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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
A Change Demanded.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journals:
There must be change am getting tired
of this. Corn bread is q luxury for fifty or
sixty times hand running, but when it becomes
regular diet, and the chief article on the table
ut that boarders have right to grumble In
1864 that part Of the Democratic party that was
not restrained of their liberty by a military
usurpation, met at Chicago and demanded a
change They said that the administration Of
Mr. Lincoln was corrupt, and that it was man
aging things badly; that it had called out half
million of people from peaceful pursuits, and
armed them at great expense, and had scattered
them all through the South, from Texas to the
Potomac that thousands upon thousands were
ct that very hour fooling away their time
IN pleasure trip through Georgia with
Sherman, and other thousands cutting
their way through the Wilderness with Grant,
and that the war was q failure, anyhow. They
demanded change, and put forward General
Mcclellan as the man to procure it. He was
famous for changing bases, and he would close
the war in q twinkling, and restore all things to
tho happy condition they were in in good old
Democratic times But the stubborn people
would have nothing of It.
In 1868 the same Democratic party, now REIN
forced by their Southern friends met in New
York, and again demanded change Matters
had gone from bad to worse The slaves had
been freed, and had been made voters over the
constant protest Of the Democratic party and
the war had proved success, in spite of North
ern and Southern Democrats, and the armies
had been disbanded, and the Republicans had
already begun to take Oft war taxes. pntwith,
standing the Democracy had had the presidency
all the time in the person Of Andy John-
son. They could point to no very bad
thing except these, yet they demanded
change They knew change would be the
proper thing and they put Horatio Seymour, the
incompatible patriot, under whose admiAistPa-
ton at New York the bloody draft riots had oc-
cufred, as the legitimate outgrowth-o of the Dem.
ooratlc teachings Of that day teachings which
made riots in New York, and ineubated 4 bloody
insurrection in Indiana by which Governor Nor
ton was to be murdered and the rebel prisoners
az Camp Morton were to be turned loose and
armed with weapons shipped into the Sentinel
Office In boxes marked Sunday school books =
But the people refused to change thegovernment
from the hands Of the men who had rescued il
from rebels into the hands Of these same rebels
and their plant tools
In 1872 the same Democratic party met
10 convention 10 Baltimore, and struck
the same reftRin, y,hangel want a change!r But
having been 50 often rabnlled, they had recourse
to a bit Of stfotsKy They played dead, and
after delioerating over their own corpse, re-
solved that the Democratic party was clear dead
died Of its guilty participation in the rebellion
tir controlling element Of the party being in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
The Condltlon 81 the Country.

Denver Tribune.
Rates Of interest are high, and the country is
full Of idle capital This is condition of uni
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
The Next PRESIDENCY,

From EDITORIAL In The century,
The chief interest which the American people
will have in the next presidency, after that which
concerns the personal characterof the candidates,
will lie in the treatment of the patronage Of the
executive, We believe that it is being more gen,
orally perceived that the one fundamental reform
Of mportance--without which the Judgment Of
the country on any other question cannot be ar
rived at-is the thorough, general and permanent
divorce of politics and patronage This is the
peoples reform and through it alone may they
hone to realize the aim Of the Constitution, BY
the re-enfrsnchisement of the voter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
To tha needs of the

To the needs of the
tourist, commercial
traveller and new set
tier, H0stetter's Stom-
ach Bittersis peculiar
ly adapted, since 1t
strengthens the diges-
tive organs and braces
the physical energies
to unhealthful inhu-
enees, 1t removes and
prevents malarial fe-
YER constipation, dys-
pepsis, BEAUTIFULLY
Stimulating the kid
neys and bladder, and
enriehes as well as
pprifes the blood.
When overcome by
fatigue, whether ment-
al or physical. the
weary and debilitated
find ftareliable source
fort. For sale by all
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
WIN Make enc Mormons Howl.

PhiIadeIphIa Press.
Cleveland won't be permitted to tackle the
tariff, the currency or the American policy very
vigorously in his letter-his party isn't united
on any of those questions-but we are advised
that he viii lampoon the everlasting spots off the
Mormons. AS the cid deacon once explained to
the minister who wanted to attack something,
the Mormons have no friends. Clevelapd's let
ter win just make Utah howl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
me preadfnl Political ogre.

st. Louis Post Dispatch (Dema
A headline in the Republican, this morning,
informs us that Ben Buffers movements are
making the Republicans nervous" IF Ben
makes the Republicans nervous when he moves,
he makes the Democrats nervous when he keeps
quiet and is more astonishing phenomenon
than Miss Lulu Hurst. the magnetic wonder
from Georgia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
He wants the Earth.

washington CapitaL
Mr. John r. Mclean is not satisfied. He has
two Cincinnati morning newspapers, both daily,
and is the Democratic boss OF Ohio. But his
appetite for power has simply been Whetted. He
wants to be big man in bigger town than
Cincinnati. He has his handsome eye fixed on
Chicago Times comes into the market, Mr..
Mclean would snap it up before any one else
could open bis mouth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
The Real Grand Army.
Washington Post.

But the real grand army of the Republic is ten
million strong. 1t embraces every able-bodied
male citizen Of the United States between the
ages of eighteen and forty five It is not divided
by sectional lines, but is unit in its patriotic
readiness to march as one man to the defense of
the country's flag in any and every time of need.
This is the true grand army of the invincible
Union. and the mere fact Of its existence is an
almost certain guarantee Of peace.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
Cleveland and the Fair Sex.

Cleveland Leader.
Pretty little stories of poetic devotion to a
dead sweetheart are finding their way into cir
culation as explanations of Grover CleVelands
unmarried state. 1t is high time for something
of complimentary nature to be said of his re-
latiops with the fair sex.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
Pois.orald Gheeaa

Cleans out all rats mice, reaches, water-bugs,
bed-bugs, ants, vermin. 15c. Druggists. Brown,
ing s. Sloan, agents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23

EOR ALL NERVOUS TROUBLES -BENSONs
JIG Capcine Porous Plasters relieved my scatica. =
Congressman Guenther, of Wisconsin. 25c.
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FREE TRADE AND WAGES.

There never was and never can be theory
or plan for the adoption of free trade that has
not lower wages for its foundation stone.
Farmers are urged to underbid the ryots of
India in order to retain the markets of Europe
This means lower prices for wheat or it means
nothing.
Steel and iron manufacturers are asked to
Compete in the markets of the world. This
means wages as low as those paid in England
and Germany. 1t can't mean anything else.
Wooden mills and cotton mills must come to
the plane of such mills east of the Atlantic.
They can get there by reducing wages to a
level with those paid operatives there, and in
no other way.
Free trade means not only open competi-
ton in Europe, but in the United States as
we'll When the tariff shall have been re-
moved American manufacturers will be com
PEELED to fight for the control of home markets,
and the day is past when higher wages can be
paid here than in the older countries.
No man OF company engages in business
just for pastime. A profit must result or the
enterprise is abandoned. American mills in
open competition with those of Europe must
insist on securing labor as cheaply as they do
There can be no sentiment about this. 1t is
business principle that can not be ignored.
The steel manufacturer who is expected to
successfully compete with British rivals must
secure not only his materials as cheaply but
his labor as we'll. He cannot afford to pay
cent more wages than is paid in Birmingham
and Sheffield.
All free-trade arguments lead inevitably to
lower wages. The advantage" of cheaper
commodities will be fully offset by reduced re
ceipts. The mechanic will have less to buy
with, because he gets less money forhis labor.
The farmer will have less, because, while the
foreign demand is in no wise increased the
home need for wheat is curtailed and the mar
ket price is down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-23

D. H. KING combines the qualities of pa
triotjsm and generosity with the profession of
contractor. He has been awarded the contract
to build the pedestal for the Bartholdi statue
He says that if there is any balance, or profit,
after the completion of the work. he will turn
it into the fund, and if there is loss he will
bear it. His bid was several thousands below
all competitors. The stone on which the
statue is to stand has been selected. 1t is a
dark red, almost purplish-streaked granite,
and now lies in quarry on Lette's island,
about fourteen miles from New Haven, Conn.
The great problem to be considered is how to
brace the statue so as to keep it from blowing
over in storm. Every device will be en-
ployed that engineering skill can suggest, and
those in charge hope to make it stable, despite
the assertions of English engineers that it can
not be done.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-23

ROCHESTER, N Y, May 22-The final bust
ness session of the National Brewers Associa
ton was held this morning. The reports Of the
coincidence, literary, advisory, and other COM
mittees were accepted.
A resolution sustaining the course Of Mayor
Carter Harrison, of Chicago, was carried
The tare per ton on hops was fixed at seven
pounds
Resolutions setting forth the objects Of the
association were adopted, and the following Off
GERS elected:
President-Herman B. Scharman Of Brooklyn.
e-Presidents-Henry Clausen, ir. of New York
and Charles G. Stiefel of St Louis
Treasurer-William A. Miles, of Philadelphia
Secreta1y-Richard Katzenmayer, of New York.
Trustees-Herman B. Scharmann of Brooklyn;
VIM. j. Levy, of st. Louis; Christian Moerlein, of
Oincnnati; Emil Schandren of Milwaukee; Andrew
E. Lucht, of Chicago.
Vigilance Committe-Henry H. Reuter- of Boston;
August Nihlein, of Milwaukee; Ellis Wainwright Of
St Louis Peter Lieber, of Indianapolis John Goetz
ger, of CiEcinnati; G. e. Gehring of Cleveland;
Alfred Bauer; of Burlington, Ia III. Kismeyer, of
Leavenworth; Joseph T. Heuser. of Chicago; e. w.
Vogt, of Detroit; Theo. Hamm, of st. Paul; A. Rey
mann, of Wheeling, w. Va. Phil Fang, of Denver.
A banquet at Germania Hall, i'll the evening,
concluded the convention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-23
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

Tin sooner Congress adiourns the better It will be
for the country, for the Democratic party and for all
concerned No good come out of that Nazareth
now. The session has been than wasted and it
is too late to redeem the bad character it has
New York Graphic.
IT would be well for the country if the Democratic
of business and affairs to to the front
with equal vigor and discretion and favor nomina-
ton equally creditable with that of Arthur In that
politics would be elevated and purified, and
the country would be of sound, able efficient.
safe and honest President, in any event.-New York
Mail and Express
Now that the storm is over, Congress should be
able to recognize the necessity of making permanent
foundation for the national banking system and for
protecting creditors, by national bankruptcy law.
from the dishonesty or prejudice of insolvents who
prefer their creditors the State laws permit them to
do and whatever Congress does it should do quickly.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
MIR. DANA the editor and Mr.. Dana, the indvid-
ua entertain different views on the Iiden candidacy
Mr. Dana in the first person singular says Mr. lllden
cannot and will not be candidate On the editorial
page of the Sun he lifts his voice to say that the OLD
ticket must not be ignored. Mr.. Dana should confer
y,;tn himself and find out what he wants, any way.
This uncertainty is kilng.-National Republican
THE man whom Blaine distruste in 1881, whom
Garfield tolerated under protest who went out OF the
Cabinet when he thought his going out would bear a
had nternre<aton further illustrates the spirit
of the political froe-booter by dealing the man who
could say much against She MacVeagh policy and
methods stab in the back hi doing this he mas &C
complished nothing more than does So man who loads
his attail with dynamite and sits doEli on IV'|i
cage Inter Ocean. -.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR stands between two fires That
faction of the Republican party with which he was
himself identified before he became President of the
United States have never forgiven him because he
chose to forget that he belonged TO faction when he
suddenly became the representative of the whole
party The other faction, the MacVeaghs Blanes, ct
cetera cannot forgive the President because taking
hold of the Garfield fragments, he has built out OF
them substantial and successful administrative struc
ture. He has committed none of the mistakes they
hoped for has he been guilty OF any of the IN,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-23
THE THEFT oONsuMMATED.

The shameless theft of seat in Congress
by base Democratic majority has been con-
summated, and Mr. English has been given a
seat to which he has no more title than has
any blackleg or hummer in the Seventh con-
gressional district. But for the most dis
graceful dragooning ever attempted the Dem
ocratic majority would never have consented
to the outrage and even as it was, twenty
seven Democrats voted once against the rape
of the seat. The thumbscrews of influence
and compulsion were brought to bear during
the interval between Wednesdays ballot and
that of yesterday, and, as result, the wishes
of the people of this district were
disregarded, and Mr. English given Mr.,
Peelle's seat by beggarly majority of three
in total of PSI votes. The shame that
ought to be felt by Mr.. English, as he accepts
what is not his own, may be better understood
cratic majority of more than seventy in the
House. Despite this fact, and of the further
fact that every effort in the way of personal
pleadngs and threats had been made, and by
lobbying which called for public rebuke he
squeezes into Mr.. Peelle's seat by a majority
of but three. The outrage is complete and
unqualified. In Intellectual protest some thirty
Democratic members voted against it. 1t is
useless to argue the question, now that it is
closed. Mr.. English doubtless realized the
desperate necessities of his case. If he was
ever to have seat in Congress, it was now.
An appeal to the people would be suicide.
His shrewd father, better than anybody else,
knew this, for it is doubtful if even the empty
honor of nomination will ever again be
rendered either of the family for any Office.
Mr.. Peelle could ask no greater favor than
that the issue be placed before the people of
this district His election is as assured as
though the votes had been cast and counted.
This act of uneonscionable piracy can but
have a good effect throughout the State, among
all citizens who believe in honest elections
and in submission to the legally expressed
will of the majority. If the character of re
form offered by the Captain Kidds and Robin
Hoods of the present House may be judged by
this act, we might as well look to a penal in
stitution for wholesome legislation.
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the Chicago Times says: Before the roll
call on adjournment was ended, Mr.
English, ST, came down the aisle and
whispered to Mr.. Cox, of New York
and few minutes later Cox arose and
changed his vote from no to aye, and the
Speaker announced that 1l9 had voted for adj
journment to lis against. The change of
Cox's vote gave the English party the benefit
of an adjournment, which they can utilize to
work for more votes when the case comes to
be reconsidered." The special Of the
Chicago News says '4he lobbying of
the elder English about the COM
mittee room and on the floor, in the presence
of the House and of the galleries, makes this
one of the most disgusting election cases ever
undertaken. It is scandalous enough on its
merits but the added spectacle provided by
the English family makes it an affair without
nrecAdent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-23

A SOCIETY has been organized in England
whose purpose is to compel the cultivation Of
all lands suitable for agriculture and unneces-
sarily withheld from tillage in England
and Scotland for the purpose of making
Great Britain more nearly self sustaining and
less dependent upon American and other for
eign markets for cereals, fruits and vege-
tables" The movement is aimed chiefly
against the immense preserves for deer,
grouse, partridge and pheasants, in Hearth
shire Argyleshire, and Invernshire in Scot
land and in Yorkshire, and all over the West
coast in England In these shires such pro-
prietors as the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of
Breadalbane Lord Willoughby Deersby, Mr.
Williamson, of Lowers, and Mr. James Duncan,
of Benmore, each hold many thousands of
acres which are kept fallow solely to provide
sport for aristocratic huntsmen. These pre-
serves furnish princely incomes in rentals to
their proprietors, and it is pointed out as an
Ubiquitous and absurd inequality in the laws
that these lands, aggregating hundreds of
thousands of acres, do not pay shilling Of
taxes toward the poor rates, while the farmers
and householders are taxed more heavily in
consequence The movement ought to be
popular from the outset and may yet result
in coalition between the lower classes of
England and those Of Ireland in seeking
common ends
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-23

A SPECIAL committee of seven has been APP
pointed to investigate the charge against Hon.
W. H. English, that he abused the privileges
of the floor of the House of Representatives by
lobbying in the interests of his son, the
Claimant, Mr.. English, senior, has evinced a
most intense fatherly desire for his boys sue
cess in the burglarious scheme of sitting in
another mans seat in Congress for few weeks
or months, and it is possible that
he has allowed his feelings to run away with
him, though he has not the reputation of be-
ing what may be called an emotional man.
All the specials from Washington speak of Mr.
English's earnest active and persistent lobby
ing, some Of them very harshly characterizing
his conduct on the floor of the House. De
scribing the vote on adjournment taken on
Wednesday afternoon, the correspondent of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-23

of actual work per diem in the city schools,
and there could not be seven hours of stand
ing, even were the teachers to elect to stand
all the time Mr.. Tarben also states positively
that there is no place in the city where
teacher is required to walk up ana down stairs
sixteen times daily looking after the lines y
This is an optional arrangement in each build
ing; but it would be impossible for any teacher
to have to take the number of trips mentioned
unless it was done of her own accord. There
is no rule which could be stretched to such an
enoruitv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-23
Shot by a woman while AsIeep.

ST LOUIS, May 22-Mrs. Annie Moss at
tempted to kill William Bettlon in his bed room
at her house, last night, by shooting him over
the right ear. On arrival of police, all parties
charged under the injured mans pillow To-day,
however the man admitted that the woman had
shot him while he was asleep, as he contemplated
leaving her and going back to his father who, he
says, is mayor of Dayton Ohio. His wound is
not dangerous one, and when Bettlon learned
this he denied that woman tried to kill him and
herself, and said the shooting was an accident
The woman has been arrested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-23


from the People" a defense of the Acton
Camp meeting Association, written by gen
tleman of Danville 1t is to be regretted that
our correspondent did not see proper to append
his name to this highly unique production,
for we are certain it would have handed him
down to undying fame. Our Danville friend
may think the association is indebted to the
Journal for free advertising; but before the
public is through with the matter, we are free
to say that it is a kind of advertising which
will not cause the association to feel specially
grateful, except those members of the associa-
ton who are chagrined and outraged by the
vote of the majority of the tent
holders. This sort of rot, whenever
newspaper undertakes to speak
in earnest reprobation of any public matter,
we have been accustomed to for years, and it
does not count The idea is not new one,
but its public advancement is, that the Acton
camp meeting is maintained as convenience
for E1ove-making" It will be remem-
bered that Burns, in "Holy Will
lies Fair maintained similar
argument. What the Methodist Church, speak
ing through its authorized representatives
thinks of such business as the Acton Camp
NEE ting Association ndorses and invites, is
known through the resolutions passed by its
conferences, a sample of which the Journal
published yesterday, from the minutes of
the Southeast Conference, within the bounds
of which this particular camp meeting
is held What the general public thinks of
the scandalous proceedings in and about the
grounds on Sundays, during the progress of
the meeting, can be readily known upon in
quiry of persons who have ever been there
with their eyes open, and away from the i'm
mediate circle about the preaching stand.
What the press thinks of the matter
can be Judged from the selections
leading newspapers, both inside and outside
the State The journal does not believe in
miserable Sunday. 1t believes in a IA
tional, wholesome day of rest. in consonance
with the spirit of the statute law. That
is the secular Sabbath. What il thinks
of its dissertation" from the moral
side is gagged somewhat by those
who engage in that dissertation.
1t thinks the violation of the sanctity of the
Sabbath, involving violation of the civil
law at the same time, very much more to be
reprehended when done by those who as
sumo to be Christians, and with the obligation
upon their consciences to uphold the Christian
idea of the Sabbath than when done by those
who recognize no such thing, who
do not consider Sunday different
from other days, speaking morally
and who can only be held to any observance
of it as a day of rest upon the sole ground Of
a police and sanitary regulation, and by the
force of civil law administered by the civil
authorities. And we think every other sane
person holds the like opinion. Dissertation"
of the Sabbath by an alleged Christian asset
alton is infinitely worse, in all its influences,
than the dissertation of the day by, for in
stance, the base ball association.