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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02
Demanded by An Honest Men.
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The next legislature of Indiana will unques-
tionably provide better election law for the
state. This is one of the reforms demanded by
the honest men of both parties. In the per-
Torrance of this duty the legislators can have
for guidance the experience of other states in
providing laws 10 secure free. fair and
pure elections. The work should be done
carefully and deliberately. No election law
can, perhaps, be enacted that will prevent
bribery and intimidation but one may be
passed that will tend to lessen the number of
oienseS and make the occupation of the bribe-
giver perilous one. Bribery and intimidation
have gone unpublished so long in Indiana
that they are now practced boldly
and defnantly by men who, in the ordinary
walks of life, are called respectable. 1t is now
estimated that the purchasable vote of the
state reaches $1,000 This vote has increased
from year to year because the opportunity to
sell has increased as the bribe-givers have be-
come more numerous. Every good, loyal citi-
zen of Indiana would rejoice to see the pur-
chasable voter deprived of the right of suffrage
but this cannot be done There is one thing
that the good, loyal citizens of Indiana can do
They can unite to prevent bribery and intimi-
datiOn at elections. This will be necessary
even after the passage of a good election law,
because the successful enforcement OF any law
depends upon the strength of public sentiment
TO back 1t up.
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s Ticket for 1902.
TCourier-Journal.l

"For my part, " said Mai. w II. Thomas, as
he bit of the end of cigar and went rambling
through his pockets for match. "for my part
l favor a western man for president next time,
and have my minds eye al present on Con-
gresham Bynum of the indianapolis district.
l have been watching him for some time, and
he strikes me as being one OF the coming men.
he Is young, has brains aud energy, and IS
democrat for ali there Is in II"
Who Is your choice for second place"
Hugh Grant, above all others. He is an
other young man, true blood and a slashing
tighter. The race he made for mayor in New
York City, his Willingness 10 sacrifice personal
ambition 10 party advancement showed US
that he is full OF good qualities and combines
the essentials Tor a successful national con-
test"
Then you abandon Hillg"
Yes; but do not condemn him. ] have
cause TO know from my New \ Ork cOrreSpOn-
dence that the liquor men, irrespective OF party,
you might say, cliqued to elect Hill governor
because their business interests were considered
safe in his hands. This element raised as much
as $300000 to aid Hill. When it was turned
over to him lac very periodically took it % Alr.
Bryce and asked that it be applied by the ma
tional committee for the whole democratic
ticket. TO have done otherwise would have
meant political death for him."
As a business man, major what do you
think of the proposition 10 elect a president
every six years"
with safe restrictions and notifications OF
Of the veto power / should favor such a move
ment as u business man, but as a citizen should
not. Elections afford me a great deal Of in
terest"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02

1t is said by persons who have watched
the course OF public affairs in Indiana that
no measure for public education has ever
failed to meet the approval of the people.
If this be true, and it certainly ought TO be,
there are few things to which our legisla-
tors can devote their attention that will
be more popular than reasonable ana
adequate provision for the rehabilitation of
the state and township Libraries. The
first is thing of importance to every man
who desires to make thorough investiga-
ton of any subject. The best authorities
in every branch of learning are expensive,
so much so that they are usually out of
reach OF the man of limited means. The
state should place them within the reach
Of her citizens at some point within her
boundaries. Every civilized country
has recognized the policy OF such provis-
ion The state has need of learned men
in all the fields of knowledge. Are you a
scientist DESTROYS OF investigating any
problem of nature, are you mechanic de-
sirods OF inyenting a piece OF machinery
or preparing yourself for higher grade of
employment. are you an agriculturist de-
sirous of knowing the secrets Of the soil
and of plant life, are you stock-raiser
DESTROYS of knowing the pedigree of fine
animals and the best modes of car
ing for them, are you a politician
DESTROYS of examining questions of
political economy, are you citizen who
desires to know anything that will directly
or indirectly benefit the community? The
state owes it to you to give you oppor-
tunity OF access to the best works on the
subject YOU wish to examine. Say so to
your representatives. Do not be back
ward about it. They are sent here to pro-
vide for public wants.
The township libraries cannot be made
so complete, but they can, at a moderate
expense, be made blessings to thousands
of families. There are many people in
Indiana who are too old or too busy to go
to school, who would gladly improve their
minds at home, If books were within their
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02

reach. The township libraries were es-
tablished under democratic rule and while
kept up We're of great benefit. Half of
the books then provided are still in exist
ence, and with a little care a good work
ing library could be made accessible in
every township in the state. There are
men in every section of the state who can
testify to the usefulness OF these libraries
thirty years ago, and it would be lasting
credit to the democratic party to make
them equally useful now The funda-
mental tenet of democracy is care for the
good of the masses; and next to the puri-
fication of toe ballot, no better thing can
be done for the people than to put good
reading matter within their reach.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02

THE Journal says that ''Col. DUDLEY has
not lived in this state for the past seven
or eight years" Then Col DUDLEY ought
to be sent to the penitentiary for illegal
voting. He voted in the Third precinct of
Richmond in 1884, and again in 1886. On
the latter occasion his vote was challenged
and was sworn in by JOHN L. RUPE. At
the last election, according to common re-
port, DUDLEY was paired with r. j..
BRIGHT. If he hasn't lived in Indiana
for seven or eight years he has been
guilty of several violations of the election
law that he had not been accused OF.
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An Apostle of Republicanism.
lcolsmbus Herald

A gentleman who resides in or near Harris
vile, who Is an apostle OF gOody good republi-
canism and a preacher OF the gospel, was in
town on Saturday last. In one of our dry
goods stores he had collected around him
number of ladies-sisterS of the church--and 70
these he was directing with much earnestness,
and with a religious JUNCTION beautiful to con-
template, upon the immortality of the demo-
cratic party, and the prOneness OF Its members
10 indulge 10 excess In the intoxicating bowl.
He grew more earnest in his condemnation of
democratic immortality, and congratulated the
country on its escape from the whisky
tipping party and In the ascendency
of the sober, whisky-hating friend OF the
prohibitionist party to power. In one more
than usual emphatic gesture he knocked his
coat tail against an obstruction, which broke
thin flask of forty-rod tamarack. the contents
of which were strained through the pocket ma
terial and ran upon the floor in stream. This
episode cut the moral temperance lecture of
suddenly, and the speaker made a Decline for
the door. leaving his female auditors TO wonder
ii the tamarack itself was what set the relig-
iOus tongue upon such wondrOus wacginc.
Aoral-Ihe gentleman OF the white choker
must hereafter buy a bottle Of heavier glass,
or what would be still better and much more
safer, cast-iron bottle, packed in saw-dust
and inclosed in an oyster can. The apostle OF
temperance and republicanism must look alter
this matter a little.
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a "Non-Partisan" Affair.
IDanvillo (ilI.) Press.

Ever since the disposition among democratic
veterans has been evinced to form separate
soldiers organization, the charge that the c.
A. r. was not political organization has been
strenuously denied by the republican press,
aud the promoters OF the new organization have
been referred to in terms that even impugn
their loyalty. 1t may be true that politics is
never discussed with G. A. r. halls, but can
some of our republican friends tell us how a
non-partisan organization could consistently
pass a set of resolutions such the following
Resolved, That we do most heartily congratulate
Gen. Benjamin Harrison in his election to the high
est Office within the gilt of the American people
The sentiments he has often expressed of the
ton duty 10 the boys in blue we know the
pressions of honest and loyal heart, and such
they commended to our hearts with feelings of
the deepest gratitude. The slight consideration
for the veteran Union soldiers shown by the
presidential incumbent receive but small credit
when compared to the noble position exhibited to
the world by the loyal citizen the brave soldier and
wise statesman, Gen. Benjamin Harrison.
Resolved, That Frank y. Thomas post, No.
81, so far as its authority We reach, extends to
Gen. Harrison lis most cordial invitation to at
tend the annual reunion of the g. A. r. organ
ization of the United States, TO be held at Mil
waukee, Wis., in 1889, assuring him OF the
highest welcome possible for the loyal Union
soldiers of this nation to give their most hon.
orpd cOnrade
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WE print this morning another batch of

WE print this morning another batch of
letters from representative democrats in
various parts of Indiana, making sugges-
tiOns for new election law Democratic
sentiment upon this subject is thoroughly
aroused all over the state, and demands
from the legislature about to assemble
strong, well-cOnsidered and effective
measure for the protection of the ballot
against bribery and corruption in every
form. The legislature, we feel assured,
will meet the expectations of the honest
men of Indiana upon this question.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

L. p. WALsER, Domestic, Ind.-The city gov
eminent of Chicago is controlled by the repub-
licans.
A READER, Bargersville, Ind.-There is U.
S custom-house in indianapolis with a full
complement of officials.
READER, Greencastle, Ind.-The ffty-dollar
prize offer will remain open until Feb. l. as per
announcement elsewhere.
JAxN, Lafayette: The official vote of Texas
at the recent election was: Cleveland, 234. 1888;
Harrison, SS,422; Streeter, 29,459; Fisk, 4,749
DEMOCRAT, Liberty, Ind.-We are not aware
that Gen. Harrison said during the last cam
paign or at any other time that the South
needed more lead. He may have done so
without our knowledge. 1t sounds like him.
SUBSCRIBER, City.-To ''gerrymander" is to
divide state into legislative or congressional
districts in an unfair or unnatural manner for
the benefit of a political party. When Elbridge
i. Gerry, fifth vice president Of the United
States, was governor of Massachusetts,, that
state was thus Distracted. hence the origin of
the word. 1t is now claimed that Mr.. Gerry
was really opposed TO the measure.
A READER, Veedersburg, Ind: Buy Gen.
Lieb's book on the tariff for sale by THE SEN
TINEL and write TO &. P. Putnam's Sons, New
York, for list of publications on the subject.
Also write the Tariff reform league, New York
City, for documents. The tariff on
wheat is 20 cents per bushel, but it doesn't
afford the slightest protection to the farmer
because wheat is not imported, the United
States producing a large surplus for export.
The price of wheat in this country is regulated
by the price which the surplus brings in the
Liverpool market In open competition with
the wheat or Russia, India and the whole world
Hogs, cattle and horses pay duty of 20 per
cent, unless imported for breeding purposes
The tariff on WOODEN goods is very complicated.
1t averages about 90 per cent.
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Make Bribery Impossible.
columbia City Post


Let us have an election law which will make
vote.selling and vote-buying impossible. Then,
if the democratic party cannot win, you will
hear no word of complaint from democratic
lips. What makes democrats feel sore is the
positive assurance that this state was bought
up by money furnished by the eastern million
aires, whose hopes of future gain through the
systematic robbing of the poor depended on re-
publican success. As long as the democratic
party is compelled to combat an insane preju-
dice and the eastern monopolists' millions,
there will be no possibility of the face OF the
returns expressing the will of a majority of the
oil
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hold the law and protect the morals OF the
community, they would have. obeyed the
avs themselves. However worthless
and vicious and dangerous the victims of
their outrages may have been, they were,
we make bold to say, harmless and
even useful citizens as compared
with their self-constituted judges,
who have brought disgrace upon the state
of Indiana by their lawless proceedings.
Wiie-beaters are miserable wretches, and
ought to be severely punished But there
is law for their offense and if the White
Caps had made half as much effort to have
this law enforced as they have to break
down all law and order in their conmu-
mites, wholesome justice would long ago
have been done to these brutes. There is
also law against vagrancy, and law
against drunkenness and law against
theft and law against prostitution. The
White Caps had it in their power to see
that these laws were enforced They had
it in their power to secure the election of
officers with the ability, the courage and
the zeal to enforce them. and to create
public sentiment which would sustain
such officers in so doing. But they chose
rather to put themselves in the same cat
egory as the offenders of whom they COM
planned; to make criminals of themselves
in order to punish other wrong-doers; to
inaugurate a reign of violence and terror
ism, and to bring their counties, and, in
degree, their state, into disrepute before
the world by prolonged series OF out
RACES which will be lasting reproach to
Indianaunless the perpetrators are brought
to justice.
The people Of Indiana demand that the
prosecution of these miscreants be pushed
to the bitter end, and that the campaign
against organized iawlessness in Indiana
be continued until the last vestige of it
has vanished, and the law is again
supreme on every foot of its soil
THE SENrINEL's .fhy dollar pri-e-guessing
contcss on Harris0lt's cabinet 1rH remain open
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One of the Insanity Experts Himself Be
come Mad.

NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-An evening paper
says: Notwithstanding the carefully studied
efforts to keep the fact from public knowledge,
it has leaked out that DR.. Alexander L. Nc
Donald, general superintendent of the insane
asylum on Wards Island. has become insane
1t Is hoped that the affection Is only temporarv
and that the once brilliant mind of the great
specialist will be restored to its normal cOndi-
ton, but the prospect at the present time is
not encouraging. Dr. Mcdonald has for many
years been one of the universally recognized
authorities in this country on the subject OF in
sanity and its treatment. It seems like true
exposition of the irony of fate that he himself
should have been visited with an affection that
no one supposed to know better than he
how TO cure. DR.. Mcdonald was one OF the
experts whose testimony convicted Guiteau,
the assassin Of President Garfield, and il IS
noteworthy that he is another of those who
participated in that trial and who have appar-
emily fallen under the ban OF the assasin's
curse.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02
Don,t Forget the worItingmen.

ToTHE EDIToR-Sh: find in perusing THE
DAILY SENTINEL that there great num-
Der of plans and demands for legislation in
this state. A great many interests are stepping
to the front There is the supreme court whose
overworked judges demand relief Several
circuit judges consider that they have not suffi-
cient leisure to spend their salary. In short,
every interest conceivable presents its claim.
But the curious part of it all is there has as
yet no champion presented the claims of the
wOrkingman-the man who has nothing to sell
but muscle You will remember that the last
general assembly passed a law which provided
for bi-weekly payments, but failed to attach
any penalty for noncompliance and the result
is the law is dead letter. Now | for one
claim that the majority in the legislature is
under obligations to the laboringman to correct
this wrong. y. GROLL.
Waldron Dec %.
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INC RegIstration Ouestion.
[Rushville Jaeksonian.


We are not certain whether registration law
would tend to the publication corruption of
elections. Very few men vote twice at an cleo
ton, perhaps not one such vote in a thousand
has been cast in Rush county for some years.
Republicans resorted to that trick during and
after the war for some years, but they don't do
it much now. Democrats too vigilant for
them to do it with safety now. A registration
law places a burden on the voters. 1t does take
some time to register-mOre time than TO vote.
registry law gives the rich employer an OPP
pOrtunity to lay traps 20 prevent his employe
from registering; gives him chance to hire his
man not to register, and if he does register to
cause him TO remove from his precinct and lose
his vote. Ii he can do none OF these things he
still has chance to buy or get some one TO buy
the poor mans vote. We have never seen this
registration question discussed and therefore
we can't say positively that register law is
more in the interest of corrupt than honest
elections, but that Is the way 1t seems to
US. Perhaps such a law has advantages TO
which our attention has not been called. We
trust the legislature viii not pass such law
without good reasons for it. We believe a law
that would require man to reside a year in
the state and county before voting would be a
Uood In
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Tho Dudley Crime.

To THE EDIToR-ST: ] wish to say few
words through THE SENTINEL which is the
best democratic paper in the West. hope
the democrats of the country will stand with
THE SENTINEL in the prosecution of the Dud-
ley fraud, and the democrats Of the committee
of one hundred who are too weakened to
stand for what is right, should stand aside
altogether. If Judge Woods and others who
prosecuted, and even prosecuted the Coy and
Bernhamer fraud, are too partisan to assist in
the prosecution of present frauds, let them
give it over to fair-minded men who will, and
if there are any democrats VINO stand under the
trap let them stand from under. don't be-
lieve that the democrats will gain anything by
skulzing or lodging this prosecution. w.
Domestic, Ind, Dec. 50.
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Five Yenrs, Impri sonment.

KHGHTSTowN, Dec 29.-[Special. In the
case OF the state against Lizzie Archibald,
charged with numbering big" Dick Scott,
colored, in this city, Nov. p, and which was
being tried al New Castle this week by Judge
Martin OF Greenfield, a decision was reached
this afternoon. She goes 10 the reformstory
for five years Milt McCray, who Scott charged
in his anti-mOrtem statement with firing one OF
the two shots, the one that. really caused his
death will be tried at the February term.
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A CRYING Need.

tEvansville Journal-fep.I
There is crying need for the reformation of
the election laws. The democrats are clamor-
Gus for this action, and if they show their
earnestness by their works they will find the
republicans not only willing but anxious TO CO.
operate Governor-elect Hovey has already
expressed himself warmly favor of such leg
lslatiOn. There is no obstacle whatever in the
way, and if the state is not relieved this winter
of the stigma OF illegal voting and alleged
bribery at the polls, it will be disgraceful to
our people.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02

Certainly the senate, being the judge Of the
eligibility OF It's own members, viii not consent
to the seating OF Carpenter, whether it be
shown that he corrupted enough voters TO give
him his majority or unless he can produce tes-
timony TO overthrow completely that which we
reproduce this morning. No man who has
been proven guilty of even one case Of bribery
should be permitted to pollute with his pres
ence either house of general assembly. On the
evidence given, Mr. Carpenters proper place
is not in the senate, but in the penitentiary.
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Dismissed The BiII.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 51.-A dispatch
from Nashville SAYS: Chancellor Allison has
dismissed the bill OF Greed +. Bates (dem.)
who sought to obtain the certificate of election
as congressman from the Third district over Ii.
c. Evans (repL Bates temporarily eniOined
Gov. Taylor from issuing the certificate to
Evans. The matter has been appealed 10 the
supreme court.
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Harrisonss Oath.
IChicaco Times.l

The oath of Office which the president-elect
of the United States takes on the 4th OF March
will be amended so as to read: Il do sOlemnly
swear to support the constitution OF the United
States and of the state of Indiana"