Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 43, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1878 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1878.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12. A STRCStj resolution against Mexicanizing the government will be in order just to help Sherman oat of h a trouble. A EsoLino3f denouncing' Anderson and declaring that John Sherman never wrote that letter will be in order. Hates rewarded all the crime-stained criminals, but the rad must declare him innocent of a knowledge of frauds notwithstanding. Be Butler hiu finally dragged Hayes into the investigation. Hayes will have to ahow the letters in his possession relating to the Louisiana fraud and the conspirator-.

General Noble, General Wallace, General Haskell, Major Harriott, Colonel Wolfe and Captain Myers arc candidates for nominations. This would be an army of officer without privates. In endorsing the financial policy of the government the republicans must not omit the remonetization of silver and the prohibition of retiring greenbacks simply because they were democratic measures. "iive tM man a consulate In a wa'm climate. TbMlsaspecialca.se. It. It. II." And thev want to assail the president on account of 'this llttla note Still they say "this man" Anderson wm a bad man and in fact he says so himself Cincinnati Commercial. "This man" was Anderson, who is helping Sherman to a warm climate. Tue ticket nominated to-day to be defeated in October is most likely to be, For Secretary of State Gen. Lew Wallace, f Montgomery county. For Auditor of State ien. Milo S. Haskell, of Elkhart county. For Treasurer of State Major tieorge F. Harriott, of Johnson county. For Attorney Oeneral Hon. Henry Clay Gooding, of Vanderburgh county. A great crime committed by men high In authority in ls7t-77 is the source of the present unrest of the country, and none but criminal or the apologists and dependent of criminals, protest against the most searching liifjuiry into the authors and methods of - the Mexlcanlzing" process that was (torn of the Ijoulsiana ana Florida frauds. Philadelphia Times. That is the way it is striking the people all over the country. It is always in order to expose crime. The Potter Investigation will accomplish two objects at least. These an the consollelation of the republican party and the nomination of Mr. Potter for tbc governorship of New YorS. Unfortunately the former of these o'jects may neutralize ell the good effects promised by the latter. Cincinnati Enquirer. The Enquirer has taken considerable stock in the radical enterprise of frightening the demo?raiic party from the duty of thoroughly investigiting the frauds by which Hayes obtained oflice and still howls about the consolidation of the radical party in defense of its conspirators. If the radicals want to consolidate on a large stock of frauds they will have an opportunity. Let them avail themselves of their advantages. Probably there Is not a man In the state whom General Manson would not rather have IiikI oppoed to him than General Miller. Th old demagogue of the Ninth district has ot lils hands full, and a good deal more besides. Journal. To apply the epithet of "old demagogue" to General Manson. as the Journal has done, evidences its low instincts, and gives assurances that during the coming campaign the Journr.l will, as usual, rely upon its vapid blackguardism for euccess. The Journal compliments General Miller, and expresses the opinion that from some cause General Manson will tremble in the presence of his competitor. If Miller has ability of high order which we doubt the fact will only the more gratify Manson, for in that event the democratic standard bearer, when he brings the radical champion into camp irhich he is certain to do will only have the more cause fr gratification. OX THE DEFENSIVE. When Montgomery Blair made his famous attack upon radical frauds in the Maryland legislature, radical organs and conspirators spit defiance at the whole business, and timid democrats here and there chimed in, while the independent press (?) was blatant in. predicting all sorts of disasters. Suddenly McLin, feeling that the fires of hell had got hold upon him, made a clean breast of it, and changed the whole current of thought, convincing 11 reasonable men that an investigation was unavoidable. But this did not have the effect to.abate in the least the howlings of radical conspirators and their organs. On the contrary, they became more defiant and more arrogant. Predictions of business prostration, and threats of revolution were free !y made. Hayes' title was exalted and venerated, and war was intimated and almost declared. John Sherman vaulted into the ring like a prize fighter, shied his castor at congress, clinched his fist, pro' claimed his purity and Innocence, and hissed defiance. Stanley Matthews rattled like a pea in a tin cup, and everybody asserted the ' beautiful serenity of Hayes, intimating at the same time that his spinal column had been discovered; that it was becoming rigid and that he would fight under certain circumstance). With this exhibition of haughty presumption the small fry rads assumed a disdain of the proposed investigation. which added immensely to the contempt which honest men entertain for knaves. The investigating programme, however, was carried out faithfully. Radical congressmen kicked and bolted, but they could not arrest the Inevitable. And now what? The contumelious and imperious bearing of the conspirators is completely knocked out of them. John Sherman and Stanley Matthews have had their political necks broken, and are now stretched ought in the investigiting morgue, while Anderson and the Potter committee are still experimenting Mpon them with more testimony. It is sad to reflect that Mr. Justice Harlan, who so recently donned the -gown and wig, is likely to be made conspicuous as the friend of Anderson. The country will feel all the more pained at this announcement since Judas Bradley had sufflcientiy disgraced the supreme court during the period of the eight to seven infamy. With such fact in full view it is not surprising that some of the more far seeing organs of the conspirators begin to realize that the time has arrived for' a crawfish movement; that certain distinguished radical villains, are doomed to disgrace, and that

prudence demands an outspoken confession of the fact, that something maybe saved from the wreck of the radical party. The New York Times has taken the initiative tep, and the small fry organs will doubtless take up the line of march in the name direction. The Times says: Mr. Sherman's authorship of the letter attributed to him is not disproved by the revelation of Anderson's guilt. Mr. Sherman's equivocation, with the document In his band, contrasts so painfully with his positive declarations to newspaer correspondents, and his valiant challenge to the committee, that he must now establish the falsity of the paper or submit to the unfavorable interpretation which the circumstances suggest. Mr. Stanley Matthews' iodtion la worse. The inure clearly Anderson is proved to be a scoundrehtbe more the Ohio senator Is damaged by the confidential relations that are exemplified in his letters. The Nash agreement, infamous on its face, was in Mr. Matthews' possession. Other things growingout of intercourse with Anderson must have familiarized him with that man's true character. Yet Mr. Matthews introduced him to General Harlan as worthy of confidence, recognized his claim to a substantial reward, and exerted himself strenuously, again and again, during a period extending over months, to satisfy Anderson's demand. The offer of the Funchal consulate was the product of Mr. Matthews' Influence with the president or Mr. Evarts, or with loth. We are not required to. believe one sentence that Anderson has uttered to form a Judgment as to the part played by Mr. Matthews. Unless he can prove that these documents are forgeries, protestations In his Itehalf will be in vain. The attempt to explain them away Is an insult to common sense. And the public, while branding Anderson ns he deserves to be, will not sutler legal quibbling to change the Jnlgment In regard to Mr. Matthews for which his letters furnish ample foundation. This pretty effectually settles two of the conspirators who helped, by forgeries and perjuries, to elect Hayes. The Time?, after suggesting that the radical party desires fair play for the two convicted felons, says: But neither In their case nor In th case of any other of Its members who may suffer from the Inquiry in progress, is tho patty under the slightest oullgatlon to assume their burden, to make l'self amenable for their conduct, or to do violence to its moral sense in order that they may be shielded from the consequences. The very opposite is the course which alone fie party ought to pursne. '1 he proposition it has maintained Is, that the republicans of Louisiana are the victims of fraud, not its erpetrators. If it be proved that "visiting statesmen" were privy to fraud of any sort, it must leave them to their fate. The prestige of the party may temporarily sutler from the acts ot individual members, In no way authorized to sealc in its behalf, but identified with it in t tie popular m ma. This injury will be immaterial If the party vindicate its Integrity by standing a'oof from persons implicated, and leaving the truth to oo Its work. The instincts as well as the interest of the party are on the side of right. We submit that from arrogance to a whining plea for mercy the attitude of the radical party is the most abject that was ever seen. We hear no more of revolution or of Mexicanizing the government, but instead the whine of whipped hounds. The radical party is directly and entirely responsible for the frauds in .Florida and Louisiana, and the people's sense of justice will not permit the party to escape the odium, indignation and penalties it so justly merits.

THE INDIANA RADS IK COUNCIL. To-day the Indiana ra ieals, postmasters, pension agents and other swag fiends, mee t in council to deliberate upon the outlook, take observations, repair their political dugoat, nominate a state ticket, make and publish a platform, and then retire to be most gloriously thrashed in October. Lingle, of tbc Lafayette Courier, who feeds at a swag mill, proclaims that "the republican party 'in Indiana has never been more perfectly 'united than now. In point of fact we doubt 'if in the great campaign of 1S(J0, when with 'Lane and Morton we swept the state, there was more harmony or better tokens of sue 'cess." With this perfect union, gushiog fraternization, bear hugglDg and general ovulatory performance it is to be presumed that all things will appear lovely, Hi it Hayes' offi cials, grown rotund while pulling atgovcrnment teats and bum; iog the government, udder will appear smiling, and that those who want to suck will keep their mouths in the most artistic pucker while they glorify fraud as a means of party success. Under such circumstances the radical goose is likely to hang altituielum to-day. These swag fiends will concoct a returning board platform upen which to stand, and we suggest that it may read about as follows: '1 be swag fiends of Indiana, office holders under a fraudulent president, as also those who want oflice, In convention assembled, dech 1. That Hayes' title, obtained by frauds unparalleled; forjreries deliberate, premeditated and devilish; perjuries the most nefarious and damnable, is in all regards as good as that under which George Washington administered the government. 2. That J. Madison Wells, Anderson, Cassenave and Kenner, who applied the power of ierjury to lift Hayes info power, are Christian statesmen of exalted worth, and ought to be rewarded by Hayes, the beneficiary of their crimes. 3. That McLin. who with quickened conscience confessed to the Florida frauds, uncapped the dens of radical criminals and shocked the world by recitations of crime so essenti illy satanic that the devil himself was amazed, is no longer in fellowship with the radical party and ought not be rewarded for stealing the vote of Florida. 4. That the Potter investigating committee, constituted for the express purjiose of taking the stuffing of fraud, lies, forgeries and perjuries out of ' the radical party, and of showing to the world in their true light the crimes committed in the interest of Hayes and to reverse the will of of the American people, is too much resolutionary uud not sufficiently revolutionary, and ought never to have been appointed. 5. That John Sherman has been caught and exposed as a dintinguished radical conspirator, who went to Louisiana in the interest of Hayes, where he contracted to give official rewards for perjuries; notwithstanding which, considering the fact that he was successful, whereby the radical party gets all the offices, he has our'confidence and condolence, and should be impeached and disgraced. His scoundrelism shall be remembered, and when he dies we will endeavor to erect a monument to his memory. C. That in as much as the Hon. D. W. Voorhecj bas added new luster to American statesmanship by his masterly arraignment of Sbylockism, and made his name immortal by his defiant stand in favor of the people and for the restoration of the business of the country, it becomes the swag fiends in convention assembled to denounce the said Senator Voorhees on all occasions. 7. That the Indianapolis Journal made a consummate ass of itself 'when it truthfully admitted that the silver bill and the bill to repeal the resumption law were distinctive democratic measures gotten up

to kill off the radical party, and that the said Journal ought to be kicked, and that before adjournment this convention will proceed in a body and perform said duty. 8. That things just now arc looking rather blue, but with an unusual development of back bone and tbc aid of such appliances as placed Hayes in power our hearts need not get down into our boots. ' 9. That a large army to shoot workingmen and to stand guard oyer returning boards is required by the best interests of all radical conspirators. 10. That it is a glorious triumph of John Sherman's policy that greenbacks have been brought to par by pro3trating business, bankrupting the country and compelling millions of workingmen to remain idle and starve. 11. That as John Sherman said to Anderson, when offering official positions for red hot perjuries to make Hayes president, it is the duty of Indiana tads and swag friends to "stand firm" defend fraud, apologize for forgeries and perjuries and hang together if we would not hang separately.

The New York Herald, though assuming tone independent in politics, has a strong leaning towards republicanism. In an article on the Sherman letter it says editorially: MR. SHERMAN'S LETTER. The vague, halting and (we regret to be compelled to use so strong a woid) shuttling testimony of Secret ry Hiennan before the Potter committee on Saturday prod aces a painlul impression. It is not so much the contents or ihe a'leged letter that excites this feeling of doubt and distrust a the previous defiant declarations of Mr. herman. He stated not long since to the special corresjwndent of the Herald in Washington, In language as positive and emphatic as it was possible for outraged innocence to employ, thai if such a letter as he was accused of writing existed at all, it is a forgery and fraud He based this emphatic, the detlant disclaimer on bis clear and positive recollection that he had never written any letter at all to persons connected with the Louisiana returns. Now, it that statement made to our special correspondent at Washington was true, it is amazing that Mr. Sherman did not repeat it with the same strong emphasis In his testimony before the committee. Why did he halt aud shuttle in a matter wherein bis unsworn statements had been so positive and absolute? We will not now discuss thequcstlon whether the alleged letter, if genuine, is consistent With Mr. t herman's Innocence. If his wholesale denial to our correspondent were not so recent and so pointed the drift and beariug of the allegsi letter would aflord occasion lor candid construction : but his sweeping denial that be ever wrote ny letter at nil astounds aud erplexes us. We are Justified in com pialulng that Mr. Sherman lias not been square with the Herald. Regarding him as a man of honor, we accpted his denial with full belief, and on the strength of it we asserted, without hesitation, our impression that the democrats would be disappointed when they came to close quarters with their wit ncs es. Believing on Mr. Sherman's strong assev erations that the alleged letter was a downright forgery, and knowing that this was one of the main points toward which the inquiry was to be directed, we inclined to Judge the cargo by this sample. Our faith is shaken by the failure of Mr. Sherman to repeat bef ire committee wtiat he had said with such 8 creeping breadth of statement to our correspondent. Ir it be true that he never wrote any letter at all and that the pretended letter is a malignant forgery, why did be not swear It before the committee w th the same emphasis that he asserted it to our correspondent? Was he afraid that be might bo confronted and confouuded with the orixiu-tl? As if laying the foundation tor a diU'erent line of detenus, Mr. Sherman swears that there are things iu the aliened letter which he would have been warranted In wilting. If the letter is a forgery, if he never wr.de any better at all, what interest has he In defending pr Justifying Its contents? It is not so much the cantentsof the letter as the painful contrast between his previous statements and his testimony that excites our doubtsand nppreliensions. It looks too much as if he liad attempted a game of bluff, it is difficult to reconcile his recent tone of defiance and his absolnte denials with the "bated breath" with which lie delivered bis testimony, and his attempts to justify the contents of n 'letter which he had so strongly denounced as an absolute forgery. We imagine if John Sherman has any sensitivenesj left every word of the above will cut into him as if with a Eeorpion's lash. Good bye, Sherman. A Conservative Ileptiblican Journal Kaiortt lit Afclslint Editor. Philadelphia North American, June 3. Secretary Sherman does not think he wrote the letter to Weber and Anderson. The rest of the country will generally tbink that he did. Moke no mistake in weighing the testimony of James K AndersDn. No man occupying a position of honor and trust ever risks making himself the target for obloquy and vituperation for tbc pleasure of lying. His story if not a pleasant one, but rest assured it is true. Ilia Frleads Derrad II lm on me Ground Ibat lie Is a Fool. New York Voild.l The Tribune, in a Washington dispatch attempts to defend Stanley Matthews on the ground that he Is a fool who is to be held irresponsible on account of his political stupidity. As Mr. Matthews is spoiled for all further political uses he should ref use to bave his innocence assumed at the expensa of bis intelligence. There should be still a brighter career before hira at the Ohio bar. The Phrase He una Elected Wholly Out or l e. f Brooklyn Eagle. Those who favor the Potter Investigation and those who are opposed to any investigation, appear to be in accord with only , one thing that Mr. Hayes was not made president of the United States In the old American fashion by a majority of the votes legally cast an J honestly counted. The phrase "Mr. Hayes was elected president," is w holly out of use. Let II I in Learn How to Fall Grandly. Burlington Gazette. Honest John Sherman is now on the rack. His memory is weak, but he don't think he wrote the letter. Alas, John, the whirligig of time is sure to brings its revenges. Let Sherman immediately get a history of the great Woohrey and fearn from that once powerful prelate how to fall grandly from the height of power. t Only the aiorlues 'I hlnk He Did Not Know of the Fraud. Brooklyn Eagle. The only persons in Brooklyn who think that Hayes did not know cf the frauds beiDg committed for hira by Sherman, Matthews and Noyes, are the marines at the navy yard. The Sort of Revolution the Country Need. Constitution. To convict a parcel of thieves, accordingt ) the orgs n s, is revolution. This is the sort of revolution the country need. How He Feel. INew York Sun. , When honest John Sherman sits down to consult his conscience he feels a good deal like a man playing euchre with a dummy. What Ue'slblrflyCeisareil For. - New Haven Reglster.l Stanley Matthews is chiefly censured by his party for placing himself in a position where he can't conven'ently.lie out of it. What Worries John. Chleago Times. J ' ' John Shermsn isn't quite as serene as his chief. Behind Potter stalks the hcadsmau, and John knows It '

TOGETHER THEY CAME

And It May Be Staled They lVent Away. Republicans Evidently Working in the Interests of the Democracy. Genera! Dissatisfaction With the Ticket The Speech Prepared for General Harrison. He Acts as an Alleged Phonograph, But the A Machinery Cave Way Be Also Gave the Party Away. Indiana is noted throughout toe country for the enthusiasm always manifested at the state conventions of either of the great controlling parties of the union. This state is a battle ground, has been so recognized for a full score of years, and may be so again, but probably will not be if the idiocy of yesterday is repeated. The republican convention held at the Metropolitan was the most spiritless gathering that has been ever assembled here since the capital was removed from Corydon. During the day previous, as reported In yesterday's Sentinel, the wire-workers put in an appearance in numbers. They represented every phase of office-holding green, from a defeated candidate for lieutenant governor, from Fort Wayne, to a statesman and Christian who (by name Cumback) githers together an honest penny from collecting a whisky tax in the fattestdistrictof the state. They were all here, but the representatives of the people were noticeably lacking. It can be said without any danger of contradiction that even under the auspices of Simon Cameron in Pennsylvania and Reuben E. Fenton in New York, a more complete set of demagogues were never bunched together. They came without a leader, and did not succeed in finding one after they arrived. They came with but one single and distinct purpose, and that wa either to hold fast to the office they had or ily ty another one they might possibly hear a rumor about. Preliminaries caused trouble, but on- account of the general desire to do away with the services of George W. Fiiediey and D. S. Alexander as chairman and secretary of the central comniittae for toe ensuing J ear, little trouble was experienced there. Then there was a discussion about the chairman. Several persons thought Judge j re sb am was the party. W. P. Fiabback was spoken of. Tom Phillips thought he could till tue bill, but on account of post office eom plications weakened. Lingle also thought about the post oflice department; W. K. Edwards, Terre Haute, remembered his late race for the mayoralty; Congmsinan Sexton thought, calling to mind his experience as lieutenant governor, that he was not much of a presiding officer anyway, aud so it was decided that General Ben Harrison was the only man who could hold the party up by the- tail. The general was in Cincinnati on private business of a nature caculated 1 3 touch the heart of the moat callous, but that made no dillVrence. If he regarded bis future prospects at home he must come, and the wirts were heated with telegrams demanding his attendance. He responded. On arrival he found a speech wVitten for which be was to act as phonograph, but he did not repeat exactly as anticipated. The machine got out of gear, and recollecting the scoring he received at the hands of the greenbackers two years ago he proceeded to denounce the nationals in unmeasured terms and cdvocated additional appropriations for insane asylums for their reception. The few sensible" men present were not backward in denouncing bis speech, but it will stand as tli9 expressed opinion of one, and the only one, who could give "tone" to the party. In order that no misrepresentation can ensue the Sentinel gives Gen. Harrison's speech, as prepared and otherwise, verbatim: "the kkv note." Gentlemen We are assembled in convention to-day under circumstances of great interest to the republlcau psrty and to the country. It seems to met lint ft right candid expression of true political principles from this convention will nave a potent influence In the Coming election. The circumianceH of our assembling arc auspicious and Wvorable. The calling of oar convention together has irl veil us a nearer view of Home ol the political iue. tions Which are to be discussed in this campaign, aud put some of these questions behind us as accomplished facts. We have a (treat advantage over our opponents. the democratic party. Tneir convention assembled some time in the remote past. Applause. Their declaration of priuclplf s is stale to-day .having scarcely ho much relation to living things as a last year's oyster shell. I have said that we have passed some of these questions upon which the republican mind was divided last winter. The silverquestion.upon which men of all parties were divided, Is settled. The dollars ol our fathers constitute the circulating medium of our country. I was one of thoso that held that we would honor our fathers by putting a little more silver In that dollar, but I accept to-day, as a finality the silver bill, and 1 would deprecate an attempt to meddle with It, for if there is any great stress upon this people to day it Is for rest upon the financial question. I believe when congress assembled jast fall there was patent Indications of reviving confidence In all business enterprises, but that the discussion this past winter has so unsettled that, that we bave been putback six months in our progress toward prosperity. The silver question Is settled. I believe lor myself to-day, whether It meets the views of your platform, that the resunipt ion of sptcle payment is an accomplished fact. I In-lleve we should recognize it as something not to be talked about, but as an accomplished present and eternal tact. It has beeu a hard road we have gone over, but shall we go back over the long way ana In? (Cries of "No, no!") The wisdom of the jwist Is ail at fault If there is any other bed rock of flnance than currency redeemable in coin. Nome of these gentlr men would have usgo back. The intelligent reader of history has not failed to notice that in a lor lgn land w&ere John Sherman liad no influence the same financial distress has been feit an In this country. If It Is true that the distress of this country has been aggravated by these financial disturbances, shall we repeal this distress and go back and tread the very wiy ajalo ? I have sometimes myself upon the Kankakee found It necessary to go through a marsh, and as it got deeper and deeper 1 have een about ready to turn back, but when one further courageous step will bring me out of the way I must go, and that lies between myself and home, I go forward. . , . A great del of mistaken talk la indulged In concerning this financial question.- l)emgoguessay that a species of money called flat money is the money of the poor man. We have no asvluni for idiot In Indiana, but I think it would be well for tho next legislature to torn its attention in that direction. If there is one thlug that should be regarded as settled it Is that the currency of the poor man, the farmer and the non-commercial man should be fixed and of permanent value from dav to day. I appeal to your recollection of those times when depreciated currency has been in circulation. Who was It that sull'ered wlt!i this depreciation? It was not the banker; be is always advised and prepares for such emergency. I met, the other day, a colored laborer who said he had received a Mexican dollar for which the bank would give him but ninetv-flve cents. What was ihe matter? Some firm dealing In these Mexican dollars propose tosell them at a per cent. oft to railroad companies and other corporations, that they In turu may pay them to their employes for one dollar. In every purt-uit of life the laboring . man, the farmer, the man who never had - any commercial experience - are the . men that waut a greenback of uniform value from New Years to Christinas. It Is not true, as these demagogues tell us, that our ieople can be divided into classes, and that distresses fall upon 1

the poor man while the rich prosper. The truth Is, Ave are knit together In such a way that we prosper together and suffer togetuer. When the manufacturing Interests are prosperous, when capital Is actively employed in turning the water wheel and pulleys of our manufacturing establishments, then it Is wages are U on est an 1 lair. So much for this financial question and the allusion to it. We are fortunate in assembling here for another reason. This democratic party can be calculated on with as much certainty as an astronomer makes his observations to make some Infamous blunder Just when the republican party needs it. Applause. I have not time to trace tho history or this tiling, but from the repeal of the Missouri compromise down through the war until now a careful search of history wLi verify what I sav. The people who were booming settled lii their several professions have been recently startled, and the non-politic U portion or the country has been thaken to Its center by the movements as Washington. Beyond all question the object of this ag. tat ion is to ntrect the title and tenure of office of President Haves. Congress having sen It d this question and inaugurated President Hayes, has no right to revive the matter, and yet the democratic party has inaugurated a cheme which can give for its result no other end than revolution. We say to these gentlemen to-day, as we said to malcontents In lsto, Mr. Hayes' title to the omce is undisputed, applasuse and woo be to the hand that is raised to disturb it. lApplause. There is an attempt to pacify the country by the pretense that this movement is not Intended to strike at the president's office or title. If this be true, why does n democratic coi gress refuse to declare so? They say it would be undignified. That Is a very leeble and shallow excuse. Those gentlemen in that democratic caucus who hesitatingly supported the measure say it would have been introduced and passed over their heads by those having the purpose before them of which I have sjoken. What Is the tendency of this? It is to aggravate the distress of this countrv. It Is to keep wages down, lor it is certain that prosIerlty can never succeed and continue in the midst of such a condition of affairs. Capital Is timid and seeks close shelter. If we would have our factories started again, if we would bring prosperity to our manufacturing Interests it must be settled once for ail that theUnited States Is not Mexico. Applause. Do I need to suggest to you that the interest of every honest man is for the observance, In all a Hairs of our naton.of the law. An attempt by violence to secure any right, In any direction, is absolutely fatal, it is a quiet repose In the law that makes the condition of the laboring mau tolerable and plfaant and enables him to lirt himself to wealth und station. 1 think we may congratulate oars.lves to-day, however we may difier upon some of his appointments, that the republican party of this nation has given to it a president who has no motive or desire outside of the whole good of the country. There has been a conspicuous absence of self seeking on tho part of President Haves, a conspicuous devotion to what lie thinks'is the bet interests of the country- I woulJ feel more interested In this thing if I believed the contagion of such an example could ever spread to the democratic party. That is the trouble in this whole civil service reform, we can not innoeulate the democratic partv with it. They won't take It any way. I ought not to detain you longer. I have mentioned briefly what seems auspicious and upon which thn republican party can le congratulated. We have also matters of regret that challenge our attention to day. Our honored leader, our governor and senator, has been called to his eternal rest. We shall miss his counsel and voice In the campaign which we have now inauguia ed.He was a republican fromcotivlctiou and never faltered or failed to give the allegiance of his whole heart and mind to his pirty. He believed that in the success and continued power of the republican party were the interest of the country to be adduced and made secure. We mourn his toss. It came not only as a regret but a challenge to ourselves that we may make ourselves more potent in theflilit that is upon us. I have sHken to-day under circumstances that have sadly tried me. 1 thank you I t the cordial manner In which you have received me, and the patience you have shown. I declare this convention now ready to proceed to business, and I feel that I may declare further that it is a convention not only to resolve and nominate, but a convention which will elect its ticket. Upon the conclusion of the general's "remarks," which were received very coldly, the routine busiaess began. SECRETARY Ot STATE. Major J. W. Gordon nominated for secretary of state Isaac S. Moore,. of Vanderburg, and took especial occasion t? insult any person who had ever voted aught but the republican ticket. This was regarded by the friends of the other candidates as very gratuitous, especially when coming fr oax one who is a3 liable to be a democrat ns a republican whenever he takes a notion to go oft at a tangent. James B. Mulsy, of Bloomington, was put forward very nuld'y. but being a little hard of beating, withdrew. He was in the hands of bis friends. David W. Jones, of Fort Wayne, was spokt n of. R. M". Wellman, of Dubois, waj nominated by a misguided constituent, who asserted that although bU county gave twenty-three hundred democratic majority, the nomination of Wellman would give the county to the republicans by at least one thousand. Thu was regarded a taking too large a contract, and "juba" was danced upon the man who owns that county. L. M. Campbell, of Danville, imagined Dillard C. Donahue, of Put jam, would be a good man, but a delegate asserted that he was an Irishman, and even the statement that he was a friend to Abraham Lincoln failed to help him out The first ballot resulted in Morris' noniin ation, who, upon being calle 1 for, came forward and returned thanks in a very feeble manner. An impression speedily became prevelant that be is an exaggerated case of Watts, who aided very matsrially in killing the ticket at the last election. AUDITOR Or STATE. The contest of the day centered In the struggle for auditor of state. After due con

sultation between General 1j li. Mariindale. General W. It. llolloway, General Lazarus Noble, General Fred Baegs, General Godlove S. Ortn and General W. S. Lingle, it was decided that here was the point to flaunt the ensanguined garment, and General Lingle placed in nomination Colonel A. O. Miller, of Bxme county. The general made a telling speech from the stage, and based the claims of his favorite upon the statemeut that hs captured at Rich Mountain the first r;bel flag taken in out of the wet during the late trouble. General Lmgle neglected to state where h was personally during that engagement, bat then he wss speaking for Miller. Judge Wood?, of Elkhart, nominated General Milo S. ilascall, of Goshen, who also captured some kind of a flag, and strangely ei'ough that was also the first one. ' The flag business evidently having a run, Captain Ira B. Myere, of Miami county, was nominated by Lyman Walker, of Peru, who asserted that his man never captured a flag, bnt would lave done so had be been th-re at th time with the flag. It appearing that the buntingbusiness was getting more than thread-bsre, George B. Sleeth nominated E. II. Wolfe. He announced boldly that the man be was grooming never captured a flag, but he came very near carrying off several niuskt9. it. S. Roberson, of Fort Wyne, former candidate for lieutenant governor, ani who might have taken the position of United States maishtd for the state, spoke of D. G. Fisher, of Allen county. He did not think Fisher had been in the flag business 'o a y great extent, but was almost certaio. he uad commanded a jckss battery. The ballo s resulted: Fint Milltr, 360; Haacall, 156; Myers, 153; Wolfe, 233; Fisher, 78. Second Miller, 442; Haacall, 143; Myers, 72: Fisher, 7 1; Woife, 21. Third Miller, 63S; Ilascall, ISO; Wo'.fe, 253; Fishtr, 4. Right here it was thought the platform should be introduced, and Hon. John M. Butler proceeded to read the wisiom evolved from the brains of lo, to many. A strong effort was male to boil down, but the handiwork of Seaman Thompson was apparent in the indorsement of the administration. He hi us a job down there. ' The conder sed wisdom reads thus: . A PLATFORM. The maintenance of the great principles of the republican party as essential to the ieace, permanency nnd prosperity of the nation. The right of the people to meet together and discuss their grievances be Jealously guarded and maintained, but determined opposition to lawlessness, or to any resort to force and violence as subversive of the public peace, in

jurious to public morals and destructive of the rights and interests of all classes. Kqual rights lefore the .law and equal protection under the law without regard to race, color, condition or occupation. So exclusive privileges to individuals or classes. Opposition to all subsidies, national, county, state or municipal. The common school system to be cherished and perfected; and to that end the school fund sfiould not be diverted to sectarian purposes. Rigid economy in all expenditures, national, state, county and municipal. A Just limitation upon taxes for state, county, township and municipal purp ses. ipposition to any Increase of municipal indebtedness. Strict accountability upon the part of all public officers. The just reduction and equalization of all fees and salaries. Such legislation as will secure to all persons laboring for and furnishing supplies to railr ad acd other corporations, full payment for their labor and material. An Increase exemption of property from execution and a liberal homestead law." SiM-h legislation as will protect the life and secure the comfort of miners and other laborers engaged in hazardous occupations. A constitutional amendment providing for strict registration and election laws. Full commendation of and sympathy with all efforts for jersonal reformation. American iudustries to be encouraged ami fostered by sueh legislation as will develop the internal resources of the nation and gielull measure of employment and rewnrd of la I .or. Opposition to repudiation in all its form; the honor and credit of the nation tj be maintained in every contingency. Xo abandonment or depreciation of the greenback currency. -A sound and stable currency of gold, silver and jxiper of same value. National legislation authorizing the receipt of greenbacks at par in the payment ot enstorus and in purchase of govtrnmeiit bonds. Opposition to further financial agitation; stability In one financial system being csm-u-tial to business prosperity. I'nlon soldiers are n tilled to all honor, end their displacement and the substitution of rebel soldiers as employes bv the national house ol representatives, should be condemned by every patriotic citizen. Opposit on to the payment of southern claims arising out of the rebellion. We' denounce the action of the democratic house of representatives in demanding payment of over two hundred millions cf dollars of rebel claims as a conspiracy against the government, less open but not less dangerous than armed rebellion. - We denounce the democrats in the house of representatives lor their lawless action In unseating republican representatives lairly and legally elected, and giving ihelr places to partisans, regardless of the right cl election by the eople. The leaders of the democratic party are seeking to make it a revolutionary party; they will not submit to the repose of the country or leave the people to their peaceful pursuits as long a they have hope of profit by agitation; and no law or public measure is so sacred that they will not violate it to obtain a party advantage. The cry of fraud in reference to the last presidential e.ection is a disguise to conceal the illegal and forcible means by which voters tn the southern states w ere intimidated ftnd thousands In all the states were sought to bectrupted; and the unblushing manner in which the leaders of the democratic party undertook to buy the votes of the presidential electors w ith money proves them unworthy of public confidence. The denial or the tit'e of President Hayes is an act of party desperation, and the attempt to oust Mm from the oflice is a revolutionary resistance to law, and If it is not condemned by the people it will furnish a precedent by which any defeated party may Usue Its declaration in opposition to law, raliy its supporters to acts of violence, plunge the country into anarchy, and thus Mexicani.e and destroy our institutions. The electoral commission was constitutionfilly created by the act and consent of the democratic parly in congress; and it decision subsequently confirmed by congress, was final and conclusive npon every department of this government. There can be no appeal from it except by revolution; its decision maaes the title of Presuleut Hayes equal to that of any former president, and we recognize iu his personal Integrity, as well as in the general course of his administration, the guarantee that he will conduct the government so as to preserve the honor and promote tli happiness of the whole country. We solemnly pledge ourselves "to suport and maintain President Hayes and the lawfully constituted authorities of the government in resisting revolution. At this, the first opportunity presented the republicans of Indiana in this capacity, we desire to place In the per Taanent records f the party a tribute of our high appreciation of the character and services of Oliver 1. Mo ton. What he lias done for his country and state is now bUtory. We can never forget his intrepid leadership and his unselfish devotion tn the. public weal. The people or Indiana must ever regard and cherish the memory of him whose name and fame are now the common heritage if the nation. TREASURER OF STATE. Upon the conclusion of the reading, nominations 'or treasurer of state were made, with this result: George F. Ilerriott, Johnson county; Colonel Ensign Bennett, Clay count v; John H. Lindicy. Parke countv. The first ballot rem'ted Ilerriott, 5tfl"; Bennett, 200; Lindley, 23!ljj. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Lyman Walker, of Teru, was nominated for this place witaout opposition. SUPERIXTENPFXT OF PCBLIC IXSTRUCTI05. Prof. James T. Merrill, of Tippecanoe county, was nominated by a vote of 901 to 12G for Wm. A. Crissler, oi Orange. The convention then adjourned. J0TTIXC.S. The general opinion among posted republicans is that tue ticket la a particularly weak one. If tbereare any particular elements of strength anywhere they have not been discovered. Liz Noble as principal secretary was a failure. He could neither real nor keep a correct tally, the latter failing however having become chronic of late with secretaries of republican conventions. The true history of the first fl?g baincs).

concerning which 'General" Lingle spoke so feelingly in bis speech, nominating Colonel Milltr, is to this effect as' told by the latter gentleman to a Sentinel reporter: The morning after the battle of Kich Mountain, General, then Colonel Manson, ordered Captain Miller to make a reeonnoissance with bis company. He came to a rebel breastwork, behind which tbree or four stragglers were sleeping, and whereon a confederate tiag had been left the night before, when a retreat was effected. At the time of this "important capture" the rebel troops were about twelve miles away, and no importance would have been attached to the matter bad it not been for the fertile imagination of General Ling'e In this connection it may be stated that if the campaign is to be run on this basis, the Sentinel can prove, on the authority of Carrington's "History of the Battles of the Revolution," that General M. D. Manson invented hard-tack and sow-belly during that trouble. The truth of history shall be vindicated. Much amusement was create i by the effort i to "pad" -the convention. Hugh 8. Stewart, an ex-constable, of this city, voted Crawford county. A Poone county (Ky.) citizen represented Ohiocounty. H.J. Pryor, agent of the McCormick reaper in this city, and whr once passed tbrougli Lake county, voted for that stronghold, and several others were represented in nearly as bald faced a manner. The delegates with brains went home on the first train last evening, and several without stayed; but all united in cursing the ticket and predicting defeat all along the line. The state central committee met in the afternoon and formed a permanent organization by the selection of Judge Solomon Blair and "Clint" Riley, both of this city, for chairman and secretary respectively. For the latter fosition a vigorous fight was made by E. W. lalford, backed by Will Cumback, the Rev. Dr. Bayliss, Postmaster Holloway, Colonel loan W. Ray and others, but elTciency and honesty won the race. J. G. Adams, of Hendricks county, was endorsed for judge of the circuit court, tho Walker-Ritter faction being put into chancery. ' ' It is said Gortschakoff's presence at the congress would be censured there as inauspicious.