The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-10
COMMENT AND OPINION.

A HIGH license vote in New York, Pennsyl-
vana or any other State would to-day double or
treble that Of prohibitory vote. -Philadelphia
Inquirer.
THE Democrats who are kicking against the
appointment of Mr. Matthews are furnishing
some good Republican thunder for the fall of
1888. -Phiadelphia Times (Dem
WHEN the public mind recognizes that the
railway wars are not competition but result of
the pooling policy, the effect of that policy will
be good deal more clearly understood than at
present. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Blair bill in reality offers monstrous
bride for the betrayal in some degree of the
rights of the States. 1t brides with one hand
and coerces with the other Let no Democrat in
the House support it. Washington Post
Mr.. CLEVELAND has run up against law in
his wild career. There is a statute prohibiting
the removal, permanently, of any paper from the
files of the departments, and with this law is
coupled heavy penalty for its violation. -Chi
cago Mail.
THE House committee votes to report the
bankruptcy act, but does so under notice of
disapproval of its provisions. The Democrats
appear to be nightly afraid of doing anything
for the real benefit of tie business classes. -Bos-
ton Record.
THE labor interests Of the country will try this
week to convince Morrison and his free-trade fell
lows Of the ways and means committee that 1t
would be best to let the tariff alone. No use.
gentlemen; that ROSTERS eyes is sot," and all
the facts you can produce will have effect.
-Pittsburg Chronicle.
COLONEL MoRRIsoN's happy facility for so
constructing a tariff bill as to unite the protec-
tionists and divide the freetraders never
more beautifully illustrated than it is by his
present measure We speak feelngly in ex-
pressing the hope that we may have Colonel
Morrison with US for many years. -Philadelphia
Press.
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the rate at which they have been going or for
the last three days, there will be few people at
work in the United States by the LIST of June.
Farmers do not strike however, and we may
still have something to live on throughout the
year-that is, if the farmers will let us have it
on trust-Chicago Tribune.
THE action of the railroads west of Chicago ir
participating in the transcontinental fight is re-
ally the most threatening speck on the financial
horizon. 1t persisted in, it means railroad war
such as was INDUCED in by the Eastern trunk
lines Unless some earnest and concerted effort
is made TO stop it in the near future, demoraiza-
ton and ultimate exhaustion will ensue.-Al-
bany Express.
TT is shown now by Buell. that Grant was head
less at Shiloh and that Shermans later accounts
Of the battle are all wrong. 1t is almost estab-
lished, and soon will be entirely established,
that Grant was not there at all. And we may
live in expectation that 1t will be shown that
Porter, and Buell., and Rosecrans and not Grant
and Sherman, crushed the rebellion. Mlwau-
kee Sentinel
THE law should provide speedy, impartial
method of settling disputes between common
carriers and their employees, and both parties
should be compelled by force il necessary to ac
cept IL. This is what the public interests de-
mand, and it should not require many more
strikes like that on the Gould lines to bring it
but there is limit to all things Chicago Tri.
bune.