Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-18
POLITICAL ITEMS.

| 20 l for one will resist under any cir.
cumstances the use of force to coerce the
South into the Union.-ISamuel j. Ttlden,
| in 1861.
~ One of Nast's cartoons in Harper's
presents Tilden's dilemma very graphic
| ally. Sammy stands between an ex-
Union and an ex-Rebel soldier with very
distracted, guilty looks He is evidently
between two fires. The soldiers, looking
sternly at him from each side, demand:
Soldiers" Whose side were you on %
Reformed Usufruct-" II was-busy
in court with railroad cdse'
- Here are some of the Democratic
notices OF 1864 displayed at Syracuse
mass meeting organized by Samuel j.
| Illden, Chairman of the State Committee .
American soil scourged by an uncon-
ditlonal despot in Abraham Lincoln"
II Seward touches his bell again the
people will stretch his neck"
The people are ready to take ven
geance on the advocates of civil war"
Lincoln has murdered three white
men to free one negro"
Free ballots or free bullets. Crush
the tyrant Lincoln before he brushes you"
e Is Samuel J. Tilden Know Moth
ing? According to the Secretary of the
so-called American Alliance" a pro-
scriptive Know Nothing order, which
Gov. Hayes is falsely accused of having
Endorsed, Reform Sammy received the
| Endorsement of that secret order for Gov
ernor two years ago. The Secretary adds :
He found no fault with it, but, on the
contrary, was very grateful for the assist
ance, only he requested that 1t miQht be
kept a secret, as, If 1t should become public,
he feared he might lose the foreign cote. !"
A sly old fellow is Shammy, the great
reformer. Inter Ocean,
~ Sample of bills which you, Mr.
Democrat, will be called upon to pay if
you succeed in your attempt to elect Til
den:
9 Mr.. Hooker, of Mississippi, intro
duced the following:
Z" Be it enacted, etc That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and ne is hereby, authorized and di-
| rected To cause % be paid to Consid Parish Of
| Kinds County, in the State of Mississippi, or to
his order out of such moneys remaining in he
| Treasury OF the United States are not other
wise appropriated, the sum of ST. 05S, to compep
safe him, in full for thirty eight bales of cotton,
one two-horse wagon, one x-horse wagon, one
| large OK wagon, Two large franks, two suits of
male clothing, six linen shirts, quantity of NAL
underclothng etc, etc, stored on the premises
| OF said Consider Parish. on the rallahatchie Riv-
| err in the then County of Sunfower NOW Lefore)
| In the state OF Mississippi then and there taken
| by and the same appropriated to the uses, pur-
poses. and benefit of the United States. ="
rs Senator Schurz, in recent speech
| in reference to the charge of the Demo
cratic press against Gov. Hayes, favoring
Know Nothingism, said: This is an
utterly reckless charge. / conversed with
| Gov. Hayes about the reports concerning
this matter when | saw him three weeks
ago. The whole thing is based upon moth
ing but careless routine answer by Gov.
| Hayes secretary to a complimentary let
ter. To charge Gov. Hayes with Know
Kothing sentiments is the greatest absurd
ity that can be imagined Everybody
knowing him will confirm what | say.
AS a foreign born citizen who loves his
| rights as dearly as nybody, | do not hest.
tate to declare, If there is any man in this
country in whose hands | would consider
my rights as safe as in my own, that man
is Rutherford B. Hayes. shall therefore
vote to make him President with feelings
of the most absolute safety"
The story is told of an Eastern
Democrat of wealth who recently volun-
teered to contribute $lO,0 to the Repub-
lican campaign fund for the Western
States, saying that although he was Dem.
ocrat and expected to remain such, he ar
dently hoped for the defeat of his own
party in this election. He feared that one
of the immediate results of the triumph
of the solid South would be the bank
ruptcy of the National Treasury in the
payment of Southern claims, and he
therefore believed that the success of the
Republican party was essential to the
safety and prosperity of the country
This is the Republican view of the situa-
ton, and it will not be surprising if,
when the ballots are counted, it shah APP
pear that thousands of wealthy and intel
llgent Democrats in the Northern States
have quietly contributed their votes and
influence toward the election of Hayes and
Wheeler,-Chicdgo Tribune.
80 First, Gov. Hayes never was
member of the American Alliance; sec
ond, he never saw the constitution or by
laws of the organization; third, no com
mittee OF the order ever, at any time,
called on him, either at Columbus, Phila-
delphla or any other place, for any pur-
pose. They simply notified him by let
ter that we indorsed his nomination, in an
Swer to which we read letter from his
Secretary. That letter was taken from my
office, and | was as much surprised as
any one can be to see it in print. | am
al loss to see why those papers should
find any fault with the proceedings, as
we Endorsed Tilden for Governor two
years ago, and he found no fault with it;
but on the contrary was very grateful for
our assistance. Herequested that it might
be kept secret as, if it should become
public, he feared he migAt lose the foreign
vote. Respectfully yours,
LEMUEL S. Tyler,
Secretary American Alliance.