The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-31
Doubted Him
STATE, PRESS OPINION.


Give the President vote of confidence.
-Greensburg Standard
1t would be business calamity to rebuke
the administration.-Mario News
Spain is looking for 'vindication" at our
next election. Remember that and don't
forget the Maine.-Knightstown Sun.
The Presidents tour demonstrated that
the people of the country are with him, and
the election will demonstrate the same
hing.-Logansport Journal.
Mckinley has been the President of the
whole people and he certainly deserves a
congress IN harmony with his broad, pa
trlotic pOlicies.-Laporte Republican.
The honest dollar is as necessary to the
voted for sound money then, there is every
reason for you doing SO again.-Lafayette
Courier.
Disfranchisement of Union soldiers has
become a Democratic party tent. That it
was not embraced in the party platform
was evidently an oversight. - Fairmount
News.
Every friend Of sound money, Of undis-
turbed business conditions and of national
progress should lay aside all personal and
party considerations and vote the Repub-
lican ticket.-Goshen Times
Indiana stood nobly by the policies Of
sound money and protection in 1896, and
should not now turn her back upon the
policies which restored confidence and re-
turned Observation-Disclosures News.
Every man who believes that the Pres
ident's management of the war has been
wise owes it to him to give it the only in
dOrsement he can-hs vote for those in
Congress who will stand by his policy.-Ellz-
hart Review.
Democrats tell us that the people want
them in power again. Who is 1.-The people
t.. L. II. IL.
chants. the men engaged in the industries
or the farmers clamOr for return to the
good Democratic times" of -97?-Mun-
Gle News.
Those business men who We're sitting
around longing for prosperity two years
ago are the men who should take an in
terest in politics this year. If Democracy
should win on a platform pledged to free
silver there would be a check in the pres
ent times. The time to take an interest in
politics is when we have prOsperity.-Delphi
Journal
Captain Hart, candidate for auditor of
state on the Republican ticket was one
of the charter members of the Frankfort
Typographical Union. Besides being in full
sympathy with organized labor. he is an
who has, by his scrupulous care, saved the
State of Indiana thousands of dollars.
Charlottesville Journal.
A Congress controlled by the Bryan De-
mocracy would not only disturb invest
ment, but it would be certain to interfere
with measures calculated to give the United
States a monopoly of the trade of its newly
acquired territories and to strengthen all
our tariff guarantees. If prosperity is a
good thing to have. It Is an equally good
A vote for a Republican candidate for
Congress is something more than an ex-
preston of partisan preference this year.
1t is practical manifestation of patriotism
in the shape of an Endorsement of the acts
and policy OF the government and it is the
duty of every loyal citizen to cast his ballot
for the candidate who will uphold the adj
ministration of President McKinley.-Plym-
outh News.
Every business man who does not wish to
return to the disturbed condition of trade
so prevalent in 1896 should vote for sound
money, sound business principles and a
sound and buSineSs-like administration. The
party of experiments Is clamoring to get
in, and the party now in power is moving
along with splendid business record. There
is consistency at least in not tearing down
a good house until you are sure of a better
one.-WaterloO Press.
The wide difference in conditions of bust.
ness and labor between this year and 1896
is ample reason why every American citi-
zen who loves his country and his people
should work and vote for a sound-money
majority in both branches of Congress in
order to obtain such legislation as will give
an enduring basis to the present employ
ment of labor, demand for farm products
and consequent prosperity for the merchant
and manufacturer.-Clay City Reporter.
Senator Turpie is going about the State
complaining Of the popular war loan issued
by the Mckinley administration. 1t was all
wrong he says. The astute senator ism t
saying a word about Grover Cleveland 8
gold loan lin time of peace to keep the rev.
enues of the Nation at a point where the
country would not be forced to 20 into
bankruptcy. Turpie voted for Cleveland S
peace loan, to Wall street, and against Nc
Kinley's loan to the people. Turpie is a hot
old top that spins the wrong way.-Evans-
vile Journal.
In answer to q number OF queries as
to the vote of this congressional district
in past elections, we give the result since
and including the year 1890 The district.
as it is now composed, has been in existence
only during one election, but in 1890 the
same counties Boone. Carroll, Clinton,
Montgomery. Fountain. Hamilton and Tfp-
ton-gave Republican plurality of 118. In
1892 the counties cast 20.219 Republican votes
and 1913 Democratic votes, a Republican
the Republicans 23O45 and the Democrats
1888. Republican plurality of 1861. Two
years ago the district gave Mr.. Lands
% SIG and Mr. Cheadle 1885, plurality Of
249 for Mr.. Landis.-Crawfordsvil Jour
nal.
The people OF Howard county have reaped
innuemrable benefits as a result of the cleo
ton of President Mckinley and Repub-
lican Congress- Cine item is the reduction OF
the charge of public aid to the poor. At
one time. under the former Democratic ma
tional administration. there were 1900 per-
sons receiving public aid, calls on the Gem
ter township trustee being a. high as thirty