The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05

hearts to-day, as did the spirit of inde-
| pendence In the hearts of their ance sIors
hundred years ago.
PRACTICAL REFoRMER.
Cincinnati Commercially
Governor TIlden is the one Democratic
candidate who has the flavor OF practical
reformer. 1t is here that the strength of
Tilden most decidedly appears. He has
the courage of his opinions. He has pre-
pared the way to pres ent him Sc
to the country as a reformer and
liberal, and an honest money man.
Having the power in the convention, he
made the platform to please himself, vast
Ing no efforts upon vain show of evasive
phrases. The Democratic platform is
strong documeDt-clearer and stronger
than that of the Republicans. Il declares
in the opening sentence, "the administrs-
ton OF the federal government to be in
urgent need of immediate REFORM" With
Is fact that there need be no con roversy
about.
A DESPERATE STRUGGLE FEARED.
The Democratic convention yesterday
nominated Samuel J. Tilden of New York
for the presidency. The nomination was
by such an overwhelming majority that it
'coNOS uO uOuUI tuaI bD6 convention
deemed him the only man hav-
ing possible chance of success.
The nomination is warning OF
the desperate struggle that is to be made
Three-fourths of the convention were
either opposed to Tilden's political views
or opposed to him personally. Yet these
people sacrificed personal and political
feeling for the purpose Of securing one
end he election of Democratic president
and the overthrow OF the Republican
party.
A NEW ERA.
louisville Courier-JournaIl
The nomination of Governor Tilden
marks rev era in American politics. It
is the effect of the exertion of positive
forces; not merely the result of the copces-
sions of powerful rivals who would not
yield to each other, and so let the nomina-
ton drop to lower plane OF ability and
prominence, in order to mutually spare
each others feelings. The nominee is the
representative of positive, not negative,
merits; and the campaign thus inau.
gnrated will be one OF organized
ideas, not one of heterogeneous ele-
men's combined for the selfish purpose
OF securing to themselves the public spoils. |
A NOMINEE To BE PROUD OF.
[St. Louis Repub ican.l
The National Democratic Convention |
has done its duty to the country, to the |
party end to itself. From among the good |
and true Democrats whose names were
presented for the first office in the |
it has selected one who |
is not only the peer OF the noblest. |
but combines within himself more |
elements of political strength than any of |
bis rivals-nay, more than sll OF them /
combined. IL is no stretch of partial fancy |
to say that Samuel j. TiIden is a nominee |
OF whom the Democratic party would have |
been proud in the proudest days of u. un-
questioned supremacy.
ANOTHER MAN FOR HONESTY.
ILogansport Start
Samuel j. Tilden is but another name |
for personal and political integrity and |
honesty of purpose. In his election every |
ring of every class will see their doom, |
Upon his election to office fraud, peculs- |
ton and corruption will hide their dimin- |
ished heads, and honesty, capacity and |
be once more recognized |
in the land as the only passports to politi- |
cal preferment.