Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1876 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER la, 187G.

proceed to lnv'stl:ate the statements of riot, Uimult, aus of violence, lntim'.ilutioii, armed Iiturl;tiiee, l.ribery or corrupt ii'tltieti-s at any sneh IhiII or votinif plaee: and if from thu evidene.' f Mich sta'.etuent they shall fie co;j inr. i 1 1 h it Ul li riot, tumult, acts or vtolenoe, iiitimithttioii. amu-il ilit urh;iioe, britry or corrupt influences et i, t not materiHl'y iirertVre with tho purity and fieeilom of in.lection nt Mii-h poll or vot'ii: place, or did not prevent h iiüicieiit munler of iiialifled voters thereat from retrtsteiiiii; or win-; to materially change, tin result of tue election, then, ami not otherwise said rttundni oilicers shall canvass and compile the. vote of sin-h hjI1 or votlme t.la-e with those previously i-nnvaHl and compiled; bin. IS said return im; tiaic-ri shah not fully satis.l.sl tlicrHif, it slmil bo their duty to rsiiniiui further testimony in nuard thereto, and to this i'ivl they shail have pow-r to send for .ierons and pila rs. If after sneii .nmi'iation, the said return 1m; officers he com in ceil Hint said riot, tumult, nets of iolenoc. Intimidation, armed disturbance, biibery or 'orrnpt influences .lid materially interfere, with the purity and freedom 01 the election at. such poll or votimr place, or did prevent a sufficient numUT of the qualified electors thereat from renisteriuir and ot.nir to materially change tho icnlt of tin flection, then thsaid returniirz officer shall not oanvas or compile the it-innt of the votes of Mich poll or vol i'ivt place, hut hall exclude It from their return-; proviih-ij, that any person Interest! d in said ch-ct ion by rei.son of 1 itr a candidate for ofliv shall be allowed u hearing In-fore said returning ntneri upon mäkln application, within the time allowed for the forwarding of the n tiini of said election."

TIIK DUTY Oif Tilt-: Ito.tri. ITntlt i-section two f the foregoim; provisions, it will b-set-n that tlie duty of the board of returniiis ollicers Is similiar to that of stale em vassjnsj ltoards hi most of the oilier states of the iinion simply "to canvass and compile the statements ,f tli" commissioner of eitct on" and proclaim the result; and tills is the whole duly of the ret urn lug bosrd, unless tlie etnamifsionerH of elect ion or the Miipcrvisors of some piirisn impose upon it a further duty, as provided in .sections -.ti.tnd U. In eomhiohting upon t he power of t he ret urn ins IxKird avail ourselves of the able argument of Judv;e bpotlord made before it. No one h the right to attack tlie returns from any poll, ward or parish in the state on account ol luetic; lullueiice, intimidation, or other nets of violence, unless the foundation therefor be first laid by the statement of tin-commission,-rn of election at tlie particular poll, if tlie acts occurred on elecüon day, or of the supervisor of registration of the parish if they occurred during registration, as pro ided in Seel ions;- noii ti. Tin lKird lias no legal authoiityto rcceivo or si ve etl'ect to stateiiien t of outside part iet till the prr.KT commissioners of election and supervisor have spoken. Nor has the board Ihh-u Invested with the pjiver to institute eoaiphiintsa'ainst any poll. -.r rjiirio or of its own motion. I tan not blot out or fail to count a solitary vote returned, unless a lt'iral foundation has Im-i u laid for in-iiuirj-ly the Mipervlsor of tin- parish where ine vote was cast, r by on- of th commissioners of eli-etion ri-HirUn'4 Mirotith each sul r.isr; and tl-y tlie supervisor andciiamissiontT can 01. lay ;i ioinida'ion of inquiry in the board by making and forwiiiliiiK in tiie prescrÜKsl manner their oihcial " statements -ont-iuporaiieiiisly with t heir returns, and in the ery form set. mrth by s-c: ion i'" of the act ill question. 1'liallengillZ the votes of hole cities and parishes by uuotlicial i'miis, even thoiiii ihej- ar 'andldates, is a startling ati'l lawless tnnuMitivm. No on L-ide protest can lie en tertainei! ; )m-T-aus-een :i sujervisor"s taii in-ii"' -:in receive no consideration by the tnnin', but must b wholly ilisreuanliil, unless üiad- ata time -and in a manner which fto outside party cixild jMissible comply with. His sta;-ment" (or that rf his jiultordinate commissi, ,n-r) must form an integral part of his rt-tuni and ottii ial reM-irt: it can not be inade up at a diirerent lim' and pltf-e from the return, to which tlie law rei)Uir'S It to be uttaciie! "by i aste wax or some othiTwIlx-sIve sulstatice," and a duplicate thereto must be lodged by himwiththe lerk of the court of the )iarish; il must be made under oath ; it must be '-a clear and full statement" of nil llie fa.-ts and of th.' effift proiluml thereby. Such a statement so annexed und s-nt by mail is the only kind of statement the board an notice at all so in to Institute an inquiry into intimidation, etc. The intent of tlie- law is plain and indisputable that all tho supervisors should be engaged simultaneoiislv, in th'ir M'veral parishes, in completing th-r returns and statements on the spot where the lH-tion was held, without communication with each other or witli ix-rsiins bevond the Iarisli. and before they can obtain information ot what has been done in oth r parislws or of the general nsuH And th n-ason for thes minute, mendatory and imisrasive provisions Is equally obvious. It was precisely to shut out from consideration by the returning board all such er )xt fntfu complaints as have b'n trnmVil up and illegally thrust in here at the hist moment by Mr. Kellogg, Mr. Packard, Mr. Krewster and even' by some of the supervisors themselves. The law has not been complied with; most of the supervisors who have put in complaints. iiave not written them at the i. roper time and in the proper parish; tuey liave not annexed them to their returns si-alwl and sent by mail; they have brought down their returns'to this city with no statement so annexed, but haw IKiU'heil up statements here at an improper time and place. Th-y cull only fill till Ihelr luties according to law bv linishlng their i-e-turn, atta Jisi sUitenieiirs and 11, una m iiling them, scaled up in one envelope, at one of their parish postolliees within tlie time req ul red by Liw. ; It is appalling to think that statement.s thus made contrary to law, after the result of, tlie election throughout the state was known with approximate accuracy, made as an afterthought by disappointed candidates and l heir friends, with an evident view to casta dragnet of suspicion over juirishes enough p reverse the emphatic verdict of the people, made, too, at so late a day and so great a distance from many of the parishes struck at, tliat it is Impossible to have piiv fair inwstigutiou, should receive cjusiU rut ion. jrKLSUICTION IN TIIK CASE. Commenting upon the foregoing provision of the Louisiana statute. Messrs. ieonre F. llmr, W. A. Wheeler and W. 1". Krye, in their reiorl made February 21, 1STÖ, said : "Upon this statute we are all clearly of the opinion that the returning Ixiard has no right to do anything except to canvass mid com pile the returns which were lawfully made to them by local officers, except in ctiscs where they were accompanied by the certificates of jlhe supervisor or commissioner provided in th third section. In sucti eas, the last senteius; of that s'etioii sliows ttiat il Mas exis-et'l that they would ordinarily exercise the grave and delicate duty of investigating harge of riot, tumult, brilery or corruption, on a hearing of the parties interestel in the oflice. It neyer could have been laeant that this hoard, of its own motion, sitting in New Orleans, st a f;istance from the place of voting, and without notice, could decde the right of wrsonsIaii.iiing to le elect ed." . ( $ f ; "There is no more dangerous form of selflelusion than that which induces men 'in high places of public trust to iolate law. to relre-ssor prevent what they deein public wrong?." i Thse rferences to the reiort of theeonsr'(ssionnl committee upon tlie action of this same retnrning'board in 1X71, and its construction of the itatute. are made that the public tmny know how this board and its ridings were tvj;.irdsl by prominens gentlemen, one of the'm i eaiidldat' for vice pp'sident at the rs'e,nt lection, at a tim wlien its decision did not Titv-rt a presidential election. '. We n-gani ita.s indisputable that the return ing board luvt no Jurisdiction to inquire Into and reject the returns from any voting pla in the state on account of intiinmidation. aids of violence, or other cause mentioned in tl,e statute, unless the foundation for mich ino.uiiy and rejection is laiu at the time and in tre manner providisl by the statute. j la nocasedid the supervisor of registration deliver to the clerk of the court f his parisM, ns required by wction 'Jii. a duplicate statement made and sworn to byj the commissioners of election, and corroborated by ihre! citizens of any riot, tumult, acts of violepci, intimidation and disturlmnee, bribery or corfrupt innnencesind of the f.K-ts relating thereto occurring on the day of election, noranylikjstatement of his own that anv such acts isrurs rel during the time of registration or the re vision of registration, when the returns wen opeiyu by the returning board such state ments were found among the papers in a few inrames, nut not in relation to Wie parish-! of either Ouachita. Morehouse. Fast Iitoi Houge, Kast or West Feliciana, and such wen the manifest efforts on the part of the cdlicers oi election to conceal their nets and onfiis.-i and mislead persons intere t-d in a proper ln-1 vestization of tlie facts relating to the el eiionj that it was Impossible to determine whether any such statements had been made bv the commissioners of election or tho supervisor oj. Xt gt-:tfatlon and utlacUed to the n turns of the

sns'rvisor in any psirish In the state nt the time and in the ma n n r required by section" i! and I'!. Tliis liu't leaves tlie r't uriiing board w itboi.t jurisdiction to inqiiir irno act- of il-?ice.' etc.. a i the e!-ct ion or it i ring reg Nf rat ion .find with no other duty to js tform except to-aii-va and compile he vot-s n liiiiii'l. us lieletuuiiiig od'at-rs of any other .iai- vtulti do: and a.tlie returns op ned b tli in show a majority for the Tilden lectors, it ought to be rn -nt of all controv rsv on the sid-ieet. I!n! i the lManl, in th' fac".- of Iii"' facts, has come to tin extra ordinary conclusion to U--clare tlrit tlie llaes electors have a huijority, it is pio r to look fnrth'T Into its action. The ttrsl meeting of the lwarl :ttt-ud.sl ly us was held N'ovemls-rL"'. nt which an application in behalf or the candidates on th- deino-erati--cuisi rvativ' ticket that all the proei clings of the boanl should N- pnbiic, and that illt.'n-steil candidates should have l-a- ro be present, by thems-lves or coun l. fit t he opening of the returns, with tin- ritht to in-'s-ct the same, was ret'us,s, mid c rtain rules were adoiifd. against sveral of which protests eitiled," and particularly against rule nine, vv Ii i-li d clareil that : '.i. No i-r jf(- artidavits or stao-ments hall Ix n-celved in evide nce , except as a basis to show that such fraud, intimidation .r other illegal practice nd nt -om.; poll, reUir-s Investigation ; but tlie ret Hr us an. I alii' la its authoriisl by law, mad' by othVers'of ,-l etion, or in veritlnif ion of statements h feuinsl y law, shall Im rs'dvsj in -vid. m-e as j.,-ini' ,.,.,,." t'nder this ruie several brimireil er r,7. attida its were prepared and sworn to In New orIaiis, charging intimidation and oituT lliegul .--ts in dtsUitii rih's, w'i' iheu put into the nvelopi s inclosing the sup-r isor's cnMiiiatcd returns, which had Iwen brought to the city cf New i leans and kept o-n for the pnt M)se. This was done to support stateim-nts of int Imidat ion or otl.er illegal acta int-rtola-t'd by supervisors, long after their consolidated returns had len mad out and sworn t us col rei t, and le -,i tiled with proper listriet -lerk witiiout and prot-.- t or allegatron of In: imidat ion or other ihm of i il'nce. Th' priH isdings of lie- lward in -x--iitiv-m ssioti,to w Inch we were admitted.eonslsu-din opening the r-tiirns from each parish und examining the vot-s for presli leu t in I .-,-tors. 1 f ho protest or objection atqx ared among the papers and ther- w ns no mi'sidc protest from anyone, the returns wer- snt to a private room to Ih- tabulatsl by the clerks, all of whom were republicans, vv ho kepi theiraci ion secret. If any protest va found among the papers or from outside jarlies, the returns wert.' laitl aniile lo le afterwanl considered by the bmrd in s;cr't. In the few cases in uhi-ii then were chargsof fraud, intimidation, or ot her illegal acts, the candidate or their attorneys w-iv permitted lo lak- copies of the change, und testimony taken on vvriiten intern gatories was submitted in regard to such jMirlshes. I'eemlM-r 21, after all the returns hal lieen open'd, the board w'iit intoM- r-t session, and we were not permitted to see the compilation of returns aln-ady made nor to know what rul-s the board ndopttsl in passing u)oii coii-t-st'd cases nor the pris'css' by which it arrival at result. We have Is-en furtiih-d a tiipiicat , ir a ci-rtilied copy of the duplicate statement of the commissioners of election a: each Noting plaill the state, from which has Itei-n coin pil d a consolidated statement of the cntiiv vote of the stafe fur presidential chn-tors. From this staU-mciit, which we Ivelieve tol' accurate, the majority for tlie highest Tilden elector over the lowest Hayes electors Is S,!l.j7. and tin majority for the lout t Tilden elelr over t Ii' highest Haves elector is ti,:io. The returns in our 'possession cbrrvsimud pri-isc!y i'l most cases with those ojs i)el iy tiie returning tourd. The liiierence in th".aggregate arises main'y from the fa't tiiat tlie Imürd (lid not have all the returns before it. The iipcrvl-or. all of whom weie republicans, many ol them employcs in tlif riivtum-li'mst' in New Orleans, some non-residents of the state, and one f them under Indictment for murder, withheld the stalemenf s of the commissioners of election in some instances where democratic ma

jorities were given, amounting in th aggre gate to aisait Initio votes. I he returning txiard refused to receive certiliisl copies of the dMjgicates of flies- missing returns tiled in the offices of t:i s-'n'tary of state and the t'rks fthr district courts, or to t:tke any e fleet h. measures to procure tlie originals. now tiik l it u ii was emeKTKATKii. The returning board, in proclaiming the re suit of the vote for elei'tors, mak's no statement of the vote ca-t in the sevenil jsirlshes, but simply announces the aggregate vote for each elector in the state, giving the Il.iyes electors majori! ies varying from I to J.712. toacvomplish which tiiey disfranchised l:t.:"iii democratic nnd i',OUJ r'publican voters. This nriounceni-nt Is made in the face of tile fact that the statements made by the commissioners of the el-ction showed a" majority ranging frotatiÄo to S,H")7forthe Tilden eletors. No attempt is made to give a nnou for this arbitrary action of the loanl. nor Is there any statement to show what vole were counted and what reject sl. As well might the otlicers canvassing the returns of the election for president iol -lectors in Ohio or Massachusetts declare the l"ilden electors in those Mutes elected in the face of the fact that the returns showed a mnjority for the Haves electors. We have shown that it is qu-st ionabie whether: Ihc legislature of liOiiisluun has made provision for the npointmcht of electors at all; that if it lias made such provision it has not vested the returning hoard with authority to canvass the returns of the voles east for such otlicers; ml that if it were possible to construe the statute as conferring such authority on tiie returning board, then the same statute limits the authority of tlie Ixmrd to the canvass and compilation of "the statements of votes made by tiie commissioner! of election," without authority to reject any on account of intimidation or other acts of violence utile the foundation therefor lie first la il as provided in the statute; that the evidence does not disclose that such foundation M as laid in any instance. There is, however, 'Vidence of attempts surreptitiously t lay such foundation after the consolidated returns were completed, and that the suj.erviscs of election in many instance unlawfully withheld their return, for that purpose, an) interolated among them ex ymrlr aitidavits. taken in secret in New Orleans, liefore a I'niil Stats commissioner, Inch the boanl has no jurisdiction toconsidr. Tlie e. idenee taken on both sides, no far as it lias Ins n accessible to us, disclose a stale of lawlessness in certain parishes, not In the state generally, alout the cause of which parti's pre not agre'd. The democnits at tribute it to tr e ineflicfency and imbecility of the state governmeiy, which they allege to lie a usurpation, resting wholly for support on the li deral army, witiiout tlie confidence or respect of tlie people, and without the disposition to prevent or punish crime which they can (s rvert to political uses. Such a state of things, as might lie expected, lias led to disorder and in some instances to the most shockins barbarities. The republicans, on the other hand, attribute the la wh'ssness to the hostility of the whlt; against the colored race and lis largely due to lolitics. The murders and outrages which have been brought to our notice are frequently committed by persons of the same race iion each other, and in a large majority of case have no political significance. Many such cases were brought to the notice of the iKiard by rx in-tr aftitlav its, witiiout it'ganl to the time of their occurrence and when they did not have the slightest connection Ith the ns'ent election. tran!!rey enough, it is asiumed by the repullcans, who have had Complete control of the state government for years, that If .they could show tt 't If lawlessness pre vailed in certain localities, anil crime went nnpnnNhed, that those facts furnished a reason why they should be continued in tiower, notwithstanding the large majority of ballots cast against them. Another assumption of -the republicans is that all the colored men of the state are necessarily republican. This Is by no means true. We were visited by a large number of colored jK-rsons from difl'ient parts of the state, including the alleged disturlted dirtricts, who made speeches and took an active part in the canvas in favor of the democratic ticket, and who gave among other renswns for so doing that they had reen deceived by republican officials, who had proved dishonest and corrupt, hal roblwsl them of their school money and bunlened them with unnecessary taxes, and that they believed It for the Interest of the colorsl race to unite' their fortunes with the white, whose interests, like their own, were ineniineu witn tiie ate. It is certain that thousands of colored persons voluntarily and actively supported the democratic ticket. The entire vote of the state at the recent election is aisiut fifteen thousand greuter than ever before, and even in the parishes where intimida ion Is charged I' e.voi.sls. In the aggregate, any previon vote. Tilt congressional committee, which, it is under-food, will noon visit the state armist wtth authority to send for persons and pap;rs, and inquire into all thv; facti connected with the recent

elect ion and the net Ion of the returning lxwird, will have greater facilities iorarriv nig at the truth than we possess, but with the law and such farts In" fore us have ImS'H disclosed by the action of the returning Itoard, we do not "hesitate to declare that its proceedings, as Willi sse.1 by u, ere partial a tut utif.iir, and that the result it b. 'i announced is arbitrary, illeand ill it led to no reseet whatever. Fifteen years ago, when Fort Suint r was tired npon'by nun who sought ad ism pi ion of lie I'liion. a million patriots, without r-gard ! party o ttiliat ions, sprang to its lit fens.-. Will the same patriotic citizens now sit idly by and s e represi-ntative government overthrown by tisurpa thai anil fraud! "shall tlie vv illtjf JH.! i,l no ,f people, constitutionally expressed, be thwarted by the corrupt, itrbitniry and illegal action of An illegally-const itutisl returning board in liiisiana. whose wrongful action heretofore, in all rcsect similar to its present "action, has been condemned by all parties. It is an admitted fact that Mr. Tilden received a rnajorily ofa quarter of a million of the votes at the nss nl election. This majority is ready and willing to submit to the rule of the minority win n constitutionally entitled to demand such submission : but is it willing that by an arbittary and false declaration of votes In IxmIsiana the minority shall usurp ower? These are dark days for the American people when such questions are forced upon their consideration. If if it were true, as some insist, that neither thv bite nor th colon si voters have tn all insianees Im'Cii allorileil an opMrtunity to give free expression to their wisties at the l aliotlo., shall we, by sustaining a fraudulent ami illegal declaration of the votes cast, stit'e rh voice of the millions of voters who have lreeiy cxpn-.s.s.tl tiie ir -hoice, and thus seen to -orrect a great wrong by committing a:io:h-r imnvsurably greater wrong? I an we sanction such action of the Itcisian.i returning boanl. rnd thereby form a prec'd nt under the authority of which a party once in MMer may lorever 'retiiato its rui-. and so end constitutional liberty? Shall such is the fate of this republic nt tlie beginning of lha second century of its existence, is the momeiitou quest ion now presented b.;r tlie i -ti rmiii.it Ion of t he American (eople. John M. 1'ai.mmi. ' Lyman Tim mih i-I., Wll.l.I.VM Jtlol.t K, . I .KOKHK F. S-! I nt, (Jroit'JK W. .H lia.n, I'. II. W.VTS.1N.

Uli; STATE AT I.AIM.I.. ISnrglar- are abundant in llocl.prt. Tramps ami hurjrlars infest all parts of tiie state. Luther lleiisoti lectured at Kvansv ille y storcay. The Kankakee ice harvesters wili bejin p'r.itions short'. y. The tobacco crop i- ,ih umlaut in the soui!:f rn part of the state. Lvansvillc Is wrestling with tlie unemployed poor problem. 1. 0. Karle appears as Hamlet, in Tene Haute, on Wednesday. Davitl Ihn klin was accidentally shot while rabbit hunting at l'rinci ton. The funeral of f'ol. powlinfr takes plsco at Tcrre Haute at 2 o'clock this aft rnoo::. The Tern Haute trnind jury returned 11 indictments Thursday and 17 yesterday. Dr. Heed, of Vincennes, cures lockjaw with whisky. Jle lately gave a patient three gallons in a week. Tbc fast freight to be put on tlie Wabash road next week is regarded "as a great acquisition to the line. YV. R Joflries was accidentally shot and killed by bis father at Yankeetow n, on the Ohio river, last week. Within Ihe past three days the Tcrre Haute and Kvansyille railway has given connecting lines 't car: of cotton. 1'niili News: A birth, death and marriage in one family occurred all in one day in Fayette county, Pa., recently. It is said that the Hon. John Yaryan, of Wayne county, will be a candidate for speaker oi the lower house of the state legislature. ! The Madison county republican central committee nominated '. F. Ioxey, for senator to till the vacancy occasioned by the decease of Hon. H. 1!. Cree. Paoli News: The sheriff is again assisting us in furnishing reading matter for our patron1?. It pays us. but we do heartily vv ish thai the necessity for it, did not exist. I igonier Rinner: fiovernor Tilden rci ei ved the largest vote ever cast for any man for the cilice of president. And yet the radical tricksters are making every possible exertion to ''count him out." A young man going by the name of J. t'lordon llennctt created ä sensation at Des riaines. the other day. His wife heard of anoiiier wife at Klkbart, Indiana, and caused her friends to pound him. Kvansyille Journal: 'The question now i. will any republican elector sell out?" A very significant question, but isn't it rather a severe reflection on the morals of the average republican officeholder? Rochester Sentinel: The bov that sold Fred Ikiscnberg a male woodpecker for a fer.iale mocking-bird deserves a good lashing from his daddy, over and above the 3 he received for the beautiful warbler. Two gentlemen drove forty-five mile?, from Michigan to South lend, Monday morning, purchased a cutter of the fctudebakers, and drove back in the afternoon. Ninety miles a day is good driving. It is charged that descrimiriation is made against the wives of democrats at the quartermaster's department at JeiTersonville. A Mr. II. Rust, in a card in the Courier-Journal, gives the names of parties so ostracised. A fire in Terre Haute completely destroyed the old Hudnut hominy mill Satnrdav morning. Loss $2,000 to 3,0i0. Tramps are blamed for it. Surrounding houstä were saved with difficulty. John Atherton fell from a roof to the ground and was seriously hurt. The JerTersonville rifles received 100 rifles from the state armory at Indianapolis Wednesday morning. They are the improved Springfield breech loading rifles. The com pany is getting along finely, and will tin douhtedly be one of the best drilled companies in the state. The test of the water works at Logansport Tuesday afternoqn was in the main satisfactory, though the machinery seems defective in some respec4s. Six of the streams thrown by steam averaged 103 feet high, and five streams thrown by water pow er ga-ve an average of 97 feet. In a Richmond shop window are seen Indian curiosities sent by Lieutenant Kced, now stationed at Fort .ully, Dakota. Among them is an Indian war-coat, worn by a Sioux chief in lieneral Custer's battle, a tomahawk, stone pipes, tobacco-pouches, Indian armws, buffalo, wildcat and white wolf skins; also, tine Meciniens of an elk and deer, killed in the Black Hills, history of the Sioux Indians for the past twenty years, besides many pictures of Indian 'life and frontier posts, and a very fine lasso made from buffalo hair. South Bend Herald: Two ladies approached the editor of this paper on IldVkafeller's corner one slippery morning last week, and, with what looked like malice aforethought, one sat down on the walk and wickedly threw a leg we beg panlon a 1 foot, out against the journalistic shins, and tne . journalistic corpus oeing suuucniy stricken with inertia collided with the curb. There was no damage done to the curb, but we are mad because tlie owner of "the leg neither apologized for knocking us down nor thanked us for lifting her up.

TIIE PEOPLE'S VOICE

! Almut 1 yiixv. lb elf Heard i j Condemnation of the Kei turnin! Hoard Swindle. RINGING RESOLUTIONS ' ' 0 Adopted at a Meeting of the State Electors and Other Prominent Citizens Last Night. jii itim; or mil comnittki'. Tlie Dcmoerntie Stale Cetil ml Coiiiinlllee 4 ailed to .Meet In tills 4'ity evt Mcdiicday. At a meeting of democratic electors of the s'ate of Indiana, held at the office of the auditor of state, in the citv of Indianapolis, to consider the present political situation. Mineral M. D. Manson was, on motion, elec ted chairman and Charles (.. Oti'ut secretary. On motion, the following named gentlettt.cn were appointed a committee to lir.it't a preamble and resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting, with instructions to report the same to the meeting for their action, to-wit: D. W. Voorbecs, chairman: J. li. Howard, N. S .Marshall, .1. H. Adrian. II. V. Menzees. ' Said committee reported the following preamble end resolutions, which were nuanin.oi.ly adopted, to-wit: Whereas. Unscrupulous leaders of tiie r'putlkan party, by means of tho corrupt partisan machinery known as retnrni'g loarus. Lave in three states attempted to rovers,' the vote of the people by unlawfully and corruptly excluding parishes and comities from the count, thereby undertaking to cieet to' tli presidency and vice prvsidcr.ry those who have been repudiated by tlie s ople; and, whereas, stich action is subversive of free government, is ilangorous to tlie peace and welfare of the country and destructive of the rights of the people of all the states of ihe I'nion; therefore, IJesolved, That it is the duly of the people to make: know n their solemn protest in this perilous crisis. and to t.ike such steps ;!s may lie twessary to avert tlies' threatened evils and to save, their country from the . calamities certain to follow the consummation of such corrupt and revolutionary schemes. YV therefore recommend io the democratic st.K, central committee of India la to call a convention of the people of Indiana at an early day, to consider the imperiled condition of the pul.lie x"ace and welfare, ami to give expression to their views anil wishes. M. I. Minso.n, t liairt'i.tn. Cit vki.i s (i. Oi i ITT, Sc'y. iM'tvx vcot.is, Ind., Dec. li, lsTit. At the same time the following call ;i. issued for a meeting of the state democratic committee nest week: Inpi v viilis, Dec. In pursuance of tin request of the democratic electors of the state of Indiana, this day expressed, there will be a meeting of ihidemocratic state central committee nt Indianapolis, on Wednesday, December 1., 1 ", at lo o'clock a. m. As business of gn at im portance will come Wfore the committee, it is earnestly reqtfestcil that every member will ho present. M. I. M vso. Chairman. HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. Report of the Board of Trustees and Superintendent of this State Institution. The report of the trustees of the hospital for the insane refers to the report of the superintendent for the expenditures of last year, and the statistics as to patients, recoveries, etc.; compliments Dr. Evans the superintendent, and his assistants for the faithful performance of their duties; discusses at considerable length the necessity of raising the hospital to such a standard of excellence as that it shall be a suitable place in its appointments, ."as to subsistence, shelter, and,, more than all, professional skill and management,'' for all classes, Whether rich or poor, learned or unlearned. To this end the loard, in co-op-eration with the superintendent, have labored, and are gratified to have the assurance that the insiution stands well, not only with its patrons in the täte, but abroad. They suggest, for the benefit of their success, that the compensation of the members be made either commensurate with their lalors and responsibilities, or abolished, and the office lie wholly of "honor." They thank his excellency, the governor, for bis kindly care and- interest; invite, on the part of the next legislature, a rigid and just scrutiny of their otticial conduct, and request a liberal support for tho future. (Signed) P. H. Jamksox, ir.o. F. Chittkndkn, Jons T. Rich vkioo.v. Superintendent! ReMrt. There were in the institution at the liKi of the year 554 patients, 270 men and i'l" women. Four hundred and eighty-nine were admitted, 242 men and 217 women. There were discharged 44:. '2VJ men and 1211 women.of which number '2i were "restorel"" or cured, and 3G "improved" and Ul '"not improved"; 7!) "died" and one "not insane." tix hundred were remaining in the hospital, .'500 of each sex: About one-half of the insane of the state had received the benefits of treatment during the year. The finances were in a favorable condition. There had been 'expended on acaount of maintenance during the year 1 42,007.04. and there remr.!ns a balance on hand November 1, 1870, of $,31.1.92. On account of repairs Appropriation, -S,000; there had been expended 0,202.30; balance November 1, $1,597.70. . The superintendent rcconi menled l.5o per week per patient for the next two years, or $140,000 per year for maintenance. There had been no charge among the subordinate officers during the year, and .h's. acknwledgments were tendered to contributing the administration. Twelve thousand dollar per annum should be appropriated for repairs, and the Institution should have telegraphic communication with the city as a protection against fire and for convenience of those interested in other partsof the state. Reference is made to the new building, which when finished will not only be of benefit to the insane, but a relief to those burdened with their care. The rerVort concludes with a discussion of the question of restraint of patients by physical means and appliances, while he to some extent favors the American idea that restraint is in some cases necessary, he thinks it should be reduced totheminimnm, never employed except for the benefit of the patient or for tlie safety of others. (Signed) O. Evakts, Superintendent. 'Trelawney, in his "Recollections," tells of the burning of .Shelley's lody in Italy, ls. A furnace was made of iron bars and strong sheet iron, supported on a stand. Jlyron and Leigh Hunt were in the party to witness the

operation, but P.yron withdrew lefore it was over. " The tire was so fierce as to produce a white heat on the iron, :md to redr.ee it cot. tents to jrrey ashes. The only portion that v ere not con-uiucd were. sime l'ri;menis of Ikuics, the jaw an.', the skull; but what surprised us all was that the heart remained entire, in snatching this relic from the fiery furnace my band wa.s severely burnt, and had any one seen me do the a;-t I should have been put in quarantine. After cooling the iron mit hine in the sea. I collected the human ashes and placed them in a box, which I took on board the Dolivar."

THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL', 1876. Wheeler and Wilson Victorious. Again the WLeelt-r iV Wilson .Sewing Machines triumph over the world. The Cents nnial commissi,, n have officially announced tho awards, and decreed for the new Wheeler ,V Wilson machine two medals of merit and two diplomas of honor. This is a double victory, and the highest award which it was in the power of the Ct ntenuial authorities to bestow. No other company received such a recognition in this department. More than 'M of the host producers of machine in this and other countries entered for cotns'tition, and at Philadelphia in 1W, as at Vienna in 1X73 and at Paris in l-s;7, W'Ueeler A, Wilson load the list, After a careful, rigorous and exhaustive examination, the judges unanimously decided that thu suicrior excellence of those machines deserved more than one medal or diploma, and onset ,uently they recommended two of each. Tho ( 'ontennial Commission unanimously ratified the action of tiie judges, and the public will doubtless indorse the ilecisi")ii of th;se ablest of mechanical experts A claim of equally distinguished honor by any other sewinj machine company is only an attempt to hoodwink the j.x'Ople. Read the following, which stamp the "New Wheeler it Wilson ' as the standard sewing machine of the world. From the official report: AVN A KlS TO W ill KUR A WILSON. 1. A medal and diploma for the "Now Wheeler A. Wilson sewing machine," for the following reasons: "A" lock-stitch .sewing machine, unsurpassed in tine workmanshipof its parts, great originality, great adaptability to dillerent kinds of work, both in cloth 'and leather, beauty of stitch, case and rapidity of motion, and completeness of display." J. A medal and diploma for the NewWheeler A Wilson sewing machine" for leather, for "superior quality of work i;i leather stitching." .Vi.rxXi Monitor .okinir. stoves have 1 on sold. They are made of the liest material, with itll the tvest improvements; are- clean, nev-r smoke, fitvl arc Is-tteradiiplod for all Miels o 'Wiking and baking than any "ther coal -buru ing stove that is inad-. Kxchange. i.'aki-d brv.ist.s, rheumatism, w-iatica, sw'llinzs, p'iln. stitl'Jo nts, burns, scalJs, poisonous bites, and r.ll tlesh, Ism; and muscle ailments, can Ik- atsolutely curl by tü Ontnnr Liniments. What the white IJnlment is for lite human family, the ollov Liniment is for sjmv in.il, called and lame horsesand anim.ils. Mothers can so tire health for their Miililreti ami rest for themselves by the use of Cnstoria, a perfect substitute for cat or oil. It is atisolutehv harml, and Is as pleasant to take asnonoy. For wind colic, .sour stomach, w ii ius or ernst.! i a lion fr young or old, there is nothing in existence like it. It is certain t is sitecdy, it is cheap. Money! Money! The receipts of money for tickets In the grand drawing of the "Kentucky C'a.sh Distribution Company" during the last few days Jiavo been almost unparal-lelt-d. It, . hOeins as. if thewholt) country had broken out into a great frenzy of ticket-buying. No city, nl scarcely a town, village or hamlet, has refused to contribute to this drawing. This is not to be wondered at, when we consider th.i magnitude of the gifts, the cheapness of the tickets, anil the perfect fairness of the drawing. At the present rate, Ilm tickets will give out liefore the drawing. fo imy your tickets at once. Whole tickets, $12;balves, 2i; quarters, 1. Ex(iov. Tlios. P. Porter, Jeneral Manager, Frankfort, Ky. FINANCIAL. IAIIM lirtANS. Eight per cent, on large L sums and nine on small, five years, witiiout life insurance. Can make prepayments or partial payments if desired. No loan less than tl,t0, ami only to thirty er cent, of value of improved farms. SMITH & HAN NAM AN, No. 1!7 Virginia avenue. MONKY to kwn, on five years' time, on first mortgages on improved farms. If titles t re goitd. money prompt lv obtained on rcai,Sble terms. A. L. KOAOIIK, Corner Circle mid Market. 3SEISCEX.IAlSrEOXJS. fee a week in your own town. Terms and ! sDÜ Mitfltfree. JI.HAL.LErT A CO., Portland, Maine. I701T HAI.E Matthews' Patent Renewable X; Memmnliini Book for 50 centfor No. 1, or 40 cents for No. i Sample conies sent anywhere on receipt of price. Address, ISENTIN EL C .M PANY. In.liananolis. 1 TTOU SALE Matthews' Patent Renewable j 3Ietnofanlum llovk. .Send for sample copy and priiv list. Samples ent postpaid to anv' address on re-eipt of j0 cents for No. i. or 40 cents for No. 2. Address, SENTINEL COMl'AN Y, Indianapolis. . milK'PEOPlJF.S I.ELXtER has no continued 1 stories. Eight large nges weekly. S v -eral copies free for three cent stamp. II. K. CURTIS, Uoston, Mass. iVlYTFll to cure a case of Catakkh in each II .1.1 1 1. 1' neighborhood, with Dr. Karsner's Remedy, to Introduce it. Sample.) tree. J. TILTON,Pit;sburs,l,a. CK n ttOfi per lav nt hom. Samples sj)0 tU vpl worth 3 fre. 8TINSON & O., Portland, Maine. (IO ftday at home.. Aeonts wanted. Outfit vlfc and terms free. iRL'E & CO., Augusta, Maine. o-it- I .-r f.!.. m m.-m ftw Flor4 inn -CfcTA-1 oiri rvi"". - .- . -. . Retlrr Vrrmlfugn, tbr (reu V rm lrtroyfr, tii .00 lnr. I.c warm from dcld. 8 ten Id. VI n. BwrttT, Bv. Lou'.i, Mo. Price of raeb, loft. If Jour drurirfat- dM't kts-t Ui.tu. Brad for una. B. K. PKl.l.KKS c,.. rrotTtri. i-nuMitg, rm. tTHTAXTEOt KtLRNnr.X at a tvilnry nf S12O0 it W r.-r i tmo-l :ttiU m-11 ."sJ-i to lraleTm. I'FIHH.tXIJ. K..I.-I on.i ir.iv.-lim; exrvnsci uiiL Adirvsr. iuiiio ; !;i5i-rvCirBrm Co., Cincinuitli.Oljia. , I"ivVJ KLIN TYPE . KOTJXUliV, . 77m Stm-t. Cincinnati, Ohio. ALLISON', SMITH & JOHNSON. Tin tr frm M. h hi jitior i print" li frc ibv t.iintirr Kn. UNTiitx.

CENTAUR LINIMENTS IVIiilo, for Um- Ilitmaii Fnmilj. Yellow, for IIorM . aitl AiiIiikiI. Tlise litilnK:tits are sitnf ly th onW of tl worltl. Th ir rlcts re little .ess than iiuirvolloik, y t lh n- art' tii' tliltijfs w lilt-h they will nt do. 1"lit-y will nnt run- canMr or mend broken bom s, but ihey w.U alwav s ai!:iv ain. They hnvo stnigiitt tid tingcix". c'r i hronic rlit'iinnit ism fif many y,-.r taniljii' and takrn lh jmiti from n-rn'. tmni and" M-alls, whli-h has .ni vt-r bt-sn J.,,. l,v any other article. The White IJni'iu nt i forth- ;-:nsn f.tiuiTy. It will drive rliuiiiittisii.. st iatit-a and neuralgia, from the system; -u-' iumbao, chilblains, palsy, itch and in-st cutu;n t.ii eruptions; It extn.-fi fnst from r"r .-n !::.ntls anil ftH-t, and tl.e M.is4.n of hlts siti sof venomous reitil. s;lr snlwlin s su-.-ilins and alleviates pain of every kind. For prnins or hi-ni it is ih most jx.t. iit remoily ever diMtivt-reii. Tlie ,'-nuinr Liniment is used with creat fflcacy f rs.re throat, to)tl;ach, caked breasts, eara. he aid weak back. The following is but a sau:pk ol iiuiiktons testimonials: Indiana Homk. Jeff. ,.. Ind.. May 2s, JsTh. I think it luv luty to inlomi you that I liave suffered much with swod :i fwt and .liiords. I have not ti-n free Ir m thesi- swellings in eight years. Now I am perfeiMly w ll. thanks t the f Viftaiir L.ini:n.'u:. Tie Liniment ought to In- Hp'lisl w arm. I'. KN JAM IN I'.UOWNV The pror is In Hie trial. It is rvlinhle.it U handy, it js cheap at.u every faniiiy should have it. To the sick ami W-d rid.I.-u. the. halt and lam, to tho woi.n.hsl and stjfe, we ny, Coiue ami lie healed. To the oor and dUtnssl who haveipent Ihelr money for wi.rthlexi ini(l.-'.n-. :t Imiiikof tVntaur Liniment will dn witiiout linrge. tiik ykli.ow t i:vr ri: i.immknt Is atlapted to the touli. int:ie, enpis nnd llesli of hniM'tiuiil aiiimiiK It !ia rfoiiii,-tl mon; wondiTful eti'.stt tf spavin, ;r.tii. wiit.tsall.s, scnitches, swis-ny and. getierd innn-tH', than all other renifslies in e.vLsteti's-. Read what the great t-xiresKiii,-n My ti it: Nkw Youk," January, lsrt. "Every owner of bo. m-k should wiV'- ili- nt.'iur Liniment a trhtl. W'e cons; 1 r it the iw si art icl ever usd in our stables. "II. Marsli, Supt. A1: ins Kx. !rih1es. N. Y. K. PI LTZ. Supt. I', s. Kx. st0.-... N. V.: AI. BKKT S. OUN, supt, Nat. Kx. -stables. N. v. Monti . i kk v, A I.A.. Aun. 17. 1S7I. " JKNTLKMEN. I hav' UMsl over on gross of t'Vntaur I Jiiini nt, yi.How wnppr, on the liiui.'S of my piimtai l.n. Iiesides i zi-iis of the fftimily Uninient for iny n'gr.-s. I want to piireba.s.; it at the whole-tale prie, anil will thank you to ship me by Savaniiaii steamer one gross of each kind. " Messrs. A. T. Stewart V 'o. wili av your bill tun pre-Ti!Ti.,!i. R.sp.N- fully, JAMIr "JAilijW." The lst vitrtiis of tliis llnitr.i-in nr' lurrii r ami veterinary surgeons. It hr-ls ualls. wouiids'and poii--vd. removes fvcllxns, ;.n.l Is worth millions nf dollars Ut Ia.:u is. 'ivoiy-m-n, teek-iirow . sl.e p rais- is. aad tl'i.-e liaving hors's r -attle. WJiat. a farri r e;i not do f ir the .' ntaur Liniment w ii! do at a tritlinti cost. These lin in i. ii is -i j-,- ;,rra n t -1 l.y the i.rtprletors, and a Ik! 1 1 will lie uiv-r. : any .'arrier or pbysieian v im d-sire lo t-st th'in. Sold vverj w b r'. Itboratory of J. R. R-K A i .. li'; lVr street. New Yor I:. (JAST01UA. Is a pe.unil and -rf-'t substitute !:i ail case lor 'ast,r oil. "astoria is the result of an old physician's effort to prodii, lor hLs own jnictice.an oMeetive cathartic, jibasunt to the laste nnd fre,- from trripiiii;. lr. Samuel ltfebr, of llyaimis, Mniss., suefHied in 11,1x1bining, without the use of ah'ttliol, a purgative agent as pleasant t take lis honev , and w hieb mvs.s.s all the desirable prop.'rtie of castor oil. It is adapted to alt ages, but Is e;ptoiaTty rtM'ommcndisl to mot hen as 3 rd:anle r.'tnedy lor all listirlers of the stomach an.l Niwels of hlMren. It is eenain. asrre-Mi'le, aheohit-ly harialesx, and cbi'iip. It should be nsiti for wind eolio, wer stomach, worms, costivi-ness, croup, etc., then ehiulren can luve s's p, and mot hers may rest. .1. B. Rose & t'o., tf 4; Ley sttv'tNew Yol K. are the sol-j pr-:r rs of (;'istor:a, a tier lr. llteher's reeite.

T H I IS XO TIME To pay T1YO PHOFIT. ou t'lo.hiii and KniMiisliiiiß JiootK, 11 lien you can huy at llu Anl only pay OA I. Small larin above WlioleKa!p-lainifacluiH-rs Cost. THIS IS NO TIME To buy of tho ordinary ltctnil Dealer, ulio ha.H bonglit Ills stock lrom laiinfaetnrers ivlien yon ean buy direct from 3Iaiiiin.tiircr4 at Xo. 5 V 0 KATES KI.CK IC. as. Clieap as they can buy by theiiahtiy. THIS IS NO TIME To pay Hiddlc Men 820 tor a SUIT or OVERCOAT, whei the name article may be bought at thelVIIEV for 17. THIS IS NO TIME To pay Hiddle Men SO centw tor 14 oz. Underwear, when yon can buy it at the 1VIIEX Clothing Store for cent. THIS IS NO TIME To spend money that miht be saved by simply visiting the WEEISEvT CLOTHING STOKE, 'S oh. 5 and il Hales Block, KT. IEIsTlSTS YLVyVlsTIV ST. Opposite the l'oto31oe.