The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-06-15

service.
Civil Services.
We commend the spirit and evidence OF re.
form in the civil service. and the wise and con-
sistent enforcement by the republican party of
the laws regulating the same.
Nicaragua Canal
The construction of the Nicaragua canal IL
of the highest importance to the American
people. both as a measure of national defense
and to build up and maintain American CON-
meroe, and il should be controlled BY the Q. s.
government.
Territories.
We favor the admission OF the remaining ter
ritories at the earliest practicable date, having
due regard to the interest OF the people Of the
territories and OF the United States. All the
federal officers appointed for the territories
should be selected from bona fide residents
thereof, and the right OF self government
should be accorded as far as practicable.
Arid Lends.
We favor cession, subject to the homestead
laws, of the arid public lands to the states and
territories in which they lie, under such con-
gresslonal restrictions as to disposition, re-
olGmation and occupancy by settlers ss will
secure the maximum benefits to the people.
The Columbian Exposition.
The worlds Columbian exposition is great
promptly enact such reasonable legislation in
aid thereof a. will insure dischargInR OF the
expense aud obligations incident thereto, and
the attainment of results commensurate with
the dignity and progress OF the nation.
Intsmpsranoe.
We sympathize with all wise aud legitimate
efforts to lessen and prevent the evils OF in
temperance and promote morality.
Pensions.
Ever mindful of the services and sacrifices OF
the men who saved the life of the nation, we
| pledge anew to the veteran soldiers Of the
public Tatchful care and recognition OF their
just claims upon grateful people.
Harrison's ADMINISTRATION
We commend the able, patriotic and
thoroughly American administration OF Presi-
| dent Harrison. Under il the country has en-
| joYed remarkable prosperity, aud the dignity
and honor of the nation at home and abroad
have been faithfully maintained, and we offer
the record of lodges kept as a guarantee of
faithful perfOl nance in the future.
MINNEAPOLIS, June 10.-[Speciai. Mr..
Harrison is nominated. The nomination
is direct and unmistakable triumph for
the Oftlce-holders. For more than three
years Mr.. Harrison has been working for
this nomination and shaping every act
with view to getting it. He has organized
the civil service OF the United States into
one vast machine, and that machine has
| done its work well.
But the machine has had good support.
Wall-st. has aided it; the corporations,
represented by such men as Chauncey NJ.
Depew, president of the New York Cen
! trail railroad, have aided it; the monopo-
| lies, headed by that prince OF monOpolists,
| George NJ. Pullman, aided it; the sugar
trust aided it; the Pacific railroads aided
| it; in fact, every special interest whose
| purpose was the spoliation OF the people
| by governmental assistance or connivance
aided it. And the machine, with ali this
able backing. triumphed against the
wishes of the vast majority of the repub-
lican voters of the country.
The pull of the Office-holders was strong
est in the South and they worked it for all
| it was worth This was shown by the
ballot when nearly half of Mr.. Harrison's
total strength was drawn from the states
which cannot possibly give him an cleo
toral vote. Not a sure republican state
gave him its solid Endorsement Only
one of the doubtful states was solid for
him Indiana) and that was made so by the
efforts of the men who held offices under
| him. And in having his ofice-holders
capture the votes of his own state Mr..
| Harrison did we'll. But for the unwaver-
| ing fealty OF the Indiana delegates to
their Jobs Mr.. Harrison would have
been as overwhelmingly defeated for the
nomination as he will be for the election
| in November.
The great mass of republicans in Indi-
ana as elsewhere throughout the Union,
wanted Blaine as a candidate. Some of the
hrii
lous leaders of the party who carried Mr..
Harrison's campaign to q successful issue
| four years ago were the leaders of Mr..
| Blaines cause at the convention. But
the Office holders, with their compact or
| ganization, with superb generalship and
plenty of the sinews of war, trlumphed
| against the wishes of the voters and
against the warnings OF the shrewdest
chieftains of the party and Harrison was
pushed upon the party.
The nomination is almost certain to dis
rupt the party. No one who has noted
| the bitterness of this weeks struggle can
doubt that. The opposition was thor
oughly honest when 1t said that Harrison
could not be elected if nominated. Many
of them were just as emphatic on that
point as they were before a nomi-
nation had been made. These leaders
knew that their constituents would be
listless, If not openly rebellious, If Harri-
son were nominated. They knew that the
sores which Harrison's nomination would
make could not be healed, and they
haven't changed their minds one bit.
They realize that Harrison stands as the
| candidate of the bread-and-butter brigade,
that he represents the money
| power, the subsidy grabbers, the
land grsbbsrs, the monopoiIsts,
the corporations, the trusts, the pension
rings. and all the elements hostile to the
interests OF the common people; and they
realize that such man cannot be elected
in this year of grace, 1892.
No nomination was ever more coldly
received in q convention. OF course there
was cheering when it was made. but the
! uproar was nothing compared with the
ou,burst that had followed on every mem
ton OF Blaine's name throughout day.
When the deed had been done the
convention seemed to feel that
It had crawled into an ice
wagon and that an ice wagon was not
quite the place in which to arouse enthu-
siasm. The applause at the nomination
was as formal and perfunctory as the con-
duct of the ofice-holders In voting for the
man who gave them their Jobs.
The refusal of the opposition to assist IN
the scheme to make the nomination by
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