The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-05
COMMENT AND OPINION.

COMMENT AND OPINION.
The consumption of fruit as an ordinary arti-
Gle of food has tendency to make people inGe-
pendent of spirituous liquors
Those who buy their Christmas presents now
will have time to lay up money for another
batch two or three weeks hence.-Philadelphi
Inquirer.
There is one feature of the administrators
policy which all honest men will indorse: that is
its determined war upon the land thieves.-Den-
Republican.
With regard to the death of great men, it IS
becoming an important question whether Europe
will pull along if the Battenbergs should die.
-Pittsburg Despatch.
The free-traders when they are pushed, be-
come revenue reformers On the stage such
lightning changes as this would win thunders of
applause. ATLANTA Constitution.
There will be no dissent from the opinion ex-
pressed by General Atkins that the Indians
must learn to work for a living, and be made to
understand that it is their duty to send their
children to school, Chicago Times.
The Republicans of the Senate are about as
likely to 90 outside Of that body for presiding
officer as they are to elect one of the pages
That eminent body's opinion Of an outsider is
pre-emnently frosty.-Boston Record.
Any man of intelligence and honesty is compe-
tent to judge by the sworn evidence presented to
him, whether a defendant is guilty or not guilty,
rGau
the matter before Washington Critic.
In our opinion. the presidency of the Senate
should be given to the man who was defeated
for that place by little over one thousand
votes-John A. Logan, of Illinois. He has the
strongest claim in every way.-New York Tele-
graph.
When 3 man dies his biography appears, and
it is usually just too splendid for anything.
Wonder why somebody doesn't have his biogra-
ply written at the beginning instead of the end
of his life. It might do him some good.-Boston
Transcript
1t is interesting to note that in Maryland, as
in Georgia, the temperance issues have been
Kept out OF politics, and, as a natural conse-
quence the temperance cause has had the united
support of the best men of both parties.-New
York Mail and Express.
Why not admit that man must not necessa-
rily be spokesman and opponent of honest
reform because he does not happen to adopt
your peculiar theories and shape his ideas of
reform in accordance with your particular no
tions9-New York World
Vice-president Hendricks like President
Grant and many others of our most distinguish
&c men, was conspicuously happy in his do
nestle relations Good mothers and good wives
alike play potent part in molding and inspir-
ing good characters.-New York Graphic.
1t may be prudent to go slow. and to keep an
eye on the educated Indians. If their education
proves advantageous, every educated Indian
they will soon unlearn in the forest all that was
taught them in the schools. -Phladelphia
Record.
What ground for hope that the Indian may be
civilized can be found in the fact that he has
yielded continent, existing with or receding be-
fore the white man for three centuries and eav-
ing as all that the phlanthropist can claim as
residuum of civilization Ga, 900 in Indian Terri
tory?-Memphis Avalanche.
1t is time to abandon the special-delivery ex-
pertinent. 1t is an experiment in direct viola
ton of the principles upon which the postal
system rests. 1t has been proved to be an utter
failure. 1t cannot be carried on except at loss
or at cost of impairing the general service.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
If the Tories and Irish have majority ever
so small, Lord Salisbury will hold on, but he,
cannot for great length of time be in partner
ship with Mr. Parnell. The probability is it
will be his policy to make the Parliament short
one. and that it will be of few days and full of
troubles-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
1t would have been far better to proptiate the
French and the French half breeds by sparing
Rers life, after proving IL to have been Justly
forfeited, than to take it and then to make an
argument which is of no avail whatever toward
changing sentiment and undoing the mischiev-
Gus effects Of a political blunder.-New York
Times
Congress can turn thousands of people out of
employment this winter, and bring prostration
upon great industries, by senseless agitation
about the tariff. But it has no reason to suppose
that any body of people whatever want such an
agitation. If it will refrain from meddling
little while. and let industries recover prosperi-
ty, the country will be very thankful New
York Tribune.
The similarity of the management of the Brit
ish Tories and the American Democrats must
strike many. The Tories, like the Democrats,
depend on strategy and political inesse for sue
cess. The Liberals appeal to the people on
principle, just as the Republicans do in Ameri-
ca. The Liberal party has been hampered by
the course of the Socialistic cranks, just as the
Republicans have been by the antics of the Pro
hibition cranks in America. Chicago Tribune
The truth is. this chatter about partisanship
is imbecile. 1t originates with men who have
no conception of the real duties of citizenship,
and who would have disposition to perform
those duties if they did understand them. They
are men whose chief ambition it is to constitute
themselves a balance of power" party, such as
we have already described in The Star Too
much pulled up with conceit to do mans part
in convincing and persuading men to accept
their views, they denounce all who do this nee
essary work as demagogues. They are simply
noisy nusances misplaced matter in our body
politic,-NeW York Star.