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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
Sunday Shaving.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
If the question of Sunday shaving was
to be left to the BARRIERS in general to de-
eide it would be 80 per cent. in favor of
closing shops. Out of many dozens with
whom / have spoken, l have found but
one man in favor of working. l can, and
think any of them can, make a living out
of six days work in week. Sunday work
is even worse than slavery, as slaves were
allowed Sunday to themselves. 1t is only a
few of the hotel shops that wish the Sun
day business to continue, claiming for one
thing that travelling men arriving late on
Saturday night and Sunday cannot get
shaved which is very thin when put as
an excuse, for man can get shaved on
Saturday in other places where he may
happen to be. In the city there is no other
business that is kept open as late as we
are Saturday nights there is no man
who cannot find time to shave Saturday
sometime And even If there may be a
very few who should miss it by forgetting
or neglect of some kind it hardly looks
reasonable that a thousand men should be
obliged to work on Sunday for the sake
of a very few who should, by their own
neglect fail to get shaved on Saturday.
We are nearly unanimously in favor of
closing. and it is wrong that we should be
compelled TO work on account of a few
shops in the city. /. for one, and | am
sure there are many others. should like
very much to see the inside of a church on
Sunday as well as any free American citi-
ZEN and hope that the notice will be issued
Sunday. l.. M. G.
IpdionannliS Nav =
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
CURRENT PERfoDICALs.

The Midland Moathly (Des Moines) for
May publishes the first installment of a
story by Captain Henry Romeyn, the OFF,
Ger who has lately figured so prominently In
the court-martiai case at FIT. Mcpherson.
The story, entitled Lieutenant Burton 5
Wooing" received a prize oilered by the
magazine in a recent competition
In the Month the Critic "Lounger' s.
weekly installments of literary gossip are
gathered together and make a readable
chapter. The current issue of the Month
contains twenty-five portraits of literary
celebrities and in addition TO the usual
editorial book reviews, has signed contri-
buttons by Admiral Luce, Gilbert Parker,
Madame Blanc, DIR. Rolfe, Prof. James A.
Harrison and others.
The New England Magazine contains an
interesting sketch of the life and work OF
the American sculptor, Daniel Chester
French. THE Artist in Greenland" is the
subject of a paper pointing out the arctic
charms of this comparatively unworked
field. An illustrated account of the Armour
Institute. OF Chicago. Is another feature
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
No apology is needed for Judge Bakers
remark in the Street-car Company case
On the other hand, | desire to commend it.
for it was not only permissible, but proper
enough, as it seems to have been based
upon the condition that the charges alleged
would be hurt; if true, somebody's feelings
ought to have been hurt. In these suits the
judge is asked and sworn to be governed
by equity and good conscience"
1t is refreshing to find judge who does
not truckIe to the big and bold and fash
lOnably unjust so much that he is afraid to
open his mouth to express a feeling, how
ever justified and natural it may be- | am
AFRAID or q judge whose artificial sense Of
professional ethics and propriety is so alb
normal that he will not express himself
when overcome by Indignation at wrong
ana injustice, whether real or imaginary. /
am more afraid of a Judge whose sense of
justice has become SO obtuse who has be-
come so blaSe in condOning injustice that
his bosom does not swell with indignation
at fraud and surreptitious theft. These
braSe judges that are never touched by GER
trembling beneath their ermine for fear of
hurting the feelings of the wrongful and
unjust, are too numerous in these times.
The lawyers and. the people want more of
of judicial morality that has made all of
the great judges of the past in England and
America. Judge Baker happily belongs to
this class as is known by all lawyers who
eminently a just judge. He has a nose that
scents fraud and wrong in case away off
with unerring accuracy. Such Judge
should be cherished by the public and the
bar and his righteous Indignation should
be commended. A LAWYER
Indianapolis, Nav 5.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
Two NTeccas

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
While the salutes from the great guns are
stin reverberating through Riverside Park,
and while the march and pageantry around
the mausoleum of our great chieftain had
scarce disbanded Dallas Tex. had fur
nished companion piece of pomp and pa
rade, prepared by the Daughters OF the
Confederacy. viz. the unwilling of a life
sized statue" of Jefferson Davis" and three
Confederate generals, as reported in the
Journal of April 30. The contrast seemed
odiously conspicuous. While valor may
rightly gaze with love and pride upon Rob-
ert r. Lee or Stonewall Jackson, who led
their brave boys so CALAMITY through those
mighty disasters up TO Appomattox yet
there seems little cause to revere the arch
traitor, who never surrendered, and who
only escaped a traitors death by congress
sional clemency. Search through statuary
halls and public parks fails to discover
"life-sized statues" OF Benedict Arnold and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
A WALL FROM NORTH CAROLINA.

a Washington paper prints an topen let
ter to President Mckinley from j. Wiley
Shook of North Carolina. When an oc-
casional contributor to the newspapers
thinks he is writing something very caustic
he generally signs his name "Junius" but
when he thinks his communication is of
supreme Importance he signs his name to
it and calls it an "open letter." AS j. Wiley
Shook, of North Carolina writes his let
ter in Washington one might guess he is
there seeking an office. His letter confirms
the guess. He begins by reminding the
President how ION the Sd day of November,
under authority vested by the Constitution
Of the United States in the people, all bus
mess and labor was suspended, and the
patriotic will Of the people was registered
in favor of the Republican party" That
means an election was held. The President
is then reminded that he was elected, or
as j. Wiley Shook puts it, You, as the
standard bearer, became the chief benefi-
ciary and trusted agent of that choice. He
is further reminded that on the 4th of
March following he was actually inaugu-
rated President. His choice of Cabinet
officers is approved. Leading up to the
point by gradual approaches, j. Wiley
reminds the President that in North Caro-
lima for the age of a generation we have
been Loyalty supporting the cause of Re
publicanism" that North Carolina has
elected a senator who will vote for the
tariff bill, and that it has done divers and
sundry other things emitting it to recog-
milton. And yet, says j. Wiley Shook, "All
the days of these years we have been beg
ging for but the crumbs that fall from the
table, and our answer has been always a
stone" He wants to know how long this
is to last ana if 1.-The majestic Potomac is
to be continued dead line to all our hopes
and aspirations. After calling the Pres-
dents attention to the recent elections in
Chicago and Cincinnati and asking him to
contrast them with those in Charlotte and
Ashevile, N. c., the open letter concludes:
Give us of your bounty, and our final
perseverance in the good work of Repub-
licanism is assured" After that if the
President does not at once direct the APP
pointment of j. Wiley Shook as night
Waterman in one of the department build
ings at Washington spittoon cleaner to
some head of bureau there will not be much
hope for the Republican party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

Aaron Burr, and one must marvel by what
process of reasoning their memories are
made odious while the name of jefferson
Davis is made the subject Of eulogy. The
conspicuous feature of the Dallas cere-
monies was the absence of the greatest liv-
ing Confederate general. James Longstreet,
whose venerable form was seen among the
famous men taking their way to Riverside
Park and whose loyal heart and hand laid
upon the tomb of his great victor such
noble tribute and offering While the Grant
tomb was the Mecca of thousands of pa
triotic feet, the Dallas monument served as
Mecca for some other feet.
V. p. EDWARDS.
Bedford Ind Nav 9
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

Philadelphia may be slow in some re-
spects, though the charge is never accom-
panied with specifications, but she is ahead
of most cities in dealing with street-railroad
companies. A paper on the subject by Pro-
fessor Speirs, published by the Johns Hop
ceives $639 600 year from the special taxa
ton or street-ralroad companies. These re-
ceipts are temized as follows: Paving and
maintaining streets, $4500O0 dividend tax,
tax of 6 per cent. on gross receipts and
about nine-tenths of l per cent. on the esti-
mated value of the franchises. The COM
panies also pay the State an annual tax of
$432, S44 on capital stock and of $91, 391 on
gross receipts, total to the State of over
1924, 000 The entire amount paid to city and
State is equivalent to a tax of about IL
per cent. on gross receipts. The charters
generally require the companies to pave,
repave and repair the streets occupied to
pay tax on dividends in excess of 6 per
cent, to pay a license fee for each car used
The Supreme Court has decided that the
provision in regard to street paving includes
the entire roadway, from curb to curb and
under this decision, during the five years
from 1891 to 1896, inclusive, the companies
laid 21 miles of asphalt pavement at a cost
of about $4,000, 00O This does not look like
slow municipal management.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
To Remodel Hall of Representative
Harper's Weekly

Speaker Reed is an advocate of the plan
for remodeling the Hall OF Representatives
so that the members IF the House may be-
brought much closer together and grouped
in much less space. The plan, which IS dis
cussed from time to time whenever some
thing draws attention TO the clumsiness of
the House as at present arranged, is to GEAR
out the members desks and to seat the
members on benches as members of the
English Parliament are seated Mr.. Reed
it seems. would partition the present hall
into three parts, giving room for the sit
tings OF the House and new rooms on each
side where members could read, write talk
and receive visitors. 1t Is admitted that for
purposes of debate it would be great adj
vantage if the House could be mad a more
compact body, but the members are oath
to part with their desks ana Ii is argued
that if members could not write during
the session and had no employment except
to sit on a bench and listen il would be
harder than ever to get together a quorum
T. r the transaction of busir ess. Mr.. Foods
remedy for that would be to amend the pro-
vision of the Constitution which makes a
majority OF the House a quorum and to pro-
vide instead that some arbitrary plumber
fifty or one hundred-shall be a quorum.
Such a change, however. would not be easy
TO bring about, and is not very hopefully
suggested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

Cabinet of ten. Great Britain has a presi-
dent of the board of trade who is really
minister of commerce; Germany has a min
lister of railroads and minister of imperial
bank. and France has a minister of finance
and a minister of commerce. The admins
tration of the affairs of our government
could be simpified and improved by fur
Their division of duties and the establish
ment of one or two new departments.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

Estrada Palma, resident delegate of Cuba
in tie United States. scouts the idea that
the island is peaceful or the instruction
suppressed. He says the insurgents can
fight ten years longer il necessary, and that
they are perfectly confident of ultimate
success. He says they will accept no re-
forms and no compromise. nothing but alb
solute independence. BY the way, it is not
generally known that a political campaign
is now going on in Cuba preparatory to an
election which will take place from May 10
to May 81 when deputies will be elected,
who will in turn choose a President, Cab
met and commander-in-chief. On Sept 2,
about six months after the Cubans took up
arms they formed a provisional govern
ment, the officers being chosen for two
years. Their terms will expire in Septem-
Der. There are four candidates for Presi-
dent-Salvador Cisneros, who is now Presi-
dent; Balolome Maso. who is now Vice
President; Estrada Palma, Cuban delegate
in New York, and Mendez Capote, a lead
ing lawyer of Havana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

The township trustees who have defiant
ly ignored the act of the Legislature re-
curing them to submit their accounts to
county commissioners for audit should be
indicted and brought to speedy trial. 1t
has come TO q fine pass when any official
in Indiana defantly ignores the laws of the
State designed to insure a business-like ac-
counting of his trust If permitted to ig-
more one law, the official may set aside any
law that interferes with his sweet will.
The Journal has no idea what may be the
politics of these defiant trustees in two
or three counties, and it does not care.
Obedience to law has nothing to do with
parties. Whether these township trustees
are Republicans or Democrats or Populists
has nothing to do with the case. Let them
be arraigned before the courts. In the
same issue of the Journal in which the
defiance of law by q portion of the town
ship trustees in Monroe county is an
nounced, the Irregularities of others in an
other county are set forth. The fair infer
ence is that all those who announce a pur-
pose to defy the law fear a full account
ing. Whether or not this is the case, the
laws must be enforced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

ing the volume desired and bringing Il TO
the desk to be credited with the title. This
is a distinct improvement on the locked
case system, for a great part of the utility
of library lies in being able to turn over
the cooks and examine what one desires
TO read. Otherwise. you can only ask for
some book of which you have heard. and
often miss attractive material because the
authors name or topic is unkno Tn or UNI
thought of. The daily circulation OF DOCKS
in this department averages 100.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

In The Legislature of Illinois the bills of
the strect-railway franchise grabbers have
been defeated but there seems to be no
power which can prevent the sale of valua-
bile street privileges by a Chicago Board
of Aldermen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

The rumOr is revived that the President
will recommend to Congress the establish
ment Of a new department of commerce
and manufactures. the head TO be a men,
Der of the Cabinet. 1t is said the secretary
OF the treasury favors the creation of such
a department because it would relieve him
OF many duties pertaining to trade and
the finances Of the government. There are
also duties connected with some other de-
partments which would naturally be as
signed TO the new one II established
There are at present eight exclusive de-
partments and cabinet officers. The British
Cabinet consists Of nineteen members, the
German Cabinet OF eleven. and the French
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
New York Post.

Governor Pingree has shown more sense
in this matter than the lawmakers, for he
has vetoed the bill on the ground that II
involves interference By the State in mat
tiers of purely domestic concern. Roaming
the streets at night is bad business Tor
the community to have the State attempt
the role of a benehcent parent. Such a
venture Is bound to be q failure. and would
simply aggraVate an evil which can only be
cured by persuadlng and instructing faith
ers and mothers 10 do their duty by their
oh
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

1t is said that an arbitration treaty with
Great Britain will be prepared which will
not contain the objections which the Senate
has defeated, and that other governments
will desire to enter into similar treaties
with the United State. The more the bet
ter. Arbitration is cheaper and infinitely
better than war where the qaestop ,ofia
peoples liberties is not involved
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

Persons sending the Journal through the mans
IN the United States should put on an eight-page
paper ONE-cENT postage stamp; on twelve
OF slXteen-page paper a TWO-CENI postage
stamp. Foreign postage is usually double these
All communications intended for publication In
lhls paper must, ia order to receive attention De
accompanied by the and address OF the
writer. II Il is desired that rejected manuscripts
pc returned, postage must in all cases be inclosed
Tor that purpose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

The country Will not be greatly impressed
by the statements regarding the territorial
Greater New York under its new charter
Instead of learning that it is now the sec
ond city in the world in size, the country
would be more pleased to hear that there
is a prospect of its becoming more Amer
icanized and being better governed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

Now that those senators who voted
against the arbitration treaty with Great
Britain see how pitiful was their spite
against the ex-President, they are seeking
refuge under the excuse that they are dis
pleased with Great Britain's policy toward
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

II the President has turned down Gas.
Addicks in Delaware, az is reported. and
has determined to consult Colonel Dupont,
member of the national committee, he has
come tc a prudent conclusion. But for Ad-
dicks the Republicans would have had oa1nL
other United States senator.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

The casualties from firearms are incon-
sequential in the Cuban warfare, but never
theless the country is being swept of every
thing that can sustain population. This is
not so much the policy of the insurgents
as of the Spanish rulers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

The Senate will learn that if. as is de-
clared, the bill before it is more favorable
to the Sugar Trust than the Dingley bill,
there will be very general demand for the
latter. The people are not enamored of the
Sugar Trust
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

The tariff bill which will become law
will be compromise measure agreed upon
by the conference committees of the two
houses. The chances are that it will con-
tain the best features of both
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

Senators Tillman and Morgan, sympathy
seems to. have been with the pitchfork
statesman so unpopular has the Morgan
endless chain of talk become
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

San De found at the following places
NEW YORK-Windsor Hotel and Astor House
cHICAGo-Palmer House and p. o. News Co..
III Dearborn street.
CINCINNATI-J r. Hawley * Co.. i4 Vine
street.
LOUISVILLE G. T. Deering. northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson streets, rand Louisville
Book Co. 2J6 Fourth avenue. go
ST. LoUIs-Union News Comuany, Union Depot
WASHINGTON, %. C.-Riggsa Houses, Ebbitt
House, Wizards Hotel and the Washingto on
News Exchange. Fourteenth street, between
Penn avenue and street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
Can Examine the Hooks.
Philadelphia Record

I
Clean hands and face is the only entrance
fee exacted at the children's department
OF the Pratt Institute Library. of Brooklyn
An original feature of the department is
that the shelves are all within reach OF the
children; no high place Inaccessible cases
being used so no steps are necessary. Each
child has the privilege of personally select
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

If Great Britain is really anxious for uni
versal arbitration she might begin by arbi-
trating her differences with the native peo-
pies OF Asia and Africa that she is holding
down by force
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

There is enough in the two tariff bills to
make "A good measure, but a mixed specific
ard ad valorem sugar duty will not be in
the best tariff act
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

When all the Republicans and more than
half of the Democrats in the House voted
against the resolution favoring the i'm
mediate appointment of the committees it
became it's own car
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

The removal Of the retroactive provision
of the tariff bill has not pacified the free
traders, They are still doing great
amount of retroactive kicking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

Senator Fairbanks is given the chairman
ship of one of the most important commit
tees-that on immigration. on no subject
is prompt legislation more needed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

The duty ON bituminous coal, of which
some Eastern free-trade papers complain,
viii not add cent to the cost of the
article TO the consumer. because our coal
mines near the coast can furnish an
abundance All that it will do will be to
keep out of the Eastern market the in
ferior coal Of Nova Scotia and make room
for larger supply from the mines in Penn
sylvania, West Virginia and elsewhere.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
The Voice OF Authority.
Philadelphia Wines

1t would be better fer all If the extern
sive free luncheon We're abolished every
where Cheese, crackers or pretzes furnish
a sufficient piece de resistance for as much
liquor as II is good for any man TO drink
IL he.is hungry he should buy a dinner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
Reyised Edition.

Watts-What is that Bible proverb about
whose getteth a wife?
Potts-Whoso findeth WIFE fndeth him
self good thing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

as Silent man he is likely to become very
popular with the people who desire action.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

1t will displease only a few people to
know that the export of gold this week will
not be so large as last.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07

When the tariff bill shall become the
tariff law, the chances are ten to one hides
will be on the free list
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
Ingenuity.

"Chollie is real ingenious, for a fellow
of his class"
What has he been doing?'
He ran over broken bottle out in the
country and cut his tire too bad for repair.
so he took the stufting out of his stockings
and filled it up sufficiently to get home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-07
Got Another Direction.

Il suppose, when you tackled your rich
old uncle for an advance he told you to go