The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 1, Ligonier, Noble County, 27 April 1876 — Page 2

Elw.g ational Banwey SN . <SG ARV Vs ; ; ; 15 | J. B.STOLY,, Editor and Proprietor. | LIGONIER. IND, APR. 27, 1878 . _DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. | i % For Governor: . | l} JAMES D. WILLIAMS, of Knox. | -w For Lieut, G,ovémor: fis " JSAAE P. GRAY] 6f Randolph. | f For@udiqu of the Supreine Court: ; | ‘lst Dist.—S. 11. BUSKIRK, of Monroe. 2d Dist—A. C. DOWNEY, of Ohio.}>d Dist.—J. PETTIT, of Tippecange. Ath })‘ist.wf-—.T. L. WORDEN, of Allen. T Secretary of State: ] HOTIN E. NEFF, of Randolph. - For Auditor, of State: - ~’ : EB. HENDERSON, of. Morgan. | " PorTreasurer of State: - BENJAMEN C. SHAW, of»l\lariofl.;v Lt For Attorney G‘enerk‘\:' ) g {. A. BUSKIRK, of Monroe. - | For Superintendent of Public Instraction :! JAMES H. SMART. of Allen. |- * Tor Cierk of the Supreme Court: I GABRIEL SCITMUCK; of Perry. i’ For Reporter thgc Suvreme Court: | . AUGUSTUS N. MARTIN, of \\'e{lls.

IxplaNa’s - next - Governor wears ~ Dlue jeans, operates a 3,000 acre. farm, ' and is entting down expenses at Wash- - ington. I R ~ Frve murderers weve hung-at L‘i’t- ~ Ate Rock, Ark,, on the 22d inst.—two “‘Choctaw, Indians, one Cherokee, a,} eero and a white man. : T ENCLE JISL\(Y WILLIAMS, eur ext . Governor, has never been defeated by -the peg\plé. XNo excepticn to the rule ,“fm he made in the ce;xtenxf’iztl ye%mr. ~ \Tnue Rochester (Ind.) Sentinel fis of ' ‘ofiil?ion that Hendricks for President ' and Tilden for Vice “wouglbea the world.” Ogir contemporary is about right. The only trouble about| the matter is both want to be on.topt

.Tne Nebraska - Stale Demecratic Conventiow was held ‘at Lincoln ron the 19th. . Hard-money resolutions were adopted. The delegates to the National Convention are.unanimously in favor of Gov. Tilden for freaident. . e

. THE BANNER contains an wiusually large quantity of politicalr ;atti’ this week—rendered necessary :}1 order to acquaint our readers -thoroughlfi with the doings of the State convention and its’ noiinees. The ini’ornfiation thus imparted - will doubtless bfre’éd with genejr':glk interest. . s o

I¥ the Goslien Z%mes will contain itself, until next Qctober, it wiJnf find ont “who in H—eaven’s najne is Williams *” and “who in——the name of flxe democratic party is Col. g}ray 7 Any Indiana' editor who h,a‘sn’t;t heard of Unele-Jim Williams is sadly in need of information on State affairs. -

FraNk, LANDERS, so we learn from Indianapolis advices, has decided not to run as the “Independent” candidate for Governor. . Ile is too/shrewd a politician to expect success with a nomination/ tendered him by a.squad of “Independent” politicians who don’t care'a continental Tor: anything but their own elevation to office.| A Digger humbug than this “Independent” party has never been originfited, and its early disappéarance from the political arena should be welcomed by every mdividual who sin‘ce’re]{y desires true reform in the management of governniental affairs. | |

A TALL has ‘been issued for.a con- ' vention, to be held in New )F)rk City on\the 15th of May, “to consider what may be done to secure the election of + men to the highest offices of the Re- - public, whose character and dbility . will satisfy the exigencies o{\ the pres- . ent situation, protect th\eho or of the " American name, pr‘eve‘xitr‘t/h\q“ national election of the-centennial year from - fbecoming a mere choice jof evils, and satisfy the popular f]esilje for ' igenuine reform.” The calljis signed by William Callen Bryant, Theodore D. Weolsey, Alex. H. Bunoék, THorace Whité and Carl Schurz. | ¢

ELSEWHERE we publishi' a number of extracts from our State exchanges cotamienting on the work of the Democratic State convention held at Indianapolis on the 19th inst. The noble character of our stan ard bearer, TUncle Jim Williams, is so [aptly portrayed 'in these, extracts that we do not deem; it necessary to(repeat that which is fitly expressed by our contemporaries. We can only add that the entire ticket shall Ifave THE BANXER’s warmest and most |cordial support. It is composed of good, com‘petent and tried men, m whose hands ‘the interests of the State will be-well paken care of. And weé have faith to believe that with good old honest Jim Williams gt the head, the ticket will he eieétedg ya rousing 1 ) jority. = e ‘THE DELEGATES from the Thirteenth Congressional District assembled in the Governor’s: office at Indianapolis on the evening before the convention—C. A O. McClellan, of Waterloo, being called to the chair, and Thomas C. Mays, of the Auburn Courier, acting as Secretary.| The followjng appointments were ‘Aiade.by acclamation: Membei of committee on

. permanent organization, Dr. G. W. | MeConnell: on resolutions, C. A. O. . MeClellan: Vies President of the con- | vention, & V. Long; Secretary, Thos. _'¢. Mays. Delegates to/the national ‘eonvention, J. B. Sb(fl]lL and Daniel - MeDonald; alternates, Dr.J. Dancer { snd Hudson Beck. Presidential elec- ~ igor, W. S. Marshall; contingent, Joseph Zollinger, _Memi:_p‘f of State Central Committee, LaPprte Heefner. ~ Luther Bemson, the .great Indiana : ce lecturer, has returned __from 2 seven months toyr in the East, - whzhe haa,hadifreat‘ ccess. The people of Rushville (his old hame) -~ met him with an immense audience, to welcome him back. Benson is anSaed iion 15 the gt Tive 4b Iy - ‘ egu ike a bog in the wallow, for feen years he wis 3 “gerrible drunkard, 4 part of that time ' he lived as it were among devils, in the regions of the daumpd. But Bon- ~ son is surely master of his deprayed town aund State - Pr 0 RAS R 7 A

THE CHARGES AGATNST MR, BLAINE. - Por several weeks past damaging charges against ex -Speaker Blaine 'haye appeared in the public prints. We have said but little upon the subjqf@.‘ for the reason,that Mr. Blaine promptly and emphatically denied the charges against him, and, because we did not care about filling our'columns with accusations that might possibly be' refuted within a’ short time. Our W\’@lfingtonf correspondent furnishes the ' gist of these charges with sufficient detail to convey an intelligent idea of their import. - i According to previous " announcement, Mr. Blaine, gn Monday last, obtained the floor in Congress for the ‘purpose of making an elaborate statement in explanation and denial of the alfegaj:ions and charges -referred to our Washington letter. As might well be expected, the louse paid the closest attention to Mr. Blaine’s statement. Desirous of dding ample justice to Mr. Blaine, we pret’ér giving a republican version of- his explanation’ te one of cur own, and ai:cordingly append herewith what tite Chicago Tribine, a paper quite friendly to Mr. Blaine, [says with reference to this matter: e R

The address was a-masterly defense, \ denial, and expldnation, and, it is said, carried conviction of its truth to the minds of those who heard it. It explains satisfactorily the: circumstan= ces under which Mr. Blaine became the owner of certain I'ovs Smith & Little Rock Railroad beads; it denies the assertion that he veceived $64,000 or any other sum from fhe Union Pacific Railroad Company, and that -he ever sold any “bonds or received any money from the Atlantic & Pacific or the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad. . This is comprehensiveso faras it ‘extends, but it hardly covers the whole ground. No_ allusion 1? made to Mr. Harrison’s action inlaying the ] matter-of the 264,000 before-the'gyv-. ernment directors. - Theré is.a ststement from the Hon. James ¥*. Wilson,. of lowa, a govérnment director, to show that Mr. Blaine’s name was not connected with that transaction by rumor or:by testimony in the investigation that was held; and more important still, in testimony or explana-: tion from -any officer of the Union ‘Pacific road throwing any light upon the matter of the payment of the $64,000 . whieh My, Tiarrison insisted upon inquiring into. It would have greatly strengthendd - Mr. Blaine’s ¢éx_planation and denial if he couldihave submitted facts shiowing precisely to | - whom and for whatspurpose- the sum | of $64,000 was paid for some worthless Arkansas railroad ponds, and it is to be regretted. that c}\lr. Blaine did not supply the missing link.’ ‘ - TuE BANNER expects to combat the presidential aspirations of Mr. Blaine vigorously; but that fact does not deter us from expressing an earnest hope-that he may sgcqeed in clearing himself, beyond cavil,of the damagJing charges that have been preferred against him. It isbad enough that so.many public men ‘have been found dishonest and corrupt; hence . there can be no justification for passing judgment upon those who have yet to’ be proved guilty. let no offender escape punishment; -butrDO- man should be-condemned without cause. . L o p—— ‘ _THE ‘“PLAN’S ” LATEST INTRIGUE. The true character of “Plan” (Jas.) Buchanan, the leader of ‘the Inclependent greenback party in this State, i plainly revealed by the Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati - quirer,in a tél_egram which we repro- | duce in another portion of this week’s BANNER. It will be obgerved “that this man Buchanan is now. engaged in an attem}it to sell the so-called “In‘dependent” party to Motton, the con- | sideration being his own election to a seat_in Congress. THe BANNER has atno time been mistaken asto the real object of- Buchanan. His sole aim has ‘been to elevate himself to some_ prominent positien "in official life. Ie calculated largely upon the U. S. Senatorship now held by Joe Mchnald, failing in which he turned his atiention to. nominating Frank Landers for Governer, with a view to Lb‘écoming »ttje ~lattér’s successor -in ‘ Cdglgré_ss. Meeting with a reverse in this little project, he is} now figuring with. Morton to:turn over the “Independent” party to th\e Republicans that he may be taked up asa candidate for Congress in the Indidnapolis. District. Such is- Buchanan, the great champion of an idiotic monetary ‘schemes. It is”astonishing that men of ordinary good sense’ would als low'theméelves to-be bamboozled by such fellows. - But so long as humbuggery finds ready followers in most everything else, we presume a _éertain class of persomns will insist upon being humbugged in politics also. ' _

A THE PLATFORM. e The platform-adopted Ly the Indiana Democracy last week is so great an improvement oyer ‘that of 1874, that Tue BANNER feels strongly tempted to approve it in its entirety. Refererice is, as the reader will readily understand, here made to the planks pertaining to the financial, question. % Honest payment of the public debt “ and ' preservation of gthe ' public “ faith,” coupled with;the declaration that golda aud silver ‘coustitute the only ‘tyue and safe basi§ of our currency, issufficiently strong to elicit an enthusiastic endorgement from those whose financial views areiin accord with those so steadfastly expressed by THE BANNER. These are the main points to be considered in this allimportant question; hence we .can gracefiilly ‘submit to the incorporation of a few paragraphs which we would rather-have seen omitted. - We are free QQ(':onfess that the platform is very mych better and sounder than we had expected it to be. ' On the whole, it ’mu_;st be pronouneed an ad‘mirable document. The republican press cannot successfully attack it, for ‘the simple reason that their own cor‘tains many more weak points than that adoptéd by the 19th of April eanvention.. o : S

TuE Toledo Blade,.in aspasm of sense, which we wish would infect all business men and all money hoarders, gives this bit of healthy advice: “Stop ceroaking hard times, and arrange your plans for a most vigorous business campaign-dyring the coming season. ‘The country is full of wealth, if you will only use the means at hand to ‘gecure it. Do not thrust your: hands in your pockets, and grip on your pocket book, and growl about -hard ‘times, but empioy your muscle, your brain, and your money in' producing something valuable--something which Bhall add to the weaglth of the country and remoye bard times from one doorat least” -~ e el

' STATE CONVENTION qu% 3 -Tom Mayes made ani_excellemt Seeretary. S R The: lung power of the Landers crowd wasjextraordinary. + . "T'was a heavy stiorm, we must confess, but it brought forth eixcellentlre}, sults. i o John D. Lyle, of the Bartholomew Democrat, did right well as a manager of the Holman interest. ‘Allen county intended to caßt a complimentary vote for A.P. Edgerton for Governor, but upon maturer reflection wisely -concluded to abstain therefrom: L 6

Péter Luthey, the red-hot greenbacker of Clay county, predicts‘\\that, notwithstanding the h. m. platform, Williams and his colleagues will be elected by 50,000 majority. . Somebody cught to have suggested to the talkative Landers thepropriety of “pulling down his vest,” ~The convention might - possibly thve “sat down’upon himz” a little more lightly. Peter ‘Kiser, the celebrated : Fort Wayne statesman, made himself distinctly heard about the Indianapolis hotgls. Singular-enough, he was vigorously opposing the‘nomination of Landervs.’ y o v

Tom Cobb, who p‘l‘e'si'ded,over the convention, - will' probably succeed “Blue Jeans” in Congress. No wondex e “smiled ‘all over” when Uncle Jim was so handsomely ‘placed upon the track for Governor. L The -Landers men ought to. have known ‘tliat Gen. Slack eould not be put down by, a continuous yeh. Thexg might drown his voice, but-to get him down Ibefore he had his say—that syt in the-book. Jim’s tramp. " The ’suppdrters of Holman were denominated thd “*swallow tail” wing of the Democracy, and yet the only 11}dix’iduals who appeared in swallow *tdil coats were Lianders himself: and "his wdy-fautin& friend Morg. Weir.

Col. I. B. McDonald, of Whitley, was an original Williams man, preferring Lim even to Holmau. Dr.McConnell, of Steuben, nominally a Landers man, also expressed a - decided; preference for the man who resembles “Honest Old Abe.” ; i

If Capt. Mitehgll had consented to have his name brought before the convention, he would have stood @ good chance for the first place on the ticket. For Lieut.-Governor he could have obtained thie nomination with - but trifling oppbsition. % _ Little Stark was among the verifl fe'w northern coux}ties that voted fof‘ffl‘ Landers. - Bro. NMusselman became somewhat muddled on the gubernatorial question, and to this faet is probably, éhargéable that singular departure &'rom"the true path. R The Thirteenth District voted for ‘Judge Lowry for President of the convention. _ Cobb is a véry excellexit gentleman, but Judge Lowry, we think, would have maintained better order and managed the business of ‘the convention a little more systematically.

Posey county, as udual, rendered exXcellent servicé-ingetang the right sort of b 'ticket. . Its delegates are-usually among the most practical, discreet and ifitelligent, and their active work generally - counts with telling: effect. We have a deep-seated love for the Posey-county Democrats. : , Wadsworth, of the LaP'f)rté Argus, put in‘a;good deal of square work in laying ‘Lzmders way. up ‘on a high shelf. . e became a little nervous at “that critical moment,” but when it became apparent that the IHolman men had an undoubted majority, he }“d]_)idl}’ regained his eqp ilibrium. The way our: energetic and clever Ifriehd, Ernst H. Faut, hhe"exépllent treasurer of Hancock county, converted a somewhat divided delegation into a solid phalanx for Holman, shows Tim to bé among the best workers that ‘attended the convention. Faut is one of the best men in whole I{oosierdom. it

" The' northern -delegates wielded greater influence. in this convention than in any previous assembly of the same character. There was greater unanimity of action than ever before. But forthe wholesome influence wielded by the northern delegapes_, Landevrs would have been nominated by a decided majority. 5 : v ¢ James M. Cropsey, Esq., »Pr'osecu’tor of Marion county, did more solid work for Landers than any o6ther man in the State. Jim happened, to'gep on the wrong side of the fience this time, but that does not deter us from giving him due credit.for effective work. There is this'beauty about Jim’s poli~ tical! action—a man can. always tell where he stands. * *

-Sarriighausen was perhaps the happiest mortal in the whole State when it became known that Landers’ goose was cooked to a dead certainty: ~He had publicly: declared that he would not / support Landers if wominated, however much he disliked to become a “bolter.” Tle holds' Uncle Jim in profound esteem; and will do a deal of effective stumping to secure his triumphant election.. ° :

It did our heart good: to see and greet those noble fellows ‘'who usually come up from Franklin county to attend the State convention, They are true as steel, and capital workers besides. Beggs, Harrell, Moormann, Seal, and others whose nanies we do not now recall, are “hale fellows well met.” Our old Proyiantmeister Péter Schaaf was there also,and him we'll never forget so long as we can distinguish a tender spring chicken from a chunk of indigestible bacon.” Long may he wave! e e :

- The Grand Jury of the District of Columbia has returned indietments against Gen. Babeock, Harrington, Whitley, Nettleship, Benton, Miles and Somerville, for complicity in the safe-burglary eonspiracy. Babeock gave bail in $lO,OOO, ex-Gov. Shepherd becoming his security, It was reported that Harrington had .fled. 1t is understood that all except Babcock and Harrington will be nsed as witnesses, and indictments against those testifying will be nolle prosequid. Miles, alias White, the professional safe-breaker, who is now serving out a 14 years’ imprisonment in the Vermont State ‘prison for bank robbery, has ‘written a letter to Mr. Knott, Chairman ‘of the Judiciary Committee, in whieh he gtates that he was employed by Col. Whitley and did the job undey direction of Bahcock, Hatrington and others, who asstired him of protection,

OUR‘ VVAS’]IIHGTON = LETTER.; oy .Wfifixx;é;::fn.c.'.«prn.zfl. 1876 BLAINE ON THE RAGGED EDGE. - The past few.weeks have brought out among other things an ugly story about Hon. James G. Blaine, the exspeaker, and a prominent republican candidate for the Presidency. The story first appeared in the Indianapolis Sentinel, but it was known several weeks beforehvand', and Blaine himself went to the east.to get' statements refuting if, and lre had these published at the time the charge was made. The statement is that Blaine, got $64,000 from the Union Pacific Railroad Company, by a pledge of some Arkansas railroad bonds, which were worth about twenty cents on the dollar, for . Morton, Bliss & Co., of New York, 'The Dest informed men here believe that Blaine, with all his smartness, is -caught, and that he will be com‘pel}led ‘to take his place with. Schuyler Colfax, l and other credit mobilier operators,in the estimation of the public. "He denies the charge, but hé admits too much for him to be entirely innocent. I{e is virtually shelved as a Presidential candidate,” whatever may be the result of the investigation that must belshade, o il o S e |

The Blaine men blame Morton: for the publication of this scandal, and ‘ Morton is no doubt responsible for it, to some extent at least. Itis understood here that Bill Holloway, the Indiandpolis postmaster, and brother-in-law of Morton, I'epol‘teds'tlle story substantially 4s published in the Sentinel. Persons .to whom THolloway told it, reported it to Blaine, and the latfer denieéd it, but at once got leive of absence and was gone ten days or two weeks, and-came back with the letters ‘which he had published tlll'oligll ‘the associated press dispatches, at the time the repoilit, was I)llbliél‘lef]-. 1 ‘ Blaine has lost that leonine look that has given him so much significance during the present session. He is changed, and this exposure evident1y lies heavy updx} his mind. lle pays no att-entidu -toxpublic business, and hardly recognizes his most familiar acquaintances. He has the appearance of being hunted down. The way of the wicked is evidently not a pleasant way. " g _

GRANT AND THE WHISKY FRAUDS. Evideyce accumulates that Grant knew -of the whisky frauds in St. Louis. Ford, who was a collector, of internal revenue, and who-died sonie five years since, was an old friend of the President. Among Ford’s papers is a copy of a letter that hq' wrote to rant, giving him information about McDonald, and 'showing that, at that time, there ‘were' suspicions agaifist him.. Yet Grant, who undoubfie_\dly got the letter, if it was not intei‘ce‘i)ted by Babcock, ‘paid no attention to its warnings, ‘ana actually -hob-nobbed ‘with McDonald, and rode out with him here and in St. Lonis, after this letter was received.: What can the people think of such a man? * :

A POLITICAL HUCKSTER. £ ' “Plan” Buchanan inthe Market, Trying to Find a Purchaser, (Washington Corpespondence to the Cincinnati ' s * Enguirer.) S e Buchanan Plan, of Indiana, has been here for several days, ostensibly working up a National Independent movement, but your correspondent has reasons for believing that James is up to some devilment. Ife held a long. consultation .with Sendtor Morton on Sunday, and the object of this interview was to make some arrangementss for turning over-the independent party of Indiana to the Republicans. ' Buchanan will not make this transfer for 'mothing. He is disappointed at Landers’ defeat.. He expected to have Landers run for :Governor, and give him an opportunity to: run for Congress in the Indianapolis District. Now, as it is probable.that Landers will not make the race: for ‘Governor on the Independent ticket, but will be a ¢andidate for Congress, Buchanan wants to be an Indepéndent candidate for Congress and receive the support of the Republicans. .

£ e O PR GENERAL ITEMS. . » More than twenty'fhousand colliers are on a strike.in South Yorkshire, England, against a fifteen per cent. reduction of wages. _ : O’Leary, the Chicago pedestrian, recently walked 500 miles, in San Francisco, in 139 hours and 32 minutes. Ile ‘made the 495th mile in eight minutes and fifty-eight seconds.

A crop report for California, published on the 21st, says the prospects for grain were never better, and with a continuance of favorable weather the yield will be unprecedented. Riots have - oecurred ' throughout Barbadoes. Plantations’ and houses have been sacked and an enormous amount of property destroyed. Over forty of the rioters have been shot. A severe wind and hail-storm pass‘ed over Creston, lowa, on the night of the 10th. Five dwelling-hous3s and a large number of ‘barns, ete., were destroyed: No person was killed; but several were injured. i o The great revivalists, Moody and Sankey, closed their meetings at the hippodrome in New York last Tuesday by taking up the largest collection ever made at any religious gathering in America. Mr. Moody asked for $200,000, and succeeded in obtaining just one-half of it. . 7 : A Fort Laramie (Wy. Ter.) d‘ispatch* of the 20th says a party of Black Hillers were attacked by Indians about fifty miles from Custer. A Mr. and Mrs. Metz and a man named Simpson were killed and a colored woman taken prisoner. Three men were wounded, one mortally and the others seriously. The remainder of the party escaped to Cheyenne River Ranche.

. Thursday night a family of emigrants named Baker, from somewhere in Pennsylvania, were massacred by Indians about 100 miles northwest of Custer City. The family consisted of man, wife and two children. All were brained with hatchets or tomahawks and then scalped. The wagon belonging to Baker was rifled of everything valuable and earrigd off. The bodies of the victims were decently buried when found. fey s Thomas W. Piper, sentenced to be | executed May 26th for the murder of Mable Young, in the belfry of the Warren Avenue Church, Boston, has made a sworn statemaent that she received the injuries that cansed her death from w trap door falling upon her head; that he was frightened lest he would be-accused of nmrdarinF her, and therefore denied all knowl: edge of.the matter trusting that his connection with it would:not be diseovered, P e e T

'THE STATE TICKET. IT GIVES ?CEmENT SAT7. ISERCTEON. . - “Blue Jeaixs’{.'Wflliams’ Popularity.' 2 (,‘,o‘x‘nment{s of tl;c In(li':;l;a Pre_s\s. .

A PLAIN AND HONEST FARMER. . © (Madison Conrier. Rep.) He is a plain and honest farmer, one who takes pride in displaying his blue jeans in the national capital. PLEASED WITH THE NOMINATION. : (Terre laute Expfe;gs, CGreenback Rep.) . . “That the Democratic politicians are pleased with the nomination of Williams, and that they consider the di--vers interests that have been threat: ening the harmony of the party in Indiana dre now reconciled does . not admit’ of a doubt. From a purely Democratic standpoint, the convention could not Have had a more fortunate end.” : : .

A GOOD TICKET AND PLATFORM. : (Fort Wayne Seutinel, Dem ) i The Democrutic convention nominated a good ticket and made a strong platform, In relation to the finance question, the platform takes. exactly the same position which the [Sentinel has maintained for 'so long a time, and whi¢h has been denounced as undemocratic. 1t demandsthe repeal of the resumpticn aet, and at the same time favors a specie basis, and the adoption ofsgleasures which = shall bring our pa;aé%srrency to'a par with gold. ! | : ,fl} . OUR CINCINNATUS. ‘ ! (Shelbyville Yolunteer, Dem.) s He fills, the Jeffersonian bill of a true representative, and is undoubtedly the man around whom the. Democracy can lally in supportto a man. He is the Cincinnatus from the plow who will lead the Democracy of Indiana triumphbantly through the coming campaign. & Nor;is there an honest Granger in the/State, be he Democrat of ‘Republican;- who cannot support him with all his will, if he is honest in his professing 'dissatisfaction with the administration party. Therefore, the Democratic watchword should be, Farmer Williams and reform. T

: QUR HOME-SPUN CHAMPION. ; (Kok()mo Dispatch, Dem.) 2 In 'a word, he is,a western man in every thought and sensibility. '@ Ie is of the Holman type of Democracy—the William. Allen -of Indiana, except in age. He'is a plain man in dzess, speech and manners, and possesses. in an unusually large degree all the elements of strength and popularity. He will carry the State like a whirlwind. Hip! Hip! Hurrah for Uncle Jimmy Williams, the homie-spua champion of ghe people’s cause!’ 5 S A MAN OF THE PEOPLE. - (Logansport Pharog, Dem:) : Mr. Williams is a man of the people. Being thoroughly honest, he is just the. mhn to lead the voters in the fight against official eorruption, fraud and peculation. Somé of the finehaired gentry who dwell in the cities may prefer a would-be aristocrat like Orth, ‘but among the plain country folk who have become tired of the extravagance and “flummary” of the officeholders, “Uncle Jimmy’s” blue jeans suit will be more revered than the ‘purple r¢be of an emperor, and ‘his strong, earnest speech will carry more weight than the polished diction and rhetorical eloquence of a dozen silver-tongued orators. 3! .

AN TIONEST AND'JUST GOVERNOR. . (Piymouth Demograt, Dem.) - . The Hon. James D. Williams, our candidate:for Goyernor, is a man of age and. experience In State affairs, and of unexceptionable character for personal and political integrity. | IHe has been in the Indiana, Legislature for more‘than twenty years, where he has earned the reputation of being an honest and incorruptible legislator. He “is thoroughly posted in State affairs, and it is. not neccessary to piedge the people that no official aet of his as Governor will eveér bring discredit upon his State. We commend him to all who want an honest and just government. g

AN INDEPENDENT OPINION. (Terre Haute Gazette, Ind.) - What the Gazette likes about James D \v-ls‘;illi'dmgj or Jim Williams as the people call- him, the candidate for Governor, is his rude simplicity, -Of course plain habits are not the whole stock in trade for a candidate for Governor, nor sufficient in themseives to qualify a man for the place. It is a personal habit whichdoes not supply the place of ability to perform the duties of an office. But given ability, and we repeat that plainness is an admirable quality in public officers at é';;l:l times, and especially hew, when a bauched national administration has been guilty of all sorts'ef excesses, and set the. pattern for a species of shoddy extravagance which it hasnot been pogsible to sustain without knavery. Babcock and Belknap became thieves because Grant encouraged them in a style of living which they could not keep up -without stealing. They preferred dishonesty to social - ostracism, -and the country knows the resuit. | .

/1. A MAN OF THE PEOPLE, .. g (Terre Haute Journal, Dem.) *°f Against Williams, the nominee tor Governor, nothing can be said with truth. . He is a man of the people. His homely and honest face, the prototype of Abraham Lincoln’s, has never lentdits countenance. to public or private wrong. . It is no trifling encomium in these days of official robbery to say fhat a candidate is an honest man. Williams i 8 the soul of honesty. = Simple in his tastes, economical in his.-habits, being in himself . the' embodiment of Democratic gleories, he will arouse enthusiasm om one end of the State to the other. He is above all a man of solid worth, worth of -head: and heart, no slimy: politician or ;demagogu_e_, but guided in his political course by settled convictions. Men who have known him all his life in" old Knox, who know him as a legislator and a citizen, declare him to be a plain and honest gentleman of pure and unpolluted character, whose record and integrity are above the mark of covetous scandal. We esteem it a privilege to vote for him and to lend our' l;earty and strongest efforts in his behalf. | ~ {MOST JUDICIOUS WORK. ' . (Bartholomew Demoerat, Dem.) |

The convention has accomplished a most judicious work. Uncle Jimmy Williams, in his great attitude of ugli‘ness; his blue jeans habit, which he constantly wears; his unpolished, yet gentlemany manners; in his frank honesty and straightforwardness; in the native intelligence and knowledge acquired, by 'about twenty years of public station and a long life of practical business, will be found a tower of strength in the canvass. | The Republicans may sneer at his want of polish, may speak deridingly of his blue jeans, but this will not distress us, nor render the object of their remarks less popular. His very appearance Will give to the people the best. of assurances of a return to the economy and simplicity of the past—his very presence will be a dissertation: upon, and gondemnation’ of, the 08~ tentdtion, extravggance and —flifllglaf ‘whiel have obtained in high station and which, coupled with the eriminal means employed to sustain them, haye

brought the people well-nigh to bankruptey and the nation to dishonor. ‘Though Holman was our first choice. we shall pull off our coats and work forthe old, ugly.farmer, who wearshis jeans simply as an outward effect or symbol of his very correct and much-‘to-be-commended ideas of honesty and economy. S Jidnd

COULD NOT HAVE DONE BETTER, : (Evansville Courier, Dem.) : James D. Williams is a man who has had long public career. He has | served his county in both branches of: | the legislature, and is now a representative in Congress from his District, llé has not been celebrated as a man who posseised those showy parts as a public speaker which are supposed to be inseparable from the politiciadn. He is no politician in the common' acceptation of the term. But he is a pure man, who has not shrank from public place whenever the people among whom he lives have required his services.. This has beén often. And in liis long public career we defy any man to point to a single blemish. - Mr. Williams is undoubtedly the strongest man the party could possibly have ehosen. This is already assured. = Some comments, published elsewhere, give an-ddea of the feeling with which his nomination has been received., These are but samples of a universal sentiment. Thenomination began to grow from the moment it :was made, and it' will continue to do so to the last. Of bis election we feel confident,; and he need only carry into the office of Goevernor of Indiana the same stern practice of integrity that ‘has characterized his whole career to make him one of the most respected officials that has ever filled the chair of the chief executive. ‘ PURE HONESTY AND TRIED INTEG,

: RIDY, i o : (,Fr;)m Senator-Slater’s Frauklin Herald.) Uncle Jimmy Williams, of XKnox county, is 68 years old. He 1s tall, and. resembles Abe Lincoln.. It has been our pleasure and good fortune toknow him long and well. We served with him as member of the State Senate, and can vouch that he is the best parliamentarian in the State, with sound judgment, pure honesty’and tried integrity. As an associate, he is genial .and. true, as a joker, he tells some. as good stories as ever Lincoln did; as a Senfiof, we,as well as other inexperiented Senators, always went to him for cpounsel and advice, knowing that he was the tried friend of the producing masses, and that his judgment was sound and his views correct. bt

.- INDIANA NEWS ITEMS, . Miss Mattie Hamlet, daughter of John Hamlet, of Plymouth, has become insane. She was an attractive young Jady., @ L A very severe storm passed over the northern end of Switzerland coun-’ ty on the 13th inst., doing thousands of dollars worth of damage. The recent school enumeration discloses the fact that ‘there are 3,035 children in South Bend between* the -ages of six and twenty-one. - A man in Wayne county walked sixteen miles to pay his taxes which ~amounted to 23 cents. He did not ~want to be a delinquent. i 1 i \ A | Logansport -has a!young woman ‘ who has been married to five different men. Whether she was divorced from - any of them is not so well known. : Sl o | The LaPorte Argus says: The L. S. & M. S. R. R. pays into our county treasury about $9,000 taxes, for right of way and rolling stock. $B,BBB for right of way. M ; _ Greencastle is troubled with burglars. Saturday night, 15th inst., two houses were entered, and from cne of them, that of Dr. Fish, a quantity of silverware was carried away. o

Lougis Beecher, of Mishawaka, had a narrow escape from' death Tuesday of last week. He was at work in a well, when the dirt caved in upon him, and he was rescued with the greatest difficulty. - i

" Twenty snakes were killed on the farm of Muys. Abshier, near Rockton, one day last week. They ranged from the size of a man’s thumb to the size of a wrist, and were of the species known as spreading adders. - : . Another tornadoipassed over Pike county ‘about two weeks ago, doin damage to the extent of $lO,OOO. Igt; followed very closely in ‘the path' of the great tornado, which; passed| over. the county only a few weeks before. * " Peter Reed, of Terre Coupee, met with a horrible and fatal accident Friday. He was’ assisting to burn brush, and in some way unknown he fell into the fire and was burned so badly as te die soon after.. He was subject to fits, and it is presumed he was taken with one while lighting his pipe at-the pile of .burning brush.

. The particulars of a shocking accident which occurred recently, near ‘Tipton are given in'the last Republican. A man named William Woods, who had been troubled muceh by thieves stealing his corn, shot and dan‘gerously wounded a neighber who came ‘whistling along by his barn to pay him a’visit, instéad of intending to steal his corn. - : i

Chas. | Alleu, ithe “colored nigger” ‘who was recently in the employment of Dr. A. C. Jackson; and who suddenly disappeared, taking ‘with him a $2OO watch and chain-of Mrs. Jackson, was captured in Cleveland, Ohio, and brought back to this city and locked up to await trial. The chain was -recovered, but the boy had disposed of thé watch for anew!suit of clothesi—Goshen T'imes. ¢

The Wakarusa Sun was ‘“eclipsed” at 10 o’clock A. M., on Tuesday. The only real joke about this is that a Dem- - ocratic Sheriff was called upon to sell a Democratic paper to a live Republi--can, so that. the Republican piapers are still in the majority in this county. The Sun office was sold to satisfy a claim in favor of Judge Woods. Mr. John Brubaker, an energetic young man, who means business, is the pur«chaser.—Goshen T'imes. The youthful burglars who have. been incarcerated in the county jail for some time, awaiting sentence, were. brought before Judge Woods one day: last ‘week, and sentenced as follows: Charles Williams, aged 13 years, for petit larceny, was fined $l.OO and ten days in jail. Walter Snyder, aged 17, burglary and grand larceny, $l.OO fine and 60. days in jail, Will Eastman, aged 16, for like offence, 30 days in jail and $75 fine, and costs.—Goshen Times. - A number of prisoners confined in the jail at Peru, made a desperate at-. tempt to escape Thursday morning. Among the numbet was one Surkoff, charged with grand larceny, with I:»‘chances good for a term in the penitentiary. They obtained a:quantity of powder from the outside, which they placed in a hole in the wall, “where the mortar had been picked out; A slow ,nrat(:h was arranged, and an explosion! followed, considerably dumaging the walls, but the: fellows were unable to escape before the sheriff took them into limbo again. . Two young ladies moving in the best society at Ft. Wayne dressed up in men’s clothing, the'other night, and visited the saloons and gambling rooms of that city. Their excuse for the act was simply their desfge; to -gratif{ ‘a keen curiosity—to know ‘how their swepthearts spent their time when not in their eompany. A few glasses of beer, a. game of billiards, and 3 mere glance at the “ti--ger” satisfied them, and now they are contémplating sulcide because they were not bora boygs, |

"'UNCLE JIMMY" WILLIAMS. fEa 5 ,biographical-Sketch of Governor Hendricks’ ' : Probable Successor. . 1

~ KFrom the Indianapolis Sentinel) . & ' If the question should be asked the | Democracy, or, indeed, ‘the liberal element of the State in politics—*Who has been during the past tweénty years of public service most conspicuous for unswerving honesty ?” it is more than likely the reply would come, “James. D. Williams, of Knox,” lln these days-when corruption is stalking almost unchallenged through.the ranks of the republican party, no name could be mentioned to the intelligent voters of 'lndiana which would be a better assurance of reform in the civil service and thorough integrity in the administration of all public trusts.. The career of the present Congressman from the second district is full of honors acquired by consistency in principle and fidelity to the trusts which have been confided to his-keeping. A short glance at his life . will illustrate the remarkable,

power of the man in this priceless characteristic. - e was born in Pick- | away county, Ohio, in the year 1808, and is now in his 68th year. When a mere boy he emigrated with his parents to old Knox county, in this State, ' grew up accustomed to farm labor on the banks of the Wabash, and when he reached years of discretion, which time came earlier in those' days than now, he married Miss Nancy Huftman, of the same neighborhood, with. whom he has lived happily ever since,’ In the times when Mr. Williams first began to mingle with his fellow men. in the region of Vincennes, he was marked, for his sterling integrity, his high regard for all obligations assumed, his generosity, his quiet, sensible; - consistent style of‘life. In proportion to the great value of these traits they are now, and in a republic always| should be, in great demand, and when the good people of Knox in the due course of time required a Representative in the State Legisldture whose perfect integrity and regard for the true interesty of his constituency could not be called in question, Mr. Williams was elected. ' That was over thirty years ago. From that time to the present the honest.farmer of Knox \has figured conspicuously in the legislation :of the State, having served tweénty-nine years in both, branches, though not consecutively. In thelegislature of 1872 the Democrats cast their votes for Mr. Williams for Sena-

tor against Morton, who was re-elected by virtue of the infamous apportionment law that gave a republican majority in joint ballot that Session.' To recount his services would require more space than can be given at this time, and would not have the effect of making him better known than he is, at present. His reputation is a'record that speaks-for itself, and will be stronger than argument in the coming -campaign. He has always been: prominently connected with the agricultural interests of the State, having served twelve years on the State Board of Agriculture acceptably, giving valuable counsel té his associates. At present he is chairman of the Knox county local society, and takes a lively interest in all that- concerns the prosperity of his State and district. He is one of the wealthiest land-owners in Indiana. His extensive farm, stretching along White river in Harrison township, some four.teen miles east 6f Vincénnes, comprises over 3,000 acres in a high state of cultivation, and the worthy patriot takes boundless pride in his posses= sions. Mr. Williams is a man who ‘believes in home productions, and ‘abides by his principles so rigidly that he wears nothing but blue jeans which 'came from his own sheep and has been woven: by his wife. Though not a church member, the gentleman has .always taken a warm interest in'tné Sunday school‘cause, and ‘most of his time is occupied in increasing the size of these' training schools.for the churely till they overflow intomissions. His domestic relations have' excited

the envy of his fellow-citizens. Tho’ death has entered his family he is Stilliblessed witn two children and.an army of _grand—children, fift_een ,all

told, who interest the old gentleman’s kindness, and will, no doubt, reflect Jhis teaching when they ¢énter .the world. He is extremely attaehed to his family, and the love, is as heartily reciprocated. Toward all with whom he is brought:in contact, Mr. Williams is genidl, generous, charitable, hos.pitable, and the soubriquet of “Old Uncle Jimmy” speaks volumes for the reverence in which he is held as a. citizen and neéighbor. When the Democrats- of Indiana, in convention assembled, selected 'him as their stand-ard-bearer in the' coming campaign; he was quietly in his seat at Congress, maintaining the doctrines of economy and reform. Ilis Spartan simplicity of manners have given a decided impulse to treductions in every kind of oxpenditure. Ever since his election in 1874, by a majority of nearly 8,000 votes, he has strenuously.advocated reform, and tried by precept and example to drive back the tide of luxury that was rising so high at the capital. As chairman of the committee on'aecounts he has been in .charge of the important contingent fund and has prosecuted - economy ' with ‘such vigor that the force of clerks and employes is now reduced one-third from previous administrations, and a cor‘responding reduction in salaries has been brought about. llis name, therefore, means reform, honesty, simplicity in manners, and, in short, a return to the good old times of democratic administration, and the convention in selecting him has strugk the key note of the hour. : g

Lieutenent Governor—lsaac P. Gray. . 1 Col. Isaac' P. Gray, of Randolph county, to whom was; tendered’ the nomination of lieutenant governor so unanimously, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania,in 1828. He removed to this State in 1855, and set: tled in Union Citys where he has’ since resided in the practice of the law. On the breaking out of the war he entered the service, leading the 4th cavalry into the field and making a noble army record. Subsequently, ‘having been relieved from his command by reason of ill health, he canvassed his district and raised the 47th regiment: of infantry.. In 1866 he was a candidate for nomination for representative from the fifth district against the Hon. George W. Julian and barely: escaped winning the prize. His gal‘lant services in the'army were recpgnized by Gen. Grant, and in 1868 was tendered the consulship at St. Thomag, which he declined. ~ He served in the: State Senate from 1868 to 1872, which latter year was the fortunate season of -his co'nver?ion to Liberalism, in aecordance with which he was selected a delegate for the State at large to the Greeley convention at Cincinnati: ' He supported Mr. Greeley, advocated the etection of the Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks for Governor, and has ever since been a hearty supporter of the Democracy. He is an industrious canvasser :and a -fluent, powerful speaker. - e will be heard from: during the campaign, when it opens. . The nomination is an excellent ore. He will make a dignified presiding officer in the Senate. . '

Whatever doubts miay have been entertained as to the direction of the Indiana Democratic platform, are set ‘at rest by the vicious attack on its auther by the Indianapolis Sun, the organ of Mr. Buchanan, local wet-nurse ta the rag-baby. .As Mr. Buchanan is ahout as ..gr'azy an inflationist as runs at large, his blame will by all friends of honest money be regarded as the l%gheat - possible praise—XNew York. : i Orld. o d e Fik

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