The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-09

services were suggested, enthusiastically de-
clared himself in favor Of taking up collection.
-Philadelphia Press.
IF the Grand Army men once take up arms
against Mormonism, the Mormon monster will
have to go. 1t is way the Grand Army folks
have of settling things. -Philadelphia Press.
THE Presidents message leaves it in doubt
whether the administration rests its claims for
recognition on its land policy or on its manage
ment of the Cutting case.-Chicago Journal.
ONE of the very interesting cases that will
come before the Senate is the denomination of
Mr.. Matthews, OF Albany, n. Y, to be recorder
for the District of Columbia. National Repub-
lican.
CONGRESS might give the country an agreeable
surprise by adopting resolution that no new
bills shall be introduced until those now in hand
have been disposed of-but it won't -Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
If the developm ents of the London divorce
court continue of their current tenor, it will be
prima facie evidence against a persons moral
| character to find him wearing handle to his
name. Washington Star.
IF Representative Morrison really believes
that he was beaten by the use of money he
should certainly contest Mr.. Bakers election.
Otherwise he should stop talking about 1t. 1t
| isn't dignifed. -Philadephia Press.
SENATOR MAxEY's talk about expeling Mr..
| Randall and his followers from the Democratic
| party is very funny. Such talk has been heard
before, but somehow Mr. Randall always re-
fuses to be expelled.-Pittsburg Chronicle.
| Poor insane BARLEY Campbell imagines him
| self whole series of historical celebrities. in
the course of an hour. This beats the Presi-
| dents mistake of supposing himself to be one
great man all the time.-Cleveland Leader
| RAILROAD transportation is necessity of the
age, and one of its indispensable conditions is
| railroad regulation. With the latter assured
| the canals become comparatively insignificant
element in the problem. Brooklyn Citizen.
THE Presidents purchase of Red Top" and the
expenditure of public money for costly improve
ments in that vicinity may be all right as bust
ness snap, but the country will not look ct it
from that stand point. Scarcely.-Detroit Trib-
| une.
THE ''great esteem" in which the retiring
| Mayor of an Indiana town was held was shown
| in the presen tation to him by forty-four leading
citizens of horse which ran away with him the
| first Gay he got it and broke two Of his ribs and
leg. Had they prese nted him with set of
resolutions he would have had no sufferings and
no doctors bills-Yonkers Statesman.
IF the Avelings and that tribe of social scum
| find SO much that is awry in American nstitu-
tions, they had best decamp. Their zeal for hu-
| mainly betrayeth ITSELF as they confessedly de-
sert humanity to the worst evils of foreign
depotism, and pretend to seek field for human
| ltarian innovations In new field where things
are about as near even in point of opportunities,
at least, can be easily found this side of Asia.
| louisville Courier Journal.
So long as Mr. Tilden lived it was not wholly
! impossible to tell what Democratic principles
| were His influence upon his party was so great,
and he was so loyal to what he believed to be it's
principles, that when he formulated them they
were PROFESSIONALLY accepted as valid. But
Mr. Tilden left no successor, and the conse-
quence is that the Democracy are all at sea, and
it is rather difficult to find any two of them who
can agree upon cardinal points of political faith
Philadelphia Telegraph.
THERE is nothing striking in anything which
| the message contains about them In short, the
recommendation of the overthrow of the protect
| i've system is the only feature that will fix the
| attention of the entire country. IF the tariff
| ever was local issue in Democratic politics,
| Mr. Cleveland has made 1t national Manufact-
urers, workingmen and farmers may we'll ask
| themselves how their vast interests are to be
conserved if Mr.. Cleveland's policy is ever en-
forced in this country.-Cincinnati Commercial
| Gazette.
THE mistake which too many reformers make
| Is that when they attempt to draw men away
| from pernicous habits they do not offer any
thing that will compensate them for the loss of
| former pleasures. Innocent games well-lighted
| and warmed rooms, books on the table and
pictures on the wall--al these are undoubtedly
aids to temperance; and places with such adj
juncts would bring about better practical results
| than could be achieved by whole library of
! tracts or wilderness Of fuminations against
the liquor traffic philadelphia Record.