The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-10

ure of land, of all education, and of the sanitary
interests of the community, show "A lalnentaole
want Of appreciation of the relations OF means
to ends.-New York Times.
We do not say that the existence of the papacy
Is bound up in Rome, ana could not continue
any wi else; but We do say that permanent re-
strength in varlons ways, gradually undermine
us supremacy ana finally reduce it to a mere
Louis Republican.
WHEN the working man is complaining of no
grievance, and when his relations TO his work
ana his employer are satisfactory, why should
ne ne compelled to strike because some OF ms
Fellow workers do not happen TO possess Il quail
hcatlon that is purely artificial in its nature ana
docs not IN the slightest degree affect their ann,
lty 10 perform the task that Is SET before them
New York Herald.
The civil-service rules, if enforced, will insure
capacity for work, and when capable officials
prove inefficient they may be turned ont. The
system of perpetual rotation is the bane of our
service. When a merchant gets q good clerk he
tries 10 keep him. When the government gets g
good CLERK II ought also to keep him. AS affairs
are now managed, We are half the time at the
mercy OF Observation-Disclosures Record.
II opponents of Il postal telegraph simrly
deny that in its function of MESA ge-hearer the
government should be permitted TO use the best
1acilitios and forward the messages intrusted to
II In the most rapid manner. But postal service
mas always been a government work. In the
course OF Improvement the best facilities have
Deen put into use, and they will be again. Inc
postal telegraph must Chicago tribune.
CHINA must yield. II not peaceably, then
IorclDly. There Is no other outcome. the past
must yield TO the future. Barbarism must give
way to civilization. France is in Tonquln. IL
cannot withdraw. 1t may lose in the attempt to
enforce Its claims. 1t cannot help but lose II IL
Withdraw from the strong position it has taken.
III China reads the handwriting on the wall and
accepts the decree of destiny, then all will be
well. If China resists, then France will have to
meet a grave respOnsibility.-New York World.
FRANK JAMES has found a safe refuge in the
fr1endliness of the people of the county in which
his trial took place. Only in the erudest form of
society would the mistaken idea of the character
OF the crimes in which he was engaged find open
expression in a verdict shielding MIN from mer-
tied punishment. The forms of law, the effect of
evidence, the obligation of an oath, are little APP
preciated by the people among whom Frank
James moved. Their appeal is made TO the PTS
tol or the knife, and not to the courts OF law.
philadelphia Press.
II press of the country, as a rule, sympa-
thizes with the cause of she workingmen IN so
far as their demands bear the stamp of reason
and common sense. Newspapers are public edu-
Gators, however. and if they did not expose the
folly of the eranks and demagogues of the Kear-
ney order they would fail of their duty. Ii Sen
ator Blair had a little more penetration and
earnestness himself he could find something
much more important to do, in connection with
the work of his committee, than getting angry
at the newspapers because they speak the truth
about its CONGRATULATIONS Times.