Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1880 — Landers or Porter—Which? [ARTICLE]

Landers or Porter—Which?

In that great school for more than a hundred years.-They are tired of these new-frshioned book sand masters. They propose to bar out these jaew masters —-teachers in disguise of ty-runny—-and to be tfce masters themselves once more. They will have the good old s book ba*)c again, and they will learn the old, old lesson of liberty as written by Thomas Jefferson and signed and approved by John Hancock, the illustrious namesake of the next President of the United States. By what strange and curious fatality the leaders of the Republican party, in their search for a candidate for the Presidency, were driven into the late Electoral Commission, and a felicitious Nemesis, as fortunate as it was unexpected, has given to the people of this great country the opportunity to visit upon tne person of | the great offenders that punishment which Ikinust finally overtake all transgressors, and HLspecially those who commit the unpardonsin against the liberty of the people, Hfrhich will never be forgiven in this world ■or the world to come. General Garfield was f a’member of the late Presidential commisf sion, and he is personally and peculiarly responsible for that remarkable civic phenomenon—that political parenthesis—to I which I have alluded. He deliberately plotted and planned with his confederates to set aside the will of the people. He was a lawyer aiid knew the law. He was in , the public service and knew the facts, f He fwas a sworn representative of , the people. He was a sworn judge in the highest judicial tribunal which has ever sat in this country; nevertheless, in disregard to |l the law, in the face of the facts, in the teeth ' of the truth and the testimony, and in insulting defiance of the popular will, he voted to < seat a defeated pretender in the place of the (lawfully chosen President. Do not doubt thht the millions of freemen in this country, next November, will speak in thunder tones, which will be heard in every precinct between the two oceans in condemnation of these assassins of public liberty and their hired murderers of a free ballot and free thought. The millions of votes will say to this whited sepulcher: This hypocritical Pharisee of New Connecticut, who has sp long dealt in the mint and cummin, neglecting the weightier matters of the law, mercy, truth and justice to the whole country, as you gave your vote and voice to exclude men whom the people had selected to administer the Government, we shall vote to exclude you. > 9 Judge David S. Gooding was introduced, and said there are but two objections made by our Republican friends to the Democratic candidate. One is that he is a soldier. He laid it sounded odd m his ears to hear Republicans growling about the soldier. The other objection to Hancock was that in the discharge of his duty he had hung a woman whom every Republican said was an assassin and a Rebel, and every one of whom declared she deserved to be hung. If the people could see General Hancock they would elect him president. He is one of the most magnificent men in the country. There is yet one other objection they make to General Hancock and that is he wears * corset. The speaker had always liked everybody who Wore corsets. Indiana is the battle ground, and there is no doubt of the result; and we expect to add almost a solid North to a solid South this year. For fifteen years the Republicans have been unhappy lest theTebels would take the country. He wondered what they would say now? , Mr. Gooding’s speech was of the order called exhortation, and was received by the j | crowd in the best of humor. [Colonel J. B. Maynard, of the Sentinel, was called out, and added his voice to the encouragement which had come from every f quarter. He reviewed the methods and the candidates before the Convention—how those at Chicago were slaughtered, and the I harmony which pervaded that of Cineinati. sHe predicted that the result would be most encouraging in the October and November elections. •

[lndianapolis Sentinel, July 10 ] The people of Indiana are eminently orac tical. They are utilitarian. They ar prouc of their State, proud of its wealth and o: its boundless resources. They a>e oopversani; with questions which relate direct y to th< material prosperity of the Commonwealth—its farms and its forests, its mines and it) industries. Indianlans are a sturdy, Belt reliant people. They know what ,ic is t< work; they know the value of wages, sav ings, aud prudent investments. In lookihi: fora man to occupy the office of Chief Mag istrate ot the State, they will be apt to oon eider in what way and to what extent he ha 1 been, identified with the great interests o! the State. Buch queries will hiding Hon. Franklin Landers, tbe Democratic candidate for Govemqr, and, Hon. A. G. Porter, Republican candidate for the same into the promlnencfe demanded by the welfare of the State. Mi. Landers is pre eminently a man of the pec - pie. He is a man of large means, accurat lated by a life of hard work and close atten - ' tion to business. He has his large means invested in business enterprises that requiqß the employment of a large number of met. He operates four or five large fafms, and Is prominently identified with a large pori - packing establishment and a large mercai - tile bouse. He uses his means to vitalise business, to employ laborers, to carry foi ward important industrial enterprises, and in this way advance thewealth and prosperity of the State. Howls it with* Hon. Albert G. Porter, Republican candidate for Governor? In what way has he identified himself with the interests of Indiana? Does he operate large farms? No. Is he at the head or at tbe tail of any large industrial institution? No. Does any of his wealth, whioh'iß equal to tbe wealth of Mr. Landers, flow out from his coffers to pay wages to workingmen? Not a dollar. Mr. Porter prefers to put his wealth in untaxed bonds and pooket the interest, drawn from the toil of men whom Mr. Landers employs aud pays. He prefers a lucrative office in Washington, where his aristocratic proclivities finds society suited th his style. Of these two candidates which is the true representative Indianian? The interrogatory is.pointed and opportune, and the reply comes quick and emphatic: "Hon, Franklin Landers, the Democratic candidate for Governor. Mr. Porter’B life and employments, his antecedents and inclinations, remove him as fa; as possible from sympathy with the great mass of people of Indiana. He is not identified with them in any of their undertakings, and he has done absolutely nothing at all to promote the development of any of tne resources of the State. He might do for Governor of Rhode Island, but here in Indiana something more is demanded. Mr. Landers represent* all th* essential requirements for Governor. Prominently identified with the most important interests of the State, thoroughly conversant with its farming, manufacturing and commercial enterprises, he will bring to his aid as Governor a fund of practical knowledge the importance of whiohl can hardly be overestimated, ' *