Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 April 1884 — Page 1

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SHILOH BATTLE-FIELD. A Party of Veterans Revisit the Scene of a Desperate and Bloody Struggle. Nashville, April 7.—A special to the American from Shiloh says: “The day broke bright, mild and beautiful over Shiloh yesterday morning, as the steamers John Gilbert and W. P. Nisbet, lashed together, steamed up to Pittsburg Landing,- with about 400 excursionists on board, mostly members of the G. A. R. in Illinois, Indiana and lowa. Flags were flying from the mastheads and rigging, and two brass bands played ‘Home, Sweet Home’ and ‘Auld Lang Syne. A number of citizens on shore cheered the excursionists as they landed. A column was formed, and, led by the hands, marched to the flag-pole in the center of the National cemetery, the bands beating the dead march with muffled drums. The bands then played 'Webster’s Funeral March,’ the men standing with uncovered heads, the tears running down the cheeks of many, as they looked arouu.t and recognized many old comrades, while the marble slabs at the head of the graves rose like undulating waves as far as the eye could see. The column formed again and marched to the platform erected for the speakers and the band at the west end of the cemetery. Prominent among those present were Generals M. R. M. Wallace, D. C. Smith, T. L. Dickey. Colonels J. L. Godfrey, W. T. Shaye, L. W. T. Shayes, Major B. B. Bingham. Captains S. S. Garrett, H. R. Sankle, T. D. Patterson, F. M. Kyle, S. L. Ensenger, George C. Jenteries, T. J.'Bryant, H. C. Bock, David Jones, S. S. Garrett, Juilson McCoy, Fred A. Smith, Charles Vangerdeu, A. 11. Nershy, D. C. Andrews, M. T. Rnssell and C. H. Serle. All of the above named took part in the battle of Shiloh as federal officers. The press was represented bv Mr. Clarkson, of the Des Moines, la., Register: F. F. Blyeer, of the Grand Army Advocate, Des Moines, la.: B. F. Greer, of the lowa State Register; Duncan R. Davis, of the Chicago Times; Owen S Prentess, of the Nashville American. Rebellion Against a Stamp Tax. Kansas Citv, Mo., April 7. —'The Journal’s Mexico special says: “All stores in the republic lire closed to day, in protest against tlie stamp Set. Efforts at compromise between the merchant? and the President have failed. The latter insists on collecting the tax at all hazards. There is some talk of fining merchants for violating the spirit of the law. Minister Morgan is unable to protect the property of Americans against enforcement of the decree. All business is suspended, and no stores will be open tomorrow unless the police open them. There is jreat anxiety;, and a riot is feared.”

POINTING TO FREE TRADE. The Democratic Majority Defuse to Destore the Duty on Wool. Mr. Converse Declares the Rejection of the Rill Will Have the Effect to Make Ohio Solidly Republican. Speeches for and Against the Dill by Messrs. Hurd and Converse. All Indiana Democratic Members Vote Against the Bill, and All Republicans for It —The Vote in Detail. REPRESENTATIVE CONVERSE. Tlie Ohio Man Demoralir.efl hy tin: Defeat. of His Pet Measure. Special Washington, April 7.—Mr. Converse, of Ohio, author and guardian of the hill restoring the duty on wool, which was slaughtered in the House to day, is demoralized to-night. He says he cannot see how men who clamor for protection of interests in their States could have the hardihood to vote against an interest so vitally important to Ohio, Indiana, Colorado and California. He thinks it passing strange. Although it would have required a two-thirds vote to pass the bill to-day under suspension of the rules, Sir. Converse actually believed he would secure enough votes from the party that elected a freetrade Speaker to raise the tariff on the article that is the vertebral column of that selfsame party, and when it came to defeating his measure by a majority of eight, it almost exasperated him. H made a strong speech in support of his measure, an argument that elicited storms of applause from all the protectionists; but when Sir. Hurd, his able free trade colleague, who hails from Toledo, got up with his bread-riot, barn-burning eloquence, and perorated for twelve minutes about raising the prices of the articles which shelter the poor man, the votes which the wool men had won, flocked about him impulsively and so far forgot themselves that they screamed with delight and voted the other way from Mr. Converse. To-night your correspondent asked Mr. Converse what he thought the effect of the vote would be on the coming campaign in Ohio. *- “Ohio is an insured State for the Republic ans beyond any peradveuture. It turns Ohio over by a large majority, and will make it solidly Republican. It is a physical impossibility to carry Ohio with any party that refuses to protect her most important and jealous interest, and her wool is paramount to all others. I told the Democrats of the House, some time ago, that the wool-growers of Ohio were organizing, and, besides it being a matter of justice, i* was a matter of political sense to restore the wool duty. It ruins the party in Ohio.”

“Cannot you amend Mr. Morrison’s bill to cover the desired end?” “No; for two reasons: Firstly, the Morrison bill will not pass the House; secondly, it would not become law if it were passed by the House. It is impossible to get justice at the hands of this House, and I shall not try it any more.” I met Mr. Morrison at Willard's, late to night, and asked: “Do you take the vote on the wool hill as a test of the opposition to your bill, Colonel?” Mr. Morrison was nervous and worried. He was pacing the floor, and stopped to reply-, evasively: “You have the vote, and you are as capable of analyzing it as I am.” Republican members think Mr. Converse very foolish to have counted on getting enough Democratic votes to secure a two-thirds vote for his bill. He has worked so iong and zealously for the measure that he had an inflated idea of his strength. The fact that all the members from Texas, which has seven million sheep, voted against the hill, shows the determination of the Democratic party to bring about free trade as soon as possible. All the Democratic members present from Indiana voted against the hill, and all the Republicans present voted for it. It is believed Mr. Lamb would have supported it had he been present. THE DEBATE IN DETAIL. Speeches liy Messrs. Hurd ami Converse— How the Members Voted. To tho Western Associated Press. Washington, April 7. —ln the House, to day, Mr. Converse secured the floor and moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill restoring the duty- of 1867 on wool. A second being secured, the thirty-minute debate allowed hy r the rules began. Mr. McKinley expressed approval of the measure and an earnest desire that it should be enacted into law. In the last House no opportunity had been afforded for a vote on wool measures as independent propositions. No sooner had the act of last winter gone into operation than Republicans everywhere, and many Democrats in Ohio, came to recognize the injustice of reducing the duty. He appealed to tho gentlemen on the other side to support this measure, and he did so the more boldly because their brethren in Ohio last fall hud promised the people they would re store the wool duty at the beginning of the session. Democratic orators on every* stump had made that promise, and he would print ex tracts from their speeches witli his remarks. He had a pamphlet, issued by; authority of the Dem ocratic State committee, which declared that if Mr. Hoadiy were elected Governor the Democrats, in the fli'st days of the session, would wipe out the iniquity which had been inflicted by the Republican party. He asked the Democrats to keep their pledges. They had gathered the fruit of the people's faith, and now they ought to keep their promises. Mr. Henley- supported the motion, and said that in the locality where he lived the restoration of the duty of 1867 was a matter of prompt, sure and unmitigated justice. Mr. Wilkins said it was not often that farmers came asking legislation, and when they did. Congress should give them a respectful hearing. He therefore supported the bill. Mr. Morrison called attention to the fact that when the tariff commission ended their eight months' exercises they fixed the duly on wool as it was in the law to-day. Its report was approved by the gentlemen on the other side, and their protection friends, few in number, on his; and by the Senate. These gentlemen would undo their work and restore the duty to tho rate at which it stood before tho passage of tho tariff bill. What estimate was to be made of their

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professions he left to the country to say. What ever might be tlie different views on the question of protective bounties, the duty on wool oould not be justly and rightly considered apart from tlie duty on woolen goods, into which wool entered as a large part of the manufacture. A bill had been reported to the House on the general subject of tariff, as well as on the rates on wool and woolen goods. He would ask the House, on Tuesday week, to take up that bill and consider the wool question among others. He yielded the remainder of his time to Nlr. Hurd, as this was claimed to be a sort of Ohio question. SPEECH OF MR. HURD. Nlr. Hurd said ho opposed this motion because it proposed to restore the duty on wool, and thereby increase its price. It did so directly, by increasing the price of foreign wool required in domestic manufactures. The question thus plainly presented was, ought the price of wool to be increased by legislation? There were three classes interested in the answer to that question: First, those who consumed articles made of wool; second, those who manufactured woolen goods: and, third, those who produced raw wool itself. The manifest effect on the first class would he to increase the price of its woolen goods; for the price of the material from which an article was made could not be increased without increasing the price of the article itself. Ought the price of woolen goods to be increased? To that question there ought to be but one answer. At all times, and in all circumstances, in our northern climate, wool was an indispensable article of daily consumption. It was shelter to the houseless, covering to the shivering, and fuel when fire was extinguished. To workingmen, artisans and mechanics, labor without the protection of woolen clothing would be insufferable, and their condition miserable indeed. If these remarks were true ordinarily, how painfully true now. This had been a winter of unexampled severity. More than half a million of men were out of employment ami strong men everywhere were seeing their families starving because they could not get the work they were so anxious to do. Had the House of Representatives nothing more to say than this—that necessities of life should be increased in price? The very proposition was a mockery of their misfortunes. To pass this bill would be to do unforgivable wrong to millions. It was not an auspicious time to make clothing dearer to the .poor. If bounties were needed for any industry, in God's name take them out of the overflowing treasury, not out of the suffering poor. What effect would it have on the manufacturing interest? That interest was everywhere in a state of depression. Many had reduced the hours of labor, many had shut up for a time, a few were running all the time and to the full extent of their capacity. In the midst of this depression did the House propose to add to their burdens by increasing the price of raw materials? One of the chief causes of the present depression was the high price of foreign wool. To-day, even as the law stood, the price of foreign wool to American manufacturers was nearly GO per cent, higher than it was at the port of shipment. In American mills, 300,000,000 pounds were used in 1880. Os this 75,000,000 pounds were imported. There was enough power in the mills to produce nearly twice as much as they did. American mills could manufacture 600,000,000 pounds annually. The high duty prevented the manufacturer from getting the wool he was required to have, in order to make up for the deficiency of home production, and by this very tariff he was kept out from the markets of the world. England sold abroad $120,000,000 worth of woolen goods annually; America sold abroad scarcely $400,000 worth. Pass this bill and increase the price of foreign wool, and the House would add to the embarrasment of every wool manufacturer, compel a reduction of wages, and lock still more tightly against him the markets of the world r n;= a. tn.po instifUA on the ground that the American farrier would get better prices for his wool. This he denied. What was the market for the farmer? No man bought wool and brought it to hisownhome, and made his own clothes. It was the American manufacturer who created the market, and just as he prospered or was depressed, was the price of wool high or low? It was natural that men in prosperity should pay better prices than men whom adversity had overtaken. He (Nlr. Hurdl charged that the low price of American wool was largely attributable to the higher price for foreign wool. There were three grades of wool in the market —superfine, intermediary, and carpet. Os these, America did not produce a superfine or carpet wools, and therefore no duty on them could be of benefit to any farmer. As to the intermediary grade, this was the situation: The wools of foreign countries have a texture and fibre which American wool did not possess, and the American manufacturer needed them in order to mix with American wool. No man could make a good suit of clothes out of cloth made of American wool only. Let foreign wool in free, or reduce the duty, and more foreign wool would be' imported, and that would make a greater demand for American wool. Every pound of intermediary wool imported would make more available every pound raised here. Foreign wool did not come into competion with American wool, but was supplemental to its essential values. From 1847 to 1860, farmers got 5 cents per pound more than they did during the period of higher protective tariff. In England, when a proposition was made to take the duty off wool, it was antagonized by the wool growers, but the result had been that the price of wool had steadily advanced. Ho believed if wool were put on the free list to-day, with a corresponding reduction in the duty on woolen goods, the result would be a large increase in manufacture, a large increase in the number of operatives employed, at least 18 per cent, increase in the price paid the farmer, and a reduction of 25 per cent, to the people who had to buy woolen goods. He had been requested by the Legislature of Ohio to vote to restore the duty on wool. He had respect for the Legislature as a body, and for its individual members, but he would not vote to make woolen clothing clearer to the laboring population of the country if every Democrat in Ohio asked him to do so. In conclusion, he said: “Woo to the party who proposed to obtain power by making the expense of living heavier and the struggle still harder to those who can scarcely carry it on now The path to victory for such a party is through the misfortunes and suffering of its fellow-men. If lifted into power it will he on the arm of taxation and monopoly. The leaves of the laurel will he entwined with the poison vine, which will cause them to wither. For one, I do not care that the party to which I belong shall come into power, unless it shall be to give freer trade to the people, better investment to capital, larger wages to the laborer and greater glory to the American name.”

ARGUMENT BY MR. CONVERSE. Mr. Converse said the pending question was not one as to whether the laboring people should be compelled to buy higher-priced clothing. He would have liked if his colleague had shown by facts and figures that the price of clothing was cheaper now than it had been prior to the passage of the tariff bill. Statistics did not sustain the gentleman’s rhetoric. The question was, whether this great industry should be kept in the hands of American citizens, or whether its profits should be divided among foreign nations. The wool industry is the largest single industry in the United States. There were 1.020,728 flocks of sheep in the country, and the animal product amounted to $150,000,000. It gave employment to more than 2,000,000 men —not women and children, but strong men. What was the effect of the gentle man’s proposition? The gentleman quoted England as an example. Did not the gentleman know, did not everyone know, that American free trade meant British protection? Did not everybody know that when the tariff cn wool was cut down, so much money was put into the pockets of the Britishers in Australia. His colleague was eur.rely mistaken when he talked about the liber of wool. There was a finer fiber produced in Australia, but a superior, more elastic fiber could be, produced within the States of Pennsylvania. Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan and Vermont. The wool farmers had sent more petitions to Congress than had been sent by all other industries put together. They had repre sen ted that if the wool tariff was not restored the industry must necessarily go into a decline, for the reason that in Australia, where they had

Eerennial pasture, a hundred square miles could e rented for SIOO a year. The question was not whether there should be cheap wool or cheap clothing, but whether the industry should be preserved for our own people. In a few years, if the tariff could be kept at what it was in 1867, the United States would be able to control its own markets without tariff: but in the present condition of things our wool men must be driven, necessarily, from the market. In the past year they had lost over $1,500,000 on account of the reduction of duty. It did not affect the price of clothing. The money was taken out of the pockets of farmers for the benefit of nobody except the speculators, traders and 20,000 woolen manufacturers of this country. His colleague said manufacturers could work up 600,000.000 pounds of wool, and ho wanted tlie machinery put in motion, while 2,000.000 men. the power to furnish the raw material, were to he deprived of their rights. This theory of free raw material was a fallacy. The motion was then lost—yeas, 119; nays, 126, ns follows: Yeas—Messrs. Anderson, Atkinson. Bayne. Bel ford, lifsbee, Boyle, Bvainevd. Breitling, Brewer of New York, Brewer of New Jersey, Browne of Indiana, Brown of Pennsylvania, Calkins, Campbell of Pennsylvania, Cannon, Chace, Connelly, Converse. Culbertson of Kentucky, Cullen, Cuteheon,. Dibrell, Duncan, Eldredge, Ell wood, Ermen trout. Everhart, Fiedler, Findlay, Funston, George, Gibson. Glasscock. Goff, Guenther, Han back Harmer, Hart, Hatch of Michigan, Haynes, Henderson of Illinois, Henley. Hepburn, Hewitt of Alabama. Hill, Hitt, Holmes, Relton, Hooper. Hopkins, Horr, Honk. Howey, Hunt. Jeffords, Jordan. Rasson, Keifer. Kelley, Ketelium, Lacy, Laird. Lawrence, Lefevre. McComas. McCormick, McKinley, Millard, Morey. Morrill, Murray, Mutchler, Nicliolls, Nutting. O'Neill of Pennsylvania. Paige, Parker, Patton, Pavne, Pavson, Peelle of Indiana. Perkins, Peters. Phelps. Poland, Rice. Randall. Ray of New York. Robinson of Ohio, Rosecraus, Rowell. Russell. Ryan, Shelley, Skinner of New York, Smalls. Snyuer, Spriggs, Stephenson. Stevens. Stewart of Vermont. Storm, Sumner of Wisconsin, E. B. Taylor of Ohio. J. I>. Taylor of Ohio, Tillman, Tulley, Valentine, Wakefield, Warner of Ohio. Weaver. Weller. Wemple. Whiteley| Wilkins, Wilson of lowa, Wilson of West Virginia, Winars of Wisconsin and York©—ll9. Nays—Messrs. Adams of Illinois. Aiken. Alexander, Bagley. Ballon tine, Barbour. Barksdale, Beach, Bennett, Bland, Blount, Breckinridge. Buchanan, Buckner, Burns. Cabell, Caldwell, Campbell of New York, Oarleton, Cassidy, (’lardy, Clary. Cobb, Cosgrot e, Covington, Cox of New York, Cox of North Carolina, Crisp, Culbertson of Texas, Dorgan, Davis of Missouri, Davis of Massachusetts, Derster. Dibble, Dockery. Dorsheimer. Dowd. Dunn. Eaton, Evans of Sout h Carolina. Forney. Fyan, Graves. Green - leaf, Hale ell. Hammond. Hancock. Hatch of Missouri, Hemphill. Henderson of lowa. Herbert, Ii Hit sell. Holman. Housman. Hurd, Hutchins, James, Jones of WLiAu.dn, Jones of Texas. Jones of Arkansas. Jones of Alabama, Kleiner, King. La n ham, Lewis, Long. Lore, Lovertng. Lowry, Lyman. McMillan, Matson, May bury. Miller of Texas, Mills. Mitchell, Morgan, Morrill, Morrison, Morse, Moulton, Muldrow-Mui-phy, Neece, Nelson. Pierce. Peel of Arkansas, Price. Pusey, Rankin, Reagan. Reese. Riggs. Robertson of Kentucky, Rockwell. Rogers of Arkansas, Rodgers of New Jersey. Scales, Seymour, Shaw. Singleton, Skinner of North Carolina, Springer. Stewart of Texas. Stoekslager, Strait, St.ruble. Talbott. Taylor of Tennessee, Thompson, Throckmorton, Turner of Georgia, Turner of Kentucky, Vance, Ward. Warner of Tennessee. Wellborn. White of Minnesota. Whiting. Williams, Willis. Win ans of Michigan, Wolford, Wood, Woodward, Yaple and Young—l2t>.

THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS. A Day of Great Excitement in Chicago— May Wheat Down to Eighty Cents. Chicago, April 7.—To-day’s was the stormiest of all those sessions which have recently been the rule on the Board of Trade. The feeling of uncertainty at the opening was very great, and that, accompanied hy depressing cables, early caused prices to fluctuate wildly and break badly. r*v t non ot a great many • bears," that May wheat would touch 80c, was verified early in the session, but prices reacted, and then receded to 80c once more. One or two sales of May were reported at 79 7 Bc. From that point the market rallied, and, with only ono or two short halts, went to 82 5-8 c for May. and closed 12c under that figure. The transactions in wheat were very heavy. On ’Change the closing prices were 77 l-2c April, 82 l-8c May, 84 l-8c June, 85 38c July. At 1 o’clock call board, May advanced l-8c and June and July advanced 1 4c. The sales were 1,900,000 bushels. The depression in coin was very great during the early part of the session, May selling as low as 48 3 4c, but from that point matters improved and the market closed only a shade under Saturday’s quotations. April closed at 45 5 Bc, May 50 3-Bc, June 51 1 4c, July 53 l-4c. On the call board the sales were 555,000 bushels, May advancing 3-Bc, and June and July advancing 1 2c. There was brisk trading in oats, and early in the day prices were fully lc under the closing on Saturday, but a rally occurred later and the closing prices were nearly up to the close on Saturday. May closed at 31 l-Bc, June 31 l-4c, July 30 7-Bc. On the f-a.ll board the sales were 333,000 bushels, May declining l-Bc. Active trading occurred in mess pork, mainly for May and June deliveries, May selling down to $15.60 at one time, but, as a result of tlie day’s trading, prices were not materially lowered. May closed at $16.10, June $16.22 1-2, July $16.35. On the call board the sales were 8.000 barrels. May advancing 2 l-2c, June and July advancing sc. Lard was fairly active and easier early in the day, but closed moderately strong. May closed at $8.52, June $8.47 1-2, July $8.55. On call the sales were 1,750 tierces, and July advanced 2 l-2c. Great Excitement at Milwaukee. Milwaukee, April 7.—The excitement on ’Change this morning was intense, prices fluctu ating rapidly and wildly There was no trading, but great activity during the whole forenoon. It is rumored that William Young & Cos. bought 2,000,000 bushels of May option wheat on the Chicago board. The lowest figure touched by May option wheat w r as 84c; June, 85 l-4c. May rose to 86 3-Bc, and June correspondingly. At noon May was 86 l-4c. The reason for the Milwaukee market selling so much over Chicago is attributed to the fact that, the center of depression is Chicago, and heavy dealers are there to pound down prices, while Milwaukee is left to fluctuate at will, in sympathy with Chicago, but not directly affected by the pounding influence. A Smooth Talker’s Success. Louisville, April 7. —The grocery firm of Close A- Addison was victimized to-day by a New York sharp to the amount of $l2O. He pretended to purchase the store, and while an inventory of the stock was being taken learned the combination of the safe. He opened it, got the money, and fled. The man gave the name of R. D Fuller, representing that he was a capitalist in search of a good business locality. He is elderly-looking in appearance, dressed nice, and is a smooth talker. Accidental Killing; of a Detective. Charleston, W. Va.. April 7.—C. 1\ Willard, scciotaryof the Eureka Detective Association, of this city, was shot and killed this afternoon. Together with several other ladies and gentlemen. he took a walk up the mountains. Ho carried a rifle. While going up the mountain w ith a young lady he gave her the stock of the weapon as a cane, holding the muz/.le in his left hand. The weapon was discharged and the bul let entered liis left side, going into his heart, lie died immediately. In tlie Presence of Her Children. Toledo* 0.. April 7.—A Commercial telegram special from Tontogany, Wood county, says Mrs. N. I*. Plotncr committed suicide, to day, cutting her throat in the presence of her little children. No cause assigned. Filibusters Hcmiitlng. New York. April 7. —A Havana letter says filibusters in Cuba are securing recruits in many purls of the island.

RESULT OF THE BALLOTING. Returns from the Township Elections field in Indiana Yesterday. A Light Vote in All the Counties Reporting, lint Republicans Have Wood Reason to Rejoice Over the Result. Figures from Half the State Show but Few Losses and Many Gains. Richmond Discards Her Democratic Trustee, and Elects a Republican by a Large Majority—Elections Elsewhere. INDIANA. Returns from About Half tlie Counties Show Many'Republican Gains. Columbus, April 7.—lncomplete returns are in from seven of the fourteen townships of this county. Os these- four elect Republican trustees, and three Democrats. A Republican loss of one. In this, Columbus, township, the Democrats regain the trustee, but the usual majority is cut dowp one-lialf. Renton County. Fowler. April 7.—Tlie Republicans have carried Center township by a largely increased majority. Boone County. Zionsville, April 7.—This township is Republican by eighty-five majority, a gain of ninety-one, the first Republican trustee in sixteen years. The election in this (Sugar Creek) townthip passed off quietly, a light vote being polled. I. X. Wilson, Republican, was elected township trustee over Willis Moore, Democrat, by 164 majority—this being a considerable reduction on the majorities of the last township election. Cass County. Logansport, April 7.—Eel township, Logausport, elects a Republican trustee by forty-three majority, a Republican gain over 1882 of one trustee and 560 votes; Republicans also elect one constable, and tlie Democrats elect the balance of the ticket by small majorities. Three out townships elect two Republican trustees and one Democrat. These are not changes, but show heavy Republican gains. In Washington township, Carroll county, the Republicans gain one trustee and 126 votes.

Clay County. Brazil, April 7.—Brazil township gave a Republican majority of 219 votes at the election to-day, a Republican gain of forty-eight. rilnln.. r<u.n.> Colfax. April 7.—ln the township election for Perry township, Clinton county, a total of 395 votes were cast, with a Republican majority of 99, a slight Republican increase. Reports from one-half of the precincts in this county show a Republican gain of three town ships. In this towuship, Center, there is a Republican majority of 34. This is the first time that it lias ever been carried by the Re publicans. Dearborn County. Aurora, April 7.—Mitchell, Republican, is elected by G 2 majority, and the whole Repuh lican ticket, without exception. Aurora usually gives about 200 Democratic majority. Decatur County. Greensburo, April 7.—The returns indicate that the vote was very light, and that the hoard of township trustees elected is the same, politi cally, as heretofore. Delaware County. Muncik, April 7.—Returns on township elections come in very slowly. In this, Center township, the entire Republican ticket is elected by 200 majority; the township gave a majority for Hawn in 1882 of 419. Hamilton township elects a Democratic trustee; other townships are believed to have elected Republicans. The result indicates slight Democratic gains. This is due to the fact that the Republican nominat ing election absorbed the entire interest of good workers. Elkhart County. Elkhart, April 7.—A very light vote has been polled to-day, but much scratching was done, and the returns are meager. Kellogg. Republican candidate for trustee in this township, from present indications, will have ama jority of about fifty. Fayette County. Connkrsville, April 7.—Returns show the Republicans have held their own in all townships, and made heavy gains in Waterloo, a Democratic stronghold. The Republicans elect all officers in this township by over 200 majority, a gain of 100. At the Republican primary, Mr. Ken si or was nominated for county treasurer: Haworth, of Union, for representative, over Claypool, of Payette, by 300 majority; Huston, for senator, looses Union by 13 votes, but carries Fayette overwhelmingly. _ Floyd County. New Albany, April 7. At the election to-day James H. Makin, Republican, was elected town ship trustee over Ed T. Kelley, Democratic nominee, by over 300 majority. The Democratic majority in the township is usually 400 to 500. All the other officers elected are Republicans. Fountain County. Hillsboro, April 7.—Starnes, the Republican nominee for trustee, is elected by eieht majority, a Republican gain of sixty. Hamilton County. Sheridan, April 7. —Adams township elects a temperance Republican over the combined whisky influence and Democrats. Grant Comity. Marion. April 7. —The votes for trustee com pared with the vote of Secretary of State at the last election is in from the following townships: For trustee, Washington, Democratic majority 10, Democratic gain 19; Monroe, Democratic majority 36. Democratic loss 10; Jefferson, Re publican majority 30, Republican Joss 22: Mill, Republican majority 5, Republican loss 129; Richland, Republican majority 3, Republican loss 17: Sims, Democratic majority 29, Demo cratic loss 52: Franklin, Republican majority 79. i Republican gain 36: Fairmouut-, Republican ma

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jority 49, Republican loss 79; ('enter, Republican majority 171, Republican loss 168. Noithex party made a gain of a trustee. Hancock County. Greenfield, April 7.—Columbus M. Jackson. Republican, is elected trustee in Center township, over Fry, Democrat, by a majority ot twenty-nine, a Republican gain of 89. Elisha Earls, Republican, is elected trustee iu Jackson township, over Sample, Democrat, by a majority of 54. a Republican gain of 100. Republican gains arc reported throughout the county. Hendricks County. Danville, April 7.—A full vote was polled at most of the precincts heard from in Center township. A change was made from a Democratic to a Republican administration, with a Republican gain of 251 votes. Fourteen precincts have been heard from—in twelve, Republican gains have been reported; in four other precincts all the candidates were Republican. A Republican loss of 27 is reported in one township. Eight out of the twelve trustees are Republicans, with two doubtful yet to hear from. The total Republican gain in the county, as far as heard from, is 402. This will doubtless be increased by those yet to be heard from, with a strong probability of another Republican trustee. North Salem, April 7.—The election passed off quietly to day, with no political issues. The fight for trustee was a local affair. This town* ship is Republican, and will show up large gain; this fall.

Howard County. Kokomo, April 7.—Center, Honey Creek and Harrison townships elect Republican trustees. Clay township elects a Democratic trustee. A Republican loss. Huntington County. Huntington. April 7.—The Democrats elect their entire ticket in this towliship. A light vote was polled. The Republicans gain a trustee in Jackson and Salamauie townships, and the Democrats in Wayne. Jefferson County. Madison, April 7.—Madison township reelects Dorsey, trustee, and Cravens, magistrate; both Republicans. Hanover elects George Walker, Independent Democrat, over McNeel, Republican, by ten majority; Democratic gain. Milton elects Tevis. Republican, trustee; Republican gain. Jennings County. North Vernon, April 7.—The following is the vote for trustee: Center township, 58 Republican majority: Vernon township, 117 Republican majority; Campbell township, 75 Republican majority; Lovett township, 14 Republican majority. The returns indicate a Republican gain throughout the county. Johnson County. Edinburg, April 7.—ln Blue River township tlie election passed off very quietly. A. W. Winterburg, the present trustee, Republican, was defeated by T. E. Valentine, Democrat, by ** * on 0A ..*0V.1 ...... • elected—Wm. Nicholson, Republican; James P. Johnson, Republican; John Williams, Democrat. Greenwood. April 7.—W. 11. Bass was elected trustee of Pleasant township, Johnson county, by 50 majority—a Republican gain of 59. Mr. Bass is the first Republican trustee the township ever had. Knox County. Vincennes, April 7.—The Republicans gained a very substantial victory in Knox county in the township elections to-day, carrying five and possible six townships out of ten, a gain of one or two trustees. A light vote was polled, but the result shows very substantial gains for the Republicans. Jackson, Republican, was elected justice of the peace in Vincennes, and is the only Republican office-holder in the city. Monroe County. Bloomington, April 7.—The Republicans make gains in six townships—Bloomington, Clear Creek, Bean Blossom, Indian Creek, Washington and Polk. There was a hard fight in Bloomington, and a gain of 50 was made. Owen County. Spencer, April 7.—Taylor township, Owen county, elects a Republican trustee; a Republican gain of forty. Harrison, a Republican trustee; a Republican gain. In Franklin township, Nil*. Stephenson, Republican, is elected by forty-eight; a Republican gan of 138. Washington elects the whole Republican ticket, the trustee by 183; a Republican gain of 100. Parke County. Montezuma, April 7. —In Reserve township, E G. Wilson, Democrat, is elected trustee over W. N. Akins, Republican, by a majority of eighty-three, a Democratic gain of eighteen over 1882. _ Putnam Comity. Greencastle, April 7. —William Bridges, Democrat, is elected trustee of Greencastle township over Judge Frederick Brown by one majority. There was no party issue at stake. Roachdale, April 7.—lr. Franklin township, the Republicans elect the trustee by 12 majority, a gain of 69. Kush County. Mi lroy, April 7.—The election at this place passed off very quietly, there being about thirtylive votes less cast than at the State election two years ago. The Democrats elected trustee hy thirteen majority, and constable, making a gain of eighty-two over tlie State election two years ago. The Democrats arc jubilant and make great anticipations for this fall. Shelby County. Shklbyvu.le, April 7.—The Republicans are jubilant to night. They have carried hy good majorities every Republican township in the countv. and have made gains amounting to at least 300 in Addison township. George Dunn, for trustee, is elected by 45 majority, and the balance of the Republican ticket is also elected. St. Joseph County. South Bend. April 7.—Portage township, in which South Bend is located, elected the entire Republican ticket by almost 120 majority. This is a Republican gain of 410 over the spring election two years ago. The increase in tlie total vote is over 1,000. Vigo County. Terre Haiti:. April 7.--The Republicans carried the township hy an average majority of 250. which is a handsome gain over last year and over the township election two years ago. Tippecanoe County. Lafayette, April 7.—For the. first time in fourteen years, Fairfield township, in which La*