The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-08
THE INDIANA PRESS.

Republican promises have a commercial
value-Vernon Journal.
Dollar wheat means a decreasing demand
for 50-cent smanship-Evansville Jour-
nal
If Cuba. does not get autonomy, she may
get SPANS acknowledgements Banner
Times
Free trade and free silver have had their
day in court and the decision of the jury
Is that they are not entitled to recover
-Hoosier State
A San Domingo dollar is worth just So
cents. There is a great opening in San
Domingo for Hon. William Jennings Bryan.
Goshen Times.
Before the election the free silverites said
that if the people chose Mckinley they
would ''pay dearly for their folly" They
are paying all right-paying off mortgages.
-Terre Haute Express.
The treasury officials now have no diff
Guilty in keeping plenty OF gold; in fact
there is a plethora and whereas a year ago
under Cleveland they were hustling for gold
now they are declining to receive it. Mark
the difference between a Democratic and
republican administration.-Rock Re-
publican.
Ease in the money market, currency pro-
durable at low rates of interest, an abund-
ant stock of gold on hand and more COM
ing, the farmers products up to a good
price and advancing, manufacturing estab-
Iishments reopening and wages of working
men gradually increased, the man is fool
or a knave that can see no indications of
proSperity.-New Albany Tribune.
A cry of distress comes from the entire
southern part of Indiana and from many
of the northern counties on account of the
unparalleled drought Crops generally have
matured and the hardship is not so much on
the loss of grain as in the drying up of the
streams and wells, the beating of the roads
into dust and the impossibility of ploW-
ing the hard earth for fall planting.-Law-
renceburg Press.
People who are inclined to criticise Pres
ident McKinley's course because he did not
adopt the ngo policy on the Cuban ques-
ton as soon as he was inaugurated Presi-
dent, begin to see the wisdom of the Presi-
dents course of action. 1t is now apparent
from the developments since Minister
WoodfordS arrival in Spain that the atti-
tude of the administration will be such as
20 bring about q termina ton of the troubles
IN that unhappy 1Sland.-kOkOmO Tribune.
There is no rain in sight according to
the state weather bureau. and farmers are
greatly discouraged by the prolonged
drought which is simply killing wheat
sprouts. Indications are for a bad crop of
wheat next year, without the greater por-
ton of it now in is reSoWn. The ground
is dry for several feet beneath the surface.
dry as dust. The last heavy rainfall was
on July 25. over two months ago, at which
time 81 of an inch fell. A few weeks ago
there was q. small dash of rain one MORN
ing barely sufficient to lay the dust. Rain
has never been needed more than at this
ume.-RichmOnd Item
The present drought is the worst this
part of the country has had in many years.
Some old people claim it is the worst ever
known The Weather Bureau has kept
record since 1871 and nothing like the pres
ent has been experienced in the twenty-six
years since. Farmers have sown but very
little wheat and those who have SoWn are
afraid the seed will never grow. The last
good rain was July II. We have had few
showers since, but hardly enough to lay
showers fell Sept. /. Scarcity of water is
causing much uneaSinesS. Some OF the
farmers have been hauling water and driv-
ing stock to water for two months and the
end is not in sight. Many of them are haul
ing water from the town hydrantS at 10
cents a, load.-Sullivan Union.
Indiana has come face to face with a
problem and the Governor of this State is
in a dilemma. When the people of a region
nominally obey the law and yet practically
disobey its spirit, what can the higher au-
thorities do? 1t is alleged that proof can
be obtained inculpating some of the leading
men of Ripley county IN crime, but the
feet is that this proof would be declared
Insufficient were it to be adduced in court
Not that it would be questioned, but that
In other words, terror of vendetta has sub
verted the moral sense of Ripley county,
We can see but one way out OF this. Rip
ley county must be left to walloW in the
as the home of towards. Governor Mount
has done his duty. Indiana will do hers
and hold the people of Ripley county in
loathing and scorn.-Lafayette Call