The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-12
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

| OUR advice to the Tribune and Mr. Phelps both is
to draw out of the Blaine enterprise early pos
sbe They have nothing to gain and much to lose by
sticking to it too long The whole story of Mr..
Blaines operations is yet told but is ready to be
told when the occasion calls for it, and if the worst
should come they would be very sorry they had not
left sooner.-New York Evening Post.
IF Congress cannot deal directly with the bubozers
In Mississippi it can at least have something say
IN regard to the men whom the minority send to
Washington to represent the State. The prospect of
curing Mississippi barbsrism in this way is, however
remote The most it can do is to apply as far as
sibe that sound principle of equity which permits
neither party individual to profit by its
wrong.-Philadelphia Press
WHEN the cool sense of the delegates shall have
decided the question to who among the candidates
will best his country and is most available, the
two emotional journals will render the Republican
party efficient service in booming the ticket. But
until the cooler heads and safer judgments of the
party shall have made the nominations, the political
articles of the Commercial and the Tribune should be
treated part of the general erankiness of those
two papers.-Mlwaukee Sentinel.
NEITHER Mr.. Phelps nor anybody else has shown
any similarity whatever between the Investment made
by Mr.. Edmunds in the Burlington d. Missouri road
and the transactions of MI Blaine in the Little Rock
& Fort Smith road shown by his own letters Not
one intelligent person who understands the nature of
the charge against MI Blaine is deceived by the effort
to impicate Mr. Edmunds in similar difficulties. In
deed both the substance and the method of the Blaine
defense show anger and desperation, but not the
seriousness of irreproachable conduct.-Harper's
Weekly.
IT is the business of the convention, and not the
business of parcel of illinforlned congressman to
make party platforms and nominate party candidates.
So far tariff reform is concerned it is question
that has been dealt with by the national conventions
tainty this point in the convention soon to meet
| We believe the Democratic party would have been
successful long ago if congressman instead of parad
ing before the country as politicians and as shapers
of party policy had attended strictly to the business
of legislation We should be glad to the present
House of Representatives reform itself i'll this partcu
lar.-Atlanta Constitution
THAT it THE New York financial furry is felt at all
is only because there is much of called business
that is only on by people who buy
what they do expect to get and sell what they do
not own-and it is through these gamblers that the
egtma tie business of the country is often disturbed
by of the least Importance While it is true
that the present condition of business is of de-
preston, it is only in speculative circles that it is in
any way precarious. The banks sound legitimate
credits not inflated and those who have sold moth
| ing that they do not nor bought what they
not pay for smile at the gloomy predictions of the
bears.-Philadephia Times.
ALL the best regions of the public domain are dis
posed of. and manufacturing industries have
nearly reached the point of being able to supply the
home market they will soon cease to absorb half
million fresh immigrants annually from Europe. The
people are beginning to apprehend that continued
large immigration from abroad with continued null
tipicaton of labor-savng machinery in the field of
productive industry will in the end, bring the
try suddenly to consciousness of being gorged with
population-a condition that would be attended by
great reduction in wages and the presence of swarms
of idlers in all the large cities and the public high
ways.-St. Louis Republican.
THE idea that one should be admitted to natural
izaton until he both speak and write the English
language if adopted would avert one of the great
dangers the republic arising from the enfran-
chisement of ignorant persons. We cannot afford to
lose position a haven of refuge for the OPP
pressed of all lands, yet for safety we may
well say that there must be personal fitness before all
corners shall as at present be admitted to all the
rights and privileges of citizenship General Grant
may not be successful fnancier but can deny
him the possession of than average share OF
common and the loftiest patriotism and an
earnest interest in the weal.-Pittsburg
Ohronicle-Teegraph.
! THE rottenness of Wall street methods has never
been star tngy illustrated by the collapse of
this huge gas-b.g, [the Grant & Ward faure The
speculative classes have apparently become
toned desperate recessness that they do not bring
the commonest business prudence to bear upon any
scheme which is set foot. The promise of vast
profits attracts hdge Investments, and the who
risk their money do not stop to inquire how it is to be
| used 1t is scarcely possible that firm which was
conspicuous not only by its large operations but also
by having ex-Presdent Grant one of its partners
could have proceeded for years Grant Ward have
done without betrayng the the reckless char
acter of their business.-Chicago Tribune.
IN England France Germany and Mexico when u
man goes jail he loses his freedom is mostly cut off
from his friends and is absolutely deprived OF any OF
the luxuries of life. He lives prison fare. setlmen
tai kept away from him he not allowed to
receive any letter except from his nearest relative
and he is constantly reminded and all who know him
reminded that he is maefactor under ban of the
state. So it should be in Amirica Judges could abol
ish the present scandal if they would if they will not
legislation should give it attention. 1t is not whole
for criminals to be taught that they merely
martyrs deprived of their liberty by yrannica public
opinion that they differ from average citizens only
in being unlucky to get caught.-Frank Leslie 8
! Weekly.