, 1880-10-19
INDIANA HEDEEMED.

tMry HhcrMAns nEat rnfcrence 10 Min TO paa5
without uptloo or comment OIL his part,
INDIANA Redeemed.
Tho wonder Is, not that Indiana gayo n
Republican majority OF 7,14l last Tuesday,
but tllat the State has ever been considered
II ta'l-pleco to the Solid South. Supported
by Illinois aud OHIO on either side, anu
touching on the Mortl, tho great stalwart
State OF Michigan, Indiana Is naturally ltc-
publican. Tho ordlnance 0f 1881 forblddlng
slavery in the Northwest made her so. as
between tlse Democratic and tho Wing par.
tics, there was little 10 choose on the score OF
freedom ur subservienco to tho slave power:
nt 1nt'[nna wns then usually Democratic.
But It should bs remembered to h1r ever
lasttng honor that Abraham Lincoln Ind tho
Electoral vote Ut the State III 1860, and tho
Republican majority Of 5000 In tlse previous
October was tho first ASSURANCE of his oec-
tton.
From, 1sco till 1879 tho ncpnblicanism Of
diana was never seriously disproven.
Knights Of tho Golden Circle anl kindred
buIds Of .llsIoyal c0nspirators tlourEsilcd In
tic Stnte III War times, but Oliver L. Morton
was Governor, al,tI l!e had tho support OF
vast minority Ut the people. Lincoln Ind
tho Electoral vote Ut tho State twice, md
Grant twice. The elections were close, but
tho Republicans somehow Pulled through.
They kept tho Legislature md ono or two
United States Senators, and tho State All
1n!nistration for twelve years was essentially
Republican.
Two causes combined to hand over tho
State to thu Democracy. Tl!e FIRST wns tho
Panic Of 1873, followed by the lard times.
The strIngency was severely felt fn Indiana.
FiasIsn sprang up and blossomed out. Both
par.tes fell to bidding for tho Grcenback
vote; but tho Democracy lid most
Mla got tho bulk OF it. Dan V0nr-
hees went up and down tho State bawling
for rag-money; and Landers went roaring
round after him. Hendricks unrtcd his
principles first in tho middle, and then three
quarters OIL tho Fiat aide. The only Demo-
crat OF any prominence wllo remained Mt n'l
firm was 10 Mcdonald, and ho constant
~ gave symptoms of fright al.a weakness.
For time tho combined Democratic Md
Fiatiat parties swept the Stats. They elect
cd the Legislature, sent cDol'ald and Voor-
1ees to the Senate,-ns It compromise on the
currency question: gnyo tho Electoral
vote to Tilder. They redIstrictcd tho State,
leaving the Republicans, us they supposed,
but three Congressional districts, and &C.
curing {tlley tltougllt) ten and majority OF
the Legislature for laany years.
Another cause Of Democratic strength md
Republican weakness WIS tho 'Baxter Up
tion luw," passed. III 1879. The Democrats
| raised no objection to It's passage, and 1lat,y
-porlnps majority Ut that party-yotcd for
| 1t; but no soollcr lad it become law tllall
the responsibility for 1t was thrust cxclu'
sisely upon tic Republicans. It cost them
largo sl,arc Of tho German vote, hitherto the
fir,npst element Of tic party. This secession
WIS hastcned, It is said, by tho scandals III
the Republican Administration from 1879 tc
1876, especially by the discovery Of the
Whisky Rlng. Whatever tho Immediate
cause, It Is sufficient to klOW that the Ger
mans wore largely allenntol from their oil
party associations, and threw ln their weigh
OH tho other side, They have latelyreturned
rs general thing, to the Republican party
nll cnttse for dissatisfaction OIL their par
having been removed. To tho Ger,lans y
Indiana much Of tho honor Of tho Victory u
Inst Tuesday Is due.
Indiana very soon found thnt tho characto
Of q Democratic State was notcnyiab!o.
was |, reproach to Indiana, portion Ut TIL
territory ses npa11 forever a''u eu'seeta'c' J.
10 ileo !anor, taat sne shoala Hasu e''st II
her lot VIII tho eS'olavo otaMs' lho egg
no'ncn OF "la'l-plece 10 u'e ool.u ooa1H'
0egnn 10 DO freely alpilct 10 fer' Iholanlan
WHO traveIed tonhd tiat tisole WIS ",ae
spreaa nl'sappfeheGsloh as 10 Luz ente.pF'se
thrift, industry eauca1loll' anu 1h1eli1eehc
OF Tue stnte. outside businessmen though
that lndiann must oo Dehlgh3ed' t"at III
comnois-scfoo's could not W "ell condncte
or attended tlcfe' tllat morals ana the mean
u k1aeo W. I'Ht n'"tu "'"a' w "eses'e'
by State pride a.,d the consciousness OF ii
nocencc, assoyeratol that It was not so, thu
Indiana was ono Of tho noblcst md bust +
tho sistcrt.oou Of States, tho crushing I,
SPOUSE invariably would be: "But Ilullai,
: Is Democratic. Is s!le not?n,