The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-19
CROWNED HEADS AND OTHER MO-
NCPOLIES.

When the resolution maker who has sur
vived the numerous calamity parties which
have each had their two campaigns under
the name of National Greenback, Granger,
Labor Union. Farmers Alliance and Popu-
list gets in his work, we may know that the
with us. The years pass, new issues arise
and old ones become obsolete. but the fab
ricator of calamity party resolutions run
on forever. If one dies another obtains the
single idea and the vocabulary.
He is now getting in his work, or. rather,
repeating the work of his predecessors. In
this city this resolution maker announced
thai I'VE are a free and independent Ma
ton and have a right as such to regulate
our domestic concerns without the consent
or interference of the crowned heads of Eu-
rope It has been a long time since 1.-The
crowned heads of Europe have been dis
covered in the miserable business of inter
fering with our domestic concerns" On
the contrary. there is an impression that
the dIOTeSdlQ ncaQS are having as muCn as
they can do to mind their own domestic
concerns. Queen Victoria is in the republic
of France for her health, and aside from
that the tribulations of the House of Lords
will engross her spare time. The crowned
head which young William of Germany
wears is so entirely taken up with local
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with the election of township trustees,
while the despot of the Russias dare not go
out Of doors. 1t will doubtless be news to
this resolution maker to hear that France
has had no crowned head for twenty
years. The crowned head" of Italy is
running a government business in which
the expenses are regularly a hundred mil
lions a year in excess OBJ his revenues, and
he is having a dreadful time about it. so
that he is in no condition to NEEDLE with
our domestic concerns. The resolution
must be out of season.
In Wabash the resolution maker has re-
newed an attack upon the Associated Press
as a monopoly. This is old. The ~. p.
which was assailed in 1878, 1856 and 1883 is
dead. but a new one has taken it's place.
which is a decided improvement on it's
predecessor. 1t is, all the same, a grinding
monopoly since those publishers who use
the news it collects and telegraphs must
pay hard cash for it. If the resolution
maker who periodically assails the giant
monopoly of the Associated Press can de-
wise a scheme for the collection and trans
mission of live news that will be without
money and without price he can count upon
the Journal as an enthusiastic patron. The
Associated Press is an association of sew
eral hundred newspaper publishers of all
parties and 10 party for the collection Of
news. The Populist, If he is prompt with
his weekly assessment, is much more well
come than the Republican or even the mug
wump who is a month behind. The A. F..
pays telegraph tolls the same as Individuals.
In no sense is it a monopoly other than is
the raising of wheat. When the wheat
grower begins to give away wheat the peo-
pie who collect and telegraph news will do
so. These remarks, however. should not
discourage the calamityite who has an op-
ton on the Associated Press for resolution
purposes. Thus early in the season he and
the holder of the "crowned-heads-of-Eu
rope" resolution should copyright them.
else scores of calamityites will be infringing
their monopoly of the cap and bells as the