The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-25
sOLIDITY FOR SAMUEL.
NIiIIionaires who Are for TiIden
and Reform.
CHICAGO CAPITAL
Hopes for PcrpcfuafiOn at the Hands
of Oar Ticket in November.

Ox OAE Ah -hOhNhADCA-
TChicago correspondence St.Louis Republican,
The Republican stump speakers and the
Republican press, having failed to make
good single charge out of the multitude
which they have hcaped upon GOV. Tildens
shoulders since his nomination Tor the presi-
dency. have now turned their eyes in an
other direction. The crimson undergarment
is thrown aside TO make room for this, their
latest argument showing why Tilden should
not be elected and why the Democratic
party should not be trusted with the ma
tional government. They make the sweep
ing assertion that the business men of the
cOuntry-the bankers, real estate owners
and merchants-are almost unanimously
united in opposition to Tilden. Should the
Democratic party succeed in electing their
man in November, they claim the country
will surely be plunged into bankruptcy. our
credit Will be irreparably damaged abroad,
and an era of business stagnatiOn will ensue,
such as this country has never yet expe-
renced. They even go further and say that
Tilden's election will be the cause of gold
advancing to figure which it failed TO sb-
tain during the late war. They claim that
business men are holding off now, afraid to
purchase goods or invest their money, be-
cause of the possibility OF Tilden's election.
Your correspondent has taken pains to in
quire into the truth of these charges. and he
gives the result of several interviews with
the most prominent capitalists real estate
owners and bankers in the Northwest.
Field, Letter & Co. of this city do business of
from $25, ,OOO0OO to $50, 100000 annually. The
members of the firm have always been Re
publicans, and have used their money and
their influence toward the election of Re
publican nominees heretofore. They sup
ported Grant in 1865 and 1872, and helped
out the central committee here financially,
whenever aid was required. This year they
secure the election of Gov. Tilden. Marshall
Field, the senior partner, informed
me yesterday that he could see no
other way out of the present commercial
and financlal-stringency than through the
success Of the Democratic ticket in NOvem-
Der. He feels confident that the election of
Governor Tilden will restore that confidence
in the integrity and stability of our institu-
tiOns which is SO much wanted now. Mr..
Field says from personal observation he
finds that the business men with whom his
firm has dealings are almost unanimous in
their support of Tilden and reform. This
concern employs in their wholesale and re-
tail departments about 900 men. Fully
700 of our men, said Mr.. Field, will vote
for Tilden this year. We have not asked
them to vote for either of the candidates,
but they seem to be of our opinion
and vote accordingly. So that Field,
Letter d Co.. do not fear the
election of Mr.. Tilden but on the contrary
are doing all in their power to bring it about.
Charles Z. Kellogg wholesale clothier, doing
Il business of about $40, ,000 600 annually, has
been identified with the Republican party
for years. So confident were the RepubE-
cans that he would support Hayes that,
without his asking or their asking him, they
made him a member of the state central
committee. When Mr.. Kellogg heard of
their action, he hastened to inform them
that he could not accept the honor, for the
reason that he had made up his mind to vote
for Gov. Tilden. He believed that Hayesism
was but another name for Grantisnl, and
he had had enough of that to last him
all his life. Then Mr.. kellogg in
formed the Democratic central committee
that his sympathies were with the reform
movement, and that il they required any
assistance from him toward carrying on the
campaign they could have it for the asking
His influence is great, and his conversion to
Democracy has lost for Hayes thousands of
votes in this state. So that Mr.. Kellogg, one
of Americas merchant princes, is not afraid
to trust the New York reformer. l.. b.
Otis, probably the wealthiest real estate
owner in this city, who has
always been a Republican, having
never come nearer to the Democratic
party than the Greeley movement, is loud
in his denunciation of Hayes and in his
will carry New York by go, 600 majority, and
he is not at all certain but what Illinois may
be put down as doubtful state. Mr.. Otis
is known from Maine to California. He is
heavy stock owner in all the principal banks
here and in New York. yet he does not hest
tate to urge Tilden's election Potter Palmer,
Fred. Grants brother-in-law, has always been
a Republican. He has done more, perhaps,
to make city out of Chicago than any
nthpr fifty NOR here He is the owner OF
blocks of palatial business houses. He owns
the Palmer House, valued at So, 600, 900, and
he has real estate scattered all over the city.
He was an enthusiastic Grant man in 1874,
but this year he casts his vote for Tilden,
and he seems to take considerable pride in
the fact. too, for he advertises his
hotel rs the Tilden and Hendricks headquar-
tiers. Should the country become bank
rGpt Mr.. Palmer would be one OF
the heaviest losers, but he doesn't seem to
be afraid. He will vote for Tilden and re-
form whether Col. Fred likes it or not. w.
f. Coolbaugh, president of the Union Ma
tional bank, a millionaire and thorough
going business man, will vote for Tilden
this year. He says that the election of
Hayes will insure us four years more of hard
times and that its very announcement will
send concerns that are Just getting along
NOW, sky high. And could go on and give
you the names of hundreds of Chicago's
wealthiest business men who have been
warm supporters of the present administra-
ton, but who have become disgusted with
safe burglarics. sutlership frauds and whis-
ky rings Mortonism and Loganism have lost
their grip, and the men who gave to the Re-
publican party of Illinois what little char
acter it had, are leaving it as fast as posii-
ble