Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 February 1896 — Page 2

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fiEPUBlLCAN PLEDGES.

REPRESENT STIVES OF VIQO AND FAKER'S KliASOXS FOR "QT SIGNING

Expiaiu That TheKe Is Oth|r jLcglsi Keedeii as Iinpf»rtaat*st| Xew ApibrUonVne*»t Ami

fclbn

SPEAKER ADAMS' MODiflED PLEDGE.

CHAIRMAN (iOWS'V TEIXS WHY URGES ATTACK. ...

He 1'eara That Names May be Pat pn the 'Xiciiut Too Late to be Counteracted.

District Chairman Filbeck forwarded to Chairman Gowdy last lvight the an

swer of the representatives of the Fifth

district, so far as heard from. Repre

sentative Tom Moore of. Putnam coun

ty sent to hils signed pledge direct tso

Ghaiirmaai Gowkly. The reply of our

represemtaitiive is explicit and needs no

further comment.

To His Excellency, the Governor of Indiiia.ua: The undensignied, members of the general assembly of the state of Indiana— Bentajte aind house of r&oresan tativets—hereby agree aind pledp-e ourselves that in the event tihiat your excellency uipon further reflection, and in the discharge of your patriotic duties to the people of the state, ah all call a special session of the Fiftynirath general assembly. that wis and each of us will so vote throughout such special session that a fair, just, equitable and constitutional a.mjortio'nmenit law upon the lines laid down 'in tihte receirwt decision of tine Supreme Court shall be enacted into law as speedily as possible, and that an Immediate adjournment of ith/e said special session of said general assembly shall then be held without transacting, or attempting to 'trainisa.ot any other or furthl3T business of any kind or character whatsoever.

I am not opposed to a special session of the legislature, in itself, but I cannot endorse the above petition so long as the legislators are restricted alon to the enactment of an apportionment law. I believe the fee and salary law should be so amended that county auditors and treasurers may not be compelled to draw their salaries illegally or, in some Instances, be denied their salaries altogether.

I am, moreover, opposed to the plan of petitioning the governor to ^perform his sworn duty thus forcin^We legislators to make pledges not consistent with their oaths Off office. For these reasons I must decline to sign the petition. Thomas Spaulding.

I concur to the above.

Louis' Finkbiner,

Representative from Vigo county. I endorse the above. O. B. Davis, Joint representative from Vigo, Vermillion and -Sullivan. counties. As I do not believe in the bargain, 1 return the same without my autograph.

4"The

Albert M. Adams.

A MODIFIED PLEDGE.

Speaker Aflame Prepares a Separate Agreement—Chairman Gowdy's View. This afternoon, says last evening's Indianapolis News, Representative Adams and Van Arsdel decided that instead of signing the form of agreement prepared by the state committee they would sign one that suitedd them better, so they attached their signatures to the following: "To Hils Honor, Governor Matthews: "Dear Sir—Belieains it to be your duty as the chief executive of the state to coinveinio the legislature for the purpose of passing an apportionment law, on the lines laid down by the recent decision of the Supreme Count, viz.: A law which shall follow the letter of the constitution, we take this method of saying ithlat if you call the legislature together, we sihall favcur acting omly on the business for which we were called to?:either. "Justus C. Adams Speaker. "W. C. Van Arsdal."

The Democrats are watching the course of the Republicans with iniiereiat. The Democratic state committee will meet .here Thursday and If lit should turn out that the Republicans have begun suiit by that time, or are ready to announce that 'they will begin sui't immediately, the committee .will, its members say, itake some adtiqrj. iJt is my guess tihat if the Republicans refuse to accept our proposition, and begin suit," said Thomais Taggart, "our committee will direct thait nominations 'be made in all the 'hold-over senatorial districts. I have noit talked with any of the members of the committee, but that is my guess."

committee did aiot decide upon the plan without having Maturely considered the situation)'.' sai$ he. "Public sentiment had cyrstaliz^tt throughout the state before the committee was called together to deilfle what should 'be done. Nearly evdty iReppblican paper in the s'tate had declared in favor of challenging the act of 1885 unless the governor called a speciai session of the legislature to enact a constitutional Jaw."

Continuing, Chairman Gowdy said: 'IMy interview, as referred to in the Journal, is correct. I believed as soon as the decision of the Supreme Court was published, declaring, the apportion

ment laws of 1893 and 1895 in force, that we could carry both brandies of the legislature under tt. am #till of that* opinion." "I do not remember a single instance where the Republicans of Indiana ever entered into an agreement or compromise with the Democratic party hut what the Democracy took an undue advantage of the Republicans, and that, our Jpafty very seriously suffered becau&e of the compromise. Knowing this to be true, and leafning of- the proposition made by the Democratic state comxnittee to the (Republican state committee two day* afterward, I immediately came to the conclusion, ip the light of the past, and remembering the action of the Democracy in the legislature of 1SS7, that it would be impolite and ynwise on the part of the state committee or the Republicans of the state, to accept any compromise or proposition from-^the Democratic committee, and for this reason I then favored, as do now, the attacking of the apportionment jaw Of J885 in the courts,

What Gowdy Fears.

"Admit, for the sake of argument, that the Democratic committee is sincere, and that the Democrats of the state would keep their pledge to the 'Republicans, and not nominate candidates in any of the twenty-ttive senatorial districts where there are holdover senators, and that the Republicans of the state would strictly comply (as I am sure they would if the agreement was entered into 'by the committee to make no nominations in such districts), it would be a very easy matter and a shrewd stroke in Democratic politics, in my judgment, if the Populists or Prohibitionists would certify tihe names of a' candidate for senator in each of the twenty-five districts above referred toy, late in the evening of the last day to certify nominations to the county clerk, as required under the election Jaw. Candidates could be selected in these •districts who are at present members of the Populist or Prohibition party, who were originally Democrats. It is my judgment in all such cases the Populist-Prohibition-Democratic candidate would demand his seat in the next general assembly, for the reason that there had been no (Republican candidate voted for or elected in any of the twenty-five district^. The Democratic state committee would have no power in any way to bind o^ control the Populist or Prohibition party. "I want it distinctly understood that I am not in favor of entering into any contract, agreement or compromise with the Democratic party of Indiana, on the question of electing -members of the legislature. "It has been stated fby some Republicans that in the event the Supreme Court should withhold its decision until after the election, that very serious trouble might arise. In my judgment, the Republicans of Indiana would have everything to 'gain and nothing to lose by testing the 1885 law. If the Supreme Court should withhold itfl decision until after the election, the Republican senators and representatives would ibe elected under the law of 1885, would be justly entitled, and would take their seats."

The Parker Case/

The Republicans are bringing forward testimony to show that the Democrats have changed their position since 1892. A. G. Smith and (Senator Turpie, who represented the Democrats in the Parker case, maintained all the way through the case that the court could not bold one law, or any number oif laws, constitutional^ and send the people back to hoi^ an election under an act that was unconstitutional.

Attorney General Smith and Senator Turpie say in their brief in the Parker case in discussing this subject: "No code of equity has ever set aside statutes which were obnoxious to certain objections therein for the sake merely of declaring force another which is more defective than those complained of. This would be a sort of left-handed chancery jurisdiction. It would be to assume the power to correct what was claimed as inequitable by remedial measure more inequitable an-d unjust than the one Impeached. The relator seeks to revive a statute repealed and superseded many years ago by having intervening statutes declared invalid, at the same time the act sought to be revived is found more defective and more inequitable than those which are attacked in the complaint. Neither in the Wisconsin, Michigan nor New York cases was there any attempt made to revive a statute as obnoxious and constitutionally defective as claimed as those Which were attacked, but these cases went upon the ground that relief was granted, as in 'Michigan and "Wisconsin, in time for the legislature to be called and make a new statute upon the subject. But in the case at bar there is no time nor opportunity for the en-

Chairman Holt of the Democrat! committee said be did not care to pre- jforcement of a new law, especially with diet wbat the party would do. "It the obstacle of holdover senators, neces•will be a matter for the committee to decide after the Republicans have begun their suit," said he. "There is no necessity for .hurry, and we shall nat do anything until after we have a clear understanding as to what the Republicans propose to do, which they do not seem to know themselves now. Personally,

hope the Republicans will be

gin suit to set the act of 1S85 aside all I am afr&id of is that 'they will change their minds and not begin the suit."

It has been suggested to the Democratic managers before the state committee decides to instruct that nominations shall be made in the districts represented by hold-over's it would be well to bring an action, if it can be done, to define the standing of the hold-over senators. Other advisors of t.he committee [have recommended that the better plan will be to make nominations in the districts represented by hold-over senators without having asked for any legal opinion as to the standing of the holdovers. Attorneys have said to the committee that senators elected in these districts may be the senators de jure, and entitled to their seats over the senators de facto. (Nearly all the members of the Republican state committee reported to Chairman Gowdy today that they are succeeding in securing the signatures of the Republican members of the legislature to the agreement tlfat if the governor calls a special session a fair and constitutional apportionment law shall be speedily passed and ®no other business transacted, says Saturday's Indianapolis News. There is some opposition to the plan adopted by the committee, but Chairman Gowdy says it is meeting with favor from at least 95 per cent of the Republicans of the state.

sary factors in any apportionment law." The attorney general and the senator further declared in their brief: "That if inequality in apportionment laws such as are alleged in the complaint, render such laws unconstitutional, then every law that has (been passed in this state from 1851 to 1891 is clearly and unconditionally unconstitutional."

The Republicans are pointing out that notwithstanding the Democrats confessed in 1892 that if the court held one act unconstitutional, all the acts, measured by the same rule, would have to'gp down, they are now insisting that the people shall vote under an act that is "clearly and unconditionally unconsti1tional."

The six Republican members of the house from this county have not yet signed the agreement, but J. C. Adams, •who was speaker of the house, said he thought all would sign 'before Monday. "We hoped to have a meeting some time today," said he, "but it is difficult to get the six members together." Personally, Mr. Adams is opposed to the form of agreement, but he says he believes. since the state committee wishes it signed, be will sign it.

Krrors In the Committee's Reasoning. To the Eda'bor of the Indianapolis Journal:— If lth«re wore any possible show of securiing^ihe enlistment ctf a new apportdonmetot law before the November election, ithe course m'appeid omt by the RepubMlcian S'taite Committee in thait oorunecftitm would find sufficient jusitdfidaition tin the end sought 'to be aittaSned. Dookting at 'the matter, however, from a puirefly practical point of view, Ithe reiaeomiing of tihe commiititee dioec mcft appear Ito be sound. If the ultimate faiiSure of tihe pltun involved no furthetr coin sequence tiham Ithe loss of labor spent in a righ'teoua cause, there oould 'be no valid objeotkm argued algafinst but, as heus been irequently poDnited oult in the columns of

g'ovennior kmoiws

itihe Jour-

nail, there Us too great dairager otf caustimg complications much

worse

tihiatn

those th&Jt aHmealdy oomfiront us by a)ttemptflng to overthrow tthe act of 1885 in the courts. Preserattog tojthe

gover

nor a peJtStiom by tihe legislative bramfcth otf 'the

si baite govemtraelnft, astotag (*Jo franrQ Stseflf oonventsd iin exitra sessfon Is, it» say this Se&st, iin exceeding bad taste, nhe coeistatutiibei of tohe state makes the governor Ithe sole

judge

of tabe

pro-

JDXVXiJU JXO.vj.Ai —w—

prriJetty tamld cniecessSfcy ciMh»o4JiW»«i»«8fcnai "session of ithe le^Ss&aJture 4oV^ 'Pu*-

pctsQ wimtev'C'i. lis wtffchto tfoe -provSiQiQ§ otf tihe govemwr to aictvflse itJhe legCriter*. tyjte :tQ dies dubiels, but it wa? w&f&e' octrutejnplaJte'd "by the organic Saw of itBi#. sJtaitle tihat the Qetg%iialtiurie advise, 'the eouU'vte. While there dam 3a tihe mldds of flaifr men of- tj&e^ ex-S^U e#ce of carndDttons wh3dh requii*e

!tihte

csWtojr of & spw&ai tseartfea tesrip* laiU«-e, yeit the re^poqpft)®3ty o$ itjae fails ure„ ito act to 'fchie iriaftiber ietStiS w?htBy wtltfli tihe govennar. It tfs the atone must la'nswier to tihte people for the no®-row-mic'deid amfl iXKrifetein poiiey he ih33' atdJOp.e^. It w*I'l bentafPt fn^ndher h« ofie®. his pairfty in (the en4.

£a.Qfl

is certainly

eitronebus to say ltftita.it In case suit is brculgih/t ito overttfhQ?ow tihe acft of 1885 _airl_d supreme ooyrf faUa t:» hajnd. dotwa am optmton in the oa/uise before the !t3me floir !bhe

eQeieftiDanB arrives, tihat mexn-

toeirs of tlne -legtsHaltu-re oouM be elecitetduinider the 1885 appontio'mm etqiU_ TH^ ctmld mclii -done tor tbe^resassQin itihlajt the, 'fhO umlctiioiR ofbtajwed.

tow#?

Count 'ag-attnist 'tthe eC'etetfWn "_t ffi wwul remiailin Cm force ait |fhe ©upreme ccuilc .passea on^' tehier ^«es*tioiru Tixere aire o(b£l.lalcae!3,*lEt-&UBit be tod, to tee eacowiltereld din whichever. oourse Us pursued, bu't probably fewer iin submilt'tiinlg 'to the dnjus'tiDce of the^ai2t otf 1SS5 ftlnain in atny o^eir Mne ^atS^lie^

for oyr adoption. T'he ippgBefffcooin'dfP 'JJO'Dls aire flair more

1^aVo|ra!W,S-,'fcrr'

IndiianaJpo'lis, Fefb. 16.

us ito

sie!i)tlie our Idiffereinicee wStth the Demb-

crialtic

pairty on |%e a^p'oirtiiionmetnlt

quelStfen at ibhe polls Kihairi In tbe cotnits. A gredlt ir.latiicmal .efledtiom is- fas't apr oroia^Mittg, atnd all our energies agid j|^r]engfth iaa a party sihould be focuseld cjip jtlje .main fig'hit, ainid, tihiouM we

jfn

wiiaa

tbia b&ltt!ie i^y'ail, as we surely mueit 'if we "do our du/ty, a Republican legiisl^ttire Willi be oinie o(f 'tb!e fmphieB of Ifohfe

Demooiiaitiic roulte. Titto its ayeair w'h^n we cialn figlhlt Demioonacy bdtter. iin, rtlhte fteld itlhlan An Itihe oouy-taJ

J. II. CLATPOQlia.

Clear Statement from Hamrick. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.""^' Danville, Inld., Feb. 16.—Youir oorrcsponldienlt fiin'temviiie-weld Juries W. Haanrick, anem{)«a? iaf

jt'hia»

so,

amid

eTnior aJisn

leigisilaiturte

froan 'tjhiis coulrJty, als rfo g4)3lwio«n of the aictiiion of -the Stialte Central Ctammi!tit.0e Bin laiskSmg pjeidiges otf. itjhie members enf tihe leglilslia'tiune ito be ..prasie^tted tlo t'he govelnnor !to Mtd-tsce tit&n esBl'l a speciiiaH se(5gj!o»n. Mr. Hatoniick sajiid: "Wh'ein I itiook imiy s^fc'Tas'^lmieim'bieir I took an oath to euppoo+t. itihie oonslttitutibtn of itlhe Untilt«)d SHaitiets

a,mi

ithie

ptialt'e, sunld itio holniestly aaiid fairly perform my dut'iteg as a m'ettnjber. itrield to

dloi

I Uhcoigthit I "did. The gw-

took aii oaitih ito support

tihe

coinislttilt/ultiiloffu and t'to "peirtorm thJIs du|ty. The su premie oou'rlt has potonoumoefd

itihie

a/ptporttlilolnirirent lalats of 1893 alrfd 1895 unicotnsliiitut'ioniaJ. Tihe satme reiaisonlilng wouBid maike ithe act of 1885

voiitd.

The

fthiii3

hlis

iatnd ft'f

genierafl

way.

(he

willl wbt

do wlhia/t ttlhe oonB/Ultiutaion amd aaiws and hils oaith of office slaty hie sblaJil do, ill tlis •Mis took oout and auoit imBne. I slh'alil mot sliign a pe'tttiiloin aiskiitaig tihe governor (to call aln ex'tm ©eisisiitoin, inor shall I sign a pded'ge ibo do wihkti my oia'tih. of office Ttequ'ilres me

dto. Tb aisk me

do itanalt

would be an adimiis&tycm Iflhiat jheneitiofore I have mat dbn'ei my dtutyr iaind have violaJbed my oaitih cf opce.

Tbe

wfhoQe

mait't'er is wii'th Itihe govemnor as (flair, al3 I aim coinlceinned. If tlie' .dogs woit regard

olaitih otf office ainid Ihiib pat-niotliie duty, he must bear :tihe burlden. If oaQleid !im Spetoiiad seisBiioin I Willi do my duty uijldlelr the consitiftuaJtloin lainid my ofeiith of office, bult I sihall inoit silgn amy pjeldg'e .or 'pe'tii-* fciiofn to Itbie gtoivernior to ido/syhait is obvibusly bfe diuttly.'V

bfe ttield

Repnbliean Press Opinion.

The apportionment of 1885 is coniceded on aOl handt3 to be as unlMr «us any of ibhe more recan't a3ts which the supreme court'has set aside as unconstitutBonisCtl. Are we ito undecristtaJn'd that1 dis the reiaaoin itihe governor and has party h'amg on to 'ifc w'i'th sudh Iteniaf&ity.—AndeTSon H-eraUd.

The g-oveimotr cam refuse 'tiWe oommiitt'ee's request oinly on. awik, partttean grounds. If he does then let a nonpart i'satn cotmmiiititee driaft a mealsure, ireeemit thalt 'tV hd!m with, a piedge for its emiac'tmeinit. If he d'escflines itha'f proposjtL\»n, (then aititack tihe law of 1885, arid let the governor and hijs ptairfty ainSwer before 'tihe people.'—New Caeitfe Cburiter.

Governor MaJil-baws will not for one momenit deny 'that the law exf 1885 4s umccnut'CtullbnUil. He has it in biB power to dHc.iia.te a

ai!..r

apfpeanatnee of vacllliati?on. Tt 4s om optportundty

at ,Slpaide

for

mt]tl

"Do you tihtoik it3ie kentEon augihit (to

un/der itihe. alot of 1885?"

'*1 -do aiolt feieQ oalHefd: Oin at tttfls ,'tiime to expness myself oin 'thiat qu'es'tiiOn. AcooTdtiinig lijo It/he supreme court, this lis the only uincihialleiniged daw of -apportionment on itlhe slthltu'te bookis, a,nid I will not say wbalt sHJap ougbt tx* be taken concerntimg ithait ilaw." "If a speoiial sessiSoin ware calleld inow, would oilihjer aegiiialatliOn be altrtempteid?" "I th'ilnik no,t. I do not beSi'eve there is alny reiaiaon art 'th'fe itiilme 'to enter

dL'nito

leg'islaJtton. If a special sessiioin

is cailled, aft will be uindardtood itihait only one tsubjadt oaills the alssiambly Itog'eitiher lainid 'tihiait lis to appoir'tiiom itihe state tor legiislait jye 'purpiQBet3."

Attltnde of Senator Shlvely. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RlDdhlmotn'd, Iinid., Feb. 17.—9tat'e Senator Charles E. SMveley otf 'tihls cilty wiili probably inolt ©jgui the agreemenlt thiait has been dirawan up by ibhe Repubquest'ing the governor to call a special session and pledging that the Republicans in the legislature will iass nothing but a fair apportionment law. [Mr. •Shively is very much to favor of tfe§ting the apportionment laws, but he objects to the method the committee has chosen. He would have preferred to brought suit first to test the laws, and, if they were declared unconstitutional, the responsibility of calling1 a special session would lie wholly with the "governor. /Mr. iShively does not believe in Republicans urging thie governor into doting 'h,is dUitiy, ais Ithe canlslbitult'ibn provides what he shall do, and if he does not see fit to do it the responsibility lies with him'. 'Neither does he think it lies in the province of the governor to expect froim the legislature any pledge of What it shall or shall not do, as it is a co-ordinate part of the government and not. beholden to the

governor

in any

bill atnd afecomplisfti ifts

enaCLnverii. If he refuses Ito do bits pli£in duty, upon hSs head wifl! fall the full re&ponteCb'ffitity ,foir the deplorable oonigequencets 'that are incvtifcable 'if he pereiists in his refusal, butt whdoh may be happily ^Jvemted if he will.—^okomo Tribune.

BairreC'3 of Ink have been wasted to argum'einits favoring Ithie pofficy of tafi Htu'tlng suits to test ithe con«tfitu)tio|na&3Ly of itlhe apporttoirametnlt act of 1885, but in all that has bee? said no method hats been proposed or amy scheme devised kk compel the supreme cbur*t to hatnd down its opfiniflcm before 'the eleci'£cm. Whalt ought teo be "diane and whait cam be done are en»tibely different questioous.—OrtsLwftMidavUle' Journbfl.

The governor's first refusal to call tihe lejgislaiture to special pessitwv for the purpose cseartoknBy was mott. in^de wStth a full unfler^tandiing

tthi? ffUu^Jtton. He

maw 'has a ohtamce to redtod his first det-

cfexxp aoitf to do aKk wittfcKftt harteS the

Matthews to make

bitesetf'va Teoord

tat'

^ptiirrve!S»^-ala

opportunity erf whftcHv fee wouM 40 Ito avalU binwfaf :«)t 'titfls M^iaouiar -time of Ws cameer.^Ix^ainspore JourinaJ.

Govoi*nkr Maltlbhews, fe-r!fetfRiyg to call a e(eciai sesstiicm of !Chfc 2egtel£yture order to Mf t!he istiate out3 of a predloa^ metolt it finds 4tteelf, slhow#'^ ijMtiet umfitmees for JQue presidency1 of ithe United gate's. The era© "who c&nsntyt «?o Jiifeht r—ocr, ra^tih©r faJils to dSo what he knows it a S a is no't a fit 'main Co trust wteth idhe estts of ^i'xlty inii'lSionis otf pKfefSfe, ot^r baSf oif wihoftjn belong tO oithe^^feirtli^ •than We ow^—Warsaw

The GaaeWfce is iftB b^tef tfhait the pfrotpoeiition, to Ab&vek. the •g'errymejn4e'r Of 1885 lis uiavifee A number of the leading Repijb®oiaiX}) papers of the sttiajte lexpress tihe game Vji&ws/ some of them mope stbrotrogly th'ain we baAre dome. The law deserves to be downed 4ie gov'efinnor ougblt Ito call the iegiteleuture toigethier we ougth't to ihave a fair appoiFti)oinm«tnit aQl these proposiHAoaus aire true. Bult rthe governor won't oaiLl itihe leig'isliaiture Hjogether, anjd itihte leigtsilaJtuine caai't pass an appoa'tionanieinft Saw unletse hie dotes. anld SaJst of all, ithe supnetme court o^'lt be forced ito decide itihe qules•tton befone 'the faM election. So here we are,—Foirt "Wayne Gaaseitibe.

Jt is pllaliinily t'he duty of Goverrior Mta£tihews to call a special session of the legiislaiture .for rthe purpose of /pasaSaig a new aippontitowlmen't tow, amd (the 1ribune Itlhinks Jit a'n taexcusajble admission of w-ealoffes^ for ithe Republican members oif the le®isQature to oraAvl tjpon fcheliir bellies tin approaohdng tois royal highneiss upon ithe subj oat of making tllfe cadfl. The dJemiainid for a special sieaBiton "Should hlave beeln. made upon G-avemor MiaiDtihews ito rtihisit finm, digjfleid jnanini€r wihlich

lis

'boom of ithe oon-

giciiousiniess tihalt one's daiuse 4s

jitsit,

anid

pelt 'iin ith'at onin'gliinig, won't-do-etonany-more m/aininer which i|t its now proposed ito make 2L—Wabash. Tlribume.

A ROYAL BAPTISM.

Ceremonies Attending the Baptism of the Duke of York's Son. London, Feb, 17—The baptism of

the

second son of the Duke and-Duchess of

York took place in the church at Sand-

ringham today. The occasion was made a general holiday for the people of the neighborhood. The outside of the sacred edifice w^s (iecQrated with flags, and the interior, which w^s crowded, was plentifully hung with floral emblems of all descriptions. Among tjhp'se who were present, were the Prince and Princess of Wal?3 and their daughters, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, and the Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise.

The secretary of state for home,affairs, Sir iMatthew- White Ridley, the court officials "and the Duke and Duchess of 'York ^ntered together, the Duke of York, being the last of the party and carrying?' "ip hjs arm his eldest son, Prince Edward Albert, who was borne June 23, 1§94.. Accompanying the Duke of Yor^wa^. ii.Jiurse bearing the infan.t prince.' Dr, '"^hopshanks officiated. The Princess of Wales pronounced the name, Albert Frederick George Arthur. A hymn and the blessing finished the cere

THE ELDORADO FLOATED.

She ig Nk jfoch Damaged—The Scotia Safe* V' New York, Feb. 17.—The Morgan line steamship Eldorado, which was aground oaiia shoal~in the upper,Jbay, south of Liberty island, has lieeiv floated and towfed to the company's North river pier. -Upon arrival there stevedores were set to work unloading her cargo and placing it on board the Excelcior, of tlte same line, which will sail as soon as the transfer has been made. When tihe Eldorado has been unloaded she will be put In dry dock, in order to have her propeller repaired.

Steamer St. Paul Practically Uninjured Nietv York, Feb. 17.—The InternatdOft'-' ad N&tfifcpaitiom, Co. has received wewd from-NeW'Poif-it N«wB tihat lthe exajmiimlauition of the ihull and emgnnea of thS steamer St. Pfeuui had "been completed an'd ittet th'eire is practlixaaJlly mo damaige to. •t'he'ihuH of litoe s'h.ip. Portions of ItW macihBneiry vvM be Itak^n lipart 'to cl'e'ar away the, accumulated ISa/nd a/nd it/he piarts worm by wOirMn® to.-ifihie sand wiEBl be removed. The ship .JwfiM saiil from Ne(w York February £6th, unless detained |n day idiock by lack of water ito floiait her.

The Scotia is Safe.

HaJlifax, N. Feb. ll-S-The Anchor Wne steamer Scotia put in here this morning short of coal. The-Scotia, Captain Hamilton, sailed fPofoi Naples on January 24th, for iNew York, and passed Gibraltar on the 2&th'. Ulft' to this morning she had not been sighted and her arrival at 'Halifax relieves the anxiety existing regarding her safety.

Insurgent Prisoners Shot.

Emporia, Kas., Feb. 17.—Charles •Christy of Waverlin, Kas., a young lawyer, wel Iknown here, has just arrived from Cuba, where he was a prisoner. He, with about 400 others, was captured in one of the battles near (Havana. Afll but he and fifteen other American® were lined up and shot. The American consul saved them. Christy is a member of one of 'the pioneer families of Coffy county. He is an enthusiastic patriot, and claiips the insurgents have everything on the Island except Havana, and that will soon fall. He also says that since the new Spanish general has taken command no prisoners are-taken.

A Misslnir Man at Frankfort. Special to"

the

Indianapolis

News.

FrtamkJoirt, Ind., Feb. 17. 'Much tunxie!ty As fellt here over Ithe s&fteity of Wim. Rctsie, whb came hene froan IindiiiamapoOlis laibout two weeks ago ito vfcsflt (hie ssM-er, Mrs. Frank Hin€B, and two days later leiflt heir home while the fainMy was viisiltQng a -nieSslhibOT. He wals observefd leaving ithe cdlty, but he successfully evaded thte puflisueios in ithte deep wotods noHth otf town. Tt i!s lcnowm t'hlait he spemit the firtJt nfigiht to a school, house several miles dieftaht, bult north tog further £s kmowtn of Mm. LeltitetrQ hlave been semt 'to Indlamapofits and OHher places wihere flit was (thoughts fue jnffight have wandered. Mre. Hameb! amapiety for Ws Elaifety

hlafe atmost proSftwaited her.

Central I«bor UnionMeet In p. The metgunar meteftJingr of thie OeotroJl Dabor Uudon wiQl be he3id lb Room 10, court (bouse, Thursday, evenfing otf thdla week, ajrtd not fin WiaWh&pitan

Doyou wearapeataicliaar eyesTames? Do you ajppmecBaJte tie importanoe otf lha/vtog the fcaimets un4

ftbt^?

Isqseh

done ?i^BllSy prampdy.

property

you watn't youj* TepESrtaug

H. M. Tswsner, 26

so ito

North

SfixCb

•treet.

Marion Harland.

GRAND JUB.YATWOBK

JUDOS MAKES TBK D8PAI. ATTACK ON THB OLD JAIU

He Says It's Disgrace to Vigo County and Unfit for Use—Will Xndtct Geor^le. p.« *wk

The grand Jury convened yesterday

morning organized and were soon ready for business: The jury-is composed of

theTf&Io#inir^atoed getotlemen: Jo

seph ^pley, Lost" Creek Skmuel R.

Jones, (Harrison, Season C. Vermillion,

Fayett-te John Mi Ferguson, Prairie

Creek Daniel P, filler. Piers on, and

Alonzo Baker, Riley. Organization was

perfected by the election of Joseph Ripley, foreman, and Samuel Jones, clerk.

(Before being sent to the room, Judge

Taylor delivered instructions, informing them of their duties, pointing out

existing evils and warning them as to

most effective methods for the suppres

sion of certain vices. After a some, what lengthy lecture relative to the violation of the liquor'laws a.nd the epidemic of petty thieving by small boys and urging them, to take steps to break it up and save the boys before it is too late, he devoted considerable time to showing the needs of a new jail. He classed the old trap which now does servioes as a jail ,a$ being a disgrace to the county and almst a blot upon civilization. In talking Of the jai} the judge said:

It's a Disgrace to the Connty. "I now come to a subject which makes me blush to the very roots of my hair. In instructing you in the condition and conduct of the county jail I have to say, that in my opinion, the county jail is a public disgrace and a reproach to the county. It has been demonstrated time and time again that a prisoner with little skill, or, in fact, with no skill at all, especially in such matters that has ever been heard of, may cut out through cell, wail and roof and escape with the ijse of ft common caseknife or poefcetknife. The jail building was a fraud .in the beginning, and is still a standing fraud. Nobody, perhaps, was to blame for this excepting the contractors, who were certainly guilty of a gross fraud upon the people of the county. Besides, the jail as it is at present is wholly inadequate and unfit for its purposes as any building of which I can possibly conceive.

Theine ii)a no aKarade whatever for isotefckm and itihe mere&t euspedt must mefceffiWairlly be danflmed With ithe vilest and fi'lltifriest of orHmtaatts, aind, while lit us possible, wihen there aire only a few _n ja'ifl to' fflsolate boyts and women from •the'"common felons to the ca'ge, yet there IfS nio poesibJlSty of 'isolation from ead#' oitiher and boys .merely suspecteid of some offense, or who' are retained as witnesses 'are oflfcen aieceisisairi'ly placed to 'Khe same cell wi'bh boys of itihe most Articiotis tiendehci'es, and a woman mereftr"M&pedted of a oriime or held as a witness must sometitovels necessariSy oome in dtoeot oonltajQt with and be tosuited and defiled by itihe most abandoned a/nd foudesife prostitutes and compelled Ibo hear tamguiajge which is so viae and filthy as ito make itlhe blush of shame come to 'the cheek oif ainy but itihie mbdt abandoneid. -Whait changes are necessary I do not know. How 'thils evil can be remedied is. .nOt for me to say, nor do I blame Itihe board of county commlss'iOinieirs, whom I Ibelieve will be dlisposCd to„do !UheSr. whole duty to th'te matiter iif tlhey are encouraged by the public sant'limeinit. Bult one itihtog I do lonoiw, and tiha/t is I have repeatedly oafllied -the grand juTy's ai-tention to thP.s ma/tter duirlnig ithe last Itwo years and •that grand jury has as flrequently and to every inetbamce rerported the total unfilbneBB of Itihte jafll and recommended vigorously (that "the defect be remedied, amid ilt makes me blush%uit:h very shame itihat there hteiG not been a seritkrwanlt calWfinig eo loudly foir a remedy of ith'is public diBgrciioe as to assure *he county oon«inii3seknert3 of th'edr footing to any tfforit to change White conidii'tton of affairs. Genltttemien, I have a public duty 'to dupciharge, to ithii!s respect as w.^11 ais Jn Tpyfyixy others, and so iharve you, and I shaft molt be lafliatrmed df some de-na-gogi^es may be found sitand'tog upon the stnee't comers or elsewihere condemntog me for ithis suggedtioin of a place for ithe expendQture of public moneys, nor shlaill I be ailanmetd' if some selfoonstiltuted comn^i/btee on taxes shall u'tter tits pmnuniciam^nlto against me for (^a.iiliinig youir attenlt'iioin to r.fhes'e or any otiheir mtaititers which I may deem tqfc.be a paTit of my sworn duty, aa I certainly do to' th'is dafee, for be lit understood •that, while 41b is' a pLeiasure to me to serve the publtte to my present capacity, iif I may do so coniScien'tDously, the office of the circuit judgecahSp Us not absoQulttely esiseinlt'M to my 'happiness, especHallly if I m.ust ^tJaaid with fear aind tireimiblMinig to airatioipartiian

the ad

verse orii'tiicfism of some wouid-be staltesman w3i)h some Ipeaisorvail object or aitm to graitSfy, tanid I 'take ilt 'that you, gentlemen, lhave much the same conception of your du'ty, aind take it further thiat you, too, will not. be dinfluenoed by tihe piialt'inig-s oif Ithose who are wi'll'tog to allow a continuation of thJis oondd'tion of affa/itrs Sin the!public administration of ortoiinaa justice to itiliiis oounlty, which has become a reproach, and a public reproach, among all tihe humane organAaaJtffonls of our 9tate which have had a knowledge of it, in order *that they may have attributed to itihem (the appellaition of publiilc cotnservaitors and guardians otf the pubaiiic treasury, buit who are creially more totereSted iin 'accomplisJhing some priviaite atoi thaai they are of subserving amy public good."

The Miller-Burke Tragedy. The first criminal case to be investigated by the grand jury is that of "Big Qeorgie" Burke, colored, who in a fit of jealous rage shot and killed Ide Miller, her lover. Ide Ward, the white woman .who was a witness to the tragedy, was the first witness to appear in the jury room. As the Ward woman is the only person, save "Big Georgie," who saw the killing, her testimony with that of the coroner will be all tha is required. It is certain that an indic tment charging murder to the first degree will be returned today and this matter disposed of before the grand jury proceeds with the investigation otf the ordinary violations of the law. As soon as the indictment is returned Prosecutor Huston will insist on a trial at as early a date as possible and will try to have the case set for a date early in the term of court which convened yesterday. Attorney A.

HeM,

stated um gurtdayls Exjxr^s. The reorgiamdzaitSom meefttog w'iflll be held fitn WasihttoigUicm Hall Thursday evening, Marah 6th. •, ..

•I

Marlon Hartand, Fdtjn^ary 20th and 21st at ®Mrst 'M. ®. Church.

Kelley will defend the De

gress, having been retained within, a few hours after the shooting. It is understood the woman will not deny the shooting, the claim that the pistol was accidentally discharged: will be the defense. The woman will swear the pistol was accidentally discharged and the Ward woman will swear that it was not. They are the only livings witnesses to the tragedy and the alleged murderess hopes to escape by bein# given the benefit of the doubt, a point which the

statutes concede to the person on trial.

To Capture Santiago. •*.•••.•

.Kingston, Jamaica Feb. 17.—Several invalid Cubans who have arrived here

-V .8

report that laiaenee «torss of munitions of war

have

been received by the in

surgents, which haye enabled them to take measures for the ocoupation Of roe city of Santiago tihe moment the United States government recognizes them. General Weyler's advent has compelled them to plan prompt. d£Cistve action.

POWERS AS AN ORATOR.

Major McKinley Has Grown Greatly in Statesmaniihlp and In Orat-ory. Every titoe I have heard McKtoley speak wfthin the last .three years—and I

have heard him many times and on all

sorts

of occasions—I

have been im

pressed with 'Ms grow'th to statesman-

shSp nmd 4jn ofatory. Before 'the Marqueffbe Club he seemed to me to reach

greater heights than ever before, writes Major MoeeS P. Handy iu the New York Mail and Express.

Fluency to speech Is not naJtunail vr'Et'h tuton. He wtafe oott al/ways apt to phraseology. It used to take Iwm 'too long to piatss a givgn pOiniu. The firelt 'time his new and be'Sfer method was impressed uipocn me wals when he made the dosing Republican speech to «the detxate on the MSflte bWl—'bhe same ideba/te, by ithe way, to whlich Reed revealed himself to the country as tsometflitog more tiham a lighlt Bwordtennain to parJilaroemtary warfare. McK/taitey's speech om that occasion was marked not only by thte accuracy of information and the mastery of dtfta.1l which Wad given him (am assured po^iitljiom ais an authority amd force to tariff leg-isdaltiJon.

ctf

He dealit wilth basic princi

ples an/d .n^aflrshaJed figures to support

them ,to a ,^ray ito delig'ht the theorist, the dtatJi^aLciicuj! and the ma'titer-of-fact mam of business. But his speech was adorned w^|fi the graces of •rtietoric and delivered with the fervor of the orator who has learned ito play upon the fancy and (thte emo'ttonB.

Since then he hag become one of the most ftntohed of public speakers, as well ais one of the most adroit debaters. Practice hais hlad a good deal to do wifth ihiis evolutdbn as ain otrabor, for few men have been Sin greater request to laite years, and few have honored requests so freely. In the campaiign of 1894, for Initial nice, he spoke to sixteen states, and sotm^timels, as to' St. Louis and Ltocoln, 'to vast avsdiences, including hundreds wiho 'traveled hundreds of miles /to heiar Wim. His ootmbined tours to thalt campaign, ftt is safcd, exceeded half Ithe dis'tialnce airound ithe world. H'e made 371 speeWhes to seven weeks. Many of Iris audiiencea weire estimated as hSgh ais 10,000, and at Hu/bchtoison, Kan., 30,000 people, coming from Kansas, Texas, Nebitaska, Missouri, Oklahoma and the Inidt3a/n Termiitory, gaJthered to hear the gireait laipostle of protecWiOm.

A MYSTERY SOLVED.

Servant

Homao Remains Identified as of Gen. John Tipton. Special to the Indianapolis News.

Logamopoiit, Ind., Feb. 17.—A few

weeks ago Loganvsport was thrown tolfo

a fever of exoBtemeint over tihe finding of

a human skefleltan. The bones were to a

fair gtia'te otf preeervaitian and were un-

eairthed by la/borers while digging a

tremldh. They were found ait a depth of about ttturee feat and from their Size were bettiieveid 'to be 'the homes of a man. An tovest'ig'at'jcfn Was begun, which resulted to uinraveltog thie mystery. Mils. Elizabeth Lowry, an aged residenlt of Walltoni, .relaites a ®t»iry wihich establisheis beyonid a doubt Mie belief that the rernaiins weire 'Whose of William Bar tie tit, an old amd Itruisted eervaln.t of General John TE'pbcn. About fifty years ago' Mrs. Lowry was a member of General Tipton's faimily, at which 'time "old Ba.ntlefit" was 'the most valued servant of the ^aim'ily. •General Tip.ton wals a member of 'the United States senate, and prior to his •lalst trip to Washtogton Bartlett wals it'aken seriousfly 111. The general left instruction' that he be buried to the yard, to case of death, and upon his return tlhie body would be interred to a suitable loda-tioni. Bartlett died and was buried inear the Tipton homestead. TV^'eci the general re'turned he wals seized wiith sickn'ess, ar.d died without removing Bartleibt's body. When the latter was buried, a Large stone was encountered in digging the grave, and ithe fact that the skeleton wa's found near the place where the Tipton residence once stood, and at a depth of only three feet, as taken as conclusive evidence Klhait the remaitos

aire

those of General

Tipton's favorite servant.

HE KELLAR-SHANKS TRAGEDY.

Contention Between the Counties Over Payment of Kxpenses. Covington, Ind., Feb. 17.—A contro

versy is amminenjt between Parke aind Fountlaiiln counties over the payment of

ithe expenses of th£ Kellar murder triial, whiibh agigreg-ate several thousand dollars. The defehidanils live iin Parke county, while the Shanks family, living just across the roadway, are to Fountain county, the road being the dividing line. The sheriff and coroner of Fountain county first took charge of the case, under the supposition that the murder occurred iin Fountain county, and Dr. Ge»ifes of InKiilartapolSs wals employed ais an expert chemist. Six physicians also ass'iated In holding an autopsy om Clara Shanks' body. These pihysloiiaiEiB ha/ve sueld for $600 for servlitoes and hlaA^e taken a chiaing-e of venue to Montgomery county. The report sis revived Maggie Kellar, the sister, Willi sue for diamageg, it being cladmed thait "there never was sufficient testimony agafins-t her on whibh to base an llndiilctmenlti Considerable dissatisfaction 'is expressed to the Wolf Creek neighborhood over (the acqui'tftal of the defendanits ©till no vtolenoe iis threatened. Wheal ilt was suggested at Terre Haute Itha't lit mfiight be dangerous for the defendants to return home, a friend of the accused remarked: "It may be that the Kcllars will be kilted, but there are some fritendls who wflll see to 'It that some one else is kiSled while the killing ils going on."

A PICTURE IN ONE MINUTE.

Edison Succeeds in Increasing the Bays' Usefulness. Orange, N. J., Feb. 17.—TihomaB A. Edison 'today made pictures witih the Roenttigen rays, expostog the sensitive pgiaite amd! Objects to be photographed before Ithie fluorescent lube for only one mimJte. Thie dlistaintee between

the

tube

amd the plate wals four Inches. The inventor said that had he placed them as closely togietiher a& possible he could, he thought, have secured a shadow

photo

graph to a few edoomds. Ordinarily it ihiaea reqt^Ared Dram fifiteen "minutes to Khree hours Ito secure good results by niw ifthie expettimewitB except Mr. Edison's, wtho had already reduced the time of exposure to two minutes.

"W531 "the Coming Woman. Oome," 'the lecjture of MtarJon Harland at the First M. E. Churdh Thursday everatog, followed by a reception to this distinguiMhed lady, lockets at Buntto's drug a tore.

Marion Harland.

UNDER THE WHEELS:

rxzix BLCTn jiv.k c.noisu pnjru

AYAN:.\h A

Pieces of His xuitetl Up rtve Blllnit yrniu Whore AccMe it Oficnrre^j.^

Down at Kaizoniash'^r-^ox^uc on a

dripping table is

maa's U»d

And

plece3 of arms, Icg3 GjiiJj ^unk, wiiich

tell of a ghastly acirld^it.jii^tpe yards

of the Vandaiia railroad-

morning.

The mashed mangled remains,

are thos? of Felix Clufbacher and they

were picked up along the company's right of way at difParon-t points behveen

Terre Haute and Glenn. Was it not for

the fact that the head was not disfigured the name of the victim would r.over have been- known.

Felix Blutbactoer is a cobbler and was employed by A. Goldberg at. the New York shoe store. He was about 45 year* of age, a German and pretty.well know.i to this city. He met his horrible death at 4 o'clock yesterday morning at the Sixth and One-4ialf street crossing o# ih» Vandalia. Whether it was premeditated suicide or an accident resu'.tlr.jf from lack of precaution on the part of the victim will probably forever .remain a mystery.

At 4 o'clock yesterday morning -train No. €, the New York express, steam«ii into the city. Engineer "Mills and Fireman, Dalton were on the engine. The train was running at considerable speed as at 4 o'clock there are few pedestrians or vehicles on the streets. When Sixth and One-half street was reached the brakes -were being applied and the engineer was using no steam. When the train pulled into the station Mills' engine, No. 186, was uncoupled and run into the round house. While the engines werebeingchangedoneof

thfl

car inspectors, ^yhile examining th® train, made a discovery which brought an exclamation of horror from his lips"There's a man's leg under this car," he shouted. The depot employes hurried out under the sheds aind PolicetnaJi G'rimminger crawled under the car and brought out the piece of human flesh. It was a portion of a leg. It had been cut off just below the knee, the skin was tern off down to the ankle and the toes were missing. The inspectors at once made a search of the train, but found no more pieces. The leg which had been taken out was warm a. still bleeding and the trainmen at knew the man had betn run ovc short distance frotif£3H® depot.

ice a.

Lanterns were procured and dozen men started-down the track toward the river. When Eighth street was reached a piece of. the trunk wa9 found, also an ear. At Seventh street some of the entrails were picked up and placed in the small pine box carried by one of the men The -parts found were mashed and mangled and covered with" blood dirt and sand. Just before Sixth and One-half street was reached one of in which were the crushed toes the victim.

A ghastly spectacle awaited the searchers at the (Sixth and One-half street crossing. On the south side of the track to the center of the street was human head. It was lying face upwards, the eyes were open, also the mouth, blood was flowing from a gash over the right eye, and as the rays of the lantern fell on it presented a sight the mem who found it will never forget. In the center of- the track was another piece of the trunk, one arm and -more tntrails. Not far distant, to the right of the track was found tha upper portion of the body mashed and bloody and with the left arm hanging by a thread. There was a piece of the man's coat and shirt on this find.

The coroner was at once notified and the remains gathered up. Parts of the body had been forced down between the rail and the crossing plank and it required some time to get them out. II was impossible to get all the pieces of flesh and all day people walked along the bra ok and looked at them, as they lay bloody and dirty in the roadway.

Though the inspectors looked thf train over after finding the leg and dis covered nothing else all had not been found, for when morning dame some ribs were picked up. at Eleventh street and more entrails at Thirteenth street At Glenn another leg^ tell to the track and was brought in .by. a west bound train. Parts of Blufbacher's body were also found by switchmen in the east yards. When Mills and Dalton took engine to the round house, Assistant Hos'tler Florence saw a bloody spot on the pilot and then the fireman told his

story. When the train was nearlng Sixtl and

One-half

street

said

saw a

man standing by a telegraph pole aboul five feet from the track. He only looked at him or.ce, and as he did not move, thought no more about it. Just as the train reached the crossing *he saw a shadow. At first he thought the man had been struck, but remembering having seen thvs man standing looking at the train' concluded it was imagination. He was so firm in his belief that he did not tell Engineer Mills for fear after an investigation had been made and no dead man found he would be laughed at. The blood on the engine pilot, however, left little doubt but there had been a man killed.

BlutbaJcher was evidently intoxicated when he met his dearth. He had bean drinking during the early part of the might and at 11:45 o'clock left Henry Brinlanan's North Ninth street piaco much the worse for drink. Two men were with htoi at thiiis time. They Ic'ftJ him at the door, goimg couth, wh'Ua Blutbacher started off toward 'the Vandal ia toacks." Wntere he was between 'the hours of 12 and 3:30 o'clock has not been leiamed. He was in none of the saloons near 'the Bilg Four Depot during the Wight. Blutbacher was airreslted for drunkenness 'two mondhs ago. Mr. Goldberg paiild hSs fine on a promise tihat 'there was to be -no more drinking.

Until Sunday the man, has remained sober and drank but little. Sunday evening he went to Mr. Goldberg ,w3tti whom he also boarded, and asked him for a loan otf $4. Thte wa3 given him. He saiid he wanted to accommodate ta friend wilth this amount and declared he was not drtoktog. The ^4 was found to his pocket. Thw paints had been cut up to the aocideaift, but the pocket wa* found and the money recovered.

Hundreds visited*- the morgue yesterday to see the mangled remains. They were lying on a table inrd arranged to look as much like aA'mafa's body as .possible. The head, bloody, covered with outs, minus onie,«ar and looking most frightful, was at- »a]ip: head of tha slanting taible. The ^arn^.were laid at the sides of a pile* of bloody and dirty entrails and the chopped up feet at tha end oif the boards completed tho terrible sigrht.

Coroner Payne examined several wl

IM.

nesses last night and will conclude his investigation today. The dead niiii h»3 a trunk at

Goldberg's which will

be opened this morning to the hopo that his sister may be located. Ha baa no other relatives so far as is known ?}'. hia 'JUrieuda Jbo. this city.