The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-29

Donald on the money question - more Ia
vorable to capital IL is the old irrepressi-
BILE conflict between capital and labor.
sEFron the New Albany Ledger-Standard.l
We have heretofore explained Mr.. Voor,
hees' absence at the time OF the passage of
the gold bill in the House. The committees
of the House were not yet appointed and no 1
sRular business was being called up. Gen. /
Schenck sprung the gold bill In the House
on Friday, February AZ, when there we're
So members net in their seats, called the pre- |
vious question and Ender the gag rule, with
out an opportunity tor word of debate,
forced its pssssge.--Terre Haute Journal.
The House had been organized eight days |
when the bill was introduced, at which time |
I'll the members should nave been In their
seats. The cORamittees were named three |
days after the passage cf the ''gold bill, and
vet Mr.. Voorhees, was not present IN the
House until the 18th, fourteen days after the
committees were appointed. Why was
representative of the people absent Tor these
twenty-fouT days after the meeting OF that
body, when it was well known that this-Eery
gold bill would be introduced and pressed
ut the earliest moment? The whole subject
had been duly discussed during the fortletn
session of congress, the winter that had just
closed. The bdl bad, in fact, passed DOtn
houses, and been +packeted" by President
Johnson, and nothing was more certain that
il would again be introduced as soon As the
new congress assembled, and so much the
should have been in his seat. But he is not
there tor the first twenty-five days OF the new
congress During the consideration of this
bill the other democratic members, Messrs.
Holman, Kerr and Niblack, were IN then
seats and voted against 1t in all its stages.
They were supported in their opposition by
the following republican representative from
Indiane: Messrs. Coburn, Orth, Snanks and
Tyner. Ii the bill was an infamous one,
and we believe il was, why could Mr.. NOor-
Hoo f,rI IN ha an " lnfdnlV
was being perpetrated? The Journal is In
error as TO the time the bill was reintro-
duced by Mir. Schenck. IL was on the 18th
of March, 1863 It Is also mistaken In the
statement that no regular business was being
called up. lis and resolutions were intro
duced and passed.
From the Sullivan Democrat-f
In the advocacy OF the claims OF certain
candidates for the position of United States
senator from Indiana, the impression is en-
.deavored TO be made on the public that the
Hon. ]. E. Mcdonald is the representative of
Wall street and the bondholders generally,
and that his friends are in thepay OF the ma
tionai banks. Ia support of this reference is
made to his Greencastle spe9ch in the early
part of the late canvass. We have taken the
trouble 10 look uD that much abused dOcu-
ment, and quote below bis views as then
expressed on these questions. Speaking OF
tbs national banks he says: AS a demo-
crat, have ever looked upon such
mOneyed ms buttons existing under
the authority OF the federal gov
eminent a. dangerous engines of political
power, and do not feel willing to the
system perpstuated tor any supposed advan-
tage that might spriDg from it, and, there
fore, L am anxious 10 see the national banks
OF this country ia the certain and sure pro-
cess of Liquidation. / have never
been able 10 bring myself to believe in the
legality of the legal tender clause OF the
law authorizing the issue of treasury
notes, Notwithstanding it has been so held
by the Supreme Court. / can not believe
that congress possesses the power to coin
money out of paper; yet L believe in the
fullest manner in the right of the govern
ment TO use her credit in The form OF treas
urY nOtesto any extent that her creditors
will receive them and that the
people may use them among them
selves as a circulating medium, and
while the government is carrying sc
large debt, L see no reason why she should
not, as tar as possible. relieve the people
from the bRrthen of the debt as TO interest
by the tree use OF treasury notes, and thus
Tighten tbs burthens OF government, and al
the same time furnish a safe circu lating me-
dunn for the people; but l am decidedly in
favor OF the government providing tor che
right OF local taxation tor all pa
per credit designed TO circulate as
money. as other property is taxed
Now, what there is in the above that
Is not good democratic doctrine is more thar
we are able t. perceive 1t Is certainly
Iacksonian democracy. When the people
who loaned money, or sold cattle and grain
or built houses, or contracted any claim Oh
gold basis and were compelled to take theil
pay IN gresnbscks, they certainly doubted
the PrOpriety Ii not the cOnstltutiouality o
the legal tender act. Mr.. Voorhees, himsel
used TO cali grseDbacks rags" and we useC
TO taunt the republicans with the charge
that they provided rags for the people ant
the soldiers and gold for the bondhoiders.
Until something more definite than the
above can he produced against Mr.. Melon
aid we protest against his being stigmatiseC
as the bondhOlder's candidate.
From the TeTe Haute G2zette.l
More comments from the press to-da,
upon the senatorial question, and again
lack of space and not material cuts shor
the narrative. Indeed, it is plainly mani
TEST that the candidacy of Mr.. VOORHEES, a
this time tor any office, but more particu
larry tor 80 exalted a one as the UniteC
States senGtorship, is of all things mos
unfortunate for him. The mem
DRY OF .aJFocious act of legis
latiOn, with which, TO couch GU
speech ia most charitable phrase, b,
wss so unfortunate as to be connected snC
identified, Is TOO fresh In the popular mine
to~&dmit now of his election TO any Office
Mr.. VOORHEES, made bis own bed-made i
ssue4Aordtot5. S1u lie must ROT complain De
cause it ID uncomfortable and because tn,
people insist upon his lying in it. Democ
.racy Eloes not forget bis many brilliant ora
TtOrical gifts, bat IL reHembers this last elee
ton and the cause of its triumph
1t dges not forget single poin
= that may be urged in bis favor
and they arc D2ny neither does it fail TO re
nlembes that IL owes its triumph 10 thu
>odium &staehing TO the ubiquitous Legislation
of ITS political adversary, and tkat MIR. Isoor
hees' name is identified win that piece
which stands as the sign and symbol OF the
very worst. IL does not forget that on per
s0nai grounds it sz8uld DE glad to honor
hin. I'M il laLLix-i.,.a.