The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-04-18

the ground, and will give us lively fight.
We can beat them if we 90 at it in the
right way, but we are not going to have a
picnic" It's always best to look facts
squarely in the face
Now II, at the outset, we carefully avoid
Understanding the strength OF the enc
my, we shall doubtless see that if we are
TO win we must also carefully avoid several
other things. Among which are these:
Nominating any man for governor who
is not fully equipped to meet in debate the
strongest man in the republican party /;
who is not thoroughly informed and
in dead earnest on the tariff question !;
whose personal and public record is not
clean, honorable and straightforward;
who is not acceptable to democrats Of all
classes and of all sections of the state Ii
any such person asks the nomination, or
if his friends should ask it for him, the
convention should reply with polite but
emphatic negative.
Ii the convention is asked by mans
enemies 10 nominate him for governor or
any other office, in order TO give any OF
other office, it will-Or should-respect-
fully decline, unless some better reason
can be shown for making the nomination.
As to every place on the ticket, from
the head to the tail, the convention must
avoid forgetting that no man has any
valid ''claims" upon the party. 1t is the
party that has claims upon its individual
IL, "a, 10 o1f
the obtrusive, do not always make the
best candidates. Because a man has once
had nomination and been defeated it
does not necessarily follow that he should
have another There are many questions
to be considered. Is he the strongest and
best equipped man for the Office? Is he
prepared to make sacrifices for the com
mon cause? Will he labor earnestly for
the success OF the whole ticket, and not
insist upon making personal canvass in
his own behalf alone? Is he democrat
from principle, or Tor revenue only? Is
he in hearty sympathy with President
CLEVELAND on the tariff question, and has
he any doubts as to the results of
a campaign on this issue in Indiana if it is
vigorously conducted? Has he done as
much for his party in the past as his party
has done for him?
al these and many other matters must
be considered by the delegates calmly,
dispassionately, deliberately, if their work
is to be properly done. THE SENTINEL has
no candidate for any Office in the gift of
the people of Indiana 1t is for demo-
cratic success, and it knows that success
can only be assured by wise and harmoni-
Gus action on the part of the convention.
1t addresses these remarks tOthe delegates
more than week in advance of their as
sembling, not in a spirit of dictation, but
because it believes they are pertinent to
the occasion and in the interest of the
democratic party. We ask delegates to
think over them, and sleep over them,
and when they come to the convention to
come with proper sense of the RESPONSE
bility that rests upon them, and of the
duty they owe their party and with full
consciousness of the Importance OF max
ing ticket which shall be unexceptioua-
bic in every respect, and shall combine,
in the highest possible degree, the requi-
sites OF character, capacity and availa-
bility.