Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1877 — The Indianapolis. Delphi and Chicago Railroad. [ARTICLE]

The Indianapolis. Delphi and Chicago Railroad.

President Lee is in the city in the interest of the road. He has just re-i-overed from a severe illness, and by reason only of his inability to attend to business has the entering upon the. work been delayed. He will close the agreement with the contractors, and work will be begun at once. The present tloubles may possibly have a dampening effect upon the c attractors, but such a result is not apprehended, as the funds under Mr. L .e’s control are ample to meet every possible contingency.— Delphi Times.

Senator McDonald remarked to an n ter viewer recently that "Morton and Blaine are tunning a race to see which man is to be the champion of a “solid” north as against a “solid” south. It is a mere trick.” With reference to the policy of the administration he said, “Oh, it. suits me well enough. Gov. Hayes will try to do the right thing, I believe. Has done it in many instances. Morton, I believe, apologized for this ‘unfortunate’ state of affairs by saying that the conciliation policy of Gov Hayes was forced upon him by the Democratic party. By that lie meant that unless Gov. Hayes did certain things there would be a civil com mo, ion.— That’s all nonsense and clap-trap. These radicals like to prate about, the oppressed condition of the voters of the south as though they really believed what they are saying. They say that in Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina the majority are held check by the minority. That is to say that because they don’t get an overwhelming negro vote they indulge in the assumption that the negroes are terrorized over and not permitted to vote at all. This is all based upon the assumption that the negroes must of course vote the republican ticket. A wholesale assumption for which the authority isn’t very clear.” He says the Presidential question is settled, but that it is most certain the question as |to the way the electoral vote of Louisiana was cast for Hayes will come up. That there will be a great deal of light on that subject, and it will be put plainly before the people—placed in so clearly defined a light, and in such specific form that there shall be no doubt of it hereafter. He conclnded his remarks by adding that Gov. Hayes hud no more right to the electoral vote of LouisiDAt han he had to that of Kentucky.