The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-04
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE tariff feather in the Democratic hat still
dances at mention of Randall's name.-Philadel-
phia Times.
IT is but too probable that General Miles cap
tured Geronimo irregularly, and will have to let
him 90 and catch him over again. hiladelphia
Inquirer
SENATOR VOORHEES, is defending Commits
sioner Blacks management of the pension bust
| ness. Black needs something of the kind.
Philadelphia Press.
THE strongholds of intemperance are the
| stronghods of the Democracy In the cities
these two elements are in natural and indissolu-
| BILE alliance Boston Journal
THE best thing the press can do when Miss
Cameron comes forward as an alleged artist is
| to give her notice that the intrinsic qualities
| of her performance do not call for.-Boston
| Herald.
| Is Saul among the prophets, or do our eyes
| deceive us when we read that Dan VOORHEES, is
| defending the civil-service law on thu stump in
| Indiana? After this the earthq uake.-Boston
| Herald
| THE only thing noteworthy about Virgins, if
| such person there be, is the absence of those
| feelings which deter man from making himself
| ridiculous in the eyes of tho publlc.-New York
| Evening Post.
THE indiscreet lenency with which General
| Miles treated Geronimo creates a suspicion that
he has some Pocahontas blood in his veins.
| Under certain conditions, blood is thicker than
| wbisky.-St. Louis Post Dispatch
A ''PALINDROME" is a sentence that reads the
same forward and backward. One of the best
we have ever seen is that which the Lowell
| Courier claims to have originated: mo- it is
| osition. Huntington Free Press
| CHICAGO papers tell of man who has turned
up in that city. and who harbors the impression
| that he has discovered the system of govern
ment of heaven" Carl Schurz most likely, some
| mugwump certainly.-New York World.
THE high-license policy in Missouri seems to
| have met with great success. The saloons have
| been absolutely eliminated from twenty one
counties. while over 1000 saloons in the State
have been wiped out Philadelphia Call.
| NOBODY in this part of the world pays any
attention to what Jeff Davis says, and the best
answer General Sherman can make to this last
exhibition of spleen on the old traitors part is
to let it alone.-New York Mail and Express
| THERE is a loud demand in Washington that
| the President should have his hair cut. There
are good many other things about the admin
| istration that need to be Topped off before the
| Presidents hair is attended to-Boston Record
| IF now any employer were to attempt to force
! any OF his employees to vote as he commanded,
not as they pleased, he would be held up to uni
versal condemnation. But what capital dare
not do for the most tyrannous oppression of L.
| Dor the labor union itself does. Between capt.
tai and organized labor the workingman's lot
would appear not to be happy one.-Philadel-
| phia Inquirer.
| REsoLUTE English government could take a
very long step toward settling the question of the
Afghan boundary unfavorably to Russia while
| Russia had her hands full in Southeastern
| Europe. 1t Is generally safer, nevertheless, to
| trust to the probability that the peace will be
/ kept in Europe than to trust to rumorc of war;
however threatening and definite they may be-
| New York Times
! WHEN civilservice reformers solemnly APP
| prove the President, who made Higgins appoint
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service Commission; when members of Congress
who pretend to favor protection Endorse a
| President VINO labOred to secure the passage of
the Morrison bill, against which those members
voted, one is led to wonder whether any untruth
| or deception is so papable that these men would
think it unsafe.-New York World