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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
GIadstOne's Courage.

Gable Letter to New York Tribune.
Just after he left London for Biarritz /
beard-not directly. but from a source. l
think trustworthy-what took place. MT.
Gladstone, or perhaps one OF the family,
sent for DR.. Granger, of Chester, a ply
stefan who is also an oculist- 1t was DIR.
Granger who attended him at the time
when the gingerbread NJ was thrown at
him, and struck and slightly injured one
eye. Now that Sir Andrew Clark is gone,
DR.. Granger probably knows more OF MIR.
than anybody else. He saw him at his
house in Downing street the day before
he started. He told Mr.. Gladstone, not, L
suppose, for the first time. that a cataract
had entirely obliterated the sight or one
eye, and that another cataract had begun
to form on the other eye. This last state
ment was perhaps new TO the Prime Min
lister. He reflected a moment and said:
II wish you to remove the cataract at
DR.. Granger told him it was not yet far
enough advanced for an operation.
YOU do not understand me" replied his
/ wish removed. If that is out of the way
/ shall still have one good eye, when the
new cataract impairs the sight OF the
other"
You still seem not to understand me. I
want YOU to perform the operation here
and now, while l am sitting in this chair
DR.. Granger still objected. 1T might not
be successful" said he.
THAT is a risk 1 accept retorted the
gallant old man.
In the end DIR. Granger, saying that the
responsibility must be ms as q. nleali IA
man. declined, giving such reasons as ne
could. The true reason probably was that
such an operation on q. patient OF Mr..
GladStone'S age was too dangerous. 1t was
not performed; but what could be more az
mirable than the courage and resolution ne
ShOWed2
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VAIN

Just now papers are calling attention to
the politics of Alabama, where an election
takes place in August. Alabama is one
of the States whose prosperity will be
checked by the Wilson bill should it be-
come a law. 1t has s19O. 600, COO invested in
the production Of pig iron. Until recently
some of its manufacturers have claimed
that the iron tariff could be of little con-
sequence to that State, since it could pro-
duce pig iron cheaper than any other To-
cality. Recently they have discovered that
the United States is their market, and that
when the people of this country are not
using pig iron Alabama cannot sell its
product. Consequently, there is said to be
Democracy, whose representatives voted
solidly for the Wilson bill. Then the JEFF
ferson or Kolb party, which made such a
contest in 1892. is organizing and making
loud proclamation of it's purpose to beat
the regular Democracy.
These indications would be encouraging
II there were the least ground to believe
that a fair election and an honest count
could be had in Alabama There has not
been an honest election in Alabama since
1876. In 1892 there are good reasons to be-
lieve that Kolb was counted out. There is
no possible ground to base a hope that the
same machinery which has been used to
suppress suffrage eighteen years will not
be used in 1894. Every election officer is
selected by the Democratic executive. A
generation of experts in ballot-box frauds
have grown up in that State. The people
may revolt, but in the case of States like
Alabama the revolt must assume the pro-
portions of a revolution if the power which
has overthrow free suffrage is to be de-
stroyed. Early in 1892 the leaders of the
Alliance or Populist party claimed that
they could carry several States in the
South and elect forty Representatives.
They did not even come near carrying a
State, nor did they elect one member of
the House. AS a matter of fact, the Pop
ulist party was a myth In most parts of
any considerable vote, it was counted out
by the Democratic election officers. Just
now the Alliance people of the South are
repeating their predictions for 1894. If they
were in earnest they would be counted out.
The zeal which the Southern Democrats
have shown in forcing the repeal of the
federal election laws must satisfy out
siders that it has been inspired ny a pur-
pose to prevent federal interference with
the Democratic frauds which have made
elections in the South a travesty upon pop
ular government
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The New York World publishes a dis
patch from Boston. which it says comes
from a well-informed and trustworthy
source, stating that the report is current
IN that city on the authority OF Attorney
general OIney himself, that he accepted his
Office under an arrangement with the Pres
ident that he should retain his private
practice as a corporation attorney for a
year. and at the end OF that time should
choose between that and his Official place
In the Cabinet. The World says editorially:
II this story is true his appointment 10
Office was a scandal OF large dimensions.
Whether il is true or not. II was Il risky
experiment TO make a trust attorney and
railroad coordination lawyer Attorney
general under an administration sOlemnly
pledged 20 the enforcement or the anti
trust law. II is not less than a scandal 10
retain him in that position now that he
has put forth an official report directly
in the interest OF the trust cOnspiracies
and armed them with his own Official dec
laratiOns against any attempt ne or MS
subordinates may make 10 enforce the law
against them
1t is true. as the World says. that the
present administration Is solemnly pledged
TO the enforcement Of the antitrust law.
II q Democratic platform pledge AMOUNTS
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reigning schoC

The executive committee OF the Knights
of Pvthias encampment, at Washington,
have issued a circular inviting members or
the order TO attend the en-camprnent in that
city In August next. in which the attrac-
tons of the national capital are set forth
in the following fervid style:
Here are the muniments and trophies or
war and the monuments and triurnphs OF
peace 10 inspire him with new love for his
country and increase his admiration OF her
grandeur and glory.
Here are symposiumS- representing the
ever onward progress of her inventive
genius: palaces displaying the marvellous
advancement OF her skill in architecture
art, and museums exhibiting the achieve
meats OF her enterprise IN gathering a
colossal collection of the wonders of ma
ture. science and art, in all ages of man,
from all departments of human endeavor
i'm every country OF the world, and indi-
eating the footprints of. history in the
mutations OF time TO astonish and instruct
him.
Here are panoramic views set in gor-
geous scenery, whose enhancing beauty no
aauaintance can stale; whose INFINITE va
riety no inspection can wither. and whose
surprising interest no knowledge can di-
vert: buildings OF state that challenge COM
parison with the weird castles of the an
tique world; homes OF luxury that beggar
the foreign palaces OF modern times; lux
uriant parks. like streams OF fairyland
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
Depeyv and the Magazines.

L Hlduclpili1 NSS
For the first time in many years Mr. De
pew has consented to write a magazine ar
ticle. Mr.. Knowles, the editor OF the Nine
teenth Century Review, called upon him
and chatted with him as he was packing ms
grip just before taking the train for ms
return TO America. and Mr.. Knowles. said
that it was impossible for an inteIligent
Briton TO understand how ii happened that
in a country governed by Parliament or
Congress a political party could be placed
in power on an issue. and yet, a year ana
p half after the election, have not formu-
lated that issue into law. 1t was also I'M
possible to understand in Great Britain
what the causes were which led to the
American panic in 1893. anG Mr.. Knowles
asked Mr.. DepeT If he would not write
out an explanation which would set the
minds of British people clear upon these
matters.
But | have not written a magazine ar
ticle in years; I cannot do it; 1 am COM
PEELED to decline propositions every month.
But you can write it upon the steamer
on your way home; you will have plenty or
time" and, being overpersuaded, Mr.. De
pew consented. wrote an article of some
four thousand or five thousand words,
mailed it when he landed at New York,
and now wonders what the peculiar charm
of magnetism of Mr. Knowles was which
led him To violate the rule of many years
standing.
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70 anything, yet the Attorney-general, in
against the constitutiOnality OF the law and
plainly intimate his opinion that the Su-
preme Court would so hold. He may be
in favor Of the law. but he is opposed 90
Its enforcement. If Mr. Olney were a man
OF high sense OF honor he would have dis
solved his professional connection with
trusts and corporations before taking a po-
sition where ii became his official duty to
a high sense of honor he would not permit
the relation to continue another day. They
are a pair Of thick-skinned statesmen.
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TATE PRESS OPINION.

Intelligent thinking is death to the DEM
ocratic party.-Winchester Herald.
Mr.. voorhees, TO Mr.. Cleveland: L am yours
truly-as long as you have anything to
trade.-Rushville Republican.
The people are now praying, Lead us
not into the Democratic party, but deliver
us from hard imes.-Winchester Journal.
1t was entirely fitting that the public
debt of the United States should be in
creased $50. 900, 600 by the sale of bonds on
the same day that the House passed the
Cleveland tariff bill.-Bluffton Chronicle.
1t is not likely more factiroes will be
built and furnaces started UP when the
land is filled with closed ones, stopped be-
cause they cannot be run successfully and
compete with cheap foreign labor.-Vin-
cennes Commercial.
Grover Cleveland's administration has so
far proved a practical education to the peo-
ple. many times more effcacious in turn
ing on the light of Republican truth than
all the campaign speeches It's orators ever
-nade.-Owen County Jouriai-
If the Mckinley law was 'the robber
tariff what in the name OF all that is
vicious is 1.-The Wilson bill?" 1t has robbed
the kitchens, n woodsheds, and coalbins
Of two million American homes and con-
tinues in the b~usiness.-Vernon Journal.
The Wilson tariff bill will accomplish two
things, viz, break down industries which
have been established ana grandly devel-
oped by Republican protection and create
a. deficiency so large that IL makes 1t nee
essary to issue OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Jour
nal.
Senator Voorhees, is swearing by the tall
sycamores Of the Wabash that he will
smash the trusts. VIII he please try his
smashing machine on the Whisky Trust,
in which his most intimate friends are in
terested and one of the biggest Of them all?
Rockville Republican.
1t is singular that as soon as the tariff
question gets into Senator Voorhees, COM
mittee we begin to hear OF concessions to
the whisky interest. Mr.. Voorhees, has
always been a. good friend to his friends.
and the pipe line between Terre Haute
and Washington is still o~pen.-Terre Haute
ExDraSS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

Senator Vests friend. Gen. Joe Shelby.
who has been appointed United States mar
shall In the Western district OF Missouri, is
sugmatized by those who know the man
as "~scandaIous." He was a rebel ranger
and bu~shwhacker. bitter and malignant.
When the war closed he ran off to Mexico
because he hated the stars and stripes. and
did what he could for Macmillan. He took
with him 10000 stand Of arms n
Loo wagons. which he disposed of to
both sides. Although ostensibly a sympa-
thizer with Macmillan. Shelby concocted a
scheme to abduct him and hold him for a
ransom, which failed. And that is the man
whom President Cleveland appoints to Office
TO win a Senator to vote to down Senator
Hill. Mr.. Cleveland is no longer better than
HE nar4-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
Oyerlfd IT.

yes" said the statesman, ct defeated
myself by my own eloquence once"
How was that?'
at was a candidate for the nomination for
Congress, and 1 got up and made a speech
to the convention in which 1 just naturally
flung Old Glory. with a capital o and a
capital G., TO the breeze In so enthusiastic
a manner that 1 took the house by storm.
1 dilated on the greatness of our country
and on the responsibilities of the mar who
should be called to make her laws till one
old fellow from a back county got up and
said that / had convinced him that it was
too big a job for as young a man as i
was to tackle, so he moved that the con-
vention nominate a man of more expert
ence; and, by gee, they did it. Since then
I have sorter held myself in check
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
Too Much for Him.

WickwireI have given up that homeop-
athic doctor 1 had and have gone back to
the old school.
Yabsley-What was the matter?
Wickwire-He's a crank. My aunt has a
cataract developing in her left eye. and he
recommended her to go 70 a water-cure es-
tablishment.
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Newspaper English.
Central Christian Advocate.

Central Christian Advocate.
AS we read a published sermon, not long
ago. and noted the stilted, vague phrase
ology and the chronically technical and
theological verbiage used by the preacher,
we said: "1f this man had studied the
newspapers as diligently as he has studied
the old-fashioned theologians, he might
have bettered his style. He would have
learned how to put things SO as to be I'M
derstcod; how to use simple, straightfor-
ward English; how to ~condense his
graph his utterances; how to employ the
language of the people, SO as TO make them
hear him gladly 1t is worth while, TO-
day. for a man TO study the best news
papers. secular and religious, in order TO
keep up with the current use OF his own
English tongue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
"Where Was I Ate"
Kate Eield'S Paner.

The gentleman who started Where was
/ at on the read TO fame might have
coined a small mint OF money if he had
had any suspicion OF the popularity the ex-
preston would attain. Since the new stock
of stationery and supplies has been re-
ceiVed at the Senate and House stationery
rooms there has been brisk competition 10
get a certain bOokmark that has appeared.
With an eye to their own profit manufac-
turers nave adopted Mr.. Cobb's exciting
question and have designed n mOther-of-
pearl scimiter for a bookmark and leaf
cutter which has stamped on il i'm gold
letters the ~singularly appropriate quotation,
Where was i at?" IL is a pity the Ala
bama gentleman didn't protect his query
by a patent.
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Don't Need Many Words.
Brooklyn Eagle.

There are people born and bred in cities
VINO continue to express all their wants
and opinions in three hundred words, and
in many rural districts the knowledge OF
$50 to two hundred words appears TO be
sufficient TO carry a man through the
world" The more highly educated and cul-
tiVated the class Of society, the greater
the number of words used in ordinary con-
versation; but apart from those of a tech
nical character, the knowledge OF three
hundred or four hundred words would en-
able anyone TO make himself understood
in ordinary conversation among any class
of society in any foreign tongue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
Consistent.

Simmons-Don't you want to join our tar
get club?
Timmins-Can't do it. / joined the S. P.
G. A. last week.
Simmons-But we do not shoot at ami
mails. We only shoot at a target.
Timmins- know that. but you call the
center shot a bulls eye.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
The seicniornre Talk.
Philadelphia North American.

7 It4Et~N9F"H~ ~" ""E
The fact is that the talk about the So
called seigniorage is rank nonsense.
Seigniorage Is the profit accruing TO the
government from the operation of coming
60 cents worth Of silver into a dollar.
but SO long as the United States continues
70 redeem its obligations In gold. such the
oretical profit must be wholly Elusive and
government from its hoard of silver
bullion. but on the contrary the purchase
OF that bullion haa bean attended by enor-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
The CuckoO's Cry.
New York Evening Post,

When the history of the Hawaiian affair
comes to be written, after the partisan
clamor has died out, IL will be seen that
Mr.. Cleveland struck a fine note Of pa
triotism and Justice. Those who maintain
that this was a failure" because the
practical result he Immediately aimed az
was not brought about, must be prepared
also to maintain hat there is no moral
argument but that OF pike and gun, and
that. because incarnate justice came TO
death on the cross. il was the most stu
pendous failure Of history.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
king ON Manners.

Concerning amiability as a fashion in
manners, a correspondent has recalled the
advice that Louis NV imposed on his
grandsons. They were TO show themselves
affable TO all, no matter how humble: no
one must ever leave their presence feeling
that he was snubbed or looked down upon.
To persons of great distinction OF merit or
station they were to be attentive, TO the
high born and fortunate they were to con-
slider only less highly, and all others were
to be treated with genial affability. but
without familiarity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

Representative Cochran having asserted
favor of the rich. Mr.. Roosevelt retorts
that 80 per cent. of the positions hIled I'M
der the civil-service rules are railway mail
clerks, departmental clerks, letter carriers,
etc. and these positions are held by hard
working. intelligent young men. who get the
places they hold just as other young men
do positions in private business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found al the following places:
PABIS-American Exchange in Paris, SO Boulevard
de Capucines.
NEW Y~OKK-GflseyH House and Windsor Hotel.
PHILADELPHIA-A.P p. Kembla 3735 Lancaster
avenue.
CHICAGO-Palmer House.
CINCINNATI. Hawley& Co, 154 Vine street
L0~DIsNILLE-C. Il. Deering, northwes corner OF
Third and jefferson streets.
WASHINGTON. d. C.-Riggs House and Ebbltt
House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
% late for a harmony committee.

That sometimes amusing mossback from
Missouri, in the Senate, Mr.. Vest, is re-
ported as saying that the Presidents re-
cent nominee for district attorney, In Kan
sas City, must be confirmed because he is
a brother OF Senator Cockrell. This is the
answer made to afHdavits of Walkers un-
fitness. That is, IL a man who is unfit for
Office has a relative in the Senate, cour-
tesy requires his confirmation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

Ex-Speaker Reed will speak tonight In
the Academy of Music at Philadelphia
There Is a campaign on for the election Of a
Congressman at large in Pennsylvania and
the Republicans are firing UP.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

Tn long-predicted engagement between
the insurgent cruiser Aquidaban and the
land forts at Rio Janeiro resulted in a ter
rife amount of c~annonading and the killing
safety down there IS among the fighters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
Needs Explanation.

Hartford Courant-
Strange that congressman who don't In
the least mind being cuckOos should have
such a violent objection TO being called
cuckoos. Socrates would lave enjoyed ask
ing them questions about il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
What lie Went For.
Kansas City Times.

Kansas City Times.
Senator CockreIl denies that his recent
summons to the White House had any
thing to do with the appointment OF broth
er-in-law Walker. Certainly not. The
President merely invited him there TO as
certain his ornithological opinion OF the
cuckCo az a game bird.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

1t would be better to give A~ttorney-gen-
eral Greene Smith an annual salary of
$1,000 than TO permit that official to raid the
school fund as he has attempted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

At the St Louis convention OF 1883 a New
York delegate who was asked whom his
delegation would support for the presiden-
tial nomination replied, why Cleveland, Of
course, d-n him." That is about the way
q large number of Democratic members of
Congress support the Wilson bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

The Mayor of Emporia. Kan, has risen
above party and vetoed an ordinance taxing
all sellers of cigarettes 500 license on the
ground that it is unconstitutional. The
Mayor is the largest tobacco dealer in the
oily
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

Malefactors, assassins and hyenas are the
choice epithets applied to the Democratic
Senators from New York by Mr.. Cleve-
lands regular organ. the Times. Senator
Hill is also 1.-The beast that now represents
US in the Senate chamber" Evidently, it is
too late for a armon committee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

Senator Voorhees, arguments against the
waste Of time by giving hearings to manu-
facturers regarding the effect Of the Wilson
bill apply with equal force 20 speech-making
in the Senate. The speeches will not throw
any additional light on the subject nor
change a vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

The worst thing for Mr.. Peckham is that
he and his office associates forgot about the
congressional election in New York city,
last week, and did not vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
a Genial Warmth.
Washington Star.

washington star.
II was very much touched by the
warmth OF my father-in-law's affection"
said the young man who talks about his
private affairs.
Indeed. How was il expressedg'
s'By the present Of a ton OF coal"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09
Afterwards the DeIuge.

TIL Independent.
The Democrats have had their first tri-
umph in the House; they may have a sec
ond in the Senate, and a third in the Pres
icSnt's approval. But then viii come the
judgment, and the signs are that IL will be
swift. sure and terrible TO the party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

The San Francisco Chronicle. which cele-
brated the actual opening of the midwinter
fair on Jam. 1 with an issue Of sixty-four
pages, does honor to the formal opening
with a ~siNty-page edition. 1t is we'll illus
trated, and from pictures and text to-
gether a comprehensive idea Of the fairs
attractions may be had. Whatever the ex-
hibit itself and the other wonders of the
coast may be. there is no disputing the fact
that the newspapers are all that can be de-
sired.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

New York Mall and Express.
It is said that when Prof. Wilson left the
Board OF Trade dinner, Saturday night,
he was heard to softly hum Shakspeare's
familiar song I'm Loves Labor Lost:"
1.-The cuckoo then, on every tree,
Sings cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo,
O word OF feari'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-09

The fact that seventeen pensioners first
learned that their names had been dropped
from the roll in Topeka, Kan. when they
Commissioner is clinging to his original
w-7Ioo