Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 June 1882 — Page 1

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UILLIHI WART r.I/ADSTONE

The l*iintc minister of Kii(land.

An outline ot Mr. Gladstone public career is soon given, although he has assisted in the uiuku of history for nearly halt ft century, and id, in some respect,s the most remarkable, if not the greatest, man in Europe lie WHS born December iJ9, 1800, at Liverpool, an Englishman by birth, but Scotch in blood. His father was a merchant of considerable eminence an4 wealth Great pains were taken in the education of a lad singularly studious and ambitious- Before attaining the age of 22, the future stale-man graduated at the University ot Oxford, a double firstclass man. This was in the year 1831, preceding by a twelvemonth only his entrance upon public life as member of Parliament for Ne.wark-on-Trent, one of the historic towns of Nottinghamshire. Gladstone WHS an ardent Conservative at that time, and his first book was a defence of the union of Church and State,— a remarkable work which Macaulay roviewed in the Edinburgh Review, with appreciation of its spirit and scholarly style, but condemning its conclusion. Newark contit ucd Mr. Gladstone as hir representative until 1845. During the thirteen years of this association, hopeful houors had

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Commoner, "handsome Gladstone," as he was c.alletl. lie was only 25 when Sir Robert. Peel made him si Junior Lord of the Treasury. Three months later, he was promoted tc be an Under Secretary for the Colonics, which position he held until April. 1835. when Peel went out of office. Upon the rclurn of Sir Robert to power, in 1841, Mr. Gladstone was made Vicc-Presltffcnt of the Council and Master of the Mint. In 1843, he relinquished the first nanud of these offices in order to resume that of President of the Board of Trade. Two years afterwards, he was made Secretary for the Colonies, soon atter which he resigned office and his seat in Parliament. The University of Oxford returned him as a member of the House of Commons in 1847, a connection which was maintained for many years notwithstandinu the fact that in 1851 Mr. Gladstone ditiered so widely from bis party in opinion that he WHS no longer numbered in the Conservative ranks. He was a member ol the coalition ministry of Lord Aberdeen, formed in the year 1852, that same ministry which, in alliance with Prance and Turkey, undertook thej war with Russia. His office was that of Chancellor of the Exchequer, for which he showed a marvellous apti tude, handling the national accounts with an easy mastery and presenting them before the House of Commons and the country with

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perhaps had never before adorned so unattractive a matter as national finance. The Aberdeen ministry resigned in 1855, in consequence of the clamor raised against its management of the war, and a reconstructed jninistry with Lord Palmerston at the head mid in which Mr. Gladstone had place proved to bo shortlived. In 1858 and 1859 the subject of this sketch WMS FEAT on a special mission to the Ionian Ialand?, and in June, 1859, again served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Palmerston, the premier, upon whose death and the succeeding premiership of Earl Russell he continued to hold the same position, and also acted as leader in the Hous6 of Common*. His rejection as representative of the University ot Oxford, in 1805, was suoceeded by his election for South Lancashire. In 1806 the Russell-Gladstone ministry, as it was called, resigned in consequence of an adverse vote on the question of reform in Parliamentary representation, and a Conservative government assumed office. When, in the election of 1868, South Lancashire rejected her representative, he was triumphantly returned by the borough of Greenwich, and Mr. Disraeli's government retiring, because of the election of a Liberal majority to the Commons, Mr. Gladstone assumed the premiership for the first time. His great measures, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church and the Irish Land Bill were passed by the year 1870. In 1878 his government was defeated on the Irish University-Education Bill, ana he resigned, but was persuaded by his Sovereign to resume office. He served until after the general election of 1874, which resulted in the triumph of the Conservatives. Mr. Gladstone now retired from the leadership ot his party in the House of Commons, which was assumed by the Marquis of Hartington, and devoted himself to literary labor. In 1874 and 1875, he produced certain pamphlets on the question of the Roman Catholic Church in its relations to the civil power, which created a great sensation and were read throughout the Christian world. His pamphlet entitled "Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East," published in 1876, was of remarkable force, and gave moral support to Russia in the war between that power and Turkey which broke out two years

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afterwards. A learned work on Homer which saw the light in 1876, indicated the direotion of one ol his recreative studies—one ot a large number, by the way, for Mr. Gladstone's powers are exercised in a great variety of ways, and his attainments in languages, literature and other-subjects exemplify his astonishing industry and mental force. The maguiffccBttriurnph of the Liberals in the election of 1 0, when Mr. Gladstone was elected V. Mid-Lothiaa and the borough of Leeds virtually compelled his assumption of power as the First Lord of the Treasury, to whieh he added the functions of Chancellor of the Exchequer. He is member for MidLothian of Edinburghshire, prefering this to the representation of Leeds, for which borough one of his sons, Herbert,

a promising young statesman, is sitting. Another of his sons has a seat in the Hous3 of Commons, one is a clergyman ol the Established Church, and one of his daughters is married to a minister of ihe Church of England. The wife of Mr. Gladstone's youth is still living. Khe is an excelant helpmeet, the eldest daughter of Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart., to whom he was married in the year 1839. The Irish Land Bill is the last great accomplishment of perhaps the ablest minister England ever produced, and questions arising out of the Irish difficulty are now taxing his wisdom and endurance to a degree which however great, he bids fair to master. When his work shall be done, Ireland will be the greatest gainer by his statesmanship. which is that of a veteran, a man of extraordinary learning and vast natural capacity, of indefatigable application, wonderful executive force and unsurpassed eloquence, of progressive convictions aud high, conscientious courage.

FRANK JAMESOUTLAW.

Negotiations Pending for his Surrender and a Complete and Unconditional Pardon.

ST. LOUIS, May 29.—ThePost-Dispatch will publish a statement this afternoon showing that Governor Crittenden has been negotiating with Frank James for the past ten days for his surrender and that the noted outlaw will be pardoned within a week. Sheriff Timberlake and Police Commissioner Craig of Kansas City and an attorney representing James accompanied by Frank James and three of his friends were in St. Louis on Friday and Saturday. It is stated that Frank James has nominally surrendered to Sheriff Timberlake tinder a flag of truce and that Governor Crittenden has promised a full and unconditional pardon to the famous outlaw. Sheriff Timberlake was registered here at the hotel under an assumed name, but was recognized by a Post-Dispatch reporter and both he, Police Commissioner Craig and the attorney admitted that negotiations were pending for Frank James' pardon. They were in St. Louis for the express purpose of meeting Governor Crittenden on bis return from New York but the latter passed right through to Jefferson City. They further stated that a delay in the negotiation is occasioned by the friends ot Fiank James insisting th&t full pardon should also be secured from the Governors of Minnesota and Texas where the outlaw is under bar of the law, and steps are now being taken to that end. These pardons are necessary for fear Crittenden's successor might deliver up Frank James on a lequisition from either of the said states. 1 here is scarcely a doubt that the negotiation will be successfully consummated.

LINTON TOWNSHIP.

Nic. Ring's dog house fell down and killed all his dogs but five. We were visited by a hail storm Saturday morning, accompanied by wind and rain. Trees and fences were thrown to the ground.

George and Daniel V. Moore have arrived home from the west Tbey say they have visited several of the western states and found work searce and bands plenty.

The baptising ofthe Baptist church of Pimento had to go over two miles to water, and was largely attended on last*Sunday.

Two young men residing in Linton township came near taking blood from each other last week. Is this the, ,way brothers-in-law should act? -v

H. M. Brown is doing some good work on the township roads. We have anew covered bridge on the Bono road—covered with mud and water.

Our committeeman has called a convention of the Linton Democracy on July the let, 1882, at 2 A. M. to elect delegates to the county congressional and judicial conventions. *GRBKNHORN.

Free Fight at Paris III.-

Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Paris, 111., May 26.—For some time past a feud has existed between the Menk and Link boys,, of this city. Last night they indulged in a general fight, in which they all took part, assisted by friends of both sides. Frank Menk was struck in the face with hatchet, inflicting a painful if not dangerous cut on his nose, mouth and chin Chris Link was shot through his left hip the ball lodging in the lower pelvis Rue Link was struck on the head, and remained unconscious for some time. Nine of the parties are now under bond for their appearance at he next term of court.

Reports of the condition of crops in' Northern Texas are the most favorable

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THE FLOWER MISSION.

To-day is the Day to Decorate the Graves of the Fallen Boldirn-

Appropriate and Tonehing Services the Cemetery-

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Thanks to the Grand Army and the ladies Decoration Day or Memorial Day as it is more generally called now, has been appropriately obscrad in Terra Haute to-day.

THE PROCESSION.

Formed about one o'clock and started from the corner ol Sixth and Main streets in this order. «?sn i-

Detachment of City Police. Ringgold Baud and Dram Corp?. McKeen Cadets.

Hager Veterans.

Morton Post No. 1, G. A. R. and all visiting Comrades. Veteran Union Soldiers and Mexican Wsr

Veterans.

Terre Haute Light Artillery. Civil Societies. Orator ana Chaplain in Carriage.

Invited Guests in Carriages.

Carriages with Flower Committee and School Children. Mayor and City Officers in Carriage*.

City Fire Department.

Citizens fn Carriages, Wagons, etc. The pleasant duty of decorating the graves was left to the veterans.

The grand stand was erected in the grove opposite the cemetery and it was not the intention to have any one but the veterans and those who wished to decorate graves in the cemetery. But notwithstanding this an immense crowd of people was in the grounds before the procession arrived and it was some time before they could be gotton over to the grand stand to hear the services and the address by Lieutenant Governor Hanna. The service consisted exclusively of & part of the Grand Army ritual, Commander J. W. Haley, Chaplain W, Williamson and Adjutant C. W. Ross officiating. It is the duty of the Adjutant to deoorate a cenotaph for the unknown dead. There was no music except the Post Muaio at the grand

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were fired in the cemetery. Lieutenant Governor Hanna commenced speaking five minute after 3 o'clock. He left fbr Indianapolis at 4 o'clock.

The principal address of the afternoon was made by Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hanna, of Greencastle, which the GAZETTE presents entire as follows:

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THE LIKUTENANT-00VERROR'S ADDKESS. Comrades of the Grand Army (f the Hepublic, Ladies and Gentlemen:

Annually, for the last sixteen years, the Grand Army of the Kepublio and the loyal, liberty-loving people of America have decorated the graves of the soldiers who died in the war for the defense of the Union with the beautiful flowers of spring. We do this in memory of their laithful and loyal services ana in commemoration of the principles for which they died that we mny exhibit to the young and rising generation the high esteem in which our patriotic dead are held by us, that lessons ef loyalty may be taught and instilled into the minds of the young aud that they and the generations yet to cooie may know that "It is sweet and honorable to die for otie's country." It is right and appiopriate tliat we should ceme in the springtime (o the sacred graves of our dead heroes, with wreaths and with garlands to bedeck their last resting places. In the springtime, when the earth is taking on the robe of summer, when all nature has been resurrected from the grave of winter—at this time, the season of the year typical of the glorious Resurrection to cone In the gl*d hereafter—we are enabled thereby to express in a feeble manner, it may be, that hope which intuitively springs from the heart of every man that it Is ltri

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While we are assembled fSgetbet here on the ground made sacred by the memory of the many soldiers who have been buried here, we are carried back in our imagination to the day when these men enlisted in the army of thevlfnion, when they went forth to flght for eur country— •o battle for the flag of our fathers. Then they were brave men and strong, men filled with high hopes, with greatlove of country, with devotion to principle and with zeal /or the right. They parted from their homes—their fathers and mothers, their wives and little ones they left behind. They gave up everything that was sacred anu dear to them, they went to meet the enemy in deadly conflict, they dared to die that we might enjoy the rich inheritance of a free country bequeathed to us by our fathers. What a grand army they made! The number so large—a million and a hall of men— made up ef the youth, the middle aged and men of maturer years the intelligent, the enterprising, the valiant and true men of the loyal states. They came from the office, from the farm, from the workshop, from the counting-house, from the church. The volunteer army of the Union for magnitude, for intelligence, for bravery and |for patriotism, exceeded all other armies of ancient or modern times. Ceesar with his Roman legions, Alexander with his trained phalanxes, Napoleon with his disciplined soldiery ana Bismarck with his triumphant veterans, never, in their ambitious day-dreams conceived of such an army as rushed to the defense of the Union. With that army led by such men as Thomas, and Sherman ana Sheridan and Grant, victory for the right would sooner or later perch upon oar

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banner. Yet what a struggle we had! For four long years the war lasted. Our brave boys met the enemy and gave up their lives on every battle field, from the first engagement at Phlippi until the final surrender at Appomattox. They fought the enemy on Mount Lookout above the Clouds, and in the valley oi death beforw Vicksburg. They failed not at Shiloh, they yielded not at Nashville, tbey rushed Into the jaws of death at Gettysburg, they required an unconditional surrender at Fort Donelson and contested every inch of ground with the enemy at Antietam. They rode with Sheridan up the valley of the Shenandoah to "Winchester twenty miles away," they followed Sherman from Atlanta to the sea, they crossed the Rapidanand fought their way with Grant through theiWildcrness and on to Richmond with no ''pillar of cloud by day, and no pillar of fire by night" save the stars and stripes. The toils and hardships, the trials and privations, the sorrows and sufferings of the volunteer army ofthe Union will never be fully comprehended by the American people. The historian will never be able to record them. Think of over four hundred thousand men dying on the battle Meld— no one to close their eyes, no one to say a parting word of comfort or consolation the wounded often uncared for and left to die on the deserted field Ihen the long and weary marches, the sick in the hospitals, the tortures and sufferings of the men who were made prisoners of war by the enemy, the horrors of Libby, of Belle Isle, of Andersonvi He and other prison pens of the South, "the palaces of famine and death," the emaciated form, the woebegone look, and the death stricken countenances of the men who were captives by the war. When you consider all these things you will then have but a faint understanding of the sacrifices that were made by the soldiers in the war for the Union. Almost every household all over the loyal North gave one life for the preservation of the Union. There had been no blood sprinkled on the lintel and the door posts the destroying angel scarcely passed any family by. The weeds ol sorrow and mourning were seen everywhere. It is with a mingled feeling of sadness and joy that we recount the scenes and incidents, the recollections and memories of the four years of the war. We should not forget those years in which the Nation struggled in the agonies of war, for that is a part of the price of the liberty which we now enjoy. Who were the men who met our soldiers in the bloody contest and for wljat did they fight? They were our countrymen, bone of our bone, blood of our blood. T^ey believed in the right of secession. They believed that the United States was a Confederation and not a Union of .Slates. They believed that one state or any num bcr of states had the right to withdraw from the compact of the Union and set up an independent government of their own that the constitution of the United States did not contain any authority by which the seceding states could be forced back into the Union. The election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency by a majority of .the whole people of the Union was distasteful to the citizens of the Southern States. They were not willing to be governed by the majority of thewhele people—the fundamental idea of our government. Eleven states seceded from the Union. Treason to the country enttred their hearts, disloyalty to our flag controlled their actions. They set up a Confederacy of their own. "Death to the Union" was their Watchword, "Down with the stars and stripes apd up with the stars and bars" was their war cry. They fought a desperate fight. They hoped to maintain the independence of the Southern States and perpetuate human slavery on Columbia's fair land but the god of battles was against them, the loyal sentiment of the North was against them—the free Morth was pitted against the slave Soufth and freedom triumphed. For what did the soldiers of the Union fight? They believed that all this great country from the rock-bound coasts of Maine to the Golden Gate of the Pacific, from the everglades of Florida to the iceclad regions of Alaska should be under one flag,—that the waters of the mighty Mississippi should not roll across the bosom of two governments, that the beautiful Ohio should not separate the North from the Sotith. The loldiers of the Union fought for the purpose of main taining tb« Union of the States, fbr the purpose of perpctoating that compact oi the unfOn— to establish the principle that a majority of the people shall rale— that a Republican form of government might not be destroyed that we might hare one country and one flag. The contest with treason and. secession waa a dreadful and bloody one,-and for the first

ears ot the war it'did seem to be doubtwhich would be successful—the North or South, but after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln—after it was determined and declared that this great country should not be part free and part slave, but that all within her borders should be free, the bright omens of success cheered our armies on from victory to victory until finally we heard the last gurgling death struggle of treason amid the clarion notes of freedom andfthe^hallelujahs of a race "of made free. As I said on a former occasion,

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years since the war closed and much is now being said about forgiving and forgetting the past deeds of our ening brethren that we should throw the mantel of charity over their^treasonable acts, that we should let by-gones be by-gunes and as great honors should be paid those who wore the gray as those who wore the blue. It is true, they say, that they woe wrong and we were right. They sought to destroy the Union we struggled to maintain, yet it is claimed that the blue and gray should mingle together as one. It is said—and very truly too,—that the heroes of the Confederacy exhibited great bravery and died for their flag but should wrongdoers be honored equally with the heroes and martyrs of right? Should the dis-

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tinction between the Tories of the Revolution and the fathers who fonght for our independence be eradicated It is now over an hundred years since the Revolution and should the sins of the Tories be remembered against them no more forever Do you think the men who fought unier Packenham are entitled to as much praise or as much honor from the American people as the soldiers who battled under the leadership of the brave and Tesolute ackson Surely not. Now, do

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think that the memories of the Oonsoldiers who died for the unholy cause of the Rebellion should be honored or held in as lofty esteem as the four hun dred thousand brave men who save up their lives for the Union Is thereto be no difference between the men who were commanded by Jefferson Davis and the men who, "carried the flag and marched to the music of the Unien," under Abraham Lincoln? There should be. It seems to me that wc are not yet ready to extol with equal honors the conduct and the memories of the men who wore the gray with those who wore the blue. Those who wore the gray were rebels and traitors. They may have died like brave men—they may have fallen like heroes— 1 have no doubt many of them did, but they died for treason and an unholy cause The men who wore the blue died for our country, tbey died for our liber* ties, they died for our flag,—they were patriots. Then away with this sickly, sentiatyental, idea of blending the blue and the gray! Let there be made a difference as long as there is any distinction between patriotitm and treason, between loyalty 8nd rebellion, between union and disunion, between right and wrong. I am willing to admit mat the soldiers in gTay fought like brave men and died like heroes, but at the same time we are compelled to maintain that they fell in defense of the wrong I am willing to throw the mantle of chority over their miedeeds, I am willing to forgive them for their treason, but I cannot do so, to the disparagement ofthe honors due those who wore the blue. There must not be a blending of blue and gray until the principles of loyalty are firmly established in the heart of every American citizen, until the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press and freedom ot education are coextensive with the borders of the Union, until the men of the South and the men of the North are brothers in fact. Then, comrades and fellow citizens let us carry wreaths and garlands made of the sweetest flowers of Spring to the graves of the Union dead. Let us take with us the evergreen—the symbol of perpetual life. Let us adorn their graves with these chap lets, the emblems of our love and affection, knowing that'll can be truthfully said of them, '»». "3 "The muffled drum's sad roll nas beat ^The soldiers last tattoo,

No more on life'A parade shall meet J|That brave and fallen few. ft"On fames eternal camping ground, jfcheir silent tents are spread,

And glory guards with solemn round. That bivouac of the dead."

Before we close, let a word bo said of the surviving soldiers. Theie were living at the close of the war, about a million of them. They stepped from the ranks of the army, and the battle fields of the war, into the quiet and peaceful pursuits cf citizenship. They were promised great things should they enlist and save the Union. They have not exacted the pledges which were given them. They are satisfied wiih having Dimly established a free Republic for a free people. However, they have determined that there shall he no more rebellion in this free land. They have recorded on oath and sworn high heaven that hereafter all traitors juall die that the penalty of treason shall be death. A large number of the surviving soldiers who were in the war have organized themselves into a society known as the Grand Army of the Repub. lie, the purpose of the order being to "preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feelings which bind together the soldiers ana sailors and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory and history of the dead to assist such former comrades in arms as need help and protection and to extend needful aid to the widows and orphans Of those who have fallen to maintain true allegiance to the United States of America, based upon a paramount respect fbr and fidelity to the National Constitution and laws to discountenance whatever tends to weaken loyalty, incites to insurrection, treason or iwbeiUosi. or in any manner impairs the dficiency and permanency of our free institutions and to encourage the spread of universal liberty, equal rights and justice to all men." It is under the auspices of that society that the memorial elercises are held. The soldiers in the war for the Union will soon be all gone. Death is rapidly reducing the ranks. It is estimated that since the war one third of all the survivors have died. Twenty years from now one third more will have passed away—forty years a few only will be left, and sixty years hence there will be no one left ofthe Grand Army of the Republic. The younger persons here this afternoon will live to see the day when the last soldier of the Union 4rmy will have been gathered to his fathers. The older persons here remember well the day when the last Revolutionary soldier was buried. Let us extend due honors to the memory of the dead and pay like respects to the deeds of bravery and patriotism of the living. Nineteen centuries ago when the city ofPom-

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that the art galleries of the world are to be adorned with the life-sixe statue of this faithful watchman who met death at his pest of duty. His statue will be pointed to with pride by the generations yet to come as the model soldier and watchman of ancient times. My friends we are not able to have fashioned in marble and brass statues ofthe many thousands of our brave men—the model patriots of the world who died for our liberties and our country but we can have constructed on the plane of our affections and in the art galleries of our hearts their statues more lasting than brass and more enduring than marble, to the end that "this government of the peeplc, for thd people and by the people shall not perish from the face of the earth."

At the Congregational chtirch this evening the following services are to be conducted, and the principal address ^£11 be made'by Hon. Win. Mack. Organ Voluntary .Prof. Kllbourne "Our Herdcs" Quartette Dan Duvls, W. H. Paige, George Hughes, R.

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Welcome Addreaa.Commander J. W. Haley This address is laid down in the ritual of the Grand Army and as it has already been published in these columns need not be re-produced here .* Chair—"Carefor Them Tenderly." si^n Ritual Services— («. *. R. Choir—"A Warrior Bold."

Apart of the service was a prayer by the chaplain closing with the Lord's Prayer by the entire Post. ..

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The choir also sang "Thcly rest from their conflict" and "America." HOTKS. I "IMF

Sexton Haley deserves to be complimented for the very clean and attractive appearance of the cemetery. -,

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Telfejgtaphic reports from Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Lous, Cleveland and other places, indicate a general observance of the day in the usual manner. At Cleveland the vault and casket of the late President Garfield were covered with a profusion of rare floral offerings. ... .•iJj

STOCK LAW MEETINGS.

I J- AM!) i'U«. Meetings of the Farmers of Fayette and Pierson Townships.

FAYETTE TOWKSHIP. 'L

The farmers of Fayette township will meet next Saturday afternoon, June 3d at 2 o'clock, at tlie Shanks schoolhousc, near New Goshen. The object of the meeting is to agitate in favor of a radical change in the stock laws of the State Of Indiana. A number of the farmers of. .that vicinity have expressed themselves in favor of the law, and it is in accordance with their wish that this meeting ii4 called in the GAZKTTH. Mr. Edwin Rogers, of Honey Greek township, who. is the original mover in this important matter and who has been very active a» well as able in its discussion and is thoroughly posted in regard to it, will bo present at the meeting, as will also Dr^, B. F. Stafford, formerly of Fayette town 's ship, but now a member of the city couv. cil of Terre Haute. The meeting should be largely attended.

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meet at the Center schoolhouse, Pierso. 'f township, at 2 o'clock Saturday after noon, June 10th. The subject for discussion and conference will be the stock laws. Mr. Edwin Rogers will be present at the meeting. This call as it comes to the GAZETTE has the names attached of the following farmers of the township:

Eli N. Denton John Maxwell, Wm. F. Jordan. John F. Ferguson,' Josephus French, Israel French,

Felix Beard.

There is very general discontent at the present stock laws. The making and maintaining of fences is a serious tax on the farmers. It is a very heavy item of expense. It is sapping their energies and wasting their substance. In times past this has not been felt so much ssnow, because this was a wooded country and there was an abundance of material out of which to construct fences. But every year has diminished the timber supply, until it Is now a serious question with hundreds of farmers.

This agitation began in Honey Creek several weeks ago. After that a large meeting was held in Prairieton, then onein Hartford. It la new proposed to hold these two- in Lafayette and Pierson, and after that

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townships of the county. The movement is entirely outside ot politics, and it is only proposed to agreeupon a batter law than tha present one. on the subject and then by agitation to create so forcible a sentiment on the rabject that the legislators elected from thiscounty next fall, no matter lo what party they may belong, will feel compelled to accomplish the purpose of the people in this regard.

It is hoped that there will be a large attendance, to the end that all shades of opinion may be heard. It is only proposed to do what the people want done,, and it is for the people to say what they, want

The columns of the GAZETTE are open and welcome to any farmers in the county who may wish to call a meeting for the discussion of this important question.,.

THE POND LIQUOR LAW., V.u, £1

Tfce Saprefte Coirt of Ohio Declares it UscoRstltutlesal.

doLUMBt3S,0., May SO.-The Supreme Court room was crowded this morning by prominent attorneys from various parts of the state and representative liquor dealers who had come in to hear the result qj the decision in the Pond liquor tax law. The court refused the writ ofmandamasand declared the law unconstitutional OB the ground that it is in the nature of a li-

Judge Johnson dissented. a •& wmm rtitii* jsit