The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
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brighter worlds and lead the way, and plays the part
of detective in the purlieus of great city in order
that he may expose to the public gaze the depravty
and vice he finds, he has wandered far away from
the example and methods of his Master that he should
be recalled to his duties by the authorities of his
church-Chicago News.
GENERAL BUTLER publishes each plank Of the
platform which he hopes to run for President aa
fast he gets written He has Just finished sthe
tariff plank. I'VE cannot have free trade in this
country" he says. Buffers plan of making plat
form plank at time gives it the advantage of being
written with the latest information the subject
Without Butler to confirm the truth the defeat OF the
Morrison bill was evidence enough that cannos
have free trade.-Philadelphia Press.
ONE thing is needed to restore public confidence
That is punishment Of the guilty. That persons
have been guilty everybody knows 1t is not for the
press to pronounce judgment but public opinion will
surely not be satisfied will confidence in tbs in
tegrty of corporate management be revived as it
should be- unless there is manifested enough of public
justice to insure the punishment of criminals. 1t Will
not do any longer to have it said with color OF truth
that man who steals by the millions in Wall street
can escape with impunity.-New York Tribune.
IT is high time that the attention of the publis
agency at Washington should be directed to the out
against public right that appear in the establish
ment of the colossal land monopolies upon west
ern domain. But among those gigantic mOnopohes
there is none that demands so imperatey immediate
interference by for the protection of pub
lie right as that which has seized upon the whole vast
territory of New Mexico obterated the name OF pub
lie domain forbidden settlement, and reduced it to
private possession of corrupt ring OF official and I'M
official land grabbers.-Chcago Times.
WOULD reciprocity with Cuba be desirable! Tho
island is wretchedy poor and has only its sugar to
dispose of; years of political troubles, aggravated by
fiscal extortion, have reduced the inhabitants to an
extremity. 1t is hardly with such people that we
want to make commercial treaties while refusing all
dealings with nations having many wants and being
abundantly able to pay for what they need. We
would like to foreign commerce cultivated and
extended but this ought to be done in directions
where rich profitable trade may be built up. Per.
haps Cuba might aid in this, but think there are
more promising countries upon which to experiment
New York Herald
No one knows better than the Irshman the practi
cal effects of free trade He knows that by it Ireland
has been reduced from opulence to beggary for the
enrichment of British manufacturers. The speeches
of Mr.. Hurd and Speaker Carlisle will have little
weight with the Irish voter when placed beside tile
earnest protests of Congressman Fnerty and McAdoo
against the destructive policy of the freetraders.
many stubborn contest. But it is too much TO ask
them aid by their votes the introduction in America
of the policy which has made of their once sml-
ing land country of desoaton and of cruel poverty
Minneapolis Tribune.
THE experience of the public in this matter of the
protection of the meat supply is not solitary in
stance of the futity of the appeals of the people to
this donothing Congress for relief from manifold and
manifest abuses II is perfectly plain that the tele
graph lobby will succeed in preventing any action on
postal telegraph that the land obbes will prevent
the recovery any the grants forfeited by the land
grant railroads and that the manufacturers Hobbies
will prevent the alienation of the burdens of taxa
ton Notwithstanding that there is coufessedy
plus of hundred millions of revenue. Rings like
those of the eatteeveners and the telegraph and rail-
road corporations easily non-action from
the peoples Congress, but the people themselves
can nothing.-Chicago Tribune
DEALER in privileges like Mr. Russell Sage, Is NOT
a business He is sporting He simply
keeps game" Mr.. Sage, with his usual candor,
the nature OF his business, in interview
Gently published in the Times: II have for years."
he remarks cultivated the practice of selling stock
privileges solely to enable poor class of speculative
minds to enter this street footing with the richest
operators and try their fortune in dealing in securi
ties This is precisely the motive which actuates the
benevolent keepers of bucket shops policy Shops
faro banks and pool rooms Yet these rival philan-
thropists prevented by an unequal law,
equal enforcement of the law, from enabling poor
class of speculative minds to gamble, while Russell
Sage by offering the current odds the rise
fall of stocks instead of the speed of cehorses
is permitted to keep his going in the face of day
New York Times.
ALL proper requirements i'll the way of elasticity can
easily be impaired to the currency volume by extend
ing the circulating privileges of the national banks
That kind of currency readily contracts expands in
response to actual local conditions, and it is the only
kind of currency have far found that possesses
such virtue. The quit foolng with other
and precarious devices and adjust financial sys
TEN to practically exclusive of this expedient
which know to be sound and adequate for the pur
pose in question the better it will be for in every
view of the There is nothing to be lost ana
an explicit and outspcken stand this issue; and II
will make serious mistake if it omits to do The
people understand the situation particularly in those
States where the votes must come from to elect
Republican President. There should be uncertain
sound in the Republican platform with regard to
matter of so much moment.-5t. Louis Globe-Demo-
Graf.