The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-19

Max Muller who seemed scarcely 10 allow to keep
to one religion in his zeal to instruct in the divinity
ST all allows that Christianity is essentially mis-
sonary or diffusive faith. And when the shell OF
superhuous dogma and European decoration are laid
aside we doubt any story that has been told to
mortal ears by tai tongue is likely to change
the hard and cruel nature into humanity receptive
of sweetness and light as that of Him whose brief
ministry was the doing of higher will and the bear
ing OF others griefs and gult-Brooklyn Eeagle.
IT is difficult to average the decline in prices but it
IS estimated that articles of necessity-food and
cothing--are at least onefourth cheaper than they
were ten years ago. Seventy.fve cents will now buy
much a dollar bought then. They who earn
as much they earned in 1870, much better off
than they then because these earnings will buy
more and go further They whose earnings have been
reduced by one-fourth can buy as much as they
bought then. These things are well worth bordering
understood by the great army of toers the better able
will they be to hold their ground against the attacks
of confederated capital and against the nsdious ap
peais OF the demagogue.-Charieston NeWs-Coufier.
THERE is nothing fatal to Republicansm in the
Prohibition movement, or the mugwump movement
1t seems queer that anybody who knows enough TO
pound sand without recipe in his pocket should
suppose that there is The Republicans would nave
carried this State and elected Blaine in spite OF the
Prohibtionists and the mugwumps, too, If it hadnt
been for an accident. They would have carried this
State in spite of that accident, if it hadn't been for
few stalwarts who still good Republicans. though
not yet Blaine men. When change of few hundred
votes might have knocked 1.-THE victorious and power
full Democracy into cooked hat, how absurd it IS to
pretend that its victory overwhelming and de-
cisve that the Republicans cannot rally from it-New
York Sun.
THIS country has reached point in its devel-
opment when there is urgent need that the tarlh
policy shall be discussed large and liberal basis
and when effort shall be made to make the tariff
afford proper protection, without the one hand
fostering monopOlies or the other, crushing out
our industries, for other purpose than to give
foreigners an illegitimate command of our markets.
There is consequently need that something shall be
done by protectonsts to not only place the protection
idea rightly before the country, but to the
II1ofin
citation that has just been form ed do much In this
direction; but to do anything worth talking about,
it will have to find some way to draw the line with
good deal of strictness, between proper protection
and monopoly fostering. hiladelpha Telegraph.
THE friends of sound banking system class
that includes all wellinformed business and all
statesmen will feel disappointed and disguised at the
treatment given to the bank question which came up
in the House yesterday. A decent regard for the
commercial interests of the country should have
insured at least fair and careful consideration OF the
matter; but the Mcpherson BILL inadequate as it is,
was quickly showed aside, and no substitute allowed
to be proposed for discussion, although excellent
ready 1t mainly Democratic stupidity
that led to this result, although Messrs. Hewitt and
Potter told their political brethren in plain language
where such stupidity driving the country. That
this is great and glorious Nation which cannot be
ruined by four years of Democratic rule is sure
to be provedby 1885, but the process of proof will
be tremendous stran.-New York Tribune.
In of the higher branches of industry like the
steel and iron trades in which the workman has fair
share of intelligence and education differences
frequently settled by conferences between the employ
and his men which result avorably but when the la
borers unreasonable and unthinking men, governed
wholly by passion and prejudice the in the
South Bend riot the other day, reason and judgment
out of the question. 1t would not be difficult
matter to law providing for the arbitration of
these difficulties, which, if it had other binding
force than that it would show which party at
fault, would go long way toward solving these ques
tions from the fact that human win induce
the one in the wrong yield when it made apparent
We do not believe Congress could pass useful
act than providing for the adjustment of differ
between laborers and their employers by
of arbitration in which both parties shall be repre-
sented.-Chicago News.