The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-09-27
A QUESTION SETTLED
AND A CAMPAIGN STORY PUT 10
REST.

AND A CAMPAIGN STORY PUT TO
REST.
OUR C0NeRRssMAN's CANVASS - he Is
WARMLY WELCOMED ON Nv FRY SIDE, AND
ANSWERS MooTED QUESTION AT CLER-
MONT.
Day before yesterday the Hon. Franklin
Lsnders filed his appointment at New
Augusta in the afternoon, addressing
about two hundred voters. The speaking
was out of doors, and was lsrgely at
tended by Republicans. After the meet
ing wss over, Mr.. Lsnders went to Cler-
mont, where ne was advertised for a speech
in the evening. The evening threatened
rain, but the crowd gathered in spite OF
the weather. Cap. james Wear, OF Avon,
Hendricks county brought in a con pauy
of six y-sevsn Tilden and Her bricks
guards. Tue meeting was held Ia front oil
the store OF e. V. Johnson, and the spesk-
or was introduced to the audience by Dan
| eel Clark, one Ofthe bs antisl farmers OF
Wayne township Mr.. Lsnders went at
once to the questions invoived in the issue,
devOting the most OF bis time to the finsn
ces of the country. He convinced his
hearers that the statements made by Re
publican speakers to effect that no actual
contraction in the currency has taken
place, was not true, but that the currency
| had been contracted over ten hundred
| millions OF dollars, and that this contrsc-
| ton was the direct and only cause of the
Frustrated condition OF the business OF t1e
| country.
Mr.. LADDERS SETTLES "A MooTED QUESTION
Just as the speaker was closing, after hsv
| ing complimented the valor and services
OF the soldiers in suppressing the rebellion
some one in the crowd asked. "How sbou'
the rebel soldiers appointed tC
the Offices OF the House OF
Representatives, bv the Democratic door
| Keeper" Mr.. Landers said he was glso
| that his attention bad been called to TIT
] subject. He said: "rhe sppointees OF the
| dOOrkeeper of the House hold their place
TOR two years unless sooner removed
| All offices we're vacant at the beginning al
the first session of he present Congress. rhs
/ R-Ou bllcsus had one hundred and forty
| appoiDtees under the door-keeper of tbs
81 use-seventeen of VIII m were ex
| soldiers, and one hundred anG
| twenty three had the merit of never hav-
| Ing been in the srmy at all. OF course
hey were all Republicans. When the
D-mOcra orgaDizsd the 81 luse they nat
orally wanted TO appoint some Democrats
| 20 these places. they therefore appointed
Union soldiers not x
U"ion soldiers, won ...- Il
soldiers OF Mexican war.
confederate ...- IL
Not In either 81
1OJal.ss. An
Y.u will see by this that
forty. 'wo of the appointees
were u ion soldiers, against IL wuo held
places under the r publican doorkseper
But on July 1, 1876, the Democratic House
decided to reduce the number CT officials
under the doorkeeper to fifIy-six. the num-
DER now on service, and a msjOrity of those
retained are ex u ion soldiers"
PERSONAL.
Among those In attendance in the sudi-
Q zee was Mr.. VIM. o. Brown, green back
candidate for representative in Hen
bricks county, who expressed him.
self as satisfied with Mr.. Lsnders
position on the finances. Messrs. John
Hocre, james Mnrgsn, John p. Msrtin-
dale AND Inn Foren al, leading Republi-
cans, were also present. Many of them
called ON Mr. Landers and expressed their
wishes for his succe-s in the canvass.