The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-23
COMMENT AND OPINION.

IT is not the so called leaders and aspirants
for Office that constitute the Republican party.
but the individual voters, and when once their
mind is made up that the rum-shops must 60.
they will co. and not stand upon the order of
their going Springfield Union.
THE increase in the earnings of leading rail
road lines continues compared with the earnings
| of last year. In short, all reports and indca-
| lions show that business has already improved
very generally, and that the present satisfactory
| conditions may be expected to continue. Boston
| Journal
CERTAINLY it would be wise thing for Presi-
| dent Cleveland to find for at least three of the
| Cabinet places new and capable men, who have
| not been involved in the dscreditable perform
ances of the last year, and who could represent
| Democratic opinions with veor and intelligence.
New York Tribune.
THE party objects of this "anti-saloon" move
ment deserve no sympathy, while every reason
able and practicable effort for restraining the
abuses of the~lquor traffic, whether within or
without the lines of the Republican party should
be encouraged. But experience proves that pro-
hibtory liquor crusadeS react upon temperance
| reform. Philadelphia Record.
FEW months ago the coal companies met in
| New York and agreed-conspired is the legal
| terrn-not to allow as much coal to be mined
| this year as last by more than a million tons,
| and within a few days they have met and agreed
| -conspired is also the legal term for this-that
| the consumer of coal shall be compelled to bay
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which ruled during the summer.-Chlcago Trib-
une.
SOCIETY" to use the shibboleth of Socialism
| instead Of exaggerating the natural inequality
| of men. is constantly and arduously seeking to
| reduce it to its minimum. To this end it estab-
| fishes free schools, that the feeblest intellect
| may be strengthened and rightly informed; free
| hospitals that the sick may bo nursed into
strength; free libraries, that the work of educa-
| ton begun in the schools may be continued in
| manhood Chicago Inter Ocean.
THE Republican party in the West is evident
| ly slowly taking more advanced ground on the
| temperance question. and while it may not be
| prepared in all the States to go to the lengths
| which have been adopted in Iowa and Kansas
set it is rapidly pushing for local option and q
heavy tax upon liquor selling where it is the pop
ular judgment that it should be permitted. On
| the other hand, the Democratic party in the
West, we'll as In the East is almost solidly at
| the bidding of the saloon element. Boston Ad-
vertiser.
IT is time to insist that the duty of men
| charged with the administration of the public
| finances is to use the money that is acknowledged
| to be in the Treasury available for redeeming
the debt, in paying off the matured bonds wheth-
| er the holders of the bonds wish to keep on
| drawing interest or not A good deal used to be
| said in former times about the Republican ad-
ministratiou of the Treasury in the interests of
| Wall street. but nothing like this has ever been
contemplated under Republican rule.-Philadel-
| phia Dispatch.