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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

ance was the vestibule in the portrait gallery
of promises and bright expectations across
which the curtain of reputation has now
been drawn. In Indiana, in Maryland, in
Philadelphia, in the New York custom-house,
in Chicago, in the Indian bureau-everywhere
we find nothing but gloomy and mo-
rotonous repetitions of the same thing.
Take our own State as an example: In re-
gard to the Pendleton act the President said,
'.My conception of public duty requires that
this should be in good faith, and without
evasion enforced" Yet in the indianapolis
postofice, the only Office within our State
within the act. Mr.. Cleveland appointed to
enforce it Mr.. Aquilla Jones, who says of
the civil-service law, IL despise it." He pro-
ceeds to enforce it by Immediately turning
from the unclassifed service; by removing
the carriers, one after another, for the
avowed reason that they are Republicans,
and by publicly announcing that none but
Democrats would be appointed. Among
these worthy gentlemen was a forgsr, a man
who by his own written confession had be-
trayed a~>client in a lawsuit in consideration
Of $40. Another clerk. still in the service.
committed a crime. the very name of which is
an offense to pure and v~irtuous lips.
Another. substituted for q Union soldier who
had long worked efficiently, was caugh t steal
ing letters within a few weeks of his appoint
ment. Urler the benign influence of the
examining board, of which the assistant post
master is chief, Democratic applicants passed
examination who were afterwards found to be
unable to read the superscriptions Of letters
service he's been growing more discreditable.
On one occasion two hundred unopened let
ters and on another one hundred were sold as
waste paper to a junk dealer in the city, and
among these were found valuable drafts. AZ
another timSone of the boxes in the central
part Of the town was found to be overlooking
with a weeks accumulation Of letters. Let
tiers have been known to be ten days in com
ing two squares, and you can hardly meet a
citizen of the capital Of Indiana who has not
some complaint to make of delay and insecu-
rity in the mails. The president knows all
these things. They have been laid before
him in q most exhaustive report by Mr..
Swift, containing q series of afidavits, and
yet he has done nothing. And the Demo
cratic party has the sublime impudence to
challenge 1.-THE most searching inquiry con.
corning its fidelity and devotion to the pledges
which then invited the suffrages Of the
people"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

speaker announced for the occasion, and
opened the meeting by stating that he was
there as a substitute, and in that respect was
en- improvement on Cleveland. who. as the ex-
sheriff of Buffalo, did not enlist but hired a
substitute whom he allowed to die in the
almshouse as a pauper. Mr.. Angler then
said he could understand that the North
could welcome back a brave confederate
veteran, who fought and staked all in honor
able open battle. but that the Northern cop
perhead who sneaked, skulked and stayed at
home, with deep. dire, dread, diabolical design
against the Lincoln government should be the
object of outlawry, detested and scorned alike
by the brave Union soldier and the gallant
confederate veteran. If there is one thing
Mr.. Cleveland has congratulated himself on
more than another, it is undoubtedly the
thought that his "war record was such as to
meet the commentator of the Southerners.
To encounter contumely and contempt in a
direction where he expected only applause
win grieve his soul. Mr.. Angler paid his re-
spects to Mr.. Thurman in a similar style, and
then assailed the Democratic free trade posi-
ton; but what he said on the tariff question,
though of weight with his hearers, will mat
ter not to the man in the White House, while
he ponders over the discovery that he is de.
spised even by confederate veterans. Com
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21
Mr.. cLEvBLAND,s CIVIL SERVICE,

The st. Louis platform says: 1.-The Demo
cratic party welcomes an exhaustive scrutiny
of the administrative power, which four years
ago was committed to It's trust in the election
of Grover Cleveland President of the United
States. and it challenges the most searching
inquiry concerning its fidelity and devotion
to the pledges which then invited the suffrages
Of the people," The platform further de-
clares that Honest reform in the civil serv-
ice,-the kind which they promised in 1884
-"bas been inaugurated by President Cleve-
land" Now, what are the factsi What has
been promised What has been performed
Never did man enter the presidential chair
more fertile in promises. Never did man
pass three years of his presidential life more
barren in performance. His letter Of accept
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

JAMES HUMPHREY, recently removed from
the railway mail service at Fort Wayne, was
a good soldier in the late war, and his father
served both in the Mexican war and the war
of the rebellion. He was removed solely on
account Of politics and IN charges fled by NJ.
A. o. Packard, of Plymouth, Ind, whom the
Warsaw Times .characterizes as "a vir-
ulent copperhead during the war;" and says
che was so violent in his opposition to the
war as to be publicly rebuked in the Bates
House. at indianapolis, by no less a person
than the late Stephen A. Douglas. who stop
ped at that place on his way home from
Washington, after Fort Sumter had been
fired on and the war inaugurated. Mr.. Doug
las, even at that early period, told Packard
that if he entertained such views as he had
expressed in his presence his proper place was
in the rebel army" Packard is now Demo
cratic candidate for elector in the Thirteenth
district and president of a bank in Plymouth.
His letter to Humphrey, threatening the old
soldier with removal, is printed. and in due
time the order of removal cam from Wash
inCton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

a DETROIT negro who wrote to Mr.. Thur
man about his expression, 1.-The negro is a
prolific animal" has received an answer in
which the Old Roman says he never intended
toepse the expression in an offensive sense, but
merely meant that the negroes were a prolific
race. The explanation doesn't help much.
Colored men know that Mr.. Thurman would
not have used the word animal, had he
been referring, for instance, to the Irish race.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21
AN Bx-ooNPEpERATE.s OPINION.

Hon. E. A. Angler, Of Atlanta. Ga, made a
speech at Roam Mountain station, in that State,
last week, which contains some remarks not
likely to sootbe Mr.. Cleveland's feelings when
he turns to the 'solid South" for support and
comfort. Mr.. Angler was a colonel in the con-
federate army and a Democrat of long-stand-
eng. He is not marching under that psrty's
banner this year, however, but declares boldly
for Harrison and protection. He was not the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21
Let Us Have MIR. Hendricks's Letter.

Utica Herald
II hold IN my possession says Mr.. II. d.
Pierce an autograph letter-yes, entirely in his
own wearied hand-written by Vice-president
Hendricks, containing q ringing condemnation
of the methods Of the administration as to APP
pointments, a letter that will not be relished AZ
Washington if published, and it surely will be
published if the Democratic journals persist in
vItuperation of Democrats who espouse their
States best interests and their States most
brilliant soldier, to the rebuks of the divider of
the Democrats party, and the humiliation of
Samuel J. Randall
Now here 10 a good chance for the Democratic
journals to bring ont q letter that will DO read
with absorbing interest. Let them Jump on
Henry ID. Pierce. He knows right where he
can lay his hand on the Autograph letter writ
ten by Vice-president Hendricks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

A TENNESSEE paper wants Southern Con-
gressmen to quit discussing Yankee Goldfish
and Canada fish bait, and adds, with the high
toned elegance of the true Southerner:
Nobody here cares to the amount in value
of q c~ow-mouthed catfish whether the Yam
kee eats the Goldfish and the Canadian eats
the Yankee, or they all three eat each other,
one at q time. or vice versa Any man south
of the Ohio river who would eat a kiln-dried
Goldfish, anyhow, would shove a wet dog in
the creek or vote for prohibition with a quart
bottle in each OF his c~oat-tail pockets
As Colonel Brice so ably remarked. this is a
campaign of intellect on the Democratic side.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

SENATOR BLACKBURN, of Kentucky, spoke
at a Democratic barbecue, the other day, and
informed his hearers that there were '460, 900
benefciaries en- the pension rolls, and about
40, 900 more trying to get on This sweep
ing statement led him tofhe humorous re-
mark that 1.-THE confederate soldiers must
have been the best marksmen the world ever
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

THE Boston Herald fears that it is impos-
sible to make the circulation of campaign
that those concerned in the work may be
made infamous. Does the Herald overlook
the fact that its partner, the New York Post,
would come under the Infamous" ban, along
with the thousands Of ignorant and unprinci.
pied Democrats who have circulated SANDERS
against General Harrison7
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

The removal Of Railway Mail Superintend-
emit Jackson, at New York. and the appoint.
ment of John B. Gwin to that important
position, will give the New York mugwumps
a taste of Democratic reform in the postal
service. Superintending the railway mail
service to and from New York city requires
thorough knowledge and mastery of the bust
ness. This Mr.. Jackson had. having been in
the service since 1860. His successor has
had some experience in the West, but in his
new position will have everything to learn.
The change is made for campaign purposes,
and without any regard to the good of the
service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

THE Chicago Tribune prints an interview with
Mr.. Sydney A. Kent, a prominent business man
of that city, who has just returned from a
European trip. Following is an extract:
Germany is the most prosperous of the Eu-
ropean countries, and Berlin the most prosper
GUS city. not only of che continent, but of the
world. And Germany. you know, 10 q highly
protected country. London. Liver pool. Man
chester-every city I visited in EnRlapd-shows
poverty, but Berlin displays unmistakable pros.
perity ia every branch of trade"
'What conclusion did you arrive atT
''That protected countries are the best for
the toiling classes. Four years ago / voted for
Cleveland; this year I'll vote for Harrison. /
don't believe in free trade. which is the tendency
of Democracv.r
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reform

THERE was a time in the history Of this
country when the government was contract
ing a war debt of 49, 900, 900 a day. The
Democratic party was as much Mortified by
the accumulation of the debt at th4 time as
it is by the surplus now, the only difference
being that while it now evinces no desire to
pay the debt, it affects great anxiety to get
rid of the surplus.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

TwENTY-FoUR young Swedish girls came over
In the steamship Hekla, the other day, each M
Ger contract, through a matrimonial agency, to
marry q man on this side. Considering the
hard-working lives led by moss foreign immi-
grants for at least a few years after their arri-
val. these cases would seem TO come under the
contractlabor law IL any do, but the inspector
declined to take that view of the matter, and
permitted the girls to land and join the waiting
brideRrooms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

THE Democratic campaign committee of
Michigan has issued a demand upon the
fourth-class postmasters of the State for a con-
tribution Of $50 each. In most instances this
amount exceeds the 20 per cent. rate fixed by
Mr.. Cleveland; and tine Milwaukee Sentinel,
bold to call the demand black-mail instead of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

To the Editor OF the IndfanapoTis JournsE
How many ~quinine factories are there in tie
United Statesg READER
ELwooD, Ind.
Only two. aud probably only one. In Decem-
Der. 1887, there we're three, viz: Powers &
Wightmau. Philadelphia; Rosenaarten & Sons,
New York, and Keasby & Mattison, Philadel-
phia- Since then the last named firm has gone
cut of the business, and We think the second
one has also. Powers 8 wightman are the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21
A Mania for Pole Raising.

Saturday, Sept %. will be an eventful day
for the Republicans Of Henry county. IL VIII
witness q succession of pole raisincs. the ike Of
which has not been known in the history of poli-
tics In the county. Commencing at 1iahlon ID
Harveys, west of this city, in the morning, they
will raise q Harrison and Morton polls IN front
Of every Republicans house along the pike b.
tween New Castle and Cadiz. The procession.
will arrive at Cadiz about l o'clock p. NJ. at ?
o'clock a grand barbecue will be held, ct which
every Republican in the county is invited
to be present
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21
p.rau But,er Fatally Ip,ursa

ATcHIsoN, Kan. Sept 20.-The venersbls
Pardu Butler was yesterday thrown from a
horse and received injuries which. at his age.
will likely result fatally. Mr.. Butler becatDe
famous owing to the indienitiss heaped upon
him by the pro1slavery people. He was tarred
the Missouri river. His fame is national
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

To the Ettor OF the Indianapolis Journal
Please give the Republican pluralities on State
ticket in Maine from 1876 20 1888. inclusive.
Whes year was the fusion Governor elected,
and BY what plurslity7 Q. II. n.
Republican plurality for Governor in 1876 was
1860; in 1877. ll.5l,; IN 1878. 10. lis; in 1873,
2l,l76; 10 1850, Plaist-d, fusion, candidate for
Governor, elected by iS9; in lss2, S,s72; in 1884.
1851; in 1856. l2,6l9; in 1885. is, 1875.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

OUTSIDERS are expressing deep sympathy
for Indianians because of the 9, 900 political
speeches that are being fred off within the
borders Of the State every night. The sym.
pathy is misplaced. Properly constituted
Hoosiers revel in politics, and are not likely
to get an overdose even this year, when one
Of their own number is to be elected to the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21
He's All Right.
Peoria Transcript

Uncle Dick Oglesby is TO take the stump for
Harrison and Morton, and the old man eloquent
will be o power. A series OF domestic Affections
that prevented him from doing SO heretofore
has given sufficient grounds for a Democrats
lie TO the effect that Mr.. Oglesby was indifferent
as to Republican success this year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

Mr.. D.. L STREIGHr contributes an article TO
the Benton County Republican r~efuting the
pretty well WORKOUT proposition that Q license
creates or l~egalizes the thing licensed. The con-
t~eniion. OF course. is made by the Prohibition
lists, particularly as against any law regulating
or taxing the liquor traffic. but specially against
the tax collected by the general government
Mr.. Streight calls attention to the large number
OF businesses upon which the general govern
ment levied o license excise tax, and says:
Congress levied a special tax upon many
kinds OF business, such as the manufacture Of
matches, patent medicines, etc, and upon writ
ten INSTRUMENTS. such "a deeds, mortgages. con-
tracts. bonds, promissory notes, bank checks.
etc. Internal revenue stamps were required to
be placed upon each Of said instruments aud
Cancelled. The stamp upon the instrument evil
deneed the payment Of so much tax; but
In no way did the stamp or the pay
ment of the tax evidence the validity OF the
instrument. Whether the consideration of
the instrument was against public policy
which would render 1t void, the government had
nothing TO 90; the stamp would not help any
sueh infirmity. IL there were no such stamp
upon the instrument, or il stamped and not
properly cancelled, such as a note or bond. the
instrument WAS not rendered void. IL has been
80 held in other States, also in Indiana, "a Ind.
534; cS Ind, l55, and Other cases. The object of
the TAX was to raise a revenue, and not TO i'm
press the instrument or business with the
sanction OF the government, nor to render il To-
gal; neither the legal standing nor the moral as
pect OF the transaction was inquired into. Bank
checks were taxed, and the government did not
inquire whether the bank was legally estab-
lished or not, il checks were drawn they were
taxed oil the saine
AT the time the revenue tax was levied. peo-
pie We're engaged in the business Of selling 10
toxicatipg liquors. The business was not for
hidden by the common law. Some States. as
for instance Maine, had forbidden the sale. yet
notwithstanding this, the business was taxed,
and a penalty imposed for a violation of the law.
A person in Maine might establish himself in the
business, and pay the government tax; yet the
payment OF the tax did not render his business
legal. In Indiana . retail LIQUOR dealor is re-
ouired to procure q license from the County Com
missioners before he can b permitted to sell.
The payment OF tho internal revenue tax would
not be sufficient TO protect him from prosecution
If ne should sell without the county license"
Really, such an argument ~ Dir. SsreiGhts is
scarcely necessary. No one but . hare-brained
man now thinks of seriously affirming that the
tax on the liquor business either creates or le.
galizes it. 1t would exist without law, and tax
laws are a prohibition 80 far as they go. q regu-
iation and o restriction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

WE are on the threshold of the campaign.
The indications are that it viii be by far
the hottest ever known in the State. The
storm centers will be in New York and In
diana, and, unless all signs fail. the Republic
ans viii carry both States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

COMPLETE official returns from the Maine
electioa show that the Republican vote for
Governor was 1858, the largest Republican
vote ever cast in the State. The Republican
plurality IN the State ticket was is, 495, and
on the congressional ticket 10, 252.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

THERE are coolies of joint debates lying
around loose. but the hungry and thirsty
Democrats do not want any now, thank you.
Even Ibis Frequency from Floyd" has ceased
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

W. E. A., New Augusta, Ind: For informa-
ton concerning time and place Of holding civil
service examinations write to Hon. A. P. Ed
sertop. president of the civilservice commits
sion, Washington, d. G.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

TIE coming dramatic season promises to be q
campaign of intellect that will rival Brices. Be-
tween them Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Potter will
muster something like 500. 600 worth'of clothes,
and as a consequence they expect to ''carry the
cnunfrV "
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

knew, for, from the statement, they must
have made four cripples on the Union side for
every rifieman on the confederate side" Mr..
Blackburn evidently felt hat his audience
would enjoy hearing him make fun of Union
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21
A Place for the Heaters.

Our Christian scientists are missing a fine or
portunity to do good. Here 10 Jacksonville
wasting away under the yellow scourgs and rot
q G. S. has dared to brave the dangers by ear
rying healing 70 the unfortunate victims. They
don't even cure the disease by absent treat
ment No ducats in iti
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

NEW YORK has a large colored population,
but only 1871 could be prevailed upon for love
or money to join a Democratic parade in that
city. Mr.. Turner's influence is evidently no
more powerful there than in the bounding
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21
Another Raise In Coal.
Chicago Jourua

1t Is announced that another raise on coal
will be made by the crust Oct i, aud so cents
additional is the extent Of the advance. Great
W. L. Scott. How this will make votes for
Cleveland, the ANTITRUST candidate!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

IT was the London Economist, and not the
Spectator, which said that Clevelaud's
message had lone more for free trade than
any Prime Minister of England. After all, it
was not so much the name of the paper as the
charge made by the Democratic free-traders
and their allies that the extracts from English
papers were forgeries-forgeries not asN the
mere matter of credit, but of the sentiments
expressed. On this line Mr.. John B. Conner
announces to anybody interested that he has
copies of several English papers in which the
quoted expressions appear, and anybody can
see them who may doubt their genuineness.
The free trade gentlemen will nave to back
down from their assertion that the English
quotations are forgeries. Even the '.inaccu.
rate Mr.. Bynum has stopped denying them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

THIS warm wave does not promise we'll for
the early frosts which are hoped for in Flor
ida
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

EFlt DItpkttn.
So far as heard from President Clevelsnd's
old regiment has not held its annual reunion
thus far this year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

al have SO long followed Mr.. Mills that
whatever he commands, I do."-Mr. Bynum,
at Atlanta.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

1.-THE negro is a prolific a~nimal."-Allen G.
Humans speech at Port Huron, Aug. 90,
1858.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

II am for Grover Cleveland because l am q
free-trader Henry George, at Cooper Union,
Sept. z, 1888.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

"We 1.-THE capitalists can control the work.
ingman only so long as he eats up to-day what
he earns to-morrow."-W. u. Scott, Mr..
Cleveland's political manager.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

only firm in this country who attempt TO COM
pete with Europeans in the manufacture OF
quinine. :
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

'@Grover Cleveland has done more to ad-
vance the cause of free trade than any Prime
Minister of England has ever done. "-London
Economist.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

Protection to home industries I regard as
the most important plank in any platform
after the Union must and shall DO pre-
served Gen. L. S. Grant, in 1883.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-21

mo mans wages should be go low that he
cannot make provisions in his days of vigor
for the incapacity OF accident or the feebleness
of old age."-BeDjamin Harrison.