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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

TIE House of Representatives, by vote of
81 to 50, yesterday adopted the minority re-
port OF the judiciary committee to the effect
That the late constitutional amendments
we're valid and properly pending in the Gen
eral Assembly. This action is unquestion-
ably the correct one. and is in harmony with
precedent in this State. The solid vote of
the Republican members was cast in the af-
firmative, and they were Joined by sixteen
Democrats. But despite this proper and
consistent action of the House, the amend
ments have been killed by the ad-
verse action OF the Senate taken last week,
and the vote of the House is of none
other effect than simply to make correct
and defensible record upon the question for
the members. This being done, it seems
to the Journal the proper and dignified
course to pursue would be to Indefinitely
postpone the further consideration of the
subject. To send tho resolutions 10 the
Senate, and run the risk of exhausting any
further precious time upon dead question,
would be worse than useless. The time yet
at the disposal of the Legislature for the con-
sideraton of live topics is very short and it
should be economically and prudently used
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

authorities, The statutes of Kentucky are
what the people Of Kentucky have made
them, the judges have been elected by Ken
tuckians, and the iuries are chosen from
citizens of that State. What more do the
people want? What more can they ask?
The murderers, Neal and Craft, are now
ABOUT to undergo trial according to the
manner prescribed for their offense. Is that
not enough, or must the Commonwealth
laws be interpreted by a mob, whose incep-
ton is lawlessness itself and whose reign is
anarchy? tits disgrace to every citizen of
that State that armed men have to stand
between them and the law they would dis
honor. If these men be proved guilty let
the law take its course, and if the laws and
courts of justic be at fault let the people
provide peaceable remedy. The power is
in their hands.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

IT is noted as a remarkable fact that freight
cars are being struggled across the Canadian
border, many of them loaded. But the worst
feature of the business is that many Ameri-
can cars disappear on the Canadian side, and
are never returned, the letters indicating
ownership being effaced and others substi-
tuted. This according to Canuck testimony
If some Yankee doesn't go over there and
steal several locomotives we might as we'll
give up as gracefully as possible and accept
service as a second-rate power.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
Affairs of Farrv & Bro.

DETROIT, Jan. GA dispatch from Grand
Haven says Edward p, one of the firm of
Ferry & Bro, while refusing to mako any
statement concerning the affairs of the firm,
declares the reports concerning them greatly
exaggerated. He says he shall devote him
self to the Senator's reelection, after which
he will make public statement of the liabil-
tiles CT the firm which will present matters
in much more favorable light He claims
to have ascertained that the bank of Flint
holds $4,000 of the paper-two-thirds Sc
cured by good Endorsements and tine balance
by attachment levies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
STATE EXCHANGE TABLE.
Expressions Upon Questions of Cur
rent Public Interest.
Topics Before the Legis characterization of
Parties Upon the Amendments-Tired
of Whisky Ring Domination.
A "Reminiscences of the Liquor League.

Lebanon Patriot.
paragraph among the Associated Press
dispatches a day or two since stated that the
Mohr & Mohr distilling company, of Gin
cinnati, had failed, with liabilities aggre-
eating 100000 This is the same company
that owned the dishllery at Lafayette that
was destroyed by fire Just before the No
vember election they made great display
OF what they proposed to do at Lafayette in
the event that the prohibition question got a
black eye at the polls. They sought to Sc
cure votes for the Democratic ticket by de-
claring that they would invest fabulous
sum in manufacturing there if the voters
would stand up for the cause of free whisky.
They tried to make it appear that the city
and country would go to the demntion bow
vows if the fanatics were successful. The
Democratic press cried out you are driv-
ing enterprise and capital away from the
city" when the sober truth was that, instead
of having barrel of money to invest on con-
dltions, as they assumed to have, Mohr Il
Mohr were then in the throes OF bankruptcy.
Ii was their dying kick
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
The telegraph War Drawing to a Close.

New YORK Feb 6.-The Post prints the
following, which is corroborated by other
statements: From reliable sources, and
which is undoubtedly based on fact, it was
rumored on the street this afternoon that the
difficulties between the Western Union and
Mutual Union telegraph companies. are APP
preaching settlement. On inquiry in quar-
ters where the real state of the case was
known we have reason to believe there is
foundation for the rumor, and that these
difficulties, which have had an unfavorabe
effect on the market generally, will be settled
this week
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

THE French republic is not disintegratng
as fast as many feared The Journals dag
Rosis of the case seems to have been a correct
one. While many politicians are
scrambling for the place made vacant
by the death of Gambetta, the
people are tranquil and self-possessed
There can be no danger until discomfort and
unrest seize upon the masses and until then
the pronunci amentos and manifestos of pre-
tenders can have no effect whatever, except
to excite ridicule The French republic is
different from cur own on ac-
count of association and precedent
The custom there has been to
expe alarmists, so that the banisment of the
pitiful PloE Plon can cause no uneasiness
whatever. We tolerate demagogues and rant
ers until they blow themselves out and are
lost in the insignifcsnce of their own indi-
viduality. The people of France, in the
present exigency have proved themselves
capable of self-government. Time will de-
velop another Gambetta, or a man for the
occasion, and all will move on serenely.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
Getting Tired of the Whisky Ring

The beer and whisky ring used their money
freely at the last election to help the Demo-
Gratis defeat prohibition. Now take that
plank out Of the Democratic platform and
the same party can very easily get their
money back again by stepping over into the
Republican party at the next election, leav
ing the Democrats the bag to hold with moth
ing in it. We have already had foretaste
of this way of doing business by the special
election in the Ninth congressional district,
where a change of 1000 votes took place in
very short time, The whisky ring cares
nothing for the Democratic party except
when it can use the party for it's own special
benefit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

IN America it is popularity supposed that
the laws are framed directly in the interest
Of the people, for their protection and for the
administration of justice toward all Offend
ers. 1t remains for the people, through their
chosen representatives, to say exactly what
the law shall be- and what punishment shall
be melted out for the various offenses De-
spite this fact, the people OF Kentucky are
stultifying themselves by threatening to yio-
late the law. Four hundred militia have
been detailed to guard two criminals
now in the hands of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

To the question of Washington inter
viewer, what temperance legislation the Legis-
lature of Ohio should undertake, Governor
Foster replied:
"As a matter of policy-although l confess
it is not the highest order of craftsmanship
to do anything for policy alone-I am in
favor of putting the alternative questions be-
fore the people, license or taxation and pro-
hibition. l think that the large body of Re-
publicans who have voted with US, and who
believe that prohibition can be actual, should
have an opportunity to express themselves
at the polls. They should have a chance to
show their strength. They will, OF course,
be beaten, but the trial is due them Strike
out the clause prohibiting license and enact
judicious tax law, and I believe, with pru-
dent treatment OF the question, we can carry
Ohio"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

The Journal is very glad and anxious to
publish as many Letters from the People as
possible We like to know how the people
are thinking and talking upon matters of
current interest and we accept the steady
receipt OF these letters as an indication of
the regard in which the Journal is held as
means accommodation between all classes
of the public, But in order that these let
tcrs shall be Of the most service to us and to
the people, they must necessarily be as brief
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
The Disgrace of Hefrcen's Leadership.

That man so stepped in moral turpitude
as Heffren is made the leader of his party is
disgrace to it. The shame OF his infanfy should
have forced him nto seclusion, and his party
should have consigned him to merited obliv-
ion. The people of Washington county
should purge themselves of the charge of
honoring self-confessed TRAITOR If they do
not answer the question: "What are you
going to do about t?' it remains for the peo-
pile of Indiana to answer him in such a man
ner as will condemn, not only the man, but
the party which elects him to the high posi-
ton of legislator and further honors him
by making him the leader
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
The Tootsy Pootsy People.
Bloomington Telephone.

bloomington Ielepnone.
We cannot conceive how any body of sense
could have doubt as to the amendments
after the fall elections. Yet we have heard
some of the tootsy pootsy people who know
about as much about the political prospect
as banty rooster, talking about the Demo-
Gratis not daring to refuse to submit the
amendments; the same good and wise people
were perfectly satisfied before the election,
because no matter which side was successful
the people would be allowed the privilege
of voting on prohibition and womans suf-
frage
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

RICHARD GLMouR, Catholic bishop of Cleve-
land, just returned from visit to Europe,
in which he spent some time in Ireland, said
in public speech at his reception:
The wretchedness of Ireland is inconceiv-
able The American people, much as they
read and hear of Ireland's wretchedness, can
never, without visiting the country form
any adequate idea of it. The houses are mere
pig styes. | travelled through the country in
the harvest season. Men, women and chill
dren were at work in the fields. | found
idleness nowhere but industry everywhere.
l found men of every creed and condition of
life commenting on the objects and interests
of the Land League, but at the same time
disappearing of the wild schemes and the
theories suggested to arrive at these objects
and interests. All recognize that the Irish
land question must sooner or later be adj
justed, but the more intelligent class COM
mend only cool, calm and deliberate action
One thing found was universal, commenda-
ton OF Gladstone's land bill as a step in the
right direction"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
Property of New York Newspapers.

New York, Feb, cit is reported that the
plot of land on the rorth side of Beekman
street, extending from Park Row to Nassau
street formerly occupied by the Potter
building. has been sold to Mr. Charles A.
Dana, and that the San Association will soon
that the property % present occupied by the
Sun has been solo to The Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
Abolish the Contract System.


The proposition submitted to the Legisla-
ture to abolish the contract system of labor
in the State pententiares ought to become
law, The system is censurable in all
respects. 1t is decided insult to honest la
boring men to place them in direct com petit
ton to the convict labor, as it benefits none
except the masters and persons who hire
them and compel them under the lash to per-
form their labor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
There Is Rightto Control the Liquor Traffic

The right of the majority to control the
liquor traffic cannot be denied on the plea of
the rights of the individual to drink liquor
without overturnine the whole fabric of our
government of liberty regulated by law.
When the majority ceases to rule in this
country, true liberty will be lost, and license
of despotism will reign.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

THOMAS ORION the Tichborne claimant
having been in prison nine years, his two
sons and two daughters have petitioned for
his release on the ground that they need a
fathers attention and advice. The Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department de-
clines to advise Her Majesty to interfere in
tho casa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

AT the yearly dinner of the Boston Bar Asso
citation last week DR.. Oliver Wendell Holme
read humorous poem, the subject being pro
posed in u toast: 'Hs son, who has recent!
been elevated to the bench" The following
stanzas are characteristic of the poem:
"What curious tales has life in store,
With all its must-hes and its Inav-besi
The sage of eighty years and more
Once crept a nursing on the flour
Kings, cOhguerOrs, judges, all were babies.
"Fhe Justice. who in gown and cap,
Condemns a wretch to strangulatiUn,
Has thrashed his nurse ami spilled his pap,
And sprawled across his mothers lap
For wholesome laws administration.
"Ah, life has many a reef to shan
Before in port we drop our anchor,
Bur, when its course Is nObly run,
Look aft, for-there the work was done;
Life owes its Roadway to the spanker."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
Location of the Insane ASYLUM.

UTtehcasIIe Banner,
incurable insane ought to meet with
encouragement from every quarter, but the
convenience of the people located in all
parts OF the State requires that it be located
at indianapolis This is so manifest that it
is surprising that a proposition to locate it
elsewhere should receive any consideration
whatever
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
May Feel Proud of Their Position.

Republicans everywhere may feel proud
of the position of their party. 1t has stood
for the right of the people TO say what they
will have in the constitution, submitting at
all times to the will of the majority. This
Legislature has but to record the will of the
liquor league to which the majority owes its
election. 1t furnished the money, it dicta-
ted the course of the campaign, and it now,
in setting aside the amendments, merely as
asserts one of its reserved rights"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
Tie Temperature I'm Texas.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 6.-The cold weather in
Texas continues, and it is reported to be the
severest experienced there for many years,
and as low down as Austin and San Anto-
Mo it fell to 100 below. Stock. particularly
sheep, is said to be suffering greatly through
out the ranges and many thousand head are
said to have already died There is also
much suffering among poor people, they be-
ing totally unprepared for so severe weather.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
Prohibition Can be Reached Only by Steps.
Columbus Republican.

If the liquor traffic and liquor drinking
could be entirely suppressed it would be the
greatest blessing that could be bestowed upon
the community But if that happy condi-
ton is ever reached it will be by successive
steps, and not at single bound. The fanatics
who refuse to take these steps, who if they
can not work a complete reform at once will
not accept any thing, are hindering their own
cause.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
How to Make the Law Effective.


What is needed most to make the present
license law effective is that bar or saloon
fixtures shall be prima facie evidence that
the possessor of such fixtures is engaged in
retailing liquor. AS the law now is, the
State must be able to prove that liquor was
sold in less quantities than quart and that
such liquor was intoxicating. Why should
not the State law be as effective as the United
States law which forces men engaged in the
liquor business to take out licences to sell2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

as possible, and confined to topics of COM
handing interest. Will our friends be kind
enough to study the grace OF brevity in their
favors and thus insure not only the publ
cation of their own contributions, but give
us an opportunity to open our columns to
the greatest possible number OF people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
Panios and Protection.



1t would be incorrect to say that there
have been no panics during periods of pro-
lection; but protection no doubt has mit-
gated much of the suffering they have caused.
The folly of return to free trade will never
be committed with the consent OF the true
friends of labor, The Democratic party has
declared in its platform for free trade, and
upon that issue Republicans will meet it in
the next contest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
The Bonevolent-Board Scandal.


:
Changing the management of the benevo-
lent institutions for no other reaeon than to
reward Indianapolis politicians, would be
scandalous in a Democratic legislature
disgrace that all intelligent friends of that
body earnestly hope it will avoid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
High License and-EocaI Onion.

Columbus Republican.
Our ideal of a license law is to place the
license fee very high, make the penalties for
its violation very severe and also have local.
option clause Leave it to the people them
selves whether they shall have saloon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
The Work for All Temperance People.


The solution of the liquor problem must
now be found in the enactment of law,
which, while it is stringent enough to meet
the demands and necessities of the hour,
must be constitutional, 50 that the Supreme
Court will have no ground to annul ii. 1t
must be enforced. Public sentiment must
compel officers of the law to do their duty.
The energies of the temperance people must
be directed to this end
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

the Republican candidate. The Republican
candidate was elected, and as fairly, too, we
have no doubt, as it is possible in these de-
generate times to bring about such results.
and all of Winterbotham's frothy declara-
tons concerning fraud, intimidation and
the corrupt use of money had very slushy
sound to the ears of the Courier. The fact is
this old man, whose name suggests the idea
that he ought to pad the seat of his panta<
looms with something warm, is very I'M
popular citizen, and we are only surprised
that Calkins didn't beat him much worse
than he did.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
The People VIII Never Forgive.

Muncie News.
The people will patiently acquiesce in the
action of their Legislature as to the amend
ments. but they will never forget nor forgive
the party which refused to give them what
they petitioned for-the right to vote on
them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
A General Democratic Boom.

New castle Mercury.
There seems to be a general boom all
along the line for the Democracy. They have
defeated the constitutional amendments and
have about completed their arrangements for
capturing the benevolent institutions The
people are to be heard from later however.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
And a Very Good Idea 1t Is,

Greencastle Banner.
The Republican idea is to keep the tenn
perance question out OF politics, leaving it
to be treated as other social problems are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

Railway superintendents and other officials
requested 20 honor requests for passes, or
other favors, save those directly from John c.
New & Son, from either the business or editorial
departments of the Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
The State Ruled by Liquor oligarchy.

-CrawfordsviIIe Journal
An oligarchy of saloon keepers takes tha
State by the throat and waves the scepter in
triumph; and more corrupt and heartless
power never set its heel on down-trodden
people. Public sentiment will some day, per-
haps, awake to the enormity of this result,
but no one can tell when.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

Michigan City Dispatch (Dem.)
The Indiana Bureau of Statistics has won
a national reputation, and it is yet in the in-
fancy of its development and usefulness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

THE great comet that emblazoned the south
eastern heavens last autumn is still visible by
the aid of an ordinary field-giass.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

JUDGE NICHOLAS LoNGwoRTa, of the Supreme
Court of Ohio, Will resign to re-enter the practice
of the law at his homo in Cincinnati.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

JAY GOULD is credited with desire to buy up
the Union Pacific. Sidney Dillon positively de-
MES that he has sold any of his stock
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

REPRESENTATIVES, BUTTERwoRTH will attempt
to-day to secure consideration of the bill for
the extension of the bonded whisky period.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

THE proposed cotton centennial exposition to
be held in 1884 will be in one of four cities
Baltimore, Cincinnati, st. Louis or New Orleans
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

Mr.. GILLla, tie plain American citizen who
thought he had been robbed of an overcoat and
a valise containing valuable jewels. has since
found the articles undisturbed and just where
he left them in his haste to catch Now York
train. In view Of the free advertising he has
obtained, Mr.. Gillig must regret that he ia not a
prima donna or professional beauty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

LIEUTENANT-GovERNoR HAMILTON yesterday
took the oath as acting Governor of Illinois.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
Wife-gurder and snicide.

LOWELL Mas. Feb. 6--Robert J. Smith
shot his wife dead at the Moves House, and
then fatally slot himself. Jealousy was ths
cause.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07

THE third annual report of the Department Of
Statistics of Indiana is issued 1t is book of
upward of 500 pages, and its mum erous tables
give some very interesting and valuable ill.,
formation, the subjects embracing all topics of
Importance TO tho people of Indiana and to those
who would gain intelligence concerning our re-
sources and natural and artiicial advantages.