The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-24
INDIANAPOLIS LITTER
Registry Law AN Injured Traitor
Failure Of the Democratic Party
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ISDiAsApoLta, Isp., Oct. 20.
RggfsTRY LAW. .6a.
All parties seem to be in favor Of
registry law, aud there is but little
doubt but that careful law, requiring
votes to be registered ut least thirty
days before the election, will be passed
by the approaching Legislature. The
Constitutional question has been ex-
amned by several lending lawyers,
who give it rs their opinion that q
safe registry law can be framed that
will not conflict with the Constitution
in any manner, and it Is believed that
the Supreme Court will hold that
| law docs not necessarily impose new
restrictions upon voters, but that the
law Is necessity 10 preserve the
purity Of the ballot box IF We had
had q registry law fhis fall there 10 no
doubt whatever but that the Union
purity would have carried the Second
| aud Fourth Congressional Districts rs
well as a large majority Of the Sena,
tors and Representatives. IN the Dor
der counties.
Gov Morton will recommend the
passage Of such law strongly IN his
message, aud urge the Legislature to
give 1t their immediate attention.
AN INJURED TRAITOR. ~
Hon. M. @. Kerr, the Cppperhead
member Of Congress from the Second
| District, has instituted suit against
J Z. Luse x Co, Of the Now Albany
/ Comnerciai, for s20, 600 for damages
for calling him II traitor He has
employed formidable army Of eoun.
I sci, aud hopes TO scare somebody, but
they don't seem to seareaworth cent.
Mr.. IIuse has aIso retained several
eminent attorneys and will make the
4 case interesting 10 Mr.. Kerr aud the
] Copperheads Generally. The case will
4 cause n thorough investigation into
the order OF the Sons Of Liberty, aud
many prominent members Of that pr
triotip y organization will be sum-
moned as wituesses. IF il is proven
| that Mr. Kerr IL member Of that
reasonable organization there Is but
! little doubt but that an effort will be
madeto expel him from his seat in Con-
Rress. on the ground that being n
member of thatlorder he isineligible
TO seat IN Congress according TO the
test oath law. which was passed in
/ 1862. That law declares that who
ever engaged Ia the rebellion. or gave
10 ii aid or comfort, shall be- iDeligi.
BILE TO any Office under the government
Of the United States. If it can be es-
tablished that Kerr belonged 70 the
Soma Of Liberty in 1862, the case Is
made out against him, aud he will
find that Congressional committee
Is very different body TO deal with
from a Comprehend jury packed by a
reDel sheriff. and that he cant bully
the thing through in the style which
he did in Floyd County If Kerr was
Son. of Liberty every vote cast for
him was \ nullity, and Gresham is
elected. II is not to be thought of
that o member OF that treasouable or,
ganizatiop should sit as member OF
Congress gaIt - M fpi
FAILURE OF THE DEMocRATte PARTY.
The defeat Of the Copper Johnson
! lists in this State was indeed disas-
trous to that party added to the fact
that the Union men won more than
money enough from their odversaries
to pay the expenses Of the campaign;
The Copperbeads staked their all
upon the result. The proprietors Of
the Herald, the central organ Of the
party, went in heavy" and came out
the loser. A few days after the result
of the election g;s known, the credit
ors closed In on them, and an assign
ment was the result. For several
DAYS past an effort was being made 10
induce some aspiring gentleman who
2 desired TO cover himself all over with
Journalistic honors (O to purchase
!, the establishment. but no such indi.
vidual has been found, and accord
ingly, the assignee, Mr. Henderson
ESQ, advertises the presses, material
&c. for sale At auction. on the 10th oi
November, If not disposed Of at pri
vnte sale before that date. The his
tory of the gentlemen who have pre-
coded the proprietors of the Helaic
: in the publication of central organ
for the Democratic party Of Indiana
S contains nothing that is calculated 4
inspire their successors with the idei
> of being classed with the few million
aires Of this continent | believe
i there is not single one of thes'
t gentlemen, except the Chapmans
4 but what lost largely by pub
fishing the Sentinel, and nearl.
all of them failed for large amounts
> At least such was the case with Lara
@ bee, Walker, Bingham x Doughty
r Elder. Hardness X Bingham mad
nothing, notwithstanding they were
State printers. Without public pat
u ronage Democratic paper in thu
Q city can not possibly exist. Tn
Y State. county, and municipal govern
: ments are all ~ the hands OF tn
e Union party, aud they viii not con