The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-23
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

IT is reversing the order contemplated by our sys
tenn OF government for congressman to advise the
President what to say 1t is for him to advise Con-
gress what to do, taking not interfere in any
way with its independence b. attempting to coerce
that body through the abuse OF executive prerogave
There three estates under our federal Consttu-
ton and neither should be guilty of impertneit med
ding with either of the other two.-Chcago Inter
Ocean.
THE moral and religious people Of our country
ought all to be advocates of international copy
right law, if only for one reason-that such law
would largely preserve from current French htera-
ture Now there is no restriction at all on the repro
duction here of foreign literary works, but under a
copyright law they could not be published here with
out arrangement with the author and this would
operate a very wholesome check the enterprise OF
our publishers 1t might deprive us of some good
books occasionally, but it would also from an
infinitely greater number of bad ones.-St Louis Re-
publican.
POSSIBLY If he washington had been called to
command such army fought under Grant he
would have faedto handle it triumphanty; and there
have been emergencies in politics during the last
quarter of century that he might not have met with
perfect success had he lived in day and been act
ing as President. But all this is of no Importance SO
far as regards the welearned and splendid renown
which must ever be associated with his name and
career. We can think of but in all the list
of American choice and master spirits who is wholly
worthy to be classed with him, likely to b as
long and fondly remembered. That man Of course.
is Abraham Lincoln-St Louis Globe-Democrat.
THE passage of the bill to restore to the public do
main the $4,000 600 of acres comprised in the for
feted Texas Pacific land grant the occasion for this
expression of public thanks. 1t is however, decla-
ration of thanks to public agents who have done no
more thar simple and plain public duty and who if
they had done less. would have earned inefaceabe
stamp of historic infamy They have simply arrested
colossal programme of land -pracy--an attempt to
seize and transfer to company of spectators
than 23, 437 square miles of public land-about
equivalent to the area of South Carolina, one
half of Illinois. That robbery is the right name Of
the undertaking every fact in its history proves
| Chicago Times.
WE cannot see why the godly and the ungodly need
OF necessity mix at the skating Kinks any than
the promenade, at the public school, or in the Gus
tomary intercourse of business, except they should
both chance to try to dig in their heels and stop when
they happen to be within few feet of each other.
Indeed it seems to be of the least dangerous OF
places where young folks go to themselves.
They do not have speak each other touch each
other at all if they don't want to. They are not
thrown in contact with drunken men, for such
drunken the rink manager does not throw out,
the skates inevitably throw down and discourage.
Their not polluted with vile language, il for
other reason than that the skates make too much
noise. --Iittsburg Times
WHERE society, city State undertakes to afford
relief for those who through poverty, accident the
nature of their disease cannot be treated at their
homes. that society," city State becomes responsible
for the lives or those it thus takes in charge and any
additional injury inflicted through the want of proper
care is crime In every large city there is need OF
refuge for the hopeessly sick poor for whom
society dooms to destruction and for the victims both
Well and poor, OF accident and sudden injury.
If all or any of these, whose lives might otherwise
have been spared perish from the absence of sanitary
refuge is pretense, those who perish murdered
in the name of kindness and the city State which
has permitted such abuses to exist guilty of the
slaughter.-Phlladelphia Record.
THE suffering which has been en;aled upon The
miners. their wives and children by this prolonged
strike lin Hooking valley be estimated IN dol
lars and cents Which side in the controversy TO
blame, or whether both sides cuIpable It is not
the time to decide. Before this point be de-
termed the bitterness engendered by the strife must
have time to die out. The lesson which tho occasion
teaches, however, should be enforced IL share
only of the patience and endurance which have been
exhibited on both sides III maintaining the struggle
had been devoted at the beginning to adjusting the
controversy, the long conflict might have been
avoided But if the loss and suffering caused by this
ten months strike have taught these virtues to tho
employees and the employed. this bitter and pro-
tracted struggle will not have happened i'll vain.
Philadelphia Press.
IN tho political history of England there VIZ DO
found the of bat few who have served
Gladstone has done If he had fault it his hon
esty, his great desire to be right. 1t that as
much as anything that has made his foreign policy
failure. England had right in Afghanistan, into
which Beaconsfeld had forced her, and Gladstone
called her out of it; she had right in Zuuland,
whore Beaconsfeld had sent her, and Gladstone
brought her out of it she had right in Egypt into
which Beaconsield had thrust her. and Gladstone
would have drawn her out OF it had he been able to do
But events greater t1an his purposes prevented
and, undetermined what TO do in tho premises he
suggard and wavering, and while he loitered and
wavered the Mahdi gathered great armies about him
and pushed them forward to the overthrow of
British contingent after another. Philadelphia Tele
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