The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-13
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THIS unceasing production of testimony for
and against the tariff on wool Is painful enough
TO draw tears from hydraulic ram--Bufals.
Express.
THE Philadelphia Press says: ''The South is
in the saddle again, and the saddle is strapped
to the back of the free trade mule" It's an ass,
not mule.-Louisville Commercial
A FREETKADE newspaper says that the gov
eminent tariff tax on a 6aby's dose of paragoric
is 200 per cent. Then don't feed the baby para.
goric That would reduce the surplus" and be
better for the baby.-Chicago Journal
THE admission of Utah with it's population of
persistent and defiant law bre akers would re-
ceive the sanction of almost the entire Demo-
cratic party as an offset to the admission of a
Territory with known Republican majority.
Thus does party interest interfere with the
rights of more than half million of people,
Nebraska State Journal.
THE ballot is another impersonal power and
though it might be rendered personal by making
every man sign his ballot with his name MOTH
ing would be gained by such proceeding ex-
cept certain mugwumpish satisfaction to the
inspectors of election, who could then learn who
did and who did not deserve place in the "elite
directories New York Commercial Adver-
tser.
THE coming American autocrat of the break
fast table will growl at the delay of the morning
mail per night boat from Europe. Excursion
trains leaving Boston after breakfast will avoid
the night foes OF the Cordilleras by reaching the
City of Mexico in time for supper. The compe-
tition of rail and ocean routes with balloon bee-
lines will make travel cheap enough to familiar
ize our tourists with every zone of their CONT
nent, and climatic epicures will probably
trive to enjoy a perpetual summer by converting
their July picnics in the Yellowstone Park and
their New Ysars symposium in Valparaiso. .
North American Review.
If man OF character one trusted and re-
spected by his countrymen, one free from this
charge suspicion of wrong, should be nomi-
mated upon platform which pledges the Re-
publican party to just revision of the tarif
laws upon tho lines of protection to American
industry, the old party will certainly rise
again to power on the day of the next national
election the will be to rise in the
sky on that day. The opportunity for Repub-
lican success never seemed better than it now
does; the great issue has been happily provided
it by it's enemy; it need only accept that issue
and appoint as its leader and candidate states.
man of acknowledged worth and ability in order
to secure its return to the control OF the govern
ment.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
PENSION COMMISSIONER BLACK is verv kind
to his old law partner in Danville Ill A little
scheme of his has been uncovered which shows
that he has been taking advantage of his official
position to help his old partner to a large
amount of pension business, to the detSimept Of
other attorneys and parties interested Infor-
nation regarding cases belonging to other at
torneys has been freely given to the Commits
sioners ex-partner in violation of all established
rules. aud the whole aim has been to feed the
purse OF his old partner at the expense of others.
a Washington dispatch to the New York
Tribune. giving the details of the contemplate
business. says that mo public official has at
tributed SO much petty evil to his opponents
and no official in twenty years has been more
thoroughly demagogue'-pefrolt irioune.