Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1881 — Vote for President, 1880. [ARTICLE]

Vote for President, 1880.

Hancock, Democrat, - 4,424,690 Garfield, Republican, - 4,416,584 Weaver, Greenback, - 313,893 Phelps, ----- 1,1-'3 Dow, Prohibition, - - 10,791 Scattering, - Total. - - - 9,169,213 Hancock over Gars eld, - 8,106 In the interest of the National Banks Fraud Hayes vetoed the 3 pei cent. Funding bill. - ■> Consider well the amendments before you vote yes. After the ballot is cast it will be too late for regrets. The Narrow Gauge management is reported to nave been transferred to the Chicago & Northwestern K’y Co Next Monday has been set apart to vote upon the Constitutional Amendments. Whatever you do don’t do it blindly. Registration would add, increased expenditure for the people to pa}> and yet we note the radical press urge it on the score of economy. The Indianapolis Journal, radical State organ, urges Republican members of the Indiana legislature to vote down all temperance legislatiyn.

The Delphi Times issued an eight column four page guppliment with its paper of the 4th., rendered necessary to accommodate its advertising patrons The Funding Bill passed by a Democratic Congress, and. vetoed by Fraud Hays, would have saved to the people in the way of interest from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000 a year, We have received the“ Fowler Eye” a seven column folio, “devoted to Temperance, Moral and Social Reform, and General Intelligence,' W. T. McNeil, editor. We wish it success. “Indiana,” says the predatory Dorsey, “was really a democratic State, but I bought it for Garfield,” That is the substance of the recent speech of this useful member of the republican party. The republican press of the State are trying to solve the problem: Who carried Indiana? Dorsey, New, Harrison, Dudley, or the eastern corruption fund. We believe the it was the latter. f Henry Foster* musician of the “Standard Dramatic Constellation Troupe,” died at Remington on Monday morning of last week. Schuyler Lodge I. O. O. F. of Remington took charge of his remains and interred them in the cemetery at that place.

No poor man, with his great privileges in view, can vote that be may require a residence in a township 60 days and in a ward or precinct 30 days to secure him his vote. Aside from all partisan feeling, we think the “registry” and the 60 and 30 days residence amendments should be defeated. The amendment ballots are printed on white paper, with the words “yes” and “no” following each pro. posed amendment. Those who are in favor of the amendments will erase the word “no,“ and those opposed to them will strike out “yes.“ A ballot voted without such erasure will be ineffective or equivalent to not voting at all. A registry law in the hands of a party that oould steal the Presidency would but perpetuate infamy. Names innumerable could be registered, and on election day a vote could be mustered for every name so registered. By this means Philadelphia has been carried by radicalism for lo these many yerrs past. Vote, no on such an amendment.

Consider well what may result from the rejection or adoption of the amendments. the ballot it cast it will be too late to consider the propositions presented. Party feeling should impart only a desire for good. If satisfied that good will result from their adoption, vote for them. If there be doubts, vote for their iejection. We can afford to wait rather than to rush headlong in. to greater evils than aow exist. On the first page of the Sentinel last week we published the official vote, of each State, in the Presidential election. The figures showed that Hancock received a majority of 9,106 over Garfield. Now the radical papers are presenting the mere statement, without official figures to back it, of McPherson, of the radical flnan eial committee, whose interest is the same, and who is no better authority than themselves, to show that Garfield is ahead. Too thin. Monticello Herald: Will the Rensselaer Republican please explain what “thing” it is that has become intolererable to Monticello? It says: “When a thing becomes intolerable to Monticello, she tries to palm it off on her sister towns as ‘a man of good moral character.’ Wicked, deceitful and unfeeling Monticello.” Yes, and “wicked, deceitful and unfeeling Monticello” Herald I Would you have our neighbor name his “thing” out and may be get his head “punched”? The item was only intended to secure a little cheap applause for its author—aothing more.

Fowler Eye: “Near twenty children have died with <he measles since that contagious disease struck this city. Our doctors are stiil at varanee as to whether it is measles or scariitina.” Fowler Era: Miss Dwiggins, one of Fowler's energetic and successful school teachers spent Saturday and Sunday in tl e “Celestial cliy,*' visit lng friends.

Oxford corres-poudent in Fowler Eye; Ed Puseupile, of is in town looking for a room in which to start a restaurant and ice cream parlor. Welcome, Toe Fowler Era says that George Meyer of Boswell was lodged in jail Monday evening of last week for shooting at, with intent to kill, John Dougherty, an aged and respectable citizen of Grant township. Too much tangie-foot is at the bottom of it. Remington News: We esunot imagine what has happened to Bro. Cot kins. For some weeks we have failed to get the Republican, and last week one of our citizens getting no less than four copies, all of the same date and issue, What can the matter be?

Our friend John P. Carr has succeeded where his predecessors failed. House Bill No. 81 refunding to Benton county $975 of the expenses of the McCullough murder trial, passed the House on March 4th "1881. Vote 57 to 31. This is a feather n John’s legislative cap. Benton Review: Since red head Gorkins is a candidate for the Superintendeney of Jasper county. We suggest this question: Ts f of the iime past noon is equal to 2-9 of the rime to midnight what is the hour of 'lay? Candidate for County Superintea dent ,eh! Lordy! y, Oxford correspondent in the Fowler Eye:- Our young friend> Frank Foltz, packed his grip and journeyed toward Jasper county, the first of the week, where he will, in connection with his brother in-law S. P. Thompson, assume the vocation of a cattle dealer. Frank will be sadly missed in the social circles of Oxford.

The remarkable philanthropist, Peter Cooper, celebrated his ninetieth birthday, February 12th, by a further enduwment of Cooper Union to the amount of SIIO,OOO. Ten thousand of this is to be added to the golden wedding fund, established by him seventeen years ago, for aiding poor chil* dren. Surely his last days are his best days. —<«»— Kentland Gazette: The charge of Judge Hammond to the Grand on Monday, was very full and expli cit. He dwelt more particularly on the enforcement of the existing laws for the regulation of the liquor traffic, plainly intimating that if the present statute on that subject was enforced as it could and shoujd be it (the law) is sufficient to greatly limit and circumscribe the evil flowing from liquor trade.

Remington News: J. W. Lock and Robt. Shearer started on Tuesday last for France, going direct to New York from thence by steamer to Havre, Mr. Lock is well known to all who are interested in the improvement of stock. He was the first man to introduce the French Norman horses in this section and met with considerable opposition at first, which, how ever, has now all disappeared, and the demand for more is such as to induce him to return to France to make additional purchases of thor-ough-bred horses. Ho expects to return in about sixty days, unless unavoidably detained longer. Kentland News: Mr. Thomas R. Barker and son Samuel spent last Saturday and Sunday at the capitol and drove back to their home in Jaeksou township through the storm of Sunday P. M. Mr. Barker is one of the pioneers of this Iroquois region, being one of the first to biave the perils of a life on the border of civilization. For nearly fitty years he has watched the growth and development of this portion of creation, observing the introduction of railroads, the springing ud as if by magic of towns and villages, the disappearance of the cabin and the substitution of the fine farm house. Generations have come and gone and still he lives to tell of the wonderful strides the country has made. He has been honest frugal and industrious and has not not only been favoured with long life but also a goodly share of earth’s treasurers. In politics Mr. Barker is reliably Hemocra ic and has ever been ready to stand up and defend the party when his services were needed.