The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-16

| internal Improvement and home protection,
all these things have passed away or
/ been settled or at-least do not
afford questions for lines upon which we
| tween the old parties that lave controlled
| this government so fong?|what Is there
/ now between the democratic and the repub-
licsn parties, or the old wing partyf Are
fthere any live questions upon which they
are divioeo 10 COZ. I vlsve rol ,bnRiand
| $3.50 NJ NONE AT ALL.' lao Enigfniam
Taere is nothing worth keeping up. The
nsine wing or democrat, so far as import ant
questions are concerned, there is nothing
OF the kind, Why, then, do you fins this
| political eommotion all over the land? Why,
my fellow citizens, / will tell you. You
| have been deceiveds%They have promised
i retrenchment and reform at time when
you had a large war debt to meet, when you
had heavy taxation. They have held out in
all their political meetings that these heavy
burdens resting upon you shall
be made right. But what have they
done?: Have they fulfilled those promises
that they have made to us7 They have not.
Instead of doing this they have done just
the reverse of il. They have increased the
| salaries both in your state legislature and
your congress; multiplied your pub ic Offices.
and laid new burdens upon the people as the
fultiilment Of their promises Of FetreRsa
II
have brought YOU here to-day, to take irto
your own hands the government and
control of the country. 1 Applause.l Ard,
gentlemen, 1 trust that you Will not go home
until you take such steps as viii secure your
own rights Applause.l That you will
take such steps will carry terror into the
hearts of those parties that have betrayed
you from time to time / have been at POI
litical gatherings in my Life time-in times
that are passed. 1t has been great number
of years since have come out to a political
convention, and have not heard in my own
county political speech for a long time. /
have retired from all such things as these.
am an old man; but when look upon the
treachery that is going on in the
countryside condition of the eountry-I
have turned out as of old for the purpose of
meeting You here on this occasion tapplausel
and joining hands with youfor the purpose
OF taking such steps as will redeem this
country; tor I do hold, unless the congress
| of the United States is arrested your gov
eminent is in great danger. You have the
rare spectacle to-day, and have had tor sew
era years past, of congress spending large
portion of its time investigating the deialca.
tions--I don't want to say stealings-of their
ow n office holders, ana il amounts to what?
Nothing. These men are turned out and
they O. do - the Same = thing. Per.
init me to- say Iotthat' ioI1sA have
.vrssa GREAT coNFIDENcE ioiano9 go
in many mon that are in congress, that are
in our legislature. have not lost all con-
fidsnee. But good men sometimes get into
position and can not heip the Consequences
that follow. Your congressman have cot
into rings and circles-in other worus-have
cot Into the ditch. 1t is so on both sides.
a man is elected to congress, and he, Is
elected by whom? BY a set Of men hover
ing around the country, watching for Office,
for years. They are the men active
low known to be a thief "a bad man: he
cannot be trusted He goes to this con-
gresham and says, 81 want an of6ce-this
Office he designates it.; he is particular
about it. The congressman says: II know
that fellow is not good man. What am i
to do? But he is worth 80 votes. Ii turn
offthese men, cannot be elected. / am
either to go out of Office. or heed the de-
mands of these men," That is the reason
you cannot reform either of these parties.
Their surroundings are such that they can
not be trusted. They have not a man in
Office who does not commit these things,
and there is no end of their Investigations:
nor is their to be any end to it,. We have no
prospect of anything better. You have to
correct this. And might say in relation
to these .defalcations, that the very men
that made these Investigations, turned in
themselves and made the biggest steal of all.
[Applause.] What are You TO expect? You
are acquainted with fal1lr7 sa 'f0
THE SALARY GRAB.
Made by the same men who are making
these investigations. You are here to try
these men, and i have no doubt the verdict
will be such as they deserve. / happened to
be present some weeks ago at picnic of
grangers In my own county, and larger
number of people have never seen at h
picnic before. The was parade of a mile
and a quarter long and four abreast, and you
would scarcely miss them out of the crowd
that was left behind. These things speak
louder than words. When you see the men
turning out for the purpose OF considering
and investigating their rights, you may
calculate what they are going TO do. 1 am
very anxious TO be useful to my old friends,
and I would give them one piece of advice.
either to get out of the way and let these
people fix these things, or for the two par
ties to join. When contractors for public
works come together one says to the other,
''you bid for these contracts and / won't bid
against you" We will then Join together
and divide the spoils. The best thing
know that these parties can do is to vote to-
gether and divide the spoils. laugh
teri Otherwise they will get MOTH
ing. 1t is a good deal better
to have half Loaf than nothing at ali. Here
is body of men who have never been in
the habit of meeting at political conventions.
There is good deal to do. Take your
| time, gentlemen; make nominations that
there can be no objection to; select good and
honest men, and you are out OF danger.
Your platform may give you some trouble.
know we disagree about a great many
things, but if that platform has one word in
| it, that is enough for me; will be satisfied
with it--and that is the word honest.
| [Applause.1 There is talent enough in this
country; there is no lack Of capacity. But
there is great lack of honesty. Put that
into your platform, and nominate men
that are honest, and you are, safe.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE on CREDENTIALS. =.
The committeeon credentials then reported
as follows: The committee met pursuant to
Instructions and elected ]. McAllister, of
White county, president; j. T. Dyer and A.