The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-31
VIEWS OF INDIANA EDITORS.

The tariff bill is now before the Senate
and the people of the e.untry are engaged
in silent prayer that the members of the
august body may not have too much TO say
Franklin Republican.
The opposition made a deal of fuss over
the retroactive clause" of the Dingley bill
vet these same gentlemen made no COM
plant last fall when their party proposed
to make a retroactive 1ifty-cent dollar with
which to pay a hundred-cent debt.-ElWood
Call-Leader.
Secretary Cages speech at Cincinnati was
a message of hope to men to whom pros
perty is so important and whose success
means much to many thousands dependent
upon them. 1t was a message from the
administration, honestly concerned in the
welfare of the country-it was message
Of assurance and cheer.--Lafayette Courier.
Ten years in the State Prison will give
Bank Wrecker Johnson time to reflect on
his work. 1t is not a day too much, and it
is hoped his depositors will not be rushing
around with a petition for his pardon In
few months. He was willing Tor the law
to take it's course, and the people should
now be willing for him To take his sentence.
Anderson Herald.
There are people in this country who be-
lieve that the business prostration which
came about from four years mistaken rev.
enue policy ought to have been cured in
two months. They apparently think that
the man lame for years ought at once to
regain his bodily vigor and leap for joy.
They have evidently forgotten that the day
of miracles has passed. iddletoWn News.
Senator Morgans benevo.ent idea that a
twenty-five days war with Spain would be
the healthiest possible thing for both coun-
tries is not likely to meet with universal
favor. The senator is to be congratulated,
however, upon having dlscerned the length
of the war to be but twenty-five days. 1t
is encouraging to know in advance just
how long war will occupy.-Hammond
Tribune.
Two weeks of debate should be sufficient
for the Senate to give to the tariff bill.
Democrats will have a year to prepare
campaign material, and as for the Repub-
leans the best campaign material they can
have is a successfully working tariff meas
ure, which, while it keeps up the govern
ment does not leave single man unem-
ployed. The country is spelling action in
capitals.-GreencastleB Banner Times.
The tariff debate has commenced in the
Senate. To ordinary people this discussion
seems to be time thrown away. The people
know what they want, and have said so
and were the vote taken IN the Senate to-
day it would not be any different from what
it will be in thirty or sixty days from now.
By delay the government is not only losing
millions, but business revival is retarded
Vote, gentlemen, vote-Fowler Republican
Era
Senator Fairbanks writes to friends here
that the Republican senators are all in deep
earnest in their intention to push the tariff
bill through as fast as possible. This shows
that the Republicans are all In line and
that the obstruction to the countrys relief
will arise from the Democratic side. People
should remember that it is because the Re
publicanS do not control the Senate that
there is any delay at alL-Fort Wayne Ca
zette.
An interest rate of 3la per cent. per an
mum is very low yet a railroad company
which put $1O0 600 of bonds upon the
market recently at that rate of interest
had no difficulty in finding capital to accept
them. People who are insisting that the
United States should have more money find
ii difficult to hold this position when such
quantities of money are seeking invest
ment at so low an interest rate.-Columbus
Republican.
Nothing can blot out the four years of
Cleveland last administration, during
which the blight of partial free trade has
been on the land when the fires have gone
out in the furnaces, when American mills
have closed one by one, when the wheels
of industry have been clogged when the
value Of property has sunk. when business
has been at a standstill, when the wages
of American workmen have dropped and