The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24
TAMMANY GREETING-THE WORLD
AND THE FLESH.

THE ORGAN OF MIR. TWEED PATS THE PARTY
FOLKS ON THE BACK-vICToRY FOR THE OLD
EMBLEMs PRoPHEsIED.
The New York World, the oracle of Mr..
Tweed, when it paid to be the Boss's oracle,
has this to say of the political situation in
Indiana:
The Democrats of Indiana are already in
the field and preparing for the fight in Octo-
Der next with cheerful and well-grounded
confidence. Perfect unanimity prevails
in their councils, and they are as
sured Oh the cordial cooperation of many
honest rural republicans who will have no
more of such republicanism as finds expo
nents and representatives at Washington in
Mr.. Grant and "Boss" Shepherd and
in Indiana in Messrs. Colfax and
Alvord will be regretted during this sum-
mer's campaign, but i'm Mr.. Mcdonald the
democracy will have an effective organizer,
an indefstigable worker and democrat of
unimpeachable loyalty. The task set them
is not very difficult one. The election of
1872 was conclusive test of the voting
strength of the state. Each party cast nearly
10000 votes more than it had ever before been
able TO bring into the field, Mr.. Hendricks
being elected by less than 900 majority over
all, though the republicans carried the state
for their candidates for other offices. Dis
gusted by the nomination of Mr.. Greeley,
% 900 democrats absented themselves from
the polls in November, so that the republi-
cans, bringing out their full strength,
were enabled to carry Indiana by 2l,000.
The campaign, both in October and No
vember, reflected great credit on Mr..
MOrton's powers as a politician, and what
with levyiDg money as far west as in st.
Louis, and whipping i'm every voter that
that money could purchase or government
influence induce to vote, besides some
wholesale importing and colonizing, his
party won substantial victory. Mr.. Morton
was then
FIGHTING FOR THE LEADERSHIP
of the republican party; now his eff
forts will be no less desperate since
he covets the presidential succession,
but he is not likely to be backed
as strongly by the administration,
since Mr.. Grant can not very well afford TO
declare for him thus early, and in any case
would not labor as vigorously Tor his bench.
man as he labored for himself in 1872. The
unmasking of Mr.. ColfaX has further weak
ened the Indiana republicans. The farmers
in the rural districts are falling away from
their allegiance. The defeat and demorali-
zation OF the party in the other states have
had their influence i'm Indiana. The democ-
racy has maintained its organization, and in
judicial elections last all showed that il had
gained back all the absentees of November,
1872, and added many converts. The task
now set is light one. Two years ago the
change of 200 votes in the Seventh District
would have given the democracy three
congressman, This year we should elect
eight or nine of the eleven Representatives
at the least. 1t is not every state in the
union which has such a privilege extended
to tia privilege which may be purchased at
so little cost-and the democrats of Indiana
would be- eulpaole indeed cid they neglect
so golden an opportunity. This success
must not only be achieved. but, it must be
thoroughly achieved. IL will not be enough
TO repel the enemy and camp on
the battle field, but be must be driv-
en-, pursued and routed beyond any
possibility of sgaIn rallying and renewing
the combat. The democracy in the other
states--in Ohio, i'm New York, i'm New
Hamshire have made the task of the demo-
Gratis in Indiana essv. They now ask of
their brethreII in Indiana that they will so
do in October next as TO make it certain
that the next House of Representatives shall
be democratic and the next president q
dem )crat. Zach hundred votes of our ma
jnrity IN October will influence thousand
votes elsewhere IN November, encour-
aging the timid in our own ranks and car
~ ing dismay into the ranks of our adver-
saries. For this reason the men placed in
domination next July must be good men
and the platform on which they stand clear
and uncompromising The responsibility
of democracy N. .iaila Is great, and if it be
accepted win h unseidsb and unequivocal de-
vOtioD a. the principles of the party the
triumph will be complete, and radicalism in
. so vest will be beaten down never to rise
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