The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-11
COM NENT AND OPINION.

THE support of the bankruptcy bill seems to
have been declared Philadelphia
Press
seIs it wrong to toast JEFF Davis9' asks an ex
change. Not if it is done over hot 6re.-New
Haven News.
1T does not require the Prohibitionists doc
trine or zeal to find offense in rum shop domino
ton of conventions and legislatures. Brooklyn
Union.
THE part played by the women and children in
the strike at Chicago has pretentious show of
heroism about it, but it is lawlessness, all the
same.-St Paul Pioneer Press.
THE 'grand old party" is down pretty low
clear to the former Democratic leyel-when it
Is planning and hoping to get into power solely
on the plumbers of its opponents.-Boston Her
aid.
Mr. De GARMO-I suppose about this time of
the year you young ladies who are going to grad
uate are engaged all the time in preparing your
essaysa Um-by the way, Miss Eugenia, what
is yours going to bef Miss Eugenia-Pale blue,
trimmed with real lace. -Tid-Bits.
SOME Georgia papers are grieving because the
Democratic campaign in that State is becoming
vulgar and abusive. If it keeps on this way
they think that the managers will soon have to
put Sam Jones on the stump and tell him to use
his mud Singer to its full capacity.-New York
Tribune.
FAR more potent enemy to oleomargarine
than the bill in Congress is a Chicago invention,
whereby one hundred pounds of milk, instead of
| yielding only four ponds of butter, will give
twelve pounds. That would make the price of
butter just one third Of what it is now.-New
| York Sun.
| THE London papers are all very particular to
ANNOUNCE that they do not care a minion EN-
about Mr.. Blaine or what Mr. Blaine says Then
| why all this bowling about him in the House OF
| Lords. in the Commons and throughout the
islandl Methinks the lady doth protest too
much.-Minneapolis Tribune
If punishment always followed detection as a
grim certainty. there would be speedy reduc-
ton in the number of cases of peculation and
defalcation Public opinion is not nearly SO
stern and rigorous on this subject as it ought to
be. Business mon are too regardless OF the duty
they owe the community. Minneapolis Tribune
No mercy for the civil.service reform hum
bng no consideration for the sensitive feelings
of the mugwumps, should be the programme of
the Democrats in the House in their action on
the legislative, executive and judicial appropra
ton bill. 1t Is about time for the Democratic
party to take its turn at the whcel-New York
| Sum-
IF tho earnest, grave eyed workers in our vari-
Gus industrial centers would pay less attention
| to the frothing blatherskites who have fire.
| quenty misled them to their sorrow. both they
| and the world at large would be better and the
| agitators might go back to Europe. or work,
which would perhaps be worse in their eyes. st
Louis Globe Democrat.
| PUTTING one thing with another, wouldn't it
| be money in Mr. Powderly's pocket were he to
| let the Knights of Labor slide and give his or
ganizing genius employment by starting a new
| ''order2' He couldn't be expected to go back to
machine making, could he's 1t might dirty
his hands, and. besides, it is hard work
| Philadelphia Telegraph.
| THE speech Of Mr. Parnell was among the
! most effective that this generation Of English
men has listened to. In point of power of car
rying conviction by unbiased presentation Of CO.
ercive facts and of the persuasiveness that ap-
peals at to intellect. feeling aud the moral
sense, it is second only to the greater efforts Of
| William EwArt Gladstone himself brooklyn
Eagle.
THE new liquor law enacted by the Ohio Legis-
lature during it's recent session is practical
and effective in its operation that the liquor in
| terest will make strong effort to have it de-
clared unconstitutional, and, failing in that, to
| procure its repeal. An act more complicated in
| its terms or more difficult of enforcement would
| in all probability have been quietly ignored
| Philadelphia Press
| WHEN the English people fully understand
| what the informing idea of home rule actually
is. justice and fair play for Ireland will be gained
| once for all. 1t is to promote such full under
| standing that Gladstone has labored consistently
and faithfully through the present session Of
| Parliament. and for this he will continue to la
labor as the debate goes before the country.
| philadelphia Inquirer.