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

| planned away, but if not the party
( ought to make the most of it and go
/ in boldly and courageously rather than
+ to take backward step. The fight was
/ for principles and he would rather go
down in defeat fighting for a principle
/ he knew to be right than to succeed on
/ a false issue.
other Speakers.
John Overmyer of North Vernon was
the next speaker called upon. He was
some years ago a republican, but at the
| time that party began to take such a
decided stand on the increase of the
tariff on lines so obnoxious to the mass
| es he deserted the old love and became
as earnest and sincere a democrat as he
had been a republican. While q repub-
lican he was at one time speaker of the
house of representatives in the Indiana
legislature. He said that there was no
trouble about the democratic party. 1t
is the only one that has any fundamen-
tai and lasting principles growing out
of the government and the nations his
tory. THAT alone" he continued,
! would carry us through the adverse
circumstances which seem to encompass
US 1t is not only the only party found
ed on principles but it is the liberal
party on all lines Of general concern or
legislation. In regard 10 the financial
policy of the party in so far as Indiana
Is responsible L wish to say that we be-
lieYe that that question is perfectly safe
in the hands OF our senator Mr.. Voor-
hees, as chairman of the finance COM
mittee of the senate. 1t must be
sound policy to meet his approval and a
liberal policy
In regard TO the tariff question Mr.
Overmyer said that he had confidence
enough in the present congress to believe
that il would enact tariff law that
would finally become as firmly imbedded
in the hearts of the people as was the
tariff law Of 1876. known as the Walker
| law. when that is done the Opposi-
ton to the democratic party will fight
as shy of it as they did of the law of
1916, which they never dared assail I'M
I'll the war times made it necessary"
With few words on the necessity of
n perfect organization in the state Mr..
Overmyer gave way TO John w Kern
of this city.
Mr.. Kern claimed that the republican
party was responsible for the hard
times" and he charged those present as
| leaders of the opposing party. to see
that the responsibility should rest where
it belongs. He said some ways and
means must be devised for the relief Of
the people and that no better way could
there be than by carrying out the Chi
cagO platform. and he had faith that
congress would do SO. He admitted
/! vantage just now. The recent city
election here showed that a did the
state elections, but the reasons We're
easily explained when hard times
Expresses Il fellow" he said, "he is 60
ing to strike back at some one and the
hard times coming as they did with dem
ocraic ascendency was apparently a re-
suit of that ascendency and consequent
| ly the party received the blow" He
advocated such civil service reform as
would make every officer in every de-
partment i'm full sympathy with his
chief and every chief in full sympathy
with the head of the department. Much,
ne said depended upon congress. He
urged that all promises be redeemed and
then the party could go into the fight
with as much confidence as in 1892.
Capt. w r. Myers said that there
was a good deal of apprehension in
some localities that President Cleveland
was a monometaliist. He did not
think that Mr.. Cleveland had done any
thing that showed him to be other than
good democrat. He said he would
like to see civil service reform admins
tered just as our republican friends adj
ministereI it, but he thought the dem
ocrats were too modest. He thought
the republicans had exercised an zap
palling gall'' to go into a court Of jus
tice to attempt to overthrow a demo-
cratic apportionment.
Adjournment for Dinner.
The noon hour having arrived the
meeting adjourned for dinner. During
the hour the already large crowd was
augmented by fresh arrivals from all
the midday trains 1t was 2:30 o'clock
before Chairman Jewett again called the
meeting to order and asked Governor
Matthews to preside during his absence
with the committee. Senators Turpie
and Voorhees, were again present,
but were soon requested to meet
with the committee in an adjoining room
and departed to be seen no more, Senator
Turpie going TO his home and Senator
voorhees, leaving on an afternoon train
for Terre Haute.
During the recess Congressman George
Cooper. who is just returning from
Washington to his home in Columbus,
arrived. and was present at the after
noon gathering. In response to calls for
a speech he took the floor.
He said his party in congress would
come forward with a solid front on the
tariff question. He thought coal would
be put on the free list. de said it was
customary for vessels coming from coal
producing England to the southern
states for cargoes Of cotton to carry
on the western voyage sand for ballast,
thus compelling the United States to pay
freight both ways. He thought this and
other such necessities might be free as
the sunlight He thought the new tariff
bill would greatly simplify the method Of
raising revenue. He said there was no
occasion for Indiana congressman to
make any apologies for their position
on the subject OF pensions. They had
always been as active and as generous
on this line as the republicans. And
there was no occasion to allow the peo-
pie to become stampeded on account of
actual or threatened suspension of pen
sions. BY his actions on this subject,
Secretary Hoke Smith is simply carrying
out the rulings of his republican prede-
cessors. Every pensioner, he thought,
who had been dropped would be re-
stored to the rolls. He showed that much
of the dissatisfaction, the cause of which
is credited to the department, was due
to the republican examining boards.
other speakers were heard, among whom
were Mason f. Niblack of Vincennes,
Judge Allen Zollers of Ft. Wayne, Sena-
tor Kopelke of Crown Point, Dan Wood
of Kokomo; and ex-senator Eli Brown
of Frankfort. The speeches were all
well received and it was easily seen that