Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1875 — Page 4

THE RENSSELAER UNION. "lagjßls'm.'HE aeata^'?Tr — ' Thursday, January 21,1875.

Yesterday the Legislature of Indiana met in joint session and on first ballot elected Joseph E. McDonald, Democrat, United States Senator to succeed Hon. D. D. Pratt. The vote was as follows: McDonald. Dem0crat...........'.... 7s. Pratt, Republican -14. Buchanan, Independent. 13. Thompson, Republican <i. Holman, Dem0crat.......... 3. Curry, Republican 3. Absent 4. Delaware elected Bayard. Democrat, New York elected Kernan. l>emocrat, Pennsylvania, W all ace, Democrat, and Massaclmsets . Dawes, Republican. Tennessee, Michigan, Wisconsin. Nebraska. Maine and Missouri are still balloting. Potter, a Democrat, wrote the report of the New Orleans 1 n vest ipatimr Committee. No wonder it favored tile White Leaguers,-- Ind. Journal. It is truly wonderful and at th<‘ j same time absolutely shocking to see and realize what power for devilish wickedness a single Democrat sometimes possesses. Now here was a Congressional aub-com-miltee consisting of Messrs. Phelps and Foster, “whose personal integrity, and whose Republicanism,” says a leading Republican paper, “are beyond all question,” and Mr. Potter, a Democrat, sentNlown to New Orleans to investigate the cause of so much political trouble in Louisiana, and take testimony concerning the alleged violence and proscription of the White League. The sub committee completed their labors, and made their report to Congress; but instead of condemning the white people in Louisiana as banditti, according to the suggestion cf General Sheridan, they, if the Joinrnal't innuendo is true, exculpated .them from much of the blame that had been charged upon them. Here, then, is seen the spectacle of a single Democrat, acting ato HW CHTKOT 51 COIIIttH lice. 111 UKing a report to favor the side, with which he is in sympathy,, and by tome peculiar hocus piocus arrangement prevailing upon his two Republican colleagues to affix t heir signatures thereto! Now we beg to enter our solemn protest against any more Democrats being appointed on investigating committees with weak-minded Republican members of Congress, or else let them be declared bandits and turned over to the tender mercies of a drumhead court-mar-tial whenever they are guilty oi such atrocity as the Journal charges against Mr. Potter! President Grant, Senator Logan and the Republican press of the North -endeavor to make a serious point against the Opposition in Louisiana because merchants oL Shreveport prior to the. election last fall signed an agreement “to use every endeavor to get our employees to vote the People's ticket at the ensuing election, and in the -event of their refusal so to do, or in case they vote the Radical ticket, to refuse to employ them at the expiration of their present contracts.” And also because another large body published a paper in which they said “we do agree and pledge ourselves not to advance any Supplies or money to any planters the coming year who will give employment or rent lands to laborers who vole the Radical ticket in the coming election.” Weak indeed must be the cause whose advocates are compelled to seize upon such demagogical excuses to bolster it up. Call that intimidation do they, and make it the .pretext for sending United States soldiery to overawe the people at the ballot-box? Surely tyrants want but small provocation to justify their acts of usurpation and violations of constitutional For forty years there has not been a Presidential election held in the United States where the Administration in power did not make U6e of precisely the same measures of “intimidation” to influence Gov. ernment employees to vote as the party iu power dictated. Not a single Department of the National Government but has pursued an identical coarse towards the subordinates and clerlfis at VYasbington.. It is a notorious fact that every large manufacturing establishment jn the Northern States, and so far*

as possible .every largo newsptfper company, every railroad corporation, and every extensive fanner, adopts a similar course towards their employees, whenever political excitement attains to a high pitch. Even way back here in a little* country town as small as Rensselaer, men have been known to discharge* their employees because they could not control their votes 1 upon questions of purely local in- \ teresL It is probably safe to say j that not a single political campaign | passes but some excitable individual becomes offended at the course of a! iu wspaper, and withdraws his patronage because the editor dpeif not advocate a policy or vote to suit him. These are all notorious facts i that nonewill dispute. The desire j to promote what ts conceived to be j tor one's interest, bv everv means | at command, is inherent in all men, and in instances where that feeling is intensified, as during the excitement of political campaigns,-it.rnay -freipientlyr=overshadow the judgment of sober moments and then is manifested in such acts as President Grant, Senator Logan and the Republican press condemn in others but practice themselves. ~ •

The “Gigantic Fraud” in Louisiana

There can be no longer any question as to the facts of the occurrence at New Orleans on the 4th of January. The attempted revolution by the Democrats, aided at first by the interference of the military upon their invitation, was frustrated in the end Lfy the like interference upon the request of the Governor and the Republicans of the Legislature. The whole country lias settled down to the conviction, so forcibly stated by the President, that, while interference by the General Government m a case not involving rebellion or insurrection ought not t-o be permitted or justified, still there were “circumstances connected with the late legislative imbroglio in Louisiana which seem to exempt, toe military from any intentional wrong m the matter. That special in alter disposed of, spectacle of a State Government in Louisiana which exists from hour to hour only by the force of f ederal bayonets. What is this State Government, and how did it originate? In 1572 there was an election for Presidential Electors, Governor, and State- officers —a-rtd-Lcgislature, in that State. Both parties claimed to have elected their ticket. Congress,in February following, refused .to count the electoral vote of the State. v The existing Governor of that State was deposed by a Legislature installed in ollice by Federal troops, acting under the authority of an order by a Judge of the Federal Court of New Orleans. Un.det the same authority, what is called the “Kellogg State Government” was declared elected. The Senate ot the United States referred this matter to a committee of seven Senators, ail of whom were acknowledged Republicans except Mr. Trumbull. That Committee, after a thorough investigation, made a leport iti February, IST”. They find that the Kellogg Government was “counted in” by a Board of Canvassers, of whom.the Committee say: . There is nothing iu all the comedy of blunders and frauds under consideration piolo indefensible than the pretended canvass of this Board. . . . The testimony abundantly establishes the fraudulent character of their canvass. . . . It is quite unnecessary to waste time in considering this part of the case; far no person can examine the testimony ever so cursorily without seeing that this pretended canvass hadnoseinblanoeof integrity. . . But -for rlie interference of Judge Durell i:i the matter of this Stale election—a matter wholly beyond his jurisdiction—the McEnery Government would to-day haye been the dc facto Government* of the {state —Judge Durell interposed the army of the United States'between the people of Louisiana and the only Government 'which has the semblance of regularity, and the result of this has been to establish the Kellogg Government, so far as That Israte now has auy Government. conclusion that, if tpe election held in November, lt>72, be not absolutely void for frauds committed therein, MeEitCrv aud his associates . . ought lo be recognized as the legal Government of the State. The Committee therefore investigate whether there was fraud, aud say: And, although we cannot approve of such a canvass as that made by the Lynch Board, who seem to have acted uj*on the principle of “fighting the Devil with fire,” aud circumventing fraud Uy fraud, and cannot say that Kellogg’s Government was elected, nevertheless we believe that Kellogg's Government was defeated, and the popular voice reversed, by the i fraudulent manipulation of' the i electiuu. The Committee concluded “that there is no State Government at present existing in the State of | Louisiana,’J and reported a bill providing lor a new election in the 1 State. This report was Signed by

Senators Carpenter, of Wisconsin; iLognu, of-Illinoijj Anthony, of Rhode Island; Alcorn, of Mississippi. .Judge Trumbull agreed with the facts staled, hut insisted that the McEnery Government should be recognized. Mr. Morton, u liile denouncing Judge Durell’s high-handed action, denied the right of Congress to interfere by ordering a new election, eto. As , to the election, lie a aid: ! Without concurring in the opinion | that the election was void, I entertain j no doubt that it Was an organized • fraud of the largest dimensions. Mr. Joshua Hill of Georgia, a Republican,conceding the accuracy lof the statements by the majority iof the Committee, opposed the remedy proposed. Here, then, we have.the solemn judgment of Senators Carpenter, j j' Logan, Anthony. Morton, Alcorn i i and HiH’, all Republicans, as to! j the. fniudulenT character of the j j election, and a solemn declaration; by Messrs. Logan, Carpenter, An-j tliony, and Alcorn-, that, if that j election was not void by reason of fraud, the McEnery and not the Kellogg Government was the true Government of the State. In the President’s —special message —to Corgross on Thursday last, he declares that in his judgment that election of 1872 was a “gigantic fraud,” and the Special Sub-Com-mittee ot the House, ill their report made the same day through Messrs. ! Phelps, of New Jersey, and Foster, of Ohio, who are among the most able and sterling Republicans of that body, also declared that election a “gigantic fraud.” So glaring was Durcll’s conduct, that Republican Committees of the House prepared articles of impeachment against him, and he only escaped by resigning. The concurrent testimony of the Republican Committees of tlie Senate, and of the House, and of the President, is, that the election of 1872 was a ■‘gigantic—fraud;” Congress, by its non-action, has forced the President to maintain thisefe facto Government by military force. The people of Louisiana and of the country have long since accepted as the true judgment that Kellogg was never elected, and was installed in office by an illegal order of Court and the use ot Federal arms. As a consequence, that £ lover mi re at has, never had- the moral gu pport of any- periori—ofparty. The President sends troops there to suppress domestic violent**, and, while surrounded by bayonets, the Government is valiant; the moment the troops retire, the Government tumbles over, the Governor and officers run away, and the troops have to Vie sent back. It is conceded by all that the Kellogg Government could not stand an hour without national Troops. It lias no followers save officials; it has no hold on the respect or confidence of any one, because it attainted with the original fraud and usurpation by which it was forced into power. Now comes the election cl 1874. Here we have the deliberate judgment of Messrs. Phelps and Foster, whose personal integrity and whose Republicanism are beyond all question, that- the election of 1874 resulted in the electron of a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives ot the State Legis--lat lire; that the Returning Board had acted unfairly and unjustly in altering the returns; in declaring men elected who were neverelected, and in excluding those who were elected. It must be borne iu mind that this is Republican testimony —not the tesliraqny of parti sans, and members of the various factions in New Orleans, but of respectable and honored Republicans, who have given their judgment like honest judges. A single illustration furnished by the report of the Returning Board confirms this view of the case. The returns made by the j election officers for Congress and j for State Treasurer, and the same' returns “corrected” by the State Board, show the following results: original corrected RETURNS, RETURNS Rep- Dm. Rep. Dm. Congress.. 68,907 77.5*29 67,465 71027 Treasurer. 71,962 74,901 69,544 63586 The Republican candidate for Treasurer was a colored man. The State Board concede by their; .official report a Democratic majority of 4,102 for Congress, and claim | a Republican State Treasurer by j 96R and a Republican Legislature, j Now, the Democrats mainly sought \ the election of the members of the Legislature; to that they devoted] their whole strength. Yet the Re- j turning Board, conceding that the j Democrats had carried the. State by over 4,000 majority for Congress, coup ted out a Democratic majority, which had unquestionably been elected, in the Legislature. It is a remarkable fact that iu a large majority of cases the votes of parishes or counties, and precinots, were rejected, not because of intimidation, as is now alleged, but because ot informalities in the returns, thus.giving to the mistakes of* a returning pflieer the loroe of defeating the popular will, and,

tending to produce violence and disorder. We respectfully submit to the Republicans in Congress and out of it, that the party cAn not carry Kellogg and his taction any longer; to do that is to put the party iu the position of carrying a £ ‘grgantic fraud,” as the President-declares it to be, two years longer, and doing this by the employment of the army. The Republican record on this subject is too strong and overwhelming. There is' the re-corded-evidence and solemn judgment of John A. Log an, M? JI. Carpenter, Henry B. Anthony, J. J. Alconi, and Joshua Ilill, that, unless the election of 1872 was void because of fraud, McEnery Was the legally-elected Governor of Louisiana, and that that election was void. Er. Morton’s jitlgment was that the election was a fraud, and the President now, after two years’ consideration of the case, declares it to have been a “gigantic fraud,” in which opinion Mr. Foster and Mr. Phelps now concur. The Republican party cannot go back of this record made by its own most eminent leaders. It cannot uphold the gigantic fraud by force. Tfie countrywill not sanction any such proceeding, supple-mented-as it now is, according to Mr. Phelps and Mr. Foster, by a hardly less atrocious fraud in de* -during the result of the election in 1874. Tiie Republican party has already suffered from the odium attaching to the Louisiana business far more than the party in possession of that State can ever be worth to it. The present Congress will be adjourned within six weeks, to be succeeded by a Congress whose popular branch will be ‘overwhelmingly Democratic for two years. We submit to Republican members that they cannot afford to adjourn and leave the “gigantic Kellogg fraud” on the hand's of the President to be upheld by Federal bayonets tor two years longer, and make that, an issue in the next Presidential election. This “gigantic fraud” must be got rid of in some way satisfactory to the sense of right and justice of the people. The President insists that' this Congress shall solve the problem of giving the people of Louisiana a Governor of their own free choice, and the members of the Republican party 1 Tutors e 11 1 i > demand. Ne i i herli otheaded counsels nor the game q 1 bluifi will answer the purpose.

The Quails.

A correspondent of the Indiana Farmer puts in the following plea for the quail: I saw.in your last issue an article on the quail as au insect destroyer. I agree with your correspondent so far. -Now if he will permit me I will give him some facts in regard to iucreasing and perpetuating the quail on the farm. The worst enemy the quail has is the farmer. Home one in the township has a net, and finishes the flock in a most cowardly way. You generally. find him a lazy lout, and in tiie spring you can see him and his like along the riverq drawing a seine and destroying countless millions of eggs that tiie bass, salmon and other game fish have deposited iu their nests iu the sand a few feet from tire shores. Now if this pot hunter would let three male and female quails loose in the spring, they will mute ana raise three broods. If the quail is left to multiply, they will enumerate in the spring. I have seen flock after flock of young birds attempt to fly over tiie Illinois river and not one but the two old birds ever reached the opposite shore. Now if the quail are limited in the season set by law, tiie flocks are broken and scattered. In the spring they will mate and breed. I had one flock on the place three years ago, and I shot a few for my own use, the rest scattered around in the fields aud I have a brood or two in every one of my fields. One of the worst destroyers of this little bird is the village boy or the fellow that goes out a little while in the evening. The female dusting in the road just oil' or her nest or the male bird on the fence stake giving the call of love to his little consort, are all legitimate game to the magnificent loafer, ami twenty or thirty eggs are left to spoil. Use the gun with judgment and you can multiply the quail. All the old Hlates have more than the new, because they protect when the birds most need it. . *

Demits.

Graiid Master Ilenly James, of the Indiana State Grange, lias ren*dered the following important decision concerning the status of demitted members: Inasmuch as the laws of the Indiana State Grange do not provide a rule lot receiving members on demits, it becomes my duty to give directions iu the matter. p Any member in good standing, aud clear on the books, is entitled to a demit. No member can object without preferring charges against the applicant. A demitted member wishing to join another Grange, or to resume his membership in the Giange from which he was demitted, must deposit his demit with bis application, to-, gether with monthly dues for the time the demit has been held, which application must be* referred to a Committee, and acted upon the same as a petition for the degrees, excepting that a majority of the ballots shall j decide the fate of the applicant. j Demits are good for three months only. Demitted members are not permitted to visit a Grange while holding a demit.

But “materialization” by spirits would be an excellent thing—-if it would work in a satisfactory manner. Td poor people it might .be equal to a reduction in wood and coal, victuaV. house rent, clothes, <tc. We heard the other clay of a case in point. A Spiritual brother informed us that while at supper he wanted oysters. Being a medium,_ be^ordered the gas turned down, and in about five minutes after, when it was turned on, lie found on the table two quarts ot prime oysters which had been materialized or manufactured by unseen spirits during the darkness, and tippy tasted as well as the best oysters from Providence River or New York. He was sure it was a great success, but when we expressed a wish to taste a few spiritual oysters, he thought we were not on a mental “plane” high enough to make the “conditions favorable,” though as we became “unfolded” we would doubtless see “thfe phenomenon.”— Boston Investigator.

Bl S3NESS CARDS. DR. G. A. MOSS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Rensselaer, Indiana, Office between the Rank and KannaVs Drug Store. DR. J. H. LOUGHRIDGE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Washington Street, below Austin’s Hotel, Rensselaer,- - - - Indiana, DR.MOSES B. ALTER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Kensselacr, Indiana. Office in Harding & Cbesnut’s Drug Store. DR. R. Y. MARTIN,. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, WASHINGTON STREET, OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, Rensselaer, - - - Indiana M. F. OS3ILCOTE, Attorney and i.’minselor at Law. Office opposite Court House Square, on Washington Street, Jasper County, Indiana. 5-25-1 y THOS. SFiTLEK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ui-nsseiaer, Indiana. Office in th 3 Brick Budding north side of the Public Square. Especial attention to Kea! Estate awl Fire Insurance tuisiness. in ILouti on Ileal Estate security, on reasonable tei ms. t-irst class paper .bought on reasonable- terras, irichiding mortgages and bonds; S2SSON P. *T2IOOK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Pros. Ativ. ;;nth circuit. Will practice in the Courtscf Pulaski, Jag] er, .Newton and Benton counties.

LAW AND REAL ESTATE OFFCE, fSi'sirwctai'r, 3ss«liiiMES. WAI.H. MAUTtN, 1 t JOSHUA EE A LEY. Kcutland.lnd. $ ( Iteasselaer, lad. MARTIN St HEALEY, ATTOKN KYS AX LAW Rensselaer, Indiana. £sf*Will practice in the courts of Jasper and adjoining counties. i Jf£A W, YKOMAK, ATTORN EY AT LAW. N otarv Pt'filloi ?E&L ESTATE AND COLLECTION AGENT, ISesisselaer. Indiana. A complete A l-straft. of Title to t'l lands in Jasper County, Indiana. Office in ilia (Jour House. . 6-21 .4. 13. SPANGLE Would respectfulh announce to the citizens of jasper county and vicinity, that he is still to be foun d at his old stand bn the eas t side of the public square, in Renss. laer, and is now prepared to do ail kinds of work in ihe Hue of T.A I U O RING in the latest styles, and with neatness and dispatch. . N. B.—Cutting done cn short notice, at reduced prices, and warranted to fit. J J9-tf XX=2.Y7*7-;S::NT\ <i 3} NETV EI3ICE. BLACKSMITH SHOP, •f J • •• - • Rensselaer, Indiana. Having recently enlarged my shop, introduced new machinery and :na'’e other important improvefueuts, 1 am now prepared to do work in the several departments cf Blacksmithing neatly and promptly, aad to guarantee satisfaction to customers. Connected with my establishment is a WOOD SHOP Where w agon and other wood-work repairing will be' done on short notice by experienced workmen. No establishment shall compete with me m dm ability of wot k, or reasonableness of prices. Cali on me when you want work done in my line. SaMSON EP.WIN. SHSMDLER & ROBERTS, BLACKSMITHS Rensselaer, Indiana. > . Shop on Front street, be ow Washington, known as £7. Warner’s Old Stand, Where we will be found ever ready to do work in all the departments of Btacksmith- ; ing, such as i' . . Horseshoeing, Tiro-setting, Wagon-ironing Ironwork repairing, Ac., in neat and substantial manner. Being practical smiths, having ! had many years' experience, and ourselves | operating at the forge, we shall take pride in ! endeavoring to mantain the well-egrned rep.-, utaticn of the establishment, and confidently expect to give oar patrons complete satisfaction. Try w- A 7-11-ts

THE CHEAP CORNER. « ( People who trade in Jasper County, 'and all others who may be interested, are hereby informed that the place to buy Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries, Notions, <fcc., is on the northwest corner of Washington and VanßensselaerJstreets, in Rensselaer, at

A. Leopold’s Store. My stock of Dress Goods is the largest, most complete, best selected and lowest priced ever brought to this place, and includes a fine line of SIXjK.B, LUSTRES, MOHAIRS, MERINOS Alpacas, Prints, Pobgees, Poplins, Reps, Scotch Plaids, Empress Cloth, Waterproofs, Ginghams, &c. My stock of Men’s and Boys’ Coats, Pants, Vests, Overcoats, either by single articles or in suits, cannot be excelled in finish, quality or cheapness. I Got only make a specialty of BEADY MADE CLOTHING but also keep an extensive variety of Tailor’s Goods, such as Broad Cloths, Doeskins, Casimeres, Tweeds, Jeans, Vestings, Ducks, Denims, &c. T by the piece or yard. Also, brown and bleached MUSLINS. TICKINGS, Sheetings, Table Linen, Oil Table Spreads, beautiful Stand Covers, Crash Toweling, Bed Spreads, Wool Blankets, Cotton and all Wool Flannels. Balmoral and Felt Skirts, Knit Goods for men. women and chilv 1 clren, ladies’ and gentlemen’s Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, Pocket Handkerchiefs, &c. BOOTS AND SHOES. The public are respectfully invited to call and inspect my large and superior stock of leather, rubber and serge goods, for men’s, women’s and children’s foot wear. My stock in this department is unsurpassed by any in the market. GROCERIES* In connection with my other goods I shall keep a select lot of choice- Staple Family Groceries, including Sugars, Teas* Coffees, Starch, Spices, Soaps* Dried Fruits, <fcc:; also a splendid article of Tobacco, both for chewing and All the above enumerated articles, together with thousands of others w;,e have not space to name here, will be kept in stock and sold at the lowest reasonable prices. When you want bargains in Dry Goods,. Clothing, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Ltats, Caps, Notions’, <fcc., go to LEOPOLD’S CHEAP CORNER.