Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1874 — THE RAILROAD. [ARTICLE]

THE RAILROAD.

The average party newspaper in thla district is now kept busy publishing the pedigrees of candidates for Congress as they present themselves. Sonte of these “biographical sketches” read very much like a page of the American Stud Boole. lb a speech made at South Bend on Decoration Day, Hon. Schuyler Colfax said: “I recognize the heroism of those who fought against ns. I am willing to forgive and forget, I voted in Congress for a generous amnesty, bnt when it comes to strewing flowers, I am opposed to it.’’ Christ taught, If ye forgive men their trespasses, yonr heavenly Father will forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. One of the Valparaiso papers advooates for nominilion for Congress by the Republicans of this "district a gentleman by the name of Coffin, who has been treasurer of Porter county, and is no doubt a very nice man. Sometimes names have other significance than merely to designate individuals, and in this instance to those conversant with the political situation in Lake, Porter, Jasper, Newton and White counties it would seem to be an appropriate time for the Republican organization to select its Coflin. One of those frugal Congressmen who find $5,000 a year too small to procure the necessaries of life for a family of five persons in Washington City, has caused the following notice to be written and posted on the door of the postoffice in Rensselaer: The Secretary of the Navy having informed me that there is a vacancy in the Naval Academy for the Eleventh, (now Tenth) Congressional District of Indiana, applicants for the place are hereby requested to present themselves for examination before a board of examiners to be convened in Westville, Laporte county, on Tuesday, the 16th day of June, 1574. Candidates must be over fourteen and not over eighteen years of ago, and the person Who shall be found by the boani to possess in the highest degree, the requisite physical, moral and educational qualifications, will receive tire nomination of the Representative In Congress. On Thursday last, -the House, to tlie surprise of many, defeated the compromise financial bill of the Senate. The point in the bill was to increase the proportipn of notes redeemed from 25 to 40 per cent of the new notes issued, and releasing a large percentage of the bank reserves. The defeat was brought about by the impression that the bill under discussion did not meet the demands of the country. The matter has now been referred to a committee of conference and the probabilities are that no definite basis can be arranged that can receive tlie sanction of Congress. And all this time the country is suffering tlie throes of destroyed business, crippled manufacturles and prostrated commercial interests.—South Bend Register. Still, Grangers, stick to tlie old parties which now control Congress, and don’t have anything to do with politics, unless you go into cut-and-dried conventions and con■firm the manipulations of the friends of these same Congressmen-! If you are Democrats, beDemocrats still; if Republicans, “vindicate” salary grabbers and credit roobiliers! You see nearly all the leading spirits in Congress are Christian statesmen, With high notions of honor. If they want larger'salaries you must not object, but if you want more greenbacks it is very wicked and proves how sordid your natures are. Judge William C. Taleott lias bought tlie Valparaiso Vuielte of Aaron Gurney, and will hereafter devote his titne and talent to the' editorial management thereof. In bis introductory remarks, Judge Taleott says, “lie has always approved and supported the policy ot the Republican party in the main, so far as it differed from that of the Democratic; and though the Republican party has been so successful as to have decided in its favor nearly every point ot difference so thoroughly that Jieraocrats generally concede the point and accept the situation, yet from habit and association, as well as from the indications that the Republican party will be,.iu his estimation, as mnch nearer right than the other in the future, as in the past, he expects to support their organization and nominations, but with far less partisan zeal and exclusiveness than in former limes, when parties were so directly opposed to eaohother on the great question of liberty. No one should support a party in the wrong, and the doctrine of infallibilities, in churches, popes, councils, constitutions, law’s and authorities, is losing ground { to claim that a political party is always so infallibly right as to daserr* exclusive devotion to its men and measures, would, therefore, be behind the age.”

The" following letter has been received from the President of the Chicago & South Atlantic Railroad Company, which should receive prompt attention from the people of Jasper county : Montieello, -Inti., June 9. 1874. , Coi,. J. Hkai.kv: The question of making a loan was 'adjusted atDelphi. We held a spirited meeting here yesterday, and arranged the matter for this county. Messrs. Hughes, Kendal), and nearly nil of our wealthiest citizens have taken hold of the ma<ter in earliest, and have endorsed for the amount required of White county. Have just received encouraging news from Chicago.— The company will be ready in a few days (os soon as the negotiation .is effected) to commence work. They propose to commence at Dyer, on the State line, and Delphi, and work towards Rensselaer, grading, bridging, etc., for a double track road. lam assured they will be able to complete the road from Delphi to Chicago during the present year. All looks decidedly hopeful at present. I hope w T e will be able, during the present week, to settle all uncertainties and finish the negotiations alluded to above. If so, work will be commenced within tw’o weeks, and pushed forward to completion. I hope your people will be able to guarantee the road at least 67.5,000. This is a very reasppable amount for your county. Yours truly,

W. S. HAYMOND.