The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-09-01

INDlASA'S DEMAGOGUE CONVENTION.
The Old Copperhead Spirit Manifest In the
Piatform-Characteristic Hypocrisy.
Iowa State Register.
The Democrats of Indiana held little
State convention last Thursday. They not
only nominated a State ticket but adopted
platform. That is nothing unusual, but
the platform itself is a funny thing. 1t
would do credit to the political ingenuity
and dishonesty of Weaver. Demagogism
more rank was never made the official ex-
preston of a political convention. Even
spect from their Hoosier brethren. The
Hooser Democrats, it seems, have conceived
a sudd en- liking for the old soldier! They
talk about Liberal pensions" and actually
making pledges to the veterans which
have not been redeemed! What an
arraiQnment from Democratic source!
The editor of tho Register aided
IN capturing a whole company of rebel
ing the war! The bitterest and most violent
rebels in the Nation during the war were
the old copperheads and Knights of the
Golden Circle In Indiana! They are rebels
In spirit yet. and oppose the Union soldier
In every manner possible! The Indiana
mOssbacks begin too long after the war to
show love for the men who barred their
6osoms to the shot and shell of rebel guns!
Through all that period the Republican
since stood between them and need. The
party has made no pledges it has not hon
estly endeavored to keep. and that it has
not kept unless prevented by Democratic
obstructionIsts and enemies of the soldiers
The Republican party has not only put
pledges in it's platform. but it has put them
into enduring enactments that stand to-
day as monument of Republican liberality
TO the Nations defenders
The same convention that mourne0 over
EQn nj cd do 10 ha
dier went wild with applause for the man
Grover Cleveland who, in vetoing pension
bills. called the old soldiers Migrants" and
coffee-coolers. The insincerity of the SYM
patty for old soldiers by the Indiana con-
yenton may he measured by the applause
given to Grover. The utterances of the
Democratic platform of Indiana on other
questions are equally rank and equally con,
spicnous for demagogism. They denounced
everything that the Republicans have ever
done, but they forgot to denounce several
things done by Democrats-things that
need denOunclng badly. For instance. the
piling up of a State debt of over SS.000.OOO,
which the farmers of Indiana must now in
part sweat for. They forgot to say that
this over SS.0O0,O00 represents money
stolen from the State treasury by Demo
cratic rascals No wonder that all the
industrial classes are Overburdened with
taxes. But why didn't the mossback party
tell the truth about the interest on debt
of over $780, 600? How much sympathy
can the Indiana laboring man have with
the party that first robs and then condoles
honest way for the Democratic party to
show its love for the people. and that is by
seeing that the money stolen from the
treasury is paid back. An honest admins
tration of the government, whether State
or national, is good way for parties to
love and serve the farmer and the
mechanic, instead of adopting bombastic
platforms. The Republicans of Iowa have
been following the honest plan--tbe Demo-
Gratis of Indiana ought to try it and quit
stealing.