The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-31
THE FINANCIAL DILEMMA.

The trouble with MIR. Clevelands financial
recommendations, even the best OF them,
is that the Democrats won't give effect to
them and the Republicans can t.-Philadei-
phia Press Rep).
The President has done his duty. Let
Congress now do it's duty. The country is
on the edge of great peril Woe, be to the
party or to the politicians who deny it re-
lief!-New York World Dem.).
Give the Secretary of the Treasury au-
thority to sell per cent. bonds of small
denominations Above all, try to quiet the
public mind by doing something without
wrangling like a yardful of raw school
boys.-St. Louis Republic Dem.)
Whether or not we are to have single
or double coin standard Is of secondary
Importance to the paramount necessity of
getting rid of the greenbacks. This is the
issue that dwarfs all others; and the green
back must go-Chicago Post Qnd).
The naked statement of this scheme fhe
Presidents) is sufficient to insure it's rejec-
ton by Congress without debate, and by the
entire body of our citizens except perhaps
national bank stockholders and national
bank officerS.-NeW York Sun (Dem.).
The appeal which the President makes
to members of Congress to put patriotism
above party is sound and timely. The inter-
ests involved are too practical to be subor-
dinated in the slightest degree to political
considerations.-Chca Inter Ocean (Rep.).
Unless provision shall be made by Con-
gress for payment of demand obligations in
gold, and for cancellation after payment,
the credit of the government can no longer
be maintained and an era of panic and
reputation must Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord Dem).
Will some one-any one-of those states
men at Washington who are so vociferous
in their denunciation of gold bonds kindly
step up and name the amount he or some
other man.-any other, nian-iss, willing to
foyn <If rSv hon Ir0
Journal Dem.).
The business men of the country are on
the side Of Cleveland. They may not agree
with all the details of his plan, but they
pin their faith to him to get the country
out of the snarl and tangle that incompet-
ency has ensnared 1t in.-Cincinnati Com
mercial-Gazette Rep.).
Why. not say. that we will not pay
gold for the greenbacks and silver notes
unles we have much gold that it is a
drug? So long as there is gold in the treas
greenbacks and Sherman notes, and when
gold gives out pay silver alone.-Cincmnat
| Enquirer Dem.).
| The business men and business organiza-
| tons of the country should rally at once
| to the support of the President and give
| Senator's especially to understand that they
| nave no use for politicians who subject
them to perpetual annoyance and loss by
tamperng with the standard for party pur-
| All dangers of panics and free silver can
| be averted by the adoption of simple plan
| like the now before Congress This is
the time for the display of craftsmanship
not craftsmanship. Congressman of both par
| ties have a. patriotic duty to perform and
that is to maintain the financial integrity of
| their common country.-Philadelphi In
qulrer (Rep.).
1t was the refusal of Congress to pass
| any measure of relief that accelerated the
| present drain of the gold reserve, and
prompt action now is imperatively required
| TO avert the entire exhaustion Of the re-
serve, and the suspension of gold payments
| with all its inevitable consequences on finan-
clai disturbance and Observation-Disclosures
Times Dem.)
There is no doubt at all that relief of
some sort for the treasury is sorely needed
and the Presidents bill should receive i'm
mediate and intelligent attention. This is
not time for partisanShip or Sectionaalsm
10 alter the words of Jefferson in his first
inaugural, We are all Republicans, we are
| al Democrats in this crisis.-St. LOUIS
GloDe-Democrat (Rep.).
| Let the business men of the country back
| the President Let them see to it that
| every Representative and Senator is made
| to know clearly the sentiment of the busi-
ness men OF his own district and State,
! Let that sentiment be expressed, not merely
| in the resolutions of commercial bodies
| but by letter, by telegraph, by personal
| ccmmunicaton.-New York Times Oem).
| 1he PRESIDENT proposes too much. A SIM
| pie provision for current necessities until
the Congress just elected can have time to
| act would have been timely. But nobody
can say how violent a contraction of the
| note circulation might Immediately follow
| the oner OF Understanding gold bonds in
place OF 500, co., 900 of notes ito be cancelled
| and not reissued-New York Tribune (Rep.).
The friends of honesty outside of Con-
gress ought to rally. proving Enthusiastically
to their Senators and Representatives that
| they do not want debased silver mono
| metallism at home and the national dis
| honor abroad which could not be avoided il
| the silver extremists allowed to have
| their way The people should make press
| ing demand that the President be sus-
| tanned. and do it speedily, it may be too
| late.-Chicago Tribune (Rep.).