The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-04
COMMENT AND OPINION.

COPYRIGHT as it comes before Congress a
this season. is an appeal to the country that the
readers of books shall be loyal to the men and
women who are the chief educators of the Ma
ion.-BoSton Herald.
ONE thing is certain-it ought to be made
very warm for Pacific railroad lobbyists in
Washington this winter, and very uncomfort-
able for the members of Congress who are in
innate with them.-Detroit Tribune.
THE necessities of war compelled the adop-
ton of the policy of protection. The necessi-
ties of peace require that the magnificent re-
suits achieved through that policy shall not be
lost. The tariff campaign, now clearly formed
on party lines, will be one of the most impor-
tant in the history of the country. and the
fullest discussion is needed cleveland Leader
IT is a popularity of statesmen that they
never do anything to execute laws already In
existence if they possibly get rid of the SUBJ
ject by passing new law. Most any man in
the City Council can be frightened out OF his
boots by being invited to vote for a resolution
asking the officials of the city to enforce the
State law closing saloons on Sunday.-kansaS
City Journal
THERE seems to be general middle along
with general ineficiency in the mail service
The public would howl if private corporation
doing public business should have as little re-
gard for public convenience the postoffice
department shows. The condition of the mail
service is an indication of what we may expect
when the government takes hold of the tele-
graph service. Milwaukee Sentinel
THE Republican party has reformed the tariff
over and over again, and it is ready now to re-
l
ment and people. Surely those who have built
up the industries of the Nation with the tariff
can best be trusted to maintain and guard them
The gardener who pruneS and trains the shoots
of the vine which he has planted is its reformer,
not the reckless boy who plucks it up and throws
it away as weed.-Boston Advertiser.
PROBABLY our Congressman are well informed
as to the wants and needs of California in
these matters. but for fear they not. or
may be led aside, it is well enough to say plainly
that any member of Congress, in either House,
who shall vote for such iniquitous measure
as the new tariff bill proposes had better pre-
pare for permanent residence outside of Cali
fornia. for this State would certainly be too hot
to hold him.-San Francisco Chronicle.
THE appointment of Lamar is the same spirit
of reconstructing the Confederacy as the order
to send the rebel battle-fag back to their regi-
ments. But this proposes to go further and to
carry into operation by converting the national
Supreme Court into confederate court, and the
national Constitution into confederate con-
stitution, which shall transpose the secession
treason into patriotism and loyalty and the
national patriotism and loyalty into treason.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
THE tariff gives the American manufacturers
the American market, largely. Local competi-
ton reduces the prices sometimes too much /,
and it affects wages as in the of the cloth
ing hands. Remove the tariff and allow foreign
manufacturers to bring in goods of slightly
inferior quality at the prices, and the pat
ronage is divided. The large establishment at
home must produce less and. as we have shown
above, reduce wages. Give the foreign prOdu-
Ger the D0nonG OIL an enlarged Iudrk0t anu Ao
can peoduce more and consequently sell at a
smaller margin of profit.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
THE ordinary drunkard is more dipso-
maniac than is the usual pickpocket klepto-
maniac. the who sets fire to house in
order to plumber it and rob its inhabitants a
pyromaniac. de is drunkard because he
wants to be drunkard, and that is all there is
of it, and to dignity his vice with long name,
and to seek to shield him from responsibility for
his criminal acts behind his own evil conduct is
| utter and ridiculous nonsense Justice stephen
son is right. Drunkenness does aid in the
gravity of an offense, and the awshould so con-
| slider it.-San Francisco Chronicle.
THE announcement that Senator Voorhees,
has volunteered to go to indianapolis and aid
| in defending the Democratic gang charged
with forgery on the taly-sheets in that city will
| probably excite very little comment. It is ex-
actly in line with the whole policy of the Demo-
cratic party, which is to sustain fraud and
| forgery whenever and wherever perpetrated by
| the Democrats. If Senator Voorhees, should
| show any reluctance to render the service, he
would at once lose standing among the leaders
of his party in Indiana, and this he is unwilling
to do. as it would certainly end all prospect OF
future political preferment on his part.--Phila-
| delphia Press.