The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-22


The booming of cannon is to be succeeded
by the booming of business.-Lafayette
Courier.
If there is any political capital floating
around loosely the Republicans are entitled
to it.-Laporte Herald.
President Mckinley has kept politics out
of the war thus far and he doubtless aims
to do so to the end.-WabaSh Plain Dealer.
Dewey is a sample of Americas diplo-
mats. He wastes no time in preliminaries,
and always hits the mark.-Richmond Item.
AS expensive as the late war was, and
the expenses will continue for some time,
it was worth all it has scost.-Middletown
News.
The pipe of peace isn't filled with the
brand which Spain really likes but it has
to be smoked, just the same.-Lafayette
Courier. sff Ve
AS the managing editor of the late I'M
pleasantness. President Mckinley has
earned good long observation-disclosures
The fact that an American girl has be-
come the vice-empress of India is another
evidence of the imperial tendencies, of this
country.-Richmond Palladium.
Big crops of golden grain, to say nothing
of the crop of the yellow metal itself.
have given the free coinage of silver a
serious Standardization News.
So far as Mckinley is concerned we have
learned that he is deeper, and his plans
more far-reaching, than surface appear
ances indicate.-Marion Chronicle.
The Cuban Junto, it is announced, has de-
cided to accept the situation. But whether
or not the situation will accept the junto
is the Observation-Disclosures Journal,
The war is over, the crops are good, I'm
Gle Sam is victorious and no people have
so much to be thankful for as those of the
United States of America.--Elwood Call
Leader.
Temperance people tell us that the man
who can take it or let it alone generally
takes it. So with nations-when it comes
to islands they prefer to take them.-Fort
Wayne Gazette.
There is no doubt about Dewey's opinion
regarding expansion AS soon as reinforce
ments arrived and he saw that Manila
must soon fall he sent vessels to capture a
few more important points.-Lafayette Can.
The broad and proper conception OF the
distribution of honors is that which decides
for the best man for the place whether
he be from the South, the West, or repeat
edly turning up at the same spot.-Muncle
Times.
The record the President is making is a
pride to the country and a qualification to
the people who elected him. vindicating
the wisdom of their choice and stimulating
them to continued support of the Presi-
dent.-Greensburg Review.
A man can vote the Republican ticket
this fall with greater pride than for several
years. He can see the promises of two
years ago fulnlled. and remarkable war
brought to a successful conclusion with the
least loss of life.-Anderson Herald
Ordinarily it is considered a drawback
in political campaign for a party to be
in power. We think that in the present in
stance the Republicans have used their
power in a way that will prove strength
instead of characterization Enquirer
The policy of the Republican party, set
aside by the last Democratic administra-
tion has been restored, and the country is
to be congratulated to-day that nearly
every community is again free from the
blight OF Democracy, ana lndt the tliiles
are full OF hope and promise.-Huntington
Herald.
The object of the war has been accom-
plished and there is or should be cause for
rejoicing on the part of all. To the brave
Indiana boys, the same as to those VINO
fought, bled and died in the neld belongs
equal credit They were Wiling III TO prao ave
if they had not an opportunity to perform
actual service it was not their fault.-Ham-
mOnd Tribune.
A review of the recent Democratic con-
ventions shows that they are all reaftirming
the socialism and debased currency planks
that they placed in the Chicago platform.
They are still declaring their belief in for
ty-cent dollars and IN free trade. They
are still pledged to destroy the Supreme
Court if they obtain sufficient power. And
so long as they do this they are to be
w1tched and fought bitterly.-Shelbyville
Republican.
The American army's radical fault is the
lack of a perfectly organized general staff
department. In European armies this i'm
portant feature is the medium through
which all details are harmonized and adj
ministered under the direct control OF the
dino III
tary service is thus under the management
of one man. The troubles of the Santiago
campaign might easily have been averted
under a better system.-New Albany Trib-
une.