The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-23
COMMENT AND OPINION.

IGNATIUs DoNNELIY will go to Stratford next
week. Donnelly is the first man In the world
that ever visited Shakspeare's tomb with the
desire in his heart of bringing dishonor on it.
Chicago Herald
THAT philanthropy which has induced men
and women to paes out provisions and old clothes
more than all else to degrade men who once
worked for their bread.-Shoe and Leather Re-
porter.
Nor one Democratic Senator had the courage
or manliness to rise above the low. contemplate
standard of his party and cast his vote on the
side of justice to South Dakota and IN sympathy
with the wishes of the people of the Territory
aud of the large majority of the people of the
Northern States.-Chicago Tribune.
THE increased Democratic vote in Louisiana
is clearly endorsements of the Presidents
message and of the reform bill drawn in
cordance with il. II shows that the ueople of
Louisiana are not willing to trust their sugar
interest or any other interest to the treachery
of the high-tax Republicans of the Pennsyf
vania schooL-St Louis Republican.
THE New York Star tells Mr.. Mills, of Texas,
not to be worried over the opposition of the
wool-raisers of that State, as they are mostly
carpet-baggers from the East. OF course. If
they were native Texans engaged in the industry
the Star would think they should be protscted
The Democratic party just now seems anxious
to protect the solid" interests. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
iority in Louisiana will exceed Sc. 900 when the
returns are all capvassed, and that only two
parishes will be found to have gone Republican.
Why those TWO parishes were permitted to
Geviate from the general rule we are unable to
say, but we presume it was owing to a want of
discipline on the part OF the bulldozers Of said
localities.-St. Louis Glope-Democrat
NOBODY doubted that the Senate would pass
the bill to admit South Dakota, and this IL has
now done This action is timely and just The
Democratic party however. is opposed 10 justice
unless it sees partisan advantage in granting
IT Unfortunately the Democracy controls the
House OF Representatives. Dakota. whether as
whole or divided, will hardly be admitted to
statehood this year.-Sk Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
:. RIsHoP OBERLY, it is said, is likely to take
tbs SUPPLEMENTARY of Indian schools. If the
report be true not only will the Bible be taught
In the Indian schools but tbs Indians Will be
well-grounded in the principles OF sound civil
Service reform. The Bishop is great.civil serv-
ice reformer. sna as the superin teudent of In
be lifted or cattle herd raided without COM
petitive observation-disclosures Herald.
THE single idea OF the suffrage, and that
woman has no social duties or responsibilities
until she has a vote, has diverted her mind from
her. social province. aad made her think herself
an enemy to the existing order so long as she
has no vote. Ii is not true that the tendency of
the suffrage movement to radicalism and wild
expectations. and its attraction of eccen trio and
Predetermined persons, and of persons with
single idea which they fancy 9 cause to revolu-
tonize society, have rightly made it rideulousl
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
WHENEVER in our folly We have tried free
trade, approach to free trade, our iaborerS
have lost first their high wages. and then their
employment at any wages whatever. Our man
ufacturers. undersold by cheaper foreign pro-
duction, were forced to close their furnaces,
mills and factaries and our workmen aud
proprietors exhibited to the nations of the earth
the spectacle of people claiming to be great.
sitting in idleness and poverty, waiting for the
growth of sufficient political reason to save
nations industry from utter ruin by restora-
tion of protective duties on foreign importa-
tions.--New York Sun (Dem.l