The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-12

date. Don't waste precious time studying
astronomy through the bottom OF a glass
niled with root beer. Life is short and
time is Meeting, and our hearts, like muf-
ned drums. are beating funeral marches TO
the grave. Stand by good old lager! It's the
stun.-Teu City Journal Dem)
That was a very proper and especially
timely remark of Judge woods's. yesterday,
In reducing the sentence Of Debs and his
associates to its original proportions. that he
had never proposed. and did not propose. to
punish him for his conduct during the
strike, but simply his contempt in disregard
ing and disobeying the order OF the court.
IL was especially timely because so many
bearing, and have hastily concluded tina
the sentence OF the federal court was the
punishment for the crimes OF Instruction.
logue which attended upon the operations
OF the strike.-Lafayette Call.
The effort OF the Consumers Gas Trust Of
our capital city, in apparent collision with
an official who is supposed to be an ex-
pert, to produce the impression abroad that
the life of natural gas is extremely limited.
pears the likeness of an excuse for rails
Ing the price Of gas to consumers. The facts
do not warrant this unworthy action OF
the Trust. Gas is abundant in the field, and
VIII remain so for many years to come.
manufacturers and others who wish to get
advantage OF cheap fuel will pay little at
tentfon to this action. The dispatch ema-
mating from Indianapolis and published
broadcast ought to receive the condemnar
ton OF everybody.-Muncie News.
An Anderson contemporary has gone into
an ecstatic conniption over the fact that
the indianapolis Journal, in commenting
upon the vast increase in Anderson's as
sessed wealth, has at last discovered that
there is such a town on the map. The COM
plant which Hammond has to make is that
sne mas been given a conspicuousnesS on the
map altogether out of proportion to her
civic Importance, assessed wealth and her
known characteristics, for all OF which she
can give thanks to one fool Governor and a
misguided press outside of Lake county.
lime is a r~ectifer of distorted statistics
ard bad spirits, and when a few of the lat
ter nave ceased to fncumber. their earthly
mlsntS to use the v~ernacular,
VIII get a show for her white alley"
Hammond Tribune.
Nasty and Bascom had a set-to over the
silver issue away back in 1878. Nasty and
the rest of the patrons of Bascom's saloon
wanted to open the minis to the free COIN
age of silver because It, was then worth
80 cents, being cheaper than gold. Bascom
told them very plainly that If they were
going to flood the country with ninety-two-
cent dollars he would get even by adding 5
per cent. of water to each barrel of whisky.
The argument is just as good now as ii
was then. II We are going to open the mints
to the free and unlimited coinage of a metal
1900 - JUST hdlL dS H1u(Al do SO1u,
that metal will be the standard. and our
dollars will. be no more valuable than fifty
cent pieces are at present. AS a result. the
merchant will have to add to the price of
what he sells or subtract from the guam
tity.-Sullivan Union.
Three-fourths of all the pension claims
now being adjudicated are what is known
as reissues. which might. with a more
proper definition, be called reducals, for it
means that ninety-nine times out of a hum
dred pensioners who, under the Harrison
administration. were placed on the rolls at
- or Sl2 per month, are now being reduced
to "a or Sc. This is using the knife with a
vengeance, but it is In accord with the
sentiment that dominates every branch OF
the government as it is now constituted.
Hoke Smith has long since been made the
scapegoat, and he has been the subject of
much pretended criticism by such dema-
gogues as Dan Voorhees,, who need the
soldier vote, but, at the same time. they
know that Grover Cleveland, the great mo-
gul, is the power behind the throne.-Frank-
fort News.