The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01
EHE CAMRAIGN IN INDIANA.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hanna Discusses
the East Democratic Legislature.
The Infamous Work of TINT Body Presented
in a Strong Light-Further Reports Of
the Progress Of the Canvass.
L1EUr..Goy! HANNA Ar FRANKLIN.

FRANKLIN, Aug 30--The campaign was
Dpenedstosnight on the part of the Republicans
BY lieutenant governor Hanna ambition W. r.
Taylor. The attendance was large and the en-
4husiasm great Governor Handicapped was
particularly well received, especially that por-
ton of it devoted to the last General Assembly.
On this topic Mr. Hanna said.
tIetsus examinethe4h hi storys of the Democrat
lc party insour own State. Let US take aIshort
sectionsof that history, say the legislature OF
1888. In that body the Democratic party mad a
majority in beth branches, in theSenates and
the House of Representatives. In a political
orchard Of that KIND you mightexpect the best
Democratic fruit possible, especially WAen
RlM0steYefy t~reeAadbeen pruned4 dug abeufand
wateredbv the wisest of the Democratic party
What goodtfIing did the Legislature of 1850 ot
Go. search its record, and you will look in vain
for one single act that that Democratic pooy
did, when opposed by theSR Republican, members
thereof, that will fayorably itself to
the people of the Commonwealth.
aOneof the many wicked things that the
Democrats in the Senate.of Indiana did was an
ATTEMPT. on the part of the majority Of the Dem
ocraticimemherssof that body, to rob the citizens
of johnson and Morgan counties out of their
lawfullylelected senator. The majority Of the
Democratic senators, twenty-five out of twenty
eight, voted to unseat Senator Overstreety claims
ingat thesanIe time that the members of the
Gfeenbaek party had sold their votes to him for
CASH When the Democratic senator's voted TO
uQS6aI GHDrl6l OV0fSbI66bbuSy OuoI0u al HhouO
to every member of the Greenback
party in the counties of Morgan
and johnson, aninsult to every intelligent voter
of this senatorial district. and an indignity upon
the feelings of Senator Oxerstreet, who 49, as
pure and as honest a man as ever graced a. seat
in the Indiana Senate. 1t was the purpose OF
the Democratic party to unseat Senator Over
street, but when the final hearing of his cause
came. on, Senator Overstreet stood up before his
Democratic aecusefss He stood like ST. Faul
before King AgriRpa, and spoke for himself with
such fervent and manly eloquences tho Senate
saw he was an honest man. He melted the
hearts Of three orsfoar old Democratic farmers
that were members of the, Senate, and they
voted with the Republican members of that body
for Senator Overstreet to retain his seat. and
thns another foul Democratic conspiracy wassde-
feated.
sI,et me relate to YOU some more of the infa-
NOUS work Of that ldelcctab1e body. When Al
bertsG Portergwasi naugurated aslGovernor, he.
found thatst the last act Of the Democratic Gov
ernor; who had Just preceded him, was to send
to the Senate for confirmation, the names of the
trustees to- fill all the. vacancies that were about
to occur in the benevolent and reformatory IN,
sttutiOn OF our StaUea 6overnoE forter aio nuI
Wlsnuraw 1ne naniest 90 - luisnS 40 ua
the managementsof our benevolent and reforma-
tory Institutions. The appointments. made
Dga Democratc4 ueyernOr Msre SonnIlneu oS 9
senate Of 1881 act when the appointments were
made yaRepublican Gorernor2 They refused to
Donflrm the appointments DuJ useu the olnces ZOE
the purpose ofsfeeding the the hungry NAV of
the Democratic politician. The very first bill
introduced into the Senate was By Senator
N jackson, which bill took the APP
eFr out of the hands of thei Governor
lntment Of the trustees for the
v4F+ nsSEjttutions- and turned the same
yer ~fatfcI egfsfature~ That body,
ssisr With that, next took out Of the
Mwbvernor the appointment of the
arr 90s y the Soldiers Orphans Home. The
tsr ire Democratic party was not yeti
gag Ihenext thlngit-dld was to take out
Of me poWertof the exeeutlvest the aPpolHtmsnto on
the trustees OF the House OF Refuge, at Plain
nelo, ana tnrnedle.oyerito the control OF the
Ue1locratc hegfsiatures