Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1888 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The Democratic Conferem e declared in favor of Cleveland & Gray. Next week we -*ill publish the resolutions adopted by the Democratic Conference, as well a? the plan agreed upon for the organization of Hendricks Clubs. Governor Luce, of Michigan, a strong Republican, says, “I m o; posed to piling up a surplus for the sake of spending it I say cut the revenue down to the actual need of the government. Take the tariff off sugar and pay a bounty to the producer, and wt would soon be producing all our sugar. Then put on th« tree list every article not produ ed in this country ?”

Senators Hale and Billee Chandler are in deep agony, the former over the action of the President in making removals and appointments. He fears that when the dear Hubbells come to overhaul the departments for Republican assessments they will find no victims to respond to their demandsThe latter, Billee Chandler, is shedding crocodile tears over the Southern negroes. H» hopes to succeed in an effort to manufacture a little campaign thuude r and “fire the Northern heart.”

The great men of the republican partv differ in their estimate of President Cleveland. Our neignbor, of the. Republican, refers to the President as “The ignorant amateur statesman !”

James Russell Lowell, one of the acknowledged intellectual men of that party, and late republican Minister to England, at a recent banquet in Boston, said: “I feel strongly attracted to Mr. Cleveland as the best re resentative of the highest type of Americanism that we have seen since Lincoln was snatched from us. — We are here to felicitate each other that the presidential chair has a man in it, and this means that every word lie says is weighted with what he is, that he understands that politics means business, not chicanery; plain speaking, not paltering with us in a double cause. That he has the courage to tell the truth without regard to self or party. Our politics call for a broom. Cleveland has found it and begun to ply it. He has set us an example of courage, good sense and moderation. He has kept well to his text.”

From ail accounts the Democratic Conference held at Indianapolis last Wednesday was a grand outpouring of the people of the State. Every county was represented and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed At night the speeches of ex-Senator McDonald and Gov. Gray were the chief attraction.— Mr. McDonald replied to Sherman’s appeal for high tariff, and clearly proved up th incincerity and dishonesty of ’Lize Pinkston’s admirer. Gov. Gray gave notice that the Democracy of Indiana were fully prepared, and would go before the pe pie on State issues. He clearly demonstrated that of the State debt, amounting to $6,430,608.34, leaving out the $16,825.12 old internal improvemer t bonds, the Kepublicans made $5,258,783.22, and 1 ft nothing to show for it; while for the $1,160,<>oo created by the Democrats he pointed with pride so the new State House, the new Asylums and other improvements into which it