Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1889 — Page 4

TUE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1889.

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL

ItnUred at the Postoffice at Indianapolis u second claM matter. TERMS PER YZABi Du gl copy (Invsriably in Advanee.)......81 00 Vt't ask democrats to bear in mind and select their orn tat papr when they come to Xilc subscriptlonaand make up club. Agent making tip club tend for any information desired. AddeasTllE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL Indianapolis, Ind. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23. A Party of Fraud. Tho republican party is the most lawless political organization that ever existed in this or any other country. The high-handed proceedings that are bow being witnessed in Montana illustrate its chronic lawlessness, and its reckless defiance of public opinion. At the recent election the democrats carried Montana for their state and legislative tickets by a substantial majority. The republicans elected the member of congress. The election was conducted under the Australian system of secret voting, which affords every possible legal safeguard against fraud and bribery, and was probably as fair an election as it is possible to hold under the existing conditions. The democrats, like good and patriotic citizens, acquiepced cheerfully in the election of a republican congressman, but the republicans set to work to steal the legislature, which carries with it two U. S. eenators and a number of other attractive political prizes. Incidentally to this enterprise of crime, they proposed to snatch the governorship and other state offices. The latest advices from Montana indicate that this nefarious conspiracy is likely to succeed. The vote of several precincts in Silver Bow county, which gave a decided democratic majority, has been thrown out, and the defeated republican candidates for senator and representative have been returned as elected. This highhanded outrage is sought to be justified upon the ground that a number of Italian laborers, who could not read or write, went into the voting room at one precinct, and presented cards to the election board, on which was written : "I cannot read or write the English language and I desire to vote the straight democratic ticket." The objections to the returns in the other precincts are, as we are told by republican othoritles, "purely technical." As no educational qualification is imposed upon voters in Montana, and as the Italians had, so far as appears, the requisite residence qualification, they of course had a perfect right to vote, and to vote the democratic ticket There is no proof indeed, no allegation that they were bribed or improperly influenced in any way. Yet the vote of their precinct is thrown out, along with that of other precincts where none but technical irregularities are even alleged. The democrats have applied to a court for relief, but if the judge happens to be a republican, there is little reason to hope that justice will be done. The probabilities are that the legislature will be stolen by the republicans and along with it the two TJ. S. senatorships. We have no doubt that what Smiley V. Chambers would call "leading citizens" of Montana are engaged in this dirty business. We have no doubt that church deacons, and ruling elders, and claes leaders, and Sunday school superintendents are either actively concerned in the conspiracy, or are giving Sit all the aid and comfort possible. We have no doubt that the crime will be sustained and applauded by the entire republican party of Montana, and that the chief criminals will, in due time, if their plot eucceeds, be officially "recognized" by President Harrison. The republican party is accustomed to carrying elections by force and fraud. Republicans who, outside of their "politics," ar& exemplary men, do not hesitate to employ the most desperate and lawless methods when the interests of their party are at stake. The average republican is, politically, a fanatic His party is his fetich. It has come to take the place, in his imagination, of God, and church, and country. It can do no wrong. It saved the country, so he has been taught, and freed the slave, and it is a pious duty to keep it in power by fair means or foul. The end justifies the means. So, all over the United States, in every campaign and at every election, republicans in good standing as citizens merchants, and bankers, and lawyers, and physicians, and even ministers of the gospel will lie and buy votes and perjure themselves and commit all manner of frauds and forgeries in the interest of their party, and apparently without any wear and tear of conscience. They appear to be laboring under the delusion that this sort of thing, when done for the sake of the "grand old republican party," is God's work. The Bublime nere which they exhibit in these matters, and which compels the surprise of d enterals, and even a certain kind of admiratio, is born of that insane fanaticism which deadens their consciences, and which differs only in degree from the frenzy of superstition which leads the Indian mother to throw her baby into the Ganges in order to propitiate the favor of her divinity. The republican party deliberately stole the presidency of the United States in 1876, its great national leaders taking an active part in the crime. In 1SS0, and again in 1838, it obtained the presidency by a system of open and shameless bribery in the debatable states. In 1SS4 It attempted to repeat the fraud of 1876, and only abandoned its wicked purpose when public indignation compelled it to do so. This was the only occasion in its whole history when its "nerve" ever failed it; and it is worthy of note that no man ever lost standing in the republican party because of hw complicity in crimes against the ballot-box. Joh.v Sherman, James A. Garfield, Stanley Matthews, Zach CnANDLER and the other conspirators of 1S76: William Wadb Dcdley, William A. Woods and all the others whose names are associated in the public mind with gross outrages upon the suffrage, sacrificed nothing of position or influence in the republican party by their misdoing. The dead among them died in the odor of republican sanctity ; the living are among the leaders of the republican party to-day. The Montana fraud will be hailed by the republican party ali over the country as a clcrious achievement. It is strictly

in line with republican traditions, and harmonizes perfectly with the record of the "grand old party" which "saved the country" and "freed the slave" and is now "smashing the surplus." What Do They Think or It? The old soldiers who voted for Harrison because they believed he was their friend, and the civil service reformers who voted for him because they believed him sincere when he said that "fitness and not party service should be the essential test in appointments; fidelity and efficiency should be theonlysure tenure of office, and only the interest of the public service should suggest removals from otfice," will find plenty of food for thought in the president's removal of Gen. Manson. ' Technically, Gen. Manson was not removed. He tendered his resignation, but he only did so in response to a letter from the president asking him to relieve "him of "embarrassment" in making a change in the office. That is to say, the president asked Gen. Manson to reeign, and the general did so, to avoid being removed. To cap the climax, the president caused Gen. Manson's letter of resignation to be sent to his personal organ from its Washington bureau, in order to create the impression that Gen. Manson resigned voluntarily, and not under compulsion. Gen. Manson is a hero of two wars. He made a splendid record in the Mexican war, and again in the war of secession. He was one of the bravest men that went out from Indiana to fight for the Union. He is a prominent member of the G. A. R., and is a prime favorite with the old soldiers of Indiana, of all political parties. A democrat in politics, he in as far removed from an "offensive partisan" as it is possible for a man of decided convictions to be. Indeed, Gen. Manson's democracy is not of that aggressive and uncompromising type which would render him personally objectionable to the most bitter political adversary. lie was appointed collector of internal revenue in August, 1SS6. He would not have completed four years of service until next August. His record as a public official has been unblemished. He has discharged his duties faithfully, and since he became collector has taken no active part in politics. Still, Gen. Manson has to go, ten months in advance of the expiration of his term. The brave soldier, the veteran of two wars, the honest and faithful public servant, is kicked out of office by the very president who solemnly assured the American people that if he were elected, only the public interests should suggest removals, and that "fidelity and efficiency should be the only sure tenure of office." What do the old soldiers think of this treatment of their comrade? What do the civil service reformers who supported Harrison think of this flagrant and contemptuous violation of solemn pledges by one whose word was guaranteed to the country, by Lccirs B. Swift, William Dudley Foulke and the Indianapolis Xews to be as good as his bond?

The Distress In Clay County. The Evansville Courier, Muncie HeraW, Madison Democrat, and other state papers, are engaged in colleotiiigclothing and other supplies for the unfortunate people of Clay county. This is a good work, and we trust that there will be a lileral response to the appeals made by those journals. We should be glad to see at least one newspaper in even county in Indiana lend its efforts to the collection of clothing, general supplies and money for the relief of the sufferers. Their combined efforts could not fail to result in relieving a vast amount of distress in the mining regions. Wc have no doubt the various railroads, following the example of the Vandalia, would provide free transportation for all the articles contributed to this object. The car-load of supplies gathered and forwarded by The Sentinel was received with every manifestation of gratitude, and blessings were freely showered by the beneficiaries upon the donors. The Sentinel will still receive and forward articles of wearing apparel, bedding, provisions, or anything else which can be spared that will prove useful to the destitute men, women and children of Clay county. A considerable quantity of such articles has accumulated since the car-load was shipped several, days ago, and we will send wagons to any address in the city for additional contributions of this character. Notification may be given to telephone No. 164, or by messenger or mail. The wants of the Clay county sufferers are great. The relief thus far given, while generous, is utterly inadequate to the pressing necessities of these people. The cold season is rapidly approaching, and there are thousands of barefooted women and children In Clay county. Let tho warm-hearted people of Indianapolis and Indiana not weary in well doing. There should be no abatement in giving so long as there is a half-clad woman or child in the mining region. .Anonymous Blackguards. , The school book trust is again flooding the mails with printed attacks on the new school books. Nobody assumes any responsibility for these documents; they are not dated nor signed ; and they are entitled to no more consideration than sensible people are accustomed to give anonymous letters. The man who anonymously attacks the reputation or credit of another, in letters sent through the mails, or in other ways, is popularly regarded as a coward and . a poltroon. These designations are applicable to Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. of Cincinnati, who are the authors, printers and circulators of the vile etuff referred to. Their criticisms upon the new books are, as a matter of fact, dishonest and puerile. - Most of the alleged errors they specify in the readers and geographies are not errors at all, but are sustained by the very best authorities in the departments to which they are assigned. It may be of interest to people who do not understand to what length the average school book man is capable of going when he is trying to injure the books published by a competitor, to know that Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co.'s attacks upon the Indiana readers are mildness itself when compared with their publications against the readers of D. Appletox & Co. before that house joined the school book combine. We have some of their circulars on tho Appleton readers before us, and they are far more scvero aud a

good deal more vicious in tone than those which they, are now circulating in Indiana against the new books. When it is remembered that, a few months after these anti-Appleton circulars were perpetrated, Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. entered into an agreement with the Appleton house, by the terms of which they were to "stand together" in resisting any attempt anywhere to displace the books published by either, it will be seen that their hullabaloo is "mere sound and fury, signifying nothing." The Indiana books, in the judgment of the leading educators of this and other 6tates, compare very favorably with the best school books published. They are not flawless, of course, but in all the essentials of a good and serviceable series of text books, they are up to standard. The scurrilous attacks made upon them by the school-book trust, under tho shelter of anonymity, will Berve no other purpose than to illustrate the unscrupulous and utterly despicable methods which the trust is in the habit of employing. The Dressed Reer Act. There is no room to doubt the soundness of Judge Irvin's decision against the constitutionality of the dressed beef inspection act. The act is clearly an attempt to regulate commerce between the states, and as such is a violation of the federal constitution. Happily, the guarantee in that instrument of absolute free trade between the states is too strong to be overcome. The dressed beef act was an attempt to introduce the principle of the protective tariff into state legislation. Its purpose was to "protect" the home beef industry, by excluding the dressed beef of other states. This was sought to be accomplished under the guise of a measure for the safeguarding of the people's health. It was deemed possible that such a measure would be held by the courts to be within the police power of the state. But the courts ignore the pretense upon which this hope was based, and seeing in the act a clear assumption of a power which the constitution devolves exclusively upon the federal legislature, hold it a nullity. Of course Judge Irvin's decision will be upheld by the supreme court. The act was passed by the legislature without due consideration. It was pressed by an organization of cattle raisers and butchers, and the favor with which it was received in the legislature was due to the fact that it was a blow aimed at the odious Chicago dressed beef monopoly. The destruction of that monopoly and all others is much to be desired, but it will have to be accomplished, if at all, by methods which do not in any way conflict with the constitutional guarantee of free trade between the states. That has done more to make us a great and prosperous people than any other one thing, and it would be a calamity should it become impaired in the slightest degree. The average yield of wheat throughout the country is now put, by the best authorities, at about thirteen bushels an acre. This is somewhat in exce?s of the estimates of the department of agriculture in its SeptomlxT report, which appear to'have been very loosely made. Whether the report was "doctored" in the interest of speculators, or was inaccurate owing to the carelessness or incompetency of the officials, it is impossible to say. The New York Commercial Bulletin, commenting upon the wheat situation and prospects, says : Ascuming that the crop this year in about 495,000,000 bushels, the fact must also be recognized that much of the winter wheat does not prade up to the standard, and appears to have been somewhat injured. The quantity available for contract use, or for consumption in the form of the best flour, will be relatively small; but it is not the choicest flour that is taken for foreign markets, nor is the wheat pent abroad exclusively of the best quality. The speculative demand counts for notnina;, if there is not behind it actual consumption at home or abroad. The foreign demand has been so liarht thus far as to indicate nothing like the enormous and urgent necessities which have been supposed to exist. Up to this time, foreign countries have not taken from the United States as much wheat, flour

included, since July 1, as was taken during the corresponding part ol the last year, and the exports for the last crop year were the smallest in any year since 1S76. It is entirely proper for anybody to present reasons for believing that the foreign demand within the next nine months must be much greater than it was during the corresponding months of 1SS-S-S9. Such reasoning will deserve attention according to the weight of evidence presented. The naked fact now is that the supply is remarkably large, including stock brought over from last year, while the export demand does not as yet come up to that of last year. These facts do not seem to justify any enthusiastio speculation in wheat, nor could such speculation fail to check the already slender movement to other countries. We print elsewhere the resolutions recently adopted by the Randolph county board of education on the text-book question. They are sensible and patriotic, and show that the Randolph county board is composed of honest men and good citizens. They very rightfully denounce the attempt to give the school book question a partisan aspect, and condemn in severe terms the attempt of the trust to create a sentiment against the law by the use of money. Randolph county is one of the strongest republican counties in the state. But that is no reason why it should not enjoy all the advantages conferred by the school book law. There is no "politics" in that law. Although it was passed by a democratic legislature it received many republican votes. It was in the line of recommendations made by Gov. IIovey in his inaugural address. Of the state board of education, which adopted the new text books, more than half the members are republicans. Of the Indiana school book company half the members, including the president and vice-president, are active republicans. The attempt to make a political issue out of these books is simply a trick of the school book trust, which Gov. Hovev so roundly denounced in his inaugural for its robbery of the people of Indiana. The Randolph county board of education sees through this little game, showing that it has more intelligence and more honesty than certain other republican boards those of Kokomo and Connersville, for instance. The Indianapolis Sentinel stuck to the "dollar-a-doy lie" till the canvass was over, and has never admitted that it was a lie though it knew it was false at the time. It also stuck to the "blocks-of-five lie" and sticks to it yet Fort Wayne Gazette, The Indianapolis Sentinel did not say one word during the canvass touchingGen. Harrison's attitude toward the workingmen in 1877 that was not true. As to the "blocks-of-five lie" The Sentinel has offered and still oftVrsto pay William Wade Dcdley 1,000 if he will come to Indianapolis and swear that he was not the author cf the inLimoua "blocks-of-five" letter pre

cisely as it was published in thJe columns. As Dcdley has never aeceptoi this offer and hasn't even dared to show his face in Indiana since his letter was published we ßhould fancy republican papers would feel a little delicate about making allusions to the "blocks-of-five lie." The Journal is criticising President Cleveland's silver record, and says his predictions of evil to result from the continued coinage of silver have not been verified. President Cleveland, 'like most eastern statesmen of both parties, has taken the wrong view of the silver question. But what view docs tho Journal take? And what is B. Harrison's position on this question? We venture to predict that the president, in his forthcoming message, will "trim" on silver. He will not take a positive stand against it, nor will he dare to say anything in faror of putting it on an equality with gold in our coinage. He is net built that way. He hasn't the courage to take a square, manly 6tand upon this or any other question upon which differences exist in his own party. President Cleveland was not afraid to speak out, either upon this or any other subject. While wo did not agree with his views upon the silver question, we admired the frankness and courage with which they were presented. President Cleveland is a bold, sincere man, who does his duty as he sees it without fear of the consequences. President Harrison is a coward and demagogue whose only conception of statesmanship is as to the art of getting votes. TnE attitude of the republican party toward the trusts is not misunderstood by either the friends or the foes of that organization. Every "combine" whose exactions are actually oppressive to the people will be struck at the custom-house whenever no other ready and effectual means of deaüne with them are available, and they will be struck promptly, vigorously and resolutely. Ulobfl-'tmocrtit. Stuff and nonsense! The G.-D. knows, as everybody with a thimbleful of intelligence knows, that the trusts own the republican party, "body, soul and breeches." They mad its platform at Chicago last year, dictated its nominees, and furnished the money to elect them. When the g. o. p. strikes the trusts, at tho custom-houses or elsewhere (except for boodle to buy votes with), the pigs will bo flying. . Ex-Gov. Palmer of Illinois expresses the opinion that tariff reform will be the issue in 1802, Cleveland the democratic nominee by acclamation, and either McKinley or Ci llom the republican nominee. President Harrison, he says, will cut no figure. The old gentleman is a shrewd political observer, and his predictions as to '02 seem to be well grounded. The interesting announcement is made that 'Lice Halford is getting up an "adult bible class" at Washington. We presume Dudley, Qcay, Wanamaker, Clarkson, Harry MacFarlaxd and Eli Hornaday will become members. The Ohio election will take place on the 5th of November. The campaign is the hottest the state hasexperiencedfortwenty years, and the prospects of democratic success seem to be growing brighter every day. ' The aggregate attendance upon the Paris exposition will, it is believed, reach 26,000,000. This beats the best record of the Indiana state fair. PROMINENT PEOPLE.

TnE mother of Bayard Taylor celebrated her eightieth birthday Sunday. She lives at Kennett Square, Pa, LABorcnr.RK is pointed out as the probable successor of Mr. Gladstone in the leadership of the English liberals. THE late king of Bavaria left debts which will be pnidoirat the rate of $275,000 a year. The last pnyment w ill be made in liu5. Prince Lccien Bonatarte has come into a fortune of $150,000 by the death of his nephew, Taul Amadeus Francis Coutts Stuart. SINCE Secy. Rusk took charge of the crusade against the white house rodents his cabinet colleagues have called him "Old Rough on Rats." A NEW COMPANY, in which Thomas A. Edi. on is largely interested, has been organized to manufacture dolls on a large scale. It will turn out 250,000 the first year. James G. Blaine, jr., has returned to Waterville, Me., and resinned work in the machine shops of the Maine Central railroad, where he is busy engaged in learning his trade. Previous to last week li'smarck had not attended an opera or concert for twenty years. He has not been inside of a church, except strictly on business, for a much longer time, nor has he put himself ou exhibition in any foreign country. Ira S. Dibrlr. who recently died at Danbury, Conn., at the age of ninety, was the oldest resident of that place. For seventy-five years he lived in the same house. The house is 150 years old. One piece of furniture in it was a chair 200 years old, ned successively by Mr. Dibble's grandfather, father and himself. Secy. Tracy, Acting Rear Admiral Walker, Commodore Vhite, chief of the bureau of yards and docks, and two or three other officials of the navy department have received canes made of oak taken Irotn the timbers of the privateer Geortre, sunk in the harbor of St. Johns, N. S., in 1781, by the British frigate Pluto. The canes are adorned with handsome oxidized silver handles. Ellen Terry is said to suffer agonies of anxiety whenever she undertakes a new part, and she can scarcely bear any one to speak to to her on the days preceding the first performance. It is her habit to spend the greater part of the time in driving far ont into the country. so that she feels secure against the intrusion of visitors. The only person whose company is welcome to her on these occasions is her daughter, Ailsa Craig. Prof. Tyndall has returned to England much improved by his sojourn among the Alps. He has suffered greatly from insomnia. ProfTyndall is a pretty lively climber for a man of his years. He is in his seventieth year. His first exploration of the Swiss glaciers was made thirty-three years aeo, but not for love of adventure; it was for love of science. His object was to determine glacier motion, and he found, as be expected, that it was on the move in fact, very fast. C. Avery Orr, who accompanies the U. S eclipse expedition to Africa, is anxious to make certain anthropological studies. 'Upon reaching the coast of Africa Mr. Orr will leave the expedition, and, accompanied by five black and five white men, all fully armed, will strike out for the interior, visiting many of the native tribes, whose manner of living he will closely observe, photographing and measuring them, noting their habits and manners and studying all the characteristics peculiar to each tribe. Prof. Eben J, Loomih, who will accompany the American solar eclipse expedition to South Africa on the sloop-of-war Pensacola, to assist in both the astronomical and natural history work, has been for forty years in the national almanac office at Washington, has made computations in every astronomical almanac issued by this government. He has been nn observer in other fields also, and in 1879 he discovered the remarkable circumtnutation. or leaf-like expansion, of the English maidenhair fern, which l'rof. Asa Gray of Harvard considered one of the most wonderful of botanical phenomena. Life is but short, and we should do all we ran to prolong it. Check a cough or cold at once by using the old reliable remedy, Dr. llL'U's Coditb Cirruu. .

A PIOXERR OF INDIANA.

ALMOST AS OLD AS THE CENTURY. Mr. Thomas E. Rateltff of RnsslavllI lie Tells of an Ancient Flurry in Wheat, and How Teachers Treated the Scholars to Whisky. RrssiAviLLE, Ind., Oct. 17. Special. One of the oldest and most highly respected pioneer of this vicinity, is Mr. Thomas E. RatcliiT, of English descent, and who is now in his eighty-seventh year. By birth, he is a North Carolinian, but when quite young moved with his parents to near Hillsboro, 0., and, though but a mere lad, used to haul wheat from his father's farm to Cincinnati, which was the nearest grain market. In thope days wheat was only worth from 30 to 40 cents per bushel. Once, however, he got 50 cents, and when he returned home with the news it created a panic among the neighbors, and they immediately loaded up their wagons with all the wheat they could possibly haul, and the whole neighborhood, as it were, rushed off all the surplus wheat to the market Mr. Rateliff humorously describes the pioneer school-house in those early days, which the neighbors all had a hand in building, turning out en-masse for the occasion. Trees were cut down in the forrest and a rustic frame-work made of tho los for the walls, the interstices being filled with "chinkin"and"daulin." Slabs covering one-half the interior formed the floor, the other half or the naked ground bein used for a hearth to the fire-place. Of course the hearth would pet very dry and duty, and was a source of perpetual annoyance. The chimney was composed of clay and sticks. Puncheons were used for seats. But there were other difficulties in the way of petting an education, as Mr. Rateliff states that the teachers knew little of "cipherin" or "rithmetic." Christmas or New Years the scholars would club totrether and lock the teacher out and compel htm to treat. Sometimes he would give them a gallon of whi.-ky to drink, and then there would be a boisterous time. Coming to Indiana in ISöii Mr. It. settled in what is now Russiaville, where he is living with his third wife, now, perhaps sixty years of age. Ileenjovsgood health, baa never used tobacco and whiskv only vnry moderatelj. His teeth are quite weil preserved, and he declares that he relishes food quite as well as ever. In f peak in? of the power of music in pioneer days, Mr. R. savs he has seen a whole company of people jump from the dinner table at the first sound of a violin, and immediately niter they had commenced eating, and dance until supper time without another bite. THE SCHOOL BOOK QUESTION. Full Text of the Resolutions Adopted by the Knndolph County Hoard. The preamble and resolutions recently adopted by the Randolph county board of education on the text book question are given in full below : "Whereas, The legislature of this state at its last session passed a law concerning text-books for use in the common schools of this state, and whereas, the members of the state board of education, gentlemen of worth, inteligence and experience, and the recognized leaders of educational thought in this state; men whose integrity and purity of character has been, and is now, above reproach, and high above the plane of ading from motives of mere partisanship, have in accordance with the law on this question, carefully examined the books of the Indiana educational series, and pronounced thera equal in every respect to the books now generally used throughout this state: Therefore, lie it resolved by the members of this board, that we deem it to the best interests of the educational welfare of this county that the books of the Indiana educational series be put into the schools of this county as new classes are formed, and that we hereby make a rule to that ei'ect. Resolved, That we deprecate the attempts that have been made to make the school-book question a partisan one, and that the members of this board will look with disfavor upon all attempts to make party capital out of a question purely educational in its ßcone and character; and that we believe the true friends of education, who take the time and trouble to investigate the matter will agree with us in the proposition that this question has been agitated as a party measure, and odium sought to be-cast upon the books adopted because certain book agents and publishing houses have made a corrupt use of mony to create such a sentiment and defeat the ends and purposes of the law. Resolved, That notwithstanding the fact that a change of text-books ns new classes are formed may create some confusion, we think such a course will cause less trouble than the use of two sets of books, which cannot b prevented, because there are persons who will buy the new series of books, and under the law teachers and officers are obliged to recegnize them, and thereby uniformity be destroyed and the schools suffer in consequence thereof, unless the old series of books are replaced altogether by the new. Resolved, That we ask the people to consider carefully this subject before attaching blame to any one, believing that if any one is to be blamed in the matter, it should fall on the law making body of the state and not upon the officers whose sworn duty it is to enforce the law. Resolved, That we ask the co-operation of the people and the press of this county in the enforcement of this law, which will ultimately 6ave the people about 50 per cent, in the cost of their school-books. Resolved, That the attempts by certain book agents and publishing-houses to create a sentiment, against the present law by the use of money, making it embarrassing tor school officers in the performance of their duties, we regard as mean, contemptible and disgraceful. Resolved, That we commend the action of Gov. IIovey in bringing this school-book question to the attention of the last legislature, and that we also commend the eHortsof all persons, regardless of party, to give the people cheaper books without impairing the quality and character of them. J. V. Denney, President. W. H. Wrigiit, Secretary. A Good Work. Fort Wayne Gazette rep. The Indianapolis Shntixel is doing a good work in collecting supplies of clothing and other necessaries for the Clay county miners. While men may criticise the motive there should be no lack of sympathy for the cause. With the approach of winter there will no doubt be an increase of suffering there which should call out a generous response from the people of Indiana. During the summermonths their wants were limited largely to the mere question of sufficient food. The cold of winter will add to this the. need of warm clothing, fuel and shelter. The time to provide for this need is before this unfortunate community is exposed to all the su Iii-ring, disease and death which the lack of these comforts will bring. Even those who condemn their action in the strike have hearts that can and will sympathize in their distress. Senator Harrison's Foresight. Philadelphia Record. In his famous speech in the U. S. senate on the 2Uh of March. 18t5, benjamin Harrison said: "It is not the question of a few postoilices. I freely say to my colleague that the republican party would be stronger in Indiana it you put every republican out of office; and I think the democratic party would be weaker in preoisely the same proportion that you put democrats in." The clean sweep made by the democrats at the recent municipal election in Indianapolis Tuesday last seems in a measure to bear out the correctness of the position assumed by Senator Harrison in 1886; but the falling off in the republican vote may also be somewhat accounted for by the emigration from that city of a large number of its citizens to fill federal positions by appointment of President Harrison. K'ennsylTnnia'a Ex-Governor Dead. Philadelphia, Oct. 17. Gen. John F. Ilartranft, ex-governor of Pennsylvania, died at his residence at Norristown at noon to-day. In minirg districts Salvation Oil is regarded as an indispensable necessity. Miners will hare iL

CHURCH STATISTICS. They Are To Be Included In the Special Inquiries of the Kleventb Census. To the Editor Sir: Having determined to include church statistics in the special inquiries to be made for tho eleventh census, I wish to announce to you and, through you to your readers, my desire and purpose to obtain the fullest and most accurnte results possible in this special department 1 need not enlarge upon the value of Rich results to any who are in any wise connected with church work and progress, and wish to know the numerical strength of the various religious denominations of the United States. The inquiry will be broad enoujrh in scope to embrace ever' religious IxhIv, of whatever name or creed, however few or manv its churches and members, and it will be conducted with the utmost fairness and impartiality. The information sought will be arranged under live heads: (1) Organizations or societies; (2) Church edifices; (3) Sooting caf-acitv; (4) Value of church property; (5) Communicant. This is as much, in my judgment, as it will be wiso to undertake in this direction for the eleventh census. In order to prosecute the plan successfully and to make the results so thorough and accurate that they cannot be impeached, the government will have to count largely on the proinpt and generous co-operation of those in each denomination who are in a paction to furnish the information desired. This information can not be gathered bv the enumerators. They are already fully burdened; and the appropriations available for th? census will not admit of the appointment of special enumerators for this work. It is necc-ssarv, therefore, to make church statistics "a special inquiry, and tin v must be gathered chiefly by schedule placed in the hands of some competent person in each of the minor ecclesiastical sub-divisions of the various churches. The conduct of this special inquirv has been committed to a gentleman whose qualifications for the Morl: will, I am sure, be instant iy recognized. II. K. Carroll, Id D., editor of the J,,!i; cixleiit of New York, has consented to assume the duties of the position. Dr. Carroll is now engaged in preparing plans for Furh a division of the territory of each denomination as will make it comparativelv ensy for those to whom his inquiries will be! addressed to give a prompt and faithful response. I ask for him, and 1 am sure you will heartily second me. such cheerful and generous assistance as he may require from officers of the denomination von represent. Very respectfully, IIokekt I. Tortf.:, Superintendent of Census. Washington, 1. C, Oct. 15. WHY HOVEY WAS NOT THERE. Incidents of the Recent Soldiers' Reunion at Grceimbor. To tite Editor .Sir; The late reunion of the Ninth and Tenth regiments which occurred here has been already noted in the newspapers. I would like it if you would give f pace to some little more concerning it. Tho pleasures of the occasion were greatly marred by an accident which happened to one of the soldiers while firing off tho cannon. One hand was badly shattered and the other blown ofl. It was an unfortunate cannon. Every time it went off it shattered out a lot of window panes, (low Gray's speech was well received. lie treated his old soldier friends altogether dierently than Gov. IIovey did. When the latter was invited to come and speak he asked, "Who would be there?" When toll that Gov. Gray would be present ho got mad. refused to come, and said, "You can consider my engagement cancelled." Everybody, however, expected to see IIovey here, and when he did not come, and the people found out the reason, they were very angry. You may think me gone daft on politics, but when I see fo much humbug and rottenness in a pr.rty as the one iu power I can't help getting wound up to run twenty-four hours if not longer. The more I read on tariff reform in Tite Skxtixel the stronger I talk. I like to tell them of their piecrust promises; so glad they are so well pleased with their administration, etc. II. II. L. Greensburg, Oct. IS. 'The Sentinel's" Course Approved. To the Editor Sir: I wish to most heart ily indorse : The Sextixel in the course pursued in your city canvass. It was eminently wise and patriotic, and contributed largely, in my judgment, to the success of the ticket. Your e jp.se of the postal service i3 certainly on the right line. I received a letter Monday, the 7th inst., hearing a post-mark at treentduirg, Oct. 1. The envelope was well directed and it only took seven dnys to carry the letter twenty miles over the Dig Four road. Such mail service needs ventilation. Sheloy vilie, Ind., Oct. 9. Ed I. Fereis.

flow Washington Wns Carried. To the Editor Sir: Will you be kind enough to send me a copy of the Australian ballot bill as it passed the legislature in your state last winter. If we do not get some such a measure adopted by our legislature, there is no hope for the democracy ia this new state, as the men working in the mills and logging camps were marched to the polls by their loremen and voted as so many cattle. If you have it in pamphlet form or a copy of THE SexTlXELwithit in, please send it and oblige. Yours respectfully, Fr? nk A. Smallev. Tacoma, Wash., Oct 12. Generous Yonnf Democrats. To the Editor Sir: The "Jackson club," an aggregation of youthful democrats ranging in age from six to twelve years, has this day pent the Clay county miners, in your care, several packages of good winter clothing and twelve packages roasted coCee. Please deliver with the heartfelt sympathy ot the "hoys," and a promise of more help in the near future. M. M. Uathaway. "Winamac, Ind., Oct. li. Innocence. Merchant Trarcler. "I never knew before that you were an artist," said Miss Dottington, to a young man of her acquaintance. "An artist?" "Yes; but. I should think you would try real subjects landscapes and bo on, you know." Why I must confess I don't quite catch your meaning?" "Indeed? It was rnly yesterday that papa said you were very much given to painting the town red." Th Manderscn Matter. SL Louis Republic. Mr. Mandcrson is not entitled to a penny of pension. The pretext of technical disability under which he draws pension money is a wrong to the really disabled ex-soldiers as well as to the labor of the country. Secy. Noble has done partial if tardy justice in annulling the false certificate of his total disability to earn his living. Complete justice will not be done until his name has been stricken from the pension rolls. If he can earn hundreds of thousands in private business and JÖ.000 a year in public oflice, the pretense that a wound received in the military service a quarter of a century ago disables him in whole or in part from supporting himself is fraudulent, and the money he draws is money wrongfully taken from labor to the detriment of really disabled veterans. The way to make money is to save it. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the most economical medicine to buy, as it is the only medicine of whieh can truly be said. "100 doses $1." Do not take any other preparation if you have decided to buy Hood's Sarsaparilla. Look Here, Friend, Ar You Sick. T)o you suffer from dyspepsia, indigestion, sour stomach, liver complaint, nervousness, lost appetite, biliousnets, exhaustion or tired feeling, pains in chest or lung, dry cough, nightsweats or any form of consumption? If so send to Prof. Hart, 8 Warren-st., New York, who wiil send you free, by mail, a bottle of Flora cRsivik vliicli i a sore cure. SJid to-day.

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