The Indianapolis journal., 1884-05-01
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

THE Trbune's arithmetic man" already figures
up over 300 delegates to the Republican national
convention elected in Mr.. Baines interests, with
number of States to hear from We believe we have
Mr.. Blaine nominated like this twice before but
for some reason another Republicans have never
had chance to vote for members of the ELECTORAL col
lege who would have made Mr.. Blaine President.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
New JERSEY, Ohio and Michigan voice the resolu-
tons of the Republicans of the other States namely
that candidates this year must not burden the party
with the trouble of explaining why such men
lected. Voters have excellent memory, and are,
particularly this season. ready to appear for the pros
ecution in political suspect tries to reach
public station Republicans are sagacous, as well as
consistent in suggesting that there is standing room
only" for who have brought discredit on the
party.-Boston Advertiser.
A HETEROGENEOUS combination of political wire.
puers which could be marshaled under other ban
than that of the exSecretary Of State who ac-
cording to William Walter Phelps, is the spontaneous
choice of the people without patronage machine or
oven inclination toward the presidential nomination.
The truth is that despite machine cheers in the lob
bies despite machine literature in the press despite
machine bookcanvassers in the districts and despite
the machine assertions of William Walter Phelps the
Blaine canvass lags for lack of public confidence.
Chicago News. soe
THE truth is that all popular tendencies toward
forestalling and overriding the law in settled com
muntes ought to be discouraged by sober and think
ing men, insomuch such tendencies operate strong
ly against progress and carry communities that
yield them in the direction of disorder and anarchy
Civilized government presupposes the existence i'll the
peope of love of order and systematized law to hold
in restraint the passionate impulses excited by crim
nal actions. The American people inherit an apti
tude for seifgovernment born of cultivated sef-re
straint and this inherited disposition ought to be
iealously guarded and strengthened by continued ex
ercise.--New York Tribune.
In is not well with the editors this year who take
hand in politics The parson in his pulpit knock
sinners endways and the editor in his sanctum enjoys
the privilege subect to the restraint of the libel
laws). 1t is not the privilege OF the sinner to ade-
and editors take hand in the primaries III the
and conventions that follow thereupon, they
then descend to the level of the ordinary citizen and
find themselves cooked and seasoned accordingly
The Russians have rather suggestive saying that
you cannot take two hides from one OK. The per-
whose high mission is to instruct everybody else
what to do had better let everybody else do it-Phi
adelphia Record
THE requirements of a Secretary of War in time of
peace are not exacting and yet they test the faithful
ness and display the characteristics of man in an un
mstakabe manner, as some of the unfortunate ad-
mnistrations in the past have proved 1t is not too
much to say that Mr.. Lincoln has added very greatly
to the public respect felt for his name and the COM
paratvey little that known of him personally be-
fore his entrance into Garfelds Cabinet by the 'in
dustry fidelity and singeness of purpose with which
he has discharged the duties of his present position
His experience has given him just enough familiarity
with the administration of the government to COM
pletc his equipment available candidate for Pres
ident.-BostOn Herald.
SCARCELY a sane man in the country, with any
knowledge of the daily course of events in commerce
and finance can be found who does not see that tho
inevitable tendency of the silver law is toward cer
tain depreciation of the currency an unsettement OF
values period of wild speculation and heavy losses
and The general discredt and injury of the country
Yet the law continues its relentless and perious
operation; the mints grind out month by month tho
determined amount of silver dollars. which go into
fine bursting vaults of the treasury and the drain of
gold under laws which Congress does not enact and
Cannot repeal is steadily reducing the amount of the
worlds one currency metal in the hands of the govern
ment.---New York Times
EXACTLY how attempts to provo Mr.. EGmunds to be
no-better-t than he ughttobe are going TO demoni
strate that Mr.. Blaine is a truly good man and a
nroper person to figure us the Republican candidate
for the presidency in this year of grace 1854 we do
not exactly see This is the best defense that the
Blaine organs are able to make however although, to
sneak nainv they seem to find very little comfort in
the making of IT, 1t looks indeed it does, as though
Mr. Pbeps etterwriting propensities had led him to
drive bir spike in Brother Baines political cotin
which will accomplish much more than all the sayings
and dongs of the Maine mans political ilwishers to
rive a definite finish to his as politician
philadelphia Telegraph
THE bill to create Bureau of Labor Statistics
which recently passed the House. with only nineteen
dissenting votes is specimen of rank demagogsm in
legislation The bill substantially creates offices
FOR the advantage Of politicians Like other bureaus
which have been created at Washington to multiply
patronage and to reward partsans this scheme starts
out with a plausible grant of money. But i'll year
or two it would become costly fixture the Treas
ury with no reasonable prospect Of being abolished.
Any proposition 10 repeal it would be met with the
false cry that the laborng interest alone was 70 10
,roscribetl while all other interests were protected
Vet h Dor is the victim of this species of legislation Tor
Il has to pav for the music while the otlceholders
dance.-NeW York Sun