The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-30

lawyers. who had some respect for the
honor OF the judicial ernine as brainless
set Of namby-pambys.
insulted the people Of the State with such
nomination, into humiliation and defeat
by more than a hundred thousand votes.
How ably he got up his famous snap
convention, thus stealing for himself the
Democratic delegation Of the State and
falsifying the public sentiment of Its peo-
How ably he managed, at Mr.. Cleve-
lands second election in 1892. to make the
party strength in almost all the counties
in which Hills personal influence was es-
How ably he afterwards claimed for
himself the honors of the campaign.
,,s How ably he la6ored h as ember a9 o.
ministration in every public measure in
which IL took a special interest
How ably he coupled with his vote in
the repeal of the silver-purchase law
speech enabling him to slide easily down
the free-coinage side of the fence.
How ably he managed to defeat In the
Senate the nominations for the federal Su-
his own State and robbed New York OF
the honor Of seat on the highest federal
tribunal.
How ably he fought day in and day cut
to keep the Mckinley tariff on the statute
book as the law of the land, under the
pretext of demanding an amendment 20
the Wilson tariff bill which he knew would
not be adopted.
as tse eSapon sy hs Is Of s phyng tas
Which he struggled to the last, by hook
and crook, to defeat. and which ne was
the only Democrat in the Senate to vote
"Able, / should say. There is no ADLER
general of mischief in the Democratic
ranks. There is no abler traitor to Demo-
cratic principles and policies. no abler de-
moralzer of Democratic virtues, no abler
enemy Of the Democratic administration.
There are few rogues in holiness wnom
David i. Hill cannot easily beat at their
trade. There seems to be lots or credu.
lous citizens over whose eyes he Is still
able to pull the wool. L leave 1t to you to
think out what will become Of the country
and your party II such ability is to rule
their destinies."
Continuing his criticism of Hill, Mr..
Schurz then asked his audience to look the
situation squarely in the face. There Is
an anti-Democratic current sweeping over
the land. We all know it. The Democratic
defeats crowd one another. What is the
trouble? 1t is corrupt and treacherous
leadership. 1t is your Tammany, your Hills.
your Germans, your Murphys your Brices.
men and made them doubtful whether the
Democratic party is capable of conducting
the government honestly and for the gem
eral good. That is the trouble,
greatly depIore it if President Cleveland
were weak enough to consider ii his duty.
as head of the party, to support every
tainted character regularly nominated. But
1t would not alter the situation. If Mr..
Cleveland asked me personally TO deliver
him bound. hand and foot into the hands
of his worst enemy 1 would answer L will
not do It,
What farcical spectacle this is. this
so-called heroic campaign. Hill himself,
the great mogul of the machine, with the
brand Of fate already upon his forehead.
rushing from place to place, prasing the
tariff he voted against, fawning upon Cleve-
land, whom he has been constantly stabbing
In the back"