The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-21
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

THERE Is no legal life-Dreserver yet patented
winch Will save a community from misgOverns
lnent, as long as it chooses to select the chief
source OF responsibility for the evil as its par
tleular favorte and the recipient of repeated
honors.-St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
THE farce of annually attempting to tax this
species of pro 1erty (personall should cease, and
tax laws that are not Trained to be brOkeu
should be adopted The existing laws alb
snrd and antiquated, instruments that are ill
suited To the purpose it was intended they
shouid accomplish.-New York Herald.
As respectable Southerners draw closer to and
become more familiar with the Republican party
their ideas with respect it's alleged corruption
Will become greatly mndfied They will appre-
cate the fact that the Republicans have a habit,
on the off years, of drowning their rascals and
Objectionable characters out.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
IRISH independence must bide its time, and
meanwhile IL seems to the height of suicidal
Iolly Tor the Irish party in the imperial legsla-
lure to Kick the Liberals and shake hands with
tanned ireland " Ill soon have not a single friend
In Parliament to be depended upon, outside the
irish mem6ers.-St. Louis Republican.
THE movement of public opinion is against
ana away from the practice of the spoils system,
not toward 1t. tublio opinion approved the
competltlve-examination measure, not be-
cause any intelligent man believed it
would work cure OF tine spoils distemDer, but
because 1t pretended to be a stem toward that
be immediately hoped tor.-Chicago Times.
A MAN who is raised to a position of responsi-.
blilty and dignity is in certain sense inurusted
with the honor of his party. II should be his
DUTY to elevate IT, aud not degrade il, and IL Hon.
William Pitt Kellogg has deviated from the
strict line OF duty, as is charged he has nothing
to expect from Republican administration but
searching and thorough prosecution and an
Impartial execution of the law. - Cleveland
Leader.
Ii there has been failure of Justice in the star
route cases, there has ceen no failure to show
the attitude of the Republican party toward
official mIsdeeds. If frauds were committed by
Republicans, they were exposed and prosecuted
by Republican administrations, and It may be
pertlnently asked what evidence there is that a
effort 10 bring accused Democrats to Justice.
New York Tribune.
THE extremists of both sides have made the re-
tail traffic In intOxicants IN ONO free, and the
people are weary of that. They know that pro-
hibitloD does not pronlbiU, and they want the
retail liquor business regulated and a revenue
derived from 1t. The Republican party is
squarely placed on this great question. The ex-
perience of last year conclusive that the
Prohibitlonists were fHnatical and that playing
for them was a fatal game,-Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette,
EVERY saloon-keeper who shall be driven out
business, both fOr his purse, his reputation, hia
personal habits, and his family There are very
few productive industries in which men do not
make more money in the long run than in selling
liquor. A few men have become rich by manu-
featuring liquors. but tine phenomena on OF man
made rich 10y selling them is about as rare as that
OF man made rich by burglary or begging,-N
Chicago Inter Ocean.
THE passion for gambling appears to be al
most universal, and IL is questionable II the old
fashioned forms of throwing dice or turning q
card are any more harmful than the modern i'm
provement which we dignity with the name of
speculation. We forbid lotteries and suppress
gambling houses, but the is in every count
Ing house and tine anxious faces seen scanning
the en1gmutlc marks upon the tape tell tho same
story that is told by the crowd around the tables
at MOnaoo.-P Philadelphia Times