The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-05-19

1t will be remembered how base.
and vile and scandalous the Sentinel
was said to be for publishing the
call of a body of farmers for a
convention, and how the organ, day in and
day out for weeks, heaped Goals of fire
on its head as a "fraud" and a
trick and everything false, and how it
couldn't find, even in its copious vocabulary
of billingsgate terms descriptive of the Sem
nel's baseness? You can't have forgotten
all this for it was out yesterday as it were.
But things have come to pass since those
days of doubt and disgust. The same
of the Sentinel fraud, meekly. formed itself
into this amazing concession. Said the
Journal:
Judging from present indications it is not i'm
probable that the Farmers Convention" to be
held in this city on the 10th OF June, will be
largely attended. There is a good deal of politi-
cal restlessness throughout the state, and the
enthusiasm Tesulung from tne successful or
ganization OF the grange movement makes
farmers unusually prompt TO embrace every
suggestion that looks to the betterment of their
condition or TO reform of politics. The demo-
Gratis are of course anxious for new deal, and
not a few honest republicans seem disposed to
think the old party needs christening. 10 many
minds changeis always reform, and many We l.
meaning persons are always ready to Join in
any new movement that promises reform,
without having any well-defined ideas of how
the reform is 10 be reached or where the move
ment will end. Under these circumstances we
eGs ot be
body questions the right of the farmers thus TO
meet In convention and to nominate a state
ticket IL they choose but IL seems to they
might well hesitate before deciding on that
course. The moment they put in the field
farmers ticket they destroy the usefulness ofthe
grange movement in this state. The true policy
of the patrons OF husbandry, as we have often
declared is 10 control the politics OF the country
through existing parties. Let democratic
grangers control the democratic conventions,
and compel the nomination of good, honest,
temperate men, and let the repuoI leans do the
same in the republican conventions. BY so do
ing they can thoroughly and effectually reform
poes ana fbsv cam o 9 snell
way. Suppose they nominate state ticket on
the 10th of June. They can not hope 20 elect ii
by either the republican or The democratic par
", and there is little probability that it would
be so Endorsed by either party. Neither repub-
iicans nor democrats intend to abandon their
party organizations in this state. Some may,
but the great majority will not. Both parties
will doubtless nominate tickets, and If the farm
ers nominate third ticket the result will be to
throw the state into the hands of the democracy,
And what, we should like 10 ask, can be hoped
for in the way Of reform from the democratic
party? That Ate, once in power and the grange
DO you see the point? Oliver has been
making. inquiries. He has been hearing
every thing that ''drapped" the other day
and Oliver says '.sweeten the farmers and lie
low tor young ducks" Charming elasticity
of the organ, isn't it? How convenient and
altogether lovely 1t is to be relieved
of the disagreeable necessity of thinking.
The organ pipes to-day. Oliver changes
his mind and it pipes yea and you get your
moneys worth. Now observe how the
country sheets viii echo the central organic
sentiment - g,'7 nisig1- g. ce.ie2e1 ~ 4