Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1878 — Meeting of Democratic Central Committee. [ARTICLE]

Meeting of Democratic Central Committee.

The members of the Democratic Central Committee of Jasper county, Indiana, are requested to meet at rooms of Committee, in Rensselaer, on Saturday Mat 18th, 1878, to transact such business as will come before the committee.

JAMES H. LOUGHRIDGE,

IhaW. Yeoman. Ir'ec’v.

Chairman.

A caucus of ladical members of Congress lias resolved to light a o uin*t «m investigation of the Presidential frauds. Tiro editor of the Union is apparently very sensitive over what lu* terms an imputation of ‘-unworthy motives to its hostile attitude towards the confederate party.” No doubt Col. Healey, who khows ids man, enjoyed n 1 realty ha! ha! lia! he! h-l he-e cl ■rver the Pharisaical presumption of his “old paid.” “Unworthy motive” j« good for one seeking position under a Fraud whose title to the [.residency was stolen from the people.

Bro, James takes the Bar Docket, for Juno Term, at sll, ami we con sentThe paper for it will cost $5, and the abor required will add sl2 to sls may be more to it. In past, years he received SBO for the work. Ha justices himself, we understand, on the ground that he did not ask it—it was llowed. Put who ever knew Horace ~o extend grace to any Democratic el. C. taking back pay on the [flea that it was allowed by act. of a radical Congress, approved by Grunt? If Horace does not depart too soon f<.r Turk Island, and continues in the Fine he has mapped out, lie will Hud he has engaged in a little business that will cut like a two-edged sword —both ways.

The Valparaiso Vidette, generally fair and correct in its lluunoial views, commits, we think, a grave error in the following utterance: ' “The resumption act however need not ire repealed, since, needless as it is, it probably will do no hurt, because so very little paper will be offered f or redemption, tis it will itself be mo.rodesirable than coin.” Hon. Johu C. New, radical United States Treasurer under Grant, says thut “resumption means the redemotion of every matured obligation, ;.üblio and private, in coin,” Enforced resumption will therefore destroy Che legal tender qualities of greenbacks, and it will leave debtors to the merciless greed of the Shylucka win > in that event, will demand the “pound of flesh”--coin—in order to secure the valuable mortgaged properties of their helples, victims. Forced resumption will iix the margin between gold and paper. Mark that. Don’t be deceived.

[From tlni Valparaiso Videcta.] The telegraph reports that Mr. James, of Keasseliu-r, the Union editor and publisher, has had his name presented ey the president for confirmation ujf the senate for the consulship at Turk’s Isles, north yard nearly 6U miles from iiayi.i, where the popula Ifuu is about 1231). We are glaU ihut .dr. James has got this nomination, and wo hope it will Do rea lily confirmed, because not only he is otherwise a tit and worthy man, blithe has merited this muik of approbation by devotion one or two years to the president's hard money doctrine, in the face of popular opinion to the contrary prevailing generally in Ihe we.-t. He aught not now to fail of his reward. We say this not because an office should bo, but because it is considered. and by high pay remteied, a eeward tor previous parly services. Bro. James is with his party in this county ou the “hard money doctrine,” as well as witli tiie president, au 1 in convention assembled denounced all who do u-ot ugtee with them in the following insulting terms: ••The liepuhlicftn party will protect the people from the degrading effects of those pernicious doctrines which leach that the masses are the wards of the government uud utttj rightfu 11.. depend on the government lor money and sttnsistence independently of their individual exertions." And this because the people demand that tue government shall cease contraction and supply sufficient cursencey to meet the demands of tra e. They expect it to obtain circulation in a legitimate way and do not ask it to be given them. The charge is as false as it is insulting. Last year Bro. James let off considerable “wind” because we agreed to do the printing of the Agricultural aud Mechanical Association of Jasper county for the sum of thirty-five dollars and the proceeds of tho advertisements in the premium list. He had the presumption to assert that we were doiug tlio work for “less than tiio cost of raw material,” etc., etc., which satisfied us that his pretensions far exceeded his experience and knowledge of the business, and we permitted him to growl aud groan without interruption. At the time the contract was let to us he bid sixty dollars on the same work, aud for accepting the lowest offer, he impugned tiie motives ot the directors, insisted that partisanism.au \ a desire to pro cure labor without reward controlled them. On Saturday last t.Le contract for 1878 was let to Bro. James, his bid b - ing—less than nothing -seven shares

of stock which will be more likely to bear assessments than dividends . Of course tile officials wer. 1 wise in accepting his offer. We have no complaint to make. They acted fair and square, in the interests of the Assoc ation, and are deserving of the full confidence of tiie stockholders. But Bro. James exhibits considerable tact iu ground and lofty tumbling. His tumble from S6O down to—less than nothing, is & thrilling feat, well calculated to bewilder business men generally. We predict he will astonish the natives of Turk Island before lie litis resided there sufficiently long to take out his naturalization papers. [Some of our readers will doubtless recognize the author of the following iult jesting letter iu the initials, as of one who was an employee of ours over thirty years ago. Since then lie has had a rather diversified experience, seen no little of the world beyond his birth-place, Ferguson Valley, this county, aud now,havingpaased the meridian ol life is bearing a hand in laying broad and deep American civilization on this remoe frontier. Lookiug Lack over whi t lu.sru t been uu entirely unfruitful past, we reeal with grateful pride that not one of our many “boys” who have pushed out into the world since they were our ’prentice hands but are doing well, and never fail to send us such tokens of kindly remembrance, and even uffectioii, lit at cannot but be grateful to us. \\ e would not part with tliut kindly temper of “our boys” toward us for untold gold.] Tiie abo re, from the pen of the able editor of ihe Lewis town (Fa.) Democratic Sentinel, with whom with whom we served 'he years of our apprenticeship, is preface to a letter fiom iltc Black Hiils. written by H. P. L., (H P. Lynch j who was our feliow-ap-preotice. From our knowledge of the “boys” to whom lie refers with so much feeling uud kindness, we know they entertain the sentiments of regard and affection, toward his family as well as himself, which he so fully appreciates. In our lust interview with Cot. J. Ed. Robinson, of Lafayette, who 'snared our apprentice days, reminisce uses of the {past came up, and the kindness and regard of Mr. and Mrs. Wallers for the welfare and comfort of the “boys” was alluded to. The ‘ boys’' fully estimate tiie sincerity Mr. W. when he says “Wo would not part with that kindly temper of “our hoys” for untold gold.”