The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-19
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

How to restore the old-time purity Of elections
becomes both serious and vital question. IL
is a question which the better class of men be-
longing TO all parties will have TO face at an
early day and act upon, or our institutions will
meet with ign0miniOus failure.-Cleveland
Leader.
THE Ohio valley Is subject to more disastrous
floods than formerly, because the timber has
been wantonly destroyed along the Allegheny
and MonOngahela rivers and along it's own
banks. II is folly to obiecT to any good law for
the preservation of the MISUNDERSTANDING for
ests.-Courier Journal,
WOMEN rule, are far less just to each
other than men are to each other or to women.
Consequently, as long as most OF the teachers in
the schools Will continue to be women they will
probably lima their lives somewhat less weari-
some If their duties are largely arranged and
fixed by men rather than their own sex solely
Philadelphia Record.
THE rest of the country has not waited for an
official call to come to the helD of the victims OF
the floods The letters and kilograms published
this morning show that the offerings are innum-
cradle and Spontaneous. 1t is one of the sweet
uses OF adversely that 1t brings into relief the
bright streaks in humanity and reaffirms the
universal rotherhood of maD.-Cincinnati News.
UNTIL the Western Union Telegraph Company
reverses its policy of dealing fairly with its Gus
TONERS and doing business as cheaply asst can be
well done, the scarecrOw of monopoly need not
frighten any body, and there will not likely be
any general demand for government control.
which, under our system, would never be effi-
cient, and would always be dear.-Cincinnatt
Commercial Gazette.
WHATEVER may he the truth in the contro-
versy between DIR. Newman and the Book Con-
cern, IL il clear that the Methodist denomination
does not pay its managers to bolster up Mines
whether they are paying or nou-paying The
fate OF the Isabella ought to be a warning, and
the warning might be emphasized by referring
to a very good book which has something to say
about the difficulty of serving two Masters.
Chicago Tribune.
AS to fears of an unusually unhealthy season,
all such predictions are purely sensational. AS
the waters recede rapidly, which they will do,
they will have u greater fall, therefore greater
force, and they will have cleaning effect
the city. Last year the water came up almost as
high, and the summer season was not unhealthy.
The record does not bear ost the idea, or super
stitiOn, that great Overf1ows produce epidemcs,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
THE feebleness of the opposition with which
the government must contend this session may
be inferred from the fact that Lord Salisbury
could find no better basis for his criticisms on
the speech than the stale argument that tho
irish legislation OF the past two years Ia fail.
ure The truth is that both the land act and
the arrearsOfrent act have done iuealculable
good. 1t could not be expected that they would
prove a complete remedy for irish ills with
which unfair rents have nothing to do.-New
York Times
THERE surely out to be some means of uniting
the Republicans of both houses in harmonious
action. 1t is the desire of large majority of
them to secure reduction of taxation, and by
means of a measure not differing very widely
from the one recommended by the commission.
They would hardly he equal TO their RESPONSE.
bility II, In such an emergency. they should al
low technical controversy as to precedence be-
tween the two houses to defeat their own desire
and the expressed desire of the people. If MEM
bers meet with reasonable willingness to make
concessions and compromises for the common
good, path 10 success can certainly be found
New York Tribune.
THIS hour of trial has brought out the heroes,
Onened the purse-strings and the heart-strings,
broadened the sweet charity Of our womanhood
and rounded cut through all a spirit of Chris.
tian feeling and brotherhood that dignified tina
city and its citizens. The closefsted have gone
TO the rear. The word welcome has arched from
every home, and the left hand has held pri-
Vafa dpnn
have broken Into banks-worthy of mention il
they were toy Ones-and We'd with the older
ones IN dispensing good cheer and comfort to
the distressed. We will como out of 1t purified
and bettered; and here's n hope that the trial
may never again approach the bitterness of the
cup that is now passing from our lps.-Louis-
vile COurier-JOurnal.