The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-24
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

THE Pr0hibitionists in Massachusetts seem to
be repeating the mistake of their brethren in
an independent State ticket at Boston, and in
dulged III q good deal of denuDciation of RepuD
hcanS-the only party that ever has befriended
the temperance cause at all-New York Trib-
WHAT other Ingenious scheme the lottery peo-
pie may devise to evade the postal laws remains
TO be seen. But they are likely to find the
part of Judge Gresham "A vigilantand aggressive
determination that the postal service shall not
be used directly or indirectly for purposes which
Congress has declared unlawful and public
sentiment condemns as immoral.-New York
Herald
Mr.. HENDRICKs's conduct is so different from
the old style of craftsmanship and party loyalty
that 1t Is proper subject for comment bv out
siders. We venture the prediction that his mo-
tlves will become so apparent and 80 disgusting
before the struggle Overthe nomination is ended
that he will not be able to secure even the second
place il his party commits the imbeclity of run
nlng the spectre or Granercy park at the head
of Its ticket.-ChicagO Tribune.
EVEN the deaths and disabilities caused by the
Use of stimulants and narcotics have their due
Influence, by decreasing the efficiency ana num-
Der OF laboring men, in increasing the wages of
those who are NOT dead or disabled. 1t is I'M
doubted truth that in taxing any kind of prop
erty Or time be given for the adjustment of the
tax To the business of taxpayers, the tax will so
diffuae itself as to become common burden, duly
prOpOrtiOned to the shoulders that should bear
lt-Phlladelphla Record.
EVERY Republican State convention held this
this year has cordially approved of the admins
tratiOn of President Arthur. Both factions of
the party unite i'll hOnOring hin. Probably he ia
not liked by the leaders of either faction, but
they all conscious that his course mas the ap-
pr0val and confidence of the people at large
ana they dare not, in the face of dangers press
ing ON the party, leave out that expression OF
praise which the rank and file of the party de-
mands, and which Nj. Arthurs wise, conserva
rive, patriotic and honest course as President
eminently deserves.-New York Herald. ~ .
CoREA has history extending back twenty
centuries. During that time it has held no in
tercOurse with the EatiOns Of The West, and its
customs have undergone little or no change It
begins relations with the United States, and will
doubtless soon form them with other countries
of the West. All the consequences of this new
departure are probably but dimy forseen either
by it's rulers or people. New and disturbing
ideas and things are likely soon to invade their
Observation-Disclosures, telegraph, telephones,
paper money, lightning-r0d men, trade-unions,
etc., and in few years the saIaam business will
be a tradition OF the past milwaukee Sentinel.
If there was reason to believe that the course
of The law would be swift and relentless, Judge
Lynch and his hideOIs mask would disappear
forever. The methods of procedure in criminal
eases seem to be cut out of joint with the times
The State pays for enormously expensive trials
protracted through tedious months and years,
and, in nine cases out of ten, the ends of justice
are defeated by the machinery which de-
signed To secure justice. The reform OF our
criminal la and procedure, OF our jury SYSTEM
and of the whole obsolete apparatus winch
brings che blind goddess into contempt, is a duty
which the legal lights owe their cOuEtry.-Min
neapuhs Tribune
IHE retirement Oi UDe per Genus. may aHeCb
the circulation, Tor in the place of the called
bonds the banks, If they want 10 retain their cir
culation. must deposit in the treasury the same
anon nj, either in "lawful money" or other gov
eminent bonds. AS the Issue of circulating
notes yields very small profit, an n AS other
bonds command high premium, some banks
may prefer TO give up the circulation affected
by the redemption of these called bonds, and in
this way contract the currency. Whatever may
be the effect upon the volume of national bank
notes, 1t is Unfortunate that the government
should he compelled to disturb the basis of the
national banking sy stem.-New York Times.
MIR. WATTERsoN, of the Courier-Journal, de-
clares, on behalf of the South, that the election
of Randall Speaker would be the demise of the
Democratic party. The New York Sun declares
that not 10 elect Randall will defeat the party in
the presidential election. One says that with
out the tariff reform flag the party's brains will
be out, and then il ought TO die; the other, that
any suspicion of hostility to the protective tariff
will he fatal. And now the Sun has discovered
that the question of extending the time of pay
ing the tax on the whisky IN bond is entering
into the election of Speaker, and threatens TO
explode the party. With all this and much more.
the wonder is that the party does not harmon
ize-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.