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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
DUTY OF GOOD CITIZENS.
To Maintain That Eternal Vigilance Which
is the Price of Liberty.

''The whole art of government consists in the art
of being honest "-Jefsrsoa.
To THE EDTOR-SI: As the days 60 by,
we realize more and more the truth of that old
maxim, Eternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty." Perhaps no man was ever more deeply
impressed with the truth and Importance of
this maxim than was Jefferson. Think of him
in the days that tried mems souls, in fierce
political contests with aristocrats who said ::
"While the new government is good enough,
it is only stepping-stone to something better
in the monarchy business" Think of him in a
time when our liberties were new, our great
blessings beginning 10 be tested; a time when
few realized the meaning of liberty; the yoke
of monopoly apparently destroyed IN the sub
merging of tea-chests In Boston harbOr; tyranny
forced to leave our shores for more congenial
climes. Still to him the great question would
recur as il did to Gen. Marion, "Wil these
good times always lastT
To those of US who taught from the
cradle up to love liberty and country infinitely
more than party; to those of us who ar
IDENTIFY hope that generations yet unborn shall
enjoy all and even more than we have-this is
a question of deep moment | wish the two
lines which open this article could stand at the
head of every honest political newspaper in
our land in all the ages to come. And would
only ada, let intelligence be our guide as
nation and as members Of the great republic in
all time to come. As democrats, let purity and
patriotism guide US in the future, never asking
whether an act is popular, but is it right, and
God will abundantly bless our efforts. The
good and the great, in all time, will bless and
revere the memory of Thomas Jefferson. So
will it be with us If we are true to duty.
Let all good men, from this on, resolve that
they will never endanger the permanency of our
institutions, either by buying or intimidating
voters. or by any act which good men deplore
OF course, good men will not buy voters but
in their Ignorance, they may wink at what is
done. AS proof that the principles taught by
Jefferson still live in the hearts Of the people,
we may cite the fact that, in spite of the most
corrupt means ever used to deceive and de-
bauch the people in November 1888, the cause
Of freedom in the popular vote received 100000
majority.
And we, who love the country which gave us
birth, will continue to agitate and labor for the
right until the day will come when the man
who would sell his country for mess of pot
tage will be glad to hide himself from the gaze
of honest men. DR.. l.. PIKE.
Terre Haute Nav Is.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
FALSE STATEMENTS CORRECTED.
The Character of n Young Lady of Column
bus Relieved of Malicious Gossip.

The Character of Young Lady of Column
bus Relieved of Malicious Gossip.
To THE EDITOR-Sir: The statement con-
corning Miss Written of Columbus, Ind, and
Mr. Jefries of Springfield, o., which appeared
in THE SENTINEL some two weeks since, is
utterly false in the most important particulars,
as your correspondent has investigated the case
fully. He finds that there is no cause for
scandal whatever, except for those gOssipers
who are ever ready to create a scandal and
especially do they always select virtuOus and
pure young woman for their victim.
Miss Written and Sir. Jeffries did not leave
a house of disrepute together, neither were
they at such place, neither were they found
at Edinburgh together in a private room.
They did drive to Edinburgh and then
went to the public parlor, returning
home in the afternoon. This correction
is made i'll justice to the young lady who be-
longs to one of the best families here and has
always borne unblemished character, and
indeed it may be said with truth that all who
know her have the most unbounded faith in her
truthfuluess, virtue and honor as lady. I'm
obtrusive, yet possessing true social qualities
and a kind and ladylike bearing, together with
strict morality, she has won the love and es-
TEEN of all with whom she has been thrown in
contact. FRIEND.
Columbus Nav II.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
"The sentinel" To Its Friends.

Mr.. JAMES Z. SPURLoCK of Duff, Dubois
county, writes THE STATE SENTINEL:
| say, without fear of successful contradic-
ton, that THE SENTINEL is the paper to read.
We are convinced that any man that has the
faculty of reason that will lay all prejudice
down, and read THE SENTINEL one year, will
be an incorporating tariff retOrmer. This
question is not all. THE SENTINEL is chuck
full OF good instruction and advice. ! think
am not saying too much when | say THE SEN-
TINEL Is the best paper for the money pub
lished In this state or any other state. This is
no tatfy. A few numbers of the paper, care
fully read, will convince or should convince any
one. The instruction 10 the citizen or alien is
goOd-sOund to the core on democratic princi-
pies. The SENTINEL stands square for the
honest, poor toiers of this country. 1t is down
on fraud, rings and rascals wherever found. 1t
makes my soul feel good to read your state
ments of Judge WOODS rulings In those cases
for violating the election laws.
Mr.. SPURLOCK narrates the circumstances
of bad case of judicial iugglery in south
ern Indiana, resulting in the release of a
murderer because a word was misspelled
in the indictment.
We receive a great many such letters as
Mr.. SPURLoCK sends, and five do not print
them, it is because we cannot spare the
space and not because we do not appreciate
them. 1t is pleasant to know that The
SENTINEL is so greatly priced by It's read
ers, and that our efforts to promote the
cause of tariff reform and other good
democratic causes are so highly appre-
ciated.
Our friends who think so well of THE
SENTINEL ought to use their efforts to ex-
tend its circulation. II every subscriber
would get another subscriber our circula-
ton would be doubled and our power for
good more than doubled. 1t ought to be
easy, reader, for you to get just one of
your neighbors to try THE STATE SENTI-
MEL for one year. Tell him how much
you enjoy it; how much you learn from
it; how welcome its weekly visits are to
yourself and family. If you can induce
him to take it for year he will be sure to
take it the rest OF his life. You will thus
do him good and us, too.
viii YOU not make the effort?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15

wide reputation. His courage is of the
kind that leads fools where angels don't
care to venture. His Independence is
nothing but gall" lie has made
nuisance and guy" of himself in his
Napoleonic exploits. The whole perform
ance would be farcical were the conse-
quences not so serious. The credit and
good name of Indiana have suffered be-
cause of HovEY's antics. The differ
ent departments of the public service
have been demoralized by the con-
fusion and uncertainty resulting from
his policy of notification; the insane, and
predetermined, and deaf and dumb, and
blind, and other wards of the state have
had to suffer in order that his whims
might be INDUCED; the interests of the
state have been injured in almost every
direction. But HovEY, it is clear, pro-
poses to keep on in his mad career 1t is
the soul OF NAPOLEON, we suppose, that is
responsible for it all.
But there are probably compensations
for Indiana
"You must admit, said a northern de-
fender of Ben BUTLER to one of his New
Orleans victims-''you must admit that
while BUTLER was in command at New
Orleans you had no yellow fever"
"Ah, madame" replied the victim,
"GoD is good. He would not send BEN
BUTLER and yellow fever the same year"
We doubt not Indiana will be free from
pestilence, famine and other great aftlic-
tons during the existing gubernatorial
term. We shall have HovEY; and Con is
rood
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

J. P. STESEsPRING, Marshfeld, Ind: We
should suppose that township trustees could
perform all the functions of their Office, includ.
ing the employment of teachers, until the last
moment of their official term. But if the
learned attorney general, who is supposed TO
be cooked and primed all legal questio ms,
would not dare express opinion on the
subject, THE SENTINEL can hardly be expected
to do so.
5. J. D., Logansport, Ind: The "Acts of
1889" Just published, include no law regulating
the practice of medicine. Several bills on this
subject were introduced at the last session, but
none of them, 1t seems, were passed.
A CONSTANT READER jamestown, Ind:
The penalty for killing fish with dynamite,
under the new law. is a fine of not less
than 50 nor more than S25 tor each fish killed.
The law has been in force since March ).
READER, Greensburg, Ind: The game law
has been proclaimed and is now in force.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
The Pollution of the Bench.

WILLIAM A. WooDS again exhibited
himself to the world Wednesday in the
character of a shamelessly partisan judge.
His charge to the federal grand jury was
a scandalous deliverance; a deliberate,
wanton and wicked misstatement of the
law in the interest of political villains;
miserable piece of verbal iuggiery, by
which the statutes of the United States,
framed for the purpose of protecting the
ballot-box and Furnishing ofenses against
1t, were distorted into meaningless enact
ments, of no more potency or force than II
they were so many pieces OF blank paper.
Judge WOODS instructs the jury that,
though the law SAYS that attempts to
do certain things are felouies, and though
it makes it the duty of federal marGhals to
arrest persons making such attempts, the
law means that such attempts are not fell
onies. Though the law expressly declares
that the advising Of certain offenses-such
as bribery-is a crime, Judge WOODS tells
the grand jury that it Is not a crime
Judge WOODs also instructs the jury upon
the law of residence in language clearly
intended to prevent the indictment of i'm
ported voters. There are great many
other astounding things in this remark
able deliverance, all of them as plainly
designed to shield corruptOrs of the ballot
box as If Judge WOODS had said to the
grand jury, in SO many words; There
are no federal laws against bribery, or false
swearing or illegal voting or against adj
vising or attempting such acts. The
statutes which purport to prohibit the do
ing. or the advising or attempting them
mean nothing You will not regard
them"
In the concluding passages OF this
charge, however, Judge WOODS interprets
the law in very different spirit. An at
tempt is making to punish a democrat who
was an inspector at the election held in
this county last November, for as alleged
accepting the ballots OF certain persons,
who had been challenged. without requir-
ing them to be sworn In. The state law,
which Judge WooDs here CONSTITUTES, is
somewhat ambiguous, but Judge WOODS
interprets it literally: that is, so as to
catch the democrat. He finds no lOop-hole
In this statute. Whatever it says, Judge
WooDs insists that it means that the act
OF which the democrat is accused is a
crime.
There is no need to multiply words
further this morning about this last shame
less, but entirely characteristic perform
snce, by Judge WooDs. 1t is only of a
piece with his previous offenses against
decency and justice. His charge is bad
law and bad morals. II is contrary to
reason, precedent and common sense. It
is destitute alike OF logic or consistency.
Tt is an insult to popular intelligence and
the public conscience. It is the work of a
man who seems to have no conception of
the propriety or dignity of the judicial
Office, and to be utterly Indifferent to the
D
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
DUDLEY AND HARRISON.
The Blocks of Five Man on Good Terms
With the Administration.

A Washington special to the Cincinnati
1ines-Stdr (rep.) says:
The politicians of both parties have been a
good deal interested in the GOODNESS which
they supposed existed between President Har-
rison and Gen. w. w. Dudley. There have
been good many explanations of the difficulty,
and the one commonly given was that the
president lost patience with Gen. Dudley after
the publication of his "blocks of five letter."
Those who knew Gen. Harrison knew that he
would never turn his back upon a friend I'M
less that friend proved himself TO be very I'M
worthy, and he Dudley letter did not SbOC its
1CriteT TO be a bad man at aU
Itseems now that Gen. Dudley is on good terms
with the administration. A friend of his who
happened TO be a visitor at the white house
was asked why Gen. Dudley did not call there
The president has sent word TO him not to
call" answered the generals friend.
NO; he has done nothing of the kind" said
the white house official.
"But Gen. Dudley certainly received such a
message from one near to the president" per-
sisted the friend.
let us see the president" said the other
So President Harrison was called upon and he
gave an emphatic and final denial to the story
about having sent a messenger TO Gen. Dudley,
intimating that he did not want to see him.
The person who gave that message did so on
his own responsibility, and there is likely TO be
q quiet investigation that will have an unpleas-
ant ending for him.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, MAY l5 1889

the Bee continues, sis with the Nebraska
delegation in congress, which Endorsed
the candidacy OF VANDERvooRT and Ia
bored to hoist him on the public service.
1t is certainly unfortunate that the state
has thus been Inundated before the coun-
try, and it is just and necessary that the
blame should be placed where it belongs"
If the fault of VANDERvooRT's appoint
ment is not with President HARRIsoN, he
is certainly responsible for ANDERvooRT's
retention in Office. He knows that VAN
DERvooRr is disreputable person, if he
did not know it before, and yet he keeps
him in the public service. NANDERvooRT's
appointment was scandal; his retention
is a DISGRACE
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
Count Tolstoi's Death.

BY the recent death of Count ToLsToI,
nihilism in Russia loses its most powerful,
aggressive and relentless foe, and abso-
lutism its strongest support.
ToLsToI was the very personifcation of
the reactionary ideas which have con-
trolled the policy of the present car, and
was at all times and under all circum-
stances the determined and bitter enemy
of liberal opinions in church. school and
state. He was remorseless in his perse-
cutions of the press, and the exponent of
everything that is cruel, barbarous and
wicked in the Russian polity.
1t is doubtful if another man can be
found in the empire who unites, to
TOLsToIs fierce instincts, lis great ability
and remarkable force of character His
death will doubtless inspire the progress
sive elements in Russia with new hope,
and stimulate them to redoubled efforts
toward the popularization of the govern
ment. Per contra, its effect upon the sup
porters of the existing system is likely to
be depressing.
1t is not impossible that the dawn may
be at last about to break in this unfor-
tunate country.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
why Blaine Did Not Go.

Blaine girls is authority for the statement that
is going the rounds to the effect that the secre-
tary was not so i'll but that he could have at
tended the centennial without jeopardizing his
health, and that he purposely remained at
Harrison. Miss Blaine, so the young lady said,
told her that her father wanted to 90 to New
York, and would have done so, had he not
known that he would be so enthusiastically
greeted that Mr. Harrison would be almost lost
sight of, and as he did not desire 10 widen the
breach between himself and the president until
after certain diplomatic appointments we're dis
posed of he prudently decided to stay away
and let Mr.. Harrison share the glory with Mr.
Cleveland
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
THE scHooL-BooK TRUST.
It's DisreputabIe Fight Against the New
Law-PubIic Indignation.

Spencer Democrat
The school-bo0k trust is doing everything
possible to create dissatisfaction with the new
school-book law and are sending their agents
all over the state for the purpose of embitter-
ing the minds of the people against its going
into effect Last week agent of Van
Antwerp, Bragg d Co. sent one of their agents
to this place and an attempt was made to bride
our book dealers and school superintendent
into using their influence against enforcing the
new law, which we are glad to note, met with
no success. Another dodge which they have
attempted is to send out in circular form
and editorial FORM the Indiana School Jour-
nal which is a tissue of falsehood, bad
advice and misinformation. The teacher or
trustee who follows the advice expressed by
Editor Bell-who is hired tool in the hands of
school book mOnopolies-is most likely TO get
himself into trouble. Or the teacher who aids
In supporting pretended school journal which
presumes 10 be published in the interest of
common schools and at all times nullifies the
good effect which it should WELD by the sense
less attacks upon all advanced movements,
should be excluded from the school room. The
law, however much 1t may be attacked by its
enemies, is a mertoriOus one and should be
given fair trial. The mere fact that some of
the largest publishing companies have offered
to furnish their books to the schools at a re-
duction of over 20 per cent. should at once con-
vince the people that the only persons likely
to suffer from the law are those who are in
some way or another connected with the school
book trust.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
The World Growing Sober.

The annual budget shows a marked de-
crease in the consumption of intoxicants
in England this in the face of de-
cided revival in trade and an increase of
population, conditions which have been
held in England as certain to produce the
opposite result.
Mr.. GoscHES, in arecent speech, recited
facts which show steady growth of
national temperance which old men all
testify to be taking place, butwhich young
men, who only see what enormous quanti-
ties of alcohol still go down hungry threats
in one form or another, still find it hard to
believe" The same phenomenon is to be
witnessed in this, and we believe in every
other civilized country.
The fact is that the world is growing
soberer every year. In no respect has
then Deere such radical change in the
United States during the last hall century
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
An Official Abuse.


1t is not decent that the consuls at London
and Liverpool should each have greater pay and
emoluments than the minister at the court of
ST. James, and is very indecent il the Illicit
consular em0luments are wrung from cOnsum-
ers of imported merchandise in our country,
under the pretense of notarial fees. The statute
is mandatory that the tax for certifying con-
sular invoice shall not exceed 800 tbs nov
in London about 12s. If an additional fee Is
needed for oath, the tax should be on each
invoice the fair annual aggregate cost of an
English notary, which need not exceed 2 ID. on
each invoice. Such petty brigandage for the
benefit of consuls is contemplate as well as
Illegal
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
No Wonder.
TChicaeo Times. (


President Harrison is reported as having said
that he had forgotten President Arthur had a
son. Very likely. President Arthur was a
gentleman and did not keep his son on dress
parade at the white house. President Arthur's
son did not pose for cOnspicuity by growing
about the plumbing of the white house, and
saying that the place was not fit for his father.
President Arthur's son was taught that the
country didn't owe him a living and that he
must get out and hustle for himself instead of
feeding at the white house. President Arthur
never encouraged his son TO stand around with
his hand out pleading for a foreign mission
1t is wonder President Harrison forgot that
President Arthur had a son.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15

THE Omaha Bee (rep.) says that it is un-
Just to criticise Mr.. HARRISON for the dis
graceful appointment of PAUL WANDER
WORT as superintendent of mails in that
city, since sit is not at all probable that
the president knew anything about VAN
DERvooRT, or even heard of him, and very
likely the postmaster-general, if he had
anything directly to do with the APP
pointment, did not seek information
beyond those who urged it. The fault, !"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15

ONE OF the industries that was to be
ruined if CLEVELAND was reelected, and
doomed if HARRISON was elected, was the
glass industry. Yet ever since the cleo
ton wages in the glass works all over the
country have been steadily tending down
ward, and the glass trade is in a very de-
pressed condition. The green glass and
bottle manufacturers association has just
announced that workmen must accept a
material reduction in wages from the next
blast, which will begin Sept. l. HARRISON
is president and glass is protected" to
several times the entire cost of labor in
its production. Why, then, is the glass
trade dull, and why are wages going
down? Perhaps the Indianapolis Journal,
which occasionally tackles the tariff, y
can explain.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15

as in the drinking habits of the people.
II has amounted, indeed, to social revo-
lution; and it has not been wrought, we
may add, by legislation, but by the growth
in popular intelligence, and an increased
perception of the advantages of temper
ance-that is to say, of moderation. At
the present rate of progress, fifty
years hence alcoholic excess will be practi-
cally unknown in the civilized world.
But we shall still have our ''cakes and
ale -
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15

The ocean record has been broken again.
The new Inman line steamship, City of
Paris, on her second trip from Queens
town to New York, made the remarkable
time of five days, twenty-three hours and
seven minutes. The best previous record
was that OF the Etruria, of the Cunard
line-six days, one hour and fifty-five
minutes. The difference in favor of the
City of Paris is two hours and forty-eight
minutes. These swift voyages are made
at prodigious cost to the steamship COM
panies. 1t is doubtful if the results COM
pensate for the expenditures. Still, the
rivalry keeps up, and, at the present rate
of progress, the time between New York
and Queenstown is liable to be reduced to
five days in the near future. But some of
the steamship companies are likely to be
bankrupted in the process.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15

THE appointment of d. s. ALEXANDER as
Z. S district attorney for the northern
district of New York has occasioned a
good deal of kicking" by the republican
politicians of that state Mr.. ALExANDER's
selection was opposed by Senator'S EvARr
and HIsCoCK and by Boss PLATT, and it is
said that his confirmation will be stoutly
resisted. Mr.. ALEXANDER is one of the
most respectable men yet appointed to
Office by President HARRISON, and will
make an efficient district attorney. But his
appointment was purely a personal one,
being the reward for a good deal of lively
"hustling" ALEXANDER has done in HAIR
RIsoN's behalf in years past. We violate
no confidence in announcing that he will
give his unanimous support to the admin
istration.