The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-20
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GENERAL LOGAN has neither personal wealth nor
the distribution of political place to commend him to
the political workers. He may not be able to
the honorable and high Office he seeks, but his fight
has been made upon such honest and straightforward
lines as to reflect honor himself and his party.
The Legislature might do much worse than elect him
to the United States senate-Chicago News.
THE intelligent thrifty, Independent workingmen
best political and social institutions and it is
good thing not safe thing to reduce them through
competition with the pauper-pad labor Of Italy to
enormous emigration from that country is therefore
rather to be depored than to be accepted with any
degree of satisfaction Philadelphia Inquirer.
ALL things considered it is best to hope for peace
The prosperity of the United States will be
solid, more stable, and more enduring if built upon
foundation of world wide quiet than if based upon the
uncertain and bewildeling stimulus of and ruin
in foreign lands. We too prone at BEST to quick
ups and downs and to overreachng ourselves in -four
ishing times and nothing which tends to increase
speculation can be benefit in the long run-Ceve-
land Leader.
If it be true, seems probable, that the over
stock of all sorts of manufactured goods has been
sufficiently reduced to make business again profitable
the resumption of activity will be greatly aided by the
speculative feeling aroused by the possibility of ad
vantage to our food producing and transportation in
terests by the outbreak of war in Europe Undoubt-
edly that advantage may easily be exaggerated but in
the obstinately tiInid frame of mind into which the
whole country has been plunged for long time,
the distinct hope of advantage is of itself of great
value and force. Fortunately, unfortunately, the
by his feelings than by his reason, and quite
much by his hopes as by his fear.-New York Times.
Mr. BAYARD may not be able to overcome his
prejudice against colored citizen who was also a
brave Union officer, but he might at least be manly
and truthful in dealing with gentleman of the color
to which he objects. His contradictory assertions
forward account of Mr. Williams The attempt to
induce officer to resign by promising to have paid
at once money which was rightfully due Mr.. Bayard
should understand is not regarded the conduct of
gentleman, and there seems to be doubt whether
the President will regard it fitting conduct for
reform administration. If there charges against
the minister to Hayh, common decency requires
that he should have a chance to meet them.-New
York Tribune.
1T is practically waste of time to seek to convince
any who is so bitter against England that he goes
to the extent of believing that the 200 900 900 In
dian people would be better off than they if
they were under the rule of autocratic sovereign
who will not allow books and newspapers to be pub
lished in his domain which have not first passed
through censorship; who will not permit ten
of his subjects to come together for the discussion of
the most trivial political question and who has, with
his predecessor in the last years. to the scat
fold, to the dungeon and to Siberia more men and
women whose only crime was their wish for greater
liberty than have been convicted for political oenses
in the British empire during the present century.
Boston Herald.
No be successfully carried on by En- gland to-
day Ton large scale and against powerful foe) which
does not appeal strongly to the moral and SYM
pathies of large number, perhaps the majority of
her people This is true in anything like the same
be remarked that it is greatly to the credit of English
men that it is 1t is really this that makes Eng
lands force in the congress of European nations it is
to this that she in the modern world the respect
she recevesnot to any necessary connection it may
suit some foe of her enemies to find between her and
European liberty" which got precious little help
from her during its darkest days Better than anyone
else Mr.. Gladstone understands this, and instead of
'forestalng Russia" in the race for Herat. he is
accordingly negotiating about the Afghanistan bound
ary.-Philadelpha Press.
THE fact is, Mr.. Arthur while protesting to be so
earnest protectionist that he resented the imputa
ton that he was freetrader an insult trying
little freerade experiment in spots by negotiating
these treaties They designed to establish free
trade with few American countries which consume
few goods and which buy most of what they need
from England partly because they save money by so
doing partly because they money to England
and dare not transfer their custom to rival shop
II is exceedingly doubtful whether if the treaties had
been ratified, our goods market would have been
relieved to any appreciable extent, while it is quite
clear that customs revenue would have been
largely depleted with benefit except to the sugar
planters of the West Indies. Weknow how it when
established reciprocity with Hawaii, and when we
took off the duty from Brazilian coffee. The treaties
silly experiment in financial legislation and
richly deserved the fate they met-San Francisco
Chronicle.
IT is the distinctive feature of Englands present
quandary that dishonorable peace with Russia is i'm
possible because would Illustrate the very end for
which it concluded IL England does not Loyalty
and firmly take the Ameers part, may be that
Russia will and if the Anglo Indian government does
lot fight to-day for strategic advantage and prestige
it will have fight tomorrow for existence. Unlike
the Soudan complication, which was both obscure and
cdious the Afghan problem is perfectly understood
in England far its bearing the Indian empire
is concerned. Nor should foreign on-ookers forget
what Englishmen have never lost sight of for
ment since 1857, namely that the English governing
element including both civilian and military constit
uents stands for less than half of per cent of In
da's population History affords other example
of ascendency upheld so long by rulers inferior in
material strength to the subjected nations. That
tendency, of course, is mainly moral and its chief
factor is the conviction of English nvincibility