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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
A LANE DEFENSE.

The views of Governor Gambler, OF Geor-
gia. regarding the responsibility for lynch
ings in that State, do not seem TO meet the
practical features of the evil. What he has
to say about the evil influence of the carpet
Dagger is a matter of the distant past. He
was driven from power more than twenty
wears ago in Georgia, since which tine the
control of affairs has been in the hands OF
the native whites The evil Of the franchise
I'm the hands of the ignorant colored man
cannot be very great. since his vote is no
longer counted except in cities where two
whites contend for the office of mayor. III
the colored man has sold his vote 1t has
been to others than those called carpet
baggers. and when not one voter In FIVE In
Georgia went to the polls to vote for con-
gressmen last November, 1t cannot be that
there was much call for the bribing OF col
ored men. What the Governor says about
restricting suffrage to the intelligent should
apply to white as well as black If 1t Is
good theory. If learning to read has been
harmful TO the colored man II must be 10
the white. 1t may be true that many young
about the whites? II labor is conducive to
the moral welfare of one race it must be to
other races. Governor Gamblers remarks
about the colored men being encouraged In
pursuing lawless and vicious courses by
Northern fanatics is idle. because, as mat
ter of fact. little is said about the situation
in the South. Lynching has been con-
ba heen
quent in the South than in the North, but
because it is destructive of law and order,
and removes all security to life and prop
erty.
In the views of Governor Gambler. who
has undertaken to suppress the lynching
mania, not a word is said in condemnation
Of lynchers. The responsibility is charged
upon few negroes who are lawless, but not
a word of criticism is spoken of men who
seem to care little whether the victim Is
innocent So far as his statements carry
any inference, it is in palliation of the Of
Tense. and seems not to be designed TO put
an end to it. And here it may be remarked
that there is no intention to charge law
lessness upon the South alone. We have
Lynching for the crimes charged against
colored men is no greater offense than dy-
namiting street-raiway structures and cars
loaded with passengers. There can be no
defense of either. Both are crimes which
must be checked unless We are prepared to
see the spirit of anarchy spread that no
life will be secure Governor Gambler is open
to criticism. because he has assumed an
apologize attitude toward the lynchers.
What is needed is a concerted movement
Of all good citizens in every community to
sustain lawful methods and to see that
those who are charged with the enforce
ment of the laws for the security of So
ciety faithfully discharge their duty. The
law-abiding. law-loving element in every
community should be organized to oppose
violence and lawlessness. II such an organ
ization would be effected upon the single
idea of preserving peace and order all
over the country, dynamiters and lynchers
would not long he heard Of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
Grief Of IngersoII's Family.


The very pathetic accounts OF the manner
In which the wife and daughters of Colonel
ingersoll wept over his body and refused
TO permit the cremation on the day orig
inally appointed do not stimulate a desire
Ter the adoption of the coloners creed. IL
death ends all, and IL no hope Of life o.
recognition beyond the grave is held out. We
cannot wonder at the violence of the grief
OF the women OF lngersolrs family. now
mat his words have come home TO them.
IL Is one thing 10 sneer at religion while
the family Is united and everything goes
well; 1t Is another to stumble IN the dark
without its consultations when the presence
OF the destroyer is felt. 1t may be that the
Blole Is mass of absurdities, that Chris
uanity Is delusion and that our fathers
were fanatics and bigots, but We fancy that
mere comes time in nearly every man $
lie when ne Is only too glad 10 cling 10 the
comforts afforded by the very things he has
oespised- We venture TO say. and We say
AZ win all pity and Difference. that little
OF that so-called delusion and bgotry and
ansurdity and fanaticism would be a mighty
lower or strength 10 the members of Colonel
and despair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

The mimic bullet, used exclusively by the
Union army the two last years of the war,
was a 'dum-dum" bullet That is. its
slightly hollow base was spread by the
powder filling the rif1ing of the Springfield
musket. 1t tore its way through all that it
hit, inf1icting shock out of all proper
ton to the size of the wound or the perma-
nent injury it caused. Its effect was to drop
a man. Its defect was its weight, sixty
rounds loading man down. Since that time
a smaller caliber has been sought and our
present rifle carries bullet no larger than
a lead pencil. This bullet goes twice as far
and twice as fast as the old mimic. but it
makes a clean wound which inf1cts little
injury unless it strikes vital part. Unless
a bone should be hit, a man would not feel
1t much. 1t is said that Indians and coarse
grained men generally do not much mind
a Krag-Jorgensen missile. To make it eff
fective the base of the long little bullet Is
a bit followed, so that IT is spread with the
force of the powder and becomes dunn
dunn and as such, it gives the shock
essential to disable The British soldiers in
India split the powder end of the bullet
little to make 1t "dum-dum." For the rea-
son that we are at wa, with semi savages.
our delegation to the peace conference
voted against the proposition to abolish the
use of the dun dun bullet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

Those who make much ado over alleged
.ccnspiracies in politics and speak of them
as a product Of the present period should
read the recently published story of the
denomination of Mr.. Hamlin for Vice
President In 1854 Senator Charles Sumner
was the chief conspirator. He liked Mr..
Hamlin. but hated Senator w. p. Fessen-
den. OF Maine. with a mortal hatred. He
believed that II he could defeat Mr.. Ham
would become a candidate for United States
senator against Mr.. Fessenden In lsss and
be elected. To secure that end he secured
. delegation to the Republican national
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
Streets Roped on for Dancing.

NeW 1ork evangelist.
me chief of the Jersey City police. Mr..
murphy. proposes that selected blocks of
asphalt pavement shall be reserved in va
rious parts of the city during the evening
ana given over TO the people for dancing.
Ihese blocks will be swept clean and roped
on, so that vehicles will not encroach upon
lnem. and from o'clock till midnight any
VINO choose may dance there. The means
py which music shall be provided may no
uouot safely be left 10 the people and their
Irlends The idea was suggested 10 MT.
Murphy by seeing the children dance on the
SIDEWALK TO the music of strolling hand
organs, ana no one who a summer even
ing mas had occasion 10 walk through a
tnlcKiy peopled street. no one who is familiar
with girls clubs and knows the love Of these
young creatures for dancing no one who
knows how many semi-respects bic dancing
naIs tnere are In the lower parts OF every
CITY. VIII deem The idea an unnatural one
II Is earnestly to be hoped that the expert
hent may be tried in Jersey City, and IL will
De a matter Of surprise IL il Is not found 70
morals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30


victims Of persecution and their prosecutors.
no matter how or when they have died or
how their bodies have been disposed Of. will
all be subject to the same law. II there is
any law in the case. and will all obey the
same summons, IL any summons come.
AS means of disposing of the bodies of
the dead cremation is growing in favor.
though slowly. 1t is supported by sanitary
and hygienic reasons. but sentiment and
long established custom are haru to over
come. AS the population of the country in
creases and cities grow the question of dis
posing of the bodies of the dead will become
more and more a practical and important
one. and cremation is likely to grow in
favor. The religious and sentimental OBJ
lection to 1T will not stand the test of rea-
son.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

The admired and honored name of Oliver
Wendell Holmes has received new distinc-
ton by the recent appointment of Justice
Holmes, of that name, to be- chief justice of
the Supreme Court of Massachusetts,. 1t Is
long reach from 1.-THE Autocrat OF the
Breakfast Table" and other works, by Oil
yer Wendell, ST., to the last edition of
"Kent's Commentaries" edited by Oliver
Wendell, jr., but it is not too long for the
American people to follow. They will he
glad to see the fame of the father perpetu-
ated by the son on new lines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

The Ruskin cooperative colony, whose
property in Tennessee was sold by a re-
ceiver few days since. is the last failure Of
an attempt at socialism. Its large tract of
land with eighty houses was sold for So. 465.
The colony was formed several years ago to
carry out the theories of Fourier and Bel
lamy. Except the metals. the colony had
the raw material for the manufacture of
everything essential to its comfort. Its
membership embraced men skilled in agri-
culture, horticulture and all the mechanic
arts. Every member. regardless Of the char
acter of his work, received the same COM
pensation. Every man was required to
work, and every woman employed with do
nestle duties received the same compensa-
ton as men, and yet with membership
devoted to the theories of socialism, the
Ruskin association has come to an end
through the action of minority of dissatis-
fled stockholders who had the property put
into the hands of a receiver. The majority
of the stockholders propose to form a new
colony but most of their assets have been
lost in the property. which was sold at
about half its cost. The colonys paper, the
Coming Nation, which at one time had 5000
subscribers, has dwindled to 5000 and the
outfit was sold for a trihe If a colony COM
posed of believers in socialism fails. what
may be expected of national socialism?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

with the intelligence which the God you
worship every day has given you- thank
you men for kind attention. Let your COM
mittee 60 to work quietly and earnestly
while you continue to discharge your duties,
and / am sure all will yet end well.
The men turned back and resumed their
work. but the priest is said to be the object
OF the unlimited denunciation of the lead
ers. who believed that a most extensive
strike had been inaugurated. Just now.
when the New York labor market is
thronged with men coming as immigrants,
the company. after a struggle. could have
put other men in the places OF those who
would have been strikers but for the sensi-
BILE and eloquent speech of Father Brady.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

A rev days ago the freight handlers of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, in New York
were about TO strike. Father Brady. a WELL
known Catholic priest. hearing of the situ-
alton. met the seven hundred men on the
pier. and. mounting a platform car. ad-
dressed them as follows:
My Dear Men--This moment IS an occa-
sion OF vast Importance to every man here
To-Day; am mere as your friend. have al
ways oeen interested in your welfare. and
my ehtire sympathy goes out to you on
this occasion. Judging from all external APP
pearances, you are about TO enter upon a
contest commonly called strike. You have
a right 10 exert your strength and to fight
for what you consider is a righteous cause
In united efforts there is strength. The only
are to accomplish Your ends. And now s iet
me tell you right here that strikes are dras-
tic and questionable means of remedying
Strikes foment passions of the gravest kind
They encourage basphemy and intemper-
ance They inf1iet upon the laboring man a
positive injury, by placing him In position
of enforced idleness. during which his mind
Is clouded by anger. Worse than all. strikes
cause poverty and turn happy homes into
houses or waiting and misery Remember
your loved ones at home, dear men. Re-
member your wives and children. Do not
leave them without their daily bread. while
means of a strike. Remember. strikes breed
poverty. misery and sorrow. and in the end
few OF them are ever successful: During
eight years. according 10 the statistics OF
the commissioner of labor. there were 5,4o3
strikes In these strikes ISIS. go men were
engaged. The men lost $7.SS,S24 in these
contests. and the companies. who could
much easier afford. to lose the money. lost
much less as a result of these strikes The
companies did not lose half that amount
but the men suffer in consequence OF th.ir
losses Now say, men. appoint commit
tee from among your number 20 TO the
nv case
your grievances. ] am sure the ofncials or
the railroad company will listen TO your
appeals and act justly You VIII gain mu !
i.~- ~. NE. policy 20 adopt Is the policy
OF arbitration. Let the matter be settled
l...e...seu@4y anu amAcAbA,. 0eaa Win u
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

Under the caption THE States Shame"
the Louisville Courier-Journal says some
true things about the Clay county feud and
the disgrace 1t is bringing on the State.
Concluding, it asks, What has the Gov
ernor done to put down this reign
of lawlessness?" 1t would better ask what
has any former Governor Of Kentucky done
or what have the people of the State done
in past years to make such reign of law
lessness impossible. Such condition of af-
fairs is not the growth of night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

There are many able men in this country.
but Ii does not speak very well for the press
that as soon as a man is appointed to Office
administration papers should at once dis
cover that he Is great. undiscovered
statesman and the only fit man for the
place who could have been found. No doubt
Hon Elihu Root. the new secretary of war.
Is bright man and good lawyer: but there
are others. The possibilities OF the Ameri-
ian people should not be exhausted in pane
lyrics Of one man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

A cablegram from Trieste TO New York
newspaper reports Admiral Dewey as saw
ing in an interview that Our next war will
be with Germany" The statement is doubt
less untrue. Admiral Dewey is a very dis
Greet man, little given to rash utterances
and with keen appreciation Of the proprie-
ties of his position. There is no reason to
expect trouble between the United States
and Germany. and II is not at all likely that
Admiral Dewey expressed the sentiment at
trfbuted 10 him
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

The history of strikes and their failures
seems to demonstrate that walking dele
gates and professional labor agitators do
organized labor much more harm than good.
Their salaries depend on fomenting trouble
between employees and employers. and when
that fails their OCCUPATION is gone.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

The action of the Bishop of Cleveland in
issuing to the Catholics Of that city an APP
peal on behalf of law and order and setting
forth the evils of lawlessness furnishes
pleasing contrast to the two clergymen in
y suburb OF that city who went to the au-
thorities and urged them to remove the
Troops who had checked lawlessness and
sclaftered rioters
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

Those who inveigh against imperialism
would do we'll to define the term. If 1t
means backing down or backing out Of any
position the United States government has
with them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

The surprising statement is made that in
Italy the annual publication of books is one
for every $500 of its population. while in the
for every 12,4l0 inhabitants. Germany pub
fishes a new hook each year for every $3.50
Inhabitants. while Great Britain makes one
book serve an average of $500 of its people
This statement brings out the fact that a
very large proportion of our population IS
Indifferent TO books.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

The Manila correspondent of the New
York Evening Post mas written that paper
that 1t is untrue TO say that Aguinaldo's in
surrection is as strong as at the beginning
since the Americans hold the more valuable
and denseiy populated portion of the Island
of Luzon. while the insurgents hold the
larger area of sparsely settled country out
side the better portions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

The Hartford Courant says: The people
of Indiana are vastly proud of General
Lawton. but at latest advices the Indiana
Lawton presentation sword fund contained
just $751;" This is rather an inaccurate
statement. even for slow State and city.
The Lawton sword fund is more than twice
the amount stated and still increasing. By
the way. what has Connecticut done for any
State hero1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
The Cheerful Idiot.

People do not indulge in transports Of
innocent joy as they did when the world
was younger" said the Pessimist Boarder.
You should bear in mind that there were
no other transportation facilities in those
DAYS" said the Cheerful Idiot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

lawless element. but simply to call attention
to the fact that they exist and are most
active in country which has done most to
send the gospel to foreign nations. and to
suggest that more attention should be given
to the home field where the harvest seems 30
ripe for missionary effort.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

Atchison Globe.
What do people do with their surplus timer
ihey used 10 weave the cloth their gar
nand. they now get them ready made al
the stores 1t takes less time TO do every
act OF orudgery than IL used 10 take. What
becomes OF the surplus time? IL we have
gained an hour over our ancestors, what be-
comes of it7
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

II Is pleasant to read that Aug. II, the first
anniversary of the day on which the Amer
lean flag was raised over Hawaii, will be OBJ
served throughout the islands as a holiday.
The star of republican empire sheds its
light wherever IL goes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

Governor Gambler. of Georgia. makes some
very strong and sweeping statements re-
xarding the race question in the South, but
they fall short of practical results. Gov
ernor Gambler should go TO school to Booker
T. Washington. who is doing more than any
white statesman of the South to solve the
race question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
The Counted Philosopher.

Heaven will be a very Lonesome place TO
a good many women said the Cornfed
Philosopher, unless they can have gen.
eral house-cleaning once in while.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
Too Much for Him

Boston Transcript
Mrs. Jones-Your son Thomas sick? I'm
sorry TO hear that
Mrs Greene-Yes. The poor fellow was
Informed by young Slater. who lives next
aoor. and I'm afraid the smell of the paint
was TOO much for him His stomach is not
very strong.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

General Gomez seems to think the Ameri-
can money paid to the soldiers in Cuba is
the root of all the evils in the island. That
is rather sweeping view. The island was
not altogether a paradise under Spanish
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

Where are you going, my pretty maid?
Il am going a-golfing, sir she said.
May go with you, my pretty maid?"
81 have sticks in plenty. sir" she said.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

The New York World is now worrying
because the President has gone to the
mountains for the benefit of Mrs. McKin-
ley. II IL were not that 1t would be some
thing else.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
The Rubaiyat.

"A Book Of Verses underneath the Bough''
Is quite the proper Pabuum just now;
But since Editions forty-odd there be
Which ones the One? o. Omar-answer Thou!
New Albany, Ind. Emma Carleton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

One or the Other.

Shea man called to-day, who said he
had just got back from the Klondike.
He-what did he want-to buy the place
or beg some old clothes?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

The man who wrote the much-talked-
about poem entitled The Man with the
Hoe is writing space matter for New
York yellow paper. The Man with the
Hoe can extend condolences.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

the same act crafty a grudge asaip., !.
political enemy.-Chicago News.
The enthusiasm Of inexperience has nevs,
been more thoroughly illustrated tha, :.
the case of the bachelor who Thru. "a
knows all about women--Philadelphia Rs
ord. ANeo-
Two women In whom the same man Il =,
terested may never be able to decide hov
much they like him. but they don, 49,.
any trouble deciding how much they do5.s
like each other.-New York Press va
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

Chicago Inter Ocean.
Ii Is not so distressing as Il might be at
nrst glance 10 read that the iron trade OF
this country Is unsettled because OF the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

Five expeditions will soon be in quest of
the north pole. IL it should be reached. of
what avail would IL be TO any one?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORk-Astor House.
CHICAGO-Paimer House. p. .. News Co, 2i7
Dearborn street, Great Northern Hotel and
Grand Pacific Hotel.
cINCINNATI-J r.. HawIey & Co. 154 Vine
street.
LOCfSVILLE-C. T. Deerng. northwest corner
OF Third and jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co. 25s Fourth avenue.
WASHINGTON. ID. c-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House and Willard's Hotel.