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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28
WHO is RESPONSIBLE.

The Chicago press is unanimous in GEN.
surfing Judge Chetlain for his interference
in the Prendergast case The Tribune says
Judge Chetlain should have asked him
self why 1t was that the lawyers came to
him, a young and inexperienced judge,
whose pinfeathers had scarcely grown (who
knew nothing of the case). and asked him
to reverse the Supreme Court and overrule
the Governor" The inference is that Prem
dergasts lawyers hoped to be able to get
favors from a young and inexperienced
Judge which they could not set in another
court. The Herald says that after the
lawyers had exhausted every other recourse
to save their client and on the eve of the
execution had picked up this idle, trumpet
up fiction as pretext for further dallying
with justice, the new and inexperienced
Judge before whom they appeared should
have instructed them In better knowledge
of what was becoming and what was their
duty instead of rashly venturlng into the
trap that had been prepared for hia feet"
The Times says:
Charitable people ascribe Judge Chetlain's
attempt to overrule the Supreme Court and
to save the neck Of red-handed murderer
to his inexperience and lack of knowledge
of the law which he is supposed TO con-
strue. He Is, as a Republican morning
Judge" He is a product of that unntelli-
gent method of selecting judges with which
Chicago is cursed The very people who
nominated him for place on the bench never
expected that he would be elected His
personal character, his habits, his profess
for his elevation to judicial station. His
nomination, made for political reasons
alone, not taken seriously even by the
convention which made it.
In addition to these g. ictures on the in
experience and incompetence of the Judge,
rumors are rife that he knew the case
would be brought before him, and that he
was improperly influenced In his decision
All this is severe on Judge Chetlain, but
is 1t not equally severe on the people and
on the methods by which they nominate
and elect judges? If Judge Chetlain is un-
fit for the position he holds the time to
have found it out was before he was elected
or even nominated. Who can say how
much of the miscarriage of justice which
has grown to be such a scandal is due to
the election of incompetent judges, and
who is responsible for this but those who
elect them?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

Matthew Marshall, in the New York Sun.
denies the often-repeated assertion that
the fall in the prices of wheat, cotton and
other agricultural products has been CO.
incident with the fall in silver and has
been caused by it. He says:
In the first place, the fall in the price Of
commodities since 1873 has not been ex-
actly coincident with the fall in silver
and even If Ii had been il would not prove
that it was caused by the fall in Silver
any more than the fall in twenty Their
mometers in the same room could be right
fully attributed to the fall in any particu-
lar one of them. Silver, like many other
things. has suffered from an increase of
production not accompanied by a CORE
spondingly increased demand for consump-
ton. The proof of this il that certain arti-
Giles, such as tobacco coffee, butchers meat
and indigo, have actually risen in gold
price since 1873 and the last census shows
that wages in this country rose on an av-
eraEse 40 per cent. between 1880 and 1890
while the aggregate wealth of the country
increased during the same interval by one
third.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28
INDIANAPOLIS SCHOOLS.
DR.. Rice's Opinion Concerning Them Still
Surprises Fasteners.

In a review of DR.. Rices book entitled
1.-The Public School System of the United
States" the New York Sun has the follow
ing comments:
Where shall we look for the most scien-
tific and efficient public schools In the
United States? 1t will surprise many read
ers TO learn that we must go TO lndianapo-
lis. Here, although the designation or teach,
lies legally in the hands OF the boaru
of Education. their selection has, In fact,
been left in the hands of the superintend-
ent. In no way has politics affected the Sc
lection or discharge of teachers or In any
other way interfered with the management
of the schools. We should add that the
teachers are either graduates OF the indian
apolis Normal School or selected for peda-
gogical efficiency from the graduates OF
other training schools. To expound the PM
losophy of the work done In the lndlanapo-
lis institution would require volume on
the science of education. Still, a few words
will indicate the fundamental principle IN
volved. The principle underlying the method
of these schools is known in the new edu-
cation as the idea OF unihcatlon Whlcn con-
Templates the combination or the various
branches of knowledge SO that they may aS-
ouire more meaning by being seen IN their
relations to one another. An Isolated fact IS
food for the memory alone, and IL Is only
when this fact is seen in its relation 70
other facts that il becomes interesting and
the reasoning faculties are brought INTO
play. But, although unihcation mas an op.
viously stimulating effect upon pupils IL
does not of itself make a good school, be-
cause il is not the course OF STUDIES Dut
the teacher that determines the charaSter
of the institution. A mechanical curriculum
exerts cramping pressure Y - the teach-
err and with the Introduction Il philo-
sophicai course OF studies, this pressure IS
removed: but how much the teacher Will
nrofit bv the change depends upon herself.
and upon the nature of the guidance she
receives from others. From this point or
view the public schools of indianapolis,
though perhaps the best cannot be de-
scribed as perfect, because the teachers
are not perfect. The spirit or the teachers
is excellent but their professional EN-
cheney is not yet remarkable. There is no
doubt however, that the educators or lndl-
annapolis are working In the proper dlrec,
ton that they have already accomplished
s.a..ol. - 70 lil.al. 20 a ccnlnnlish more.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

The Journal does not share in the opin-
ion expressed in some quarters that uncer-
tainty Is the worst element in the business
situation and that there will be revival
of prosperity as soon as the tariff question
is settled. The worst element In the bus
iness situation is the prospect of the pass
present Industrial conditions and compel a
further and permanent reduction OF wages.
Wages are materially lower now than they
were before Mr.. Cleveland was elected. but
they will be still lower if the tariff bill
passes in anything like its present form,
and they will never be raised to even the
present standard as long as the tariff for
revenue only remains in force
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

The fact that the new Chinese treaty is
fornia, indicates that II will probably be
acceptable to Pacific coast people generally:
Mr. Geary is the recognized leader of the
anti-Chinese sentiment and the author of
the present law, yet he is frank enough to
admit that all such legislation is open TO
tlle charge of being violative of existing
treaties. The new treaty establishes the
principle Of the Geary law both in regard
to the absolute prohibition Of Chinese i'm
migration and the registration OF those
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

Coxeys hzzle was what every level-head-
ed man expected. yet the reports of sensa-
tional newspapers for two weeks before
the starting made u appear that thousands
were sure TO start. Columns were devoted
to the subject and faring headlines were
put over such matter. Turn back to those
columns now. and they seem the silliest
trash that was ever printed. Instead of
probing the stories OF Coxey and giving
the public. from day TO day, the accurate
information which a sensible man on TIE
sround could have given. reporters who
are simply sensation-hunters and makers
sent the exaggerated hopes OF Coxey. And
that stuff is called news" ami the col
lectlng OF It is called newspaper enter
prise" One OF these days long suffering
public viii lose its temper over such i'm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28
The Papers and the Coxey Farce.
Cincinnati Tribune.

Up to the present moment the proposed
Coxey demons ration has been nothing
more nor less than an effort on the part OK
sensational newspapers to trade In the pos,
sibilities Of these depressed ana tronDieu
times The Importance Of CoXey ana the
possibilities OF his performance. have been
exaggerated and magnifisd in a ridiculous
but effective way. Thousands OF people lave
been dcsperately deceived and needlessly
alarmed In Washington, the ooJectlVe
point OF the army" there was good deal
of vague CONSERVATION ana much specuia-
fion and some active preparation on the
part OF the police For the purpose OF sell
ing few extra copies or their journals
and alarm the country. Columns and col
nmns OF unwarranted barefaced falsehood
and invention have been printed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

now here. and for this reason il is de-
present treaty. 1t is far better every
account to have the consent and co-opera-
ton of the Chinese government in carrying
out the exclusion and registration policy
under treaty stipulation than for the United
States to do it in violation of treaty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28
JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY.
INDIANAPOLIS IND.
The INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places
PARIS-American Exchange in Paris. SO Boulevard
de Capucines-
Nkw IokK-Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel
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avenue.
CHICAGO-Palmer House. Auditorium Hotel
CINCINNATI. r. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine street
IOUISVIILE-C. T. Deering. northwest corner OF
Third anu Jefferson streets.
WASHINGTON, u. c.-Riggs House and Ebbitt
House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

Investigation Of the mysterious postof-
flee frauds at South Bend has brought out
the fact that that city is headquarters for
the manufacture and sale of 175 patent
medicines and cosmetics. Yet ii is not
known unhealthy city, and the av-
erage duration of human life in Indiana is
fully as great as in other States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

The Presidents New York Times, his
mouthpiece. has started new raid upon
pensioners. to whom 1t refers as "the i'm
mense nsion-grabbing element of the
Grand Army Of the Republic" The Cleve-
land Democrats in Congress who are trying
to extend the pension rolls with the names
of the widows Of deserters are not of the
Grand Army.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28
The Moral of the breckenridge Case.

There are many other such dramas that
do not get into the courts or into the news
e~iv The eternal law OF purity. that lies
at the bottom of the social fabric, is one
Who's every violation brings its memorable
penaltv. and the longer the catastrophe is
DELAYED the deeper and more appalling are
the CONSEQUENCES. II is well 10 recognize
this We may not like 10 have our young
Teople read all the details OF this horffd
scandal but they must be very thoughtless
If they can read the story at all and not
faal ifS lesson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28
The Common View.

Don't you believe the world is growing
better?" asked the enthusiastic young
woman.
WELL" replied the old gentleman, "the
older people are less pig-headed and preju-
diced than were elderly people when l was
youth. But 1 do not think the young
men of the present day have half the en-
terprise or judgment of those of my time"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

A man OF Colonel Disadvantages fascina-
tons and susceptibility should not be ex-
posed TO the temptations of Washington.
His constituents should take pity on him
anu retire him to the shades of private
life, where he will be safe from the pursuit
of willy Young women
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

Representative Cooper has carried back to
Washington report that the Democrats in
his district are yearning for the Wilson bill,
but are hostile to the voorhees, bill for it's
back full reports they would have been
hostile to the free-trade policy. 1t would
be to Mr.. Cooper's advantage to recall
promise not to be a candidate again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

The Louisville Courier-Journal reminds its
gained power by advocating an unsound
currency. And 1t is right; in 1875 the Re
publicans won back Ohio and made success
In 1876 possible by standing out In favor of
specie resumption In the end it is better
policy to know the right and stand by it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

The sentiment of property holders as to
the kind OF pavement to be laid on street
is entitled to some. but not to controlling
weight The streets belong to the city. and
the general public who use them should
have as much voice in the kind of pave
ment TO be laid as the property holders.
The point to be decided is what kind of
pavement will best serve the public needs
without reference to local sentiment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

The Chicago Herald takes two-thirds Of
column to say that Coxeyism is result of
protection Admit it; then the mobs which
rush through the streets Of London three
or four times year, demanding bread and
robbing shop keepers. may be assumed to
be the result Of free trade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

Now that the committee of the New York
Legislature has got down to business in
the investigation Of the police and election
frauds perpetrated by Tammany Hall, the
chatter Of combination between certain
Republicans and Tammany has ceased.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

The Chicago papers are assailing the Judge
who took upon himself to interfere with the
execution OF Prendergast in a vigorous
manner. 1t appears that Prendergast's
counsel was a former partner Of the judge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

Indirectly the Coxey crusade may prove
beneficial to this section Of the country by
drawing good many tramps East, whence
1t will take them some time to get back.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

A report comes from Washington that the
administration has not only abandoned it's
Hawaiian policy, but has quietly adopted
that Of the Harrison administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

It Is now asserted that the President has
the govt, but. distressing it may be, it
cannot give him any part of the trouble
that the Democratic party furnishes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

positions. and the enterprising paper which
gives sensations and fancies instead OF
facts will be punished
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

If a score more OF McKane's Gravesend
associates shall be sent to the penitentiary
for ballot-box crimes there will not be
enough officials left to run the next cleo
fio1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

What do you girls call that club of
yours?"
1.-The Analytical"
HIM. What do you analyze%
"Other peoples regulations. mostly"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28
Had His Suspicions.

ut was very kind of the boys to come
around and serenade me-" said the candi-
date for Congress, but 1 would like to
know what venomous scoundrel put them
up to playing There's No Place Like
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28
Every word nrougat Into Play.

JOhnsOnburg IPa.D IIfhes-
There are 10000 words in the English
language. and most OF them were used
last Sunday by the woman who discovered
after coming cut 81 church. that her new
hat was adorned with tag on which was
written: Reduced 10 <2.s5."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28
with Hood and Money.

Louisville Commercial.
The soldiers saved the country by their
blood in 1861. and they are called on TO
save II by their money now. Twenty-six
millions have been taken off the pension list
this year in order 10 balance accounts
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

Grover Cleveland would give more than
30 cents If there had never been a Bland
with his seigniorage bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

Cannot Mr.. Bynum, like his colleague,
Conn. hunt up an old promise not to be
candidate again? 1t would save him a heap
OF misery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28

There is reason to suspect that the news
paper of Mr.. Henry Watterson is not in
favor of Mr. Voorhees, tariff bill, since 1t
alludes to it in the following language: O..
Yet. already, we hear it on every hand
that, with this measure of Democratic
stultifcation-this finished product OF ignor-
ance, cowardice and corruption-this in
iquitouS offspring Of the Matchmaking man.
ufacturer and the political harlot-the
whole question must go to the rear making
way for other and more urgent and i'm
portant isSueSi
Again, referring to the result of Demo-
cratic wisdom, the Watterson paper calls
it's authors "incapables or rascals." Still
further it says of them:
When they have fled inglorously from a
victorious field, leaving guns that were
shotted with the ball-cartridges of truth
to be spiked by an enemy we had driven
before us-and when, bringing with them
the black plumes of the mercenary, they
come home for their reward. what shall
they encounter, what have they a right to
look for, except political damnation and
death?
Will the Courier-Journal, Mr. Waiter
sons paper, kindly inform its readers in
Indiana whether Daniel Wolsey Voorhees,
is IAN incapable or a Observation-Disclosures
he wears the white feathers of the cow
ard or the black plumes of the mercenary?''
No frank opinion on this subject could be
more interesting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
Americas Pride.
Named.

Our two greatest women up to date
Are Mrs. Lease and Governess Waite.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-12-15

the contention that the act of July 2,
1892, was not intended to be directed
against labor organizations in any form
the court says if capital and labor con-
spired against moving Pullman cars it
would be absurd to say they would not
be violating tee order OF the court.
Labor would be equally guilty by do
ing so without the aid of capitalists, also
that defendants did deliberately violate
the order of the court by directing the
strikers to intimidate men from their
places. Admonitions against violence
sent out by the strikers were not in
tended by them that they should be
needed also that the strike to boycott
Pullman cars was violation OF the In
terstate Commerce laws. Defendants
were guilty Of contempt as charged in
each of the cases. Debs was sentenced
to six months in the county jail and the
others were sentenced to three months
each except McVane. who was released
because of no testimony against him.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-12-15
NEW FOREIGN FAST MAIL.
Pouches for Foreign Points viii Not
Be DELAYED.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA. - Postmaster
General Bissell and Superintendent OF
Foreign Mail Brooks have decided to
provide necessary arrangements for Sc
curing to merchants in Chicago, St.
Louis. Baltimore, Boston and Phila-
delphia, the cities authorized to make
up pouches for foreign points, the ed
vantage of forwarding foreign mail by
the latest train that connects with the
steamers at New York City. The plan
will obviate the necessity of having the
mail handled and way-billed at the
New York postofiice, and messengers,
in cases of very close connections, will
meet the incoming trains at the depot
and carry the mail direct to the steam
ers. The arrangement will take effect
January L.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-12-15
POLICE COURT.
Extremists on the Subject of Cloth
ing,

Extremists on the subject of Cloth
ing.
1t looked like old times in police court
yesterday morning. Il has been so dull
there for two weeks that the marshal
and recorder had been considering the
advisability of discontinuing it alto
gether. But there was an avalanche of
business on Wednesday night. Two
hobos were gathered in, one man drunk
and peace disturbing, an individual
who had been making living picture
of himself by wearing a scarcity OF
clothing and another charged with
wearing too much clothing. The offense
of the last person was more specifically
defined as stealing waterproof coat
from the Yucatec Hose company.
The hobos got ten days, the drunken
and peace disturbing person five DAYS,
the gentleman for indecent exposure
ten days and the man alleged to have
stolen the waterproof coat was dis
charged. The proof against him was
not decisive and anl then if It had
been it would rather have been in his
favor, since man who would not have
stolen waterproof coat or an umbrellas
during the last two days cannot rank as
progressive and enterprising citizen.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-12-15

strength of the claims of Crouch and
Leon to the land which formed the SUBJ
ject of the fatal dispute, had been
bought up. There were go many other
circumstances, which, like this, appar-
emily had some bearing upon the vari-
GUS theories of murder, manslaughter
and justifable homicide. The case was
stripped of ell these by the court and
presented in startling nakedness.
AS the reading Of the instructions
proceeded, members of the bar looked
at each other and one lawyer said, THAT
jury certainly need not be any doubt
about the law in this case however hard
it may have to struggle with the facts.'
Shortly after 4 O'Clock the reading
was concluded and the jury retired.
AS usual there was great deal OF
guessing at the verdict. By a very
large majority it was predicted that it
would be either murder or man
slaughter.
The verdict was announced soon after
8 O'Clock. The defendants wife was
with him in the court room when the
jury came in. When the clerk read
from the paper which had been passed
to him from the jury box, mot guilty."
his wife kissed him in the exhuberance
of her joy and warmly grasped the hand
OF Judge Stilwell. The defendant him
self was visibly affected and thanked
his attorney heartily for his freedom.
The long strain of four months was
over.
The verdict was reached with so much
difficulty that a disagreement seemed
imminent. On the first ballot the vote
stood seven for acquittal, three for man
slaughter and two for murder. On the
second ballot the forces for acquittal re-
ceived no recruits but there was only
one vote tor murder and four for man
slaughter. There was no change dur
ing seveIal ballots. At last there were
nine votes for acquittal and three for
manslaughter. The rest was easy.