The Indianapolis journal., 1892-10-12
A "pLoTu THAT SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT.

a plot" THAT SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT.
The Sentinel claims to have discov-
cred another ''diabolical Republican
conspiracy" It discovers so many that
it is hard to keep track of them and
somewhat confusing TO classify them.
It's latest discovery, judging from the
amount of space given to its exposure
and the sensational style in which it is
exploited, is regarded as peculiarly dia-
bolical. Briefly stated, it consists of a
Republican scheme to flood the State
with limitations OF the old wildcat bank
notes issued under the State banking
system OF ante-war times, and TO which
the Democratic party now proposes a
return. The Sentinel gives three col
umns to exposing this "nefarious
scheme" and nearly two columns to
editorial comments on it. 1t is evil
IDENTIFY in state of mind. 1t says
1.-THE State is to be plastered knee-deep
with fac similes of the wilde cat and red
dog money with which the State was
flooded in the old Whig days." "every
Republican stump-speaker is to be sup
piled with the trash. which he is to dis
play to the peoples" "the wretched stuff
will be literally rained upon the people
of Indiana;" "It will be stuck on every
window and thrown in every door-yard;"
particular pains will be taken to see
that it gets into the hands of German
voters, who are notoriOusly cOnserva-
tive, and who view with great suspicion
any menace to the stability of our
money" etc. 1t is further alleged that
the Republican committee are in this
plot up to their eyes. that "the Quays.
the Dudleys and the Micheners" are in it,
and that divers and sundry printing
presses are already at work printing the
aforesaid fdc-similes of wildcat State
bank notes, with which the State is to
be flooded knee-deep as aforesaid.
The Journal sincerely hopes every
word of this is true, although it seems
almost too good to hope for. We can
hardly conceive of a more effective cleo
tioneering argument, and certainly no
more legitimate one. than flooding the
State with .fdc-simileS of the worthless
and broken banks which existed under
the old State banking system which the
Democratic party proposes to re-estab-
lish. We should be rejoiced to know
that the Republican national committee
had hit upon this simple, effective and
10 70 of
pressive object lesson the nature and
extent of the mischief masked in the
resolution of the Democratic platform
which recommends the repeal of the 10
percent tax on State bank notes. We
should be doubly rejoiced to know
that Indiana was to be one of
the first States flooded with these
.tac-similes of Democratic paper curren-
cy. 1t would show that the national
committee is wide-awake to the impor-
tance of carrying Indiana and the pos
sibility of doing it by effective work. 1t
would show that the Republican party
is always ready to meet the Democracy
in a campaign of education, and that
structing the people as to what return
to wildcat banking means. The Jour
nal believes there are thousands of
votes in an intelligent presentation of
this matter. Let fac-simile copies of
the wildcat bank notes Of the times be-
fore the war be. as the Sentinel says,
"stuck in every window, thrown in ev-
cry door-yard and rained down upon
every community like the dews of
heaven;" let one be placed not only in
the hands of every German voter, but
of every voter of any nationality; let
one be posted on every barn door in the
State; let them be tackled up on trees
and in the vicinity of country churches;
and on the back of each one let there be
printed the following from the Demo-
cratic platforms:
Sec. 8. We recommend that the prohlb-
itory ten-per-cent. tax on State bank issues
be repealed.
We have no information of any such
plan on the part of the Republican COM
mittee or managers as that which the
Sentinel pretends to have discovered.
but we should regard 1t as entirely
legitimate. shrewd beyond the common
run of campaign methods, and sure to
be effective. The people are pretty
thoroughly educated on the tariff issue,
and the drift of public sentiment on that
question is decidedly and strongly
towards the Republican party. In fact.
the Democrats are on the run on that
issue. The State tax law is working de-
cidedly in our favor. These issues
should not be neglected, but a special
effort should be made to educate the
people in regard to the true meaning of
the Democratic position OH the bank
question. AS an object lesson in this
direction we cannot think of anything
likely to be more effective than flooding
the State with fac similes of the paper
money issued under State bank laws
before the war, and making the people
understand that the Democratic party
favors a return to that system.