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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-31


DIX bya Republican majority Of 55.451
The Republican further says:
But while Hendricks might carry indians,
with its IS votes, he would lose New York,
with it's 80 votes, and IL might be, the three
other states OF New jersey, Connecticut and
that he exhibits less ability to carry these four
states, with their indispensable 50 votes, than
Tilden, and this pitiless fact ought TO dispose
OF his claims TO the first place on the ticket.
That Mr.. Tilden would be the stronger
candidate In these states is not admitted,
and should net be admitted by any ore
cognizant Of the opposition to him in his
own state. There is no reason why Mr..
Hendricks should not pcll a larger vote in
New York than Mr.. Tilden, as large in
Connecticut, New Jersey and California,
with certainty of carrying Indiana, Ohio,
and probably Pennsylvania, neither of
which states, unless it might possibly be
Indiana, could Tilden have any hopes of
carrying.
But the fact may as well be
looked in the face first as last.
that the national Democracy can
not afford to abandon the contest in
Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania and the
entire Northwest. 1t would be suicidal
for a nstionsl party to do so. The NOM
ination of any man that proposes such
plan should be abandoned at once. We
say that the West will not be ignored in
that manner. And what is the prospect
proposed, the probable result for risking
such suicidal policy? Merely msjority
of two votes in the electoral college. This
is the very best showing that the friends OF
Tildeu can make. Who will claim that
Mississippi is intallibly certain for the
Democracy. Grant still controls the army,
snd has Sheridan under his command,
and then the loss Of New Jersey or
Connecticut would spoil the plan.
Ard all this is predicated upon
Mr.. Tilden's ability to carry New York,
who will really be the weakest in that
state of any man now before the country
The friends of Mr.. Tilden should urge
his nomination upon more substantial
grounds than any that Wa have yet seen
presented. If we may count upon 10
Southern states with their l3l electoral
votes and lose either of the Northern
stes named, we are beaten. If we gain
all of them we haye but ma
jority of two with the loss of the
House of Representatives, and per-
petustion of a Republican Senate. II
under these circumstances, Mr.. Tilden's
friends urge persistently his nomination,
the party at large will jeopsrdize the bright
prospect of victory that this era of reform
l.
Democracy, with a proper candidate,
might well hope for majority of at least
one hundred in the electoral COL
lege, a largely Democratic House, and
speedily Democratic Senate. The victory
proposed by the st. Louis Republican
would be an empty one.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-31

names are known and respected fs
those of staunch and leading Democrats
all over the country. Erssius Corning.
John V. L. Prnyn, Dewitt c. Littlejon, ex-
Governor Hoffman aud ex-Lieutensnt
Governor Beach, were among the assem-
bled leaders, who numbered in all some
thiriy-five or forty.x Many Of these gentle
men were outspoken In their opposition to
Tilden, while others were more reserved,
but the unanimous sentiment OF TIE
meeting was in contradiction of the i'm
preston so industriously spread, that the
governor can command the united sup
port OF the New York Democracy. Means
were sought for making this opposition sp-
parent and effective. The matter of issu-
ing an snti-Tilden manifesto was dis
cussed, but the idea was finally
abandoned on account of the short
time intervening before the st. Louis
convention. 1t was finally determined to
open correspondence with the leading
snti-Tilden men in the state, and hold a
meeting next month to decide upon fur
Their action. There is no doubt that the
spirit which inspires these gentlemen will
be represented at st. Louis and will make
itself felt there. Should the Albany coz
terence result in no further action, there is
anti-Tilden feeling enough in the delega-
ton itself to make very marked diver
sion, should the governor insist on making
fight for the nomination. Mr.. Littlejohn,
one of the delegates, declared that he
would himself, at the proper time,
and If it became necessary, give voice
to the wishes OF the minority, and
announce that the united vote of
New York was given for Governor
Tilden only on compulsion and under
protest.
1t is doubtful If the necessity arises for
such peremptory action as this. judging
from the way the current is setting now,
oy the time the convention meets the gov
srnor's claims will have dwindled to too
low point to justify such vigorous or de-
termined effort on his part. The CONNER
clal Advertiser tersely puts it thus: "Mr
Tilden is out of the race.'
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-31
Unfair Arguments for TiIden.

There are certain influential papers in
| the West, which, in advocating the claims
of Mr.. Tilden for the presidency, present
plausible arguments in favor of his nomi-
nation not based upon correct premises.
One argument is that ve must carry New
York In order to elect president. This
may be true or not, and yet the conclusion
that therefore Tilden should be nominated
is entirely gratuitous. The fact is, Mr.
HldeD, il nominated, viii. be less likely to
carry New York than Mr.. Hendricks would
be. The opposition to him is very strong
In New York, and 1t will appear In the
delegation at s.. Louis without question.
Yet these papers, and we have now on
mind one in particular, the ST. Louis Re-
publican, urge Mr.. Tilden's claims solely
upon the ground that New York must be
carried In order to succeed. Like
the Courier Journal, the st. Louis paper
proposes to leave Ohio, Indiana and Penn
sylvanis entirely out of consideration,
abandon them to the Republicans, and
strive for success in New York, Con-
nectieut, New Jersey and California. In
order to strengthen the argument the Re-
publican speaks of the Allen-Thurmsn
imbreglio in Ohio as rendering IL useless
TO make any calculations upon carrying
that state now. We admit that with
Tilden it would be useless, but not so with
Hendricks. There will be no division
there If Mr.. Hendricks is nominated. As
a further argument, theRspublican speaks
of the precsrious majority Of 1 las in 1872
for Hendricks in Indiana as not assuring.
This ignores the later Democratic majority
in this state OF 1900. and makes no sc-
Count Of the fact that while Hendricks
carried Indiana in 1872 by that ma
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-31
viii Orth Withdraw.

Mr.. Orth has had abundant opportunity
to answer and explain the charges against
him in the Venezuela matter. He has sp-
peared at two large public meetings in this
stste-in this city and in Lafsyette-at
both of which public expectation was
raised to the highest pitch to hear his viz
dicstion. But still he is silent. Not a
word has escaped him in explanation of
those damaging charges. Naturally
enough, his own party journals are losing
faith in him, and the cry comes up from
the stste for his removal from the ticket.
As reflex of the sentiment of the better
portion of the Republican press, we repro
duce another extract from the Evansville
Journal Of yesterday. The Journal is the
most influential Republican paper in the
state. 1t is power in the party because it
is not the organ of any one man, and its
opinions are a safer criterian by which to
Judge of the sentiment of the Republicans
Of the state than those OF more preten-
tious journal which represents only a sole
proprietor and an ambitious presidential
candidate. The Journal has these candid
W. rds for Mr.. Orth:
The Journal, speaking for Republicans in
this part of the state, frankly repeats that
Mr.. Orth's explanation is not satisfactory. II
he can make one more so, he ought to do 1t
quickly. He should have done so at his re-
eeption at the capital on Friday night. We
will be greatly mortified at his failure to re-
move suspicious which are now warranted by
the only explanation he hes seen proper
to have published, but our duty will
to discharge it. We shall insist that
Mr.. Orth's name be removed from the
| head OF the Republican state ticket, and that
OF some man substituted in its place, of whom
IL can not be said that he has ever used posi-
| ton con ferred upon him by the people to put
money in his purse.
The mercenary element must be eliminated
be purified II men Will not be content with
the salaries attached TO the offices they seek,
in addition to the honor and distinction which
ought always TO attach to these offices, they
should not go into politics at all. To seek office
for the money that is to be made out OF IL,
leads TO corruption as inevitably as swsmps
breed malaria.
Is the Indianapolis Journal prepared to say
that Mr.. OrGh's explanation is salts. actory TO
the Republicans OF that city7
Whatever the Journal msy say in re-
Spouse, it can say nothing favorable TO
Mr.. Orth and reflect the sentiment of the
better class of Republicans of this city.
They were as much disappointed as the
Evansville Journal at his silence in the
Academy meeting here. But none will
dare to speak of his removal from the
ticket unless bv Morton's consent
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-31
The Revolt Against TiIden.

The rebellion in the New York Demo-
cracy against the nomination of Tilden at
s.. Louis, and more Immediately against
the autocratic and schemipg policy which
himself and friends have adopted in press
ing his claims, is assuming definite shape.
The Worio, having once abandoned his
cause, is conducting the campaign against
him with consummate skill, and al the
same time with characteristic fairness. 1t
has not sprung at once to the opposite ex-
treme. 1t does not assume an attitude of
direct hostility to him, and has not
vet expressed an exclusive preference
for any other candidate. 1t places itself
upon the high ground of seeking the best
and most available man for the place, and
affects to review dispsssionately the claims
of each. Baysrd, Hancock and Tilden
have been the first to run the moral gaunt-
let of the Worlds criticism, and while the
two former have made the race without
serious hurt, the governor has suffered very
materially. The result of the Worlds re-
view OF Tilden's pros poets, skillfully made
through the medium of published inter
views with leading Democrats, rather than
in it's editorial columns, is to array an in-
fuential sentiment in the state against his
and to make 1t apparent
that his nomination will bring no strength
to the Democracy in New York, II it does
not impose positive incubus upon 1t.
But more important and more signifi-
can't OF the course Of popular sentiment
than the declaration of any one journal is
that of the informal conference of leading
Democrats that assembled at the house Of
Judge Parker in Albany last week. This
though hastily and informally
was in the best sense rep
body. 1t was made up
Of men of weight and standing in
heir respective communities, and whose
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-31
Speaker Kerr.

The telegraph brings report this morn
ing of the investigation of the charges.
made against Mr.. Kerr. The testimony
of the doorkeeper, Harvey, was positive
and direct that he had paid Mr.. Kerr
a certain sum OF money for his infu-
ence in securing an appointment. From
long and intimate acquaintance with
Mr.. Kerr, we have no hesitation in pro-
nouncing the doorkeeper an Infamous
scoundrel and perjurer. The story is in
every respect improbable in itself. At
the time of the alleged corruption Mr.
Kerr stood up in Congress against the inn
mense majority and denounced their
schemes of robbing the people, and was
thorn in the side of the corruptionists. Is
it probable, or possible, that for the psltry
sum named, he should have put himself in
the power of a Republican doorkeeper, to
be ruined at his will? This story is
utterly Inconsistent in its details, and
shows a most dsstsrdly sttempt on the
part of the exposed scoundrels o. the Re-
publican party to cover up their corrup-
ton by attacking man against whose
character for integrity as a public
man no word of suspicion has ever
before been bresthed. The readers
of the Sentinel will observepthst
these words are not constrained by
any special admiration for Mr.. Kerr, as
this paper has not been an eulogist of his
political career in the present Congress,
but, from personal knowledge of the man,
we bear from bis own state back to the
treacherous conspirators who have at
tackled him our opinion of heir most in
famous proceedings.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-31
Uhe SentimeI,
Gov. Tnden-shOuld Kentucky Favor
His Nomination.?
WEDNESDAY. MAY 81.

With singular zeal and pertinscity the
Courier-Journsl has sought to prepare the
mind of the Kentucky Democracy for the
nomination of Gov. Tilden at st. Louis.
The convention OF the state will meet at
Louisville within two days, and the ques-
ton will present itself in the selection
of delegates. The following quotation
taken from the Courier-Journal OF the
10Th presents the grounds upon which
his nomination is urged: Snow, is
not the weight of the argument
against the nomination of Western man?
If such a one be nominated, his friends
must carry Ohio and Indiana in October,
or he will surely be defeated In November
In the country at large. If. on the con-
trsry, Tilden be nominated, he will be
nominated because he can afford to throw
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana aud all the
other doubtful states out of the cslcula-
ton. If the Democrats be defeated in
Ohio and Indiana in October, IL will not
damage him at all. His nomination will
relieve the Democratic party from the
trouble and expense Of sending hundreds
of speakers and thousands of dollars into
those doubtful states. The party will
pendent and calmly confident of its ability
to elect its candidate
Kentucky is a western state, almost The
very heart Of the Mississippi valley. Does
either heart or her judgment approve
this appealf II disaster should come of II,
its sel6shness will be the only quality re-
membered in its failure. Is Kentucky
quite ready to say that in q strug-
gle that should be made by the
national Democracy, Pennsylvania, Ohio
aud Indiana shall be thrown "out of
the calculstion7" Will Kentucky listen
when asked to abandon the great central
states and to make q coalition, special and
personal with the East? Will she ask the
South to follow her in the abandonment of
national hopes and sympathies, and the
formation of sectional ties? Before that
Is decided upon it had better be
deeply considered 1t contemplates eon-
sequences. before which the personal
ambition out of which the PROPOSE
ton came, sbrinks to nothing. The
consequences of the nomination OF Gov.
Tilden are possibly correctly stated by
the courier-Jonrnsl in the quotation
which 1t has presented to its readers. It
may be that his nomination does involve
the abandonment of the national party OF
the Democrcy of Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana. Such consequence is not
because those states require a sectional
nomination to secure their support. The
trouble comes out of the fact that in the
Ohio contest of 1875, when Curtin and
Clymer, from Pennsylvania. and Csssius
M. Clay aud Beck, of Kentucky. and
Hendricks and Mcdonald, OF Indiana.
and many others, rushed into the front of
the fight, no fraternal sentiment, no en-
coursging voice from Gov. Tlden, and bis
special and personal supporters came to
the support of the Ohio Democracy; but
rather their influence was felt In The sup
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-31
A Reformer's Ne cord.

That trenchsnt letter of Mr.. F. W. Bird,
of Massachusetts, has created several dis
tinct and unmistakable furries among the
noble army Of place-holders who run the
Republican machine. and has furnished
good many texts for editorials in the OPP
position papers; but perhaps the most re-
markable charge 1t contains is one Affect
ing the political uprightness of that SEEM
ingly most rigid apostle OF reform, Mr..
Charles Francis Adams. That the man
who has been most loud in his demands
for the publication of our political system
from the evils that arise from the present
mode of distributing official patronage
and who has been 80 persistently
kept before the public as the grand
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-31
Mortonss Chances.


The Sentinel is not disposed to give Mr..
Morton credit for ability to so organize q
campaign to secure the nomination at Gin.
cinpati as to put Blaine forward to secure
instructions which will be ultimately d.
verted to himself. This seems to be the
view taken by the Chicago Tribune. Mr..
Morton is a schemer in a small way, and
with servile followers, as in this state,
be can manage the party here very
well, but in the wide field, where
men of ability oppose him, he
would not be able to effectively compass a
plan that looks to the control of men in
other states against their choice. Blains's
strength, as far as manifested, is real. 1t is
not yet strong enough to nominate him,
and unless 1t so Increases by the time the
convention assemblies as to give him the
nomination on the first ballot, of which
there is now little hope, his chances will be
slim. The vote for Blaine in the
West, as general thing, will be
cast, perhaps. for Hayes CT Bristow in
preference to Morton, and indeed either
of the Eastern candidates will more likely
profit by Blaine's withdrawal than will
Morton.
Morton's plan has not been to use Blaine
but he is expecting to come in as a csnd-
date of Western interests, while he will be
in sentiment the willing tool OF the
Eastern moLoy men. His organ here cries
out with what the hard mon y men would
n - bah xrntl
while he himself has kept his mouth
closed on the financial question ever
since the assembling of Congress. His
record, he hopes, will satisfy Eastern men,
while he thinks the Indiana Radical plat
form and the vaporing of the Journsi
representative of the people against the
money power. Such demsgoguism will
not win in long, tough race like that be-
fore the candidates for the prize at Cincin-
natl. The East will not accept Morton on
the Indiana platform, and the West
closed on subjects of vital inter
est to the West. The fact is,
Morton never had political character
enough to secure national following. He
has never acted with any sort of consis
tency that would secure general spprobs-
ton. He has waved the bloody shirt along
while, but everybody knows that that is
mere sham. 1t can never become party
policy. If Mr.. Morton had come out
boldly six months ago. and favored re-
peal Of the resumption bill that he
helped to make, be might have beaten
Blaine in the West. He might have
secured enough additional votes from the
South to nominate him, provided the peo-
Pile could have been made to believe him
sincere. But it is useless to speculate
about what might have been if Morton
was what he is not. He is losing nag in
big race. He lacks bottom, and his hopes
will fade early in the day at Cincinnati.
Conkling or Hayes will come In over
Blaine's blasted hopes, and his schemes
will fade into thin air. Morton can organ
ize fair raid upon a state treasury for
cow feed, but in anything like the Cincin-
natl sweepstakes he will be distanced.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-31
THE WEEKLY SENTINEL.
TO DEMOCRATS.

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-06-06

Inc iV was d tIinc SIX WcckS ago WueH tue iTicuus
of Mr.. Blaine thought he delaying in explain
ing and In putting himself right But he did ex-
plain and that triumphantly. Mr.. Blaine's friends
again wish that he had not delayed to submit the
much discussed letters TO the investigating com
mttee, aud are now glad to that he will do so.
OF course if Mr.. Blaine does not answer his enc
mics Immediately after the accusation is preferred,
we expect to see in hostile newspapers that he has
fallen If Mr.. Il. explains and annhates the new
batch as he has the old, be will continue to in
crease in strength Meantime republican papers
keep up the discussion Of Cincinnati probabilities.
Mr.. Blaine is conceded to be the strongest man.
LeWiston journal.
The delegates elected by the Loa isana repuhli-
to the Cincinnati Convention, are Gov Kel-
logg, Marshal Packard. Congressman Darrall, ex-
Congressman Smith, K. IL. Chadbourne, G. b
IIamblett and W. F. Loan,-seven white; and p
b. S. Pinchback Supt. Of Education Brown, Con-
gresham Nash, Senators Landry, Burch Kelso
and Young, and Messrs. Demas and AGolphe, -
nine colored. The delegation stands ten for Nor
ton and six fol Blame Marshal Packard fayors
Blaine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-06-06
Which shall 1 takes

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virtues aud specific action The recommendations
| are strong for for another. The cures
claimed to have been wrought by one are as won
delful as those claimed to have been wrought by
another. In his perplexity and doubt, the suffer-
or is sometimes led to reject all. But 1t should be
borne In mind that this condition OF things is one
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must be brought to public notice by the same in
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case, perhaps the only absolute proof that RENE
dy is what it claims to be- is to try it. The test
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things hold fast that which is good, is the apos-
| tolic injunction. There may however, be strong
| er presumptve evidence in favor of one remedy
than there is in favor of another, and this should
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paired by age. They also made from fresh
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Newark, n. J.
r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D..
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