The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29

rnay tell you that they will stand alone for
Is to /; the Prohibitionists may tell you that
they will stand for the ideas of their party;
voting anything to destroy the Republican
party. Always they have been willing to
sacrifice, their manhood-and | was about
to say their love of country. hut they never
had any-for what? For office.
The Republican party has taught that
publican party almost at the instant the
election was past in 1896. took steps to
crystalline the great tartm promise, and the
four months tariff for protection was on the
statutes. What are we to do with the next
great plank? We must trust to our capable
men in the lower house and our senators TO
give currency reform. (Applause) We
must urge upon Congress the necessity for
| legislation that will prevent the possibility
| of a stroke of the pen in the White House
| from changing conditions OF stability to in
stability. Although the last President was
forced by circumstances to become a gold
Democrat, it was within his power TO plunge
| the country into increasing debt. Now the
debt is not increasing and the interest is
not growing, but there may be change
| and even worse conditions than those of the
last four years may be upon us.
REFORM OF CIVIL SERVICE.
1.-THE party has declared itself in favor
| of eivil-service reform. There is much need
of it now. That need is in reforming the
civil service itself. cloud applause) 1t is
a shame and disgrace to see men hold
ing Il tenure of office for life outside of
| the Supreme Court. 1 was sorry to hear
one representative this morning criticising
| the President for enforcing the laws. If
! you do not want your laws enforced keep
| out of the Presidents chair the man who
| wears that button pointing to the G.. A. r.
! button) on the lapel of his coat, or repeal
| those laws. (Long-continued applause)
| l hope TO never hear another critlcise the
| President for enforcing the law so long as
they let it remain on the statute books,
Another question of great moment IS
! whether or not the Republican convention
| shall nominate senator for the United
| States. The Republican party of the State
of Indiana car never afford to set the ex-
! ample of breaking the laws of the State.
| The Republican party has no right to nomi-
nate United States senator in a conVen-
! ton. That office is near to the people, and
| the duty of choosing senator must be left
to the General Assembly as the laws pro-
| vide. Prepare yourselves to act wisely on
| this question when you enter convention.
| There is another thing: We have no right
| to put our foot on any mans ambitions"
| In conclusion the speaker discussed the
| Loud, the bankruptcy and the immigration
| bills. He urged the great necessity of laws
| preventing the immigration of foreign cut
! throats and Anarchists There is no place
| here, he said, for the flag of the Anarchist.
! THE citizen soldiers declared in unmistak-
| able language that there is room for put
one flag in this countrywide glory" Gap
| plause)
| he did not respond. S. f. Nicholson, of
Kokomo, yielded to demands for speech,
although he declared that he had simply
| appeared TO nSJen TO the WOTuS OIL WlSuOul
and to gather suggestions for the coming
| fight The gathering of so many enthusiast
| tic Republicans indicated to his mind that
| there is much interest in the coming cam
| paign. He discussed what he thought
| should be the ideas impressed upon the peo-
| pie. Governor Mounts speech contrasting
| the condition of affairs four years ago and
! now he said, impressed him as being some
thing that should be dwelt upon, as well as
the int c6 tbe dnb IS be
| ing reduced. These two points, with the
! idea that the financial condition of the
| country must be placed upon firm basis,
| he thought ought to enter largely into dis
! cussions in the campaign:
Gurley Brewer, OF Indianapolis, was was
| speaking at any great length. but declared
| his allegiance to the Republican party;
| when next November rolls around, said
| he, 1.-The black man will do his duty" Mr..
| Brewer was heartily applauded.
MR.. WATSON SPEAKS.
| Calls for ex-Representative Watson were
| renewed. Mr.. Watson spoke in his charac-
| teristic vein. He dwelt on the fact that
the Republican party keeps its pledges and
| cited its most recent history in proof 1--WE
| can point back to-day to a platform of
| which almost every pledge has been filed"
| said he 1.-TWO years ago the fingerboards
pointed forward; to-day they point back to
actualities. Platforms are made to be kept,
| pledges are made to be carried out, prom
! lSeS are MADE TO be fuInlleQ. AS we look
| back in our imaginations we can see what
| q vast difference there would have been if
| Bryan had been elected. Without touching
! on this in detail we can in our imagina-
| tons picture what the difference would
| have been. Instead of having reversed the
| engine to move up to the heights of pros
| perity, we would be in the deepest gloom.
| We face the future hopefully. When the
| party made promises of protective tariff
| they were made to be kept ana IN the light
| of a hundred fires burning in q hundred
| mills on a hundred hills and a hundred
| valleys, we have evidence of promises full
| filled. There are yet great questions to be
| settled. Ignorant and vicious hordes of for
| eigners should not be permitted to come
| the product of the hands of those foreign
! ers, but make low obeisance to the paup-
/ erS themselves There is danger from their
| ideas and customs. Instead of us eleVating
| them, the tendency is to drag us to their
| level. One great problem that confronts us
| is the preservation of the great middle
! class not the extremely rich nor the
conservative thinking element of our ma
| ton. They are the mighty element and
| what tends to destroy them tends to de-
stroy the government"
| Concerning the civil-Service reform queS-
| ton, Mr.. Watson said that he was opposed
| sion list, which is contrary to the genius
! of the American institutions. He declared
! that the law should be modified so as to
prevent the building up of an ariStocracy
! OF office holders, oligarchy of men who
| were virtually foreigners, inasmuch they
| have no pei ties, no fixed residences no
| interest IL the government other than to
| draw their pay.
| The applause which frequently inter-
| rupted Mr.. Watson was resumed as he