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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12

a properly sworn officer, under the direction of
the President of the Senate.
The matter will be further discussed in the
Senate to-day probably, and thedebates of 1876
" will be recalled, when a large number
of the Republicans stood by the constitutional
prerogative of the President of the Senate.
They yielded the point then, as a concession,
because there was not u~nanimity. such men
as Conkling AID Edmunds leaning to the
Democratic theory, then espoused by the solid
body of the Democracy, because they hoped to
secure the election of Tilden and Hen
bricks by aid of bogus Certificates based
upon majorities brought into existence
by murder and fraud, and which
would not, of course, have been recognized by
Mr.. Ferry, as they were not by the Democrat
ic electoral commission. The controversy,
while not affecting the present election, will
again emphasize the imperative necessity Of
some plain and positive. law regulating the
counting of the electoral vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12

IT seems, now, that Bishop Potter has not
been 'harried' into consenting to a trial of
Rev. Heber Newton for heresy, but has again
resorted to the influence Of a pastoral. letter,
which he once before used with good
effect upon his refractory presbyter.
Bishop Potter has displayed such amazing
good sense throughout the whole of this con-
troversy, that it would be a thousand pities if
at last he should be driven into folly by
the Bogges and the Stubbses, who are never
happy except when they are faying a 'here-
tic" Of course it is Bishop Henry G. Potter
who is appealed to to try Mr.. Newton; Bishop
Horatio Potter, the assistants uncle, has
withdrawn from all active control of the do
ocse. and is not mixed up with the New
tOnian controversy.
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them gratnitously throughout the country,
thus discouraging their own members, whose
market is thus destroyed. Other ignorant
action on the part of the bureau is, they de-
clare, interfering SO greatly with this strug-
Cling industry that it is likely to be destroyed.
The misuse of an appropriation is doubtless
very exasperating, but the enterprising women
magnify the influence of the Agricultural De-
partment when they believe that it can de-
stroy any business. Except as a place OF
refuge for a few officers who know less of
practical agriculture than of navigation, the
bureau is as useless as a fifth wheel to a farm
wagon, and as harmless.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12
THAT TEMPORARY LOAN BUSINESS.

1t is high time that the tax payers of Indiana
should understand the history of the tenn
porary loans which have confronted every
Legislature for twelve years. Such had been
the judicious management Of public affairs
from 1860 to 1870 that the State had not only
met the extraordinary demands for the war
period, but had paid So, 0S1, BOG. 25 of the old
two and a-half per cent. certificates, leaving
only So, 020. %, of the So, 086, 326. So which had
been bequeathed by the old Democratic admin
istration. It had paid 81, 821, 900 Of the war
loan bonds and there was in the treasury
1864, 1884, IS. This was the state of the finances
on the first day Of November, 1870. That year
lature on the plea of reform. The first
act of reform was to put the State
levy at five cents-a figure which
every school-child knew would not more
than pay the running expenses of the charita-
BILE institutions of the State. The result was
what was anticipated as to finances, but not
as to elections. The people rebuked this mis-
chievous demagogy by returning a Repub-
lican Legislature and electing Republican
State officers in 1872, who found, upon taking
possession, not money enough on hand to pay
the expenses Of the Legislature of 1873, and
but little in sight for the next year, with a
debt of about $50, 900 due which should have
been provided for by the specific appropriation
of 1871. There was but one thing possible,
and that was a temporary loan, at s per cent;
and that Legislature made arrangements for
paying it all in a few years. But the Demo
Gratis came in power again in, 1874 and have
had the management of affairs ever
since, the Republicans at no time
having both the House and Senate;
and here dances this temporary loan business,
larger and more imperative than ever--not to
pay any old bonds, but as an. addition to the
Democratic debt already contracted. TenIpo-
rary loan indeed! When will it ever be paida
This Legislature, like its predecessors for ten
years, absolutely refuses to make any provis-
ion for paying even the old Democratic loans,
much less this; and the people have before
them nothing butthe kind Of Democratic reform
which consists of making additional temporary
loans which must remain unpaid until the
people are tired of such inanciering.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12

THE New York Mail and Express, in an edi-
torial advocating the passage Of such Flaw as
that of Mr.. Staley's, for the teaching of the
physiological effects of stimulants upon the
human system, says: ar
CATER the passage of such a law. there will
be no probability Of its evasion by any public
school in the State. The whole of the rising
generation, practically, will be instructed as to
the effects of alcohol, opium, chloral and to-
bacco on the human system. If, after such
instruction, they become the slaves of any
stimulant or narcotic, they will be, in theolog-
ical phrase, SHINING against light. II is held
by many, We know, that such elementary in
struction as can be given in school on these
topics will never prove a practical deterrent
from the use Of any of the injurious substances
aimed at; that it will be apt rather to stimu-
late curiosity, and induce boys and girls to
test for themselves the effects of the stimu-
lants or narcotics named; but Notwithstanding
this ingenious theory, it is impossible to deny
that the great majority of those who begin
the use of tobacco, opium and choral do so in
total or partial ignorance of the probable
physiological effects of those substances, and
the removal of the ignorance ought to result
in a decrease in the number of victims of the
habits specified. a.
"Of course. care must be taken bv school
authorities acting under the provisions of this
bill that the textbooks they select for use in
the schools be not so Incorporate in their
temperance as to arouse the spirit of opposi-
ton by the violence of their statements. Boys
whose fathers have smoked without apparent
harm to themselves or anybody else for TWEEN
ty-fve years will not swallow any incorporate
denunciations of the tobacco habit. What is
needed is a clear, colorless, scientific state
ment, based on the best authorities, of the ac-
tual facts in the case and the probable results
Of the use by an ordinary human being of the
narcotics and stimulants mentioned. There
is no need, we take it, to guard specially
against the presentation of the results of bad
habits in too alluring colors. That, of course,
would be a much worse defect in textbooks
than the one already referred to-"
Mr.. Staley's bill in this State has been IA
vorable considered in the House, but it has
not mustered enough votes for its enactment
into a law, while it has yet to pass the scru-
tiny of the Senate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12

THERE was no election of a United States
senator in Illinois yesterday. The Repub-
Iicans found themselves short, owing to
the fact that some of them were ''snow-
bound" on the various blockaded roads,
and so refrained from voting, breaking the
quorum. The Democrats cast their votes for
Mr. Morrison, with the exception of two or
three, one of whom said he could not vote for
q free trader. The outlook is good for a pro-
tracted struggle at Springfield.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12

REsERvING to ourselves the opinion else
where expressed respecting the constitutional
duty of the president of the Senate in the
counting of the presidential vote, we yet agree
sith Mr.. Hoar that it will be of little value
to renew the debate of eight years ago, when
Che question seemed to be decided in
favor of the theory of Justice Story,
that the clause of the Constitution
presented a casus omissus which should be
supplied by law. But the incident and the
discussion will serve to emphasize the inn
perative necessity of passing some measure
regulating this important matter, and which
has heretofore been prevented by the Demo
cratic majority in Congress, despite the
earnest efforts of the Republicans. There
should be a plain, unquestionable law before
the next presidential count is to be made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12

When the reading had been concluded, Mr..
Edmunds arose and said:
IT have now opened the certificates Of the
electors of all the States. and their votes have
been reported. The tellers will now make their
computation and report the state Of the vote"
After the tellers had devoted themselves to
figuring for several minutes, Senator Hoar read
and handed the result Ct their computation to
the presiding officer. who said:
Senators and gentlemen of the House of
Representatives: The tellers have reported to
the presiding officer the state of the vote, from
which it appears that Grover Cleveland, of the
State of New York. has received 219 votes for
the Office of President of the United States: that
James G.. Blaine, Of the State of Maine. has
received 182 votes for the Same Office; that Thos.
A. Hendricks, Of the State of Indiana, has re-
ceived PIG votes for the Office of Vice president
of the United States; that John A. Logan, of the
State of Illinois. received 182 votes for the
same oficc-Wherefore, I do declare that
Grover Cleveland, of the State OF New
York, has received q majority OF The votes
of the whole number of electors appointed, as
they appear in the certificates read by the ~telers,
and so appears to have been elected President of
the United States for the four years commencing
on the 4th day of March, 1885, and that Thomas A.
Hendricks, of the State OF Indiana, has received
a majority of the votes of tho whole number of
electors appointed, as they appear on the certri-
Gates read by the tellcrs. and SO appears TO be
elected Vice president Of the United States. for
the four years commencing on the 4th day of
March, 1855, and the President of the Senate
makes this declaration only as q public state
ment, in the presence of both houses of Congress,
of the contents of the papers opened and read on
this occasion, and not as possessing any author
iy in law to declare any legal conclusion what
ever"
plause and cheers. which the presiding officer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12

THE American Silk-growers' Association, a
body composed mainly of women, secured an
appropriation of SIS, 600 from the last Con-
gress for the promotion of silk culture in the
United States. This was put into ihe hands
Of Commissioner Loring, with the understand
ing on the part of the association that it would
be expended in co operation with their work.
They now complain that the department. has
purchased foreign eggs, and Is distributing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12

An Illinois farmer, afflicted with Brights dis
ease. was urged by an old German woman to eat
dog-fesh as a cure. AS a last resort he followed
her advice, and after having consumed fifteen
dogs found that every trace of his aiIment had
vanished. He had, however, by this time con
tracted the dog-sieak habit. and only ceased to
indulge in the dainty because the neighbors pro-
tested against sacrificing their pets. Should this
remedy be generally adopted it will result in the
gradual determination of the canine population,
and Bright will not have invented his disease In
vain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12

PRIVATE SECRETARY LAMONT talks if Mr..
Cleveland does not; and though he dissem-
mates no information of value, he gives ex-
preston to sentiments and opinions which are
really injudicious under the circumstances
Referring, for instance, to the New York pow
WOW, Mr.. Lamont alludes to the views and
sar of the President-elect as q 'deluge of
talk" Though the listening to this was . Sc
we're task. Mr.. Cleveland bsio up well, because
che can stand a great deal in that line"
What conclusions the chief has drawn from
this flood of Democratic eloquence and argu-
ment, Mr.. Lamont declares that it is impossi-
BILE TO say. HE has not made his impressions
known to anybody, that | am aware of; and |
would be likely to know if he had given utter
ance to an important opinion" adds the ex-
cellent secretary. He makes the further re-
marks: "If | were asked to write up Mr..
Cleveland's visit to this city and get in all the
facts, | think / could put it in about four
sticks, including the head. All the rest has
been gossip and conjecture" 1t can hardly
be possible that Mr.. Lamont intends. by this.
to say that all the craftsmanship exhibited to
ar. Cleveland would nave boiled down into
four stickfulls; but if he doesn't mean that.
what can he meant If the private secretary
isn't careful he viii get himself dislked by
great men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12

"IT appears" to be Cleveland and Hen
bricks. Rather than have any trouble about
The matter, we are willing to concede the
doubtful point.
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attempted to suppress, but with little success.
The Senate then retired to its chamber, and 90
House took a recess for fifteen minutes.
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-05

strictly adhered to, and volumes of wisdom
newspapers showing how the law will compel
Gov. Cleveland to retain the Republican Of
ficeholders in place until their commissions
expire. or course, If the law is good in that
branch, they cannot murmur if it is applied
in all its length and breadth. Gov Cleveland
is not only pledged to this, but only few
days ago he wrote an able and manly letter
to the Civil Service League assuring them
that he proposed to enforce the law.
Under such circumstances there can
scarcely be doubt that DR.. Day will act
promptly in the matter, as his own retention
in Office depends upon such a course. Presi-
dent Arthur might overlook violations OF the
law, but President Cleveland-never. The
Doctor has nearly three years of his commits
sion remaining, and however much he may
sympathze with Mr.. Hardacre and the
doing his duty in the premises.
Pasied be the mind which would
suggest that DR.. Day would jeopardize
the remainder Of his term as useless Moloch
to the civil service law. If there SHOULD be
any failure on his part, Gov. Cleveland will be
called upon to enforce the law as he is
pledged to do.
The fact that it was a water service which
was presented gives color to the idea that the
donors are disciples of the sainted st. John,
who, next to DR.. Burchard, is responsible for
Ceveland's election. This places them out
side of the care, love, and affection of the
Republican party and renders the discipline
all the more certain. DR.. Day owes it to his
own official safety to be resolute in the
premises, and while the GLOBE deeply
sympathizes with the soon to be decapitated
officials, it cannot but call-with Spartan
frmness-for the enforcement of the law, to
which Mr. Cleveland, to the great qualification
Of Republicans, is pledged
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-05
PENsIoN1yG Ex-pREsrDENTs.

The question of granting ex-Presdents
pension for life, after retiring from Office,
is under consideration. BY holding that ex-
allied Office, they are isolated as it were, from
T. he struggles, strife and turmoil of profess
sonal and commercial life. 1t hardly COM
putes with the dignity of the great office
which they have held, to see the retired in
incumbents sweating in the scrambles of
business competition to gain their daily
bread. By holding that Office, they are in a
measure disqualified for contact with the
worlds strifes, and should be relocated TO Il
position of ease and quiet, supported by the
government 10 whose service they have de-
voted the best energies and ripe experience
of their lives. In the case of the earlier
Presidents, at least, it was regarded as un-
seemy for them to embark in ordinary bust
ness alter leaving their high office. Some of
the earlier Presidents left the Office poor,
aud spent the remainder of their days in
Strengthened circumstances. This was emf
Dently true of jefferson. Monticello was
shrine to which admirng pilgrims paid con-
slant resort, taxing the hospitality of the
retired President inconvenicntly for his
means. Jefferson was pluched with poverty
and pecuniarly embarrassed during all the
remaining years of his life. Monroe was
poor and destitute, and homeless, and found
an asylum at last in the home OF his son-in-
aw who was not in ailluent circumstances,
in which to die. Should not these ex-Presi-
dents been saved from such a cruel fate by
the bounty of the government when they had
served in conducting It's vast interests!
And should not the rule be made general
and applicable to all incumbents of that high
est, national office. John Adams and Madi-
son, had but small means, and by parsmon-
i0us care eked out their scanty supplies. John
Quincy Adams re-entered public life again a
subordinate. Gen. Jackson had his Hermit
age, which afforded him a support. Van
Buren, lived comfortably on his Kinderhook
property. Gen. Harrison died In Office, but
died poor. Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore.
Pierce had only limited means, Buchanan's
frugal basket, or days were made comfortable
by his small savings, Lincoln died in Office
poor and Johnson entered public life for an
income, Grant was enriched by the largesses
vi H4CHus1 anu h"a i'St an III an uuiOi '"""Ie
business venture, Hayes Is rich by inherited
wealth, Garfield died in Office poor, and pri-
vate benefactors have philanthrophicaly made
ample provision for his widow and children,
Arthur will retire with a comfortable fortune,
while Cleveland will enter the Presidential
Office poor, and being an honest man will
retire from it, as he enters it, 1t is but a
simpl act of justice to bcstow an ample PEN
81 n on all the retiring Presidents, that their
closing years may be free from embarrass-
meut and pecuniary stress. The Presidential
Office, the highest in the peoples gift, Is an
exception In the political system, and should
be so regarded, and treated accordingly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-05
OPdWay Talks q Bit.

FARGO, Oak, Jan. 4.-The jamestown
representative of the 1rYas interviewed ex-
Gov. Ordway on his way west yesterday. He
stated there was certainty that congress
would DO nothing this term towards division
and admission because the question had
been made party one. 1t was probable the
bin opening the big Sioux reservation would
pass, providing for the payment TO the In
dams for the land taken. The governor
says he retains interest in Dakota, and will
devote his time 10 railroads and emigration,
in connection with his investment in the
Banking company just established at Bis
marck. Tie believes there will be a large
i'm migration to the northwest from the south,
as several southern congressman have inter
ested themselves in the scheme. II will in
clude large number Of wealthy southern
men, who say they will rustic when they
come, in place Of depending upon negroes
TO help them out
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-05

COLUMBIA Pa, Jan. An important ar
rest was made early this morning by Aaron
Gilbert, a Pennsylvania railroad detective.
man answering the description of Abe
Buzzard, together with the notorious John
Lippncott, Abe's pal, were seen in the
freight yard of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Detective Gilbert pursued them, and as he
approached the two men, one Of them, sup
posed to be Abe Buzzard, hurriedly ran
away. Detective Gilbert then ar
rested the other man, who gave his name
as John Lpplncott. and he was at once
identified as the notorious companion Of
Abe Buzzard, who is accused of having taken
part in many Of the Welch mountain
robberies. He had in his possession twenty
one silver and gold watches, twelve silver
and gold chains, all supposed to have been
stolen from Ruppert's iewelry store at Bau-
Evansville, Lancaster county, last month.
He was also armed with revolver and a
large knife and said he could have shot the
detectives If he had so desired
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-05
A FOOLISH IDEA.
The United States is at Peace With AL
Nations and Will Remain SO.

WASHINGTON, Jan. An the course Of con-
versation to-day regarding foreign affairs, a Re
publican of prominence, who was formerly III
the diplomatic service, said:
Let me read you part of letter received day
two ago from Vienna, written by one of the
best informed diplomatists at Francis Josephs
court. 81 do not see" said the writer, chow
America can keep out of difficulty of some
sort with some European nation much longer
unless Uncle Sam means to take kicking with
ont resenting it. France is full of the COLOMBIA
ito mania, and will protect (meaning to estab
lish protectorate over Panama) as sure as the
New Year comes in. a curious dislike TO
America has taken possession of all France, not
unminged with contempt. | am sorry to so,
they abuse us for our vulgarity and our riches
The plays like those of Sardon, which brutalh
insult our women, are the most popular in Paris
and every American who has been much Il
France and is able to understand what is BENZ
said around him, has felt his blood boil at tn,
sncers and often really insulting language used
about his nation and people. Germany is lookina
for rich nation which to levy another in
demnity, and believe she has selected America
Bismarck tried to get up a row Sargent
reputed conduct, whose real offence was that he
wrote friendly, and perhaps rather foolish letter
to a German Socialist club in a California town
which made its way back TO the foreign Office al
Berlin. l know that Bismarck has inquired
of Spain what she means by givina
American facilities for commerce that are not to
be granted to Germany Also Germany has
menacingly protested against the Spanish
American treaty. 1t stood an excellent chance
for defeat before that. With some notifications
II may be confirmed. The most daring thing
since the times of the FIRST
Napoleon happened the other day.
II was the seizure of New Guinea by a
German fleet, when greater part Is occu.
pied by English coonists. What Germanys ul-
innate intentions are can't be foretold. The
Germans seem to be on the eve OF Selling the
Zulu islands and Borneo, on both OF which spain
and Eng and have hourishing colonies Now
you can see why England Is anxious about
ship canal, for with one across the ishmus
her steamers would save two days from Liver.
pool 10 any of the Tasmanian, New Zealand or
Austrian colonies. Did You notice in the cable
dispatch to-day Thursday that the LondoR
Standard recommends close combination OF
England, the United States, Spain and Italy
against Germany and France and all the conser
vative press OF England agrees"