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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

In Moore's s.Women of the War chapter
is given to the work of Mrs. Joseph r. Haw-
ley, in which extracts are made from her
private letters, written at the time to friends
in the North. The following is quotation
from a letter from Washington, in April,
1865:
"More than forty men, whose feet, or por-
tons of them, had rotted off, left on the
steamer yesterday. do not know how many
more such cases there had been among them,
but these men l saw. Think of it! Feet so
rotted away that the surgeons cut them off
with the scissors above the ankle! Has God
any retribution for those who inflicted such
sufferingg Has their country any rewards
for the men who suffered thus, month after
month rather than turn traitor--rather than
deny the old fagY To-day we have been firing
salutes and ringing the bells for the capture
of Richmond You should have heard the
hoarse voices of the boys in the hospitals, as
they tried to cheer when they heard the bells
this noon stood still in the street, and
cried like child when heard them and it
all rushed over my mind at once how much
it meant to themw
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

Twice its gallant commander was wounded, and
twice the surgeons declared that he was beyond,
their skill-that his time had Gomez bat the
COED God that watches over the destinies OF ma
tons aud men stood by him, and he passed.
safely through his illness. His great and gal
liant services were appreciated by the national
government, and he was made brigadier-
general. In his new and higher position he ex
hibited great skill, courage and bravery, and
when the armies of secession were beaten. and
peace declared, he sheathed his sword, resigned
his commission and returned to Calfornia--the
scene of his early triumphs the State of his
life.
Here he has bee called to no place that he
has not filed with ability and honor He has
been summoned to the performance of no duty
that he has not discharged with fidelity and sig
nal distinction. The just and exalted estimation
in which he is held by the people, not only of
California, but those of Indiana and other States
where he is known. is not the result of accident
or mere business success. His fame in war
and standing in peace and in the councils of the
Nation are well earned and richly deserved, and
are the legitimate results of plan, purpose and
executive ability"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09
SOME wiseacre in the Ohio Legislature

SOME wiseacre in the Ohio Legislature has
introduced bill fixing the rental of tele-
phones at So a month. Thereupon the Gin
cinnati Times Star says:
s'No petitions have been sent to the Legis-
lature complaining Of this nuisance; no evil
dence exists that the people want to get rid Of
the telephone. On the contrary, its use has
become part Of the everyday life of business
men of this city, at least. The charges range
from $40 to 800, according to the number of
persons on the circuits and there has been no
complaint of exorbitant rates. Cincinnati
has the best service in the country, at the
most moderate rates. The Times Star pays
800 per year for its telephone, and we regard
it as the cheapest piece of furniture about the
house. considering the service it renders. If
500 per year will pay the cost of service and
the royalty to the patentee, we are ready to
pay this sum annually till the patent expires,
but we do not want to be cut out of the use of
the telephone by assinine legislation in
Columbus
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

''THERE is one thing in which President
Cleveland is known to exercise great care,
namely, in the full investigation of charges
made against candidates for appointment.
Those whose business it is to watch all indica-
tons touching changes in office will agree
that in this respect President Cleveland neg
lects no means of reaching just conclusions.
It will be the verdict of all who inform them
selves on this subject that too much credit
cannot be awarded the President for the i'm
partially with which he discharges this
branch of executive duty"
So says General Boynton, in letter from
Washington. If this be true, how shall we
account for the not infrequent appointment
Of dead-beats, thieves drunkards and peni-
Tertiary convictsa So fragrant had this be-
come that the indianapolis Sentinel. the
thick-andthin organ of Indiana Democracy,
was forced to cry "Haltw against the admin
istration
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MARCH ., 1886


much danger from this phase of the organiza-
ton of labor. When the strikers learn that they
have made fools of themselves. they viii not be
so easily fooled again, and they will learn this
painful truth when they discover that to their
employers strike means mainly loss OF posi-
BILE profits, while to themselves it may within a
few days mean the want of something to eat
New York Times.
JUST as the South is learning from the North
the spirit of sefhelp and the habit of heavy local
taxation for school purposes, and just as the
healthy and benefcent progress of Southern edu-
cation has become assured. the federal govern
ment, without the faintest valid pretext. pro-
poses TO destroy that spirit of self help by teach
ing the Southern people to draw charity from the
federal ury and to profit in the ratio of their
illiteracy. The inherent force of our recent his
tory has impelled US, willing or unwillingly,
towards Capitalization. TO accelerate that
tendency purposely and needlessly is a species of
political folly that is well-nigh imoecile. Min
neapolis Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

CAPTAIN MANY was for years the chief
deputy in Collector McKay's Office. He
handled millions of dollars of money, and
there was never cents discrepancy in his &C.
counts. He is an experienced and competent
accountant; his integrity is beyond question.
He is e hard-working industrious, sober, hon
orable gentleman, and in every way worthy
candidate for the Office to which he
has been nominated. He is not pro-
fessional workingman. He does not work
with his tongue. Re works with
mis- hands, and has been identified all his life,
by personal experience and association, with
those who are compelled to earn their living
by honest toll. No word in his praise can be
an exaggeration. He has lived in Indianapo-
lis for thirty years; he was gallant soldier
of the Seventy Regiment. He has
earned a high reputation, which will be sure
to bring him large and enthusiastic support.
BY experience, natural capacity. force Of
character, and special requirements, he
will make one OF the best trustees Center
township has ever had; and. indeed, better
choice would be hard to make if the party had
it's pick in the entire township. The journal
can and does commend the nomination to the
confidence of all the people as in every way
one fit to be made. The seal of approval
should be placed upon it at the polls by Civ
ing him vote and majority that will be an
inspiration and lesson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

AN Iish candidate for Parliament, in a
speech at Dublin, said that $50, 900, 600 had
been spent in Ireland for drink, in the last
three years, in districts where laborers were
starving, and where, it was said, the tenants
could not pay their rents. There can be no
question that drink is the most potent and
prolific source of the trouble in Ireland, as it
Is in other countries. 1t breeds poverty, dis
tress and crime. Enough money is spent
every year in drink to ameliorate the condi-
ton of the people not only in Ireland but
everywhere into something like comfort and
happiness
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still coming away strongly impressed, after a
five minutes interview, with the belief that
he is man Of "frm convictions ana desire
to do right" It would vary the monotony a
little if some one would supplement this
stereotyped speech by the assurance that he
was living up to his convictions and doing
right. Democrats are not, however, entirely
without conscience and regard for their rep
utations, and are ominously silent when speech
would mean something.
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TT is beginning to be thought now by New
Workers that 800, 900 is sufficient sum with
which to build Grant monument. This con-
clusion has been reached since the fact has
dawned upon them that the country at large
will not contribute to the Riverside memorial
Noting more is heard of the eloquent and
earnest promises that if the Generals remains
were buried there the citizens of the metrop-
oils would build monument in his honor
which should be worthy of his fame, let the
cost of the structure be million or more.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

REPRESENTATIVE BLANCHARD, of Louisiana.
has Lad his righteous soul vexed by recent
dispatch from Washington, published in the
Journal, and yesterday rose to question of
personal privilege, and denied all and singu-
lar certain charges made against him in con-
nection with the withdrawal Of the nomination
OF Major Lewis Merrill to be lieutenant
colonel. The gallant Blanchard, however,
did not explain how it comes that he contin-
des to hold seat stolen in the most shameful
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09
COMMENT AND OPINION.

BY and by Bismarck may get pointer from
that neglected class called the people -Philadel-
phia Times
WHEN wave of genuine reform strikes Con
gress that body will see to it that the Record
records and quits lying Republican.
A STATE that accepts school money from the
general government cannot complain if other aid
and consequent control of its affairs should fol-
low.-Philade,phia Record.
ANOTHER long message from the President
would be acceptable just now. One on "Pae-
electricity as an Element of Reform, for in
stance. Minneapolis Tribune
The Matthews nomination is one which should
be withdrawn without delay. The President
has made great mistake and he must come in
time to admit it.-Washington Post (Dem.)
1T is said that the Bell Telephone Company is
about to withdraw from the State Of Indiana
Now. will the Pan electric kindly withdraw from
the Democratic party?-Atlanta Constitution.
HOLLANDS acquttal may be fairly assumed TO
establish the principle that it is lawful to shoot
bunco swinder. In as far as this tends to dis
courage the business it is distinct social gain
New York Graphic.
THE mistake of the President was in supposing
that the people and the boys" are identical
The difference between the two constituencies is
one of the things which Mr. Cleveland has yet to
apprehend. Philadelphia Press.
THE Sympathetic" strike, or the strike used
DO q WCdpou VI tuSIo pSESOuul WdFldr6--d1dlDSL
an individual a corporation instead of for a
principle-will cause the power of the unions to
decline more quickly than it has arisen. Brook
Ign Union.
GENERAL SHERMAN certainly underestimate,
rather than the contrary, the relative value of
his contributions to the relief of old soldiers
during the last twenty years He has probably
given as much as $40 to every 81 given by the
wealthest men, not only of st. Louis but of
the country and it is great shame that he has
had to do t.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
THERE is something radically wrong when
American workmen will put themselves under
command of leaders armed with arbitrary au-
thorty, and all this for the express purpose of
preventing the settlement of dispute in the
manner provided by law. reform is needed
somewhere when an extralegal remedy is sought
by a resort to coercive and semi military meth
ods.-Chicago Tribune.
WE are disposed to believe that the govern
ment of this country cannot afford to invest
largely in war vessels, for which we are not
likely to have any use. and which will in a few
years be almost as much out of date and service
less as the war ships we built at the time of our
civil war; We cannot hope to have a navy with
sufficient strength to allow US to meet on equal
terms the navics of either England or France.
Boston Herald.
The spectacle of 5000 men quarreling with
their bread and butter, and biting off their
noses, as the vulgar proverd has it. to spite the
face OF some person or persons to them I'M
known. Is not impressive. Society is not in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

THE New York police are being sharply
criticised by the press of that city for having
devoted themselves, during the riots of last
week, to thu service of the street-car COM
panies rather than to the protection of the
property of unoffending citizens. 1t is
urged that it was Of less Importance to the
public that car should be run over the lines
rests should have been made of those in the
crowd who broke windows, overturned express
mitted other depredations. The criticism
seems to be we'll grounded.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ried in ST. Louis.
THE accusation is made against President
Cleveland that he actually has pigs feet in add.
ton to pie at his informal dinner parties.
AS a case of reversion, it is noted that three Of
John Wesley's great-grandsons are clergymen of
the Church of England.
MRS. LANGTRY is busy storing away her
wealth in New York. She has gradually been
adding TO her investments In mortgages In that
city until she now holds over $3.50. 900.
The Freeman's Journal severely censurss the
impiety of adulterating the wax candles which
burn before the Host with mineral parafine.
THE jewish Reformer propounds the two fol-
lowing questions to prohibitionists: s.Will prohi-
bition change the constitutions. the habits and
the natural demands of these millions Of people
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

THE expressions of Master Workman Pow
man. The organization of the Knights Of
Labor may do much good to the cause of in
dustry and to the industrial interests of the
country, if it be managed after the wise coun-
sells and prudent methods suggested by Mr..
Powderly; but the widespread and apparently
concerted strikes in all directions threaten to
have very serious results, paralyzing the pros
poets of returning prosperity, and adding
greatly to the stringency of the times
ut isexcellent
To have giants strength, but it is tyrannoua
To use it like giant"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

THE telephone people claim that the rates
imposed by the law are unjust Perhaps it
may be with the enormous rents exacted of
local exchanges by the Bell ompany.-The
Sentinel.
ing at the exchangesi Why not pass law
fixing the royalty to be paid the Bell COM
panya Under the reasoning of the recent Su-
preme Court decision we cannot see but the
court would hold such law to be constitu-
tional. If the fact that the telephone patents
are so dedicated to public use as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09
A Fortunate Choice.
Indianarolis News.


The Republican committee has nominated
Capt. Charles j. Many for township trustee, to
fill the place made vacant by the resignation of
one. Captain Many has lived here nearly all his
life, has grown TO manhood and mingled in
affairs, and has won the confidence and respect
of all who know him. He was galaut soldier
CT the Sevsnty-ninth Regiment, and fought his
way from the ranks to commission AS a car
penter and builder he has practical knowledge
that will be of great value in township business.
AS the chief deputy in the internal revenue
Office for three years, he has a knowledge Of
accounts, and has been accustomed to handling
large sums of money. He thoroughly fills the
Jeffersonian requisite of competency and hon
esty and if this is the test of fitness in the cleo
ton, he should have on overwhelming majority.
The Republicans have been very fortunate in
their choice for the nomination is calculated TO
arouse enthusiasm. e
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09
"Innocuous Desuetude.r

Washington Correspondent New York Sun, March 6.
The expression "innocuous desuetude," that
appeared in President Cleveland's message to
the Senate regarding removals from Office has
become popular phrase here
In dry and dusty argument before the Su-
preme Court yesterday lawyer was citing a lot
of authorities, when the opposing lawyer kindly
sugges ted another, which, he said, might not be
accepted because it had fallen into 'innocuous
desuetude.' The solemn justices laughed until
the folds of their gowns shook.
In the Senate to-day Mr. Plumb was trying to
beat the Blair bill by showing that United
States school history he held in his hand was
written for Southern children from confeder-
ate point of view. The book was published IF
teen years ago, and he had no evidence that it
was now in use. "Oh,' said MIR. Edmuds dryly,
probably it is in innocuous desuetude."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

to place them under legislative control, or that
to fix the price of telephones is proper exer-
else Of the police power Of the State, what is
to hinder the Legislature from fixing the
royalty to be paid to the Bell company, as
we'll as the rent that is to be paid the Central
Telephone Company. The monopoly is the
Bell company, and against that the legislation
should be directed. The court has decided
that United States patent will not protect
the invention from the exercise of the States
control
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

THE English language is in hard lines. The
President paralyzed the country with ''innoc
cuous desuetude,' and now, in cable dis
patch from London, we learn that ssMl. Glad
stone came in during the progress of the de-
bate, and evidently enjoyed the recrudescence
Of obstruction" The "Altissonant Letters
will soon be adopted as a textbook in our
primary schools.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

THE detectives" of Detroit are very much
like those of st. Louis, who arrested the
livery stable hands who were rescuing horses
from the burning structure, under the i'm
preston that they were thieves At Detroit,
after the surrounding country had been
secured to apprehend supposed murderer,
be was found in the city, where he had been
all the time. His arrest was the first intima-
ton he had that murder had been COM
1nitfed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

THERE are no statistics showing the num-
Der of fools in Boston, but it exceeds $1,000
That many citizens of that highlycultured
town paid to hear Parson Downs make TRADE
against the church that expelled him and his
accusers in general.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

SOME INSCRIPTIONS person intimates that
the Presidents verbal discovery, sinnocuous
desuetude," belongs to Secretary Bayard, or
possibly to Secretary Lamar. Nobody was
mean enough to do that for Tilden when he
sprung ''usufruct' upon the country. Tilden
did his own writing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09
Surpassed by No Newspaper.

Clark County Record.
The Indianapolis Daily Journal has never been
more ably edited than it is now, and as q gath
erer of the latest rews it is surpassed by no
newspaper in the country. We read it with in
terest and instruction every day, except Sunday.
That it is Sunday paper is the only drawback
to our hearty approval of ii. 1t and the Ga
zette, of Cincinnati were late in giving in to
this dissertation of the Sabbath day, which has
so distressed the lovers of good morals as well as
religion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Car. be found at the following places:
I0NDON--American Exchange in Europe 449
Strand.
PARIS-American Exchange in Paris, 35 Boulevard
des Capucines.
NEW YORK-St. Nicholas and Windsor Hotels.
CHICAGO-Palmer House.
CINCINNATI. R. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine street.
LoUISvILLE-C. r. bearing, northwest corner
Third and Jefferson streets.
ST. LOUIS-Union News Company, Union Depot
and Southern Hotel.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Riggs House and Ebbitt
House.
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To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Jou rual:
II postmaster is superseded by the nomna-
ton Of another person, by the President, either
during the recess of the Senate, or while the
Senate is in session, and the Senate refuse to
confirm said appointment, is the superseded
officer entitled under the law to take the Office
back at the expiration of the following session of
the Senate2 PLUTO.
See Section 176S, Revised Statutes AS we
read it, the suspension of an officer is only to
the close of the next session of the Senate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

E. Fl. CLEVELAND, cousin of the Presi-
dent, has invented an automatic car track de-
signed to make it easy for horse-cars to round
sharp corners. If he can devise a scheme
whereby statesmen may slide around political
corners without encountering snags, he will
probably have no difficulty in persuading
Cousin Grover to 60 into partnership.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09
Cleyeland,s "success.v

Boston AdveI tiser
Zone Year of Success is the title of the Posts
leading editorial, devoted to the glores of Mr..
Clevelands administration The article is time
ly and all that, but the idea OF it was given in
rather more condensed shape by the" small boy
at the brookside, when a passer by asked how
many fish ne had caught "Well-er-when I've
got the one I'm after now and--and--two more,
shall have three"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

IT runs in the family. The same day that
Maud Miller Mackaye Mccormick was divorced
from the next husband to the one she still has on
hand. her grandmother, out in Oregon, got mar
ried to youth, the second of the kind she has
tried in two years
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

way by the most unblushing suppression Of
legal votes. 1t appears that his wicked friends
used his name in demanding the withdrawal
of Major Merrill's nomination, and that he
did got do so himself. 1t is well for every
public man to have wicked partner who can
be used as convenient scape- goat.
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Nj. f. Leland.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLooMINGToN, ILL.,, Mach 8.-Mr. NJ. +.
Leland died tonight, aged ifty-one, from COM
plication of diseases originating from diabetes.
He was formerly proprietor and editor of tho
Daily Leader of this city, and at the time of his
death owned half interest in that paper He
was an old resident of this city and a native
of Sherborne Mass.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

THE government says to the Mormon women
ga whole husband or none," and forthwith
these unacceptable beings LIT up their voices
and mourn for the forbidden fraction and will
4 -,
not be comforted. Verify "rum critters is
-wimmen."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09

YELLOW fever and cholera are never allowed
TO interfere with Mardi Gras festivities,
neither does the fact that the country is in
the throes of gigantic labor demonstration
work any detriment. The Rex idiocy is rag
ing in New Orleans with its usual force.
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Mrs. Horatio Seymour.

UTICA, N. T.. March 8.-Mary Blocker, rel
let of Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour, died at the
residence of Mrs. Roscoe Conkling at $50 to-
day. The late Governor removed Mrs. Seymour
from his country home to Mrs. Conkling's on ac-
count of her illness. and while attending her was
attacked with his fatal illness.