The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-21
COMMENT AND OPINION.

MEAr-Ax Mills declared the other day that
he by means we'll man, and after read
ing his opening speech for free trade
fully agree with him. Phi ladelphia Press.
CONGRESSMAN are still prohibiting Chinese
immigration AS there il q o Chinese immigra-
ton to speak Of it might bs' worth while to
hibit some other kinds of immigration a little.
-Phifadelphia Times.
Mr. JOHN PETER ST. JOHN has written an
answer 20 Ingalls, If Mr.. St. John colld fully
realize how badly he needs obscurity he would
sit at the bottom of an aoa, idoned we'll and hold
umbrella over himes lf.-Nebraska State
Journal
Ii the se-traders will pay attention to the
Repu blcan Nom beTs of the House for the next
month or two they will learn more about the
tariff than they ever knew before. In this IN
stance knowledge, like salvation, will be free.
-Philadelpha Press
THE Democrats themselves appear to be
ashamed If not alarmed. at the open, hagEant
ard colossal frauds prActieed in Louisiana. They
have not uttered aloud a word of copgratulation
triumph and they do not claim that either the
vote or the count was fair.-Chcago Journal
EACH day emphasizes the fact that New York
cannot be carried free-trade platform.
Presid ent Cleveland has taken his suicidal policy
at the flood. and it will sweep him on to certain
defeat unless the national convention throws
him a protective plank-Lousville CONNER
cial
IT is to be hoped that, with the result in Lou
isiana before them, the Republicans in Congress
will have sagacity aud ri uck enough to vote for
the abolition of the sugar tariff. nine-tenths of
tecting no interests but those of Louisiana.
Chicago Journal
EMPLOYERS do not as IA rule, consider the in
tsrests of the men in their employ so much as
they should; but the most greedy and grasping
employer of labor is not lore selfish in his dis
regard of these men than the labor politicians
whom they foolishly allow to represent and
speak for them.-New Yof Times
PATRIOTISM, love of the Republic and principle
won the first battle for thu party of Lincoln. of
Grant of Garfield, of Arth ur, of Conkling, and
of score of other illustrious men. now dead,
and if we only bury differen of opinion in the
presence of the great Danger which now threat
ems the country and go to Chicago in the spirit
of harmony, victory is sui,o to follow.-New
York Press
HUMAN justice is often hating and imperfect:
but the power that makes tor the right will
finally prevail The State of Mississippi can no
should go UNPUBLISHED than the State of Iowa
escape the responsibility 4 or the unavenged
blood of Haddock-done to desa:h. Gam
brell, for interfering with the whisky traffic
Chicago News
IT does not seem Just right that Mississippi
where scarcely a trace of repu blicanism is left,
should have fall representation in the national
Minnesota and Kansas in the selection of Re
publican candidate for President. There is
something wrong with the system of apportion-
ment-St Paul Pioneer Press.
THE Canadians '.wo bible" good deal in their
tariff policy. The RECENT proclamation placing
certain articles of natural product entering Can
ada from thu United States on the free list, in
return for similar con cessions on this side. is to
be cancelled on the ground that it is discrimi-
nation against Great Britain 1t will be OBJ
served that this reason would hold against any
reciprocal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Journal