The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-29

sentatives, but its great length pre
r-Ivented widespread pubiicstjou.
nj AFTER II had been issued .ths s,s
rs coinage members Of the committss
T. lcharged that IL was forgery that n
9. address was submitted 10 the commis
. tee, and that the utteraacs did no,
u meet tie approval OF the general seosi
e l@ent Of the party. Hon.. John B
'sISsoll, OF the South Bend Times. "a,
J. the frst to condemn the utterauces ~
. spurious, and TO chsracterizs Il a ar
audacious irand.' Hon. Cir Shank.
e lin, 10 The Evansville Courier. I'M
i condemned Il as disgracetul per.
formsnce, aud the Frankfort Creecsnt
spoke Of II o. an open, bare. faced i'm.
position. which no honorable man
would be . party to- The Mt. Ver.
non Democrat, also . spirited rartv
organ, followed the lead OF the TIM e
ana The Courier In repudist the
document % expressing the sentiment
.lof tho party, end. indeed, oil over the
State there were mutterings OF dlssp.
proval even more pronounced. Chslr.
man Iaggsrt to-cay explained that or.
Ter the regular meeting Of the com.
mtttee, this being the one which took
action on spportionment suit. there
vas another meeting, 1t which time
tho address was read. A majority OF
the committee approved IL, and Il was
ordered given to the public. Il 90
happened that tho members from
South Bend and Evansville we're not
present.
1T is the general supposition that
Senator Turpie wrote the addrsss, sl.
though Chairman TAggsrt will not cd.
init this 10 DO the case. Mr.. Taggart
denies the report that the condem us.
ton Of the address 10 widespread.
he has heard that John b. Stoll IL die.
satisfied, but otherwise IL was general.
lily approved"
Mr.. Tsggart's well.knowu and very
|creditsble disposition to smooth over
embarrassing difficulties has prompt.
ed him TO make sn explsnation which
makes matters worse than ever. The
call for the meeting Of the State Cen.
trsl Committee also included invita-.
tions to prominent Democrats in dif.
fereDt portions OF the State 70 b pre-.
ent, and the purpose OF the meeting
concerning which the counsel OF Dem.
Gratis not members Of the committee
wes asked, WAS announced iu the call
TO be the confederation and provision
TOR vigorous defense Of the sppoeliop.
ment Laws which the Republicans have
assaiied 10 the courts. and s'other mat.
ters OF importance" Il would b dif.
ficult to conceive Of any smattsr Of
importance" TO be determined by :
council OF represeutative Dsmocrste
that should take precedence OF dec
larstion Of party policy, especially
just folio wing an acrimonious dIscus.
sion Ia both houses Of Congress Ia
which serious differences Of opiuion
as 10 the construction OF the Chicago
platform we're developed. These diff
fereuces Of opinion were 90 irrecou.
cilsble that the Democratic forces In
the House and Senate had divided n.
most In the middle and largely on sec.
tional lines, the Western and Southern
Democrats being voted down by I
coalition between tho Eastern Demo-
crats aud the united Republican
strength 10 both houses. Surely !
conference OF Indiana Democrats
should have had laid before it - mat.
ter OF importance" 90 grave % this n
AL address was TO bo Issued defining
the position Of the Indiana Democracy
OH th's question that had split the
party In Congress In the middle.
Mr.. Taggart admits that this wss
not done. The Courier's Information
Is that the subject vas infor mslly
before the committee
aud "conferring" visitors we're called
10 order, and that the sentiment
vas quite general that there
should be no resolutions or Cd.
dress passed upon, bot that the busI.
ness Of the meeting should bs cou6ped
70 the single purpose OF providing for
defense OF the suit to aanul the %.
portionment acts specifically mention.
I'd IN the Invitations tn the con ference.
That was the wisest course to pursue.
L was s0und political Judgment to
cave to future county. Distlict aud
State conventions such action on the
'iIver question as might seem com.
The conference met and
adjourned sine die with that UNDER
tsnding. Yet according TO Chairman
raggsrt, the State Central COMMITTEES,
'r = fragment OF it-for he sdmits
hat oil were not present nt-iguor.
ng the sentiment OF the mem.
,ers OF the conference, compris.
ng many Of tho representative
Democrats OF the State, held . subse.
|uent meeting and adopted On address
understood to have been
written by Senator Turpic," eulogiz.
ny him and the senior senstor from
indiana for course OF conduct toe.
rds the silver question notoriously
opposed TO the sentiment OF the Iud.
ana Democracy on that subject, and
which even " II could be made . part
4 the next Democratic State platform
would consien the party to over.
defeat In advance OF the
Election. Even Chairman Tsggart
sems 10 have been appalled, at the a.
lscity OF this act Of the second meet.
ng Of the committee, for neither he
.or Secretary Riley signed the I'D.
lress." He might ut least have signed
I with the name Of its putstive author,