The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-12
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

THE Republican party was beaten last year
because it tri1ed with Intelligent public senti-
and meets the rlghtful public demands 1t will
not do to presume too much upon this success or
to trust to it's influence and prestige for victory
next year without rising to the essential re-
Observation-Disclosures Press.
THERE will be no "bloody shirt" or other
"reminiscences unpleasant to the ears of the
Bourbons if they will abandon the methods
adopted in Virginia to carry the election. But
if they want the ''blOOdy shirt waved with tell
ing effect, they have only to shed blood, TO in
timidate voters and murder men to gain pOlIt-
ical ends-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
IF the animus of the Virginia Democracy is to
be carried into the next campaign, there will
be such ~revival OF the "bloody shirt" as will
surprise the complacent pl0tters against the In
dependents and Republicans OF the South. This
might as well be said first as last. The country
will no more submit tamely to the bulldozng Of
Virginia Readjusters than to Virginia Republic
ans.-Chicago inter Ocean.
PARTY cannot win confidence by general
professions of virtue and the announcement of
principles with which nobody agrees, particu-
larly when it is composed of such materials as
the Democratic party. The people want to
know what it intends to do in reference to ques-
tons about which there is a difference of opin-
ion, but the Democratic party Is afraid to take
the risks of committing itself 10 frank and
weli-defined policy.-Mi waukee Sentinel
THE government officers, now that they have
entered upon the prosecution, should make 1T
thorough and not rest until they have secured
the punishment of the scoundrels the pension
known. The Identification of their perpetrators
Is not difficult There should be no delays, no
federation of bubbles and tricks su1ferance
of an ignorant or mercenary jury, and no allow
ance of interference by the defendants or their
friends.-Chicago Tribune.
LOCAL, personal or temporary causes have
operated to defeat Republican tickets here and
there, but in every essential respect the party is
as strong ever, and has as good reason to ex-
pect success if it strives to deserve success The
elections of 1882 and 853 have pointed out
some things which 1t cannot do without being
beaten, ana other things which it can do with a
certainty of public support, The result of the
fidelity its principles and to the wishes of the
people.-New York Tribune
THE bank question has come up to remain I'M
til il Is permanently settled. The tax on circu-
laion was intended to defray the cost of the sys-
tenn and no step should he taken by which the
government shall be made to assume the ex-
pense The plea that large sums have already
been paid by the banks in the form of taxes
should not be considered, every trade has
been mulcted by war taxes maintained i'll a time
of peace. good opportunity TO solve this bank
problem is now offered and should be used, as
and should be maintalned-NeE York Herald.
THERE need be no other explanation of the re-
markabe changes in the sections referred to
[parts of Virginia., IL simply shows that the
statgun is the Bourbons trump card, and that
WHOM ,--ASSed by "a majority against them they
can NAV il in NEginia as dexterously and as I'M
scru nuinuslv as they an ID South Carolina or
Mississippi. 1t is only new PROF. pl me lnequas-
ty of the struggle between civilizaGon Q1llu 1ar-
barism. The rule of force has prevailed II VI
ginia over the peaceful rule of the ballOt-DOX,
for of what use is the ballot-box II men are
warned that the penalty OF voting Is ueaGnf
National Republican.