The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-26
CENTER SHOTS

The people, by tremendous majority.
had tried and condemned the Mckinley
highway robber: their verdict was death.
and congress should have guilotined IL
al once, instead of torturing Il 10 death.
Dsvil-fsh though IL was, every repub-
ncan in congress pleaded for il and sue
ceeded in prOlOnging its criminal exist
ence. The democrats, however, finally
succeeded in sending il TO the morgue.
/ confess that the democratic tariff law
could have been made still better. bUC
the fact that IL is vast Improvement
upon the Mckinley bill must be accept
ed as splendid triumph for tariff re-
form.-Secretary Myers at Auburn
Having produced the panic themselves
1t being but number four IL the re-
publican series-they cOnspIred 10
charge it upon But whence came
such effrOntery2 From the success OF.
their previous TRADE Of violent abuse
against the liberalism of the democratic
party They had once succeeded in
keeping the democrats out Of power by
false and incredible charges. Why noe
try incredible charges asain2 The at
tempt OF this conspiracy has been To
raise such a thick dust about the people
that the people could not look through it
back 10 the principles for which. after
years Of growing convictions they had
fought and conquered. less than two
years ago.-MacNeagh at Chicago.
Governor Matthew's said that the
democratic party cannot be held respon-
sible for any of the evils of which the
farmer complains. evils under which
labor has groaned, under which individ-
ual mot coTporat-) Industries dropped
and died, and honest. manly competition
withered and disappeared. These, he
said, were the evils Of legislation, the
legislation of the republican party. He
declared that the widespread commercial
disaster that has recently swept over the
country was the result OF such legtSla-
tiOn, and when the republicans attempt
ed 70 lay IL at the door of the demo-
cratic party they placed an exceedingly
low estimate upon the Intelligence OF the
people.-Warsaw special.
There is a brutal and senseless spirit
Of accusation in certain quarters At rhis
time against the democratic party be-
cause il has not. in the first eighteen
months OF its legislative ascendancy.
been able 10 uprOOt. tear down and de-
molish the entire system Of vicious leg
islatiOn whereby the republican party for
more than a generation has practically
revOlutiOnized this government, made II
a piutocracy instead of a government OF
the plain people. established privilege
and caste in all our public affairs; made
the rich richer. and the poor poorer, ag-
granGized the power Of capital and
ground and oppressed every organization
Of labor, and every branch of industry
under the American hag.-Senator NoOr-
hees at Terre Haute
All that the republican party could do.
all that monopoly could do all that in
s1lent organized wealth could do, all
that wicked trusts and combines could
do to thwart and defeat democratic ef-
forts was brought 10 bear. In the face
of these uneNampled difficulties, with
courage and fidelity Wa threw down the
gage OF battle 10 the enemies Of the
plain people and the work OF reform was
begun. We passed laws greatly reduc-
ing taxation and equalizing the burdens
Of the same. y law making all money
taxable. y law taxing the incomes OF
wealthy individuals and corporations A
law restoring freedom OF elections. And
laws greatly reducing the public eXpen-
ditures. No party, 1 know. was ever
confronted with such difficulties, and no
party, L am sure, ever did so much in
50 short a time for the relief Of the peO-
pie.-COngressman BrOOkshire at COving-
ton.
Our republican friends have been de-
lighted beyond measure because at the
time and since President Cleveland and
the democratic administration have come
into power the financial and commercial
conditions of the country We're in a state
OF depression. They have supposed that
this would be of immense value TO them
politically, and they have not ceased to
comment upon il nor to point to il
an evidence Of the incapacity Of the
democratic party TO manage the public
affairs There was never anything in
politics more unjust; there was nothing
that justified il. The accusation Is false,
and the men who make il are insincere.
They have not done ii from any high
or patriotic purpose, and l nave some
times thought that they gloated over the
misfortunes of their fellow countrymen
because of the depravity Of their polit-
zeal claims or aspiratiOns.-Congress
Cooper at Columbus.