Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 5, Number 15, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 10 October 1874 — Page 4

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QHg CHARGE.

ELECTION— THE MAIN ISSUES, There are but two important questions to be decided at the election next Tue»d^y, Qf couree every candidate thinks ths all important bane it his election or defeat. But there are just two points, «nd only two, which ooncera the public welflure to any very groat extent, tte financial question la not one of these. Neither party knows what it wants in reference to Finance. Both of them put yro* planks on this subject in their platforms which may mean any thing or nothing as circumstances require. Besides both parties are "at school" yet on the subject of Finanoe, and have made but little progress in their studies. The leaders, the move intelligent of them, know this. So far then as Fi nance is concerned it -will not make the difference of a straw which party the voters put in power next Tuesday. -I" this question is to control voters at ali it should be in leading to the selection •f the candidates who will be likely to give this great subject the most careful attention, and to follow the dictates of a sound judgment. Such candidates, if tfoey are to be found at all, are not monopolised by either party. Besides Congress, and not the State government has the control of this subject We do not hesitate therefore, even though it may bring down upon our heads the indignation of some writers attd speakers on Finance very wise in their conceit, to express the conviction that the financial question may be entirely cast out of tb© account in deciding whether to vote with the one party or the other.

The first and most important issue between the parties is on the Temperance question. It may bo an occasion for sincere regret that this has been made a partisan question. But Temperance is in politics and it can neither be gotten out, nor dodged. From the day that the German editors demanded as the price ot their support aa implicit pledge to repeal the Baxter Bill, the question of temperance became apolitical issue. It was thereby forced into party politics. But for this action the good men of both parties, those who love law and order, and desire the material and moral welfare of the oommunity—g«ch men are in both parties— might have eo-oporated to secure the best possible law in reference to the traffic in liquor, which all admit must be regulated by law. But when this public demand was made, all the worst elements of society, those who desire as little restraint upon the liquor traffic as possible,including liquor-sellers, drunkards and criminals, arrayed themselves with those very respectable and honorable gentlemen who first made the demand. The anti-temperance constituency was formed, and tbo qsestloa pressed each party whether it would pay the price and take their votes. The Republican party chose to declare in favor of the two m«st important

principles

an«4«nperance

of

the Baxter law, vis: looal option, and the responsibility ot the liquor seller for bis business. It does not matter that it did this because it saw that there was man to gain than lose thereby. It wsuld have been death to it to have done otherwise, and it chose to struggle fbr life in a bottle for temperance rather die of delirium tremens. But it irtands in favor of temperance, and the Baxter law la safe In its hands. The Democratic party ohoee to acoept the tanns of the Oerman editors, and the saloonkeepers, and did it With an ilaorlty Wtteli indicates that these will easily get all they want if the party is pat in power. Much is said of license s* being more effective in the resfcrsSnt of intemperance than the present law. Why then are all they who live by intemperance crying themselT«s bonne in fevorof license Is there a numwtio desires the most efifrotive restraint put apon inWmperaace whois sostopid as to belter?* thai he Is voting In fltvor of mm* restraint when he votes with the whisky sells**, and the worst class or whisky drinkersT The vote next Toesday Is a vote for the most efficient re* mtrmtat that can be pot upon the evils of intemperanos, or a vote In flrro* of the feast possible reetrslnt which decency will permit, There may be candidates of both parties who do not stand on the plank of their party platform on this •atgeot. Bo* if the candidates tor the legislature do stead on the iempersirfse, or

plank of their party,

th»fi the vote cast for them to a vote for or against temperance. It would aeestt that there eonld be no necessity tor n»*4 those who do not want to he ruled by whisky to Inquire most mrofally hiii* the position of oqr candidate $# tin (Mauteko to put forward by a

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and Jmm not m^we permits, they aaa avoid it* nor the Prosecutor indict if he *nbelp it, those by whose votes they are pot tn office. Therefore the intorort* of morality and decency, sa weUs* of material pn»pertty,wU» he endangered by voting for those whom tzte aakwm keepsn would eleet as Commisrionem or Prose^ cator.aa well as by voting for thecanr didatea of ttMHS tor the leghdatore.

OO US 8 UPEIIIN TEND EN TS. The other question to which alltwkm was made above as anc of the important Issues in the coming election, relatea to th«| Public Sebools. For several yeaiS thoes most fimilliar with oar public school system, and having most si heart its efficiency, labored to secure from:# legislature an set cresting the office of Codnty Superintendent. The last legislature, under the infiuenoe of Kupedntandent Hopkins—the best Boderintendent of Instruction that Indiana ever had, or is likely to have tor long time to come, and a democrat— created this office. This action was hailed by all the educators of the State as a most important step in advance. The law ivas passed not by party votes. It was not a partisan question. The Democratic Superintendent of Instruction recommended it, and even the present candidate of that same party labored mest sealously to secure its pssssge. To the utter astonishment of almost everybody,

a

plank was put into the Demo­

cratic platform, pledging the party to repeal this set It wss doubtless

a

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take, but the plank is there, and the candidate for Superintendent of Instruction refuses to say whether he stands upon lit Or not. On other grounds he is the better of the two candidates for this offloe, but the manner in which be dodges the question whether, if elected, he will "go back" upon his record and labor to undo that which he has been laboring years to have done, proves him a demagogue whom it is hardly safe to trust. The Republican candidate is all right on this question but whether he is fit in other respects for the position is a matter of grave doubt. But there is one very important point ts be looked after by those who are interested in the efficiency of our public schools, and that is, the position occupied by the candidates for the legislature on this question. If they are all right the office is safe. If they are opposed to it, very serious harm may be done to our schools. So earnest was Superintendent Hopkins in regard to this, that after the convention of his party had committed itself to the abolition of this office he went at work at once to save it. And it was MB labors in behalf of this law which he regarded as of such vital importance to the schools, carried on as they were in the debilitating weather of summer that brought on the fever which terminated his life. It hardly seems possible that the party whose most efficient and honored officer sacrificed his life for this law, and whose present candidate for the office now vacant by death has regarded it one of the most useful acts of his life to assist in maturing and securing this law, and by the votes ef many of the most intelligent members of which party the law was passed, will now so for disregard its past history, and the interests of the cause of education in this State, as to destroy this most important office. And yet that party stands pledged to it and this makes it important to reject the candidates of that party unless they plainly and unequivocally declare themselves opposed to this plank of the general platform. We Would most respectfully ask the Germans—and there are none who more highly prise education than they—whether what they will gain in the direction of their views on the temperance question by the election ef a legislature fevorable thereto, will compensate for what they will lose by electing a legislature pledged to take a step most hostile to the interests of the public schools of the Stater Is it not more important to hold Our schools from a backward movement than to repeal the Baxter bill? We pot the question in all candor and kindness, and hope it will be considered in the same spirit*

ABUSE OF THE GERMANS. The Mail differs widely from a majority of our German dtlsens on the temperance question. It claims credit for honesty In its principles, and it readily yields like credit to them. No line or word dlsrsspeotfnl of the Germans has ever found Its way into the columns of The Mail. And In the spirit which has ever animated us, we enter our protest against warfare upon their principles by means of abuse. The speech of 3.3. Talbot, that part of it relating to the Germans, «m no more offensive to them than it was to as, And we happen to know that very many of the most walous temperance men of the city, even seven) of the clergymen, took most decided exceptions to his treatment of the Germans. It Is

a

fiict for which Ameri­

cans find It difficult to make doe allowance, that the entire education of onr German Mends on this subject has been radically different from our own. And perhaps we might put In a plea for patteaeeoa the part of German* towards what may seem to them ftnattaal In us the same grounds. Them can be no doubt that the great mass of the Germans who ars not in the liquor badness and some

even

who are in it, are ss

heartily In fim»r of good morals, sobriety,

and

Industry, and have aa modi at

heart the pubH* weal as any who diftar from them on the qo»goo of t#mper «n«e. Abuse, Hie calling tit hard nam**, *nd a»e«rsf do r* We a** bwnd to give them

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•ttf£fcnt£"f,lkar" JR.J|»e..OP* iWIS* "fiujatics" and '"water soakers*" on the other, is not argument. A tetter class of ritlcena, a clam more frwgal, industrious or piac able, or baving more raal lnterest in the wel&re of the city, State or nation, than the Germans, it Is Impossible to find. They am mistaken,- we think in fact, we are sure tbey are mistskenj On the temperance question, and we Intend to «lo ail in onr power to show them their mistake, or to counteract its influence upon the public wulfiwe, but wa not only never have abased tbem, and never shall, but we protest against others carrying oi the contest witl, them by means of abuse. And in these sentiments we are sure that we have the hearty sympathy of a large nmjfetiQr of these who oppose their views," Add we are sorry to be Misrepresented by such a speech ss that delivered by Mr.Talbot.

Bur bow are they going to get jury In all these Bencher cast«? saks the Cincinnati Times. Levity aside—it wouhl seem impossible to find in Uie length and breadth of the country, men of sufficient intelligence to balance the evidence in such a case, that have not al ready reached such conclusions in the matter aa to subject them to a challenge. The only way out of It is a siiUng of panel after panel until twelve men are found whom counsel on each side will decline to challenge, believing their con vicUons to be on the "right side."

Wf are glad to learn from the Indianapolis Journal that the long-pending mit of the State against the Torre Haute and Indianapolis Rjdlroad Company is likely to be settled on a basis satisfactory to both parties. The company always been willing to pay any sum it might be justly owing to the State, but has objected to the nature of the proceeding against it. The proposed arrangement will probably result in a satisfactory adjustment of the matter.

THE election of a Democratic legislature on Tuesday means the repeal of the Baxter law and the substitution of a license law the election of a Republican legislature keeps on the statute books the Baxter law, with such modifications and amendments as experience has demanded.

THB October elections this year are in Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska. They elect forty-three members of Congress. Pennsylvania will be greatly missed as the time-honored companion of these States. Hereafter the keystone waits for November. V^

ELECTION next Tuesday. Vote for the best men, and bear in mind that the main issue is whether the State shall ryle the saloon-keepers or the saloonkeepers rule the State.

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

Correspondence of The Mail.] NBW YORK, Oct. 7. MR. BEECHBB AT HOME.

Whatever may''be the opinion of the outside world on the Beecher scandal, there is but one one opinion in his own church. Among those who know him best, he stands as high to-day as he has always done. The chargesmade against him are too outrageous to be listened to. His friends say, "Do we not know him better than people who gain their knowledge only from the newspapers ?M All of his congregation feel like that member who said, "If an angel from Heaven came down and told us that Mr. Beecher was guilty, we would not believe it, and ii Mr. Beecher, himself, should say the chftrgfl" were true, we should still disbelieve them, and say that Mr. Beecher is crazy." On his first appearance at the Friday evening prayer meeting in Plymouth Church, after his return from the White Mountains, the building was so packed that breathing room was Scarce. Such an excited audience was seldom, if ever, crowded into a church. It was impossible for those devoted and sympathetic people to restrain themselves, and when Mr. Beecher appeared In the pulpit, they gave vent to their feolings in a burst of such heartfelt applause as never greeted even the most popular prima donna. Mr. Beecher was so overcome by this greeting that It was sometime before he oould control his feelings sufficiently to proceed with the service. On Sunday last be preached his first sermon from Plymouth pulpit since the terrible scandal has been noised abroad. The immense church was crowded to suffocation. Leng before the doors were opened they were besieged by hundreds of people seeking admittance, and after the church wss packed to its utmost limit, hundreds of people were turned away. The aisles a« well as the pews were filled, and the crowd swelled out beyond the door ways. As much as a week ago, dose** of people came to the sexton of the chureh and offered him from $10 to 920 for a single seat for the next Sunday. Of course it was out of his power to grant the request and they had to take their chances with the raft. It must be a great comfort to Mr. Beecher in this hour of sore trial to know that his friends have increased in numbers, and are as steadiest as the sun.

MSUUOIt A MO THB OUM

Although there may be soiraprettv men Delinging to the dubs of this city, their characters are not generally known or would When a man *W§ all that la decent at defiance he is no fit associate for gentlemen. Moullon is being hauled over the coals by his dubs, and there is little doubt but that he mil be expelled. He is regarded as having violated all social laws, whether Beecher be innocent or guilty. The questions raised against him Me these: Why did he permit his wife to go to the Plymouth communion table with a free knowledge on his and her part of Beecher*s confessed guilt to both ofthem Why did he violate his trust by exposing Beeeber"s letters to Tllton what motive had he for preserving all tlwee letters, whose existence oould (honorably) benefit no one, and wfrose exposure must injure all the parties «rocernodf Why did he deelare to Beech

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•art his cfcnmh as

as the eanse af Ghrist Oould ng justify a nwui in (Minting so itiflby andaielMimAastaSeawMiiS't Mftmen who have talked the matter over at their Clubs say that this statement was uncalled fi»r, and should only have been made before a court of law, and that acting aa a trustee he betrayed his trust, which even the law oould not oo«npel a man to do. His motives have evidently not been such aa should in* ftaenoe a gentleman and a man of honor, and his whole line of conduct i# calculated to casta slur upon any dub In whose b$Hks his nameappears as a member.

SKW UTKKAKY IR7IIKA&

Perhsps vou have never beard of the "Author's $»ublishing Otwnnany" of this city, which Is as unique and as useftil as the commissionaire. The company have an office on Bond street and lam told do a very good business. Tbey are principally manuscript brokersor literary middle men. If, for example, a sentimental young man has written a soonet to Ids sweet-heart's eye brow and feels a delicacy about offering his effiasion directly to a magasine, fie takes It to this company, who read it and give him their opinion. If tbey think there is any thing at all in the poem, tbeyroeefve it and take it to all the monthlie« and weeklies until they finally find a sale tor tt. When sold, they retain a smsll per cent, and hand the remainder over to the anxiously awaiting author. By this process the writer is saved the mortification of repeated refusals. The Author's Publishing Company also profess to be a great help to editors, ss they offer only the best or their manuscripts and thereby aave him the time and trouble of wading through bushels of trash. Besides this the company read manuscript books and advise with the author, ana negotiate with the publisher. They also publish prise stories, essays, «fcc., and advertise to "supply all literary requisites." Unsophisticated persons might think that this latter meant brains, as they are "literary requisites," but I doubt that the company oould supply the demand for that article. Authors, as a rule, prefer to negotiate directly with editors and publishers, but there will probably be a great many who will bo glad to avail themselves of the advantages offered by the Author's Publishing Company. ,' A JOKE ON BKBrr JTARTK,

Some disappointed seeker after literary frame has said that it Is not merit, but name that editors desire in their contributors. This same fellow has said that if one of Shakespeare's sonnets, unknown to fame, thould be sent to a magazine, signed Peter Stubbs, it would be returned with a printed slip, sayings "The editor regrets that he is unable to avail himself of the contribution forwarded by you," Ac. \propo8 of this, there is a good joke on Bret Harte, just coming to light. A friend of Mr. Harte*s, living In a Western city, was pecuniarily fortunate in the publication of a couple of chromos, called Pluck, Nos. 1 and 2. Encouragea by the success of this venture he got out another cbromo,to which he succeeded in getting Brete Harte to write a dialect poem, called "Deacon Jones' Experience." This, the enterprising publisher had printed on slips of paper and sent with a copy of the chroino, to the editors throughout the country. The funny part of the story is that tho knowing editors, remarking its peculiar advent, unite in pronouncing the poem spurious, although signed with Mr. Harte's name. "What, Brete Harte write such doggerel, never!" He did write it, notwithstanding, and was paid a big price for it. To be sure it dees not equal "Ramon," his last poem, but there is the true ring in it—at least 1 think so, knowing that it is genuine. KOMKTHrNG ABOUT WOODEN TOOTHTICKS.

One gets so used to seeing wooden toothpicks at restaurants that he looks upon them as things of course.- He never thinks that their manufacture forms an important branch of industry, but nevertheless such is the case. These toothpicks are made principally in the New England States and in New Jersey. They are manufactured by the same process as are match stems, and aro usually made in the same factories. The material used in their manufacture is white maple or poplar, as both of those woods are tasteless. They are put up in boxes Of two thousand each and sell for fifteen cents a box. Restaurants use from two to four thousand toothpicks in a week. Because they are so cheap and so bountifully supplied, people take them by the hanafnll. They are very annoying as toothpicks, for it is almost impossible to keep the splinters from getting wedged between the teeth. At Delmonloo's and some other first-class and costly restaurants, the guests are supplied with delicate quills, which are nmch more satisfactory, if they are mere expensive. Wooden toothpicks have only been used for about ten or twelve years. When they were first invented, there were only one or two factories where they were made, and they oust a great deal more than they do now. Without these toothpicks our hotel loungers would be at a lass for employment, xhe man who takes his luneh at a restaurant is easily distinguished as he hurries along Broadway, for he is sure to carry a betraying pick in his mouth. TBS SAKNXKGK OF NX

er. "Yon can "stand,» etc., knowing,/ whiSif Ss^rSS lu- ^s*h he 15.1 at the Un», th a Mr.'** in wbiehit vras wnuca.

ASxny rat*,It a&awerrd hl»|Rf?p6eeli«itter than another would hsvsi for *verjr one w|o read it eiyoyed a gfod lau|h, and waa sorotodrop a Jbw pin ok* iito thsbogr^enp.**,nc?. ijfjabm' A

I know of oman grinder who tend to have his stand In (tout of Trinity church and who made enough money to retire from badness and take a oosy little house in the country. On any great holiday or fkir day he will bring out Ids organ and pick up a few dollars just for the sake of old times. I was spending a Fourth of July In the country a couple of years ago, when two Italian bag-pipe players stopped in front of the house where I waa visiting. One of the guests in the house spoke Italian fluently, and got Into cos versation with the men. They were so pleased to find a person who oould speak their native language that they opened their hearts at once. Tbey said that they had been in this country about three months, that they would stay about nine more and then go home. Business, they said, had been fine they made ss much as $30 aday, and as they were their own masters, owned all they made. Most of these strolling musicians are hired by men who own the organs Mid other instruments, and they are compelled to pay in all tbey maki Some gentlemen of my acquaintance met an organ grinder trudstng house from his days' work one night, when one of them said to him by way of a joke, *—*•—utiave "No I IIVU MV .WJ/l.Wj VW. A ..... ^M.0 $49* Seeing that they were gentlemen, and would not harm him, the man told them that he bad taken in ft3 that day, and he proved what he said. Such rich harvests are, of course, exceptional, but that they are reaped at all is astonishing.

THOMPSON STREET DANCK.

Thompson street, you must know, Is one of the "nigger" streets of New York, lhe respectable portion ot tbo colored community avoid that neighborhood as you or I would avoid the Five Points, Shiftless, dirty, greasy, down-at-the-heel-darkies live tn Thompson street, and swarm over Ms uneven sidewalks and rickety doorsteps all day and all night, in the warm weather. Tho Seventh avenue cars pass through that street, and I bad ooraaion to ride down that way a few evenings sinoe. It was a memorable ride, for the night was (dose and warm and the rights and smells were nauseating. The doors ol all the gin shops were thrown wide open and I could see the miserable wretches of both sexes as tbey stood or sat about in their rags and filth, drinking the firery liquids. Great fat wenches without clothes enough for their bodies and skinny old crones without bodies enough for their clothes, were to be seen in every direction. It was nearly midnight when I rode through the street, but I distinctly beard the sound of a hand-organ, "grinding out bilge music," as Geo. MacDonald says. Yes, I was right, for inaminute we were close upon it and the car. got "blocked" for a few moments right in front of it. The organ was old ana out of tune, but its tune was good, and it was playing a waits, and were "on the sidewalk were a dozen couples "treading the mazy," under the flickering light -of the street lamps. They were having a good time and the way the men would

swing

are

KANT MUSICIANS.

Hand-organ grinders, bag-pipe players and street musicians generally, are not such a poorly paid set as people think. They manage to pick np a good many dollars in the course of their wanderings, and aa their expenses are small, it hi not hard for tLjm to save money. The organ-grinders who make the most money are those respectable-looking soldiers in their spotless uniforms, who carry their felse limbs on their organs and their discharge papers neatly framed in front of them. Those ex-braves always excite the sympathy of the elderly ladies from the country, who put on their spectacles and rummage In their little bags until they find a bright new penny which they give to the poor fellows, together with their blessing. I have noticed, aa a rule, that It is nearly always the poorer clans who give to or-can-grinders. Perhapa it is became tney Know so well what a sad thing it is to so poor. The paradise of organ grinden appears to be Oft Fourteenth street, from Broadway to Sixth avenue, In foot that Is a regular beggars' headquarters. I was walking that way the other day and was greatly amused by the placard hanging around a boy* neck. The lad waa about fifteen years old and evidently a foreigner. His ptaeard was quite an elaborate one, and there were two pictures painted upon it. Number one was a happy ftunily, a fiUher, mother and four children, dress* ed in bright colors, seated about a table in a neatly furnished room. Number two represented a biasing house, a mother and her four children, wringing their bands and the fifther absent. The accompanying text explained that "This poor woman was left a widow with four small children, and an she owned was destroyed by fire," The bo*, not understanding English, bad in all probability borrowed this placard from his

their partners

was a caution. They could not have been more in earnest had they been dancing to the music of Graffula band on the waxed floors of the Academy. The women were hatle&s and the men were in their shirt sleeves. An admiring crowd surrounded the dancers and smiled its approbation. When the music became particularly inspiring the lookers-on would .beat time with ther hands and feet, and altogether the scene was as picturesque as it was unusual.

HARD TIMES.

Notwithstanding the tact that'fiiO^C of the newspapers try to keep up a good heart by predicting better times, there seems to be no doubt among the business men of tho city that this is going to bo a very hard winter. Flats are more in demand than houses this Fall, and poople who have boarded at hotels are fookiug about for rooms in private houses. Almost anything can be bought for ready money. Everything is for sale, but very little is sold. A person with a little money who can afford to buy and hold over until better times has a fine chance before him. The "want" columns of the daily newspapers were never as full as they are at present. People who have been in the habit of keeping three servants are doing with two, and those who have kept two find one as much as they can afford. The theatres

going to suffer more than

anything else this winter, for people cannot afford luxuries when the necessities are beyond their reach. An old showman who has traveled with minstrel and variety troupes for years, told me the other day, that whereas his company used to take in thousands of dollars

In a

week, they are now only taking

in hundreds. THE NEW REPUBLICAN PAPER. The Republic, the now Republican morning paper, made its first appearance on Monday last. It is hardly fair to judre of a paper by its first issue, but even making all allowances, The Republic was a disappointment to those who had read its highly colored announcements. The ol)jeet of tho paper Is understood to be for the purpose of advocating a third teim for President Grant. Itls very questionable whether a paper with sucn violent political principles can meet with a support from the people. It may have money enough from interested persons to keep it &nonX until the next presidental election, but whether it will live after that is a Question that remains to be answered. It is said that the owners of the Republic wanted to buy the World, but Mr. Marble was not anxious to sell, but asked fltOO,000 for his paper. Then tbey tried to buy the Express, for which Mr. Brooks wanted !&K),000 that sum they considered more than it was worth, owing to some hitch about the Associated Pros* news. Tbey then made an effort to buy the privileges of the Associated Press for the Republic, but the managers of that enterprise considered their news worth $260,000, but the Republic people being of another opinion, concluded to become members of the rival concern, the American Press Association.

A WELL DESERVED TESTIMONI AL. o. find. Jeornai.1

No person has been more assiduous in his desire to pleaso the visitors during the Exposition than Heinl Bros., the well known florists, of Terre During the past week tbey have had a display of cut flowers on exhibition eveay day, and will continue to do so until the dose of the Exposition. As a testimonial of appreciation of their services, the State Board, on Saturday, unanimously passed the following resolution

When*#, The Heiul Bros., of Terre Haute, ^cut and gmtu^tooii nn*thc7r i»rtT and which at this time a very attractive feature of the ... -refor-

are making* very beautiful display of cut

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