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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02
OUR I~Y-pREsIDBETs.

1t seems to be pretty well settled that
President Harrison, after his term of
Office expires, will return to this city
and resume the practice of law in such
manner as may be most c%Ongenial to his
taste and best comport with the dignity
of his station. For, say what we please,
there are certain limitations in the case
of an ex-President which almost compel
observance and which the people would
not like TO see disregarded. The fact
that there has been considerable specu-
latiOn as to President Harrison's future
plans, as there always is in regard to a
retiring President, shows that the peo-
pie have a feeling that an ex-President
must always be somewhat distinguished
from the general mass, and that hemust,
to some extent, continue to observe the
traditions of the Office even after he re-
tires from it. 1t is worthy of note and a
matter for conRratulation that none of
our ex-Presidents has ever forgotten
what was due to the Office after leaving
it. The most have withdrawn from
public life and lived in dignified retire
ment. John Quincy Adams and Mr..
Cleveland are the only ones who have
re-entered public life. the former serv-
firing from the presidency and the lat
ter being reelected to the same Office.
Mr.. Cleveland is. we believe, the only
ex-President who ever resumed the
practice of law after retiring from the
office, and his practice was limited and
exclusive. Ex-Prcsident Hayes, whose
private fortune enabled him to live
without engaging in any business, has
led a quiet life. almost his sole con-
nection with current affairs being his
active interest in the prison reform
movement, in which he has been an
honored leader for many years. His en-
tire conduct since retiring from Office
has been hat Of q true American gen.
tleman and typical citizen.
1t is probable that if the limitations
of his position would permit President
Harrison would prefer to resume the
general practice of law. He is still in
the prime of life and intellectual power.
He is of a controversial turn and loves
the law, and his tastes as we'll as his
training would doubtless lead him to
resume the general practice if he felt
that the traditions of the Office would
allow him to do so. In view of these, it
is moro likely that he will take the po-
sition of a consulting lawyer, and only
appear in the courts in exceptional cases
of great Importance. f'-Ge9 ere
There has been some discussion at
different times as to the propriety of
making some provision for our express
idents. One proposition has been that
they should be pensioned for life, and
another that they should be made
United States Senators at large for life.
The first suggestion Is opposed to Amer
lean ideas, and has never met with
favor. The other is not unreasonable,
but as It could only Be carried out by
amending the Constitution there is not
much probability of its adoption. Per-
haps, after oil, the best thing to do with
our ex-P Presidents is to let them alone
and trust to their sense of honor and
propriety not to discredit the Office after
they have left it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ALvINZA HAYWARD. one Of the earliest of
the gold m~illionalres of California. is very
old and feeble now. He is worth probably
$50. COZ, 600 or more. but has dropped com
pletely out of sight behind the newer boz
nanzaists. \
DIR. WEKERLE. Hungary's new Prime
Minister, Is a German. and was formerly q
farm bailii. 1t is said to be the first time
that q mar who was neither q Magyar nor
an aristocrat reached so high q post in the
service OF that country.
THERE is O shepherd at Monor. Hungary.
who is 106 years old. and still attends to
his flocks. His wife. who is the third part
ner of his joys and sorrows. is ninety-one.
The only complaint that the old man has
TO make at the way of the world Is that he
cannot buy as much good tobacco for ten
kreutzers nowadays as In former years.
Mr.. DAVID DoUGLAs. the well-known
Edinburgh publisher. is arranging a col
lection of about two thousand letters writ
ten by Sir Walter Scott. which have been
preserved at Abbotsford. 1t is intended to
publish q selection of the most interest
Ing and characteristic OF these letters.
Very few of Scotts letters have, so far,
been given to the world.
THE Duchess OF LauraRuais, who was
s0mawhst given to making poetry, could
not think of a word to rhyme with coiffe.
Turning to Talleyrand. who CHANGED to be
by her side. she said: ''Prince. give me q
rhyme to ~cOitfe." Impossible. Duchess"
replied Talleyrand without q moments de-
lay. "for that which pertains to the head
of q woman has neither rhyme nor reason"
PREsIDENT-ELECT CLEVELAND had q
brother who many years ago lived at New
Albany, Ind. He was Q house and sign
painter. He enlisted in the war and came
out with the rank of lieutenant. In 1884
he took passage on the steamer at New Or
leans for New York. The vessel reached
port in safety. but if Lieutenant Cleveland
was among tho passengers that landed it
was never known to his friepds. 1t 10 be-
lieved that he WAS lost overheard.
THE Rev. Asa Dalton. ID. D., rector of st.
Stephens Episcopal Church, in Portland,
Me-, has Just completed thirty years OF
service in one post of duty. His church Is
the strongest of the denomination in the
whole Pine Tree State. He is an inde-
pendent and liberal man, and preached in
a Unitarian Church one Christmas night
two or three years ago. He may be found
in his pulpit tiftv.tw0 Sundays a year. his
summer vacations being spent ut Falmouth,
so near that be can return to town for serv-
ice every week.
ii GEORGI RAZOR-BACK.
He's like a flash o. sunshinc-like q knife-blade
split In two,
For he Ral!ops through the country, an jest
leaves q streak o. blue
The genuine old Georgia razor-back!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

If the international silver conference
now sitting at Brussels have no other
Immediate result than that of exciting
discussion in Europe and drawing uni
versal attention to the necessity of early
action on the silver question it will not
have been held in vain. Everybody"
says a cablegram this morning, ''seems
to agree that the powers represented in
the conference ought to show that they
are conscious of the necessity of doing
something" When this much is ad-
mitted it is an important advance to-
wards doing something.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

for the cause of science that the two
survivors did not have a kodak with
them. A photograph of the monster in
the act of munching the foot of their
unfortunate companion would have en-
abled scientists to give the creature its
proper classification. and copies of the
picture would, NJ doubt, have found a
large sale among persons who are inter-
ested in natural curiosities. To the IN
credulOus it would also have furnished
corroborative proof of the ruth of the
story, though the testimony of two Ida
no men ought to be enough to satisfy
any reasonable person. All things con-
sidered. the occurrence is n of the
most remarkable that has happened for
some time, even IN the far West.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

THE scheme for making the State
Board of Charities an auditing board
for the accounts of the State charitable
institutions has some things to recon-
mend it. If the Legislature puts this
plan into operation and it proves sue
cessful in regulating the bills of plumb
ers and others who are accustomed tn
charge three prices. the people outside
of asylums who suffer from the same i'm
position may petition for the appoint
ment of O board to audit their bills and
to see that they are not robbed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

THE recens proposition of Rev. Dr..
Parkhurst, of New York, who assaulted
Tammany so vigorously a few months
ago, to have n good man appointed
in each of the 1.137 election districts of
that city to take account of tho morals
therein has caused quite general CON-
ment- 1t may be practical; but when a
clergyman who believes that Tammany
is the sum of all iniquities advised his
hearers to vote for Mr.. Cleveland. who
practically headed the Tapmany ticket,
as did DIR. Parkburst, he is not the best
adviser in the world.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 1892.

mechanics. These classes are no doubt
a minority numerically, but intellect
ually they are a majority, and through
them the seeds of progress are scattered
throughout the world. A worlds fair
Is a worlds exchange of ideas, a clear
ing-house for the products of the human
intellect, and is a great educator. Bis
marck to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

In private letter to a supporter Hon.
Charles l.. Henry writes: 81 do not in
the least regret having made the race.
So far as Republican principles are con-
cerned this temporary defeat will only
serve to make them stronger among the
people when they shall have been con-
trasted with the devices of the Demo
cratic leaders," Mr.. Henry is one of
the men whom the Republican party of
Indiana will call to serve it in the good
DAYS coming.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

VANDALIA, H.. Dec. 1.-Two strangers,
known as Joseph Ross m Joseph Craft.
claiming TO hail from Armstrong county.
Pennsylvania, are held TO the grand jury
here for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses by means of checks drawn ON a bank
at Brookviile, Pa. They fleeced several
citizens with the worthless paper. and
tried 20 raise S2. COO on ~ hve-thousand-doi-
lar draft. but banker Foleer took the pre-
caution TO telegraph 20 Brook VILE. whence
cnme a reply that Ross and Graft had no
funds there. The swindlers were negotiat-
ing q realty deal. possibly with the hope OF
they were exposed they lied. but were
captured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

1T is bad enough to distort therecords
to sustain the majority of the monument
commission, who have Mexicanized the
monument without apprising the vet
prans or the public, but it is worse to
refer to such men as Commander Chea-
die. who served faithfully in the ranks.
as "grasshoppers" because they speak
their opiniOns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

TEN thousand Italians will have sailed
from New York to their native land be-
fore Dec. 10. These men have been
working for S1.25 per day as common
~laborers, of which they saved 81 a day.
1t is estimated that they will take back
an average of $500 each. or 90. 900. 900.
Next year they will come swarming
back again to gather another harvest.
Such laborers should not be allowed to
crowd out of employment w~orkingmen
who have families i'm this country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

THE Minnesota Labor Commissioner
finds that while 721 foreclosures of
mortgages on farms took place in the
twenty-five southern counties of that
State in 1881, only $50 were recorded in
1891. This goes to dispel the campaign
calamity story.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

If the people could know how much
of the uncertainty of the law and the
cost of enforcing it are due to the errors
of courts they would probably be more
careful to elect competent judges. If it
were possible to present q complete
statement of the cases reversed by the
Supreme Court, or in which new trials
have been granted, with added costs to
the people, on account of erroneous in
structions by judges. it would be a
startling exhibit. Two cases in point
have just occurred. In that of the State
against Trogdon, who has been three
times tried for manslauRhter and twice
convicted, the Supreme Court has grant
ed a fourth trial, aud in the case of the
State against Field it has granted a new
trial for a man convicted of murder and
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
Both cases were reversed on account of
n instructions to the jury.
These are sample cases. and similar ones
are of frequent occurrence. They show
that incompetent judges cost the people
very dearly. Perhaps. however, the
evil is inseparable from an elective ju-
dietary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

THOSE Democrats who smeared SOL
diers' tombstones are doubtless sur
prised at the indignation expressed
thereat. They read during the campaign
that the living veterans were treasury
hooters, red-nosed patriots and the like,
and they naturally concluded that a
Democratic victory made such demon
STATIONS appropriate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

TO the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
Is land or property poEght with pension money
exempt from taxation in Indianai
Its not. nor is pension money itself ex-
empt from taxation in any other manner
than is other money.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02
An EnthEaiaal

"Mudge Is q great admirer OF football. he
says"
Indeed he is. Why. he never opens o jack
pot other than with q ""
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02
BUBBLES In THE AIR

"My dear. I have lost my button" said the
rattlesnake to his mate.
"Well, there Is q tailor-bird in the next cage"
she replied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

Tourist Might I inquire why that marble slab
10 set in the middle of the street,
Citizen-Sure. That's a tombstone. You see
they was q tenderfoot fell into the gas trench
just as we was film it up an we hadn't no time
to dig him out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

noisy. metropolitan. cosmopolitan city .
Quiet town. indeedi Look out for q blast
from the Wabash.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

POLICE JUDGE BUsKIRK has vindi-
Gated his claim to the title of the gam
blers' friend.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

settled by lot. and now there Is talk or Q
contest. They should have used an egg.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

Mr.. G. w. EARRING, who was O Repub-
lican watcher on election day IN one pre-
cinct In New York city. makes a statement
In the New York Tribune of the methods
pursued there by the Democrats. Tam
many ran things to suit itself. votes were
openly purchased, and there was no pre-
tense of observing the law. Mr.. Earring
says:
1t is safe TO say that fully fve-sixths of the
ballots east III the district were purchased. The
voters were taken in the booths by the men
buying the ballots. the claim being made that
the voters were physically unable To fold their
own ballots. The men, although rs physically
well as anybody, would swear that they had
left their glasses home. that they were unable to
their fingers, and all sorts of Things. Men with
eyesight as good as mine said under oath that
they were blind. One man was brought up
to the polls by a man who asserted
latter said that his relative was deaf ard dumb.
He therefore claimed the right to go into the
booth with him ana fold his ballot. maintained
that even if he were deaf and dumb such an Of
fiction did not make him incapable OF foldIng his
own ballot. NJ protest did not have any weight,
for the Democratic supervisor said that he would
swear In the man. The oath was administered
orally.
".Do you swear that you are deaf and dumbr.
he was asked.
he was deaf and dumb, and when the oath was
administered he promptly replied: Il do And,
Notwithstanding this remark, which demon
strated that the fellow was a perjurer. he was
permitted 70 go into the booth with his brother
in-law,' who folded his ballot. and saw that he
voted ii. The election inspectors only laughed
when they heard Levy say that he was deaf and
dumb.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02
Woeful Unwisdou

'Ignerntl' said old Mr.. Jason, speaking OF q
neighbor. ivy, that man don't know IS much
as a-as a-as q astronomer"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02
HIS FOURTH TERM.
Gen. Porfirio Diaz %Insugurated President Of
Mexico with Great POmp.
Special to tho Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CITY OF MEXICO. Dec. 1.-The fourth in
auguration of Gen. PorfirIo Diaz as Presl-
len of Mexico took place amid great
pomp, this morning. in the Chamber of
Deputies. The houses were decorated and
the streets were crowded. The route from
the Presidents house to the Chamber was
guarded by a double line of soldiers. In
the Chamber were gathered the Deputies.
the diplomatic corps. mem bers of the Pub
lie Health Association, now visiting this
city, and many other conspicuous citizens
and foreigners. The constitutional oath
was administered by the Presidents
of the Chamber. NJ. Chavero. After tho
ceremony President Diaz went to the
palace. where he received Congratulations
for two hours. The highest army officers
presented him with an album containing
their autographs. During the ceremony of
inauguration cannon were fired. and bands
played in the streets. All the Ministers re-
signed, but were immediately reinstated.
Al 8 o'clock this evening an inauguration
banquet. with four hundred covers. was
given in the palnce. which was msgnifi-
Gently decorated. The city is o blaze of
light tonight from fireworks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The Chicago UNIVERSE
ty has received another princely gift. Mrs.
Joseph Reynolds. widow of diamond joe
wish Of her husband. has presented this
university the sum of $685. 0O. IL IS also
announced that the estate of William Is.
Ogden will net the university SO 10, 900. Mr..
Ogden's heirs have practically all united
in designating the Institution as the
fittest beneficiary Of the undistributed
sum left by him for philanthropic purposea
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

The dispatch which reports the arrest OF
the notorious Ben Blanchard says that
mo many years ago he was . real-estate
sharp in the quiet town Of Terro Haute.
Ind" As if everybody who is any body
does not know that Tezre Haute is Q very
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

IT Is to be hoped Indiana will not be made
ridiculous by tho efforts of some of her
good housewives to do some busts in but
ter. Good butter is an excellent thing. and
there are many Indiana women who can
make it. out il does not follow that good
butter-makers are artists. or that butter
busts can have any other result than to ex-
cite ridicule.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02

CHICAGO is getting an immense amount
of free advertising out of the worlds
fair, and will doubtless reap a large PEE
cuniary harvest, but it has its draw
backs. One of these, already very no.
ticeable, is the great number of paupers.
~cripples, criminals, beggars. tramps and
persons in search of employment who
are fockinR to Chicago in anticipation
of the opening of the fair. Already the
city is overrun with these classes. and
the cry is, "Still they come" AChicago
paper says: Every road leading to
Chicago is lined with them; they come
in the night by railroad, steamboat and
peddler's wagon. Fabulous stories of
the opportunities which the worlds fair
will offer have come to their ears, and
they are Fastening to the new FL Dora
do" 1t Is the opinion of the police that
the present epidemic of crime in Chica-
go is due to the influx of criminals and
unemployed persons from all parts of
the country, and those who are in o po-
sition to judge look for a continuance of
these conditions. 1t will not be sur
prising If all cities within two hundred
miles of Chicago suffer somewhat from
the overflow of these undesirable classes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-10
Fillmore,

PRESTON Nov. 9. - Returns from
twelve precincts in Fillmore county
give Cleveland 43O, Harrison 1,27O,
Weaver 2S6, fusion 4sO, Nelson ], ,222,
Lawler 422, Donnelly 25G Dean 131.
Fourteen precincts for congressman
give Tawney, Rep, 1884; Harries
Dem., 554; Vermylea, Peo., 332. Mem
bers of legislature are Langum, Nelson
and Woodbridge, all Republicans. With
the vote OF the county at 5000, the CON-
plete returns will give the Republicans
500 majority for each candidate.
Chatfield-The candidates have re-
ceived plurallties as follows: Electors
Carlson, 4; Fox, 2: Gray, g; Jennison,
2; Hospes, 3; Meighen, 3; Stromberg,
|: Dillon, 4; Holloway, 2. Governor,
Lawler, 4; lieutenant governor, Clough,
l. secretary of state, Peter Nelson, s,
treasurer. Leicht, "a; attorney general,
Nethaway, 4. Whole number votes,
Chatfeld, 3sS. Vote for Associate JUS
tees Buck. 1888; Cantv, ia; Mitchell,
2S5; Dickinson, 1913; Vanderburgh, 129
Electors PluralitieS-CarlSon AZ; Fox,
90; Gray, 80; Huntington, 50; Jenni-
son, 80; Hospes, 40; Brown, SO: Calkins,
3S; donaldson. Al. Elmira, Omstead
COunty-Governor, Nelson. 10Y; Law
Ter 96. Whole number votes, Elmira,
Z 224.
SPRING VALLEY, Nov. 9.--Vote Just Can
vassed = Harrison, 81; Cleveland. 153;
Weaver, II; Nelson, 2Sj; Lawler, l64; DON
nelly, IA; Dean, AZ. For Congress-Vermylea
A. Tawney. 1888; Harries so; Harsh, "a. For
Judge-Wills. %: Whittock, 1SS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-10
ILLINOIS.
Cleveland's Majority Growing
Larger Every Minute.

CIeVeIand'S majority Growing
Larger Every Minute.
CHICAGO, Nov 9.-The later returns
do not abate in any way from the de-
cisiVe Democratic victory in Illinois,
both on national and state tickets. Con-
servative men of all parties now gener-
ally agree that the Democratic plurality
in the state will be approximately
10000, and the Democrats will have at
least thirteen of the twenty-five con-
gressmen, with a probability of one or
two more in the districts still in doubt.
Incomplete official returns from thirty
out of thirty-four wards in the city of
Chicago give Cleveland 56,054 and Har-
riSon 47,2S2. Partial returns from the
Cook county outside of the city of Chi
cago Will be almost a stand-off, so that
Cleveland's plurality in Chicago and
Cook county may be apprOXimated at
$4,000.
Six hundred and thirty-two out of
710 precincts in the state outside Cook
county give Cleveland 112, ,406 and Har-
rison 122.2S This is plurality for
Harrison of 9,S7S. This would make
Cleveland's net plurality in the whole
state approximately 10000 The official
returns are not likely to show any
marked variation from these figures. The
vote On Altgeld, Democratic nominee
for governor. will show some increase
over these figures, while the remainder
of the Democratic state ticket will re-
ceive the same vote as the Cleveland
and Stevenson electors. The Demo-
Gratis have also elected their entire
county ticket i'll Cook county.
In the state senate The Democrats
will have about seven majority, and
the iEaIcations also are that they will