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duty Of every citizen who, for great and
benefcent ends has habitually supported the
party, to regard the success of the party at
elections, without regard to the character OF
those whom it selects as its executive agents,
to be supreme national necessity. A tend
ency more fatal to public welfare cannot be
conceived
Here, then, we have a man who, according
to his own confession, ought to be without a
party, since neither is good enough for his
fellowship. But Mr. Curtis is not content
with playing the Pharisee; he goes further
and stultifes himself and impeaches his own
honesty by voluntarily and ostentatiously
allying himself with "a party without single
definite principle; party without any dis
tinct national policy which it dares present to
the country; a party which fell from power as
conspiracy against human rights, and now
attempts to sneak back to power as con
spiracy for plumber and spoils.
These are Mr.. Curtis's chosen words, uttered
less than two months ago. BE himself will
hardly claim that the character of that party
has miraculously changed within fifty days so
as not to still merit the estimate he placed
upon it. Evidently, then, there is but one
conclusion out Of this curious contradiction in
the man. He must be regarded as deliberate
~ hypocritical, while it is apparent enough
that he is lying now, or lied while he spoke in
the Republican convention at Chicago. It
matters little which, the influence Of the man is
powerless to make or unmake any candidate
or party. The man who can affiliate with the
party and the men whom he has barely ceased
to Islander, and who can abandon the associates
which made him all he is, and who were good
enough for him until but a few days ago, is
beneath decent contempt, and unworthy the
confidence of any person upon whom he may
confer his friendship"
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POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

GEORGE WILLIAM CURT1s suffers from dys-
pepsia. So do most boilers
The New York Sun says: 1.-THE Democrats
are little anxious over the situation Of affairs
in the State
The Republican campaign committee have
added ten more campaign tracts to the list they
are sending out all relating to the tariff.
Ex-MMIsTER SARGENT, who is now at New
buryport, Mass, has been requested to run for
Congress in one of the California districts.
CLEvELASD's record and ideas afford the Dem.
ocrats 50 little to talk about that in South Caro-
lima the campaign has been opened with lively
dispute as TO Andrew Jackson's birthplace
The Hon. Lawrence Mcdonald of Winnebago
county,an ex-member of the Illinois Legislature,
and lifelong Democrat, says it is his purpose
to support Blaine and Logan Mr. Mcdonald is
an sh-American. He says 80 per cent. of the
voters Of his nationality will support the Repub-
lican ticket this fall.
Boston Advertiser tCleveland's organ): No
time has been fixed for the Democratic
ratification meeting, but it will probably not oc-
cur until after Governor CleYeland's letter of
acceptance has been published In some quar-
tiers it is intimated that the support he receives
here will depend largely upon the extent to
which he can persuade the Democratic working
toA enA' NC VIII iooA out ior tleir interests.
NEW YORK World: The statement that Mr.
Carl schurz is not the controlling proprietor Of
the st. Louis Westliche Post now warm sup
porter Of Blaine-is erroneous. Mr. Schurz
owns majority of the stock of the paper, and
has for years held tile absolute right to control
the business and editorial policy of the paper
Thus. while Mr. Schurz is personally supporting
Cleveland in the East. his newspaper is support
ing Blaine in the West This is something
anomalous in politics. The position is one
which must be embarrassing to Mr. Schurz
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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chased for 5000. 600 bv 1 svndicata il Enolsb and
scotch spectators. Of whom Lord Tweedmoutb 8
one II extends over sixteen hundred SQUARE miles.
..MA said Miss Parvenu, Jenny Jones has been
presented at court in London CHATS nothing. .
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In the Sentinel of yesterday there is card,
signed by D. B. Ross, Sylvester johnson, A.
May, Rev L G. TOmlinson, ]. c. Lewis
and R. T. Brown, preceded by the following
statement:
ITO the Editor Of the Sentinel
"Sir-The following was sent to the Indian
apolis Journal for publication, which they re-
fused to do, and we respectfully request its
publication in your paper, in order that the
public may have the facts in the case
Mr.. Lewis at least, knows that statement
to be an unqualified lie He was told at least
a dozen times that with modification (Which
he conceded should be made, and which is
made in the publication in the Sentinel) the
Journal would gladly and willingly publish
the card; but as it was signed by several gen
tlemen, Mr.. Lewis said he did not feel author
lied to make the modification until he had
consulted them. Mr. Lewis nor no other
sig1er Of the card, ever again asked its pub
LEGATION in the Journal Is temperance ere
form" to be promoted by willful and unneces-
sary lyinga If these, or any other reform
ers, think the Sentinel better organ through
which to communicate with the public than
the Journal, they have perfect right to use
that well-known and consistent temperance
and prohibition advocate, but they have no
right to bear false witness, even if they are
par excellence 'reformers.
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In the campaign Of 1882 the Republican
party made an open, honorable fight on the
submission to vote Of the people Of certain
constitutional amendments affecting the liquor
traffic. At that time the Republican platform
distinctly asserted that the question of prohi-
bition was one that should not be dragged
into partisan politics, but should be passed on
on its merits In this the partys attitude was
approved by every temperance man from one
end of the State TO the other; and, for the
avowed purpose ofremoving the question from
the influence of party politics, the Republican
platform declared in favor Of special election
to be held solely for the purpose Of ascertain
ing the sense Of the people on this great
question. In short, everything that the party
could do was done to afford the people Of
Indiana an opportunity to express their wishes
on this point.
It would be a very serious mistake, we
think, to attempt to drag this issue into the
domain of politics, and in this
view we are sustained by the expressed
sentiment Of manyof the oldest and ablest
temperance men and prohibitionists in the
State. A strong protest has been made against
the scheme to put temperance ticket in the
field, and it ought to be plain that, if such q
Quixotic undertaking is made, the tenn
perance forces will go into the fight decimated
and crippled, and their showing can but be
an unfortunate exhibition Of the results Of
divided counsel. That few manipulatora
Of the temperance cause in the
State would like to run a third ticket, for a
particular purpose, is too palpable to- admit Of
denial that will receive credence. To nom
mate prohibition ticket at this time would
inevitably ALLEVIATE many Of the ablest and
most sincere friends Of the cause, who will not
submit to being used as a. cat's-paw to pull
chestnuts out of the fire for some self-seeker
anxious to win favor with the Democratic
narty
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a SNEAK AND A HYPooRITR.

No longer ago than the 9Th day Of June last
George William Curtis, rising to the privilege
of speaking as a delegate in the Republican
national convention, said:
owe are confronted with the Democratic
party very hungry, and, as you may well be-
leye, very thirsty; party without single
definite principle; party without any distinct
national policy which it dares present to the
country; a party which fell from power as a
conspiracy against human rights and now at
tempts to sneak back to power as a conspiracy
for plumber and spoils.
Whether the gentleman was sincere is a
question now, but the pointedness of the ar
raignment was significant enough to make it
a feature of the occasion. In other words
after due deliberation, and after quarter Of
a centurys association, Mr.. Curtis ostensibly
elected to again align with the Re-
publican party, and all this after the
a1nplest opportunity to grasp the almost in
evitable outcome of that convention, result
ing, as it did, in the popular nomination OF
James G.. Blaine. Inferentially, Mr.. Curtis
conveyed the idea that the Republican party
was the opposite Of the Democratic in the
points mentioned, and that for that reason be
(dr. Curtis) wished at that time to again at
test his loyalty to the former. That that
was his meaning would seem to be confirmed
by his conduct during his attendance at the
convention, asserting to the platform put
forth, himself writing the civil-seryice
plank, and remaining even after Blaine
had been nominated and assisting in the SCI
lection of man for the second place.
/ On Tuesday last the 22d day Of July, less
than fifty days after giving deliberate utter
ance to the paragraph quoted above, Mr..
Curtis appears before an independent
Republican convention to read the address Of
principles afterward adopted. In it, referring
to the Republican party and its leading men,
he says
Corrupt spirit and tendency have SO rapidly
developed that they seek political power, not
only to crafty ambition and revenge, but to
promote private gain. They deride appeals to
public conscience, defend the soiled reputa-
tons Of public men by the bold assertion that
all public men are equally guilty, declare that
| success in obtaining eminent position disposes
Of every imputation and suspicion Of wrong
doing, and, despising all practical measures to
reform the system of official patronage which
fosters dishonest policies proclaims 1t as the
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are more intimately acquainted with American
men than are Americans. Few men in the
United States know anything about the Dem
ocratic nominee save that as Governor of
New York he has always befriended monopo-
lies and wealthy corporations at the expense
of the laboring classes. His vetoes of the
twelye-hour labor bill and of the ive-cent-fare
bill are the most prominent acts Of his life
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To the Editor Of the Indianapolis journal:

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
l. What Congress passed the law reducing
the tariff on woolQ Who was the author of She
bill2 Was it passed as a Republican or Demo-
cratic measured q What do the Democrats
mean by saying they are in favor of 'honest
money! thought we had an t;honest money.
BELLE UNION, Ind. J. 81.
l. The tariff reduction on wool was brought
about by the Recommendation of the tariff com
mission appointed to effect an equable re-
duction of the tariff. The paragraph on wool
was not distinct issue, but passed as a portion
of the bill adopted March 8, 1883, which was
voted for by sixteen Democrats. The Congress
that took this action was politically tied in the
Senate, with thirty-seven each of Democrats,
one readjuster and one independent In the
House the Republicans had a majority Of FIVE
over all
2 It is next to impossible to say what Dem
ocrats mean on any question. The public money
is the best the country ever had.
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Mr.. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, who has been
counted by the Independents as one of them
selves, comes back from his Western ranch
and talks after this fashion:
Il am by inheritance and education Re-
publican; whatever good have been able to
accomplish in public life has been accom-
plished through the Republican party; have
acted with it in the past and wish to act with
it in the future; / went as regular delegate
to the Chicago convention, and intend to
abide by the outcome of that convention"
When the attention Of the New York bolt
ers is called to these remarks they will natur-
ally conclude that they have mistaken the
character Of Mr.. Roosevelt. He is built on
the American plan, and is ready to submit to
the will Of the majority.
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party.

A NEWS reporter this afternoon went to NJ
E. Shiel, editor of the Monitor Journal with
a rumor gathered from the street that the
Republicans were tempting him with a golden
bait away from his advocacy Of third State
ticket on a prohibition platform. Mr.. Shiel,
when cornered, admitted that they had been
laboring with him to that end. He said he
had not intended to disclose the matter but
since they were Boosting of what they could
accomplish, he would state the true situation.
II made no propositions said he, sfbut prop
ositions were made to me- They (who they
were was not explained) first offered me
81, 900; then increased it to 49, 500, and finally
told me to write out proposition at So, 600,
to be submitted to the committee Evening
News.
Mr., Shiel should not submit to interviews
They are sometimes loaded No such i,propo-
sition was ever made to Mr.. Shiel by any one
authorized to speak for the Republican party
or any Of its committees; but, on the contrary,
the Journal is prepared to prove that gen
tleman claiming to represent Mr. Shiel did 90
to some prominent Republicans of the city
with proposition that for money consider
alton he would put the columns of the Moni-
tori Journal under the control Of the Renub-
licans, he even naming an ultra Republican
as the censor Of all articles that should appear
in that paper pending the campaign; that in
pursuance Of that proposition Mr. shiel did
go to the Office Of prominent Republican,
who promptly declined to listen to the propo-
sition. If Mr.. Shiel desires to ventilate this
subject the courts and the columns of the
Journal are open # the temperance men
want to run ticket and have an organ, they
should select man to grind the organ who
will not be charged with making propositions
to the enemy
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PoLITICAL TRIPIBRs.

! What kind of an estimate do the 'inde-
pendent Republicans place upon the intelh-
gence of the peoplef And what kind OF
opinions do they entertain of their own homes
ty of purpose in pretending to be still friendly
toward the Republican party, while going to
the aid of an enemy bent on its destructlonf
If the great mass Of the Republican party IS
half as bad as these malcontents allege, they
stultify themselves by proclaiming that they
are Republicans still, DESTROYS only
of Christening the Republican party.
That they. are not Democrats is
evident enough; but for all that their fanati-
cism may inpel them to afford aid and com
fort to that party. With the bitterness Of
false confessions on their lips, their acts belle
their professions. There is not man among
them but knows that George William Curtis
told the truth concerning the Democratic
party, its hopes and its purposes, at Chicago,
when he wound up his arraignment by de-
nouncing it as a conspiracy for spoils and
plumber. Witness, too, the puerile attempt to
dissemble and to deceive, exposed by
the refusal of the independent Republican
meeting in New York city to pass resolution
naming Cleveland and Hendricks as its candi-
dates They are loud in their declaration that
they must and viii support Mr.. Cleveland
Do they think they can take half the Demo-
cratic dose and throw the remainder Of the
nauseous stuff away Do they think they can
draw the line of their influence be-
tween Mr.. Cleveland and his ticket
companion, and between Mr.. Cleve-
land and 'the hungry and thirsty party
he representa- They will yet live to realize
that there is no half way place in the dirty
and disreputable business they have under
taken. 1t is not surprising that they are
ashamed of having to vote for Democrat
like Mr.. Hendricks OF indeed any man repre-
sentative of that party of spoils and plumber
But it is useless to hesitate or temporize
Ashamed to abandon the undertaking assumed
with such theatrical display of superior viz
tue, the meretricious parade will have to
march right into the Democratic
camp, there to be assimilated or
| spewed out, according to the state of the Dem
oeratic digestion and the character assumed
by the unusual pabulum offered. But it is a
petty thing and contemplate estimate Of
ordinary intelligence, torefuse to indorse the
entire Democratic ticket, and yet affect supe-
rior virtue in supporting Mr.. Cleveland. A
vote for Democratic electors means vote for
Mr. Hendricks and an unqualified indorse-
ment Of the Democratic platform. The align
ment has to be made; neither mental nor
expressed reservation will avail. The only
question for Independent Republicans to
solve is whether they will help to victory and
to power that party which, as its most promi-
nent and ablest exponent is free to confess,
only awaits the opportunity to GUST $4,000
federal Office holders to give place to as many
Every hungry and very thirsty Democrats.
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To the EdIt0r Of the IndIanapoli. you rnaI:

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Jour naI:
How many counties in the State went for
Porter in $780, and how many went Democratic9
NEW CASTLE. July 81 D. j. Cole.
The following named counties gave majority
for Porter in $780, Benton, Boone, Decatur. Del
aware, Elkhart Fayette, Fountain, Gibson,
Grant, Greene, Hamilton, Hendricks Henry,
Howard, Huntington, Jasper, Jay Jefferson,
Jennings Kosciusko, Lagrange, Lake, Lawrence,
Marion, Monroe, Montgomery Morgan, Newton,
Noble. Ohio Parke, Porter, Pulaski, Randolph,
Rush, St Joseph, steuben, Switzerland, Tippe-
canoe, Union, Vanderburg Vermillion, Vigo,
Wabash, Warren. Wayne White forty-seven
The remaining counties, forty-fve in number,
returned Democratic maiorities
READER, Terre Haute. Coffee and tea are on
flao ,o4
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UNABLE, apparently, to make any dignifed
reply to Mr. Logan's letter, the Chicago
Times takes occasion to sneer at the writer
because he regards the Office Of the vice-presi-
iency as one Of responsibility. Since some kind
of objection must be raised, it probably is as
we'll this as any other The Office is inn
.,ortant enough to prevail upon Mr.. Hendricks
% make two desperate attempts to get posses
ion of it,
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We are confronted with the Democratic
party, very hungry, and, as you may well be-
lieve, very thirsty; a party without single
definite principle; party without any dis
tinct national policy which it dares present to
the country; party which fell from power as
a conspiracy against human rights, and now
attempts to sneak back to power as con-
spiracy for plumber and spoils.-GEo. VIM,
CURTIS June 5, 1881.
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FRANCE demands an indemnity Of S,0OO,-
900 francs from the Queen Of the Hoyas, who
objected to France taking possession of her
krritory, What with this and asking few
hundred million francs from China France
seems to have profted by the example set by
NE Germans, who camped in the Champs
Elysees in 1870
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A THOUGHT for George William Curtis
Henry Ward Beecher and others, who claim
to be Republicans but will vote for Cleveland:
"a man can not act both without and within
the party; he can do either, but he can not
possibly do both. Theodore Roosevelt
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THE Republican party is ready for any
emergency. After the Democratic party is
downed in November next, the Republican
party will see that the ravages of cholera are
restricted to their narrowest limits, so far as
She United States are concerned.
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THEopoRE ROOSEVELT says: ut is impos-
sible to combine the functions Of guerrilla
chief with those Of a colonel in the regular
army" Could he possibly have had G. w.
Curtis in mindY AS a colonel in the Repub-
Hcan army Curtis did fairly well, but rough
ing it with the dependents will, we fear, be
injurious to his delicate constitution
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DEMOCRATIC organs, not content with ira
ducing the official character Of the Republican
candidates, have set about exposing Mr..
Cleyelands private character. Is there no
sense Of sharne2
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AFTER Mr.. John Jarrett, Of Pittsburg, was
appointed chief of the national Bureau Of Labor
Statistics some one who did not love Mr.. Jarrett
unxindly called President Arthur's attention to
speech which that gentleman made last March,
when he had lost hope Of getting an Office. The
Pittsburg man is reported as having said that
the President was. better fitted for a scullion at
Delmonico's than the position he now holds
Mr.. Jarrett, in great agitation, has explained to
Mr.. Arthur that vile newspaper men misrepre-
sented him, and that what he really did say was
to the effect that the President was so good a
diner that he might preside over Delmonicos
even better than he could rule Nation He
says Mr.. Arthur has promised to take the matter
under advisement, and if he becomes satisfied
that Mr.. Jarrett meant no cffense his COM
mission shall be issued. In the meantime, Mr..
Jarrett waits, and if the President is possessed
Of as much human nature as most men Mr Jar
rett will continue to wait.
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The Partisan places Of amusement would
be the last to close in case of cholera cpl
dernic in that city. The French logic is: Il
we have to die, we might as well enjoy the
few days left to us; and if we do not have to
die just yet, it would be shame to waste
time that we might as well enjoy; 50, living Of
dying, let us eat, drink and be merry.
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THE Journal is so deluged with letters
especially upon the temperance question, that
It cannot possibly print one-tenth of them.
This will explain to our friends the, non-ap-
pearance Of their favors.
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AN important literary question: Whowrote
that letter Of acceptances- Chicago Times.
Never mind who wrote it. Let its author
ship be awarded to whom you please; It is
the subject-matter that worries the opposi-
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sLET u.s. says the independent Democratic
Philadelphia Times, have as hot a campaign as
need be, with all the hard blows that can be hon
estly struck but let us agree to crush this miser
able viper Of private SANDER wherever It shows
its head
And the independent Democratic Times imme-
diately proceeds to crush the viper BY publishing
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THE New York Graphic is unhappy be-
cause the Irish supporters Of Blaine are 50
boisterous and full of fire. Their meetings
are altogether too enthusiastic to suit some
,naonla
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THE paramount issue of the presidential
election of this year is moral rather than po-
litical.-George William Curtis's 'fndepend-
ent0 address.
And that is the reason, we presume you
are for Grover Cleveland.