The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-28
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Mr.. BLAINE may not be candidate again ard
probably never will be- 1t not by his wish
or effort that he became the candidate this time. But
anybody who imagnes that he and his friends be
counted out great political factor of the future
will make mighty big blunder Press
THE experiment of passing two engines on one
track has frequently been tried but always proved
failure, So with the party that attempts to carry
protection and free trade-it be bat short time
until it discovers that it is impossible to God
and the devil and do justice to both.-Pittsburg
Chronicle
THE circus will not really omen until the m1cwumP
goat tries TO prevent the Democratic giraffe from
reaching his neck the civservice fence and yan
ing the bales of government hay off the rack. Ths
result ill be kick from the giraffe that will knock
the mugwump goat into the middle of next week.
-Philadelphia Press.
THE Democrats in the First Louisiana con gressiona1
district are crying fraud! Great Cesar For the
Republicans to be accused of election frauds in a
State where the Democrats shoot down Republicans
and lock up thousands till the election is over is too
much! We have pretty good opinion of Repub-
lican who commit FRAUD At a Louisiana election.
-Norristown Herald.
MuCH loose criticism is made upon the Swain
courtmartiai and especially upon the interposton by
the defendants counsel of what called technical
pleadings General Swain may be guilty of all the
charges and specifications that produced against
against him. but he has right to a fair trial. and
these pleadings among the means of insurng its
fairness.-Philadephi Record.
IT fact worthy of consideration by Protestants
that the first and still the greatest and most powerful
organization made by any church for the suppression
of intemperance among its own members RO
man Catholic society and that organization that
church is doing for the promot ion of total
abstinence among her members than any of her Prot
estant contemporaries-New York Mail and Ex-
press
PERHAPS when the American people begin to SEQ
that they being dsgaced in the eyes Of the world
they will rally and raise the funds necessary to pro-
vide pedestal for the statue of Liberty. II some
body had only presented with another Egyptian
obelisk. some rich would rush forward and pay
the expense of transportation. Perhaps we do not
care as much for liberty as we once did.-New York
World.
JUDGE VOORHEES, returns to Indiana after
fully locating Indiana in the next Cabinet
The ease with which these Cabinet positions are given
recalls the familiar story of the gentleman whose wife
overheard him promising of the litter of pups
and who afterward reminded him that he had previ.
ously promised sixteen of those pups. What if
did2 said the cabinet maker, II think it mighty
mean man that won't even promise friend pup"
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
IT is a waste of time for General Gordon and others
like him argue that the white people of the South
wish well to their colored friends, and mean to treat
them well, and have no desire whatever to do any
harm to them and all that sort of thing There were
321 600 males of the voting in Georgia four years
ago; 100000 of them managed to get their votes
counted. When General Gordon finds time to plain
this circumstance, he will enghten the public more
than he has been able to 80 far.-New York Tri-
bune.
IT is quite time to apply the penalty reentessly to
every who attempts to right himself with shot
gun, except where the shooting is done in sedefenso
at a moment of imminent danger. The convenient
attack of emotional insanity under cover Of which
these fhand shooters eude the grand jury should
be radically treated for several years in public
asylum. We hold these opinions whether they bear
upon temperance mobs church quarrels, or any kind
of lawless violence, however respectable the doers
may be. We need more respect for law and vastly
more prudence in dealing with mob methods.-ChcagO
News. go. p.
In the United States we know well the signs Of
the hard times that it is waste of time to recaptu-
late any of the evidence We on the edge of the
most terrible winter that has been seen here
Hundreds of thousands of men already out of
work and the newspaper accounts of suspensions
raIr tiof, IF Hlls col dali QQ
abroad the tightening shrinkage of the invisible
enemy is felt by the tlers of the soil well by the
artisans of the cities and is eating deeply into the
capital of the employer into the wages of the
ployed This is the state of things in this world Of
ours as we the end of the most prolific year, on
the whole, that has been known to this century.
Chicago Tribune.