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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
Static OF FATHER DRCMGOOLF.


A statne NJ tle late Rev. John G. DrumG 1.e
founder of the Mission OF tie Immaculate NiFsn and
of St Joseph's Union, who died March, - l',7' "'S
tus, been completed and it Will soon adon the iIot
Of the Institution at Lafayette Place and Great Jones
st. This memorial 10 a wellhnown man IS 'lo "o'"
Of Robert Cushing the sculptor, WHO mas beeh eh-
Gagged on 1t for the last two years, ana II was ho'
until yesterday ready FOR the iouhurS ""c'o q" VIII
he cast In bronze.
The figure OF the worthy father is cf heroic SIZE
ten feet high and represents him in benevolent pose
listening 10 the enreaty of a little street Alao "'o
cipgs 10 tho cassock of the priest a., WITH uPiieu
face. lie makes his plea. Father Drnngooic' ielt
hand rests ON tie shoulder OF the boy, to whose
story he listens with inclined head. The priest Is
shown wearing cassOck and hiretta. III Inc fle"l
hand is a half opened b~vary, below winch Is Il
rosary demanding from one Of the fingers, WHO
from a small pocket In the breast OF the cassock peeps
out IA pair Of eve glasses.
ON the opposite side If Father Drumgoolc Is another
figure which offers strong contrast To Nc D"''
footed urchin Oh the other side. with ltN ragged H''
and lonely suspcnder holding up It's tacr"d troscrS
This second figure is seated on three pudefols tonnes
az Father DrmgooIes feet. 1t is that OF boy III
tently engaged in reading open volume winch Ie''
unon the knees, the legs being twisted III Careless
boyish fashion. , . .o,,
tn. conception of the sculptor is intended to CON
vey the evolutionary effect OF three years "''''''
Ing in the school and mission. Father Dru'soo'
c,lcf monument The face of tile boy reading i
,,e Same a, that of the ganin upon whose ahou"cr
the maternal hand the priest rests but TIC expires
,iou las changed 20 tranquil and conteh'e" one.
,he hard features OF the street waif being so'eheu
into look If bright intelligence; These two nsm,eS;
,.hich serye A. "A foil Tor the Imposing ce"ti'
,aiuc are five feet three inches and I'VE lce' h'ie
inchcs in height respectively; one IS Supposed y" w.
t"evc wears Of age and the other three years oe.
tter The rroup Is II viii be mounted on PeIes
consisiinc of twenty-five tons OF Quincy granite.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
TOTAL RECEIPTS
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

COFFEr-On ths spo, had SLOW inquiry. but we,
rucl steady ~ ~. ti.ls u l2cc for No Ro. MIA
rrowths quiet and Exchanged. Thee was a moderate
business :hA contract considering The bret session
The uarkei. however swung around to lower basis
and local longs" iberA se"f prompted by v"ateF
cables. Final acric showed net ios>e. o. lja30 points
evfe decln,d '.aia Il. stock in HAVE $1,000 bass
which 267 900 BAG Brazilian. Hamburg howetr
gained = pig N Eio and London weah tlle
att,s closing a. - p: M Official quo"u9Shs nay
5js 81 October -, 81. no qnotc,: Fir> ordinary 40
klo. 10 300 good second 10 klp. 10 40 cNchahac
tpivato IL. receipts RIO II 600 bags Eio ccisnces
10 United states, 900 bag, do do TO Europe OgO PAX,
R!o stock. go 600 bags Rio market weak lfc'1pl'
santos 1000 bag. Santos stock. St 0W! bags Sanu"
quiet. good santos. 10 500 ltrc'PtS
no July ~ May q 1872 3t- 600 bags; silc tiii"
1891. 2OS9 600 bags: tin" 1890, 2,l3pOcO Dag
Hnccp,s A. santos July 10 Nav g. lS9, 1900 900 bags
time 1891 SGD 900 bags same tine lS9V ioi-'VVV
H. % llns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
THE STATE or TRADE.

raltluorc. May rlOut steady unchanfcl Er fpi.
a., Lb,s Shipments. 2...J1 obs si.c-, 10 pDis.
Nh.,t nrm. r-d SPOT. yJ'."3y',r th' ho''', "'
I'D Jun. veN-dU.s,c. Jui,. 9o'ra00Ac; steamer 40 :
I'd 50 I'D receipts. A'JeS bush ,hn', r -. go
lush .toch 81 oil bush -alts COCO bHsh Noh'"'Il
,shrat 9ui,t: FuE "2G?br; Longb'ff' ''":E,' on.
nfu,r. niNtd spot 49. HiJ'sc, ih" month 20" y
Iu", ,sBsl.r' July. Isdi1i.c; -'"1u'r nlNrd, 20
I'D r .lpt. =, Is bush ,hpLcnt- - VVO pun sto'~
900 80 ,n,,i sale 5000 Du,h N"nth.i" com
Nine, and yellow Doc. oats very quiet 40 "hle
western 3sd.SLc, 80 mixed Me'tcfn, 5tTd9o,' ir,
Clint ia ONj bush stUch. lOJl3 bush I've Hul' 'nn
s,.'Gv. so sUas.c stock 81 so bush Hay '''iu,
y"vi 10 choice timothy slJdrlG '.Fa, n ul,'
s'cady unchanged. irtcr casy creamery i9y' ,di
d. f,lr l., c.ncr lSH.uc; do Imitation l'HlS' lau.
i,ncV 10, do lood To choice I3dl ro me lr GO
lair god lSai3e ,o'e r.chd lSai r n 10
i2s,c. sugar STEADY srannl1t d. 10 'oPo' "''o'
refined II .c Wbl>kcy arm. unchanged
Buffalo MAY spring wheat qqlct ont S~ , Wy
STR ~ Salc. 900 bush No hard spot at "
closing 1T ass, 5000 bush g l. Al 'l.re Coslnk u.
olLc? - 600 hush No Northern spot al Nv 1on IT,,
do g. l. f. Ut $3.50 800 bush No Northern AZ SOC
suot winter wheat ,Uady; sales cars No f Al o'e
lrt1 bs.h 80 Whit at Dic In store. corn opened
-t.aiy; demand very light. salc., :, cur, 40 trfo"
closing 80 : and 40 yellow at f3c No ild No s.
a. an atom sskrd opened but closed Irih al
outside urc,s; sales q NO white NJ 3Ia1o%c =
cars 40 : white a, 34iaJi'.c NO mlN'd SIC a1h,,'
nsod bert siing ~ 55dst s5 do winter. - oO"s 80
rye hour ;. s00si % MN feed steady aud unchanS d.
"a ai fra,pnts dull wheat So corn. 2'sc raN-crd &c
flour NJ 900 bbls wheat -9i 900 bush corn
ian ono hush oats bush. Canal shlWn"hts-Whcit.
1s 300 bush corn. 10 600 bush lIaiiro'd shpmsnts o
bush oats $1,000 bush barley. 1000 b"sh rye. lsoOo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09

have tried il rs erstac. There is nothing brown ~
the science Of medicine pharmacy that equals IT,
delights. Big quals Of 1t that fll, tie lug, all
cells said all the nerves Of the BODY 7C.e
aid the brain IN delicious whirl. The effect .a.'-
al TIE way from five minutes to on hour according
70 the person and Is said have 70 apparently dole
ter.ons results except n pecul.a! rncnta, collapse
from which The disspator doesn'f recover T., -evega
aours While under The strange influence # re
s:nT one feels completely lost 10 The word AID Oh
hvlous 10 everything terre-ria That IS the reason
. Is salled the coIponnd oNycen d,Mak.n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
A MODERN ATHENfAN Triple.
Ionis Glohe-I>e mocrat.

"c latest IN Boston the c"my9%nc u oSy
AT lie LIndelI House "There are "A half dozen
establishments in the Hub that are doing rushing Ihn
business In catering to this form Of disson ~.
highest social psauon Ii. women Communicating the
men. The sensation produced by the ihhalauon y,
compound oxygen II Described 10 me BY those VINO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
THE PETROLEUM MARKET.

NEWS FROM TIE FIELD AND RANGE OF PRICES
The monthly field report OF Pennsylvania development
Work FOR April afforded some 20 producers
The average daily and new yield showed q falling OF from
March OF I.s00 barrels. and there Important de-
cline I'm the yc.d per well. The average daily
Dew production nearly half o. The tgsrc for January
The new developments under way were smaller than Al
he close of March by twenty the Jcr u drilling
wells and twenty In the number Of ga up and building
work under way on April 80 was Hss han at nc
nd OF month hi> year Although no general shut
down movement has been Initiated h., record .oJAs
there would be some short the tvccsrs Of th
dr ApPnaed are the field reports .9r The FIRST
on o! lsQ-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09

The refined market dun and unchanged 4. 60
cent. per gallon Ia 800 cents in bulk %eW
York and sos 81 pr gallon at PhilsdrlIhl
and Baltimore. quoted at go cent? Crude
oil declined points 80 gallon In barrels aud
2sJ hulk. Washington crude being puot.d 81
POINTS under figures. Nephtha unchanged At
cents gallon.
TIN, foreign ma - without change IL ifJnr-
re- loo kOs a Antwerp . 30 marks per 20 kiO,
bremen and Ji.d per Imperial gallon at London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09

Cash quotations follows. Flour quiet and I'M
chaaged. No spring wheat. s2'.c; No -prnS wheat
nominal, No rtd. SjdoGi.c. No corn. itdit>cj No
. oats. white, 32aJZac; No white. 3O%d5itci 40 :
oats ye.a2a,c; No g rye, 162d11c, No barley, O-c ;
no naxstcd 9!c prime timothy seed. ~ 25dSl 30 mess
PORK, per Dbl. 81 2as3 30; lard per 100 H. 80 i5a
shoulders. boxed - e2ast % short clear sides boxed
So dS5 30 wbs<ey dIstllcrs finished goods gal
ii 10 sugars unchanged; No barley. T. O. b.. 4sa19e
No 4 corn. new. Iyc, No 4 do, I. o. b.. 4jc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09

STAINED.
STAINED.
A. Low " dlllng. .......G
u - NM q LILO

Strict Good Ordinary ....5i- Mdfng..----- I'-'o
Outiou--Du important factor IN thi- u'lr
mont today. With weaker AM -pm'Nhat N1rhpc man,
ilycrir,ol a. ~ the outset. -"
Nor les long -on' leading TO- oF'2h g"
ya Iont4 The. loss however. subsequently r-"'""
In rr.t' uol .uro o.a buying anG snail port tc''-
tcrctirr the nrmn's- ia y - lott h'h cam .
settled back leaving on az ~
point, loss for hc dal. Snir- 80 20 lh'i - Cola.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09

WafrhoUer doIIN'rIcs -Incr Nav T. :,
II 95l bags, Baltimore. zoos bags; NeN'of'e'"S' ''
bag t0tai. 7i.1ll bags. -, 49,, ,,,-iv
c6TTON-Thc pot market rul"d s,eady ana r"r;H
active a. I6o advance Salr- POO b,e> Tor "Np'fi ~
naos Tor consumption and 200 bales on conro,; n.
cops az tie port were o0ll bales. against 80. '
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09

''Vp ~ 1897 1891
,.,,, , ali1Pu 506l $50
nc.o,,, iT,v. 81 SO li,ll9
I\poft> g. Great Britain. div- - - '':s
Exports 20 France. day-.. y u y, -,
~ port. TO Continent day. ...-.... -'5'i -'''-'
Stock I'm New.York licensed ware ~, o.,
houses. counted daily ......-... '-...'.'' Six
In other pl1re- (c.tuatcdl... '''''
Total stock New York, by running ,oo ,o 20 ~,
:. y ~ al, I-r,d sat-. roriS.. r5Is-B i'3.5a,
"'',..J ,ci.rr,rs n IA --l;e,ept- 900 bales. -
t '' r,',r . ooo iolcs s,le, 5000 bales o.
which for speculation and 'Nport. 900 ti'-' AZ Im',
900 bales SPOT market IN buyers f'Iof' Hilis'iii,,
Upands. ID. Futurc- opened barely steady AZ o'r"''
Quotations are based Oh American standard Of ciasincA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
Runs. DclIV- lbs. doh
Total Observation-Disclosures. llO.4gJ .UO,iS :
Average per dny............ S3.9J5 iVo3i

The gene = position OF petroleum l. unchanged and Go
outlook l. without special promise. Refined oil move,
sluggshly ut low prizes The situation OF the manuia
article may br appreciated when one recall, that
the price Antwerp lO4 against II
francs today; Bremen 80 marks now 30 marks
aud London prices j'.dJ 1871 6d against Old. a.
present. In the oil 0,lds there falling Oh III
output. The Mcdonald pool c on 10 - 900 iir ~
yield -. 600 barr L. This MIA
continues remarkable STAYING powcrs ana
whoc the production Pennsylvania is the
demand. The tiadIng In crude ctitiates Light aud
Ilc after aliyng IL cents jS'. cents, cO~cd prdc
csny unchanged 81 The market cndcd duh AID
heavy.
The range Of prices ond the total dealings National
Transit certificates the Stock Exchange and the
olida.-d Stock aud Petroleum Exchange ia the last
Vce k W.Ied A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09

the incomplete pipe line report, for Apr for tho Penn
sylvana ed> md ate accumulation Ia stocks OF more
than 100000 barrels: T. daily aIeiecc Of iin' W -
March 3ool barrels in April ls?i '5l2' Gamrl, -
1880 and ji.1~1 barrels IN April. lrSH Ihr deliver -
have averaged 7lilj barrel, day against 81 ~ barrels
IL March Il SIS barrels Ia AUil, 1891 SIT barrel III
1890. and .i,1jl barrel, in 1883
The Pennsylvania Pipe Line figures fcr April were Is
follows,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09

Runs Deliveries. runs. Char'crs.
ANrrace nor day 17.jl0 7l.n5 ,IOi - 1896
The Buckeye Pipe Line report ior A!ul a. follov>:
rNrc-.
Runs. Deliveries. delivers.
Total bbls ....-.........1 ,J7c.GiO $780, 49, 0%
Average rs,r day 81 "a 5).tf9 1ii9D
The partial Pennsyl,un pipeline reports fiom May
ia charters to the Gjh) inclusive. follows
Excess
Runs. Deliveries. delivers. Chaic.
Total bbls....... 81! az 1910, go los ~
The Buckeye Pipe Line reports from May to
follows:
Excess
nnii, d,it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-26
ON THE VERGE OF THE UNKNOWN.
An Experiment. That Makes Us Ask "whst
Is Coming?"

An Experiment That Makes Us Ask "what
Is Coming?"
The Spectator.
Mr.. W.. H. Preece. chief engineer and cleo
trician to the pOstoffie. has put up q wire Q
mile long on the coast near Lavernock, and
q shorter wire on Flatholm, a little island
three miles off in the Bristol channel. He
fitted the latter wire with n ~'soundcr"
TO receive messages, and sent o mes
sage through the former from q pow
erful telephone generator. That mes
heard on the island. though nothing con-
'nected the two. OF. in other words, the pos
sibiiity of q telephone between places IN
commented by wire was concluslyely es-
tablished. There is q possibility here of
interplanetary communication, a good deal
more worthy attention han any scheme
for making gigantic electrich flashes. We
do Eot know II we can communicate by tel
ephono through the ether TO New York or
do know that. If we cannot the fault Is in
onr generators n saunders, and not in
any prohibitory natural law.
Will our habitual readers bear with rs
for q moment as We wander into another.
and, as many of them will think, o supra
sensual ~revions The thought in n mans
brain which causes him to advance his foot
must move something In doing it. or how
could it be- transmitted down that five OF
six feet of d~istancef Ii IL moves q physical
something, internal TO the body. why
shonld it lot move also something external,
"a wave. as We all agree to call 10. which. on
another mind prepared TO receive lifted
with q s0under, IL fact-wlll make an i'm
pa>t having oil tho effect III the
conveyance of suggestion, or even offacts,
Of the audibiiity OF words' Why. In fact.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-26
whscker' and the night-herdsr was q thing
Of the past. and the big prairie ~schooncrs
were rusting and rotting In disuse."


Ben Stout is home from Michigan Mill
tary Academy for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs James W.. Morris have re-
turned from their trip to California.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Nef. of Kansas City.
are guests of Mrs. Neff's mother, Mrs John
Landers.
Miss Johanna l.. Martens. who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. VIM. +. Graeter. In
Fort Wayne. has returned.
Mrs. Vim. Z. Graeter, of Fort Wayne. is
here spending the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. n Mrs. Herman Martens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles III. Radcliff and
daughter Grace, of Elgin. Ill. are visiting
Mrs. {. :. TayI or. of West Second street.
The Misses McNanis are at home for the
holidays. They have been travelling, since
leaving here. with q noted reader from De-
troit, Miss Cornelia May, and will continue
with her after New Years for the rest of the
season.
Harry Ramey, of Warrington. ID. c., is
spending the holidays in Indianapolis. the
guest of friends. Mr.. Rnmey Is O member
of the National Fencibles, whose appear
ance created q favorable impression here at
the interstate drill two years ago, and who
since have visited here. Friends in the
camps of both Mars and Cupid bring him
again.
TWO WEDDINGS AT FARMLAND.
Special &c the Indianapolis Journal
FARMLAND, Ind. Dec. 25.--Last night at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac H.
Thornburg occurred the marriage of their
daughter. Miss Clara f.. and Mr.. Charles
q. Thorn burg.
This afternoon at the beautiful home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Botkin Miss
Abbie Botkin and Mr.. George l.. Thorn.
burg were married. The bride is O sister
to DR.. Z. L. Botkin. of Muncie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-26
EMILE lola.
He IL Resolved to Ben Mernber OF the French
Acadamy Yet.

Acadamy Yet.
NJ. Crofton In Lippincott
Emile lola, the great French novelist, is
o short-sct, pleasant-lookiDg bourgeois. of
portly build. with q flabby, parchment
co~mplexioned face framed in a fringe of
black beard that Is streaked with gray.
He wears eyeglasses, and Is profoundly
imperious In manner. He is now two-and
fifty. and all his life long has been in
opposition. His career IL Of his own
was q clerk in Hachettc's book store. in
~Paris,-passing rich on eighty francs q
month. While writing his first omance
he was often reduced to bread and water.
and Dlayfully remarks that he was COM
PEELED Ito play Arab" as to clothes. To.
day he is nearly if not quite a millionaire.
He has amassed o fabulous fortune out OF
his books. "EAssommoir," which is per-
haps his most popular work. has gone
through fifty editions. His latest novel.
LA Debacle." published quite recently. is
generally accounted his masterpiece. He
has recently made a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
which he intends to embOdy In his next
novel. How he ever manages to turn out
q bulky volume yearly Is difficult for any
one who has seen him use the pen to IN
derstand. He holds 1t between his seq
ond and fourth in gers In the clumsicst
manner imaginable, and writes as slowly
and labori0usly as any child at school.
tho conclusion of one novel and
IA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VA 0aObnCI Ao babCo "a
few weeks rest. during which he boats I'M
moderately. He is also much addicted to
gardening. He resides at Medan. His home
was originally o peasant's cottage. and con-
tains but three rooms. II Is here he pursues
his literary iabors. Two hundred and
thirty trains pass the door daily. He fled TO
this rural retreat" In 1878 to escaps the
annoy caused by tho hordes of tourists
who flied Paris at the time of the
exhibition. He was appointed a knight
of the Legion Of Honor. and was last year
elected president of the Society of Men of
Letters. but the Academy is still closed
against him. though. like Daudet, he has
been knocking at the door for some years.
IL am not In the least discouraged he
said after his recent defeat for admission.
land shall present myself again and
again. 1t is only q matter OF patience.
Balzac was blackballed. and yet overy-
body said that he would have got in event.
ually If he had not died before the time
came to present himself again. Then there
was Victor Hugo. who had to present him
self four times. Perhaps / shall have to
present myself twice as often, but / shall
get there In the end"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-26
TWO DOLLARS, WORTH OF Bosro,

Or the New York Man and the Long.Dis-
tance Telephone.
Life.
Soene-A long-distance telephone.of1ce
in New York. Clerk In charge. Enter q
man in a hurry.
Man in Q Hurry-Can telephone to Bos-
ton heres
Cierk-Yes. sir.
Man in q Hurry-How much do you
Cierk-Two dollars for five minutes oon-
Man in o Hurry-Allr right. Ring up Bos.
ton aud get me the Public Library.
Whirr-r-r-r.
Clerk lin 'Phone)-Hello! Give me Bos-
ton. tPausc.) Hello! Boston! want the
Public Library. Pause! Hello! Public
Libraryf Here you are; sir.
Mon in n Hurry lin 'phone)-Heliol IL
this Bostonf
Voice In
Man In a hurry-Of course. i know that.
didn't think ] was talking to the whole
o,ty. Where are you att
Voice IN Phone
Man IN a Hurry-Confound your impu-
dence! L didn't ask you anything about
want the Public Library.
Man IN a Hurry-Well, why didn't you
saw 40 at frsts We haven't got no time in
New York for propositions. Tell-Whats
that
Voice in 'Phone--
Man in d Hurry shouting at the top Of
his yo,ce)-Jumping Jupiterl Do You sup
pose Pm going to pay S24 an hour to have
you teach Inc m through o tele-
phonei
Clerk (interposingl-If you talk in an or
binary tone of voice, sir. you will be heard
much better.
Man in a Hurry-Confound you. let me
alone! I'm talking TO on idiot two hundre
miles out of my reach.
Clerk Iapologetically)-Excnse me. sir.
Man In "a Hurry-Hello. Boston Public
Library, 1 want to talk on q matter of
great importance with MIR. Smith.
Man in q Hurry-Smith. SMITH,
Smith,
Voice In Phone -
Man in q Hurry-By all t~hat's-excuse
me, l don't care whether he speils his
name with O Y OF an j. Is HE I'M
Voice in Phone --
Man I'm u Hurry lemphatically) Then
why in thunder and all the elements didn'
yon say so at tirsti Gcewhilhkins Ii l
had you here Pd-
C!erk-FIve minutes are up. sir.
Whirr-r-r-r.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-26
A Russian Fashion.
Free Russia

Americans who chance to receive letters
from Russia are usually surprised TO find
the the foreign postage stamp on their en-
velope usei rs q seai-afix ed, that Is to
say. TO the center of the side opposite to
Sometimes Russians settling in the United
States continue the practice acquired ut
home. much. OF course. 20 the annoyance OF
United States postofice officials. A case of
this KIND occurred recently IN New York
state. but 1t was explained quite mad
equately by q writer in tho World who al
legged that the coionists sealed their letters
with the postage stamp. because communi-
cations from the United States were usual
Nv opened in the Russian ~pos.oaice before
being delivered. As n matter of fact the
habit is diiiused all through Russia. and
amply means that dIstrust of the imperial
post0lice III hat country is widespread.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-26
THE MEXICAN VETERANS.
Why the Democratic House VIII Not "Purgcs
Their Pension Roll

Their Pension Roll
New York Morning Advertiser.
We observe that the House has fastened
to pass the Senate bill TO increase the PEN
per month. The great body OF virtuous,
economical and patriotic gentlemen in she
lower House, who are instant In season and
out of season in demanding that the rolls
bearing the names of Union veteran pen
siopers shall be 'purged," lose no time In
increasing the expenditure, on first oppor.
tunity. of the public money when it goes
TO the pensioners of the Mexican war.
Why 10 thisf
IL is as simple as the rule of three. The
Mexican war veterans are chiefly Southern
gentlemen, the Union veteran Is commonly
q greasy mechanic" or q Northern mud
SILL" The Mexican war was i~naugurated
and fought in the interest of the extension
of territory in which human slavery might
be perpetuated. The war in which the
Union veteran incurred his disability was
inaugurated and fought by the Republic "a
save the government from destruction, and
resulted in the wiping out of slavery. The
men who accomplished this were Northern
men.
So that while the widow of the Union
veteran who applies for Q pension now will
be given IS per month, the Southern gen.
tleman's allowance is increased so per cent.
While the determination Is formed 70
purge" the rofs and q away from the
crippled Union soldier or the helpless
widow even the paltry So now allowed. on
the ground that the one 10 q dead-beat and
a hummer and the other the dishoness
relict-of o common swindling s~coundreI.
the allowance to the Mexican veteran Is 30
be made larger.
We are quite aware of the fact that
Northern men and journals of influence aro
lending themselves to the furtherance of
this conspiracy. We do not excuse them
to lay oil the blame on the C~aihounists.
On the contrary. we have for them the con.
tempt their unpatriotio sy~cophsncy %
richly deserves.