The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-25

seeing that his political fences are in good
repair. He is not threatened with oppose
ton for the nomination. next year, but he
does not permit that pleasant condition to
lull him into security such that he will not
be ready for a skirmish if one should turn
up. Mr.. Holiday Is a veteran of the civil
war. the only one now on the Indiana con-
gresslOnal delegation and that means, OF
course, that he is fighter and is always
prepared for war, although he does not in
wife it.
Senator Fairbanks is expected home to-
morrow from Washington, where he has
been for the past ten days.
XXX
The Rev. DIR. w. F. Cook, of Crawfords-
vile. was in the city, and was one of the
callers at the office of the senator.
Jesse L. Carmichael, well-known Wash
ington correspondent, is in the city visiting
relatives. He has been out at Ogden, Utah,
attending the Western Irrigation Congress.
The recent visit of Governor Durbin to
Boston, Atlantic City and other Eastern
points resulted in decided stimulus to the
vice presidential boom which he has been
enjoying during the past three or four
months Eastern newspapers seized upon
his visit opportunity to renew the
boom, and he received a number of COM
plimentary notices. The New York Press,
among others, said OF the Indiana executive
in an editorial headed 1.-The Durbin Type
for Vice President
while the trust interests are search
ing for Vice President material of quail
tiles that are an antidote to Roosevelt
principles, we dare say that the American
voters in particular will be more likely to
seek the type OF man represented Dy Gov
ernor Durbin, who talked not only sound
sense but strong Americanism on Wednes-
day to the national convention of the Sons
of Veterans. And as Governor Durbin acts
with decision and power in support or the
law so does he talk bluntly and forcibly in
behalf of it, The public will not think the
less of him because he dares to stand up
before 1t and lay the responsibility for
much of the mob disorder and crime which
disgrace this country on the public itself.
He declares, and truthfully, that the spirit
of turbulence which manifests itself in the
lawlessness of the mob has taken root and
grows, not because our country offers con-
ditions favorable to the development of seed
so sown, but because the planting and cul-
ture of patriotism have been duty neg
lected by the loyal citizenship of the Re-
public
Until public sentiment arouses itself
to its responsibility in respect OF these
mob infringements of the law there is a
Outy every IldSiotldtS VI eiO pSoPiS
who is clothed with the necessary power
may perform, and If he fulfills the obliga-
tons of his oath of office must perform, in
suppressing the turbulence which arises
merely because the public passively sub
mits to what is anarchy pure and simple.
There is, says Governor Durbin, Just one
answer for official authority to make to
savagery such as this inaction, and that is
the strong arm of the law smiling 1t full
and fair in the face
1.-The American people may become indif-
ferent at times to their own personal snare
i'm the direct enforcement of the law, but
they are not, and never have been, indifer-
ent to the public careers of the Governor
Durbns of this country and one whose
particular distinction is that he was man
of deeds before he became man of words.
We shall look with confidence, therefore,
to the Republican party to nominate and to
the American voters to elect a Governor
Durbin as Vice President to support the
works and aims of the President rather
than the type which the trusts desire to
be an offset to the Roosevelt programme
and policy"
A dispatch to the Journal from Fort
Wayne says:
ELMER Leonard Republican committee
man from the Twelfth district, to-day an
nounced that he has decided to stand for
reelection as member of the State COM
mittee. He will have an opponent in Will
liam Geake, of this city, who has returned
from Boston,
The Journal announced in this column
some days ago that Mr.. Leonard would be
a candidate to succeed himself.