The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-26
STATE PRESS OPINION.


The most plentiful crop of the season
was that of the fruits of victory.-Lafayette
Call.
No set of men or party are entitled to
the confidence of the people while they
continue to malign the government.-An-
derSon Herald.
Democratic editing is easy this year. 1t
works by the. rule which says, when in
Lafayette Courier.
We desire at this time to make it known
to sister States that there need be no ques
ton in their minds as to how Hoosierdom
will vote in the coming campaign-Ham-
mond Tribune
Poor Bryan. Only short time ago he
was tramping down acres of Nebraska
grass trying to break into the army. Now
he is ripping up the whole State of Florida
trying TO break out.-Connersville News.
Some of the soldiers have suffered agony
from wounds, some have suffered from yell
low and typhoid fevers some from trans
portation. But Colonel Bryan's torture
springs from compulsory silence.-Terre
Haute Express
1t is noticed with a very few honorable
exceptions that those who were the most
anxious a few months ago, that this coun-
try should go to war with Spain, are now
loudest in their complaints because the war
was begun before we were ready for it.
-Middletown News.
Now the Democratic press is saying 1.-The
fighting was done by the navy. The army
played no important part in contest" Does
the Democratic party feel that it is strong
enough to invite rebuke from every hero
of Santiago and ALLEVIATE every volunteer
that responded to his country's call to
arms?-Plymouth News.
There are two classes of people in the
world who are not willing to concede the
extraordinary ability with which the war
was conducted by the Mckinley admins
tration-the Spaniards, and those in this
country who hope to promote their own
political interests by Nillffication of the
party in generalization Chronicle.
The Democratic campaign in Indiana up
to date has produced nothing but a weari
some recital of imaginary camp horror.
This is all that has been offered. There
are three thousand soldier boys at
their homes throughout the State whose
splendid appearance bellies all that the
Democrats are saying.-Kokomo Tribune.
The fault finders who have whined and
kicked against the present administration
and tried to create dissension and discon-
tent among the soldier boys remind US of
the same fellows who went UP and down
through the land thirty-Six years ago sing
ing lamentations and declaring the war a
failure Their stories were tissue of lies
then, just as they are now.-Elwood Call
Leader.
The soldiers who find it hard to endure
camp life in the United States should think
of the terrible service which was rendered
by other American volunteers who battled
with fevers for their lives in the trenches
and camps in front of Santiago, in the
most dangerous part of the year. Winter
garrison duty will be pleasure and safety
by contrast with the work done by regi-
ments which went to Santiago in June and
July.-Wabash Plain Dealer.
In all the range of citizenship the old
soldiers rank first in regard for other peo-
pies rights and in good citizenship. They
learned lessons on the field and in camp
that made them more self-respecting and
more considerate for the higher and better
duties OF citizenship. An6 we shall be great
ly disappointed if the same good results do
not prove themselves in the boys of 1898
of peace and Observation-Disclosures Review.