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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
DESPERATE.

The Radicals are desperate-they realize
that they are beaten-they know that on
next Tuesday their goose will be
cooked They have been beaten on their
own issues. In Indiana and West Virginia
their strong cards were money and the
bloody shirt-their crimson rag is in the
dirt-and their money only brought down
by Wolcott. The Independents refuse TO be
delivered according to contract. Poor they
may be, according to Fitzpatrick, but they
will not he sold to FREELY. Routed and
demoralizcd throughout the North the RAIDS
turn to the South, and hope by the use
of bayonents to retrieve their fortunes, but
there they are not succeeding as we'll as
they anticipated. The war between the
whites and blacks has not yet commenced,
and the bayonet order has excited whirl-
wind of indignation throughout the North.
The news from New York is disheartening
to the RAIDS The empire state is certain for
Tilden, the majority is set down anywhere
from $1,000 to $1,000. Connecticut is GER
tain for Tilden and Hendricks. New Jersey
is equally certain to 90 against them. Penn
sylvania is wheeling into line. No wonder
the RAIDS are desperate. But these favorable
prospects must not abate the zeal of Demo
Gratis in Indiana Our duty is to carry this
state by ut least Is, 900 majority This will
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
THE POLLS AND VICTORY.

1t is possible that Democrats have been
relying too much upon their October vic
tory. The October battle was one OF terri
bic earnestness, and the victory was well
calculated to induce calm bordering upon
stupor. The Democrats of Indiana were
entitled to furlough for a few DAYS, but
the time has expired; every man must be in
camp on tomorrow morning. ready for
duty, for there is earnest work for every
one. For weeks past the Radicals have been
at work, laying their plans and connecting
schemes of fraud. The intention is
to wrest the laurels of the October
election from the Democratic party
Money has flowed ike water Already
the importation of voters has commenced.
They have been recognized in the streets of
indianapolis, and, upon being Intercepted,
have confessed to the damning outrage which
Radical managers have plotted to defraud
the people out of their choice for president
and vice president.
Under such circumstances what is to be
done? Democrats must nerve themselves
for the work before them. They must be at
the polls early, they must stay at the polls
all day, they must work for their country on
Tuesday as they never worked before They
must see that frauds are not per-
petrated-they must watch with I'M
firing vigilance for imported negroes.
and prevent them from voting Nothing
less than this will answer the demand; the
interests involved are such that there is no
escape from the responsibility. You may
grow weary; never mind. stand by the polls
You may have pressing business elsewhere:
never mind. stand by the polls. From early
dawn until the sun goes down stand by the
polls and as certain as the sun rises and sets
on Tuesday the victory will be yours.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08

Major General George Stoneman. one of the
most brilliant cavalry officers of the war. adj
ministers a most Scathing rebuke to Rad
icals. who claim that their party suppressed
the rebellion. General Stoneman writes as
vigorously as he fought. and being honest as
well as brave he does not hesitate to state
plain facts Among other things in his ad-
mirable and timely letter Gen. Stoneman
says;
4 reference to the Army Register for the
year 1864 discioses the fact that out of seventy
five major generals of volunteers then belong
ing 10 the army of the United States, and en-
gagged I'm lighting the battles of the Union,
n1ty-five were at the commencement of the
claimed to belong TO the Republican party.
During and since the war, twenty have died,
and of the remaining fifty, three-ffths, by ac-
tual count, are now in sympathy with the
vote for samuel ]. Tilden for the next
president of the United States. Among
the major generals of volunteers who
left the Democratic party are Butler,
have left the Republican party are Slocum,
Sgei, and Palmer, of Illinois. The thir-
" mssor generals of volunteers who
have never severed their connection with
the Democratic party, and have remained
s sent ID bS such mem as Rosecrans Hancock.
McClernand, Mcclellan, Franklin, Buel, Ord,
Couch, A. 4. Williams and Fighting Joe
Hooker. New York, the strongest Democratic
field than any state in the Union in proportion
10 her population, whereas Massachusetts, the
strongest Republican state in the North, sent
fewer of her citizens into the war, in proper
ton 10 her population, than any state in the
TTniOn-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
STILL THEY COME.

Things are getting all right in Michigan.
The Menominee Journal, until recently an In
dependent organ. is out for Tilden and Hen
bricks. What makes the change all the more
significant is that the editor has been an-out
and-out Republican. In coming out for Til
den and Hendricks ii says:
Tilden'S letter relative to Southern claims
cotton tax, payment for slaves and pensioning
of rebel soldiers, makes him the next president
of the nation. His position relative to these
questions exhausts all Republican argument.
IL leaves the party, its press and orators, naked
TO the bone. The gut-fat which such men ais
Il. J. Brown and James A. Grocer accumulated
in Delta county, holding up Sam Stephenson
coat-tail. melts. Bob Insersoll's glory wanes.
The entire bloody shirt and dirty shirt fabric
falls to the ground, unwept and unmourned.
The drift is all right. Hayes may carry a
Northern state, but doubts accumulate every
day. The Independents are coming over by
thousands.
The RAIDS have been unfortunate; they
have not been able to make the Southern
claim bonanza pan out profitabl,.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08

Rhode Island are also sure for Hayes From
Wisconsin early in the night came dis
patches showing liberal Tilden gains IN
various towns and precincts, and for time
the probabilities seemed TO be that the Re-
publican majority had been overcome.
Milwaukee, however fell far short of her
expected majority, and il seemed 'loubt-
full If the outside counties would be abie 10
recover the ground thus lost; but soon
after midnight the editor of the Milwau-
kee Sentinel sent out a dispatch giving up
the state to Tilden. The returns from In
diana came in slowly, and showed several
small gains in the northern part of the state,
but not enough TO endanger the Tilden cleo
foral ticket there The earlier, reports from
New York gave abundant reason for the be-
lief that the state had gone for Tilden by \
handsome majority, and this was 30 fully
confirmed that the New York Times people
telegrapbed TO Hayes the loss of the state be-
ore midnight. The debatable ground Of
Connecticut a subject of intense interest
Tor while, but the returns at an early
hour left the Hayesites no pin 10 hang
hope upon. and they turned their
saddened eyes toward New Jersey As their
only hope. The news from what used TO be
called the state of Camden and AmbOy was
painfully slow. but what little there was of
ii Brought no hope to the respondent Hayes
ties. 4 crowd of them had hired hall in
Columbus, o., within earshot of their can
didate. and had made all preparation for an
outburst of enthusiasm; but the returns did
not warrant the outlay, and the dispirited
party slowly melted away.
In the Southern states the election was a
very one-sided affair Maryland was re-
ported IL 600 in round numbers for Tilden;
Georgia, $1,000; Tennessee. 40, 900 or 1000:
Missouri, $1,000; Mississippi probably
60,o00. and Alabama, $4,000. The indica-
tons were strong that even South Carolina
had fallen into line with small majority
for Tlden, and like result Is confidently
claimed and scarcely disputed in Louisiana.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08

the independent Treasure Scheme, in support
of which Talmadge and others were desert
ing to the Wings. At the age of twenty-five
he was the constant adviser of statesmen
like Van Buren,, Marcy and Wright. His
brain was full of brilliant conceptions, all
the more startling because their practical APP
plication was plain. His resolutions, like
his logic, were invincible. His legal career
displays the most fertile and powerful orig
inalities in his methods of attack and de-
Tense, while his public life reflects the infiu-
ence of the stern, heroic Cromwell blood he
inherited from his mother. and the free
dons-loving instincts of the county
of Kent where his ancestors had
gained distinction in the days of Hampden
and Pym.
Here is record, then, which naturally
appeals to the young voters enthusiasm.
Hero worship, when properly tempered, is
one of our noblest faculties, and the youth
of America take am honest pride in following
illustrious examples. Governor Tilden was
distinguished as thinker before he was
qualified to vote, His present mature wisdom
and honors are the result of fixed habits of in
dustry since the days of his brilliant boy
hood. The youth of the country are with
him. He is their ehcvalier, their hero He
made his own youth illustrious, and young
America indorSes the achievement
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
REBEL DEBTS.

This is the way that Samuel j. Tilden put
his foot on the rebel debt bugaboo and
crushed the life out OF it. He says:
Should be- elected president the provisions
of the Fourteenth Amendment WILL so far as
depends on me, be maintained, executed and
enforced In perfect and absolute good faith.
No rebel debt will be assumed paid. No
claim for the loss or emancipation of any
slave will be- allowed. No claim for any loss
or damage incurred by disloyal persons arising
from the late war, whether covered by the
Fourteenth Amendment or not, will be recog-
nizsd or paid. The cotton tax will not be H.
funded. l shall deem it my duty To veto every
bill prov ding for the assumption or payment
OF any such debts, losses, damages, claims or
for the refunding of any such tax.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08

In New York the Republicans are play
ing game by which the knowing ones are
deliberately robbing those of their party
who put any faith in their estimates OF Rad
Ical strength. Chief among these managers
is Sheridan Shook, one of the Republican
leaders in the city of New FORK. This fell
low bet heavily on Indiana and lost, and
now he is making up for his losses by pro-
curing favorable reports of Republican pros
poets, and in this way deludes his fellow
Republicans who are not in the secret, into
betting their money, while Shook and his
confederates rake down the pile.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08

lChicago Times Summary of the situation
Within an hour or two after the close Of
the polls, yesterday, the special correspond
ents of the Times in all parts of the country
began to send in scattered returns from pre-
cints or counties here and there with occa-
sional confident estimates, based on scraps
of information of the result in some of the
states. These were nearly all of one color,
strongly tinged with Tildenism. The ear
liest returns from voting-places in Chicago
showed small but steady gains for Iilden on
the close vote for certain county officers last
year, and at midnight 30 precincts in Cook
county had been heard from, giving Tilden
a net majority of 1916 At | o'clock
rs precincts heard from gave Til
represent Democratic rather more than Re-
publican wards, and therefore furnish no ex-
act data, except that they indicate in gene
raj way that Tilden has carried the county
by from ., 200 TO 1000 majority. Tilden. M
almost every instance, leads the ticket, save
in the case of Kern. for sheriff, who promi-
SEES to run several thousand ahead of his
ticket In the First and Second districts
the race for congress is close; in the Third
district lie Moyne appears 10. be elected, in
many instances running ahead of his ticket,
especially in the American precincts. Mills,
for states attorney on the Republican ticket.
is making close race. A mass OF detailed
returns from all parts of Illinois will he
found below. They leave no doubt that the
state has gone for Hayes by from
5000 to 10000. The Republicans gain
several congressman in this and other states,
but not enough probably to change the
complexion of the House of Representatives.
The Democrats and Independents have doubt
less carried the Legislature. Some comfort
for HAYES Is found in . majority of 10000,
.rore or less, In Iowa. Vermont Maine and
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS.
What the Papers Said of 1t Yes
terday Morning.
RETURNS YET COMING
When the Able Articles Were
Written.



The victory is prominently a tri-
imp OF the people over train
ed and experienced politicians. intrencied
behind the spoils and safeguards of years
backed by the entire influence of the adj
nlnlstration. by an immense army of Office
holders. increased for the occasion By a vast
number OF new and unnecessary appoint
ments, and by thousands of the soldiers of
the United States, forced by unscrupu-
lous partIsans into service for
which they were never designed. Although
the result is clearly victory for the De
mocracy as party organization, the Demo-
Gratis are proud TO acknowledge the assist
ance they have received from friends
OF reform over all the country, regard
less OF previous party affiliations, who
have rallied around the standard of honest
government, with the purpose of affecting
such changes rs shall give the country
permanent peace and real prosperity.
The Importance of this victory can not
be over-estimated. 1t is the second saliva
ton of the country. 1t is the beginning of
new century of the nations life 1t puts
an end TO the corruption that was proving
upon the yitals of the Union and threaten
ing IN destroy its existence. While fully
sensible OF the great value of the victory We
are not disposed unduly to exult over our
defeated opponents but rather to express
profound gratitude that God, in his good
providence, has led the people in the right
path and brought them out of darkness into
light
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08

require earnest, active and determined work.
The outlook is glorious. There are cheer
ing riffs in the clouds. Rad;calism is on its
last legs Democrats should re-light their
watch fires in Indiana. Once more to the
front and victory is ours.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08

New York World: 1t may mean much or
il may mean little, but it ought to be clearly
understood that the Radicals are talking
treason" pretty openly all over this country.
Perhaps the human race may not lose much
If these people undertake 20 carry their
threats into execution. They may expect
decent burial at the hands Of "A Democratic
government, but no contracts for "head-
stones will be made.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08

Senator Morton is at last defending Bel
KNAPP. Sitting Bull says that Grants secre-
tary did not steal from the government"
His crime, il possible, was worse. He vir-
tually stole from the soldiers-for every dol
lar the scoundrel obtained was tax upon
the men who, on the frontier, we're fighting
Indians
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08

The Society of St. Vincent dc Panl appear
to be doing good work among the prison
ers at the penitentiary at Albany. Everys
Sunday two or three of them gather
classes of the prisoners and instruct them in
Christian doctrine. The superintendent of
the prison has assigned to their Use large
apartment known by the euphonious title of
'Bummers' Retreat" and here they carry ON
their missionary labors.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08

government and united country. Under
Radical rule they have neither. Under Til
den aad Hendricks they may expect both.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
Fire I'm Front and Rear
[Chicago Inter-ocean, Rep.l

The battle has been fought and lost For
the first time in the history OF the world a
government has been taken from the hands
of those who saved il and given over to
those who sought its destruction. The Re
publican party has fought gallant battle
but it has fought against too great odds, and
ii is overwhelmed. 1t has fought an open
enemy in front and a treacherons enemy in
the rear. 1t has fought pronounced and
an old time foe. and ii has fought Il new
and diSorganiZing element in its own ranks.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
Result Of the Reform Fight.
lCki.aoo T.ihn1,e Renl

While the Republicans We're thus
endeavoring to prvnt assertions
the Democratic party pursued most aggres-
Sive war. 1t held Gov. Hayes responsible
for all the errors and mistakes of the admin
istration during the last eight years, and
while his platform and his principles were
all that the country could desire. he had to
carry the weight of the very crimes and follie S
which he had been selected to reform. The
result ola campaign thus conducted-a cam
paign intensely aggressive on the one hand
and exclusively defensive on the other-is
shown in It's effect in all the close and debat
able states. In Indiana it caused defeat
which defeat gave new yigor to the Demo-
cratic party in other states, and in the gen.
eral result the story is told of the defeat of a
great and powerful party by few thousand
votes in each of two or three small states
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
znos6fto SertICe>-
cincinnati Commercial

Indiana was the first state last night to
cut down the hopes of the Republicans
The small Democratic gains on the October
vote reported from time To time. told the
story that while the Republicans had stood
up bravely, they were unable so stem the
torrent, and that they had lost their fight
ing chance so the fifteen electoral votes of
the Hoosier state may be counted for Til
den and reform" as it were.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
The Peoples Triumph.
TCincinnati Enouirer.I

This is the result, as it appears at this
writing. of this centennial struggle of the
people to perpetuate government of the
people. 1t is the peoples triumph 1t is
the triumph, not of man. but of
Democracy. PennileSs voters marched
against an enthroned party, plethoric
with spoils, and almost omnipo-
tent with patronage, and placed it beneath
the sod. 1t is victory creditablt to the in
telligence of the American people: il gives
hope of the long life of free government.
The election settled buried several ques-
tons that menaced the life Of our form of
government
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
Remove the approximations of Row.
fCourier-JOurnal-I

There is no doubt that Tilden and Hen
bricks are elected president and vice-presi-
dent of the United States. The likelihood
is that the majority will be sufficiently
decisive to remove the apprehension of a
row over the count. The Democratic ticket
has doubtless received at least two hundred
electoral votes
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-19
Church Service. To.rorrow


First Presbyterian Church, corner Third
and Poplar streets Services at II am. and 7
pm. by Rev. Eugene Daniel, pastor.
First German Presbyterian Church ssr-
yices 2;SO p m. by Rev. T. U. Tschu4i. sun
day school, l pm. in basement Of Second
Presbyterian Church.
Second Presbyterian Church, corner Min
and Beal streets = Services Ii an. and :. 10
pm. by Rev. WE BOsgs. DID,. pastor.
second Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Vance street Services at IL IN. and :
pm. b. Rev. H. O. Culton. Sunday school.
Pam.
Alabama Street Presbyterian C~huroh-ser-
vices at II am. and 7:15 pm. by Rev. J..
Stedman.
Union Street Presbyterian Church, near
Orleans street Services II a.m. and :
PIN. By Rev. DR.. Waddel. pastor, Sabbath
school. $3.50 a m.
First Methodist Church Services at II
and 7:l6 pm. by Rev. s. B. suratt, pastor.
sunday school. Gam.
fernando Street Methodist Church-Ser-
vices ct 1880 p.m. BY Rev. Jacob Dit1ler.
DID, subject. BY request. THE Ori,in and
History of MethOdism." No morning SER
vice.
Central Methodist O~hurch-Services NJ II
Am. BY Rev. Jacob Ditzler, DID; subject. NV
Infant Baptism" Sunday school.
Pam. No service at night.
st. John NJ. &. Church, corner Vapes and
Lauderdale- Services morning and night nv
Rev o. 0. knight. Quarterly meeting.
First Baptist Church-Serviees at II Am
and 1888 pm. By the pastor. Rev. J. E. Craig.
school, 9p.m.
". Mary's Cathedral, Poplar street. Rev.
Wheat will preach in this church.
linden Street Christian Church = Sunday
school atsa m. Communion service at 10 $50
am. Preaching by David Walk at ll:l5a.m
and 7: 80 pm.
Bethel Sunday school at 2: 30 I'm. The
exercises will DO very interesting. An are
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-19
Inquost Yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon Coroner Spelmau
held on inquest upon tho body Of a
white man uSmed G. W. Cunningham.
he died at No. II Sycamore street,
Chelsea, where he had applied for lodg-
ing. Ho was from New York City and
had been picking cotton down the river,
but getting sick be came to Memphis to
secure admission into the hospital. A
permit Of admission was secured for
him on yesterday, but it was too late; he
sank rapidly and died. Nothing further
was discovered concerning him by the
Jury Of inquest, aud q verdict Of death
from sickness and exposure was re.
turned, He had no elects on his per-
son which would give any clue as to bis
history sud he became tho occupant
Of q paupeF's Grsye.A.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-19
CENTENNIAL COTTON RALEs.
me Cotton Exehsnge E~nterprise
nringinE Forth FFatta-Premfum
BALES Comtng An.

D Cotton Exehange Enterprise
1r.mkinE 10Fah FFaita-Premfum
Bales COmtHE An.
Forty members Of the Cotton Ex.
change made up a thousand dollar purse
as a premium, to be paid the producer Of
the finest and best bale Of cotton, 10 be
exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial
in July next, as a specimen of the aeri.
cultural skill ef this section. Competing
bales must be worthy of exhibition. Of
the product of 1875, weigh not less than
$50 pounds, and be delivered to the com.
mittee on or before March lat. Premium
open to competition f,om all portions Of
Tennessee. Mississippi, Arkansas and
Alabama trading with Memphis. The
bales already received are as follows:
Bals raised by DR.. I'D. Sale, Moscow,
Tennessee. entered by ]. 7. Fsrgason &
Co.; bale raised by Mrs. NJ, E. Garrett,
Tate county, Mississippi. entered by
Jones, Brown & Co bale of J. D. Louns-
berry, Phillips county. Arkansas, entered
by Harris, Mallory & Co. Bales we're
also entered by Sledge. Mckay & Co.,
Hill, Fontaiue & Co., r. Wormeley & Co.,
Stratton 4 Wexford and about a dozen
others, but the descriptions of the bales
have not yet been fled with Secretary
Toof OF the Cotton Exchange.
Secretary Toot has received a letter
Burnett Lsudretb, Chief of the Bu.
Of Agriculture of the international
Exposition 10 be held ut Philadelphia, in
which letter be says, with reference to
prize cotton bales Of the Memphis
Exchange: The action of your
Exchange is eminently practical and
be supported by the associations
interests connected with agricul.
Iure. Space for yonr exhibits will be
free of both entry fee and
rent" etc. y
Memphis cotton bales have already
the prizes at the Worlds Fairs Of
France; Vienna, Austria London,
England, and New York, and it ia the
expectation aud intention Of the Cotton
Exchange to carry of the prizes at the
Centennial Exposition Of
1876.