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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1902
Page
5
A window into editoral and subscription pages of the Indianapolis Daily Journal. News items touch Indiana politics with references to coal strikes, Republican perspectives, and calls for enforcement of the Sherman act. The piece notes figures like Attorney General Knox and Senator Hanna touring Indiana, along with editorials on tariff revision and labor issues.
The article argues for strict discipline in military and police to suppress violence and maintain law and order. It states soldiers and officers should not let personal sympathies influence actions under orders and calls for severe discipline if they do. It cites New Orleans as an example where such sympathies have caused embarrassment and emphasizes maintaining ascendency of law.
The Detroit conference on the strike closes after a debated session likening modern labor disputes to the 1894 railroad strike. Mayor Pingree's 1894 actions, including arbitration appeals and a mass meeting, contrasted with the recent assembly urging broad presidential and state measures seen as more radical and legally doubtful.
The piece argues that free trade papers miss how British industry long led in monopolistic combines. It cites a Contemporary article by H W Macfarty noting trusts in cotton, alkali, India rubber tires, and steel rails, with firms like Armstrong & Co and Vickers absorbing rivals to consolidate capital and control prices across sectors.
A vast horse show begins Monday in Indianapolis, organized by local business leaders to honor public spirit and enterprise. The weeklong event features extensive, varied attractions with high-quality horsemanship, all offered at surprisingly low admission, and aims to please a broad Indiana audience despite rising living costs seen in Chicago and coal markets.
A West editorial urges limits on coal company claims after a letter from David Wilcox to President Roosevelt. It argues miners act within rights by quitting work and notes the antitrust argument against the union lacks basis. The piece also previews a Noblesville gas case over an 1887 franchise and company withdrawal.
A collage of quips from Puck Brooklyn Life Chicago Tribune Philadelphia Press and New York Weekly features witty lines on romance money social status and church fundraising. The snippets showcase light satire on manners and class with characters debating wealth, marriages, and community efforts.
The Interstate Grocer of St Louis reports a plan to form a single corporation including every wholesale grocer in the United States. George D Hanford of New York leads the effort with initial meetings to begin after November 5 in Detroit. The proposal calls for one central office in New York to handle buying for all member firms and to reduce initial costs by purchasing in bulk.
G A Schnull of Schnull & Co a leading Indiana jobber dismisses an Interstate Grocer merger plan as impractical and unlikely to involve state wholesalers. He recalls a promoter visit months ago and says grocers would not join. A O Connor of M O Connor & Co and others likewise paid little attention to the scheme.
Bloomington crowd fills opera house as Senator Beveridge delivers a 90 minute address on the Philippine question and trusts. He argues against abandoning Spanish era gains and notes trusts are not born of tariff law. He later visits the Gentry stock farm and speaks to Indiana University law students.
Portland Indiana gears up for a major political gathering to host Senator Hanna on October 24. Organizers list committees for general arrangements reception music rail service advertising finance decorations and dozens of local volunteers.
In Jefferson County Indiana a heated political drive continues with John T. Ellis of Anderson speaking three times this week. At Volga a large crowd, mainly Republicans with some Democrats, heard an eloquent address. The county leans Republican but the race for representative M. R. Sulzer and circuit judge Perry E. Bear dominates. Crops abundant. Madison booming as Democrats press the stiil-hunt while Republicans push front-line campaigning.
J Frank Hanly spoke to a large Richmond audience at Phillips Opera House outlining Indiana state issues and Republican stewardship. He compared state government to a private corporation, urged voters to judge directors by results, and argued Republicans fostered prosperity while aiming to curb trusts without harming beneficial enterprise.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Wabash Ind Oct 10 Frederick Landis Republican nominee for Congress finished a three days canvass in Wabash county speaking in ten towns four on Monday and three on Tuesday and eight more planned for Wednesday Local reports indicate broad public interest and favorable reception across communities.
On Tuesday and Wednesday he spoke in three pisces localities with county candidates present. In Wabash area he held a meeting in Lafontaine after a promised committee tent failed to appear. Large crowds filled the town hall while many attendees waited outside unable to gain admission. His tour is described as one of the most striking in the county with a final rally planned in Wabash and another tied to Senator Hanna's visit.
Marion Indiana October 10 Republican committee plans a large rally on October 16 at Fairmount with speakers Senator C W Fairbanks G W Steele Frederick Landis and James F Statesman. Delegations from Grant County towns and along the Interurban railway are expected.
Lawrenceburg lawmakers list Charles Bleistein Charles A Schafer Jacob Decker John Hoag Andrew F Sedam Benjamin F Elisbury William D Kennedy Elias J Roof Albert T Gridley Louis J Schweichert William Schulz for local offices including clerk of circuit court county auditor and sheriff plus state senator and circuit court judge. Delaware county Republicans push precinct meetings to secure full vote on November 4 amid apathy and hard work. Frederick Lands speaks to glass workers in Marion drawing favorable response.
A college fair in Crawfordsville saw students steal an automatic foghorn worth 75 dollars, intending to use it at football games though police expect it not to reappear. Wabash College showcases debate plan, oratory course, and extracurricular growth with new literary societies, basketball practice, and band formation as Coach Wilson shapes football.
The paper highlights include hunting doge with a famed trainer and opium smoking as a rising vice, plus notes on growing visitor influx to Indianapolis, freight car shortages, and locomotive power limits. It also lists new Hoosier books, short stories, a detective sketch, and Caliopean Society programs with multilingual talks.
Hanover Indiana October 10 President Fisher departs for the Washington and Jefferson College centennial in Washington Pa He will preach a centennial sermon on Sunday and the class of 37 of which he is president will hold a reunion Tuesday The college will award LL D degrees on Wednesday The football team will travel to Louisville with about fifty rooters led by Professor Hood The German and Latin clubs meet weekly the Latin Club reviews Gaesar and Virgil and the German Club of about forty will start with the Erste Lesebuch The mandolin and glee clubs are practicing Freshmen last night clashed with two prep classes leaving a few with bruises and eyes blacked as the preps were kept in custody until late
Aurora Indiana announces a new football squad with Charles Jobst as manager and Robert Cobb as captain. A game will be played at the barn tomorrow with the team slated to compete in forthcoming fixtures.
Terre Haute hosts three college games tomorrow with Franklin College facing Rose Polytechnic, Indianapolis Manual Training High School meeting Indiana State Normal, and Terre Haute High School playing Rose Polytechnic second team. The Rose game is on campus, the Normal Manual Training contest at Three I League baseball park. The Rose Polytechnic athletic panel approved players Bowie Pine and Williams for home games, bringing captain Bowie into tomorrow’s game versus Franklin College. The Normal team, stocky and inexperienced, shows promise after a tougher first outing against Terre Haute High School, with better practice anticipated and potential for solid team play.
Franklin Ind October game trip as Franklin College football heads to Terre Haute to face Rose Polytechnic Institute. Practice shows improvement though not at peak. probable starting lineup listed with Webb Silver Eichleff Roach Pritchard Tincher Sellers Bryan Miller Waggener Branigan.
The American Street Railway Association closes its convention in Detroit with officers elected including President Jere C. Hutchins and Vice Presidents W Caryl Ely W Kelley Schoff and P S Arkwright. Papers on technical topics are presented and Chattanooga is invited for next year. The Street Railway accountants association also elects officers led by Henry J. Davis and W B Brockway.
The U S gunboat Princeton has landed at Sean Nagasaki with the crew of the American schooner Otella Pederson Capt Hansen. The vessel sailed from Whatcom Washington on a run to Hong Kong when her rudder was damaged on October 5 in latitude north longitude 126 east.
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