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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07
COMMENT AND OPINION.

AS yet there has been strike for an increase
of the wages of sin. -PhiIadelphia Times
THE country does not need any more law. All
it requires is more order.-New York Tribune
Iowa Democrats are reported "hopeful" They
hone most who hope earliest-Boston Adver-
tser.
EVERY strike that resorts to riot Is an argu
ment against strikes and strikers.-Philadelphi
Times.
Mr.. JEFFERSON DAVIS Is the last and greatest
of Southern caiamities-New York Mail and
Express.
EVERY man has a right to work whore, when.
for whom and at what rate of wages he chooses.
Chicago News.
LAw-REsPEcTISG labor organizations must side
with the law now, or bear the stigma of anarch-
ism.-Chicago Mail
ORE thing is certain: The JEFF Davis boom has
greatly off set the Garland pressure on the dod-
dering Democracy. -Philadelphia Press.
THE strikers think the two off-hours never
would be missed. but they want to be paid for
them all the san:e.-PhiladelDhia Inquirer.
NOTHING in the history Of the strike upon the
Gould roads in the Southwest became its mana
gers like the ending Of it.-Cleveland Leader
If we will not keep the Sabbath holy, we may
at least continue to keep it sober and innocent OF
offense to those who do keep 1t holy.-Brooklyn
Union.
THE Knights Of Labor profess to taboo the sa-
loon keepers but the latter will get the chief ad
vantage Of the strikes. in all probability. -Bos-
ton Transcript
ONE great obstacle in the way of tho general
adoption Of the eighthour system at this time is
the oversupply of labor. With half million or
more unemployed workmen in the country. who
would be glad 70 Get sseady employment for zen
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be adjusted in peaceablc and altogether more
rational way.
THE character of the rioting ruffians at Mil

THE character of the rioting rufians at Mil
waukee is very much the same as that Of their
Chicago confreres. Read the names of those
that were injured in their conflict with the
authorities: Michael Ruchalski, Franz Kuck-
ell, Martin Jankowikow, Kasimer Dudek, AL
bert Erdmann, Franz Nowatsk, John Osinski,
Fred Goldbeck, John Maszke. Thereneed be no
prejudice because they are foreigners. That is
no offense. But these murderous fellows bear
theear-marks of having come to this country to
escape well-nerited punishment in some
other. They are a curse to the cause Of
American labor, and no man can afford to
give them encouragement
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THE man mean enough to say that the cause
of the Union was better than that of the Re-
bellion, at this juncture is very offensive to
the Democrats and their allies, the mugwumps
The thing to do is to keep still while treason
is being canonized, or to admit that it is a
shame that the Immortal principles" for
which the South fought did not obtain. No
man who believed in the cause of the Union
has any right to be heard at a time when the
South is denouncing the Union soldier as a
murderer and invader.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

In the early sixties this Nation sacrificed
hundreds of thousands of precious lives to
save the Union from the onslaught of an
armed and desperate band Of traitors In 1886
the survivors of that Infamous conspiracy dare
to ostentatiously boast of the glory and i'm
mortality of the ''cause" for which they
fought. Who can say but twenty years hence
the scoundrels who are numbering by means
Of dynamite bombs shall not be encouraged to
publicly glorify over it9 Monuments to Spies,
Fielden and Most would be about the proper
thing according to this idea. In those days
the man who presumes to criticise such acts
will be rebuked for waving the "bloody shirt. "
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

THE London Telegraph makes sorry mess
of its comments on the labor troubles in this
country. The Irish have had very little to
do with it, and the Gladstone business moth
ing at all. Give the Irish anything like fair
chance and they are not turbulent. They
have never been conspirators against the land
of their adoption. They like to fight as well
as anybody, but in America they have never
been base enough to resort to the methods Of
the Anarchist. There are some mighty faith
full Irishmen on the Chicago police force, and
drawer men cannot be found.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

JUST as the Presidents determination to
abandon the mugwumps and heed their ad-
vice no longer had been given out it was
very unkind of Mr. Dana, of the Sun, to say
that, in his opinion, the Democratic party
would be great deal better off if Mr.. Cleve-
land had never been elected And to go to
Washington and say it to his face, as it We're
too was the more unfeeling The difficulty
the President has in establishing harmonious
relations with anybody outside of the Folsom
family must be a source of great concern to
all sympathetic souls.
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meetings at Chicago for years, being, indeed,
one of the most vehement advocates of dyna-
mite to be found in the entire Socialistic col
ony.y This were enough reason to detain her,
we should think, unless the law is again to be
made a burlesque by allowing such wretches
to escape on senseless technicalities. They
should be rooted out to the very bottom, and
the women among them should not be spared
They are often the worst Of the gang, without
the encouragement of whom the conspiracy
would often fall to the ground Let none of the
wretches escape without paying an adequate
penalty This country has seen what it costs
to exercise leniency that has the effect of en-
couraging the repetition of the worst crimes
that can be committed by man.
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order) by the use Of daggers revoivers and dy-
Mantle. and whose crimes are elorifed as heroic
achievements by Socialistic organs
If native Americans are at loss to distin-
euish Socialists from Anarchists, we cannot be
surprised in the least. as naturalized Americans
are placed in the same predicament
So long as Socialists win march under the red
flag Of Anarchism and cheer the speeches Of
anarchical inciters so long as their organs pro-
mote warfare against all existing institutions.
and can only find salvation for their party in
general subverson. the people are justified in
not making any distinction between a Socialist
and an Anarchist.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

IT will be shameful if the arrested Anarch-
lists at Chicago be not summarily dealt with.
A special term of court should be called and
their cases attended to at once. They were
caught in the act of melting riot and insur-
rection, and should be made to suffer for it.
Prompt punishment viii prove mercifur in
that it will serve to give others to understand
that they cannot keep at these things without
mourning the certainty of being arrested and
punished according to their deserts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

THE colored people of the District of CO.
lumbia are reported to be very indignant be-
cause the President has vetoed bill author
izing the surrender of the bodies of criminals
and paupers to the hospitals in Washington
The bill was in the interest of the negroes
whose cemeteries are desecrated and robbed
without interference from the authorities
The veto is little hard upon the colored
population, but it disposes at once of the
charge that the President has no regard for
his party. He thinks enough, at any rate, of
the individual members who are starving to
death around the capital while waiting for
Offices to take care that they shall not go to
the dissecting- table when they have given up
the ghost.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

THE Democratic party has been in power
one short year. The rebels are coming out of
their holes and are publicly talking the same
old treason. The rebel flag is Haunted and
the rebel yell is heard in the Democratic
strongholds of the South. In every speech
made during jeff Davis's triumphal march the
Union soldier and his cause have been de-
nounced For If the South was right the
North was wrong; if the rebel cause was just
and holy, the Union cause was unjust and un~
holy; if the rebels fought in self-defense the
war for the Union was wrong in law and NOR
ais. The reasonable and dangerous senti-
ments being uttered every day and night in
Alabama and Georgia are not merely the
utterances of the speakers. The reception
given them show that they are the popular,
prevailing sentiments of the South to-day.
The accidental success of the Democratic party
has brought about this state of things.
It's success has revived the lost cause.
AS things are going, it won't be
long before the Democratic leaders
will be denouncing tie Union soldiers as
Lincoln dogs" and "hirelings," as they did
during the war. When the pictures of Cleve
land, Lee and jeff Davis are publicly exhibit
ed together it is time for the self-respecting,
Union-loving Democrats of the North to con-
slider how long and how far they will follow a
party whose teachings bear such bitter fruit.
Every evening when the sun goes down it is
found that the day has given multiplied
proofs of the utter incapacity of the Demo
cratic party for government. In every di-
rection its incapability is manifest 1t is or
ganized for spoils alone, and it spoils every
thing it touches. 1t has succeeded in nothing
but bringing about general unrest and dis
turbance in public and business affairs. The
Democratic party is wrecker, not builder.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

The sheer of certain selfappointed critics
in this city at the taste and education of the
people of indianapolis was as mean bit of
egotistic spleen as has ever sought to slur the
music-loving public. The attendance at the
Mapleson operas was limited for other reasons
than that the people of this city did not know
what was really excellent It is needless to
enter into recital of what these reasons were;
the public knows already. But it now APP
pears that the Mapleson company is meeting
with about the same reception at Cincinnati,
and for the same reasons that it did not do
better here. 1t is useless to attempt to deny
that that organization is playing under a
cloud, undeserved, it may be- and in truth is,
but it is under cloud all the same, and it will
take time to remove it. Those who did at
tend the operas presented by that company
while in this city manifested as fine apprecia
ton and discrimination, perhaps, as could the
people of any community. The applause was
generous and well directed. The members of
that company have no reason to complain Of
their reception by the Indianapolis public on
this point. To say that Mr.. Gilmore of the
famous Gilmore band, arranged his programme
as it was, because Of the reception given the
Mapleson company, is an insult to the intelli-
gence and culture of the city, as. untrue as it
was uncalled for. A large audience gathered
to hear the magnificent band, because of the
uniqueness of the entertainment, and the GER
tainty of its excellence Colonel Mapleson
came to this city when the music-loving pub
lie were possessed of the idea that the organi-
cation was crippled, and that the leading art
lists would not appear, by reason of the rumor
that it had been playing to losing business.
Then, too, the extraordinary price demanded
for seats kept very many away, SO that, all
things considered, it was not surprising that
no larger audiences were in attendance. AS
to the arrangement of Mr.. Gilmore's pro-
gramme, we do not think that Maplesons re-
ception had anything to do with it; and to
complain that there was not enough classical
music in it, especially when such complaint is
made by persons who could not distinguish a
barcarolle from dead-matoh, is to wantonly
reflect upon the indianapolis public, and to
place 1t in light it does not occupy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

IHE amlable editor or the New York sun
appears to be very greatly worked up over the
tenor of the expressions Of the Journal in re-
gard to JEFF Davis, the ovations in his honor,
the tributes to the Confederate cause and flag,
and the general condition Of public opinion
of the South as expressed by the orators and
editors Of that section during the last week
or two Amongst other expressions the editor
that it is not too late to hang him ~ eff.
Davis] yet, and classes the Journal with a
lot of hebetudinous cranks Now the Journal
does not recall any expression of its own, and
certainly none of Mr.. News, about hanging
jeff. Davis or any one else. But since the
Sun has seen fit to put the name of John G.
New personally in its editorial mention on
this subject, the Journal will reply by saying
that either Mr.. Dana the editor of the Sun,
or jeff Davis ought to have been hung for
the crime Of murder or treason long ago.
jeff. Davis was educated by the United States
as cadet at West Point, to enter which in
stitution he was sworn to obey the Constitu-
ton and laws of the United States He was
Senator of the United States, and held other
offices, to enter which he took like oaths.
Subsequently Mr.. Davis seeded from the
United States, along with the Confederate
States. He, or they. inaugurated war. The
first act of aggression, the first gun fred, was
by confederate, inspired by the acts and ad-
vice of jeff Davis. This was either
right or wrong. Mr.. Dana, the editor Of the
Sun, was made an Assistant Secretary of
War of the United States, and he was good,
loyal and efficient one By the advice, coun-
sci and direction Of Mr.. Dana, war was de-
clared on Mr.. Davis and his following Men
were killed-thousands upon thousands of
them-families were broken up, q world of
woe and destruction followed, lasting more
than four years Millions upon millions Of
money was expended, and the pages of pre-
ceding history had not recorded the grief,
sorrows and crimes that followed the contests
and conflicts between Mr.. Davis, OH one side,
and Mr.. Dana, on the other Now, one or
the other of these men was wrong; they could
not both have been right. Whichever one
was wrong was guilty Of being accessory, at
least, of murder, arson, treason, and every
other crime that follows causeess war. One OF
the other of these men ought to have been
shot or hung Mr.. Dana may make his
selection.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

THE Chicago Mail inquiries: 'Where are
The great men of the labor unions in this city7
Where are the men who can take this emer-
gency in their grasp and strangle itf' With
out being able to answer definitely, the indi-
cations are that the great men wanted are
hiding behind the back door or under the bed
Modesty, or something, keeps the LEADERS of
the laboring men from coming to the front in
such emergencies.
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ton, "Do you consider yourself martyr?'
said: "Of course. What else would you call
it." Then, appearing to realize that the in
fanny of his offense would render such re-
ply preposterous, continued with laugh:
mo. l am no martyr. We are all children
of circumstanc es." Circumstances have been
particularly unkind to this fellow, making
him as contemplate a scoundrel as remains
unhung. If he gets his dues he will be
hanged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

THE workingman who has a little home, or
who is in a fair way to get one paid for, as
thousands of them are, should hesitate before
putting all in jeopardy at the bidding of any
man or men. 1t is foolish thing to 60 to the
aid of man who is less efficient or more prof
ligatc. The man who has no home in this
country, and no prospect Of any, is making
poor use of his opportunities; and others who
are moro temperate should not be deceived by
his plea that he has no chance to improve his
condition. There are wrongs against labor, as
there are against all other classes Of society, in
one shape OF another, but it were foolish to 90
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

IT were impossible to speak too highly in
praise of the gallant conduct of the Chicago
police on the occasion Of the throwing of the
dynamite bomb, by the explosion of which SO
terrible havoc was calculated to strike dismay
to the hearts of the boldest. Had these
faithful men lost their courage at that-critical
moment there is no saying where the trouble
would have ended, for the miscreants who
hurled it would have been emboldened to have
carried their work of death and DESTRUCTION to
the extreme The heroic conduct of the Chi
cago police has robbed the dynamiter of the
power he imagined he possessed, and demon
strated to him that the law cannot be ridden
down by any set Of men, however determined
and murderoas they may he. Too much can
not be done for the survivors of that fearful
ordeal, and the families of such as werekilled
should be amply provided for. The people of
Chicago and of the country at large cannot
afford to have the victims Of this diabolism
suffer. Right royalty is the city of Chicago
responding to the subscription for this pur-
pose, and already good sum has been real
lied. It should be speedily increased, as an
evidence of the feeling Of the people in SYM
pathy with the men who proved as heroic as
men ever were under such trying circum-
ctancas
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long

issued circular that is an almost verbatim
copy of that which wrought the Chicago mob
into the fury that resulted in the murder Of
the gallant police officers The authors of it
should be hunted down and held to account
ability. A point might be stretched in the
law to secure justice and in protecting the
public peace.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

The workingmen of this country have no
excuse for resorting to violence and force.
They are in sufficient numbers to make any
kind of law they may wish. That is, they
can if they can command the majority, with
out which they can never succeed in any
event. An orderly settlement of labor troubles
Is the only kind that will last.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

1.-THE moral effect of the militia" says the
Milwaukee Sentinel, twas tremendous" The
language of the gun-barrel is one that the
most ignorant and stupid Anarchist can under
stand If the authorities at Chicago had
realized this fact as early in the fray as did
Governor Rusk, of Wisconsin, the list of
wounded and dead would have not been so
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

In San Francisco, at time when thieves
do as they pleased and human life was not Sc
cure, the people took the case into their own
hands The law was enforced without the
fOrmalty of tedious and expensive trials, and
order was restored. History may repeat it's
aH in Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

Justice, liberty and equality" is the war
ery of some of the Socialistic societies to which
the foreign gentlemen engaged in the Chicago
riots belong. Messrs Spies, Schwab and
brethren will perhaps feel, as they gaze from
behind the bars of the Chicago Jail, that they
have not attained full measure of success in
enforcing those noble principles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

Mr. CHARLES A. DANA was called to Wash
ington to testify in the Pan-electric case, but
IL the President took advantage of the occa-
sion to invite him TO dine at the White House
and to meet Mr.. Garland, the circumstance
has been overlooked by the correspondents
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A SINGULAR statement is made in connec-
ton with the arrest of the wife of Parsons,
the leader of the murderous dynamiters, that
she was released because there was not
enough evidence to justify her detention. In
the same paragraph It is stated that she ''hss
figured conspicuoosly In the weekly socialistic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

NOTHING less than hanging will do justice
TO the Chicago assassins. They deserve death,
and to fail to hang them would be a serious
miscarriage of justice Let there be no talk
about Imprisonment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

AN application of cold water would cool the
6ery ardor Of the untamed Chicago Anarchist
Us soon as anything The lake is convenient
and the experiment might be tried without
trouble or expense
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

MAYOR HARRISON has caused the Moody
meetings to close, but the saloons continue to
run full time.
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,-4as dealing with organized bodies of assassins
the authorities should not be slow to resort to
The rifle and revolver. It is mistaken leniency
to fire into the air.
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ONE of the most esteemed citizens of Indi

annapolis sends the following note:
'Your article in this mornings Journal,
The Wind and the Whlrlwind says what
wished to say. and says it so much better than
could have said it, that am impelled to
thank you heartily for it. Your positions are
right, the tone is right and the times are
right for saying just what you said, and re-
peating it, and applying it to every new
emergency that may arise while our country
is purging itself of the diseases imported from
the old world"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

AUGUST SPIES, the imported miscreant at
Chicago, who has done SO much to stir up
civil strife. when interviewed 1t the station
house after bis arrest. in reply to the ques-
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AS convincing argument in riotous strikes
the musket cannot be exceled
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A NEW YoRK naner explaining that it Is diff

A NEW YORK paper, explaining that it is diff
cult, If not impossible, to quench thirst with
water. offers the following prescription: Throw
slice of bread upon burning Goals, and when it
is afiame throw it into tumbler of water. This
remedy has been tested and has proved excel
lent" It is difficult to believe that such an ex-
pertinent would do any good. What possible
effect could the throwing of slice of burning
bread into tumbler of water have upon the
thirst of the SPECTATOR We suppose that were
two slices thrown into glass. the thirst of two
individuals would be quenched. Or, would it
take two tumblers Of water2
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THE Mayor of Chicago is too good talker.
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HANGING besis what is needed in Chicago
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The hemp is good enough for dynamiters
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If the eightbour movement can survive tn
rot' that is being written about it of late, it cal
live through anything
This is evidently case of introspection.
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