The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-13
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

If men in the country in which they born and
reared, who fighting for their fires, their affairs
and their religion, rebels, as told the fol-
lowers of FL Mahdi are what kind of patriots pray
those soldiers now in Egypt who red coats,
live several thousand mile away and trying
force upon the Egyptians religion and ruler that
they do not want and WILL in any event tolerate only
long the bondhoders heel of oppression prevents
them doing otherwise9- Philadelphia Press
BY the vicious tenor of it's comments on rather
shabby counterfeit of Charlotte Cordays infatuaton
the London press taking the straight toward
converting England into shambles and Ireland into
hell But let its disciples do their bloody work at
homel Neither Irishmen Englishmen shall fight
trial and the punishment of lrishmen Englishmen
who can be shown to have committed any ofense
they will be- for cutthroats to gut their grudge
in and buy the cheap distinction of patriotic ardor by
unreproved assassnation.-New York Sun.
THE implications of the Mahdis success indeed are
limit to them The overthrow OF General Gordon
may open up questions which be settled with
out European wal; may necessitate the rearrange
ment of European relations and alliances
and may involve England in dangers more formidable
than any she has been called on to face since Ma
and contemplated her dispossesson from Hindostan.
The crisis is unquestionaby most serious, and only
the most marvellous craftsmanship and military ca
pacity working in concert prevent change from
bad to worse.-New York Tribune.
AN unusually large number of candidates are being
doomed for the Cabinet. Some of our guileless
temporares seem surprised at the phenomenon not
seeming to reflect that not in ten who care
fully launches Cabinet boom expects to obtain
portfolio. What he does hope is that it may help him
to admission of the first or second class a commits.
sionership, a. consulate in warm climate Is
there recorded the instance of the favorte son
who demanded the English mission and finally abated
his claim to the position of lighthouse keeper. and
when he could not get that avowed his willingness,
he and the President being pretty m UGH the
build to compromise on castoff coat-Philadelphia
Record
CIVILIZATION is too firmly planted in the hearts and
natures of men to be shaken by the lawlessness of
few restless people. These may make good deal of
noise for their numbers, but they cannot upset any
thing. Evolution, not revolution, is the process by
which all necessary changes will be made. Dynamite
will play important part in the future unless it be
as the servant OF engineering science There is no
basis for apprehension. The world will go on in it's
slow but sure way to improve it's conditions and it
will neither be buled nor hurried into the adoption
influence of American institutions the spread Of de-
rnocracy in Europe, will prove invaluable in prevent
ing dangerous explosions.-New York Tribune
WoRKMEN can, almost without obstruction combine
to carry out any fair purpose of their ownto refuse
to work themselves TO dissuade others from working
to star cooperative factories in rivalry with their
employers and The laws so far from restrain
ing them in the free exercise of their rights protect
them But if they encourage who try to put
them outside the law to inveigle them into acts of
violence and wrong to their employers, they will
do themselves more and more lasting mischief than
their most vndictve foes could possibly devise They
simply help to bring about condition Of things worse
than slavery itself fer under slavery there forced
production from which the slaves got at least their
poor food and clothing and shelter In proper ton
dyna1nlters nave their way production will become
impossible and all the conditions OF life for working
men will be made constantly harder - New York
Times.
THE better condition Of general business which was
apparent during the first few weeks of January has
of late made little progress this is attributable
largely to the SHOWS and foods which have impeded
transportation of goods and partly to the apprehen
sions which the impending change in the administra
ton of the government naturally produces and which
is likely to continue until it is known into whose
hands the management of the national finances will
fall because that will indicate the policy which is TO
be pursued during the ensuing four years. But the
hopeful feeling with which the year opened has not
disappeared, the country is rich in material wealth
mercantile failures decreasing, and much labor
which idle the first OF the winter has become EN-
ployed The conditions not as favorable as thew
might be- but they such warrant the expectation
that the vacillaton between hope and fear which
keeps vast amount of capital unemployed will finally
settle upon the hopeful side and then progress toward
prosperous times will be more rapid.--Cincinnat
Commercial Gazette
WITHOUT entering at all into the question whether
not Is practicable to make provision for ANYTHING
like thorough course of study in the literature of
foreign languages ancient or modern. wish here to
emphasize the fact that it is both practicable and ex
ceedingly desirable that provision shall be made in
every college for the thorough study of English tera
ture. 1t Is fact known to every educated that
thorough mastery of English literature without much
study of anything else taught in tho colleges may
make man of education and culture, while culture.
in any true sense is next to impossible in English
speaking country without greater familiarity with
literature than college graduates have at tho time of
graduation. And yet in every college in the country
it has been the practice to make the study of English
literature perfunctory and meager to be nearly
worthless. No provision Is made for young men who
may elect make that literature their specially and
mastery of that literature with the education and
his bachelors degree. New York Commercial Adyer
tiser.
Cleveland Wants AN "Organ."