The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-17
Indiana Politics.

for the Vice-Pyesidency was Of course made
for the purpose Of conciliating his numerous
friends in the West and gaining their
votes for the ticket Before the National
Convention assembled on the day after the
nomination Of Mr.. TILDEN had been made
the Ohio delegates had, it was understood,
agreed to present the name OF Mr.. PAYNE,
OF that State, us that OF man whose nomi-
ton would be acceptable to the western
States-an agreement the more remark
able because OF the fact that Mr.. PAYNE
is hard-money man. However, when
the Convention rc,issembled, the en-
thusiasm in behalf OF HENDRICKS soon
became SO great that the Ohio delega-
ton determined not to bring the name OF
Mr.. PAYNE before the body; and thirty-siX
OF them voted for HENDRICKS. The eight
who declined to vote ut all-the only men,
beers of the Convention whose votes were
not counted for HENDRICKs-were supposed
ut the time TO be soft-money men who would
not vote for HENDRICKS because he was q
hard-moncy man, though this supposition
was not consistent with their agreement to
support Mr.. PAYNE. Let these things be
as they may, HENDRICKS was nomi-
mated, and we do not think there
were many members OF the Convention who
regarded him as a rag-baby advocate. He
was supposed to be a hard-money man who,
like Senator THURMAN and other Democrats,
had conceded something, perhaps too much,
to the opinions OF the Ohio Democrats. 1t
was common remark Of the JOHN KELLY
faction-the Tammany men-and of other
anti-TILDEN men in st. Louis who were
working against TILDEN's nomination, that
HENDRICKS could carry New York but TIL
DEN could not. This remark was OF course
based upon the idea that HENDRICKS agreed
with the Democracy OF New York upon the
money question.
We have now an indication from Indiana
upon this interesting point. At ratitica-
ton meeting held in one OF the towns OF
that State the other day, the Hon. w. II.
ENGLISH, an old-fashioned Jacksonan Dc
mocrat, was called upon to preside. In talk
ing the chair, he made Il speech, in which
he said:
"They 1.-THE Republicans still hope you
will blunder into discord and confusion
over these questions, and are predicting
that what they call green back Democrats
are not going to support the ticket because
the st. Louis platform is for hard money.
TO this / answer that the st. Louis platform
is the law OF the party, adopted after earnest
and careful deliberation by the almost unani-
nous vote Of the representatives OF the par
ty in National Convention assembled, and
every good and true Democrat will stand
upon il, no matter what his previous no
tiOns may have been upon this delicate and
complicated subject. Where else, let Inc
ask, could n Democrat go? Not into the rag
baby business, for that is not the kind OF BIT
bies he believes in. Surely he would not go
to Father Cooper, who, good old man
that he is, probably stands Il better
chance Of being struck by lightning than he
does OF getting even one electoral vote.
Surely not to the Republican party, for
what have they to offer in their platform on
this subject even as satisfactory rs the Dem
ocratic platform? Why, these greenback
Republicans have eaten nothing but crow
ever since the Cincinnati Convention, and
they are pretty fellows, indeed, to try to
make greenback Democrats dissatisfied with
the action OF their party in the st. Louis
Convention. Pluck the beam out OF thine
own eye before you point to the mote in
your brothers eye. [Cheers.l / rather
think the Republicans will look in vain for
Democratic blunder this time.''
Mr.. ENGLISH it is thus evident regards the
hard-money Democrats rs the regulars and
the greenback Democrats rs the bush
whackers who will aid i'll the fight il they
are properly encouraged. Coming from In
diana, this sign is to be regarded as favora-
BILE one. 1t is not to be assumed or pre-
sumed that the Democrats Of Indiana donot
know the position on the currency question
OF the foremost man in their State. We sus-
pect that Mr.. ENGLISH holds precisely the
same opinions that are held by Governor
HENDRICKS; and as it is now highly deslra-
BILE to know what those opinions are, we re-
produce the following parable, which was
used by Mr.. ENGLISH TO illustrate the differ
ence between the Republican and the Demo
cratic platforms on the resumption question.
Mr. ENGLISH said:
1.-TWO farmers with their wagons were Oh
q high mountain. Both were anxious 10
get down, for it was important that tliay
should get back to their homes. One sfrnek
out for the bottom, heller, skelter, going
the shortest route and the quickest way.
without reference to the surrounding. or
seemingly caring fopEhe consequences. The
result was the breeching broke, the horses
ran away, the wagon upset, and the man
was lSff n pI.iulla for rho PAST ne fie s,oturoI