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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
A DANGEROUS RULE.
That of the Niuncie Men Engaged in n
Recent Strike.
Nebraska State Journal.

Nebraska State Journal.
A member Of the flint glass workers
union at Muncie, Ind, convicted by
his fellow-workmen Of turning out more
fruit glass jars than the regulations of the
union permit the other day and delega-
ton waited upon the employers and asked
for the discharge of the offender. The de-
mand was not complied with, whereupon
thirty men dropped their tools and walked
out. They were later sent back to work by
the officers Of the union, pending a settle
ment of the matter with the company. The
men are paid by the piece for this work,
and the only sufferer from the union rule Is
who wishes 10 get on" by turning his
quickness into money. The rule, If gen
orally enforced. cannot fail to keep the
workman down on the dull level Of medi-
Ocrity. Enforced all through nation, as IL
seems to be in England. the result is to give
competing nations a decided advantage in
the race for the trade of the world. Amer
ica's rapid advance in recent years has
been due 70 the sObriety and the vigor of
the American workman and the enterprise
of American capital. The union rule that
caused this trouble at Muncie is a subtle
attack upon the American wOrkman's adj
vantage. Should it become generally adopt
ed his natural productiveness, due TO vigor.
good health and enterprise would be kept
in check by arbitrary rules. The capitalist
eign markets would be impeded by the re-
striction, but after all nobody would suffer
so much as the man in whose interest the
rule purpOrtS to be made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
vINDICATION OF JUSTICE.
Execution of j. ID. Keith and the
MawIxish SentimentaIists.

Starke County Qnd.) Republican.
The execution of Joseph d. Keith in the
State Prison was one Of the most notable
vindications of justice that has occurred in
Indiana for some time, says the 1ndlanap-
oils Journal. Incidentally it was also a vim
dication Of trial by jury. The case had
some peculiar aspects. The murder for
which Keith was convicted was evidently
a premeditated one, and was accompanied
by some shocking features. The evidence
against the defendant was largely circum-
stantial, but, fortified by his own conflict
ing statements, was sufficient TO convince
the jury of his guilt and lead them to i'm
pose the death penalty instead of impris-
Onment for life, as is usually done in muir
der cases in this State. If Keith had been
sentenced to Imprisonment for life he would
have gone to prison protesting his innO-
cence, as he did during his trial and after
his conviction. In q few years the usual
effort would have been made to secure his
pardon and in time would probably have
succeeded, and thus another stigma would
have been put upon trial by jury. After
Keith's conviction some people who had
not sat on the jury professed to have rea-
sonable doubts of his guilt. and affected a
willing to accept the verdict of the jury
a just one. A city paper undertook TO dis
credit the circumstantial evidence of
Keith's guilt, and advanced the fantastic
murdered by an imaginary Jack the Rip
per- who was also held responsible for
two other murders. 1.-THE new crimes"
said this sociological wiseacre, "raise a
very strong doubt as to the convict's guilt
The Governor was criticised for not exer-
cising executive clemency. either to COM
mute the sentence postpone the execu-
ton. AS long as there was the faintest
shadow of hope that the Governor would
interfere, or that the heavens might fall
TO prevent his execution, the prisoner con-
tinued to protest his innocence, but at the
last moment he confessed. His confession
was a strange mixture of half truths and
cowardly cant. but was more than suf-
ficient to establish his guilt and justify the
verdict and sentence of the jury and the
refusal of the Governor to interfere. If
the sentimental apologists who expressed
doubts of the justice of his conviction and
would have saved him from punishment
had succeeded they would have plumed
themselves on having saved an innocent
man from the scaffold His confession
shattered their sentiment and their the
cries to atoms. and showed that the jury
which tried the case knew a good deal
more about ii than their critics did. The
outcome is a vindication of trial by jury,
by which, Of course, is meant fair trial by
an impartial jury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
LICENSES AT A PREMIUM.
Queer Excise Condition Found I'm the
City of Toronto.

Buffalo Express.
A singular situation exists in Toronto. IL
is doubtful if a similar case can be pointed
out on this continent. Although there are
207 Nouor licenses issued annually I'm that
Canadian city-hotel. shop and Wholesale
there is not a chance for "A man TO secure
place in which to sell liquor unless he is
willing to pay at least $4,000 for his IL
cense Not that the government imposes
any such fee. for that Is fixed at $3.50 for
each Of the three classes OF licenses. but
the number of licenses is also unalterably
fixed. There are no more licensed places
doing business in Toronto to-day, with its
population Of 2l.5S3 than there were In
Since then too the transient traffic. both
summer and winter. has vastly Increase
and as there Is no sign Of the City Council
adding TO the number Of licenses. the value
Of these $3.50 parchments has increased from
a few thousand dollars fourteen years ago
TO $4,000. Even at that figure the buyer
would not have his choice. Many licenses
are held much higher.
II is a curious condition. Toronto the
Good looms up as the foremost protector OF
the LIQUOR traffic on this continent With
the number OF hotel bars limited 20 80 the
licensees have grown rich and a Toronto IL
cense has become almost as good an asset
as stock in the Bank OF Toronto. and that
Il quoted at 2f0. The matter Is In the hands
OF the City Council. but for some reason or
other that body OF men has not dared 20 in
crease the present number OF licenses. Nor
Is IL likely TO. for Toronto Is a hothed Of
prohibition and 10 suggest any municipal
legislation which would be construed 20 be
in the interests of the liquor business would
mean pOlitical suicide.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13

1t is announced that the authorities of the
coming st. Louis worlds fair have made
an arrangement with those of the Washing
ton University in that city. providing for
the occupation of the university site for the
educational exhibit OF the fair. The Wash
ington University Is a high-class institu-
ton, and Its cooperation with the exposi-
ton ought 10 be very beneficial. 1t is said
10 be the purpose Of the managers to make
the educational exhibit OF the exposition of
1903 far superior TO any previous one in its
display OF the mental and manual processes
which have given such pre-eminence to
American manufactures and to the inren-
tive genius and commercial supremacy Of
this country. II viii be difficult to carry
out the idea successfully, and II it is done
what viii have been accomplished besides
imparting the secrets Of our supremacy to
other nations?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
LESSON TO LYNCHERS
In the Vigorous Defense Made by
New Yorker I'm Virginia.

Minneapolis Tribune.
Down in Westmoreland county, Virginia,
on Tuesday night, a party Of intending
lynchers ran against rather a hard prob
lem in the person of a New York man
named Herbert Marx, who was sojourning
in his country residence of Cedar Hin. 1t
seems that Marx had been accused by
young lady, a Miss Rose Taylor, of some
improperly and a relative of the family,
one w. p Taylor, on being Informed by
the girls mother of the incident. went with
three friends to the Marx residence and
invited the young man to come out and be
lynched Love of life was evidently strong
in the New Yorker and instead of surren-
dering he opened fire upon his assallants,
who were attempting To break INTO MS
domicile. The four lynchers were arIne Si5
one, at least, with a rine-and Marx hau
only a revolver, but the net result OF the
battle was that Taylor was killed VII
liam Scheffiin, a son OF the sherln OF ths
county, and l. Q. Stiff fatally wounded, ana
one George Thompson, blacksmith, Is
missing, supposed to have been WOUNDED
and craWled off somewhere 10 dle MARX,
who is only about twenty-one years OF
age, was unhurt, and promptly surrendered
to the authorities the next morning. CroWus
began to gather around the jail ana there
were threats of a new attempt at lynch-
ing, but late advices say that the plucky
defender of his home was eXonerated Dy
the coroner's jury and had departed for
New York.
1t was at first reported that Marx had
attempted to assault Miss Taylor, but
later version was that she did not accuse
him of anything more than an insult, and
still later the young woman fully exon
Grated Marx, saying he had always treated
her with profound respect. In any properly
organized community, where the law is
recognized as supreme, this affair would
have resulted in nothing more serious than
a complaint in the Police Court, a game
Of fisticuffs or a horse-whipping. But the
taste for lynching grows with what it
feeds on, and in a community which toll
crates it 1t is likely to be resorted to for
trivial offenses. Examples like that fur
nished by the Marx case would greatly
check the lynching habit. The obvious les
son is that it will be well for persons likely
TO be threatened by mobs, great or small
TO learn TO shoot. A few cases OF vigorous
and effective resistance upon the part of
Southern negroes would tend to quench the
special thirst for negro victims apparent
in that section. Race wars are not to be
advised or encouraged, but the black man
has, in common with all human beings, the
inalienable right of self-defense, and in the
proportion in which he has the courage to
use it will his liability to become the vic
tim Of mob violence be diminished.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
PLEASED WITH INDIANA PLAN.
Dealing with Juvenile Offenders
Problem Everywhere.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Indiana has come to the front with
new method Of dealing with Juvenile offend
ers,' said a New Orleans lawyer who takes
much interest in this branch of crimi-
nologic science, land while l am not in &
position to commend the plan in all respects
it seems to me to be step in the right di-
rection. The problem of the Juvenile Of
fender is pressing the thinking men and
women of the country. 1t is a big problem.
and each year has emphasized the i'm
portance of its solution because of the in
creased number of juveniles in the larger
centers who are inclined to stray from the
righteous path. Indiana's plan is to eS-
tabliSh juvenile police courts in the larger
cities of the State. indianapolis will have
one and other cities in time will fall in line
as soon as the Legislature can be pre-
vailed upon to adopt a new code of laws
which will be applicable to offending chill
dren. Children lettering in the street will
be picked up by truancy officers and their
names and addresses and home surround
ings Will be inquired into In proper in
stances the little fellows who are found
lettering in the streets and alleys will be
arraigned in the Juvenile police court and
will be released on a proper promise. The
main virtue of the Indiana plan will be
that children of tender years will not in
any way come in contact with the criminal
class and will escape the contamination
which has been for so long a time one of
the crying disgraces of civilization. 1 can
not say that l like the plan of taking these
little fellows to anything like court, for
however mild the reprimand, if it comes
officially and with the sanction of the law
it will tend to degrade the child in its own
estimation. 1t would be better If the child
could be corrected without becoming con-
scious of the fact that it had fallen below
the standard of the law. But 1 suppose
this idea is utOpian, and the Indiana plan
is about as good a plan as can be devised
under the circumstances. At any rate, 1t is
better than the present system of tossing
little fellows into jails that are filled with
criminals of the most desperate and most
hardened kind, and really any sort of
change will be accepted as an indication Of
the near approach of a more enlightened
juvenile policy"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
Fastidious Dog Wrecks Show.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Yes said the manager Of the defunct
Uncle Toms Cabin Company. at was
our dog that broke Up the show
The dog, Ell? What was the matter
with him?'
Too fastidious. You never saw such
hound in your life. You know the play, of
course. We tie piece of meat in the folds
of Elias frock, and that's what draws the
dogs after her when she runs across the
blocks of ice. Well what do you think
this dog demanded?'
Cant imagine"
"Porterhouse beefsteak, sir, and with the
tenderloin left in! Yes, sir. How's that?
And you couldn't fool him. He wouldn't
chase Eliza a foot unless the meat was
choice cut. No, sir. And, by gum, sir, our
company had to live on liver and bacon so
that blamed dog could have his steak. Yes
sir"
1.-The demand was too much for you,
was it?''
NO, it wasn't That is. it wasn't until
he began TO insist upon mushrooms with
his steak. Then we just threw up our
hands and quit"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
NEW JERSEY AND THE UNITED
STATES.

The Journal recently called attention to
the singular fact that the authorities of
the State of New Jersey have for some
time past been chartering corporations to
do business in other States by methods
which they could not pursue in New Jer-
sey, and for which they never could OBJ
tain charters in the other States. In this
way New Jersey law is virtually made
operative in all the States of the Union.
great number of such corporations have
been chartered with an aggregate capital
stock amounting to hundreds of millions
of dollars. a new one has just been added
TO the list. 1t is called the Southern Sc
curities Company, and is believed to cover
for the South scheme of railroad consol-
idatiOn similar to that now being at
tempted in the Northwest. The nominal
capital of the new company is 100000 but
it can be increased at the pleasure of the
stockholders to 500 900 or more The
persons named as incorporators are I'M
known in railroad or financial circles, but
they are believed to represent a syndicate
Of great railroad operators. The charter
is such as to raise. suspicion on account of
its wholesale grant of powers. 1t states
that the corporation is formed for the pur-
pose Of constructing, operating and con-
trolling transportation undertakings. ter
minals and facilities: to develop any prop
critics, undertakings, enterprises or COM
panies for transportation by land or wa
ter; provided, however, that this company
shall not engage in any business which
shall require the exercise by it OF eminent
domain within the State of New Jersey"
This grant covers every variety Of specula-
ton and operation in railroad securities
and would enable the grantees to absorb
and consolidate every railroad in the
South. The charter contains the following
clause:
This company may conduct business in
any OF the States and in any and all for
eign countries. and hold and convey real
and personal property, provided that moth
ing herein contained shall be construed
20 authorize the corporation to transact
any business in any other State, Territory
or foreign country contrary TO the pro-
visions of the laws OF such State, Territory
or foreign country.
AS this provision virtually admits that
other States may enact prohibitory or
protective laws against New Jersey corpor-
atoms formed for the purpose of possess
ing the earth. perhaps the Southern States
had better bestir themselves and act upon
the hint. 1t begins to look as If the rest
OF the United States might have to unite
against New Jersey for self-preservation
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13

few weeks ago when Lieutenant Com
mander Young, captain OF the port of
Havana. was visiting his home at Louis
vile. KY. he talked very freely for local
newspaper about social and political con-
ditions in Cuba and expressed some rather
discouraging opinions regarding the out
come OF the efforts OF the United States
TO establish stable government there.
Among other things he said that the only
solution OF the Cuban question was an
nexation 10 the United States. and that II
was the inevitable outcome The Journal
suggested at the time that for q naval
officer holding an important post In Cuba
Lieutenant Commander Young talked too
much. and so II turns out. A Washington
1isnstch says ne has been relieved Of his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13

present position. and probably the order
will stand. notwithstanding the fact that
the merchants and business men Of Havana
have protested strongly against any
change. Lieutenant Commander Young has
an excellent official record. and his pOpu-
larity in Havana is probably deserved, but
under the circumstances his talk was very
indiscreet and was probably embarrassing
to the government. Uncle Sam prefers to
have his naval officers talk in another way
than with their mouths.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13

ed a resolution asking Congress to pass a
bill authorizing and directing the secre-
tary Of war TO turn Fort McHenry over to
the city of Baltimore for public park pur-
poses under such regulations as the said
secretary of war may be pleased 70 adopt,
the grounds TO be under the care of the
Board of Park Commissioners of Baltimore
city" The request is a reasonable one
Fort McHenry is of no value to the govern
me1t, nor of any Importance as a defense
of Baltimore. and its historic interest In
connection with Keys poem. 1.-The Star
spangled Banner" would be better pre-
served by a public park than it is by a dis
mantled and useless fort.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
Status of the FiIipinos.
Hartford Courant.

HartfoTd COurant
This country possesses the Philippines
under legal title. They are territory be
longing TO the United States-appurtenant
territory. American sovereignty over the
Philippines IS complete. The perverseness
of the insurrectos is a detail The people
Of those islands are inside the American
pale for some purposes and outside IL for
others. We must not enslave them, despOil
them of their property, nor withhold from
them due protection, but, except for these
restrictions. Congress has a free hand IN
dealing with them. The Supreme Court
saws
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
Feeding the Insurrection.

Boston Journal
1t is blockade-running by English and
Germans that has kept the revolt alive in
the Visayan islands. The United States
gunboat Frolic destroyed during Novem-
Der 147 boats engaged in smuggling sup
plies TO the insurgents. It is quite likely
that papers found in these craft disclosed
the identity of the owners of the contra
band cargo and inspired General Chaffee's
order eXpelling a lot of European traders
from the Philippines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13

Tire report that the transcontinentaI rail-
roads and the Panama interest will succeed
in preventing the ratification OF the pend
ing treaty, which is the first step to the
Nicaragua canal. should not be accepted in
full. Those interests may try to do so, but
more than one-third of the senator's will
not like to appear as the servants of the
transcontinentaI railroad companies in the
record Of a roll call on the ratification of
the treaty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13

I'm the future as "a William Mckinley Re-
publican" just as hosts of Democrats came
out as Abraham Lincoln Republicans in
1856 and again in 1900. Without doubt thou
sands Of Democrats will soon be declaring
that they can no longer vote the Repub-
lican ticket since the death of the great
leader Mckinley, but it is not probable that
Altgeld will be one of the company. With
all his faults, he will hardly resort to that
threadbare political trick.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
4 Bad Reputation.
Chicago Post

Chicago Post.
Senator Hale's bill providing for the Gre
alton of four vice admirals has made Con-
gress feel about as comfortable as a spider
on a hot stove lid. The Sampson Schley
controversy does not seem to have accom-
plished anything better than the creation
OF suspicion wherever a suggestion is made
dealing with the personnel of the navy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13

each one rejoices that no other country
possesses II. A treasury surplus OF that
size TO back up some OF the ambitions OF
Europe would be an endless source of trou-
bic for other nations. The United States
is content, however. TO put UP a Keep
off the grass" sign and allow Europe 10
worry along with its own troubles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
How Did She Know:

Catholic Standard.
Miss Kostique-She says you have habit OF
telling all you know.
Cholly-The deahi Why, she nevah met me
till lawst evening, and then only for five min
utes.
Kostioue-Weu3
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
AItgeId's Surprising Attitude.

Nebraska State Journal.
Ex-Governor Altgeld is quoted by the Chi
cago papers as saying that he did not be-
Iieve that the Anarchists cheered the name
Of Czolgocz in a recent meeting. Even the
most radical" said Mr.. Altgeld. must rec
ognize that his act struck down a man who
was doing the most To ameliOrate present
injustices, TO better conditions"
This sounds like a misquotation. II Ii is
not Mr. Altgeld must he preparing To nose
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
Not Kindly Received.

AInntdpVIIs IIIUuIIe
The Anarchists do not take kindly to
Senator Hoars suggestion that they be
segregated on an island OF their own, and
permitted TO practice their anarchistfc
theories on each other. The average An
archist is cute enough TO know that what
he needs most of all is the protection
which the law gives him from his fellow
Anarchists.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13

The hostility of Southern Republicans to
the proposition of Representative Crum-
packer to curtail the representation Of those
States which have disfranchised colored
voters is something OF a surprise A few
years ago they would have led in favor of
such a proposition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13

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The New York Democrats in the House
who presented the Shepard resolutions in
their failure, one of them remarking that
il seems the Democratic party has made
a pillow of the Kansas City platform and
gone to sleep on it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13

There should be no surprise because of
the announcement that the Democratic
members of the House from Louisiana will
vote for the Philippine tariff bill. when it is
known that it imposes the present duties
on Philippine sugar brought to this country.
Louisiana Democrats want free trade for
everything except raw sugar