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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
POLITICAL SHOTS.


MT Bryan continues to boast of his nerve
Washington Post
No campaign liar need be out of a iob
as long there is silver to dig in the
western mines.-Syracuse Standard.
Perhaps Senator Hill is willing to swallow
Bryan but he naturally objects to having
him forced down his throat.-New York
Press.
If Senator Hill doesn't soon get move
on himself he may discover that he is fol-
lowing this year and not leading.-Wash-
ington Post.
At last accounts Wolfert's Roost was
still sheltering lorn Democrat who, how
ever, is not a revolutionist-at least up to
date.-Philadelphia Press.
Sewall's son continues to oppose his rich
father politically. He is one of those who
may not particularly care for the dollars
of the daddies.-Philadelph Times.
Indiana and Illinois are regarded as the
deciding States. If their. Is want to look
the country squarely in the face without
fiinching, their duty is plain.-Philadel-
phia Times.
In order to insure accuracy in the flu
ture. Mr.. Bryan should equip himself with
Biblical concordance and a volume Of
poetical quotations. He needs them badly
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The only member of the administration
who can be reckoned safe for Bryan is
Adlai: There is some doubt, however. as
to whether or not Adlai is a member Of
TINS administration. AT all events, he
hasn't been on very intimate terms with il
for some time past.-Boston Herald
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The largest vote ever polled in Maine was
that of 1SSS-144,251. The Republican vote
before nor since has reached the figure
of 1888, and the Democratic vote has ex-
ceeded that of 1888 but once or twice. The
phenomenal Republican plurality of 1891
49, 979--was due to the fact that not half as
many Democrats voted in 1894 as voted in
1888, and "a, 459 fewer Democrats voted in
1894 than in 1892. More than 10000 of the
enormous Republican plurality of 1894 was
due to the failure of Democrats to vote.
The probability is that the larger part of
the absentees of 1894 will vote to-day. If
they should vote largely for the regularly
nominated candidate for Governor. who is
now on the Chicago platform, the Repub
lican plurality of 1894 would be cut down
materially. The secret-ballot law of Maine
is different from that of Indiana, as it au-
thorizes the erasure of names on ticket
and the filling in of any name instead. On
the facsimile of the official ballot of Maine
the name of Mr.. Clifford, the soundmoney
Democrat does not appear, but those who
wish to vote for him can erase the name
of one of the other candidates and insert
that Of Mr.. Clifford
The productions which leaQlng ftepuDllC-
ans in Maine have made are based upon the
assumption that the entire Democratic vote
will be cast for Mr.. Frank, the Popocratic
candidate for Governor. Mr.. Manley con-
tents himself with predicting that the Re-
publicans will poll so 1000 votes, which is 600
over the highest vote the party ever polled.
On this basis he predicts a plurality of
about 10000. If the Republicans poll $4,000
votes they will get out 10,400 more than in
1894 and Il, 400 more than in 1892. If they do
this they will prove that free silverism and
Populism have strengthened, rather than
weakened, the Republican party in Maine.
Should 60 900 Democrats go to the polls and
TO- 600 of them vote for Mr.. Clifford. the
sound-money Democrat, the Republican
plurality would be increased to 10000. In
estimating the strength of sound money
and free silver by to-days vote in Maine
the vote of Mr. Powers, the Republican
candidate for Governor, and that of Mr..
Clifford, the sound-money Democrat, must
be added as must votes for Mr.. Frank.
silver Democrat, and Mr.. Bateman, the
Pouulist candidate
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INDIANA NEWSPAPER OPINION.

TT is the want of confidence that deters
capital from going to work. Restore con-
fdence and work begins.-Owen county
Journal.
Mckinley is the exponent of the only
principle put forward in the campaign that
will contribute to restoring better times
Paramount News.
The man who wants to pay his debts in
5O-cent dollars is the man WHO doesn't
make much of an effort to pay them at
all.-Ply1nouth Republican
Bryan is the natural, spontaneous out
growth of Populism, and their teachings
never have been rational-only wild and
neutrality-suspicious. Republican.
The sound-money victory in November
should be Sc decisive that all question of
population of our obligations will be put
to rest forever.-Seymour Republican.
Mr. Bryan occupies the distinguished
position of being the only statesman who
ever advocated course the first result of
which he acknowledged would be a panic.
Decatur Journal.
Bryan says: Our opponents don't offer
any cure for hard times. That is just the
thing they do offer, above everything else.
1t is sound money and protection.-North
Vernon Republican.
Free trade four years ago, free silver
now. and what wild-goose promises will
the Democratic tinkerers propose four
years hence? Steer clear of their proposals.
-Randallville Standard.
is worth 100 cents on the dollar. 1t was
made so by the Republican policy and
will be continued so under Republican con-
trol.-Lagrange Standard.
The campaign of education is going on,
but from some of the foolish and reck-
less assertions some of the free-silver adj
vocates make. they are not beyond the
infant class.-Greenfield Republican.
The voter who viii be duped into voting
for Bryan under the specious plea that he
can pay his debts with cheaper" money
would kick hard if some one should try
Times.
The complaint that the gold dollar is
worth too much simply means that the
laboring man can buy too much of the ne
ceSSitieS and comforts of life for the
wages he receives.-Mishawaka Enter
prise.
The scale of wages is higher in this
country and the cost of living lower than
ever before. The trouble is in finding en-
ployment, and the way to find it is i'm
opening up the closed workshops.-Attica
Ledger.
No nation is so great that it has not its
limitations in natural law. The fact that
man is strong enough to toss around a
UNDERGROUND weight is no sign that he
can with iupunity eat gallon of broken
glaSs.--Peru Republican.
The fact that workingmen from the
workshop the factory, the railway and the
farm. are the makeup OF the delega tions
that visit Mckinley, is answer to the
charge that he is the choice alone of the
capitalists.-Oxford Tribune.
A nation that uses a dollar worth less
than a hundred cents is dishonest and
loses credit with the civilized CONNER
cial nations OF the world Honesty Is the
best policy among nations as Well as
men.-North Manchester Journal
Bryan goes on saying that free coinage
would enable any possessor of silver bull
Hon to take ii to the mint and get s1.2s
for 1t. but he does not state how many of
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the people have silver bullion TO sell. and
what would such an opportunity be worth
to those who have none?-Crawfordsville
Journal.
Mr.. Bryan poses as the special friend OF
the people and OF labor. Thus far we have
not seen any evidence that he ever en-
pioyed q man or paid him for a days
all his own work.-Rushville Republican
If by stamping 30 cents worth of silver
the government can increase the price OF
wheat to dollar bushe the Journal
is in favor of stamping 10 cents worth or
silver into dollar, which will make the
price of wheat S. per busheL-Delphi Jour-
nal.
The Democratic appeal for campaign
funds is fraud and humbug intended
to give the silver cause an air of honest
poverty. Any one of the silver barons
could pay the whole expenses or the Dem
ocratic campaign, and make IL all back on
the election of Bryan.-Warsaw Times.
There are millions of idle capital in the
country. 1t is not being invested under
Democratic rule. When the good money
that we have is not now invested invest
cratic victory. based on greater uncertain-
ties than ever before.-Corydon Repub-
lican.
If the Popocrats want free and unlin-
tied coinage of silver should not the gov
eminent have the benefit of the extra AZ
OF the people. Why should the govern
ment which is the people, give the A. cents
to the silver mine owners ?-Huntington
Herald.
Free silver coinage means that the gov
eminent will take all the silver offered
coin it into dollars without charge and
hand it back to the owner. That is certain
ly great favor 70 the owner of silver bull
lion, but how many owners OF silver bull
lion are there in Perry county?-Cannelton
Enquirer.
Bryan is doing is public enemy and for
this, if for no other reason, he deserves
to be condemned without stint and repu-
sign to oblivion the seditious and mon
strous doctrines he Observation-Disclosures
Courier.
The man who has only his labor to sell
and is dependent upon the revenue derived
from this one source only for the clothes
he wears, the provisions he eats and all
other merchantable commodities which are
required to make himself and family COM
IortaDle is the man of all others wh,
would be most seriously affected by the
Iree and unlimited coinage of silver.-Wa-
bash Tribune.
On the theory of Mr. Bryan and the 9TH
er Populists, farmers are now getting
dollar bushel for wheat They declare
that silver has not fallen in price, but that
gold has advanced. They affirm vehementlv
that the gold dollar is a 20O-cent dollar
Since all our dollars pass current for Just
the same as the gold dollar then all our
dollars are 200-cent dollars. Hence when
the FARMER sells two bushels of wheat for a
or dollar bushel. Great is Bryan.-New
Albany Tribune.
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THE MAINE ELECTION.

To-day Maine will vote for Governor,
Representatives to Congress and Legis-
lature. For years the result of the Maine
election has been watched with interest as
indicating the trend of popular sentiment
in the country. 1t was Democratic Maine,
which had never been anything else than
Democratic, that, in September, 1910, dis
closed the drift of popular sentiment by
going HI bent for Edward Kent, for Tip
pecanoe and Tyler, too" 1t was Maine, in
September, 1872 whose sturdy Republican
majority told the country that the Gree
ley craze of the previous July, as a menace
to the Republican party, had died out in
the North. In recent years the vote Of
Maine at the September election has been
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A letter is published from enc of the pro-
prietors of the Oliver chilled plow works at
South Bend, denying a story widely CIR
culated that their Mr.. Oliver had ADVISED
their workmen to vote for Bryan. The let
ter says:
The story is utterly without foundation;
Mr.. Oliver has given no SUCH adVice, anu
on the contrary believes that the election
of Mr.. Bryan would prove a calamity IN
stead of a blessing While not an acuVe
politician, Mr.. Oliver has some very strong
convictions. and is decidedly in favor OF
Mckinley and sound money. We nave no
means of knowing how our men Will vote
at the November election, but we nave
faith to believe that when the time comes
the great majority of them Will be Iound
on the side of honest money, as deHneo
by the national Republican platform.
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PARTY RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW.

BY promptly appointing Hon. John w.
Kern a member of the State Board of Elec-
ton Commissioners, on the nomination Of
the new chairman of the Democratic State
central committee, Governor Matthews has
shown that his refusal to appoint Mr.. Nc
Cullough was largely intended to spite Mr..
Holt. and perhaps force him to resign, it
did. Mr.. Kern is at heart much
sound-money man as Mr.. Cullough
and while he may be a little more pliable
he is not apt to permit himself to be used
to consummate any underhanded work. He,
like Mr.. Mccullough, is good lawyer
and will not shut his eyes to the rights
which the sound-money Democrats have
under the law. The idea of keeping their
ticket off the ballot. if they comply with
the legal requirements is preposterous. 1t
cannot be done Scarcely less puerile is the
proposition to refuse them the right to use
the designation National Democracy. The
law gives the State board some discretion
in the matter of party names, but only in
the case that two parties or factions lay
claim to the same name. The law says
In case of a division in any party, and
claim by two or more factions to the same
party name or title. or figure or device the
Board of Election Commissioners shall give
the preference of name to the convention
held at the time and place designated in
the call of the regularly constituted party
authorities. and if the other faction shall
present other party name, title de-
vice, the Board of Election Commissioners
shall select name or title. etc.
Under this provision the silverites, rep
resenting the old party organization, have
a clear right to the old party name. Dem
ocratic," but the board would have no right
to say the sound-money Democrats shall
not use the name National Democratic"
No person who can read could confound
these titles. and. if there We're any danger
of confusion, the different devices would
prevent it. Having selected their name
and device. the sound-money Democrats
should insist their rights. The question
involves principle of interest to all future
parties and factions
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The Republicans of this county should see
to it that the candidates presented by the
county convention are good men, who
have proved in some manner that they
are qualified to take part in shaping legis-
lation for the public good. To that end,
Republicans should see to it that the ward
delegates are men of character. Men are
needed who will devote themselves to the
public interests. Indianapolis has num-
Der of important matters for legislation
which cannot be safely Entrusted to men
who have little experience or have been
prompted to seek legislative honors as a
stepping stone to political promotion 1t
has been limited. and even charged, that
an attempt will be made to get candidates
who will oppose a judicious revision of the
laws relative to building and loan aSSo-
Citations This should not be permitted.
Candidates should not be selected by any
interest Fair minded men are needed to
legislate upon any subject, and particular
ly to make a new legislative apportionment.
If the primaries are fully attended and the
hest men in the wards selected for the
convention, a ticket made up of men who
have now the confidence of the people can
be nominated
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the Popocrats are quoting forgery, and
that such views are attributed to it are
absurd, the former opinion has been an
nulled. But why should the people of the
United States be Influenced by the opinion
of one British editor? 1t is the opinion of
but one man, even if it is not forgery,
and why should Americans accept it
against the experience of the world?
If We to accept the adj
vice take the opinions of British
editors and statesmen as infaliible. we would
have adopted it's free-trade policy years
ago. Every British editor and statesman
has labored for years TO persuade us that
such policy would be best for us, includ-
ing Mr. Gladstone.
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Reader, Diamond. Ind: l. The electoral
vote by States is as follows: Alabama, II;
Arkansas, s; California, 8; Colorado, a;
Connecticut, g. Delaware, g. Florida, A.:
Georgia. 49, Idaho, 3; Illinois, "a; Indiana
10; Iowa. 10; Kansas, 10; Kentucky. ID, Lou
isfana s; Maine, 6; Maryland, s; Massachu-
setts. Is; Michigan, IA; Minnesota, 8; Mis-
sissippi. 9; Missouri, II; Montana, 8; Ne
braska, s; Nevada, 3; New Hampshire, A.;
New Jersey 10; New York, SO; North Car
DINA, IL: North Dakota, 8; Ohio. %. Oregon,
q. Pennsylvania 80; Rhode Island, 4: South
Carolina. 8: South Dakota, A. Tennessee. II;
Texas, 10; Utah, 3; Vermont, 4; Virginia, II;
West Virginia, 6; Washington, 4; Wisconsin,
H. Wyoming, 3; total Al; necessary to
elect 224. 2. By statute there was free
coinage of silver into standard silver dol
lars until February 1873, but few Were
coined, because, for years, the bullion in a
standard silver dollar was worth more than
a gold dollar More silver dollars have
been coined since JAN l. 1886, than between
1892 and 1872. 3. The Sherman act was
passed July H. 1890, and ii was repealed
Nov. i. 1898. The law went into effect Aug.
IL 1890. after which the price advanced TO
81 49, an ounce in September. which was
the highest point. 1t began to fall SO that
the highest price for December was 81 -o5sz.
In December, 1892 the average price was
81 cents an ounce, the last under the Sher-
81 cents an ounce, the loss under the Sher-
before the passage of the Sherman act the
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The Cheeky Young Demagogue.

It's cheeky young demagogue. loud and bold.
Fluent of tongue and master of fam.
With fads and fallacies manifold
And full of babble as he can hold
From his teeth clear down his diaphragm.
And he worries the wind with his fatuous cry
The poor are nailed to of gold,
While the rich grow richer years go BY
Says this cheeky young demagogue, loud and
bold.
He carries battery in his chest,
And though his reason is deaf and dumb.
His words are nimble 'an possessed
And so whenever the button is pressed
His mouth flies open and out they come.
'All capital is but blightng curse;
Let mob and rabble be uncontrolled,
Then none need carry an empty purse"
Says this cheeky young demagogue loud and
bold.
Like Baaam. he journeyed toward the East.
ITO the enemys country SO he said,
Thinking they'd reckon his tongue a feast
But quite forgot it was only the beast,
And not the prophet that opened his head.
You now discover where you were wrong
And the folks back yonder unconsoled
So I'll leave the people to Lii Hung Chang
Says this cheeky young demagogue loud and
bold.
He Travelled home railroad car
And his speech came trailing along behind
One end tied on to the hind brake bar
And the people gathered from near and far
To see the wonderful thing unwind
The East is to the honest West:
They are robbers, all, in their dens of gold:
We will set our heels the viper's nest
Says this cheeky young demagogue, loud and
bold.
With all the force OF his lonesome Gift
He stings the thoughtless to wild unrest;
He brands the forehead of honest thrift
While he gives the silver kings a lift
And he counts a bankrupt country blest
1.-The cheaper the money the more it's worth
Though sell for silver and pay in gold
So We'll halve dollars and buy the EARTH
Says this cheeky young demagogue, loud and
bold. Memo.
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The Indianapolis Sentinel and it's Popo-
cratic god, the boy Orator" SANDER an
intelligent class of voters when they say
railway employees have been coerced into
supporting the Republican ticket. Neither
the Sentinel nor Mr., Bryan realizes the in
Justice of the assertion. No class of toilers
is better able to determine the merits of a
political issue such as is now before the
country, than railway men. Like CONNER
cial Travellers their minds are broadened
by contact with many people. Conductors,
engineers firemen, baggagemen and brake
men travel a great deal, and see and hear
much: hence they are usually abreast with
the times in all matters that pertain to
the public welfare. They are noted for
their intelligence, and there is no class
that would resist more promptly any at
tempt to drive them, either politically or
otherwise The ignorant may be coerced
into obeying the will of bosses, but not
EMPLOYEES Of American railways. The lat
fer have studied the financial question in
a better school than Coin HarVeys or
Mr.. Bryan's, and are for sound money be-
cause it is to their interest to receive the
best dollar obtainable for their work.
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The Vice Presidency.
Washington Special.

Unless Sewall Watson wthdraws in
favor of the other there is small likelihood
OF either ever presiding over the Senate
even though Bryan should be elected. AS
matters now stand there are enough Popu-
list electors on fusion Bryan tickets to de-
1eat Sewall, unless Bryan should go in by
a landslide majority. 1t can be assumed
that watson electors would never vote for
SeWall, and that enough Sewall votes
would hold out to insure Watson's defeat
mat being the situation the election of
less the electors should compromise before
the meeting of the college on a third man
not impossible proceeding, though having
no precedent
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Fusion in Florida

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Florida will probably give her four cleo
toral voets to Palmer and Buckner, a coali-
ton being in process Of formation between
the Republicans and the sound-money
Democrats to that end. There are not
enough Republicans in Florida to do much
by themselves, and while the honest money
Democrats have the party machinery and
the money they feared that they might fas.
short of success if they tried to do ii all
alone. On the theory that four votes
wrestN from a common enemy were so
much clear gain, the Republicans have sig
nif1ed a willingness to throw their strength
to the Indianapolis ticket. 1t became clear
to them first that they could not be certain
of sufficient Democratic votes TO carry a
Mckinley fusion ticket. Chairman Jones
has been Informed of the condition of af-
fairs in Florida and will labor with Cor
man to rush down there and nail down
those four votes before. they get everlast-
ingly away