The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-14
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

1T is certain that the best state of society is
not found where absolute prohibitions attempt
ed. On the contrary, the best condition o. seci-
ETY. with respect TO obedience TO law and to the
safety and peace OF citizens Is found where there
ia hrm and wise restriction and regulation of
the trafhc in lntoXlcanls.-St. Louis Republican.
THE communal system of labor would soon
| grow unpopular through the lmpOssbility of
dealing with shirks ana inferior men, COmpe-
| tent and Industrious men would tire soon of per
mltting Inferior ulfn to share equally with them
selves. Some system of rewards for merit would
have TO be inslItuted.-St. Louis Globe-DtmO-
GRAFT.
come forward in a manly way and end the strike
at once by protferlng increased pay 10 all who
| merit it, and giving assurance of future accord
and mutuality of interest between employers
| and employed in the telegraphy of the country.
It is the duty of the Western Union To do So
nrst. because IL is right and, next because it is
| in all respects Observation-Disclosures Times
| THE issue of reform touching abuses in the
public service lies In a change of policy in APP
pointinents to and retentichs in office and not in
turning one party out and putting the other in
while the system which is the source of evil re-
| mains. The issue of reform touching extravac-
ance in public expenditures lies in a CHI ange of
| policy In collecting revenue and not in taking
| the control of disbursements from one party and
| giving 1t to anOther.-New York Times.
THE probability Is that the present symp-
| toms, If met with even ordinary intelligence
and conservatism by bankers, will pass off with
no other effect than the good one of a warnin e
| to bankers to take in sail, and TO withdraw from
| great risks in produce corners, and to be con-
| tent with moderate profits and To seek for some
plan OF concert of action and of combining a re-
| serve and policy for preventing panics, and for
| controlling them when they arIse.-Cincinnati
| Commercial Gazette.
1HE field for the negro, as 1t has been for
| every other citizen who has been hOnored by
| his fellows, is to make for himself first charac
ter and a competency. These do come ex-
cept after much honest effort. 1t will be years
before the belief can be overcome that the negro
| vote is purchasable. While this is true, the ne
gro cannot hope to be more respected than the
white loafer who sells his vote. Nor can his race
hope to exert an IL f1uenoe until it becomes more
| intelligent.-Louisville Commercial.
| If there are any banks which have been given
up TO the use of desperate operators, they may
| be forced into suspension. The effect of the
traordinary depression in the stock market will
undoubtedly spread over a good deal of ground
1t will check all kinds of speculation, make the
| banks more cautious than ever in advancing
| money even for meritOrious enterprises, and
will cause business men, large and small, to con-
| tract the volume of trade within their
| tanned and assured resources.-Chicago Tribune
NOTHING can ALLEVIATE even the warmest pub.
| lie sympathy so quickly us acts that betray the
| lawless character of mOb-acts however
which it is next to an absolute impOsshlity for
a strike of a large number OF operatives TO pre-
vent or avoid, as, however well organized they
| may he, they have no means and power OF
| exacting the least obedience to what ia a mere
perfunctory authority The best organized
| strike is an appeal to unknown quantity
| with the chances enormously against the re-
| sponse hoped for.-Chicago Times.