Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1898 — OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. [ARTICLE]

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

CT And now Mr. Cleveland cnn quietly mourn over “the perversion of our national mission.’’—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ET Du ring the last fiscal year 10.602.780 standard silver dollars were coined, or 2.('00.000 more than were coined from the establishment of the mint to ISfS.—lndianapolis Journal. E7ft would be just nuts for the republicans for the democratic party to make a platform based on giving up the Philippine* or any other country over which the American ting once waved. The democrats could not carry Texas on that pintform.—Poughkeepsie Engle. tZThere is one man who has done great things in this war. and yet the people cnn never promote him. That man is William MeKiuley. Dewey and Schley, and all the rest, deserve their honors, but McKinley is the man whose judgment, firmness and statesmanship made most of our navy’s performances possible.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.