The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

force the demand for shorter standard -Bos-
ton Herald.
THE Republican party could afford to engage
Jefferson Davis as a campaign orator. and nav
him MS own price.-Phadelphi Inquirer.
Thu story that John Wilkes Booth ia alive ID
certainly untrue. At least he was not present
at the Montgomery experience meeting-Wash-
ington Ratchet.
QuIETNEss. sobristy aud fairness are the
strong levers which the workingmen can use to
promote their own interest and that of the cause
they represent. Cincinnati Sun.
THE J. Davis hppodrome continues to draw
immensely. The loyal South rallies around
this old confederate in order to pledge It's devo.
ton to the restored Union!-Nauonal Repub-
lican
GOOD newspapers are perpetual educators;
and the intelligence Of a community may gen.
orally be measured by the number and character
OF its well-supported journals philadelphia
Ledger.
The Atlanta Constitution refers to JEFF Davis
as public man." The Constitution is we'll
edited newspaper. and it would be- interesting to
know its ideas OF private man.-Boston AIDE
vertiser.
JEFF DAVIS evidently believes that the CON.
federate Democracy is in the saddle. but the con.
gressional elections this fall will unhorse the
rider if jeff continues his oratory.-Natonal Re-
publican.
The Saturday half holiday has been recently
legalized by legislative action in New York and
has been observed in England for several years.
where it is regarded as public blessing Gin
cinLati Sun.
LAwLESS men should be made to know that
violence will not be tolerated The sooner thu
lesson Is thoroughly learned. the better for this
lawless element as well as the entire community.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Our American flag suits the American people.
just as 1t Is The man who attempts to haul
down the stars and stripes in order to hoist the
red ensign of Anarchy is liable to get hit in q
vital spot-New York Graphic.
THE tired millions of this land are quite will
ion to extend the eight-hour system to Johu
ers. In fact they will be let off with half an
hour, once year. Boston Record.
No convention which may be entered into be-
tween employer and employees will permanently
suspend the operation of the law of supply and
demand. This is a fact which every striker
should profoundly onder.-Brooklyn Eagle.
THE public will be quick to see that there Ia
no despotsm of capital unholy as that dis
played by those who, in the name of labor,
attack peaceable men, whose only crime is that
they are working to support their families.
Springfield Republican.
"WHY not apply the eight-hour law to the 50.
loonsF asks a contemporary There is one i'm.
preston down this way that this is what thu
agtators are really aiming at: the present sys
tenn allows them only about six hours for the sa-
looms. philadelphia Inquirer.
We have been the dumping ground of the re-
fuse OF Europe long enough. 1t is time for us ia
decide that we will only receive such immi,
grants within our borders as were honest al
home, and come to make honest citizens ia
America. Louisville Courier Journal.
THERE is no occasion for argument. No mat.
ter by what name these men call themselves.
whether Anarchists, Communists. Nihilists, So
cialists. or what not, their doctrines must ba
extrpated and their red flag driven from Ameri-
ca. TO bear with them further is to become
their accomplices st Louis Republican.
THE few trades unions which are turning
away from Mr. Powderly now will be glad
enough to turn back to him again before very
long Martin Irons and his class of leaders may
be all right in time of ordinary incident, but
when an appeal to law abiding sentiment Is to
be made 1t will require man who respects the
law to make the appeal -Philadelphia Times.
The interference by force with men who ara
at work is one of the things that must be pre-
vented at whatever cost. 1t is the highest right
a human being possesses--the rightto supply his
necessities by honest toil-and whoever inter-
feres with that is the most pronounced foe to
personal liberty. The tyranny of labor organ
iZation be as bad as the tyranny of capital.
Milwaukee Sentinel
STRIKES in particular trades, or in certain fac
tories always mean loss They are like war,
necessary not in the long run, at start they
harm. But strikes upon the scale in which they
have been carried into effect in Chicago and Mil
waukee work wholesale destruction of produc-
ton. and wholesale reduction in current and
daily demand akin to the ravages worked by
great fres.-Philadelphia Press.
THE true theory is to pay the workman for
what he does. not for the time occupied in doing
1t. III this way skill will be stimulated and in
dustry rewarded. This method, too, will have
the effect of removing from the tradesun
stigma that has long chung to them-that by
putting all the lahorers in any given trade on the
ST me scale of wages they offer no inducement
to sIeclal excellence. New York Times.
The strikes which sources of great priva-
tion to strikers are often the means of salvation
to employers. who are enabled, In consequence
to advance prices and get rid of unsold goods al
larger profit. After the patience and cash Of
their idle workmen are exhausted, the employers
can set their wheels moving again rejoicing
Query: Are not some of the strikes employers
the workmen being merely cat's-paws?-Phila<
delphia Record.
The theory that repression should be post
poned until awless purposes assume a definite
direction and select an objective point won't do.
1t is cheaper to destroy the seed than the har-
vest The freedom of speech and writing ought
to be absolute until they are directed toward en-
terprises which are unlawful, and when so di-
rected they should be attacked by the arm OF the
law as promptly as or murder in actual
fact-Louisville Courer-Journal
WHEN the militia disperses a mob there is an
end to the affair so far as the soldiers are con-
cerned The police, on the other hand, recognize
the ringleaders of riot from actual contact with
them, and can keep them under surveillance for
months. and for years if necessary, after the
outbreak is quelled On this account a vigilant
and courageous police force is an object of much
more dread to the instigators of riot than is q
regiment of militia. Philadelphia Record
"THE President, without renouncing his own
convictions about civil service. might conclude
that it is best for tho country not now to enforce
them Harper's Weekly This NAV mean
that Mr.. Curtis is preparing to support Mr.
Cleveland for another term. whether he sticks
up to his civil service promises or not In fact.
Mr.. Curtis is a thick and thin mugwump who can
be relied on in emergencies The President may
need such men, but, in the event of serious
Democratic detection, they will not do him much
good.-St. Louis Post-Dspatch.
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