The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-30
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE President is still apologizing for his re-
appointment of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Chronicle.
THERE are signs that Blaine of Maine may
syet De name to conjure by.-Phiadelphia In
qurer.
A WHOLE carload of dead "greasers' won't
seat Mr.. Bayard on the throne of Delaware
again. Baltimore Herald.
THE Democratic State convention was simply
preliminary to an overwhelming Democratic de-
feat in this State this year.-Chicago Journal
NOTHING will ever convince the Mexicans that
the recent disastrous storm in Texas was not d
direct visitation of Providence. Minneapolis
Tribune
IT is announced that Geronimo will be shot or
hanged when captured. This may be a cir.
cutous way of stating that he will die of old age
st Louis Post-Dispatch.
THE history Of Secretary Bayards war with
Mexico consists wholly of the statement thai
the administration marc he'd up the hill and then
marched down agan.-Philadelphi Press.
JUST why the Prohibitionists should exhibit so
much more spite against the Republican than
against the Democratic party it is difficult to un-
derstand-but the fact that it does remains, new
ertheless. Albany Express.
We must stick to a currency of gold, silver aud
paper, maintained on az equal footing by the
faith Of the government We have such cur.
rency at present and practically 1t works wen
enough. 1t is only in theory that any troublo
arises-Denver Republican.
AFTER that splendid scheme to raise money
by means of the Democratic hand book, it is q
blow to find that precious volume assuming the
shape of boomerang for any of the Democratic
statesmen who want votes 10 protection dis
tricts.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
THERE is NO antagonism of interest between
our manufactures and our agriculture. The
country's prosperity is unit Laws which will
benefit the farming class to any material extent
will do so because they benefit the country as
Whole-MinneapOliS Tribune.
THE Iowa Republicans have made an unquali-
fed declaration in favor of prohibition. Measur-
ing this utterance by the crooked yard-stick OF
prohibition, our prohibition friends will insist
that this proves that the Iowa Republicans are
in league with the rum power.-P Philadelphia
Press a
THAT prison labor should not be allowed to reg
ulate the price of free labor or to interfere ma
teraly with the manufacturers who employ free
labor, is reasonable proposition. But of the
necessity of some kind of work for convicts that
will contribute largely to their own support there
ought not to be any doubt-Milwaukee SenNs
mel.
THE phrase "pernicious activity" promises to
become mysterious, and to be subject to az
many interpretations as the twin phrase ''of-
fenSive partisanship." According to President
Clevelands civil service order, pernicious activity
IN politics the part of ofice-holders is an Of
Tense incompatible with the retention of their
offices. The question is, what is pernicious
dcuVlLy!-DOECOn journal.
A PAPER that is too indecent to be read on
Sunday is too indecent to be read at any time.
1t is unjust to place all newspapers under the
same ban as regards Sunday reading Often the
pest and most refined reading matter obtaiDabla
Is to be found in the Sunday newspaper II ID
often en educator and teacher of culture and
morals, and as such is deserving, not only of the
support, but of the gratitude of the community
IL which it is published Cincinnati Sun.
BACK of the whole movement, and apart
wholly from the politics OF it, is the grave oues-
tion to the efficiency of prohibition as the best
means of preventing intemperance Before the
new party can gain majority of votes 20 its
side good deal of argument and demonstration
will have to be made this point: and, al
Francis Murphy we'll says, it will have to cons.
sist of something more than the bitter and
abusive denunciaton of opponents which uns
fortunately has hitherto been too frequent with
Prohibitionists.- Pittsburg Dispatch.
AS matter of fact there are no serious mat
tiers dividing the two great parties except the
tariff and the finances The vagaries of the
Democracy regarding these latter likely to
do them infinite injury In parts of the countryt
and If persisted in or not repudiated by the
national convention, to lose them New York
without the thrtysix votes of which they can
by no possibility elect their candidate to the
presidency. Mr. Blaine is quite right in pressing
this issue now, and all shrewd leaders of the Re-
publican party should keep 1t prominently before
the people from now until November of 1885,
philadelphia Inquirer.