The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-29

account will then be apt to balance in the main those
that may go into it. and take bonds higher figures
than now rule-New York Tribune.
If, appears the Democratic party proposes
to attempt to occupy the Republican ground, it will
be only repetition of its tactics for the last dozen
twenty years and it would be a ludicrous ending of
the hurrah that greeted Mr Carsle's election That
event was hailed the adoption of principle 10y the
Democratic party, and opening the prospect of a
political controversy upon real question. Even the
Democrats who denied that 1t presented the issue OF
protection and free trade conceded that it implied
revision of the tariff in anti-protective free
trade sense.-Harper's Weekly.
THE highways of the country must be omen to every
citizen from the richest to the humble-t on precisely
the same terms. The railroad is a public CORPORATION
nota private one 1t exercises governmental powers,
and 1t must not discriminate between rich and poor,
weak and strong 1t must treat all akeas the post
Office does The whoesaling principle must be left to
work out its results in private competition, but the
charters given by the government not be used to
create and maintain monopoes and to accelerate the
tendency toward the accumulation of huge fortunes in
a few hands. Public policy forbds-Chicago Trib-
une,
FREDERICK DOUGLASS is intellectually and NOR
ally the superior of thousands and tens of thousands
of white men. He has learning, more culture,
more political and general knowledge than two-thnds
of the members of any ordinary State Legislature.
Some of our senators claim the credit of being
self made men in the matter of dollars. They have
nothing but their money to thank for their positions
Frederick Douglass has the greater honor of being a
self-educated man. and the learning he has acquired
has won him both fortune and respect. What otfense
does lady commit who marries such man9-New
York World.
WHAT use is it for Christianity to plant church at
one corner, and civilization school at the other,
when there half dozen grog shops between that
will make men deaf and idotic to all preaching and
teaching! The plan of the Episcopalan Church to
cure this evil is to raise the price of licenses high
that only rich afford to drink. 1t is not a
bad plan. so far as it goes. Only such men would
then be tempted would know the risk and could
support themselves if they fell But until this temp
tation is taken away from the poor preaching teach
ing model lodging houses, and scientific prisons are
only many efforts to battle and dress becomingly
body dying of Philadelphia Press
IF there is any thing that has strong public
tment behind it and is destined to be pushed
it is civservice reform. That shown when of
both parties in Congress constrained many of
them against their incnations vote for the civil
service act of last year, which set the reform into
practical operation. The thing shown in
this State when the bill prepared by the Reform
League was pushed by few men in the Legislature,
and scarcely anybody dared to stand up and oppose it.
Both those acts went through in spite of politicians
because there public demand behind them. The
further the reform goes in State or nation the
stronger it will become. If it could not be prevented
it certainly cannot be stopped and turned back.New
York Times