Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1877 — SENATOR GEORGE MAJOR, OF JASPER. [ARTICLE]

SENATOR GEORGE MAJOR, OF JASPER.

Tmfiwn .«. Mr- M.jor » ! eleotMl *s tb» Rate MtU from the ; district «omj***ed of tho counties of JTeeper, White, Benton end Newton. He ren apoo the fodepeedewt grenge ticket, end received «tittering majority over hie reptiblioan competitor. Bat flaring the •rat eeeaioa in hie term he acted with the rffpnbUuao aide of the senate on nekrly every important measure, welt knowing that a large majority of hi* conetltadnoy wore ia sympathy with.that side upon lease* belonging exclusively to the repnbUeen and democratic partica. Bating the late Stftlft and national uenraeaee he was an ardent advocate pf the Independent greenback doctrines, and delivered several speeches in this eottntjr to advance the Peter Cooper ticket. It is car* rentty reported that he denounced ppoet violently what he termed the apostasy and treason of Mr. Wolcott and olher gentlemen lost conspicuous, who, as tbs campaign progressed, became convinced that the great issues u> be decided were between the repnblicsn and democratic parties, and accordingly aligned themselves in the ranks of their preference. It is reported that he had a great deal to say about the “selling oat*’ of these gentlemen for pecuniary considerations. Not, long riuee, only a week or two ago, Mr. Thomas B. Buchanan, chief editor and manager of the Indianapolis Sum, the oentral organ of the independent-greeuback adherents of this stale, was at Remington, and probably visited* Mr. Major to make the preliminary arrangements for § what has since followed. Immediately upon Mr. Buchanan's return home the Sun announced quite gleefully that Hon. Mr. Major held the balance of power’ip sh at branch of,the General Amenably of which he was a ptembar, and broadly hinted that it was a merchantable commodity to be pntnp at auction and knocked down to the highest bidder. The daily paper* of yesterday announce that a purchaser was found and a sale had' been made. At the democratic senatorial caucus on the evening previous Mr. Major proposed to sot with them, if allowed to name the principal secretary. HU proposition was gladly accepted, and Thomas B. Buchanan was named as ttye secretary. The district that Mr. Major was sleeted to represent at the late elections gave aggregate majorities of 1,000 to 1,'200 for the Republican tickets. It will not be unnatural for this constituency to enquire of him why he neglects them to rep resent the interests pf Mr. Buchanan.. Thera is a large nnmbcr pf people who voted tor Mr. Major who will suspect that he was rightly gauged in Gen. Kilpatrick’s letter to Goverour Hayes. But the toughest conundrum to solve will be bow lie overcame his grange begotten prejudice against middle men and employed Mr. Bucbauan toao hie tradiiijg.