The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-30
TALK WITH THE EXCHANGES.


THE Kokomo Gazette-Tribu1e hits great
before other peril than that of the stay-at-
home Republican"
The Rushviile Republican announces that
Benjamin S. Parker. of Knightstown is about
to collect and publish selections from every
writer of any known ability in the State, or<who
has been resident of the State"
WINAMAo boasts of ''more saloons, better
whisky and more paupers to the square inch
than any town in the State" This il the claim
of the Winamac Republican, and mp to this date
1t has not been disputed
CLAY COUNTY Enterprise: We doubt there is
single political prohibitionist in Indiana who
ever expects to see prohibition an established
splendid one to catch unthinkine Republicans
aud carry the State for the Democracy.
THE Lafayette Call has the idea It says
Tine Democratic press attempt to ridicule Mr.
ingalls,. but the fact that they pay so much at
tention to him is pretty good sign that in a
majority OF cases he hits the nail on the head"
REPLYING to a correspondent from Wayne
comfy, who says that one Republican is ten
thousand votes stronger than anv other man in
Indiana, the Commercial Gazette we'll says:
I'VE trust there is Republican in Indiana
VINO Is ten thousand votes stronger than any
honorable Republican
THE Republicans of Howard county give no
uncertain sound the liquor question In
mass convention, last week. they adopted res
oluticn declaring their hostility to the saloon
and their faith in the ultimate prohibition of the
hquor traffic through the Republican party. As
usual tbs liquor plank was the most heartily
applauded of all the utterances in the platform.
SnAaIxino of ha RurIir 0+ov etr;l,a +1,n Erao1-
fort Banner says: 1.-THE Gods truth of the whole
business is. the $25 600 salaried gentlemen are
cracking the slave traders whip again, forget full
that the rights of man were established a quarter
century ago, and chiefest among those rights
was The principle conferred on labor, now being
assassinated by monopoly fattened by the
bounty of the government"
THE Columbus Republican calls attention to
demonstrated fact, not a probability. 1t says:
1t is almost absolutely certain that Harrison
can carry Indiana. It is not at all certain that
any other Republican can. 1t is altogether
probable that the party that carries Indiana will
elect the President. He is in every way we'll
States any candidate mentioned, and, all
things considered, the very to no monate."
SAYS the Delphi Journal: Senator Ben Har-
rison asserts that Indiana will cast her electoral
vote fo- the presidential nominee of the Repub-
be allowed to remark is the way TO talk. Gen
eral Harrison would doubtless like to have the
nomination. but he is not the kind of Republic
an that will kick if he fails to receive it."
ED1NBURG Courier: Small debts are what
blight the general business of the country
Every store keeper has large number of small
debts on his books. and when it is remembered
that the aggregate amounts. in many cases. to
hundreds of dollars, and that it out of
the profits of his business, it can easily be seen
why the smal-debt system of the country fig
ures largely in the disbursement and losses TO
the trade.
Fort WAYNE Gazette: The Indianapolis Dem
ocrats have nominated Samuel n. Gold, man
intimately associated with Coy's gang, for town
shin trustee. II may be we'll to remark here
that the Indianapolis Democrats have not lost
an opportunity TO indorse Sim Coy and his
methods, tally-sheet forgeries and general
ruptions either before Or since his conviction.
And still they ask respectable people to vote
the Democratic ticket.
AS evincing the spirit of the Democratic party
of this State toward the tally-sheet forging gang
the Michigan City Dispatch has this pleasant
Zone Emory B Sellers. a White
county product, who is rafting around in the
United States district attorneys Office at Indi-
occupied by Thomas NJ Browne, Nelson TrusIer
and Charley Holstein, but it is a mere suppose
LIon IS at present. lnQustr1ouSly at WORK In his at
tempt to send Democrats to the penitentiaryn
THE Kokomo Dispatch, Democratic, acknowl-
edges the scoundrely record of its party as to
election frauds by saying:
Let us be honest in just one election-a very
small election-and how it works Let us
by precept and example set faces sternly
against every form of election fraud Let US
If necessary, go down in our pockets and con
tribute literally to a fund 70 prosecute all VIOLA
tors of the election laws Isn't this good politics.
good policy, good moralsl'
DISCUSSING the probable nomination of Hon.
j. e. Mcdonald Chief-justice, the Lafayette
Courier says: 1.-The Courier has the highest
respect for Mr.. Melon aid as an individual but
he made the great mistake of his life in per-
hitting himself to be used agent IN behalf
of the indianapolis tallysheet forgers. He
knew they were guilty and that they deserved
punishment, but contrary to his better judg-
ment he consented 10 apologist for
the rascals. goaded thereto by the threats of the
gang No should be considered TO occupy
q judicial position of high or low degree who
will defend tally. sheet foreeries or any other
form of election rascalitv."
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