The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-01

NC HIVES u 14r4 4f4A q s14CtdtVLItL1 JON ct,
at once, for it is waste of time for i
the masses " ia meet Ia council. /
when ring has pre-. arranged, I
fixed up. ct o secret meeting, a11that |
the masses are called together to
do. One of these secret meetings
was held yesterday at the Office Of
General John Love and w. II. Tai
bolt, Esq, and only those who
we're SUPPOSED TO be in fully
sympathy with these gentlemen were
invited to attend. The object Of
this ring meeting was to select
delegates to the State Convention, and
as Marion County will have large
vote in that body, to thus attempt to
give a ring" tone to its proceedings,
and influence its action, If these are /
not the purposes of the ring what
need of secret meetings to organize
for the control of mass meetings.?
Why call upon tho people who are
opposed to rings to meet together
to organize for the reform of abuses
and TO overthrow a ruinous public
policy, when another ring has pre-
arranged It's action? "a gentleman
who was at The ring meeting
yesterday, upon invitation. has
given us the names Of those present,
all OF whom. like him, had received
personal invitations, but as several of
them were there without understand
ing the object, and who would not
have attended the gathering if they
| had known the purposes we omit the
roll call. The " ring selected list
or names for delegates to tho State
lConYention, and the mass meeting
. opposed to rings that assemblies
| to-day, will be called upon to approve
/ the selection. From memory, our in
| formant gives us the list Of the dele
/ gates selected by the ring, and we
give it In advance 80 that the
| mass meeting opposed 10 rings,
| that assemblies this afternoon, may
| know the ticket that has been pre-
pared for them, but In Justice 70 some
of the gentlemen named, we will say
that they we're not present at the meet
ing, and We can not believe they
would have permitted the use Of their
names under such circumstances, If
lthey had been consulted. Here is the
Hist as furnished US, but as it was from
memory, there may be mistakes In one
or two instances, which we will be
II happy to correct If We are In error /:
II Hilary Clay, wv. I'll. Talbot, +. Rand,
Aquilla Jones, Capt. ID. Taylor, w.
R. Hogshire, M. nj. Ray, John Simp-
son. ] ulius ,BoettieheT, u. j How
i land, Geo. McOuatt, G. a. Elliott. o.
b. Hord and j. e. Mcdonald.
Il We could vote for most Of these
/ gentlemen as our first choice for the
position named; but party that de-
ii nOuuces the " rings" OF Its political
Il opponents should not practice what
& they condemn, nor should they permit
ring or = faction" to place them
Sin a false position. The Democracy
can only succeed by a bold, open and
manly fight, and IN good faith open
ing wide the doors to- oil their former
| opponents, who are :. opposed to rings
aud the policy Of the party IN power,
to unite with them In consultation
and the adoption Of measures fosecure
common end-the restoration Oh
purity, economy and integrity In the
administration of the Government
the overthrow of class legislation and
. all measures that tend to make the
i. rich richer and tie poor poorer.
To succeed Ia the elections of next
year. and to restore sound policy in
the conduct of public affairs, we must
have a platform broad enough and
sufficiently liberal for all to stand
$ upon, who have no selfish ends to
attain, no schemes of individual OF
mere party ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to accom-
! plish, but whose only purpose. is tc
secure to themselves, and to their
) posterity, the blessings of good gov
ernment.
Well. the Convention was held and
sure enough the prediction Of The
Sentinel was fulfilled to the letter
? We copy that papers account of the
ConYention, deeming all comment on
Z our part unnecessary. The accouni
may be found in the Sentinel of Mon
day:
Z \" DOWN WITH POLITICAL RINGS IA
GRAVE AND SERIOUS CHARGE.
Hon. Oscar B. Hord, a gentleman fol
whom We entertain the highest re.
spect, in q speech at the Township
. Convention, held on Saturday, said
that the editorial in the Sentinel oil
that morning, charging that a dele
r gate ticket had been formed at 9
/ ring meeting on Friday afternoon
: Ito forestall the action of the Con.
vention was a grave and serious
q charge" Although his name was OF
: the reported ticket, he disavoWed AM
r knowledge Of the meeting or any par
: ticipation In the affair. We do no
: know whether Mr.. Hord so intended
: it, but his implied denunciation was
S whitening rebnke of the paSties whC
got up the ring ticket. George
McOuatt, also, In strong language
denied any knowledge Of the move
Q ment TO US, individually, Hon
i Joseph II. Mcdonald and Hon
n Thomas A. Hendricks also disayoWet
J any knowledge of or participation II
: such a meeting. In fact it is Difficult
: to find any one who is willing tt
i father the bastard. That such {
f meeting was held and the ticke
4 voted for agreed upon can not bl
: truthfuily denied. The ringmas
{ tiers fell Ia their own trap. a
: the Convention a printed ticke
d was circulated. When the yot,
{ was taken ffty-ene printed tickets
were counted cut OF the hat. i
ticket had not been made
e up to forestall the action of the con
: vention, why did printed ballots
e make their appearance? There's
d the rub That everything was Gu
o and dried, as one, Of the speaker:
y remarked, the wayfaring man, though
: a fool, could not mietake the trans
: parent purpose. Excepting q mista kc
: in the names Of few of the delegates
q every word Of our ring article O.
G Saturday, was verified when the plo
q of the ring" was disclosed at tht
e meeting.