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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

GENERAL BROWNE points out the startling
fact that of the ], 242 474 voters of Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South
Carolina, but 623, 1S7 cast votes, or had their
votes counted. Statistics show that in the
States named there are 623, 800 white and
6l9,038 colored voters The total vote cast
for all presidential candidates in the last cleo
ton was less than the white vote alone by
some 200 votes. What does it meanR And
what became of the over half-million votes
that made no showinga Is it possible that the
suppressed The election returns ought to
show. With a total vote of over 600, 900, and
reinforced by white Republicans, some one or
more of these States should have chosen
presidential electors that would represent such
voters. The result indicates that not one was
chosen or returned elected. Is there any man,
North, South, East or West, simple enough
to believe that such result could come from
anything but violence or fraudR Had the
QUO, 900 colored voters of those States, rein
forced by the white Republicans residing
there-and there are thousands such-been
allowed to vote as they pleased, and had their
votes counted as cast, there is no doubt in the
world but thai James G. Blaine would to-day
be President-eloct In other words, the adj
ministration of this county has been stolen
by wholesale fraud and brutal violence.
The manner in which the Republican ma
jority of TO- 600 in the Fourth congressional
district of Alabama was wiped out is undoubt
edly a fair example of how like results were
brought about generally throughout the States
in question. A hall. million votes cannot be
suppressed or be unaccounted for without
crime against popular suffrage. Nor can sixty
townships be thrown out on frivolous pretexts
without somebody earning a term in the peni-
Tertiary Yet with all these palpable frauds,
nobody ever heard of anybody being held &C
countable in the South 1t is hard to prophesy
the end of systematic outrages upon popular
suffrage. That retribution will come, in time,
there can be no doubt, and that it will fall
upon the heads Of the perpetrators of these
gross wrongs is quite certain. The solution
may come peaceably through revolution in
favor of legitimate business over ballot-box
stufing and bulldozng. 1t will be this, or
the scoundrels responsible for it will fall out
among themselves in their fight over the spoils
of stolen triumphs, when the right will at
last come out victorious as come it must
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

1T is not a pleasing thing to turn from the
gayeties of the holidays to the contemplation
of probable visitation of cholera next sum-
mer, but that is exactly what we must do
The disease, instead of sleeping during the
winter season. is still alive in Spain, fresh
cases being reported at Toledo this week. A
good many Americans will not sit down to
another Christmas feast unless every sanitary
precaution is taken to ward off this scourge,
and even then it is probable that we shall not
entirely cscape
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

THERE is said to be scheme on foot among
the mugwumps of the country to organize
formally, and to make their first public ap.
pearance rs representatives of party at the
Inauguration of Cleveland. The plan is to
have such large turnout that CONSERVATION
and terror will strike to the hearts of Repub-
licans who have been inclined to jeer at the
movement The movement Is a secret one, a
great part of the effect to be produced de-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

WE trust the Chicago News speaks ex
cathedra when it says: mo amount of squirm-
ing will save the ballot-box suffers from the
penitentiary" The American people cannot
afford to wink at fraud in elections The
scoundrels who attempted to steal the United
States senatorship from Illinois ought to be
sent TO the pententiary. as should those who
stole the ballots from the indianapolis court
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

pending upon the element Of surprise caused
by their imposing appearance on the eventful
occasion. The secret leaked out through the
unfortunate mistake of sending confidential
circulars from the Washington headquarters
to individuals throughout the country who
were supposed to be, but were not, mugwumps.
The untimely development of the plot need
not, however, deter scattered independents
from rallying and falling in with the process
ciap
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

THE Baltimore & Ohios cut in telegraph
rates is startling enough to provoke the Won
der if it will not result in "a poop sooner or
later. But even if it should, it is hardly
probable that old rates would be restored. The
time has come for reduction in telegraph tolls
The 500, 600, 900 of water in Western
Unions $50, 900, 600 capital is paying too
heavy dividends Tie public will welcome
any company that offers relief in this matter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

In lts noIlce OF the resignation Oh MI. MA
| lott, the Sentinel of yesterday says:
Speaking of his connection with the board,
MIR. Malott said that its members had gotten
| along very pleasantly together, and that no
disagreement between himself on the one
part and Messrs. Murphy and Frenzel on the
other had arisen, and he spoke in the
highest terms of the two gentlemen with
whom he had served as police commits
| sioner."
The News Of Wednesday is authority for
the statement in effect, that
f1t has been known for several months
that he was not in accord with the Demo
cratic members, owing to their determined
policy to ignore the laws relating to the saloon
business, for the reason that it was feared
that their strict enforcement would have an
adverse effect politically. His protest against
the course which has been pursued has been
on file in the records of the Police Commission
for some time, and over year ago he declared
that ii the other commissioners persisted In
refusing to enforce the laws, he would resign.
He was induced, however, to continue in the
position, but no disposition to alter their
course having been manifested by the CON-
missioners since the close of the campaign, he
determined To withdraw from the board"
We know personally that the News has the
authority of Mr.. Malott for what it said
with regard to his relations to the police
board, and Mr. Malott, himself to a reporter
of the Journal, expressed sentiments similar
to those attributed to him in the News
There seems to be lack of consistency in
these statements If Mr.. Malott found it
necessary to present protest against the
policy of the board iii ignoring the enforce
ment of the law against saloons, it can hardly
be said that mo disagreement had arisen be-
tween himself and Messrs. Murphy and Fren-
EEL" A protest. recorded on the records of
the board, would seem to be in the nature Of
"a disagreement" Men do not ''protest" I'M
less there is something to disagree" about.
We are glad that Mr.. Malott has resigned;
glad for his own sake glad for the sake of the
city; glad for the precedent it establishes that
the Republican member of the board can let it
be known that he is not in sympathy with
the shameful policy. that has dominated the
police system of the city since the precious
metropolitan system was fastened upon In
dianapolis by the beetle browed bummers
under the lead of Mr.. Speaker Bynum and
the empty headed Moody, of DeKalb county
The Journal respects the motives that have
kept Mr. Malott quiet for more than year
and a half, but we think his judgment was at
fault. However, it is all over now, and Mr.
Malotts resignation furnishes the amplest
proof for all the Journal has! said. It is to be
hoped the next Republican member of the
board will allow it to be understood that he is
in favor of the proper enforcement of law. and
will make himself emphatically felt in oppo.
sition to the Infamous policy whereby the
police board and the police power are made
the slaves Of defiant and persistent law
breakers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

The editor of the st. Louis Globe Demo
crat gives, with circumstantiality, alleged
facts in connection with Mr.. st. Johns dis
has contented himself with saying that Mr.
McCulagh is blanked liar. The Globe Dem
ocrat is responsible. Why does not Mr. St.
John sue it for libel, and bring the question
to legal and judicial determination Here is
the direct and distinct charge of the Globe
Democrat: est. John may deny, hut in spite
of his denial we can prove, that he offered to
get sore throat and retire from the Ohio
campaign for sos, 000" What will "the brain
less and mercenary sneak" do9
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

LET us enter the new year with malice
toward none and with charity for all; with .
proper and commendable belief in the honesty
of motive and purpose Of those we differ
from. But for mercy's sake DO not let us part
with every hit of common sense we ever had
become milk-eeps, and go out to gather grapes
of thorns and figs of thistles, as happy and
guileless as the snip hunter with his bag.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

SO as to make manufactured goods cheap
enough to compete with European competitors
cannot be in the material; it must be in the
price of labor. The fact and the effect are
both, possibly unwittingly, acknowledged by the
great apostle of free trade, or fair trade, or
revenue reform, or commercial freedom, or
whatever the name the British scheme of free
trade may masquerade under.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

BEGINNING with midnight, Wednesday, the
scientists at Greenwich made the astronomi-
cal day consist with the civil The former
had, Heretofore, begun at noon. Both will
now begin at midnight. The twenty four
hour day experiment. also began then.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

SEVERAL observatories are about to take OBJ
servations to determine the center Of gravity
of the earth, with view, by succession of
experiments, to discover if it varies in time.
At present the center is on North Tennessee
street, indianapolis. After March next it
will not be- there
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

AFTER all that has been said, Mr. Tilden
will not attend Clevelands Inauguration. He
probably reflects that the scene would revive
too sad recollections of what might have been
If he had only had votes enough.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

THE Sentinel says that what the Journal
has printed with respect to the Metropolitan
Police Board is infamous" The word is
correct, but its use improper. 1t is not the
Journals language, but the fact demanding
such language, that is Infamous"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

Hon. C. B. FARwELL, of Chicago, declares
that he must not be considered candidate
for the senatorship and, further, that he
favors the reelection of General Logan. Mr.
Farwell has struck the keynote Of the party,
and will win in its esteem.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

school board without representative from
among the mothers Of the children This is a
curious commentary on the practical and re-
formatory results of woman suffrage. The
revolution claimed as inevitable by its advo-
Gates seems to have worked the wrong way in
this instance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

THE Charleston Is. c. News and Courier is
making its annual boast over the fact that the
laws of that State prohibit divorce, and that no
legal separations have ever been granted within
its borders The paper is silent as to the num-
Der of grass widows and deserted husbands
among the inhabitants; but statistics would
probably show TO great difference from other
States in that class of citizens
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

WHEN the skies fall we shall all catch larks
And the millennium will come on silver wings
when the Democratic party is suddenly trans
formed into the apostle of purity and civil
service reform
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

THE men who have pledged themselves to
raise the 100000 to relieve General Grant
from his financial difficulties deserve all
praise. What is everybody's business is no.
bodys business, and it would have taken a
long time to raise such sum by popular sub.
scription
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

THE abduction of Mrs McChesney from the New
Orleans exposition grounds, and her conceal
ment for over a week, after being carried sew
eral miles from the city, is enough to alarm the
visiting public, and should move the police
authorities of that city to increase their vigi
lance Every assurance of safety ard comfort
should be guaranteed the thousands who may
visit the exposition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

BENEvoLENTLY patriotic persons, who, having
heard that Sergeant Bates was in state of des-
titution have thought Of diverting their pro-
posed Bartholdi- pedestal contributions to the
flag carriers benefit may now adhere to their
original purpose of patronizing Liberty A
wealthy citizen of Philadelphia has died and left
the Sergeant $4,000, which, if he does not spend
it for flags, should be sufficient to keep him from
the aims house.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

To obtain foreign market for our surplus
products, we have only to make them cheap
enough, and enable our manufacturers to offer
their goods as cheaply as their European com
petitors. -Courier-J Journal.
This is certainly frank enough. From Is
to 80 per cent. of the cost of any production
IS the labor that goes into it. The reduction
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02
THE INDIANA STATE JOURNAL.
WEEKLY EDITION.

Is the best secular paper published in the State.
II is a complete compendium of the news of the
week, with special features of late and trust
worthy market reports, and department of in
dustriai and agricultural intelligence carefully
prepared by an editor of long experience. In
these respects THE WEEKLY JOURNAL is
superior to AIRY mere agricultural paper for the
field it covers is infinitely more extensive than
that which can be occupied by any special class
publication
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

Walt WHITMAN. the poet, emerges from his
lair long enough to remark that Governor Cleve-
land is the man for the times, or words to that
effect The author of Leaves of Grass must
naturally be in sympathy with the writer of the
letter to Mrs. Beecher, the perpetrator of the
crime which he docs not deny"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

Two weeks before the election Democratic
papers would have published Clevelands let
ter. to the mugwumps at the top of the col
umn, doubleleaded. Why don't they do so
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

PENNSYLVANIA is 80 full of romance that 1t
sometimes extends over the borders. In the
lumber regions, near Coalition, that State, are
situated the extensive mills of the Clarion Lum-
Der Company. The superintendent of the mills,
Mr.. CLANCY, had in his employ two young men
recently from Maine. After their arrival, the
daughter Of CLANCY returned from school in New
York State, and both ax-swingers began to shine
up to her, evidently deeply smitten. The man
who reports the events that followed is honest
enough to say that ''she seemed pleased with
their attentions to her." which we do not feel
disposed to dispute. Neither seemed to have any
advantage-they were neck and neck, and
imagined they were trotting down the home
stretch in fine style But they had
been lifelong friends, and refused to
let little thing, like pretty girl, break their
long-established friendship, which goes to show
how sensible they were. Two weeks ago there
there was grand" shooting match near the
place, and both Nicholson and Brant-those were
their names-being excellent shots, they were
in attendance Realizing the absolute goneness
of each other on Miss Clancy, and, further, that
only one could have her, they arranged to shoot
a rubber" Well, they were so evenly
matched that they fired twenty times
each, and each time tieing. On the
twenty-frst shot Nicholson missed, and
in accordance with the agreement,
he gave up his ''claims" on the adored one.
Brant then approached the shrine in confidence,
explained the agreement and the result of the
match, only to be informed that she was sorry
for him, but really, she had mortgaged her heart
Lo.o LooI - C4oko
brant is kind of wild goose-thoreupon gave
over and fled to the woods of Maine, refusing to
be comforted. Dir. Nicholson, beaten at shoot
ing, was trife more wise, and continued his
suit in the absence of the New York chap. The
result may be guessed-he won. But the father
was inexorably in favor of his daughters first
choice. So the couple eloped, got married, and
the old man blessed them. 1t pays to persevere.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

j. c. TALBERr, of Murfreesboro, Tenn, is very
fond of the fair sex, If one may judge of his
duct Six weeks ago he married at Murfrees-
ooro. Not content with that, or reasoning that
if one girl was good, several would be better, he
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

The Louisville Courier-Journal has started
the heartless canard that Several young ladies
and gentlemen have resolved to write no poetry
this year."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

The greetings Of the year to our readers.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
There are several greetings of the year-espe-
cially of the new year. One is, Here's looking
at you another, not quite so enjoyable is,
Can you settle that little account to-day1n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

AT Richpond, KY, on Tuesday night Everett
Carson was put out of dance hall for miscon-
duct He secured an ak, and threatened to
'clear the whole platter" when Bill Walker
drew pistol and shot him dead Kentuckians
never would submit to the reckless use OF slang
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

WHAT ca rthly sense is there in horn-blowing
hallooing and raising Cain generally at /:
o'clock on the night of Dec. 81 The year passe,
just az surely at any other hour and or any
other day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

COMPARATIVELY a small number Of Indianap-
oils ladies kept open house this year-probably
on the principle that it is more blessed to give
than to receive"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02
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abducted two other girls from Canon county.
and had another in tow from Coffee county,
when he was arrested in his mad career Leap
year, too!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02

In Louisville, last year. 23S couples were d.
vorced. 1t is hard to live in Louisville, mar
ried or single.
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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11
IN MEMORIAM.

DEATH OF Mrs. G.. w. CARPENTER
DIED, in Abilene, Kansas, June 9TH, 1885, Mrs.
ELLA HISNAN CARPENTER. in her 34th year.
On Sunday afternoon last our COM
munity was startled by rumor of
the sudden death of Mrs. G.. w. Car
penter, which proved to be sad and
shocking truth. Mrs. Carpenter was in
her usual health, had been out riding the
previous evening, performed her daily
round of household duties on that morn
ing, nor had any complaint from her
been heard by the family Her husband
left her in the morning engaged in
household work, well, as he supposed,
and in good spirits. She retired to her
room about noon to take a bath, at
which time her little boy was in the
habit of taking a nap. lie came as
usual for his sleep, but her sisters tried
to persuade him from going in, but he
persisted, whereupOn they went to the
door to listen, and not hearing any sound
supposed that she was through with
her bath and had layed down to sleep,
so they then persuaded the little fellow
to go in another room. When Mr.. Car
penter returned home, about o'clock,
he went to the room for handkerchief
and found her lying on the bed appar-
emily asleep, not having taken her bath,
but in soothing the little one on its
awakening he observed her strange ap-
pearance and discOloration about the
neck. Drs. King and GarcelOn were
called at once but all efforts to restore
her to consciousness were vain. 1t is
supposed that on entering the room she
was suddenly attacked with heart dis
ease, and lying down upon the bed, be-
came unconscious and quietly breathed
her life away, without a struggle or
shadow of pain. Mrs. Carpenter was
a woman of rare excellence, gentle, re-
fined, genial and winning. Her realm
was home, and there she will be most
deeply mOurned and missed. Her de-
vOtiOn as wife and mother was the
crown of her adjoining, and in all the
relations of life as daughter, sister,
friend and neighbor, she was loving,
true and kind. In her immediate fam
lily there are left to mourn an irrepara-
BILE loss, seven little children, her hus-
band, mother and two sisters, who in |
an unusual degree have the sympathy |
Of all.
Goods finger touched her eye-lids,
and she slept"