The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-31
TIE ORIME. NOT THE MAN

TIE CRIME, NOT THE MAN.
| Nobody viii question the many good traits
of Sim Coy. He is frank, generous in dispo-
! sition, will walk ten miles to serve friend.
is active, pushing, vigorous, and has an i'm
| perturbable and apparently inexhaustible bon
| homie. But, in politics, at least he lacks the
moral quality absolutely, and there is nothing
| he would stop at to serve his personal and
party ends. Long before he was ever thought
of in connection with the tally-sheet forgeries,
"Coyism" had passed into term descriptive
of all that was corrupt and demoralizing in
politics. The forgery of the tally-sheets was
the natural result and outcome of Coy meth
ods "Coyism" had so long defiantly assumed
to run things, relying upon the belief that
decency and law had been cowed or was neg
ligently dormant, that the managers believed
the forgery of the tally-sheets would be
passed by without trouble, and that another
triumph could be scored for "Coyism." It
will be remembered that when a gentleman
sp oke to Coy, the night the devilment was
going on, telling him it was dangerous bust
ness. the little 'Boss" laughed and said it was
good enough while it lasted. And so it was;
but it did not last long, and now the shadow
of the penitentiary is athwart the path of the
men who so blatantly and arrogantly howled
down all opposition before them during the
memorable night of the canvassing.
Coy may be all that his friends paint him,
but that has nothing to do with his guilt or
his responsibility for it. He knew enough on
that night of November 1886, to know that
he was playing with edged tools, but, with his
belief in his STAR in "Coy luck" he laughed
away all warning, and went ahead with the
outrage and crime
Mr.. Joseph Chesterfield Mackin was more
polished man than Coy, and an equally 'good
fellow and friend He was the curled
darling of Cook county Democracy. He
moved in the best society, and was eminently
resp ectable and of good reputation. Neverthe-
less he went to JoE ct penitentary for FIVE
years for crime against popular suffrage.
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REV. B. w. CHIDLAw, representing the
Monument Association, appeared before the
Board of Trade yesterday, and urged the adop-
ton of resolutions praying the passage of
bill appropriating $4,000 for monument
over the grave Of Gen. William Henry Har-
rison. He warmly received, and the res
olutions laid over, under the rule, until to-
day. OF course they will be heartily and
unanimously passed, and forwarded to every
member of Congress. Ohio, Kentucky and
Indiana bodies, Legislatures and boards of
trade, have already taken similar action. A
bill appropriating the amount asked for has
been introduced, and there is good prospect
for its passage at this session of Congress.
The bill should be passed, and a monument
should be placed above the grave of the hero
of Tippecanoe and the ninth President of the
United States After the passage of the reso-
lutions by the Board of Trade, we hope to
have them officially and earnestly called to
the attention of the Senators and Representa-
tives from this State.
Now, it seems to the Journal, the case of
General Carnahan should be taken up and
settled. The fact that General Carnahan was
indicted, and his trial has not yet been had,
has been taken advantage of by the defenders
and apologists for the Coy gang to assert that
their prosecution has been partisan and perse-