The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-17
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

If Cleveland withstands these opportunities it will
be his credit and that of his administration. He is
simply in the first stages CT disagreement with
the policy of his party leaders. Later will the
full test of his strength Of will If he proves himself
equal to the emergency he will have the support of
the country regardless of party but If he fails, his
fate will be miserable than If he had
dertaken to continue the civil service policy Of his
predecessor.-National Republican.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND may rest assured that in
any real reform he will have hearty support Neither
the country the Republican party desires to have
any abuses continue which have grown under past
administrations He will find fewer than he expects
but whenever he finds pray him to cut it off at
once On thesother hand his performances will be
garded with considerable suspicion SO long as the
work of reform is ntrusted principally to Mr. Manning,
and he will probably learn in due time that Mr. Man
ming himself needs reforming more than any other
branch of the government.-New York Tribune.
THE fact that the national spirit is of push and
is the very best evidence that the triumph of
the Democracy is not for long The position occupied
by the United States among the nations of the world
things, to keep moving. We have stopped for the
time being but cannot long remain STILL since the
as they begin to be little cramped by remaining in
one position, there will be general stir, and
prophet is needed to tell what will then become of tho
Democratic supremacy.-St Louis GlobeDemocrat
WITH respect to the President who shall prove his
possession of the moral and physical strength
sary to stop the practice of that crime, the Office
& n Win aEs the b
reputation character, and estate without their aid,
and against all their powers Of harm. The precedent
once firmly established which shall demonstrate the
possibility that strong President stem, through
out his reign. the force of that degrading current, will
not be easily dsestablished by the clamor of hungry
and thirsty Office beggars Already the rising tide of
public hostility to the spoils system is stronger than
any party organization or machine.-Chcago Times.
BARRIos has for dozen years played the tyrant in
Guatemala and enriched himself at the public ex
pense while securing absolute command the
army He is ambitious, INSCRIPTIONS. and daring
and if not interfered with from without might, with
America hard struggle for the maintenance of their
independence. But from Mexico he has received
significant warning. He has already had boundary
dispute with that country and the protection of the
frontier would give Mexico pretext for prscaution
airy measures, which might imply much. He would
find his powerful neghbor of the north opposed to his
designs and would, of course, be without sympathy
from any quarter.-New York Times.
THEY THE ofice-seekers] labor under the idea that
the Republican party is to be turned out of power and
the Democratic party put in its place; and that there
is to be change and reconstruction and reform Of
the government in all it's branches and departments
from top to bottom. That has been the purpose for
which the Democracy has striven for many years,
and it the object for which it contended in the
last presidential election. If this is to be done. the
great majority of the present ncubents of the offices
must be turned out, and their posts made vacant;
and those members of the successful party who desire
to serve in such capacities naturally declare their
wishes and do all in their power to have their claims
favoraby considered. This they have perfect right
to do There is nothing in such conduct but what is
entirely reasonable and proper 1t merits no condem
THE feeble grasp which the Creeks and Semnoles
| have upon Oklahoma is merely sentimental. AS it
stands the Indians cannot occupy the territory
nor white men without their consent Octoroons
and mulattoes may go there Indian squaw with
a white husband, but white white
ried to white women may not In other words, per-
SON seveneghths white take up land there but a
person eght-eghths white must be bayoneted if he
goes there. This fraction of complexion is all the
claim which the Indians have, and is too absurd to
consider seriously. Eventually, under any crcum-
stances, these lands will be occupied by the people,
because the flood will be too strong for any power to
resist but it will be the wiser for the President
| to act justly and on the side of public rights The
farmers are FESTIVE and il the President does not omen
| up these lands they will They do not propose to
surrender their rights freebooters octoroons
CHICAGO Tribune.