The Indianapolis journal., 1885-10-03
COMMENT AND OPINION.

OVMMENI AND UTlNlVN.
Nearly all the labor outrages in this country
have been perpetrated by foreigners. Central
Advocate.
The government has no more interest in silver
mines than it has in lead mines coal mines.
New York Graphic.
There is time for all things; and, with the
independents, this is time for modesty.-New
York Commercial Advertiser
The way of the Democrats with civil-service
reform is as the way of dude leading Siberian
bloodhound.-New York Times.
1t will interest many who have wrestled with
the new word 'sheol" to learn that Mr.. Beacher
pronounces it exactly like ''shoaL"-Atlanta
Constitution
The Independents had got into false relations,
and they have seized the first opportunity to ex-
tricate themselves from an awkward situation.
Philadelphia Press.
Whatever the system employed, it is essential
to good government that the best citizens de-
vote their attention to public interests. New
York Mail and Express.
If the party elsewhere follow the example of
| the Democrats in this State, before Mr.. Cleve-
| lands term is ended he will be President with
| out party.-Brooklyn Union
Between the Chinese and the white men in
| Wyoming it is not hard to say which the
| heathens but it is exceedingly hard to tell
which are the Christians Philadelphia In
| quirer.
| The nomination of Governor David B. Hill as
| the Democratic candidate. while not unexpected,
| is none the less regretted by the honest friends
of reform throughout the State-Frank Lesie's
| Weekly.
The temperance idea of lunch for fifteen
| cents is glass of sour milk and water, and
| hardware sandwich. This does not seduce the
| stomach and the liquor man wins. New Orleans
| Picayune.
| The Indian question will never be fully set
| tied until the Indians and the whites are held
| responsible in a like manner and degree for their
| depre dations upon each other.-Denver Tribune
| Republican.
| There is only one real compromise possible on
| the silver question. 1t is the suspension of the
coinage of silver dollars, conditional on inter
| national agreement for the coinage of silver.
Boston Advertiser.
| Of all the platform literature put forth this
year that adopted by the Republican State con-
| vention in Massachusetts is about the best. 1t
| is terse, vigorous and covers the entire ground.
| -Pittsburg Chronicle.
While the managers of trunk lines of railroad
| are universally censured for the ''ruinous COM
petition" not one word of gratitude toward rail
roads which do business for nothing has yet been
| spoken.-Boston Transcript.
| Confident in the intelligence and honesty of
| our own laboring population, we know that the
| best safeguard against Socialism or Communism
is to let the people hear from the lips of the agita
| tors just what Socialism and Communism means.
New York World
DR.. Talmage says "a cup of coffee and an egg
| is no kind of equipment for days work. take
| three good meals and l eat more on Sunday than
on any other day of the week" But if he had to
| do brain work he would find it wouldn't do.
| milwaukee Sentinel
| If we have inadvertently said anything in
| these columns to hurt the feelings of the New
York mugwumps, we beg leave to withdraw tat
| least until after the coming election-inasmuch
| as they propose to vote the Republican ticket
| this year.-St Louis be-Democrat.
| General Buffers opinion of the laboring men
| that they "are not intelligent and that mine
| out of ten of them will sell their votes for So
apiece" must be hattering and soothing to those
| who have voted for him in the past as the
| ''worklngmans friend. Herald
| If a fourth-class postmaster is Justly removed
for offensive partisanship, no man who has
| proved himself to be an offensive partisan in a
much more influential Office should he confirmed
in that Office by the consent of senator's who
honestly desire reform m.-Harper's Weekly.
We do not believe Mr.. Hill can be elected.
His nomination is the effort of reactionarles,
Bourbons, the opponents of progress and reform
in the Democratic party. to regain the control
which they lost through the nomination and
election of Mr. Cleveland.-New York Herald.
The mere procuring of faithful servants can
| never be the chief end of government. Some
thing more enters into the judgment of politi-
cal partys claims to power. 1t is responsible for
| legislation as we'll as administration, and must
meet and solve grave questions of policy.-New
| York Star.
| The modern world is working upon an impos-
| sible theory of freedom in trade. 1t virtually
says: Evolves are the great modern benefactors:
| they must have lambs to eat; lambs were made
| to be eaten" A Christian theory of trade must
take the place of this heather doctrine Of lambs.
| Northwestern Chrstian Advocate.
| 1t is true that independence has not permeated
the Democratic to the extent that it has the Re-
publican ranks but there is a vote absolutely be-
yond the influence of party tradition large
enough to turn the scale of close election. and
| that, like the votes of both Democratic and Re
publican mugwumps, will be substantially unan-
imous against Hill.-Brooklyn Union
Now the British policy in reference to this
country is to induce to reduce tariff to
low figure, and then to fill the country with her
products at lower prices than our manufacturers
| can afford to do and pay decent wages. When
the Morrison tariff bill under discussion a
leading English paper said that its passage would
be worth $500, 600, 900 year to Great Britain
Boston Journal.