The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-27

EeStOeut Ol6V0Ih0US V6tO6S Dub uo Hr5b SpOho
of the failure of the Democrats to better the
affairs Of the country as they said they would do
if they only had chance. The chance had
been given them and all that the people saw was
that the party had not changed or grown in wis
dom. Democracy never would learn anything.
By it's weak policy, IL the party had policy, it
had kept the business of the country unsettled.
The national debt had not been reduced, which
would have added TO the circulation of money,
but times during the past two years had been
Strengthened almost 20 the worst point of depres
sion. The Presidents vetoes of pension bills had
been sustained. thus submitting the party
to the responsibility of refusing to reward those
whose sacrifices had saved the country. Demo
Gratis could not make their President bear this
alone. They must share the responsibility; nor
can these insults and Withholding the rights of
soldiers be checked, unless the Congress is in
Washington TO do it. In the last Congress there
were not enough Northern men to overcome the
vote of the South assisted by certain Democrats
OF the North. The latter could sustain any
veto, and did it, The General passed upon the
merits OF the county and legislative tickets pre-
sented by Republicans. There was not charge
to be urged against any of the candidates. They
stood forth free and fearless. asking the sufrages
OF the people. The soldier element among the
candidates was well represented, while the DEM
ocrats had pursued their usual course in ignor-
ing the claims of veterans.
JOHN B. ELAN AT NEW AUGUSTA.
John B. Elan spoke at New Augusta to an
audience in which there were many Democrats.
He was listened to with close and respectful at
tention He exhorted his audience to put their
votes where they would be worth something and
not waste them on side issues. AS TO the issues
between the Republican and Democratic parties
it should be shown which would furnish the best
government at the least expense He said he was
glad that for the first time in twenty-five years
the people had an opportunity to make such
comparison; to say to the people that they could
now know the Democratic party by its works.
By their works shall they be judged. He was
not glad it had come but glad to have an oppor
tunity for the comparison. At to the discussion
OF the campaign, he thought it would be profita-
BILE to take up the debate. as as possible,
where it was left off two years ago, so as to con-
meet this campaign with that and compare per-
formances with promises He referred to the
leading features in the Democratic campaign of
two years ago, stating that one thing upon which
they gained power was that the books should be
opened and a large amount OF Republican ras
cality and corruption would be revealed The
result of opening the books was that for a few
hours it was thought that two cents were lost,
but they were found. They pledged that If In
trusted with power they would reduce the ex
penses of the government, which they charged
had grown to be extravagant. He called atten-
ton TO the fact that the appropriations for the
government for ordinary expenses, aside from
pensions and river and harbor improvements,
were very much larger than they had been dur
ing the last Republican administration. and yet
had not been as large as the heads of depart
ments demanded. They said the civil list would
be reduced, that it was too large lie showed
that In every department. except the treasury,
there had been an increase of force, and not
withstanGing the increased force no man
could say there had been any improve
ment in the public service; on the contrary
almost every person whose business has brought
them in contact with the Postoffice Department
ID 49, has An
Perforated, occasoring Inconvenience to the PEG
pie and in many cases, absolute loss to business
men. AS to the quality of the men who had
been chosen to take the places of the rascals, he
pointments with which they are all familiar. He
also discussed the gerrymander, the manage
ment of the State benevolent institutions, the
temperance question and the State Treasury.
COLONEL BLACKS SPEECH AT IRvINGToN.
Col James B. Black spoke at Irvington, on
Saturday evening on the issues of the cam
paign, and, notwithstanding the rain-storm, was
listened to by fair-sized and enthusiastic audi
ence He made strong preser tation of the
trckery of the Democratic party, which had
made fair platforms and failed to carry out its
high-soupding promises. This be illustrated by
by taking the platform upon which was elected
the last Legislature He discussed the conduct
of the Insane Hospital management, and cited
the facts brought out in the recent investigation
The subject of civil-service reform in national
and State politics was discussed, showing how
Cleveland was a civil-service reformer in New
York and Massachusetts,. and by no means
civiservice reformer in Indiana. He discussed
the subject of the Soldiers Orphans Home,
going into that matter at considerable length,
and showing how the institution was organized
by the private efforts of Republicans and given
to the State of Indiana; how it had been
honestly, fairly and decently conducted by
Republicans, but that the Democratic party
had three times, for no other reason than
for making it part of the spois of
victory, legislated old boards out and
new boards in. He showed how the Democratic
leaders had imposed upon institution org-
nally intended only for soldiers orphans by in
cooperating with it asylum for feeble minded
children. devoting two thirds of the building to
their use. and combining the soldiers orphans to
one third. The Colonel also discussed the tenn
perance question, showing the subserviency of
the Democratic party to the Liquor League and
the Leagues ownership of that party. He closed
with remarks about the gerrymander and the
grand record of the Republican party.
MR.. GRIFFITHs's SPEECH AT BRIDGEPORT
At Bridgeport a good-sized audience assem-
blsd in the school-house to listen to the speech
of Mr.. John L. Grifiths. one of the Repub-
lican candidates for the Legislature It was
Mr.. Grifiths's first speech in Bridgeport. and he
created very favorable impression. He COM
menced his address by briefly contrasting the
condition of things which prevailed in the coun
ty when the Republican party came into power,
with the state of affairs which obtained when
Mr.. Cleveland assumed the presidency. He then
stated that the three most prominent planks in
the platform on which Mr.. Cleveland was elect
ed were honesty and economy in the administra
ton of affairs reform of the civil service and re-
ducton of the tariff to a revenue basis and
showed conclusively that all the promises made
by the Democratic party in reference
thereto, had been promises made to the ear and
broken to the hope. He showed the wisdom of
paying off the national debt as rapidly as posi-
BILE, and dwelt upon the fact that the Democratic
party had increased the surplus instead of d.
mnishing it. He was very happy in his CHAR
acterization of the appointments made by Mr.
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