The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

Certainly the wool growers have no kick
coming to them regarding returning pros
perity. The market is from to cents
more per pound for wool this spring in
huntington than 1t was a year ago.-Hunt-
ington Herald.
The Cleveland administration had charge
OF affairs for four years, and we should
not grow impatient if the Mckinley admin
lStration has not succeeded in STRENGTHENING
all the tangleS in less than three months
Seymour Republican
Newspapers in every part of the country,
without regard to party views, unite in the
assertion that business in the various lines
commercial, manufacturing, railroad build
ING ana other enterprises shows decided
mproVement.-Michigan City News.
If the friends of General Lew Wallace
desire the next Republican state conven-
ton to nominate a candidate for United
States senator they will find there will be
great contest There are a number of
able republicans whose friends will see
that their claims and abilities receive due
recognition at the hands of the conyen-
tlon.-Greentield Republican
Judge Allen, of the Marion Circuit Court
holds that the law does not give the State
Board of Tax Commissioners power to tax
life insurance policies, and enjoins them
from doing SO. The board will appeal to
the Supreme Court, where they ought to
get a qu1etuS. Why don't the tax commits
Sioners, instead of sitting up nights to in
vent new things to tax the people on try
their hand at suggesting methods for re-
duclng the tax ate?-RuShVille Republican.
With the vast amount Of foreign mer-
chandise coming to this country the imme-
date good effects of protective tariff are
already discounted. 1t is estimated that
the government is losing S3.OOOOO0 week
by delay in the passage of the tariff bill.
The people are losing ten times as much in
labor. We cannot have prosperity until the
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GRAFTON. The feeling is general that Con-
gress does not fully appreciate the condi-
tions which prevail.-New Castle Courier.
A silverist paper, published not a thou
sand miles away from here, says: with
out money. with continued contraction in
monetary affairs the people are unable to
pay their taxes and debts" There is plen-
ty of money in the country, two or three
times as much as business is demanding
at present And there has never been a
time when it could be obtained SO cheaply.
The banks are full to repetiOn, and are
only asking for opportunities to let it out.
There is no contraction of the currency.
1t is contraction of business, and that
is contracted because millions of people
are thrown out of employment through
miserable botch of a tariff law that permits
European labor to do our work, work that
ought to be done in America-New Albany
Tribune
The suggestion that the next Republican
state convention should express a prefer
ence for United States senator does not
meet with general approval among the
Republicans of the State, judging from the
expressions on the subuject in the Repub-
lican press. 1t is conceded that if Indiana
Republicans were practically united on one
man for the senatorship such Endorsement
by the convention would be well enough.
That is not the situation however. The
but very open. 1t is a free-for-all race.
Several names have been mentioned in con-
nection with it. and more are likely to be.
Under such circumstances it would certain
ly be unwise for the state convention to
undertake to forestall the action of the
Observation-Disclosures Palladium.
The suggestion made by the friends of
General Lew Wallace that the next Repub-
lican state convention select the party
candidate for the United States Senate is
attractive on it's face, for it seems to be
an approach to the popular election of SEN
ators, a change so many believe would be
for the better. But those interested in the
partys success have been quick to point
out the defects of the Wallace suggestion
showing wherein it would imperil the Re-
publican chances of victory. The objec-
lions to a change of methods are deserving
of careful consideration. General Wallace
is we'll fitted for the honorable position
for which he has been named as a can
tory and distinguished senator. But there
are other notable men in the State who will
be candidates, and. in considering the prop
ositiOn for a convention nomination, the
chances of an ante-election senatorial con-
test dangerous to the success of the whole
ticket must be considered No great re-
form being possible the chief question TO be
considered is one of party policy. Perhaps
the extreme southern part of the State has
a candidate whose services entitle him to
recognition as a candidate. His defeat in
the convention might lessen interest in the
election in his district lose two or three
members of the Legislature and defeat the
election of Republican senator, result
no member of the party wishes to see.
The question should be considered carefully
by Republicans, and, as the next campaign
promises to be close, the likely dangers to
success must be remembered. = Lafayette
Courier.