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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MISS EMILY FAITHFUL has received from
Queen Victoria grant of $500 in recognition of
her services to workingwomen.
MILE. RHEA has written for the Christmas
number of the Scranton Truth sketch entitled
'Iolanthe; the Story OF an Actress
A TOUCHING incident Of the burning of the
steamer J. M. White is reported. A little boy
was saved who was too young to know his name.
All he knew of his identity was that he was
"mamma's boy"
Mr. BLAINE will 60 to Europe next autumn
He will be the guest of distinguished men In
Great Britain and on the continent He will
spend the major portion of his time in France,
Germany and Ireland
Miss MARY JOHNSTON is indebted to Congress
man Singleton, of Mississippi, for appointment
to the clerkship of the House committee on Ii
brary. She will receive Sc day and enjoy the
distinction of being the FIRST lady appointed to
such position
Miss CHRIss1E KTNG. of Ontario, Canada, has
come into possession of $3.50, 600 by not disput-
ing the conditions of maiden aunt's will. It
provided she should marry a young man. Gilbert
Allen, whom she had never seen, on the day the
aunt was buried
HARTSoRD Post; II think" said the demure
Miss Waitalittle, that Christmas present from
pa anu liza "ou'o % very nice, you know, but
what / really would like" Would be a
Christmas present from some ono out of the
family And perhaps willing to come in"
she responded quietly.
REV. CHARLES MINNEGERoDE, rector of St
Pauls Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va, has
resigned on account of old age DR.. NIinneger-
ode was rector OF ST. Pauls during the war and
was reading the service when messenger from
General Lee entered and quietly notified Presi
dent Davis that the city would be evacuated.
GENERAL LOGAN is still confined to the house
and suffering severely from infiammatory rheu-
matism II has settled in the left arm, which
is swollen to the shoulder and unless he ma,
proves within n few days he will be taken 10 the
Arkansas hot springs for his holiday vacation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

TUE Prince of Wales, who, in a certain cell
ebrated case, was said to have ''periured him
self like gentleman" to save lady's reputa-
ton. gained popular favor by his course.
General Butler, who declined either to per-
iure himself or to tell the truth for Lady
Campbell's sake, is likely to come under a
social ban, which he may find decidedly I'M
pleasant. The English public admires man
ly pan above all others, and has no friendly
feeling for q sneak
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24
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LAND AND OCEAN TRAFFIC.

Mr.. McAdoo, Democratic Congressman
from New Jersey, says in an interview:
'Whenever our people enter as heartily into
marine ventures as they do now into railroad
building we will outstrip the world. Why
should our locomotives be superior while the
average American steamer crawls along in
the track of commerce like turtle after
hare?"
just SO. And herein lies reply to the con-
tinual chatter about the decay of our maritime
power, the disappearance of the American flag
from the ocean, etc. Our maritime power has
decayed because American capital and enter
prise have found other channels of employ
ment and as capital has an instinct for find
ing profitable employment it is fair to presume
it has found more profitable employment than
the sea-faring business. In fact, it is en-
ployed in the railroad business and in develop
ing the internal resources and domestic COM
merce of the country. Fifty or sixty years
ago we were largely a maritime people,
the employment Of capital, and
about the only available outlet for American
energy and enterprise. The internal resour-
ces of the country had hardly begun to be de-
veloped; we had no railroads and little or no
coastwise or domestic trade Now the situa-
ten is entirely different A vast network of
railroads traverses the continent in every di-
rection, manufacturing and mining interests
nave developed to a marvellous degree, and
our domestic trade exceeds our foreign trade
in volume and value almost beyond the power
of figures to express. The railroad traffic of
the United States doubtless exceeds that of
all the ocean tonnage afoat Our great
railroads are unsurpassed by any in
ment and facilities for traffic. In
the field in which American capital and en-
terprise are engaged they have accomplished
and are accomplishing wonderful results, and
there is still unlimited work for them to do,
and profitable work, too Why then should
they leave this field to engage in the sea -faring
business9 Why engage in building ships
when there is more money in building freight
cars and locomotives Let other nations do
the ocean carrying trade of the world; it is
small compared with our domestic commerce.
We have all we can possibly do to take care of
our carrying trade on land. What matters it
if our ships are not often sighted on the high
seas? We have more miles of railroad than
all the rest of the world combined, and if our
flag does not wave over large maritime trade
it smiles on the most extensive and most val
liable domestic trade in the world. ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

IT is as natural for liquors-sellers to defy
the law as ii is for duck to swim The
latest case occurs in Kalamazoo, Mich, and
the contesting parties are all in tho saloon
business. A leading brewery of Chicago hav-
ing established branch house in Kalamazoo
for the sale and distribution of beer, the local
brewers and dealers protested, on the ground
that they had to pay heavy fax under the
State law, whereas the Chicago concern was
exempt from tax. The city authorities de-
cided that the latter must pay the tax imposed
by the State law, and they finally did 80 under
protest, and with the understanding that it
was to be made test case. The agent of the
Chicago concern said they would employ the
best legal talent, and, if necessary, take the
case to the Supreme Court of the United
States. The peculiarly of this case is that
the brewers Of one State are trying to ''gouge"
those in another. 1t is law-defying, cut.
hroat business all round.
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A SPECIAL. cablesram from Vienna saws

Count Kalnoky stated yesterday at an official
interview that he would appoint minister at
Washington before the end of December Count
Kuefstein, who was first thought of for the post
will be sent elsewhere probably to Munich AS
the Countess has not the right to sixteen quar-
terings, or had four generations of poble ances-
tors, she cannot be received at court at Vienna,
and the Foreign Office thought it desirable to
avoid anything that might be misconstrnei in
Washington society, where similar appointments
by other powers have before now made trouble :"
And has it to this? After a hundred
years of republican government, is the true
character of the American eagle so little under
stood in Austria as to imagine that man would
be an unacceptable minister at Washington be.
cause his wife had not the right to sixteen quar-
teringsl They ought to know By this time that
men are not judged in this country by their
wives quarterings, and, as for sixteen there are
thousands of American women, fit TO represent
the country abroad, who have never had oue
Quarter US no quarterings.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

THE papers are telling Of young Irishman
who arrived in this country a few weeks ago
with 500 in his pocket, which money he in
vested in Wall street, and when the recent
crash came found himself with 800 900 to his
credit. So curiously constituted is human
nature that this one story, whether true or
not, will bring more hard earned dollars to
the Wall-street maelstrom than will be kept
away by all the sermons preached in year or
the words of warning from those who have
invested to their sorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

THE law committee of the Henry George
Land and Labor party, in New York, have pre-.
pared several bills which will be introduced
at the coming session Of the General Assem-
bly. Among them is bill to regulate the
system of voting by ballot at elections, which
provides for the introduction of the Austral-
ian system of voting. The names Of all the
candidates arc written Oh one ballot which
tie voter receives from the poll clerk. Hay-
ing possessed himself of the ballot, the voter
retires alone and marks the ballot with an X
opposite tho names of those for whom he
wishes to vote. As Mr. George went to the
moon for a system of land tenure it is not sur.
prising he should go to Australia for an cleo.
ton law If any possible advantage can be
named for this Australian system over ours.
except in tts item of the voter being allowed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

Mr. THEODORE ROOSEVELT of New York
is very bright man. While in London the
Pail Mall Gazette interviewed him in regard
to the recent election in New York. in which
Mr.. Roosevelt got very respectable vote for
Mayor, but was not elected. Analysing the
vote, he said ''dr. George received what one
might call the caste vote of the lower class
They thought that at last the time had come
when an honest man could be elected, who
would look after the interests of the poor.
Their sufferings are very real, and they be-
lieved that George could remove them. What
they fail to see is that these sufferings are ir-
remediable in the first place., by any law at
all, and, in the second place. by any of the
laws which they wish to see executed. Their
votes were honest ones, and given with moral
enthusiasm, but their motive was quite as in
telligent as that of the man who should desire
to have the law of gravitation abrogated be-
cause he slipped on piece Of orange peel"
This is sensible, as well as witty. Of course,
there are great inequalities in society; life, to
many is full of hardships, and the lot of the
poor is very hard. What thenG" Such is the
law of nature and Of human existence. SO it
has been from the beginning, and so it will
continue to be to the end of time. No form of
government, no legislation, no organization of
society, can abolish the laws of nature. The
law of gravitation must stand, even though
considerable number of worthy people do an
nually fall by stepping on piece of orange or
banana nanl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

to retire alone to fix his ticket, we should like
to hear it. Under our system any voter can
easily obtain a ticket of all parties, and ii he
does not want to vote a straight ticket can
compound one to his taste. The ''paster' is a
great aid in this regard-a device. by the way,
peculiarly American and strictly legitimate
The Australian system seems to have been
devised for the convenience of those who
might prefer making their mark to writing a
name. That Mr George should favor it as q
reform measure is additional proof of his
crankiuess
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

A CERTAIN DR.. Wesencroft has a scheme
before Congress which possesses soMe ele-
ments of interest. He claims to have OBJ
tanned grant of one million acres of desert
land in Mexico on the American line, and is
applying for a grant of four million acres with
in the American border contiguous to his Mex
lean grant, which is of the same sterile nat
ure. He offers to pay the appraised value of
the land, which, of course, would be a mere
trifie, as it is utterly worthless in its present
condition. His scheme is to turn the watcr
of the Colorado river on such portions of the
land as are under the river level, and to irri-
gate the remaining portion of it by aqueducts,
and thus make fertile vast tract of land
which is now literally desert. The scheme
is not wild one. Irrigation as means of
fertilizing desert lands, is no longer theory
or experiment. During the last few years it
has been extensively applied in southern Cali
fornia, Colorado Arizona and New Mexico,
and many hundred thousands of acres of land
absolutely sterile and worthless in its natural
state have been made wonderfully productive
by artificial irrigation. Thousands of miles
of canals and aqueducts have been construct
ed and large areas of country have been COM
pletely metamorphosed. AS factor in the
agricultural development of our southwestern
Territories irrigation is destined to rlay
very important part Without any informa-
ton as to the details or merits Of Dr. Wesen-
crofts scheme, we only say the subject is one
of great importance, and in some proper shape
might well receive the. favorable consideration
of Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24
ABOLISHING WARD GOVERNMENT

1t is remarkable that the first practical at
tempt at municipal reform by changing the
form OF municipal government should come
from two Southern cities. This is good COM
ing out of Nazareth. The cities are Memphis
and Nashville, Tenn. Both of these cities
are now governed by method which, adopted
at first from necessity and with some msgiv-
ings as to the outcome is now adhered to
from choice and a conviction of its superiority
over the old system. In fact, it is believed by
some that an important discovery has been
made involving the true principle Of munich
pal reform. The details of city government
in Memphis and Nashville differ, but both are
the ward system and with elections and
government by wards. There is q City
Council, but every member is voted
for throughout the entire city. Nominations
are not made by wards, and elections are gen
eral. In fact, wards IRE abolished. There is
no election Of city officers by the people The
people elect the Council by general election,
and the Council elect an executive board the
chairman of which is de facto Mayor, with the
powers Of police Judge, etc. The members of
the executive committee are required to be
competent business men, and are paid sala-
ries sufficient TO justify them in giving their
whole time to looking after the city's inter
ests. The city finances, police department,
fire department, etc., are in the hands of sub
committees all of whom are paid according
to the labor and responsibility in
volved. The striking feature in both
cities is the abolition of wards. As
result, ward politics, politicians and bosses
have disappeared. Candidates for the Council
are nominated on their merits, and generally
with little or no regard to politics. Being
voted for by the city at large when elected
they represent the entire city and every part
of it. There is no responsibility to any par
ticular ward, nc balancing of local against
general interests, and no log-rolling. It is
claimed that this abolition of the ward sys-
tenn is felt in every department of the city
government in higher degree of efficiency
and responsibility and better business man
agement. At all events, both the cities
named are so much better governed under the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24
EMIN PASHA.

The situation of DR.. Emn Pasha, his posi-
BILE fate and the chances of rescuing him, are
just now absorbing large share of public at
tenton in Europe. In 1878 Dr. Emin, then
Bey, was sent by "Chinese" Gordon to the
equatorial province Of Africa, as governor, and
he has been in that service ever since. Let
tiers were received from him in England dated
March, 1883, and nothing further was heard
from him until few weeks ago. During that
interval the Egyptian government raised Emin
Bey to the rank of Pasha, though for some
years past he has had no aid nor supplies from
them, and it is doubtful if he knows of his
promotion. He has done great work in CEN
trail Africa, and the interests of civilization
and humanity alike demand that if possible
he should be protected and upheld. Emin
Pasha is described as a man of the Gordon
stamp and would much rather be killed at the
post of duty than desert it. His province en-
braces territory nearly as large as Europe,
with population of about G, 900, OO0 Within
the last few years he has succeeded in abolish
ing both domestic slavery and slave dealingin
the province, has established legitimate
trade, built good roads and instructed the ma
tives in some of the simple industrial arts.
The natives are attached to him, and will fight
with and for him in defense of this territory
and independence. The province is surrounded
on all sides by powerful enemies, and latest
advces indicate that Emin Pasha is now en-
gagged in desperate struggle with superior
force. If defeated or compelled to abandon
the province it would relapse into barbarism
under the native slave traders The case is
exciting intense interest not only in England
but on the continent, in government circles
and in scientific and philanthropic societies
Various plans of relief have been discussed
but definite action bas been postponed till the
arrival Of Stanley, the American explorer
whose assistance is regarded as essential, and
who will probably be asked to take command
Of the expedition.
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tempt to restrain by law the negroes from or
ganizing as Knights of Labor s'there win be
a wholesale migration from the State" Some
thing of the kind is needed to bring the white
people Of South Carolina to their senses. They
have never fully realized that the negroes are
free men, with all the word implies, and never
will until the latter shake the dust from their
feet and migrate in a body, leaving the whites
to work or starve.
Since writing the above the Judiciary
committee of the House of Representatives
has reported against the passage of the bill.
1t has passed the Senate, but will, probably,
be stopped in the House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

THERE is no suggestion nor Renaissance Of
hard times in the busy crowds that have
thronged our retail thoroughfares during the
past few days. The advertising columns of
the Journal have shown the readiness Of our
merchants to supply all sorts of demands, and
the crowded condition of the sidewalks and
stores shows an unusually liberal response on
the part of purchasers Although the weather
has not been as propituous as could be desired,
particularly for the last day or two, the Christ
mas trade has been unprecedentedly large, and
to-day will increase the volume. OF course,
this large holiday traffic is one of the signs of
improving times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24
mr.. HENDERSON .s2 OTHER RAscALs.

"Did you find that ne 'rascals' were being
turned out2" was asked Mr.. Eb Henderson
since his return from Washington. The dis
tinguished vocalist replied: ''There were not
SO many of them in office as when / visited
the capital year ago. More of disposition
is now shown to turn all of them out, except
those protected by the civil service Mr.
Henderson has just been appointed to an
office, the duties of which he is entirely un-
acquainted with, and. with his mental habits
and training, it will take him long time to
form even partial acquaintance with them.
Meanwhile he will be dependent on trained
assistants and subordinates, most of whom are
Republicans. But for these the office could
not be run at ALL If all were as ignorant Of
the organization and duties of the Office as
Mr.. Henderson is, it would better be abol-
ished. We give Mr.. Henderson credit for
possessing little sense, and it would be
strange if he did not desire to make a respect
able record in the office whose duties he is
soon to assume-a record for something more
than inscriptions, narrow craftsmanship He
will find when he assumes his new duties that
the sort of clustering partisanship and Cos
trating wisdom that make a man con-
spicuous in Democratic caucus or
in the management of campaign
are of no account in enabling him
to master the infinite details of COM
plicated law and to discharge duties that re-
quire high order of intelligence and exec
utive ability. He will find that every twelve
hundred-dollar clerk in the office knows more
about the internal revenue laws and their OPP
GRAFTON than he can hope to Learn in good
while, and that he is almost wholly dependent
on these subordinates for any degree Of sue
cess that may attend his administration of the
Office Very soon-almost immediately--he
incontinently kicked out of Office On the
contrary he will find that their knowledge
and experience supplement his own lack of
both, and discovering them to be honest.
capable and faithful, he will speedily conclude
that the best interests of the public service
and his own reputation as public official re-
quire their retention. When he comes home
to vote or to renew his acquaintance with the
boys, he will probably assume the old air of
proscriptive partisan, refer to the Republicans
in office as 'rascals," and assure the BOYS, with
an affectation of confidential wisdom, that
places will be made for all of them very soon
by general cleaning out But he will know
this is probably not true, and certainly not de-
sirable; and when he returns to his desk Is
will be with an ever-renewed sense of graft
tude that there are enough of these rascals in
his Office to supply his own deficiencies and
prevent his career a government official
from being a dismal failure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

THE proposition to forbid the negro laborers
in South Carolina from organizing as Knights
of Labor, as pending bill before the Legis.
lature proposes to do, is in keeping with the
injustice constantly practiced towards them by
the white peopleof that State. AS the Journal
recently remarked, it is not surprising the col
ored people of South Carolina are always ripe
for an exodus when they are systematically
oppressed and robbed of their wages as we'll
as of their civil and political rights. One of
their preachers, the Rev. Mr.. White, says in
a printed address: 'From the standpoint of
equity, considering the circumstances sur
rounding all laborers, the negro is the most
excusable in forming organizations of legal
kind to better his condition" And he warns
the white people of the State that if they at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24
Bigger than It's Field.

K0komo Gazette-Tribune.
1t Is real pleasure to say that the Indanapo-
lis Journal is By long odds the very best paper.
both as political and news medium, that there
is in Ind;sna and for that matter, it is hard to
beat tse count.y over. We arc not much for an
indiscriminate use % tafy, but we are free to
saw that the Journal desesSeS all the success it
has achieved, and much greater than 1t can
reasonably hope to achieve soon in TIC limited
field occupied The Journal is bigger tiiau ita
field, which is all the better for its many reeAs
erS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

. INDIANAPOLIS children should be douby crate
full for the gifts Santa Claus brings them this
year. 1t isn't good Shedding and the old gentle
man is understood to have thought seriously of
giving this city the goby on account of the
mud. He has reconsidered, however, and will
fill all engagements as usual
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

present system than they were before that
the people do not think Of going back to the
old plan. And it is believed by those most
conversant with the facts that the improve
ment is due to the abolition of wards with the
attendant evils of ward politics and bosses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-24

LET'S see. 1t was Mr.. Jewett, the recently
chosen Democratic "leader, who advised his
party friends on the occasion of his appoint
ment to that important position, to 'talk loud
and scare the Republicans. Up to date they
do not seem TO have followed his advice. The
silence in which they are now enveloped is
almost as alarming as the expected loud talk.