The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-05

from having Gained the confidence of the country the
Democratic party had come The rejection of Pendle
Ton III te p!oIai otaie OF tle "cSy VIZ IoSe INC parry
thousands of votes which it can i'll afford to spare
Boston Herald.
THE character of the weak and wretched man who
sits upon the throne of Russia is pretty well I'M
derstood by the outside world. No hberailzlng re-
forms originate in such mind his and so long
his entire. attention is given to the by no means
simple problem of how to keep whole skin upon
quaking body he cannot be expected to listen with
much patience to the reading of the drafts of cons
buttons which defenders of his rule would have
believe his ministers and advisers accustomed
to bring to his notice from time to tme-New York
Times
THE present session ought not to expire without
the enactment of law establishing some needed re-
form in the postal service 1t already clear that the
reduction in the rate of letter postage from three cents
to two for half will not greatly diminish the
revenues for the immediate future and will at dis
tant day increase both in correspondence and
i'll the substitution of sealed envelopes for open ccu
lars which will make up for the deficit that at first
be expected There is, consequently reason for de-
laying other improvements because of doubt as to the
effect OF this great change.-Brookyn Union
IT is poor defense of the solid South that it is
solid to confront solid North. Better would it
have been for twenty years ago ii there had
been no solid South" In that event there would
have been no solid North and coupled with
complete Southern snbjugation And now after our
soidity has resulted in and subjugaton, to CON
time this suen sodity is to invoke adverse passions
and prejudces at the North-to repel the very sent
ments and impulses of friendship and favor that we
chiefly need-upon the absurd plea that soldity is
necessary defend from the consequences of that
soldity.-Richnond (Va.) Wing.
If Mr.. Parneu can avoid in future the fatal mputa
ton of making of criminal agencies, he will have
strong cause, and possibly, he says, winning one
But whether he wins or loses, he will prejudice the
better part of mankind against that cause if he eoun
tenanees crime neglects to denounce it, assails
those who systematically suppressing it. A1nerl
ought to set their faces sterny against amy at
tempt the part of adopted citizens of Irish birth to
embroi them with Great Britain That is a national
duty. But political agitation in favor of an irish
Legislature if kept within the lines of constitutional
action, and untainted with crime does not concern
them. That's question which Englishmen and Irish
must settle for themselves-New York Tribune
IT would seem to be the true policy of the Govern
men to place the inhabitants of Alaska on an equal
footing with the people of other organized Territories
thus giving them incentives to go to work with will
to deveope the rich of that hitherto little
derstood northern wild. Under favorable conditions
there will be outcome to Alaska such majority
of the American people little expect The Hon. VIII
lam II. Seward in a speech when his visit to this
coast made the prediction that the day would come
when the purchase of that vast territory would no
longer be designated as Stewards folly and that
time would vindicate it as being of the most judi
cious and profitable investments made by our
Government. There is good reason now to believe
that the utterances of that great statesman will be
more than verihed.-San Francisco Chronicle.
IT is the fixed policy of the American people to
raise the great bulk of government revenues from in
direct taxation 1t has to be because it an.
swers the double purpose of revenue and protection of
home capital and home labor Every honest man ia
economy in public affairs, but cheap govern
ment' is the slang of demagogues only. The govern
likely to cost less than it is costing When in
1907 the debt is paid and the pensioners of the
of 1872 of Mexico and of the great rebellion shall
have been reduced TO a few thousands there will be
other and greater demandsin the better education of
the people in the ownership of national roads, and the
the improvement of rivers and harbors-for the alb
sorpon of money and the best way to meet these de-
mands is to preserve the policy of protection.-San
Francisco Chronicle. .rt