The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-13
INDIANA PRESS OPINION.

Charity begins at home. To first look
after the welfare of our country is the plan
of Observation-Disclosures Sun.
The people who are going to Klondike in
the spring will run away from some good
Republican times.-Covington Republican.
Our sales to foreign countries go right on
increasing, Notwithstanding the great re-
duction in our purchases from those coun-
tries which followed the enactment OF the
Dingley tariff law.-Kendallville Standard.
The tariff legislation of the Republican
party past and of recent date, is what has
built up the manufactures which are now
contributing so much to the volume or our
export trade, so rapidly paying off our OBJ
legations to Europe.-Goshen Times.
Is the government responsible for the suf-
fering and privations reported from the
Klondike, whence comes now an appeal for
food and clothing? Most certainly not. No
one went into that country without fair
warning as to the probable consequences.
Lafayette Courier.
American sugar from American beets,
manufactured by American labor on Amer
lean soil, with American machinery, and
sold by American merchants to American
consumers for American money is what the
Allen County Sugar Beet Growers ASSOcia-
ton is working fOr.-Fort Wayne Gazette
The present Congress, more than any in
years, was elected by the people on prin-
ciple. The pledges made to the people must
be redeemed or the party in power will be
depoSed, and the opponents of the prin-
ciples fought for last year will be in tri-
umphant majority at the next election.
-Elkhart Review.
A change of political parties in control of
the government is always followed by agi-
tation for the repeal of the civil-service
law. The spoismen seem determined to
override it in the interests of their hench-
men who demand the offices. They make
great noise in the beginning, but it soon
subsides.-New Castle Courier.
During many of the recent campaigns the
mine vote of this county was an uncertain
factor, inasmuch as it would be thrown first
to one side and then to the other. Now
there seems to be no doubt but what the
miners of the county are highly pleased
with the Mckinley prosperity. Since the
election the mines of the county have been
running on full time, and as a result free
silver will never again disturb our miners.
Petersburg Press.
No one who has observed affairs in this
State will be surprised at the fact that the
so-called Democratic party will adhere to
the Chicago platform. From Ex-Governor
Matthews to B. F. Shively, the whole kit
and bilin' of EN- are so far away from
land that returning is as tedious as to go
DER" The Democratic party of history
and tradition is the small minority that re-
mains faithful to the doctrines of the faith
erS in so far as they apply to modern needs.
Lafayette Call.
1t is a surprising thing that any political
leader of experience, like General Gros-
venor, should advocate return to Sys-
tenn which, while it existed, was productive
of SO much harm, both to the public service
and to political organizations. No party
ever obtained favor on the strength of
profuse promise of spoflS that succeeded in
holding on to power by distributing spoils.
The disappointment were necessarily al
ways numerous, and the unrewarded either
election. There is nothing in it but de-
moralizetion all around, Generalization for
the public service and generalization for
the party.-Crawfordsville Journal.
The history of finance does not show an
issue of governmental notes that did not at
some time break down, to the loss of the
people. The only way such notes can be
held to their face value is to keep on hand
a gold reserve large enough to meet any
demand, so that every notehOlder will know
that he can obtain face value in gold If he
desires. Banks can do this more readily
than the government. The government
cannot always secure gold except by bond
issue; the banks can secure it by exchange
of securities. These facts. which are sup
ported by the history of finance, should be
a pointer to Congress when 1t comes to
question of change in the currency law
Marion News.
The pillagng of the people by foreign
building and loan associations is not only
at an end in Madison county, but the tide
has set in which will compel them to make
restitution of ill-gotten gains. Under the
decisions of the Madison Circuit and SUI
perior courts they cannot collect premiums,
fines and assessments as the law only en-
titles them to legal interest on the sums
loaned. The Appellate Court has sustained
the lower courts. There is now pending in
the Superior Court twenty-seven cases in
which the National Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION is endeavoring to forecose mort
cages on persons to whom it loaned money
contrary to the law which prohibits prem
iums, fines and assessments by foreign
companies and they will doubtless be
thrown out of court under the decisions al
ready made in similar cases.--Anderson
Bulletin