The Indianapolis journal., 1884-07-07
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

system which results in enforced 1deness ana decreased
production implies diminished enjoyment, deprivation
suffering. This is economical truth certain
axiom in mathematics..-St Louis Republican
No president that the Republican party elect
will give his official signature to bill restoring Mr.
Fitz John Porter to the army of the United States
and do not conceive it probable from the present
outlook that the Democratic party will for many
years be in position to restore this traitor to the po
siton Of trust and honor which he forfeited by his
own misconduct-Ch Chicago Tribune.
THE Independents demonstrated themselves in the
Republican Chicago convention to be the incapables of
their day and generation. They were at Chicago for
an impossible canddate-Mr. Edmunds They
very eloquent about him. but their eoquence made no
impression; or, if any the effect to remove him
little further than before from the sympathy and
confidence of President makers Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette.
In would be roaring farce if the independents as
they call themselves, should select George William
Curtis for their leader There is question that he de-
sres the honor and he fatuous enoughto believe that
he could rally alarge following Itwould be excellent
thing for the Republican party if this man could be
put at the head of the disafected faction the small
vote which he would secure would be the best indca
ton of the nsgnifcance of the faction which he rep
resents.-San Francisco Chronicle.
WE contend that in this campaign there is chance
for success for one or two parties. The question of
duty is narrowed down to loyalty dsloyalty the
ocrats in cotro Of the State and the national govern
ment will vote for other than the Republican
troll in State and national affairs will vote the Repub
ican ticket That is the long and short of it 1t is
plain, directly or no. Chicago Inter Ocean.
free traders have thus met PARTIAL defeat
in Merrisons State, it is all the mportant that
Kentucky should place Mr.. Watterson the commit
tee resolutions Kentucky Democrats will be pret
y cold when it to the tariff utterances and as
Mr.. Watterson is full booded impulsive and warm
natured man. he would be better able to brace up un
der the arctic pressure than anybody else Tariff
for revenue only means pretty hard pounding for
Democracy in November.-Louisyille Commercial
WHILE the President does not enter except by clear
implication into the merits Of the Ftz John Porter
case, the people of the country will rejoice at the de-
feat of this bill for an important The move
ment to restore Porter to the army one step to-
ward putting the government into the hands of
combination of exconfederate generals and those off
of the Union army who did the least they could
to damage the rebellion, of whom Mcclellan, Frank
lin and Fitz John Porter the representative lead
ers.-National Republican.
AFTER careful consideration of the Fitz John Porter
BILL the President has vetoed it. His action is in ac
cordance with the prevailing sentiment not only
among soldiers, but in the whole generation that
passed through the 1t is also in accordance with
the powerful argument of General Logan which re-
mains the strongest and cogent statement Of the
case against Porter. In passing this bill the Demo-
cratic majority in the House wasted much valuable
time that should have been devoted to important pub
lie busness.-New York Tribune,
WE must not shut our ostrich eyes to the presence
Of this 1.-THE communisticl element in our society.
We cannot tolerate it, we excuse ourselves
wholly from blame for the fact that SO many Of our
fellowcreatures dnd life under laws art church.
es corporations, industry hard and cheeress that
they would gladly put the torch to the whole fabric
RrcdU CONSERVATIVE,
Americans is caught between two extremes of anarchy
the anarchy of the lawless plutocrats the anarchy
of the lawess proetaria To preserve itself society
must conquer and civilize both.-New York Tribune.
THE President alleges that the bill creates a new
Office upon condition that the President shall appoint
to fill it designated person. and is therefore legis
ative encroachment upon the executive authority As
the bill is drawn in Form which seems to make this
exception fair it may be fatal whatever else hap
pens. The House promptly passed the bill over the
Presidents vetoa thing the Senate is less likely to
do. But should the Senate do this. the War Depart
ment will get the into the United States courts
which will set the bill aside if Mr.. Brewsters opinion
is good law, and we are afraid it is.--New York
Herald.
THE record of the Democratic Houseis now closing,
and how little it has done to gain the confidence Of
the country scarcely needs to be said The most de-
voted adherent of the Democracy can not have the
face to say that the present session of six months
DURATION has furnished any reason why independ-
ent should vote the Democratic ticket the approach
ing election Wherein the record is not barren ii is
bad There is neither the promise nor the potency
of reform in the Democratic party represented in
Congress- typed by the character and tendencies
Of its local leaders in most Of the States-Boston
journal
THE outlook then, for the business element in this
country is not unfavorable the crops will be large mon
ey already ntmated is plentiful and there is every
reason to believe that the smaness Of the supplies
held by inferior traders will lead to much larger do
mestic traffic in the fall; while the decline in the
prices of export products has already been suf6
eiently marked to encourage the hone that or fore;
commerce will, ere long, show more crafty
ing increase than has been noticed in branches
to keep cheerful act cautiously and hope for the
best.-Frank Lesle's Weekly.
OPINIONS may differ as to what the result of
obedience would have been, but Porter himself had
knowledge on that subject which entitled him to
hesitate Had the sautary principles of military dis
cipne been fully enforced he would not have lived TO
persist in his effort to have the sanctions of military
lribunal subverted and the principles of Constitu-
ton set aside for vindicaton which he does not de-
He ought to be thankful for the clemency that
saved him from the fate which under more rigorous
governments follows upon disobedience of orders in
the army, and for the leniency that has relieved him
from the most gnominious part of his sentence-New
York Times.
No schedule Of hours could be drawn that would ft
every case for the difference in the nature Of occupa
ton in cotton mill and in iron furnace is so great
that what would be life to the would be death to
the other. Furthermore limitation of hours might,
in very many cases, mean q reduction of wages. "A
given amount of work is worth just whatever it viii
bring in the market the price varying according to
circumstances beyond the control Of congress.
man No law can be made that will prevent a man
working himself to death if he wants to- and Is tak
of limiting hours when this limiting bread may
be rstrate theory, but is certainly very poor prac
tice.--St Louis Globe-D Democrat.
THE ocean space separating us from Eupope is Of it.
self trustworthy quarantine while facilities for
preventing the importation of the disease choera are
such that It only reach shores by the most in
credible and almost impossible negligence For ali
this it is of course necessary that the utmost vig
lance be exercised, and our medical scientists will not
waste their leisure il they devote of it to re.
newed search for remedies. For the laty it may be
said that sanitary conditions always in order and
that cleanliness personal and otherwise attention to
diet regular habits and avoidance of excessive work in
hot weather, will rule carry those who observe
these precautions, through far sicler season than
we are at all likely to undergo-New York Tribune
BUT these learned phianthropists are not consist
ent. They condemn Mr.. Blaine for his anti Chinese
vote, but find no fault with Mr.. Bayard In fact Mr.
Bayard their ideal Of all that is exalted in states.
manship and yet during the past fourteen years he
has voted against every relating the rights
Of the newly-enfranchised citizens, which they re-
garded essential to the welfare of the country and
the protection Of the people When the amended Chi
bill put its passage in the Senate the other
day. Mr. Bayard voted yea. This vote will not de.
prive him Of the support Of the perfectionsts If he
though of their for opposing Mr. Blaine Is
the fact that he voted in favor of the original bill and
thus brought down himself the charge of being adj
lican.
No wonder that Mr.. Blaine has SO many individual