The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-25
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

WHEN a man thinks another is likely to assault
nun, the Southern way-the way of those VINO
appear TO control public opinion in the South.-is
10 snooL the suspected person In his tracks. The
better Northern way to have him put under
bonds TO keep the peace. This plan is much more
conduclve To public order than the Other.-St.
Louis Globe-DemOcrat,
If Mr.. Evans is honest, capable and indus
trlous-and General BristOw, who knows him
well, says he Is all that-then his appointment Is
proper one and cannot fail to "add strength to
the administration" 1t may not please the
political manipulators but it is sure to please
the people, because what these want Is an hon
est administration OF the government-New
York Herald.
PARTY out of power, and trying to recover
public confidence, never gains anything by
cheating. Before they can deserve to be intrust-
ed with the vast responsibilities of government,
men must first have enough manhood to avoW
their Intentions. II they lack either the candor
to say or the ability to determine whether they
approve or oppose an existing tasiff, they have
something to acquire or to learn before the
country will trust them.-Eew York Tribune.
SO long as the Irish Catholics in this country
are lett free to plot and scheme against The Brit
Ism government and supply their home brethr en-
with the sinews of war. just long will Ireland
be Kept In q disturbed condition. The Pope can
not he ignorant of all this, and he might well
expect TO kill dog by chOppng off its tail as to
nope to put down Parnell agitation by exempt
ing the Irish in this country from the commands
lald upon the Irish ChUroh.-ClevelandL Leader.
IT Is not likely that the jury system will be
abolished, or modified to the extent that has
been proposed. 1t is very likely that improve
ments will be made i'll 1t IL we are not prepared
10 resign ourselves to the habitual mockery of
Justice To say nothing Of the delays and dsa-
greements, ending In new trials, appeals and
other hardships which are common in civil suits.
| There Is not q week which does not furnish some
such horrible burlesque upon Justice in the trial
or criminals as the Thompson case.-St. Paul
| PiUneer-Press.
| DYNAMITE cannot destroy despotism, and the
kHlng o. tyrant does not Kill the tyranny.
| band OF cOnspirators however bold and self-sac-
| rlnclng, cannot achieve liberty. The people
| alone can do that, and when the people of Rus
sla are ready for the fall of autOcratic and absO-
ute government IL will fall in spite OF all efforts
| TO uphold IL. The educated, liberal and pro-
gressive Notwithstanding in numbers every
| year know what Is the true and only source of
| political salvation, and working upon the
| people.-St. Louis Republican.
| THE balance of evidence points to q decided
progress in public opinion toward a couserva-
tive regulation of the liquor traffic, distin-
| guished from free liquor on the one hand and
| prohibition on the other, and with this opinion
the Republican party Is likely to be in harmony.
III the brewers, or Others in the liquor interest.
array themselves against it, the result Will be to
take some votes from the party, but, in the long
run the party will be strengthened rather than
| weakened. And, IN any case, the party will not
and ought not to stand with the liquor interest
| against all reguiatiOn.-New York Times.
| WHERE man apprehends peril to his life as
| the result of threats he should at once secure
the arrest of the threatening party and have him
| held in bonds to keep peace. This step
would show u paciticatOry disposition on the
part of the man threatened, and II thereafter he
be more lenlency in the public mind to the
| magnitude OF the crime committed in checking
| an aggressive danger. Failure to take the step
| proves that theSperson threatened is moral
| coward, who stands ready to shoot his enemy
| when he may obtain the advantage.-ChicagO
| Inter Ooean.