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The New State Bank

III timed article In the last South BeEd
Register.
The Board Of Commissioners designa
ted in the new State Bank charter, to or
ganize and locate its branches, met at In
dianapolis week before last for that pur-
pose. and in the discharge of their sworn
duty, located branch al Plymouth in
stead Ct South Bend. Hence bloody muir
der, treason and every other political and
moral misdemeanor. are pushed into their
faces in Mr.. Colfax's own mics and cour
focus manner. The position is assumed.
that, because a branch of the old State
bank has been located at that place for
the last twcrty years. it necessarily fol
lows that brench of the Few one should
also be located there. To sustain this
greedy disposition 20 monopolize every
little favor tina, is 10 be bestowed-so
clearly manifest in this position-Mar
shall county and its county seat are made
10 appear quite diminitive indeed. by
comparison of statistics from the census
OF 1850. We must here deny, however,
that St. Joseph county has realized pro
portionate increase Of population. wealth
and enterprise. with Marshall since 1880.
The Register seems 10 .ely solely upon
the population of tOwns 20 sustain what
it thinks to be an unquestioned right TO
The branch. Estimate the entire popula-
,ion Of the different counties with view
30 ,heir location in this (3d) Bank dis
sric.. and compare the numbers and CAPT
tai that would be mos: accommodated to
have il here. with those who desire il To-
Gated at South Bend, and the "astOnish
ment of every business man" in that com
muniiy might not be SO great after ALL
The State Sentinel partially explains the
reasons which influenced the Commits.
sionsrs in their action IN this particular.
and they sre very plausible indeed, wheth-
er the Register and every business man in
i,s community can see il or not. The
Sentinel says:
The reasons assigned for changing the
location in these instances. from Michi
gsen City 10 Laporte. and from South
Bend TO Plymouth, are thought by many
TO be plausible and satisfactory. La2orte
was regarded. in considering this case. as
.he centre of business for larger class of
n:
-1f-c--c IN accordance with this idea
This selection seemed TO involve the ne
cessiiy. ii was urged. Of changing the 10.
Gallon of the South Bend branch, for the
reason that branch at either OF these
places. BY the railroad connection. will
accommodate the same district of coun-
try. Plymouth will be connected. after
while. with Laporte. by railroad, it is
true. vet she reaches a district OF coun-
tEy. very rich and rapidly developing.
which has but little connection with Ell
ther South Bead or Laporte."
L. is quite seif-eviden, that the loca-
ton Of this branch creates no fight be-
tween ST. Joseph and Marshall counties.
The removal of the Michigan City branch
very materially changed the claims of the
former ia favor of the latter.
The Registers abuse of Mr.. Wheeler
who has heretofore so faithfully watched
the interests of his constituents-comes
with an i'll grace from such source. 1t
resurrecis all the old votes he ever gave
upon the subject of banks-certainly with
no other view than to render him ridicu-
Ious if possible. in his successful efforts
to have branch established at this place,
and lessen his influence with the board
ia keeping i: heie. What have Mr.. VS..
bank or anti bank votes to do with the
Commissioners in an impartial discharge
Of their duties TO the PEOPLE? But hear
what Mr.. Colfax says about such a man,
and then our readers will agree with US,
that such Inappropriate illusions come
with an i'll grace from such a source:
"Aud the man who dares not. at any
heard. stand up manfully for the inter
ests Of his home when assailed. does not
deserve 10 have any.
That's our fix. Is the preceding any
"misconstruction" of your remarks. Mr..
Register!
The following are the places at which
the branches Of the new State Bank were
located by the Commissioners:
District, No. /. Lima. Lagrange county
do do 2. Laporle. Laporte do.
do do 3, Plymouth, Marshall do
A. L. do.