The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-16
VIEWS OF INDIANA EDITORS.


The coal miners are of opinion that Pro-
fessor Wilson gave them the worst of it,
They are right. Professor Wilson gave all
workingmen the worst of it.-Terre Haute
Express
So long as the coal miners control them
selves and refrain from violence the public
will give them hearty sympathy in their
struggle for decent wages. If they ever re-
sort to overt acts of Debsism, that day
their cause is doomed to failure.-Fort
Wayne News.
Were the operators of the entire United
States as we'll organized as the miners, and
were as determined to keep the price of
coal up to where it should be- there would
be work and wages for adj the diggerS The
alternative of work and starVe or strike
and starve would be removed.-Clay County
Enterprise.
The most discouraging circumstance that
has occurred in the case of the strike of
the coal miners is the announcement of an
offer by Eugene VI lDebs TO help them in
their struggle for higher wages The as
sumption of any active part by him means
violence, and violence means failure.-New
Albany Tribune.
The fundamental principle of Republican
ism is neutrality-suspicious. to American
labor, protection to American capital pro-
lection to American farmers protection to
American finances, protection to American
interests and protection to the American
citizen, no matter where he may be found
Goshen Times.
Thus far the strikers have conducted
themselves in an orderly manner and
thereby created a national demand for ar
bitration 1t will be unfortunate for them
If the excitable are moved to acts of vio-
lence, for such will lose them sympathy
and support and make victory the less pos
Sible.-Lafayette Courier.
The crusaders who have gone to West
ipi TO Sti riff nd ont
among the miners who are now satisfied
had better attend to their own business If
these walking delegates and strike evangel-
lists would work more with their hands and
less with their jaws they would have a
much better excuse for living.-RichmOnd
Item.
viii the man who says he can't get any
work go down to the tin-plate works and
inquire if they want any laborers? A rep
resentative of this paper was reliably in
formed to-day that fully fifty men could
they are waiting for prosperity to bring
the job to them. Prosperity only affords
the Opportunty.-Elwood Call-Leader.
A gold standard means bimetallic cir
culation. A silver standard means a mono
metallic circulation. Sound money advo-
Gates advise and plan for a large use of
the two metals in circulation but none of
them advocates a double standard. All the
legislation ever enacted or to be enacted
cannot make a double standard or a per-
manent fixed ratio between the two metals.
Fort Wayne Gazette
1t isn't many years since the whole Dem
ocratic press and all the Democratic stump
speakers Knocked at the efforts to make tin
plate in the United States saying that it
could not be done. To-day, in spite of
Democratic hindrances and discourage
ment, this country makes most of the tin
plate it uses. There never has been a
prophet that was more regularly discred-
tied by events than the Democratic party.
| -Rushville Republican.