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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

AMONG the things by which our local com
munity may enhance the credit of the CITY
would be to form a syndicate to buy out the
Journals interest in the Bell Telephone Com
pany. We have not the figures Of the exact
amount, but, from the vehemence of its bull
inspirations, it must be quite large.-The
Sentinel.
We make the following proposition to our
esteemed contemporary: We viii dispose of
our interest in the Bell Telephone Company
for o~ne-hundredth the face value of the Pan
electric stock given to the Democratic Attor-
ney-general of the United States for his Off
cial influence and power, and divide the pro-
ceeds equally with the Sentinel if it succeeds
in making the trade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10
A WORD OF

Just at this time a word of caution to
laboring men may be productive of much
good. The evil, of monopoly and the I'M u.s.
tice of the oppression they have endured so
long, are to large degree the result of suffer-
ance. If legislation can establish and protect
monopolies, it likewise can undo them or
compel them to serve the people. And if leg
islation can do this, it is clearly within the
power Of the people to compel legislation by
electing men that will attend to it. But this
cannot be done if millionaires can buy their
way to Congress, or buy votes to send men
who will do their bidding. It will not be
done if the masses can be bought or
can be cajoled by ~demagogues who
fawn upon them during the cam
paign and vote against their interests
when once elected. The remedy is in the
ballot, just as sure as popular government is
a success, and if it be not a success, then
comes anarchy. There is a lesson here for
the oppressors of the industrious poor. When
forbearance can hold out no longer, the revo-
luton in popular sentiment will come, and
some one will get hurt. Power secured by
trickery or corruption cannot forever defeat
justice. The first remedy for the masses is
through the ballot-box. It is in their hands
to shut out Of Legislatures and Congresses
every mar who has failed to do his whole
duty, and to send a successor who will.
There is no excuse for violence until legal
methods are exhausted. Let the experiment
be tried Of electing men who will shake up
these things for a new adjustment; men who
will stand up for American industries and
American mechanics; men who are not afraid
to advocate and vote for the curbing of mon
opolies, and who will do so. If the voters of
this country will, in but one campaign, tear
themselves loose from the ward mountebanks
who are intent on some petty appointment
Ringing on the election of some friend to the
Legislature or to Congress, and will concen-
trate their power in the direction Of their own
interests, they can compel any kind of legisla-
ton they choose. This is the rational and
peaceful solution. and is well worth trying
before violence is resorted to.
Another admonition suggests itself. The
workingmen Of this country cannot afford to
be led by bummers, professional agitators or
Socialists. A good cause should hava clear
headed, honest leaders. They may not be
able to talk as glibly or 60 to such extremes
as would he who has little at stake and whose
profit is in lasor troubles, but they
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

CHARLES STEWART PARNELL is a political
boss who could give points to the worst die
tator ever known in the United States. In
Galway a Mr.. Lynch undertook to. oppose the
candidate of Mr.. Parnell. A meeting was
held, and Parnell and his man, OShea, came,
when they were greeted with yells and curses.
Mr.. Lynch made a speech, denouncing Par
nell furiously, whereupon, the account says,
Mr.. Parnell took him to one side, and had "a
quiet talk with him." after which he advanced
to the front, and said he had concluded to
withdraw. They call Parnell the ''uncrowned
king" He would be a daisy in the Fourth
ward Of any one of our American cities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

advantage. The fault, of course, lies Wits
the people. Their votes could compel justice.
Multiply the street-car monopoly by
a hundred OF a thousand, and an idea may be
had of certain railway corporations, giving
employment at starvation wages to tens of
thousands of men. The remedy for all this
is in the hands of the people, through the
ballot. When workingmen can disengage
themselv as from senseless partisan prejudice
long enough to resolve to vote for their own
interests, and help send men to the Legis-
lature and to Congress for other reasons than
that they are lawyers or wealthy, they can
begin to expect better legislation. Dema-
gogues have caught them with chaff, but GER
tain it is that if these monster evils are per-
petuated there will be strikes and riots to the
and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

IT has been almost too long since the Capt.
tai building at Albany was begun to
properly designate it as the 'new capital"
but the structure is not finished yet, and its
i~nsatiate architects are still calling for ''more"
in the way of funds for its completion. With
each succeeding session of the Legislature a
final estimate of the amount of money re-
quired is presented, and the allowance duly
made. This year it is stated that a sum fall
ing a trihe short of three millions will be suf-
fcient for putting on the finishing touches.
Seventeen millions have already been spent
upon the building. New York is Democratic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

The news of the death of General Hancock
m with extraordinary s~uddenness, and will
be received with universal regret. General
Hancock has filed his post in life creditably
and well. A soldier of high character and
ability, he worthily won the exalted rank he
held and maintained with such scrupulous in
tegrity and soldierly honor. It demonstrates
the regard in which he was held by the coun-
try that he could become the candidate of a
party for the presidency, and though not the
choice of a majority of the people, emerge
from the contest without a stain of any sort,
and with the unanimous respect of the people.
Gen. j. M. Schofeld and Gen. John Pope are
the surviving heterogeneous of the army, with
Howard, Augur, Terry, Crook, Miles and
Mckenzie as b~rigadiers. General Pope goes
on the retired list this month, and it is proba-
bic that the President may advance Howard
and Miles to the vacant places; the latter is
understood to be a great favorite with the
President.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

will be safer. The hummer. the
whisky-drinker the idler, has no
business where workingmen talk. The
better the cause, the better should be the
leaders. And it should be borne in mind that
a good cause may be ruined by inconsiderate
or incorporate action. Many a man has
scattered his chances by dissipation and kept
himself poor by drink. This kind of sla-
Dor trouble" cannot be ascribed to monopoly
per Sc, nor should it be allowed to stand as
exponent of the cause of men poor only because
unable to get their just dues. In the general
shaking up that is pretty certain to come at no
distant day, the laboring man should come up
without camp-followers in the van. The
blusterers should be driven to the real while
the men of character and sense do the great
work that remains to do.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10
Telephone Calls.
Business Ohice.-....23S Editorial Rooms......242

Republican State Editorial Association.
The annual meeting of the Indiana Republican
Editorial Association, is to be held at the United
States Court room, Indianapolis, Ind, on
Thursday and Friday, Feb. 25 and &c, 1886.
Following is the programme.
THURSDAY.
100 o'clock F. M.-Address by the president
2 p. M.-"What will be the issues of '86 and
,88. and what should be the attitude of the Re-
publican party to themT Geo. j. Langsdale,
areencastle Banner.
2:30P. M.-Discussion.
$50 P. M.-''Whatis the natural and proper re-
latior of the newspaper to its party" Geo. /.
Reed, Peru Republican.
p. M-Discussion.
Evening-Tteception, Address by Hon. r. w.
Thompson.
Morning Session: 9:30 o'clock A. M.-sValue of
Co operation in Party and Editorial Work." by
III. S.. CARRIER. of the Madison Courier.
10 A. discussion
LA. M.-'How Far Can a Newspaper Afford
TO be Partisan9' by G. Ricketts,. of the Columbus
Republican.
11:30 A. M.-Discussion.
Afternoon Session: 1:30 P. M.-Election of
officers.
Miscellaneous business.
Adjournment.
w. II. ELLIOTT, President.
J. O. HARDEsTY, Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

The gravity of the Pan electric Telephone
scandal is appreciated by many leading Demo
cratic papers. A few Democratic ''organs"
uphold the administration and defend Attor-
ney-general Garland and the other Democratic
officials involved. The defense made is Pc
culiar. 1t is a boomerang. It consists not in
attempting to exculpate the guilty officers,
butt in %denouncing the press and persons that
expose and accuse them. These they charge
with being interested in the Bell Telephone
Company, or with being in its pay. This
charge is made with great violence. It is said
by them, to be corrupt. "And they howl,
and they howl" Calmly now, and consider
ately, what is the force Of this; what is the
logic of itg How does it help Garland and his
associatese It is self-condemnation. IF it is
a corrupt thing for certain papers and non
official persons to take up the cause Of the
Bell Telephone Company, even for hire, how
much more corrupt is it for Attorney general
Garland and other Democratic officers to take
up the cause of the Pan-electric Telephone
Company, and to use their Offices in its behalf
"a company in which they are the largest
stockholders! This stock was given them for
their political and official influence, and on no
other consideration. The Bell company is a
private enterprise. The Pan-electric COM
pany is a combination Of Democratic officers
high in place. The Bell company's stock
costs money. The Pan-electric Telephone
Company's stock was placed where it would
do the most good, without money and without
price. The Bell company is organized in a
business way. The Pan-electric company is
organized on "wind" and Democratic official
influence. The president has surrounded
himself with a 'job-lot' of Cabinet officers.
1t is a new departure, but 'there's millions in
it." o, Reform! What crimes are committed
in thy name!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

The New York Sun, of yesterday, in the
course of an editorial comparing the Pan-elec-
trio and Credit Mobilier scandals, says:
'The Republican managers are not indiffer.
ent observers of passing events, and unless
something is done to remove this scandal, it
will play a conspicuous part in the presiden-
tial election two years hence. The President
has it in his power to save the Democracy
from harm. He may believe as others do
that Mr.. Garland and other high officials are
not corrupt personally, but his administration
has been compromised, and his party is suffer-
ing from their practices. 1t is his duty to
ask their retirement. The Democratic party
must not be suspected of favoring iobbery,
to protect an Attorney general or a Solicitor
general, a Secretary of the Interior, a Com
missioner of Railroads, a Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, a chief clerk of that Bureau, an
Indian Inspector, or any other officer whose
presence has become an injury to it and
to the administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

A HOPEFUL indication comes from New
England to the effect that in a number of
mill towns notices have been put up announc-
ing an increase of wages of 10 per cent, to
begin with the LIST of March. There are nu-
merous signs of better times on every hand;
the principal drawback to returning prosperity
is the general gloom that seems to have set
tied upon business men. This is peculi
arly true Of indianapolis. indianapolis has
suffered severely; but crying won't help mat
ters. What 10 needed more than anything
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

The lower court has sustained the validity
of the will of the late Mr.. Storey, which left
the bulk of his estate, including the Chicago
Times, to his wife. The evidence in this con-
test has developed the most shameless rascal
ity imaginable on the part of a cabal Of fellows
who were deliberately trying to steal the
newspaper, or to ruin it if they could not Sc
cure it for themselves. The decision of the
court seems to be a righteous one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

he preferred devoting his entire attention to
them. Such a proceeding was not according
to party precedent. They have, therefore,
figured out that either Mr.. Dorsheimer re-
signed 'sby request" or that he learned that
his appointment would not be confirmed by
the Senate, and withdrew while he could do
so gracefully. It is not anticipated, however,
that any trouble will be experienced in find
ing another man to take the position which he
yacatas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10
THE Philadelphia Press saws:

Senator Harrison, of Indiana, led the Battle
for the admission of Dakota with signal skill
and ability. AS chairman of the committee on
Territories he was in charge of the bill, and
managed the case with vigor and Judgment. He
was master of the subject, and showed himself
a keen and effective debater. Senator Butler,
Of South Carolina, who. in the absence of
Vest, of Missouri, led the opposition, was no
match for him. Quick in repartee. fluent and
forcible in speech and sure in seizing the vital
points, Senator Harrison acquitted himself with
great credit, and proved to be entirely equal
to the demands of his position. The debate
took a wide range. and the Republicans alto
gether over matched and out-debated the other
side. The Democratic side of the chamber needs
STRENGTHENING in ability; it has all it ought to
have in numbers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

ACoLoRADo paper, speaking Of the troubles
at Matamoras, Mexico, says that ''when the
disorderly element gets the upper hand in a
town on the Mexican frontier the condition of
affairs is simply horrible" The same being
equally true of cities like London, the En-
glish frontier, the Denver paper can amend its
remark and use it over again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10
THE DISTRICT CONVENTIONS,

In compliance with the call Of the State
central committee, the delegates selected by
the Republicans Of the several counties Of the
State will meet in their respective congress
sional districts tomorrow, the 18th instant.
The places of meeting are as follows:
First District--Evansville.
Second Observation-Disclosures.
Third District-Jeffersonville.
Fourth District-Lawrenceburg.
Fifth District-Greencastle.
Sixth District-New Castle.
Seventh District-Indianapolis.
Eighth District-Terre Haute.
Ninth District-Frankfort.
Tenth District-Logansport.
Eleventh Decentralization.
Twelfth District-Fort Wayne.
Thirteenth District-LaPort
The duty of these district conventions is to
select a member of the State central commit
tee, which newly-appointed committee is to
meet at the Denison House, indianapolis, o n
the 25th instant, for the purpose Of organic
ing and beginning the preliminary work Of
the approaching State campaign.
The Journal has already urged upon the at
tention of the Republicans Of the State the
vital Importance of selecting the very best
men who can be induced to serve as members
of the State central committee. This body is
the central directing agency of the par
tY, and it should be composed of wise,
discreet and experienced men, who have no
other desire or purpose than the success of
the party in the election of next November.
We again call the attention of these district
conventions, that are to assemble tomorrow,
to the fundamental Importance and influence
be elected simply because he is a good fellow,
or because he lives in this or that county,
which may imagine itself entitled to the COM
mitteeman. Or for any other consideration
than his unquestioned fitness for the place,
and his willingness and determination to do
all he can honorably to advance the prospects
Of Republican success. Republicans Of In
diana must see that there is a gsee prospect
for an emphatic victory next fall, despite the
infamous burdens placed upon US by the
Democratic swindlers who disgraced them
selves in the last Legislature. These pros
poets should not be dimmed, they should be
still further brightenedFby to-morrow's work in
the several districts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10
How rnlonai wa~ddingham Yves swIndIed.

New HAVEN. Conn, Feb. 9-Tive years ago
Wilson Waddingham, millionaire OF California,
began the erection of a $500, 900 residence at
West Haven, and engaged as his supervising
architect and disbursing agent James Scott. q
Salt Lake City Mormon. Recently Mr.. Wad-
bingham had reason to believe that Scott was
dishonest. He engaged an attorney to investi-
gate the matter. and FIVE weeks ago Scott was
arrested and placed in charge of a deputy sher--
i'll, who has hept him under his eve ever since.
The matter has been kept very quiet. When
first arrested, Scott stoutly denied his guilt. but
last night he confessed that he had embezzled
about $50, 900, and claimed that several promi-
nent merchants of the city were implicated with
him. He claimed that he received bills from the
merchants for about one-third more than the
regular price of articles purchased, and after
paying the bills divided the surplus with the
merchants. Scott was paid a salary Of 81 per
day, given q commodious residence. and allowed
81, 600 pe- week to pay the expenses OF the con
s~truction The affair has caused a decided SEN
sation In business circles, and future develops
ments are awaited With interest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

A BAPTIST preacher at Cersdo. w. Va. has
beaten the record by baptizing ffty-four people
in fifty seconds. They had to cut the ice and
stir the water with a pole to keep it from freez-
ing while the candidates were getting ready for
the solemn ceremony.-Exchange.
The man who told this story may have been
baptized, but if he was it didn't take.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

Ex-Governor CRITTENpEN loves Missouri as
Ruth did her mother-in-law. He writes to a
paper published in that State that mo freeman
ever loved France with more alteration than l
Missouri, willing for its people to be my people
and its God my God" Mr.. Crittenden's gram
mar may be defective, but it becomes no Nilsson
rian to say that his heart is not right. 1t might,
however, be pertinent to inquire what God the
Ex-Governor would have preferred had his lines
not been cast just where they were.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10
THE INDIANA STATE JOURNAL.
WEEKLY EDITIoN.D
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Gar be found at the following places:
[OEDON-American Exchange in Europe. 449
Strand.
PARTS-American Exchange in Paris. 30 Boulevard
des Capucines.
NEW YORK-St. Nicholas and Windsor Hotels.
CHICAGO-Palmsr House.
CINCINNATI. R. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine street.
LOUISvILLE-C T.. bearing, northwest corner
Third and jefferson streets.
81. LOUIS-Union News Company, Union Depot
and Southern Hotel.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Riggs House and Ebbitt
House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

THE following letter, addressed to one of the
most prominent and respected physicians of
Cincinnati, is a fair specimen Of the brutal
methods adopted by the cock-sparrow who pre-,
sides over the Pension Department.:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, MEDICAL DIVISION.
WASHINGTON, d. G., Feb. 4, 1869
'sDr. p. f. Maley, NJ. D.. Cincinnati, o.
"SIR-By direction of the Honorable Commits
sioner of Pensions, I have the honor to request
that you send in your resignation to this office
as q member of the Board Of Examining Sur
geons at Cincinnati. O., at as early a date as
possible.
1.-THE Office desires to give no reasons for the
same. nor does it wish any correspondence upon
the matter. Very respectfully,
PHILIP FL. BARTON,
Assistant and Acting Medical Referee
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND, of "Hom-
any Hill" who affects jeans and abhors dress
suits and receptions, is not, after all, such a
simple-minded Jeffersonian as he pretended.
He . a bloated stakeholder. He is not so
simple as he looks, and probably not as honest
as he nratends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

AN estimate of the wealth Of the Wander
bilt brothers places it at no less than $217,-
OoO. 600. Starting on a n equal footing with
ether young men, they probably would be
worth about $4,000 each now, certainly not
more than double that. This piling up of
millions, wrung from the people by monopo-
lies, is what matches riots.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

AS an indication Of the hard work and long
hours required Of letter-carriers in large cities,
that the application of an eight-hour law to
this portion OF the force would necessitate
doubling the number of men employed in de-
livery service,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

A FINE feminine hand is distinctly visi-
BILE in Austrian legislation. A decree has
recently been promulgated in that coun-
try to the effect that no married Aus
trian subject shall henceforth receive a
passport for journeying beyond the frontier with
out the express consent of his wife. With the
men thus in subsection, it is hardly necessary to
say that Austrian women are not seeking the
right of suffrage. They have no use for it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

THE annual Loyal Legion dinner takes place
at the Burnett House. Cincinnati, tonight.
There will be so many distinguished men pres
emit that it will be practically a national meeting
of ex-army and navy officers. Gen. Lew Wal
lace will be present, and from indianapolis there
will be Col. Oran Perry and wife and Mrs. P. Fl.
Wilson, Gen. George +. McGinnis, Gen. r. s..
Foster, Gen. Frederick Knefer, Lieutenant B.
B. Peck and Mrs. Peck. Major o. NJ. Wilyon and
Gen. George B. Wright.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

else is for our business men to stop their
whining and croaking, and talk as men with
their faces to the future. Let the dead bury
their dead. Our business is to 60 ten PAGES to
the front, not to the rear.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

IT seems hardly necessary to 90 any further in
search OF a cause for the widespread demoraliza-
uon which leads entire communities to engage
in riots and lawless acts of violence when wa
read that Mark Twain has realized $50, 900 as
profits on his last book, "Huckleberry Finn"
What else than mobs can be expected In a soci-
ETY. which finds its mental pabulum in stuff of
that sort2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

Mr.. Villas has emphasized his littleness by
changing the name of a Colorado postofice
from Blaine" to Cleveland" Such an ex
hibition of petty spite excites anew the won
der over the unpleasant fact that Mr.. Villas is
D product of the liberal, generous minded
Wask
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

DISTRICT ATTORNEY DoRsHEIMER has re-
signed, to attend to the business of editing
his administration organ, the New York Star.
First blood for Colonel Pulitzer, of the World.