The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-24
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE public will sympathze with the striker
so so long as he does not strike at the public.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
s'GoD reigns, and the government at Wash.
ington still lives" By and with the advice and
consent of Martin Irons and Committeeman
.Baey.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
THE foods in Montreal have as yet failed to
drown any of our distinguished American de-
faulters They are apparently as safe from all
harm as if our detectives were continually after
them.-New York Graphic.
THE Knights of Labor continue to put monee
into Jay Gould's pockets. The tie-up of the
street cars has crowded the elevated roads. Peo-
pie will begin to believe after awhile that the
strikers are in the pay of Mr.. Gould:--Atlanta
Constitution.
THE missouri Pacifcl case obviously was one
for treatment In quite another way; for settle
ment by arbitration between the roads and their
employees. Arbitration between the roads and
mob is impossible and the moment the men
struck they ceased to be employees and became a
mob.-Brooklyn Eagle.
THE time when Mr.. Garland might have aban-
doned with honor either his interest In the Pan
electric company or his place in the Cabinet has
gone by. The affair is blot upon the admins
tration, and upon the fame of Mr.. Garland no
matter what may be the issue of the litigation
Boston Advertiser
The most and best that the government can
do for the workingman, or for any other citizen,
is to afford him adequate protection in his person
and property The authorities can best pro-
mote the interests of all VINO labor, with hand
or BRAN. by maintaining resolutely the suprem-
acy of the law.-Chicago Times
THE knights of Labor made serious blunder
The tide against them rises higher each day
The longer the strike is persisted in the more
will they lose. The way out is to take the back
track. The only way now to retire with honor
is to order the men back to work and then to de-
mand arbitration. Such demand the public
will support Louisville Courier-JournaL
If organized labor hopes to survive, IL must
learn to respect contracts it must cease to order
purely wanton strikes and ''tie ups it must
cease to disturb industry at the expense of work
men, and it must learn and practice the funda
mental law of honesty that man is bound to
do what he has. for consideration, agreed to
o.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
THE purposes Of the Knights OF Labor, as
stated yesterday by Mr.. Powderly, are noble
but their acts are not in conformity with those
purposes but as different as night from day.
Mr.. Powderly must know that the order will
not, and should not be judged by what it says,
but solely by what it does, and that it must
stand or fall by its deeds, aud not by its words
Philadelphia Telegraph.
THE time never will como, while American
manhood remains, that those who possess it,
whether they be rich or poor, employer or en-
ploye, can be coerced into doing wrong, even
though the cost of refusal ia ruin. But the Mis-
souri, Car Company will not be ruined 1t has
taken stand in which it will be supported by an
overwhelming majority of the sane people OF the
country.-St. Louis Republican.
IF a subordinate may perform an unwise act
which his superior is not at liberty either to dis
avow or to correct then anarchy is begun; and
the body of which they are members becomes at
once an irresponsible mob. 1t is probable that,
Notwithstanding his desire to escape responsible
ity in the matter, Mr.. Powderly would be will
ing to qualify, to some extent, his confession of
utter helplessness as it appears upon the records
Of the Curtin committee. Philadelphia Record.
He who refuses to fill place knows that an
employer has from that instant right to fill it
If he can. and that the employers first duty will
then be to stand by those who come forward to
do the work This is the radical error of the
strike as mode of adjusting labor difficulties
The men abandon places and stop work instead
of submitting their claims to arbitration and
continuing to fill their places and do their duty
meanwhile AS long as men choose to strike in
stead of arbtrating they make it the first duty
of employers to protect and defend the working
men who are willing to fill the places vacated.
New York Tribune.
WE can believe that Mr. Garland appreciates
now the fact that his Pan-electrc investment
might have PANIED out better for him. 1t has
cost him the respect of the country and the con-
fdence of his associates in Mr. Clevelands adj
ministration Perhaps ii has cost him the fulfill
ment of the ambition or his life, a seat on the
bench of the Supreme Court of the United
States. But the golden possibilities of future
arranged by the impecunious gentlemen. is GO
ING steadily on. through fair weather and foul,
driven by all the machinery of the Department
of Justice; and the Attorney general still holds
bis stock. New York Sun.