The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-26
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A deputy United States marshal: 81 was
In the most disturbed places. except Terre
Haute and Brazil My judgment is that If
the local authorities had undertaken to
restrain violence in the same determined
spirit that the marshals exhibited lin start
ing trains there would have been no trou-
bic. In some of the worst places l have
seen a small squad of deputy marshals
pass through a crowd and release cars
without the least trouble, because the
crowd knew that they were in earnest
The marshals did not exhort but went
quietly 10 do what they were ordered, and
in no case did they fail in this State. If
a few United States deputies could do such
things, what hindered Mayors city mar
shalS and sheriffs who could call hundreds
to their assistance? The only reason is that
demagogism cowardly inefiiciency or SYM
pathy with the lawless mob prevented. No;
the noisy crowds were made up largely of
people who had no earthly interest In the
strike-young men and hoodlums who made
the crowds for the excitement, and who
fled like sheep when turned upon. Indian
apOliS was an exception because the Mayor
and police authorities showed the courage
and decision that such men should have:
There is no such effective rccruiter of
mobs and promoter of violence as timber
backed sheriff or Mayor"
Col. ]. r. Ross: 81 am glad that citizens
have taken steps to raise money to make
the armory of the Light Artillery their
~
of volunteer militia organization The rea-
son that companies come and go so rapidly
is that they have no adequate quarters
a home. Having begun. the citizens should
not stop until the infantry companies have
a general armory. There should be
mory for six companies. In many, If not
most cities the armory is built at public
expense and thus the city Is identified
with the militia Here the companies pay
for heir ar
not pay the men enough for quarters to
pay the cost of decent accommodations.
building that would accommodate six COM
panies should be built at the public eX-
pense by subscription. No one thing could
do so much TO insure permanent organlza-
ton and efficiency as such an armory.
Having begun with the Light Artillery. |
cannot see how the movement can stop
until the infantry companies are recog-
public-spirited citizens will continue the ex
cellent work which has been begun"
L. V. Boyle, lumber part of our bust
ness is i'm Bolivar county. Mississippi, about
a hundred miles below Memphis. We en-
ploy negroes exclusively. and no better Ia
Dor could be asked for. The negro is, like
other people, a poor worker where pay is
uncertain; but assure him Of regular wages
and he is alert as any man can be. He is
adapted to that climate, is strong and Wig
orous and intelligent at the work. The
negro is getting on down there. Land is
cheap and fertile, and hundreds of them
are getting from ten to fOrty-acre lots.
When / first went there L thought the
grOeS the most worthless lot or people ever
saw; but regular employment and regular
wages have worked like miracle. The
whites OF that section are as nice people
as one could wish They are law-abiding
and hospitabIe. but the man who goes
there. to be we'll thought of must vote the
Democratic ticket. We have just made
contract for a half million of CHARTERED
oak, TO be shipped 10 England VIA New Ut
leans"
An ex-official: 81 was in the Mayors
office the other day half hour on bust
ness and while L there two persons
came to beg money of him because he was
Mayor. People seem to assume that the
Mayor and like officials are helpless vic
Tins who must stand plucking. The May
or is no exception; all officers, and par
tlcularly all candidates. are hunted as by
eager church worker to the person en-
gagged In a private lottery scheme. Such
one step above blackmail. Under cover
of IL is the threat give or lose votes
Let such beggary De regardea ,r as I'M I'M
or votes to official The Mayor of In
danapolis and all the officers under him
earn them if they do their duties-and con-
secuently have a right to them
A city official: LET the people in whose
streets sewers are being put see to it that
the contractors put back the earth and
pack ii down properly. If the contractors
do rot. let the citizen go at once to the
Board of Public Works and complain
For three years contractors have left the
streets in a wretched condition, and the
people fhaVe blamed the city officials
Moreover. when streets are opened 10
put gas or water into houses, or TO con-
meet with sewers IL the earth is not put
hag residents
Carelessness and neglect in such matters
have damaged the streets of indianapolis
since the era of natural gas and water
mains many hundred thousand dollars.
4 musician: ..The elder Dr. Jameson
went to a public institution a few days
since. opened a loaf of bread. took 6
handful from the middle and closed his
hand upon it, making IL into sodden
ball. That bread isn't fit TO eat said he.
And he was right. n large part of the
is the worst form of food for weak stom-
aChs. Some isn't baked enough To Kill
The germs in the yeast The only way 6Gya TO
like the so-called Vienna bread.
4 machinist: This season our employer
has not been able to give five men steady
employment where he has usually en-
ployed fifteen or more. He has kept
along the best he could. giving his men
az there has been in il. 1 wonder if there
Is a wage-earner who compares these hard
times with the general good times OF 1890,
1891 and 1892. Who fail TO see that
the Cleveland party is responsible? DO
YOU see those empty houses? Families
OF mechanics left them 10 go TO poorer
and cheaper
A Washington-street merchant: Instead
OF passing around subscription papers TO
pay for the entertainment or this or that
organization let us first build armories
for our regular militia, which has been
such credit to the city. L agree with
Colonel Ross.