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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27
A WORLD STRUGGLE.

In these last days of the campaign amid
the march of professions, the blare of
bands, 1.-The thunder of the CAPTAINS and
the shouting we are prone to forget often
as we have been reminded of it, what tre
Inehoous consequences may hinge upon the
result of the approaching election. Neces-
sary as it is to enlist the interest of those
who can be reached in no other way. there
Is inevitably som athing of the grotesoue-
ness OF Chlnese celebration in this univer-
sal din, so that we have to pull ourselves
together occasionally to keep from being
distracted into forgetfulness of the world
wide influence of the decision we are called
upon to make. Back of the most important
and most stubbornly fought issues of the
campaign lies the more vital issue whether
government shall be by popular caprice or
by the approved judgment and experience
OF mankind In every country where govern
ment has progressed beyond simple tvran
ny, this same struggle is going on in some
form. Anarchists are inveighing against
all authority; Socialists, against the indus
trial conclusions of experience: radicals of
manifold shades of dissent from established
political principles are everywhere striving
for the substitution of their own theories
for the only safe plan of government
namely, that which has the sanction of
reason ana history.
The Democratic party has suddenly been
pushed from its conservative mornings of a
half century into mad current of political
experiments. Bryanism means something
worse than free silver worse than resist
arce to federal authority, corruption of the
Supreme Court or debasement Of the civil
service, bad as these are. 1t means that a
formidable party in the United States. if
intrusted with the power, proposes to gov
ern the country of Washington, Jefferson
and Lincoln according to every wildcat
scheme of finance, every whim of passion
and prejudice. every reckless experiment in
government, that promises present party
success. If a President and Congress can
be elected, pledged to a policy that utterly
ignores the most inquest toned axioms of
political science, what popular frenzy may
not claim the support of a party with such
"a record? The somber truth is Bryanisrn
means d long departure from the estab-
lished principles that have hitherto con-
trolled the policy of enlightened nations
not only their financial policy but the fun
be successful and progressive must defer
to the collective wisdout and experience of
mankind.
We must bury this false notion of substi-
tuting craze for craftsmanship under a
mountain of ballots on the Sd of November
it will rise to plague the generation
again and again. Universal suffrage would
we failed to show that our people can be
trusted to govern in accord with the plain
teachings of history and political science.
j. Q. DONNEII.
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has been told Is guilty of wicked devices
to suppress competitors. Still, with all its
greed and unfairness, it has given the peo-
pie of the United States and large part of
the world a cheap and first-class oil for IL
Elimination and fuel Once or twice 1T mas
manipulated the price at the expense or
the consumers but even that limited exer-
else of power cannot in any way count
against the benefits which it has conferred
1t has not sought to debase the currency
nor has it's greed led it to conspire against
the general interests of the people. Yet the
few rich men in the Standard Oil Trust are
regarded with anything but favor by the
people.
On the other hand the Silver Mine trust
has set up to force the United States TO
double its wealth by stamping so cents
worth of it's product dollar. Regard
less of the welfare of the whole country, it
insists upon forcing this Nation to a silver
basis, which will rob more than twelve
millions of people who have put little
money into savings banks, loan association
shares, life insurance policies and benevo-
lent orders, amounting to seven eight
billion dollars, and deprive this money of
half lis purchase power This greedy trust
has captured the United States Senate, and
through that agency has held up the
country until its demand for the privilege
of wholesale robbery is granted.
Every man in this trust is a plutocrat,
and & plutocrat of the most odious charac-
ter. And William J. Bryan is it's presiden-
tial candidate
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

l. Our silver money is aat a discount LII
Canada 2. individuals have the right to
deposit gold in the mints OF Great Britain
for free coinage, but as there is so much
delay the custom is for the owners OF gold
to deposit with the Bank of England ana
receive a. fraction less OF coin or notes
therefor than it will make when coined
3 The ratio of the value OF gold TO SILVER
back as far as 1896, nearly 200 years perore
the discovery of America, Is not gwen III
anv books accessible to the journal. From
400 to 1920 the ratio of value was 1 to 1924.
A When Great Britain adopted the single
standard of gold its coinage was based
unon the market value. 5. An ounce OF
fine gold is worth $2067 BIZ
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27
INDIANA NEWSPAPER OPINION.

With the election of Mckinley our coun-
try will take a long step forward-Goshen
Times.
The best way to deal with panic is to
vote it to death in advance.-Portland Com
mercial.
These are hard times now, but these
times will be mild as compared to the times
If Bryan is elected.-Lynn Tribune.
First give men a chance TO earn money,
and then. second, give them honest dol
lars in payment for their labor-Odon Jour
nal
The plain. common people, Of this coun-
try are all right and they intend to pay
strict attention to business on election day.
-Fairmount News.
Deserted by the active brains of the coun-
try. the Popocratic nominee is doing the
campaign work himself, and boarding
'round.-Albany Journal.
There are two ways of reducing wages,
one by paying a less number of dollars
the other by paying dollar of less value.
Mount Vernon Republican.
Let each farmer. before he votes, take
his little day book and compare the prices
he got for hogs. horses sheep, corn, wheat.
hay. wool. butter and eggs under "A Repub-
iican administrations and the Mckinley bill
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27
PROTEST AGAINST ALTGELD1sM.

The injection of AltgeIdism into the cam
pagn has turned the public attention to
topics which have touched the latent spirit
of nationality and patriotism. A genera
ton has come to manhood since the late
war for the Union which has been taught
that the federal authority is supreme in
every State far the enforcement of
federal laws is involved. A generation is
passing away which settled this dispute be-
tween the Nation and the State on the
battlefield. The declaration of the Chicago
convention to the effect that = e President
of the United States cannot enter a State
to enforce federal laws has attracted much
attention, and now that Mr.. Bryan has said
that he indorses it and Governor Altgeld
has emphasized the heresy by his speeches,
the national sentiment of the country is
aroused to repudiate it. The spirit of ma
tionality is not dormant; it is deep in the
hearts of the American people. North and
South, East and West, it is believed in 1t
is as strong a sentiment to-day in the
hearts of the BucknerS and the LongstreetS
as in those of the ex-Union soldiers. Men
may differ widely regarding all political
and economical policies, but the intelli-
in favor of the supremacy of the national
authority. They believe that the federal
laws are supreme and that the President of
the United States should not ask permits
sion of any local authority to enforce them.
This sentiment is so deep and strong in the
hearts of many men of the generation of
the war that they will go to the polls to
affirm the principle for which they fought.
Yet these men might, if Altgeld had not
assailed federal supremacy, have voted diff
ferently. The growing sentiment of nation
ality in this country, regardless of parties,
as a principle to which appeal may be
made, is the most hopeful indication of the
times.
The sectionalism of Tillman and many
of the silverites has aroused the indigna-
ton of all patriotic. people. They want
none of it. There are no States to which
any man of national views apply the
term "enemys country" 1t may suit the
purpose of the silver mine owners to Gull
tivate the spirit of sectionalism with it's
jealousies and its distrusts, but the spirit
of intelligent patriotism in every section
repudiates. it. More and more those frater-
nal ties which Lincoln predicted would
bind US together as one people will be
strengthened.
The deep and pervasive patriotism of the
country will not tolerate the appeals which
the Bryan committee is making to en-
ployes because they engender strifes which
divide and weaken. The charge of coercion
which has been made has already called
forth the most sweeping denunciation of
anything that savors of the crime of in
reference with free suffrage. Out of these
charges and the indignant Reputation of
them, such General Harrison, President
Ingalls, and scores of large employers of
labor have made, much good will come,
not the least of which is that the mass of
intelligent wage earners will look upon the
organs and the Jonesas hereafter as reck-
less demagogues who will go any length
in infamy to win office.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27
MARCHING IN SOLID RANKS.

A prominent Democrat remarked, after
the election of 1894 that it was the transfer
CT fifteen or twenty thousand veterans who
had before that time voted the Democratic
ticket which defeated the Indiana Democ-
racy two years ago Probably he was more
than half right
He is not an observing man who has not
noted the fact that the veterans are more
soldly and enthusiastically for Major Nc
kinley this year than they We're two years
ago. They are very much in earnest. In
the first place, most of them are satisfied
that passing to silver basis will depre-
ciate the value of the pittances many of
them receive as pensions. Even those of
them who may not be entirely persuaded of
the robbery which free silver coinage in
wolves do not wish to take any risks.
Therefore, they will vote for Mckinley.
True, Mr.. Bryan has stigmatized such a
care for their own interests on the part of
veterans as mercenary, but they are not
taking much stock in the travelling agent of
the silver mine trust 1t strikes them that
there is no patriotism in voting to have
$40, 900 of pensions to 100000 poor people
paid in half rather than in full dollars At
oily 1dtC, tiSy are QSdQ III col HSSI " plS-
vent such a policy. And it makes no diff
ference whether their support of Mckinley
is called Saving the country at so much
per save" they are against the silver coin
age iniquity.
Beyond that. they are for government in
and by the United States They are op-
posed to secession sectionalism. To them
the stars and stripes is the emblem of a ma
tional authority that is supreme. The Con-
stitution which they fought to preserve is,
in their Judgment better, than anything
which the Altgelds the Tilmans and the
organs can suggest. The veterans are for
law and order, and for old-fashioned pa
triotism. In Indiana and elsewhere they
will vote almost solidly for Mckinley. That
if itself quite makes Indiana Republican
this year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

Lancers. You were my escort while / was
| appealed TO you TO STAND for 4 protectfve
system. and l told you that the abandon
ment OF Ii meant business revolution and
paralysis. But we had To try 1t and we
have tried it. Now what have you got by
u? tCries of Nothing.D And how do you
like it? (Cries of Not at all. ,
Now this year Democrats and Repub-
licans are united together. not as partisans,
but patriots. for the voice OF PARTISAN
ship is hushed in the grand chorus for pa
triotism that vibrates from one end OF the
country to the other. Democrats and Re-
publicans alike stand for national honor.
for the supremacy of law and order and
for the prosperity and glory of the grea
American Republic (Cheers.) L thank
Won and bid Won good morning. .
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27
FLOWERS or PATRIOTISM
Are Blooming over the Garden Walls
of Politics This Year.

Major Mckinley spoke briefly to the Rail-
way Mems Nonpartisan Sound-money
League of New England in the library Of
his residence, saying:
Mr. Robertson and My Fellow-citiZens-
I am delighted TO have YOU pay me this
visit l appreciate that while you are few
in numbers you represent quite as large a
constituency as any of the larger dclega-
tions that have honored me with visits
IL b. especially gratifying 10 know that in
a measure this is a. great nonpaitisan CAM
paign. the title of your organization
indicates This Is year when the Hires of
patriotism burning IN our hearts and
the flowers of patriotism are blooming over
the garden walls of politics ! am glad.
indeed. to meet you all. and I value more
than ! can tell YOU your good wishes and
assurances of support. We have~much at
stake this year in the soundness of our
currency and the integrity OF the Nation.
and l value highly the support and assist
arce of the railroad men of the United
States. ] greet these representatives of
New England and give them hearty wei
GO me-. tThree cheers were then given for
TIE Major)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

Second Lieutenant Joseph r. Binns, of
the Second Infantry. L. S. A, has found
it necessary to tender his resignation be-
cause of his belief that a collision between
the people and the United States army will
follow the election, In which case he cam
not conscientiously serve against the
former. Lieutenant Binns has, it is said
written long letter setting forth the
grounds for his belief, but the Geographic
reports have for some reason omitted to
give the document full. In the absence
of official information the public is left to
infer that Mr. Binns having viewed from
affair the Covington assault on Secretary
Carlisle and similar "uprisings of the free
silver people in various parts of the coun-
try, is led to the conclusion that the entire
Bryan party will arise after its defeat and
rotten egg the successful majority; that
the army will be called on to quell the war,
and may get share of the eggs itself Or,
the conclusion may be drawn that young
Mr.. Binns Gt must be that he is young, for
surely mature army man could be so
great an ass) has been terrified by the
waving OF Governor Altgeld's red flag, that
he sees anarchy loom horribly before him
along with the election aef iiDIeK inley, and
that he wishes to secure a safe place up
tree as soon as possible It will be well
for the authorities to accept young Mr..
Binns's resignation promptly and let him
go. He is not needed in the army Let
him retire at once to private life where he
will have no trouble in finding a safe re-
treat For there will be no egg throwing or
other violent demonstrations by the Bryan
people when Mckinley is elected. On the
contrary the lawless element in that party,
encouraged now to lawless acts by the Chi
cago platform and its upholders. will sneak
back to The ways of quietness and peace
the day its defeat is kncwn. Mr. Binns
will not get hurt in the army or out, but
certainly the army has no further use for
him. He will henceforth he classed among
its haS-beenS. .=sDs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

The siliiest fake of the canvass as the
journal has remarked, is that to the eff
feet that British factory workers have col
lected money for the Mckinley campaign,
but what can be expected when Allen
Clarke. fresh from the wilds of Arkansas,
IS put in charge of the fake factory?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

is it possible that the Bryanites in this
city are so demoraliZed that they imagine
that such lies as German paper printed
recently, TO the effect that the employees of
the Parry Company demanded payment in
gold last pay day and because they were
mot 20 paid tore the Mckinley pictures out
of their windows? There should be a little
sense exercised in lying.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

A careful canvass of New York shows
that Mckinley Will come TO Harlem-that
As to New York and Kings counties-wth
800 600 majority. New York city will be
quite evenly divided but Kings county will
give large Republican plurality. And
yet the Sentinel was faxed with a tele-
gram that New York is sure for Bryan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

Gen. Jasper Packard returns from a three
weeks engagement in Kansas to assist in
the work at home, which his selection for
Representative naturally requires. General
Packard says that the Republican outlook
In Kansas has improved wonderfully since
ne went there. more than three weeks
since. and that the Republican leaders are
now sanguine that Mckinley will receive
the electoral vote Of that state.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27
Never wholly Free.

'Jibway's wife seems to have him pretty
well under control.
Yes the only time Jibway IS not under
the influence of his wife is when he is I'M
der the influence of liquor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

The Journal cannot place full Reliance in
the postal card vote of Indiana of the Chi
cago Record because it shows that McKin-
ley has two and half votes to one for
Bryan. 1t will be good-sized plurality.
but the vote will not be in so large a
ratio in favor of Mckinley as those figures
Indicate
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All Figured Out.

Watts-Let's walk along until car over
takes us.
Potts-No Let's walk the other way UNI
til a car meets US. We, will catch 1t SOON
err: we will go down town just as quick,
and we get more ride for our money.
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4 Suc..ess.

Minnie-When that odious masher tried to
smile at me l just looked daggers at him.
Mamie-Was it d success?
Minnie--I think so. I heard him whisper
to the other odous wretch who was with
him that he was stuck on that girls
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

People are rapidly finding out these days
that the free-siiver movement was inspired
by the silver mine owners trust to double
the wealth of a small number of million
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

The New York Heralds estimate for In
diana is $1,000 Republican plurality 1t was
made early last week. The Republicans
and sound money advocates have won sew
eral thousand since that time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

A circular signed by large number of
the advocates of single tax declares that
single taXers are not for free and unlimited
coinage OF silver because that heresy is no
part of their tenets. Some of them favor
free coinage, but large part of them do
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

The last session of the lodge of sorrow
which the Popocratic State committee held
was over the speech of Hon. George w.
Cooper, for which there has been large
demand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27
JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY,
Indianap polls, Ind.
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORk-Windsor Hotel and Aston House.
CHIcAGO-PalIner House and p. o. News Co..
III Dearborn street ~
street
LOUISEILLE-C. T. Deering. northwest corner
~ Third and Jefferson str cts, ana Louisville
Book Co., 356 Fourth avenue.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House, Wilards Hotel and the Washington
News Exchange. Fourteenth street, between
Penn. avenue ana + street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

That letter of acceptance of Tom Wat
sons, which the Populist committee seems
to have lost or to refuse to make public,
will have no interest n week from tonight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27
Float the Flag.

New York Advertiser.
Don't wait till the 31st to buy your "OId
Glory" for flag day. Get it now and give
it little practice meanwhile al waving i'm
good style. for the best nation on the face
of the earth is deserving of the best that
is in every patriot and in every flag.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

Indiana's interests are in common with
those of Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
New York. 1t does not belong in a list of
States headed by Arkansas and ended with
South Carolina.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

proceedings, even. though 1t be late in the
campaign. 1t is not so late but that he
may be called to account for his unlawful
use of the frank, when an explanation will
be embarrassing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

The Sentinel is wildly bowling about
trusts and syndcates well knowing that
it is advocating the interests of the rob-
bers' trust known as the silver-mine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

1t is useless to lie-Popocratic defeat is
IN the air. The best men in the Demo-
cratic party leaving the Popocratic
and Popuistic combine by scores in this
STATE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
nixennfent.

ooh. dear.' sighed the lady seal, looking
ont from the tank at the crowd now L
wish | could be a woman and wear one of
those lovely linen waists, instead OF this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

1t is simply trifiing with time which
should be devoted to something useful to
repeat what the Sentinel says. The Senti-
mel has gone daft on fakes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

1t is high time that instruction should be
given in the stamping and folding of bal
lots Hundreds of men can make them
selves useful in giving such instruction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

Pay attention to sensational reports.
There will be lots of them. Keep at the
work within your reach, and victof. is
assured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

Buster is as worthless as fakes this late
in the campaign. The current against Bry-
anism is gathering momentum as election
day is approached.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

1t seems as if the real Democrats in In
diana are set upon burying Organism and
Matthewsism in this State under land
slide.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

Judge offutt. of Greenfield. and Mr.. VIII
liam Langstafr. of this city, were the last
Democrats up 10 late hour hast eyenins,
~ give out letters stating the reasons why
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

The Sentinel SENS not to have noticed
that Representative Cooper delivered a
mighty interesting speech in this city Sat
urday night
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

The overripe egg seems to be the most
powerful argument which the Popoerats
can present during the last weeks of the
campaign.
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The Great Repeater.
Chicago Inter Ocean.

chicago Inter ocean
Mr.. Bryan is the greatest repeater OF
the century. An exchange insists that he
repeated himself twenty-op times In one.
day. If he could vote as he talks he
would be elected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

One week from to-day William Mckinley
will be elected President.