The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-23
INDIANA EDITORIAL OPINION.

If Mr.. Bryan succeeds in talking his way
into the White House he will have the dis
tinction of being the first Tman1tO do the
: News
The United States is at the head of iron
and steel producing countries, and the great
promoters of cur unexampled advance
have been protective tariffs and stimulated
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Magnet.
Bryan did not command the Mayflower.
Therefore she landed, without the con-
sent" of the natives, and there this Nations
expansion began. From Plymouth Rock to
Manila-the phrase bounds the great Re-
public.-Marion Chronicle.
The chances will be less favorable to
Bryan next year than they were in 1896.
His prophecy that there could be no pros
perity under the gold standard has been
proved utterly false. The unprecedented
of the matches orator and his theories
will again be weighed in the balance and
found wanting-Noblesville Ledger.
Since the Philippines are ours by right of
treaty sessions made at the close of the war
with Spain. a war which nobody had the
effrontery to oppose. or the disoyalty to
condemn, the question simply resolves it
self into this, shall the President do his con-
stitutional duty. and preserve, by force if
necessary, the authority of the United
states In United States territory?-Middle-
town News.
The Indiana Railway Company. which OPP
crates the interurban electric lines connect
ing South Bend. Goshen and Elkhart, has
voluntarily advanced the wages of its en-
ployeS, the advance taking effect at once.
Motormen and conductors in the employ Of
the company under six months are to re-
ceive 1212 cents per hour, and those who
have been on the rolls more than six months
l112 cents an Plain Dealer.
There is a great deal of idiotic talk about
what the President should do to end the
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should do with the Philippines. This comes
from persons who are apparently ignorant
OF the fact that these matters rest with
Congress and not with the President. The
only thing now reputable or dutiful for the
President to do is to end the war as soon
as possible by putting an end to Aguinaldo.
Anderson Bulletin.
Jan. 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln. then Presi-
dent of the United States, issued a proc
lamation of emancipa lion. The battle Of
Stone river, or Murfreesboro. was fought
at that time and President Lincoln said to
General Grant, What a fortunate thing il
is TO have g. victory at the very time the
| proclamation goes into effect" Grant is said
that would ruin u.s." So II may be said of
Tasgarts victory at Indianapolis that an
other victory like ii would politically ruin
Herald.
While some things that the farmer must
Ibuy are higher i'm price than they have been
A nave NiCoSN ~ foAoC "
such an extent tina after he sells and
buys the balance is handsomely in his IA
vor. There is no middle ground in this prop
oSition. An era of good times Is at hand
and were 1t not for the fact that a lot of
hungry officeseekers are desirious of feed
ing at the public crib they would stop their
calamity bowling and settle down and en-
| JOY the feast that is spread before them"
-Shelbyville Republican.
The industrial and commercial statistics
of the United States constitute an unan-
swerable defense of the Republican pro-
tective policy. Had the Democratic low
tariff system been imposed on this coun-
try We would still be importing. as We did
j a Few years ago. man. of the important
| manufactures which we now export. BY
keeping up a higher wage scale than that
of any other manufacturing nation. the
Republican party has elevated the earners
OF wages. and lifted them TO higher stand
ards. intellectually. morally and physically.
Huntington Herald.
A speaker from the South at the Evans
vile banquet last week knew no great men
in Indiana except Hendricks and Voorhees,.
He had never heard of the great war Gov
ernor, nor Harrison and the half score of
men whose names have been inseparably
tual progress Of the State, men who rose
above party lines and sectional divisions
and labored for the Nations welfare. men
who helped to allay the discords between
mems estimates become when they yield
to the limiting influences of sectional and
party strife.-Elkhart Review.
Mr.. Bryan and other members of the
peace party advocate an Intervention In
foreign affairs that might lead 10 hostil.
tiles. The same party will very likely do
much talking and twisting of the lions tai