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a Party of TaIse Pretense.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
If anything that the Democracy does could
surprise and disgust the people, it seems that
the twelfth resolution in their State platform
this year would do it. 1t reads: 1--WE also APP
prove of the repeal by said Legislature of the
infamous law passed by the former Republican
Legislature for the settlement of decedents' es-
tatesn
First That law has not been repealed.
Second-A Democrat Judge Malott, of Vim
cennesl drafted that law; Democrat Hon. F.
w. Viehe, senator from Knox and Sullivan
counties introduced the bill for it as "Senate
bill No 35l,r and voted for It and engineered its
passage through the Senate; and Democrat
lHon. Henry S. Cauthorn, ex-Speaker) took
charge of the bill in the House of Representa-
tives, voted for it and secured its passage, and
without their votes and influences it would not
have become q law.
Third-The Legislature of 1881, which enacted
it, was not Republican in both branches, and
could not pass any law without Democratic as
sistance and votes.
Then if the law is 'infamous" who should be
chiefly blamed for its enactment
The Senate is composed of fifty members
Only twenty-four of them were Republicans
Any bill to pass into a law must have twenty-six
votes in the Senate cast by senator's The
Brewer Reports and the House and Senate
journals Of 1881 will show the facts, all of which
remain very clearly in the memory of the mem
bers of that Legislature.
The Democratic State convention must have
been hard up for capital and material FOR its
platform to thus falsify the history of its State
legislation and to attempt to deceive the people
by false pretenses. Do they not greatly under
rate the intelligence of people, if they expect
them, like young robins, to simply shut their
eyes and open their mouths, swallowing on trust
and without Investigation whatever platform the
leaders put into their mouthsq If we apply
the maxim, False in one, false in all what will
become of their platform and the voters faith in
their declarations and promises9 What makes
the perversion the more gross and shameful is
that it was coolly and deliberately done by those
who should have known better, and the false pre-
tense was Endorsed under the very eyes and in
the presence of their leading men, some of whom
were members of the Legislature of 1881 What
faith can we have in such party?
KoKoMo, July IA HoosIER VOTER
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land it is Next the platform must not be Of
fensive 1t must be borne in mind that they
have been raised in the Republican school, and
nothing must be said to make them
feel uncomfortable To meet this
condition the platform tumbfes too
and not a word appears from first to last that
can offend Republican ears-not word denun-
ciatory of the war, or of the Union soldiers; not
a word against greenbacks, or government bonds;
not word against national banks or gold and
silver; not even reafirmation of tariff for
revenue only" but to adapt their language to
ears polite, they say tariff for revenue ex-
clusively.n then they scatter reform" all
through the document in kind of hit-and miss
STYLE very much as some noisy old Methodists
used to say amen often in most out-of the
way places; and then they proceed to profess to
do the very things the Republican party has
been at work at for quarter of century, not
forgetting to indorse Mr.. Blaine's proposed
foreign and American policy; and now this in
dependent party is to assemble soon and de-
termne whether as the mountain. they will re-
ceive the moving Mohammed. l guess they
will, but will it not kill both of them again2
r.
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pecax d nrr. storex,s Mind.


Mr.. Andrew Anderson, a lawyer of South
Bend, Ind, and the husband of one Of the four
heirs Of the estate of Wilbur F. Storey said
yesterday to a Chicago News reporter that that
great Journalist was complete wreck, physically
and mentally. Since marrying his young wife,
Mr.. Anderson said, Mr.. Storey had become COM
pletely estranged from his relatives, and his per-
ceptive faculties had become so weak that he
could not tell q man from doorpost. The petit
ton fled in the Probate Court on Wednes-
day for the appointment of conserva-
tor for Mr. Storey's estate, had been
brought about by the report that Mrs Storey In
tended to take personal control of the Chicago
Times, making her nephew. Benjamin Lamb q
very young man. manager of the business. The
heirs thought that ruin vonld follow such an
action She had intefered already in the man
agement Of the news paper, and had expressed
dissatisfaction with the present business mana
ger and with the editor-in-chief There was
mortgage of $145, 900 on the Times building, but
none on the newspaper itself. Mr.. Storey owned
about $500 000 He had spent $226 600 on his
palace on the boulevard, and an outlay of $780,
600 more would be necessary to complete it His
estate was considered worth 81 900, 900 above all
debts. The only object of the heirs asking for a
conservator was to prevent the squandering of
Mr.. Storeys property during his lifetime
Messrs A. G. Patterson and G. r. Bennett
business manager and editor, respectively. of
the Times, said they understood that Mrs Sto-
rey proposed makingradi changes in the man
agement of the newspaper. They said they had
taken no part in the late move of Mr. Storeys
heirs. Mrs. Storey declined to say anything
about the matter
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SAINT stream Of pilgrims to and from Mecca. To
be present at the Kourhan Bairam is the great
aim and end of Mohammedan life, and to reach
there hundreds OF thousands abandon homes and
property, and undertake perilous and exhausting
journeys. From the north Atlantic and Medi-
terranean shores Of Africa, from Tmbuctoo and
western Africa, from Siberia, from the Danube
and the Sea of Azof, from the western provinces
of China, from the cities Of Europe, and from
the most remote Mohammedan settlements, CON
slant professions of pilgrims are passing to and
from Mecca; for this pilgrimage, at least once in
a life time is binding on all true Mohammedans,
and he who dies without having made it might
as well have been jew, Christian, or dog.
The return of one pilgrimage is never accom-
plished from any of the larger settlements be-
fore another is on the move. They arrive in
great caravans, and the misery and hardships
they endure are equal to those suffered by the
upon the native vessels, which are saturated
with infectious poisons. Each passenger receives
only sufficient space to squat upon. The intense
heat Of the day, the miasmas of the night prl-
vations of all sorts, the want of sleep and food
and exercise induce physical condition but lit
tie short of death. Many die on board the yes
sells, but the most have strength enough left to
drag themselves to the Holy City Those who
go by land and on foot suffer even worse.
Having arrived at Mecca without rest or food,
the pilgrims enter at once upon their religious
duties. The first is to visit the Kaaba, the Holy
Temple, and the tomb of Ishmael, upon which
rests the stone let down from heaven. Upon the
arrival at the Kaaba all drink and perform their
additions in the we'll of Fem Zem
The water is tepid, salty, and milkish in color
1t might have been pure once, but it has not
been so in centuries. No pilgrim ever quits
Mecca without carrying jar of this water away
with him, and it is impossible to overestimate
the potency of the Fem Fem spring in spreading
cholera and other diseases.
In Mecca, all the essentials for an epidemic
are constantly gathered, as well as the means
for distributing the germs of disease broadcast
The pilgrimages in India and Arabia have re-
ceived the attention Of sanitarians for several
years, but no means has yet been found so
strong is the religious sense, to prevent the dis
semination of disease by them
The present epidemic in France can be traced
from Hurdwar to Mecca, from Mecca to Egypt,
and thence along the Mediterranean to Toulon
and Marseilles.
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The Cleveland Trade-Mark.

CHICAGO News.
This touching little story is being circulated
by the sentimental Democratic papers: "A
lovely little boy babe was picked up abandoned
in Central park a few days ago Itwas sent to
an infant asylum. A note, in pencil, attached to
its clothing, simply said: BE kind to Clarence
He was christened by President Viele, of the
Park commission, Clarence Cleveland This
is all very pathetic and sweet but we have it
upon pretty good authority that it is not the first
instance where a founding has been named
Cleveland. According to the stories current in
Chicago last week there are thirteen little
foundiings in the great State Of New York who
already bear the name of Cleveland; in fact,
Mr.. Clevelands triumphal march from ad-
venturous youth to digniied manhood seems to
have been strewn profusely with little foundlings
whom the name Of Cleveland fits as nicely as
trademark fits patent medicine bottle.
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OFF SUMMERING.
Notes Of Vacation Visits in the DeIls of the
Wisconsin and About Lake Huron.
wisconsin DeIIs.

Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal.
WrToHs GUIoH, HEAD OF THE WISCONSIN
DELLs, July 14-Here, in this wild spot, one
can imagine himself away back in the
primitive times, when the Indian war
The dells of the Wisconsin are to a
large extent free from the transforming in
,iuences that usually attend the march of civil
cation To be sure, you come here upon the
palace car, stop at the hotel with mot all the
modern eonveniences, and you mako your way
up the river through its picturesque scenery
on a steamboat; and when you go ashore and
ascend any of the cannon-like glens that jut into
the main gorge, you find at its head ice-cream
fparlors, a peanut stand, and and picnic plat
form; but you come upon these features sud-
denly and unexpectedly. They are so hidden
and obscured by overhanging rocks and trees as
not to be at all obtrusiye The dells, which
upper and lowerl extend about nine miles above
and below Kilbourn City, are gorge worn by
the Wisconsin river through sandstone plateau
The sides of this gorge which are from
fifty to one hundred feet in height, are
vertical, and in many places they even over
hang the river. and one can pass beneath them
as under a roof, in a small boat The custom OF
those who wish to do the Dells is go up in the
steamer and return in row boat, under the di-
rection of guide and nothing can be more
charming than such trip on a pleasant day
with good company.
The lateral gorges too, Of which there are
several, are even more unique and interesting
than the river itself Passing through them is
like going through some parts of Mammoth
0cave, except that one always has streak of
Nght at least above where the over hanging rocks
do not quite meet. Many are the fantastic forms
all along both river and glens, many of which
have names more or less appropriate. The
proper noun however, which in the possessive
case is prefxed to most Of them seems TO justify
the observation that large share of this country
has been given over to the devil. j. B. R.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

Molahfnfned or the Mountain, Which?
40 the Editsr OF the indianapolis journal:
Some people are troubling their gizzards over
the conundrum whether in this case it is Mo-
manned or the mountain that has gone or is
about to go to the other fellow. There is no
in fretting about little thing like this, for
itdepends, you know, upon whether the Demo
cratic party is the Mohafnfhed or the mountain,
and the independent Republican party is the
party of the other part. For my part, and for
the sake Of the argument, contend that the
independent party is the mountain, and that the
Democratic party is the Mohammed; that is, the
Democratic party has done and is doing all the
going, just as they did in 1872 In 1872 whole
handful of independent Republicans men who
were too good to live in a party that
was so corrupt as not to furnish o
good fat Office for all its talented men, met in
convention and nominated Mr. Greeley one of
their number, who had had the chronic sore
head ever since he had not got the New York
postoffice, years and years before, when he dis
solved the political partnership of Greeley, Sew
ard q Co. In other words he became an indie
pendent On this occasion Mr. Hendricks. in
his Academy of Music speech, said ssWeT-mean.
on the past and they forthwith marched bag
and baggage, into the ranks of the independent
party. Alas for TIE independents; it killed them
SO dead that they never kicked for twelve long
years; and Greeley himself went crazy and died
in few months after the aduiterous
union. And now comes this same indie
pendent party, after a sleep Of twelve wears
and it proposes to reform things generally, and
the Republican party in particular. And they
have many Justification for this chief among
which is the fact that one of them is counted
only one, when the party comes to make up its
Jewels in other words Just common mans
wishes and views are IS highly priced as are
theirs. This is a grievance too intolcrable TO be
borne, whereupen they set up housekeeping as
independents Republicans, and announce their
u terms are satisfactory. which terms they pro
ceed to state. First they nrps have a candidate
10 their hking. and thef M here
upon the DeiaocSa eSa
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THE BIRrHPLAcE OF cHoLERA.
The Terrible Disease Distributed by Pilgrims
from Hurdwar and Mecca.

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western coast q oousn america Ihese iocail-
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panse OF ocean, ana nave no commercial lnJer-
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provinces Inac ne 70 Ing ., Wess anu nortnWest,
sucn as naPpooeana anu ullaD, y BISCUITS r only
as an epluenlc, oeSeiop1s alber ereaC reilglous
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enat some q yne noly waters OF tne Tanges nave
peen prolaneIy uIyerIeo llito canal constructed
Dy ~, I1nglisn autnorlVles.
mere immense use nuulpers 81 human pelngs
gamer upona pare, SANDY pain, on the panKs OF
une ranges massea IKE neros OF SWINE WlthouG
means Oh SANITARY protecuon. Inc eartn ana
air as well as the water, are polluted, and the
ooor from the camps Is perceptlple Ior many
mics. LAY ana HiSht One ueF0Vees
pour through the great tnoroughfares
OF tne country 70 ana from me IestlvaL IN par
t,es o. Irom zen 70 nSe hunarea, 1oiioWlng SO
closely as 70 make an almost CONTINUOUS process
SION: Ninety I'VE out OF every one hundred are
q aOos Dus Scs q some greas naooD
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-12
THE UNIT RULE,

Commenting on our remarks concerning
the unit rule, the Intelligcncer SAYS:
With regard to this matter our neighbor
the REGISTER saws:
Formulated on the Electoral College plan
of the Federal Constitution, It has never
been construed as forcing State against
its will to cast unit vote. II merely con-
cedes to each State the right to cast its own
vote in the mode prescribed by its own local
convention.
This is conspicuous misconcePtlon OF
The Electoral College plan. The Presiden-
tial electors of State are not required TO
vote as a unit.
As result, il is true that the Presiden'
tial electors of State are not required to
vote as unit But our friend Of the In,
telHgeucer is too asture not to see that this
is begging the question The Presiden-
tial electors-though nominally represent
ing certain Congressional diStricts-are
elected,by the voters of the entire State
and majority of the voters Of the State
dictate the memberSpfthe electoral college
from that State 1t sometimes happens
that electors from different parties are
chosen. but when this is done no one de
MES that it is by the sovereign will of the
whole State, and spoken through its major
ity, and not mere fraction thereof
And, so far from our views being "a con,
spicuous misconception of the electoral
college plan they were, as claimed, III
harmony with fill and intelligent under
standing of the plan.
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Food ForJ. H. NJ.
TO ne Editor efihe Register.


PESNsBoRo, RITCHGE Coy VA. July 10.
Il have now before me the comments OF
J. H. NJ, in to-day's paper under the head
of soft soap for John Kelly" now Mr..
Editor according to j. H. Ms mind the
Irishman is good enough as long as he
quietly votes the Democratic ticket. Wheth-
er he gets any representation or not, and
when few demands their share Of repre-
sentation in State National, or County
tickets, then we hear such men as ]. Fl. NJ.
howl deviltry and dynamite, etc. 1t is such
men as the said j. H. NJ, that would like to
start KuownOthingism and Englishism in
this country. The Irishman was good
enough to fight alongside Washington and
in our late rebellion, and vote the tickets
that political wire pullers make out and
forgets to give Paddy any representation.
But the German demands it and gets 1t.
And don't you forget it. We are going to
have it for the future and that right here in
West Virginia. We must have our quota
of representation or we can do little OF
what j. H. NJ. threatens to do if lrishmen
are allowed any show at Chicago.
Respectfully Yours,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-12

Mr.. SANDS, of PsrkerSburg, prominent
Democratic candidate for Attorney General
returned from Chicago yesterday. He says
the Convention is fine body Of rePresen-
,atiye men, that the building, though OF
mammoth proportions, lacks seating capac'
ity for the thousands Of visitors present
from all parts of the Union. From outside
the seats assigned the regular delegates, 1t
was difficult to hear what was said on the
platform. At the close Of an interesting
conversation with Mr. SANDS, he gave us as
a parting shot-"Mind, you, | am candi-
date for the nomination Of Attorney Gen
eral and intend to get it We have a
reint recollection of having heard words OF
similar import from the lips OF ALI CArD-
WELL and several other gentlemen. Mons
reyrons Satisfied the party will not suffer
at the hands Of any of these able LAWYERS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-12

THIS viii not put down the two-thirdS
rule-that clever device for burning strong
men and elevating pigmieS The rule was
adopted in the Baltimore convention o.
lS44. to slaughter Martin Van Buren,, and
slaughter him it did; and James X. Polb
was GROUND out. That rule defeated Cas-
after he had received the nomination, III
lS4S. In its time it has defeated for the
nomination Marcy SilaS Wright, Danie
S. Dickinson, Buchanan. Douglass, and
other distinguished Democratic statesmen
and brought forth such fruit as James h
Polk and Franklin Pierce Still the De
mocracy sticks to it.-Intehigencer.
Much is to be forgiven to man-ever
an editor-in passion, But our ueighbor'
chagrin at the decision Of the Court Of Az
peAls, hardly justi6es such oldhder as the
above. In his ravenous studies OF the horn
books" Of Law, he ought not to have los
sight of those Of the politics of his owl
country. There is only one instance, where
in National Democratic Convention, the
person receiving a majority for the nomina
ton Of President. aftervard failed to get
REQUISITE two-thirds, VAN BrRES
was defeated by Polk 1t is not true thai
the two-thirds rule defeated CAss or MARCY
or SIrAs WRIGHT or DANIEL s. DICKINSON
or BUCHANAN, or DorGLAs, or any other
prominent Democrat, with the exception Of
VAN buren,.
Besides, isn't il better to be the choice Of
two-thirds of one party than that of a ma
iority?
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THE DEMOCRATIC FOREIGN POLICY.

When the Irish in America turn their
backs on the Democratic party, then, IN
deed, will gratitude have ceased to be an
Erin virtue. To such as are tempted to
lend an ear to the song of the Republican
syren, We commend this plank Of the Chi
cago Democratic Platform;
The Democratic party insists that it Is
the duty OF this Government to protect,
with equal fidelity and vigilance, the rights
ofits citizens, native and naturaGzed at
home and abroad, and to the end that this
protection NAV be assured United States
papers of the National organization. issued
by the Court of Competent jurisdiction
must be respected by the executors and
legislative departments of our own govern
ment and BY all foreign powers 1t is an
imperative duty of this government to eth,
GENTLY protect all the rights of persons and
property of every American citizen IN for
eign lands, and to demand and enforce tul'
reparation for any invasion thereof. An
American citizen is only responsible to his
own government for any act donein his own
country or under her flag and can only be
tried therefor on her own soil and according
to her laws, and no power exists in this gov
erument to expatiate an American citizen
to be tried in any foreign land for any such
act. This country never had well defined
and executed foreign policy, save under a
Democratic administration. That policy
has never been in regard to foreign nations
50 long as they do no act detrimental to the
interests of.the country or hurtful to our
citizens, to let them alone. As the result
of this policy we recall the acquisition OF
Louisiana, Florida, California, and Of ths
adjacent Mexican territory by purchase
alone and contrast these grand acquisitions
of Democratic craftsmanship with the pur
chase of Alaska. the sole fruit of a Repubh
can administration of nearly quarter cen
tury. The Federal Government should
care for and improve the Mississippi river
and other y eat water ways OF the Republic
so rs TO secure for the interior States easy
and cheap transportation to side water.