Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1876 — POLITICAL COMMENTS. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL COMMENTS.

Speaking of tpo republican nomination for congress in this district, tho Valparaiso Viattia says : “Other things being equal, sohie one should be nominated this year from the southern portion of the district.” lion. 11. S. Dwiggins has withdrawn from the race for the republican nomination for congress. This narrows the contest down to four candidates, Calkins, Thompson, Foxworthy and Grant, with Calkins about forty lengths ahead and bets ten to one on his nomination.— LaPorte Argue. There will be four candidates before the republican congresttional convention in this district, viz: Cason and Harrison of Boon, Monroe Milford of Fountain, and M. D. White ot this county. Tho skirmishing promises to be lively, and the chances arc that Cason will be rejected lor a third lern il — Crawfordsvillc llevicw. The Shelby county democrats have nominated the following ticket: For representative, Christopher Girtou; for treasurer, James O. Parrish ; for sheriff Allred M. Corkle; for commissioners—lst district, Daniel T. Culburtson, 2d* district, Ithamer Davidson, 3d dis-. trict,Nicholas Bailey ; for coroner, John R. Sedgwick; for surveyor, Jeremiah Dugan.

Rev. Joseph Foxworthy, a Methodist preacher of White county, wants to be the republican candidate for congress, in this distriqg. A young strawberry blonde, by the name of of Grant, from Carroll county, thinks ho would make a good republican candidate, but if wd can judge from what we hear, both of these men will prove immense failures as congressional aspirants.—LaPorle Argus. (Dem.) The Montgomery county Independents met at crawfordsvillc ’recently and nominated a ticket as follows: Senator, John 8. Gray; representative, Milton 15. W a ugh ; recorder Jofpi Shite; treasurer, I. N. Parch; sheriff, 11. A. Foster; surveyor, Ira McConnell; coroner, Fisher Doherty; commissioners, 'L. L. Hanna, John Hutchings anil Levi Thomas. A rosolittiw endorsing tho national and state platforms was adopted, , The South Bend Tribune argue f. 'n favor of tho nomination ot Ma-‘ or Calkins for congress because 'dr. Colfax was defeated in his first contest and elected in Iris second. Look here, Bro. Miller, is there not this difference iu the two cases? Air. Colfax had a democratic maority against him both times. The ' irst time, although defeated, he reduced the majority, and the second time overcome it and was elected. Major Calkins had a clear 1200 republican majority in his favor, and it overcome him. Wasn’t that about ibe way Bro. Miller? Don’t use that argument any more. It’s damaging.— Winamac Republican. The democratic press of the state is almost unanimous in the demand for the retirement of the present candidates for jndges of the supreme court unless* some concl usiv o defense can be made against the charges which have been brought. The question now arises, will the radical organs demand the withdrawal of Mr. Ortlpfrom the contest? He has been, by his own evidence, conyicted of dishonorable practices and violations of law which lay him liable to imprisonment. We venture the assertion that he will be sustained by every republican paper in the state, and the effort to make him appear an angel of purity will be continued even in the face of his positive evidence of corruption —Democratic Exchange.

The composition lire cent piece fiscally known as a nickle, received by everybody that can get it, and sought for in. these days of scarce change by many that can notget it, was first mimed in 1805, made partly of silver and mostly of grosser metal. It is never thought to be below par, is not called “depreciated “rag money,’’ “a lie,’’ “a broken promise to pay nor any one of a,thousand epithets applied to everything except gold, by the bullion sheets,yet that same nickle that is so universally received as worth five cents, is in reality—intrinsically—only worth three cents, as that is what it costs to . make it. What then makes this . coin, for coin it ia, as much as any, worth forty per cent more than its intrinsic value? The answer is plain to any one. It is the stamp ahd authority of the government. Nothing more nor less. The saino: means will make paper as good currency as any.— lAdtanvpolt? SiM-

RENSSEMER UNION AND JASPER REPUBLICAN. mmu.tii*- . y . INDIANA.