The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

IT is said that his Republican colleagues still pro-
pose to hu1nor the fancy of that confirmed invalid
the Venerable Rhode Island senator, and place Mr..
Anthony next in the order of succession to President
Arthur The country must notice upon the
slaves of senatorial courtesy that this cannot be
permitted To make Mr.. Anthony, in his present
Condition. President pro tenn. of the Senate would be
nothing short Of an outrage.-Broollyn Union.
If there is to be harmony among the Democrats in
1854 1t Will not be on platform demanding absolute
free trade nor will it be the New York Suns plat
form demanding free whisky and tobacco, together
featuring monopolies. The Sun has declared war
against any middle ground between these two
Ter party next year.-St Louis PostDispatch Dem.)
AS measure of individual interest and profit there
is not dstiller in Kentucky elsewhere who would
not rejoice at the repeal of the whisky tax but they
see, as every intelligent must that this people
Will never make whisky free when iron and clothing
and blankets heavily taxed. Free whisky is not a
winning card it would sink into eternal perdition any
party which could be brought to support it. This is
apparent to all who have given the matter any CON
sideraton and the distillers not to be msled by
any such w1lo -the-visp-L Courier Journal
ONE of the great reforms most needed in American
cities is the complete and permanent separation Of the
public schools from ward politics. 1t is scandal and
a burning shame that the ignorant and often vicious
men who run the party machines in our great cities
should be able to NEEDLE with the educational matters
which they cannot understand manage properly.
Inc constant ann OF good citizens, in Cleveland in
any other city should be to discourage all manifesto
tions of party spirit recognition of political services
in the administration of the public schools-Cleveand
Leader.
THE falling apart of the dynastic liberal factions
lin Spainl would to open the way to a return to
power of the Conservatives under Canovas del Cas-
tllio But such ministry even if it is formed,
scarcely be expected to long endure. Aside from the
fact that the Conservatives, less than the Liberals
are divided by factous iealouses and rival ambitions
the country itself will scarcely accept gratefully a
Conservative ministry when it has been led to expect
universal suffrage The drift of events in Spain i'm
deed appears to be in the direction of the experiment
of a republic.-Boston Advertiser.
MIDWAY, like golden mean and arbitrator stands
should stand the great American public to concede
alike the sacredness of capitals honestly profit
and the holy justice in abors claim fair compensa@
ton. Our laws should protect all investments alike
fromthe iourneyman who would steal and from the
wholesale scoundre who seeks to seduce into ri-
nous stockb buying. We shall have panic, but the
times, they say, growing somewhat hard. Our
very losses will be secompensatng if their causes
are correctly traced and their authors only punished
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Two or three prominent papers west of the Ale
ghanes that vociferous in their demands for any
quantity of the dollars of the fathers in 1878
have regained their Senses The same is true of Mr.
Burchard, Mr.. New and Mr.. Kelley and perhaps a
few more men of some conspcuity in political life but
this is about all that can be said The few who have
learned something about the folly and danger of per-
sisting in a policy which must eventually degrade
standard and work immense mischief have also learned
by this time doubt that it is great deal easier to
set city on fire than it is to put out the fre-Chi-
cago Times
THEY France and Germany have struck at neces-
sity foul and false pretenses Now let this country
retaliate in kind on their luxuries without any pre-
tense or explanation. When person is hit he does
not stop to inquire how he was hit why he HIT
call for committee of investigation, ask the by
ISLANDERS for information He hits back as hard as he
was hit. This country has been hit. 1t is no time
to ask for commissions concessions to enter
upon any tedious diplomatic correspondence. Tho
policy is 60 hit back and if we hit back hard enough
our French and German brethren will soon be willing
to do all the corresponding and coneeding The
Browne bill should go through the house by unani-
nous consent upon the plea of immediate urgency.
Chicago Tribune.