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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19
3 WE MOBOCRATS2

In the lynching of murderer Epps, at Vim
cennes, by a mob from Greene county, an ad-
ditional stain of dishonor has been placed on
the fame of the entire State of Indiana. 1t
helps confirm the increasing impression abroad
that lawlessness is the rule here, and that the
people Of Indiana prefer the excitement and
shame of a cowardly midnight l~ynching to an
orderly execution of the finding Of the law
and the courts. Verbal argument with such
men as constitute mobs has proved without
avail. Only too many of them do not read,
and some cannot. AS a rule, with few excep-
tons, mobs are made up of very questionable
men. The murderous instinct has to be
largely developed to make a lynching a sue
cess. Without knowing any Of the
men engaged in the hanging of Epps,
it is safe to say that the lynchers were not all
'thonest farmers" Men Of peace may be
deeply stirred by such an atrocious murder,
but they are not quite SO quick to volunteer
to act as h~angnlen. 1t is an Office that few
men seek, and its stern duty is generally very
distasteful to any but the most hardened. It
is demonstrated once more that it is folly to
waste words with lynchers. A man willing
to anticipate the work of the sheriff is not to
be reasoned with. The law should lay hold of
him. The world at large may well believe
that the people of this State were shocked
and Mortified over the awful crime of this
miscreant. But the onus Of his crime was
upon him only. The shame was not on the
people, But now the lynchers take a hand
and perpetrate a second murder, this time in
the interest of law and order! They are care
full, however, not to assume the responsibility,
but are masked, and it is given out that they
are farmers, representative citizens of Indiana.
Thus the reputation Of all the people is
smirched with the suspicion of murder perpe-
trated by men only too anxious to get chance
to take human life without the hardihood to
abide tie consequences. Thus the people at
large, the tens and hundreds of thousands,
who would recoil from such bloody and brutal
work, are made to suffer in reputation through
the misdeeds of a few disreputable fellows
who engage in lynchings because they feel
that there is no danger in the work.
1t does not appear that the people Of Greene
county have been gradually driven to this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

Opening OF Sermon on sunday in Chicago.
Now l want to SOY to all the mothers who
have babies, and have no nurses TO leave them
with. that l want you to come and bring your
babies with YOU If they cry. why, / guess 1
can talk louder than they can cry. Well have
some good Christian ladies below. who will take
care of your babies for you, or. if you don't
want to leave them, you may keep them up here
and walk the aisles with them. IF that makes
anybody too nervous to stay. they can go away.
and mothers to get tickets, so that they can give
them to their husbands and sons. They have
influence with them. and can get them to come
here. where, perhaps. they will be saved. We
want to reach the outlying masses. That's what
/ have come to Chicago for.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

mode Of protecting themselves. There has
been no organized crime that defed and de-
feated officers and courts of justice. A brutal,
vicious, scoundrelly negro murdered his en-
ployer, and, possibly, attempted to outrage
his wife. He is pursued, overtakep and
placed in Jail. With the evidence of his
guilt established beyond the possibility of
his escaping on a technicality, the people of
Indiana had this trembling wretch safely in
the grip of the law. There was absolutely no
escape for him. His trial was morally certain
to result in conviction. All that was neces-
sary was for the people Of Greene county to
await the outcome Of the trial, when the APP
pointed officer, Under direction of court and
in the solemn discharge of his duty to the
people, would have hanged the condemned
man in the manner prescribed by statute. All
this would nave been done in the interest of
peace and order, and after it was over the
people of Greene county would have felt
avenged without the shame of having the
stain Of two murders to their credit.
Every man engaged in this lynching should
be apprehend and made to feel that he has
committed a very grave offense against the
peace and dignity Of the State. When once
it is established that organized murder viii
not be tolerated, the courts should remove the
only apology for mob law by the prompt and
effective enforcement Of equal and exact JUS
tice in every case brought to trial. 1t is quite
evident that there should be more hanging in
order that there may be fewer murders, IF
there must be hangings, let them be con-
Quoted under the form Of law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
Civil.service Commissioner Edgerton stood at
WIZARDS counter, tonight. when the Enquirer
asked: "Whenis Dorman B. Eaton going tc re-
signf"
oh, | don't know" said the Indiana Commits
sloner, but / imagine. now that he is confirmed,
he is willing to go. and | should not be surprised
IT he should resign very soon."
"How do new the Commissioners like EatonP
was asked.
'Oh, fairly well. How he can talk, though!
/ don't know but one man that can out-talk
him. and that is his colleague, NJ Trenholm
us he much Of a talker2' l asked.
''Oh. yes" he replied. "He can Guido Eaton.
He is also we'll read. He can write learned dis
questions on the silver question. and, for that
on any question of public policy"
asked Mr.. Edgerton if he felt at home in his
new Office.
Oh, yes," he said. 81 feel comfortable, but
we ought to have q new Office. Where we are
now is out of the way. We want about ten
rooms somewhere IN the central part of the city,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19
in this case.

COLONEL WooLEY'S assertion that Donavin
has only told one-eighth of the truth in regard
to the corruption of the Democratic legislators
of Ohio, does not necessarily indicate that the
irate bass-singer was a ~homepathist in his use
of facts. He did not dilute the truth, but
merely essayed to give it in broken doses, and
the effect so far shows that one-eighth was
xather a powerful portion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

practiced extensively in other States for sew
eral years, has been repeatedly exposed in the
columns of the Journal, and readers of the
paper, profting by the warning, nave declined
to be victimized by the agents for this won
derful grain when they made their appear
ance. Judging by the reports, however, the
rascals are reaping a tolerably rich harvest in
i~lliterate districts throughout the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19
The Philosophy of Boycotting.
70 York Evening post

1t [she ordering of a boycott on Chicago
prison-made shoes will probably run its course,
and end in a larger demand for prison shoes than
ever, for two reasons: First, because it adyer.
tises the firms making them as furnishing a
cheaper article, and second, because the public
are just waking up to the philosophy of boycott
ing, and are beginning to extend their sympa-
thy to boycottees without much regard to the
merits of the particular cases. The Fifth
ne Hotel. for instance. since the boycott was
ordered on it, has been the recipient of q largo
amount of patronage from persons who never
went there before, and who have taken pains to
state that they had transferred their patronage
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

The public is prepared to believe the Inter
Ocean when it says ''The ~wOrkingmen of Chi
cago are not parties to any of the criminal en-
terprises' there. The real workingman sell
dom takes part in anything looking to violence
or the infringement of the recognized rights
of others. Chicago papers have lone wrong
in advertising the idle vaporings Of vicious
mAn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19
THE CARE OF PUBLIC MONEYS.

The law and system practiced under the
law for the custody of the public moneys Of
the people of Indiana, State, county, town
ship and city, are about as inefficient and de-
the State Treasurer is required by statute to
keep the money of the State in his personal
custody at the State Treasury. AS Treasurer
he gets a salary Of 49, 600, and is given two
clerks at salaries below the compensation of
bank clerks or mercantile clerks, who have
less responsibility. The custody Of the money
is imposed upon the Treasurer without a
burglar-proof safe, or even one fairly fire.
proof, and without any compensation for a
single night Waterman. The Treasurer of State
is required to give a bond of a very large sum
say, 500, 000-for the benefit Of the State,
and to provide which he has to call upon
his friends. The salary paid will not justify
him in employing watchmen and fremen to
guard the State building in which the Treas
ury is located; so, of course, he deposits the
money in bank, or places it where he thinks it
will be safe, and he would be foolish if he did
not. The county treasurer, say Of Marion
county, gives a pond of a million dollars or
more for the safe custody of the money that
comes into his hands by reason of his Office,
and Of course he places it where, in his judy
ment, it is safe. The city treasurer of Indian
apolis did the same thing; he has no salary,
but is paid exclusively by fees. He is
responsible for all the money belong
ing to the city. OF course he
exercises his judgment in the deposit of city
funds in such banks or securities as he
thinks best and safest. Now, if a State,
county or city treasurer acts as a trustee, in
good faith and without being paid a compen-
sation that would be sufficient to make him a
guarantor or insurer, and in the exercise of a
reasonable business discretion a loss occurs,
without fraud or connivance on his part, it is
certainly a very doubtful question, in morals,
if mott in law, whether the public are not as
blamable as the officer, and if the loss should
not fall on the public rather than on the officer
or his s~ureties, who did the best they could
under the law and the surroundings.
If the public, by reason of its parsimonious
treatment, forces a treasurer to loan the
money in his possession for interest, out of
which he must pay at least part of the neces-
sary expenses of his trust, the public knowing
this fully and completely, and, in fact,
~auctioneering off the office to the highest bid
der, with the understanding that he is to make
money out Of the funds, are not the people
jointly liable with him for any loss that may
result by reason Of the methods they compel
him to adopt, providing the officer has acted
with good faith and integrity This article
has no reference to any particular case that
may be now pending; but its suggestions are
such as should be carefully considered by the
people. The whole treasury system needs
radical and complete revision.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

from other hotels to It on account Of the boy
colt. The Fifth-avenue people have learned q
fact of great importance in what we may call
advertising circles" VIZ, that the best adverl
tisement is the one which comes spontaneously
from some interesting fact which all the news.
papers are obliged to write about This principle
will work more effectively form. ID. Wells e Co.
OF Chicago, one of the boycottsd shoe firms,
than any exhortation based upon the abstract
principles of political economy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

THE President will make a serious mistake.
if he cautiously antagonizes the Senate. That
body has the confirming of executive APP
pointees, and it is its p~rerogative to insist that
they shall be of the proper kind. It has the
right to make careful inquiry into this branch
sof the Presidents business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

THE ice crop is reported ruined at Wabash,
and a special from there says that Indiana's
supply will come from Michigan and Wiscon-
sin. The dealers there must have been very
allow to avail themselves Of the opportunity.
Hundreds Of thousands of tons have been Sc
cured in this part of the State, and of excel
lent quality. There will be no excuse for
fancy prices next summer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

THIS kind Of Irish item is now appearing:
sFour disguised men stopped a mail-car at
Listowe, in the County of Kerry, covered the
driver with a revolver, and opened and
searched the mail-bags for writs of ejectment."
Is this the year 1S03G-New York Sun.
No, it is 1886 in Ireland as well as here.
The trouble is that Ireland is very like SON
portions of the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

In a recent interview M. De Lesseps is rep
resented as saying that the Panama canal will
be finished by the end of 1888, and it will be
opened formally at the end Of the rainy season
of 1889. He will please not be offended if we
rnalizad
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

THE publishers of county weeklies who have
printed the Journals prospectus in their papers
without authority from this office are hereby in
formed that such publication does not entitle
them to an exchange. The Journal is necessari-
ly compelled to limit its exchange list, and.
therefore. reserves the right to select the papers
in which it wishes it's advertising done.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

MAcK1N's case, on appeal, is before the
Illinois Supreme Court. Mackin made a mis-
take in not taking up residence at Cincinnati.
There an expert changes ''726" to 1926, and
the Democratic candidates claim election on
the single stroke of q pen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

The Weekly Journal comprises twelve pages
Of carefully selected reading matter, and has no
superior as a paper for the farmer. It contains
all the current news mp to the date of issue, and
a vast quantity of the best literature of the lime
The sermons of DR.. Dewitt c. Talmage are reg
larly printed in the Weekly Journal. The Week
ly Journal is furnished at the low price of 81 per
unar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

AS in all the fine arts, Paris excels in as
sassination. The work done in railway car
riages is neat, safe and expeditions. NJ. Bar
reme was murdered, robbed and pitched out
of the car within twelve minutes after the
sAraiu afartad
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

The Chicago grand jury has very properly
andicted ''Dr." Bartholdi, if reports be true.
1T is told of him that through his ignorance
several cases of smallpox have been contracted
and a death or two has resulted. It will do to
investigate. The people should be protected
from ~pretenders. ''The best is none too good"
in this case
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

THE Washington Post recommends the build
ing of a private presidential residence, and the
using Of the present executive mansion exclu-
sively for Office purposes and official receptions.
IT. isn't a bad plan. If pushed through Congress
now, and carried into effect promptly, the resi-
dence might be made ready for occupancy by the
Republican President in '89.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

The farmers who are "too poor to take a
newspaper and who think money spent for
this purpose a useless extravaganza, are the
ones who are being taken in by the Bohemian
oats swindlers. This fraud, which has been
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

AN Oil City. Pa. paper has the following: mo
toll will be taken at the Petroleum bridge to-day,
out OF respect to the memory Of the late Mrs.
Beers" This method of mourning will tend to
cause a desire among Oil City travellers that
Mrs. Beerses should die often.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

THE Rev. James G. Clarke, pastor of the
Methodist Church at Hazelton, Pa, has been &C.
quilted Of the charge of stealing eggs. We are
glad OF it. No self-respecting minister will be
guilty of stealing eggs. Few of them would
care to interfere with the processes Of nature
until the egg had accomplished its mission on
earth. The egg has little temptation for a
preacher compared with the chicken.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

Now that he's put several thousand miles be-
tween him and the polyglot editor Of the New
York Herald, Judge Stallo declares that he can
speak Italian. French. Spanish and German. If
he learned his French from American bills of
fare he will starve to death at a European hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

THE Paris correspondent of the New York
Herald, In giving an account of an attempted
assassination in a French railway carriage.
gravely declares that the would be murderer
and his victim glared at each other like chiens
de faience. las France no law against thisS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

Hon. B. S. PARKER delivered his 'Talk on
Canada and the Canadians" at Mt. Summit, Ind,
Saturday night. to a good audience, notwith-
standing the terrible state of the weather. The
lecture was such a success that the people there
have arranged for it's repetition under more fa-
yorable circumstances.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19
THE Millinery Trade Review points ont I

The Millinery Trade Review points out that
the weapons which are to deal the death blow to
polygamy are nothing more nor less than the
fashion plate and its resulting CONNECTIONS" in
the way of dress. A few years ago Mormon
women in Utah were distinguishable from gen.
tiles by the shabbiness of their costume, but
now, in the vernacular of the street. they have
caught on" and the wives of the saints vie with
each other in the richness Of their apparel. No
man in ordinary circumstance can afford to
keep more than one wife in fashionable attire.
and if the women insist upon applying the pro-
ceeds of their individual labor to replenishing
their wardrobes instead Of d~utifully turning
them over to the husband, one Of the strongest
props of polygamy is knocked out. The spring
bonnet has its uses even in the missionary field.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

BISMARCK is no hog when it comes to ocean
islands, and he always takes Samoa whenever
he feels that way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

EDNA LYALL has written "a novel of high
character" entitled Donovan" 1t is not dedi-
Gated to Senator Payne.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

ANEW YORK paper, fred with the American
idea, calls for some one to write the American
opera, and suggests 1.-THE Last of the Mohicans"
as a theme. This subject would involve the
introduction of war-dances. with the performers
in costumes more airy than even the continental
spangled tights, which scenes, in addition to
scalping matches, would have the merit of origin.
ality. if not of aboriginality. on the operate
stage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

PAULINE LUccA will not be able to sing again
this winter. In fact she will be lucky if she
ever sings again for mortals. When she arrived
in Vienna she was in such a feeble condition that
she had to be carried out of the train.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

WE trust that Mayor Harrison has not been
passed by in the distribution of tickets to the
Moody revival meetings. Strange as the state
ment may seem, no Chicagoan is in greater need
of grace.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

A GREAT interest has manifested itself In
chess circles over the result of the Zukertort-
Steinitz games. but we have not observed any
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

THE New York Post. mentioning the superior
ity of silver currency over paper in point of
cleanliness, suggests that the objection to carry
ing the clumsy. heavy silver dollars may be
overcome by using half-dollars instead. The
difference in weight and ''clumsiness' between
two half dollars and a single silver coin Of equal
value with both Is not perceptible to the ordinary
sense of "hefE" but perhaps the editor of the
Post does not contemplate carrying more than
one half dollar at a time. Can the exigencies of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19

frantic desire on the part Of amateur printers to
get the earliest returns from the type-setting
contest in Chicago. Type-setting Is q useful
pursuit, and no one gets excited over it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19
MOB law is a disgrace to civilization.

The law respected and sustained is the sure
safeguard of the people. Mob law is no law
at all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19
The Weekly journal.

Telephone Calls.
Business Office -..... 23S Editorial Rooms......242
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Car be found at the following places:
JONDON-American Exchange in Europe. 449
Strand.
~PARTs-American Exchange in Paris. IS Boulevard
des Capucines.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-30
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
Cast of the Green Lanes To
morrow.
STEPHENS SONGS IN DEMAND.
ro-morrow st the Theatre-stephens
and the Publishsrs-Barrett-
Johnson's Death.

Very little need be said concerning
the two theatrical performances to
morrow. The reputation of the Home
Dramatic Club and the recollection of
the unqualified hit the Green Lanes
formerly made will be sufficient without
doubt to draw out two good audiences.
Yesterdays advance sale, Treasurer
Rossiter states, was quite Hattering.
The distribution of characters in this
drama will be somewhat different to
anything the amateurs have OF late at
tempted. Mr.. Spencer, in place of the
skyIarking he has recently do:e in the
Mikado, Confusion and the Pirates, will
be seen in one of his old time, black
browed villeins whose very thought is
gore. Mr.. Wells gives mp the comedy
line also to go into that Of the heroic, and
he will be seen in the Green Lanes as
the leading Juvenile. Mr.. Young en-
acts the rugged old miller, Mr.. Claw
SON the British dude. and Mr.. Whitney
the second villain. Miss Edith Clawson
will be cast as formerly in Meg Wheat
stone, a character which many of her
admirers think is decidedly her best.
Mrs. Clawson, Birdie Cummings, Ivy
Clawson, and little Ardie Cumming
form the remainder Of the support.