The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-04
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

We do not anticipate that the joy of tne De-
mocracy will take the form of a public jubiia-'
ton when the Pendleton bill passes, There VIII
be no bont,res and no artillery salutes.-New
York Tribune
WITH good crops this year and railroad
building, except what is immediately necessary
or likely to be at profitable, the $4,000
900 expended last year can be replaced aud all
Will be well.-Louisville Commercial.
CONGRESS should not adjourn without pro-
vidiug for the presidential succession. 1t Is not
a party measure and can be better provided for
now than in time of political excitement, when
a successor to the President might have to be ar
ranged for.-Cincinnati Gazette.
THERE are other evils in Chicago besides sand.
bagging, and if they do not arise from the same
cause they certainly have q similar origin.
There will be no good government for this city
while thieves are elected TO make our laws or
demagogues to execute them.- Chicago Inter
Ocean.
GAMBETrA was born leader Of the people.
He had in him the stuff of Rienzi. His ele-
ment was the Storm Living in tile first revOu-
ton he would have died on the scaffOld and left
an itnperishable name in history. Living in our
own epoch he dies of gunshot wound, and his
fame Will not Outlive the republic which he
helped to create.-New York Herald.
ONE of the laEs of our being is that we are thu
children of beef--that by our faith we live aud
are nodded into the vessels OF honor dishonor.
that actuated by 1t our possibilities are mostlH
limited by it's light, depth and stability, ana
that viewing the accomplishments of the past
we have little room to doubt that "fath can ros
move mountains" Richmond Palladium.
THE progress OF the meulcpl profession do =
whole requires that t1R toYe of medical science
should be the sole technical ground of associa-
ton. The protection of the community would
be best forwarded by discountenancing all who
appeal for patronage through the use of any
limiting trade mark, whether "allopathic,"
homeopathic" eclectic" aquatic" electric"
or what not.-Cbicago Herald.
He was the only man in France who possessed
the qualities of dictator and possibly the abil-
ity to use them. But he could neither by his
death nor in his life do the French republic
harf ttn1a war I'D with md 1vr
in the one case to fall with the removal of d
prop, or, i'll the other TO fall easy prey to 8
man who possessed many of the qualities which
make the patriot yield to circumstances and be.
come the dictatOr-Cincinnati News
JUSTICE to a citizen and Justice TO the country
both require that decision in General POrter's
case shall he reached promptly, and that it shall
be bas ed on careful weighing of the testimony
uniniueuced by partisan prejudice or any senti-
mental considerations of clemency. Whatever
the result, General Logan has evidently
made the great speech of his life, aud it gives
him marked prominence at time when the Re.
publicaus casting about for presid entail
candidates.-LOuisville Commercial
WHEREVER there is man who served fathfui,
ly at any time during the war, and whose dis
abilities are such as TO preclude him from OBJ
tanning a respectable livelihood, let such a ono
be properly cared for. Wherever there is an in
digent widow OF a soldier who persisted in bat
tie, let her draw pension. But the undeserv-
ing should be cnt off from tho pension rolls, and
he only way to bring this about is to publish
the list ana subject them to the scrutiny of the
ex-soldiers tnemselv Ives Cleveland Leader,
VOORHEES, is one OF tho survivors not numer-
GUS, hut sIilent-nf the class formerly known
as ''doughfaces," but the model on which he
fashions his features to attract the admiratOs0t
the South is, happily, out of date. He excites
more contempt and Indignation than admira-
ton. One of the most encouraging signs for the
political future of the Nation is the wholesome
disgust which such performances as his inspire
in the more intelligent and influential minds OF
the Democratic party of the South,-New York
Times.