The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-24

ing converted They are seeing that the
bill and its advocacy is not reflection upon
their honesty as individuals bat upon re
looseness which the law permits in their
office. Some of them do not take advantage
OF this laxity and of them the people have
no complaint and upon them the proposed
reform would have no restraining force.
But laws which permit extravaganza and
even dishonesty unless such are prevented
oy the high character of officials, are bad
laws and should be amended. The caucus
of the Republican members of the House
decided that they stand by any law which
Would 90 TINS, and they have the thanks OF
the party for standing by the party plat
form, and thanks of the people for standing
by reform.-Richmond Item.
Sugar can be raised at a profit without
bounty, but to attract capitalists from de-
voting all their investments to bounty-paying
States we must give the same. The bounty,
also by the terms of the present bill is not
to be a permanent affair. 1t is proposed to
pay cent a pound for four years, then one
half a cent pound for four years. and then
the bounty is to cease. This is to give time
to develop the industry, train the farmers
in the culture of the beet, and win the mar
kets that will consume the products of the
factories The increased valuation of prop
erty would. under a fair assessment, fully
pay the bounty earned by d factory in our
city, and thus the property benefited would
really pay the tax, and it would be no bur-
den to those who do not directly share in
the benefit of a factory. 1t is earnestly de-
SI0Q Dy the farmers ana business men Oh
Allen county that the pending bill receive
favorable action. There is no reason why
Ohio and Michigan and Illinois should de-
Veop this great industry and Indiana, fully
fertile and with a class of farmers second
to none in the Union, have no part or lot in
the business. There is nothing of politics,
but tons Of business in the proposition.
-Logansport Journal
The so-called nonstate schools are vast
ing a good deal of energy and postage in
sending out literature condemning the State
Board of Education. One of the leading at
torneys and fnanciers of the southwest part
of the State, who has educated all his chill
dren in De PAW University, while living
in the very shadow of one of the state
schools, said a few days ago that ''if the
nonstate schools had made a careful study
of the situation with view of getting hold
of something that would kill their schools
quickly and effectually, they could not have
found anything so admirable for the purpose
as the fight they are making against the
state schools" When Indiana apparently
had but little the other States looked to
with pride her system of schools was the
admiration. of all. They are better now
than ever. and in more than a third of a
century there has been no scandal or cor
ruption laid at the feet of the State Board
of Education. 1t has been clean, capable,
honest 1t is proposed to lower its intel
lectual standard to the detriment of the
school system of the State. The school sys-
tenn of Indiana belongs to the State. 1t en-
braces everything from the district schools
to the institutions at Bloomington, Terre
Haute and Lafayette. Anything that in
jures a part of the system Injuries the whole
and it would certainly injure part to take
responsibility of management away from
upon whom no legal responsibility rests.
Anderson Herald.