The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-05

the surplus revenues Of the country cannSt be
better used than in seletAiRg the widows and
orphans of our Nations defenders / would also
suggest the abolition of the pension Office. with
its complicated and technical machinery, which
beautifully illustrates how not to de it, and
recommend N its stead three commissioners
whose duty should consist of requiring from an
applicant for invalid pension his certificate of
honorable discharge from q widow DrOef of
marriage and from a mother proof of birth.
Il am opposed to monopoly in the sense OF men
monopolizing all the votes and all the Offices,
and at the same time insisting upon having the
distribution of all the money, both public and
private It is this sort of monopoly that has
made possible large breaches of trust with gov
eminent officials caused bank suspensions and
an epidemic of defalcations over the country. 1t
has engendered and festered strikes. | am OPP
posed to the wholesale monopoly of the judiciary
of the country by men. If elected shall feel
1T incumbent on me to appoint unreasonable num-
her OF women as district attorneys. marshals
and judges of the United States, and would APP
point some competent woman to any vacancy
that might occur on the United States Supreme
Bench.
Liam IN full sympathy with the temperance
advocates of the country, especially the National
Christian Temperance Union, but believe that
woman suffrage will have greater tendency to
abolish the liquor traffic than prohibition will to
bring about woman suffrage If the former is
adopted the latter will be its probable sequence.
-sIf elected, shall recommend, in my inaug~
ural speech a uniform system OF laws, as tar as
practicable, for all OF the States and especially
for marriage and divorce. and limitation of con-
tracts, and such modification of the laws Of
descent and distribution of estates as will make
the wife equal with the husband in authority
and right, and an equal partner In common
business,
Il favor an extension of cur commercial rela-
tons with foreign countries, and especially with
the Central and South American states, and Sthe
establishment of a high court of arbitration, to
which shall be referred all differences that may
arise between these several states, or between
them and the United States,
My Indian policy would be first to have the
government pay them what it owes them, to
break their tribal relations, distribute to them
their lands in severalty, and make them citizens,
amenable to the laws of the land as other white
and eolored persons are.
While we sympathize with unhappy Ireland
and deprecate oppression on the one side and
lawlessness on the other, our neutral policy as a
nation does not allow any public expression from
our people.
due consideration win be given to the inter
ests of the honest, industrious, home loving Ger
man.
Again thanking you, ladies', for your expires
sions of esteem, think may safely say fully
indorse your whole platform. Cordially yours,
''BELyA A. LOCKWOOD
Mrs. Lockwood says her anti-monopoiy and
civil service policy is funny, and that her In
dian policy is good sound sense. Il made a
bid,' she says, efor all the votes Irish. German.
temperance, monoplists, ANITA monopolists CAPT
talists and laborers. 1 did not know how to get
around the Germans, because I'm temperance,
50 said due consideration win be given TO the
honest industrious, home-loving Germans
A letter from Western woman to Mrs. Lock
wood says Mrs. L. was selected for president be-
cause Elizabeth Cady Stanton twas too DID,
and Susan B, Anthony too much of aspinster;r
Mary A. Livermore was etoo opposed to certain
classes, and Lucy Stone ''too narrow The
candidate tonight wrote letter to her Western
friends, asking about the vice presidency, and
saying that was an important and serious ques
ton