The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-27
THE STATE PRESS.

The Identification department of Bryan
Democracy will be kept busy from this time
on in separating sheep from goats.-Fort
Wayne Gazette.
The most astonishing thing about Bryan
ism is that a large number of Democrats
who have no sympathy with his ideas will
permit him TO lead the party into the abyss
of defeat.-Lafayette Courier.
The man, be he Democrat or Republican,
that would rejoice at the defeat of the
American army in the Philippines by the
insurgents is but little better than were the
cOpperheads of the North during the civil
war.-Columbus Republican.
Corn has maintained fair price all win
ter and farmers are very well satisfied. yet
there is a Democrat in this city who says
that it is a Republican trick. The people
are not kicking very hard on these Repub-
lican Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The next minister Spain sends to Wash
ington will not have so much business on
his hands as the last one had. Spain has
since acquired all the information she de-
sires regarding Uncle Sans army and navy
and condition OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Yer
non Sun.
The country in 1892 did not know when to
let we'll enough alone and bought four
years of experience Those four years
taught what a lifetime of theory had failed
to teach, and hence there Is no danger that
the present great prosperity will be en-
Republican.
Corruption has evidently been widespread
in Indiana but with certain conviction for
guilt the county and township reform laws
and the publicity to public business which
will be given through the newspapers the
people may rest assured they will have a
more honest government and much lower
taXeS.-Creenfield Republican.
Seriously now, isn't this embalmed beef
investigation developing into good deal of a
farce? For all the good it will do it might
just as well be stopped where it is. None
of the packers are going to be punished, and
sorry that the brave boys in blue were COM
PEELED TO eat the stuff, but we venture 10
say that its like will not be served again in
q hurry.-Hammond tribune
Grain elevator men say they expect a
good wheat crop this year. AS a rule the
Hamilton county farmers speak in very
hopeful terms. and most of them look for
| a reasonably good crop. March, the month
| which is usually the most trying on the
| wheat crop, has so far been UNUSUAL
| lenient with the growing cereal There is
| a very large acreage out this year. and con-
tinued favorable conditions mean thousands
of dollars to Hamilton county farmers.
| -NobleSville Ledger.
Even the enemies Of reform will admit
that many local officials have been proven
| derelict, wasteful and dishonest How can
| they be reached? To say that the old law
supplies a remedy-that they can be checked
| by prosecution. is the merest fapdoodle
| Smart" lawyers and dilatory courts rem
| der that next to impossible. while Few lndi-
yiduals wish To take the Initiative and
| shoulder expense of such prosecutions. IL Is
| too often the case that the prosecuting at
torney is the. plant tool OF the party IN
| power and will do nothing unless IL be IL
| Shield the guilty official. The only remedy
/ then, is 10 curtail the power OF local offl-
| Gals generally.-Laurel Review.
| Many people are kicking over the law Civ
| ing the owners Of mortgaged property the
right TO deduct 500 from the assessed yalua.
| tion. We believe the law is a step in the
right direction, and can see no reason why
the right of he who owns his little homs
or farm on which there is mortgage te