The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-05
ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN.

ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
The issues of the present campaign in this
State are of a nature that should allow the
| fullest play Of discrimination, so that preju-
dice and passion need find no place in the
discussions Of the hour. 1t is for the people
Of Indiana to calmly consider the entire field
of politics, and then to deliberately say which
course they prefer in the management Of their
! public affairs. 1t is true there should be no
passion in the conduct of this campaign, but
it were next to impossible to keep perfectly
| free from feeling when the truth is contem-
| plated. It is trying on the average man to
| consider the manner in which the benevolent
| to partisan uses, the insane mistreated, fed on
! Stops and food unfit for human consumption,
and traded on as though they were brutes in
stead of human beings. 1t is not thing to
be calmly considered that political party has
been found mean enough to deliberately dis
franchise the majority of the voters of the
State. Yet this very thing has been done, so
that it is impossible for legal majority to
make itself felt and heard in State affairs
1t is not question that one can con
slider without feeling that the last
Legislature refused to order an
investigation Of the condition of the public
treasury of the State, after it had been shown
beyond question that the law had been vio-
lated, and that there was great doubt Of the
integrity of the funds It is not easy to re-
main quiet under the knowledge that such
voters in Indiana as are not outspoken Demo
Gratis are disfranchised, and may not have any
thing to say i'll many of the great questions in
which they are vitality interested, It is not
pleasant for the legal majority in Indiana toreal
ize that they may have no voice in the election
of the Senator to be chosen in january next.
The Democratic minority arranged that they
might steal this important Office in advance of
the election, the only question among them
being which Democrat shall have the booty
To this end there is a quarrel among the
thieves, and already it has been shown that
they are doing their utmost, each to swindle
the other out of the chance of preferment.
The men who conspired to steal the office of
United States Senator from the people are not
above attempting to play dishonest tricks upon
each other
These are few of the reasons why it is diff
ficult for the unprejudiced voter to retain his
equanimity while contemplating them. It is
evident to all that there has beena conspiracy
to deprive the people of Indiana of their jghts
at the ballot-box. The Democratic party has
confessed that it was and is afraid of the peo
pie. It's papers and speakers have not pre-
sumed to deny that the party has done this
thing for the purpose indicated. They have
not the impudence to defend it, but at rare
intervals try to apologize for it by declaring
that in the past the State was gerrymandered
by the Republicans. This is no defense, as
they we'll know, but it is the best they can
Offer This is the situation to-day. The
gerrymander serves more purposes than one.
1t was primarily intended to make sure of the
election of a Democratic United States Sena-
tor despite the will of the legal voters of
the State. This was the main pur-
pose Of that infamy. Secondarily, and to
appease such as might be inclined TO find fault
| with such an arrangement, it was intended to
make it impossible for the people to see the
doings of the Democratic State Treasurer, and
to learn whether the State funds were intact
or not. TWAS also expected to stand between
the fellows who are fattening on the necessi-
ties Of the insane, who are fed on bad and un-
wholesome foods in order that Democracy's
pets and ward workers may become rich men
| and corrupters Of elections Thus one fraud
was conceived to shield another and recip-
rocally they are expected to sustain each
other. No wonder it is impossible to contem.
plate these shrewd and dishonest tricks with
anything but feelings of the iRtensest con-
domination. It remains now for the people to
pass on this thing in the way they deem best
| for their interests and the credit of the State
SUPPRESSION OF THE BALLOT