The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14

the following ofncefS Tor the ensuing
year:
President-C. w. welinsn, Sullivan
Times.
First vice-President-S T. Boyd.
Washington Democrat.
Second Vice-President-A. a Sparks.
Mt Vernon Democrat.
Recording Secretary-F. y. Hahn
baugh. Muncie Herald.
Corresponding ScCretary-J. w. Kee-
ney. Charlottesville Star.
Treasurer-W. Bent Wilson. Lafayette
Journal
Executive Committee--Louis Hoffman.
Brazil Democrat; a. :. Chapman. Madi-
son Democrat; ]. B. StoI. South Bend
Times: J. Rothrock. White County Dem
ocrat; Ben a. Eaton, Indianapolis Senu-
mel.
Delegates to the National Convention
J. T. Mcdonald. Ligonier Banner; +. \.
Arnold, GreencaStle Star-Press; ID. A.
Jennings. Salem Democrat; }. J. Gorrell.
Pulaski Democrat; l.. s. Ellingham, Win
chester Democrat.
Alternates to the National Convention
j. W Barnes, Logansport Pharos; Jo-
siah Gwinn, New Albany Public Press;
T. 4. Haimbaugh, Peru Sentinel; j. ".
Higgs Connersville Examiner; J. W.
Adams. Columbia City Post.
In accordance with the resolution
passed the chair then appointed the fol-
lowing committee to act i'm conjunction
Win the state central committees =. Is.
Boyd, Washington Democrat; j. K.
Strouse Rockville Tribune; G.. il. Pun
tenny, RushVille Jacksonian; II. \. Barn
hart, Rochester Sentinel; j. O. Hender
son, kokomo Dispatch.
President WeIman's Address.
The new officers were then duly in
stalled and c. w. Welman of the Sulli-
van Times, the new president of the as
sociation, made the following address:
Gentlemen of the Association: 1 thank
you sincerely for the honor you have
conferred upon me by making me your
president, and for the consideration I
have received at your hands in the
past. I assure you that | fully appre-
ciate this evidence of a continuance Of
your good will and confidence. We meet
at the beginning of a great political
campaign under circumstances that are
encouraging. The democratic party in
Indiana is united, harmonious and de-
tenlined The republican party is sail
ing under false colors and hiding be-
hind a refuge Of lies'-trading upon the
misery of the people caused by their
treachery and mal-adminstration Of pub
lie affairs. To believe they will be sue
cessful in the coming campaign is TO
question the intelligence of the people
Let us examine the grounds upon
which we stand. The democratic party
has been in complete control Of the state
government in Indiana for some time
and is therefore responsible for recent
legislation and the administration of
state affairs. How have we acquitted
ourselves? Well we have TO thank a
democratic legislature for giving us our
splendid educational, benevolent and Pc
nal institutions, the pride and glory OF
the West, and democrats for their sue
cessful management; we point with pride
TO the enactment of the Australian bal
lot law, insuring to every electOr right
to vote unquestioned, untrammeled and
uncoerced; to the enactment of the school
book law, protecting the people against
iniquitious extortion and increasing the
effectiveness of our superb school sys-
tenn, itself Of democratic origin; to the
enactment of the new tax law, by which
rich corporations and accumulated
wealth is made TO bear a portion Of
public burdens: and last, TO the states
manlil0e business administration of Gov
eTnor Matthew'S and-elIFe Other state
officials. We have no Michigan scandals
! in Indiana. Our chosen servants have
been faithful and efficient. and we go
| to the people with clean hands, feeling
assured that the judgment will be, We'll
| done, thou good and faithful servants.
How is it in national affairs? We are
making history now, and nOtwithstand-
| ing the fact that a remark Of this sort,
| the other day when in conversation with
| Mr.. Russell Harrison, brought the
| pointed rejoinder, If you are making
| history now. 1 wish you would stop il,
I repeat, we are making history now
! and the history we are making seals
| the fate of the republican party. The
| high protective policy of that party,
| that has brought this government into
! bankruptcy and the people TO the verge
of ruin was fastened upon the country
| in time of rebellion and internal strife
/ and has been perpetuated by an appeal
| to sectional hatred and the animoSities
| engendered by the war. The republicans
| have traded upon the patriotic sentiment
| Of the people, as they now appeal TO the
| lingo sentiment in regard TO Hawaiian
| affairs.
| 1.-The election of Grover Cleveland in
| 1892 and the passing under democratic
! control of all branches of the federal
| government marked a new era in the
| history of this country. The party is
pledged to certain reforms and is going
about the fulillment of its pledges in
| good faith. The Sherman law, a coward
! ly makeshift and delusion, has been
repealed: the federal election law has
| been wiped out; the Wilson BILL more
/ democratic than we dared TO hope for,
| has passed the house by a large major
| ity and in less than two months will
/ become a law. With il the whole tariff
| system is reyolutionized. The necessa-
ries of life and the materials of industry
! are left untaxed, the sugar bounty rob-
] berry is wiped out and "A tax is laid on in
| comes, thus lifting at one stroke the
| burdens of federal taxation from the
! shoulders of the poor to those of the
! rich. oh, yes, but our republican par
rot says, Secretary Carlisle is compelled
| to issue bonds in time of profound
! peace Yes. be il said to the eternal
! infamy Of the republican party, he is,
but only on account of the criminal eX-
| travagance of corrupt republican ad-
/ ministratiOn and the enactment Of the
| iniquitious Mckinley law that diverted
/ the streams of revenue from the public
| treasury TO private Golfers.
| -"'Oh. but why didn't MIR. Carlisle coin
! the seigniorage instead of issuing
| bonds?' our parrot is ready to say. For
/ the very good reason that there is DO
! law permitting him TO do SO, and pend
| ing the passage of some such law, he
! must have money TO carry on the gov
eminent. There is no doubt Of the early
| passage of the Wilson bill, and no
| doubt that congress in it's wisdom will
| enact a law for the coinage of silver i'm
! accordance with the declarations Of the
! Chicago platform
with all these facts in our favor and
| such leaders as Daniel w. VOORHEES, i'm
congress and Thomas Taggart at the
! helm here, does anybody doubt that we
| will carry Indiana. this year? Gentle
men, thank you
This concluded the regular business of
/ the meeting and an adjournment was
taken.
Expressions of Opinion.
The afternoon was spent by the mem
! bers Of the association in discussing the
! situation i'm all parts of the state in an