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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31
Free Clot h To-Day; What To-sIorrowe

Philadelphia North American.
The fact that q workingmau in this country, wears n
cheap coat the cloth for which was made by cheap Ia
Dor in some other country, Is a fact Tor MN toes
thankful for.-Philadelphia Record
First it was free raw materials. DOW IL 10 Tree
cloth, and tomorrow il will be free made-up
garments. OF course with the free-trader 1t 10
the whole hog or none" If the workineman
Is TO be thankful for free raw materials. anoIree
cloth made by cheap labor il some other coun-
try. he should likewise DO thAnkfol. a thousand
times moe thankful. for the whole freetrade
suit at once. What Is the use OF the American
TO the members Of his own family, when he can
ye, the whole suit made by cheap lsbor in some
other counrryl7 American workers at the looms
are invited TO quit work and spend their Idle
a.vs in giving thanks that the workingmen of
th,s eountrv are permitted To wear cheap coats.
,hs cloth for which was made By cheap labor IN
some other country. They might add this song
to their thanks:
O, happy dayl o. happy day,
When tree trade took our work sseg.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

August Forum.
Votsl Cast your vote though taxed for it.
Cast your vote though defraudei of ii. as many
q white man is to day. Cast your vote though
you die for it. Let no man cry. Liberty or
blood;" leave that Cor Socialists and Partisan
mObs; but when liberty means duty. and death
means ones own extinction. then the cry Of
Liberty or death" is a holy cry. and the man
who viii not make it his own even In freedom is
not free. Seek not TO buy liberty with the
blood either of friends or Of enemies; IL is only
mems own blood at last that counts in the pur-
chase Of liberty. Whatever may have been the
true philosophy for more ferocious times, this is
the true philosophy for ours. Cast your votes,
then. even though many OF you die for 10.
Some of you have died, but in comparison how
few; three hundred thousand white men poured
out their blood to keep you bound, other three
hundred thousand died TO set you free, and still
the full measure Of American freedom is not
yours A ffsieth a. much of your own blood
shed il the inoffensive activities Of public duty
will bny IL. Keep your vote alive; better nine
free mon than ten half free In most of the
Southern States the negro vote has been dimin
ishing steadily for years, to the profound salts
faction of those white men whose suicidal policy
is 10 keep you IN alienism. In the name Of the
dead, black aud white, of the living. and Of your
children yet unborn, not as of one party or an
other, but as American freemen, votel For In
this free land the people that do not vote do
not get and do not deserve their rights.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

THE South American wool-growers have
made a collection of Argentine woods, and
delivered the same to Hon. Bayless Hanna,
our minister to the Argentine Republic, for
transmission to President Cleveland, "who
will see in the gift" says the Buenos Ayres
Standard, "a compliment to his policy Of
tariff reform, aud a gentle reminder to perse-
we're in it." As it is q part of this policy of
tariff reform to destroy wool-growing in the
United States, and surrender the American
market to foreign control, the South Ameri-
can wool-growers can we'll afford to indorse it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

THE Boston Herald thinks the appearance
Of the log cabin in the present campaign is
an absurd anachronism. May be SO; but, just
the same, the sight of that cabin, and of the
coon, and of the cider barrel, stirs the pulses
of men who took part in that campaign of 40,
when the symbols were significant, and rouses
in them the desire to participate actively once
more in demonstrations from which their age
might excuse them. These symbols are
brought out by the old men themselves, not
because of their present fitness. but because
Of the associations which the name Of Harri.
son calls up. The great number of ''Tippe-
canoe clubs already formed throughout the
country show that the log cabin still has in
fuence. anachronism though it be. No won
der the Herald, which sees no old mems clubs
falling into line for Cleveland. doesn't like it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

THE Golden Club, of London, is sending
immense numbers of Cleveland badges and
buttons for free distribution in this country,
and rumor Gays a very large amount of money
is soon to follow. A gentleman who recently
returned from England says it was ruraored
there that the manufacturers were going TO
contribute So, 600, 900 to the Democratic cam
paign fund. Leading Republicans in New
York are of the opinion that the first INSTALL
ment Of this foreign contribution has already
been received, and is now being used by the
Democratic national committee. 1t is now or
never with the British free-traders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

INDIANA is having about all she can do in
managing her political affairs this summer,
but she ought to find time to exterminate the
White Cap desperadoes vino are disgracing her
before the country. By suppressing those
lawless ~rascals and polling a majority of ten
thousand for Harrison and Morton the
Hoosier State will entitle herself to a larger
public respect than she has enjoyed in many
years.-Philadelphia Press.
The Press should address its remarks to
Gov. Gray. He is taking comparatively little
interest in politics this campaign, and has
plenty Of time to attend to the White Caps.
Besides, it is his business to look after them:
In case he doesn't do his duty, the Governor
whom the Republicans are about to nominate
and elect will take them in hand as soon as
possible.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31
THE W.. G. T. q. FOR FREE WHISKY.

In February last Miss Frances E. Willard
wrote a letter in which she said that the in
ternal revenue resolution adopted at the ma
tional W. C.. T. U. convention at Louisville,
in 1882, still expresses the views of that organ
ization exactly. The resolution reads as fol-
lows:
1.-THE Woman's Christian Temperance Union
desires to express its earnest sympathy with
the movement favoring the total abolition of
the internal revenue taxes on all alcoholic
beverages at present collected by the national
government, as we believe that the taxation
of this business Is wrong in principle. an out
rage on the moral sentiment of the country, a
quasi Endorsement of q pernicious traffic, q
legalizing, so far as the national government
can, of a business that is the source of most
of our crime and poverty, and a great him
drance in the way of the removal of the traffic
and it's attendant evils out of the land.
1--WE further believe that this revenue is
not needed by the government, and that the
large surplus that it brings into the Treasury
is a standing menace to honesty and a fruitful
source of, if not an invitation to, corruption.
For these reasons we earnestly urge the aboli-
ton of these taxes, and we invite the cooper
alton of all classes to this end
The latest resolution adopted by the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union on the sub
ject was at the national convention in Nash
vile, in 1887, and advocates the abolition of
the internal revenue on alcoholic liquors "for
the reason that it operates to render more
difficult the securing and enforcement of pro-
hibitory laws and so postpones the day of
national deliverance."
ance organs, the Democratic newspapers, to
denounce the ". c.. T. U. as being in favor
of free whisky"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

DE-. BROOKS, the Missouri ex-confederate
and third-party candidate for Vice-president,
is coming out in his true colors. In rambling
harangue at Decatur, ILL.,, a few days ago, he
said:
"He had been a rebel, a slave-owner. and a
fre-eating Democrat, BUT HE THANKED GOD
HE HAD NEVER BEEN A REPUBLICAN. He
wouldn't have that sin to answer for"
We commend this patriotic utterance to the
old Republicans and soldiers of Indiana who
are urged to vote the third party ticket on
high moral grounds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31
CLEVELAND AND TWO SOLDIERS.

The Presidents veto of the bill granting a
little pension to the widow Of John Herbst
has attracted wild attention. John Herbst
was the Union soldier who, being captured
and confined in Andersonville prison, en-
deavored to escape its horrors and save his
life by enlisting in the confederate army. in
tending to desert to the Union army again,
but who was captured before he had an OPP
~portunity to do SO. His case was investi-
gated, his story found to be true, and he was
honorably discharged from the Union army.
Having died from disease traceable to his
army service, Congress passed a bill granting
his wife a pension, and the President vetoed
ii. In his veto he said:
THE greatest possible sympathy and con-
sideration are due TO those who bravely
fought. and being captured, as bravely Ian
guished in rebel prisons. But | will take no
part in putting a name upon our pension roll
which represents a Union soldier found fight
ing against the cause he swore he would up-
hold; nor should it be for a moment admitted
that desertion and treachery are excused
when il avoids the rigors of honorable capture
aad confinement
The effect Of the veto and of the Presidents
language was to stigmatizs Hsrbss as a de-
serter, though he died with an honorable dis
charge from the Union army in his possession.
In striking contrast with this case is an
other. F. c. Armstrong was also a soldier in
the Union army. He was not captured and
never experienced the horrors of a rebel
prison, but after the battle of Bull Run, when
the Union cause looked dark and Northern
copperheads were chuckling over the antici-
pated failure of the war, he deserted and vol
unfairly joined the rebel army. He fought
so we'll on that side that he was promoted,
and continued to serve under the stars and
bars till the end of the war, when he gradu-
ated with honor into the Democratic party.
There. also. he has won promotion, for the dis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31
More of the New York situation.


A Glen's Falls, IN. " letter to the Boston
ton in New York:
A t this early stage it is hard to present any
complete review of the State. But of little
straws and big ones there is plenty. In the
northeast among the iron mines there is strong
disaffection and outspoken opposition against
the Mills bill. = = The Rensselaer-Wash-
ington district, which elected Greenmau to Con-
grees over Burleigb, will 60 from 5000 to 6,OOO
Republican this fall. Greenman voted against
the free trade bill, but does not want to go back.
He says himself that he knows OF hundreds OF
Democrats in his district who will vote with
the Republicans. An incident perhaps worth
relating is from Cambridge. The young men
there wanted TO organize a Republican club at
once and have parades and the general run or
such campaign work from the start.
NO" said the leader, 1--WE must wait . little.
We have not much money, and what is spent on
parades, etc., must he used later on, when the
election is nearer" The wealthiest man In
town has q large sheep ranch In Texas. be
heard of this, and went to the head OF affairs.
I've been q Democrat" said he, 'eut I've bad
all l want OF this shout for free wool You let
the boys 60 right ahead with a club and speeches
and parades- I'll see you have all the money
you want"
10 the neighboring little village Of Greenwich:
where there never were many Democrats ana
only 304 voters, the Republican club nas thirty
ex-Democrats. A like case IS seen IN Caldwell.
Warren county. Colonel Russell. OF Salem,
one of the Oldest Democrats in Washington
county, is going on the stump for Harrison. l..
G. Mcdonald. of this place, Democrat and
Greenoscker, is out for Harrison, and the at
tack of the Mills bill on paper. which Congress
man Whiting pointed out. will probably, IL Is
thought. swing the Parks Brothers, at the head
of the great mills here that help supply the
World and entirely supply some other news
papers with white paper. away from their old
affiliations LIZA naUa of this sort comes 70
business men here from acquainsances abroad.
The knit goods men at Amsterdam, without
party lines. are against the free-trads bill; In
Fulton county the glove men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

BosToN women are taking a great interest
in the coming school election, and are pre-
pairing to bring out a large vote for the first
time since they have enjoyed the right of suf-
frage. A local question. involving the use of
text books Objectionable to Catholic patrons
Of the schools, has excited the Puritan spirit
among them, and they will demonstrate their
feeling at the polls. 1t appears from this
that the sense of duty which equal suffrage
advocates declare will impel women to exer-
else their rights al all times is no stronger
than among male voters, and needs the slim
illus of a special inducement to rouse it to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31
THE SENTINEL AND STARCH.

In a labored editorial on Starch and the
Tariff the Sentinel says, among other things,
"The people now pay a tax on their starch OF
nearly 100 per cent; starch costs
them nearly double what it would cost
if it was free of duty. 1t is a
prohibitory duty . and EFFORTS outrageous
prices from consumers"
To use the words of the Sentinel. "what
kind of a cause is this that needs to be boil
stored up by such silly and preposterous false
hoodf" There is no tax on corn-starch, be-
cause so per cent. of that consumed in the
United States is of American manufacture,
and never passed through a custom-h house.
Corn-starch is retailed in Indianapolis to-day
cheaper than in the free-trade city of London,
and from 20 to SO per cent. lower than it was
sold in the free-trade times of 1860. 1t has
been retailed in this city, in close competition,
for less than 3 cents per pound, and yet the
free-trade organ tells its readers that they are
paying a tax of 100 per cent. on their starch
under the present tariff. If starch retails for
less than 3 cents, where is the cost of the
corn, the profit of the manufacturer, the job
Der and retailer to come FRONT Thus it is
that free-trade theories and the facts clash,
and in the scuffie the facts always prevail.
The Sentinel further says that In the event of
the Mills bill becoming a law starch would
be reduced in price about one-fourth, mo
part of which would com out of the wages
Of labor, but would come out of the profits of
the manufacturer" Go tell such nonsense to
the marines. The starch industry in America
has more than quadrupled its product in a
decade under protection, until now the Ameri-
can competition has reduced prices of starch
toa point where profits are very small. If
the Mills bill should become a law the effect
would be to admit large quantities of foreign
starch, which would obviously displace that
much American starch in our own market,
and either close our factories or put them on
reduced time. Free trade would kill or Grip
pie the starch industry, just as it would
nearly all others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

A New YORK farmer, who says he has
always been a Democrat, announces his inten-
ton Of voting for Harrison and Morton on the
protection issue. In his letter he says:
1--WE now have the finest market in the
world, and it is simply q question whether /,
being a tax payer, and bearing all the burdens
of citizenship, shall have any advantages over
non-Iesidents and foreigners who are not tax
payers, and have no burdens of citizenship. I
claim that !, as an American farmer, should
have some advantages over foreign farmers in
thism market, and l cannot well ask this favor
unless | am willing to give the same advan-
tage to the American laborer, merchant and
manufactures"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

THE reception committee of the delegations
visiting General Harrison regret the necessity
of having to use any part of University Park
for the receptions, and before doing so obtained
the consent Of the Council committee. That
part Of the park being used was so heavily
shaded that no grass was growing. They have
wired OFF the strip used, and when the ground
is no longer required propose to resod
the same and place 1t in better condition
than it was in when they commenced
using it. II anyone objecting to the use of this
spot will suggest to the committee a more suita-
BILE and appropriate place for the receptions they
will gladly avail themselves Of it. While the
receptions have a political significance. the ben
efts derived from the thousands of daily visit
ors are enjoyed alike by Democrats and Repub-
leans, and the howl is unseemly, to say the
least.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

SINCE the thirty-ive independent ne
groes who came to Indianapolis to declare for
Cleveland have returned to their homes it is
not reported that any Of them have answered
that conundrum propounded by General Hair
rison to members of their race during the
time Of their stay. Against whom" he
asked, lis it hat the Republican party has
been unable, as you say, to protect your racef'
And the reply of those who have joined the
party which has oppressed them is silence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

Sentinel Of to-day is printed q Logansport letter
purporting to give q report of . joint political
discussion at barvest-home picnic, on Satur-
d ay, between j. w. McGrsevy. Democrat. and
N. Justice, jr., Republican. IN which il 10
represented that the latter was badly worsted
The facts are that no discussion was bad. owing
to the small crowd, and the debate was post
poned until Thursday evening next .. w.
McGreevy introduced TO some Logsnsport Re
publicans. IS one OF the stanch Democrats. q
farmer named Tom Brown. Mr.. Brown said,
Not this year. Mr.. McGreevy; I am supporting
Harrison. and he il going to be elected. There
are more like me around here, too
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

The Clay county delegation. which zane
that has yet visited the city, and was remark
ably orderly and well conducted. An officer
Of the police remarked the next day that he
never saw a better behaved crowd. The size
IF the delegation, and the fact that a large
proportion of the visitors were miners, so en-
ragged the Sentinel trat it tried to break the
effect the next day by misrepresentation and
abuse. saying the miners were hired to come
W fres railroad fare, and by money induce
nents, that half OF them were drunk, and the
ether half for Cleveland. etc. These false
hoods were promptly denied by the Journal,
but the Clay county people wish to have their
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31
THE CLAY COUNTY MINERS
They Resent the Insults Heaped Upon
Them by a Democratic Party Organ,
And Denouncs Its Statements as Willful and
Deliberate Observation-Disclosures Charac-
teristic Democratic Trick Exposed.

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
we, the undersigned, coal-minsrs. folling-mil
men and laborine men of Clay county. who at
tended the demonstration at indianapolis, on.
the 10Th, having seen and read the articles pub
iished In the Indianapolis Sentinel Of yesterday
In relation TO our visit there, desire to d%snounce
the same as false in all respects. These articles
are an Infamous SANDER on the good people Of
Clay county. The four aspersions contained in
the Sentinel of that date we hereby denounce
as q willful and deliberate falsehood, and claim
Tor ourselves and our brethren intelligence, So
briefly, integrity and patriotism. The editor OF
tnas paper may be hired by the Golden Club, Of
Great Britain, but he shall not SANDER US and
our brethren without being denounced by US.
Many of US came from foreign lands 20 better
our condition. and we want q protective tariff,
and when we visit General Harrison, our candi-
date for President, we do not intend that a dirty
newspaper shall slur Us without being denounced
as a falsifer.
n 49, 49, - no 1000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

own denial entered Of record, and it is done
this morning. They repudiate the SentinePs
ISLANDERS with a degree of indignation that is
quite natural under the circumstances. The
Sentinel win probably conclude, on reflection,
that its attack on the Clay county delegation
has not panned out very well. The next time
it ventures into a Republican mine 1t should
carry q safety lamp.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31
Rewards for Liars.

10 regard to the eight or nine staple lies, cata-
logued and described yesterday, the Journal
wishes to say that it will pay to any man. woman
or child, who will furnish proof Of the truth Of
an7 one OF them, the sum of One Thousand
Dollars. This offer is absolutely unlimited as
to time or locality, and the proof required will
be such only as any prudent business man would
require in q transaction involving . like amount
Of money. We are willing to have the proof
submitted to any one or to any three business
men who may be agreed upon. Let the liars, or
their sponsors, come to time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

HI Evening News is undoubtedly right
when it says . system Of dust-laying might now
be established here if she Journal had begun q
crusade fifteen years ago, when it did. Thanks
for the compliment. What the News has failed
to do in fifteen years the Journal could have ae-
complishsd much sooner, Of course; but it takes
ono reform at q time, and secs it through. A
year ago it began to demand better streetear
service. Having secured that, it will now turn
its attention to the dus: nuisance. and by next
season. if not sooner, the people will enjoy the
luxury Of clean streets The town is . little
slow to move, but when the Journal gets after
ID, il doesn't take fifteen years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

action. That dangerous element known as
the respectable voters" who do not vote I'M
til the community has been carried to the
bow-wows by unprincipled persons who
never fail to vote, is, it seems, according to
Boston experience. largely increased by the
bestowal of the franchise upon women.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

Boston Advcrtlser.
The New York Nation has reached the con
clusion that General Harrison is not a safe man
to be President" Fortunately for the General.
the New York Nation il not the Nation, and
wisdom will not die with IL III the Republican
candidate suited the New York Nation, he
would not be the Republican candidate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

THE New York Graphic, a Democratic
organ which processes to know the plans and
purposes of it's party. rises to remark that "the
campaign liar has not yet reached the ultimate
possibilities of his profession. 1t is too early
in the season." Mercy What tales about
Harrison are the Democratic managers trying
TO hatch up now1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

A WASHINGTON special to a Democratic
exchange says Congressman Scott is going
part in the campaign, but to be chief manager
in the national committee. Can it be that
Chairman Brice is already showing himself
unequal TO the situation9
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31

The blast of the Clay county miners in
this mornings Journal will be heard all over
the State. 1t blows the Sentinel clear out of
the top Of the shaft.