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The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04
slavery. It is too late. History has written
that it would not let the colored people 60.
The record viii never be changed.

A PROMINENT lawyer, who was looking over
the Hoar bill, says that the measure is very
obscure in one particular and vital place, and
that if it should become a law It might lead to
a very serious dispute in the future. The
Hoar bill, he says, provides for the succession
to the presidency of the Secretary of State, in
the event Of the President and Vicepresident
being vacated by death or otherwise This
legal friend calls attention to the fact that
complication might follow the succession Of
the Secretary of State. When the latter
should assume the presidency he would nat
urally appoint another Secretary of State.
Then what becomes of the right of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury of the original Cabinet
provided the first Secretary of State should
die in the Office of the PRESIDENT Would the
Office of President then go to the second Sec
retary of State, or to the next officer in line
in the original Cabinet3-New York World.
This precise point was brought up in the
debate, and settled. The Hosr bill, following
the Constitution, designates Shat ssofficer"
shall act as President, and he only acts as
President by virtue of being that officer. If
it should be the Secretary of State, he re-
mains the Secretary Of State, with the duties
of the President annexed to his office. He
would not naturally appoint another Secre.
tary of State" for he would and must be the
Secretary Of State SO long as he was acting
President. If he should die, or resign, or be
incapacitated, then the Secretary of the Treas
ury would become the acting President and
he could appoint another Secretary of State,
but he would and must remain the Secretary
of the Treasury. Then, when the new Secre-
tary was commissioned, the question would
arise whether he would not then become the
acting President according to the terms of the
hill
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

moved except by the appointment and con-
firmation Of another man. The officer must
be out Of Office. and relieved from its care and
responsibility before the meeting of the Sem
ate, else he cannot and should not give up his
place to any one not regularly confirmed by
the Senate. That is the limitation upon the
Presidents power of removal placed upon
him by the civil-tenure- -of-office act. And it
should be respected, not only by the subor-
dinate officers. but by the great reform Presi-
dent Of the United States.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

Mr.. G. P. HUNTINGTON, of the Central and
Southern Pacific railroads, says that when
once asked in court by the judge how he knew
the value of certain thing he replied that
he felt it in the air; that the atmosphere
seemed to give it to him, and that in most
cases he found himself to be right. Mr..
Huntington further adds that he feels that
business in 1856 is to be good, and in 1887 to
be still better. AS intuition concerning values
is closely connected with the state of business,
it is reasonable to suppose that the atmosphere
does not deceive the distinguished railroader
on this occasion.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

AFTER Gen. Fitz John Porter has read
General Pope's paper on the second battle of
Bull Run, in The Century, he will have rea-
son to congratulate himself that that plain
spoken and clear-headed officer is not mem
Der of Congress. AS Pope may be supposed
to know quite as much of Porter's conduct at
that battle as the fabb:ly-sentimenta editors
who are advocating his restoration to the
army, the article in The Century is COM
mended 10 the attention of these gentlemen.
BY reading it carefully and without preju-
dice, they may gain an access of information.
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appointment, Mr.. Acton, the former incum-
bent remains in charge. He says he cannot
leave the office unprotected, and simply
performs the part of good citizen in staying
until his successor arrives. The situation is
one which may well cause the old line Demo
crat to turn his face to the WALL and bid
farewell to disappointing world. The
spectacle of a Republican holding an impor-
tant Office under Democratic administra-
ton, merely as an act of charity, is one he
little expected to see, and, having beheld it.
life can have no surprises left.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

cannot acquire the intelligence behtting his posi-
tion in the usual way, the press can administer
1t through his hide. Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette
THE native American is becoming subject to
the alien engrant, and our institutions political
and social, are in danger OF becoming slienized
Already in some of the great cities, whore for
eicners most do congregate the American Sun
oay. the love OF peace, and order, and law arc
rapidly disappearing. Old world ideas and
customs are supplanting those better, whole
somer ideas of the new world. d.-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Is it strange that pacific statesmen ike Mr..
Gladstone and Mr.. Bright sometimes inveigh
against the tendencies of expansion, and strive
to resist the obvious destiny Of the English peo-
plel 1t is already an empire too great to be ad-
ministered without constant recourse to arma-
ments and costly expeditions. The strain and
pressure of governing it are exhausting the re-
sources of the English people. York
Tribune
WHATEVER the defects Of popular elections,
we believe that as to postmasters. especially,
and perhaps as to many other Offices. this is the
true way out The people govern this country.
Ii popular election may sometimes embody the
worst possible public morals, the people win
also reach the highest attainable good. Good or
bad, the result will be theirs and be good or
bad as the public tone is good or ill-Memphis
Avalanche.
THERE are better times ahead Of U.s. Indica-
tions come from every quarter of an improve
ment in general business. the effect of which win
be felt in every barn. and warehouse, and factory,
and store in South Carolina. Having accomplished
so much, when the very fates seemed against US,
how great, how strong how rich will South Caro-
lima become when the elements are suspicious
and the whole people, regainine confidence in
themselves. are filled with faith and hopes
charleston News and Courier
IT is probable that those who look to high
license for revenue as well as regulation will
want higher tax imposed than the liquor
sellers are likely to suggest, but the fact that
both those who oppose liquor and those who sell
1t show disposition to agree upon scheme
OF regulation which will rob the liquor business
of half its harmfulness, gives strong grounds
for confidence that, Notwithstanding the defeat
of high license last winter it is bound to come.
and that very Philadelphia Press.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
(1.) What is the age of John Sherman and
how long has he been a member of the United
States Senate? (2.) What is the age of Governor
Gray, and has he ever been a member of Con-
gress2 g. Is Senator Payne, of Ohio, Dem
ocrat9 H. Has Kansas Republican Governor
at presents A. G. ALLEN.
WEST NEWTON
a. John Sherman was born at Lancaster. O.,
May TO- 1923. He has been member of the
United States Senate continuously since 1861,
with the exception of four years during Hayes's
administration, when he was Secretary of the
Treasury (2.) Isaac Pusey Gray was born in
Chester county, Pennsylvania. Oct Is, 1928. He
has never been in Congress (3.) He is. a. Yes
John A. Martin
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

Mr. HUTcHINs, of the Washington Post,
has taken as partner New York man
named Wyse, who made the most of his
money in election bets on Cleveland and Hill.
What the Post, as an administration organ,
has really needed for some time is a wise man
who can hit correctly which way the cat is
going to jump, or, in other words what the
President is going to do next. Mr. Hutchins
has shown great discrimination in his choice
0f An associate
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

1T is an obvious prerequisite that Terri
torial population should obtain an 'enabling
act" from Congress before it can arrange a
political organization to seek admission as a
State into the Union.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
It is not an "obvious fact" On the other
hand il is an ''obvious fact that thirteen, if
not fourteen, of the States now in the Union
were admitted without an "enabling act" It
would be well for the Courier-Journal to tenn
per it's partisan heat against Dakota with a
grain of information upon the history of the
country. The Courier Journal ought to be as
frank as Mr. Vest, and acknowledge that in
fighting Dakota the Democrats, both in and
out of Congress, are fighting for their party
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

REFERRING to the statements and counter
statements of Messrs Newcomb and Smithers
and Kuhn and Whitsit, the Saturday People
says:
'Now there are certainly several lies out,
and we trust this matter viii not stop with
this simple examination before Judge Norton.
The People wants awful examples to be
made of all bribers. They are getting to be
entirely too numerous. No party can afford
to uphold them. We hope the grand jury
will take the matter in hand, and in every in
stance find true bills and then we want the
bribers sent to where they belong-one of our
penitentiaries."
BY all means le us have the stexample" I"
and let the example be extended 80 as to en-
brace ballot-box smashers
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

THE complaint is again made that negro
laborers are leaving South Carolina and
Georgia by the hundred. Since the LIST of
October last it lie said that more than 5000
have removed from Eve counties in the for
mer State, leaving hardly enough men to
carry on the farms. 1t is claimed by residents
that they are lured away by railway agents,
who make glittering promises of good things
in Kansas. The negroes evidently think
there are better things somewhere
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

IN seeking to find rough weather to test
the dispatch-boat Dolphin the officers en-
countered a gale that made all hands sick,
though the vessel showed no signs of weak
ness. But the sailors were not half so sick as
were those at home praying that the boat
might sink or prove worthless. 1t was a no.
BILE spirit with which Democracy hoped that
the work of American ship-builders might be
condemned.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

The Charleston News and Courier, replying
to paragraph in the Journal alIuding to the
fact that Senator-elect Daniel, of Virginia,
had been wounded, and, Of course, while an
officer in the rebel army, says:
Gas Senator Daniel is Virginian, and has
always been Virginian, it is never necessary
to say from what side his wound was received.
1t is not all the same, however, whether he
was loyal or a traitor twenty years ago,
since, if he had not been LOYAL. he would have
received wages for his services during the
war, would have drawn handsome pension
ever since, and would now enjoy the conf
dence and friendship Of the Journal, what
ever that is worth"
We are getting along very rapidly in this
era of reconciliation. According to our
esteemed contemporary, those men who went
into the federal service from the State of
Virginia and other Southern States, and who
received wages for their services and are now
paid pensions for such disabilities as they
received, are the s'disloyar men, while Major
Daniel and his confederate associates were
the '1oyal" men. We trust the Charleston
News and Courier, and all other Southern
newspapers, will continue to have the courage
of their convictions, and expiAss the real
Southern sentiment. But the Northern idea
Of 'loyalty"is is, or at least has been, somewhat
different from that of our South Carolina
critic
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1T is reported that Secretary Manning's un-
expected call for $40, 900, 900 in bonds caused
three -per-cents. to decline from 1O4 to 101 IL
in the market, under the impression that they
would not be allowed to run as long as had
been thought There is no danger of any
great reduction of the bonded debt. The
party in power is not the debt-paying kind.
Rather the contrary.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

How would it do to send the Detroit Poles
In search of the elusive Apacheg If the one
should get lost and the other not be found,
no great harm would be done.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

COLONEL DoNAvIN, of Ohio, in his open
letter to Senator Payne, opens up as rascally a
bit of political bargain and sale as ever dis
graced American politics. The undoubted
choice of Ohio Democracy was Hon. George
III. Pendleton, and that he was not reelected
cannot be explained except that corruption
nrevaiied
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

THE Cincinnati Enquirer is yelling so loud
against imagined frauds recently discovered
in the election at Cincinnati that it cannot
hear the suggestion that it explain or defend
the Fourth ward infamy, committed by Dem
ocrats after it had been ascertained how MANY
votes were needed to 'elect" the Demo cratic
candidates
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

Mr. CLEVELAND has grown sufficiently ex-
pert to shake hands sixteen times in minute,
but he hasn't learned yet how to shake the
ofice-seekers.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

EVANGELIST MOODY is trying to convert
what is left of Montreal. If he succeeds in
delivering the population from fanaticism and
superstition his work will not have been in
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

The muddle over the New York sub-treas-
ury emphasizes the fact-which applies to
number Of other cases, and some in this State
that where an officer is not suspended and
relieved from Office by his successor during
the recess Of the Senate, be cannot be re-
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04
what Is a Dollars Worth.
Murcie News.


The silver men who clamor for the coiuaga Of a
silver dollar with dollars worth of silver IN IL
would better get hold Of the markets and estah-
lish what dollars worth Of silver ia. That done.
they can then establish what dollars worth az
potatoes. corn. wheat and other commodities
shall be.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

A COMPANY has been incorporated in New
York city to introduce M. Pasteur's mode of
treating victims of rabies.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND says all newspapers
are liars, but, in spite of this broad hint, the
organs do not cease from praising him.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

For those who wish to engage in the sport Of
tobogganing the following figures are given:
The cost of good toboggan is from $40 to $15
The uniforms, without which no one can prop
erly toboggan cost from 500 to $35. The initia-
ton fec into club lis $40. In addition. each
member bears his share of the expense of build
ing slides and houses which when correctly put
up cost something like S., 900. There are also
the running expenses of the club which are esti-
mated at $40O per month. It will thus be seen
that the amusement of tobogganing, as practiced
at Saratoga and elsewhere is not strictly an
economical one The young man, however, who
does not feel that he can afford to indulge this
method of relaxation on salary of SIS, can have
the same sort of fun and just as much of it at
much more reasonable rates-all he needs being
a 81 sled and hill with snow On it. One of
these he can buy at hardware store. aud the
other will be furnished by Providence and the
weather bureau, and never cost him cent
THE Louisvlelady left in the lurch by Charles
M. Grosvenor, of Memphis, who was prevailed
upon by an old-time sweetheart to marry her
instead of the one he had engaged to marry last
week. is to bring suit for $50 900. 1t is reported
that Grosvenor has offered $50, 900 to compromise
the matter, but this has been refused. IL this
be true the reputation of Louisville women for
being wise will greatly suffer- Thirty thousand
in the hand is worth a great deal more than fifty
thousand to be sued for and won. if possible.
report from Louisville says that Mrs Grosve-
nor, the bride. is neither stylish nor a pretty
woman, and, as if this were not slander enough,
it is added that "she has published a book of
poems"
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04

OWING to Mr.. Bigelow's declination Of the
Office Of assistant United States treasurer at
New York, and the delay in making another
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-04
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-12
A BL0ODTHIRSTY TRIO.
CHICAGO ANARCHISTS FRANK
TO THE FOES.

The Three Ringle- ders Interviewed nv
Wealthy Citizens of the West End
over Year Ago-Tha Statements
They then Made to he Used in Proving
Prem Citation of their Recon Crimes,
CHICAGO, MAY 11.-Rev. DR.. ii. W..
Thomas is quoted to-day as saying that
about year ago a club on the west side
composed of many wealthy and influen-
tial gentlemen invited Spies, Parsons,
and Schwab to a conference. They were
invited by card, and precautions were
taken that nothing of the affair should get
into the newspapers. They came, and
we argued the question fully with them.
They were well posted, and at times made
very violent assertions. Spies said that an
anarchist was very different from an
Irish dynamiter. He laughed as he de-
scribed the attempt made on the British
House of Parliament. He said that II the
assailants had known their business they
would have placed better bombs. but not
that alone, they would have placed them
where the hall was crowded with people.
owe have nothing personal against you"
he said, referring TO the gentlemen pres
ent. "but we want your property. we do
not believe in the destruction Of property
as a means of reform, but in the destruc-
ton of life we need property"
~ believe Parsons TO be the worst one
OF the lot. | believe he ought to be
hanged" said DR.. Thomas.
DR.. Thomas and other members
of his club will very likely
be subpenaed by the State Attorney in
the prosecution of the Socialists now In
prison. The utterances of Schwab, Spies
and Parsons upon the occasion referred to
will, it is thought, establish premedlta-
ton.
The amount OF the contributions to the
pOlicemen's fund which has already
reached the treasurer of the P0icemen's
Benevolent Association is $33, 637. The
money contributed by the Board OF Trade,
the Wholesale grOcers, the lumbermen and
the metal workers has not been received
by the association. The total amount
will almost reach $75, 900.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-12
MOST UNDER ARREST.
The Bonn bastic BIHthsrskite Hauled by
the Heels from Under a Red.

The Bonn bastic BIHthsrskIte Hauled by
the Heels from Under a Red.
NEW YORK, May 11.-John Most, the
anarchist and agtator, was arrested to-
night at the residence of Mrs. Fisher, No.
1913 Alien street. Inspector Byrnes and
four Of his men made the arrest. Most
endeavored to elude the officers by crawl
ing under the bed of one OF the female IN
mates of the house, with whom
he is said to have been a long
time intimate. Detectives secured the
anarchist few hours after locating MIN.
When the opposite of anarchy" was
pulled by the heels from under the bed he
presented a sorry spectacle. His bullet
head and puffy iOwls," so said one of the
officers, "were covered with dust and
dirt" He became himself. however, and
in short time waved his arm
aloft and shouted a demand for liberty
for the people. He was handcufied and
taken to police headquarters, wn,re be
was locked up. He looked the picture OF
detection. Most, since ne went hiding,
has spent much of his time in Newark, n.
j., and on Jersey City Heights. Most
was found by tracking man who sells
him white paper Tor his anarchist paper.
In the house where Most was arrested
was found a Winchester repeating rife,
with a bayOnet. and books upon dynamite
bombs and kindred topics.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-12
THE POST OFFICE FRAUDS.
Gen. Gresham's Serious Charges Against
HattOn COncerni" g the Contracts.
e.. IL iInInInhi., TIM

Gen. Gresham's Serious Charges Against
Hatton COneerni" g the Contracts.
From. the Philddelp6iG Times.
WASHINGTON. May Gen. w. Q.
Gresham. late Postmaster General, has
written private letter, dated from the
chamber OF the United States Circuit
Court, Chicago, in which he refers pretty
pointedly to the frauds committed on the
Post Office Department by the envelope
and postal card contractors. The dOcu-
meut is in the possession of the Congress-
man who has recently moved for an in
vestigatiOn in the House. From Judge
Gresham's letter it appears that he had
instituted the inquiry that was left untin-
ished by reason # bis leaving the depart
ment and by the adjournment OF the
Forty eighth Congress. He says that it is
obvious 10 him that the dismissal of those
who knew all about the violations Of
the law was in accordance with the desire
of certain Interested parti"s; that thnse
having such knowledge should not remain
where the information could be used
under new and inquiring administra-
ton. lie does not think that the evidence
of these frauds, so far as developed, cre-
ates the necessary inference thai fund
was raised out OF the drawback on paper
to corrupt officers in the Post Office De-
UNfIWtnis Uub ne GdlutI luitTb budh Tue
officers in the PlymptOn Company were
acting dishonesty with their stockholders
by pocketing the difference between the
value OF the material and that eXacted OF
the government Ia reference TO the reilly
OF Postmaster General HattOn to the resO-
luton of last Congress concerning THIS
matter, Gen. Gresham says:
"Mr Hatton's reply TO the resolution
was evidently prepared by Hazen. IL
states that the paper was apparently
good, and that the defects appeared only
by the testing machine. That is not true.
10 (the HaZen reply) does not SHOW the
ference in the terms OF tue Kellogg
contract and the new contract which we
made In place OF it.n The Judge goes on
20 say that he became convinced that
"kellogg was not honest; that ne took
the contract intending TO furnish inferior
goods, aud that the manufacturer with
whom he had bis contract for paper could
not make "a gOOd quality, and the contract
with him never would be hlled." After
saving that he dsliked 10 60 10 POST
master General Villas, or 30 volunteer in
the matter. Gen. Gresham concludes:
"Mr. liazen's present position IL clearly
an afterthOught. He reyer insisted TO me
that tue Kellogg contract could be full
hled or would be- He never aided me
when the investigation commenced. on
the contrary. he clearly sympathized with
Chapman and Morgan
puH Tact and Four-iuUap ccarfa Of