The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-10

honest elections we have no fears of the result
in Indiana.
The democracy Of Indiana, we think. is fortu-
nate in the character OF its leaders. They are
all democrats; men who have the courage of
their convictions; men who believe that for US
the highest expediency and the wisest politics
consist In the closest possible adherence 10
Jenersonlan ideals OF government and the
strictest devotion to the historical tenets of the
democratic party. The Nestor OF our party
Is that brainy and honest and courageous old
man, Joseph +. Mcdonald. Then there is the
tall sycamore or the Wabash, the eloquent,
aggressive and fearless Daniel W. Voorhees,.
We have Isaac p Gray clear
headed, sagacious and skillful captain
We have David Turpie, as learned
as he IS modest, and true
a democrat as can be found in all this republic.
We have William ID. Bynum, one Of the rising
young men OF this country. Keep your eye on
him. he Is coming 10 the front; he is there
now; and the first thing you know you
viii be calling him Speaker Bynum."
We have William s. Holman, the veteran
watchdog OF the treasury, who has saved the
taxpayers of this country tens-Of-millions of
dollars by his resOlute opposition TO jobbery
and corruption in every form. We have
Courtland Z. Matson who made such a gallant
race Tor governor last year, and we have sew
eral others OF whom we expect great things.
Are we not well equipped with leaders? And
If the national democracy should happen TO de-
mand one OF them in 1892 for its own use,
could vel put il to you Mr. Chairman as an
Ohio man-could we, with any deesncy, refuse
to make the sacrifice?
We Indiana democrats, Mr. Chairman are
democrats from conviction. We would rather
have our perty out of power for generation 10
come, than that il should surrender one iota of
the vitP principles for which il did such
valiant battle in the last campaign. We were
never so proud of our party as we are to-day.
We believe that under the leadership of Grover
Cleveland the best traditions of the party have
been revived; traditions which are asso-
eiated with the honored memory Of its
great founder. Thomas JEFFERSON the illus
trlous philosopher, statesman and patriot
the anniversary OF whose birth we are cele-
brating tonight; which recall the historic
names of James Madison the father of the con-
stitutiOn, and James Monroe, who first served
notice upon the monarchs of Europe that they
must keep hands off the American continent;
of Andrew Jackson. that democrat of demo-
Gratis, who hated monopoly as he hated treason,
and dealt blows at both which will cause his
name TO be remembered when even his military
achievements have been forgotten; of James X.
Polk, whose administration added an empire to
our national territory and gave the country
revenue tariff under which II prospered as il
had never prospered before and has never
prospered sincei OF Stephen A. Douglas, in
whose public career the principles of genuine
democracy we're so splendidly exemplifed; Of
Samuel j. Iilden, that great master of the
science OF gOVernment-that matchless leader
of men, who, in 1874, recalled his party from
the worship of false gods and gave it an issue
which appealed with irresistible force 10 the
democratic instincts of the nation, and an in
spiration which anImates il to this day; Of
Horatio Seymour, the pure, highminded pat
riOt and statesman; of Winfield Scott Hancock,
not less superb when pr0caiming in Louisiana
the supremacy of the civil over the military
authority than when earning deathless
renown by his deeds of heroism and yalor on
the bloody field of Gettysburg; and of Thomas
A. Hendricks, the scholar, the gentleman, the
wise leader, the steadfast champion of consti-
tutional liberty, whose memory every Indiana
democrat chershes with tenderness and pride.
We of Indiana look 10 the future with entire
confidence. Our faces are turned toward the
morning. We know are right; and that
''thriee armed is he who has his quarrel
just" We have an abiding faith in the intel
lgence, the conscience and the pa
triotism of the American people.
Upon the supreme issue a majority OF our
countrymen are democrats to-day. Let this
issue be clearly and sharply presented to the
country during the next four years, day after
day and week after week; in season and out of
season; and Indiana will not be the only west
err state whose electoral vote viii be
given TO the democratic national ticket
IN 1892. The tariff and bounty pam
pered rings which are rejoicing so loudly
over the four years extension they have Just
bought of their license to plunder honest in
dustry of its earnings would better make the
most of their opportunities during these four
years. Eighteen hundred and ninety-two will
soon be here; and it Will bring, we firmly be-
lieve, period to their oppression, and relief
to the American people.
The remainder of the toasts were: "The
Constitution of the United States" the Hon.
Z. w. Houk of Dayton; THE Young Democ-
racy," the Hon. Z. w. Heistey of Cleveland;
"a Mans Right to Freely Exchsnge His
Labor" the Hon. j. Q. Smith of Oakland;
''The National Democracy" the Hon. c. w.
Baker, Cincinnati; "Our Country" the Hon.
A. r. Bolin, Circleville; 'The Future of the
Democracy" the Hon. L. T. Neal, Chillieothi;
"How Can We Elevate the Tone of Politics 70
the High Standard of the Past" the Hon. E. j.
Blandin, Cleveland; ''The Democratic Idea of
Government" the Hon. J. A. Mcmahon. Day
ton; "The Republican Party" the Hon. George
a Converse, Columbus.
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