Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1871 — Indianapolis Letter. [ARTICLE]

Indianapolis Letter.

Indianapolis, Inti., March oth, 1871. Eds, Ujrroir. In my wandsrlngs I thought I would drop yon • frw lines lett‘. ‘g yon knew of * fcw things I hare seen and heerd. Politics in the Capital is with the politicians, ins badness cit of which they make thc>r livin ;. Tha pofiti?s of the Dsmocracy !i Uxa stocks on chnngs, the higheet bidder bays, bat woa -nto whs peer fellow who jets “cornered.” Last Tuesday and Wednesday will long bf remembered by eotne people UQKkh eitf. The wholesale confiscation of the proputly of the State of Indie.ts to ihe ras of the doorkeeper trad his assistants, world have . irprivrd “Hilly” Wilson’s Zonavea lg their. palmiest days during the war. Perhaps this Was dono in retaliation sioc«“Hoo.” Frtik M. Scl.eH la a Louisville m»v. Tables, ohaira, cushfoas, inkstands, books, journals, paper, &0., «&c., wets gobbled byjli.eso liu.'.gry StvnerttSi The assist :nt cl-rk’s friends very frequently asked tllowcacca of stationery for him. Tho lost erder for $75 worth was presented to the Stale lihrarisii since thj quorum was broken. Thm order was dated Febromy 25th ?ud this ws» eraced rnd ’.Tebrsary 15th substitutod.— Mr. McLrne could aoi cec of what use etxlicnoij wo. Id bo to a journal clerk after the .icosioa had ended, and he did not 311 the order- The chairman cf tho committees had drawn heavily lor and after the adjournment /*fo, fichell took all that was left. His as: Ulan u) gave him a watch, a hat and ft cane, and l e let them help themselves t,o several trues ♦he value of those articles, when they eauta to tho last grand grab, A Scnr.te clerk remarked thn “iie was a Democrat, but he would k 9 d —d if the Democrats hr.dn't made the poorest record thi3 time he had ever known them to mak'*.I’’ 1 ’’ Ho said that he had a conversation with Jim Elliot, Senator from Fayette, and that Elliott said ho got $15,000 from the democrats, and he considered himself that much “ahead.” He is going to Kansas this spring. The above is only a small p ortion of the many misdeeds of the purt party.— Gov. Baker stated to me that there would be no extra session. More anon. Wastdsbxb.