The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-22

your administration deals with Great Brit
tain, a great and powerful nation like ourselves.
But when we get hold of old Mexico there is a
different story. There was a chsracterless ad-
v~enturer living in Texas; / believe be had lived
in Ohio and in Indiana. too. Probably he got
some of his bad traits there. At any rate we
mnst be responsible for il. He went over to
Mexico and violated the law. Now, If an
Englishman comes over here and violates our
laws we make short work of him, We are about
60 hang a man in ST. Louis for n murder. who is
a native of Great Britain. This adventurer went
over to Mexico. violated the laws, and was
arrested and put In the jug. and was not fed as
we'll, probably, as he was here in Indiana and
OHIO. Finally, along came a demand from Mr..
Bayard to Immediately deliver up this fellow;
that he was an American citizen. and the
power of the United States would protect
an American citizen against poor Mexico. We
were going to fight Mexico right of-a little
country that a regiment of Indiana troops
would go through. piping all the way,
and with whom we are >desirous of
carrying on friendly intercourse, to increase our
commerce, and through whose country We built
railroads. But the demand came, and Mexico
twisted around q little. but finally set the fellow
free. Now be wants us to present a bill against
Mexico for $50, 900 for injury to his diet while lie
was in prison for a few weeks. don't know
whether Bsyard will do that or got. If he does,
it is only in harmony with cur foreign policy.
Another thing which need only to mention
without dwelling on, because it jars against my
nervous system and every principle that animate
me, and that Is this gross outrage of this Demo
cratic administration to be sending TO nearly all
the courts of Europe rebel brigadier-generals to
represent tins Nation. Applause Let them
leave the acknowledgements down in
the South and give them the To-
cal offices. they get them anyhow.
But I am opposed to sending them abroad. The
other day this queer incident occurred: On the
4th of July last the flag was raised over one
of the public buildings, and a b~rigadier general
of the rebel army from the State of Virginia was
standing among a little group OF men, Demo
Gratis and Republicans. He cast his eye mp and
he saw the flag, and spoke to those
around him. saying. "How / hate that
flag" Some of them cautioned him and
told him that would not do for a man
that was looking tor a Democratic office. "Oh."
he SAYS, but will fight for it now" That gen
tIeman has been appointed. and his nomination
is now pending in the Senate of the United
States for minister to the States of Colombia in
South America. Now do you want him con-
frmedg ICries of mo" NO." NO Never. "
Do you want that kind of a man sent to repre-
sent US in the infant republics of the South2
And there are plenty of such cases.
You have all heard of John A. Bingham, a
man OF very high character, a member of Cen
gress, serving the people of his district there for
fourteen years. Then he was sent abroad by
General Grant to represent this country in
Japan. There he gained so much influence that
he was practically one of the ruling powers in
that country. He was universally respected
and consulted by all the authorities there.
AS soon as this administration came
into power it removed Bingham and
appointed a rebel brigadier from
Texas to go there and look after the Japs. THIS
may be a small matter. You may say, ''Well,
the Democrats have got the Offices; let them
have them" but if they would only put in loyal
Democrats. even Indiana Democrats [laughterl,
| would stand it very well, but when they repre-
sent us abroad with this class of men it goes
against the grain.
Now l win not pursue this question further.
| will say to you that you have got no benefit at
all from the change you made in 1884. and you
ought now to prepare for that great time
coming when another change will be
made, that will advance the American
two years off. You are now on the skirmish line.
Ii yon fight the hattie bravely and well, more
than half the victory of 1888 will be won. Let
the people of New York, that great and power
full Empire State. even il it is controlled by fifty
or seventy-five Thousand majority in the free
trade city of New York. let New York and Indi-
ana Wheel into line. Then will the solid
South crumble, crumble easily. l believe
the spirit now exists in the South-they feel
that the course that they have adopted since the
war is wrong. | know there are thousands of
honest and good men in all those Southern
States that would be glad to break up ali these
old fights of the past, glad to build up parties
founded upon the living questions of the present
or future. but they cannot do it now, while the
Democratic party can get two or three States of
the North to stand by them.
INDIANA's INFAMOUS ERRYMANDER.
My countrymen, one Of the worst things that
ever happened to Indiana, one of the worst re-
breaches that can ever be cast upon the Demo
cratic party was that foul and infamous gerry
mander, by which they have sought to deprive
the Republicans of their free suffrage. Parties
| know In times past have done that.
1t is said the Republican party once
or twice passed q bill that was
thought to be unfair. Perhaps it was;
but the result was at the very next election it
was cured by the people of Ohio. There is moth
ing the people resent moro promptly than the
attempt to steal power from them. Now, if /
have read correctly in the public prints, they
have robbed the people of Indiana of one half
their political power, so that 1t now requires two
Republicans to exercise az much political power
as one Democrat. My Democratic friends, 1t
is q shame, and an outrage, and q wrong, and you
ought not to uphold but to repair it and correct
it. You have now in the Senate of the United
States one of the most useful and able men that
Indiana ever sent to that great body. Applause.
1t is to deprive him of the equal right to appeal
to the people of Indiana, Republicans and Dem
ocrats sharing alike in power. appeal to you
whether, on the whole, it is not better
to continue him there in ofice-one Dem
ocrat and one Republican to represent Indiana
rather than two Democrats of Mr.. Voorhees,
type. Your n%eighbor State of Ohio-it seems to
me ABOUT half or you come from Ohio, since L
have been here | have seen so many Ohio people
Ohio kept there for yeaas in succession one
Democrat and one Republican, electing Judge
Thurman, aud Mr.. Pendleton, and myself, ono
of each party. from time to time. So you might
now, hut in order to prevent the Republicans from
testing that question before the people of Indiana
they have passed that Infamous gerrymander
law. Every honest Democrat ought to put his
feet upon it. and do what the people of Indiana
die. it is said, when the Republicans undertook
to do a much less injury than this, what the
people of Ohio did whenever either the Demo
Gratis or Republicans of Ohio attempted to enact
an unfair apportionment law-they never did
but what it reacted against the party
that did it, sooner or later, and
generally sooner. So / appeal to you
now. Nothing could contribute more to the
honor and influence of the State of Indiana in
that great Sanhedrim of power than to re-elect
Mr.. Harrison. / say to yon, as one Of his fellow
Senators. intimately associated with him, for he
sits at my side-I can say to you, speaking IN
the voice of every Republican member of the
GanoA onA auouy u,a-oh1- 49,