The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-23
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

THE truth ia, no form of property business
in the STATE, except that which is Of purely
benevolent character, should he allowed TO es-
care taxation. There should DE an effort to APP
prnXinate 10 an equitable TAX on all property
and business earned on for Individual profit.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
WE upprehend no Immediate danger in this
country from dynamite either az a political agent
ar rs the instrument of private revenge; and we
should be sorry to see need for anv such severe
law as the British Parliament has just enacted.
Still no harm would be done by taking reasona-
BILE precautions i'll the matter. York
Tribune.
are that the only issue between the two parties
in the presidential campaign will be fierce
rivalry in the cause OF protection, in which the
Democratic orators Will prove that the highest
protective tariff is tariff for revenue only, with
revenue from The tariff oniy.-Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette.
THE common rnHgh is a rough by instincr as
ISOLATION and force of ignorance If IL college
man, whose instincts, associations and enlight-
eminent should make u genJlemfn of him, pre-
fers To ne rough among rou.hs. he Is as much
worse than the common rough as deliberate
perversion of the decencIes can make him.-Na-
tional Republican.
UpoN the sanctity and purity of the family
circle depend in large degree the safety and sue
cess of onr institutions, the healthfulness and in
strongly the belief that whatever dehauches
marriage and debasrs the family tends at the
same time tn the corruption of the whole body
politic.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
WHATEVER evils or abuses there may be under
the prison contract system they can he remedied
withont its abolition. while experience shows it
to be Impossible under the public account sys-
TEN TO supply the motives aad the practical
qualifications for II prudent and skillfu conduct
of business, which shall make the prisons self
supDOrting.-New York Times.
RECENT ponr-house exposures in the old States
will tend to tnjure the character of those insti-
tutions. When iG is taken into consideration
thut the horrors brought to light have been
practiccd for Years, II will cause people TO look
10 the eleemnsyuary establishments in their
midst, to see IL there may not be something
wrong IN their conduct.-Cincinnat Journal.
WHY. with your hand in his mouth, kick the
linn2 Why have no bread rather than take thank
fully half II loaf2 In other words, why not base
Irish policy, in and ont of Parliament, upon The
real Irish SITUATION; the situation not ns 1t ought
to be. not as 1t may be In the far future butas it
is now and promises to remain at least until the
younsest child on Irish soil fills an cid mans
coffn2-St. Louis Republican.
THERE ia nothing in the history of the present
constitution of the Democratic party to warrant
the assumption or the hope that 1t would ne any
more honest or economical than the Republican
party has been. We do not believe il will ever
be trusted with power until the force OF law and
public sentiment are sufficient prevent IT from
making "a clean sweep" of the Offices With the
spoiis out Of iis reach, It may adopt "a public
policy that will commend 1t TO tho people-BOs-
ton Herald Tnd)
ARE we powerless, then, to restrain the conspi-
rators who Hre abusing the freedom of America
10 promote pillage and murder in foreign lands2
By no means But the restraint must be applied
NOT 10 their 'froth of WORDS bnt 10 their muir
derOus deeds The conspirators must be allowed
TO talk wildly and fOOshly they please;
hut wi,en talking of crime they proceed to com
nit 1t, either openly or secretly the law must
lay It's heavy hand upon therl.-Leslies Illus
trated Newspaper
THE onief effect OF the prohibition law in
Maine has been to drive the poor TO all SORTS of
undernand expedents 10 get liquor. while the
rich have ji.st much cripple rs they want. It
has encouraged ypoerisy and ir:ckery among
all classrs and has conferred compromising
benefit upon the community Maine Iags he
nd
inces in population, social progress and material
developments. It's crmnnl statistics fail To
show u decrease in crime.-Chicngo Herald
How mnch nicer and ha;ter would it he II, in
stead of holding 400 To 500 elections in the State
annually ON the TEMPERANCE gu -stion, the Lrgis.
1atnre should provide by general law for mil
form rate for keeping saloons ut $500 year,
leaving to each Locality the privilege of increas
ing the amount at lis pleasure. That would set
tie the liquor question for MI time IN this State.
II would furnish nll the municipalities of the
Snte with remuneraiive revenue, and reduce
the number and evils of saloons to the minimum.
--Chicago Tribune.
TIE 5wrtrs, Danes and Norwegians are en-
tirrly satisfied with one country at time. They
leave the old lands for good on coming to this
cOnntry. We never hear Of Swedish A niericaus,
NorweGiHn- Americans ana Danish 4 me rieans as
do of irish and German merIcans Possibly
In their love for this country and heir feeling of
entire adoption soma Srandlnavians forgot 10
state thai they were Northmen. They employed
80 good English in answering the interr0gatOiirs
OF the rensus-taker that they We're put down rs
native Americana. Chicago Times.
TIE world has reached IL stage in which Tho
old instnIions winch are based on arbitrary
puwer and inequality must PASS away. The de-
mand is growing more imperiOlls every year. In
what shape they may disappear rests npnn the
Wisdom OF those III power II the wisdom is lack
ing and there Is no yielding 10 the modrrn spirit,
n force will accumulate behind the barrier which
will mike a drrad sweep when It has reached
the needed height. Tnere are nc sueh barriers
ia the United Sintes; hence communism nr So
cialisn has no foundation to stand On.-St. Louis
Globe. Democrat