, 1874-10-26

actk huA FcsJ dFhEdo purify II MlEnE bo OF III
terost to add thas Mr. Colfax, during bis reesnt
visit hore, spoke freely as 10 bis yiev Of tho
election. Ho attributes tho dcioAt to ths gem
| independence, aud thinks 1t not strange
that party that has been having
things lts Own way for trolvo or 1ftsou yeAro ID
every department Of the Government. should moot
with rovorae. But, arguing from tho stote Of
Iowa, h1. G. believes tho peoplo will eoon tiro Of
tho Democracy, and that, IN 1876, undcr prudent
management, shero aro good hopes OF ro-
establishment Of Republican aaccndenoy. 1}ut
l be doea not hesitate to aay that tho party muat
abuses thu. lave been steadily noakoniug Ii In
public confidence. Mr. Colfax ciroulatea au,ot:r
the people good deal, mad, freod from official
restrictions, his opinion ia not without yaluo.
THE bENAr0n6HtP.
Il II duAl1y determined thot tbs Democracy
will hnvo 24 Senators and 81 Representatives
counting Democrat from Knox County, whor.
special election ia 10 bo held noxt month. Thu
whom axo Of Democratic antooodents, and rho,
% thclr lttlo junta has no hopo Of controlling
tho Assembly, may affiliate with thoir porty-
associates. Tho Democracy, hovevor, have u
ovor tho aenatorrhip promised to bo Lively ono.
Already any number OF candidates hive rnhdo
thor appearance. Mr. Mcdonald, Of courso,
head" tue list: Voorhees, io named By some; but
Ills not probable he can command much strength,
md 10 would 10 bittotly reaiated. Tue man agseod
upon By tbs Voorheeaans Is tho Hon. William
g. Holmnn, ahose splendid run In tho Fifth Dis
tz1ot, y le believed, ~onld givo him good aond.
OIL Ao il dangerous man every way. aud Ia
especially dangerous to h1r. McDonald's chnncea
Ho js supported vehomently by tho Clncinnxtl
E41ua5c,t und by soyernl papers OF tllio State.
Tho Hon. James D. WilIia1pa, Of Knox, member
elect from tho Socond Congressional District, is
named; md tho "0ld Man." aB ho ie fan1lliarly
called, or "Unelo Jimmy" may 10 tiokIed iutoo
making an effort, inasmuch ~ lo Was tho CAUCUS
nominee tTo years ago. But thon tho Dcmoora-
q bad no power to ooos, and hr. Williams 1885,
cia.cs comp!!incntod him out Of personal oonnid-
ssion.l roce. Tho Ion. Graham ~ n. ':tItss Titch,
Of Logensport is quiatly. mentioned, aud.
as his political quarrel NTH Judge Dykoman, Of
beeu anaIcably adjusted, It il believed Dykemhn
will bo Fitch's manager in the LeEialat,,ro
Ihon tho Hon. David Turpss. the head OF tho
Marion County delegation. is nanlod and it ts
tiyos from Porter and aon,o others Of tho north
etn counties como Instructed, III = subdued sort
Of way, for Mr. .Turpie. lurple has bean
Gntsd %, stase' M s.. Sena.or for eighteen days,
% s2p,ed os ss,. Tug b. o9sa5ed Bh av ts' ras S s
appointed ex-Gor. Joseph 4. Wright; and
tho Legislature Then il met. elected Turnio
Tor tho short torn, and Gov. HondrickB for tAe
long ono. b1t. Tutpie Is popular and has talent,
aud viii hsvo tbe vantase ot II sest in thu House
from which to maueuvzo. Tho Hon. George W.
Shank]ln, Of tho Evansville Courier, has been
mentioned, hut It can hardly Lnvo bean seriously
uo is 9 apleudid good follow. about G>5 fao.
d Senator as Jim Nyo, and about as valuable. In
addition to these, thore host of hamee
talked Of. such as Kerr. NLlnck, aud almost every
e4-ConGrcaen1an OF candidate for Congress-. An o
conclusion. ,heneror tho subject is talked over,
ht1ItV a n nfFn md t>o ~
tion of Hcndr'cks az compromise candidate, is
always mentioned. MaDonatd will have decided,
and, it may b., violent opposition. In the i.st
place. the Voorheeatan1 will fight him On tho
weight Democrats who think tho pozty-m.iority
should havo bsen run up to $4,000; aud that, II
Mcdonald had attended to his business, Or al
lowed them to mauago the can1paigu, that figure
charged with being loo satisfactory to the Re.
pnbltcsns.-a largo number of Republican
papera having como out for him whon. il. waa
Known that tho Legaloture vss Democratic.
And, lastly. tho etereotypedl objection ot, To-
cality j. urged agaost him, Tho State is jealous
Of Indianapolis; and. rs Morton lives here, il is
urged that mother part Of tno Stato 5Aould
lavo tho Seuator. At tho Notwithstanding
hero on Monday night ,'ast ME. Mcdonald IN
dent .nd Dr. Hondricka introduced BIZ. |
Mcdonald ~ tho successor OF Senator Pratt
This bit Of complaoout dividing Of tho Demo
cratic vossnents among themselves raised the !
iro aud jealousy Of eouao OF the outsiders. aud |
they proposo to smneh tho Hondltokx- McD DonaId
sls!e. Ihose Is going to bo lively fight, a. /. |
looks now but, for tho hest interests cf tho !
State and Nation, it Is to bo hoped that Mr. |
Mcdonald wili win. for ha is emphaticalIy tho !
best man, not forgetting oven Gov. Hendricks.
CONGRESSIONAL. /
An error in copying tho vote Of Mlon County !!
gave Mr: Hamilton, the Congreaman elect frou |
tho Two'tth District, . majority nearly 1000 too
amall in tho list Of naajorittea published on sat-
,lrany. His official majority is 1,8l5, and tho |
Democratic Congressional majority IN tho State |
il IL, ,29o. Tho independent voto on Congress- |
in tho Second, Sixth, and Ninth Dis- |
to 9,G0B.
sEo, Of s1.rr, 1a1t l|eov's's, 1s7s
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