The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-02-08
CON MENT AND OPINION.

YES, free-traders, the law of demand and
supply is still in force. The more supplies
you get from foreign countries the less de-
nan for home labor supplies of the same
kind. There's no getting around that law.
Detroit Tribune.
For one thing. at least. the country is
under obligations to the Democratic OBJ
structionists in Congress. They have
united, vitaliZed and solidified the Repub-
lican party in the House more completely
than all other influences could have done
it. For which, much Observation-Disclosures
Press.
Our Senators are too old for the child's
play involved in the farce of secret execu-
tive sessions. They nay not always do
harm, but they never do good. They are q
mistake, and the sooner they are abandoned
the better for the dignity of the Senate and
the satisfaction of the country.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
Mr.. JOHN II. THOMAS, the defeated Bour-
bon candidate for United States Senator in
Ohio, has recovered and now announces
that Il am a Democrat and do not grieve
over defeat" Brice has fixed" Mr.. Thomas
as the future will disclose. What position
has he promised Mr.. ThOmas's s0ni-l0wa
State Register.
The banker, whether president, cashier,
or director, is a trustee, and his response
depOsitOrs, and to the general public must
not be forgotten in his eagerness to add to
his own individual wealth. In the forcible
language of Holy Writ, he is mot his own"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Senator-elect Brice is very angry at the
newspapers which printed charges that he
gained his election by corrupt use of money.
But Mr.. Brlce is not angry enough to seek
a vindication at the hands of an investi-
eating committee. If he has been wronged
a plain method of righting the wrong is
open to him.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
LET Congress pass a general federal
election law which will secure an honest
vote and an honest count all over the
Nation, and let the Southern bulldozers
ignore it and violate it if they dare. The
Republicans in Congress are on the right
track and the people will indorse them as
long az they remain there.-Cleveland
Leader.
DEMOCRATIC Senators are entitled to
credit for not opposing the Samoan treaty
because President Harris0n's administra-
ton will reap the credit therefrOm. AS SO
many Democratic Senators voted In favor
of its ratification. the criticism of the New
York World and other Democratic papers
upon it's provisions will have very little
weight upon public opinion.-Boston Tran
script.
ONCE in the clutches of this devil-fsh
THE Louisiana lottery, the new State will
be powerless. 1t will dominate its politics.
control its material resources. absorb it's
s~ustenance, spread its evil influences all
over the West, and rob and swindle with
ont stint. The people of North Dakota
should think twice before they consent to
the legalization of this monstrOus swindle.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Gladstone says that the resources
of the. United States are so great that
lit can afford to pay for the lux
ury of protection" True. every word of
1t. Protection has been one of the Injuries
of q free people. well worth every dollar
l that haa hQQn Maid for 1T IL has haan n
luxury and has become a necessity. The
people will have it, and are entirely willing
to pay as literally for it as may be neces-
~sary.-Frank Leslie's Weekly.