The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-03


oraiAnapo.is Sonunsi.
With The trial Of Bingham. the gres
Fountain county booiler. the ludicis'
farce Ia the federal court j. " ma end
yor the present at least A. The rscor
stands. the only man convicted. out OF
over one hundred aud nty defendant.
was n democrat who voted for Clevelan' 1
M The forenoon and. having been pa'c
money aud made drunk by republican
-nnafisees,r was voted In the afternoon
.or Harrison Juries IL two cases dis
agreed ten or twelve defendants wets
aruui,lcd under the instructions OF H.
court. and over one hundred and thirt,
alleged offenders evsde trial through ~
most di-grac,ful partisan rulings eve'
promuls slel by ANY court IN this ccu"
TRY.
beginning with the time when Their
was a talr prospect OF the Z. ,. grhmd
Jury imdicting william Wade Dudley
treasurer OF the national republican com
miitee. and the intimate personal srien'
Of BENJAMIN Harrison, Tor organizing .
wholesale system OF bribery IN his inter-
est. the whole machinery OF this cour'
has been employed. with the most rsck
less disregard Of propriety, precedent,
law. Justice and decency, 10 protect M"
from the consequences Of his crime, and
10 save from punishment the scoundrr'
who carried out his inianlo.s in~ruc
tions IN nearly every voting precinct y
the state At the November election. Ina
election was the most corrupt ever vii
messed in lu.liana; but tiagrsnt ~ wa.
the yi,lainy which made IL an eveila-i
ing reproach 10 the good name OF lndi
ana. 1t has been surpassed by the viIlAins
which has been employed 10 cover ~
the rottenness and keep from the w0rl''
a knowledge Of the method by which.
the electoral vote OF Indiana was obtain
ed for Harrison and Morton. We inea-
urc our words carefully, and Keep en-
tirelv within bounds, When we say thai
\ more wicked and daniu,ble conspiracy
was never formed than that which ha>
eliminated III the wholesale Jail deliver,
OF perjurcd scoundrels 'our beet citi
zens,- as Mr. Chambers terms them j.
through the monstrous perversions o.
the instrumcnialilies OF ju stice that havt
lust been witnessed in this town.
Tie shame and the scandal OF II all l.
the tolcraticn which IL accorded by N
public. or large portion thereof. TO u,
chief offenders. Corrupt elections mra
corrupt administration, and beiOken p
deadened pubic conscience. We will
never have honest elections nor good
government in Indiana SO long as party
organs and ministers Of the gospel and
the leading representatives, Of the pro-
fessional aud business class defend
knaves Of their own sect who are de-
tected In the commission of crimes
against tho balluf-box Judge Woods
aud the officials Of his court have put >
premium upon bribery and fraud a.
elections: but the evil they have wrought
would have been but temporary If there
had been virtue aud msnliness and de-
ccucy enough IN the repu blican party 10
have rebukcd. 40 they deserved, their
outrageous oiIenses against good moraI-
and the public safety. But with the
whole republican party standing 81 their
back they have been enabled ~ deal such
blows at our Institutions as they will not
soon recover from. They have all but
destroyed popular confidence ~ the in
tegrity Of The judiciary, and have sown
seeds from h,ch this common wealth
will reap harvest Of corruption and
misgovernmcnt. Of shame and dishouor
in wears thst are 10 come.
The democratic party OF Indiana IL
practically unit IN denouncing the out.
RACES in the federal court All over the
state deep feeling ofindignation exisss
with we think ought to find express
ion ia some suitable manner. Thu
democracy Of the state should put on re
cord. while The hour Is new, an emphat
ic condemnation Of the proceeding
which have made Indiana justice . laugh
ing stock and by-word throughout III,
republic. The Evansville Courier ans
other leading papers have urged tn
holding OF q mass meeting OF Indian'
democrats in this city 10 take prope
acton IN this matter. Has not the tiul
arrived for such demonstration?