The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-11
COMMENT AND OPINION.

ANY reformation that will suppress the
professional politician will be welcomed
throughout the cOuntry.-BuffalO Express
UNDER the national administration that
is to be we want the very biggest men the
party can muster land that means the big
gest men in the country in all the leading
Observation-Disclosures Wisconsin.
THE people have had surfeit of recounts;
what they demand is a speedy, honest as
certainment of the result, and any law
which ignores this requirement is lacking
in one essential to commend it to popular
favOr.-Baltimore American.
IT is an admirable characteristic of the
American people that, although they throw
their whole heart into political struggles,
when the result is finally reached they
peacefully accept it and good naturally fall
back into more quiet channels of conduct.
Albany Journal.
THE people of France desire to maintain
good relations with the United States. and
when they know what we propose to permit
and not to permit they. will respect our de-
cisiOn even at the sacrifice of the hundreds
of millions buried in the great ditch ON the
isthmus.-MinneapOlis Tribune.
The Indianapolis preachers who are
worrying themselves into conniptiOn fits
over the course to be pursued by the next
administration, as regards wine at state
dinners and dancing at the inaugural,
piOus and Jealous and it is another thing to
be Puritanical nuisance.-LOuisville
Commercial.
In some communities the Knights of La
Dor have been able to organize riots that
for the. time stopped traffic. Even in this
city they have succeeded in disturbing
some branches of business That time has
passed. The order used its power so badly
and intrusted it to such worthless persons
that it has not enough left TO brighten the
most timid employer.-New York Times.
Our Congress has not day to lose. In
the temperate. though uneguivOcal terms
of the Edmunds resolution, it should forth
with make known to the French republic
our irrevOcable purpose TO permit no Euro
pcan government to acquire a financial In
terest-because that must ultimately in
volve a political interest-ln a canal cleav-
ing the American isthmus.-New York Sun.
THTinfusion of little life and spirit into
the State Department just now wouldn't
be amiss, while German insolence is tram
ping upon American interests in the Samoan
islands, and impudently defending its
course through its inspired newspapers in
Berlin. Some new and very positive UNI
derstandings are in order and it is to be
hoped the pending resolution in Congress
may lead the way 10 them.-Detroit Irib-
une.
WHAT is really needed on the part of the
United States is not armed Intervention be-
tween the German invaders and the patriot
Samoans. Il firm, unequlyocal demand
from our State Department for Germany to
respect the solemn international agreement
TO hold Samoa neutral is what is required.
Secretary Whitney's war ships can do little
as long as Secretary Bayard is suffered 10
pursue shuffiing and spiritless diplomatic
policy.-Boston Journal
HONEST men deplore bribery and intimi-
dalton, and false counting wherever aud by
whomsoever committed; but they do not, II
they are intelligent as well as honest. con
denim successful candidates unless there is
clear proof that fraud changed the result
and that they knew of the fraud and were
willing to profit by it. There is not toe