The Indianapolis journal., 1893-02-06
THE STATE PRESS.

THE same Democrats who now declare 1t
''unconstitutionsl" to vote $50, 900 to the
G. A. r. encampment at Indianapolis are
the same fellows that said it W as "uncon sti-
tutiOnap to whip the South back into the
Uni0D.-Delphi Journal
NOT satisfied with gerrymanderiDg the
State for legislative purposes, Indiana
Democrats have now introduced q bill to
gerrymander the judicial circuits, grouping
counties together IN such a way as to give
great political advantage to their party,
regardless of convenience or Justice to the
people. How long will honest voters sub
nit to this outrageous jugglings-Porter
County Vldette
II Is but fitting that Indiana and In
dianapolis should give the old soldiers q
no niggardly policy be pursued. but q
broad, liberal. patriotic. generous. h ospi-
tality offered. that will cause the In DIAN
apolts encempmeDt to be long remembered
and praised. Indiana is q great State, and
her people should be noble and generous
Greenfield Republican.
IT IS very evident that our State Legis-
lature is afraid to offend the union labor
element. from the decided manner in which
they defeated Representativ Hord's
measure for protecting nonunio n laborers.
Although unorganiZed labor stands as
about nlne to one throughout the land, the
unions only can demand and receive pro-
lection from the lawmakers. This is dema-
Rogy.-Mishawaka Enterprise.
THE new apportionment act will prob
ably disfranchise great many thousands
of the voters of the State because of their
politics and will be uno on stitutional. 1t is
the first duty and firm purpose of the Re-
Ynrlh on IN finh hA in MI n Ia
gerrYmander until Justice prevails and
equal rights are granted to all the people.
The gerrymander is q crime akin TO trea-
son ltself.-Vincennes Commercial.
REPRESENTATIVE HoRD, of Marion
county. deserves especial praise for refus-
ing to vote for a measure making it q mis-
6emeanor, punishable by q fine. for an en-
ployer to discharge man for belonging to
union. There IS just as much reason TO
enact a law for tining An employer for dis
charging q man because the employe does
good workmen out OF the labor unions as
there are in them. and one deserves the
same protection that 10 guaranteed to the
other.-Worthington Times.
So far as We have been able to ascertain
the sentiments of the people in this county
1t Is largely in favor Of Q suitable appro-
priation being made by our State Legisla
ture to assist in the entertainment of the
National Encampm ent of the Grand Army
of the RepublIc. the grandest organization
of patriotic citiz ems In the world. which
Will meet in Indianapolis in September
next. 1t will be On honor TO the State to
entertain the "bovs in blue" and it should
be done In a hospitable and patriotic
manner. liberal approximation should be
made for that purpose. Journal.
If the bill prohibiting employers from
discharging employees for being members
of labor organizations passes we cannot
see who will reap the benefit. If the law
should be afterwards interpreted by the
courts and decided constitutional. it would
abridge what has always been regarded as
the natural right of one man to hire an
other W no is seeking employ yment. Whether
Mr. Hord's amendment IL tackled on or not.
it will nevertheless attach bv Implication.
If the law Is held good. A union workman
has no more right to insist upon his en-
ployer hiring none bus union men than q
nonnnion man has o. demanding that no
labor organization shall be recognized.
Marion Chronicle.
The Southern Prison Inquiry
THE criminal classes will object to sub
shutting for the death sentence a term at
Jef,ersonyille while Warden Patten Is in