The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-15
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

THE of the American people still believe in
the foreign policy recommended by George Washing
ton. Friendly relations and fair dealing with all for
egn countries; entangling alliances with We
have had war enough to do this generation.-Louis
vile Commercial.
THIS complaint of the Glow tone of the press" is
common but very unjust newspaper relates the
events of the day 1t does not manufacture its record
of corruptions and crimes but tells of them as they
If it failed to do so it would be an unfaithful
chronicer and worthless teacher. 1t would lead peo
pie to believe that there is brutality vice dishon
esty and degradation in the world, and would hull
cety into perious false securitY.-New York World.
The hoax cruel but it bore more heavily on
the esteemed grandfather of the fastma service Mr..
Medill than Prof. Swing There is but one method
which the Tribune suggest whereby sweet revenge
may accrue to the injured gentlemen. That is, to
org anize at Matthew Arnold Cunning Club and
go cunning around the suburbs of the Chicago News
office for the wicked young who did conceive ia
his diseased brain, and did write with his wicked
fingers the spurious letter which has been the cause of
all their sorrows-Minneapohs Tribune
Mr.. BEECHER has been tainted with being incon-
sstent in advocating reduction of the tariff and at
the time supporting for the presidency csndi-
date who represented opposite views. Mr.. Beecher
very well points out that the only hope of tariff
form lies in the success of Republican and
unless positive immortality is approved by the
party. There can be no refuge for honest tariff
formers in the Democratic organization whose imbe-
cites in the treatment of this, as of all other inn
portan public questions, only disgust and rrtate in
tegent and barely tickle the surface of REFORM
Chicago Tribune
For these execrable dynamite fiends Americans can
have only one feeng-that OF adherence. The dynI-
mite campaign is wicked it is stupid-as iendish
it is preposterous. But let this country be spared
these continuous curtain lectures from London If
there be no proof EXCEPT suspicion that an explosion
has been caused by Irish. Americans or that conspra
tors actually arrested have recently been in New York
and have been hired brbed here TO do their abomn
able work there, let the evidence be discovered and
meanwhile let the London press hold its peace. The
English people have reason to complain of the att
tude of the American government.-New York Trib
CODES start the business of reportmaking anew,
and with stimulus. They multiply rather than
reduce the obstacles to justice because they have all
to be iudicialy interpreted in every word and line be-
fore they be practically applied. But they elimn
old waste and dead doctrines, and render the law
little elastic to exigencies They are like
house cleaning They get rid of some of the old rub
bish but don't prevent retard the accumulation of
new dirt Still it pleasing to gentleman of Mr..
Field learning and experience cling to the virgin
thusasm of his youth, and again, in days of yore
sound the charge for codcaton because there too
many reports.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
THE fault is in society, that has accepted and per-
ssts in maintaining vicious system a false basis Of
administration. 1t does not follow from any principle
of a republican representative constitution that he
its Legislative part must rest popular elect
crate its administrative part must have the basis
Efficient and certain administration of law is not less
important in the most popular republic than the most
absolute monarchy. But efficient and certain admin
istration of the criminal law by administrators whose
commissions are issued and renewed periodically by
unrestricted ballotboxng is, in the nature of things
mpossibiity IL this popular political basis of the
administration of justice in this country is the
preme cause OF It's fallure.-ChlcagO Times.
PAUPERISM for which we are not responsible now
threatens and if no protest is made England will
transfer to large part of that hopeless and help
less poor which the of the highest in that
country. What can be done' Congress should at
once enact law prohibiting the landing shores
of any person who is assisted to immgrate by any
ISOLATION persons acting for such association There
should be deicacy in treating this matter because
to burden our people with the poor of other countries
is the greatest possible wrong that be inflicted
upon us and it is the greatest evil that can come
our nation to have people become familiar with a
large army of paupers and beggars. Congress should
act upon this matter within a month-should within
week pass resolve warming the British government
against further preparation of this gross injustice
upon our people.-Boston Journal.
RINGING resolutions are everywhere adopted by
Democrats favoring tariff which will produce
enue limited to the needs of the government econom
cally administered, and yet a fragment of the party
protesting adherence these resolutions insists upon
the maintenance of the existing import duties which
Weld hundred millions surplus. The incongruity,
not to say insncerty of this sort of thing is dsaste
full to sincere men, almost to the point of being dis
gushing We believe the people who occupy this att-
tude are greatly overrated in both numbers and in
Auence No man of positive character and candid
mind can occupy such position. Most men who
for protection as primary object of taxation, and
therefore opposed to reduction of the present tariff
no doubt avow their opinions There sufficient
reasons why any but trimming office hunters, who
comprise but an utterly inconsiderabe part of the
voters should equvocate attempt to deceive any
body on this subiect.-St. Louis Republican (Den.)