The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
OUT OF THE WEST.
Some Casual Thoughts Suggested by "a
Visit TO Colorado.

Sunshine forty feet deep and drifting.
was one OF Myron w. Reeds picturesque
expressions, but il tells nothing but the
truth. While Indiana is soaking in No
vember rain Colorado is taking sun-baths
by the rod. Arriving in Denver at 10 a
m on Sunday, ] at once hunted up the
First Congregational Church and Myron
W. Reeds memory. l did not, owing to
unfamiliarity with the city. find the Broad
way Temple, the scene of his last labors
and OF his Temple Talks" published by
the Bowen-Merrill Company The First
Congregational Church of Denver is al
most an exact copy OF the First Presby-
terrain Church of Indianapolis.
Afyron w Reed was the most gifted pub
lie speaker that ever lived in Indiana. /
have often attended public banquets where
all the mighty men of Indiana (save Nor
tom were present and made the best ex-
tempore efforts after weeks of preparation.
When they were all through, Reed would,
III his quiet way. arise and without the
least apparent effort, make us forget them
all by his big thoughts and condensed SEN
fences. And yet, he-as gifted preacher
as Beecher himself-was so absolutely in
different to mis- reputation that he could not
De induced just before MS uedl0 10
publish any his speeches i'm book form. His
worst fault his highest virtue. He
was erradc enough TO think that Cnrists
great words were meant TO be practiced
and not framed and hung upon the parlOf
walls. He became practical POpulist and
his Offense was defeat at the polls Had
he been elected he would have fully equaled
In epigramatic speech the great other Reed
from Maine.
In Colorado we get the wild and woolly
West in all its viSor The women all
vote and the State went Demo-
argument in favor OF female suffrage
here is its refining and elevating
influence. Yet at the polls on Nov. two
negroes were shot dead, and within ten
days afterwards another was burned alive
al the stake. The last negro was confined
IN the jail at Denver. but was taken out in
the country and burned without the least
effort by the authorities to protect him.
When the Governor was asked TO enforce
the law he replied. Hanging is too good
Tor him. All the papers in Denver print
ed the details in blOOd-red headlines and
big vulgar pictures. The only newspaper
which condemned the whole business was
the Mormon journal. published in Utah,
which called upon this same Governor to
prevent the disgrace. This same Mormon
paper has no yellowneSS about il, and
much resembles In its quiet, dignified make
Up the New York Sun or indianapolis
Journal. One curious law is peculiar in
Titan. and that Is that "A murderer upon
conviction has his choice of death either
by hanging or shooting, and they invaria-
bly, elect 20 be shot.
1 cOnversed with different parties in Den
Yer about woman suffrage The ladies who
vote condemn II and the men uphold It..
The women have political clubs 10 educate
each other, but in the end vote as do their
husbands and fathers They so TO the polls
exactly as the men do and stand in line
until their turn comes And the women Of
the town, or the 6th inst, were all on hand
early 70 exercise this privilege In Colo
RADIO woman is eligible to any Office. For
several years each branch OF its Legisla-
ture has had its female cOntingentS Think
OF a she sheriff or constable, justice of
lhe peace. or. worse yet, of she boss like
quay or Plat. with an array of ''heelers"
10 do her bidding AL thess are bound to
zone And when one OF these female Of
ce-holding States sends woman 10 Con-
BresS-as they are sure to do some day
Ehat q rafting there Will be among the
tr4 bones az Washington. After all. IL is to
tne new commemorative that must look
LOT the last experiments in legislation.
Va nidebound States that will never take
the Initiative Before me is Henry Lloyd s
,NeWest England" meaning by that New
Nraiand and Australia. Here is a specimen
u ne advanced legislation in the former
English colony.
T. 4 compulsory arbitration law that
Ss4lpeis arbitrament by the State in case
uisputants fail TO agree. The law IS now
sPecled and approved by both employers
80 ~orSfnen. and IL has given New Zea-
- tne proud pre-eminence or being "a
country without strikes
- series or laws providing Tor the
soHoe Innation ard purchase of large estates
eng the opening up OF the public domain
ies-ttle settlIng or persons thereon under
s,aseno.d Freehold. If preferred, is
SlaAtea on public lard. but not on con-
-eNiled estates. IN 1899 30 settlements.
h.aHlnS use OF 109.l09 acres and giving
o1-es 70 6,5e persons. had been made
anu ABOUT SS50,oc0 had been advanced
% VIC age pensions. These are given to
ohs more thar sixty-fve years OF age.
.hnere are now some II 900 pensioners, and
average annuity is about $50
An income tax
= graduated inheritance tax
- = graduated tax on land values, ire
SpectiNe OF improvements
woman suffrage
- = ne assumption of state control over
me New Zealand banks
-, -Aus'rala, on g0vernment-owned rail-
20 1913, YOU can ride a distance OF 1000 miles
- soo'' nrst class. while workingnen can
go SiA miles for cents twelve miles for 4
so4ss ahd thirty miles for 10 cents 1t is
80. mat railway employees receive 30 per
So. hlener wages than In the United
SEES The moral OF all this is Young
So Tor new and avanced IDEAS" old
De ss are quite content with semi-reform-
- Vested abuses. What Australia and
-" Zealand are to England the Rocky