The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-02
THE STATE PRESS.

The sound-money Democrats are felicitat-
ing themselves and smiling at each other
over the success of Gold Bug Billy Wood,
who had the nerve to lock the schoolhouse
door against a free-SilVer meeting.-Green-
field Republican.
The average American has no more use
for Protestant than for Catholic bigotry.
What he wants is liberty of conscience
founded upon common honesty and COM
mon sense. That is the combination that
Will make both men and nations great.
Richmond Item.
1t is natural that the war should engross
attention, but inasmuch as the great major
ity of us can do little or nothing to advance
it, the wise thing for us to do is to go to
work and await developments. But then we
won't do it-perhaps for the very reason
that it is the wise thing to do.-Marion
Chronicle
The Linton Call asserts that the Accent
dollar will buy five bushels of corn. The only
Accent dollar we know of is the Mexican
dollar, and it won't buy one bushel of corn
in Linton or anywhere else in this country,
unless some wanted a pocket piece. The
present standard silver dollar is a 100-cent
dollar in all that the name implies, so far
as it's purchasing power is concerned.
-Worthington Times.
Some one who speaks of being "Repub-
lican from principle cards the Democrat
bewailing the defeat of candidate for a
ans from principle" do not rush to the op-
position with their grievances and disap-
pointments. If they feel wronged they COM
plain at home. However, we do not believe
citizen who is a Republican from prin-
ciple ever wrote the card or dictated the
card in Saturdays ashington
Gazette.
Sam Ralston, the Democratic candidate
for secretary of state, and a leading fusion
ist has trouble, and lots of it, ahead of him.
A few days ago Mr.. Ralston, as an attorney
for the Lake Erie Railroad in D damage
suit, objected to jury on the ground that
it was largely made up of Populists, and
caused the jury to be discharged. The Pop
ulists naturally resented the reflection on
their honor, and the attorneys action is be-
ing severely condemned by the jurors and
their friends-Frankfort News.
The proposition to disfranchise the vet
Grams of the late war who are members of
the Marion branch of the National Home is
so malicious in its intent that it bears upon
it's face the marks of rank partisanship.
The Democratic party, driven, as it is, to
desperation for an issue upon which TO
make the campaign, has made the legality
of the vote of the soldiers in the home a
pretext for an attempt to disfranchise them.
The Democratic party is always claiming
to be the friend of the soldier, but the lead
ers of that party never miss an opportunity
to show their hatred to the veterans.-Ma-
rion News.
AS was expected. the opposition to Con-
gresham Hemenway amounted to little
when the convention met and he was nomi-
mated by reclamation. There was nothing
to it except what was caused by disappoint-
ment over the distribution of the official
patronage. No other cause for opposition
was alleged. IL being admitted that he had
been faithful to all the interests of the dis
| frict and that he was in a position to still
! further advance them. With the exception