Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1894 — Page 9

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Democrats from All Over the State Here In Attendance Upon the Committee Meeting. MANY EXPRESSIONS HEARD And in Every Instance They Herald Success. Tho Committee Maps Oit Its Plan of Organization. The 1tendarM-e at the Mreflns of the Drmixnilii- lte en I ml 1 ommlt-Irr-In Xe-ry I. rj(P nml the Itepreentutlurt Im i:iil'nlatl t the I'll I. Hi- Heelims Short Tnlk Are Made li I'ronilneiil l)emnrral-The ExpmiII Smxiun. The w. rk of ( allying the state of Indiana f- r tfc" 'I ra t ij party this fall by a m.ii'üirv thit will have no uncertain yii'ii'l w.i-j inaugurated Wednesday by 'b" il-i -n i ;iti.- state central committee. 'I hi ; tie grand principles of the party, i onfid-rt "f securing victory in til-- c nii!. campaign and earnest in their d ':-ir-- to If n ! their united and individual assistance to the labors that are b-f .r- them, the leaders of the rampa ign nvt Wednesday and discussed plan and measures It was not a gathering of postmasters, it was an nssetr.bln;;? ä men who have spent y.nrs in f'.sjhting the battles of the Iarty aid .1 1 i 1 1 1; it to victory; men who did not ri-nv1 to subserve their own interest, bin Wim vro present from liothintr else than a 1 sire to assist in the rnn;in? 'v t-ry; vl. have the interests of tii.- democratic thirty at heart and whose- chief ambition is to se. the entire s-' Ts k; II i I B m fc. M 91 17 3 t U Iff W H U a U 0 mnmmsm mm im

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country living under tha blessing: of an embodiment of its principles. The men who gathered at the meeting- yesterday were heartily In touch with the present administration. At no time durinjr the day was the name of Orover Cleveland mentioned, without eliciting the most enthusiastic applause. Ilia judgment, wise statesmanship, conscientious adherence to duty and firm administration of affairs wer lauded to the echo, and there was not a dissenting voice. Betrayal of the party in the councils of the nation by a few men has not weakened the faith of Indiana democracy. It is as closely cemented as ever to thi underlying principles of the party, becanse it knows they conduce to the pood not only of the state, but the country as well. Reports from all parts of the state were received, and while all reserve was thrown aside and the truth toll without reserve, in no district or county was there any dissatisfaction or discouragement reported. Every county in the state was represented, and in all th democrats were announced as wide awake, firm, eager for an aggressive campaign and adhering unswervingly to the party prinei-

! plel. The speakers recngmized the fact that there had been uneasiness in the rank and file of the party on account of the prolonged dday in the senate, but this had not developed into defection, and the prospect of the early passage of the tariff bill had put a stop to all uneasiness or anxiety. The democratic party will offer to the voters of Indiana a compromise measure, it is true, but it will be a step in th- right direction and the great victory in it all is that the summit of protection aggrandizement has been reached anil a halt has been called. This, with the repeal of the Sherman act, the income tax and the record of the party in the state, will enable the party to hold up its h"a 1 in pride and demand victory with no blushing-countenance. Everything Wednesday was enthusiasm and harm my. Ttv committee was a unit in desiring an aggressive campaign, and su'h it will be. The Open Merlins;. At 10 o'clock the lirjre double parlors of the ;rand which lud tvon reserved for the meeting were tilled with prominent democrats from all parts of the stat?. Anion,:; those present were P. F. Mustard of Malison county. Samuel Clark of Fountain, Frank A. Horner of

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Clay, J. II. Jones of Putnam, Thomas Phillip of Clay, J. J. Schultz of Carroll, II. E. Henderson of the Koiromo Dispatch, R. M. Isherwood of the Delphi Times, William M. BUckstock of Lafayette, R. F. Stuart of Indianapolis. W. B. Vestal of Putnam, Dan S. Hurst of Putnam, J. M. Keeney, jr., of the Crawfordsvllle Star, W. K. Myers and A. G. Smith of Marion, J. J. Mills of Montgomery, C. W. Welman of Sullivan, W. II. Fulmiler of Bartholomew, Auditor Thomas J. Coyle of Johnson. Auditor J. M. Lontz of Wayne, William A. Bridges of .Johnson, J. M. Keeney of Crawfordsvllle, W. II. Johnston of Montgomery, J. C. McXutt of Marlon. Samuel Harris of Johnson, D. E. Williamson cf Putnam, Con Cunningham of Crawfordsvllle, George T. Etebe of Madison, W. G. Neff of Greencastle. Willard Robertson of Marlon, S. R. Moore of Marion, L. A. Barrett of Hendricks. E. T. J. Jordan of Shelby. Pen P. Brown of Johnson, Frank B. Burke of Marion, Joseph J. Fanning of Marion, Harry C. Ray of Shelby, M. IJ. Spencer of Allen. S. It. McKelvey of Owen, George W. Clemmer of Johnson, O. S. Douglas of Fountain, G. M. Nabor of Whiteley. Perry McCart of Orange, John W. Blake of Marion, Judge Allen Zollars of Allen. Charles Byfield of Johnson, Edward W. Felt of Hancock. J. F. Cox of Bartholomew. J. G. Bowne of Hendricks, W. M. Cain of Martinsville, Jap Miller of Morgan, John W. Minor of Marion, D. T. Shields of Marion. E. R. Hamilton of Morgan, Joseph M. Cravens of Jefferson, James M. Jang of Sullivan. John 11. Prison of Marion, J. E. McCullough of Marion. A. J. Dipboye of Bartholomew. Leon O. Bailey of Marion. W. H. Hawkins of Sullivan, George S. Pleasants of Switzerland. W. 11. O'Brien of Dearborn. William Willis of Sullivan. G. W. Shanklin of Vanderburgh, John C-mroy of Perry, S. P. Boyd of Daviess. Thomas MeKIllip of the Muncie Herald. Kohn Koons of Waterloo, M. W. Hathaway of Wtnamac. T. E. Howard of St. Joseph. A. M. Kaysdale of Johnson, G. L. Reinhard of Spencer, Claude Matthews of Vermillion, W. A. King of Hendricks. W. H. Kverroad of Bartholomew. Eph Inman of Martin. D. F. Allen of Frankfort, Eli- W. Brown of Frankfort, Myron D. King of Marion, Judge Thomas J. Study of Wayne and Montgomery Marsh of Hancock. .Meetlni? Called to Order. In calling the meeting to order Mr. Taggart said: "This being our first meeting: since the reorganization of the state committee, at which I was not present, permit me to thank you for the honor and compliment conferred upon me by re-electing me your chairman. It is true I did not want the place, and should ivot have taken it, Put as I have said, since you have re-flct.-d me to the responsible position of chairman. 1 feel, as is the duty of all good democrats, to acquiesce

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in your wishes, knowing that I will have your full and loyal support in' the campaign which is upon us. and that I would rather go down in defeat fighting for the priaciplcs of democracy than have declined to do my duty by and to the grand old party. " "Members of th committee and gentlemen present: TM3 meeting has been called for the purpose of talking over the situation lit Indiana and preparing ourselves for the campaign which will soon b upon us, and on that point I would be pleased to hear from the different districts ltr Indiana as their numbers shall be called." Gnvrrnor Matthew. Mr. Taggart then called upon Governor Matthews, who responded to the effect that he came down to listen rather than to talk and with some anxiety to hear from the several congressional districts. There were those- present who had a more enlightened idea of the situation than he had. "I believe today," he continued, "that the conditions are better than they were three weeks ago, Weare gaining ground every day. The conditions are more hopeful, and with the end of the long delay in sight we have something to phow to the people that will appeal directly to their interests, as it will show them that the principles of the democratic party are in accord with their prosperity." Secretary of State !Ieri. Secretary of State Myers was next called upon. Capt. Myers said that he had also noticed the improvement of the last two or three weeks and he saw no reason to be discouraged. It had taken the republicans, with an overwhelming majority in both branches of -congress, until August to get through and complete the McKinley bill, and he believed that when the conference committee got together the house, the direct representatives of the people, would demand such improvements as would place the democrats and the people in favor of democratic tariff reform on good fighting ground. "For my individual self, if success seemed clear and everything as propitious as when I was nominated two years ago, I would most absolutely refuse to allow my name to be u?ed in connection with any omce. As it Is. I am proposing- to lend myse'f to the democracy, and if it Is their wish that I should he a candidate this year I will make a better fiarht than ever, because I am clearly in the right. There is something too liitr air1 humane in the genuine democrat to hit a man when he is down, l-nit under reverses he proves himself a hustler. I fetl like going into this fight

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to win. Let us put a good ticket in the field and I believe the people are with us." Attorney-tieneral Smith. Attorney-General Smith made a vigorous address and was heartily applauded as he sat down. In closing he said: "The democratic party of today is the party of 1S72. The party of today is the party cf Tilden in 1876 and the party of this day is the party that went down in terrible defeat under the leadership of Hancock in 1SS0. and arose again under the leadership of that valiant statesman, Grover Cleveland, in 1S4. It is the party again repulsed in JSSS by the Dudley methods, which placed In the presidential chair a man who said some thre-e weeks ago that the government must support its citizens and furnish employment for them, and that the state, county and municipality should do this; whereas it is the duty cf the people to support the government according to the principles of the democratic parly. And the democratic party of today is the party that but two years ago led the column of victorious patriots against the republican party from Maine to Oregon and won a victory unsurpassed in the history of political parties. With this record is there any reason for the democratic party to lay down now and have dust thrown in its eyes?" John AV. Kern. John W. Kern spoke for ten minutes and closed as follows: "I want to say to you now that there is no room for the democrats to be discouraged in my judgment. The democratic? party is in much better condition now than it has been at many times in the past. Take 1SSG,. for Instance, there was then much disappointment on account of appointments; then every democrat in the country, after. having done twenty-five years hard, honest labor, thought that he should be rewarded. There were more men seeking positions in Washington in June, 18S5, than there were a week after the inauguration last year. So we have fewei purely personal disappointment than then. The condition generally, was very much worse in lSG and the republicans were confident of victory. We could see nothing then to encourage us and yet when the votes were counted out that year the republicans in Indiana or.ly had a plurality of alout 2.200. Issues are now sharply defined. Then we had no record in the state and as we now have. Xo party in any state has a prouder record than the democratic party of Indiana. All the reforms whuh have Ir-n instituted must be accredited to tho democratic party." Jmlep I), i:. AYillinmouii. Judge I). K. Williamson of Putnam, who was f'ir six years attorney-eteneral of Indiana as a republican, but was com

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pelled to leave that party four years ago on account of Its Iniquitous tariff piicy, was next called upon and sioke vigorously and eloquently. In closing he said: "The democratic party is the party of the people and when you talk of the people's party outside of the democratic party you are guilty of fallacy because ihe people s.and inside of the democratic party. "Newspapers have expressed a groat deal of impatience and I think in some instances some papers have done the party an injury by not discriminating. "The republican party two months ago thought they had a boom: now. It is about half a bourn or a kind of a boomlet; and we are going to make it a boomerang before we get through with them."

DISTRICT RF.PUESEVTATIOV. The nenponnen Are llrlef lint Fall of Confidence. Chairnun Taggart then called for representatives from the several districts in their order, the responses being numerous and brief. .All were in the same vein of confidence and cheerfulness. There was no discouragement, anxiety or even doubt as to the result of th campaign if the usual work is done between now and the time of the election. Oeorire AV. Slianklln. Said th Hon. G. W. Shanklin of the First district: "The only thing for us to see to this summer and up to the time of the election is that the democrats of Indiana come out and vote. There is no fear as to how they will vote, but as this is an off year the main thing is to get them to go to the polls. While I have heard talk of discouragement existing in the democratic ranks I have yet to see any instance of it. True, there is some slight anxiety on account of the long delay in passing the Wilson bill in congress, but two years in the reporters' gallery of the national house of representatives taught me that it is a diilicult thing for a United States senate to pass any bill late in the session and late in the summer. This is on account of the senate organization; I do riot think the tariff till will b finally passed before the middle of August, but when it is passed il will le a step toward the right direction. The democrats of Indiana are not goinij to forsake the obi principles of the party because six men have seen fit to betray the party and inn-ode legislation: There may have been some who have even censured President Cleveland. but if there are any such they have spoken without giving the situation the careful study which he deserves. He, today.si.ands as the only type of a true, courageous SEftäTBRäEL of the

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policy, the peer of any man who ever came before the people, and a man in whom the peopi-? of this country can place the most Implicit confidence. I .look upon him today the same as I did in 12, when I urged Iiis nomination, bins before the fall elections the Wilson, bill will have be.-n passed and Its I :;e. fcial effect will already be op-rat ir.r. The country will have s-ov that tl. democratic party c,;n pass a tariff reform measure; iniHs throughout ihei;i:il will be running, factory Jlres will be burning, workmen will be busy and lha country will be coining out from under the OurJeu of wur taxation. IK-iivx-rats in Indiana Rre not dis. icj raged; the republicans have been making th most noise, but this wi'l brg since Jiavedie.i into a murmur before the day of the election arrives. We cannot be Intimi' dated by a little bravado." The Second lIlrlot. Committeeman Rushirk of to- Second was represented by Perry McCart o? Orange county. He s.itd that so far a Orange county was cor.eeni'-d the democrats would carry it this year for th first time in twelve years, and this was but an instance of the condition existing throughout the Second dittrict. Democrats AvTe too well read upon current events in national politics to be deceive J by the wild vaporinps of th republican calamity-howlers and would come out to. a man and supiort the ticket. The democratic party had a record not only in, national, but state legislation that it coulj well le proud of, and this bad ein deared it to the body of the voters There was no defection to be feared im any part ef the Second district. j Eli Inman also spoke fur th Second' district. He assuied the numbers f-f th- committee that the S-cond would roll its old-time majority and elect its' congressman. In the campaign the stats' issues should not be forgotten and th noble work of the democratic party In Indiana should not be smothered up. Voters cf the state should recollect the, school book law. the Australian lallot' law, the mechanics lieu law and th?i tax issue s recently wen for the state. These were but a part of the valuable' measures secured to the state by the leaders of the democratic party. The democratic, voters of the stata were not going to forget theso bless-1 ing?!. They recognized that tha iarty was that of the body of the people and the principles advocated wore thoso. which appealed dirtctly to the Interests of the masses. While legisl-ition had been delayed, the principles of the party were too well established in their hearta to allow them to depart from them. Tha party would not b- sacrificed on accouni of a mere misfortune. Editor Boyd of the Washington Demv erat spoke of the situation In Pavl county, assuring the committee that

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