The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-12-04

ton was voted down. The great Indian
ans name was not rejected for that of
LINCOLN, or GRANT, or GARFIELD, or
BLAINE or any OF the other eminent leaders
of the 2. o. p, but for the name of CHARLES
b. FARwELL. And who is CHARLES b.
FARwELL? Well, he is a famous poker
player of Chicago, who made a fortune
during the war out of contracts for sold
iers' overcoats, and by virtue of this same
fortune holds a seat in the [. ;. senate.
FARwELL has announced that he will in
troduce bill for the repeal of the civil
service law when congress assemblies, and
it is for this that he finds himself honored
above any other republican, dead or alive,
by the Indianapolis republicans. It's a
grand old party, isn't it?
THE Philadelphia Press. the leading re-
publican paper of Pennsylvania. goes to
some pains to show that it was not "Col."
SWORDS, NDut MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY,
who conceived the idea of sending $4,000
TO the Hoffman house in New York,
democratic rendezvous, to be bet on HAIR
R1soN few days before the last presiden-
tial election. The Press prints the state
ment of Maj JOHN G. DELANEY, the senate
librarian, who was close to Col. Quay all
through the campaign" This illustrious
man OF war and letters SAYS
Senator QUAY was very anxious TO fight the
battle of 1883 on the Mills bill, and was very
much put out by the introduction in the senate
of the anti-3Iills bill against his earnest plead
ings. The night before the senate bill was in
trOdUced he paced the floor at headquarters
until midnight and then, turning to Senator
DELANIATER, his son DICK and myself, he an
nOunced his determination TO send some one
the next evening with $4,000 to the Hoffman
house 10 bet on HARRISON. We declared IL
good scheme that would overshadow any other
event of national Importance. The next morn.
ing the newspaper men were forewarned, and
during the day ten-thousand-dollar gold GER
tifcate secured. Senator QUAY with his
own hand wrote the conditions OF the wager,
and Col. SWORDS was selected to place the
money. SWORDS himself came to me and
asked me to help decipher Senator QUAY's
manuscript for the convenience OF the type
writer, and during its deciphering SWORDS
commented on the brilliancy of the scheme,
and praised QUAY in the warmest manner,
saying il was no wonder we won in Pennsyl-
vania with such genius as QUAY to lead US.
The bet was placed, as you all know. These
are the true facts, and no one dare dispute
them.
This Observation-Disclosures bet-this event
OF national importance" as Mai. DELANEY
calls it-this mastery stroke of genius
is claimed to have been what saved HAIR
RIsoN." But, according to the man of
many prayers, in whose behalf this ten
thousand-dollar bet was made, it was not
the bet that elected him. 1t was the LORD.
DURING the past week two of the most
destructive fires in our history have taken
place in New England. 1t was a striking
coincidence that two fires of such magni-
tude should have occurred so near to each
other, both in time and distance, and that
the same business interest should
have been the chief sufferer by
each. The fact that such an
enormous destruction of property
through this agency should be possible in
such cities as Boston and Lynn, under the
conditions which attended these calami-
ties, is one OF most ungrateful significance.
The great Boston fire appears to have
originated in the deadly electric wires, the
dangerous possibilities OF which are thus
revealed in a new and startling light.
Every considerable town in the country
is literally enveloped in these wires, and
it is appalling to think of the death and
upon some mad freak of the mysterious
power, whose subtle affinity for them
makes them at once so useful and so terri
BILE to mankind. The inventive genius
which has utilized electricity to such Won
derful ends, ought to be equal to the task
of making it docile and tractable. 1t is a
good servant, but a cruel master.
THE republicans of the national house
of representatives have chosen REED of
Maine for speaker. This choice is but a
confirmation of THE SENTINEL's assertions
that the republican party is the party of
capital as opposed TO labor. REED repre-
sents the East-the bond-hoding, money
lending, railroad-owning section of the
country. He is, and his record in con-
gress has proven him such, the friend of
the interest-collecting East as against the
producing, interest-paying West. In his
capacity as legislator, he has been the con-
sistent and never-failing champion of the
railroads against the people. The speaker
exercises a great power in shaping legisla-
ton, and REEDS selection is full of evil
omen for the West. Though imbued with
the doctrine Of protection-fatal 10 the
Vests prosperity-REED's opponent, Nc
kIyLEy Of Ohio, has reputation for
honesty and intelligence which would
have made him more acceptable to the
people this side of the Alleghenies. Be-
sides, his attitude on the money question
is far more in harmony with that OF the
vast majority OF the people of the United
States than that OF his successful COM
petitor.
THE Journal, which supposes that it is
for protection, but, for the life OF it, can't
tell why, parades this statement, by a
miner who recently visited England, under
the apparent impression that it is good
high tariff ammunition:
The miners wages range from an average of
so cents Tin some localities) day to SLIP day
in Durham and Northumberland where they
are said to receive the highest wages. Accord
ing 10 the best information at hand. both from
mine inspectors and officers of the miners
union, the average wages a day will not reach
shillings ISL for each day worked. A year il
will average about 500 to S225.
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