Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1876 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY MAT 31, 1876.

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In claM oiome nnnarea 10 one uium . (Postage Iree-) We respectfully ask 11 our subscribers to get us up a club, or pat the paper Into the band of aome active Dtmoertt who will do so. Address, SENTINEL CO. THE VEEKLY SENTINEL TO DEMOCRATS. We tend this number of the Weekly - Sentinel as a specimen to many who are ' not subscribers; we hope all who receive It will interest themselves In getting up clubs. ye ask all oar old subscribers to send O one name each. The State candidates ill soon be in tte field, when the fight - tJiUJ begin in earnest. We shall en deavor to make the Sentinel Interesting throughout the can vats. Below we give terms. Bingle copy 11 50 Five copies - - - - - - -- 1S5 Ten copies or more ----- 1 25 Twtutr-five cedes or more - - -117 FREK CF POSTAGE. A commission of fifteen per cent, will be . allowea on all clubs sent io. All remittances should ba made by express or postoffice money order, with the name, town, county and state in full, and in aplain, bold hand, thereby avoiding all chances of m'stakes. AddreES indianapolis sentinel co., Indianapolis, Ind WEDNESDAY. MAY 31. Got. Tilden fthonld Kentucky Favr His KomlnatlonT With alngularzeal and pertinacity the Courier-Jot rnal has sought to prepare the mind of the Kentucky Democracy for the nomination of Gov. Tilden at St. Louis. The convention of the state will meet at Louisville within two days, and the ques tion will present itseli In the selection of delegates. The folio wing q dotation taken from the Courier-Journal ol the 19th presents the grounds upon which his nomination is urged: "Now, la not the weight of the argument against the nomination of a Western man? II such a one be nominated, his friends must carry Ohio and Indiana in October, or he will surely be defeated in November In the country at large. If, on the con trary, Tilden be nominated, he will be nominated because he can afford to throw Pennsylvania, Obi?, Indiana and all the other doubtful s'ates out of the calcula lion. ir tbe I09mocrati ba defeated in i Ohio and Indiana in October, It will not .amano Vim at 11 T I la I . 1 1 111 relieve the Democratic party from the trouble and expense of sending hundreds of speakers and thousands of dollars into thcae doubtful states. The party will stand before the country thoroughly independent and calmly confident ol its ability to elect Its candidate." Kentucky ia a western state, a' most the very teait of tbe Mississippi valley. Does either heart cr her judgment approve thia appeal? If disaster abould come of it, its selfishness will be tbe only quality remembered in Its failure. Is Kentucky qul'e ready to say that in a strug gle that should be made by tbe national Demerarv- PAnnerlvania. Ohio and Indiana shall be thrown "out of the calculation?" Will Kentneky listen when asked to abandon the great central states and to make a coalition, special and personal -with tbe East? Will she ask tbe South to follow her in tbe abandonment of national hopes and Sympathie, and the formation of sectional ties? Before that la decided upon it had better be deeply considered. It contemplates eocaequences, before which tbe personal ambition out of which the proposition came, shrinks to nothing. The consequences of the nomination of Gov. Tilden are pc3ibly eorrectly Btated by the Courier-Journal in the quotation which it has presented to its readers. It may be that bis nomination does Involve w - w m tbe abandonment of the national party of ! the Democrcy of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. Such a consequence Is not ' because those atatts reqaire a sectional nomination to secure their support. Tbe trouble comes out of the fact that In the Ohio contest of 1875, when Curtln and Clymer, from Pennsylvania, and Cassius M. Clay and Beck, of Kentucky, and Hendricks and- McDonald, of Indians, and many others, rushed Into the front of tbe fight, no fraternal sentiment, no eccouraglng voice from Gov. Tilden, and bis : rvM a ! tnrl riirannil innnnrtjira am f ii the support of the Ohio Democracy; but gather their Influence was felt In the rop

port of the Republican party In was

tremendous contest at least the Democrats so thouaht." Had Gov. Allen been re-elected, Pennsylvania would certainly have followed, and the presidential : con test ol 1876 would now be substantially settled; and tbe country assured of reform, economy and the protection ol the constitutional rights of all tbe states. If, now, because of this, thousands of Democrats can not be persuaded to vote for Gov. Tilden, is it altogether tbelr fault? Th fact seems to be recognized, and therefore the Tilden movement propose to throw these states out of the calculation. The quotation of the Conner-Journal says that Oov. Tilden "can afford to throw Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and all the doubtful states out of the calculation," but can tbe national Democracy afford it? Can the country afford it? The proposition to abandon these states, to make no effort to carry them, and that the party "shall stand thoroughly Independent" of them, Imparts the less of the gains made In tbe House of Representatives in 1874, and possibly greater lows than that. Can the party, can tbe South, can Kentucky afford that, even if a president, in the midst of such disaster and ruin, could be elected? The most sanguine cm hardly hope, under the most favorable circumstances, to hold tbe large majority In the House. Shrinkage in that majority la to be expected in every part of the country. If the party shall throw out of its calculation these states, can it ba hoped to carry the House of Representatives? What tuen dees the country gain, what does tbe South or Kentucky gain, if it were possible to elect a president, with both branches of Congress under the control ol the Republican put j ? The president would be powerless for good. Tbe conflicts between the executive and legislative departments would br.ug discord, distraction and evil to the country. No patriot can wish to tea renewed the scenes that attended 6uch a strife during Andrew Johnson's administration. But upon this policy can a Democratic president be elected? The venture Is too great to be made. Indiana and Ohio vote in October. 11 both be lost, can we hope to carry either New York or New Jersey ? The country waa taught two lessons in 1872 in respect to the influence of elections upou those which follow. Until the Republicans were able to claim North Carolina In that year, tbey were despondent and the Democrats confident. Within twenty-four hours alter the result was known the currents changed, and the election of Oen. Grant was settled. The loss of Ohio and Pennsylvania and the drawn battle In Indiana in October made New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Hampshire sure for Grant in November by large maorities. It is folly it is madness now to expect like Influences to be followed by difl rent consequences. It is the partoi wisdom to recogoiz9 the fact that tbe can didate who carries either one of the states of Ohio or Indiana in October will car ry New York, Connecticut and New Jersey in November, and that tbe candidate who will lose both of these states in October will lose the others in November. If, however, the presiden tial election must turn upon carrying par tlcular feta'ep, which is the more reliable stat9. New York or Indiana? Under the adveisa influences of 1372, Gov. Hendricks carried Indiana in Ostober but New York candidates lost New York in November by Immense majorities. In the last election In Indiana the Democrats carried tbe entire state ticket by an average vote of 17,000, and at the last election in ' New York tha state was carried by but 14000. If the party will stand as a national organization and sternly disallow tbe selfish preposition of abandoning great Interior states, it can carry tbe House and elect a president. We hope our sister and neighbor state of Kentucky will have faith In the party la its national organization, and stind by tbe national colors, and not by the banner of any one man. Unfair Arguments for Tilden. There are certain influential papers in the West, which, in advocating the claims of Mr. Tilden for the presidency, present plausible arguments in favor of his noml nation not based upon correct premises. One argument ia that ?e most carry New York In order to elect a president. Thia may be true or not, and yet the conclusion that therefore Tilden should be nominated Is entirely gratuitous. The fact is, Mr Tilden, if nominated, will be lees likely to carry New York than Mr. Hendricks would be. The opposition to him is very strong 4a New York, sod it will appear in the delegation at S. Louis without a question. Yet these papers, and we have now on mind one la particular, the St. Louis Republican, urge Mr. Tilden's claims solely upon the ground that New York must be carried In order tox succeed. Like the Courier-Journal, tbe St. Louis paper proposes to leave Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania entirely out of cocatderatlon, abandon them to the Republicans, and strive for success in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Califoruia. In order to strengthen the argument the Re- ' publican speaks of the Allen-Thurman i imbroglio in Ohio as rendering it useless J to make any calculations upon carrying thai Ute now. We admit that with Tilden it would be useless, but not so with Hendricks., There will be no division there if Mr. Hendricks is nominated. As a farther argument, theRepublican speaks of tbe precarious majority of 1,143 in 1S72 for Hendricks In Indiana as not assuring. This ignores the later Democratic majority In thia f a f. a nt 17 fWi art A mtVM io a fount of the fact that while ' Hendricks carried Indiana in 1872 by that . ma-

Jori'.y the same year New Yotk elected D.x by'a Republican maturity of 55.451

The Republican further says: Bot while Hendricks might carrv Indiana, with 1U 15 votes, he would lose New York, with its 30 votes, and it mlibt be, the three other states of New Jersey Connecticut and California. At all event. It mmt be admitted that he exhtbltaless ability to carry these oar states, with their Indispensible 64 vote, than Tilden, and this pitiless factcuahtto dispose of his claims to the first place on the ticket. That Mr. Tilden would be tbe stronger candidate in these states ia not admitted, and should net be admitted by any one cognizant of tbe opposition to him In bis own state. There la no reason why Mr. Hendricks should not pell a larger vote in New York than Mr. Tilden, aa large in Connecticut, New Jersey and California, with a certainty of carrying Indiana, Obio, and probably Pennsylvania, neither of which s'.atep, unless it might possibly be Indiana, could Tilden have any hopes of carrying. But the fact may as well be looked in tbe face first as last, that the national Democracy can net afford to abandon the contest in Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania and the entire Northwest. It would be suicidal for a national party to -do so. The nomination of any man that proposes such a plan should be abandoned at once. We say that tbe West will not be Ignored in that manner. And what Is tte prospect I proposed, tbe probable result for risklrg such a suicidal policj? Merely a majority of two votes in the electoral college. This is tbe very best showing that the friends of Tildeu can make. Who will claim that Mississippi is Infallibly certain for tbe Democracy. Grant still controls the army, aad has Sheridan under his command, and then the loss of New Jersey or Connecticut would epoii tbe plan. And all this iä predicated upon Mr. Tilden's ability to carry New York, who will really bo tbe weakest in that state of any man now belore the country. The friends of Mr. Tilden should nrge his nomination upon more substantial grounds than any that we .have yet seen presented. If wa may count upon 15 Southern itates with their 131 electoral Totea and lote either of tbe Northern s ates named, we are beaten. If we gain all of them we taye but a majority of two with tbe iocs of tbe House of Representatives, and a perpetuation of a Republican Senate. If under these circumstances, Mr. Tilden' friends urge persistently his nomination, the party at large will jeopardize tbe bright prof pect of victory that- this era of reform promises. In tbe coming contest the Democracy, with a proper candidate, might well hope for a majority of at least one hundred in the electoral col lege, a largely Damocratio House, and speedily a Democratic Senate. The victory proposed by the St. Louis Republican would be an empty one. Orth at the Academy. The casual reader of the daily press and the accidental vialtor at tbe Academy Friday nigbt, have to-day very little idea of the importance attached to that assem blage by the Radical managers. Senator Morton, several years ago, achieved some cheap notoriety as a sounder of "keynotes," and as be was not in a position to blow a blast just at this time, from bis in ner consciousness came the idea that bis choice fox governor was the proper person to elevate his horn. Lafayette originally was tbe spot where the blast was tobe blown, but, after ccn sulfation with the strikers here, it was de cided that this would be a better place. Per consequence, the meeting and its pitiable results. Tbe Sentinel has inforrxa tion of tbe most reliable Republican char acter that the Hornet's hero faithfully premised before tbe meeting that he would boldly answer all the charges made against him with regard to tbe Venezuelan claims, would give to the people of Indiana his version of the Peters ca86? would give satisfactory reasons for his junketing trip through Paly at tbe expense of the government, and in every other par ticolar would do his level best to disabuse the average citizen of tbe idea everywhere so prevalent that he la not a fit person for governor. To say that his trainers are diasatis fled is putting it mildly. Tbey are disappointed and disgusted. Mr. Ortb Indulged in a fine bit of acting upon tbe Academy stage about four years ago when he laid his band upon his heart and with tears In h!s voice called upon Heaven and his "old friend Nebeker" to witness that he was an honest man and without guile, but during this last act bis tongue seemed to have lost its cunning. He paced the platform and pawed the a'r like the harlequin that he Is, but no wbieper fell from bis lips regarding bis past record. He spoke of bis friends wLo lived in Indianapolis thirty er forty y ears ajo, when .he first began to hold office; alluded chokingly to tbe fast that several of them bad been ferried over tbe river and con Id net be fcere to vote in October; referred to tbe honor tfca: had been forced upon him and which es a patriot he felt constrained to accept; puffed Senator Morton according to order and, charging up acd down, waved tbe ecsinguined raiment with due dlligenc?. Bat In no place did tbe admiral refer to the taci that he is now on trial charged with tbe gravest of crimes. Listening to fcim, a stranger might have imagined that a long suffering people had called him by "a wire" six thousand miles away, aa a bogus Dutch Moses to lead them out of a Democratic wilderness, and never dreamed that the demagogue before him had been declared a swindler by the Supreme Court of his state.' That same stranger, while listening ;toJ. the eulogies of the best government the sun ever shone upon would hardly have supposed that tbe "lip service" wu performed by one who to

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day, according to his sworn, cqnfrsslon, openly and grossly violated tbe 'law of the land ty securirg tbe allowance of a fraudulent clsltr. In point of fact, Godlove S. Orth dared not deny the charges against him, . andbence the chagrin of the political tlog. It is bard, enough, say the leaders, to fight the good fight upon a bloody basis, when co blood except that of the hoodlum Carter has been shed upon Indiana soil for lo, these many years, but when people want honesty, and capability, and decencv and fail to find any of these qualities em bodied in tbe Republican candidate for governor, there is trouble inaeea. ino wonder then that the shrewd ones who have the success of tbe party at heart are becoming discouraged, and aver that both body an! tail of that ticket are proving unable to wag the bead. Will Orth Be Withdrawn? The Sentinel yesterday published a fulaccount of Mr. Orth'a disreputable conn eel tion with the Venezuela bond claims, which showed up the Republican candl date for governor in a light by no means enviable. He stands now condemned before the people of thia state in advance, and bis continuance upon the ticket will be a suicidal policy on the put of tbe Republican party. It is cot the province of the Sentinel to decide what may be considered fitness for a Republican candidate, but it does assume tLe right to judge ol the qualities rendering a man fit to be müde governor. And hence, we have no hesitation in ssyicg that Orth has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. Indiana does net in this centennial year want a dishonest man for governor. We bad enough dishonesty and rascality of all sorts under the administration of Morton. His conscience was elastic, and tbe vouchers on file in the tt&te offices for his rrivate expenses are so disgraceful a record that the state should be careful to not place another dishonest man there. If the slate is to be afflicted by any possibility with a Republican governor, give us at least an fconent man. Orth will not do. He is mere damaged tc-day tban any man exposed by tbe investigations, if we may except Belknap. Tbe attack of the Evansvllle Jooraa', really tbe leading paper of the Republican party in this state, is significant, and so pointed that we present a brief extract or two from a column editorial. The Journal says: The Journal would be false to Its own convi:tlons and totally fall to represent public opinion in Southern Indiana, If It hesitated to declare emphatically that Mr. Orth'a explanation with reference to bia coonectlon with the Venezuelan claims made before tbe bouse committee and published yesterday In tbe Associated Press dispatches is not satis factory. Alter setting forth all the facts of the case and looking at them In the most fa vorable light, the Journal finally con cludes! If Mr. Orth can not make a better explanation of bis connection with tbls disreputable and mercenary transaction, he is not tbe man to represent the Republican of Indiana as tbe neaa or meir aiaie ucaet. xne Journal win not wink at transactions of this character, while denouncing the operations of the Democratic Supreme Court. It is hirfh time that it be understood that men who enter political life and seea office for the money there la in It are unworthy tbe confidence of tbe people. As we remarked in the outset, Mr. Or.h mast furnish a more satisfactory explanation of hia connection with tbls transaction, or bU vote will tail awfully short In boutnern Indiana. There was no special effoit made yester day to give him an enthusiastic reception here. It was respectably formal, and that is all, owing to tbe fact, doubtless, that numerous dispatches were received by the faithful here demanding his withdrawal It was also reported later in the day that consultation by wire with Morton was bad, lookiDg to aome relief tor the party. The Sentinel will not be surprised if he is not withdrawn, for It does not appear that, either here in Indiana or in the pres ldentlal race at large, corruption dUquali fies a man as a Republican candidate. It has not hurt Blaine nor Morton, and tbe wing of the Republican party that pre tends to be honest, under tbe leadership of Bristow, is left far in the rear. The Bevolt A grains t Tilden. The rebellion In the New York Democracy sgainst the nomination of Tilden at S Louis, and more immediately against tbe autocratic acd tchemiDg policy which himself and friends have adopted In press ing his claims, Is assuming definite shape. The Worte, having once abandoned bis cause, Is conducting tbe campaign against him with consummate salll, and at the same time with characteristic fairness. It bas not sprung at once to the opposite ex treme. It does not assume an attitude of direct hostility to him, acd has not yet expressed an exclusive preference for any ether candidate. It places itself upon the high ground of seeking the bet and most available man for tbe place, and affcta to review die passionately tbe claims of each. Byard, Hancock and Tilden have been tbe first to run tbe moral gauntlet of the World's criticism, and while the two former have made the race without serious hurt, the governor b as suffered very materially. The result of tbe World's review ot Hlden'a pro pacts, skillfully made through the medium of published interviews with leading Democrats, rather tban in its editorial columns, is to array an irfluential sentiment ia the state against his candidacy, and to make It apparent that hia nomination will bricg no strength to tbe Democracy in New York, If it dees not Impose a positive Incubus upon It. But more important and more signifi cant cf the course cf popular sentiment than the declaration of any oce journal is that of the informal conference of leading Democrats that assembled at tbe house of Judge Parker in Albany last week. Tbl4 conference, though hastily and informally gathered, was in the best tense a rep. resentative body. It was made up of men of weight and . standing In their respective communities, and whose

names are known and respecteM rs those of staunch and leading Democra's all over -the country, Erastns Comlcg John V, L. Pruyn, Dewitt C. LIttlejon, ex Governor Hcflman and . ex-Lieutenant Governor Beach, were amoajr the assembled leaders, who numbered la ' all some thlriy-five or forty. Many of these gentlemen were outspoken in their opposition to Tilden, while others were more reserved, bat the unanimous tentiment of tbe

meeting was in ' contradiction of tbe impression so Industriously spread, teat tbe governor can command tbe united sup port ol tbe New York Democracy. Mears were songbt for making this opposition ap parent and effective. The matter of Issu ing an antl-Tilden manifesto was ditcas3ed, bat the idea was finally abandoned on account of tbe short time intervening before the St. Louis convention. It was finally determined to open a correspondence with tbe leading anti-Tilden men in tbe state, and hold a meeting next month to decide upon further action. There is no doubt that the spirit which inspires these gentlemen will be represented at St. Louis and will make itself felt there. Should the Albany conference result in no further action, there is anti-Tilden feeling enough in the delegation itseli to make a very marked diversion, should the governor Iniston rcakirg a fight for tbe nomination. Mr. Littlejobn, oce of tbe delegates, declared that he would himself, at the proper time, and if it became necessary, give voice to the wishes of tbe minority, and announce that the united vote of New York was given for Governor Tilden only on compulsion and under protest. It is doubtful if the necessity arises for such peremptory action aa this. Judging from the way the current is Betting now, by tbe lime the convention meets the governor's claims will have dwindled to too low a point to justfiy such vigorous or determined t ff jrt on bis part. The Commer dal Advertiser tersely puts it thus: "Air Tilden is out of tbe race." Xfrtn'a Chancea. Tbe Sentinel is not disposed to give Mr. Morton credit for alility to socranizea campaign to secure tbe nomination at Cincinrati as to put Blaine forward to secure instructions which will be ultimately diverted to himself. This Seenas to be tbe view taken by the Chicago Tribune. Mr. Morton ia a schemer in a small way, and with servile followers, ss in this state, he can manage the party here very well, but in the wide field, where men of ability oppose him, he would not be able to effectively compass a plan that looks to the control of men in other states against their choice. Blaine's strength, as far as msnifested, is real. It is notyet strong enough to nominate him, and unlees it so Increases by the time tbe convention assembles as to idve him tbe nomination on tbe first ballot, of which there is now little hope, his chances wiilbs slim. The vote for Blaine in the West, as a general thing, will be cast, perhaps, for Hayes cr Bristow in preference to Morton, and Indeed either of the Eastern candidates will more likely profit by Blaine's withdrawal tban will Morton. Morton's plan bas not been to use Blaine but be is expecting to come in as a candidit" of Western interests, while be will be ia sentimeot tbe wlllinir tool of tbe Etfrn moLcy tuen. His e rgan here cries out with what U e hard men y men would call the meat approved "rag baby" wail, while be himself bas kept his mouth closed on the financial question ever since the assembling of Congress. His record, hs bepes, will satisfy Eastern men, while he thinks the Indiana Radical plat form and the vaporing of tbe Journal will convince the West that he is a safe representative cf the people against tbe money power. Such demagoguism will net win in a long, tough race like that be fore the candidates for the prize at Cincinnati. Tbe East will not accept Morton on tbe Indiana platform, and tbe West will not accept him with his mouth closed on subjects of vital Interest to tbe West. The fact is, Morton never had political character enough to secure a national following, lie bas neyer acted with any sort of consis tency that would secure general approbation. He has waved the bloody shirt along while, but everybody knows that that is me re sham. It can never become a party policy. If Mr. Morton had come out boldty six months ago. and favored arepeal of tbe resumption bill that he helped to make, be might have beaten Blaine in tbe West. He might have secured enough additional votes from the South to nominate him, provided the people could have been made to believe him sincere. But it is useless to speculate about what might have been if Morton was what be is not. He Is a losing nag in a big race. He lacks bottom, and his hopes will fade early in tbe day at Cincinnati. Conkling or Hayes will come in over Blaine's blasted hopes, and his schemes will fade into thin air. Morton can organize a fair raid upon a etate treasury for cow feed, but In anything like tbe Cincinnati sweepstakes he will be distanced. What It Will Indicate. If the Republican party shall nominate some man whose public record is stained with corruption and I bey have no other prominently befc - the country it will indicate a public depravity in this country which thould be truly alarming. In times past tbe attention ot tbe people has never been directly enlisted in tbe enormity of the frauds and - wrongs tht have been perpetrated against them. Now tbey do look at these things. They note tbe exposures, see for themselves that their public servants have been regularly and

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systematically ste alirg. -For ten or fifteen years this corruption has gone on from badtowora, and no the facts are laid before the people, j acd tbey can not help seeing them. Under these c!rcunr stance-, it is wonderful to note Ja recording current events that the stats conVCUliüLiB CI ire KapHrtHrnn nartv en dorslog, for tbe hlgn effije ot preeiJent. a iiiiii i Piv men who are to-day atruggllng to secure encagh character to keep them out of the penitentiary. While Blaine ttands before an inquisition to answer for disreputable deeds, and pleads his case with all tbe persistence of a lawyer, striving by technicali ties to exclude damaging testimony, his friends are rcsolvlnir that ha nnolit tn ha president. Morton's deeds la the past, his plundering of the Indiana treasury are daily brought to light, and yet some lew ttstes have asked that he be nominated at Cincinnati. It is a lamentable commentary on tbe virtue of the people when such things be. What more will the people endure before they have a sufficient sense of their wrongs to ssek to redress them? Will Orth Withdraw? Mr. Orth has had abundant opportunity to answer and explain the charges against him in tbe Venezuela matter. He has ap peared at two larjje public meetings in this state in this city and in Lafavette at both of wnich public expectation was raised to the highest pitch to hear his vindication. But still be is silent. ' Not a word bas escaped him in explanation of those damaging charges. Naturally enough, bia own pirty journals are losing faith in blm, and tbe cry comes up from tbe state for his removal from the ticket. As a reflsx ot the sentiment of tbe tetter portion of the Republican pres?, we reproduce another extract from tbe Evansville Journal of yesterdny. The Journal is tbe most influential Republican paper in the 9tat9. It is a power in tbe party because it is not the organ of anv one map,atdlta opinions are a safer criterlan by which to judge ot tbe sentiment of tbe Rapublicans of the state tban these of a more pretentious journal which represents only a sole proprietor and an ambitious presidential randilfltA. ThA Jon r rial Kta thaaa oanlil " W . MM. VMWW VU...a words for Mr. Ortb: The Journal, speaking for Republicans in thia part of the state, frankly repeata that Mr. Orth'a explanation 1 do' satisfactory. It he can make one mors so, heotubtto doit quickly. He should hava done so at his reception at the capital on Friday nbzht. We will be greatly mortified at hia failure to remove suspicions which are now warranted by the only explanation be bps seen proper to have published, hat our duty will be j clear and we snail not hesitate to discharge lt. We shall insist that Mr. Orth 's name be removed from the bead of tbe Republican state ticket, and that of some man substituted in its plac, of whom. it nan not be haI.1 that he haa vor nK4 a rwvsl. tion conferred upon him by the people to put money in his pune. Tbe mercenary element must be eliminated from our politics t In this way alone can they be purified ir men will not be content with. tne salaries attached to the omces tbey seek, In addition to the honor and distinction which ought always to attach to these offices, they thould not go Into politics at aiL To seek ollice for the money that Is to ba made out of It, leads to corruption as Inevitably as swamps breed malaila. Is the Indian apolla Journal prepared tocay that Mr. Orth'a explanation Is sat factory to the Republicans of that city? Whatever the Journal may a ay in response, it can say nothing favorable to Mr. Ortb and reflect the sentiment of the better class ot Republicans of tbls city. They were ss much disappointed as the Evansville Journal at hia silence in the Academy naeeliug here. But tone will dare to speak ot his removal frem the ticket unless by Morton's consent. . (Speaker Kerr. The telegrsph brings report this morning of the Investigation of the chargesmade against Mr. Kerr. The testimony of the doorkeeper, Harvey, was positive and direct that he had paid Mr. Kerr a certain tum of money for his influence In securing an appointmenf. From a long and Intimate acquaintance with Mr. Kerr, we have no hesitation in pronouncing the doorkeeper an infamousscoundrel and perjurer. The story is in every respect improbable In itself. At the time ot the alleged corrnption Mr. Kerr stood up In Congress against the immense majority and denounced their schemes of robbing tbe people, and was a thorn In the side of the corruptionlats. Is it probable, or possible, that for the paltry sum named, he should have put blmself in tbe power of a Republican doorkeeper, to ba ruined at his will? This story is utterly Inconsistent In it details, acd shoves a most dastardly attempt on the part of the exposed t-couodrels o! tbe Republican party to cover up tbe r corruption by attacking a man sgalnet whose character for integrity as a public man no word ot suspicion Laa ever before been breathed. The readers of the Sentinel will obstrve'that these words are net constrained by any special admiration for Mr. Kerr, aa this paper haa not been an eulogist of hia political career in the present Cocgrees, but, from personal knowledge of tbe man, we bear from bia own state back to the treacherous' conspiratcrs who have at tacked him our opinion of heir most in famous proceedings. A Reformer's Kerd. That trenchant letter of Mr. F. W. Bird, of Massachusetts, has created several dis tinct and unmistakable flurries among the noble army of place-holders who run the Republican machine, and has famished a good many texts for editorials In the opposition papers; but perhaps tbe moat re markable charge It contains is one a fleet ing the political uprightness of that seem ingly mcst. rigid apostle ol reform, Mr. Charles Francis Adams. That tbe man who bai been most loud in , bis demands for the purification of our political system from the evils that arise from the present mode of distributing official patronage,. and who ' bas been so persistently kept before the public; as tbe grand-