Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1878 — Representative Convention [ARTICLE]

Representative Convention

A convent »on of the National Green buck Labor Party, for the counties of White and Jasper, will be held at Bradford, White county, Indiana, on , Monday, July 15tkv, 1878. tor the purpose of n'ominutlng a candidate for Representative for said counties of White and Jasper in the General Asfti'iflbly of the State of Indiana. By order of Representative Com.

The TLinf National Dank of Cincinnati was one of the ;.lrst to announce specie Resumption when the feeble specie jesumption cry ran thro’ the country fa- M ly. It mlvertik ed that, '‘The circulating notes of this bank will be redeemed on presentation in gold.” The report of te condition of the hank on the Ist day of .June following shows that its cireu lat ing notes amounted to $640,000, and the total amount of its specie on hand, $13,565.75, It had one dollar in coin to redeem forty eight dollars in paper! This is sufficient to show the extent of the ability of the country to resume.

This pretended resumption was a trick set on foot by Sherman to opesate against the repeal of the Resumption Act. The radical Sena e refused to repeal that measure, and now, to influence the approaching elections in his favor. Mr. Sherman gives out Uliut he will be amply prepared for specie payments months before the twine fixed by law.. Refening to this tus Philadelphia Times says: Secretary Sherman, it is now said, s going to resume specie payments of his own motion,somewhere about the Ist of August, or at all events not later than the Ist of December. The explanation given of this interesting announcement is that he can resume just as well in August as in January, and that the accomplishment of. this desired end would have a tine effect upon the coming campaign. Both of these statements are probably true. Indeed, the secretary would be rather safer in undertaking resumption now than if he were to wait until congress came together agatn to overturn all his calculations, and it would enable the administration party to open the campaign with aline flourish of trumpets. The only objection to the scheme is the danger that it might collapse before election day, in which case Mr. Sherman’s position would be rather worse-thau though he had taken his chances and waited till January. And the Indianapolis Sentinel adds:

There is a great deal of chuckline over John Sherman’s resumption alarations. In some quarters it z is held he will resume as a campaign measure just to help the rads in their efforts to gain control of the house of representatives. The question tne leople wiil consider will not be that ohn Sherman has resumed, but rather what his resumption cost the country. Millions of people who had employment before the curse of contraction commenced that resumption might be accomplished,and who have not a nickel when resumption is heralded as near at hand and a great achievement, will be likely to ask themselves, What benefit.is resumption to us?. The thousands who have been forced into .’bankruptcy by John Sherman’s financial policy, and who are now flat broke and out of.'business will not be apt, to glorify resumption and thousands of men who had estates that gave them the rank, of rich men,, aud which, have shrunt out of sight during tire process ob eon traction and that are now going to settle .wortgages, will not feel remarkali ly fiEWj ’ when told.thut lesump

tion is an aeebhapliahed fact. Re* sumption has made contraction of the currency necessary, and contraction has nearly destroyed the cOuntty.— When the people ask themselves, What has resumption cost? they will not be likely to rejoice over its accomplishment: They will be less likely to rejoice when they discover that after all the financial distress inflicted upon the country, resumption is a failure, and the money lords only have been benefitted by Sherman’s policy.

Fresh cocoa nutsatCatt & Smoot’s. The lost Atlantic cable of 1866 has been found and picked up. Go to Catt & Smoot’s for the best cigars and tobacco in town. The English minister at Washington says the Potter Committee investigation exposes “a uausty mess.” Best browned Coffee'at Catt & Emoot’s. Try it. Hon. D. D. Dykeman bus received the Democratic Congressional nomination in the Eleventh district.

Go to Catt & Smoot for the Bald Head Cigars. The Alabame and Delaware radicals have concluded to have no State ticket. “One by one the roses fall.” The cheapest place in town to get groceries is at Catt & Smoot’s. Try them and see for yourselves. Senator D. W. Voorhees will open the campaign at South Bend, Indi ana, in a speech on July 27 th, at 2 o’clock, p. m.

“The Rogues’ March” was struck up by the band at the close of a bloody shift harrangue in lowa, recently.— Very appropriate.

Secretary of tiio Navy Thompson lias gone a junketing on u government vessel, taking with him accompany of fifty. Uncle Sam furnishes the rations.

The Indiana Tenth District Radical Congressional Convention “will be h.'ld in the town of Wanatah, LaPorte county, Tuesday, July 16th, 1878, at 10 o’clock, a. in., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for representative in congress; and to transact any other appropriate business.”

The consul is a hurdy-gurdy, he would, if hs could, be very discordant, and while he loudly thluks those with whom he would tamper are d -d fools they happen to entertain the same lofty opinion of him, and declare they have no faith in biin. The con-ul, i clitically speaking, is a bad egg.

Everybody is suffering from heat, but we are most oppressed from a visitation of the mighty consul's wrath. A majestic consular frown settled upon his pensive, massive brow, his midnight colored orbs emit ted flushes as from a heavy, Diack storm cloud, as he poised himself on the loftiest rock in Turk Island, and announces to his subjects that we are guilty of uttering a mendacious and nonsensical untruth. We didn’t know it was that kind, and will only add that he should not originate them if he can not tolerate their repetition.

Dear Me.: Your Sentinel of last week presents our mutual friend Janies in the following coils:

Would-be Postmaster James, Chairman of County Radical Committee James, Chairman of Congressional Committee James,Consul James, and Member of State Radical Central Committee James. What a “numerous” individual he is! Evidently, it takes a number ®f “guy-ropes” to hold him. And this is the variegated bird who presumes to be the censor of the political faith and actions of men devoted to principle, and loyal to the dictates of con-

science.

REMINGTON.