The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-11
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there was unanimous agreement
among all those present that SO far as
Senator Fairbanks successor in the
United States senate is concerned, the
most pressing present duty of the Re-
publicans of Indiana is the election of
legislature that will make certain
the choice of two Republican senator's
Pending the election, it was agreed,
Republican newspapers especially
should abstain from either writing up
or writing down the various gentle
men whose lanes have been mention
ed in connection with the caucus NOM
lnation. In other words there will
be plenty of time aICer the election
In November to thresh out the diff
ferences existing among Republicans
as to the comparative claims of sun
dry statesmen On an honor that will
not be attainable for any of them I'M
Ill after a Republican majority in the
legislature mas been secured. 1t was.
agreed, too, that the Republican press
of the state should deprecate conten-
ton among the friends of rival aspir-
ants such as is likely to create a divi-
sion of interests, especially in close
legislative districts, and thus endan-
ger the success of the many candi-
dates. Feeling has already been
aroused in some communities, if re-
ports received at the meeting in ques-.
ton are well founded, where ardent
friends of this or that man have de-
clared their unwillingness to support
their legislative candidates unless they
were committed to support some can
didate or oppose another. That sort
Of thing has progressed well along
toward the danger point, and no good
Republican will contribute to it. I'M
mediately after the frost is on the
pumpkin of Democratic hopes in In
diana those who are anxious to rend
their garments on the senatorial SUBJ
ject will have ample opportunity to
give vent to their feelings in such
manner as may suit them best. Mean
while harmony is an essential prep
aration for victory, and in a campaign
where SO much is at stake it ought to
be no sacrifice for any Republican to
place his personal preferences in the
matter of individual ambitions tenn
porarily in cold storage
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The Indianapolis News suggests
that if it were not for the negro vote
the Republican plurality in Indiana
would be reduced 1876, or the num-
Der of negro votes in this state. Sup
posing that every negro voter actually
voted, and that in every case he voted
the Republican ticket, which is a vio-
lent superstition even for the News,
this statement would have to be &C
copied as substantially correct. What
of it? What is the point to this dis
cussion of the possibility that the ne
gro vote might be eliminated, both the
intelligent and the ignorant negro
vote, while thousands of white men
less fit for suffrage than an honest and
intelligent black man, and many of
them no better qualified for citizenship
than the ignorant and the criminal
among the negro race, are still per-
mitted to exercise the right of suffrage
If Indiana is to have no negrophobilic
legislation, of what significance is this
array of figures as to the total of the
negro vote? The Indianapolis Sen
tinel suggests that the negro ought to
be hunted out of Indiana before the
next election. One of the leading
Democrats of Indiana suggests that
the Fifteenth amendment to the con-
stitution should be repealed. Presum-
ably the News has something of this
sort in mind. If not, and its figures
on the negro vote are not intended
as contribution to the ammunition
of the Mississippi branch of statesman
ship, it might give us the figures on
the red-headed, the cross-eyed and the
bow-legged vote, with weighty conclu-
sions as to what might happen if all
the above named classes should con-
clude to vote the Democratic ticket
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Under date of March s 1904. one w.
j. Bryan wrote to every subscriber Of
"The Commoner" a letter. in which
he. said: Il am opposed to a surren-
der of the Democratic party to organ
lied and predatory wealth. The Kan
sas City platform is a clear and con-
else statement of Democratic princi-
pies, and failure to reaffirm it at our
next national convention will be equiv
alent. to a return to corporation rule
The same gentleman was a member
of the resolutions committee at St
Louis and submitted to the ignoring OF
the Kansas City platform. What are
followers to think about leader who
thus openly advocates his own sur
render to predatory wealth."
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"The Democratic party" according
to- the st. Louis platform, has ever
protested against the continuance of
illegal combinations of capital" And
has always contented itself with SIM
ply protesting, even during the one
period in the history of this country
since the war when Democratic lead
ership was charged with responsibility
for national legislation and admins
tration.
The Democratic national platform
declares that our tariff system has
caused our infant industries ito be-
come the greatest combinations Of
capital the world has ever known
And this growth of American indus
tries is a grievance to Democratic
leadership!