The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-20

that the Republican party has not only glorious past,
but it has a glorious future. 1t has, however, to win
that future by a great many blows struck hard not IN
a defensive, but in an aggressive campaign. L have
heard it said sometimes that the Republican party
would be put upon the defensive; that it has not only
to defend its record. but its men! What is there in its
history or its men that needs defense? So Immediately
of this country, with all its whole
some beneii1ient measures for the last
twenty-five years, with the safety and salvation of
the Union, with that prosperity which is scattered all
over the land, that every man that can read can un-
derstand its history perfectly well. We are therefore
which it can boast. We stand upon our platform,
and upon our principles; we rally to the support of
our men with earnestness. and with zeal, not only for
the national ticket. of which we may all be proud,
but l take it for granted before we get through this
convention that we shall have a State ticket of which
we will be proud. Then, when we have done, when
we have put that ticket in the field, and avowed our
principles, what have we got to dol All OF MS to go
home and work, work morning, noon and night, and
we shall be successful.
Mr.. Cumback being called for, said;
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the Convention:
Have not You made a mistaken l don't know why you
should call for mel am not a candidate. But l can
congratulate you upon the harmonious result OF the
last ballot, and especially congratulate Colonel Dud-
ley and his friends, and General Shanks for the noble
spirit they have exhibited in coming forward and in
dorsing the nomination of the convention: and 1 trust
that what has already been done by them is only an
earnest of what is to come in the fature ballots that
we may have in the convention. Harmony is an
essential element of success, but right is the best ele-
ment of all [Applause.l
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Nominations were then declared in order for
Acknowledgements and each of the candidates
were plaed in nomination in exceedingly compli-
mentary speeches, which, however, grew a lit
tie tiresome before all were through. Hon.
Robert Graham, State senator from Hamilton
county, nominated the present incumbent, Hon.
Thomas Hanna, which was seconded by Hon.
L. q. Wiley, of Benton county. Mr.. L. I.
Kitchener. of Shelby county, nominated Hon.
Samuel P. Oyler, of johnson county, and this
was seconded by r. S. Dwiggins, of Jasper
county.
MR.. c~ALKINs's ACCEPTANCE.
AT this stage of the proceedings Major Calkins
was introduced, and returned thanks for the
nomination as follows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the Convention: |
thank you for the nomination which you have conferred
the Republican ticket of Indiana and occupy the place
which has been occupied by Henry 5. Lane, Oliver p.
Morton, Conrad Baker, Thomas N. Browne, Ben1amln
Harrison and your present Governor, Albert q:
Porter. If there were nothing i'll the position which |
occupy to-day except the selection by you, | would feel
it an honor which is lneXpressible. But, gentlemen OF
the convention, as these gallant leaders in times past
have led you on to victory, and you have
so devotedlv followed their standard and
their flag, so in the future [ propose to take up the
banner and ask you to follow again in the wake to vic
tory in November. GApplausel
w nllt l. SCt bClOI AC eC 5oAAabhb LhNh hhO ANABSo
to place in nomination these men | have spoken of,
and find their heads now silvered with gray, | say TO
you, brave men of the past and the present, you have
so sown and taught that the young men of the State
are here to-day to reinforce your decimated ranks. l
congratulate the young men of the party here as.
sembled. In your veins now runs high the hope of
success. You have come upon the stage of action at
the most fortunate period i'll the history of the civ
ilized world; and with such young men as Indiana
has in her borders behind me I appreciate the sentence
that In the lexicon of youth there is no such word
as fail" [Applause.l We are fighting a common
enemy. and the party that for twenty-four years has
lived on its own mistakes. [Applause.l | need not
recapitulate the bright past of the Republican party.
1t is a wel-written page IN the history OF the last
twenty-four years. To write the history of some of
Indiana's men would be to write a history which for
centuries has no equal. But in the Democratic his.
tory there is one series of plumbers; Clinging, and
hugging to their bosom the shackles of the
slave they. slew millions to perpetuate slavery in
broken by the Republican party and
four millions of human beings stood in the broad sun
light of freedom they camped on our battle field and
declared they had done it themselves. Applause
After they had combined with another party to assault
the credit of the nation, and after, amidst the com
bined onslaughts of all these common enemies, we
placed the credit of the nation beyond the most favored
nation of the earth. so that every dollar of our cur
rency had the ring and CLEAN of coin, they again
camped in our old camp, and declared they did it
themselves. Laughter and ~applause:1 But why re-
count the mistakes that are familiar to all?
the Democratic party have lived to thrive on
their mistakes, the Republican party has
kept its face square to the front and to-day it turns its
Lat upoA bhS IL LIP sNNS S0 -
future, as it has been in the past, the party OF the
people. [Applause,l In your own Legislature, that
not long ago adjourned, you felt the ~blighting effects of
Democratic supremacy Twill not stop to discuss the
the almost criminal acts of that Legislature. l may
call your attention to a few of the most pronounced
mistakes or crimes which they committed: Pretend
ing to be the friend of the soldiers orphans they laid
their ~blighting hands upon the Soldiers Orphans
Home of our State. Pretending to believe in the
people and in the idea of the gov
eminent which we have instituted they
undertook, for party. purposes. to coeree your execu-
tive into actions which did not meet with his APP
proval. Pretending to believe in the Constitution of
your State, they trampled it under their feet, and
passed, over the protest of the people of the State,
the metropolitan police bill for one or two cities. But,
finally. when they adjourned, they found upon the
record they had made the fatal plumbers which have
been following them Like phantoms for the last thirty
years, and l predict that that ghost will not up again
soon in this State. Turning to Congress-with "a ma
jority in the lower house-with promises to the people
Of reform-pretending to be the friend of the
industries of the c~ountry-they undertook
to pass through Congress measures which would have
crippled if not destroyed almost all the industries of
the nation. Pretending to be the friend of the wage
class, they undertook to reduce them to the level of
the pauper labor of Europe: Pretending to be the
gunboats and refused to arm them with cannon. Pre-
tending to stand by the honor of the country and the
agricultural classes of the republic, they shook them
selves as with a dreadful paralysis at the name of
Bismarck and of other countries, and refused to pro
tect the hog and cattle products of the farm and
lowed to lie upon their tables all the pension bills
for the relief of the weary crutch and the empty
sleeve, ana the WIDOW s Weeds, II upOohtu only I "
promoting of Fitz John Porter, whom Abraham
Lincoln said was a traitor [applauseE and with this
record they turned their hands to the country and
say: Turn the Republican rascals out"
This is not the time to detain you in the business of
the convention; but before | conclude must refer to
the gallant men who head your national ticket. L
know them both well. 1t has been my pleasure in the
past to somewhat associate with both, and to-day
the people of this country may felicitate themselves
upon the fact that their delegates at Chicago ex-
pressed the wish of the Republican party.
tApplauseJ James G. Blaine: of Maine Jap;
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the leader of leaders. The Planned Knight. as he
was dubbed by Ingersoll, stands preeminently as the
man Of all others who is close to the Republican heart.
know our Democratic friends have already begun
with their ealumnies. Already you have seen the vile
carieatures. But let me give you a tattoo that the
Republican party should give to James G.. Blaine.
They will write on one of his arms, Love of coun-
try They will write upon the other Patriotism.
They will write upon each of his legs Glory and
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