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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

THE Louisville Courier-J Journal as in duty
bound, defends Secretary Whitneys hostility
toward John Roach & Son, and thinks it alb
surd that such hostility should force the firm
into bankruptcy for the reason that ''Mr.
Roach has already been paid for his work
more than he was entitled to, and still has
possession Of the vessel" This is the stock
argument of all papers hostile to American
industries and in favor of free trade The
moment anybody dares express regret oyer the
closing of the largest ship-yard in the
country, the apologists for Mr.. Whitney roar
out that he has already been paid for the
work, and, therefore, there was no occasion
for the failure. The only possible excuse for
this plea, that Of ignorance, can serve no
longer, and the offense repeated becomes cul-
pable mendacity. The Courier-J Journal knows
that there was more in Secretary Whitney s
rejection of the Dolphin, and in the Attorney
generals opinion, than mere disapproval of
the vessel. 1t knows, as every paper
knows that makes the same dishonest argu-
ment, that the Attorney general declared that
the money paid on these vessels-the Dolphin
and those unfinished-could be recovered by
the government, every dollar of it. Realizing
the unconpromisng hostility of the Secretary
of the Navy John Roach & Son knew that
this meant draft of So, 900, 900, and the leav-
ing of the vessels on their hands with the par
tisan stamp of condemnation upon them.
Mr.. Roach's detractors knew as we'll
as anybody can that this would ruin
his credit. However friendly capitalists
might be, and, whatever their con-
fidence in the firms integrity, they would re-
alize that it could not possibly stand such a
draft There was absolutely nothing else to
do than to close up and quit. 1t is impeach-
ing Mr.. Whitneys common sense to claim
that he did not perfectly understand this
when he sought and obtained the hostile
opinion from Mr.. Garland. Let the Demo
cratic press condemn the Dolphin, and crit
else John Roach & Son as it sees
fit, but it is asking too much of
the public to insist that it shall not
understand why this firm was driven to the
wall after being already paid for the vessels. -
This is not a campaign year, except in New
York and one or two other States. Let the
partisan papers of the West be honest and ad-
nit the hostility, if not the infamy, of par
tisan Secretary of the Navy who, to further
his own political ambition, has killed one of
the growing industries of the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

SECRETARY LAMAR letter to Commissioner
Eaton has put new heart into the hungry
Southern Office -seekers. His remark that the
best legal literary and business talent Of the
North is diverted to other channels than gov.
the South is disengaged, might be considered
by some humiliating confession; but ii
seems not to have struck the naughty South
ron this way. Thus encouraged by the Sec
Getary they will walk up TO the civil-service
examinations with full confidence of going
right to the head. The trouble will begin for
Mr.. Lamar if, by any mishap the inferior
Northern competitors should secure higher
percentage than his gifted brethren.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01
A Buffalo Bank Defalcation.

BUFFALO, July 31.-Many rumors have been
circulated the past few days Of q deficiency in
the accounts of the late Henry Conover, assistant
cashier of the Manufacturers and Traders Bank,
of this city, who died suddenly on Friday last
The officers of the bank this afternoon furnished
the following statement:
Mr.. Conover had charge of responsible de-
partment in the bank, in which department the
errors appear. His death deprived the
bank of his assistance in examining
the books or reconcing the errors.
The officers of the bank have been obliged to
make an examination of the books under very
Instantaneous circumstances, but it deyelopes
the fact that abstraction of the banks property
has been made from time to time dating back
several years, and aggregating $740 Oo which is
probably lost The examination justfes us in
saying the soundness of the bank is unaffected,
and its capital, of 5000 000 unmpaired.
pascal p. PRATT President.
FRANCIS II. II. Roof Vice president.
~. II. MADISON, Cashier"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

ALTHOUGH Governor Hill, Of New York, is
not Performer after the manner of his pre-
decessor in Office and is not in harmony with
the administration, he is, it suddenly de-
velops, worker and wire -puller of high de-
gree, and has with great shrewdness organized
q strong following, which will be likely to
secure him the nomination for the governor
ship. He has seized every opportunity to
bring all the dissatisfied factions of the party
under his standard, and it is prophesied by
knowing politicians that his strength will be a
surprise to Messrs. Cleveland and Manning
when the day Of reckoning arrives. The
rank and file of the party in the
State are greatly dissatisfied with the Presi-
dent from whom they expected so much, and
are even more deeply disappointed in Man
ming, who, it was believed, would be fully in
sympathy with the old system of distributing
the Offices, whatever cranky notions his chief
might have of enforcing the law in letter and
spirit. They have not got the offices; even
the little cross roads postofices are still held
by Republicans, and the patience of the rural
New York Democrat, as well as of the more
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01
MIR. CHANDLER AGAIN.
He Renews His Attack on Mr. Whitney, and
Asks The Sun Some Questions.
To the Editor of the New York Sun:

To the Editor of the New York Sun:
In reply to your inquiries in your paper of the
25th, 1 have to state (1.) l first knew. that Mr..
Roachs financial condition was critical in May,
1885. (2) Mr. Roach would have stood against
the rejection of the Dolphin and the nonpay-
ment of the $40, 900 due on her; he might have
faced the refusal to accept the Chicago, Boston,
and Atlanta and the nonpayment Of the $500. 00O
to become due upon them, But to be Informed
by the Attorney general and Secretary of the
Navy that he would be sued for s., 000 000 and
at the same time have s., coo, 900 of his assets,
namely, the ships, rendered vaueleSs by reject
ion was an absolutely fatal blow at his credit,
ngeniously and wlckedly contrived for that pur-
pose by the two officials. g. Their motive was
political and also, in Mr. Whitney, dishonest,
because an unjusti6able attempt to disable Mr..
Roach and deter all other Republican shipbuild
ers from bidding on the five additional ships
which Mr.. Whitney is authorized to build, and
which will either be contracted for with Demo
cratic svndcates or built in the navy yards to
serve political ends a.. My motive for agreeing
to the clause providing that the contractor
should not be responsible for any given amount
of horse power in the engines, if his materials
and workmanship were good, was that it would
have been unreasonable to require and impossi
BILE to obtain from shipbuilders any such guaran
tee concerning engines which they had nothing
whatever to do with designing
Now, let me ask you few questions
]. Was this last decision right, according to
law and common sense IN businessi
2 Would you have guaranteed horse power il
YOU had been a bidder?
g. Do you think Mr.. Roach, the Dolphin and
the other new cruisers have been treated fairly
and justly by the Democratic press?
4. In what manner and by whom do you think
the five '.-ltional ships should be designed
How should they be buit-by contract or III the
navy yards! Name any American shipbuilders
who you think will bid on them.
5. Are you viking to see the Republican pres:
manifest the same disposition toward these ad
ditional ships which the Democratic press have
shown toward the Dolphin, Chicago Boston
and Atlanta! VIM Z. CHANDLER.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

SENATOR VOORHEES, eX-post -facto love for
the war he never found time nor occasion to
speak or write q single word in his behalf or
the great cause for which he fought. Not one.
His loud mouthings were heard then just as
frequently as now. In the heat of the con-
fict the Union soldier was to the Senator
no thing but Lincoln hireling." After the
war succeeded, notwithstanding it was de-
clared failure by Democratic national con-
ntion, he began to pose as the soldiers
friend. But this was when the soldier was
not in need of friends. Even in this, how
ever, his insincertv is now manifest. He has
had ample opportunity to practically show his
love for the soldier by works instead of empty
words He controls the federal patronage in
Indiana. How has he exercised his power?
Upon his recommendation many soldiers have
been removed from office. but in no instance
has he recommended a Democratic soldier to
succeed them. 1t looks as if he was taking
especial care to keep soldiers out of
office. All the prominent federal officers
removed in this State (including three
collectors, the United States District
Attorney and others) were soldiers. Not one
of those appointed in their places was a sol
der. No soldier need apply. Terre Haute is
the Senator'S home. He has just appointed a
new postmaster there. The majority of the
employees of that postofice were soldiers.
Nine Of them were soldiers, and those nine
soldiers have just been turned Gut and their
places filled by men who were not soldiers.
The soldier has got to go. Senator Voorhees,
new collector there has appointed one soldier
as deputy but he turns out to he, according
to the Terre Haute Express a deserter. Ac-
cording to the laws of the United States de-
serters cannot hold any office. Further, they
are declared to be no longer citizens of the
United States They are men without a
country. [Section 1896, Revised Statutes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

SECRETARY BAYARD has made very few
changes in his department, for the reason, as
alleged by disappointed applicants, that the
State department clerks, who consider them
selves far higher grade of mortals than
other government employees, have craftily
cajoled and fattered Mr.. Bayard until he is
impressed with the same idea If this be true
it speaks better for the tact and diplomacy
of the clerks than for Mr.. Bayards freedom
from vanity
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01
Fostering the President.

KANSAS CITY, July 3l-The City Council to-
night adopted resolution that the mayor ap-
point a committee of fifteen members to go to
Washington and urge upon the President an ex-
tension of time for removal of cattle from the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation. Mayor
Moore selected committeeman from the promip-
ent citizens, none of whom are identified with
the cattle interests, and they will hold a meeting
tomorrow evening. An extension will be asked
on the ground that the order involves other than
cattle interests in the States of Kansas, Missouri
and Texas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

ATLANTA, Ga, has laid the cornerstone of
a monument to commemorate the soldiers who
fought and fell on either side in the civil war.
1t is to be $50 feet high, and will cost about
800, 1000. Near the base Of the column will
be inches for the statues of Grant and Lee,
Johnston and Sherman. The monument is
intended as a memorial Of the restored frater-
nal feeling between the South and North, "for
near the top will be seen the soldier in blue
and the soldier in gray clasping hands, while
on the summit of the column will stand
of the Union" 1t is time that the
South published such sentiment, which, it
must be confessed, is creditable to her. The
wounds of war have had ample time to heal,
and it is well for the South to resume its
place in the Union, in spirit as in fact. The
North has long desired what now seems in
fair way of realization-a reunion of feeling.
disqualification into one perfect Union.
General Grant whose death the Nation now
mourns, was the foremost in every expression
of the desire felt by all. Others, no less pa
triotic, were only less patient All of the
loyal North wanted Union for all, equal
rights for all, and peace for all. If now, as
seems apparent, the South is ready
to more than resume her old
place in the Nation. and to accord to others
all that she expects for herself, the hope of
the North in war has been realized and the
fearful sacrifice has been compensated.
The North fought for just this feeling; for a
united people, freed from the curse of slavery
and the ban of sectionalism founded upon
that institution. If the South has grown tall
enough to see over her prejudice, it is we'll.
Certain it is that while the North has only
the greatest contempt for such Southern ers
as still believe in the heresy of
secession-and there are SUCH I'M
fortunately-only the heartiest sympathy
will be extended to all who are manly enough
and patriotic enough to acknowledge that the
Union is excellent, and that those who fought
for its preservation performed a noble and I'M
selfish duty. The blue and gray may shake
hands as soldiers and brave men. They have
already done that again and again. But one
was right and one was wrong Of this there
can never be mistake, and the day will come
when this will be recognized in the South as
in the North. 1t must come, or all talk of
perfect and abiding Union is farce Lee,
and Johnston, and Jackson were brave, hon
orable soldiers, entitled to the personal re-
spect of all mankind. But in one great par
ticular they were in error-an error that cost
fearful price to make good That price was
paid promptly and cheerfully by the loyal
North. There is no disposition in the North
to perpetuate the bitterness of sufficiently
patriotic desire that the principles fought for
shall be firmly established. These acknowl-
edged unqualifedly throughout the land
there will be fraternity everywhere, and the
stability of the Union will be assured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

THE people who fiatter themselves that they
get the gist of the news by reading the head
lines in the papers are frequently mistaken.
For instance, an article going the rounds OF
&he press, entitled 'India-rubber Tommy,
does not, as hasty mugwump readers might
suppose, refer to our agile and irrepressible
ce-president. Newspaper headlines are often
calculated to deceive
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

THE Philadelphia Record rises 10 remark
that "a resident of Indianapolis has been
removed from a tumor weighing sixty-fve
pounds, and is doing we'll" This is not as
might be thought the Records neat and deli
cate way of abiding to Grandpa Jones and
the mugwump party. Grandpa Jones has not
yet been relieved from the annoying incum-
brance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

The Senator'S talk was cheap. His actions
speak louder than his words Now that he
has power he has no use for the soldier. He
is not an exception, however. 1t is so under
Democratic administration everywhere With
the Democracy, having been soldier for the
Union is the worst kind of offensive partisan
ship. There is no help for soldier in the
Democratic party-confederates always ex-
cepted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

prominent workers, is so far gone that the
assertion is freely made that no candidate
favored by the administration will have any
show at the next Democratic convention.
Altogether, the condition of the party in
New York is not promising one from re-
form standpoint, and the truly righteous
element is looking on with considerable alarm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

A REAL live mugwump would be an entertaining
sight to see.-Philadelpha Times.
1t might be entertaining, but it would be
next to impossible. Indiana is very poor
place for mugwumps.-New York Sum-
The explanation is simple. A man cannot
be a mugwump in Indiana without being
nharisaica1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

Preparing it, of course ne spilled some. and the
wife, who knew nothing of his plan, coming
across the spillings, imagined that he was about
to poison her. Accusing him of it. he gave her
a good beating. The neighbors then became
very indignant, but, instead of reprimanding the
brute of a husband, took their spite out on the
gypsies, whom they compelled to fly for their
lives. This was a fit illustration of the uncer-
tainties of ignorance and superstition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

SECRETARY WHITNEY is represented as say
ing that, until he can go ahead intelligently
he does not propose to go at all. Judging by
the past, we should say that he will never get
anywhere at the rate proposed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

THE mountain Businesses of Pennsylvania
produce specimens of superstitious humanity
that would shame a Georgia Cracker" The
latest instance in proof of this comes from Littz
that State, where band of gypsies had camped.
A certain man and his wife had their fortunes
told, and the man was ordered to go through a
lot of mummery with small sack of salt and
pepper. which he was to suspend in the chimney
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

WOMEN employed in the various postofiees
throughout the country are being rapidly dis
charged and their places given to men. The
hunger and thirst of the Democratic party are
such that politeness is out of the question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

THE Boston Transcript refers to the Pension
Commissioner as General Black, of Indiana. ;"
Of Illinois, if you please. Indiana has as
many offensive Democratic partisans as she
can manage without borrowing any from her
neighbors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

WHILE New York subscribed 1000 for q
monument over the ashes of General Grant
Chicago raised $4,000 for monument in
aIincoln Park, and now has over $50, 900 sub
scribed. This incident teaches what might
have been expected had the Bartholdi statue
been given to a live Western town.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

THE Louisville liquor-dealers, in combining
to boycott such citizens as believe that the
traffic should be regulated, are digging its
grave. 1t is wisdom on the part Of saloonists
to slide along with the least friction possible.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

postofice cards the Ledger protesting against
the insult Of being spoken of as anything but
an offensive partisan from the days of jackson.
The woods are full of just such men in this
State
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01
Water Famine in Ashland. Pa.

ASHLAND, Pa, July 3l.-The water famine
still prevails in this neighborhood and is grow
Ing worse every day The dam which supplied
Ashland with water will not last till Monday.
There is much excitement here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

INDIANA needs an object-lesson in patriot
ism in the shape of a grand monument to the
Indiana veteran. When will the people awake
to a realization Of this necessity?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

THE Louisville Commercial is laying itself
liable to be unanimously voted real mean
After noting the generous attendance of ladies
at the base ball games, it wonders if there would
be any falling off in their attendance if small
charge of admittance were asked
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

VI the thermometer should 60 down to
eighty five it would pass as a cold wave.
Lower than that would be blizzard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01

AaUILLA JONES is the chip on Thomas A.
Handricks's shoulder.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01
TWELVE PAGES.
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