The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-04

all that their platform declares upon tho subject
Of temperance, without a ray Of hope for any 70
straint Of the liquor traffic.
Would it moi, then, be wise for al temperance
men, whether Democrats or third party men. to
unite with Republican temperance men in securr
ing a Republican Legislature and administra-
ton, and thus rebuking in the most emphatic
way, a party that dares to so shamelessly pander
to the liquor interests as the Democratic party
has DONE, and thereby to secure q constitutional
convention, and therein work to accomplish the
good of humanity and our common country in
forever prohibiting the fearful, foul and muir
derous curse of the liquor traffic2 Is it not the
utmost nonsense, the worst madness possible,
for persons protesting to be temperance men to
defeat the only party that offers, or can possibly
give them what they want, or any part Of what
they ask Let sensible men stop and think well
before lending their aid to a third-party move
ment. THOMAS b. REDDTNS.
New CASTLE, Aug. /.
The Responsibility of State Banks.
TO the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Your editorial in to days journal on ,sBank
Reform" was doubtless we'll intended. and. in so
far as it states facts, is all right, but when you
speak of State banks you refer to those banks
doing business under an act of the General
Assembly Of 1873, of which there are about
twenty Eve in active operation in different parts
of the State at this time, and, suppose you also
refer to savings banks, of which there are only
six in the State.
In speaking of State banks you say: 'iThey
are not examined. They make no nnhlie state
M
she ney ioah WITHOUT hnlt, anu tna1 tnere
are no means provided for the public to know Of
their solvency, nor any penalties or provisions
to secure the safe-keepina of the money of de-
~positors; and in the strife for business they pay
interest on deposits
Rv rsferonco ~ coo+,or oeoo ,rd .oo4;oxs fol
- 49, wv
lowing, Revised Statutes, you viii see that banks
of discount and deposit, otherwise called State
hanks onera+ing ,rdar +bis lov ors reo,,;red
each veaf ~ nnaIa Ave- stt,orn stsfar,an+e IA
thei. Bnancial eond;tion and havs +ha soma
nubI;sbed in . navvspansr nnbl;sbad ~ 4ba nIace
Svhera 4ha banL aaar brsinoss ana +ba oAce,.c
are arnenah,a - eaSo,.a nenaI+;aS fnr ea;l;rc ar
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ier. sns5 fr Y up a. ~ ~. q = 49, = M
s,,nervision Of the Auditor ,of STATE Sbo az
often &c deemed nacassarv anno;nts 3 suitable
ana en,nnetant narso,, r. ,,sLa ! narsonaI avams
ination pf tha affoirs ~ ayarv banL;ne asaoc;a.
t;oT tbns organizad
Thue -, 90 t5at tba,, ID r,aba sna,, n,hl;o
statemante and tbat tbev arc freo,antIv evoms
med thesa nroy;s;ons M d;ffariro rno+ar;aiIy
frorn +boso x nataanai bonLa Ar5 ~, 4bass
nnbl;sba5 sto tamants and a1amina+inne * nh.
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tba sana ac tbav kno1y ~ tba solrorey - notinn'
81 hanks IN +Ia n,o+to. of +ba na,ynen+o f ~.
terest IN danos;te tbera IL m law r. ennt1ol
this. either 81 State or national hanksMit ;s
sinnlv q matter of Underwent &c n what would be
best to The customers and owners of the hanks
and i or onoh+ a1ways ~ IL Jatorn;nad ~ AN
hoe "a of d;rsntons Tb ~ =, ~ "a nnnonal &c. 49,
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