The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-16
GOV. HENDRIcKs's VOICE.

Y UOts VV4C6s
The Indiana Canvass Opened with A
stirring speech.
INDIANAPoLIs, Ind, August o.
The Democratic campaign was opened
here tonight by ex-Gov. Hendricks,
| in speech at Masonic Hall, Of which
the following is brief summary: a fter
referring to the evil results Of the un-
equal apportionment of the State by
the Act Of 1872, and the crime perpe-
trated in placing a man in the Prest-
Dental chair who was not chosen by
the PEOPLE, he said {: uNeed remind
you that the next Legislature will
choose a United States Senator, and
that the political character of the
Senate may depend upon that choice !?
suppose the support of the Democra-
tic legislative ticket means Mr..
VOORHEES, for Senator, and the Repub-
lican ticket Mr.. Harrison. They ARE
both gentlemen of ability, but they re-
present very different political opin-
ions and purposes. In voting directly
for Senator, how would your ballot be
cast ? You are sincere and earnest In
your opinions, and will not throw
your votes away upon legislative
y
nor do you wish to hold an uncertain
position between the two parties, to be
bargained with or for. How, then,
will you vote? Mr.. Voorhees, believes
that national bank notes should be re-,
tired, and in lieu thereof there should;
be issued by the Government an equal
amount of Treasury notes, and that the
right to issue paper money, as well as
coin, is the exclusive prerogative OF
the Government. He also believes
Congress should provide for the taxa
| ton by the States of the United States
Treasury notes, as other money is
taxed /; and he believes the policy Of
| Gen. Grants Administration and OF
the present Administrations in convert
ing our debt into foreign debt, is un-
wise and inexpedient; and that the
true policy of the Government and the
best interests of the people would be
subserved by making it domestic
debt, by affording the people the most
favorable and practical opportunities
for the investment OF their savings In
the funded debt of the United States.
He believes also in the restoration of
the silver dollar, with the full legal
tender quality, in the payment of all
debts, both public and private, and
that the coinage thereof should be
made as free and unlimited rs that of
gold. If Gen. Harrison is elected will
he support these measures, or any one
of them? think the opinion he has
heretofore expressed would require
you to answer, emo"
Referring to the labor question, he
said: ssI cannot pass from all further
reference to our platform without
making special mention of that clause
l fn soJa 4s<,v,
for the security of labor in. its wages
when employed by great corporations
of the country. The security and lien
should be made adequate, and the pro-
ceedings for its enforcement simple,
speedy, and cheap. You are to be told
| that the success of the Democratic
party means payment for slaves and
Southern claims, even to the bankrupt
ing of the Treasury. Can it be necess-
ary TO say that the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution forbids much
that you are assured we will do The
constitutional provisions are that
neither the United States nor any
State shall assume or pay any debt or
obligation incurred in aid Of insurrec-
ton or rebellion against the United
States, or any claim for the loss or
emancipation of any slave. Any man
be assumed or paid in violation OF the
Constitution deals falsely with you.
make you witnesses that throughout
its history the Democratic party has
been the party of economy, and eX-
ceedingly jealous of old claims against
the Government. Judge the future by
the past, it is safe rule, which party
has most favored these claims"
In speaking of the Administration
he said sDo you ask me what ]
think of Hayes's Southern policy? He
has none. He and his Administration
are incapable of any policy. What
they havedone in the South approve.
For years ard years the Democratic
party has demanded that the bayonet
should be taken from the breasts OF
Southern States, and that they be left
where the Constitution placed them
in absolute control of their domestic
affairs. 1 think you asked me about
civil service reform. It is sham and
lie. It costs the country less money
than the whiskey frauds, &C., under