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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

GENERAL PALMER'S action in withdrawing
from the Grand Army of the Republic is not
regarded favOrably by prominent Democrats
of the order throughout the country. Most of
them who talk Of the matter agree that the
organization has kept out of politics, and that
Palmeris withdrawal would not have occurred
had he waited until his disappointment over
his defeat became less poignant. In any
event they believe that nothing would be
gained by the formation of an association Of
soldiers avowedly partisan, such as the dis
satisfied Democrats propose to organize.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

some permanent literary connection. IT is said
that he expressed this wish to a friend shortly
after his return from Europe, and based on this
fact the present offer has been shaped and sub
mitted to him. Mr.. Blaine's name would, of
course, do much toward attracting attention to
any magazine with which he might connec,
himself, and if common talk amounts TO any
thing in the way OF selling a magazine. such a
venture might meet with success. Further
than that Mr.. Blaine has directly encouraged
the submission Of a definite proposal TO him.
nothing is yet known of his probable decision
Should be decide adversely. the matter will most
likely never be heard of again; should his de-
cision be favorable. more advertising cspita'
will be made of il than any recent occurrence IL
magaZinedom.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

BOstOn HtrdTu.
The amount of monsy and time expended in
circular advertising must be very great. 1t is
not unusual for quiet citizens Of Boston to re-
ceive three or four, or even more, letters a day
addressed to them personally, which. on being
opened. prove to DO an application for custom or
q recommendation Of wares. This used TO be
done with q onecent postage Stang, without
sealing, and perhaps without address. Now, IL
seems to have penetrated the consciousness OF
those who prepare the circulars that such affairs
are generally thrown away without reading, SO
they seal Sasm. put on a two-csnt stamp and ad-
dress them like a letter, by which means the
victim is beeuiled into opening them, and prob
ably provoked by the cheat put upon him.
Perhaps these things pay. II they do not. a
good deal of expense and trouble are wasted.
And yet, it will be found that the really sue
cessiul advertising houses have had nothing to
do with this method.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

altogether praiseworthy. Even now the
stories only find their way into print through
the Washington correspondence of the New
York Times, which publishes for the purpose
of denying them. This was very foolish.
The stories cut no figure at all in the cam
paign, and were already forgotten by the
comparatively few who had heard them. In
reviving them for the purpose of defending
Mr.. Cleveland, his friends have committed a
foolish blunder.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

UNDER the head of leave the Rotten
Concern" the Evansville Courier has a savage
attack on the Grand Army of the Republic.
1t says:
THE Grand Army of the Republic is a vile
political scheme. There are, here and there,
like Farragut Post in this city, some posts
that are conducted on a strictly non partisan
basis. But it has the hellish spirit of hate of
the South as its cornerstone, and the supre-
macy of the Republican party as an instru-
ment for the robberyb the people, by unjust
laws, as its chief motive. 1t is time for
Democratic soldiers to leave it in a body and
at once. That grand old hero. Gen. John NJ.
Palmer, is the first to ask for his card on
political grounds. Let Democratic soldiers
everywhere follow his lead. Let no Demo
cratic soldier be allured by the promise OF
positions of honor within the ORDER It is a
Republican machine. and no Democrat of
self-respect should be deceived into playing
into the hands of the party of fraud and
hypocrisy" soo
The animus Of this article is very epparen.
and very bitter. None know how untrue and
unjust it is better than old soldiers. That
the Grand Army is not "a vile political ma
I'LL tuOuSduuS VI DoluOCIdLlC SOlQlcIS VIZ
are members of the order can testify. Many
of them have so testified. The order was
founded in comradeship, and that is still its
ruling idea and principle. So far as we are
informed, the provision in the constitution of
the G.. A. r. which excludes politics and for
bids its being used for political purposes is
rigidly observed. That a large majority of
its members are Republicans is undoubtedly
true, but so are a large majority of the Meth
odists of this country, and the Courier might
as well denounce the Methodist Church as "a
vile political scheme" as to apply that lam
guage to the Grand Army. The Republican
members of the Grand Army do not talk poli-
tics at the post meetings nor attempt to use
the order for political purposes; their politics
are a separate and distinct affair. The.
Courier's attack on the Grand Army is the
most indecent and vindictive we have seen
anywhere.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
Business Methods Must Control.

Milwaukee Sentinel.
men voted the Republican ticket If q 'clean
sweep" could be made of all the Offices in the
country not more than one in a hundred Repub-
lican voters could secure a government position.
For every vacancy made there would be an
average OF ct least five applicants. Four would
DO disappointed, and perhaps two out Of the
four would have their party zeal considerably
diminished From a purely party stand point.
does q ''clsan sweep" ever payf Did it pay
Cleveland The mass of Republicans can well
afford to take the ground shat business methods
should control the Republican administration
and that no vacancies should be made merely to
create places for applicants. Inefficient officials
should be removed because they are inefficient.
and not because their places are wanted By Re
publicans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

ROGER @. MILLS, of Texas, has entered the
list of liars concerning the Indiana election,
in the Louisville Courier-Journal he said:
Money in Indiana and treachery in Now
York defeated Grover Cleveland. Indiana
was flooded with money. and | understand the
Republicans claim to have purchased Is, 900
floating votes at prices ranging from a pint of
whisky to 500. This does not include. the
expenses of the campaign, and 81. 500, 900
would not be a small estimate TO place the
money dumped by the Republican party into
the State during the campaign"
Mr.. Roger Q. Mills, chairman of the COM
mittee on ways and means and author of the
Mills bill, is q plain, common liar. from Texas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

SENATOR JOHN JAMES INGALLS, writes as
follows to the New York Independent, In
answer to its request for an opinion on the
civil service: IF there will be more than
forty thousand Democrats in Office on the 4th
of March next. about which / know nothing,
they should all be removed before the going
down of the sun on that day. and more than
forty thousand Republicans appointed in their
stead. What the attitude of the administra-
ton will be, l have neither opinion nor in
formation" Mr.. Ingalls, will have his little
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

DEMOCRATIC papers are wasting a great
deal of ~virtuous indignation in denouncing
Republicans for the alleged circulation of
certain stories concerning Mr.. Cleveland's
personal habits and conduct. Ia common
phrase, "they are barking up the wrong tree"
These stories were not originated by Repub-
licans and have not been circulated By them.
They were formulated and first printed by
Democrats who were opposed to Mr.. Cleve-
hnd's denomination, and were intended to DO
used against him at St. Louis. Although
they were accessible during the campaign, no
Republican paper printed them. partly, per-
haps. because they were not fully believed,
and partly out of consideration for the Presi-
dent and the Office he holds. The course of
The Republican press in the matter has been
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

10 the Editor of the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
When was the law passed giving Congress.
men their present salaryl 9. Does Senator
Ingalls,, being President pro tenn. of the Senate,
entitle him to a larger salary than the other
duced the first tariff bill into Congress3
HACKLEMAN, Ind. A.. w. C.
Jan. 20, 1874. 9. Whenever there is no
Vice-presidsnt the President Of the Senate for
the time being is entitled to tho compensation
provided BY law for the vice-prssident. viz.
5000 . year. 3. The first tariff bill was passed
by the first Congress that met after the adoption
Of the Constitution. We have not time to look
up Its history.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
Value of Protection Education.

The Indianapolis Journal suggests o four
years continuance Of the campaign Of educa-
tom by the agencies CT debating societies in
which tariff and fiscal topics shall be the chief
themes of discussion. The project is far from
trivial; the American idea-bsnished By
englicized professors from too many American
colleees-will take frmer root among the people
in the excitement of debate. The policy of pro-
lection to American industries only needs to be
understood TO be approved. In a large city like
Chicago the educational force of well-orgauized
debating societies hardly can be overrated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

THE London Times, in a leading editorial
OF the result of our recent election, says: ut
is too early to speculate about the composition
of General Harrison's Cabinet, but it may be
hoped that, when the exigencies of election
eering have ceased to be operative, the Re-
publican party will have the good sense to
avoid committing the control of public affairs,
and especially of foreign policy, to dema-
gogues, whose strength lies in violent and un-
scrupulous appeals to dangerous popular pas
sions." Not all American newspapers are as
modest as the Times in regard to specializing
about the composition of the Cabinet. In
fact. that seems to be the favorite speculation
of the>day. In another part of the same arti:
Gle the Times repeats the allusion to the
demagogical foreign policy of the present
administration by saying: sit is satisfactory
to reflect that when the time comes for renew.
ing serious diplomatic negotiations with the
United States we shall nave to do with pub
lie men who have had no concern in the scan
dial of the 'Sackville incident and who may
take up the fisheries question and others
without any immediate necessity for looking
at their bearings upon a narrowly contested
election" No part of the record of the Re-
publican party vas more honorable than its
management of our foreign relations, and we
have no doubt that with its return to power
that branch of the public business will be
once more raised above the level of small
heer notifies. sT9d.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
IRIS A PRETTY QUARREL.

Two gentleman from Kentucky, sab,
Blackburn yclept and Rucker.
Are in q dreadful quarrel. sab;
Areglar tragic pucker.
Rucker says that Blackburn said
That Cleveland said that he
Was being knitted BY David Hill
In the presidential bee.
How Blackburn says what Rucker said
is a hcment of the brain;
And Rucker ~reioins il he said that
he dassent say il again.
Minneapolis Tribune.
THE turkey now begins to climb
The very highest treeses;
He wants 10 keep his whiskers safe
From cold Thanksgiving bree.es.
Washington Post.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

FROM every direction, North and South,
East and West, come reports of the building
of new factories, the charging of old ones
and Of renewed activity in manufacturing
business of all kinds. Here now you tariff
reform" Democrats, stop mourning over the
loss OF the Offices for a minute, and own up
that you are glad, after all, that free trade
did not win
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
MR. BLAINE AS AN EDITOR
A New York Magazine Said to Have Ohere
Him n Salary of 81 OOO Per Month.

Him n Salary of 81 900 Per Month.
New York Special TO Boston Journal.
II present negotiations are successful, Ii Is
not unlikely that one OF our New York maya
zines may soon advertise the name or the Hon.
James q. Blaine as its editor. OF course. 1. is
not probabls that Mr.. Blaine will assume any
active editorial work. but he will hold the posi-
ton Of nominal editor. It's proposed, by those
Blaipe's name be publicly used in connection
with the magazine, and that one or. il possible.
two brief articles over his signature appear in
each number. For this he will be paid 81 900
Der month, with an additional $500 each month
to be paid some one he will appoint to have the
final say what shall or shall not be printed in
the MAGAZINE. IL 10 an open secret among
Mr.. Blains's friends that he has had for
some time past . decided Inclination to make
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

THE renewed activity of the divorce mills
in st. L.cuis. Chicago and other ~neighboring
cities as winter comes on is not a result of
the late election, and on the other hand, Gu
rioCsly enough, has not been cited by disin-
genuous and ill-natured Democrats as proof
that protection does not protect. What it
seem to indicate very clearly is that marriage
is q failure in the localities referred to.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

NEWSPAPERS with not much else to do are
still talking about P~resident-elect Harrison's
Intentions regarding the annexation of Can
ada. The Journal has no official information
on the subject, but ventures the prediction
that Canada will not be annexed during the
coming administration, the country being in
no immediate need of more Democratic States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

THE vote for presidential electors was Off
cially canvassed yesterday. The highest
vote given a Republican elector was cast for
Thomas Fl. Nelson, who received $685. SCI;
the highest vote for a Democratic elector
was cast for Samuel d. Vance, 261, 013.
Nelson's plurality is 2,34S.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journals:
> Does an applicant for examination for ap.
pointment in the civil service have to present
any reference on making application
LADoGA. Ind. W. B. R.
: None whatever. There are blank forms of ap-
plication for examination, for which you should
apply to the Civil-service Commission. at Wash
ineson. D. c. Address John T. Doyle, secretary
of the commission.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

THE emphasis with which Mr.. Bissell, of
Buffalo. denies the report that Mr.. Cleveland
will return to his old partnership and practice
after March 4, suggests the painful suspicion
that Mr.. Bissell is not anxious for a renewal
of old ties.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
There VIII BE Less Toadyisr.

Chicago Inter OCeau-
Democratic journals are now suserine at the
President-elect' private secretary because he
was born in England. But when the country
gets very full OF Just as wiie-awake Americans
as Hslford there will be less toadying to counts.
and dukes, and princes, and powers over the
Way
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

Peoria TraDscript.
Dan Lamont is O journalist. Halford. who
will succeed him, is one also. Are the Presi-
dents beginning TO realize that when they want
men of great parts, ready to act In any emer-
eeucy, and posted more or less OF every sub
ject, they must seek Thorn in the journalistic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

eat it Are We. the American people, to follow
the within OF q frivolous French actress in this
matter. or the example Of our own konored EN-
erson, who loved pie and ate it for breakfast
There can be but one answer to this question
from the patriotic citizen: Go to! Jane; We will
eat pie and be true to Emerson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
WIN ,Iend in the Spring.

Troy IN. " Times.
The Decentralization OF the postal service con-
tinues: but bear il hsroically, long-sufiering pub
lie; matters will begin 10 mend next spring.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

IT seems Mr.. Charles T.. Murchison did not
confne his request for political advice TO Lord
Saekville. He wrote at rhe same time to Sir
Charles Topper, the official representative OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
The Name Fits the Calling.

Cleveland Leader.
A San Francisco man named Vice is trying TO
arrange a big prize fight. Who says that there's
nothing In q nanei
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

Atlanta Constitution
The latest fad with men OF wealth is TO marry
for beauty alone, without caring whether rne
bride has money or is in society. IL 10 40 En-
clish fashion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

AN exchange has something to say about
''new wrinkles in collins" But who wants
wrinkles of any kind In cofansl They must be
uncomfortable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

THE plaintiff 10 a Connecticut breach Of
promise case who had sued for $50, 900 compro-
missed on $50 after she had heard of the Hib-
bard-Fry verdict. 1t beats alb how little salve
will suffice for a bruised heart when more can
not be had.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

MRS. AMELIA RIvEs-C HANLER is about to
publish a new book which, she says, will sur
pass any of her previous productions, even
1.-THE Quick or the Dead" In other words, it
will DO quicker, which is to say, faster.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

60 the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal.
To settle a dispute, please state whether the
soldiers who reside at tho Soldiers Homes have
a vote in any election. j. j. b.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

JANE HADrNa revilss tho American pie. She
says it is soery and q national misfortune. and
that she will Eos ruin her digestion by trying to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
No, Altogether withou, Profit.

Chicago Journal.
By the way. that bandsnna fad was not alto
eether without profit. The manufacturers and
sellers of the spotted goods made something out
Of the operation, If the politicians didn't
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

rather dull among the military potentates Of
Europe. The ''bookish theoric' is not consid-
cred Of much Importance by the Czarewitch's
equals. Ii is probable that he will become .
brother-in-law Of Emperor William.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
His Name i. aI.egion..

Philadelphia Inquirer.
The name Of the frst Harrison man is nss
~sIoRiop."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

BILLIARDS to the north Of US, billiards to the
east of rs, aud a certainty thar they will rage
early and often to the west Of rs. should cause
the residents of Indianapolis to congratulate
themselves that they are in the weather belt"
At times, it is true, the weather may seem to
lack in balminess. the skies may lower and
storms may blow at times, but the worst is so
much better than the meteorological conditions
elsewhere that compassion should 60 ont to the
unforrunates OF the bleak Atlantic coast. the
frozen Northwest, and tho wind-swept plains Of
Kansas and Nebraska. Far from the winds of
sea or lake. with no blasts from any mountain
sweeping over it, its prairies protected by for
ests and its location favorable for q moderate
temperature, Indiana has climatic advantages
which her people have been slow to claim. It is
a good State for farming, good for msnufactur-
ing, good for general business, and good to live
IN. II anybody doubts it let him come and try.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

WEST ALEXANDER, Pa, burns natural gas.
but on Saturday. which was q cold day. the
bursting of a main some distance from town
left three-iourths of the families without heat.
The most of the population ate cold dinners.
shivered around their homes in winter wraps,
and thought regretfully Of the old-time con-
venience Of coal. This incident is mentioned
not to excite apprehension of a similar calamity
in the minds of Indianapolis gas patrons. but to
brighten their own blessings and give them a
greater sense Of security. Gas-mains laid
among Pennsylvania hills burste as a consequence
of land-slides, and no land-slides threaten the
pipes on the fair levels and gentle slopes Of GEN.
trail Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

Telephone Calls.
Business Ohcs-....--23S Editorial Rooms---.-242
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28

SOME vile slandsrer has started the story that
Mr.. E. W.. Halford, late managing editor of this
paper and now Presidsnt.elsct Hsrrison's private
secretary, is an invetsrats whistler and can whis-
tie the most difficult music after once hearing.
The falsi,y Of this tale is apparent on its face.
Every body who is acquainted with the peculiar
sensitiveness of the journalistic nature knows
that no self-rsspecting staff Of q respectable
newspaper would permit q whistling associate
to live, much less to rsmsin and manage" them
for twenty years. In Justice to itself, as we'll as
to remove a stigma from the reputation of an
honored and honorable gentleman, the Journal
hasrens to say that Mr.. Halford not only does
not whistle. but there is reason to believe that he
cannot. At all events. if he knows even one easy
tune from another he has never proved it by
vocal demonstration All reports to the con-
trary are campaign lies.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-06
SOME OF THE SIGNS
OF a Farmer Who Will Never &c,
His Walking Papers to the Land

OF a Farmer Who Will Never Get
His Walking Papers to the Land
of Poverty.
When lights are seen burning in his
house before the break of day, in win
ter especially 1t shows that the day will
never break On the breaking in of the
winter Of his adversely.
When you see him drive his work in
stead of his work driving HIM, it shows
that he will never be driven from the
path OF good resolutions, and that he
will certainly work his way to prosper
ity.
When he has a house separate from
the main building purposely for ashes
and an iron or tin vessel to transport
them in, it shows that he never built
his dwelling for funeral pyre for his
family. and perhaps himself.
When his hog pen is boarded outside
and In, it shows that he is ''gOing the
whole hog or none' in keeping plenty
inside his house and poverty out.
When his sled is safely housed in
summer, and his farming implements
covered both winter and summer. it
shows that he will have a good house
over his head in the summer of early
life and the winter of old age.
When his cattle are properly cared
for in winter, it evinces that he is act
ing according to Scripture, which says
that "a merciful man merciful to his
beast"
When he is seen subscribing for a
newspaper and paying for it in advance,
it shows that he is speaking like book
respecting the latest movements in agri-
culture and that he will never get his
walking papers to the land of poverty.