The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

If the Central American governments do
not behave themselves one of the American
battleships will fire a thirteen-inch shell
at the isthmus, and pillow a canal clear
across.-Lafayette Journal.
Amy attempt from either side to inject
politics into the Sampson-Schley contro-
versy. as Bryan is attempting to do. should
not be encouraged. The case will never
have a fair and impartial hearing If il goes
to trial on a partisan b~asis.-Terre Hautc
Tribune.
The Democrats of Maryland have made
the Acknowledgement of the colored voters
their only issue in their approaching cam
paign. They didn't find out that the negro
was such a bad man until the Republicans
got to carrying the State. Slow TO learn as
usual.-Corydon Republican.
n foolish paper in Chile says the United
States wants a Nicaragua canal in order
to pursue an aggressive policy toward South
America. But if there is any such design
why should ii wait for a canal? The At
lantic on one side and Pacific on the other
afford all the water privileges that could
be needed.-Crawfordsville Journal.
Popular support of the A-malgamated As
ISOLATION strike is wanting because the
popular mind is set against gigantic COM
bines generally. and because Mr.. Shaffer
has not condescended to state clearly what
he is aiming TO bring about. Hostility to
one gigantic combine does not mean ap-
proval of another.-South Bend Times.
What with the summer assembly schools
at Winona lake. Island Park (near Rome
City,, Lake Maxinkuckee and camp meet
ings largely educational at Bethany and
Acton Park and the Battle Grounds near
Lafayette. and not forgetting our own sum-
mer school at the State Normal, it NAV
be understood that education has no real
vacation in Hoosierdom but continues the
year th~rough.-Terre Haute Gazette.
The South Bend Times proposes that
getting rid of the Philippines be made
one of the paramount planks in the next
Democratic national platform. In other
words, the Democrats wants to have
islands for sale or trade 1t would beat
David Harum's famous boss swop.'-Vin-
cennes Commercial.
A war that costs a country one million
dollars a day is always looked upon as a
deplorable affair. The steel strike now i'm
force. If it closes all the steel plants i'm the
country. will cost the operators and the
laborerS together not less than one mill
lion dollars a day.-Batesville Tribune.
Parson Skaters big strike has not thus
far come up TO expectations. In fact the
employers claim they are more than salts
fed with results. They base their claims
upon the refusal of the Amslgamated men
at south Chicago, Joliet and Bay View 10
obey the general strike order OF President
Shafer. and their success in maintaining
operations in other plants where IL was an
ticipated that there would be serious trou-
BILE. II Is a hard proposition To lead the
men TO idleness from steady work at sat
isfactory wages.-kokomo Tribune.
The present strike of the Amalgamated
steel workers lacks the moral element OF
justice and right. 1t will not appeal very
strongly TO the sympathy OF the country
There has been no reduction OF wages. Nc
refusal TO raise wages. No increase in the
number of hours for labor. No refusal tc
reduce the number OF hours. The union
demands that il shall regulate the wages
and other matters OF the employees I'm the
nonunion mills, and the mill owners say
| that II Is none OF their business. There ma,
' be other differences. but IL SO president