The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-29
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At a meeting of the Republican edi- !
tors of the Fifth district the other day |
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 senators.
Pending the election, it was agreed,
Republican newspapers especially
should abstain from either writing up
or writing down the various gentle
men whose names have been mention
ed in connection with the caucus nom
ination. In other words there will
| be plenty of time after 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
| til after a Republican majority in the
| legislature has 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 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 we'll 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 we'll 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 1886, or the num-
Der of negro votes in this state. Sup
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voted, and that in every case he voted
the Republican ticket, which is VIC
lent supposition 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
J 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
r mitted to exercise the right Of suffrage
If Indiana Is to have no negrophobilie
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 tt
4 be hunted out of Indiana before the
= next election. One of the leading
$ Democrats of Indiana suggests tina
+ the Fifteenth amendment to the con
: stitution should be repealed. Presum
ably the News has something Of thi!
sort in mind. If not, and it's figure!
L on the negro vote are not intended
4 as a contribution to the ammunition
2 of the Mississippi branch Of statesman
n ship, it might give us the figures OF
y the red-headed, the cross-eyed and thu
+ bow-legged vote, with weighty conclu
!, sions as to what might happen If al
the above named classes should con
clude to vote the Democratic ticket.
Under date Of March 1904 one W
J. Bryan wrote to every subscriber o
1.-THE Commoner" letter, in whicl
t he said: 81 am opposed to a surren
der Of the Democratic party to organ
, lied and predatory wealth. The Kar
-, sas City platform is clear and cor
u else statement of Democratic prime
II pies, and failure to reafirm it at GU
l. next national convention will be equiv
n alent to return to corporation rule.
a The same gentleman was membe
o of the resolutions committee at 81
T. Louis and submitted to the ignoring q
the Kansas City platform. What ar
followers to think about leader VIII
10 thus openly advocates his own sui
~ render to predatory wealth"
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y 1.-THE Democratic party" accordin
l. to the st. Louis platform, has eve
r. protested against the continuance {