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The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29
THE PEOPLE NOT MEDDLERS.
They Will Take No Part I'm Settle.
ment Of Strike.

New York Commercial
A Jerseyman. writing to one Of our New
York contemporaries on the coal commits
sion, remarks that 1t is to be expected that
both the operators and the coal mine en-
ploye will be represented before the ar
bitrators "by skilful counsel" And he
argues that the public, President Roose-
velt's third party" should be represented
by an officer of the federal Department Of
Justice. There are plenty of matters"
1t explains, that would interest the public
If 1T should be represented by counsel be-
fore the commission.
There are plenty of matters" in this
connection that will interest the public
but that needn't drag the public into con-
troversy between colliery owner and his
employees. The public may have been a
third party" at interest while the strike
was on and coal famine staring 1t In the
face; but the minute the strike was of and
the public was in no further danger of
suffering from scarcity OF coal, Ii ceased
Its interests had already been looked after
by the resumption Of coal mining in the
usual way.
Again. an officer of the United States De-
propriety act as counsel for "the people"
before the coal commission. He would
stand for the federal government. which
could not possibly be party to any such
controversy unless the latter were inter-
fering with the orderly operation of some
function Of the government-such as the
carrying of the mails, for instance. The
government and the people are In no sense
Identical. The people create the govern
ment. The people might some day clamor
for the government to seize the coal mines
or the railroads or the wheat farms and
operate them-but the government couldn't
do it lawfully until the people had changed
their federal Constitution.
The people and the government are now
wholly on the outside in the coal contro-
versy. Let the employer and the euploye
meddle
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

1T Will DC UOteu tndt the employees IN COdf
mining, including both strikers and nom
strikers, set down losing outright
during the twenty-five weeks an aggregate
of $35, 800 600. The operators, had their mines
been open and producing coal in normal
quantities, would have taken in from sales
of the product $54, 900, and their prop
erty has been damaged meanwhile to the
extent of S.. 10000, aggregate loss of
$61 900 900. The railroad companies have lost
s13,5O0,000 in freight revenue that they
would have earned had the mines been in
operation.
No matter how favorable to the miners
the decisions of the commission may be
in the end, they cannot possibly make
good their losses in wages in the next
dozen years.
AS for the operators, If iE -reased sales
consequent upon increased demand and
next year to take in the $4,000, 900 that they
have forfeited, 1t would be wonderful in
deed. In all probability, the use of soft
coal and other fuels has SO reduced the
consumption of anthracite that the loss
can never be made wholly good.
Together, the operators and the railroad
companies have sustained losses aggregat-
ing $75,5 ,0O0-yet we see the cartoonist pic
turing the ''coal barons" as waxing rich
and fat off the profits of this strike. If
that were so-if there were any truth or
logic in it at ALA continuous condition of
coal strike would make mine operators and
railroad companies all muitimillionaires in
short time. And that is obviously alb
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

entire ticket below. and beyond that no
individual names must be marked II one
wishes TO vote a scratched or mixed ticket
he must not mark within the circle at the
head. but In the small square in front OF
the name Of each candidate he wishes to
vote for. Voting a straight ticket is sim
pie. while voting a mixed ticket Is more
troublesome. After marking. fold the ball
lot so that the initials Of the poll clerks
in the lower corner on the back of the bal
lot shall be on the outside. The device
of the Republican party Is the eagle and
that of the Democratic party is the rooster.
and the blue mark for straight ticket
may be made above or below the device
anywhere so IL is within the circle.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29
NOT ALL S0RDID.


Minneapolis Tribune.
Does the spirit Of commercialism rule the
age entirely? Not always. Witness DR..
Adolf Lorenz, the specialist from Austria,
who came to this country for a $4,000 fee
to cure the deformity OF one of the Armour
children. His work in the rich mans fam
lily done and his fee earned, performing
similar operations upon a whole host of
poor children without fee or reward. Is
DR.. Lorenz benevolent above the average
of his profession? Why should he exhibit
his skill and exhaust his nerve power upon
patients who cannot pay him. when every
moment of his time and skill could be
coined into golden ingots-or rather into
the gold-based currency of this Republic?
Does he do 1T to advertise himself? That
would seem to be unnecessary. since his
fame Is already sufficient to lead a deniZen
of Chicago TO seek him out In his Austrian
home and lure him across the ocean with
the offer Of a fee of unprecedented magni-
tude for a two hours operation. The fact
is that men in the medical and surgical pro-
fession are every day doing deeds OF charity
like unto this. Most OF them are less emil
nent. and their doings are not widely chron-
icled in the newspapers-but they give their
time and their all of skill to patients who
cannot pay them. and thus to the extent
of their ability they are exhibiting as much
benevolence as DR.. Lorenz.
The world is not all sordid. The quest
for money Is eager, but there are bright
spots which are not Illuminated merely by
the temptation Of financial gain. Nor are
exhibitions of beneyolence-modest or
splendid-confined to the medical profess
sion. There are others Thousands Of men
and women in all occupations and in all
ranks Of life are daily doing deeds Of kind
ness, sacrificing their own time and means
to benefit others. Altruism cannot be said
to be the distinguishing feature Of the age
in which we lfve-but there is vastly more
altruism afoat In society in general than
the pessimist Is willing to admit.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29


eloquent young Irish orator from Maine
much to his amusement, too. the burtslsn ls,ls, =
family being one OF the oldest In New hns 3.
land. After meeting all the "prominena
men OF the party in the burg ne W.
taken to the hall where he was 10 spean.
He had begun his address. and was us
cussing the money question, wnen All O.
once he was interrupted by man Whose ,
unkempt beard hung down to the very poe- %
tom of his waistcoat- His every o.he, e.
appearance as we'll as the attention ina.
he received. as he arose In MS sea-
stamped him as an individual OF more .nah
ordinary Importance I'm the community.
do you mean to say" began the intss-
rupter, holding up an envelope IN ms maui;
that IL the government should stamp tha'
envelope 'one dollar 1t would not be worth
it?"
MY friend" said Mr.. Burleigh, II the
government should stamp your wniskers
hay would your cows eat it,?
The man. who proved to be the chairman
of the Democratic town committee, sa'
down immediately-and there was no tur-
ther interruption
1t is perhaps needless to say that the
town gave Mckinley a large majority on
election day.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29
SCHEME TO CAPTURE THE
LEGIsLATURE.

IN an article in another column the
scheme of the Democratic managers to get
control of the Legislature is laid bare.
are described in that article are now being
made to obtain control of the Legislature,
and that they have their inspiration from
those who are now acting as national DEM
ocratic managers. There are many rea-
sons to believe that ex-Mayor Taggart Is
a Legislature that will put a Democrat In
the Senate In place Of Mr. Fairbanks and
make a legislative apportionment that
would, like the old appcrtionment, make
that body Democratic with a Republican
majority of 10000. Such a Legislature
would gerrymander the congressional dis
tricts so that the party would lose the ad-
vantage of the present Republican majority
in the House. A Democratic Legislature
this year would mean a Democratic Legis-
lature in 1904 and the election Of Demo-
crat to succeed Senator Beveridge. For the
State. which has been given SO much re-
form legislation. with better management
of the States affairs and the saving of
tens of thousands OF dollars, Democratic
Legislature would be a great calamity to
Indiana.
1t appears from the article to which allu-
sion is made that in all close senatorial and
representative districts Democratic ennis
saries are quietly at work to induce Repub-
licans to vote for the Democratic candi-
dates for the Legislature. 1t is known that
to secure Democratic Legislature. Demo
Gratis with instructions from headquarters
are offering Republicans four or five Demo-
cratic votes for any Office on the ticket for
one vote for representative. 1t need not be
said to Republicans of average intelligence
that such offers are made by men who can
not and do not intend to keep their prom
ises. There is no means by which Repub-
licans who may be so unwise as to make
such trade can tell whether or not they
have been duped, but it is fair to assume
that the men who make such propositions
intend to defraud.
The one thing for Republicans to do is tC
vote for the Republican candidates for the
Legislature and not be beguiled into
voting for a Democratic candidate upor
any consideration whatever Mr.. Fair
banks is stronger than his party in tn,
| State. There is not handful of Republic
ans opposed to his return to the Senate
and there are thousands of business Demo
| crast who favor him. If it were a direc
vote for United States senator Mr.. Fair
banks would head the ticket. Every Re
publican and every voter who prefers Mr.
Fairbanks should bear in mind that in vot
ing for Republican candidates for the Leg
islature he is voting as directly for Mr.
Fairbanks as If his name were on the bal
| l0f
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29
PENNsyLvANIA's DUTY.
Incumbent on that state 10 p..,-
Perpetrators OF Crime.

The Outlook.
We report in another column the s.,,,.
ment Of the coal strike; we add here g.
tain general reflections suggested hv ,h,.
dramatic chapter In American history.
1. The American people have been cos,
PEELED anew to recognize that spirit Of la,-
lessness which, confined TO no section 4.
always liable to break forth whenever ma
lie prejudice is for any cause exeitea
Obedience to law is the foundation of civiH.
zation: and the first duty of the Americas
people, antedating all others in tine ana
superior TO all others in importance il tha
maintenance OF law and order and the NM,
ishment OF crime. The Governor OF Pom
sylvania failed In his duty 10 protect from
violence; he ought TO do what he can n
atone for this neglect by bringing the eul-
prits to punishment. Neither individual
ignorance nor public excitement excuses
crime. and the anthracite coal regions have
been the scene of crimes which ought To
have been prevented and which ought n
be punished. No one questions the fact of
the crimes; the only question which anv.
one raises is. Who are the criminals? Mr.
Mitchell, in his letter TO the President.
says:
Mr.. President, we make the unqualified
declaration that the imported guardians Of
law and order. the companies coal and
iron police, have committed more unpro-
voked murders during this strike than can
be charged to the great army of men who
have been in idleness for the past five
months"
Mr.. Mitchell must be presumed to know
who are these imported criminals: he
should be called on by the Governor OF
the State to make good his statement and
to aid the Governor In their detection and
their condign punishment. The newspapers
report that meeting of nonunion miners
in Pennsylvania has passed and sent tC
the President Of the United States and "a
the Governor of the State a series of reso-
lutions, which contain the following par.
tial list of outrages" recently perpetratet
in the State, presumably not by imported
guardians of law and ORDER:
Killed, IA; severely injured, 42; shot from
| ambush, Is; aggravated assaults. g.: at
sSempts to ynsh bS5e sonss5 u
washeries burned, 8; stockades burned 2
| riots, 50; works dynamited, 6; trains dyna
mited, l.; railroad bridges dynamited, 4
railroads seized. s.; trains wrecked. 6; at
strikes in schools, IA.
| Here, also, is a definite statement by
| supposedly responsible body. The Governo
| should call on the men who have mad
| this statement for evidence TO substantial
| it and for clews to the perpetrators o
| these crimes. If the men who dynamite
| houses, wrecked railroad trains, shot
| stoned and beat to death unoffending cit
zens, and set fire to buildings, can by an
pense should be deemed too great IL
| accompiishes the purpose-they should
| arrested, tried, convicted and punished
| Pennsylvania owes this TO her good nam
| and to her future safety. A carnival
violence should not be followed by tao
| amnesty
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

Philadelphia Record.
who is the most photographed woman
in American" asked an artist at little
gathering one night recently. His question
remained unanswered. No one knew. One
said Maude Adams, another said Mrs. Car
ter, another Ethel Barrymore, and SO on
until all the stage favorites had been ex-
hausted Still the artist shook his head
negatively. "It isn't any actress" he said.
'T admit that actresses work the camera
for all they are worth. but they aren't in
it with the women who make business of
posing before the camera An actress who
has her picture taken on an average OF
once a week might be considered In that
class, but there are very few Of them The
most photographed women are those who
pose for the fashion editors of newspa-
pers-the women who try on new. hats, new
cloaks, new tailor-made gowns and such
things. Their faces appear every day. and
sometimes five or six times a day. There
is girl right here in Philadelphia who
holds / think, the record of having been
photographed more than any other woman
In America.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29
RURAL MAIL BOXES.


or In1urfng Them.
Laurel Del.) Advocate.
Laurel was one of the three first stations
in the United States selected by the gov
ernment to experiment with rural delivery.
1t has been looked after with motherly
affection and has grown. Three weeks ago
one box was found knocked over. Suspi-
cion pointed to James Ellis. grown son of a
farmer. About this time seedy-look;ng
stranger secured work In factory where
Ellis worked. The two men became conf
Dental friends. Friday last the mail box
subject came up. and Ellis said he kicked
the thing over in spirit of fun, but that
Uncle Sam would never know it, The next
day the stranger left, but was followed by
q United States marshal, who took Ellis to
Baltimore. This Is the first arrest made by
the government for tampering with rural
Ellis was tried before Judge Norris on
Tuesday. He made confession, stated
that his home was in Sharptown. Wicomico
county, that he was a ship carpenter and
ter county. between Vienna and Walnut
Landing on Aug. p. 1902. In sentencing him
Judge Morris said:
destroying rural free delivery boxes Is re-
ported to me-strange as 1t would seem to
an ordinary mind-to be not uncommon in
brings great annoyance to those depending
on the rural free delivery for their letters,
and IL an outrageous abuse OF property de-
penalty prescribed by the act Of Congress
may be fine OF $1,000 or three years i'm
prisonment. In any cases that come before
duty aus to- to deal severely with the culprit AZ AZ
this IL the first case brought before me. and
the offender has pleaded guilty and ex-
STsssed ss 9,.s ne VIII ss sf % on ss With
with severely"
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

South Bend Qnd.) Tribune.

South Bend Qnd.l Tribune.
A set of men and an administration
which have the capacity to make such a
saving to the people must certainly be
worthy the respect and entire confidence OF
the people without party or politics enter
ing into the matter What Governor Dur
bin and his administration have done IN
this one department OF the State govern
Inent is indicative of what may be done IN
Indiana affairs when business men assume
ness are to be found in all walks OF life.
We find them at the forge. in the paint
shop, at the bench, behind the counter. IN
the office, in fact everywhere. All they
need is the opportunity TO demonstrate
that they are men of business and once
they are discovered IL is well to see thar
they are given the opportunity.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29
warming to Journal Subscribers.

Within the last ten days man pretend
ing to De an agent for this paper has OBJ
tained money from friends of the Journal
by fraud. On the 18th Of the month he was
at Bluffton. where he gave his name as o.
a. Bell. A few days previous he was al
Valparaiso, under the name Of Hill. His
plan is to give the victim an order on the
Journal for an amount of money to be
charged to his expense account. He is a
scoundrel. OF course, and ought to be ar
rested on sight.
Any man who asks for credit of any sort
representing that he is travelling agent
for the Journal. may be set down as a
fraud. Our travelling men all carry cre-
dentiaIs, in which 1t is stated that no credit
will be asked. They are supplied with
enough money for their wants direct from
this Office.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

1t Is said an ordinance will soon be intro
duced in the City Council requiring auto
mobiles to be numbered and registered as
means OF regulating the rate of speed. The
safety of pedestrians certainly requires
some such legislation. Automobiles, as well
as bicycles. will doubtless become a per-
manent feature of urban life, but all We
hicles should be restricted to a reasonable
rate of speed and their drivers or riders
held strictly responsible for violations of
Ia
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

quite prominent young man who has
been absent from the Democratic party
since 1896 announced his return to the or
ganization at the meeting Of Monday even
ing. He is free-trader and is Democrat
because he Is free-trader. The first thing
he advised his hearers to do was to vote
for candidates for the Legislature who Will
elect some other man than Mr.. Fairbanks
to the Senate because Mr.. Fairbanks is not
a free-trader. Free trade we have never
had in this country. but the half-and-half
Wilson, German tariff paralyzed the indus
tries of the country in 1894. Most people
can recall the winters during which hun
dreds Of worthy families in Indiana were
furnished supplies by committee of which
the late Colonel Lilly was chairman. Do
they yearn for a recurrence of such things ?
If they do, vote the free-trade ticket to de-
feat Mr.. Fairbanks.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

Der OF first voters who need some instruc-
tion as to the manner OF voting. They
should understand that any departure from
the prescribed method of marking the bal
lots will be construed as a distinguishing
II one wishes to vote straight ticket he
should make the X within the circle at the
head Of the ticket he wishes to vote. and
no other mark Of any kind on any other
part OF the ballot The X within the circle
- the top Of . ticket means vote for the
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

The expression "off year" has hurtful
tendency in as far as 1t implies that one
election for members of Congress is less
important than another. Each new Con-
gress may reverse the policy of the pre-
ceding one, and every congressional elec-
ton may, therefore, contribute to change
of national policy. The time never comes
when such an election is not important, or
when any person interested in maintaining
right policies should fail to vote.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

The anthracite coai operators have un-
dertaken to protect consumers against ex-
orbitant charges by retailers. and these
operators have been roundly denounced as
"barons" and oppressors. Still. they can
be ciassed as philanthropists when COM
pared with the bituminous operators and
retailers OF this region. who are demand
ing exorbirant prices for their product and
taking the meanest possible advantage OF
the public's necessities
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

In the isthmian canal negotiation the CO.
lombian government seems to have irni-
tated the example OF real-estate owners
who Increase their asking price according
90 the supposed anxiety of the bidder to
purchase. AS the prospect for the construc-
tion OF the canal improves Colombia sud-
denly discovers that she did not ask nearly
enough for concessions
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29
HILL IN NEW JERSEY.


Brooklyn Times.
1t is natural that there should be some
complaint among those Democrats who,
not comprehending the motive that ami
mates David B. Hill in the present cam
paign, find 1t little difficult to account for
his tactics. They complain that the ex-
senator will practically allow nobody but
himself to speak in behalf of the state
ticket in New York. and that, instead of
attending strictly to the important business
on hand. and of which he claims a monop-
oily, he goes over to New Jersey and takes
a conspicuous part in campaign for which
he has no responsibility and which the Jer-
sey Democrats are fully competent to man
age for themselves.
When it becomes clearly understood that
than about 1902. and that he is more inter-
ested in the fortunes of Hill than in those
of Coler, the meaning of his course be-
comes apparent. He would like to see Co
Ter elected, but only as triumph of his
own popularity He believes that he has
already disposed of Chief Judge Alton b.
Parker as a possible candidate for the DEM
ocratic nomination for President two years
hence. and he has no intention of allowing
Bird s. Coler to assume too much promi-
nence in the campaign. AT the same time
portunity to- extend his influence in other
States. and his raid into New Jersey last
night was in full accord with the personal
policy by which he appears to be guided.
it was like his audasity to make free trade
the theme of his discourse to a New Jersey
audience so soon after the disaster and sor-
row of 1894, which revolutionized the po-
litical aspect of the State, but Mr.. Hill has
evidently reached the conclusion that free
trade may be made a winning issue in the
next presidential election, and he is deter
mined to make II his own. In this Mr.. Hill
shows anything but sound Judgment in the
opinion of the Brooklyn Times but it is not
the first time that he has shown his skill
as political organizer far SURPRISING his
sentiment.
But let no Republican delude himself
into the belief that Mr. Hill Is apathetiC
i'm the New York canvass 1t is an essen
tial part of his programme that he should
carry the State this year, and he will leave
no effort untried to accomplish that result
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

Anders "a Qnd) Herald.
"The average value OF coal per ton taken
out of the collieries Of Great Britain last
year was S2.64: Germany. s2.l5; France
s2s2, and the United States. s1.27. These
averages In all cases were higher than the
preceding year."-Indianapolis Sentinel ed
itorial. Oct. IA -
1t will be readily seen that IL the tariI.
of 81 cents a ton on coal were taken on
foreign competition would bring the price
down frightfully in the United States
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

New York Letter.
far distant when Brooklyn will contain
more inhabitants than Manhattan. The
shop of the city. People will do business In
Manhattan, but have their homes in Brook
iyn, Bronx. Staten island. Queens and the
suburbs in New Jersey. The latter will
probably enjoy an immense expansion as a
result of the Pennsylvania tunnel scheme.
At the present rate OF progress the next
federal census will show New York to be
a city of considerably more than 100000 in
habitants.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-29

Really, the set speech which Mr.. Dunn
uses against the Fowler bill is designed to
expose part of the objections to the last
Democratic plan for banking. the Cleve-
iand-carIsle bin providing for asset cur
rency and the unlimited issue of state bank
notes. In fighting both these measures Mr..
Dunn is wasting his brilliant parts upon
dead propositions-very dead.