Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1879 — Shall Indiana be Redeemed? [ARTICLE]

Shall Indiana be Redeemed?

, [lndianapolis Journal.) The result of the great political contest of next year is likely to turn upon Indiana. The Republicans were victorious in 1876 after loosing Indiana because they carried three Southern States, bnt the probabilities of their carrying a single Southern State next year aye very slim. Republicanism is pretty thoroughly suppressed in overy Southern State, and while several pf them have a majority of Republican voters, they have been so tboffieghly bulldozed that it is not at all likely they conld be ral- ! lied and organised so as to carry one of these States in the election of next year without an immense 16ss ot life. TII3 Republicans may succeed against a solid Sooth and Indiana/added, bnt in that oase they must carry Jwew York, and it is a fact that Mr. Tilden bas never failed to carry the city of jfew York by whatever majority he found necessary to overcome tbe Republican majority in tbe balance of the State, whenever he baa been a

candidate ancTused she money required for (Mst jfreshlentkil election i« to turn solely upon the qw*k»ou *f. the extent of the majority the JfefllkocrAU can coant up *in the city of Near York, the chances of Republican victory may tie eel down «rgtcw>my. If the'Democfatsckrrf and tlie solid South ’ they cannot wiu without Indiana, The question for the Republicans ci Indian* to consider, and cousider now, is whether they will carry the State, in the great eoutesl uettt year or allow it to go by default as they did in IBYB. If we propose to carry, the State, now is the time to commence ttye work! If the work is comtnericed liow with a determination to bn done, liepuhltcaiisrdo uot wish to enter.into a can vast how among themselves lor the the nominations of the He convention. Siitfh 'canvass Is prtMttatnrC'at this time, and caniesultiu uo good.. \Vhat we \y*Rl now ia; organization ,for the distribution of Republican newspapers. Let the State be filled with them. Let no Republican, no Independent, no lnkewarm Democrat, be without a llep<ibJici»n newspaper in his house, from now until the presidential election. If the Republicans in the various-comities will see to this: they wili win the battle. The Republicans are in the right upon the issues, and are therefore more largely interested in disseminating the tr.uih. There is uo man whose vote tnay not be influenced if he can be induced to read —not long speeches, not congressional debates, but the weekly papers, Where the comments are put rn short, pnrigent sentence?, and so mixed with Other news as to make their reading a mater of pleasure. The work of placing a Republican newspaper in the hands of every doubtful voter in each county in the State is not a laborious nor an expensive work. If it is undertaken systematically by a few men in each township the whole work may be accomplished during the month of November. The best papers in the country may now be secured in quantity tor about f 1.00 per year, and it will be all the better if each man can be induced to advance the dollar and make the subscription himself. If he is not able to do so, then a general fund should be raised among the Repub- ■ Means in the township who are able to pay, and the paper subscribed for in lids name and sent to'him until after th? election. , ,If a Democrat is one from intei*--est and prejudice, and has been one for life, amt will not read, then no money need be wasted on him. Ho belongs to that class we have tb heat.* There are but few men in the State, however, who really pride themselves on their ignorance aud the fact they never read, and there are few who eare to be associated with that class. The Republicans in the counties throughout the State are too much in the habit of waiting for the action of the State Central Committee and ot leading Republicans at the capital. They are also too much inclined to depend on the county committees, who do not warm up until the canvass is opened. This should not be. This article will be read by from thirty to fifty thousand Republicans in tho State, and each one ot them should make it a point to go to work himself and sea that the work in his township is done. We | do not propose to cast any reflec tions, or make any criticisms on the former canvasses in the State. We believe the Republican* ot Indiana have failed to prepare for war in time of peace, that have attempted to do the work of years in three or for months, that they have depended too much, on big, expensive meetings, and not enough on the quiet fireside reading. They depended too much on everything being planned at and radiating from the capital. Let us tty a change. Let the work begin in the counties,.and let the Repul/licans t in every part of the State, work in harmony tvr the next ninety d.iysiti their efforts to plant the seed, to get Republican newspapers in circulation. Let each choose for himself what paper he, would take, but let none fail to .take a paper that is sound and reliably Republican. The county,‘papers should be first maintained, aud made as sound and aggressive as possible. If they are in tiie bands of soreheads and grumblers, then the sooner they can be let die a natural death the better, but where they are soundly Republican and in sympathy with the Republican workers of the county, they should receive the first consideration. If the Republican press throughout the State will take up this subject and continue to press it npon the people, the work may be pot in motion at once.