The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-11
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

If there were no fourteenth amendment, no unre-
pentant rebels, and no public dislike for incompe-
tence bad character folly, most of Bayards extra
ordinary foreign appointments would escape criti-
cism-Cleveland Leader.
Now. that the English have quit fighting in the
soudan the Mahdi seems to be ing to PIECES e Ihs
sh had not rushed forward to the disastrous relief OF
Khartoum.-New York World.
THE Atlanta Constitution objects TO the Of the.
word conquered" to describe what the North did to
the South, All right-anything to please sensa:
tive brethren below the lne Let call it licked"
hereafter.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
SUPPOSE that the of the United States
should continue to decline steadily as il has done dur
ing the last four years; what shall do thenq Shall
we revise the tariff in the of making it yield less
or in the sense of making it yield morel Here Is q
question for debating societies and for stateSmen.-
New York Sun.
THE Jingoes may not be defrauded out of their
fight after all Dufferin may resign in wrath and
leave the viceroyalty of India old Peter Iumsden
proposes to say something when he gets to London;
both of them will Ego for" Gladstone and 1t looks as
if there might be lively in Downing street.
New York World.
The quicker the Democrats of Illinois conclude to
grin and bear it the better. They lwere thanked out
generated, and licked They have the privilege of
gathering up their dead and wounded but they should
won't pay per cent. the peanuts for the members
the balance of the sesson.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The fact is worth noting that the administration is
not only so well satisfied with the Republican incum
bents of the postoces that it Is exceedingly slow to
make removals. but that its confidence in their nteg
rty and fidelity is pronounced that 1t Is gradually
reducing the number OF inspectors whose duty it Is to
hunt for frauds and rregularities.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
DEMOCRATS have found 1t unsafe to comment on
the Presidents diplomatic appointments, until they
find out the character of his discoveries Remember
ing Phelps, Kelley, Lawton, Morgan and others who
were brought out from obscurity only to provoke
favorable criticism the party representative in
Washington yesterday were inclined to be noncom.
initial concerning the choice of ministers to Russia,
Switzerland and Hayti.-New YorfTribune.
THE Mugwump organs insist that they have OBJ.
lection to the appointment of Democrats 10 Office,
and that, when an ncumbents term expires, the
President is fairly entitled to fill the vacancy with
of his own party BY pursuing such policy for
most Of the Republicans and then win his successor
be equally entitled to make changes in the way.
and turn out all the Democra.sl If cvilservice
form implies in other words that political consdera-
tons may be taken into account when vacancies are
caused by the expiration of terms of service wherein
does it differ from the system OF appointment which
has heretofore prevailedl-Globe Democrat.
IT has been the habit Of the people expend their
surplus rdicue on New Jersey. The old story of the
child who knelt by her crib and after saying her
prayers added "Goodby. Lord: for a few days; I'm
going to Jersey has been laughed at as though It
really had some point. Everything connected with
the little State except Jersey justice, which Is
known to be swift and unrelcntng excites smile.
was perpetrated at the expense OF our neghbor Some
| Scandinavian settlers on their way to the
old home in Norway for yis were s Permitted ITO 70
custom house officer, who seems to have had no
method in his madness, but 70 be simply March hare
| mad put them down as immigrants from hoboken,
thus making Hoboken foreign port.--New York
| Herald
| THE worst thing about this administration Is its
prediction for indirect, nsincere and deceptive
methods Even in doing good things, it must deceive
mebody, and Sc. up or have S set up for l. false
| that the reyenue has thus far exceeded the OK.
penditures for the fiscal year by $44 900 900, and
the amount applied to the sinking fund thus far has
been only about $50 100000 At least ST. 600 600
more could be applied to that fund, but for the fact
that tho increase has BEEN not In gold but in silver
Since $24 900 900 ust be paid out for silver which
cannot be used and the redemption fund Of $780,
000 900 in gold must not be further depleted the go.
ministraton has not the gold to pay for bonds ana
cannot get anybody to sell them for silver InAs
is the plain statement Of the fact and Il would %
most honorable to the administration IL ts purpose
and it's reasons were stated without any fnarise,S
fraud or mugwumpian dishonesty. But tnat Woul0
DO too much 70 exrect.--New York Tribune