Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1884 — Methodist Meetings. [ARTICLE]

Methodist Meetings.

4-11 reports agree in pronouncing the cold spell the severest for thirty years. Henry Irving, the great English actor, is at Haverly’s Theater, in Chicago, this week. Henry Yillard, the man who did more than any one else to revive and complete the Northern Pacific railroad, and who for a year or two past has been about the greatest railroad magnate in the country, has failed, utterly, and made an assignment of all his prpperty. The Democratic State Editorial Association held a meeting at Indianapolis, last week. The chief business of the meeting ,waa to help McDonald’s boom for the candidacy for the presidency, and to snarl a little about the extremely low price at which, it is alleged democratic votes sold for, in 1880. » What a nice set of people the Democrats'are, to be sure. According to the Indianapolis Sentinel and the Democratic editors of the state, the Democrats of Indiana were corrupted for two dollars apiece: while, if the Democratic papers of Ohio are to be believed, the majority of the Democratic members of the Legislature are ready and willing to be bought, at >o much p head, to vote either for Payne or Pendleton for United States senator.--[lnd. Journal.

At Columbus last Tuesday the democratic legislative caucus nominated Henry B. Payne, of Cleveland, lor i r nited States senator, to succeed Geo. 11. Pendleton. All the other candidates made common cause against Payne but he had the money of the Vandard Oil Company in which be is a Large owner, jfo help him and won on ■ft, •- ~ l 1 O.e first balio!. “Gentleman George” Pendleton, is really very much of a gentleman, and is a statesman besides, and these facts ruined him the dominant wing of his party; while old iliirbin Ward had stood in the way of too many rebel bullets to be an acceptable candidate with the Ohio demv»c- ratio legislators. A good many state papers think rightly, that Pension Commissioner, W. W. Dudley, would make an excellent republican candidate for governor. Mr. Dudley, however, bays he is not a candidate, and does not desire the nomination. The Kentland Gazette is making a specialty of booming Dudley, and keeps his name standing at the head of its political columlfflp its candidate. With all due respect for the Gazette, we will take the liberty of suggesting to that paper that there are other men besides Dudley; and other offices besides governor of the state, to oe filled next November. Our candidate is any good ihan who gets the nomination at the state republican convention. , Congressmen Calkins and Browne, of this state, both introduced bills in the House, on Monday, providing for retaliatory measures against France and Germany, for their exclusion of Anieri can hog products. It is proposed, irt the bills, to prohibit the importation into this country of French and German wines and liquors, until ..those offending nations are brought to time on the hog question. While we believe that thia American Hog question has been worked for a good deal more than there is in it, and that Amerinot really injured to any considerable extent by the action us France and Germany, m excluding our bog, it still will be a source of a good deal of satis factiou to know that vre ate able to strike back fto awful

'JJie Indianapolis Journal begins the new year with a new mechanical outfit of the most improved character, and promises to be, ns we well believe it will, as good a paper in the future as it has in the past, and, if possible, a little better. ■' - . . --h - - Our Hoosier congressmen are in for bristling light up to Fiance and Germany, and showing those arbitrary uations that the Great American Hog is not to be trodden upon with impunity. That reminds us, by the way, how easy it would be for either of those countries, in case they became exasperated * against this nation, to send , two or three real war vessels across the ocean, and to destroy every vessel in our navy, and every town and every navy-yard on our seaboard.

The several times deferred protracted meeting began on Suuday night Meetings are held every day,*; morning or afternoon, and every evening. The evening meetings are largely attended, ami much interest is manifested. The Rev. J. J. Cl ay pool, pastor of the church last year, was present at the Tuesday and Wednesday meetings, and preached on Tuesday evening. The regular quarterly meeting will be held on Saturday amt Snudav next. The Itev. J. H- Claypool, the presiding elder, will, it is expected,, preach, at the church on Aloud ay evening, and perhaps sooner.