Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1893 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL,

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1893.

MB. FOULKFS DISCOURSE

Progress Clnb Well Entertained Upon a Popular and Profitable Theme, Wealth Breeds Ccrmrticn. as Shown Ij History Remedies: 1'allct. Civil-Service and -ii Keform, Net Socialism. The rroprces Clnb was yesterday addressed by Hon. William Dudley Fonlke. of lZicmond, upon the subject of dangers to oar republican institution!. The discourse was an intellectual treat in its wealth of hUtorio information, in the force, fairness and thoroughness of Us argument, and in the simple and scholarly elegance of its presentation. It tras especially valuable to its hearers in its illustration, fcy means of nistorio examples, of the growth, decline and death of republics of ancient and medieval times, according as liberty nourished and was shared equally, cr ivas perverted and undermined by the Tery prosperity and culture which it engendered. The secret of the decay of Carthage, wbich through five hundred years was the great republio of the world, of the fall of Home, of Venice, of Florence and other cities which became great under popular government and then decayed, was the corruption due to the sequestration of wealth in the hands of a few. This was the theme of the dUconrsa In its relation to the American KcDubhc. In speaking of the forces that govern ociety, Mr. Foulke said there are two of general nature: one centripetal, the other centrifugal. It secession, m the war of extermination of slavery, had provailed, the controlling force, he said, would havo been centripetal, and States would havo become separated and subject to wars, and the proud name of America would have cono down in weakness and scorn before the nations of the world. The picture presented of what would havo followed the triumph of secession was most elective, and absorbed the attention of the audience. 'in approncbtna tho American application, Mr. Foulke said he is not a prophet of ovil, but the lesson of history as regards the weakness of republics is very plain, and InsDires solemn rellection as to tho perpetuity of our own government. In our very prosperity, he said, ther are the same conditions of weakness the accumulation of individual wealth beyond any period in bi story. It is incumbent, therefore, to discover whsther there are resources in our body-politio which may be used to nullify and destroy the baneful agency. It is woll, be continued, toanalyzo our prosperity and our very pence, to discovr whether these conditions do not breed tho most insidious of dangers. Ho then continued: WHENCE MAY COME DISASTER In what way, then, would disaster bo most likely to come! What aro tne greatest peril which bow beset our institutions! Some of our contemporaries think that they see great dancer In frhat they call the Ignorant foreign vote, in k tho Vast waves of Immigration which beat with Inireaslng force upon our shores. Borne of the tnore nervous aud hysterical look for every sort fit calamity from what they consider the insldous efforts of tho llornau Catholic Church to bmleraino and ruin our free Institutions. But these prophet are upon the wrong scent. Tho tonlonol many rcccs has added to the strength find energy of our own. The evils of ignorant nimlgratlon disappear la a generation. The 'calamities which follow from religious tyranny aro too deeply Imprinted in onr memory and ingrained into our ha bits of thought to leave us In nny great danger from tho repetition of them. Tho world has outgrown religious tyranny, and If the designs of tho church were ever so despcrato there la not the slightest danger that they could ever be carried out. But there is no such diabolical purpose on the part of our Cathollo fellow-citizens. In spito of all assertions to the Contrary home has changed, not perhaps in matter of dogma, but it has changed greatly lu the manner in which It fro pose 3 that dogma upon the consciences of mankind. Others tell us that there is great danger in the frrowtn of tho principles of anarchy and disorper. But the apostles of this now gonpel of lawlessness and blood, InalguBlcant In point of number, offer no such attraction for tho spread of their theories as to make them really formidable. The actual danger is far moro Insidious. It comes from those who themselves stand a the pillars of tho existing order. as one who has enjoyed a share of its blessings I havo certainly no prejudice against tho acquisition of wealth. A reasonable amount of Property honorably acquired and fairly used is o object of lust reproach. But wealth is power. Great wealth isi great power. Our rioh men aro accumulating the largest fortunes that the world fcas ever seen, and tho power of arms and runk and casto which have iu other countries repressed the growth of liberty may well with us prul their baleful substitute in the unscrupulous bso of the great power of money. That man controls the liberties of the people who controls the mean by which the people live. Them is no peed hero to recall the evidence that tho wealth tf the country is accumulating iu tho hands of a few in eonetantly accelerating ratio. Wo usod to think that we were free from any such endency. Tho prodigal ton spent what his hrlfty father had accumulated, and there was a Keneral circulation of property which could not bo kept in tho raiuo hands for more ttmu one or two generations: but tho fortunes now aro so Inormous that they cannot be squandered by mere prodigality. Time wlh not cure this disease, it will aggravate tho malady. The uiasiug of capital makes modest individual cntcrprmo in competition with l impossible. The great concentrated Interests can spend much to secure and retain legislation that will favor them. Every four years the campaign fund raited foruso 111 the single Btato of x"ew York runs up into hundreds of thousand, probably into icillious. There is no possibility that thesf expenditures can bo legitimate. They are made for the purpose of influencing the political action of a largo body of citizens by pecuniary considerations. If there orelsev.-Lerc money can purchase place. If the result of nn election depends upon tho amount of money expended, the substance of liberty is gone; It is only tho form and shadow which remains. The evils of plutocracy are greater than thoso of aristocracy founded upon birth. The development of bosses and rings Is a product 01 late years, and under the forms of republican institution our government may become tho most hateful of oligarchies. It u true that if tho evil becomes sufficiently palpablo tho people, long suffering, may rise ana overthrow the Iniquity. But tho lesion taught by history is plain enouch It Is that popular liberty Is In greater danger from the corrupt exercise of tho power of wealth than from any other enemy. It is evident that o;e of the fundamental dangers to republican government lies in tho perversion of the suffrage. The two great political parties of the present time am united In this opinion, but they mako a different application of It. Mr. Foulke here contrasted corruption of the ballot in the North rith the negro disfranchisement of the Eoutb, and said that one of these is just as bad as the other and the highest possible treason to republican government, lie thought, however, that tho evil in tho Con tli may correct itself, while corruption of the suffrage growa by what it feeds on. lie then continued: REMEDIES TWOFOLD. The essential remedies at our disposal to correct these evils are of a twofold character. First, the immediate at our dUpoal to mako the application of money and other corrupt Influences in politics more inconvenient and difficult. These measures are available at once. They aro availWHY IT IS SO Because Nature says sV Nature nevtr lies. Fhe S-ijs: "I impose the horrors of Consumption." She 1 says: -nhold. I give you the cure." Thucuio is a! hind, in DR. SCHEME'S PULMONIC SYRUP, the one compound f natural ajrmts which tells with swiftest and strongest force on tho lungs ami their approaches. Fifty - eight Years of Success o riven it the reputation rf a sperlfie la luii affection, fr.ra the common fold to tho direct Curiam?. too. Tho Marvelous Discovery lkt Lecamo a recognised standard remedy, and Is ty iay the test proved agent for Odds, C.uhs, Congestions. Inflammations, and Co'aeuruptluns, lu t!iO worM. Dr. fecheuck's Practical Treatise on Consumption, XjYcr CunauLdntan.1 Dy.-p-inU. mailed free on op. plkatUa. Jjr. J.IL ScLvncJiA Son, Philadelphia, l's.

able, but not complete. They stifle the evil, but cannot wholly eradicate It. The second series of remedies, which we will bo slower lu adopting, but which aro finally tnoro fundamental, are agencies to control the motives for corruption and the unfair distribution of wealth. Among tho ttrst. which seek to make the machinery for using money more inconvenient, are tho Australian ballot law, the corrupt practices act. Under the second are the reform of tho civil service and tho readjustment of our present system of taxation. The Australian ballot law has already done its nest work. It will do much hereafter, but it will still bo far from complete. Many venal voters can bo counted on to perform their promise without special supervision. Secret marks and devices will constantly bo employed. The election board themselves may lu many cases be corrupted when men learn better how this can be done; and at all events the man who sells his vote can be bought to stay away. The Australian ballot law is incomplete. Auotheravallablo remedy, hut of this came temporaty 6ort, is the, so-called corrupt practices act, which became a law in England a number of years ago and which has iwen adopted in a modified form iu some of tho States of the Union. The object of this act is to provide exactly what expenses shall be considered lawful lu any election, to require that a statement of theso expenses shall bo published and to provide that anything spent beyond the sum so published and allowed shall forfc.t the otllcc. This has worked well in Kokand and in this country also wherever it has been tried- It furnishes a more convenient way of getting at the question of bribery thaa the present law affords. It is now almost Impossible to say exactly in what bribery consists. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. Referring to his own experience in politics. Mr. Foulke said: I never had any experience in practical politics but once. I was a candidate for State eeuator from Wayne county. That county Is largely Republican, and a nomination by that party is equivalent to an election, but the nomination is mude by popular voto. The election is called by the county committee, at which erery Republican voter casts his vote. Any one can bo a candidate by announcing his name .and paying his share of tho expenses of the committee. But after announcing himself, he has practically a political canvas on his hands, lie must havo his ballot lists made out; he must know who his friends aio and use every means lu his power to bring them to the polls. It Is Impossible for one who has not been In this turmoil to conceive of the demands made on all sides for money to pay what are considered perfectly legitimate expenses, but where, in a given case, tho line is so shadowy that it Is hard to tell what is proper and legitimate an t what is not. Even the churches givo lairs, suppers, entertainments to which all candidates are specially invited, and those who go and act in the most liberal and "gcntlemanlY" manner inspire tho most favorablo fee lings. It was a matter of considerable satisfaction to me that I was sick in bed for two weeks before this nominating election aud unable to accept theso hospitalities, and at the same time in a condition to avoid o llense in declining them. Recurring again to corrective measures, tho speaker said: But thero i3 another remedy more permanent and radical, lnnsinucli as It take away tho motive for a considerable part of corrupt activity. Our political battles every four years are fought, in part, for tho principles involved, but in very great part, also, for tho ollices at stake. Nearly two hundred thousand places in tho federal government aro held up before tho people as the prize to be struggled for at tho ballot-box, and a much greater number of similar places under our State aud municipal government. A great proportion of the inuu who are guity of corrupt political activity are men who seek theso places as a reward for their work. When this temptation Is removed, that much of the corrupt political activity will lose its nourishment. Civil-service retorm proposes to take these offices out of politics, and submit them to comIetitive test, where those who can show that they understand tho duties to be performed, and who, upon probation, aro able and wilting to perform those duties shall be entitled to the places under fixed rules and laws, quite Independent of all political considerations. Of course political offices aro not embraced within the clvil-sorvico rules, but the great bulk of the places ' in our government are administrative and nonpolitioal, and to all such tho rules may properly extend. This reform tnust go 011 until it is completed, l'oiltical activity must be nourished by some healthier nutriment than tho spoils of ottlee. A system which has succeeded so well elsewhere can bo made to succeed here. But even after clvii-scrvlc 0 rc!orm shall have bsen extended to all noupolltlcal places under the government there w ilt still remain muoh to bo done. The influences which control special legislation In favor of classes, trusts and monopolies will still ho at work. Tho greater the concentration of the money power in the hands of thrso men tho strongsr will be their Influence If they cannot buy the people at tho ballot-box thoy may still buy the Congressman or member of the State Legislature. This lumtmso accumulation of wealth In tow hands should be restrained, flow can this best be donei SOCIALISM NOT A REMEDY. As a remedy against these Inequalities socialism is proposed. But it does not seem to me that the old argument against socialism has ever been answered. Tho highest incentive to labor, the strongest spur to the development of individual character, is tho individual reward which comes from that labor. Great exertion, great talents, should have great reward. The idler must go to the wall. The operativo who does his work by tho piece will accomplish moro than he who works by the day. The man who works for himself will do moro than ho who works for another, lie not only does more, measured by the objective result of his labor, but he docs more in the development of his own energy and character. IndividualIsm, after all. must bo at the basis of all permanent and healthy progress, f Applause. Nature has writteu this law in all grades of organic life. It Is the qulok eye. the swirt Wine, the &trong claw and the piercing talon which wins in the struggle for the development and growth of every raoe. The problem thon Is to take human nnture as we find it. to leave the incentive to individual exertion where it is, and at the same time to make a moro equitable distribution of wealth than Is done under tho existing system. What 'shall that bel Henry George proposes to make laud common property; not oomuou In respect to its enjoyment, but that the land value shfUl bo taxed a sum equal to Us rental. Tho value of land apart from Improvements Is conferred, ho insists, by society, not by the Individual owner, aud society at largo Is entitled to the proceeds of the value which it ooufers. Now It certainly seems reasonable that before society in the shape of taxation shall bo entitled to take from me or from you the proceeds of our labor it ought to llrst exhaust the proceeds of that which Is not producod by labor; in other words, the rontal value of land. That gives to labor a larger incentive than it has to-cay. Every dollar that it earns can bo kept free from taxation of every kind, at least until tho land tax has been exhausted. ' Mr. Fonlko hero entered into a discussion of tho George theory, and pointed ont that its greatest weakness Is in its purpose to confiscate all property in land, lie said he believed that as the years go by land will become more and moro the object of taxation, and concluded as follows, sotting forth ideas which are pertinoat to subjeots now belore the Legislature: The State which Imposes a high tax upon personal property keeps personal property away. In tho Eastern States even to-day there exists a system by which personal property Is estimated at praotlcally n nominal value and is scarcely taxed at alL This is not the law. It is a custom which has grown up in defiance of the law. And iu a general way it may be eald that in New York, Sew Jersey, Pennsylvania, and. indeed, many other States, personal property practically pays no tax at all. What is the result! Personal property seeks that place to abide in. Tho mon owning it, if other conditions are equal, lire where they pay the least tax. Wealth goes to the place where it pays tho least, and by its very coming it increases tho value of the land upon which the capitalist settles, where he locates his factory, and inci eases tho fund out of which taxation must be paid. Indiana has in this respcet one of tha worst tax laws imaginable. In that the ownership of many forms of property iu this btate Is practically impossible on account of its c.xecf&Ivo taxation. The final evolution of this kind or competition must result in the elimination of a tax on personal property. This may bo u long way ahead, but It will come, and by a similar rrocess the taxation of land apart from the improvements will finally como and supersede the tax upon land and improvement together. Take two adjoining Mates. In one the Improvements aro taxed, in the other laud alone. The tax upon the land diminishes its value: it is cheajer. The absence of tax upon the improvements encourages the building of them. A new factory Is seeking location. Where would it sol To the htate where every brick and stone Is taxed or to the State where all tho Improvements which it will erect aro free! What must be the final renult of such competltioul Sooner or later laud tax is sure to come. The general discussion was limited, owing to the lateness of the hour.

Woman's i'ir!iunxs Thera will be a meeting at the Propyhrum, this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, in the Interest of tho Womau'i Exchange. The constitution will be submitted and the names for the permanent board of managers voted on. The exchange will be started on a much broader basis than any existing exchange, unless it be Uoston. Mrs. Edward r. Hodges has accepted Tho position of temporary secretary and treasurer, and those unable to attend may send subscriptions to hT. Everyone who in interested iu the establishment of an exchago is cordially asked and earnestly urged to be present, names in a Meat Shop. The firo department was called to No. 26 fipruco street at ?;,0 yesterday morning to extinguish llatnes in tho meat shop of J rank (ueiser,1. originating from a defective Hue. Tho prorerty, which is owned XiY Joseph Allison, was damaged $200.

MANUFACTURE OF LOUNGES

Indianapolis FactoriesTnrned0ntl5Sf000 Conches Dnrinfj tho Past Year, Wheel Trust Factories Dointr Well Under the 'ew Coraranj New Uuildinjs on Ken- ' tacky Avcnua Invented an Oil-Burner. Thomas Madden, of the firm of Madden & Son, manufacturers of lounges, states that in the year U9J 153,000 lounges, in round numbers, were manufactured by the seven lounge manufactories, divided as follows: Otto hteohban, 40,000; Madden. & 8on; CS.COO; Indianapolis Manufacturing Company, E0.000; United States Company, tho Ott Manufacturing Company, Krause & Kramer and M. Cluno, 15,000 each. He says that while this was the largest production of any year in the history of the lounge manufacturers here, ho thinks there have been 3rears in wbich .more money was made on the prodnot. as margins last year were limited, so strong was competition. Mr. Maddon states that the year 18113 begins under very favorable auspices. Ho knows that some of the lounge manufacturers had on hand 43 per cent, more orders the first day of February than at tho corresponding date in 1S02. Indianapolis manufactures more than any two other cities in the world now, and is to have still another loungo manufactory. Clark & Scott is the name of the new firm, and they have leased a large building in the northwest part of the city in which to establish their plant New liuilrflnir on Kentucky Avenue. Kentucky avenue is soon to become noted for the industries located thereon. Tho. stone foundation is in for tho dtessed-beef storage house of Nelson Morris & Co.. the building to be seventy-eight feet in lougth by sixty in width, two stories high; and during tho mild weather of last week ground was broken for the dressed-meats storage and sales house of Swift & Co., on which a building one hundred feet in length by sixty in width is to be erected. Adjoining this John Deere & Co., dealers in agricultural implements, are to erect a building 120 feet long by 70 wide, live stories high. The material is now being placed on the ground. Directly opposite theee buildings, adjoining tho Indianapolis bolt und machine works on the east. John (iuedelhofer will erect a building VS" feet in length by 40 in width, three stories high, to no used for manufacturing purposes. The contracts for these buildings are all let. Work is being pushed on the Indianapolis electric-light and power house. Tho brick walls are ud and the iron roof nearly on. All along Kentucky avenue tho present industries are highly prosperous. Nair Wheel Company Prospering. Tbo Standard wheel works, which is tho outgrowth of the Woodbnrn-Sarven wheel works and lator the reorganized American wheel werks, is getting well on its feot' The company is now operating works in seven ditlerent cities. Tho general ofiices and most important of the works aro located at Indianapolis. In the general otlice are employed twenty-eight clerics, and at the works on the West Side 400 men. In the seven works 2,000 persons are employed. The demand for wheels is greater than the production of the seven plants, and the improvement to their business the last few months has been a great surprise. The company continues to export a good many wheels, and still retains the building in Boston which the Woodburn-Surven wheel works put up for their New England salesroom ana exporting house. Invented an Oit-Ilurner. T Charles Ingersoll, foreman of the shops of Ellis & Uelfenberger, has devised and secured letters patent on an oil-burner for shops and domestic purposes. He has named it the 'Success." Mr. Ingersoll claims that he can warm a room twonty feet equaro to a temperature of 60 ten minutes quicker than it can be done with natural gas. Distilled oil is used. The davico is placed in a stovo muoh like to the burner where natural gas is used. Oil is practically converted into gas. Tho inventor claims that its use is safer than that of natural gas. At his home o barrel of oil is placed in the woodshed and a small pipo run to each stove, and tho How of oil is regulated in the same manner that natural gas is. Iluildlng Government Mills. A fact not generally known is that tho United States government is an extensive buyer of Hour-mill machinery and as the cost is made secondary to quality, in this particular differing perceptibly from many individual buyers, it results in securing to an Indianapolis concoru the bulk of this business. Within the past year Nordyke fc Marmon Company have completed two full roller process Hour-mills for the government, both of fifty barrels daily capaoity and ecnipped on most modern lines. The last of these has just been finished at tho Fort lierthold Indian agency in South Dakota. Indianapolis Xioer Product. Tho four breweries in this city, in round numbers, in 1622 produced 150.000 barrols of beer, as follows: Schmidt's brewery, 70,000 barrels; Lieber's, SO.O0O barrels; Maus's brewery, 30.0JO barrels; the Home brewery, 0.000 barrels. About CO per ceut. of the product is cousumed in Indianapolis, and tho rest is shipped to cities and towns over the State, Industrial Notes. In the month of January tho Parry Manufacturing Company shipped 0.122 vehicles of the different models thoy manufacture. The sales or the mouth were 00.422 In excess of January, 1802. Ellis & Helfenbergor aro nuttingin additional machinery preparatory to large ly increasing the production of the establishment. In their foundry a full complcusnt of men are at work on fnll time. The Lewis-Porter Cabinet Company contemplates enlaruing its plant this syrincr. Although a young manufacturing interest, the character of the goods it turns ont has built up an excellent reputation for the company's production. Indianapolis now has one of tho larccst seed houses in the West. F. C. Hnutin,xton & Co. have moved into the remodeled building. No. CO Fast Washington street, and now occupy three lloora 1D5 feet in length by 22 in width. The Indianapolis Chain and Str.mping Company, by considerably increasing its force, has been enabled to catch up with its orders, and on Friday last stopped working nights, finding that it is too wearing on the employes, and more expensive to turn out work than in regular hours. Charles Mayer & Co. last week contracted with the Indianapolis bolt and machine works for one of the largest freight elevators the worksbuild, for their large warehouse, on . South Mississippi street. Tho elevator is to be run by electric power, furnished by the Flectric Power and Light Company. The Jennoy Flectric Motor Company is building a number of dynamos, motors and other electrical appliances which the works manufacture for exhibition at the world's fair. The works are now quite busy, last week shipping a plant to Throe Kivers, Mich., one to Louisville and another to Wichita, Kan. George Evans, of the firm of Kichardson & Evans, has arranged to keop tho lloojier ilouring-mills running as usual. This mill has an excellent reputation for the Hour it produces, and thocompauy experiences but iittlo trouble 111 disposing of its product. which. 7. hen the mill is run to its full capacity, is 1,200 barrels of Hour a day. Phillips 4c Pattlson, manufacturers of pants, shirts, coats, etc., have moved into more commodious quarters on South Pennsylvania street. This firm does a jobbing business in the Central and Western States. This line of goods is fat coming to be recognized as a distinct branch in the jobbing buninetis throughout the country. The Century Cycle Company, which fs the reornanizedMaudard Uicvele Company, and has large capital behind it, is to con

siderably" increase its production to meet the demand for the bicycle it maunfacturcs. The company has leased a Ureeroom at Chicago, on Wabash avenue, to be its principal salethonso for the Northwest. The Indianapolis Frog and Switch Company has transferred about seventy-five of the men employed at the Indianapolis works to Soringtield, O. Indianapolis partially loses an industry throngh the unreasonable price a wealthy capitalist of this city held ground adjoining their works, which provonted tho purchase of it and tho enlargement of the works. Betkerifc V inserter, of Kashville. have purchased the Kaschig cigar and tobacco store, on Washington street, and are making preparations to move their cigar manufactory from that place to this city in a few days. Their present quarters nave become too limited for a trade that enterprise and energy have brouabt about and their business in this city willbe carried on much more extensively than heretofore. They will bring fifty people with them. At the Cerealine works, operation! will be resumed to-day in the two mills which nr completed, running day and night. No further trouble regarding water is apprehended, the ten-inch well which was sunk four hundred "feet, furnishing 50,000 gal.'ona a day, the water coming up in the wellto within twenty-rivo feet of the top. President Gent says that their pay-rolls now show 210 men employed, but when the other two mills are completed, fully 500 men will be employed about the works. Tho situation is improving with the Indiana Car and Foundry Company. The works now have orders which will keep them in operation until Auir. 1, building 100 Hicks patent stock cars, 200 box cars lor tho Pennsylvania Company. 100 box combination cars for the Illinois Central and other less important orders. The payrolls show i'.jO men employed. Tho wheel fouudry has not yet been put in operation, the llass wheel foundry now furnishing tho wheels. The president of the Bass Wheel Foundry Company, of Fort Wayne, is ono of the largest holders in tho Indiana Car ana Foundry Company. THE COURT RECORD. KUritEMK COURT. 1D'.M3. James D. Marsh vs. Laura E. Morris ot a I. Madison C. C. A formed. Howard, J. Tbo court need not regard the finding of tho jury on any purely equitable question. 2. Whoro an appeal is by one party questions arising under the pleadings of a coparty aro not to bo reviewed unless it Bhonld appear on the record that such pleadings entitled the oanarty to the relief asked for by appellant, and that the pleadings also entitled appellant to the benefit of the relief prayed for the coparty. 1C003. Phiruix Insurance Company vs. Martha Fielder. Tipton C. C. lieversed. Hackney, J. A debtor cannot, after a salo has been attacked as in fraud of creditors, claim that she now has tho right of exemption and thus perpetuate a fraud committed bofore 6he possessed that right. 2. An allegation that the defendant was at the time of the conveyance "a resident householder of tho State of Indiaua" is not equivalent to an allegation of facts constituting tho ri ght of execution. APPELLATE COURT. CCD. George Scott vs. Henry E. Norris et nl. Union C. C. Kehearing denied. lieinhnrd C. J. A plea in abatement is the proper way to present the question that an action was prematurejy brought. When, however, tho defendant couple; with his pleu matters which show that J can be sustained only by proof of facts requiring a reformation of the instrument 1 will bo insufficient, unless it contains alt J a prayer for reformation. SUPERIOR. COURT. Poom 1 lion. Napo:oru B. T Ttl;fc Nancy K. Kemper vs. J. Henry Smith; note. , Dismissed and costs paid. Xew Sails Filed. Blake-street Savings and Loan Association, No. 4, vs. Charles Wollenwebberetnl.; to forecloso mortgage. Koom 2. Blake-street Savings and Loan Association, No. 4, vs. Charles L. Wollenwebber et el.: to foreoloso mortgage. Koom 3. William Strong vs. Charlua Aneshaensel; accounting. Koom 1. John H. Jofies vs. William C. Soholieid et ah; damages. Demand, $25,000. Koom 3. aii'V CIRCUIT COURT. lion. Edjrar A. Brown. Judge. Komona Oolitio Stone Company vs. Wm. Koss et aL; account. Jury returned verdict in faver of plaintiff for 51,700. Indianapolis Brewing Company vs. Henry Baas ct al; chattel mortgage. Special finding of facts aud conclusions of law in favor of the plaintiilforS4tX).25. Borders cs Dukes vs. DelossKoot'a Estate. Claim allowed for 53.5. A etc Suit 8 Filed. Charles Pal ma vs. Maria G. Montanl; Buit on attachment bond. Demand, $200. Anthony Deniartine vs. Maria G. Montanl; suit on attachment bond. Demand, $800. CRIMINAL COURT. Hon. Millard F. Cox. JiiIza. State vs. Martin Hoffman; drunk. Guilty; fined and costs. State vs. , David Yeats; selling liquor without liceneo. Appeal withdrawn and costs paid. State vs. James Harrington; assault and battery. Appeal from Habieh. J. Trial by court. Guilty; lined 1 and cosls.

TIIEI IV A N'T RELIEF. . Small Incorporated Towns Complain of Bnrdens Imposed by the Election Law. To the Editor of tho Inuiananoils Journal; An important subject that intimately concerns tho citizens of every small incorporated town in this State demands, and should recoivo, tho immediate atteution and aotion of the Legislature. I allude to that part of the election law which provides that all town elections shall conform, in respect of publication in two leading daily or weekly nowspapers, to tho law that governs State or township elections. Section bo, page 5:1, of the law says that "when any town or city shall hold au election at any time, other than that of a general election, such election shall be held in conformity witn the provisions of this act," except that the duties required of certain county otlioers shall be performed by certain city or town othcers therein named. New Section 23, page SO, of the same act makes it the duty of tho county clerk to publish "in at least two newspapers within tbo county tho nominations to oilice," and that "ho shall make no less than two publications in each of such newspapers before election." There is a provision of law, also, prescribing what publishers shall receive for such work; and tho expense to small incorporated towns is a. burdensomo and unjust one, especially as notices in writing would servo the purpose better than publication where, as iu this village, the publication of elections must bo in papers edited at the county seat, eight miles away. To be more explicit, and to particularize, tbo bills brought iu by the two papers that published the election notices and names of tho candidates at this piece for the annual election of officers last May was 8;;0. aud. in addition, there was a cost of tor printing ballots. These 1 chaiges, let it be remembered, were strict- ; ly according to the law as speciiied in the statutes and mentioned above. It may be mentioned that these charges aro much less than would ordinarily be the case, as there was only one ticket iu nomination: and, had there been two or more the cost would have been proportionately increased. If this law is generally complied with the May elections throughout this State mast cost the people of incorporated towns many thousands of dollar?, which, in most cases, is sorely needed for other purposes. There is no good reason why this provision of law should exist, and it should bo at once revised. Many towns, it is true, have utterly ignored it. In this county, according to one of tho county papers, the law was ienored in every place except Warsaw and Claypool, which, if true, puts all the funds of theso other towns in ioopardy in case the otlicers, so-callod, are recreant, and renders overy ordinance passed null and voiil. Modilication, therefore, of the section of the statutes relatiut: to publication of election notices should , command the attention of legislators immediately, and would meet with general approval, as well as remove a burdeu from small towns that U altogether unjust and unnecessary. G. V. Kr.Tcni'M. Claypool, Inl, Feb. 4. Another V teran Protests. To tlo IM:t.r of tbo Indianaiiolis Journal; I noticed an article in the Journal entitled an "Indignant Protest," by James L, Ward, which ! heartily indorse. 2 am euro

he utters the sentiments of nine-tentbs or more of the Union soldiers, if it was left to a ballot. "To Mexicanizo our monument or not' Speaking of the Union soldiers being foremost in a great many good works. I will add that a disabled Union soldier, and a member of tho G. A. II. purchased American llags and gavo one to each of the schools in his township live years ago. 1 have traveled somewhat over the South since the war. and have visited rebel cemeteries at many places, to wit: At Harper's Ferry, W. Vs., around Winchester, Cedar Creek. Berry ville.Ne w Market, Mr.Jackson, Harrisonburg. Port Kepuolic. Cross Keys. Staunton and other places in Virginia, and Knoxville. Mossy Creek, Morristown, Strawberry Plains. Jonesboro, etc, in East Tennessee. At all these places monuments are very numerous to the dead rebels, and we do not remember seeing any mention of any war on one single stone at tho head of a rebel but the war of the rebellion. They generally had it, "He" or theyl died for the South,7' or "For Southern rights." "They died that the South might bo free," "Died protecting his home and country," ''Died resisting the invader of his Mate." etc. Not one reference to tho Creek, Black Hawk or Moxicau war in the whole lot. Are Southern rebel histories and newspapers, and these inscriptions for object lessons and the rebel flag liyiug at least over one academy which we caw, proper objects to teach Southern youth loyalty and love for the national government! The Mexican war is only mentioned down South as a pretenne to get on the pension list. Build a Mexican soldiers' monument on every square mile in tho State of Indiana, if you will, and we will not say you nay. but hands off the Union soldiers' monument. Those perverters ought to have a little shame and resign, and give their places to thoso who' will carry onght the will and design of the Union soldiers. T. IL B. Bakei Company E, Fifth Indiana Cavalry. Pekin, Ind., Feb. 4.

HOW ABUSES MAI BE CURED. Hon. J. B. Claypool's Suggestions for Reform in Management of State Institutions. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Recent and former investigations of our State benevolent and reformatory institutions disclose faots calculated to arouse both tho tax-payer and the humanitarian. That a greater effort is not made to remedy the abuses brought to light by these legislative investigations seems not a little strange, unless it be that the people feel that there is no hope for roform so long as tho Democratic party retains control of the Legislature. The plan of reform proposed, namely, to vest the appointing power in the - Governor, instead of the .Legislature, with reference to the appointment of the boards uoverning these several institutions moy lessen tho evils complained of, bnt will by no moans wipe them out. Boards of trustees appointed by a partisan Governor will not excel much in probity similar boards appointed by a partisan legislature. I venture, therefore, to suggest for consideration a system for the government of these institutions which, while not without objections, would, in my opinion, go along way towards correcting existing abuses. The Governor should appoint the superintendents of the asylums and the wardens of the prisons, with power to remove the same at any time; these otlicers should have full and complete charge of the institutions over whioh they preside to tho extent that the present boards of trustees now have. As a check upon the administrations of these officers there should be a State Board of tjEbarities (not an ornamental one) appointed by tho Governor, the mombers of which should receivo at least $2,100 per year each, whose duty it should be to thoroughly examino, at least every three mouths, each of the said institutions and report in writing to the Governor of the State the condition thereof, with proper recommendations. This board should be constituted as nearly ns possible on o nonpartisan basis, and should consist of five members. By the adoption of this plan thousands of dollars would be saved to the State, moro competent men would be placed in charge of our institutions ana th work accomplished by them would be of a much higher charaoter. J. H. Claypool, CoasERSViLLK, Feb. 4. TDE BICNC1E STRIKERS' SENTENCES. Organ of the Amalgamated Association Thinks Judjro Daker Was Lenient. Pittsburg Labor Tribune. Judge Baker, of the United States court at Indianapolis, Ind., has sentenced tne switchmen of the Lako Erie & Western railroad, who were so indiscreet as to interfere with the running of the road while they were on striko and the road in the hands of a receiver of the court. Take it all in all, tho Judge was lenient. Three men were bound in $2'J0 to keep the peace twelve months. Nine others were lined from l0 to S50 and given from ten to sixty days in jail. In addition to tho sentences a perpetual injunction was issued, restraining interference in any, way by the defendants with the property or employes of the company. In a proceeding in this matter some days ago Judge Baker at some length lectured the accused on the rights of workmen and employers, and it must be confessod that his language was kindly couched, his advice good and his law beyond question. That this kindly language meant something is proven by tho mild punishment, for, com pared with what he could have done, the sentences are merely a hint to men to remain within their rights when contesting for what they regard as their rights. It should bo clear to every workman that the law in every State and the federal law forbids forcible interference of strikers with the operation by others of the plant which thoso strikers refuse to work on tho terms at issue. They may use moral suasion, but such suasion must not trench on forcible interference. Thero is no two sides to this matter; 1 is the law, clearly decided on numerous occasions, and it is a plain fact gained by experience that nothing is to be won by infraction. The energy thrown into interference, such as that iu the Erie &, Western incident, would be'much better expendod m 'prosecution of tho corporation for any infraction of law of which it has been guilty. Sad News for Mossbacks. Omaha Bee. The President-elect has committed himself on ono subject of considerable interest to applicants for postotlices. lie says that it is not his intention to appoint men who served during his previous administration, lie proposes to pass aronud tbo rewards of Democratic loyalty and give all of tho boys a chance as far as the number of offices at his command will permit. Old IThiBkirs. For elegant old whiskies go to Casper Schmalholr. 2'. 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