The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-28
COMMENT AND OPINION.

| feels 1t and all the working world knows it =
Philadelphia Press
Witness, did you ever see the prisoner at the
barr "Oh, yes; that's where / got acquainted
with him Chicago News.
| No Territory probably ever applied fo admis-
sion to the Union with good and carefully con-
sidered constitution as South Dakota-Chi-
| cage Inter Ocean
An awful sense of loneliness must fall upon
Mormon when he is snatched from eight or
ten wives and thrust into duFance vile.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean
The administration can hardly do a more popu-
lar or more righteous thing than to secure the
cancellation of the fraudulent Bell patents
Minneapolis Tribune.
This much may be said for the Ohio Democrats:
They appear to bungle the matter terribly wher
they undertake to cheat in electoral count.
| Philadelphia Record
The prohibition people do well to be hopeful
Their day is coming in spite of all their efforts
| to delay it by giving their influence to the DEM
ocratic party. -Phiadelphia Inquirer
| General Saunders is miles away" in his state
| ment that Grant felt 'vinGictive hatred" toward
Andrew johnson. Both these feelings were
| quite foreign to Grants nature.-Boston Herald.
A party which carries elections in the off years
| ought to be very careful and very moderate.
1t Is dangerous kind of success, as the poor
| Democrats knew from long and bitter expert
| ence.-New York Herald.
The Catholics of Richmond continue to kick
| against the appointment OF the Rev Jabez L. NJ
Curry as minister to Spain. Are they afraid that
| Jabez will persuade Alfonso to join the Baptist
| Churchl-MilwaukeeSe Sentinel
Senator Evarts Governor-elect Foraker and
Senator Edmunds have put new life and vigor
| into the Republican campaign. 1t seems to be
now merely question as to the size of the ma
! jority.-New York Mail and Express.
| The special delivery" system has now been
| in operation long enough to give some idea
| of how it is likely TO work, and the indications
| are not encouraging to its permanence, at least
in it's present form. York Evening Post.
| AS long as the purity of the ballot-box is pre-
served the Republic is safe. But if the franchise
| is not secure, all proposed popular reforms,
| which we hear so much talked about will prove
| to be farcical and impracticable. -Burlington
| Hawkeye.
A new dictionary is badly needed in this
country-one which will tell exactly what the
| word ''competition" means. Railroad men and
their lawyers have SO befogged the matter that
an authoritative definition is much to be desired.
| -P1ttshurg Chronicle
| 1t is not at all strange that many of those
who were brought In contact with Grant at the
| time in question knew nothing of what he be-
| lieved or feared. 1t is well known that he was
| not given to making copfidants of everybody.
| st Paul Pioneer Press.
Judge Vincent, of New Mexico, telegraphs the
| President, Il am not fighting for the Office, but
! my good name 1t may be that the Judge has
very little in that regard to fight for, but be is
| certainly entitled to full and fair hearing be-
fore condemnation.-Pitt Chronicle.
If johnson, even in moment of madness,
| proposed revolutionary action to Grant of course
Grant opposed it; but the evidence on that point
| is purely inferential from the outbursts Of
passion on the part of johnson, that it is unwise
to attach Importance to the charge. -Philadel-
phia Times.
| Mr.. George William Curtis says that the best
way to show approval Of President Cleveland ia
| to defeat the Democratic candidate in New York
for Governor. Per contra-President Cleveland
sends $1,000 to help the election of Mr.. Hill.
The President must be put under guardianship.
| Boston Journal.
| He MIR. Coonl has earned the confidence of
the country, and his enforced retirement, solely
! because his place is wanted by man of diff
! ferent political faith, who will work the
| place for his party, is a square violation of the
| continued declarations of the executive.
| adelphia Telegraph.
If the mugwump is to remain terror to party
managers and spoilsmen he must win the battle
| for the Republicans in New York this fall. De-
feat is something that he cannot endure. He
must be victorious or the organizations whose
sins he VOWS he will punish will have none of
| him.-Chicago Herald.
| No one in this country thinks for moment of
| taking one inch of Mexican territory and no ma
ton of Europe is as safe from ACKNOWLEDGMENT as
Mexico is. But there is reason for disbelieving
the stories that influential Mexicans would be
willing to join their fortunes with this more
| prosperous country.-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
| That all our systems of medicine have their
weaknesses and faults is not to be denied; but it
would seem that the faith is quite as faulty
| and weak as any of them. Whatever may be
its triumphs in special cases, there as yet
| means of making those triumphs practically
| available for those who most greatly need them.
New York Star.
If protection does not protect then why not
try free tradea Why squirm around and pre-
tend to care for the industries at all? If they are
not protected by the tariff. it will net hurt them
| to take the tariff Off The manly freetrader
should not shrink from his own logic. He should
| put on steam and let his old free-trade engine
whiz.-New York Telegraph.
| man and woman teach in adjoining rooms,
| doing exactly similar work, and the man is paid
a third more than the woman; why nobody can
| tell. The difference in estimate of value may
| be purely fanciful notion, or it may be founded
on some good reason, but, until it is in some way
removed, the disparity in pay will probably con-
tinue.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
| Perhaps General Grant thought that the coun-
try was not in a condition to receive such start
| ling revelation without political convusion
| which might be disastrous in it's results. The
| world may never reach clear and absolute solu-
ton of the mystery; but it will generally be be-
lieved that the story TOLD by Mr. Depew is SUBJ
| stantially correct-Albany Express.
Instead of making every man pay fee for a
marriage license, it might be wise to issue them
| gratuitously, and to present the recipient with
S. gold piece. A bounty might be offered to
| every man who takes bride, as is offered
| In many States to the man who captures a wolf
or bear; or law might be passed authorizing
| county treasurers to pay specified sum on the
| presentation of marriage certifcate-Chicago
Times.
What is going to be gained for the Dominion
rulers by hanging Rell Undoubtedly but half
sane, tried by a court of doubtful powers, recon-
meaded to mercy by the jury, the attempt in
| which he engaged successfully and entirely
| crushed out, and he no longer person of inhu-
| ence or power-uniiaass needless severity makes
him martyr-what is to be gained by hanging
Rell BY hanging him in defiance ana cc2tempt
of large and respectable public opinionl-NeT
| York Herald