Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1886 — Page 3

INDIANA REPUBLICANS

Proceedings of the Indiana Republican State Convention. • - • • Full Text of the Platform Adopted— A Strong Ticket. * The Indiana Republican State Convention met at Indianapolis, with a full attendance of delegates and an abundant manifestation of enthusiasm. Senator Harrison was selected as permanent chairman. THE PLATFORM ADOPTED. Mr. E. W. Halford, from the committee on resolutions, submitted the following report: The Republicans of Indiana, in convention assembled, invoke the dispassionate judgment of the people of the State upon the acts and record of the Democratic party. Acceding to power in. the national government (by virtue of unpardonable crimes against free suffrage), it has demonstrated its incapacity and insincerity by failure to redeem its pledges made to the people. Promising economy in public expenditures, the appropriations made by the last Congress and approved by the President were of unparalleled extravagance. Its attempts to legislate on tariff and finance served only to weaken public confidence, paralyze industry, to check the returning tide of commercial prosperity, and to interfere with regular and orderly reduction of the public debt, which was so conspicuous a feature of Republican administration. Under its control the Civil Service has been degraded by the appointment not only of unfit persons but of convicted criminals to posts of responsibility and honor. It has scandalized justice and decency by the methods inaugurated by the postoffice and other departments to distribute the offices to party workers, while it sought to placate the growing sentiment against the spoils system. The federal appointments made in Indiana aye a fair sample of what has brought the.cadse of Civil-service refdfcm into needless djjaKvor and made its success an impossibility under Democratic auspices. The attempt of the Democratic House of Representatives to make oeious pension legislation by adding a special tax bill to every pension measure (thus declaring that pensions should not be paid out of the general treasury), the spirit and language of numerous vetoes of meritorious pensions, and the failure of the Democratic House of Representatives to even reconsider them before adjournment of Congress, reveal -the continued enmity of the Democratic party to the Union soldier and his cause. ‘ ». Since its advent to power, the old heresy of State sovereignty has been rehabilitated. In the Southern States, where the political strength of the party resides, the country has witnessed the resurrection of treason and traitors, the flaunting of the rebel flag and the defiant expression of sentiments at war with the integrity of the Union. The flag of the United States has been lowered in honor of a man who gained unique infamy by his despicable course as a public enemy;the services and memory of men held in reverence by loyal people have been attacked in Congress by those who were formerly in arms against the Government; persons have been appointed to high office who have offensively declared the national government to be a “bloody usurpation of natural rights;” and in federal appointments preference has been fiven to those who >. ere most conspicuous ui heir service to the Southern Confederacy. Anxious for the full and complete harmonizing of all sections of the Union, we can but reprobate these evidences of hostility to the prinples of the .Government. There can be no assurance of permanent safety and security until all people unitedly honor the Union, and as unitedly deplore the differences which, in past years, so seriously threatened.its overthrow'. In its relations _jvith foreign, governments the Democratic administration has conspicuously failed to maintain the honor and dignity of the nation, and to protect the rights of American citizens. It has disfranchised hundreds of thousands of voters in the North by its failure to discharge an imperious moral obligation imposed by the constitution for the admission of Dakota into the Union, for the same reason that led it to extinguish Republican majorities in the Southern States by fraud and violence. The last Legislature of Indiana was Democratic in both branches by a majority of twothirds. It passed apportionment bills disffahcliising hal f the voters of the State in legislative and congressional elections, thus accomplishing under the forms of law what it has accomplished elsewhere by the tissue ballot and the shot-gun. It failed to redeem its pledges to the laboring classes made in its last platform, promising a reduction in the hours of labor on public works, the establishment of bureaus of labor statistics, the use of prison labor, so as to compete with honest labor, the prohibition of the employment of children under 14 years of age, and the prohibition of the watering of corporate stocks. All bills-which were even introduced to accomplish any of these things were defeated by Democratic votes. It failed to pass a bitt to" rostrain the manufacture and use of dynamite for the purpose of destroying life and-property. : —— It failed to amend the extravagant fee and salary bill; it defeated measures introduced by Republicans to limit the excessive allowances of county officers; it refused to cut down the enormous perquisities of the reporter of the Supreme Court; it refused to provide means for ascertaining ana recovering from the clerk of that court sums of money due from him and wrongfully withheld;.it forced upon the State, at great expense and ( without just cause, an extra session Of the General Assembly; and, although it appropriated four and one-half millions of dollars, it crippled our educational institutions by insufficient allowances, and left unpaid just debts of the State to private citizens fusing to pass Jhe specific appropriation It failed to provide citizens of the State with the speedy justice guaranteed in the Constitution, by defeating all measures for the relief of the overcrowded condition of the docket of the Supreme Court. It failed a to obey the imperative mandate of the Constitution to enact a law providing for the registration of voters in the interest of free and fair elections. ■ It failed to comply with the just demands of our colored citizens for equal rights, and a bill to secure such rights, introduced by a Representative of the negro race, was defeated through Democratic opposition. It failed to honor its profession favoring Civil-service reform, “so that honesty and capability might be made the condition of public employment. ” It defeated a bill for this reform introduced and unanimously supported by Republicans. It consigned the benevolent institutions to corrupt and partisan boards 1 ; it surrendered the management of feeble-minded children, and the orphans of our Union soldiers to trustees and care-takers,' by whom they were debauched, outraged, liand-cuffed, confined in dungeons, and maltreated under circumstances of unspeakable barbarity. It failed to investigate the acts of the Democratic Treasurer of State, after it was proved and admitted that large sums of money had been lost; that he had used the moneys of the State and received interest thereon, in violation of the criminal statutes; and, notwithstanding the fact that of the vouchers exposed by him to the legislative committee as part of his assets, a large portion showed the money they represented to have been deposited within two days prior to-their inspection, another porfion appeared to have been antedated, and part consisted of oounty orders long since due and taken in violation of law, and only $7,700 appeared in cash in the treasury. And it declined to allow even an inquiry into these evidences of presumed credit. It has enormously increased the public debt of the State. Its scandalouf' alliance with the honor league forced it to defeat a bill to permit the effects of alcohol on the hufnan system to be studied by our children in the,public schools. On this record we ask the verdict of the people, and also upon the following declaration of principles: The security of government rests upon an equal, intelligent, and honest ballot, and we renew our declaration against crimes of fraud and violence, wherever practiced and under whatever form, whereby the right of every man to cast one vote, and have that vote counted and returned, is imperiled or abridged. We especially protest against the flagrantcrime

of the Democratic party of Indiana against free suffrage in the passage of an infamous gerrymander. We demand that, man for man, the votes of members of all parties shall be given equal force and effect. > - ■—■■■' Freedom of labor is essential to the contentment and prosperity of the people. Workingmen should be protected against the oppressions of corporate combinations and monopolies. We arc opposed to the importation of contracted and ill-paid labor from abroad: the unfair competition of convict labor "with free labor; the conipetion of “assisted” emigrants and the vicious classes of Europe with American workingmen ; the employment of young children in factories and mines; and we recommend to the next General Assembly the passage of such laws as will guarantee to workingmen the most favorable conditions for their labor—especially in the proper ventilation and safeguards for life and health in mines and factories—and the sure and prompt payment of wages." We favor the reduction of the le&al number of working hours wherever practicable, an 1 the submission of all matters of controversy between employe and employer, under just regulation, to impartial arbitration. The right of all men to associate for the promotion of their mutual good and protection without interfering with the rights of others, cannot be questioned. We favor the maintenance of tliflß principle of protection under which the resources of the State and Nation have been and are being developed, and whereby the wages of workingmen are from 15 to 30 per cent higher than under the revenue tariff in force before the Republican party came into power. Favoring the reduction and readjustment of the tariff from time to time, as circumstances may. require, upon the basis of affording protection to products and results of American skill and industry. In our opinion the duties should be reduced as low as will be allowed by a wise observance of the necessity to protect that portion of our manufacturers and laborers whose prosperity is essential to our national- safety and independence. We, at the same time, condemn the declaration of the Democratic party of Indiana in favor of practical free trade as a serious menace to the prosperity of the State, and to the welfare and advancement of workingmen. The wisdom and honesty of the Republican party secured sound money to the people. Gold and silver should be maintained in friendly relation to the coin circulation of the country, and all the circulating medium—coin and paper alike—should be kept of equal and permanent value. The surplus in the treasury shpqld be steadily applied to the reduction of the national debt. We favor a thorough and honest enforcement of the civil service law, and the extension of its- principles to the State administration wherever it can be made practicable, to the end that the corruption and flagrant abuses that exist in the management of our public institutions may be done away with, and they may be liberated from partisan control. ’ The Republican party carried in effect the homestead policy, under which the Western States and Territories have been made populous and prosperous. We favor the reservation of public lands for small holders by actual settlers, an t are opposed to the acquisition of large tracts of the public domain by corporations and non-resident aliens. American lands should be preserved for American settlers. The watering of corporate stock should be prevented by law. Railway and other public corporations should be subjected to the control of the people, through the legislative power that created them, and their undue influence in legislation and in courts should be summarily prevented. We favor the creation of a bureau of labor and statistics, whereby the interests of both labor and statistics may be protected and the welfare of the State promoted. The constitutional provision that all taxation shall be equal and uniform should be made effective by such revision of the. assessment and taxation laws as will remedy the injustice whereby Certain localities have been made to bear more than their share of the public burdens. The strict and impartial enforcement of law is the only safeguard of society; and we demand of State and local authorities the vigorous execution of legal penalties against all criminals. We congratulate the people on the unanimous opposition of all classes to the imported crime of anarchism, which is the enemy of all social order, and an attack upon the safety of life and property. It is the special foe of honorable workingmen, and is justly condemned by intelligent and patriotic labor everywhere. Lapse of time does not weaken the gratitude due the soldiers and sailors of the Union. We favor such changes in the pension laws as will make proof of enlistment conclusive evidence of the physical soundness of the applicant, that will equalize allowances and will simplify the methods by which just claims can be judicatedln the pension office.. We favor the granting of a pension to every honorably discharged soldier and sailor suffering from unavoidable disability. We favor the granting of pensions to the survivors of the Mexican war who are not laboring under political disability. The Legislature should make a liberal appropriation for the erection of a soldiers’ and sailors’ monument at the capital of the State. We favor the separation of the soldiers’ orphans’ home from the home for the feebleminded children. 'We renew the pledge of our devotion to the free, unsectarian school system, and favor measures tending to increase ite practical value to the people. We are opposed to any movement, however insidious, whether local or State, whereby a sacred fund may Be diverted' from its legitimate use, or the administration of the schools made less impartial or efficient The amendment to the constitution of the State providing for the equalization of fees and salaries ought not to remain a dead letter, and we favor the enactment of a just law - for the compensation of all public officials. We favor the pending constitutional amendments making the terms of county officers four years, and striking out the word “white” from Section 1, Article 12, of the constitution, so that colored men may become a part of the regular militia force for the defense of the State. The attempted domination of the liquor league of political parties and legislation is a menace to free institutions which must be met and defeated. The traffic in intoxicating liquors has always been under legislative restraint, an i believing that the evils resulting therefrom should be rigidly repressed, favor such laws as will permit the people in their several localities to invoke such measures of restriction as they may deem wise, and to compel the traffic to compensate for the burdens it imposes on society, and relieve the burden of local taxation. The party of freedom to all, irrespective of the accidents of birth or condition—the Republican party—welcomes every advance of the people to” a higher standard of politicalrights. The peaceful revolution in Great Britain, whereby Ireland is sure to receive the benefits of home rule, after centuries of oppression, has our sympathy, and should command every proper’and legitimate assistance. Hon... Benjamin Harrison, United States Senator for Indiana, has worthily won a front rank among the trusted and honorable statesmen of the nation, and by his signal abilities and devotion to the highest public interest, has brought credit upon the State and country. His course in the Senate of the United States meets with our warmest approval and we commend him to the esteem and confidence of all the people. The Republican Representatives in the Lower House of Congress also deserve the thanks of the Republicans of the State for their--faithful and honorable service. In common with the nation we deeply mourn the death of Ulysses 8. Grant, whose deeds in war and peace secured for him the grateful admiration of his country, and the honor of the world. We favor an appropriation by Congress of such an amount as may he necessary to erect in the city of Washington a monument befitting the military achievements and civic virtues of one who shed imperisahble lustre upon the American name and character. Coupled with our great chieftain and leader in the country's history, is the name of one of Indiana’s most illustrious citizens, Hon. Schuyler Colfax. His death’is sincerely lamented, and his memory should be appropriately honored. The Convention then proceeded to the nomination of officers, which resulted in the choice of the following ticket: Lieutenant Governor, R. S. Robertson, of Allen County. Secretary of State, Charles F. Griffin, of Lake. ? Auditor of State, Bruce Carr, of Orange. Treasurer of State, James A. Lemcke, of Evansville.

Judge of the Supreme Court, Byron K. Elliott. Attorney General, Lewis I. Miehener. Clerk of the Supreme Court, William I. Noble. Superintendent of Public Instruction, Edward LaFollette. 'The Convention then adjourned amid much enthusiasm.

Other Worlds.

Regarding ;he suns we call “the stars” as members of a sidereal system of unknown extent (one of the innumerable systems of the same order), the chance that any sun selected at a random is, like our own sun at the present time, attended by a planetary system in one member of which at least life exists, is exceedingly small if, as is possible, the life-supporting era of a solar system’s existence is very short compared with the independent existence of the system. If the disproportion is of the same order as in the case of a single planet, the probability is of the same order of minuteness. In other words, if we select any star at a random, it is as unlikely that the system attending on that sun is at present in the lifebearing stage as a system, as it is that any planet selected at random is at present in the life-bearing stage as a planet. This conclusion, indeed, may be regarded as scarcely less certain than the former, seeing that we as little doubt the relative vastness of the periods of our sun’s existence before and after his existence as a supporter of life, as we doubt the relative vastness of periods before and after the life supporting era of any given planet. There is, however, one element of doubt in the case of the star. The very fact of the star’s existence as a steady source of light and heat implies that the star is in a stage resembling that through which our own sun is now passing. It may be, for instance, that the prior stages of solar life are indicated by some degree of nebulosity, and the later stages by irregular variations, or by such rapid dying out in brightness as has been observed in many stars. Yet a sun must be very nebulous indeed — that is, must be at a very early stage in its history—for astronomers to be able to detect its nebulosity; and again, a sun must long have ceased to be a life supporter before aiiy sign of decadence measurable at our remote station, and with our insignificant available timeintervals for comparison, are manifiested.

Hints to Guests.

Guests should make it a point to be on hands before the hour appointed for dinner. It is extremely ill-bred to come stringing in the next day or the day after*. In order to ensure against keeping the table waiting, perhaps it would be better to come the night before and stay over night. It is quite an fait- for the host to carve, though the custom has prevailed ‘in some' countries for the guests to carve the host before the repast was finished. Guard carefully against mistaking a plate of hot soup for a finger bowk Should such ' a contretemps happen, however, it is entirely admissable to put the fingers in the mouth. Beside each plate should be placed as many knives, forks and spoons as will be needed for the different courses. They should be carefully counted, of course, and private marks affixed in order that that they might be identified in case any of them disappeared during the dinner. Guests should not be offended when requested to give receipts for the napkins they are provided with. The waiter should present carted dishes on the left side of the guest. The guest can keep on the right side of the waiter by giving him half a dollar now and then. If a guest prefers his dish carved beforehand, he should buy a plain wooden dish, take it to some wood-carver, and let him carve it. —A fond mother and sauces to her children in a saucer instradofin-thettranrl.-'n’O’’ ■ffrattß'rtraw much they may saucer if they can’t have’ it that way. In winter plates should always be brought in at a white heat, and guests should come provided with buckskin gloves for handling them,— Texas Siftings. '

Somewhat Paradoxical.

The English language is an enigma to the uninitiated. A foreigner recently arrived in this country, ami looking out upon the harbor at New York, said: “See what a flock of slpps.” He was told by a newspaper reporter that a flock of ships was called a fleet, and that a fleet of sheep was called a’flock. And it was added, for his guidance in mastering the intricacies of our language, that a flock of girls was called a bevy, that a bevy of wolves is called.a a drove, and a drove of thieves is called a gang, and a gang of aimels is called a host, and a host of porjwises is called a shoal, and a shoal of buflaloes'is called a herd, and a herd df children is called a troop, and a troop of patridges is called a pack, and a pack of swansis called a whiteness, anti a whiteness of ,; geese is called a gaggle, and a gaggle of brant is called a gang, and a gang of ducks is called a team, and a team of widgeon is called a com]>any (or trip), and a company of teal is'called a flock, and a flock of snipe is called a wisp, and< a wisp of bitterns and herons is called a sedge, and a sedge of plovers is called a flock, and a flock of of larks is called an exaltation, and an exaltation, of beauties is called a galaxy, and a galaxy of ruffians is called a horde, and a horde of rubbish Is called a heap, and a heap of oxen is called aLdrove, and a drove of blackguards is called a mob, and a mob of whales is called a school, and a school of worshipers is called a congregation, and a congregation of soldiers is called a corps, and a corps of sailors is called a ci-ew, and a crew of robbers is called a "band, and a band of bees is called a swarm, and a swarm of people is called a crowd. The Del Rio (Texas) Dot is edited by a young lady. She remarks: “Man proposes, but it sometimes takes a great deal of encouragement to get him to do so.” ■ The worth of a State in the long run is the worth of the individuals composing it.

CAMPAIGN ISSUES.

Ssnatcr Allison Makes a Scathing Arraignment of the Administration. The Democratic Party’s False Pretenses Shewn Up in No Enviable Manner. [Speech of Hon. William B. Allison before the lowa Republican Convention.] More than one-third at President Cleveland’s administration has passed into history; the ’Democratic House of Representatives, elected at the same time, has been in session for more than eight months. This time is long enough to fairly and impartially review the conduct at the administration and of the House of Representatives as compared with the promises and pledges of the Democratic party made to the people in 1884, to secure a majority in the House and the administration of the Government. These promises and pledges are still fresh in the memory of the people. The Republican party had been in power for many years. It had passed successfully through the most perilous period in our history since the foundation of the Government, and was constantly compelled to deal with questions of the greatest magnitude. Look at’ the situation and condition of pur country and people when Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office in March, 1861, and then look at our situation and condition when the Republican party surrendered power in 1885. A period of [great deeds and achievements, making greater progress for liberty and for mankind than had been achieved for centuries before. At every step of .the progress we had the hostility of the party now in power. It was charged by our opponents that we had abused the trusts imposed upon us, by extravagant and wasteful expenditure of public money. That we had created unnecessary offices and employments for the purpose of rewarding partisan service. That the legislation of Congress had been in the interest of corporate monopolies and what they chose to caM the money power. That the tariff system, the growth of Republican ascendency, was unjust in its burdens on the great body of the people. That an onerous and burdensome system of taxation had gathered vast hoards in the Treasury which, instead of being used for the payment of the interest-bearing debt of our Government, was being hoarded in the Treasury vaults in the interest of the bondholder and the speculative interests in Wall street. That the various departments of the Government were honey-combed with corruption and that a change of administration was necessary in order to fully expose and lay bare these transactions. These and kindred charges were made with elaboration and reiteration, from year to year, and pressed with all the vigor of a great party in the campaign of 1884, to induce the people to abandon the Republican party and intrust the great affairs of our country to the Democratic party. These changes were coupled with promises that the Democratic party, if placed in power, would reform these alleged abuses, and change entirely the current of legislation and administration so as to greatly reduce public expenditures ; expose fraud and venality; mitigate the public burdens of taxation by changes in our existing tax laws; apply the surplus in the Treasury so as to enlarge the volume of circulating money, and by this means revive our industries and secure general prosperity throughout the country; that public offices should be held as public trusts and not as rewards for partisan service. These and kindred promises were made in the campaign of 1834. How have they been redeemed? Have they reduced public expenditures, as they promised ? A brief comparison will show that they not only have not reduced public expenditures, but that they have been greatly in- ' creased. Appropriations of public money are not a sure index to public expenditures. If they were, a comparison of the last few years would make a most favorable showing for the Republican. party. The total annual appropriations for 1883-4 were, in round numbers, $232,001,004; for 1834-5, $235,000,000; for 1885-6, $219,000,000;- and by the Congress just adjourned, for the current year, $ 5?,001,000, in round numbers. So that the appropriations for this year are J 30,000,000 more than the highest sums appropriated for the ordinary operations of the Government during the last four years, and $45,000,000 more than the appropriations made for the last fiscal year. It has been stated that the ordinary expenditures of the last fiscal year were, in round numbers, $18,000,010 less than they were for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885. ’lbis is true, but is easily accounted for by a few items of expenditure of an extraordinary character made in 1885, and entirely omitted from the expenditures of last year. Of this sum $8,000,000 was expended for rivers and harbors, there being no appropriation for rivers and harbors last year; $1,000,000 for the repayment of deposits made by individuals for surveying public lands; $3,500,000 for Alabama claims judgment; $4,500,000 on account of the sinking fund to tha Pacific railroads; $1,990,000 to the New Orleans Exposition; and $1,500,000 on account of repayment to importers. So that of this $19,50®,000 no portion of it can be credited to economies introduced by the new administration into she public service. The expenditures for every purpose of 1885, including the items I have named and including indefinite and permanent appropriations and the sinking fund, amount to $351,000,000 in round numbers, whilst the expenditures of 1886‘ of every kind, including the sinking fund, amount to $330,000,000 in round numbers, or a reduction of $21,000,000, which I have already accounted for, except $1,500,000, which was a reduction of the amount of the sinking fund of 1886, as compared with j the amount of that fund in 1885. This is the ; state of the account, comparing the loat vear of i President Arthur’s administration with the first i year of Mr. Cleveland’s administration. apdXutme?_Wlien. ! Congress assembled in Decemoer last it was i confronted with the total estimate of the Treasury Department, including regular and permanent annual appropriations, of $406,000,600; and when the appropriations were all made, annual and indefinite, at the close of the session, they amounted in round numbers to $384,000,000, or $24,000,000 leas than the departments asked for. The appropriations of this year are $51,000,000 in excess of the expenditures of the;, last year. This, in brief, is the net result of?the experiment of an economical Democratic administration of public expenditures as disclosed by eighteen months experience, $3>,0W,000 more than was expended in 1885, and $54-,000,000 more than was expended in 1886. I make the comparison not for the purpose of showing that the administration has been guilty of a profligate and wasteful expenditure of public money, nor for the purpose of showing that their extraordinary demands made upon Congress for increased appropriations this year were intended to , put in their hands public money to be used for improper and wasteful purposes, blit mere to show either the ignorance or malignity with which they pursued the Republican party through all the years of the past with reference to its merits of expending the public money. And I will say further that, notwithstanding the extraordinary appropriations for this current year, it will be seen atthe ' end of the year, that fqr many of the necessary ' purposes of Government an insufficient sum [ has been appropriated, which will require de- ■ flciency bills to meet the necessary expenditure. j So it was said that there were a vast number of useless employes and officeholders in the va- , rious departments of the Government. A ; scanning of the estimates will show that in ■ every department of the Government except j the Treasury alone, an increase in the number i and compensation of employes was asked for; , it you will scan the appropriation bills of the last session, you will see that in every depart1 ment except the Treasury alone, the number of | ertrployes. haa been increased, shawiTic; that in the judgment of the new administration, more persons were needed to carry on the great operations of the Government than had been provided tor by the Republican party when in i power. Again, it was said that if the Demo--1 cratic party could secure control of the de- ; part’nents great frauds and wrongs ; would be- exposed to the public gaze. With as much haste as possible, all the ! heads of departments, and all the chiefs I of bureaus were changed, thus giving complete i and ample control of all the operations of the I Government and opportunity for a thorough examination of the accounts. So that now for i more than a jear complete opportunity has I l>een given for exposing wrong-doing, and with but two or three trifling exceptions, unworthv of comment, not a blur or taint is found in the i Executive Departments of the Government . Thus, this party has been condemned by its own public and trusted servants for ita injustice to the Republican party. In 1884 our opponents criticised severely the general ’management of the finances, and especially the fact that large sums of money were hoarded in the Treasury, which ought to jbe ap- ; plied to’the payment of the interest bearing public debt. This surplus was magnified acI cording to the degree of intelligence or integrity of the critics, and by such careful and truthful oratory as generally represented the party in lowa, and it was said that this surplusamounted to more than $400,0oo,o00: ]>eople less scrupulous in their statements would bring it . down from $100,000,030 to $230,000,0 Ml, but cer- ! tainit was, that there was an enormous sur--1 plus there, which was hoarded up for the benefit of the bankers and monopolists generally, 1 and to the detriment of the great body of the i people,and it was absolutely necesaary to elect

Grover Cleveland in order that thia enormona and growing abuse might be corrected and the money thus lying idle be disseminated and diffused among the people, creating prosperity in its pathway. And the promise was made for thts administration that straightway on ita advent to power, thia great abuse would be corrected. How baa thia promise been redeemed? The first method of the redemption of this promiae was made by a change in the public debt statement, which by a cabalistic manipulation of figures, this enormous hoard of $400,000,000 was reduced in a single night to $23,000,000 without the change of a dollar in the Treasury or the paying of any portion of the debt. That was the first method. Now what were the real facts? Leaving out of the account the money held in the Treasury for specific purposes designated by law, and leaving out fractional silver which under this new manipulation of the Treasury balances is not called money, and leaving out the accrued interest on the public debt which is now calculated every day and charged up, but including the $100,000,060 set apart for the redemption of greenbacks, there was in the Treasury at the time Mr. Cleveland’s election became certain on the Ist of December, 1881, in round numbers, $110,603,000, or deducting the $100,000,000 reserve, $10,000,000 surplus. ' President Arthur's’Administration doubtless believing that It would be unwise to in any way cripple the incoming administration in its newly proposed financial policy, refrained from applying the surplus revenues, accruing between December, 1884, and March, 1885, to the payment of the public debt, as had been the custom of all Republican administrations since the close of the war, allowed these accumulations to reach on the 4th of March, 1885, in round numbers, $123,000,000, or $20,000,000 exclusive of the reserve. So that when Cleveland was inaugurated the surplus in the Treasury, according to the present mode of cementation or statement, was $30,000,000 in round numbers. Now, was this surplus applied immediately to the payment of the interest-bearing debt, as promised? Certainly not, until the surplus accumulated at a rate of from $5,000,000 to $10,60),000 a month from the 4th day of March to the 29th day of December, 1880, or for a period of ten months before a single call was made for bonds, then a call was made for $10,000,000, payable on the Ist February, 1886. So that, when this administration began the payment of the public debt by a call for $10,000,000 of bonds, the surplus had increased, in round numbers, to $80,000,000, or $60,001,000 increase over and above the accumulations in the Treasury when Mr. Cleveland came into power, and 173,000,000 increase over the $110,000,009 December 1. 1884, when it became certainly known that he was elected. This payment of $10,000,000 February 1,1886, was followed by other payments, from time to time, up to the Ist of July last, aggregating during this time a total payment of $50,0(0,000. These payments were made from surplus revenues coming into the Treasury, and not from the accumulations already made. So that, on the first day of this month with this payment of $>0,000,000 there was still an accumulation in the Treasury of $80,000,000 as shown by the debt statement, or some $60,000,000 beyond the amount in the Treasury when Mr. Cleveland came into power. This is practically the condition of the Treasury to-day, showing a surplus of $80,000,000 over and above every possible charge that can be made against the Treasury, including the charge of $100,000,000 set apart exclusively for the redemption of greenbacks. The excuse made by the administration for this vast hoarding of money was that this accumulation was necessary to maintain a large gold balance in the Treasury. Curiously enough, subsequent experience dissipated this excuse. During the period between February 1, 1886, and August 1, 1886, when $50,000,000 of the debt was paid, the gold balance constantly increased, and is larger now than at any time since the sth of March, 1885. Even the Democratic party itself became restless because of this accumulation, and late in July the House passed a resolution requiring the Treasury to pay out at the rate of $10,000,000 a month the surplus over $100,000,000. And in specific terms did what was never done before, set apart and devoted by this joint resolution $100,009,000 in coin for the redemption of greenbacks and for that purpose only. This resold, tion passed the House by more than two-thirds majority, coming to the’ Senate where it was amended by allowing the Secretary of the Treasury in his discretion to hold a working balance of $209,000,000, in addition to the $100,000,000, in order to meet extraordinary payments, such as pensions and the like, which are drawn from the Treasury in large sums and at stated intervals. Thus amended, the bill passed the Senate by a large majority, I think more than twothirds, and was returned to the House. A committee of conference was agreed to, and the conferrees reported back the provisions substantially as amended in the Senate, and these amendments were agreed to by more than a two-thirds majority in the House, and agreed to with practical unanimity in the Senate, as the yeas and nays were not called in the latter body. This moderate, conservative, and just measure was then sent to the President for his approval; he quietly put it in his pocket, refused to sign it, or return it to Congress unsigned, which if he had done, would have secured its passage by more than a two-thirds majority over his objections. This must have been plain to him. as it was to every member of the Senate and the House. Thus by interposing this pocket veto ho set up his own will and judgment against the unanimous will and judgment of the two houses of Coagrees. He knew, as well as every person who hears me now knows, that if he had refused to sign that bill, and had returned it to the House of Representatives that it would have been passed in five minutes over his veto, by more than two-thirds majorily. He knew, as we all know, that if it had come to the Senate it would have been passed with practical unanimity. I don’t believe that in the Senate there would have been five votes against it. So that the President of the United States, in violation of the spirit of the Constitution of his country, withheld from Congress, knowing its published will and judgment, a bill of the most important character relating to and affecting the industrial, laboring and material interests of thia country, and in absolute contempt of Congress, put it in his pocket in order that Congress might have no opportunity of reversing his judgment with reference to it. This is Democracy, and —the-’jmrty—-fir--tMr —stawso — clare; because the first section of their Democratic platform contains a full and complete indorsement of the administration of President Cleveland. Democrats and Greenbackers and all are expected in this campaign to uphold the hands of this administration in thus thwarting the will of Congress by the interposition of the one-man power. And now what have you to say, my Democratic friends, with reference to the management of the finances of your administration as compared with their management under Republican administrations, and as compared with the pledges and promises solemnly made to the people by your leaders ? Has t!he Democratic party redeemed its promises respecting the alleged burdens of taxation imposed upon the people by our tariff laws? Over and over again they said that our tariff system was one of organized jobbery made for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many, which they promised to correct if they could secure a Democratic President and House. It would be natural to suppose that so great an evil would be remedied by this party of reform, that they would not allow slumber to their eyelids until they had started well in the direction of correcting this abuse. The Senate, early in the session, took up the question of interstate commerce and the regulation of railroads engaged in interstate traffic and, after full debate and careful consideration passed “the Cullom bill,” so-called, a just measure on this subject. I have already shown its failure in the management of our finances as respects’Qie hoarding of treasury balances, and the payment of the interest-bearing debt. It has failed to provide for our natural defenses, aud has made feeble and inadequate provision for rebuilding and reconstructing our navy, so that, if need be, we may be prepared to assert our power on the j ocean. It has so administered the public land system as to unsettle all titles of the homestead settler seeking a home in the Territories, making no; distinction between these honest settlers and the comparatively few who are seeking to despoil the Government of the public Janas. It has with persistency resisted the admission of Dakota as a State, upon the shallowest pretexts, because if made a, it would be reliably Republican. It has not even allowed these people a hearing in the House of Representatives. It has used the dilatory power of the House Under its rules to prevent the consideration of the general subject of pensions to soldiers. It has upheld the hauds of the President in his vetoes of small private pension bills fer the relief of the worn-out soldiers of the Republic. It has fostered monopolies by insisting upon impracticable and ineffectual measures to cure alleged evils. It has masqueraded as the friend of labor, but has done nothing and proposed nothing for the benefit of labor, out persisted in a policy to handicap, if not destroy,the true interests of the American laborer. This is the party that this year asks the confidence of the country in the coming campaign, and asks the Greenbackers and laboring interests in the State to give it support at the ballot box. I cannot think that party leaders, blinded by party zeal and by party patronage already secured and hoped for, can thus lead the masses of the people on to ita support. It is the duty and should be the mission of the Republican partv to unmask these pretenders and hold up to tlie public gaze th»ir pretensions and promises, as compared with their failures and shortcomings. -- , ■ '■■■:. j, Senator Jones, of Nevada, in a long interview says he believes the Republican party will win in 1888, and that Mr. Blaine is the strongest man in the party.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—Charles Champlin wm sent to the penitentiary for a term of three yean at the last term of court, in May, for an attempt to poiSOn the Sanden family, of White River Township, with “Rough on Rats.” A short time since another attempt was made to poison the same family. Arsenical poison had been put in the sugar during the absence of the family. Pies were made, in which the sugar was used. The mother and daughters ate freely of the pie, and were at once seized with convulsions, the result of what the doctor pronounced arsenical poisoning. Suspicion points quite clearly to a daughter in the family, who is the wife of Champlin, in the jienitentiary. Since Champlin's sentence she has many times threatened the family with violence, so that her father compelled her to leave home. ■—A farmer from Mooreland, Henry County, reports that for the last five or six weeks cholera has played fearful havoc among the farmers’hogs in that vicinity, hundreds dying daily. One man has lost over sixty head, among which were some valued at between $75 and SIOO each. Another lost about one hundred head, and another some thirty or forty. Nearly all Lhat were uot affected have been sold and slipped away, so that the stock of swine is almost depleted. —A wealthy farmer was recently induced by tjvo sharpers, under pretense of some kind of trade, to go to Columbus and draw $5,000 from the bank. They started back, but when a few miles out beat and robbed the old man, threw him out of the buggy, and drove off. His friends, alarmed, started in search of him, but when found, after night, he was so injured and excited that he could give no intelligible account of the affair. —One night recently a dynamite cartridge exploded under a residence near Ridgeville. Roused by the noise, the owner arose and found his barn in flames. His loss is about $1,500. He claims to have lately received two letters, the first signed by a party that he knows, and the second anonymous, threatening his life and the destruction of his property should he longer remain in that neighborhood. —A farmer living near Charlestown was encountered by two foot-pads abont two miles from Jeffersonville, while walking out to visit his daughter. The highwaymen demanded his money, and upon his making a show of resistance, one of them fired at him, the ball taking effect in the left leg above the knee. The robbers then fled, being frightened by the outcry made by their intended victim. —A 11 -year-old boy was crushed to death by a falling elevator, at Bentonville, a small station eight miles from Cambridge City. Seeking shelter from a sudden shower he ran under the platform, which was heavily loaded with grain, and while under it the elevator gave way. The whole fell upon the unfortunate child, mangling him in a horrible manner. He died m about two hours. —The Mormon missionaries are preaching in the rural districts of St. Joseph County. They are going through the country living upon the charity of the people, and preaching their faith wherever they can secure a church or schoolhouse. In their sermons they are quiet on polygamy, and, whenever questioned on that point, deny that it is in praciie-a amongst their people in Utah. —Among the many attractions of the Inter-State Fair to be held at Fort Wayne, Sept. 14, 15, 16, and 17, will be the great balloon race. This is one of the most novel and exciting entertainments ever witnessed. There will also be a larger show of stock, etc., than ever before, and the races are a guaranteed success, as more horses-are entered than at any other fair ’ straying the oak. irees in Owen Township, Jackson County. The worms run from twq inches in length down, and are very rough and of numerous colors. It is thought they do damage by either stinging the timber or depositing their eggs on (he limbs, and in many cases the leaves begin Withering in a few hours after Ijeiog attacked. —Cholera has caused the death of hundreds of hogs in the northern part of Adams County. Some of the farmers lay the cause to the extreme drought, while others say that the disease was caused by feeding unripe corn. The cholera has not appeared elsewhere in the county, but the loss is very heavy, and will amount to at least $5,000 in the section named. —During a heavy wind-storm at Evansville the girls employed in an overall factory, on the river bank, became frightened and stampeded. One of them, aged 20, became wild with fright, and plunged down the elevator hatchway, a distance of forty-five feet, striking on her head. She was picked up unconscious, and, the doctors say, cannot recover. —for five years a young man residing near Anderson has been unable to walk without the use of crutches. Recently during a season of prayer directed especially for him, he arose, laid down his crutches, and walked at the same time. He claims that all pain immediately left him, and now feels perfectly sound and well. —The game law says that ducks may be legally killed in this State on and after September 1, but if the papers in the northern part of the State are correct, the duck season is open every day in the year. —A fine new barn near Memphis, Clark County, was struck by lightning during a recent storm and totally consumed. The building and contents were valued at from $4,000 to $5,000, wjth a small insurance. —-One day recently a lady, who lives one mile north of Medora, went to attend her canary birds, and was surprised at seeing a large house-snake in the bottom of the jSage, which was hanging on Jhe wall. It had kilTed five and swallowed four of ZjSjfX birds. The snake was killed, and measured three feet in length. —The south-bound express on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad recently ran into a flock of wild turkeys near Decatur, killing thirteen. Farmers report the woods fyll of them, the dry summer being advantageous to their growth.