The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-14
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IF General Grant is to have monument worthy Of
his public services it must be built by the Nation and
the easiest and least burdensome way of paying for
such structure is by congressional appropriation In
| that way the Washington monument was completed
after eighty years delay, and in that way only could it
have been completed at all. Why would it not be
| good idea to erect national library building in Wash
ngton and make it the memorial of the old command
err Sucha structure is really necessary and it would
| be far more appropriate as menlentO of who
was essentially utilitarian in his life than mere
funeral pile Of metal or marble-Denyer News.
THE civilservice reformers seeking to create a
b9reaucracyi hi5hly respectable class who will hold
Office as right. The development Of the aristocrzve
feeling in the army and navy which exhibits itself in
the most offensive manner whenever occasion offers
should serve as warning to the American people to
not increase the number OF the privileged class Men
who hold Office by life tenure TO become ar
rogant Let not exchange tolerably civil serv
ants in Office for insolent masters like those the En-
gsh bend the knee to in their bureaus Rotation in
| Office is good American idea aud should not be
| abandoned. 1t has its drawbacks, but of them
begin to equal in gravity the dangers Of bureaucracy
| San Francisco Chronicle.
IT will be noticed that Mr. Tanadge still insists that
the yield of wheat is to be only 325 600 900 bushels
| while others predict only 800 900 900 bushels
Somewhere there has been gross fraud in the renorts
this year. But the public will less reason to dis
trust the reports of the Agricultural Bureau than
those which como from the commercial bodies mas
much as those bodies filed with hollers of or
spectators in wheat. 1t would be new thing under
the sun if men in that position did not strain point
to create an advantageous market which to sell
1t IS gratifying thing to be able to say also that
would be thing under the sun to find the Agri-
cultural Bureau Intentionally classifying the reports in
order the interests of spectators Of any sort
New York Tribune.
THE plain truth about this matter is that the saloon
keepers in any community could not defy a law by
themselves 1t is the drinkers who unite with them
common opposition to prohbitory law, and thus
in many localities array the real coercve power of the
community against the statute They make no such
opposition to highlicense law which they regard as
aimed at the saloon keepers exclusively. Even tho
saloon keepers do not band together in opposition
since every who pays the fee is interested in
seeing that others do the The majority of the
drinkers not opposed to cutting down the number
of saloons and restricting the traffic, all persons
who pay taxes whether drinkers or not have direct
interest in ,hcense law a measure of revenue.
Such Law accordingly commands the real coercive
power of a community, and be easily enforced
where prohibition is imp cssible-Chicago Tribune
THE experience of four years is that useless for
any TO vote in South Carolina except he votes the
Democratic ticket This fact is generally accepted
and the dulest voter knows that this is violation of
the fundamental prir ciple of popular government.
He knows that the o0red has been deprived Of
may be outraged and murdered with impunity. Every
officer of the law knows that he is officer because
the right Of suffrage has been overthrow by fraud
and force and he knows that the who break
the peace made him officer by law breaking. He
U.s. therefore in position to deal rghteousy WITH
the lawess even if public sentiment would sustain
him The rights of one class cannot be outraged and
lawlessEsSs and violencain direction Cannot be