Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1878 — SENSIBLE. [ARTICLE]

SENSIBLE.

It will 6000 be time for the office to commence hunting the man. The next Democratic campaign in this state, i» to be for the benefit of Senator Voorhee*. The prospect of war with Mexico has blown over. The border ruffins are at the bottom of it all. ■ * —se“ ■ The newspapers in this, state ought to agitate the question of amending the road law ao that the work done woiik} benefit tbe public. The Democratic state convention will be held in February 20th, Gon. Manson’s birthday. They ought to give the General a nomination since he never seeks office. Nearly all Shades ot political opinion Seem tb'be represented rn the present Cabinet, except oldfashioned, square-toed Republicans.—lndianapolis Journal. Where is the Commodore of the Wabash?

If you are in debt do not borrow money to get out, but plant a few acres more of corn, and potatoes, sow more wheat and oats, raise more horsfes, cattle, hogs and fowls, live cheaper and paye&as fast as you can. do, don't borrow money with resumption staring you full.in the fyoe. The death, of Mri 'Davison, of Fulton county, creates a vacancy in the State Board of Agriculture from the Fourteenth H ricultural District, and the suggestion has been made that Mr. L. B. of this county, is the proper person tobo appointed to fill the vacancy. The Journal most heartily approves this suggestion. Mr. Custer is, in all respects, just the man for the place. —Logansport Journal. All right unless Jasper County has a better man who' wants the place. In that case we favor him. December 13th, Senator Voorhecs introduced in the Senate a resolution declaring that, “it is of the highest inportanco that the financial credit of the government be maintained, and in order to do so the government itself, in all its departments, should, in good faith, keep all its contracts and obligations entered into with its own citizens.” SenatorVoorhecs has been an inflationist of the rabid kind heretofore. Is not the above resolution opposed to the repudiationist theory, or is he trying to get on the fence behind T. A. Hendricks?

A caucus meeting of members of the Republican party from all parts of the state was Jjclifjn tjie United States district court ;-room .at Indianapolis, December 2.7 th, past, for the purpose of eliciting, as well as might be, the sentiment of the majority as to the proper time to hold the convention. This caucus was as largely attended as the state ...of the weather and season oFihe year Would p<SYmtty*’»iiu when in connection with this," consideration is taken of the financial depression, the numerical strength of the party, as shown by the election of 1876, compared with that ol its adversary, together with the iact that no great national question is being agitated to sharply define party lines, it is neither untruthful nor exaggerated to say that the meeting was largely attended- Every congressional district, at least, and nearly every county were represented.. It may be added that the discussions upon matters of parly policy and political propositions were orderly, candid aud without passion. Many reasons were urged in favor of a late convention andshort campiagn —several thought that eveu a later daylßan the~*ohe finally agreed" upon would i>© oesi, wijuo omy a very few favored an earlier one. Nothing was said or done in the caucus to foreshadow what is to be the promiuent dootrincs of the platform. -Butthis much may be safely promised: qft frill treat of something more than the pretentions- of Tildep, and Headricks, which were, long since exploded by the decision of a special court provided for by an not of Congress which was sanctioned and passed by the, affirmative votes of a majority of the Domooratio members of the United States aenato and house of representatives. ■ „ :...'’ '■ ; —.——r-U •' *I, t'i* 1

Tho action of the Republican central committee of Indiana in issuing their call for a state convention ot the pasty is indeed sensible. They have avoided gush, swagger and all superfluities. They issue no verbose pronunciamentos relating grievances real or imagined, nor do they attempt to outline the platform or policy of the party—these details they have very properly left to be perfected by the ddegstes of the people who vote the Republican ticket—but they simply state that a convention of the party wilt be held at Indianapolis on the fifth day ot next June, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the several slate offices that are to be filled at the October election; and tabulate the number of delegates that each county is entitled to be represented by in the convention; which table is calculated upon the basis of one delegate for each two hundred voteß cast in the county at the last election for Mr. Harrison for governor, and one delegate for the fraction of two hundred ot one hundred or over. This will give to Jasper county the privilege of six delegate votes in the convention.

Dr. J. G. Winegarden, of Winamau, died of diphtheria Inst Monday. Two ot his children died of the same disease within a week past and a third one is not oxpeeted to Live. The Doctor formerly lived at Francesville and was editor of the Local Topic, a sprightly little paper. His death will be regretted by hosts cf friends. Col. T. 11. Bringhurst of Logansport had a tussle with a burglar Christmas. The burglar got a way and the Coiouel got his thumb badly tftitun. Thomas. 11. Wilson, president of theLogansport National Bank, died at liis residence iu that city last Thursday.