The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-20
TELEGR 4 AEA.P,:'HIC. j.:
POLITICAL.
Senator Thurman on the
Situation in Ohio.
His Disagreement with the
Financial Plank of the
Platform.
- = :
He Proposes to Adhere to
the Convictions of a
.'-@ Lifetime.
He will Speak at Mansfield.
Ohio, July 81,
Donaldson and his Balloon
heard from,
Grant keeps Judge Fisher
in. after all.
A Republican Revenue Off
cer Gets Away with
i $S3, 900.
A Republican State Officer
Steals $75, 900.
} Great Yield OF Crops in
Dakota.
Murderous Burglars.
An Old Man Invites Death
by Keeping a Large Sum
ofsMoney in his house.
Other News Items.

BALTIMORE, July lS Senator Thur
man of Ohio has been for several day a
guest of Senator Davis of West Virginia
at Deer Park hotel, on the Baltimore 4
Ohio railroad. Yesterday a reporter of
the Baltimore Gazette interviewed Sena-
tor Thurman on the financial plank OF the
Columbus, Ohio, platform. Judge Thur
man talked quite freely on the situation IN
Ohio and his own relations to it, which he
thought had been misunderstood. In re-
ply to inquiries he said the Democratic
party in Ohio is divided en- the currency
question. The financial plank contained in
the Columbus platform should only be re-
garded as an expression oflocal opinion and
nothing could be more unjust than an at
tempt to charge on this account that the
| Democratic party as a national Organlza-
tion is animated by a spirit of imitation.
In all tunes of commercial depression the
cry of more money is raised, the present
period being no exception, lnhationists
are to be found in both political parties,
and it is very unbecoming for Republican
journals to denounce the Democracy as an
imitation party while so prominent Re-
publican as Judge Kelley is haranguing
i the iron-workers of Ohio in favor of his B.
65 bond scheme and greenback heresies.
He also referred to other Republican lead
ers who have been first and foremost in
defence of greenbacks as the pest currency
the world ever saw. Touching the desire
for success in the present Ohio
canvass in the interest of Democratic prin-
ciples, Senator Thurman said no man who
comprehends the political situation, and
hopes for the success of the Democratic
| Al nj oil
: should desire Republican victory in Ohio
! in the foolish belief that such result viii
i contribute to defeat in 1876. Nothing
+ could be more erroneous.
IL It is true that serious errors were ir
: serted in the platform. l did my best t
= avert the threatened evil, but because 9th
E ers disagreed with me see no reason VIII
), | should bolster up the Republican party
IF errors have been committed in Obi
they need not be the excuse for create
ones. The Republican party in Ohio
; also divided On the currency question
. The financial plank in their platform ca
q be construed to mean hard or soft money
r and prominent Ohio Republican congress
, men are in favor of more greenbacks. Rt
plying to the charge that he enYinced lac
A of moral courage for not denounclng th
h imitation plank of the Columbus platforl
is at the ratification meeting. he said th
t. place and time were not opportune. 1t
~ a great injustice to condemn one for opil
at ions never uttered. | have said or don
, nothing to warrant the charges brougt
r against me. My record In the senate
u before the country and On that record
n stand. am to make my first speech (
es the campaign at Mansfield, on July 3
at and shall then announce my disagreement
n with the financial provisions of the pla
"a form. and throughout the campaignl sha
- u say nothing to discredit the convictions
"a a lifetime.
y DETROIT, July, ia special to tl
r. Free Press from Kalamazoo says that eu
ployes on the Kalamazoo and South Have
railroad train this afternoon bring in r
port that Prof Donaldson alighted betwee
South Haven and Saugatuck Sunday in 3
exhausted condition, and medical aid hi
been sent him from South Haven.
D WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Evenir
Star learns on good authority that Il
ID president has recalled his request for IL
resignation of Judge Fisher, as Unit
j., States attorney for the District of Coluu
}. bia. Itis admitted that objections exi
'rt in regard to the personnel OF the office, b
- Judge Fisher proposed to remove
grounds Of complaint by complete reor
i auization and the appointment of assista
!" - or assistants who shall be entirely acce
= table to the public.
: The following is the substance Of the d
patches received at the Indian Bureau Il
morning from Rev, L. d. Hinman, of t
- Special Sioux Commission, at the K
u Cloud Agency: THE Brules and Og
+ lala's desire general council to be held
IS Shederon creek, between Spotted Tail a
= Red Cloud agencies, September /. Th
\ refuse to 60 to the Missouri river and v
v aid in bringing in the Northwestern Sio
. and Cheyennes.
Revenue officers Of Louisville report
defalcation in the collectors Office to
30 $50. 900. Jackson has been stealing s,
eb. eral years, but the bulk of money was
re ken last February. 1t is not known wi
sef, is disposition has been made Of the sto
us- money.
ST. LOUIS, July 19.-Gen. John 4
Donald, late supervisor Of this district