The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-14

/ pieces unless they can be kept at q welding
heat by passion and excitement II these
| can not be kept up against their opponents
they break out in their own ranks. ar
/ Under these circumstances there is every
reason to hope for the success of the Demo-
cratic ticket in the coming presidential cleo
| tion.i The Democratic vote in this State
last. fsIl under the circumstances, was q
marvellous one. To my mind 1t amounts to
demonstration that the Stats can be carried
| by the Democratic candidates, whoever they
msy be- We have had our fight and it IS
| over. There are no feuds or lealousies left
| to -ankle inwardly.
''fhere is another element now coming to
the surface which will tend strongly to in
| crease this harmony. The town meetings
| and elections are at hand About 20, 900
| town officers are to be elected, and there Is
| probably an average OF three candidates TO
| an office. All these men are doing every
| tnlng that lies in their power to unite the
party and concentrate its undivided strength
| on the town elections. People in the coun-
| try really care less about who shall be presi
| dent OF the United States than who shall ba
| supervisor of their town or Justice of the
peace or perhaps school commh sioner. They
| will all vote for supervisor and will work
| with unit energy to secure the election Of
| their psrtys candidate. This is especially
| true OF the Democrats, much more 50,
| think, than in the case OF the Republicans
| The old sores of the Democratic party, as
have sal !, are on the surface and therefore
not only not dangerous but cen easily be
reached to be healed. Whatever healing
process is necessary will, no doubt, be com
pleted by the spring elections.
"As to candidates on the Republican side
the men who have opposed the present ad-
ministration appear to favor Grant and his
strongest opponent now is Blaine. The
tight is so sharp that il may end in bringing
has bannonoA hcfo 10
third term is against Grant, and Blaine is
tco much of Republican to salt MS marty
The Republican Iarty does not like violent
men in office, though it always praises them
for their boldness in the fight. Morton,
Chandler, Blaine and men of that stamp
were thrown over in 1876, and the more
malleaole and less well-known man from
Ohio was picked up and made president
Something OF the kind is likely to be done
again.
ION the Democratic side there Is readiness
to take up any man who can unite all fac
tons. As they are ell anxious 20 harmonlze
way will be found to carry out their
wishes. Outside OF this State, Bayard. Thur
man, Hendricks English and Others have
been spoken of as presidential candidates,
and either OF them, | should think, would
prove acceptable. The Democracy can not
go astIay in making their selection. The
man whom they will nominate has every
prospect of success.
The controversies in the Democratic party
In New York are much lees dangerous than
they seem TO be. There are great and en-.
during reasons why this State should uphold
tue democratic party and its principles IN
the first place there Is here much less of
sectional feeling than elsewhere. Our bust
ness men, merchants and manufac turers are
constantly brought into contact with the
people of the South in the course of their
transactions, whereby they learn the diff
culties under which they labor aud their de-
sire not only 10 promote their own interests
but In so doing the interests of the country
at large. This intercourse has much more
influence than congressional debates or the
appeals in our journals to political pre- udice
The same thing is also felt to degree in re-
ligious and other organizations. The war
upon the South has been over acted. Ii has
been carried so far that now there is reae-
ton, and this can not fail to benefit the
Democratic party, which is the party of en-.
ightened conversstism.
"Fbere ere other and stronger reasons why
New York must be Democratic. Its COM
mercial position demands thai it shall oD-
pose the centrslizing policy of the Republi-
can party. That policy is destructive OF the
interests aud welfare Of the State. With Its
great wealth and population, 1t has the least
relative representation IN the Senate Of the
United States of any State in the Union,
and ell questions Of Capitalization will al
ways be most hurtful 70 those who have the
least representative power and the most
wealth to be taxed. The Senate has grad
ually absorbed political power. 1t is filled
with men of large experiences growing out
of the tenure of their offices. They are
usually selected after they have had train.
ing in State Legislatures or the House of
Representatives. The members control vast
numbers OF appointments under the general
Government. When q question comes up
between this State and its rivals we stand no
fair chance of justice.
Take. for example, the struggle between
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Balti-
more for the transportation from the West.
Those cities are struggling to take away
from New York what il once had. If, as is
now proposed, the question should be re-
ferred to Congress, New York will have but
two senators In the Senate, while the States
In which its combined rivals are situated
will have 16-that is, the New England States
have u senators and Pennsylvania and Mary
land two each. 1t is clear enough what the
end would be. This is only one of many
vital questions which the general GoverU-
ment will decide unless its centrslizIpg ten
denotes are checked. No one can study the
interests OF this State and fail TO see that its
only hope lies in the success of the princ-
pies of the Democratic party. IL the Repub-
out all their schemes they will check il not
destroy the commercial ascendancy of this
State. Whatever may be the prejudices OF
the business men now, they will soon be
forced to see that they must uphold the
Democratic party.
There is danger even now that the COM
merce of the Erie canal will be broken down
and its works abandoned. If this happens
New York City and this State Will lose the
last channel which they control. Yet it
would cost US less to keep it up and make it
free from tolls than we are now taxed by the
general Government 70 aid other routes and
projects in other States. many of which
are designed to turn commerce away from
US
"Whoever will study the interests of New
York can not fail to see that 1t must be a
Democratic State despite the follies or errors
of the leading men of that party"
An Old Poker story Retold.