The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-17
NOTE n COMMENT.

Tom L. Johnson, candidate for Congress in
Ohio, entertains some peculiar ideas about tax
alton. In his letter of acceptance he said that
"all taxes should be levied on real estate, even
MP to the full value of the property" Mr..
Johnson would, IL he could. assess q tax Of $500
upon a fve-hundred dollar lot; q tax OF 60, 600
upon a three thousand-doils farm. His reason
for this is that mature made all the land. and
no ono man has q right to own it, or can own it.
II belongs 10 all men IN II This belief
wouldn't seem SO much out OF place IL it was en-
tertained by a follower of Henry George, but
wien il is considered that Mr.. johnson owns q
street.car franchise in Brooklyn which he would
not sell for a million dollars, and another in
Cleveland that is also worth q large sum. on
which he would have to pay no taxes, his ideas
do not seem so disin,erested. The receipts
from his Brooklyn line alone amount to $421,-
740, while the net profits, excepting taxes, are
Sl3l, 4i0.
General Golf and W. l.. Wilson, the two can
didates for Governor in West Virginia, held q
joint debate at Martinsburg last Saturday,
which was largely attended. The Democrats
were badly ratified. as seen by the following az
tract from a report Of the meeting:
Once General Golf sounded q warning that to elect
Cleveland and a Democrats Congress this year would
be TO bring back the state Of affairs which prevailed
under the revenue tariff OF lSi6.
Let EN- come, That's what we want" sang out
Wilson's psrtisans.
IF you desire to pull down your factories said
Gof; that IS your privilege" go.
Pull them down" they shouted. We'll do it,"
The ST. louis Republic is filing its readers
with information to the effec. that there is no
longer sny doubt about the election of Gen.
Palmer as Governor of Illinois, and that the
only question is IS to the size of the majority,
which, it thinks, will not fall below 10000. The
Republic. evidently, has lost sight OF the fact
tina, q citizen Of st. Louis was ~adJudgsd insane
last week FOR entertaining extravsgant ideas
about Democratic majorities.
Last Saturday night the Equal Rights party,
OF New York, nominated Linda Gilbert for
Governor, and Charles Deyo, Of Oxford. for
Lieuienant-governor. The proceedings of the
convention were somewhat marred, however, by
the accidental loss of the platform. which could
not be found when the time came TO read it
Mrs. Belya Lock wood was 10 attendance, but
nobody accused her with making way with il.
Another Rat-hols Stopped" is the heading
the Chicago Herald puts on an editorial
commencing President Cleveland for vetoing
the pension of a soldiers widow. The Herald is
o Democratic paper.
A Kansas woman has agreed to climb to the
top of the nearest Harrison pole if Cleveland lie
DOT elected. She ought to get her climbers on
at once.
Political Notes.
Al a Democratic rally in Newton. Kan, last
week, one OF the transparencies carried 10 the
procession read: Give us a rest on the pension
question"
Gen. w. Z. L.. Barnes, who has been making
a canvass of the northern counties of California,
the Democratic stronghold of the State, says the
Republicans will make their largest gains in
that locality.
Among the recent converts to Rspublicanism
in Illinois are: Rev. w. ID. Atchisop, pastor of
the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Galena;
Andrew Holmquist. a prominent citizen of Rock
ford. and Jacob Jones, a lifelong Democrat of
lakewood.
Mr.. j. L.. Hopkins, a salt operator Of Center
vile, n. Y, estimates that in the counties of
Allegany and Wyoming, where there are many
salt-works, the desertions from the Democratic
to the Republican ranks will not be less than 20
per cent. of the entire Democratic vote.
Peter j. Higgins, OF Dayton, O., an intelligent
1rishman and workingman. has come out from
among the Democrats, with whom he had been
working ever since be became a voter. and
Joined the Harrison and Morton crowd. He
predicts that q large number of his late fellow
Democrats will do the same thing.
The Potsdam IN. ~ Herald tells of a Repub.
licau pole raising in that State where, just al all
was ready, a prominent citizen and Democrat
stepped forward and said: Gentlemen, / de-
sire that no Republican hand should be applied
to the raising of this pole. There are here nine
teen Democrats who crave the honor of doing
the job" Ard SO il was done. The Republicans
stepped back aud the nineteen Democrats raised
it as a declaration OF their purpose to vote for
Harrison and Morton and protection.