Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1888 — Told You So. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Told You So.

Texas gives a Democratic majority of 150,000. Hovey’s plurality plurality for governor is 2,191. Judge Wood? instructions to the United States grand jury in. dicates that he is after Dudley. Sam Randall, of Pennsylvania’ has 18,000 majo ity for Congre-s. He had no Republican opposition. Speaker Carlisle has been reelected to Congress by a majority of 6,000, and yet the Republicans want to cheat him out of his seat. ■> ... President Cleveland has designated, by proclamation, tho 29th day of November next as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer, to be kept and observed throughout the land. Wednesday last Wright Williams, of Delphi, visited Rensselaer and brought into play a “divining rod” in search for gas. The instrument indicated gas veins in various localities. The engraved heading of the Republican ticket of this county was as complete a ‘distinguishing’ mark as could well have been pre. pared for that purpose, and we believe that was the object intended Dudley has not yet put in nis appearance at Indianapols to take oath that he did not tign and circulate the letter ascribed to him, and lift the SI,OOO deposited by the Indianapolis Sentinel for such service. Last Saturday George Strickfadden gave Wm. Wood and LL. Grant a wheelbarrow ride, and D. W. Shields performed the same service for ‘Ras’ Peacock, in fulfilmen of agreements to that effect in case Mr. Cleveland sustained defeat. Just now it is hard to find a Greshamite in Rensselaer. Before and immediately after the nomination of Harrison this neck of the woods was full of Gresham followers. At present republicans hereabouts are preparing their weapons to knife each other for ihe spoils. We have been frequently in. quired of why Horace E. James doesnot fly his own name as editor of his Democrat? Horace is such a schemer we have not undertaken to explain. Possibly he does not wish to be held politically responsible for the editorials at present appearing in his paper.— Harrison is elected, and Horace may be contemplating a re-ap-pointment to Turk Island. Republican jollifications have been in order during the past week. The jub.’lee at this place last Sat urday evening was not near so largely attended as that of the Democrats four years ago. At Mt. Ayr the hilarity was of such a nature that a number from this place returned home without their hats. No respect was maid to either senatorial or ministerial cloth. Editor Sentinel: We de sire thro’ the columns of your paper to express ourgheartfelt thanks to the people of Rensselaer and vicinity, for their kindness and assistance in the "recent sickness and death of our dear mother. John Ryan, Ella Ryan.

We take great pleasure in calling the attention of people who voted for “protection to American , labor” to the following incidents: I Last June E. S. Higgins & C0.,1 carpet manufacturers of New York j reduced their force one-tlurd on account of anticipated depression of business under he Mills bill, and brought their men into line for Harrison & Morton by declaring that wages would have to be reduced unless they weie elected. The firm has now given notice of a further reduction of their force one-half, and 600 men will be thrown out of employment. On Friday last the new pipe mi.l of the Reading iron works shut down, “owing to a lack of orders,” and 300 men were thrown out of employment. On Saturday the Boston sugar refinery, in compliance with orders from the sugar trust, shut down “temporarily,” and all of its employes are left to live on high tariff and east wind. The cheering informatii n is received that the copper trust has made contracts with all the American copper mines for their supply for the next, ten years, for the purpose of restricting production and raising the price of copper. Put these facts down in your note books, good protectionists. We will furnish you further item s from time to time. —Indianapolis Sentinel.