The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-21

satisfaction, contemplate in all its fullness our
| decisive and glorious victory. We can now
with more humane pleasure, 1 trust,
than that which seizes the victorious
hosts of an actual warfare even though our feel
| ings are no less triumphant than those of a con-
| quering army whose general is vaiiantly sus-
tanned, and whose position is impregnably Sc
cured. Our principles are triumphantly estab-
lished, and our leader is VIGOROUSLY elected to
| the highest position in the sight or the world
In every State OF the Union the sutrages OF the
| Democratic party Loyalty aided in securing
| US the great object CO our contest. and every
Democratic voter wherever he may have cast his
ballot is entitled to his share of praise for his
| zeal his ardor, and his faith. But success de-
| pended unquestionably upon the great States of
| New York and Indiana The Democratic rep
| resentatives of Indiana come here to-
! day, convened in their General AS
the entire country upon the united
and 'untiring efforts that accomplished this
glorious result. Indiana can be signally happy
in the election of her very distinguished citizen
and statesman, Thos. A. Hendricks, to the second
place in the gift of the people. That his name
was element of great strength to the ticket in
Indiana, and elsewhere, is so well I'M
derstood as to need no repetition here
Indiana has many illus0ious Democrats, around
some of whom it is the delight Of the party to
rally on all occasions
at is my great pleasure to-day to name as
foremost of these our distinguished fellow citi-
zen, Daniel W. Voorhees,. The integrity of his
| principles, the fame of his craftsmanship the
| magnetism Of his presence, the eloquence
of his voice-al have made him fig
ure of pride to his followers. and
| to all the citizens of the State This pride is
sincere and universal that it is not and cannot
| be, confined to party lines and therefore know
with absolute certainty that the action the Gen
eral Assembly will this day take. with reference
/ to this distinguished statesman and leader,
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| liens in all professions, in every call
ing. and in all the walks of life
1t must not be forgotten that. in the contest car
| ried to so successful and glorious consumma-
| ton one of the great objects to be attained In
Indiana was that this favorite representative of
| the people should be his own successor In the
Senate of the United States. This being borne
| in mind, it must never be forgotten that the
Democratic candidates for the Legisla
| ture in this State received a total
majority over their Republican opponents
of q, 600 votes. I believe that no other Demo
crat in the the State of Indiana could have
| gained SO signal. SO remarkable triumph as
| this.
'Mr President, regard this as the browning
| moment Of my life, when present, as now do,
the name of Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees, as
this State for the position he has SO
long, so faithfully and SO ably occupied
as the representative of the State of Indiana
| in the Senate Of the United States.
/
| this, and that is to be able to give this dis
tinguished statesman my enthusiastic support
! when he shall become the standard bearer OF the
| entire Democracy of the Union, in a national
| contest which shall terminate in even greater
glory than has that from which we have so re-
| Gently emerged"
Senator Willard in speech of fifteen minutes,
seconded the nomination of Mr.. Voorhees, Tin
behalf Of the Democracy of the great Demo
| cratic State of the northwest" Further Sec
onding speeches were also made by Senators
Hilhgass, Faulkner Fowler and Sellers.
SENATOR WINTERS NOMINATING SPEECH.
Senator Winter, of this county, In behalf of
the Republicans, presented the name of ex Gov
ernor Albert G. Porter. His speech was as fol
| lows:
"Mr. President-It is more becoming in the
bold warrior to boast upon putting off his armor,
| rather than when putting 1t on. This sentiment
| l commend to the eloquent senator from Law
rence. The Republican party still lives. That
great party cannot die simply because 1t has
failed of success in presidential election by q
vote of over 10000, 600. 1t is party. of princi
pies, and / believe principles which express
truly the best and most enlightened judgment
| of decided majority of the people. 1t is by
the strength derived from those principles that
it has succeeded in six Presidential elections,
and it now looks forward with assured confidence
| to the not distance future. when freed from
temporary discussions, and united in the sup
port of it's distinctive principles it will again ap
peal to the people and be by them restored to the
administration of the affairs of the Nation.
Notwithstanding what has been said by the SEN
ator from Lawrence, that day, in my Judgment
| will speedily come.
'"The Republicans of Indiana have no lack of
gallant leaders, from whom they may select
without difficulty or danger of mistake, man
worthy In every respect to represent the State
in the Senate of the United States. Taylor and
| Calkins, Browne and Thompson, Cumback and
Butler may be mentioned, without invidious
! distinction, as men endeared to the Republicans
of Indiana, by reason of distinguished services
to the people at LARGE as well as their party
| Their abilities and achievements in the field
the political forum, at the BAR in the halls of
Congress- and in executive and administrative
| Office add luster to the reputation of our State
Any of them would worthily occupy the chair Of
Lane and Norton nor would he suffer by COM
parison with the distinguished gentleman who
now occupies that chair and from whose just
fame would not in the least detract.
"But the Republicans of Indiana indeed
fortunate, that passing by all the distinguished
men whose names have mentioned there yet
remains one, who, although not more worthy, is
| yet equally worthy of the highest honors that it
i is in the power of any party to bestow. He be-
came Republican by deliberate choice in the in
fancy of the party, when the political path lie
had previously pursued divided, and on the one
hand led on to the advocacy of human slavery
| and on this other to the championship of freedom
from bondage and equality before the law of all
men. In that day there were many who long
doubted and hesitated in which of these paths
they should in the future tread, while others
still allowed allegiance to party to blind their
1 judgments and overcome the dictates of natural
| justice and humanity, and became in conse
auence the apologists and defenders of that
| sum of all villainies-slavery But the man
| of whom speak neither hesitated nor doubted.
His instincts were right then as they have
| always been. He boldly espoused the cause of
| freedom, and in the year that followed it found
no more able or eloquent advocate When the
| time came that slavery, defeated at the bal
lot box, sought to obtain by force of arms escape
from the doom that had been pronounced upon
| it by the enlightened judgments and copsciences
of the people, he was again not found among