The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-04

heroes of the Mexican and revolutionary wars
are extolled and why not extol the heroes OF
the civil war who had saved the country from
disunion The issue itself should be extolled.
He considered labor great issue. but 1t was
the bloody shirt and the Republican party that
had made il respectable. The Republican party
stands on that platform. 1t marches under that
banner, and long as 1t did not do so 1t would
not march to victory. As toast which all
should carry with them the Judge suggested
'.all honor aud glory TO the bio ody shirt
Mr.. Luther Wolfe. editor Of the Clay County
Enterprise. seconded the nomination OF Mr..
Brattin. He eaid: "Clay county does not In
dorse the remarks of Mr.. Herr the bloody
shirt" The subject had been handled pretty
thoroughly but the enthusiasm was still on the
erous cheering Dr Wolfe interrupted
number of times by the outbursts of applause.
wore bloody shirts. They want the campaign
fought on this issue, and the Republicans want
it, Dudley Brattin q good soldier He
wore bloody shirt on the battlefield. Clay
county has never had the Craftsmanship of the
district committee. and il now asks it" In
referring to Mr.. Herr. Mr.. Wolfe said jokingly
that he WAS good fellow, warm friend of his
but he had simply '.gons off tangent
the bloody shirt question
Mr.. j. ID. Clancy. of Sullivan, said he came
from the Democrats county of Sullivan. He
represented with the other delegates 800 Re-
publicans in bis county who don't care if the
bloody shirt is waved 1t is waved because of
the achievements of the Republican party in
the past. which thrill everyone. It is the prin-
ciple which has upheld the Republican party for
the past thirty years. All proud of the
achievements it had wrought. 1t was the prin-
ciple OF the purest patriot of the age. Abraham
Lincoln, and of the most majestic soldier. y. s.
1rant. When jeff Davis is present at a cele-
bration in tie South. and kisses the rebel flag.
aud extolls its principles, the Republicans of Sui
Ivan county can be depended to vote for the
bloody shirt He in favor of 'letting her
wave"
A. T. Beveridge OF Indianapolis, was intro
duced to the convention. He spoke at some
length, stating that already the murmurings of
preparations are heard on all sides of the ap-
preaching campaign. The Republicans are in
earnest and aroused. They are marching
under the flag to wrest the power from the trait
ors who dictate the government. He character
lied the administration three years of folly,
and infamy, S well. Mr. Beveridge thinks the
Democrats should be handled without gloves:
that the center of the enemy's lines should be
ATTACKED, and that point is the solid South. The
tariff is great issue, civil-service reform
fraudulent issue. but the bloody shirt the one
great issue. The campaign of 1884 Bull
Run for the Republicans, but tho campaign this
year will retrieve the laurels.
The Republican convention yesterday gave
forth uncertain sound There had been no
intention to adopt anything in the way of a plat
form, but the expression of sentiment came
spontaneously and unexpectedly. brought out
by accident, as it were
The Republicans of this district against
the unfair domination of a solid South, and the
the Union as patriots. AS General Sherman
says, in his article in the February Century, the
pendulum has swung too far the other way, and
it is time to wave the bloody shirt.