The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-25
THE LOCAL WAR FEELING
INDIANAPOLIS PEOPLE HAVE 1T IN
EXTREMELY MILD FASHION.
MIR. HernIy's View of the Situation
Discussed at RuclIe Post
r Campfire Last Night.

While the probability of a conflict with
Spain has not heretofore been entertained
by the conservative people OF the city, VINO
make up the great majority of the citizens,
there was a perceptble change in senti-
ment and opinion yesterday, due, possibly,
to the more serious tone of the telegraphic
dispatches and to the undcubted growth OF
the telling that the Maine could only have
been willfully destroyed instead of by accl-
dent But there is, nevertheless, a firm
determination to await the finding of the
court of inquiry.
AS Charles S. Hernly said yesterday:
1.-THE people of this country can never
abide mob government. The question or
the cause of the destruction of the Maine
must be settled judiciousy by an authorized
tribunal, and until such a tribunal has
reached it's conclusions the opinion OF the
country will remain dormant. The patience
and calmness with which the American
Nation, as a whole, awaits the conclusion
of the investigation by the naval court is
an excellent illustration of it's patriotism
and its capacity for self-government"
Last night the strained relations with
Spain were incidentally referred to by four
speakers at an open campfire meeting or
John +. Ruckle Post in Bellefontaine Hall
on Massachusetts, avenue. These speakers
We're Merrill Moores, Rev. d. r. Lucas,
Gen. James r. Carnahan and Col. S. K.
Scott. The hall was crowded with men Of
the post and visiting friends Children were
present in large numbers. Merrill Moores,
in the course of an address which was con-
corning his memories as a child during the
war; took occasion to say that the work of
the old comrades of the civil war had large
ly been done, and that, while there was no
likelihood of a war with Spain, yet if such
a war did come, it would be the children of
the civil war, the young men of to-day,
who would shoulder the musket and march
under the old flag to defend the honor Of
the Nation
Rev d. r. Lucas talked about the So
called pension frauds, saying that the fact
that tried and capable officers of the Pen
sion Bureau had failed TO disclose the eX-
istence of the frauds charged was conclu-
sive evidence that no such frauds existed.
Then, referring to the Maine disaster. he
said that the country is to be congratulated
in having a Union soldier in the executive
chair, a fact which gave assurance to the
people that the interests and honor of the
government would be defended, and that at
the same time conflict will not be begun
unless the cause of justice and equal rights
impelled the Nation to undertake 1t. There
will be no war unless, 1t is founded upon a
basis of justice. and with such bass the
American people can bow down and ask
divine blessing upon the armies it sends to
the field. General Carnahan's speech was
directed particularly TO the children, and,
ger of war at this time, he knew that,
should one arise the youth OF the land
would not be found deficient in patriotism
and lighting ability. Colonel Scott thought
that, while the chances of war were remote,
il was we'll to remember that it is wise TO
be ready for it If it should come.