The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-31

/ the brutal and vulgar display of brute force in
| the treatment of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Robert
son. The mention of the latter's name called
| forth prolonged cheers. and voice was heard
above IL all, Were going to make him Gov
| ernor"
II have never seem" said Senator Harrison,
anything equal to the brutal and vulgar man.
her In which that man Smith presided over the
Senate of this State. / spent five minutes once
on the floor Of the Senate, and that was al
could stand As looked upon the scene felt
homicidal mania coming me. The voters
of this congressional district repudiated Lowry
and elected Captain White by an overwhelming
majority yet Democratic committee reported
IN favor of depriving him of his seat. aud the
people of their choice. This too much even
for Tammany Hail. and one of its members lead
the movement to ignore the report of the
mittes The taly-sheet forgers were next
handled without gloves, and then the speaker
left State matters and passed into national is
sues. It is of vital i'm portance to every labor
ing man in the country that every other work
ing man should have the right TO vote. 1t was
q menace to the welfare of the working of
the North if the working men of the South were
not permitted to vote. It is an established fact
that the working men of the South, majority
or them blacks, are absolutely deprived of the
right to vote. At the last election in Georgia
there were ten congressman elected. In the
tire State the total vote was 1880 At the
same election on the same day in the Twelfth
Indiana district alone there were cast "a, 478
votes, 1000 more than in the State of Georgia.
These figures told the story. The Republicans
We're not allowed to vote. and the Democrats
knowing it did not consider it necessary. Thus
the small vote. Democrats will call this
waving the bloody shirt" said the speaker II
don't care how bloody is, it is the truth. I
am not finding fault with the South for what it
did between the years 1861 and 1865, but am
hndlng fault with the methods used in 1884 by
which Grover Cleveland made President
without having majority of votes. l speak
for a free, pure and honest election" He next
took ND the tariff question and spent an hour in
an able discussion of the respective positions
assumed by the two parties. Cleveland has
proclaimed the Democratic party in favor of
free trade, and the Republicans wsre ready
vocates of the protection of American indus
tries. What England did for IRELAND.
when it threw down the barriers of protection,
Ceyelands ideas, if adopted, will do for the work
Ing men of this country. Cleveland declares
that a protective tariff only benefits few work
ing men in factories, but the Republican party
asserts that the farmer and wool grower il bene-
lifted as well Ninety per cent. of the products OF
this country are consumed at home and only
l0 per cent. finds foreign market. The Re-
publican party. without prescribing schedule
claims that the American market shall De pre-
served for the American workmen, and not be
given over to the British workmen. After a |
plea for greater spirit of liberality toward |
prolonged applause. Judge Chaplin then an |
nounced that the glee club would sing again, |
after which all were invited to assemble at the |
Morton clubrooms where General Harrison |
would be pleased co meet them, but there was |
call for Colonel Robertson so unanimous and /
obliged to come forward He made splendid |
impromptu talk of few minutes, and was
cheered to the echo The glse club then won
new laurels in lively medley and responded to
to the club-rooms, where a reception was held
until midnight. All Republicans vote General
Harrison's visit one of great benefit to the party
for which he has done so much.