The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-14
COMMENT AND OPINION.

AS the President is entirely silent on the Nor
mon question, Congress will have to go ahead
and do what it can without him.-Detroit Trib
une.
THERE is growing feeling all along the line
that women are entitled to voice in the man
agement of school affairs Nothing progresses
like progress.- Philadelphia Press
SENATOR EDMUNDs's bill to make our mar
riace and divorce laws uniform throughout the
whole country is a terrible blow to some of our
fashionable summer aud winter DISQUALIFICATION
Herald.
IN writing to the Banner you needn't waste
paper trying to comply with the rule about writ
ing only on one side. That rule was intended
for big dailies, where copy has to be divided
among several printers. The banner has only
one printer, so you can write all sides and
then cross-plow it if you wish -Killeen tTexas)
Banner.
THE laboring people are not all the people
though they are an honorable and a powerful
part OF the people. A labor party is as much out
of place in America as q railroad party OF a
bankers party No distinctive political party
has ever been formed of either ~ankers or rail
road men. or any other body of capitalists. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Mr.. MOONLIGHT failed. as the Democratic
candidate. to be elected Governor of Kansas. but
the President has just made him Governor of
Wyoming Territory. The fact that he was
beaten by unusual maiorties in the region where
he is best known may have convinced the Presi-
dent that he is the sort of Democrat he should
honor.-Boston Journal.
THE Louisville Courier-J Journal and the Chi
cago Times are worrying themselves and their
readers into an early grave by q red. hot discus
sion OF the meaning of Secretary Manning's bon
mot that 'the United States can do no better
than return at the earliest possible date to BIZ
metallic unit of value" And all this time coal is
90 cents barrel and good whisky Is cents a
drink.-Memphis Avalanche
INTELLIGENCE, whether it Is handling tools.
cunning machinery, keeping books, selling mus
lin, carrying on wholesale trade, or directing the
operations of factory or railroad finds a
common ground of agreement as to the princi.
pies and methods on which public affairs are to
be conducted There is not one policy for the
man who handles trowel or plane and anoth-
er for the who handles yard stick or a
pen.-New York Times.
WITH what form of government does social
ism propose to keep men down. and how will it
mold the rich and poor, the strong and weak,
the honest and dishonest, the capable and in :
capable the miserly and generous the innocent
ana cruel the industrious and lazy into one
common mass to be managed by this ''StateF'
And who elects or chooses the s'Statel" 1t is
easy enough to promise an elysium of enjoy
ment. but how is the elysum to be run and kept
from developing with fatal certainty into chaos
of human misery2-Chicago Tribune.
NOTHING can insure the full DEVELOPMENT Of
Southern agriculture except the building up of
mines and mining, which has begun so prosper
ously under Republican rule But il is this de-
velopment that the Democratic party would
stop, if 1t could by admitting British products
free of duty, veritabe slaughter of the in
fants, which has been prevented only by Repub-
lican votes The Senator confidently anticipates
change in Southern opinion on this question.
and when that comes Southern development and
enrichment will 60 hand in hand with national
prosperity and growth. York Tribune.