The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 23, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 September 1876 — Page 2

The Satiomal Baney e Hatiomal B - ,tf_——*—4.®_.__.__4____—-I—--;" = | N } Y . bt 7 i = ':\‘\?~ S »(‘:\' S -?\’.n‘ & 8 : 3 e ' 3. R.STOLT., Editor and Proprietor, _IGONIER, IND., SEPT. 28, 18786. BEMOQURATIC NATIONAL TICKET. { § T I : S , FOR PRESIDENT: SAMUEL J. TILDEN, A ar NEW YORK, 1 " FOR VICE PRESIDENT: THOMASA. HENDRICKS, T 2 S e OF lI\'DIANA. < f e by L * By TioE wAY, what income tax did’ 12, B. Hayes pay? ' * perorts from Angola and Auburn indicate that Farmer Kelley werried Jd.awyer Baker considerably in their _juint discussions_at those points. - Tine Greenbackérs of this congres<ional distriet have nominateéd Norris Bennett, of Steuben county, for Conwress. The “convention” which pass«d through this performansee consisted «f mine or ten persons. o SeriEße T s T Tue thirty millions of dollars saved to. the peoplb by the Democrats in «ongress is equal to a barrel of flour t9¢ every family in the llandl Wasn’t - ..l practical retrenchment and re- : INDIANA’S next Governor” is the - way the- Republican papers mention isen. Harrisof. Thatls the way they s.entibned Orth during the early part . of thie campaign. There is a lie out —anewhete. : Lt e vite Louisville Courier-Jotirnal al-i-wes that R. B Hayes never paid- any iacome tax. 'he New York 7'imes tinds fault with Samuel J. Tilden be~ause he'paid tax upon an average income of only $15,000; | S - e — - E—— THE REPUBLICANS are making a desperate effort to carry West Virginia. There is ailarge inflation (Coopeli and arey).element in that State, which e Republicans are trying to utilize. “The. Demoerats are just beginning to eraanize. Things}fw,ill be made lively. “ B g < f—— ! 4 cLear-nEADED farmer illustrates IL.e proposition to'put Gov. Hayes in Girnt’s place in this manner: “If vou have a hen setting on a nest of “eggs until they become. rotten, would " it make the matter'any better to take the old hen off and put a new hen o 27 e ‘

L.vcits ROBINSON, the: presént Comptroller and Democratic candi«late for Governor of New York, saved ihat State a large amount of money i v funding t}lie bounty debt. He placed tl:e whole loan in March last, at from i fo 8 per cent., better figures than any New York Stat@l securities ever sefore commanded. . .

+IN MAINE the official returns of the ~iate election received at the Secretav of State’s oflice, ftom the whole ~Hale except one t,ownt and six plantxtions, give a total vote of 136,400— <onner; 75,710; Talbot, 69,251; scattering, 529, Connor’s majority over Talbot is $5,450. This is the largest voie ever polled in the State by about - ss¥)} 9 a ~ e —— oR — - ‘M. CARL SCHURZ, in his opening speeches in this campaign, denounced i 1e present administration for its uné:i:nral]ele’d corruptions, while Motton says it is the purest and most eco:omical we have ever had.- Both are i favor of the elect,i(on of Hayes and Wheeler. Which are we to believe ? “You pay your money and take your 01080

TWEXTY-FIVE expert ballot-box =iuffers have lieen sent by Cameron is Indiana a.n(f" Ohio to. organize .a s heme of fraud and make the States :ate for the Republicans. The men

e experts in théjr vile '_'woi’k, and

will vary their scheme according to Ilie exjgencies of. tha momant . Thoy lwve never failed in Pennsylvania. Tut ihe Democrats of Indiana and ©lliio will see that they do fail now. -

.\ CORRESPONDENT of the CourierJurynal, at Dixon, Ky., writés there i+ uo doubt the Republicans of Indi<4n are: engaged in' an extensiyve - -heme of colonizing Kentucky negro “oters on Indiana soil. Those from that section will be voted at Evans: ~iile, Terre Haute and other points «n the Wabash and in the Pocket. he Democracy in these sections -would be on the lookout and: prevent “i.e perpetration of these frauds.

Tne Dubuque Herald, of recent wate says: ! Just to show what little « ifect the “bloody shirt” stories of the Jiiadicals “have on some of the boys wio fought for the Union, we will =*ate that a gentleman named Cooney, < his six sons, living in Muscatine <cunty, I6wa, all of whom served in ise army during the war, and voted 23 1868 and 1872 for Grant, have de-

wed that they }vfll ‘give tfieir'éeveh

»stes this year for Tilden and Hen- « vicks.! | When the peace was signed, : :se men concluded that the war v a 3 over; and have since been under ise same impression. They do not j*s<:pose Tow to be misled by a set of < magogues who are reviving recol: i- vtions of the struggle only that they m.y continue in office and be thus « azbled w{ffilch from the government,

‘Tine New York 77ibune; in speaking i geueral terms of camp meetings, +loses with the following . rematks: * Thete is something very touching in 1 spectacle of thousands of men and

omen, of the young and old, gather“«:l tigether in the grove which was Trud’s first temple, or hy the sea which - juesents so many emblems alike of ¢uttinortality and immortality, to con:«er those matters which concern ~ | twir elernal welfare. . Nowhere can <1; hymn of praise be more musical tirin where it mingles with the melo“uiies and_harmonies of nature, Now, +here can the prayer be more appro-j-tiately uttered than under the vault «{ heaven, to which we naturally look ~ 1 hen we reverently mention the name of God. Nowhere can we to better purpose rememb Creator than . 'mfigl;q%ot? perSo o ser e nd. i ieper.

THE FIRST OCTOBER ELECTIONS.

There seems to be considerable misunderstanding with reference’ to the time of holding elections in States voting before November. It has been | generally .understood that Georgia is the next State in which an election is to be held. This, as we are now informed, is an error.. The New York World, usually ‘considered good authority, informs us that the next State in which an election will be held is the new State of Colorado, which is to elect its first Governor, all its State and county officers and its Legislature on Tuesday,; Oct. 8. Under an arrangement already made, the Legislature chosen on that day will select the three ‘Presidential électors, as used to be doné 'in South Carolina before the war; so that, while a Governor and all the State officers are to be elected, the real interest of the contest will center on the Legislature, which is to choose not only the Presidgntial electors, but also two United States Senators. This latter is-the special point to which the Republicans are directing all their efforts. The election in Georgiasfollows on the next day, Wednesday, Oct. 4. Of the result there, the. World says, no doubt exists. It will be a democratic victory. Only.eight years ago Geor-: gia was carried by the Republicans, who filled -the highest offices in the State with men- who subsequently. | proved to be little less than common thieves, and who plundered the people of Georgia and the capitalists of the country‘in every possible .way. Since that time Georgia has. Dbeen rescued from her spoilers, and is now, under a democratic-administration, one of the ~most prosperous and peaceful States ‘in the Union. The rights of the coiored citizens are as much respected there as they are-in New York, and “ outrages” are unknown. The story of the republican domination in that State was a story of public villainy. The story of the democratic domination has been a story of progress and order. Every intelligent citizen who has anything to win or lose, now supports the democratic ticket. The numl?er of. colored citizens who .support the democratic. candidates increases every year, which is the best possible ‘proef that the colored people in Georgia partake the general prosperity,and -are learning the value of an honest government. = They have had more than énough, like the ‘Whites, of car-pet-baggers and public robbers.” When the Repulflicans were in. power outrages were numerous, and military assistance was constantly asked by the civil authorities. The moment that the State Government became democratic all this disappeared, and. quiet and prosperity took the place of an‘archy and robbery.’ 'The example of Georgia shows -that local self-govern-ment is the true remedy for the evils which ‘the South has suffered and which have so- disastrously affected the whole country.- It shows that the rights of the negroes are better guarded and their interests safer in the | hands of the people whose hopes and future welfare are bound up with their labor and'their prosperity,than in those of men who can only maintain their supremacy by outrages and who re+ gard power as simply a means of gain.

HOW THEY LOVE THE SOLDIERS. , The Ft. Wayne Sentinel calls attention to a ‘matter that has, during the past few years,elicited con§iderable comment in this county, especially among the friends of Capt. E. H. Fisher, who justly complain of the treatment bestowed‘ upon him by Senator Morton. We'invite special attentjon to the Sentinel’s statement: “The republican party is trying %o divert attention - from its past misdeeds, and from the corruptions and infamies of the Grant administration by means of “soldiers’ re-unions.” - The ' demagogues who control the party would have the people believe.that all the - ex-soldiers belong ‘to . the republican organization, and that that party alone ’is friendly to them. . How false this ‘assumption is, is shown by the condi‘tion ef affairs in this revenue district. ' Not one of the profitable government ~efices im this distrivy I neld Dy an ex-soldier, although soldiers, some of whiom are wounded, some of whom were. confined “in' southern prisons, and all of whom were worthy and needy, have applied for them. ; The “Fort Wayne postoffice has been held for sixteen years by the Republicans, ‘but no" soldier ever received a mo‘ment’s consideration in connection with the oflice. The collectorship of internal revenue was held for a number of years by W. H. Withers, who put in the most of his time,while the Union soldiers were fighting in the field, “thanking God that no Republican ever fired on the flag.” Mr. Withers was succeeded by Geo. Moon, of Warsaw, who never smelled powder in his life. Capt. Hiram Iddings, who never was a soldier, holds the lucrative office of pension agent. These position’ are all at the disposal of Senator Morton, who could have bestowed them upon soldiers, had he been so | disposed. ' He is now engineering the great reunion (?) at Indianapolis, and talking loudly about' his friendship’ for the “boys in blue,” in his vain efforts to perpetuate the curse of Grantism. . He evidently thinks a geod d‘eal of the Loys-just now, for election day ‘is only two we eks in the future. How much he has thought of them in the past,let the facts we-have given above show.” = . ;

- THe latest campaign lie agalnst honest Blue Jeans Williams has been exploded. It originated in the columns of the New York 7'imes, and was copied extensively in the Indiana Republican organs.’ Mr. Williams, as Chairman of the House Committee on Agcounts, was charged with having approved bills. for feather-dusters, _cork-screws, &c., for tl}lg use of members of the present House. An examination of the vouchers by Mr: Adams, Clerk of the House, shows that Mr. Williams made no such purchases, nor any. other of a frivolous character. Onthecontrary,they were made by Mr. McPherson, Clerk of the Republican House, and turned over to Mr. Williams as the proper custodian. In that way these vouchers appear among the assets of the Democratic House. The attempt to ridicule: Mr. Williams’ professions of economy in public expenditures simply re-acts on its authors when. the ttuthoomes o, =~ =

WHAT IS NEEDED,

Shouting for Tilden and Hendricks will not alone elect them. Mass meetings will not do’it. Bands of music and torehlight processions will fall short of the work needed. All these are necessary to prepare the field, but of more importance than all combined is that quiet work which leads to a thorough canvass, and influence by private advice the doubtful voters, and brings to the ballot-box every ‘one. who belig&es in the right and who is entitled toa vote. On this quiet work we rely for victory. On it we rely for the conversions that are to be made in the campaign. It is the quiet talker, who carries his politics into his daily life and impresses his neighbors with the honesty of his views on pub‘lic affairs, who makes converts to the cause he advocates. ;

- From this time to the day of election every Democrat and Liberal should consider himself g worker and exert himself to the best of his ability. Only a few can. shine on the stump,. but all can have some influence in his social circle. . If there is a doubting.neighbor, go to him and incline him to support the right, place ‘the true issue before Kim, show him that it is not a question of war, recon‘struction or suffrage, or mere control of offices, but one of vital.importance —good, just, honest, economical administration, lower taxes, a return to prosperity and a higher standard of political morality. Keep this before the people and keep up the quiet work that is all essential to success. Organize for this’ purpose, and.perfect organization so effectually that each voter will be a power influencing other voters to do their duty.

FEARS OF OHIO: g "~ The New York Herald has numerous -correspondents in Indiana whose business it is to collect the most reliable information attainable as to the prospects of the prospective politicalg parties for success at the approaching October election, and in summing up a series of these letters from the field has this to say to t.he‘,qutlook at pres-. ent: 3 : = *“The fact that the confidence of the Republicans has been shaken in Ohio will have a favorable effect on the democratic canvass in the adjoining State of Indiana. Tt will not merely infuse new. courage into tho Indinna Democrats, but will weaken the effective forces arrayed against them. So long as it was supposed by the Republicans that Hayes’ popularity and the repugnance of the Ohio Democrats to Tilden made Indiana the only doubtful October State,it was good policy for the Republicans to pour money and speakers into Indiana,and concentrate all their outside strength in a strenuous effort to carry it. = But they are now forced to recognize the necessity of withdrawing a part of their campaign energies from Indiana and employ them in a struggle tosave Ohio. This will operate like the withdrawal of a large part of an army destined to act against a particular division of the enemy to protect an exposed point of’ greater importance. The Indiana Democrats will be measurably relieved and their chances of carrying the State be proportionally improved. Our Indiana correspondent, in the letters which we printed yeaterday, gave it as his opinion that the Democrats will carry the State by a very considerable majority.” - . s

'~ BAKER AND THE BLOODY SHIRT. Congressman Baker boldly essays to follow the “key note” set by Morton to the tune of the “bloody shirt.” In his attempt at some fine rhetorical and oratorical display the other Saturday afternoon, in ‘Ligonier,‘he, as a republican speaker, to his republican friends, at the raising of a republican pole, proclaimed that the necessity was as great and imperious that that flag (pointing to the American flag), be followed to a successful victory in October as was the necessity for a victory for the, same flag during the days of the.Rebellion fifteen years ago. Does John H. Baker mean to be understood that that flag, the emblem of the American Union, is attacked by any domestic or foreign foe? We have heard of none; there are none; he knows there.are none. _Does he mean to be understood that that flag is the flag.of any one section of the Union and not of the other or whole? If he does, he is its basest enemy. '

Does he mean to be understood that that flag is the flag of Republicanism and. Grantism, and that the Démocrats are ‘its foes? If he does, he is not only its enemy, but a base charlatan, a demagogue and a talsifier. .. John, pay your money and take your choice; such twaddle as- that don’t send men to. Congress in 1876.

“YESTERDAY,” says the Cincinnati FEnquirer, of a recent date, “a newspaper correspondent applied” to the Collector of Internal Revenue in this District for permission to examine the books relating to Gov. Hayes’ income returns. The Collector refused on the ground that he had received positive orders from Washington to allow no one to examine these documents. - He referred the correspondent to the Department at Washington. ‘lt looks as if the friends of Governor Hayes are fearful that the investigation of the charges that he has falsified his income returns will injure the reputation and decrease the chances of the republican- candidate. .If not, why this secretiveness?®”’, f

ZAcH. CHANDLER has been' complaining that the reduction in the current appropriations, made by the last Democratic House, “crippled the pub-

lic service,” and all of the radical stumpers and newspaper organs have joined in the cry. Now this same Chandler has secured an order giving several thousand clerks in the various executive departments forty days leave of" absence, in order that they may vote at the State and national elections in Ohio and Indiana. Meanwhile their pay will run ou just as if they were at their posts of duty. Comment is useless. S

THE. Republicans.are running for Governor of North Carolina about as mean a specimen of an ex-confederate as. can be found in any Southern State. His namé is Settle, and he was chiefly noted, during the war, for the large number of deserters from the confederate army to the Union ranks whom he ordered shot. © We are surprised that some of the bloody shirt organs don’t denounce his candidacy as a “southern outrage” and an “insult to the loyal people of the country,”

JAMES E. ROSE;

THE RADICAL CANBIDATE ~ FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE.

How He Proposed to Shave a ‘ Bounty Order,v ’

Issued in Favgpr of n Deceased Soldier. - : g

3812.00 for $25.00! ‘On the 14th inst., the Auburn Courier published a letter written by Jas. E. Rose, Esq., and addressed to the mother of a deceased soldier. Averse to doing anyone an injustice, and believing that candidates for public of-fice-should be treated with the utmost, fairness, we concluded to say nothing of the contents of this remarkable letter until Mr. Rose was:afforded ample opportunity to offer an éxplanation or make a defense. - Two weeks hive elapsed since this precious document appeared in print, and yet neitlier Mr. Rose nor any of his friends have deemed it advisable to favor the public with an explanation. Believing, also, that the public hasa right to know something of the character, (it‘ness, and claims of aspirants to high and responsible positions,we deem it 3 duty to submit the letter in question to the readers of THE BANNER, that they may judge for themselves whether its author is deserving of their suffrages at the cdoming election. It reads thus: :

AUBURN, IND., July 16, 1863. {Mrs. Hannah Mullineaux, Hicksville, Ohio.] At the last session of the board of commissioners of DeKalb county, Ind., there was an order made for the payment of twenty-five dolllars, to your son Nelson, as a bounty for his having volunteered from this county last fall. I have been/informed that he is now dead: ‘Theorder is now made out for your somu, but there is no money in the Treasury with which to pay, and there will' not be for some time to come, The attorney who secured the claim charges five dollars for his services which will leave but twenty dollars. . I have some . money that I can spare from my business for some time, and will buy the order of . you if you wish to sell it. I will give you twelve dollars for the order. If you wish to sell it thus you may write to me directing how I shall send the money to you, wh&?her by mail or otherwise. Respectfully, gy ! JAMES E. ROSE.

P. O. Address, 1 . JAMES E. ROSE, ] Jo o “Aubuen, Ind

.~ We have it from trustworthy authority that no attorney was‘employed to procure the allowance of this order, and that there was no searcity of funds in the DeKalb county treasury. Next week we will give a detailed statement of the payment of the order in Sull by the Treasurer, shortly after Mr. Rose had made his outrageous proposition to share the same to the.extent of $l3. :

. THE SUMMER is.ended and the winter is coming on.. Hard times, like a lean, hungry, pitiless wolf, is at the door of every man in the land who depends upon his daily labor for his bread and meat. There is no scarcity of bread and meat, or of any of the necessities of life, but he has no money to buy them. He is willing to work for money, but there is no work for him. Industry is paralyzed. The republiean party has taken good care of the rich man. * All of its legislation has favored the rich and has been adverse to the poor. This is why the people, not the upper ten but the lowermillion,want a change. They believe: a change would help them—they are sure it could make times no worse. They see that if Hayes is elected things will go on in pretty much the same old way, that it would be like setting a new hen on the same old nest of eggs. They see: what a lamentable failure the republican party has made within the last four years trying to “reform itself,” and they have no faith in its promises now. The.only way to bring about a change is to vote for Hongest Blue Jeans Williams* in October, and for Tilden, Hendricks -and Reform in’ November. : :

THE coal-monopolists, having broken an unholy faith with each other, and having too much ‘coal for present consumption at a high: price, and also dreading.further industry on the part of their miners, as increasing a supply of fuel which they (the monopolists) already wish were far more meagre, have lately been vigorously applying the noses of their workingmen to the grindstorie, as a hint to stop work. The poor Helots kept steadily at work after the first reduction, to the extreme discontent of the suffering extortionists, but assiduous administration of their favorite economieal narcotic has induced the hoped-for- response, and now the whole region is in the foment characteristic of the \i"ncéiptionl'of a long labor-strike, disastrous to all interests save those of.the é’cicrboncrats.

. THE yellow fever @ visitation at Brunswick, Ga., is one of awful severity. More than one-half the entire population have been stricken down by the fearful plague, and the number of those not attacked is not sufficient to-attend to the sick and dying. Business is suspended, industry is paralyzed, and among *he poor people there is immediate danger that general starvation will be added to the. horrors of the situation. The case is one which cries aloud. to the humane sympathy and generosity of the whole country.

IT is reported all j;"lx;vay from-Vlgo, Spain, that Mr. Wm. M. Tweed, formerly and quite largely of New York City, was to board the U, S. steamer Franklin with his suit last Tuesday evening, preparatory to making the voyage, which will be entirely free of expense, between that port and the United States. :

. Hallett’s Reef, at the place in East River long known as Hell Gate, New York, suecessfully “Blown u;@} last Sunday, aboul 3 o’clock in the afternoon, This great enterprise of removing what appéared to be impenetrable and utterly unmovable obstructions tu navigation has been most successfully accomplished by the use of dynamite,’ SoE '

‘WATCH THE BALLOT-BOX. A Radical Scheme to Carry Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 23.~—The following has been received from the democratic headquarters at New York, and all Democrats of Indiana should see that it receives prompt attention: NATIONALDENOCRATICCOMMITTEE, NEW YORE, S;{m. 26, 1876.—H0n. M. D.Manson—Dear Sir: An exceedingly ‘cunning and ' altogether: villainous scheme to perpetrate fraud in. your State in the coming election has been devised by the Republicans of Philadelphia, the particulars of which were communicatedito a well known gentleman of 'this city last evening, and by him brought to the attention of this committee. A number: of persons have been approached and solicited to -go from Philadelphia to Indianapolis to confer there with the Republican ] State Committee. © About twenty-five men will be designated for this purpose. As the result of their counsels, that committee is to send for one or more members of the Republican County Committee from each county, and they are to be instructed in the * plan;” which is as follows:* A Republican inspector at e:\ih’ polling place is to put ten straight republican tickets in each vile of ballots after the voting is over. The method is as follows: The inspector- has ten tickets concealed in his hand, and when the ballots are tuken from the boxes for the purpose of being counted, he adroitly slips these .concealed tickets into the pile. Upon counting the whole number of ballots and ascertaining that |'they are ten in excess of the proper number, this inspector, with much seeming fairness, proposes to take out | five votes irom-each side and destroy them. To a proposition so apparently equitable it Is supposed there will be no objection, and the result will be that the republican ticket will receive a gain of ten votes in each election district. Do not make the mistake of suppesing that this is an election scare. The scheme is devised by well-known republican leaders in Pennsylvania. They have ample funds to earry it out. -They are now organizing and select_ing their agents. Two men came last night from Philadelphia to this. city, bringing the particulars of the plot, angone of these men had been himself approached and eélected to make one of the party to go to your State. There can be no, doubt of the existence of - this infamous .combination. The same plan will be resorted to in Ohiq,." We would suggest to prevent thisz S : ' ; 'l.",’l‘hat you give through your pa- | pers the fullest publicity to the particulars of this infamy.

2. That you send for at least one member of each of your County Committees and thoroughly acquaint them with the proposed fraud, so that they may put our watchers and inspectors upon their guard. : ) ~ The scheme of fraud proposed is exceedingly easy of execution unless carefully watched. It is the best conceived device for cheatingthe electors that has yet come to the notice of this committee, and too much ‘precaution cannot be used to prevent its success. e FREDERICK O. PRINCE, : Sec’y Nat. Dem. Com. crix i ,A.___q‘ .@__- 5 —T:‘—i‘ N £ DESPERATION., A Radical Office-holder Umbosoms l[ignsc;r, l { 1’IIILAI)ELPIIIA, Sept. 18, *76. . . EDITOR BANNER:—In conversation with a U. S. Gauger on last M.bnda;{f morning, the advocate. of civil servige reform made use of the following language: . “Yes, sir;: we are going to elect Hayes by hook or crook. I don’t care a d—n hew we'do it, but do it ‘we will: lam going to vote as often ‘as I'can. Vote early and often is my motto this year.,” o ! - What do you think of such language from a government employe? And it is said boastingly and openly. The worst of the case is that it is true. - Tam willing to swear to this if necessary. There is 'scarcely an officeholder in the city who does not intend to “vote early and often.” I would advise your ‘Republican friends to read this letter. . It' may do them good. o : If you wish to publish this, it is at your disposal. S‘(ours,_ very truly, . - C. L. SULZBERGER. ~ (For evidence of Mr. Sulzberger’s reliability: and veracity we reter to the Secretary of the Ligonier Hayes and Wheeler Club.) ‘ e 3 . ~—————-—i““—-r—~——— 2 THETHIRTEENTH DISTRICT.

Speculation Upon the Probahle ‘Result. : (From the Indianapilis Correspondence'of the Cin. . cinyati Enquirer,) Here is another one of those anomalies in politics. After going Republican in 1872 by 1,881 majority, it alfowed John H. Baker to sqeeze into “Congress two years ago by just 52. He has the same old contestant to-day, old:farmer Kelley of DeKalb. TKelley was a prominent leader in the Grange movement, out of which the Independent business was evolved, - and now has the advantage over Baker of standing solid with. this Independent element, whose support he can count. upon in the absence of any regular Independent nominee He is greenback enough to suit even'Plan” Bu--c¢hanan, and has secured the open cooperation of prominent Independents. Marshall county will/ incredse her democratic majorities, which “stood firm at six hundred allduring the war, while Elkhart will hold her own over from the vote of 1874, and Lagrange will not hold her own on republican majorities, as leaders of the party there confess to me. . In ordlnaty times the District would be unques-. tionably Republicon, but if Kelley wins nobody but a Republican need feel shocked. e Rise up, Jimmy Williams. You Are . to be the Next Governor, - The . subjoined letter was sent to Bob Ingersoll by the partisan managers at Chicago, and was received by him at Columbus O.,and lost while making a speech at Cleveland: _ Headquarters Republican State Central Committee, Grand Pacific Hotel, 'Chicago, Sept. 14, 1876:.—C01. R. G. In.gersoll—Dear Bir—From all I can learn from Indiana, the' chauces today are decidedly against us. I deem it of the utmost importance that you devote to them at least thirteen speeches, one for each district. Tf we gain Indiana our labor is virtually. ~ended. The democracy will conelude that defeat in November is inevitable. I fear you are inclined to appropriate too much time to Ohio. I see by the Peoria Transcript that you are to speak at [ndianapolis on Monday next, You are also advertised in Ohio for the same day. Please telegraph me | if you have an appomtgf_enti at Indianapolis on Monday. If so, I will .meet you there. Respectfully yours,. G - A. €. BABCOOK. | _ Where is Kilpatrick? Why don’t Hayes send on those “bloody shirts” and more money? @ |

' OUR NEW YORK LETTER. . NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 1876. © THE INCOME TAX. i ‘udge;;fimes P. Sinnott, of the Marine Court, and the gentleman who - was the private Secretary of Samuel J. Tilden during the years of the war, has published a statement about the income business that ‘completely refutes the Z'imes and proves that paper to have made statements that the editor knew to bé false. The statement’ was made at the urgent request of Abraham S. Hewitt. Mr. Hewitt had applied -tQ the authorities in ‘Washington for copies of the income statements of both candidates; byt received no answer. The correspondent of the Chicago T'imes, who also applied to the Internal. Revenue Collector at Cincinnati. for a copy of the return made by Mr. Hayes, was told that, by special orders from Washington, t}lxey could not allow any person to have access to the Dooks except upon special orders from the chief at Washington. It need only be said that the return of Mr. Tilden was given to the Zimes on application;to show how monstrousIy unfair the dealing of the officials of the Administration party. The Louisville Courier-Journal intimates that R. B. Hayes made no return, and for that reason the refusal to allow the ‘books to be examined. What founda‘tion there is for making this state‘ment your readers already know. I simply reiterate and give the matter E for what it|is worth. = The statement ' made by J'u‘dge Sinnott deals with ev‘.eery allegati&m. It shows that in thirteen charges made by the 7'imes, there are but two that were not concocted from whole cloth, and these two are ‘only 'partially true. That is to say, the statement about his receipt of $l,- | 000 as President of the Dry Dock Co., l was correct except as to date, and the | statement about the shares of the | Chicago and Alton Railroad Combany, | amounting to $25,000, was .only ftrue ] in that he received the bonds as comi pensuti(_)i),, charged‘as such elsewhere, i but not to such an amount-as alleged.

‘ ¢’ PHILANTHROPY. | , 'On the authority of the Hon. Alfred P. Swineford, editor of the ablest mining journal published in the United States, I can state that, in one year, Mr. Tilden made a disbursement of over $1,000,000 for the henefit of the toilers in the mines. In Mr. Hewitt’s masterly address in Congress, he stated that Mr. Tilden had materially helped the organization and equipment of a regiment that left ‘this city for the front. By the testimony of the New York 7Times, it is stated that Mr. Tilden hired _a small army of clerks, at his own expense, to make up the ring bank account. This compilation was the sole admittable evidence against that powerful organization of thieves. It is a well-known fact that he loaned his brothers lérge amounts to help them through a great crisis, and his position as President of the State Board of Charities argues well for his character as a philanthi'o-pist. Now, itds hardly to be expected that a man who would assist a whole community, help to organize.a regiment, and spend his own money to:convict a public robber, would attempt so. lz:.ean and petty an offense as that charged by the republican party. *

| . WHY THEY HAVE NO EFFECT: | These charges have aliways had an 'element of the ridiculous to my mind, and{ I have never thought for a mcment that a vote could be changed by ' the allegations of men who were associatedi with people who, almost without a single exception, are not only | charged, but in many cases proven, to have been connected with some disreputable job by which the government has been swindled out of millions of dollars. By the evidence adduced, Mr. Filden is not only proved 'to have acted the part of a citizen who ' wished for the success of his country, and did all in his power to further it, but his reputataion as a ‘reformer is established beyond controversy. FAVOR WITH THE WORKINGMEN. There is one other matter that I would like to draw your attention to, that is if I am not menopolizing toe much of your speice. and too much of your x;“éaders’ patienee. It is the cause ‘of Mr. Tilden’s’ popularity among the Working classes in this city. His reputation as a scholar has always been conceded by eminent men, but until 'hé was made Governor, his reputation as a‘friend to the poor and industrious classes was never brought prominently before the people. . The following extract from the message vetoing the Convict Labor Bill will give you an idea of the motives that actu‘ate his movements in the discharge’ of official duties. Fhe bill was for the purpose of turning the Penitentiary into- a manufactory, and Mr. Tilden re‘tumedvit ,to-t-héLegislatqre without his signature,and,‘hmong other reasons said: “If Government may maintain an organized system of relief for paupers, it may at least exereise forbearance, in a period of business disaster, toward those who are struggling with difficulties that tend to swell the class to which such relief is given. It can ‘abstain, not. only from actual, injury, but from holding up_to their imagination the spectre of a new governmental competition ; frtim rash or experimental changes in the system and laws to which ‘the people are accustomed; from inconsiderate or imperfect measures, the effects of which cannot be foreseen or completely understood. In the meantime, a real and vast reduction of the burden of taxation can be secured in other methods, for the support of which all classes and interests may be expected to co-operate.” e R ———re S W 2 WEST VIRGINIA. =

How the State is to be Carried. . WasniNaTON, Sept. 26.—The : Republicans are making a strong move ment to-carry West Virginia, at least its Ligislature, which has the election -the coming winter of two United States Senators.: The slight republican majority in the United States Senate has prompted this effort,which has not come very prominently to the surface till within a few -days, when' an increase of campaign speakers and a lavish promise of the expenditure of money have been made. Advices received here to-day leave no room to doubt that the struggle between now and October 10, the day of the, elec-. tion, will be one of the most exeiting in the history of the State, : ‘

ATTEMPTED BRIBERY.

How They Are Trying te ‘do Things .+ in LaPorte County. ' [From the LaPorte Argus, Sept. 14.]

- We call attention of the honest men of this county to the following affidavit made by Charles Baumann, a well known citizen ‘of Michigan City and a man of unimpeachable character. Tt speaks for itself and well illustrates the corruption that prevails in the republican party. ' Mr. Baumannls an old resident of Michigan City, and a man against whom no word of suspicion,was ever whispered., He speaks English fluently, and no attempt will be made to tradtice his high character: and well-known integrity where he is known. . Owing to'the hard times he has been out of employment much of the time lately, and it is supposed that he -was approached with this i)roposition to buy his vote under a belief that a lavish use of promises and the probable necessities of his 'family wonld ‘induce him to sell his vote and influ--ence to keep rascals in office. We ask a candid hearing for - = . A / { THE AFFIDAVIT. o State of Indiana, | | : . County of LaPorte;i\’fS' :

¢ I, Charles Baumann, of the city of Michigan® City, being duly sworn on’ oath, say I am a legal votér, residing in Michigan City, and that on the 28th day of August, 1876, I was interviewed byCharles 8. Winship, Frank Doran, and H. J. Willitts, the latter - postmaster at-Michigan City, and that said Willitts and Doran offered me Twen-> ty-five dollars in cash, and promised that, Dr. Landoh Rose, the candidate for Staté Senator on' the republican ticket, would give me ten dollars more, and that Fred. G. Johnson, republican candidate for County Clerk, would 2ilso contribute something more; and further, that at any time whei I wanted five or ten dollars to use for political purposes I could call at the post-ofiice on said Willitts, Postmaster, who would give me the money; and further, in case the State jof Indiana should go Republican at the October election; I was to have a guardianship at the Northern Indiana State Prison, and the consideration asked of me by thesé gentlemen; was, that I was to give my support and influence to|the republican party in this pending State and Presidential campaign, & -[Signed] CHARLES BAUMANN.: °

Subseribed and sworn to before me, . this 11th day of 5ept.,!1876. i ‘ . Davip J. Wrre, [ - ) Notary Publie.

——— e—y 30 R—— ' = 'The Price of Quinine, (From the St. Lotis Republican.)

. During the last session of Congress, as is well known to all our readers, a bill was. introduced by the Honi W. B. Morrison of Illinois advocating a thorough revision of the. present tariff. Sulphate of quinine, being one of the most essential drugs, commanded Special attention, and the effort was to make its entry perfectly free, thereby removing the 20 per eent. ad valorem duty, as it now exists,and consequently, ultimately benefiting the consumer. Unfortunately. for the public generally, this was not accomplished, owing to the well - known opposition of a Republican Senate agajnst such measures by the Democratic House. We are just -at this time better enabled to demonstrafe the necessity of some legislative action, looking to the. relief of the consumer, and when we state the advance of the article from $2.25 to $3.50 and $4 within’ a period of thirty days; we feel* we touch a responsive chord to this suggestion in the minds of the public. -

. The Amervican. manufacturers. of course, are ready with plausible arguments in opposition to the'removal of this duty, and may offer petty quibbles in defense of their position; but it is an -undeniable fact that we'are on the eve of a season‘likely to prove unusually malaried; and the present inability of our American manufacturers. to meet the demand is exciting 'general uneasiness and fear of further advance. It seems that-if we were able to induce the importation of the foreign grade in greater quantities the people atlarge would obtain a corresponding benefit, even if at the sacrifice of a few famed monopolists; who are evidently y.ezu'lyi reaping & rich harvest by. the imposition :of a tax on this medicinal necessity. sy )

GENERAL ITEMS. Tenbroeck made ‘the, fastest tl’lz'gé miles on record at ILouisville Saturday. 2 Tive studentshave withdrawn from Princeton College rather than sit with a negro. > - il s The total intermeunts last Saturday ‘at Savannah were forty-six,- of -whieh there were thirty from yellow fever. - Chicago is preparing for the openiing of the revival work by Moody and Sankey Oct. Ist. No city offers a broader field. : . The Superintendent of ieneral Re.cruiting has been directed to forward three hundred recruits to the Departmenp of the South. = o A little three-year-old girl touched off the Hell Gate explosion, Itdosn’t take a very large person. to remind dynamite that it ought. to “go off”— it ils so. very quick to take the hint. The:Lehigh Valley railroad has reduced wages between ten and twenty ‘pericent. in all its labor departments.. It is reported that all coal mining and transportation companies will make a similar reduction Monday. " There is no epidemic in €harleston. There have been four scattering yellow fever cases traced to persons who communicated’ with quarantine and ‘refugees from Savannah. ‘The fever } shows no signs of spreadin.g :

We have news of a disastrous flood in Forest and Tioga counties, Pa., last Thursday. louses were suddenly swept away by a mountain torrent, and thus far twenty-five persons are known to have been drowned. |

. Mexico is in the midst of an éxcit- | ing campaign, in which powder ;and ball are employed on both sides with genuine South Carolina vigor and effectiveness. The Revolutionists-un-der Diaz are reported as:making excellent progress, and there is a fair; prospect that their, candidate will be elected. o 5

There are 600 cases of yvellow fever at Brunswick, La. The people ar¢ in a most destitute condition without good physicians or .nurses. - ' A dispatch states that it is impossi%le,vto exaggerate the frightful condition of ‘affairs, and thatsoon the people will die from starvation unless speedy aid is rendered. : e - The Mayor of Brunswick, Louisiana, telegraphs an appeal to the: Howard’ Association of New Orleans for aid. He states that out of a p’bs)ulntion of 2,500 there ares6oo cases of yellow féver, including jthree of their five physicans. The Association forwarded yesPe,rda_y skilled physicians and fiur'sé’;q‘,l_. e e e '~ The great blast whieh lifted the rocks at Hell Gate from their bed, and which it was feared would shake the. foundations of New York City; came off last Sunday in sight of d4n immense miimitimg,;-;Thfitsfizussiomwa% comparatively slight, but the sueggs‘s of the exet enterprise.is said to bé per-. fect. It is pronounced.one of tl_m,i greatest engineering feats on record.

Political Announcements.

COL. WILLIAM C. WILLIAMS, |ot Abon, willspeska -

CROMWELL,

1 9N

Wednesday Eve.,

Oct. 4th, 776, at 7 o’Clock.

- Let every Demoecrat and Republican turn out:to hear the political questions of the day honestly and fairly digéussedi . b oo ooy

Grand Mass Meeting

fl(fifi(l&illV’il.le; Oet. 3.

Hon. . . Julian

. OF INDIANA,

HON. FIRMAN CHURCE,

! “lor CHICAGO, AND-E

Col. J. E. Messmore,

.. OF MICHIGAN,

-and others will address the people.

Wwm, Meyer, . o g p‘pii (\'{)iéa‘fig} !: v‘ 2 : 23ird ant Samatag,. 7. Titober, bl bends wm'7 by, ‘tie Stendallville, eine detitfche Hede s Guns ften oI fix(hen uxlb,:.fienbi'icff»,l)g’d.tcn." i To - : ——«-— ‘"#w?—,fi—w : ""‘f’_“,“‘“."f‘,“.‘ . JOINT DISCUSSION. .l[ons*: Jd]nfif." Bnkér, m-(l':f;-’ebmafi v e BReMeN. s - In Lagrange tounty, September: 28, “In Elkhart county, September 29. In Kosciusko county, September 30 In Marshall county, October . © The meeting in Elkhart county shall ‘be at the city of Elkhart, commencing at 7:30.p. m, and in'the remaining countiés the hour and. place shall be designated by the ch:z‘tirmenof the several county committees. = - The discussions in the seyeral counties shall be opened alternafely by the speakers, the first speakér Gccupying ‘one hour, and the second speaker one hour and fifteen minutes, and-'t;l'ne'fi'xst speaker closing in fi‘f-t,ée‘n'gfxinu{;es., :

GRAND RALLY

gt o A R R Al i . 2 . SRR ~ Saturday, Sept. 30, L ' k Atl 0'910@?!;',?; Mb o (.. GENERAL /| 4 Wi Mctan ]qSS, A gallant soldier in the late war, and one of the most eloquent speakers of the: Keystone State, will address. the pEODIe. L f 1 boii et R Just Before the Battle !

GOSHEN, k ] "‘wi:ll._'::u.ld‘r'ess L);ezi)e,.opk'-j ~\t, i KENDALLVILLE, - Mondey Eveiag, Ocober 9. Mege L e

MESSMOBE, - ] i/ 2 v,~..-.s--A & 9 R 3 g + ii " ) S L 0P SITCHIGAN, o . Will address the people at . . ok > 3 R R § i WOLF LAKE, N e Lk ™9 i Moe o o b A L : - —ON— : e - Thursday Afternoon, & 3 ; 4 \ 4 1l 4 7 X E | October sth, '76. . ; ! R 9 " ; ol e ‘ 7 Everybody should turn out and hear .. ; this - most able and eloqifent, orator ;fi% fairly and honestly dliscuss thedssues SN T o L L i of the day. "Don’t fail to hear him. CENTENNIAL E%HIBITIU N " - SO PHILADELPHIA, PA. ] TH‘IS GRE_AT INTER-NATIONAL EXIIBI- : i tion, designed to commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary of American ~lllcl(w';’mmenco, opendd May 10th, and will close November 10th, 18367 Al “the Nations of the world and all the -Stdles'and Territories of, the Union are participat- | ipg in this wonderful demonstration, bringing to---gethé} the most- compreliensive collection of art %reasures, mechanical”inventions, scientific dis- ; goveries, manufacturing achievements, mineral 4 .-spé;;imcks. and agricultural products ever exhib- . itéd. The grounds devoted to the Exhibition are * ¢ .situated on the line’ ofthé Pennsylvania Railroad and embrace four hundred and fifty acres of Fairmouit Pask, all highly improved and ornamented, on whifih are erected the largest buildings ever : constricted,—tive of these covering arrarer of fifty acres and costing $5,000,000. - The total number | of lju}l(liugs erected for the purposgs of the Exhi-. | bition is near two hundred l)urfn;.: _the thirty days limmediately following the ppehing of the ‘Exhibition a million and a guarier, of people visited if.. i + i Tl : S NE‘ ' 1 ‘.,‘ : The Pennsylvania Railroad, _ THE GREAT TRUNK LINE, ot ~,r ——AND—— | & “- . S ¥ fit FAST MAIL ROUTE OF THE UNITED STATEN, is the most direcf. convenient, and economical “way.of reaching Philadelphia and this great,Exhibition from all'sections of the country. lis trains to and fromi Philadelphia will pass through.a . - ‘GRAND CENTENNIAL DEPOT; which the com- - | pany have erected at the Main Entrance to the ' Exhivition Grounds jor the accommodation of . pussengers who wish to Btop at or start from the numerous large hotels contiguoug to this station and the Exhibition,—a convemente: of the great|iest value to yisitors, and afforded exclugively by - . the Pennsylvania Raitroad. which is THE ONLY LINE RUNNING DIRECT TO THE CENTEN- | T NIAL BUILDINGS, . Excursion trains will alro | stup at the Euncampment of the Patrons of Hus--1 bandry, .at Elm Station on this road. ' l' The Pennsylvania "Railroad is the Grandest Ruailwav.Organization in the World. It'comtrols ‘seven thousand miles of roadway, forming con- " tinuous lines to Philadelphia,, New vork, Babti- ~ niore, and Washington, overj which luxurious «ay and nighticars are run from Chicago, Nt. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Golanibus, Toledo, Cleveland, and Erie, without | change. ey e ot Its main line isTaid with double and third tracks I*of heavy steel railsiupon'a deep bed of broken : stone ballast and its bridges are.al) of iron or - stone. Its passenger trains are equipped with "every,lkuowu mmprovement for comtort and safelity, and are run at faster'speed for greater:distances: than the trains of any line on the continent. The company has largely increased its equipmeat for Centennial travel, and will be prepared to build in its own shops locomotives and passengér | cars at short: notice snflicient, to !fully accommopdateany extra demand. The unegualed resources 'at the command of the company guarantee the- - perfect accommoaations for all its Patrdns ! during the Centennial Exhibition. & * THE MAGEIFICENT SCENERY for which the Peunnsylvania Railroad is so jusily celebrated presénts'to the traveler over its perfect roaaway an , ’| ever-changing panorama of river, mountain and landscape views unequaled in America., ; ‘ | THE EATING-STATIONS on this line are unsurpassed. Meals will be turnished at suitable hoars and ample tinie allowed for enjoying them, ° - EXCURSION IICKETS. at reduced rates, will | ' be golaiat all principal Railroad T'icket Offices in the Weat, North-west,and South-west. BESURE THAT YOUR TICKETS READ ViA . THE GREAT PENNSYLVANIA RouTe TO THE CENTENNIAL. : \ ; b 4 | FRANK THOMSON; - " ‘D,M.BOYD, Jx., o General Manager .° . { Gen'l Pass'r Agl. | ;‘u.. W Cmmmg{. 2 J, B, STOLL . 2 | g \ : . ¥ ] Chapman & Stoll,. e AGENTS. . - . Office in the Banner Block, . » . | ' LIGONIER, £ -°. - - INDIANA, !

; ‘ E TE have a large hist of preperty for sale, con- ‘ sisting of dwellings, choice town lots, farms ‘and western lands. Those wishing to buy or sell 'will find it to their advantage td,call and see uw at our office. e e ! April6!lB76.f. WEOFFERFOR SALE A CONVENIENT HOUSE: — A ‘Frame THouse 14 Bstories high, containing six ‘rooms, in good condition, in MiHer’s addition to kigonfer, on reasonable ternms. - . A’ NICE LITTLE TRACT OF f;Land, containing 80 acres, lying 'one . mile from Ligonier, 14 acres cleared ready for corn.” A-very desirable home for any one who wishes to live near a thriving town, ° . 0 A GOODSMALL FRAME HOUSE in Chapman’s addition, with six fooms and good cellar, situate on a corner lot. hus good wellof water and cistern, on good and easy terms, 5 "A NICE DWELLING HOUSE on Cavin street, oné’and half stories high, contain« ing 8 rooms, good cellar,” well and cistern, and is _the handsomest location on the street. One-half -down; palance on long time with in terest. o A FARM, containing 820 acres,lying four miles south-east from Ligonier, on the Albion road, the most desirable farm for raising stock: and grain in the county, well known as the Diamond Lake Farm, for sale on good terms, 1 VACANT LOTS in - Wood’s addition to Ligonier for sale on inviting terms; also," four-Vacant Lots in Miller’s addition to Ligonier. Now is the time for bargaige. ; A LARGE FRAME HOUSE, two stories high, containing' 10 rooms, with closets, wardrobes, and outbnildings, such &s summer kitchen, wood house, barn, corn crib and hog pen, about one acre of land, a good orchard—apples, peaches, cherries, currants and grapes. ' The most de_sirgble’ sitnation in the town of Ligonier r & retir hgljarm&r,’who wishes to educat®e his ghildreu; For'saleion terms easy to purchas_cr, , {.CHAPMAN & STOLL.

GREHEE QYR TO THE WORKING CLASS. . We can furnish you employment at which you can xgnkeivery large pay, in your own localities, withi uc,/be’ing away from home over night. Agents tgan'ted in every town and county to {ake . subscribersifor The Centennial Record, the largest. pablication in the United States—l 6 pages, | 64 colpmns; Elegantly Illustrated; Terms only 3 pcr?yenr. : The Record is devoted to whatever \rs _of interest connected. with the Centennial year. TRe Great Exhibition at Philadelphia is fully illustrated in detail. Everybody wantsit. | The whole:people feel great interest in their Country’s Centennial Birthday, and wantto know all about it. An élegant patriotic crayon drawing preminm gicture is.presented free to each subscriber.: It 18 entitlied, **ln rememberance of the One Handredth Anunivergary of the Independencé of the United States,” Size, 28x30 inches. Any one can become a successful agent, for but show the payerand picture and hundreds of subseribers are casily ob&aified everywhere. There is no business that will pay like this at present. "We have many agents who are making as high as $2O per day and ppwards.. Now is the time; don’y delay. Rimember it costs nothing to give the buginess a trial. Send for our circularg, terms, and sample copy St‘ paper, which are sent free to all who ap--ply; doitdo-day. Comfilet.e»outflt free to those “who decide to en nge. armers and mechanics, and theif sons &n% anghters make the very best ‘of agents. -Address, . vll-nB-miB. -~ "HE CENTENNIAL RECORD, Portland, Me,,

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