The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18
Extent of the Enemy's Lines Easily
Located and Subjected to u With
ering Political Fire.
SENATOR FAIRBANKS SPEAKS
TO GREAT CROWD OF FIRST DIS
TRICT PEOPLE AT PRINCETON.
Judge Taylor at wabash, Beveridge
neutrality-suspicious. Meetings.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


PRINCETON, Ind, Sept. Ex-senator
Fairbanks opened the campaign in the First
district in this city to-day, speaking for an
hour and half this afternoon in the court
house yard. There was a great crowd in
town on account of the double attraction of
United States senator and the returning
soldiers the same day, and Senator Fair
banks had one of the most enthusiastic
audiences he ever met. Hon. Arthur P.
Twineham was the chairman, and intro
duced Mr.. Fairbanks, who was closely fol-
lowed during his speech. He upheld the
administration in every respect and espe-
cially in regard to it's policy in carrying on
the war with Spain. He eulogized Presi-
dent Mckinley for the able manner in which
he had met the serious situations of the
government during the complications with
Spain. The speaker praised the soldiers and
sailors as well as their able commanders.
Regarding the pessmistic criticisms of the
stay -at-hOmes, he said: II regret that any,
one should have undertaken to dim the lus-
ter of our achievements by unwarranted and
sensational attacks on the conduct of the
war. Those who indiscriminateIy assail the
War Department are those who vociferously
demanded war when the country was wholly
unprepared for it, commend to such the
broad and generous policy of the President.
who was above all petty party considera-
tions, and commissioned men from all
parties to positions of hardships in the field.
History furnished no parallel to the present
war in the swftnesS with which it was
waged and in the magnificent results
achieved. War and hardships are insep-
arabic. The pretenson that the War De-
partment was wanting in it's purpose or
ability to reduce the hardships to a mini
mum is cruelty and malciously unjust.
Senator Fairbanks eloGuenty summed up
by saying the people should vote the Re
publican ticket because of the glorious his
tory of the party. He insisted that the next
Legislature be Republican that it may elect
a senator as his colleague who is in har-
mony with the prevailing opinion of the
State on the currency and the tariff. The
war bond issue was given by the senator as
an example of the Republican party's inter-
est in the common people and the welfare OF
the Nation. The bonds were made to bear
low rate of interest and were placed in
such a manner that the common people now
hold them. He called attention to the fact
that Cleveland's bond issues were of much
higher rate OF interest and not given to the
people. The speaker arraigned the free
silver element for attempting to force an
issue of unredeemable paper currency on the
people in the war revenue bill and there
by tending to disturb the maintenance of
the present gold standard, and the conse-
quent embarrassment of business through
out the country. He held that 1t would have
increased the calamitieS of war If the free
silver forces had accomplished the imitation
of the currency.
Senator Fairbanks's speech was filed with
plain arguments and facts that will do much
to assist in the Republican success this fall
in this section Congressman Hemenway
was present and when Senator Fairbanks
had finished, made short and effective
SDeech.