The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-18
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

THE rights of the public over a railway as a
common carrier are all exhausted when the duty
is ~ -jrced OF carrying equally for all. The State
has no more power to set "A limit on the earnings
OF the capital of a common carrier than of a spe-
clal carrier, a farmer or a la~wyer.-ChicagO Inter
Ocean.
THERE is no getting over facts. The Frank
James politics is IA fact of the Missouri Democ-
racy. Tammany Is a fact of the New York De-
mocracy. The split on the tariff is a fact of the
Democracy at large. And so on. The Democ-
racy. indeed, is generally made up of disagreea-
BILE facts, and the wise and good counselors form
a very small part of it.-St. Louis Globe Demo.
GRAFT.
No nation is so peaceable as one that is free.
IL would be a singular and admirable glory for
the French republic If, by wise craftsmanship, 1t
should prove TO watchtul and jealous Europe
thar the republic means peace, and that under
popular government the F ench people cease to
look for GLORY" and turn their attention to the
Advancement OF commerce aud the spread of
the arts OF civilization. and devote those ener-
gies to the founding of colonies which, under
the empire, were wasted upon meddiesome aud
mischievous interference with the concerns of
nelghDoring nations. New York Herald.
THE condition of British manufactures Ia
alarming the English people. 1t shows them
that their former purchasers are getting their
commodities elsewhere. For centuries England
maintained a protective tariff and through it
reached a commercial position where she was
able to command the markets of the world. In
giving ear To unwise counsels she abolished the
tariff, and finds herself unable now to compete
with the tariff countries. The Democratic party
would foist free trade npon this country if it
la III ~ CIt NOuli TN uDOu u bHc us
asjers which are almost at highlands door.
Lafayette journal.
WE hear of Bismarck's iron will, of his great
craftsmanship and his deep-laid plots, OF his ne
cess1ty 10 Germany. He VIII scarcely leave a
perceptible vacancy in the world when he dies.
His power and his genius have been expended
in the service of kings. He has no sympathy
with the people. They are to him either the
pawns with which he wins his game, or the OBJ
stacle over whose ruin he must march to the ac-
cOmplishlnentsO of his ends. 1t is a good thing
for mankind that the progress of the world
does not depend on any Individual life. Bis
marck's death would be regretted, but mankind
would get along very well without him.-New
York World.
THERE is little doubt that every year larger
numbers of people are joining the Episcopal
Church, simply because they crave the repose
and stability OF a llturgical form of worship.
And what may be called the cOmprehensiveness
OF the Episcopal Church has also commended it
to the American people. II allows a wide liner
" of opinion about Il large number of tneologl-
cal dogmas, which in other Christian bodies are
IA part of the confession of faith to be made by
all members. II has been said by some to be
the 'roomiest" church in America. Whether in
this matter IL Ia doing well or ill, need not be
discussed here: il ls merely noted as q facr,
which has doubtless had an important influence
on the growth of the chuTch.-New York Trib-
une.
MR.. TnDEN Is the desperate hope OF his party.
The majority OF its members turn to him with a
vague feeling that they will find In him some re-
lief from the monOtOny of pettiuess and frailty
everywhere else. II, however, he were really
nominated, and brought out in the light of day,
and surveyed with reference to the requirements
of the actual situation, he would be found very
unsatisfactory. Seven years ago he was the
hero of a struggle in which everything favored
his party, and the memory of that contest is the
basis of the largely imaginative respect in which
the hundreds Of Democratic editors who are now
plagued or inspired by his shadOwy figure would
be either pleased or grieved, as well as aston
ished, TO find that his real character is the oppo-
site of 1mpOsing.-New York Times.