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VOL. 7

BLOOMIN GTON, INDIANA, March 22, 1884

NO. 45

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The Boys from the Country in Charge, NOT A "RING1 MAX LEFT TO TELL THE STORY.

BRO. FELTUS CRUELLY CRIf. CIFED!

A GOOD DAY FOR REPUBLICANS

Pretty soon after dinner, last Sat orday, the Democratic Mass Meeting was calied to order by H. J. Feltus. Mr. Feltus used a huge hickory cane in rapping the meeting to order, a stick furnished by some enthusiastic moss-back, and whan comparative order had been thus secured, he slowly said. Gentlemen, uhere we are once more." No matter how badly, or how often defeated, the Democracy comes again, and come "smilingly ' up to the "scratch." We have met today to nominate, or appoint, a Democratic Central Committee. In accordance with previous custom, that committee will consist of two from each township, excepting Bloomington, and three from Biocmington township. We will not be quite so "hoggish" as the Republicans were, two weeks ago, at their Mass Convention, when the Republicans appointed nine from the ity of Bloomington" This elegant and liberal check on the credulity of his unsophisticated hearers was folio wed by an au -nouncemeut that the new Committee, when constituted would meet here two weeks hence for the purpose of organization. Mr. Feltus iow piled a reasonable supply of taffy on Messers Cooper, Woolen and Williams (of Owen), congressional aspirants, by referring to their presence in the ifteeting, closing his fulsome flattery by expressing a regret that all of them could not be elected during this campaign; and then he announced nomination for a chairman m order. Whereupon Dr. J. D. Simpson, of Harrodsburg, nominated Hon. Eli. K. Millen, and that gentleman was elected with considerable enthusiasm an apparently enter unanimity. The little trick was done so quickly and neatly that even some of the old "Democratic wheel hosses" did not suspect a new departure till long after the meeting was in new hands, and run in the interests of adverturesome gentlemen who heretofore have taken little part in public meetings of the unterrilied. Near the close of the Convention certain of the more closely observant of the old time leaders saw that there had been a secretly organized cabal, whose object it was to run the meeting and that it was beins conducted to suit the whims ajid notions of the usurpers, and these puzzled and paralyzed patriate straightway sought to recover their lost ground, as will hereafter appear, by noting the motion of Mr Dill, &nd the action thereon, but the "critters eyes yas sot.3 Tae aggressive usurpers had the meeting, together with all of the appointments, well in hand, and propose to held the vantage so easily gained early in the struggle. On taking the chair Mr. Millen said: Gentlemen, Owing to the lamentable condition of my voice today. I would much rather your choice of a presiding officer had fallen on seme other person better able to perform

this service, yet I am readv to serve you, as you all know, in almost any capacity yon might name. We have met here today, as your "retiring chairman," (Mr. Feltus) has said, for one single jwrpose,and that is a very comprehensive one, the placing of the old Democratic parly in this county in as good fighting trim a pos sible for the coming campaign. We have met for a single purpose, and that purpose is indicated in the call for this convention. I call your attention to that call, it reads as follows. Hereupon Mr. Millen read the same, for the especial benefit of such of the delegates, and bystanders Ac, as could not read. Mr. Millen then continued: That is the sole purpose for which we have met. As I have said, it comprehends a good deal. It comprehends the placing of yourselves m line with the great Democratic party of this country in its onward march to places of honor and trust and power and authority, and to a great and signal triumph next year. It is, I think, beyond aperadventure and almost beyond mathematical certainty, that the great heart of the American people is turning to the Democratic party, and its doctrines, as true as the needle to the pole. And when the 4th of March shall come again it shall find the Democratic party in power and administering the American government with justice and economy and fidelity as it did for 80 long years in former epochs of prosperity. The return of the Democratic party to power will mean as much, at the next election, as it ever meant. It will mean that this great country, with its vast millions of citizens, with its extended activities and boundless resources, shall be faithfully and fairly governed; that its business interests shall be guarded, its money justly collected and honestly and economically expended, and every thief, be he star-route rascal or county Treasurer robber, will find his home, where he properly .belongs, in the penitentiary. A restoration of the Democracy to power will mean a change for the better in every part of the country, and here in our section of this State, instead of vapid and meaningless resolutions we shall have prompt action where we ought to have it. As stated,- we have distinguished gentlemen with us here to day who will talk to you and talk eloquently. The next thing in order will be the selection of secretaries." On motion of Captain J. C. Dolan, H. J. Feltus and D. O. Spencer were elected to these positions of honor, trust and profit, and both gentlemen eagerly clutched hold of the tempting offers, and satisfied die Democratic and ravenous appetite for office. Dr. J. B. Campbell's motion to appoint a committee of five to select a Central Committee was modified by the presiding officer so as to include one from each township. R. A. Fulk wanted to see this committee to consist of two from each township. James Ryan desired to offer an amendment which he believed irould very much shorten the method of obtaining a central committe and gi ve better satis fact ion . Th ere were men present from each township, and he suggested that these gentlemen be allowed to name the men whom they wished to serve in that capacity. The meeting finally decided to carry out the suggestion of the chair, and so appoi nted James Heady, Elijah Knight, Thomas McGinnis, Dr. J. B. Campbell, Robert Gilmore, Bart Acuff , Reuben Ward, Wm. Hall, John Knight, Robert Todd, Moses Fields and John M. Stephenson, telling them, to repair to the Grand Jury room and discharge their duty as expeditiously as possible. Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Heady were found to be absent and at tha instance of R. W. Miers, John Sare was added to represent Indian Creek and Mr. Robeit Figg in place of Mr.Heady, for BeanBlossom, atthe instance of Mr. Btiskirk. In introducing the speakers Mr. Millen was very happy, ,?iving each gentlemen so pleasing a send off as to indicate no partiality whatever, nor did he forget to speak a word

for Eb. Hendeison, who was compelled to leave on the noon train, just before the convention met. Geo. W. Cooper was first introduced. Mr. Cooper responded in a speech of about one hours length, most of which time was spent in a discussion of the tariff question. Cooper is a free-trader and disevssed this issue from that standpoint. His style of speaking is very pleasant, and at times he becomes eloquent. It was a speech to please students rather than the mastes assembled in a Democratic Mass Convention. The finest portions of the address were fired over the lowly heads of the crowd before him, for the scathing sarcasm hurled direct at the present incumbent in the seat to which Mr. Cooper aspires (Col. Matson) was seemingly not understood, by the Democracy of Monroe county, or else they have not been told how Col. JMatson has been voting with the enemies of fre$ trade in Congress. Following Mr. Cooper came the orator of the 19th, Century, Dr. Irgnatius Cleopatraus Williams, of Owen County. This distinguished gentleman is also one of the many hundred Democratic statesmen in Indiana who bear a striking resemblance to Dan. Voorhes. Their style of speaking is also strikingly similar and their wild, vehement, angry, justiculations very much alike, as well. Both these defenders of the United States Constitution enjoy embillishing these efforts before the admiring gaze of the charmed and idolizing masses of the Democracy. The Dr. effects the princely style of walking backward and forward before the enraptured eyes of the Democratic beholder, practiced by Dr. Voorhees, and assumes the same scornful aspect of countenance when denouncing the ''bloated bondholder," and the "monopolist," as is eminently characteristic of the "Tall Sycamore" when prancing up and down Democratic formus at old timed Hoosier huskings. As a historian Dr. Williams is equally original and trustworthy. We shall give a single instance, and from this our readers can pretty accurately measure the man and the doctrines he would advocate if elected to Congress by this district. Dr. Williams told his Democratic brethren, Saturday, that one day last July he visited the U. S. Treasury building at Washington, D. C, that he

was escorted all through the building by Secretary Folger, or somebody or other -who chanced to be loitering around the place, and that while passing through one of the rooms he saw a pile of .money, enormous in size, stacked up in one corner of the room. The Dr. could not tell with mathematical nicely to a dollar, at a mere glance, just how much national wealth was in the pile, but was satisfied that he there saw "at least four hundred millions of dollars horded up by the Republican party with which to carry the election this Fall." The grandeloquent and bombastic manner in which he closed his glowing and garrulous gobble was laughingly absured, and provoked a storm of laughter which lasted for several minutes. Hjs closing sentences were pitched at a high key, and with out; stretched arms and legs, and gyrations of voice and limbs, and hello wings, and catchings for breath and excited and spasmodic facial contortions, with an occasional squat and an occasional leap in the air, he vehemently besought the Democracy to elect him to Congress and then when they elected a Democratic President; this fall the Democracy would take charge of this great country and rule it in honor and majasty and beauty and dominion and power and glory forever. (Tremendous

cheers and laughter). Judge Woolen was also introduced, but as he was walking forward to answer the call he was rudely interrupted by a motion of Peter Dill, of Clear Creek township, to add tho names of J. W, Buskirk, H. J. Feltus, R. W. Miers, Prof. John McGee, and others, to the Central Committee. The object of this motion wai to recover possession of ground lost by the old-original-Simon-pure-Jacob-Townsend-moss-backs, in the earlier stages of the meeting, when some of these gentlemen were sit

down on. The presiding officer ef

fectually snowed Mr. Dill and his doubtful project tinder by deciding

that it was out of order, and that "it would be just as well to add the en-

ttire township of Bloomington as to

&dopt such a motion." Judge Woolen spoke half an hour, reiterating much that was said by Mr. Cooper, but nobody seemed interested in what he said, and when he quit the meeting abruptly ciesed without passing any resolutions and without passing the customary motion to publish their proceedings. Thus it appears that Bro. H. J Feltus, who has so industriously and faithfully served his party was snubbed by his party codjutors and effectually squelched in the house of his friends. Such a convention was never heard of before, and there Is not a man in all Monroe county who can tell why such a meeting was ever called or organized. The only significant feature of the meeting is the one already refered to, viz,, the disposition of certain Democrats who heretofore have taken little or no part in such meetings to take the bits in their mouths and run off with the Democratic caravansary. The following are the gentlemen composing the Democratic Central Committee: Bean Blossom Thomas Headdy, Corr Walker, John Cosner.

Washington W. H. Creager, James Kin?. John F. Ballon iror. "

Qr Marion Thos. J. Bates, Jssac

Fleener, Wm. WhitselL

Benton J. B. Campbell, Michael Bourkc, Hiram McCoy. Bloomington J. C. Dolan, E. K. Millen, Frank Shields, Robert Gillmore. Richland Barton Acuff, Geo. B. Moore, Peter Mathews. Van Buren Richard Butcher, Jas B. Pauley, Henry Stansifer. Perry L. D, Rogers, John Riley, jr. Nathan Smith, David Adams:. Salt CreekJohn Knight, John Gillmore, James Bender. Polk R. C. Todd, Mathewllead. Jas. F. Clendenin. Clear Creek Moses Field, H T. Smallwood, John Humphreys. Indian Creek John Sare, Mike Kirk, Thad. Sparks. NOTES. These country boys are a b-bad set, sir. Where was Professor John Madison MackGec when the lisht

went out? "What did the convention meet for, anyway?" asked cue of the ring. He knows kow. Pete Dill tried to remedy it bv ejecting a hyprodermic dose at the last stages, but too late, too late, Millen andDollan and Gilmore and Shields are perhaps good Central Committeemen for Bloomington, but tlyjy arc not members of the ring. When John Dollan nominated the Telephone reporter for secretary, Bob. Miers and Bro. Feltus tried to stop it, but he was elected too quick. The election of E. K. Millen over Bro. Feltus, as Chairman of the convention Saturday, and later, the unblemished cheek of turning him out of the Central Committee after a service .as Chairman for two years, is not a very "ringing" indorsement of the Conner thus far in the

campaign. We will hear less of the McKinney business from this

date on. Republics and the Democracy of Monroe county are alike ungrateful. Last Saturday their mass convention, or rather the men who controlled it, took it upon themselves to lay aside the old "ring" and the wheel horses, and as a starter instead of honoring the Chairman of their Committee by choosing him to preside over the meeting, chose another; and when it came time to make up a new Central Committee, II. J. Feltus who was their Chairman through the last campaign was uoi only "snubbed" without a vote of thanks, but thrown head-long out of the organization entirely, as a reward for his services in the "official organ" and as chairman for the past two years. Two years ago Hon. J. F; Pittman re ceived the same treatment, and the incoming man may expect the same thanks. To say the least it is a down-right knock-down to the course Bro. H. J. Feltus has been persuing in his Courier, just as the Telephone has intimated several times was the thanks he was receiving. That was a well worded and hear

ty resolution indorsing Bro. Feltus, the retiring Chairman.

THE "TOWJT KING" ROOSTER.

THE COUNTRY 1UR1 HT THERE ELl!

Brother Feltus for two long years as Chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee, worked hard and faithful for the party; and in the "Courier" has "worked" the McKinney theft for all that M as in u, so lie went over to the convention Saturday all smiles, our instaneous-photographitsn'tist obtaining liis exact likeness.

But the "masses of Democracy" evidently are ungrateful, for not so much as a word of thanks was otiered for his services, but instead he was not only deprived of the honor of presiding over the meeting, but when the Central Committee was made up, in order that there might be no mistake, Bro. Feltus was left out entirely, which it is said made him feel very bad, and our special artist could not resist the tempta ion as he was leaving the convention,

The Bloomington "ring" has eontrolled the country Democrats so long that they laugh at the joke among themselves, but there has'nt been much mirth since Saturday As was common on such occasions the town "ring," composed of Bros. Miers, McGec, Buskirk, Worn! and one or two others, met at McGee's office, and as Eli Millen had been a little "offiish," they thought the pos-

ition of Chairman would bring him to terms. So Eli was placed in nomination and elected. But Eli din'nt "play," and when it come to choos ing a Central Committee he didn't "play" again; and when Simon Peter Dill tried to get him to "play by adding Bros. Buskirk, Miers, MoGee and Feltus to the Committee Eli answered tha t they had just as "well add Bloomington township." DEATHS. Died, February the 1 7th, 1884, Nellie May, wife of Simeon May, after a Ungand painful illness. On the 8th of March, 188, of Typhoid fever, Minnie Kill; daughter of We. Kirk. Her sufferings, though short, were very severe. This makes four cases of tiphoid in Mr. Kirks family in the last twelve months. Died, on the 13th of March, 1884, of typhoid fever, Albert May, Son of Jack May. His sufferings were short but severe. AU of the above were residents of Indian ureek township. Ne w Albany Led ger : Friday night at Bloomington. a fine three

story brick property of Wm. Dillon was sayedfrom destruction by the prompt work of the "Sanderson" engine and fire company. The fire was in the rear of a frame building and was extinguished before the roof fell in, though men were compelled to pull the steamer through the mud fully half a mile. The brick portion of the house was uninjured. The young folks, under the management of Mrs. Pittman, wiR go to Bedford next Friday night a week, April 4th, and play ''The Drunkard," to the Bedford people. The citizens of that pious little town with six saloons, were very anxious to hare' the company come, as their curiosity to see a man, even pretending to be intoxicated, can then be satisfied. By an agreement of all parties the gentlemen on the second bond of L. E. McKinney have agreed to let two responsible gentlemen run over the Treasurer's books from the beginning of the second term, and the bondsmen will make good what ever amount is found short. Maj. Perry and I. M. Rogers have been selected and will begin their work at once. When Harmon Friedley can give, the time from his ofiice duties, he goes out on the road in the interest of the Mutual Life, of New York, $ position that the company are very anxious that he devote his whole time to. v

Charley Banta was in Bloomington Saturday in the interest of the Homo Mutual Insurance Company, of California, of which he is their special traveling agent for this State. Miss Bertie Baker is now clerking in McCalla & Go's establishment, the iucrcase in trade of spring goods requiring more help to properly attend to customers. Rev. James McNary returned to his home at Sparta, Ills., Jast Monday. He preached at the U. p.

church last Sunday

morning

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even ins;.

Miss Marcie Graham, a sister of Mrs. W. P. McNary, is visiting in Bloomington . Her hoi ne is i n Wilkinsburg, Pa.

Prof. Tilley and wife, and Miss Lottie Lutes, of Gosport, attended tho contest last Friday night. Prof. V or his, of Waveland, was in the city last week. REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE. A full attendance of the members of this committee is desired at the meeting in the Grand Jury room on Saturday March, 29thv 1884, at 1 o'clock i h., to transact important business. Wm. F. Browning, Chairman Jos. G. McPheeters Jr. SecV.