The Indianapolis journal., 1883-05-10
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS,

AN immediate cessation or great diminution in
the coinage Of silver dollars, the payment of
the greenback debt, and the withdrawal of all
small notes from circulation, are the steps
necessary to put our currency on an immovable
and unassailable basis.-Louisville Commercial
THE Supreme Court of the United States has
once more decided that State has the right to
regulate the charges of railroad companies
within its jurisdiction, Notwithstanding prov-
sons in their charters permitting them to fix
such charges. This principle will have to be ac-
cepted as finally established after whiie.-New
York Times.
THE Republican party has condemned bossism
1t has given its public men notice that it must
he ended or that there will be reorganization.
The voters must be fairly represented in party
management. They do not exist for the benefit
of any one man or clique of men, They have
their own interests and those of the country at
heart.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
PERSONS who are engaged in the retail liauor
traffic should beware of lawyers, able and other
wise. 1t is certain that there is to be end of
the freedom of trade in liquors in Ohio. Public
sentiment demands that much. 1t is absurd in
the retail dealers to be banding together and
paying heavy fees to lawyers to fight taxation.-
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
WHAT is surprising is that. while he president
Artnur) is strongly disliked by the political man
ayers of his party, the civll-service reformers
have scarcely ever let slip an opportunity to
misrepresent and villfy him. If they we're wise
or if they were less strongly partisan, they
would gladly recognize the effective help he has
given the reform for which they pretend to be
anxions.-New York Herald
OUR belief is that in this lthe tariff as in other
matters honesty is the best policy 1t is at least as
likely TO secure us a victory as dishonesty: ana
all things being even we prefer to be honest.
Meanwhile, we cannot see how Governor Cleve-
land is to dlssipate the superstition against his
location or catch sufficiently to the controll-
ing idea OF the time to lead 1t. He may do IL,
but we don't see how The blood OF the West
and South is up, and 1t Is united-LOulsville
Courier-J ournal.
The feeling of popular relief will be heightened
by the recollection OF the apprehension that the
Supreme Court, since its reorganization, could
not he looked upon as an anti-corpOration bench
The fear was widely expressed that the Granger
cases were about to be overthrown, and all that
had been gained by years of effort in the strug-
gle to restrain corporate power would be lost
But the reverse has happened. The court has
rivited all its decisions in favor OF the power of
the State to regulate, and it has closed the last
loophole of escape for the corporations from
submitting to the exercise OF this pOwer.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
NOTHING is more remarkable in recent En-
glish politics than the steady numerical growth
of the Conservative party. While overwhem-
ingly defeated by count of members In 1880, it
polled a larger popular vote than ever before
It's gross vote in the larger constituencies rose
twothirds from 1868 to 1880, and in all the
CONTESTED" seats 1t won In England-about one
third of the whole-its vote rose One-half. None
but the broadest deductions are possible from
these facts, but they point TO n possibility of a
Conservative majority, which to-day gives en-
couragement to party whose pollcy ls opposed
to all the progress OF the times.-Phiadelphia
Press.
IT requires no argument to prove that the
Phoenix Park murders, so far from being polit-
Ic al in their Origin and purpose, gave n stagger-
ing blow to Mr.. Parnell's prestige and power
Planned and executed by a small band of des-
peradoes, they paralyzed the only political party
In existence in the island, and left PROSTATE
people helpless and desparing. Mr. Parnell
represented all that was distinctly political in
the Irish movement. The assassinations were
the work of irresponsible criminals represent
ing neither people, party nor faction, acting
without motive, possessing no influence and an
imated solely by spirit of diabolcal hate.-New
York Tribune.
THE United States government can be under
no obligation to protect an assassin who may be
charged with completely in that dastardly crime
Let the evidence OF guilt be presented-and IL
must be evidence that will satisfy their own
tribunals-and Americans will derive supreme
satisfaction from surrenderiug such miscreant
to the British authorities to he punished for his
crime. In doing this they will not violate the
sacred right OF asylum enjoyed IN both countries
by political refugees. They will only be doing
what England would have done II Guiteau, after
firing the fatal shots, had contrived to cross the
ocean. and had proclaimed IN London that he
was not a murderer, but pOlitcian-a stall
wart of tho stalwarts-eVen Presldent.Inaker,