The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-03
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

If Mr.. Randall desires to inspire confidence, and
aid industry let him return to the House and first
that his own rules abolished so that the House
pass the bankrupt bill the banking hill bill to
suspend silver Coinage and a potai oil with pro-
vision which will create American lines to South
America.-Boston Journal
PATRONAGE is the rock on which most public men
have been wrecked Those who have steefed clear of
it have had the smoothest sailing. Almost any
Der of Congress will confirm this view and yet the
average politician chngs to the spois system as
though it were the very ark of political safety and
sneers at civil-serviee reform impractcable
humbug-New York Herald.
If Congress would pass a law that from this date
any lawful wife, guardian of any child of lawful
wife, might, upon the husband father taking plu-
raj wife and recover from him all his property
and III the same law forbid any deciding con-
veyng any portion of his property any plural wife
married after the date of the law her children
and women would be more careful about entering
into that relationship Lake (Utahj Tribune.
IT is characteristic of the Democratic party that
one OF its ablest statesmen, when he is the
right side OF tue tariff question cannot discuss it be
fore Democratic audiences with sound reason with
strict regard to truth Or witheu appealing to ignor
ance and prejudice. So it is other questions The
wrong headed party, with it's terrible load of hatreds
anu evil spirits ignorance and bgotry must needs be
LED IN the right way by wrong motives or not at all
New York Tr hume.
OF thing there can be no doubt The
present condition of General Grants affairs is not
such to win for him the pity and sympathy of hun
dreds OF thousands of people who will not stop to
analyze the causes of his present sfortunes He is
asse by the dark complications that have resulted
from the deplorabe adventure in Walstreet specula
ton. When man of General Grants fame is in a
position like this kind human nature doe, not wait
tor the crossexaniners to finish their work 1t asks
sharp questions it forward with sympathy
and reiet.--New York Sun.
The severest contraction the government ever ex
perienced would be another of the evil consequences
that would swiftly follow { adoption of the Bland
policy. cold would speedily disappear from the
channels OF circulation. so would the gold certif
Gates. There would be contraction of at least 5000
oOoO and the gap would be filed no very rapid
rate by the coinage of silver though the nnts would
doubtless be taxed 10 their utmost capacity These
sufficient reasons why Congress should turn deaf
ear to Mr. Bland and those who greewith him in the
opinion that the unlimited coinage of silver private
account should be MISUNDERSTANDING Times -
If the people of New Orleans had shown that the
exposition regarded by them as of national i'm
portanee rather than scheme to further their own
individual ends the attendance would have been
double on quadrnle what it will now be. and a large
percentage OF the deficiency could have been made up
by the receipts from visitors. But with failure caused
by their acts staring them in the face it is neither
fair honest, decent to ask the government to
open its treasury further demands for money nor
It Just tor the people that their represent atives in
Congress add to the ) 900 0O0 already donated to
the expos ton another $500, 600 to make up de-
cency which need not now be troubling the
OF the enterprise.-Chicago News ..,,. 49,, .-
THE Democratic party has been out of power so
long 1t has bnen put down and put upon ieered
at and hooet at and laughed at and above all has
deserved 80 much of the i'll fortune which has attended,
confidence which from the habit of victory
which goes by the name of prestige 1t is much to
have broken the prestige Of the Republicans but to
acquire corresponding prestige and the self-conf
dence which it begets, needs than one triumph
AT the polls. The danger which now threatens the
party Is not any quarrel about the division of the
spoiis or any imprudence from the solid South or
even any serious discord regarding the tariff 1t is
more fundamental than question of policy 1t is
question OF morals The danger is that the party
unused to power and not Of its footing may be
stanpeed by the alert and sagacious enemy which it
will have 10 encounter Upon what issues in what
way it is liable be stmpeded and made ridiculous IL
is needless to anticipate The conditions of instability
and sudden fright exist ami the occasion will be sure
York Post.