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pairing for higher flights, when loud Kisses
interrupted his eloquence, and he suddenly
brought the speech to close. Those Demo
Gratis had their own ideas of Washington and
jackson, and did not choose to have those
great men belittled by comparison. The cor
rect thing in Democratic convention is to
model alusion to the administration on the
tariff plank in the party platform, and then
they will have something that can be read
forwards and backwards, and mean as much
ono way as another
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SECOND District Republicans.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Ind, July l5.-The Republican
convention of the Second congressional dis
trict, in session here this afternoon nom
mated Elder NJ S. Ragsdale, of Knox couR-
ty, for Congress, on the FIRST ballot The only
other candidate was Nicholas r. Peckinpaugh,
of Crawford. Several candidates for State nom
nations were present. and addressed the con-
vention. They were Smiley N. Chambers, OF
Knox county; David s. Whitaker. of Greene;
David R. BEEN, Of Spencer; J. NJ. Olcott, OF
Greencastle; Bruce Carr, of Indianapolis
The joint representative convention of Martin
and Dubois counties also met here, and nomi-
mated Thomas Butter, of Martin. The Judicial
convention Of Martin and Daviess counties met,
and attempted to nominate candidates for prose-
cutting attorney and judge under the two-thrd
rule but failed, and adjourned, the Martin coun-
ty delegates boiling the convention.
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NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS.
The Democrats of the First District Succeed
In Organizing Bynum- Bailey Row.

The Democrats of the First District Succeed
in Organizing Bynum- Bailey Row.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July the First district
Democratic congressional convention met at
Boonville to-day. It was day of Democratic
discord. the opposing candidates, Major g. ".
Menzie, of Posey, and Hon. J. E. Mccullough,
of Gibson. had their ropes will stretched and
firmly fastened. special train of nine coaches
went up from here. headed by two brass bands
AZ l1:45 o'clock the convention was called TO or
der by Chairman Curtis, and on a motion to
adjourn for dinner pandemonium followed; no
vote could ba taken, and after wrangling till
after o'clock the convention broke up in con-
fusion, to reassemble at once in the courthouse,
only delegates and members of the press being
admitted This was mo- improvement on the
situation, and chaos prevailed until p NJ, when
the Menzies faction holted, there having been no
permanent organization effected. The bolt
was caused by the Menzes delegates want
ing to cast a unit vote aud the Mo.
Cullough crowd trying TO break it.
After the bolt the Mccullough crowd organized,
amidst the greatest harmony, and took ballot
Mccullough received 1877 and Menzies 2-Pcsey
not being represented. This gave the Gibson
county man nomination. The Menzies faction
will meet and nominate their man en- the second
Thursday in August. The feeling in the party
is very bitter. and the chasm is wide.
At the senatorial conventions at Boonvle,
Oscar A. Drippett. of Jasper, Dubois county
was nominated by reclamation to represent
Dubois and Perry counties in the
State Senate Hiram Fl. Logsdou, of Rockport
Spencer county. was unanimously nominated 90
State Senator to represent Warrick and
Spencer counties. J. W. French of Mount
Vernon, was unanimously nominated to repre-
sent Posey and Gibson counties in the State
Senate.
At the judicial convention, VIM. A. Land. Of
Cannelton, Perry county, was unanimously
nominated for prosecuting attorney for War-
rick, Spencer and Perry counties. John L.
Bretz, the present incumbent. OF Jasper, Du-
bois county, was unanimously nominated for
prosecuting attorney for Dubois, Gibson and
Pike counties
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city should not be taxed for the reason that
they are used by the poor, while the rich and
well-to do use their carriages or the elevated
cars. This, following Immediately the state
ment that he had gone into the Broadway en-
terprise for the purpose of making big money,
and had not been disappointed. is not calcu-
lated to impress many with his love for the
poor of New York. The enterprise that can
make big money off the poor is not in posi-
ton to talk of escaping taxation for that rea-
son. If Jacob Shap wants to show his inter-
est in the poor of that city, let him divide
some of the "big money he claims to have
made in scheme he says is for their benft.
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ANOTHER defaulting bank cashier and an
new or strange in this, for it is thing of al
most daily occurrence now. To-day man
disappears from Philadelphia, New York or
Boston, and tomorrow there will be one miss
ing from Chicago or st. Louis. Investiga-
ton shows that fraud has been practiced
and innocent and honest people are made the
victims of rascality. 1t is but a short and
pleasant ride from any of these points to the
Canada border, once across which the thief is
safe from molestation. There is temptation
in this very fact. 1t is such al easy thing to
get away, and the prospect of life without
labor with the proceeds of thefts perpetrated
in this country is so alluring that it is not
surprising that many are seduced thereby
Then, for the man who has gambled away the
funds that were placed in his charge it is an
easy thing for him to escape punishment by
crossing the border. 1t is not to be wondered
at that these defalcations are SO frequent, and
that they are growing in number. But it is
astounding that the American people SO pa
tiently submit to being robbed in this bold
fashion without making some effort to get a
treaty with Canada that will cover the case
and put an end to this species Of rascality. 1t
were just as sensible to have city of refuge
on this side of the line that divides US
from Canada 1t were every bit as worthy
sensible men to say that the thief
who succeeds in making his way to Indianapo-
| lis, or Terre Haute, or Fort Wayne shall be
| free from liability to prosecution as to allow
him freedom if he is shrewd enough to reach
the Canadian border before he is apprehended
| 1t would seem that it were an easy thing to
get the people Of the Dominion to consent to
reciprocal treaty on this point. 1t can not
be that they care to have such men find homes
among them, any more than the people of the
United States would hold out inducements to
the bank defaulters of the Dominion. These
men are not wanted anywhere, and everybody
knows it; yet the people of these neighboring
governments continue year after year without
establishing such laws as shall put an end to
the scandal of having certain line, to pass
over which the fleeing criminal shall escape
prosecution, and shall be allowed to live on
the proceeds of the'thefts he has perpetrated
1t is reflection upon the intelligence of the
people Of these two governments that this abb
suri condition of things has been permitted
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WHEN the five hundred Georgia convicts,
who were EARNED cut" in Senator Browns
mines driven to desperation by overwork and
the tyranny Of their overseers announced that
they wonld rather starve than enter the mines
again, the help of the Governor was invoked.
That gentleman rose to the situation and tee-
graphed that troops would be sent, advising
that In the meantime all supplies be withheld
and all moral means used to enforce subiec-
ton. In other words, since forcible argu-
ments in the shape of rife balls could not be
utilized in time, the Governor was willing to
employ mild "inoraI measures like starvation.
The latter method would of itself doubtless
quell the rebellion-hungry men lose their de-
sire to fght-but it is question if, after all,
the militia would not be kinder to the poor
wretches by ending their lives at once. The
disclosures that are made every few months
concerning the inhuman treatment of eonvicts
in Southern States indicate, beyond doubt,
that their condition is pitiable, and that the
atrocities practiced upon helpless negroes were
scarcely paralleled in slavery days, since then
human life had mercantile value The
Georgia convict system is disgrace to civil
1ation
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some Of whom demanded their sons, others their
husbands and brothers. Latterly she had be-
come exceedingly devout
The following legend was inscribed on flag
outside public house in the Whitechapel road,
known as the Queens Arms, on Monday week
last when the Prince of Wales visited the East
End to lay the foundation stone of the Peoples
Palace:
Welcome to the Queens Arms"
Where you had your FIRST drink
IT is reported that Count Herbert Won Bis
marck, who is at present Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, will, in the course of the autumn
be appointed to succeed Count Hatfield as en-
bassador at London. Ii the rumor prove cor
rect it is to be hoped that he will be more fortu-
nate than when last in England, and that If in
vited out shooting he will abstain In future from
peppering the lower part of the person OF the
heir-apparent OF the court to which he is accred-
tied. He is far from popular. being exceedingly
naughty and conceited, and English society will
hardly forgive him for the heartiess manner in
which he deserted the lovely and blonde Prin
cess Carolath Beuthen after having induced her
to run away with him from her home and chill
dren.
THE Khedve's grandmother died, on a recent
morning, from paralysis of the heart and her
day. At 4 o'clock the cortege set out headed by
bullocks. which were afterwards slaughtered at
the mosque and distributed to the poor, with
baskets of bread. Then came guard of mount
ed police and $50 men of Hervey's black gendar-
merle These were followed by Egyptian cav
airy and artillery, and the Seventh and Third
battalions of foot After these came the
Khediye on foot, as chief mourner, accompanied
by General Stephenson and his staff Sir IL. ID.
Wolff. Moukhtar Pasha Sir Evelyn Barring, with
other ministers and high officials. also followed
as mourners. Then came the coffin, preceded by
boys swinging censers Of incense. Lastly fol-
lowed crowd of hired weeping women in enor-
nous number. The harem and some private
carriages closed the procession Tha streets
were denseiy thronged throughout the whole
length OF the route. but order was well~kept by
the police.
In their domestic relations, remarks writer
in Truth (Londonl, the Comte aud Comtesse De
Paris were always as good as they could be.
Both of them had and have strong family in
stncts. He took after his mother in mis- love of
study; and she after the BourbonS of Spain and
Naples in her love of hunting and shooting.
She showed herself equal to breaking skittisn
colts, to driving four-in-hand, or to firing out
three or four horses at a chase. She dressed IN
a neat. masculine STYLE wore stand up collars,
waterproofs to luxurious nantes, when driving
her team of ponies in bad weather. Although
strong-minded she Is not an esprit fori Herson,
the Due DOrleans inherits ner sylvan tastes. He
is one of the best shots in France His last day
at Eu was spent IN shooting blackbirks. crows
and thrushes. The enormous bag he made OF
these birds was converted into pie big enough
to have been served at baronial banquet in
days of yore.
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MAT GRIM, author of 'An Onfortunit
Creetur" in a late number of the Century, is a
young lady eighteen OF nineteen years of age,
and lives in Atlanta, Ga. Her stories first
appeared in the Savannah News, where her
work attracted the attention Of the editor Of
Dixie and he at once engaged her to write a
series of articles on Georgia life for his maya
zine. Her story which appeared in the Cen
tury was sent there at the suggestion of Joel
Chandler Harris. She received $3.50 for it.
Her work is of rare merit, and finds ready ac-
ceptance. Her dialect is said to be perfect,
and her stories are true to Georgia life, and
extremely interesting and picturesque She
has written a story, "Bet Crow for next
Sundays indianapolis Journal and has been
secured as a regular contributor for our col
umns.
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trouble with Denver Printers.

DENVER, Col, July 10 Several days ago the
Denver Typographical Union raised the scale Of
composition from As to 90 cents. The pub.
fishers protested. and asked for cor
responding reduction in the scale paid
iourneymon in the job rooms The
union declined to accede. and to-day the pub
fishers asked that a committee Of arbitration be
appointed to settle the matter. as was done Ia
Washington, Chicago and Milwaukee, The un.
ion refused to settle by arbitration, and the pub
fishers also refuse to pay the advance, but have
not decided what action they will take
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IT is to be regretted that Mr.. James T. Lay,
man did not find it possible to remain can.
didate for The Legislature from this county.
His name gave much strength to the ticket,
and his services in the General Assembly
would have been valuable. But the party is
fortunate in being able to command man OF
the ability character and experience of Hon.
John Caven. Mr.. Caven has already served
in the State Senate to tho satisfaction Of the
people, and his consent to stand as candi.
fate for the lower house, in lieu of MI. Lay.
man, is of value to the party anu to the PEG,
,.la
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ono way as another.

GEORGE EHRET, the great beer brewer of
New York city, has explained to reporter the
reason he is suffering under the boycott of the
Central Labor Union. He employs some 800
men in his brewery, not one of whom has any
grievance against the treatment he receives.
Their wages, time and treatment generally are
all they care to ask His payroll runs from
SIS, 900 to S., 900 week, and has always been
promptly met, the three hundred or more
families dependent upon tie wages earned
there getting their money to the cent on the
day it was due. The annual output of this
brewery amounts to about 300, 900 barrels,
, and. counting all employed directly and in
directly, it is probable that not less than 500
men earn the support of their families there.
The origin of the boycott is as indefensible as
boycotts generally are. When the case was
brought up against the members of the union
who had established boycott against the man
Thesis, who kept concert saloon, the boycott
ers caused Ehret to be called in as witness.
His testimony was not favorable to them, and
this so angered them that they concluded to
place his brewery under the ban of the
boycott The secret of the case against
the men who were active in the
boycott against Thesis is that it
was not brought by Thesis, but by musi-
clan, the leader of the orchestra in his place,
who was discharged by him in order to
placate the boycotters. This musician
brought suit against them for damages for
compelling his discharge. This brought the
matter into court, and it was there shown
that these gentemanly black mailers had not
only required Thesis to discharge this must
clan, but had compelled him to pay them the
sum of $1,000. Ehret, in lis testimony,
said he had advised Thesis to submit to this
blacil-mail rather than antagonize the union,
though be denied the right for them to exact
such sum. Here, then, is the origin of the
boycott against the brewer Ehret Because
he would not perjure himself to please these
men and to the harm Of Theiss who was his
debtor to the amount of 100000, be is out
lawed by the union and his business is sought
to be destroyed. He could have saved the
| issue by simply swearing falsely, to his own
harm and that of man who owed him so
large a sum of money. There is no reason in
this imported infamy, which, in this case,
will work harm to hundreds of men and their
families because this man did not see ft to
perjure himself at the bidding of the men
who have arrogated to themselves the right
to regulate things without regard to law.
The dupes of this short>sighted policy will
not always be blind to its folly, and win some
day throw it away in manner that will sug-
gest the idea of never again resorting to it,
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THE liquor men of Georgia are making a
passed by the people of that State. A large
brewery at Atlanta has been made the battle
ground, and thousands of dollars will be spent
in the effort to defeat the law. The loss Of
the money expended in building the brewery
($140, 000) is said to be peculiarly distress
ing, because the greater portion of it. came
from Ohio and Indiana" We do not see how
it could be any more pathetic for that reason,
as money is money the world over, and the
people of the States named could as we'll
afford the loss as could those Of Georgia. The
issue is made that the State of Georgia has
not the right to pass laws that shall work the
forfeiture of money invested in that State
by people living in other States. This is alb
surd to degree. 1t is not likely that any
court will rule that State has not the right
to treat investors from other States exactly as
they treat those of its own State. In other
words, it is not likely that any court twill rule
that a non resident has more rights than the
citizen of that State Were this objection
sustained, all that would be necessary to rem
der the prohibition law mockery in the State
of Georgia would be for the citizens Of other
States to have set up bIeweres or distilleries
there, or to have invested money in the same.
This evasion will not save them. as they will
discover when the case comes to trial.
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THE directory war has transferred itself
from Chicago and st. Louis to st. Paul and
Minneapolis, and the newspapers of the LATTER
cities are spending the hot weather in quar-
reling about their respective populations. The
only safe plan for the unfortunate tourist who
may be stranded in eitherplace is to do as the
Romans do while he is there, and agree that
each town is the larger until he gets out of it.
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THE chairman of the Democratic county
convention ct Bellaire, o., thought the proper
thing to do would be to administer a little
taffy to the administration, and thereupon
referred to President Cleveland as having the
patriotism Of Washington, the courage of
Jackson. and as being true as the coin of the
realm. He had got thus far, and was pro-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-16

TIE Springfield Republican is greatly con
ceTned over the ravages of the buffalo-bug in
that vicinity, and devotes considerable space
to discussing plans for the determination OF
the insect A Buffalo bug in the White
House is creating havoc in the mugwump cir.
sles in which the Republican revolves, but,
with Spartan heroisin, the victims conceal
their wounds.
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A PHITADELPHIAN thinks he has made
a discovery-that the fact that a cooper from
that city had passed through the whirlpool at
Niagara suggests that something similar
might be used to establish communication be-
tween wrecked vessel and the shore, just as
if something of that kind had not been en-
ployed for years past for that very purpose.
No wonder the man Keely finds dupes in Phil
ndalnhin
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THE great Northwest is famous for its equa-
be climate That is, the mercury goes about
IS Ear above zero in the summer as it docs be-
los in winter. The points where it was about
100 below last January, are swel+ering under
a temperature that far above now.
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over the country, and to hold himself with
dignity that even his enemies acknowledge aud
admire. He has come to no resolve as to bis
future action. We have his own authority for
stating that he is keeping his mind opsn until
the election is over and the whole case before
him. Then, and not until ther. will he take
final resolve as to the right course to pursue at
the opening Of Parliament
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Mr. Thomson, the absconding bank cashier of
ST. Louis, is an artist, and did meritorious
sketches in black and white. The complete
manner III which Mr.. Thomson is now being
painted black by the depositors of the bank WILL
it is believed, overshadow any of his own efforts
in the artistic line.
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TT is peculiarly distressing when anything
beings rudely denominated as mugwumps.
There were just five of them in the New York
Produce Exchange, who rent their linen in
the cause of reform, as it should be exempli-
fed in the election of Mr.. Cleveland. They
did not do so except that they were intensely
DESTROYS of the best thing that could be done
for the country. But when the election was
passed, they bethought themselves that it
would not be bad idea to accumulate some
of the fruits of victory, the spoils of Office, as
it were. One of the five got fat place, and
was correspondingy elased, while the other
four held the empty sack. In the course of
the campaign in which President Cleveland
was elected these five incurred an expense of
$3.50 "for carriage hire" The average mug
wump being very like Democrat, the bill
was not paid Mr. Ray Livermore was treas
urer of the association, and had $3.50 on hand.
When he rendered statement of the indebt-
edness of the association OF inugwumps, they
told him to advance the other $780, and in
time they would each plank down $25. A
few days ago he approached them for the pur-
pose of realizing on their promises, when they
candidly informed him that they would think
about it, but that they did not think they
would ever do as he desired them to. And
thus the matter stands, and the worst Of it is
that one of the recalcitrant members of the
number who thought to reform the govern
ment is John A. Sullivan, who has been ap
pointed collector Of internal revenue. Liver
more is wondering if it pays to associate with
men who are intent on reforming" the gov
eminent He feels very much as though he
had fallen among thieves and been done up
Verify reform depends largely upon the
character of the men chosen to do the job.
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The New York Graphic commends the Jeffer-
sonian simplicity of the White House manage
ment in securing the services of q Virginia
NANNY" as cook instead of Frenchman, and
says that both Mr.. and Mrs Cleveland eat raw
enously of her culinary productions. To eat
''rayenouslyn may be a mark of Democratic
simplicity, but picture of the President and
his bride engaged in the act is not one to give
universal delight to the American people.
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THE reports Of the Senate committee of
privileges and elections in the Payne case are
given to the public this morning The one
signed by Senators Hoar and Frye is strong
document, brushing away the defense of
sophistries and technicalities behind which
this gross scandal has entrenched itself.
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TIE boycotters of New York city levied
$1,000 black mail on the proprietor of con-
cert saloon, and because a certain brewer saw
fit TO tell the truth about it in the court when
summoned as witness by the boycotters, they
have turned upon him and blandly asked that
he pay them 800, 900 or suffer the penalty of
his terner;ty