The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-10

ever, greenbackery is a dead illusion. 1t has run
its course, and the fresher 'isms" steer clear of
it.-Philadelphia Record.
THE military is arm of the state power
which should not be suffered to wither-not that
it should be unnecessarily called into hostile
service but that it should be given that judi
cious training which is essential to its health
Denver Republican.
GOVERNOR HILL says that he was intimately
acquainted with the late Samuel j. Tilden for
seventeen years. This would seem to contradict
the recent statements that Mr.. Tilden always
preferred the company Of able men.-New YORK
Commercial-Advertiser.
EASTERN people, as a rule. suppose that Col
orado possesses but little except its mines OF sill
yer and gold But we know that the silver and
the gold are to the other resources of the State
but as the fringe upon the robes OF royalty
Denver Republican.
THE Grand Army does we'll TO resent and re-
pei the aspersion which the offensive importu-
nifty of self appointed champions casts upon the
veterans of the Union army. This it did in San
Francisco when it repu6iated Congressman
Coverings indefensible pension scheme -Phila-
delphia Press
IT may be that the administration is satisfied
that it has erred in its demand for the release of
Cutting; if so, its only course is to at once
acknowledge 1t and withdraw the order, before
Mexico grows unbecomingly exultanr in its
thrice-repeated defiance of American authority.
Atlanta Constitution.
No doubt there are some very strong argu-
ments in favor of annexing still more Mexican
territory but the United States is now stagger-
ing under about as heavy load of ignorance
and general uDftness for self-government as it
can sustain. Increase the burden however
| lightly and the camel's back may break.-Chica-
| go Inter Ocean.
| IT would have been better for his FClevelands]
reputation if he had vetoed the river and harboI
| bill and less than twenty others A few of the
| pension bills were really objectionable, but all
| of them together would not have taken from the
Treasury as much money as has been granted
| by each of the many dishonest clauses in the
| river and harbor bill-New York Tribune.
| WILL the death of Tilden following that of so
| many of his illustrous friends, be succeeded by
similar momentous political changes among our
| selves2 Time only can show. But there are
| signs of such changes, and the departure almost
| together, of SO many distinguished American ad-
herents to one set of political opinions may per-
| haps be set down as one sign among the num-
| Der New York Herald.
| DR. BARRows concludes that the Indian race
| is wasting away, and rightly holds that in
| view of that fact we should be slow to boast
| of our civilization and be modest in our preten-
| sions as Christians If we cannot civilize the
| heathens and savages we have at home sit may
| become question how far we make sue
cess on those lines among the inferior in foreign
| lands. New York Sun.
THE Canadians are emboldened by the feeling
| that they have in Secretary Bayard reputed
| representative of the United States government
who is actually a representative of their own
view, and who is at heart committed to the very
policy which they ara trying to force upon US.
They are making the most of this unusual adj
vantage, and Secretary Bayard has done nothing
as yet to show that they have at all miscalcu-
lated his position.-Boston Journal