The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-03-08

UOUS SENATOR WITH THb BLOODl BAN
NER.
To the EDITOR Of the Sentinel:
SIR: Well, Senator Morton is going to
get the nomination ct Cincinnati.
thought might as well tell you now as any
time. He has large unseen and unde-
termined strength which never falls to
bring fellow through all right. don't
know when he got it or whether it's dan
perous or not, but, nevertheless, he's got
what 1 said, and that's enough co make
three presidents these hard times. This
hidden meaning about anything, or hid
den strength in ones character, Is q thing
not visible to every body. Its value would
be damaged il every one could see 1t. Ii
Is a custom Il experience no coBpunctions
of conscieuce in lsylrg this much before
the world) among most people to search
In the depths OF anything tLey dou't Ike,
for hidden me aDiDg, and If IL IS among
the rubbish of a iavOrite's candidate one
is hunting, constant labor and sufficient
faith will te rewarded by the discovery
of an unseen and unseeable hidden
strength lust ready to boil over a. the
proper time. This hidden strength is ex-
tremely difficult to find, but SIN satisfied
Senator Morton has large unseen and ur-
determined strength, though acknowl-
y
ers. l. is one OF .ose blessings to be en-
loved by only 70 ", and all can do Is to
ask, can't you see 1t? Oicour @ you cam,
for have not said il is unseen? No man
ever vet stepped from the Senate to the
presidency, but Senator Morton will. III
were called upon to prove this Ssertlon i
could do so satisfactorily to the most crit
ical enemy by saying he will be lifted
from one place 10 the ether by large un-
seen and unde tsrmined strength. That's
DEF1NITENEss BOILED DOWN
In a nutshell. Two years ago last
December 1 beard Senator Morton de-
clare In the Senate chamber that on. West
where he came from tt roads were some
times terribly muddy. In fact 1t was very
common to see a wagon heavily loaded
with goods, mired down to the hub. This,
he afterwards informed US, was before
railroads vera thought of. The senator
continued and said that when the wheels
sank in the mud up to the hubs, II the
wagon was very heavily loaded, the
horses stalled. I've seen the very same
thing myself. "Mr. President, what is
then done, do 1 hear some one ask"
These are not the exact words, as / am
quoting from memory, but it is positively
true in substance. "Wby, Mr.. President,
another team was kitched on to the front
end of the wagon tongue, and il that was
not enough, still another and another until
there was strength enough TO pull the
wagon out on dry land where the roads
were good and the single team could pull
the load along as usual. Now, Mr.. Presi-
dent, that's true illustration of the fnap-
cial condition OF the country. The govern
ment, as far as the financial pars of 1t Is
concerned, is sHsmped, sunk in a miry
mudhole clear MP to the hubs, and tbs
only vsy tt BOOST her out is to direct the
secretary Of the treasury to put In circuls-
tion the S44 ,000,000 reserve fund, and il
that don't bring her out onto dry land,
st lr, the printing machinery to work ana
keep them at work till they print pile of
greenbacks tnst will bring her out. re-
peat, Mr.. Chairman, we want more money.
We must inf ate. that's my sentiments
a. present, Sir, and as / am governed Gu
tirely IN my opinions by the voice OF the
people 1 will not change these sentiments
until think they are
NO LONGER POPULAR.
It viii be remembered that this currency
struggle ended in happy adjustment"
and later in the Sherman bin of January,
1879. This Sherman bill was passed one
year after Senator Morton advocated infiS-
tiou, and is generally understood to be
contradicting measure. OF the main feature
of this resumption sc!. which fixes the
time for rsdeeming the current notes In
coin. Senator Morton, in a speech deliv-
cred az Urbsns, Ohio, last fall, said: 81
had something to do with the preparation
OF This bill, soted for it in good iaith, and
inteud to stand by it until experience has
demonstrated that 10 is imprscticable or
needs amendment. Its main feature, FIX
Il nj n
It, / had proposed to the Sen ste six years
before, an 4 whether tae time fixed is 6
proper one or not, and / should have
preferred it year or two later,
1t IS the method by which, believe,
specie plyuent can and will be reached.
IL establishes the policy of free banking,
tbs slow, gradual, but certain return 90
SPECIE payments, and no contraction or ex-
pansion OF the currency until that time"
OF the same "main feature" the Indiana
republican sla,e platform says: "In our
opinion, so much or the so-called resump-
ton act as fixes the time for the rssumr-
ton Of spscis payments should be re
pealed." From the foregoing it IL as
plain a. the nose on a mans face thst the
dsnI~trSsic party is oddly torn up on the
financial question. By careful read
ing, one ia almost forced to the
conclusion that the democracy is just
about ready TO explode on account of their
torn up condition on finance, and the deep
sighted philosopher can see the evidence
of hidden meaning" in Governor Hem
bricks New Orleans spsecb; he can also
discover that Senator Morton has "lerge
unseen and undetermined strength"
WHICH will secure bis nomination at Gin
cinDa'i, and that Governor Hendricks has
no opinions on the financial question,
never having said anything on the subject;
In other words, shat he Is q kind of one
holss politician, his speeches never having
attracted any attention outside the local
ity where they were delivered, and his
name Is scarcely spoken by any one IN
connection with the presidency. In the
premises OF the foregoing there slss
SILENTLY LURKs PRooF-PosITIvE
tina. Msjor Ortiz did nothing out Of the way
In trying to "Peter" widow women out OF
everything they have In the world, the &C.
cumulstions of life of incesssnt toll and