The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-29
COMMENT AND OPINION.


NEXT to no law at all. saloons thrive best I'M
der a law that cannot be enforced-Sprinefeld
Republican
LET muewumps say why Hill may not keep
his Sterling as well as Cleveland his Higgins
Syracuse Standard.
PROHIBITION gains step in California The
wine producers have nut up the price of their
product 20 per cent. Philadelphia Record.
Mr.. Roscoe CoNKLING is Republican candi-
date for United States Senator in the Demo
cratic papers. and nowhere else. Philadelphia
Press.
IL man could be bitten by mad dog and not
know it he would not have hydrophobia The
difficulty is In not knowing it-New Orleans
Picayune.
MR.. CANDA may be very good man for the
assistant treasurship but isn't his name I'M
happily suggestive9 Canda and Canada seem
very much alike-Boston Record.
ANOTHER boy preacher has broken out in
North Carolina. He is year older than Har-
rison, being nineteen, but then Harrison has the
advantage of thirty years experience. Macon
Telegraph.
of as "a blow at polygamy." But blowing won't
crush 1t. 1t will require something of the energy
OF pile-driver to knock polygamy.-San Fran
cisco Examiner.
THE attempt of the leading Ohio Democratic
politicians to break into the penitentiary may be
Tolerated, Sbrlctiy on the expectation bDat goOO
care will De taken against their breaking opE
again -Pittsburg Dispatch
EVENTS are moysng very rapidly in England
Just now. Gladstone's time has come again.
The storm is near at hand, and the man who
handles the tiher must have strong and steady
nerves. New York Herald.
Mr. CHURCHILL will now sit in silent medita~
ton on the benches of her Majesty 3 opposition,
while his American wife reads that passage from
Longfellow about the things that might have
been but havent.-Chicage Mail
If England were to be just to Ireland, to grant
her proper demands for freedom from oppressive
British rule, the National League would cease TO
exist, for it lives only upon British injustice to
and oppression of Ireland philadelphia In
ourer.
A RURAL exchange publishes Senator Beck's
silver speech, and hopes every citizen will read
these inspired utterances Of the Kentucky Sem
ator." There are few States that produce as
many gallons of inspiration as Kentucky-Mil-
waukee Sentinel
WHATEVER disorderly or revolutionary pro-
ceedings may hereafter take place fin the Ohio
Senate can be easily traced to the fragrant
action which made the Senate Democratic, al
though the people had voted it Republican.
Boston Transcript
WE can force the holders of our bonds to ac-
cept silver dollars worth only so cents for the
gold dollars which we contracted to give them;
but the speculation is OF kind which honest
undertake-St Louis Globe Democrat
THE good advice of Senator Platt to the work
ingmen, DO not too plainly conclude that all
public men are your enemies" might well be
supplemented with this further counsel: Do not
too readily believe that all public men who pro-
TESS devotion to your cause are your best friends.
Boston Herald.
Mr.. SHERMAN, a farmer east of town, planted
corn on Christmas day and the day following
fifteen acres in all. Solomon Fields planted
considerable corn about the same time, but wa
did not learn the exact number Of acres Tho
ground was IN good condition and the planting
was done as an experiment-Mulvane lKan1
Record.
INDIANA Democrats drew the line in federal
appointments so as to exclu6 men who have
served more than one term in the pententiary
for robbery. 1t strikes us the Hoosier Bourbons
are getting entirely too particular, and, if their
rule is allowed to stand, many of the most active
party workers will be shut out from rewards.
-Pittsburg Chronicle.
WHAT reason can there be why the pulpit and
the press should be inimicall They labor for
common end They are coadjutors. not antag-
onists They should be allies, not foes The
church cannot destroy the press The press
would not, if it could, overturn the pulpit They
have common cause. and united they would be
Irresistible York Star.
THE peculiar function of money as an equiva-
lent for other property and legal tender in
payment of debts makes it possible to keep sill
yer and gold coins on an equality, notwithstand-
ing considerable difference in their value as
merchandise All that is necessary is to keep
the cheaper metal within the demand for it, and
the one can then be used to offset and control the
fluctuations of the other. Chicago Tribune
The present Mormon attitude towards the
United States government is about as treason
sonabIe as it could be, short of active hostility.
We do not seriously impair the moral sense of
tine murderer by deprving him of his knife
Disfranchisemenr is disarmament 1t is not i'm
possible that the deprivation of Mormon weapons
against the welfare of the Republic may be re-
sorted to of necessity sooner than is popularity
imagined. w Washington Post.
AS SOON as the Senate can make up its mind
to abandon tradition, the dignity of which has
been sometimes ludicrous and sometimes suspi-
cious, men who seek appointments that must be
confirmed will have to encounter the same pub
lcity of criticism that is encountered by those
who seek elective Offices. The time is likely to
come. too, when the names and Endorsements of
applicants for appointment will be published be-
fore appointments are made -Brooklyn Eagle.
EVERY honest American citizen belongs to a
class which is dependent upon some other classes
for the fullest possible profit from its work. and
this working together in harmony of so many in
terests is what makes this a great country. tits
not the 800 900 farmers alone; nor the 000 900
manufacturers alone the 5000, 900 other
workers alone-all are needed in our system and
all are benefited by the principle of protection TO
American industries. louisville Commercial.
THE Ohio Republicans are engaged in an effort
to prevent the contamination of outrageous
frauds on the ballot-box, and to defeat fragrant
attempt to control a legislative body through q
Justification of the vote of the people, and 1t is Of
the utmost Importance that they should succeed.
If there are honest and sober men among the
Democrats they must see that the course which
they have adopted cannot fail to prove injurious
to their party if persisted in.-New York Times
TT NAV be that when the South has had more
experience with European laborers, has tried
Hungarians and Italians and tested the ability
Of Knielrs of Labor TO defend their own inter
ests it will learn to appreciate the value Of the
colored man as he is to-day. When however,
this measure of experience has been secured, the
best of the colored race may have left the South.
and the remainder have learned the art of ask
ing and obtaining high wages. Boston Adver-
tiser