The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-11

nation of an sutocrscy against which ind
vidual protest is futile. AMI combined again
which there can never be sufficient puol
. forces To accomplish public good. System
> a big thing. We have q law here which f.
bids the sprinkliDg of dirt or the use of 50
upon our streets save at switches. Anotb.
laS directs that snow shall De shoSeled o
within a few hours after its failing, and The
the cutters be kept clear, and that eac
householder who fails 10 clear away &c
snow and keep his gutter open shall be lis
bic to q fine. After every fall of snow Ia
stree cts through which our surface rails Tul
are filed with an ice-cold mush, compose
lof snow, water and salt. After every snow
fall the streets through which the surfac
I roads run are winnowed on either side bi
Tremendous piles of snow, the center of thu
street being muddy and siusEy. = comp0unC
of dirt. snow-water ADD salt. Where 10 tb'
dirt aud salt come from2 After every snow
fall there Is run aloBg these IIon-bounC
streets a huge sHow-plOw, drawn by eight o.
ten horses, which throws the snow on elthel
side OF the track, filing the cutters snC
~heapiDg it in front of every mans do +
Immediately after that follows a huge cart
running on the railroad tracks. drawn by
six or eight horses; from this laborers shove
dirt and salt But isn't that against the
law? Certainly.
The elevated roads are managed in the
same way. They deliberately occupy ouI
avenues for q road bed; they Systematically
ignore the tax assessors and defy the tax col
%lectors; they utilize certein portions OF the
track as store houses, and during many
hours Of the day, and all hours OF the night
people living in these sections of the city are
CO mpelled to loo out upon q long line of
unoccupied cars. They throw the snow
which gathers upon the street; ii breaks the
law, but they
DEFY THE LAW SYSTEMATICALLY.
hey have miles of platforms built high in
The air, on which are stores, in which are
sold books, newspapers, all manner of peri
0dicals, toys, checkers, cigars, cigarettes,
che wing tooscco straps for luggage, games of
every kind, playlns cards and cutlery. The
law says that they shall provide seats for
passengers. They dc not do it The lawex
pressily declares that any empIoye who starts
q ram, or causes 1t 10 DE started when aUy
person Ia the car desires to get out OF the
car, or any person on the platform desires {
get on the car, will be deemed guilty of ME
demeanor, and shall be punished by fine OF
i'm prisoDment, or both This law is syste
mstically o.ied 1t is Systematically broken
Long ago observation taught NE that any
man with BRAN enough to plan, with audac
lty sufficient o execute, may do any act be
d. sires with the law or against the law, ID
his citv; for If under any strained cir
cumstsDces the law should be invoked
against him, his money will enable him
TO carry it from court to court, ST
thar, during the six or eight or ten ytaTs
pending an ultimate settlement, he can dc
rive all the desired profit possible from tn
breaking of the Law Now, ii has occurred
to NE that Mr.. Gould. by systematic follow
ing of a program me, can make and breas
thousands of men, and accumulate a for
tune, vsTIously estimated on paper at from
$50, 600, 000 10 $780, 600 600, ano If Dir. Wander.
GILT eau 80 n aU1pulate tue railroad properly
left him by his lamenied father as 10 dupl-
cate the enormous fortune left by the Ole
commodore; If sayings banks and life insur
anoe companies can, by systematic adherence
TO an investment programme accumulate
assets ranging from ten &c more than q bun
bred millions of dollars; il railroad corpora
tons can have their own way by persistent
effort then it must be possible tor indi-
vIduals in humber life and in less coLspic-
nous occupation,
BY SYSTEMATIC EHDEAvoR
to attain any desired emu; and if it is posi-
bic for individuals. then, surely, it should
De possible for aggregations of individuals,
particularly when the desired end is one
which looks to the lettering of the condi
tions of a race, the elevation of fellow mel
and the extension of an all embracing love OF
humanity.
1 wish it was possible to put a grain OF
sense into the heads Of our working people,
so that, instead OF everlasting bDcking against
their natural ally, capital, they would strike
hands and work with in elileent industry
for a common veal. Apparently il is MOI
70 their uni versal good TO resort 10 force
and physical resistance with a certain fzzle
in the end. They have 10 suffer as much as
their employers, but it is useless TO talk
with them. They See through their Cwn
glass darkly, and prefer TO Ole IN their own
silly way. | have repeatedly referred 70 the
anomalous condition under which New
York men and women are living some too
rich because they are lucky, many too
poor, because they are lazy, and l have
predicted that, unless common SENSE
takes one and the other by the hand, aud
brings them together in friendly at
tirude on q plane OF common interest, this
great and beautiful city will suffer In The
future as II has in the past. There is no heed
Of it. The times should prevent II, but ls
the nan who photographs q sceDe of disaster
responsible for its repulsive featuresP Is q
doctor who warns a patient, In time. thai
certain symptoms presage serious trouble,
an enemy or friend? And is publicist, who
In time Of apparent peace and quiet oetf Ctr
lDdices OF distress. trouble, want and com
ing disruption, to be blamed because he
faithfully paints that p~icturef Is II not bet
ter to give an ounce Of prevention 10 day
than TO be com PEELED TO find q pound OF
cure TO morrow Surely In describing the
terrible restitution into which Vanderbilt
threw over q thousand families when be dis
charged his men is not discIedltable 10 him
whose quick sympathies feels these evil
deDces of suffering, and, By calling attention
of the public TO them, seeks to bring to bear
a moral pressure upon an autOcrat whose
word can make tears 10 flow like rike rivers
or cause smiles TO mantle q million CHEEKS
And, GA the other hand. does ne not do
we'll who suggests q compromise TO Inc
stTikeIs1 What would be thought OF d man
who, knowing that there Was FIRE in his
closet, deliberately closed the door that he
IA gnt not see IL? WHAT would be thought II
the patient III a hospital who. covering a
huge sore with ~Plastefs, boasted OF he heaitb
Now, there is no good 10 Be gained bJ deny
ing that from one END OF this country 10 the
other the great mountain is iabering. oha 3
the delivery be q mouse or a lion? Sha | We
oy the bs utilization Of comHon sense
aud compromise insure the coming OF a
mouse of trouble. or by Ignoring it shall
We make certain the tTeu endous out
spring and revenues gnashing Of q Il0u2
the new FROM Fall River is discouraging, ~
is that from Lowell aud from all the cosi
aud iron States, while in the south r.
country discomfort, ~grumblng and mur-
murings are the rule, soon, perhaps. To D.
the rum. faDdeTbllt was asked the other
day why these people were discouraged
bis reply was, that 1t was