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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

party man, held the strongest respect of
both parties, and if the legislature is demo-
cratic, the party will vindicate its claim TO
public confidence by sending him to the
Senate to replace that double dealing
hypocrite, Buckingham, the friend of
Butter and the upholder of Grant. 1t is a
suggestive comment on the pass the repub-
lican party has come to in that, as in other
states, that General Hawley, the purest and
ablest man in the party, dare not be an
nounced as a candidate for the Senate, his
party associates declaring that he would
split the organization? To preserve it,
the trickster and trimmer Buckingham
Is put forward, and by this it is hoped to
bold the party ranks in order. General
Sewell. the minister to Russia, is a candidate
also. His friends are working briskly as
beavers, and so far as the chances go, his case
does not look altogether hopeless. Among
the minor issues of the contest is the ques-
ton of constitutional convention and the
repeal of the registry law. The latter is
charged as a motive of the democrats, but
they deny it. and as none of the party
organs demand it, there seems no reason to
doubt the hollowness of the republican pre-
tense. Politically, Connecticut is consumed
by dry rot, and the election of Monday
gives every promise of being a revolution as
well as revelation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

The way of the world seems the easiest to
learn, when it is not good way. Here are
our emancipated colored brethren taking
on the ill-savored manners and methods of
the Caucasian congress. When Mr.. Sumner
died, that thankless race which had deserted
HMM his life for the smiles ofthe traffickers.
came in amain with simulated woe. and set
about raising monument to the illustrious
hberstor. The meeting was in Washing
ton, and the most conspicuous colored men
OF the country were present to determine
on these methods. A colored column of
imposing dimensions, to cost 100000, was
generally favored, but while the debate was
going on. wrathful interlude upset the re-
suits of the association. A colored gentle
man of wealth and position raised some OBJ
lection to another prominent man and
brother. A quick retort was returned.
Mr.. Downing, the party of the
first part, said: You are a drunk
ard, and Mr.. Sumner, whom 1 knew
very well, did not like drunkards, and you
should not take any part in this monument
business" To this, Mr.. Sella Martin, the
colored person of the second part, responded
you're another" and remarked sutobiog-
raphically, that he was the son of a rich
planter, a Sunday school scholar of i'm
'penetrable piety, a perpetual member
of a good templars' organization, and
in all things, upright and pure of
mind. Until the quarrel, which is
raging in the Washington papers is settled.
the monument is thing of uncertainty, and
will end before it has begun. A fate eons;d-
erably more satisfactory than befel the
Washington monument, which was began
years ago, but stands fine prospect of
never being finished.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

King cotton is coming to his own again
Cotton manufactures in the south are re-
ported to be in very fiourishing condition,
especially those in South Carolina and
Georgia. The Langley cotton foctory located
in Aiken, South Carolina, has just made
report of its work from the last two years,
and it presents very fiattering exhibit.
During 1873 the factory had Sl9 looms in
operation. producing daily average of So
yards each, and the total production for the
year was !, 4S9,775 yards. During the year
the company erected nine new buildings
and added twenty-eight new looms. The
net profits for the year 1873 were So, O64 49,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

In reckl, ,ss defiance of the unmistakable
condemnat ION OF the city, the council lead
ers yesterda Y hurried the sewer ordinance
to a vote. Fortunately for the tax payers, a
two-thirds ma iority could not be brought or
bullied into the scheme, and the project is
still failure. 1,Le pertinacity oftheeffort in
the face of coml lined popular opposition, is
the point that should be dwelt npon by the
community. If NJ. Austin Brown and his
company may take all say oat of the
mouths of the city i'm this matter. what is to
prevent few councilmen from setting
themselves up as public junta, competent
to direct city affairs outside of, and above all
popular protest? Mr.. Brown was at
the pains to impress his co-work-
ers that the current insinuations against
the Washington street plan were ground
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

Later reports from India indicate that the
most terrible effects of the famine have been
checked by the prompt action of the gov
ernment. The actual cases of starvation are
now confined to the Tirhoot district, an area
,fsome eleven thousand square miles and
having population of 2,OOO, 600 souls. Great
TedH seems due to the prompt and generous
iction of the English government, in so
quickly lending its aid to stay this dread
-ul calamity. 1t sent by its officials in that
country, vast stores of rice to the famished
inhabitants, under all sorts of difficulties
and distributed it to all corners. The tories
and the liberals now are disputing as to
whom belongs the honor of the noble action
taken; but the truth seems to be, simply,
that the Gladstone government recon-
mended and promised the aid which the
Disraeli ministry now have the pleasure OF
voting and making effective.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

Before it annexes Center Township, Fort
Wayne, and other contiguous towns, Indi-
annapolis would do we'll TO study the fate that
befell Boston in her little effort in gobbling.
Boston, for the past few years, has been
gradually annexing some of the most thriv-
ing of her adjoining towns and villages, and
at last inviting Brookline she met rebuff.
Some of the citizens of the latter burg were
so determined not to belong 70 the ''hubH
that they officially expended considerable
money in attempts to defeat the project.
This fact was made public, and out of it
grew a suit which was remarkable in being
without a parallel in legal history. The
court decided that town had no right to
incur expense to prevent annexation, and
thus limit is given to the powers of cities
and towns to so increase the taxes of the
people. BY the terms of this decision Terre
Haute and Fort Wayne must succumb, so
soon as our outside lots get within hailing
distance of them?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

Little by little the Alaska steal is leaking
out, and it may be that our own Oliver
will yet find one crevice not so carefully
sealed as to deny all traces of his handi-
work. The fur company has been making
its appearance in the House and from GER
tain droppings it looks very much as though
a little overhauling was about to come to
come to pass. If i'll should, there
would be another lost leader in the
house of the Philistines. The COM
placent Schuyler would not be alone in
credit. mobilier disposed, and two of the illus
trious of Indiana would be shelved for
permanent time. Some points in the history
Of the Seal Company were brought to the
surface by Mr.. Schumacher, of New York,
and if the battle grows general we shall
come to the revelation without a doubt.
" Fraud" was the general name given the
affair by all who spoke on the question.
Hitting hard on Oliver, that, and pretty near
home?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

Mr.. r. ]. Hinton's case has been treated
before in these columns. He was a scribe
whose pen was dedicated to the upholding
of the "great republican party" He wrote
much and fiercely of the degraded beings
who upheld the Greeley movement. In a
moment of anger he turned upon one of the
apostles of the great party and, confessing
himself particeps criminis, detailed the
fraud. He has been explaining" his
case in letter to the Tri-
bune, but that unsympathetic sheet
asserts its space to be too valuable to give the
document entire and piques curiosity by this
unique extract: sit is true, and have so
Sworn that the republican resident execu-
tive committee caused my name to be placed
'on the rolls of the census bureau from the
18th day ofJune, 1871, until the 3lst of May,
1872, when was transferred TO the pension
bureau rolls until the LIST of April, lS73-in
all 2l months and ii days-at salary of 500
per month. 1t is true that 1 never rendered
bureaus. 1t is true that this could
mot have been done without the
order of the Secretary of the Interior or
the consent of the Commissioner of PEN
'sions-the same person who makes such
swift haste to assall me. That official had
TO sign the rolls under which l drew this
stipend and he is personally and legally
responsible for such act. Now, sir, 1 have
shown that am not DESTROYS of evading or
avoiding any responsibility that justly be-
longs to me in the acceptance OF such pay
'ment. 1t was an abuse, and / know it.;
but like many another, chose, as it seemed
ito nae at the time, the lesser
of two evils in order to aid in Sc
curing the triumph of the republican party.
This attack gives me vivid personal illus
'tration of the truth of an old maxim that
zone may not do evil that good may come of
lit. did my best to reflect U. S. Grant.
am not sorry for it, but frankly confess to
the wrong to which was in part an Access
'sory, but the guilt of which falls far more
upon my present accuser. who was never
asked by me to put my name on or retain
'presides. l am willing to bear whatever
blame attaches to me, if it breaks up an
abuse to which all political parties have
heretofore been subject"
And upon this, the Tribune heartlessly
makes comment:
We begin to understand the enthusiasm with
which the Great Silent Man inspires the pOpu-
lar heart when so good gentleman as X. j.
Hinton submits to the anguish of drawing a
salary of 500 a month for twenty.one months
and seven days, without rendering " any service
| in the department or its bureaus" choosing TO
accept stipend that he had not earned, and TO
endure the consequent racking and wrenching
of his moral sentiments as " the lesser of two
evils" in order TO aid in securing the triumph
of the republican party.
Mr.. Hinton, it must be borne in mind, is
only one of scores who gave themselves up
to the ''great party" in the same way during
the campaign. The capital was filled with
an army of workers in republican docu-
ments, whose names were in the department
lists as clerks. The others have not made
their case known yet, that is the difference
between them and Hinton.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

Party growth is admirably illustrated in
Rhode Island at the election of state officers
in 1870, the parties cast the following vote:
Democrats s.SsS; Republicans 9,46S.
This year the same parties appear in this
shape:
Democrats none; republicans 1873.
Prohibition 6,5l2.
From which it would appear that the de-
mocrats have resolved into nothingness and
the republicans are following then as fast as
they can.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

When you read your congressional Record
in future, you wont be able to tell the funny
parts, nor the telling parts, because, that
grave and reverend person, Judge Hoar
arose to point of order Thursday, and
asked the speaker with great severity of
countenance, "by what right, tine words
E" Laughter'1 and ['' Sensation''l were
printed in the official reports" So
the speaker said, that it was ut
terly unauthorized, and directed the
scribes to forego such frivolity in
future. He made the additional statement,
that such exhibitions were against the rules
of the House and that it was bad enough to
have members break the rules without the
clerks publishing the derelictions. That
will be rough on the painfully facetious gen.
tlemen OF the House. For such immoveable
old buffers as Hoar, Kelley, Garfield and
pundits of that sort, there will be no hard
ship, but what will Cox and Phelps do?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07


Floydeounty isn't satisfied whONy with
It's party plans. An independent re%olt has
b-oken OK. and ticket put in the field for
all the eoEnty officers. SGrely the organ in
New Albany can't be preaching the gospel
loudly enopgh. lit were,there could Re no
such rebellion in that stronghold of parti-
sansnip. While the iLedga--Standard has
been eugrosssd in eSangeliziGg the unx1ly
SennsSael, :ise woh of Independence
has stolen into its home fold
and stolen the sure lamb of
loyalty which has nr.herto hssd the flock
together. This1ndepeEdent fever is dan
gerOus tksng VIXEN it breaks oct and the
New Albany organ will find its hands full
in stemnsiHg the aide, for thoughEt may not
carry off tho party this year. second at
tack is surely fatal particularly if It has an
original corruption and weakness 50 work
nDOn.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

a more rapid transit of the cattle trains en-
trusted to them for transportation. The first
good turn was the action of several railroad
companies in securing, in connection with
state legislation, the better care and feeding
of stock animals while in transit to the east
ern markets. The late action ofcongress on
this matter also indicates the approach OF
the era so long desired by Mr.. Bergh, and
which is the economical as well as
the humane treatment of stock entrusted.
Every hour of the long journey from Chi
cago or Indianapolis to New York lessons
the value of the animal on its arrival, and
consequently the profit of the shipper send
ing it. AS it is at present conducted, stock
trains are given the ego by" until everything
else has passed over the road; and what the
memorialists now desire is the quickest pos
sible freight time for all stock trains going
any considerable distance, and their desire
seems to meet with favor. Already the
Michigan Central and Great Western
roads have responded to the demand
and have agreed to transport cattle from
Chicago to Buffalo in twenty-eight hours, a
great Improvement on the present time
rate. The New York Central and Lake
Shore companies are also reported as being
favorable to the plan, and if this policy is
once adopted by the great through lines it
must eventually be the policy of lines trans
porting cattle and stock OF all kinds. 1t is a
tedious, costly, damaging journey at best,
and should be Invested of all unnecessary
hardships and losses.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

Eoused by the threatened loss OF her
grain and. provision trade, New York conde-
scsads to correct some of her gross impcsi-
tons on the West. She is revising her sys-
TEN of graiE inspection and weighing, as
will be seen on the sixth page. Next Tues
day the Rule 10 will probably be adopted,
and the abuses OF reinspection in New York
will cease. X is not ualikely that Indian
apolis certificates will be accepted, as they
Ra
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

The subject of locslizing and controlling
the constantly increasing numbers of emf
grants, who yearly cross the Atlantic to find
freedom land homes in this country, is of
late attracting the attention of our state
legislatures, and also of our municipal au-
thorities. Michigan has already for some
time had an agent in the eastern cities di-
recting the new Corners to that state as the
one TO be desired above all others. MANY
who come to the UEited States have
decided where they wish to locate
previous to their departure; but
the greater number of the emigrants are
wholly ignorant of the special feature on any
partOf the country, and it is to them that
the agent mutt look for his followers. The
board of trade of Louisville has lately been
discussing this subject, and an extended re-
port of the committee on immigration has
been submitted. The report is a full survey
OF the needs and wants of Kentucky, and es-
pecislly ofLouisville, in order to attain that
bright futnre which the committee
are sanguine yet awaits "eld Kentuck"
The committee close their report by recon-
mending the adoption of preamble and
resolutions which are supposed to embody
their maturest conclusions On the subject.
The first resolution reeds thus:
~aEesolved, THAT the board of tra< e.of the city
of Ia1isvilleshereby most earnestly and respect
fully requests the mayor and general council of
the city to establish, as early as practicable, a
local ibureau ofdmmigration and manufactures,
a. proposed In the foregoing report, or In such
manner as their wisdom may suggest
The eoAeludiBg resolution eOntains cor
, uAl invitation to Joseph Arch to visit Ken
tu,cky daring his next tour in thiseountry.
for, the Purposeod examining it's attractions
as affording places of settlement for those
in " hose interest he is acting. This is a
matt sr whieh is soon to be of great interest
and il uportanee to each western state, and
it won I'd seem to be one which should sug-
gest att ,ntioa from the people of this state,
and esp ecially trcm the citizens of Indian
aDClis.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

Professor Goodwin Smith, now in Eng
land, has sent a long letter to the London
News in which he gives his means of inn
proving the local government of England,
and thus destroying the disaffection OF
many at the present condition of home
rule. For this purpose he advocates gen.
eral improvement in local institutions and
the giving of legislative powers to local dis
tricts for the administration of local Off
cers,' something similar to those now exer-
cised in the legislatures of the American
states.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

Colorado is again asking admission as
state to the federal union. 1t claims wealth
and population sufficient to support its dig
nifty as state, and now there seems to be
very valuable gold mines. This precious
metal has been mined in the territory nearly
as long as in California, and there seems to
be very little doubt that the San Juan dis
trict is yet to become one OF the most inn
portant gold mining regions in America.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

1t will not be the fault of the shippers and
business men generally, If congress and the
railroads do not fnd out the exact griev-
ances under which the traffic of the country
suffers and is impeded. From, ali directions
are pouring into congress and
The companies relating to short comings in
rates and accommodations. The latest is
from live body of stockholders MEM
orializing the chief railroads running
east and west on the Importance of
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

That standard editorial virtne, patience
which is never lost, never exhausted, seems
TO have gone~sway in the case of the JEFF
fersonviIle brGther, who "goes back on
the women whe dared. The telegraph in
dicates his line of policy, and it may be
readily imagined that the poor man &5as
really badgered from the night line by the
pestilentimportUn mites of the addle-hesded
women who mus infest al communities
and cripple al designs.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07


In events of no consequence the cable is
always very ready to hasten information.
When events of real significance occur we
are generally forced to await foreign files 10
keep up with the times. Ii Queen Victoria
sneeges we are sure to learn of it in a column
or more, but if a political event of moment
Gus interest happens welhear nothing. This
country has been kept pretty thoroughly
apprised of the amusing and sig
aificant reception of the late imperial
premier, OLIVER, at the French academy,
aud the whimsical refusal to install him in
the vacant chair of Lamartine as one Of the
the illustrious forty, because of tribute to
his Late friend, the dead emperor. A letter
from the Paris correspondent of the New
York Times shows that the diffic atty has
been settled, and that oliver has fins lily been
accorded his seatt The writer ma kes no
explanation, simply saying: Yesterday
M. Patin announced that he had re ceived
a letter from NJ. oliver, asking to l,e ad-
United to the enjoyment of his rights as an
'academicisn, and proposed that this re
quest should be accorded, and that the in
'cident of the past week should be con i'd
'ered as non avenu, or as not having DC
'curred. This was voted at once, and n.
4 oliver was invited to seat himself in th g
'ehair left vacant since the death,
= of Lamartine, and begin at opce to
discuss the letter M" We are still
left in doubt as to the address. The cor
respondent does not state whether that was
delivered or not. 1t has always been the
practice, If not the Law, that member must
deliver an address on entering, and the
whole pith of this event hinges on the
point whether the oliver address, as
written, was delivered with it's fine
tribute to Napoleon, to fall as harsh
upon the unwilling ears of the
elderly imbeciles who opposed him with
impotence while living, and revile him
with impunity when dead. Whatever re-
suit may come from the event of the refusal
and final admission, the cause of Bona
partisan is greatly advanced, and If the re-
public Is not strengthened, it is a comfort to
see that Bourbonism and the Orleans are
not benefited.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

Connecticut makes response to Grantism
and Butlerism. The democratic ticket is
reelected by sweepingly increased major
ity, and man of honesty, decency and
manhood will be sent to the Senate to take,
the place of the Butlerized Buckingham.
The reports indicate that the democratic vote
of last year has been very greatly increased
and the sighn is unmistakable that the Grant
folks are going to be compelled to unload.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

10 20l,S43 miles. In 1861, 1900 Of
these miles were cut off and set
up as the Territory of Colorado, and
another chunk of 1885, 4l cut off still later to
make Arizona territory, leaving still a terri
tory.iarger than most of the eastern states.
In the remaining III ,2lO acres, there are 90 600
people, and they demand state government
70 carry out the forms of local self govern
ment. A good chance there for rising
young statesmen to go out and come back
senator's, congressman and "sich.u
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

general thing by indecent bargains
with rival trsffickers and the money that
they expend in carrying the victory is gen.
orally expected to return with an hundred
fold interest in the course of a term.
st. Louis gives us the sign and
by that we can conquer If we set to
work diligently and earnestly. Good men,
fitted for positions of trust are plenty, and,
If properly approached, they will consent to
serve in such an emergency as this.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

While Colorado has been complaining of
exclusion, New Mexico has gone on dill
gently picking up population, and now
knocks at the national door for admission
with a good show for getting in. New
Mexico came into the possession of the
proud bird of freedom in 1s4s, with the
Mexican victory, and in 1850 was erected
into territory, having an area of 2I5,sO7
square miles, which was afterward increased
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

The Department of Agriculture. has made,
a monthly report, in which is given all the
information obtainable in regard to the
grangers. The results of the cooperative
feature among the farmers for the purchase.
of agricultural implements are quite fully
set forth. 1t is estimated, from the data
presented, that in this particular of purchas-
ing, the farmers have saved thus far, be-
tween So, 600, 900 and s.. 100000.