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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23
COLUMBUS AND ISABELLA.
A Great Woman Share IN the Glory Of
America's Discovery.

New Orleans Picayune.
Between Genoa and Nice, in that incom-
parably lovely curve of olive and palm
crowned land known as the Rivera. that
bends with infinite beauty into the blue of
the sea-, there stands in a dingy, somewhat
bedraggled street q stone and succeed
house. now q shop frequented by the sim
pie peasant folk. The town is Cogoleto.
treasure, for on the mildewed. saffron
wall an inscription states that Christopher
Columbus was born there.
1t is not of much moment whether he was
porn In this small town or in the grand
city OF palaces, then not SO grand. however.
nfteen miles away. The interest and
beauty of Columbus's life are fadeless.
Fired with scientific zeal and the advent
sees him as he was. across the centuries.
GROWING into the court of q king. waiting
with his charts in ante-rooms for audi
ences. repelled. cheated, put aside. penni-
pushing on. and certain under his uncer-
talnty that some day the sun would shine
for him and his plans.
When we understand a philosophy, thrill
to an epic, 1t is because the same line quail
ties that wrought them are in some shape
in ourselves. 1t takes a diamond to cut q
diamond. Being cut and exquisitely fash
Toned, the commonest mind may admire.
A poor, feeble nature cannot have much i'm
fuence for good. A little nature never in
spires us. Many a man and many a woman
die dumb and inglorious because there was
no d~iamond-like influence to illuminate his
or her own nature. no chiseling force TO
sculpture ont all the possible facets. free the
imbedded crystal and give it the divesting
power that should show it of in all its
many-sided beauty.
Christopher Columbus would not be the
pedestaled great man, imperishably great,
that he is to-day had it not been for the
large-brained comprehension. the SYM
patty, the intuition and the faith in him Of
a woman. 1t took a woman to discover the
man who was to discover q new world.
There are some who may say that what a
woman does not discover is not worth
knowing. and woman like that fine, enter
prising, brave-rfatured Isabella of Spain,
who was behind the door of the great fame
of Columbus prove this true in SO noble q
sense that at her name every fez and tur-
ban. every stovepipe hat should be removed
in honor of her.
Great men nave almost always been
backed up in their most notable and ad-
venturesome enterprises by some great
woman. Every Columbus has had his Isa-
bella. Men might jeer and deride. might
suspect and ridicule, but che was rock
like in her belief; her intuition marked out
unerringly the path his genius would take;
her heart and her hope shot ahead of him
like a star lighting the night of his sky.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23
PAPAL POLITICS.

Recent advices from Rome indicate
that papal politics are in a state of act
i've ferment. 1t is a mistake to suppose
that the Vatican, where the head of tho
Catholic Church in lofty seclusion pre-
sides 0ver its destinies, is free from
worldly ambitions or political intrigues.
On the contrary, it is the scene of con-
slant scheming for personal ~aggrandize-
ment and ecclesiastical or political
1--WE There are no shrewder politi-
clans or more persistent schemers than
the prelates who surround the Pope and
constitute what may be called his per-
sonal staff.
The main point of contention in papal
politics at present relates to the tenn
poral power of the Pope, one party adj
vising HIM to accept the inevitable and
abandon the temporal claims of the
Holy See, and the other urging him to
proclaim the necessity of temporal
pow or asa dogma of the church and an
inviolable article of the Catholic faith.
This would place it OF the same footing
as the dogmas of immaculate conception
and papal infallibility. Seven of the
Italian born cardinal bishops are said
to favor a reconciliation between state
and church, involving a frank rec
ognition of the political sovereignty
of the Italian government, while q
still greater number insist upon
the Pope's adopting an aggressive
policy. Chief among the latter are the
Jesuits, who, true to Their traditions, are
tho irreconcilables in this struggle be-
tween the church and state. The other
party is led by prelates of the Bene-
dfctine order, between whom and the
Jesuits there has long been an ire
pressible conflict for influence and
power. Between them they control
most of the Catholic colleges and
schools of Europe, and there is an end
less rivalry as to which shall obtain the
mastery in political as we'll as in moral
| and ecclesiastical influence.
About the middle of September last
| occurred the sudden and mysterious
death of Cardinal Schiaffino. This dis
tinguished prelate belonged to the order
of the Benedictines, was a warm per-
| sonal friend of Pope Leo XIII, and re-
garded as a probable successor to the
papal chair. He was an enlightened and
| broad-minded man, an Italian by birth,
and a patriot by instinct. His only
brother was a soldier, and a trusted
| lieutenant of Garibaldi. Schiaffino had
the confidence and the ear OF
the Pope. AS a member of the
papal family and council he openly
favored a policy of harmony between
the church and state, and opposed an
~tagonizing the civil authorities by an
assertion of temporal power. AS might
be supposed, he was in favor with the
government authorities as well as with
the Pope, and. enjoying the confidence
of both church and state, he was in a
position to WELD great influence. Sud.
denly, about a month ago, Cardinal
Schiafino died. He was hardly fifty
six years of age, in splendid health. and
had never been sick a day in his life
until, while visiting in an italian vii.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23
The Same Old South.

M6nlP1lB AVdIduCne lDtm.J
In the first place, Governor Hills talk
about the new South" was in bad taste,
and it was in worse taste to contrast it
with the "old South" to the disadvantage
of the latter. Even the circumstance that
the comparison was drawn in the presence
of the esteemed Mr.. Grady does not wholly
excuse him. Governor Hill must know
that there is no new South. hat the South
of to-day is the same old South it ever was,
and that q reflection upon the old South is
like a dissertation of honored graves. The
South has not just now become the seat of
superior intelligence. Until il was de-
vastated by war it held the proudest posi-
ton in the land, and held it by virtue OF
the patriotism. the intelligence and the
nobility of its sons. 1t is to the sons of the
Southerners of the old south that the So
called new South owes all its progress in
the mechanical and industrial field to-day.
1t is the same blood.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23
Ex-GovERNoR LONG ON DEMOCRACY
A Humorous Speech in Which He Announces
His Intention to Remain q Republican.

AHumorous Speech in Which He Announces
His Intention to Remain a Republican.
Recent Speech in Boston.
My friend Allen. with his usual courtesy
andinaccuracy, has madea mistaken refer
ring to me asa member of the lower House..
/ have gone up higher. Not in the way in
which l at one time anticipated, but in an
other way which has more thoroughly
commended itself to tho good Judg-
ment of the people of Massachusetts,. / am
now one of those who vote, and not one of
those who are voted for. Boys, l am with
you. / Am a late-comer, but there is no
discount on the heartiDess and confidence
with which i join In inauguratlng another
good administration of the government of
Massachusetts,. For the first time in many
years l appear before you neither holding
a political Office nor a candidate for m
/ am as disinterested as President Eliot or
George Francis Train. / am not biased
even by the one vote l received in the re-
cent Republican State convention. / am in
that happy posture in which | can act with
entire independence and in accordance with
the dictates of such conscience and CON-
mon sense as / happen to possess. i have,
therefore, carefully looked over the field.
/ have felt the responsibility even of my
small example and influence, and yet,
strange to say, propose to vote the
what l can TO continue the present political
administration in the Commonwealth. Sad
as is the condition of Massachusetts,, where
nobody wishes to reside; corrupt as is her
executive department and her civil service;
imperiled AS are her treasury and financial
credit, so that she can only borrow money
at 2 per cent. O year; neglected and aband-
oned as are her causes OF education and re-
form, barbarous as are her institutions of
charity; grooming as Boston groans under the
tyranny of a police commission which abso-
lutely deprives her grogs shops of the sacred
right to nominate and control the guardians
of her peace and order; outrageous as is
this Republican innovation of an Australian
system which is likely TO secure a free and
| honest ballot, yet, in spite of all this ruin
with which this old Commonwealth is
threatened, 1 cannot bring myself 10 aid in
putting her into the claws of the Dem
ocratic party.
Isuppose it is o mere prejudice on my
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23
EDITORIAL INcOMpAT1BILITY

The Presbyterian Review is a maya
zine which was established a few
years ago by several theological SEM
inaries as a vehicle for the express
sion of Presbyterian opinions of all
shades of the UNCONVENTIONAL color.
Contributors holding views that might
be classed as among the faint, vanes-
cent, heavenly blues were made to
understand that their illusions would be
given place in the journal with as much
readiness as those bearing the tinge
known in the dry-goods trade as storm
cloud blue, and that all gradations be-
tween would be equally respected. BY
way of establishing this non-partisan
principle with firmness, two managing
editors were appointed, representing the
extremes Of thought, and it was arranged
that no article should be inserted with
out the consent of both. So far as the
Presbyterian public knew, this plan
worked smoothly. The magazine con-
tinued to be published for some years,
but it was noticed that frequent changes
of editors occurred. One after another
resigned, until it was found practically
impossible to secure clerical gentlemen
willing to take the positions. Just what
the difficulty is is not disclosed in the
secular report of the church ac-
ton in the case, but no details
are needed by n acquainted with the
workings of the theological mind. tits
manifestly impossible that an editor Of
dark blue convictions could consider
with unbiased judgment the merits of a
contribution of a sky-blue tint, or, on the
other hand, that one with leanings of a
skim-milk shade could review impair
tally a paper of navy or ultra-marine
coloring. 1t is barely possible that a
Presbyterian may become a mugwump
in politics, but he cannot be one in re-
ligion. Certainly he cannot be a sue
cessful editor of the religiO-mugwump
branch. The essays and sermonspassing
under his eye must represent
not only his doxy, but the particular
shade of his doxy, or it will be declined
with thanks. There is evidence to the
eucCI JudJ q COnDlucu cuOIt VI tue eul-
torial intellect composing the staff at
different times did succeed for a time in
maintaining for the magazine a reputa-
ton for a certain degree of nom
| partisanism by the admission of in
u matter, but there is no know
ing the struggles undergone by those
| clerical minds in the effort to be un-
biased and give to the world the opin-
ions of ecclesiastical brothers with
whom they did not agree. The story
will probably never be told, but the re-
suit is shown in the discontinuance OF
the publication because of the inability
to get new editors. There is no quarrel;
it is simply a conflict of irreconcilable
forces, and the remedy suggested by the
publishing board is a very good one
namely, that each seminary shall have
a journal of its owD.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23
COAL GAS BEING ABANDONED.
A Strong Probability that Its Place VIII
Soon BE Taken by Water Cas-.

A Strong Probability that Its Place VIII
Soon Be Taken by Water Gas.
Chicago News.
A week ago to-day the Chicago Gas-light
manufacture of coal gas at its North-side
plant on Crosby street. The gas now
furnished by the company is that com-
monty known as water, gas. and is made
from petroleum. For about three years
the company has been experimenting with
the new method of manufacture. and
the abandonment of the old method is due
to the fact that the company has found it
can manufacture water gas with less ex-
pense and trouble than IT can furnish coal
gas. Extensive alterations are also being
made in the S0uth-side plant, and the an
nonncement has been made that it will not
be long before petroleum Will supplant coal
as the basis of the manufacture there also.
Mr.. Cunningham. the foreman of tho
~Crosby-street plant, said yesterday that
for a long time a good share of the gas used
on the North Side has been water gas. One
set of apparatus for the generation of gas
from petroleum was erected there about
three years ago. 1t proved so efficient that
another set was soon put In, and finally
q third set, which was completed only
a few days before the company discontinued
making coal gas. The benches used for
making coal gas are still kept warm. SO
that the old form of manufacture can be
resumed at any moment, but the foreman
thought that this was only a precautionary
measure, and that ultimately the company
would furnish nothing but water gas.
On Saturday tbirty-six men were laid Off
from the force which attends the gen.
|. orators. The company is now manufacture
ing at the North-side plant about two and
a half million feet of gas a day, employing
only eighteen men to attend the generators.
The foreman said tha5 the produc-
| ton of the same amount of gas by the
old method wou,d require twice the
| number of men. Further thar this he could
| give no data as to relative expense. ex-
petroleum was much cheaper. The Pc
troleum is mixed with steam on its way to
the furnace, where it is consumed. Tho
| product of combustion is then conducted
to a superheated oven, and from that point
on the manufacture of water gas is identi-
cal with that of coal gas. Mr.. Cunningham
said that the refuse product of the water
gas manufacture is so minimized as scarcely
to need mention,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

part. Idistrust my judgment. but solnr-
how / have got an impression that the
Democratic party. whore il has had control
of affairs, as ithas had in the city OF Bos-
nav hs mistaIen bnt IL har5d iiv'slac.ory. 1
than a year ago that there was such a
stencil and such an outcry that there
came an appeal. rising above party lines.
to all good and decent voters in the
city to rise and combine and clean the Au-
gean stable out. Even mugwumps felt
called on to take a hand in the work. and
puzzles me is that some of the moving
spirits in that campaign are actually labor
ing to put the Commonwealth into the
to kick out of the city of Boston a year
ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

ELECTRICIANS are puzzled over the
discovery that sounds travelling from
east to west are clear and distinct, while
those from west TO east are blurred.
Electricians have many things to learn.
The phenomenon is doubtless a part of
that law that makes the 'star of IN
pire" westward take its way, and young
men all over the world obey the injunc-
ton of Horace Greeley to "go Vest
Electricity, like other natural forces,
human or i~nanimate, once having reached
the Western haven, returns with re-
Instance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

In the course of a speech at Chilli
cothe, o., Judge Thurman admitted that
there were bad men in the Democratic
party, but he didn't locate them. Other
Democratic reformers have rome as far
before, but the trouble is the bad DEM
ocrats are always in the next township.
During the recent city campaign the
Sentinel cautiously admitted that there
might possibly be some unclean Demo-
Gratis lurking in the city, but it was care
full not to mention the Eighteenth ward.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

PHILADELPHIA wants a belt railroad
to extend along few miles of her river
front in order to facilitate traffic and
restore the city to its former importance
as a shipping point. Agonizing efforts
in that direction are being made by some
of the citizens and the newspapers, but
nothing definite has yet come of it. If
they would come out to Indianapolis
they would discover that the way to
build a belt road is to build il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23
The following isa Washington special
to the Louisville Courier-Journal:

to the Louisville Courier-Journal:
The Indianapolis Journal. the personal
organ of the President. attacks your cor
respondent because he stated that General
Harrison dictated the nomination OF Gen.
John Coburn. Very we'll; but did the editor
OF the Journal advocate the OmInatl0 OF
Gen. John Coburn for Mayor until Elan
returned from Washington to Indianapolis
And did not Mr.. Elan and the Journal both
advocate COburn'snomination immediately
the indianapolis Journal plead with the
Republicans. of Indianapolis to vote for
Coburn for the reason that his defeat would
be taken as a rebuke to the PRESIDENT
To this the Journal replies ir did not
know that Mr.. Elan visited Washing
ton, or ever spoke to the President re-
garding the nomination Of General
Coburn, and does not know it now, ex-
cept by the correspondents ~intimation.
Second, the Journal did not advocate
General Coburn's nomination at all until
after he was nominated by the cOnven-
ton, and does not yet know whether Mr..
Elan or the President favored his nomi-
nation or not. Third, the Journal never
urged nor intimated that Republicans
ought to vote for Coburn because he was
the Presidents choice, and never knew
that he was. There were so many other
excellent reasons why Republicans
should have voted for Coburn that this
m was never mentioned. Finally. to
the best of the Journals knowledge and
belief, the President had no more to do
with suggesting or influencing the nomi-
nation of General Coburn than Mr..
Gladstone or the Shah of Persia did.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

THOUGHT the baseball nonsense was
done with for this year, did you, you mis-
anthropic. dyspeptic, a~nti-national game
friend? No. dear friend. this is the time of
year when the distinguished artists of the
ball-ield commence to '.sign," and they
will keep right on signing, and withdraw
ing, and talking about signing until the
robins nest again. which is about the time
the League games begin. If you do not
want to hear about baseball yow must
NIT in a country where there are no boys,
old or young.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

THOSE Democratic editors who have
been declaring that no man but Cleve-
land can be the Democratic candidate
for President in 1892, and who have re-
viled Governor Hill, must feel cold chills
chase each other up and down their
spinal columns as they read of the red
hot receptions the latter has been receiv-
ing In the South. But, then, these edit
ors haven't much spine-not enough to
call a column.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

A DEMOCRATIC exchange declares,
tr%iumphantly, that eff the Democrats of
the South were as fond OF d~isfrauchis-
ing their political opponents as the Re-
publicans have been at times, they could
wipe out a million colored Republican
votes in their States by simply prescrib-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

THE Wisconsin farmers Institutes are
urged by local papers to discuss the
question of roads. Several farmers in
~stitutes are To he held in this State dur
ing the coming winter, and the sugges-
ton is equally good in their case. No
subject of more general and individual
interest could occupy the attention of
che agriculture an this, and none on
which so much -.ntenment is needed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

THE Democratic party is an organized
appetite" was the declaration of an in
dependent editor some years ago; but
he would never make the same remark
regarding the Democratic thirst That
can no more organize itself than could a
mad-house. There is no thirst like it,
that is, none like it in this world; and no
Democrat has ever escaped from the
other to tell of the nature of its
ssthirzf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

The complications of red tape have
reached the extreme of absurdity when
government officials cannot delay the
execution of a criminal on the strength
OF a telegram that a reprieve had been
issued and forwarded. Red tape could
be cut to advantage in the transaction
of official business in most quarters of
the globe, but Spain seems TO have an
uncommon tangle of IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

WHILE the question of substituting steam
ship lines is being agitated, it might be
we'll to recall the fact that there is not a
railway line in the country that has not
been subsidized. Many have been aided
directly by the federal government, but
the great mass of them lave been subsi-
died bymunicipa Corporations. county and
township governments. and by private in
dividuals who have granted free right of
waV.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

ARlzoNAwants to be admitted TO state
hood by the coming Congress, but the
action of a Democratic Governor in
opening the doors of the Territory to
Mormons, who hold the balance of power,
is likely to interfere seriously with this
iaudable ambition. By encouraging the
Mormon element for temporary gain the
Democrats overreach themselves In the
end
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

lows in respect of brains, it is apt to be
acknowledged irrespective of race or
color. Mr.. r. H. Terrell, a graduate of
Harvard, and now a clerk in the Treas
ury Department at Washington, was a
class orator at Harvard in 1884. He
knows Morgan, the new honor man, and
says he is a hard worker, a man of fine
attainments, singular modesty and rare
o1oouanca
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

THE election of a colored man as ora
tor by the senior class of Harvard indi-
Gates an effectual way of abolishing the
color line. There is no aristocracy Of
intellect except merit, and when a man
demonstrates his superiority to his fell
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

THAT interesting German society
whose members are sworn to kill all
princes might possibly find the job more
remunerative than at present by hiring
on. to American millionaires with mar
ria2eable daughters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

AT the present time one David Ben
nett Hill, of New York, seems to hold
over Mr.. Cleveland by a very conspicu-
Gus majority. At least two moons have
waxed and waned since a Democratic
editor has reviled the aforesaid D. B. II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

Milwaukee sennnel.

In his Spanish welcome to the pan-Amer-
leans, Mr.. Medill says: "Cordialmente les
deseamos que su permanencia en- esta bella,
maravillosa v activa ciudad les sea 10 mas
placentera, provechosa v memorable" We
think 30, too, only they are sometimes
more palatable fried in butter.