The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-25
SPIRIT OF THE STATE PRESS.

The army must be kept up. says the Wee
dersburg Courier, for the sake of the In
dams: " Il
There were nearly 1000 desertions from
the regular army last year The soldiers
should respect small thing like our army
more than they do 1t may die off one of
these DAYS, and then there, will be nothing
left with which the Indians may amuse
themselves.
The Fincennes Sun prints the following
reply OF the Gas Company there, which
agrees in all particulars with results else
where when this monopoly is questioned. 1t
needs be read between the lines;
The following is the reply of the Gas Com
pany to the complaint of its patrons:
Of 6;c6 e ery fair r" c,os -,
and Just like gas company.
Not very encouraging prospect is shown
by the following from the Shelby Times:
The foreign market for grain is likely to
become continually smaller. for Austria and
Russia are enlarging their grain areas, and
England has put spaces in India that are
equal to the area of whole States into wheat
and corn. Grain in America has henceforth
to depend largely on the home market, and
10 make this at all commensurate to the con-
tinually increasing production of grain, the
manufacturing population of America must
be largely increased. But it can not be
largely increased until We get possession OF
foreign markets.
We should not complain, says the Frank
fort Crescent
1t is said in a sort of complaining way that
the result of the New York election has
wrought no change in the Presidents course.
Why should 1t? Has he not been turning
the rascals out as fast as he could get good
Democrats to put in their place? Does not
honesty, intelligence and efficiency rule in
all the departments of the Government?
What more can you ask for? The President
is going right along giving the country
splendid administration. Prosperity is
slowly but surely coming back, economy of
expenditure prevails everywhere. The cleo
ton in New York has resulted in an indorse-
ment of the Presidents course.
chronic grumbler and an unreliable
party paper is what the Rochester Sentinel
says.
John II. Mclean of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, is hard man to please. He is al
ways contrary in politics and never satisfied
with the way things go. If Hill had been
defeated for Governor of New York the En-
quirer would have blamed the President for
it. But Hill got there handsomely and now
the Enquirer joins in with the Mugwumps
and says his election is a rebuke to the Pres
ident. The Enquirer is regarded by Demo-
Gratis generally as chronic grumbler and
whollp unreliable as a party paper only
when its editor has personal interest in
Democratic success.
The SheIbyville Democrat talks on the sill
yer question:
To increase the amount of silver in a
Ill 4. IL -.
culation of silver now IN the country, which
would be robbing the people to enrich the
gold sharks OF Wall street. Ii such legisla-
ton would alleviate the country of an evil
then the people might afford to sacrifice a
little. but any legislation on the subject is
legislation against the many for the benefit
of the few.
General Sheridan's plan is Endorsed by the
Michigan City Dispatch
General Sheridan's plan of giving each In
dian family a farm, selling the rest of the
Indian lands and allowing the interest on
the amount realized to go to the support of
the Indians would certainly be a great inn
prOyement on the present system of tribal
holdings and agency management. The
growth OF the country demands that those
great blocks of property which stand in the
way of progress shall be broken up and
opened to settlement.
The Muncie Herald explains what the
party expected:
The party did net expect the President to
disrupt the public service by too hastily
changing the personnel OF the service. 1t did
expect him to carry out the expressed will of
the people by putting Democrats in charge
of the affairs as fast, at least, as these changes
were made by Republicans who preceded
him. The Republican Presidents, with Re
publican predecessors, entertained no hest
tency in making clean sweeps to provide
places for their friends.
The Salem Democrat finds space not re-
quired for political discussion to talk of
other interests
The Plainfed Reform School for Boys is
among the best-managed institutions in the
State, and is due the SUPPLEMENTARY of
Professor Charlton. Twenty-nine boys were
honorably discharged and a very large num-
Der were promoted for good conduct. There
remain Al inmates. Feeling among them is
excellent, and the years result is extremely
satisfactory to the management. The bows
have completed one of the finest and largest
brick barns in the Ohio Valley. 1t meas
ures 14ixj0 feet.
Nothing ever like it before. Spencer DEM
GRAFT:
Since the origin of political parties in the
United States there has never been party
so completely demoralized-so far isolated
from any principle, that would stand for
minute before the bar OF equity-so COM
pletely at sea, and so overwhelmingly sub
merged from every semblance of honesty and
purity, by its nefarious record of the past,
written by its own ruthless hands, stepped in
the infamy of objectionable crime as the
Republican party of to-day.
His hind sight is good. Peoples Friend,
Covington
Blaine says the Republicans will never
again carry New York with the Tribune as
their special organ. This is cruel in Mr..
Blaine The Tribune was the only paper in
New York City that supported Blaine for
the Presidency
The Fort Wayne Sentinel suggests that
John Logan settle down.
No one has mentioned John A. Logan as a
Presidential candidate since the New York
and Virginia Elections. Divested of a vain
ambition, it should be possible for Logan to
settle down and become hard working and
useful member of the Senate.
The Goshen Democrat shows how the adj
ministration is reforming the civil service:
Secretary Manning has ordered the Door
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