The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-08

and upon the desire to promote q particular pol
icy, such force and motlv We power is altogether
wanting. The opposition have something with
which they can look honest folks straight In the
eye, and, II need be, face a frowniDg world; for,
as Mr.. w. r. Morrison said, II beaten on such a
platform, they would not be disgrac-d. This is
no small thing TO say for the democratic party.
they have been accnstomed 10 take defeat ana
only got 10 take ne this time in any event.
The allies they have secured VIII stand by them
for this light at least: IL they had come short,
adopted, these allies would have Scattered to the
four winds. The latter have obteined all that
they asked for, viz: an unequivocal demand for
honest money and fair dealing with the nations
creditors; and now IL is to be presumed they
will wo'k with earnestness and fidelity to re-
store the State of Illinois 10 the position she
ought never to have forfeited, as a common
currency, and no compromise TO offer to repudi-
ators.
ILLINOIS COUNTED OUT.
Cincinnati Enquirer, Democrat
1t is fooIishness to assert that there is any es-
sential difference of opinion in the democratic
party West touching the question OF cur
rency. Indiana democrats adopt an expansion
platform. The howl against it has little effect
Ohio democrats, with greater deliberateness, on
broader grounds, and In unmistakeable TERMS
demand a constant increase of the currency, to
keep pace with the business of the country. The
Missouri democratic platform, which we print
this mornings nj is o almost copy of the res
evenis we 9 'f ind n' in il no declaration
for contraction, no demand for re-
turn TO specie payments, and we do find
iVe-tRenty bonds which, in so far as it is not
substantially the same W tn the Ohio resolution,
goes further than that in the direction. of the
Western idea. Illinois must be counted out of
any survey of the West with a view of getting
the sentiment of the people upon this currency
question. There has been no expression from
the democr attic party In Illinois. The people of
the party have not had voice in this matter
snow, save through the grangers, largely COM
posed of democrats, who made such pronounced
that their Chicago organs, depending upon
Eastern bounty, deserted them.
SOMETHING THAT CHINKs.
Cincinnati Commercial, Ind.l
The hard money platform of the Illinois
democracy was adopted by three-fourths ma
jority of the convention. The democrats Of that
state are not likely to take Governor Allen or
anybody else for president on declaration In
favor of an indefinite issue of irredeemable cur
rency. Like Sam Cox, they want something
that "chinks," and are for any policy that viii
give them money good the world round, dollar
for dollar.
The platfarm adopted by the democracy of
Illinois is remarkable for its brevity and clear
ness of utterance There will be no difficulty in
CONSUMING it, man though foil i need t ,d not
winded Columbus platform, TO conceal real
opinions. lthas honestly and irankness of ex-
sumption Of specie payments as soon as possible
without disaster to the business interests of the
country, and no imitation of an trredeema-
BILE currency; (2 tree commerce and a tariff
or revenue only; (9 individual liberty
and opposition TO sumDtuary laws; (D re-
striction OF governments, State and national,
to their legitimate powers, and no legislative
and executive Intern eddltng with affairs of So
cieiy; and b the protection of the people from
extOrtion and unjust discrimination by char
tered monopolies. On these clearly stated propo-
sitiOns il would be possible TO organic great
national party out of the diaffected elements of
the corrupt republican and dilapidated demo-
cratic parties that would restore public conf
dence in political morality, and give tone and
character to the administration of national af-
fairs. 1t is upon such platform, without other
issues crowded into it, that We yet hope TO see a
political organization that VIII sweep the coun-
try in 1875.