The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-20

Will Tammany cut any ice at Kansas
City?-Anderson Bulletin,
Mr.. Bryan's preparations for porch
parties this summer are complete.-Terre
Haute Express.
South Bend is advertising a new ceme-
terry as an inducement for people to set
tie in that town.-Goshen Times.
The politicians will soon have their de-
sired opportunity to sit down on a trust.
A chair trust is being formed.-Eikart Re-
view.
Governor Mount goes right along pursu-
ing the even tenor of his way, needless of
the imprecations hurled at him by Jack
Chinn. Justus Goebel and Tim" Camp
bell.-Corydon Republican
The serious manner in which leading
Democratic newspapers are taking the
Oregon election returns indicates a fear
on their part that at least one plank in
Mr.. Bryan's platform has been splintered.-
Evansville Journal.
Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Towne
are off on a fishing trip to the northern
lakes. There is nothing so conducive TO
a complete understanding between persons
as a fishing trip. and no doubt Mr.. Towne
will soon know where he Is lat. '-kokomo
News.
Mr.. Bryan says he never wrote letters to
the Philippines. Possibly he did not, but
If the letters written in his name were
forgeries his course has been such as TO
give the rebels receiving them in his name
every reason TO accept them as genuine
Vincennes Commercial.
Republican rascals never get any favor
shown them by the Republican party; so
the thieves in Cuba may as well prepare
to take their medicine. good and strong.
There is not a Republican paper in the
United States that has a word to say in
their Reconsideration Courier.
For a second time Governor Mount has
peremptorily refused to surrender the Ken
lucky exiles in Indiana to the mercy of the
blood-thirsty bull-dozers OF Kentucky. The
Governor grows in the respect of all hon.
est-minded people by his refusal to be a
party to the murderous plans of the Goebel
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The world is not growing worse. We are
knowing more about crime. Oficial dis
honesty is not as great as In the past.
There were times In Jackson's administra-
ton when 20 per cent. OF the government
funds were stolen. We might as well be
honest about history, as about business,
about the past as about the present.-An-
derson Herald.
st. Louis needs a good scrubbing. Yes
terday a man testified in court that he
bought for s cents a piece Of an under
garment torn by the mob from one OF the
unfortunate women who rode on street
cars against the will OF the strikers and
their friends. What d~epravity to wish
such a thing: what effrontery to admit its
possession,-Terre Haute Tribune.
o no. we are not in favor of any more
expansion just now. There is enough to
do now In protecting and building up what
we have got. Expansion is a past issue.
even when the Philippines are referred to.
Every Isle I'm the Philippine sea, formerly
belonging TO Spain. belongs 10 the United
States by solemn treaty fully carried into
effect. There is no such thing as expand
ing 10 take them In. They are in already.
If Democrats or anybody else want con-
tention about the Philippines now, they can
raise the issue Of giving them up-the issue
of contraction. Are you a contraction
ist?-Lagrange Standard.