The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-18
INDIANA NEWSPAPER OPINION

Mr.. Bryan may be a good stumper, but
this country is no longer clearing.-Rich-
mond Item
The Pine Tree State accepted Tom Reeds
suggestion and spoke up a little louder
than usual.'-Fort Wayne Gazette.
Bryan says the financial question is sim
Pile But it isn't as simple those people
who accept Bryans solution of it.-Goshen
Times.
When you cut in two the laboring mans
wages you cut in two our home markets
for the products of the farm and fac
tory.-The Hooser State.
Mckinley is doing more good and making
more votes by his "front-poreh' speeches
talks.-E1wood Call Leader.
The best campaign literature that any
honest voter can use is TO read and thor
oughly compare the speeches. OF MCKINNEY
and Bryan.-New Castle Courier.
Every intelligent workingman knows on
which side his bread is buttered. and he
also knows that If Bryan is elected it will
not be buttered at all.-Goshen Times.
About a month of the free and unlimited
coinage of confidence would go much
farther toward restoring prosperity than
four years of threats to debase our cur
rency.-Vernon Journal.
1t is evident that Mr.. Bryan knows very
little about what he is talking about. and
is more concerned about making votes than
in seeking a real remedy for the business
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES JOuIndI-
This country does not want cheap
money for any purpose or for any indi-
vidual The best is none too good to pay
the farmer for his products and the work.
ingman for his labor.-Elwood Call-Leader
The farmers do not want revolution of
the character the Bryantes propose and
they will do as they have always done
show their patriotism by voting for the
men who have always held the old flag
aloft.-Washington Gazette
The people of this country certainly do
not want to make a bad condition worse
Dy adding another theory to one which mas
crippled labor of employment. restricted
the markets for farm products and provided
insufficient revenues to meet the require
ments of the Observation-Disclosures
News.
Maine has spoken and given her verdict
on the question of free silver. 1t means
that after a full fair, free and thorough
discussion of the issues which divide the
Republican and Popocratic parties the peo-
pie making up their minds TO stand by
the Republican party. - oraWlorosFllie
Journal.
The indianapolis Sentinel says the Repub-
lican victory in Maine was expected by
the Democrats OF course it was expected
In what State whose citizens have the
benefit of colleges. with a country puDnc
school on every section OF Iand, |ouIq 10
Republican victory not be expected?-Wa-
bash Tribune.
Mills and factories are closed down, la
borers are out of work. capital is unem-
ployed and times are out of joint, for which
the Democratic party is wholly responsible,
yet this same party OF rum seeks to double
the living expenses of the UNEMPLOYED by
the unrestricted mintage If ffty-cent dol
lars.-Bluffton Chronicle.
The result of the Maine election indicates
the certain defeat of free slversm. The
friends of sound money, however, should
take nothing for granted. On the con.
trary, they should redouble their efforts
all along the line. 1t is not enough TO de-
feat Bryanism; it must be completely
crushed.-Frankfort News.
After the election the Democracy will
find that appeals to prejudice are not
gument and that honesty is best in poll
tics as well as in other things. They fooled
the people four years ago, the deplorabe
consequences of which are every day APP
parent and in November settlement must
be made.-CibSon County Leader.
When the country is to be saved from
internal instruction; when the money of
the country is to be kept good; when
American industries are to be protected
and Americans paid good wages, there is
general ralying around the Republican
party by patriotic Democrats who are for
country before party.-Muncie Times.
Millions of money are lying idle in this
country and millions of hands are unem-
ployed How shall we alter the conditions?
By introducing confusion in our monetary
system bringing OH Mr.. Bryans panic and
demoralizing business of every kind? Sure
~ the way to cure the patient is not by
throwing him into fits.-Muncie Times.
1t is easy to that free silverism is
steadily losing ground in all parts of the
country. This means that the intelligence
of the people has been brought to bear
upon it in a positive way. and that the
realization of its folly and wickedness is
making votes every day for the only kind
of money that is worth having.-Craw-
louisville Journal.
The railway men. knowing their best in
terests. and believing earnestly and stead
tasty in good dollar. gather at the call
of the sound-money champions. Where
there is no call made the men themselves
as in Logansport. send out the raIlying
note. and the clubs are forming in all the
States. 1t is a question of the farmers
welfare and the workingman's own wages
-Logansport Journal.
Mr.. Bryan used only stock speech here
the particular features of which have been
read in the newspapers every day since he
has been on the stump. He was disap-
pointing to those who heard him. No doubt
he was disappointing to himself Bryan
is giving evidence of automaton work If
he continues in the rut he is now going.