The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-20
COZ MENT AND OPINION.

TIE proposed dual statehood of Dakota is not
press. 1t is the plan of mother nature. a power
that rises above the schemes of poll.
ticians.-Minnsapolis Tribune.
We believe that the pledges Of the Republican
party will not 60 unredesmed and that it will
fear.essly perform its first duty at once by re-
lievlDg the people of unnecessary taxation and
restoring to the channels of industry and trade
the money lying uselessly in the national Treas
ury.-Boston Advertiser.
On to statehood! is the acclaim of 400, 900
~long-waitiug and Ions suffering South Dakota
vassals. Let tho victorious columns stand firm
until our rights have been accorded ua. Every
man to his gun until statehood peace is pro-
claimed; then may we rest from our labora.
Public Opinion iWatertown. d. T)
LIVING within ones income does not consti-
tute one a miser. Mep who thus live save for q
good purpose. They avoid debt with it's tsmpta-
ton to dishonesty, and grow strong by the prac-
tice of self-sacrifce and control. Strength OF
character thus attained 10 sure to be crowned
with success.-Fort Smith Ark. Journal.
MEN who have enormous stakes upon the issue
OF an election, which are said to have been
wagered in this campaign. may. very easily be
tempted to commit s.ms corrupt or unlawful
action in order 20 increase their chances Of sue
cess. 1t is q dsmoralizing practice and public
sentiment should be invoked to check iI-New
York Tribune.
If we were writing to General Harrison in
confidence, we would mention to him that IL we
had been elected President of the United States
and everybody is entitled to speculate to that
extent-the first thing we would do after the re-
turns were in and the eagles were ont, would be
to write the inaugural address, and the last
thing, TO make up the CabInet-Cincinpati Com.
mercial Gazette.
1T has been observed during the past twenty
years that in States or communities where the
Democrats have steadily held the financial man.
agement they are such imbeciles in finance and
SO incapable of g~rssping the whole situation
that they almost always create o deficit. Ii
Cleveland had been continued in power another
four years the finances would have become seri-
| ously diSordered. -Milwaukee Evening Wiscon.
sin.
AS to the old rallyine cry Of the 'solid South"
frankly, We have lost faith 10 its power to re-
| lieve or better our situation. With the admis-
! sion of two or three new Western States, which
will be among the first performances OF the new
| Congress, with their electoral votes added to
the Republican column. the odds against us will
be more decided than ever, and orr case proper
t~ionately more hopeless, if our tactics are un.
altered. Charleston IS. c.. Sun.
THE Prohibitionisrs have scored q glorious
victory in New Jersey. By their valuable assist
anee the State was not only given to Cleveland,
but a Democratic Legislature was secured which
will now repeal the temperance laws of the State,
passed by the Republicans last winter. by virtue
Of which some Of the counties have already for
hidden the sale OF liquor. and others have i'm
posed a heavy tax whore the public sentiment
was not strong enough to prohibit altogether.
Nebraska State Journal
WOMEN instictively occupy a higher moral
plane than men DO and consequently however
much Of wrong and failure there may be in the
Republican party as q whole 1t has such an in
fnitely better record than the Democratic party
that as between the two the majority of the
women Of America, even il their husbands are
Democrats, are in sympathy with the Republic
an party aud hope through its agency. despite
its faults. to achieve the greatest good for the
Nation. Burlington Hawkeye.
THIS proposed lChinese1 boycott may sound
very formidable. but when we reflect that in
1887 our exports to China were valued at only
Sc. 246,6 GIG, as against imports OF the value Of
$l9.0 76. $50, it will be seen that If China under
takes to sever her commercial relations with the
United States she will get the worst of the bar
gain by at least three to ore. There is little
danger, we fancy, Of her sacrificing $l9. 000. 900
of annual exports to the United States out Of
any desire for retaliation. San Francisco
Chronicle.
SCARCELY any greater disaster could befall
the new Republican administration than to have
it set up the block and ply the headsman's ak in
defiance OF The civil service reform laws. just
so far as those laws extend. we believe General
Harrison will observe and enforce them. Where
the law has given place to incumbents under
competitive examinations, aud according to the
proceeding provided by the law. we may rest
assured they will continue in their trusts so
long as they are honest and efficient. -Sscra.
mento Record Union.
AN intelligent co,ored man is as likely to vote
for the best interests of the community, and
may rs safely De intrueted with the ballot, az
an intelligent white man. These are simple
principles. and they seem to us almost like
axioms, yet they have been persstently disre.
garded in the South. The leaders of the South
ern people must lesrn to go more than skin deep
and TO base their DISCRIMINATORY on intelligence
and character, rather than on the accident OF
color, before they can make enduring prog
ress Boston Journal.
THERE is absolutely no sentiment in the North
hateful or inimical to the real interests of thu
South. There is a perfect willingness on tn,
part OF the North 10 yield TO the South all thai
it is fairly entitled to politically and to joir
with 1t in forwarding its industrial aud economic
interests fairly aud to the utmost. But TIT
North 10 not willing to give to the South a grea
deal or any more than a pro rata benefit to b
derived from the association Of States together
as a whole, and it will resent any attempt OF
the part of the South to obtain more than a fai
share of these benefits Oswee Times.