The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-31
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

IT is to be hoped that the President will firmly adj
here TO his proclamation and promptly and imparti
ally enforce it through the military the expiration
of the forty days if the catlemen have not obeyed
his order. Land grabbing by cattle kings cannot be
too sumnarily or too thoroughly repressed The gov
ernment is bound to defend the lands of the United
States, including the Indian reservations against
spoiatlon from any source to become hereafter the
homes of honest setters.-Detroit Post.
IT will be remembered that when every nation in
Europe lavishng hOnors upon General Grant the
French joined in the universal testimonial to MIN
did not dare in the face of all Europe to insult the
living hero. They waited until he was dead and then
gave vent to their silly wrath nation that has net
BILE humbug and sham that ever sat upon European
throne could hardly be expected to appreciate the
sturdy republican virtues of a man like Genera
Grant.-Chicago Tribune.
The charge has been made that Mr. Hendricks's
indianapolis pos tmaster, has with his approval, de-
Gberately violated the civil by arbitrarily
removing subordinates to make places for his
sons and for Mr.. Hendricks nephews other party
friends. If Mr. Cleveland did not promptly invest
gate these charges he would be false to the pledges on
already violating the law and the decencies of the
civil service, he must proceed against them with
Spa1ing VigOr or cease to turn out Republicans as
offensive partsans-St. Louis Post Dispatch
THE encouragement of habit of prudent saving is
of the cOm1ensaOnS Of the dull times But it is
clear that inability to use money proftably in bust
enterprises and ignorance of safe of invest
ing it have had do with increasing the accu-
mutations in the savings banks than the earning ca
paclly or InrllGy DaDuS OF Inc lower
of wages paid to labor, and the large number of work
ing people who have been idle during part or the
whole of the last six months prove quite conclusvey
that the increase in deposits cannot be due the bet
ter condition OF any portion of people,-BostOn
Advertiser
THE New Orleans exposition, however miserable
failure from certain points of view has been bar
of fruits and it rests with the of the South
to reach out their hands and gather in the fruits
which it has borne The recent change of government
has brought to the South increased political import
ance which it can for good for i'll chooses.
If the South only convince itself for all as
the North long ago has done that the over and
replace the painful memories which it feeds
with hope, it has chance of making a record in
the next few years of which the nation will be proud
Minneapolis Tribune.
In what way could the American youths be better
or fttngly brought face to face with the duties
and the gories of citizenship than by hearing once
year, something of the obscure youth the patriotic
manhood and the glorious death Of such men as Lin
coin and Grant! And how could the higher impulses
of the manly young American, whose lot is hard and
whose fate seems dark be better stimulated than by
seeing the veneratOn love and regard that the great
deeds inspire for those who perform them? Congress
ought to provide cert ain number of legal holidays
leaving to the States the selection of such others as
they may choose and all should have bearing upon
the history of the country its great and the
men who have made it illustrous.-Chcago News.
TT has been iudcialy decided many times and is
yelsettled principle that transportation by railroad
and the transmission of messages by telegraph are
public services over which the State has compile
power of regulation Where they are carried on be-
tween States that power is vested in the General gov
ernlu ent. And yet few great operators permit
ted to resort unchecked to all of devices for
establishing mOnopoes in this public service for the
increase of their wealth and power and the sub
lection Of all other interests to their own. Unless
some means is found to control this tendency to
monopoly and to bring these corporations under
proper regulation crisis will one day be reached
which will produce a c0nvu)sve and possibly disas-
| trous contest.-New York Times
BUT where is Kelley? Is he lounging in Paris? Is
he spending the United States money or his own in
his wanderngs without work? He has not been heard
from in three weeks. Why does he not go to his post
and ascertain whether he is to be ceived rejected
| His appointment to any dplO%atic Office was a
wretched miserable blunder and to allow him to go
rambling about Eur ore with his hat in his hand is
disgraceful to the State Department Too much fuse
| has already been made such insignificant
individual, practically unknown to his country
| men unheard of by the Democracy until Secretary
| Bavard dug him out of Obscurity, and 50 totally
| untitled to represent the United States anywhere
that his recall would really to be demanded by
every diplomatic interest.New York World.
THERE are just two classes Of people who are de-
! ceved in regard to the aims and ends of the Pres
| dent-the President himself and his mugwump
Slippers We think that the President yet abors under
| the conviction that he is carrying out his policy of
offensive craftsmanship in regard to removals and
appointments. That he should be able to thus deude
! himself 10 this regard incredible. No other
Democrat shares this conviction with the President
| The mugwumps constitute the other class They in
sist that the President is keeping the pledge he made
in the Curtis letter. They will insist that such is the
case when the play shall have been played out and
none but emocrats in Office. To all others the
professions of the President in regard removals
and appointments are regarded as either farcial
hvpocrtical Md the action of the President in ac-
cordance with his pledges to make removals except
in eases of offensive parusanshp, has rightly lost
| him the confidence ard even the respect Of large
number of men who we're ready to support him.-Bos
ton journal.