The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-04
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THE Methodist churches do not go away back for
their doctors and heroes. They find plenty of them
since their founder declared that the world hia
parish. The names of Asbury and James and Simp-
luminous and historic enough for their ecclesi
astical lighthouses, and are indeed worthy to RANK
with the confessors and martyrs, the apostles and
missionaries of the bygone ages of faith-Brooklyn
Eagle.
If these silver kings are only successful In ther
present determination to conn ell Congress to coin sd
in unlimited amounts, then the Western export
trade will be ruined at the time that the Easern
manufacturers will see the country flooded with for
eign goods which purchased abroad where gold s
dear, and sold in America where that metal is cheap
ened by diiuting it with silver-Chicago News
IT is not too much too say that this matter of uas
tional trade intercourse between Americans is the dis
tinctive demand of the future, and it rests with
the Dem ocratc party to decide whether the question
shall be partisan or non partisan The policy oughk
to command general support irres pective of party
affiliations and antecedents, but if it does, it will be-
the first time in all its history that the Democracy has
been the right side of a really live ssue-ChioaR0
Inter Ocean.
THE constant agitation of this the tariff question:
must less influence business and manufacture
ing generally, with tho result that the disconnected
and unfortunate will be likely to favor the Republicaa
party with INTEL gent idea of lettering mat
ters and with only the general idea uppermost
of making change All this turmoil and these dis
sensions will inevitably work through Democratic
channels to Republican good when next there Is
choice to be made between the two parties.St Louis
Globe Democrat.
If it is settled and made known that there ID
TO be such thing national trail and such thing
leasing large tracts of public lands the cattle busE
ness will accommodate itself to the situation and will
flourish heretofore. We should be very sorry To
believe that the prosperity of valuable interest,"
depended on its monopolizng millions of acres of tho
public domain and there is trying to make the
people believe that all other considerations must DO
set aside in order to provide for the transportation Of
diseased cattle from Texas-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
THE superfuous gas-stOpper called the Vice-presi-
dent should be excluded from the decennial presi.
dency proposition. That governmental nothing
should be abolished q useless and mschievous alb.
vacancy of the presidency be safely and properly
left to the legislative wisdom. There is neither
sense nor prudence in choosing at every appointments
of President a person stop invisible hole.
whose ambition may be manifested in ways that will
tend to produce the hole he is waiting TO stop.-Chi
cago Times.
In every Southern State there is no passport to
honor for who did not take part in tho
Democratic rebellion and the Senate and House have
been filed with men who are sent to govern the Union
solely because they once fought to destroy it. The
Republican party does not rebel because it is beaten
1t does not honor treason believe in rewarding
traitors. The Republican party honors itself, and
proves itself worthy of public confidence by obeyng
the laws. The Democratic party branded itself and
all who aid it with disgrace and shame by getting up
rebellion when it beaten, and then honoring and
rewardng traitors to the full extent of its power
New York Tribune
THE people have already begun to prepare for the
tariff reduction threatened promised different
persons look upon it, by Cleveland's election. This
ordeal of change will be the less trying by reason
of being dragged out. The Democrats in Congress
will a serious responsibility for industrial dis
aster and commercial depression if they fail to take
prompt measures which shall inform the country as to
what they propose do. If they have concluded not
to tamper with the tariff but to adopt and indorse
the protective principle, they should say at this
session of Congress- and the the better for the
country; but if they intend to it down purely
shape the they do it the better.-Chi
cago Tribune.
THIS country has duty to perform in the civiliza
ton of the which she cannot perform hampered
as she is She something to her sisters, the
South American and Central American republics and
can pay it best by leading them In the path OF good
government well mate ial prosperity. She owes
something her people, and she can pay it best
lie in neighbor nations. This country must and will
have better foreign trade. That IS the one great
fact which the philosophy of her history brings out
The only question to consider is as to how she
can the most readily obtain it. and with the fewest de-
-ancements of her existing business life 1t becomes
every good citizen now to apply his mind to this
question and to understand it far as possible.
-Pittsburg Chronicle-T Telegraph.
OPPOSITION to the proposed treaty with Spain will
probably develop itself sharply and at early stage
of the consideration of the subject bearing such
injury may result from the abolition of the protec
tive duties on sugar and tobacco Louisiana and
some other Southern States will be sufferers more or
less III the event of the approval of the treaty As
the industries of the Southern States have been
slowly revving and that part of the country is
in need of assistance than any other 1t will be
argued that it is ungenerous and unjust to throw
serious obstacle its way for the advantage of other
SECTIONS There is, we freely admit considerable
fors l., ie objection but i may not prove bs great
as it appears at list The sugar manufacture OF the
South is already much d>ressed notwithstanding the
influence of protective duties. and it may be shown
that the general benefit to trade SpT1ngng from the
treaty will more than compensate FOR Incidental In
juries.-St. Louis Republican,