The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-13
STATE PRESS OPINION.

STATE PRESS OPINION.
The township and county reform laws are
Just what the people have been needing for
some yearS.-PeterSburg Press.
The money power OF the country, 1t seems.
has entered into a horrid conspiracy to adj
vance wageS.-Greensburg Review
If you hear any one nowadays bowling
about calamities you may know that he is
either insane or about a year CT two behlnd
in the news.-Muncie Times.
There is an immense amount OF talent
available In inventing new ways to spend
taxes What is needed is some robust treat
ment to stop some of the old leaks and pre-
vent new ones. There is a chance here to
earn the gratitude of the taXpaying pub
lic.-RushVille Republican
The Republican party has always stood for
liberality In expenditure for public improve
ments, and will continue to stand for them
If every ten-cent Democrat IN the country
gets hoarse yelling extraVaganee; 49,, tsee GU
traVagant than needed expenditures by a
private business establishment, and 10 ap-
preparation was made by the recent Con-
gresS on motion of a Republican that was
not needed-Goshen Times.
Mr.. John c. Wingates appointment as a
tax commissioner fer the State is position
worthily bestowed. He comes from the
reighboring county OF Montgomery. and by
residence is associated with that part of the
State which produces the right kind of men,
He has extensive acquaintance, is familiar
with the State at large, is a man OF affairs,
has good judgment and Will NIL the position
faithfully and well. The Governor has made
q satisfactory choice.-Lafayette Courier.
If the reports concerning Admiral Dewey's
health are true he should be ordered home
at once, and there is every reason to believe
that they are true Leaving out of consid-
GRAFTON the terrible mental and physical
strain to which he has been subjected al
most constantly for the past year, which
were sufficient TO wreck the strongest con-
stitution, the climate of the Philippines Is
not conducive TO health. Besides, the adj
miral Is old and should have rest.-kokomo
News
The commissioners of Shelby county are
on the run. The taxpayers are after them
with a hot poker. The latest movement
shows that the board is afraid - the peo-
nile of it's own county and has asked for a
change of venue from the county on ac-
count Of bias and prejudice. The case was
sent to Hancock county. When board or
of its neighbors and friends there is some
thing rotten in Denmark. "-Noblesville
Ledger.
1t is only just to say. that the Sixty-first
General Assembly Of Indiana was working
body and some OF its legislation Is unusually
important The appropriations We're large.
but all of them made Tor speSinG PURPOSES
can be defended on high ground. 1t requires
less ability TO criticise the work done by
another than is required to do the work
better. a very cheap man can De a critic
In the sense OF finding fault. 1901 can
pull down a building which wise architects
and skillful mechanics alone are able to
construct.-Terre Haute Express.
The county and township reform bills
make some radical changes. and it is always
a little difficult to get used 10 new situa-
lions methods and conditions Union
county needs change less than other coun-
ties in the State, and the reform may not
be SO apparent in it's workings. However
dubious we may be, IT is better to strive for
the common betterment in local government
and be able TO make some progress even II
the way seems unfamiliar and the change
hardly justified. Union county ol1clalS
view the new law in liberal way and Will
give its workings the falreSt test poSSlpIe.
Liberty Herald.
Ex-Judge Timothy e Howard. Of this
city. has been appointed by Governor Mount
as the Democratic member of the state fee
and salary commission, board created by
the last LEGISLATURE for the purpose OF in
vestigating the fees and salaries or the
state, county and township offcers ana
recommending TO the next Legislature
plan of equitable adjustment. The appoint
ment is an excellent one, for Judge Howard
is fully acquainted with the subject He is
force which he got through the Legislature
while serving as a senator from this county.
South Bend Tribune.
Governor Mount has elevated the position
of chief executive OF Indiana in the opinion
of great majority of the people. He has
shown what a courageous man can do as
Governor. Here and there In his acts there
may be something with which some OF US dc
not wholly agree. He may be right and We
may be wrong and vice versa, but that ne
has done what he thought TO be right and
after the exercise of his best Judgment there
Is no doubt. In years gone by the Governor
of Indiana was a figurehead, but Governor
Mount has demonstrated that man who
does not shirk the responsibilities OF the
Office can do much. not only in his province
as a purely executive officer. but as q CO.
ordinate officer with the legislators.-Terre
Haute Tribune
A good deal of fun is being poked at the
Legislature for its law creating county adj
visory boards. but men who are unselfishly
interested in the county affairs see little
that is humorous in the situation. While IL
is true that the salary IS mere pittance
and in no way pays for the time and atten-
ton given TO important duties. ii promises
TO produce boards composed OF men OF sterl-
ing integrity and unseliish interest. No po-
litical hanger-on wants the office No "snol-
ligoster" would have il, but honest, nfluen-
tial intelligent men who every year watch
tie affairs OF the county closely may be Sc
cured I'm abundance. and that service given
without view 10 pay. but directed only In
the interests OF the BODY polite Will prove
TO be the finest service the people have
known.--Goshen News.
There is striking similarity between this
time and 1892. when subsidies were asked
and given with reckless readiness and the
same unhealthy industrial growth which
characterized the early days of the gas field
10, apparently. present again Concerns In
ether localities with credit played out men