Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1884 — Page 1

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MORDECAI F. CHIL.COTE. Attomev-at-Law RKNS6KLAEK, .... I'VDIANA Practices fin the Courts of Jasper and acfoinlng counties. Makes collections a specialty. Office on north side of Washington street, opposite Court House- vlnl K, 6. D WIG GIN ° ZIMBI DWIUGINS R. ». & Z. DWIGGINS, Attorneys-at-Law, Reksseiaeb - - | Indiana Practice in the Courts of Jasper and ad Coining eounties, make collections, etc. tc Office west comer Nowels’ Block. v_ nl SIMON P. THOMPSON, DAVID J. THOM PSON Attorney-at-Law. Notary Public. THOMPSON & BROTHER, Rensselaeb, - . . Indiana Practice in all the Courts. MARION L. SPITLER, Collector and Abstractor. We pay , irticular attention to paying tax- , selling and leasing lands. va niß | FRANK w. B . COCK, . Attorney at I*am? And Real Estate Broker. Practices in all Courts of Jasper, Newtoi tnd Benton counties. Lands examined Abstracts of Title prepared: Taxes paid. Collection.* a. Specialty. .TAMES W. DOUTHIT, ATTORNETsAT-LAW and notary public, bWJdingf Remselaer f 1 nd. Maieever ’ 8 new EW^SNrDER, Attorney at Law Remington, Indiana. JOLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.

w. HARTSELE, M- D, HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. JEsTChronic Diseases a Specialtj’.^j OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Block: Residence at Makeever House. July 11,1884. DD. DALE, ■ ATTOKNEY-AT LAW MONTtCELI.O, - INDIANA. Bank building, up stairs. J. H. LOUGHRIDGE. F. P, BITTERS LOUGHRIDGE & BITTERS, Physicians and Surgeons. Washington street, below Austin's hotel. Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running uusettled longer than three months. vlnl DR. I. B. WASHBURN, Physician & Surgeon, Rensselaer hid. , Calls promptly attended. Will give special attci tlon to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. ■ "** R. S. Dwiggins, Zimri Dwiggins, President. Cashier . Citizens’ Bank; RENSSELAER, IND., Does a general Banking business: gives special atten i ion to collections: remittances made on day of payment at current rate of exchange lint- .si |.;i«l «. n hulunees: certificates healing 'rtercst Issued; exchange bought and sold. This Bank owns the Nu-glar Safe, which took the Premium at the ClHcago Exposition in 1878. This Safe is protected by one of Sargent, s Time Locks. -The bunkvaultused is as good as can be built. It will be seen from thn toregoing that this Bank furnishes as good sacuritj to depositors as can be. ALFRED M COY. THOMAS THOMPSOI . Banking House OF A. McCOY &T. THOMPSON, successors to A, McCoy & A. Thompson, bankers. Rensselaer. Ind. Dyes general Nanking business Buy and sell exchaoge. Collectioi s made sn all available points. Money loan. 1 Interest, paid on specified time deposits Office same place as eld firm of A. Me Cor Thompson. „ api'U/wi

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THOMAS J. FAROES. * .j - • Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps,

jSgjjJW [ M^-SHOES L WEVERY PAIR WARRANfO * FOR SALE BY THOMAS J. FARDEN, 3 Doors East of P. O. Rensselaer, Ind. A complete line ot light and heavy shoes for men and boys, women and misses, always in stock at bottom prices. Increase of trade more an object than large profits. See onr goods before buying.

fi ents - Furnishing Goods! N WARNER & SONS . DEALERS IN Hardware, Tinwarr, South Side Washington Street, RENT SSES I* ABU, - - INSIAST;

IRA W. YEOMAN, Attorney at Law, NOTARY PUBLIC, Real Estate and Collecting Agent. .Vill practice in all the Courts of Newton * Beaton and Jasper counties. Office:— Up-stairs, over Murray’s Cit.; Jrug Store, Goodland, Indiana. THE NEW Hi— RENSSELAER, IND. JU=W OPENED. New and finely furnished.— Cool and pleasant rooms. Table furnished .vitll the beet the market affords. Good Sample Booms on first floor. Free Bus to and from Depot. PHILIP BLUE, Proprietor. Rensselaer. May 11.1883 ts. LEAR HOUSE, J. H. LEAR, Proprietor, Opposite Court House , Jl on ficelle, Ind Has recently been new furnished throngb out. The rooms are large and airy.tho loea tion central, making it the most conye den and desirable house in town. Trv it ■HHBBnanmßßannHßnr An Answer Wanted. Can any one bring us a case of Kidney or Liver Complaint that Electric Bitters will not speedily cure? We say they can not, as thousands of cases already permanently cured and who sre daily recommending Electric Bitters, will prove Bright’s disease, Diabetes, Weak Back, or any urinary comolaint quickly cured- They purify the blood, regulate the oowels, and act directly on the diseased parts, Every bottle guaranteed For saleatfOc, a bottle by FB. Meyer- I— 3o An Entrprising, Rliable Ho us . F- B. Meyer can always be relied upon, not only to carry in stock the best of everything, but to secure the Agency tor such articles as have well-known merir, and are popular with the people, thereby ‘Ustuming t he reputation of being always emerprising. arid ever reliable. Having secured the Agency for the celebrated Dr- King’s New Discovery for Consumption, will sell it on a oosifive guarantee. It will surely cure anj and every affection of 'throat, Lungs, anti Oliest, and to show our confidence, we invjio you to ctli and get a Trial Uotiio Free I—3C j

RENSSELAER JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER IL’, 188-1.

Why Blaine Should not be Elected.

The Hon. Thaddues C. Pound, of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, has written the following letter to General Edward F. Bryant, of Madison, Wisconsin, giving his reasons, as an independent Republican, for opposing James G. Blaine, the Republican candidate for President, ana supporting Grover Cleveland, the Democratic candidate. Gov. Pound has been for years an unwavering leader in the Republican party, always supporting its entire ticket, and has been very prominent in its councils for twenty years. He was a leading member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1864,1865,1867 and 1869. He was elected Lieutenant-Governor of Wisconsin in 1869, and was in 1875 elected to Congress from the Bth District, then embracing over half the area of the State. He served three terms in Congress, taking a prominent part. He was chairman of the Committee on Public Lands in the Fortyseventh Congress. At the end of his third term he voluntarily retired from public life to devote himself to private enterprise. His repudiation of Blaine proceeds from no personal grievance or disappointment, but from a firm and honest conviction that the Republican nominee is not the man for President. Governor Pound ins thousands of friends in Wisconsin, and is well known throughout the northwest as a prominent Republican leader and thoroughly representive man. Read his able letter, as follows: Milwaukee, Aug. 25, 1884Gen. E. F. Bryant, Madison— My Dfar Sir: Your favor of the 23d inst., asking an expression of my views of the political situation, is received.

So many friends, of varied political bias, have addressed me in person and by letter touching my attitude on the presidential question, that I am constrained to make a pretty full response to your kind inquiry, with permission to publish the same if you deem it wise to do sd. After much earnest solicitous deliberation, deem it to be my duty, while abating naught of loyalty to the Republican party, but rather topromote its true purpose, and strengthen it for future good work, to support the Democratic nominee, Gov. Cleveland, for president at the approaching election. My judgment disagrees with, and my conscience rebels against, the action of the Republican convention in the nomination of Mr. Blaine, and. without arrogating for myself wisdom superior to a majority of representative Republicans, convened to voice the determination of my party, am compelled to obey my own judgment and sense of duty in this single and extraordinary instance. Being a lifelong Republican and the recipient of manydistiftguished honors, state and national, it is due my political associates, so often my cordial supporters, and myself that the reasons for departure from conventional co-operations be frankly stated.

No one will deny that the essential worth, if not the perpetuity of the republic, depends upon the maintenance of political and personal integrity, as well as prudence and justice in its legislative, judicial, and administrative branches. It is equally true that detection and correction of crookedness and infidelity in the executive branches of our government are more difficult. while long uninterrupted control is certain to invite abuse of power and opportunity. The Republican party nas enjoyed nearly twenty four years of continuous administrative authority, and, while its history is resplendent with glorious achievements and hallowed by memories of unrivaled statesmans hi p, patriotism and mrowess, there has crept into ixs human machinery many grievous abuses and ailments, demanding correction and cure, which may - r may not be accomplished by the party in\which they are engendered. Happily, the work of purification ana reform has been pro gressing most satisfactorily within our party, under the present chief magistrate; and with such eminent success as to command the unexampled approval of the press, the people, and our party, expressed through state conventions, and- by the Republican national convention in the extraordinary declaration ‘•We believe his eminent services are entitled to and will receive the hearty approval of every citizen.” What, then, does the party owe the country ana itself? Manifestly the continuance of the faithful servant. ommon honesty and a decent recognition of fidelity and wisdom demand it. Little short of hypocrisy would deny it. But being denied, the alternate should be a man whose public life is a guaranty that the good work will go on. He should be the highest and best type of political integrity, statesmanship, and Republican principles. Mr. Blaine is not such a man, but in my opinion, embodies most in American politics that is menacing to public morals and integrity in government. With along public career, mainly distill guished for a sort of declama fory and pugilistic statecraft he is not the inspiration of a single valuable policy, or the author of an important statute; but on the contrary, has often suggested and supported unwise and bad, and op-

posed good legislation. With a record clouded by suspicion and acousion of jobbery aud corruption undefended, he brings to us personal antagoism which have torn and weakened our party in the past: invading the administration of the lamented Garfield with demands of peTso# al vengeance so virulent as to inflame the spirit of assassin >- tion, and culminating in the defeat of Judge Folger, and consequent ejection of Grover Cleveland governor of the Empire state. Mr. Blaiujfs friends justify their defection, which defeated a most excellent man, by the plea of fraud in one proxy at the State convention. Such excuse pales to whiteness when compared with the dishonorable methods employed to secure Mr. Blaine’s nomination. Here many delegates were treated as merchandise to be bartered tor wine, money, or promise of position. The convention, instead .of being a deliberative body, was converted into a howling pandemonium, overflowed by the worst elements of Chicago, admitted without tickets.

But returning to the candidate. Th e acknowledged • leader of his party at home (the Pine tree,prohibition state of Maine), he registers an ignominous defeat for his state, only four years ago, pending the presidential campaign, so disheartening to our party’s cause that only the timely and stalwart efforts of Grant and Conkling could have redeemed the field and secured Garfield’s election—a work soon i ewarded by the gallant knight, when opportunity (as* Garfield’s adviser) was given him, by dealing a cowardly blow from ambush to his old antagonist, Koseoe Conkling. Himself a speculator, enjoying a fortune too great to have been acquired by honest industry, legitimate business enterprise, or his country’s service at *5,000 a year, he sympathizes with ana profits by speculation, stock-jobbing, and gambling methods of acquiring wealth; methods which have wrought ruin, disgrace, and business disasters beyond computation; schooled youth and pursuad* ed middle-age to avoid honest and useful industry; made suicide and insanity commonplace, .unsettled values, placed the fruits of honest toil in the powers of the Goulds and Armours to bear down or bull up the markets, as whim or interest may dictate; methods which recently gave us but an exaggerated illustration of their iniquitqps consequences in the Grant & Ward §15,000,000 failure and robbery. Reference to Blaine’s congressional record relating to subsidies class legislation, corporate exactions, etc., will readily satisfy the honest inquirer of his uniform support of monopollies and indifference to the common weal. Little wonder that he omits in his letter to refer to explain the cause of the great disparity \fi the distribution of this marvelous increase of wealth accumulated during the period he chooses for comparsion; that he fails to note the fact that one three-hundredths part of the -44,000,000,000 is held by one man, while others rank little below; and his own palatial residence, commanding a rental of sll,O 0 a year, suggesting more than an average per capita of wealth. Little wonder tha t he is silent on the subject cl' interstate commerce, the regulation of which is demanded by all producers and legitimate traders. Great corporate interference. It was a lame defense of his devotion to improve civil service to cite the fact that during a prolonged public service he only advised the removal of “four persons.” The expert observer will conclude that lie true betterment of the

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service demanded the removal of ten times four. He should have emphasized his : Position t>y noting the fidelity with which a horde of relativeß have been constantly fed at the public crib, notably the favorite “Brother Bob” drawing pay for another’s services. Nor will the citation of his pacific assurance to Mexico quite cover up his South American policy and interference to protect the Landrau scheme. The death qf His servant, Hurlbert, wliom he feigned to rebuke, mav serve to partially conceal the true inwardness lof this affair, as did in’s garb- ; ed rendering of the Mulligan letters first mislead many charitable people touching the Little Rock bond job.

The disingonuousness of his letter of acceptance is further betrayed by its significant silence touching the events ot the past three years.— Bringing down his historic figures to the present would have revealed the fiction inv°lv®d in his statement; would have shown a marvelous shrinkage in nominal values: would have noted the downfalls of business prosperity and business morals, and would have pictured, as few can do so graphically as he, the furnace fires dying out, the wheels of factories standing still, wages reduced, begE ursuping the place of r, bank and business failures, creditors and depositors wantonly defrauded, homes lost, and crookedness in public affairs. Mr. Blaine is objectionable, furthermore, for the company he keeps, “for the friends’ he has made.” Will the chief promoters of Ids nomination be his chief advisers if elect* ed 2 There’s the rub. I need mention no names, but suggest that the objectionable of his pet supporters are the Tribune’s supporters of Greeley in 1872, and accusers of Blaine in 1876 and 188", charging him with bribery and other penitentiary crimes.

With no pronounced issues between the two great parties, we can safely afford to yield temporary executive control at this time to an honest man, though he be a Democrat. And it grave questions of public policy were at issue, they can not be determined by the executive. This is the prerogative of Congress, the aw-making branch; hereto::ore,for a time and now under Democratic control. It is vastly more important to good government that the Republican party be restored to supremacy in Congress, than the administration of law be intrusted to an unworthy partisan, surrounded by bad counsel. While Mr. Blaine is known to be unworthy, Gov. Cleveland has demonstrated his fitness and worthiness for the position by his fidelity, ability and integrity in the discharge of his executive duties as mayor of Buffalo and governor of the great state of New York, and. in my opinion, a very large majority of intelligent and unpreju diced voters believe he snould be elected. If one-half of the Republican voters who agree in this opinion have the courage of their convictions and vote conscientiously be will be triumphantly elected. The scandals affecting the domestic lives of all candidates should be committed to the political ghouls and hy erias. while it is my purpose to support Cleveland and Hendricks, it is no 1< my determination to snpp< all fit and worthy nominees the Republican party, state, congressional, antTeof ty positions. deprecating the ,conditic which compel whit will be denominated a bolt, I remain, very truly,

THAD C. POUND.