The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-29
WORDS OF CHEER.
Senator'S Voorhees, and Turpie, Gov
erROr Matthews and others Talk.

Senator's Voorhees, and Turpie, Gov
erROr Matthews and others Talk.
AS early as IL o'clock a part of the
crowds in the lobby and private parlors
Of the hotel gathered in the large double
parlor on the second floor. 1t was not
generally understood that the meeting
was to be called until during the after
noon and as a consequence it would
have taken a close observer to have dis
tinguished any material decrease in the
number Of persons who all day long
thronged the lobby. But the capacity
Of the parlors was taxed to its utmost
as it was and senators and lawyers ell
bowed judges and state officials for po-
sitions near the door where the speak
ing inside could be heard.
Chairman Taggart of the state central
committee called the meeting to order,
after which Charles j. Jewett of New
Albany was selected to preside. Dur
ing the proceedings, however, he was
called away and John r. Wilson of this
city occupied the chair.
Senator Turpie and Governor Mat
thews were among the early arrivals
When the organization had been per-
fected and it was discovered that Sena-
tor voorhees, was not present the gov
ernor acted as a committee to inform
him that the democrats of the state
were assembled and would be pleased to
hear from him. Governor Matthews
found him surrounded by a bunch of
newspaper men and office-seekerS, but
with the greatest courtesy toward those
seeking interviews with the senator, sim
ply passed the compliments of the day
with Mr. Voorhees,, and not until n new
flood Of office-seekers began to pour In
did he inform the senator that the meet
ing was waiting for him. Senator Voor-
hees Immediately excused himself and
went to the parlors, where he found
over a hundred of Indiana's most prom
inent public men already gathered. He
was received with a burst of applause
and was Immediately called upon for a
speech and responded in substance as
follows:
Senator Voorhees, Talks.
""These are trying times for the de-
mocracy I'm Indiana, not because of any
misdeeds Of their own but because the
democratic party has TO reap the har-
vest OF discomfort sOwn by the repub-
licans. Every law which has caused
hardship to the people at large has been
a republican measure. The country is
now suffering from the effects of the
so-called Sherman law. This was a re-
publican measure and its evils are so
we'll recognized that there was no one
who worked harder for it's repeal than
the very man whose name it bears and
his republican colleagues in congress.
The fight for the repeal Of this odious
measure was not made on party lines.
Its passage was, however on the line of
republican policy and yet we, the de-
mocracy, as the party in power must
now bear the blame for the evils it
worked.
well known. I went into the senate
with my views expressed and came out
with the same views. / am bimetal-
list / believe in silver as a subsidiary
coin and that we ought to have more
of it. would like to see the two
metals, gold and silver, placed on a par
ity so that IL a man has a piece of pa
per money bearing the fat of the gov
eminent upon ii and is foolish enough to
want 10 exchange it for hard money he
can do 80 and receive an equal value in
either silver or gold.
"One trouble in this country is that
we have not enough silver in circulation.
If we could coin our silver and stop
issuing paper and gold i'm denomination
of less than $40 we would be on an
easier basis. In France, where the gold
standard is used exclusively in trade
with foreign nations, there is in circula-
ton for domestic use the sum Of seven
hundred millions of silver. We have a
population nearly twice as great as
France and yet have but $61S 900, 900 Of
silver, and much Of that is held I'm
great money centers for the profit which
can be made out of il. According to
Mr.. Carlisle's statement We could in
CREASE this amount To ahnnt s67S.000.000