The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-17
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

If the American Congress shall refuse to authorize
Grants retirement as provided by the Edmunds bill,
it will be guilty of the most puslanmous meanness
committed in the name Of any government, and
the Democrats will de answerabe for it, whether they
defeat the bill outright by indrection. If they look
at the matter from purely selfish and partisan point
of view they will themselves from the blunder of
defeating the bill.-Chicago Tribune.
THOSE who rally around Cleveland will find the
Republican party just audacious and determined,
quite vigorous in assault and difficult to be
cessfuly resisted, when it drove Buchanan's ad-
mnstration on the breakers and scattered its frag
ments all abroad The Republicans still think them
selves able to walk straight up to the Democratic
party take it by the collar, and jerk it out of its
boots as they were in 186O.-New York Sum-
WE should be glad to see every Republican news
paper offer to receive and acknowledge subscriptions
to The Peoples Grant Fund in sums of not more
than 81 less than dime for any one person. The
Republican would constitute sufficient agency
George w. Chds be the joint custodians of the
money. We believe that fund of 81 600 900 could
term by this simple method, provided that the Re-
publican newspapers would all go in for it.-Buffao
Express.
WHETHER Mr.. Cleveland desires the maintenance
events it highly probable that he does not care to
have the policy of his administration fixed for him be-
yond possible change in matters of the greatest i'm
portance, before he has been 'inaugurated. He NAV
naturally wish to be President himself little Under
these circumstances, the anxiety of of his most
noisy ha to get hfn virtually gagged and
their part astonishing veneration for his intel
lectual powers or executive facultes.-New York
Tribune.
IL the young men of Utah take hold in good faith
they can break the odious yoke that binds that
community, and destroy the infamy which makes
membership in the Utah church disgrace in the eyes
of the civilized world. In the natural course of
events the better class of young men and women
would at heart utterly detest sanctimonious despot
an institution which is abhorrent to every sense of
domestic deccncy, and if the new movement oniy
gets fairly under way it will hardly stop short of
revolution both the home life and political methods
of Utah.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
THE business depression of the past few wears has
been intensified by the immense importation of for
eign manufactured goods the bulk Of which ought to
have been made by American labor in this country
The men who are demanding higher wages or striking
against lower wages ought to understand this Both
parties at the recent election promised revision of
the tariff the Democratic party revision looking
toward reduction of duties and still further ad
mission OF foreign goods, and q corresponding in
crease in revenues the Republican party revision in
the interests of American labor and honest reduction
of revenue.-Philadephia Press.
THERE is not the faintest glmmer Of patriotism to
be discerned in the dynamite business An open re-
volt against tyrannous rule always commands respect
But secret assassination only excites feelings OF hor
ror. The American people won their freedom from
English rule by open and honorable warfare ana as
much as thew may sympahize with the wrongs or Ire.
land they can have no sympathy with system OF
secret wholesale murder, which is as likely to ma
its victims among the friends OF Ireland as among ITS
enemies It is time Rosa was given to understand
that there is no place the United States where the
wholesaN murder of human beings in secret be
tolerated or couraged.-Phadelphia Times.
ST. JOHN makes much graver mistake in suppos-
ing that any feeling of personal vindictiveness in
spires the charge against him. Therein he is wholly
wrong The Republicans regard him with much
contempt they do the so-called reformer Hadley,
whose services in concocting the Morey forgery
rewarded by Mr.. Barnum The conspiracy of Demo
Gratis and pretended temperance squarely de-
feated in the recent campaign the conspiracy of
Democrats and forgers was in 1880 Had the cleo
ton taken place the Friday previous the day ap
pointed, no reasonable Of either party doubts
ton about Mr.. St John Is simply this: whether he