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that party. Has he studied with any care the
extraordinary anti-Democratic character Of
the proposition he here makes9 Noting
more revolutionary in the structure of the
federal government nothing more de-
structive of the constitutional relations
between the national and State governments
could be imagined, than change in the
method of electing Presidents, whereby an
election by the States should be superseded
by a plebiscite, in which ''the popular ma
jority should settle it," There are heights,
and depths, and lengths about this electoral
college" business and an election by Unpopular
vote that are not easily disposed of in a
three or four-line paragraph. But it is GER
tainly very remarkable to hear Democrat
advocating the choice of President by pop
ular majority.
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Prohibition on the Gain.

Kansas City Journal,
1t is thirty eight years since Maine passed her
first prohibition law, and now this year. after
thirty eight years trial it has been incorporated
in the Constitution. Prohibition laws, varying
ing in their tones, have been passed by Della
ware, Rhode Island Massachusetts, Tennessee,
Vermont, Michigan, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa,
New York, New Hampshire Kansas and Ne
braska Some of the laws have been repealed,
others have been declared unconstitutional, and
others have been openly disregarded But it is
impossible to read the history of prohibition in
this country for the last thirty years without
coming to the conclusion that the cause has made
considerable progress. The action of the lead
ers in the last national canvass however, is sure
to seriously check its onward march.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE Empress of Austria is in very poor health.
Mr. BLAoKAIoEE, whose novel, Lorna Doone" has
made him deserving of literary Immortality, is a
courtly gentleman, well in years. and always
frilled cambria shirt BOSOM
EDwARD LANdrRY still legal husband Of the Jersey
Lily has come out with Christmas story which is
assertion that his claim to authorship is good
his wife's assumption to be an actress,
The Sir Bartle Frere memorial fund now amounts
to more than $4,000. OF 1t, 49, 600 will be spent
in erecting monumental statue the Thames EN-
bankment. The balance will go to Lady Frere
MRS. MARY ASHLEY TOWNSEND (''Zariffa y the
poet of the exposition opening at New Orleans, was
formerly resident. of Iowa City, Ia where her
husband was engaged in the commission business
A DUDE who wears very high heels,
Just for fun thought he put on the wheels"
But oh! his heart sunk
For he down ker-hrnk,
And now he stands up at his meals.
BY Queen victorias command. large and hand
some chair of polished granite has been placed by the
side of private road at Bamoral as a memorial of
the late Duke of Albany The road was one of his
favorite walks.
THE Paris illustrated papers full of portraits of
Nine Clovis Hughes. The carcaturists represent her
draped as a Roman mother, with her children lost in
the folds Of her robe and revolver in her hand in
stead of distaf.
THE SEVENTEEN anniversary of their wedding will be
celebrated on next New Years day Gf they live) by
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson. of East Bridgewater, Mass.
the former of whom is ninety three, and the latter
nnety-one years of age.
In the cold snap holiday goods cannot be
through the shop windows account of thick screen
Of frost upon the panes. If thin coat Of glycorine
were applied on both sides Of the window-pane the
frosty film would be prevented.
AN ingenious journalist calculates that the ballot pa
per printed for in the presidential election in the
States would. if pasted end to end go entirely round
the world leaving 49, 900 miles to spare for double
bow knot The weight Of paper was 760 tons.
In recent sermon at st. Pauls, London, Canon
Iiddon told story of the late Sir Robert Peel with
quiet dignity ordering his carriage when at a dinner
party Christianity denied, saying that he was
sorry to retire, but that he still a Christian
ST. STEPHEN Review gives the following as a new
anecdote of that nveterate joker, Rossini He at
tended the first performance of Pierre de Medics,"
by Prince Joseph Ponatowsh and sat patiently until
the middle of tho third act, when he to leave.
Leaving the OPERA group OF critics surrounded the
ilustrious composer. what do you think of III Ia
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ever produced

IT is expected by some of the members of
the House of Representatives that the Senate
will kill that ridiculous bit of buncombe the
bill making the Agricultural Bureau depart
ment with its chief a secretary in the Cabi-
net. The members of the House passed the
bill simply to make little supposed capital
with their rural constituencies. If there
are any political towards anywhere, they
are to be found in the House of Representa-
tives. When the Thanking privilege was abol-
ished some members of the House. who advo-
Gated and voted for the measure, Immediately
ran over to the Senate and begged the senators
to defeat the bill providing for the abolition.
Something Of the same moral cowardice and
miserable time-serving is at the bottom of the
Agricultural Bureau vote.
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"THE MERCENARY SNEAK"
The Question as to st. Johns Sel1-Out to
the d emocratic National Committee.
st. Louis QIobe. Democrat.

The Question as to st. Johns sell-Out to-
the d emocratic National Committee.
st. Louis Globe Democrat
The important part taken at Chicago last sum
mer by MIR r. G. Kerens in consummating the
nomination Of James G. Blaine for the presi-
dency, was followed by his being assigned
committee during the campaign. Mr.. Kerens
has long been an intimate friend of Steve Elkins
and other leading Republicans and, while he
had public connection with the campaign
management, IL goes without saying that
he occupied an important confidential
intermediate position. In a casual way
his name has been mentioned as be-
ing privy to certain details of the alleged trade
by St John, the Prohibition candidate, who,
for a consideration of $37, 900 paid him by the
national Democratic committee, remained in
the field a candidate for the presidency after
having offered to withdraw in the interest of the
Republican candidate for material considera-
ton. This offer of ST. Johns was declined by the
Republican management whereupon he COM
pleted his dicker with the Democrats, according
to report Mr.. Kerens has been absent in Colo
RADIO or-sevelal weeks. Yesterday he returned,
Democrat reporter, who asked the question:
"What is this talk about st. John2" With much
distinctness of emphasis Mr.. Kerens replied
st John is -, a - and a - He offered
to sell out to us, and when we declined to enter
the dirty bargain, he went to the Democrats and
sold out to them. Full documentary evidence
of these facts has been secured, and is now in pos
session of the Republican national committee,
and will be given to the public in due time.
Further than that the evidence is complete and
convincing, do not care to say just now"
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Hon. W. r. MORRISON announces that he
the State of Illinois Elk Governor Palmer
says he will not be candidate. and the Dem
oeratic nomination will probably lie between
Morrison and Carter Harrison. If there
is cheap, two-penny Statesman" any
where in the country, it is William r.
Morrison, who has twice conspicuously
displayed his paucity of ability at the head of
the ways and means committee In any other
country but this so small specimen would
be laughed out of public life Morrison is on
a par with Holman, They are pair of the
poorest paltriest, public men the country has
aver nroduced
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Hurd,s Appeal to CleveIand.

New York Tribune.
And Frank Hurd, too, has been to call upon
Mr. Cleveland. Frank probably led the CONVEX
sation with the remark
See here Cleveland
Canst thou not minister to a that's left,
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
Raze out the vote by which I lost my right
To spout free trade in the XIIIXth Congress-
And with some fine and SNOWY sineoure
Cleanse the stuffd bosom Of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart and makes me
The worst company of any man in Ohiof
1t is doubtful if Mr.. Cleveland, whose many
pardons prove that he is extremely tender
hearted, could resist such an appeal Hurd will
surely get something nico.
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THE Atlanta Constitution is not pleased
with the assumption by Northern mugwumps
that the South is in a retiring frame of mind,
and will be content to allow the government
machinery 20 be run by Democratic statesmen
Of the North, under the guidance and super
vision, of course, of the mugwumps aforesaid.
The Constitution assures the independent
brethren in plain language that Southern
Democrats are just as efficient as Northern
Democrats, and quite as competent to hold
office; and further, announces that they do
not mean to be sighted in the distribution of
sroils. The mugwumps are urged by this
bold organ to reflect Oh these things, and are
also warned that if they bold their breath
every time Southern man is appointed they
will finally die of lung trouble. Such utter
ances as these must be peculiarly painful to
the righteous element" in politics, and the
wort of it is that the agony is but just begun.
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w. c. RHNELANDER. recently acquitted"
Of insanity testifes his gratitude to those who
contributed money to aid him by refunding it
to the paper through whose instrumentality it
was raised, together with slight addition,
and he suggests that it be forwarded to the
miners in the Hooking valley. Young Rhine
lander is not only not insane, but is a fine
fellow and deserves every encouragement in
his unequal fight against his aris.ocrstc and
wealthy family.
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'tate agog.

New JERSEY detectives are confident fhat
they have at last received evidence Il u will
bring to justice the assassin of PhobePaullin.
The story they tell, however, indicates that
they have slight grounds of hope. and the
name Of the suspected man is given publicity,
80 that it is quite likely he will proceed to
make good his escape
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-26

Now that Christmas is past, with the time
honored customs and formalities properly OBJ
served and the sentiments appropriate to the
occasion duly experienced there can be no
harm in saying that the average citizen of
mat ure years feels secret conviction that
this particular festival is being tride more
overdone each year, and rejoices silently that
bit cannot return for twelve months.
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An Estimate of ME-. St. John.

St louis Globe-DemOerat.
We have received from Mr.. John P. St John a
letter denying that he asked or accepted money
for his services in the late campaign Mr. John
p. ST. John is an infamous and unmitigated liar
and we shall not print his letter.
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Too COnspicuOus.

New York Mail and EXPRESS
One is not disposed to be too severe, but it
seems unjust to young girls to render them as
conspicuous as they must inevitably be as sales
women at charity fairs Their presence certainly
swells the receipts, but it as certainly exposes
them to many things that are disagreeable.
Many irresponsible men take the opportunity to
meet and converse with young girls whose names
are made known to them through the publicity
which attends almost every social act of young
y;rlfa
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Its Winters Work.

Springfield Republican.
The Indiana Legislature will dodge the rum
question and fix the boundaries of the Terre
Haute congressional district so that it will elect
a Democrat two years hence; and that really
seems to be its winters work.
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Bishop simpsons Benuest.

Phiadelphia Record.
In Methodist circles it is understood that no
steps will be taken to carry into effect the be-
quest of the late Bishop Simpson relative to the
endowment of an Episcopal chair, as it is not
thought practicable Furthermore the impress
sion is that the family of Bishop Simpson should
receive the full benefit of his estate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-26

THE Louisville CourierJournal publishes a
portrait of Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of
the Prince of Wales and says "The observant
reader will notice that his countenance while
marked with the characteristics of the Guelph
family at the same time strongly resembles the
more refined lineaments of his amiable mother,
the Princess Alexandra, of Denmark" We beg
leave to differ with you In all our intimate as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-26

TIE electoral college should be abolished
Let the people vote directly for President and
the popular majority settle it.-Lafayette
Times.
The Lafayette Times is understood to be
Dem ocratic in it's tendency though quite in
dependent in it's political course. Its editor,
however, is an old and prominent Democrat,
identified with the principles and history Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-26

THE Cameron and anti Cameron factions in
pennsylvania are at it again. If mysterious
sanovidence should see fit to suddenly remove
Camerons, father and son, from an earthly
politics of the State. AS it is, the Cam
srons are big enough men to keep an entire
State aro0
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-26

IT is not often that person suspected of being
thief confirms the suspicion and finally proves
innocent, yet such has been the experience of
Mrs. Alice Williams, of New York. On Tuesday
last as she, in company with her daughter, en-
tered Mays store, she was spotted as suspicious
by two detectives, who watched her for over an
hour. They finally saw her pick up leather
reticule laid down on the counter for a moment
by another shopper. and walk rapidly toward
the end of the store. She was arrested and
taken to the staton-house, her protestations of
innocence not availing against the evidence had.
Then she explained who she was 81 am a
widow, she said to Judge Patterson. IT am
dressmaker, and have supported myself for
years by sewing 1 went to Macys with my
daughter, who lives with me, to shop. sepa-
rated from her while we stood near those ladies'
When l turned to go up stairs 1 saw the
satchel on the counter My daughter had
one just like it. SIGHT it was hers.
picked it up" Mr. mss daughter who
sat in the rear of Dom, was called to
the stand Her s. \ pale and as she
reached Mrs Williamss side she threw her
arms about her neck and screamed loudly then
she staggered backward, and looked as though
she was going TO faint Then she said the arrest
of her mother was outrage. Detective KILL
ca said that when he arrested Mrs. Williams he
saw piece of lace and a whisk broom drop from
under her sacque. Mrs Williams denied this.
Mrs. Boynton said that her reticule might have
discharged Mrs Williams.
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Another Letter from wattorson.

Chicago News.
We are looking for another confidential open
letter from the Hon H. Watterson. 1t is un-
derstood that this letter will be an imprisoned
appeal to his historic 100 0O0 armed Kentuckians,
urging them to rally along the border to keep
wicked Samuel j. Randall off the sacred soil of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-26

IT is announced, upon apparently good
authority, that General Butler is about to write
his political recollections for publication The
Generals experience IN politics has been of such
a varied and picturesque character that his
"reminiscences will read like what the reporters
call romance from real life that is stranger
than fiction" He may safely count on a sale of
his book that will place him beyond want dur
ing his declining years
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ISOLATION with the Guelphs we confess that we
never saw any resemblance in Al to the restof
the family. He totally lacks that savoir faire,
esprit de corps, not to say embonpoint of the
elder members and it is useless to try to deceive
us. We leave it to AL himself, if it isn't so.
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The Mean Things.

Norristown Herald.
Miss Emily Faithful is lecturing in Edinburg
on Mornonism, and Miss Kate Field is lecturing
in this country on the same subject Both these
ladies, judging from their prolonged and persist
ent state of single blessedness. are averse to a
man having any wife at all.
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Warming to Howgate.

Chicago News.
We trust Captain Howgate will be careful not
to run into the arms of any of the United States
detectives. 1t would be very embarrassing. We
don't quite see how the detectives could get out
of arresting him.
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HERE'S the compliments of the season to
the ballot-box suffers at Chicago, and hoping
another Christmas will find them we'll started
on twenty-year contract at Joliet.
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IT is said that Mr. Cleveland has to shake
5000 hands week This is shame. The new
President should be let off with merely saying
'howdy" to each person as the procession moves
along-Louisvile Courier Journal.
Seeing it is a Democratic procession he will
probably say $50 long,
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TIE New York World is being sued by a
Eve ''markee," patented in the family by
houis XIV. This is the gentleman who was
going to marry Mrs. Frank Leslie ''all so
foe+
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port and are not often disappointed. News.
paper enterprise forbids the successful estab-
lishment Of "organs"
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wock makes his lair and the State's-rights boo
boo ravishes the pale air with his tuneful lump
tVtum
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On account of the failure to secure $35, 900,
the Great Eastern has not yet sailed for New
Orleans, there to serve as floating hotel and
nautical Jumbo. Some other vessel will
have to nave it's afterdeck loaded with Oolong,
Young Hyson and Gunpowder. That would be
the great tea stern.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-26

If any paper hasn't had whack at the Christ
mas editorial let it speak now, hold its peace
until next time, The yule log-well, yule rec
ognize it by its having all the bark scraped off
it. 1t has pretty tough time at Christmas.
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GEORGE A. HOWARD, of Gainesville Ga, is a
deputy in the Office of his father, who is county
clerk, in which capacity he often signed the name
of his father to marriage licenses. Having &C.
casion to use one himself, and not caring to let
the ''old man" know about it, he signed it and
married Miss Anna G. Payne, very respectable
young lady of the place When his father
heard of it he was furious, and, instead of re-
cording the marriage license when returned to
him by the Rev. Mr.-Headens officiating clergy
man. wrote across its face an Endorsement and
returned it to his son. The Endorsement among
other things, said:
This internal paper was sneaked back into
my Office 1t is hereby returned and is good evil
dence to remind you of your theft lying and
virtual forgery. Little did | ever think that you
would turn yourself over to the control of as
low-down a scoundrel as Ned Payne and as low
down villain as Vest Harwell, and to become
so infatuated with the Internal set you have
taken up with. Can't you get from among
thems Il not, get a rope and hang yourself.
How can you face respectable peoplel You can
record this in hell j. A. HOWARD"
From the evidence submitted by the elder
Howard, we should infer that the boy has made
an excellent choice. At any rate, he is getting
out of very undesirable family.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-26

THE telegraphed account of the shooting of
Hogue by Logue, of Gogue, ILL.,, is calculated to
remind the reader of the alliterative utterance-
Crazy Grafton caught crate of crinkled crabs
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Too Easily Scared.

Philadelphia Times.
Is it the wicked Britisher who fees when no
dynamite fend pursueth
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Now swear that never again will you make
such unreasonable hog of yourself as you
did at yesterdays dinner.
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THE New Orleans exposition should not fail
having Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines as one of its ex-
hibits.-Exchange
On the contrary, the exposition managers
should use every effort TO keep Mrs. Gaines
away from the neighborhood. If she gets down
there she may levy on the show or lay claim to
the gate MONEY!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-26

THE preachers of central Pennsylvania are
fred with holy zeal to wear the spiritual scalp
of Abe Buzzard, the vagabond mountain robber,
at their belts; or, in more evangelical language,
to add bright star to their crowns through the
saving of his soul If they had shown the same
ardor for missionary work when the outlaw and
his gang were young and comparatively limo
cent, the robberies and outrages of which they
have been guilty would probably have never
been committed; but as stars their souls would
not perhaps have shone so brilliantly
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PARIS-Americau Exchangein Paris 80 Boulevard
des Capucines
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TIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places
LONDON-AlneileaA Exchange Europe 449
Strand
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NEW yoRE-st. Nicholas and Windsor Hotels
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ST. LoUIS-Union News Company, Union Depot and
Southern Hotel
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To tho Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
Are there deaf and dumb schools in Ohio,
Kentucky. Illinois and RIichiganl Please give
the postoffice addresses of them.
Yes Ohio, at Columbus; Kentucky. at Dan
vile; Illinois, at jacksonville; Michigan, at
Mint
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T. Dearing, northwest corner
Third and Jefferson streets
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CHIt AdU-F'amer House,
VnCINNATI-,J. r Hawley & Co.. 154 Vine Street
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To tie Editor of the Indianapolis journal:
What is the full length and full width of the
steamer Great Easternlr What depth of water
does she draw7 A READER.
BRAZIL, Ind.
Length, over all, 6G2 feet; breadth, SO, or
11S over paddle-boxes; depth of hull, including
bulwarks 20 feet. The data including the
depth Of water the vessel draws are not at hand.