Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05

| oA eA0 OGdbS WUu1Q U0HeT Guc bdAdt1Ou of art, which all civilized men in all ages of the world have sought to encourage and de velop. Before this decision was made, 8
 certain prudent Philadelphian is said to have put his pictures into room by themselves, and claimed that being thus displayed in a gallery, they were not>taxable either as furni- ture or any species of property covered by the law.
 Ex-Speaker Keifer's defeat at the Clark county (OhiO) primaries will, it is believed, end his political career, as his defeat was the conclusion of canvass made by him on the sole issue of ''vindication' The ex-speak-
 CT left Washington in May to begin his cam paign for renomination in the three counties of his district outside of his own Other candidates had appeared and it was conceded that they could defeat him. The direct is sue of General Keifer's ssvindication" was
 left to his own county of Clark. No candi- date appeared for some time against him. but finally Captain A. s. Bushnell ,Keifer's towns man, took the field, and the contest was made simply upon the question of Keifer's acts
 since the closing night of the forty-seventh Congress. By agreement, direct vote was to be taken in the county in the primaries, and on the result either Keller or Bushnell was to be allowed to select the delegates to the con gressional convention. Keller made repeated speeches, pleading for an indorsement The entire press of the district repudiated him and he started a campaign daily of his own. The result was, that in his own city Spring field, Bushnell had 860 majority, and in the
 county 600 Keifer's name will therefore not go before the congressional convention. Keif-
 CT has few friends in political life who
 will grieve over his failure
 The Rev. Dr. Van Bokke1en of Buffalo,
 one of the most respected clergymen of west
 ern New York, recently received a letter ex- pressing surprise and grief that the doctor
 should be found opposing F'the two Episco-
 palians" and supporting MT. Blaine, who,
 the letter writer says, is notoriously "dicker-
 ing to get the Catholic vote." In his answer
 to the letter the doctor begins by pointing
 out an error of fact; MT. Cleveland is not an
 Episcopalian. He then goes on to say that
 he has no personal or political prejudice against any man because of his religious
 views, provided they are held conscien-
 tiously and courtsoHsly. He honors sineeri-
 ty as much as he dislikes the temper of
 the Pharisee. If man is good, honest, pure,
 kind, gentle he has brains and has them ''in
 the right section of his skull, D he may wor- ship where he pleases, in the cathedral or
 camp meeting; it is all one to Dr. Van Bokke
 len. All he insists upon in a candidate for
 the Presidency is that he shall ''have some
 religious faith, and live godly, righteous
 and sober life" MT. Blaine has the faith
 and lives that sort of life Dr. Van Bokke-
 len says: It is my intention to vote.for MT.
 Blaine, because he is capable and worthy.
 He is a student, man of intellect and cul- ture. He understands our system of gov
 ernment in every department, both theoreti- ically and practically. He has large experi-
 ence as statesman. He has carefully stud jed the important questions of finance and revenue and the relation to capital and la
 bor. He comprehends in it's full extent and
 vast importance the position of the Ameri- can republic to all the nations of the earth.
 He is 8 man of courage, Christian man, a Republican. He is the right man and the best man to fill the place of the honored and lamented Lincoln and Garfield