The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-23
COMMENT AND OPINION.

| Even with ''war tariff taxation" the public debt
is not being reduced-National Republican.
The war-cloud in Europe is sufficiently dense
| to be useful on the exchanges and bourses.
-Pittsburg Chronicle.
| 1t is the duty of England, or of some other ma
| ton, to compel the Burmese to obey the laws of
civilization. Denver Republican
If the Cabinet supports Mr.. Villas in his ocean
mail muddle, it is more than the people do, by
| large majority. philadelphia Inquirer.
us General Hazen a knave fool? asks the
| New York Herald 1t is possible for man to
belong to both societies. Memphis Avalanche.
The Grant monument committee have agreed
| upon plan for monument. 1t is what is
known as statu quo-St. Louis Post Dispatch
| (Dem.l
There appears to be easy but very necessary
work for the next Cincinnati and Columbus
| grand juries to do.-New York Commercial Ad-
| vertiSer
1t looks very much as if Pastor Downes and
Mrs. Taber were the victims of circumstances
| and as If they created the circumstances.
| York Graphic.
Mr. Schurz has written another card on the
position of the mugwumps. AS the advance
| agent of that sim-legged troupe, Schurz is a sue
cess.-Atlanta Constitution.
| silver mine in New Hampshire would per-
! haps secure four votes in Congress in favor of
| compelling the government to furnish market
| for its products Boston Record.
| We will not have peace, quiet and safety until
| the whole sprit which pervades the court houses
| ana our legislative assemblies in this country is
changed radIcaly-Louisville Courier-JournaL
Free schools are one of the chief elories of the
United States. and it is difficult for Americans to
appreciate the reluctance OF the British people to
| adopt the free-school system.-New York Mail
| and Express
Hereafter no baseball player of the League
| or the American Association is to receive more
| q w hatt Ara r,riv, IF
| the earth to black their own boots?-Wheelng
| lntelligencer
| The Republicans visibly had the Legislature
all the time. and all DEMOCRATIC demi-semi-
Quavers TO change the result have been just so
much disgrace upoE the Philadelphia
| Times (Dem
In the mutual tongue-lashing that is going on
| between Chamberlain and Churchill, one if not
both the contestants, has got the ring of the
American politician in claiming everything with
confidence. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
1t is to be hoped. for the sake of 'the cause"
that Charles Stewart Parne is not pecuniarily
| interested in the Irish estates from whose ten
ants his wicked brother is trying to collect seven
years back rents.-Philadepha Inquirer
There is not hamlet in the United States
where Democrat is not free cast his vote and
! sure to have 1t counted. Everywhere with Re
publicans, eternal vigilance is the Price of lib
erty. That is the lesson of Ohio.-Albany Elk
| press.
| Hon. John Sherman's personal strength in
Ohio. arising from his successful career as a SEN
ator and Cabinet officer is indsputable Should
the next Legislature reelect him United States
| senator, he will become more powerful than ever
| in national Republican politics.-Boston Adver
| tiser.
| Nowadays it is the people who represent the
| original stock that insist most strenuously upon
| fair play for new corners. while the man who is
| lOudest in crying that somebody else must CO.
| from this country is pretty sure to be man who
| has only recently come to it himself -NewY ork
| Express
| If the Ohio Democrats do not know who their
| strongest man is the Republicans do and anv
| attempt by Republicans to defeat the reelection
| of John Sherman to the Senate would and should
| be regarded as treason to the party and visited
| with the punishment such treason deserves
| Philadelphia Press
| When the editor of the future has accom-
plished the perfect newspaper. he shall not hope
| to still the criticism of the pupt-not, however
| because press and pulpit antagonisic pr-
marty, but because the press will wander off
into the province of the pulpit ard thereby pro-
woke its jealous Observation-Disclosures Tele-
graph.
| The tally-sheets IL Columbus and Cincinnati
| daubed with fraud, are a fine commentary on
| the tendency of the times. The introduction of
| corrupt methods and Doodle as the elements of
success in Ohio politics was logically followed by
such consequences. 1t will require the most
vigorous prosecution to palliate the offense but
the disgrace cannot be eradicated. Ohio State
| Journal.
Mingled with the lurid lights and shadows
| playing over the scene are certain bizarre and
! grotesque points and Incidents is not a para
| graph from Louisville dramatic criticism of
"Unce Toms Cabin" nor is it pen picture
of Dantes Inferno" 1t is only a paragraph
snatched from burning editorial in the Atlanta
Constitution oil the Virginia campaign-Louis-
| vile Commercial
We are glad to see the exposures of Governor
| Hill as partner of William M. Tweed, which
| are being made by the Tribune and Times of
| New York. But it Is sad to think that all these
things were equally true of Governor Hill three
| years ago, when the Tribune and Times were
supporting him as candidate for Lieutenant
governor to defeat the Republican ticket headed
by Mr.. Folger.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
There are many intelligent and honest work
ingmen who publicly discuss questions of inter
| est to industry, but they are not professional
| aeitators. The professional agitator never has
| any shop but the beer shop, and he labors only
| where labor votes are bought and sold. Beware
of agitators of all sorts, and kick out labor polit
| ical agtators without ceremony. healthy KICK
at such fellows will always be sure TO hit idler
and Observation-Disclosures Times.
The fundamental law of this land is law of
| civilization. not If barbarism, under which the
practices Of barbarism. religious, or irreligious