The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-08
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.


THE Democratic party is not big enough to elect the
candidates it dominates this week, and people who
are deluding themselves with the fond belief that
there enough Republicans to piece ont the job and
make majority will find out their mistake in Noyem
Der, earlier Philadelphia Press
THE conscientious and able pastor of city church
works as hard as any professional man in the world
His audiences are cultured intellectual and generally
exacting and it is the labor of many hours to pre-
pare sermons for them. The calls on his time and
sympathy are nnumerable. The channels that are
increase constantly The preacher who is also pas
tor must devote large porton-perhaps one fourth
Of his time to visiting his parshioners If any pro-
fessional man needs vacation, that man is the city
minister-New York Mail and Express.
WHILE Great Britain spares no expense to secure
efficient faithful and devoted Representatives at
foreign ports this great nation has treated its consuls
and consular agents with such meanness that it is
wonder get in places any service at ALL The
trouble is that consuls cannot pack primaries
elections for Democratic candidates. Therefore the
Democratic party considers the consular service a
good thing to cut down It's performances in that
direction have done incalculable harm. But live
Republican President, backedby Congress Republic
an in both branches, will know how to apply a
remedy.-New York Tribune.
WE have had two years of uninterrupted freetrade
agitation accompanied by steadily increasing paraly
sis of industry production and of trade itself both do
nestle and foreign. This agitation is essentially
Democratic agitation. Shallit go ONT If a Demo-.
cratic administration shall be elected it will If Re-
publican administration shall be chosen it will not
Republican administration, therefore, means settled
protective poicy express measures TOT regiylng our
snlpPlng interests ana export elaae. "a Democratic
administration means continued 1reet trade agitation
and legsaon ending IN starving crisis like those OF
~ and 2 I,-Ohlcago inter ocean.
WHEN our moneyed aristocrats are unpopular the
fault lies with themselves They associate themselves
with unpopular affairs. They use their money for
gambling purposes on the market Instead of being
satisfied with the millions they they are greedy
for more millions and are interruptions how they get
them They control the market by the power of their
money and ruin thousands in order to make profits
thew do not want and for which they have no use
They sacrifice their best friends to their avarice
They would cheat their own flesh and blood for gain
They absorb corporations only to water stock and
write up their own wealth by the million.-New York
Sun
THE cable and telegraph have robbed foreign min
isters Of their discretion and turned them into SUBJ
ordinate clerks of the State Department. far as their
official action Is concerned MOST Americans posted IN
atfairs are aware tnar an american minister Is SORT
OF diplomatic taapole ne mas not the training ira
ditons or acquaintance OF the other members OF the
diplomatic corps. 1ney Vreay nus as an OUTSIDER ne
has very little 70 40 ana that Itie chiefly at Berlin
and London IS Of asagreeaoe SORT ana consists OF
righting the wrongs aone naturanzeo americans VINO
deserve more prompJ sele9uion IMAM sey put
whose cases are individually petty.-fmiadeiphla
Press
=, NIB IILDES y not ana never was popular man
The masses OF ms party 90 NOT truly love- honor or
admire him Hls name ana ms career are not asso-
ciated ~ the pupic nind with any impressive move
ment for me general gooq OF witn any cherished gen
eral aspiration q moral OF sentimental character
his prominence : que e 4aates and proceedings