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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15
GAS AND ITS COST.

The News of Dec ID said:
at 1.-THE Trust is to save the people hun
dreds of thousands of dollars every year. 1t
needs but this movement on the part of the
people to assure the prevalence here of the
best fuel known to man at cost less than
eyer known"
The News of Dec. 10 said:
eve must have gas at bottom prices to
ever make it of any more real value in build
The News of Dec. % said:
cit has become plain that, in the nature of
the situation, the very fact of the discovery
OF natural gas in Indiana has made It incum-
bent upon this town to give its manufacturers
fuel on as favorable serms as any town in the
gas field"
The News of Jan. 5 said:
1--WE have to get the gas here for factories
practically for nothing, or we won't get the
factories. Nay, we shall not be able to keep
even those we have. To secure this
contamination so devoutly to be wished, one
thing is necessary. and only one, and without
it this cannot be secured: that is the COM
plete success of the Gas Trust"
The News of Jan. said:
.'The Gas Trust means practically free fuel
for all indianapolis.
Cheap fuel is building up Kokomo An
Gas at cost will revolutionize Indianapolis.
This is what the Trust will give it."
The News of Jan. 10 said:
'.The Gas Trust does expect to supply the
town with fuel at cost"
The News of Jan. 25 said:
''This company of the people, by the peo-
pie, for the people, is avowedly organized not
for making money, but for giving everybody
fuel at cost"
The News of Jan. % said:
1.-THE imperative need of this town Cis1 to-
wit: The ability to furnish gas to factories at
nominal cost If no town offered
anything better than gas at seven cents
thousand for factories, then our present facil-
tiles would suffice. But other
places in the field are offering gas for factories
for nothing, and free land and cash bonuses
in some cases, into the bargain. WE
MUST BE ABLE TO OFFER, PRACTICALLY,
FREE FUEL, OR WE ARE OUT OF THE RACE.
Indianapolis must acquire the abil-
ity 20 do this thing. How is she to acquire
It'll BY the Trust and the Trust alone"
The News of Jan. 81, said:
THAT company 1.-THE Indianapolis would,
when it reached the location of these factories,
GIVE THEM GAS AT SEVEN CENTS THOUSAND.
Is that any inducement for factory that can
get it for nothingf THERE YoU HAVE THE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15
COMMENT AND OPINION.

Mr.. BLAINE having taken himself out OF tho
race. now let us find knight who is as worthy
of being plumed as he was. Mr.. Blaine was
great man, but he is not our only great man.
Chicago Journal
THE prosperity Of producers everywhere is the
aim of protection, and the effort of farmers to
the legislation they desire has been enacted and
faithfully enforced--New York Tribune.
The South may not love Grant very much. but
in all probability if his remains had been placed in
any of her large cities there wouldn't have been
as much trouble to raise the money for monu-
mont IS in New York.-Richmond Whie.
The sheep in this country worth $s9.o0o,
600, but for and in consideration of the sum #
cents Grover Cleveland would exterminate
everyone of them. The free-trade goat is the
only animal that can claim any consideration
from this administration. hiladelphia Press.
WHAT of Cleveiand's strength in Colorado
He hasn't any. The leading politicians Of his
party opposed to him, and the others are
awaiting Developments with lassitude. The
only following he has is among negative Demo
Gratis who have no other interest IN politics than
to vote for the uominee-Denver Republican.
In this country. where there is state
church, the theory of the law is that marriage
is a contract, and that the causes for which it
may be broken are determinabe by legislation.
1t the theory of any church is inconsistent with
this. all it has to do is to enforce on its members
obedience to its law rather than the law of the
State.-New York Sun.
SHERIDAN would probably be stronger in the
North than any other candidate who could be
nominated to represent the Republican lust OF
Office and greed of spoils, but his defeat would
be sure, and the blow to sectional Republican
ism more decisive than If the candidate chosen
represented the issues of the civil life of the
present day.-St- Louis Republican.
THERE is but one way to falsify the predic-
tions of the Republicans, and to deserve the
confidence of the traders and producers Of the
country. That way Is to report forthwith to
the House of Representatives and press yigor-
ously to its passage bill reducing the taxes
and reforming the tariff as recommended in the
message of the Presidents and long since agreed
upon in all essential particulars by leading
Democrats at Washington.-New York Star
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

M. GREvY is now in serene and happy spirits
and is busy arranging his speeches for publica-
ton.
SANTA BARBARA tCal.l Press: Massachusetts
spends $1,000 600 year on her schools. yet not
per cent of her school children learn to pro-
nounee the letter ssr.p
SENATOR ISGALLs's father lives in Haverhill,
Mass. The other day when reporter suggest
ed TO him that his son might reach the Presi-
dency he said James would make a very good
President if he didn't slop over"
NEARLY "a, 600 had been raised for Eta Shat
tuck, the heroic Nebraska school teacher. be-
fore her death. The money will be paid 70 her
estate. and will benefit her father, . disabled
veteran, her mother and two sisters and q
brother, all largely dependent on Miss Shat
tuck's sxertions.
PRoF. MARIA MITCHELL had in the vassar
observatory until last June an able assistant in
Miss Mary w. Whitney of '6s. one of the earliest
Vass ar classes. Since September she has lectur-
cd at schools in aud near Boston the stars.
The resignation of Miss Mitchell and her illness
having made the chair of astronomy vacant, the
board OF trustees through their executive COM
rnittee on Friday elected Miss Whitney profess
sor, serve until June next She has accepted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

Mr.. JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER, of Ohio, is
a reader of the Journal. On no other hy-
pothesis can we account Tor the following con-
Guiding paragraph of his speech at the Lin
coin banquet in Columbus on Monday night:
us the present organization of our party SO
firm because fear the destruction of our
protective systemf No, but because we be-
lieve vote in Mississippi is as good, and no
better, than one in Ohio. And we have re-
solved never again to have another shotgun
President. Whatever others may think, be-
lieve that if Mr.. Blaine had made his Augusta
speech one week before, rather than one week
after the election, he would have been elected
President. say this because an able paper
has recently advocated that the question of
American manhood shall be relegated to the
rear. [Cries of 'Never.J Never; and if they
do relegate it to the rear, the party will march
to defeat, and it will be a just punishment
from God for inidelity and political cow
ardice.'
The highest compliment we can pay to this
is to say that it is paraphrase of many Jour-
nal editorials. Now is the time to subscribe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

her considerable annoyance. It occurred TO her
that she could keep the water from freezingif
she had faith. Before retiring for the night
she prayed, and then went to bed and slept
peacefully, confident that her prayer would be
granted. It was a bitterly cold night, but in
the morning she turned the faucet and the
water flowed without stint, while every other
pipe in the neighborhood was frozen tight
If the faith cure can be utilized to thaw
frozen water pipes, it may eventually lead to
the entire abolition of plumbers, an event that
might fairly be considered as foreshadowing
the millenniu 81
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15
An Intelligent Postmaster.

Aberdeen Letter to Portland Orcgoniap.
Petitions being circulated praying for the
removal of Charles A. Pratch from the postmas-
tership. He is charged with inclvility. ungen-
tlemanly conduct, using insulting language to
women and children, opening mail addressed to
other parties and incompetency. The petition
has been signed by all the principal business
men of the fowl and nearly every resident
The following notices, posted at present in the
Aberdeen postoffice are published word for word
and letter for letter: "Al Partecs hue s.wish
to Keep thsyr Boxes Please renew ontiil March
3l-l888. Balance duo on the following Boxes
ontill March 31--l888" ssDrawes. Rent DUE
Is our postmaster attempting to introduce re-
form in spelling, etc.q
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15
Indiana for General Harrison.

MOVIE.
It was Blaine against the field in the race for
the Republican presidential nomination. Now,
Blaine taken at his word and held to his word
will leave the field free and Immediately several
of them is Sherman. Hawley looms M in large
proportions from the East and Sherdans
chances. in the hope Of running q man
for President in 1883 because he Was q
brilliant cavalry officer in 1864, increase
But behind these come others less distinctly
prominent now, like Harrison and Allison. whose
chances may be tho best of all When central
figure like Blaine 10 out of the count the pros :
poets of men who are tried as to abilities, and
yet who have not aroused the antagonism that
attends more or less long and conspicuous official
prominence, increase By virtue of tendency
in human nature. the chances of such really be-
como tho best Indiana wants Harrison.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15
burglaries.

If Cleveland should be renominated the
Republicans will have to find better weapons
with which to fight than the charge that he
has appointed men of his own political party
to Office. We sincerely trust that the Repub-
licans will not ste-t into the presidential cam
paign on the hypocritical dodge. It will not
win. The people do not like it.-New York
Press.
We do not understand this charge to be
made by anybody. We understand the charge
to be that whereas Mr.. Cleveland voluntarily
committed himself to the policy of not par.i-
sanizing the public service. he has Democrat
lied it to an unexampled extent and thereby
demoralized it so that it fails in giving
efficient work to the public. Take the Post
Office Department an example. Never in
the history of the country was there such
execrable service rendered as there is now. 1t
is shamefulnnd outrageous beyond power of
expression, and almost universally so.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

THE new school board of st. Louis is going
ahead in a sensible way to review and remodel
the course of study in the public schools in
other things than the German language. Al
most without exception the principals of the
several schools give their opinions adversely
to some of the ornamental specialties such as
drawing and music. AT least in the lower
grades, where the fundamental branches of an
English education are presumed to be taught,
these mere ornaments will likely have to go
from the st. Louis schools.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

IT is said that of the eighteen million chill
dren of school age IN the United States, six
millions are not in school because of lack of
State financial ability to provide free public
Advocate.
One reason is because SO much of the school
fund is dissipated and waited in nonsense
and ornamental frippery. There are thousands
of children in Indianapolis who cannot get
into the public schools because of lack of
while thousands of dollars are thrown away
upon the fraud of teaching Q) German, and in
giving to a few college education.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15
THE Law AGAINST BURGLARY.

The recent murder of millionaire Smell, in
Chicago, has excited very wide attention.
The absolute mystery surrounding the crime
invests it with certain degree of horrible in
terest. while the strong probability that the
murderers will never be discovered creates a
feeling of insecurity in the minds of many
who see with what impunity such midnight
crimes may be committed. The fact is, any
residence in any city is liable to be entered at
night by burglars. The best police in the
world cannot protect every part of large
city at all hours of the night. The best pro-
the constant holding of its penalties before
the eyes of criminals. They should be made
to understand that if they commit crime the
chances are largely in favor of their discov-
cry, arrest and punishment. The fear of the
law is great deterrent of crime, and the
promptness and certainty of punishment after
arrest is an important element in the case.
AS for burglary, it is doubtful if the penalty
affixed is severe enough. The burglary
of residence always involves the
possibility of murder. The professional bur
glar who enters house at night is always
prepared to kill, and will do so rather than be
caught or cornered. It is constructive muir
der, even if the crime itself be not perpetrated.
In this view it deserves very severe penalty,
especially if it is hoped to make the punish
ment preventive of the crime. The law in
this State makes the penalty imprisonment in
the penitentiary for not less than two years
nor more than fourteen years, and puts the
burglary of dwelling-house on the same
footing with that of store-house, factory,
Office or shop. The man who enters a house
at night with deadly arms and prepared to
kill, is guilty of the same crime, in legal
definition, as he who forces open a smoke
house door to steal ham. Imprisonment for
twice fourteen years. or even for life would
not be too severe a punishment for many
burglaries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

TEE Boston Herald has been frank to ac-
knowledge that as a well-wisher to Mr.. Cleve-
land it would prefer Mr.. Blaine to be his OPP
ponent. Recent issues of Harper's Weekly
have betrayed touching anxiety for Blaine's
nomination, although Mr.. Curtis has not been
honest enough to put his reasons for such
desire into words. These amiable mugwumps
will now be put to the trouble of inventing
other reasons for their Democracy than their
opposition to the Maine statesman
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

The Democratic members of the House
committee on Territories are said to have
agreed to report bill for the admission to
statehood of Dakota entire. New Mexico,
Montana and Washington. If such bill is
reported it will probably pass So far as
party politics are concerned, which ought not
to enter into the case at all, Dakota and New
Mexico would offset each other, the former
being Republican and the latter Democratic,
while Montana and Washington are both de-
batable ground.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

THE unusual amount of noise now being
made by the administration clacquers is prob
ably for the purpose of silencing the public
complaints over the disorganized postal sery-
flee. So long as people fail to get their mail,
however, they viii think and talk; finally,
| they will act by voting for the return of the
party that demonstrated its ability in that
line b. establishing and operating for years
an almost perfect service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

The law-breaking, law-defying, white
aproned criminals, who stand behind saloon
bars, are respectfully referred to the decision
Of the Supreme Court in the Henry case.
served that even a Democratic Supreme
Court in Indiana has quit hunting holes
through which saloon-law violators can es-
cape The world do move, and it does not
move in the direction of saloon domination in
law and politics
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

to wear the full dress of the most formal
occasions in his own country. This
right has also been extended to the members
of the American legation, they being the only
members of the diplomatic corps who attend
court functions in plain evening dress. 1t is
but fair to add that Mr.. Phelps seems to be
making very good impression in England,
both in his public capacity and in the best
social circles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

THE signalservice report, yesterday morn
ing, indicated fair weather for the day. It
turned out to be dreary, drizzly day. bat the
mistake was no fault of the bureau. This
administration can't afford to keep up the
service properly, and the station officer does
the best he can with the meager data that
come to hand
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

Mr.. "BILL ARP" Of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, is quite a representative Southerner.
What he says has wide reading and infu-
ence, and it will not do to whistle him or his
ideas down the wind. In last Sundays Con-
stitution he has a long article on the question
Of the pensioning Of Union soldiers, in the
course of which he says:
There will never be any real national
peace and brotherhood in this country until
our soldiers are pensiDned, too and put on an
equal footing. Like the old fellow and his
bull, we pass and repass, but there will be
no affectionate familiarity. Back pay and
arrears will have to come, and SANDER will
have to stop. Our boys did just as much
fighting as they did. It was family quarrel
that the North had been bringing on for fifty
years. We didn't WANT to fight, nohow We
Just wanted to dissolve the partisanship and
be let alone, and they wouldn't let alone.
They invaded us on our own territory, and we
never did put hostile foot upon theirs but
once, and then we found their lands posted
and intruders warned off and no shooting
allowed. and SO we didn't stay very long and
came back with alacrity. We thought we
had some State rights, but they said we
didn't We think so yet, and may be they
will think SO, too, sooner or later"
We simply reprint this for the purpose Of
allowing some Of the milk-sops to gum" it
over
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

MINISTER PHELPS deserves credit for hav-
Ing done away with the custom, conformed to
by his predecessors at the court of ST. James,
Of wearing knee-breeches with evening dress
ut court functions. Formerly our ministers
used to wear court uniform on official occa-
sions. That was too ridiculous and un-Ameri-
can, and was discarded all bat the knee
breeches- Mr.. Phelps, it seems, simply as
serts the right that belongs to minister to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

A PENNSYLVANIA court is about to settle .
question of great moment to school boys, par
ticularly those of the rural districts. teacher
who forcibly placed naughty little Tommy Riley
among the girls, by way of discipline, has been
called by Tommy's father to answer criminal
charge of cruelty and abuse To be seated
among the girls has from time out of mind been
regarded by school boys a most degrading
form of punishment, but it is seldom that they
can induce their fathers to take similar view
of the The father is apt not to sympathize
with his young son. but to allow his memory to
1inger about q period in his own life when girls
were far from Objectionable and seat near
them, one of them, to be coveted. Tommys
parent however, perhaps having such be-
quilting recollections, entered fully into the
its of the matter and resolved to test the ques-
ton Of boys rights. Great interest will be felt
in the outcome. not only by the down -trodden
boys themselves. but by the teachers, who
would regret to potent means of punish-
ment taken from them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

THEY are not friends of Mr.. Blaine who
cast discredit upon his honesty and his word
by assuming that his letter does not mean
what it says, but must be tread between the
lines AS Representative Bourelle. of Maine
says: Would You not accept such a letter
from John Sherman as fnalq It is an insult
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

the present time the LIST of persons in the
employ of this branch of the government
aggregates 800, while the membership COM
prises 325. Congress can never be made to
see that retrenchment, ike charity, should
begin at home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

HOWEVER anxions Congress may be to
economic in other directions. the two branches
very rarely reduce their own expenses. On
the contrary, the constant tendency is to in
crease them, both n the number of employees
and their salaries Since the assembling of
the present HOUSE the number of employees
on the rolls has Teen increased twelve. At
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

FATHER McGLYNN as an independent can
didate for President on antelope, anti
poverty labor platform. would be spectacu-
lar feature of the campaign.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

THE Journal considers its Letters from
the People" one of it's most valued and valua-
BILE departments; but we must again caution
our correspondents against the length of so
many &C their communications. Brevity is
the chiefest virtue in such letters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

The Journal said that 1.-THE Republican
party is in no way interested in Parsons re-
tention in Office" as postmaster of New Yor K
city, whereupon the Chicago News replies
that we 'are right in the sense that his reten-
ton is not through the influence or desire of
the Republican party; it is wrong as to the
effect of his retention upon public senti-
ment," and adds:
"Nothing the present administration might
do could work such injury 70 the Democratic
party as the dismissal of Postmaster Pearson
and consequent disorganization of the great
metropolitan postofice As Harper's Weekly
says, The misfortune of the capture of the
New York postofice by the politicians would
fall upon the people and business interests of
New York that deal most with the office"
The News also says with respect to the
Chicago postofie, and ''the appointment of
political postmaster
ut is notorious fact that instead Of their
1.-THE postal service and mail facilities1 being
improved, or even maintained, they ave
been allowed to retrograde. Chicago is not
comparably as well served In mail matters as
it was during Postmaster Palmer's term of
Office"
What the Journal said was precisely true.
If Mr.. Cleveland should remove Mr.. Pearson.
from the New York postmastership, Harpers
Weekly, which the News quotes. would go
right along extolling him as divine creation
discovered by mugwump omniscience for the
purpose Of reforming the civil service" and
ushering in an era of political purity, just as
the Chicago News has continued to do, de-
spite the daily evidence of the shameless
prostitution of the Chicago postofice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

A PROMINENT liquor-dealer in Rhode Island
says all the liquor men will vote solidly against
q repeal Of the prohibitory law in that State.
This declaration tells its own story. Whisky
sellers naturally prefer law under which
they can handle their wares free from taxa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

BECAUSE Mr. Blaine does not feel equal to
the strain of another campaign is no reason
charge of the country's diplomatic affairs
which he gave up at Garfeld's death. The
Republican President elected this year will
need Mr. Blaine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-15

AND SO "Bernhamer doesn't know enough
about it to turn States evidence" This is
pointed intimation on the part of Mr.. Coy
that he is the man to whom the tender atten-
lions of anxious Democratic statesmen should
be chiefly directed