The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-18

BY the way don't forget that this ADMIN
istration isn't selling any bonds.-Rockport
Journal.
Drop him-thats what Republican jour
nails should do for Mr.. Bryan. He's entirely
a back number. Warsaw Times.
Mr.. Bryan is slowly but surely driving
out the balloon ascension business as one
of the stellar attractions at county fairs.
-Atuca Ledger.
The substitution of a silver state seal for
one of gold in Kansas is a curious example
of sentimentality in politics. An offer to &C
cept silver bullion at the old ratio for of1l-
cial salaries would mean Somethlng.-El-
wood Call Leader. @
Bryan says the great principle in free sill
yer coinage will never die but just the same
it is observed that the free-sllyer orators
are not tramping out the grass in public
parks arguing the silver question as they
We're a year ago.-Shelbyville Republican.
AS an evidence of returning prosperity
just read our list of the marriage licenses
and the weddings The favorite ministers
for weddings are all having to work over
time now. Good old Republican times and
the Dingley bill have done good work in the
matrimonial line.-Knightstown Sun.
Last winter William Mckinley said that
in his judgment it was better to open the
mills of the United States to home labor
than to open the minis of this country to
the silver of the world. There are many
oilers who didn't think so then but have
since reached the same conclusion.--IAaW-
renceburg Press.
The silverites will present just about as
solid front in this State as they are pre-
senting down in Kentucky now The gold
wing of the Democratic party is growing in
numbers each day and If the silver wing
of the party again faVors free silver at the
ratio of is to ] when the commercial value
is about SO to l it will again be defeated.
Petersburg Press.
The opponents of the Dingley bill said
that If it became law the markets of
the world would be closed to this country,
but they were mistaken, as usual in their
predictions. On the contrary, our exports
have been very large and the balance of
trade with foreign countries continues
largely in our favor Free trade notions
rarely pan out "-Kendalville Standard
The esteemed Indianapolis Sentinel is it.
self again, coming up smiling with an old
time editorial on "Bimetallism a Neces-
sity." There is great comfort in the assur-
ance that while elections may come and
go. nations rise and fall and empires flour
ish and decay, the glorious cause of bimet-
allism like the traditional brook will go on
forever, under the fostering care of the ed-
tor of the Sentinel-Richmond Item.
We doubt the propriety OF any interfer-
ence on the part of the Republican state
convention next year with the senatorial
question. The election of the United States
senators is vested in the Legislature of the
State, and it seems to us that any outside
dictation as to the person to be elected
would be offensive to the Legislature and be
likely to create disSensionS in the party
that would be harmful in a pronounced
degree.-Brookville American.
The business man is again taking an in
terest in politics. In those States in which
the silver question enters into the cam
paign, and it is being forced to the front
wherever possible, the business men of the
country are reviving their organizations of
successfully combated this dangerous men,
ace to the financial systems of the country.
Bedford Mail..su laa
The gratifying result of municipal own
ership of the electric light plant should set
citizens of Muncie to thinking. The report
of the superintendent for the last quarter
shows an expense Of fraction under So 95
per light, or at the rate of $27.S0 per light
a year. This is about one-third of the cost
to cities that are under contract to private
individuals for furnishing no better Serv-
ice, II as good, as that enjoyed by Muncie
and who can doubt, if the water system
of the city was under as careful manage
ment, that our citizens would be served
with good, potable water at One-third the
present COSt.-Muncie Times