The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-14
COMMENT AND OPINION.


1t is very extraordinary. this talk about Min
lister Pendletons resigning He is an Ohio man.<l
st Louis Republican.
Mr. Cleveland's message simply emphasizes
the fact that all the real reformers are mainly in
the Republican party.--Detroit Tribune
The Presidents message makes no mention Of
the necessity for bankruptcy act. Perhaps il
will be dealt with in postscript Philadelphia
Press
Ii Uncle Tilden has any more letters to write
to Mr. Carlisle he will favor great many Demo
Gratis by forgetting to write them.-Louisville
Commercial.
Peace negotiations the telegraph reports.
are going on in Bevier, No.. between the miners
and citizens. 1t was in this same State that me
gotiations" were had with train robbers. -Chca-
go Tribune
Does Mr. Pendleton discern changes in the
political situation that suggest the propriety OF
being within easy call in case the men who make
presidential nominations should need himf
Chicago Times.
There was at least an exhibition of good taste
In the manner of the Vanderbilt funeral There
was none of the vulgar display which sometimes
comes with the possession of money even at fu-
nerals.-Chicago News. 4
1t is said that the Presidents sister wrote thai
portion of the message which treats of polyg
amy. We have an idea that the part relating to
civil-servce reform written by his aunt-Sts
Louis Globe Democrat
DEATH reflection over the Presidents message
would convince the Democrats more fully than
ever that they elected their ticket wrong end
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
Many men have reason to be grateful for the
foresight and good sense which prompted Mr.
Vanderbilt to leave his affairs in such good or.
der. Under different circumstances his sudden
| death would have seriously disturbed our mar
kets.-New York Graphic.
WHEN the United States Senate confirms the
| ,nVntv1 ty@va &c c. -
might as well swallow all the rest with q gulp. /.
Politics should be forgotten in his case. and his
| rejection should be for the lack of good horse
sense-Chicago Inter Ocean
General Beauregard's circular explaining his
connection with the Louisiana lottery again
calls to public attention his misfortune in escap-
ing honorable death in the career which gave
| him great name to be prostituted for hire to
the basest uses,-St. Louis Republican.
If the President is anxious to have the treat
ment of the Indians supervised and directed by
persons who are interested in the question and
who have practical ideas on the subject" why
does he not select such persons to fill the variA
Gus Offices in the Indian Bureau!-New York
Tribune .
The Republicans should take the President
strictly at his word, and crafty his of hon
essy and consistency by allowing him to demon
strate that all the appointments of his admins
tratlon have been made on the basis of the merit
system, and not as rewards for partisan service.
| Chicago Tribune.
1t is high time that a curb should be put upon
the arbitrary power of discrimination in freight
rates which allow the carrier to levy what toll
he likes upon the property he has in transit and
carry for one man at one price and charge
another man greater rate for the same service,
Philadelphia Record.
| Col A. K. Mcclure says the tariff revision is -
| inevitable ard the only question is whether the
friends of protection will come forward aud mold
the new tariff or leave the work to less friendly
hands. The Colonel can rest satisfied that the
friends of protection will be there to help mold
chicago Inter Ocean.
| THE South has more to lose and will be more
seriously and lastngly injured by the disorder of
| our finances than any other of the country. 1t
has more to gain from stable and sound cur
| rency than any other section Southern men Of
intelligence ought to see this and lose no time in
| moving their congressman to right action On the
| silver question.-New York Herald.
1t is not to be pretended that the stoppage of
Mormon immigration would be panecea for ali ,
existing evils. 1t is only to be considered as @
| means to an end But inasmuch as the neces-
sity of dealing resolutely and seriously with the
| monstrous anomaly called Mormonism is be-
coming more obvious continually, this measure
should be regarded as in the line of practical
remedial legslation.-New York Tribune.
The difficulties in the way of an assumption OF
the telegraph business by the government are
increasing every year, for every year the
parallel systems of other companies extended,
anu IuoSe lines must De cOnSlQ6re0 In any Schem0
of government purchase, though their poles and
wires would be for the most part a superfluous
possession after the property of their greater
rival had been acquired.-New York Times. -
If we are the last of the great nations of the
earth to catch the fever of gambling we have
certainly taken it most thoroughly. It will have
to run its course incubation is too dangerous
and legislation is worse than useless. a mere
enlightened public spirit will some day cure its
own folly. In the meantime we can rest content
fO man hat hair hnffn al cd
they leave other peoples money alone.-New
York Star
Vanderbilt was useful artisan, nothing more
The mere possession of money or accumulation
of it does not immortalize man. Once the
money drops from his hands in death, his
memory is soon forgotten. Millions ride over
the roads that he built who to- day do not even
know the name of William H. Vanderbilt A
dozen years from now his name will be almost
as forgotten as that of A. T. Stewart is to-day.
New York Telegraph
The right of newly arrived foreigners from
Europe to do no work, except upon their own
terms, cannot be maintained without the cor
relative right to prevent newly arrived mmi-
grants from Asia or native Americans of African
descent from doing work on any terms A
course of hangings was found very efficacious
for moderatng this spirit in Pennsylvania q few
years ago 1t might work equally we'll in Wy
oming and Missouri New York Times.
1t will gladden. the Republican heart to observe
that among the compromises proposed to bring
the Democrats into a sembance of harmony
there is no talk of any adjustment on the silver
question. So far the dollar of our fathers ia
concerned, the mossback from the West and the:
mossback from the South stand shoulder to
shoulder, and set their faces like flint against
their brother of the East who proposes to stop
their allowance of silver.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
The liquor selling business Is bond of inter
est and persistent force, and has many ways OF
operating on public officers. Prohibition is q
sentiments moral cause-an1 like all causes
which have no bond bat of sentiment, its great
and enthusiastic efforts naturally efferves-
cent Can the Atlanta Prohibitionists repeat
such an enthusasm-not to say fanaticism-and.
such labor and expenditure In another two