Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1874 — Undefiled Republicanism. [ARTICLE]

Undefiled Republicanism.

Just us we go to press we are informed that the Senatorial Convention of this District meets at Remington today! It is an oversight that the Committeeman from this county was not notified, or was it intentional that the Convention should be controlled by a ring? We ask that Benton county be treated with respect. — Oxford Tribune. ——— Yes, Brother Cowgtll, it was unquestionably the intention that the Convention should be controlled by a ring, and it was so controlled. Let us look at the facts in the case : Neither the member of the Senatorial Central Committee from Benton county, nor any member of the County Central Committee had any information, as to when and where the Convention should assemble. Benton county was wholly ignored in the matter. There was no notice given in Newton county. The Gazette was silent—in fact, probably' Knew nothing about it.— The Monticello, Rensselaer and Remington papers were the only ones that gave any notice of the Convention in the district, and even these were not authorative; simply as rumors. The result was tliat White and Jasper were the only counties well and legally represented. Newton had no regular delegates, from that three-fourths of its territory and one-half of its population north of the river, only one alternate and one substitute —two men to represent all that portion of the county —one delegate from the neighborhood of Goodland, and the balance from the town and vicinity of Kentland. ÜBenton county of course liad no delegates whatever. A few men who had received a special invitation from the “gentleman from Newton’’ to come and cast the vote of Benton county for him, were there, and also a few who had heard of the Convention through the Remington Journal, or who had gone, to Remington on business. After finding that it would be impossible to obtain an adjournment of the- Convention, a portion of these refused to have any thing to do with it. One, who desired to represent Union, township, was choked out, because he would not vole for the gentleman from Newton. On the second ballot Jesse McAllister, of 'VYhite county, Was fairly and squarely nominated.— We have not time nor space to unravel that mystery of political intrigue by which it was declared that Jethro A. Hatch was the nominee. After the- Convention had adjourned, a certain gentleman said to one of the Kentland delegatesthat “the action yf the Convention would be very unsatisfactory, and that in his opinion it would be impossible to eject the nominee,” he replied as he rolled down his “Well, we don’t care; we hake-succeeded in nominoting him, anyhow.” A few minute subsequently he repeated the same language to another party, j We lorbear commenting upon | the purity of that Republicanism that prefers defeat of the party and overthrow of principle to defeat of a ring favoyite. No wonder the people all over the land are rising in their majesty, and in the glory of free manhood, and bidding

defiance to party lines and party whips. ' * Nothing short of another convention, in which all the district will have an opportunity of a fair representation, will satisfy the demands of the people. Will there be hpotber, conveno lion ? We think not. As it stands there‘is no nominee of the Republican party that any Republican in this district is under obligations to support. Will they support and sustain a fraud at the dictation of men who “don’t care” for anything but the success of the ring? We leave the answer for the future to disclose, yet we venture to suggest that the signs of the times arc “so plain that he who runs (for Senator) may read.” —Fowler Herald. Just now the papers all over the land are deploring the too ready use of the pistol. They take the shooting of Moritz by Harding, and other like occurrances for their text and preach long sermons. Let them give their attention to drilling legislators to making good and wholesome laws, and society to casting out the seducer and libertines, and there would he less use for the pistol. As long as society admits within its pale the lecherous scoundrel who makes his aim to seduce the wife or daughter of the family to which he obtains an enterance, so long will ruin enter the household. The girl who submits, is ruthlessly cast out as a thing too vile to touch, but the villain who lias worked the ruin is looked n [ion received with open arms, flattered and feasted. Cast him out like a leper; let no father or brother recognize him except to spit upon him; let curses follow bis footsteps; let scorn and contumely pursue him; let him be an outcast from every social or business gathering; let society punish him. It is society that needs reforming in this respect. —Logansport Star.

On Tuesday last a most shocking accident occurred at Levi Ewing’s, near Morocco, while party of threshers were threshing oats, resulting in the death of Milton Kav. It seems the unfortunate man was feeding the machine, when a box on the side gearing became so hot that it set the straw on fire, and in stepping up to try to put out the fire, Mr. Kay slipped and fell one leg going into the cylinder and being crushed to the knee. The machine stopped instantly, and all hands went to work to release the unfortunate man anil stay the flames. With a crow-bar the cylinder was finally pried away and Mr. Kay released, and lie and machine removed just in time to escape being burned up. The arteries were all severed and lie bled profusely until medical aid arrived. I)rs. Hr.mston, Triplett, Darroch and Ewing were m attendance, but as no reaction set in they were powerless for good and the poor man sank until three o’clock Wednesday morning, when death ended his .sufferings.- —Kentland Qa- ■■ zette. Children do not always resemble their parents. Solid charcoal and sulphur in combination produce a volatile compound as colorless as water, and sulphur and quicksilver form the bright Vermillion. Nitroand hydrogen have no smell, but their combination is ammonia ; while the poisonoirs chlorine gas and the bright metal sodium form common salt. Neither hydrogen nor oxygen is poisonous, yet united they form the deadly oxalic acid, or in different proportions sugar, or still different alcohol. So you see w-thing may be good or bad according to the way you use it. —Little Corporal. - * When the Moors held the south of Spain they made all vessels that passed through the straits of Gibralter pay toll at the little town of Tarifa, according to the value they carried. Thence came the word tariff, found in all European languages. It means properly a list of goods with the duties that mustbe paid for bringing them into the country. The duty is the money,’ the tariff is the list Little Corporal,