The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-10
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

THE policy for the silver men, as for the friends of
sound currency is to insist that notes under five
do lars what is better under ten dollars or, what
is still better, under twenty dollars shall be issued,
either by the government the banks This need not
work any reduction of the greenback currency if it is
not desired to reduce it, 1t will only require change
in the denomination of the greenback notes.-Louiss
vile Commercial.
STEADY, persistent monotonous toll of any kind
needs in the interests of sanity and good health of
good Judgment clear faculties and sound living to lie
broken up by occasional periods of longer and more
recuperatve rest than laborer get in single
night sleep stroll in the parks Sunday He
needs as the gentlemen scholars merchants preach
and capitalists do, a substantial vacation of one
two, three weeks at least 1t will often do hin,
good rather than harm to take many months each
year, if he takes them in the right Tay.-Chcago
Inter Ocean.
THE President has not yet succeeded in pleasing his
own party at ALL The Democratic partisans are Just
now less pleased with him than anybody else for the
professional believers in cvilservice reform can put
up with any violation of it, however fragrant and
shameless that satisfies his grudge against sincere aud
faithful Republicans. But most of these people are
also professional freetraders, ard pretty in
the end to be disgusted by the Presidents on
the tariff question lie has not discovered how to
conciate any body of opponents yet: ON the con-
trary he has failed thus far to retain all his support
ers.-New York Tribune.
THE strike of the iron-workers is very formidable
affair. It's lie deeper than the present depres-
sion in business. The competition of the South en
mines, furnaces and mills, and the introduction of
machinery by which the services of many men can be
dispensed with potent among the influences at
work. 1t would that there must be pretty gen.
eral revolution in the iron trade and how the aborer
will come out of it is question that the experts
have failed to satisfactorily There is how
nothing in the temper manifested by either party
to the controversy that threatens repetition Of the
road strikes of 1877.-Chicago Tribune.
THE life tenure of Office being once engrafted upon
civil service to include than q hundred
BILE result will be the extension of the system not only
to all other executive posts but likewise to the legs
lative branch. Next. in the experience of other
countries a system of pensions will be natural and
inseparabe adjunct the life tenure for civil officers
In other way has it been found possible to get rid
of the superannuated the incorporate. the ncompe-
tent the dissoute. the worthless When all this is
accomplished the government of the United States.
like that of France under the despotism of the late
republic but it viii in fact have become monarchy
even it It is not yet called an empire.-New York
SUM-
In this Silver question as on the tariff question
of both sides must contrive to agree in order to
effect any useful result give any adequate relief
the country in time to it from serious calamties
1t is believe, incontrovertible fact that very
large and probably the predominant part of the peo
pie do not wish silver expelled from the currency. 1t
may be that with the great majority this is only
timent That is not worth arguing about for in free
country sentiment votes well hard logic. 1t is
necessary ia this matter of silver to do something
quickly to save the country from very grave danger
We think it fortunate that prominent and influential
leaders among the silver ready to cooperate
in getting something DONE 1t shows fair-mnd dness
and intelligence In them. Inc plan they ofer can now
be fully discussed. If it has serious faults these win
be pointed out and there is time enough TO correct
them.-New York Herald.
AS rule in this country. where, in q great meas.
ure a is the founder of his position in life,
the large percentage of men who have reached emil
hence in statccraf business the learned profess
sions. have. fortunately for themselves. had
who tried to force them into pursuits that Of
their own selection. Hardly distinguished man
can be found in our list of great or successful men
who did not map out strike out or arrange" his
inf by vho
thought he knew what the boy ought be- 1t is not
always wise to allow callow youth to mark out his
future but II is good sense to put boy at
some healhfu employment and keep him there until
he has mind enough of his own to be guided by its
dictatons. More young men meet success after grad
uating from the paint-shop the carpenters bench
at another's suggestion. to become jurists
chant princes Chicago News.