The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-25
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

WE may have many things to grunabie about and
would like to changed but it is clear that there is
no spot on the globe where man is surrounded BY so
many encouraging circumstances and make SO
much of himself right here where we live, under
the benign influence of republican institutions
l. York Telegram.
The issue raised by General Chalmers is the great
issue Of the future and it must be met and decided
That it will be decided right when it comes to be
properly understood We have not the shadow of
doubt. If the Southern States permitted to nuty
the acts of Congress introduce minority rule
then boosted government 'of the people, by the
people and for the people" is a deusion and lie.
There must be succession of shotgun Presidents in
a free Republc.-Pittsburg Commercial.
! PRESIDENT ARTHUR has shown himself to be very
adroit politician in the he has made of his time in
putting the incoming party upon trial but the Demo
Gratis will not outplay him by avoiding the ISSUE In
the Nicaragua treaty there is point-the canal
proiectso closely related national passion of the
American people, and so intimately involved with
favored theories of the great Democrats that it
is hardly too much to say that if the Democrats
not wise in their treatment of it, they will give their
opponents an advantage upon which they may carry
the country.-New York Herald.
| WHAT the country needs is not small markets
opened at great cost, such as Cuba, and Porto Rico
and San Domingo taxes to help establish
steamers for ports where there is little trade for them
any other sort of factcious and artificial help
from taxes taken out of our pockets. 1t wants
the grip of arbitrary taxation taken off from the
materials and neoessaries of living and free field
given to the energy, integrity, and capacity for bust
Of its people Give that simple justice and
will find tho "boSt market" whether at home or
abroad and make money in it-New York Times.
THE decision of Judge Zane that polygamous wife
is not wife in reality and cannot by law inherit her
husbands property will be apt to make stir in Nor
mondom second only to ClawsonC conviction When
the engnery of tho law is fanny brought to bear on
the edce OF pole samy it viii suffer exon more heavi-
y than it has done within the last few months The
trouble has ALWAYS been IN the past that could
be found of sufficient nerve 10 administer the law in
Salt Lake he would in any other city of the
| try. Tie coin tine swagser of the saints always
| suppressed the voice Of the court-San francisco
| Chronicle.
GoLD viii not be paid into tho Treasury unless the
Treasury pays out gold. If it cuts of its supply Of
gold by compelling its creditors TO receive paper in
Stead the Treasury will presently be obliged to pay
even the in ere3 the public debt in silver not
all What 'roud then be the value of United States
bondsl Is tFere any DOUBT that gold would then be
| boarded, and hoid at high piemiuna That path
leads back to bankruptcy If the party which has
just been REJOICING its victory desires TO sgnaze
its first yea of power by putting the government into
bankruptcy 1t ay possibly succeed by insisting On
the continued coinage of slver.-New York Tribune
THERE IS nowhere desire to interfere with the
| Mormons in their religion. Every man in this Re
| public has a dght to worship God according to the
! dictates Of ais conscience. The Recognized
Church of Diormons have q branch in this city and
are quite in several of the Western States
They haze 10 trouble with their negnoors, ana are
locked upon good citizens and lawabiding people.
! They not polyGamsts and not controlled in
their temporal affairs by dietaton of their church
leaders. This is all that is required of the Utah
Molmens, and, or later they will have to con-
form TO it. it is the only peaceful solution of the
! queston.-San Francisco Post.
/ TIE German Chancellor had no notion of dividing
the Congo region with France but Loyalty deter
mined that all nations shodld have equal rights in the
new country in accordance with the purpose of the
African Association. In protesting against the
| talzation OF the Congo region the real object of
France was 70 appropriate tho lions share with the
consent of bismarck, When Monsieur Ferry finds
that the great Chancellor is wary TO be used for
such puIpo.e he turns to England in the hope of
| finding coad1utor i'll that quarter. But the Euro
rean powers including England, have, with the OK
ception of Portugal recognized the neutrality OF the
! Congo region. The refusal of France to acquiesce
may cause failure of the conference for the present
hut this not likely increase French prestige in
Europe or territorial power in Africa. France was
OF the first to suggest this conference and now
intrigues against it when cannot be manipulated for
| French purposes-Philadephia Resord
Gov. CLEVELAND will gvo the country a strong,
distinctive Democratic administration vindication
Of Democratic principles and in order to give the lie
| 70 the Republican Islander that the Democracy has
neither honesty capacity to bring to the public
services a homogeneous and harmonious policy, by
| filling with capable, honest and thorough Democrats
such Offices pertain TO the diplomatic service, the
finances, the postal system the administration of JUS
tce the collection of revenue and other branches Of
with The Prusidenys views and the principles of De-
Inocracy deu.Bnded the public interest; puri-
! fed government b. dri'iag eve.y rascal, high and
low, iIom >fhce ps-uiae ciTil-service reform, by
In,kirg capacity faslHy and honesty again the
test for post independent OF political considera-
lions anG retaining for tie people the services of
| those who hold got po.cal but subordinate places,
who have not so'Hl as rartsans and who come up to
the JelIersonian standard.-Nsw York World.