The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-17
INDIANA REPUBLICAN OPINION.

The Democratic bolt is of the variety that
is driven right in and clnched on the other
side.-Lafayette Call.
Just how the doubling of the wealth of
the millionaire silver mine owners would
benefit the common people ooes not enter
into the speeches of these silver-tongued
talkers.-SeymOur Republican.
Prices on farm products have gradually
gone lower ever since the Democratic par
ty made an effort to open up 1.-The markets
Of the world The best market for Amer
lean farmers is a good home market.-Law-
renceburg Press.
The Democratic party with it's free-trade
law has robbed the workingmen Of their
situations. and now wants TO pay them i'm
50-cent dollars for odd jobs that they may
pick up. How much rubbing i'm will the
American workmen stand. anyway.-Brook-
Vile American.
The intelligent voters have no objection to
tend to maintain that quality. What they
do want, and are determined to have, is a
chance to earn more of 1T under Republic
an rule, and as a result of Republican pol
icy.-Vernon Journal
One of our large manufacturing concerns
received a postal card from a large coal
company. of Knoxville. Tenn. saying: I'VE
are not yet ready to take up the matter of
putting in our proposed new machinery
The Democratic party is too uncertain.
-Co1nerSville Times.
If the changing of our industrial policy
from protection to free trade produces a
paralysis of business in four years what
would Democratic shysterng bring to the
country in its far more destructive and Wis
ienary scheme of reputation by changing
the Observation-Disclosures Courier.
1t is fortunate. indeed that the parity of
our dollars of gold. silver and paper money
can be maintained at a parity under our
present monetary system. A change to
free coinage would prove disastrous as GER
tainly as the manufacture of unlimited
greenbacks to pay off our debts would have
proven so twenty-five years ago.-Muncie
Times
A gold standard does not mean that there
shall be nothing but gold in circulation, but
that gold. which has an intrinsic value,
shall be the standard because it's value does
not fuctuate. and that floating with it shall
be plenty of silver and paper. but that each
dollar shall be just what il says it is
-Greencastle Banner-Times.
The Democrats and Populists have al
ways harped about making the rich richer
and the poor poorer but the only case of
a political party advocating such a move is
i'm the attempt of those parties to have a
law passed giving the rich silver barons
two dollars for one in which the labor of
the country would be paid.-Clay County
Enterprise
The threat of the free and unlimited
woman and child in the country except to
the silver mine owners, their employees and
those who furnish the necessaries of life
to them. Some of the men who are bowling
loudest for free silver would be among the
first to suffer If their conspiracy should
succeed.-New Castle Courier.
The issue this campaign resolves itself
into the plain question as to which is best
for this country. gold recommendation. COM
prising a gold circulation of $500. O00, 900. plus
a silver and token money circulation of a
thousand millions. or silver monometallsm
comprised of the thousand millions of sill
yer and token money. plus such Increase of
the same sort of circulation as the minis
and the printing presses can create.-Rich-
mond Item.
OF course nobody disputes or ever did dis
pute that in general this Nation is
able to take care of itself. SO nobody dis
putes that a rich merchant is able to take
care of himself. Yet there is no merchant
such a fool as to inform his customers that
he does not want their association their
patronage: that he does not need their CO.
operation in his business. and that he can
fix his prices TO suit himself without any
regard to their interest or opinion. And
vet these silver demagogues would have
this Nation make just such a fool of her
self Richmond Palladium.