The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-03
COMMENT AND OPINION.
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back organs shouting themselves red in the face
about itl-Memphis Avalanche.
The Presidents difficulty in filing the Civil
service Commission is as great as ever He
will have to offer Waterbury watch with each
place before he finds any takers. Philadelphia
Press
The public wants to 60 to the theater, but il
wants lower prices and good plays we'll played
The manager who will supply both these wants
will in the end be the richest e.-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Protection is far more necessary now than it
was in the Infant" days of our industries, be-
cause there are millions of people dependent
upon our industries for their livelihood De-
troit Post.
England has never practiced the principle OF
free trade except so far as it would promote the
manufactures of that island nor hesitated to
ruin Ireland for its own insular beneft.-New
York Telegraph.
It is alleged that Carl Schurz will assume the
proprietorship of the Boston Post. The good
old Post has been unfortunate of late years, but
1t was hoped it would never have to descend to
such humiliation as that-New York Graphic
Mr.. Ferdinand Ward has for neighbor at
Sing Sing a man who is serving out an eight
year sentence for murderous assault He
might have been allowed the society of finan-
cer-a counterfeiter, for instance.-New York
World.
Generals have succeeded in making the world
weary with their books. The privates, as a
matter of fact, saw more than the generals. A
tree hides mans view, and there are not trees
enough in all places for privates to get behind.
New Orleans Picayune.
There is loud demand all along the line that
the offices of the Enquirer and Commercial
Gazette be fumlgated. 1t would be difficult to
find disinfectant powerful enough 20 destroy
the germs Of filth and find pleasant quarters
Observation-Disclosures Sun.
The President was not Solicited" for his
| ST., 900 contributon-oh, no. The New York De-
| mocracy literally roasted it out of him on the
| specific charge that he Ibid not want Hill
elected, did not intend to aid in the election Of
| the Democratic ticket" etc.-Inter- Ocean.
We should be glad to see more Republican
| speakers from the North in the South, and more
Democratic speakers from the South in the
North. The more the men of the two sections
meet and listen to each other, the faster will
sectional prejudices fade awav.-Boston Herald.
The course of justice never can be so complete
as to reach all who contributed to the wrong
which eliminated in the failure Of the Marine
National Bank, fact which would make room
for other Wards if the one now before the pub
lie is not punished fully.-Lousville CONNER
cial
AS much as Republicans would rejoice over a
victory in New York, victory in Virginia is
much more to be desired. There it is a fight for
an honest ballot, fairly cast and honestly counted
as cast With victory in Virginia this year
there will never again be solid South.-Chicago
Mail
T Baltimore paper has a long article on
What the Independents Say" What a good
many of them say when they ponder on the &C.
centrlcities of Democratic reform is not at all
long. and is comprised in word, sometime
printed with ID" and dash.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Suppose Secretary Chandler had. after doing
his best to break down American ship-building,
given an elaborate dinner to a British naval
constructor. what a 10
poraries would have made! But then. Secretary
Chandler never could or would have done it
New York Mail and Express.
Anyone who will take the pains to read the
signs OF the times cannot fail to see thatthe
great drift OF public feeling is against the liuuor
business Men who drink moderately as well as
confirmed drunkards, feel that it would be bet
ter for them If the saloons could be closed alto
gether, or. at least, upon one day OF the week.
cleveland Leader
There are Office seekers and Office seekers and
1t is the duty Of the President to choose between
them in a reasonable way and with becoming
dignity and gentility-not to put the airs of O.
petty despot and order them all out of his sight
as If they were SO many disagreeabe serfs in
stead of so many American citizens like himself
st Louis Globe Democrat.
The announcement that Ward has been nut in
convicts dress, and is henceforth to do some
honest work in the making of stoves, is very
gratifying. 1t will tend to clear up the minds Of
aspiring young financlers as to the boundary be-
tween operating" and stealing, which is not az
accurately defined in Wall street as might ba
wished.-New York Times.
II Ward Is able to defy the scrutiny of the
courts, and if he or any man can salt down"
fortune, and secure the quiet enjoyment OF it by
spending few years in prison, it is plain that
the administration of justice is so loose and de-
fective as to put a heavy premium upon just
such fraud as he has committed and almost to
create a career for the bold and unprincipled in
the line of thieves finance exploited by him
New York Tribune.
Is it certain that exception being made for
our revolutionary heroes, and for score or so
of great men belonging to the generation lust
closed, posterity will have any more respect for
our estimates than we have for the opinions of our
grandfathersl The plain truth is that the pro-
posal of an American Valhala is premature for
TINS reason above all Others that American pub
Tic oplnion-we mean that part of it which gov
erns-is not yet enlightened enough to decide
who ought to be in it-New York Tribune.
The Democratic party in the South has no
cause to fear discussion and argument Besides,
II Will broaden and liberalize the people every
where to interchange speakers and views. The
whites need education In politics as well as the
colored people. They need to think for them
selves to study the relations of facts to sift out
truth from untruth And what is sought by
imported Republican statesmen in the South,
can be sought, in like manner, by imported DEM
ocratic statesmen in the East and West
Charleston News and Courier
1t is right that the crime by which the admin
stration was created, the systematic defeat of
free suffrage in Southern States, should be re-
membered when voters of New York cast their
ballots. It is right that the preparation to
make war on the protective tariff should be en-
phatically rebuked. 1t is right that the people
should declare, at the first opportunity. that
sham reform was not what they wanted.
and that the ousting of thousands OF faithful
and experienced Republican officials, merely to
make room for Democratic workers, is not res
form at all Nav York Trihuua.