The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-19
TRUTHS FOB REPUBLICANS
Hon. John M. Butler Gives Some Solid
Facts About F~ree-Trade Democracy.
J. a. CIaypool Ventilates the Management of
the State Observation-Disclosures at the
Observation-Disclosures Elsewhere.


Special to tine Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Oct lS.-Bon. John NJ. Butler
was greeted with . magnificent audience to-
night, and it was rewarded with one of the very
best speeches Of the campaign. 1t was filled
with facts all the way through. free Of anec-
dots or attempt at oratory. and yet it was not
dry. 1t vas as enthusiastically received ss
though rsplete with humer and cunning sayings.
He arrsigned the Democratic party As one
welded to free trade from its origin, % pledged
to il to-day, despite its protests since It heard
from Oregon and the September States. and be
said it was as defiant Of law. a. subservieut to
the interests Of the South and is antaeonistic to
Northern free labor as 1t ever has been
since it put its foot on the sacred
Missouri Compromise and precipitated the
country into war. He devoted the greater
part Of his speech to the tariff and 20 tho
false position of Mr.. Mills on the stump in SUD
port Of the hill he pretsnds to be the author Of.
ut the Same time showing the sectional features
OF the bill. Instead Of it making An average re-
duetion of 5 per cent. as Mr.. Mills claims, he
showed il TO be o reduction Of Sol, 900, 600 on
s217. 0O0. 600, or % per cent, and cited instances
where the reductions counted up to twice that
amount. On behalf OF protection he rsbutted
the theory that it was q tax paid by the con-
sumner. with argument to show il was q charge
exaeted Of the foreigner to enter our market.
when n il 4 impossible for him to add this 70 his
price ard compete with homo prices. The Re-
publican theory of protection, he eaid. had three
elements, and could be told in three lines: First,
to let in free everything we cannot raise or
make. Second. TO put the tariff on such articles
A.-N - i'll "A
ton. Third. in doing this. discriminate between
necessities and luxuries in favor Of necessities.
Hon. j. III. Claypooi on State Issues.
Special to the Indianapolis journal
CoNNERsvILLE, Oct. lS-In q speech by Hon.
J. II. Clsypool, candidate for joint Representa-
tive, which went comprshensivsly over all the
issues Of the campaign, he spoke Of State mat
tsrs particularly, as follows:
mo matter what any mans belief may 10 10
regard to free trade or protection, there are
abundant reasons Why no man who understands
the situation OF affairs here 10 Indiana, can con-
scientiously vote the Democratic State ticket,
and by that act indorse and approve the record
OF that party In this State since 1884. 1t en-
braces \ series OF crimes. debaucheries. and par
tissn legislation that are a disgrace alike TO the
State and civilization. Just think of it The in
mates of that great institution provided for the
unfortunate insane people of the State, at
indianapolis, being fed on rotten pork, and
wormy butter. for no telling how long, 10 order
that u lot of Democrats lnkuman bruses might
steal a portion OF the funds appropriated for the
support OF this ipstitution; and those men still
in office, and In charge Of that institution. al
though their guilt has been established for over
a ysar. And just so long as the Democratic
party remains in power in Indiana, this state Of
affairs will continue 20 exist, as it is the estab-
lished policy Of the Democratic party in Indiana
70 reward the men who do the dirty work Of the
party with the management and control Of the
States benevolent institutions humanity and
decency alike demand that these Institutions
shall forever be divorced from politics. and this
the Republican party proposes to do at
the very first opportunity. The people should
not forget how the State WAS robbed of thou
sands OF dollars by that eminent Democratic
politician. Jack Howard, late warden OF the
southern ~prison-elways q large contributor to
the Democratic campaign fund-and that this
Democratic thief has never been even indicted
for his crime, because he lives in q Democratic
county and Democratic officials refuse to prose
cute him. Ii 10 also a fact that during the time
this man Howard was warden Of the prison,
eopvicts were punished In a most brutal and in-
human manner. often resulting in death. No
greater outrage was ever psrpetrated on . free
peopls than the infamous gerrymander OF
our State IN 1885 for legislative purposes.
which disfrsnehised about one-fourth
OF the Republican voters of the
State, and which was passed with the hone Of
making the Indiana Legislature solidly Demo-
cratic for the next fifty years or so. So grossly
unjrst was this measure. that Hon. Rufus Ma
gee. q leading Democratic Senator at the time.
refused to obey the party lash, denounced the
bill a. an outrage on common deceucy. and
warned his party on the floor OF the Senate
against resorting 20 such high anded measures
to retain control of the State; yet every Demo
crat in the Legislature but one or two voted for
il, and q Democratic Governor, l. p. Gray, sp-
proved il. expecting through it's iniquitiss 20 be
himself landed in the United States Senate. AS
though there had not been enough dirt
done in Indiana up to date by
the Democratic party, 20 can
the climax, as il were. and Guido the party
record. the Democratic members Of the last Leg
~islature, assisted by . contingent of Democratic
thugs, fally-sheet forgers and election hxers.
resident in indianapolis. organized a mob and
by means Of violence, in disregard of the de-
cisiou of the Supreme Court, prevented the law
fully elected of tho State
from presiding over the Senate of Indiana.
Add to these the tally-sheet forgeries OF
Coy, Bsrnhsm-r, and others, by which it was
sought 10 elect a Democratic criminal Judge In
Marion county, and for which two of the Grim
inals are now in the penIseptiary, and you have
before you the most prominent points in the
record Of the Democratic parry in Indiana L.
is . record that needs no comments, it speaks
for ITSELF
An nu.Nf.n e. .su~e To- UlE.