The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-01

differ from each other only In glory. Thus
we. the Republicans of Marion county,
equip ourselves, elbow TO elbow, under the
banner OF Republican unity, feeling that we
differ from each other only in sacrifices,
and knowing that united We stand, divided
we fall.
Elbow ac-quaintanceship is one Of the
means OF organization The character or
the work done by the precinct men, the
committeeman, the poller, the challenger
and the manner in which the primaries are
conducted are also of great Importance. All
this work can approach nearer perfection.
Our friends, when they come out to assist
at our primaries, should always so away
play. Temporary success by robbery OF
friends has but one final result disorgani-
cation Precinct workers should .always be
able TO tip their hats to themselves. This
organization should endeaYor to elevate the
character OF their work and rank them
Will veterans and. patriots, and not as
'heelers' and 'bummers.' All present are
workers and hustlers in politics. We owe
IL to ourselves TO so organize and so delib-
derstanding of each other and of our du-
ties. Thus can we make our calling and
election sure. The Lincoln Leagues only
aim is to encourage organization. 1t leaves
principles, policies and candidates TO other
Jurisdictions"
MIR. FESSLER'S WELCOME.
James w. Fessler, president Of the Marion
Club. in a few brief well-timed remarks.
thanked the Lincoln League for the honor
conferred upon the Marion Club by the
HOlullS III us TOOIilS a. ulccliuS liC OOJcSl
OF which was to secure a more perfect
and compact organization of the Repub-
licans of the county. He referred to re-
cent victories and pointed forward TO
greater achievements to come. He well
coined the league TO the rooms on behalf
of the club of which he had the honor to
be president, as he knew something of the
work which had been accomplished by the
clubs represented, and the Marion Club
was honored TO be able to contribute in
any way to the success Of the purpose for
which they were assembled 1.-The four
hundred members of the Marion Club" he
said, see in your purpose more victory
for next fall; see in these representatives
an earnest, active, aggressive force in the
county that will sweep on to the redemp-
publican party. There. are here
representatives from thirty Republican or
ganization of the county, and these organi-
cations can do more for success in the
county than any other agency. 1 believe
tho recent elections have demonstrated
that the party that has the closest organi-
cation will be successful, and / therefore
assure you that the doors of the Marion
Club shall always swing inward to you"
for a speech and responded to the call.
He said: Both in my official capacity
and personally / desire to publicly express
my hearty approval of the purposes of this
meeting and TO congratulate you upon the
assured success of the object for which
the last campaign enabled me to learn
something of the efficiency and worth of
the Lincoln League as an auxiliary to the
In asserting, without diSparagement to
other good organizations. that from no
other single organization in the State did
these committees draw more real benefits
and substantial aid than from the pro-
gressive workers that constitute the Lin
coin League 1t is an organization COM
posed mostly of young men, differed by
intelligent and ambitious young men with
a bright future before them, and | speak
for III "a flltIlrn nf n Qn6dr CflNnnCS than tho
past, and that it will become the pride and
boast OF Republicans everywhere"
The selection OF temporary chairman was
the meeting and w. l.. Taylor was unani-
mously chosen to act in this capacity. He
spoke as follows:
MIR. TAYLoR's SPEECH.
Fellow Republicans-It would be a re-
markable sight to witness the representa-
tives of forty-eight organizations from all
over this county assembled for any busi-
ness purpose on this forbidding night, at
this season of the year. 1t would be unu-
sual for you to be here at such a time, even
though you expected direct return from
your assemblage. How much more remark
able Is it that you should have left home
on this Thanksgiving day to assist in per-
fecting an organization, political in char
acter, and from which you expect no direct
return. 1t augurs well for the future, this
unusual activity at this season of the year,
with no election at hand and no favors to
be bestowed. 1t means that the Republican
party in Marion county is moving into line
and getting ready to advance the column.
| 1t means more than that. 1t means that
endorsements have come since the last
defeat. and that the Republican army is
moving out of its entertainments, where
for a year it has been fighting a defensive
| battle, and that it will soon take the field
and the offensive. The skirmishes of 1888
were all successfully Unanswered; not a
single line was driven in; the whole army
will soon be. on the march. Not since. 1850
have there been so many deSerters from
| the Democratic army as to-day. 1t is not q
desertion, IL is a revolution. History is re-
| peating itself. 1856 will see its counterpart
in 1896. Then 1t was a revolt from the
tyranny of Southern olIgarchy; in 1896 it
| will be a revolt from the tyranny of the
relics Of that same oligarchy. Free trade
and free seas was the slogan of the party
soient slave driver in 1856. Free trade deO and
free seas is to-day the shibholeth of a tri-
umphant Democracy.
from a State that does not have as many
manufactures within its whole borders as
there are in this township alone. and yet the
| Democratic party in these great manu-
| featuring S~tates-belting this country from
Maine to Oregon-will bow the knee and
gentleman from the South cracks his whip.
| From 1856 to 1860 most of the master spirits
out on a long strike never to return. There
were the Mortons. the Logans, the Gamer
onS and a host Of others who helped to
make up the bone and sinew of the Repub-
| lican party-the party that has made this
Nation famous and given it the first rank
among the nations of the earth.
Since the war there has been only now
and then a breaking away from the Dem
| ocratic party. But row the laboring man
in the Democratic party has come to the
forks in the road: he must go to the right
or to the left. We shall keep TO the right
and we will win. On this open highway
we expect to be Joined by tens of thou
| sands of those who have been trudging
| along In the dusty Democratic dirt road.
In the contest Of ideas, as well as of arms,
the Republican party has always won. 1t
will win in the struggle upon which 1t
entered four years ago. The disasters
that have come TO labor, trade and COM
merce within the last eight months have
shaken thousands of voters who have here
| tofore thoughtlessiy lined up in the DEM
\ ocratic column and voted the Democratic
ticket.
"Th assembling of a Democratic Con-
gress is a standing menace TO the pros
perity of our country. 1t always starts
on the back track. Even before Congress
has assembled in regular session a tariff
bill is brought forward that eliminates the
| main features of all tariff laws enacted
| since nS60. The. principle OF reciprocity,
to which all parties have assented, is
stricken down. The reciprocal trade con-
tracts or treaties with the republics of
steamship lines between North and South
America will be abandoned. No matter
whether the present tariff bill or some
other shall be enacted. the result will be
the same. The business and the mmer
OF this country is conducted by men who
have no faith in the present managers of
the Democratic party. No great enter
, priSac mill Ia launched in tho face of nm