The Indianapolis journal., 1886-11-27

either party, IN order to gain O political AdvAnh
age, is senseless and out of place. If majority
OF the legaly-elected members are Republican
they will take their seats and vote for and elect
United States Senator and vice versa. The
people or Indiana will allow no Mississippi tao
tics to De employed. Worthington Times.
Hon: Joseph f. Mcdonald deserves to be
ciassed among the grees conversers." No man
responds so readily and fully to the blandish~
ments OF the interviewer. It requires no per.
suason to induce him to tell all he knows, OF
expects to know, on any subject TO be contained
within the VIDE expanse of conservative and
simon-pure Democracy. His arrival anywhere
is boon to the hustler after fact and fancy
-Terre Haute Express.
Ike p. Gray, the renegade, has always had
many bitter enemies in the Democratic ranks,
and. as the gerrymander engineered by him was
so palpably in his own interests, hundreds of
others have become disguised with his supreme
selfshness and notorious political dishonesty,
and they openly rejoice at his defeat. Gray has
received his death blow. He will go out of the
Governors Office into private life never to be re-
surrected. Liberty Herald.
What the Democrats failed to get by the hon.
est suffrage of the people they have sought to
obtain By cunning and intrigue In Indiana they
have boldly threatened to unseat one Republican
Senator for every Democrat unseated in the
House, In order to keep control Of the Legisla-
ture on joint ballot. Accordingly while the Re-
publicans have contested three seats in the
House, the Democrats have contested seven in
the Senate.-Brazil Register.
If the Republicans had a ma iority Of forty on
joint ballot it would still be their OATH required
constitutional duty to prevent the stealing Of
some of the Democrats who claim a membership
in the Legislature, and they will be towards,
unworthy of the name of Republicans il they
shrink from the performance of that duty on
account of the revolutionary threats of Demo
cratic conspirators and scoundrels at Indianap-
oils or elsewhere. e.-Logansport Journal.
The rascals who have dared TO change the re-
suit of the election by ''doctoring" the returns
in Marion county cannot be too soon proven
guilty and put safely within the walls Of the
penitentlary. The sooner political circles are
ridded of such characters the safer will be our
State and national government Frauds upon
the ballot, by whomsoever committed must ba
rigidly and severely punished. Turn the rascals
in-the penitentiary.- -Shelbyville Republican.
The disreputable scheme TO deliberately steal
the seat of Senator A. r. Shroyer the member.
eject OF Cass county, Is meeting with the incig-
nant condemnation of the rank and file of both
parties in that county. Mr.. Shroyer was elected
by handsome majority of 382, while the county
was usually considered good for 500 Democratic
majority; he of course was elected by Demo.
cratic votes and the fight that's now being made
is creating discension In the ranks of that par
ty.-Frankfort Banner.
Wo! be to the party, Republican, Democrat, OF
what not that by bribery, miscount, tissue bal
lots, counterfeit returns, or any ether similaf
frauds, undertakes to gain advantage that
does not belong to it. AS If the infamy of the
past were not sufficiently damnable the Demo,
cratic leaders in this State are bent on going
down to deeper depth of infamy still Gentle.
men, 1t won't pay, and you'll yet find it 80.
There is sense of right and justice, innate in
human hearts, that you can't trample on forevei
with impunity. Republican
The contest of Mr. Shroyers election as Sena-
tor from Cass county is one of the most bare
faced attempts to steal a seat in the Legislature
in the history of Indiana politics. It simply
serves notice that the Democratic State central
committee is determined to elect United States
Senator whether by fair means or foul, and that
every seat lost to them in the lower house will
be replaced to them in the Senate. But the
gang that perpetrated the gerrymander and en-
gineered the tally-sheet frauds at Indianapolis
is equal to any infamy.-Monticello Herald.
When we come to consider that the Republic
ans have majority of more than 20 00O In this
State on the legislative ti.ket, it would seen
that the Democratic managers would not dare to
attempt by fraud and downright theft to secure
the election of a United States Senator But
void of principle and determined to win by what
ever means, they will give no heed to the ex-
pressed will of the people, but. if necessary. by
outrages heretofore unheard of, Dan Voorhees,.
10 Mcdonald, Ike Gray and Eb Henderson win
estop the people from the enjoyment of a VIC
tory fairly and decsively won.-Muncie Times.
The Democratic leaders of this State will stop
at nothing to accomplish their nefarious designs
to thwart the will of the people. Fraud, bull
doing and downright theft are the means to be
employed in the accomplishment Of their pur-
poses. 1t is time for the law-abiding citizens
those who have the good of the community at
heart-to give these plunderers and despoilers OF
the ballot to understand that honest elections
must be the rule Honest and good government
stands higher than party, and good government
cannot be the order where the ballot is vitated.
The bummers of the Sim Coy stripe must 60.
indianapolis Herald.
The newly elected Legislature has much i'm
portant work to perform after the question OF
contested seats is settled, which should be done
with reference only to who is justly entitled to
those seats. Bills should be introduced and
passed by the Republican House that will con-
vince the people that the Republicans intend to
stand sQuarely on every plank they put in their
platform. Then if Democratic Senate defeats
or opposes those measures the responsibility will
rest where it belongs. The Legislature has IL
largely in its power to say which party will carry
Indiana in 1888. We trust it will not lose sight
of this fact.-Franklin Republican.
Why not embody all these features, local op-
tlon, high license and State inspections The To-
cal option feature would enable the people Of
counties to decide for themselves whether or
not they wanted saloons. In counties where
the people decide in favor of saloons, they must
impose high license upon them. The State in
spection should be feature in connection with
the high license law. We think there is an over
whelming sentiment in the State In favor of
local option and high license law and we regard
the Republican platform as pledge In that di-
rection. The Republicans in the Legislature
will be wise to carry out the will of the majority
as they understand it.-Shelbyvillo Republican.
A majority of the people of the State under
the forms of the law, haye decreed that certain
very important work shall be done by their serv-
ants in legislative and other Offices, all of which
rights, and purposes, and DEGREES will be de-
feated by the proposed Democratic breakup.
And what are the ends TO be accomplished by
this defiance. and outrage, and rebellion2 Only
the prevention of the election of General Harri-
son. depriving the State of one representative
in the United States Senate for two years; only
the retention of power and place in the State
benevolent institutions now held by Democratic
spoilsmen; only the defeat of probable legisia-
tion affecting the Liquor League; only forlorn
sters and gangsters, who were downed in 1886