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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

In the proceedings of the Democratic Edi
torial Association, yesterday. we find the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were offered by Mr..
Benjamin f. Louthain, the editor of the Lo-
gansport Pharos;
"Resolved, That the Democratic editors of
Indiana in convention assembled declare for
a free ballot and fair count, and shall use
our best endeavors to sustain these bulWarks
of the peoples liberties.
'Resolved, further, That so long as the blot
of 1880 remains on the good name of Indiana,
we will confne our efforts to eliminating the
same, rather than devote our columns to the
denunciation of political wrongs committed by
the citizens of other States"
The resolutions were adopted. The Jour
nal has already said to the Logansport Pharos
that we would heartily unite with that paper
and any and all other papers in urging CON
gressional investigation not only into the cleo
ton Of $780, but also into that of 1876 in this
State The allegations Of fraud as to the lat
ter are quite as specific as are those as to the
election of 1880. We now say to the entire
Democratic press of the State, or of the ma
Jloh, Uha1 the power Is IN Cle hanus
of their party, and we dare them
to an investigation of the elections
in Indiana of 1876 and of 1880. We think
we know what we are talking about. If the
Democratic editors of Indiana are in favor of
"a free ballot and fair count, and believe an
investigation into the Indiana elections viii
assist in securing that, the Indianapolis Journal
asks them to stop vaporing and get down to
business. VIII they demand of the Demo
cratic House of Representatives an investiga-
ton into the elections of 1876 and of 1880?
If not, why not!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04
HONOR IN VIRGINIA,

Virginia has a constitutional provision which
interferes sadly with the convenience of a
large number of its most estimable and popu-
lar citizens The provision is the one which
imposes political disabilities upon all persons
engaged in dueling, either as principals or
seconds. 1t has been found impossible to con-
Wet any one under this law, and at first
thought, with this fact in sight, it would
seem hardly worth making any fuss about. As
it happens, however, the large and impetuous
class of gentlemen addicted to dueling is COM
posed to a considerable extent Of political
aspirants. While the circumstance that they
have figured upon the field of honor really
endears them to the people, evilminded OPP
ponents are apt to make disagreeable illusions
to courts and investigations when they begin
to electioneer for such offices as may look
tempting. In consequence of this state
of affairs numerous bills are intro
duced at each session Of the Legis-
lature to relieve gentlemen supposed to have
Dt6u cOHueCueu Will dllttlrS u uOuOf IiOLLl
any future annoyance on that account. Vir-
GINA expects to elect u Governor in 1885, and
among the citizens already prominently men
toned" for the nomination to that office by
their respective parties, are Mr.. Richard
Bierne Democrat, and Mr.. W. G. Elan, Ma
honite. These two individuals chased each
other around Virginia stumps for several days
last year, with the avowed intention of having
gore. The Mother Of Presidents, with the rest
of the world, was in great agitation during this
time, for fear somebody wouldn't get hurt; but
now it is impossible to find any one who knows
anything about the ARRAY. Still, as a measure
of precaution it is thought that they should
be relieved from any possible difficulties arts
ing out of their meeting. The usual bill has
been prepared, but in order to cover this and
all future cases, an attempt will be made
when the Legislature reassembles to abolish
the constitutional provision entirely Gentle
men of honor in Virginia must be protected
and if they wish to shoot each other according
to the code, they shall be allowed to do so, and
be elected to Office afterward
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

WITHOUT considering the merits of the
Emma Bond case, just terminated, after
tedious and exhaustive trial, at Hillsboro Ill,
there is fact or two of peculiar significance
in connection with it. 1t appears that ON the
first poll of the jury five voted the defendants
guilty. This after all the evidence had been
adduced and the most comprehensive
arguments made. By some curious
process of reasoning these five men were per-
suaded to vote for acquttal. 1t would be in.
teresting to know what brought about such an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

"HALLELUJAH NED of the Salvation Army,
was married to Miss Wilmington, lieutenant
in the same army, at New Brunswick n. J., on
Monday night. There is nothing remarkable in
this fact, and the event is mentioned only be
cause the wedding was accompanied by feature
which may commend itself to other matrimonial
aspirants whose means IRE limited. The mar
riage occurred in the roomy barracks Of the
army, and the hall was crowded with an audi
ence which had been ;idmitted at twenty-fv
cents head Half of the proceeds went to the
benefit of the army, and the rest was turned
over to the happy couple. This idea might be
utilized in almost any community to give worthy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

IT is said that the jury in the case of Will
lam McHugh, thrice convicted for the murder
of his wife, went to the Jail and shook hands
with him after the trial was over. The next
step will be for these twelve men to sign a
petition for reprieve or a communication of
sentence. Such an exhibition of weakness
and improperly would not be witnessed any
where but in America A jury have no right
TO forget their duty in this manner AS the
agents of the people it is theirs to discharge
their duties conscientiously and then to go
about their business like other citizens, for
they have no more to do with the case after it
is concluded than has any man on the street.
If their verdict was a just one, McHugh is a
murderer deserving of death, and it is unques-
tionably harmful to justice to thus make a
maltvr or hero Of him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

IT is said that the assassination of Lieu
tenant-colonel Sudeillin chad a most depress-
ing effect on the Gar, who was on the point
of making constitutional concessions, but is
now said to be firmly resolved on the most
stringent and unbending measures" The
Gar of Russia ought to be statesman enough
to rise above the petty meanness of revenge.
If the constitutional concessions he contem-
plated were wise and good before the murder
of Sudeikin, they are wise and good still, and
should be put in force As for the assassins
of Sudeikin, let the officers of law hunt them
down and administer punishment such as their
infamy deserves. But it is no sufficient excuse
to withhold reforms because of continued vio-
lence. The fact that they are withheld is the
chief incentive to the malcontents, and to that
degree alenates the sympathy and support of
the Cars subjects. This puerile cry goes up
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

United States last year. This total is fright
full to contemplate; bat, after all, it was but
an average of one suicide to every twenty seven
thousand of population. The number of lynch
ings, while much smaller, is more significant,
During the past twelve months 175 persons
We're hanged by mobs. Organized violence in
dictates some great wrong and state of society
far from what it should be. The courts and
lawyers and juies of America are largely re-
sponsibe for all this lawlessness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

IT causes us to smile, merely to read such
paragraphs as the following, taken this time
from the Boston Herald:
'The liquor question is double-headed
boomerang when it once gets actively into
politics. The Republicans of Ohio were hit
with one end in October, and now the Demo
Gratis are to take their turn trying to handle
it so as to avoid the other extremity. The
liquor-dealers association has adopted reso-
luton calling for the repeal of the Scott law.
But this much-disputed measure, since it was
sustained by the court, has brought into the
treasures Of the people about So, 900, 900,
greatly to the relief of the mass of taxpayers,
who have heretofore borne their own burdens
and those occasioned by the liquor traffic be-
side. AS the constitutional amendment
authorizing a license law was rejected by
large majority, no other means of securing a
revenue from the traffic will remain if the
present law is repealed. If it be repealed,
the taxpayers will howl. If it be not re-
pealed, the liquor sellers will kick With
this pleasant prospect confronting them, and
another October election coming on, which
may decide the presidential election the
Democrats Of Ohio must feel as though they
drew white elephant in securing the Legis-
lature. This dilemma is an interesting one"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

THE French edition of Marie Colombers no
torious book, Sarah Barnum, has been received
by the Courier des Etats Unis, which has i'm
ported large edition for its French readers.
The Times says of it:
at is difficult to understand how the issue of
such volume should have been permitted in
Paris. 1t is not only quite untranslatable for
the entertainment of the English public, but is
altogether unrivaled in point of downright nasti-
ness by the most pornographique productions re
tailed on the boulevards since France has been
under Republican rule"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

THE Buffalo Express well says that ''reve-
nue. reform is question of national welfare,
and to use it as partisan makeweightis petty
business And it might be added that the
only party which has attempted to do any
thing in the way of revenue reform is the Re
publican party. When the Democratic party
had control of Congress they did not move a
finger to reform the tariff nor to reduce taxa
tioD
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

The Democratic press of the State will next
week bloom and blossom as the rose with rep
With remarkable thoughtfulness and distin-
guished disinterestedness Colonel Williams, of
the Lafayette Times, provided himself with
fifty eleetrotypes, which he distributed
among the brethren. 1t rather '1aid over"
the theatrical trick of selling photographs of
The ..s+a,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

formidable rival of the Republican party only
because it has had the nerve to kill Repub-
ican voters so boldly that the living dare not
approach the ballot-box, and if they do are
met with the shotgun and are killed 1t is
for the Republican party to be as bold in the
defense of right as the Democratic party is de-
faint in the perpet1ation Of outrageous wrong.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

Mr.. SPARKS, of the Mount Vernon Demo
crat, proposed to at least try to pay his way
at the Democratic Editorial Association ban
quet, and so he impetuously, and at an early
hour, introduced resolution declaring that
"the Democratic Editorial Association of In
diana, in convention assembled, declare in
favor of Hon. Joseph E. Mcdonald for Presi-
dent of the United States" Mr.. Sparks was
not in the ring. He did not quite under
stand what had been determined upon, and so
he was incontinently squelched and compelled
to withdraw his resolution. But Sparks meant
well; he simply didn't know.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04
THE Indianapolis Sentinel had sensibl,

THE Indianapolis Sentinel had sensible
editorial yesterday upon courts and mob law.
We reproduce the following paragraph
"Mobs are not pleasant things to contem-
plate but they are quite as agreeable to manly
men as the causes which lead to them. The
time has come for those who make laws and
administer them to see to it that the people
shall have no cause to distrust the majesty of
the former nor the integrity of the latter"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04
o the Editor of tho Indianapolis Journal:

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
Please give the names of the present Adiutant-
general and Surgeon general of the United States
army Also, the given name of Colonel Keith,
late colonel of the First Regiment Indiana
Heavy Artillery G.
ANNAPOLIS, Ind.
Brigadier- general Richard c. Drum is adjutant-
general, and Brigadier-g general Robert Murray is
surgeon general Colonel John A. Keith.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

THE Mormon authorities have ordered the
elect to hold their social dances in the ward
school or meeting houses and to admit no
gentiles 1t would be a tough gentle that
would want to attend
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

Mr.. MCDONALD has not the power of pop
ularity. Yesterday when he rose to speak in
Masonic Hall, despite the advertising given
his promised address, he faced an audience of
precisely one hundred and twenty two persons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

Is Che American demand for foreign news
so strong that the bringing out of a ten-cent
farce in Partisan cafes chantants has to be
cabled to New York pape1sY No wonder such
trash sells at two cents. That isall it is worth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

THIS is the worst spell of weather we have
had during the season The cold and the
snow greatly interfere with the running of
trains. Mails are everywhere out of joint, and
travel very nearly suspended. It is a good
time to stay at home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
To settle a controversy, please state in the
Journal the salary paid the Governor
MONTEZUMA. READER.
Six thousand dollars per annun
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

WE are not quite sure that Mr.. McDonalds
treatise on Phenician history and American
commerce will prove a very inspiring gonfalon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

young people start in life. The couple who
could not draw a crowd to their wedding by
charging an admittance fee must be unpopular
indeed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

If justice has miscarried at Hillsboro Ill,
it is the fault of the jury. Violence to the
acquitted would only add disgrace to the com
munitY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

Can be found at the following places
LONDON-Ameriean Exchange in Europe, 449
Strand.
PARIS-American Exchange in Paris, 80 Boulevard
des Capucines.
NEW YORK-Fifth Avenue and Windsor Hotels.
WASHINGTON D. C.-Brentano's, 1,O15 Pennsyl-
vania Avenue.
CHICAGO-Palmer House
CINCINNATI-J. c. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine Street.
LOUISvHLE-C. r. bearing, northwest corner
Third and jefferson streets
ST. LOUIS-Union News Company, Union Depot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

IT lacks some of the elements of a keynote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

FRIDAY, JANUARY q, 1884.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04

Can be found at the following places:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-04
ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

RAND OPEBA-HoUsE-w J. Seaman in Friend
and yoa
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-15


JoHN SHERMAS's outrage committee
has found very talented liar in the
person of Violet Keeling, but she is
hardly match for the late lamented
Eliza Pinkston after all. There Is
sither falling of>in capacity among
the outrage witnesses or else their train
ers are losing something Of their Gun
ning. In the meantime there would
seem to be some work on hand for
john and his bloody shirt hunters in
his own State. A negro family was
murdered in the very suburbs Of Gin
cinnatl a few days since, and their bod
les sold to the medical college in that
city. Johns committee should be i'm
partial and not refuse to work up a
biood-curdler juEt because it happened
on this side of the Ohio. Especially if
there should happen to be any Demo
Gratis i'll the faculty of the college which
received the victims, would it furnish
a choice specimen of outrage We
don't charge John anything for this
'stip."
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-15

II IS the province and duty Of this
paper as also Of every other just jour
nal, to apprise its readers Of breakers
and approaching danger We have
heretofore called attention of our read
ers to the fact that for twenty months
in two years the Oregonian Is substan-
italy Democratic paper. We regard
Harvey Scott man of fair intelligence
and therefore in the secret recessas Of
his heart, on the autonomy and polity
of government, is necessarily a Demo
crat. However, just before election,
and moro especially national one, he
becomes i'll at ease and goes east for
| lis health or what not. At all events
the paper about faces and renders itself
a subtle instrument to accomplish an
evil result. To observe but erst awhile
it was virtually fres trade advocate
and now It is antagonistic. But a
short while ago it was rcbrobating the
bloody shirt business and now it faunts
tbs CORY garment to the gaze Of public
view. Good people, beware, trust not
that bloody Greek, even vixen bearing
presents.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-15

Garfeld's Assassination.

In private conversation with Con
gresham Springer, ex-Postmaster Gen
eral James said he had noNdouLt but
what Garfield would have been alive
to-day if it had not been fer the star
route prosecutions, and that he believed
that there was a general plot, not only
to kill the President, but also the at.
torney general and the postmaster gen.
eral. William A. Cook being asked
what he had to say regarding the state
ment made by James before Springer's
committee relative to his prediction Of
Garfeld's assassination, replied, ''The
statement is full of inaccuracies, but in
the course Of an Interview with Gar
field | did take occasion toward the
close of the talk to give him a general
warning. From the general talk at the
time, from the comments of the news.
papers and from threats reported in the
ordinary channels of gossip, noted that
there was bitter feeling behiud work
Cd up against the President. I called
his attention to these general facts.
Also that there was a number of des-
peradeas in the regular employ of the
star route contractors, and that consid
ering the high state Of political excite
ment growing out of the struggle be-
tween the stalwarts and half breeds,
some weak mind might be influenced
to deadly harm. | said to the Presi
dent: 'IfI were in your place I would
be very careful of my public move
.ncnts. Gen. Garfield turned toward
me and said: 'Oh, don't think there
is any danger, and this ended the con
versation. Mr. Cook was asked: "Do
you think, then, that Guiteau NAV have
had accomplicesl9 He replied, Il am
not prepared to say that he had OF that
he had not There is certainly mys-
ceiy connected with the assassination
1t is a significant fact that no attempt
has been made to solve it. I submit
ted proposition in writing to the at
torney general to serve without fee, in
the prosecution Of Guiteau. MY pror-
osltion was not accepted. Guiteau was
the most fitting tool for an assassina-
tion conspiracy It would have been
the easiest thing in the world for an
eyil-intentioned person to have directed
the warped mind of Guiteau toward
the removal of the President without
himself appearing in the matter. It
would have been very important to
have brought out who were Guiteau's
associates during the six weeks which
preceded the assassination and the
names of all those who had any kind Of
conversation With him"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-15

Referring to hoodlumism in Walla
Walla the Statesman says; There Is a
gang of young boys in this city, vary
ing between the ages of Il and Is, who
delight in any species of deviltry
They will stone inofensive Cinnamon,
place ropes across sidewalks, ring door.
bells and then run away, and any other
mischief which comes into their heads.
Last night they made pilgrimage
around the city removing gates from
their fastenings aid carrying them
away. We suggest that the police look
after this gang, and if caught in then
deviltry diet them on bread and water
a while as 3 remedy.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-15

GOVERNOR SToNEaAN of California,
has called an extra session of the legis.
lature, to consider the railroad tax and
other important questions. The Cen
tral Pacific and Southern Pacific rail
roads, with the arrogance for which
those corporations are noted, have as
sumed to pay such an amount of taxes
;ss suits them best, and Judge Sawyer,
eas Of their officials, has decided that
they can dc 50. The Democratic exec
,ltive Of the State is determined to
block this game, however.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-15
Chairman of Committee,
Attention, Democrats!

The chairman of the Democratic CEN
trail committee for Douglas county, has
called a meeting Of the same for the
18th Of this month. Each precinct is
entitled TO a representative and it is
most desirable that proxies should be
the exception and not the rule. Let
every pracinct have pride enough to
see that the delegate is here. There is
much to consider and much to do and
the Importance of the situation iustifies
prudent attention. Douglas county Is
not positively one way or the other, but
on the contrary there is a large indi-
vidualiged 5ote that thinks for itself
and does as it pleases. To that element
the Democracy should make proper and
wise overtures There is no use, nor is
there sense In trying to characterizs on
local affairs with national politics.
Fact is Doeglas county neither divided
nor united the Union, and has quite
enough to do to mind its own business
It wants good, efficient officers to guide
and control its concerns If the nom
mating convention acts wisely and dis
creetly the Democracy may not only
hope for but will realize victory. Sc
lecf only good aud true men. Let the
test Of every candidate be honesty, pu
litY and patriotism. Democrats, at
tantion
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-15

In the language of the resolutions
passed by the Louisiana Republican
State Convention, members "regard
with earnest sohcitude the approaching
Presidential election" Considering the
fact that all the delegtes are Republican
Office holders, and chosen in defiance
of the civil service enactm ent, and that
their grip on the public crib depends,
the Earnest solicitude" is apposite Ian
guage.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-15
DRY's SALOON,
Jackson Street, RosebErs

The proprietor ofthis we'll kn ,wn and
popular resort wonld ihauk his friends
for their libe al patronage in the past
aud would ask for a continuance of
he same in the future. The public IS
inf''rmed that keep none but the best
brands of VII es, liquors aud cigars
and that sell over tile lar the cele
bra;ati jesse Moore s. Co.'s Kentucky
Ahiskies
A good billiard table will be found
In the saloon; also the lealing papers
of the world.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-15
4 renort is in circulation from

A report is in circulation from the
upper country that Charley Pond. the
well known railroad and stage man, is
missing, ard Il is feared that he has
perished il the Coenr D'Alene mount
aims. Searching parties have gone
pat in different directions.