The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-25
STATE PRESS.

The number Of statesmen who are anxious
TO step into the shoes of Thomas B. Reed
is larger than the number of statesmen
who are competent to fill them.-Plymouth
Independent.
Most of the Democratic newspapers are
mighty chary about taking up the end of
the question that opposes expansion. Ex-
pansion of American interests is mighty
popular just now.-Tfpton Advocate.
Bryan keeps right on talking because it
pays in notoriety and gives him one more
chance TO be President. If still water runs
deep" then, Intellectually. he is a surface,
babbling. shallow stream--Vevay Reveille.
Can any one imagine that a majority Of
the people will ever want to swap the GER
tainties of present prosperity and its pros
pective growth for a trial of the doctrine
preached by William Jennings Bryan?-La-
fayette Courier.
Sam Jones. the preacher. wants ii under
stood that he is not Sam Jones, the mayor.
And in all probability Sam Jones. the
derstood that he is not Sam Jones, the
preacher.-Logansport Journal.
Whenever a mar approaches a public Off
cial with a proposition containing rebates
he should be turned down and his goods
with him. The public money is not a thing
to be grabbed by every person having any,
thing TO sell to otticials.-AndersOn Herald.
The recent ruling of the Postofice De-
partment finds an end for the endless chain
fraud. 1t is a nice place. too, with strongly
barred windows and doors where the in
mates are safe from injury and contact
with the outside world.-Clay City Reporter.
Various opinions are expressed by the
farmers in regard to the wheat prospect in
this locality. Some think II all ruined. while
others take a more hopeful view of the sit
uation, yet the fact remains that Ii is seri-
ously damaged and that some are sowing
rhAf. IL IN Anfz - NO IOrrrn
Reports on the wheat crop from different
parts of the county are very unfavorable.
and already many farmers have plowed up
their wheat fields and sowed them to oats.
Occasionally we hear of a field that looks
well. 1t is also quite a common opinion that
farmers had best not decide too quickly
that their wheat is no good and pillow ii up.
In previous years 1T has often happened that
wheat which looked very bad at this time,
came out of its kinks later and made a good
crop.-Rensselaer Republican.
Every Democratic faction is trying des-
perately to show that it is really the only
true Jefferson outfit. Who cares what policy
Jefferson favored or supported? The condi-
tions and questions of to-day are the ones
Americans have to consider and meet. The
Republican party does not spend its time
raking around in the ashes of the past in an
endeavor to dig up an excuse for its exist
ence or an old baldheaded back number set
of rules and regulations to guide its foot
steps. 1t is alive, up with the times and is
doing the business of the country in an up
to-date manner.-Franklin Republican.
The township reform laws lost the support
Of good men because some over-enthusiastic
supporters Of the law talked as If the town.
ship officers were all criminals. unconvicted
and must be hedged about. The real de-
mand for the law came from the fact that
the present method of transacting township
business gives opportunity for criminal
looseness in the conduct of township affairs
and the necessity of guarding against the
few who take advantage of such opportuni-
ties. The township councilmen should be
selected in that spirit-not to make II un-
pleasant for the trustee but to strengthen
his hand in managing township affairs, IL
his intentions are good: and TO check his
hand If he should start in the wrong direc-
ion.-Martinsville Republican