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The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

On general principles, the Journal is
opposed to labor strikes, because they
are a violent method of settling contro-
versies, which almost always cause great
loss to employers and employees, and sell
dom result in satisfactory adjustment.
This refers only to the wisdom and policy
of strikes.
AS to the right of any workingman, or
body of workingmen. to strike for any
cause whatever there can be no ques-
tion. This simply means that any man
has right to quit work whenever he
pleases, or for any cause that he regards
as justifable. He has also the right to
employ any honorable means to have
what he regards as his wrongs set
right. Denial of this right would be
a form of slavery. The right to strike,
however, ends with the quitting of
work. No striker has a right to say
that his late employer shall not fill his
place, if possible. or that another man
shall not take up the work he has laid
down. To deny this right to employers
and to new employees would be another
form of slavery, as odious as the other.
Under no possible circumstances is vio-
lence justifiable on the part of strikers
to prevent other men from taking the
places they have vacated.
In the present strike of street-railroad
employees it is evident that majority
of the public would be pleased to
see their demand granted, yet it
must be admitted that what they ask is
a privilege and not right. The street.
railroad employees are hard worked and
poorly paid, and subject to many severe
rules. The company gets a great deal
of service out of them, and could afford
to treat them generously in the
matter of transportation. If the man.
agement chooses to adopt an illib-
eral policy with its employees it
has an undoubted right to do so. If the
men do not like it, as they cannot be
blamed for not doing, they have a right
to quit work, and if the company can
get other men, who will submit to its
rules, it has q right to do so.
The situation is one with which the
legal authorities have nothing to do be-
yond preserving the peace and pro-
tecting property. There is no con-
tract that can be enforced in the
courts nor any ground for interference
on either side. The inconvenience to
the public is great and the interruption
to business very serious, but this must
be borne as patiently as possible. in the
hope that speedy solution of the mat
ter will be reached.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12
NO tle Editor Of tins 1ndianapolls Journal:

1. Did the soldiers OF the Revolution receive
land warrants, and IL so. what number of acres
did warrant covert 2. Were the soldiers of the
war of 1912 and of the Mexican war given land
warrantsi 3. How long after the wars were the
warrants, If any. issuedl 4. In what States were
the lands taken!
!. The soldiers of the Revolution and
their heirs received land warrants under
an act of Congress approved in 1885, full
warrant being 160 acres. 2. The soldiers of
the war of 1912. of all Indian wars from 1890
to 1852 and of the Mexican war received
land warrants of 160 acres for nine months
service. eighty acres for four months serv-
ice and forty acres for one months actual
service. The grant extended to soldiers in
the regular as well as the volunteer army
and militia. 8. The first law relating to
warrants went into effect Jan. %. 1885.
while jackson was President. There were
subsequent laws extending the bounty
land provision to later wars. but none
since the Mexican war. 4. The lands could
be taken wherever there were public lands
warrants were put upon the market. and
years ago, In every considerable town.
there were dealers In land warrants. and
in many cities they were quoted as grain
or stocks are now quoted in market re-
ports. The warrants were secured ny land
buyers in considerable quanti,ies. and
under them large sections of land we're se-
cured. particularly timber lands in the
Northwest. Ii 10 q curious circumstance
that no encyclopedias or book of general in
formation treating even Of the public lands
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

the "bears" seemed to have it, and
pounded down the price. During that
period there was not fact that could
have changed the condition of the
supply or demand. Both are known,
and have been for weeks. The bulls"
were able to push up prices because they
were stronger on the first day, and the
"bears' because they were in greater
force the second. 1t may or it may not
have affected the market in which men
sell and buy real wheat, but that is the
question which the people are anxious
to have settled,
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12
THE PETER IMPERTINENCE.

Senator PETER, of Kansas, has intro
duced bill in the Senate the purpose of
which is to have the government loan
the people of Indiana 800, 100000 of
legal-tender fat money. The preamble
of that bill is a slander upon the State
of Indiana, and if any number Of men
with any claim to any acquaintance with
affairs should believe it, it would result
in an injury to the industrial interests
of the State, the extent of which could
scarcely be estimated. That preamble
sets forth that the people of Indiana are
laboring under the burden of enormous
interest charges, made possible by the
great scarcity of money, resulting in the
enforced mortgaging of lands in Indiana
to such an extent as to threaten their
loss.
1t is scarcely necessary to say that
this was never true of Indiana. and is
further from tho truth now than at any
time during the past twenty-five years.
1t never was true of the farmers and
home owners of Indiana that any con-
siderable percentage of them have been
compelled to let their property 90 upon
foreclosures of mortgages. 1t is not
true that any considerable portion of
the farms of Indiana are under mort
gage, but it Is true that more mortgages
have been paid off the last three months
than during any similar period for
years. 1t is not true that the holders of
good real estate are paying higher
rate of interest than men in mercantile
or manufacturing business, but it is
true that the rate of interest paid by
such borrowers is lower to-day than it
was ten or fifteen years ago, and not
one-half as high as it was forty or fifty
years ago. Twenty years ago the men
who loaned money made the rate of in
terest-to-day the requirements of the
men who desire to borrow money on
good security, like an Indiana farm, are
so much less than the amount
of money seeking investment that
one of the largest money-lend
ing agents In this city said,
a few days since, that money-lenders
were hunting mortgages where, q few
years ago, those who desired to mort
gage property were hunting money
lenders. But of all years, the Indiana
farmer of this year is we'll fixed. The
wheat crop of Indiana of 1891 is worth
more cash than that of any State in the
Union. The three crops of wheat, corn
and oats are worth over S99.000.0 600.
Now that Indiana is q manufacturing
State and has for a market several of
the largest cities in the country, the
hay, fruit. poultry, butter, eggs, market
truck and wool. to say nothing of the
hogs. cattle and horses put upon the
market and sold during the current
year, must be worth another 800. 0OO, 900,
not in deprecated fiat paper money, but
in full-value dollars.
The scheme which Senator PETER pro-
poses to try on Indiana, evidently with
the suspicion which the man entertained
when he tried new medicine on a dog
before taking it himself, proposes to
put 800 100000 of government shin
plasters. or irredeemable paper, in the
hands of Governor Chase to loan to all
callers at per cent. to the extent of
half the estimated value of their real
estate. 1t matters not whether the ap-
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

The public is good natured and will
ing to put itself to great deal of trou-
BILE and inconvenience in order that
workingmen may adjust their griev-
ances, but its good temper will rot last
indefinitely. 1t will presently demand,
in terms which must be needed, that the
cars shall run, whoever shall be discom-
moded thereby. And if the parties to
the controversy shall be willing to con-
cede nothing to each other it will de-
mand that the city authorities enforce
the company's contract with the city
and compel the company to operate its
cars. 1t will have small sympathy with
the timidity that leads these authorities
to refrain from action for fear of offend
ing political bosses.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

COTToN is lower In price than ever before,
but cotton cloth doesn't keep pace with the
decline in the price of the raw product.
Mckinley took care of the manufacturers,
and the planters take what they can get in
open market, no protection on their product
being posi- ible.-ChicagO Times.
AS matter of fact the duty on all the
common grades of cotton was reduced.
And as for the growers of cotton, have
they not almost exclusively the "mar-
kets of the world" without any sort of
hindrance? And are they not saying
that all the manufacturers of this coun-
try need to gain the markets of the
world is no protective duty?
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12
JUSTICE TO HARRISON.
A Democratic Correspondent RebuEes Ger.
tain Critics of the President.
Washington Special in Philadelphla Record

A Democratic Correspondent Rebukes Ger
tain Critics of the President.
Washington Special in Philadelphia Record.
II wonder" said q speculative Senator
what President Harrison's thoughts were
as he walked over from the White House
to the Red House when he heard the news
of Blaine's sudden illness on Wednesday
afternoon. l would give pretty penny
for them. Remember how much Blaine's
illness would mean to Harrison. Remem-
HarrisOn's opinion. all that stands between
him and the presidency; and then think
what he may have thought; yes, must have
thought. when. having gotten the news
which had been considerably kept from
him by the State Department people until
hours after every body else knew 1t. he put
on his coat and hat and walked the block
and half from his door to Blaine's."
All this is very interesting. but, as mat
ter of fact, l suppose that all President
the Red House were full of regret and SYM
pathy. President Harrison is manly man.
of quick sympathies as well as tender sen-
sibilities, and. In q time of distress or
trouble. is the best of friends, the most
considerate OF comfOrters.
In spite of all that has been said public.
ly or priv ately about President Harrison,
10 one has ever been able to successfully
impeach his sincerity as q Christian. and
the qualities which he manifests when the
tonch-stone of an emergency Is presented,
give the lie to the aspersions some
times made upon his character. / know
that 1t 10 fashionable for Q certain
class of critics of the administration to
make personal attacks on its head as q
mean man; but il Is no longer possible to
make people here in Washington who
know about him believe that he is mean
any moro than il is possible to make the
people in the country generally believe
now the statement that he 10 little. intel
lectually as we'll as physically.
The charge which has. l know, been
made by fool friends of Secretary Blaine
that President Harrison. if ho did not re-.
jOice. certainly did not regret whenever ns
heard that Mr.. blaine was I'll or likely Il
be; but these assertions are as unjust ant
as untrue as the charge that President Har
risOn was anxious to make war with Chill
lin order that he might get delegates to the
Minneapolis convention.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

WHEN the Mckinley law was passed
the Tory leaders in Canada told the peo-
pie that they would be able to obtain
for them markets outside of TIE United
States, and they set out to do it. but
found none. and have no prospect of
finding them. Now the Liberals are
taunting them with their failure and the
lack of any prospect of success. The
general "markets of the world" are
hard TO find.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

THE bill of Senator Washburne, of
Minnesota. designed to curtail betting
on leading farm products as now prac-
ticed in various exchanges, is attracting
much attention, and very naturally
stirs up no little opposition. The chief
objection to it is that it will curtail
business meaning, by business. the
money which passes from one man to
another. according as he is able to fix
the price which wheat or corn will sell
at on given day. 1t is business
which gives very few men employment
and adds not dollar to the wealth of
the country. Last week the "bulls"
had it one day, pushing wheat mp 2 or
eeats bushel. The day after butzone
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12


New York's Legislature. for the first time
in eight years. is IN control of the Dem0c-
racy. The means by which that control
was obtained constitute the blacklist rec
ord in the political history of the Empire
State. famous 1t has been for partisan
contests from the very beginning. From
illegal counting of ballots 10 the adoption
of the gag law every move of Hill and his
gang of political thieves has been unlaw-
full, unwarranted and revolutionary.
Boards of eanyassers violated their plain
duties and exceeded their well-detned
power in order to count in Democrat can
didates: the returns were badly altered and
false certificates of election issued; officials
who refused TO do the bidding of Hill were
summarIly removed; mandates of the courts
were openly disregarded; the State board
of canvassers canvassed returns which
they were expressly enjoined 20 reject by
the Court of Appeals, and finally Demo
cratic Senator was seated under the odious
gag law, every opportunity OF Republican
protest being arbitrarily denied. There
was then a Democratic majority in the SEN
ate. and il proceeded 10 business body
sitting not by will of the people but BY
grace of cbicanery and fraud
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

THE Springfield (Mass.) Republican. a
free-trade and mugwnmp paper, seeing
that the chances for the nomination of
Mr.. Cleveland by the Democratic party
are lessening, suggests the idea of NOM
mating Mr.. Cleveland as the reform
candidate and thus making tho nucleus
of q new party. The suggestion is a
good one. There are few people in
this country whose only mission in poll
tics is to vote for Mr.. Cleveland. AS
the Democratic party is not likely to
crafty them. why should not Mr..
Cleveland do it as a personal favOr7
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

COLONEL INGERsoLL is pretty level
headed man when it comes to business.
Therefore, when he gave it as his delib-
crate judgment that the loss to the coun-
try by the overthrow of protection
would be $50. .O00, ,OOO, 900, or nearly one
third of its weslth, ii is worth considera-
ton. Not only would the so-called pro-
tected industries shrink in value, but
all others which are interlaced with
them. as well as the wages of labor.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

ONEJ. A. Conwell, of Aurora, Ind,
has been to the trouble to write to the
New York Sun a letter filling half
column with his praises of Representa-
tive Holman, and has the rashness to
suggest that he is the man whom the
Democracy of Indiana would like to
have the second place on the Democratic
ticket if an Eastern man gets the first.
Mr.. Conwell seems not to kno W that that
claim is pre-empted.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12
blaming 1t on Cleveland.

The long succession of Bachelor Gov
ernors in New York who have had control
of the executive mansion at Albany ap-
pear to have left their ear marks behind
them. Mrs. Flower. who now presides
over the mansion, found things all at skies
and sevens there. The napkins are utter
china, glassware. plate. bed linen and even
the towels were all in broken sets. The
bachelor Governors apparently invited
their friends to eat salmon on dessert
plates. drink claret out of water gobIets
and pick SQUAD and jelly fish out OF finger
bowls. Among the miscellaneous collec-
tion of domestic goods found lying around
loose in the house were lot of old cigar
stumps. "Oh, don't know anything about
them.' says Mr.. Hill. "Cleveland did 1t.
They were there when / moved in."
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

THE Washington staff correspondent
of the Philadelphia Record. which is an
out-and-out Cleveland organ, tells that
gentleman that unless he can make a
trade with Hill, German g. Co. he is not
in the presidential field. Ho says that
Hill. who is forty seven years of age, is
not anxious to be President before 1895,
but he does desire to control the patron
age of New York, and if Mr.. Cleveland
will but turn that over to him he can
have New York and the support of the
machine. The Record advises Mr..
Cleveland to negotiate with these bold,
bad men. whom it has so often de-
nOunced.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

ST. LOUIS is degree behind Boston in it's
taste for music and appreciation of high
art. Paderewski, the Polish pianist. created
such furor in the Eastern city that at his
last recital he was recalled not less than
twelve times, the audience rising and
cheering HIM. In the Missouri metropolis
his audiences were so small that he was
with difficulty persuaded to give all the
concerts agreed upon. Perhaps this West
ern indifference may be explained in part
on the theory that the long yellow hair
which was one of the artists great attrac-
tions to Bossonians is no novelty along the
Mississippi.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

REPRESENTATIVE O'NEIL has received
a petition asking him to exercise his in
huence in preserving the purity of
American art at the worlds fair. This
evidently means that the petitioners
want law passed providing that all
the statues exhibited shall wear Mother
Hubbards or divided skirts. Oddly
enough, the document came from the
"West," presumably Missouri, and not
from Philadelphia, where the virtuous
matrons recently went upon a crusade
against the nude in art. O'Neil now has
a chance to distinguish himself in way
that will make his fame go down to pos
terity in all the comic papers.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12


MR.. MILLS, after his defeat for the
speakershIp, wrote to his Texas friend:
"The blow to me is much less severe
than it is to the Democratic party.
The authors of my defeat must be re-
buked by the Democratic party, or a
large element that has been voting with
the Democratic party will abandon us
in the coming struggle. The defeat of
one man is nothing, but the defeat of a
great cause is everything" Mr.. Mills
seems to forget that the same "great
cause" represented by Mr.. Cleveland, its
great apostle, was defeated by the peo-
pie in 1888. He likewise seems, in his
egotistical grief. to regard Mr.. Cleveland
as one who is no longer Gin it."
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

THE attention of the New York Leg
islature is called to a vote-counting ma
chine, which tallies results with great
accuracy. 1t was adopted by the last
Legislature, but pending correction in
the bill that body adjourned. When it
is recalled that in Boston, where the
votes are counted twice, and not half
the ballots correctly counted and re-
turned, there seems to be demand for
an intelligent machine.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

prosperous and on the whole so little in
debt as the farming interest The
mortgage debt on lots and buildings in
Chicago is double the amount of the
mortgage debt of the rest of the
State of Illinois. Moreover. the labor
and hardship of the farm under present
conditions are no greater than those of
other industrial employments.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

THE New England Democrats in Che
House have returned from their homes,
where they have spent the holidays, full
of unhappiness over the silver question.
mot one of US, except O'Neil, of Bos-
ton, will be reelected if free-coinage
bill is passed by the Democratic House"
says one. O'Neil represents the district
which may be said to have more grOg-
shops than all the rest of Boston.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

THERE are many indications that some
of the more active advocates of the free
coinage of silver, including Bland him
self, will not be anxious to push free
coinage bill this session. thus accepting
the advice of Senator Carlisle to dodge
an issue which the party made so promi-
nent until after elections.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

THE Board of Public Safety will best
promote good order and the preserva-
tion of the peace by ordering and COM
pelling the dispersal of crowds of peo-
ple, no matter where they assemble.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

THE Chicago Journal takes d couple
of agricultural papers which bear all
the marks of prosperity severely to task
for ladening their columns with the
burden of calamity which does not exist
and printing pages which are designed
to make farmers believe that of all the
employments of the world theirs is the
least remunerative and the most OBJ
jectionable. The point is well taken.
There is no cause for such complaints.
and if there were those papers should
undertake to teach their patrons the
way out of their troubles. The truth is,
as the Chicago paper says, there is no
industrial interest in the country as
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12
ment.

1T is reported that in order that Rep
resentative Bynum may be a candidate
for Governor his friends will ask Treas
urer Gall to stand aside this fall. AS
between Bynum and Gall, as citizen of
indianapolis, the latter has the call by a
large majority.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

Now that there has been partial
count of the friends of President Harri-
son, and full count of the active gen.
tlemen in Indiana who have concluded
to regard him in an unfriendly light. the
public has beheld the process of fat
army shrinking TO squad.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12
The intellectual Workingman.

Mr. Box, the literary syndicate man. was
in Boston the other day and was surprised
to find cab-driver who reads Herbert
Spencer. That cabman is q type here and
ought not to surprise any one from New
York or philadelphia. liz be had seen the
electric-car condnctor who reads Dante in
the original and discusses him with women
Of the New England Club on their way to
their Dante class. he would have had an
emotion worth while.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

For two days the 'rights" of the five
hundred strikers and of the street-car
company have been discussed. Isn't it
about time the rights of the other 124,
500 received little attention?
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

THERE will be two Alliance parties in
Minnesota this year = the Donnelly,
which sustains all of the Peoples party
heresies, and the anti-Donnelly, which
will represent the more conservative ele-
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

WHEN the opinions of Representative
Springer are quoted as those of repre-
sentative exponent of Democratic policy
the party's stock of craftsmanship and
brains is at the lowest ebb.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-12

THE people who ride in chaises" and tho
others who ride on bicycles are the only
truly independent citizens these street car
less days. Wheels, when propelled by un-
organized horseL power. or by q pair of or
ganized legs, do not strike.