The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-10
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE Utah Legislature contains thirty-one
Mormons to FIVE gentiles. This fact constitutes
the best reason why Utah should not be adj
mittsd to the Union yet awhile. -Philadelphia
Press a44l
THE unanimous defense of the tally-sheet
forgers by the Democratic press of Ohio and In
diana is about as good campaign material as the
Republicans of those States ought to ask for.
Minneapolis Tribune. S
BILL has been laid before Congress provid-
ing for a commission of learned men to Inquire,
at cost of $50 day. if there cannot be am inn
provement on the present style of spelling.
Now. which scholar in politics is back of this job2
-Pittsburg Chronicle. s41 .
THERE is much to be pondered on in the sug-
friends may talk by the yard Of his popularity
in New York, but he carried the State by 1,O40
votes in 1884 and Mr.. Hill carried it by IL, 900
votes in 1885. City journal.
THE farmers of Dubois county, Indiana. are
getting humpbacked from = carrying their
pockets full OF rocks which are. supposed to he
loaded with silver. The State Geologist ought
to down from Indianapolis and put these
poor souls out of their miseryr- Louisville Com
mercial. ~..b,s
IF American criticism of PRINCE Bismarck's
speech be tnged with cypicism. it will be be-
cause feeling of profound distrust is excited
in this Free industrial Republic by the spirit of
miitarism now rampant in Europe. A peace
which ten millions of soldiers are kept under
arms to defend seems unreal one of mad
Ophelias dreams.-Nsw York Tribune.
ALL the stiffness and all the pretense of
misinterpretation will not avail the Democratic
party. 1t has been placed squarely upon the
free-trade platform, and every man who votes
next fall for or against protection will vote for
the Republican candidate and against Grover
Cleveland or any other Democrat who may be
npminated.-New York Mail and Express.
THE organ-grinders all out of tune with
the Hon. Bonrke Cockran's speech in favor of
Justice in an election case. Ii there is anything
that excites the Democratic organ grinder to I'M
comfortable rage it is an appeal for fairness in
elections. But there Democrats who don't
depend upon the organ for music. and Mr.. Cock
ran appears TO be one of them.-National Repub-
lican.
DRUNKENNESS should be punished by such
reasonable penalties as can be submitted to,
and together with other offenses against morals
1t should be assailed by those mighty forces that
address the sentiments, the reason the con-
science and the judgment Of mankind. In this
way we think the cause of temperance will be
advanced much higher than py resort to the
legislation that excites antagonism and the
sense of injustice, and thus increases the ills it
is designed to cure.--New York Star.
Mr. CRrsP and his associates well Sc
lected for the work expected OF them by the
Democrats majority III Congress. Their nerve
is quite equal to ahy emergency. With sniff
Client number OF contests they could be relied
upon to deplete the House of its Republican
representation TO a man. Their wanton disre-
gard of presidents and of justice in respect to
the Carlisle Thcebe case was fragrant enough,
but their cool insinuation that Captain White
the criminal law. eciipses the whole record OF
Democratic outrage congressional constifu-
epcies. Fortunately there were enough Demo
Gratis sufficiently independent to follow Cochran
rather than Crisp, aud so defeat the conspiracy
against AIR. Whlte.-New York Tribuus.