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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
Nellie Arthur's Goodbye.
Washington Special.


Mr. Arthur began TO gather his things together
some time ago. and now all he will have to do on
the 4th of March will DO TO take Nellie by the
hand and walk out as Mr. Cleveland walks in.
Last summer when Mr. Arthur was defeated for
the Republican nomination Miss Nellie said that
she was glad of it, for she could now have a
chance to see her papa. 1t is suspected, how
ever, that she was simply trying to keep Mr..
Arthur from feeling badly, and that away down
fathers defeat. One of the White House at
tendants states that Mr.. Arthur found Miss
Nellie in tears late yesterday afternoon. Her
explanation was that she was simply saying
goodbye to the White House, and she could not
part from it without crying, because she loved
it so much and had had such pleasant time
there. Miss Nellie's bright face and CHEEKY
voice have given to the gloomy rooms of the ex-
ecutive mansion almost an air of comfort. Her
presence there will be greatly missed. Mr..
Cleveland would do we'll to persuade her to re-
main with him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

In his extremity Gen. Grant saw the Congress of
the United States refuse to place him the retired
list of the army he gallanty and bravey command
ed his spirit and pride broken and his physical
ability to resist disease destroyed He is to-day de-
pendent the voluntary contributions Of his friends
for support 1t makes almost despise his country
when it becomes capable of such despicabe
Chicago News
If the bill for the retirement Of Gen. Grant is
proper in itself it should be acted upon without de-
lay and without reference to extraneous considera-
tons. 1t is question that must be determined upon
its merits, if determined at ALL There is no
surrender of principle in presenting it to President
Arthur in q shape to command his signature. The
Yindication of Fitz-John Porter. which no has
more courageously advocated than Gen. Grant, may
safely be left to President Cleveland Washington
Post CDem.)
II the English government really wants 70 con.
ciate the Irish people and release 10000 redcoats
for duty elsewhere why does it not let the absentee
landlords depend the courts to collect their rents
That would be the American way Of doing business.
If standing army were to act rentcolectors in
this country the American tenants would be even
is claimed by absentee landlords it will probably be
possible to force the farmers to pay the sixty mill
ions OF rents without the OF British bayonets;
but is this not upholding land monopoly al a danger
Gus COST How much better it would he to enable the
Irish farmers to buy out tho hated alien landlords and
be rid of them forever. Chicago Tribune.
THERE is ground for the claim that the impending
change at washington signifies popular verdict
against Republican sentiments aud principles. or a
popular declaration OF regret that the Republican
party allowed to rule the country so many years
And yet is quite likely that we shall hear moro for
some time about tho things which this party Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
TwENTY-FoUR years ago to-day Abraham

TWENTY-FoUR years ago to-day Abraham
Lincoln closed his inaugural address with
these immortal words:
eve are not enemies, but friends We
must not be enemies. Though passion may
have strained. it must not break, our bonds of
affection. The mystic chords of memory,
stretching from every battlefield and patriot
grave to every living heart and hearthstone,
all over this broad land, will yet swell the
chorus of the Union, when again touched, as
surely they will be- by the better angels OF
our nature"
This touching language was rendered neces.
sary by Democratic treason. To-day, Grover
Cleveland talks to Union Of thirtv-eight
States-not one in rebellion, not one out OF
it's constitutional relation to the government
The restored Union, the stable government
a Nation in peace and prosperity, are the
sheaves of the Republican harvest gathered
to-day. The contrast of twenty-four years is
worth study
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
THE APPORTIONMENT IMFAMY.
THE QU1NTEssENcE OF TYRANNY.

The QUINTESSENCE OF T1 RANHHs
Shebyville Republican.
1t is the quintessence of tyranny under the
forms of law; tyranny far more odious than
that of Russia any other absolute des-
potism, because it is tyranny practiced in the
country pretending to the doctrine Of equality
and justice, and acquiescence in the decision Of
a majority expressed at the polls.
LIKELY TO TRAP THE TRAPPERs.
Bloomington (Ill.) Leader.
The Indiana Democrats have so redistricted
the State in SO far pertains to the legislative
question as to give their own party friends de-
cided advantage Such traps are very likely to
catch the men who set them, however
LEAVE THEM AS THEY ARE.
Logansport Pharos (Dem).
AS to the legislative apportionment, we should
prefer that the districts be lett as they are. be-
lieving that the Democrats can elect majority
of the next Legislature and a successor to Sena-
tor Harrison.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
THE EASTERN QUESTION.

Now that the attention of the world is
drawn to General Grant and to the British
campaign in the Soudan, and to the possible
one in Afghanistan, it is interesting to know
what Grants opinion was of the vexing
eastern question" In conversation in
1878 he expressed himself as follows:
81 did not know much about the Eastern
question until came to Europe. The more
l looked into it the more was drawn irresist-
IDLY to the belief that the Russian side was
the true one. Perhaps | should say the side
of Mr.. Gladstone. On the Eastern question
there is moro diversity in England than
elsewhere. AS | was travelling through
the East I tried hard to find some
thing in the policy of the English gov
eminent to approve. But I could not.
l was fresh from England and wanted to be
in accord with men who had shown me as
much kindness as Lord Beaconsfeld and his
colleagues. But it was impossible. England's
policy in the East is hard, reactionary and
selfish. No one can visit those wonderful
lands on the Mediterranean without seeing
what they might be under good government
1 do not care under which flag the government
fourished-English or French, italian or Rus
sian-its influence would be felt at once in
the increased happiness of the people, tolera-
ton to all religions, and great prosperity
AS I understand the Eastern oues-
ton, the great obstacle to the good govern
ment of these countries is England I'M
less she can control them herself, she
will allow no one else. That I call q selfish
policy. / cannot see the humanity Of keeping
these noble countries under barbarous rule
merely because there are apprehensions about
the road to India. If England went in and
took them herself, should be satisfied But
if she will not, why keep other nations outg
It seems to me that the Eastern question
could be settled easily enQgh if the civiliz7
ing powers of Europe were to sink their diff
ferences and take hold. Russia seems to be
the only power that really means to settle it,
and it is mistake of England that she should
not be allowed to do so with the general sym
pathy of the world"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

TIE Republican party is possessed of that
kind of patriotism, chat profound veneration
for American laws and customs that it to-day
gives way gracefully to its successor, brought
to power by the slenderest plurality, while
the majority of its vote is based upon fraud
and blood. 1t will give the heartiest support
to every measure calculated to advance the
interests of the people, and never falter in its
loyalty to the cause of popular government
Tie Republican party will not rebel against
the verdict of the people,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

| the sword and the bayonet to again take pos
session OF the executive branch Of the govern
ment. Failing in that they tried in vain for
sixteen more years at the ballot-box, until at
last they found enough sympathizers in the
State of New York to carry the electoral vote
of that State by the meager plurality Of ], O47,
and to-day again witnesses the Inauguration
of Democratic President, elected and sur
rounded by the men who were in arms or
plotting treason and assassination twenty-four
years ago.
In nothing Is the contrast greater than in
the journeys Of MIR. Lincoln and Mr. Cleye-
land. Mr.. Lincoln bids his neighbors an af
fectionate farewell, and moves off amidst their
prayers, stopping en- route to bless and be
blessed. Mr. Cleveland steals quietly into a
sleepingca car, at telegraph station three miles
out Of the city of Albany, driven there alone
in sleigh, just as the shades Of night began
to conceal the world from mortal vision-it
would have been total darkness, but for the
full moon, just rising. Thus his journey
began without one benediction from living
SOUL Away and away the train sped all that
night, passing New York, and Philadelphia,
and Baltimore without one word of cheer or
sympathy, arriving yesterday morning at
Washington, and depositing its presidential
passenger to be greeted by the very men who
were either in arms at the time of Lincolns
Inauguration, or in sympathy with those who
were; and amidst general rejoicing in every
rebel State that at last the power of the fed
eral government is again in their hands.
To-day Mr.. Cleveland will take the oath of
office, but no battery need be in readi-
ness to suppress any riot. Mr.. Arthur
may ride with Mr.. Cleveland, but it will not
be as hostage to protect the latter from as
sassination by the formers friends, for no one
thinks Of disputing his right to take his seat
as President. These twenty four years have
wrought wonderful changes, and it remains
to be seen whether the loyal people of America
will be satisfied with the rule of those so lately
in rebelliOn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
Mr. WHISTLER has sent to Mr.. Edmund Yates

Mr.. WHISTLER has sent to Mr.. Edmund Yates,
in Holloway jail. a butterfly, and with it senti-
mental letter. in which he requests his friend to
cherish the insect as an emblem Of hope and joy
II Mr.. Yates will communicate with one Dr.
Goerson, of Philadelphia, who is soon to be
hanged for the murder Of his wife, he may
gather some points as to the best method of
amusing himself with his pet. DR.. Goerson
found time heavy on his hands, and, looking
about for amusement, discovered nothing in that
line but the large number of festive cockroaches
which daily wandered through his cell. Of them
he captured the largest and most active speci-
mems, and being of pious turn of mind. as wife
murderers not infrequently are, he pasted on
their backs and stomachs little slips of paper
on which he had neatly written passages of
Scripture AS each roach received it's inscrip-
ton it was turned loose to find it's way
to other prisoners and cheer or warn them
as the case might be. Should Mr. Yates not be
in religious mood he may at least like to
send greeting to the titled woman who slandered
her aristocratic neighbors over his shoulder and
left him to pay the cost.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
The New York Sun SAYS:

'1t is quite possible, and even probable, that
some of our greedy and foolish capitalists will
take counsel of their fears rather than of COM
mon sense, and will set to work boarding gold
but they will not do it long. They may tenn
porarily make panic which will force gold to
apremium of one-half of l per cent, or
thereabouts, but this profit will not equal more
than few months interest, and, as soon as the
fact appears, the whole business will come to an
end. The silly talk about the terrible things
that are going to happen from the boarding Of
gold ought not to be listened to. Those who
repeat it do no credit to their intelligence"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

impossibility Of doing all that should be done
within the limit Of sixty days. Every man in
and out Of the General Assembly knows that
the time has been frittered away upon unnec-
essary and infamous legislation, and no effort
has been made by the majority to do what an
honest regard for their oaths would suggest
The only possible reason for special session
lies in the shameful and purposeful avoidance
of their duty by the Democratic majority.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

THE State Senate last night passed the
legislative apportionment bill, and that infa-
my now only awaits the signature Of Governor
Gray to become law. The outrage has been
ccnsummated, and the people are bound and
gagged by the action Of their so-called repre-
sentatives. The Journal has said all it cares
to at present. When the people come to pass
upon the record of the Legislature, it will be
pertinent matter for further discussion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

IT has become regular thing for legislat-
ors-for-revenue-o to scheme and plot by
all means their feeble brains can suggest to
compsl the calling of special session. Gov
ernor Porter taught these dollar-a-day men a
lesson two years ago. which Governor Gray
should repeat now. When all members Of
the Legislature make an earnest and
honest attempt to pass necessary leg
Station within the constitutional term,
Il win be time to talk about the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

AT latest accounts the correspondent of q
Cincinnati sensational paper, who outraged the
citizens Of Macon, Ga, by raking up and pub
ishng time honored local scandal, was under
arrest in Alabama, and guarded by fifty infuri-
ated men who had pursued him to that point
If he gets away alive he will hereafter dish up
unsavory tales only in regions where the inhabit-
ants are accustomed to such little matters, and
don't mind appearing in print Macon people
have not been educated up to newspaper ZEN
terprise" as it is understood in Cincinnati, and
not being aware that the marvellous tales in the
papers there are regarded by the generality of
readers only as works Of the imagination are
unduly sensitive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
No Extra Session for Dollar-a-Day Men.


Governor Gray would do good stroke of bust
ness if he would give the members of the Legis-
lature to understand that there would be no
extra session. They have wasted the ample
time allowed by law in a manner far from cred
liable, neglecting the interests of the State for
political and personal interests. Among the
latter may be affirmed desire to get the per
diem attached to the Office To be legislator
is a money making thing to many, and for this
small and vulgar reason they want to prolong
their official existence. The Governor should be
no party to it. Let these members be sent
home by operation of the law and upon them be
the responsibility for neglecting the States
buSiness
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

FROM an intelligent man living in an intel
ligent capital of an intelligent county, not
fifty miles from Indianapolis, we yesterday re-
eeived note about as follows, with reference
to the Sunday Journal:
@ Sunday Journals sold. Our people all
cry for Talmage's sermons; will the Journal
have them9 Send - copies next Sunday.
Could easily double this if it had the Talmage
sermons"
For months the Journal of each Monday
morning has contained special report of the
sermon preached the day before in the Brook
Ign Tabernacle by DR.. Talmage, the only
paper in Indiana printing it. Other papers
have always printed, and continue TO print
these sermons on the following Sundays, seven
days after delivery and six days after
their appearance in the Journal That
such amazing ignorance is possible as is
shown by the note quoted above, is enough to
discourage the effort to print newspaper.
It would seem to be much better to fill up the
space with old and stale stuff, as is the habit
of our esteemed contemporaries. But,
despite these drawbacks, the Journal will con-
tinue to print the news every day as it hap
pens, including Talmages sermon each Mon
day morning, satisfied that in time every
body will find it out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

THE picture drawn by an Indianapolis cor
respondent of the New York Sun Of the ten
der relations existing between Mr.. Mcdonald
and Mr.. Hendricks is truly pathetic. With
such fond affection for his dear friend Jo-
seph, mr.. Hendricks will hardly be able to
enjoy existence in Washington on account of
The seDaration
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

NEW YoRK's Capitol has cost $1,000, 900
thus far, or S., 900, 600 more than the cost Of
the national Capitol. Tt is estimated that half
as much more must be expended before the
work is complete. A good deal of this amount
is for stone, and not little for steal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
In the Evening Minute we find the follow

In the Evening Minute we find the follow
ing:
"Mr Browning referred to the statement of
a morning paper that the members who were
working for special session could not make
more than ST. day. He said he would hurl
that back as an infamous lie in the face of the
man who made it, and stood perfectly pre-
pared to defend the calling of an extra session
if the condition of the public business war
ranted such course"
Mr.. Browning is one Of the very men we re-
ferred to. He is a fair sample of the despica-
BILE class Of parasites, becoming larger and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

A PHILADELPHIA society writer makes the re-
markable complaint that the average women
and girls of that city not musical and that
there is great lack of sweet sounds at their
teas and other informal gatherings. Indianap
oils would hate to make the sacrifice, but rather
than have the people of Philadelphia suffer such
deprivation any longer, it could probably be
induced to loan them section of the matinee
Musicale" There is nothing mean about this
[ town.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
The Mcdonald Stew.
Harper's Bazaar,


A luxury enjoyed in the Senate restaurant at
the Capitol is known as the Mcdonald stew
because ''old Joe McDanad as the Senators af-
fectionately term him, when a senator from In
diana, taught the cook to make this dish of fine
oysters They are stewed in their own liquor.
1t is said Seraoor Mcdonald stood by the cook
repeatedly until he learned exactly how to stew
the oysters perfectly. 1t is favorite dish
with the senators when they take lunch about
u
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

AN inaugural prayer meeting" was held In
Washington on Monday night for the purpose of
invoking blessings upon the incoming admins
tration. 1t was presided over by Rev. DR.. Bart
lett. With so much being done in the way Of
providing worldly and spirituous refreshments
for the Democratic army of invaders, it is graft
flying to learn that their spiritual needs have not
been overlooked
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

THE Denver News, Democratic, and ram
Mr.. Cleveland betrays "gross ignorance" of
the laws bearing on the subject. Alas and
alas! We had hoped that the brethren would
not be disenchanted with their manufa ctured
hero until after he had been inaugurated, at
Ieast
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

OUR own "brighteyed, who preached a SER
mon on the great men and great events
known in Washington without mentioning
Abraham Lincoln, was the first man to grasp
Mr. Cleveland's hand, yesterday morning.
Rev. William Alvin Bartlett is the early bird
which is after the presidential worm for his
Westinghouse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

A DETACHABLE dish known as the enc
Donald stew" because it was invented by
our own ex-senator Of that name, is said to be
popular in Washington restaurants. AS a
compounder of Mcdonald stews Mr. Hen
bricks is far more of an expert than Uncle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
Hendricks snubbed by Indiana,

Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
Hendricks has been almost uniformly popular,
with his party, but when he arrived the other
day the Indiana delegation gave him the cold
shoulder because he had, it is supposed, turned
his back on Mcdonald, his old political associate,
in the making up OF the Cabinet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

larger in each recurring Legislature, who put.
their small brains to work from the first day
they are here to compel special session.
One hundred days in the Legislature gives
them more money than they could possibly
earn in whole year at home, while the lux
ury of being waited upon by fve-dollar- a-day
servants at the States expense turns their
poor heads.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

Mr.. MANNING is said to haye discovered
Cleveland. If this is the case Mr.. Man
ming cannot complain when he is made Secre-
tary of the Treasury that his "man" is I'M
grateful to his creator
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

THE simultaneous issue of the revised Old
Testament was made on Monday in this
country and in England Publishers will
hardly be caught again. They lost largely on
the revised New Testament.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

SENATOR MAGEEs humorous effort upon
the apportionment infamy was not up to that
genial gentleman's best effort. There is no
humor in barefaced robbery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

A BAZAAR" for the relief of needy ex-con-
federates and their families will be held in Balt-
more next month on a grand scale. The
Southern heart" is appealed to in eloquent cir
culars. and every Southern State is expected to
contribute and be represented Encouraged By
the success Of that other "gift enterprise the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
After Its Kind.
Pittsburg Times


When General Grant dies tho Congress which
refused pittanee to his poverty, will do him
honor after its kind. 1t will pass resolutions OF
coincidence in joint session, and get drunk at his
funeral by committee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

THE legislative Cheap Johns are still schem-
ing for q special session These parasites upon
the public treasury should be taught lesson
by Governor Gray, as they were by Governor
Porter two years ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

New Orleans exposition, in getting 100000
from the government. the managers Of the ''ba-
zaar" may be expected to strike the new adj
ministration for q contribution from tho
TraaS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

Mr.. PATTEN and Mr.. Browning are the
only two men who have hurled back" during
this session of the Legislature. A pretty pair
TO draw to.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04

A NEW variety of cotton has been found. It's
characteristics that it is nearly or quite fire.
proof, has a finer and longer fiber and produces
much more to the acre. The seeds are so much
larger than the old kind of cotton that gins will
have to be built for it's special treatment