The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25
STATE PRESS OPINION.


A contemporary says "a little more frost
is needed for chestnuts. The November
elections should supply frost enough to dis
pose of the Chicago platform.-Elwood Call
Leader. ay
Thomas ATaggart is very popular in In
dianapolis and it was rather easy task
to elect him mayor of that city, but when
he comes out a candidate for Governor
of Indiana he won't be in it little bit.
-Morristown Sun. 94sb
Mr.. Bryan was heard to say some months
ago that he would be glad if the Mckinley
administration could bring prosperity to the
country. That was very patriotic, but has
anybody heard his expressions of satisfac
ton since 1t has come?-Vincennes Com
mercial.
Breadstuffs are going out of the country
and gold coming in Labor is prosperous
and capital is active Prices for produce
are advancing and wages increasing. The
seller is aggressive and the buyer liberal.
Confidence is appearing and diStruSt diSap-
pearing. is 1T hard to guess what political
party is in power?-Greensburg Review.
The surprising information has been
given to the press that Senator Turpie will
not retire at the end of his term, but will
be candidate for reelection. We are sure
that no one has taken seriously the feelers
put out by the old gentleman relative to re-
firing from active life.-Cannelton En-
Quirer
Mayor Taggart had not a word of well
come for the delegates to the Christian mis-
sionary, the Friends and the bankers con-
ventions that met at Indianapolis this
week, but the retail liquor dealers were
given the keys of the city and proclaimed
as the best citizens on earth. Shame!-No-
blesville Ledger.
Taggart's friends have already started his
boom for Governor. Wait until the country
Republicans of Indiana get a whack at
Tom, and they will teach him thing or
two. That smile of his will get awfully
thin when spread out over ninety-two
counties. And that glad hand" it would
hang limp and lifeless long before the end
came.-Delphi Journal.
Farmers are getting good prices for their
crops, cattle, sheep and hogs, and this i'm
provement in agricultural earnings has had
its effect on the railroads, all of which are
taxed to their utmost to handle the large
business. But some of our Democratic
friends are so near-sighted they can't even
discover prosperity when it comes in bulks
as large as freight trains.--English News.
The Indianapolis News thinks that it is
dreadful for the Republicans OF Greater
New York to insist on voting their party
ticket, but If our memory is not at fault the
same paper had no word of censure for the
Democrats of its own city, who united in
the recent city election to elect Tom Tag
CART mayor, all factions supporting him be-
cause he was "a good Democrat. "-Muncie
Times.
The remarkable aligning of the business
forces of the country against the campaign
of anarchy and Reputation of last year
showed that business men were fully alive
to the death blow which was being aimed at
them by the Bryanites. and their present
activity in certain States attests that they
determined to lend their active efforts
to campaigns as long as there is any vital
ity left in the free-silver fallacy.-Newton
County Enterprise.
1t will be as impossible for Taggart to
fulfill all the campaign pledges he made as
it would be for camel to pass through
the eye OF a cambria needle. With the be-
ginning of his next term his unpopularity
will begin. If Taggart had all the jobs
within the giving of Greater New York
they would not pass half around to those
who have been promised and are anxiously
waiting for pie. Taggart's recent success
is the beginning of his political downfall as
sure as fate.-Columbia City Mail.
The Tribune stated a few days ago that
the real issue in the indianapolis election
was whether or not the city should be
"wide-open" one and that the election OF
Taggart settled 1t on the 'wide-open' side.
But we did not expect to be so soon cor
roborated by Mayor Taggart himself. In