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The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22
THE ARMY AND THE INDIANS.

A special agent of the Interior Depart
ment, who was recently sent to Pine
Ridge to investigate. the condition of
things there, has made a report. He
thinks the recent outbreak was precipi-
tated by the movement of troops. and
that if the indians had been left to
themselves their ghost-dancing would
have come to an end without bloodshed.
He says they had, no thought of war.
and that the first suggestion of hostili-
ties came from the whites. The report
takes decided ground against army in
fuence on the Indians. 1t is represents
ed as bad in every way, the soldiers
hating the Indians and Uice uersa. 1t is
charged, further. that the soldiers set a
very bad example in drinking, carousing
and gambling. This is a severe arraign-
ment:
The army officers nearly all drink. On
more than one occasion officers were car
ried home from social parties by their
friends, either fighting drunk or limp. In
one OF the traders apartnlents lugs. bottles
and demijohDs. and cases OF liquor were
constantly on tap. 1t was said they were
GERS. but every white man seemed to be
able to draw the corks. and some of the or
gies indulge by officers and civilians
would disgrace not very resDectable dog
gerry IN frontier miniDg-camp.
Profanity prevails wherever the soldier is
found l met dozen officers while at Pine
Ridge, and remember but one who failed to
be blasphemous In ordinary conversation.
And so thoroughout all the camps. soldiers
and officers alike are fearfully Indifferent to
the third commandment. The agency en-
ployes are prOfane in many cases. but the
quality of their blaspherny is mild and
lonesome by comparison with the sulphur
ous and abundant oatbs of the military
people. Christian Indians told me they
had never heard 30 much swearing or
known of SO much drinking and gam bling
in all their lives as has been constantly be-
fore them during the brief interval during
which Pine Ridge has been under martial
control, and it was remarked that the
army people were not in the least dis
turbed by it, nor did it seem to occur to
those In command that such uncivilized
forces were uncommon among Indians.
No effort was made to curb the whisky
drinking or the blasphemy and almost
none to prevent the other vices. Nothing
was done to punish pereons for bringing
trary to law, and no military restriction
was placed upon its sale to whites
Such charges as these ought to be con-
firmed or disproved. If true, the army
needs civilizing about as much as the
Indians. Drinking and gambling are
the vices of the army. and if they are
carried to the extent here indicated the
Indians are not likely to get much BEN
etit by contact with the army.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22
A SUGGESTION ABOUT DIVORCE.

The divorce problem is receiving q
great deal of attention of late from
social reformers, but one phase of it
seems to have escaped their attention.
This is the custom, with it's attendant
complications. of requiring or permitting
the divorced wife to continue to bear
the name of the husband from whom
she is separated. That disaRreeable
consequences may grow out of this Gus
tom is proved by the case of the Chicago
gentleman who figured as complainant
in very unsavory divorce suit q year
or SO ago. He obtained the legal
separation desired, and also the
custody of the only child, but his for
mer legal partner in matrimony retained
his name and has since advertised it ex-
tensively by going upon the stage.
Wherever the Chicago gentleman goes
the appearance of his name on the hotel
register is enough to single him out as
an object of curiosity. Recently the
ex-wife was advertised to play in a
Chicago theater on certain date, and
the ex-husband, to escape possible en-
counter, took his son and quietly de-
parted to distant city before the wom-
ans arrival. His precaution did not
save him from notoriety, for in the
morning papers of that city his arrival
was prominently chronicled, with the
information added that he was the hus-
band of the Celebrated actress of the
name. If divorces must be granted,
and as, at all events, they are granted,
it certainly looks to the unbiased oh
server as if some protection should be
accorded to the man who escapes from
an undesirable partner by returning to
him the sole right and title to his name.
On the other hand, the woman who
frees herself from irksome bonds has it
in her own power to recover her former
name, and, where the existence of chill
dren does not complicate the matter,
this is frequently done. The wonder Is
that it is not invariably done, since it
would seem that a woman who finds her
husband uncomfortable could have no
further use for his name.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

striking feature is that the number of
leased convicts in the Southern States
has nearly doubled, which certainly goes
to sustain the charge that negroes are
sent to the penitentiary for trivial Of
fenses because they are mc1e source
Of profit to the State and to private
corporations. The conclusion may be
reached from these statistics that the
people who are born in this country,
and have had the advantages of its pub
lie schools furnish far less criminals in
the same number of people than do those
who come hither without an elementary
education and ignorant of our institu-
tions, which is an argument not only in
favor of our public school system, but
for compulsory education.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22
TIE GERMAN ANNUITY Law.

One of the radical propositions of the
Emperor of Germany which has taken
the form of law is national regulation
providing for annuities for the invalid
and aged workmen. Simply stated, the
provisions of the law require that all
persons between seventeen and seventy
years of age, of both sexes, who receive
from $24 to S4SC year as wages, shall
make weekly contributions which will
entitle the contributors to pensions,
without conditions, if they become in
valids, when they reach the age of
seventy-one years. All laborers, under
the law, are divided into four groups,
according to the wages they receive.
The statistics show that twO-thirds of
the 100000 workmen insuredeare in
the lower group, or that not more than
one-third of all insured earn over $50
marks, or $133 o year. The machinery
of the law is unique. On the first of
every year the millions of workmen who
come under the law will provide them
selves at their local Offices with large
yellow pasteboard cards, on which are
stated the name of the Office to which
they report, the name and date of birth
of the owner, extracts from the law and
ffty-two spaces for pasting the weekly
stamps. This card is presented every
week to the employer, who places
thereon q stamp representing the
amount of wages withheld for the annu-
ity. After workman bas made 235
weekly payments, he gets claim on in
valid insurance. and after .410 weeks he
is entitled to a pension at seventy-one
years of age. 1t is stated that work.
man will be required to pay 1 per cent.
of his wages for fifty-four years to So
cure, at the end of that time, pension
of 80. .13 to S2 a month, or, if they be-
come invalid before sixty. a pension
ranging from SO to 81. The measure is
distinctly that of the Emperor, as it did
not have the energetic support of a
single political party, or a single promi-
nent economist. 1t is one of the propo-
sitions of the Emperor at the time he de-
clared his purpose to improve the condi-
tions of the laboring classes. 1t is said
that the law is causing some dissatisfac-
tiop in Germany, which should not cre-
ate surprise. Imagine the general pro-
test and resistance any approach to such
law would occasion in this country.
But Germany is not the United States.
Germany has q paternal government,
and the German, while a citizen, is
subject. He and his are in the hands of
the imperial ruler. But the complaint
against the law is not that portion of
the wages of the labOring classes are
withheld without their consent, for that
seems to be necessary, but because the
people see that the effect, if not the
aim and purpose, of the law is to bind
the masses to the state by their per-
sonal interest in the pensions which the
earnings retained by the state hold out
to them. Many now see that the first OBJ
ject of the Emperor was not to advance
the interests of labor, but to put it in
situation where its self-interest will lead
it to maintain political and social order.
IL also involves a principle of national
socialism, which is strange theory for
a representative of imperialism to put
into practice in any form.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

So far az convicts in the penitentiaries
are concerned, the first census bulletin
from the division of pauperism and
crime will afford little material aid to
those who are trying to persuade the
people that year by year the country is
morally retrograding. These figures
show that the number of convicts has
Increased during the decade 9,695. In
1880 the number of convicts in the PEN
itentiaries was 30,53S. or 700 convicts to
each million Of population. In 1890 the
number of convicts was 1928 or 722
convicts, which is an increase of only
eleven to each million Of population.
This is not an alarming increase. when
one takes into consideration the fact
that the machinery for the detection
and punishment of criminals is improv-
ing from year to year. In regard to the
nativity of criminals, in 1927 whose
birthplace and parentage are known,
the foreign-born element of population
furnished IA, TBS, and the colored popu-
lation 1867, while the native white
population, which outnumbers them
both. furnished only 1912 convicts. A
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

DURING few years previous to the
tariff of 1883 the consumption of wool
was greater in this country than In
Great Britain, but the act of 1888 seri-
ously affected the industry in this coun-
try and promoted that of Great Britain
to some EXTENT but less than that of
Germany and other continental produc-
ers who are now flooding England with
the cheap goods which were sent here
before the late revision of the tariff.
The latest returns indicate that the
American manufacturers will soon be
consuming more wool than Great Brit
ain, and that the sales in Boston thus
far for the year 1891 are 90 per cent.
larger than during the correspondent g
period last wear.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22
Delightful and Rare Quality.


A delightful quality of General Sher-
mans old age was bis intense interest in
life. He never suffered himself to grow old:
for growing old is not the passage of years.
bat the decay of interests and the decline
of zeal. General Sherman had much of the
same sort of vitality which Mr.. Gladstone
possesses in such a marvellous degree To
the very end he took apparently as mnch
interest in the things going on about hIm
as he did in middle life. He was, TO the
very last. man Of the world in q good
sense; keenly alive to the significance of
current events, recognizing the clsims of
the present as more pressing than those OF
the great past in which he had been such
an illustrions figure. It is not often that q
man who has been one of the master spirits
of great and decisive epoch of history il
able to see thar epoch in true prospective
after it has become thing OF the past For
the most part, such men continue 90 live IN
the years which witnessed their achieve
ments, and all after-life and after-history
become q kind of pathetic anti-climax-
General Sherman was saved from this fate
by the greatness of his mind and the fresh-
ness of his spirit
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

SECRETARY" who is given space in
the afternoon organ of Democracy to air
his alleged information about building
associations and their needs, would Gre
ate much more favorable impression
of his capacity if he would successfully
assail the Journals attitude in relation
to these banks of the people instead of
imputlng to this paper motives concern
ing which it is impossible he should have
any knowledge. The Journal demands
that the foreign associations be closely
looked after, and that the local associa-
tions be let alone
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

Speaking of newspapers recalls the fact
that during the war General Sherman was
not greatly enamored of newspaper enter
prise and took every precaution 20 thwart
it. Newspaper men were repeatedly ban
ished from the lines. and we're on more than
one occasion threatened with being mis-
taken for spies and treated accordingly. It
must be confessed that about that time the
newspapers did not love General Sherman
overmuch. aud were more free than conrte-
ous in their references 20 the General and
his "crazy" plans. In good time. however,
the General. and the old feeling of the Gen.
eral against the newspaper boys dlsap-
peared. Since the war Uncle Billy" has
been a universal favorite. his presence ex-
citing enthusiasm every here. whilst the
soldiers almost ldolized him.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

lean citizen who bad been experimenting
with beer for many years was called to tes-
tify as an expert as to whether il possessed
Intoxicating qualities. In reply to the cus-
tomary questions to prove him an expert.
ne said:
"I haf pin prewer dwendy years und keep
saloon zwelf. haf indimade knowledge Of der
constituents of lager"
lis lager beer an intoxicating hquori" asked
the attorney. with an air which plainly said that
he was confident OF the answer.
"Dots differend NIT differend subiccks." re-
sponded the truthful and exact witness- "H o
man trink sechsg oder sevendy glasses q day he
d0n'd feel i'd; aber IL he make schwein oud OF
himself dink he ged full, but I'm nod confident,
elder"
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

IT is not often that Speaker Reeds
retorts please Democrats, but when he
replied to taunt of Mr.. Springer of
Illinois, who imagines that he is can
didate, "Thas is a Rratuitous remark
from the gentleman from Illinois, and
one that he viii nothave an opportunity
to reply to from the same position" none
laughed more heartily than the Demo
crats who ridicule Mr.. Springer's pre-
tensions to the speakership.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22
Periis of After-Dinner Orxtory.
Amsr'San-

veral hours the feasting goes on:
tb saker eats neryonsly, aud then, on a
fuli stomach, when the body needs ITS ener-
Ries for digestion, he is obliged 10 stand
upon his feet, aud use all his mental re-
sources and considerable ply ysical strength
in order TO make the impression that he de-
sires. Ii is the hardest kind of speaking.
the most exhansting kind of work, and the
wonder is that il has not done more dam
age than has been credited TO it. Certainly
the guests at these banquets seldom appre-
ciate the amount of labor and pains that it
costs q speaker To amuse and instruct them.
Secretary Window had taken little food
and less wine. but he had the nervous
strain OF waiting for his time 10 sreak-a
strain that is often more telling on the
body than the work of speaking itself 8
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

THE Woman's National Council. whose
sessions open to-day, IN Washington,
viii rejoice with great joy if it should
happen that the Kansas Legislature
adopts unlimited woman suffrage during
this week. One branch of that body has
already voted in favor of the bill. The
woman's council is not q suffrage con-
vention, many different organizations
being represented in 1t, but large num-
Der of the delegates are in sympathy
with the movement and will hail success
In Kansas as sign of triusnphal prog
ress of woman with q capital w.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

WORD comes from st. Paul that the
farming fraternity in the Northwest,
consisting of sixty thousand men, pro-
poses to form trust and make It's own
market. This involves q combination
for the purpose of raising prices and
controlling production, which is the pur-
nose of all other trnsts.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

MANAGERS of the Grant monument in
New York have placed on the market q
puzzle, to be sold for the benefit of the
fund. The greatest puzzle is how the
monument is to be built. and no living
New Yorker seems likely to solve it.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

parted happy in the consciousness that,
being now his wife. she was no longer
competent witness against the man
who had tried to kill her. 1t is such in
explicable acts as this that make it so
difficult to get along with women.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

Iris strange coincidence that the
Dnly three men who have borne the
title of General of the Army were born
not only in the State Of Ohio, but with
ln radius of little moro than one
hundred miles. Grant was born at
Point Pleasant, Sherman at Lancaster.
and Sheridan at Somerset.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

The New York Sun remarks to
Democratic Representative-elect who
mas been in Washington making some
remarkable statements regarding the
ownership of silver: "Know something
before you talk much" If the sugges-
ton were generally observed, q long
suffering people would be greatly re-
1ieveds
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

Twas in the happy summer time.
They spooned across the bars,
And he compared in feeble rhyme
Her eyes TO twinklingss.
And now sometimes he makes night
Oft with other 'Jaggsrs."
When he gets home those eyes 90 bright
Look at him deadly tt.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

No man ever held higher place in
popular esteem or had a stronger hold
on the general public confidence of his
time than had George Washington, and
vet be never stopped to demagogy.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

"You remind me much Of the man that tried TO
lift himself by his bootstraps."
''As to howl"
''Your intentions were all right. but you failed
to properly carry yourself"
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

Mr.. CLEvELAND's. immediate friends
make haste to deny the improbable story
that he viii decline the nomination, in
1892, but there was no cause for it.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

He-I must have the pleasure OF at least three
waltzes with you at the wickwires' fancy.dress
affair Thursday.
she-I am so glad you told me in time. shall
dress as peasant girl 90 can wear wooden
ehOes.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

Or the 159th anniversary of the birth
of George Washington it is proper to
state the historical fact that he was not
a Democrat.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22
A Meai. Trick.

Mudge-well, made one man miserable this
morning.
Yabeley-Whoi
Mudge-Old Grabler. saw him buy Q paper.
90 got o newsboy to offer him copy cent
cheaper He'll be grieving al day 6ver that
penny he might have saved.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22
TWELVE PAGES.

The Sunday Journal has double the circu-
Iation Of any Sunday paper In Indiana.
Price Eve cents.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

The question whether lager beer will in
toxicate. and how many glasses it takes to
produce that result, has been recently de.
cided again in Chicago. A Germsn-Amer-
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

THE Washington Qnd.) Gazette says
company has been formed. including ID. j.
Mackey and other capitalists of southern
Indiana. to develop the camel coal fields in
Daviess county. 1t adds:
This company has leased and purchased nearly
three thousand acres of land in the northeastern
part of this county and extending into Martin
county both sides of the Evansville IL Rich
mond railroad. which Is richly underlaid with a
be begun at once in sinking shafts. A new town
will be laid out at the most convenient point on
the railroad. probably near Odon- and
pany's store-house, hotel and miners houses will
be erected. The finding OF these new veins of
camel coal Is a discovery of great Importance to
our county. Camel coal ie becoming very scarce
finding new fields. As it is now the Ken lucky
camel mines and our Dsviess county camel
mines will he the only ones Of note In the Mis-
sissippi valley.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

The National Conference of Charities and
Corrections. at their recent meeting In Bal
timore, passed resolution that politics
should have no place in our State charitable
institutions" The resolution was offered
by DIR. Godding. late president of the Asso-
ciation of Medical Superintendents of
American institutions for the Insane. In .
printed address on the subject he says:
1t is time that all good men and women every
where having the best interests of our insane
and dependent classes at heart put themselves
on record OH this question of political influence
i'm appointments and removals In our eleem0syn-
airy Institutions. aud made their voices so heard
taking their meaning or that they are in earnest
about It. aWhen a hospital for the insane be-
part OF the political spoils and its OFF,
GERS are appointed mainly with reference To
their efficient services in the late campaign, and
when at the next election these men are rotated
ont TO give place to another set Of political heal
ers lheelers!l, If possible worse than the
first, what hope is there for the institutions
or their unfortunate inmates. Ward politics
married TO pot-house politicians, and out of that
union came forth lunatc doctors! Heaven save
tie mark. and God save their patients! Repre-
senting, as We do, and as is right and ftting-fOr
Iwould not have superintendent divest himself
of his manhood or he without an opinion on the
ouesf;ons of fbe dav--representing- + sav- Ali
shades on political subjects, can We not in this
stand on common ground and unite in demand
ing that integrity OF character and special fitness
for the work. rather than political services. shall
be the ground Tor hospital appointment. and that
efficient and faithful hospital officials shall not be
removed for political reasonsi
This is the view not only of all profess
sional ply sicians and competent superin-
tendents of the insane, but of all person Q
who have their interests at heart. Unfort-
unately, .it is not the view of . majority Of
the Indiana Legislature.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22

A SINGULAR controversy has sprung uDln
the Kansas Legislature over bill to
change the name of Geary county to Davis.
The county was once named Davis and
was changed to Geary. that being the
name of one of the early Governors of Kan
sas In the petition for the change it is
stated that the county was originally
named for Judge David Davis. but strong
protest declares that it was named "for
that arch traitor. Jefferson Davis" The
protest continues:
The declaration that the county was originally
named for David Davis is not only contradicted
by the whole history Of that period, but it is in
consistent with any theory Of truthfulness in the
fact that at that time David Davis was serving
his first term as q county judge in Illinois.
Liberal quotations are made from tho
statutes of the year in which the county
was originally named. showing that the
Legislature was controlled by pro-slavery
men, who would have been likely to honor
Jefferson Davis. The proposed change 10
protested against as an insult to the men,
ory of Governor Geary. 1t will be Q curl
Gus illustration Of the revenges of time if
county in Kansas bearing the honored
name of Governor Gesry should be changed
to Davis to commemorate the name of the
leader of the rebellion,