The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-23
INDIANA PRESS OPINION.

Some one ought to- cut the cable from the
United States Senate.-Crawfordsvil Jour
nal
The benefits of a stable currency are
clearly shown during the war times.-Ox-
ford Tribune.
Uncle Sam is smoking his Manila" now
BY and by he will take puff at his ''Ha-
vana."-Warren Review
ION to Cuba. VIII the newspaper board
of strategsts be kind enough to wait at
least until the troops are .equlpped?-Marion
The greatest difficulty experienced by
American ships in the present war is to get
within gunshot of the enemy.-GreenSburg
Review. .7sso<,.-
The Spaniards are desperate fighters when
they become cornered. There is the rub
you must first get them cornered.- Portland
Commercial.
The Spanish fleet is in almost as many
places at the same time as were the Nor
gan raiders" during the civil war.-New
Castle Tribune. 80
The Spaniards insist that they are desper-
ate fighters. May be that's so. but when
looking for good runners they ought not to
be ignored.-Lafayette Courier.
1t makes no difference about Admiral
Dewey's religious or political proclivities.
The people can indorse his fighting qualities
without reserve.--South Bend Tribune.
If Colonel Bryan does not know and cam
not learn more. about tactics than about
the essentials of sound money, his regiment
will be one huge awkward sQuad.-Fort
Wayne Gazette. -a..a
If the foresight of our Congress last year
had been good as it's hndsight now this
country might be In possession of the har-
Dor and coaling and cable station of st.
Thomas.-Muncie News.
What the Bryanites in the United States
Senate are trying to do is sufficient evidence
A. -s.C
they might accomplish if they were in
power at Neutrality-suspicious. Plain
Dealer. -e
The Spanish admiral having cabed the
secretary of marine that he had arrived at
Santiago de Cuba without accident no doubt
means that he would have considered meet
ing Sampson very serious accldent.-Terre
Haute Express.
Thus far all the Americans have been
killed by the treacherous explosion of mines
in time of peace and by the fire of guns
from behind masked batteries The Span
lard has constitutional aversion to fight
ing in the open.-Marion News.
Whatever her motive the friendship of
England is heartily appreciated by the peo-
pie of this country and we owe her debt
of gratitude for standing, as It were, be-
tween us and some of the mischievous ma
tons of continental Europe.-Middletown
News.
There is a great disadvantage in allowing
enemy to know the moves which one
nation intends to make, and our government
will do well to profit by the example which
Spain has set for us in this one particular
in keeping strict secrecy concerning the
movements of her ships.-Seymour Repub-
lican.
This war is not being prosecuted for the
entertainment of spectators, like a theat-
rical extravaganza. 1t is purely business;
business of the most serious character and
W
movements will be conducive TO success
then it should be rigidly maintained.-An-
COLA Magnet.
The Democrats in Congress who refuse to
vote the necessary finances to carry on the
war unless the bill includes free coinage
clause will not fare we'll at the hands of
their constituents next fall. Congressman
Miers is digging his political grave in his
opposition TO the bill. His Democratic con-
stituents in this district are too patriotic