers and throe persona in each Congress district an electoral board for such district, tliolr terms to ho during good behavior.- The olectofat board of each district ia to appoint a registrar for each precinct orelection district, to holdotllco for six: years, and three judges e election for each precinct or election. distrioL. A registration of voters shnll bo made and only those registered shall b per mitted to voto. It is ho plain as-to require n. argument to demonstrate it, fclmt tlve-elTcct of this measure would fee- to put tho control of tho election machinery, so far us Congressional elections aro con cerned, absolutely la tho hands of tho President. Ho would. If he woro so minded, bo able to secure at any timo tho election of a Congress which would Hcrvo tho prpoe of his ambition. Tho independence of tho Legislative branch ol tho Coverninent would thus bo placed at the morey of tho Kxeeutive. Instoad of purifying elections or enlarging tho freedom of suffrage, it would tend to tho further corruption of tho ballot through the patronage of the redoral uovornmont and tho exclusion of thousands of working-men from tho polls who can not afford to lotto tho timo to apply for registration before Federal as woll as State ofikjials. It la simply a cunning but cumbrous device to narrow tho privllogos of tho poople at tho ballot-box. Senator Sherman protends that his hill is Intended to insure fair elec tions." Pah! If this Ohio pharHeo .meant to promote falrnena nt Congressional elections he would Imgln his work nt the beginning. Ho would propose a measure lo prevent the gor rymanderlng of Stat'w In Congreasion al apportionments by whloh nearly

twioa aa mry roum km require ut eleut a cndJhito f one pwt'ly m Hie naoeaaary to jrivw the election to a oandldate of Hiiotlier party, I !o wouUl nay to bis imrty la (Ajagre. lt h prohibit tho appurtloiiHMMtt of Suujs Inui Congressional dlntriou ami Ax a ratio for the alaotioH of Cong'sm by dividinif thu vote of a State by the number of Congressmen to be uhoatm Mm) ailHilttlhjr to soata only tmoh !andltlntoa its receive the fall mtlo or more or come poorest to receiving lite full ratio. If he were lo do this imd Congress were to adopt the suggeetiim there might 1e something of the semblance of fair eleetlous of Cougrremen Hai-rUbing (Pa.) Patrlet,

ARRIVED 1 -Ci HJ 1J w ' th W T ill PRESfOEMJj J, CF. R I'm here, ministration. 1'iick. I'etoh on your NOTES OF THE DAY. 'Mr, Dudley, of Indiana, appears to be another man of destiny. Wo believe that is What they call it when a man keeps out of jail and doesn't full into tho soup. Chicago Times. Cart Stihurx, in speaking of the necessity of reduction, said recently: "I predict, almost with certainty, that utiles nil essential reduction of tho taritT takos plneo during President ilurriHon's Administration a swooping reaction will coma at its end." Ccneral Harrison says he would like to hour a ' bugle call throughout tho land ueuwndtn"; a pure ballot-' In ins own Stato the only "bugle call" we hnvo recently heard was MJuhdod by a Republican, and it culled for "lloaters in blocks of live." Ulloa (N'. Y.) ()lsorvcr. It is sisrnitlcant that tho only H-j-pwblicans who huve shown any disositio, to supimrt a more liberal turi'T jHdicy aro to lie won back by tho offer of an extrcmcc and more unjustifiable form of favoritism than the jmrty has over before da ml to surest. X. Y. Times. , if bounties wore to hi sinwtituted forthehivh taviff, the stnpblost of voters would readily udertund tho robbery. The ltopubl leans will do well tor UiomtMilves to tight fehy of bountio. Tlie niteak-thlovlnif taritT is a much hotter thing for tlrdr bood.o. Louisville Courier-Journal. -The notion Which seems to prevail that Cabinet positions may Ite safo'.y offered to KopitbUean staUssmen with tlie ctiiHaiaty that they will bo declinMl. U ono of the most erroneous 1 Htid iiiiileadlng in politics. These statesmen aro never dendhoaxs m any etiterprtie. Chicago Herald., The man named Osgoodby, who expects an oflieo from the next President i'.i paymont for his authorship of tho Murchison" lottor. i said to be a plain farmer. Hut it is plain that by his jfreat and only literary work he has put himsolf on tho piano of a very disreputable and dirty dojj. Chicago Globe.. i -Tho exclusion of IngallH, "f Kansas, from tho formal ontsjrtainduty that tho President owed to nts guest a well as to his own i-eif-respect. It ie encouragiug to hear that this KantfaH person is beginning to recogniio that notwithstanding the position to which Ills fellow-Senators have exalted him his language and conduct have shut him olT from thu society of ladles and gentlemen. Philadelphia Times. It coal should not go upon the freo lift there Is no logic for exempting any thing from taxation. It Is a necessary of life, an cssuntlal to inanuf aulums. to transportation and to commerce. To tax the fuel of tho people In the interest of a few mine owner and railway companion when the Coverninent lias iOO,()00,OW of surplus revenue lu an abuse of tho tax ing power. Wo aro glad that oloven Democrats in the Senate had the courage to stand up for untaxed coal. N. Y. World. Immigration and Protection. Uoprosentativo Stewart, of Philadelphia, wants National legislation to restrict pauper and vicious immigration, and thinks a demand on Congrus by tho Pennsylvania legislature for a law on that subject would go far toward having the dealred object accomplished. Mr. Stewart says that tho importation of a foreign element in hits dtatilothiiS reduced wages from 1. 50 nnd tl.Tfi to 70 and 110 cents a day. According to the statement of Mr. Stewart tho nmnufaoltirora In tho Republican district which ho reprewmta are thu ambodtmedit of ingratitude. Although protected by a high tut'lff they employ paujior labor for 70 cents a day to tho exclusion of the American working-man. HarrUuut'g (I'h.) 1'-

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