The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-18
MINOR MENTION.

| cratic legislation.
MINOR MENTION.
| A YOUNG colored woman in Chicago has shown
considerable spirit in testing the rights of her
| race. On visiting one of the theaters, recently,
she was refused seat unless she would sit in
| section set aside for negroes She rebelled
| against this and finally brought suit against the
| proprietors and manager of the theater, alleging
discrimination on account of color and depri-
walton of equal privileges In their reply the
| proprietor and manager stated that the rule
| established whereby a color-lne made
not because of any prejudice against the race,
| but it was matter which absolutely neces-
| sary in order that good order could be main
/ tanned, the people who made practice of
patronizing that theater were persons of violent
| antpathes and preiudices. and an intermingling
| of the whites and blacks likely to result in
| constant disorder The court held that the
| answer was not good, and sustained demurrer
| to it. In rendering his opinion, the judge said:
| Admitting the claim of the theater manager
to be true. let suppose that by experience be
has found it mposslble to maintain order in the
| theater unless the whites and blacks are sepa-
rated. But what is this but attempt TO main
| tain the old prejudiceS of the war timeSF In
olden times the theaters had what were known
/ as niger galleries, and the churches even had
separate places for coored worshpers. The
| laws also against the colored man, for
where white man would be punished by
| small fine for certain ofense the negro
| would be dashed the bare back. It
was claimed that these laws were not
oppressive, but it was claimed they were neces-
sary to keep the negro in submission so
common decency would prevaA. But those bar
| barous laws were swept away at one time. and
yet there is no trouble from the negro. When
! q theater provides a quarter of its auditorium
| or a gallery into which blacks only are admitted,
| how can 1t be said that the theater has not de-
| that the defendants are unable to conduct
peaceable place of amusement without dlscrimi-
nation, but that is not the fault of the laws. If
| they are unable to conduct psaceable place
| properly, then by the laws they not allowed
to carry on business. All people are equal and
must be treated equally"
FEW days ago. when the Interstate-com-
ms7ce Commissioners were about to leave Chi
cago for Omaha, where they go to try impor
tant case in which the Chicago & North western
road is defendant. agent OF the road, supposed
to be very ''slick." went to Commissioner Morri-
son and, taking him aside, offered the directors
private and gorgeous car for the commission to
ride in from there to Omaha. Morrison has
temper of his own aud the agent reused it. The
commissioner got very angry and denounced
him in terms that were painfully emphatic for
making such offer. He gave it out in vigor-
GUS and curt AnRlo-Saxon that the Interstate
commerce Commission had nothing to do with
private carSand it's members were fully able to
pay their own fares and for seepine-car accom-
modations The agent had been used to dealing
with Congressman and that kind of people.
GEN. ADAM BADEAU. formerly General
Grants military secretary. and later United
States consul to Liverpool, has brought suit
against the estate of ex President Grant for
compensation for writing the memoirs of Gen.
Grant The claim is denied by the Grant fam
lily It is admitted that he did assist the Cen
eral in compiling and arranging portion of the
materials for the work, but it is claimed that he
was fully compensated for what he did, and
General Grant suspended all relations with him
before he died The letter of General Grant,
extracts from which published this morn
ing will blast General Badeaus reputation for
ever.
PUBLIC attention has been aroused in several
Western towns, including some in this State, by
an attempt to introduce as a textbook in the
schools book entitled politics for Young
Americans" The main objec.icr to the book is
that it strongly and Extensively free trade.
The author is Mr.. Charles Nordhof a pro-
nounced free-trader, and the book goes the
whole length of that theory.
On Thursday morning boy walked around
in the snow-drifts under the ivy-clad walls of
Grace Church and kicked out of the snow the
bodies of 230 sparrows. making $50 that
have been found in this spot There would be
some comfort in this wholesale destruction of
the pests but for the certainty that they will
soon recover their losses.
AT the meeting of life conviets in the Ohio
penitentiary a few days ago, to secure beneficial
legislation, notable feature was the tendency
on the part of several to consume the time in
making speeches. The same tendency has often
been noticed among persons outside the peni-
Tertiary. but perhaps enforced silence for few
years strengthens it
BRACE BROS. proprietors of an extensive
laundry in Pittsburg, have brought suit for $1O-
600 damages against number of promine ut
leaders of labor organizations in that city. The
suit is brought in the form of action in tres
pass the offense charged being the ruin of their
business by boycottine
AN exchange remarks that the movements in
the great strike are like great game CT chess
Well. yes, one OF those intermnable games in
which the players long between moves
that the weary spectators can with difficulty re-
strain themselves from kicking the board over
NEW YORK and the Northwest are now quar-
reling over the size of their respective blizzards
The truth of the matter is the place to live is in
the middle distance. so to speak-say in Indi-
ana, whore no genuine billiards and eeven-foot
SHOWS come.
MANY Of the New York banks are protesting
all the notes and drafts due and unattended to
during the late blizzard Bank officers we're i'm
elined to hold that perhaps the failure 10 pay
obligations was excusable on account Of the