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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
The Press and the Lawyers.


1t is the custom of the legal fraternity. in
public discussions, sometimes in a spirit OF
rhetorical exaltation, but often, we are per
suaded, with all sincerity, to dllate upon aM
supreme place in the order of existence, and to
assume that its members are professionally en-
dowed with mysteriouf aud awful sanctity
that Sheridans ascrptioh to Justice might APP
propriatelv be addressed to the meanest OF
them: Whose favorite attitude is to stoop TO
the unfortunate, to hear their cry. to rescue and
relieve, to succor and save; MAZE site from Its
mercy venerable from its utility, upllfted with
out pride, firm without obduracy, benefeent to
each preference, lovely though in her frown"
Now the dsquieting fact is that the legal fra
ternity, taken whole, just escapes being
public nuisance. To controvert without
quoting Mr.. Dougherty, 1t does not
live up to lofty conception of its duty to itself
or the community: it does not purge itself of
unworthy mbers; it does not impeach corruri
judges; it does not furnish the strongest support
of social order. 1t is, to great degree, lax, self
ish and unprinciped. The bar would never OF
its own volltion and energy have indicted TWEEN.
tyone aldermen and the man who bribed them.
convicted four and 1T three to Sing Sing. In
commonplace procedures it is the duty of the
press to refrain from anticipating the verdict
duty which is seldom violated: but there are
OCCASIONS when the great court of public opinion,
to which bench and bar must bow. is under the
most sacred obligation to make its will manifest
It has happened more than once. when justice
has been drueged by avarice and bound by
technicalites, that the press has aroused her ana
set her free.
We yield to no one in onr admiration of the
character and gratitude for the example and
services of high minded, fearless. unselhsh. in
corruptiple lawyers; and such men have never
been numerically few in any generation. But
when the next Bar Association does itself the
honor to listen to Mr.. Dougherty he may confer
lasting benefit upon its members and upon the
community by devoting his polished and ami
mated eloquence to an exposition of the mourn
full fact that no man concoct a scheme for
public private plumber too vile to command
within hour the services of lawyer in good
and regular standing at the New York bar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

THE administrations defeat of Randall in
the organization of the Pennsylvania State
central committee, together with the recent
'downing" of certain other leading but dis
affected members of the party by the same
power, causes the Philadelphia Press to re-
mark, with ghoulish glee, that ''if the admin
istration succeed in downing the leading
Democrats of the State one after another in
this way, it will accomplish a noble work, the
need of which has long been felt" Re-
publicans want nothing better in party
sense than continuation of the policy which
the President has lately been pursuing in
New York and Pennsylvania. All his acts
work together for Republican good.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

THE foot that Democratic Senators allowed
Republicans to do all the talking in regard
to Lamar's confirmation and remained entirely
silent themselves is mentioned by a mug
wump paper, which is pleased with Lamar's
success, as every significant" It was sig
nifcant without doubt. The Democrats
voted for Lamar because of his rebel record,
but not one of them had the courage to de-
clare his reasons in words. The silence itself,
however, was ample confession that there was
nothing in his defense which they dared to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
MIR. CARNEGIE TALKS BUSINESS.
Wanting All He Can Get for His Product
Blaming the President's Message

New York Tribune. Sunday.
special dispatch from Pittsburg to the
Tribune, published yesterday, stated that at
meeting of the pig iron manufacturers of Pitts
burg, the Shenango Valley and the West, An
drew Carnegie and his partners said to be
placing pig iron on the market at from 81. 80 to
So 90 ton less than the furnace-men attending
the conference could afford to do. The manu-
facturers said that Mr.. Carnegie might not be
making money on the pig IRON but that he was
realizing on his iron and coke; that the Carne-
gle interests controlled the Prick Company
coke, which gave them a big advantage, and
that Mr. Carnegie. in finding market for his
pig iron, could afford TO continue his fight
against the railroad companies who refuse to
pay more than $50 ton for steel rails.
Mr.. Carnegie returned last night from q visit
to his friend. Governor Beaver, of Pennsyl-
vania, and was shortly after his arrival, at
his home in West Fifty first street. He said:
'sThere can be no truth whatever in the yarn
that my partners are underselling the pig iron
market have no doubt that my firm in Pitts
burg is getting all it can for its product That
is always our policy. Unfortunately, sellers
cannot. make prices in these days. Pig iron
and rails nave fallen. There hard times
Just now for iron and steel-and capital and
labor must reconcile themselves to share the
troubles between them.
1.-The Presidents message has aggravated the
uncertainty that existed BEFORE and the business
at present is unsettled In fact, it new was at
such stand-still. We have to sell pig iron be-
cause we have orders for which can make
it UP into rails. Not to speak of fight against
the railroads / Go not think any price would
tempt the latter into giving orders now There
fore, we must either sell pig iron blow out
our furnaces. have been considering the lat
ter alternative, and have come to the conclusion
that it will probably nave yet to be done, as
may not be able to ges orders for rails until
spring. If that is the case. a market be
found for only small portion of the pig iron
we make. and there would be object in
running our furnaces TO store stock"
Have you not advantages that would enable
you to undersell the other furnace menW inquir-
ed the reporter
''Well. hardly; unless you call enormous
capacity an advantage. We make $4,000
tons OF pig iron month, and a profit of only
so cents ton would mean $25, 900 month. AS
far as the coke question is concerned, we are by
no means the only ones who control the
that supply them. Jones IL Laughlin and the
Isabella furnaces two of the largest pig iron
manufacturers who do the same thing. How
ever that is neither here nor there. Our policy
always has been to get all we can for our pro-
duct and is now
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

THE Kentucky Democrats are worried about
their fences Under the last congressional
apportionment the State was divided into
eleven solidly Democratic districts. That is
to say, they were Democratic when made,
and were expected to continue so. But the
Republicans have been gaining ground and
the Democracy have been losing, so that in
the last election the Republicans elected three
congressman in spite of the gerrymander of
1882. Having discovered that their last
gerrymander was not impregnable, the Demo
Gratis propose to make another. The new one
gives the Republicans one district and the
Democrats ten, but the remarkable feature
about it is that the one Republican district
has Republican majority Of 0, 100. OF the
nineteen counties composing the district
sighteen give Republican majorities ranging
from 200 to 100, while one gives Democratic
majority Of sixteen. To bunch this enormous
Republican majority in one district it ismade
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
A QUESTION OF TIME.


The public interests in relation to the
natural-gas question should be considered
entirely apart from individual or corporation
controversies. These may possess certain
interest, as such controversies always do, but
they do not touch the essence of the question
and ought not to enter into the discussion.
The public is bigger than any corporation,
and the interests of the whole are greater
than those of part, whether the part be
large small. And the public is justified in
looking at the question strictly from the stand
point of its own interest without any particu-
lar regard for those of individuals or corpora
tons. Looking at the matter from a purely
business standpoint, and entirely devoid
of sentiment, it would seem that the
interest of the public is to have gas introduced
as soon as possible, at the rates and with the
safeguards fixed by the ordinance. It is i'm
material to the public where the gas comes from,
or what company brings it. The indianapolis
company has ceased to be Tan octopus" and
even the Trust is composed Of human beings.
Gas by either would burn as brightly and
make as much heat. The question of time
has now become paramount one. IF we can
get gas Immediately it will give an impetus to
spring trade, and give the city one whole sea-
sons start in the race. There is big differ
ence between getting gas now and six months
hence. This question of time is the impor-
tant one in the case now. Everything else
other conditions under which gas is to be fur
nished are fixed by the ordinance. The Broad
Ripple Company, with moderate supply, has
already entered the city. The Trust Compa-
ny pledges itself to have gas at the city limits
within few months. The Indianapolis COM
pany, with a very large supply, is already
here, and prepared to begin piping the city
Immediately. There is room and need for all
one company supplying the entire city. Even
If it were possible it is not the best. We
need all the gas we can get, and we need com.
petition. The changes in the ordinance asked
for by the indianapolis Company do not in
the slightest degree, affect the rights of the
city or the people. If there is any good rea-
son why they should not be made it
has not yet been stated. The position taken
by the Trust company is that change must
be made in the present ordinance, even
though it might be beneficial change This
position is hardly tenable. We presume the
Council will consider all sides of the ques-
ton, and decide for the public interests with
out prejudice for or against any of the COM
panies. Stripped of all surplusage, the ques-
ton seems TO be whether we shall have gas
now and begin to realize its benefits at once
or postpone its introduction till midsummer
or fall. Meantime other towns and cities are
picking up large industrial enterprises. An
derson has just secured one of the largest
straw board factories in the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
Death of Rev. j. O. Peck's Wife.

New York Press Wednesday.
The wife of Rev. j. o. Peck, pastor of the
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, at the
corner of Clermont and Willoughby avenues.
dropped dead last night about $50 o'clock as she
was about leaving her bedroom in the parson-
age adjoining the church. Mrs. Peck had not
felt well for few days past. but rs she was
able to attend to her household duties it was not
thought that she WAS seriously i'll About
o'clock yesterday afternoon she went to her bed
room to get handkerchief and bottle of CO.
logne to relieve her headace. That was the last
seen of her alive
Shortly afterward a domestic heard fall in
Mrs. Peck's room, and hurrying upstairs she
saw the body of her mistress lying in the door
way dead. A physician was summoned, but his
services were not needed Rev. Dr. Peck was
Frustrated by the terrible snock. and the revival
services which he has been conducting Tor the
past two weeks have been suspended.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
GladstOne's knowledge of italian.

Manchester Guardian.
Mr.. Gladstone speaks French, but he speaks
Italian far better The study of Dante is not,
perhaps, better way to acquire the Italian OF
today than that of Chaucer would be to a
student of modern English. yet it is probably
his admiration for Dante which has fostered
Mr. Gladstones study of Italian. On
occasion he made much more memorable and
critical exercise of this power. During his
mission as high commissioner to the Ionian
islands he called upon to address the legis-
lative body at Corfu in their official language,
and for more than an hour Mr.. Gladstone dealt
with the political situation IN faultless Italian.
It is said of the most eminent Roman Catholic
at present in England that he never felt nervous
until it became his duty to address the College
of Cardinals in Italian. in which, however. he
if even that very distinguished ecclesiastc caL
speak Italian with such iuency MIR. Glad
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

THE New York Star, administration organ,
says 1.-THE opposition to Mr.. Lamar has
brought great discredit upon the Republicans
in the Senate" The 'discredit" is only in
quarters that the Republicans are glad to an
tagonize. The support of Lamar came mainly
from those who did or would have supported
him during the war. His confirmation is
disgrace to the Senate and degradation of
the Supreme Court.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

ORDINARILY when an old man with valua-
BILE possessions falls into such condition of
mind that he cannot count, and forgets what
the word "cost" means, his interested and
anxious friends and relatives hasten to place
him under control of a guardian. There is
no necessity for pursuing this course in case
of Emperor William. Herr Bismarck is at
hand, and equal to the emergency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

A DEMOCRATIC exchange, in commenting
upon certain economic article, says that
.'what bothers the workingmen most is how
to get money to live less cheaply. They are
pretty we'll convinced that the cheaper they
live the cheaper they will have to live" In
spite of this honest admission this Democratic
organ will go right on arguing that the coun-
try ought to have free trade in order that
workingmen may live more cheaply.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

three or four times as large as the OF her dis
tricts, and very irregular in shape. It is evil
dent the Democratic party in Kentucky has
not yet learned that such gross outrages as
this always react on the party which attempts
to profit by them. The result of the
cerrymander will be that fair-minded men
will be Disguised and the Republican vote
will continue to increase.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

SPEAKER CARLISLE had relapse yesterday
and is worse. His case presents some serious
features. He is ncl a very robust man, and
has been under great strain in connection
with the organization of Congress, appoint
ment of committees, etc. He is not il good
condition to resist an active attack such as
this evidently is, and it may go hard with
h;rn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
Pa,nfu. Lack of Faith in Gray.


If Indiana is TO lose her October election, che
still means TO keep it before the people that she
is an important State for the politicians TO look
to- Without one of her citizens on the ticket,
she will not give her vote the Democratic
party, it is said. Something will depend upon
who the citizen ID. Mr.. Hendricks Is, unfor-
sunately. dead. Indiana had highly fiattering
habit of giving him her vote when he asked her
for IL. She did not so readily respond to Mr..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
That Internal Machine.

PittsburQ CHRONICLE.
No efforts should be spared to apprehend and
punish the miscreant who sent that intern al
machine to Justice Woods. of Indianapolis. 1t
is bad enough when private citizens made
the victims of such diabolical attempts, but the
crime seems intensified when effort is made to
kill a representative of justice. The old Scotch
law provided a special penalty for the crime Of
beating judges, I" under which singular title was
embodied all assaults upon magistrates, and
there really seems to be particular fitness Of
such a law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

AN octopus is reported to have been killed
recently in Mississippi The event occurred
subsequent to the election at Jackson, but
there is good reason to believe that it was not
the same octopus that suppresses votes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
A Cry for Protection.
Chicago Mail


This thing is becoming epidemic In two in.
stances recently women have laid violent hands
on lone and unprotected Congressman and
claimed them for husbands, and now well.
known South Side citizen has been similarly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
Queer Statistics.
Pitfshurc ChronlcI

OhronlcIe.
statstician in Philadelphia has computed
that the Jaw of the average man who has lived
to be seventy has Travelled in the way of talking
and eating 107 miles. A special calculation
would be necessary for professional iawsmiths
like Henry George.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
Denis Kearney Was Shocked.


Denis Kearney. the 'sand-1ot' agitator, WAC
present at the Presidents reception last night.
Denis is a moral reformer. His comment on the
affair was this Say, this is horrible Why,
you've heard how Rome fell WE'LL this low.
necked racket here is warning of the same
sort of disaster in this Nation"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

English, il We remember in an earlier and q
later campaign, and there may be other Demo
order exactly. The Democrats will perhaps,
do well not to be beguiIed too easily by Indiana
asnirants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

THE Presidents desire to reform the morals
of the army and navy is highly commendable.
It seems like good deal of undertaking,
but the zeal of new convert is always great.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
Take In the Gray Boom.

Louisville Commercial.
The Cabinet shake-up tosscs Secretary Villas
top of the vice presidential heap Gov GRAY.
of Indiana, had better take his boom in out OF
the weather when the Villas blizzard gets fairly
started.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
For Sand-Bac smith
Eaw Alhau

New Albany Public Press Dem,
Sand bag politicians may indorse the act of
stealing the Office Of Acknowledgements, but
the honest peopls OF Indiana never WILL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20

Telephone aIis
Business Office 23S Editorial Rooms. 242
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-12-08
THE JAPANEsE mAIDRN.
She Is TO Asia what the American
Girl L. TO Europe.

A pretty Japanese maiden. dressed In
soft embroidered silk. sitting on the mat
on the floor, bending over koto. on
which she strums an accompaniment to
her voice, would in oil probabilities
touch the heart of a young Japanese, but
no matter how much he might be
touched. he must appesr utterly indiffer.
snt to her. and ignore her charms and
her presence. For. progressive as is
Japan, says the American Magazine.
young men and women are never allowed
together alone, and such thing as airta.
tion or coquetry is unknown. Unlike
China and Cores, Japan allows parents to
invite young gentleman to their house
as their guest, but he devotes his time to
the parents, and the daughter may play
the koto or entertain him in other ways,
but she is noticed no more than is .
oolored servant woman by q guest In .
Southern home. Il seems strangs to us
that custom can so control feelings and
sentiment. especially when every day We
see here at home young men doing the
exact opposite. ignoring parents and
older members Of the family. and feign-
Ing more interest in the young women
than the: really feel. Marriages in Japan
are carried on much rs they use to be,
the parents making the choice. but now
adays If ID chances that either young
lady or gentleman. seeing the other, OBJ
jects TO become husband or wife, the
parents do not force the matter. and as q
rule babies are not betrothed by their
parents as they are in some other AsiatiC
countries. Neither arc women so Sc
cluded as they are in those countries
for nearly as many Japanese women are
TO be seen on the streets in Japan as are
American women In this country. Ia
fact the Japanese woman or girl is tt
Asia what the American girl is to Eu'
rope.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-12-08
TONGUE.TIED.
The Sorry state OF wild western
woman.

Is this the right road to Wheat
vile p asked a man on horseback OF a
woman standing in the yard before
little log cabin on a Western prairie.
Wheatville?" replied the woman.
ooh, Wheatville amt but just a little
ways from here. Going there on biz
ness, l reckon? It's mighty dull
there now, they say but amt been
there myself in a month Of Sundays.
l jist sit here to home and don't go
nowhere nor see nobody to talk to;
but that don't make much difference,
for amt no talker nohow. My man
kin talk for you. Better light off and
come in and set till he comes, and
he"
"Thank you, but | must go on, if
you will"
"He is talker. I've often thought
that II / only had his gift o. CAB I'd
be glad. / hate TO be 30 tongue-tied /
can't say q few words now and then.
That's right neat nag you're a-strad
die Of. Bout years old, reckon. |
like to see o good hoss myself, and
they amt nothin'll ketch my old mans
eye quicker'n a good hoss. He kin
talk ON the hoss subject, he kin.
Wisht could talk about anything; il
amt in me TO, for"
(Which road do l take?'
cas- i was sayin', talkin' Amt my
| fortey, but l like to pass the time ol
day or speak civil TO a stranger passin'
BY, same as you are. You're q
stranger in these parts, reckon. Yes !
! allowed you was soon as | clapt eyes
on you. Where might you hail from =
"From Michigan, but | really mus
go on, if"
From Michigan7 You don't say
Well, we'll l amt no talker, as
say, but it sort o. gives me courage Il
try 10 open my mouth to hear any on,
say Michigan > why, | was born bacl
in old Michigan, and like as not yol
know lots of my folks. / was Sprat
fore / married Beelson-Hanne
Spratt-and my Spratt kin folks i
scattered over the hull Of the State G
Michigan. Wish't wasn't 30 tongue
tied; there's so many Michigander
I'd like to talk about. Ever hear c
the Higginses. or the Pilgrimses, o
the Sampsonses, or the Harrises?
knowed 'em all like a book, and So
my old man. II he was TO home you
have somebody you could talk tC
He's glib enough for you, but I'm $
tongue-tied I-ain't going? Wait
mint, I-say-well, il he hain't gC
out o. sight 'fore l got a chance I
open my mouth! That's what come
o. bein' so tongue-tied. detroit Ere
Press.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-12-08

"This is very grave case, my
man." said the doctor, leaning over a
wounded man in a hospital. Is it
really dangerous, doctor?' :" You
have been injured in the lumbar re-
gion." Now, that's where you're
Off. / was never in Maine in my life.
! got this wound in the Blue noun
tain regihn.n
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-12-08
A Great sufferer.

Seedy Individual - Madam, can't
you give something to yellow fever
sufferer2
Woman-Ain't you the same man
that called here few months ago and
got 25 cents to help a blizzard sufferer?
Seedy Individual-Yes, ma'am. l
don't do nothin' but suffer from one
years end TO the other.