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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-26
INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

Now that ii is settled that President
Schwab's salary is only s100, 900. instead of
100000, he becomes an object Of SYM
pathy, along with those who were credu-
lous enough to believe the million-dolar
creaton.-Terre Haute Express.
The mother of the little King of Spain is
Austrian by birth and virtues. The kid is
Bourbon by environment and training-the
deciding factors of heredity. The Bourbon
is the unsafest man or party to trust with
power in existence, even in America.-Fort
Wayne News.
Another practical demonstration of a
peaceful blockade was given yesterday
when the German warships bombarded the
fort of San Carlos, Venezuela. 1t begins
to look as If the only peaceful thing which
Germany would appreciate would be a good
whlpping.-Anderson Bulletin.
An editorial in the indianapolis Journal
says 1t ought to be decided whether Sullivan
county or the State of Indiana is supreme.
Yes. and it ought to be decided in about
three hours, too. This thing of lawleSS lot
of lushers riding over the law Is becoming
far too frequent an occurrence.-Knights-
town Sun.
In some counties Of the State the delin-
quent tax lists are so small and insignia
can't that the treasurers will not go to the
trouble and expense of publishing them.
ms unheard-of condition Is just one more
proof of the existence of what Mr.. Bryan
has denominated apparent prosperity
Terre Haute Tribune.
In the attack upon Senator Beveridge by
the Ex-Governor of Arizona in which he
says that the senator was "led by older
members of the Senate" he Is surely mis-
taken in his man. Those who happen to
know the senator personally have no defn-
lite knowledge of his being led by any
one.-New Castle Courier.
Senator Woods garnishee bill should be-
come law. 1t provides that merchants
may protect themselves against dead
beats" by garnisheeing one-fourth their
wages. No honest man, rich or poor should
oppose such a law. 1t Is a sad comment on
the labor unions of the State to say that
they are opposed to the bill as organized
bodies, while the merchants associations
are in favor of it. Our laws on the ques-
ton of debts all favor the poor man. There
is the exemption law, the mortgage ex-
emption law and the mechanics lien law
all protesting and enforcing the rights OF
the laborers. On the other hand there is no
way by which the merchant can head OFF
the dead BEATS and all merchants
know the "woodssis fur of these individu-
ais. Honest laborers should favor this
bill. as they have to pay in the cost for
goods a part of the loss to the dead beats
-NOblesville Ledger
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The Garnishee Law.

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal
Business interests and labor interests
have been unnecessarily antagonized in In
dianapolis this week. There has been no
conflict of direct interest. either. They
ought to be working In harmony. as they
do in other cities and States, local labor
leader to the contrary notwithstanding.
Bradstreet figures that something over
IS per cent. of the retail failures in this
country are due to bad debts. Every such
failure Injuries the jobber. the manufac-
turer. and ultimately the laborer. Indiana
and Indianapolis have had more than their
share of such failures. To remedy this,
retailers have proposed to make credits
more secure. They ask the Legislature to
permit enforcement of all claims for labor
and for necessaries of life. Certain am
bilious labor leaders have scented a chance
to make capital out of this situation. De-
claring their unrelenting opposition to the
passage of any '.garnishee" law, and in APP
parent Ignorance of what is sought TO be
accomplished, they have appeared before
the legislators of Indiana as champions of
dead beats-perhaps unwittingly. Only one
argument has been made by them. They
unite, as rule, in fearing that If collection
of claims for labor necessaries is per-
mitted some unfortunate person may be
compelled to pay for goods furnished to
his family in time of mis- fortune. Does this
mean that the merchant is required, by
union labor, either TO refuse credit TO the
unfortunate, or to be punished by con-
fiscation of his goods IL he does help out a
sick or unfortunate family? If this is the
attitude of union labor. would IL not be
wise for merchants to refuse credit to any
member of labor union? This is logic
AS a matter of fact, union labor takes no
such attitude. In Ohio, for example, union
labor has come out fiatfooted in support of
a garnishee law. In Ohio, also, the per-
centage of retail failures last year was less
than half that OF those in Indiana (See
Dun's annual report)
Labor unions stand for the highest ideals
OF laboring manhood. Not a labor union
in Indiana will. IL IL knows the exact in
tention of the Woods amendments stand
garnishee law has stood on the statute books
of Indiana ever since the Constitution was
adopted. Within two weeks past a work.
ingman has been garnisheed and compelled
to pay a saloon bill. The defendant I'm this
case had no family. IL Is now proposed
merely. TO enforce payment OF bills for
labor and for goods furnished to mans
family. The printed copies OF the law in
clude the old law and only two or three
lines OF amendment for that purpose. OPP
position to the proposed amendment will
not do away with the garnishee law. IL
will merely continue the existing situation,
making the retailer the victim OF dishonesty
and retaining for Indiana its proud posi-
ton near the top OF the column of States
where the most retailers fail in business.
Indianapolis. Jan. "a. CREDIT.
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DISCRIMINATION NEEDED.
Eight-Hour Laws Do Not Apply
Equally Well to All.

ST. Paul Pioneer Press.
II eight-hour laws are 10 become a ma
tional habit why not discriminate a little?
Why treat all employments, light and
heavy, easy and laborious. safe and full
of peril, as IL they were pursued under
identical conditions? There are some oc-
equations in which an eight-hour day is
far too long, like that of the coal miner
or the fireman in a steamers stoke-hole.
or the worker in a whitehead factory, or
the modern Pluto who puddles iron and
performs various other labors in the iron
mills In others again, like most OF the
skilled trades where muscle and endur-
ance are required, eight hours Is ample.
Where only light or supervisory labor is
required, as in tending machinery, IL
would seem that hours little longer
might be spent at work without detri-
ment to the worker. And In the class or
employments where almost no work Is re-
quired, but the duty consists almost en-
OF toll-gate keepers and bridge-tenders.
the requirement OF an eight-hour day
would be simply preposterous- In the
hasty passage or an eight-hour law by
the New York legislature, not long ago,
the lack of discrimination produced some
ridiculous results. For instance, the State
employs a large number of lock-tenders
and bridge-tenders on some old canals and
streams from which Navigation mas almost
disappeared These men have so little TO
do that most of them spend the greater
part of their time in farming, gardening
or the pursuit of other private enterprises
which do not prevent their being on hand
when their services are required. Yet 10!
as soon that law was passed IL was
claimed that ii applied TO them; and, the
courts sustaining the contention, the State
in the place of one-to do practically
nothing all day long.
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THE MINERS AND INJUNCrIoNs.

AS the miners are solidly opposed to
what is called government by injunc-
ton it is worth while to try to ascer-
tain what they really desire. If their de-
mands are reasonable and practicable they
should be complied with as far as can be
done without sacrificing established prin-
ciples of law or the rights of society at
large, which are more important than those
of any class. They have formulated their
views in the following resolution:
We demand of the Congress of the United
States a law that will classify the cases
that are subjects for the Jurisdiction of the
federal courts when issuing injunctions in
labor troubles.
That federal judges can issue injunctions
in labor troubles only on the application
or approval of two or more elective judges.
That reasonable time be fixed by the
court when the defendant shall answer to
an injunction issued against him, but in no
case shall the time exceed thirty days.
That the applicant for an injunction in
labor troubles must submit reasonable proof
in support of his application for an in
junction under penalty or being imprisoned
for perjury.
tempt OF court shall not be tried by the
judge who issued the restraining order.
That persons arrested for contempt of
( court shall have trial by jury.
| 1t is believed that nearly all of these
demands are impracticable and beyond the
power of Congress to grant, First, as to
| classifying the cases that are subjects for
the jurisdiction of the federal courts when
issuing injunctions in labor troubles. Con-
gress could not give the federal courts one
kind of jurisdiction in labor troubles and
another kind in other cases. That would be
| class legislation. The law of injunction
must apply to all classes alike. Neither
/ would IL be possible to enumerate the cases
in which injunctions may issue, because
every labor dispute and almost every day
raises new case. Injunctions are issued to
prevent trespass. TO restrain wrongdoing
or to protect property rights and it would
be impossible for Congress to enumerate
the infinite variety of such cases that may
arise
The demand that federal judges shall
issue injunctions in labor troubles only on
the application of two or more elective
judges is open TO the double objection OF
creating special line of procedure for
labor troubles that would not apply to
others and of making federal courts SUBJ
ordinate TO state courts. The idea is not &c
be thought Of for a moment
The demand that the applicant for an
injunction In labor troubles must submit
cation under penalty of being imprisoned
| for perjury does not suggest any prac-
teal relief The court alone could judge
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The decision of the immigration commits
sioner to appoint four women inspectors
steamships before their arrival in port In
order to inspect the passengers, has caused
considerable comment in New York Even
Commissioner Sargent was in doubt as to
whether women could be found to accept
the positions, inasmuch as the duties would
involve climbing long ladder from cut
ter to a steamship with both vessels in mo-
ton. His doubts have been removed, how
ever. by a host of applicants. women of all
kinds expressing their willingness to under
take the work. Understanding and all.
Men are slow to learn that women are not
more reluctant than themselves to do serv-
ice for their country-when there is salary
aff
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-26

An erroneous statement, widely dissent
mated in Western newspapers, that the
Postofice Department has decided TO
furnish free boxes for the rural free de-
livery service, is causing much embarrass-
ment in the establishment Of new rural free
delivery routes. The fact is that though
numerous suggestions have been made by
the department and in Congress for the
furnishing of rural boxes by the govern
ment at cost, no action of the kind indi-
Gated has been either authorized or taken.
The patrons Of rural free delivery service
are required, as heretofore, to supply their
own boxes from lists approved by the de-
partment, these boxes then falling under
the protection of the United States statutes
in regard to the safe delivery of mails.
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previous acts within the past FIVE years.
one is forced to the conclusion that the
German Emperors naturally scrappy
disposition has been so intensified by his
jealousy OF the constantly growing pros
perlty ana power of the United states tnat
ne has discarded reason and Is working TO
bring about rupture with this govern
ment, at the same time craftily putting OUT
friendship talk so that when the break
comes, If he can effect it, he can at least
make the attempt to put the blame on this
government.-Albany Journal.
The bonbardment of Fort San Carlos.
venezuela, by the German cruisers, Is
very serious matter. So far appears
there is no justification for it and it looks
like piece of wanton aggression. wholly
unwarranted and inexcusabe. The right
10 maintain blockade of Venezuelan
ports, pending an adjustment of the pre-
lminaries 10 arbitration, has not been
questioned Ii is the privilege of the powers
having claims against Venezuela TO MAKE
the blockade as effective as possible. But
this does not include the right to seize
and destroy Venezuelan ships OF war ana
70 shell Venezuela ports under whose guns
those ships are at anchor.-Omaha Bee
1t certainly is a most remarkable state
of things. that after an agreement has
been reached for the settlement of the
Venezuelan troubles by The Haugue tri-
bunal. Grman warships go right on at
eaCniHS venezuelan Iorts II Is ho' Sidiiiieu
at Berlin that there has been any fresh
insult to the German flag. No accusa-
tion Is brought against President Castro Oh
having broken any of his promises since
he agreed to the terms of arbitration.
Minister Bowen had but just arrived at
Washington from Caracas, bearing AMIGA
bic offers on behalf of the Venezuelan
government to the creditor nations, when
the second bombardment of Fort San Car
los was begun. If such conduct Is not un-
precedented in the history of civilized war
fare, we are much INSTRUMENTATION Ad-
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AS nothing has been heard OF 1t for some
time there Is reason TO believe that the
ator receiving q plurality OF the votes In
Jefferson and Ripley counties has been
abandoned. 1t is hoped that such is the
case. There can be no doubt that Mr.. Sing
er. the sitting member. received a plurality
Of the votes. and It is almost as clear that
on the day Of his election he was under a
technical disqualification by virtue of being
q member OF a school board But Repub-
Iicans cannot afford to take advantage Of
n mere technicality.
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THE STATEHOOD BILL.
The Position Of Senator Beverfdge
I'm the Matter Is Right.
Washington Star.

washington star.
Yesterdays debate in the Senate over the
statehood legislation developed that there
are two issues now pending upon the ques-
ton of the bills right OF way. Senator
Quay charged Senator Beverage with OBJ
structing the passage of the measure, while
Mr.. Beverage charged Mr. Quay with OBJ
structing general legislation. Mr.. Bever-
idge Furthermore charged Mr.. Quay with
having applied political convention methods
to this highly important question perma-
nently affecting the welfare Of the States.
by the formation of what might be termed
a voting trust, pledged to the passage Of a
particular measure and the obstruction or
all else.
1t is decidedly unfortunate that the state
hood matter should have reached this stage.
1t is indeed, as Mr. Beverage said yester-
day. a vital issue. and If Congress errs
now In the admission OF States Its biunder
cannot later be corrected. This class OF
| legislation is unlike the general run OF
proposed laws. which can be repealed II
found unavoidable. Therefore; there Is
needed the utmost caution and conserva-
tism, and full debate Is by no means an
unreasonable requirement.
| Thus far only two senators have spoken
at length upon each side. Out OF a total
membership of lightweight this Is hardly
| to be regarded as full debate Of vitality
important issue. 1t is by no means DEBATE
/ in the senatorial sense and this PROPOSE
| ton can be advanced without the least dam
| ger of mourning the charge of obstruction.
| Therefore, ii was quite within the right or
| Senator Beverage yesterday to object TO
/ the setting of a date for a vote on the
measure when, as he showed. there has
| been only a minimum OF discussion and the
whole great subject lies open for illumina-
| ton and analysis.
| The charge that the opponents to his way
| of thinking are obstructing the course or
4 business in the Senate came with rather
| bad grace from Senator Quay. whose rec
| ord as an obstructionist Is long and for
/ midable His celebrated tariff speech" OF
| few years ago fingers yet in the memory
| as a fragrant abuse of senatorial privilege.
/ There have been thus far in the course OF
| the statehood debate no signs of filibuster-
| ing tactics on the side Of those who believe
| that Arizona and New Mexico are not yet
| ready for statehood. On the other hand.
this bill, with, charged, an organized
combina ton pledged to vote for IL regard
| less of reason or argument, Is being unde-
| niably used with open threats to block i'm
| portant legislation. That obstruction.
| which, in behalf of a questionable meas
| ure for the passage of which there is no
| particular urgency, checks the whole course
| OF general legislation at a short session Is
| unmistakably of the offensive and injurious
| type Will the Senate permit the legisla-
| tive business of the Republic TO be brought
| to standstill through Senator Quay 8
| threatening hold-up?
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The Bullying Germans.

Kansas City Journal.
While the Monroe doctrine does not yet
call for interference by the United States
in this business. the reckless course Ger
many is pursuing is not calculated to In
crease the warmth Of the friendship which
exists between her people and government
and those of the United States. The people
of this country detest unfairness. They
like to see nation bravely stand up Tor
its rights. but they despise bully. whether
he be big "nigger" drunk on bad whisky
or staggering nation drunk with the
sight of its own imagined power They
found no fault with Great Britain and
Germany for compelling Venezuela 10 listen
to their demands and agree 10 pay her hon
est debts But they are getting trifie tired
of having German warships parading up
and down the South American coast sink
ing ships and bombarding towns without
provocation. Their sympathy for the un-
der dog is beginning TO rise. and they would
doubtless give the government at Wash
ington all the backing IL needed II IL would
hint to the government at Berlin that a
little less powder burning and bullying dis
play and little more regard for the COM
mon decencies and humanities of internal
tional intercourse would be acceptable on
the western side of the Atlantic.
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Nothing that Governor Durbin has done
while he has been in Office warrants the
insinuations which have been published to
the effect that he would veto bills In which
members who opposing the Reforma-
tory bill are interested For instance, it
has been charged that he would veto the
Indianapolis school bill, which has passed
both houses, because of the supposed atti-
tude of the Marion delegation toward the
Reformatory bill. That insinuation has
been in the newspapers for several days.
When the Governors attention was called
to the matter he said that he would sign
the bill as soon as ii came to him. The only
Indianapolis bill Governor Durbin has
vetoed was that pushed through the last
Legislature increasing the compensation of
the fire department. Those who should
have fought II had not the courage to do it.
The Journal opposed it. and when 1T came
to the Governor he vetoed il on the ground
that 1t would be an infringement upon the
ferred upon Indianapolis to interfere with
the compensation of any class of city off,
Gals 1t was the right thing to do. yet some
men would have let il become a law rather
than accept the odium OF its defeat. Be-
cause the Journal does not believe that the
Reformatory bill is a wise measure it does
not propose to engage In any general raid
by insinuation or otherwise upon Governor
Durbin
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not restricted as TO the price TO pay for
clothing nor the kind that we shall wear:
no two persons are compelled 10 dress ex-
actly alike. Indeed, we may wear fig
leaves IL we choose. But I'm regard 10 the
textbook the State now says that we shall
buy certain books. of certain firm. and
at a certain and fixed price. Many children
cannot and do not meet these requirements.
and are thus hindered in their pursuit OK
an education. Free textbooks may cost
the State considerable money. but the In
vestment would be a good one.
w. Z. STIPP.
Mitchell Ind Jan %
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"A few days ago II was telegraphed over
the country that all OF the larger coal
dealers in Chicago had been indicted for
Joining In a conspiracy to bring about the
present coal famine. Now 1t Is stated that
the members OF the special grand jury de-
clare that the men and corporations are
entirely guiltless OF any connection with
the coal famine. and that they had not con-
spired to enhance the price of coal. Such
being the case. why was the sensational
press made happy with the names Of long
line Of men charged with having been in a
conspiracy to freeze the people?
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To the Editor CT the Indianapolis Journal:
The bill of Senator Gochenour compelling
justices of the peace 10 use a seal in ac-
acknowledgements is a good bill and would
aid the justice and make his Office pleasant.
he then would not have to go to the
80 cents for IL. The seal would make his
work the same that OF a notary public
and would improve his Office very much.
The justices OF the peace have had very
little legislation for many years. and the
above law is needed. / think this bill ought
10 pass. 1t will save each justice from -
to SO year and many long trips TO the
clerk of the Circuit Court. j. Il. MILLER.
LaUghery, Ind, Jan. n
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In noticing the recent death of Francis
A. Hoffman, who was the first German
nominated for office in Illinois. he having
been nominated by the Republicans for
Lieutenant Governor in 1856, the Chicago
Tribune says: Like most of the early Ger
settlers in this country. he was a
Democrat at first, but the pro slavery atti-
The passage of the Kansas Nebraska bill
drove most of the Germans out of the DEM
ocratic party, and Mr.. Hoffman took a
prominent part In the foundation of the
Republican party in Illinois" The condi-
tons were much the same in this State,
where in all of the large towns the Ger
mans constituted an important element.
When the slavery question became prom
inent they nearly all joined the Republican
party and remained with 1t during the war
and until they were almost driven out by
the temperance agitation. In 1853 the Re-
publicans nominated for auditor of state
Albert LANCE. of Terre Haute, popular
German of that day, who could address
German audiences in their own tongue. The
Republicans were defeated in 1858, but
LANCE was nominated again in 1860 and
elected. and renominated and defeated in
1862. In 1868 the Republicans nominated for
secretary of state Max A. Hoffman. of Lo-
gansport, relative of the Illinois Hoffman
mentioned above. Shortly after this the
legislation began which resulted in alienat-
ipy most of the Germans from the Ranuh-
lican party, but they were an important
factor in the organization and early sue
cesses of the party.