The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-23

! hold on it. have no doubt OF the desire O,
me honest portion of the Republican party 10
nave tnelr party purified itself. Their party
pride would prompt them To that. But / am
satisned now that the grsat body o. hepubli-
Ssns, a. Wen as Demo crais. have lost ali hope
Il me apIlty OF the Il publican party 10 brihg
about reform.
IN CONCLUSION,
gentismen, am very much wearied with my
trip tere, as well as my stay al Washington
for some two or three days before left there.
we were greatly wearied with business.
have had bat very little sles D. l am much
eased TO meet you. l am more g-atified
20 see you and De at home, than you are TO see
me nome. IA voice, We are going to send you
back again Frank. App ause.1 Well there is
one thing certain gen lemen. that want YOU
U eeoll. CT now If you send me back there
my course whatever. We have only attacked
he skirmish line Uf this party. We have
made the attack. and warned them before /
left Wa hineton to be prepared W hen the next
session commenced that we exoec ed TO make
2 grand charge upon their camp or corruption
lCneers,I expect we will remonetize silver at
very early day next session. NE expect
o DO that, ard am satisfi q that we have the
solIlty 10 do so; lGreat applause.l We don't
lntenu 10 repudlaJe. neither do We intend that
they shall repudiate. thank you, gentle
men.
Mr.. Lsnders was received with wild
demonstrations OF delight when he sp-
peared upon the stand, and the audience
spplsuded him throughout the delivery OF
nis long and powerful address, maniiesting
their approval in many ways that must
have been great grstif ,ation to him.
OUR MKT GOVERNOR CALLED OUT.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Landers's
speech, and alter the crowd mad ceased TO
cheer IT, there were calls, loud and long
tor williams, Old Blue iJesns, our next
governor" etc, and in response the
IN mar fCr 80 r. an.
before the enthusiastic populace, and ne
addressed them as follows:
My Fellow Citizens-I feel proud tonight of the
respect you have shown to your noble congressman.
Applause. 1t was my good fortune to sit with him
in Congress for the last eight months and it was my
Senate. j have ever found him to be faithful and
true to all the trusts reposed in him. / hope that
in him and return him 70 Con@TeSs
for he is an honorable servant and Won should keen
him in Office. Cheers. But the hour is too late for
me to talk 10 you tonight, but Mr. Vending I'LL
that some of you DESTROYS of seeing me than
to hear me. Laughter and applause.
MR.. wENDLING's REMARKS.
Gentlemen it is entirely late for me to attempt
to detain you any length of time l want
to take up an idea just mentioned by
your di dis tn. representatiye That
want to look at it for moment in the light of his
tory. l say that the proposition is absurd in the
light OF our last ten years history. And if you will
go back to the close of the war, when the garb
Of loyalty became the CLOAK of thieyery
we saw in 1869 the formation of
W. universal e.; 9ses carpet AR baggng job Applause
job We saw in 1859 the Seneca sandstone job, n
1870 the San Domingo job, in 1871 the Tom MUIR
ply and epstem house job, in 1872 the Washington
saving, banking job in 1874 the Robertson navy
yard job, in ls75-what? Why, a Democratic Con-
gress is assembled [APPlause.l Aud it heralded
throughout the country that its programme shall be
nvestigation-thorOugh and complete investigation,
and then it is, and not until
mitted to say, ''Let no guilty man escape iAP.
Rlausel The evidence shows in the whisky trials
ring, the Milwaukee whisky ring, and
TIE INDIANA WHISKY RING
were all organized in 1871 and 1872 and not
an effort made to crush them until a
Belknap appointment made in 1873, and a trad
ing post sold to the highest bidder in 1873 vet no
one doubts, for an instant, that Belknap would be
Secretary OF War to-day, were it not for the
Democratic Congress. Why, the PROPOSE
ton of the Republican party to
reform itself is absurd, not only in the light of his
tory, but ii is absurd in the light of sense
As a common sense proposition it amounts to this
Ninety -four thousand corrupt officials working
with money, brain and muscle to re-eect Repub-
lican administration. They are to be turned out
and honest men put in their places. Laughter
Morton. Grant, Logan, Butler and Babcock, are ali
enthusiastic in support of Hayes and Wheeler after
having had distinct understanding that Morton,
Logan. Butler and Babcock, are to be wiped out of
politics they areelected Big thieves and
little thieves Dig rings ana little rings are all united
in support Of Hayes and Wheeler upon
the distinct and positive understanding that all
thieves and all rings are to be wiped out
they are elected. Is that good common sense? Then
say that the proposition that tue Republican party
will reform itself is absurd in the light
of history and it is absurd in the
it is for the Republican party on a small scale to
form itself When you recollect that down there
in Plymouth Church the most distinguished pulpit
orator in the Republican party Henry Ward Beecher
successfully
DEFEATED ALL ATTEMPTS AT REFORM
within the party. [Laughterl In my state of IL
linois is a gentleman by the name of Ingersoll
who is the next great theologian that the Repub-
lican party has produced, who has spent one-half
of his time cussing God almighty, and the other
half in cussing the Democrats party He is the
only criminal lawyer, gentlemen, who has
ceeded in clearing prominent member
evidence that cleared him Immediately procured
to help put Blaine in nomination in Cincinnati, and
that is the reform within the parry. Gentlemen,
speaking of criminal trials, reminds of this:
Have you noticed that it is popularity of all
lawyers in defending a very extreme and
difficult to always send for the most respectable
relative and place him in full view Of the jury.
Thinking of that moment we can understand why
they have that we'll dressed gentleman, Mr.. Hayes,
TO SIT before the jury III lnls campaign.
The thought suggested to me
while Mr. Landers speaking, and L had not
intended TO mention it to you, but thought that the
idea he had mentioned of reform within the party
might he emphasized. Now, word as to the general
condition of affairs. But after the ad-
dress you have heard, it seems useless
on my part to attempt to recite them.
Eight years ago the politicians in power at
tanned fer the first time rol of this government.
Prior to that time there was honest Abe Lincoln,
by whom
SIMON CAMERON WAS SUSPENDED FROM
OFFICE,
and after him Andy johnson, whom they tried to i'm