Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1884 — HENDRICKS AND McDONALD IN TERVIEWED. [ARTICLE]

HENDRICKS AND McDONALD IN TERVIEWED.

The Mahonites have all gone over | to the Republican part., —<>P»i * Judge Turp'e is the choice of the HendricKS County Democracy for Governor. »-«•*—- * The complete returns of the late township elections in inis State s ow the Trustees elected as follows! Democratic 528. Republican Independent • ♦ ♦ « -♦— : ’ Keutiami Gazette: “Onr item last week stating that the lie..ub. mans elected a majority of the truslvcs > f the Sta'e appears by later inf u rim. tion to be incorrect, though vve thought it was correct at time of writing.” We suggest to our old friend “Chet” of the Brookston Reporter, that he procure the oriicial returns as to the number of Democratic Trustees elect ed this spring, and not im.-ose up*, on his readers the statement of the Fowler Era. The great mass of the radical mem* bers of Congress, including e\tiy member from this State is oppo Jed to areduc.iOD of taxation, reform which menr, assure them that it is not “home industry,” but “monopoly,” that is protected —that they have, in fact, made a criminal mistake. — ’ — Our Simou gives the editor of the Keniland Gazette to understand that its comai I '"ds ‘ was a little previous with xeference to the course it was reported by an interviewer he would pursue in the comiug Republican National Convention, and the editors confess their “pievt&usness.

According to the Kentland Gazett e there would seem to be an increase jd the number of Trustees in the State this spring, The Gazette says. *T. e Republicans gained 80 and the Democracy 40.” One hundred and twenty moie trustees than formerlyIf the Gazette is coriept tneu there must be 120 rew townships since the election two years ago. Kellogg, one of »he high priests in the Republican synagogue, indicted for connection with the Star Route robberies, bid his case dismissed on the plea of limitation ■ It seems hat Bliss who has been most active as the prominent and well paid attorney of the Government in these suits was very particular iujhaving the dates would result in cheapened necessaries and comforts of life. Let honest toiling masses spot them. “Pig-Iron” Kelley, Republican member of Cougiess from Philadelphia is in favor of a high tariff because it will put money into the pock ets of monopolists. He is champion, in the opposition to the Morrison bill now pending.- In his speech following Mr. Morrison he said “If we perpetuate the Republic we must defend and protect the interest of its laborers.” He knows well that ’’protection does not “protect” tee interests ,of laborers.” It. ciushes them and “protects” monopolists. The Kentland Gazette says that “Morrison, author of the free trade bill,” which only deducts 20 per cent from the high protection war rates now existing, and which go into the pockets of millionaire monopolists as so rnucti tribute from the hard earned, pay of the masses,—“and Alex. Randall,”—wc thought it was Samuel J. Randall—“the protection' ist. are still making faces at each other. Evidently, the editor of the Gazette is more interested in the accumulation of millionaires, than he is for cheapen ng tne cost of the necessaries and comforts of life for the laboring millions

“American operatives have not yet made v.p their mine's to let the laboi of pauper paid ram ha: ics cotne in on an equal footing with their own.”— Indianapolis Journal. And yet they dc, or. in fact, have do say in the matter —j st so soon as their employers are s dialled that they can procure such labor, If they strike, the bayonets of the governof the alleged offenses and the suggestio of the statute of lirni tations wks made by the governments hired attorney. Would it not be well now for the Springer committee to in vestigate Bliss very closely with reference to connection, duties and actions in these trials.

The World (Republican Colored organ) says of Bean e Harrison: The colored men of Indiana have confidence in eia often-expressed wish fur their advanct ment in a true and equal ruanliood, and the more perfect ens« joy ment of the'r civil rights, * If the grandson of his grandfather has ever so expressed himself, he has shown more sympathy and concern for the colored brother than he ever has for the “white trash" of the land. The cold, blue-b!oo:ied Senator looks down upon them with disdain. Perhaps Mr. Kelly or Mr. Porter i or some other gentleman who is shocked by thd squalor of the English laborer’s life may find instruc tion in these words: “From fifteen to twenty I.'ve in a single shanty, one woman doing the cooking and housework of the mess. They spend little or nothing for maintenance, and it is-claimed that the a erage expenditures of the Hungarians who dwell in this region will not exceed slu a month, all told. And also in these: They will work for almost anything they can get, and from twenty cents to a dollar a day is the range of their wages. They hou«e nearly as thick as the Chinese, and their manner of living is said to be worse. They are taken from the Philadelphia Press, a protection ist newspa»« per, and thev describe bowmen live and what wages they are paid by the Pennsylvania coal and iron barons, who are protected by the tariff in order that labor may not be reduoed to the level of the pauper workmen of Europe. RJsMEMBER!—Thy entire Democratic delegation in Congress from Indiana voted for the reduction of tariff duties, and to end the payment of tri ute by labor to monopoly J Remember! too, that every member of the Republican delegation in Congress, from Indiana, voted against the reduction, that the toiling masses should continue the payment of tribute to the wealthy monopolies. Remember, aiso, that these same radical members, in the lead of Gee. Tom Browne voted against a law restricting the importation of Chinese and other cheap labor to competejwith American workmen

Remember, always, that the radN cal party in Congress, by an almost unanimous vote, has declared in favor of the payment of tribute by the poot to the rich; and are opposed to the protection of American labor from competition with foreign cheap labor. And, remember, this is the radical definition of “Protection to horns iu„ dustry.” HtK* There Own Medicine. —ls a Republican opposes the nomination of Ar tbur, he urges as a gcod objection that “His old Custom House record is bad, and bis style is that of a dude. I want none of him.” His objection to Blaine is that “His rulings, when Speakei, on Railroad laud grunts in which he proved to be pecuniarily interested, and the reverence he heaped on Mulligan, when on his knees 1 e prayed for on opportunity to steal the letters he had written to that gentleman in order to keep them out of the hands of the investigating committee, should tetotaliy damn him forever,” If objecting to Edmunds he refeis to “William Walter rTielps as evidence time the old gentleman is not as clear of corruptions as was generally supposed. 1., fact, Edmonds was a sly old dog in being able to cover up his trucks so long.” In objecting to Logan, he refers to the time when that “Burlesque ou the Miiitarv profession was denounced by the patriot Douglass as a “Dirty Dog.” and adds that lie (Logan) has not disproved the charge that on the breaking out of tire War he favored the South, and advised his coustitu ency in “Egypt” to rally :e the support of ihut section.” The objection to Bob Lincoln is that “his only recommendation is that he is the son of his father—ho better than the son of any other father—in fact has no claim or qualifications whatever, be.- 1 . youd that of any other private citizen inexperienced in public affairs. Evidently the records of the prominent men presented by the Repub lioan party for the great office of President, for honesty, will not bear scrutiny.

Governor He l.h; being absent and Mr. McDonald being a cau didate, an Iroquois asked John 0. Shoemaker to uame a distinguished Hoosier whose speech would voice Democratic sentiment and reflect honor on the State of Indiana. At the suggestion of Mr. Shoemaker Judge Turpie was invited. A gentleman who was present tells me that tne effort astonished every member of the club "It was eminently the speech of the occasion.” said Sena-

tor Pendleton- “I have laid Tuiple’a speech away to read on Sunday," said John C. New to me last Friday merning. “I always hear him or read his speeches with pleasure. He is the ablest man in the Democratic party to day.”—Logaosport Pharos.

Governor Hendricks was visited at his home, and in answer to the question “What do you think of the action of Congress to-day?” said; “After the vote taken recently that the House would consider the Morrison bill, I tbougLt, cf course, that it would nr-ss, and am quite unprepared for the result,” “Do yon think it is too late to do anything in regai il to the tariff at. this session of Congress?” - ‘I do not think much will be done. Some charges may be made, but a general reform at this session is net probable The legislative mind will not harmonize upon any geueral measure, though there may be, I suppose, bills correcting some of the existing evils of the present tariff.” “What would you propose for these ' vils of our revenue system?” “As I have already stated, Congress will hardly be able to agree upon a measure of general reform at tnis session. The presidential election L probably in the wav, but, as I once before suggested, provision could be made for the appointment of a commission of impartial skilled business men to report at the next session of Congress measures for rev enue reform based upon necessity for reduction of rev nue to the needs of the public sejvice economically ad ministered. The report of such a commission may disappoint the country as the last did, but out of it will come important reforms?” “What have been the hinderances in the wav of these desired reform-?” “It is difficult to legislate successfully upon questons of opposing interests, especially immediately pre-. ceding a Presidential election, and at a time when the House is of one political party and the President, with the Senate, of the other. I expect and believe that the Democrats will carry the next Presidential election, aDd I believe that there will come harmony so that our revenues will be reduced |to the standard cf the proper wants of the country, and so as to introduce into our revenue system, and especially our tariff laws, . much needed reforms. No man can questiot.£that reductions should be made, when the revenues are SIOO, 000.000 in excess of the public demand-.” “Do you consider the Republican party responsible for this state of affairs?” “Surelv; did they not enact, and have they not continued in fotce, the present laws under which the excess of revenue is collected off the people? They have had the power to make reforms) and stand responsible for the existing condition.” SENATOR MCDONALD’S VIEWS. A representative of the Sentinel also called upon Senator McDonald, at his residence, last night, and asked his opinion of the action of the Committee of the Whole in whion the bill was considered and which decided to strike out the enacting clause. He replied that, in the event that Congress should coucur in the action of the committee (which was afterward done), it would put an end to any serious atteinp: to revise the tariff laws as a whole during the present session, but he believed there would still be legislation to the end that the tariff might be reduced on certain articles, and that others might be placed on he free list. He did not believe that Congress would adjourn without further efforts to reduce the taxes so as to place the reveunes upou a basis within tb9 ordinary expenses of the Government. Treasury reports show that, under the operations of the revenue laws now in force, there are raised annually from $75,000,000 to $100,000,000 in excess of the expenditures, and he did not think that the people were satisfied with this condition of affairs. The Senator 'declared that the Den'ocratic party, as represented by the majority, had made an excellent record on the tariff question, and expressed the opinion that it is pi .inly the dutv of Congress to go cn and make still further efforts of reform in the revenues.