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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24
The Hungry and Thirsty Demand Their Re- .
ward, and Use Bad Language When the
Civil-Service Law Is Mentioned.
A Little Hint Indicating the Kind Of
Tariff Ideas the President Holds.
He Favors Direct Tariff Laws and Opposes
Reciprocity Treaties-Special Postal De-
livery in Small Cities and Towns.
A CoNGREssMAN,s WOES.
Troubles of a Democratic Member in Satisfy.
ing His Constituents.

troubles OF Democratic Member in Satisfy.
ing His Constituents.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct. %. This thing of dispos
ing of the spoils of Office is worrying the Demo
cratic members of Congress wonderfully There
is Western member in the city now who is
power in his portion of the State, and to an init
mate friend the other evening he expressed the
true inwardness of his feelings
II never supposed that a congressman could
have as much trouble over disposing of the few
Offices at his command as i have been having
since the 4th of March, said he 'There are
from six to two dozen applicants for each Office
That is, there are that many applicants for every
position. 1t is supposed 1 have any amount Of
places to give, and hence everybody wants one,
and they won't be satisfied unless they get what
they want, either. 1t is no use to tell such men
that there are not enough places to go around.
They want their offices if everybody
else gets left Now, these fellows when
had no Offices to give out. warm friends Of
mine. / could always depend upon their sup
port Now, no explanation will satisfy them.
If l tell them of the civil service business they
tell me that is humbug, and say that I was a
AoOA AoA 'OtiiiS iot IL. IL ody eau Sot
an Office for each one OF them, they ask me what
has become of the 100000 offices l bowed SO
much about last yearl Oh, they just make me
too tired to talk about / am burst wide open
politically. l will be beaten out of my boots
for the renomination and then some other poor
fellow will have to go through the same tribula-
tions that am suffering under now"
You don't seem to have a very good opinion
of influence in handing out the official papln in
CURED his friend.
No. l will be hanged if have Official pa
tronage' continued the disguised congressman,
lis curse to any party, especially any one
that has been sucked the doctrine TO the
vctors belong the spoils, and very especially if
it has never been weaned from it. Every Dem
ocratic senator and representative that have
seen since the 4th of March is moaning the same
sad moan that am. They are all sad and mad;
sad because they see that their doom is sealed;
mad because Cleveland goes one way and Hem
bricks goes another way the subject of civil
service reform, and mad with themselves for
caring snap about it. want just one good tilt
at the civil-service reform in the House this VIM
ter"
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cLEvELAND,s TARIFF VIEWS.
He Favors Direct Tariff Laws and Opposes
Reciprocity Treaties,

He Favors Direct Tariff Laws and Opposes
Reciprocity Treaties.
5pecial to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Oct 23.--Presdent Cleveland
has indicated something of his idea of the tariff
1t was in conversation the other day with an
intimate friend, who has communicated the
point to me. He said that he was against the
ratification of the reciprocity treaty with Next
CO. and in fact, against all reciprocity treaties.
because they were intended only for artificially
stimulating trade. He is for free-raw- m aterial
tariff bill, ard thinks raw materials should bs
admitted to this country free from all North
American countries In his message to Congress
he will speak these sentiments. He thinks that
the real way to deal with the tariff is by direct
laws, as we have now, and that treaties are in
vasions which should not be resorted to in this
age of modern legislation. 1t is said that Presis
dent Cleveland is somewhat of y protectionist.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

SENATOR VOORHEES, has been ranting in
Virginia after his usual style. At a meeting
the other day, he said, speaking of the aboli-
ton of slavery, ''God made the slave free,
the Republican party had nothing to do with
it." Mr. Voorhees, was not always of this opin-
ion. In Congress, during the war, when he
was doing all he could against the govern
ment, he said in denunciation of the Repub-
lican party:
"You have liberated slaves and abolished
slavery wherever you can get at it. You
have recognized negro governments.
You propose to put the black man alongside
of the loyal white soldier. You propose to buy
negroes, steal negroes, fight for negroes, OBJ
tain negroes in any way, and then humiliate
and disgrace the white soldier by his presence
and contact in the ranks"
If it were worth while to waste space, like
quotat' ons might be multiplied without end
The above extract is copied from book of
Mr. Voorhees, speeches. compiled and edited
under his supervision by his son. In this
State Mr.. Voorhees, political vaporings do
not command confidence. His attempt to de-
ceive the colored people of Virginia will also
fail
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

THE secretary of the Womans Christian
Temperance Union of Georgia reports that the
temperance people of Northern Georgia are
being prosecuted by the "moonshiners, many
Of them being driven out of the church be-
liquor men Of that State seem as intolerant as
those Of other States. Unmindful of the les
son of the age the whisky makers and whisky
sellers are bent on self destruction Their I'M
willingness to conform to any reasonable
regulation is making converts to prohibition
everywhere
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

DIR. HENRY GRAHAM, of Troy, N. Y, a
life long friend of temperance and an advocate
of prohibition, gives the following as his rea-
sons against intrusting the cause to an iso-
lated political party. He says:
'In the present state of human society
political party founded on one or more moral
issues is not likely to be successful.
"a prohibition party divides the friends of
prohibition and alienates large part Of them.
''The people cannot be induced to narrow
down to this one issue, and tie themselves to
a party that is voiceless on every other ques-
ton.
''The advocates of rum favor prohibition
party.
1.-The spirit manifested by many of the adj
vocates of this party is proof of the unwisdom
of the movement.
"rhe Prohibition party has not helped the
cause of prohibition.
"a vast majority of the Prohibitionists of
the country do not want prohibition party"
Dr. Graham is pastor of the church to
which the present Prohibition candidate for
Governor of New York, Henry Clay Bascom,
belongs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

THE New York Sun felicitates Secretary
Whitney on building fine ballroom to the
spacious residence he occupies at Washington,
and hopes he may enjoy tripping the dance
there between his arduous services in the
navy. About the hardest work he has done
thus far was to drive John Roach & Son into
bankrup toy, and close the largest ship-yards
in America. The Secretary can dance while
the thousands of workmen are seeking employ
ment elsewhere.
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and give him no peace. It will be the part of
wisdom for the General to surrender early, and
turn those papers over to the '.most widely
circulated" whose emissary reaches him first

REPEATED attempts are being made to have
eddy to the support of Governor Hills candi-
dacy. He has already, in an indirect way,
given it out that he expects to go to Buffalo
for the purpose of voting for him and the
Democratic ticket, but he has not come out
with ringing Endorsement. His silence on
this point, despite the frequent Democratic
appeals to speak out, is painful to the party
leaders in New York, and they have employed
every argument and made every possible plea
to get him to come to the aid of the candi-
date. That he does not publicly commit him
self to the Endorsement of Mr.. Hill may be
ascribed to one of two things-he either does
not admire the man, or does not care to
trample on the rule dictated by himself against
offensive partisanship in officials. If the lat
ter, it would seem that he were free to admit
as much but if the former, it is easy to un-
derstand why he maintains silence. In either
case, it was blunder for Democrats to
attempt to force an expression from him.
Now that it has been done, however, and
the President is reticent, the leaders
in New York are desperate, and
the several Democratic journals supposed to
have influence are doing their utmost to wiring
an admission of interest from him. 1t is
possible, of course, that the President is not
averse to the candidacy of Mr.. Hill, nor afraid
of dishonoring the offensive partisan rule, but
that he does not care to publicly put all his
eggs into the New York basket. Unless good
signs fail, he has his eye on 1888, and a reverse
in New York is not to be desired; but if it
does come, as come it likely will, he wants to
be in position to say that his policy was not
at issue, but that the appropriately of the
partys nominee was the cause of the reverse.
The very rudiments Of political sagacity would
suggest that the President be let alone. He
has shown that he does not want to be
dragged into the fight, evidently fearing the
result He wisely wants to make sure Of saw
ing something out of the wreck, and it is
quite probable that the Ohio vote has taught
him even greater caution about taking part in
the fight. From a majority of nearly two
hundred thousand to plurality of less than
one thousand, one hundred, was a tumble
that taught him discretion. He can't afford
another fall. Let the President be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

New YORK politicians have requested the
suspension, for the present, of the appoint
ment of any additional frst-class postlnasters.
1t was found such appointments, pending a
heated political canvass do more harm than
good, because of the disappointment of the
unlucky aspirants, there being half dozen
for each place. Washington Special.
But we thought a great reform" admins
tration could not stoop to take cognizance of
State politics The pinchbeck becomes daily
more apparent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

BY admitting that he possesses letters and
papers which would settle various matters in
dispute concerning the period just after the
war, General Sherman has paved the way for
much persecution of himself by newspaper
writers and would-be historians No properly
constituted reporter or interviewer will believe
for moment that the General really means to
withhold valuable information for all time or
that he can forever resist their entreaties and
seductive arts of persuasion, no matter how
fixed his determination may now be. They
will pursue him from this time forth, and,
though the stern warrior may repel one
attack, his assailants will rise hydra headed,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

The vaporing of the saloon-keepers about a
Republican trick in the Council, because of
the passage Of the e-hundred-dollar tax
ordinance should not be prolonged. Such
talk does not come with good grace from set
of men who have deliberately, wilfully and
defiantly violated the law for years, and who
contributed of their time and money to elect
officers who would forget their oaths for their
benefit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

THEY are moving against the liquor traffic
in Canada, under an act known as the Scott
law. 1t has been adopted in forty nine coun-
ties and cities. The counties which have
adopted the act are distributed as follows:
Twelve in Nova Scotia ten in New Brunswick,
eighteen in Ontario, four in Prince Edwards
Island, two in Manitoba and three in Quebec.
Five of these have voted on the repeal of the
act, and in no case has the repeal vote sue
ceeded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

THE three columns of testimony quoted
from the record Of the congressional COM
mittee by the Louisville Courier-Journal of
yesterday, scarcely bears out its editorial
statement respecting its conclusiveness
against the truth of Mr. Depew's letter.
General Grants testimony was given on the
18th of July, 1867 The Courier-J Journal
editorially says:
General Grant certainly does not sustain
Mr. Depew. He says distinctly that Presi-
dent johnson did not propose to recognize a
Congress composed of Southern members and
the Democrats of the North. He asserts that
in his public speeches, when swinging around
the circle, President johnson did suppose a
case, and then asked which would be the legal
Congress; and he denies that he said even this
much to General Grant in private
Here is a quotation from the testimony
bearing on this latter point:
"Q.-Have you at any time heard the Pres
ident make any remark in reference to the
admission of members of Congress from the
rebel States into either house,
CA cannot say positively what I have
heard him say on that subject | have heard
him say as much perhaps, in his published
speeches last summer as | ever heard him say
at all upon that subject. l have heard him
say and I think have heard him say twice
in his speeches, that if the North carried the
elections by members enough to give them,
with the Southern members, majority, why
would they not be the Congress of the United
States? l have heard him say that several
times"
According to General Grant. he heard Mr.
Johnson suppose" this case Several times, y
other than in his speeches while swinging
around the circle; and the Courier Journal
knows that men do not Suppose" cases I'M
less the idea is in their minds 1t is proper to
say that General Grant declared in his testi
mony that he had never heard Mr. johnson
talk of conflict between the executive and
Congress; but his evidence shows plainly that
the two men had frequent conferences upon
the treatment of the leaders of the Southern
rebellion, in which they were determinedly
opposed to each other, and that upon several
occasions Mr.. Johnson had supposed to
General Grant the case of Congress made up
of members from the Southern States and of
Northern men who would unite with them.
A careful reading of the evidence of General
Grant very decidedly supports the main out
lines Of Mr.. Depews story, although it fails to
support the gravamen of the charge, that the
President actually proposed to recognize a
Congress made up of Northern Democrats and
Southern members, and that General Grant re-
piled that he would drive such body out of
the Capitol at the point of the bayonet. But
it is established, beyond question, that Mr..
johnson had such an idea in his mind That
much unquestionably settled, the country will
await evidence upon the graver point
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24
GovERNoR-ELEcT FORAKER said, in hi.

UOVEKNOK-ELECT FORAKEK SAID, IN ms
speech in New York, on Thursday night:
''You have heard great deal about the re-
form of the civil service. I read in Karper's
Weekly to-day an article in which the dis
tinguished editor grieved that we had not car
ried Ohio on the platform of civil-service re-
form. The Republicans of Ohio did appre-
ciate the importance of civil-service reform,
but they thought there were some other mat
ters more needing attention. 1t is mistake
to say that the civil service has been dis
grace to the American people. 1t has not
civil service possessed by any government on
it even more efficient, and honest, and able
than it now is. We thought, for instance
that municipal reform also ought to be pressed
to prevent the revival Of Tweedism in New
York city"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24
Chain Factory Burned.

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. Oct. 23-Fire this morn
ing completely destroyed the chain factory ma
chine shops, warehouse and Offices of the Pitts
burg hinge and chain works owned and operated
by Oliver Brothers & Phillips. Of Pittsburg
The hinge department was not damaged. The
fire was caused by the natural gas valve under
the boilers being thrown open too wide, forcing
the flames to the roof of the chain works The
fire will throw 400 men temporarily out of en-
ploymont
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is not known

FRANK LEsLIE's Weekly wisely says 'In
Ohio, at least, the third party movement has
been squelched for some time to come. The
people have declared explicitly for high
license as against prohibition, and no party
will dare to tamper with the laws by which
that system will be re-established Temper
ance men in other States should be warned
by the result in Ohio against the independent
party folly, which has there resulted so dis.
astrously"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

GENERAL ALEXANDER r. LAWTON, of
Georgia, will probably be appointed minister
to Austria, and an application be made to the
next Congress for the removal of his political
disabilities. General Lawton is the gentle
man who was appointed minister to Russia,
and for whose benefit Attorney general Gar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24
Asking the Annuiment of a Patent,

Boston, Oct 23.--Attorney- general Garland
has fled bill in equity in the United States
Circuit Court here, similar to that which he
brought against the Bell Telephone Company at
Memphis. Tenn. recently. and which has caused
much discussion. The bill, in the name of
the Attorney general, requests the court to an
nul the patent, the ground of fraud. which
was granted on May 10 of the present year TO
S. Warren. of Holyoke, Mass. 1t is alleged in
the bill that the defendant swore falsely in de-
claring that he was the original inventor of
mineral filling composition used by paper manu-
facturerS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

A REPUBLICAN machine is not much bet
ter than a Democratic machine. The ma
chine of any complexion is what the people
are firing of.-Chicago Tribune.
A certain amount of machinery is neces-
sary. What the people object to is a machine
that stuffs ballot boxes and steals. This kind
of machine, Republican or Democratic, must
be broken too fine to ever be serviceable
again
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

THE Ohio Supreme Court is now Repub-
hcan body. Judge W. T. Spear, elected to
fill the Okey vacancy, has resigned his Com
mon Pleas judgeship, and will qualify at once.
This makes the court stand: johnson. Nell
vaine and Spear, Republicans; Owens and Fol
lett, Democrats Judge Minshall, the other
Republican judge, will take his seat in Febru-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24
SPECIAL POSTAL DELIVERY.
Discouraging Conditions Under Which 1t Is
To BE Performed In Small Towns.

To BE Performed In Small Towns
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-Postmaster Patterson,
at Muncie Ind, has been granted privilege in
speclal-delivery service which will undoubtedly
be requested by majority of third-cass post
masters throughout the country. 1t is permits
zion for his deputy to deliver letters bearing
special stamps. thus obviating the necessity OF
employing special messengers. A few days ago
the postmaster at Muncie addressed Third AS
sistant Postmaster-g general Hazen as follows
concerning his experience with the Specialize
livery systems
IN order to comply with instructions had to
take my own boy from school, as l can control
no other boy for the insignificant pay, and just
at this period of my boys schooling would
not have him miss his school for %
per day, whereas he has made buk-
eighty eight cents in nineteen days. am op-
posed to the practice or nepotism. especially
At so great an expense to my rel.
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Assistant Secretary Coon.

NEW YORK. Oct 23-The Tribune's Wash
ington special says: Assistant Secretary Coon,
of the Treasury Department, has left for the
North on a leave of absence for week. on i'm
portant business. 1t is understood from his
friends here that the business is probably more
important to Mr.. Coon himself than to anybody
else. In other words, he has been officially ad-
vised that his resignation will soon be asked for,
and he is probably looking about to find what he
can do in private life"
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where there were twenty more votes returned
than there were names on the registration,
the clerk remarked: what the hell have we
to do with registration and upon another oc-
casion, when one of the Republican attorneys
wanted to look at tally-sheet, he said he
would not allow Jesus Christ to lookr This
is the sort Of man who assumes to arbitrarily
determine the rights of seventy thousand
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

AS a court of last resort the Cincinnati steal
will have to come before the House of Repre-
sentatives, which is the judge of the election
and qualifications of It's own members. With
a clear Republican majority of six, the rape of
the ballots may be avenged
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

A BALTIMORE lady visited the departments
ct Washington this week to ask for her share
Of the surplus, of which she said she was in
great need. On learning that the promised
distribution of funds could not be made, the
lady departed in distress She should consult
Mr.. Hendricks Immediately.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24

land attempted to suspend the operations of
the Fourteenth amendment 1t is due to
General Lawton to say that, since that episode
he has uttered some of the most patriotic
words that have come from any man in the
South, and there would not now be word of
objection from any quarter to his appointment
as the successor of Mr.. Kasson. We don't
count Kelley
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Large Transaction in Beef.

GALVESTON, Tex, Oct. ga special from
Fort Worth to the News says: Isaac Dahman.
of this city. closed con tract yesterday with an
English syndicate to deliver on the wharf at
Galveston fertnightly for the next five years
81, 0OO frozen carcasses of beef cattle The price
stipulated is six cents per pound for the beef and
nine cents for the hides 1t is said the shipments
will begin next week.
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A Little Dinner Rude,y Interrppted.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.--While B. F. Shay.
a prominent real estate dealer of this city. was
at dinner this evening in the Nevada restaurant,
with Mrs. James Q. Brown, of Healdsburg, CAL,
the husband of the latter walked in. drew a no
volver. and fred two bullets into him. Shavs
wounds are believed to be fatal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24
Chinatown Must Go.

STOCKTON, Cal, Oct, 90 "A meeting of three
hundred citizens last night, presided over by
Supervisor Ingles, adopted resolutions for the
removal of Chinatown from the city limits, and
containing pledge to vote against all nom
inees, at the election on Nov 3, who are not
pledged for the removal of Chinatown. The
movement includes some of the best citizens,
and permanent organization will be main
tainad.
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Mr.. Co mixing Has No Time for Politics.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Roscoe Conkling has re-
Gently written letter to the colored Republicans
of this city who invited him to address them
wherein he says: II have not, as you may
know, for some years, engaged in the canvasses
which have occurred. My business exaets all
MY time, and do not feel called upon this year
to take part in politics. have not grown cold
in things which believe right and good for all
races in America"