The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-01

see that it will be the battle of the las.
campaign over again. We will win because
| the men and women yet living. who FOL
| lowed that flag with their lives, their pray
/ ers and their tears, through the carnage OF
! war until the stars which had been plucked
from its blue field by misguided state 5
! rights autocracy, were restored to the con-
stellation of its ornament now as then will
stand for the Nations honor and the Ma
| ton S glory. Finally Mr.. Chairman, we will
| succeed this year because we have for the
| foremost candidate TO succeed 10 Mr.. Tur-
! PIE 5 place on March 4. 1889, of In
dana, who in war, diplomacy statecraft,
literature, art and business economy has no
| peer The name of General Lew Wallace is
pioWn IN the bottle and is a household word
| in the remotest section of our common
wealth. We may we'll feel assured Mr..
CHAIRMAN, that the leadership and courage
which so gloriously contributed To the per-
/ petulty of the American Union in saving
| Washington from the invasion of Early 5
| army in July, 1854, supported by the earnest
| ness and zeal which is 50 manIrestly in evil
| dence in our party on every hand to-day
| will save Indiana from Organism in 1898 -
| Judge Gould, of Carroll county, was de-
tanned at home and Editor " L. Ricketts,
of Delphi spoke briefly for him. His topic
was. What We Think of Mckinley Now"
Mr.. Ricketts, said this question could best
be answered by the thousands of toilers who
a year ago were idle. He should like TO
put the question to the farmers who a
year ago listened to the walls of Mr.
Cheadle over 5O-cent wheat and to the farm
ers who are wool growers, who were the
constituents OF William J. Bryan.
MR.. COFFIN'S REMARKS.
Charles +. Coffin, of Indianapolis, was the
next speaker and he stirred up the en-
thusiasm frequently during his talk Mr.
| Coffin began by saying: ''Inasmuch as
was honored with place on this pro-
gramme, my theme assigned me, the pro-
grammes printed and distributed before
so much as knew of the distinction con-
ferred on me, l will doubtless be pardoned
| if | take somewhat of the same liberty with
my subject that our good friends, the
preachers, do with their texts. lie then
went over the records of the two parties
in an eloquent manner, after which ne saio
APPLY, indeed did General Garheld de-
scribe the camping ground of the Demo-
cratic party as bIllowed all over with the
graves of dead issues of buried opinions,
of exploded theories of disgraced DOCTRINES
i would not for a moment deprive any IN
! dividual Democrat of the honor due him for
| his loyalty, his patriotism and his devotion
| declarations. Thousands of good and loyal
! Democrats took their lives in their hands
| when the Union was threatened and bravely
! fought to maintain the supremacy of the
| flag, but their party was against the war
and would have allowed the 'erring sisters
! to depart in peace In the great campaign
| of 9S thousands of loyal, patriotic Demo-
Gratis repudiated with Indignation the social
the iOemocratlc party at chicago, ana ana
| heroic service in the campaign in com
passing the defeat OF their own party. There
nave always In every important campaign,
been individual Democrats whose faces were
| turned steadfastly toward Jerusalem, but
! the Democratic party has always been
headed toward the fiesh-pots of Egypt. The
| Democratic party has not stood for any
| thing but has stood against everything. As
General Harrison said, II has been an
against party. From jefferson to Jackson,
! from jackson to Cleveland. the Democratic
party has never displayed any evidences or
constructive craftsmanship. 1T may be able
to tear down, but ii cannot build up IL
can criticise, but it cannot cure. The COM
merce of the country is paralyzed during
every presidential campaign for fear on
some pretext the Democratic party may get
control of the government
1T is in the light of these facts that /
say this is time to take courage from the
counsels of history. Confronting the Re-
publicans OF Indiana. in the present cam
paign, is an issue Of the first Importance,
an issue that should and will call every true
Republican to his post of duty In the
sixties the issue was, d stable or an I'M
stable government; in the ninetiess 1t is II
stable or an unstable currency. In the
sixties the Democratic party arraigned itself
against q stable government; in the nlnetles
the Democratic party has openly declared
itself against Il stable currency. The peo-
her now. Through the light of history. and
in view of the character of the great issue
before us. to me the outlook in Indiana
is most cheering. With harmony in the
counsels with enthusiasm all along the line,
with q determination on the part of every
IoyaI Republican to bear an honorable part
in the coming battle Indiana is safe. l
plead especially for harmony. Where diff
ferences of opinion occur let mutual conces-
sion prevail Keep the one great end stead
tasty in view and let all minor differences
be forgotten; and If the Republicans OF
Hamilton county and the Ninth congress
sional district. and the Republicans of the
other counties and of the other congress
sional districts will see to it that the right
men are nominated for the various legisla-
RI 1riCf r1t Nff a h
lcan LEGISLATURE will be sent to Indian
apois and Republican senator will be
sent to Washington
JUDGE WAUGH ON PROTECTION.
Judge Waugh of Upton, followed with
remarks on Benefits of Protection" THE
policy of protection has always been a
cardinal principal of the Republican party"
he said. 1T would seem unnecessary to
speak of it's benefits to an audience like
this of believers; in fact the whole country
is about the same way of thinking now.
Since our short experience of free trade
under the Wilson bill, with but a few
months of protection under the Dngley
hill we hear no more about robber tariff
or paternalism. The worst thing that its
enemies can now say of the DIngley bill
is that it does not produce revenues
enough. l understand the author of this
bill has served notice upon all these crOkers
that they had better hurry up, because the
time for such talk would soon be over, as
it would not be long until there would be
q steadily increasing surplus. Since our
return to the protective policy which is less
than a year ago, we hear no more chatter
about the endless chain and have ceased to
be frightened about the gold reserve. There
is something said about the pressing need
of monetary legislation or reform. There
may be some need of legislation on this
subject, but that it is pressing, / seriously
question or that the financial depression of
the country from which we are speedily re-
covering IS Iraceabe in any degree to the
condition of our finances. Every dollar that
We now have is worth 100 cents and the
people are not clamoring for a change
While the country has been blessed with
Republican administration and protection
there has never been any trouble with our
finances or our monetary system. Orr
trouble about our finances has always come
with +ree trade, when we were not making
enough to pay our debts or the current eN-
TO pay our creditors in deprecated cur
rency. This apparent demand is the effect
remaining upon the country after short
experience of free trade under the Wilson
bill. 1t does seem strange that one gener-
alton Will not benefit by the experience of
another. With the amount Of false teach
ing we nave, almost anything can be eX-
pected. l do not presume that it would
just have been the proper thing prior 10
the year A. d. 1897. for a presidential can
d1date TO go TO Mexico, the land of the
AZtecS. to learn wisdom and find out what
consummate fools we Americans
those great economic and governmental
questions; but it seems that with Is to /
everything goes.
This district is one of the best agr-
cultural sections in the State. and farm
ers nave become the great conservative
all problems by facts and experience and
not by theories. Our farmers have become