Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1890 — Page 1

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the new RENSSELAER. IND. 0. 8. DALE, Propnet) r mordecai f. chilcote. Attorneyat-L»w (mU ». - • ■ ■ I™"* Prnntlcea lln the Courts of Jasper and adolnlng counties. Makes collea Washington claltv. Office on north side of Washington street, opposite Court House- ID STWTONP. THOMPSON, p AVID J. THOMPSON Attorney-at-Law. ota P_ P ?^^ C * THOMPSON A B ROTH^ usa Hensselaeb. - - Practice in all the Courts. ARION L. SPITLER, Collector and Abstracter We pay particular attention to paying tax .selling and leasiag Kinds. v2n * TV, H. H. GRAHAM. ’’ * attokney-at-law, Rkesdelatb, Indiana. Money to loan on long ,in ' e Se a ‘ t ,0 1 o ereßt ‘ JAMES W. DOUTHIT, ATTORNEYsAT-LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Office In rear room over Hemphill & dOß&u's store, Rensselaer, Ind. Edwin P. Hammond. HAMMOND & AUSTIN, attorney-atslaw, Rensselaer, Ind Instruments. IRA W. YEOMAN, Attorney at I*aw, notary PUBLIC Heal Estate ant CollßctiHE Aießt* REMINGTON, INDIANA. Will practice in all the Courts of NewtoE Benton and Jasper counties. - H. DOUGHIUDOE. B. LOVGMRWoT J» H.LOUGHRIDGE & BON, Physicians and Surgeons. raHno It, the new Leopold B.ock, seco’ d floor, °®“ second door right-hand side of hall: Ten per cent, interest will be added to all Recounts running uusettled longer than three months. vini DR. !• B. WASHBURN Physician & Surgeon Rensselaer, Ind. CUla promptly attended. Will give special attes tion to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. yy W. HARTSELL, M D HOMOEOPATHIC physician & BURGEON. BENSSELAER, • • INDIANA. NTChronic Diseases a Specialty OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Block. Residence at Makeever House. July 11,1884. •“‘“’rSEl CTTIZENS’STATEBANK RENSSELAER V D TiOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS: JLf Certificates bearing Interest issued; Kx■shange bought and sold; Money loaned on farms ■at lowest rates and on mos.f avorable terms ijan.B.Bß. Makxevkb Jat Williams. Pres-dent. vushle 7ABMERS’ BANK, i * Oppos it< Public Bquare_MEt * • SELAER, INDIANA M eve Deposits Buy and Soli Exchange Collections-made and promptly remitted. Money Loaned. Do a general Banking Bcsiness. . August 7,83 JW. HORTON, . DENTIST. All diseases of teeth and guns treated. ®* re ftUh V ' Filling and Crowns a specialty. Over Laßue’s Grocery Store. vU-81. Me

The Democratic sentinel.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

State Ticket. Judge of the Supreme Court, JOSEPH A. S. MITCHELL. Secretary of State, CLAUDE MATTHEWS. Auditor of State, J. OSCAR HENDERSON. Treasurer of State, ALBERT GALL. Attorney General, A. GREEN SMITH. Clerk of Supreme Court, ANDREW M. SWEENEY. Superintendent Public Instruction, H. D. VOORIES. State Geologist, S. 8. GORBY. Chief of Statistics, W. A. PEELE, Jr. District Ticket. For Congress—loth District, DAVID H. PATTON, of Jasper County. For Judge 30th Judicial Circuit, WILLIAM DARROCH, Newton County. For Prosecutor, 30th Judicial Circuit, FRANK DAVIS, of Newton County. For Joint Representative, LEE E. GLAZEBROOK, Jasper Count}'. County Ticket. For Clerk, Jasper Circuit Court, WALT. B. HERRINGTON, Union Twp For County Auditor, NATHANIEL 8. BATES, Marion Twp. For County Treasurer, JOHN TILLETT, Gillam Township. For County Sheriff, WILLIAM VENTLING, Carpenter Twp. For County Surveyor, LEWIS W. HUNT, Gillam Township. For County Coroner, VIC. E. LOUGHRIDGE, Marion Twp. For Commissioner, First District, GEO. 0. STEMBEL, Wheatfield Twp. For Commissioner, Third District, JAS. H. GREEN, Carpenter Township.

A Call For a Farmers Alliance and Industrial Convention. Center Ai«lianoe No. 75. We, the Executive Committee of Center and Fair Oaks Alliance, pursuant to the wishes of a number of sub-Alliances of Jasper county, do hereby issue a call for a Mass Convention of the Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union to be held in the Court House, at Rensselaer, Indiana, on October Bth, 1890, at |1 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of placing in nomination a county ticket. All members of the Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union who are in sympathy with the call are earnestly requested to meet and co-operate in the convention. By order of the committee, Geo. W. Casey, Frank J. Gant, Austin N. Lakin, J; W. NOLAND, Chairman. S. P. Barker, Sec’y. Following is the Declaration of Principles of the Farmers* Alliance and Industrial Union, 1. We demand the abolition of national banks, and the substitution of legal tender treasury notes in lieu of national bank notes issued in sufficient volume to do the business of the country on a cash system; regulating the amount needed on a per capita basis as the business interests of the country expand; and that the money issued by the government shall be legal tender in payment of all debts, public and .private. 2! We demand that Congress shall pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the dealing in futures of all agricultural and mechanical productions preserving a stringent system of procedure of trial as shall secure the prompt conviction, and imposing such penalties as shall secure the most perfect compliance with the law. 3. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver. 4. We demand the passage of laws prohibiting the alien ownership of land, end that Congress take early steps to devise some plan to obtain all lands now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of such as is actually used and needed by them be reclaimed by the Government and held for actual settlers only. 5. Believing in the doctrine of “equal rights to all and special privileges to none," we demand that taxation, national and State, shall not be used to build up one interest or class at the expense of another. We believe the money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence we demand that all revenues* national, state or county, shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the Government economically and honestly administered. 6. That Congress issue a sufficient am’t of fractional paper currency to facilitate exchange through the medium of the United States mail. 7. That the means of communication and transportation shalllte owned by and operated in the interests of the people, as is the United States postal system. These demands ana principles should be studied by all mourners of the Alliance, and should be read and discussed at their meetings. The following goods, worth double the price, for a challenge: Cotton Flannels, 5 cents uer yard. Wool Flannel, 14 cents per yard. Men’s grey undersuits, 50 cts. a suit. Scotch Caps, 25 cents. Leather mittens, 35 cents. Womens’ kid gloves, 50 cents a pair. Corsets, 25 cents each, ftnd the best grades cheap in proportion, piyrchants will copy above prices. PFJO4GO Bargain Store. Thanksl—to Mrs. Jqha M. Shields for ths bucket of fine, luscious

RENSSELAER JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19. 1890.

‘A FIRM ADHERENCE TO CORRECT PRINCIPLES.”

COL. DAVID H. PATTON.

Col. David H. Patton, Democratic candidate for Congress for this (10th) Congressional District, is a Kentuckian by birth, 53 years of nge. Excel ling two years passed iu the public school of Covington, Kentucky, his life like that of most American boys, was spent working on a farm—that best place oi all to develope muscle,(manly independence and good habits. In 1857 the family bade adieu to their Kentucky home, taking up their residence at Waveland, Montgomery county, Indiana, where David, then in his twentieth year, entered the Waveland Collegiate Institute, completing a scientific course in the year 1860. Choosing the medical profession he began his studies under Dr. Florer, one of the most skillful practitioners in that county of learned medical men. While engaged in the study of his chosen profession, Fort Sumpter was bombarded, and the South sought by force of arms to destroy the Government. In those exciting times the youths of that obscure village felt the shock of battle, and many hastened to tender their services to their country. A meeting was held by the subject of this sketch and his former classmates and friends, at which it was determined that their services should be tendered the government just as soon as it meant protracted, earnest war. When the news came of the disastrous defeat of the Federal forces at Bull Run, the future Col. laid’aside his books, relinquished his cherished ambitions for the time, and with twelve others hastened to New Albany to join the 38th Indiana, already organized andfready for the field. It can never be supposed that they.enlisted from any other thanjpatriotic motives,as the regiment was thoroughly organized; nor was any one of the thirteen known to a man in the organization. Of the field and staff officers of that regiment history makes honorable mention: Col. B. F. Scribner, since general, and popularly known as “gallant little Scrib;” Lieut. Col. Walter Q. Gresham, historically known as General Gresham, since postmaster general, and now the distinguished and popular judge of the federal court: adjutant D. F. Griffin, since Colonel, died full of honors. It would seem as if the chances 'of preferment of the unassuming young man from the country village was meagre; indeed in the company of such men. He was chosen by’ his Colonel one of the color guards.— The regiment passed into Kentucky, and after innumerable skirmishes and marching and countermarching for neariy 1,800 miles, they were face to face with the confederates at Perryville, either in the interest of the confederacy or idiotically, no one has yet been able to determine which.lt was the|fate of the 38th Indiana to bear a conspicuous part on that field where their per centage of loss was as great as that of either of the contending armies at Waterloo. Of the color (bearer and guard,, Patton and Sullivan alone stood erect, and the former could touch the colors any time during the engagement. Of the seven that lay upon the ground five were killed outright and one dangerously wounded. The flag-staff was shot in two twice, and the colors were about shot into shreds on that day. Their next severe engagement was at Stone River, where the colors were pierced by 31 balls and private Patton again so distinguished himself that Col. Scribner rewarded his gallantry with promotion. The regiment participated in the capture of Look-out Mounrain and the “battle in the clouds,” in which they again distinguished themselves. The regiment served in the Atlanta campaign, participating in all the battles {till that city was taken. In the battle of Jonesboro Lieutenant Patton rendered signal service to his country and received the highest praise of his commanding officer, being styled the “Hero of Jonesboro Skirmish line." To fully understand the importance of the service rendered it must be understood that Jonesboro was the key to Atlanta, and that certain works lying in front of Carlins’ brigade wsa the key to Jonesboro; and that Carlins’ brigade was ordered to take ihe works. Two regiments to attack, but were repulsed with heavv loss. Two more were ordered to the attack which were also repulsed, but they had succeeded in geiting close enough to the works to learn that an abatis lay just in front that would have to be torn away to make room for the assaulting column.— General Carlin ordered Lieut Cob Griffin to take the 38th, as it was all there was left, and capture the works. Col. Griffin ordered company G, Captain H. F. Perry, and company H, Lieut. David H. Patton, as skirmishers to take advantage of the smoke and gathering shades of evening, reserving their fire, to move noiselessly as possible, tear away the abatis and open a way to carry the works.C3To the skill and bravery of Lieut. Patton on that occasion Col. Griffin, in his farewell address to the regiment (page 336 Indiana’s Rolljof Honor, vol. 2d,) feelingly alludes, when he says: “To the brave boys I can but say that everything i s due to their valor on the field, and remember that now you have a leader in the commander of Jonesboro’s gallant skirmish-line,” meaning Capt. Patton. After the fall of Atlanta the 38th went with Sherman to thejSeaj'from Savannah they marched into North Carolina, where the commissioned officers of the regiment, to settle all doubts as to seniority, and to make the service more efficient, drew up the following agreement: Camp 38th Ind. Vol. Infantry. ) Goldsboro, N. C., Apr. 3d, 1865. J. We, the undersigned officers of the 38th Regiment Ind. Vet. Vol., believing that on' account of disputed titles to seniority and for other reasons, that it will be conducive to the good of the Regiment to designate the persons to fill the field offices bv ballot among the officers: Do hereby ballot, and waive all right or supposed right of Seniority. Robert Middleton, Ist Lieut. Co. “C." J. L. Martyn, Capt. Co. “A." Wm. C. Shaw, Capt. Co. “B.” DM. Hazzard, Lieut, and Adjutant. EJS. Pawsen, Chaplain. George W. Faulkner, Capt. Co. “G.” Emsley H. Wood, Ist Lieut. “ * W. D. Moore, Capt. Co. “I.” Benj. Owen, Ist Lieut. 60. “I." A. J. Crandall, Ist Lieut. Co. “H.” Milton H. Jordan, Ist Lieut. Co. “E.” John A. Sheckels,. Capt. Co. “K." J. A. Donelson, Ist Lieut, Co. “D.“ J. H, Seaton, Ist Lieut. Co. “K.” Ben. Park Dewey, Capt. Co. “F.” D. H. Patton, Capt. Co. “H." And held an election with the following resuit: For Col.—D. H. Patton, 15 votes, showing that he was the unanimous choice of his brother officers, every one voting jot him. i The following recommendations of Ljeqt, Col. McMahon, of the 21st Ohio,

to Adjutant Terrell and Gov. Monon, is highly complimentary of itself, but rendered more so when it is remembered that the person recommended, if honored with the commission would supercede that brave and generous officer: Headquarters 21st Regt. Ohio Vet Vol. 1 Goldsboro, N. C., Marcn 20,1865, C W. H. H. Terrell, Adjutant Gen. of Indiana. Sir: I have the honor to serve in the Brigade with the 38th Ind. Vet. Volunteer Infantry. The officers of that regiment are recommending their senior Captain, David H. Patton, for promotion, and I, being long associated with this Regiment in our brigade, feel an interest in its success, and in the promotion of an officer who has long since deserved the honor sought for him. 6 (During the campaign against Atlanta, avannan, Columbus ana Goldsboro, I had an opportunity to form a high opinion of Captain Patton’s merits as an officer and true soldier which justifies my recommending him to his Governor as well qualified for a Regimental Commander, I being in command of the Brigade during the afternoon of March 19th, at the battle before Bentonville, North Carolina, and Captain Patton being in command of his Regiment after the fall of Captain Lowe. The conduct of Captain Patton in battle came under my notice. I cannot speak too highly of his conduct on that field. He fought his Regiment skillfully, and to ita

utmost capacity. I am with great respect. Your obedient servant, A. McMAHAN, Lieut. Col. Com’g 21st Regt. Ohio Infantry Vole. And in conclusion of this matter we will say that Capt. Patton received his oommissien making him Colonel of his regiment and commander of his brigade. He enlisted in the regiment the least known and the most'unassuming man in it, and without social or political influence, aided only by his own brave heart, upright life and strong arm, he won his way to the highest honors of the command, and left it the best known and most loved man of all. In civil life he has been equally successful whether as a student in college, a man in his profession, a citizen, or breeder of fine stock. Hejhas betrayed no trust, but bravely met every responsibility and conscientiously discharged every duty. Always and at all times the unobtrusive and efficient man, and though he does not boast of “an easy competency," he has the far greater satisfaction tokno w that he has made easy the path of life for many; increased the burdens of none, nor has he ever taken advantage of the ignorance or straighiened circumstances of his fellow man to pile up ill-gotten gains, but for every dollar that he possesses,he has returned to the government and society an honest equivalent. His military record is a heritage that his children will prize above gold and silver, and will stimulate them to noble deeds aud aspirations. Victory perches upon the banner where he fights, and after the battle next November the stars and stripes will proudly wave over him as they did at Champion Hills, Stone River and at Lookout’s craggy heights; at Buzzard’s Roost Gap; at Kenesaw Mountains; on Jonesboro’s deadly field; at Atlanta; as they did from Atlanta to the sea; as they did at Bentonville where he struck the Confederacy the last time. If a stainless life and fair dealing with Lis fellow men; if eminent ability and distinguished military service; if any or all these are yet esteemed and honored among men, then will Colonel David H. Patton bo the next Representative in Congress from this district.

Platform

Adopted by tke Democratic State Convention, at Indianapolis, August 28,1890. A vigorous denunciation of Dudleyism and its abettors. We, the democracy of Indiana, In convention assembled for the first time since the memorable contest of 1888, when we went down in defeat; butlnot dishonor, overcome by the shameless methods of Dndleyism and the blocks-of-live, do solemnly declare: That the electoral vote of Indians was obtained for Harrison and Morton by the most flagrant crimes against the ballot-box ever perpetrated in an American oommonwealth;that these crimes were committed under the direct auspices of William Wade Dudley, then and now treasurer of the national republican committee, and by ths procurement and connivance of republican leaders in this state and in the nation; that the administration of Benjamin Rar. rison has made itself an accessory after the fact to these crimes by shielding the criminals from punishment and even by rewarding them for their knavery, and that the brazen prostitution of the machinery of the federal court for the district of Indiana, by its judge and attorney, to the protection of these conspirators against the suffrage, constitutes the most infamous chapter in the judicial annals of the republic The federal court of Indiana has decided that advising and organizing bribery is no crime. We appeal from thia decision to the people of Indiana, and we demand a verdict against William A. Woods and the miscreants whom he saved from legal punishment. We denounce the administration of Benjamin Harrison for its deliberate abandonment of civil service reform; for its use of cabinet positions and other high stations in payment, of financial campaign debts; for treating the public patronage as a family appendage, instead of a public trust, and quartering a host of relatives, by blood and by marriage, upon the national treasury; for dismissing honest and competent public servants, in violation of solemn pledges because of their political opinions, and fillingtheir places with men devoid of character or capacity ana whose only title to preferment rested upon disreputable partisan work; for its dalliance with questionable gift enterprises; for its complete subservience to Wall-st. and the money power, and its undisguised hostility or indifference to the rights and interests of the producing and laboring masses. We denounce the tariff monopolists for their efforts to perpetuate themselves in power by measures inconsistent with free institutions and contrary to good morals. We find in the force flection bill, the bills creatinglotton bordligh states and the McKinley tariff bill, the open manifestations of a gigantic conspiracy of the minority to oppress a groaning people with additional burdens of taxation for private benefit and to fasten it on the country in such a'way that the people can not free themselves from the galling load. We condemn the repuhlican party for , the deliberate theft of two s«ata it the senate of the Railed Staley from ih« peoll.■ • ‘ I .

I pie of Montana; for degrading the house of representatives from a deliberative body into a one-man despotism under the fals* and hypocritical pretense of expediting the public business; for unseating legally elected representatives of the people in order to strengthen a partisan majority, which was originally the product of fraud; for trampling upon the rights of the minority in disregard as well of justice and decency as of parliamentary usage and the plain requirements of the. constitution; and for reckless prodigality in appropriations, which has converted the surplus accumulated under the wise, frugal and statesmanlike administration of Grover Cleveland into a deficit of alarming dimensions, involving, in the near future, a further heavy increase of the people's burdens. We denounce the force election bill, which has passed the house, and has the active support of the administration, as revolutionary and unconstitutional. It strikes down home rule and local selfSvernment; suggests and encourages ludulent elections, and provides the machinery to accomplish dishonest returns and false certificates of election; fosters sectionalism and bayonet rule where every interest of the people invites to peace, fraternity and unity; outrages the traditions and customs of a century by giving life tenure to partisan returning boards;

makes the legislative and executive branches dependent upon the judiciary, and converts the) judiciary into an instrument oppression and corruption; involves the unnecessary expenditure of millions of the people’s money, and in Indiana nulifles the Andrews election law passed by the last legislature over the determined opposition of the republicans. We dedare that intsference of any kind by the federal government with state elections is a dangerous menace to the form of government bequeathed us by the framers of the constitution, and that the intelligence and patriotism of the American peopie may safely be trusted to remedy any evils that may exist in our elections. We denounce the McKinley tariff bill as the most outrageous measure of taxation ever proposed in the American congress. It will increase taxes upon ihe necessaries of life and reduce taxes upon the luxuries. It will make life harder for every farmer and wage-earner in the land in order that the profits of monopolies and trusts may be swelled. It affords no relief whatever to the agricultural interests of the country, already staggering under the burdens of protection; Tn the words of James G. Blaine, “it will not open a market for a single bushel of wheat or a single barrel of pork. ’’ We are opposed to legislation which compels Indiana farmers to pay bounties to the sugar planters and silk growers of other states. We are opposed to class legislation of every kind; sidies and bounties of every description and in every disguise. We are in favor of that widelmeasure of commercial freedom proposed by Grover Cleveland which would benefit the farmers aud laborers of the entire country, ineteadbf that-limited measure of so-called reciprocity offered by Mr. Blaine, which would benefit only a few eastern manufactures. So long as the government depends for support in any degree upon a tariff,- we demand that it be levied for revenue only, and so far as possible upon the luxuries of the classed, instead of the necessaries of the masses.

We denounce the silver bill, so-called, recently enacted, as an ignominious surrender to the money power. It perpetuates the demonetization of silver and the ■ingle gold standard, whereas the interest* of the people require the complete remonetization of silver and its restoration to >erfect equality with gold in our coinage. We demand the free and unrestricted coinage of silver upon the basis existing prior to 1873. We are in favor, as we always have been, of a just and liberal pension system. We denounce the republican party for making pledges to the veterans in 1888 which have not been redeemed, aad were not intended to be redeemed, and we warn them against further attempts at deception from the same quarter. We are rejoiced at the evidences of an awakening of the farmers of the country to the necessity for organized efforts to better their own condition and protect themselves against unjust legislation and oppressive administration. We invite attention to the fact that farmers are demanding, in substance, the same measures of relief which the democratic party has been advocating for years, but has not had the power to enact, and that the surest and speediest way of obtaining this relief is to restore the democracy to power in every departmens of the government.

We demand legislation prohibiting aliens from acquiring lands in America, and for the forfeitute ol titles to the 20,742,000 acres of our public landsjnow hold by them. We favor the election of U. S. senators by the people. We endorse most heartily the legislation of the general assembly of 1889. We applaud the election reform laws and pledge ourselves to their support and full enforcement. We applaca the school text-book laws by which the people are given school-books at one-half their former price. We favor such additional legislation as will give full effect to the objects of this act, and will extend its scope as far as practicable, and pledge ourselves to resist every attempt or the school-book trust to regain its old control over our public schools. We favor such simplification of the school laws affeming township trustee and county superintendents, and their duties as will increase their efficiency and decrease expenses. We applaud the bill for county fanners' institutes, and pledge ourselves to countenance and extend that valuable means of universal instruction in agricultural science. We applaud the state board of charities law, and commend the excellent work done by that board in improving the condition and methods of our benevolent and reformatory institutions. The creation of our jsplendid system of public charities, and their honest and efficient management, constitutes one of the strongest titles of the Indiana democracy to popular confidence and support. We applaud the law for funding the school debt, by which the state is saved annually $120,000 in interest, and nearly $4,000,000 has been distributed to the counties to be loaned to the people at 6 per cent interest. s We denounce the of certain republican state officials and . newspapers to destroy the slate’s credit for partisan by disseminating false statements as to her financial condition and Resources. Indiana is not bankrupt, Her

taxes are low and her debt is not oppressive, and for every dollar of it she has ’ more than value received in great public institutions—a fact which speaks volumes for democratic integrity, economy and efficiency. The state debt obligations should not be hawked over the country, but should be made a popular domestio'security, issued direct to the people of the state in bonde of small denomination, drawing a low rate of interest,*and non-taxable, that the interest paid may remain at home, andthe securities may be made a safe investment for trust funds and the people’s savings. We demand the adoption of a system of equalizating the appraisement of real and personal property in this state, to the end that an equal and proper uniformity in such assessments shall be secured, for the reason that under existing regulations many counties are compelled to pay an unjust proportion of the state’s expenses, which others as unjustly escape. We applaud the eight-hour labor law, the law to prevent “blacklisting," the law prohibiting “pluck-me" stores, the laws for the protection of coal miners, the law § reventing the importation of Pinkerton etectives; and the repeal of the republican intimidation law of 1881 as manifestations of the steadfast friendship of the democratic party to the workingmen. We point to these laws as evidence that our friendship to American labor is not confined to words alone.

We denounce the employment of the Pinkertons by a railroad corporation in the pending contest with its employes, and hold it to be the duty of state and local officials everywhere to prevent such an usurpation by capital of the police powei's ILe state. We are in favor of arbitration as the only just and fair method of settling labor controversies, and we demand of the next legislature the passage of a lawjcreating a permanent tribunal for that purpose. We insist that labor has as good a right to organize in sel-protec-tion as capital, and that labor organizations should be placed on a perfect equality before the law with organizations of capital, known as corporations. We favor the just and equitable apportionment of the school revenues of the state.

We favor the total abandonment of the system of fees and perquisites tn the payment of state and county officers; ana we demand the enactment of a law by the next legislature fixing fair salaries for all public officials, the same to go into effect as soon as possible. Judges Coffey, Berkshire and Olds, republican members of the supreme bench, deserve the contempt of the people of Indiana for their action in overturning the settled construction of the constitution, reversing all legal precedents and contradicting their owu rulings for the sake ot a few petty offices and at the dictation of unscrupulous political tricksters. i While we heartily indorse, and shall always uphold, maintain and foster, at any cost, our system of public schools for the free instruction of all who wish to make use of them, we are unalterably opposed to all attempts to regulate, by law, the course of study in any private or parochial school, and we deprecate and denounce any interference on the part of the state in the management of schools, maintained by citizens at their own expense, as an arbitrary, despotic and intolerable encroachment upon private rights. We favor legislation for establishing and preserving the township libraries of he state of Indiana as invaluable aduncts of our common school system. We heartily indorse the course of Danwl W. Voorhees and David Turpie in the U. S. senate, and commend them for their able and brilliant advocacy of democratic principles and their vigilant defense of the public interests against the assaults of plutocracy and monopoly. We also indorse the course of Indiana’s ten democratic representatives in cohgress. Senator Ewing of Decatur introduced the following resolution, which was referred to the committee on resolutions, which promptly reported it back to the convention, and it was adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that hereafter the members of the state central committee shall be chosen on the Bth day of January et each alternate year (commencing in the year 1892) by the voters of the respective congressional districts representedjby delegates appointed by the respective counties ana such delegates shall assemble at thecall of the chairman of the state central committee. The members of the state central committee thus chosen shall hold their positions for two years or until their successors are respectively elected.

Forgiven but not forgotten;" that the Chicago Bargain Store about one year ago was licensed $lO per day, which meant they should leave town for selling goods, cheap for cash, but they are here yet with more than double the stocky double the business, larger room, loweal prices than ever. C. P. Hopkins has commenced thdpublication of a paper at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. It starts out well, and we wish our old friend success. Every dollar made do double duty in buying, at the fountain head, an endless variety of Dry Goods,* Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Plush Cloaks, Hats, Caps, Gloves, Underwear, Tinware, Notions, &c.,»&c. Come early. , Chicago Bargain House. Bro. Ingrim, of the Winamac Journal 1 and family, and Mrs. Arthur Bruce, visited at Rev. T. F. Drake’s, Sunday. - *'«•» I -111 I Persons anticipating buying woolen and cotton flannels in quantities, should buy a few small pieces at three different stores at -he same prices and compare quality at home. Include a few pieces from the> Chicago Bargain Store. Work on the new Christian churchiis progressing. A full line of all wool double width cloth Dress Goads, from 25 oentsta $1.45 yer yard. Chicago Bargain Store. State Fair next week. Round-trip tickets one fare. Sale of tickets begins Saturday, Sept. 20th, Gone Abroad to School.— Misses Sarah Chilcote and Mamie Williams, to ItePauw; Miss Jean Hammond, South Band; Rob Vanatta and Walter Willey to Bloomington.

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