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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01
A "ToTAL WRECK"

The only phrase that fits General Total Dis
ability Blacks vi ce-presidential aspirations at
the present time is the inelegan but express
i've one, "a busted BOOM" His fate should
DO o lesson to self-seeking politicians of the
podauger school. On the strength of his SOL
der record, Black succeeded in obtaining the
appointment of Commissioner ee Pensions.
This was quite as big and as good an Office as
he deserved. but, from the moment he OBJ
tanned it, he began to boom himself for Vice
president. Acting on the adage that the early
bird catches the worm, he YVES in the field
long before any other a~spirant, and, not con-
tent with being in the field, he tried to be in
every part of it. The extensive machinery
of the Pension Office vas openly used, and
his agents turned up everywhere that local
influence was likely to be secured. His Off
cial relations to the old soldiers were utilized
to advertise him in that quarter. and his name
was ostentatiously connected with Cleve-
lands on all possible occasions. At the
Democratic convention in Illinois q
gaudy decorated banner bearing the names of
Cleveland and Black. was brought in at an OPP
perfume moment, and an attempt made to
stampede the convention. The attempt failed,
and the banner was soon removed from sight.
The incident not only failed of it's desired eff
feet, but marked the beginning of a reaction.
A comparison of notes showed that Black had
very little strength even in his own State,
and what he had was artificial. He sent from
Washington a banner bearing his portrait, to
be carried by the Cook County Democratic
Club, and they refused to march under it.
To make a long story short. his candidacy has
collapsed and died of overwork. The Black
boom is no more. He entered the field with
the inspiring conviction that the early bird
catches the worm, but he forgot that it is the
early worm that gets caught.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

lower or give way an inch, then people In the
immediate vicinity look ont Tor storms, and
they are usually not disappointed
GENERAL BouLASGER's chum. IL. Laeuerre,
Deputy for the vaucluse, il presently to be
married to Mile. Durand, formerly OF the Thea
ter Franchise, whereby hangs . tale. When
che privileges Of his position freely to gain &C.
cess to the theaters. behind the scenes, and tell
ing his wife that business was pressing At the
War Office spent most OF his evenings at the
Theater Francais. making love TO the charming
Mile. Reichembere. Now this actresses dearest
friend was Mile. Durand, who was the object Of
NJ Laguerre's devotion, and one evening the
two actresses introduced their lovers to each
other, in order, 40 Mile. Richsmberg expressed
1t, that they might make up . jolly supper party
of four. Before the party broke up in the morn
ING the statesmen became fast friends, and
they havr remained 80 ever aimee. though Gen.
Boulsnger does not 60 20 the theAter now so
much ~ he did He would. perhaps. have TO pay
for his ticket.
THE man that's rich should happy Be,
He need not put on airs,
Nor care q single cent. not he,
What kind Of clothes he wears.
The man by poverty oppressed,
Must in his garb take pride.
Wear clothing of the very best
His poverty to hide.
Boston Courier.
Dc You hear the birds awarding, O my brotheri
Do you hear the buds adjusting on the treesl
Nesting now is every darling. winged creature.
And the buds are merely bursting into leaves.
Does it make you think of men you've known afore-
time.
Who MARBLE every note that's falling due.
Men that feather their own nest just in the meantime,
And burst for all that they can cling untoa
Duluth Paragrapher.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01
THE COST OF LIVING.

Relative Prices OF Food. and Clothing. and
Labor In America and Europe.
New York Press.
MIR. Francis NJ Bacon, OF Bacon, Baldwin g
Co.. is quite az experienced traveller in European
countries, and on his last trip abroad, as the
question of protection or free trade was being
sgitated in this country. be determined to make
observations OF an economic character for him
self. A representative OF tho Press called on
Mr.. Bacon the other day and obtained from him
a very substantial confederation of the Press
argument that both provisions and clothing are
as cheap in the United States as in England if
not cheaper. Said Mr.. Bacon:
"Ikept house on the Isle of Wight, and found
rent and servants wages lower than here. 1
have no hesitation in saying. however, that all
kinds OF provisions, meats, tea, coffee, cheese,
breadstuffs, etc., are more expensive in England
than in this country. Fuel also costs more there,
30 that on the whole it is cheaper to keep house
right here in New York"
What about the price of clothingl"
There is little object In buying clothes
abroad, except In some instances-custom made.
Clothing for the masses is unquestionably
cheaper here than in England. The ready-made
clothing sold In this country far exceeds, in
make. style and appearance, that sold in Eng
land ] purchased an o~vercoat. custom made. for
which | paid fS (about $40 Since my return
one OF my employees showed me an overcoat.
ready made, which cost him $50 in this country.
III Hhteridi, Workmanship dno k0ueral AppodT-
auce his $40 coat is fully equal to my $40 one.
/ purchased a resdy-made Norfolk jacket in
this city for Sc, and l could not obtain its equal
in London at all ready made, while . custom
made coat of no better quality cost $40. In
Edinburgh / bought an all-wool shawl for %
shiIlings ($6 SOY and have seen an equally good
one. made by the Waterloo Mills. which could
be retailed at 81 to S."
what were your observations In other Eu-
ropean countriesq"
I'm Italy l found many things very cheap. but
where skilled labor is paid forty cents per day
things must be cheap, indeed. to enable the peo-
pie to exist at all. They know nothing Of the
comforts of life. such as our people enjoy, and
many of them live almost entirely on sour bread.
sour wine, salad and maccaroni. and in most
comfcrtlsss homes. Chespness also prevails in
Ireland, but the people are too poor to buy the
ordinary necessaries of life even at any price.
In countries where the people are very poor
things are cheap.
IF q protective tariff means prosperity such
as exists in our country a. against free-trade
and the condition of affairs abrosd-and from
my own experience / feel sure il does-let AZ re-
main firm in our present policy"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

ANY woman not quite sure whether she ia
vors equal suffrage or not might have been
able to decide had she attended the Prohibi-
ton convention this week. Her conclusion
would depend, in some degree. upon her en-
joyment Of the sight of other women waving
hands and arms, climbing on chairs, shouting
and getting red in the face. trying to outtalk
every non suffragist in their vicinity. What
conclusion the average woman would reach
the Journal declines to commit itself, even by
limiting. The Journal is for equal suffrage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

Al We 60 to press the advance Of the Prohibi-
ton national convention 10 gathering. Sc far as
We have marked them they look and talk like
sober. earnest men. They are evidently intent
on . purpose. and however one may doubt the
their earnestness. They do not expect to win
this year. but they Are confident that they will
four years hence. II this year they can only sue
coed IN removing the Republican party at the
coming presidential election. There is . sim
gard that il above praise. Il 10
sublime. Having defeated the Republican party
in all the States. and in the Nation, also. they
see the Republicans. like Noah's dove. hocking
TO the windows OF tho Prohibition party, hum
dog, msekly licking the hand that smofe them
so far as the history OF parties has been writ
ten; the like Of this has never occurred; bnt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

History of the Widow McGuinnes's Pig in
Brief

History Of the Widow McGuinnes's Pig In
Brief
Springfield Republican.
Enough is now known Of the widow McGuin-
ness pig-raf1e.n which Superintendent Wyatt of
the New York custom-house managed, to show
that the rattle was a powerful engine Of charity.
1t was in the autumn of 1885 that the large-heart-
ed Mr.. Wyatt passed tho word among the boys
at the custom-house that the Widow McGuipnes
was in Strengthened circumstances. Everybody
SCENE ed to know the widow, and, 90 far as can
be learned, no one doubted that it was a genu-
inc case of penury. The rattle tickets went like
hot cakes. It was not the first time that the
widow had been relieved in this way. 1t hap
/ pensd to be just at the time when Mr. Hill was
running for Governor, but the widows interests
did not suffer on that account. Charles F. Bow
erf, an inspector Of customs and . Republican,
bought forty tickets at $50. He gave the money
to Joseph MURRAY. who was acting as agent for
Brotherin-law Wyatt, oil of the Wyatts being
of . charitable disposition. Joseph Over6eld.
an inspector and a Democrat, bought only one
ticket, 80 cents. But it may be explained that
so long as Republicans were anxious to open
their pocket-books the inspector did not propose
to impoverish his family, even to aid the widow.
So the good work went on until from 5000 to
$1,000 was raised.
The next step was to deliver the money. The
widow was q person of delicate sensibilities. and
nothing could have offended her more than to
have a bag of money thrown at her feet Mr..
Wyatt was alive to the situation, and with the
O04tcTlty u Which, no 10 uotou pIopoScu y lu-
spector Overfeld that they consult Governor
Hill, who happened to be at the Hoffman House.
Mr.. Overfeld fell in with Colonel Corning. who
introduced him to his Excellency. Their errapd
was stated, and Dir. Overfeld not neelecting to
say that the money had been raised through the
energy OF Superintendent Wyatt, and
asking how it could be expended in q
way to do widow McGuipnes tho most
good. Then il was that Governor Hill
made that remark which stamps him as the
craas ~political nhilanthroniat NJ the ape. stpav
the money to the Democratic campaign commit
tee. of course. That 10 the usual way" That
settled it. The widows feelings were spared.
and the Hill election fund swelled at the same
time.
In 1886 the position of deputy surveyor be-
came vacant. and Mr.. Wyatt was promoted to
the position; and, if he should live . hundred
years he would not get rid of the notion that he
won the promotion by allowing Overfeld TO tell
the Governor that he 1t WAS who managed the
Widow McGuinnes's PIG rattle in l8S5-when
the State Democratic campaign committee was
in need of funds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

The Prohibitionists are a simple folk and
easily amused by a very cheap show. The
snakes, and skeletons. and demijohns drawn
by a crayon fakir. who was given place upon
the con vention stage yesterday 10 illustrate
the progress Of the demon rum" and the
saloon tagger," evoked tremendous APP
plause. However, as it was naturally to be
supposed that comparatively few people in
the audience were in danger from that
demon" a question as to the propriety of
permitting such an exhibition at that time
and place and in an assembly which should,
at least be digni6ed. arose in some wondering
rnfnIa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

Detroit Tribune.

The Senate yesterday passed the bill r~eviving
the grade of General of the Army" and confer
ring il upon Lieut. Gen. Sheridan. 1t was an
honor proudly deserved and doubtless the last
public testimonial Of love and respect to be
granted to the grand old soldier and hero in life.
Under the solemn circumstances. how could
any man. worthy the designation of imam"
vote 70 withhold from the dying General this
tributel And yet there were seven members
who did so vote. Who were theyf
Senator Berry, of Arkansas.
Senator Coke, of Texas.
Senator Harris, Of Tennessee.
Senator Reagan. OF Texas.
Senator Salisbury. of Delaware.
Senator Vance, of North Carolina.
Senator Wilson, Of Maryland.
All from the solid South and oil Demo
Gratis What . contemplate exhibition Of little
souls and sectional hate! Lot their faces b
turned to the wall and their names he hisssd
whenever spoken.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

knoxvflle Special
Gen. M. ID. Manson, Of Crawfordsvills, Iud,
delivered what purported to be . memorial Id
dress at the National Cemetery to-day. His ad-
dress was nothing more nor less than . political
speech of the flood shirt order. he 10 Q prom
inent Indiana politician and . Democratic Office
holder. He came here at the invitation of the
G. A. R.. and was not expected TO make q politi-
cal speech. He made men of all parties mad.
Ex-confederate and ex-federal soldiers combined
in decorating the graves in both cemeteries aud
Gen. Mausonis speech has caused . breach boz
tween the two udes that will not be healed
soon. Some one handed him q slip of paper on
which was the question: what DO you think
Of jeff Davis1' He answered the question and
for several minutes pitched into the leader of
the Copfederacy without gloves. His speech
was bitter in the extreme.
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THE Evansville journal sensibly says.

Our city is the second in the State in point OF
population and business. She occupies q COM
handing position In the State. There Is no
sense in occupying a back seat, as our city has
done from time immemorial We have the
power to command consideration and ought to
exercise it. We ought to work together and
without jealousy. Ii one citizen can aid another
worthy one in attaining prominent position
away from homo IL ought to be done. That
which helps one helps all The city lacks
prestige. 1t has been too modest. 1t has sys-
tematically taken a back seat and permitted
other places more audacious and pretentious to
usurp places that we ought to- have had A
change has come and hereafter we expect to
record more instances than heretofore In which
Evansville people are advanced to positions
commensurate with their merits and attain.
meuts.D
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01
Senator Quay Working for sherman

Harrisburg Special.
United States Senator Quay was here last
week on his way from the funeral OF Auditor
general Norris, and his presence revived the
talk ~ to his presidential attitude. Quay Was
once . strong Blaine man. but since reading the
Florence letter he has gone into the sherman
camp and is now at work TO capture the Penn
sylvania delegation for Ohios favorite son.
Within the past few weeks he has come to
Pennsylvania from Washington in the interest
of Sherman, and il is safe TO presume that he
will accomplish his purpose. Senator Cameron
wants to be president, but two good reasons pre-
vent him from being a candidate this yeaz,
the first is that Sherman and he are related by
marriage, and he does not want to stand in the
way of . man who IN four years win be too old
to enter q presidential race, and the second
reason is he thinks Cleveland will be reromi-
mated. and the Republicans cannot produce q
man to beat him. Senator Cameron indirectly
said as much as this when he was here last. and
the probabilities sre that four years from now
he will enter the fight
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

1t will not be necessary. however. for any
Southern Democrat to actually vote for the pro-
hibitlon ticket ALI that Is required after the
judges and returning boards have put in enough
straight Democratic ballots in the boxes 20
guard against accident. is to stuff in q doubls
handful for the Prohibition candidates. In that
way they can make the Prohibition vote Ia the
South a good deal bigger than the straight Re-
publican vote. which will DO . good joke on the
Republicans. while il will greatly crafty and
encourage the Prohibition kickers in the North
and keep them solid. In that way We can see
how the two parties can preserve their harmony
aud boost each other up all around the circle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01
minds.

SENATOR TURPIE's labor directory scheme
is received with jeers and s~cornful hilarity
even by his own party papers. The Senator
has had bad luck in demonstrating that
greatness which the country has been assured
that he possessed; but perhaps he will think
Of some more successful way to astonish the
world before the session closes. During the
portentous silence which enwraps the Indi-
anian the greater part Of the time that brill
liant intellect must keep grinding away. and
something is sure to come Of it Let Us try
to be prepared.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

FIsKE and Brooks-New Jersey and Mis-
souri-is the ticket presented by the Prohibit
ton party. Both the candidates come from
States where the experiment of local control
and high taxation Is being tried. and in that
view Of the case, the contest may be accepted
as somewhat definitely drawn between local
control and general prohibition as the most
practicable and effective method of presently
dealing with the liquor traffic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

THE strong circumstantial case made against
Mrs. Robinson, the Massachusetts murderess,
has been greatly strengthened by a discovery
just made. In repairing the house in which she
lived the workmsn discovered behind the fur
mace, in u hole in the cellar wall. half q box of
rat poison. The only tenant WHO has occupied
seen, and denies all knowledge Of tho presence
Of poison in the house. That it may have been
there before Mrs. Robinson took the house ID
possible. of course. but no one in the community
is inclined to believe anything to palliate the
womans crimes. She is now in Jail. and will
very soon receive the death sentence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

The United States marshal at Pittsburg
having concluded to attend the st. Louis
convention, very foolishly te~legraphed to
Washington asking permission. The Attor-
n~ey-general replied: Don't 60; this is forbid
den by the Department" If the marshal had
done as hundreds of ofice-holders viii, go
without permission, nothing would have been
said. This administration is only for civil
service reform when It can advertise itself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

board OF educatioa, and her appo.ntm emit is
said to be entirely due to the persistent efforts
of a gallant bachelor. Here is . hint for the
woman sufragists. Let them see to it that
every convention has q large quota of bach
elor delegates. Il is but fair to say that the
appointment in this case can be regarded asa
most excellent one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

The Prohibitionists say they are not as
lonesome as they used to be. The Repub-
licans, however, are a good deal lonesomer.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Read between the lines, this reveals the ex-
tent of Democratic sympathy with the pro-
hibition movement. AS a means of weaken
ing the Republican party it has their pro-
found respect.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

GREEN CLAY SAITH, so prominent in Pro
hibition circles, still suffers on account Of his
name in spite of the Journals efforts to re-
move q misrepresentation concerning him.
The Indianapolis public insists upon regard
ing the Kentcky gentleman as the Green
Smith who owes the State of Indiana 50, and
thereby does him a great injustice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

SENATOR SHERMAN sometimes permits him.
self to indulge in q gentle personality in his
public speeches. In denouncing the Scott
Cleveland veto of the Youngstown public
building bill the Senator declared that the
President knows nothing about the town save
what he finds in his "well-thumbed e~ncyclo-
pedia-" If he sn'tcareful he will forget him.
self and accuse Mr.. Cleveland of ignorance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

the State ostensibly in the interest of prohi-
bition, but really for the purpose of drawing
off enough votes from the Republican party
to give the Democrats a majority. II is only
. question of time when ST. John viii land in
the Democratic party, and give open adhesion
to the cause he has been serving secretly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

AN election will take place in Oregon. Mon
day, June 4, for members OF the State Legis-
laturs. The fact that the Legislature will
elect . United States Senator gives special
interest TO the canvass The Democrats,
aided by the administration and somebody's
money. have been making great efforts to
carry the State. They have also had the as
sistanes of John P. St John. who stumpsd
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01
Regulating Things.
New York Life.

Life learns from q mother .of Q, family that
Miss Frances Willard has declared that dolls
are "heathenish' and must 60. Miss Willard
from '~'liquor." and would like to have tho
universe washed up. slick and clean, at 7:45
every evening, ana put to bed immutabIy at
g. She was one of the ak woman delegates
to the Methodist conference who did not get in.
and We are glad of il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

COMMENTING on the Prohibition movement
the Chicago Herald says: "The people owe
nothing to the saloon-keepers. The just pen
atty of their business is falling on them in the
creation Of a political party whose single plank
Is devoted to their destruction" The chances
are that the s~aloon-keepers, or those who are
left, viii know a good deal more a few years
hence than they do now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

EDWARD A. WHITE, the new United States
Senator from Louisiana, to succeed Senator
Eustis, is a lawyer by profession, served in
the confederate army and is now q Judge OF
the Supreme Court. He has belonged to what
Is called the reformed Democracy, and is
closely allied politically with Senator Gibson
and the new State administration. He is un-
married and a Catholic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01
The Gresham Bareau in Minnesota.

Princeton lMlnn-) Cnion-
For . man without . bureau" Judge Gresham
has been getting q good deal of systematic newspapeI
booming along back.-Elk River Star
He has got both . bureau and q bari. bus
neither of them will do him any good in
Minnesota. He has not secured an indorss-
ment In q single district convention. Blaine 10
the first choice of Minnesota by a large ma
jority.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

this 10 M age Of wonders, aud Who can tell but
that the 100000 who voted for Blaine four
years ago will get down 20 the $50, 900 who voted
for St John, increased, possibly. 20 500. 900, and
beg pardon for having sinnsd. and seek . ssrv-
ants place The faith with which shsss men
anticipate this is sublime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

The changes in General Sheridan's condi-
ton indicate a close struggle between life and
death. He is evidently in a very critical
state, and nothing but his wonderful vitality,
reserve force and viii power has enabled him
to hold out as long as he has. The probable
ity is that be is gradually losing ground. and
is liable to succumb to any one of the acute
ettacka.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01

The Cleveland machine" is a wonderful
thing. American politics never descended to
quite so pitiable a plight as they have in the
Democratic party under Grover Cleveland I.
There must be manhood enough in the
American people to resent such an outrageous
political dictatorship.