The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-27

men who were not earning over $500 year who
were just az capable as anybody and would be
| willing to take Office to-day at 81, 900 year
The resolution was adopted.
The committee on nominations reported the
following State ticket, which was adopted:
Secretary of State-J. HI. Hughes, of Wayne.
Auditor of States Sylvester johnson, of Marion.
Treasurer of State--P. G. Perkins of st. Joseph.
Judge of the Supreme Court-Robert s. Dwiggns,
of Jasper.
Attorney general-,wm. M; Land, Of Gibson.
Clerk of Supreme Court-Levi d. Ratlif, of Grant.
Superintendent Of Public Instruction-C. W.
Hodgin, of Wayne.
Mr.. Dwiggins spoke of Sylvester johnson, the
nominee for Auditor, who wss taken completely
by surprise. as "a man who had done more work
and paid out more money for the prohlbi tion
cause than any man in Indiana
Mrs. Hodgin, on behalf of her husband who
was not present, returned thanks for his nomi-
nation as Superintendent of Public Instruction
Rev. j. III. Hughes, nominee for Secretary of
State announced that there must be a battle
fund, and printed pledges in blank to be filed
out, were distributed He said that fund was
needed to tide over the next presidential cam
paign, and that the first demand was to be thirty
days from date, and the others in one two and
three years. Hats were passed about the audi
ence, and collection taken up for immediate
wants, $50 being announced as the amount re-
CURED. The collection amounted to $15l.70.
DR. LEoNARD's ADDRESS.
Rev. A. B. Leonard, late Prohibition candi-
date for Governor of Ohio, was then introduced
He was received with much applause, and said:
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Con-
vention-I thank you for this greeting. accept it
not due personally but to the cause which it
has been my privilege in degree to represent It
affords special pleasure to come into the Hoosier
State to look upon your faces and feel your heart
beats In this great movement Indiana has furnished
to the best wife that any has in this country
Applause and laughter. So feel glad to come here
and meet to share with in this great OCCASION
for cardiff Ip6Ia a a GIlIl-
pose there is not to be found in this convention sin
gle saloon-keeper. do not believe another political
convention will assemble in this State this year that
will not have saloon-keepers delegates. This of
itself speaks volumes for this convention. Why
the saoonkeepers absent to-day and why will they be
present in the conventions of the other partiesY Sim
ply because they know that you stand against
their business and the other parties stand in favor of
the business in which they engaged.
political party is peculiar organization. We of
ten hear it said that ours is government of the
pie, by the people and for the people. think
government of party, by party and for party.
Our government is necessarily administered by par
ty. In this country it must be Here power is at
the bottom of society to speak rather than at the
top, in monarchical governments. where the mon
arch issues the decree and it forth to the people
Here the people are supposed to be sovereign, and
their will to be carried out by those they have placed
in authority the people had nothing to do with the
government there would be occasion for parties.
ton political parties. think the mission of the
Prohibition party in particular is to instruct the pub
lie mind concerning the matter of party fealty and
called upon to do. Party fealty is a strange
thing There men who will allow you to criticise
their wives. their church-but the moment you crit
else their party they will get angry. They will allow
you freedom upon any other question. There is kind
of party prejudce of intensity that bodies good
to our Institutions. political party is unlike any
other organization of which we have any knowledge
in this country II is unlike church. unlike secret
society. You take no solemn obligation. lie
you join the army you take an oath that you will be
To Iha Erony
political party is entirely voluntary organization.
There are oaths, no vows We have in this coun-
the third party which will at no distant day be the first
party in the land Ask adherent of the Democratic
party of the Republican party what the necessity
is for his party and it would trouble him to tell At
least it would be very difficult to tell why there should
be both Democratic and Republican party. simply
because to-day there is not single living issue be-
tween these two parties You go to-day from
of these parties to another without leaving single
principle behind you, for that matter taking
with you. For that reason do not why there
should be both Democratic and a Republican party.
distinctly why there should be Prohibition
party for it crystazes principle that is repudiated
by both the old parties.
Party loyalty is singular thing 1t is strange that
will continue to be identified with party after
the party to represent anything that they be-
ieve There Republicans who will criticse their
party and say bad things of it, but let Prohib
ZIONIST say anything and they up in arms in mo-
ment. and Democrats are the same way. We must
have patience with them We must try to talk people
up to different view of party fealty. There is such
a thing as being loyal party and disoyal to your
self and the interest of your country you act with
party that represents ideas you cannot ndorse, you
are loyal to party but disoyal to yourself What we
is about million declarations of independence
from the shackles of party. there is any place
where an American citizen should be indie
pendent. honest and true. it is at the
ballotbox for when he puts his ballot into the box he
puts himself in and touches that which vibrates to
all we should hold sacred There is obligation that
carries with it greater responsibility to ones fell
bowman ard to ones God Yet there thousands of
people who do this with little appreciation of the
great responsibility that rests upon them if they
were cattle. We must have done with that principle
which remands the discussion of political questions to
professional politicians It is the politician that
take place. If people could free themselves
sound the death s''A inell of the saloon
on every foot of American soil. 1t is exceedingly
humiliating to how good men kept in parties
and how they whipped in. The professional poll
tican manages to hold good honest people of this
country who want to do right in place and eOmpes
them the ticket that has been set up The pol
itican nothing for the principles involved What
he wants are the spoils of office. Our offices are
largely filed with that kind of to-day. The poll
tician is anything under the heavens to get office
IL the power of the politician is broken it will be
emancipation that will be quite profitable to the
white people of the country the abolition of slavery
was to the black man.
He devoted considerable time to the discussion
of the liquor question as it presents itself In
Ohio and to the recent action Of the Ohio State
Senate in proceeding without quorum and
seating the four members from Hamilton county.
His opinion of the Supreme Court of Ohio is
that it is not an impartial judicial body, but has,
on party questions, degenerated into political
bench.
The State Prohibition central committee
ganized, with John Ratliff, of Grant county.
chairman and Sylvester johnson secretary.
Mrs. lowering sung THE Battle Song of Pro-
hibition." and. after parting symphony from
he hon ho anti oAi nd