The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-10
VIEWS OF INDIANA EDITORS.

General Miles has been placed in a most
humiliating position by the report of the
court of inquiry appointed to investigate
the charges brought by him with reference
to the beef supplied by the ~army.-FTank-
fort News.
II Andrew jackson had been in the Presi-
dents chair Atkinson would have done we'll
TO escape with fifty lashes. a sentence he
pronounced on one who had aided and abet-
ted the Indians in the Seminole war.-tort
Wayne Gazette
1t may not be the best policy to annex the
Philippines to the United States. but we
have them on our hands. and while in the
present condition it is the duty of the United
States to establish a good government. The
Mckinley idea Is the correct one.-I1pton
Advocate.
We are glad the "embalmed beef inves-
tigation is over and the finding Of the court
of inquiry made public. OF course there
will be a difference of opinion as to the
methods Of the investigation and the con-
illusions reached. But there is one thing
certain, that the American people have be-
come very tired of the long drawn out work
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ledger.
The issue raised by Bryan. Edward At
kinson and others who are opposed to the
Republican policy of President Mckinley
in the Porto Rican. Cuban and Philippine
questions is going to be more unpopular in
lyOO thdn was Uneir freS-SHNer issue In 1870
The Democratic party in following Bryan In
his will o the wisp" chase after the pres
idency will get so badly mired it will go to
pieces and have to reorganize on a new
basis and with new leaders.-Greenfield Re-
publican.
Atkinson's sending a lot of riotous litera-
ture to- the soldiers in the Philippines shows
what a complete fool a man will make OF
himself when he gets so stepped in prejudice
that he loses his common sense. What At
kinson does at home no one will object TO,
because he is too well known for ii to have
much effect, but most OF the soldier boys
away in the Philippines do not know Atkln-
son and consequently the government did
quite right in stopping the seditious stuff he
Is sending out.-Lafayette Call.
The attitude of President Mckinley gains
friends with each successive day. Denun-
citation of him has been so particularly UNI
fair as to win support for him. Those who
denounce his course as tending toward abso-
lutism and assert that he Is possessed OF a
deadly delirium for Imperialism are giving
no heed to the real intent of his purposes
He is simply trying to secure peace through
a recognition of a sovereignty unquestioned
except by the insurgent Filipinos and a dis
concerted element at home. - Lafayette
Courier.
The statement made a few days ago that
the wheat crop in Allen county, which is
ordinarily many thousand bushels each
summer, would be near 5000 this year, is de-
MED by nearly every farmer who was in the
city to-day. They say that the estimate is
nearer loo. The fields which were thought
TO have been In fair condition have since
proved worthless. as the roots are destroyed.
Ninety per cent. Of the wheat fields have
been plowed under and prepared for corn or
oats crops.-Fort Wayne News.
We have not forgotten with what supreme
contempt the boys of 1876 received the
vile mouthings of the copperheads in their
rear. Every mail brought to the men who
were fighting to restore the Union and to
keep the flag in the sky. letters and news
papers containing that which was intended
TO create discomfort and INSTRUMENTATION in
the ranks and encourage soldiers TO desert
the cause for which they were fighting. Men
of those days have not forgotten the letters
they received from cowardly relatives and
acquaintance at home, and they well re-
member that the only effect these letters
produced was to make them more steadfast
In their purpose TO beat the enemy in their
front. or die in the attempt.-Kokomo News.
The editor of the Tribune is personally
well acquainted with Secretary Alger and
knows him for a brave, true man, a man
of great persistence and energy of character
and of large executive ability. to which his
large private interests abundantly attest.
He knows General Alger also as a man Of
the strictest integrity. utterly incapable of
any act of corruption or dishonor. a man
pure and upright. as General King said at
Detroit in every relation of life. Knowing
all this to be true. the editor of the Trib-
une would despise himself If he joined the
depraved. wicked and despised hue and cry
against this man. one of the most useful
and efficient war ministers any country has
ever had. In the management of his great
trust, with all its tremendous responsibilities
thrust so suddenly upon him. he has not
failed in a single instance. He has been
more constantly at his post than any other
Cabinet officer and when absent from Wash
ington ii was only 10 follow the duties OF
his position out 10 their farthest and small
est details. We cannot join the yelping
ours who bark and snarl at such a man and
officer of the government. And we should
be ashamed to sleep with ourself, If knowing
the man as we do, we did not so far as in
US lies. repel the slanderous assaults that
have been and are constantly being made
upon him--New Albany Tribune.