The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-22

already. It is time for right-about face. In.
stead of outdong each other in dishonesty and
meanness, the emulation should be In the direc
ton of fairness, justice and courtesy.
Lafayette Journal Lost arts revised-Sen-
ator Voorhees, making speeches in the Senate
for soldiers and then turning them all out OF
Office in Indiana.
Shelby Times DEM: 1t might as well be
understood now that few ward politicians OF
questionable wisdom in Indianapolis cannot run
Shelby county politics with their machine.
| Brazil Enterprise. Republicans should re-
| member that this is campaign year, and that to
do their full duty they must make offensive
partisans" of themselves, as viewed by the oppo.
| sition.
Muncie News: 1t takes some things consider
| able time to become popular. Turn the rascals
OUT was started early in 1884. but is just begin
ming to be respected, and in 1888 will be widely
popular
| Versailles Republican: The solid South-solid
| in its belief in the righteousness of the lost
cause solid in its devotion to "reminiscences OF
| treason and rebellion; solidly Democratic. No
Inconsistency there.
Warsaw Indanan- Republican: A man who,
by speech or act, declares open war against the
public peace or against the authority of the law,
is guilty of sedition, and should either be made
to shut up or be hanged up.
Huntington Herald: While Democratic papers
hich-tariff robbery, the Democratic majority IN
Congress dare not attempt to impose the free
trade theories of the party on the people.
Steuben Republican: Anarchy, and every
thing that tends to it, must GO Lynch law
strikes, boycotts, and the like are all anarchlcal
all chips from the same block of crime-and
the sooner see the last of them the better it
will be for all concerned.
Pierceton Independent: The recent treason
able speeches made by jeff Davis and cheered by
his audiences would indicate that the South is
rapidly persuading itself that the proper thing
to do is to reassert the doctrines that plunged
the United States into civil war.
Liberty Herald. The laboring men of this
county ought to compel Congress to enact a pro-
tective tariff law of So 900 per head for imported
foreign laborers, and making it capital offense
for any American citizen to import or smuggle
foreign laborers into the country.
Muncie Times: One seldom applauds that
which he does not approve, nor honors man he
does not love. Since the South applauds the
sentiment expressed by Davis, and at the same
time honors him. it follows that this people APP
proves the one and honors the other.
Lebanon Patriot: Didn't the Democracy prom
Use the farmers to repeal the 'robber tariff and
open up foreign markets for farm products that
would give them ample markets at increased
prices for everything they raisedl We leave il
to the farmers to answer how we'll the promise
has been kept.
Muncie Times: The opposition to Bynum in
the Seventh congressional district must have
been driven to terrible alternative when they
picked up Scott Ray, of Shelbyville. They
either think that Bynum IS very easy to defeat
or they wish to make as big joke as possible
out OF their opposition.
Win hester Journal: We readily concede
that our Democratic neighbors ard friends do not
indorse the ovations given to jeff Davis and the
opinions expressed by that old arbitrator, but
that does not alter the fact that Jef's treason
able sentiments are applauded by Southern Dom
ocrats. who are a very large majority of that
party and control its policy.
Liberty Herald There is every reason in JUS
tce why the liquor traffic should DO heavily
taxed, and its burdens thereby lghtened upon
other tax PAYERS High license or taxation of
ing adjunct, should be employed until such
time as the people decide to do without intoxi
cantS.
The Spencer Republican trusts that Congress-
| man Marson will be renominated by the Demo
Gratis, and declares that ''he can be defeated
with his record of perfdy to the Union soldiers,
easier than a man Hundreds of soldiers
who have voted for him heretofore have got
their ewes open to his hypocrisy, and will repu-
date him in the next election"
Wortbington Times If Republican paper
alludeS to the late war rebellion. Snst gated
and carried on by TRAITORS the Democratic pa
pers go into ecstacies of rage. aud call it waving
the bloody shirt" If the narrow, prejudced,
pusillanimous old traitor Jeff Davis, responds to
| the old rebel yell in Alabama, and Georgia, and
I Mississippi, and turns to scorn the memory of
| the Union heroes the Democratic papers are
silent This is what we have learned by spariug
the necks of traitors This is the fruit of mag
nanmity.