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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10
A A SUGGESTION.

The suggestion that the cost of asphalt
pavements be reduced by reducing the depth
of the concrete foundation is one which, on
it's face. challenges disapprovaf. 1t has the
appearance OF being in the interest Of
cheap-John methods. The Journal believes
in economy in public expenditures and il
.sympathizes with every effort of property
owners TO hold expenses down to the Lowest
notch consistent with good work, but 1t
is decidedly opposed to shoddy work of any
kind. Whatever kind OF pavement is adopt
ed the city should have the best of it's kind.
II the best asphalt pavement is too ex-
best brick or the best gravel streets, but
not second or third-rate pavement of any
kind. In asphalt pavements the foundation
is the pavement. the surface is merely the
finish. The pavement is good or bad ac-
cordlng as the foundation is properly laid
or not. No amount of future cobbling can
make a good asphalt pavement on a poor
foundation. In the absence OF technical adj
vice on the subject the Journal IS not pre-
pared To deny that there may be a differ
ence In the requirements as to foundation
OF a pavement that is very much used,
and one that is subject TO less use. but it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10
One of Many Heroes.

Alex. Smith Is dead.
he was only a plain laboring man. He
worked In the lime kilns here in Delphi for
over a quarter of a century, and his life
was uneventful. His death did not influence
the stock market, neither did the metropoli-
tan press publish column obituaries con-
corning him. The business houses OF Delphi
did not close during the funeral services.
neither was his casket buried beneath
But Alex. Smith was a hero none the less,
and the services that attended his burial
might well be envied by a king. for neither
wealth nor royalty can buy the sweet and
tender tribute veteran citizen soldiers paw a
comrade to the last roll call. At
the very outbreak of the war he heard the
call OF the Union, and he said I'll co." He
enlisted as a private and he came home a
private, but in camp, on the march and in
the face OF the foe he was ever the plain,
Unconditional, determined, courageous Amer
lean soldier. He had but one hope. and that
was the preservation Of the Union. He had
but one ambition, and that was 10 live 10
fight to the end or the war. 1t was sterling
patriotism. pure love of country. that led
Alex. Smith to the front and kept him
there. A few paltry dollars every month
was nothing to him. He could have made
four times as much by remaining at home.
But the sacred Union OF the States. the
liberty of the black child and it's mother
was near his heart and his conscience, and
for this he marched and slept in the cold
and sleet, rode where bullets were flying
and death was in the air.
Eighty citizen soldiers marched 10 the
grave that marks the resting place of Alex.
Smith. Eight OF them were in the same
regimen with him, and knew his worth.
his sterling loyalty. The column moved to
the music of a martial band with mufned
drum. And the eighty men who thirty years
ago kept faultless step 10 the quick and IN
spring music OF fife and drum could not
keep step 10 the slow time OF the funeral
march. Their wounds and infirmities would
not permit. They lirnped, they walked with
canes. They were stopped, and bent, and
crippled.
God bless the memory Of the plain private
soldier like Alex. Smith.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

One of those newspapers which claim to
be the champions of the rights Of labor. in
assailing the recent order of Judge Jenk-
ms. Of the United States Court at Mil
waukee, makes use of the following Ian
guage:
The railway men lave made ND their
minds to discover and learn it now wheth-
er under the Constitution and laws of the
iand they be men or mice, or lOng-tafled
rats. Whether they can be bound in slav-
cry at slave wages to any particular mas
ter of a railroad and their mouths stopped
with a Jenkins gag from discussing their
strange and burdening conditions with one
another.
Statements like the above have led many
people to believe that Judge Jenkins, to use
the words of another. "has issued an in
junction requiring the employees Of the
Northern Pacific railway to work for
wages they refuse to accept, and forbid
ding them to strike" Those who are more
intelligent than the agitators. and who have
a knowledge of the language employed in
legal instruments. declare that all such
statements are false and mischievous. No
fair construction Of Judge Jenkins's lam
guage would warrant the conclusion that
his order forbids men employed by the
Northern Pacific to strike or to meet to
consult in regard to striking. if by that
term merely quitting work is meant. 1t
does forbid them to interfere by menace
or violence with men who do not join in
the strike. and prohibits them from dam
aging the property of the company. En-
ployes are enjoined from breaking an i'm
piled contract, such as the starting with a
train involves. That is. having started
with a train. they are under obligation to
run 1t to its destination. and not leave pas
sengers midway in a train, or goods where
they will be destroyed or damaged. The
right to strike does not include the right
to assail those who wish to work, or to de-
who are best qualified to judge insist that
the order of Judge Jenkins goes no fur
Their than this. If it does the higher courts
will set 1t aside.
1t is more than fortunate for Judge Jenk-
ms that he has always been a Democrat,
and that he was appointed by Mr.. Cleve-
land to succeed Judge Gresham. If he
were a Republican every Democratic pa
per In this part Of the country would be
demanding his impeachment by Congress,
and the chances are that the present House
would impeach him. But, being a Demo
crat. his order enjoining the employees of
" -. Doai6, f-oo, iptorfarinU with
the running of the road and requiring
them to carry out implied contracts pro-
volyaS M criticiSm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

II is very amusing to hear Democratic
henchmen averring that the party cannot
make a campaign in this city until a DEM
ocratic postmaster shall be appointed If
q Democratic postmaster were appointed
he would nave less than a half dozen Of
fees to dispose OF. At least two hundred
places ever since Mr.. Cleveland was
elected. When a Democratic postmaster
shall have been appointed he can graf
fly six of the two hundred, while the rest
will be enraged. Still 1t is declared that If
these six places are not In Democratic
hands the 5000 or 1900 Democrats in
Marion county will not go to the polls in
November.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10
SURE OF INDIANA.
The State Solid for Hnrrison and Pre-
pairing for n Clean Sweep.

W
Judge c.. w. Fairbanks, one of the most
tors In Indianapolis, is at the Fifth-aVenue
Hotel. He knows ex-President Harrison
well, and when asked what the ex-PreSi-
dent had lone since he left the White
House, said:
II has devoted himself 70 the practice
Of his profession, and has appeared in a
number OF important cases. His great abil-
ity as a lawyer is unqueStfone0 and his
advice Is sought by many. No matter what
Kind of a case he appears in, he is always
we'll prepared and brings 10 his clear, log
ical arguments a knowledge OF law and it's
application tnat demonstrate his careful
reading and his power TO generalize. At
present ne is busily engaged in preparing
mis- course Of lectures on international law
for the Stanford University. His friends
keen mental relish, for they al know they
will be of a h!ga order. / have no doubt
that his lectures will be accepted as lead
ing authority on the subject OF internal
tional law"
u YOU know whether the ex-President
is a candidate for denomination in 1852"
Il DO not know, but | doubt whether he
has given the subject any thought what
ever. We all recognize the fact that he
gave the country an excellent administra-
ton and one that reflected credit upon his
party. His administration cannot be at
lacked, and naturally the Hoosier State Is
proud Of his record"
Their you think Indiana would support
him snOd.n * N~-t~.~- - ~ --~-
date again?"
II nave no doub< that the State will
cordially support the ex-President IL he is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

the consumption of wheat bread in this
country because OF the hard times. Scores
OF families are living chiefly upon corn
bread, who, a year ago. were able to have
all the wheat bread they wished. In the
country at large tens Of thousands of fam
lilies are eating some sort of coarse bread
that were eating-fne -four bread a year
ago. 1t Is this decrease of consumption that
is keeping wheat lower than it was ever
known to be before in forty years. When
the wheat raisers limit their product to the
demand Of the home market, keep the home
market for the products of Americans, and
have a duty on wheat that will keep out
that raised in other countries, a good price
may be expected. But the markets of the
world are a deiuSion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10
HOW HE. STRIKES THE PEOPLE.
That He Is Crazy Is q Truly Charf-
table on Cleveland.
washington Letter In New York Sun.

There has been staying at one Of the prin-
cipal hotels OF the city a man who was in
very rich man. In the State where he re-
sides he is a man of influence. and as OF
old takes a hand every four years In elect
on the Democratic SIDE. He might have
come to the Senate years ago In Mr.. Thur
mans time. but he says he prefers better
with CIeveland?" Without waiting for an
been acting since his Inauguration without
something. being wrong with him l live
far enough away TO see him as he is. and
say something is the matter with him.
course he has been pursuing with the
Hawaii matter. He's dead wrong all through
ment in him. His course would Kill Julius
Caesar or Paul the apostle. He must be
crazy to do as he has done:
we'll as anybody. | can't guess what ails
him to go and be as crazy as Cleveland
seems to be. It's something in his favor
that he washes his hands of the business.
But there's not water enough In Lake Mich
igan to wash them clean. Then there Is the
of for a reason why Cleveland hould try
to put IL through, particularly the
income tax. / can understand the agrarian-
got the upper hand yet in this country. and
Cleveland viii find that the bid he has
made for the support OF all under the S4.OCO
mai II III 4sLlA AAAAAAs az 1CRA& - Inns
it. and the masses for whom he's playing
won't stand by him. They understand a
bad motive when they see it The logic of
this exemption OF the masses from paying
the cost OF running the government Is 10
make a government for the rich and let the
poor take care of themselves. When people
don't help pay for running the government
they cease TO have any rights under II; and
this Is what the masses don't want. In our
State the people rather like to be on the
tax list I've d man In my employ VINO
said he didn't want to be exempted. If he
had an income Of 81 he was willing TO pay
on K. 1t would give him a right to a share
OF all there Is In the government MOL
Cleveland has missed il in fooling with the
agrarians. He may get them. but he will
lose the great mass of the people. Come.
what's the matter with Cleveland?
On this line the conversation continued,
the man concluding by saving: II a
Democrat, as you know, from away back.
but I'm done with Cleve.and. L used 20
think he was about the Ijght sort of a man,
but he isn't And something ails him. His
health must be bad or perhaps there is
something else. Anyway, in our State we've
given him up, and only wish his four years
were out. Throwing him overheard Is the
only thing to do. If we undertake 70 carry
him along he'll sink us; and it's an even
our State turned round and may be we
Gratis is to stand from under in time"
These observations were made during a
conversation that lasted nearly an hour. i
Rave given them as chunks of sense IA
miliarly uttered at the time, but which the
man was capable of putting into form as
attractive as a Senator would employ while
addressing his fellows Of the upper house.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

a candidate. and the delegation, IN political
p~arlance. would be solid for him
How is Indiana politically
I'm splendid shape, and ready TO elect
Republicans next fall. J. K. Gowdy, chair
man OF the Republican State committee. Is
an excellent organizer, and everything IL
ripe for Republican success. We elect in
the fall a State ticket, with the exception
Republicans will carry everything. The
whisperings OF discomfort among the rank
and file Of the Democratic party are straws
TO Indicate the drift. / would not be sur
prised to see as great a political revolution
in Indiana as the one that occurred last
fall in New York. AS Josh Billings said,
when a man starts down hill everything
seems to be creased for the occasion. The
Democratic party has started down hill
and the grease has been turned on in
streams"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

The new anti-option bill Of Mr.. Hatch
is much like it's predecessor which was
killed by the last House after having once
passed it. 1t defines options and futures,
requires that transfers and agreements TO
sell them shall be in writing and In dupli-
cate, and must specify whether or not the
makers of the transfer are the owners or
have acquired by purchase the right of
future possession of the articles under con-
tract made by the actual owner, otherwise
they shall be void. Other sections require
dealers to show the delivery OF the goods
or that the contract is terminated by other
than the actual delivery Of the goods. a
tax OF $24 a year is imposed on all dealers
in options and futures. All contracts for
futures shall bear internal revenue stamps
at the rate of 1 cent for every hundred
weight of cotton, lard, -four, etc, or every
ten bushels OF wheat. corn, etc. For bills
of sale at the termination of the contract
the rate is fixed at 2 cents for the same
respective quantities.. but where the con-
tract is terminated without actual sale or
delivery, the tax is 10 cents a bushel for
grain and 2 cents a pound for other COM
modities. Dealers in options and futures
are required TO furnish internal revenue
collectors full details as TO their business
and furnish a bond Of $4,000 TO faithfully
comply with the law. Dealers are required
TO keep the minutest records of their trans
actions. These are the essential features
of the bill, which, should it become a law,
would close up the future and option bust
ness If the law did not prove to be mop
erative or unconstitutional.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

Now 1t comes out through the indignant
Populists In the House that they voted with
the administration to make a quorum on
the Hawaiian question upon a pledge that
the Bland bill should be Immediately taken
up when the Hawaiian matter should be
disposed Of. No sooner were the Hawaiian
resolutions adopted, each little Populist
voting for them, than the same Democrats
who made the promise began to flibuster
against the Bland measure
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

Although there has been some curiosity
to discover the author OF that astonishing
and complete Reputation OF the Demo
cratic party which appeared I'm Harpers
Weekly of last week, yet the Harpers re-
fuse 10 disclose the writer. They do say,
however, that this attack Is 10 be followed
by others, whose purpose can be nothing
else than the bringing about of "a breach
in the Democratic party-in fact, splitting
it.
But there are internal evidences In the
style of the article which Indicate that Mr..
Carl SchurZ was the writer OF II. There
are some words used which Mr. Schurz Is
fond OF employing, and there are some Of
those lapses OF style which close observers
OF Mr.. Schurz's writings have OF late not
iced with something OF regret.
Moreover the very lender almost full
- no,ica of the adminlstratton OF which
NJ. Schurz was "A part adds 70 the convic-
tjon that he Is the author OF this. the Sc
verest Reputation OF this latter-day De-
mocracy which has appeared in any jour
nal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10
ELECTRICITY AS A MOTIVE POWER.
In Street-Car Service 1t Is Not Less
Expensive Than Horses.

The report on street railroads OF the
Massachusetts, railroad commissioners has
been made public; It shows an increase OF
s25. 1900 in capital so invested. OF the
comparative economy of electric motive
power it says:
1--WE must conclude, aking everything
into the account, that there has been thus
far no demonstration of the superior net
earning capacity OF the electric as COM
pared with the horse system. but rather the
reverse. 1t is not, however, intended TO
raise the inference that the electric sys-
tenn Is. or is likely to prove, under con-
sentative and proper management, a seri-
Gus financial failure. The conditions at
tending It's further and fuller development
will probably be found to differ in no es-
sential respect from those attaching 10
the old horse-railway system, or TO the
well-managed electric railway, it may be
fairly said, stands a similar chance of
financial success with a well-located and
well-managed steam railroad or horse rail-
way. Upon the present showing and out
look, it certainly stands no letter chance.
If badly located or badly managed, there
clearly has not been manifested as yet any
miraculous power In It's peculiar system of
locomOtion to save Ii from the familiar
fate OF the steam railroad or horse railway
when struggling under the same difficulties.
ut can be and should be said, however,
without hesitation or qualification, that the
electric system has not shown or indicated
any such margin of profit as 10 Justify the
expectation of more than moderate and
ordinary returns on money ~ittmate in
Veste1 IN IT,. Inc luea, Whlcn seems 10
have obtained some currency, that the
electric railway system is a bonanza of
rare and inexhaustible wealth, is clearly a
delusion, and has doubtless proved TO some
a snare. The absolute cost and expensive
ness of the system, under the most con-
servative. able, and honest management,
are sufficient to task Its earning capacity
fictitious or inflated capitalization. IL pre-
sents no safe or inviting field for specu-
lative enterprise or manipulation, unless it
De 10 the ulScfuDulOuS operators of an
inside ring who are willing to practice on
the credulity of a misinformed public.
Wherever there is reason to believe that
water mas been, or Is about 10 be, Injected
into the stock or bonds of an electric rail-
way company. the only safe course is to let
Its securities severely alone"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

willing to Join any combination 10 over
throw the law regulating his pay.-Auburn
Dispatch.
The winter resorts Of the South are COM
planning bitterly of these Democratic
times" As the South insists upon voting
with the party that has brought about de-
preston and distrust. 1t should take its
medicine without a grimace.-Fort Wayne
Gazette.
There are already forty-seven candidates
for Republican nomination for the ten places
on the State ticket this year, and, strange
to say, forty-one Of the number are north
OF the National road, which Is regarded as
the center line of the State, politically.
LAGRANGE Standard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

Every slump in the wheat market recalls
the pledge made by Democratic dema-
gogues in all the wheat-growing States that
a Democratic success would be followed by
dollar wheat. Some OF the men who made
this prediction were knaves. because they
knew better, and others were fools, be-
cause they did not The trick gave the
Democrats several thousand votes and
lists in 1892. But all know better now. Too
much wheat is being raised in the world TO
insure a good price. The loss of price. how
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

It is estimated by prominent electricians
that the great tunnel at Niagara Falls will
generate. by means of it's turbine wheels.
$4,000 horse power. This Is within $1,000
OF the estimated horse power used daily
by the entire State of New York. The
power thus generated can be carried by
electricity almost any distance, and con-
tracts have already been entered into with
mills hundreds of miles from the falls to
furnish power at $12 per year per horse
poWer. running night and day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

In twenty-five Of the States and Terri
tories, 6s out of every 100 farmers own the
farms they cultivate. and 20 Of every 100
of these farms are free from incumbrance.
OF the 30 per cent. m~ortgaged the aver
age mortgage IS for 80 per cent. of the
value OF the total mortgages, 10 per cent.
represent deferred payments on money bor-
rowed to make Improvements. But these
PopuIist paper.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10
IN THE AIR.
What He Was Doing.

whats that internal noise in there?'
asked the knight.
1T is only the armorer filing a suit re-
piled his humble Vassal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

ana Senator said. by way OF explanation for
the unusually long recess: Yesterday was
ASH Wednesday and tomorrow will %
Good Friday" This statement would have
passed without correction had not some
or the religious newspaper men in TIE
press gallery laughed aloud. whereat the
Senators at first wondered and then grad
ually joined as they realized the break
which had been made by the Chairman "A
the finance COMMITTEES.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

1t cannot be possible that Secretary Car
Isle Is now ~coquetting with those Congress
men who would steal half of the security
upon which the coin notes were issued and
a fifty odd cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10
Her Gentle Snrrnsm.

Watts[ was playing penny ante with my
wife the other night, and, Just for mean
ness, 1 held out four aces, and dealt her
four queens, and beat her out Of So cents.
Potts-Did she accuse you of cheating?
Watts-No; but she said 1t did seem queer
that a man Of my ability should not be
able to buy his wife a dress oftener than 1
did
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10
The General Opinion.

I1dTIOTu tOuTdII-
II Grover Cleveland is bent upon a fight
TO the finish with David Bennett Hill, we'll
and good: that is his affair-and HIS.
But he should have selected some other
place for IL than the threshold OF the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10
The Man.

1.-The meane5t man / ever heerd Of"
said Mr.. Jason, was a Teller that lived
in the same township with me and want
ed a education. So he sets to work and
courted a schoolma'm fer about two years,
an when she had taught him all she
knowed he give her the shake an went to
nracticin' law
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

Minister Willis will address no more let
ters to "Your Majesty" meaning the de-
posed Queen Of bad repute and savage In
stincts, even If the House did indorse the
entire Cleveland policy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

A dollar stands as a receipt to the holder
for a given amount of labor, consequently,
It is not a scarcity of dollars that is the
trouble now. but the lack of an opportunity
to exchange labor for receipts which can
be, in turn. exchanged for food and cloth
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10

Senator German. of Maryland, says the
Wilson bill will be considerably changed in
the Senate Why not change it from a liv-
hg menace to a harmless corpse by knock
Ing out the enacting clause?