The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-23
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THE worst debasement by adulteration is of the
food OF the people. 1t is vastly worse than debasing
the coin of the realm by stamping it higher than its
intrinsic valuea practice of princes which history
has made infamous. And of all debasement of the
meat OF the people, none reaches into so great vaie
y OF articles, both staple and choice as that which
hampers with the products of the slain swne.-Cin-
clnnah Commercial Gazette.
In view of disappointing experiences with all
the bankruptcy legislation which has previously af.
fcted the people of the United States it would
to be pertinent to strike out for radical innovation.
The true theory probably presented by paper
read at the last bankers convention held in this city
Congress should establish certain general limitations
upon State practice in relation to preferences eolun-
tary and involuntary bankruptcy, compositions and
property exemptions. When State court permits
the violation of any such general laws, the federal
court would be open to appeals.-Lousvile Courier
Journal
No sooner was the world made fully aware of the
value of the Northern Pacific than gigantic scheme
of wrecking set foot. Mr. Willard had sasaoi-
ty nerve and pluck but his bankable coaterals were
limited and finally he went down. The country sym
pathizes with him. because he has brought to compile
ton great and benieent enterprise aud further be-
cause they in his overthrow a premium placed
upon wrecking. And now flushed with the Willard
victory, the wreckers the track of fresh vic
Tins. The tiger that has tasted human flesh has
Unsuitable appetite for it. 1t very much the
with the gang which destroyed Villard.-Chicago
Inter Ocean
THERE will be frauds and scandals in the divorce
line just long such opportunities exist for cou
sive action and for manufacturing testimony which
the courts bound to accept because other parties
is safe to say that if persons medtang divorce know
that they would have to confront the State and their
children in the trial of such actions there would he an
early and general decline in that class OF litigation
And at the same time, We may add, more care would
be taken about entering upon matrimonial ventures OF
the merely commercial convenient kind to which
much of the divorce frenzy is clearly attributable.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
WHAT part Of the revolutionary machinery of
Russia has not its counterpart in the revolutionary
machinery of Irelandl Is not political murder
common in country in the others Are not
spies detectives informers secret societies. conspir
ators agitators, abundant on the Ltey as on the
Neval Does the Department of Criminal InYestiga-
ton in Dublin differ materially from the third
ton in st. Petersburg or Lord Spencer and Mr..
Ta,.aI,,s, ,,bo ono ain oor Gov tho .seassir fo,
General Strelnikoff and Colonel SoudeSin, who have
fallenl When will Englishmen begin to turn against
themselves little of the criticism which they lavish
on others.-New York Herald.
THE position taken by the Secretary of State tho
French and German prohibition Of American meats is
positively humiliatng. He has permitted the Ameri-
can interests to be snubbed cuffed and kicked about
and has opposed every suggestion of resentment
protest 1t under his advice that the President
eliminated from his annual message the passage
which recommended Congress to repose in him
thority to exclude French and German products in
taation. Even now, when it is almost certain that
Congress will agree upon some basis OF retaliation,
there is to suspect that Mr.. Frelinghuysens
influence is exerted 20 make the government p-otest
feeble and Intellectual as possibe.-Chcago trib-
IT is alleged that the Interior Department has been
sluggish in administering the land laws inc the Terri
torres, and the territorial 0tcerS nave IN some IN
stances connived at frauds committed in the entering
and sal of public lands If there is any truth in this
latter allegation the guilty persons should be exposed
and punished The earth hunger that worries settlers
in a new region and is specially aggravating in
county largely occupied by sheep and cattle ranges is
very sure to tempt to dishonest practices Vast
tracts of land lying in compact bodies coveted by
the grazing-lord of the soil If any Territorial of
fcers have connived at unlawful speculatons they
be detected, and they should be disgracedNew York
Times s.ta-
THE most rational method of determining pleas of
insanity would be by mpaneling jury Of experts to
pass upon the medical question. No ordinary jury
be competent to resolve such matter with the
necessary intelligence and experience proves this
clusively. A jury of experts would not be confused
and embarrassed by the mixture of sentimental and
pathological considerations which prove such Stun
bling-blocks to the common jury They would have
pass upon matters entirely within the region Of their
professional knowledge and may be presumed that
their verdict would at least be defensble upon ratior
al grounds. If however, that method is unattanable.
the medical witnesses should not be hedged in 10y
restraints and exclusions they at present.-New
York Tribune.