The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-15
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

WITHOUT entering at all into the theological as
poets of the case, it is sufficient to say that muititudes
of good men and women regard as sound reasons for
absolute divorce other than the S~criptural reasons
which the churches make account of. There is little
probability of intelligent public opinion making a step
backwards in connection with this matter, be the &C.
clesiastical fulminations never so ear-piercing. Any
permanent good, therefore, that the church may do in
the way of bringing about much-needed reform, will
depend a great deal upon whether it's deliverances can
be made to conform with intelligent public opinion
outside of the Observation-Disclosures Telegraph.
SURELY some system of supervision can be devised
which will make it impossible for a teller to carry on q
process of daily theft for twelve years without detec-
ton. Banks are Indispensable. Nobody wishes to see
them destroyed; everybody is interested in having
failures and defalcations like that which has lately
taken place attracts close attention and provokes
anxious inquiry. The people feel that such things
ought not to happen; and it is for the bankers to ex-
plain how it is that they do happen, under conditions
which to the ordinary mind suggest a want of reason
able care and foresight.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
THE efforts made both in Europe and in the United
States to maintain gold as the standard of value, not
withstanding the increased and increasing purchasing
power of the metal, have resulted in a widespread de.
preston of prices, and q consequent check to the
activity and volume of trade. In view of the con-
tinual losses they suffer, men are unwilling to buy
more goods or to invest more capital in business than
they are absolutely compelled to. They see no pros
pect of profits, and therefore restrict their trans.
actions to the narrowest possible limits. In our opin-
ion there will be no end to this state Of affairs until
either the rise in the value of geld has come to a stop
or the gold standard is abandoned for one more stable.
New York Sun.
THIS country is too large. There are 100. 900 or
more Offices to fill, and one disadvantage of the short
terms for which Presidents are elected becomes notori-
ously visible with the sudden elevation of a Democrat
to power. 1t will take Cleveland about four years to
get all his officials il place, working very hard, and it is
sad to contemplate that they will all have to move just
as they reach their offices. We may as well advise
Cleveland that the people OF this country don't expect
any service of him. The Taxpayers are quite willing
to wait and let him spend the only term Democracy is
likely to have for some years in moving the officials.
maya1ap1 uroplS =, HE chipf c1aoyac Hall have -
strip to the buff before he overtakes the business of
kicking out Republicans and putting Democrats in.
San Francisco Chronicle.
If the cholera should come to the United States
there would be less danger of unreasonable panicS
than in almost any country in Europe. There is a
higher average of intelligence among the people.
Instead of attempting to thwart the authorities they
would generally appreciate the Importance of giving
all the assistance in their power. There would be less
faith in charms and cure-alls, and more attention to
the directions of physicians. The mass Of the people
would clearly understand the Importance of avoiding
alarms and paBics, which only serve to prepare the
way for epidemics i'll their worst form. They would
endeavor to withstand the mental malady which is
only the herald and precursor, and, to a very con-
siderable degree, one of the causes OF cholera. 1t is
in accordance with all experience and all medical
theories to say that such a course would ward off the
dread epidemic, or at least reduce its ravages TO the
lowest possible degree.-Chicago Tribune.
IT is lot pleasant to say it, but the fact Of the pres.
ent day is that the people of this country have got to
change their tactics or they viii see harder times in
the coming seasons than they have seen in those Just
past. From one season to another for years they
have been telling each other to wait till the next sea.
son, and then the h~oped-for things will come, but the
season came and went and the people found them
selves in worse straits than they were before. OF
course it is easy to tell capitalists to go ahead and
take risks. but is it not easy also to see that they are
taking risks in not going aheadl When the country
was h~esitating over the QUESTION of specie payments,
Horace Greeley kept reiterating the assertion that the
way to resume was TO resume, and when resumption
was an accomplished fact thousands Of men who had
been doubling and fearing the result wondered at
themselves, seeing how easy a matter it was. There
Is a point in this bit of history well worth considering
now. Who shall say that the way to resume now Is
not simply to resume?-Pittsburg Telegraph.