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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

THE impression made by Mr.. Lowry in his
fight against White is indicated by a remark
made by Congressman Ford, of Michigan,
"There is one thing certain, if my constitu-
sents ever conclude to bury me under an adj
verse majority of 2, 500 votes you won't find
me whining around here trying to get the
other fellow kicked out, even is he has not
been in the country more than thirty days"
It is evident that some of the voters were in
fuenced not only by their conviction that JUS
tice was on Whites side, but by wish to
show personal contempt for his opponent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07
THE SOLDIERS MON UMENr.

No ev rent since the war has secured for Indi-
ana as wide and favorable notice as the recent
action of thevsoldiers' monument committee
in awarding the prize for the best d esign to
the celebrated German architect. Bruno
Schmidt. Excepting the States war record,
it has been the best advertisement the State
ever received. AS mere matter of dollars
and cents we doubt if the Legislature could
have appropriated 5000, 900 in any way that
would have brought the State as much ''free
advertising" and hearty praise of the most
desirable kind as the monument appropria-
ton has already done, and the work is still in
its incipiency. Carloads and carloads of
dry statistics might have been printed setting
forth the material resources and advantages
Of the State, and have been distributed all
ing half the attention or causing half the
favorable comment that this monument
action has done. In art circles
and among cultivated people everywhere,
artistic event that has happened in this coun-
try, and, coming from Indiana, it is pleas
urable surprise that has set everybody
talking. For it must be admitted that the
Hoosier State has not held front place, nor
nearly as high place IS it deserved. in the
estimation of the cultivated world. Its war
record gave the State great distinction, and
in recent years some of its native authors
have been gaining for it honorable notice in
the literary world, but good deal of the old
prejudice still prevails. The action of the
soldiers monument commission comes in good
time and form to supplement the other in-
fuences and to show the world that Indiana
is great in other things than hogs and hominy.
It is all very well to advertise the
material resources of State. but people want
occasional evidences of greatness in other
directions. Evidences of literary and artistic
life are very grateful by way Of change No
son Of Indiana has ever brought the State
more honorable mention or advertised it more
widely and favorably than has the author OF
"Ben-Hur." That book is q perpetual letter
of introduction for Indiana in the best society
Of the world. So will our soldiers monument
be. 1t is already. In every part of the
United States where newspapers are read it is
now known that the State is preparing to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07


THE Atlanta Constitution says it wants a
penny postage law passed, but if it will stop
to think minute it will see that it wants
nothing of the kind just now. One of the
reasons given by the officials of the Postofice
Department for the adoption of the Gripping
system of economy" now in practice is the
desire to bring the service to a paying basis.
The reduction to two cents interfered with
this plan, and necessitated the substitution of
cheap clerks for trained men, thus creating
the irregularity and uncertainty in the
service of which the Atlanta paper itself often
complains. Of course, with one-cent rate
the lessening of expenses would be proper
tionate and the public would be in luck to
receive any of its mail. The Constitution
will please withdraw its suggestion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

erect the most costly soldiers monument in
the world, and that it promises to be the most
artistic. Even in Berlin, where the artist
resides, the action Of the COMMITTEES
has been the talk OF arts circles.
and thousands of foreigners, who have scarcely
heard the name of Indiana before, are now
praising its Iiberality in art. The conception
of the monument and what has already been
done are sufficient answer to any unworthy
slurs upon the State that may have been made
heretofore. They can never be made again
in any intelligent company without an instant
reply that Indiana led all the States in the
unprecedented Iberality with which she
honored her soldiers memories and estab-
lished a standard Of art which others were
forced to admire and proud to initiate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

The House yesterday voted to seat Captain
White by 1S7 to los. The House contains
pendents. The vote lacked 33 of full House,
and less than so Democrats voted for White
The result is a rebuke to the committee and
triumph for the right. The Democrats who
voted for Captain White deserve all the credit
that belongs to honest and independent ac-
ton, but their course only makes more con-
spicuous that of the main body Of Democrats
who voted to nnseat him. It must have been
very plain case that led 80 many Democrats
to refuse to recognize party discipline but 1t
was not plain enough to prevent most of them
from voting to consummate one of the greatest
outrages attempted for long time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

A CRAwFoRDsvILLE correspondent, in a
communication signed 'Laboring Man, makes
good argument for protection out of recent
letter in the Journal showing the feeling of
the merchants of this city toward foreign
peddler who was doing the city with cheap
goods. The point is made that if it is good
business sense to protect home merchants
against tramp peddlers. it is equally so to
protect our manufacturers and laborers against
the same class. England is the universal ped
dler, who, by reason of cheap labor, Gan un-
dersell American manufacturers; not much, it
is true, but enough to cripple or kill them;
and meanwhile the money paid to the ped
dler would be going out of the country IN
stead of remaining here to benefit home in
dustries and home labor. It is the business
of every community and every country to
take care of itself first
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

The last Republican President was New
Yorker, and so is the present Democratic
executive. The last two Secretaries of the
Treasury were from this State as is the
present incumbent of that Office. All these
officials were are, earnestly in favor of that
measure of tariff reform which it pleases
monopoly mouthpieces to stigmatize as free
trade New York World.
What foolish lie! We should be pleased
to be cited to the message of any Republican
President, or the report of any Republican
Secretary of the Treasury, that ever charac-
terized protective tariff as "a vicious, inequi-
table or illogical system of taxation" or that
spoke of .'the painted harlot of protection,
or that denounced it as ga robber tariff. !"
These are the pet Democratic phrases, and
show that the Democracy are bitterly opposed
to protection per Sc. and that their revenue
reform is in the direction and interest of free
{rodo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

where so many Union prisoners were confined,
either to die or to come out living skeletons.
Carefully transferred and set up in Chicago
so as to preserve its identity, it would be an
attractive feature of a war museum. Libby
Prison took its name from the sign Libby &
Son, Shipchandlers and Grocers," and was
the first military prison used by the Confeder-
ate government, its first inmates being the
Union officers and soldiers captured at the
battle of Bull Run. The main building is
said to be practically unchanged since war
times. The checker-boards cut by the prison
ers are still to be seen on the solid old planks.
and every available inch is covered with
names carved in the wood and in the bricks
themselves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07
THE SALOON MUST 90.

Quite number of the smaller cities and
towns in Missouri have "gone dry" under the
local option law, and now the movement has
tionally large foreign population, and the
saloon element is very strong. put there is
also strong feeling in favor of suppressing
saloons. The agitation has only just COM
menced. but it has developed a line of de-
marcation between prohibition and local
option-in other words, has shown that
great many persons are opposed to saloons
and in favor of local option who are not Pro-
hibitionists. A meeting was held in one of
the public halls, last Saturday night, which
was quite largely attended by business men,
and a general invitation was extended to
those present to express their views. One
speaker, well-known local judge, referring
to the Personal Liberty League said: II
hear the league is going to have singing. ora
tors and money. No doubt it will have
plen ty of money. don't know whether it
belongs to a particular nationality or not, but
it looks like it. If it does want to tell them
necessity of reminding some people of this
fact quite often. Another speaker drew the
distinction above referred to between prohi-
bition and local option, and said, while he
wac not prepared to say that drinking must
CO." he would say the saloon must CO. The
next speaker referred to the attempt of for
eign-born citizens to dictate the policy Of the
city on this subject and said s'if these men
didn't like our laws they could go back to the
country they came from, and they
would find it no further back
than it was over here" IF they organize
an exodus from st. Louis, they might stop in
this city and take in our malcontents. The
next speaker, real estate dealer, said he was
a Prohibitionist, and gave, as a reason that
SALOONS deprecated property in the residence
portion Of the city. As soon as saloon got
into block decent people wanted to get out
and down went real estate values" He was
followed by speaker who said the saloons not
only deprecated the value of property, but
"they deprecated the laborers' wages by get
ting all their wages Saturday night, and hav-
ing them broke on Monday, ready to take
work at any price. One-half of the laborers'
wives are doing washing to day to support the
families" That was practical view of the
case, which ELECTED marked expressions of
approval from the audience. Another speaker
a landlord, said "that if all the saloons,
breweries and distilleries in st. Louis were
put in the Mississippi, and he were taxed his
share to compensate the liquor men, at the
end of ten years he would be richer than If
they had staid." And so it went, the speakers
all favoring the abolition of saloons, and
nearly all of them by the local option plan.
Judging from this meeting there is an under
current of anti saloon feeling in st. Louis
strong enough to make the local-opti on cam
paign very lively when fairly opened. It is
evident that the feeling is growing in all cities,
and the arrogant, law-defying course of the
saloon. keepers and their hackers has con-
tributed very largely to it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

In the Council, last night, two reports were
presented, one from Mr.. Thalman, favoring
the amendment of the gas ordinance as asked
for by the Indianapolis company. and the
other from Messrs. Gaul and Dunn, opposing
any change. By vote of IL to the matter
had its say on-the question, and hopes the
intervening two weeks may be so used as to
reach just and reasonable solution at the
end of that period Inthe meantime, there
cussed, in which the people are interested.
Let the gas matter stew in its own juice.
Now is the time to subscribe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

1.-THE returns show that he received ma
jority of about 2, 400 in district which had
usually been giving majority of 1000 and
upward. This shows that Captain White is
not popular in his district, but it must also be
admitted that his Democratic opponent could
not have been very popular. in view of the
fact that after receiving his party nomina-
ton SO many thousands of the voters refused
to support him."
So says Washington special TO the st.
Louis Republican, which is either wilfully
or ignorantly written so as to tell falsehood.
Captain White received 1900 votes in 1886;
in 1884 Keator received 16957. and in 1882
Glasgow received 1858. Captain White re-
ceived about one thousand more votes than
had ever been cast before for Republican
candidate
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07
Probability of Improvements.

Hlch ond Sunday Register.
Il. A. 4. Hackett. of FIT Wayne, editor ard
proprietor OF the Sentinel of that place. succeeds
60 the management of tho notorious Sentinel of
Indianapolis As Mr.. Hackett is Christian
gentleman of ability. it is to be hoped the pub
lie have seen the last of the vileness the Sem
tinel of Indianapolis delights to feed it's readers
with. The friends of Mr.. HacEett viii be. sadly
disappointed II the plane of bis now possession
il not raised above the damn their cowardly
souls" grade The strength of tho Indianapolis
Sentinel has always been in Infamous billings
gate and at the same time its weakness as q
circulator. No good citizen woEld conduct a
paper Mr.. Craig has conducted the Ssnanal-
But Mr. Hackstt may be expected to make the
organ of Democracy decent and respectable.
The Republican press will be clad welcome
tho Sentinel a foeman worthy OF their 81 .el
instead of a blacklee defarner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07
AN UNTRAMMELED BALLOT.

The coming spring election in Milwaukee
will be conducted under new law which
applies to that city alone in Wisconsin, the
object of which is intended to protect the
voter from being unduly Influenced and bull
dozed at the polls. Under the present system
there has grown up in all cities practice of
peddling tickets and soliciting votes which is
by no means conducive to free and indie
pendent voting. The theory of our elective
system is that every man should be absolutely
free from all controlling influences in select
ing and depositing his ballot. It ought to be
SO, but it is not and the practice of soliciting
and button-holing voters as they approach the
polls is one of the reasons why it is not The
Wisconsin law aims to do away
with this business entirely by making
the city the sole dispenser of tickets at the
polls Under this law the city is divided into
small precincts, and two rooms are required
where the polls are opened. The voter will
enter the ante-room alone. There he will find
the ballots of the several parties spread out
for his convenience, from which he select
TO suit DlmS6lI. LII THIS TOOTH QUO TopIcSould-
tive of each party is permitted to remain to
care for the ballots, but is prohibited under
penalty of fine and imprisonment from
soliciting or attempting to influence the voter
in his choice. Having chosen his ballot, the
voter enters the next room, where he
deposits his ballot in the box, and
passes out through another door, One
challenger for each political party is
also allowed at the entrance to the voting
room. It also provided that persons shall not
be allowed to collect or remain within 100
feet of the polling booths. Thus the voter,
instead of being button holed and solicited by
candidates and their friends as he approaches
the polls, may select his ticket with delibera-
ton, make such alterations as he desires and
deposit it without interference by anybody.
The distribution of tickets is not confined to
those furnished at the polls. A voter may
bring his ticket with him if he choose to,
otherwise he obtains it in the manner des-
ciibed. The operation of the Milwaukee law
will be noted with interest as a step in the
direction of free and untrammeled ballot, to
which, in all our elections, we must finally
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

An unfortunate Maine baby that happsned TO
be born on the day of her grandparents golden
wedding was named Anna Versary.
A CHICAGO clergyman who has been studying
Mr.. Donnelly's Shakespeare cipher declares his
ability to use it on the Pentateuch, and prove
that it was written by Col Bob Ingersoll
THE author of the famous forged letters which
caused so much trouble between Russia and
Germany is said TO be Count de Katakazy, who
was formerly Russian minister at Washington
CORRESPONDENT writes to the Journal
Reading account Of so many being lost in the
snow and fog, would call your attention to q
simple means Of determining the position of tho
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07
GEN. HARRISON IN INDIANA.
The Attempts of Interested Parties to Sow
Dissension in the Republican Party.

The Attempts of Interested Parties to Sow
Dissension in the Republican Party.
Letter of w. ii. s.. in Cincinnati Comme-cial-Ga-
Democratic politicians and editors in Indiana
have for some time been persistently enleavor-
ing to con vince themselves ana tho public that
there was a rivalry existing between certain dis
tinguished Republicans of this State that was
followed by a very bitter feeling. and that the
party was consequently torn into factions. Lat
terly the Democrats have received an accession
of strength in the shape Of one or two Repub-
lican papers printed in other States, and in the
interest of some pet candidate for the presi-
dency. To accomplish their purpose trivial cir
cumstances have been seized upon and maeni-
fed til the mole has sweiled into mountain;
lies without number have been manufactured
out of whole cloth and peddled out as truth. So
confined to the Democratic papers of tho State
they deserved and received no notice from the
papers at distance have joined in the hue and
cry il il well that tho statements sent ont broad
cast by them should be met and refuted
A few days ago the Chicago Tribune sent .
special correspondent into the State TO gather
up what he could find. He came here, spent
hour two with the local Democrats politicians
went his way, filed with the idea that he had
sounded all the depths of Indiana politics and
knew the secret springs out OF which great COM
binations were to flow. The results of his lsbors
were given to the public. and for bald mierepre-
sensations of facts. and ignorance of political
history, il is equal to anything that has ever APP
psared in ths indianapolis Sentinel. The Indi-
ana Democrats are famous for the zeal
with which they hate. When Morton Was alive
they poured out all their venom upon him, aud
contended year after year that he Was unpopu-
lar with his own party in the Senate. They
filled their papers full Of statements that he was
at enmity with other distinguished Republicans
of the State, and that they stood ready to knife
him at the first opportunity. Yet somehow or
other the great war Governor went on his way,
carrying his party with bim. and growing in POI
litical strength, up the hour OF his death, and
the internal discussions In his party never ma
terialized.
Since the death OF Morton they have tnrncd
their attentions TO General Harrison. and have
pursued the same tactics. Since 1876 in every
stump speech and in every column OF their pa
pers, in small type and large type. IN hoarsc
whisperings and loud beliowings, they have de-
clared that General Harrison exceedingly
unpopular witk his own party and with the peo.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

the point OF knifs blade or sharp lead pencil
on the thumb nail which will cast shadow d.
rectiy from the sun. no matter how thick the
snow or fog is. Try Il
The Rev. Mr.. Root, OF Auburn, Me-. . Yale
man, is credited with saying: president
Dwight, of Yale College, is the only man ever
knew who could sit with his boots in the air and
be gentleman"
PRINCESS BEATRICE is so offended with the
treatment of her husband. Prince Henry of
Batsenberg, that she hardly speaks to any Of
her brothers or sisters She has petitioned tho
Queen make her husband Duke and Ia de-
sirous of abdicating her royal rank.
PRoF. ROBERT KOCH, of Berlin. the discover.
er of the cholera bacillus has received the rank
of general-arzt in the sanitary corps of the
Prussian Army. He shares this dignity with
two other professors in the Berlin University-
Drs Adolf Bardeeben and Ernst Won Bersmann
The highest rank in the sanitary corps is occu-
pied by DR.. Won Lauer, the Emperor's private
physician.
A CAT whose general appearance indicated
great feebleness and general i'll health walked
into drug store in Van Buren, Mo-, the other
day. and began biting and scratching at paper
package of catnip. A quantity was poured on the
floor. and the cat ate greediiy. and rolled the
leaves. She a daily visitor to the store, and
got the medicine regularly until to all appear
ances she was quite we'll This is the story as
sent from Van Buren,.
By the death of Stiles T. Stanton, of Stoning-
ton. Connecticut loses of her most proms-
ing young men. During his career as q State
Senator he made many warm friends IN Hart
ford Mr.. Stanton was possessing
both power ana grace. and the wit which made
him the brightest newspaper paragrapher in
Connecticut also rendered him debater of
epigrammatic vigor. He wrote verse with
facility and possessed highly poetic tempera-
ment. Mr.. Stanton practical politician,
and had he lived might have gained high public
honors
THOUGH man may have rasping voice,
That like a. knife goes through you,
Its sweeter than sweet music when
lie says Here's what owe you.''
Nebraska State Journal.
WHAT kind of help do you wante'' said he,
From the top of his lofty perch.
"a Protestant girl. think, said she,
Albany U nion
WHERE Is HEa
Has anybody a sun,
large, round sun,
Who disappeared about week
Ago to-day?
Where did he stray?
What have we done
That he should run away?
In vain seek
Some trace
OF where he's fed, but no one seems to know.
Where did he goa -
Why leave 500
We miss his smiling face.
Alack
Why does he come back?
Has anybody seen sun,
A large, round sun2
Chicago Mail.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

Mrs. MARY HowITT. whose death has just
been announced, had ono of the tiniest figures
and one of the sweetest faces imaginable She
had lived at Rome for some time, and was con-
verted to Roman Catholicism several years ago.
She never was presented to the Pope, however,
until the present year. When the aged lady
arrived at the Vatican she was conveyed at once
TO the Pope's own private lift On reaching the
landing she was met by no less parsonage than
the Duke of Norfolk, who gave her his arm to
lead her into the Pope's presence, and assisted
her to kneel with almost filial care Leo Kills
reception of Mrs. Hewitt was most kind. and
when the venerable lady took leave he said to
her. gently, '.We shall meet again soon-in
paradise
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

NOTHING illustrates the administration's
hypocrisy in regard to civil-service reform
more forcibly than the demoralized condition
Of the mail service. While the President has
been talking reform and issuing orders and
revising rules by way of placating the mug
wumps, the postal department has been trans
formed from state of almost perfect efficiency
into partisan machine, whose blunders and
unsatisfactory service are seriously affecting
the business interests of the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

The New York Sun, Cleveland, says:
'It would be an instructive circumstance if
Flower as a candidate for member of the ma
tional Democratic committee should result in
his becoming the candidate of the United
Democracy for Governor of New York"