Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1895 — Page 6

NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.

IndfAxapolis, March 19, 1895. The Fifty-Ninth General Assemblyof the State of Indiana adjourned sinedieone week ago last midnight, leaving an achingvoid, fractured ribs, broken heads, damaged clothes, tarnished r epu tat ions’ and abaci taste in the mouth with a great many people, as mementoes of an adjournment without precedent in the annals of this cpminonwealth. After an industrious perusal of all the journals on all sidesand in the middle of the political questions of the'day lam fully convinced that there was a “wow and a wumpus” in the Representatives’ Hall on the stroke ,6T~”midnight’s holy hour.” March 11,1895. As to the merits of the matters in dispute I find myself sadly mixed. It has been proved to my satisfaction several times that Private Secretary King tried to commit suicide by jumping out of the elevator and would have accomplished his fell design but for the earnest efforts of Representatives Adams and Boardman. Further, it® is equally clear that Custodian Griffin, armed with a chair, which he used as a bludgeon, inflicted all the physical injuries received by aH~thg injured men. He was a “holy terror” according to several accounts, and spread dest ruction and dismay on every hand. Representative Adams also was described as a gigaritic cyclone that inspired fear in the hearts of his opponents, and everything went his way when he started out to conquer. Again, it is equally clear that a mob of unnamed persons climbed oon the mahogany desks and not only lacerated their polished surfaces with their heels but by their vandalism caused Tim Griftin, the capitol custodian, to weepjn anguish at the almost irreparable injury inflicted on the beautiful furniture of the hall. Private Secretary King, in an interview at his home, last week, testified that he was not hit with fists, and flatly contradicted the story that Custodian Griffin hit hinyjyith a chair. He says the severe injuries received by him were the result of the pushing and jamming that threw him on the floor and that he was trampled upon by the mob. Altogether the episode was highly discreditable to the good name of the State. Indianapolis is poverty.-strlcken in the way of public parks, although amply provided with suitable-sites "for such pleasure grolin cis. A public sentiment in favor of an almost unlimited extension of our advantages in this regard which Las been growing for several years, culminated in a law which was passed by the Legislature at its recent session, which empowers the city-to make such improvements, and acquire such lands,, for park purposes, as are deemed advisable by a Board of Park Commissioners to be appointed by the Mayor. Mayor Denny, in pursuance of the provisions of this law, last week appointed as the first Board of Park Commissioners Messrs. Oran Perry, Frank Maus, W. H. Leedy, H. C. Alien and E. F., Claypool. The Board has not as yet organized and its work will for a time be limited in extent, only a comparatively small amount of money being available for the purposes contemplated in the act, , * * *

“Nothing succeeds like success." The Good Citizenship League of Indiana believe in this adage and at the meeting of the executive com- 1 niittee city last week selected# 1 Hon. S. E. Nicholson as chairman, vice Sqlou L. Goode, resigned, Mr. Nicholson and his bill are likely to be very popular with a large number of good people in this State for some time to come.

The State Board of Agriculture, at its last meeting, prepared plans for the State fair. The members entered upon the work with much spirit owing to the fact that financial conditions had been greatly improved by the appropriation of $lO, - 000 yearly for the premium list. Sec : retary Kennedy said that the premium list would be made more attractive than ever before. The board revised the rules somewhat as to sheep and swine exhibits. It was ■ordered that Tuesday be made an attractive day for the children,’who will be admitted free. Lem H. Wiley, who had charge of the musical programme this year, and will present a s spectacle on Tuesday of fair week called the ‘‘Living Flag,” in which he will need one thousand ♦children in uniform. The board .adopted a resolution throwing open the fair for the day to the old soldiers. The inmates of the various •benevolent institutions will i-ilso be tbe guests of the board for the day. It was decided to make Wednesday Indianapolis day and the musical ot the week. \

George Mack. who, with Bert Batley and Sadie Wyatt, were arrested on the charge Of robbing Joseph Jolly. a Tipton county innocent, an account of whose adventures I sent you last week, was sentenced to thf penitentiary for two years by Judge McC ray lof the Cri mi nal Court. A fine of $60 r the amount said to have been taken from Jolly, was assessed against the prisoner. Ba,tley atfd the Wyatt woman are in jail, and , will be tried later. The robbery occurred near the Oklahoma resort, west of the city. The Tipton county man was badly beaten up, but Mack denied that he had a hand in it. Both , Batley affd Mack have been employed I in the capacity of hack drivers by liverymen. ~ ■: • * * Last summer-affarmer riding intc town on a load of hay, was suddenly astonished to find his horse feed in flames. The load and wagon were destroyed before., the department could reach the. scene. A similar unaccountable conflagration occurred last week. A wagonload of mattresses going to Clune's lounge factory caught fire at the corner of Delaware and South streets and was destroyed, The origin of the fire is a mystery. The driver was not aware that anything was wrongs until some one on tlie street called out that the wagon was on fire. He turned and saw the flames shooting up from the rear of the wagon. Stopping the horses, he shoved the mattresses into the street. The fire department was summoned, but before the department arrived the inflammable material had been destroyed. The wagon and team were not injured. The loss was about $25. *** - • . • The campaign for the city election next fall may be said to have already commenced. It seems a little early, and it will. not surprise me if some of the incipient booms are killed by the spring frosts. Mayor Denny emphatically announces that he is not to bei cbnsidered as a candidate for re-election. A good many people say such an announcement is altogether superfluous at this time on account of the Mayor’s famous letter advocating the whipping post for tramps. Probably no utterance of any public man was ever made the subject of such universally adverse criticism. I have yet to see the first journalistic endorsement of the Mayor’s sentimentson that subject, while columns of condemnatory extracts have been printed in all the city papers. The? candidates for the honor, however, will be quite numerous enough. Preston C. Triisler, on the Republican side, is the most prominently mentioned as; a probable nominee. Mr. Truster is at present City Controller and is known as a thoroughly competent man for almost any position. Sterling R. Holt, at present County Treasurer, and John W. Holtzman, ex-Prosecuting-Attorney, are mentioned for the Democratic nomination. Both gentlemen are well qualified and stand high in the estimation of their political associates. A strong influence will be brought to bear on the conventions of both parties to secure a candidate pledged to what is termed a “wide open” policy. What this will result in I am unable to predict at present, * * *

Fifty members of the W. C. T. U. State Executive Committee were present at the mid-year meeting, he'd at the Denison House, Thursday afternoon. 'Mrs. M. A. Thompkins, of Elkhart; Mrs. Grace Wirt, of Monticello; Miss Mary Hadley, of Bloomingdale; Mrs. L. M. Crist, of Thorntown, and Mrs. Helen Sherfey, of Brazil, were appointed, delegates to the World’s Convention, to be held in London in June. The State convention will be held in aViqpennes in October. Reports showed that much of the debt of the Hadley Industrial School had been raised. * * *

Grapevines, blackberries and raspberries must be attended to in winter. The grapevines should be trimmed while the winter is cold, and before the sap begins to flow. The old wood of blackberries and raspberries should be cut away, cleared off and burnt. Th’e blackberry borer should be looked after by cutting out all canes that have been attacked, and burning them. Window plants and flowers become infested with plant lice and disease duping winter. The remedy is to wash the plants with clear water. using a soft sponge. Then wash in a solution made by boiling an ounce of quassi chips in a quart ol water. This should be done twice a week. Sprinkle air-slaked lim e around the Diants. There are several prepared remedies which can be obtained of any seedsman. There can be no profit in lambs or sheep where you are feeding a lot of ticks; not that the latter require so much to keep them, but ‘because they prevent the former from profiting from their food. They worry their appetites away from them.

TOPICS OF THESE TIMES.

A LEGISLATIVE SUGGESTION? • ; No. matter which political party may carry the Indiana Legislature, . its term is too short for efficient and in aH things work. The Lterm-now <?otisists of sixty-onedays. Of these from five to .seven are passed before the’body can appoint its committees and organize. Of these also at least eight are Sundays. These counting three days of the closing of the session, a holidav or I wo, and_a more or less number of Saturdays, leaves less than forty, days to work. To say that bids may be introduced, . considered in com - mittee. read three times and passed without limit, arid within the needs, in’ that length of time anyone with an experience in the work will say is an impossibility. lam of the opinion that one of two remedies ought to be permitted by the consitutfori. -First, pay Representatives and Senators not so much per day for so many days but a fixed salary per year, and permit sessions to continue as long as the work remains unfinished. Or, second, have two sessions of sixty days each, an intcrval of some months intervening between the sessions. At the first session bills may be introduced, considered and ’ advanced as far as third reading, but under no circumstances are they to be passed. At the second session no bills should be introduced except by unanimous consent, and even then cannot be passed. All bills'that had reached third reading at the first session might be.further considered ind passed or defeated. If a method such as this were adopted each lawnaker would have opportunity of Studying all measures; and, what is >f as great importance, be able to iscertain the wishes of his constituents as to the various measures. More than eleven hundred bills were nfroduced. Many of them were lengthy. Altogether they affected almost avery T interest and industry. L'o say that the average man, or the istute man, could determine without error which measure was needed ind which wasMhltended to benefit She few as against the many is simply preposterous. I anticipate that I Shall not again be a member of the Indiana Legislature, but in the hope , that thr.ee who may follow me may oave greater advantage in this respect than those who have preceded, ind in the interest of fewer and better laws, I hope the years will not ae many when a change will be made is I have suggested.

W. H. LEEDY.

THE HEAD CONGRESS.

It is customary to speak respectfully of the dead. It is considered extremely bad form to recall attributes that are not creditable to the departed. There are, however, ex.'eptions to all rules. For instance i great majority cf the American beople would find it very awkward io be compelled to praise the record )f the Fifty-third Congress. We shall not attempt, it. Therefore, ;his article will only deal with the Vets of the late departed Congress from a historical standpoint, and it will in no way attempt to praise or condemn. Only a cursory review will be attempted. The Fifty-third Congress was tomprised in three sessions, and ?ach session may be said tb have seen dominated by a controlling issue. The extra session was devoted ;o the silver question, the second to ,he 'tariff, the third to the financial ssue The extraordinary session jonvened, August 7, 1893, for the purpose of repealing the silver pur-, ■base provision of the law of 1890. vVAIf Wilson, chairman of the comnittee on ways and > means, preoared a bill in conformity to the -ecommendations of the President, ind. August 28, 1893, the measure oassed the House. The Senate, in :he meantime, had passed a substitute bill, and, Nov. 1, 1893, this Senite substitute received the approval >f both Houses and the President’s signature and became a law. The Federal reconstruction election laws were also repealed at th 6 extra session. The first regular session convened in December. 1893, and at once entered upon consideration of i revision of the tariff. The Wilson tariff bill was passed by the House, February 4, 1894. This was set iside by the Jones-Gorman compromise tariff bill, adopted by the Senate, July 3, 1894. after five months’ debate. The House was compelled to recede and, August 10, 1894, it sent the Senate bill to the President who permitted the bill to become a law without bis signature. Follow - ing the disposition of the tariff question the Senate entered upon an alleged investigation of rumors that Senators had been improperly influenced to vote for the sugar schedule and had speculated ill

(■ > '.jrtw'r J’.’- ~ ‘'.ini’ I I Mil sugar stocks. The investigation was .fruitless. The third and last session of the Fifty third Congress has been called the ‘‘financial” session, although both Houses have rcffused to respond to the President’s repeated recommendations for the relief ol the—stringent—financial situation. The President in his annual message called attention to the continual depletion of the gold reserve, and complained that'though it was ‘‘perfectly and palpably plain that the only way under present conditions by which this reserve, when dangerously depleted, can be replenished is through the issue, and Sale of the bonds of the Government -for gold, Congress has thus far not only refused to authorize the issue of bonds best suited to such a purpose, but there seems to be a disposition in some quarters to deny both the necessity and power for the issue ol Currency Committee of the House, with the approval of the administration. submitted a financial measure which, among other provisions, materially modified the National banking laws and repealed the rest ri ctions = bh™State“ban k circulation. It was followed by a second message from the President, received by both HouseiZZbf CbhgFei& bn---Dec. 28, in which the President said that whatever might have been the merits of the original plan proposed by him, he was “now convinced that its reception by the Congress and our -present—advanced stage of financial perplexity necessitated additional .or different legislation.” He again recommended the passage of a law authorizing the issue of interest bearing bonds to maintain the-gold reserve; —Tlre banking- and currency committee responded to this suggestion by offering, on Feb. 1, 1895. a bill to “authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds to maintain a sufficient gold reserve and to redeem and retire United States notes.” This bill was, after a two days’ debate, defeated by a majority of 27. The President informed Congress the next day that he had negotiated a conditional sale of more than $62,000,000 of four per cent, coin bonds to a syndicate largely representing foreign capitalists, having no other resource left, because of the “omission thus far on the part of the Congress to beneficially enlarge the powers of the Secretary of the Treasury in the premises.” This last message went to the ways and means committee, whose chairman, Mr. Wilson, seven days after its receipt, reported a resolution authorizing the issue of $65,116,275 of gold three percent, bonds, as recommended •by the President. The measure was called up on Feb. 14, and defeated the same day by 47 majority, after a stormy debate. These three financial measures, with the general appropriation bills, consumed the greatest part of the session. Early in December, at thebeginning of the last session, the Senate Democratic caucus agreed that these matters sh< ul 1 be considered:— A financial measure; the Bankruptcy bill; bills for admission of New Mexico and Arizona; Nicaragua canal bill; State bank tax repeal bill. All failed of passage in the Senate except the Nicaragua canal bill which was used by Republicans to stave off consideration of the Bankruptcy bill. The Nicaragua bill failed to receive consideration in the House. The Bankruptcy bill reached the stage of ‘.‘unfinished business,” but was choked off by the appropriation bills. Financial measures were not acted upoti by the Senate. Nothing planned by the Senate caucus resulted,in legislation. The so-called “pop gun” tariff bills sent over by the House, providing for free sugar, free coal and free iron ore, were not even honored by consideration. The Railroad Pooling Bill, the most important measure passed by the House, was also shelved by the Senate. It must be apparent to even the dullest that the Senate controls legislation in the United States, or at least has done so in the Fifty-third Congress. Only such legislation has been passed as suited the majority in the upper House.

Some Stories of Pat.

Harper's Young People. Pat is a delightful fellow when he is natural. The curious things the Irishmen say, and which are called bulls, have excited a great deal of merriment in the world. The latest instance of the bull that we have en'countered is the will of a deceased resident of Dublin, which reads as follows: “I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Bridget, tbe whole of my property without reserve; and to my oldest son, Patrick, one half of the remainder; and to Dennis, my youngest son, the rest. If anything is left it may go, together with the old cart without wheels, to my sincere and affectionate friend Terence McCarthy, in sweet Ireland.” Another amusing bull was that of a certain Paddy Murphy, who, with a number of others, was discussing what they would do in case they were shipwrecked far out at sea without even a plank to geWashore on. After the others had told what they would do, Paddy’s turn came. “You’re a selfish lot," he said. ‘“Ye'd all be afther savin x vonrsilves an’ no! savin’ any of the others. Oi’d do different. Oi’d shwim ashore an’ save miself first, an’ thin oi’d shwim out again and save the rest of yex."

Spring

Is bo important that you should be sure to get THE BEST. Hood’s Sarsaparilla has proven its unequalled merit by its thousands of remarkable cures, and the fact that it has a larger sale than any other sarsaparilla or blood purifier shows the great confidence the people have in it. In fact it is the Spring Medicine. It cures all blood diseases, builds up the nerves and gives such strength to the whole system that, as one lady puts it, “It seems to make me anew.” If you decide to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla for your Spring Medicine do not buy, any substitute. Be sure to get

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The Trolley on Country Roads.

New York Evening Post _ Mr. A. J. dassatt, who has bebn acting as road supervisor in Lower Merion township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, for several years, has laid the people of other localities under a debt to himself by requiring a trolley company, which had obtained a franchise in the township, to widen the roadways at its own expense before laving the tracks. Mr. Cassatt has always insisted that these companies shall not occupy the they are wide enough to accommodate carriage traffic also. The Philadelphia Press thinks Mr. Cassatt has set an example which road supervisors everywhere should follow. “The trolley,” it says, “has taken possession of the city streets, but in so doing it has only displaced the horse cars. In the coun try districts it is parallelling the railroads and seeking every populous district by the public roads heretofore free from track incumbrances. Turnpike companies succumb readily to the overtures of trolley companies, but what is worse, local authorities are almost eager to give up the public roads unconditionallj' to trolley companies to occupy, possess and use them as they please. Just as the State was nearly ripe for country road improvement, the trolley companies intervene and spoil what roads there are and discourage permanent road improvement.” They do not seem to be feeling the hard times very much in Washington. Mrs. Brice paid Ysaye SI,OOO to appear at one of her musicales and gave Melba and Edouard de Reszke an equal amount to appear at another. The widowjof Senator Hearst and Mrs. R. H. Townsend also paid these operatic stars $750 and SI,OOO for their attendance at a musicale. <

Pure and Wholesome Quality

Commends to public approval the California liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. It is pleasant to the taste, and hy acting gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse the system effectually; it promotes the health and comfort of all who use it, and with millions it is the best and only remedy. Severe pruning of the peach tree only lessens the amount of fruit, thus avoiding trimming, but permits of making new growth, The peach tree seems to thrive best when the old wood is cut away and new buds permitted to grow. Some growers cut away one-third of the top each jear, thus having one-third of the tree bearing, one-third producing wood for next year, and one-third In buds for the future top. Hothouse strawberries occasionally sell now at $3 per box or basket, and, while there is no large demand for them, they find purchasers. This demonstrates that it pays to give labor to a crop, and that the greatest profit is in producing something that is scarce It is not difficult to secure parly strawberries if the proper arrangements for growing them are provided. If you are not ready to make the hotbed, save the fresh manure in order to have a supply. It must be free from litter of any kind. Jason says, speaking of school discipline. the hardest thing to keep in order it a cooking school is your stomach.

FREE TO CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS.

Pocket Guide and Map of Hoaton. the Convention City. The Passenger Department of the Big Four route has issued a very convenient and attractive Pocket Guide to the city of Boston ivhich will be sent free of charge to all mem- ; lers of the Young People's Society of Chrls- , dan Endeavor who will send three two cent I Hamps to cover mailing charges to the underI ligned. This Pocket Guide should be In the lands of every member ot the Society who conI templates attending the Fourteenth Annual i Convention, as it shows the location of all Depots. Hotels, Churches, Institutions, FL—es if An nsement. Prominent Buildings, Street Dir Lines, etc., etc. Write soon as tle edition Isbmited. E. O. McCoumick, Passenger Traffic Manager, Big Four Route, Cincinnati. O.

The Lowest Rates Ever Made to the South

Will be in effect via the Louisville & Nashville Railroad on Marchb. April 2 and JO 13116 Roun d trip tickets wilt be sold to points in Kentucky. !'■ nnrssee, Alabama. Mitalsslppi, Georgia and West Florida, and one way tickets to Florida at about half the usual rates Ask your ticket agent about it, and if he can not sell you excurlion tickets write to C. I*. A more, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky.

f “I was all broken down in health, s< weak and nervous I was hardly able to bt up, I had severe pains in my side, and headache. I would often have to stop whei going up stairs on account of palpitatioi l2of the heart. I had np appetite and a distressed feeling in my stomach. I resolved to trv Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I took twe bottles and have not had a spell of sick headache for four months, feel well, work all day and eat heartily. My friends remark how well I am looking. I think al nervous, run down people ought to tak* it, especially nursing mothers,” Mbs, 8. I Ashwobth, Eaton, O. »

Cuba’s Farmers.

Lippincott’s for March.— 8 ’ Between the condition of planters and of other agriculturists in Cuba a I wide difference exists. The laborer has nothing, never has had anything and is happy in the knowledge that jhe never will have anything. The small farmer, the owner of a few acres, is the most abjectly povertystricken son of tlie soil that I have ever met. He lives in the poorest Habitation known to civilized man, a tree. Beside it the adobe dwelling of the Mexican is a palace. It has one room, a dirt floor, neither window nor chimney; in this the family ■ live like cattle, subsisting upop the j poorest of food, as most that the soil ' produces most go to paytaxes. Chil- ; dren run about, guiltless of the , knowledge of clothes until six or eight years old. Books, education, j the world are things of which they have never dreamed. It is true that there is an intermediate group. Between these people and the planters is a small contingent of thrifty farmers. Here and there through the country may be seen a stone dwelling with red, tile roof that maks the home of one, who, by some rare enterprise, has, become possessed of enough land to become engaged in cattle raising or fruit growing. But the prosperous,, forehanded, middle' class farmer is conspicuous by his absence. It is because there is no such middle class’ and because the country people are. either the owners of great estates or abjectly poor, that it is a mistake to speak of Cuba as a rich country. It cannot be so while the present conditions exist. But with such a combination of soil and climate as she possesses the island is capable ofi great things. Money and enterprise are needed for the development of its resources, and these are not likely to be forthcoming while the present social and political conditions remain. If the island were open to American enterprise as freely as oun own territory is, a decade would suffice for the working of a change. Sir Henry Bessemer, who is in his eighty-fourth year, has nearly completed his autobiography, on which he has been engaged for some time past. It was the custom, years ago, for the Japanese ladies to gild their teeth.

WOMEN READ.

Schrage's $1,000,000 Cure for Rhenmatism. Some lowa references for “Schrage’s $1,000,000 Rheumatic Cure:” A. J. Os? borne, Newton, “send me six dozen by express:” J. I<\ Faux, Sioux City; Dr. J. C. W. Coxe. Washington; G. F. Ute terbeck, Sigourney Savings Bank; D. Q. Storie, Chariton, and many others. Pat Drew, Comm. Bd. Pub. Works, Milwaukee, Wis., praises it highly recommends it to everybody. It must be f’ood or doctors would not prescribq it. Ten thousand truthful testimonials} it lias cured where all else failed. Do not waste your money on external applk, cations or opiates. This is harmless pleasant and has the highest indorse} merits on earth. Mrs. John A. Ixigan (widow of the famous general), WasW ington, D. C., uses It 1.50 a bottle. Worth double. Write to-day. Don’t accept something “just as good." Cures gout and neuralgia. Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., 167 Dearborn street Chicago. It appears to us that these meetings between debtors and creditors are largely over dun. _

1,000 Bu. Potatoes Per Aere.

Wonderful yields In potatoes, oats, corn, farm and vegetable seeds. Gut this out and send 5c postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., lai Crosse, Wis., for their great seed book and sample of Giant Spurry. CNU A man with a million can’t very well help being a capital fellow.

Home Seekers' Excursions South and Southeast via Pennsylvania Lines.

Special low rate oxo irsio-i tiokets witli t vi ty day return limit will be sold M.ireh 5, Apr! 2 and 30. from ticket stations on the Pennsyi vahia lines to points in'Alabama. Florida Georgia. Kentucky. Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and , Virginia. For details apply t > nearest Pennsylvania LlneTlcke' Agent, or address F. Van Dusen, Chief Assistant General Passenger Agent. Pittsburg, Pa. , ’ Take the QU FEN A‘ORESCENT te FterKa. The only line running Parlor, Gate and Obser vatlon Oars South.