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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03
OFFICIALS INDICTED.
New Orleans Grand Jury Catches a
Prominent Alderman for Bribery.

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 2.-The grand
jury came into court this afternoon and
handed Judge Morse five indictments. One
is against Irwin Jameson, for feloniousiy
persuading by bribing and preventing a wit
ness from testifying In a case in this court
The other four were against l.. w. Brown.
the city engineer. and were all for bribery.
AS soon as the indictments had been read
Judge Morse instructed his clerk 10 issue
copies for the indicted parties and fixed
the bond in each case in the sum OF Sl.50o-
The indictment in the case OF Jameson
was for giving Lyon. who was contractor
Orlopp's partner in the construction Of the
new courthouse and jail building, the sum
Of 81 $40 and persuading him 10 leave the
city and not testify.
for receiving brides from contractor Or
lopp. The different amounts he received.
according TO the indictments, were, re-
spectively. $500, $50, $50 ard $50. The
grand Jury adjourned until next Monday.
Mr.. Jameson is well known In business
and social circles in the city, and comes
from an estimable family. He is a prom
has always enjoyed an excellent reputa-
ton. He made his entry into politics about
six years ago, when he ran for the Council
and was beaten. Two years ago he was put
on the ring ticket in the Second ward and
was elected. On the organization Of the
Council he was elected president pro tenn.
and has frequently acted as Mayor during
the absence of Mayor Fitzpatrick. He Is
now, and has been. ever since the organ
finance committee, the most important COM
mittee at the hall.
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ing them to desert the Consecrated One
and his free-coal hobby and go over to the
Senate bill. That is not a nice story for
the Presidents friends TO tell of other Dem
ocrats. and the Journal does not believe
it is true. There are very few men in
Congress who, If they dared, would &C
cept a money bride Some might see their
way clearer to vote for the Senate bill If
they were assured of help in the cam
paign. but the Congressman are few who
would take money for votes. and they are
growing fewer as the years pass. The
men who are in public position for
"the stuff are in many city councils,
and there is reason to suspect their pres
ence in an Indiana Legislature from time
TO time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03
A USE FOR THE STATE STATS
TICIAN.

The statistician or head of the labor
bureau in Illinois has recently issued a re-
port showing the general condition of the
people employed in the coal mines in that
State. 1t may have a demagogic coloring,
as may be fairly suspected Of anything
with which Governor Altgeld is connected.
But, in any event, the showing is not an
encouraging one. Wages are low, the work
is hard and not constant, and many of the
miners are compelled to take their limited
stores. The only encouraging feature of
this revelation is that there are less
pluck me- stores now than ten or fifteen
years ago. 1t is probable that Illinois has
and making it a misdemeanor for a coal
company to compel an employee to accept
merchandise from it's stores above the
cash price as wages in lieu of cash as
are on the statute books of Indiana. But
whether Illinois has such laws or not, the
report of the statistician has presented
the facts, which are that thousands of
men, for some reason or other, receive
their wages in goods from the company
stores
There has been complaint that some of
the coal miners in Indiana are compelled
to take their pay at the company stores
at exorbitant prices. From what the Jour
nal has heard this abuse is limited to a
few operators. There are operators who
nave stores in connection with their bust
ness who sell goods to miners at the same
prices as TO the general public. To this
there can be no objection. Still. miners in
their statements complain Of such viola
ton of the law. ana because they do, the
State Statistician should make an investi-
ration. as he is authorized to do by law,
and as, in fact, it is his duty 10 do. The
only practical purpose that the bureau can
serve is to investigate such charges. 1t
is also due coal operators that the truth
should be known. As now conducted
there is little excuse for the existence OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

On Saturday the quarterly payment of
pensions will begin at this agency. More and
more sharpers of various kinds watch old
and feeble men and those with unfortunate
habits to rob them. At the last payment
q detail of veterans watched about the
agency TO protect such men, and doubt
less they will do so next Saturday and
Monday. Fortunately, the chief of police
has it in mind to protect such men. and
will make this meanest of all sorts of rob-
berry difficult and dangerous. Some time
the proper authorities will require every
payment made by mail. as the larger part
nov are as a matter of convenience.
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COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.

Hon. w. p. Reeves. Minister of Labor for
New Zealand. comes to the front as an adj
vocate of compulsory arbitration for the
settlement of labor disputes. In a current
magazine article he presents his views of
the case very clearly. He cites numerous
Examples to show that the plan of volun-
tary arbitration is a failure, and meets the
arguments of opponents of the compulsory
system with theories that have a plausible
face. To the objection that compulsory ar
bitration would fail because the arbitra-
tors would be ignorant of the business
technicalities of the trades brought into
court. he urges that law courts go into such
details every day, and, with the aid of ex-
pert evidence, usually contrive to compre-
bend them. He admits that no. compulsion
could force an unwilling master to keep
his factory open. or men to work unless
they chose, but declares that a court can
afix a penalty to an award and force an
owner or a union and it's members to pay.
In answer to the argument that business
men would not permit a court TO regulate
their methods of management he points out
that directors and shareholders of regis
tered companies now constantly submit to
the keenest scrutiny of their affairs and the
most searching interference therein by
judges. Against the objection that it would
be resented as an u~nwarrantable Interior
ence with liberty he puts up the English
factory acts, truck acts. employers liza
bility, workmen's wages. ten-hour meas
ures and others like them, all of which are
accepted and obeyed. I'm the Ann Arbor
case" he says. IAN American court for
babe boycotting on railroads. The other
day a Judge ordered the servants of the
Union Pacific railway to accept a 1O-per
learn" he adds. that these injunctions
caused a civil war" Concerning the posi-
bility of tyrannical awards under which
factory owners will be forced to operate
at a ruinous loss. or men ordered to labor
at a ruinous wage. he says: Granted that
an arbitration court be insane; given a
lunatic president, thanked by two crazy as
SCISSORS: and I will admit that the awards
might speedily cause a revolt. But under
the same conditions an ordinary law court
might do the same. We are justified in as
Stunning that a president appointed by the
state would be swayed by reason, and that
assessors elected by unions of employers
and workmen, respectively. would be men
of more than average good sense" To the
objection that an examination by arbitra-
tors of a firms books cannot be thought of,
it is answered that this applies to volun-
tary arbitration just as much as the other
sort, and that English voluntary boards re-
port that repugnance of employers to this
inspection has been slowly overcome.
Mr.. Reeves is very sanguine as to the
practical benefits OF this method OF solving
the most troublesome Industrial problem.
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county, and the fourth ballot proceeded.
with the following result:
Totals
MADE UNANIMOUS

Watson was declared the nominee OF the
convention, and on motion the Ion
was made unanimous. The nominee was
given an ovation when he arose and. with
visible feeling. accepted the trust COM
mitted TO his hands. He declared his pur-
pose to begin the campaign next week. and
expressed confidence in his ability TO bring
the political scalp OF Mr.. Holman into
camp next November. The convention was
py all odds the largest and most enthusi
astlc the Republicans OF this district have
ever held.
James +. Watson, the nominee. was born
at winchester. Randolph county. Nov. ,,
1864. He graduated at Bloomington, studied
law and early developed a remarkable tall
ent for oratory. His abilities attracted the
attention OF Gen. Thomas NJ. Browne. with
whom he stumped the State during several
campaigns that the latter made in the
Burnt district. A year ago Mr.. Watson
removed TO Rushville. He first came prom
inently into notice as a candidate for the
nomination for Secretary OF State before
the Republican State convention, which
met in April. and was defeated by an ex-
ceedingly narrow margin. He is one OF the
ablest young Republicans in the State. AMI
will give Holman such a shaking up in the
approaching canvass as that sage has
never experienced. His friends confidently
predict that. Notwithstanding the adverse
plurality of nearly three thousand, Watson
Will carry the district.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

Little Switzerland does not propose to
be made a place of refuge or plotting for
Anarchists. A law which went into effect
there last week imposes five years impris-
onment on everybody convicted of melting
to acts which imperil human life or work
ing to upset the present social and political
order, provides heavy penalties for the
manufacture and the illegal possession OF
explosives, and gives the government power
to expel any native or foreign Anarchist
and to punish everybody failing to denounce
archie crimes. This is a righteous law.
AS Anarchists are the enemies of all gov
emmett, all governments should treat them
as such.
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SHOULD HELP IN THE GOOD WORK.

A Democratic workingman at Fort
Wayne proposes the organization of DEM
ocratic workingmen's stand off, clubs
during the coming campaign, to be COM
posed of persons who shall stand off and
refuse to listen to any speaker who, in
1892, promised the workingmen higher
wages and better times if Cleveland should
be elected. The proposer of the plan says
he has talked with scores of Democrats
who agree with him. and he believes a
numerous club of the kind could be formed
in every ward of Fort Wayne. He adds
hat while he is still a Democrat, not hav-
ing determined to permanently leave the
party, yet. in view of the generally adj
mitted, apparently inevitable and well-de-
served defeat of our party next Novem-
Der. 1 believe the good of the country at
large demands that the defeat shall be so
overwhelming and thorough as to wipe out
and annihilate every scheming politician
who took part in the gigantic scheme of
political deception in the last presidential
campaign"
No doubt there are many thousands of
workingmen throughout the country who
are quite as indignant as the Fort Wayne
man over the manner in which they were
buncoed in 1892, but it is to be hoped their
Indignation will take some more practical
shape than the formation of stand off,
clubs. Merely refusing to listen to Demo-
cratic orators who deceived them in 1892
will not meet the case. They should re-
fuse to listen to any Democratic speakers
at all. Instead of boycotting the men who
deceived them in 1892 they should boycott
the party. The Fort Wayne mans idea
seems to be to stand off, and let the Re-
publicans administer the defeat which he
admits the Democratic party deserves. To
be consistent he and all who agree with
him should turn in and help administer the
defeat. Instead of standing off, thus con-
tributing negatively to the defeat of the
Democratic party, they should stand on
with the Republicans and contribute posi-
lively.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

When Mr.. Hendrickson told Mr.. Roth
that the seating room, the desks and the
ventilation and other appliances of exist
ing schoolhouses built for 1000 were as
modern and complete as those for which
$4,000 will be paid by the action of the
special meeting of the last board. he gave
Mr.. Frenzels understudy some useful in
formation. There is no sense in paying
nearly 40 per cent. more than was paid two
or four years ago. just to make school
houses more elegant.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03
WOMAN'> CURIOSITY.
Missouri Postmistress in Trouble for
Opening Letters from a Rival.

CHILLICOTHE. o.. Aug. 2.-The trial OF
Mrs. Blanche Day. assistant postmaster Of
Fountain Grove. Mo-, charged with opening
"a letter from her sweetheart 10 a young
lady in Meadville. Mo-. IL up before United
States COMMISSIONS Chapman. Postofice
Inspector Williams sent a decoy letter with
a photograph in it. addressed TO the posi-
MISTRESS sweetheart al Fountain Grove.
and the temptation was too great for the
voung Iady's curiosity and. fl Is alleged.
she broke open the letter and read the con-
tents and destroyed the Photograph. The
court bound the defendant Over - appear
for trial at the United States court at
Kansas City in September.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

the Bureau Of Statistics In Indiana, costing
the State $500 a year. II 1t should de-
vote its attention to such complaints it
could be Of service. If, upon Investigation.
the Statistician found that the abuse COM
planned of existed in only a half dozen
instances, he could turn over his evidence
TO the prosecuting officer. If he found
that there is no basis for the complaint.
so much the better for Indiana and so
much the less ground for the meddlesome
interference Of ~demagogues.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03
Will Wat Ad- Cul-
SON. son. ans. len.

On the second ballot there was little
change. Moore lost a half a vote in De-
catur county, but gained 10 in Switzerland.
Previous TO the second call of the coun-
ties. Mr.. watson stated that he was not
a candidate. He had said. months ago,
that If the nomination came to him unani-
mously he would accept ii. but. under the
circumstances some one of the gentlemen
who were actively and avowedly in the
field should receive the nomination.
The totals on the second ballot were:
Moore. 69Is; Wilson, 5512, Watson, 8; Cul-
len, Is: Adams, ,. Mr.. Adams withdrew
his name.
The third ballot showed the break in the
Dearborn county delegation that the Moore
people had feared. The result was:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

Joseph Holt. who died in Washington
Wednesday night. was one of the able and
the Union during the war. An able law
yer. an experienced statesman and a cour-
ageous patriot. he was one OF the men who
stood nearest Abraham Lincoln. and in
implicit confidence. His conspicuous serv-
ice at that period entities him to a place
among the first of the great men who de-
voted themselves TO the Union cause.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

MI. Cleveland's immigration commissioner
Is very hostile to the Stone bill. which re-
quires every immigrant TO get a certificate
of good character from the consul Of the
port from which he proposes to sail. and
which the House has already passed: and
yet three-fourths of the people of the
country believe that no measure is more
imperative than the restriction of immi-
grafton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

The resolution of Senator Chandler which
calls for an investigation of the Nova Sco-
tia syndicate is evidence that the New
Hampshire Senator has some interesting
New ENGLAND reformer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

A London cablegram concerning the
ready apparent in London that Lord Rose
bery's government will be sternly called TO
account by the English people for having
allowed the peace OF the world TO be broken
by this most ominous war" 1t will be
news to the rest OF the world that the
British government is the custodian of the
worlds peace. Perhaps II is on account Of
her valuable services in this behalf that
England exercises the right of breaking
the peace whenever she wants TO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.


Can be found at the following places:
AkIS-Ame Exchange in Paris, SO Boulevard
de Ca ucines.
T. YORK-Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel.
PHILADELPHIA-A- z. Kemble. 3735 Lancaster
avenue.
CHlCAGO-Palmer House, Auditorium Hotel.
CINCINNATI-J. II. HawIey d Co. 154 Vine street.
LoUISvILLE-C. 7. Deering. northwest corner o,
Third and Jefferson streets.
81. LoUIS-UniOn News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Riggs House and Ebbitt
House.
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Pride in Excess.

"Did you ever see a man who was so
proud of his family tree as Jibbers is?'
II never did. Why, do you know, the
idiot actually wanted to lick a man the
other night that he heard speak disre-
spectfully Of Adam"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

II still think there will be a bill. 1t will
not be the House bill: 1t will not be the
Senate bill" 1t was not Captain Bunsby
who advafced this solid opinion. but Sena-
tor Brice. He should have added, 1T may
be the Mckinley bill"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03
Woes of the Icemau.

This hot weather makes you fellows
work pretty hard, doesn't it?"
You bet 1T does" said the ice man. by
the time We get a ~ten-pound chunk Of ice
weighed and brought into the house il
don't weigh more'n six. And then they
accuse US Of cheatin'"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

1t is not very much to the credit of the
interstate-commerce committee of the
House that il has decided not to push it's
amendment TO the interstate-commerce
law to permit pooling because of the hos
tility of a few demagogues and the Popu-
lists. who. members of the
think, are strong enough to defeat it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

In some of the labor centers of the East
the walking delegates nov use bicycles.
This will enable them to cover more ground
and husband their strength to call out able
stentorian tones.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

Watts-Which do you think will win
Japan or China?
Potts-Japan. I'm sure. The Chinese are
still using the ~antiquated methods of the
barbarians, while the Japs have adopted
the most approved Christian style of war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

So it seems that the interference of the
from yielding Wednesday afternoon. A
President who scares one side of a con-
feren : committee is something of a boss.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

The successful mixing of oil and water
is a simple matter compared with getting
the Democratic factions together on the
tariff question
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

Whether the Cleveland Wilson wing or
the Briee-Gorman wing shall win in the
tariff controversy, the people will feel like
saying, "a plague on both your houses"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

First 1t was the Wilson bill, then the
bill, and then the Gorman-Havemyer bill.
Ii it gets through the conference commit
tee il should be called the mongrel bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

One little letter makes the difference be-
tween trust statesmen and truest states
men. yet it is a big difference.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

Debs having admitted that strikes are
a failure and declared that he will never
be connected with another. who will be the
next unwise labor leader to order one?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

Senator Vest sizes Up the situation by
saying. I'VE can agree with the House
conferees. but our trouble is with the
White House ones"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

Senator Hill continues with ghoulish glee
to heap Goals of fire on Mr.. Cleveland's
head by defending the administration.
An Mr.. Cleveland is bald, too.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

When in the history of Doitical parties
was there ever such an object lesson of
imbecility as the party in power is now
giving at Washington?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

OF course the government at Washington
still lives. but those who are temporarily
in charge of it seem to be verging on i'm
bseciIitv.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

Latest health bulletin from Washington:
Business dead and trade paralyzed, but
we hope TO pull the Democratic party
through.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

How would it do for umpire Cleveland to
call the game off and declare it a draw?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

A PrOverb Revised.

Talk remarked the Senator, sis
cheap"
But" he continued, 'it takes money to
buy sugar certificates"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

1t was apparent that the Watson tide
had set in, and that nothing could stop il.
The chairman modestly yielded the gayel
TO James L. Caskey. chairman of this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

The last scandal which the Wilson bill
people have started against their fellow
members Of the House of the Democratic
persuasion. with a view of deterring them
from demanding a chance to vote for the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03
CONVERSATIONAL Nomination.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. &C. K. Bell
was to-day unanimously renominated for
Congress by the Eighth district Democratic
convention.
RALEIGH. N. c.. Aug. 2-The Populist
convention, to-day, nominated w. r.
Stroud for Congress. from the Fourth dis
trict.
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Chairman vesey Resigns.

SpeSidi 10 the Indianapolis journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind. Aug. 2.-W. j.
Vesey, chairman of the Allen county Re-
publican General committee, rendered his
resignation to-day to take effect at the
next meeting CT the central committee
next Saturday. He has been a very eff
hcient man and this step is much regretted
by all the candidates for county offices.
The reason for his resignation is continued
illness of Mrs. Nesey, which prevents him
giving the attention 10 the campaign that
IL deserves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-03

BOISE, Ida, Aug. 2-The Populist con-
vention to-day made the following nominal
tons: For Congress, James Gum. OF
Boise; Governor, w. j. 4. Ballentine, OF
Bellevue. The convention declared against
fusion with the Democratic party by a
unanimous vote. The resolutions declare in
favor of woman suffrage.