The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-04
THE INDIANA PRESS.

1t should be noted that there is no trouble
in regard to the gold reserve during
Republican dminiStrauon.-Decatur Jour
nal.
There is more rejoicing among Popocrats
over one cent advance in silver than over
ninety and nine cents advance in the other
products of the land.-NobleSvile Ledger.
Owners of silver bullion should devise a
way to silence their alleged champion
Bryan. The more he talks the lower the
price of silver drops.-New Castle Courier
1t is more than mere coincidence that
prosperity and business activity should
have begun the moment Republican Pres
ident and protective Congress were
elected.-Shelbyville Republican
An exchange remarks that the speeches
that Mr. Bryan is delivering these days
are no credit to him. That may be true
Mr.. Bryan, however, Is not after credit
He is out for the cash.-Mount Vernon
Sun.
Mr.. Bryan and his coadjutors are kept
busy now explaining the rise in prices Of
farm products. 1t is an embarrassing &C.
cupation for them but it IS better than
dong nothing or even hoWllng ABOUT low
prices.-Monticello Herald.
Some Democrats still insist that pros
perity has not come and cannot till an era
of free silver. We notice, however, they
are as swift to take advantage of the ad-
vanced prices for their products as the
veriest gold bug that hves.-OWen county
Journal. s...
Lynching is not the proper way to re-
duce desperadoes to a proper mode of life,
nor is it the right way to mete out justice
to criminals Let public opinion demand a
prompt and vigorous execution OF the laws
in the statutes from the officers OF the law.
-Muncie News.
Senator Foraker says the price of sheep
in Ohio has doubled in the past few
months. Wonder if this is on account of a
failure of the lamb crop IN other countries
Otherwise, according TO Mr.. Bryan sheep
would continue to decline with silver
-Parke County Journal.
The Nebraska banks are complaining
that they have more money than they
can loan. and the farmers of that State
are paying off their debts with unexampled
rapidity, thus making Mr.. Bryan's nome
State a rather uncomfortable place for him
just now.-Evansville Journal
The farmer who talked free silver all
last campaign and now has nothing to sell
is the only one who swears times are no
better than under the Wilson free-trade
law. And he will continue to swear until
he goes to work and produces something to
sell.-Clay County Enterprise.
Since the lynching affair in Ripley county
many newspapers are advocating the es-
Establishment OF mounted patrols or police
men for country roads. Such protection
would be a good thing for many localities,
but the expense of maintaining an effective
country police for every place where II
might be needed would make taxpayers
dizzy-Angola Magnet.
1t is passing strange that there are yet
those who believe w. E. Hinshaw is a
martyr. that he is an innocent man, etc,
after a second investigation of the case by
the grand jury Of this county. The Prog
ress has been censured for the stand taken
in this case but ii is gratifled to state that
every proposition it has advanced has
proven to be correct. Under all the cir
cumstances surrounding the case at this