, 1874-10-11
POLITICAL.

Political Essues Mt RfuFVnfds Mc
Henry C0.s III.
SPECIAL D,spaGch to TIE Chicago tribune.
HARVARD, ILL.,, Oct. I0.-The Hon. John +
| Farnsrorth sud the Hon. Stephen A. HuTtbut
/. candidates for Congress in tho Fourth District
the former OF the Opposltion and the 1atter 0
| the Leuublican party. held jcint discussion
upon the political issues in Ayers Hal1 this after
+! aoon. There we're about 200 farner, and othen
present, tie eympathles OF whom seeu,et to b
equally divided. Dr.. &. 4 Wado presided ant
introduced Gen. Hurlbut, He esi1 he proposed
in his opening half-hour to spack only ut ths
history OF the Republican party. and would no
refer to the p,iynte character Of his opponent bu
nercly to his political acts, which were public
property. Ho then commenced with 1866, witt
his history, and wheu he had put down tlle Re
hellion ones moro, touched upon reconstruction
In his opinion the South had Leen reconstructed
100 fast The people had not :een given time
enough to recover from the soreness eneendorud
by t!leir defoat.
Tho Independent 1,sform party w@s then ro-
fer1cd 10. He could not characterize then, as =
party, slnca palties us'.alEy had Z pla:fo1 N.
which it had not. It had Strung into exist ence
suddenly, and there eystod no cocstnun;tr Ut In
tecest a:noug It'd ccnslon.eE1te memle.shtr, but
tleJ were held together by hatred cf the Rapuo-
GcaC Facty.
The orfcc.ioa of NJ Farn.wo.tl, Two years
ago ~as alluded to, tnd Ice question asked,
Mat las s2 c}.a:sed HIN In III, DAYS from 4
thorough Republican to Il yl1,d:ci:e oppo,.e:st
The reported catrages IN tho Scuth we're next
taken uD, and Tho ai.s-Scr asse-tei that he had
Learl that Gen. Ta1:is" or: h !'"Ela;:. t:'s;n III
sseech /. tho rts.-...: u s:;s Ei::C:f C-:it:'.
o.. !; ..s:iS 40. Iii
tEeD fpcke fot ~ ijont a::i half. ssn E:;t'
Gec. Uurltut had ..isct! fl. thirty l4i.l:co cut
failed to raaietair Qua priuci;'.a uilich Tue xe-
publican rn:ty favcra'. u rus united on.
mon exco1t that Of holding Offices. He
denied thai 10 upheld Tue Louisiana iusu1reo-
ton, but believed i, y. the ds:ty OF tho Adm-
ist1at1cn to Protect tho peorlo u every state it,
the enjoyment Of 'Leir political privileges. Flo
sr soueht ,a,orn nomination ;no yeas aso
@ was held, mud when tie Denoelscy
indorsed Greeley with such unaninity ho had
left to HIM the choice between swo zen, both
Republicans. the c+4ly question dividing them
being that Of competency. Ho believed Greeley
the most carsbIa. and. therefore. he voted for
ae had not % and its asS' mission sG ANxq; bsing
ended there Was Go necessity for keeping up its
It eEouid la superseded by
voung and moro vigorous party, which would
E;rapple live issues, and not tight the Re
s:, CeiAon over il, every eaa,psisn. He
claimed that exaggerated accounts OF the South
ern outrages were published in tho Norlh for
political effect, and to prove this. read tho letter
y the Cha:rraan Of the Republican State Central
-omnittee Of Indiana, to en- editor. to give
,lomlnence to the disorders until after the
lection. Gen Huribcr had supported and
.oted for the Finance bill haich Pres
dent Grant vetoed The.e is . division
i sentiment OIL that in the party, 2s On the
arlt1, on ciyil-seryice reform. aud everything
s:. Upon tue question Of transportation. he
-.;1 Gen. Huiluui l4,lorssd The NcCra1y railroad
:'s'4'e, which was but another credit-Aooi!:sr