The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-08-07
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
POLITICAL MATTERS.
OPENING OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CAMPAIGN IN INDIANA.
SPEECH BY Ex-Gov. HENDRICKS AT INDIANA.
POLLS.

| POLLS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug 5.-Thc Demo
cratic campaign was opened here tonight b,
cX-Gov. Hendricks in speech at Masonic
hall. The following is brief summary Of
the governors remarks After referring tC
the evil results Of the unequal apportion
ment of the state by the act of 1872 and The
crime perpctrated in placing man in the
presidential chair not chosen by the people
he said Need | remind you that the mex,
Legislature will choose United States sena.
tor and that the political character of the
senate may depend upon that choice? | sup.
pose the support Of the Democratic legisla.
tive ticket means Mr.. Voorhees, for senator
| ana the Republican ticket Gen. Harrison.
lhey are both gentlemen Of ability, but they
representvcry different political opinions and
purposes. If voting directly for senator,
how would your ballot be castl You are
sincere and earnest in your opinions and
VIII not throw your votes away upon leg
isatlye ticket that you know cannot be
elected. Nor do you wish to hold an I'M
| certain position between the two parties TO
bc bar9aincd with or fori How then will
you Votei Mr.. Voorhees, believes that ma.
tlonal bank notes should be retired and
that In lieu thereof there should be issued
ny the government an equal amount of
treasury notes, and that the right to issue
paper money as well as coin is the exclu.
siye prcrogative Of the government He al.
50 believes that congress should provide
for the taxation by the states of the United
states treasury notes AS other money is tax
ed,and he believes the policy of Gen. Grants
administration and of the present admins
tration in converting our debt into foreign
debt is unwise and ineXpedcnt, and that
the true policy Of the government and the
best interest Of the people would be sub
served by making it a domestic debt.
by ai'ording the people the most fay.
orablc and practical opportunities for the
investment OF their savings in the funded
debt Of the United States. Then the in
tercst would be paid at home, and pass
directly into the channels Of our trade and
business. He believes also in the restor
alton Of the silver dollar with full legal
tender quality in the payment of all debts.
both public and private. and that the coin.
age thereof should be made as free and IN.
limited as that Of gold. say that Mr..
VOORHEES, believes in these politics and will
support them in the senate if elected.
because they are strongly stated in the
Democratic platform of this state, and he
stands upon that platform. If Gen Harri.
son l. elected will he support these meas
urcS, or any one Of them | think the
opinion he has expressed would require YOU
10 answer. no.
Referring "a the labor question he said |
cannot pass from all further reference to our
platform without making special mention
Of that clause which demands appropriate
legislation for the security Of labor in its
wages when employed 10y the great corpora.
tions Of the country. The security and
lien should he made adequate and the pro.
ccedlng for It's enforcement simple, speedy
and cheap. You are To bc told that the
success of the Democratic party means nav.
ment for slaves and Southern claims. even
10 the bankruptcy Of the treasury. Can it
be necessary to say that the fourteenth
amendment 10 the constitution torbids much
that YOU are assured We will do! The con.
stitutional inhibition is that neither the
United States nor any state shall assume or
pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of
instruction or rebellion against the United
States or any claim for the loss or cmanci.
patton ofany slave Any man who tcllsyou
that an obligation can be assumed or paid in
violation Of the constitution deals falsely
with you. There WAS. however. large
class of claims both in the North and in the
South not within this prohibition upon
which large sums have already been paid.
Such claims were for property taken or oc.
cupicd 10y the army during the war-armv
supplies, horses for cavalry and artillery and
lands and houses occupied 10y the army and
not paid for at the time. Are Democrats
more likely TO pay unjust claims of that
class than Republicans! They share equally
the burdens oitaXaton. | make you wit.
ncSses that throughout its history the !
Democratic party has been the party of |
economy and exceedingly Jealous of old !
claims against the government Judge the
future hy the past. II is a safe rule Which |
party has most favored those claimsi
DO YOU ask me what | think of HAYES |
Southern policy He has none. He and |
his administration are incapable of any
policy. What they have done in the South |
approve. For years and years the Demo-
cratic party has demanded that the bayonet
should he taken from the breast of the |
southern states, and that they be left where
The constitution placed them--n absolute
control of their domestic affairs. think |
you asked me about the civil service re.
orm! Its sham and lie. 1t costs the
country less money than the whisky frauds, |
tic, under Grant did, hut it is more hvpo.
'ritical and mcaner, II was given out that
should attend To their duties
md let politics alone, The Massachusetts
Election came on. The attorney. general,
who was from that state, wrote to the office.
folders that they should be Jealous and
ctivc to elect the ticket, and Hayes said
'Ics, that is what it meant
In closing he said appeal to you to pre-.
'arc for this contest and that of 1880.
What considerations may urge! Surely
nay say that Democratic success will give
ssurancc of true reform in the civil service.
Ultimate reduction in public expenditures
nd the adoption of Just and liberal policies
# currency and finance. But more than
his will be involved in that contest. Gen.
rant will probably be the Republican can.