The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-16
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

SECRETARY TELLERs plan of educating the Indian
through the agency of his stomach rather than by the
high grade textbook appears TO strike the popular
mind as being very sensible proposition The In
dian is easily reached through his mouth than
through his brain. The mouth is usually the larger
of the unconditional Republican.
If these men, the Randaltes think they are TO be
forgiven or that revenue tariff plank will not be
adopted by the national Democratic convention.
that the righteous wrath of all good Democrats will
melt away as summer approaches let them put in an
appearance at Chicago ON the Sth day of July as
spectators, and there what they will see-Wash'
ington Post.
If any Republicans are holding seats to which they
not legally elected they should he elected soon
the fact be made manifest. But to dispossess
Republican who has been legally elected even by
very narrow majority, simply because he is Repub
lcan and his opponent member of party that hap
pens to be in the majority is not just and will do the
party that INDUCES in such questionable statesman
ship more harm than good,-Philadelphia Times.
WHAT the working girl and the working boy most
need is ambiton-the determination to be something
in the world, not by lucky stroke of fortune but by
the way of mastering the habits and knowledge
upon which, in the long run, depends. Mean
under working jackets--hearts by the thousand pre-
ferring death TO disgrace. These will be the fathers
and mothers of the next generation News.
IT is sound principle of equity as well as a plain
lowed to profit by his wrong; and the doctrine ia
applicable to politics and to parties as it is to tga
ton and to individuals. If the South is not willing
therefore, allow fair and honest elections be held
let her power in Congress and the ELECTORAL college be
curtailed and denied accordingly. That would help
the matter some, and might in time, prove complete
remedy.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
WHFN misfortune overtakes such man as Grant
the generous Southerner forgets the barraek room
thinks only of the promptitude with which the faish.
ing confederaes fed by the federal commissares
at Grants order, at Apprenticeship the horses given
to our barefooted boys for the spring blowing Of
the indignant protest of Grant when it proposed
to try for the paroed generalinchef Of tina
Confederacy, Robert Z. Iee.-Charleston News and
Courier .iae
CINCINNATI has indicted ffty-Chree people for the
late riots. Pittsburg tried getting up in.
dicments for riotous proceedings and the amount of
good it did was never calculated owing to its entire
absence The difficulty in the matter is the danger of
making fish of and fowl of another, Public SYM
patty will be aroused by seeing few made scape
goats for the ofenses of others; and on the other
hand if every who is guilty of riot in Cincinnati
is to be puIished they will have to turn the whole
city into vast iail.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
GENERAL BUTLER has not yet answered the leading
question that put to him last week by the chair
of the New York State committee of the National
Greenback Labor party. Will he accept the nomina
ton of the national convention to be held Indianap
oils the 2Sth instant. and will he stand the plat
form of that conventionY There conven
tions which the Ex-Governor would just
held after some other conventions are held; but he
will not be riskng much, say what he will and might
well give Chairman Jones an early 3nswer.-Wash
ington Post.
WHEN man takes national bank note he trusts
to the national banking law and with reason. When
u man deposits money with banker national or
satisfy himself whether the banker is trustworthy.
If he hears that his banker is buying real estate in
orrnous blocks, that he is living gay life.
finds that he is negotiating enormous loans SECURE
ties that considered speculative learns that the
banker is also the active of firm that is profess
eddy engaged in operations involving great risk he has
no right blame the national banking law if he loses
his money-New York Tribune.
THERE is no real security for society except in the
general and impartial enforcement Of obedience to
reasonable laws passed for the promotion of the pub
lie good and to this end there should be a steady
effort TO build healthy public sentiment that eKecu:
tive and judicial officers will heed. These would
rather do right than not do their duty provided they
are made to feel that they depend upon being
tanned While citizens, therefore, congratulate them.
selves upon what has been accomplished should
be taken not to forget that constant vigilance IS neces
sary The grand jury that furnished the text for this
article is TO be thanked. Their example should be
closely followed by regular grand jures that are to
folow-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
THE general disposition in all the discussion Of this
failure has been to lay ali the burden of tho collapse,
and the speculation which preceded it. on Ferdinand
Ward but like tho young Grants, Ward is barely
thirty, without experience and without information.
the mill of the street" He knew its ways and no
likely to know how much safer it is to lot another
take the risks while 10 took tho profits Ward
shared with the younger members of the Grant fam.
iv the reckless il not criminal speculation of the
firm into which he led them but it is asking good
deal TO conclude that he also led sray James d. Fish
and William S Warner of whom twice his
age while the other had thrice his experience.-Pha
delphia Press.
ANissuc cannot be formulated out of anybod VS. In
dividual Judgment TO how much how little tariff
reduction the country would submit to. 1t must be
made on principle and be squarely and fairly pre-
sented Of course the result Of such policy on ma
tiona politics has already been placed beyond tho
bounds Gs uncertainty 5y tho rejection Of Mr. Morrt
sons toloress effort 10 alter lie principle OF the pres
chi tariff If the Democratic party should make tr
next presidential fight on fiat question it would Ger.
tainly he batnn aud its powerful and Influential
gaizaton reduced to tho same condition of impotence
and modification as that OF Col Morrison and his fol-
lowers But such disaster may also result in the
inoval of this pestent and ntnelv question from the
politics of the day and then ia 1888 1872 the Of.
fort to drive out the Republicans grown fatter thaa
by their unexpected extension Of federal control
may be removed with some prospect OF sue
Oess..-NeG York Sun.