The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-18

The Ohio Oil Company composed of nom
residents, seems to have the right to de-
stroy the Indiana gas field. for the power
of Injunction cannot be used to restrain
them.-Muncie Times.
AS long human nature is what it is
the men who do political work for their
party will expect to have some say about
who shall hold the offices when their party
wins and when these. expectations are not
realized the effect will be seen at the next
election.-Goshen Times
The reactionary free silver movement is
claiming the Indifference of an off year as
a free-coinage triumph. 1t is not, however
The Democratic party never makes two
successive presidential campaigns on the
same issue. and it will not deviate from this
rule in 19OO-Madison Courier.
What is the matter with turkeys? Deal
ers say they are scarce Why should they
be scarce? There can be more money made
raising turkeys at cents a pound, gross
than wheat at 81 a bushel. But the thing
to do for the farmer in this latitude is to
raise little-a good deal, if he can-of
everything. DiverSification is the key to
success in farmng.-Richmond Palladium
People who really want to pay their debts
in deprecated dollars should remove to
Mexico. The silver dollars of that country
have fallen 20 per cent. in value in the
past year, and the man who owed 81 900 q
year ago can pay it with $500 worth of sill
Yer now. This is condition that would de-
light the people who last year were insist
ing upon an opportunity to pay debts in
deprecated dollars.-Shelbyville Repub-
lican.
Everybody will and must admit that our
county governments are run by most ex-
pensive machinery. The laws setting this
machinery in motion are pieces of patch
work, patch upon patch and made during a
period of eighty, years. With the advance
in knowledge and the experience of all these
years the laws for the government of coun-
ties are but very little, if any, better than
they were when the first Legislature met.
Each Legislature since has added bulk and
expense to the machinery without the least
improvement.-Craw Journal.
The next Legislature will be faced with
very serious question BY that time hun
dreds of prisoners will be idle owing to the
expiration of contracts which under the
present law cannot be renewed. These men
must remain idle or find other work hav-
ing no relation with the skilled trades. The
routine work of prison is of little con-
sequence. The services of but one in fifty
order consequently the penitentiaries will
be filled with Idle and vicious men who will
be ungovernable in their ideness unless
something can be found for them to do.
Marion Chronicle.
Most of the currency reform measures
proposed contain the suggestion that the
national bank notes shall hereafter be issued
on the credit of these banks and made
first lein against their assets, thus doing
away with the deposit of government bonds
as security for their redemption. A certain
tax is proposed on all national banks the
purpose of which is to reimburse bill hold
ers of broken banks, this fund to be in turn
reimbursed by the assets of such banks.
The objection to this whole scheme is that
it robS depositors of a portion of their pres
ent security without offering any corre-
spending advantage to the public 1t is one
step toward wildcat banking, and we do not
believe the conservative judgment of the
people will approve it.-Richmond Item
We believe the whole machinery of coun-
ty governments is too bulky and cunber-
some and could be simplified and made
much more efficient and could be run at
half the ordinary expense. We would vest
the entire government of the county in the
judge of court and in the Board of County
Commissioners. These would be elected by
the people and paid sufficient salaries to
justify the best men of the county to give
their whole time to the work. The judge
would have the sheriff's and clerks office
under his control, and would appoint the
men to run the offices. The County Com
missioners would appoint all the other Of
ficerS and be held responsible for their
faithful and honest services Township
trustees would all go and all their work,
except school work, would be done by the
commissioners. To look after the schools
of the county each district should elect its
own Observation-Disclosures Ledger.