Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1885 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILY SENTINEL FR ID AI MOBNING JANUARY 9 5

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9.

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Tue tew Legislatur evidently means business. It will get down to eolid work without delar. Ecott Kay was elected President o the Democratic Editorial Association ye3terdy. A good selection. The Editorial Convention, yesterday, in dorsed Mr. linos B. Reed, editor of the l'eo- ' pie, (or appointment, by Governor Gray, to the ofUce of Fish Commissioner. State AssrsäOK Keynolus, c New Jersey as the cüicial messenger, took the electoral vote of New Jersey to Washington after the State had voted for McClellan. Hannibal IXarxlin was Vice President at the time. He was very elaborately introduced to the V. I, and he tolls what followed aa follows: I was youns; in tho39 days, and correepondingly fresh and imprudent. When I announced that I had the honor to present to him the result of the meeting of the Electoral College of New Jersey, I added: 'And to eay that that State casts seven solid votes for General George B. McClellan.' Hamlin wa? seated at his desk, banding over. As I spoke he straightened. I thought ho grew about three feet taller &3 he looked at me. " The she dees! he exclaimed. "The interview ended. I wa3 paralyzed " That ia a very good story, but to think cf a tru'y good Republican in the Vice President's chair -aying a wicked word is what arrests cur attention. Now if he had been a naughty Democrat the teachings of the Republican party would have prepared us somewhat for the paralyzing surprise. One by one ara our Idols smashed. THE CONVENTION OF THE EDITORS. It wai an eminently good humored convention cf Democratic editors that was held yesterday afternoon In the hall of the Supreme Court. The business proper was confined tD the election of officers for the ensuing year and the .passage of a few re?olution3. The retiring President, Mr. I. B. McDonald, delivered an entertaining address and ViC3 President-elect Hendricks gave an informal talr, in which he accredited the State press with marked zeal and ability throughout the lite campelgn. By annanimcus and rising vote the convention passed a resolution hi.chly eulogistic of ex Senator McDonald, and urging him for a place in Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet. The Sentinel and Mr. Shoemaker ara under obligations for the handsome and unanimous Indorsement of both for the firt t made in behalf of the Democratic party in 1331. Sach hearty approval by our brethren of the State Democratic press is most gratifying, and is a valuable reward for our labors in the campaign. At night a banquet in the diniog hall of Hotel Erglish brought the editors together again, the party being swelled by nearly one hundred prominent Demccrats of the city and State. SPIRIT OF THE STATE PRESS. Michigan City Dispatch: Christmas of 1S31 will long be remembered as diwning upon nearly 2 000,000 idle worktngmn and warnen in tte United States. May we never S2e an other tuch a Christnia3. Covington People's Friend: It i3 belivei that John R. McLean, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, cculd be induced to accept a position inCIeveland's Cabinetai Postmaster General. We know ot no reaion, though, why John $fc oild bp invited to such position under a Democratic administration. Had Blaine been elected he might have come in for his share of the plunder. Lsfayette Sunday Times: The last mail from Japan contains the news that the Buddhist priests of Kioto have held a meeting to condemn the pending strife between their ptcple and the Christiana, and passed resolutions declaring that an inquiry should be institute J into the principles of Christianity, with a view to ita adoption instead of Buddhism in case it should be found a better religion. A committee was forthwith appointed to go to Europe to study Christianity in Its cradle. Columbus Herald: The Shelby ville Republican is clear gono on the skating rink basic ess. It speaks of one lady skater that will "soon have many stars of glory glitter icg in her crown," and then hopes she may sot get many tumbles. That's mixing the sublime and the ridiculous and is too suggestive. The association of ideas leads to pomething like this: Miss , with a golden tiara resting upon her lovely brow, bedecked with sparkling gems of beauty, gliding amongst the many skaters, gracefully and sylphlike, all at once becoming demoralized and one foot going no'th by no'thweat, and ita combanion erratically rolling Q' sou-sou west, and the whole hump cl eUr gemmed queen coming down with

force ecough to drive up her spinal column to and a half inches by a carpenter's rule, bursting her corset and breaking glass from the wicdowa. Now gaze upon your glittering queen. Putnam Democrat: Tariff conundrum: What is the principal difference between the Eastern codfiah and the Western hog? It is this, dear reader: The codSsh of the New England coast, by a special dispensation of the tariff tinkers, is laid to rest in free salt, while the ho of the Illinois and Missouri prairies has to root his way in the markets of the world burdened with a protf ctive tariff of 50 per cent, on the cbloride of sodiuni wherewith he is salted. No wonder the codfish desires to postpone the day of tariff revision. New Albany Ledger: The divorce problem Is now attracting much attention. Investigations by a New York paper reveal the fact that hundreds of divorce are pending in every one of the larce cities of the Union and that in raost localities t he number is on ibe increase. The information has ben collected, partly 83 a matter ot news of general interest ar.d partly for the information of a scciety which is moving for a reform of the

divcrce laws so as to make them harmonions in all the States oa the adoption of a Constitutional amendment under whicn Federal legislation on the subject may be obtained. Delphi Times: The Blaine organs are endeavoring to find some recompensj some compensation in the defeat of their candidate by the inauguration of a howling match. In this remarkable chorus it is not diQicnlt to detect the shrill treble of the New York: Tribune, tbe sour sp?and of the Philadelphia Pres and th.9 deep brigandish bass of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazett. It is a very queer noise, but we presume it will subside after a while. In the very nature of thing3 the?e esteemed editor ill ba compelled to step cut after a g'as of betr, and then the country will havo a few moments repose. Wabash Times: Although our aTection for our Republican brethren is almost fathomleas, we can not help but feel that they are tiding altogether too much dish in the matter cf the distribution of offics. Now the Democrats whipped in the tiht, and they propose te have all the spoils of oilice, in cluding the Waba?h Postoffice. The folly, J therefore, of Republicans otlermg advice 13 obvioop. When the time comes to make up the slate for Wabash County, a conference meeting will be held, but no Republicans will be invited. The Democrats are holding a love-feast just now, and the Republicans have a funeral on hand. Mirth and sorrow won't mix. Terre Haute Gazette: Conre33 very wisely yesterday sat down, and emphatically too by a vote of 123 to 77 yeas, on the impudent proposition of Hiscock, Republican member from New York, to suspend the rules und abolish the intern&l revenue tax on all forms of tobacco and on certain kinds of distii'ei liquor?. But what shall be said of the state of society when seventy-i-even members of Concrefs can be found who wish to make absolutely free the two thing?, of all the many used by mankind, which it i3 all accounts most desirable to tax and that heavily? These men fly thU3 in the face of common sense in order that the revenues may be so reduced that our robber tariff tax may be declared a necessity and bs perpetuated. When the tax on whisky and tobacco are abolished or reduced Congress ought 't3 be abolished. FaoliNews: To the vistor belon? the spoils" is a sentiment which should have no place in our political vocabulary. When applied to our politics it is wrong in every sense of the word, and disgusting to every righMhinking patriotic mind. It is at the bottom cf the theory that the cfiices were made for the benefit of the politicians. It Siands as an excuse for the naked, sorded, tclf-asjertion of the pot-house politician in demanding that great interest should be placed In his unworthy, incompetent hand3 in order that he may appropriate as spoils that which was intended to be end should te honest pay for competent, honest services. It is at war with the geniuj of our institutions, and with every sentim9Utof pauiotism. Spoils: That which is taea by violence or robbery. Plunder, Pill 5, Rooty. If ned metaphorically in connection with cur political system the Uroi dues violence to our language. Let it die, go oit of n-e and be forgotten. Let the idea of elect justice and strict accountability take its p!ace. Let thi be taught in appropriate language and enforced in practice. Spoils belng to barbarians and barbarous time, not to the gTeat Republic in the nineteenth century. State Librarian. To tfce Editor of the Sentinel: Sie Efficiency in executing a public tinstis greatly tobe desired. A peculiar fitness and capacity to fully meet the requirements of any official position is a matter of some importance to the people of the State. We claim thst these qualities are VC3CE3ed to the utmost limit by the presanö incumbint of the State Library. A successor to Mh3 Callis, State Librarian, is abjnt tobe chosen, and wa unite with her many friend3 in asking the Legislature to mate her her own successor. It has become a custom in onr State Nominating Conventions to compliment the incumbents of the State offices with a nomination lor a second term. This is meant as an emphatic indorsement of these officials by the peop, and it issafa to assert that if the office ot State Librarian was elective by the people she would not only have had the enthusiastic approval of the Nominating Convention, but we venture to say she would have ltd the ticket at the polls. It is not alone for the reasons just named that Miss Callis' friends asi for her re-election to the office she kolda. iShe has claims on the gratitude of the Democratic party of Indiana. As editress of the Martinsville Gazette for several year?, she did yeoman service in ths State and local contests; and it is the with of everyone who ha3 had business with the State Library that this lady be continued In tfce office she has eo acceptably held for the psst two years. w. c. it. Indianapolis, January 0. Didn't Know the Stairway. lExchange.l Two friends are seated before a table covered with empty bottles. "We must go home to bed," says one. 'Not without 'drying' another bottle," responded his companion. "No, not to night: I ean't get drunk for a few days yet." "Why?" "Bacause I have moved and am stopping with a friend." "And he doesn't want you to get tight?" 'No, it's not him; it's the stairways. I doa't know them yet, and they are awful steep." A Neat Compliment. Philadelphia Mercury (lad.).l The Democratic party even the hungry and thirsty branch of the establishmenthas thus lar behaved itself almost as admirably as Mr, Cleveland himself.

DEMOCBATIC EDITORS.

Fifth Annual Meeting of tho In dlar a Association Yesterday Resolutions Indorsing Senator 3IcIon aid for the Cabinet and Enos IJ. Reed fur Fhh Commissioner. ?he Sentiaol'o Course Approved by thö Editors Election of Ofllcora Speech of Vico Pro3ldent Hendricks. The Banquet at the Hotel English Largely Attended Rerponsea by a Number of Weil-Known Gentlemen. The fifth annual meeting of the D'mscratic Editorial Association of Indians was called to order at 2:30 o'clock yesterday evening by President I B. McDonald, editor of the Huntington Democrat. There were ecme thirty members present, an! ethers dropped in duii::g the session. Dr. R.J. Wilson, the regular S?cretary of tho association, being absent, D. T. Praigg, city editor of he Sentinel, we.s appointed ii act in that (Altcity. After the transaction of pome routine basinets the President deliyerei his annual address as t.oilonrs: rr.EsIDENT m'imjnaiiVs .:inr.vs. gkntiemf.n amj Bkuthukn or thb .sxtat! : Ai oiLor year Lh roil' .1 arouad unca we lnt met J" our aminal n :cctlit r. Ve are a.-iui 1ivj nt tosetner irom f. cv: of our nor 13.1 i :i 1 oJiwVS to greet e.:cu otli. r ia the beautiful Cip.ulot oar pn'Mt Sjh'p. wlicn t)"i whfr. v.o cicMovh other, and ia fote EiiMsure recount the toils nal inddeat o! the past eventful twelve noma.. Ulis fttfoci&tioa was organize! for mutual benefit of the l;eraocratto lltors of InJ a:i, as v-o'A as tte pnr'y mid principles of tho gr2-U l):mccratic party. We are unite 1 toother i.r tho a itunceicent of our nolle cilliusr ainoaj run a calling la itsUt to most uc.'ul ia tail or any cthtr country. Wiieii we reihet an 1 corapretie- a the rsBguituue ol our ret work r.uioiic; ine:i. Lor Hood or evil, we are ia a Kivat li insure asiouiiiie t. When we cc-niivier tae tool work vrmci a wc-11-reffulatcd j-ress tan rto we Iuta onir couiiaeuted the wori. It will bs n- rrosante for me tj My that tao readers of the productions is.vied by and through thfl Indisua pres ara as latoUient kh eiiy In tho Ittoubl'.c: that thc-Mj readers are each and everj dy tecomlijs inore capable of appreciating tho true nurii of the true editor and vutlishcr. Whea we consider the achlvcments of the rre.'s m Ibe pat, aLd what they m;iy be la the future, we mast conclude that thcra la a ureal werk for in in the future. 1 nka this proposition to you, gentlemen, that there is no calliu? among men, more useful and honorable, than the oue la whicu we are eruase 1. It i thoe litor and t uUsher who is the disseminator of good or evil in this and all other countries. Ihea ho important that truo ma. cool men mea wno hive cl?an hands and pure hearts, ihoull control our public pre". 1 take it to be true that the experience of all rood men, at leat, 1 that a corrupt tree c-m not produce good fruit. Then, can a corrupt press produce good public opinion, good morals, or good poveminent? 1 think we must admit that a corrupt press produces a corrupt public opinion, a corrupt community, and baa government. If we desire coo l noraln aiaoa? tho poopl-?, food communities, honest oilieialä and Road government, we must have an honest, virtuous aad fearless prsF. It is faid with nach force, a well as trith, that the pulpit has done much, to moralizj and dignify humanity In all ages and countries. Thi we are quite willing to amit. Lctineask what a?e cy CiKs done uore to aid the pulpit ttian the press? ve answer, none, of all the men wno exert au influence anon!; raea there ii no cUs which Fhould be more honorable, fair, just and truthful than the editor. The newspapsr d:s more at the present day to form pubiia opialcm, private sal public action, than any other a jene aasn neu. lhvn, how aeeesAary that the editor should be fair, bonest and Intelligent. As a rule bis writings are real by alt elates, tn nicro or lc, accordins to their rood tcno and force, form public ontui.m. li It not quite necosary tnat men of goal purposes, should conduct the pre"3 of our c ran try? 1 make the eUternent and etaud by it, that a corrupt and vasclllatins editor, one who ha? no repptct for himself or those around him, Is tho bitij of society and a disgrace to an honorable calling. A true newspaper mau should bo fair and brare brave enou?n to tell the tru.h, waea nectary fcr the public good. The trus editor will at all times have the discretion and courage to ara? tna acta of the evil-coor to tne p iblic Kass, for tag public good the Rood of the Community aud .täte. It is taid by some that persoa al jouruaiiini" is wrong. I am not prepared to admit th-j projOfition thus Fiated. "I'erional journalim" is fometiies quite i.1 pia;?, and ceccF-iary, to uucorer tho acti of tho publli hypocrite, the ciiarlitau and ths puMic plunderer. "I'trsoril journalise" is oitau juite pre per to brias to light and the pubhs e.i tne riempgogue's corrwpt character and o li :il tncktry; that ill the people may t? orctect; 1 irorn Imposition Indue time, whensuea ' peraoual jcurnalism" shall be conducted in tL.M'''),jr H'Uit, by the proper means, for the oar I pub.:;: Rt;od, it should bj done done biavely-witho n p.-rt'Oiial rancor or malice, ffy thus acting, the true editor will have done his or her duty well to the public. The true theory is tr.a: when the pre-d fijs'amesto Und by the public it should bj üir and learlcFS under any and ell circumstances. My friend., we have 'u.t passed tirojzh on of the not t'xcitin? podtical ccnte-ts ever .ntn-ed in this llepubl:'. It ii with reat pleasure tnat I .-iy 10 you, one and all, as well a? to the w'ao 0 psopH of the great Htste of In liana, th it ?'a f';bf al an 1 uatinu!; JJcaiocrcttic prv'ss cf Indiana has s'.oo I fhouldtr to fhouloer, like a gallant ar. I train ? 1 little army of veteran?, in defens,e of democratic principlc-3 and the rightäof the whole T'?opleof all ciafsen, Tnere not been a jar or brcat la yo'-ir whole line. Wnea the i'topie of lndlma nd the whole country saw such Hble orau.3 of the party as the Indianapolis ö"ntiuel i':1GlTman tcle&rtpli, the Kouth J.end Timet, the Eransville Courier, Demokrat, nud Trit.ine, the Sew Albany Ledger aua fress, tbs Fort Wayne Sentinel, Journal aad Staats Ztitua;, the Lareu:e' burs Kesister, tbo Lafayette Times, the Laports Arzus, Michigan City bi'pu'.f h, The Loan.sp-rt Thüros, the Terre Haute Gazott, th C'aJYfordsvlllo Review, the Jeficrso'iT'.Ue Tic and Herald, tha Koko.ao Disratcb. the Tern oeallhel, tlij helhyviile Liemocrat, and all the rpt of thg Daao'ra'.ic parenofthe State, whlca 1 have not time aal pace to mention In this siiort addrgs, coxia? uo in one fclid phalanx to battle for the Tevp:e and tne right, it was plaii.ly to be seaa tha: the Democracy would wla. The brava ra:u who controlled the Democratic press 0 Indiana, irorn t.hs ibih of Jnoe till the 4th day of November, lbs 1. were Larmonloua to a dt sreo never stea ia any ctate. Throurh more than four lonz ra?nth? of weary toll all worked with a will aad honeaty that ttruclc terror to their Opponent. W'a felt all the time tnatweraust aad would win in the treat battle. You all know the happy result of yovember 4, 1;S4, and I kaow that yon all feel gloriously U know that we hare sent "tho boys'' u Salt River, to sojourn for time Immornorial. While In this abort addrei to yon. ray comrades of the Democratic pros of Indiana, I so cheerfully accord to you due aad proper praise for your ood work?, 1 must cot forget to ask you one and all to not forget the prand eiVor'i of thoke "old Spartan" our faHQful leaders, Thomas A. IIeanck, Joseph E. McDonald, Daniel VV. Voorhees. Isa P. Gray, Mablon D. Jlanson, George . Julian, John 11. biohl, David 8. Coodir.tr, Bay less W. Uaana and many others equally 7illaat, whose na?s space will not permit ran to raentioa at this time. All were upon the watch tower, and did noble f ervice. One ot the pleasant features of the cam' paign vaa that Thomas A. Ueadricis was full revindicated by the people of Indiana aad the country; tbat Daniel W. Voorhees. tne valiant TallKicairujre of the abaJh,,, will receive his pleasant Beatence, "Well done, thou gool and faithful serraat," you 6hall be returaed to the United States Senate by the nnanlmouj voice of tte Indiana Democracy: that the man. who, lice fci ancestors ot the hills of old Caiedoaia-raen who never turned their backs to the enemy or faltered In tee line ot battle Joseph E. Jic Donald will receive the command of the great ra form Governor of New Yori and the President eltct to occupy a place in Ms Ministry at WasalnztoD ; that all tne real 01 tne ooys wao ara honest nd competent under President Cleveland'! rule mar receive their reward in due time and manner. All have mads the gool Cht; 70a nave won tne

victory. May onr reward coma to us all la tho way of good and honest government for all. Brethren, 1 thnk you kt the confidence you have reposed in your humble icrvaat as your presiding oüicer darin the T?t rca: a year eventful to you all politically. I thsck 3 ou for the honor of beinj at the heal of this a'sociaisoa ia the last memorabla contest. 1 cl4 this, my hört aidress to you, by sayla that I ihali ever remember your kiudaes, and alwa; p rcrueinterüig that like you, I am a citieiot fair Indiana, the keystone of tne sterling l.mo2rncy, livine between the two treat mountains of the lleputllc-the L'ppT Missi.'sippl Vall;y. iliy the rool people of Indiana, of all parties aa 1 creed especially her tallaat Deaocracy, ''.iir women and brave men," live lon aud happily under the b.nl;a int!u?nceof true and genuine civil F-.rvicc cood government for all of our eountryjsea. May the new year 1S3, which ko latfly dawr.c l ujon us, b2 one of &o.d health und tceral prosperity throughout tho entire lan i; that it shall te our good fortune to live in a )8nd where wo shll en jo. a p-acethat shall bo rura as well as the zo.ir raiions to follow us. ua 1 r the fhrine of true liberty, uatil the lliht ol t:ac Ehull cef.se. ELECTION OK OFKICEUS. The e'ection cf otScrs for the ensuins year wa9 the next ord?r of basiness, and James Apple.ate. Luther Short, BjjIp-s W. liani.a, J. B. Stoll, Dr. W. D. H. Hunter nrd John M. Higs were appointed a coain ittte to rtcommccd the same to the metirir. The committed retired far consultation, and returned with the following rec emmendatien, which were chosen unanimous fy. lnvsidcnt W. Scott F.ay. Shelby Demorrat. li:fttVice I'resldeat LUiry Francis, Micalan City Disca'f h. .veoud Vic? President J. T. Appleiate, New Albany Ledger-Standard. .-v erriary Lathtr ."Miort, Franklin Democrat. Corn ponding ixcretary Daa ilcDoua.d, I'iyno. th Ixnocrat. "JitRsurer William Hitehell, Ilsacock Democrat. l.xf cutive Comraltec J. K. Stoll, Fouth ll;nd Tüi t: Baylcss VV. llanna, Crawford ivii:e Keview; 1. T. IThI, Indianapolis Sentinel: Johu I'.in"i ny, liufchvilie Jacssouian, und G. F. dhatt, ort Ti'ayne Journal. MI3CELLAN20U3 ECSINE-5S. Hon. Baylesa Hanna introdaced the following repolntion, whicli was unanimously adopted bp a risin? vote: Tho Dcmocrati: KlitcrUl Association of Indihiirt, in annual convention assembled, deem it a rleasure, as well as a duty, to placa on reor 1 its lush r.ppreria!iou of th iersoaal worth and comrxaii'iiiis; abllui:s of Hon. Joseph E. McDonald. As a citizen b has our univ.ral esteem, as a stHtesniaa Ms renown emhra es bis country conseivative f.a the Convtitutioa aad progressive as events require, familiar with the needs of the Kepuiic, and capable of eoiviu? the mo it complex, problems relating to the welfare of the people, this a?:nc:atiou esteems it a :ti:i reward of bis labors as a Democrat an 1 a,n honor

to the elate and the country lor tntj i'resident of the 1'nite I stales to maka him oae of his coystilut:onal advi.-ers; therefore, bo it Kesolved, That Hon. Joseph E. McDonald be. aim he is hereby, recoaimcn ded to Hon. Grover CKreiand. IVtsdent elei t, as pie eminently salted for a place in his Cabinet. Hon. W. Scott Hay introduced the followin-: lit solved. That the Indiana Democratic ElltnriallAsoc'mloa extend 10 tho Indian spoils -entine) an txpre-lon of its appro.'ai aad alr.i'ratioa for its feaness advocacy of soan 1 Deraoeritic ide is durirg the Ute campaign ani tne gahaatry with wMca it nitt tne a?iauus raaua upon it aad tao Democracy of Indiana. Hesoivcd, ThRt this asoclatioa bcrtilv comrreuis Hon. Jona C. Shoemaker, publisher of the eotlnel, as well deserviag the recoalttoa of taa Democracy aad ol the iacomla; aimialstratioa. The resolution was unanimoualy adopted. and Joiiah Owinn, of tho New Albany Tablie rtss, presented the following, which waj also adapted: ReFOlved. That, estimatinz the full valuo of the fsn lutercitaof tho ötate of ladiana. tho editors of the Deinccrati papers of the State hereby recommend to 1113 i.xcdiiency, Governor Isaac I4. Gray, the appointment of L'nos li ileed, editor ol the Indianapolis People, for Fish Com minion or. After same interchange of views regard ing the place of holding the eemi-an-nual meetinr; in June next, Maxinkuckee was ereed upon, and D.iniel McDonald, of r.y month: A. T. Bitters, of Kochüster, li. F. Lcuthrain.'cf Lozansport, were appointed a committee to arrange ad matterj cannocted nh ths meeting. Some difcusion was had of tho proposed ditorial trip to 2cw Orleant, but nothing of lnterebt was developed, ami it 13 by nomeans certain that the editors vill go 83 an association. Franfe Arnold, IS. A. Eckels and IJ W. Hanra were appointed a committee to inv-f-tii.a!e tho subject of railroad transpcrUlion. Mil. HENDRICKS' EZM AUK3 . Vice President elect IIndrici3 entered the roora during the transaction of raicellar".eoas butinets, r.:id was greeted with that lieirty upplaDie v;hirh he always awakens among Lemocrats. AV'h'n introduced by President McDonald, he said that it waa not hi3 purrete V: hen invited to speak, wa3 it so r.ow. to make any extended remarks. He c;r-gr.itulated tha'Democratic prejs for hiv ing placed before tho people the thou ht tl a tie people ehoaid control ths selection of their inlcis without fraudulent interference upon lb pert cf any. Applause. Tiie paptrs of Indiana haci djne much to im-pre:.-tLii sentimont upon the minds of t s.e pipe, and though the election wa reu ark&bly close turning upon a very small vots in a lire S:ate tho rrsult is ecQuitscei in by all. Mr. Hendricks said that it ws a hard mat'rr to mate a speech after a campaign had cluitd. but h thought tht tbe people had epoen upon thd subject of reform. Upon the force of the arguments of the Democratic press tha dciioa ot the people fllosved that there t-honld ba a change. It ia settled that taxation hall be limited to tho waut cf the Govcma:ent. This was demanded bj the platform impressed ;ijon the people by tl e pres.-, aud iia3 been indorced by the peopie cf the co -.in try. Tha sphrtr said tht he admired the i jcTepnoeuc9 of the Piinocr&iic pievj dur!:: the CirnpaiK'j, and he whs glad that Indiana had trusted amo;t enlire'y to Indiana taieat. There wer- fa Speakers from others piacs, and Indiana depended larg&ly upon herself. 4T congratulate you that you have made yourselves f U in this woik. You inttracted tha peop!e well, ar d as a result cf your labors they lnl an intelligent conception of the Eubjects before the people, aud acted upon them. I can not express to you the deep feeling ot gratitude which I feei for the hearty support which you gave me." Applause. Her. Gecrge W. Julian was called oat, but he declined to speak, sayicg that after the admirable remarks of Mr. Hendricks he did not feel that he could add anything that would tend to the edification of those präsent. Tbe meeting then adjourned to assemble at Maiickuckee in Jane. TUE TAXQCET. The banquet at the English Hotel last evening was in every respect a magnificent affair. One hundred or more gneats were in attendance, and a social time was enjoyed in tbe parlors of the hotel until 10 o'clock, when the rooms to the banquet tall were thrown open and the guests entered two by two. The spacious dining-room was decorated with fia.s and bunting, and three long tables occupied the middle portion of the room. Beissenherz'a orchestra, which had enlivened the evening with a number cf appropriate airs, was seated in tbe hall and added additional pleasure to tbe entertainment. The menu consisted of everything in the way of delicacies, meats and traits, and was enjoyed to an extent rarely witnessed on tuch an occasic. Sociability marked the entertainment throughout. After the repast bad been disposed of speechmakiDg was the order of the evening, and Hon. Kcas Clark wes appointed master of ceremonies. "American titates and Ameri

can Statesmen" was the first toast, and was responded to by Judge Nib lack. Jühai MBLACK f aid that the first notification which he received that he was expected to make a epeech on the occasion was the notice printed in the newspapers during the afternoon, and for that reason he appeared ill prepared to discharge such t. duty. Tne held which his subject embraced was a large and interesting one, and necessarily required more thought than be had been enabled to give it on eo short a notice. There is no governing class in this country as in the States of Europe, but America has always had its statesmen, Washington, possibly the highest type, repm?atirg ths soldier and the scholar, with broad views of public policy, a life of public integrity and a l:eprt whoso highest aim was. hi3 country's gcod. One of the strongest types of tbe soldier statesman was that grand old patriot and FOldiVr, Andrew Jack3on. Applause. He was lacking poj-ioly in Eonia things that Va3hinc:toa po$5c;ged, but no man had a higher order of physical and moral coarage than he. The speaker said that his early training was calculated to prejudice him against the Dtmccrats. but within the last thirty years arid more, erpecially the la3t liüeen jears, ha had been thrown in contact with cid men who knew Jackson, and his Fariy prejudices had completely disappeared. He rei erred to Jeilerson as a statesman who had won deserved renown, but who differ d from Jack9on in many partculirs. He dtneminated Jeilerson a? the beai on light ot th9 world wherever liberty

13 io?ed. Je"erson promulgated trie dec rice that minorities have rights as well as majorities. Gy was a (talesman and a patriot, a natural-horn leafier of men. The and many cithers wheni he mentioned as examples of American statesmanship constituted a class cf which tho counfry will ever fpel proud. HON. PAYLEt-S W. HANN A respcnc'fd to the toajt, "American Irishmen and Irish Americans," 83 follows: Vau rmiPENT and Gentlemen The pontiment ju.-t read in thvpir:t I am sure it is intended is to icy rolnd full aiid overllowins with meaning. It oire ts our thoughts at once to all that Is divine ia music, elevatinj in eloq,ucnc J and heroic wnere thoLii'o blart calls to duty and to darin,'. Uut you will pardon mj when 1 pay that I really dislike tny intimation of classified Citizen. When you aad I say we are American citizens we mean tne sane tbin. Born here, or wherever we may have tetn born, man or woman, white or black, rich or poor, we wear the same purple robe of Nation al bonor and National brotherhood. Dut. tir, oa an occanon liLe this we may be ladu'g'.d for every proper conception of thi dUnity and vaPie of our historic nthnitles and obligations 1 hero arc gentlemen around me Irish born, hu i fone T,rUt)g lroia the Irish race, transplanted here by other geaeratioas of the bygone years. To all such alike our pontluient opans the record of aa iUuvtrious ancestry. It was our shepherd boy wi e, oa me hrtl aides of Antrim more than fourteea centuries ago, with sturdy arm and racked Meeve, raised the banaerof truth, and consecrated it? Lhssed folds to the ues of clviliza'ioa forever. It was our Fearsall, who watched the planets with mch aa idolatrous fascination, that his trualess Lead was tossed in the air by the priests of a besotttd FUperstition. It was our Goldsmith, whesi beavenly hymns will be the lullaby of every feverish human sleep. It was our liurke, who malthe forum neem lite the throne of Jov, at once the place of terror, and where the ;?ret lyre filled the world with cveilatins: melody. Thus allied, thus invigorated, thuj pred2Stinate3, we must walk together hand in hand, in the fulti'.lment of a rijsteriou-, aad we trust exalted destiny. lir. I'resideat, lot us now turn away from thej pleasant taunts of memory: these endearments of common ancestry, and enter the field of the living present. Unquenchable love of lelf-gov eminent and home rul has been the ruling passion of every Irishman I have ever knowa. Uy Fome strange fatality they have eluded his Krasp for centuries. Hone rule has beea no part of his inheritance beyond the sea. Here, and here oaly, it has been attained, and here we believe it will endure aa Ion? as tho love of the human race shall be superior to the blandishments of intrigue in search of personal advantage. If the people would be free, they must keep their government simple and pure, and keep it within their own hands. Oaa jot or tittle of dopirture Ircrn that lire. Is an iastautatieons mcaanee of ifoiiarchv or empire. I have thought much ucoa this subject, end my conclusion is, that tho ernancipatlrn of Ireland will come, by concessioa of wbat the Cngli-U people Till at last demand for tbeirelvc. Tne empire of the Indies and the rnor.u'chy of Urltauy, indicate what quality of mano'd rao-:t pauently endure tho burdens of iiuMvldual power. EuülßBd is called a limited, llborat, popular rnc!a;ehy. 6he calls herself th3 United Kinglom cl Grftt Uritaia. Ireland is claimed as a part of this United Kingdom. How united .' She is held there In the iron grasp of military powsr tor spoliation and scarcely any other purpo-e. There is no union ltween Fn?lana and Ireiand, aad there never can be any ach union that is not established" upon tho imDcrishable rock of jjstice. No good government can eland on any other foundation. Century after century has been rol ed up la the tcroll ot the acc, but no vote ct Ireland ever was free, which coaid men are In the leas; tne Ciprico of tiid crjwn, or chill with the faintest shadow the insatiable cu-p;-ii:voi the KiiwUsh aristocracy, ia this comtry ve s-y that the land was mala for tho brave, ho.i1 and that will till it make it l.in.h with dowers, purple with vines &n i yellow wiih tho heavy st-rk nod ' it k welcome to tho rorainz of the fr.endly pickle. In Ireland they say tne tiller was maue for the land, and that ho mast lj chained to it until he dies as he waa born tho sUvu of aa i lie, viciou. insniable succes-slon. Civilizitioa will tome day curs tuca a spirit from tha it x of theeatlh. 'Jen of Ireland, you have come to us fro-a the most l.( autnul frpot under the sun. Itoabrcca 1 ;,!lC,lOi) pc res of a.ab'e lani, capable of sustainleer Ii; co-ifort C0,0CP,f Oj soul-?. There ar not over ö.OJO.C.'O cl people there this hour. Vh.:re ar ttiev ? 1 hey are everywhere but at home. They are lor nd in the industries of every part of the habitable s'obe they are fceen anoa? tne maits cf all the bhips upon the sea. Toeir eloquence kindled the f.rcs cf the American revolution, aad wjiere tne battle was hottest thpir bnes most mrely lined the paths to victory. Taev made aad they unmade Napoon I. Th?y bora ibe eal s cf Fraaca la triumph over the deso'ation cf W5:ar3t ftn,j tr,ey pp.w iho ep!r3 and th3 mailed mjLii of di.-8tiay M-rith tcgether, amidst the Lavoc and defeat of VksttTloo' All this Iheytav seen hut not oae r.f the lob2 .ia of Henry. Üont 'oziory, UcDoahi 1 1 r vvciiixjgton ever f-a any Irien Uy üig viotectLisown birth-'aal inland of the&ca, which te luster of Irish valor will cover wi;h glory loret r. .so If any p?ople on earth have learned lb.2 lesion of rn-erula by heart, it is the Irih people. For centuries the 6Wt at of agony has atoo 1 upon the pale Ead faces cf their ill-iated fathers. Thousands upon thousands ot uea have como here for deliverance, and how well do wc laow the Democratic party has always laid to tham welcome and thrice welcome to our auores. In 1335 a powerful poetical party Eet to work here to drive them out. They bated their nationality and they despl.-ed their religion. II wis called the Know-Nothinj party, and it was infidel or Christian to all alike who would täte ita cath to make war upon every man of foreign birth and of the P.oman Catholic faith. There tha Democratic party stood; t&ere it delivered bittle, and there, upon that very jrreuad, won its prou 1est victory for our constitutional zusrantess, aui in vindication of the conscience of alt mn. wherevpr the American fla? hies over the ant. it protects. Adams; Orroll and Paine wielded the pea of the Revolution: Washington, Lifayetta sal Ethan Allen fought iti bitties. An unnoiestel conscience, unrestrained peech and an antrammeletl press Is tke lifo and destiny of the Democratic parly, as it has been the hope of nnuumberfd Ir:kh natriota through all the centuries they have suCered and died in disappointment. Let 'me for a moment, gentlemen, address especially such native-born men of Ireland aa nay be here to-nbiht. You are now with us, and of us, In every sense of American citizenship, but your hearts linger tenderly still with the land ot your birth. Ireland atamds today uncrowned axaonr the Nations. She is acarrei with the cruelties of untold calamities, and hoary with tho priefaof centuries -but she is as sweet and dear and beautiful in every americanized-Irish heart this moment a she was ia the inplrel soul of her piitron saint in the centuries loa? numbered with tte r1- I need not address your prejudices or appeal to the events ot tne pant to arouse youa lore of country. As in roar eyes the eUr Is beautitui, the sun re?plendeat. the oceam mijetic your native island homo will forever seem like an emerald jewel without a rival In nature's realms. The ripple of the friendly sea rolllckta? over its creea shores linger In memory like dimpi e on tne langhin? fc2 of beauty. Your rivers and lakes hare stirred the harp of tie loftiest

Cf nlui your chancel and yaur forum ranj wit the Toice of the mos, lplred eiouaenre. Yoir hills and valleys hive boen drenched with ths blood c! patriotic sacrifice. Has all this been ia Tain? Ah.no, men of Iielaad, that caa not bv The craves of Glasnevcns (leaetery will be opened, Tbe seals of O'conael'j sarcophagus will be broken. The despotic sentry of the ualettcrtd tomb will unfetter the great spirit it can hold no longer. Dan; oa shadows will not always caill the spirit of liberty in Ireland. Tte cl uds ere Kitaennz sal toe distant thunJer of rovolatloa is already rumblla? in the East. Its advancinc march is low, but its bristlicg columns are tern and mithty. Hsbeaa Corpus cost a thousand years of connect aa 1 re-er-voirs of blosd. Nearly 0) years ol lnjastica n 1 trueity proceeded tbe surrendet of Lallan i'a word by Cornwall! to WashlnRton and tne Contilc ntal army. Aa the Christ spoke ant the d?tl CAine forth from the sopa Cher, the voice ot oi will 1k beard acaia nd the (Jratun the O'Cocuells ani tn-i I'arnells emerge at lrom hnslanl's prifon walls, ani wita ths ch sei of inspired mutiny inscribed the prophetic epitaph upon the untouched rnarbla slab of Koojrt immet, who rintia? voice taiil sounds roual end roucd tne earth, aad will forevennore. Duakcou vails are not secure in the pre sencj of a people maJdtr.cd with want and lishe i tr tha deliriuni of athousHud memories of oppression. Kniand caa not aford taut h loader t' she l the bloodofrr.cn whose only crime is their attempt to rescue w retched mothers and won lerin? children from tue wo:f of starvation. The s tout's of very pri.-cu wall she can build ia a hundred years will at last cry out io mutiny a iust it. üut, sir. time will solve its own problems. Oar perticn is to work aad to wait. If we are remus evils will come if wo are faithful aad true, the fclory of the future will exceed every tope it has excr.ed. let all tbe people who wear thu imperial iobe of the American citizea hold oa to every rhht cuaraateed by the Federal C'oasiitutiou. Yield up nothinij. All power not conferred by this Constitution uron the Government ara reserved to the people, livery lestiativo power which the great Congress of the Unite 1 states hag to-day proceeds fiom it, and from no other source. The people ani the p.opla oniy, are the oae sale bulwark ol all our iastitutiovs. Let them keep the entire Kovernneat ia their own hun-ls forever. The ait utet departure from this line is public dsnsr. Liberty loaned 11 liberty lost. In Home tbe eeaite, the Triumvirs and Casar followed in quick sucrvslon: ia i raace tbe Assembly, the Consuls and Napoleon. Ou the evening of this hallowed anniversary day let us renew the pledecs of our fatuers, iu aiain cur anthem or ptrpetua allesiiitice, lay the cvpress wreath upon the graves of our martyr, and hand in hand press forward ia the miatv nuuch cf human propre. HON. WILLIAM H. ENGLISH In response to the toast 'Tolitici and Das ness," eaid: Uk Pr.E5ir.ENT and Gr.NTi.EMF.s-In coaderini tho relations between business and politics," you have no doubt observed that the result of onr Presidential e f ctious Is sometimes crcatly influenced by tbe condition th business of ma country is in at the time of the election. If the condition i ittLshictory aad the country prosperous, tbe caanccs that the party in power will suc?ed are greatly increased, beeauss If the msss of voters arc doing well they naturally conclude that well enough should be let a. one and tbe hazzird of a ctanj;e avoided. If, ou the other hand, business is dull, farmers and manufacturers without satis:acury market lor their products; if many mechanics and workmen arc unemployed, or poorly paid, thea the rarty in power is aliaot certain to B9 defeated. The n.n..-8 of votersaredlsiatlsfitd, and naturally conclude that a change would not ba lively 10 nat times worse, and night nate them better. li. fact, when tbt people are not dcin as well as they thn l; thev onsht to.it coe:not tikenuca to ( -nviiic them tbat they are not well govern 1, anc in majority are very apt to decide that the paT y In povu r must po. M.eremaybe no sufficient rcacon for ctaadin? uv the party In the one case, or overthrowing it iu io other, for good or bud times may have resulted from causes beyond the control tf the party in power. Hut the maws ..r Tint nt to t.ikn thni rifw nf It

In fact, a great many do not understand intricate questioEi of finance and sovernment, but vota according to their Prejudices, or their condition, or the personal influences that surround tueai at tbe time of tho election. Kven voters of superior culture and fatelllzeace, who are recogaled as mea of buslaers aad subsUiLce, often pay but little attention to political question, and take no part ia politics until it is lorrcd upon them by a condition of a flairs that lirectiy affects their business or personal Interests. I will digress to say that In my judjmcat snca indifference is to be regretted, tecanc, this be:nr a Eovernment of tne t-ople, it is the duty of every citizen to 00 his full pirt la carrying lton successfully. ,,If," as 13 said, "the price of liberty Is eternal vigilance." it can be said with equal truth that "eternal vigilance" is requisite to secure tao bhfcsicgsof gcod sovcrnnsnt. Indeed, it may l.e rather doubted whether, under ovr system ol gz fronest, a man discharge the duties of a gool citizen who do-s not sluJy current political questions and do all he can to secure honest, caiable and deservine men to make and execute the laws. Without Rood Kovernm.'ut there ia no sußiciet security for life, liberty, property, morals or religion, and it is not wise to leave the security of these blessinci to chance. The stream is cot likely to be pure that Is impure at Its source, and therefore it is thd duty of the business men of the country, and, in fact, of every citizen, whether of hipn or low decree, to Kive these matters attention from the beiaaia by laboring at the primaries and convention, as well as at tne polls, to secure wise measures of legislation, aad boacst, capable and faithful public o facers. And I venture 1o rsmark that in ray ;ul-mat there is no place whe re this "eternal vU'.Uace" n more Teeded than in our city Rovernmeats. These are tco often controlled by ward bummers aad tbe very morst elements la tha community, simply because the better class of citiT."tg Ecg'ect to Rive such n'tt;rs attention at theproptr time. I submit that In municipal matters the busiacss aud law Abidiu; citiz'as ought to stamp out politics entirely, or eis combine and control in the interest of law and order aad god povemmeut. Until tbat can be accomplished, probably, the best thins to d is to restrict, within healthy limits, the power of thoe mutdcipal corporations. lUturxdnz to the consideration of the eTyt of (rood cr bad times ia determinier thu result of onr Presidential elections, I rciaemU- that ia tho campains of lk3i-'40, when I r-t eatere-l T-olitical life as a Democratic worker, not then a voter, business was preitiy depressed, aal tue stream arcument n;ed spalast the re-election of -Marlin Van Lursn, to Democratic caaii late. was that bard times hd come under his administration, and that a change mizht make t'jm better. That arrumcnt settle I it. and ia the lanuaeof a dOegrti of that Cay, tha result tLowcl that Little Mattle Van V.ti a baily ned up man. I Tf member, too, that ia tbat csnvas ?he Whi?s ettrlbuKd the "said times" in part to the sib-Ire'-ury vstera wi ich r.d been dop'ed un i;r tiie Van JJaren aiu:lnisratioB. And yet this mea-uie provr-d to eminently wi e aad propsr that even the JVlifs, when they cane into power. Cared not dlstuib it, and it lain lull and successful cpcraticn to this lay. Hut how have good or bad times lallacncei the result at rctent elections'. ' Ivasoftourse a pretty c:o?e observer of tne Presidential fontftd of lbSO, and fuiiy realized then that the prosperous condition of the country at that time srreatly strengthened the chances of th' ceEdidates of the par'y In power. The commercial ieports of both Dun andEradstreet rtcokniicd authorities upon the subjectshow that ttere vvtre fewer failures and greller prosperity in l?iO than any year in this decade, j he country was ttcn at the zenith ot its prosperity, and that naturally iuured to the advantaee of tbe party in power and undoubtedly caatributed to its success. imt ttat party fiscally falle 1 in kccpla.the country in a prosperous coniltlon. Matters vrsdually grew weise ender their rule, and cnim lea ted ia ls81 in an eaormoci brinka?eof values of all kla-ts ot property, and stagaa'don and distress ia every braaca of business. The same authenty already quoted (aradstreet) f timatea that tnere were SöO.COJ fewer peraa cmploved in one department of industries aloae in the United tatei than there was in 1SW2. Alto tbat the nnrabr of failure la tbe United Bute lncreed fro-n 4.350 ia ls-Di to ll.C2ClnlI,ani the lUb'litl-s on account of tbf failures increased from $'j7.12Q,O0Jin lv) to 24S.7lO.CCO In loL And observe tee are only the iailuies reported. There wcro undoubteliy many others, and a sreat many were brought taaenpaled condition who did not actually f ml. , , Is it aay wonder then that with this frlarhtfal decline of prosptrity under p.epabiican rule the reople decided to call a halt to what a ira.ority of them considered was a r.epublican march to bankruptcy and mini They natura'.lj sked : Dil not tae TtepuMicin party eiact, durinz this period of hard times, aad bfore. an amount of tax Tatly erester than needed for an economical administration of the Government? Eld not this excessive revenue leal, as it always does, to extravagant and corrupt expenditures and general demoralization? N st not immense sums of mousy hoarded 1 ia the Treasury which oueht to have rsnaiaed la tbe pocseia of the people? 1 know Kepahlicans attempt to jaitlf Ulis hla