The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-27
CURRENT NOTE AND COMMENT.

CURRENT NOTE AND COMMENT.
"IT is little short Of criminal neglect, says
the Buffalo Commercial (Rspublicanb "for
Congress to delay action on the Presidential
count bills, SO it has for eight years. To hold
another election under the law as it now
stands would be ike inviting national cal
amity."
PosTMAsTER MANIEY, of Augusta, thinks
Mr.. Blaine will take hand in the Ohio and
New York campaigns next fall, says the Lew
iston Journal. Governors will be elected
in those States says Dir. Marley, land in
those elections the two parties viii be ar
rsyed against each other for the first time
after Mr.. Blaine's defeat. It Will be an i'm
portan trial Of strength, and I do not be
lieve Mr.. Blaine can remain inactive while
il is going on. he viii come to Maine in
June"
"1B J. RANDOLPH TUCKER. OF Virginia. is
an able and consistent supporter OF tariff
form, says the Philadelphia Record Ind,
but his usefulness is some what impaired
by the advocacy Of repeal of the internal
ginia producers pay the tobacco taxes.
While the collection of these taxes is irk-
some to the producers, they no more pay the
taxes than the importers of foreign goods
pay the duties. The producers collect the
tobacco taxes, but the consumers pay them.
Unlike the protective duties, the taxes on
tobacco all go into the public treasury"
"sEE there" said a Representative to
Washington Star reporter, when Mr.. Brain
ard got his bill through the House on unani-
nous consent recently appropriating $780,
eco to complete the court-hOUss at Erie, Pa.
That's the result Of close mouth. The
only men who get bills through are those
who say but little. I never knew a man to
get a great-tO-do over bill and have q lot to
say about its merits but Holman or some
other obieotor put stop to it. Here this
man is always busy at his desk or in COM
mittee, and seldom takes part in discussions
that are sgitsting the House every day; yet
he is said TO have passed more little bills for
the interest OF his locality than any other
man in Congress this session. Nearly all
the bills of a local character that get through
are passed by quiet men,"
Mr.. BLAINE still appealed, after the cleo
tion, to the old sectional prejudice. Mr..
Evarts. elected Senator from the great State
oINsw York, has only two things to say for
the Republican party-protsction and the
solid South" Is it possible that Rspuoli-
cans win keep up that old sectional sgita-
ton after twenty-four years of Republican
administration Is it question Of sections
at all, when New York with total OF /, III
263, gives Cleveland q plurality CT ,047:
when Illinois, with total vote of 672 669,
gives Blaine plurality Of 2,269; when Vir.
ginia, with total vote of 2S4 991, gives
Cleveland a plurality of 2.f77; when Ten.
nessep, with total vote of 259. 424, gives
Cleveland a plurality OF 1902; whel West
Virginia, with total vote Of 132. 157, gives
Cleveland plurality of ? AZ? The fact is
that every State is divided, many OF them
almost equally, and that the total number
Of DsmoCrs tic votes ia the North is much
larger than in the South. VIII it pay, then,
for Mr. Blaine or Mr. Evarts to keep alive
the sectional issue for 1SSS?-Boston Herald
(Ind.a
THE election OF Mr.. Cleveland was not a
vote of confidence Ia the Democratic party,
but of want of confidence in the Republican
candidate. 1t Whs not o declaration tor or
against protection or revenue reform, nor in
favor Of any particular foreign policy. EZ-
capt for the support of Independent Repub-
licans. Mr.. Cleveland would not have been
| elected, and except Tor the detection OF
great number OF the most ignorant Demo-
Gratis, his majority would have been very
large. He is absolutely unpledged, and he
will naturally desire to retain the sup
port OF those whose votes more than
made good the Democratic detection TO Mr..
Blaine' which was mainly composed of
Democrats whom Mr.. Greeley was fond of
describing. However inactive this House
may be, therefore, it is fair to assume that
the next House viii take positive course,
and aim at beneficial general legislation
while it supports the executive reform pol
icy. Should such an assumption prove to
be incorrect, and the Democratic majority
show that il is mere Bourbon, neither
learning nor forgetting, it will discover the
truth of the remark OF the Young Mems
Democratic Club of Brooklyn in their PAM
phlet; ''our victory will indeed be short