The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-15
COMMENT AND OPINION.

GUM MENT AND UPINlUN.
help it let go of that Gloucester schooner
ton Record.
THERE is no method of advertising equal TO
the newspaper. Consumers know this.-New
York Herald.
No greater disaster could befall the Knights
than the election of man like Martin Irons.
Atlanta Constitution.
ENGLAND proposes to stand aloof when the
prospective war between Maine and Canada
breaks out. and the United States should do the
same thing if there is to be fair play.-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
In is early to talk about presidential tickets,
but the friends of Senator Sherman think that
the Republicans could win with Sherman and
Morton, the latter being ex- Minister Morton, of
New York.-Boston Journal.
ULSTER can have nothing to fear from the
Irish government, and threats aud taunts, with
hints at rebellion, will only siren CITIZEN the hands
of the Nationalists both in England and in their
own country. Charleston News and Courier.
1T is clear that employers cannot be expected
to discharge men who came to their rescue when
they were embarrassed by strike, in order to
make places for the men who were the of
their embarrassment-San Francisco Chronicle.
ANY home-rule scheme. to be thoroughly &C
ceptable, should be passed by the votes of others
than lrishmcn. If its passage should depend
rather assumed than real -Philadelphia In
quirer.
If there was to be a rebellion it was probably
for the best that this same jeff Davis should be
at the head of it, Considering his failure as
President of the Confederacy, we may be toler-
ant of his success as an unrepentant rebel.-Bos
ton Advertiser.
THE condition of the country does not warrant
the eight-hour movement, and if the foolishness
of needless striking goes the result will be
Aa.l hat xxtl 49, Q..~%
and leave them last. Now is the time to go to
work.-Cncinnati Commercial Gazette.
ANY rational man knows that the President
and the fiabby reform associations are making
civl-service reform ridiculous in the eyes Of the
public and that whatever Roadway is made for
real reform in public opinion is in spite of the
professional reformers. Milwaukee Sentinel.
THE resurrection of JEFF Davis did more to
solidify the Republican party than the whole
campaign efforts of the last four years. The at
tempt to heap opprobrium on the memory of Ed
win M. Stanton will complete what the Davis
party is doing well.-Chicago Mail.
TT is safe to say that if all the Knights Of La
Dor were in full sympathy with their chief there
would be no labor troubles. When laboring
mon learn that capital is not their enemy, but
their friend-that which makes their employ
ment and their chance of earning a livelihood
possible-there will be end of serious friction
between the two.-New York Tribune.
To Americans it must seem incredible that
there could be in the human form people so lit
tie under the influence of reason as to go to In
discriminatory drinking the contents of an
apothecary's bottles. But the truth is these b.
hemian Socialists more crazy in the
drugstore episode than all Socialists are in their
propositions for reforming the political fabric.
New York Mail and Express.
THE load Of shame which the administration
persists in carrying is too heavy for any investi-
pa mi ffAn IN nff he sNnvx<
alone can rid the party of its deadly burden.
Finally, it is most surprising thing that a re-
form administration should In the very first year
of its existence be involved in pecuniary and
speculative scandal SO serious that 1t has to be
investigated by the House of Representatives.
New York Sun.
1T is question which the government may
well examine whether. under existing laws there
is not ample power to put out of the country
every such enemy of civilized society just as
known criminals are arrested at the docks and
sent back to the land from which they come.
President Cleveland has other more timely
or more important duty than to ascertain wheth-
er he has not such power, and if he has, to ex-
ercise it faithfully If no power is already
vested by law in any official to put out of this
country enemies OF society who make themselves
uuisances in free land, there ought to be such
a law before Congress adjourns.-New York
Tribune
THE aggregate loss Of earnings that will ac-
cFuo Irou tue elgut-nour movement cannot easily
be estimated. In some few instances the condi-
tions have insured success, but il the vast ma
jority of cases there will be nothing gained.
Already large numbers of men have seen their
mistake and resumed work, some with partial
concessions, others with none at ALL IC should
be noticed that none of these unwise strikes aud
consequent losses would have occurred if the
advice of the true leaders of the workngmen
had been followed Surely there ought to be
wisdom gained from these late occurrences
which can prevent similar expensive errors in
the future and strengthen the cause of labor in
the effort to acquire its full share of the results
of its union with capital. New York World