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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20

For true-blue Democracy and thick
and-thin devotion to party commend us
to the Kentucky article. The circuit
clerk of Todd county. Mr.. Christian by
name, is a better Democrat than Chris
tian, for, in a recent election, he voted
against his own father, who was an in
dependent candidate for Representative
against the regular Democratic nominee.
The son says that after careful consider
alton he reached the conclusion that the
Democratic doctrine of government was
the true one, and that strict party or
ganization was the only proper method
by which that party could ever hope to
win success in contests with the Repub-
lican party, and therefore deemed it a
duty to vote against his father, which he
accordingly did. Christian, ST., is said
to be "as good a Democrat as there is in
Todd county" but, not being the regular
nominee, the son could not support him.
That is the kind of party fealty that
produces Treasurer Tates, with their
clean party records and big defalcations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20

THE Office of recorder of deeds for the
District of Columbia is a bone of con-
tention among place-hunters. Residents
of the District demand that it shall not
be given to an outsider but to one of
themselves; but as its emOluments, which
come in the shape of fees. amount to
$4,000 a year, the Office looks like a de-
sirable plum to a great many who are en-
,tirely willing to become residents Of the
capital. The latter argue that the place
is entirely too large for the District,
speaking politically, as the people of
Washington do little or no party service,
and that the home-rule idea should be
disregardeG in this case for the benefit
of party workers. AS a means of set
thing the controversy, Senator Dawes
proposes to deprive the place of its at
fractions by cutting off the fees and
fixing a moderate salary. This sug-
gestion is we'll received in some quarters;
but, strange to say, the innumerable al
didatcs fail to approve, and are using
what influence they have TO defeat such
action.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20
THE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.

The temperance convention of yester-
day was another illustration of the fact
that when sensible and law-abiding men
come to deal with practical affairs there
is but one thing to do, and that is to ac-
cept them as they are. When the o m
vention came to deal with the only prac-
teal phase of the temperance situation
as it is, they found a license law on the
statute book, and the practical difference
between resolving in favor of enforcing
it, as the convention did, and indorsing
it as an original proposition, is one of
gush purely, for, with the same con-
science and devotion to the action of
majOrities, whether in statutes already
on the books. or to be put there
in the future, all true citizens
stand together. And so, Oh this
only practical phase of the question
before it, the convention moi only
resolved to enforce the present license
law, but any other law that might be
enacted in the future. 1t was simply a
declaring to abide by majorities, whether
WC uSiCC WuOliy III tuclI CohCiuSiOuc VI
not. Third party folly holds that voters
consciences will not allow them to abide
by the action of majorities, whether
State or local, forgetting that individu-
atty ceases and citizenshi begins when
the majority has concluded what it will
do, even before it puts the law on the
statute book.
These conferences and conventions,
coming in contact with practical affairs,
are valuable in showing all the difference
between gush and practical sense. OF
course, when majorities have concluded
what they will do. individual conscience
is merged into the public conscience, and
while no n is responsible for the con-
illusions, the body-politic is, and it, as
Mr.. Gladstone says, is always nearer
right than the few in government. And
this is pre-eminently American.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20
THE LIES ABOUT WANAMAKER.

The Philadelphia Press, tired of hear
ing the changes rung upon the favOrite
Democratic charge that Postmaster
general Wanamaker was using his Off
cial position to serve his private business
interests, made a few personal inquiries
into the matter, and states upon his Owl
responsibility that when Mr.. Wanamaker
became Postmaster-general he gave di-
rections that all business dealings be-
tween his business establishment and the
government should cease-and not
merely with the P~OstOffice Department,
but with all departments. The Press
adds that for years his firm had furnished
supplies; some years it had amounted to
many thousands of dollars, but it was
all to be stopped. There was nothing in
law or in ethics, or even in propriety,
that required this determination, es-
pecially as to any department. other than
the postoffice; but Mr.. Wanamaker made
it from his own sense of fitness, and i'm
order that there might be no possible
grounds for question. He male it quiz
city; he made no public proclamation of
it, and the editor of the Press drew out
the fact only upon his personal inquiry,
and it is 10Y made public for the first
time.
No n who knew Mr.. Wanamaker be-
lieved for a moment that he had made
any improper use of his Office; but SLAM
ders often repeated come to be halfway
believed, wen by those who evolved
them out of their inner consciousness,
and it is well for the truth to offset them.
1t is not probable that the mugwump
organs which have done their best to
circulate the story will cease their SLAM
ders, but, fortunately, truth finds its way
through better mediums.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20
NJ AND OPINION.

THE direct-fax bill will be pretty certain
to go through successfully this time. ft
will make n big hole in the surplus. but the
United states ~ in honor bound to meet its
fair and reasonable OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Journal.
THE burden of taxation in cities is neces-
sarily heavy. and those TO whom are granted
extraordinary facilities for getting money
should pay an adequate price foruit. In this
way the tax-rate may be reduced and the
growth of the cities corrsspondingly pro-
moted.-Louisville Courier-journal.
THE South has grown by Investigation
OF industry. Its magnificent strides have
been due IN large measure to the national
pohcy of that. party. against which the
South has fought solidly, and still fights. Is
1T to be expected that such singular unwis-
dom will long continuei-New York Trib-
une.
THE Just view of the subject of extradi-
ton Is that no country should allow itself
another. except when the offenses are of n
strictly political nature. All offenses that
are generally recognized as crimes by the
civilized world should be mate extradita-
ble.-Cleveland Leader.
WIFE a plurality of the people can elect
all public officers. when a majority of the
Legislature can pass any law, and when a
majority of the judges on the Supreme Bench
can declare the final law of the land, il
seems preposterous that the majority of q
july CdntiOt QtIcIfnlnt the IaCIS IN 1QV naT-
ticular case.-Chicago Herald.
IN view of the obvious absence at the
present time of anything resembling per.
sonal freedom in Brazil. one can be thank
fui at the discretion shown by our Stare
Department In withholding its recognition
OF the new government until it has the
support and Endorsement of the people in A
regular and legitimate manner.-Bosten
Herald.
THERE are many cases which come before
the courts. the details of which, in the in
terest of public morals. it would be much
better to keep from the public ear. Public
the participants; but such publicity is as
often a wholesome provision, and one which
q liberty-loving people would not willingly
a~bridge.-Bost0n Advertiser.
THE colored leader of the South who
tell their people that there is help for them
IN federal legislation mislead them, and are
either ignorant themselves OF reckless
demagogues. The colored people of the
South must help themselves out of any
troubles they may have. They must be-
come a part of the Southern body-politic
n not an extraneous mass. cohering for
purposes foreign to the general objects of
their fellow-citizenss-New York Herald
(Dem.)
The workingmen of Massachusetts, arc
organizing protection clubs, and in an adj
/ dress urging similar action By their
brethren in other States they say Free
trade means more goods from abroad. and
more goods from abroad means less work
here" The case has rarely been stated
full permission to stump, their toes against
that wall of reason until their teeth ache.
1t won't hurt the wall any-Philadelphia
Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20

capita wealth, and so on. OF course,
the large per capita wealth in such
States was due to the fact that in some
of them nearly half of the population
was counted as property. But restOra-
ton appears to have set in a dozen years
ago at a rate which, if not as sud-
den as the fall, has been even more
remarkable. After making due allow
ance for exaggerated estimates which, in
the nature of the case, have been used
in many instances instead of carefully
collected statistics, the gratifying story
of recovery is yet marvellous. 1t shows
that while the South has increased the
volume of its special crop, cotton, prac-
tically supplying the world, it has broad
ened its agriculture, so that it no longer
depends upon other sections for its bread
and meat. In railroads, highways, bank
ing facilities, manufactures, etc., the
progress has been equally marked, and
is equally gratifying to the rest of the
country. But, while the reader must be
left to study the figures for himself, two
conclusions viii suggest themselves to
him, namely: That the emancipated
labOro to-day is ten-fold more valuable
to the South than the slave labor of 1860,
and that the development of the varied
manufacturing industries in that Sec
ton is one of the beneficent results of
protection.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20
MINERS, INTERESTS,

The address of President John Nc
Bride before the Miners Progressive
Union showed an intelligent understand
ing of the true interests of labor. and
was well conceived and temperately ex-
pressed. That the interests of labor re-
quire organization and concert of action
there can be no doubt. This is an age
of organization. The idea of strength in
union is universally recognized. Capt.
tai is always organized, whether incor-
porated or not, and always ready to act
Extensively or defensively for its own in
terests. There is every reason why la
Dor should be similarly organized and
united-not necessarily for hostile or
unfriendly action against capital, but for
the assertion and protection of its own
rights and the advancement of its own
interests.
Mr.. Mcbride deprecated strikes, ok
cept as an extreme remedy. In this he
was right. All intelligent labor leaders
hold the same view. More and more
strikes are coming to be regarded as a
crude and costly method, involving loss
to both sides, always doubtful of success
and only to be used as a last resort.
They are to be avoided if possible.
Nevertheless the strike is a legitimate
remedy, and, under some circumstances,
not only justifiable but necessary for
the assertion and protection of the rights
of labor. AS Mr.. Mcbride said, the
thing to know is not merely how to
strike, for that is easy enough, but
when to strike to be successful. For
this there should be a thorough under
standing of both sides of the question,
a fair estimate of what capital can and
ought to do under given circumstances,
tive resources and staying powers of
both sides. No doubt a thorough under
standing of these facts would prevent
| many unsuccessful strikes, either by
opening the way for arbitration or by
showing the impossibility of a success
full strike under the circumstances.
Mr.. McBride's suggestion for the crea-
ton of a miners relief and defense fund
is q good one. Recent events in this
State have shown how easy it is for a
strike to be fomented and manipulated
for selfish purposes, and how completely
dependent, in such case, the miners
may become on the charity of those who
are interested only in prolOnging the
strike. This ought not to be. They
should avoid getting into a strike,
but being in they should not
be dependent on public charity for car
rying it on. A permanent fund could
easily be created, which would prevent
such dependence, and might be made
useful in other ways. Eventually it
might become the nucleus of a cooper
ative mining association, in which the
miners might lease, or even own, mines
and work them themselves. If every
miner in Indiana would contribute one
days wages a year to such a fund it
would soon amount to a large sum-, and,
rightly managed by a committee of their
| own selection, it could be made to con-
| tribute to their advantage in more ways
| than One.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20
FUNERAL OF MRS. ]. G. CANNON.
Remains Of the Congressmsn's Wife Laid to
Rest with Impressive Ceremonies.
spec,al to the 1ndianapous Joorns..

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
DANvILLE, Ill, Dec. 19.-The funeral
services over the remains of Mrs. j. G..
Cannon, wife of Hon. Joseph G.. Cannon,
were held this afternoon at 2:9O o'clock, at
the First NJ. f. Church, of this city, the
services being conducted by the Rev. c. A.
Crane, pastor of the church, assisted by tho
different ministers of the city. There were
present at least two thousand people,
among whom were many distinguished
persons from abroad.
The remains were encased in an elegant
double square casket with massive TRIM
mings. The floral decorations were many
and of the most elaborate designs. one being
a cross four feet high and made of q CON-
bination of roses, carnations, hyacinths.
etc., with two white doves. This was from
the lil MSieh d shsg fdr%.r IN oscnp;sS IN The The
choir was n mass of flowers. Mr..
daughters, who were clad in deep
black. Next to them was the
tives. The funeral discourse was impressive
and eloquent. the text selected being Her
sun is gone down. The members of the
bar and the Grand Army posts of this city
attended in O. body. and the twelve pail
nent citizens. A long train of carriages
followed the remains TO Spring Hill Gene
terry, where they were laid to rest.
Among those from abroad in attendance
were Gov. JOS. Fifer, Attorney-general Geo.
Hunt, Auditor G. w. Pavey, Gen. j. w.
Vance. Hon. James Connolly, Hon. /. N.
Pearson, Superintendent of Schools Ed
wards, Judge Matheny and others. Mr..
Cannon will remain in the city for some
days before his return to Washington. He
seems to be quite nervous and almost over
come by the sudden shock. The daughters
had made extensive preparations for their
winter in Washington, and at the time of
/ the death of the mother the younger daugh-
ter. Miss Mabel, was in Chicago finishing
the purchasing of her wardrobe. They will
remain in Danville this winter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20
A MUGWUMP HIATUS

The Boston Herald is a good general
newspaper. but when it comes to politi-
cal comment it betrays that weakness
which is attributable to a failure to as
simulate the facts of current history so
natural in those who undertake the task
In the guise of mugwum pism. In a re-
cent issue, deploring the increase of pen
sion expenditure along assumed histori-
cal lines, the Herald said:
In the midst of this comes President
Cleveland's veto of the dependent pension
bill. No one knows how much this act
of fidelity saved the Nation. but it is es-
timated by intelligent men connected with
the Pensions Department that the depend
ent pensions act was not at all unlikely to
increase the pension list q hundred million
dollars a year..
Here the Boston intelligence is at
fault. Mr.. Cleveland's veto of the de-
pendent pension bill did not come Sin
the midst Of this.n But in three Con-
crosses previous the Mexican pension
bill was urged, and was finally passed
by the House just before the dependent
law. 1t confers a pension upon every
man who was enrolled in the Mexican
war, regardless of service, when he
is sixty-two years of age; also,
upon those who are less than sixty-two
years of age, who are unable to support
themselves, regardless of the origin of
the disability, and also putting Mexican
soldiers who subsequently served in the
rebel army on an equality with loyal
pensioners. Neither Democratic nor
mugwump paper assailed the measure,
whose first beneficiary was a Democratic
Congressman who had been q major
general in the confederate army, and
who needed not a pension. This act, it
need not be said, involves all the princi-
Piles of the dependent pension bill and
the theory of service pension after the
veteran had reached the age of sixty
two years. 1t is asserted that Mr.. Cleve-
land would have approved the depend
ent pension bill had not the free-traders
in New York city, and such papers as
the Times and Post, assailed the meas
ure with all their power.
The point we would impress upon the
Cleveland.panegyrist in Boston is that
the dependent pension bill did not come
Gin the midst but the Mexican pension
law, which Mr.. Cleveland approved, by
which an ex-confederate general, sixty
two years of age, is granted a pension
he does not need for a few months serv-
ice in Mexico, while the Union veteran
sixty-two years of age, unable because
of premature disability consequent upon
the hardships of the service, may 60 to
the poor-house or suflerin neglect. The
Herald in Boston may have its eyes so
"sot" upon what it worships as Mr..
Cleveland's i%nfaIlibility that it cannot
see the difference between the ex-coD-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 90 1889

that not one among them has half the
money to spend that he is prepared to
invest, and that he has therefore q sure
thing; still, he has a little pride about
the matter, and would like a full party
vote in the Legislature. Nevertheless
he will not refuse to accept the alterna-
tive, and graciously remarks that he will
have to be satisfied with a majority. A
majority answers the purpose in such
cases, but it is really too bad that Brice
cannot have a complete roundup and
corral all the Legislators wearing the
Democratic brand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20
OUR friend General Carnahan does not

Our friend General Carnahan doesn not
appear to good advantage since his en-
counter with the Civil-service Commits
sion. His mistake seems to have been
in going into particulars concerning a
matter of which his information was in
accurate, and, therefore, misleading.
There are many interesting anecdotes
and newspaper paragraphs in circula-
ton concerning the methods of the COM
mission, the questions asked of appli-
cants, ETC., which, if true. would tend to
support the opinion expressed by Gen.
Carnahan that the law is ga colossal
fraud;' but the trouble is. these anec-
dotes and paragraphs lack confirmation,
and attacks based on them are not only
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20
THE s0UTH's REDEMPTION.

In this paper will be found IN article
by Mr.. EdmOnds, the editor of the
Southern Manufacturers Record, which
contains some most remarkable statistics
concerning the recent industrial prog
ress of the South, prefaced by others
which show it's headlong disaster by
reason of the war. Before the war the
per capita wealth of South Carolina was
third in the list, Mississippi fourth.
Georgia seventh, and so on. Arkansas
even preceding Ohio. The wal changed
all this. South Carolina dropped from
third to thirtieth in the amount of Der
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20

THE two new Senators from South
Dakota showed more personal feeling
than good judgment in voting against
the confirmation of Judge Brewer be-
cause he recently appointed a Kansas
mar clerk of the court in their State.
The gist of this offense was that the
Judge appointed a clerk himself instead
of asking the Dakota Senators to name
one. 1t is quite natural. as politics 60,
that they should have been nettled at
this, but it was hardly in keeping with
senatorial dignity that they should make
so small a matter a ground for oppos-
ing an important executive appointment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20

THE demand by the Sioux Indians for
compensation from the government for
ponies appropriated by the United
States troops during the Custer war is
an exhibition of cheek adamantine,
even for Indians. The sympathetic and
sentimental friends of the red men may,
however, be expected to favor compli-
ance with the demands. No matter how
murderous the Indian may be, in prac-
tice when he has opportunity, and at
heart always. these sentimentalists in
sist upon regarding him as a noble and
oppressed being, and one to be petted
and humored.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20

Mr.. GRADY insists that .'the South
must be permitted to settle the negro
problem in its own way" That is just
where the trouble lies. The South has
been settling it Gin its own wayD for sev-
eral years, but, as its way consists in
robbiDg the negro of his franchise,
abridging his personal rights in various
ways, and occasionally iogging and
even numbering him. the rest of the
country has concluded to try some other
way. Hence the present discussion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20

One suspects that Senators Voorhees,
and Turpie have addressed the follow
ing epistle to Mr.. Jones, Democratic
dictator in the Office of the ST. Louis
Republic:
Dear Strive feel as you do. and as Mr..
Cleveland does. about pensions; but we
must pretend 10 favor pensions or quit.
Put yourself in our place one day, and you
would not issue such peremptory orders.
Remember that unfortunately we ave not
81 cOnfederate constituency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-20
protection

A YOUNG Englishman temporarily So
jOurning in Birmingham, Ala, publishes
an account of a personal adventure, IL
Illustrating the eternal vigilance exercised
in the South to prevent the ''sOcial
equality" of the negroes. The young
man say that one evening, last week, he
dropped into a cheap show where he
found quite a crowd of whites and
blacks, and, being ignorant of local GUS
toms. he strolied among the colored peO-
pie. Seating himself he fell into conver-
sation with a colored girl, and between
the acts they talked and laughed them
selves into quite an acquaintance. I'm
aware that he was violating social pro-
prieties the young Englishman vas
somewhat surprised when a policeman
approached and asked if he called him
self a white man. He pleaded guilty to
that charge, and the policeman said:
"Then l arrest you.n To the astonished
young mans questions: "What fort" no
reply was given. He was marched out
of the tent, and to the statiOn-hOuse,
where he was confined on q charge of
disOrderly. 1t being Saturday night he
had to remain in a cell over Sunday, and
this in the vilest of company. Monday
morning he was taken before the re-
corder, and his case was heard. The
magistrate took it under advisement,
and the prisoner was remanded. Tues
day morning his case was called and dis
missed. His Honor, the recorder, kindly
called the defendant to him, and, after
inquiring of him how long he had been
in the State, informed him that she had
not violated the law in any manner, but
he had certainly violated the social GUS
tom," and in a few kindly-spoken words
reminded him that it was not advisable
for him to do so in the future. The
young man had been imprisoned fifty
seven hours for talking to a colored
girl. His personal rights were sacrificed
to maintain the sacredness of social in
auualitv.