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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-09
Steamship News.


HAvRE. Jan. 6.-Arrived: Normandie, from
New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-09
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of
all Kinds in the Two States.
Charges Against I. II. Jameson Withdrawn
Case of Religious Insanity at Logansport
A Whole Family Dies Mysteriously.
INDIANA.
The Charges againstT. III. Jameson Explained
and Withdrawn.

The Charges againstT. III. Jameson Explained
and Withdrawn.
Special to Indianapolis journal
ROCHESTER,. Jan. 8.--The charge of en-
bezzlement against Thomas III. Jameson,
postmaster and Waggoner, mention of whose
arrest was made in the Journal of
Wednesday, has been withdrawn, and the matter
SATISFACTORY y arranged between the parties.
The transaction was family affair, and Mrs.
Nancy Gould. the relative who caused Jameson's
arrest, acknowledges that she acted rashly, and
deeply regrets the course pursued Since coming
to this locality from indianapolis, several years
ago, Jameson has made many friends. who re-
joice with him in the fact that he has been vindi
Gated from the unjust charges that threatened
his previous good name and honorable record
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-09
Case of Religious insanity at Logansport

CpecIaI
LoGANSPoRT, JAM Frank Mettusch, a
shoemaker of this city, has lost his reason, and
now lies in the county Jail, pitiable spectacle.
Mettusch man of unusually strong traits
of character. He was tireless reader. and was
probably as we'll informed on general topics as
any man in the CITY, Recently his reading has
all been in the religious line. and TO such an ex
tent has he followed this bent that for months
his acquaintance have noticed that his mind
was failing. On Wednesday he claimed that he
had received call from heaven to preach the
gospel, and he accordingly packed his trunk and
purchased a ticket to Indianapolis. He failed to
board the train and after midnight was found
east of the city. lying in a fence-corner, stark
naked He was brought to town and placed in
Jail. His feet were terribly frozen, and had he
not been discovered he must certainly have per-
ished He will be sent to the asylum.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-09
A Series of Fights on Board Train.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
LAFAYETTE, JAN ga party of four men. all
under the influence of liquor, boarded a west
bound train OF the Kankakee line last evening,
at Lebanon. They were going to Thorntown,
and refused to pay fare, but on the train being
stopped to put them Off they paid. Later, Con-
ductor Earheart was passing through the car.
when one of the gang attacked. him with a pair
of brass knuckles. The conductor got the best
of him and gave him severe beating. A short
time later A. NJ. Simpson was going through
the coach. and this same rough attacked him
with a butcherknife. Earheart came to the
rescue and succeeded in disarming him. AS soon
as Simpson and Earheart left the car. the fellow
attacked Charles Scanlon. brakeman. who
again gave him severe drubbing. The gang
then remained quiet until Thorntown was
reached. when they began war on the trainmen
with revolvers. bricks. etc. A number of shots
were fired without effect and the trainmen were
again victors. Earheart struck on the head
by n brick and quite badly hurt. The gang
boosted that they would renew the attack the
next time the crew went through the town.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-12-19
GO TO THE ROOT.

No word of the English language is more abused than the word Gre form" Every political schemer has
 it on his tongue, but seldom, if ever, at heart. Many true men fling it at the outcroppings of a wrong fnnda- mental principle without percejving that as long as they do not go to the root of the evil, the suppression of one otf-shoot invariably tends to make room for another. Reform IS good, and we badly need 1t in social as well as politica affairs. But look at the basis, friends; if that is crooked no patching up of what rests on it will avail-as might be shown bya proper course of loglcal reason ing, and demonstrated by the sad tAncfiGllcc iilale Ill tHIS respect II our work is to be confined to the trim ming down of evils, we had better "bury the tomahawk, as it would save love and labor lost. However, we know how to ciTectualIy remove evils by getting at their source. The means of our knowledge is the study of social science, of Socialism, and before men withdraw disgusted and dishoartcned from the battlefield of Labor, we request them to lnyesti- gate the principles of Socialism. Their views will be enlarged and their hopes grow brighter. O. II.
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equality of man. second, that labor is commodity, just like other commodities, It is in dealing with this second fallacy that Professor Ely falls into what seems to me fallacy of his own. It is here that we have the most serious difference between the economic ideas of the Social ist, {. C., the economic ideas of Marx, and those of the school to which Professor Ely belongs And how very serious is this difference, when we reflect that this writer is popularly supposed to under stand Socialism. Yet, in one of the most crucial questions discussed in his book he omits a fundamental proposition, nay, two fundamental propositions, Of soclal- istic economics that assuredly should have been referred to in this connection. Of course, in the opinion of the present writer, these two propositions throw flood of light upon the tremendous ques- tion of how labor-pO differs from probably is, the opinion of the author whom I am critlcising, that no such help is afforded in the discussion of this ques- tion by these sociaIistic ideas. Never- theless, l cannot but think that he, as one said to be acquainted with the works of Marx, ought to have at least made mention of the contributions of that thinker to the investigation of this par ticular economic point.
 As the point is, unlike mathematical one, of great magnitude, l will here only state briefly it's nature, and the position taken by Professor Ely. He is criticising the older economic idea that Labor is commodity of the same nature as other commodities, such as iron or cotton. As against this Professor Ely urges that the selling of ''labor' involves the welfare of actual living beings (p. 9S); that 'labor" cannot be withdrawn from the market
 like other wares p. 1OD; that "the price of labor does not at once rise, when the demand increases, as is usually the case with other commodities, for the first effect is that the unemployed receive work" (p. lO2); that the employer controls the laborers expenditure (p, 1O3), health | (p. l06l. mental and moral development (p, l07), and politics; that the laborer's existence is uncertain, and he is evil | entreated by society p. lOS et Seq.).
 My comments on the serious, the es- sential omissions here, defer until next week. EDWARD AvELlNG.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-12-19

the church escapes taxation, l will escape. If l am not strong enough to escape by means of Il law, l will escape any way can.' Right or wrong, such is the way in which the example will be used. Moreover, if church property does not pay, all secular property must pay for It.; and thus we shall have the largest denomination worshipping God at the expense of everybody else. No such scalping Christianity as that will command the respect of the pubic at large, nor should it. Pay up, gentlemen of the churches.
 You may not be able to find the amount of your church property tax in fish, but you can in your pock- cts. Take thence the money. give it to your financial officer, and say,
 "That take, and give unto them for thee and me. "-,S0H Francisco St0r.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-12-19
HARD TO PLEASE,

There's neatly-prlnted little pa per in Philadelphia. called 1He TdcsiA, which communcth as follows:
 Let us by all means have Labor Party, similar to that of the 'progrcsSiv. Democracy of New York but it must he divorced from Soriaistic leadership.
 There's tine rub, young friend. These socalstic ideas seem 10 lead everything in the labor movement. and we don't see how phlladclph ia, if it advances at all, can escape the terrible calamity of following in the wake of them. And we would ad- wise our modest contemporary with the calamitous title not to lag so far behind. By the way. twas but a short time ago that 7He 70r>iR WAS dancing to the dry bones rattle of n "democratic' lawyer politician - booming hlm Tor some office or other. We doubt whether the Socialists of Philadelphia joined in that dance.
 The TarSia is also opposed to the abolition of property in land Pri- yate property, We suppose it means. Why; Because It would be sociul lS.ic: Devil take those socalisttc ideas that compel every honest man to follow or expose him to the rl,i culc of others and the contempt of himself
 But the TJr>iR wants more land lords : It says:
 The frwness of the land owner~. though not su marked iu this as in other countries, Is certainly tn he deplored Let our friend be comforted. ". are importing landlords at a great
Workmen's advocate., 1886-12-19
A BRIGHT QU UESlON.

The New York |IorW propounds a question, designed to demoIish Henry George:
 ''lf the value which attaches to the surface if the earth by reason of the growth of population belongs to society at large, does not society at large owe compensation to those whose land suffers Il decrease in value by loss of populationT
 Certainly not. If the value be- longs to society what right has the possessor to compensation? If a man gets possession of my coat and wears it for q considerable time is he entitled to compensation for the loss of it when l reclaim it?
 A story got abroad that Bob h. gersoll regularly assisted a number of poor people in V Washington. Bob moved to New York. Are those mendicants entitled to compenSa- tion for the loss of the ust1, alms?
 Strange that an editor should ask such d foolish question. When a community decreases in population, the land values 1t created merely disappear with the population. The |lofH thinks that if a monopolist gets something for nothing for q long time, he should be secured in receiving the same amount even af- ter the scheme collapses, -Labor Eaq.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-12-19
NOT E-S.
Day is dawning.

The more we exert ourselves for the common veal, the greater the benefits that accrue to each Of us.
 It gives us pleasure to hear of the spread of the Labor partys ideas into Canada. Organized Labor at Hamilton. Ont, is making Il strong effort to elect its own representative to the Canadian Parliament, and the boys are confident of success, too. Their platform is radical one for Ontario.
 Next week we shall publish a con tribution from Eleanor MarX-Ave- ling, giving a glimpse of the free dom and independence" which is so rampant among the wagc-workcrs of this blessed land. It will make pleasant reading for the privileged class of people who are permitted to earn their living and that of their bosses besides.
 The phN\ rution Of trades uniOnistS at Columbus, week ago, did one thing which will stand to its credit above ali else. This was the passage of d resolution enjoining indepcnd- ent political action wherever possi- bic. Now let the various trades rep resented heartily endorse this action, and there will be such Il stride made in the labor movement as will give hope to the workers and make the loafcrs feel very tired.
 HtIt SttihS lO Ut III lutll duo dnOUl Rev, Dr. Edward McGlynnS alleged call to Rome by the Pope Leo. Father McGlynn should obey the summons if he prctends to aaknowl- edge the authority of his church, and no douht will 20 to Rome # he really ha. hrrn summoned. The hostile attitude of Arch bishop Cor rigan to the labor movement, which is sujd to be the cause of thu sum mons, may really result in something entirely different than the arth- bishop and his capltalistic advisers calculated upon, for McGlyun may convert the Pope to his way ot thinking. and the Holy Father ] might then send out d "bull" against
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the landlords, which would have q great effect upon the faithful poor, but would undoubtedly allenate the rich church members.
 Abolish the monopoly that forbids men to employ themselves. and capital could not possibly oppress labor. -- Henry George it"PrOtectioH and Free Trade"
 But it will not help man perplexed as to his path to tell him that the way to get to his journeys end is to get there Henry George in "Protectioa aad Free Trade"
 The last quotation is applied by the author to the socIalistic proposi- tion that the State should control production and distribution. It ap- plies with equal force to Mr. Georges own proposition: "Abolish the mo- nopoly,' etc., first quoted. And, by the way, does not the eabolishment of monopoly (by the government, the State, organized societyof course) "presuppose pure government?'
 The Labor Party in New Haven at the last election polled about double the number of votes in pro- portion to the total vote, compared with the attempt made in Boston last Tuesday to run q separate ticket, In this city all honest worklngmen who were in favor of the Labor Party participated, while in Boston a great portion of them took no part in the election. In New Haven we had no one among the Labor Party seeking a nomination, while in Boston, if our information is correct, there was q bee in "promnent's' bonnet In New Haven we did not nominate a "prominent;" indeed, the men who for years had been active in the labor movement. and who were &C., tive in the formation of the Labor Party, absolutely refused, for tactical reasons, to run for office. The La Dor Party of New Haven has good reason to be proud of it's strict ad- herence to advanced principles and clean and honest tactics
Workmen's advocate., 1886-12-19

rate. Out West they are fencing in large tracts of land IS fast as fraudu- lent titles can be registered. But perhaps We could multiply them still more how would it be if we all became landowners by the na- tionalizutlon of Iand2
 Confound those Socialists - They're never satisfied unless it's u "trcat all 'round"-thc impudcnt iorcigncrs'
Workmen's advocate., 1886-12-19
TAN-FREE CHURCHES.

At recent meeting of clergymen in San Francisco, declarations were made in favor of freeing churches from taxation. Tine doctrine that church or ecclesiastical property should be exempt from taxation Is wrong in itself and mistake in pol icy besides. The great Head of the Christian Church by most striking declaration placed himself on record as q taxable under Roman empire.
 If the Christian Church desires to enforce honesty in the public. 1t will not begin by avoiding to pay taxes, No matter how unatfectedly piouS its motives may be. its example will be Il million times weightier. "lf
Workmen's advocate., 1886-12-19

receive the equivalent of their pro- ductions when d non-producIng class can live upon the fat of the land while thousands of hard-worklng people barely exist, and thousands more arc deprived of an opportunity to earn living at all.
 Under such a system. in itself dishonest, what is the standard of honesty of the supporters of the sys- tenn; Certainly not much higher than that of the system itself.
 That being the case, what benefit IS to accrue to the workers from the active partlci patton in politics and the election to office of the "honest' men of the period; Do the capital lstlc newspaper writers imagine that the agitation of the labor question has not opened the eyes of the work CTS sufficiently to sec the sophistry of their reasoning
 No, gentlemen. Your "honcst" cXpIoiters of the working people will never be able nor willing to rcIin- quish the privilege of cxacting from Labor the "pound of flesh.
 Honest men honest according to Il different standard are sprjnging mp wherever the light of Socialism touches responsive hearts, and the tolIers already feel the impulse of d new hope that urges them on to as- sert themselves US the rightfuI heirs to the inheritance which Nature and Labor have heqneathed to all who will but stretch forth their hands to receive.
 Worklngmcn must themselves break the chains of wage-Slayery This they are doing in various ways: by agitation, the organization of trades unions, assemblies and social ,st sections; and, advancing still further in the line of practical organ ization, the workers are combiningas d distinct political party-the Labor Party using the ballot as an earnest of their intentions as expressed in their platforms, and these include the dlscstabllshment of the present order and the establishment of new order based upon equal rights as well as duties for all men.
 When the land shall be free to all and the opportunities to labor open to all, as they will be in the future State, not so fur distant now, then will the toilcr have the satisfaction of knowing that for every effort put forth for the common welfare he shall have hls full and just rewa. q. Honest men have everything to gain and nothing to lose by the change.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-12-19
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

Forty years ago William Lloyd Garrison was dragged to jail by q rope around his neck, in the hands of a mob, styled "gentjemen of prop erty and standing." His crime was anarchy" He advocated "thrct- ting the infamous slave laws. -- Chicag0 EtYresS.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-12-19
WHERE HONESTY" FAILS.

W 'lL'NL- SlNGo N''-
 Among our capitajlstjc contempo- rarles there are some who express the opinion that if honest men were to take an interest i'll politics and De elected to office everything would go well without changing the established order. Without for moment doubling the self-conscious honesty of the proposcrs, 1t ls necessary to decide first what their standard of honesty is.
 There are certain lines of "busi- ness. " for instance, that in themselves include dishonesty from one point of view. and among these may be mentioned the business of writing opinions for pay that are not in ac- cordance with the sincere convictions of the writer; yet, the hlrcling cdl- tors and writers pretend to look upon themselves as honest men. They justify their false position us writers on the ground that it is their profess sion--that they get their living by this work. And, in truth, society has not yet so far advanced in moral perception as to deny the correctness of this position. Yet, there would be remarkable unanimity in de- nouncing as the rankcst sophistry the proposition that a pcrjurcr was honest because he was a professional perjurcr and earned his living by perjury.
 Again, we believe that to take from Labor that which Labor has created without returning a full equivalent therefor. is dishonest, and any system of society that sanctions or permits such acts is essentially dishonest or weak. Still, our friends of the capitalist press would hardly consider the man who makes" two or three hundred per cent. on the labor of his employe dishonest. So- ciety as 1t is does not SO consider 1t. Why not? Well, they tell Us that the laborer Is free to contract and sell his labor or not. What this "freedom' amounts to nav be seen by the results to the laborcr The freedom of the laborer is circum- scribed by the power of proprietor ship in land and the means of pro- ductlon. The propertyless hborer is forced to work for wages from day to day, and he IS also forced to de pend upon the owner of the land and the means of production --facto ries, machines, etc. for the "privi lege" of producing wealth. Now the propertied class is comparativeh small. and the masses, under the present system, have no opportunity to improve their condition, l. C., t. escape from the necessity of scryiu! the masters upon such terms Il the "masters" dictate. And when AS is the case, the ruling class decides that it is perfectly right and proper nay, even according to divine dis pensation, that the many must sup port them by their labor. they sim ply override all truth and honesty not to say anything of democrats principles, and Use their power t exploit their rfelow-men. Itcertain ly cannot be said that the producer
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NEW HAVEN, DECEMBER l0, 1886.
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the landlords, which would have q great effect upon the faithful poor, but would undoubtedly alienate the rich church members.
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ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT EEw uAyEH, CON
 NECTICuT. AZ SECOND GLASS MATTER
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-01-22

This fellow is much more spry than his
cousin in the first picture. That one, doing
his best, can only travel two inches 2 min
ute. But the long arms of tho brittle STAR
fish enable him to clutch the grounl witt a
firm hol AMI leap forward at the rate OF SIX
fcst minute. A lonG-legged man can wall;
faster than short one.
Tie starfishe; make one Of the mot IN
tores:iEg features of scabeach Ch:idr =,
dcligh. to wade in the water AMI watc,l
tier curious swimming and craw in- NOV =
mcn:s. But their beauty is lost on tho o..
ster fisherman. He d estroys on sight ever:
ono he encounters At least he think; -
destroys Il. Bus the fact is he dos ~, AZ.
ways do so. The start IN FAM have IL,
property o. reproducing themselves from a
single Tnrt They grow from tie slip. rs II
were. Thus il you take Gro and Du!l =. 70
pieces, each separate arm will crawl II il 4
different direction as fast as the ORIGINAL
star fish did when he was al IT,
s Their There is life in every limb Fac
rart begins to put out new organs aroun
itself, till finally every one of the arms that
has been pulled off becomes new and pe--
f,c; sta fish. If the animal loses one Of il,
arms the missing meml err is speedily rcoro-
duccd by growth. Thus, when en ignorau.
fisherman thinks he is killing a starfis;l Ly
tearing 1t to pieces he is really incrcisi ,
the tribe. Every separate piece tecome; a
new Individual enemy to the oyster. IN
only sure plan is to cremate, scald or srrotl,r
him. He must be killed all over.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-01-22
Postage Stamps.

Few people. perhaps. realize of
how recent origin IL the postage
stamp. II was first issued by Great
lirtainIn lSiD. Brazil was the first
nation to follow the example, which
4, diG IN 1913, aud III lSi7 the United
states began tho use of postage
-iampt. There are now 2l1 stamp
issuing countries. Il il estimated
nov TINT every year some so 600 ,000,-
600. letters are posted in the world
America lends with about $500 600, ;
uoO.and England follows with 7OO,-
600 900. japan now mails annually
~, 600 600 letters. and the cancelled
stamps on these letters are worth an
average one cent each. Last year
there were 26 900 letters posted in
Ena lanl without any address on
them. In 900 OF these gold coins
and money were inclosed.
The cancelled postage stamps oil
many countries are worth quite as
much M unused specimens, and
many are used solely for collections,
the revenue being an important item.
Monaco in tho latest Ia issue stamps;
but Stellalahd. with it's Fifty houses
and three stores. IN probably the
most insignificant. even more &c
than Helgolahd or the Virgin islands.
Bhopal has the Oldest stamp, Nicar'
aqua has the finest, Siberia the
largest, Zealand the smallest, Qua.
temala tho most striking, md Sara
wax and Great Britain divide the
honor OF having the cheapest.