The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-24
COMMENT AND OPINION.

graph if the Western Union owned the earth.
Philadelphia Times.
The fact that no man can be great in all d.
rections at once is shown in Edison g case. The
other day his wife got him to put button
closet. and he screwed it to the door instead of
the casing. and then wondered why the door
pulled open.-Detroit Free Press.
THEY going to publish Voorhsess tariff
speeches in pairs. They effectual answers
to each other and will greatly pacfy the mind
of the average Hooser Democrat who likes to
feel that he and the party are comfortably bal
anced on tho tariff fence.-Nebraska State Jour
nal
THERE are many newspapers anxious to sup
port the opinions expressed by Mr. Cleveland in
his message regarding the Pacific railway inves-
tgation, and there are great many newspapers
anxious to combat them. But neither party has
been able to discover just what his opinions
were.-kansas City Journal.
LEGISLATION intended to prevent the adul-
teration of common articles of food only be
.efectual when enacted by Congress and applied
to the entire country. State laws against the
evil accomplish little good. Congress will hardly
dare to adjourn without adopting some measure
in the interests of pure food.-Boston Journal.
= THE people-the workingmen of the country
viii not soon forget to-day's work in the House,
and many member OF Congress signed his po-
litical death warrant when he voted to refuse
Thoebe the opportunity-lost by the treachery
of his attorney-to prove that the Speaker of
the House of Representatives is not legally q
member of it.-National Republican.
DEsPoTIC and secret power is put in motion
1nE0lofaDe
inc spirit of freedom, and it therefore becomes
the highest duty of the state to put such re-
ssraints upon them as may reduce to minimum
their capacity for evil without disturbing the
claws of trade. In this instance the rights of
living persons must be treated by legislation as
more sacred than the rights of dead things.
-Philadelphia Record.
THE old rebel" soldiers of Tennessee should
by all means be taken care Of but their wants
should be supplied by the State of Tennessee.
Each of the Southern States, indeed, should,
its own people, provide pensions for the support
of it's soldiers In this wav will we best
maintain our dignity and self-respect, and illus
trate the principle of State sovereignty.
Charleston News and Courier.
THE Republican party has from the first been,
in fact, controlled in a great degree by practical
workingmen, who form majority Of its mem
bers. But it has honestly striven to do equal
justice as the trustee of power for the whole
people. Many times it has failed but it has so
far succeeded that the growth and prosperity of
the country since this party shaped the policy
of the government have been unequaled in any
age country.-New York Tribune.
FRANK HURD has told how he and the other
avowed free-traders converted Mr.. CleveIand
Buffalo lawyer who knew nothing of national
affairs and who had been elected President on
protection platform with the aid of protection
stump orators in doubtful States. 1t ought to
occur to the average Democrat, who is inter-
ested in the development of American resources
and markets for labor, that 80 shallow an econ
omist as Mr.. Cleveland is must be blind guide
to follow.-New York Press.
IT only remains to be seen how many men-
bers OF the Tory party will support Hicks Beach
in his reaction against Balfour's policy. Should
he, according to rumors current, obtain
the cooperation of Lord Randolph Churchill,
the detection might prove very serious. At all
events we shall have only short time to wait
for definite knowledge on the subject, for it is
now understood that at the opening of the ses-
sion Mr.. Parnell will move an amendment to the
address, when both Hicks-Beach and Churchill
may be expected to show their hands.-New
York Sun.
THE spectacle Of Joe Mcdonald heeling for
such ward politician Governor Gray. of
Indiana is by no means an edfying one Here
tofore Mcdonald has been considered somewhat
of thoroughbred; he is not emphasizing that
reputation by doing sop work for such q scrub
as Gray is believed to be. Eut Joe is getting
old, and when some men get old they get silly
their dotage renders them irresponsible in the
eyes of charitable world. So will not lar
rup poor old Joe with our excavations now; we
will shut eyes to the present and think of
HIM merely as a "reminiscences. -Chicago News
No modern statesman occupies SO unsnviabls
a position before the world as this young minis
ter, who seeks to rule a nation through murder
by torture. Even the Shah of Persia is not more
bloody minded. That he made the avowal that
it is charged he made there is no DOUBT Sir
Wi.frid Blunt upon whose authority the charge
is made, is a whose word cannot be i'm
peached On the other hand, falsehood has
been proved upon Mr.. Balfour more than once
That Balfour will try to stand up against the ex-
posure of his purposes is to be expected but in
the end his infamy will overwhelm him and
bring disgrace ana deieat TO his party.-Phna-
delphia Times.
THE federal government has enough power
and responsibility already, and an extension of
its functions would NOT long be tolerated by the
people. A successful attempt TO enlarge them
would be the precursor of universal disturbances,
and would portend speedy dissolution of the
Republic. The absorption of many affairs by
central authority will not be proposed at
time. The suggestions for the different
branches of a detestable plutocracy of monopo-
lists will be made one by one. The way to save
the country from being ingulfed by the flood is
to stop each of these streams at its source. The
one now threatening Us in The government tele-
graph.-New York Sun.
THERE one thing that all Republicans know,
and that is the party is ont of power. Every
material interest of the country demands its
restoration the control of the government.
United, harmonious and determined. it can win.
There are many thousands of Republicans who
care more for the success OF the marty than they
do for any of the pronounced candidates. The aim
of every Republican should be to exert his in
fuence to the end that the party be put In the
best possible fighting trim before entering the
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