The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-24
CURRENT PRESS COMM ENT.

WE assured;y acquit the President of any deliberate
purpose of introducing ail-brds and swim lers into
the public service; his personal and political inter
lie in the direction of giving the country an hon
orable and successful administration. But we regard
him as, intellectually and morally small man in
great place and such man. desiring to act creditaby
rather matter of policy than in conformity with
any deep convictions lofty principles and with ali
the hungry turbulent and corrupt elements of the
Democratic party be ind him, cannot avoid making
serious Observation-Disclosures Sentinel
THE spirit of act of Congress, so far as admins
tering it is concerned is simply its scope and intent
as these may be learned from reasonable construc.
ton of its express terms. Thousands and tens of
thousands Of offices enrey outside the operation
Of the intent of the civilservce act and to talk of
applying to them the provisions of that in it's
present shape is mere nonsense. 1t this msun-
derstandlng, consequent upon taking vague senti-
ment the Interpretation of written law, that led
to the resutless investigation OF Postmaster Jones'
and to all the idle vaporing INDUCED in egarding his
case.-Washington Post (Dem.)
THE time when Offices could be used as rewards has
gone by, and the time when henchmen could be run
into subordinate positions in payment for party serv-
ices has passed Parties succeed without these
accessories not succeed at all. The peoples money
is to be use for bribery either direct or ndirec
That is the platform of the administration and it is
platform which the people stand in commentator
of the President 1t is the general Judgment that if
cv[service reform rid of the abuses of power
to which we have been subjected during the last
twenty years it shall have fair trial If it fails we
will try something else.-New York Herald.
MANY will be surprised to learn that the latest sta
rages here the increase. The amount of this
is stated to be 80 per cent in the last four years Of
record from 1879 to 1888. The average age of the
grooms is 2S.S and Of the brides about 25 wears
This is much better than the considerably earlier aga
of marrying which used to be the fashion 1t is cc.
casoned probably by the greater expense attending
the support of families. The apostles Injunction
with regard to marriage is true as it ever was
but the proceedings of the divorce courts furnish
lesson against thoughtless precipitate marriages
which cannot he too often d.-Boston Herald
NOTHING is gained in public morals by concealinr
the fact that such things murders, divorces iea
ousies and domestic unpleasantnesses all the time
occurring. But why give to them much promi.
nence? Why should the leading pages of first.class
daily papers-the pages which, whatever else is over
| looked are sure to be read-be devoted to such
news as this. often to the exclusion of news and
events of genuine public interest? And why should
such pains be taken enhance the interest Of these
wretched factss Thoughtful readers must surely have
observed a growing tendency to meodrama among
reporters of these events Is it necessary that such
accounts should read like chapter in sensational
serall Must not the newspapers share with other
literary productions. the responsibility inseparabe
from the power of influencing the human mind2 And
Their is for serious question whether the late
noticeable increase in domestic quarrels leading to
murder may not be in degree due to a morbid