The Indianapolis journal., 1883-07-26
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

SHOULD this fight be kept up much Ion ger a
new telegraph company will he the probable
outcome With capital waiting for profitable ia
vestment and enterprise and skill eager for en-
ploymenf, the people need not call on Hercules
or the government to help them.-Pniladc. phia
Record.
1T would be idle to say that the service of the
telegraph companies is as good usual. hut
they are evidently doing their best The Wesi-
ern Associated Press, not furgetful OF the de
mands upon 1t, is sending all the matter that tho
wires can possibly accommodates and we arc
tnus enabled to keen up with the process ia
the matter OF news.-LOulsVille COurier-Juurual
OHIO will be Republican this fall as she a{
ways is when the whole strength C lie party Is
put forth, and if President Arthur succeeds in
uniting the party in New York-and the promise
is clear that he will-why, the delegates from
the Republican States in the next national Re-
publican convention Will name the mkt Presi-
lent of the United States.-Cincinnati Commer-
oial Gazette.
THE pressure upon the telegraph companies
from Within and from without 10 yield 10 the de-
and ma 1t the operators grows daily harder to re-
ssd sisd: Inc me Western Union company is losing
SZoO,O0O a day by the strike, and the public is
flplqly losing patience with it. 1t is good limo
Tor Jay Gould to lay the blame on his wicked
partners, rebuke them, and come out as tho
operators friend.-New York Times
THE great reverence the American people have
for The martyr President could not be transfer
red to his son If he were not worthy of it. Tho
party may be sentimental, but not to that ex
tent, and Robert Lincoln would not ask IA nomi
nanon based merely on q sentiment in favor o.
MS father. In the hOmely hut ant language OF
his father, he would say, "Let every tub stand
on Its own bottOm."- Richmond Palladium.
UP to this time the public has been patient
with the corporation But that patience cannot
last much longer. The commercial public, which
suffers great losses daily, will presently iInpera-
lively require the company to do its duty, and il
II refuses, will hold 1t to its just respon Jibity.
When that time comes-and it is not far off-it
will be no excuse for the company to say that it
could not agree with Its wOrkmen. With that
the public, which is entitled to the usu of the
telegraph, has nothing to do.-New York Her
aid.
VERY few people would he sorry IL the strikers
OBJ aimed material advantages. AS the case
stands to-day, 1t is nothing else than a trial of
strength, the cost of which is borne directly by
the contestants, and indirectly by society at
large. The prospects are that the terms of peace
will be different from those terms which occa-
stoned the conflict, and that one side, at least
will do itself the honor OF Offering terms The
sooner this is done the better iG will be. For
everybody must wish that the present struggle
shall cease as soon as posslbls.-Boston Adver.
tiser
A VERY small spark may vet come to start
very lurid fame One short season of famine,
and neither the tenements nor the persons of the
Vanderbilts and the GOulds would be safe during
"A single night from the fury of the mob. This
particular menace may pass away. But the
greater the victory OF the Western Union the
greater will the sting left behind, and, II those
who are masters of the situation be really AS
sagacious as they are shrewd, they viii apply to
themselves a new reading of an old ma kim, and
decide that lberality, like honesty, is the best
policy.-COurier-Jo ournal
WOULD it help us any If, instead of feeding
workmen here, who make our own iron, and
woolen and cotton goods, we should go to Eng
land for these products, and send thither
smaller quantity of grain and meat to feed the
half-s.arved wQrkers2 True, cannot sell MS
much of our products abroad as would, be-
canse the higher level of living and of prices
here increases the cost of production; hut is iI
desirable on that account to push down our labor
and prices TO the level OF other counsries9 The
evil Of Over-production In certain branches will
cure itself soon. But nations stagnate for geI.-
eratiOns, aud even for centuries, without fird!ng
cure for degradation of labor.-Nsw York
Tribune.