The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-17
COMMENT AND OPINION.

Star
The free traders in convention in Chicago have
read nice lot of papers to each other, and have
thereby renewed their strength New York
World.
Mr. Edgerton's chief qualification as a civil
service commissioner is the fact that he has
patronized the same tailor for fifty years.-Min-
neapolis Tribune.
The suffrage is bound to be extended stiIl
further in England, and with that extension,
tne relations of church and state are bound to be
severed.-Chicago Tribune.
The Scotch want to know about disestablish-
ment, and the Irish want to know what is to be
done tor the Irish Parliament There are signs
that the English may think Salisbury the safer
Gazette.
1t was correspondent of the Evening POST
that brought an uptown gambling house tn
grief after losing 800 in it. We Concentrates
him; yet it is painful to reflect that if ne had
York Graphic.
which will ultimately drive Mr.. Randall and all
other protectonists out of the party, just as
their pro-slavery bigotry in ante-rebelllon days
forced thousands of free-soil Democrats into tho
Republican party.-Albany. Express.
The best way-the only way-to convert China
Christian every Chinaman who comes to the
United States. But in order to do that it will
be necessary for us to show our Christianity in
our treatment OF Chinamen.-New York Sun.
If the lesson could be learned from such fire
as that just devastating Galveston that no city
in the country is assuredly safe from an extern
sive and disastrous con1agration the time and
attention of more people would be given to de-
vices for the preventives. Washington Post.
Reform has "come to stay" The Democratic
party, in whose professions and pledges five
millions of people trusted, will keep it here and
fo1th IN nsv m
alike over extreme mugwump blindness and Re-
publican unjust Misrepresentation York
World.
The mugwumps made particularly bitter at
tack upon General Carr, the Republican candi-
date for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Of New York, and,
in consequence thereof, he ran 5000 votes ahead
of the ticket If the mugs had only wumped
little harder he would have been elected.-Phila-
delphia Press.
Mr.. Cleveland has declared in favor of the one
term principle but he is just as eligible and ms
free to accept upon all moral and legal grounds.
as any other citizen. When the constitution
shall have been changed he will, with the rest.
be ineligible. And he will 'get there. Eli."-Mem-
phis Avalanche.
Let Congress appoint board of experts who
shall declare all German and French wines
poisonous, and not to be received in this coun-
try. 1t will save the stomachs and purses of our
people, help our wine trade, promote the cause
of temperance, and accomplish many other de-
sirable ends.-Cincinnati Sun.
The average young woman of to-day pins her
skirts back as tightly as the crinoline will per-
NIT and just near the waist dresS-improyes
rears its massive form like light house in fog.
1t is abominably ugly and succeeds in making
the whole female form divine a delusion and
charlottesville Commercial.
Even in Pennsylvania there is rebellion'against
Randall and promises that if the Keystone State
cannot be carried, the Democratic party in that
State will throw off the Randall yoke and place
itself in accord with the Democratic party of the
rest of the Nation. Much depends the Presi-
dents message and the action of Congress
louisville Courier-Journal.
The New York Times should now publish a
diagram showing where its numerous independ-
ent friends are located Certainly they are not
In New York city, where the Times and the
other mugwump organs have their largest circu-
latlon' and they are not in Brooklyn, Buffalo or
Albany. The returns from the rural districts
fail to denote their presence.-Denver News
In so far as the German government desires to
provide against the evasion of its laws by persons
who come to America only for the purpose Of
becoming naturaized citizens of the United
States, in order that they may permanently re-
turn to the fatherland and forever after escape
military duty, it should receive the friendly CO.
operation of the United States.-Albany Ex-
press.
What an interest attaches to man who has
dollars to dispose of when he dies. The Cali
this world goes on his voyage into the next with
an exceedingly meagre outfit of preparation for
such journey. With the rarest opportunities
for usefulness, what good did he accomplish
Why should a fuss be made over his bones9
Philadelphia Record.
The civilized Indian does not want to abandon
the principle of community ownership of the
soil. That is of his very being, part of his race
instinct May it not be possible to abolish tribal
relations, establish United States courts and ter
dalS for hcor
ton into American citizenship, without abolish
ing the corporate or common ownership of the
land!-New York Star.
More and more for Ireland until she gets all
she needs, and all that should have been freely
given centuries ago. This power Mr.. Parnell has
been slowly acquiring. He has been snubbed.
insulted. buffeted, but he has persevered Now
with united Ireland at his back, he is respected
courted, honored and almost victorious. Party
leaders are anxious for his assistance and stand
ready to pay any price for it.-New York Herald.
AS to intermarriages between Jews and Chris
tlans, 1t seems that they still under the ban of
the synagogue, and great as the Christian
prejudice against them may be, it is mild feel
ing in comparison with the bitter and relentless
hostility of the average Jewish family. In the
one case, conventional social pride is offended:
in the other such marriage is treated treach,
cry to the whole Hebrew ace-New York Sun
Russia is determined to remove Prince Ale8
ander from the Bulgarian throne. Itremains to
be seen whether England will support the Bat
tenberg prince against Russias threats On
Englands attitude rests the peace of Europe
But the English general elections are at hand.
and the Battenberes will probably have to rely
on themselves, assisted, perhaps, by Turkey,
aided by British financial support-New York
Telegram.
There are but two sides to this question. Pro-
lection is either right or wrong There is no
middle ground. Mr.. Wells admits that protec-
ton is right for limited period and limited
degree Then it is only question of degree and
vocates. And what's the degree of protection ac-
corded2 The tariff must be low enough to ad-
NIT British goods and close up American manu-
factories. That is the degree, at least, that is
Mr. Wels's degree. --Philadelphia Press.
Perhaps it would have been unfair TO insist
that the Democratic members of the commission
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