The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04

posed to the reckless imitation OF the cur
| rency TO $40 per capita demanded by the
republican state convention Of 1891 and
| 1884; and while we favor the circulation
| or constitutional money, gold and silver,
| at parity of value, we are unaiterably
| opposed to any debasement of the cur
| rency, or to the depreciation Of any dol
lar issued by the government to the peo-
pie.
T. We heartily approve and indorse the
| upright and sagacious administration of
President Cleveland. which has fulfilled
| the pledges of his party. and has salts
fed the expectations of the people.
g. We denounce the dereliction of the
| republican party in the legislative
branches of the state governments; we
arraign it for profligacy and condemn it
for refusal to enact wholesome laws de-
manded for the public welfare. 1t re-
fused to repeal the statutes requiring the
useless advertising of mercantile APP
praisements at an enormous expense to
the state. II failed TO make congress
| sional. representative and judicial appor-
tiOnments as commanded by the consti-
tuition. 1t refused to pass the legislation
necessary to protect the public from UNI
just discrimination by corporations. 1T
neglected to equalize taxation in response
to the demands of over-burdened labor
and of the agricultural interests of the
commonwealth 1t persitently refused to
adopt any method by which the enormous
deposits of state moneys, now scattered
among favored Institutions, should be
made amply secure and remunerative TO
the commonwealth. It failed to prescribe
amendments to the ballot laws necessary
to promote greater purity, secrecy and
freedom of the franchise.
6. We cordially approve. and commend
the faithful and efficient administration
of Governor Robert L. Pattison, which
has enforced the laws of the common
wealth, upheld the rights of all its peo-
ple and has collected the revenues of
the state and secured promptness and
fidelity from its officials.
Z. We deplore all differences between
employers and employees, and we depTe-
cate the resort to force for settlement
of questions that should be determined
by peaceful arbitration. We recognize
the right of every citizen to be- pro-
teeted in the free enjoyment of his prop
erty and of the privilege to work when,
for whom, and at what wages ne will.
1t is the duty of the state TO maintain
for him that right. The highways of the
commonwealth should be open to all who
lawfully traverse them, and the path
to proper employment should not be OBJ
structed by any unauthorized power.
8. None the less we condemn the in
sincerity and Inconsistency Of those who
loudly clamor for protection TO American
industries. and vet seek every occasion
and lose no opportunity tc supplant it
with cheap, imported and pauper labor.
We denounce the hypocrite who pretends
zeal for the improvement of the social
condition of the American wOrkingmen,
and yet displaces and evicts them for
aliens. ignorant Of our laws and foreign
to our institutions. We stand for the
rigid enforcement Of all the laws of the
commonwealth, enacted to protect the
lives and preserve the health of wage
earners. and to secure for them the
prompt ana regular payment of their
wages in money of undiminished pur-
chasing power
9. We reassert the old democratic doc
trine of equal rights and religious lib
erty; we are opposed to all secret, politi-
cal organizations which strike at freedom
of conscience, and we declare that no
party can justly be deemed national,
constitutional or in accordance with
American principles which is animated
by a spirit of prescription or religious in
tolerance.
The platform was amended by omit
ting the words 'secret POLITICAL in sec.
9, and inserting the word political be-
fore prescription in the same sentence.
1t was then adopted.