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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05
CONSCIENCE AND COURTS.

The law has its basis in the moral sentiment
of men. 1t should be the interpreter and ex-
ponent of moral truth. OF all branches of
the public service courts of justice should be
furthest removed from the possibility of faint
or corruption. Their decisions should be just
and therefore final. Why should thieves and
murderers look for second trial? How can
criminal be legally Innocent Why does a
from court with the statement that there is no
evident doubt of his guilt, but that under the
law no punishment can be melted out to him,
and that be followed by the admission Of the
criminals attorney of his clients probable
guilt?
There is but one conscience for man, and
the law should be its upholder and exponent.
When its dictates are not obeyed by those in
power, by the servants of the people, the
gilded temples of false justice will fall. The
public conscience may slumber but is not
dead. Out of the ashes and the fire will come
the refined and purified metal Back of all
courts, of all sophistries of the law, are the
great moral principles, the higher law, which
will assert itself. "Justice," says an old Per
sian oracle 'is so dear to the Eternal that if
at the last day of the world an atom of injus-
tee were to remain on the earth
the universe would shrivel like
snake-skin to cast it out forever"
Our Judges and attorneys should not forget
the criminal, but they must remember society.
The courts are to purge and protect society,
not to exalt crime and to protect criminals.
A convicted murderer should be kept from
public view and choked in his prison-yard by
a common string. Courts should be 50 consti-
tuted, attorneys 50 limited, juries so selected
that when the verdict is rendered and the
judge gives the solemn sentence the criminal
should retire forever, amid the hush of silence
his earthly career ended. There should be no
jail receptions, no flowers, no new trials, no
long delays. Young boys do theft and muir
der They have no proper fear of law. 1t is
not so much yellow backed books as weak
backed courts that make the law sco1n and
a mockery among young lads.
The law is an outgrowth of the past 1t is
becoming the dead language of moral senti-
ment. 1t has not kept up with the procession
of modern times 1t is the experience of
humanity which has begotten its conscience.
Moral sentiment has come from men, rather
than been poured into them, and this is the
guarantee of its permanence. 1t stands on
experience, and 50 has relation with the past;
it is also growth and so has relation with the
present and the future. The courts have con-
founded its past with its present; have reveled
in the old books and decisions, have studied
It's curious forms and ancient applications
under Roman and old English social life and
government What relation has law library
to iustices The relation that ancient history
has to the present From it we are to gather
principles that inervate and enlightenment
forms that enervate and entangle justice and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05
THE CAPABLE WOMAN.

UXbridge, Mass, has woman who makes
her own dresses, plays the piano, votes for
school committeeman and sits on the board
herself milks the COW and makes and mar
kets butter. She can also chop wood, hoe corn,
swing the scythe. and expects some day to
vote for President. The husband probably
remains at home and takes care of the baby,
or more probably there is no baby at her
house.-Louisville Courier-J Journal.
1t is favorite hallucination of a certain
variety of man that every woman who displays
marked ability in any public walk in life has
crowded an unfortunate husband into the dim
background, where he is supposed to be drag
cling out his miserable days in baby-tending
1t seldom occurs to this misguided critic that
womans very capability may be the out
growth of that husbands incapacity, conse-
quently reflects discredit upon the sterner, and
not upon the feebler sex. Such filings at
woman are not only old-fogy, but unmanly
and the better class Of journalists have ceased
to indulge in them. The most ardent advo-
cate Of woman's rights admits that the home
is woman's true abiding plNce-f'the sweet,
safe corner of the household hearth, behind
the heads Of children" There is not one
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05
THE WOMEN DID 1t.

There is woman in the case, of course
Minister Sargent's case. In fact, there are
said to be three of them. A scandal! Oh,
dear no. The women who have succeeded in
making the American minister unpopular in
Berlin are, according to diplomatic gossip
in Washington no less personages than that
gentleman's wife and daughters Mrs. Sar-
gent is woman suffrage advocate, while one
Of her daughters is now pursuing medical
studies, and the topics of conversation intro
duced at social parties given by the Minister
are declared to have been inexpressibly re-
pulsive to officers Of the German government
who attended them. If, as the diplomatic
gentlemen seem to intimate, the ladies could
talk of nothing but suffrage, prohi-
bition, dissecting tables the American
hog, and the like, evenings in the
Sargent salon may have been rather
attaches From long association with the
aesthetic Bismarck and the spiritual Hohen-
zollerns they were, perhaps, untitled for com
partnership with less gifted personages. 1t
really seems, though, that before socially ostra-
Ching the family and thereby plunging them
into their former state of barbarism, the off
Gals might have tried the plan of introducing
few subjects of conversation suited to their
own tastes. The talented diplomats at Wash
iTprr ubo 1icfp
of the feminine Sargents, are shocked because
the ladies did not eonfne themselves to the
specified lines Of thought and conversation
which alone are tolerated and acceptable to
the autocratic German moguls. Just what is
the limit in which mind and tongue may
properly move is not stated by the authority
mentioned; but was it not the duty of the
court officials to lead the unsophistieated fam
lily into safe path?
The fact that Mr. Lasker and his friends
found great pleasure in the society of the
Sargents could of course, have been no guide
to the statesman who had the dignity of ma
ton to sustain. Liberty, democracy, the
rights of the people, were topics equally in
cendiary with woman suffrage and the Ameri-
can hog, and could not be tolerated Had the
officials, however, really made themselves en-
tertaining after their own lights, as suggested
there is no telling how appreciative they might
have found their American guests.
1t seems likely, however, that there is an
error somewhere. American ladies', even
those of advanced views, usually have varied
assortment of ideas aside from those which
absorb the greater portion of their time. 1t is
improbable that the ones in question have so
misrepresented their countrywomen as to
give the impression that they are not versa
tile OF even voluble. 1t is even possible that
the wise diplomatic gentlemen who are trying
to account for German i'll temper do not know
what they are talking about, and would show
more sense and patriotism by not falling into
the fashion of labelling well-bred Americans as
crude and i'll hammered as soon as they have
crossed the ocean. AT all events, it would be
as we'll to wait and interview the Sargent fam
lily before assuming that only German officials
know how to behave properly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

Gath s. GOSSIP.
1 asked f. V. Smalley, who is friend OF
Blaine, and who for years was staff CORE
spondent of the New York Tribune, if he
thought Blaine would be nominated Said he:
mo do not. l think though that Blaine
will be able to control the nomination-that is,
have his adherents vote almost soidly fol
the man who will be. Blaine nominated Gar
field at Chicago four years ago. and in my opine
ion history will repeat itself and he will have
candidate in reserve who will secure the nominal
ton. In my opinion Blaine wants to be Secre-
ta1y of State again
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05
Rev. NIyron w. Reed in Denver.

The Journal has made arrangements for a
special report of the first service and ser
mon of Rev Myron w. Reed, in Denver,
Col We shall publish full account, with the
sermon verbatim, on Monday morning April l.
Orders for extra copies should be sent in at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

An article recently published in these columns
upon Pharmacy and Purdue" with respect to
the new school Of pharmacy projected at the
Lafayette university, contained sentence
which might be construed as disparagement of
the former management Such was not the in
tention of the journal, and would be properly
regarded with displeasure by all the heads of
the institution, and by none more sincerely
than by those now in charge. The past history
of Purdue has been one of entire satisfaction to
its friends and projectors and all that can be
hoped for the future is such progress and de-
velopment from the past as may be reasonably
made upon the wise foundation already laid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05
A Prospect That Once Was Good.

NEW 1Ork sun.
A year ago it seemed tolerably certain that the
Democrats would elect the next President of the
United States. The prospect was good-so good
that it did not appear to need any improvement
And yet the people had never then heard of the
Morrison bill Even in politics it is frequently
wise to let well enough alone
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

the prison van in which the assassin was seated
He was placed in jail but was admitted to bail,
and has been peacefully attending to his farm
duties ever since, the trial having been post
poned from time to time. his punishment will
probably not be severe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05
An Isnticing CIeanness.

Philadelphia Record.
Despite all his loftiness and arrogance there is
a cleanliness about the political methods of Mr.
Roscoe Conkling that is very enticing. He has
managed so to pick his steps as to keep out Of
the mud in very muddy time,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

Mr. TuDEN is getting to be an ''old man of the
sea" to the Democratic newspapers. They do
not wanthim for President. but having held him
up as martyr and defrauded statesman for so
many years are ashamed to say so. Their only
hope Intellectually concealed, is that special
despensation of Providence will remove him to
world where there are no Democratic Presidents
before the convention meets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

no establishment if that estimable parsonage
finds his comfort rudely disturbed by the
harsh methods of the militant mob. The
time demands the "good citizen" to come to
the front
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

WITH Guiteau dead through process of law
and his wired bones rafting in the Medical
Museum, it sounds strange TO read of the trial Of
bill Jones, the Avenger," which is now going
on in Washington Jones will be remembered as
the cranky Maryland farmer who fired through
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

KATE NJ SHERMAN, wife of cornell man"
of n, is applying for divorce Mr.. Sherman
enters a defense in order to prevent decree in
her favor, although he charges that she is now
living with ''Gilie, the Blue AN ex-convict
Some married men have no appreciation of their
OPPORTUNITIES
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

CHICAGO goes in to beat the record every time
Indianapolis lost one ballot box In Chicago
seven are missing A man is reckless to leave
anything lying around loose in Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05
This Is a Real Good One.

Atlanta Constitution
Nothing is palmer than that the whisky ring
is the most astonished combination that ever
tried to manipulate Democratic House of Rep
resentatives.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

CAPTAIN FRANK NJ. JOYCE, who was in COM
mand of the Asbury Cadets at the big encamp-
ment here two years ago, acquitted himself in
such manner as commander of a battery dur
ing the Cincinnati riots as to win the written ap-
proval and praise of Governor Hoadly and Adj
jutant-general Finley, A very fattering testi-
monial for lad fresh from college.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

A MAN who falsely represented himself as a
returned missionary, has been reaping rich
harvest in New England by collecting money
to establish home for aged women in Senegam-
bia. A man so lost to the instincts of humanity
as to appropriate to himself funds that were
meant to keep the old women of Senegambia
warm, will eventually drift to Cincinnati and
become criminal lawyer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05
Bad Place for an Emotional Man.


Postmaster-ge Gresham is said to be an
emotional man" His emotions would be lively
at times if he were a New England business
man dependent upon the numbering mail facli
ties of this section.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

SOME men who were members of the militia
called upon to suppress the Cincinnati riot have
been discharged from their employment. The
conduct of the Cincinnati newspapers and of the
Cincinnati people, toward the militia, has been
infamous and cowardly. Like chickens, the
curses they have heaped upon these militiamen
will come home to roost. The militia were en-
titled to the warm support of all classes-the
authorities, the papers, and those citizens who
value the public peace
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

AND the villain still pursued her. Cincinnati
papers are still illustrating" the riot. Those
engaged in it will hardly have the temerity to do
so again, after contemplating these cuts
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

THE horse-cars of Valparaiso, Chill, are
manned" by women conductors. 1t is said that
they are so reliable that spoilers" have lost
good jobs. 1t would be a Chill day when a
spotter brought charges against woman with
nerve enough to run a street car
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

DAILY edition of the Peru Republican has
been commenced by Messrs. Geo. l. Reed and
". W. Lockwood, the editor and publisher of
what has, for many years, been one of the best
and ablest weekly Republican papers in the
State. The citizens of Peru should be able to
accord an ample support to the daily enterprise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

IT has been supposed that American women
had discovered and made use of every possible
cause for divorce, but Montreal woman claims
a separation from her husband on entirely novel
ground. She alleges that he treated her as a
beast of burden, frequently yoking her to a
plough with an OK The husband admits the
charge, but says it is the ordinary Canadian
custom among market gardeners, and that he
meant no harm when he did it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

St Louis Post-Dispatch
The place for the 'best citizens eyerywh ere
is in the iury-bo not in the star chamber of a
vigilance committee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05
The Natural Conclusion.


washington Post (Dem)
Well, we say it with regret but if Mr. Tilden
is responsible for this last Grammercy Park in
terYiew, he is not far from dotage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

CONNECTICUT caterers have begun to put up
sandwiches for summer picnics. Item.
Sandwiches put up now for summer picnics
will certainly be durable by tho time they are
used
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05
TWELVE PAGES.
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05
ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

GRAND OPERAHOUSE-''Wa Wanted; A Partner"
matinee and evening.
NEW PLYMOUTH CHURCH-Lecture by Henry
Ward Beecher; subject, a Circuit of the Cont
meut.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-05

Exchange in Paris, 50 Boulevard
dies Capucines.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-19
The Tramp

This season of the year is very uDhcal-
thy for the tramp. Though robcd in RUS
set and gay in gold it affords him no
plcasureabe sensation. He cannot fully
that the Ommipotent has neglected to
implant in the breast of this pcripatctic
creature those instincts which render him
capable of approaching the grand works
of nature, but his Indifference to the
glOrics of the season are attributable rath.
CT to the fact that his mental energies are
actively concentrated in his unrcmitting
pursuit of employment. A popular sup
crstitiOn has existed that the tramp toicd
not, but the result of assiduous research
furnishes induhltablc proof that this is
unwarantable assumption basel upon
unreliable data. OF course the tramp is
not interested in these dreamy, hazy days
nor the golden wsbds. His thoughts
are occupied in devising means whereby
he can fill long felt want-an empty
stomaCh-and in calculating the probable
duration of a go as you please journey
to the land where oyercoats are unknown.
As a chilly November zephyr mean
ders up his spinal column his mind
naturally reverts to the appalling fact
that winter is approaching at
tic rate of thirty days month. While he
pictures to himself fanciful frost decora>
lions, frozen ears, four feet of snow, the
mercury thirty degrees below zero, and no
whisky to drink, he stoically maintains an
air of nonchalence that at once challenges
the admiration. Nevertheless, mentally
he appreciates the situation, but rather
relies upon his sublime cheek to tide him
through such emergencies that may arise
He has vivid recollection of many little
inconvenience he was subjected to the
preceding winter Thirty days in the
work house would then have been d great
boon, but, alas, merciless officers pr lvded
o substitute in the shape of vigorous
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-19

Constables Cool and Vandenburg, or
Cordova, arrived in the city today with
trio of toagh characters and lodged them
in the county jail. One was Thomas Rays
mond who is well known in Cordova
and neighborhood. He was arrested for
carrying concealed weapons-a revolver
and p razor and bound over to the coun>
ty court by Justice j. B. Adams, of Cor
dova, in the sum Of 5000
The other two are strangers in Cordova
and are evidently professional thieves
They were arrested on Monday for burg
larizing the house of Wilson Fleming,
near Cordova They forced an entrance
into the house and stole suit of clothes
valued at $40 and silk handkerchief val
ued at $225. Mr.. Fleming put the cons
stables on the track of the thieves and
they were gobblcd in Cordova with the
swag in their possession. Thomas Ray
mond was in their company at the time
Of the arrest and that is how he came to
be taken in also They gave
their names as Charles Howard and Per
~ Caslcy, and claimed Chicago as their
home They were locked up in room
and succeeded in dropping some of thcir
swag through hole in the floor, but it
was recovered Each was armed with q
murderous looking revolver They were
taken before Justice Adams yesterday and
had healing and were held in the sum of
$500 each, which they of course, could
not furnish, hence their confinement in
the county Jail. Raymond sent for Major
Beardslcy at soon as he got into the jail,
and as he is bound over to the county
court, and the latter is now in session,
his trial will take place at once.
The officers believe that Howard and
Casley are part Of gang of burglars
who are going through the country Just
now, for many petty little burglaries are
being reported in many parts of the coun-
try
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-19

application of leather to the seat of his
bifurcated garment and thirty minutes in
which to get outside of the corporation.
And as the hyperborean blasts played
around his hay loft bed he dreamt he had
joined north polar expendihon and had
been shipwrecked on an ice foe. Half
rations, too, were feature of his daily
life. Inspired by the hope that when
spring came again he could get work and
walking would be better, these asperities
of the winter were born with Christians
like fortitude.
The November tramp, in attire decol
letess is mediating over these things, and
the autumn will pass away without the
thought ever occurringto him that it was
beautiful.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-19

Grau's Queens Lace Handkerchief
opera company, which is to appear in
Harpcr's theatre next Monday evening is
taking the country by storm this season
The Atlanta Constitution of October 3rd
1884, in long review of the opera and
singers says:
1t may be said at the outset that Man
ager Grau's opera company scored grea
triumph at the opera house last night
when they gave for the first time here {
superb rendition of that charming though
difficult masterwork of Herr johann
Strauss, "The Queens Lace Han dker-
chief" The strength of the organization
was put to test, and well did it stand that
test. The finale of the second act tOOE
the house by storm, the audience cheering
vociferously and demanding three en-,
cores The orchestra, under Mr.. Kressig,
was excellent, and to this gentleman is
greatly due the success of the perform
ance. The cossuming was rich and ap-
propriate.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-19
SUBURBAN SIFTINGS.
GENEeEO Nov II

UENESEO, NOV. II.
The democracy of this city celebrated
the election of Cleveland and Hendricks
in gorgeous manner this evening. Res
licences and business houses were illumin-
ated in grand style. The crowd was
large and enthusiastic. The Geneseo and
Atkinson cornet bands furnished the mu-
sic. Hon Chas Durham, one of the
most prominent democrats mentioned in
connection with the United States sena>
torship, was heartily cheered as he was
introduced TO the multitude by Mayor
Wells. Mr.. Durham made an ear
nest and patriotic address, show
ing that the democratic party
of the north had made record as loyal
unionists without parallel in history,
when they separated from the south,
making breach through which the re-
publicans entered and obtained control OF
the government He paid a glowing trir
butte to Grover Cleveland, as man of the
highest integrity, and as fearless as jack
| son. Mr.. Durham was often interrupted
| by outbursts of applause. After he had
| finished State street was illuminated with
a steady stream Of fireworks. 1t was 4
night of enthusiasm long to be remem-
bered in this city.