The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-21
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Ihb oEAhIG OF THE PRESS.
THE Southern States have begun new career
In the establishment OF manufactures and 1t liz
one OF the many strange results of the great war
that New England finds In the South very
promising rival In her own industrial neld.-New
York Herald.
As long as public taste is as 1t is the exclusion
from the press of criminal news somewhat freely
written is impracticable. 1t must appear, and
the narrative must be readable. Aud 1t is singu-
lar to note that the people who object to the
matter show in their criticisms that they have
not refrained from reading it.-ChicagO Inter
Ocean.
UNTIL the leaders of the latter are willing to
denOunce in a clear and unmistakable manner
those who are guilty of barbarities, it will be
impossible for Roman Catholic priest to serve
inc two masters mentioned above. He cannot
Dc conservative with the Pope and a RevOlu'
zionist with o Donovan Rosa at the same time,
Boston Herald.
WITH the Kentucky Democracy and Ken.
tuckys candidate for speaker cutting loose from
the free-trade insanity, hadn't WattersOn better
call halt on Watterson and take his political
latitude afreshi If he doesn't do it soon, he will
De l1kely TO lind himself one side of the ques-
ton and pretty much everybody else on the other
side.-Philadelpha Times.
In Kentucky Mr.. watterson has made manly
light for an honest and fearless declaration of
tax-reform doctrine He has now been defeated.
What will he dO2 Will he and those Democrats
who agree with him now meekly accept their de-
featf II so, this convention is the triumph of
Carter Harrison. and the party had better NOM
mate that tlustrious person for Its President on
Herald.
JUST now there exists a more hopeful pros
pect of reunion (amOng Presbyteriansl than for
several years past. 1t is to be hoped that the
obstacles which have been raised by certain
brethren who are very much set in their way
will this time be surmounted. Christianity as
large will clap it's hands with joy when this
union shall be accomplished. The next union in
order after that will be between the two long
sundered bodies Of the Methodist Episcopal
Observation-Disclosures Press.
THE government Of Russia 10 naraon al thar
blows on its head are felt through the whole
body polite. Not so in the case of England. The
government there is representative despite the
throne; so it Is a hopeless waste of time and
strength to kill chief secretaries and undersec-
retaries SO long as any other Englishmen are let5
to fill their places.-New York Tribune.
In nothing has this baleful influence, the use
of foreign gold in our domestic affairs been more
conspicuously felt or recognized than in the long.
persistent. and systematic efforts or intrigues OF
the British trader, through corruption, fraud,
and lying to uprOOt or destroy our system OF
protection of home industry. These efforts even
antedate the adoption of our present form OF
government. They extend far back into our
colonial period, continuing through all the inter-
vening time up to the present.-National Re-
publican.
THE English government this year practically
encourages emigration by denying outdoor relief,
save In exceptional Instances, the alternativesto
suffering being thus restricted to emigration or
the dreaded work house. 1t is vastly better for
these poor peasants of the west of Ireland TO
leave a land In which there ts always more or
less suffering than to remain in it, in the vain
hope of independence" or Ome-rule," and the
equally vain belief that either Independence or
home-rule would improve their condltlon-St
Louis Globe DemOcrat.
WHEN the Democratic party, South and North.
turns its face to the future and It's back 10 the
past, and exhibits that spirit of progress which,
under Republican rule, has made the country
what IL is, IL will be safe to close the pages In
which the history Of the Democratic party, and
especially the great big Southern end of that
party, is written. Under the circumstances the
country will be apt to have something to say
about that undergarment which. In States like
Kentucky, where Democrats are not afraid 10
speak out OF act out, is kept atoat-Cincinnau
Commercial Gazette.
IT is hardly to be believed that we can get
through another presidential canvass without
division or the political forces on the issue Of
commercial policy for the Nation. 1t is a ques-
ton on which the sentiment of the people is di-
vided but the line of cleavage runs athwart tho
party lines. There will be efforts to prevent the
split from coming, but the people cannotre-
main divided into two political parties which do
not correspond with the division OF sentiment
that exists among them on the chief political
issue of the time. The position is a strained one
, which can hardly be held through another pres-
dental struggle.-New York Times.
PUBLIC school teaching is now done almost en-.
tirely by young women of between the ages OF
eighteen and tweuty-four Probably less than
half of them have com Dlete high school eduoa
ton. The standard of preliminary education
will be gradually raised, but the actual work OF
the schoOl-room will continue to be done by
young women, and, to do them Justice, they do
1t very well. Yet, we need never expect them to
make our children either philosophers, or "as
gods, discerning good from evil" There is
possible remedy for imperfect family training
but in a reform at that very point in individual
families. Percentage by proxy will not work
Chicago Herald.
WHEN man dishonors his wife, il he give 90
promise of reform, she ought to leave him-for q
marriage where affection has died out is the
most calling of yokes. The woman OF to-day is
sentient being. She has thoughts, feelings.
tastes and desires of her own. She must be
dealt with according to her marked Intelligence
and her deep sentiments. Her domestic honor
is as dear to her 1t is to her husband. She
herself is the protector of it. And in ninety
nine cases of hundred It is the husband who
lily escutcheon by some folly or self-iudulgenoe
which, being man, he is not called upon to aoA
count for-Louisville Commercial.