The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-03
A TRUTHFUL ARRANGEMENT.
The Folly of '96 and the Infamy of '9S
OF the Democratic Party.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Nov. 2-Judge T.
J. Terhune, a sound-money Democrat, of
Lebanon, who has just announced his con-
version to Republicanism. delivered a
speech here on Tuesday night, in the course
of which he said:
In five STATESMEN York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Maryland
where conventions have been held in 1898,
the Democratic party has rejected repudi-
ated, spurned, trampled under foot and
spit upon the Chicago platform as an I'M
clean thing, disowned, dishonored and de-
SplSed. But the free and unlimited De-
mocracy in this State, incapable of profit
Ing by the experience of the past and
doomed to a course of endless folly, has
afttrmed that compilation OF fallacieS, alb
surdities and political sins. 1t has thus re-
turned for its issues, like dog to his vom-
IT or sow to her walloW, to the calamity
campaign of 1896 and to the scenes of it's
own degradation, disaster and disgrace. 1t
was then the Democratic party betrayed
the sacred trust committed to it's keeping
for unworthy considerations. 1t then bar
tered away old and cherished principles and
drove away old and tried friends for new
and strange doctrines and for alien allies
and support. 1t then for the first time, in
national convention, declared for the free
coinage Of silver, fer the support of Popu-
lists. 1t abandoned its advocacy of a tariff
for revenue only for the support of free
sonian doctrine that honesty and eff
cheney constitute the true test for office,
for the support of disappointed, disgruntled
office seekers. 1t condemned the admins
tratiOn of President Cleveland, for the sup
port of party malcontents. 1t criticised the
enforcement of the laws for the support of
the diSorderly. 1t found fault with the
listing order of things for the support of the
odds and ends of political factions. 1t
sought to embtoil the West against the
East, the South against the North, the
poor against the rich, the debtor against
the creditor, the labOrer against the CAPT
talist and the farmer against the banker,
a m a rfsn w
America against our kin across the sea,
and our best friend in our greatest need,
for base and unpatriotic purposes. The re-
suit Of course, was defeat; the punishment,
humiliation and disgrace.
And now, TO the folly of 1885, the Demo-
cratic party adds the infamy of 1885, 1t has
become the self-constituted critic of our
war with Spain. Let it take care. Let it
take warning from the fate of other politi-
cal parties that have criticised our wars in
the past, and from its own experience. The
Tories opposed the American revolution of
1176 for our national independence, and that
party lives only as name of universal de-
testation. The FederalistS opposed our war
of 1912 for our independence on the seas,
and that party was unable TO survive the
Indignation of patriotic people. The
Wings opposed our war of 1S46-4S with Mex
leo to protect our national domain, and that
party suffered political disintegration and
extinction Democrats of the North OPP
posed our war of 1876 for the Union and
that party was driven into political Danish
ment, and, for a quarter of a century,
languished in exile And now, in our war
with Spain ire 1898, the Democratic party is
about to declare the a failure and its
results a misfortune. But in the past the
American people have never failed to stand
by the administration in time of war. and
they will not falter now. From Washington
to Lincoln, in every conflict, they have sup
ported the government The citizen has a
duty to perform as well as the soldier. In
the perils of war, and until peace is estab-
lished, and the fruits of victory are secured
1t is as necessary that the hands of the
President be sustained by the. patriotism Of
or of the flag be maintained by the valor
of the sailor and the soldier