The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-27
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The Journal, the shylock organ, the ''busi-
ness grave digger" and bankrupt hearse,'
is not pleased with the platform made by
the democratic state convention, and still
the platform is so broad and solid, so
eminently wise and so entirely in conso-
nance with the will OF the people of the
state that the business grave digger and
bankrupt hearse" finds it difficult to
indicate in what regards il is Objectionable
In fact the business grave digger and
bankrupt hearse" is compelled to obey the
inevitable, swallow its hates, restrain some
what its venom and squeak out a faint ap-
proval. 1t says:
The platform is ingeniously constructed So
far as the workmanship Is concerned, candor
shows much less than the usual amount of
verbiage. There is not quite so much of an at
tempt as usual TO conceal ideas with words,
ana something like an approach to an expires
sion of principl S, at least in spots. On every
phase OF the money question the platform goes
me extreme length, SO far, indeed, that no
democracy on that line. They have cruss d
all the Rubicons there are, and burned the
bridges behind them. 1t may be that just now
the people are in a mood to accept these wild
assertions AID demands as the utterance of
political wisdom, but the time will come when
they VIII see them for what they are-the out
growth OF ignorance and communism.
The platform sounds the death knell of
radicalism in Indiana. Every declaration it
contains strikes radicalism square In the face
with giant force. Every paragraph is q
nail TO be driven into the radical
coffin. The party that obtained power that
it might rob the people; that for years has
massed its deyilish forces and set them in
operation to crush business, paralyze indus
tries, multiply idleness, intensity poverty
and drape the land in gloom has lived its
day, exhausted its curses, and black with
infsmy will be compelled to retire. Such is
the will of the people, and the GROWING
glory of the democratic platform of Indiana
is that it echoes the will of the people. II
gives no uncertain sound. Triumph sits
enthroned in every sentence. Every word
has the diamonds lustre. The platform not
only crosses Rubicons, but tears down the Shy
locks refugees of lies, and exposes conspirator:
against the welfare of the people and sub
jects them to their deep and whitening scorn
1t points the way to victory with unerrine
certainty. II meets the demands Of common
sense, and is in full accord with the highest
conceptions of integrity in governmental
affairs. No one expected that the Journal
grave digger and bankrupt hearse would in.
dorse such platform, just as no one expect
ed that it would be able to successfully at
tack Its declarations or arrest the applause
of the people evidencing their approval. The
Sentinel has, on more than one occasion
indicated its views with regard to platform
that would be likely to meet the wishes Of
the people, and we are glad to say, without
partIcularizing, that the platform suits us
1t is broad enough for the people of Indiana
to stand upon, and they are now taking
positions, and when the vote is counted the
Journal grave digger will find that its party
has gone to the devil, where it belongs.