The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-09
INDIANA PRESS OPINION.

| Had you heard that this Yankee Nation of
ours had navy?--Angola Magnet.
| 1t will take a epowerful stimulant to re-
suscitate the free-silver theory now.-Mun-
| Gle Times.
Commodore Dewey does something more
| than stand by his guns He uses them.
| -Noblesville Ledger.
1t was quite d long shot, but it seems
! that Dewey blew up the Spanish Cabinet as
well.-Terre Haute Express.
| So far Spain has not been fighting any
where except on paper or on the streets of
| Notwithstanding Republican.
The Spaniards persist in thinking that we
| don't play fair We are always hurting
| some of them.-Greencastle Banner-Times.
| Among the Instructions to Dewey was to
| ''use his own discretion He did it, and
! some other things in addition to that-Ma-
| rion Chronicle sle4
The vile epithets hurled by the Spaniards
| at us do not hurt. But the shells we hurl
| at them seem to hurt very much indeed.
-Muncie News.
! The quicker Spain brings on an engage
ment with Admiral SIMPSONS fleet the
sooner the war will be brought to an end
| Wabash Plain Dealer.
| General Weyler said that the destruction
| of the Maine proves that our navy is in
| ferior in discipline. What does Manila
| prove?-Portland Commercial
| The Spanish don who has heard nothing
| more ferocious than the roar of the bull in
| the arena has no conception of the blood
| curdling scream of the American eagle
| when it swoops down on its prey.-Warren
| Review.
One more engagement at sea, if it can be
| effected, and it will be if Sampson can find
| the Spanish fleet in the Atlantic, will COM
| pletely destroy the Spanish navy and put
| Il speedy end to the confhct.-kokomo
| Tribune.
| Brain and Drawn of Yankee pattern are
| half the science of war upon the sea.
| Sunken torpedoes are the chan. of battle to
| our fighting sailors and blazing Spanish
| cannon the beacon lights to victory.-Ev-
| ansville Journal.
| With the Spanish feet crippled, it is only
| a matter of time when the Philippine
| islands will belong to us. We don't seem
| to need them, but, like Huck FINN taxing
the chicken IT we don want want f EnemlI; some
other country may.-Cannelton Enquirer.
Russia says she is now friendly to the
United States. There will be a number of
other European principalities and powers
| show us courtesy when they hear what
Sampson has done TO the Spanish Meet now
| crossing the Atlantic to meet an adverse
| fate.-Crawfordsville Journal.
THE alphabet will conquer" says the
| leading Austrian newspaper in commenting
| upon the war between Spain and the United
States, and intimates that if Spain had
| spent a 1.-THE of the money she has thrown
| away in fruitless wars she would have
been better able to cope with the great lana
of free schools than she 1S.-NeW castle
| Courier.
While there are so many in every way
| qualified and so FESTIVE for the chance to
| fight, it should not be held against married
| men or men with those dependent upon
| them, that they consider their first duty at
home. The Gazette has no doubt that when
| the country gets in danger mll1onS now
held back by scruples OF 1amliy depend
| ences will sacrifice all that need be Tor
| the public defense.--Loganspor Gazette.
SO long as hostilites continue between
this country and Spain. it would be in good
taste for every property owner who can af-
| ford it to display the national flag. Let
''old glory be so prominently displayed.
| that he who runs may read that this Is a
patriotic nation, and in times of calamity,
there is but one sentiment, viz, the uphold
ing of the government, and the overthrow
of its enemies, either at home or abroad.
-Thorntown Argus,
The cheese-paring policy of the govern
ment in reference to coast defenses and
naval strength will be abandoned if we are
wise. Ordinary common sense dictates that
we provide without delay first-class navy:
one equal TO the task of enforcing the Mon
roe doctrine; that will command the re-
spect of other nations and be proportionate
to the responsibilities incident TO being the
dominant nation OF the western hemisphere.
-Pendleton Republican.
AS a matter of right General Mckee
should be named as brigadier general and
placed i'm command of the Indiana troops
when they go to the front. but It is not be-
coming to the patriotism OF the boys in
camp at indianapolis 10 talk of refusing to
go South unless General Mckee Is SO APP
pointed They should put loyalty to the