The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-24
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THE LIQUOR interests expect to have absolute and
complete sway for their business in the United States
through the triumph of the Democracy, and they cal
cuate that their will be secured through the
active endeavors of the Prohbitionsts to draw from
the Republican party. We will have an oppor-
tunity to what foundations exist for these cacula
hons.-Cleveland Leader.
WE are not surprised that the Democratic organs
are mourning because the national debt has been
paid rapidly They hated to see it paid at all. To
them the debt represented money used in whippin
one branch of the Democratic party back into the
Union. The Democratic leaders in the North at
tempted to get rid of paying that debt, first by trying
to force deprecated paper the bondholders and
afterward by futile attempt to tax the bonds out
of existence.-KansaS City journal.
HAD an officer whose heart was in his work, who
true to his country and true to his duty sol
der-an officer like Sheridan, for instance-been in
Ftz John Porters place he would have obeyed orders
promptly, hurled that splendid corps against Long
streets advancing columns, and shattered it. 1t may
be accepted that Porters Northern and Southern
friends intend to rush the bill through but the Presi
dent if he has respect for the sentiments of Union
people, will decline to give it authority by his sigma
ture.-Chicago Tribune.
No jury that could have been impaneed in Pennsyl-
vania would have convicted young Mutt of murder,
and his lawyers made mistake in not putting in a
plea in justification emitting the plea of insanity.
Acquttal under such circumstances would have been
public notification that if the law fails to convict for
murder, and worse than murder, he who is most
deeply wounded by its ineciency is justified in inet
ing punishment. The plea that the killing of Dukes
was done at a moment when Mutt in a state of
mental responsibility deprives his acquita of the
meaning it should have in the public Inind.-Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette.
WE must frame our laws so as to divorce the great
corporations from legislation We should stop all
subsidies of land money from municipal, State or
national government. We should declare all land
grants forfeited at the earliest practicable day Cor
portions should understand that there more
favors to DO conferred on them Whatever may be
said in defense of the inaugurated under the
leadership of Mr.. Douglas in granting lands TO rail
roads the time has come for change of policy All
the good that can be done has been reached and we
vte serious evils when seek to continue that policy.
louisville Courier-J ournal
NOT another treaty of any sort, for any purpose,
should be made with any Indian tribe Every treaty
heretofore made should be strictly observed until it
be terminated without dishonest violation of its
terms. For long time the rational Judgment of the
country has been moving towards radical change
that would make the breaking up of the tribal rela
tions the apportionmento of land to Indians in
atty and the subsection of them individuals to civ
ilzed law the main steps of policy. Some pro
positions looking that way have been presented in the
present Congress. They should receive all possible
encouragement.-ChicagoT Times.
THE feeling is very strong that the United States
should keep control of its debt and should
not give up any rights that it has to pay its loans
whenever it is inclined to do so. The tendency is
rather to extend those rights than to abrdge them
and it would be extremely difficult to establish and
maintain system which would require special debt
for the benefit of the national banks 1t is perfectly
true that the benefit would be mutua-that the people
would derive much advantage from tas the banks but
that is fact not generally perceived and not likely to
be. The resistance to what would be regarded as
stecia legislation for the banks would be very hard
to overcome.-New York Times.
WHEN in private life combination is made TO in
jure railroad by building another parallel to it. the
proceeding is stigmatzed black mail scheme, and
even if successful it is none the less dsreputable
But if the injustice of this method is recognized b.
the puhlie how can ti'a nnblio themselves have
course to the very same to get hold of the
telegraph companies property cheaplyl The govern
ment which is after all only the agent of the nation
cannot afford TO adopt course which would pave the
way to all manner of lnvasIons OF private rights
under of similar specious preteXts, If it
should decide to acquire the telegraph property, it
will be bound to purchase it fairly not arrogatg the
proper valuation by impartial assessors-Aew York
Tribune.