The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-23
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

Noting the success Of the railroad strike in tho
southwest, the ST. Louis PostDispatch observes tat
Mr. Gould gave in, but he will hardly get monu-
ment this year" No. but he might have built out of
his persistence and his money. monument of folly.
The virtue of discretion is not of the highest type.
but it is better than folly or pigheadedness. Give
Gould and the devil their due.-Boston Herald.
FIG for such reform. The country was not
troubled the number of horses in the Presidents
stable. The discharge Of score or SO clerks at the
outset of the administration without experiment to
sufciency of the force retained for the work TO be
DONE argues nothing but haste for the cheap glitter
cratic BRETHREN. with your iubation Tnese be not
the great questions which try an administration.
Wait Let not him that putteth on his harness boast
himself. he that taketh it off. '-Pttsburg Times.
THE mugwumps believe SO thoroughly in the theory
of party responsibility that they recognize the entire
propriety of removing the Republican incumbent OF
the appointment clerks place in the Treasury DEPART
ment, to make room for Democrat in confidential
and responsible Office, and they have not the slight
est objection to the selection of who has always
been an active Democrat. provided his activity has
been of the decent sort. Their sole objection to Hg-
gins is that he is man whose record as gambler.
lobbyist and corruptionist units him for any place
outside the penitentiary. Union.
A BRITISH confederation has been discussed, but
until England is ready to grant her colonies large
measure OF home rule in all local matters of govern.
ent and is also ready to give the colonies direct and
liberal representation in the British Parliament, tho
pretty sentiment about empire one and indvisible
will hardly become accomplished fact 1t is only
by granting her colonies the liberties and powers Of
maintained and if the present gush Of impulse leads
to this the British letter of thanks will be Of
service to the English colonies and the world al large
Philadelphia Times.
OUR esteemed friends who dwell upon the ethereal
heights of mugwumpery are apt TO- forget thai a
President on this middle earth has duty to perform
to his party as well as to the country. lf he is
capable of giving the country wise and prudent drec
ton, there is all the reason why he should be
anxious to strengthen his party. for if that grows
weak fails to retain confidence In him, his wisdom
ln~&n nnth
party Is the stronger viii he be; and it is his interest
we'll his duty to take all proper measures to aid
his party. He cannot be passive. spectator OK
politics in the several States.-New York Sun.
AS religion is not farce and its main purpose Is
not noise or display, the caithumpians calling them
selves the Salvation Army should not be encouraged.
They may not properly be suppressed long as they
not absolutely public nuisance; but they should
be recognized merely clowns Ministries and given
no more respect than belongs to mountebanks 10
celebrate the Almighty with tambourines and mis-
celIaneous dancing and screecing liz not necessarily
blashemous but ii is effront to every weilregu'
lated mind. If the Salvation Army doesnt know any
better it is to be ptied and It il uses such means 70
make money the pubhc should let ~ seNerey ai"no'
New York Graphic.
GREAT principles are so simple that the wayfaring
man though fool need not err in compromising
them and it is vice of organized society that people
compicate the machinery OF government until pro-
cesses made to conceal the ooects aimed Of. ~
will not pay to magnify Mr.. Cleveland into modern
Abraham chosen to be the Godordained leader of the
American people, the one man competent TO oversee
orderly and advantageous political revolutions ana
neither is desirable the other hand to underesti
mate the magnitude Of the work accomplished but
it is eminently sensible to accept tho new
President for just what he is an honest man, filed
with purpose to discharge the trust given him with
patriotic fdelity.--Springheld Republican.
IL no relief can be had at Washington the Mormon
Church will be compelled TO respect the national law
by doing away with plural marriages. There u
movement in that direction already. The church can
not get along without its leaders, and tho tabernacle
plainly shows that grief and confusion have overtaken
IT, The situation II sternly maintained must result
in tho abolition of the Objectionable feature of tho
church. The sealing of more than one wife must DO
stopped and the wsest among the saints already 500
IL the crusade of judge Zane be kept mp another
year the administration will be able TO announce thar
tits supreme even In Utah. Such victory without
bloodshed would draw out the thanks of the ensirs
country. It is result worth striving for.-~AtantA
Constitution.