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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

The Law Has Existed for Thirty Years, bu,
Saloons stin Flourish.


Saloons stin Flourish.
Milwaukee Sentinel
Occasionally an exasperated Prohibition.
ist in Maine complains of the open and per-
sistent violations of the prohibitory law.
Such complaints. as General Dowo once ex.
nately for the cause, the local papers find
their way into the broad world. and the
broad world is astonished to find that after
thirty years of effort to suppress it by
legislation. the liquor traffic goes on in
Maine very much as 1T does elsewhere.
For thirty years prohibition has been the
law of Maine In respect of liquors. Last
week the Bangor Wing and Courier edited
by that ardent advocate of prohibition,
Congressman Portfolio made the astonish-
Ing confession thai during all these years
there has been 8. large number of saloons in
open operation in that city; IN fact, that
the city Is under the rule of the saloons"
During the strike OF tho lumbermen, the
they did until TIC strike passed, and now
they nave oporsd again, or IN the words of
the Wing anil Courier. 1.-The rum-shops
of this city .esnmed their devastating
Tor1 IN G1. sids st. or again. the
running on fnll time and grinding out
their sickening gr;st of inebriates.n In a
later Issue. &c paper announced that 'the
tide OF intoxication IS again flowing un-
checked thsough our streets" In the Sat
urday issue The leading editorial closes
thus: The saloons may exult In their
fancied strength. but the power of public
opinion is rfghtieC than they. and it will
and the home. until the laws for the pro.
lection of sociek- shall be recognized and
obeyed."
So, after thirty years OK law and agita-
ton, the prohibition laws are not .'recog-
nized and obas-ed" ard the prohibition
people are still waiting for the power of
public opinion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

IT hurts the feelings of Democratic
editors of the country to discover that
the influence of ex-senator Powell Clay
ton in Arkansas is as strong as ever, and
increasing, and they accuse him of max
ing political capital out of his brothers
assassination. These editors are such
fastidious, sensitive creatures. They
know that Colonel Clayton's murder was
a cold blooded political affair, instigated
by Democrats of prominence, and COM
snitted by Democratic ruffians who are
instructed to believe that a Republican
has no rights that they are bound to re-
spect. These editors know that the
murder was the direct outcome of Dem
ocratic methods in Arkansas and other
Southern States, and that it was only
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
THE organ of the scbool-book mon

THE organ of the school-book monop-
oily quotes an article from the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer which contains the fol-
lowing "The public schools should
have the very best books, and should
have them at the very lowest rates con-
sistent with merit in contents, material
and binding, whether those rates are
paid by the State or by individuals"
The foregoing sentence should have
been eliminated. 1t is dead against the
monopoly. which proposes to furnish
VIGOROUSLY inferior books at a rate
which, according to Mr.. Becktold, of
st. Louis, still leaves three profits-one
to his firm, one to the Standard Publish
ing Company, and one to the Indiana
company of middlemen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
OUR AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.

The agricultural experiment stations
established by the government in vari-
Gus parts of the country are doing
good work in making investigations re-
lating to the culture of farm products,
trying new varieties of grains, veg
etables and fruits, and making tests
which are too tedious and expensive for
the individual farmer to carry out, but
which are all for his benefit. The Indi-
ana station, at Purdue, is taking rank as
one of the most successful and practical
of these institutions, the superintend-
ents of its different branches being re-
markably well qualified for their re-
spective duties. The recent entomology
ical bulletin issued from the station, and
giving the result of Professor Webster's
investigations relating to insects de-
structive to plant life IN Indiana, has
attracted attention, and is regarded as
valuable. That the station has gained
reputation in another direction letter
to its director, from the Assistant Secre-
tary of Agriculture at Washington, tes-
tluCSs Ills SChOiChdh WiitCc tAdO
in the investigations relating to
wheat and its culture no station has
made more satisfactory experiments
than that of Indiana. He then asks the
value of certain varieties for general
distribution, and if any of those tested
at Purdue are worthy of purchase. He
also states that it is the intention of the
department to purchase some foreign
wheats, to be tested by experiment sta
tiOns, and asks for suggestions. Since
the receipt of this letter Secretary Rusk
has ordered $50 bushels of seed wheat
from the Indiana station for general dis
tribution, thus giving practical proof
of the estimation in which it is held by
this veteran agriculturist. The farmers
of Indiana, who hardly appreciate the
Importance of this enterprise, should
give close attention to its experiments
and encourage 1t in every way possible,
as a matter of profit to themselves and
the State. n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
vincennes Commercial.
The Need for Vacations.
Pitrsburg Chronicle.Telegrsph.

All overworked men and women need,
more than anything else. a change of scene,
air and surroundings, and can best get it in
a vacation jaunt. If they get sufficient to
eat and a reasonably fair place to sleep.
luxuries and put up with some discomforts
for the sake of the good they will inevitably
get from the change. The stuffy room at
the seashore. or the upholstered apartment
in the mountains, can be easily endured if
temporary we'll says that the ideal vacation
is that which supplies temporarily what is
generally absent. To the man of sedentary
habits this would be physical activity, and
to the man of outdoor pursuits it would be
pure rest If these are purchased at price
which ali can afford, the purchasers can in
vest in them in the knowledge that they
are doing right.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

make this peculiar case, and it is to be
hoped the administration will make no
mistake in selecting Mr.. Averills sue
cessor. Extra pains should be taken to
get a good man, and, if possible, to
avoid giving the Democratic press any
cause for complaint. For obvious rea-
sons we do not think it would be wise to
defer too much to the wishes of the per-
sons who hung the late postmaster. 1t
would not be good politics, and might
lead to further combinations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

THE prospectus of the North Amer
lean Salt Company, or, as it will soon be
known, the Salt Trust, is published. 1t
is an English and American combine for
the purpose of controlling the product
and price of salt in the United States 1t
is incorporated under the law of New
York. The Supreme Court of that State
was in effect trust composed of the
salt manufacturers of New York de-
signed to control production and prices.
In passing upon the question of its le-
gality, the court said: ''This court has
held repeatedly that the purposes which
were attempted to be accomplished
through the corporation were illegal.
The end to be attained being illegal, the
contracts and agreements entered into
to secure the end must be equally So"
In a case involving the same principle,
the Supreme Court of Ohio said:
Public policy unquestionably favors COM
petition In trade, to the end that its COM
modities may be offered to the consumer
as cheaply as possible, and is opposed to
mOnOpOlies. which tend 70 advance market
prices, to the injury of the general public.
The clear tendency of such an
agreement is to establish a monopoly and
to destroy competition in trade. and for
that reason, on grounds of public policy,
courts will not Md in its enforcement. Ii
is no answer to say that competition in the
salt trade was not in fact destroyed, or
that the price of the commodity was not
unreasonably advanced Courts will not
stop to inquire as to the degree of injury in
fiicted on the public: it is sepOugn to know
that the inevitable tendency of such con-
tracts is injurious to the public.
Why should not the Sugar Trust and
the new Salt Trust be attacked in the
same way? There is tremendous power
in the common law, if it is cOurageously
used
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

Asst. LOUIS editor, who has been hear
ing from the benevolent Mr.. Becktold
that he is about to furnish cheap school
books to Indiana, suggests that some re-
form of the sort is needed in Missouri.
When the editor looks into the matter
little further he will find that, though
Becktold g. Co.'s books may not be high
priced, they belong to the category of
goods described in British phrase as
s'cheap and nasty.n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

The Soldiers Monument Commissions
ers have received letter from Private
Secretary Halford stating that the Pres
ident will attend the cornerstone laying
if he can possibly do so, and leading
them to believe he will come. This an
nouncement will add very greatly to the
general interest already felt in that
event, and should encourage the COM
missiOners to make their preparations on
a broad and liberal scale,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
Displeasing TO the Critics.


ground of complaint against Russell Harri-
son in the fact that he lately dined with
Queen Victoria, In the estimation of these
able opponents of Democratic malice it was
bad enough that young Mr.. Harrison
should be a gentleman. but that he should
accept the hospitality of the Queen is really
carrying matters entirely too far.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
Those British Investments.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger

It is not quite clear that any great
amount of British capital is being invested
in the syndicate purchases of breweries,
irOn-mills, etc. little ready money is re-
quired, but as soon as the purchase is eff
fected shares are issued for three or four
and Americans are expected to pay enough
for them to furnish all the capital required.
The chief investment made by the English
"capitalisp appears to be cheek"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

voted himself to scientific pursuits and
wrote ESSAYS on the institutions of America.
There are, perhaps, few impoverished
old women in Trenton who now wish they
had married the milkman of forty years
ago, whose younger son is now thought to
be brilliant catch fer rich Miss Gwendo-
line Caldwell, of this city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

BISHOP MCQUAID, of the diocese of
Rochester, has just returned from Rome,
where he had several personal inter-
views with the Pope, and says the re-
ports of the Pope's i'll health are greatly
exaggerated, and that few men of his
age carry their years as lightly. Never
theless. the Pope is eighty years old.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

Two postal clerks in Virginia, surviv-
ais of the last administration, have re-
fused to make their runs with col
ored clerk, recently appointed. They
should be promptly accorded the mar
tyrdom they are evidently seeking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

THE discussion by New York editors,
scientists and medical men, over the
subject of executing criminals by cleo
tricity instead of the rope has taken a
tone that seems to indicate deeppersonal
feeling on the matter. At times the ar
guments, pro and con, border on the pa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

"ELEcTRocUTIoNn is a word somebody
has invented, and some Of the Eastern
papers are using, to describe the process
of official death by electricity. The in
ventor should be caught and used by the
experimenters to test the'process.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
First Catch Your Hare.
Iafayette Courier

Lafayette Courier.
This is not the time for Indiana Repub-
icans to discuss the question as TO who
shall be elected United States Senator in
the event the General Assembly is right.
The duty of the hour is to read up and
profit by the old recipe for cooking a hare.
which kindly advises the catching of the
hare as the first important step In the pro-
caedinO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
The New Third Auditor.
New Albany Tribune.

New Albany 1riDune
At last the appointment of Capt. NJ. Nj.
Hurley to be Third Auditor of the Treasury
has been made, and again the President has
hit the nail on the head. In this appoint
ment the south part of the State is recog-
nized. an efficient political worker Is re-
membered, and an industrious. painstaking
and valuable official is secured for the i'm
portant work of an important Treasury
bureau. Major Hurley is a personal ac-
quaintance and friend of the President,
and. besides the strength that this would
surely give him, he was strongly Endorsed
for the place to which he is now appointed.
His Endorsements were from members and
ex-members of Congress, State officers and
ex-ofiicers. and other Republicans of Indi-
ana and leading Republicans and officials
of Ohio. Illinois and other States.
Louisville Commercial.
The appointment of Capt. M. NJ Hurley.
of New Albany. to be Third Auditor of the
Treasury will be Endorsed by everybody
around the falls as excellent and we'll de-
served. Captain Hurley's career post
master at New Albany and in the freight
department of the Pennsylvania railroad
since, have brought him into personal con-
tact with the business community, and his
long service as chairman of the Republican
committee in the Third Indiana district has
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

Paul PlOnttr
A down-east lady, whose top story should
Iieves i'm the immortality of cats; and the
Boston Globe, in half column editorial,
queries, '.Are cats immortalf" Well, the
Lord Forbid There would be stupendous
bolt from Christianity to atheism if this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

THE President will leave Washington
for Bar Harbor about the middle of next
week, spending day in Boston on his
way to Maine, and attending the dedi-
cation of the Pilgrim monument at Ply
Mouth. There is good deal of patri-
otto inspiration in that part of the coun-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
A Question of Bar'ls.
aovenvorth T1mes

A month ago the Eastern Democratic
term Now they have dronned Cleveland
and taken up Whitney. No cause is as
signed for this sudden change. but il lie
supposed that the leaders must have caught
glimpse of the ex-Secretary's bar'l and
reflected that the ex-President hasn't any.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

New York Tribune.
Some of the third-party organs are pos
sessed of q BLACKBOARD vocabulary which
their adversaries never acquired. and
which they would be ashamed 10 use IL
they had and il ia not made either savory
or effiSacious by the pretense that it is en-
ployed in the service of God, and home,
and native land ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
Take a Warning from the Fly.

There are flies on Dubuque. Ia, to depth
of three inches. They live a short life. but
a merry one In the afternoon they are
born on the sand-lots; they make night Of
it around the electric lights of the city and
die-cumbering the ground and leaving q
bad smell. Take q warning from q ny,
and don't give way to luxury"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

THIS is the camp-meeting season, and,
judging by the number of people who have
gone and are preparing to go to the wooded
aisles and leafy tabernacles the old charge
that religion only flourishes in cold weather
seems to BE- losing force. 1t is, of course,
not to be assumed for moment that any
other influence than religious ardor or the
hope of spiritual good leads the crowds to
these places.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
The Reorgauized Committee.
m Go1offa n,r;ln,,a

hokOmO G2Zette-1TlDu1e
The reorganized Republican committee
m eets with general favor here. as every
where throughout Indiana. Attorney-gen-
eral Michener's acceptance of the chair
manship is particularly gratifying and
insures a magnificent organization of the
Republican forces of Indiana and a vic
toTious consunimation of the campaign in
1890. NJ. r. Suffer- of Madison, Sas vice.
chairman; f. ". Millikan, of New Castle, as
secretary, and Joseph l. Irwin, of Column
bus. as treasurer, complete q roster of COM
mittee officials that cannot well be i'm.
proved.
Vincennes Commercial
Hon. L. T. Kitchener, who sacceeds Treas
urer Huston in the position of chairman Of
the State central committee, is well known
to the Republicans of this State in the
capacity of a party worker. as well as a
State official, and it is an undisputed fact
that he was universally regarded as the
only man amply COMPETENT to fill the posi-
tion to which he has been chosen. He is
bold and swift worker. ready in expedients.
full of zeal and energy, answering in
purpose when he feels he is in the right.
and knows no such a thing as surrendering
to the enemy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Mr.. BEckToLD, of st. Louis; seems to
have as much trouble getting into the
Sentinel as Postmaster Jones did. Mr..
Becktold can get in when he learns the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

not permit certain man. whom he named.
to succeed him postmaster. may be re-
garded as the American passion strong in
death. If he couldn't have the Office him
self he wanted to control it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

I1iW1ukee StntlhtI
1t must break the free-trade press all up
to have the Dun mercantile agency declare
and nrove that the volume of business con-
times remerkabIy large. for. the time of
wear. Prosperity is mighty hard to bear
yunder a high-tariff administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

MRS. GEORGE H. CoRLIss will erect
fine building for the Young Mems Christian
Association at Newburyport. Mass. as
memorial of her late husband. the famous
engine huilder
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
Alters the Case.
,,,,-.,,,as sentinel.

Milwaukee Senunei.
The New York Herald tells its readers
that ssno matter what your success may be,
never lose your head" But suppose ven
are q fourth-class postmaster with Clark
son at the guillotinef
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

Ex-President Cleveland's approximations.
Minneapolis Tribusc-
Ex-President Cleveland Is fishing near
Syracuse. n. Y. Though remote from civil
cation, il is said that In splitting on his bait
he expectorates twice--once for fish and
once for luck in 1882.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

"RUsTLER" AvERILL's request to the
Wyoming vigilance committee just as he
was about to be swung oil, that they would
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

made him well known to all the politicians.
Few men are better known in this section,
and few held in higher esteem TO. energy,
integrity and capacity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

ACCORDING to the London Court Journal
Poet Laureate Tennyson has received q
command to write poem on the subject of
the coming marriage of Princess Louise.
Tennyson must feel that the necessity Of
grinding out verses appropriate to each
important event in the royal family i'm
poses heavy burden on his old age. He
has written many such poems. and but one
had in it any touch of inspiration and gen.
uine feeling, all the rest being perfunctory.
1t is not likely that he will be moved on
this occasion to utter anything equal to his
greeting to ''tho sea kings daughter from
over the sea-" in which he declared that
saxon, and Norman, and Dane are we.
But all OF us Danes in our welcome of theev
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24

THE report that Murat Halstead is suf.
fering from an incurable disease and that
his days are few should not cause anxiety
to his friends until it is authOritatively
confirmed. 1t is as much as public mans
life is worth to fall i'll, however moderate
ly, in these days when the reporters of sem
satiOnal newspapers are lying in wait for
anything with which to startle their read
ers. The unfortunate citizen is certain to
be represented as having Bright's disease,
cancer, heart disease or some other fatal
malady assailing his vitals, no matter how
much he and his physicians may deny it.
If he is so injudiciOus as to read the pub
lished accounts of his physical condition,
he proves himself to be of strong mind not
to be overpOwered by his imagination and
nervousness and brought to the state so
wildly described. The only safe course
for Mr.. Halstead, if he wishes to recover, is
to refrain from reading the Cincinnati En-
quirer and papers of that character. But
can he do it! Habit is strong, and the ext
gencies of politics and business have COM
PEELED a daily perusal of that interesting
but not accurate sheet for many years.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-10

that a high protective tariff (which
is nothing more or less than a taxi
is the very thi ng you need to make
you prosperous. When the Demo-
cratic party advocates a reduction
in taxation you advocate and vote
for a continuation of a high protec-
tive tariff.
Now, Republican friends, if in
place of paying your tariff tax every
time you go to the store and make
a purchase, an itemized account of
1T was kept and presented to you at
the end of each year by a collector,
we venture to say you would not
hesitate to say that this high pro-
tective tariff is a tax. Then the
Journal and Era would not be able
to make you believe that it is the
fell ow across the frogpond who pays
the tariff
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-10
BE FAIR.

Our good neighbor, the ARGUS,
is n rabid free trade paper, and has
the courage ofits convictions Fro.
We give the Era the credit of
trying to be fair, and its mis-state-
ment of facts we would rather be-
lieve is due simply to want Of infor-
nation. Its charge that the ARGUS
is ga rabid free trader is without
a scintilla of truth to sustain it.
For the benefit of the Era, which
is blessed with an excellent corps of
writers and those who may be mis-
guided by it's unfounded assertion,
1T may be stated in the plainest terms
possible that the ARGUS is not a free
trader, neither is the Democratic
party in favor of free trade. The
ARGUS is in favor of q tariff sufi-
cient to run this government eco
nOmically administered, after which
it would add q tariff which would
pay the American laborer the differ
ence between the cost of manufact-
uring the article in Europe and
America. That is what the ARGUS
calls Protection to American labor
without a broad shield or a coat of
arms. 1t is not in favor of "a tariff
which pays a bounty to American
manufacturers, whereby they can
accumulate millions of dollars in u
short period of time while the aver
age American lives from hand to
mouth, which we are doing to-day.