The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-13

them have said it openly. Years ago. when strike
wac in progress in the East, the great organ OF
nopoly in New York shrieked in every other para
graph ''shOot them. shoot them! We must have
For NV part l consider the browning glory OF Co
iumba, queen OF the gems OF old
oeeaa, 10 be that she has no standing
army Of consequence and that she needs none; that
she has pleasure in making herself hideOus with
the war-paint OF Savagery and barbarism; that her
vays ways OF EeasantneSS and all her paths are
pace Respecting her relations with foreign powers,
shall be greatly deceived If she takes kindly TO the
fighty scheIners and the urid policy of lingo Jim.
90 the contrary expect to see her take the lead in
the upward march oil the nations OF earth TO the
broad. high plane OF humane and peaceful arbitTa-
For myself, view with alarm the dangerously
large and idly increasing class oil poor people IN
oountr and which is largely the result OF unjust
IN our legislation IN favor OF capital
1t should be remembered that here we have univer-
sal male suffrage that ignorant suffrage IS dan
gerOus suffrage and that ignorance and poverty go
together. II 20 continue government Of
universal suffrage, / insist that dare not allow
any eonsiderabl number OF our citizens 10 sink into
poverty and ignorance. II do allow IL, we shall
ultimately De driven to limitation OF the suffrage
and the deprving Of the right TO vote large class Of
our fellowcitizens. But this means taxation with
out representation. For one am prepared to rebel
against the hard conditions which the high
takers by class legislation seem likely TO
impose upon Us. am not Wiling 70 take
this sep backward. insist that the man who pays
20 support the government and bears arms in its de
Tense shall be allowed to vote. Let not be con-
that citizen is the equal of every other cti
xen before the law. We should farther than that
We should humanely look after the temporal and
material well the political condition OF the cit-
Upon three things more than upon all else de-
pends the perpetuity of our self-gOvernment: The
intelligence OF the voter the absolute fairness OF the
government with all its citizens, the maintenance
upon equality of their temporal condition and
comfort as near as may be in strict justice to all
II is apparent that in the distribution of mental
gifts Providence does not serve all the children Of
men alike To some he gives ten talents, TO others
but one. These latter OF necessity compelled TO
RELY upon the labor OF their hands alone for liveli
hood. They weak brothers, but they are
voters and insist that the legislation of the country
shall not discriminate against them. Rather let II
ne IN their favor. Thus saith the scriptures: The
yieh eateth mp the poor The poor ye have always
With you. Who 50 mOcketh the poor despisei his
Maker. Inasmueh We have done 1t unto one OF the
least OF these even We have done il unto Me.
sm for helping those who need help. / be-
lieve that in republic like ours the motto
craftsmanship should be - take of
those who are least able to take care of themselves
! shall not worry myself about capital. On no ac-
count would j hamper 1t by unjust laws or deprive
" Of lis Just earnings. But can not shut ny eyes
10 the TACT that for two thOus md years IL has album
dainty demonstrated its ability to take care Of itself
It is both long-headed and long-winded and almost
invariably gets the best OF il in the of life on
the other hand not fOrget that the way Of the
poor mar is exceedingly long and rugged and that
he goes upon crutches. For hundred years II has
been our proud boast that ours Is the land OF the
free and that il is the poor mans country. / am
not willing % break away from the old landmarks,
sod 50 Tar as my voice and vote viii AID, 1t shall
YOU see how broad is gauge Of battle
and how ar-reaChng. Salutary and henehcent IN its
results the reformation Of the tariff will be il ac
ooIaplished \ great and good work is tariff reform,
and IL should challenge cur bcSt efforts 20 accom-
plish It. DO you say that Ne have been beaten once
on this issue, that the odds against Il TOO great
and that money j bound to rule2 Do you quote ap-
pr0vtngiv with Bismarck, that he who has his hand
on the money bags has the power Then get you
king and crown him. and let us have end to re-
pubican government. Remember what unspeakable
shame and ignorance would be ours if we should
now give over work so glOriously begun and aban-
don an issue which handsomely Endorsed by the
popular vote. There Is reason for discourage
n1ent no room for doubt a. to the final result for
n large majority Of the people already with vas
noon the issue OF tariff reform. Renewing our VOWS
70 be true 20 the country Of Washington, Jackson
and Lincoln let us betake ourselves the work OF
Tion. Let us organize state tariff reform league.
Let organize, agtste, educate and victory will be
After some debate on a question of parlia-
mentary rules the convention adjourned to
meet this morning NJ o'clock.
Among those present at the convention are
George " Cooper of Columbus, Judge Scott of
Terre Haute. c. II. Reeve OF Plymouth, s. NJ.
RalstOu of Lebanon, A. VI. Foster of Fort
Wright of Marion. Richard Gregg and James
Frankfort W Fl. Lawrence of BrightwOod, j.
W. Morrison of Frankfort f. v. Bingham of
Mishawaka Dr. Wall of Madison, W. A. Pick
ems of Spencer, and w. +. Palmer of Frankfort
This evening, at TOmlinson hall, a mass
meeting of tariff reformers will be held, when
the Rev. Hugh O. Pentecost of New jersey
the Hon r. c. Bell Of Fort Wayne, ex-senator
J. Z. Mccullough, c. ;. barrow OF Illinois, and
others will speak on the tariff question.