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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12
SALOON KEEPERS RIGHTS.

The fight which occurred Saturday night
of a saloon seems to have grown out of
a misconstruction of the law on the part
of the police and a misunderstanding of his
rights on the part of the saloon keeper.
Patrolman Curran is reported as saying to
the saloon keeper that it was his duty TO
see that all saloons are closed exactly at
IL O'Clock. If he said this he misunder-
stands his duty. The law does not say
that saloons shall be closed at IL o'clock.
or any other hour. 1t says no person shall
sell intoxicating liquor after that hour. a
saloon keeper may keep his place open and
his lights burning all night and every night
If he chooses to do so. but If he sells or
gives away a single drink after IL o'clock
he incurs the penalty of the law. OF course
it Is presumably for the purpose of selling,
and such a place should be closely watched
by the police, but they nave no right TO
order a saloon keeper to close his place
at any nOuT. IL the pOilCc are uOl III
structed on this point they should be.
In common with all other citizens a sa-
loon keeper has certain rights under the
law, and one of these rights is to order
a trespasser or intruder out of his prem
Uses. But a policeman in the discharge of
his duty is not a trespasser or intruder.
Undoubtedly he has a right to enter a
saloon, but unless he have a warrant for
the arrest of the saloon keeper or see him
actually commit some violation of law he
has no right 20 interfere with him. The
policemen have a right to be in the. sa-
loon in the discharge of their duty be-
fore or after IL o'clock. but they had no
right to require the doors to be closed,
nor to use provoking language to the sa-
loon keeper before he had committed any
violation of law. The police must observe
the law as we'll as other people, and saloon
keepers have rights as well as other people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

every farmer in the land would d~enounce
him as a swlndler. Just now there is much
that is unkind said of Zimri Dwiggins,
banker. but all that the aforesaid Dwiggins
has done is to dispose of the securities in
his bank which were declared to be security
for the money his creditors had deposited
with him. The elevator man and the banker
are pilloried as knaves. while the intelli-
gent men In Congress who ask why a cart
of the silver bullion in the treasury, against
which promissory notes for more than its
value are outstanding, may not be coined
or more promissory notes cannot be issued
against ii. are classified as statesmen.
And the puzzling thing about 1t is that Mr..
Oates and his associates seem to ask such
questions as If. to their minds. there can
be no Improperly in the governments COIN
ing or selling silver bullion which It does
not own.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12
A PERMANENT INCOME TAX.

When the income tax law Of 1861 was
passed it was universally regarded as a
war measure. There was no intention on
the part of those who supported the meas
ure of making it a permanent feature of
our revenue system The act was passed In
August, 1851, amended several times during
the next few years. and expired by limita-
ton in 1871. an amendment to the law in
1870 having levied the tax for the years
1870 and 1871 and no longer The law was
in force only ten years, and at no time. was
there any intention of making it permanent.
Now, however. it is proposed to make it a
permanent feature of our revenue system.
This purpose has not been avowed in the
discussion Of. the measure in the House,
but 1t is disclosed by Representative Tars-
ney, a member of the ways and means COM
mittee. who is travelling with Mr.. Wilson,
chairman OF the committee. IN an inter
view at Chicago Mr.. Tarsney said the in
com tax would undoubtedly pass the SEN
ate, and he predicted that it would work
III NANC bbA. ~ odAAA IL
would be an important innovation, and, in
his opinion, a very beneficial one to the
country. THE income tax" he said, will
act as a balance wheel and do away with
Since 1916 there have been eleven changes
or attempts to change the tariff law. each
one Of which has had a more or less dis
astrous effect on business. These changes
have been caused in most cases by the con-
dition of the national treasury. Now if the
income tax were in effect this could and
would be regulated by the increase or de-
crease of the rate of taxing incomes" Mr..
Tarsney went on to express the belief that
business would soon adjust itself to the
Wilson bill. and when it had done so he
hoped there would be an end 10 tariff tin
kering for a long time TO come, and really
there would be no necessity for it. as the
revenues OF the government could be regu-
lated by increasing or reducing the income
tax. Nc doubt these expressions reflect the
views OF Chairman Wilson and other Dem
ocratic leaders in Congress. They intend to
make the income tax a permanent feature
Of our revenue system because they be-
lieve 1t can be made TO furnish the revenue
heI etofore furnished by protective tariff,
and, by doing away with that pretext for
protection. they hope 10 establish the policy
of free trade. The scheme is distinctly En-
~glish-free trade and a permanent income
tax. 1t is not surprising that this policy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12
TREASURY LOOTING CONDONED.

-
The. sentence which has been imposed up
on Cal Armstrong. at Kokomo. for
footing the treasury of Upton county of
$4,000 Is a travesty upon justice. "Three
franchisement and a fine of $'-no wonder
the taxpayers Of Upton are Indignant!
Such a performance by a court makes what
should be next to a capital crime scarcely
more than a misdemeanor. 1t will pay some
other county treasurer or deputy county
treasurer handsomely to loot a county
treasury of $4,000 and put the cash where
he can enjoy it when he shall have spent
three years in the penitentiary without be-
ing permitted to vote and shall lave paid
his fine of 50. Doubtless a high roller like
Armstrong will find favor with his Demo-
cratic keepers at Michigan City, and not be
placed among the common herd of con-
victs, such as poultry thieves, pickpockets,
petty housebreakers. etc, but will be given
quarters becoming a wholesale embezzler.
He will not be made to labor as do the
others, but will be given some occupation
which will not soil hands or weary the body.
AS for the sentence to the penitentiary,
that no longer involves disgrace. At most,
in such cases. it is an annoyance and an
Unnecessary suspension of men of parts
from participation in public affairs. since,
IL eaya~ol assoc o0,xiotc have laft tho -,
itentiary to become local political leaders.
Three years hence, no one should be aston
ished to see Armstrong taking a prominent
part in the direction of the Upton county
Democracy. Meantime, let us not be sur
prised to find similar thefts and lootings
to that of Armstrong so frequent that a
ton will not be warranted.
We all know how it happened. The elder
Armstrong, without any fitness for the
office of treasurer. secured the nomination
for and election to the office. The chances
are that he could not keep a record of the
money he received and paid out. even il it
All belonged 10 one dccoun| IL pIoodoH-
ity is that every intelligent man who voted
for him knew that this was the case.
Doubtless the men who secured his nomi-
nation knew his utter incapacity. Never
theless, hey nominated and elected him be-
cause he paid them in promises or in mon
ey for their services. He left the office to
be run by his son, not even employing a
competent and faithful clerk. In how many
counties in Indiana are such incompetent
men holding responsible offices through
similar pernicious influences?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

mercial Club. and that the money be made
Immediately available for public improve
ments. is well worthy of favorable consid-
Grafton. provided such a disposition OF it
can be legally made. The money was SUBJ
scribed for a public enterprise, with no ex-
pectation on the part of the subscribers OF
any part of 1t being returned. The encamp-
ment is a thing of the past and the bal
ance is a subject of much feeling. There Is
q general demand for much-needed improve
ments, and the city has no funds available
Tor their undertaking. 1t strikes the Journal
that the expenditure of this sl2, 900 in the
direction indicated would go at least that
far toward furnishing employment TO needy
and worthy men. much in the
way Of permanent good for the city, and
happily settle a question which has been
the subject of bitter controversy. 1t is TO
be hoped that there are no legal or tech
meal obstacles to the successful carrying
out of the proposition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN POLITICS.

Abraham Lincoln was a politician. That
the discussion of public questions. He at
tended primaries, was a delegate in con-
v~entions, and for years was a conspicuous
figure in the canvasses in his locality. He
was. there is reason to believe, fond Of pub
lie position. not for the money there might
be in it, but because he was interested in
public affairs and felt that he had the ca
pacity TO serve the people. He had opinions
which he believed to be right, and convic-
tons of which he had the courage. He al
ways had principles, and he always openly
avowed them. Several times, to the great
disgust of his associates, he would not mod
ify the expression of them He believed them
10 be essential to the public welfare, and
he was in politics to advocate them. In no
sense was his idea of politics personal. In
1854 he wanted to be United States Senator
very much, and he had four times as many
supporters as any other Free-soil aspirant,
but when he found that the fourteen Free
sui l(SllfOSIdlS SuBpOIllub JuuSC 1TuI1Dull
would not vote for MIN, an ex-Whig. upon
his personal appeal. every one of his sup
porters, for the good of the cause. voted
for and elected Trumbull. To him it was
a matter of duty to secure the election of
a Senator opposed to the extension of sla-
very. To him, to fail to sacrifice his ambi-
tons at that time was to be a traitor to
a great cause. Abraham Lincoln was in no
sense n demagogue. He believed in the pa
triotlsm and intelligence of the people. With
such a belief, he gave them what he believed
to be the truth. He never resorted to subter-
fuges and side issues. He never appealed to
prejudice or resorted to 1attery. When he
pushed the draft. just before the October
election in Indiana. in 1864. he rebuked po-
litical cowardice and showed his faith in
the intelligence and patriotism of the peo-
pie. When he said, This country, with it's
institutions, belongs to the people who in
habit it," he expressed a great truth which
government was the sole end Of political
organization. Mr.. Lincoln, as a politician,
would not have passed a Wilson tariff bill
in the face of the opposition of the mass of
the people, or. in the name of party, in
sisted upon a policy which he saw to be fill
lug the country with poverty and distress,
He would not have Joined an organization
of county officers in a movement to control
a Legislature to permit them to extort from
taxpayers exorbitant fees against which
they had protested time and again. And, in
conclusion, it may be said that Abraham
Lincoln, when he did not obtain the posi-
ton to which he aspired, did not turn
against his party and it's principles and go
over to the enemy to obtain office. Politics
with Lincoln was devotion to principle
was patriotism.
The Journal earnestly commends Lincoln
in politics 10 the young men of the Lincoln
League, who will meet in this city to-mor-
row, as a model to be studied and copied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

The decision of the County Commission
ers to be made to-day regarding the appro-
priation for a hospital for contagious dis
eases is a matter of immediate public con-
Germ. The amount advised by the Health
Board, five to six, thousand dollars, as a
fair apportionment for the county, seems
too small rather than too large. In view
Of the direct expense to the city i'm fur
nishing and filling a large tract of ground
for the location, and the future great ex-
pense in furnishing food, supplies, medicine,
professional nurses n physicians for pa
tients from any part of the county, a
larger appropriation than is being consid-
cred is warranted. A liberal disposition OF
this question is expected and will receive
the hearty approval of the citizens of Ma
rion county,.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

That man Carberry, of Newark. N. J.,
who had the hiccoughs for ten weeks and
came near dying, has got over his attack
and is recovering. His recovery is attrib-
uted largely to the amusing diversion af-
forded by one Of his numerous callers.
This was an old negro who hobbled into
the Carberry house a few days ago for the
purpose, he said. "of curing de chile oh
dem hickups TO shuah." He carried a
bundle tied up in a red bandanna handker
chief containing the hind foot of a rabbit,
and this he left with instructions to place
it under the "chile's' head. After a while,
he added, the chile should roll his couch
out to the middle of the room and walk
around it three times to the right with his
thumbs clasped. and the same number of
times to the left with his little fingers
clasped, then lie down. He would go to
sleep, the darkey said, and awake in the
morning cured. The remedy was not tried,
but the comical idea got Carberry laugh
ing SO heartily that he went to sleep a few
hours later from sheer exhaustion, and
awoke the next morning refreshed, and
from that time began to recover. Perhaps
1t was the near proximity Of the rabbits
foot that did it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12
RAILROAD ~RECEIvERsHIps.

A Washington dispatch in the Sunday
being brought to bear on the judiciary
committee of the House to induce it to
report a bill regulating railroad receiver
ships under the appointment Of federal
quarters. Labor organizations insist that
under the cover Of these receiverships and
orders of the courts their rights are being
infringed upon and curtailed. and the Gov
ernor of South Carolina declares that the
railroads in that State. nearly all of which
are in the hands of receivers, have taken
advantage of the fact to refuse to pay State
taxes, and that he has no way of reaching
them.
These protests raise a serious question
and show how new conditions may create
to stretch what may be termed the COM
mon law of receiverships TO cover the
vast system of railroad receiverships of the
present day. 1t is something like building
a ffteen-story house on a foundation de-
signed for two stories. The common law
never contemplated that the powers OF the
courts should be invoked to change the man.
agement of railroad properties worth mil
lions upon millions of dollars and closely
identified in many ways with the business
interests Of the country. The practice as
it now exists is liable TO great abuses. 1t
opens a vast field for favoritism, injustice
and corruption. The Journal does not say
that these evils exist, but Icy may grow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

The Democratic element in Ala
bama do not seem to be fusing to a very
encouraging extent. A dispatch from Blr-
mingham says that just before the Kolbite-
Populist State convention adjourned, last
Friday night. one William Stevens, chajc-
man of 1.-THE black wing of the Repub-
lican party in Alabama, and the most
prominent colored politician in the State,
entered the hall and began a speech, say
ing he desired on behalf Of the colored
people and the Republican party Of Ala
bama to indorse the convention. Before
he could proceed further, one of the Kolb
leaders jumped on a chair and shouted,
Gentlemen. / know that Internal Scoun-
drel. He is Bill Stevens. He has never let
an opportunity pass to sell out his race in
this State. 1t is a trick of the enemy. He
was sent here by them to make us ridicu-
lous. He shall not indorse u.s." The con-
vention Immediately discovered that it did
not want to be Endorsed, and cries Of Put
him out" arose from all parts of the hall.
Before Stevens could say another word a
thousand men were surging to get at him.
some with knives in their hands. Some
policemen who were present rallied around
him and he was rushed out of the hall
just in time to save him. The Journal does
not profess to know much about Alabama
politics, but this incident would seem to
show that the Kolb-Populists are not bid
ding for the colored vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12
The secretary of the Democratic State
central committee Of Connecticut has sent
out a notice which reads in part as follows:

The secretary of the Democratic State
central committee of Connecticut has sent
out a notice which reads in part as follows:
For the purpose of \ paying rents, ex-
penses and legitimate bills of the Demo-
cratic State committee, Resolved by the
finance committee of the Democratic State
ommitte that all officers who may be
appointed to office under the national and
State governments be requested, upon re-
ceiving said appointment. to pay into the
treasury Of the said Democratic State CON-
mittee the following sums annually: For
all appointments for which an income of
between 500 and $500 per annum Is derived,
the sum of $40; for all appointments from.
which an income of from $500 to 81, 900 per
annum is received, 212 per cent. of the SAL
airy; for all appointments from which an
income of from $1,000 and upward is re-
ceived. 3 per cent. of the salary, payable
semi-annually to the treasurer of the said
committee.
That is genuine Democracy in that 1t rec
ognizes that the true principle of an income
tax is uniformity. The income tax bill
now before Congress exempts all incomes
below $4,000. thereby differentiating the peo-
pie into classes, one of which shall be taxed
and the other not. The Connecticut plan
takes them all in. or practically so, for
there is no federal office worth less than
5000 a year except a few country post
offices. OF course the Connecticut plan
runs right up against the civil-service law,
but 1t is genuine Democracy all the same.
In fact. l. is all the more genuine Democ-
racy for that reason.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

Thomas G.. Shearman. the alleged attorney
of the association of importers, known as
Weeping Tommy" in Brooklyn, went up to
Gloversville, N. Y, a few evenings since to
set forth the beauties Of tariff reform. A
year ago Gloversville was one of the most
prosperous towns in the country because Of
the glove-making industry. 1t is now the
most desolate town because Of the closing
of the factories. Whatever may have been
their previous opinion the glove makers in
Gloversville are now of the unanimous
opinion that the agitation of the Wilson
bill is the cause of their idleness and dis
tress. Nearly all idle. it was an exaspera-
ton to them Of the nature of a red rag to
a bull to have a free-trader come to insult
their common sense by telling them that
free trade would be good for them. In
their wrath they disturbed Mr.. Shearman's
meeting so that he became frightened and
left. And now the free-trade papers are d.
lating on the wickedness of the glove MAX
ers. The provocation was very great, and
the incident goes TO show that Chairman
Wilson lied when he declared that working
men were not hostile to the bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

In Pittsburg a newspaper had inquiries
made of a score of grocers and provision
dealers in popIlous parts of the city who
have had a large trade in ordinary times
10 ascertain the present condition Of their
business. 1t was found. without exception,
that their trade had fallen off astonish-
ingly. and that what remained was in artl-
cles of necessity, and, of these, those which
are the most economical. Indeed. their trade
had fallen off 50 largely that men who had
beer IN business for years were puzzled to
know upon what their former customers
were subsisting. Even in wheat flour the
sales were not two-thirds of what they were
a year ago. and a large part of the people
had ceased to purchase good beef, poultry
and butter. and were buying pork, the
cheapest CT meats. and no vegetables. The
fact is, the people of this country have no
idea of the cheap ,iving which is known
TO people in other countries when it comes
TO a point where they must use only the
cheapest, and that sparingly. 1t does not
make one any more resigned To this sort
OF thing to know that 1t is unnecessary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

According to the Michigan Adventists the
world will come to an end on Feb. Is, and
some inquiring person wants to know If
this is retributive justice on the admins
tration. Probably not. If strict justice is
TO be measured out to the administration it
should be punished by permission 10 last
its term out and share the misery and dis
tress 1t has brought on the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

The Boston Herald says that when Col. j.
n. Walker. of this city, in his address at
the banquet of the Grand Army in Massa-
rag and declared that one flag is enough
for this country, two thousand veterans
rose TO their feet and sent up shout on
shout. The older they grow the more the
old fellows love the flag.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

should meet with favor in the ways and
means committee, a majority of whose
members are from the South. Southern
Democrats hate protection because 1T has
of an income tax because it will be paid
almost entirely by citizens Of the North
ern States
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

Mrs. Jackson Parke-What In the world
is keeping you up so late?
Mr.. jackson Parke-I I'm writing a arti-
Gle for the papers on How 1 Killed my
First Hog" These literary chaps with their
stories of how they wrote their first books
are not going to have the field all to them
selves. not by a Jug full.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

Can be found at the following places:
PARIS-AmeTican Exchange In Paris, SO Boulevard
Ce Capucines-
NV Y~ORk-Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel.
PHILADELPHIA-A. p. Kemble. 1885 Lancaster
avenue.
CHICAGO-PalmeT House.
ClNCINNATI-J. r. Hawley & Co.. 154 Vine street
LOU1STILLE-C. II. Deering, northwest corner OF
Third and Jefferson streets
Ell. LOUIS-UniOn News Company, Union Depot
WASHINGTON. l.. C.-Riggs House and Ebbitt
House.
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Profound Pbilosopbv.

"Wimmin." said Mr.. Groga., lis moighty
similar IN wan way"
AN fwat's thot?" inquired Mr.. Hogan.
NO matther how minny av thin you git
acquainted wild they're all alike in bein'
different from wan another"