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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

The Presidents nomination of Fitz John
Porter to the rank of colonel, from which he
was dismissed in the hour of the country's
peril, was what was to be expected 1t is in
keeping with the sentiment of this reform adj
ministration. Porter goes on to the retired
list, and the deserving veterans pension is
treated to veto by this patriotic but econom-
ical President. The boys in blue in the pub
lie service are turned out to make places for
ex-confederates, and everything is being done
to compromise the honor of the Union veteran
by making it appear that his services were no
better than those Of the man who wore the
gray and carried a musket in the service of the
Rebellion. A little of this was expected; but
it was not expected that it would be the rule,
and that to honor the loyal men Of this nation
would become the exception. General Porter
is welcome to whatever satisfaction he can get
out Of the way he has succeeded in getting
back into the service he dishonored.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

THE boycott, though not carried on as such,
has its terrors to the gentlemen" who have
sought to introduce and to popularize it in
this country. John Goldring, an importation
who has taken up his residence in Detroit,
testified his gratitude at finding free coun-
try in which to live by publicly indorsing the
throwing Of bombs to resist the police, and
now finds himself ostracised by the decent
people of Detroit, who refuse to have any
further dealings with man hostile to society.
The result has been that his partner has in
sisted on dissolution Of partnership so great
has been the firms loss of trade since this fell
lows infamous utterances have become public.
There is a healthy sign in this-that the
people Of the country have no patience with
such fellows, and will not patronize men who
are not willing to be good, law-abiding citi-
zens with their fellows. There was no organ
lied boycott, for none was needed; but there
was a spontaneous sentiment in favor Of let
ting him severely alone, a man without a
country as he himself chose to be. The boy
cotter and the dynamiter have no place in this
country that they can maintain outside the
penitentiarv.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

THE candidacy Of Mr.. Bynum presents the
anomaly of man running for an Office in
direct opposition to the wishes Of his own
county. He has succeeded in capturing the
out-of-town delegations but cannot command
his fellow Democrats of his own county. To
surrender to him and his whippers-in would
be cowardly to degree, and the surrender
would be for all time to come Bynum evil
IDENTIFY aspires to become the Democratic po-
litical boss of this district and after that it is
hard to say what he will not demand. He has
not 'sgot there yet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

CONGRESSMAN WATSON seems to be as
ignorant as he is incompetent. He is chair
man of the pension committee of the House,
and upon no one is the blow more severe
than upon him of the repeated vetoes of the
President with their cutting irony upon the
alleged slip-shod methods Of inquiry on the
part of Congress Yet Colonel Matson meekly
swallows the vetoes, and declares that, in the
main, the President is right in his structures.
In few cases he confesses that he thinks
the President is wrong and says that
his committee is preparing some Of
the bills to be passed over the
veto; but he adds that very. few of the vetoed
bills will be reported from the committee,
which will indicate that the committee be-
lieves the President just and right in his ac-
ton, the veto being sustained by refusal to
report. 1t might be of advantage to Mr..
Matson to read the Constitution of the United
States He will there find that each and
every vetoed bill must be considered" by
both houses, and the vote taken upon it by
yeas and nays. There are ninety. four vetoed
pension bills up to date, upon all of which
the Democrats in both houses of Congress will
have to go on the record by name.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

IT is said that the Postmaster general
keeps fully advised of tie doings of the postal
clerks organization. Doubtless he does, and
it is quite certain that the spies who inform
on their fellow-clerks will not be discharged
for their petty meanness. A man who would
issue that private circular of instructions how
to blacken the character of honest men would
not hesitate to put a premium on per6dy of
the kind he now profits by. Sneaks are in
demand in Mr.. Vilass department
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

1T is not worth while, perhaps, to repeat
the old formula that prohibition does not
prohibit" but it is always worth while to
keep before the people the falacy of the belief
that the enactment of prohibitory constitu-
tional amendment, or the passage Of prohib-
tory law, is full and final settlement of the
liquor question. Prohibition does not prohibit
any more than local option prohibits or than
high taxation prohibits. The difference is
only in degree and not in kind, if there be
any difference at ALL To adopt language we
have lately heard, prohibition whisky is just
as bad as local-option whisky or high taxation
whisky, and that there is prohibit
ton whisky is fact not to
be discredited. Indeed, it is proved
by the testimony of Prohibitionists them
selves. In the State Of Maine they have had
prohibitory law for more than thirty years,
and public sentiment is such that the law
would not be repealed. And yet there is whisky,
and plenty of it, in the State Of Maine, just
as there is whisky in the State of Nebraska
under a high-taxation law, or, possibly, in
Georgia, Missouri and Kentucky under local
option laws. It is found necessary to have
Prohibition party in the State Of Maine. 1t
is headed by General Neal Dow, and it has re-
Gently met and nominated candidates for
Office. The candidate for Governor in his
speech accepting the nomination, said: ut is
high time that something should be done in
this State to put down the liquor traffic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

THE 'rock-ribbed' resolutions passed by the
Bynum and Bailey factions, respectively, and
the determination expressed by each to con-
tinue as he has begun, though the heavens
fall call to mind the debating society conun-
drum concerning the probable consequences
when an irresistible force comes in contact
with an immova5le body. In this case, how
ever, room for argument is limited, owing to
the self-evident fact that a Republican VIC
tory will be the result of the collision.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

The labor papers are getting their eyes
opened to the wastefulness and injury of
strikes. The Tocsin, the recognized working
mems organ in Pennsylvania in arecent issue
declares that .tstrikes do not pay" This great
and wholesome fact is being brought home to
workingmen with great force, and when they
learn it thoroughly they will be great deal
better off and great deal better able to main
tain themselves in their just and righteous
contest for betterment of conditions for
themselves. This has been year Of strikes,
few only of which did not fail; the greater
number of them did fail, and in wages alone
the losses of the strikers aggregated many mill
ions of dollars The unproftableness of strikes
has been recently forcibly illustrated by the
failure Of the two great strikes in Troy, N. Y.
The 1000 iron moulders of that city struck
in February for an increase of wages, and
last week they agreed to return to work for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

the old wages against which they struck. On
the same day the strike Of the IL, 800 opera
tives in the collar and laundry works was
brought to an end by the surrender Of the
strikers, who also returned to work at the
prices against which they struck. The loss
of wages suffered by the latter is stated to
amount to 1925, 600, while that of the iron
molders has probably been one-half as much.
Both these ruinous strikes were by order of
the Knights of Labor, whose failures have
been almost universal and most disastrous to
workingmen during their recent labor troubles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

union. is the fact Of their membership suf
fcient cause for their discharge from employ
ment7 If the employer Of these postal clerks
has the right to discharge them for belonging
to union, have all other employers of men
similar right to discharge their men because
they are members of unions9 We would like
fair, square answer to these questions from
the Democratic organs Let us get at the
bottom facts of what the Democracy think of
the right of employees to form unions for their
self-protection and advancement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

The New York World, in lengthy edi-
torial, attempts TO prove that ex-senator Fran
els Herman is in error when he says that if
the nominating conventions were held to-
morrow, the Democrats would at once nomi-
nate Mr.. Cleveland The World does not
think Mr. Cleveland would be the choice of
the Democratic convention, for it is sure that
he is not the choice Of the Democratic party.
In the Worlds opinion, Gov. David Bennett
Hill is the coming Democratic candidate. He
is a real Democrat-one who believes in max
ing the Offices go round, and that is what the
Democratic party wants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

UNIoNTowN. KY. is moving for the establish
ment of new college To this end it is pro-
posed to raise the sum of $4,000, of which $4 900
has been subscribed, leaving but So 900 to secure
The idea is good one. Kentucky needs more IT,
situations that shall be empowered to confer hon
orary degrees upon broken-down preachers and
lawyers. 1t is remarkable that Uniontown does
not make university" Of it. Six thousand dol
lars is q heap of money and they might as well
have university as not.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08
THE Philadelphia Times sees in the Broth

THE Philadelphia Times sees in the Broth
erhood of Railway Postal Clerks an organiza-
ton dangerous to the interests of the country,
and urges the acknowledgement not to palter
with them for single day. "The idea, says
the Times, 'of the postal service of this great
country being at the mercy of secret society
would be nightly absurd if it were not that
it might have such serious consequences 1t
is the opinion Of citizens of this region, who
are forced to suffer from the Generalization of
the service brought about by Mr.. Vilas's dis
regard of law and of his own promises, that
any harm which such brotherhood might
accomplish is as nothing to the injury that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

The estimate of the Rural New Yorker,
made up from reports received from 1000
correspondents, that the wheat crop Of this
year will be about 1876, 600, 900 bushels,
against 357, 100000 last year, is source Of
satisfaction. Though there are always those
who bewail large crop because it reduces
she price per bushel, plenty of everything is
better than higher prices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08
SAYS the Memphis Avalanche, apropos Of ,

SAYS the Memphis Avalanche, apropos of
great many things it sees: 1.-The Democratic
party cannot afford to make any mistakes. 1t
should be the policy of the leaders to heal dis
sensiOns. not TO create and aggravate them"
This is excellent advice; but, so far as this
locality is concerned, we regret to inform the
Avalanche that Democratic leaders are not
success as healers-at least, not when it is
spelled that way. They lack magnetism, or
sonething.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

THE name of Fitz John Porter goes on the
army rolls as colonel, and the widow of the
man who died at Andersonville is deliberately
insulted BY the President announcing public
~ that he Was deserter. So much for ire
FORM The country has had a surfeit of it.
and wants no more.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

A STRANGER rode up to house in the
country, and found the man and woman roll
ing over the ground in an ugly fight. "Hel-
10, says he, who's boss here?" That's
what were trying to decide, stranger" was
the reply, and thestruggle continued. Messrs
Bailey and Bynum are now performing the
boss act with the result still in doubt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

Mr.. MCDONALD is now to be Attorney gen
eral and not Secretary of the Treasury. The
Attorney general has patronage at his dis
posal to the extent Of one janitor and one
doorkeeper. The gates of Eden still seem to
be closed against the Hoosier Democracy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

GEE. JOHN B. GORDON will be the next
Governor of Georgia. 1t was ten-strike to
import Jeff Davis from Beauvoir. Gen. Cor
don is reaping the usufruct Of the Davis
resurrection Yet the South is the only
'4oyal9 portion of the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

BUFFALO claims to have new saloon that has
silver dollars and two $50 gold-pieces embedded
in the thing of the floor, the value Of the coin
thus exposed to the bootheels of its customers
being about $400. 1t would be cheaper, in some
instances, Tor the customers of that place to put
their coin in the thing without the formalitv of
passing it over the bar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

THE cdwardly Democrats in the House of
Representatives do not dare make record
on the pension vetoes. They are afraid to do
what the Constitution demands. Will they
attempt to adjourn with their committee
room full of vetoed bills upon which the con-
stitutional provisions have not been observed?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

may be wrought by Postmaster general
with little principle and an inflated sense Of
his own importance. The interests Of the
community are jeopardized when man Of
small caliber is placed in control Of the vats
postal system
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

LET US understand this matter. We-should
be pleased to have Mr. Villas and his Demo-
cratic friends state whether the postal clerks
have not as much right to form union as the
mOlders the shoemakers the printers. or
any other class of menl If they do form such
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

THE Chicago Anarchists have not been
averse to showing that they are hostile not
only to law and order, but that they hate the
country and its institutions. They not only
decry the laws of the land, but go to the ex-
tent of cursing the land that has afforded
them the shelter they do not deserve. Flying
from some other country, they have sought
and found an asylum here. Now they turn
against the government Of their adoption, and
decry its virtues and advantages At the
Fourth July celebration, held at Chicago
on Monday last, the American flag was shot
at repeatedly as it was being carried at the
head Of procession, several bullets piercing
its folds. The evident purpose of these fell
lows is to tear down all the barriers of the
law, so they may have their own murderous,
thisving way. There is but one way to deal
with them as they deserve, and that is to mete
out to them the fullest sentence of the law every
time they are found guilty of trampling down
its provisions The villains who may be found
guilty of the bomb throwing in the Haymarket
riot should be hanged. Nothing short of that
will have the proper effect on other scoundrels
like disposed in bloodthirstiness This brand
of outlaws are not half so dissatisfied with law
as they are anxious to plumber and to live
without labor. They are not brave, nor
should they be dealt with as brave but mis-
guided men. 1t will be great mistake not
to hang the villains now in custody. 1t will
speed the day when this kind of scoundrelism
will be abandoned. Not one of them should
be allowed to escape
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gun.

THE Democratic House on Tuesday spent an
hour wrangling over one cent in d certain bill,
costing the government in loss of time sever
al hundred dollars This is indeed an era of
reform, but it takes some very eccentric ways
Of declaring itself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

Mr. BEEcHER is described by an English re-
porter as being more unctuous in appearance
than the preachers Londoners are accustomed to
After hearing Americans spoken Of for SO
long time by foreigners as refined and spiritual
in comparison with their English brethren, this
gross characterization of one of our citizens, and
the show preacher at that, comes with quite a
shock to the national sensibilities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

1T seems that the restrictive law, limiting
the tax levy to 80 cents, is the reason why the
County Commissioners and the assessors
must run up the total appraisement of
property. So much money is needed
to conduct the local government, and
since it cannot be raised by an increase in
levy, it must be secured by the process of
initiating the assessments Which leads nat
urally to the inquiry, of what good is q tax
limitation law? What practical bene-
fit to taxpayers is the thirty
three cents limit if the appraisement
is swelled so as to make the taxes as high as
they would be under 6fty-cent levy were the
appraisements in indianapolis and in Marion
county 'equalized' with the appraisements Of
other towns and counties of the State. And
this naturally enough brings the citizen and the
taxpayer to the point to which everything
must finally come. There is but little use in
making artificial limitations and erecting arti-
fetal dykes against the food-tid of expense
in local administration. The only real, prac-
teal, thorough remedy is in the development
and maintenance Of a sound public opinion
that will give to local affairs their due and
proper prominence, and will invest
the elections at which local officers
are chosen with more Importance than
attaches to the election of Governors, and
Presidents and congressman. The officers
that have to do with the citizens comfort and
the taxpayers money are the local officers, and
yet, as rule. there is the smallest compare
tive interest taken in their choice The best
tax limitation is the selection of local officers
that will give to city, township and county an
administration of affairs upon the basis of the
strictest business intelligence and integrity
the election Of men of broad and comprehen-
sive business views and Of the highest charac-
ter, who would regard public trust as one to
be discharged with even greater fidelity than
they devote to their private business. If such
a state of affairs could obtain, tax limitations
and appraisement "equalizations" would be of
the smallest value Taxes would be kept down
to the lowest point consistent with an honest,
practical, sagacious conduct of the public
business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

THE opponents of Mr.. Bynum do not seem
to scare worth cent Mr.. Bailey is still in
the field, and gives promise of remaining
there until after the election. Mr.. Bynum's
title as boss of the Democratic party in this
district has not yet been confirmed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND says that senti-
ments Of extreme tenderness and considera-
tion toward those who fought their country's
battles are common to all good citizens. As
the President has given every evidence of
holding neither of these sentiments, it is evil
dent that he is not to be classed among the
good citizens.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

JUsT what there is peculiarly significant"
in the denanciation of home rule by the do
cesar synod Of Ontario is not so clearly appar
ent at this end Of the line as it seems to be to
the Journals correspondent. 1t could hardly
have been expected that that body would
indorse the measure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

WHAT is American dignity worth, that a
power like Canada can repeatedly defy the
United States by Selling the shipping Of citi-
zens Of this coantryg
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

WILLIAM JACKS, NJ p. for the Leith boroughs,
Scotland, and who was defeated by Gladstone
for reelection at the great parliamentary con-
test. will visit friends in Fort Wayne this fall,
and make o speech before the Caledonan Club.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

FOURTH OIL ULY returns indicate that the
toy pistol did not accomplish its usual perfect
work this season. Far the greater number of
fatalities were achieved with the playful shot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

PAUL H. HAYNE the Southern poet, is
dead.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08

WHEN win work on the new depot begin'
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THURSDAY, JULY 8. 1886.
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hauled log through the trench. and thus saved
the corn. The bugs throngsd into the trench
by millions. but they never got out The log
did the business
AN oRTHoGRAPHIcAL oDDTTY.
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To read. and to write, and to sumb
Fell into disgrace
And lost good place,
BY being too fond of his rumb.
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