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4 THE INDIAXAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1889. THE DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1889. WASHINGTON OFFICE 513 Fourteenth St, P. 8. Heath. Correspondent. NEW YORK OFFICE 204 Temple Court Corner Beekman and Nmmo Streets. TERMS OF SURSCRIPTION. DAILY. One year, without Fnnday fl2.no One year, with Sunday H 00 JMx month, without Sunday 6.00 Ktx month, with Sunday 7.W Three month, without Hunday 3 oo Three monthsf with Snnday . 3.50 One month, wirhont Sunday l fr One month, with Sunday 10 WEEKLY. Per year - $1-00 Reduced Rates to Clubs. Subscribe with any of our numerous agents, or end subscriptions to T1IK J 0URNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, IXDIASAPOUS. IXD. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can found at the following places LONDON American Ilxchans in Europe, 449 Strand. PARIS American Exchange in Paris, 35 Boulevard des Capncines. NEW TOr.K Gilsey Rouse and Windsor HoteL PHILADELPHIA A. P. Kemfcle. 3735 Lancaster avenue. CHICAGO Palmer Ilouse. CINCINNATI-J. P. 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Americans revere Washingtonbut three days devoted to his memory exhaust all their emotions in that direction, and leave them nearly ready to call "Next." Three days were quite enough. A fourth would have been a failure. Michigan's high-license law went into effect May 1. New York, New Jer sey and Indiana enjoy, among the North ern States, the distinction of being the only ones where there is practically no restriction of the liquor traffic. In each of these States the Democrats have pre vented the passage of license laws. In New York the Governor has stood in the way, and in the other two States the dreadful legislatures have blocked re form. Not until the Democracy is put under foot in these afflicted common wealths can better laws be hoped for. The New York Mail and Express and the New York Press recently printed telegrams announcing that Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, late Prohibition candidato for the presidency, had stated that he "was through with the third-party move ment in New Jersey," and that he in tended in future to act with the Repub licans. The Voice, the Prohibition or gan, ears the report is untrue, and quotes General Fisk as follows: I have not spoken with ex-Senator Sew ell, as stated by the Mail and Express, nor have I had an interview with any other New Jersey politician about temperance matters. You may denounce tho state ment of the Mail and Express as an un conscionable lie. My pockets are full of dispatches asking about this matter. You may tell my good Prohibition friends tho country over that they need not have the slightest fear about my drawing back from the advanced positiou which we occupy in the temperance conflict. According to reports the scenes in the supper-rocm at the centennial ball were little less than disgraceful. Tho spectacle of well-dressed men and women gorging themselves with food and drink like so many hogs and making public exhibition of their maudlin man ners was greatly out of keeping with the dignity of the occasion. Tho niis tako was in having wine on such an oc casion. It is questionable taste to have refreshments of any kind at a public ball or reception, but wiue should be rigorously excluded. Not to put it on any higher ground, there will always bo in public and mixed assemblages of that kind some persons who will act like hogs and take advantage of the license of the occasion to violate all propriety. It is to be hoped another hundred years of civilization will remove us beyond tho possibility of a recurrenco of such scenes. ' - i ..... , , , , . Gen. B. F. Butler delivered a speech at a banquet, given in his honor, in Bos ton, a few nights ago, in which, referring to his government of New Orleans dur ing the war, ho said: I claim only that I held, preserved and governed that city in such a way and man ner as history has settled for good or ill, a theme which for everv reason I cannot discuss here and now. Itut I do take leave to say that after a quarter of a century's reflection since, and trom the knowledge which ought to come from acquaintance with public at) airs, if it were to happen again 1 could do it twice as well as I aid then, because with what I know now of sedition and treason I should make the little tinger of Rehohoani heavier than the whole hand of Solomon. Happily, the General will not have to do it again, but after having stood so much abuse on that score it is character istic of him to make tho above declara tion. It was not necessary to wait long for history to vindicate his administra tion in New Orleans. The vindication came long ago. We do not suppose the Council will seriously entertain the proposition to take steps to secure control of tho police force. Such a movement, at' present, would be ill-timed, to say tho least. There is no general demand for it, and it is not required by any public interest. In tho present situation of aiTaiis it would be bad politics. The defect in our present police is not so much in tho sys tem as in the force. The Metropolitan system, properly organized, is tho cor rect one, though, as a matter of principle and good government, the members of the board should be appointed by tho Mayor. At tho proper time, the law hould bo changed in that regard thiu conforming to the decision of the Su premo Court, as well as to sound princi ples of government. But this question is solving itself, and will work out bet ter and sooner without any interference from the Council. Any attempt on their part at present to assume control of the police would be construed as a move towards converting the police into a political machine, and public opinion is strongly opposed to that. Tho best thing to do with the present system is to let it alone until we can get something better, and that will not be by returning to tho vicious system of a partisan po lice. Meanwhile, we repeat that the de fect in our present police is not so much in the system as in the force. The lat ter is lacking in discipline, vigor, intelli gence, and tsprit du corps. It needs bracing up all along the line. PARTY CLUBS AND PRINCIPLES. The formation of Republican club3 for the purposo of promoting the growth of true Republican principles, of improv ing the methods of local and general government, and of advancing the pub lic interests of all citizens, is a work to be encoaraged and commended. Re publicans worthy the name believe that through their party the greatest politi cal security is to be obtained and tho greatest .reforms brought about; but they believe these results are to be ac complished by strict adherence to tho high moral principles through which great ends have heretofore been at tained, and not by adoption of the schemes of petty Democratic ward workers. Tho strength of the Marion county Democracy was concentrated on the attempt to gain control of the Indianapolis municipal offices for purely partisan purposes. The welfare of the city was not the question under consideration, but merely individual and party gain. The general dissatisfaction with this scheme taught tho shrewd managers of the ring tho folly of their action even before it was repudiated by the courts. Familiarity with tho way in which the Democratic plan was regarded by tho public should have warned even the shortest-sighted Republican against the commission of a like offense. Demo crats have injured their party prospects by their attempt to gain a power not given them by public consent, and Re publicans who persist in such a course will do the same for their organization. The club which makes its demand upon the City Council for a reconstruction of the police force acted hastily, and will undoubtedly withdraw its request upon further consideration. This club in no wise represents the opinion of the ma jority, and its demands are not likely to be complied with; but for its own credit it should lose no timo in placing itself in harmony with the better sentiment of the community and in line with that element of the party through which suc cess comes. Republican clubs are wanted, tho more the better, so long as they teach tho right doctrine. DEMOCRACY'S PET MEASURES. Mr. Henderson's speech to the police force, was admirablo in the main, and contained some excellent advice and in structions relative to their duties and tho performance of them. We regret to observe,- however, a little departure from the straight and narrow path of non-partisanism in Mr. Henderson's statement that "the Metropolitan police law, under which you and I are acting, was a pet measure of the party to which I have belonged, and to which I have given an unwavering support for thirty five consecutive years." We are quito willing to assist in advertising the supe rior quality and long-standing of Mr. Henderson's Democracy, but his state ment that the present Metropolitan po lice law was "a pet measure" of his par ty is slightly misleading. It was a pet measure of the Democracy when it was passed, in 18S3, because tho city gov ernment at that time was Republican, and tho State officers, who wero vested with the power of appointing police commissioners, wero Democratic. The first result of the pet measure was the .appointment of a board composed of two Democrats and one Republican. That continued to be the composition of the board for several years, and the law continued to be a pet measure with tho Democracy until the State officers be came Republican, when it ceased to be. Their pet measure then became a law depriving tho State officers of tho ap pointing power, and exercising it them selves. The pet measure of 18S9 would have operated precisely as that of 1883 did, to make the police board Demo cratic This explanation seems neces sary to disabuse the public mind of an impression that might be cieated by Mr. Henderson's remarks, that pet measures of the Democracy are sometimes intend ed to promote public interests. JETTERSON AND HAMILTON. Hero it is again. The Cincinnati En quirer says: Mr. Chaunrey M. Depew is a beautiful sneaker, and he was very gracefulat New lorkwbenhe said that Jetlerson inspired independence, and that Hamilton saved the Constitution. He was not only graceful, but he was right. Hamilton did not get quite the Constitution that he wanted; but, in the Federalist, by his pen. and in New York by his wonderful influence, he saved it from defeat. And then Jefferson came in and taught the people how to construe it, - There is a great deal in construction. Tho Constitution was pretty well construed before Jefferson had anythirg to do with it, except as Secretary of State for a few years under Washington, in which capacity he was conspicuous for his unsuccessful opposition to tho administration. Ho took no part in the great popular discussion concerning the adoption of the Constitution, as he was, fortunately, out of the country. IJ ho had been at home ho would undoubtedly have opposed its adoption, as others of his political school did. As Washing ton's Secretary of State from 1780 to 1793, ho had little to do with construing tho Constitution. Having failed in his opposition to Hamilton in the Cabinet, and his relations with Washington hav ing become strained, he resigned his po sition and retired to Monticello, where he remained till he was elected Vice president, in 1797. His principal service in construing the Constitution at this time was in drafting the Vir ginia resolutions of 171)8, which be came the Bible and text-book of the State rights Democracy for the next fifty years, and finally culminated in secession and civil war. When Jeffer son became President, in 1801, the Con stitution had been in force twelve years, there had been numerous sessions of Congress, and tho Supreme Court, com posed of eminent men, with John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth as Chief -justices, had been construing tho Constitution since its adoption. John Marshall be came Chief-justice two months before' Jefferson became President and for tho next thirty-five years he construed the Constitution. As President, it was not Jefferson's duty to construe the Con stitution but to execute the laws. His theory of the construction of tho Con stitution was that it was a rope of sand. DUTY OP THE RESPECTABLE CITIZEN. AlreaJy the respectable citizen is beginning to,. talk gloomily of the pros- pect of electing a good municipal ticket next fall. . This citizen, who is numerous in Indianapolis, should do one of two things: either finish his lamentations now and keep silence after the election, or bestir himself to secure the election of a good ticket. For, whatever the re sult may be, the respectable citizen will be responsible. If he stands off, as has been his custom, and permits irresponsi ble persons, "rings," if ho will, to choose the candidates, he has no right to grumble if those candidates fail to please him. He has as much right to say who shall be on tho ticket as any other man, and not only is it his right, but his duty, to have a voice in such matters. There is no doubt that public opinion in Indianapolis is overwhelmingly in favor of officials who will work for the city's interests conscientiously, earnest ly, and without fear or favor. The re spectable citizen, in short, is in tho ma jority, however appearances mayhave been to the contrary. If tho "better element" wants a Mayor who will en force the law, let it fix its choice upon a man who is likely to do this and let it work for and support him, as "rings" are accustomed to do for their candi dates. That there s no necessity for permitting the city to fall under cor rupt control was proved by the election of Mayor Denny, two years ago, when tho "best citizens" came out in force. Let them take the lead in the matter this year and all will be well. , Of the many eloquent addresses deliv ered at recent centennial banquets, wo note especially that of Hon. J. S. Runnels,' of Chicago. He responded to the toast of "Alexander Hamilton," and gave a masterly . sketch of the great statesman's career and services. After dwelling briefly on Hamilf' ton's intellectual precocity and the remark? able achievements of his early manhood, the speaker said: : ,. t , The Constitution of the United States is his monument. Whatever be claimed tor the other great minds who assisted in its formation, what- ever be conceded to those who labored for its; adoption, to him belongs the greatest praise, ' both for its conception and its establishment as the organic law. It was hi hand that laid its foundation deep in the soil of order and strength, ana it was his understanding that, conceding much of his preference to accomplish the pur pose of national unity, reared its shapely archi tecture; it was his powerful reasoning in the "Federalist" and his eloquent utterances in con vention that crowned the stately edittco with the approval of the people. Said Guizot: Ther is not in the Constitution of the United states au element of order, of force, or of duration which Hamilton ha not powerfully contributed -Xe In troduce into it and to give it predominance' j Tho speaker then referred to the j danger ous spirit that was abroad in the laud at that timea spirit of independence ceot ten by successful revolution and intensified by the watchwords of liberty, equality and fraternity, which were wafted across the! waters from Franco, where Jefferson wa then sojourning and hob-nobbing with the. French revolutionists. The social condi tions and the temper of the people added enormously to the difficulty of bringing them under the discipline of settled gov ernment, but Hamilton and his compatriots were equal to the task. Said Mr. Runnels: When some future riutarch shall weigh the great men of that epoch he will givu to Washing ton alone the palm of superiority over Hamilton. He will make John Adams his ouly possible rival as an orator, but even him he will place upon a lower plane. Ho will go across the seas to find In Burko alone the sharer of his sceptre. He will say that Hamilton was greater than liurke be cause he was lawyer and soldier as well as orator and statesman. He will say he was greater than Pitt because it is w orthier to create a govern ment than to administer it. He will say he was larger than Adams or Jefferson, great ps they were, because his victories wero not, like theirs, limited to the Melds of statesmanship. Jefferson called him the Colossus of tho Federalists. Am brose Spcucer. the distinguished Jurist and a political adversary, said he "was the greatest man this country ever produced. Chancellor Kent said he "rose to-the loftiest heights of pro fessional eminence," aud' applied to him tho E raise of Papiutan, that he left all others far be ind. John Marshall placed him next in merit to the Father of his Country. Another contempor ary declared, voicing the admiration of many or the time, that "he more than any man did the thinking of the time." "We commend this eloquent tribute to those maliguers of history who are forever trying to detract from Hamilton's fame. General Harrison made a fine impres sion in New York as a speaker. Both of his speeches were short, tho one delivered on Wednesday in front of the sub-treasury building, and the one at the evening ban quet, but both wero very favorably re-' ceived. The Tribune says: Mr. Harrison's manner before an audience Is admirable, lite voice is strong and resonant, and he speaks with great animation. Feeling perfect contideuce in himself, and likewise thoroughly at home, he did not even glance at the sheets of paper which contained the notes of his remarks. His gestures were graceful and abundant, and though what he said occupied only four or nve minutes, the impression pro duced was that he is a master of the art of public speaking. In his speech on Wednesday he used a striking figure very effectively, but the sentence was marred in the telegraphic re port in such a way as to destroy its epi grammatic effect. The Tribune printed the speech exactly as delivered, and made tho following reference to it editorially: General ITarrison showed repeatedly In the course of his remarkable series of campaign citcecbcs his power of forcible and epigrammatic utterance. One of his most famous sayings, which has already passed into . a proverb, was that about students of maxims and students of markets. President Harrison has not forgotten the art. In his brief but admirable address in Wall street, yesterday, he touched with a single stroke an event of which the whole world has been talking lor the past week the rescue of the lanmark'spassencers and his characterization leaves nothing to be added or taken away. What could be finer than the single sentence in which the President of the United States paid tribute to the gallant captain of the Missouri! Here it is, and it deserves to be studied and remembered: "The captain who gives to the sea his cargo of rags that ho may give safety and deliverance to his imperiled fellow-men ha fame; he who lauds the cargo has only wages.' The telegraph reported him as saying that Washington "was like the captain who goes to sea, and throws overboard his cargo of rags that he may gain safety and deliv erance for his imperiled fellow-men." In this report tho point of the sentence is lost. The World says: "Although tho President's voice was rather sharp and nasal, his de livery was graceful, and his manner wa9 that of a thoroughly trained orator." Now is manifest one of the delightful ad vantages of natural gas. A cold wave in May does not require the reluctant house holder to replenish an empty coal-bin; by a simple twist of the wrist he turns on the gas, and is warm and happy without loss of time, temper or cash. If the police officers do not do their duty, it is not from lack of information as to the exact nature of that duty. To prevent care lessness or mistake on their part, it is well to have the law laid down to them now and then, as was done by Commissioner Hen derson. Queens of the May who are careless enough to go out without their sealskin cloaks and ear-muffs are having a chilly time of it this year. ABOUT PEOPLEAND THINGS. Ciiauiccet M. Depew recently took out an other life Insurance rolicy for $50,000. Mr. C. P. Huntington' rests on aU of Saturday and Sunday, and then does about three days work on Monday. Mrs. McKinlet is steadily gaining strength, and her entire restoration to health is now con sidered probable. Mrs. Cleveland has gained exactly nine pounds in flesh since she quit shaking hands as a business. Mrs. Harrison has lost three. John Fxskin's faculties seem to be in pretty good condition. He recently sold a painting by Meissonicr which cost him 1,000 francs for 9,000 francs. . Word comes of the death, at Presburg,'of Bishop 11 acinth Ronay, one of Kossuth's closest friends and most faithful followers. He was the Austrian Empress's teacher of Hungarian. Artist Whistler, tho pugilistic American who is skilled in painting eyes black and blue, has removed his pictnres at the Paris Exposition from tho United States department to the British. Baron Maximilian Washington, a relative of tho immortal General, and the present head of one branch of the family, resides in his Castle of Poeis In Styria. He is nearly sixty years old, and resembles In personal appearance his great an cestor. President Harrison became sick while on board the boat in New York harbor on Monday, a slight attack of nausea making him pale and faiut., It passed off quickly, however, after ho took a little medicine, and he soon becamo as bright and well as before. Justice Horace Gray, of the United States Supreme Court, insists on doing his own mar keting, and is a keen expert on all matters per taining to the market! especially in the selection of game. It is said at the stalls there that ho waits before purchasing a bird until the feathers have begun to drop out and fall upon the floor. Postmaster Van Cott, of New York, never forgets a face. In the Seventh senatorial district, which he once represented, he is occasionally called hand-shaker Van Cott, because of his habit of shaking hands with his friends whenever he meets them. Much of his success as a politician has been due to his courtesy to rich and poor alike. A Japanese tattooer, who has lately set no In business in Hong Kong, is so artlstio in his woik that he is said to have an income of about $6,000 a year. An English prince and an English peer have been among his patrons. He tattooed the arm of the former, and on the body of the latter reproduced scenes from Japanese history. En glish ladies have also songht his artistic services. There is now hanging in the State-house at Dover, Del., a portrait of General Washington which was painted by Dennis A. Volozan, in 1801. It : was hung in 1802, and for eighty-seven years has been untouched, except once, when it was brushed up by Jacob Ficholtz, a Lancaster nrtlst. Volozan was a Frenchman, who came to Philadelphia and won considerable fame as a portrait painter. Ill health in the family of United States Sena tor Cameron took that gentleman to Europe this week. ' He sailed with Mrs. Cameron and their daughter on Wednesday, state-rooms on the steamer City of New York having been engaged for him some time ago. His stay on the conti nent will depend upon circumstances. Should his health and that of Mrs. Cameron improve rapidly they will do considerable traveling. If not, they will go for rest, passing most of the time among the mountains. ' The Cointe- and Comteese de Paris celebrated their silver wedding on May 30, and their chil dren presented them a picture by Mile, Abbe ma. It contains three views, divided by bunches of pink roses, entwined with white lilies. The first represents the Roman Catholic chapel at Kingston-on-Thames, where the Corate and Comtesse were married; next is a view of York House, Twickenham, which was their residence for sev eral years; and the third represents the beautiful Chateau d'Eu, their favorite seat in Normandy. The women's associations of Great Britain have all united to defeat Mr. Beresford-IIope, the Conservative candidate for Kensington, London. Mr. nope tried to unseat Lady Sand hurst from her liard-won place in the London County Council, and the women are determined, to retire hiia to private life. At a recent meet ing held in London Mrs. Gladstone, Lady Aber deen. Mrs. Laura Ormistou Chant. Mrs. Bateson, president of the Cambridge Women's liberal Association, and others, made spirited addresses to voters. Pkoijably the highest price ever paid for a book was 10,000, given by the German govern ment for a missal formerly given by Pope Leo X to King Henry VIII of England, along with a parchment conferring on that sovereign the right of assuming the title of "Defender of the Faith," home ever since by English Kings. It was sold at auction some years ago. The book which secured the highest offer was a Hebrew Bible, in the possession of the Vatican. In 1511! the Jews of enice proposed to Pope Julius II to buy the Bible, and to pay for it its weight In gold. It was so heavy that it required two men to carry it. Indeed, it weighed 325 pounds, thus repre senting the value of half a million of francs (20,000.) Though being much pressed for money, in order to keep ub tho "Holy League' against King Louis XII of France, Julius II de clined to part with the volume. The King of Spain, Alfonso XIII, not yet three years old, is a rosy-cheeked, fair child of bright disposition and more than ordinary quickness and curiosity for his age. He has been taught to give a military salute, and his greatest delight is to wituess tie relief of the guard from the palace wiudows at 10 in the morning. Old count iers say he has a strong likeness to the Bourbon portraits m the Madrid Museum. His eldest sister. Dona Maria de les Mercedes, Princess of the Asturias, is now eight years old, and is a tall, graceful child, very lair, with features like her mother. She Is not so bright. It is said, asher blue-eyed, blonde sister. Dona Maria Theresa, who is only six years old and rather delicate. Queen Christina herself is In her thirty-first year, and has been a widow for three years and a half. She is tall slender, very graceful, and stately in her carriage; her man ners and her ' elegance are worthy of her Austrian and Vienucse training, and though showing much kindness and affability to all foreigners and natives alike who approach her, she is very queenly in her beariug and glance when she chooses. C0M31EXT AND OPINION.' All the progress which the negro has made hasbeen insnito of, not with tho asitance of, tbeSoith. The entiie catalogue of crimes has been exhausted in the attempt to keep him in lgnoiance and subjection. Philadelphia In quirer. It will avail little to indoctrinate patriotism in the schools if the example of contempt of poli tics be set at home. Citizenship is a moral as well as a practical idea, and the rarent is more potent than the teacher in fostering or destroy ing its embryou. Chicago Inter Ocean. We can respect an honest free-trader when we Undone, for all sincere convictions are entitled to respect, but it is hard to have any fueling of tolerance for a protectionist In the Democratlo faity. The only manly course for protectionists s to go with the party of protection. Washing ton Pies. From the beginning this Democratic dogma State sovereignty! was a curse to the country, and seemed to be a cancer that could never be eradicated. It almost lost us Independence and nearly lost us tho Union, and it still shows signs of life by the hissing of Its forked tongue and the rattling of its scaly tall. Chicago Tribune. The courageous and manly newspaper which is assa led is not damaged by Ike boycott; In deed, it is rather helped, for Independent citi zens and all parties at once rally around it, and the boycott is soon lived down and forgotten. It is only the workingmen, whom knaves and blunderers tlupe and mMpad, that suffer from it permanently. New York Hun. We are no nearer the end of the liquor traflio than when if oau's decent son walked backward with avertel gazo to cover the nakedness of his drunken sire. Wo are no nearer the abolition of the still than the abolition of gun casting, but the age progresses in temperance, and moral suasion coupled with high license and closer mu nicipal regulation of dram-shops encourage the march. Chicagj Times. Some papers have sneered at President Har rison lecause he waited till 1 o'clock Monday morning to start for New York in order not to travel on Sunday. A majority of the people of this country, however, still believe in bunday observance, and it is only becoming in the Presi dent to show respect to their views, and, besides, he believes in Sunday observance himself. Louisville Commercial. The large body of producers are ready to co operate with any employer who will devote bis energies and rik his money in a practical at tempt at establishing better conditions. And that is the main thing. For if the labor question U ever to be settled, the task of solving the vex atious problem will devolve upon the sensible workingmeu and the far-eiichted and noble hearted employers. Minneapolis Tribune. In looking back over a century of history it is remarkable that, with a single exception, no President lud a son capable of taking nls place. . Had there been a royal road to power there would have been incompetent rulers, as there are in Europe. Human nature is the same the world over, and a government of the people with out the consent and by the action of the people is impossible. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. OUR CITIZEN SOLDIERY. In Them General Sherman Sees the Safe guard of the Nation. Nw York Herald. Gen. William Tccnmseh Sherman, who viewed the paradeyesterday from the grand stand, where, beside President Harrison, he shared the plaudits of the multitude, ex pressed tho lollowiug highly interesting reflections: "A3 the safeguard of the United States must rest in the hands of the citizen sol diery in case of national peril, the million or more spectators who witnessed tho great parade to-day mi ght have drawn conclu sions of a highly important nature. "I had the pleasure of viewing the march past, aud I felt something of the old-time inspiration when I saw troop before me the stalwart, activo young men clad in the blue and shouldering their muskets as in the days of old. 1 thought of the uprising of tho North tweuty-eight years ago, of the massivo battalions which poured in seem ingly endless streams into the various depots of military organization. I also re called the intrepid Southrons who came boldly forward to face privation and death. The army in the West, the gallant men whom I knew so well and whose valor I witnessed on many a hard-fought field, seemed to rise up before me like So many friendly spectres. The days of the march through Georgia and the Carol inas appeared to come back afresh, and I live again in the, to me, joy ous atmosphere of another existence. Such a stirring revival of a former life possesses its charms as well as its regrets. Writing in the age of retrospection past joys and sorrows appear as fresh aud vivid as when they crowded upon me engaged in the active duties of military work in time of war. 'As the trained dragoon horse pricks his ears on hearing the bugle call, so does the old soldier rejoico in all that reminds him of the active practico of his profession. Likewise should he take pleasure in know ing that the military pageant of, to-day did not indicate coming human destruction, but that it was drawn out to do honor to the memory of a man who, although his arm was mighty in war, ever appreciated tho blessings of peace. "I laughed to myself at the moment when the New York Seventh Regiment ap proached with elan, for I thought of au old friend, the late Senator Ben Wade, of Ohio, when he witnessed the arrival of the Seventh at Washington in the early days of the war. The capital was in dancer. The confederates could have marchedT in at that time. The anxiety of the friends of the government was great. When the gorgeously-uniformed drum-major ap proached, whirling his baton, the embodi ment of the conventional pomposity of his office, hauded down from drum-major to drum-major during the last three hundred years, Senator Wade's non-military 'eye was attracted by the spectacle. He re ceived a tremendous impression. The dashing volunteers behind were lost sight of. The drum-major alone engrossed his attention. Turning to his companion Sen ator Wade exclaimed in awestruck tones, The city is safe after all!' "The contrast between the small detach ment of regular soldiers and the large body of volunteers is but an indicatiou of the tendency of the American mind. We rely ou the volunteers as our source of defense. But the dirlerence between volunteers such as ours and regulars is but slight after all. The former are regulars in embryo. The intelligent, clear headed young men com posing the national guard of the various States whom I saw to-day only require the training and discipline and experience of the camp to become regulars of theverv best kind. I would have matched my old infantry that I led through Washington at the time of the final review at the close of the war against any infantry that ever fought a battle. Most of them were in a more unfavorable condition to become soldiers than the national guard who marched to-day, for they had no training whatever to begin with. The regulars of continental nations have generally been ignorant, stupid peas ants, who required prolonged training to become soldiers. Our keen, bright fellows acquire with great rapidity the essentials of military life. The Pennsylvania division is entitled to praise, for, being in heavy marching order, it came nearer to being a compact body of troops ready for the field than any other State national guard. They wero no holiday soldiers. The system in vogue, by which the Pennsylvanians can be mobilized at very short notice, should be adopted by every State in the Union. The old ''Biicktail" division of General McCall, the Pennsylvania reserve, which came to Washington when ordered there, waa very much such a bodv as General Ilartranf tra men who marched to-day. 'It is idle to criticise the individual or collective appearance of the volunteers, to contrast the colors of theirclothing or their trimmings. The material was there, and the forty thousand young men in uniform could be drilled into shape in short order if the opportunity for practice were afforded them. "There are nearly eight million men in the United States who are available for national defense, and constitute the militia. France has never gotten over one tenth of her population in the field after a conscription. We could put one million in arms, and the fact only emphasizes the ne cessity for a complete and uniform system of organization for a National Guard throughout the Union. It should be aided bv the general government, and the States should join in the movement in a manner that would prevent a change of the viola tion of State rights. 'We should have a well-armed and equipped National Guard, and with the material at our disposal we would then have no fear of our inability to meet promptly on land any danger to the Re public which might suddenly arise.' KOSSUTH'S VISIT TO IIAIUUSBURG. Speaker Rhey's RecoUections of It The Mag yars Were Great "Wine-Drinkers. Letter In New York Sun. 'I was Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1852, when Louis Kossuth and his suite visited the State," said the Hon. John S. Rbey, of Cambria county, who is the oldest member of the present Legislature, and one of tho last of the old-school Democratic politicians of the State. "1 appointed the committeo of tho House that was to accompany him and his suite to Pittsburg, on his way to the West. The late John Gillies was chair man of the committee. Governor Johnson was just going out of office, Bigler's inaug uration occurring the day after Kossuth arrived in Harrisburg. The Hungarians were entertained at Heir's Hotel, now the Lochiel. 1 have seen a great many big crowds at the State capital, but nothing that ever compared with the crowd that was there at that time, Kossuth and the Governor's inauguration combining to draw people from all parts of the State, and there wero few railroads in the State then, jou must remember. Governor Johnson gave a grand supper to Kossuth and his suite at the Herr ilouse. The Hungarians were the greatest wine-drinkers I ever saw or heard of. Philadelphia politicians can't begin to approach them. I was present at that Kossuth supper. Wine flowed like water. Before it caine-time for Kossuth to respond to the address of welcome he him self had drunk four bottles of champagne. I couldn't see how he could ever be able to make a speech. But ho did. And what a speech it was! Nothing that I ever heard approached it in eloquence or beauty of language. It was a masterpiece. After tho formal ceremonies the festivities were kept up, and there were 1,000 bottles of wine drunk that night. "T he railroad only ran as far as nolli daysburg in those days. From there, in summertime, the trip to Pittsburg was made by canal packet, but in the winter, when the canal could" not be operated, the journey was made by stage coach, or such conveyance as the traveler could afford. Well, of course, this visit of Kossuth's was in the winter, and a most terribly cold win ter it was, too. Tho committee of escort took charge of Kossuth and his suite, and bowled them along over tho railroad to Hollidaysburg. At that place a stop was made for the night. According to all re- forts, that night at the Hollidaysburg lotel, where the Hungarians stopped, must have been a high oue. The party drank up all the wine the house had aud could pro cure, and then some wild, untamed Magyars among them amused themselves by break ing furniture and turning things upside down in the house generally. They were tamed down enough in the morning to take conveyance westward for Pittsburg. The weather was frightfully cold, the thermometer being several degrees below zero. That journey to Pittsburg was one that those Hungarians never forgot, I will warrant. Some of them came near freez ing to death, and probably the 'liring up they had been giving themselves for sev eral days was a good thing for them. They got in Pittsburg safely, though, aud, alter a festive time there, were seut on their way West, and tho legislative committeo came back to Harrisburg. When Judgo Gillies presented the hills for that trip, he haq one from the Hollidaysburg hotel keeper for $XX) for one night's entertain ment. I opened rav eves. " 'Why,' said I, Omige.a hill as exorbi tant as that will never bo allowed.' It isn't exorbitant!' said the Judge. It would be reasonable at twice the amount,' 'Then he told of the nature of the enter meut at Hollidaysburg. and I agreed with him. But we cut the bill up into various small ones beforo we ventnred to put it through. That visit of Kossuth's to Penn sylvania, with the legislative escort, cost the State about $-25,000. m OKLAHOMA PEACEFUL. A Federal Officer's Sketch of the Real Situ ation in the New Country. Philadelphia Press. One of the army officers stationed in Ok lahoma has found time dunug the recent opening of the territory to write from Guthrie dailyfetters home to to his rela tives in this city. "A military picnic." is the phrase that stands for his estimate of the situation there, so far as it calls for in terference or action by the federal troops. In the course of intimate talk of hiH daily life in the confusion of the new settlement he pays this compliment to the conduct of the 'boomers:" "The wild stories we hear of shooting af rairs, lynchings, bulldozing and chowder are simply tales to scare 'tenderfeet, I have known of but two cases of bulldozing and these were very mild, the aggressor having doue the region somethiug like a favor in inducing tenderfeet not fitted for pioneer life, to get out. and theygot" without much- urging, either. Most of the settlers are American born. I am more and more struck with the Amer ican civilian's innate sense of his own in alienable rights aud of the rights of others. Here Congress has opened this country for settlement without any other provision for law and order than the presence of the troops. We can't do anything, hut our mere presence suffices to keep everything peaceiuL It is a great thing to see tho quiet, good 6ense shown by all these eager settlers. One man who tried to 'crowd' a peaceful man olf his claim was held to bail right away to keep the peace." The letters complain a great deal of the inadequate arrangements made by the rail roads to deliver goods brought in eveu aftel the cars have arrived, which causes no lit tie friction. The country, he 6ays, though looking rather dry, is not a desert, nor doe it flow with milk and honey just a good country, likely undercullivation to bo very fertile. ' ' Better Than Suicide. Atlanta Constitution. A crank writes to the New York Sun fo advico concerning tho matter of suicide in the case of a man who has lost his grip and cannot get on in the world. Of course tha Sun counsels him to let suicide alone and go to work, hoping for better luck. It would have been well to tell the poor fel low that a man with average health and strength cannot entirely lose his grip if he will rally his determination and energy, He may find it out of his power to secure the greatest prizes of life, but he can cam his daily bread and sleep the sleep of an. honest worker, and that is something. If a man has been deviled to the verge of sui cide, he should face about and devil tho fellows who have been worrying him. lit will find keen enjoyment and plenty of oc cupation in that line of business not a commendable line, perhaps, but more satis factory than self-murder. Concerned for His SouL Ithaca (Mich.) Journal. During the late religious meetings in this village a lady got to thinking so seriously after retiring to bed one night about tho spiritual welfare of a gentleman acquaint ance that she arose, dressed herself, and going to his home in a distant part of the town, rang the door-bell and got him up. He came to the door and admitted her, when she made known her mission. She then expostulated with him for some timo about his soul's salvation. He patiently heard her through, after which he invited her to stay the remainder of the night, his wife providing a place for the agitated vis itor 60 she would not be required to return home through the darkness alone. Our Girls Are Just Great. Washington Post. Priscilla, the Puritan maiden, would probfcbly have been shocked had she been asked to become a member of a feminino base-ball team, and, after duo practice, challenge the nine in which Miles Staudisli and John Alden were playing. Priscilla was a very nice girl, as girls went a hun dred years ago, but our Pxiscillas are just as much ahead of the old girls in physical culture as were such men as Miles Stand ish and John Alden ahead of our dudes as to manliness and brains. The female base ball team of Pittsfield, Mass., High-school will challenge a nine from the Fendle Mil itary Company, of Pougkkeepsie some time in June. Proposed Methodist Home. Christian Aflvocate. A lady, the wife of an honored minister in our church in New York, called at the mission rooms last week and handed tho Rev. Dr. Peck, one of the missionary secre taries, $100 as a "nest egg" toward provid ing a nome for returned missionaries in or near New York. She is greatly anxious that others may bo interested in fouuding such a home. Other missionary societies have such a house, where returned mis sionaries can rest a brief time on arrival in this country. It would be a noble thing to do in our denomination. A Dreadful Possibility. Washington Post, It will tickle everyone immensely to read Belva Lockwood's telegram to tho World: 'Three cheers for the inaugural centennial. Twenty-five years hence we will inaugurate a woman." He laughs best who laugh last. Ten years ago those unhappy Kansas towns, now under petticoat rufe, would have scouted such a possibility. Who can tellf We may have a woman for President and a whole Cabinet of ministering angels, and men ma have to go sneaking around getting sorno woman's indorsement for a country postoffice. "What the Great Show Cost. Louisville Courier Journal. Now that the centennial celebration at New York is over, the curious are beginning to figure what it cost the State and city. In toe lirst place, the Legislature appro priated 200.000; but 125,000 of this was for the National Guard, and $20,000 for the Grand Array of the Republic, leaving $5.", 000 for the centennial committee. The city government, however, appropriated $75.00', and $45,000 was raised by voluntary ub scriptions. This would make the total ex penditure sooa Talk by a Boycotted Editor. Rochester (N. Y.) Pus t-Express. If you are a slave to any secret organiza tion put this paper aside, for it is published for free men. If you are a coward don't read another line, for it i designed for brave men. If you are a fool have nothing to do with the Post-Express, for it is writ ten for sensible citizens who can se in this matter their own risks and tho danger of the commnnit3'. . Informatioa That Came Too Late. Washington Post. Too late, too late. Just after the centen nial ball is over and Stuyvesant Fish and Ward McAllister return once more to a con dition of innocuous desuetude, the informa tion comes from France that shavings dipped in whitewash are the best substi tute for silence as a poultice to heal the blows of sound. Can Take Care of Themselves. New York Tribune. The police have again proved that they know how to handle a big crowd. But then, after all, it isn't hard to take care of an American crowd. Just give it half a chance and it will take care of itself. A Rase Thought, Pittsbar Dispatch. Docs the persistent appearance of Dud ley's forged letters rouse a suspicion that they are" an adaptation of 'the .stolen dia monds of the ambitious actress? Why the Rich Grow Richer. Detroit Free Press. Yes, it is true that tho rich aro growing richer. They work hard, live economically, and never go on a strike.