The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-25

the Republican party Is BY platform and
lev. and is now in control of the State
Legislature. Let this opportunity pass and
these institutions will remain as spoils for
the victorious OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES News.
The Clarion does not believe the caucus
acted wisely in deciding to take the APP
pointment of trustees for penal and benev-
olent institutions out of the hands of the
Governor. 1t is certainly not In accord
ance with the principle advocated by the
Republican; ca party for ,,. many years Inc
expect from Democratic Legislature. 1t Is
rank inconsistency for the Republican party
to adopt such policy.-Frlnceton Clarion.
1t is quite likely that when Chairman
Gowdy and the recent headstrong Republic
an caucus majority read the almost unanin1-
Gus expression OF the State party press on the
caucus determination to take the appointing
power out of the hands of the Governor
they will discover that grave mistake was
changes it's policy hit every emergency Of
control. it is no reason why me Republican
party should be inconsistent. stick TO the
Observation-Disclosures Enterprise.
The editor of the Tribune was much graf
flied yesterday at receiving a call from two
stanch and worthy Republicans none are
more sol who came in for the purpose of
commencing our course in regard to the
unfortunate action of the Republican leg
islative caucus in it's attempt to take from
They were unreserved in their commenda-
tions which confirms US in our belief that
Republicans in general are not willing now
to turn somersault on this subject.-New
Albany Tribune.
The Peru Republican is one Of the few
Republican newspapers of the State which
upholds the Legislature and it's proposed
raid on the State institutions. 1t sneers at
the "host of small fry newspapers which
It says "sneeze when the Indianapolis
fry newspapers have the consolation that
they have long line of precedents to show
that they stand on Republican platforms.
publican doctrine.a They are in company
with Morton. Porter, Hovey and Harrison.
Charlottesville Journal.
What the people expect of the present Re-
publican Legislature is that, to the extent
of it's authority, it will redeem the party
pledges of reform; that it will provide prop
er legislation for the management of the
State Institutions, and if the executive de-
partmeat fails to properly enforce it, place
the responsibility where it belongs. To raise
a commission to make appointments which
has never been a Republican doctrine, but
has always been condemned by Repub-
licans when proposed by Democrats. it is
unrepublican and revolutionary. 1t should
not he done.-RichInond Palladium.
In view of these platform declarations,
and especially in view Of the fight which
Republicans made against taking the APP
pointing power from Governor Eovey, and
further back in the history of the State,
from Governor Morton. we confess to some
is following too closely in the footsteps OF
the Democrats to commend itself to Re-
publican approval: It would be far better
to keep exact faith with the people and
be consistent rather than to sacrifice a
principle which the party has championed
for years, for the sake of a few appoint
ments which will prove an element of
weakness rather than of strength.-Monti-
cello Heral,.
Instead of crying out about the Legisla-
ture taking the power of appointment from
the Governor, every Democratic newspaper
ought to preserve mastery silence on
the subject. The Democrats made shut
gave them to the Governor when he was
a Democrat, to board of State officers
when they were Democrats and the Cover
nor was not, and to the Legislature when
State officers were Republicans and the
Legislature was Democratic body. What
hurts us the most is that the present Leg
islature should put our party In the atti-
tude of imitators of pernicious Democrat
examples. which we have always censured.
New Albany Tribune.
The folly of stultifying the party record
by attempting to take from the Governor
his appointing power is increased by a very
serious doubt of it's constitutionality. 1t Is
commended by many of the best lawyers that
the Supreme Court would hold an act vest
Ing the. appointing power in a board of
already signified his intention to test the
question In the event of the court decid-
ing in his favor the Republican par
ty would be saddled with very disagreea-
BILE responsibility by the legislative caucus.
Honesty, is the best politics as well The
best policy. A few paltry appointments
amount to nothing in comparison with a
consistent record.-Anderson Herald.
The Standard strongly condemned the act
of the Democrats in taking from Governor
Hovey the power of appointment just be-
cause he was Republican. We cannot now
go back on ourselves and approve what we
then condemned merely because the party
in power has changed. If 1t was wrong for
the Democrats to rob the Governor of this
executive prerOgatiye, 1t is wrong for the
Republicans to do 1t now. We have been
Republican as long as any man living but
we have yet to see the day when Demo-
cratic wrong became Republican right.
We hope the Republicans VIII change their
caucus action and leave the appointing
power where it belongs.-Lagrange Stand
ard.
The Republican caucus has decided to
take the appointing power out of the
hands OF the Governor and place it in the
hands of a board. This is one of the very
things Republicans have always opposed,
and when Democrats attempted such
thing Republicans far and near howled like
wolves. Now they commit the same act,
knowing that in the appointment of the
lent institutions, majority of the commits
sion being Republicans, a majority will be
chosen who Republicans This is
piece of inconsistency which 1t will be
difficult for Republican solons to sat
isfactorily explain away to their constitu-
ents.-Warren Republican.
1t may be of some political advantage
at present, but in the end it will prove
detriment to the party. At every Re-
publican State convention during the past
fifteen years the party has been pledged
to the reform of taking the control of all
the State institutions from politics and
placing them on purely nonpartsan ba-
sis. The pledge has been Endorsed by the
speakers and press of the party, year after
year. and was one of the most potent
envy The Republican party cannot afford
to do anything else but keep faith with
the people, and when 1t begins to preach
one thing on the stump and do. the op
posite when in power there cam be but
one result-loss of the confidence of the
people.-Attica Ledger.
The Republican party, If it would retain
the support of the conscientious and
honorable citizenship comprising three
fourths of it's membership, must be con-
sistent and keep it's pledges to- the whole
people When it promised nonpartisan
management of the benevolent and penal
institutions it meant what 1T said; when
time and again 1t declared that the ''arog-
ance of the liquor league should be re-
zA-