The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-29

| by coming the silver now available
| That is what / want to see done. 1
think we could stand much more than
this-a thousand millions would not be
/ too much.
Regarding the tariff, / believe the
/ ways and means committee viii report
1 on the bill by the holidays, and 1 think
] that II will have passed both houses
i before the last of January. There is no
question about the house. and 1 see no
reason for its being delayed in the sem
/ ate. 1 do not anticipate any attempt at
i hlibustering on the part of the republican
/ members.
Tariff Revision.
! Il have not seen the bill and do not
1 know its provisions, but L am safe in
/ saying that the tariff will be thoroughly
revised without. 1 may say, greatly re-
ducing the revenue so derived. The ne
/ cessities of life will certainly be admitted
/ free or at a great reduction, while a
i corresponding increase will be made in
| the duty on luxuries.
THE pension question is an important
one just now. Under the rulings of the
republican administration a number of
/ pensioners have been dropped from the
/ rolls during the democratic administra-
/ ton. The fact that they were really
| dropped by the republicans was not APP
! parently known and much dissatisfac-
| ton has resulted. 1 find now, however,
that these persons are again being put
on the rolls. / want to say right here
! that it is not my policy. nor is it demo-
/ cratic policy to desert the old soldier.
/ am his friend and will do my part TO
/ see him get his dues. 1t may be true
/ that there have been frauds practiced
| and there are unworthy persons draw
/ ing government money through the pen
/ sion department but when We take in
/ consideration the hardships entailed by
/ such policy as that apparently pursued
| by the present administration the policy
is to be condemned. ! think that before
| long all pensioners will have been rein
| stated; if not by the department then
| by legislation
! Federal Election Law.
| Senator Voorhees, was about to re-
sumo his seat when he was asked what
! the senate would do with the federal
| election law. He assured the assem-
1 blage that the senate would follow the
house in this matter. This. he said. not
withstanding the doubt that some had
about bringing the matter TO a vote. He
closed by giving the much-hooted SEN
atorial courtesy q slight rap. lie said
it was the presumption by our fore
fathers who framed the constitution that
| no one would ever reach to high a place
| in the estimation of the people as to be
sent TO the senate who would abuse
the great privilege that was accorded
each senator But he thought that in
| this respect at least our forefathers had
| been a little shortsighted. However, ne
said that il had been eighty-SeVen years
| since there had been a previous question
! in the senate and he hoped that the
| record would continue. He did not an
| ticipate any serious opposition 10 the
repeal of the federal election law
Regarding the next years election IN
| this state Senator Voorhees, said that
| he did not see any reason for the DEM
ocrats To feel discouraged over the out
come. The recent republican victories
! i'm other states did not necessarily mean
| the same in this state. National ques-
| tions so far as they figured in those
| elections. were misunderstood Or pur-
poselv misconstrued. By the time III
| diana's election comes some mat
! ters which may have caused disaffeC-
ton in the democratic ranks VIII nave
/ passed away and the party Will be
| awake again to duty. Indiana demo
Gratis were workers and would never let
! the state go by default even II defeat
were certain All the party had to do
| now was to carry out the pledges made
in the Chicago platform and success
| was sure.
Senator Voorhees, remarks were
greeted with enthusiastic applause.
| part of his statements were made in re-
| Spouse to questions put TO him from
| different persons. In every instance his
replies were clear and concise and bore
the stamp of sincerity and honesty.
senator TurpIe's Remarks.
Following him came Senator David
| Turpie. He said: Il have been for the
past ten days visiting in three or four
counties of the northern part Of the
state. where 1 am personally acquaint-
ed with many voters, and must say
the outlook there is encouraging. There
seems TO be no question there about our
success in the next state election, and
every one is confident of the result of
the next general election. The fact that
several other states went republican is
no reason for us TO become discour-
aged. We have often carried Indiana
trfumphantly when these same states
went republican. The only assurance
we had In the national elections Of 1872
was that we would carry the states
south of the Mason and Dixon line, and
vet Indiana went democratic, and again
in 1876 by a larger majority.
Both parties were divided on the re-
neal of the Sherman act, but 1t is not
so on the work remaining to be done.
What congress does in the coming regu-
Lar. session will be pure democratic legis-
lation. We intend to revise the tariff
on clean lines. We will put on the free
list many raw materials and reduce the
tax on all necessities and will increase
the duty on luxuries and commodities
of refinement. The present tariff is le-
galized robbery and must go. Do you
think it an act Of justice TO take
laboring mans wages and give him no
return2 Should a man be required to
work for another man, or should one
class be required TO work for another
class and receive nothing in return?
This is what the republican tariff law
does and requires. This is what the
democratic congress proposes to remedy
and this is what it will remedy. Gap
plause)
1--WE hold that the free ballot is
fundamental principle of free govern
ment When you leave the people to
vote and give them control as they
would have with a free ballot, we have
all the many needed reforms, free coin
age free tariff, reform in every de-
partment of government But without
free ballot not a prospect of them as
long as the elections are controlled by
influences other than the individual
conscience. Millions of money are used
every year to influence votes. This is
not democratic method and the demo-
cratic party 1t is which is trying to