The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-27

against such breaches of trust is the personal virtue
OF q few chosen representatives, who may be as reli.
able as so many saints right from the sky, but who
may not i,npossibiy be, on the other hand, weak of
conscience and willing to make money by crooked and
base means. To say the least, the question will bear
thinking about, candidly and earnestly.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
THERE are men at the South already who know
that there would be millions more to seek ~iuvestment
and employment in developing the resources of the
South # there were not a prospect of another struggle
quences to American producers. 1t is quite within
the limits of possibility, too, that Southern members
of Congress may vote with considerable unanimity, as
they have done IN times past, to continue the coming
of silver. and thus to expose the whole country to
disasters which the South would feel at least as much
as any other section. With SO many new enterprises
just getting started and rooted, the South stands more
in need than any other section of a stable, solid and
safe monetary system. under which the confidence
OF capital could be completely restored.-New York
Tribune.
AMONG the multitudes of women. whom the liber-
alisIn and inventions of the nineteenth century have
admitted to actual competitor with men in the strug-
gle for fame and fortune, how stands the account In
results? Has self reliance brought with it a state of
real independence. and knowledge. happiness7 Is the
woman happier in attaining equality with man in all
worldly and working relations, and so of standing
upon her isolated resources precisely if she were a
man, than she would have been if she had remained a
domestic creature, bringing into the world children
and bearing the burdens of the household, and being
cared for according to her lot, good or i'll, as Provi-
dence sends to all of us of whatever state or sex9
""' sS ~ So "HO sHS" AVA
self into the Ohio river because her career" was not
a success" If there be many such, would they not
more fttingly grace a husband and adorn a nursery2
louisville Courier-Journal.
THE fault with such demonstrations as the "moral-
lty procession" in London is easily seen. What
ever tends to make young people familiar with the
rule, refrain from whatever they think is unusual.
Indeed, it is true of persons of all ages. Once it is
understood that the vice against which they are to be
guarded is a common one, that other people indulge
in it freely, that people in high places are addicted to
it. and that a great demonstration or a sensational
publication is necessary to arouse a sentiment against
it, the restraining fear of whatever is unusual, and
strange, and hidden is gone. The tempted person is
not Mortified to the same degree by a proposition to
like that of tho Pail Mall Gazette and all demonstra-
tions like the morality" circus, are calculated to de-
moralize a community by making the hideous familiar.
milwaukee, Sentinel.
THE young lady at Louisville who, despairing in
her efforts at self-support. sought death in the river,
leaving behind her a letter in which she denounced
God as a fraud, in whom she had trusted all her life,
but who would not help her in trouble and distress"
was a victim of ignorant and ~overtaxed faith. Re-
ligious teachers have much to answer for in the
literal and material manner in which they have inter.
preted and taught the promises of the Bible. De.
spairing death is a less frequent result of the dire
disappointments that are sure to result from an un.
faith, than is confirmed ~infdelity; but the case of this
young woman. who had been engaged in missionary
swered knocking at heavens gate, by needy and
~trustful supplicants, through weary years of disap-
pointment, is one of the most pathetic things in the
world. Instruction as to how to pray has not been
kept close enough to the model of the Master.-Bos-
ton Herald.
The admission by Rev. DR.. Leonard that he drank
ale for the dyspepsia. and the statement of his physi.
clan that he took alcoholic stimulants to save his life
when he had typhoid fever, ends, doubtless, Leonard's
usefulness as a Prohibition leader. His position is
rendered the more embarrassing by his sweeping
denial of the charge when first made. Branding a
statement as an infamous lie" and then confessing
that his recollection of the matter is dim, and that the
oh nrpa pnu % aSt fp,a e-@k ~ xno- l. s-~-.-~
confidence in ones trustworthiness. The hollowness
of the Prohibition candidates pretensions being thus
exposed, the Republicans can leave him to his fate
and turn their attention to the more important issues
of the campaign. These. according to their plat
form, are a real civil service reform and honest cleo
tons in every State. By pressing these questions,
the Republicans can do more to strengthen their posi-
ton than by a continued fusillade against the Prohi-
bitionists. Those who persist in voting for Leonard
after this exposure and confession cannot be shown
the error of their way by any amount of argument in
a heated Observation-Disclosures Press.