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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
MIR. NEAL EXPLAINS 1T.

The explanation of Mr.. Neal, late dem
ocratic candidate for governor of Ohio.
of the recent landslide in that state is
remarkable as to the exactness with
which the causes are apportioned. OF
the democrats who voted the republican
so on account of the pension policy Of
the national administration and the
other 5 per cent. on account of the A.
p. A movement OF the democrats who
stayed at home he estimates that 80 per
cent. did so because Of the slowness of
the administration in turning republic
ans out of office. and the other 10 per
cent. on account OF delay i'm the pas
sage Of the silver bill and the general
business depression. He thinks that the
tariff had nothing to do with the re-
ahead of the other candidates. We do
not agree with his conclusions. 1t is
very probable that his vote in excess of
other candidates was due to mistakes in
making ballots, he being at the head of
the ticket, and Ohio having the Aus
tralian ballot law. Neither is It ap-
parent that democrats would stay at
home on account Of the failure to re-
move republicans from office. for the per-
sons most affected by this would be the
democratic candidates for Office, and they
H., 60 20 CHI Iaf-
to the party while they were still candi-
dates. If anything. they would be the
more active In their work. 1t is prob
able that the pension matter affected
some votes in Ohio but not to any such
extent as Mr.. Neal states. The hard
times certainly had a greater effect than
he credits to that cause.
Mr.. Neal is probably right I'm his
view that the tariff had little to do
with the result except so far as voters
may have enormously attributed the
hard times to the democratic tariff pol
icy. There is little room to doubt that
many voters did this throughout the
whole country. 1t was merely case Of
success of a demagogic appeal to ig-
norance, and these same voters win rec
ognize their error on the revival Of
business under the new tariff law. To
many men tariff reform is an expert
ment which will be judged by its re-
suits, and 1t is not surprising that some
who were not firmly grounded in the
faith should have considered the recent
financial disturbances the result of the
announced tariff policy instead of the
necessary result of an existing vicious
financial policy. as they actually were.
Mr.. Meals opinion of the tariff bill is
sound. He indorses it heartily except
as to the sugar schedule, and in that he
objects to the continuance of the Nc
Kinley bounty. he says: THE pay
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
EFT CETERA.

John ID. Rockefeller's two daughters are
likely to inherit at least $95.OOO.O0O each.
c. r. Greathouse. the new postmaster
general of Corea. was formerly an attorney
in San Francisco.
Mrs Hattie Gothrie OF Lowell, Mass, is
the youngest grandmother so far reported.
She is only thirtytwo.
De Roue-"Have you read "A Book of
Strange Sins?" Miss Speisse-'Why have
you really published an autobiography p
Detroit Tribune.
Maud-"Did you know that chaperon in
French was masculine. not feminine?"
Marie-''Really? How I wish I had been
born in Francer-Brooklyn Life.
80 the young widow is going to marry
Mr.. Jingles? Is he good catch?" II sin
cerely hope so. They say she used to
throw rolling-pins at her first husband
Truth.
Count Koenigsmark has published in Ber-
lin a book relating his adventures and OBJ
servations in all parts of the world. He
calls the American woman the crown Of
creation. and places her far above the
women of any other race.
Il don't see what makes people go to
foot ball games on Thanksgiving day." re-
marked his wife ''It hasn't anything to
do with the spirit of the occasion" "oh
yes. II has" was the reply. II never went
TO foot ball game in my life that 1 didn't
feel tremendously thankful that l wasn't
one of the players. "-Washington Star.
Capt Isaac Bassett has just completed
his sixty-second year of continuous service
in the employ of the United States senate
lie began as page, appointed on the re-
commentator of Daniel Webster; and to-
day his face is as rosy. his white hair Is
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
FEMININE CURIOSITY.

The morbid curiosity which calls IT.
self sympathy and interest has broken
out in an alarming degree in the case of
the Annie Wagner trial Even the peo-
pie from the outskirts of the city are
piling into town early i'm the morning to
being is being tried for the gravest
crime AS In the case Of Minnie Nab
bitt, who was tried for murder, women
are rushing to the courtroom in great
crowds fairly knocking each other down
I'm their eagerness to see the prisoner
and hear every detail. Strange to say,
II is the women with families and house
hold duties who seem to take the great
est interest in the case and who leave
their husbands and children motherless
TO attend the trial. In fact, one poor
wait for dinner that he went to the
courtroom and cried, either because he
could not get inside on account Of the
crowd or because he wanted TO spoil
his wifes fun. The women may be
there out of sympathy for the defendant,
but their actions belle them If this be
the case. They act more like d set of
children just out of school than like in
telligent human beings with any attri-
butte save that of curiosity. They bring
opera-glasses to watch the face of the
prisoner who. fortunately, does not seem
to mind them. and they giggle and
laugh over every tilt between the law
yers as if the whole affair was some
huge joke.
Nor do the women who attend the
trial belong wholly to the class supposed
to enjoy sensations. Ladies from the
wealthy residence portion of the city.
women Of apparent refinement, rub ell
bows with women of the street. All
seem to view the trial as some good
show which they can witness without
paying for seat. Curiosity, which leads
one to explore with the idea of better
ing any condition, is valuable. but Gu
riosity which enjoys seeing woman.
however guilty or innocent, tried for her
life is degrading and about as laudable
as that of the stableboy who turns
rat loose from a trap aud enjoys seeing
his dog worry and toss it or kill it.
However. since no remedy has ever yet
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
FOOT-BALL As PLAYED.

Complaints are being made in some of
the colleges that football is beginning
to absorb too much of the students
time. and also of his money.
The game is in many respects a valu-
able addition to American athletics, but
it should be humanized. There is too
much brutality exhibited in many games.
Surely there is some way to avoid ex-
tremes and bring it within the pale of
skill minus the brutality frequently ex-
hibited. Five young men during the
past autumn lost their lives from in
juries received while playing football
in New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio. WILSON,
sin and Michigan. The case of Carew,
at Adrain, Mich, whose neck was
broken by unnecessary violence, is
sufficiently shocking. In a game be-
tween the Toledo high school and Adrain
college, Carew of Toledo, says the re-
it, Three Toledo boys dropped to aid
him, and in an instant the Adrain team
was upon them. The Adrain team, it
seems, purposely brought it's combined
weight upon Carew's head. when the
struggle was over" the account contin-
ues, "Carew remained motionless. The
young mans neck was dislocated'' It
was found that his body was paralyzed
from the chest down, and he died the
next morning without having recovered
consciousness. Another member of the
Toledo team was kicked in the groin
and so much hurt that he could not re-
turn home. A third had his right leg
seriously injured.
In a recent game between Yale and
leg so severely injured that he was
obliged to leave the field. One man
knocked another over and several others
were hurt and bruised. In the game
played here Thanksgiving day one OF
the players had his collar-bone broken,
and several other minor injuries were
recorded in the reportst of the contest
The Detroit Free Press in discussing
the subject says: Football would be a
much more admirable game if it were
played without kicking, gouging. biting,
smuggling and breaking of noses. heads,
limbs or necks. A real lively match is
always good for cripple or two. ana
an occasional death serves to illustrate
the possibilities of the game" The
Toledo Bee notes that certain alleged
changes in the rules have not yet made
it safe for life and limb. and adds:
More people are injured in football
games in proportion to the number en-
gagged in the sport than in railroad
wrecks or any of the other forms Of
disaster"
1t is said by some that only the in
experienced players get injured and that
the skillful ones do not hurt others or
get hurt themselves. but the records of
the games do not sustain this view of
tba case
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13

ment of such bounty is radically wrong.
and I am not in favor of palliating a
wrong or recognizing it even for a linn
tied period of time" AS we understand
the ways and means committee. it's men,
bers do not defend the sugar bounty in
principle, but hold it to be a necessary
concession in order to secure the pas
sage of the bill 1t would have been
wiser TO make the concession in the
line of democratic precedent and demo-
cratic doctrine. Sugar is clearly a rev.
enue article. The government needs
revenue. II can be obtained from sugar
and incidentally any protection neces-
sary for the sugar industry may be
given. The republicans have unequiv-
ocally declared protection to be neces-
sary by the bounty on sugar. They
could not make any consistent objection
to duty on sugar even for protection,
except on the ground that it is
southern product, and as sugar and rice
are practically the only southern prod
ucts that can be protected that objec-
tion Is of LITTLE consequence
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13

as luxuriant, and his step is as elastic as
IL has been at any time during the last
twenty years.
Bobby is attending to his piano lessons
very faithfully of late" said that youths
uncle. yes" replied his mother. at don't
have any trouble with him about that
now" How did you manage it?" Some
of the neighbors complained of the noise
his exercise made, and / told him about
it. Now he thinks it is fun to practice -
Washington Star.
John Palmer, the inventor of the railroad
check system, died few days ago in q
little town in Michigan. He was a fiddler
years ago, and took charge Of the hats
and wraps Of those who came to the dane
ing parties. He gave numbered checks
for them. and some railroad men who at
tended one of his dances appropriated the
idea, and in a little while the system was
adopted all over the country.
The civil list or salary of King Humbert
Of Italy is the largest of ali those paid
by European nations TO their respective
sovereigns. This is so much more remark
able because Italian, finances are at the
lowest ebb. Humbert's civil list is fixed
annually at 14.5O0,0O0 francs, nearly 5000
600. The European sovereigns who receive
the highest pay below that of Humbert
are Emperor William of Germany. with a
civil list of 100000 francs and Queen Vic
toria, with about 100000.
London is laughing at a little bull
worthy of Irish member of parliament
with which a newly-elected mayor in the
north of England unwitUingly entertained
the guests at a banquet. In making ac-
acknowledgement of the honor thrust upon
him, and with desire to emphasize his
high appreciation of the duties of his
new office. he said: 'In fact, gentlemen.
in my opinion, the mayor of an important
borough like this should be. like Caesar
wife, all things to all men,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
WHERE Is THE EVIDENCE,

We regret to observe that Mr.. Lucius
3. Swift is still Chewing the rag in
the Van Allen matter We have a great
we believe him to be one of the few
civil service reformers who are thor
oughly in earnest and quite disinter-
ested. Although he carries the logic of
ideas utterly impracticable. he is usually
fair in his statements, but we do not
think he is at all fair in the following:
The facts in the Van Allen case are
not in any manner changed. It will al
ways be true that lis sole distinction
was in being a society man, moving in
limited circle, and that ordinarily the
president would never have heard Of
him. to say nothing of making him an
American ambassador. Van Aliens
denial does not make 1t any less true
that he received the office solely because
Whitney got it for him for having made
a large contribution to the democratic
campaign fund. 1t is one of the health
lest signs that public opinion made a
stand against this gross misuse of a
public trust.
There are comparatively few men ap-
pointed to office of whom the president
would ever have heard if they had not
been recommended to him by some one.
That is one of the necessities Of any ad-
ministration of government. II is alb
solutely immaterial whether the presi-
dent ever heard Of him before the ap-
pointment was recommended to him or
not. Neither is it material that an ap-
plicant should have attained any dis
tinction," nor is it any detriment that
he is "a society man." or that he moves
in "a limited circle" The only question
is whether he is fit for the position. That
is Mr.. Swift's own standard for appoint
ment. That is what is urged by all civil
service reformers, everywhere, as the
proper standard. President Cleveland
says he investigated the matter and was
thoroughly satisfied of his fitness. and
until some evidence can be shown to the
contrary the opinion must stand. The
president is the head civil service ex-
aminer. and he has passed this man
with the highest mark that could be
given. The only further evidence before
the public Of which we have knowledge,
is Van Aliens letter. and that certainly
confirms the opinion of the president.
We do not underst and on what
grounds Mr.. Swift asserts positively, In
the face Of the denial of Van Allen and
of the president, that II is true that
he received the Office solely because
Whitney got il for him for having made
a large contribution to the democratic
campaign fund" This is not only
gratuitous assumption, but it is an as
sumption in the face Of evidence. What
does Mr.. Swift know about the rela-
tions of Whitney and Van Allen? How
does he know that this contribution is
the only link that binds them? How
does he know that Mr.. Whitney did not
know the fitness which the president
ascertained, and which the public now
generally concede? And even if that
were Whitneys only motive, what right
has Mr.. Swift to say that it was the
presidents motive? If Mr.. Swift has any
evidence to submit on these points we
should be pleased to have him pro-
duce it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
Prompt Tariff Revision.

Prompt tariff revision is now the
urgent need of the country, says the
New York Herald. On it trade and in
dustry are waiting. 1t is essential to
dispel the prevailing doubt, uncertainty
and suspense I'm business circles. I'M
porters, merchants. and manufacturers
cannot make contracts ahead or deter
mine upon future dealings until they
know what the tariff is TO be. Until
this is known many mills must remain
closed or continue to run on short time.
employment must be handicapped. wage
earners kept idle, values unsettled and
markets uncertain. Anyone can see
that such a condition Of affairs is fatal
to a restoration Of confidence and re-
ViVal of business. 1t is vitality impor-
tant not only that the tariff shall be re-
vised with all promptness. Needless
delay can only invite disaster and
menace panic.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
Who Is ResnonsihIes

Two or three weeks ago the Demo
crat reproduced an article from The In
dianapolis Sentinel giving an account OF
the poor people of that city. The Paoli
Republican and other republican organs
express great surprise that The Sentinel
and Democrat would admit that such a
state of affairs existed under a demo-
cratic administration. The Democrat is
a broad-gauge newspaper and is not
guided by partisan prejudice and a spirit
of contemplate littleness like some of
its republican exchanges Why is the
democratic party responsible for the con-
dition of the workingmen at Indian
apolis or anywhere else? The blessed
Mckinley bill is still in force and we
are yet paying tribute to the manufact-
urers Of the country in order that they
may pay their employees good wages.
Then why don't they do it?-Corydon
nar1nncrnt
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
MR. LODGES QuIBRLE.

OF all the criticisms OF the presidents
message by republicans. perhaps the
most remarkable is that of Senator
Lodge, who declares that the passage
treating Of the Hawaiian imbroglio 'ap-
pears TO announce the extraordinary
doctrine that it is our duty to overturn
a government we have recognized in
order to recognize another government. .
Proceeding or this theory he says I'VE
ought to instantly restore Texas to
Mexico; and France. which entered into
an alliance with us during the revo-
luton, ought now to restore us, by
force. II necessary, to England" Mr..
Lodge of course knows the distinction
between the cases mentioned and the
one in question. Foreign nations can
properly recognize an insurgent power
and enter into alliance with IL, but no
country ever pretended to have any
right OF power to enter another country
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
All Done Under Mckinley.

Wheat has continually gone down in
price since the passage of the Mckinley
bill. Wool has done the same. The
price of horses and many other things
has gone down in like manner. Many
of the shops and factories have closed
under the workings Of the Mckinley high
tariff, and we have had a financial panic
that has been disastrous in the extreme.
All these things have happened under a
high protective tariff that the republic
ans solemnly told the country would in
sure good times. There seems to be no
alternative but to repeal this law and
give the country a chance to recuperate
from its bad effects. Let the work be
done quickly, and these who want good
times should insist on its being done
without delay.-Laporte Argus
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13

Representative Beethoven of Penn
sylvania has introduced a bill to trans
fer the pension bureau from the in
terror department to the war depart
ment. From a business standpoint this
would be a very sensible thing to do.
The interior department has become a
sort OF dumping ground for bureaus of
a miscellaneous character, without any
special reason for having them i'm
charge. The war department would
seem to be the natural place for pen
sions, and in time of peace it has COM
paratively little to do. 1t would prob
ably be a good thing for both depart
ments in a business way to remove the
bureau.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
The MASK neinr Torn or.

Some of the newspapers are making
quite an objection to the fact that the
duties under the rev tariff law are to
be levied so largely ad valorem. or ac-
cording TO value. They prefer specific
duties, those estimated by the pound,
weight, yard, etc, taxing the high
priced article no more than the cheaper
article This is but another instance
Of the republican party's devotion %
to the interests of the poorer and hum
bier classes and of its antagonism 90
to the interests Of the rich. Is it pos
sible that the laboring people will longer
allow themselves 10 be deceived by the
profession OF the republican party that
il is their friend? The mask is being
torn on.-Huntington Democrat.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
In spite of the revival of bushes.

In spite of the revival of business
throughout the country the representa-
tfves Of protected industries in New Eng
land are still protesting that the new
tariff will close the wooden and cotton
mills Of the country The Boston Herald
treasures them thus: I'VE pointed out
a day or two ago that in 1916 Abbott
Lawrence predicted that the tariff bill of
that year, the so-calIed Walker tariff,
would close every cotton mill in New
England; and yet the result of it's opera
ton was so salutary that during the
years that followed the passage of the
law the cotton manufacturing industry
of this state increased at a more rapid
rate than it ever had before. One has
only to go through the list of our cot
ton manufacturing corporations, and see
how many were organized between the
period of 1916 to 1860, to realize that this
was, in this line OF trade. era of I'M
usual and prosperous activity" There
is no use kicking. Tariff reform is as
sured, and we shall soon know whether
any mills will be closed or not. Thus
far there has not been the slightest
ground for any anticipation that the
predictions of the republican calamity
howlers will be fulfilled.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
Needs No Blush.

Good wine needs no blush. Neither
does President Cleveland's message need
the blush of commendation. II is clear
and explicit. First and foremost and
most important Of all and more import
ant than all is his statement of the posi-
ton and the pledges of the party to the
people in regard to a reform OF the tariff.
However. TO this. nothing else
was to have been expected from the
man. who, fiinging policy to the wind.
declared for the principles of equal
rights for all and special privileges for
none in his famous message, thus MAX
ing tariff reform the leading issue Of the
democratic party.-Terre Haute Gazette.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
The Cause of Rheumatism.

An acid which exists in sour milk and
cider called Tactic acid. is believed by
physicians to be the cause Of rheuma-
tism. Accommodating in the blood, IL at
lacks the fibrous tissues in the joints,
and causes agonizing pains. What is
needed is a remedy to neutralize the
acid, and to so invigorate the kidneys
and liver that all waste will be carried
off. Hoods Sarsaparilla is heartily
recommended by many whom il has
cured OF rheumatism 1t possesses just
the desired qualities, and so thoroughly
purifies the blood as to prevent occur
renee Of rheumatic attacks. We suggest
a trial of Hoods SarsapaIilla by all who
suffer from rheumatism.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13

Two young men, each only about
twenty-one years old, were executed
Friday at Danville, Ill, for numbering
a farmer who was riding peacefully
along the road with his wife. They
failed to rob him and then murdered
him. There were altogether four of the
little gang of amateur freebooters. Two
were executed as stated, and the other
two were sent to the Joliet penitentiary
to serve out a life sentence. The lesson
that the rapid youth of Indianapolis
and Of other cities may learn from this
frightful example of youthful depravity
is contained in the dying words as ut
tered upon the Danville scaffold by
young Pate. He said he wanted to warn
all boys against bad company and bad
books" There it is in a nutshell Will
the advice be needed?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Levi Clark Winchester, Ind: Ohio
produced more wool in 1890 than any
other state. The output amounted to
20.539. 643 pounds.
John r. Jeffries, Mansfield, Ind: The
supreme court has never decided that II
is unconstitutional "for trustees TO en-
ploy teachers without the consent of a
majority OF patrons at school meetings. .
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13
Consider Wanamnker.

While republican newspapers are COM
menting or the act of Mr.. j. J. Van Allen
declining the Enthusiastically TO Italy
after having been appointed and con-
firmed, TO avoid even the appearance of
evil, he having made a contribution to
the democratic campaign fund, it would
be well for them to turn their minds
backward to John Wanamaker. who did
not decline a higher office after having
contributed a larger sum 10 the repub-
lican campaign fund.-New Albany Led