The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-01
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

The internal revenue system would never have
been created except for the stress of civil war,
and it ought to be abolished at the earliest pos
sible moment. The taxation of spirits, malt Ii
quors, aud tobacco should be left to the States.
- New York Sun.
1T is clear enough that whatever shape tho
present cabinet shall give to the new reform bin,
1t will find itself in troubled waters. And it is to
the high honor of English Radicals that they
choose to face the peril OF temporary defeat
rather than bear the stigma of completely in
legislation unjust TO their irish felloW-citlzens
New York Sun.
ONE thing clearly within the power of the
State TO do is to forbid human greed 10 make
"unearned increment" by letting houses thar
are fever-dens and crime-nurseries When all
has been done by this exercise of the police
power that is possible, 1t will be time enough to
discuss whether it would be wise for the State to
replace individual property III land by common
property Chicago Tribune
THE pardoning power certainly should be linn
tied in It's exercise to TWO cases-when the con-
Wet is IN dying condition and wishes 10 die in
the hands of his friends, and when there is rea-
son TO believe. after full rehearing of the evil
dence that the finding of the jury or court was
wrong The public interests in this regard would
be mnch safer in the keeping Of board of par
dOns.-Cncinnati Enquirer.
WITH the multitude who are tired of the every
day current of affairs, Blaine is an undOubted
favOrite. This element, which is by no means
small, would have rejoiced at any row he might
have been able to kick up in any quarter OF the
world any sort of preteXt. But the sober,
good sense of the country is undoubtedly in
hearty accord with the pOlley OF PRESIDENT Ar
thur and his admnist ratiOn.-Phlladelphi Rec
ord.
THE true policy of tariff should be to equal
iZe the labor of Europe and America. This is all
the protection that Am eriean capital needs, and
this Is the protection that American labor needs;
and this it may have without creating a surplus
revenue, the distribution Of which will tax our
craftsmanship or render it necessary to collect
internal taxes by the national government for
the benefit Of the States.-CincinnatiC Commercial
Gazette.
None of the plans proposed go to the root Of
the trouble, which is, that the currency, placed
upon disappearing deDt, is threatening TO go
with it. 1t is possible TO prOlong its existence,
but, unless prepared to MAINTAIN a per-
manent national debt, the national bank cur
rency gradually must disappear, unless some
other satisfactory basis can be agreed upon, and
this, in the present divided state of public
opinion on the currency question: does not seem
very probable.-Philadelph ia Press.
THE more this tendency to anticipate the law
is INDUCED. moreover, the more will society
yield to it, until presently the administration OF
justice will fall into discredt altogether, and the
caprice of mobs will decide questions OF life and
death habitually. 1t is evident that an effort
should be made to check this dangerous and de-
moralizing tendency to mob law, and II 1t is I'M
possible to bring such mobs to account for their
msdeeds, an appeal must be made to the calm
Judgment and good sense of American citizens
everywhere to protect their own best interests
by diseOunten aeing and condemnng these law
less Outbreaks.-NeW York Tribune.