The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-15
Prsparitisns Il Low Grade Of Politicians
10 do Some Dirty Work.
Stirling Figures and PrOgnOstjgstOns Rs
garding the Rapid Rata Of immigration.
Interesting Ruums Of the John Tyler In
sur,ncs Case in Litigation.
Other Similar Cases-rhe New Times Build
ing-Othsr structuEes-Mayne Reid's
Widow and Writings.
Special senti ell Letter.

NEW YORK, February 10.-I under
stand from q once prominent politician,
who has held the most prominent Office in
politics in this State, that there is brewing
here al this tine one of the most hideous
scandals ever directed at a public man sup
posed TO hsve great future before him.
The Cleveland and Blaine campaign scan
dels OF four years ago are moral chapters
compared 10 what am told will be employ
ed 10 defeat the aspirations Of one Of the
fading Democrats OF the country, who is
supposed to have the Presidential bee in
his bonnet. The work is being done by
both Republican and Democratic intrigue
ants OF the dirty school of the lowest pol
Itics. Who t3e proposed victim-I say
''pTCpoted," because, happily for Us all, it
IS ore thing TO propose and another to &C.
con pl;sh ruin after the fashion intended,
and public sentiment frequently comes to
the relief of persons thus attacked,
even if guilty-the proposed vic
Tim was not named by any
informant, but be was alluded 10 as hold
ing ore Ct the most important positions in
the present administration of the Govern
ment. The story involves particulars of the
most disgusting debaucherie,s long contln-
ued drunkenness and hldeous orgies, in
which the panderer to the mans vices is
his own sister, and the scene of ali his
orgies house of i'll repute in a Western
city, kept by the sister with the knowedge of
the brother. The story as told is incredi-
ole. ! believe there is little basis for the
most hideous parts of il, but il is brewing,
IS ! said, end IL is to be hoped that, If ever
made public, the authors of ii shall ne ex-
posed al the same tine. IL | knew who
sas aimed at, would Earn him privately.
| write this to warn psp'rs generally
against being hoodwinked with vile story
for vii 'ainous purposes. The game isn't
worth the candle, FIR, ss things low stand,
the purpose ls 10 remove one claimant for
the Presidency from The pathway of others
Ttere would De 10 excuse for it, even if
the man were nominated; and even If he
were nominated, the exposure would
probably help him With tee maj )rity of
the fIail morality which votes.
In this correspondence, over year agl,
| called attention 10 some facts in regtr
70 the class of Immigrants iheu coming IN
great hordes 10 this country, and | added,
'all of them, TO my mind point 20 the
early necessity Of some sort OF restriction
To the beet of my knowledge, that We
the first impression of the idea IN pint. /
may be in error, but l knew then of No
previous publication, nor don't now know
OF any such. But the idea took root, aud
has grown and brabcbed out in fiue style,
and If some of the fruit borne is not good,
the general crop ought to be of valus 70
the country. The newspapers. generally,
discussed the subject. and / collected
through the National Press Intelligence
COmpsDy, of this city, several thousand
vsluable articles on the subject, in each OF
which are arguments favorable to TIE
adoption Of further restrictive legislation.
Senator Palmer, OF Michigan, has Intro.
duced bill to regulate immigration, and
he gives some startling figures Of our re-
cent immigration, which goes to show
that about / 900 600 foreigners q year are
now landed in this country, and NJ. Pal
meT ADDS that at this rate il will require
sevepty-fve years TO make the population
OF this country as dense as that of France.
But is more the character than the mum Osrs
OF immigrants that this country hes most
to DO with. Let them come, but let only
the right classes come. This country can
stand great deal bigger surplus of stal.
waIt Germans, NOrwegians aud vedss,
who come with health, energy and willing
hands, land some little money! to stay,
and grow up and bring up American ciG.
zens; butt the difficulty is that the great
mass of recent Immigrants landed here,
are natives of the South of Europe .ales,
and have none of the qualities desirable
from our point of view. The Italians.
HuDgarians and Poles, who have formed
the bulk of the recent immigrants to
America are in every sense wholly unde
sireble. In the first place they are lacking
in physique; they have not the consti-
tutions 10 stand our rigid Northern
climate, and yet they stay North: the msr-
est fraction go to the Southern States.
They are densely ignorant, even of work (;
few or none are skilled laborers, and their
knowledge of the world generally IS ex-
tremely limited, while they have practi-
cally o knowledge or appreciation OF our
institutions or political princi pies. In
general intelligence they are inferior to the
alive plantation negro Of the South. They
come unequipped, not only in knowledge
OF trade or N money; their one idea Is
10 obtain work as common laborers, from
the pay for which they can stint and save
enough to return home and live in idle.
ness. Their morals are of the lowest, tbsir
habits OF the flthiest. 1t is this class
which legislation should be aimed az.
Under q strict construction of the laws,
the majority of them might be returned
as paupers; but that will never be done as
long as the great foreign steamship com
panies, which bring the emigrants here in
dToves like cattle, have the influence they
WELD at present. Congress should invssti-
gate this serious Question of the character,
physique, purposes and financial condition
OF the class of pauper immigrants / have
alluded to.
Insurance companies in this part OF the
country are very deeply interested in case
now beiDg tried before Mr.. Justice Cullen
in the Brooklyn Supreme Court. The
National Benefit Insurance Society is the
defendant, and suit is brought to recover
$4,000, the amount of policy on the life
OF John Tyler, who was found dead in 0
hotel in South Norwslk, Conn, on Novem.
Der, 1856. Proof was plentiful that he had
committed suicide, but, ruled Justice Cul.
len, "that does not invalidate the policy.
You must show that he contem plated suit
eide when he applied for the policy" And
IL is the establishment of this point In
which the insurance companies are inter
ested. for Tyler had taken out policies on
his life aggregating over $500, 900. Two
weeks before his death he had tried to
insure his life for S60 900 in two OF the
biggest companies in this city, bat failed.
The trial of this case bids fair to disclose
most peculiar state of affairs in this city
Tyler borrowed large SENS of money on
his policy, and the National Benefit Com.