Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1882 — Congressional Committee Meeting. [ARTICLE]

Congressional Committee Meeting.

Th< announcement of Mr. Burnham appears iifethe Republican, and contains a bad and cruel blunder. Radical Howgate’s stealings, as finally audited, is said to amount to *101,275 80. The Tariff Commission is not even ti respectable fraud, for it deceives no one. It is all protection. Little Brown Jug paced a mile in •2:161. at Red Wing, Minn., recently, the fastest time on record on a half mile track.

Dr. Talmacre was the greatest at\ traction at the Trinity College, North Carolina, commencement. Six thou* sand people yyent to hear him talk. I Fraud Hayes planted two acres of corn, using his own little hoe this year. It was a hard, dry, temperance sort of corn, and he hopes that the cobs can be used in place of sandpaper. A Missouri woman was astonished when a man took her suddenly in his arms and jumped into a pond with her; and grateful when she learned that her dress had been in a blaze, which the leap extinguished. At the recent Philadelphia Convention of Independent Republicans the banners bore ths following: “The cause for which Garfield died must not be lost.” Garfield was murdered a Republican crank, and was the victim of the spoils system.

Charles Erway, a boy aged 12 yearsliving at South Bend, was bitten by a dog two years ago. The wound healed, and nothing more was thought of it until Thursday of last week, when the boy began to show unmistakable signs of hydrophobia. Friday his paroxysms were terrible, and his recovery improbable. A recent story by Congressman Sam S. Cox: “While in Georgia some time ago I happened to be passing along the street. “Hullo! Sam,” said a particularly black colored man on the other side of the street. “Hullo,” I promptly replied, whereupon the African aforesaid retorted. “Cuse, me, sab; I’se dressing another cullud man.’ ” A little story about the President: “Chapter I.—When General Arthur was Vice President he wrote to Postmaster Pearson, of New York, re questing an appointment for a polit ical friend. The Postmaster wrote on the back of the request that politicians had no influence in that office. Chapter n.—The letter has since come into President Arthur’s possession. Chapter m.—ls not quite ready to be written, but it will probably read something like this: has been nominated for Postmaster at New York, vice Pearson, removed. The New York Tribune prints the story.

General Milo 8. Hascall, of Gosh en, in his Decoration Day address, delivered at Kokomo, said: “Isay, further, that there is not a machine politician or third-termer in the land* from Conkling and Cameron and other would-be bosses down to the lowest tide-waiter in the machine service, but what, notwithstanding his crocodile tears, rejoices in his secret heart that the man made President by the assassin Guiteau, instead of the one made so by the great American people, now sits in the Executive chair.” Hascall is a leading halfbreed, and evidently hates a Stalwart worse than he does a Democrat.

Brother Talmage, says the Indianapolis Sentinel, suggests that in the next world the spirits of men continue the occupations their bodies follow in this world. It does not seem probable, as for instance, there is exSenator Dorsey. Is he to rob the Government? Is “My Dear Hubble” to assess Government employes? Is Hayes to draw Tilden’s salary ? Is Arthur to hug stalwarts and kick half breeds? Is Guiteau to run a'mud machine with Grant? Is Murat Halstead to champion Lize Pinkston, and Republican officials to steal bond plates, print epUriouS bonds and di vide the proceeds? Is Jo Gray to have a class, and teach his pupils how to vote and count double tickets? I r does not seem possible. Brother Talmage will have to revise his theonr- " i

The Democratic comnait’ee of the 10th C r.gi© sional dist-ict me la the Council. n ber, 8t Logansport, Tuesday, 4>r the purpose of fixing the tune ani place ot holdinc the Dem cratic Congressional nominating convention. The meeting was called to order by A. B. Crampton of Deiphi, chairman, at 2 o’clock. On motion of Dr. Thompson, of Palaski county, Thomas J. Tuley, of Lr. ganeport was made Secretary, and on motion of Mr. Keefe, of Newton county, the meeting proceeded to business. Mr. Keefe moved that the basis of representation of the different counties lie fixed at one vote for each one bund;el voters and one vote for each fraction thereof. Garri<The different counties were allowed representations as follows 1 Lake. 12; Porter. 16: Ncwt->n, 7: Jasg. i 10 F-.t-n, 18; ( 86; •Carr. 11,I 1 , z 2; Wni’e, 16 and Benton 13. On motion < 1 Dr. Thomson the place <>( bedding the nominai.ng ,c-nvention was fixod to be held at V\ inamac and on motion the date of holding.the-same was fixed upon as August 22d. On uiotion the convention adjourned f.

On to-morrow the Democracy of Jasper county will assemble in Delegate Convention at this nlace. If moderation and wise counsels pre vail.a ticket may bs placed in nomi nation which will receive the encouragement and snpport of the masses without regard to political predilec tion. Let honesty and capability be the test For most of the offices there will no doubt be competition. And therefore at this time we desire not to speak of them, preferring rather to leave them to the unbiased action of the Convention. For County Auditor, however, it is universally conceded that Ezra C . Nowels, the present incumbent, aho’d be the nominee. Honest, faithful and laborious in t’ e discharge of the duties of the office, he has made hosts of friends in all parties who will rejoice at the opportunity afforded them to express their appreeiatiOQ of his services at the ballot-box.

• Rensselaer, Ind., Dec. 10th, 1880. To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners of Jasper county, Ind. Gentlemen: The following is a statement of balance due me as agent for the Board of Commissioners for construe, ing a bridge across Iliff Slough, Barkley tjwnship: Paid George Haste, for lumber, . . - S2O 00 Advanced Peter Eldridg , on work, - - - 10 00 My services as agent for Board, *> - - 11 00

Total, - • s4l 00 Yours. Respectfully, 8. R. NICHOLS. State oe Indiana, 1 . Jaspeb County, i ’ I, Ezra C. No wels, Auditor in and for said county, hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and complete copy of a claim filed by S. R Nichols for money expended, and for services as agent of the Board of Commissioners of said county. , , Witness my hand and -j Seal. J Seal of. Office, this the ( 17tn day of June a. d. 1882. EZRA C. NOWELS, Auditor Jasper-County, Ind. Said S. R. Nichols paid me the sum of $1 00 for writing specifications. Ezra C. Nowels, A. J. C.

The above was handed us by Mr Nichols to publish as a reply to the charges of a correspondent in the Sentinel of last week. It will be noticed this i» a claim for a balance due him and that he was allowed sll for his day—profitable wages,—instead of the amount stated in our last. But Mr. N. will be necessitated to make clear another matter connected with this. Mr. Nichols desired us to copy the manuscript of the Auditor and let him have the original. We objected for-want of time, but agreed to put it in type from the Auditor’s copy, and then return it to him. This we did. Now we desire the attention of Mr. Nichols to the Auditor’s certificate as published above and compare it with that published in the Republican.--To afiord a fair comparison we copy: State of Indiana, ) >B. S. Jasper County, )

1. Ezra C. Nowels, Auditor within and for said county, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full and complete list of allowances made bj the Board of Commissioners of said county at their Special April session 1882, and Regular June session, 1882. WITNEbS my name and the ®seal of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County, this 17th day of June, 1882. EZRA C. NOWELS, Auditor Jasper County. If this certificate was substituted with the consent of Mr. Nichols, he is not the man for a Commissioner; if, to save time and labor, the “list of allowances” was used, he may well exclaim “God save me from my friends!” if done with a view to make capital, we assure them such tricks won’t win. The “old man” is on deck,

The ‘ring’ are exceedingly anxious with reference to the probable action of-the Democratic Convention tomorrow. Cock and bull stories over new papers, pledge of patronage to said papers, etc., information traced every time to radical sources—Demo ocrats know nothing and care less about such rumors. Democrats, aided by independent voters of all par-, ties, placed Mr. Nowels in nomination four years ago and elected him.— They can go before the people with him again, his record of official duties discharged with ability and fidelity lending additional strength to his prospects.

The Chicago Times says “The revolt in Pennsylvania against the machine is clear cut and can not be put down before November next. The leaders might now falter, and even turn back, but the rebels of the rank and file would not follow them. If any concession Is made, it must come 1 rom the regulars. The ticket named at Philadelphia proves to be a strong one. The candidates do not regard themselves as simply the signboards of a respectable protest. They have

I an idea that they are running for office, and have entered upon an active I canvass. Mr Stewart, the nomln • ©f the independents for governor, is aggressive and uncompromising. The impression made by him at the large Pittsburgh meeting was highly favorable. The leaders in the Cameron camp has represented him as a disappointed spoils-hunter laying his failure at the door of Cameron 5 whom he had petitioned for place. Answering* this, Steward said: “Never by myself or by another, by uttered speech or writ en word, have I u»ked from ei’her father or son any fav. r or service, political or otherwise, aud I challenge them and their henchmen, adherents and dependents, tn prove to the contrary. So that tnere may be no tloubt about this matter, I re move every restriction from private correspondence, if th re be any, every restriction from private conversa tion, if there was any, and ask only that witnesses shall sp< an the truth. Before that Baal I have never bowed, aud never will.” This is sufficiently explicit. Wolf, a year ago, polled some 40,000 vetes. Hts canvass was without oigauization and was carried on over a limited area by himself alone. The situation is so far changed that out of a possible 444,000 republican vote the independents, of this year may cast a round hundred thousand votes. As the republican plurality in Pennsylvania is but 37,000 the bolt will be sufficient to elect the democratic candidates.”

On Monday last Mr. Voorhees addressed the Seriate in opposition to the National Banking system. He said the Banks were asking an indefi nite lease of power, and after detailing the alleged evils and damages of the system, urged the necessity of eliminating what he regarded as a cumbrous and dangerous intermediate agency between the Government and the people. This, he held, would be accomplished by the measure pre pared by Mr. Vest, substituting for the outstanding bank circulation Treasury notes, exchangeable oa demand into coin, at par, and prohibit-, ing the organization of additional National Banks.