The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-05

ucaton is broadened TO include industrial educa
ton, cookng-schools should have the first trial Like
the school, the cooking school reaches want
to the whole community. AS the benefit
would be common one the tax for its support would
be borne without murmuring. 1t is much more i'm
portant that many women should know how to cook
than that one man in a hundred should know how to
build locomotive. Let us begin with cooking schools.
Philadelphia Record. .-.-
SINCE SAG Maine has been at war with the liquor
traffic She has had in that time two years of licensed
iquor-selling and thrty-six of prohibition, her egs-
aton on the subject taking form in fortyour separate
enactments, and involving all political parties. Can
she after all her experience, establish and maintain
prohibition as principle Of her organic law The
best of her own people divided on the question.
But there is no reason to believe that principle
which has not been made thoroughly operative and
effective in form of law be made by trans
planting it to higher form. Constitutional prohibit
ton will be possible only after statutory prohibition
has been accomplished.-Phi Philadelphia Press
THE charge against Blaine that he guilty Of
infamous dishonesty toward his constituents and to-
ward the country in perverting legislation to private
ends. To say that Mr.. Edmunds was similarly stu
ated was therefore, to say that he also was guilty of
some Infamous misconduct in Office and if it is wicked
to make these accusations against Blaine whose pot
ica reputation is carrion, what is it to make
them against man respecting whom this sort of SLAM
der has hitherto ventured a whisper2 Truly if
those who put odious interpretations upon the acts
of the good Mr.. Blaine are bad, bad men, we are
afraid the superservceabe representative from New
Jersey is himself not blameless.--New York Herald
IN spite of law and evidence most men feel I'M
conquerable repugnance to the idea of hanging
woman, whatever be her crime But such considera-
tions should have place in jury-box. The de.
fendant in this 1.-THE Bickell case no more insane
than thousands of young women who every day,
and many of them every night, upon streets. No
class need than this to feel the strong hand Of
the law restraining them. With no class would it be
more perous to have it understood that murder
be committed by woman who feels herself aggreved
with comparative mpunity Such unlawful alliances
existed in this are, unfortunately, extremely
common and their violent rupture is almost much
So A verdict which justifes woman in the commits
sion of murder in such is direct incentive to
crime and public Observation-Disclosures Press.
WE do not forget that during his brief career as
Secretary of State Mr.. Blaine naugurated what his
admirers fondy speak of "a brilliant foreign poll.
Cyl" do fail TO remember that he evolved last
summer equally shining thing in the way of
scheme for the distribution of surplus But
the foreign policy had to be abandoned and the dis
tribution scheme easily shown TO be wanting
both in originality and in good And yet
these two things rest substantially all Of Mr. Blanes
claims to distinction a statesman, and to support
and gratitude party leader. Are these sufficient
to offset the objections TO him presidential candi
date and to warrant Republicans in pushing him for.
ward for place important. in struggle which
will demand the best of devotion and of harmony
insure Would such step be intelligent or
discreet or faithful'-St Louis GlobeDemocrat